artists.
Now you have no reason
to know this,
but Truro, Massachusetts,
is this sort of elephant's graveyard
for psychoanalysts.
Perhaps Stepford is heaven
for the house-and-garden type.
One person tells another.
Some don't like it and leave.
Others that do like it, arrive.
I mean, Westport
didn't always have writers.
They didn't breed from an original pair.
I understand.
Well, I'm not surprised.
You're obviously a very bright woman.
What does surprise me is that you
have come all this way to talk to me,
and then you don't talk to me.
I think the men are behind it.
What men?
All of them.
All of them in the Association.
My husband, everyone.
The women don't...
Can't arrive in Stepford
loving housework.
They change once they get there.
I think the men make them change.
How would they do that?
I don't know. They...
They...
Oh, Jesus.
It's so awful.
If I'm wrong, I'm insane.
And if I'm right,
it's worse than if I'm wrong.
I don't know what they do exactly.
They draw our pictures,
and they tape our voices.
And the women
all look neat and pretty.
There's a man.
He's a druggist.
He runs the pharmacy.
And he's nothing.
He's nothing, but his wife
is just breathtaking.
And once, by mistake, I happened
to hear them making love,
and she was carrying on incredibly,
like he was some kind of God's gift.
And Charmaine changed in four
months and ripped up her tennis court.
And Bobby, my best friend,
changed in four months,
and that's what convinced me.
That's how long I've been
in Stepford. Four months.
And I don't know what's going on.
I just know something is wrong,
and my time is coming.
You're terribly frightened, aren't you?
Can you sleep?
Well, that's easy.
We can take care of that.
We'll see a lot of each other,
and you can talk some more.
See, it's unfortunate, but I have
to go away for a couple of days.
It's something I can't put off
at this short notice,
- but when I'm back, we'll talk.
- No.
No, you don't want to talk, or what?
I won't be here when you get back.
Don't you see?
It's going to happen before then.
Don't ask me to explain it.
I just know.
There will be somebody with my name,
and she'll cook and clean like crazy,
but she won't take pictures,
and she won't be me.
She'll...
She'll... She'll be like one
of those robots in Disneyland.
All right, now listen.
I'll give you a prescription,
which you'll have filled.
Then you gather up your children,
and you get the hell away.
Don't tell your husband.
Don't tell anyone.
Just go wherever you feel safe.
- Now, do you have family?
- They're dead.
Well, just drive and stop someplace,
and in a few days,
I'll be back on the 10th,
you ring me, I'll come to you,
and we'll sort this thing out.
Now, how does that sound?
They're not here.
- Where are they?
- I told you, they're not here.
They're with friends.
They're fine.
Amy?
Kim?
Which friends?
They're fine.
How was your visit?
Did she fix you up?
Walter, I'm taking the children away.
Where are they?
Are they at Bobby's?
Look. Just...
They're fine. I told you.
Look, we don't want you
to get upset again.
Now just go on upstairs
and lie down.
Don't talk to me like that. I don't want
to lie down. I want my children.
Joanna, go upstairs
and lie down now!
Don't tell me what to do,
you bastard!
- Joanna.
- Walter!
Joanna, open this goddamn door!
All right, you just stay in there, then.
You just stay in there.
Cornell call you? Yeah, yeah.
I had some trouble. I don't know,
but I think I handled it.
Yeah, yeah. Well, I don't know.
I do not know,
but I think it's all right.
She's upset.
She's really upset.
She ran upstairs.
Yeah.
Well, she's in the room.
Yeah.
Yeah. I think it's...
I think it's all right.
Oh, Dis?
Well, what should I do?
Oh, I'll just...
Why, look at you,
for heaven's sakes.
Bobby. Bobby, listen.
You need a fresh-perked
cup of coffee.
I don't want any coffee.
I just want my