The Help
Tuesday, Nov. 8
9:00-10:30 (90 min.)
So much going on! Minny goes back to Celia’s house to try to get her job back. When she gets there, Celia has just had a miscarriage. There is blood everywhere and a little underdeveloped baby in the toilet. Minny does all she knows to do and calls the doctor. Celia also reveals that all of those secret bottles are not full of whiskey but an Indian concoction to help her carry a baby to term. Celia begs Minny not to tell Johnny about the baby so she rushes to clean up before he gets home. We move to Skeeter’s side of the story before we find out if Johnny comes home to find out about the baby.
Skeeter receives a letter from another maid that had committed to telling her stories. However, she can no longer work with Skeeter because she has been put in jail for stealing a ring from a white woman. All of the money she was saving for her two boys to go to college is gone now—had to use it for lawyer fees. This event, however, ignites a fire in many other maids resulting in a total of eleven more maids willing to tell their stories.
Skeeter and her parents are invited to dinner at the senator’s house because her relationship with his son, Stuart, is progressing quickly. The dinner was not horrible, just tense. It is evident that Stuart’s mother is not as excited about his new relationship as everyone else. Also, the ex-fiancé is brought up many times making things very uncomfortable, especially for Stuart. He does not like to talk about her or what happened between them. At the end of the night Skeeter and Stuart have a few moments alone in which he tells Skeeter that is ex cheated on him, and he would have taken her back but it would not have been good for his dad’s career. When Skeeter asks him if he’s still in love with her, he replies by telling her they need to take some time apart; he needs some space. Skeeter, of course, is devastated, but now has more time to focus on her stories.
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