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This episode contains strong language, pregnancy loss,

and discussion of suicide.

Please be advised.

Hello, hello.

Why don't you come in? Can I get you anything to drink? It's so hot outside.

It's the summer of 1962 in Brentwood, California, and Marilyn is a woman on a mission.

She's invited a young reporter from Life magazine into her home

to tell him what it's really like being her.

She has her makeup done, her hair blown out, and she's wearing a simple black sweater with cropped yellow pants.

Most importantly, she's on time.

She knows people are gossiping about her problem with tardiness.

And on occasion, yes, she stumbled out of her bedroom hours late, glassy-eyed, and too drunk to speak.

But that's why she's made an effort to pull herself together and be punctual,

to clear all of this up.

And she's going to show the world how Fox completely mistreated her, because once again, she's in a very public fight with the studio.

Why aren't they tired of losing? No one's ever tired of losing to women.

But this time's different.

Marilyn's latest film shoot has completely fallen apart.

Out of the last 17 days on her call sheet, she's missed 16 of them.

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