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Friends of ours have told us love's a foolish game.

They don't know the feeling, the pleasure, and the pain.

Though it's true, two wrongs don't make a loving right.

Got to have your body and make it through the night.

You and I are coming from a different place and time.

It's true our love is crazy, no reason and no rhyme.

I'll hold you tight next to me and feel your heartbeat race.

And then I'll kiss the teardrops that are falling from my eyes.

hey daddy time for dinner would you like an appetizer

okay

jack

you can go on home now i'll see you tomorrow

Nina, will you hold your fork properly, please?

Yes, Mother.

Thomas, must you eat so fast?

Sorry, Mother.

He's eating fast because he has a date.

Ow! Oh, and with whom?

I bet I know.

Let's see. It's either the Dumont girl or Cheryl Nelson of the New York

Nelsons. I know.

Neither one.

I want Thomas to answer me. Thomas, put your knife and fork down this instant,

please.

With Lisa Janasky.

Say that again?

Lisa Janasky. She's my best friend at school. She puts out... Dana!

Emily, honey, don't yell at her. All the kids talk that way nowadays.

Not at my table they don't, especially when they're talking about common gutter

trash like the Janaskys.

I can't help it if they're poor.

Well, let's... them be poor. I just don't want to hear about it. And I don't

want them chasing after my only son. You know that she's only after your money.

Have you slept with her yet? I have had enough of this sex talk at this table.

You are forbidden to go out with this Lisa Chinaski girl, and you will just

have to cancel your so-called date.

Mother.

I have spoken.

But she's already on her way over here. Her brother's dropping her off. Too bad.

My friend, too. If Tom can't see her, I still want to.

Nina. Honey, I don't really see the harm if Nina sees her.

This Chinaski girl is a very bad influence, Harding. Well, Mom, can I?

I wonder who that is.

We say excuse me around here before we leave the table.

You know what I said, Tom.

Yes, mother. We know, mother.

Come on, Lisa. I'll show you my new word processor.

But Tom and I, I thought we were... We were... What's the big

idea? I don't want to look at your goddamn word processor. I want to go out

with your brother.

Okay, Lisa, okay.

It's not that.

It's just something you don't understand.

Oh, darling.

Don't despair. Why don't you have a nice game of Trivial Pursuit with your dad

and I? Come on.

It's my family.

What, are they all retards or something?

No. It's just that my mother has this whole image in her mind of who, I mean,

of whom we should go out with.

It's all bullshit, but she's the one who makes the rules.

She sounds like a real bitch to me. So you're saying I can't go out with your

brother?

Well, not exactly.

Well, that sucks.

Then there's no sense in me hanging around here, so what do you have in

mind?

Okay, you have to follow my instructions exactly.

Okay. Okay, first, you leave, like, in about ten minutes, okay?

You come back for 11.30 after my parents are asleep, and I'll show you a way to

get into my bedroom window.

Then what happens if I get caught?

I'll just tell my mother you decided to sleep over with me.

And you won't tell?

That'll be our secret.

Shh.

Remember, quiet. If I tap on the door, hide in the closet.

All right, all right.

Are you sure Nina didn't tell you?

No.

Oh, Harding, you're such a caring lover.

If you keep doing that, I'm going to come in your mouth.

Goodnight, darling.

Did you hear something?

No, no, no.

The accident, me getting laid around here is like crossing the Berlin Wall.

Sure.

Do you do a lot of scrying?

Sometimes a time.

With who?

I mean, with whom?

What about my brother? Was he good in bed?

Well, what about you?

Yeah, Tom was good.

Do you do it with anybody?

Well, I've had a lot of guys fill me up.

I've necked a lot, but I've never gone all the way.

You? You're still a virgin?

Oh, not a pair.

I mean, I've been sick since I was 12 years old.

Sex in your head?

Kids, you don't know what you've been missing.

Do you know how to make yourself come?

What?

Do you have orgasms?

Well, yeah, I guess so.

You guess so?

You just made it with my brother and you don't even know if he had an orgasm?

Well, it felt good. Jesus Christ, Lisa.

How about your brother, Cleet?

Is he still a virgin?

Are you kidding? He's the biggest stud in town.

Could you set us up?

I mean, I'd like to show him a few things.

You're a virgin.

So, let's start with the basics.

Basics? Face it, Lisa, okay?

If you can't come by yourself, you're never gonna come when you get fucked,

right?

So, we're gonna have to teach you how to orgasm.

All right.

Okay.

So, first, just follow my instructions, okay?

Sit up.

Okay, you start with the clitoris.

The what?

It's not a Greek island.

It's a little thing between your pussy lips. Like, it's like a dick, only tiny.

Can you feel it now?

That's it?

Yeah, play with yourself. I'm not a lesbian.

Oh, my God.

Okay, now rub it gently with your middle and index fingers.

Okay? Mm-hmm. So how does it feel?

That's it. It feels good.

That's how it's supposed to feel.

Okay, now do a little faster.

Now at the same time, with your other hand, rub your pussy until it gets real

hot.

Like that?

Like that.

Now how does it feel?

It feels like tingling, like I have to pee.

That's how it's supposed to feel.

It's getting hot.

See, this is where a woman is most sensitive. If you're going to cum, it'll

probably start here.

Is it like this is my brother?

No, it was different with your brother. It feels different when there's a dick

inside. Like there's more.

What's different?

It just feels different. It feels like you're complete or something.

And you want more.

God, I wish I could feel that.

I think it's happening.

Now you're getting the hang of it.

Don't sit down. Go faster.

Feel the clip. How tender

and red.

It's sticking out.

Don't stop.

Keep moving. Faster, faster.

That's it!

That's it!

It's a shame your brother couldn't come.

Lisa Chinesky seems like a perfectly nice girl to me.

She is.

You're doing a good job there.

I like to help out when I'm alone.

Looking good.

Partying! Real good.

Keep up the good work, honey.

I didn't steal this.

I got the second hand.

You mean the third hand?

My sister tells me, uh, you know the person I could... I can give it to you.

I thought...

I've seen

your type before.

Hungry. That's good.

So, you're new.

I'll pick you up tonight at 8, if you let me.

I have to be home by 10.

He's growing up, Emily.

He's growing up.

Emily, she's a kid, for Christ's sake. One to relax.

Not only is she seeing this Chansky, Schmansky boy. Chanasky. They've been

working for us for 15 years.

Okay, the Chanasky boy.

Wait.

What? I have to be home by 10.

We got a whole half hour. She stays up to the last possible minute if she comes

home by 10. Emily, she's 18 years old. Give her some freedom. Here's what we'll

do. Do you know what's in my bedroom window?

Yeah? Harding, just how much are you going to let this girl get away with?

Harding, it's $9.58. That girl is using us for every last minute we'll allow

her.

You're late, you know.

I know. I'm sorry, Mother.

Nina, come here.

Give your daddy a goodnight kiss.

Must you drool over your daughter like some kind of satyr?

Goodnight.

Goodnight, Nina.

Why must you fawn so over that...

right there there's some valium on the dresser if you need them

What about your parents?

Don't worry, Annie.

What they don't know won't hurt them.

On your feet, Cleve.

Get undressed.

Your sister tells me you need a few lessons in the art of love.

You like that don't you?

Now play with me.

How does it feel?

Keep moving.

Oh!

Hi, Mrs. Sutherland.

Hi, Lisa. I'd like to see your dad, please.

Yes, ma'am. Want to come inside?

No, thanks. I'll wait out here.

Hello, Mrs. Sutherland.

Would you like a drink?

Tell Mrs.

Sutherland me.

How dare you? I know what you're up to.

You do? What?

Listen, don't forget, you're only the handyman, and I can fire you any time I

want to.

What are you talking about?

Listen, anything between you and me is our business.

But I will not have you infiltrating my family.

What the fuck are you talking about?

Why did you send your daughter over to corrupt my son?

And why did you send your son over to corrupt my daughter? Don't you know that

she has no morals? She fell right into his arms and right into your trap.

You know, Emily, you are crazy.

Jack, I don't think so.

I think I see life pretty clearly.

And I can tell when a family like yours is doing a little social climbing.

Look, look, this isn't true.

I hope not.

But if I see your son hanging around at my house, I'm afraid I'm going to have

to let you go.

Are we still on for tomorrow?

Yes.

Termites. Tom, I'm sure that you'll meet some very nice girls at Brown.

At least there you'll be in a civilized environment. I'm just so excited that

you'll be attending Brown this fall.

Really, Mother, it's nothing.

What courses are you planning to take, I mean, in addition to the business and

finance and preparation for your MBA?

Well, actually, I was going to take English and...

physical science, maybe French, drama.

What about the business prerequisites?

Well, I was kind of thinking of majoring in creative writing.

Well, we'll talk about that.

And how was your day, dear?

Oh, the usual.

It's too bad that our daughter couldn't be here to join us for dinner this

evening. She once was a very good girl.

Harding, what do you think of a daughter that's so hard and does the kind of

things that Nina did? I think.

It's a blatant slap in the face to the entire family.

Now, if it had been some nice young man, perhaps to whom she had been engaged...

You know, Harding, you were the only man in my life.

I know.

I've never even conceived of such behavior in my teenage years.

Those were so much more simpler times when things were more settled and one

could make sense out of life and romance was within a hand's grasp.

Yes, Harding, we were so happy then.

Ginger, next course, please.

Ginger!

My mother and my father, they have no idea what they're doing.

All they do is watch television. That's all they do.

They watch Dallas, Dynasty, Benson, The Jeffersons, Falcon Crest.

Can you believe it? Mm-hmm.

So, on television, they show these families, but it's all pretending. It's

not real.

Do you know what I mean?

Yeah.

So that's what my parents want from me. They want me to just pretend. To them,

there is no real Nina.

It's just like I'm a puppet on a string.

Not me.

I'm real.

I'm not pretending.

Listen, Lisa, remember an art class last semester where they showed those art

slides of Venus de Milo? Mm-hmm. That was classical art of nude women, right?

Okay, so on television they show all these families, and nobody's naked.

Nothing's real.

All they do is talk about who's sleeping with who. They can't really show

anything.

It's all fake.

What do you mean?

It's television, Lisa.

It's not real.

I'm not going to live my life pretending.

When I'm through, my family is going to know there is a real Nina.

I mean, look at me.

I'm beautiful.

My body is a piece of living art. I am Venus de Milo.

And no one is going to cover me up.

I get everything I want when I want it.

What do you mean?

You'll see.

And when I'm through, I'll leave.

Emily!

Emily, where are you?

Emily!

Emily, where are you?

Over here.

Emily, I want you to cut the shit.

Now, you watch how you talk to me, Jack. You're still a hired hander in here.

Look. Listen, rich bitch, I don't have to take any shit from you.

And I don't want you coming over to my home anymore.

You call that a home?

Yes. Yes, I do.

You know what you did? What you did, it wasn't right.

And why not?

Because of us.

You and me.

Now, my daughter knows.

And it's not. It's not the kind of thing my daughter should know.

You told her?

I didn't have to.

She's not stupid. She may be poor.

But she's not stupid.

She thinks I came over to talk about your children, which is what I came over

for. She knows.

She can't know.

She knows.

They do it every week.

I overheard them yesterday.

Rich bitch.

Yes.

Yes.

Daddy, daddy, it's me, Nini. You have to come home right away. It's horrible.

Nini, are you all right?

I'm fine, Lisa.

You can go on home now.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

I'll see you in school tomorrow.

Bye.

Nina!

What's the matter?

What's the matter?

It's horrible. It's in the basement.

Are you alright?

I'm fine.

You sure?

Thomas, you will be going off to college very soon.

And Nina, you'll be staying home with me.

There will be no divorce.

Our family has been fractured, but it hasn't been destroyed.

This will remain a matter of complete secrecy.

Do you understand, Tom?

Yes.

Nina?

Excuse me, please.

Go away.

Go away.

I don't care what people say, our love can't be denied.

I don't care what people say, won't run away.

this way people talk they think they understand just how we feel

what we have is special

They don't know the feeling, the pleasure and the pain.

Though it's true, two wrongs don't make a loving right.

You've got to have your way.

And then I'll kiss the children.

Thank you.

Night, Daddy.

We found out that by lying down and relaxing the body, we can relax the

mind. That way we can zero in on our patients and see what's disturbing them.

I'm not disturbed.

What? I'm not disturbed.

I know that.

Why don't you lie down?

Good.

okay why don't we start at the beginning tell me what the trouble is what's the

problem it's my husband

my husband is seeing another woman

sometimes

the husband will go to a friend to to seek companionship do you know the woman

Not a friend, exactly. Is she an acquaintance?

Much more than an acquaintance.

Wow.

Wow.

Are you fond of her?

I would have liked to have been fond of her, but there was never any love

between us.

God knows I wanted her to love me.

Why are you telling me these things, Mrs. Sutherland?

It's my fault. They caught me with the caretaker, and they're punishing me.

It's my fault.

I never meant to hurt anyone.

I was afraid to ask Harding to do the things that Jack would do to me.

Harding would have thought I was some kind of whore or something.

Do you think you're a whore, Mrs. Sutherland?

Yes. No.

I don't know.

I didn't want my daughter to have those feelings, these desires.

I controlled her. I disciplined her so she would not become... become...

Become what, Mrs. Sullivan?

Like me.

She thinks I'm a hypocrite now. I cannot control her.

Mrs. Sullivan.

Who is this woman your husband is seeing?

Nina hates me now, and she hates her father. He doesn't know it, but she

hates him.

She controls him now.

She makes him do things, and it's my fault.

I never meant to hurt my family.

Mrs. Sutherland, who is this woman your husband is seeing?

I can't control her anymore.

She uses Harding.

Poor Harding.

I fear for our family.

Nina has changed into something unusual.

Perverse. She will destroy us. I know she will.

Do you mean violence, Mrs. Sutherland?

No.

Control. There is something terrible and unleashed about her. Something out of

control in her that will be forever, forever.

Mrs. Sutherland, who is the woman your husband is seeing?

Mrs.

Sutherland, I can't help you until you tell me this is...

Who is the woman? Tell me.

Who?

Who is the woman?

Who is this woman?

I can't. I can't.

Who is this woman?

Who is the woman?

Open wide and promise Daddy he's the only one in your life.

Your wife tells me that you and your daughter are having sexual relations.

Oh, yes.

Fuck me, Daddy.

Come, Daddy. Come on.

Now.

Mrs. Sutherland, your daughter.

It's not right what she's doing.

Great words invented for what I think of you.

Keep stroking, Mr. Tenaski.

I want you to come right here and I'll palm my hand.

Does it taste familiar?

It's Jack Tenaski, mother, your lover.

He's back.

He lost his job. He got fired. He wants his flowers.

Could you close the door?

Sure. And give your sister the flowers.

You like to see your sister jerking me off, don't you?

I fucked my brother.

Lick my mother.

Fuck your sister.

Nina, that's perverse.

I fucked him.

She's working at night in a massage parlor, turning tricks and taking drugs.

Just relax, Daddy. She knows how to take care of you.

Make him come, Lisa.

Daddy?

Is your conscience bothering you? Yeah.

Is it just me?

Who's the slut sleeping with now?

I know it's perverse.

It's the most perverse thing anybody's ever done.

Say, Nina, what's with you?

You're crazy, Nina.

You missed your appointment today.

I want you to take another pill.

They keep her stoned. They keep her from getting hot pants for the hired help.

You help her. You fucked her.

Damn you.

Be sure to see Taboo American Style, part two of the miniseries.