wife?
Where is your wife?
- Hi, Walter.
- Hey, Dis. How are you?
I'm fine. How are you?
Good to see you.
- Yeah.
- Hey, good to see you.
Ed is having a hell of a time down
there with Bobby.
- Give him a hand, will you?
- OK, sure. We'll go down
and give him a hand.
Get some drinks down to the pool
right away. Come on.
Over there, there's some kids
you can play with.
Can you believe all this?
For a bachelor, old Dis
must be quite a catch.
What do you say we go home
and change?
Like put on a fancy dress?
Absolutely not.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- How are you?
- Fine, thank you.
- Lovely party.
- Yes.
Did you get a look at the food?
How about photographing it
for a Save the Children poster?
Like Walter says, it's all so dazzling.
Why don't I like it?
I mean, I like it. It's perfect.
How could you not like it?
I just don't like it.
Am I making any sense?
- Well, hi, you two.
- Hi.
You want to come
and meet some people?
Why not? We're not proud.
Oh, you haven't got a drink.
I must get you a drink.
Good shot.
- All right, who's first here?
- And a medium well.
- Don't use the tongs.
- No, that's right. Use that, will you?
- This is the Wimpiris way.
- What is that? Is that medium?
That's a medium. This is a rare.
Rare.
I'll just die if I don't get this recipe.
Want another well...?
You want a well-done?
Well, I told you to move them over.
Move them over toward the centre.
I'll just die if I don't get this recipe.
I'll just die if I don't get this recipe.
- Walter?
- Yes?
- Take over, will you?
- OK.
How many of these have you had?
Don't you know
you can't handle this stuff?
Don't you remember
what this stuff does to you?
I'll just die if I don't get this recipe.
Why the hell do you do this
in public?
Come on.
We'll just go and get a little coffee.
Well, it was this problem I had,
you see. I...
I couldn't handle it.
It was out of control.
I guess that's one of the reasons
Ted moved us to Stepford. The...
The drinking was getting so bad,
and he blamed the city
and all its pressures.
And, oh, I knew I shouldn't have
touched the stuff.
But I did, and I'm sorry I ruined it all.
- You don't have to apologize, Carol.
- Not to us.
We just felt that it was important
that you two understand,
you being the newest in Stepford.
We didn't want you
getting the wrong opinion.
"We"? Who is "we"?
Oh, well, Ted, naturally.
And lke was there, and...
Oh, he's so old and smart that, after I'd
sobered up some, we asked him and...
You mean the men made you come
and apologize like this?
Oh, no.
No, I wanted to, really.
All they did was
sort of confirm my feelings.
- Well, why don't you come in.
- Oh, no.
No, I've got to get back. I...
I've seen Charmaine and...
Well, I...
I ought to get back.
Incredible.
Absolutely unbelievable.
If I was forced to apologize
every time I got smashed,
I'd spend my whole life
wandering around saying,
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry."
That is a lady
that could use some help.
I told you I...
...messed a little bit
with women's lib in New York.
Didn't we all?
I'm not contemplating
any Maidenform bonfires,
but they could certainly use
something around here.
- Oh, yeah.
- You game?
I'm game.
Boy, am I game!
Wow!
Gee, it sounds like fun.
But I've got three kids,
and the oldest is 6.
And that doesn't leave me
with a whole lot of extra time.
We really understand, Marie.
And we're not after you
to change your whole lifestyle,
but doesn't it ever bother you
that the most important organisation
in Stepford is sexually archaic?
- Archaic?
- Old-fashioned. Out-of-date.
Does it ever bother me?
No.
I've never been
much of a joiner, I'm afraid.
I guess it's because I've just been
so busy, what with baking and all that.
This isn't any kind of a lifelong
commitment we're after.
We just want to see
if there's any interest
for some kind of activities in Stepford.
That's all.
Well, there isn't any