"Amen." "Are they feeding you all right?" "These lights here gives me headaches though." "Why did you tell them you did it, Joey?" "I made a deal with Roman." "There's a company that he wants to buy... and he needs a unanimous vote to get it." "He said that he'd end the investigation, and that he'd leave Wanda and me alone if I voted for it." "Did you?" "No." "'Cause the state got involved." "Joey..." "Wanda can't be in here." "She couldn't make it." "You really wanna take the fall for this?" "All right, listen to me." "No more decisions without talking to me first, okay?" "I only slipped up the one time, Bill." "That's all." "Margene?" "Well, it's almost 10 am!" "You should be in bed by midnight." "Oh, I know." "Tough night." "You are pregnant." "You have to get into a regular schedule-- while it's still..." "easy to fall asleep." "Why..." "Why aren't you in your own bed?" "Teenie shakes her feet and kicks the wall." "Well... get some ear plugs." "I like the couch." "You're not getting any sleep with having sleeping on Margie's couch." "You got birthday cards from grandma Lois and aunt Cindy." "Why don't you open them up now?" "I'm saving them for my birthday." "I've got class, but I'll be back for book club at 1:00." "Here's your stencils." "All your brothers coming?" "Almost." "David's stuck in Wyoming." "Rick and Jess are still in exile." "This court case needs to go away." "How involved are you?" "They can call me to testify, but it can't get that far." "Your father needs a vote from me." "He's gonna have to work hard to get it." "He doesn't like to be backed against a wall." "I haven't seen some of my family for a long time." "Just try and enjoy this, okay?" "Waht time is dinner?" "Mama wouldn't say." "She thought the FBI was listening in." "Hey, new-one." "Get on out of here." "Hi, mama Cinda!" "Hey there, little girl." "Thanks for the great food." "This is your aunt, Nicolette." "So good to see you." " How's mama?" " Stage 4." "Mama Dee!" "D.J. still in jail?" "Such ridiculness." "Of course he registered his drugs in Nevada." "Because it was cheaper." "Oh, Shelly!" "Pull that shirt down!" " Did you bring the potatoes?" " Yes, they're in the car." "Good." "I saw a news truck down the road?" "Ah, the media..." "They think we're Orlean Abbott, and FBI's most wanted..." "So, when you're done unloading, then park your car down there by the sheds." "This is an emergency lane." "Oh, and I hope you brougt your own towels." " So nice to see you, Bill." " Adaleen." "When was the last time?" "Oh yeah." "When you broke in through our window." "Oh, everybody!" "If you go out after dark, register!" "We are putting out night patrols in case of a raid, so be careful." "Last thing we need, is for someone to get shot between the eyes." "Rhonda." "When Adaleen called me, I wanted to die." "Three days on a dirty Mexican bus, young lady." "And your father, left alone in Chihuahua with those nasty women." "You didn't have to come." "Oh, really?" "No one else seems to be able to get you to do the right thing." " I was going to do it soon." " When?" "Being sealed to the prophet, is a great honor." "I know." "So you better still be intact." "Okay, read it back." "Yes, sir." ""Dear senators of the republican carcass." "Although I am in agreement..." ""that the sacred rights of marriage have been weakened and compromised," ""I vigorously decent on the wisdom of a proposed constitutional amendment, defining marriage as a union of one man and one woman."" "Uh, fine." "Then add:" ""By including polygamy..." ""on a list of dubious practices," ""you tarnish a religious tradition whose roots are traced to biblical figures such as, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, defiling them as immoral and dirty"." "Yes?" "Is now a bad time?" "What is it, honey?" "It's about our stay here." "With you and Bill." "Gentlemen, I'm sorry." "Would you excuse us a moment?" "I got Bill to come and stay in your house tonight." "Oh." "Thank you, Nicolette." "I know you'll hold up your end, and settle things." "Of course." "Anything else?" "No, papa." "Then perhaps you should go help your mothers with supper." "Thanks, papa." "She wrote: "I hope you know it's not your fault what happened to your mother, and your family"." "And she hasn't answered one phone call." "One phone call, since the mess at the governor's mansion." "They always work the children, Barb." "It felt like paranoia at first, but 20 messages with no return calls in almost a month, and now this card?" "It's not like my sister not to call to rub the salt in." "She's so..." "Meddelsomme." "Well, it's all Larry King and Anderson Cooper's fault." "They make us look like retards and perverts." "Over and over with those women with their teeth and their sneakers." "If they could show just one normal plural family for a change" "The good ones are all closeted." "Oh, that term." "I know, it rubs me the wrong way too." "Did you try calling her?" "20 times." "I can't believe our own family would expose us like that, but now..." "You can't call her anymore." "I know it's hard." "It's the not knowing." "Honestly." "My own mother tried to grab my kids." "She followed Ruby and Alexis around for weeks." "You just have to let it go." "Who's older?" "Your boy or your girl?" "Excuse me." "Let him up, now!" "Ben, you have homework." "I did it already." "Now!" "You got a C in Spanish." "Out!" "And you have a nusery to finish." "So why don't you just go sponge-flop those lamb stencils, huh?" "It's a baby crazy, Barb." "Look at you." "He pushed me in." "We need to teach Ben priorities, Margie." "Okay." "There's play time and work time, and friend time and family time." "You know where I'm going with this?" "Of course." " You missed a spot." " No, I didn't." " Yes, you did." " How many ears did you get?" " Just put it on the counter." "There's too much fat on this beast." "Alby's poisoning must be a strain on your marriage." " Did Joey, really do it?" " I don't think so." " I vote, Wanda." " Are you still close to her?" " She's a nutcase." " Edie." "What if they're all convicted?" "You'll have to cut them all off, you know." "So will Bill." "I still need 20 lbs of sugar for the morning." "The company is, Weber Gaming." "They distribute touch-screen entertainment devices to six states." "You mean, video-poker machines?" "Is it legal?" "Yes." "Is it moral?" "Selling poker machines that live in bars... can be set to pay out." "Our own U.E.B. promoting liqour and gambling?" "Let me find the morality for you." "We bleed money away for those with unholy lifestyles with it, we support our own." "The purchase price is fair." "Their clients are fully aware of our bakground, and have shown no hesitation." "It is an investment that will ensure the security of our community, and our families." "If you'd like to play with one first, Bill, I can have one brought down for your parusel." "Alby." "A "yay" or "nay" vote only, please." "Yays?" "Yay." "Nay!" "Oh, you can record it." "Why is decent so engrained in your nature?" "You made a deal with my bother, behind my back." "That's your brothers story." "That's my version of it." "You fear for your brothers safety in the same way, I feared for my sons?" "My brother's in jail for a crime he didn't commit." "This investigation is out of my hands, Bill." "I have no power over the state." "Figure it out." "You know what I want." "Bring your offer to the dinner table." "Hello?" "Hi." "Um, is this Kim Lee?" "Yes, ma'am." "It's aunt Barb." "Is your mom home?" "One minute, please." "She can't come to the phone, right now." "Can I take a message?" "Can you tell her it's important?" "She says, she'll call you back." "Can you tell her that her sister, Barb, loves her, and no matter what she's done, or what she thinks" "I've done?" "That we can still make it better." "Okay." "Goodbye." "What?" "So you're really gonna let Brynn hang out at your parents house?" "My mom invited her over." "What, are you still, doing it all with her?" "Not as much." "Wait..." "I'm working on it." "It's not that easy." "All right, well it's okay." "You know, I get it." "It's not totally fault." "It's--It's alot because of our fathers choices." "All done." "Do you think your dad is letting you down an unrighteous path?" "No, why?" "'Cause I think, my dad is." "What's he doing?" "Most people believe that you should only have one wife." "Smokers, drinkers, sex, fags." "What our dads are doing, you and I, we can't have it." "That's them." "I'm doing my own thing." "Yeah, but you know, the thing is, we're still screwed up by it." "You know, everytime I come over." "Margene is running around in... a skirt or a robe, or whatever." "Are you complaining?" "No." "You know, she's hot, but she's your mom." "It's the house that your dad made for you." " You're gonna shave your head now, too?" " No, it's not like that." "You know what." "You should come with me tomorrow night" "Where?" "To a venue in Marie." "There's gonna be a couple of bands." "We're gonna hang out." "You should come, and you should pledge Straight Edge." "You should make it your second family." "No drugs, no meat, no liquor, no cigarettes." "You can quit it with Brynn." "I can work on Brynn on my own, all right?" "It's not my folks, it's me." "I'll fix it, I promise." "Same one, same place, half price?" "No, thank you, sir." "He still need to take the pledge." "He's looking out for you, friend." "Eight years." "That'll be 50$." "Whatever you have to say, I will hear with an open heart." "I've prayed to be worthy of you." "And I heard an answer from the holy spirit, that it's time." "You must be certain that it's absolutely of your own free will." "It is." "And I'm not just some old rake to you?" "Angels will sing for us." "Hallo!" "Mom!" "You're not my mother." "I'm Ray." "Hey, Bill!" "Eddie?" "Honey." "What?" "Oh, sorry." "It's uh, new wife." "Got two in holding." "Well, hey!" "Hey." " How long've you been here?" " Oh, just a week." "Just trying out my new rig." "It's got sattelite TV, a pop-out, solar battery recharger..." "Then I got a few new things for your mom." "You know, I finally Western Press, and the ranch." "Well, you're too young to be an idle old rich man." " How long are you staying?" " A couple of weeks, I guess." "Eddie, it's getting late!" "Well-qui on every last double low-dryer." "I'm not going back down to Horrorville now." "I'll roll the quarters, but I..." "Bill!" "Horrorville?" "yeah, we got a little laundromat, off the interstate in a strip-mall." "It's not the best part of town, but it's good for business." "You don't wanna be where people can afford their own washers and dryers." "You have a laundromat?" "You thought this was something, you should hide from me?" "Oh, hide... of course not." "Well, how" " How did you get the start-up money?" "For your information, I got a SBA loan, and Eddie's been advising me." "Don't worry about it." "You got your own life, elsewhere." "But you lied to me." "Don't you embarras me infront of my brother." "I don't have to tell you everything, I do." "And I gotta depend on myself for the cash do-re-mi bucks to keep us afloat." "So, where's Wanda?" "How should I know." "Well, you can't let her wander around here unsupervised." "I'm here, trying to help Joey!" "Stop attacking me!" "It so happens, that I'm so worried about your brother, that I don't sleep nights." "Ray" " Off the leather." "You're wet, honey." "These mine?" "Uhm, yeah." "What is that?" "Hang on." "Hello?" "It's Margene Heffman." "Margene?" "Barb's sister-wife." "Well, holy cow." "Go on, sweetie." "Excuse me?" "I'm sorry." "What goes on between my sister and me, stays in Vegas." "If that means it's none of my business, you're wrong." "We're a family, and you and I are sister-in-laws." "Oh, we most certainly are not!" "I know that you don't approve of us, but if ever a sister needed a sister, it's now." "And I'm telling you, Barb is the sweetest, most loving and supportive sister-wife, ever put on this green earth." "And I just" " I love her so much." "So much you don't even know." "How old are you, sweetheart?" "What difference does that make?" "Well, this isn't junior high, and these aren't your little sleep-over girlfriends." "Grow up." "And never ever call my house again." "Everyone." "It's called curry." "So here's what you do." "You get your plate, you put your Uncle Ben's on it, you then serve your chicken with curry-sauce." "You take your mandarines, coconut and pineapple." "It's delicious." "Where should we go?" "Front and centre." "Okay, here's how it goes." "It's kinda complicated." "So try to follow along." "I'm 32 of 56 children, and when I married Roman," "I became my own step-grandma, because my father married Roman's daughter." "Maylene, Would you care for a a biscuit." "Mom tell you about Rhonda?" "What now?" "We'll have a new mother, by tomorrow night." "That woman?" "Dad's marrying down." "Do you wanna sell pine from the side of the road in Mexico?" "Go on, there's still a space." "Go on!" "Pass the salt, Roman?" "Nicki likes her papa?" "You'll never be daddy's little girl." "No, I'll leave that privilege to you." "So, little Josie, that makes you my step-grandma, and I'm your step-mom." "And when I had Alby, he became my great-uncle, and I became his great-great-grandmother." "Which of course makes me my own grandmother." "Bill, I hope Nicki packed your best whites." "I don't take a very good picture." "I brought my white dress, mama." "Good." "This may very well be our last family photo before we all meet up again on the other side." "For all we know, Jesus could be back by Labour day." "And aren't we glad my dear sweet son survived the vicious attack on his person." "Any word on who really did it?" "That is a very smart apron, Adaleen." "Stop begging." "I've called for a second U.E.B. vote tomorrow at 2 pm." "If your feelings on Weber Gaming have changed, our family will let bygones be bygones." "Well, the minute the charges are dropped, you'll have my vote." "There's not much of a case if there's no complaining witness." "Papa?" "You will clear Joey Henrickson of any liability, by morning." "Perhaps you should go to the Meeker court house now." "Your mother will wrap your plate." "You should listen to your father, Alby." "Don't you tell me what to do." "We're having a lovely time." "It's disgraceful." " Son, calm down." " I will not do it." "You should consider your own son's well-being." " I win, obviously." " Yeah." "I thought you were saving them?" "Sarah says grandma Lois put a 100$ in her birthday card." " Oh, is that true?" " Maybe." "Holy crap!" "Hey, watch it." "You know, I should go home." "No, it's saturday, stay." "If you quit, Doofus wins." "Well, I concede Africa to Sarah Henrickson." "What'd she have to say?" "Uhm, nothing." "No money." "Thank you, mrs." "Henrickson, I had a great night." "Oh, well uh, come back for family home-evening on monday." "Uh, 7 pm?" "Uh yeah, something like that." "Ben?" " I'm just gonna walk her out." " Oh, all right." "Goodbye." "Anything you're needing?" "No, your wives have made us very comfortable." "Do you ever watch this programme?" "Afraid not." "...You better not be meeting nobody at a motel?" "You best be giving it all to me, and nobody else, but me!" "Newlyweds." "I'll be gone by the afternoon." "If we're gonna make a deal it needs to happen by then." "All protestation stamped out." "Have you met my youngest, Emmet Grant?" "I haven't." "All these fights we're having, Bill." "Over money, business wordly tings." "Don't let them cloud your judgement." "Family is first." "Roman, fix this thing." " Good night." " Good night." " What?" " What?" "Oh, for pete sake!" "What are they doing now?" "Nothing." "You don't have to protect him, or her." "She's keeping him up too late," " and she should be in bed by now." " I'll go get him." "How'd you know I was here?" "You weren't in the room." "Barb just called." "She wanted to say good night." " And what were you talking to my dad about?" " Trying to settle things for Joey." " Do you need me to do something?" " No." "I'll vote for his dirty little poker machines." "Do you ever miss this place?" "Sometimes." "What about you?" "I have given up hundreds to live in the suburbs with ten." "Do you regret it?" "No." "You know, I can't be in that picture with you, tomorrow." "Yeah, I know." "Come here." "Stop." " Bill, come on." "Stop." " Why?" "Do you think a man should have to love a women, to marry her?" "Yes, and the other way around." "Pull out a suit for him." "You will go into Meeker and confess, that you consumed the antifreeze yourself in a deperate attempt for attention." "Joey Henrickson and his family were your scapegoats" "The U.E.B. vote is tomorrow at 1 pm." "This will be resolved by then." "They'll try and kill me again." "By rejecting my holy authority, you're threatening your own legacy, your wives, your property, and your eternal salvation." "Capitulate, now." " Tengo, tienes, tiene, tenemos." " Tengo, tienes, tiene, tenemos." "what are you doing?" "Making a sweater for Bill." "But it's a suprise, not a peep." "Ben, go home and get a shirt on." " We're studying." " Ben!" "Go!" "Yes, ma'am." "What?" "Sarah saw you and Ben, up by midnight." "No way." "The one of you is lying." "You and I, need to go shopping." "Get me when you're ready." "What'd I do?" "What'd you think she's so mad at you about?" "I don't know!" "I didn't do anything!" "Well then." "Go out with her." "Make her buy you lunch or something." "Just call her for me." "Get me out of this, please?" "Margie, I can't come between you and Barb." "You know I can't..." "Hold on, here's Nicki." "Listen to me, Margie, I'm sure you're innocent, but you have to tell me what she thinks you did." "She's blaming me for Ben getting a C in Spanish." "No, that is not a shopping trip offence." "It has to be something much worse." "Now what did you do?" "I don't know!" "She's never taken me shopping before." "She's making me go!" "Well, you have every right to be offence." "They are horrible." "Just use the "it's difficult being third wife" line." "She can't stand it." "Oh, Nicki, I don't know." "Just please come home." "I don't wanna go!" "Relax." "Don't back down, she smells weakness." "Now go." "Barb?" "I'm not going shopping with you." "If you have something you wanna say to me, you can tell me right now." "Margie?" "Were going to Dillards." "Get ready, now!" "We'll pick out a nice new sweater for Bill." "No." "I know I embarrased you because I was loud, and you had a book thing." "We should've gone inside." "I'll be stricter." "I want Benny to get into the Academy, too." "I doo." "I' sorry." "There, the end." "No. that's just one little thing." "What then?" "Is it your sister, and the phone call thing?" "What phone call thing?" "Nothing." "I'm not gonna go." "I'm not going!" "Is it the sprinkler thing?" "No, that's not it either." "Go put on some pants and get in the car." "Why are you doing this to me?" "Fine, Margie?" "I feel your relationship with Ben, is inappropriate." "What do you mean, inappropriate?" "It's blatant." "How do you think it looks to outside eyes?" "What conclusions do you think, they draw?" "Like..." "Yes." "Do you think that too?" "Look." "Let's just go to the mall, and get an Orange Julius." "How could you say something like that?" "About me and Ben..." "That's so disgusting." "I've just been trying to be a good mother, to my boys... to yours!" "All right, let's just--just." "Let's just keep our voices down." "No!" "You're wrong!" "And you're gross!" "And that sweater thing was my idea, not yours." "Just like the nusery." "Knit your own sweater, boss-lady!" "Margene?" "Open this door!" "Mother Barb!" "Wayne, go inside." "Your mother's under Roman's thumb here." "And Frank, when he bothers to show up." "Yeah, but a laundromat?" "It's easy to run and low on labour." "It could be her road to independence." "And I'll watch out for her." "Dig your own grave." "Call me if you need an accountant." "It's a popular machine." "I"ve seen'em all over Arizona." "When was it, that gambling went from being a sin, to just... some other form of entertainment?" "That's brown, Albert." "Whites only." "You should get your wives to dress you proper." "How's papa, today?" "I haven't seen him." "What've you done?" "I am the victim here." "You and Bill and our father, are the ones wearing guilt." "Get over it." "You didn't die." "So it's only our father who has the moral fiber, to fell his guilt." "Go play make-believe with your wives, or I'll scream." "Papa, is the one who did it." "When Rhonda came back from your homes, she told him all about Barb's little ceremony." "He called them." "He publicly exposed your family." "Put you in harms way, without a second thought." "You're a liar." "I went to the state police." "My papa, told me to." "I told them all about the deal he's trying to make with Bill today." "To cover up what happened to me." "I told them Bill was here, right now." "There'll be no peace here today." "Not at my expense." "A message for your husbond." "There are repercussions for robbing a man of his dignity." "Don't do this, Alby." "Remember that I was kind to you, today." "I warned you the police is on their way." "Ever knock?" "I saw you last night, before I came and got you." "Bennie..." "Remember sunday school, when they said it was better to see your sons and daughters come home in wooden boxes, than to have them give up their chastity?" "You think I'm going to Hell?" "I don't know." "I don't think so." "But I'm not mom and dad." "Just be careful." "Hey, where are you?" "What's wrong?" "I wanna go with you, tonight." "Look, you can't just be a tag-along, Ben." "Okay?" "If you can't condemn it, then you condone it." "If you don't quit it all, then you're part of the problem." "This is for real." "I know." "I wanna go with you." "Can you come pick me up, please?" "All right, get ready." "OKay, no crown colors, and no school t-shirts, and nobody finds out, where we're from, okay?" "Nicolette." "My, you look beautiful in that white dress." "Papa..." "Honey, what's wrong?" "Did you do it?" "I don't know what you mean." "Did you expose, Barb?" "My family?" "Who told you this?" "We don't live here on the compound." "We're not protected like you are." "We can all be put in prison, or worse." "Papa?" "!" "Nicolette." "You will not go about, spreading false rumors." "Understood?" "What's going on?" "We have to leave." "Well, I can't-- I have the U.E.B. meeting." "No, Bill!" "Now!" "Why?" "Tell me." "Alby told the state police about you and papa's cover-up." "They're coming here now." "Does your father know?" "Why aren't you down there?" "Come on." " Where are you going?" " We're leaving." "You will be in this photo." "The photographer has come all the way from Denver!" " Look at me, young lady!" " Nicki, What's wrong?" "Nicki." "Stop." "Just talk." "Always a scene." "Always trouble!" "One day you'll realize the importance of family, and won't it just be, too late." "Shame!" "Shame!" "Shame!" "The state police are on their way here." "Wanna use that tongue, use it on your son." "Look here." "Can I have a word with your mom?" "Drama." "I'm not sorry, I did it." "Good for you, Margie." "Then you are paying to replace the grass." "No." "You are wrong." "I know Ben and I, are only 5 years apart, and I-I am attractive." "I just am, but..." "I'm his mother." "And I know that." "I know, you know that." "He got beat up at a concert with Jason." "Did he call you?" "What happened?" "He's just having trouble fitting in, finding his place." "He called me." "And I picked him up." "Most kids would've just hidden it from their moms, but he called me." "Where is he?" "He's cleaning up, he's fine now." "I'm just saying..." "Maybe I'm close to him in a good way." "He needs you, but maybe he needs me like a third mom, too." "He has to sleep in his own bed, from now on." "Bennie." "Yes, ma'am?" "Are you okay?" "Yeah." "I'll tell him." "Hello?" "Don, listen, I need you to come into work tomorrow." "What's wrong, Bill?" "I'm thinking about pulling the plans on the third store." "What happened up there?" "Waht if there was a way, we could take the preasure off our families?" "From all the hiding we have to do to protect the stores." "Hiding is part of our lives." "Maybe, maybe not forever." "What if we could buy a company, who's clients didn't mind that we were polygamists?" "Where would we find that?" "What do you think about video-poker machines?" "Exclusive distribution in six states." "I don't know that I'm comfortable with gambling, Bill." "Times are changing, Don." "Let's face it." "We don't have the same options open as other businessmen have." "This could be our insurance policy." "In case these public exposures continue, we'd be safe." "Our families would be safe." "I need to think about it." "Think about it." "I'll see you tomorrow." "I'm home!"