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[ Music plays ]
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[ Siren wailing ]
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[ Music plays ]
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[PAULETTE]
We were watching TV
and then I looked over at her,
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and she was just
sort of slumped over.
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And when was the last time
that she had something
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to eat or drink?
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[PAULETTE]
About an hour ago, she had--
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she was drinking some tea.
She had a couple cookies.
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[MAN]
Has she had any
fainting spells recently?
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No. Never.
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[MAN]
How you doing, Agnes?
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You getting better?
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Hey, I still need
to try that famous
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Bolognese of yours.
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How'd you know
about Mom's Bolognese?
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[MAN]
Who doesn't?
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Good.
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Much better. Yeah.
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Your blood pressure's up.
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I think you just
needed some fluids.
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- Do you feel better?
-[PAULETTE]
Is she gonna be okay?
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[SUSETTE]
Yeah, her color is coming back
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and her heart rate is down.
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You just got kind of
wiped out there, huh?
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[AGNES]
Mm-hm.
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Wait a minute.
Are you, um... Susette?
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-It's Paulette.
-I knew it was you.
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Oh, my God.
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Mama, it's Susette.
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- Remember her from school?
-[SUSETTE]
I remember you
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because you were one of the...
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I guess the only parent
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who would let me call you
by your first name.
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I thought you were so cool.
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[ Crickets chirping ]
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[ Horn honks ]
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[SUSETTE]
Paulette!
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Look at you!
It's so good to see you
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-back in the old neighborhood.
-[SUSETTE]
I know.
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-Hi.
-[SUSETTE]
I was just leaving you
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-a note with my number.
-[PAULETTE]
Oh, great.
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I'm just running
to the hospital
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because Mom wants
some of her stuff.
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[SUSETTE]
All right. Here you go, and...
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it was so great to see you.
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-I am calling.
-[SUSETTE]
Great.
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-Bye.
-[PAULETTE]
Bye.
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[ Engine starts ]
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[ Music plays ]
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[WOMAN ON RADIO]
Good morning, New London.
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Sports and weather
at the bottom of the hour,
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and now our top story.
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A new jobs report tells us
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what you already knew.
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The regional economy
isn't getting any better.
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This according to economists
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from the University
of Connecticut.
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Now, they're saying
jobs are scarce,
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and that there's no indication
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that's going to change
any time soon.
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Of course, unemployment has
been a big concern for years,
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many finding it difficult
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to secure even part-time work.
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So, what should we do
about the lousy economy?
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Our lines are wide open
right now,
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so call us and tell us
what you think...
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[ Music plays ]
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[SUSETTE]
Holy shit.
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[ Music plays ]
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[ Music plays ]
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[ Screams ]
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Oh, my God.
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[ Chuckles ]
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Shit.
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[ Music plays ]
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[ Rock music on radio ]
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[BILLY]
Well, I'd heard somebody
finally bought this place.
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I had to meet the person
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ballsy enough to paint it pink.
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Well, it's not pink.
It's "Odessa Rose".
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-If you say so.
-[SUSETTE]
[ Laughs ]
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Hi. I'm Billy.
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-Billy Von Winkle.
-Oh, sorry. Susette Kelo.
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Nice to meet you,
Susette Kelo.
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[BILLY]
Welcome to the neighborhood.
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Thank you.
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So, how do you like it?
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Well, the view sucks.
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Other than that, it's nice.
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-It's fantastic.
-Yeah.
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-[SUSETTE]
Do you live nearby?
-I own the deli on the corner,
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and a couple other buildings
that I rent out.
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Cool. I've been
meaning to come by.
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It's great to have a deli.
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-How about now?
-I can't. Thank you, but--
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Come on. I'll let you
buy me a cup of coffee.
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I just have a lot
of work to do, so...
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Come on, Red.
We need the business.
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All right. You know,
let me just wash up
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and I'll meet you over there.
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Welcome to the neighborhood.
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- I'll see you there.
-Okay.
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-[BILLY] So what's your story?
-[SUSETTE]
What?
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-You married? What?
-[SUSETTE]
Oh. Twice.
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Yeah. One ex-husband
and one soon to be.
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Yeah? Which one
pays the mortgage?
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-This one.
-[BILLY]
Good for you.
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So, what do you do? Huh?
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How do you make a living?
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[ Laughs ]
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I'm a paramedic.
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-No kidding, huh?
-[SUSETTE]
Nope.
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Well, you'll do good business
in this town.
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Half the neighborhood's
on its last legs.
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[SUSETTE]
Oh, yeah, I noticed.
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[BILLY]
Wow.
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Man, does it always--
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is it like this all the time?
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Because it stinks.
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You'd think the pastrami
would kind of cover
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-the smell of the sewage plant.
-Well, not quite.
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[BILLY]
I mean, we've been
complaining as far back
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as anybody can remember.
What are you gonna do?
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It's like talking
to a rock, right?
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Which is why I spearheaded
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Operation Caca de Pollo.
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What? Did you say "Caca"?
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I got a couple of big containers
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- of chicken shit.
-[SUSETTE]
No!
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[BILLY]
I brought it to City Hall,
basically, dumped it,
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and everyone was gagging
and dry heaving.
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It took 'em weeks
to clean it up.
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[BILLY]
Yeah. But, spent an afternoon
in jail for it
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but it was worth it.
It was worth it.
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- And I got on Leno.
-[SUSETTE]
You did?
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-[BILLY]
Jay Leno.
-Was he--was he nice?
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-Very nice.
-Yeah.
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Very, very nice man.
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[PETER]
Your numbers are still strong.
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Hell, you've even got
some Democrats who like you.
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That is why
you're on my payroll.
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You do work miracles.
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But I do need one more.
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I want you to get me New London.
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What the hell's in New London?
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Absolutely nothing.
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I do like the concept.
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I just don't know
who could pull that off.
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[PETER]
We need somebody with clout,
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integrity, popularity,
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not tied to any party.
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-Riding in on a unicorn.
-[PETER]
I know someone.
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-[GOVERNOR]
What's his name?
-Her name...
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is Charlotte Wells.
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[ Music plays ]
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[PETER]
She's president
of Walthrop College...
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with a Rolodex to kill for.
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PhD in French literature.
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Brains, relentless ambition.
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And a real charmer,
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if you know what I mean.
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Even her own husband
has never seen her unkempt,
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shall we say.
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[CHARLOTTE]
Those of us who are blessed
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with gifts must design
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a better world for the poor.
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- But first...
-[WOMAN ON PA]
Mr. Governor.
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Charlotte Wells
here to see you.
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Send her in.
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-Charlotte.
-[CHARLOTTE]
Peter.
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Thanks for coming
on such short notice.
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[CHARLOTTE]
Always lovely to see you.
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Mr. Governor.
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Strong handshake.
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-[ Chuckles ]
-[GOVERNOR]
Please.
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[PETER]
We take this blighted
plot of land
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by the sewage treatment plant
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and we redevelop it.
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We lure a world-class company
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to build some high-tech facility
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and boom.
Add jobs, tax revenue,
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economic miracle.
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[GOVERNOR]
It'll certainly
compliment the work
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you've already been doing.
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We rescue a struggling
blue-collar city,
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- and everyone wins.
-Well, Mr. Governor...
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I've been in the trenches,
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and it is a tall task
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trying to pull off
something like this
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in a town that takes
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five years to approve
a stop sign.
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All we need is the land.
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Land under jurisdiction
of a mayor
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who would give zero support.
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The State of Connecticut
will make sure that you succeed.
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N-L-D-C.
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New London
Development Corporation.
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It sounds familiar.
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NLDC was established in 1978
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with the goal of assisting
with economic development.
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Oh, that's right.
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[GOVERNOR]
It's been gathering dust
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ever since, so,
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we simply dust it off
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and give it to you.
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How generous.
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Now, why would you do that?
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[PETER]
You lead the NLDC,
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but the city officials
are familiar with it,
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so, they're comfortable.
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The NLDC finds a worthy project,
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and it gets funded
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thanks to the governor.
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I simply just can't be the face
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of the operation, obviously.
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Just the mastermind.
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I'll tell you what.
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Why don't you sleep on it?
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I have a fundraiser.
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[ Clears throat ]
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It has been such a pleasure.
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Mm-hm.
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Hmm.
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[ Phone ringing ]
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-Hello?
-[TIM]
Hi, it's Tim LeBlanc here.
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Your number came up
on my caller ID.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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I must have misdialed.
Sorry about that.
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-[TIM]
Okay, well, I thought--
-Thank you.
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-[TIM]
--maybe you were the customer
who came in...
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Listen, I can't--
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I can't buy anything.
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I can't donate anything.
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I apologize, it was a mistake,
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and would you please
take me off your list?
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-[TIM]
[ Indistinct ]
-Okay? Thanks a lot.
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-Bye-bye.
-[TIM]
Okay.
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I'm not actually
a telemarketer...
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[SUSETTE]
[ Sighs ]
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Oh, shoot.
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[TIM]
If you go down this aisle,
you'll see picture frames
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up on the--up on the left.
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Yeah.
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[ Phone ringing ]
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Hi. Tim LeBlanc,
telemarketer speaking.
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[SUSETTE]
I'm so sorry.
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Anyway, are you open right now?
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You know what? I'm gonna be here
right up to the point
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-where I leave.
-[SUSETTE]
Oh. Good. All right...
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-Good. You gonna come by?
-[SUSETTE]
No, I'll come over.
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Risk it.
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Oh, my God.
254
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Now I have to go.
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-I do--I like the red one.
-Yeah.
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-It's just...
-Well, everything is half off.
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00:14:19,162 --> 00:14:20,860
Well, it's just
that one's a little
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-out of my price range, so...
-How's that?
259
00:14:23,514 --> 00:14:24,733
-Oh, that's nice.
-All right?
260
00:14:24,776 --> 00:14:26,387
-Yeah.
-That's in excellent shape.
261
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-Cushions are good.
-[SUSETTE]
Oh, they're beautiful.
262
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-Yeah.
-Yeah.
263
00:14:30,478 --> 00:14:34,047
-And everything's a half off.
-[SUSETTE]
Great.
264
00:14:34,090 --> 00:14:36,788
-Even this?
-No, that's a million dollars.
265
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Oh.
266
00:14:38,355 --> 00:14:40,444
Oh, I'm--I--
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-do you deliver?
-[TIM]
Sure.
268
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-And--oh, thank you.
-Yeah.
269
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How much would that cost?
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How about a meal?
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Oh. I got--
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it doesn't have
to be a big meal.
273
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[SUSETTE]
Do you take checks?
274
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[ Music plays ]
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[GOVERNOR]
No. No. Move Jason
to the morning.
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[WOMAN ON PA]
Mr. Governor,
I have Charlotte Wells--
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-Just a sec.
-[WOMAN ON PA]
--on line one for you.
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Is this the call
I've been waiting for?
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[CHARLOTTE]
Well, it very well might be,
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Mr. Governor.
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Just one question.
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Why the sudden interest
283
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in my little town?
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Well, I care deeply
285
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about revitalizing
distressed communities.
286
00:15:25,446 --> 00:15:28,275
Well, if you would allow me
to take a wild guess
287
00:15:28,318 --> 00:15:30,364
at another reason...
288
00:15:30,407 --> 00:15:32,453
And what's that, Charlotte?
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00:15:32,496 --> 00:15:33,454
Republican governor
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of Democratic state
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00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:39,199
rescues struggling
Democratic city?
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00:15:39,242 --> 00:15:43,333
You're the hero.
You woo plenty of voters.
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Maybe even myself
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and you win reelection
295
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in a landslide
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and more importantly,
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00:15:49,557 --> 00:15:51,385
that kind of narrative
plays well
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on a national stage.
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- Am I right?
-Are you in?
300
00:15:57,608 --> 00:15:59,436
It's not gonna be easy
301
00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:00,524
trying to convince
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00:16:00,568 --> 00:16:02,048
a world-class company
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to redevelop next
to a sewage plant.
304
00:16:04,528 --> 00:16:06,443
[GOVERNOR]
Well,
305
00:16:06,487 --> 00:16:07,792
you're creative.
306
00:16:07,836 --> 00:16:09,925
I'm sure you have
some great ideas.
307
00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:11,274
Mm-hm.
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00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:14,451
I'm in.
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00:16:14,495 --> 00:16:15,757
But you better take my calls
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00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,628
when you're in the White House.
311
00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,591
It was nice chatting again
with you, Charlotte.
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Au revoir.
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00:16:28,204 --> 00:16:29,205
Hmm.
314
00:16:31,381 --> 00:16:34,254
[ Crickets chirping ]
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00:16:58,974 --> 00:17:01,542
[WOMAN ON RADIO]
And you're back with
the Lyndon and Power Show.
316
00:17:01,585 --> 00:17:03,239
[MAN ON RADIO]
So did you guys hear?
Something called
317
00:17:03,283 --> 00:17:04,936
the New London
Development Corporation
318
00:17:04,980 --> 00:17:06,503
is supposedly gonna rescue
our local economy.
319
00:17:06,547 --> 00:17:08,636
[WOMAN ON RADIO]
Yeah, well, good luck
with that.
320
00:17:08,679 --> 00:17:10,072
[MAN ON RADIO]
Yeah. We wanna hear
what you think.
321
00:17:10,116 --> 00:17:13,728
Economic development
and social justice,
322
00:17:13,771 --> 00:17:15,469
they go hand in hand.
323
00:17:15,512 --> 00:17:17,210
And with this project,
324
00:17:17,253 --> 00:17:18,341
well, we might actually
325
00:17:18,385 --> 00:17:19,560
make New London hip.
326
00:17:19,603 --> 00:17:20,648
[ Laughter ]
327
00:17:20,691 --> 00:17:23,651
Imagine a Fortune 500 company
328
00:17:23,694 --> 00:17:25,087
in New London.
329
00:17:25,131 --> 00:17:27,002
-Sante.
-[MAN]
Cheers.
330
00:17:33,617 --> 00:17:37,404
Thank you again for joining me
ce soir, Howard.
331
00:17:37,447 --> 00:17:39,449
It's too bad your husband
couldn't join us.
332
00:17:39,493 --> 00:17:42,670
[CHARLOTTE]
Well, if you weren't
such a slave driver,
333
00:17:42,713 --> 00:17:44,237
David might have been able to.
334
00:17:47,153 --> 00:17:49,416
David tells me you have
some important business
335
00:17:49,459 --> 00:17:50,852
to discuss.
336
00:17:50,895 --> 00:17:53,463
-C'est tellement vrai.
-I'm sorry?
337
00:17:53,507 --> 00:17:54,986
So very true.
338
00:17:59,339 --> 00:18:00,601
Fuck you.
339
00:18:00,644 --> 00:18:02,037
[TIM]
I found the problem.
There's a tampon
340
00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:03,299
-in your faucet.
-Really?
341
00:18:03,343 --> 00:18:05,127
[TIM]
Yeah. Okay, well, I'm gonna go
342
00:18:05,171 --> 00:18:08,043
to the hardware store
and pick you up a toilet kit
343
00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:09,871
'cause your chain's
all fucked up.
344
00:18:09,914 --> 00:18:11,525
Oh, great. I'll just--
345
00:18:11,568 --> 00:18:13,701
I'll pay you back whatever.
346
00:18:13,744 --> 00:18:15,659
- Oh, man.
-This thing.
347
00:18:15,703 --> 00:18:17,574
[ Hammering ]
348
00:18:17,618 --> 00:18:21,317
How much is that thing?
I wanna pay you for that.
349
00:18:21,361 --> 00:18:22,927
Fifty bucks.
350
00:18:22,971 --> 00:18:24,799
[SUSETTE]
Are you kidding?
That was in the junk pile
351
00:18:24,842 --> 00:18:27,715
in the back.
That's not worth 50 bucks.
352
00:18:27,758 --> 00:18:30,674
All right, it's got
a bit of rot. Maybe...
353
00:18:30,718 --> 00:18:32,546
minus pizza,
354
00:18:32,589 --> 00:18:33,721
beer...
355
00:18:33,764 --> 00:18:35,244
-Twenty bucks.
-[SUSETTE]
Okay.
356
00:18:35,288 --> 00:18:36,941
And then if you go
to the hardware store,
357
00:18:36,985 --> 00:18:38,465
I'll pay you back.
358
00:18:38,508 --> 00:18:39,509
Here. Move.
359
00:18:42,295 --> 00:18:44,035
We should probably stain that
before we start
360
00:18:44,079 --> 00:18:46,647
hammering on it.
You know?
361
00:18:46,690 --> 00:18:49,650
[SUSETTE]
I'm tired.
362
00:18:49,693 --> 00:18:51,652
[CHARLOTTE]
New London Mills is ripe
363
00:18:51,695 --> 00:18:52,870
for development.
364
00:18:52,914 --> 00:18:55,264
All we need is
the right partner.
365
00:18:57,701 --> 00:19:00,051
The city is hungry, Howard.
366
00:19:00,095 --> 00:19:01,879
A project like this
367
00:19:01,923 --> 00:19:03,664
would bring so much good
368
00:19:03,707 --> 00:19:05,492
to so many people.
369
00:19:07,233 --> 00:19:10,105
-There.
-[HOWARD]
[ Chuckles ]
370
00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:12,760
-It's funny.
-What's funny?
371
00:19:14,370 --> 00:19:16,111
I don't know how much
David has told you
372
00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:17,591
about what's going on over here.
373
00:19:17,634 --> 00:19:19,723
Not a thing.
374
00:19:19,767 --> 00:19:22,378
Well, I'll tell you,
375
00:19:22,422 --> 00:19:26,077
since it's about to go
public very soon.
376
00:19:26,121 --> 00:19:29,603
We've hit on something big.
377
00:19:29,646 --> 00:19:32,519
So big that we're
gonna need to expand.
378
00:19:34,825 --> 00:19:36,610
Oh, do tell.
379
00:19:36,653 --> 00:19:37,872
What is it?
380
00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,050
[ Music plays ]
381
00:19:42,093 --> 00:19:44,139
[WOMAN]
Don't let erectile dysfunction
382
00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:47,055
get in the way
of your golden years.
383
00:19:47,098 --> 00:19:48,752
Millions of men struggle
384
00:19:48,796 --> 00:19:51,059
with erectile dysfunction.
385
00:19:51,102 --> 00:19:53,104
Get your prescription today.
386
00:19:53,148 --> 00:19:54,584
Results may vary.
387
00:19:54,628 --> 00:19:57,631
Talk to your doctor
about possible side effects.
388
00:19:57,674 --> 00:20:00,286
- Side effects may...
-[SUSETTE]
Tim?
389
00:20:00,329 --> 00:20:01,548
Yeah?
390
00:20:06,292 --> 00:20:09,164
-Voila. What do you think?
-Beautiful.
391
00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:10,209
Yeah.
392
00:20:11,688 --> 00:20:12,820
-I'm gonna kill them.
-Yeah.
393
00:20:12,863 --> 00:20:15,039
Are you my permanent gardener?
394
00:20:15,083 --> 00:20:16,867
All part of the master plan.
395
00:20:16,911 --> 00:20:18,347
[SUSETTE]
[ Laughs ]
396
00:20:18,391 --> 00:20:19,348
Here.
397
00:20:22,656 --> 00:20:23,787
-Oh.
-Hmm.
398
00:20:25,049 --> 00:20:26,747
-Lunch is ready.
-[TIM]
Yeah?
399
00:20:26,790 --> 00:20:29,663
Turkey, cigarette.
Do you have beer?
400
00:20:29,706 --> 00:20:31,099
[SUSETTE]
I got two!
401
00:20:31,142 --> 00:20:32,709
-[TIM] Yeah?
-[SUSETTE]
Yeah.
402
00:20:36,887 --> 00:20:38,280
[HOWARD]
Judging by the smell of things,
403
00:20:38,324 --> 00:20:41,283
this is going to be
quite the cleanup job.
404
00:20:43,764 --> 00:20:46,157
-Sorry.
-[ Chuckles ]
405
00:20:48,682 --> 00:20:50,466
Well, I cringe to think
406
00:20:50,510 --> 00:20:52,729
how much it would cost.
407
00:20:52,773 --> 00:20:54,775
We're talking tens of millions
408
00:20:54,818 --> 00:20:57,430
at least.
409
00:20:57,473 --> 00:21:00,694
All right.
Well, hold on a moment.
410
00:21:00,737 --> 00:21:02,696
Let's just look at the positive.
411
00:21:02,739 --> 00:21:03,827
I mean,
412
00:21:03,871 --> 00:21:06,221
you're right across the river.
413
00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:09,833
Everything.
Everything is accessible.
414
00:21:09,877 --> 00:21:12,445
Research facilities.
415
00:21:12,488 --> 00:21:14,969
Hotel for guests.
416
00:21:15,012 --> 00:21:16,927
I don't know, Charlotte.
417
00:21:16,971 --> 00:21:18,755
I don't think this is the spot.
418
00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:23,847
Excuse me, gentlemen.
419
00:21:27,242 --> 00:21:29,897
Do you realize Pfizer
420
00:21:29,940 --> 00:21:33,248
could be New London's savior?
421
00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:36,817
Pfizer is in the pharmaceutical
business, Charlotte,
422
00:21:36,860 --> 00:21:37,861
not the savior business.
423
00:21:39,776 --> 00:21:43,780
Besides, we need
far more space than this.
424
00:21:50,004 --> 00:21:51,266
Thank you, Howard.
425
00:21:52,485 --> 00:21:53,747
For what?
426
00:21:53,790 --> 00:21:56,880
For telling me what you need.
427
00:21:56,924 --> 00:21:59,056
[ Laughs ]
428
00:22:00,971 --> 00:22:02,582
[SUSETTE]
It's so peaceful.
429
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,846
I feel happy here.
430
00:22:05,889 --> 00:22:08,065
I feel like I'm home.
431
00:22:08,109 --> 00:22:10,241
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
432
00:22:16,944 --> 00:22:18,380
[TIM]
I love you.
433
00:22:20,774 --> 00:22:23,385
[ Laughs ]
434
00:22:24,734 --> 00:22:26,432
That's... I mean...
435
00:22:28,651 --> 00:22:32,220
-[TIM]
What?
-No. Just...
436
00:22:32,263 --> 00:22:33,787
-I'm surprised. That's all.
-[TIM]
Okay.
437
00:22:33,830 --> 00:22:35,876
I wasn't expecting...
438
00:22:35,919 --> 00:22:37,051
I was just thinking
439
00:22:37,094 --> 00:22:39,358
how nice it is how--
440
00:22:39,401 --> 00:22:42,709
that we're friends, and I...
441
00:22:42,752 --> 00:22:45,059
I love that, and...
442
00:22:45,102 --> 00:22:47,540
I just want it to...
443
00:22:47,583 --> 00:22:50,456
-kind of be this way.
-[TIM]
Nothing stays the same,
444
00:22:50,499 --> 00:22:51,544
you know?
445
00:22:56,940 --> 00:22:58,725
I know.
446
00:22:58,768 --> 00:22:59,943
Can't we...
447
00:22:59,987 --> 00:23:01,945
you know, just be
448
00:23:01,989 --> 00:23:04,252
the way we are?
449
00:23:04,295 --> 00:23:06,080
This is wonderful.
450
00:23:06,123 --> 00:23:08,343
I'd have to think about that.
451
00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:10,040
-Okay.
-[TIM]
Thanks for lunch.
452
00:23:15,611 --> 00:23:18,484
[ Car approaching ]
453
00:23:30,626 --> 00:23:33,020
This better be good.
454
00:23:33,063 --> 00:23:34,761
The governor asked me
455
00:23:34,804 --> 00:23:37,024
to pass along
three numbers to you.
456
00:23:37,067 --> 00:23:39,896
-[HOWARD]
Okay.
-Zero.
457
00:23:41,420 --> 00:23:43,944
The number of sewage
treatment plants
458
00:23:43,987 --> 00:23:45,685
Pfizer will have to bother with.
459
00:23:47,991 --> 00:23:49,863
And?
460
00:23:49,906 --> 00:23:51,299
Seventy-five million.
461
00:23:52,518 --> 00:23:54,128
The amount of state funding
462
00:23:54,171 --> 00:23:55,477
that the governor will commit
463
00:23:55,521 --> 00:23:57,523
to ensure Pfizer's
successful expansion
464
00:23:57,566 --> 00:23:59,002
into New London.
465
00:24:01,918 --> 00:24:03,485
What's the third number?
466
00:24:03,529 --> 00:24:05,966
That's entirely up to you.
467
00:24:06,009 --> 00:24:08,055
I don't follow.
468
00:24:08,098 --> 00:24:10,057
How many acres do you need?
469
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:17,891
-[HOWARD]
All right.
-Welcome to New London,
470
00:24:17,934 --> 00:24:19,283
Mr. Munson.
471
00:24:22,896 --> 00:24:24,375
Damn, it stinks.
472
00:24:26,377 --> 00:24:29,468
[ Phone trilling ]
473
00:24:32,296 --> 00:24:34,037
[TIM]
Hi, this is Tim.
474
00:24:34,081 --> 00:24:35,952
I'm either not home
or I'm screening my calls
475
00:24:35,996 --> 00:24:37,780
because I'm avoiding someone.
476
00:24:37,824 --> 00:24:39,913
If I don't call you back,
it's you.
477
00:24:42,568 --> 00:24:45,440
[ Music plays ]
478
00:26:01,472 --> 00:26:03,997
-Hi.
-[TIM]
Hi there.
479
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,912
How are you?
480
00:26:05,955 --> 00:26:06,956
Good.
481
00:26:08,218 --> 00:26:10,133
-Can I help?
-No.
482
00:26:10,177 --> 00:26:11,744
-I'm good.
-No? Okay.
483
00:26:14,311 --> 00:26:16,096
So, how have you been?
484
00:26:16,139 --> 00:26:17,401
All right.
485
00:26:26,149 --> 00:26:28,935
Well... I just--
486
00:26:28,978 --> 00:26:30,414
you said you were
gonna think about it
487
00:26:30,458 --> 00:26:33,026
and I haven't heard
from you, so...
488
00:26:33,069 --> 00:26:34,418
I'm still thinking.
489
00:26:37,334 --> 00:26:39,467
Okay. Yeah.
490
00:26:42,078 --> 00:26:43,645
I just wanted to say I miss you.
491
00:26:45,125 --> 00:26:46,517
I miss you too.
492
00:26:48,041 --> 00:26:49,259
I do.
493
00:26:58,007 --> 00:26:59,008
Well...
494
00:27:03,099 --> 00:27:04,144
I'll see you.
495
00:27:08,148 --> 00:27:11,020
[ Music plays ]
496
00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:31,475
[SUSETTE]
Guess who's coming to town?
497
00:27:31,519 --> 00:27:32,868
[TIM]
Iron Maiden.
498
00:27:32,912 --> 00:27:34,217
Pfizer expansion
499
00:27:34,261 --> 00:27:38,178
may bring more than 1,000 jobs.
500
00:27:38,221 --> 00:27:39,614
Blah--
501
00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:43,009
New London
Development Corporation
502
00:27:43,052 --> 00:27:46,839
non-profit is redeveloping
503
00:27:46,882 --> 00:27:48,101
I guess for Pfizer
504
00:27:48,144 --> 00:27:49,189
in the historic
505
00:27:49,232 --> 00:27:51,408
Fort Trumbull neighborhood.
506
00:27:51,452 --> 00:27:52,671
[ Knocks on door ]
507
00:27:55,717 --> 00:27:57,153
Hi.
508
00:27:57,197 --> 00:27:59,460
-Mrs. Kelo. How are you?
-[SUSETTE]
Yes. Hello.
509
00:27:59,503 --> 00:28:00,983
-It's Kelo. Thank you.
-Oh, Kelo. Sorry.
510
00:28:01,027 --> 00:28:02,289
[SUSETTE]
Can I help you with something?
511
00:28:02,332 --> 00:28:03,551
I'm Lynn Vargas.
I'm a realtor
512
00:28:03,594 --> 00:28:05,335
working with the NLDC.
513
00:28:05,379 --> 00:28:08,295
Do you have
a few moments to chat?
514
00:28:08,338 --> 00:28:10,732
-Sure. Please come on in.
-Okay. Thank you.
515
00:28:10,776 --> 00:28:12,255
Can I get you
something to drink?
516
00:28:12,299 --> 00:28:13,387
No, I'm fine. Thanks.
517
00:28:13,430 --> 00:28:16,782
Wow. It looks
really nice in here.
518
00:28:16,825 --> 00:28:18,261
I take it you've done
quite the renovation
519
00:28:18,305 --> 00:28:19,393
on this place.
520
00:28:19,436 --> 00:28:21,047
[SUSETTE]
I have. I love it.
521
00:28:21,090 --> 00:28:22,657
Thank you. Have a seat, please.
522
00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:25,312
-[LYNN]
Thank you.
-Sure.
523
00:28:25,355 --> 00:28:27,183
-So--
-Hmm.
524
00:28:27,227 --> 00:28:29,577
--the NLDC would like
to make you an offer
525
00:28:29,620 --> 00:28:30,839
to buy your house.
526
00:28:33,276 --> 00:28:35,278
Oh, but it's not for sale.
527
00:28:35,322 --> 00:28:37,193
[LYNN]
But we're offering you
68,000 dollars.
528
00:28:37,237 --> 00:28:40,153
That's significantly more
than what you paid for it.
529
00:28:42,590 --> 00:28:44,113
I don't want to sell it.
530
00:28:44,157 --> 00:28:46,333
Thank you.
531
00:28:46,376 --> 00:28:47,682
Mrs. Kelo,
we're making you a--
532
00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:49,597
-It's Kelo.
-Kelo, excuse me.
533
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,120
-We're making you a--
-No problem.
534
00:28:51,164 --> 00:28:53,601
--a very generous offer
on this house.
535
00:28:53,644 --> 00:28:56,343
I'm sure you're aware
of the redevelopments?
536
00:28:56,386 --> 00:28:58,171
No, not really.
537
00:28:58,214 --> 00:29:00,347
[LYNN]
Well, your property
is in the area designated
538
00:29:00,390 --> 00:29:01,957
for the expansion effort.
539
00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:06,092
Let me ask you something.
540
00:29:06,135 --> 00:29:07,615
Do you work for Pfizer?
541
00:29:08,964 --> 00:29:12,838
No. New London
Development Corporation.
542
00:29:12,881 --> 00:29:16,450
But it's for Pfizer
ultimately, right?
543
00:29:16,493 --> 00:29:18,974
-Not exactly.
-Then who exactly is it for?
544
00:29:23,022 --> 00:29:25,807
It doesn't matter.
Either way, I don't wanna sell.
545
00:29:25,851 --> 00:29:27,809
But thank you so much.
It was a pleasure to meet you.
546
00:29:27,853 --> 00:29:29,419
-Oh.
-[SUSETTE]
And I appreciate it.
547
00:29:29,463 --> 00:29:31,378
- Thanks for coming by.
-Well, you know, I have a card
548
00:29:31,421 --> 00:29:34,163
-that I would love
to give to you.
-Great. You can just leave it
549
00:29:34,207 --> 00:29:36,165
right there in the mailbox,
and I'll get them all later.
550
00:29:36,209 --> 00:29:37,863
-[LYNN]
Oh, sorry. Okay.
-Thank you so much.
551
00:29:37,906 --> 00:29:40,866
-If you'd like
to discuss--
-Take care. Bye-bye.
552
00:29:43,172 --> 00:29:44,434
Hello.
553
00:29:44,478 --> 00:29:46,306
So that's why I'm here.
I wanted to talk to you
554
00:29:46,349 --> 00:29:47,568
about the exciting
new development...
555
00:29:47,611 --> 00:29:49,396
I strongly suggest
that you sell.
556
00:29:49,439 --> 00:29:51,659
[FEMALE REALTOR]
What will happen to this area
is just unbelievable,
557
00:29:51,702 --> 00:29:53,792
and we are so excited
to be a part of it.
558
00:29:53,835 --> 00:29:55,228
I think you're going
to be excited too
559
00:29:55,271 --> 00:29:56,359
once you see
what the possibilities
560
00:29:56,403 --> 00:29:57,708
are in your neighborhood.
561
00:29:57,752 --> 00:29:59,362
[MALE REALTOR]
Look, if you wait,
562
00:29:59,406 --> 00:30:01,190
we may not be able
to offer you market value,
563
00:30:01,234 --> 00:30:03,236
which is what you'd get
right now.
564
00:30:03,279 --> 00:30:04,193
This check allows us to option
565
00:30:04,237 --> 00:30:06,413
your property for purchase.
566
00:30:06,456 --> 00:30:09,590
[ Music plays ]
567
00:30:33,919 --> 00:30:36,573
[SUSETTE]
"Please contact
an NLDC representative
568
00:30:36,617 --> 00:30:38,271
at your earliest--"
569
00:30:38,314 --> 00:30:40,012
-are you listening?
-[TIM]
Yeah!
570
00:30:40,055 --> 00:30:42,623
Okay. "At your
earliest convenience.
571
00:30:42,666 --> 00:30:44,233
It is not our intention
572
00:30:44,277 --> 00:30:46,453
to cause any
unnecessary hardship
573
00:30:46,496 --> 00:30:48,281
and we will--
574
00:30:48,324 --> 00:30:50,065
we will endeavor
575
00:30:50,109 --> 00:30:51,414
to make your move
576
00:30:51,458 --> 00:30:53,286
as convenient as possible.
577
00:30:53,329 --> 00:30:54,765
Sincerely, Charlotte Wells."
578
00:30:54,809 --> 00:30:56,419
Oh, I'm sure, Charlotte Wells.
579
00:30:56,463 --> 00:30:58,378
[TIM]
Do we at least get
some free Viagra?
580
00:30:58,421 --> 00:31:02,382
-I don't believe this stuff.
-I mean, not for me, obviously.
581
00:31:02,425 --> 00:31:04,993
[SUSETTE]
Who is--who is this person?
582
00:31:05,037 --> 00:31:07,866
These letters are more and more
frickin' ridiculous.
583
00:31:07,909 --> 00:31:10,259
I mean, they really think
I'm gonna move.
584
00:31:10,303 --> 00:31:11,608
Hey.
585
00:31:11,652 --> 00:31:12,914
Here, give me a hug, baby.
586
00:31:12,958 --> 00:31:14,916
No, Tim. You know,
it's not funny.
587
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:16,787
-You're not even
listening to me. Forget it.
-Yes, I am.
588
00:31:16,831 --> 00:31:19,529
-Where are you going?
-[SUSETTE]
I'm gonna go for a walk.
589
00:31:22,358 --> 00:31:25,796
Billy! Did you get that letter?
590
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:27,929
I mean, they're relentless.
They're idiots.
591
00:31:27,973 --> 00:31:29,148
I'm so pissed.
592
00:31:30,714 --> 00:31:31,846
Yeah. Susette, look.
593
00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,979
I can barely make my payroll.
594
00:31:34,022 --> 00:31:35,850
-I know.
-[BILLY]
So...
595
00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:37,330
I'm thinking maybe
it's not such a bad thing.
596
00:31:37,373 --> 00:31:39,332
-Oh, no.
-[BILLY]
Oh, no, no. Hang on, hang on.
597
00:31:39,375 --> 00:31:41,334
So, right, I make
a couple of bucks finally.
598
00:31:41,377 --> 00:31:43,945
You're kidding, right?
I mean, you're kidding.
599
00:31:43,989 --> 00:31:45,468
[BILLY]
Don't do that.
No, don't do that.
600
00:31:45,512 --> 00:31:47,296
-Me, don't do that?
-No, no, no, hang on.
601
00:31:47,340 --> 00:31:48,950
[SUSETTE]
You don't do that.
You don't do that.
602
00:31:48,994 --> 00:31:50,778
You see anybody lining up
to get in here? I don't!
603
00:31:50,821 --> 00:31:52,388
You are not gonna sell.
Please, Billy.
604
00:31:52,432 --> 00:31:53,563
You're not gonna sell, please.
605
00:31:53,607 --> 00:31:54,956
I gave them a number.
606
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,392
If they match it, we got a deal,
607
00:31:56,436 --> 00:31:57,916
-I told them.
-Oh, my God.
608
00:32:00,005 --> 00:32:01,397
Okay.
609
00:32:01,441 --> 00:32:02,790
That's great.
610
00:32:02,833 --> 00:32:05,532
That sucks! That sucks!
611
00:32:05,575 --> 00:32:06,750
[BILLY]
Susette, come on!
612
00:32:13,061 --> 00:32:15,542
[LYNN]
Oh. Mrs. Kelo! Hi!
613
00:32:15,585 --> 00:32:18,501
-[SUSETTE]
Hi.
-Mrs. Kelo, I have great news.
614
00:32:18,545 --> 00:32:20,677
They've agreed
to increase their offer
615
00:32:20,721 --> 00:32:22,505
by 10,000 dollars.
616
00:32:22,549 --> 00:32:24,029
-Over market value.
-Really?
617
00:32:24,072 --> 00:32:25,944
-[LYNN]
Yes!
-Oh, wow.
618
00:32:25,987 --> 00:32:27,467
You know,
I never noticed that locket.
619
00:32:27,510 --> 00:32:29,948
-It's beautiful.
-Oh.
620
00:32:29,991 --> 00:32:31,427
-[SUSETTE]
Yeah.
-Thank you.
621
00:32:31,471 --> 00:32:34,126
-It was my great grandmother's.
-Oh. Yeah.
622
00:32:34,169 --> 00:32:36,215
Would you be interested
in selling it?
623
00:32:36,258 --> 00:32:38,565
[LYNN]
Oh. No. It's an heirloom, so...
624
00:32:38,608 --> 00:32:40,697
[SUSETTE]
500? 1,000?
625
00:32:40,741 --> 00:32:42,873
2,000? I'll give you...
626
00:32:42,917 --> 00:32:46,486
What would it take, Lynn?
627
00:32:46,529 --> 00:32:48,879
Mrs. Kelo,
If you don't sell now,
628
00:32:48,923 --> 00:32:51,447
the NLDC could pursue
acquiring the property
629
00:32:51,491 --> 00:32:52,883
through other means.
630
00:32:54,581 --> 00:32:55,582
Hmm.
631
00:32:57,932 --> 00:33:00,021
Okay. Thank you
for telling me that.
632
00:33:01,936 --> 00:33:04,983
Will you do me a favor
and just relay a message?
633
00:33:06,288 --> 00:33:07,681
Tell them...
634
00:33:07,724 --> 00:33:08,943
good luck.
635
00:33:11,119 --> 00:33:12,381
Okay?
636
00:33:12,425 --> 00:33:13,643
Thank you, Lynn.
637
00:33:15,863 --> 00:33:17,517
Listen, you take care.
638
00:33:28,528 --> 00:33:29,790
Thank you.
639
00:33:32,532 --> 00:33:33,576
[TIM]
Hi. Sorry.
640
00:33:33,620 --> 00:33:35,143
Hey. That's okay.
641
00:33:35,187 --> 00:33:36,188
I just got here.
642
00:33:37,711 --> 00:33:39,191
I think I might
have figured out
643
00:33:39,234 --> 00:33:40,540
what your new
best friend meant
644
00:33:40,583 --> 00:33:41,541
by "other means".
645
00:33:42,716 --> 00:33:45,066
Oh, yeah? What's that?
646
00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:47,242
Hi, I'll just--
a pint of beer.
647
00:33:47,286 --> 00:33:48,330
Thank you.
648
00:33:48,374 --> 00:33:49,723
What is that?
649
00:33:49,766 --> 00:33:50,941
In the Constitution,
650
00:33:50,985 --> 00:33:53,509
in the Fifth Amendment, there...
651
00:33:53,553 --> 00:33:56,077
listen, it's eminent domain.
652
00:33:56,121 --> 00:33:58,558
They can take your home,
they can take your land,
653
00:33:58,601 --> 00:34:00,299
if they wanna build a hospital,
654
00:34:00,342 --> 00:34:03,998
highway, school,
something for public use.
655
00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:06,740
But nobody's talking about
656
00:34:06,783 --> 00:34:08,263
building a highway
or hospital.
657
00:34:08,307 --> 00:34:09,569
I know.
658
00:34:09,612 --> 00:34:10,700
They just want my home.
659
00:34:11,919 --> 00:34:16,097
How could somebody
break into my house
660
00:34:16,141 --> 00:34:17,316
and take everything I have
661
00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:18,404
and go to jail?
662
00:34:18,447 --> 00:34:19,622
Hell, you could shoot 'em.
663
00:34:19,666 --> 00:34:21,407
I could shoot them!
664
00:34:21,450 --> 00:34:22,451
I could kill them.
665
00:34:22,495 --> 00:34:23,539
But if they want
the whole thing,
666
00:34:23,583 --> 00:34:24,627
it's perfectly legal.
667
00:34:24,671 --> 00:34:27,413
Perfectly legal.
668
00:34:27,456 --> 00:34:29,328
-Are you kidding me?
-[TIM]
No.
669
00:34:33,810 --> 00:34:36,683
Oh, my God.
670
00:34:36,726 --> 00:34:38,032
I'm freaking out.
671
00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:40,121
This land is everything
I have, Tim.
672
00:34:40,165 --> 00:34:41,775
It's all I own,
it's the only thing
673
00:34:41,818 --> 00:34:44,734
that protects me from them.
674
00:34:46,823 --> 00:34:49,957
[ Music plays ]
675
00:34:51,567 --> 00:34:52,699
[SUSETTE]
Uh, hello.
676
00:34:52,742 --> 00:34:54,701
I'm here to see
Charlotte Wells.
677
00:34:54,744 --> 00:34:55,789
[RECEPTIONIST]
And your name?
678
00:34:55,832 --> 00:34:57,704
Susette Kelo.
679
00:35:03,101 --> 00:35:04,841
[RECEPTIONIST]
There's a Susette Kelo here
680
00:35:04,885 --> 00:35:06,582
to see you.
681
00:35:08,062 --> 00:35:10,543
Well, I did hear, or read,
682
00:35:10,586 --> 00:35:12,632
that Pfizer was...
683
00:35:12,675 --> 00:35:13,633
wants to build in Fort Trumbull.
684
00:35:13,676 --> 00:35:14,982
Is that true?
685
00:35:15,025 --> 00:35:16,375
Oh, yes.
686
00:35:16,418 --> 00:35:19,160
Yes. Once we take care
of the blight in the area,
687
00:35:19,204 --> 00:35:21,728
we can finally
make this city hip.
688
00:35:21,771 --> 00:35:23,773
It's very--
it's very exciting.
689
00:35:23,817 --> 00:35:25,340
Is that...
690
00:35:25,384 --> 00:35:26,472
this is my house.
691
00:35:26,515 --> 00:35:28,691
[ Laughs ]
692
00:35:28,735 --> 00:35:30,606
-Where?
-[SUSETTE]
It's right there.
693
00:35:30,650 --> 00:35:32,521
It's right in the blight.
694
00:35:36,830 --> 00:35:41,748
Well, you have an exquisite view
of the river.
695
00:35:41,791 --> 00:35:43,184
Yeah.
696
00:35:43,228 --> 00:35:45,708
I don't really care
how exciting all of this is.
697
00:35:45,752 --> 00:35:47,014
I just--
nobody can force me
698
00:35:47,057 --> 00:35:48,537
out of my own home.
699
00:35:48,581 --> 00:35:50,757
Oh, no--oh.
700
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,586
No one is forcing you, Susette.
701
00:35:53,629 --> 00:35:55,544
We wanna buy your home.
702
00:35:55,588 --> 00:35:56,893
I don't wanna sell it.
703
00:35:56,937 --> 00:35:58,199
I don't wanna sell it.
704
00:35:58,243 --> 00:36:02,856
Right, but your house
is in a parcel
705
00:36:02,899 --> 00:36:05,554
that has been designated
706
00:36:05,598 --> 00:36:07,556
for the redevelopment plan.
707
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,993
The city will help
relocate you.
708
00:36:10,037 --> 00:36:11,560
I mean, this is a collaboration
709
00:36:11,604 --> 00:36:13,562
between us and the residents.
710
00:36:13,606 --> 00:36:16,522
Well, how are we...
711
00:36:16,565 --> 00:36:18,524
collaborating?
712
00:36:18,567 --> 00:36:20,090
Well, we'll work together
713
00:36:20,134 --> 00:36:21,962
and come to a mutual agreement.
714
00:36:22,005 --> 00:36:23,442
Oh, I'll never agree.
715
00:36:23,485 --> 00:36:25,487
There's no other house
716
00:36:25,531 --> 00:36:28,621
with this "exquisite view"
of the water
717
00:36:28,664 --> 00:36:31,667
that I could afford.
718
00:36:31,711 --> 00:36:33,669
Susette.
719
00:36:33,713 --> 00:36:36,106
Have you ever worked
with the poor?
720
00:36:36,150 --> 00:36:38,108
Those people standing around
721
00:36:38,152 --> 00:36:41,721
outside of those
vacant storefronts,
722
00:36:41,764 --> 00:36:42,722
in your neighborhood.
723
00:36:42,765 --> 00:36:44,114
I talk to them.
724
00:36:44,158 --> 00:36:46,900
You should see
their faces light up
725
00:36:46,943 --> 00:36:49,381
when they hear about
all of this.
726
00:36:50,860 --> 00:36:52,819
What about eminent domain?
727
00:36:54,429 --> 00:36:55,735
It's an option.
728
00:36:55,778 --> 00:36:56,997
But only as a last resort
729
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,347
if people refuse to sell.
730
00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:06,267
If you even try to take
my property away from me,
731
00:37:06,311 --> 00:37:09,139
the whole world
is gonna hear about it.
732
00:37:20,934 --> 00:37:21,978
I want to set up a meeting
733
00:37:22,022 --> 00:37:23,589
with the Fort Trumbull residents
734
00:37:23,632 --> 00:37:26,505
and nip this in the bud
before it spreads.
735
00:37:29,464 --> 00:37:31,727
[SUSETTE]
Hi. My name is Susette Kelo.
736
00:37:31,771 --> 00:37:32,902
I live in Fort Trumbull
737
00:37:32,946 --> 00:37:34,252
and I need to talk
to the Mayor please,
738
00:37:34,295 --> 00:37:35,905
-right away.
-[WOMAN]
Okay.
739
00:37:35,949 --> 00:37:39,039
And can I tell him
what this is regarding?
740
00:37:40,083 --> 00:37:41,302
It's regarding the people
741
00:37:41,346 --> 00:37:44,174
who are trying
to steal my house.
742
00:37:44,218 --> 00:37:45,872
[WOMAN]
Okay. Please hold.
743
00:37:45,915 --> 00:37:47,656
[LLOYD]
Well, I'll tell you,
I can see why they want
744
00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:49,876
this place.
745
00:37:49,919 --> 00:37:52,792
[TIM]
Come on, Beachy.
746
00:37:52,835 --> 00:37:54,097
Is this real?
747
00:37:54,968 --> 00:37:56,622
It might be.
748
00:37:58,101 --> 00:38:00,626
Is there anything
you can do to help us?
749
00:38:00,669 --> 00:38:01,714
[LLOYD]
Well, Susette,
750
00:38:01,757 --> 00:38:02,845
the way city government works,
751
00:38:02,889 --> 00:38:05,805
in particular New London,
752
00:38:05,848 --> 00:38:07,981
my options
are a little bit limited.
753
00:38:08,024 --> 00:38:10,157
But if you get out there,
754
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:11,637
start knocking on doors,
755
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,160
get people engaged,
756
00:38:13,203 --> 00:38:14,683
gather up some letters
from everybody,
757
00:38:14,727 --> 00:38:15,858
I can take those letters
758
00:38:15,902 --> 00:38:18,339
down to City Council.
759
00:38:18,383 --> 00:38:20,907
Because then I'll have
your support.
760
00:38:20,950 --> 00:38:23,344
And that gives me
a little bit more power.
761
00:38:23,388 --> 00:38:25,346
But you have to hit
the ground running.
762
00:38:25,390 --> 00:38:26,695
You understand?
763
00:38:26,739 --> 00:38:28,958
Rally the troops.
764
00:38:29,002 --> 00:38:30,264
We have troops?
765
00:38:32,745 --> 00:38:33,789
My name's Susette Kelo.
766
00:38:33,833 --> 00:38:34,703
I live in the pink house.
767
00:38:34,747 --> 00:38:37,227
We're having Saturday cleanup,
768
00:38:37,271 --> 00:38:39,360
so please come if you're free.
769
00:38:39,404 --> 00:38:41,014
And bring people.
Please. Yeah.
770
00:38:41,057 --> 00:38:42,581
Yeah. Invite friends.
771
00:38:42,624 --> 00:38:44,365
Thank you.
772
00:38:44,409 --> 00:38:46,889
Stop trying
to give them both.
773
00:38:46,933 --> 00:38:49,065
We don't have to give
each person in a couple one.
774
00:38:49,109 --> 00:38:50,893
It's just a waste.
775
00:38:50,937 --> 00:38:53,200
So I'm having this gathering
on Saturday.
776
00:38:53,243 --> 00:38:55,158
Invited most of the people
in the neighborhood.
777
00:38:55,202 --> 00:38:57,726
My house is that pink one.
778
00:38:57,770 --> 00:39:00,642
[ Music plays ]
779
00:39:03,863 --> 00:39:05,212
-[TIM] Hey.
-[SUSETTE]
Hi.
780
00:39:05,255 --> 00:39:07,083
You brought your own rake.
How great.
781
00:39:07,127 --> 00:39:09,172
If you don't mind signing in,
782
00:39:09,216 --> 00:39:10,391
and your address,
783
00:39:10,435 --> 00:39:11,871
even though I know
where you are.
784
00:39:11,914 --> 00:39:13,786
-Thank you.
-Hey, Dobbs.
785
00:39:13,829 --> 00:39:15,309
Thanks for coming in.
786
00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:20,923
I've been living here
for 40 years.
787
00:39:20,967 --> 00:39:22,229
To be a bus driver,
788
00:39:22,272 --> 00:39:23,622
and have a view
like this, huh?
789
00:39:23,665 --> 00:39:24,753
[SUSETTE]
It's incredible.
790
00:39:24,797 --> 00:39:26,276
And that's why
we have to fight.
791
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,975
I don't think this is gonna make
any difference.
792
00:39:29,018 --> 00:39:30,324
Look, I know these people.
793
00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:31,934
I don't want to join a group
of whiners.
794
00:39:33,893 --> 00:39:36,286
Well, will you at least
write a letter?
795
00:39:37,157 --> 00:39:39,028
This is all gonna blow over.
796
00:39:40,508 --> 00:39:42,162
Please?
797
00:39:42,205 --> 00:39:44,338
Oh, what the hell?
798
00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:45,557
Okay.
799
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:47,776
I thought I was the bad one,
but really,
800
00:39:47,820 --> 00:39:49,082
your daughter was the bad one.
801
00:39:49,125 --> 00:39:51,171
-No, she instigated everything.
-No, I didn't.
802
00:39:51,214 --> 00:39:53,826
-Oh, stop.
-No, I didn't.
803
00:39:53,869 --> 00:39:57,220
My husband gave up the ghost
in this house.
804
00:39:58,439 --> 00:40:01,224
It's where he wanted to be.
805
00:40:01,268 --> 00:40:03,226
And it's where I want to be too
806
00:40:03,270 --> 00:40:05,577
when my time comes.
807
00:40:05,620 --> 00:40:08,014
My wife and I grew up
in this neighborhood.
808
00:40:08,057 --> 00:40:09,711
[SUSETTE]
Oh.
809
00:40:09,755 --> 00:40:13,019
This is the only house
we've ever lived in.
810
00:40:13,062 --> 00:40:16,065
We raised our children here.
811
00:40:16,109 --> 00:40:19,547
This is my home.
812
00:40:19,591 --> 00:40:22,071
We want...
813
00:40:22,115 --> 00:40:24,813
to stay...
814
00:40:24,857 --> 00:40:26,032
here.
815
00:40:29,035 --> 00:40:31,907
[ Indistinct conversations ]
816
00:40:41,221 --> 00:40:43,745
Good evening.
817
00:40:43,789 --> 00:40:45,181
[MAN]
Charlotte!
818
00:40:45,225 --> 00:40:46,487
Good evening.
819
00:40:46,531 --> 00:40:48,750
[ Laughter ]
820
00:40:48,794 --> 00:40:49,969
[ Fake laugh ]
821
00:40:50,012 --> 00:40:51,927
Well, I love a man
822
00:40:51,971 --> 00:40:53,102
who yells my name.
823
00:40:53,146 --> 00:40:54,756
[ Laughter ]
824
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,411
[WOMAN]
Woo!
825
00:40:57,455 --> 00:40:59,413
Folks...
826
00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:02,111
I know there's been
a lot of speculation
827
00:41:02,155 --> 00:41:04,157
about what's going on
in the neighborhood,
828
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,986
and I thought it would be good
829
00:41:07,029 --> 00:41:08,770
to get together tonight
830
00:41:08,814 --> 00:41:10,642
and talk about it.
831
00:41:10,685 --> 00:41:12,252
Now first...
832
00:41:14,559 --> 00:41:16,430
let me tell you
833
00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:19,999
about a new vision
for New London.
834
00:41:20,042 --> 00:41:22,567
And I am here tonight
835
00:41:22,610 --> 00:41:26,309
to invite each
and every one of you
836
00:41:26,353 --> 00:41:27,920
to be a part of our team
837
00:41:27,963 --> 00:41:30,009
to create this vision.
838
00:41:30,052 --> 00:41:34,970
A New London
that is vital and hip.
839
00:41:35,014 --> 00:41:36,842
[ Applause ]
840
00:41:36,885 --> 00:41:39,148
Hip? You mean...
841
00:41:39,192 --> 00:41:41,107
"High Income People" hip?
842
00:41:41,150 --> 00:41:44,023
[ Laughter and applause ]
843
00:41:46,199 --> 00:41:48,331
All right. All right, please.
844
00:41:48,375 --> 00:41:50,464
Please everyone,
let's keep this civil.
845
00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:52,074
-[MAN] What?
-[SUSETTE]
Oh, okay.
846
00:41:52,118 --> 00:41:53,467
While we're keeping it civil
847
00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:54,947
you'll be stealing our homes.
848
00:41:54,990 --> 00:41:56,078
Is that right?
849
00:41:56,122 --> 00:41:56,905
[CHARLOTTE]
No, no, no.
850
00:41:56,949 --> 00:41:58,516
That is not true.
851
00:41:58,559 --> 00:42:00,648
Everyone, no final decisions
852
00:42:00,692 --> 00:42:01,910
have been made.
853
00:42:01,954 --> 00:42:04,609
We are still looking
into every alternative.
854
00:42:04,652 --> 00:42:05,914
[LLOYD]
Well, then why did you fire
855
00:42:05,958 --> 00:42:07,437
the engineering firm
that suggested
856
00:42:07,481 --> 00:42:09,744
these homes might be spared?
857
00:42:09,788 --> 00:42:10,832
Well...
858
00:42:10,876 --> 00:42:13,400
Well, actually,
they weren't fired.
859
00:42:13,443 --> 00:42:15,794
Their work was done and...
860
00:42:15,837 --> 00:42:16,969
we both moved on.
861
00:42:17,012 --> 00:42:18,100
[PAULETTE]
Oh, oh, excuse me.
862
00:42:18,144 --> 00:42:19,754
You moved on because Pfizer
863
00:42:19,798 --> 00:42:21,234
told you to move on.
864
00:42:21,277 --> 00:42:22,627
You're all a bunch
of kiss-asses!
865
00:42:22,670 --> 00:42:24,237
Let me be clear,
866
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,979
because I know that there are
867
00:42:27,022 --> 00:42:29,634
some of you who view
this redevelopment
868
00:42:29,677 --> 00:42:30,809
as a bad thing.
869
00:42:30,852 --> 00:42:33,028
[SUSETTE]
I'm sorry, but do you see
870
00:42:33,072 --> 00:42:36,118
kicking us out of our homes
as a bad thing?
871
00:42:36,162 --> 00:42:37,380
-[MAN] You don't think it's bad.
-[WOMAN]
Exactly!
872
00:42:37,424 --> 00:42:40,253
I assure you
no one wants to kick you
873
00:42:40,296 --> 00:42:41,602
out of your homes.
874
00:42:41,646 --> 00:42:42,995
[ Crowd groans ]
875
00:42:43,038 --> 00:42:45,519
[BILLY]
You sure got a funny way
of showing it.
876
00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:46,825
[WOMAN]
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
877
00:42:46,868 --> 00:42:48,740
[ Applause ]
878
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:59,402
Please understand
our perspective here.
879
00:42:59,446 --> 00:43:02,623
The most important thing
to us, to me,
880
00:43:02,667 --> 00:43:05,104
and I'm sure you'll all agree,
881
00:43:05,147 --> 00:43:07,628
is to help those in need.
882
00:43:07,672 --> 00:43:09,108
[ Applause ]
883
00:43:09,151 --> 00:43:10,936
Yes.
884
00:43:10,979 --> 00:43:13,678
The jobless, the homeless,
885
00:43:13,721 --> 00:43:16,811
the people on the fringes
of society,
886
00:43:16,855 --> 00:43:19,858
they will benefit the most
from this plan.
887
00:43:19,901 --> 00:43:21,294
[LLOYD]
How?
888
00:43:21,337 --> 00:43:23,339
[CHARLOTTE]
Pfizer's expansion to New London
889
00:43:23,383 --> 00:43:25,472
will increase
this city's tax revenue
890
00:43:25,515 --> 00:43:29,302
by $12 million a year.
891
00:43:29,345 --> 00:43:30,869
[ Applause ]
892
00:43:30,912 --> 00:43:33,785
[CHARLOTTE]
We are only here
to make this city
893
00:43:33,828 --> 00:43:35,656
that you live
in a better place.
894
00:43:35,700 --> 00:43:37,963
Who decides
what a better place is?
895
00:43:38,006 --> 00:43:39,181
You?
896
00:43:39,225 --> 00:43:40,835
Oh, no. No, no.
897
00:43:40,879 --> 00:43:42,010
Not me.
898
00:43:42,054 --> 00:43:43,185
Your community wants this.
899
00:43:43,229 --> 00:43:45,144
-[CROWD]
No.
-Oh, yes.
900
00:43:45,187 --> 00:43:46,798
And your city needs this.
901
00:43:46,841 --> 00:43:49,104
[BILLY]
Charlotte. Charlotte.
902
00:43:49,148 --> 00:43:50,453
What are you gonna do
903
00:43:50,497 --> 00:43:52,325
so that these people
can keep their homes?
904
00:43:52,368 --> 00:43:54,675
[MAN]
Yeah, that's right. Yeah.
905
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:57,199
The best course for us
to improve our city
906
00:43:57,243 --> 00:43:59,158
would be to acquire
all the homes.
907
00:43:59,201 --> 00:44:00,899
[PAULETTE]
What? This is bullshit!
908
00:44:00,942 --> 00:44:02,030
[ Crowd clamoring ]
909
00:44:02,074 --> 00:44:03,815
This is bullshit!
910
00:44:03,858 --> 00:44:04,859
It's bullshit.
911
00:44:04,903 --> 00:44:06,556
[BILLY]
It's absolute bullshit.
912
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:07,993
You're gonna help the homeless
913
00:44:08,036 --> 00:44:10,038
by kicking people
out of their homes?
914
00:44:10,082 --> 00:44:12,127
Where do you people get off?
915
00:44:12,171 --> 00:44:14,042
- This is unbelievable.
-[SUSETTE]
No. I think I get it.
916
00:44:14,086 --> 00:44:15,348
I...
917
00:44:19,308 --> 00:44:21,441
You took one look
at our neighborhood
918
00:44:21,484 --> 00:44:24,444
and saw this great water view
919
00:44:24,487 --> 00:44:27,186
and said,
"Hey, this is pretty nice.
920
00:44:27,229 --> 00:44:29,144
What are all these scumbags
doing here?"
921
00:44:29,188 --> 00:44:30,232
[MAN]
Yeah. Yeah!
922
00:44:30,276 --> 00:44:31,886
No. No, no, no, no.
923
00:44:31,930 --> 00:44:35,063
"Their houses
aren't good enough.
924
00:44:35,107 --> 00:44:37,109
They can't be next to Pfizer.
925
00:44:37,152 --> 00:44:39,720
They just don't fit in."
926
00:44:39,764 --> 00:44:41,287
[MAN]
That's right. That's right.
927
00:44:41,330 --> 00:44:42,854
[CHARLOTTE]
No. Here's the thing.
928
00:44:42,897 --> 00:44:44,986
Social justice
929
00:44:45,030 --> 00:44:47,423
and economic development,
930
00:44:47,467 --> 00:44:49,338
they go hand in hand.
931
00:44:49,382 --> 00:44:51,514
[ Scattered applause ]
932
00:44:53,168 --> 00:44:56,084
Do you think we fit in?
933
00:44:57,607 --> 00:44:58,957
Susette, I would like to think
934
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,002
there's a place here
for all of us.
935
00:45:03,091 --> 00:45:06,007
-Thank you.
-[MAN]
What does that mean?
936
00:45:08,401 --> 00:45:10,011
Any other comments?
937
00:45:10,055 --> 00:45:12,927
[ Music plays ]
938
00:45:26,724 --> 00:45:28,769
[BILLY]
Pfizer tells the NLDC
what it wants,
939
00:45:28,813 --> 00:45:31,163
the NLDC goes over
to the governor's office,
940
00:45:31,206 --> 00:45:33,600
they funnel all the money
back to the NLDC
941
00:45:33,643 --> 00:45:35,907
to make all Pfizer's dreams
come true.
942
00:45:35,950 --> 00:45:37,430
They got Charlotte
talking to Pfizer,
943
00:45:37,473 --> 00:45:38,518
Pfizer's talking to Charlotte.
944
00:45:38,561 --> 00:45:40,128
At one point, she even says,
945
00:45:40,172 --> 00:45:42,435
"I don't want Pfizer
to have to look down
946
00:45:42,478 --> 00:45:44,393
on the tenements.
947
00:45:44,437 --> 00:45:46,265
Sleazy, yeah.
948
00:45:46,308 --> 00:45:48,006
But not necessarily illegal.
949
00:45:48,049 --> 00:45:50,486
The city takes our property
by force,
950
00:45:50,530 --> 00:45:51,923
using our own tax money,
951
00:45:51,966 --> 00:45:54,142
sells it back to Pfizer
for a fucking dollar?
952
00:45:54,186 --> 00:45:56,101
In what fantasy world
is that legal?
953
00:45:56,144 --> 00:45:57,493
Who's your source?
954
00:45:57,537 --> 00:45:59,669
The dumpster,
955
00:45:59,713 --> 00:46:02,281
at the back
of the NLDC building.
956
00:46:02,324 --> 00:46:03,630
You're joking, right?
957
00:46:03,673 --> 00:46:04,936
-No, I'm not.
-You're not joking?
958
00:46:04,979 --> 00:46:06,372
No. Who cares
where I got it, man?
959
00:46:06,415 --> 00:46:08,113
You're at the paper.
Can you print it or not?
960
00:46:08,156 --> 00:46:09,636
-I don't know.
-[BILLY]
What do you mean,
961
00:46:09,679 --> 00:46:11,290
-you don't know?
-Seriously, I don't know.
962
00:46:11,333 --> 00:46:13,118
-This what you do!
-Billy.
963
00:46:14,684 --> 00:46:16,164
Look, Billy, there's another way
964
00:46:16,208 --> 00:46:17,949
to handle this.
965
00:46:17,992 --> 00:46:19,341
We can ask the NLDC
966
00:46:19,385 --> 00:46:20,560
to show us the documents.
967
00:46:20,603 --> 00:46:22,083
Right. Yeah.
Like that's gonna happen.
968
00:46:22,127 --> 00:46:23,215
Exactly.
969
00:46:23,258 --> 00:46:24,607
At which point,
we'll file a complaint
970
00:46:24,651 --> 00:46:25,826
for not being compliant
971
00:46:25,870 --> 00:46:29,395
with the Freedom
of Information Act.
972
00:46:29,438 --> 00:46:32,441
Yeah, that'll be a fun headline
for the Governor.
973
00:47:03,211 --> 00:47:06,084
[ Music plays ]
974
00:47:07,650 --> 00:47:10,175
Get me Charlotte.
975
00:47:10,218 --> 00:47:12,568
[GOVERNOR]
We are getting hammered
in the press.
976
00:47:12,612 --> 00:47:13,656
In addition to your plan
977
00:47:13,700 --> 00:47:15,223
to demolish the homes,
978
00:47:15,267 --> 00:47:17,138
you violate the Freedom
of Information act?
979
00:47:17,182 --> 00:47:20,011
[CHARLOTTE]
The NLDC is a private
corporation.
980
00:47:20,054 --> 00:47:21,142
Bullshit!
981
00:47:21,186 --> 00:47:22,448
You could have shown them
something!
982
00:47:22,491 --> 00:47:24,145
All right, Mr. Governor,
983
00:47:24,189 --> 00:47:25,364
I think this little bump
984
00:47:25,407 --> 00:47:27,453
in the road is far better
985
00:47:27,496 --> 00:47:28,671
than had I shown them
986
00:47:28,715 --> 00:47:30,151
even one document.
987
00:47:30,195 --> 00:47:31,239
Mm-hm.
988
00:47:31,283 --> 00:47:33,807
Now, if you remember,
989
00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:36,244
I told you
from the very beginning
990
00:47:36,288 --> 00:47:38,333
that this was going
to be an uphill battle,
991
00:47:38,377 --> 00:47:40,553
and...
992
00:47:40,596 --> 00:47:42,772
if I may toot my own horn,
993
00:47:42,816 --> 00:47:46,733
I have come in on time
and on budget.
994
00:47:46,776 --> 00:47:48,474
I am not authorizing
another dime
995
00:47:48,517 --> 00:47:50,302
until you clean up
this PR shitstorm.
996
00:47:50,345 --> 00:47:52,304
[ Banging phone against table ]
997
00:47:52,347 --> 00:47:55,220
[ Music plays ]
998
00:48:12,715 --> 00:48:14,369
[SUSETTE]
Oh, my God.
999
00:48:20,549 --> 00:48:21,507
Oh, my God.
1000
00:48:22,377 --> 00:48:24,597
Excuse me.
1001
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:26,425
Are you the owner
of this house?
1002
00:48:26,468 --> 00:48:28,514
[SUSETTE]
I live there. Yeah.
1003
00:48:28,557 --> 00:48:30,429
-What happened?
-There was a fire.
1004
00:48:30,472 --> 00:48:31,691
I'm not quite sure
of the cause.
1005
00:48:31,734 --> 00:48:33,736
[SUSETTE]
Yeah. Is everything okay?
1006
00:48:33,780 --> 00:48:35,303
-Are the people all right?
-They're fine.
1007
00:48:35,347 --> 00:48:36,696
They're in Family Services.
They're fine.
1008
00:48:36,739 --> 00:48:38,959
Okay. And my house?
Can I go in, or...
1009
00:48:39,003 --> 00:48:40,004
[FIREMAN]
You can, but we had
to soak it down
1010
00:48:40,047 --> 00:48:41,527
to protect it from the fire,
1011
00:48:41,570 --> 00:48:42,876
but there could be
some water damage,
1012
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:44,530
-or smoke damage.
-Okay. Thank you.
1013
00:48:44,573 --> 00:48:45,618
[FIREMAN]
Okay. All right.
1014
00:48:45,661 --> 00:48:48,795
[ Music plays ]
1015
00:48:57,021 --> 00:48:58,979
[FIREMAN]
Well, that's one way
to get rid of her.
1016
00:48:59,023 --> 00:49:01,939
[ Music plays ]
1017
00:49:34,232 --> 00:49:36,495
[LLOYD]
This is unbelievable.
1018
00:49:36,538 --> 00:49:37,757
Damn it!
1019
00:49:40,629 --> 00:49:42,414
Okay.
1020
00:49:42,457 --> 00:49:44,677
All right, everybody,
here's the deal.
1021
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:48,507
The NLDC...
1022
00:49:48,550 --> 00:49:50,378
has gotten permits to demolish
1023
00:49:50,422 --> 00:49:53,077
five buildings in Fort Trumbull,
1024
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:54,513
including the house
right next door
1025
00:49:54,556 --> 00:49:55,775
to this one.
1026
00:49:57,168 --> 00:49:59,431
-So, we need a lawyer.
-I think so.
1027
00:49:59,474 --> 00:50:00,823
You need ten lawyers.
1028
00:50:00,867 --> 00:50:02,129
What are you talking
about "a" lawyer?
1029
00:50:02,173 --> 00:50:03,478
I deal with this
kind of stuff.
1030
00:50:03,522 --> 00:50:04,566
I have in the past.
1031
00:50:04,610 --> 00:50:05,915
It is a pain in the ass.
1032
00:50:05,959 --> 00:50:07,265
Business that great
over at the antique store?
1033
00:50:07,308 --> 00:50:08,918
What are you suggesting?
You, like--I mean,
1034
00:50:08,962 --> 00:50:11,008
you could always sell
your Jag, Billy.
1035
00:50:11,051 --> 00:50:12,966
-I mean...
-[BILLY]
No, I'd sell the Jag.
1036
00:50:13,010 --> 00:50:14,489
-I'd sell the Jag.
-I'd sell it, but I'm telling
you we need more money--
1037
00:50:14,533 --> 00:50:15,621
-What else you gonna chip in?
-Guys.
1038
00:50:15,664 --> 00:50:17,405
Guys.
1039
00:50:17,449 --> 00:50:18,798
I think I can get a guy
1040
00:50:18,841 --> 00:50:20,539
who'll take the case for free.
1041
00:50:23,324 --> 00:50:24,369
Is he any good?
1042
00:50:28,112 --> 00:50:30,984
[SCOTT]
No, the hearing
isn't until February.
1043
00:50:31,028 --> 00:50:32,899
Yeah.
1044
00:50:32,942 --> 00:50:34,422
No, no, I've been here
15 minutes.
1045
00:50:34,466 --> 00:50:36,207
I'm circling.
I don't know where I am.
1046
00:50:39,645 --> 00:50:40,428
[ Siren wailing ]
1047
00:50:40,472 --> 00:50:42,387
East, East, East...
1048
00:50:42,430 --> 00:50:45,042
Hey, hey, Chip, I gotta call
you right back, okay?
1049
00:50:52,092 --> 00:50:54,660
[SAM]
Eating, talking
on your cell phone,
1050
00:50:54,703 --> 00:50:55,878
looking on a map.
1051
00:50:55,922 --> 00:50:58,229
It appears that driving
made it last
1052
00:50:58,272 --> 00:51:00,318
on your to-do list.
1053
00:51:00,361 --> 00:51:02,798
What brings you to New London,
Mr. Bullock?
1054
00:51:02,842 --> 00:51:04,235
I'm on my way
to Susette Kelo's house.
1055
00:51:04,278 --> 00:51:05,801
I'm with the Institute
for Justice.
1056
00:51:05,845 --> 00:51:08,500
What's the Institute
for Justice?
1057
00:51:08,543 --> 00:51:10,328
We're a non-profit law firm.
1058
00:51:11,807 --> 00:51:14,288
Are you here to help
the Fort Trumbull folks?
1059
00:51:14,332 --> 00:51:15,333
I am.
1060
00:51:17,465 --> 00:51:19,554
My Aunt lives
in Fort Trumbull.
1061
00:51:19,598 --> 00:51:20,729
You go get 'em, Mr. Bullock.
1062
00:51:20,773 --> 00:51:21,817
Two blocks down.
1063
00:51:21,861 --> 00:51:23,123
On the right.
1064
00:51:23,167 --> 00:51:24,559
Okay. Thank you.
1065
00:51:24,603 --> 00:51:25,647
I really appreciate it.
1066
00:51:25,691 --> 00:51:28,389
[ Music plays ]
1067
00:51:28,433 --> 00:51:29,477
[ Engine starts ]
1068
00:51:29,521 --> 00:51:32,393
[ Music plays ]
1069
00:51:43,187 --> 00:51:44,797
This is blight?
1070
00:51:48,409 --> 00:51:49,802
Huh.
1071
00:51:49,845 --> 00:51:51,064
Okay.
1072
00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:58,332
So, Scott, so glad you could
come down here to help us.
1073
00:51:58,376 --> 00:52:00,508
-Yeah, of course.
-I think this is gonna
be right up your street.
1074
00:52:00,552 --> 00:52:02,510
[TIM]
Can I get anybody
anything else?
1075
00:52:02,554 --> 00:52:04,382
-[LLOYD] No, no, we're good.
-[SAM]
No, we're good to go.
1076
00:52:06,166 --> 00:52:08,734
Okay, so I'd just like to start
1077
00:52:08,777 --> 00:52:09,996
with asking you all
a few questions.
1078
00:52:10,039 --> 00:52:12,607
How long have you been
a lawyer?
1079
00:52:12,651 --> 00:52:13,695
Nine years.
1080
00:52:13,739 --> 00:52:15,567
Why do you ask?
1081
00:52:15,610 --> 00:52:17,525
I just wondered
if it was long enough.
1082
00:52:18,657 --> 00:52:20,920
For--for what?
1083
00:52:20,963 --> 00:52:23,314
To take this case?
1084
00:52:23,357 --> 00:52:25,403
Yeah. I think so.
1085
00:52:25,446 --> 00:52:27,405
[TIM]
Don't, don't worry about her.
She doesn't know any lawyers.
1086
00:52:27,448 --> 00:52:29,189
[SUSETTE]
So I don't know any lawyers.
1087
00:52:29,233 --> 00:52:30,625
[LLOYD]
Susette, I can assure you,
1088
00:52:30,669 --> 00:52:32,149
all of you,
1089
00:52:32,192 --> 00:52:34,368
that Scott here comes
from a pedigree firm.
1090
00:52:34,412 --> 00:52:36,544
[BILLY]
I think it's a great thing
1091
00:52:36,588 --> 00:52:37,980
that you're so young.
1092
00:52:38,024 --> 00:52:40,200
You won't wear out as fast.
1093
00:52:40,244 --> 00:52:41,680
That and I like
your bicycle out front.
1094
00:52:41,723 --> 00:52:43,943
[ All laugh ]
1095
00:52:43,986 --> 00:52:46,641
So, is that you? You're the
"Mayor of Jones Street"?
1096
00:52:46,685 --> 00:52:48,121
Ah.
1097
00:52:48,165 --> 00:52:50,471
No, this was
Frederick Colonardi's hat.
1098
00:52:50,515 --> 00:52:52,821
-[SAM]
The man who passed away.
-Yeah. And I'll tell you,
1099
00:52:52,865 --> 00:52:55,041
he's be looking down right now
and he's absolutely disgusted
1100
00:52:55,084 --> 00:52:56,782
with what he sees.
1101
00:52:56,825 --> 00:52:58,653
-With good reason.
-[PAULETTE]
Excuse me.
1102
00:52:58,697 --> 00:53:00,699
Even though I have shirts
older than you--
1103
00:53:00,742 --> 00:53:01,874
[MAN]
Gosh.
1104
00:53:01,917 --> 00:53:03,658
I was just wondering
1105
00:53:03,702 --> 00:53:05,312
if you're gonna take our case.
1106
00:53:07,184 --> 00:53:09,795
That's what I'm here
to find out.
1107
00:53:09,838 --> 00:53:12,972
[ Music plays ]
1108
00:53:29,902 --> 00:53:31,904
[ Knock at door ]
1109
00:53:31,947 --> 00:53:33,427
What was that?
1110
00:53:33,471 --> 00:53:36,343
[ Music plays ]
1111
00:54:20,779 --> 00:54:21,910
[LLOYD]
I simply want to know
1112
00:54:21,954 --> 00:54:23,695
if it's on city council's agenda
1113
00:54:23,738 --> 00:54:25,740
to vote on the demolition.
1114
00:54:25,784 --> 00:54:27,307
You don't know.
1115
00:54:27,351 --> 00:54:29,440
All right.
I'll keep checking.
1116
00:54:33,182 --> 00:54:35,097
[MEMBER]
And finally, a vote to permit
1117
00:54:35,141 --> 00:54:37,578
the Bunny Choir Players
1118
00:54:37,622 --> 00:54:39,232
from New London Elementary
1119
00:54:39,276 --> 00:54:41,800
to perform Christmas Carols
in the town center.
1120
00:54:41,843 --> 00:54:43,280
All in favor say aye.
1121
00:54:43,323 --> 00:54:46,021
-[ALL] Aye.
-[MEMBER]
All right.
1122
00:54:59,121 --> 00:55:01,602
One remaining issue.
1123
00:55:01,646 --> 00:55:05,084
A vote for permits allowing
the NLDC to demolish
1124
00:55:05,127 --> 00:55:06,564
at East and Trumbull.
1125
00:55:06,607 --> 00:55:08,522
All in favor say Aye.
1126
00:55:13,005 --> 00:55:15,747
[ Engine revving ]
1127
00:55:15,790 --> 00:55:17,923
[ Machinery creaking ]
1128
00:55:27,149 --> 00:55:28,586
[BILLY]
They just tore down
Terry's house.
1129
00:55:28,629 --> 00:55:30,022
-[SUSETTE]
What?
-Yeah. Look. Excuse me.
1130
00:55:30,065 --> 00:55:31,110
What the hell do you think
you're doing?
1131
00:55:31,153 --> 00:55:32,372
Sir, we're with the NLDC--
1132
00:55:32,416 --> 00:55:34,940
No, I know who you're with.
1133
00:55:34,983 --> 00:55:36,811
-[SUSETTE] Oh, my God.
-[LLOYD]
You don't have a permit
1134
00:55:36,855 --> 00:55:38,683
- to do this!
-[MAN]
The NLDC put the paperwork
1135
00:55:38,726 --> 00:55:41,250
-in last night.
-[LLOYD]
No. That's bullshit!
1136
00:55:41,294 --> 00:55:42,600
I was just at City Council
last night.
1137
00:55:42,643 --> 00:55:44,950
I got this.
Go get my knitting.
1138
00:55:44,993 --> 00:55:46,560
-What?
-[WOMAN]
Get my knitting.
1139
00:55:46,604 --> 00:55:47,822
Oh, jeez.
1140
00:55:47,866 --> 00:55:49,563
-I'm just doing my job.
-You are unbelievable.
1141
00:55:49,607 --> 00:55:51,217
-Let me see this.
-These are private documents.
1142
00:55:51,260 --> 00:55:52,784
-This is such bullshit.
-Excuse me. Excuse me.
1143
00:55:52,827 --> 00:55:54,394
Ma'am, you can't do that.
1144
00:55:54,438 --> 00:55:56,657
-I'm going.
-Be my guest, Ms. Kelo.
1145
00:55:56,701 --> 00:55:57,789
-[SUSETTE]
She's right. Stop.
-You are not sitting
1146
00:55:57,832 --> 00:55:59,138
-on the steps.
-I am. Billy!
1147
00:55:59,181 --> 00:56:00,531
No, you're not,
if you want Bullock
1148
00:56:00,574 --> 00:56:03,229
to take the case
we gotta to do it his way.
1149
00:56:03,272 --> 00:56:05,187
Red, we have to do it his way.
1150
00:56:05,231 --> 00:56:07,538
-Susette.
-[SUSETTE]
Okay. Okay.
1151
00:56:07,581 --> 00:56:09,540
All right. Okay.
1152
00:56:09,583 --> 00:56:11,890
-Billy, let me...
-Yeah. Police, please.
1153
00:56:22,814 --> 00:56:24,032
Well, here they come.
1154
00:56:24,076 --> 00:56:25,730
You know the drill.
1155
00:56:28,210 --> 00:56:29,429
Oh, for God...
1156
00:56:31,170 --> 00:56:32,650
Well, you might as well
arrest us
1157
00:56:32,693 --> 00:56:34,216
'cause we're not moving.
1158
00:56:37,872 --> 00:56:40,701
Mayor Beachy,
please come with us.
1159
00:56:40,745 --> 00:56:43,835
Sam, you know we're not
leaving voluntarily.
1160
00:56:54,411 --> 00:56:56,021
[LLOYD]
Unbelievable!
1161
00:56:58,066 --> 00:57:00,155
This is wrong, you know.
1162
00:57:00,199 --> 00:57:02,114
What if this was your house?
1163
00:57:02,157 --> 00:57:03,463
You should be ashamed
of yourselves.
1164
00:57:03,507 --> 00:57:04,943
[PAULETTE]
How do you sleep at night?
1165
00:57:11,079 --> 00:57:12,951
[ Grunting ]
1166
00:57:15,780 --> 00:57:16,737
[ Sighs ]
1167
00:57:26,181 --> 00:57:27,835
[ Siren wailing ]
1168
00:57:27,879 --> 00:57:30,229
[MAN]
All right, let's move
these people out of the way.
1169
00:57:32,144 --> 00:57:33,754
Start it up.
1170
00:57:38,019 --> 00:57:40,326
[MAN]
No, no, no.
1171
00:57:40,369 --> 00:57:42,023
-How can they do that?
-I don't know.
1172
00:57:42,067 --> 00:57:45,200
[ Music plays ]
1173
00:57:49,117 --> 00:57:50,902
[SUSETTE]
Oh, God!
1174
00:57:50,945 --> 00:57:53,774
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
1175
00:57:53,818 --> 00:57:56,690
[ Music plays ]
1176
00:58:14,578 --> 00:58:17,145
[PAULETTE]
This is somebody's home!
1177
00:58:17,189 --> 00:58:19,670
[ Music plays ]
1178
00:58:19,713 --> 00:58:20,845
To hell with you.
1179
00:58:20,888 --> 00:58:23,761
[ Music plays ]
1180
00:58:27,068 --> 00:58:29,418
[SUSETTE]
Oh, God! My house!
1181
00:58:29,462 --> 00:58:31,943
Please, just my house.
It's right here.
1182
00:58:31,986 --> 00:58:33,988
Let me just go inside
and get the...
1183
00:58:34,032 --> 00:58:36,904
[ Music plays ]
1184
00:58:43,345 --> 00:58:45,086
Get it off my porch.
1185
00:58:49,569 --> 00:58:51,266
[BILLY]
Susette.
1186
00:58:51,310 --> 00:58:52,572
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
1187
00:58:52,616 --> 00:58:54,052
Hey! Hey, hey!
1188
00:58:54,095 --> 00:58:55,706
Hey! Hey!
1189
00:58:55,749 --> 00:58:57,969
Cut it, man.
She's on her porch!
1190
00:58:58,012 --> 00:58:59,057
Cut it!
1191
00:58:59,100 --> 00:59:01,102
Cut the goddamn engine!
1192
00:59:01,146 --> 00:59:03,278
You see her standing
right there!
1193
00:59:03,322 --> 00:59:05,237
Don't you see that?
1194
00:59:21,209 --> 00:59:23,342
[ Crying ]
1195
00:59:28,129 --> 00:59:29,740
Oh, no.
1196
00:59:29,783 --> 00:59:31,350
Susette, come on down
from there.
1197
00:59:31,393 --> 00:59:32,743
[SUSETTE]
No.
1198
00:59:32,786 --> 00:59:35,659
[ Music plays ]
1199
00:59:40,054 --> 00:59:42,927
[ Crying ]
1200
01:00:04,252 --> 01:00:06,646
[SCOTT]
It was a cock show to
illustrate the inevitability.
1201
01:00:06,690 --> 01:00:08,517
To say, "This is a done deal.
You can't stop it".
1202
01:00:08,561 --> 01:00:10,650
Legally, the city did own
those homes, Scott.
1203
01:00:10,694 --> 01:00:11,999
They had the right
to tear them down.
1204
01:00:12,043 --> 01:00:13,218
Yeah, but they didn't have to.
1205
01:00:13,261 --> 01:00:14,175
They did it to intimidate
Susette.
1206
01:00:14,219 --> 01:00:15,699
To let her know she's next.
1207
01:00:15,742 --> 01:00:17,744
I could get every reporter
in America on this.
1208
01:00:19,180 --> 01:00:22,183
We need to take
these people on.
1209
01:00:22,227 --> 01:00:23,184
He's right.
1210
01:00:29,147 --> 01:00:30,627
We're gonna take your case.
1211
01:00:30,670 --> 01:00:32,106
And you won't have
to pay us a fee.
1212
01:00:32,150 --> 01:00:33,891
[BILLY]
Good, because, you know,
1213
01:00:33,934 --> 01:00:35,457
we don't have any money.
1214
01:00:35,501 --> 01:00:40,071
But we do need something
of you in return.
1215
01:00:40,114 --> 01:00:43,117
[SUSETTE]
What's that?
1216
01:00:43,161 --> 01:00:45,206
I.J. wants this story covered
1217
01:00:45,250 --> 01:00:47,382
by every major media outlet.
1218
01:00:47,426 --> 01:00:50,081
We want full public exposure.
1219
01:00:50,124 --> 01:00:51,560
That means talk shows,
newspapers,
1220
01:00:51,604 --> 01:00:53,084
magazine interviews...
1221
01:00:53,127 --> 01:00:56,000
We need you to be the face
of this fight.
1222
01:00:56,043 --> 01:00:58,219
Me?
1223
01:00:58,263 --> 01:00:59,612
Oh, I don't--no.
1224
01:00:59,656 --> 01:01:01,396
I don't want to be the face
of anything.
1225
01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:02,963
Make Billy do it.
1226
01:01:03,007 --> 01:01:04,138
I don't think
that's a good idea.
1227
01:01:04,182 --> 01:01:06,663
-No offense.
-None taken.
1228
01:01:06,706 --> 01:01:08,055
Susette, it's got to be you.
1229
01:01:08,099 --> 01:01:09,404
Why?
1230
01:01:09,448 --> 01:01:11,102
Why does it have to be me?
I mean...
1231
01:01:11,145 --> 01:01:14,148
- I...
-[TIM]
Because it's your house.
1232
01:01:14,192 --> 01:01:16,629
Because you have more strength
1233
01:01:16,673 --> 01:01:19,458
and resilience
than any woman I know.
1234
01:01:21,286 --> 01:01:23,114
Plus, you're hot.
1235
01:01:23,157 --> 01:01:24,071
[SUSETTE]
[ chuckles ]
1236
01:01:24,115 --> 01:01:25,159
Smoking hot.
1237
01:01:25,203 --> 01:01:27,466
[ Laughs ]
1238
01:01:27,509 --> 01:01:29,076
No. I, it's...
1239
01:01:41,262 --> 01:01:43,525
Okay. I'll do it.
1240
01:01:43,569 --> 01:01:45,353
-Yeah?
-[SUSETTE]
Yeah.
1241
01:01:45,397 --> 01:01:46,790
Then we're in.
1242
01:01:49,053 --> 01:01:50,619
Okay. Thank you.
1243
01:01:50,663 --> 01:01:52,447
[JIM]
Evening, everyone.
1244
01:01:52,491 --> 01:01:53,840
Interesting way
to champion the cause
1245
01:01:53,884 --> 01:01:58,497
of "social justice,"
Charlotte.
1246
01:01:58,540 --> 01:02:01,195
This Institute for Justice,
1247
01:02:01,239 --> 01:02:02,806
do we need to be concerned?
1248
01:02:02,849 --> 01:02:04,329
Well, thanks to their lawsuit,
1249
01:02:04,372 --> 01:02:06,810
I've got reporters
crawling up my ass
1250
01:02:06,853 --> 01:02:09,116
every time I set foot
outside my own house.
1251
01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:10,204
Well, what are they asking?
1252
01:02:10,248 --> 01:02:11,815
They're wanting to know
why the city
1253
01:02:11,858 --> 01:02:14,339
is trying to throw people
out of their homes.
1254
01:02:14,382 --> 01:02:15,383
And when the city's attorney
1255
01:02:15,427 --> 01:02:16,820
can't answer that question,
1256
01:02:16,863 --> 01:02:18,386
there tends to be some
cause for concern.
1257
01:02:18,430 --> 01:02:19,474
What are we looking at?
1258
01:02:19,518 --> 01:02:22,347
I.J. filed a restraining order.
1259
01:02:22,390 --> 01:02:24,218
It'll do some short-term damage
1260
01:02:24,262 --> 01:02:25,393
in the court of public opinion,
1261
01:02:25,437 --> 01:02:28,266
but, technically,
you own those homes,
1262
01:02:28,309 --> 01:02:29,789
so you're in the clear.
1263
01:02:29,833 --> 01:02:32,139
Any judge will lift the RO.
1264
01:02:32,183 --> 01:02:33,837
Excellent.
1265
01:02:35,969 --> 01:02:40,365
[MAN]
So Father, we now commend
Agnes to you in your hands.
1266
01:02:40,408 --> 01:02:42,280
[TIM]
Hang in there, okay?
1267
01:02:43,672 --> 01:02:46,284
-See you there.
-Okay. Yeah.
1268
01:02:49,243 --> 01:02:52,246
Mom was so scared.
1269
01:02:52,290 --> 01:02:53,987
She kept worrying
1270
01:02:54,031 --> 01:02:55,989
that they were gonna
kick her out.
1271
01:02:56,033 --> 01:02:58,296
Yeah.
1272
01:02:58,339 --> 01:02:59,645
Well, at least she got to die
1273
01:02:59,688 --> 01:03:01,429
in her own home, huh?
1274
01:03:05,607 --> 01:03:07,784
And now I'm gonna lose
that too.
1275
01:03:13,267 --> 01:03:15,313
It's fine.
1276
01:03:15,356 --> 01:03:18,098
-I'll see you later, okay?
-[SUSETTE]
Okay. Okay.
1277
01:03:28,456 --> 01:03:30,589
[ Phone ringing ]
1278
01:03:37,248 --> 01:03:38,205
[ Sighs ]
1279
01:03:40,642 --> 01:03:43,776
Hold my calls.
1280
01:03:43,820 --> 01:03:45,604
I'm so sorry I'm late.
1281
01:03:47,388 --> 01:03:48,781
There are allegations
1282
01:03:48,825 --> 01:03:50,914
that the amount of time
you've put into the NLDC
1283
01:03:50,957 --> 01:03:53,220
has lead to financial distress
1284
01:03:53,264 --> 01:03:54,395
at Walthrop College.
1285
01:03:54,439 --> 01:03:56,180
-Is this true?
-No.
1286
01:03:56,223 --> 01:03:59,226
No, a lot of people
want to attack a woman
1287
01:03:59,270 --> 01:04:01,794
for trying to do it all.
1288
01:04:01,838 --> 01:04:04,362
I'm not concerned
about Walthrop.
1289
01:04:04,405 --> 01:04:05,972
These are just critics.
1290
01:04:06,016 --> 01:04:08,366
Getting back to Fort Trumbull,
Mrs. Colonardi, the widow...
1291
01:04:08,409 --> 01:04:11,369
-[CHARLOTTE]
We told her she could stay.
-She can?
1292
01:04:11,412 --> 01:04:12,326
Yeah, we wouldn't need her house
1293
01:04:12,370 --> 01:04:14,241
until after she dies, so...
1294
01:04:16,156 --> 01:04:17,549
Next question.
1295
01:04:17,592 --> 01:04:19,159
[NEWS ANCHOR]
Our top story tonight.
1296
01:04:19,203 --> 01:04:20,160
Residents of the historic
1297
01:04:20,204 --> 01:04:21,770
Fort Trumbull area
of New London
1298
01:04:21,814 --> 01:04:23,685
are fighting to save
their homes.
1299
01:04:23,729 --> 01:04:25,035
On Monday they'll head to Court
1300
01:04:25,078 --> 01:04:27,037
to resolve
their dispute over land
1301
01:04:27,080 --> 01:04:28,734
proposed for the multimillion
1302
01:04:28,777 --> 01:04:29,996
dollar redevelopment
1303
01:04:30,040 --> 01:04:31,345
of the waterfront neighborhood.
1304
01:04:31,389 --> 01:04:32,912
[JOHN]
Let me tell you something
1305
01:04:32,956 --> 01:04:35,567
that should put you
instantly at ease
1306
01:04:35,610 --> 01:04:38,178
in an interview.
1307
01:04:38,222 --> 01:04:39,876
You're already the world's
1308
01:04:39,919 --> 01:04:43,444
greatest expert on your story.
1309
01:04:43,488 --> 01:04:44,271
You've lived it.
1310
01:04:44,315 --> 01:04:45,751
You know it.
1311
01:04:47,100 --> 01:04:48,493
All you have to do
1312
01:04:48,536 --> 01:04:49,668
is tell the truth
1313
01:04:49,711 --> 01:04:52,410
about what you've
experienced here.
1314
01:04:52,453 --> 01:04:54,281
What you're doing is right.
1315
01:04:54,325 --> 01:04:57,415
What they're doing, it's wrong.
1316
01:04:57,458 --> 01:04:59,286
Oh, sure, sometimes reporters
1317
01:04:59,330 --> 01:05:00,635
they'll ask you questions
1318
01:05:00,679 --> 01:05:02,420
you might not know
the answer to.
1319
01:05:02,463 --> 01:05:04,378
It might be a question
about the law
1320
01:05:04,422 --> 01:05:06,424
or the Constitution.
1321
01:05:06,467 --> 01:05:08,382
Just be honest and say,
"You know what?
1322
01:05:08,426 --> 01:05:11,472
I don't know the answer
to that, but...
1323
01:05:11,516 --> 01:05:14,127
let me tell you
about this home.
1324
01:05:15,476 --> 01:05:17,130
And what it means to me--
1325
01:05:17,174 --> 01:05:20,220
-[SUSETTE] Thank you.
-[JOHN]
--and my family."
1326
01:05:20,264 --> 01:05:21,700
That's it.
1327
01:05:21,743 --> 01:05:24,529
It isn't any more complicated
than that.
1328
01:05:24,572 --> 01:05:27,140
So...
1329
01:05:27,184 --> 01:05:30,883
are you the world's greatest
expert on your story?
1330
01:05:35,583 --> 01:05:37,150
Then tell your story.
1331
01:05:38,586 --> 01:05:40,327
[CROWD]
Hands off our homes!
1332
01:05:40,371 --> 01:05:42,329
Hands off our homes!
1333
01:05:42,373 --> 01:05:44,418
Hands off our homes!
1334
01:05:44,462 --> 01:05:46,246
Hands off our homes!
1335
01:05:46,290 --> 01:05:48,292
Hands off our homes!
1336
01:05:48,335 --> 01:05:51,208
[ Chanting continues ]
1337
01:05:53,427 --> 01:05:55,560
I don't...
1338
01:05:55,603 --> 01:05:56,778
You can do this.
1339
01:05:58,693 --> 01:05:59,781
Let's just get this over with.
1340
01:05:59,825 --> 01:06:01,566
[CROWD]
Hands off our homes!
1341
01:06:01,609 --> 01:06:03,611
-Hands off our homes!
-All right?
1342
01:06:03,655 --> 01:06:05,526
[CROWD]
Hands off our homes!
1343
01:06:05,570 --> 01:06:06,875
Hands off our homes!
1344
01:06:06,919 --> 01:06:08,181
Hands off our homes!
1345
01:06:08,225 --> 01:06:09,530
[REPORTER]
Yes, go.
1346
01:06:09,574 --> 01:06:10,705
[CROWD]
Hands off our homes!
1347
01:06:10,749 --> 01:06:13,882
[ Cheering ]
1348
01:06:25,546 --> 01:06:27,461
Hello.
Hi. Good morning.
1349
01:06:29,115 --> 01:06:32,162
-My name's Susette Kelo.
-[MAN]
Yeah, we know!
1350
01:06:32,205 --> 01:06:35,078
[ Cheering ]
1351
01:06:36,818 --> 01:06:40,344
We look forward
to presenting our case today.
1352
01:06:40,387 --> 01:06:43,956
We've waited
a long time for this.
1353
01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:46,741
And we look forward to having
our day in court.
1354
01:06:46,785 --> 01:06:48,395
-Thank you.
-[ Crowd cheering ]
1355
01:06:48,439 --> 01:06:50,093
[REPORTER]
Ms. Kelo, do you truly believe
1356
01:06:50,136 --> 01:06:52,660
that the city's in violation
of the Constitution?
1357
01:06:57,578 --> 01:06:58,797
I...
1358
01:07:00,016 --> 01:07:01,452
I...
1359
01:07:01,495 --> 01:07:03,454
I just know...
1360
01:07:03,497 --> 01:07:05,586
that we should be able
to keep our homes.
1361
01:07:05,630 --> 01:07:08,111
[ Cheering ]
1362
01:07:08,154 --> 01:07:10,591
No, and then,
one more thing,
1363
01:07:10,635 --> 01:07:12,463
and that...
1364
01:07:12,506 --> 01:07:14,682
what they're doing is wrong.
1365
01:07:14,726 --> 01:07:18,251
[ Cheering ]
1366
01:07:18,295 --> 01:07:19,339
That's it.
1367
01:07:23,691 --> 01:07:25,650
[JIM]
I guess some lawyers
file their papers
1368
01:07:25,693 --> 01:07:27,391
with the media first,
1369
01:07:27,434 --> 01:07:29,088
then the court.
1370
01:07:29,132 --> 01:07:30,437
[JUDGE]
Mr. Bullock.
1371
01:07:30,481 --> 01:07:32,483
You may proceed, sir.
1372
01:07:32,526 --> 01:07:35,399
[SCOTT]
Your Honor.
Government can,
1373
01:07:35,442 --> 01:07:37,575
through the power
of eminent domain,
1374
01:07:37,618 --> 01:07:39,620
lawfully seize private property
1375
01:07:39,664 --> 01:07:41,622
for public use
1376
01:07:41,666 --> 01:07:43,189
to build hospitals,
1377
01:07:43,233 --> 01:07:44,669
highways,
1378
01:07:44,712 --> 01:07:45,887
dams.
1379
01:07:45,931 --> 01:07:47,585
But in this case,
1380
01:07:47,628 --> 01:07:49,587
the government
has misused its power
1381
01:07:49,630 --> 01:07:52,459
to enrich private parties,
1382
01:07:52,503 --> 01:07:56,072
namely Pfizer Pharmaceutical.
1383
01:07:56,115 --> 01:07:58,074
[JIM]
Your Honor,
simply stated,
1384
01:07:58,117 --> 01:08:02,034
the City of New London
followed state statutes.
1385
01:08:02,078 --> 01:08:04,732
I would also like
to point out that the NLDC
1386
01:08:04,776 --> 01:08:07,692
has spent 73 million dollars
1387
01:08:07,735 --> 01:08:09,650
upgrading roads,
1388
01:08:09,694 --> 01:08:12,088
sewers,
street lights,
1389
01:08:12,131 --> 01:08:13,611
all of which has resulted
1390
01:08:13,654 --> 01:08:15,613
in public benefit.
1391
01:08:15,656 --> 01:08:18,616
[SCOTT]
How did you learn eminent
domain was filed against you?
1392
01:08:23,316 --> 01:08:26,580
I came home
from work one day
1393
01:08:26,624 --> 01:08:29,235
and a letter was taped
1394
01:08:29,279 --> 01:08:30,715
to my front door.
1395
01:08:30,758 --> 01:08:32,673
Was there anything
about an occupancy fee?
1396
01:08:34,197 --> 01:08:36,547
You mean the eviction notice?
1397
01:08:36,590 --> 01:08:39,637
[SCOTT]
So you also received
an eviction notice?
1398
01:08:39,680 --> 01:08:41,160
[SUSETTE]
Yes.
1399
01:08:41,204 --> 01:08:42,553
Prior to that,
1400
01:08:42,596 --> 01:08:43,989
was there anything
about a rental fee?
1401
01:08:45,512 --> 01:08:46,470
Yes.
1402
01:08:47,732 --> 01:08:49,690
They wanted me
to pay rent
1403
01:08:49,734 --> 01:08:51,866
on the house that I own.
1404
01:08:53,216 --> 01:08:56,262
[SCOTT]
What, if anything,
Mrs. Kelo,
1405
01:08:56,306 --> 01:08:58,090
do you wanna get
out of this lawsuit?
1406
01:08:59,787 --> 01:09:00,919
I just want
to be left in peace.
1407
01:09:00,962 --> 01:09:03,313
I don't--
I wanna come home and...
1408
01:09:04,705 --> 01:09:06,316
relax, finally,
1409
01:09:06,359 --> 01:09:08,448
and be left alone.
1410
01:09:11,277 --> 01:09:13,627
[CHARLOTTE]
Which is why
1411
01:09:13,671 --> 01:09:15,760
it is so important
1412
01:09:15,803 --> 01:09:18,110
for us to integrate
1413
01:09:18,154 --> 01:09:19,503
the infrastructure
1414
01:09:19,546 --> 01:09:21,026
of large corporations
1415
01:09:21,069 --> 01:09:23,637
to the brass tacks needs
1416
01:09:23,681 --> 01:09:27,772
- of our city's most needful--
-[JUDGE]
Okay, okay, okay.
1417
01:09:27,815 --> 01:09:29,730
Mrs. Wells,
let's see something new.
1418
01:09:29,774 --> 01:09:33,299
-Oh.
-[JUDGE]
Realizing that life is short,
1419
01:09:33,343 --> 01:09:35,258
when someone
asks you a "yes"
1420
01:09:35,301 --> 01:09:37,825
or "no" question,
how about you answer
1421
01:09:37,869 --> 01:09:40,567
with a "yes" or "no"?
1422
01:09:40,611 --> 01:09:42,352
Counsel.
1423
01:09:42,395 --> 01:09:44,136
[SCOTT]
So, was the answer
to my question...
1424
01:09:46,094 --> 01:09:47,052
yes?
1425
01:09:50,142 --> 01:09:51,099
Yes.
1426
01:09:51,970 --> 01:09:53,841
I said yes.
1427
01:09:53,885 --> 01:09:56,801
I said it at the end
instead of the beginning.
1428
01:09:56,844 --> 01:09:58,759
That's the way the French
frame their answers,
1429
01:09:58,803 --> 01:10:00,239
so I'm sorry
and I will try
1430
01:10:00,283 --> 01:10:02,154
to think more Anglo-American.
1431
01:10:09,857 --> 01:10:12,991
[ Music plays ]
1432
01:10:16,734 --> 01:10:18,039
[TIM] Billy, you're gonna wear a hole
1433
01:10:18,083 --> 01:10:19,345
- in the carpet.
-I'm good.
1434
01:10:19,389 --> 01:10:21,304
[ Phone rings ]
1435
01:10:21,347 --> 01:10:22,566
Bull?
1436
01:10:22,609 --> 01:10:23,697
Let me put you on speaker.
1437
01:10:23,741 --> 01:10:25,917
Okay.
Are you there?
1438
01:10:25,960 --> 01:10:27,223
-[SCOTT]
Mm-hm.
-We're all here, buddy.
1439
01:10:27,266 --> 01:10:28,659
-Bull. Tim here.
-Billy here.
1440
01:10:28,702 --> 01:10:31,009
[SCOTT]
All right.
1441
01:10:31,052 --> 01:10:32,663
You, Billy,
and the Vecchiarellis
1442
01:10:32,706 --> 01:10:33,838
get to keep your properties.
1443
01:10:33,881 --> 01:10:36,319
-Oh, my God.
-[ Clapping ]
1444
01:10:36,362 --> 01:10:38,756
-Oh, my God.
-Oh, yes.
1445
01:10:38,799 --> 01:10:42,194
What, what?
What, what, what?
1446
01:10:42,238 --> 01:10:44,631
-What else, brother?
-[SCOTT]
The rest isn't good.
1447
01:10:44,675 --> 01:10:46,807
See, the judge split the baby.
1448
01:10:46,851 --> 01:10:49,462
-What does that mean?
-[SCOTT] Developers won't build anything
1449
01:10:49,506 --> 01:10:52,117
on your land,
but they might build something
1450
01:10:52,160 --> 01:10:53,771
- on theirs.
-What?
1451
01:10:53,814 --> 01:10:55,642
How does that work?
1452
01:10:55,686 --> 01:10:57,209
How would that work?
1453
01:10:57,253 --> 01:10:59,820
[SCOTT]
Listen, you guys.
Go get a drink.
1454
01:10:59,864 --> 01:11:01,735
Celebrate a little.
You deserve it.
1455
01:11:01,779 --> 01:11:03,737
- Okay? We'll talk tomorrow.
-Okay. Thank you, brother.
1456
01:11:03,781 --> 01:11:05,173
Thank you very much.
We're going for a drink.
1457
01:11:05,217 --> 01:11:06,349
Come on.
Let's hit the bar.
1458
01:11:06,392 --> 01:11:07,698
Let's do that.
Let's celebrate.
1459
01:11:07,741 --> 01:11:09,700
-Let's get out of here!
-Let's go.
1460
01:11:09,743 --> 01:11:11,615
We're getting drunk.
1461
01:11:11,658 --> 01:11:12,790
Come on.
1462
01:11:13,834 --> 01:11:15,314
Okay, let me just get my--
1463
01:11:15,358 --> 01:11:17,011
let me get my wallet
and stuff.
1464
01:11:17,055 --> 01:11:18,796
No, I got money.
1465
01:11:18,839 --> 01:11:19,840
I've got money.
1466
01:11:22,060 --> 01:11:25,193
[ Music plays ]
1467
01:11:27,892 --> 01:11:29,328
So what do we do now?
1468
01:11:29,372 --> 01:11:30,764
[ Sighs ]
1469
01:11:31,939 --> 01:11:33,898
This one's above my pay grade.
1470
01:11:38,946 --> 01:11:41,209
Basically, they're saying that
if nobody appeals the decision,
1471
01:11:41,253 --> 01:11:42,950
they won't appeal either.
1472
01:11:42,994 --> 01:11:45,344
[TIM]
I don't trust a damn thing
they say anyway.
1473
01:11:45,388 --> 01:11:46,824
They're trying to pit us
against each other.
1474
01:11:46,867 --> 01:11:48,565
I can't even believe
they can do this.
1475
01:11:48,608 --> 01:11:51,002
We get to keep our homes
1476
01:11:51,045 --> 01:11:52,264
and they gotta take it.
1477
01:11:55,920 --> 01:11:56,964
Fuck 'em.
1478
01:11:57,835 --> 01:12:00,054
Either all of us stay,
1479
01:12:00,098 --> 01:12:01,752
-or all of us go.
-[PAULETTE]
Yup.
1480
01:12:01,795 --> 01:12:03,449
[BILLY]
I mean,
what's the point, right?
1481
01:12:03,493 --> 01:12:04,885
I got a deli
with nobody in it?
1482
01:12:04,929 --> 01:12:06,104
Hey, how's the new thing?
1483
01:12:06,147 --> 01:12:07,671
Oh, since Pfizer moved in,
it's great.
1484
01:12:07,714 --> 01:12:09,281
I got no neighbors,
but I got this raging boner
1485
01:12:09,325 --> 01:12:11,370
all the time.
Who needs that?
1486
01:12:11,414 --> 01:12:12,893
Yeah.
We fight 'em.
1487
01:12:17,202 --> 01:12:18,682
[SUSETTE]
Here.
1488
01:12:19,813 --> 01:12:21,162
[TIM]
Thanks, sweetie.
1489
01:12:37,875 --> 01:12:39,050
I'm scared.
1490
01:12:44,969 --> 01:12:46,362
I got your back.
1491
01:12:47,493 --> 01:12:48,625
I know.
1492
01:12:49,800 --> 01:12:51,105
Thank you.
1493
01:12:52,498 --> 01:12:53,673
Thank you.
1494
01:12:55,501 --> 01:12:56,894
No, I mean it.
Thank you.
1495
01:12:58,765 --> 01:13:00,332
[JOSH]
First thing tomorrow,
we're gonna file an appeal
1496
01:13:00,376 --> 01:13:02,116
so the Kelo, Von Winkle,
and Vecchiarelli properties
1497
01:13:02,160 --> 01:13:04,292
-go back to the NDLC.
-This is ludicrous.
1498
01:13:04,336 --> 01:13:05,903
Everybody's talking about it.
1499
01:13:05,946 --> 01:13:08,122
Just yesterday,
my 11-year-old granddaughter,
1500
01:13:08,166 --> 01:13:09,994
she asks me why
it's okay for the city
1501
01:13:10,037 --> 01:13:11,909
to steal people's homes.
1502
01:13:11,952 --> 01:13:13,476
My own granddaughter.
1503
01:13:13,519 --> 01:13:16,304
[JOSH]
They grow up fast nowadays.
1504
01:13:16,348 --> 01:13:17,871
Okay.
1505
01:13:17,915 --> 01:13:20,047
What's next?
1506
01:13:20,091 --> 01:13:22,006
[ Sighs ]
We need to block I.J.'s move
1507
01:13:22,049 --> 01:13:23,573
to overturn the ruling.
1508
01:13:25,966 --> 01:13:27,011
Got it.
1509
01:13:29,492 --> 01:13:32,364
[ Music plays ]
1510
01:13:33,496 --> 01:13:35,541
No, I don't care
what he's doing.
1511
01:13:35,585 --> 01:13:37,761
I need to speak with him.
Now.
1512
01:13:37,804 --> 01:13:40,938
[WOMAN]
And will he know what
it's regarding, Mrs. Wells?
1513
01:13:40,981 --> 01:13:42,722
Yes, he knows exactly
1514
01:13:42,766 --> 01:13:44,463
what this is regarding.
1515
01:13:44,507 --> 01:13:46,204
-[WOMAN]
Charlotte Wells for you--
-[ Sighs ]
1516
01:13:46,247 --> 01:13:47,466
[WOMAN]
--again.
1517
01:13:52,732 --> 01:13:54,038
Hello, Charlotte.
1518
01:13:54,081 --> 01:13:57,041
I got a call
from one of your lackies.
1519
01:13:57,084 --> 01:13:59,391
You didn't have the balls
to fire me yourself.
1520
01:13:59,435 --> 01:14:01,393
-Now hold on.
-No, you hold on.
1521
01:14:01,437 --> 01:14:03,221
You hired me to turn
this city around
1522
01:14:03,264 --> 01:14:04,918
and I did exactly that.
1523
01:14:04,962 --> 01:14:06,746
And now you're throwing me out?
1524
01:14:06,790 --> 01:14:08,226
You've become a liability.
1525
01:14:17,104 --> 01:14:19,542
A fucking liability?!
1526
01:14:19,585 --> 01:14:21,413
Charlotte, the only thing
that both sides can agree on
1527
01:14:21,457 --> 01:14:24,198
is how much they despise you.
You're out of control.
1528
01:14:24,242 --> 01:14:25,678
You don't seem to care
who you step on
1529
01:14:25,722 --> 01:14:26,940
or who sees you do it.
1530
01:14:26,984 --> 01:14:28,594
Yeah.
I do what is necessary.
1531
01:14:28,638 --> 01:14:30,901
If I haven't left
some blood on the battlefield,
1532
01:14:30,944 --> 01:14:32,598
I haven't done enough.
1533
01:14:32,642 --> 01:14:34,948
You clearly don't understand
the power of perception.
1534
01:14:34,992 --> 01:14:37,647
Oh, I do.
1535
01:14:37,690 --> 01:14:39,823
What about the perception
of the governor
1536
01:14:39,866 --> 01:14:42,826
who's trying to avoid
more controversy
1537
01:14:42,869 --> 01:14:43,870
because he's now the target
1538
01:14:43,914 --> 01:14:46,003
of a corruption investigation?
1539
01:14:46,046 --> 01:14:47,700
My legal issues have nothing
to do with this.
1540
01:14:47,744 --> 01:14:49,746
They have everything
to do with this.
1541
01:14:58,929 --> 01:15:00,539
[ Clears throat ]
1542
01:15:00,583 --> 01:15:02,585
This is where we part ways,
Charlotte.
1543
01:15:02,628 --> 01:15:04,282
Thank you for everything
you've done.
1544
01:15:07,677 --> 01:15:08,721
No.
1545
01:15:10,593 --> 01:15:11,550
[ Sighs ]
1546
01:15:25,912 --> 01:15:28,785
[ Ambulance siren wailing ]
1547
01:15:30,526 --> 01:15:32,310
[WOMAN]
Major head trauma
coming in.
1548
01:15:36,053 --> 01:15:37,881
-It was a car accident.
-[SUSETTE]
Oh, my God.
1549
01:15:37,924 --> 01:15:39,883
-[WOMAN] What? You know him?
-[SUSETTE]
Yes.
1550
01:15:39,926 --> 01:15:41,885
WOMAN] Okay. Stay here, Susette.
-[SUSETTE]
No, no--
1551
01:15:41,928 --> 01:15:42,973
[WOMAN]
You can't come in.
You know you can't come in.
1552
01:15:43,016 --> 01:15:44,061
I know I can't come in!
1553
01:15:44,104 --> 01:15:45,541
Oh, my God!
1554
01:15:52,069 --> 01:15:54,941
[ Crying ]
1555
01:16:01,034 --> 01:16:02,862
Please.
Please.
1556
01:16:02,906 --> 01:16:04,951
Please don't do this.
1557
01:16:06,039 --> 01:16:07,563
[ Door opens ]
1558
01:16:07,606 --> 01:16:08,868
[DOCTOR]
Susette.
1559
01:16:13,481 --> 01:16:16,049
So this is where we stand.
1560
01:16:16,093 --> 01:16:18,835
There was spinal fluid
in his nose and ears.
1561
01:16:18,878 --> 01:16:20,576
There was free air
in his brain
1562
01:16:20,619 --> 01:16:22,708
as a result
of the skull fracture.
1563
01:16:22,752 --> 01:16:24,101
He will be permanently disabled
1564
01:16:24,144 --> 01:16:25,276
both mentally and physically
1565
01:16:25,319 --> 01:16:26,930
and he will need full-time care
1566
01:16:26,973 --> 01:16:29,454
through his recovery.
1567
01:16:29,497 --> 01:16:32,152
Do you and your husband
have any support
1568
01:16:32,196 --> 01:16:33,458
through this process?
1569
01:16:35,242 --> 01:16:36,766
He's not my husband.
1570
01:16:37,897 --> 01:16:38,942
Oh.
1571
01:16:38,985 --> 01:16:40,726
I thought you were married.
1572
01:16:45,035 --> 01:16:48,168
[ Music plays ]
1573
01:17:21,114 --> 01:17:22,594
Are you asleep?
1574
01:17:22,638 --> 01:17:24,074
Okay, so here are the things
1575
01:17:24,117 --> 01:17:26,685
that I wanted to say to you
that I couldn't.
1576
01:17:26,729 --> 01:17:29,209
I wrote them in a letter to you.
1577
01:17:29,253 --> 01:17:31,385
I wish I had mailed it.
1578
01:17:34,127 --> 01:17:36,782
On the arms right here.
1579
01:17:36,826 --> 01:17:38,958
I said, "Dear Tim,
I wish I could tell you
1580
01:17:39,002 --> 01:17:40,046
how much I love you.
1581
01:17:40,090 --> 01:17:41,265
One--
1582
01:17:41,308 --> 01:17:42,919
"But I'm afraid
I'll need you too much
1583
01:17:42,962 --> 01:17:45,095
and then one day
1584
01:17:45,138 --> 01:17:47,097
you'll stop loving me back.
1585
01:17:47,140 --> 01:17:49,708
The scariest part
is that I finally found
1586
01:17:49,752 --> 01:17:51,971
the house of my dreams
and it means nothing to me
1587
01:17:52,015 --> 01:17:53,190
without you in it."
1588
01:17:53,233 --> 01:17:54,365
[LAWYER]
By the authority vested in me
1589
01:17:54,408 --> 01:17:57,020
by the laws of the state
of Connecticut,
1590
01:17:57,063 --> 01:17:59,109
I now pronounce
you husband and wife.
1591
01:17:59,152 --> 01:18:02,286
[ Music plays ]
1592
01:18:17,780 --> 01:18:18,737
Here we go.
1593
01:18:22,654 --> 01:18:24,177
This can't be possible.
1594
01:18:27,354 --> 01:18:29,487
[ANCHOR]
Property owners
in one New London neighborhood
1595
01:18:29,530 --> 01:18:32,229
may be losing a long battle
to save their homes.
1596
01:18:32,272 --> 01:18:33,926
The State Supreme Court
has ruled
1597
01:18:33,970 --> 01:18:36,276
that the New London
Development Corporation
1598
01:18:36,320 --> 01:18:38,626
can take the remaining 15 homes
1599
01:18:38,670 --> 01:18:40,977
from near
Fort Trumbull state park--
1600
01:18:41,020 --> 01:18:43,066
[REPORTER]
Pack your bags and get out.
1601
01:18:43,109 --> 01:18:45,155
That's what New London
is telling homeowners
1602
01:18:45,198 --> 01:18:47,157
in the city's Fort Trumbull
neighborhood.
1603
01:18:47,200 --> 01:18:48,680
The city wants to clear the way
1604
01:18:48,724 --> 01:18:50,900
for a new Pfizer
corporate facility
1605
01:18:50,943 --> 01:18:54,381
that would include luxury
condos and a hotel.
1606
01:18:54,425 --> 01:18:56,427
And officials are using
eminent domain
1607
01:18:56,470 --> 01:18:58,559
to take
the Fort Trumbull homes.
1608
01:18:58,603 --> 01:19:01,214
The problem is the people
don't want to move.
1609
01:19:01,258 --> 01:19:04,130
[ Music plays ]
1610
01:19:13,487 --> 01:19:14,750
[SCOTT]
It was too close.
1611
01:19:17,187 --> 01:19:18,971
A four-three margin?
1612
01:19:20,320 --> 01:19:22,322
There was clear dissent, okay?
1613
01:19:22,366 --> 01:19:24,281
Look, it says it right here.
1614
01:19:24,324 --> 01:19:25,412
"The court is going further
1615
01:19:25,456 --> 01:19:27,850
than it has ever gone
in the past."
1616
01:19:27,893 --> 01:19:31,375
It says this right
in the very first paragraph.
1617
01:19:31,418 --> 01:19:33,116
-Oh, my God.
-What? What?
1618
01:19:33,159 --> 01:19:35,292
You're actually considering it,
aren't you?
1619
01:19:35,335 --> 01:19:37,816
The dissenting opinion makes
the exact points we need.
1620
01:19:37,860 --> 01:19:39,600
[SCOTT]
It's right there
in the opinion, Dana.
1621
01:19:39,644 --> 01:19:42,168
We're taking this appeal
to the U.S. Supreme Court.
1622
01:19:42,212 --> 01:19:45,606
-We have to.
-[DANA]
They'll never take it.
1623
01:19:45,650 --> 01:19:47,260
Chip, you're the boss.
It's your call.
1624
01:19:47,304 --> 01:19:49,828
[CHIP]
The Connecticut Supreme Court
reversed the good parts
1625
01:19:49,872 --> 01:19:51,047
and affirmed the bad ones.
1626
01:19:51,090 --> 01:19:53,179
We need to at least
take a shot.
1627
01:19:57,793 --> 01:19:58,837
I guess I'd better
clear my schedule off
1628
01:19:58,881 --> 01:20:01,144
-for the next year.
-Yes!
1629
01:20:01,187 --> 01:20:02,362
-I'll bang out a press release.
-[SCOTT]
Okay.
1630
01:20:02,406 --> 01:20:03,799
Let's get to work.
1631
01:20:06,410 --> 01:20:08,238
But this is something
we should be concerned about.
1632
01:20:08,281 --> 01:20:10,109
[JOSH]
Jim, they have about
a one in a hundred chance
1633
01:20:10,153 --> 01:20:12,285
of having this petition granted
by the U.S. Supreme Court.
1634
01:20:12,329 --> 01:20:14,244
Look, Kelo's case
simply doesn't conflict
1635
01:20:14,287 --> 01:20:16,681
with any existing decisions from
any other State Trial Court.
1636
01:20:16,724 --> 01:20:18,422
So you're telling me
I can sleep at night.
1637
01:20:18,465 --> 01:20:19,858
It's a pretty safe bet.
1638
01:20:19,902 --> 01:20:21,817
Good.
This city needs to move on.
1639
01:20:21,860 --> 01:20:23,253
[JOSH]
I'll be in touch.
1640
01:20:23,296 --> 01:20:24,428
Sounds good.
1641
01:20:24,471 --> 01:20:27,344
[ Music plays ]
1642
01:20:35,308 --> 01:20:37,006
You've gotta be kidding me.
1643
01:20:39,138 --> 01:20:40,357
Bring Harrigan back.
1644
01:20:40,400 --> 01:20:41,662
Quick!
1645
01:20:46,058 --> 01:20:49,148
-[JOSH]
Son of a bitch.
-Oh, and it gets worse.
1646
01:20:49,192 --> 01:20:51,803
Michigan Supreme Court just
prevented the City of Detroit
1647
01:20:51,847 --> 01:20:53,326
from bulldozing
a neighborhood in order
1648
01:20:53,370 --> 01:20:54,762
to make room for guess who?
1649
01:20:54,806 --> 01:20:56,721
-A private corporation.
-Kelo and company's chances
1650
01:20:56,764 --> 01:20:57,809
of getting in front
of the Supremes
1651
01:20:57,853 --> 01:20:59,376
just went up to 50-50.
1652
01:20:59,419 --> 01:21:00,768
I guess so.
1653
01:21:03,510 --> 01:21:04,772
[ Sighs ]
1654
01:21:12,955 --> 01:21:14,521
[ Phone rings ]
1655
01:21:19,352 --> 01:21:21,311
-Hey, Bull.
-[SCOTT]
You got a second?
1656
01:21:21,354 --> 01:21:24,227
-Yeah. Just.
-Susette,
1657
01:21:24,270 --> 01:21:27,404
the U.S. Supreme Court
has agreed to hear your case.
1658
01:21:27,447 --> 01:21:30,015
-[SUSETTE]
Are you shitting me?
-No, I shit you not.
1659
01:21:34,454 --> 01:21:37,283
Oh, my God.
[ Laughs ]
1660
01:21:37,327 --> 01:21:39,329
Oh, my God.
1661
01:21:39,372 --> 01:21:41,505
I don't know what to say.
1662
01:21:41,548 --> 01:21:43,289
You think we might--
1663
01:21:43,333 --> 01:21:46,249
- We might win this thing?
-That's the plan.
1664
01:21:46,292 --> 01:21:49,948
[ Laughing ]
1665
01:21:49,992 --> 01:21:52,516
-Oh, Bull.
-[SCOTT]
Don't worry. Don't worry.
1666
01:21:52,559 --> 01:21:54,822
We're gonna--we're gonna do
the best that we can, okay?
1667
01:21:54,866 --> 01:21:56,346
Okay?
We'll talk soon, okay?
1668
01:21:56,389 --> 01:21:57,608
Thank you.
1669
01:21:59,479 --> 01:22:00,654
[ Laughs ]
1670
01:22:00,698 --> 01:22:03,831
[ Music plays ]
1671
01:22:06,182 --> 01:22:08,575
-[APRIL]
Hey, Susette. Hi.
-Hi, April.
1672
01:22:08,619 --> 01:22:10,795
-How's it going?
-[APRIL]
Crazy.
1673
01:22:10,838 --> 01:22:13,450
Some guy got wheeled
into the ER by his buddy--
1674
01:22:13,493 --> 01:22:14,538
Uh-huh.
1675
01:22:14,581 --> 01:22:16,018
--in a wheelbarrow.
1676
01:22:16,061 --> 01:22:17,497
-Really?
-[APRIL]
Really.
1677
01:22:17,541 --> 01:22:20,500
-Amazing.
-[APRIL]
Drunk, in his underwear,
1678
01:22:20,544 --> 01:22:22,981
covered in blood
in a wheelbarrow.
1679
01:22:23,025 --> 01:22:26,550
-Yeah, so, what else is new?
-[APRIL]
Yeah, right?
1680
01:22:26,593 --> 01:22:28,160
-Yeah.
-[ Both laughing ]
1681
01:22:28,204 --> 01:22:30,119
The Supreme Court has agreed
to decide if governments
1682
01:22:30,162 --> 01:22:32,077
can seize people's homes
and businesses
1683
01:22:32,121 --> 01:22:34,340
for economic
development projects.
1684
01:22:34,384 --> 01:22:35,559
Eminent domain is now the focus
1685
01:22:35,602 --> 01:22:37,256
of a Supreme Court showdown.
1686
01:22:37,300 --> 01:22:39,606
It's become a contentious issue
across the country.
1687
01:22:39,650 --> 01:22:41,695
[REPORTER]
So this means
if the Supreme Court
1688
01:22:41,739 --> 01:22:43,393
does not side
with Susette Kelo,
1689
01:22:43,436 --> 01:22:46,483
then no homeowner
of limited means is safe.
1690
01:22:46,526 --> 01:22:48,006
[RECEPTIONIST]
Mr. Bratten,
I have another reporter
1691
01:22:48,050 --> 01:22:49,660
on the line.
Dallas Morning News.
1692
01:22:49,703 --> 01:22:52,358
-Take a message.
-[RECEPTIONIST]
It's the seventh time
1693
01:22:52,402 --> 01:22:54,056
he's called, sir.
1694
01:22:55,318 --> 01:22:56,362
[ Sighs ]
1695
01:22:56,406 --> 01:22:57,668
Fine.
1696
01:22:57,711 --> 01:23:00,018
-[ Beeps ]
-This is Bratten.
1697
01:23:00,062 --> 01:23:01,715
[TONY]
Mr. Bratten, Tony Keller
1698
01:23:01,759 --> 01:23:04,153
- with theDallas Morning News.
-Yes.
1699
01:23:04,196 --> 01:23:06,807
I hear you're throwing
an 87-year-old woman
1700
01:23:06,851 --> 01:23:09,245
out of her home.
Am I hearing that right?
1701
01:23:09,288 --> 01:23:10,376
You really think that--
1702
01:23:26,262 --> 01:23:27,567
[ Sighs ]
1703
01:23:27,611 --> 01:23:28,438
Now, we're obviously gonna need
1704
01:23:28,481 --> 01:23:29,961
to address the majority--
1705
01:23:30,005 --> 01:23:31,571
-[WOMAN]
Scott?
-Yeah.
1706
01:23:31,615 --> 01:23:33,269
Sorry to disturb you,
but Jim Bratten is here
1707
01:23:33,312 --> 01:23:35,488
to see you.
1708
01:23:35,532 --> 01:23:38,578
He's here?
Physically here?
1709
01:23:38,622 --> 01:23:39,753
[WOMAN]
Yes.
1710
01:23:42,104 --> 01:23:44,149
We'll pick this up later.
Is that okay?
1711
01:23:44,193 --> 01:23:45,324
Thank you.
1712
01:23:47,544 --> 01:23:49,372
Okay. Send him in,
I guess.
1713
01:23:49,415 --> 01:23:51,069
[WOMAN]
He's actually
on his way right now.
1714
01:23:51,113 --> 01:23:53,637
I've been practicing law
for over 20 years, Mr. Bullock.
1715
01:23:53,680 --> 01:23:55,639
I've met a lot of scum
on this planet,
1716
01:23:55,682 --> 01:23:56,814
but none as dishonest
1717
01:23:56,857 --> 01:23:59,121
-and manipulative as you.
-Excuse me?
1718
01:23:59,164 --> 01:24:00,818
[JIM]
This is the most insulting trash
1719
01:24:00,861 --> 01:24:03,299
anyone's ever said about me
in my entire career.
1720
01:24:03,342 --> 01:24:05,083
You're joking.
1721
01:24:05,127 --> 01:24:07,564
"The city's lawyers should hang
their heads in shame
1722
01:24:07,607 --> 01:24:09,870
at what they're doing
to their citizens
1723
01:24:09,914 --> 01:24:12,569
and to the Constitution
of the United States."
1724
01:24:12,612 --> 01:24:14,092
Come on, Scott!
1725
01:24:14,136 --> 01:24:15,572
You can continue this shit show
1726
01:24:15,615 --> 01:24:17,008
for the entire world to see.
1727
01:24:17,052 --> 01:24:18,618
I can't do anything about that.
1728
01:24:18,662 --> 01:24:20,968
But what you're doing is wrong,
plain and simple.
1729
01:24:21,012 --> 01:24:22,448
You're handing
people's homes over
1730
01:24:22,492 --> 01:24:25,321
to a private corporation
and I'm the villain?
1731
01:24:25,364 --> 01:24:27,018
[JIM]
The city is taking
the property.
1732
01:24:27,062 --> 01:24:28,498
For Pfizer's benefit.
1733
01:24:28,541 --> 01:24:30,195
Okay.
Let's just say you're right,
1734
01:24:30,239 --> 01:24:31,675
which you're not.
1735
01:24:31,718 --> 01:24:34,112
How is any city
supposed to grow
1736
01:24:34,156 --> 01:24:36,680
if you're handcuffing leaders
with vision?
1737
01:24:36,723 --> 01:24:38,595
This whole plan
is for the greater good.
1738
01:24:38,638 --> 01:24:40,684
-Why can't you see that?
-Some of the worst acts
1739
01:24:40,727 --> 01:24:42,251
in history were justified
1740
01:24:42,294 --> 01:24:44,818
because they were in pursuit
of a "greater good".
1741
01:24:44,862 --> 01:24:47,430
Some of the worst acts
in history?
1742
01:24:47,473 --> 01:24:48,953
Wow.
1743
01:24:48,996 --> 01:24:51,608
Why don't you try that line
before the Supreme Court?
1744
01:24:51,651 --> 01:24:52,652
You flew here for that?
1745
01:24:54,828 --> 01:24:56,091
Have a nice flight.
1746
01:25:00,312 --> 01:25:02,445
[ Music plays ]
1747
01:25:11,715 --> 01:25:13,543
[ Gavel bangs ]
1748
01:25:13,586 --> 01:25:16,589
[MAN]
The Honorable
Justice O'Connor presiding.
1749
01:25:18,504 --> 01:25:19,766
[O'CONNOR]
We will now hear argument
1750
01:25:19,810 --> 01:25:22,334
in the case of Kelo
v. New London.
1751
01:25:26,686 --> 01:25:29,385
[SCOTT]
Justice O'Connor,
and may it please the Court.
1752
01:25:29,428 --> 01:25:31,126
This case is about whether
there are any limits
1753
01:25:31,169 --> 01:25:33,606
on eminent domain under
the public-use requirement
1754
01:25:33,650 --> 01:25:35,739
of the Fifth Amendment.
1755
01:25:35,782 --> 01:25:37,871
Every home, church,
or corner store
1756
01:25:37,915 --> 01:25:40,047
would produce
more tax revenue and jobs
1757
01:25:40,091 --> 01:25:41,788
if it were a Costco,
a shopping mall,
1758
01:25:41,832 --> 01:25:43,399
or a private office building.
1759
01:25:44,791 --> 01:25:46,619
If that's the justification
for the use,
1760
01:25:46,663 --> 01:25:48,969
then any city can take
property anywhere
1761
01:25:49,013 --> 01:25:51,146
within its borders for any use
1762
01:25:51,189 --> 01:25:52,886
that might make more money
than what is there now.
1763
01:25:52,930 --> 01:25:54,497
[GINSBURG]
Mr. Bullock, you are leaving out
1764
01:25:54,540 --> 01:25:57,761
that New London was in
a depressed economic condition.
1765
01:25:57,804 --> 01:25:59,066
The critical fact
on the city side
1766
01:25:59,110 --> 01:26:00,851
is that they wanted
to build it up,
1767
01:26:00,894 --> 01:26:03,375
- get more jobs.
-Every city would like
more tax revenue.
1768
01:26:03,419 --> 01:26:05,334
GINSBURG
But you concede that
on the fact,
1769
01:26:05,377 --> 01:26:07,858
more than tax revenue
was at stake.
1770
01:26:07,901 --> 01:26:09,642
The city wants
to improve the economy
1771
01:26:09,686 --> 01:26:11,949
through tax revenue and jobs.
1772
01:26:11,992 --> 01:26:13,951
But that cannot be
a justification
1773
01:26:13,994 --> 01:26:15,648
for the use
of eminent domain.
1774
01:26:15,692 --> 01:26:17,998
[GINSBURG]
Then what standard
do you propose
1775
01:26:18,042 --> 01:26:20,305
should draw a line
between when a city
1776
01:26:20,349 --> 01:26:22,220
can take private land
and when they cannot?
1777
01:26:22,264 --> 01:26:24,483
Municipalities should
never be able to take land
1778
01:26:24,527 --> 01:26:26,659
-for private uses.
-[BREYER]
But every taking
1779
01:26:26,703 --> 01:26:28,139
has some public benefit,
1780
01:26:28,183 --> 01:26:30,228
even if it's for private use.
1781
01:26:30,272 --> 01:26:32,404
So, given the fact
of the world,
1782
01:26:32,448 --> 01:26:34,711
why shouldn't the law
say virtually
1783
01:26:34,754 --> 01:26:36,495
every taking is all right,
1784
01:26:36,539 --> 01:26:38,932
as long as there
is some public benefit?
1785
01:26:38,976 --> 01:26:40,369
Because, Your Honor,
then every property,
1786
01:26:40,412 --> 01:26:42,806
every business,
every home can be taken
1787
01:26:42,849 --> 01:26:43,981
for any private use.
1788
01:26:44,024 --> 01:26:46,157
Only if there is a public use.
1789
01:26:46,201 --> 01:26:48,115
And there almost always is.
1790
01:26:48,159 --> 01:26:50,509
- Do you agree with that?
[SCALIA]
- Do you want us to sit here
1791
01:26:50,553 --> 01:26:51,641
and evaluate the prospects
1792
01:26:51,684 --> 01:26:54,209
of each condemnation,
one by one?
1793
01:26:54,252 --> 01:26:55,688
[SCOTT]
No, Your Honor.
1794
01:26:55,732 --> 01:26:57,603
Your Honors, I would like
to save my remaining time
1795
01:26:57,647 --> 01:26:59,257
for after Mr. Harrigan's
arguments.
1796
01:26:59,301 --> 01:27:01,520
Very well.
Mr. Harrigan.
1797
01:27:05,132 --> 01:27:06,786
[JOSH]
Your Honors.
1798
01:27:06,830 --> 01:27:08,745
There is no principled basis
for a Court
1799
01:27:08,788 --> 01:27:10,312
to make a value judgment
about a plan
1800
01:27:10,355 --> 01:27:12,227
to revive an economically
depressed city.
1801
01:27:12,270 --> 01:27:16,100
And where do you draw the line,
Mr. Harrigan?
1802
01:27:16,143 --> 01:27:17,319
I wouldn't draw one.
1803
01:27:18,885 --> 01:27:21,584
[O'CONNOR]
Say you had a Motel 6
and the city says,
1804
01:27:21,627 --> 01:27:22,846
"Well, if we had a Ritz-Carlton,
1805
01:27:22,889 --> 01:27:24,456
we would have higher taxes."
1806
01:27:24,500 --> 01:27:25,849
-Now, is that okay?
-Yes, Your Honor.
1807
01:27:25,892 --> 01:27:27,590
That would be okay.
1808
01:27:27,633 --> 01:27:29,722
[SCALIA]
So, you can take
from A to give to B
1809
01:27:29,766 --> 01:27:31,158
if B pays more taxes?
1810
01:27:31,202 --> 01:27:34,379
If it is a significant
amount, yes.
1811
01:27:38,514 --> 01:27:41,081
[JUDGE]
Mr. Bullock,
you have time remaining.
1812
01:27:41,125 --> 01:27:43,997
Would you like to use it
for a rebuttal?
1813
01:27:44,041 --> 01:27:45,695
[SCOTT]
Thank you, your Honor.
1814
01:27:45,738 --> 01:27:48,654
Can you take a Motel 6
and give it to a fancier hotel?
1815
01:27:50,003 --> 01:27:51,483
Their answer is yes.
1816
01:27:53,268 --> 01:27:55,139
The one thing that all
poor neighborhoods share
1817
01:27:55,182 --> 01:27:57,837
is that they don't produce
much tax revenue.
1818
01:27:57,881 --> 01:28:00,884
If the Court affirms
the lower court's decision,
1819
01:28:02,102 --> 01:28:05,236
then you would put
poor neighborhoods
1820
01:28:05,280 --> 01:28:06,759
and working-class neighborhoods
1821
01:28:06,803 --> 01:28:09,414
like Fort Trumbull
in jeopardy.
1822
01:28:09,458 --> 01:28:12,330
[ Music plays ]
1823
01:28:18,815 --> 01:28:21,687
[ Balloon inflating ]
1824
01:28:54,546 --> 01:28:56,940
[ Cheering ]
1825
01:28:56,983 --> 01:28:58,855
Congratulations, Jim.
1826
01:28:58,898 --> 01:29:00,552
We won.
Five to four.
1827
01:29:00,596 --> 01:29:02,337
[ Both laughing ]
1828
01:29:02,380 --> 01:29:03,903
The U.S. Supreme Court today
1829
01:29:03,947 --> 01:29:05,601
made it a whole lot easier
1830
01:29:05,644 --> 01:29:08,212
for someone to come in
and take your house,
1831
01:29:08,255 --> 01:29:10,954
take your private property
against your will.
1832
01:29:10,997 --> 01:29:12,564
[ANCHOR]
The U.S. Supreme Court today
1833
01:29:12,608 --> 01:29:14,697
affirmed the power
of local governments
1834
01:29:14,740 --> 01:29:16,394
to seize private property.
1835
01:29:16,438 --> 01:29:18,353
The government's right
to seize your home
1836
01:29:18,396 --> 01:29:20,877
just received
a broad stamp of approval
1837
01:29:20,920 --> 01:29:23,314
from the Supreme Court
of the United States.
1838
01:29:23,358 --> 01:29:26,056
Man, it just seems
outrageous to me
1839
01:29:26,099 --> 01:29:27,840
that you can take
private property
1840
01:29:27,884 --> 01:29:30,321
from someone
and not build a highway
1841
01:29:30,365 --> 01:29:32,236
or something that's really
just for the public
1842
01:29:32,279 --> 01:29:34,847
but actually transfer
that property
1843
01:29:34,891 --> 01:29:36,371
to another private owner.
1844
01:29:36,414 --> 01:29:38,938
This decision
could be felt and soon
1845
01:29:38,982 --> 01:29:41,158
in every city and town
in this country.
1846
01:29:41,201 --> 01:29:43,595
And it seems to me sort
of a reverse Robin Hood
1847
01:29:43,639 --> 01:29:45,205
where they're taking
from the poor, essentially,
1848
01:29:45,249 --> 01:29:46,946
and giving to the rich.
1849
01:29:46,990 --> 01:29:48,818
They can say, "You know what?
We see a better public use
1850
01:29:48,861 --> 01:29:50,123
in your land for a Walmart.
1851
01:29:50,167 --> 01:29:52,082
In fact, maybe
a parking lot is best."
1852
01:29:52,125 --> 01:29:54,780
[REPORTER]
New London homeowners
who spent five years fighting
1853
01:29:54,824 --> 01:29:55,912
to keep their own houses
1854
01:29:55,955 --> 01:29:58,131
now have 90 days to move out.
1855
01:29:58,175 --> 01:30:01,308
[ Music plays ]
1856
01:30:09,665 --> 01:30:12,015
-[JOHN] Susette?
-[CROWD]
Save our homes!
1857
01:30:12,058 --> 01:30:15,410
-[JOHN] They're ready for you.
-[CROWD]
Hands off our homes!
1858
01:30:28,901 --> 01:30:32,035
[ Chanting continues ]
1859
01:30:34,646 --> 01:30:37,780
Hands off our homes!
Hands off our homes!
1860
01:30:48,965 --> 01:30:51,837
[ Cheering ]
1861
01:30:55,275 --> 01:30:58,017
Thank you.
I'm...
1862
01:30:58,061 --> 01:31:00,716
I see so many faces I know.
1863
01:31:00,759 --> 01:31:03,849
[ Cheering ]
1864
01:31:03,893 --> 01:31:06,896
Thank you all
for fighting so hard.
1865
01:31:06,939 --> 01:31:09,812
[ Cheering ]
1866
01:31:22,781 --> 01:31:26,306
This isn't about us
keeping our homes anymore.
1867
01:31:28,047 --> 01:31:30,876
It's about people's
property rights
1868
01:31:30,920 --> 01:31:33,096
all over the United States.
1869
01:31:33,139 --> 01:31:37,056
[ Cheering ]
1870
01:31:37,100 --> 01:31:40,016
There is no amount of money
1871
01:31:40,059 --> 01:31:42,801
that could replace our homes.
1872
01:31:42,845 --> 01:31:45,761
[ Cheering ]
1873
01:31:49,591 --> 01:31:50,896
Or our memories.
1874
01:31:54,987 --> 01:31:56,641
-And we will fight.
-[MAN]
Right!
1875
01:31:56,685 --> 01:31:59,122
[ Cheering ]
1876
01:31:59,165 --> 01:32:00,210
[SUSETTE]
I know that.
1877
01:32:01,341 --> 01:32:05,041
Because we won't quit now.
1878
01:32:05,084 --> 01:32:07,130
[ Cheering ]
1879
01:32:07,173 --> 01:32:11,134
This decision was so close.
1880
01:32:11,177 --> 01:32:13,005
We finally shed some light
1881
01:32:13,049 --> 01:32:15,573
on what happened here.
1882
01:32:15,617 --> 01:32:18,184
This is where we chose to settle
1883
01:32:18,228 --> 01:32:20,186
and this is where
we want to stay.
1884
01:32:20,230 --> 01:32:23,363
[ Cheering ]
1885
01:32:24,756 --> 01:32:26,018
This is America,
1886
01:32:26,062 --> 01:32:28,368
the home of the free,
isn't it?
1887
01:32:28,412 --> 01:32:30,762
[ Crowd cheering ]
1888
01:32:30,806 --> 01:32:33,678
[ Music plays ]
1889
01:32:52,654 --> 01:32:55,744
Hands off our homes!
Hands off our homes!
1890
01:33:12,064 --> 01:33:14,110
[CHARLOTTE]
The two most important things,
1891
01:33:14,153 --> 01:33:15,633
social justice
1892
01:33:15,677 --> 01:33:18,288
and economic development,
1893
01:33:18,331 --> 01:33:21,160
they go hand in hand.
1894
01:33:21,204 --> 01:33:23,946
Now, what kind of world
1895
01:33:23,989 --> 01:33:26,035
do we want to live in?
1896
01:33:27,950 --> 01:33:29,821
[ Door buzzes ]
1897
01:33:38,830 --> 01:33:40,658
But that cannot be
a justification
1898
01:33:40,702 --> 01:33:43,008
for the use of eminent domain.
1899
01:33:43,052 --> 01:33:46,185
[ Music plays ]
1900
01:34:11,471 --> 01:34:13,256
[ANCHOR]
Ms. Kelo
came to Washington,
1901
01:34:13,299 --> 01:34:15,171
and was in no mood
to compromise.
1902
01:34:15,214 --> 01:34:17,216
This battle against
eminent domain abuse
1903
01:34:17,260 --> 01:34:18,348
may have started as a way for me
1904
01:34:18,391 --> 01:34:20,089
to save my little pink cottage,
1905
01:34:20,132 --> 01:34:23,266
but has rightfully grown
into something much larger.
1906
01:34:23,309 --> 01:34:26,182
[ Music plays ]
1907
01:34:38,324 --> 01:34:41,458
[ Music plays ]
1908
01:35:14,491 --> 01:35:17,624
[ Music plays ]
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