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It's not miniature golf, son.

There are no curbs surrounding the windmill

to bounce the ball back into play.

There...

You go, nothing to it.

You can do it? All it takes is practice.

Practice and a good teacher.

You're dreaming, dad. There's no way that I'm going to practice for a game

that I honestly don't give a damn about.

Wrong again, son. The only person who's dreaming here is little wifey.

Whatever you say.

I used to go to a pro for a while.

I can give you his number. He's in Tampa.

He runs a week-long course.

Make a vacation out of it. Take the whole family down there.

And, hell, do it! Do it as soon as you wake up.

It's not like there's anything standing in the way of your going.

Dad, it's the middle of the school year.

And I know you think that I'm not doing anything,

but I'm actually out there looking for work.

Besides, Allison and I don't have any money right now to take a vacation.

All right, so don't go to Florida.

But do yourself a favor. Take a little holiday.

You're as nervous as a whore in church.

How 'bout a car trip?

You can go to California.

Check out universal. Disneyland?

Why this sudden urge to travel? What are you trying to pull?

I'm not actually trying to pull anything. I am just suggesting

as forcibly as possible that you and yours get out of town this week.

and, while I'm suggesting, don't answer that phone.

Don't worry, I can't. I'm here on the driving range with you.

That's right.

Just let it ring.

Damn.

- What's the matter? - You answered it.

Mom, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this.

I swear to you, you'll have every cent back the instant I get work.

Mom, you know you're welcome to visit us anytime you want.

This week?

Sure.

What?

She's bringing the money that I asked to borrow.

Besides, it's not like we have anything else to do.

I was thinking about maybe taking the kids to Disneyland.

Mom? I'm sure that it's fine, but,

You know we're,

three hours earlier here.

Just let me run it by Allison when she gets up.

I'll call you in a couple hours.

Disneyland?

It wasn't my idea.

Is grandma coming to visit?

Yeah, it looks that way.

What are you doing up?

I had a nightmare. Couldn't sleep.

Are you okay?

Fine, just weird.

You don't have to be up for another hour.

Try to get some rest.

Are you going to answer that?

It's the third time they've called.

There.

All gone.

What's her name?

It's not a her.

Trust me, it's not a her.

She's back.

The fire department?

You cheating on me with a fireman?

Knock it off. It's too early for your kind of comedy.

Then tell me what's going on? Nothing.

The phone's ringing, I'm not answering it.

Oh, my god. It's tuesday.

I heard a rumor about this. You're part of this tuesday thing.

None of your business What are you talking about?

It's completely my business.

If this is what think it is, it's what my whole day is going to be about.

Why don't you just tell them you're sick? That's the plan, isn't it?

Isn't that how the "blue flu" works?

One day all the cops in Phoenix are magically sick.

Angry tax payers call the mayor. The next day the contract negotiations

with the city take a whole different turn. - Hey, look around.

I'd like a bigger place.

I'd like a nicer car. Is that a crime?

Where you going? It's barely 7:00.

Girls! Three minutes!

I'm taking you to school. Mommy's got a meeting.

Listen, after I drop the girls off,

I'm going to stop by the grocery store and pick up

couple things I know that my mom wants.

You're doing the Cynthia meeting here, right?

Yeah, I can't go to her office.

I'm her big secret. Remember?

She's bringing the check.

I told you she's bringing the check, right? $10, 000.

She had to sell a couple bonds to get it.

Joe, I'm not upset your mother's coming. I'm nervous.

I haven't seen this woman since all this stuff came out about me.

No, it's not okay.

If one of my children was married for almost 15 years

and I thought I knew this person, and then suddenly

one day this thing comes out in the paper. This thing that is central

to who they are as a person?

I don't know, I would feel...

hurt or... or angry.

I don't hear that. Not on the phone. She just sounds excited.

Sounds like she just really looking forward to seeing us all.

I hope you're right.

Somebody check the temperature in hell.

I think I see one of Phoenix's finest

actually out doing his job.

- Thanks for leaving your sick bed. - Nice to see you, too.

My god.

This is awful.

I still can't be sure it's a crime.

How do weknow whoever this is didn't just fall asleep with a cigarette?

Or a joint or a crack pipe?

We don't.

Just seems highly unlikely to me that somebody would cover themselves,

the walls and the drapes in accelerant, and then go roll themselves a doobie.

This fire was set, detective.

Good morning.

I like Phoenix.

But I'm goingto have to get busy or

they'll put me on a plane to Denver or Albuquerque, anywhere

they can make money off me.

Which would, of course,

be the end of our little arrangement.

So, I was wondering whether you could have a look at these.

These are unsolved cases from our Ameritips office here in Phoenix.

Missing people, missing things...

Tell me whether you, you get a twinge.

A twinge?

A twinge, an orgasm,

a hot flash, I don't care. I'm just trying to create some churn,

some activity.

So...

I want you to look at this stuff, live with it for a bit,

and...

let's see if we can't drum up a little business for ourselves here in Phoenix?

Owen?

Principal Reed needs to see you.

I just kept telling myself it didn't mean anything.

Just a weird dream.

Do you want to tell me about it?

The dream?

No.

The point is that, today, when I was in world themes,

the principal came and, and pulled the boy that I dreamt about out of class.

I saw them in the hallway and he was telling Owen something and,

Owen started crying.

Then I heard that his mom had died.

Is that what happened in your dream?

I guess I just don't get it.

You don't get what, honey?

Why?

Why did I dream that dream?

Was I supposed to do something or say something?

Could I have stopped it?

You're a 15-year-old girl.

I have to believe that if your dream could have saved a woman's life

it would have been dreamt by somebody a little more...

a little older, a little more sure of themselves.

Mom! Dad!

- Look what we made! - Wow, look at that!

That is quite a piece of handiwork.

Girls, that is beautiful, but daddy and I already decided that,

grandma's going to stay in Ariel's room.

What?

Ariel, I need you to go sleep in your sisters' room on the air mattress.

Why do I have to give up my room? Bridgette and Marie really want grandma

to stay with them in theirs. - No, because grandma is too old

to share a room. - You don't know that.

She likes sharing. She's always telling me to share.

- Girls... - I say we have a vote.

Everybody in favor of grandma sleeping in our room,

raise your hand.

Sorry, girls, this is not up for a vote.

But I thought we lived in a democracy.

Actually, here in the Dubois household, we live in what I like to think of

as a "benign dictatorship." - What does that mean?

That means that mommy and mine are the only votes that count.

But what about the sign? Now we have to redo the sign.

I know, I'm the lowest of the low, a public servant who won't serve the public.

What do you want from me? The other 1100 people I work with

don't feel the same way.

Frankly, you and your friends at city hall don't make it easy.

You won't negotiate. You won't give us a raise. When we go on strike,

you tell us we're breaking the law.

don't, it's not after midnight yet. I'm still not supposed to be answering calls.

Lee Scanlon's phone.

No, I'm sorry. He's sick.

Really sick.

Can't keep anything down.

I finally got him to bed.

I can give him a message.

Sure, I'll write it down.

Mary Stacey.