Amy Madigan credited as playing...
Alison Ransom
- Dr. Russell Oakes: I think you've got to be willing to let your baby come whether you like it or not. You're holding back hope.
- Alison Ransom: Hope for what? What do you think is going to happen out there? You think we're going to sweep up the dead and fill in a couple of holes and build some supermarkets? You think all those people left alive out there are going to say, "Oh, I'm sorry. It wasn't my fault. Let's kiss and make up"? We knew the score. We knew all about bombs, we knew all about fallout. We knew this could happen for forty years. But nobody was interested.
- Dr. Russell Oakes: [turns to leave] I can't argue with you.
- Alison Ransom: [pulls him back] Argue with me. Please... give me a reason. Tell me about hope. Tell me why you work so hard in here.
- Dr. Russell Oakes: ...I don't know.
- Alison Ransom: We knew about bombs, we knew about fallout, we knew this could happen for 40 years but nobody was interested.
- Alison Ransom: Is it over? Is the attack over?
- Dr. Russell Oakes: I don't know. It seems to be.
- Alison Ransom: How many were there?
- Dr. Russell Oakes: Two over Kansas City. They were many more to the south.
- Alison Ransom: Was it just Kansas City or did the whole country get hit?
- Dr. Russell Oakes: I don't know!
- Alison Ransom: Well, what about Sedalia? My husband is in Sedalia.
- Dr. Russell Oakes: [notices that Alison is pregnant] When are you due?
- Alison Ransom: I'm overdue!
- Alison Ransom: [about being pregnant] You know what it feels like?
- Nurse Nancy Bauer: What?
- Alison Ransom: Feels like I'm gonna have a basketball.