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Previously on Picket Fences.

Lately, you know, I haven't been too great.

You have a little problem with women in power.

Jill's one of my best friends, and she's told me that you get threatened by her

career sometimes.

We did not talk about sex.

She knew. You told her. Told her what?

That your career success inhibits my sex drive.

Absolutely not.

The dairy is our oldest industry.

We cannot allow this.

This campaign will sell milk.

I don't care. Now, you want to use pornography to sell your lingerie? Well,

that's one thing.

But this dairy is a city -owned company.

Well, the reason it's city -owned, Gary, is because we saved it from Chapter 7.

Rome is identified by its dairy.

And she's a Rome native.

She's also Miss December 1985.

Women are the...

Cheese date.

Just look at this.

Well, that's a tasteful layout. It isn't even full nudity. Most... Thank you.

Many actresses pose these days.

I'm surprised that you two women would go for such exploitation as this.

The top -performing print campaigns all sell with sex.

This is milk.

Consider your target audience here. Mothers buy this product. When women

especially food, they like to see a spectacular body image.

But this is milk.

She's a Rome native.

The human personification of udders.

And she's coming tomorrow.

We're going to start right in with the photo session.

I want pictures with the sheriff's department, with the fire department,

with me.

And I think that for the Thanksgiving Day parade, we should make her grand

marshal. In the parade?

Come on, Gary, it's exposure.

What the floods took away, this woman could give back.

But this is milk.

He's so big, I can't even get him in a shot.

Hey, easy with the trombone, okay? Honey, your journalistic integrity

not crazy about you walking around looking like that.

That's the point, Mom.

First person. A day in the life of a seeker. Let me squeeze him.

If you're real, I will slap you.

How would you know that, Matthew?

He falls out Mary Queen.

What? He did what? By accident. Second thing.

Never mind.

We can talk about that later, Kimberly. Mom, this is a legitimate project.

You're the one behind using a sex object to sound milk and lead the parade. No,

the parade was never my idea.

Well, I'm sorry, but I think an article on what it's like to be a sex object is

timely. And the documentary will be even better.

Everybody smile.

Come on.

Come on.

Big smile.

That's it. Great. Great. Okay, baby. Now, lick the neck of the bottle, would

you?

Fantastic. Yes.

Give me a break.

Terrible. You're a convict dream, baby. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Hold it,

Ace. All right? Relax a second.

Who's that?

Husband. What?

I don't know. It's in the way.

His hat.

All right. You're doing great. Okay.

Okay. Go ahead.

The man who knows what he's doing.

Okay. We forgot the handcuffs, baby. Never mind. Let's have a giggle. Yes, I

love it. Product.

We've got to see product. Oh, we love Milton.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry.

You're painting the bathroom. You told me that I could change in here.

Well, I'm just the sheriff. I hope my work doesn't get in the way of your

fashion show.

Gee, there's some attitude.

Sorry.

No, you're not.

The mayor told me you don't approve.

Would you mind turning around for just a second?

Oh.

Uh, look, it's not that I don't approve of you. You just wouldn't have been my

first choice to promote milk.

That's all.

Or to lead a parade.

Yeah, that too.

Okay.

I'm finished.

Sidney Hall.

Oh, uh, Jimmy Brock.

Actually, we met a few years ago.

I was driving home to see my mom.

Apparently going too fast. You gave me a ticket.

Well, I'm sure you're a better driver for it. Yeah, yeah.

You know, I get pulled over a lot. You're the only police officer to ever

me a citation.

Yeah, well, I never did fall for that open map across the lap I'm lost

Oh, you remember me.

We talked well over an hour.

You said you want to make old -time movies?

That's right.

Come on, baby. They're waiting.

I'm ready. I'm set.

Sheriff Brock, this is my husband, Ron.

Yeah, we met already.

You overdo it with the lipstick.

What? The photographer said it was fine. Yeah, well, it's not fine. You come off

looking like a whore.

Here.

What?

Hey, look at me.

Yeah. Now you look good. She look good?

Great. Yeah, you look good. Come on.

You do look good.

Who's that?

I know, I know, it's stupid, but look at all the guys that have been noticing

you. Yeah, for two very artificial reasons. That doesn't make me feel...

Matthew, back up.

I want to hear dialogue.

It can't be a documentary unless people don't notice the camera. Eat it.

Hi, Lisa.

Hi, Kim.

Hi.

Hi.

I've got to go to class, so I'll see you later.

Okay.

It's ridiculous, isn't it?

Yeah.

Damn it. Those raisins aren't photographed.

Let's bring in the cocoa puffs.

That's way too much reflection.

Let's try the strawberries.

Hey, I'm not keeping her in there all day. That milk's 60 degrees, for God's

sake. She could catch pneumonia.

Hey! What's happening?

Hey,

Nate! All right.

Get her over to Jill's office.

First, we're going to the hospital.

I'm here, sweetie. I'm right here. I'm right in front of you. Come on, move it,

move it!

Get in there, get in there!

Come on, come on! Go, go, go!

I'm fine.

I'm just fine.

You sure, baby?

You have a bruise here at the base of the neck.

And the symptoms are consistent with a concussion.

I must have hit my head on that oversized bowl or something.

Well, I want to test your blood sugar. Have you had any episodes of dizziness?

No, she hasn't.

I'm telling you, I probably just whacked my head on that bowl and knocked myself

out. It's because you're not sleeping. That's what it is. I'm okay.

Really. I wish everybody would stop overreacting. I'm completely fine.

She's lying.

The bruise was an old one.

And she had another one on her ribs turning yellow.

She's covering.

For him.

You said that he smeared her lipstick in the office?

He was very controlling with her hair.

I think you better talk to her.

Well, if she's a typical battered wife, she's not going to talk to you.

If she's a typical battered wife, it's only going to get worse.

Talk to her.

Stacy, come here.

How are you doing?

Cute outfit.

Yeah, it's really good.

Is your hair different?

No, not at all.

And I have a 22 -pound turkey.

Ooh.

You think that's big enough? Oh, that's plenty.

Plenty.

Good night, honey.

Love you.

No, this isn't working for me. Ethan, we're going to have to relight.

Everybody take five.

Hey, lifeguard.

Never thanked you for the rescue.

Oh,

just part of the job.

Can you talk a second?

Yeah, I guess.

Where's your husband?

Is he here?

Is my husband here?

That's a curious question.

Oh, no, no, no. I, uh...

He's at the mayor's office. They're going over the dairy contract.

Well... I've been doing some checking around and...

Doctors are required by law to report any evidence of a

crime.

There are three different hospital reports from Los Angeles where the

thought you had been beaten.

Those doctors are wrong.

I'm an avid horseback rider.

Sometimes I just fall off.

You were a better liar when I pulled you over for speeding.

Did your husband hit you?

It's just ridiculous.

I know domestic violence when I see it. What's ridiculous is why you lie to

protect him.

That's the Stockholm Syndrome.

The victim actually feels she cannot survive without the abuser.

Yes, but that usually applies to women in isolation.

Sidney Hall. There are no socioeconomic boundaries. Rich, poor, lawyers,

doctors.

There are over two million battered women in this country every year. You

that.

Are we talking forced copulation?

Carter. I'm a clinician. I need all the facts.

There are no facts. I'm just accident crime.

You can't even look at me.

Look at me.

I saw through you eight years ago, and I'm looking right through you now.

He loves me too much sometimes.

He gets crazy. It doesn't happen often.

Once is too often.

Look, he takes care of me.

This whole dairy thing, none of this would have happened without Ron.

No man has ever loved me as much as he does.

Do you love him?

Of course I love him.

I must love him.

Why else would I put up with everything I put up with?

Because you don't think you have any other choice.

You want to fill me in on my choices?

You of all people can see me for what I am.

Put me on a float.

Let me lead a parade.

The fact remains, I'm a desperate...

One of the actors with a centerfold and a couple of commercials on my resume.

And the only reason I got that far is because of Ron.

Where am I going to go?

She probably actually feels grateful.

But why am I telling you about misogyny, Jill? You know more about this than me.

Well, I was thinking maybe this isn't classic battered spouse syndrome. I

maybe this is a woman who's addicted to violence. Didn't you do a study on that?

Stress seekers.

Absolutely.

It's a fear -anxiety hormone released by the noradrenaline gland. It stimulates

pleasure centers in the brain. Do they copulate after he beats her? Carter. I

need facts. Never mind. Just talk to me here about hormones and the brain and

sex.

Now, what if there's a couple who are very attracted to each other, but after

years of marriage, even though they're still attracted, do you think it would

possible that the brain would just stop, I don't know, releasing the hormone

that causes arousal?

Of course, but that would be symptomatic of any marriage. What's that got to do

with why Sidney Hall would stay with a wife -beater?

Well, I don't know. Maybe the stress has sexual benefits.

I don't know. I'm just... I'm thinking aloud.

I can think aloud, right?

I'm a doctor. These are medical questions about sex.

I can ask medical questions, can't I?

They're not just medical questions.

There are psychological and emotional consequences that go with implants as

well. I know.

Can you tell me why you want them?

If I may say, your breasts are very nice. Very proportionate.

Look, I've always thought implants were stupid.

For anybody.

But?

But... I don't know.

I guess I've always fantasized about being bigger.

And when I did this experiment for the newspaper, I was really hoping to prove

to myself... that the idea of having a bigger chest was stupid.

But it did make me feel different.

Different? In what way?

I'm not sure.

Braver, maybe.

It was easier for me to look people in the eye.

It doesn't make any sense.

But I felt... I could laugh.

I felt really good.

I have no intention of leaving my husband.

Intentions are often predicated on options.

I can only assume that you're ignorant of your choices.

So therefore, dismiss what you think your intentions are.

Let's not waste time lecturing.

Exactly my thoughts.

Let us not waste time.

You see, unlike Jimmy, I'm not acting out of the goodness of my heart.

I'm charging my flat hourly fee.

Sheriff Brock is paying, so let's not waste his money and cut to it.

I have photocopies of your contract on the milk campaign.

Handsome compensation.

With that income, you'll have an economic base to live on and you won't

Ron. It's not just about the money.

I don't want to leave him.

Oh, of course not.

Things are going to get better.

After all, he's going to change and he'll never hit you again.

I feel him turning over a new leaf as we speak.

Sooner or later, you will have had enough.

Maybe it's tomorrow.

Or maybe a year.

The trick is to be ready.

I want you to open a private bank account.

Also hide some cash.

Your decision could be made in the middle of the night, and you'll need

money. And here's a number for a shelter hotline.

For God's sake, this is my husband. You're talking as if he's a criminal.

Well... I'm glad to see you're paying attention.

What are you doing here?

I had a meeting.

About what?

Gladys.

Gladys, could you... Gladys stepped out.

Mr. Wambaugh, could you give us a second, please?

Of course.

I have great respect for the sanctity of marriage.

If he attacks you, just scream.

I'll call the police.

Is that what you're saying?

That I attack you?

I can't take this anymore, Ron.

I know you love me.

But you hurt me sometimes.

I get up every morning.

Call New York to get the breakdowns from the agents.

I work the casting directors.

I got you this dairy contract, and this is our break.

Can you take your hands off me?

You think there's something better out there waiting for you?

You think that?

Matthew, is that Bill Pugin? It's for the parade.

He was our mayor.

I figured it'd be good to honor him. No, Matthew, this could be in bad taste.

Why?

Bill Pugin caught on fire and burned up.

Cool,

a water balloon.

No, give me that. Zach, Zach, Zach, get that back right now.

Zach, Zach, Zach.

Matthew, get that back right now.

Let me see.

First of all, they're dangerous.

That's silicone. These are saline. No, there are still a lot of open questions

on saline. You're underage. The doctor thinks I've reached full maturity.

With the parents' consent... Oh, Kimberly.

Mom, this is a very subjective thing.

And it's a very personal thing.

I don't even know if I want to do it.

But just give me some space here.

This is an intrusive procedure where... Mom, what if you woke up one morning and

Daddy was no longer attracted to you? What would... What makes you think he's

longer attracted to me?

I don't. I'm saying what if.

Well... Well, I would not put these inside of me.

Well, you have great breasts.

I just can't believe that you would recommend implanting... I'm not

it. I'm just not going to dismiss it out of hand, and neither should you.

She's a teenager.

Your daughter has low self -esteem, Dr. Brock.

She finds it difficult to make eye contact with people.

She can't relax in the company of friends sometimes.

Kimberly? I'm not suggesting new breasts as a cure, but more self -confidence

in her physical appearance could help her socially, academically.

You're sitting here as a doctor telling me that people should locate self

-esteem in breast size?

I'm suggesting.

that Kimberly may be doing just that.

And if that is what she's doing, then I might add that she is accurately reading

our culture because... Well, there's a difference between reading our culture

and surrendering to it.

Women getting implants just perpetuates the magazine image.

I'm not discussing the ills of society here, Dr. Brock. I'm talking about your

daughter. She's my patient.

So am I, and she's not going to do this. She can't do it without parental

consent, and there's no way I'm going to give it to her. Not a chance.

I don't know your daughter very well, but from what I've seen, I doubt that's

the kind of response that's going to make an impression.

I called your home.

Your wife told me you were working late.

My life, pathetic as it might have been, was one that I'd

accepted.

At least I wasn't tormenting myself with the idea that things could be better.

And now, you say things to me.

You set me up with a lawyer who fills my head.

This doesn't help.

Sidney. You make me feel like somebody... that

I know I'm not, I know I'll never be.

You deserve a good life.

So... what if I declare Ron the enemy and free myself?

What then?

What's out there?

I don't remember everybody that I gave a speeding ticket to.

When I first saw you all those years ago and again when I saw you yesterday,

I don't know what it is.

But I know I'm looking at a woman who shouldn't accept anything less than what

she wants.

Is the life you have now with Ron what you really want?

Why are you doing this?

This should not have happened.

How come you've been working so late?

What? Three or four nights this week you've been working past midnight.

Why?

Oh, well, basically, we're going to be closed down with a Thanksgiving holiday,

and I got a lot of stuff I want to get done.

Did she find you last night?

Who?

Sidney Hall.

She telephoned here. I said you were at the office.

Yeah, yeah, she, uh... She's upset, you know.

Oh.

In trying to help her, we got her, um...

All worked out about leaving her husband, you know.

I'm upset.

Hmm.

Well... I'll see you later, honey.

I have truly wonderful news.

What? Cindy Hall is a free woman.

What do you mean?

I mean she's not married. At least not legally.

Her husband, Ron... Divorced his first wife in March of 1987.

Married Sidney in July in Madison.

What are you talking about?

The state of Wisconsin requires a six -month waiting period after a divorce,

which means that Sidney's marriage to Ron could be annulled. We could do it in

day. No alimony, nothing.

She'll wipe that slate clean and send that bump packing.

Oh, I get it.

I should be packing, right?

I'm the bump.

I knew you were there all the time. I'm a character.

Big group effort to save Sidney.

What a lucky girl she is to have all of you. I mean, where would she be without

all you wonderfully giving people?

Ron, can we talk about this privately? You don't know me!

None of you know me.

He's right, Jimmy.

We prejudged and accounted a fact that he beats his wife.

Doug?

Yeah, sometimes I've mistreated her.

I lost my temper.

Said and done a lot of things that I regret.

But at the end of every day, I was there for her.

I was there to take care of her and to love her.

Ask her if she ever doubts that.

Nobody could ever doubt that.

Nobody.

Hi, Glenna.

I need to see Kim. Are they in with a client?

No. Mr. Wombo is out, and Kimberly's in with, uh... I think it's personal.

Too personal for her own mother?

Uh, depends.

Depends on what?

On which mother we're talking about.

Lydia.

What brings you here?

Kimberly called me.

Oh, what about, sweetheart?

Well, she really doesn't need a reason to call her mother, does she?

No, no.

I was just curious.

Was there a reason?

I want Lydia to consent to the breast - I knew it!

I decided to! I certainly hope you said no.

Well?

You've got to be kidding me. No daughter of mine is going to stick those things

in her.

How could you possibly say yes?

But you're considering it. You would consider it.

Before you said no, Kim would have had a considered response. Oh, there you go

with those word games again.

Lydia, I'm pulling rank on you.

Meaning, if you insist on playing the best friend, then let me play the

Part of being a parent is saying no, even when it's unpopular.

And there are no parents who are going to consider.

You're going to completely ruin Thanksgiving.

All the people I didn't need to see right now. Thanksgiving is completely

ruined. Thank you both.

The husband, Ron, he just went crazy. Started throwing things. Anybody hurt?

No, but he punched a cow.

Knocked it out.

Knocked out a cow?

With one punch.

Why did you go to a lawyer?

I asked you a question. I expect... What the hell are you doing going to a

lawyer? I will talk to you about it at the hotel. No, now. Right now. Not now.

Quiet down.

She's my wife. You stop with the brainwashing. Mr. Hall, I'll have you

her if I have to.

Go ahead. You're trying to make me lose my wife. You think I give a damn about

being arrested?

Do whatever the hell you want. She's mine.

Kenny, take him.

Come on.

Let's go.

This will never stick.

I brought him in for questioning.

Now, Sidney, I'm going to bring in later. Maybe now she'll be ready to make

statement. Well, if she does, we're dead.

Jimmy, if it comes out that she's a battered wife, she's worthless as a

spokesperson. She won't be able to sell anything.

Especially milk.

We're not going to enter into a contract with a victim.

If that stuff comes out, the deal is off.

It's time for this to be over.

If not for my sake, for his.

Look at what I've done to him.

For everything he's done to me, look at what I've ended up doing to him.

You can think about it, you know.

You don't have to rush into it and do it tomorrow.

I don't usually have the strength.

Something tells me that if I don't do this now, I never will.

What'd the plastic surgeon say?

Well, she's not recommending the implants.

But she said that Kimberly has an esteem problem.

And if the implants would help her esteem... How can that be? How can

tied into self -worth?

Jill, you got him. I got him. The two role models in her life are well

Well, I would like to think that we are role models for something other than cup

size. Well, I'm sure we are, but come on.

Your town dairy is using big breasts to sell milk.

Yes, but that's just an indictment of a society that still values women for

their looks.

As soon as we stop living up to the image cultivated by the ad agencies,

failures. I'm a doctor, I'm a surgeon, and I'm punished for not looking like a

cheerleader. Who's punishing you? I'm just talking about society in general.

Well, why don't we just stick to Kimberly for now, okay?

I'm talking about Kimberly. This is totally about Kimberly.

I moved my stuff to the other hotel. I'm sure it's going to be okay.

Well, I'm going to put one of my men outside your room anyway.

Ron's not psychotic, Jimmy.

He is at least emotionally unstable.

Now, I'm going to have Wambaugh go for a restraining order. That'll buy at least

30 days for your husband to calm down.

You know, if this stuff comes out, I'm going to lose the contract.

It won't. It'll be based on your husband's tantrum at the photo session.

I'm grateful.

I'm also terrified of living without him.

You find somebody else.

You're a very special woman.

And you?

I'm a very happily married man.

You work here alone?

I sent the dispatcher home.

Why were you spying on me in a parking lot?

Are you having an affair, Jimmy?

That was police business. She came in to make a statement. I walked her out to

her car. The question has nothing to do with what I saw in the parking lot. It

comes from Jill.

What? Her radar is up about something.

She's a very intuitive woman.

I'm not having an affair, Lydia.

I've heard that someplace before.

Matter of fact, Jill was involved then as well.

Happy

Thanksgiving,

Jimmy.

I kissed you.

The woman you just saw.

Last night I kissed her.

Why?

I don't know.

Last couple times with Jill, I couldn't...

So the dairymaid

in the parking lot... I feel masculine when I'm with her. She makes me feel

sexual.

Whole.

I must say, Jimmy, you make for a really sympathetic little cheat.

Lydia, when I got together with Jill, I didn't love you anymore.

I was looking for something you couldn't give me.

But here, I've never loved Jill more.

And I thought of not making love to her.

Scared the hell out of me.

Okay.

I'm no expert, but... Sounds to me like you're overthinking things a little.

But what am I overthinking?

Why can't I respond to Jill?

Seems to me, Jimmy, that you ought to talk to her.

I can't possibly talk to her about this.

You know...

Our marriage ended because we stopped talking.

If it'd just been for the sex, we'd still be together, wouldn't we?

I don't know.

You know.

You know.

Talk to your wife, Jim.

Oh.

But do not tell her that you kissed... That woman.

Your Honor, on this, the eve of Thanksgiving, I know you want a half day

you, like all the citizens of Rome, can enjoy our wonderful Thanksgiving Day

parade. So, get to it. Of course, Judge. I have an ex parte motion which

concerns an annulment between my client, Sidney Hall, who incidentally has been

scheduled as the Grand Marshal in today's... I've read the petition.

The marriage is hereby annulled. Wait a minute.

Don't I have a say? I'm sorry, Mr. Hall, you don't. There's a six -month waiting

period following a divorce.

It's statutory.

Your marriage is illegal and therefore void.

I have more, Judge.

Oh, good.

I'd like a temporary restraining order to keep this man away from my client.

Your client is my wife, Mr. Hall. Ex -wife. Mr.

Hall. How can you let him do this? Mr. Hall, if you're not quiet, they won't

need a restraining order because you will be in jail.

What do you want?

He has displayed violent tendencies, Judge.

Yesterday, he flattened an innocent cow and broke his jaw in two places.

30 days and 100 yards. Don't approach her.

May I make a statement?

I wish you wouldn't.

Your Honor, the only thing I ever had in my life that meant a

damn to me was my marriage to this woman.

If you're going to take that away, if you're going to tell me I can't even go

near her to say goodbye...

I'd at least like to be able to address this court and her one more time. The

parade starts in an hour. Shut up.

Go ahead.

I, uh... I owe my wife...

Sidney, I owe you a deep apology.

Your Honor, the...

Real reason they're seeking a restraining order is because I have on

physically beaten this woman.

I broke her ribs.

Once I knocked her down a set of stairs.

This isn't relevant.

It's relevant to me. Mr. Hall, are you admitting that you committed crimes

against this person? Many times, Your Honor.

I even... Once I raped her.

Objection! He's doing this on purpose. To kill her contract with her own dairy.

He's trying to destroy her image.

I only want people to know. I don't care what you want people to know. You've

said enough.

The marriage is annulled. I'll refer your statement to the district attorney.

Maybe he'll be interested.

I no longer am.

We're done.

She can still lead the parade, but that's it.

You can't fire her. She has a contract.

She can no longer do what she was contracted to do.

A rape victim cannot sell milk.

Change the labeling.

Homogenized. Pasteurized.

Sodomized. It's over.

People will get used to it.

Ron, you're violating a restraining order here.

We're going to try and work things out, Jimmy.

After what he did to you in there? I was acting out of desperation. No, you were

trying to prevent her economic independence. Jimmy. Excuse us.

Hey.

Stay right here. There's a restraining order. You got that?

If you're broke, you feel like you need him. That's what he wants. I am broke.

Maybe I do need him. Don't act stupid. You're not stupid.

Right now, his love is the only thing I have.

Men like you aren't out there for me.

We don't have to decide this now.

Well, next year I go to college. I just thought it would be better to do it now,

before, so that nobody there will know.

Yeah, but then what?

You won't know if you're popular because of you or because of them.

It's not as simple as that.

Honey, today it's breasts. Tomorrow it's going to be something else.

You never outgrow the insecurities. Trust me, no matter how...

Let's just wait a year.

Can you do that? Can you just wait a year?

Hey.

Hey.

I told Lydia I'd watch the parade with her, so...

Is she okay?

She's fine.

You?

I, uh... Been sort of

away a little. Not much, a little.

Uh -huh.

But I'm back.

How do I know that?

You know how you know a lot of things, Jill, but you do.

And the thing you gotta know the most is the center of

me is you.

And that's forever.

You must have done something very bad.

So bad.

Dairy Maid Day by my hand.

More than this little rinky -dink town deserves.

Look left. Look left.

Big smile, baby. Big smile. Big ugly smile.

That's it.

Big ugly face.