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It's a special
"short notice free expression" permit,

so we can go forward
with the rally next weekend.

I love Salt Lake City.
They were so willing to play ball.

Make sure you put down the New Assembly
of Mormon Pioneers as the sponsor.

We want to get our church's name out there.

We can have up to 500 people

and we just need to reimburse the city
for Porta-Potties and security.

I love you for this idea.

A pro-polygamy children's rally
right in the heart of downtown.

-It's perfect.
-We have to leave in an hour.

Where are you going?
French toast is almost ready.

Lee called and can squeeze us in
before I go see my father.

Right. You have that divorce to finalize.

Really, Marge, it's no big deal.

Maybe it's not such a great time for a divorce.
There's so many problems between you.

Anyone ever think of that?

A marriage always changes and evolves.

And it's not always easy, right?
You know that.

Barb and I are gonna work things out.

I just want to take this moment

to express my deep gratitude to you, Barb,

for giving up your marriage to Bill.

I know it wasn't easy.

But it demonstrates
the kind of selfless generosity

that made me
fall in love with you in the first place.

Ms. Clayton.

Barb Henrickson. It's so nice to meet you.

I thought I had time to fill my kettle
before you got here.

Come in. Have a seat.

You know, it was the practice of polygamy
that emancipated Mormon women

from the many constraints
ofVictorian family life.

They were the first feminists.

Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist.

You feel you have a calling
for the priesthood, though?

Yes, I do.

Well, you're not alone.

I'm terrified of the division
it's sowing in my family.

I don't want it to compromise my marriage.

Why should it?

You've started a dialogue with them.

You're miles ahead of where I was
when I was in your exact same shoes.

But you got divorced.

Not over the priesthood.

It was over trying to deny it and hide it.

That's what made things so unbearable.

Do you think
you could help me explain it to them,

to help me show them
that there is nothing in this

that has to tear us asunder?

I think you're a very brave woman, Barb.

And I'll do whatever I can to help you,

even if it means being an object lesson
in how to get it wrong.

Dad.

Dad.

Get out of my house

and leave me alone.

I'm not here by choice. I'm here for Mom.

You're gonna take her in
and you're gonna take care of her.

I'm not taking care of anything.

In case you hadn't noticed,

my wives are gone and disappeared.

Of course they've disappeared.

My wife Barb called them
and told them to get themselves checked out.

Checked out for what?

The same venereal disease
you gave Mom that caused her dementia.

Your wife is a stinking, filthy liar

and ought to
have her mouth washed out with soap.

Watch your mouth.

I never gave anything to anybody.

If you've got problems down here,

it has absolutely
nothing to do with the problems up here.

Look, if Lois got herselfVD,

then give her some medicine and fix her up.

It's too late for that.

You want someone
to stand in judgment over you?

'Cause I'm ready. Is that really what you want?

You're gonna take care of her.

Not by myself, I'm not.

Clean this dump up,
'cause I'm bringing her to you.

I'm arranging for a home nurse to come
and make sure you take good care of her,

because for reasons I will never understand,
she's forgiven you.

She's determined to be here.

Is something wrong?

No. Not at all.

Did I do something wrong?

I skipped breakfast,
so I have a headache, is all.

Hi.

I'm not too early, am l?

We were just finishing up.

I'm ready. I just need to use the restroom.

I haven't really thanked you yet
for taking her on.

It's very important to me
that I'm the best mother I can be.

She's doing well.

I'd like to understand what she's learning.

Sometimes I get on the computer
and look up things about math,

but I didn't have much of a formal education.

Well, it can be all Greek
ifyou don't have the foundation for it.

I was wondering ifyou had something,

a book that could teach me
something about it.

Why don't you take this home, look it over?

It's not quantitative. It's more of a philosophy.

I bet you'd really enjoy it.

Thank you.

We could talk more about it
whenever you have the time, Miss Grant.

Nicolette. Please call me Nicolette.

And we'll start
in front of the city and county building.

Now, this whole rally depends on you.

And we don't want anyone
to feel forced into this.

I don't feel forced.

I want to stand up and say
that I love my family, that we're not freaks.

That we actually have thoughts and opinions.

What was it like growing up in your family?

I think we're just like any other family.
There's been good and bad.

Well, I want to tell people what's truly
in my heart about all my four moms.

We can constitute ourselves any way we want,

but I lean towards small,

a quorum of four.

And you gentlemen and I are it.

Should I use the template
of what your grandfather did at Juniper Creek

to frame the charter and bylaws?

No, we want no prophets and no UEB.

This is a new day, Kevin.

I don't know how much
exactly we have in the coffers

until tithing kicks in, but it's not much.

Here's $40. That should cover supplies
and program costs.

Bill, what about legal?
Church status and exemptions?

-You want to proceed with that now?
-The sooner the better.

Take a look around, gentlemen.

This is where it starts,

in this storefront.

I just want to say, Bill, you make me proud.

This church isn't about me, Kevin.

I mean proud of myself.

No, thank you.

Wait, can I talk to you a second?

I downloaded this
and I want you guys to read it.

It's about problem-solving in a marriage.

Honey, we understand
this maybe is uncomfortable for you,

but these things happen in a marriage.

No, Mom.

Divorce doesn't happen in a marriage.
It ends a marriage.

Benny, it's not a real divorce.

-Well, what the heck is it, then?
-Careful of your tone, Son.

You're fighting about most everything.

Last year it was about the election.
Now it's about the priesthood.

Ben, that's enough. We're okay.

-No, Dad.
-We're having an ongoing dialogue.

Okay? All right?

Did you get character references
for your Navy application?

Can we talk about my plans another time?

We are concerned
about your plans and want to help.

How's Heather?

You seem to be
spending a lot of time together.

Heather's fine.
And I put in my application for the Navy.

I know what I'm doing in my life.

Dad.

Look, I'm worried, too.

Your mother's restless.

She's dissatisfied with things in her life.

I don't know how deep it goes, or will go.

She refused to take sacrament.

I'm aware of that.

I'm worrying so you don't have to, okay?

Stay focused on your own life,
because that's what I want you to do.

That's what your mother wants, too.

Barb, this is what was read in every ward
of the 318 stakes in the Salt Lake area,

including Provo and Orem.

Pam, just slow down.

I can't even understand what you're saying.

"From the office of the church president.

"The church maintains
that the intentional conflation

"of the word 'Mormon'
with the word 'polygamy'

"is an oxymoron as well as a provocation."

"The church is unequivocal
in urging its members

"to repudiate such confusion
when encountered

"and to decry those
who would assert otherwise."

I have absolutely no idea what they're saying.

Maybe you don't,
but it's a code everyone in the church speaks.

They might as well come out
and ask for your head on a platter.

They're retaliating because we didn't give in.

They hate not getting their own way.

We pushed them
beyond the limits of what they'll allow.

Fine, let them go ahead and shun us.
What else is new?

It gives every zealot in Salt Lake City
the license to stab you in the back,

and I'm talking literally.

Barb, don't overstate it.
It's bad enough as it is.

Bill, the church rarely
goes out on a limb like this.

Sure, they suggest subtly to its membership

that they might want to get involved
in certain causes.

We've been calling ourselves Mormon
polygamists for years on the compound.

I don't understand what the big deal is.

Let's everyone just take a deep breath.
There'll be more protests. We'll survive.

No. There will be blockades.

They'll put you out of business.

We could end up destitute and on the street.

Now you're getting hysterical.

I have been a member of this church
my entire life

and I have never seen them
put out a statement

as personal and as brazen
as this before. Never.

The Murray store's the most vulnerable.

Its demographic is hugely LDS.
That's where it'll hit the hardest.

Murray has huge accounts receivables.

We can lean on collections
to get payments moving to help ride this out.

But even here in Sandy we've lost three big
commercial accounts already in one day.

-We'll replace them.
-How?

I don't know how, Don,
but we'll figure that out, too.

And call the landlord about an easement
to get rid of the GD protesters out front.

I called them three times.

They're in the middle of a deal selling the
building to some Nevada holding company.

To whom? And what are they asking?

$2.5 million, in this economy.

Did you hear me?

Bill. Bill.

I'm listening. It's just...

I'm getting divorced, my son's adrift,

my daughters have left home,
and the church is out to destroy me.

Someone came along and tried to kill me.

The cops have no evidence
except a couple chunks of melted ice.

Well, I just discovered
I married an underage girl

and my soon-to-be ex thinks she'd make
a better priesthood holder than me.

She said that?

No, she said
she already holds the priesthood, Don.

Well, that's just not right.

What's going on with us here, Bill?

No one's ever tried to kill me before.

I'm having nightmares over it.

Don, we're gonna get through this.

I paid you for a job and you failed.
You're a failure.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

It's not my fault he lived.
I did the best job I could.

You led me to believe
you weren't some kind of amateur.

-Where's the rest of it? I paid you $2,200.
-It's all I have left.

Don't be petulant with me.

You're not only a failure.
You're a fool, aren't you?

Aren't you? Say it.

How do you plan to redeem yourself?

Tell me.

Tell me.

Show me.

You failed at your first assignment,

but with some supervision
and attention to the details ofyour education,

you may be able to overcome your natural
and inbred character deficiencies.

You said I was a fool.

Even a fool can be useful
to a man who knows how to use him well.

Look,

I need money.

I'll stay, but you gotta give me money.

Go to your room.

I have meetings
with lawyers and real estate advisors.

Leave now.

I appreciate your continued participation
in Safety Net,

and I'm hopeful we'll have the funds to send
some housing assistance your way soon.

That's not why we're here.

What is it? What's on your mind?

Albert Grant is making a grab for power.

He's exerting his purity campaign over us all.

He has a new program for us, too,

a program of moral toil.

"Moral toil"?

At the last Safety Net meeting,

he spoke of abolishing
any further cooperation with the State.

He spoke about abolishing you, too.

Abolishing me?

He said you may not be around much longer.

You have a target on your back.

He actually made a threat?

Should we kill him?

No, Bud. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Did he say anything
about my business partner?

Not to me.

Why won't you talk to me?

-Why are you rejecting me?
-I'm not angry with you.

Is this because we kissed?

Well, big deal, I'm not sorry about it.

Come in.

I...

I got some bad news.

It's not you. It's me.

It's my granddad.

He got cancer and it's probably inoperable.

I'm so sorry.

It's not your problem.

In fact,

it's kind of the opposite of your problem.

You came here in the first place

and you were upset
about your father and the adoption,

and I comforted you,

and then we kissed.

Greg.

I'm falling in love with you.

You said you had the money.

You said
you were going to be back two days ago.

-There were complications.
-What complications?

Are you going to get it or not?

Yes. Babe, I've got him where I want him.

I'm making progress. Trust me.

I can't stand staying at Crystal's house.

She keeps the heat too low.

I miss you.
And we'll probably get pneumonia there.

I left you that $100, honey.

Go check into a nice motel.

I'll have us back in Vegas before you know it,
and with cash to burn.

You tell him if he doesn't pay up now,
he'll have to pay us double later.

That's exactly what I'll tell him.

I really love you.

-Just hold on to that.
-I love you, too.

I've got blankets and a space heater.
Is there anything else you could use?

Do you think you could
get me some French fries?

I really should eat something
before I nurse the baby.

I think you should eat more than that.

I'm gonna make you a hamburger.
You could use the protein.

Thank you, Ben,

for watching out for me like this.

I used to think you were a dope.

I used to think you were pretty awful, too.

Where are all the sister-wives, Frank?

I told them all to get the hell out
and go stay with their relatives.

-But when are they coming back?
-Who knows?

They can go stay in a fleabag motel
for all I care, or sleep on the street.

You and l,

we're gonna have some quality time,
just you and me.

You okay over there?

I'm just thinking about the radio.

-You want me to turn the radio on?
-No.

I was thinking about something on the radio,

an old show.

Well, tell me the name of it.
Maybe I can help you remember it.

I don't need help remembering it, Frank.

It was The Cisco Kid,

and it always ended the same way.

-Yeah, I remember The Cisco Kid.
-No, you don't.

You didn't listen to it with me.

Lois, everybody remembers The Cisco Kid.

Then how did it end?

Cisco or Pancho

would tell this corny joke
about the adventure they'd just had,

and then they'd laugh.

Then Cisco would say, "Oh, Pancho!"

And Pancho would say, "Oh, Cisco!"

And then they'd gallop away laughing.

And that was it?

That's how it ended.

Lois, that don't sound all that great to me.

I didn't say it was great, Frank.
I just said that's how it ended.

I would like some water.

Water?

We're battening down the hatches
at the stores.

We've lost some large commercial accounts.

We need to find non-LDS replacements.

I was looking over the divorce petitions.

There are riders on financial arrangements,
alimony and child support.

Well, we can initial them as not applicable.

I don't think so, Bill.

What, you've come to doubt me
in such a fundamental way?

No. Not you.

I know the can of worms that this will open,

but I can't allow Nicki
to take over the finances of the family.

God forbid, but if anything happened to you,

Nicki would be in control
of a significant part of your estate.

And given her history,

that's not something
I'm very comfortable with.

I think I've earned the right
to stay in charge in that department.

I don't know. Nicki's changed.

Maybe taking on the financial duties
may help her confidence.

What are you saying?

I'm saying sharing that with you
was a part of sharing everything else.

But now it feels like
we're sharing less and less.

Are you taking those responsibilities
away from me?

I'm asking why
you didn't take sacrament in church today.

I felt it wasn't right.

I am experimenting
with my actions and my thoughts.

And I can't have you judging me for it.

I'm not judging you,

but it's wrong for you
to be in our church and refuse sacrament.

-What are the children supposed to think?
-I'll explain it to them.

-Well, I'd appreciate it if you didn't.
-Why?

Because they're too young
to understand these issues.

I am not going to turn the children
against their father, Bill.

And I can't help but think
underneath everything,

there's a small part ofyou that wants
this divorce because you're mad at me.

I would never be that small-minded.

For the first time in our marriage,
I'm worried about us.

Without a shared faith, this paper divorce
feels like it's becoming a real divorce.

I don't want it to be that, Bill.

What would the priesthood give you
that you don't already have?

The power to grant blessings,

to comfort through the laying on of hands,

a powerful, direct connection
to Heavenly Father

and the generations
of prophets and priests who came before.

To be saved and to be able to save others

and lead them into
the celestial kingdom on my own.

And you know that.

Hi. This is Michael Sainte.

I just want to update my Goji Blast army

on the amazing job you have all been doing.

You have helped take this last month's sales
and recruitment

and reach the highest numbers
this company has ever seen.

Hi, Margene.

I like you.

No, I really do, Margene.

You are very special.

People who are deeply religious
do have sex, a lot.

And actually, it's hotter,

because it is deeper.

When you let down your barriers

and truly let the love of Heavenly Father
flow through you...

We are getting the message out...

-Hi.
-Cara Lynn.

What are you doing here?
It's almost midnight.

I was out with Gary.

Have you seen my mom
in the last couple of hours?

No. Why?

Well, we lost track of time.

And Mom started calling me
at 11:00 on the dot and I didn't answer.

Could I say that I was with you?

I can see you are just about to burst
with gooey lovesick lovey love.

Is that what this is?

It's kind of a terrible feeling.

How do you know?

I mean, how do you know
if it's real, if it's love?

I guess you just know.

How did you know with Bill?

He was so much older than you.
Did that make a difference?

No, no, I don't think his age
made a difference in knowing.

Girls on the compound used to say
that older men were better, more experienced.

You didn't have to teach them anything.

They could teach you, make you feel safer.

Yeah. I mean, maybe.

Cara Lynn, I've been meaning to talk to you
about something.

I guess you know that I'm having a hard time
with Bill and Barb's divorce.

I don't want you to take it personally.

It has nothing to do with you.

I'm fine. I know that. It's okay.

Okay. Go on, go to bed.

-Don't worry. We were playing Scrabble.
-Thank you.

I'm worried about this rally.

I know your heart's in the right place

and that's why I forgive you
your impulsiveness, but...

I'm not being impulsive.

You just don't want me
speaking out in public, do you?

I don't mind you speaking.

But I was looking over the program,

the order of speeches and the songs.

What is this Bridge Over Troubled Water?

It's a very popular song, Nicki.

It's moving.
It's about reaching out from loneliness.

Wouldn't something a bit uplifting
be more suitable, a hymn?

I have a few in mind.

It's gonna be
Bridge Over Troubled Water, Nicki.

Look, ifyou're using my daughter in this rally,
I think I should have some say.

If this is about you being jealous

because I have a life outside the houses,
I can help you get one, too.

This isn't about jealousy. It's about sharing.

Things are going to change.

I'm going to finally be
a full partner in this marriage, Margene,

and I expect my voice to be heard.

Maybe this isn't the right time for a rally.

So now because you can't get your way,
you want to shut it all down.

No, I just said maybe it wasn't the right time.

I completely disagree.

I'm proud of our family.
And I'm proud of our faith.

When is it ever wrong
to say we're all decent people?

This is gonna make a situation better,
not worse.

There's something I need to tell you all.

There's gonna be an unmarked car out front
in a couple of hours.

-Why?
-For protection. I hired them.

Somebody made an attempt on Don's life
while he was at the lake.

I thought it was an accident.

-Who was it?
-We don't know.

It may be something in Don's personal life,
or it may be something larger.

"Larger" meaning involving us?

Something involving the stores, the casino?

Or anything you're not telling us?

Absolutely not.

It may turn out to be nothing at all.
It probably is nothing.

We go about our normal lives.

Same rules as when we visited Disneyland.

Be aware, be alert. That's all.

Mr. Speaker, I move that this Bill
to institutionalize funding for Safety Net

be reported out of committee.

Senator Henrickson,
there are insufficient votes in the chamber

to constitute a voting quorum.

-Personal privilege?
-Senator Covellis.

I take leave to note hearings

on joint House-Senate Bill 114
will convene at 2:00.

-Personal privilege?
-Senator Forderer.

That Bill is entitled
"Amendment to penal code chapter 27,

"recriminalizing polygamy,
bigamy and plural marriage,"

otherwise known as
the "lmpeach Bill Henrickson" Bill.

Objection.

Senators Covellis and Forderer
have usurped my allotted time.

I ask that their comments be stricken.

Object all you want, but in one half hour

the "lmpeach Bill Henrickson"
legislation will be formally reintroduced.

Then for that one half hour you will sit there
and respectfully listen to what I have to say

or leave the chamber.

Look, you and I haven't seen eye to eye
on a thing for 20 years.

You and Barbara have
only been in polygamy for nine years.

Nancy, with due respect,

-we had our issues well before that.
-True.

-I'm deeply concerned.
-You should be.

Thank you.

You've got 1 2 million
angry Mormons after you.

Technically, I think it was
only read here in the city.

Actually I'm referring to Barbara.

Yeah, well,
I'm worried about my daughter, too.

What she's experimenting with
jeopardizes our family and our values.

That whole thing. I know.

She's started drinking,
and then there's these priesthood ideas.

She's insisted on a divorce
that has to do with adopting Nicki's daughter.

She won't listen to me alone
and she won't listen to you, but...

Well, I wish I could scrape these ideas
out of her head.

If I could, I would.

Well, maybe we could together.

No, I don't think that'd work.

She'd balk. She's stubborn as a mule.

But she has such a full heart.

Yeah, but that independent streak...

No, I don't think it'd work.

No, I think we should just let it be.

But now there's this Renee Clayton thing.

Renee Clayton? What about her?

Barb's struck up a friendship with her
and has asked us to meet her.

Not with Renee Clayton!

Why, that woman's a... She's a flake.

Now she's dangerous.

Barb said you used to be friends.

Yeah, before she turned into what she is now.

So when I heard that missive
being read in church, I said to Cindy,

"We have got to get over
to your sister right now

-"and show her our support."
-Mother.

So, Barbie, how are you holding up?

Is there anything we can do for you?

I think we're doing as well as can be expected.

Anything personal?

Any other personal problems
that we could help you with?

No.

Bill told Mommy that you
were getting a divorce.

We finalize the papers
and file them in Nevada in one week, but yes.

When did you speak with Bill?

This afternoon.

All right, why is she doing all the talking?

Bill says that you're the one
who wanted this divorce

and that you're drinking just a little bit.

I enjoy a glass ofwine now and then.

I'm exploring new things.

Would you like to talk about Renee Clayton?

As a matter of fact,
she's becoming kind of a mentor to me.

She understands me
in ways no one else does.

All right, what is this all about?

For Pete's sake. Look me in the eye.

Are you and Renee Clayton
being lesbians together?

Mother!

Heavens, no!

Is that what this is all about?

Of course it is. And, Barbara,

I just want to tell you that Renee Clayton
is a lonely, unhappy, bitter woman.

You think I'm a lesbian?

I don't know. Maybe. Why not?

I mean, it's exactly
the kind of thing that you would do.

You've done everything else you can think of
to complicate your life.

Following my conscience
does not necessarily complicate my life.

Why does Bill have to say
the word "Mormon"?

Why do you have to say
the word "priesthood"?

You have these children.
You have three houses.

Why do you have to be so unhappy?

I am working through this with Bill.

And Renee Clayton is your friend.

She was before she started spouting off
about priesthood and sex and gender,

and became a lesbian.

I didn't know she was a lesbian,
but it seems totally beside the point.

-Really?
-Yes, really.

It's a children of polygamy rally.

-And you want Goji to sponsor it?
-Yes.

I know that Goji Blast
is a heavily LDS company,

but this rally is about
reaching out and transcending divisions.

You know, the church has issued a statement
against your husband. Is this his idea?

Actually, it's mine. I'm organizing it.

And since you support kids
in Malaysia and Nicaragua and Guatemala...

You know, Margene,
I was a missionary for two years.

In a way, it's where I learned sales.

You've become
a bit of a missionary for your faith.

So sell me. Convert me.

I'm not really into
pushing my beliefs on others.

I came into my marriage with nothing.

A bit of hand-me-down Catholicism
and a need to be loved.

And I couldn't have cared
less about our religion.

But that's changed.

I've begun to feel something deeper.

And I think that's why I'm here,
why I've been brought to Goji.

And you're a really, really respected member
of the LDS community,

and ifyou didn't follow
the church's unfair shunning of us,

maybe others wouldn't either.

I see.

So why don't you pony up
a little something for the cause?

I tell you what,

I'm not entirely sold on the message yet,

but I think I'll put a little something down
on the messenger.

You will leave the other groups alone
to follow their own path.

Your attempts to coerce others with
your program of moral toil is unacceptable.

I am a uniter like your grandfather, Bill.

I want to bring
the wandering tribes of polygamy together.

And you are not pulling out of Safety Net.

-I will do exactly as I see fit.
-Try it.

I'm in the senate, Alby.

I can remove
Juniper Creek's municipal certification

and stop the flow of state money.

Money. I'm sure you know that word.

Did you really come all the way down here
to Juniper Creek to talk about the Safety Net?

And why have you brought your sidekick?

You keep looking at him
like you're surprised to see him.

Bud Mayberry tells me
you've been speaking off the cuff

about your feelings for me.

Bud Mayberry with his ridiculous
"doctrine of multiple mortal probations"?

His wife Francy is a necrophiliac.

She has a pink altar
and she communes with the dead.

If that's the company you keep...

Or maybe Bud is a double agent.

You ever think of that?

Listen to me, you creep.

You come after me again,

you do it to my face,
you pathetic, subhuman scum!

You'll leave now, before night falls,

before someone drops a house on you.

You think you're unpopular
with the apostates of the LDS Church?

You should only know
how dangerous it is for you here.

Let's go.

How are your hardware shops doing, Bill?

I hear you've had a few protests.

Hey, Carl, I didn't see you there.

-How are you doing?
-I'm fine, Bill.

Yeah? What's wrong?

They read a statement in church yesterday
about you.

What I don't understand is why you can't
have your religion and leave us alone.

Carl, that's all I want.

Then why are you rubbing our noses in it?

Why do you have to have
your special rights and attack us?

No one's attacking anyone there.

I think you need to get
your facts straight, my friend.

What about that car, your private security?

That's gonna be here for the duration?

Just for a few days.

-I'm sorry I even have to say this stuff.
-Yeah, Carl, I'm sorry, too.

Where are we?

We're at the ocean.

I drove us here.

I got us a motel.

I thought you might like it.

You've been out of it since yesterday.

Look at that water.

That is very pretty.

What color blue do you think it is?

Just blue.

I don't want to make small talk, Frank.

I need every bit of will I still have in me
just to make sure I'm really where I think I am.

You're with me, babe.

You are with me.

What are you doing in here?

Nothing.

Really, I wasn't snooping, I swear.

I was just trying to see
if I could understand any of these.

Mr. Ivey gave me a book.

And I was hoping
it could help me understand what you do,

but it didn't.

I thought I might find something you had
that was simpler.

You can't start with advanced calculus, Mama.

What?

Nothing.

Just the way you said that, it was...

I never thanked you
for helping me escape the compound.

You gave me a chance
to pursue my education.

You protected me from a forced marriage.

I owe you so much more.

I know how hard it's been.

We've been tested.

But things are gonna be better now
for both of us.

I admit this marriage does mean a lot to me.

We're gonna have everything
we ever dreamed of.

We'll be happy.

I already am happy, Mom.

You should be happy, too.

I am.

I am happy.

Hi. You wanted to talk
to me about something?

Hon, pull up a stool.
Barb and I want to run something by you.

Fire away.

Bill and I both feel
after the finalization of the divorce,

it will be for the best
ifwe keep doing certain things

the way we are now.

-What certain things?
-Preserving our existing financial structure.

For instance?

Well, I've assumed the burden
of the books and accounts for years,

so I told Bill I'd be perfectly comfortable
continuing to do so.

You did?

And the estate. Nicki, as a legal wife,

you have an automatic claim
to a large part of its disposition.

So we have a couple of agreements
we'd like you to take a look at.

Who, may I ask, suggested this?

Lee. Lee said it was a legal thing.

Lee Hatcher?

Lee Hatcher said just be sure to "X" Nicki

out of all the financial obligations
and privileges

that come with being your legal wife?

I know this must seem like a blow.

Right now I want to punch you in the face.

Nicki!

Let's just sign the documents and move on.
It's not about Barb.

You were shamed into agreeing to
this divorce, and now you're lashing back.

For heaven's sake, Nicki. Let's see,

you only rang up $50,000 in debt

and kept it hidden
for as long as you possibly could.

Maybe we should just forget about that
and just see how it all works out.

-So I have no choice in this?
-You do,

but I need these prenups signed
before I grant any divorce.

You say the priesthood is held by everyone,
but it certainly doesn't seem to apply to me.

Come with me, please.

You'll go to your grave to keep me from
having my rightful place in this marriage.

No, once I'm in my grave, Nicki,
you can have it all.

Shame on you.

On me?
Did you hear what she just said to me?

You're being hypersensitive
and inconsiderate.

This is a paper divorce and a paper marriage.

-I know that.
-Do you?

Because it sounds to me
like you have a different idea about it.

Nothing changes. Barb relinquishes nothing.

There's a divorce and a wedding
and everything stays the same.

Stays the same?

She's in open rebellion
to your position in this family

and now in obvious contempt of mine.

You're doing this and giving in
because you're afraid of losing her,

and you're taking it out on me.

Well, it isn't fair, Bill, and you know it.

Thanks for the ride and for the blankets.

I appreciate it.

You're welcome.

Let us know if we can do
anything else to help.

Can you lend me $30?

-Sure.
-I got it.

I can pay you back
after my shift tomorrow night.

Just come by and I'll give you your money.

You got a job? That was fast.

-Where?
-The Golden Fleece.

It's a bar. I'm a hostess.

I tell them I'm a librarian
and everyone protects me.

It's funny.

She makes me so sad.

She's such a dead-end kid, you know.
I don't think she's gonna live to see 20.

I feel so bad for her.

I don't think we need to worry about her.

She's gonna be okay.

In what way, Ben, is she okay?

She has a life.

She has a husband. They have each other.

I turned in my deferred applications
for the Navy yesterday.

I've got four months before I report for duty.

I didn't tell you
that I was seeing someone at BYU.

He started school for a year
and then he took his mission.

Ben, don't.

So you have plans with him?

No. I mean, I write to him.

And I'm gonna see him again
when he gets back.

Heather, I thought we were okay.

I'm really sorry, Ben,

I am, about this,

about everything
that the church is doing to your family.

You all mean so much to me.

Great. Thanks for telling me.

It's about communication.

Couples need to be able to express
their views with each other,

no matter how controversial they seem to be.

I'm sorry, Renee.

I forgot to mention that you've been
a tenured university professor for 20 years

and that you lecture across the country
on Mormon studies.

I think we have to start by recognizing

that women have
an innate and inherent priesthood authority.

Based on what?

Well, Joseph Smith certainly implied it.

He left no written record of it.

No, but there were many witnesses.

By well-known dissenters.

Quite apart from any record,

it shows itself in women's instincts.

They are priestly
in the way they care for their babies

as soon as they are
delivered from their wombs.

What is she talking about?

There is a female archetype
that I would like to call Heavenly Mother.

It is a goddess figure

that is imbued with the same power
and mystery as the male godhead.

Renee.

You mean like the Virgin Mary?

She means like don't even think about it.

You know,
there are four people in this marriage.

Nicki, where do you stand
with your sister-wife's feelings?

Me? Well, I think
she's gone off the reservation, is what I think.

Do you?

Well, this is something I wrote
for The Western Historical Quarterly,

"Lesbian female bonding
as resistance to frontier Mormon patriarchy."

And it would be well worth remembering
that many other churches

are facing up to the fundamental role
of women in their church.

-Lesbian pioneers, Barb?
-Yes, everyone, Renee is a lesbian.

Yeah. But it has nothing to do
with my marriage falling apart.

I met Judy long after that.

Yes, some of us remember

your swooping down
and taking her away from Paul.

You know, Nancy,

you have no right to judge my life

when you have lived yours
in the shadow of your husband's.

Look, the fact is

either you believe
in the Book of Mormon or not.

Ether you believe in Joseph Smith
and the restoration of the priesthood or not.

And ifyou do,
then I don't know what we're talking about.

Barbara, listen to me.

You can have a place in my home
where you can come

and sort through all these issues
without all this pressure.

So the leopard doesn't really change
its spots after all.

No, no one's leaving anyone.
Doesn't anyone get that?

Honey, I know
you have faith in what you're saying,

but religion is divinely inspired.

It's not just "l feel" or "I'd like."

The woods are full of kooks

wandering around in robes saying,
"This is what God wants."

Without a divinely-inspired gospel
to ground a religion,

anyone can say anything they want,

and that's why I'm having
a real hard time with all this.

What is it you want?
What do you have to have?

I have never asked for anything
for myself in all these years.

This is an opportunity for us, for our church,

for a church that we can grow together.

That would destroy a church
that's barely establishing its roots.

Even the LDS Church
has evolved on present-day revelation.

And that's how they manipulated the truth
to cut off the Principle.

It's left the church
divided and bleeding all these years.

Barb, I can be moved
to make many compromises.

But this is one thing I just will not do.

Then I can't go to your church anymore.

Excuse me.

I'll be there

When all your dreams are broken

To answer your unspoken prayer

When the little things you're doing

Don't turn out right

Don't you worry, darling

I'll be there

So if your new love

Isn't a true love

Don't you worry, darling

I'll be there

Don't you worry, darling

I'll be there

Frank.

I don't forgive you, Frank.

But I'm not gonna kill you.

I need you to promise

to put me out of my misery
when the time comes.

I can't do that.

I'm gone for two days at a time now.

When it gets to three,

do it.

I don't want to be stuck
in some putrid old people's home,

wearing diapers and not knowing who I am.

-Please, Frank.
-I'm gonna take care of you.

Take care of me?

You're older than I am.
You're half-cooked yourself.

I got wives, your sister-wives.
They're coming back.

They're gone because of you.

You'll have no one to wipe your own behind
or clip your dirty old toenails.

You'll be alone,

all alone with your miserable old self.

At this particular moment, Frank,

we're all we got.

We've got to be able to count on each other.

We gotta go.