"Oh, I bet you that's Trudy right now." " Harve, would you get that?" " Harve, get that, will you?" " To the 35, 40." " What a block." " Forty-five, still going." " Brought down at the 50." " Okay, buster, no tapioca for you." " Hey, everybody." "  Hi." " Hi, Trudy." " I froze my patootie off waiting for someone to open that door." " You know how those New Ulm men get when the Vikings play." " Yeah, I know." "  So, Trudy, I've got cocoa, tea or cider." " Cider." " Thank you." " So, what's the latest?" " You girls are terrible." " You start right in on that gossip." " It's not gossip, it's news." " Yes, Blanche, it's news." " So spit it out." " The reason I was late is because I just got off the phone with Munck headquarters in Miami." "  What did they want?" " To rent a house for the new plant manager they're sending here." " No way." "  Yes way." " We remember what happened to that last plant manager that Stu and his fellas ran out of town." " The one that choked on the knackwurst during the Braunschweiger competition?" " Or what about the manager Stu had stand too close to the glockenspiel?" " You know I heard he still has tinnitus?" " What's that?" "  Well, it's like:" "All day long for the rest of your life." " Oh, my God, that's horrible." " Don't forget the Land O' Lakes manager that mysteriously got locked into the dairy cooler." " What that man had to do in that cooler to survive..." "It's unmentionable." " God bless our new plant manager whoever the poor guy is." " Amen." " Amen." " Good morning." " Munck Foods." " Sorry I'm late." " We haven't gotten far." "  We had to wait for you." " We were discussing how getting the New Ulm facility dumped on our division is going to affect our bottom line." " Well, wouldn't it just be better to close the plant?" " It looks like a lost cause to me." " Yes, but Marketing wants to cross our branding in the youth demo with the adult protein craze with Rocket Bars, protein snacks for kids." " Now, we can use the existing facility but we'll have to automate it to produce the new line downsize production, reduce the workforce by 50 percent." " The question is, who will oversee it?" " Don't all of you volunteer at once." " I can do it." " And, hey, Lucy's single." " She could do the conversion on-site." " That's not in the proposal." "  On-site would expedite it." " You'll go immediately." " Joan, book Lucy to Minnesota this weekend." " This...?" " Minnesota?" " Knew I could count on you." " Can I give you a hand with that?" "  Oh, I've got it." " Thank you." " All right." " How bad can it be?" " Holy mother..." "Traveling on Flight 116 to New Orleans." " Flight 116." " I'm spending winter in a theme park." " Okay." " Oh, my Lord, locked the door at 5 out of habit." " Can we help you?" " Yeah, I'm looking for Blanche Gunderson." " My assistant, Cathy, called." " You must be Miss Hill." " I'm Blanche Gunderson." " You're my executive assistant?" " Oh, heavens, no." " I'm just a secretary." " Did you need me to find you one of those?" " We'll see." " What you need to find is a place to live." " Right." " So this is your realtor, Trudy." " Trudy Van Uuden at your service." " That's with two U's." " A double U, not a W." "I'll drive." " What do you say you follow with Ms. Hill?" " Oh, good idea." " Oh, your luggage all matches." " That's so nice." " Say cheese." " Are you a scrapper?" " Excuse me?" " Oh, there's Merle." " Hey, Merle." " That's our mailman, Merle." " That's what we call him." " Mailman Merle." " Because he delivers the mail, and he's our mailman." " So, you know?" " Oh, yeah, do you keep a scrapbook?" " Because I do." " I'm a scrapper, see." " We even got a club." " I got a mini in my bag here." " Okay, so this here is our dog, Winston Churchill." " He's dead." " He was a bit of drooler, I'm afraid." " And this here is my kitty, Snowflake." " She's dead too." " We had to put her down on account of that kitty-leukemia thing." " You should've seen the kinds of things she was barfing up on our couch." " Poor thing." " Bless her heart." " She's not dead in the picture though." " She's just sleeping." " Could I look at that later maybe?" " Okay?" " So..." "Are you married?" " Do you have children?" " No, no." " I'm not married." " Oh, you're still young, you know?" " Relatively." " I mean, you still got time, I suppose." " Do you eat meat, or are you one of those vegetarian people?" " No." " I'm not a vegetarian." " Why?" "  Because it's your first night in town." " Don't think we're gonna let you go hungry." " You're coming to my house for dinner." " Nothing fancy, of course." " Meatloaf." " Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?" " Isn't that what you've been doing?" " Have you found Jesus?" " Well, I didn't know he was missing." " It was just a joke." " Normally we don't joke about Jesus around here." " But I can see how you'd think that was sort of funny." " Imagine Jesus gone missing." " Imagine." " It's clearing." " Chill coming on." " It's gonna get a heck of a lot colder." " This place is big, but what the hey." " Colder?" " It gets colder?" " Oh, yeah." " Oh, good." " Electric is still on." " Heat's LP." " Tank's out back." " Furnace is a Norge." " The pipes are wrapped." " Windows are two-paned." " And there's a double layer of Owens Corning." " Hardwood." " You got rugs to keep from freezing the bejesus out of your toes." " Wait, you just lost me." " No problem." " What didn't you get?" " Well, I understood that the electric is still on." " Does that work?" "  Oh, sure as shooting." " Okay." " Then I'll take it." " Want me to go over the fireplace?" " No, I'm a city girl, but I know how to light a fire." " Where's the switch?" " She seems nice enough." " I doubt she'll last a week." " Poor thing." " There you are." " I was starting to wonder." " I got lost." " You said it was around the other side of the lake." " Every direction I went, there was a lake." " That's not even a lake." " That's Luden Pond." " I turned around." " I found another lake." " Oh, I bet you went to Van Meyer Slough." " And then I went left." "  That's actually a stone quarry." " But you made it." " Yeah." " Oh, Harve, company." " I didn't know whether to get red or white." " But all they had was Zinfandel anyway, so..." "Oh, hell, anything you can uncork, uncap or unscrew, I'll drink it." " This is my husband, Harve." " You'd think he's joking, but he's not." " Take your coat?" "  Yes." " Please." " That would be great." " Thank you." " You okay like that?" " You're not too cold?" " No." " I'm fine." " Oh, okay, because you look a little cold." " I'm fine." " Anyhow, there's someone that I want you to meet." " I'm hoping that you hit it off." " If you do, it's gonna make your stay here in Minnesota a lot more pleasant." " So, Lucy Hill, this is Ted Mitchell." " Damn." " Damn." " Oh, so it's a whole dinner party." "  Oh, yeah." " Lovely." " Thank you." " How you doing?" " You've got beer dripping from your chin." " Awesome." "  Can I use your powder room?" " You betcha." " It's right through the kitchen to the right." " Yeah?" "  Lucy, we thought we'd open that wine with dinner." " Would you like a glass?" " Yeah, that would be great." " You know, I actually am feeling a little chilly." " Would you mind bringing my jacket?" " Oh, you betcha." " God." " Blanche, this meatloaf is good." "  Oh, thank you, Ted." " So, Ted, do you live around here?" " Yeah." " Yeah, I moved up here." " Little over 10 years ago." " Why?" " I mean, not that it's not nice." " I'm sure." " But why?" " Why not, you know?" " What's so great about a city?" " Well, I mean, the cultural advantages alone." " Museums, opera, ballet, theater." " Not to mention nightlife." " Oh, yeah." " Do you know I was in a restaurant, and Justin Timberlake walked in?" " For real?" "  Is he one of your MP3 fellas?" " Oh, that's nice." " I thought all they had was skinny supermodels and Colombian drug lords." " Ted, that's terrible." " You know who else was there, Bobbie?" " Fergie." " I bet you like her music, huh?" " My dad won't let me like that stuff." " Well, you seem old enough to decide for yourself what you like." " Excuse me?" " Women like that just selling themselves as sex objects?" " What kind of a role model is that for young girls?" " I think that any examples of strong successful young women are vital." " And that's how you measure success?" " By how provocative a woman can be?" " We'll pass on that." " We'll listen to country." " Oh, the twangy drivel about the losers who drink beer and drive pickup trucks?" " Yeah." " How about polka?" " It's got something for everybody." " That's it, Harve, you're exactly right." " Bingo." " I like beer." " I drive a pickup." " I should have known." " You probably drive a new car for what it says about you when what it says about you is how you bow down to the big corporations that made a gravy train." " And would anybody like more gravy?" " Trudy?" " Kimberley?" " Industrial competition in a free-market economy is what built this country." " No, robber barons built it, and they did it from the blood of working folks." " If you steal somebody's car, you get thrown in jail." " If you steal life savings, you get to be a CEO." " I'm planning on being a CEO." " You better count the silverware before she leaves." " I'm leaving now." "  Not if I leave first." " Come on, baby." "  I've got Snickerdoodles with tapioca." " Thanks for dinner." "  Thanks for dinner." " Totally awesome." " Miss Hill." " Stu Kopenhafer, plant foreman." " I'm supposed to show you around." " Milk processors, cooking facilities." " Curdling vats, slop sinks auxiliary refrigeration, more slop sinks." " Storage racks over there." " Conveyor belt." " This is your main production floor." " I'd really like to speak with the workers." " Where can I do that?" " Bob." " What are you waiting for?" " Greetings, New Ulm." " I'm here to usher in a new phase." " This is a great opportunity." " I'm here to reconfigure for the initialization of Rocket Bars." " This will be an exciting utilization of new branding for capitalizing on a highly profitable demographic." " Cut to the chase." " We don't give a fart on a muggy day what you're making us make." " Tell us how many you're planning on laying off." " Management at Munck Foods in Miami has sent me here to conduct mechanization and modernization procedures." " Yeah, you Munck-ees all say that crap." " But every time one of you comes, we end up losing jobs." " Well, I'm interested in the jobs we'll create." " If you're not, that's fine, but I'll expect you to implement the changes in a timely manner." " Okay?" " Oh, yeah, well, nice try, Trudy." " No, you're not getting that recipe out of me." " Because I..." "All right, listen, gotta go." " Okay, yeah." " Let me jump." " Yeah, okay, I know." " I'll give it to you later." " Okay, bye-bye then." " Yeah, bye." " Oh, good morning." " Sorry about that." " That was Trudy." " She's always trying to get my tapioca recipe out of me." " Yeah, well, I doubt that your tapioca recipe is gonna affect the plant." " So let's just stick to work if we could." " Oh, okay." " Oh, listen, sorry about being late." " Billy had a run-in up at the school." " Had to go talk to the principal, don't you know?" " He thinks he's a little Puff Diddly, in case you didn't notice last night." " Is that my office?" "  Oh, yeah." " I'd like to see you in there, please." " As a female, do you know how I'm on the fast track to VP in a Fortune 500 company?" "  No, I don't." " When it's time to work, I concentrate on work." " I get you." "  And I expect one's personal life to be kept personal." " Okay, that's easy." "  But not you, apparently." " You're trying to set me up after having just met me." " Well, actually..." " I don't want excuses." " I am here to do a job." " I will not get personally attached to this town or anybody." " Okay, but listen..." " No buts." " But for the sake of argument, let's say I did want to get set up." " Trying to hook me up with that guy?" " I may be in the middle of nowhere." " But I am not so desperate that I would consider your sorry-ass truck guy." " Right." " Sorry-ass truck guy." "  Good." " Now that that's clear, let's just brush that off." " So I can spend the rest of the morning kissing the ass of the local union rep." " Who I actually think is here." " Why is he out there?" " Funny story." " It might have been presumptuous of me to try to set you up but I thought it might help professionally if you were to meet the union rep for all of southeastern Minnesota casually over a nice home-cooked dinner." " Ted is the local union rep?" " That's right." " The guy that I yelled at over your meatloaf?" " And in the driveway some too." " Mr. Mitchell." " Ted, wasn't it?" " Yeah." " But some people refer to me as "sorry-ass truck guy."" " I beg your pardon?" " Union's been pushing for better soundproofing in this plant." " But I think they should probably extend it to the office walls too." " Shall we?" " Well, going over union regulations for two hours is not helping." " What I'm trying to do is make sure that during this simple reconfiguration as you call it, that not one union job gets cut." " I'm sure we can come to an agreement." " I'm gonna make sure that you comply with that agreement every step." " Goodbye." " How is the first day going?" " It's been a very productive day." " I've spoken to the employees and the plant foreman." " And they are very engaged in the process." " I've laid out my work strategy with my assistant." " And I've begun dialoguing with the local union rep." " I'm sure I'll be able to forge a working relationship there." " All right, but if we're gonna downsize by 50 percent I need you to prioritize your termination list." " Hi there." " I wanted to let you know I've rearranged my desk." " It looks so nice and professional now." " So if you need anything, a drink, or a snack, or you get homesick you wanna talk, you just give me a shout." " I'm so sorry." " Oh, I'm already on that." " All I'm asking is that we move these machines to make room for the new production equipment." " Yeah, no." " That's not the way we do things." "  Nope, not the way we do things." " Not the way at all." " You're going to have to make some concessions." " Oh, we're making some damn concessions." " Like Gopher Day." " Gopher Day?" "  Yeah." " Local holiday." " First Friday of November." " We've always gotten it off before, but we're all working this one." " Okay." " If I close the plant for Gopher Day at noon then come Monday, you'll start shifting equipment?" " Sure." " You betcha." "  Yeah, okay." " Great." " Happy Gopher Day." " Is there a problem here?" " You're damn right there's a problem." " You know, Land O' Lakes was doing just fine before you greedy Munck-ees captured it and started killing off my loyal hardworking customers." " Listen, Flo." " I'm here to do a job." " Just like I'd like you to do your job now by taking my order, okay?" " Great." " Now that that's clear, what's the special today?" " We got a Go-Back-to-Miami Where-You-Belong special." " Oh, and Happy Gopher Day." " How lame-ass do you have to be to fall for something as butt-stupid as thinking there's a Gopher Day?" " Oh, shingles." " Who invited the boss lady?" " What do you want?" " I thought I might buy you a beer." " It's a free country." " A proactive approach to streamline production creates a win-win situation." " Of course, it requires strategization and advanced specialization." " Yeah." " This is really great, guys." " I'm glad we're finally dialoguing." " D-word, double shot." " Are you guys really interested in discussing mechanization?" " Hell, yeah." " I'm really sorry, guys." " I meant for that to be a D-word, so you can all do a double shot." " Way to ruin it, Maurice." " You know, I'm in charge of this plant whether you like it or not." " I thought this would be an opportunity for us to bury the hatchet but, instead, you just turn me into some dumb drinking game?" " Thanks a lot, asshole." " Oh, hi there." " It's official." " The lakes froze enough to drive on." " So Stu declared it a holiday." " He did, did he?" " And where can I find Stu?" " Now, who invited boss lady this time?" " You miserable son of a bitch." " Ice Day?" " What, Gopher Day wasn't enough?" " Well, you've underestimated who you're messing with, Stu Kopenhafer." " You're fired." " Crap." " You can't fire Stu." " I can, and I did." " Ice Day?" " Just how stupid does everyone think I am?" " What?" " On a scale of one to 10?" " The first day of ice fishing is a state holiday." " Fine." " I fired him for insubordination." " Hang on a second." " Stu..." "He takes a little while to warm up to folks, but he's a really good man." " Good?" " Clearly, we define that differently." " But I'm just trying to help you out here, okay?" " Firing the foreman before Thanksgiving that's not gonna win you friends." " Well, I'm here to do a job, not make friends." " Stu's fired." " Good night." " You expect me to believe that every machine in the line just broke down at the same time?" " And Thanksgiving is gonna be a white one." " We're expecting another snowstorm  blowing in sometime tomorrow afternoon." " It doesn't matter." " I'm going to Miami." " That's right." " Come on." " Oh, come on." " Oh, this is not good." " Hey." " I'm in..." "I'm in here." " Help." " Help." " Help." " I'm in here." " Thanks a lot, God." " Come on." " Okay." "  I got you." " Okay." " Hey..." "Watch the hands, Mr. Touchy-Feely Hands." " Don't flatter yourself." " I'm trying to get you out of the car." " Come on." " For your information, I do not need a man to rescue me." " All right." "  Okay." " Come on." " Let's get you home." " You know, you're not so bad when you're unconscious." " Come on." "  Oh, yup." " I got it, I got it." " I got it." "  You okay?" " I got it." " I got it." " I don't need to be carried through my door by some sexy fireman man." " You already gave me that lecture." " You think I'm sexy, huh?" " What?" " Why would you think that?" " Because you just said it." " Out loud?" " Here, let me help you." " I got it." "  Hold on." " I got it." "  Let me help you, let me help you." " Don't get any ideas." " I'm not." " You okay?" " I'm fine." " Fine." " You okay?" "  Yeah." " I'm fine." " This will be a good chance for you to get out and about a little more." " Hi, girls." " We've sold all your tapioca." " Oh, good." " How about that rescue?" " No wonder she's looking twitterpated." " Oh, getting saved by a cutie patootie like that no one could blame you for getting a little crush, you know?" " Crush?" " Ted?" " I don't think so." " Speaking of your rescue, we made this." " You keep that in your trunk." " It's got our names and numbers sewn in so next time you have emergency contacts." " Oh, that's..." "That's beautiful." " You didn't have to do that." "  Oh, we know." " But we did it anyways, and that's what matters the most." " Just the thought of you out in that storm." " You must have been scared out of your mind." " Oh, I'm sure I was never in any real danger." " You kidding?" " Folks around these parts freeze to death all the time." " Especially the stupid ones." " It's nature's way of thinning out the herd, if you ask me." " And that Ted, he's a handsome devil." " Now he's bending over to lift that hose." " Oh, will you just lookie there?" " You guys cannot handle that." " I don't know about that." " Hey." "  Hi." " Hey, so the other night." " I was a little drunk." " I might have said some things." " Hey, you were great out there, huh?" " Here, kid, come here." " I am so proud of you." " You remember Lucy Hill?" " This is Bobbie." " Hi." " What's up?" " Crosscheck by the goalie." " Nice." " It's great." " Blanche." " Thank you for cashing in my ticket." " Oh, no trouble at all." " Oh, and listen." " Your car's all fixed up good as new." " Thank you." "  You're welcome." " A little something for you." " Oh, it's money." " It's a holiday bonus." " Don't you usually get one?" " Normally, we exchange gifts." " But this is nice too." " Oh, and listen." " Here's a little Merry Christmas for you." " Oh, Blanche, you didn't have to get me anything." " Oh, I didn't get it, not like store-bought get it." " I made it." " Here, open it." " Thank you." "  You're welcome." " Just in case you wanted to start scrapping." "" To Lucy." " From Blanche."" " That was your first day here, remember?" " When did you take that?" " Oh, that was a while ago." " You looked like you had the weight of the world on your shoulders." " So alone." " But, you know, Lucy, you're never really alone." " Jesus understands what you're going through." " He's there for you." " So am I." "Hey, don't go getting all misty on me." " Here." " I got something else." " This ought to cheer you right up." " Some tapioca." " Merry Christmas." "  Merry Christmas, Blanche." " Can I have a hug?" " Coming." " Thanks." " Ted is here for your meeting." " Hi." "  Hi." " Thanks." " Well, isn't this a nice way to start out the New Year?" "" Auld Lang Syne," resolutions and all that." " If I can get you two anything, you two just say the word." " I got the comp analysis here." " Okay." " Before we get started." " I never had the chance to clear the air after you saved me from the snow bank." " I said a lot of rude things, and I handled it badly." " I think you handled it fine." " You didn't try to get out of your car." " And that's good, because a lot of people they try to walk for help, and they end up dying that way." " You were just trying to keep warm." " Although, technically, alcohol isn't recommended." " And the red flag, that was..." "That was brilliant." " Now, I don't remember anything rude." " Well, I don't remember saying thank you." " And that's hardly sufficient." " So thank you." " You're welcome." " So comp analysis." " Yes, comp analysis." " Okay, should we start with the executive group?" " Lucy." "  Returning your bowl." " Oh, what a nice surprise." " Come on in." " Lucy's here." " Just so you know, I transferred it to another container." " It's not like I ate it in one sitting." " We never do." "  Oh, stop." " Sit down." " Listen, it's not fattening." " Ever since Harve's been on his crazy Atkins kick I had to come up with a couple of new recipes." " Don't even look at me, Trudy Van Uuden." " You're not getting my secret out of me." " But I will tell you, my tapioca's mainly low-fat milk and whey protein." " No way." "  Yes, whey." " Just in time." " We're exchanging Valentine's cards." " We've got yours." " Oh, you know, I was just gonna forget that whole thing this year." " You know, greeting-card-company holiday." " Here's for you." " Harve?" " Would you get that?" " Maybe that's cupid looking for you right now." " It's just Ted." " I got..." "I got a big problem." " I need..." "I need a woman's help on this one." " It's out..." "Just out here." " Female trouble?" " Sort of." " It's the Valentine's Dance, you know?" " I..." "I just didn't think it was gonna be that big of a deal." " Oh, honey, it's her first date." " Big deal doesn't even start." " It's not like I didn't try." " I bought her a nice dress." "  Nice?" " Pilgrims wore sexier outfits." "  She's 13, okay?" " Sexy isn't on the menu." "  Okay, is this about the dress?" " No, it's a little bit worse." " Worse than that outfit?" " Bobbie, did you want to come out?" " No, I can't be seen in public." " Ever." "  It's probably not as bad as you think." " I took her to the beauty parlor." " They gave her a perm." " Maybe a couple of bows?" " Scarves are in these days." " Oh, yeah, good idea, Trudy." "  Ted, I can help." " But Bobbie will have to come with me." " Is that okay?" " Yeah." "  Bobbie, trust me." " Get in the car." " And put your little hat back on." " Ladies, can we talk shoes?" " They're heels." " Little ones." " That's okay, right?" " My first heels." " But they ain't gonna wear themselves." " They're perfect." " She like Cinderella and shit." " May I present Miss Roberta Mitchell." " Bobbie, you..." "You look just like..." "You're so beautiful." " Good evening, Mr. Mitchell." " Hi, Waylon." " Wow, Bobs, you look hot." " The hell she does." "  Here." " That's my little girl." " There's nothing hot about her." " Gee, thanks, Dad." " You know, I was 14 once too." " So I know all about what's going through your head right now." " And your pants." " Daddy." " Come on, your mom's waiting." " Okay." "  Hey, hey, hey." " You're gonna have her home by 10:30, right?" " Yeah." "  Okay, hey, hey, listen." " I want you to remember something." " Whatever you do to my daughter, I do to you." " I think what your father meant to say is go and have a good time." " That's not what I meant, actually." " That's not what I said." " That is so not what I meant at all." " Are you okay?" " Oh, I'm fine." " I'm fine." " I'm just..." "I'm old." " My daughter is starting to date, you know?" " How did that happen?" " I don't feel so good." " I'm gonna just sit down for a minute." " I can't feel my feet." " Yeah." " I think I'm having a stroke." " You know what?" " I might be having a heart attack too." " Because my hands, they're numb." " Is it your left hand or your right hand with a heart attack?" " I can't remember which hand it is." " So how did you know I wasn't having a heart attack?" " Because I've seen this thing before." " My father was very overprotective." " So I guess this isn't how you planned on spending your Saturday." " You know, nothing about Minnesota has fallen into what I planned." " I hear you." " You know, I used to go to the factory a lot." " Outside of Miami, with my dad." " He knew everything about it, inside and out." " Even the guys in the suits would ask him how to get things done, you know?" " I thought he was the boss." " I was really surprised." " He did maintenance at the plant." " You know, he really drilled that into my head." " That..." "You know, get an education and it's the only thing that people can't take away from you." " Work hard and do what needs to be done and maybe one day you'll be the boss of a place like this." " Ironic, isn't it?" " And how about you?" " How did you end up in New Ulm?" " The Mayo Clinic." " The Mayo Clinic?" "  It's just a few miles from here." " I was born in North Carolina, and I went to school in Auburn." " I met my wife, Brenda, there." " It's funny, I say my wife." " And even though it's been, what, six years I still feel like she just ran out to the store to get something, you know?" " She was diagnosed with a degenerative heart defect." " And they had this program at the clinic and that became our life really." " Trips to the clinic." " When the phone rang, I'd just hold my breath." " Did you ever think about moving back South?" " This was really the only home that Bobbie ever knew and she'd just lost her mama." " And it didn't seem fair for her to lose her home and her friends and her school and all that." " So..." "What time is it?" "  I don't know." " Well, you're finally home." " Because all I've done is sit here and worry." " It's not even 10:30." " Lucy, you're still here?" " Well, I had to make sure he didn't get the shotgun out if you were late." " And now that I've seen to that..." "Did you have a good time?" " Was it fun?" " It was all right." " You know, I'm really sorry about getting all weird on you earlier." " It's okay." " I guess Ginny Linstrom's dad gave the same creepy lecture to Cliffie Morgan." " Thank you for everything." " Good night." "  Good night." " Good night." " We're not as far on the automation and downsizing as we had hoped." " That's because the robotic arms are still in some warehouse in Japan." " If we start to downsize, we're not gonna have the workforce for installation." "  This is costing us money." " I understand." " I will keep you apprised." " We'll talk next week then." "  All right." " Goodbye." " Lucy Hill." "  Hey, Lucy, it's Ted." " Listen, I have this idea for Saturday." " I was thinking I could pick you up around 8 in the morning." " Yeah, wear something you can get dirty, okay?" " Something dirty?" " Hey." "  Hi." " You..." "You might wanna put these on." " What is it?" " Crow hunting." " But I don't wanna shoot a crow." "  You don't have to shoot a crow." " You can just shoot at them." " It's a chance for you to get out, you know, befriend the locals." " Stu." " What's the chance of me running into you out here?" " Holy balls, why did you bring her?" " She said she wanted to get out, do a little shooting." " Shooting?" " You even got shells there, girlie?" " Yeah." " Yeah, I've got shells." " Oh, it's a great day." " Almost." " Okay, that's it." " I gotta..." "What?" "  I need to..." "What are you talking about?" "  I need to pee." " You're kidding me, right?" " Oh, for crying in the beer-cheese soup." " Are you such a city girl you can't pee outside?" " You see, Stu, that's just one of the advantages of being a city girl." " You don't have to." " Don't let the badgers bite you in the ass." " Badgers?" " Really?" " Is he serious?" " Just in case." " Oh, come on." " Ted!" " Okay, where is it?" " Where is it, where is it, where is it?" " Where, where, where?" " Okay." " What?" " You can really show a girl a good time, you know?" " I'm trying to give you a chance to patch things up if you would be a sport about it." " I'm being a sport." " But just..." "I'm stuck." " Then talk to him about fishing." " He loves fishing..." "No, no, no, I'm not stuck for conversation." " I'm stuck in your stupid overalls." "  All right, hold on." " Turn around." " Don't move." " Stop moving." " Okay, hold on, hold on." " Hold on a second." " Hold on, hold on." " I got it." " Oh, that's not good." " Turn around." "  Okay." " No, wait..." " For real." " What are you gonna do?" "  Bend over." " What are you gonna do?" "  Bend over." " Oh, okay, okay." " Bend over." "  Hurry, just hurry." " Cool." " You could have just cut the zipper." " Are you wearing a thong?" "  You said something dirty." " I said what?" " I said wear something you can get dirty." " Just go." " And don't watch." " Go." " Go." " Go!" " I'll be damned." "  I'm not really certain about that." " I did hear they knew each other..." "Sorry there, pal." " I didn't figure her for much of a shot." " Can you give me word about Ted's condition?" " Yes, I understand it's a lower body injury." " Somewhere around the buttock area." " Some said the shooting might be a lover's vendetta  or that the woman is deranged." " Oh, that's great." " The lead story on the news is my ass." " So you should sign off on the spring mount there." " All right." " Very good." " Bobbie." " How you doing?" " I'm okay, how are you doing?" "  Okay." " You baked?" " Yes, I don't really bake but it seems to be the thing that people do around here." " I'm sorry, again." "  Oh, cake." " Now you decide to show up?" "  Hi, Bobbie." " I think that means she forgives you." "  Okay." " Why don't you come in?" " Mr. Arling on the line." " Oh, good." " Hey, did you look over the proposal?" " I know I can work with the existing equipment." " What do you mean, no product line?" " You can't just decide like that." " I need to be in that meeting." " I understand." " Okay." " I'll see you tomorrow." " Blanche, I need to get on the first flight to Miami." " I'm gonna need my alternate production figures." " They'll be in the confidential file in my desk." " The key is in the center drawer." " Okey-dokey artichokie." "  Thank you." " The Rocket Bars test markets are tanking." " We're dumping the product line." " And the plant." " Because it's worth more to this company dead than alive." " Well, I disagree." " That would be a terrible mistake." "  Lucy." " The people of New Ulm are hardworking and they could create an opportunity that we should take advantage of." " Rocket Bars were the opportunity." " Well, then we'll reformulate and rename them." " And we'll strategize with..." "The product line is dead, and so is the plant." " We can't just write these people's livelihoods off." " Lucy." " That's enough." " We need a timetable for shutdown." " We'll keep a skeleton crew on until we move any remaining physical assets off-site." " Blanche." " You never said anything about layoffs." " Oh, no." " I made that a long time ago." " I made that list before I even knew you." " And that's okay?" " It's okay to pull the rug out from under folks as long as it's nobody that you know?" " It's okay because we're just silly Podunk Minnesotans, right?" " We talk funny and we ice-fish and we scrapbook and we drag Jesus into regular conversation." " We're not cool like you, right?" " So we don't matter." " And it's okay to lie as long as you're just pretending to be my friend." " I didn't lie." " I just didn't tell you." " Well, I mean it is the same thing." " I guess I lied." " But I wasn't pretending, Blanche." " You are my friend." " Folks need to know, you know?" " They need to be able to file protests with the union." " Ted." "  I had to tell him." " Maybe you can keep that kind of thing secret, but I can't." " Blanche, it gets so much worse." " Oh, yeah, what could be worse?" " I just found out in Miami that they wanna close the plant." " I know that this is gonna sound like a hollow promise to you but I'm determined to figure something out." " I really am." " I mean, there has to be something, right?" " I just..." "You just can't eliminate people's livelihoods, you know?" " Sure you can." " It happens all the time." " Look, this doesn't mean that we're friends or anything but when I get upset, I cook." " And right now, me and Harve are up to our ears in tapioca." " So there you go, okay?" " Ted." " Is it true?" " Then we ain't got nothing to say." " Don't leave." " Please, I need you here." "  To type pink slips?" " Besides what's another couple of months gonna make a difference?" " I hope so." " Hey, let's talk tapioca." " Okay." " Go ahead." " Hi there." " We're doing market research today on a new product called Power Pack Protein Pudding with Fortified Zappy-oca." " That's your fourth sample already." " That's enough Zappy-oca for you." " Keep them coming, Lucy." " It's like a stampede." " Go ahead." " If you like it, just put in "I like it."" " Put a little nutmeg on top if you like." " And if you don't like, don't do it." " Every lassie, a champion skier of the first water." " That's called the forward squat." " What the hell are you doing here?" " I'm here to see Stu." " What the hell are you doing here, Flo?" " I live here." " Hey, Stanley." " Annie Oakley's here." " You and Flo." " Yeah, no..." "Yeah, she's my ex-wife and this is my ex-house." " And now I pay rent to live in my ex-basement." " Ain't that a kick in the keister?" " So let's get back to that part about you giving me my old job back." " Corporate is shutting down the plant." " Goddang..." "But..." " I knew this was gonna happen." " I have a plan." "  What is going on down there?" " None of your damn business, you nosy old hoot owl!" " We've come up with a new product." " If we can produce it and test-market it in four weeks well, then we can prove to corporate that this plant is still worthwhile." " A month?" " What?" " That's impossible." " I mean, you're just gonna get everybody's hopes up and then they'll all end up out of work anyway." " See, I think..." " No, I am not taking the fall for that." " You're on your own, lady." " So that's the plan, and to make it work we're gonna recommission the old-fashioned yogurt equipment." " It's gonna take a lot of long hours." " How much overtime are you authorized for?" " None." " And if the Munck-ees don't buy it?" " We'll put in a whole lot of work and end up out on our asses anyway." " Yeah, yeah, I'm not gonna lie to you." " The odds are that's what will happen." " But if it's any consolation I'm gonna be out of a job right alongside the rest of you." " I mean, I am betting my career on this." " Why?" " I don't know." " When I came here did I think that this was gonna matter this much?" " No." " But does it matter?" " Yeah." " Yeah, absolutely." " It matters a lot." " And you can sure betcha we'll be out on our asses if we don't try." " You got something better to do there, Lars?" " And I gotta say I don't exactly picture prospective employers lining up to fight over a dumb son of a bitch like Bob." " They might padlock this place, let the whole town come to rust." " But if that's the way it goes, I don't wanna be thinking this gal offered a chance and I didn't do a thing about it." " You can count me in." " They teach you that in your management books?" " Is this a surprise compliance visit from the union?" " Maybe." " I heard about what you're doing." " Look, I'm not sure why I came here, but maybe I can help." " Crank it a little bit more." " Yup, crank it, a little bit more." " All right, Bob, turn her on." " Hold it." " Turn her off, Bob." " Great." "  Hang on, trade me spots here, Ted." " Okay, go on, get in there." " Okay, let's do this other one." "  All right." " Turn it on, please." " Put it off, Bob." " That's funny?" " No, no, no." "  Yeah, that's funny though." " Yeah, all right." " Bob, do me a favor, please turn it on." " And I swear never to reveal Blanche's secret tapioca recipe to anyone from a rival company or to Trudy Van Uuden." " I swear." " Mr. Arling from the home office on line one." " And if you ask me, he doesn't sound any too pleased." " Donald, funny you should call." " Yes, yes, Donald." " I do realize that I did this with absolutely no authorization." " Don't think I'm not pissed." " You'd be out on your ass if those regional tests weren't off the charts." " It doesn't hurt that Wallace's grandkids are big on the butterscotch." " This is Blanche Gunderson." " She's our head of Product Development." " Oh, heavens no, I'm just..." "Oh, I'm pleased as punch to meet you." " Yeah." "  Oh, I'm sorry." " It's all right, it's okay." "  Oh, dear." " Yeah, yeah." " Well, they never would have thought it would be more cost-effective to use the current labor force and the old machine line than robotics but we showed them." " They want to ramp up production and ship nationally by the end of the month." " How does it feel to be the newest vice president?" " We'll expect you in Miami next week." " Hey." "  Hi." " How you doing?" "  I'm all right." " How are you?" "  I'm all right." " It's real noisy in there so..." "I thought I'd tell you goodbye out here." " You know, you've done some pretty amazing things around here." " Thank you." " Everybody in this whole town is really gonna miss you a lot." " Especially me." " There's people in there waiting to give you a sendoff." " You don't want to miss that." " You may wanna..." "Yeah." " So I'll see you..." " Yeah, I'll be in there in a while." " Okay." " It'll be nice getting back to civilization." " How do people live here?" " How many queens did you plant in this deck, Maurice?" " Four or five, give or take a couple." " Hey, fellas." " Ted, we gotta talk." " Hey, Nina, give me a Maker's Mark." " Well, it looks like we're just too successful for our own damn good." " Just got wind from Fagerbache in Distribution, the plant's being sold." " Some muckety-muck from HQ is coming to tell us about it." " Sold?" " Yeah, it's a heck of a deal." " They're gonna move our product line out of here." " Faster than thin shit through a tall Swede." " I'm surprised your little sweetie-pie vice president didn't send you the memo." " So ridiculous." " It was my secret, now it's being shipped off with the plant." " Yeah, well, I'm not gonna accept anything less than two weeks' salary for every year worked." " I understand that you've heard of Munck Foods' planned sale of this facility." " Yeah." " Well, I've assembled some industrial investors to back us in buying this plant, product line and all." " At a fixed rate, you'll buy the new company back until it is entirely owner-operated." " Well, how do we know we can we trust these guys?" " Yeah." " You won't have to." " You can trust me." " I wanna come back as this company's CEO." " Well, would you look at Miss CEO?" " As I recall, first, you got us to risk everything." " Then you left us behind, you know?" " And then you got them to buy the company out right from under our feet." " And now you have this idea about how we're supposed to buy our own company back." " Well, that changes everything." " Are you prepared to deal with the union on this?" " I'm sure we could come to some agreement." " It's gonna take a little bit of time too, it might take years." " My schedule's open." " Whoa, there, buddy, you're not..." " Hey, I just have something in my eye." " Damn it." " Now..." "What about Johann Weinkopf?" " Why, he'd make you a mighty fine husband." " He's got a lazy eye." " And I can never tell if he's looking directly at me or my breast." " Probably looking at both." " Now that I think about it, you're probably right." " Go on." " Oh, hi there, Peter." "  Here you go." " So..." " Okay, then." " You have a nice day." "  Enjoy the weather." " You too." "  Thank you much." " Subtitles by LeapinLar"