DeeDee: [offscreen] ... two whole days!
Maylene: [hands her a drink she poured] Here, drink up, DeeDee; it's good for the nerves.
DeeDee: [shaking head] Probably hooked up with some trucker and is off gone on down the interstate.
Maylene: Oh, honey...
DeeDee: Aren't you going to have one?
Maylene: Oh, no.
[raises hand in refusal]
Maylene: Never before 5:00.
[DeeDee speaks indistinctly while Ruth is shown in the background, with a voiceover]
Ruth: My mother's friend DeeDee thought Maylene had a TV show life.
Maylene: [gasps in the middle of the voiceover] There you are, Honey.
Ruth: Being blessed with a son who was a recognized genius.
Maylene: Look at you, Honey. I pressed your suit, Mark. Oh, and I snipped off all those little stray threads; there's always stray threads on new suits.
DeeDee: Mm, mm.
Maylene: Can I just get this one last...
Mark: Mom, Mom!
Maylene: I'm sorry; sorry!
Ruth: When Mark looked at me, I could see him searching me for signs of lief.
Mark: [looking at Ruth] Is that what you're wearing?
Maylene: Yeah; it-it's from the Goodwill. She looks as good as she ever... will. Goodwill.
[bursts into laughter with DeeDee]
Ruth: [voiceover] When is it that her heart turned to stone? Or was she just born with unhappiness inside her?
