The ringing of he downstairs telephone introduces Charlie""s 9 year-old bookwormish, precocious, bespectacled sister Ann (Edna May Wonacott) with her nose buried in the dreamy romantic novelIvanhoe.He bemoans he fact that she lacks "social adeptness" and self-esteem - she is a wallflower.Deprived of love and affection (by the only men in her life) for her entire life, she is extremely withdrawn and isolated, and has difficulty engaging in polite conversation.They work long, back-breaking hours in the steam, smoke and hellish, tropical heat of the camp rigging and erecting an oil derrick: "It""s a hundred and thirty in the shade an"" there ain""t any shade up there on that derrick.It is an original look at sex, violence, crime and power under the peaceful exterior of small-town Americana in the mid-80s...like no one did for my ancestors...This is my chance to do something and to do it right."In the office of LAPD Captain Ed Murphy (Steve Kahan), he mentioned to his aging detectives that they were "dinosaurs headed for extinction," soon to be replaced by younger cops with "psychology degrees," such as Butters: "Times have gotta change.