1 00:00:11,094 --> 00:00:15,557 It's hard to imagine we could get any closer than we are right now. 2 00:00:16,516 --> 00:00:18,810 But we can, you know. 3 00:00:21,479 --> 00:00:23,023 Closer than this? 4 00:00:24,357 --> 00:00:25,775 Oh, yes. 5 00:00:31,322 --> 00:00:33,158 You're in my heart, Jason. 6 00:00:34,117 --> 00:00:37,829 I could feel your warmth deep inside. 7 00:00:47,338 --> 00:00:50,050 [sighing] 8 00:00:50,091 --> 00:00:53,678 -[Jason] You know what I want for Christmas? -What? 9 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,013 My 8-by-10 man? 10 00:00:55,055 --> 00:00:58,475 [Jason] This moment to last forever. 11 00:01:02,729 --> 00:01:05,148 [music playing] 12 00:01:44,979 --> 00:01:47,482 Oh, now that's a shame. 13 00:02:18,179 --> 00:02:20,974 Joe, you know I don't like guns in the house. 14 00:02:37,198 --> 00:02:40,160 Oh, this better not be loaded, or I'll... 15 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:52,964 [gunshot] 16 00:04:23,221 --> 00:04:25,473 Doctor... What brings you here? 17 00:04:25,515 --> 00:04:28,309 I heard a gunshot. Are you all right? 18 00:04:28,351 --> 00:04:29,811 I'm fine. 19 00:04:38,653 --> 00:04:40,363 What are you looking at? 20 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:55,670 [Control Voice] There is nothing wrong with your television. 21 00:04:55,712 --> 00:04:58,631 Do not attempt to adjust the picture. 22 00:04:58,673 --> 00:05:01,718 We are now controlling the transmission. 23 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:05,638 We control the horizontal and the vertical. 24 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,641 We can deluge you with a thousand channels 25 00:05:08,683 --> 00:05:13,771 or expand one single image to crystal clarity 26 00:05:13,813 --> 00:05:15,898 and beyond. 27 00:05:15,940 --> 00:05:17,442 We can shape your vision 28 00:05:17,483 --> 00:05:21,112 to anything our imagination can conceive. 29 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:23,031 For the next hour, 30 00:05:23,072 --> 00:05:28,036 we will control all that you see and hear. 31 00:05:38,755 --> 00:05:42,800 You are about to experience the awe and mystery 32 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:45,970 which reaches from the deepest inner mind 33 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:49,349 to The Outer Limits. 34 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:57,148 [Control Voice] Even in the most innocent of minds, 35 00:05:57,190 --> 00:06:01,903 there are still secrets best left unrevealed. 36 00:06:01,944 --> 00:06:04,197 [blowing] 37 00:06:43,194 --> 00:06:46,697 Damn, it's damn cold out there tonight. 38 00:06:51,077 --> 00:06:54,414 Hey, what the hell you doing starting without me? 39 00:06:55,123 --> 00:06:57,417 You said you'd be home by 5:00. 40 00:06:58,167 --> 00:07:01,003 It is 5:00. 41 00:07:02,922 --> 00:07:05,341 It's five after 5:00. 42 00:07:09,804 --> 00:07:12,432 What did you do to your head? 43 00:07:16,769 --> 00:07:18,104 Hey, Becka. 44 00:07:18,146 --> 00:07:20,565 -Becka, you deaf? -No. 45 00:07:20,606 --> 00:07:22,775 I asked you, what did you do to your head? 46 00:07:22,817 --> 00:07:24,360 I just bumped it. 47 00:07:24,402 --> 00:07:25,445 Bumped it? 48 00:07:25,486 --> 00:07:27,697 Yeah, bumped it... Just bumped it. It's a bump. 49 00:07:27,738 --> 00:07:29,782 Oh... Ah! 50 00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:32,201 Oh! 51 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:35,872 That slacky-ass Kenny deliver the mail for a change? 52 00:07:35,913 --> 00:07:38,916 If you mean your special swimsuit edition, yeah, it showed up. 53 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:41,669 But gawk at it after supper. I put it by your chair. 54 00:07:51,471 --> 00:07:52,889 Ah. 55 00:07:55,349 --> 00:07:57,602 -It's cold. -Well, you're late. 56 00:08:02,148 --> 00:08:03,483 Just a bump. 57 00:08:20,541 --> 00:08:22,835 You didn't say anything about the tree, Joe. 58 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:25,713 Put it up too early. 59 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:30,009 Well, they had the tree up today on my afternoon story. 60 00:08:30,051 --> 00:08:31,636 TV people know about those things. 61 00:08:31,677 --> 00:08:35,806 Come Christmas there'll be more needles on the floor than on the tree. You watch. 62 00:08:36,474 --> 00:08:38,518 Stupider than a post. 63 00:08:42,688 --> 00:08:44,106 What are you looking at? 64 00:08:44,148 --> 00:08:46,817 Looking at? What do you think I'm looking at? 65 00:08:46,859 --> 00:08:48,236 Maybe I'm thinking of buying you 66 00:08:48,277 --> 00:08:51,030 a new bathing suit for Christmas. Maybe that's what I'm looking at. 67 00:08:51,072 --> 00:08:53,783 Maybe a bikini, huh? 68 00:08:55,284 --> 00:08:56,577 Hey, 69 00:08:56,619 --> 00:09:00,831 maybe I'll get you a birthday suit for Christmas. 70 00:09:00,873 --> 00:09:03,167 Maybe you'll get that. 71 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:05,378 Get it? That's nothing. 72 00:09:05,419 --> 00:09:07,338 [chuckles] 73 00:09:09,048 --> 00:09:10,883 [chuckling] 74 00:09:25,982 --> 00:09:28,150 [creaking] 75 00:09:29,527 --> 00:09:31,404 [groaning] 76 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:54,904 Ah. 77 00:10:56,739 --> 00:10:58,449 [whimpering] 78 00:11:00,034 --> 00:11:01,577 Oh. 79 00:11:05,206 --> 00:11:06,457 [chuckles] 80 00:11:18,260 --> 00:11:20,262 [man] Becka. 81 00:11:20,304 --> 00:11:23,140 Becka... Hey, Becka. 82 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:24,850 Hey, Becka. 83 00:11:58,384 --> 00:12:00,678 [microwave beeps] 84 00:12:08,436 --> 00:12:10,104 Your bump's bleeding. 85 00:12:10,146 --> 00:12:13,816 Huh? Oh, thanks. 86 00:12:13,858 --> 00:12:17,111 You ought to be careful about bumping your head. That's where your brains are. 87 00:12:17,153 --> 00:12:18,821 Well, it's just a... 88 00:12:18,863 --> 00:12:20,614 Why don't you go see Doc Fink? 89 00:12:20,656 --> 00:12:22,158 Doc Fink's a veterinarian. 90 00:12:22,199 --> 00:12:25,745 He's still a doctor, and he's $9.00 a visit. 91 00:12:26,954 --> 00:12:30,750 I don't see nobody but me earning money around here, do you? 92 00:12:35,838 --> 00:12:38,549 See him, don't see him. All's I'm saying 93 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:41,010 is that your head is where your brain is. 94 00:12:41,051 --> 00:12:42,720 I know that. 95 00:12:43,262 --> 00:12:44,847 Well, 96 00:12:46,766 --> 00:12:49,143 neither rain nor sleet nor snow. 97 00:12:49,643 --> 00:12:51,812 I'm off to the PO. 98 00:12:56,734 --> 00:12:57,777 [gasps] 99 00:12:59,236 --> 00:13:00,571 Forgot your lunch! 100 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:02,031 Ah. 101 00:13:02,072 --> 00:13:03,783 You wouldn't want to miss out. 102 00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:06,410 What's that supposed to mean? 103 00:13:06,452 --> 00:13:09,371 Bologna sandwiches. I know you like them. 104 00:13:13,167 --> 00:13:14,585 Bye. 105 00:13:18,088 --> 00:13:19,799 Bye-bye! 106 00:13:31,185 --> 00:13:33,729 [soap opera music playing] 107 00:13:36,273 --> 00:13:38,025 [man] Becka. 108 00:13:42,530 --> 00:13:44,657 Becka. 109 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:48,494 Who's there? 110 00:13:48,536 --> 00:13:52,122 [man] It's me. On the TV. 111 00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:55,251 There's something important I want to tell you. 112 00:14:30,369 --> 00:14:31,704 You know your husband Joe is 113 00:14:31,745 --> 00:14:34,707 putting the boots to that hussy down at the post office? 114 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:38,127 Just thought you should know. 115 00:14:40,754 --> 00:14:44,425 [screaming] 116 00:14:49,305 --> 00:14:50,890 Lord... Oh, God. 117 00:14:50,931 --> 00:14:52,308 Oh, Lord... Oh, God. 118 00:14:52,349 --> 00:14:54,059 Oh, Lord. 119 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:01,901 [screaming] 120 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:09,617 Just call an ambulance. 121 00:15:09,658 --> 00:15:11,410 Call yourself an ambulance. 122 00:15:15,372 --> 00:15:17,917 -[man] Becka. -You be quiet! 123 00:15:17,958 --> 00:15:20,753 Becka, it's not blood. It's raspberry filling. 124 00:15:20,794 --> 00:15:23,505 You're gonna give yourself a heart attack. 125 00:15:23,547 --> 00:15:24,965 It's raspberry filling, Becka. 126 00:15:25,007 --> 00:15:27,259 Look, it's from the coffee cake. It's all over the rug. 127 00:15:27,301 --> 00:15:29,219 Look, look. 128 00:15:46,445 --> 00:15:48,155 Who are you? 129 00:15:49,531 --> 00:15:51,116 I'm the 8-by-10 guy. 130 00:15:51,158 --> 00:15:52,242 Well, go away. 131 00:15:52,284 --> 00:15:55,329 I'd love to. I've been stuck on this damn TV for so long. 132 00:15:55,371 --> 00:15:56,997 Don't talk. 133 00:15:57,039 --> 00:15:58,540 Pictures don't talk. 134 00:15:58,582 --> 00:16:00,417 [man] Becka, I'm not a picture. 135 00:16:00,459 --> 00:16:02,461 I'm just the guy that came with the frame-- 136 00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:04,922 ♪ Oh, beautiful For spacious skies ♪ 137 00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:06,674 [man] Becka, please, don't do this. 138 00:16:06,715 --> 00:16:08,300 ♪ America, America ♪ 139 00:16:08,342 --> 00:16:11,387 Becka, I'm just trying to tell you about 140 00:16:11,428 --> 00:16:12,846 your husband and Nancy Voss. 141 00:16:12,888 --> 00:16:16,058 ♪ For motherhood And brotherhood ♪ 142 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:17,601 ♪ From sea to sh-- ♪ 143 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:19,979 [phone ringing] 144 00:16:25,734 --> 00:16:28,988 -Hello? -Rebecca, it's your daddy. 145 00:16:32,282 --> 00:16:33,659 Daddy? 146 00:16:33,701 --> 00:16:34,827 Pictures don't talk, Becka. 147 00:16:34,868 --> 00:16:36,370 If you think that picture talked, 148 00:16:36,412 --> 00:16:38,330 then you must be crazy! 149 00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:39,456 Daddy, you can't be... 150 00:16:39,498 --> 00:16:42,251 You're hearing voices in your head, ain't ya? 151 00:16:42,292 --> 00:16:44,294 No, Daddy, not in my head. 152 00:16:44,336 --> 00:16:45,587 No, it talked right to me. 153 00:16:45,629 --> 00:16:48,007 -Becka! -No, it talked right to me. 154 00:16:49,258 --> 00:16:51,301 It's happening outside of me. 155 00:16:51,343 --> 00:16:52,678 I can't do ventriloquism. 156 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,514 Rebecca Bouchard, I'll beat you three shades of blister blue 157 00:16:55,556 --> 00:16:57,266 for that crazy talk. 158 00:16:57,307 --> 00:16:58,434 Daddy, I swear. 159 00:16:58,475 --> 00:16:59,768 One shade for thinking the thing. 160 00:16:59,810 --> 00:17:01,311 It talked. It talked right to me. 161 00:17:01,353 --> 00:17:03,939 -One shade for lying. -No, it's just a bump. 162 00:17:03,981 --> 00:17:06,233 One shade for believing the lie. 163 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:08,360 Look for yourself. 164 00:17:08,402 --> 00:17:10,738 See, it's a picture. 165 00:17:10,779 --> 00:17:12,406 You're crazy, Becka. 166 00:17:12,448 --> 00:17:13,741 Well, you're dead, 167 00:17:13,782 --> 00:17:15,826 You're dead, buried in the ground, so shut up! 168 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:18,037 -[slams down receiver] -Shut up! 169 00:18:07,878 --> 00:18:11,590 Oh, Becka Paulson as I live and breathe. 170 00:18:11,632 --> 00:18:13,467 How long's it been? 171 00:18:13,509 --> 00:18:15,594 Oh, I guess since my cat Ozzy died. 172 00:18:15,636 --> 00:18:17,846 Oh, yeah. How is Ozzy? 173 00:18:17,888 --> 00:18:19,181 Dead. 174 00:18:19,223 --> 00:18:21,058 Oh, yeah, that's right. 175 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:23,393 What can I do for you today? 176 00:18:27,856 --> 00:18:29,817 Well, I bumped my head. 177 00:18:29,858 --> 00:18:31,777 [Fink] Oh, yeah? When was that? 178 00:18:31,819 --> 00:18:33,654 Day before yesterday. 179 00:18:33,695 --> 00:18:37,324 And, uh, how did that happen? 180 00:18:37,366 --> 00:18:39,868 Rooting through the closet for Christmas decorations. 181 00:18:39,910 --> 00:18:40,911 Oh, yeah. 182 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:43,831 Getting in the spirit for Christmas, huh? 183 00:18:43,872 --> 00:18:45,415 Anyways, Joe said I should come see you 184 00:18:45,457 --> 00:18:46,875 'cause your head's where your brains are. 185 00:18:46,917 --> 00:18:50,129 Yeah, well, he's right about that. That's for certain. 186 00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:55,425 Well, let's see. Are you having any of the-- 187 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:57,302 Schizophrenic episodes? 188 00:18:57,344 --> 00:18:59,221 I looked it up. 189 00:18:59,263 --> 00:19:00,806 Oh, well, all right. 190 00:19:00,848 --> 00:19:02,599 Are you having any of those? 191 00:19:03,642 --> 00:19:05,769 I've been hearing voices. 192 00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:07,187 Oh, yeah. 193 00:19:07,229 --> 00:19:10,732 That's sort of consistent with a first break psychotic episode, isn't it? 194 00:19:10,774 --> 00:19:12,609 Oh, yeah, sure. 195 00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:13,944 Well, it depends. 196 00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:16,446 Whose voice was it? Was it Joe? 197 00:19:16,488 --> 00:19:18,282 My daddy. 198 00:19:18,323 --> 00:19:19,741 Oh. 199 00:19:19,783 --> 00:19:21,660 Your daddy passed away, didn't he? 200 00:19:21,702 --> 00:19:22,953 Yeah. That didn't stop him 201 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:26,582 from giving me hell over the phone just the same. 202 00:19:26,623 --> 00:19:28,876 You know, Becka, I hate to say it, 203 00:19:28,917 --> 00:19:31,545 but there are kids in this county 204 00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:34,089 who think that kind of thing is comical. 205 00:19:34,131 --> 00:19:35,257 Oh, no, it was him. 206 00:19:35,299 --> 00:19:38,969 I remember his voice like it was yesterday, which it was. 207 00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:41,722 Huh. And what did he say? 208 00:19:41,763 --> 00:19:43,390 That I shouldn't be hearing voices. 209 00:19:43,432 --> 00:19:45,267 That's kind of ironic, don't you think? 210 00:19:45,309 --> 00:19:46,852 I mean, him being the voice. 211 00:19:46,894 --> 00:19:49,021 Yeah. That's what I thought. 212 00:19:50,063 --> 00:19:55,027 Well, let's take a look at that bump. 213 00:20:07,331 --> 00:20:08,999 Just hold still. 214 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:11,210 Thatta girl. 215 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:13,378 Thatta girl. 216 00:20:13,420 --> 00:20:15,130 Ah! 217 00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:18,675 Oh, yeah. 218 00:20:18,717 --> 00:20:20,010 That looks, uh... 219 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:26,099 Looks more like an indentation than a bump per se. 220 00:20:26,141 --> 00:20:30,562 Now what kind of Christmas decoration did you say it was? 221 00:20:30,604 --> 00:20:32,397 Big and shiny and heavy. 222 00:20:32,439 --> 00:20:35,275 That's about all that comes to mind. 223 00:20:35,317 --> 00:20:38,987 Ah, and you didn't faint, or vomit, or anything? 224 00:20:39,029 --> 00:20:40,864 No, sir. 225 00:20:41,823 --> 00:20:45,118 Well, it's healing up pretty good. 226 00:20:46,286 --> 00:20:47,996 Well, that's good. 227 00:20:49,331 --> 00:20:52,000 Yeah, now listen, uh, Becka, 228 00:20:52,042 --> 00:20:53,877 I can put a fresh band-aid on, 229 00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:58,882 but, uh, I can't really give you anything for the voices. 230 00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:00,842 You know, being a veterinarian, 231 00:21:00,884 --> 00:21:04,596 I can't properly prescribe psychiatric medication. 232 00:21:04,638 --> 00:21:05,931 Okay. 233 00:21:05,973 --> 00:21:08,058 Well, as long as you say it's healing, 234 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,269 then I can tell Joe I'm on the mend. 235 00:21:10,852 --> 00:21:12,271 Yeah. 236 00:21:16,525 --> 00:21:19,403 Well, now if your dead daddy should call you up again, 237 00:21:19,444 --> 00:21:22,030 I want you to hustle into town and see Doc Simmons. 238 00:21:22,072 --> 00:21:23,699 He can fix you up with some Prozac or-- 239 00:21:23,740 --> 00:21:26,785 -Doc Simmons passed away, didn't you know? -No. When? 240 00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:29,246 Well, about a month ago. 241 00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:32,708 -He was cremated. -Oh, what a shame. 242 00:21:32,749 --> 00:21:35,669 He was just about ready to retire, too. 243 00:21:35,711 --> 00:21:37,337 That's a shame. 244 00:21:37,379 --> 00:21:38,463 Uh... 245 00:21:38,505 --> 00:21:40,424 That'll be $9.00, please. 246 00:21:42,884 --> 00:21:44,386 Sorry. 247 00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:51,393 [car engine running] 248 00:21:54,730 --> 00:21:56,023 [turns off engine] 249 00:22:02,529 --> 00:22:03,822 Oh, hey, Flo. 250 00:22:03,864 --> 00:22:05,365 Hey to you too, Becka. 251 00:22:05,407 --> 00:22:07,367 Little last-minute Christmas shopping? 252 00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:08,493 Last minute? 253 00:22:08,535 --> 00:22:11,580 Oh, sweetheart, for me, two weeks before the 25th is last minute. 254 00:22:11,621 --> 00:22:13,332 I'm done every year by August the 10th. 255 00:22:13,373 --> 00:22:15,500 It's my birthday. Oh, you probably don't remember. 256 00:22:15,542 --> 00:22:18,003 My husband hasn't since '89. 257 00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:20,839 Anyway, I'm just picking up some stocking stuffers. 258 00:22:20,881 --> 00:22:23,425 Same here. Stocking stuffers for Joe. 259 00:22:23,467 --> 00:22:25,844 Your boy's not coming home this year? 260 00:22:25,886 --> 00:22:28,513 Well, we're at odds, and this year's an even. 261 00:22:28,555 --> 00:22:30,182 So Byron's with the in-laws 262 00:22:30,223 --> 00:22:32,142 instead of with the woman who brought him into the world. 263 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:33,977 There's no justice. I wouldn't put up with it. 264 00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:36,355 What did you do to your head? 265 00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:37,814 Oh, I bumped it. 266 00:22:37,856 --> 00:22:41,109 Not trying to cover a bullet hole or anything, are you? 267 00:22:41,151 --> 00:22:44,237 Didn't shoot yourself in the brain, did you? 268 00:22:44,279 --> 00:22:47,949 Oh, your face just can't hide a secret. 269 00:22:49,576 --> 00:22:51,078 No. 270 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:52,913 Well, that's a relief. 271 00:22:54,998 --> 00:22:57,376 Anyway... Stocking stuffers. 272 00:23:34,704 --> 00:23:37,874 Men do like their tools, don't they? 273 00:23:37,916 --> 00:23:39,584 Joe will love it. 274 00:23:39,626 --> 00:23:40,419 Go on, get it. 275 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:41,837 I got one of them nine-in-ones for Kyle. 276 00:23:41,878 --> 00:23:44,172 He uses it day in, day out. 277 00:24:13,910 --> 00:24:15,579 She's right, you know. 278 00:24:16,997 --> 00:24:19,374 Men do love their tools. 279 00:24:22,419 --> 00:24:23,837 Go away! 280 00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:25,964 How can you say that? 281 00:24:26,006 --> 00:24:27,799 I'm the perfect gift. 282 00:24:27,841 --> 00:24:30,135 Heck, I'm more than that. 283 00:24:30,177 --> 00:24:31,970 I'm on sale. 284 00:24:33,638 --> 00:24:35,974 Rebecca, 285 00:24:36,016 --> 00:24:38,643 -you want me. -Oh, that's a lie. 286 00:24:38,685 --> 00:24:43,482 How can you not want to buy one of me for every room in the house? 287 00:24:43,523 --> 00:24:46,443 You wanted to put Byron's senior grad picture over me, 288 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:49,404 but you just couldn't bring yourself to do it, could you? 289 00:24:49,446 --> 00:24:51,823 There was just something about my face. 290 00:24:52,699 --> 00:24:56,119 Not going to take no for an answer, Becka. 291 00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:58,914 I want you to take me home. 292 00:25:02,417 --> 00:25:04,252 Now! 293 00:25:04,294 --> 00:25:06,922 The cash register's totally broken 294 00:25:06,963 --> 00:25:09,549 and the manager's not here. 295 00:25:09,591 --> 00:25:10,926 Well, that's all right, dear. 296 00:25:10,967 --> 00:25:12,260 Get out your paper and pencil. 297 00:25:12,302 --> 00:25:15,514 We've got all the time in the world, haven't we, Becka? 298 00:25:19,976 --> 00:25:22,604 Such a shame about Joe putting the boots to that hussy 299 00:25:22,646 --> 00:25:26,149 he works with at the post office nearly every day of the week. 300 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:29,653 I mean, Becka, honey, you must feel so unloved. 301 00:25:29,694 --> 00:25:31,571 Stealing into the photocopy room, 302 00:25:31,613 --> 00:25:36,159 locking the door, unwrapping each other like Halloween candy, 303 00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:37,702 rubbing places women like us 304 00:25:37,744 --> 00:25:40,163 don't even know the proper names for. 305 00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:41,748 Sixty-six copies. 306 00:25:41,790 --> 00:25:44,834 That's what it's set for. That's all they have time for. 307 00:25:44,876 --> 00:25:49,005 Mouths more urgent than first-class mail. 308 00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:51,132 $36.15. 309 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,635 Plus tax, that's $38.68. 310 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,305 -You're sure? -Oh, yeah. 311 00:25:57,347 --> 00:26:01,560 Why, Becka Paulson, I had no idea you were so mathematic. 312 00:26:01,601 --> 00:26:03,562 Spare the dear. How much is mine? 313 00:26:03,770 --> 00:26:05,564 Oh. 314 00:26:06,773 --> 00:26:10,193 Um, $25.23 all in. 315 00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:12,737 [laughs] Well, isn't that something? 316 00:26:15,365 --> 00:26:17,242 You were putting words in her mouth. 317 00:26:17,284 --> 00:26:19,578 [8-by-10 man] It's the God's honest truth. 318 00:26:26,334 --> 00:26:28,712 You just be quiet till we get home. 319 00:26:31,381 --> 00:26:32,924 [vacuum cleaner whirring] 320 00:26:37,095 --> 00:26:38,847 [turns off vacuum cleaner] 321 00:26:38,888 --> 00:26:40,432 Time for my afternoon story. 322 00:26:40,473 --> 00:26:43,143 I don't want you talking during the story. 323 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,024 [man on TV] Suction. 324 00:26:51,901 --> 00:26:53,278 Clamp. 325 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,697 The bullet's lodged in her limbic system. 326 00:26:58,325 --> 00:26:59,492 Whoa! 327 00:26:59,534 --> 00:27:02,495 Would you look at that? 328 00:27:02,537 --> 00:27:05,707 It entered just above her eye, 329 00:27:05,749 --> 00:27:09,586 slowed down significantly by the skull, 330 00:27:10,503 --> 00:27:12,839 and ended up in here. 331 00:27:12,881 --> 00:27:15,008 Deep within the hippocampus, 332 00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:19,012 center of vivid emotions, sexuality, memory. 333 00:27:20,096 --> 00:27:21,973 [man 2] Shouldn't she be dead? 334 00:27:22,432 --> 00:27:24,184 Absolutely. 335 00:27:24,225 --> 00:27:29,356 But it's just possible the bullet could improve her brain function 336 00:27:29,397 --> 00:27:32,609 by eliminating a tumor that was already there. 337 00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:34,402 [man 2] Oh, yeah. 338 00:27:34,444 --> 00:27:36,029 [man 1] More than that, 339 00:27:36,071 --> 00:27:40,408 she could experience increased intelligence, 340 00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:45,789 sexual drive, creativity, or it could... 341 00:27:50,126 --> 00:27:51,670 kill her. 342 00:27:52,754 --> 00:27:54,047 Shame... 343 00:27:54,089 --> 00:27:55,548 Just before Christmas. 344 00:27:55,590 --> 00:27:57,050 Yeah. 345 00:28:02,555 --> 00:28:05,350 Oh, I never saw that one coming. 346 00:28:05,392 --> 00:28:09,688 [clicking tongue] She was supposed to get married after the New Year. 347 00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:15,402 Well, I think I'll get a snack. 348 00:28:16,403 --> 00:28:18,822 -You want something? -That's okay. I'm fine. 349 00:28:45,932 --> 00:28:47,392 [Becka] Hi, hon. 350 00:28:47,434 --> 00:28:49,561 Lot of mail going through that office. 351 00:28:49,602 --> 00:28:51,730 [Becka] That's Christmas for you. 352 00:28:58,069 --> 00:29:00,238 [Joe] What the hell's this? 353 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:01,906 This afternoon when I was wrapping presents, 354 00:29:01,948 --> 00:29:04,659 it just struck me that the sum of the squares 355 00:29:04,701 --> 00:29:06,661 of the lengths of the sides of a right angle triangle 356 00:29:06,703 --> 00:29:09,956 is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse. 357 00:29:09,998 --> 00:29:11,875 [grunts] 358 00:29:11,916 --> 00:29:14,252 That's the Pythagorean theorem, ain't it? 359 00:29:14,294 --> 00:29:16,671 I don't know. How'd you know? 360 00:29:16,713 --> 00:29:18,214 High school geometry. 361 00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:20,759 It came to me when you said "hypotenuse." 362 00:29:20,967 --> 00:29:22,343 Oh. 363 00:29:22,385 --> 00:29:25,889 Well, I don't know what good it does. I just... It's there. 364 00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:27,766 Thought I'd discovered something. 365 00:29:29,976 --> 00:29:32,061 Honey, you couldn't count as high 366 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:34,355 as the candles on your cake. 367 00:30:03,009 --> 00:30:05,386 [woman moaning] 368 00:30:06,846 --> 00:30:09,808 [8-by-10 man] Ah, he should be thinking of you that way. 369 00:30:09,849 --> 00:30:10,975 [Becka] The hussy? 370 00:30:11,017 --> 00:30:14,312 Is her body like those girls in that magazine? 371 00:30:14,354 --> 00:30:15,980 [8-by-10 man] Nancy Voss? 372 00:30:16,022 --> 00:30:19,692 You mean, the woman that Joe's putting the boots to down at the post office? 373 00:30:19,734 --> 00:30:20,944 [Becka] I prefer hussy. 374 00:30:20,985 --> 00:30:24,697 [8-by-10 man] Fine, but that hussy's 50-years-old. 375 00:30:24,739 --> 00:30:27,700 Trim, well-kept, handsome 50, don't get me wrong. 376 00:30:27,742 --> 00:30:29,786 [Becka] You want to put the shoes to her, too? 377 00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:32,705 [8-By-10 man laughs] Becka, please, I'm an 8-by-10. 378 00:30:32,747 --> 00:30:34,791 [Becka] Why does he do it with her? 379 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:37,168 [8-by-10 man] Because you don't. 380 00:30:37,210 --> 00:30:38,586 [Becka] I let him. 381 00:30:38,628 --> 00:30:41,798 [8-by-10 man] Aw, you let him. That's... That's romantic. 382 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,508 [Becka] Almost every time. 383 00:30:43,550 --> 00:30:45,260 [8-by-10 man] And when you let him, 384 00:30:45,301 --> 00:30:49,013 nothing ever happens for you? Not even a little? 385 00:30:49,055 --> 00:30:51,140 You don't relish the animalism, 386 00:30:51,182 --> 00:30:54,269 the sexual congress with its gruntings, 387 00:30:54,310 --> 00:30:55,812 its thrustings? 388 00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:57,897 [Becka] Stop talking like that. 389 00:30:57,939 --> 00:30:59,858 [8-by-10 man] The hussy does. 390 00:30:59,899 --> 00:31:01,484 Nancy Voss does. 391 00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:03,653 She can't get enough. 392 00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:06,322 She wants it, craves it. 393 00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:09,534 Looks forward to it every lunch hour. 394 00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:11,369 -[Becka] I said stop it. -Why? 395 00:31:11,411 --> 00:31:13,246 You getting turned on? 396 00:31:13,288 --> 00:31:15,623 Something stirring? 397 00:31:15,665 --> 00:31:17,375 Look at Joe. 398 00:31:17,417 --> 00:31:18,585 Right now he's imagining 399 00:31:18,626 --> 00:31:23,256 the woman in that magazine is Nancy Voss. 400 00:31:23,298 --> 00:31:24,883 [Becka] He's my husband. 401 00:31:24,924 --> 00:31:27,635 [8-by-10 man] Then you have to take him, Becka. 402 00:31:27,677 --> 00:31:30,305 Take what's yours. 403 00:31:30,346 --> 00:31:31,723 Say it out loud. 404 00:31:31,764 --> 00:31:34,183 [Becka] Joe... [8-By-10 man] Say it, Becka. 405 00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:35,560 [Becka] I can't. 406 00:31:35,602 --> 00:31:37,312 [8-by-10 man] Say it! 407 00:31:37,353 --> 00:31:38,938 Make love to me! 408 00:31:42,609 --> 00:31:44,319 Oh, Joe, yeah. 409 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:45,445 Yeah, Joe. 410 00:31:45,486 --> 00:31:47,572 Get back where you were. 411 00:31:47,614 --> 00:31:49,240 Up, up. 412 00:31:49,282 --> 00:31:50,909 Up, Joe. Get up. 413 00:31:52,118 --> 00:31:53,828 There, there, there, there! 414 00:31:53,870 --> 00:31:56,915 What in God's name got into you? 415 00:31:57,832 --> 00:31:59,626 What? 416 00:32:01,502 --> 00:32:03,880 I don't know what's wrong, Becka, 417 00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:05,757 But I don't like it. 418 00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:09,552 I don't like it at all. 419 00:32:48,591 --> 00:32:50,301 [8-by-10 man] Did you get everything? 420 00:32:50,343 --> 00:32:52,178 Got extra batteries. 421 00:32:55,556 --> 00:32:57,266 Find everything at Derry Hardware? 422 00:32:57,308 --> 00:32:58,434 Uh-huh. 423 00:32:58,476 --> 00:33:00,395 Hank Barber sell you this? 424 00:33:00,436 --> 00:33:03,731 He was there, yeah, but I didn't need assistance. 425 00:33:03,773 --> 00:33:06,317 Tell you a funny story about Hank Barber. 426 00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:09,654 About 10 years ago when Hank really was a young buck, 427 00:33:09,696 --> 00:33:11,781 Hank hated his boss so much 428 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:13,950 that he poured half a package laxative 429 00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:16,285 into the poor man's chocolate at lunch hour. 430 00:33:16,327 --> 00:33:17,829 Yeah? What happened? 431 00:33:17,870 --> 00:33:18,997 What do you think happened? 432 00:33:19,038 --> 00:33:21,082 Right there in front of a customer, 433 00:33:21,124 --> 00:33:22,500 while Hank's boss was demonstrating 434 00:33:22,542 --> 00:33:25,378 how to install a new wire cutter for the weed whipper... 435 00:33:25,420 --> 00:33:27,672 [chuckling] 436 00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:34,137 [whirring] 437 00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:35,972 What did he do to Hank? 438 00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:37,348 [8-by-10 man] Nothing. 439 00:33:37,390 --> 00:33:39,726 Hank managed to hold on till punch-out time, but the second he got to his car-- 440 00:33:39,767 --> 00:33:42,020 I meant what did he do to Hank 441 00:33:42,061 --> 00:33:44,355 that made Hank do that? 442 00:33:44,397 --> 00:33:46,399 Oh, he was just mean. 443 00:33:46,441 --> 00:33:48,985 Junkyard dog mean. 444 00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:51,237 The way Joe can be mean sometimes. 445 00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:53,614 -You understand that, don't you? -Uh-huh. 446 00:33:58,077 --> 00:33:59,620 Oh, that's great. 447 00:33:59,662 --> 00:34:02,498 Getting a lot of ideas lately, Becka. 448 00:34:02,540 --> 00:34:03,583 You're almost ready. 449 00:34:03,624 --> 00:34:05,835 [Becka] Those "D" cells are eating up too much juice. 450 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:07,920 Maybe I should get a motorcycle battery. 451 00:34:07,962 --> 00:34:10,048 [8-By-10 man] Thatta girl. 452 00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:18,473 [Joe] Okay, Seven Card Stud. 453 00:34:18,514 --> 00:34:19,974 Nothing wild. 454 00:34:20,016 --> 00:34:22,602 Jacks are better when they're open. 455 00:34:22,643 --> 00:34:24,062 Ante up. 456 00:34:24,854 --> 00:34:26,856 Did you hear Bobby Coyote got liquored up 457 00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:28,649 mid-shift in his split shift day 458 00:34:28,691 --> 00:34:31,027 and ended up making time and a half. 459 00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:35,823 All the time he's driving the porcelain bus in the restroom. 460 00:34:35,865 --> 00:34:38,201 He can get away with that. He's union. 461 00:34:38,242 --> 00:34:39,744 If I tried that down at the hardware store, 462 00:34:39,786 --> 00:34:42,163 my butt's out the door before you can say... 463 00:34:42,205 --> 00:34:44,123 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 464 00:34:44,165 --> 00:34:47,835 A deuce, queen, 465 00:34:47,877 --> 00:34:49,754 -a nine. -Deuces are wild, right? 466 00:34:49,796 --> 00:34:53,007 No. 10 for the dealer. 467 00:34:53,049 --> 00:34:54,175 Bitch's bet. 468 00:34:54,217 --> 00:34:57,095 [8-by-10 man] This happens every Thursday night? 469 00:34:57,136 --> 00:34:58,429 [Becka] Unless it falls on Christmas Day 470 00:34:58,471 --> 00:35:01,390 like this year, then they reschedule. 471 00:35:01,432 --> 00:35:06,187 [8-by-10 man] I wonder if he'll be rescheduling his nooner with Nancy Voss? 472 00:35:06,229 --> 00:35:08,106 The hussy? 473 00:35:09,273 --> 00:35:11,109 Bless ya. 474 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:18,699 [8-by-10 man] You know, Joe doesn't win nearly as much as... 475 00:35:18,741 --> 00:35:20,827 No, no, sorry. Go ahead. 476 00:35:26,082 --> 00:35:27,291 As I was saying... 477 00:35:27,333 --> 00:35:29,627 [Becka] He thinks he's God's gift to the game, I know. 478 00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:33,840 Ooh, things are looking up for the dealer. 479 00:35:33,881 --> 00:35:36,050 [8-by-10 man] He doesn't have a straight flush. 480 00:35:36,092 --> 00:35:37,635 [Becka] Are you reading his mind? 481 00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:40,471 No, anybody would know that. 482 00:35:40,513 --> 00:35:41,639 Hey, Becka, beer me. 483 00:35:42,598 --> 00:35:44,559 -Peanuts. -And some peanuts. 484 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:45,893 All right. 485 00:35:45,935 --> 00:35:48,062 [Joe] You sure you got it all now? 486 00:35:48,104 --> 00:35:50,231 You don't have to write it down or nothing. 487 00:35:55,319 --> 00:35:56,779 All right. 488 00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:58,030 Pair of deuces bets. 489 00:35:58,072 --> 00:36:00,908 Couple deuces don't beat a straight flush, though. 490 00:36:16,632 --> 00:36:17,967 Wanna hear something funny? 491 00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:20,845 Rebecca's not a real bright girl, so she puts her Christmas tree up 492 00:36:20,887 --> 00:36:22,972 when they do it on her soap opera. 493 00:36:23,014 --> 00:36:24,724 A buck. 494 00:36:24,765 --> 00:36:26,851 We know you don't have the flush, Joe. 495 00:36:26,893 --> 00:36:29,187 Just throwing good money after bad. 496 00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:34,942 We'll see... We'll see. 497 00:36:34,984 --> 00:36:37,236 I'll see your dollar and I'll raise you five. 498 00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:39,447 Let's see if you put your money where your mouth's supposed to be. 499 00:36:39,488 --> 00:36:42,325 -All right, I'll call. -Call. 500 00:36:44,702 --> 00:36:46,245 You can't just call like that. 501 00:36:46,287 --> 00:36:49,707 Yeah. I bet, you raised, he called. What you got? 502 00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:51,000 What do you got? 503 00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:52,418 Well, I don't know, 504 00:36:52,460 --> 00:36:54,879 but I bet, you raised, he called. What you got? 505 00:36:54,921 --> 00:36:57,840 You knew we knew you didn't have the flush. 506 00:36:57,882 --> 00:37:01,636 For crying out loud, I got three deuces showing. 507 00:37:01,677 --> 00:37:05,097 Would you wipe that stupid smile off your face? 508 00:37:05,139 --> 00:37:08,935 When are you going to put some damn pictures in these damn frames? 509 00:37:08,976 --> 00:37:10,102 -It's embarrassing. -Got your peanuts. 510 00:37:10,144 --> 00:37:13,689 -Guy always staring at me gives me the creeps! -Want 'em? 511 00:37:13,731 --> 00:37:17,401 See how it feels to be treated like dirt under your feet? You see how it feels? 512 00:37:17,443 --> 00:37:20,071 I'm not the same woman I used to be, Joe. 513 00:37:20,112 --> 00:37:21,364 This is what you get! 514 00:37:21,405 --> 00:37:24,408 This is what you get for treating me like the dirt under your feet. 515 00:37:24,450 --> 00:37:25,952 I'm not the woman I used to be, 516 00:37:25,993 --> 00:37:28,788 so you better get used to it! 517 00:37:38,631 --> 00:37:40,258 Oops. 518 00:37:45,304 --> 00:37:47,056 I'll get a broom. 519 00:38:00,194 --> 00:38:02,446 I made sunny side up this morning. 520 00:38:16,085 --> 00:38:17,628 Don't forget your... 521 00:38:18,796 --> 00:38:20,172 lunch. 522 00:38:20,214 --> 00:38:22,591 [wind howling] 523 00:38:30,933 --> 00:38:32,476 [car engine starts] 524 00:39:07,219 --> 00:39:09,638 [car driving up] 525 00:39:16,479 --> 00:39:18,356 Hi. How was work? 526 00:39:18,397 --> 00:39:22,360 -Busy. -Same here. Busy busy. 527 00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:24,653 Where's supper? 528 00:39:24,695 --> 00:39:26,447 Ain't it Friday? 529 00:39:28,699 --> 00:39:30,368 Pizza night. 530 00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:44,006 [Becka] Got to do something. 531 00:39:47,134 --> 00:39:49,261 Lord, I got to do something. 532 00:39:49,303 --> 00:39:52,098 [8-by-10 man] You are doing something. 533 00:39:52,765 --> 00:39:54,558 Shouldn't do that. 534 00:39:56,977 --> 00:39:58,938 Where is Joe anyway? 535 00:40:00,189 --> 00:40:02,775 Likes to sleep most Saturday afternoons. 536 00:40:03,651 --> 00:40:05,111 Yeah, of course. No, no, no. 537 00:40:05,152 --> 00:40:08,447 Put the black clip onto the red one there. 538 00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:10,783 -Like that? -Like that. 539 00:40:10,825 --> 00:40:12,535 That's my girl. 540 00:40:13,577 --> 00:40:15,162 Couldn't you sleep last night? 541 00:40:15,204 --> 00:40:17,206 [Becka] No. 542 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:19,875 Too many nightmares. Decided to stay up all night. 543 00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:22,378 Mm, good idea. 544 00:40:25,923 --> 00:40:27,091 Think I'm done. 545 00:40:27,133 --> 00:40:28,634 You're getting so clever, Becka, 546 00:40:28,676 --> 00:40:30,970 I hardly know what to do with you. 547 00:40:32,930 --> 00:40:34,223 Don't tell me. 548 00:40:45,776 --> 00:40:47,445 Becka. 549 00:40:51,407 --> 00:40:54,618 Becka, warm up the TV for me, okay? 550 00:40:54,660 --> 00:40:56,370 Okey-dokey. 551 00:40:59,874 --> 00:41:01,417 Finished wrapping the presents, 552 00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:04,086 decorating, baking and cleaning. 553 00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:07,840 Finished everything. We're ready. 554 00:41:09,008 --> 00:41:11,385 We're ready. 555 00:41:11,427 --> 00:41:14,054 I thought you were going to warm up the TV? 556 00:41:14,096 --> 00:41:16,015 Couldn't find the clicker. 557 00:41:16,056 --> 00:41:18,434 Ah, those damn things. 558 00:41:26,692 --> 00:41:29,111 [screaming] 559 00:41:34,950 --> 00:41:36,577 [distorted music plays on radio] 560 00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:46,212 [laughter] 561 00:41:53,761 --> 00:41:57,097 Don't listen to him. There's a bullet in your head. 562 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:00,851 [gasping] 563 00:42:01,602 --> 00:42:03,103 Oh, my God! 564 00:42:03,145 --> 00:42:04,897 Oh, my God! What have I done? 565 00:42:04,939 --> 00:42:07,441 What have I done? I've shot myself in... 566 00:42:07,483 --> 00:42:10,611 Oh, Joe! Joe, help me! 567 00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:19,745 ♪ What do I care If icicles form? ♪ 568 00:42:21,705 --> 00:42:25,834 ♪ I've got my love To keep me warm ♪ 569 00:42:25,876 --> 00:42:31,549 ♪ I thought you ought to know My heart's on fire ♪ 570 00:42:31,590 --> 00:42:34,635 ♪ The flames They just leap higher ♪ 571 00:42:34,677 --> 00:42:39,890 ♪ So I will weather The storm ♪ 572 00:42:41,016 --> 00:42:47,106 ♪ What do I care How much it storms? ♪ 573 00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:52,403 [Control Voice] Perhaps the descent into madness 574 00:42:52,444 --> 00:42:55,406 is not a solitary journey after all. 575 00:42:55,447 --> 00:42:58,576 ♪ I've got my love To keep me warm ♪