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Hello, I'm calling from the trip.

I'd like to confirm a quote.

How much money was it?

Was it over $1 ,000?

Was it over $10 ,000?

Okay, Lou, you got that new lead that
you wanted on the wire rewrite.

Okay.

The lead is kind of silly.

But then the story is also kind of
silly. I like the lead.

Good. It's catchy.

Bubbles suddenly appearing in people's
backyards.

There's only the one bubble.

How do we know?

And what are bubbles like?

Do they talk to each other? What makes
them appear?

Gas under the ground?

Come on, you guys.

Are they moving towards Los Angeles?

I put everything that I got off the
wires and by phone in this story.

But I, as a reader, would like to know
more.

Want to send somebody out there to take
a look at this thing?

Do you know who would be good for this?

Castillo. He's got a knack for it. Some
people, they have a head for science and

an ability to put it into terms that
anyone can understand.

He's really the only one on the paper
who can do it. I know.

That's why he's over at Jet Propulsion
Lab today.

Sweeney is also good.

Okay, Billy.

You know how to get this socket?

Do you really think it's worth it? I
sure hope so.

I'd hate to see you go all the way out
there for nothing.

Right.

Mr. Rysdale?

Huh? Could I ask you a few questions
about what's going on here?

Oh, yeah, sure.

Came out this morning, and it was not
that high.

So I called the police.

What are they going to do, come out here
and shoot it?

It wouldn't come out?

Oh, yeah. Sent an officer out this
morning, nice enough. Said keep an eye

and check back.

How about the fire department?

I can't call the fire department.
Nothing's burning.

I tried the gas company. They don't have
any lines back here.

You know, I do smell something like gas.

That's nothing. We get that all the time
from North Pond whenever the breeze is

blowing this way.

Uh -huh.

So you still can't get any help?

I tried the city.

This is private property. They said I'd
need a report from my own geologist.

I don't have my own geologist.

So you yourself have no idea what might
have caused it?

No, ma 'am.

I put out a lot of vitamins and hormones
on the lawn to make it grow last month.

Maybe I OD'd it.

You're taking this very calmly.

And your neighbors, too. Nobody seems to
panic. No, no.

It's even kind of funny when you think
about it.

Of course, I think it'd be funnier if it
just happened to be the guy next door.

and catches on fire.

Ah, that's methane leaking up.

Methane? This section used to be a city
dump. Thomas, Peter, get up here!

Could what's happening in the Ragsdale's
backyard be related to that?

Do you know about the bubble over at the
Ragsdale's?

Ragsdale's.

You live around here, don't you?

I wish I didn't.

Why's that?

Because this whole place is rotten.

Get up here.

Methane leaking up, making this big
stink. Kids come home from play, their

all red and burning.

Terrible. Are you going to move?

Oh, I wish I could.

Why can't you?

Boys, tell you to me. I told you once,
I've told you a hundred times. We're

going to get home and get you cleaned
up. This time you're going a whole week

without no TV.

City, Dad.

Hi, Billy.

Lou, it's weird here.

Okay, you've done enough. You can come
on in.

No, no, I want to stay.

What?

Lou, there's more here than meets the
eye. Something stinks.

What's going on?

Fail? No, I mean, it really stinks.

Really? Yeah.

Extortion? Bribes?

No, it's rotten. Something really
smells.

What are we talking about?

Murder?

Mal, the town is built on an old garbage
dump, and there's a sticking methane

gas leaking out.

Methane? Methane is odorless.

Oh.

Well, then it's something else, and they
all think it's methane.

And there's a bubble, and there's all
sorts of smooth, long things that people

just accept.

Listen, I'm going to need a progress
report on the bubble for deadline.

Well, Animal's on his way in with the
film.

Let me stay out here with the story.

Okay, what's your next step?

I don't know.

Bye.

Hi, can I have some change, please?

I'm not going to change at 20.

Okay, I'll buy the scum.

Could I have some more quarters?

I'm low on change.

Okay, I'll buy these mints.

Four mints.

And candy bars.

Have a nice day.

Can the federal government investigate
to get the complaint from an individual?

It has to be a local official?

Well, if you heard from anyone in
Sackett, are you sure that this office

be the one that would have a record of
it?

Uh -huh.

Okay.

Yeah, okay, thank you.

Molly's my daughter.

Hello.

Her and her husband broke up soon after
the kids were born, so I had her come

and live with me.

And I was in the other house. And a
couple of years ago, we moved up to

This used to be a...

Nice place.

Nice town.

Nice neighborhood.

But lately it's all been going downhill
past the pig on ice.

Why? Why?

Use your eyes. Use your nose. What do
you think this thing is under property

values around here?

People around here just seem to accept
it.

Sure. Then they're stuck here.

Follow me.

Who's going to move in?

I'll never get out of this place without
a guy in it.

Did you try?

I got an estimate from a real estate
lady, and that's what she told me.

Okay.

We'll get here.

What is it? I don't know what it is. I
clean it up, and it keeps coming back.

How fast do you think I'm going to sell
this place if a buyer looks down in this

basement? Can I take a little bit of it?

You can take all of it. I wish you
would.

Um, do you have something that I can...

I'll put it in? Yes.

Here.

Just do. Yeah, thank you.

Genuine goop from second.

that stuff on my desk.

I don't want to be in the same room with
it. I don't want to be in the same city

with it. Can we get it analog?

What? What is it? If you don't approve
the lab expense, we can find out.

Lab expenses are really hard to sell to
a county.

This comes from SAC.

Maybe it has something to do with the
bubble.

You know, I don't care that much about
the bubble. This story's getting a

bit higher.

The expense is a pull.

Let's get this stuff out of the pool.

Charlie, my friend Dr. Reeson is good at
this kind of thing. Oh, yeah?

You think he'll give us a break on the
price?

No. Oh.

It's a good thing you came to me.

What did you find? It wasn't easy, Joe.
I know. That's why I came here. I mean,

there are billions of compounds. You
can't test for every one of them. Right.

So, you have to use kind of a deductive
approach.

Larry, please. What if you're fine?

You know, you were always impatient,
even in high school.

So, what does it got to do?

I mean, you're doing okay, but you're
not exactly editor of the Washington

either. Thanks. Larry, the results,
please. Okay? Okay? The jar you gave me

analysis was found to contain DPB,
nitrogen, C84, and orange marmalade.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here
on A &E.

Okay, Larry, now.

Which of these chemicals are the story?

Well, the one that surprised me was the
C -84.

Uh -huh.

What is C -84?

Joe, you have to understand something.
The people who work with these chemicals

are pretty bright.

Sure. I mean, a lot of ingenuity and
more hard work than you can imagine went

into figuring most of that stuff out.

By just a few years, our insight into
the world at the molecular level has

deepened incredibly.

I know. Is he filling me in with
thinking all the time?

I want to know that when you write your
story, you don't make science itself the

villain.

Most of the people who work in this area
are very responsible.

Okay, Larry, I understand.

Okay. Now, can you tell me what C -84
is?

Hexachloromalactamine. Aha!

It's a byproduct of certain chemicals
they use in the plastics industry.

You know what a benzene ring is?

No.

Really? Larry!

I'm trying to see how to explain this.
All right.

Some chemicals react differently with
the body's substances than others. C84

could inhibit the body's immune system,
affect its DNA.

What does that mean in terms that I'll
understand?

Skin rash, nerve degeneration, birth
defects, cancer.

That I understand.

This sample was taken from a basement
sack.

You know, without having a bubble in the
backyard?

Yeah, weird.

Yeah, it was seeping through the walls
of some guy's basement.

So it came from the ground.

Well, I'd have to know more before I
could say anything about whether or not

came from the bubble, but anyway, it
shouldn't be there.

What do you mean?

Well, the only place they produce C -84
west of the Rockies is at the Dillard

Chemicals Altamira plant.

Which is where?

Over 100 miles from SAC.

Upstream?

Across the high desert.

Lou, the sample contains something
called C -84.

It's highly toxic and it shouldn't be
there.

Be where?

In Sackett. Hi, Rossi. I'm on the line.
Who else is going to get on, Lou? I

don't want to have to say this eight
times. Where'd you find Rossi?

C -84.

Very dangerous stuff. It's produced at a
chemical plant over a hundred miles

from Sackett. I'd better go up there and
talk to them. Hey, it's my story.

I have the background now.

Hey, Rossi. I'm on.

What did we get?

We have a toxic chemical where there's
no business being.

Boy, the trouble with these chemical
storages, they sound so dry.

This isn't just any chemical. It's
hexachloromelactamine.

Yeah, that's what I mean.

This stuff can cause cancer, nerve
damage, skin disease, and birth defects.

Charlie, how about going to next step
here and see what the chemical company

to say? Fine.

You make C -84 here, right?

No, we don't produce it to sell. It's a
byproduct of one of our other processes.

That's pretty toxic stuff, huh?

It's terrible.

It's a poison, you know. We don't let
our workers near it without protective

clothing.

Well, what do you do with it?

Well, there's no industrial use for it,
unfortunately. We have to get rid of it.

How?

Well, by putting it through a rather
costly neutralizing process, as with the

rest of our active chemical waste.

It's over in that green building down
there.

Uh -huh.

You don't ship any other way from here,
do you?

No, there's a lot of regulation in that
area, so we can't. We process it and

we...

with all guidelines.

I see.

Look, I know you need a story, some
copy.

You may want to look at our third
quarter earnings report that just came

Investors are getting very nervous about
the chemical industry lately.

That deal is doing well, but no one
seems to know it. That third quarter

is going to turn a few heads.

Well, I'll take a look at it.

So, gee, I'm really glad you came out.

Really good to see you.

Who's a really good liar? Oh, we know.

Not every company tosses out its
hazardous wastes. I made some phone

Government investigators say they have
no evidence of wrongdoing. But then,

also, they have not investigated.

What do they need to start an
investigation?

Evidence of wrongdoing.

It's a new area. The resources are just
spread too thin.

Of course, they would be very interested
if we could come up with something

solid. What would be solid?

If we could catch Diller Chemical in the
act of dumping raw toxic waste

somewhere unauthorized, like in Sackett.

I think we've got to try it.

To do that, we need to know how Diller
is going about it, if they are.

And Diller is not going to tell us.

Anybody got a source in Sackett or
Altamira?

I could go there and hang out and try to
get some of the people who work for

Diller to talk.

Good luck.

Or I could go to work for the company
myself, get a look from the inside.

They know you.

They don't know me.

I could try.

That's still misrepresentation. You know
how I feel about misrepresentation. I

don't misrepresent. I will use my own
pain.

Will you tell them you're a reporter?

Well, not if they don't ask me.

I don't like it.

I'm not crazy about it either, Charlie,
but it could be the only way we would

get this story.

Well, maybe there are some stories that
we just don't get.

If we don't like the way we have to get
them.

I don't know, Charlie. I don't know
about that.

Oh, sure.

Take an extreme example.

You wouldn't kill to get a story.

That's different, Charlie.

If Billy went to work for Diller, she
wouldn't be committing a crime.

I wouldn't even be hurting anybody. In
fact, while I'm there, they'd be getting

a good piece of manpower.

And if they're really dumping hazardous
materials on a sly, that's despicable.

Okay, well, try it.

But you're Billy Newman, and your
previous employment was the Tribune. And

they check, you will say that I always
came to work on time.

Right.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here
on A &E.

note here saying that, uh, I hope this
back order doesn't cause any

inconvenience. Okay.

Is that right?

Inconvenience A -N -C -E?

It's E -N -C -E.

You sure?

Yeah.

You know, it's really soft, though,
having somebody in the office who can

Got a job here for life if you want it.

Hi.

Hi. You're the new invoice guy. Yeah.

Huh. Did they tell you about me?

Uh. No, I don't think so.

Yeah, I figured.

I'm Lois Rung on the totem pole.

My name's Terry.

Not short for Teresa or anything. Like a
boy, Terry, only spelled different.

My name's Billy, not short for anything.

Yeah? Yeah.

I work here after school.

You get out of school at lunchtime?

No, not usually. I'm on a work -study
program.

I have to get there at 7 .20, which is
kind of a drive, but I get out early.

Too bad you have to work.

Well, there's nothing else to do,
really.

I'm new here, too, see. My folks just
moved here from Cincinnati three months

ago. And Lester is my uncle. That's how
I got the job.

Seems like a nice guy.

Yeah, he's smart, too, boy.

He really worked his way up.

Uh, is there anything you want me to
fill you in on?

Yeah, um, how about the filing system?

Yeah, that's bizarre, isn't it? You'll
get the hang of it in about a thousand

years. Come on over here.

Where did you say you were from? Los
Angeles.

No phone in Encino?

No.

What's in Encino?

Oh, that's where Squash lives.

Squash. They're a group.

Oh.

Okay. Do you know what cross -filing is?

Yeah, I think so.

What is it?

It has just come to my attention that
Miss Newman is applying for a job in a

chemical plant in this area.

Well, maybe very well have one.

Can you reach her?

Why?

To call her back.

I have to wait for her to call then.

And when will that be?

This evening, I hope. Wait, what's going
on here? I don't want to bring her

back. Mr. Grant.

I served last week as a judge on the
Press Awards Committee.

There was strong disagreement about one
of the nominations, a superior series on

conditions in a juvenile justice center.

You remember that post series?

Sure, really good. The results were
good. But to get them, the post had the

reporter pose as a worker at the center.

I persuaded the committee to deny them a
prize.

Because of the question of
misrepresentation. You really took a

Well, the committee was deeply split.

Until I suggested the press has a
profound responsibility to be totally

about the way it gets the story.

If we are to feel in any way justified
in decrying dishonesty in government and

in business.

By using deception, we lower ourselves
to the ethics of those we object to.

I was eloquent as hell.

Too bad.

I meant every word I said, Mr. Brown.

I realize this is a tough call.

I don't think that all of you are in 100
% agreement on this.

Yes, we are.

We committed to getting the story in
this way, and we want to continue it.

But I heard you object to
misrepresentation before.

And you will again. I don't like it very
much.

But I don't want to get so self
-righteous about our methods that we

ourselves and the public important
stories.

We have to take it a case at a time.

And in this case?

In this case, there doesn't seem any
other way of getting the story.

Billy will do the work she's hired to
do.

She won't lie.

And if asked, she'll say where she
worked before.

What it comes down to is, would you
rather wrestle with your conscience over

tactics in getting a story which really
hurt no one, or over our not telling

people that they may be getting cancer
from the water they drink?

Because somebody is callously and
calculatingly polluting it.

I see. You can be as eloquent as hell,
too, Mr. Hill.

Ever since old Ragsdale's bump in the
backyard started going down, we haven't

seen too many of you reporters.

I'm from the Tribune. We're the ones who
took the sample of the group from your

basement. Oh, yeah.

We thought you might want to know that
the sample contained a toxic chemical, C

-84.

That is the last thing I want to know.

We felt we had to tell you.

Damn.

This town's going to pot.

If I wouldn't have to take such a loss
on this house, I'd move out tomorrow.

It's pretty dangerous stuff, Mr.
Haggerty.

Yeah. Maybe you should move and just
take the loss.

Son.

Easy to see you don't understand nothing
about real estate.

I ain't about to let him make me take a
beating like that.

I got the position we wanted in the
shipping office.

Good.

The pay isn't great, but I get a salary
review after three months.

Swell. Let's hope this doesn't take that
long.

And the last Friday of every month,
employees have a square dance or they

movie. Am I going to have trouble luring
you back?

You might.

Sounds like everything's going
perfectly.

Yeah, like clockwork. Getting in was no
problem.

They just believed I was who I said I
was, and they just trusted me, you know?

Good.

it's good it's also uh yeah i didn't
think about it i didn't expect them to

nice yeah well i'll be in touch check
with you tomorrow

yeah

this is uh peters again i got an
abandoned vehicle here the engine's cold

there's nobody in sight yeah it stinks
too

I'm not getting any closer.

No problem. Well, it's another one of
them with Toxic.

All right, thanks, bud. All right, 10
-4.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here
on A &E.

Is this a CHP lab report?

Uh -huh. It's very well done. Good.

Is it the same stuff as the Hagerty
sample? Yeah. No way.

What is it?

Almost pure C -84.

Larry, you're supposed to have a great
deductive mind. What's the answer here?

The goop can only come from Diller, but
Diller says it neutralizes the stuff,

and a very reliable source inside the
plant confirmed that they have

neutralizing facilities geared up and
working overtime.

Somebody's wrong.

I checked out all three places to eat my
first week here. This one has the best

colas. Colas?

Yeah.

Just the right amount of syrup and soda
water, and they don't ruin it with a lot

of bad tasting ice.

Great.

You know, I have my choice of whether I
want to eat at school or not, but it

really creeps me there.

Everyone's into their own little
cliques, and they all have their own

eat in and everything.

Yeah, it was the same way when I was in
school.

You're supposed to feel really out of it
if you don't belong to a clinic. But

all they do is sit around and talk about
who's getting on with who, which they

probably aren't anyway.

Probably.

They don't have any poise.

You really have poise.

I do?

Yeah, it's just the way you carry
yourself and everything.

I think it comes with growing up.

Can I ask you something? Now, tell me if
I'm getting too personal, but I think I

know a secret about you.

You do?

I was trying to figure out why a person
like you would leave L .A. and come to

Altamira to work in a chemical plant.

Yeah? Well, this is kind of hard.

Are you running away from a bad affair?

No. Oh.

No, not at all.

Well,

then why did you leave L .A. to come
here?

Well, it's not as if I was living in
Encino or any place great.

Well, believe me, you really get tired
of the smog and the traffic after a

while.

Oh, yeah.

And I know the employment opportunities
there aren't so good either.

That's right.

Well, I'm really glad you came.

Me too.

Can I confess something to you? Sure.

I don't just come here for the colons.

There's this really good -looking
trucker who comes in here for lunch

Which one is he? Oh, he's not here yet.

When he comes in, though, you'll know
why I like him right away.

Of course, he's older, but...

The main problem is he doesn't even know
I exist.

Maybe you could tell him.

How?

Well, these are the 1980s.

If he doesn't ask you out, why don't you
ask him out?

Well, maybe that's too much, but I
always had a rule.

You are allowed one forward move.

Uh -huh.

But what if that doesn't work?

Then there's another rule.

You're allowed two.

Great, Billy, that's neat.

Oh, jeez.

Speak of the devil.

Which one is it?

The little blue shirt.

His name's Kent.

I love the name Kent.

Is he too much?

Couldn't really talk, but you gave me
the name of a restaurant halfway between

here and Altamira where you can meet
tonight.

Yeah?

John Wong Garcia's Kitchen.

Fish.

A place named John Wong Garcia's in the
middle of the desert serves fish?

No, they serve Chinese -Mexican food.

I have to go by Billy's apartment
tonight to feed her fish.

Yeah, when times are tough, we do okay.

People got to move, they try and save a
buck by doing it themselves.

I want to ask you about people who
dispose of toxic waste by themselves.

I'd like to tell you about them. I wish
I could find them.

Well, what exactly happened?

CHP found one of your trucks abandoned,
loaded.

It was loaded with hazardous materials,
right?

Okay, look.

I don't rent out trucks to that kind of
home. Okay?

Okay.

Okay. The guy comes in here named
Apatow. Except the name's a phony. It

ID.

He's going to haul some white machinery
or something.

Apatow.

Next thing I know that we get a call
from the CHP.

Truck was abandoned.

Right. So now I got a rig loaded with
poison. I got to take a 250 miles to get

it detoxed because one of the drums was
leaking.

It's going to cost a lot of time, but
I'm not exactly in love with the idea of

being around that stuff.

Is this the first time this has happened
to you?

It's the third time it's happened to me.
They use other outfits too. I'm telling

you, it's scary.

Hey. I didn't even know what tossy boys
were until I started doing this.

Happy birthday, dear Billy.

Happy birthday to you.

How did you know? We always look up
people's birthdays in a personnel

file. It's not that we like you or
anything like that. We just like to have

parties.

Very nice.

Here, you have to cut.

Oh, okay.

Who's first?

Terry.

Hey, put it here.

Oh, great.

Oh, wow.

Are you sure this is the place?

How many places on the highway that
serve sub -gum chicken and taco

plate can there be?

Here she comes.

I'm sorry. I couldn't get away.

They had this kind of party at the end
of work.

A party?

Yeah.

Well, it wouldn't have looked right if I
had just run out.

Boy, parties.

We're all working here. You're pulling
down two paychecks and playing around.

How's it going?

It's going good.

Excellent.

I had Adam go over that information
together.

If they're dumping, I can't tell how
they're doing it. I really need more.

Like what?

Diller is dumping. They're doing it to
save money.

It's still costing them, son.

Money always leaves a trail.

There's got to be a record of those
payments somewhere.

Like where?

Maybe they have a slush fund.

What department?

shipping, I think.

But it could be tagged to repairs or to
bonuses for the truck drivers.

See if you can find a record of any
checks made to truck drivers for any

other than specific runs.

Okay.

Do you have any problems with that?

No. No, that's fine.

What's wrong?

Sneaking around the filing cabinets,
getting to you?

No, no, I don't mind that.

It's just that the day in day out
pretending to be somebody that I'm not

starting to get to me a little bit Well
done It is a lot easier

to do it for an hour or two than day
after day You want out?

No, of course not.

I'll be okay We've all put it at this
state so

we can knock off I think I'll just stay
and finish these left invoices.

Okay, but you can lock up. Just make
sure that no one unauthorized gets in.

night. Good night, Terry.

Good night, Lester.

Terry, you can knock off, too. I'm just
going to finish this last stack.

Oh, no, that's okay. I have these things
to do. I just can't keep you company.

I did what you said.

What did I say?

I asked Ken if he wanted to go out
tonight.

Oh.

And? He said he was busy.

Well, naturally, a guy like Ken is going
to be busy at this late notice.

I made a giant jerk out of myself.

Did he give you that impression?

No.

Well, did he say he didn't want to go
out with you?

No, he said maybe another time, but...

Well, I don't know if he meant it or if
he was just being nice.

There's only one way you're going to
find out.

Rule two.

Yeah.

You think there's a chance he doesn't
think I'm a turkey?

It's possible.

Yeah.

Good night.

Good night.

I'm really glad I can talk to you about
this kind of stuff.

You're the only person I can trust.

Got the Fresno.

Dumb.

Night again.

Night.

Blue Grant will continue in a moment
here on B &B.

Hi. I'll show you this.

I'm glad I caught you.

What's up?

Dylan's been making payments to truckers
for night runs.

The purpose and the destination are
unknown or left off on purpose.

Okay.

That's good.

Yeah, it gets better.

I found a requisition. There's going to
be a run tonight.

Real good, bro.

We drove 130 miles from Dilla.

Whatever that tells us.

We'll have to take a nap in the morning.

When will this water go to L .A.? My
guess is it's local.

Think any of those will come out?

I see film to the limit. Wide open.
Shutter speed. Okay, okay.

Pictures will help, but we're going to
need a sample of this water. Fine.

So, one of us has to go get it. I've got
to take pictures here.

Great. So, they just dumped the stuff in
somebody's stream in the middle of the

night? That's right.

What was it?

We took a sample of it to the lab. It's
an old French C -84.

If anyone doubts it, he's going to get a
large dose of poison.

Or any livestock or wild animals who
drink it. Or the plants it feeds. So it

gets in our food chain.

Why, Rossi, why would a major company
like Diller take the risk of dumping its

waste like this?

It's just economics.

To pay a guy to make a midnight run like
this is one -tenth the cost of

disposing of the stock according to
guidelines.

Where did he get the guy?

We don't need someone with special
training. Just someone who can drive a

and keep his mouth shut.

Okay. The story is starting to happen.

It's starting to happen. We've got
pictures.

We've got lab tests. We've got
eyewitness reports. What else do we

to ask Diller about it again, now that
we know what they're up to.

I think you're in the wrong office.

Which way is that? It's the next
building down the same path.

Not even a thank you.

Typical reporter.

What do you mean? Maybe he's just not a
polite guy.

No, reporters are the lowest. My dad
told me everybody knows it. They're all

pushy and grubby.

All they care about is getting their
story.

So, Joe, you draw me again?

I see.

Did you read the third quarter report?
Yes, I did.

Interesting, huh?

Fascinating. Well, I told you.

I had a couple of questions.

Okay, that's what I'm here for.

Yeah. The petrochemical parts of it look
fairly strong.

I'm getting stronger.

I checked around, and according to what
I'm told, the amount of C -84 produced

by the petrochemicals would make the
disposal figures a lot higher than

reported.

You asked about C -84 last time, didn't
you? Yes, I did.

About so.

Well, it could be explained a couple of
ways.

Could be that the costs are going to be
carried over in the next report.

I'll get an answer for you.

Anything else?

Yeah. What is Dillard's response to the
charge that you're dumping C -84?

Dumping? How do you mean?

I mean by backing trucks up to streams
and letting the stuff out into the

By renting trucks under phony names,
filling them with toxics, and then

abandoning them on the highway.

That's pretty wild.

I need an official response.

You're not going to print a... Charged
like that, are you?

With or without your response.

It's up to you.

Okay, now, um... This is just the kind
of harassment that our industry doesn't

need.

Is that your response?

You listen to me for a minute.

The people of this country have made a
choice.

They... They want the...

Luxuries and the comforts.

And all the good things that come from
petrochemicals.

And the other phases of this industry.

The public isn't behind you on this one.

You and your newspaper try to harass us
out of existence. There's going to be

hell to pay.

Thank you.

I can hold it.

The mayor of Sackett has found that a
cleanup would cost between $1 and $5

million. The city budget now has a
surplus of $24 .42.

Where are they going to get the money?

Maybe nowhere. If the federal government
can prove Diller was dumping, then he

might be able to sue Diller for relief.
If the Justice Department will sue for

him.

All right, all right.

Give me those figures again.

City cleanup, $1 to $5 million.

Budget, 24 hours, 42 cents.

Okay, thanks.

You're going to want to use this.

People in town are holding a meeting at
the high school right now. They're angry

and they're scared.

Billy, I just got through talking to a
county public health official. They're

sending a team in to start taking blood
samples and sack it next week. Oh, good,

good. I can just stand here. Who did you
talk to?

Oh, I wrote it.

At the... Chasm?

Yeah, with a C, one word, last name
Brown, conventional spelling. Now,

something else.

List of chemical companies at that good
mark. following disposal guidelines.

I'm going to put that higher up in the
story.

You know, the only way of redeeming the
misrepresentation is to admit to it in

the story.

Change the focus of the story. That's
right.

Sensationalizes it. If a reporter goes
undercover to get story, that becomes

story. Our readers still have the right
to know the quality of their

information. First -hand observation is
very good information.

What? I'm not sure we've got.

We could lose the point.

I can live with Billy and the story, but
it's not our league.

How much second does their guard run?

All of it, Sergeant.

As long as it's there.

Okay. Okay.

Morning, Lou.

Check out the city council, then, will
you?

Lou, I've got to go back up to Diller.

Why? To pick up your severance pay?

No, there's somebody I've got to talk
to. I kind of make friends with this

in the office, and she didn't know who I
really was, and I feel I've just got to

tell her.

She's going to be impressed.

Maybe.

I'll be back, Stephanie.

I can't believe you did this.

I thought we were friends.

We are.

No, we're not.

Friends stick together, but now that
you've gotten what you want, you're

out of here.

And friends are straight with each
other.

Carrie, if you've read the story, you
know why I couldn't tell you what I was

doing here. I had to keep quiet about
that part.

It's not just that part.

The whole thing was a lie.

I liked a person that I thought you
were, but you were somebody else.

And I thought that you liked me just
because you liked me.

But that wasn't it at all. I did like
you. I do like you.

And I hated pretending to anybody, but
especially to you.

I just felt that what... Diller is
doing, pouring chemicals into the world

are going to make people very sick.

And cancer and birth defects.

It's so dangerous and so vicious that I
had to get that story out.

I don't know about that.

All I know is that Kent is in trouble.

And my uncle is in hot water because
he's head of shipping.

Diller has to cut back. He'll probably
be out of a job.

It really should be the people who are
responsible who are punished.

I just wish you'd try to understand why
I did what I did.

I think what you did stinks.

Was that the only way that you could get
your lousy story?

I thought it was, or I wouldn't have
done it. Well, I think it stinks.

Don't forgive me, but... Why don't you
just get out of here?

It really hurts you, haven't I?

This is my table.

Do you mind?

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