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It's all a blur.
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A hazy, crazy blur.
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Try, Maxine.
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All I do is try.
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All I ever wanted was to belong.
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To be a somebody in this world.
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But there's a catch
when a woman wants to be a somebody.
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And that catch is everyone else.
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It was the beginning of the season.
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Those heady months,
when the wealthiest descend on Palm Beach
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to mix and mingle like crabs in a barrel.
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Question is, which crab bit me?
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Was it...
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Evelyn Rollins,
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the self-appointed Queen Bee,
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and stalwart adversary
in the fight against pediatric cancer?
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Her advocacy made her a superstar.
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Volunteer of the Year nine years in a row.
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I am one humbled volunteer.
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Or was it Dinah Donahue?
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The ambassador's wife.
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Have a good day.
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See you at the club.
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She was poised to dethrone Ms. Evelyn...
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if her libido
didn't get the better of her.
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It could've been any one of the ladies
in The Shiny Sheet.
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The widow, who was as fizzy and dizzy
as a glass of champagne.
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Or the sugar heiress
with thirty million to spare.
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And a mobster husband.
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There's an old saw here that goes:
When you first come to Palm Beach,
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you think you're the oldest
and the richest,
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and then you realize you're
the youngest and the poorest.
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I had only been in Palm Beach two weeks.
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But I already knew the Palm Royale,
the most exclusive club in the world,
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was where I belonged.
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Crabs be damned.
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Your Grasshopper.
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You found the crème de cacao after all.
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We sent someone out for it.
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Well, that is what I call
"going above and beyond."
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Wait. Don't you need me to sign for it?
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Excuse me?
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- Did I spill?
- In a manner.
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You're not going to believe this.
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Perry said the women stormed
into the Oak Room,
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demanded a table, said it was their right.
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It's a men's only lunch.
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I'm all for segregation of the sexes.
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Private spaces
for our private faces, I say.
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If this is
the state of the feminine world in 1969,
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can you imagine what 1970 will bring?
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Communists.
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Ladies, a country can fall.
No thing of beauty is safe.
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No thing of beauty is safe.
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Palm Beach is
the last American sanctuary, ladies.
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It goes to hell, I'm fleeing to Capri,
and this country can lose my number.
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I long for a kinder, gentler time,
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when a woman's capacity
to humiliate herself wasn't so bottomless.
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So true.
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Mrs. Nixon weighed in,
said women already have equal rights.
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They simply need to choose
to exercise them.
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Exactly. Did you know she was a teacher?
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Yeah, Pat Nixon,
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before becoming First Lady. A teacher.
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Fascinating.
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She lifted herself up from that lowly
station all the way to the White House.
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I marvel, Mrs. Rollins.
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You know my name.
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Of course I do. You're in The Shiny Sheet.
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All y'all are.
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Read about you every day.
You're family to me.
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Mrs. Davidsoul.
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Mrs. Donahue.
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Mrs. Kimberly-Marco.
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- We don't know you.
- I'm Maxine Simmons. Charmed.
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- I'm not interrupting, am I?
- Actually--
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I loved what you said about the death
of gentility. I mourn. I mean, I mourn.
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We certainly live in opportunistic times.
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Hear, hear.
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Now, where were we?
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Ladies, let's raise a glass to the feting
of our dear Dinah.
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Pleasure.
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To the volunteer of the year,
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our very best friend
and pediatric cancer's worst enemy.
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Don't make me blush, Evelyn.
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Who's doing your gown for the ball?
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Grayman for Ceil Chapman, as one does.
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But it isn't about the gown or the party.
It's not my night.
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It's cancer's night.
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Yes.
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To be honest,
I really thought it was going
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to be Evelyn's year again.
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- We all did.
- I may not be volunteer of the year,
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but that only opens up
my calendar to rise to a higher station.
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Oh, yeah.
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- Who needs a top up?
- Darling you know I do.
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Well, thank you.
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Do you mind if I just finish my drink?
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This kind sir went through quite an ordeal
commandeering the crème de cacao.
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I will allow you
your dignity another four seconds,
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or that kind sir
will drag you out by your toenails.
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He's a veteran of Korea. He can do things.
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Thank you for your service, soldier.
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How did you get past security?
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I came in the back.
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There are no doors
in the back of the Palm Royale.
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I never said I used the door.
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- I used the wall.
- Most athletic.
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My athleticism is just
one of my many positive attributes
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that would make me a wonderful addition
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to the roster of members here
at the Palm Royale.
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You will never be
a member of the Palm Royale.
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It's a high bar, I know.
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But one I could surely reach,
just given the chance.
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As you know,
to even start the membership process,
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I need another member to nominate me.
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And how can I get that if I can't get
to know anybody?
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I'm just a really nice person,
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new to Palm Beach, looking to make
a friend or two.
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The Palm Royale represents safety
in a rapidly changing world,
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embodying that which is sacred.
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Refined companionship,
sanctity and a deep heart conviction
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that beauty is not dead.
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Okay. Stand up.
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Robert will take your picture.
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You will not regret this.
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- Come on.
- I promise. Thank you!
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- Come on, let's do this.
- Thank you! Here? Okay.
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Oh, my gosh. This is so exciting. Okay.
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No, no. Wait. No. How about this?
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It's the Grand Ballroom.
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So much bigger than it is in pictures.
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Why, on this very dance floor,
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Marjorie Merriweather Post refused
the advances of one Joseph Kennedy...
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- Wow.
- ...father to the deceased president.
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Incredible. Hey, hey.
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- This way, please.
- It smells good.
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- Someone making a graham cracker crust?
- Sourdough.
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Top of the morning, pals.
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All right. Well, okay. Until next time.
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- Hope not.
- Well, Robert, I hardly knew you.
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Ever since my pageant days,
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I've maintained a posture
of relentless positivity.
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When I was doing pageants,
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the other contestants would
always underestimate me.
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The same seemed true
for the entire isle of Palm Beach.
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The ladies who ruled it all vying
for a shot at being one thing:
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queen of the season.
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But soon they'd love me.
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Soon these old money mavens
would see my value
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and affirm what I've always known...
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that I belong.
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One simply must trust that the path
to personal glory will reveal itself
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if one remains resolutely sunny.
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{\an8}I'm so glad we're the same size, Norma.
This one was a real hit.
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Hydrangea print maxi, dare I?
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Dare I do.
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These are some impressive baubles, Norma!
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Purses.
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Gucci croc clutch.
Should I? Yes, I should.
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You are too good to me, Norma.
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I'll have these back by tomorrow.
It's a scorcher out there.
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The weather lady said you could take
an egg and actually fry it on the asphalt.
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I might just try it.
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Okay.
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I'm gonna make you so proud.
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You get some rest. Okay.
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True, at the present moment,
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I found myself in less than
stellar accommodations.
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But this was merely
a temporary base of operations
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until I stepped into my destiny.
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...urgent problem: the war in Vietnam.
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Since I took office four months ago,
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nothing has taken so much of my time
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and energy as the search for a way
to bring lasting peace to Vietnam.
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I know that some believe that
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I should have ended the war
immediately after the inauguration.
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I want to end it.
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The American people...
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I have tried to present the facts
about Vietnam with complete honesty,
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and I shall continue to do so
in my reports to the American people.
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Thank you.
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Hiya! Have a moment for your sex?
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Pardon and excuse me.
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Well, maybe you've heard,
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monumental change is in the air,
and you're a part of it.
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I'm Linda Shaw.
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Maxine.
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Yeah, you are.
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I'm part of a group of women
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dedicated to raising the collective
consciousness of the global sisterhood.
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- I love that. But listen, Linda...
- Yeah.
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...I do have a nail appointment.
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I would love a couple minutes
of your time to ask you about yourself.
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- About me?
- Yeah.
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Well, fire away.
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Do you work, Maxine?
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- Oh, God, no.
- You want to work?
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God, no.
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Studies have shown
that women who stay at home
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display feelings of agitation and sadness.
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Hiding their anxiety
and their despair behind a smile,
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when, frankly, they're dying inside.
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I'm not dying inside.
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You've heard of the problem
that has no name?
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Since it has no name, no.
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Betty Friedan coined it.
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Unhappy women have been immersing
themselves with the idea
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that they're not supposed to
have any ambition outside their own home.
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Here. It's an invitation
to our Thursday circle.
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You should come.
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"Our Bodies, Our Shelves."
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It's a bookstore. Safe space dedicated
to lifting the underserved.
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The woman, the woman of color,
the native woman,
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and all types of sexualities.
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I do appreciate your spiel.
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It's just--
We're heading into charity season,
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and my time is simply not my own.
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Maxine!
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Are you not aware that all women are
fighting for their very right to exist?
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Honestly, I think you're being a little
dramatic and kind of presumptuous.
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You look well-fed,
and I mean that in a nice way.
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You're clearly educated.
Plus, you're an American.
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Do you want to know what I see
when I look at you, Linda?
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I see a vibrant woman
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whose only limitation is
a lack of imagination for herself.
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But I do hope
you have a fabulous party, truly.
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What color does one wear
when being feted for volunteerism?
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When the entire town
is raising its glass to you.
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What color is the dress?
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Oh, no dress yet.
Just musing aloud, Mitzi.
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Lots of ladies are digging Zimbalist pink.
For a pink, it's really a neutral.
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I love that. Let's try it.
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Did you see The Shiny Sheet this morning?
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It said, "Evelyn Rollins poised to rule
the town despite setback."
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I'm not a reader.
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Mitzi, I'm disappointed. Don't you want
to grow up someday and not work?
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I'm gonna model. Been studying
all my free Saturdays at The Barbizon.
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Well, just don't take on too much debt
with your education.
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Okay, tell me you don't love me.
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Why, it's the feted volunteer
at a Cuban restaurant.
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What in the H
is Dinah Donahue doing in West Palm Beach?
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What do you think they're talking about?
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That has all the markings
of a lovers' quarrel.
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How do you know?
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See the way he knocked over that chair?
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That is passion for you
if I've ever seen it.
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There he goes, storming off.
This isn't good.
249
00:16:27,404 --> 00:16:29,281
Look at her. She's crushed.
250
00:16:30,115 --> 00:16:32,117
Now she's slumping over her car.
251
00:16:35,162 --> 00:16:38,999
Mitzi, it's an opening in the path
to personal glory.
252
00:16:42,836 --> 00:16:44,755
Poor Dinah was distraught.
253
00:16:44,755 --> 00:16:48,842
I couldn't very well just sidle up
on her like a perfect stranger.
254
00:16:49,927 --> 00:16:51,970
Sure, she was in pain.
255
00:16:51,970 --> 00:16:54,723
But if I confronted
her vulnerability publicly,
256
00:16:54,723 --> 00:16:57,184
she'd never let me into her confidence.
257
00:16:57,976 --> 00:17:01,063
It had to be done very carefully.
258
00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:04,316
The introduction, discreet.
259
00:17:29,716 --> 00:17:35,931
Oh, God! Oh, my God! Oh, my Lord! Oh, my--
260
00:17:35,931 --> 00:17:39,601
Are you all right? This is all my fault.
261
00:17:39,601 --> 00:17:41,103
No, I'm fine.
262
00:17:41,103 --> 00:17:43,272
It's just a scratch.
263
00:17:43,272 --> 00:17:45,732
A scratch? I convexed your bumper.
264
00:17:45,732 --> 00:17:47,526
You must allow me to pay for the damage.
265
00:17:47,526 --> 00:17:49,278
Oh, no, please, I couldn't accept that.
266
00:17:49,278 --> 00:17:53,824
We've met before, yes?
Mrs. Simmons, was it?
267
00:17:54,408 --> 00:17:57,452
It was-- is. Well, yes.
268
00:17:57,953 --> 00:17:59,454
Please, I'd feel much better
269
00:17:59,454 --> 00:18:00,706
- if you'd take some--
- Please, no.
270
00:18:00,706 --> 00:18:02,457
How about just buy me lunch instead?
271
00:18:03,959 --> 00:18:06,044
- Your forehead, it's hemorrhaging.
- What?
272
00:18:07,212 --> 00:18:09,298
- We must hail an ambulance.
- Oh, no, please.
273
00:18:09,298 --> 00:18:11,258
I don't want to cause any attention.
274
00:18:11,258 --> 00:18:14,344
Maybe you could just drive me
to the emergency room?
275
00:18:14,344 --> 00:18:18,265
I will do you one better, and I will take
you to my personal physician.
276
00:18:19,224 --> 00:18:20,559
If you insist.
277
00:18:21,351 --> 00:18:25,314
It's amazing that you could get me
in here so fast. I really appreciate it.
278
00:18:25,314 --> 00:18:30,861
It is the least, honestly. Dr. Prescott is
on the pediatric cancer board with me.
279
00:18:30,861 --> 00:18:32,487
Our families have known each other
280
00:18:32,487 --> 00:18:34,448
going back some 75 years.
281
00:18:34,448 --> 00:18:36,950
My grandmother
is his mother's second cousin removed.
282
00:18:36,950 --> 00:18:38,285
That is quite a connection.
283
00:18:38,285 --> 00:18:40,245
Do you have family, Maxine?
284
00:18:41,872 --> 00:18:43,248
Yes, my husband.
285
00:18:43,999 --> 00:18:45,000
He's a pilot.
286
00:18:46,001 --> 00:18:51,924
A well-decorated airman,
very well-known in pilot circles.
287
00:18:55,552 --> 00:18:58,472
And he's the only scion
of a plastics and mouthwash fortune.
288
00:18:58,472 --> 00:18:59,890
Plastics and mouthwash?
289
00:19:01,517 --> 00:19:04,853
Well, there's only one family
in both plastics and mouthwash.
290
00:19:07,481 --> 00:19:08,857
Is he a Dellacorte?
291
00:19:09,566 --> 00:19:11,026
Yes. Yes, he is.
292
00:19:11,610 --> 00:19:12,653
Should have led with that.
293
00:19:12,653 --> 00:19:14,279
Well, I'm new to Palm Beach.
294
00:19:14,279 --> 00:19:16,740
- Gathered.
- I didn't want to come off tacky.
295
00:19:17,324 --> 00:19:19,826
Well, I've only been here myself
going on three seasons.
296
00:19:19,826 --> 00:19:22,829
And look at how far you've come.
Feted in year three.
297
00:19:23,413 --> 00:19:25,791
It's been a hasty rise.
298
00:19:26,291 --> 00:19:27,501
Wow.
299
00:19:28,710 --> 00:19:31,755
What do you say, after this,
you and I go grab a couple of Cobb salads?
300
00:19:31,755 --> 00:19:34,633
I would love to bend your ear
about potentially joining the club.
301
00:19:34,633 --> 00:19:39,888
Maxine, may I be honest? I feel terrible
for the position I've put you in.
302
00:19:41,056 --> 00:19:44,560
But I fear a friendship
between us simply won't be in the cards.
303
00:19:45,269 --> 00:19:48,897
- Why not?
- It wouldn't be the thing, that's all.
304
00:19:49,857 --> 00:19:52,317
It's lonely being the new girl, Dinah.
You should know that.
305
00:19:53,819 --> 00:19:57,906
If I were to sponsor you,
the initiation fee is $30,000,
306
00:19:57,906 --> 00:20:00,742
with another 500 in monthlies.
307
00:20:01,326 --> 00:20:04,788
Be honest,
do you have that kind of money, Maxine?
308
00:20:06,582 --> 00:20:08,500
Gee, I'm a wee insulted.
309
00:20:09,084 --> 00:20:13,755
Maxine! Your clutch
is from Gucci's 1960 collection.
310
00:20:13,755 --> 00:20:18,594
It's lovely, certainly quality,
but I'm sad to say it gives you away.
311
00:20:18,594 --> 00:20:20,262
Dinah!
312
00:20:20,262 --> 00:20:21,805
To what do I owe the pleasure, kiddo?
313
00:20:21,805 --> 00:20:28,187
Hello, Percy! Maxine here is feeling
off after a minor traffic thumping.
314
00:20:28,854 --> 00:20:29,855
Let's take a look.
315
00:20:30,355 --> 00:20:31,398
So, what happened, sweetie?
316
00:20:31,398 --> 00:20:33,275
Dinah plowed into my Belvedere.
317
00:20:33,275 --> 00:20:34,359
Dinah?
318
00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,236
- You were involved in this accident?
- She was.
319
00:20:36,236 --> 00:20:37,821
I'm absolutely fine.
320
00:20:37,821 --> 00:20:40,657
After I'm done with Maxine,
I'm giving you a full once-over.
321
00:20:40,657 --> 00:20:43,410
- That won't be necessary.
- I insist.
322
00:20:43,410 --> 00:20:45,621
I mean, you should listen to him,
Dinah. He's right.
323
00:20:45,621 --> 00:20:48,457
What if there are extenuating
circumstances on your internal organs?
324
00:20:48,457 --> 00:20:49,583
I said no.
325
00:20:50,083 --> 00:20:52,044
I agree with Maxine, Dinah.
326
00:20:52,044 --> 00:20:55,380
- You're here. Let's be on the safe side.
- I don't want to be examined.
327
00:20:55,380 --> 00:20:56,507
I'll give you a sedative.
328
00:20:57,007 --> 00:20:59,510
I don't want a sedative.
I would like to leave, please.
329
00:20:59,510 --> 00:21:01,637
Maxine, would you hurry
the fuck up. Please!
330
00:21:01,637 --> 00:21:05,182
Dinah, you're hysterical.
Now, I insist you take a sedative.
331
00:21:05,182 --> 00:21:09,436
I'll take care of this. It's nothing
a little girl talk can't fix. Okay.
332
00:21:16,735 --> 00:21:17,861
You okay in there?
333
00:21:24,159 --> 00:21:26,912
Dinah? Honey, he's your doctor.
334
00:21:27,496 --> 00:21:30,415
You said he's family.
Why won't you let him take a look at you?
335
00:21:35,379 --> 00:21:36,755
I have a feeling this outburst
336
00:21:36,755 --> 00:21:39,258
doesn't have anything to do
with the accident, does it?
337
00:21:40,509 --> 00:21:41,677
No.
338
00:21:44,638 --> 00:21:46,515
I'm an amazing listener.
339
00:21:47,224 --> 00:21:49,768
- That's very kind, but--
- No, but listen-- Dinah, Dinah,
340
00:21:49,768 --> 00:21:52,104
I don't know any of the people
that you know.
341
00:21:52,104 --> 00:21:55,649
So, if you have something
to get off your chest, well, I'm your gal.
342
00:21:58,861 --> 00:22:00,445
Let me in.
343
00:22:14,418 --> 00:22:17,462
Baby girl, it's okay.
344
00:22:18,213 --> 00:22:20,299
You just tell me everything.
345
00:22:24,052 --> 00:22:25,470
Don't leave anything out.
346
00:22:27,347 --> 00:22:28,932
I can't have it, of course.
347
00:22:29,641 --> 00:22:31,977
Well, just pass it off as your husband's.
348
00:22:31,977 --> 00:22:34,229
That's what my friend Krissy
back in Atlanta did.
349
00:22:35,272 --> 00:22:38,317
It might come out the wrong color
for that particular ruse.
350
00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:43,322
There's a doctor in San Juan
who takes care of these things.
351
00:22:43,322 --> 00:22:48,243
My friend, Heather Quincy Moneypenny,
has availed herself of him multiple times.
352
00:22:48,243 --> 00:22:52,623
But both his discretion
and forceps are questionable.
353
00:22:52,623 --> 00:22:54,833
Well, still-- There's your answer.
354
00:22:54,833 --> 00:22:56,251
I can't just disappear.
355
00:22:56,251 --> 00:22:58,045
Perry arrives for the season on Friday,
356
00:22:58,045 --> 00:23:00,672
the ball is Saturday,
and then there'll be no getting away.
357
00:23:01,381 --> 00:23:02,382
Oh, right.
358
00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:06,678
Look, I don't mean to push,
but there's another option.
359
00:23:06,678 --> 00:23:10,140
Have it. Go with your Cuban. You love him.
360
00:23:10,140 --> 00:23:12,893
He's the tennis pro at the club, Maxine.
361
00:23:13,477 --> 00:23:14,645
It's romantic.
362
00:23:15,229 --> 00:23:18,565
Romance.
Here's what I've known of romance.
363
00:23:20,067 --> 00:23:22,736
My first husband was a real rake.
364
00:23:22,736 --> 00:23:23,904
His hefty trust fund
365
00:23:23,904 --> 00:23:26,031
fanned the flames of his incorrigibility.
366
00:23:26,031 --> 00:23:31,662
And when I committed the unforgivable sin
of turning thirty,
367
00:23:32,287 --> 00:23:33,288
he found another.
368
00:23:33,288 --> 00:23:38,210
And I ended up with a Park Avenue
floor-through and a hefty settlement.
369
00:23:39,837 --> 00:23:42,923
And now, here I am with Perry.
370
00:23:45,717 --> 00:23:47,636
And six months north of 40.
371
00:23:49,263 --> 00:23:52,558
And one of these years, soon, I predict...
372
00:23:54,893 --> 00:23:56,019
he will move on.
373
00:23:56,019 --> 00:24:00,315
I will be traded in for some gamine widow
374
00:24:00,315 --> 00:24:04,278
who's lost her husband in a "tragic
sailing accident."
375
00:24:04,278 --> 00:24:06,446
And when that happens,
376
00:24:06,989 --> 00:24:10,158
the Palm Beach estate and my jewelry
collection will...
377
00:24:12,369 --> 00:24:13,412
keep me company.
378
00:24:14,746 --> 00:24:18,500
Until some old codger
in oil decides that he's lonely,
379
00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:20,836
and that I won't embarrass him at parties.
380
00:24:22,171 --> 00:24:26,133
I'm at peace with the knowledge
that my marriage will fail,
381
00:24:26,842 --> 00:24:32,639
but I could never initiate its demise.
382
00:24:35,142 --> 00:24:37,477
I would lose everything if I did.
383
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:44,943
So you see,
only the poor can afford to know romance.
384
00:24:46,486 --> 00:24:48,238
Well, that's certainly true for me.
385
00:24:48,238 --> 00:24:50,574
I mean, I don't mean to
suggest that I'm poor.
386
00:24:52,242 --> 00:24:53,702
I'm rich in love.
387
00:24:56,330 --> 00:24:59,875
I believe in love above all else.
388
00:24:59,875 --> 00:25:01,126
Love is a lie.
389
00:25:03,086 --> 00:25:04,838
- No, it isn't.
- It is.
390
00:25:04,838 --> 00:25:06,507
- It isn't.
- It is.
391
00:25:06,507 --> 00:25:07,925
It isn't.
392
00:25:10,010 --> 00:25:11,428
I should get you home.
393
00:25:11,428 --> 00:25:14,681
No! No, you've done
too much already, please.
394
00:25:14,681 --> 00:25:17,976
There's no need to be proud with me,
Maxine. I do hope we're past that.
395
00:25:33,617 --> 00:25:34,701
You live here?
396
00:25:35,619 --> 00:25:36,912
Only until the house is ready.
397
00:25:37,704 --> 00:25:38,664
Well.
398
00:25:39,373 --> 00:25:42,084
Thank you, Maxine, for everything today.
399
00:25:42,084 --> 00:25:43,669
Maybe we can do it again tomorrow.
400
00:25:43,669 --> 00:25:45,170
Get into a car accident.
401
00:25:45,170 --> 00:25:47,422
Tell a perfect stranger all my secrets.
402
00:25:47,422 --> 00:25:50,342
Break a man's heart.
I can't say I want to do any of it again.
403
00:25:50,843 --> 00:25:53,262
I guess I meant the friendship part.
404
00:25:54,847 --> 00:25:59,393
I'm new in town and I'm so, so lonely.
405
00:26:00,894 --> 00:26:04,982
You're very good at making things awkward.
You must work on that.
406
00:26:04,982 --> 00:26:07,359
I didn't mean to say anything
to make you uncomfortable.
407
00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:08,735
And yet, here we are.
408
00:26:10,404 --> 00:26:11,405
Yes.
409
00:26:36,013 --> 00:26:38,473
I can find you something closer that works
with your deadline.
410
00:26:39,516 --> 00:26:40,726
You would do that for me?
411
00:26:40,726 --> 00:26:44,855
Dinah, I'm very resourceful.
And oh-so discreet.
412
00:26:55,157 --> 00:26:58,493
Simone de Beauvoir wrote
in The Second Sex,
413
00:26:59,328 --> 00:27:03,916
"One is not born,
but rather becomes woman."
414
00:27:03,916 --> 00:27:07,377
Linda and I have discovered
three cultural notions of femininity.
415
00:27:10,339 --> 00:27:12,674
Woman as inferior.
416
00:27:12,674 --> 00:27:16,178
She is not worthy of equal pay
because she's lesser than.
417
00:27:16,178 --> 00:27:17,596
Burned alive.
418
00:27:21,767 --> 00:27:23,352
Woman as passive.
419
00:27:23,352 --> 00:27:28,774
She leaves the politics to her husband and
can't be bothered getting off the couch.
420
00:27:28,774 --> 00:27:29,858
Beheaded.
421
00:27:34,863 --> 00:27:36,865
Woman as a beautiful object.
422
00:27:38,659 --> 00:27:43,539
She is the locus of desire,
a body to be plundered.
423
00:27:43,539 --> 00:27:45,123
She self-destructs.
424
00:27:48,877 --> 00:27:53,465
Let's take a moment.
Stay in this with open-eyed silence.
425
00:27:54,258 --> 00:27:57,261
Look at a partner. Don't be afraid to cry.
426
00:27:59,096 --> 00:28:00,931
- Give in, right. Give in.
- Linda.
427
00:28:01,723 --> 00:28:04,768
Maxine. Hi, I'm s-- I'm glad you came.
428
00:28:04,768 --> 00:28:07,229
Listen. Listen, we have a sister in need.
429
00:28:07,229 --> 00:28:08,522
Okay, we're just in--
430
00:28:08,522 --> 00:28:10,524
What a beautiful tablescape.
431
00:28:11,024 --> 00:28:12,150
That's our Linda.
432
00:28:13,193 --> 00:28:14,987
We're in the middle of a ritual,
433
00:28:14,987 --> 00:28:18,156
and we're communicating
through the eyes, so--
434
00:28:27,875 --> 00:28:29,126
My friend needs an abortion.
435
00:28:29,126 --> 00:28:30,460
Help us, Lord.
436
00:28:33,213 --> 00:28:36,049
I made a friend, Norma,
an honest-to-goodness friend.
437
00:28:36,758 --> 00:28:39,636
She's a member of the social set.
An honoree at that.
438
00:28:39,636 --> 00:28:40,721
Can you believe it?
439
00:28:43,223 --> 00:28:45,684
I know it sounds so crass
when I say it out loud.
440
00:28:46,268 --> 00:28:50,564
But I know that you know
I have a vast amount of love in my life,
441
00:28:50,564 --> 00:28:51,899
a vast amount.
442
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,071
Just hanging on gets harder
as the years pass.
443
00:28:58,572 --> 00:29:04,494
I'm trying to do it with a smile, Norma,
I really am. I'm just tired.
444
00:29:07,164 --> 00:29:09,750
Stop it, Maxine! Pity is for the pitiful!
445
00:29:13,170 --> 00:29:14,171
Oh, Norma!
446
00:29:16,924 --> 00:29:19,343
Why don't you have anything
from this decade?
447
00:29:35,901 --> 00:29:37,903
I wish we were the same shoe size.
448
00:29:47,246 --> 00:29:49,248
You really are hanging in there,
aren't you, Norma?
449
00:29:51,667 --> 00:29:54,545
Honestly, you are an inspiration.
450
00:30:01,468 --> 00:30:04,012
I am the only one that ever visits you,
you know.
451
00:30:07,349 --> 00:30:08,350
See you tomorrow.
452
00:30:15,566 --> 00:30:17,192
Make sure it's taken care of.
453
00:30:17,192 --> 00:30:18,277
Yes, ma'am.
454
00:30:19,778 --> 00:30:21,321
I'll be back tomorrow.
455
00:30:23,949 --> 00:30:26,618
She had no idea anyone had eyes
on her.
456
00:30:27,494 --> 00:30:30,956
She looked so, I don't know...
457
00:30:32,958 --> 00:30:34,084
human.
458
00:30:36,628 --> 00:30:37,754
Stolen?
459
00:30:37,754 --> 00:30:39,047
They won't be missed.
460
00:30:39,047 --> 00:30:40,132
Are they stolen?
461
00:30:41,216 --> 00:30:43,427
The family is really struggling right now.
462
00:30:43,427 --> 00:30:46,388
So I think they'll part with them
for the right price.
463
00:30:46,388 --> 00:30:48,223
I'll give you 20 for the lot.
464
00:30:48,223 --> 00:30:49,558
Twenty dollars?
465
00:30:51,518 --> 00:30:54,730
20,000.
Are there more where these came from?
466
00:30:55,814 --> 00:31:00,110
There's a lot of struggling in the family
at this moment.
467
00:31:23,634 --> 00:31:25,177
There you are ma'am.
468
00:31:25,177 --> 00:31:26,261
Thank you.
469
00:31:31,934 --> 00:31:34,895
Heaven must be missing an angel.
470
00:31:35,979 --> 00:31:37,105
Dinah!
471
00:31:37,731 --> 00:31:42,027
Grayman.
Have any of the other ladies been in?
472
00:31:42,027 --> 00:31:47,241
They have. But you are the honoree.
I wouldn't let you recede.
473
00:31:47,950 --> 00:31:49,117
What is Evelyn wearing?
474
00:31:50,786 --> 00:31:52,079
Sleeves.
475
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,836
You're terrible, Grayman.
Evelyn's doing her best to keep up.
476
00:31:58,836 --> 00:31:59,920
Well, she's slipping.
477
00:32:01,129 --> 00:32:03,841
Her husband has had her
on a real roller coaster,
478
00:32:03,841 --> 00:32:05,968
in and out of hospice all these years.
479
00:32:05,968 --> 00:32:08,470
Oh, yes. He's simply on his last leg.
480
00:32:08,470 --> 00:32:11,598
Opportunities for ascension
left and right.
481
00:32:11,598 --> 00:32:17,437
Grayman. She said she had her sights set
on something higher.
482
00:32:18,063 --> 00:32:22,276
The only thing higher
than pediatric cancer is the Beach Ball,
483
00:32:22,276 --> 00:32:24,486
and we all know
that's not happening this year.
484
00:32:25,279 --> 00:32:26,280
The end of an era.
485
00:32:27,531 --> 00:32:29,408
It's just so sad, isn't it?
486
00:32:32,035 --> 00:32:34,162
I hate to be the one to rush this along,
487
00:32:34,162 --> 00:32:37,666
but we have to go meet a friend for tea.
488
00:32:37,666 --> 00:32:39,251
Yes, yes.
489
00:32:39,251 --> 00:32:41,503
Grayman, I'll send someone
for it on Thursday?
490
00:32:41,503 --> 00:32:42,588
It will be ready.
491
00:32:43,672 --> 00:32:45,048
Bye, Grayman.
492
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,347
I appreciate you
not saying anything in front of Grayman.
493
00:32:52,347 --> 00:32:57,936
He's a gossip of the worst sort.
But my word, can he drape.
494
00:32:57,936 --> 00:32:59,396
We all have our place.
495
00:32:59,396 --> 00:33:00,480
Yes.
496
00:33:03,775 --> 00:33:06,695
Maxine, I do love Eddie.
497
00:33:07,571 --> 00:33:10,741
Understand? I can't have his child.
498
00:33:10,741 --> 00:33:12,242
Of course you can't.
499
00:33:12,951 --> 00:33:16,246
And he can never know about this.
It would kill him.
500
00:33:16,246 --> 00:33:18,665
He won't. Don't worry.
501
00:33:27,382 --> 00:33:28,592
Do you read The Shiny Sheet?
502
00:33:29,092 --> 00:33:31,011
- No.
- You should.
503
00:33:31,595 --> 00:33:37,601
Well, the women in those pages
have no identity, no worth, no impact.
504
00:33:37,601 --> 00:33:40,729
Those women are a credit to their sex.
505
00:33:40,729 --> 00:33:43,982
They're raising great money for
good causes, and look good while doing it.
506
00:33:43,982 --> 00:33:45,400
Forgive my language,
507
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,904
but I don't concern myself
with the shenanigans of vapid poons.
508
00:33:55,577 --> 00:33:56,870
Linda didn't want to come?
509
00:33:56,870 --> 00:34:01,542
Linda finds women like your friend
very triggering.
510
00:34:02,709 --> 00:34:06,004
Dinah-- She'll be okay, won't she?
511
00:34:06,004 --> 00:34:07,506
She'll be fine.
512
00:34:07,506 --> 00:34:10,676
And who are these women anyway?
I didn't even bother to ask.
513
00:34:10,676 --> 00:34:13,428
They're all nurses,
an underground collective.
514
00:34:13,929 --> 00:34:16,056
The doctor lets them use this place
after hours.
515
00:34:16,056 --> 00:34:18,225
It's honestly
the best you can do in Florida,
516
00:34:18,851 --> 00:34:21,228
as clean and as safe
as money can currently buy.
517
00:34:21,728 --> 00:34:26,233
She's a new friend, and I just
wanna make sure she's okay.
518
00:34:27,860 --> 00:34:30,320
Maxine, you're a feminist.
519
00:34:35,284 --> 00:34:36,284
Me?
520
00:34:38,911 --> 00:34:41,290
Which one's gonna look out for her
over the next couple of days?
521
00:34:41,290 --> 00:34:43,458
- It's me.
- A little spotting is normal,
522
00:34:43,458 --> 00:34:45,878
but keep an eye out
for excessive bleeding and fever.
523
00:34:45,878 --> 00:34:49,297
If anything does go wrong,
which it shouldn't, you were never here.
524
00:34:49,882 --> 00:34:52,467
Technically, you're a fugitive, so zip it.
525
00:34:55,679 --> 00:34:57,014
Right on, sister.
526
00:34:57,014 --> 00:35:00,434
No, that'll be a 1,000. Cash.
527
00:35:01,143 --> 00:35:04,521
Dinah didn't pay you?
Honestly, that seems like a lot.
528
00:35:04,521 --> 00:35:06,231
We work on a sliding scale.
529
00:35:06,231 --> 00:35:07,816
You look like you can afford it.
530
00:35:10,652 --> 00:35:13,739
That is so kind.
531
00:35:32,758 --> 00:35:33,759
Got it?
532
00:35:38,180 --> 00:35:42,935
I keep thinking about how beautiful
what could have been, could have been.
533
00:35:48,732 --> 00:35:50,108
But this was right.
534
00:35:50,692 --> 00:35:51,735
Of course.
535
00:35:53,278 --> 00:35:56,365
You might be the only true friend
I've ever had.
536
00:36:19,346 --> 00:36:20,848
You're a real peach, Maxine.
537
00:36:22,182 --> 00:36:23,350
It's nothing.
538
00:36:24,017 --> 00:36:24,852
I--
539
00:36:27,980 --> 00:36:30,983
Honestly, I feel tip-top,
like none of it ever happened.
540
00:36:35,529 --> 00:36:36,822
You're good.
541
00:36:36,822 --> 00:36:40,701
Would you mind running to Ceil's
to pick up the gown for Saturday?
542
00:36:40,701 --> 00:36:42,619
I called Grayman. He's expecting you.
543
00:36:42,619 --> 00:36:44,037
Don't you have people for that?
544
00:36:44,872 --> 00:36:46,331
I have you, my pal.
545
00:36:47,875 --> 00:36:49,376
I'm so glad you feel that way.
546
00:36:51,211 --> 00:36:52,713
I don't wanna be uncouth.
547
00:36:52,713 --> 00:36:56,008
But since you're feeling sweller
than expected,
548
00:36:56,592 --> 00:36:59,678
I was thinking maybe you would
reconsider sponsoring me.
549
00:37:02,139 --> 00:37:03,807
I'm not gonna sponsor you, Maxine.
550
00:37:03,807 --> 00:37:05,225
I have the money. I do--
551
00:37:05,225 --> 00:37:08,020
Yes, Dellacorte millions.
552
00:37:11,106 --> 00:37:12,608
I never told you how Douglas and I met.
553
00:37:12,608 --> 00:37:14,610
- He of plastics and mouthwash?
- Yeah.
554
00:37:14,610 --> 00:37:16,653
He was a judge
at the Miss Chattanooga pageant.
555
00:37:16,653 --> 00:37:17,738
You don't say.
556
00:37:17,738 --> 00:37:22,618
Anyhoo, I was a finalist. Had already
gone through evening gown, swimsuit,
557
00:37:22,618 --> 00:37:24,786
and now it was time
for the interview portion.
558
00:37:25,287 --> 00:37:27,789
This was a category I usually excelled at.
559
00:37:27,789 --> 00:37:30,959
This time,
the question flat-out stumped me.
560
00:37:30,959 --> 00:37:33,170
"What is your greatest flaw?"
561
00:37:36,089 --> 00:37:38,383
I mean, it's the kind of
question that pageant girls
562
00:37:38,383 --> 00:37:40,552
are supposed to answer
with deprecating humor
563
00:37:40,552 --> 00:37:42,638
while still acknowledging one's appeal.
564
00:37:44,389 --> 00:37:48,268
You know, like, "My sister says I'm too
generous for my own good" or some such.
565
00:37:49,061 --> 00:37:52,147
But I honestly couldn't think of one flaw.
566
00:37:53,899 --> 00:37:56,235
So I said so. I was honest.
567
00:37:56,235 --> 00:37:58,445
I said, "Look, I'm pretty darn happy
with who I am."
568
00:38:00,447 --> 00:38:01,448
And I lost.
569
00:38:03,784 --> 00:38:06,036
I went into interview with high marks,
570
00:38:06,828 --> 00:38:10,499
but because I thought too much of myself
and I refused to lie,
571
00:38:10,499 --> 00:38:11,667
I was destroyed.
572
00:38:14,962 --> 00:38:17,214
Douglas was the only judge
that thought it was a good answer.
573
00:38:18,423 --> 00:38:22,177
He voted with the other judges
against me. But do you want to know why?
574
00:38:24,096 --> 00:38:27,599
Because if I would have won,
I would have gone on to Miss Tennessee,
575
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:32,271
and then Miss America, and I would
have belonged to the world.
576
00:38:35,858 --> 00:38:40,195
And Douglas wanted me to belong to him.
577
00:38:42,906 --> 00:38:44,825
I have lost the thread here, Maxine.
578
00:38:45,450 --> 00:38:49,454
I'm asking you to help me...
579
00:38:51,707 --> 00:38:52,541
belong.
580
00:38:53,166 --> 00:38:54,710
Why do you want it so badly?
581
00:38:54,710 --> 00:38:56,044
Why do you?
582
00:38:59,339 --> 00:39:02,843
You don't know what it's like
to be a real person, Dinah.
583
00:39:06,221 --> 00:39:07,556
It's scarier than you think.
584
00:39:09,141 --> 00:39:10,142
"Real."
585
00:39:12,853 --> 00:39:16,648
If you take a right out of the drive,
three estates over,
586
00:39:17,232 --> 00:39:19,818
the Dellacorte mansion.
But you knew that, of course.
587
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:22,487
I-- Actually, I did.
588
00:39:22,988 --> 00:39:28,368
And did you know that the owner of
that estate hosts the annual Beach Ball?
589
00:39:28,368 --> 00:39:30,329
I did. Of course I did.
590
00:39:30,871 --> 00:39:34,082
And did you know that there will be no
Beach Ball this year, Maxine?
591
00:39:34,082 --> 00:39:39,254
Because the last Dellacorte is
at death's door.
592
00:39:39,838 --> 00:39:41,757
And I assure you that when she goes,
593
00:39:41,757 --> 00:39:47,596
that will be the end of the Beach Ball
and the end of the Dellacortes.
594
00:39:49,223 --> 00:39:51,475
You are a liar, Maxine.
595
00:39:55,145 --> 00:39:57,606
But you said I was the only true friend
you've ever had.
596
00:39:57,606 --> 00:40:00,817
I never said any such thing.
I'd like you to leave, please.
597
00:40:07,282 --> 00:40:08,283
Now who's the liar?
598
00:40:15,916 --> 00:40:16,917
You are!
599
00:40:16,917 --> 00:40:18,126
Jesus!
600
00:41:00,711 --> 00:41:03,130
I had hoped to see it on her
one last time,
601
00:41:03,130 --> 00:41:05,924
but I suppose I'm forced to wait for
The Shiny Sheet.
602
00:41:06,633 --> 00:41:07,759
I hope she makes a showing.
603
00:41:08,260 --> 00:41:09,344
She will.
604
00:41:12,347 --> 00:41:13,348
Grayman.
605
00:41:14,683 --> 00:41:15,684
Hello.
606
00:41:17,436 --> 00:41:20,439
Should Mrs. Donahue call you
if she needs any adjustments?
607
00:41:20,439 --> 00:41:22,941
My clients are free to call me anytime,
day or night.
608
00:41:22,941 --> 00:41:24,526
Mrs. Donahue knows that.
609
00:41:26,361 --> 00:41:27,446
I'm sure she'll be fine.
610
00:41:31,909 --> 00:41:33,035
Why wouldn't she be?
611
00:41:33,035 --> 00:41:35,329
I certainly didn't mean to
suggest anything.
612
00:41:36,246 --> 00:41:37,414
But you did.
613
00:41:38,624 --> 00:41:41,877
Grayman, it is so great to know
that Dinah has your support
614
00:41:41,877 --> 00:41:44,463
during these difficult days.
615
00:41:44,463 --> 00:41:45,839
Of course.
616
00:41:46,340 --> 00:41:49,510
And as her friend,
I'm so very reassured by that.
617
00:41:53,013 --> 00:41:55,599
Mrs. Rollins is waiting.
You should see to her. I insist.
618
00:41:57,601 --> 00:41:59,937
But as President of the United States,
619
00:41:59,937 --> 00:42:05,692
I would be untrue to my oath of office
if I allowed the policy of this nation
620
00:42:05,692 --> 00:42:09,029
to be dictated by the minority
who hold that point of view,
621
00:42:09,029 --> 00:42:14,535
and who try to impose it on the nation
by mounting demonstrations in the street.
622
00:42:19,581 --> 00:42:20,832
Coming!
623
00:42:20,832 --> 00:42:22,084
Ouch! It's tight.
624
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:25,921
Coming!
625
00:42:29,383 --> 00:42:30,259
That's my dress.
626
00:42:32,010 --> 00:42:35,055
I was just trying it on for size.
I'll take it off.
627
00:42:35,055 --> 00:42:38,642
Why did Grayman and Evelyn Rollins bring
me a basket of cupcakes from Ganache?
628
00:42:40,102 --> 00:42:41,103
I don't follow--
629
00:42:41,103 --> 00:42:43,772
In Palm Beach, Ganache cupcakes
are reserved for the sick.
630
00:42:44,648 --> 00:42:45,941
But you're not sick.
631
00:42:45,941 --> 00:42:47,442
Someone gave them the idea I was.
632
00:42:50,487 --> 00:42:52,114
How could I have been so stupid?
633
00:42:52,781 --> 00:42:55,534
I'm so sorry.
Did you manage to put them off?
634
00:42:55,534 --> 00:42:56,702
What else did you tell them?
635
00:42:56,702 --> 00:42:58,453
Nothing. Please believe me.
636
00:42:58,453 --> 00:43:03,000
I'm not the kind of woman that would ever
betray another woman. I'm a feminist.
637
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:04,168
You're a bitch.
638
00:43:05,878 --> 00:43:08,964
I really don't like the way that
you're talking to me right now, Dinah.
639
00:43:08,964 --> 00:43:12,384
I'm not nothing.
I'm a person of tremendous value to you.
640
00:43:12,384 --> 00:43:14,469
Is any part of you real?
641
00:43:14,469 --> 00:43:16,388
What? What is that supposed to mean?
642
00:43:17,222 --> 00:43:18,182
Hi, darling.
643
00:43:19,433 --> 00:43:20,309
Hi.
644
00:43:20,893 --> 00:43:22,311
Well, ain't you looking snazzy?
645
00:43:22,311 --> 00:43:23,312
Just for dinner.
646
00:43:27,691 --> 00:43:28,984
How was Arizona?
647
00:43:28,984 --> 00:43:30,402
Arizona was Arizona.
648
00:43:32,946 --> 00:43:36,408
And this is Dinah,
my new very good friend.
649
00:43:37,201 --> 00:43:40,037
Captain Douglas Dellacorte Simmons.
650
00:43:42,372 --> 00:43:43,373
A pilot?
651
00:43:44,666 --> 00:43:45,584
And a Dellacorte?
652
00:43:47,211 --> 00:43:49,087
Why don't you go in there and
wash your paws?
653
00:43:49,087 --> 00:43:50,422
I'm having some meat loaf sent up.
654
00:43:52,049 --> 00:43:53,258
Yummy.
655
00:43:56,803 --> 00:44:01,892
That. That is what I hope for you.
Real love.
656
00:44:03,393 --> 00:44:09,274
I know how much your station means to you,
the financial value of your marriage.
657
00:44:10,526 --> 00:44:13,445
And I don't want
to make this awkward, Dinah.
658
00:44:14,029 --> 00:44:16,365
I want to be a good friend to you.
659
00:44:17,866 --> 00:44:21,453
Honestly, you're just making it
really hard for me.
660
00:44:28,585 --> 00:44:32,256
$30,000.
661
00:44:34,258 --> 00:44:35,676
Welcome to the club, Mrs. Simmons.
662
00:44:37,469 --> 00:44:38,470
Mrs. Dellacorte.
663
00:44:40,097 --> 00:44:42,516
I just want you to know
how happy I am to be here
664
00:44:43,892 --> 00:44:46,895
and that Dinah would vouch
for my character.
665
00:44:55,612 --> 00:44:56,864
Your Grasshopper.
666
00:44:56,864 --> 00:44:57,948
Thank you, soldier.
667
00:45:00,659 --> 00:45:02,202
Didn't think I could do it, did you?
668
00:45:04,162 --> 00:45:05,998
I'll be at the bar
if you need anything else.
669
00:45:07,457 --> 00:45:11,253
Robert? Don't underestimate a Dellacorte.
670
00:45:13,088 --> 00:45:14,339
I would never.
671
00:45:18,343 --> 00:45:20,304
How long do you think she'll last?
672
00:45:21,305 --> 00:45:22,306
She's toast.
673
00:45:24,433 --> 00:45:26,059
Told you I'd make you proud.
674
00:45:26,935 --> 00:45:27,978
I did it.
675
00:45:29,813 --> 00:45:31,064
I really did it!
676
00:45:54,213 --> 00:45:56,089
- Could you hold this? Thank you.
- Sure.
677
00:45:56,089 --> 00:45:58,008
She's positively glowing.
678
00:45:58,008 --> 00:46:01,220
I share this with
the good women of Palm Beach,
679
00:46:01,220 --> 00:46:06,225
who know better than anyone
that charity does indeed begin at home.
680
00:46:37,714 --> 00:46:39,258
You were born for this.
681
00:46:39,925 --> 00:46:40,759
Thanks, babe.
682
00:46:44,847 --> 00:46:47,558
Douglas. I couldn't be
more surprised to see you.
683
00:46:48,433 --> 00:46:50,561
Evelyn, it's been too long.
684
00:46:50,561 --> 00:46:52,396
Yes, it has.
685
00:46:52,896 --> 00:46:54,982
Evelyn, this is my wife, Maxine.
686
00:46:54,982 --> 00:46:58,235
- Hi.
- I believe we met last week.
687
00:46:58,235 --> 00:47:00,863
You didn't tell me who you were, darling.
You should have.
688
00:47:00,863 --> 00:47:02,239
You know now.
689
00:47:04,908 --> 00:47:07,578
Be a love, Douglas.
Fetch we girls some champers.
690
00:47:07,578 --> 00:47:08,871
Of course.
691
00:47:09,580 --> 00:47:11,415
You two, behave.
692
00:47:13,542 --> 00:47:14,501
You too.
693
00:47:16,295 --> 00:47:18,380
He was always such a lovely boy.
694
00:47:18,380 --> 00:47:19,298
Yeah.
695
00:47:19,882 --> 00:47:24,303
Lovely and wayward.
696
00:47:26,972 --> 00:47:29,141
It's positively such a beautiful night.
697
00:47:29,141 --> 00:47:30,225
Isn't it?
698
00:47:30,225 --> 00:47:32,352
Dinah looked absolutely smashing,
didn't she?
699
00:47:32,936 --> 00:47:37,441
You know, in the end, I suppose it was
right that they honored her instead of me.
700
00:47:37,983 --> 00:47:40,485
She certainly is the more charitable of
the two of us.
701
00:47:40,485 --> 00:47:41,987
But of course, you already know that.
702
00:47:41,987 --> 00:47:43,322
Excuse me?
703
00:47:44,364 --> 00:47:49,703
She sponsored you. And I would never,
ever, after what you did.
704
00:47:50,287 --> 00:47:51,330
I didn't do anything to Dinah.
705
00:47:51,330 --> 00:47:53,123
Not Dinah, Norma.
706
00:47:54,166 --> 00:47:55,918
You don't think I know what's going on?
707
00:47:59,087 --> 00:48:04,760
Douglas was the apple of her eye.
She had such high hopes for him.
708
00:48:05,594 --> 00:48:09,431
Instead, he was tricked by
an also-ran pageant queen.
709
00:48:10,516 --> 00:48:12,684
You don't belong here.
710
00:48:17,272 --> 00:48:19,024
What happened, Maxine?
711
00:48:19,983 --> 00:48:22,611
I have no memory
of the incident in question.
712
00:48:23,111 --> 00:48:25,739
And that either makes everyone else liars...
713
00:48:39,127 --> 00:48:40,170
or...
714
00:48:42,214 --> 00:48:43,215
I snapped.