Housewife

The Stepford Wives

  • New family in town

    New family in town
    Joanna, her husband Walter, and her two kids move from New York to Stepford. They decided to take a break from city life, and enjoy the quiet, rural town life.
  • Meeting the neighbor

    Meeting the neighbor
    Joanna meets and tries to chat with her neighbor Carol, but Carol declines because she has to wax the family room floor. Joanna wonders if all the wives' act like this.
  • A new friend

    A new friend
    Joanna meets Bobbie, a woman who moved in just a month ago. They quickly became friends as they felt comfortable around each other.
  • The Men's Association

    The Men's Association
    Walter brings home the New Projects Committee, and suggests that Joanna joins the conversation.
  • Something's wrong with Charmaine

    Something's wrong with Charmaine
    When Joanna and Bobbie visit Charmaine, her clay tennis court is gone, her kitchen looks immaculate, and she looks like a hausfrau. Joanna knows that a person doesn't change like that, so she and Bobbie conspire about what makes the women change like this.
  • Looking for another house

    Looking for another house
    Joanna and Bobbie want to move to another town to avoid becoming like the other Stepford wives. They search in nearby towns with their real estate broker Miss Kirgassa.
  • Not Bobbie too...

    Not Bobbie too...
    Joanna babysat Bobbie's kids while Bobbie and Dave went away for a weekend. Bobbie came back polished and not like herself. Joanna starts to fear that she will be turned into a compulsive hausfrau next month.
  • I'm not crazy I swear!

    I'm not crazy I swear!
    After having a fight with Walter about moving again, he suggests that she should see a therapist. She tells her therapist all of the events that happened while she was there.
  • The history of Stepford

    The history of Stepford
    After going to the therapist, she drops by the library, she finds a room full of newspapers on the history of Stepford. There was a women's association, but they disbanded, the men's association got more popular.
  • I'm not going to be replaced

    I'm not going to be replaced
    After having another fight with Walter, she flees her house to warn Ruthanne, a new tenant in town, about what's been going on. Unfortunately, she gets caught by three men from the men's association. She says she will go home if Bobbie is able to bleed from a cut, they accept her proposal and take her to Bobbie's.