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Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[HASTINGS sits on a bench, arms folded, scowling.]] / LYDIA (offpanel): Your marriage track record is only a symptom of the larger disease. Take your most recent wife, Nora. / [[A black-and-white photo of NORA is projected onto the screen behind LYDIA and HASTINGS. LYDIA holds the switch for the...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[The screen now shows a black-and-white photo of DAISY ELLINGTON.]] / LYDIA (offpanel): Daisy, your 7th wife. What do you think went wrong here? / HASTINGS (also offpanel): Her children drove a wedge between us. / LYDIA: No, you USED her children to drive a wedge between you, because you're selfish. / HASTINGS:...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth HASTINGS: BLUH...#6. That was an...AWKWARD situation... / LYDIA: You'll be happy to know they're now separated and living in Montana as Greek Orthodox nuns. / LYDIA: Had enough yet? / HASTINGS: Pfft! HARDLY! You're not telling me anything I don't already know! / HASTINGS: Yes, I'm selfish. I'm...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[HASTINGS comes back into the room, drying his hands.]] / LYDIA: WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?! / HASTINGS: What? I needed a bathroom break! GET OFF ME! / LYDIA: I've been in there talking to myself for TEN minutes! I went over TWO marriages while you were gone! / HASTINGS: FEH. I'll get the...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth LYDIA: This is it. The home stretch. Vivian, wife #2. / HASTINGS: Well, this one wasn't my fault. She turned out to be a screaming harpy, plain and simple. / LYDIA: YOU married her! She was EXACTLY like your mother, even down to her name! Another poor relationship choice influenced by your matriarchal...
 
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth LYDIA: Hope Kilgore. Your first love. You were high school sweethearts, weren't you? / HASTINGS (glumly): You know we were. / [[Picture of HOPE on the screen.]] / LYDIA (offpanel): All the personality flaws we've reviewed so far, all the mistakes you've made, you made them all with her first. / LYDIA:...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth HASTINGS: I guess I just couldn't believe someone as good as her would ever be married to me, so I did everything I could to test her. / [[HASTINGS strokes the screen, still showing HOPE'S picture.]] / HASTINGS: I acted on every impulse, pursued every boorish behavior, rationalizing that if she couldn't...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth LYDIA: You don't have to die alone like your mother. You still have a chance to make things right, and I suggest you take it. / HASTINGS: Thank you, Lydia. I'm uh...I'm sorry for how I acted when we were married. / LYDIA: Don't worry about it. After you die, all your earthly grudges are collected...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth ELI (offpanel): HASTINGS! Hastings, can you hear me? Wake up! / [[HASTINGS is lying across his mother's open casket. He wakes up.]] / HASTINGS: Huh? What? / ELI: Did you fall asleep in Mom's COFFIN?! Oh gross, her DEATH jewelry is all stuck to your face! / HASTINGS: Eli? ELI! Can you handle...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[HOPE is at her office, checking her mail.]] / HOPE: Hi, Natalie. Did I get any messages when I was at lunch? / NATALIE: Your ex-husband called. 27 times. He says it's urgent. / HOPE (rolls eyes): Hastings called? Geez, I don't need this today. All right, I'll get back to him after my 1 o'clock. / {{For...
 
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth HOPE: What are you DOING out there?! Gary's been battling his paranoia for decades, and you just ruined all his hard work! / HASTINGS: I'm sorry, but I knew this was the only way you'd see me. / HOPE (offpanel): Can't argue with that. What do you want, Hastings? / HASTINGS: I've made a big mistake. / HOPE...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth HOPE: Okay, so...Lydia's GHOST came to you in a dream and told you we should get re-married? / HASTINGS: She simply forced me to see what a huge mistake I'd made by letting you go. / HOPE: I'm going to pull out my pad now and prescribe you some very strong narcotics... / HASTINGS (offpanel): Hope,...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[ELI arrives at HOPE's office.]] / ELI: Uh, hi. Is my brother here? Short, ugly guy? Big nose, strong sense of entitlement? / NATALIE: You mean Dr. Kilgore's ex? They're in her office right now. / ELI (panicky): Oh GOD, how did I know he was coming to see her? I need to get in there before he...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth ELI: After all my brother has put you through, how could you agree to marry him...AGAIN?! / HOPE: He's changed. / ELI: CHANGED?! Are you KIDDING me?! / HOPE: Before he came to see me, he turned down all the job offers he got from being on TV. / HASTINGS: Well, not ALL of them. Most were high-level...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[Exterior of church, silhouetted against a sunny sky.]] / KARL: Hold still, boy. Your tie is crooked. / HASTINGS: Thank you. I'm...glad you're here. / [[Inside.]] / KARL: Of course I'm here! You're my son, and you know I always loved Hope. She was the best thing that ever happened to you. / HASTINGS:...
 
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth PETER: Mr. Kilgore, I just wanted to say good luck, or break a leg, or whatever you say at weddings. / HASTINGS: How about "Stay married for longer than five minutes?" / HASTINGS (offpanel): Speaking of which: You have the ring, right? / PETER: In the suitcase handcuffed to my wrist, just like you...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth FATHER LEIF: I now pronounce you... / FATHER LEIF (offpanel): ...monster and wife. / [[HASTINGS looks happier than we've ever seen him as he looks into HOPE's eyes. On the bride's side of the church, we see HOPE'S FATHER, who looks--skeptical. Yeah "skeptical" is about right. On the groom's side,...
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