Damnation Spring

Colleen has bought an expensive charcoal filter for the tap and struggles to assemble it. Rich is reluctant to help her with it. Feeling frustrated, she heads out to pick up Chub, who has mistakenly taken the school bus to Enid’s. On the way, she bumps into Daniel at the gas station, where the local kid working there is refusing to serve him. Daniel pressures Colleen to do more to help the situation, inviting her to a meeting he is holding at Helen and Carl’s that night. Colleen insists she cannot come, but she does hand over the water samples she collected to Daniel, demanding to know from him if he finds out it is contaminated.

Despite her protestations, Colleen heads to Helen and Carl’s after collecting Chub. She leaves him dozing in the car as she joins the meeting. The various parents who have suffered birth issues are there, along with Daniel and a local journalist. Daniel explains that the sprays contain toxins that seem to cause cancer, birth defects, and other issues. He wants a moratorium on spraying for now, until more is known. Colleen refuses to talk to the journalist but does tell Daniel about Joanna’s dead calf.