Big Love (2006) s05e05 Episode Script

Barn: It's my great pleasure to introduce this year's interns.
Probably in about 10 years a few of them will be here as senators - and you'll need their vote.
- ( Laughter ) So you'd better be extra nice to them.
(Applause, gavel pounds ) Barn: Let's go to work.
Do you know what the press is calling us? "The fools on the hill," "the follies Henrickson.
" We have a legislative session ahead of us that I'm in charge of making productive.
I've got to move on from the polygamy sideshow.
Every morning I wake up with the threat of impeachment hanging over me.
I don't care anymore.
It's got to end.
I've got a proposal a moratorium of sorts.
You back down.
We back down.
Everything gets frozen status quo.
We all take a breather and sort out our issues at a later date.
I'm in? You stop the inflammatory speeches.
You stop the provocative interviews.
You stop inciting protests.
You become a normal, quiet freshman senator.
What about my impeachment? Gets taken care of.
Unless you've got some new colossal blunder up your sleeve, you'll serve out the session.
I want my bill institutionalizing safety net.
We're operating under temporary funding.
- Fine.
- I want it fast-tracked.
Without emergency funding, there's three shelters that will be forced to turn away women and children.
It also funds counseling and healthcare.
Stop.
Enough.
I heard you.
Accept the offer that's on the table, really.
How do I know you'll honor your side of the agreement? I take leave to open a file for a bill authorizing permanent funding for the program known as safety net.
In favor? Opposed? Motion carries.
Said bill is sent to the rules committee for further consideration.
I take leave to table joint house-senate bill 114, recriminalization of polygamy and bigamy.
In favor? Opposed? Motion carries.
What's happening? What's going on? We've got a deal.
It's over.
We're in.
To toss the first ball for the day, we have Heisman finalist Kerry Lightcap.
( Laughter, applause ) Your soul is becoming clearer to me via tidbits.
I'm not sure I know what you mean.
You arrived on my doorstep asking for money.
Then I hear a tidbit about monies owed to Vegas gambling dens and an appetite for risk.
Tidbits interesting tidbits.
They were cheats.
A bar fight, a manslaughter charge.
Help me out I know manslaughter involves death.
I don't think it's actually premeditated, but it is intentionally inflicted, is it not? What do you want? You need money and I have projects that need tending, projects that require someone with your particular resume.
I just wonder if you're really the right guy.
Guess we won't know till you ask me.
The bill targeting me defeated.
I'm welcomed into the caucus.
People actually talk to me in committee.
You're the monkey the boa constrictor couldn't swallow.
They had to spit you out.
They're used to backroom dealings.
They couldn't withstand the sunlight I brought.
You know, I'm starting to believe the day when anyone who practices plural marriage can live in the open is within sight.
Amen.
The reason I wanted to talk, Don I want to finally make a distribution.
I want to pay a dividend on the home plus class a stock.
I think this deal means the worst is finally behind us.
Well, if it means the protests at the store cool off, all the better.
There were two arrests at that skirmish in the parking lot yesterday.
Anyway, I'll get with the accountants Monday about the stock.
I'm gonna knock off early tomorrow.
Taking Gary and Baker ice fishing for a couple days out past flaming gorge.
Hey, try and stop at dinosaur monument.
They got this great new visitors' center.
My boys loved it.
Good news.
It has taken me most of the morning, but I have finally squared your calendar away.
That's great, honey.
Right now I need you full ahead on the safety net legislation.
Barn reported to committee.
It's being fast-tracked.
Here's the draft of the bill.
Make copies for everyone in the house.
Well, bill, just send the computer file to the House Secretary.
I want a personal touch too.
I'll have the cover letter finished by the time you're done.
Fine.
Just get me a replacement as soon as possible, because I am over being an intern.
- Everyone hates me.
- That's not true.
No one will give me the code for the copier.
I've been sneaking over to Kinko's.
Wait.
Barb, sit for a minute? Gladly.
I spoke to Lee a couple days ago on adopting Cara Lynn.
I'm just getting a sense of the process and the timeline.
Oh good.
I'm glad.
I think maybe now that we're on solid footing at last, we can really discuss this.
In what sense? Does he anticipate any problem? I don't know if this is a big deal or a small deal.
- I hope it's a small deal.
- What, bill? Utah doesn't allow unmarried couples to adopt.
Well, that doesn't apply here.
Nicki doesn't have to adopt.
She's the biological mother.
No, for me to adopt Cara Lynn, I need to be married to Nicki legally.
I asked Lee to check other states, but then we'd run into big residency issues.
I see.
We'd still be spiritually married.
If you really think about it, it really changes nothing.
You're saying you and I would be getting a it's a legal maneuver, nothing more.
Look, I know how much this is to process.
I was as surprised as you when Lee told me.
Who have you discussed this with? Only Lee.
Of course I came to you first.
We'd still love each other.
It's only a word.
Oh no.
It feels so much more than that.
This one I don't know.
I've got to think this one through.
How did it go? Cara Lynn's in the kitchen.
He wants me to do something really bad.
- Like what? - I don't want to tell you.
- Well, will he give you money for it? - Yeah.
Then I think you should do it.
And I think you think so too.
Yeah, I don't know.
I think maybe we should just leave.
If we leave without that money, we'll lose that house.
You've got to do it, Verlan.
I told you, I'll be fined here.
Verlan, hi.
I didn't know you were back from the compound.
I'll get you a hot chocolate.
Thanks.
Thanks for looking out for Rhonda while I've been busy.
Feels great knowing someone's watching my back.
Here, will you take her into the other room and change her? He's so good with the baby.
Well, I am too.
Dear lord.
Hello, Nicki.
What is she doing here? I'm visiting.
I've changed a lot.
What is she doing here? And how did she get in? Mom, Rhonda's married to my cousin Verlan.
I've been hanging out with her while he's been working at juniper creek.
Verlan saved me.
Why? Look, she is nothing but trouble.
You don't know her.
Now wait a minute.
I said I've changed.
And I hear you have too, trying to save girls like me this time.
Now you listen.
I never had anything but your best interests at heart.
- And those were complicated times.
- I've healed.
And that enables me to forgive your father for trying to rape me.
Rhonda! And you, for pushing me into marrying him.
Mom, this is Verlan and their baby Jessica.
- Hi.
- ( Jessica fussing ) ( Jessica crying ) It's okay.
So we feel like this is such a wonderful time really.
In the senate, my husband Bill is working hard to build bridges to his l.
D.
S.
Colleagues so they can work shoulder to shoulder on important legislation.
But you've had problems.
It was a little bumpy at first, but by now everyone's had a chance to get used to us a bit.
When I'm out running errands, people are starting to approach and ask sincere questions about our faith, about how I came to join the family.
I think that's a positive sign.
And you didn't have any prejudices against polygamy oh, we prefer "plural marriage.
" Prejudices against plural marriage when you met the Henricksons? I've always thought that being open is the only way to be.
I've found that people who judge before they know are usually pretty frightened inside, and I refuse to live that kind of a small life.
You're a reporter.
You investigate how all sorts of people live, so you know what I mean.
I was once married to Barbara Stanwyck.
( Door opens ) I I don't know who that is either.
This game is a waste of time.
Hi.
The kids and Lois already ate, but we waited so we could celebrate the moratorium together.
Oh, thank you.
What a long day.
We didn't know how long, so I made stew.
The mismatched candles are Margie's contribution.
I was busy this afternoon.
I gave an interview.
Interview? - Mm-hmm, for "the tribune.
" - About what? About how we're just like everyone else, even though we're in a plural marriage, about how our faith sustains us.
Our faith? Margene, you cannot be serious.
What do you know about faith, or plural marriage, for that matter? Enough to be interviewed about it.
I have a radio interview tomorrow.
You're letting Margie give interviews about our marriage? Well, with the deal I made with barn, - it's best I don't do any more interviews.
- Hi.
And Marge is the best ambassador plural marriage has right now.
She has a natural ability to connect with people without being provocative.
The reporter heard me speaking at the swearing in.
He was curious about my take on being a plural wife.
Well, I I spoke then too.
I know.
Isn't that funny? Nicki: I can't believe what I'm hearing.
We'd better hope he didn't ask any real questions about the principle.
As it so happens I'm discovering my faith a true faith.
And I want you to respect that.
Barb: Well, that's wonderful, but it would behoove us to remember that you have a certain achilles' heel, - if you all know what I mean.
- Granted.
We'd raise more suspicion if we tried to hide her at this point.
She was on that shopping channel, for Pete's sakes.
Marge can handle it.
- This is just a big joke, right? - Okay, cool it.
Tonight we put aside the sniping and celebrate.
We've been through a lot.
We also have a lot to be thankful for.
This deal may help encourage others to join us in the open.
The unrelenting pressure this family's been under is finally easing.
We deserve this victory.
( Knocks on door ) Mom? I just wanted to say good night.
I don't like it here.
I know starting new is hard, but you used to say it yourself you could stand on your head and spit wooden nickels.
You can do this.
This will never be my home.
It can be if you'll let it.
No, it can't.
The things you talk about don't interest me.
The things you laugh at I don't find funny.
Your houses are pretty, but mean nothing to me.
I I just don't want to be here.
I want to go home.
Darn it, mother.
You need to make an effort and I mean it.
There's no discussion.
After the fire in the cabin and getting lost with the kids, you cannot live alone anymore.
And I know you know that.
Good night.
I was wondering what's going on with Cara Lynn's adoption.
You know, I told her things were moving along.
Nicki, I'm dog-tired.
Can we talk about this later? Well, it's just Cara Lynn's been asking a lot of questions.
She's worried.
I can tell.
And I know how busy you are.
I could call Lee Hatcher in the morning, get him working on it.
No, don't do that.
I've already spoken to Lee.
I knew you probably had.
So what happens next? It's not that simple.
There's a catch.
A catch? Well, what kind of catch? Is it because I left her? Do they think I'm an unfit mother? It's nothing like that.
In Utah unmarried couples can't adopt a child.
That's ridiculous.
They have no right to dictate something like that, none whatsoever.
I'm the one who says who gets to adopt my daughter.
It's the law.
Lee said there's no way around it.
For us to adopt, we have to legally marry.
Marry? Well, what what do we think about that? We have to think it through.
- And Barb? - We talked about it.
It obviously affects her as well.
Obviously.
What did she say? She's having trouble.
It's a lot to ask.
Of course it is.
It's unfair a shock.
Stay out of it, Nicki.
Daily briefing, daily briefing, daily briefing, daily briefing, daily briefing, daily briefing, daily briefing, daily briefing, daily briefing.
( Cell phone ringing ) - Barb? - Good morning.
I've been here since 5:00, and I've distributed background information on the shelter.
And I'm about to start calling each senator directly to try to get you face time.
Work on Welch and Evans first.
They've both done a lot of work with runaways.
They might be my way in.
Anything else? There was a weird message on the office voicemail this morning.
- What, another threat? - No, from the church.
The head of public information wants to see you.
- The church? - No.
It has to be some kind of crank.
Try to find out what's going on.
I'll be in shortly.
And, Barb, have you thought any more about the adoption? Well, what's the rush, Bill? Well, we're a family and we have someone who's unprotected.
Nicki could give up her parental rights, so you and I could adopt Cara Lynn.
I can't ask that.
Nicki just became her mother.
Well, I need more time.
Okay.
Your parents seemed nice.
Yeah, they are.
We're very close.
Do you live with them? ( Chuckles ) No, Cara Lynn.
I'm 37.
I haven't lived with them for a while.
You finished? Do you live with your girlfriend? No, I don't have a girlfriend.
And even if I did, I wouldn't move in with her before marriage.
Some things should wait.
We are here for you to learn about calculus, not question me about my personal life.
It's made from the papaya stone, which is packed with xanthones.
It maintains intestinal health, supports the immune system, neutralizes free radicals.
And goji is a socially conscious company built on the same principles as our faith.
It is our faith in action.
How do we get our husbands to let us use family money to start? That is a great question.
And I'm not saying that it will be easy, but it can be done.
Bill, once he understood, encouraged me.
And you can work on teams with your sisterwives.
I sold best chef a few years back and lost money.
I remember them.
Etty shoddy product.
At this point, I'm actually adding to the family pot each week.
Yeah, it's really a simple business model: I recruit you to sell; You recruit others.
We all help each other to become entrepreneurs.
And I've found goji promotes lustrous, more manageable hair.
Bill told me about the adoption requirements.
He told you? Yes.
It's a real pickle.
Yes, it is.
And Bill's not sure how he's gonna handle it yet.
No, he's not sure.
Cara Lynn needs to be in our family.
She was almost married at my mother's sealing.
And when I think about what J.
J.
did no, I understand.
I want her protected too, but but what, Barb? Her cousin is here with Rhonda.
- Rhonda Volmer? - Rhonda Walker.
Trying to lure Cara Lynn back into the family, manipulating her affections.
I will do anything to protect my daughter.
And if it was Sarah, I would do it in a heartbeat.
You know I would.
Well, I'm not saying I will or I won't.
I'm just saying we need to explore our options.
Which bill has done, and we'll see what he decides.
Fine.
What does that mean? It means fine.
It means maybe.
It means maybe there's a different way.
Bill is our Shepherd, unless you're saying he's a bad Shepherd.
No, of course not.
But maybe I can make a decision.
Maybe you can.
Did you ever think of that? What on earth are you trying to say? I'm saying there are other ways of thinking, other ways of believing.
Do you want me to spell it out? Maybe I have the priesthood.
Maybe you do too.
You think you hold the priesthood? Yes, as a matter of fact, that's exactly what I believe.
- Are you out of your mind? - Keep your voice down.
- What is happening to you? - This is not something that I have come to lightly.
No, you listen to me.
You want to be a modern or a libber, sipping wine, going to dance halls? Well, this isn't that.
This is something else altogether.
And when exactly do you plan on telling Bill? I don't know.
A lot's happening.
Though soon.
Soon? No.
Now.
No.
Nicki you have to.
He has to know.
And he's gonna flip out.
- Don't say that.
- He will.
I am waiting for the right time.
There is never gonna be a right time for this, believe me.
( Sighs ) What are you doing? You're gonna tell him right now, this second.
This is a cancer at the heart of this family.
- He is gonna flip out.
- All right, no, Nicki.
You have to.
Woman: Mr.
president, the rules committee recommends the assignment of the following bills to stand in committee: To the business and labor committees senate bill 173; Government operations and political subdivisions committee senate bill 180, senate bill 212 and senate bill 232; Workforce services and community and economic development senate bill 147 and house concurrent resolution 1; Natural resources, agriculture and environment senate bill 164 and house bill 278; Housing and urban development bill 210 and housing resolution 27.
Is it possible this is related to Sarah and Teenie leaving? Maybe you're seeking my role because you feel yours as child-rearer is going away it's compensation.
Bill, it has nothing to do with that.
Please don't take this personally.
I'm not taking it personally.
It's doctrine.
There's a way a family works that's God-given.
It's in our scripture.
It's in our D.
N.
A.
Does this have anything to do with me asking for a divorce? Are you trying to be petty? Petty? I'm trying find out why my wife is suddenly questioning the prophets.
I have a calling from the still, small voice.
The priesthood is calling me.
But it's passed down, conferred by the laying of hands.
Where did you get it? You can't just say it and poof.
What you're suggesting goes to the very core of what we believe Joseph Smith and the restoration of the priesthood after 2,000 years.
It goes to the core of what I believe.
If I ignore it, I am denying my essential truth.
What are you saying? Do you want me to give you permission? Do you want me to grant it? Or do you already possess it? Or you just want the family to recognize it? I think so.
Don't do this to us.
I don't get to meet as many of my new associates as I'd like to.
- Thanks for coming in.
- Are you kidding? I'm thrilled to be here.
I just got back from Ethiopia.
I'm a little bit jet-lagged.
I was watching your monthly sales message online last night and saw that goji's building schools and bridges in Guatemala.
I am in awe of this company you've built.
Well, thank you.
You're no slouch yourself.
You've been building your down line extraordinarily fast.
Oh, I love sales.
And it's not hard when you have a product you believe in.
My diligent assistant has flagged some new refs of yours home addresses at Juniper Creek.
I have to admit I had no idea who you were when we met at V.
S.
N.
Oh.
You're a polygamist.
You're one of the infamous wives of Bill Henrickson.
Yep.
You seem like such a smart woman.
I am a smart woman.
Maybe it's not like you think.
Maybe it's not.
And how about your husband Bill, huh? Must be quite a change for you all him working up on the hill 24/7.
Mm, it's an adjustment.
Is this the part where you tell me that because of my family and our beliefs I can't be a part of goji? This is where I point out that we are a predominantly l.
D.
S.
Organization, especially here in Utah, and it's complicated.
Well, you're doing great here.
You could really go far with us.
We'll just have to hope for the best.
Team one is still in the lead.
Question three: Our basketball stadium is called the Hunstman Center, but what was its original name? - Marriot Center.
- Special Events Center.
Sorry, it was the Special Events Center.
For a fish out of water, you sure know a lot about the "you".
I went here His name was added to the stadium following its massive renovation that added thousands of new seats.
And nobody thought you'd actually come tonight since the general consensus is that it was pretty crappy of you to fire me.
Crappy of me? No.
I asked you a question.
You refused to give me the respect of looking me in the eye.
A man in the room doesn't turn me into furniture.
And you you're allowed to not like what I'm saying, you are allowed to not like me, but you are not allowed to treat me like a second-class citizen.
Man: The university was established in 1850 under what name? - University of Deseret.
- Woman: University of Deseret.
Man: That's right.
So be it.
Defend yourself, boy.
Narrator: Goliath the giant rushed forward.
David: I come against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the guard of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Hey, mom, you got home pretty late last night.
Were you working? Oh, no.
Sorry if I woke you.
I was at an intern mixer.
Wouldn't be a bad idea for you attend.
They always invite the senators, but they never bother to come.
Interns work hard.
They should be appreciated.
Come on, boys.
Margene's driving you this morning.
Your mother's been going through a bit of a rough time.
She told me about the divorce.
I want you to know it won't change anything.
We'll still be sealed, still be a family forever.
As priesthood holders, we have the responsibility to do what's best for our families always.
But right now I'm having a hard time reconciling my beliefs with my feelings.
So am I.
Mom, what are you doing in here? I have solved the problem of my not living alone.
I'm moving in with your father.
He'll be here in a few minutes to pick me up.
Mom, you can't live with dad for 1,000 reasons.
He's irresponsible.
He's abusive.
He has his faults.
That's true.
But I'll manage.
Better the devil you know.
You told him about your condition? I did not.
That's my business.
You can't do that.
You can't keep it hidden.
I can do as I choose.
No one has to tell Frank a thing, you hear me? He's not to know my private particulars.
He can't take care of you.
Nobody tells anyone about anything! No one speaks of this ever.
What do you think you're doing? Where's Lois? Mom's not going with you.
Why do you always have to complicate everything? I'm not making this trip twice.
This is not a taxi.
Listen to me.
You and mom are over.
Your abuse of her is over.
Abuse? She called me on the telephone and asked me to come pick her up.
So here I am, showing up with a smile on my face.
Now go in the house, get her, put her in the car, so I can get home before the entire day is wasted.
She needs care.
Care? Lois needs care? Lois is the last person on the planet needs care.
The woman could survive a nuclear explosion just Lois and the cockroaches.
Lois! ( Honks horn ) - Damn you.
- Damn me what? Mom's ill.
What do you mean, she's ill? What's the matter with her? She doesn't want you to know.
She has dementia vascular dementia.
She can't take care of herself any longer.
Lois is crackers? She can't remember things.
She gets confused a lot.
She needs supervision.
She's a danger to herself and others.
Do you get it? Well, what is it? How did she get it? They don't know.
Now come inside and make up some excuse why you can't take her with you.
Tell her your place is infested with bedbugs anything.
Hopefully with a little time she'll get used to living with us and this'll all blow over.
Okay.
You told.
Only the dementia.
I'm sorry.
I thought he needed to know what was happening to you.
You thought.
You thought.
I don't care what you thought.
I said I said not to tell.
I said I know I did.
Mom, calm down.
Blabbermouth! I have only a bit left a tiny bit and you've taken it.
Grandma, it'll be okay.
What in damnation do you know? No one knows me here.
Don't you understand? None of you know me.
( Door opens, footsteps ) Barb, don't let her do it.
Do what? Benny just told me what's going on.
She's trying to steal bill for herself.
I am doing nothing of the sort.
All I want is a safe home for my daughter.
Oh, look.
A big fat pig just flew past the window.
Cara Lynn is just your excuse.
This is a power grab, pure and simple.
I mean, you all but said it.
You did say it "I don't want to share bill.
" Well, you can scarcely blame us if we all suspect that there might be some mixed motives at play, Nicki.
And protect her from who? From Gary? And now from her cousin? You are so controlling, you're alienating her.
Nicki: I am controlling.
She grew up on a compound.
You don't know what that means.
Neither of you do.
She's confused and messed up.
I know.
Oh wait.
Did I mention she just found out her abusive father is dead? She is so damaged and twisted, she still thinks she loves him.
Barb: Well, of course she's damaged, Nicki.
Who wouldn't be? Oh, you have no idea.
I thought you were getting more juice.
Barb's all out.
Let's go.
And it seems to me not long ago you were running around crying that a marriage decree was only a piece of paper.
Or does that only apply to hot Serbian men? That's different.
I didn't lie in wait, wahing and calculating, ready to pick us off one by one like a sniper.
I am deeply deeply insulted.
If that's all you think this marriage means to me, if that's what you think is the depth of my commitment to us Nicki, sit down and stop grandstanding.
You ask as if this is nothing.
There has never been a divorce in my family, ever, not even a paper one.
And I've lived through my mom's divorces, and no matter how hard everyone tries, they are ugly and they bring out the worst in people.
I don't want that for our kids.
If you want to know who is truly threatening our happy home, you need to look no further than Barb and her wild ideas.
Do you mind if I'm the one who tells her? Oh no.
What now? Barb wears the pants in this family now.
- Leave it to you to reduce it to that.
- What are you talking about? Barb has declared herself our new priesthood holder.
- Like Bill and Ben? - Exactly.
She gives blessings.
She preaches the gospel.
She makes all the decisions for us.
But of course, you're the expert now on Mormonism.
I'm sure you know all that.
I believe women to be co-equal with men in our essential relationship with heavenly father.
Wait, what's so wrong with that? Ugh, another perfect example of why I do not want you representing me in public.
You know, people think that I'm the sunny face of polygamy.
I don't know why.
Maybe it's because I smile once in a while.
You can be so utterly rigid and closed-minded.
No, this time it is not about me.
It is not possible to overstate this.
Bill is not gonna stand for it.
You don't give him enough credit.
You know everything he does is about faith faith first, then family.
What you are doing could tear us all apart.
Baker: What did mom pack us for lunch? Don: Tuna fish sandwiches and pie.
( Pop song playing on stereo ) Gary: Step on it, Baker.
You're fishing the surface and I'm going deep.
- Dad.
- Hmm? Don't.
I left my pliers in the truck.
I'll get 'em.
I'll go too.
Gotta take a leak.
Thanks, boys.
And bring the deck of cards - and more cds.
- Okay.
( Both grunting ) Spread your tiny wings and fly away and take the snow back with you where you came from on that day the one I love forever is untrue Wait here.
Dad.
Dad.
Dad.
Dad.
Dad.
Joshua Sealman, managing director, - church public affairs department.
- How are you doing? And Kim Majors, spokeswoman for the department.
- Nice to meet you all.
- Nice to meet you.
- Danish? - Thank you, no.
( Chuckling ) I have to be honest with you well, I never imagined I'd be invited inside these walls.
New days for all of us.
We'll get to the point, if you don't mind.
Please do.
There's an intense nationwide discussion underway about us.
We want to make sure that it is accurate on how we are depicted.
Thus our request that you make no more associations between you, your movement and the church.
This isn't a great start.
You lost me.
Of course my church has no association with the l.
D.
S.
I'm referring to your misuse of the word "mormon," calling yourself a mormon polygamist on the floor of the senate, in interviews.
That has to stop.
We cannot be associated or confused with polygamy.
Mormon is at the foundation of our beliefs.
It is my right and the right of all practicing the principle to call ourselves mormon.
The problem is your words are being used by those who want to smear the mormon faith.
It just fuels the let's-attack-the-mormons crowd.
It is my birthright, my legacy.
It's the cause that I'm fighting for.
Let's be candid about your cause.
The bulk of your movement are nothing more than religious tumbleweeds, fanatics who would be out blowing up abortion clinics if they hadn't become polygamists, and women who can't get a man any other way.
You are deeply insulting and profoundly ignorant of who we are.
A few shared traits is hardly enough to make you a mormon.
Roman grant was not a mormon.
Albert Grant is not a mormon.
You are not a mormon.
Don't compare me to those criminals.
I am trying to heal the breaches between us.
There's no reason we can't coexist.
You're a forward thinker, a man with a plan.
Things are going well for you right now.
The bill recriminalizing polygamy has been shelved.
There are things you want to accomplish in the senate important things.
Your recent agreement makes many things possible.
What are you saying? What exactly is your involvement in my agreement with senator barn? Sealman: As Shepherds to millions of voting mormons, we pay close attention to what happens in the state house.
I see.
Pray on it.
So you're telling me you've had no contact with the church? None at all.
They invite all the Republicans, then the democrats in to lunch at the start of every session.
They wish us well; We eat; we leave.
They express their wishes and you hop to it.
Thateeting in your office was all a set-up to sucker me into a deal.
Which you would be smart to take.
If you don't, your safety net legislation will fall off the fast track into the bottomless abyss of committee.
You would render a group of women and children homeless? We've spent 100 years separating our brand from you polygamists.
Do you really think you can come along and change things? You bet I do.
Did you do it? I did it.
What's the matter? Look, I said I did it.
And you're sure he's dead? Why that guy anyway, huh? He's Bill's best friend.
Bill Henrickson stole my wife Lura.
He's destroying the principle.
Get rid of Bill then.
Before I enjoy his downfall? Can I have my money? - Okay, see ya.
- No.
Heavenly Father has great rewards in store for you the sweetest wives you can imagine, first dibs for serving his prophet.
You are now an Alby-ite.
I've had your things moved into the house.
If we don't take the deal, it means we lose the funding for safety net, means it's still open season on polygamy, means we go right back into the frying pan.
- What a bunch of baloney.
- So why are they so sensitive about us being mormon too? Because we have more claim on our shared history than they do.
They buckled to pressure and surrendered the blessing of plural marriage.
Now they say mormon belongs exclusively to them.
It's not their call.
Well, they've taken out dozens of trademarks on the word.
They can punish anyone who uses it in a way they dislike.
So you're saying they'd sue us? Does anyone ever wish we just lived in Houston? Look, my father was a false prophet, but he was right about some things.
The catholics are satanic and the church downtown is the whore of Babylon.
So if this deal keeps Bill in the legislature, then tell them what they want to hear.
- Yeah, it's just a word.
- Barb: It's not just a word.
They excommunicated me, but they do not dictate my identity.
I adhere to the teachings of Mormonism.
I have been a mormon my entire life.
Some things mean too much to yield.
I'm aware of that.
However, the welfare of this family is to be considered.
There's the whole ability to get funding for programs that need it.
So you're saying the principle bows to expediency? Don't put words in my mouth.
What I'm saying is any decision needs to be put through the lens of the greater good.
You guys are fighting about the priesthood.
Bill, just let her have it.
If Barb had been our priesthood holder, you wouldn't even be in the family.
Nicki wouldn't be in the family.
The six beautiful souls you've both given this family wouldn't exist.
As long as we're putting all of our cards on the table whether Barb has the priesthood, whether we're mormon I'd like my part added to the mix too.
I want us to do good things.
I need our faith to be in action.
I really do.
I'd like to say something.
I've been on a long journey full of terrible hardships.
Oh, brother.
But I'm not complaining, because I found Jesus Christ and my own Verlan, who sends his regards.
And soon Verlan will have $50,000 and we'll return to Nevada and we'll buy our dream house in Henderson.
Thank you.
Grandma didn't eat.
She won't come out of her room.
She cussed me out when I tried to open the door.
Finish your dinner.
( Knocks ) Mom.
That's breakfast and lunch.
I brought them up myself.
She must have hidden them in her room.
( Knocks ) Mom, open up.
Open the door.
You don't really think that she'd hurt herself? ( Drill buzzing ) I am not going to eat a morsel until you promise I can go home.
Because I am going to go home one way or the other.
We're gonna have to watch her around the clock.
Excuse me, can you tell me where I might find a patient named Don Embry? Uh-huh.
Thank you.
I can't tell you how sorry I am this happened.
I wasn't in the water that long, or else I would have died, Bill.
The doctors think he can probably go home tomorrow.
Tell me again exactly what happened.
I was too far away to get a good look at the guy.
Besides, he wore a ski mask.
He didn't seem familiar at all to you anything? It happened so fast.
Could you recognize his voice? He never said a word.
It was creepy.
The police think it was probably one of the recluses who live in the woods.
But to charge out onto the middle of a frozen lake to attack a stranger? That's pretty bizarre.
My boy saved me.
Heavenly father wasn't done with you yet.
Nicki: The first number's my cell.
The second is my home.
You call Bill or me, day or night.
And, Leona, living the principle does not have to be abusive.
There's housing, financial assistance.
You'll be safe at the shelter.
Making the decision is the hardest part, but you can do it.
- We'll speak later.
Bye.
- Why are you doing this? I've become an important part of a secret underground railroad, helping people trapped on the compound.
I think it's my life's mission.
No.
My adoption.
Well, honey, so you'll be a safe and secure member of the family.
You're sure it's not for you to marry Bill? Cara Lynn, honey, no.
That's the furthest thing from my mind.
How could you think that? If it really is for me, then I don't think that I want it.
Now wait a minute.
What is this nonsense? It's causing too many problems.
There are too many hurt feelings.
I don't know who told you what, but it's a lie.
A little dust-up doesn't mean a thing.
It's part of being married.
Sometimes you have to throw an elbow to get your rightful needs met.
You remember that.
And I am a very good judge of what your needs are.
So you listen to me I want this for you.
May I ask where we stand on Cara Lynn's adoption? No change.
It'll work out.
Well, I hope so.
You have no idea how torn up Bill is over this.
Well, don't plan your wedding just yet, Nicki.
That's not fair.
This is about Cara Lynn, and you and your special relationship with Bill, your mutually agreed-upon understanding of exclusivity, holding claim to just a bit bigger piece of his heart and soul and affections than we get, that you guard jealously.
I've just never been as threatened by it as Nicki has.
Yes, all right.
I do.
I have a special relationship with Bill, one that comes from being married for over 20 years, from being a part of a couple for over half my marriage, from stretching and accommodating in ways I never imagined.
You bet I have a special relationship.
I earned it.
And now you want the priesthood too.
Well, you can't have everything, Barb.
You can't have it both ways.
I believe I have a connection with heavenly father and this family.
Then act like it.
Cara Lynn needs the care and protection of this family.
It's a problem that needs a solution.
So what are you gonna do about it, Mrs.
Priesthood? ( Knocks ) What are you doing here? How did you get here? - And how did find out where I live? - Google.
Cara Lynn, this is very this is inappropriate.
I need to talk to you.
I just I want to fly away, anywhere.
I don't care.
That private school you talked about.
Everyone here is a liar.
I can't trust anyone.
Come in.
Mom, I'll get you home.
I don't know how, but I will.
I promise.
Mom? This might prove to be a big mistake.
No, you listen to me.
The church has members of congress, in business, in the media, out around the world.
Your voice is very well heard.
Ours isn't.
I'm the only voice we've got.
No deal.
Think of your family.
I am.
I always do.
My family came west to protect the principle.
Then my family, my grandfather, carried the principle into the wilderness, struggling to sustain it while yours cut their sails to curry favor and attention.
I am the mormon church.
You're poking at a sleeping giant.
Don't push me.
Someone might reveal the extent of the church's influence in the state house.
There are still people in this state who might find that offensive.
So you lived in bailiff hall? Yeah, all four years.
And Bill shared a place with five other guys off campus.
- Thank you for the pizzas.
- Oh, our pleasure.
Have you been reassigned yet? Not yet.
They've been using me as a runner, getting lunches, messenger boy, that kind of thing.
Consider yourself assigned.
No.
Work hard for my husband.
- Ready to go? - Yeah.
We may have to tighten our belt a little while longer.
I'm using the home plus dividends to fund the shelters.
I said no to the deal.
Oh my.
It's been a long time.
More than 20 years.
I was so nervous.
I had $4 in my wallet and I started panicking why would beautiful Barbara Dutton want to marry a guy with $4 in his wallet? I knew all day you were gonna ask me.
After dinner, we sat here and You finally did.
When you said yes, it was the first true moment of joy in my life.
I've been blessed with many since, but I can trace them all back to that first one.
I'll find another way with Cara Lynn.
I was wrong to ever consider divorce.
There's something very special between us that I will always cherish.
I want to accommodate your feelings.
I want you to feel that you have a voice in our family, but, Barb, you have to respect the subtle ingredients that have given us our rich blessings.
Our relationship is special.
It has always been.
When it was just the two of us here on this campus, to our life now surrounded by children and sisterwives.
But I'm starting to understand a greater responsibility to do what is right for our family.
I can't give you what you're asking for.
We need to get divorced.
Yes.