All language subtitles for Lou Grant s02e02 Prisoner

Can you tell me approximately how much
money was missing?

Was it over a thousand dollars?

No, no, no, no!

Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, it's all
right, Charlie. I'm here, Charlie.

Oh. Oh.

I'm sorry. Are you all right?

Yeah. No, I'm all right. Oh. I'm sorry.

Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep.

Go to sleep.

He cut himself shaving.

Three stitches.

Well, it's better than wearing a piece
of toilet paper all day.

We were just waiting for a reaction on
this morning's decision on school

Oh, yeah, I was listening on the radio.

The mayor will say he's not happy about
it, but he can live with it. The Board

of Education will say that this is the
beginning of the end of education as we

know it in this country. The governor
will neatly sidestep it by saying it's

in his province.

It's times like these that I really miss
that old man on the street column.

That's where you got interesting
reactions.

I used to love that car.

Yeah, me too.

It was the thing I'd do to find out what
Mrs. Feeney on the south side would

think about Khrushchev's speech to the U
.N. Or what Harry the Toolmaker thought

about school desegregation.

We never hear from Harry or Mrs. Feeney
anymore.

You'd think they'd have the
consideration to write or pick up a

What does the average man on the street,
on his way to work, think about the

issues of the day?

ERA, solar energy.

nude bathing in Venice.

I love those columns.

Oh, yeah, yeah, they were great.

You know... You just sandbagged me,
didn't you?

Hmm?

Okay, maybe we can try a man in the
street dollop.

All right, if that's what you want,
Charlie.

We can give a photographer a tape
recorder, and he can ask the questions.

Then he can snap a picture and run that
next to the person's answer.

Okay, I'll go for a tryout on a limited
basis a couple of times a week.

I'll put Animal on it when he gets back
from the hospital.

Was he shaving, too?

He's covering a children's orthopedic
hospital.

General Baruja's wife wanted to see it
on her L .A. trip.

She built a hospital back in Malagua, I
think. It gives her something to do

while the general's making sure the
trains run on time.

Who else do we have down there?

Billy and Margaret.

Have you ever reported them, Margaret?
No.

They'll publish her.

Enjoy it, niño.

We have 156 hospital beds.

We have a new exercise pool.

And ten full -time physical therapists.
That's where we're behind.

The hospital complex I sponsored has all
the best equipment, but we can't get

the trained staff.

When you get well, you come and visit us
in Malagua.

Who are you?

We're students from Malagua.

You go to university here?

Yes, yes. We came to show our support
for La Mandita. Sí, muchacho. Viva La

Mandita. Viva. Viva. Viva La Mandita.

Thank you, Mr. Pinson. Now I owe you.
you a tour of our hospital.

Oh, I'd love to visit Malaga. Don't be
surprised if I take you up on that very

soon. You'll be a personal guest of my
husband and me.

Wait a minute.

Oh, come on, Lou. I feel icky.

I want to talk about our follow -up on
this Malagua business.

Oh, great. More Malaguans.

Can't we talk about it later? No, no. I
don't want to talk about it now. I want

to know where we're going with it. Why
don't you let her go home and change?

I don't see a need to jump all over this
story anyway.

We'll just carry it as far as it goes.

You've got guys dressed up in paper
bags.

You've got the wife of a dictator. I
just don't want to give this a lot of

press.

Okay.

Yeah, but Charlie...

There's always a demonstration when one
of the Baroja shows up in this country.

A pro -Baroja demonstration?

No, that's a new wrinkle.

Okay, so we got pro -Baroja's and anti
-Baroja's. Animal!

Come here. Is that the hospital stuff?

Yeah, yeah. Pretty dramatic, huh?

Huh?

What's this? I only got up to the
protester's car as they were driving

got some faith this might turn out,
but... Wait, wait a minute. Wait a

We've got a pretty clear picture of the
license plate.

Trace it. Maybe you can get an interview
with the protesters.

Wear a raincoat.

Terrific. Grotty.

Nice work.

You know, it might put things in
perspective if we also run a sidebar on

General Burroughs got his trade
delegation here buying military jets.

At the same time, he sent the little
woman out to visit children's hospitals.

Not bad, not bad.

Put Rosenthal on that.

You had to use a napkin when you...

I want you to do a follow -up interview
with the Pro Baroja students.

I saw most of the Pro Baroja group
getting on buses.

The Laguan College students getting on
buses?

And some people complain about crosstown
busing.

You know, as a matter of fact, it struck
me as kind of weird, all of them coming

together. Who was the bus company?

One of the small ones. Did you get it?
Uh -uh.

Oh, you know it, you know it. Its logo
was that bird.

That bird, that seabird, you know, the
one with the skinny legs and the pointed

beak? Vulture.

Vulture, bus lines.

Flamingo. No.

Sandpiper. That's it. I saw it was a
flamingo, what you did.

I did not. I did a sandpiper.

It was a flamingo. It had to be.

I thought it was the red hair.

I think it was a pointy nose.

I'm going home.

Hello. I'd like to talk to someone about
your charter buses to Los Angeles.

Charlie, it's all right. It's all right.
It's all right.

I thought this was over with.

Yeah, so did I.

Malagua.

Oh, yeah, that's out there, isn't it?
About 20 miles.

Isn't that the place they have all those
used car lots?

You are sure this is the bus that came
down from Los Angeles yesterday?

Yeah, but we cleaned the buses. We
didn't find anything. Look, it was a

wallet. It had all my credit cards, and
it had 40 bucks in it. Did that ever

happen to you?

No.

No.

Must have fallen off on the way back.

Of course, when you dropped us off back
there, you know, uh... You weren't on

the bus from the base, not with that
long hair.

The base?

Hey, who are you?

There's only one military base around
here, right?

I'm not telling you anything unless you
clear it with the office.

Yeah, a man in your position has to be
careful.

You didn't lose any wallet, did you?

I don't know what your game is, buddy,
but you better beat it.

Yeah.

Listen, thanks for all that help.

Mr.

Vargas, I traced you through your
license plate.

Then when I called you at the
university, the International House said

here.

Look, I know you were at the
demonstration at the hospital. I saw you

I don't think so.

I don't think you've seen anybody.

Because I read that those people wore
masks.

You're from Malagua.

You don't deny that.

What are you trying to hide?

I'm writing an article.

If you don't want to give your point of
view, okay. But we are talking to the

other side.

You're from the Tribune?

That's right.

I'll tell you.

Maybe. Hey, Lou.

What do these things have in common?

Star Wars, Charlie Brown, the Beatles,
all in the family, the Washington Post,

and the L .A. Trib.

They all make a lot of money except the
Trib. They're all banned in Malagua,

among other things.

That's kind of an honor.

This is the classiest list since the
White House enemies.

What are you doing?

Well, when I tried to interview that
protester I traced this morning, I

how little I know about Malagua.

I don't mind being a little ignorant
about the facts, but being grossly

is embarrassing.

So, you come up here to study, and are
you pretty isolated?

I mean, is it work, work, and more work?

Well, a modern fighter plane is very
complex.

It's a lot to learn.

But we play football.

Trucking. And there are dances
sometimes.

What about travel? Do you get to see
much of the States? Do you ever get up

Los Angeles?

We went to Las Vegas one weekend.

We almost lost a plane.

Weren't you up in Los Angeles yesterday?

I thought a bunch of guys from the base
went up there.

That was a close sightseeing.

We thought maybe when they came by
yesterday morning and told us to put on

civvies that we were going to get to see
the town.

But the trip was just for the afternoon.

So you didn't know you were going until
yesterday morning?

Well, no. Yes, yes. That is, we wanted
to. We knew La Madita would be coming.

wanted to show support.

So you chartered a bus and drove up
there posing as students, huh?

We are students.

Military students, but you wore civilian
clothes.

We always do, of duty.

Isn't that expensive, chartering a bus?

Oh, we didn't charter it. That was
Guillermo Blanco.

He's a businessman who lives in Woodland
Hills. But he's a true Malaguan.

Businessman hired a bus to ship you all
up there. Look, you're getting this all

wrong. Most people support General
Baroja and what he's doing for our

A few guys make a demonstration and give
the wrong idea.

Yes, we went up to show the other side.

Yes.

So, uh, what's your favorite American
food?

Pizza.

So saying, the First Lady of Malagua
moved on to downtown Los Angeles for a

meeting with the mayor. Johnny, I
thought you dug up some interesting dope

that demonstration.

The Children's Orthopedic Hospital was
marred by that demonstration.

Madam Baroja has been warmly received. I
was just checking out the new anchor

man at Channel 6 brought out from
Detroit.

I knew him as a kid reporter.

Should have stayed a newspaper man.

So what's Senora Baroja up to today?

Who knows?

Who cares?

Anyway, Rossi found out something
interesting.

The pro -Baroja students at yesterday's
demonstration were air cadets who came

in on chartered buses.

Did she pay for it? No, some fat cat
from Malaga lives on the valley.

Okay, use that if you want.

Then we got an interesting sidebar. We
thought we'd show... How much space are

we giving Chiquita Banana?

Or whatever cutesy name they call it.

What's the matter, Charlie?

What's bugging you about this?

Nothing. It's just not my kind of story.

I think I should remind you that Mrs.
Pynchon finds Mrs.

Baroja her kind of friend.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, the social elite of this country
has a tendency to get sucked in by these

people.

I believe one of our respected
universities gave the wife of a Middle

tyrant an honorary degree.

I seem to recall some very nice people
being cordial to Madame New.

Remember her?

When she was going around talking about
monk barbecues.

You got that memo about the cocktail
party Mrs. Pinchon is giving for her

friend? I don't know. I guess I did.

We can't ignore this Malagua thing,
Charlie.

The other papers won't.

Thanks for the journalism lesson, Lou.

Now why don't we just put out our
newspaper?

Malagua.

That's that drink with the tequila and
the salt around the glass.

My boyfriend has two of those and he
gets the... Are you going to print this?

This is the way that they do it.

They grab people on the streets.

They hold them without bail, without
trial.

Mariano was just coming out of my
cousin's house when they picked him up.

My cousin risked his life getting these
pictures.

Is Mariano still in custody?

Or worse.

Who else has seen these pictures?

Lots of people.

They watch.

They say they'll get back to us.

They don't get back.

One of the security police's safe
houses.

We know of three people who have been
tortured there.

This is the way that they sent Miguel
Azuela back to his family.

Who is he?

The editor for the opposition newspaper.

Then there are opposition newspapers.

It's a little hard to run them from a
deal.

Or from a grave.

Bazan was held by the security police
for three months.

He can tell you.

Him and his wife Carolina were arrested
on my second.

Was that this year?

Yes.

They grabbed us from the street.

It was a Saturday.

We were going out to the bakery.

They covered our eyes with black bands.

And we were driven in a car.

Then we were separated.

When I saw Carolina again, she won't
tell me what they've done.

But the police told me.

They wanted me to know.

They started questioning her.

And when she didn't answer, they told
her that in a few minutes, when

their hands began to roam over her body,
she would sing like a nightingale.

They forced her to take off her skirt
and stocking and tied her hands

and feet to pegs.

They began to beat the soles of her
feet, saying, We make everybody talk.

Do you think you're different?

Then they attach wires and run electric
current through her body.

Her whole body.

and head shook terribly.

Her front teeth started to break.

They held the mirror up to her and said,
Look what's

happening to your pretty face.

There were five or six men doing this.

They bit her with trenchants.

taking turns until her feet and legs
were so

swollen she couldn't stand.

She fainted.

And when she woke up, she was lying on a
pool of dirty water

and her own blood.

They brought her back to me.

That night she died.

So she escaped the torture.

And I was glad.

I was glad that my wife died.

Oh. What was the charge? Why were you
arrested?

We wrote songs.

Songs?

One particular song we wrote.

was about a bird and how free it was.

They said it had subversive implications
and that it was getting too popular.

The government of my country is afraid
of a song.

Margaret, I want you to meet my nephew,
Juan Luis, one of the worst playboys at

UCLA. I'm Anita.

I'm one of the best playboys at UCLA.

He is really an excellent student.

I'm delighted to meet you. I think your
aunt's a remarkable woman.

What does your uncle think about her
speaking out for women's rights?

He doesn't mind, as long as I see that
his socks are washed and his breakfast

ready on time. How enlightened.

Charlie, maybe you ought to take it
easy. We should be moving around.

Oh, yeah.

We're missing all this stimulating
conversation.

Come on.

You're the one who's supposed to be good
at these things. I don't know anything

about making small talk with first
ladies and bodyguards.

All right.

Let's make small talk.

You cook the chicken slowly.

That's the secret.

It's a combination of the Spanish style
and the Indian, which is why it has

become our national dish.

I tried it once. It almost burned off
the roof of my mouth.

Yes, we like our dishes sharp. Except
the gruel.

That's very bland. That could use a few
peppers.

May I introduce Mr.

and Mrs.

Charles Hume.

Charlie is managing editor of the
Tribune. How do you do?

Pleased to meet you.

What is gruel?

I thought that was a national dish, too.

It's what they serve every night as a
specialty of the house at El Hotel.

Which hotel?

El Hotel.

It is a nickname for the federal prison.

Charlie, please, honey, let's... Come
on, let's go, Charlie. I don't

Doesn't matter.

Let's just talk of mutes from Malagua.
How is my colleague Rogelio Diaz, the

managing editor of La Prensa?

I don't know Rogelio Diaz. You wouldn't
like him. He's a very abrasive guy. We

never agreed on anything. He's feisty.

I guess maybe that's why your husband's
security police picked him up two months

ago. But I'm warning you, don't bring
him to trial. He'll talk your head off.

Hey, Charlie. By the way, how many
people are detained without trial at El

right now?

I don't know.

Well, who's counting?

Anyway, the names are charming, aren't
they, senor? El Hotel, El Hornillo. I

don't know what you mean.

El Hornillo, the hot plate.

Not for warming chicken.

Now, it's the one they use to make
prisoners talk.

And the hobby horse, they're coming. The
hobby horse.

It's a toy that the police make. And
ride!

And ride!

And ride!

Have you heard of the hobby horse?

Come in.

Yes?

Where's Mr. Hugh?

He didn't come in today.

It's the first sensible thing he's done.

Look, Mrs.

Pinchard... Are you going to try to
defend what happened last night, Mr.

I can't defend it. I still don't know
what happened. What happened is I hosted

reception to honor the first lady of a
foreign country.

And my managing editor publicly
humiliated her.

Embarrassed her in front of all those
guests.

Charlie obviously feels strongly.

I don't know what Mr.

Hume's personal feelings are, and
frankly, I don't care.

Common decency to say nothing of
protocol in this situation demanded he

mouth shut.

I was embarrassed for him. I was
embarrassed for her. My Lord, I've never

anything like it. Other people have made
the same charges against the Borough

House. Oh, yes, we've all heard them.

I served on international committees
with Amanda Baroja.

And I know her to be one of the most
decent, intelligent, and generous human

beings I've ever met.

Do you think I'd be friends with a
torturer?

There are a lot of things that aren't
making sense to me right now.

Rossi found out that the pro -Baroja
students who showed up at the hospital

carded in.

Charlie Hume doesn't care two cents for
this story, gets crocked at the

reception, and goes, hey, I mean,
Charlie Hume? Maybe you'd better find

what's going on.

Well, you knew that I did foreign for a
while back before being an editor for

the Trib.

Malagua?

Yeah, I covered a lot of Latin America.
Malagua was part of it.

I was back when the president, Mrs.
Barroa, was just a teenager.

The old man was still on his second wife
at the time, the one who went on a

sailing trip and never came back.

Yeah, I remember reading about it. But
you probably don't remember reading

an American reporter who was detained
for five weeks in a Malaga prison.

No, I don't remember that.

It must have been in the papers.

The news media were being patriotic at
the time.

Those were the days when we didn't want
to offend our allies against communism,

even if our ally was a two -bit
dictator.

And it was a big trade deal in progress.
We needed their tin, zinc, bauxite.

You were the reporter?

Reporters get jailed. I wasn't the
first, certainly not the last.

It wasn't a turning point in history.

What had you done?

My job.

I'd interviewed some of the dissidents
who were opposed to the Baroja

government, and I'd filed a story.

That ticked off General Baroja.

They arrested me outside a restaurant.
They took me to jail.

They wanted me to sign a statement
saying that I was some kind of a

linking me with the dissidents so that
they could discredit my story.

They kept me there five weeks.

They didn't really harm me physically,
but, you know, they weren't stupid

to treat me like their own political
prisoners.

But they interrogated me every day.

What information could you have given? I
couldn't have given them any

information.

They just wanted to intimidate me, to
make me an example for other newsmen.

They succeeded. I could hear what was
happening to other men around me. I

hear their screams.

These guys that had me, they were crazy
men.

They made me believe that they were
going to kill me.

For five weeks, I thought that each day
was going to be my last.

And they liked to play jokes.

Jokes?

See, they staged fake executions. They'd
take you right up to the final

moment.

I was so scared, Lou. I was just so
scared.

I mean, they came into my cell. They
fired a gun to show me that it had real

bullets.

And they put it to my head.

And before I heard the click of the
empty chamber,

Lost control.

Wiped my pants.

I broke.

You know, we all walk around thinking
that we have something called humanity.

Disappears so fast.

Bravery is gone in five minutes.

Dignity is gone in ten. Humanity lasts
maybe an hour.

You look into yourself and you see
something that you don't really want to

You never told me.

I never even filed a story on it.

You don't go bragging about being a
coward.

Oh, weren't the Maladwins the ones who
were demonstrating out in front of the

hospital the other day? That's right.

Yeah, well, what I want to know is, how
come we pay for these kids to come over

here and study out of our tax dollars,
and then instead of studying, they have

all these demonstrations?

Answer me that.

I'm not ashamed of paying for the buses.

It's not a secret.

You didn't make it very well known
either, so look.

Who was I supposed to tell?

Look, Mr. Rossi, I am proud of Malagua.

My motives are clear.

What you should do is find out who's
paying for the protesters.

Why do they need somebody to pay for
them? They came in their own cars, on

own initiative.

I am sure if you print that, you're
going to make a lot of people very happy

some foreign capitals.

Are you saying that these students who
are on American scholarships are getting

paid by Moscow or Peking or Havana or
who?

No, I didn't say it. You did.

But you implied it. Now, are you making
that charge or only innuendos?

Did you go around and ask each and every
protester if he really was a student?

I understand American universities are
hard.

Very hard.

I mean, real students are supposed to be
in class or reading books.

They don't have time to parade around
with bags over their heads.

You don't believe that any of the
protesters were Malaguan students?

No, I do not.

You don't feel that legitimate Malaguans
might have something to demonstrate

about, like the fact that such a
demonstration couldn't even take place

Malagua? You know, Mr. Rossi, there are
things that you as an American cannot

understand about my people.

The U .S. has been very good to me, and
Malagua has also been good to me. But

what's more important, the Malaguan
government has been good for her people.

What about the charges of the abusers of
civil rights?

You see, you do not really understand
us. A leader in my country must be

El Caudillo, or he will not have the
respect of the people.

But look at what has been accomplished.

We have come forward 100 years in just
10 years.

You do not emerge out of the jungle in
10 or 20 years and become a modern

industrial society without sacrificing
something.

Like freedom?

You know, Mr. Rossi, some of the
democratic things that you have here, we

afford yet.

The nightmares had stopped.

Then they just started again.

With the Baroja visit.

He has some idea he acted like a coward.

I know, I know, but what can we tell
him?

What are we going to do?

Just... Oh, you're still here, good.

Listen, you can do me a favor. I wrote
my resignation when I got in last night.

You can take it to the tower when you go
back.

So that's what you were doing until
three in the morning.

Oh, come on, Charlie. Mrs. Pinchot
didn't say anything about resignations.

And you know I won't take it for you.

Take it or make me mail it. Either way.

What did you do?

I haven't thought about it.

You can freelance.

Sure.

Write articles for magazines, the Sunday
papers.

You used to talk about doing that
someday.

Getting away from daily journalism.

Well, maybe that someday has come.

Well, I'm going to give you a first
assignment.

Just to get you started.

How to grow prize -winning roses?

No, this wouldn't be for the garden
section.

I'm talking about what happened in
Malagua.

Your experiences as a victim of the
Baroja policies.

Forget it, Lou. You've been bottling it
up for 15 years, Charlie. I said forget

it. It's still inside you, Charlie.
Write it.

You think by writing it would help
somehow?

No, no, no. I'm not worried about you.

I just want a good story.

Nice try, Lou.

Mail it yourself.

Where did you get this?

There's no byline.

It's good.

It's powerful stuff.

Pretty inflammatory.

You're not suggesting that we go with
this story right now? During the borough

visit? That's exactly what I am
suggesting.

I don't think this is the time to go
with the story that's controversial.

I don't think so either. We're dealing
with a government that's extremely

sensitive to its public image.

What country isn't? An inflammatory
story right now could screw up the

sales to Malacca. And that means
Southern California jobs.

Besides, this thing happened about 15
years ago. I think it's arbitrary and a

value judgment to go with this story
now.

Their first lady is here. Now is when it
will have its most impact as a story.

Lou, our own survey proved that most
people don't even know where Malagua is

what it is.

And they don't care.

Then we should tell them. Look, Lou, not
only is it editorializing, but... Oh,

hey, come on, you guys. This isn't an
editorial.

You're being protective about a country
that tortures people, that puts newsmen

in jail. That stuff's still going on
today.

Nobody's in favor of torture here, Lou.

Oh, good.

Okay. Malaga was a cesspool when it
comes to political freedom. But when you

holler human rights, they slam the door.

The dialogue has ended.

All chance of reaching them is gone.

We've been reaching them 15 years.
What's changed?

The standard of living, for one thing.

And they have let some people out of
jail.

And why go now with a story of one
little country?

When there are other countries that
practice torture. Does anybody know how

countries regularly practice torture of
political prisoners?

There are over a hundred.

That many? All right, then. Why Malagua?
And why now?

Especially when printing a story like
this could be damaging. Because

got to start somewhere.

Let's just lay the whole thing out.

This must be some kind of record.

They're planning to go at it all night.

Well, they better decide soon what's
going in the newspaper.

All we'll be throwing on people's
doorsteps are giant doodling pads.

Hey, hey, hey, look.

But this is a story of importance.

Charlie, how do you feel? Hi, Charlie.
Good to see you, Charlie. You probably

should have stayed away, Charlie. This
is a good one to miss.

Who's got this Milagwan story?

Yeah, I've seen it.

I was just saying that I'm very
uncomfortable about imposing our values

very different culture.

Maybe they haven't got our kind of
democracy, and maybe they don't even

For some, the most basic human right is
800 calories a day, enough food in the

belly to sleep at night.

We're not telling them what to do.

But as journalists, we should be telling
our readers what's going on. In one

tiny corner of the world.

And we're getting so moral where it
isn't even our business.

I think if it's happening, we should be
writing about it.

It's time to make a decision.

I think I made it when I decided to come
in today.

We go with the story.

Who wrote this?

Charlie Hume.

All these years, there was never an
inkling.

You never told me either.

When do you propose to run this?

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow.

Of course.

Thank you for giving me so much time.

To do what?

To talk to Amanda Barroa.

Let her know this is coming out. Is it
our policy to clear stories?

She's my friend.

Someone I respect.

I want to warn her that my newspaper is
about to print something that might just

break her heart.

Let's go.

Let's?

I'm not going to do this lousy job
alone.

The source for this article is
unimpeachable.

But the author is talking about 15 years
ago. Ancient history. These things

don't go on today.

Our information is that they do.

The press censorship, jailing of people
without trial, torture.

Mrs. Pinchon, I live there. I am not
convinced.

Senora Baroja, it is possible that you
don't want to be convinced.

But you don't want to know the truth.

Mr. Grant.

If you could show me that these charges
were true, then... I don't know what.

But you can't, you see? We wouldn't be
printing these charges if we couldn't

substantiate them. I'm so sorry. I know
how much this hurts you.

Do you?

I know you wouldn't have anything to do
with any of this.

But still, it does go on.

You haven't convinced me.

If I could confront my accusers, I would
show you.

But I know that my country won't get a
fair trial in the United States press.

I think we had better say goodnight now.

Senora Baroja, when are you leaving the
city tomorrow?

Twelve o 'clock, noon.

Would you be willing to come to my
office tomorrow morning early?

Let's just say goodbye now.

If what you said is true, if you really
want to confront your accusers... I

said I did.

I'll be in my office at 8.

Come on in. This way.

Good morning.

Good morning.

May we talk privately, ma 'am?

No, I'm sitting here studying.

They're unarmed. They won't hurt you.

They didn't want to risk being
identified. They felt it could lead to

imprisonment.

You are Milagwins?

Yes. Students?

Yes. Well, you have learned something in
the United States.

Public relations.

This certainly makes a nice show.

We're just glad for this chance to talk
to you in person.

We know that you mean well and that your
predecessor meant well.

But when she spoke out, she went on a
sailing trip and was never heard from

again. I do not fear my husband.

What I fear most is this kind of ugly
propaganda.

People are being killed back home,
senora.

They are being tortured and killed for
speaking out. This is not what I call

confronting my accusers face to face.

Of course you wear bags over your heads,
so you don't have to take

responsibility for your lies.

How easy it must be when you hide your
faces from the world.

One week.

Don't believe us, Tia.

Look around when you get home.

See for yourself.

Let's go.

May I come in?

Of course.

I received your resignation in the mail
this morning.

I read it right after a letter offering
me $5 off on my next engine tune -up.

I threw the resignation in the trash,
but I saved the coupon for the engine

-up. Never know what might come in
handy.

So might my resignation.

Oh, Charlie, this is so awkward.

I'm so sorry. Sorry about what happened
to you.

Well, a long time ago.

If it had happened while you were
working here, the Trib would have backed

up. My paper did what it could do.

It couldn't run my story because I
hadn't written it.

Now you have.

The Trib's running it.

I was awfully mad at you, you know.

I can't blame you.

Don't rush off.

Hope we haven't missed it.

Twelve o 'clock news.

Senora Barroja's farewell comments.

It has been a full visit and a
productive one. Thank you.

Will you comment on the Los Angeles
Tribune article on human rights

in Malagua?

No, I will not.

Well, do you know what reaction it had
in Malagua?

No comment.

Will you be taking a copy of the story
back with you to show to your husband?

No, I will not.

Gentlemen, ladies, I have to catch a
plane.

I would just like to say thank you to
the United States, in particular to

educational opportunities to the young
people of my country.

I am proud of our young men and women
who are studying science and government

the United States, my own nephew among
them, in fact, who I hope will someday

return and hold important positions in
the government of my country.

I believe in them.

Thank you very much.

Well, what do you think?

Referring to the students, was she
talking about her husband's air cadets?

was she talking about the protesters?

Well, you heard her go out of her way to
favorably mention her nephew.

Yeah, that's true.

Knowing her as I do, I'd like to think
she was affected by what went on in my

office this morning.

I'm sure she was.