08x03 - Reunion II

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-[Phil] Alright... little more. -[Karen sobbing]

[whimpering]

There...

It's better, isn't it? See.

See.

[sighs] Yes.

[breathes deeply]

Have you looked in here yet?

I... cleaned up the bathtub myself.

Soap.

Bubble bath, even, if you like.

There's new towels, there's new clothing.

-[Karen sobbing] -Use it.

Mrs. MacKenzie, okay.

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I'd use it if I were you.

[lock rattling]

[sobbing]

[crickets chirping]

[Lilimae] Oh...

Next time we clean up their room before they go to bed.

No... No, next time they clean up their room

before they go to bed or else next time you and I...

We'll just leave it dirty, yeah.

Well, I'm not one to tell tales

but my daughter wouldn't have won any prizes

for neatness when she was a baby.

Mama, you always said I was a perfect child.

Well, I'm talking about babies. Babies don't clean up.

-[Val] Oh... -You want a hand with that?

No, thank you, I can manage, just save me a noodle.

You never answered my question.

About what?

[gasps] Oh, you mean your hypothetical question?

Wh-- To you, it's hypothetical. To me, it is important.

I mean, I have to decide whether to run this story or not?

Okay, let me see if I've got this right.

You found out about this man.

Man or woman... [mumbles]

Okay, alright, this person

who was involved in bombing a building, right?

Who was a member of a group who had planted a couple of bombs.

So, if your report the story...

Then the issue is gonna have to be decided in court.

Okay, had he ever done anything like this before?

[Ben] No.

-Since? -No.

-Does he have a family? -[Ben] Yes.

-Do they know about it? -No.

I-I don't think that they do.

[sighs] Hm...

Then I would not publish this story.

I'm a journalist.

You are a journalist, but you are not God.

I mean, even if this man is willing to be responsible

for what he did, you can't go around

and make it impossible for his family.

Well, he's willing to take the shot for what he did,

but he doesn't want his family to be hurt.

That's exactly what I'm saying.

Right?

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[Eric] You can't blame her, Mack.

[Mack] I didn't say I blame her.

[Eric] You said you wish she was more careful sometimes.

-That's not blaming her. -It's not, Eric.

Well, it's like blaming her.

If mom had have been more careful

then nothing would've happened to her,

isn't that what you meant?

No, that's not what he meant.

-[sighs] -I don't want that.

Maybe if your mother had been

more careful is what I said.

See, you do think it's part--

Thank you very much, Mr. Amateur Psychologist!

Even before your mother disappeared, I said to her

that she should be more careful when she's alone.

Don't go into parking lots by herself!

-Lock the door from the inside! -I don't care what you say.

You're gonna listen to what I have to say!

Not if you're gonna say if it's mom's fault

she was kidnapped or k*lled!

-Where are you going, Michael? -I'm going to eat in my room!

Get back and sit down!

I believe he's better if you let him go.

-Let him what, Lilimae? -Oh, let him go.

-Let him what? -Go to his room.

Thank you, Lilimae.

Thank you for the food and...

We're not helpless around here!

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I remember the Hannan case.

[sighs] You, uh, helped prosecute that one.

I heard you, uh...

talking to her family.

They said things like, uh...

"Why was she walking on that side of the street"

and, "Why she didn't wait for her friends,"

and you told them...

"You can't blame the victim for the crime."

Whatever happened to Karen...

that day or any other day,

if she was kidnapped...

it's not her fault.

[breathes deeply]

Yeah, um... Excuse me just a second.

-[Val] Come on, Bobby. -Do you want to run that

by me again, please?

This is Jill Bennett calling.

I'd like to invite you to hear Gary Ewing speak.

This is a joke, right?

[Jill] No, it's no joke.

I'm calling from the Gary Ewing campaign committee.

You, you want my endorsement?

We'd like you to hear Gary Ewing speak.

You're on our list of journalist

with an open mind, Mr. Gibson.

We think that you might agree there should be a realistic

alternative to electing Greg Sumner's brother.

Uh, no comment, but thank you very much for your call.

[dial tone]

Look at the mess. What was all that about?

-That was a sales lady. -Uh-huh. Selling what?

Offering my choice of two brands of snake oil.

Yeah, you wanna try some of that, huh?

[Gary] You know, there's a kinda catch-22 operating here.

People say, "Don't get involved in politics

because politics are dirty." Well...

politics are only dirty when, when people don't get involved.

[applauding]

I'm getting involved because I don't think the environment

can take much more of the kind of abuse

that Galveston Industries is givin' it.

[applause]

Gregory Sumner is not cleaning up the pollution,

the poison that closed Lotus Point.

Yet he wants you to vote for his brother, Peter Hollister.

If you believe as I do,

that we have a right to clean air and clean water

then I'd appreciate your support in this election.

[applause]

Thank you, and now for the really important business.

Food.

[laughter]

Good work, Jill. Very good work.

Hello, I'm Abby Ewing, how nice of you to come.

Hi, thank you for coming.

Hi, I'm Abby Ewing. Nice to meet you.

Thank you for coming. Thank you for coming.

Nice to meet you.

Hi, I'm Abby Ewing. Nice to meet you.

Thank you for coming. Thank you for coming.

Nice to meet you.

Good speech, honey, really wonderful.

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Hi, Peggy. Did you cancel my appointment with Bill Adair?

'Cause I don't wanna...

What is it?

Lt. Behar, they found the car.

-And? -That's all I know.

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[sighs]

Where are you?

[breathing heavily]

Where are you?

Eric.

Where's your car?

[Mac sighs] Ran out of gas.

Well, what?

-Nothing. -Nothing?

-Nothing. -No evidence?

No leads? No fingerprints?

Nothing. Nothing.

-How am I doing? -Great.

And I owe it all to you, coach.

Excuse me, Mr. Ewing, we need one more picture.

Yeah.

It's going rather well, don't you think?

Mrs. Ewing.

I'm glad you remembered my married name.

In the future, it would be useful

to have some advanced warning, notice,

when you plan to show up at one of these events.

I don't want to tell those--

Well, in the future, Ms. Bennett,

I think you can count on

Mrs. Ewing being at Mr. Ewing's side,

morning, noon... and night.

-Anything wrong? -No.

Not a thing.

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[Peter] I thought you were going to support me in this election.

I do, Peter.

I want you to win, believe me.

I do.

What were you doing

at your husband's side today?

[Abby] Listen to yourself. My husband's side.

Of course, I was at my husband's side.

He's running for state senate.

And he is my husband.

Alright, don't remind me.

Peter...

Do you honestly think you could win

with me at your side?

Us, together in public?

Who do you think would vote for a man

who took aid and comfort from his opponent's wife?

Forget it.

Peter.

What do I have to do to convince you

that I'm on your side?

Hm?

Okay.

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His schedule,

his, um, yet-to-be announced endorsements,

and three of his stock speeches.

Thanks.

Thanks?

I go to all that trouble

and all I get is a...

thanks?

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I gotta go.

There is a photographer coming in the morning

to take a picture of Abby and me

as the happy couple.

It's just for public consumption.

-It doesn't bother me. -Yeah, I know.

In fact, if Abby hadn't have suggested

you play the happy couple, I would have.

Oh, is that right?

-It's smart politics, Gary. -Ah.

And I don't mind.

-Really. -Great.

No, really, it doesn't.

Um, you're on. They're covering your campaign show artist.

-[Ben on TV] Recently... -I'll, uh...

-Level of chemicals in the... -I'll catch up, you run.

And the local race for the state senate

is warming up as the field of candidates narrows down.

-See you. -Goodnight.

[Ben on TV] Oh, no, I wouldn't say that.

It's, uh...

Peter Hollister, of course, is still the front runner

but Gary Ewing is turning out to be a far more

credible candidate than the Hollister camp ever expected.

[man on TV] Are you predicting an upset, Ben?

[Ben] No, no. I wouldn't go so far as to say that.

But Gary Ewing is heard getting very good results

on the issue of toxic waste, and this is something

that neither Hollister nor his primary backer and brother

Gregory Sumner would care to talk about.

You think Peter Hollister is vulnerable on this issue?

Oh, he's very vulnerable.

I mean, all Gary Ewing has to do is point it out.

-It was his opponent's family -[dial tone]

that was responsible for the arsenic poisoning

that shut down Lotus Point.

[woman on TV] I was given to understand

that Greg Sumner was cleaning up that pollution.

-[crickets clittering] -[phone ringing]

[grunts] Yes?

Are you crazy?

You all but endorsed Gary Ewing.

You were supposed to get inside Sumner's organization.

Wrong number.

[exhales]

[phone ringing]

[heavy breathing]

[phone ringing]

-Hello. -Hey, I just saw a laughing boy

on TV.

[Greg] He did everything but tell the world

that I was responsible for pestilence,

debt, and insurance.

[chuckles] Don't you think you're overreacting?

[Greg] Call him off, will you?

He was just doing a straightforward

news analysis.

He's doing a hatchet job, and you know it.

Greg... [inhales deeply]

can I let you in on a little secret?

[Abby] Nobody watches public affairs programming.

That's why we put it on late at night

and early on Sunday morning to make sure.

Got it?

I hate that woman.

You would think...

You would think that anyone

whose husband is as upset as I am,

you would think that

his wife would have the common courtesy

to at least stay awake

until he got to finish bellyaching.

[Laura] I'm sorry you are so upset.

Is there anything else?

[clicks switch]

No.

Yeah, I know Jean Hackney.

Then she does work for you?

Nobody works for me.

Right. For the agency.

What agency?

Come on, this isn't that big a deal.

I just need to know if she's legit.

Nope.

-Then she doesn't work for you? -Nope.

I almost hate to ask this,

but if she did work for or with you,

-would you have told me? -Nope.

Fine! Thanks.

I can tell you this much...

I know that her code name has been activated.

-That means she works with you? -No.

That means that her code name has been activated.

That's about a hundred percent more than I'm supposed to say.

[door unlocks]

-Morning! -Morning.

I'm making breakfast for us.

You don't have to.

I know.

You look nice today.

Thank you.

No, no, no, no. Here. Let me serve.

-No, I don't mind-- -No, it's alright. I...

I always served.

Sit.

-Thank you. -You're welcome.

[exhales sharply]

Why are you doing this?

Well...

I figured as long as I was here

I might as well make myself comfortable, right?

You know, might as well take advantage of everything.

You're trying to trick me, aren't you?

What could I possibly do to you?

But it would help me

if... if I could know or understand myself, you know,

why you're doing this to me.

-I'm not. -You're not.

I'm not doing this to you.

I'm doing this to your husband.

I want him to go through what I did.

Where you in prison? Did Mack...

No, I don't mean about being locked up.

I mean worse.

I mean... not knowing.

Not knowing?

Where my wife was.

What happened to my wife.

The whole first year of my prison term...

No, more. It's more than a year.

...I had no idea what had happened to my wife.

I... I lost her.

I... I couldn't make any contact with her.

I want Mack to feel exactly what I felt.

You mean you're planning to keep me here f...

for a year?

[spoon clatters]

But I didn't have anything to do with it.

I don't even know your wife.

May-- maybe it was your wife.

Maybe she let you down.

Wrong! No, you're wrong! It's not! It's not her fault!

-You're wrong! -I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[stammers] It won't be as bad as you think, Karen.

May-- May I call you Karen?

You just... You just make good use of your time.

-Okay. -That's...

That's something you learn in prison.

I'm really surprised how much you look like her.

Never call my home.

Is that clear? Never ever.

What did you think you were doing

endorsing Gary Ewing?

I want an understanding.

You do not call my home. You do not speak to my family.

You do not have any contact with my family.

If you'd co-operate, I wouldn't have to.

It would be nice to know if you're working with us, Ben.

I can't confirm that I am, do you understand?

I understand.

Well, as long as you're not working for us...

lay off the attacks on Greg Sumner and his candidate.

We'd like you to be friends with them.

I know what I'm doing.

[door opens and closes]

We gave them a campaign issue. Now we're gonna take it back.

You know, here's the report.

[chuckles] It's going to cost a lot of real money

to really clean that mess up out there.

Billie, I remember when you were in the State Senate.

You always used to tell me that

if you had a little bit more money,

you could solve a lot of problems.

Well, now you got the money, go solve the problems.

Well, this one... and that one.

I want that place so pollution-free

that they inhabit it with endangered species.

Here's another editorial questioning your commitment

to cleaning up the pollution.

Those chemicals have been out there for more than a decade.

It's going to take time.

Billie, take all the time you want.

I just want it cleaned up before the election.

Peter here deserves the credit for a job well done.

It's a lot of money.

What's money when it comes to health and happiness?

When it comes to the goodwill of the voters?

We need Ben Gibson on our side. Listen!

We need guys like that saying good things about guys like us.

It's that simple.

[Val] Hey, Laura! Hi.

What are you doing?

Valene, now what does it look like I'm doing?

[chuckles] I know what you're doing.

All I can think of is all those cliches, you know,

with so much water under the bridge and...

[exhales] All's well that ends well.

Would you cut it out? You're depressing me.

You're not going to the ends of the earth.

Yeah. Right. I'm just moving in with my husband, right?

Yeah.

So I'm really gonna... miss this place.

Lot of memories here, you know?

Of course, some of them aren't so great, are they?

Stop it.

Well, I just talked myself out of becoming sentimental.

-How about that? -Pretty good.

Let me help you with some of this here.

-These just go in the back. -Okay.

Ohh!

Who'd have ever thought that things were gonna end up

the way they did, you know?

You married to Greg...

me married to Ben.

Gary married to, uh...

God, what's that broad's name?

-[laughing] Stop. -That blonde? Annie?

No. You're crazy.

At least we can laugh about it, right?

Yeah.

[sighs]

You know, I really am so afraid for Karen.

It scares me.

I mean, I couldn't bear the thought if something bad

happened to her.

Well, I just try not to think about it.

[car horn honks]

Daddy's home.

We just have to keep a good thought.

-Yeah. -And you take care of yourself.

-Okay. -Okay, sweetie.

Love you.

Hard day at the studio?

-Eh! -Yeah.

-Hard day at the house? -Yeah.

Help me get the rest of groceries?

-No. -No. There's cold beer in here.

Okay.

Hi, Ben.

-Can I talk to you for a second? -Yeah.

Yes, ma'am.

Well, first of all, I want you to know that I do not blame you

for endorsing Gary over my brother-in-law.

Personally, I would have made the same choice.

Of course, you're not gonna probe me on that

'cause it's family, you know.

Well, A, I have not formally endorsed any candidate as yet.

But I thank you for your vote of confidence.

And B, I'm not nearly as noble as you seem to think I am.

C, uh, I promise that your secret is safe with me.

What is that?

This is a record of all the research and expenditures

made in terms of the toxic waste clean-up.

If there's one false word in here, you can publish it.

You mean he's really gonna do it this time.

Um-hm.

Well, if that's true, it can only help Peter Hollister's

chances of getting elected.

[clicks tongue] Yeah, well, that's the price you gotta pay

to protect your husband's reputation, right?

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[whistle blowing]

Hey.

-Hi. -Hi.

Here.

Thanks. What are you doing here?

I was going to try and talk you into a little exercise.

Something healthy to eat.

I'm glad to see you taking care of yourself.

I worry about you.

I'm okay.

Okay.

Mack's been wondering why you haven't been

coming by the house more.

Oh.

It just turned out to be a bad time for me to show up.

You know, with your mother missing and all.

Yeah.

I-I mean...

It is a lousy time.

But you're always welcome around the house.

Well, thanks.

I prefer meeting you here.

I'm just not comfortable around my father yet.

Would you mind my meeting you away from the house?

No, I don't mind.

I know I'll get used to him.

It just takes time.

My mother told me it took her a while.

[train rumbling]

[Young Mack] Hampton Bays is next. Hampton Bays.

Tickets, tickets please.

Tickets.

Tickets, sir.

Ticket.

-Ticket, ma'am. -Mack.

Hey, hi, how you doing?

Good. How are you?

Alright. And you?

I, uh, brought something for you.

I baked them myself.

[chuckles]

You mean, the servants

actually allow you in the kitchen, huh?

[sighs]

Uh, hey, I was just kidding.

[train horn blowing]

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Uh, listen, I-I, I'm still gonna have to take your ticket.

Oh.

Here.

Uh, thanks.

They're doing it Sumner.

I'll bet you five bucks they're doing it already.

Phil, grow up.

That is what growing up is for.

-Ow. -[Young Greg] Hey.

No husband-and-wife fights in my presence.

It'll destroy my vision of married life.

Let's watch Mack make his move.

You guys...

I...

I had a lot of fun at the house the other day.

Yeah?

Uh...

Listen, I gotta work.

I'll talk... I-I'll see you later.

Sure.

[door creaking]

Hey, Mack. Come on, so what's the deal?

Gimme a break, guys. I'm working.

Oh. You got a problem? You need some help?

Don't start with me.

-Ooh. -[Young Phil] Ooh.

[woman] I think he likes her.

Yeah, so the question is,

will she give him the time of day?

But she did like him, right?

She actually used the phrase "head over heels"

when she told me about it.

So what was his problem?

Southampton next.

Southampton!

Uh, hey, you missed your stop.

I know.

What, are you going someplace else?

No.

Alright.

I really had a good time the other day.

Didn't you?

[sighs]

Yeah. Yeah, I had a great time.

I expected you to call.

What?

I expected you to call.

-Well, uh-- -My problem, right?

No, no, no. I didn't say that.

[Anne] You didn't have to.

Look, it's okay if you don't like my parents.

Parents are parents. I mean, what's not to like?

Then what is it?

What is what?

-Oh, look-- -Just forget it.

[sighs]

But why did he act like that?

He was uptight about her money.

Well, the family money.

But that couldn't have been their last date.

I'm living proof if it wasn't.

[laughs]

Listen, I gotta go.

I really like talking to you, Michael.

-I'll see ya. -Okay.

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[suspenseful music playing]

[electricity crackles]

-Mike? -Yeah.

-Where have you been? -I was talking to--

I don't care who you were talking to.

You're supposed to be home here three hours ago.

-Where have you been? -I...

We were worried, Mike.

We didn't know where you were. You had telephone duty tonight.

-I'm sorry. -You're sorry?

-Yeah, I'm sorry-- -Sorry doesn't cut it!

You don't care enough about your mother to come home.

You be home when you're supposed to be home.

Hey, who do you think you are? Huh?

Where have you been?

You just disappear. You don't tell anybody.

You don't have the common courtesy

to make a telephone call

to say, "I'll be late"?

You can't call?

Huh? You have no money, you call collect!

Don't you ever, ever, ever do that again!

Ever!

[clicks]

[sighs]

-It's old wiring. -Oh.

Well, I appreciate your fixing it.

I want you to be comfortable.

I know.

It is very comfortable.

Yeah.

My wife thought so.

Your... your wife...

lived here?

[scoffs] No. Of course not.

I just brought some of her things.

Oh.

Well...

She really does have good taste.

I'm sure you must have suffered a lot...

by not being able to see your wife.

It must have been awful for you.

What do you think? You think you can psych me out?

By being nice to me?

You think I don't know what you're trying to do?

I'm trying to talk you out of this.

I admit that's what I'm trying to do.

I... think you're making a, a mistake.

Mack made the mistake!

I'm sorry I upset you.

[sighs]

[exhales] Do you really think

that this 25 cent amateur psychology

will work on me?

In prison, we had more shrinks than... dogs had fleas.

They had every trick in the book.

You... you can't come close to them, so please, Karen...

why don't you just give it a rest? Hmm?

[exhales]

[intense music playing]

Exactly what did happen to your wife?

Can you tell me that?

No... I never found her.

I found out about her.

What happened?

She died.

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[door closes]

[lock clicking]

[woman on tape] So you're saying they're putting their money...

Abby sent it over.

Hmm. Curiouser and curiouser.

Not really, it's just a tape of Mr. Ben Gibson

doing a follow-up on his savage attack on us last week.

[Ben] Well, it's not a very pleasant thing having to admit

you were wrong.

You can always say new information

has come to your attention.

It's good. I like that. Just about what I was gonna say.

Uh, last week I said that I had no hard evidence

that Gregory Sumner, who is Peter Hollister's brother

and primary financial backer...

was actually verifiably cleaning up the toxic waste

that forced the closure of Lotus Point

and polluted the drinking water of the community of Westfall.

Well, now I have proof.

And I am convinced... candidate Peter Hollister

and his brother ex-senator Gregory Sumner

are serious about cleaning up the pollution.

Hey, I kind of like being the good guy for a change.

Yeah, yeah. It could become a habit for you.

I don't think so.

Excuse me. Phil Harbert is here to see you.

Phil Harbert?

Phil Harbert! Send him in.

Who is this person?

He is a guy I went to law school with.

-Philly! -Greg.

Good to see you. I want you to meet my wife.

Laura Avery, this is Phil Harbert.

-Hi, how are you? -Pleasure to meet you.

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