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- Are you all right?
- Yeah, yeah.

What was that?

- It was nothing... A deer.
- Did we hit it?

- You okay?
- Yeah, yeah, I was dreaming.

- Are we here?
- Welcome to the country.

Ta-da!

Wow!

Oh...

We could start a whole brood
in a place like this.

- One at a time, doc.
- Mmm.

- Where do you want this one?
- Uh, that's for the lab.

Hey...

-Here.
-Wow! You fixed it?

Yeah, it was just the shutter spring.

God, I'd given up on this old thing.

Thanks, doc.

Hey, when did you get a Polaroid?

Hey, that's lab property, Lil.

Oh-ho...

Oh, my God.

- Does the timer work?
- I don't know.

Okay, we've got
three seconds to smile, quick!

Today with
seasonal temperatures we should

reach our normal high
of 82 by this afternoon.

Clear skies tonight, low near 70,

increasing cloudiness tomorrow...

All right, 10, 11, 11,
what am I gonna get, 12, 12,

what am I gonna get, 12,
what am I gonna get, 12,

Sold out, 11 dollars.

Number 717.

Okay, and here we have
a box of shoes...

I've got six,
you want to go seven.

Seven dollars,
what am I gonna get?

Seven!

Sold out, six dollar bills to
the gentleman over there

in the red shirt.

All right, and now we got a box
of nails and an old hammer...

Good fine merchandise here.
Stick up somethin' on the side wall.

Sold out. Four and a half.
Gentleman over on the left side.

All right,
and we have box 821,

and what are we gonna get for,
this one, how much?

10 dollar bill.
Buying it all...

What do you get for not much?
Another 821 box,

and a nice old set of forceps in there,
mole traps,

some steel traps down in there.

Hey!
You got some syringes.

And here's some other syringes and stuff:
Veterinary tools.

And there's a real goody there.

All right, what am I gonna get,
box and contents?

Five dollar,
you want to go six dollar,

You want to go seven dollar,
you want to go seven.

You want to bet eight,
eight, you want to bet eight?

All right, now eight dollar...

15 now,
I want to get 17 and a half...

Sold, 20 dollar bill back there,
number 54.

You snooze, you lose, lady.
Gotta get in there.

- Hey, you owe me 20 bucks.
- Oh, so you're the one.

You gotta forgive ol' Walter.

When a stranger bids high
he gets kind of nervous.

You could be a dealer.

He doesn't like an atmosphere
of greed at his auctions.

I promise you,
I'm not a dealer.

Well, exactly who are you, then?

I'm Lillian Gaines,
soon-to-be famous painter,

and this is my husband Geoffrey,
the brilliant scientist.

Alex Vine.

Well, I owe you $20, Alex Vine.

No, that's okay, I'll write it off.

I'll write it off, thanks.

Geoff Gaines.

It's not that bad,
there's some great stuff here!

Maybe I should become a dealer.

Hey, remember we're
on a tight budget this summer.

- Oh, look, isn't this great?
- Just what we need.

- Hey, honey, check this out.
- Mm-hmm?

Fire this up and have some breakfast.

Oh, here's something for you,
Einstein, catch!

Oh! Oh, God...
I'm sorry.

- Alex Vine, right?
- Lillian Gaines.

Nice to see you again.

Getting to know some of the locals?

Yeah, I've never seen a dead cow before.

Yeah, that's one of Chuck Boyd's cows.

Your neighbor.

His daughter, Frances,
always chooses favorites.

She puts these little bells
around their neck so they won't get lost.

Oh, here,
you should give this back to her.

No, you can keep it.

Seems sort of eerie lying
like that all alone out here.

Yeah, you see, the pesticides
Boyd's been using on his crops

Have gotten into the
ground water under here.

It's raised the nitrate level
in some of this vegetation.

It shouldn't have been out here, right?

She must have slipped out of the pen.

Boyd's got his whole herd
fenced in at the farm,

losing money paying for feed.

Is he going out of business?

He's trying to go organic but
it takes time for the chemicals

to flush out and besides the
problems in this field could

be from the next farm over,
Cartwright's farm.

Yeah, well, there's always
the problem of the neighbors.

No matter where you live.

I had this idea for a painting.
I'm going to use these shots.

Do you know where I can
get them developed fast?

Philip, my assistant, can get them done
at the university pretty fast.

Here, is the roll finished?

Ahh, there are a few left.

Oh, God, please.

Simon,
they can pull the money out of R&D.

Or Bernard's cat studies,

he's been doing sleep
experiments for seven years.

I don't think he remembers
what he's trying to figure out.

Look, when I break this we'll
get the patent, all right?

Maybe the Nobel.

Well, tell Fex Pharmaceutical
that they'll get their Pentagon

contract and they're gonna look

like real philanthropists in the press.

I ran into Alex Vine today.

Alex Vine?

Alex Vine,
the guy from the auction.

I met him out in the fields today.

He's doing something
with the farmers out here.

Right.

You know,
I got really inspired today,

just walking around with the camera.

I took some shots of this dead cow.

Yeah? Where?

Right out in the fields,
our own backyard.

It was very surreal.

What do you call this piece, Lil?

Um...

Conversation Piece?
For when we have people over?

Yeah, you're gonna scare
everybody away with this stuff

hanging in your dining room.

I think it's really provocative.

I don't think people around here
really want to be provoked.

They seem pretty wary of outsiders.

They seem wary of Carson Road Farm,
that's what it is.

Yeah, they probably just
stick to themselves, mostly.

Geoffrey...

Alex Vine seems very friendly.

Yeah, well,
he's not from around here.

He's swooping in to do some research.

"The Great American Corn Project"
or something.

Anyway,
I don't know what kind of time

I'm going be having to entertain.

I know,
you've got a schedule to keep.

- Been out to your studio yet?
- Nope.

I have to get the key from you.

Well, come on,
let's go have a look.

Oh, it's going to be little
hard to judge the light.

Come on.

Look, all my stuff's ready to go.

Here.

You know,
Mom would love this.

I mean,
she'd never let up about grandkids

if we had a place like this.

Yeah, they could stay in the barn.
We'd never have to see 'em.

Yeah,
we could put Mom out there too.

Look, if I have any luck
in the lab this summer,

we will have
a place like this sometime.

And my mother can read about
what you do in Time magazine.

Your mother doesn't read Time magazine.

- Well, okay, People magazine.
- How about The Enquirer?

Don't be mean!

Then maybe you can tell your
mother what I really do.

Oh, no,
it's easier to let her think what

she wants to think.

Oh, God...

No lights.

Spooky...

Whoa, whoa!

Wait, wait, wait...

Carson Road Farm?

So your husband's in the military, then?

Oh, no. I mean...

He's a researcher and we...

Well, he's just using their facility.

Oh, there's no need to explain.

I mean, what your husband
does exactly is not important.

It's just important to have one.

How's that for an old-fashioned idea?

Well...

Well, listen,
your concern about infertility,

Is that something that
you've discussed with

your doctor in the city?

Yeah, um, we've been trying,
my husband and I,

and I've been off the pill
for the last eight months,

and I've just read some things...

Mm-hmm. Well, you know,
when you stop taking an oral

contraceptive it takes the body
several months to re-adjust.

But at your age
I wouldn't worry about it.

I understand, I...

I think I'm just a little anxious.

Interesting decor, Mrs. Gaines.

I'm glad you like it.

Those items were very pricey.

- You know what this is for?
- Um... elephant junkies?

Get cows pregnant.

How romantic.

I like to find these
old medical things for Geoffrey.

He doesn't really get it, but...

I think it puts his profession
in perspective.

Your husband's not exactly an M.D., is he?

Well, he's a research doctor.
He does research with animal models.

He calls it chemo-electric therapy.

It's going to help with
transplants and with amputees.

It's really gonna be a breakthrough.

And you get the house.
This is some place.

I know,
it reminds me of some old aunt's house.

Not in my family,
but in someone's.

A place to go for Thanksgiving.

My parents had a place like this
when I was growing up.

We had a summer house
and a winter house.

So how many houses do you have now?

Now I live in a hotel.

We can't all have what our parents had.

No, but we can
make ourselves miserable trying.

This place belongs to
your Uncle Sam now.

Yeah, kind of been figuring that out.

They bought it in the 50's.

Used to conduct war games
out in those fields.

Now it's sort of a retreat,
I guess.

Some government think tank.

How do you know about this place?

Everyone in town knows about it.

A teenage room?
I never had a teenage room.

There were 10 of us in the family.

You didn't have posters up on the wall?

But I loved David Cassidy.

Hold on a second.

Oh, it's locked.

- Hi, honey.
- Hi.

- Hi.
- Hi, Alex Vine.

We met Saturday night at the auction.

Yeah, sure.

We ended up carting home
a lot of junk thanks to you.

Alex had my pictures
developed and brought them by.

Yeah, Lil told me she ran
into you out in the fields.

Yeah, that's right.

I've forgotten what
exactly it is you work in.

Contamination in the
crops and livestock and

in even some of the wildlife in this area.

I'm trying to get the locals
off these pesticides.

- And then onto what?
- Bugs.

- One of yours?
- Nope.

- I work with wasps.
- Yeah, me too.

My boss is a W.A.S.P.

Geoff, we were going to go
for a drive, can you come?

I'd like to but I can't.

I'm expecting a delivery
from out of state.

- Should we wait?
- No, we can't wait.

He likes to be alone with his deliveries.

Okay, well,
if we can't tear you away.

Bye.

Hey, bring me some
brussel sprouts if you see any.

Sure!

Can I drive?

Let's find out.

Too early in the season
for Brussels sprouts.

She's not gonna make it up this hill.

No, she'll be okay.

You should have seen
the guy I bought it off of.

So are we gonna get an ice cream?

Shit!

Oh, that's the delivery for your husband.

God, they were going really fast.

- Oh, damn, pull in over here!
- Where?

Right in over here,
in front of this car!

I got it, I got it! It's okay.

Get outta the car!

That was quite an entrance, Alex.

Get outta the fucking car, White.

- Uh, you're blocking my exit.
- Get out of the car.

You got something to say to me,
I can hear it from right here.

You've got to stop coming around
and bothering these people.

Alex, let's keep emotion out of this,
shall we?

The Boyds have had it with
Kaas Chemical, you can take

your fucking poison somewhere else.

Alex, you may have strong opinions
about Kaas Chemical and

that's your right as a citizen
of this great country —

You're hiding behind the flag, White.

But we believe that
Chuck Boyd has a right to know about

our newest products and the
financing packages we offer

so that he can make choices that
are best for him and his family.

Some people mean "no"
when they say it.

I've been coming around here since
long before you showed up, Alex,

and in my business "no" just means,

"Let's look over the terms again."

Now, Chuck Boyd's always been
a smart player, and I respect that.

Why can't you just leave them

alone and give them a chance
at a second start here?

Well, Alex, we don't believe

that what you have to offer them
is a chance at a second start.

We think it's a dangerous

experiment that's costing him
a lot of time and money.

The Boyds don't believe the
company line anymore,

they don't want to hear from you.

I think it's you who don't
want to hear from us, Alex.

What are those two up to now?

Oh, just let them have it out, Chuck.

Yeah, I do get nervous
when you come around, Paul,

'cause you prey on people's
weaknesses for a living.

You peddle quick solutions and
miracle cures to vulnerable

people and you don't give a
flying fuck what happens to the

Boyd's after you We gone.

You're damn right I get worried
when you come around.

Well, that's a lot of strong talk, Alex.

But Chuck Boyd has been a client
of ours for over 25 years, and

we want him to know that we're
gonna be there for him long

after you've decided to
go back to the university.

Why don't you show him
some respect and let him

make up his own mind?

Now, can you move your truck please?

I've got work to do.

I hold you personally responsible
for Chuck Boyd's

failing health,
you know the shit that you're pushing.

Sorry about that, Lillian.

Afternoon, Martha.
Afternoon, Chuck.

You're pissing upstream, Alex,

don't make the rest of us stand in it.

Excuse me, Martha.

I told him, Alex,
I said I didn't have any more

use for any more Kilvap
in my processing rooms.

And all he did was hand me
this doggone poncho.

No telling what they're gonna
come up with next.

- Hey, Alex!
- Well, hey, Franny.

- Who you got there?
- Well, ma said I shouldn't

name him 'cause I'll become

attached,
but this is definitely Screamer.

- He's very cute.
- Chester's the dad.

Hey! I can't sign for this.

We have to check all the boxes.

Chuck, you know
you've got a Holstein out in that

south field of yours that looks like

she's been lying out there a few days.

Yep, I know.

You know we're going
to have to torch that field.

Every day we wait we're
inviting more problems.

We should just get it over with.

He's got cancer?

Farmers today
die from one of two things:

Cancer or suicide,
or they stop farming.

What's gonna happen to Frances?

She's a smart kid.

She'll probably move to the city somewhere.

The Boyds don't want her
to get into farming now.

She'll have beautiful memories
growing up in this countryside.

I hope she'll remember it that way.

I think what
he's doing is important.

Yeah, well,
you gotta remember,

this guy is making his living
off of alternative farming.

He's gonna play up the dangers
out there to drum up business.

Everybody's got a sales pitch, Lil.

Alex said what he's doing
isn't alternative at all.

I mean, it's been around
for thousands of years.

Chemical farming's been around

for 30 years and now that's
being called traditional.

I mean,
you can see what he's up against.

Anyway, the farmer, Boyd,

he was clearly sick from the pesticides.

You can't say that for sure.
The guy could be a chain smoker.

Always ask yourself,
"Who's doing the study?"

"What results are they looking for?"

Okay, I got it.

Feeling a little testy tonight, Geoff?

I just got started today.

I mean, you're gonna do fine.

So how's your studio?

Great,
but I need some electricity out there.

We can do that.

Hi! Okay, great.

Gary, you can run it
right into the kitchen now.

What's going on?

- We're upgrading the place.
- Looks like Eighth Avenue.

- What is this?
- It's an intercom,

from the house to the lab.

- What?
- Yeah, it might make things easier.

You gotta be kidding, right?

Yeah, I'll still be right out back.

I hope this wasn't your idea, Geoffrey.

It... It... It's an intercom!

Hey.

We were beginning to think
you weren't coming.

Thanks for thinking of me, Alex.

Come on in and test the water.

- Isn't that your job?
- Not today.

- Hi, Lillian!
- Hi, Franny!

Watch! Here, Chester.

- Good dog!
- Good dog!

Chester!

He's a regular hero, Chester is.

He's a great dog.

No really. He saved Franny's life.

Yeah!

When I was three and three quarters,

I fell in the creek when Andrew,

my brother,
wasn't watching me,

and Chester pulled me out
by my bathing suit.

Franny's got lots of
guardian angels around the farm.

Are you sad to give up the puppies?

Yeah,
but I'm gonna make lots of money!

What are you going to do
with all the money?

It's a secret.

Lil?

Well,
remember the loudest puppy, Screamer?

I'm gonna save all my money
and buy him for myself,

and my mama definitely
will have to let me 'cause I'm payin'.

Don't tell anyone.

Lil?

Lil?

Oh, shit.

Lil?

Lil?

Yeah?

Hi, hon, uh...

Listen, go ahead and eat without me.

I'm getting kind of
bogged down out here, okay?

Geoffrey?

Is that you?

What are you thinking about?

- Honest?
- Yep, honest.

Endorphins, plasma compatibility,

tissue rejection.

Of course,
exactly what I was reminded of.

- What's up, Lil?
- I feel like I'm all

alone out here,
charting my fertility patterns.

It makes me feel weird.
I... I'd like to feel like

I could ask you for a little support.

Well, I'm here.

I want this baby as much as you do.

We have to make some sort of
effort with our relationship.

You're in the lab when you're
two feet away from me.

You knew this wasn't gonna be
a second honeymoon, okay?

- First.
- Look, don't give me a hard time, Lil.

We both want the same thing.

If I get a patent,
if I get some recognition,

we can really have a family.

We can set up anywhere you want.

I thought you were
getting stressed out in the city.

I don't just want to be in
the country for the sake of it.

I mean, this isn't the magic bullet
that's going to keep us together.

Keep us... Keep us together?
What the hell?

- I'm sorry. Forget it.
- Jesus, Lil,

you have really changed
since we've been out here.

Why? Because I'm not so
wrapped up in my work anymore?

No, no, I think it's
really great that you're feeling all

sexy out here and everything,

but I'm just not quite there with you.

I mean,
my work is more important to me now

than it ever has been.

Maybe that's a problem.

What, I'm supposed to choose
between you and my work?

I'm not talking about your work!

I am trying to save lives, Lillian

Oh, come on, what am I
supposed to say to that?

Look, you used to think that what
I was doing was important.

I do, I do.

Look, it's just the one summer!

I need the time, please.

Okay, go on, get the phone.

I am telling you, Simon,

I feel very confident about this.

I'm ready for you to really

push through the primate idea with Fex.

No, why wait?

I can handle the whole
thing myself, right here,

but I'm going to need to work

with more intricate physiologies.

No, Fex doesn't want to
deal with my proposal because they

are doling out the chimps
to the high-profile cases.

No, what I'm asking you to do

is tell them what a sweet deal
we have going here.

All I need to get started is three chimps.

Three fucking chimps!

- Geoffrey, are you there?
- Hi. Hello, honey.

Hi, is this "nine-seven-a-stranger"?

- How's it going, Geoff?
- It's going.

I'm gonna bike into town.
I'll buy some dinner.

Great.

If you can wait until nine
or so we could eat together.

Okay. I'll wait.

See ya.

I lost her to some jock.

The science kids never got the girls.

That is what Geoffrey always tells me.

I guess I took it as a challenge.

How long have you two been together?

We've been married three years
and we've probably been

together about two weeks out of that.

I was almost married once.

No.

There was this woman, Rachel.

Funny to say her name again.

We were both doing
field studies in Mexico

and she was offered a big job with this

company that sells growth
hormones and antibiotics to

Latin American farmers.

Stuff banned in the United States.

We'd both seen these problems down there:

terrible health problems with children

with premature sexual development
from the hormones in the milk.

And these kids were
reaching puberty when they were five and

six years old.
- Oh, God.

- Their parents were terrified.
- Oh.

She said she could improve
the system from the inside.

We decided to date other people.

I think she was just afraid of being poor.

Geoffrey's got a lot of fear.

He won't come out and admit it but...

he sees everything as this great race.

He's the one with
the real biological time clock.

I am so pissed at him.

I know his work's important, but...

Hey, Lillian...

What do you say we go back to the inn?

Okay.

Look, I know this sounds silly,
but this is a small town

and people like to talk.

I understand,
maybe this isn't such a good idea.

No, no, no, no, it is, it is.

You wait here,
I'll go in through the front door,

get some wine.

You slip up the back stairs,

and I'm the first door on the left.

Can't we just go in like two adults?

When we can go in like two kids?

Come on, Lillian.

I'll see you up there.

Oh, God.

Oh, God, what am I doing?

Tonight's news is brought
to you by Fex Pharmaceutical.

At Fex,
we're working for a better tomorrow.

Lillian?

Lillian?

Lil, are you around?

Hey! Yoo-hoo!

- Yeah, hey.
- Hey, there.

Is it too late for dinner?

Well, I haven't eaten yet.
Are you really coming in?

- Right away.
- Okay.

- Lilly?
- Yeah, Geoff?

I love you.

That's a good boy.

I hope this is gonna do you, now.

Come here, hold still.

- Hey, Geoffrey.
- Hi! I just, uh...

I thought I heard a dog barking.

Yeah, I thought I heard that too.
It stopped.

Was it coming from over here?

I couldn't tell,
I was lost in thought.

Sounded in trouble.

Yeah, well, don't hear it now.

What brings you out here?

Well, you know, my wife, Lillian,
she's always telling me

I ought to get out of the lab more,
take a look around,

so I drove down this old road.

I guess I missed the scenic route, huh?

Where can a husband get some flowers?

Well, you might try taking a stroll

to that side of the field,
Farmer Boyd's land.

His wife keeps flowers.

It's pretty scenic.

Well, I guess I better be off.

Listen, I know you must be busy,

but if you find the time,

maybe we could
have a drink and talk shop.

Not too many scientists out here.

Yeah, sure,
but I am pretty busy right now.

I can't let you go till we make a date.

Um, hell, why don't you
come by the farmhouse tonight?

I just got tons of groceries.

I know Lillian would
love to have you over.

You might want to check with her first.

No, no, really,
we've been meaning

to have people over
and I just got this big roast.

Geoffrey, this is Phillip Brown.
He's working with me out here.

Phillip, hi.

I was just saying to Alex that
if you two want to come over for

dinner tonight,
we'd love to have you.

Say about 7:00?

You sure it's not too short notice?

No, no, it's perfect.
Seven, then?

Nervous guy.

Something.

Hey, you!

- Lil...
- Mm-hmm?

- Something terrible happened.
- What? What is the matter?

No brussel sprouts?

No, actually,
I got the sprouts in town.

But look,
I ran into Alex Vine there.

- And?
- And I invited him for dinner.

Look, he just wouldn't
leave me alone about getting together

tonight so I invited him over for 7:00,

and I just need to
finish up some things in the lab,

and I'll be in to
help with the cooking, okay?

Well, God,
it's not even 1:00 yet, Geoffrey.

- What'd you get, anyway?
- I got a roast.

Look, I promise I'll be right in, okay?

- What is with you, Geoffrey?
- He practically insisted.

Listen, I...

I'm going to finish up
and I'll be right in, okay?

- He's bringing a friend.
- Well, what kind of a friend?

Geoffrey!

Shh.

Shh.

Okay, good boy. Be quiet.

You're all right, good dog.

Be quiet.

No, just hold still, hold still.

I'll be right down. I'm sorry.

You don't think you're
over-simplifying that

just a little bit, Alex?

Well, there's a law
this American Indian tribe has,

when they undertake a change they ask,

"How will the changes we're making now

affect people
seven generations from now?"

Now, seven generations,
how long is that?

The average American businessman

is making decisions based on
how something's gonna look

in a financial report the next quarter.

I think that's a problem.

Yeah, but are we talking about
business or science now?

It's getting very hard
to separate the two.

I mean, I think
corporate sponsorship in the universities

is a corrupting influence.

You seem to have quite an agenda, Alex.

It's inspired
a lot of secrecy in the sciences,

having businesses involved.

There's less exchange of information.

But competition is the name of the game.

It suppresses a lot of good ideas.

No, it's where
the best ideas come from.

No, I don't agree.
What we need is a more open

policy in the sciences to give
us a clearer picture of the

interconnectedness of things.

What is this we're talking about?

Not this highly fractured view
where we set up an endless

slew of disciplines that
puts control in the hands of

specialists and makes the
average guy feel dependent,

like he can't help himself or
inform himself or do anything

but pay someone else
to take care of him.

Yeah, but are we talking about
science or social work?

Well, how about you, Geoffrey?
What about your work?

Aren't you trying to help people?

Well, medicine is a different field.

Even the most radical
environmentalists believe in

medical advances, I think.

For the most part
I suppose that's true.

I don't think Alex
is being all that radical, Geoffrey.

Lillian, I've changed my mind,
I'd love another slice.

Sure!

Storing up
a little extra protein there, Alex?

I don't eat much meat.

- Oh, I didn't realize.
- It's irresistible.

Should I direct my compliments
to you or to Geoffrey?

Well, Geoffrey did all the shopping,

but I did all the rest.

- And I see you found flowers.
- No, they're mine.

They're for still life.

I found Geoffrey wandering
around in the middle of a field

looking for flowers,
so I guess he didn't —

- I rushed home.
- I thought you met in town.

I had some things to
finish up at the lab.

Well, it's great.
Here's to the chef.

Thanks.

So, do you know anyone that's opposed

to a cure for cancer, Alex?

I thought they'd figured out that
cancer was largely preventable.

Prevention doesn't sell.

And it's not going to help the
people that already have it.

I think the war on cancer is
just a big business venture

lining the same old pockets.
I think we could focus a little

more on the causes instead of a cure.

Are you actually working
in cancer, Geoffrey?

No, no, I've never worked in disease.

I don't have the patience to sit
around and watch tumors grow.

- Do you mind?
- Oh, no.

Uh, here.

Thanks. I like that display.

- Was it here?
- No, I put them up, actually.

Alex bought them for us at the auction.

That's where we met,
remember?

Oh, yeah,
Alex told me about that.

There's some other
things still in the box.

Can I have some more wine?

Hmm? Oh, sure.

Here.

So, what are you up to
in that lab, Geoffrey?

I'm working on
some new surgical techniques.

I'm looking into ways to
facilitate transplants.

- Organs?
- Everything.

You know,
encourage regeneration of tissue,

discourage infection.

It's pretty dull stuff.

Everything?
Doesn't sound dull at all.

Someone seemed excited
enough to set you up

out here away from the madding crowd.

I just hope I'm not wasting their money.

Who's funding it,
if you don't mind my asking?

- You work with computer models?
- No, not for this sort of thing.

I work with live models.

- Rats?
- Rats, mostly.

Mice, cats...
I work my way up the food chain.

He's kidding.

You ever get animal rights
people on your back?

No, no, not on my back, specifically.

They're in it for the heartthrob species:

Primates, dogs, cats.

And they're jacking up the cost
of the most basic research

by requiring these high-security labs.

These are bewildering times
and laymen can't keep up,

everything being so complex,
so naturally people want to

participate in some way,
even if it's only to object.

Science has to be unencumbered!

It is impossible to work with
the press and the public

breathing down your backs!

Would you want to make a
painting under those conditions?

Oh, that's ridiculous!

Besides,
art is constantly under scrutiny!

But science, which is what
really changes our lives,

I mean, no one even knows
what scientists are up to.

It's always too complicated for

the public to understand,
so it's just conveniently

carried out behind closed doors!

The public doesn't
want to understand.

They don't want to
know the gory details.

They just want to be saved.

It's a convenience,
it's junk-food medicine.

Miracle cures and magic bullets,

and that's where
research funding goes,

because that's what the public wants.

Look, all the press talks about is
what they're told to talk about.

I mean, I don't know anything
about what you do in the lab,

and I don't expect to
find out about it on TV.

Which way to the bathroom?

Sorry, by the stairs.
Just follow the stairs.

Well, I think debate is very healthy.
It keeps everyone on their toes.

But I'd say you're right about
the public's double standards.

They want solutions to
be high-tech and cheap,

and then they get indignant
over the repercussions:

the animal thing, the environment,
the garbage, the whole economy —

Look, the public wants
high-tech solutions because

that's what they're promised.

I mean, the repercussions
are never even brought up!

People are talking about these
problems more and more.

I know, that's why I'm in business.

Look, look, look,
life has a light side and a dark side,

and you are free to choose which
side you're going to look at.

But there's a lot of this
anti-science hysteria

going around right now,
- Oh, thanks very much.

And that is what gets in the
way of any real progress.

- Progress towards what?
- Progress towards the future.

What does that mean
That is new speak, Geoffrey.

I think what she's trying to say is

what kind of image of
the future should we have?

One overrun with technology,

or a realistic, sustainable
future for the planet?

I don't know if that's
what I'm trying to say,

but it doesn't really matter,
does it, what I have to say?

I mean, I guess it's up to you two
to come up with the future.

I mean,
this is the new white man's burden.

Instead of Christianizing
a bunch of natives,

now we've got the whole
natural world to set in order!

I mean,
"plotting for a better tomorrow,"

isn't that what they say
at Fex Pharmaceutical?

If only all the boys in
lab coats could agree,

then we'd really know
what the future will be!

Jesus, keep the wine away

from the lady activist
at the end of the table.

Yeah, well, I think I see why

all the activists I know are women.

- I'm pretty active.
- Does anyone want coffee?

- Yeah.
- Sure.

Alex Vine certainly seems to have

made a big impression on you.

You two see eye-to-eye
on all the big issues.

Well, if you were really listening,

you'd see we didn't
see eye-to-eye on everything.

I think he's got a crush on you.

Don't try to drag me into
your problems with Alex Vine.

You've got to stop lumping all
the opposition into one big

fucking heap trying to get in
the way of your career.

Oh, are you a member
of the opposition now?

What I want to know
is what are you doing

out there that's making you so paranoid?

What I want to know is
how come you're

suddenly a big expert on science?

How about since I started
trying to get pregnant?

It could be worse.

We could be doing it in a petri dish.

I think this is really gross,
leaving these around.

And you want to know
what we do out in the lab?

I can't sleep. I'm going downstairs.

- Geoffrey —
- Lilly, what are you doing?

I just...
I just...

I wanted to know
what you're doing out here.

- I told you what I do.
- No, you haven't told me anything.

What are these pictures?

My God.

I work with animals for Christ's sake,
you know that.

- They sustain injuries —
- "Sustain injuries"?

Yes, I am developing treatments.

Some of them are sacrificed.

There's no pain involved,
they're sedated.

- They're mice, for God's sake.
- Well, what about this?

What are you using the trap for?
What is it doing out here?

Geoffrey, what is going on?

People catch animals in traps
every day all over the world.

People eat rabbits.

These animals have a nobler purpose.

Be glad for them, all right?

Are you trapping animals with this thing?

Look, I've had to do a
little improvising, okay?

I can't get what I need from Fex,
not fast enough.

Believe me,
this is not how I want to work,

but they've given me no choice.

What do you mean,
they've given you no choice?

I thought you were their fucking whiz kid.

I am their fucking whiz kid,

and they're not working
fast enough for me.

I'm up against their
goddamn bureaucracy, okay?

This doesn't make any sense.
Trapping wild animals?

I'm not trapping wild animals —

I caught a mangy
household pest in a trap.

It didn't belong to anyone.

It sustained an injury which is
completely consistent to my

research and it has been very beneficial.

This doesn't sound very scientific.

Is it even legal in this state?

Jesus Christ, I'm not gonna have
you giving me the third degree.

I mean, most people wouldn't
be allowed near this place.

Why not?

It is only because you are my
wife that you're even in here,

and I really resent you
sneaking around with my keys.

I mean,
don't I have the right to privacy?

If this is so fucking great,
why is it so fucking secret?

Because it is like any other business:

There are company interests to protect.

I want to see what's inside there.

Oh, for Christ's sake!
I've had enough of this.

- Geoffrey!
- No! Come on!

Leave me alone! I want to be alone!

Lil, no... Lil!

I just hate to be pushed, okay?

I am under a lot of pressure.

Look, I'm tired of hearing that, Geoffrey.

I've given you your freedom.

I've let you have your
all-nighters up at the university.

I've made dinner for your creepy
co-workers and I've given up my

life for this shit summer
in the middle of nowhere.

I just don't want to hear it anymore!

Maybe you're right,
maybe I wasn't on the level

about the kind of summer
this was gonna be,

but I needed the chance!

Well, that's a breakthrough.

Just to hear you come out and say it.

God!

Damn it!

The therapy's working, Simon.

I am very encouraged.

Well, I'm getting more than
30% success rate with these...

These other animals now,
but I need to

get into more intricate physiologies.

Look, I am talking about doing
the first human applications

in less than a year.

Somebody volunteers, Fex pays,
the press will eat it up.

We'll be on top.

Yeah, I know, but I can't push that
through without some primate data.

I am asking you to get me the chimps!

Listen, listen, listen, Simon,

listen to me...

"Chemo-electric therapy," huh?

It's going to sound
very familiar to people, very easy to sell.

♪ And make the world,
make it go away... ♪

♪ Make the world go away, ♪

♪ oh, ♪

♪ yes, get it off, ♪
♪ off of my shoulders... ♪

♪ Say the things you used to say... ♪

♪ Come on and tell me now ♪
♪ and make the world ♪

♪ make it go away... ♪

You can't come in.

Truce?

Does it have a name?

"Barrier-sustained
609 strain G.R.L. mouse."

I'll think of something shorter.

This is a whole new ball game, Simon.

I'm not at all sure it's practical.

Why don't we just bring him into
one of our units here where we

can keep an eye on him?

I have no reason to doubt him.

He's proven himself before.

If he wants a couple of monkeys,
let's try and get them for him.

There's a waiting list on all the primates.

I don't want to hear about that, Peter.

You know, there's a problem
with these transplant therapies:

it's where do we get the parts
to make it a marketable option?

We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

You know, there's these
horror stories about expendables

in India being snuffed
for their body parts.

I'm not sure that's what
Fex wants in their annuals.

And AIDS was genetically
engineered by the D.O.D.

Or was it the C.I.A?

No one listens to these groups, Peter.

They're too hysterical.

As for Gaines, if he's successful,

and if the technology creates a demand,

we'll establish a supply.

- Hi.
- Hi.

I wish you wouldn't take those.

Why are you taking those?

Nerves.

My period's late.

Hey, that's great, honey.

How 'bout that?

We should make an appointment
with the doctor to make sure.

I'm sorry.

Well...

Love means never having
to say you're sorry, right?

Congratulations, hon.

Hi, there.

Is your father around?

He's over there.

Hi, Mr. Boyd.

How are you?

Geoff Gaines,
I'm staying over on Carson Road,

at the farm there.

Yeah, I know the place.

Yeah, I'm working on a project there.

I have a laboratory set up.

I'm investigating some health problems.

I wish you luck, Mr. Gaines.

Frances, I want you
to finish your chores now.

Alex Vine told me that
you might have some livestock to sell,

and I need a young cow
to help me with my work.

He said you might be willing to sell.

- Alex said that?
- Mm-hmm.

Well, I don't know what he meant by that.

Frances, I want you to go to the

stand now and help your mother,
all right?

Hand me the pail... okay?

All right, you go on now.

I brought some cash, Mr. Boyd.

If you had an animal in your pen

that you could bear to part with,

I'd like to make it worth your while.

Well, what do you want with my calf?

Well, that's not easy to explain,

this work can get pretty technical.

Well, if it's too technical to explain,

maybe it's something
I don't want to get involved with.

Alex told me about your pesticide problems.

Now, I wanted to make you an offer before

I tried anywhere else,
maybe help you out a little.

How's $300 sound, Mr. Boyd?

How you fixin' to get this calf
back to Carson Road?

I figured I'd just walk it
back across that field.

I brought some rope.

It's a beautiful place you got here.

Come on.

I hope you find what you're looking for.

Come on.

Come on, God damn it.

Geoffrey?

Geoffrey?

Come on, come on.

Hello, I'm trying to reach Alex Vine.

Well, is there a number to his room?

Do you know if he's there?

I can wait.

Thank you.

Alex Vine.

I wanted to put your mind at ease.

Lil, you know what
I'm doing up here is really confidential.

I hope you're not
discussing it with anyone.

I hope that's clear, okay?

Lillian?

I just wanted to say I know

this summer has been very rough on you.

Being up here and worrying about
the pregnancy thing but...

I know I haven't been all there for you.

But I really feel like
I'm onto something now.

A breakthrough.

I'm gonna go clean up.

- Have you seen Alex around?
- Not today.

Might be by later on.

We're closing early today.

Oh.

- Where's Frances?
- Oh, she's down by the house.

Did she sell all the puppies?

You know, it's real nice of you and
Alex to take such an interest in her.

It's real hard for her
with her brothers away.

- She's a wonderful girl.
- Yes, she is.

We try to spend as much time
on her as we possibly can,

but there's so much work to be
done here on the farm and my

husband's just not up to things
the way he used to be.

You know, I met your mister
here a while ago at the stand.

Had to send him into town,
though, to a supermarket.

Dead set on finding
brussel sprouts this time of year.

Real handsome fella.
Right smart-looking.

Yeah...
Yeah, he is.

Okay, that'll be $5.80.

Five dollars...

Eighty cents.

Oh, good,
I sure do need the change.

Thank you, Mrs. Boyd.

Sure enough.

Hey, Lillian.
I've been looking for you.

- Ow!
- Hey, are you all right?

I've been wanting to speak with you

about dinner the other night,

see if we could...
Are you all right?

Oh, my God.

- It's Geoffrey.
- What?

- I know where Chester is.
- Come on, we'll take the truck.

No, I have to talk to him alone.

Lillian, come on.

Shit, oh!

Can we still go swimming, pa?

What the hell is he doing with —

Look, I want to talk to him alone, okay?

- Why are you protecting him?
- I'm not protecting him.

He's my fucking husband!

Come here.

Come here, boy, come on.

Come on, big fella, come on.

Come here, come on.

Geoffrey!

Geoffrey!

- Lillian, are you all right?
- I'm fine, leave us alone.

Just what the hell do
you think you're doing?

I told you never to bring
anyone into this!

My God, Geoffrey,
what have you done?

That dog belongs to someone,
a little girl!

No, no, no, listen, listen.

I want you to understand this,
all right?

I found the dog.
That dog was hurt, all right?

I was trying to help it.

I don't believe a word you're saying.

You're scared.
I've never seen you like this before.

I'm not scared of anything.

My God, Lillian, you have no idea
what I have done in here.

I can sew limbs back together.

I can transplant, I mean,
not just a spleen or a kidney,

maybe even a head!

All right,
I just want to get this story straight

about the dog.

Now, that was an accident.

- I can't be a part of this, Geoffrey.
- A part of what?

Do you think I'm the only one
doing this kind of work?

There's labs like this
all over the country.

At least now I have the shot at the patent.

We're so close to everything now,

having everything that
you have ever wanted.

No, you have no idea what I want.

I know exactly what you want!

God!

God damn, Chester.

It's dying, Geoffrey.

Leave it alone, Geoffrey! Let it die!

What good is this?
Who is this helping?

You're only doing it
because you can, Geoffrey!

- Come on!
- Geoffrey!

Damn it, come on!

You killed it!

God!

Hey, this wouldn't be so easy
if you didn't have Mr. Ecology

waiting in the wings, huh?

Am I right?

You don't get it at all, do you?

Hey, Vine.

Vine, you think you're a
real hero out here, huh?

Saving the family farm!

Well, it doesn't mean a thing!

Lillian, why don't you
come back to the inn with me till you

get your head together?
- No, I can't! I have to get away,

- I've waited too long.
- Lillian, go easy on yourself.

I can't.

I can't.

We've gotta do something about this, right?

We can do something about this.

I've seen the future,
Simon, I've seen the future.

It is fucking brilliant!
It was so simple, finally.

We are going to chance the
face of the operating room.

The world has been waiting for this one.

What? What, the monkeys?

No, no, that's great! That's really great.

I can hardly wait to get started.

Hey, have you seen Geoffrey Gaines?

There's nobody here.

What the fuck are we
supposed to do with this delivery?

Hey, pops!

Forget it, man, we'll come back later.