Cleaners.
- Yes.
- Hi.
- On the other side.
- Hi.
- Hello.
Have you heard?
Just spreading like wildfire.
A black family's moving into town.
Think that's good?
I think it's good.
Well, I don't know if I think it's good
so much as I think it's natural,
considering, well,
I mean, after all,
we are the most liberal town around.
- Stepford?
- Liberal?
Well, sure.
We have the first Chinese restaurant
in Fairfield County.
Ah, yes.
And we had the first women's club
to ask any of those liberation ladies
to come lecture.
- There are no women's clubs here.
- There was.
I went to a meeting once.
There must have been
50 of us there.
Well, where the hell are they?
Some of them moved away,
but I guess most of them
just plain got bored.
I know I did.
There we are. Off you go.
We disbanded, oh,
years ago. We weren't
accomplishing anything useful.
You mean useful
like doing housework?
I like to see my home looking nice.
Look, we found this at the library.
Listen, Carol, it says you were
president of that club.
I only took the post
because nobody else would.
Please explain to me what you're into.
Is it enough?
Well, enough for me maybe is
not enough for you, Joanna, but...
Well, you see, Ted's doing really well
in his scientific research now,
and I give him a good home.
I really think that helps.
The kids are doing the best
they've ever done in school,
and I'm here all the time. I...
Well, I know that helps too.
I'm really off the booze,
and God knows that's better.
It's none of your business,
but our sex life is better too.
Look, I'm sorry to disappoint you,
but I'm happy.
I'm happy.
You know,
maybe we're the crazy ones.
Don't say that. We're not.
- You sure?
- We're fine.
OK.
We are fine.
- Hi.
- How'd it go?
What? Oh, well, he hated them.
I must say, I was inclined to agree.
I don't know what made me take them.
But still...
Did the girls bring Fred over
when they came?
Not that I know of.
Oh, shoot.
And he has no license, nothing.
Can I leave the kids here a bit
while I go look for him?
Sure, I'll go with you.
- Dave, will you take care of the kids?
- OK.
I'll be right back.
All right, Mommy.
We'll find him. Tell me more about
what that fink said in the gallery.
Fred! Fred!
- Did you see what I saw?
- Found him?
No, back at Charmaine's.
Oh, my God.
You see, Ed hated tennis,
but he never said a word.
All he wanted to do was to please me.
Well, I want to please him now,
and, boy, am I ever going to.
You see, we spent this weekend
at this beautiful little inn in Vermont.
Just Ed and me, you know,
talking things through.
The Park Merrill with some friends,
the Fishers,
and we had the most terrific time.
I can't get my mind operating.
Besides, I'm just swamped with work.
- Work?
- Oh, yes. I fired Nettie.
Yeah, it was...
It was just the being alone with Ed
that did it.
All I ever thought about before
was just me.
Well,
I'm here to tell you
that's all over now.
Ed's always hankered
after a heated swimming pool.
And now he's going to get it.
Look, I've been doing
a little research, OK?
And a lot of thinking.
And I know what I'm gonna say
is gonna sound crazy,
but if you laugh at it,
I swear to God I'm gonna be sick.
OK, you remember hearing about
the Texas tranquilliser?
It was in TIME. I cut it out.
Wait a second. Sit down.
Issue dated October 4th, 1971.
'71, right.
It's about why there are
almost no murders in El Paso.
See, this scientist has this theory
that there's something that
comes from the water in El Paso.
It comes from deep wells,
and it's got some chemical tranquilliser
in it and... Well, read.
See?
Dallas is over two times as big
as El Paso,
but that year, there were 242 murders
in Dallas.
And there were only 13 in El Paso.
Joanna. Joanna, I think
that's what's going on in Stepford.
I think there's something in the water
that turns us into hausfraus, drones,
whatever you want to call it.