Justine (2019) - full transcript

- Hi, I have a placement
interview at 1:00, Lisa Wade.

- Okay, Ms. Wade.

It looks like we have
all your paperwork,

so we'll be with you
in a few minutes.

- Okay.

- Is this your first interview?

- Yeah.

- Cool.

They're actually pretty good,

I got a job with them before.

- Really?



- Hmm mm.

- What was the job?

- It was an insurance company,

and the company sold
insurance to people.

I was an assistant.

Yeah.

It was really cool because
I had my own cubicle

and like no one ever walked by,

so I could just text
and be on my phone

all day and no one knew.

Yeah, text freedom is very
important to me on my next job.

[phone rings]

And I would have left, honestly,

but like this woman-



- [Secretary] Lisa,
she's ready for you now.

- Great.

- It says here that you
have office experience,

computer skills, you've
worked in customer service.

- Yes.

- Have you ever worked
in a medical office,

done any medical billing,
insurance billing?

- No, but I'm a
very quick learner,

I'm sure I could pick something
like that up very quickly.

- Oh yeah, now
these offices tend

to want a trained
medical office assistant.

So we've just checked
that off the list

and we can't say that
you have a college degree

because you've only completed
two years of college,

is that correct?

- Correct.

- Okay,

we'll see what we get with this.

You know the only problem is,

there are only so
many receptionist

It would be really
helpful if we can open up

your horizons a bit.

Have you considered
working in the care fields?

- Like daycare or something?

- Daycare, elderly
home care, nanny.

- Yeah no, I don't
really think that's me,

I'm not very caretaker-ish.

- You wrote here that
you have two children.

Okay.

It's just, there's really
not a lot out there right now

and if you wanna
get a job quick,

you can't afford
to be too picky.

All I'm saying is, sometimes
we need to allow ourselves

to surprise ourselves.

- I just prefer to
work in an office.

- Okay, we'll see what we get.

[soft music]

- Are you gonna take us to
school everyday Papa Don?

- No, for a while.

- Hey mama, did you get a job?

- No, not yet.

- Hi mom.

- Can't believe you still
drive this piece of shit car.

- You wanna talk about my car
and you don't even got a car?

- Because I sold it
so I can have money

to take care of my kids.

- Oh, is that what you did?

- Hey guys, I'm gonna sing in
the talent show at my school.

- Ooh.

- What are you gonna sing?

- I think I'm gonna sing
one of the country songs,

I just have to pick which one.

- Who got on this country
western kick, huh?

- You should probably
sing a Taylor Swift song.

- No, I don't want to
'cause this sixth grader

is already singing one.

- [Don] I tell you what,
I'm gonna work in my garden,

does anybody wanna help out?

[kids shouting]

- Hello?

- Get out of school clothes.

- Yes, this is Lisa Wade.

Yeah, my message was
inquiring about any updates

on the investigation.

So why did you even
bother calling me back?

If you have no new information,

then what's the fucking
point of even calling me?

Call me when you can
tell me what happened.

Oh, no, I'm fine.

Great, I'll just wait
to hear from you then.

[knocking on the door]

Come in.

- Is that them?

- Nothing new Don.

- Hey, we gonna do a
little work in the garden,

you wanna help?

- Does that sound like
something I'd wanna help you do?

- No.

- Hey, can you watch
them the rest of the day?

I think I'm just gonna go up

to some of those stores
up the road and apply.

- Yeah, yeah, sure, sure.

Lisa, why don't you go
checkout your benefits?

- 'Cause I don't
want their benefits.

- Okay.

[soft music]

[loud hip hop music]

- [Lady] Hi, can I help you?

- Yeah, I was wondering
if you guys are hiring.

- No, we're not.

- Okay.

- [Lady] There's a big store
around the corner that always

has a hiring sign out front.

You could try there.

- Thanks.

[upbeat music]

- Welcome to super locks.

Welcome to super locks,
super low prices.

Let me tell you about
some sales to look out for

once you get inside,

we got markdowns on everything
from pool accessories

to Tampax, all our summer
stuff, it's 50% off-

- I was actually wondering
if you guys are hiring.

- [Salesman] Oh, I can't
answer that for you,

but I can tell you that
we've got some great deals

in our beauty section, all our
Clayton products are on sale.

In case you wanna
freshen up that color.

[soft music]

♪ They doubted you and
planned that you choose ♪

♪ And so the answer that you
gave them is I'm an American ♪

- Maya stop singing,
eat your dinner.

- Papa Don, how do know
how to cook so many things?

And why you wear gloves?

- Are you kidding?
I'm a professional.

That was my job in the Navy.

Yeah, I was in
charge of every meal,

head cook for over 1000
men for four years.

And then I was in charge of
every meal for about 200 men

for 10 years.

- Is that way he wear earrings
and tattoos, Papa Don?

Because you were a sailor?

- Oh, that's pirates, Maya.

- Well, every man of the
sea should wear tattoos

and earrings.

- [Drew] Okay.

- What's the matter,
you don't like my food?

- No, I just wasn't that hungry.

- It's not polite
to leave the table

while others are eating.

Don't fill that out,
all here tomorrow.

- Hey, Papa Don.

- What?

- I won't be able to
eat mine tomorrow.

- Yeah, why is that?

- You'll eat mine tomorrow.

- Look at you, Maya.

Oh, that's too much,
don't, don't. [laughs]

Oh, alright, oh you
really like my cooking?

[mumbles]

[laughs]

Stop that, don't talk
with your mouth full.

[laughs]

[soft music]

- Thank you.

[soft music]

[phone rings]

Hello?

Oh yeah, hi Pat.

No, remember I said I'm not
interested in a care position,

I'll be a receptionist
or an assistant or...

It's just one kid?

Where do they live?

Nothing else has come up
in the last two weeks?

They have a car for
me to drive like,

to and from work too?

Okay, yeah.

I'll go meet them.

- So Lisa, you recently
moved to California?

- Yes.

- What brought you here?

- Needed to find work.

- Do you have family here?

- My kid's grandfather lives
here, he grew up out here.

- Your kid's grandfather,
but that's not your father?

Oh, okay.

Well then let us tell you
a little bit about us.

- I'm good, right?

We met, I can go?

- Sorry Lisa, Michael, he
had a commitment today.

So he just wanted to meet
you, but he has to run.

- Great to meet you, maybe
I'll see you on the house?

- Yeah.

Nice to meet you.

- Sorry about that,

God forbid you mess
with a man's schedule.

Okay, so where were we?

Oh, about us, my
husband and I both work

with Justine and all of
her needs and surgeries,

we just really need
the two incomes.

I'm a Realtor and my
husband's a home builder,

he developed this
whole neighborhood.

We worked together, he
builds them and I sell them.

- You said Justine has
needs and surgeries?

- So, Justine has spina
bifida and has almost complete

paralysis in her legs.

She has no bowel
control on our own

so I'll have to show
you the routine on that.

Obviously she needs
help getting dressed

and getting in and
out of her chair

but other than that, she's
really self-sufficient.

She loves to sing to
herself, talk to herself.

She's a big reader, she's
used to being on her own.

She's in her room right now,
just having a great time,

which is really nice.

So, why don't I walk you
through her daily routine?

Give you a little
tour of the house.

- Okay.

- So this is where the
two of you will spend

the majority of your time.

Justine's days are
very structured,

we find that structure
works best for her.

When she's woken up
and you dress her

and feed her breakfast,

she will come here and
begin her home school lesson

for the day.

Her teacher Ellen
arrives at 9:00 a.m,

after Ellen leaves,
Justine has lunch

and then she has
free time until 2:30.

On Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday, she can go to the park

if the weather permits,

Tuesday and Thursday,
she can play at home.

And then in the evening
you will take her

through her routine of
bath, dinner, reading, bed.

It's really pretty simple,

do you have any questions?

- When Justine is with
her teacher, what do I do?

- Oh, you can get
caught up on any laundry

or whatever light
cleaning needs to be done,

just the household stuff.

- Why doesn't she
just go to school?

- We've just always felt
it's better for Justine

to be at home under
our supervision.

She's not like other
kids, we know that.

We feel it's better
for us to create

a happy environment for her

rather than put her
in some big school

where God knows
what will happen.

This way.

My husband and I
really believe strongly

in our house being
a sacred space.

We'd like you and Justine
to only spend time

in Justine's designated areas,
her den and her bedroom.

Oh, and if you do
decide to work for us,

which I hope you do,

we of course, want you to
get along with Justine,

but we are also wanna make sure

that she doesn't
become too attached.

We like the nannies to keep
a little bit of a distance

just in case something
doesn't work out.

With all that
Justine's been through,

we just feel heartbroken
when a nanny decides to quit.

- Yeah, that's fine.

I'm fine with keeping
things more professional.

- Great.

Let me introduce you to Justine.

Justine, I'd like
you to meet Lisa,

she might be your new nanny.

- Hi Justine, it's
nice to meet you.

- I said go back to your room.

That was Jessica, she
keeps sneaking up on me.

- Justine, she's just playing.

She has a lot of
imaginary friends.

- I know, it's about
time she got here.

- Justine.

The hours are 8:00
a.m to 7:00 p.m.

We pay $15 an hour and you
will have use of our van,

on the weekends

the hours are 9:00
a.m to 6:00 p.m

and we pay $18 an
hour in those days.

Look, I know you have kids,

so I'm sorry to ask
you to work weekends,

but those are some
of our busiest days

with open houses and showings.

- No, that's fine.

I really need the work, so
the extra hours are great.

- Fantastic.

- Okay.

Well thank you, it
was nice to meet you.

- [Alison] So what do you think?

Are you interested
in taking the job?

- Yeah, I'll take it.

- [Alison] Can you
start tomorrow?

- Yeah.

- [Alison] Do you always have

to be such an asshole to people?

- [Michael] The fuck [mumbles]

Shut up and ride my dick.

- [Allison] Oh yeah?

- [Michael] Yeah.

[yells]

- Do you wanna read
a book with me?

How about craft?

Yeah, oh you changed your mind?

Yeah, okay.

Do you wanna go find them
scissors or something?

Okay.

Oh, my show.

[upbeat music]

- Here you go.

- Thanks.

[upbeat music]

Down to nothing, she
pushed through with a...

an overgrown branch and
stumbled over some roots-

- I'm gonna take your dress off.

One second.

[water drips]

Oops, sorry.

[tap water dripping]

You want your book?

- Pushed through
an overgrown branch

and stumbled over some roots,

brawling her out
into a clearing.

Her flashlight flew
out of her hands

and landed on the ground.

- [TV Reporter] Winning
lottery numbers-

- [TV Reporter] Caught
overnight between rival

factions along the
Israeli-Syrian border.

Initial reports claim
Israeli jet fighter

were in the guerrilla base-

[mumbles]

- RPV Homeowners Association.

What was it, a ballot
measure or something

that kept it all in check.

Well, they just gotta
wait for the next meeting

'cause there's no way, look,

yes, yes, yeah right, for
that number of parcels,

the only way you're
gonna make money,

hang on, thanks.

Thank you, tomorrow, right?

- Yes.

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Safe drive.

- Thank you.

- Yeah, yeah.

Right, well because it
was $250,000, that's why.

- And what are you
doing, washing?

- Yeah.

- And what did they call?

- The bones.

- That's right. [laughs]

Now pick, seven a piece.

- One, tow, three,
four, five, six, seven.

- Six, seven.

- All right, set
them on the edge.

- Now what do we do?

- Set them on the edge like
this so you can read it

so that sort of...

That's a face in you so
that you can see them.

- Oh, hi mom.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- [Don] Hey, you wanna eat?

- No thanks, I'm
not that hungry.

- [Don] I'll fix you a plate.

- I said I'm not hungry.

- Wait mom, do you
wanna play game with us?

We could start a new round.

- Yeah.

- No thanks.

- Okay.

- And the next one.

No, that's not right, try again.

[soft music]

Okay, now this one.

Write neater, remember?

Okay better, try this one.

[soft music]

- [Jasmine] Could this
place really be haunted?

Celine pointed her
flashlight toward the stairs,

the cobwebs and dust
glimmered in the light,

the store Clark said it
had been years since-

- [Allison] Where's
my little reader?

- [Jasmine] Mom.

- Hi Lisa.

Hi, I missed you.

- I missed you too.

- Oh, was your day good?

- [Jasmine] Yes, it was.

- [Allison] Good, good.

Lisa, we're good here,
thank you so much.

- Okay.

- [Allison] So tell
me, what did you do?

- I finished book two.

- You finished book two.

♪ Babe you know I'm
liking your style ♪

♪ Why do this every
night, every night ♪

♪ Only thing in my mind
is you and the moon ♪

- Wait, Papa Done you
just passed the IHop,

that's where we were
supposed to turn.

- We're not going home just yet.

- Where are we going?

- Well, you know how your
mom's got this new job?

- Yeah.

- [Maya] Yeah.

- It's kinda like a secret
place she gets to go.

- Yeah.

- Well, we're gonna go to
a secret place of our own.

- What is it?

- Oh, it's a place
where you get to go

if you were in the military
or if you have family

who were in the military.

So it's a very special
place that you get to go to,

for special people like us.

- Mom doesn't really like to
talk about military stuff,

she probably won't
want us to go there.

- Yeah, she isn't even wanna
say, you know whose name?

- Who?

- D-A-D.

- Yeah, that's
why it's a secret.

Look, I tell you what you guys,

you keep this secret
with me, who knows?

You might want me to keep a
secret for you sometime, okay?

Mom doesn't have to know
every damn thing we do

when she's not here.

- Well, it's true.

[office phone rings]

[speaks in foreign language]

- What can I do for you?

- You guys got a
counselor I can talk to?

- Yes, but you have to make
an appointment in advance.

- Shit.

- Did you have one?

- No, no, I didn't have one.

Can I make one now?

- Sure, but it's not gonna
be until later on this week.

- Later on this week?

- [Man] Yeah.

- All right, like
Thursday, Friday?

- [Man] Little down this week.

- Let's do that.

Yeah, let's do it.

- Okay.

- [Don] Yeah.

- Hold on.

- Yo stop, stop it.

- There's the forms,
just fill them up

and when you're done,
I'll be here for you.

- Okay, thank you,
gracias amigo.

- Welcome everyone to
our divine tea party.

Do you feel this hard dick?

Oh, yeah, let's
introduce everyone.

Okay, I would like
some tea please.

Okay.

Whoa, it needs a little, honey.

[soft music]

- Do you mind if we
play with your toys?

- [Justine] Sure,
I love to share.

- [Girl] What's wrong with you?

- I can't walk, I
was born like this.

I have spinal bifida.

- Is that like being
retarded or something?

[laughs]

- What? No.

- Yeah, 'cause your
glasses are weird.

They're not like normal glasses,

they make your eyes
look different.

Can you even see
if I take them off?

Whoa, these are so weird.

- What do you
think you're doing?

No, you're not going anywhere.

Do you think it's okay to
talk to people like that?

Do you?

Is that your mom over there?

Go tell your mom she's
raising some little bitches.

Go!

Hey Justine, are you okay?

All right, let's pack up.

All right, ready?

One, two, three.

- [Justine] You go tell your mom

she's raising some
little bitches,

you go tell your mom she's
raising some little bitches,

you go tell your mom-

- Okay, Justine
stop saying that.

Look, I said that to
those girls because

I didn't like the way
they were talking to you,

but you shouldn't use that word.

- Mom called you that.

- Called me what?

- A bitch, she said,
"she seemed like a bitch,

but as long as she shows
up on time, I don't mind."

- She said that to you?

- No, to dad, but
I was listening.

- Justine, why do you talk
to yourself all the time?

- Oh, well sometimes I
don't talk to myself,

sometimes I sing or say
books that I've read

or say plays that I've seen.

- Okay, well, why do you do it?

- Mom and dad tell me,
"Justine, singing and talking

to yourself is a great
way to entertain yourself.

That way, if no one
can talk to you,

you can just talk to yourself."

Mom said that people don't
wanna be bothered by me talking

to them all the time,

that's why I have all
my imaginary friends.

They like, when I talk to them.

- You can talk to me.

- Really?

- Yeah, I mean I'm
here all the time

so we might as well talk
to each other, right?

- Yeah.

- And we're right down
here on the left side.

- All right, can we all do this?

- Sir, I already told you I
can only speak with you today.

- Okay.

Well, is there some place that
they can do their homework?

- Yes, right around the
corner, right there.

- In here?

- Hmm mmm.

- Okay, kids go in
there, do your homework.

- Yeah.

- I'll be here in
a minute, yeah?

- [Maya] Okay.

- Come on in.

- Yeah you know, I came so
that they can talk to you,

you know that?

- Oh, I understand that sir,

but technically I can't
speak with children

without their
parent's permission.

- Well, what does that mean?

Technically?

I mean, the way you
said that makes me think

that there's some
nontechnical way

that you could talk
with my grand kids

and make sure that they're-

- No sir, that's
not what I meant.

- All right well,

how about this?

How about we talk, me
and you a little bit

and then I introduce
you to my grand kids

and then you just meet
them and talk with them

and find out if there's
anything funny with them.

- I don't think I'd be able to
tell if someone was suffering

from a grief disorder or
depression just by meeting them.

- You meet Lisa, you
know there was something

wrong with her.

- That's their mother.

- Yes, ma'am.

- And her husband was killed?

- Yes ma'am.

- Your son?

What's going on with Lisa?

- Girl's like a robot.

I'm telling you she
doesn't talk to anybody,

none of us.

Now she's got some
job where she's gone

every day of the week

and those are her kids.

I do everything for them,

that's fine.

But she's their mom.

- What was Lisa like
immediately after his death?

- Oh, well she was the
same in her own world,

she didn't talk to
anybody at the funeral.

Oh, she didn't even cry.

She almost wasn't even
gonna come to the funeral,

talking about, she didn't
feel like he was there

so why should she
play their games?

Whatever the hell that meant.

I'm the one who got her to come.

- [Counselor] Their games?

- Oh, she's not real
happy with the military,

on the account of
how long they took

to get the body back to us,

took three weeks.

Of course, they had the
autopsy and investigation.

I've known Lisa for a long time,

she and Johnny were best
friends since they were kids.

Lisa has always been a tough
nut to crack I'm telling you,

but the way she's acting now.

- The thing about
your daughter-in-law,

her behavior is actually
not that unusual.

It really isn't.

It sounds to me like Lisa
is still in the thick

of coming to terms
with her new reality

and she's gonna be
there until she's not.

- What does that mean?

That she's gonna be
there until she's not?

What does that mean?

- It means as long as she's
not hurting her children

or hurting herself,

you need to let her be
whoever she is right now.

- So that means that I'm...

what you're supposed
to do nothing?

Act like this is normal?

- Let's think of it this way,

put six months on it

and if she's exactly the
same person in six months

as she is today,

we can come up with a new plan.

And in the meantime,
you keep coming here

and giving me updates
on what's happening

and I can meet your grand kids.

- Yes ma'am, yes ma'am.

Thank you Ms. Hughes.

Yeah we can do that.

- Thank you.

- Lisa I don't think I
wanna go to the park today.

- Why do you say that?

- Just not in the mood, I guess.

- Really?

- I just don't wanna
see the little bitches.

- I'm sorry Justine but you
have to go to the park today.

You have to let those
little bitches know

that they can't bother Justine.

You can't just let
people tell you

how you're supposed
to live your life.

If you don't show up
at the park today,

they're gonna think they won,

like you're scared
of them or something.

You have to keep being Justine.

You know?

And what does Justine do?

She goes to the park Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.

Exactly.

Today's Friday, so
we're going to the park.

- Will you play with me?

- Yeah, I'll play with you.

And if we see the little
bitches, we'll say hello.

Okay?

- Okay.

Oh, I see them.

- Okay.

- I see them.

- Okay.

- You can do it Justine.

Hi.

- [Both Girls] Hi.

[soft music]

[laughs]

- You did it!

- I can't believe I did it.

[soft music]

- Hey you did it.

- Just feel like, very good!

I did it.

- Hey, let's go get ice cream
cones to celebrate our victory

over the little bitches.

- But don't we need
to eat dinner soon?

- Yeah, but who cares?

It's a special occasion.

- Okay.

But we can not tell mom and dad.

- Duh?

- And also Lisa,

let's not tell mom and dad
that we're friends now, okay?

- Okay.

What flavor are you gonna get?

- I think I'm going to get the
one day is the most colorful.

- Okay.

- And Jessica wants
cookies extremes.

- Oh, your imaginary
friend, Jessica?

[soft music]

Yeah, hi.

I'm calling to talk to
my CAO, Captain Shellman.

Alright, well, can you tell me

if there's been any progress
in the investigation?

Yeah, I already know that
it's an open investigation.

When is Shellman
gonna be available?

Okay, can you leave a
message for him, for me?

You can write, it's
been almost four months,

what are they still
investigating?

You fucking fuck, thank you.

[knocks door]

Why even bother knocking if
you're just gonna come in?

- Yeah look,

I know you've gotta
work tomorrow,

but you're gonna
have to take the kids

with you in the morning.

- What?

You told me that
you would watch them

while I'm at work?

- Yeah well I know,

but I've got my church
group meeting tomorrow.

So do you take them
with you in the morning?

- So? Why don't you
just take them with you?

They'll wait for you when
you're in your group or whatever.

- No, no, no, no, no, no.

I'm not gonna have them
waiting in an empty church.

No, you just take them
with you in the morning

and then I'll pick
them up at noon,

they can come with
me to softball, okay?

- This is such bullshit.

- You're telling me?

- Is she's gonna come in?

- Kids wanna know if
you're gonna come in

and listen to Maya's new song.

- It's a song about a mom
and her daughter, mom.

I just learned the entire thing,

the son's name is "Fancy"
and Reba McEntire sings it,

she's like a really
famous country singer.

Wanna hear it?

- I don't know.

- Maya go on inside,

we'll be in a little while,
you go get ready, okay?

Actually, I think it's a
song about a prostitute,

but she doesn't know that

and I figured there's no need
in introducing that subject.

You gonna come in?

- I don't know Don, just
give me a minute, all right?

- Oh, come on in,
crying out loud!

- Would you shut
my fucking door?

- She's not gonna come, give it.

- You guys calm down, calm down.

- [Maya] Give it to me.

- [Drew] I just want it.

- [Maya] Too bad.

- [Drew] I just want it though.

- [Maya] Who care what you want?

- [Drew] But it's mine!

- Hey.

- [Maya] No, it's not, let go.

- Hey, you guys,
come on over here.

[grants]

- Fine.

- Come on.

You guys need to hear the
music that changed the world.

- [Maya] What's that Papa Don?

- This is how we used
to listen to music.

Now,

[smooth jazz music]

This lady here,

she had more soul
in her little finger

than most folks have
in their whole body.

♪ My man don't love me

♪ He treats me oh so mean

- She sounds different.

- Well yeah, that's
why people liked her,

because she had a
voice like no other.

You know what they
used to call her?

- [Drew] What?
- What?

- Lady Day, yeah.

She was a sad lady,
can you hear it?

♪ I've ever seen

- How can you hear someone sad?

- That's a good question.

You just feel it, I guess.

[soft jazz music]

- [Drew] Maya, can you help me?

- [Maya] Try to do
it yourself first.

- Where are you going?

We have to go.

- I'm getting my stuff.

- Mom, can you help me?

- Yeah.

All right, straighten your foot.

Alright listen,

when we get there,
don't talk to Justine.

Wait until the parents leave.

- [Maya] Why?

- Because the parents are
weird and they don't like

when we talk a lot, I guess.

- That's strange.

- And I told you Justine's
in a wheelchair, right?

- [Drew And Maya] Yeah.

- But she's not any
different than you guys

so don't treat her like,
something is wrong with her.

- Okay.

- Okay.

- And their house is really nice

but don't say anything
when you first see it,

like don't say, "whoa,
this is so cool."

Just act like you've been
in a house like that before

and it's no big deal.

Papa Don's gonna come get
you in a couple hours-

- Mom, stop telling
us what to do,

it's going to be fine.

- Excuse me.

♪ My man don't love me

♪ He treats me oh so mean

- What the hell are you singing?

- It's a song.

♪ My man don't love me

♪ He treats me

- Oh!

- Mrs. Green, these are
my kids Maya and Drew.

Sorry I didn't have
anyone to watch them today

so I had to bring them.

- Oh, that's fine, it's
nice to meet you both.

- [Drew and Maya] Nice
to meet you Mrs. Green.

- Oh, hello?

- [Allison] Michael,
these are Lisa's kids.

- Hi.

I gotta get to work.

- Actually, I'm running
out the door as well,

busy Saturday.

And Justine's in
her den playing.

- Okay, we'll talk later.

- It's okay.

- Bye.

- So where's the girl?

- She's in here.

- Hey Justine, these are
my kids Maya and Drew.

- Hi Justine.

- Hi Justine.

- Jessica leave,
I have company and I don't want you around.

- Justine, I don't
think that's very nice

to talk to Jessica like that,

I think she's been a
pretty good friend to you.

Just 'cause you have company,

you don't need to
be rude to her.

- I was just teasing
Jessica, Lisa.

I wasn't being mean to her.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah, see Jessica,

I was just teasing
you, you can come back.

She's coming back.

- So what types of things
do you like to play?

- I like to play with dolls
and I liked to sing songs

and listen to music and
watch things on my iPad

and read books.

- My sister likes to sing songs.

- Yeah, there's gonna be
a talent show at school

and I'm gonna sing in it.

- Like "The Voice?"

- Well, it's not exactly
like "The Voice",

'cause it's like at
my school and stuff,

but it is kind of
like "The Voice"

'cause it's a
singing competition.

- Oh, okay.

So what are you gonna sing?

- Well, lately
I've been thinking

I would sing a Steven Rice
song, he's a country singer.

- Okay, why don't we watch
TV or something you guys?

- Wanna sing it now?

- Okay.

- Here we go.

♪ Baby you know I'm
liking your style ♪

♪ Why you keep me
waiting that sad ♪

♪ Baby you know I'm
liking your style ♪

♪ Why do this every
night, every night ♪

- [Lisa] Okay,
you're not singing that song, you're nine.

- [Lisa] Mom, stop.

- You're not singing babe
I'm liking your style.

If you wanna sing in
your school talent show,

you need to sing a song
that's appropriate.

- What does that
mean, appropriate?

- You say bad
words all the time.

- Excuse me.

- I said, you say bad
words all the time,

that's not very appropriate.

- It's not about
saying bad words Maya,

it's about you
singing an adult song,

in an elementary
school talent show

and watch yourself.

- Did you wanna say
something Justine?

- Yes.

Well, I was thinking you
should sing something

a little faster,

something that the
audience can get into.

On "The Voice," they
always say it's important

to get the audience
into the song.

- That's true, they do say that.

- Yeah.

I can sing one of my
favorite songs to you,

it's a song that I wrote

and I like to sing
it when I'm happy.

- Okay.

- Can you please hand me that?

Can you all sit down
like you're the audience?

♪ I'm Justine I like to dance

♪ I dance like this,
I dance like that ♪

♪ Raise your hands ♪

♪ Raise your hands

♪ Raise your hands

♪ Divine, divine

♪ I dance like this, I dance
like this, I dance like that ♪

♪ I'm a girl, I'm Justine

♪ I'm a girl, I'm Justine

♪ Birds, elephant,
raspberries are my favorite ♪

♪ Things

[laughs]

♪ I'm Justine, I like to dance

♪ I dance like this,
I dance like that ♪

♪ Raise your hands

♪ Raise your hands

♪ Raise your hands

♪ Divine, divine

♪ I'm a girl, I'm Justine

♪ I'm a girl, I'm Justine

♪ Birds, elephant,
raspberries are my favorite ♪

♪ Things ♪

[audience clapping]

[laughs]

- You ask her when
she comes back.

- No, you ask her, she
will never say yes to me.

- Allison, my daughter's
singing in a talent show

at her school on November 18th,

I was wondering if Justine
could come see her,

she really wants to come.

They had fun playing
together last weekend.

- The 18th, let's see.

Oh, well that's just
a couple of days

after Justine's surgery,

but I think she
should be able to go.

- Her surgery?

- Yeah, her shunt replacement.

Sorry, didn't I tell you?

She's due to have
her shunt replaced,

it drains fluid for her,
it's right back here.

Lisa, relax, she's had
it done several times.

- Okay, cool.

So she can come?

- We'll see, I think so.

All right, I'm outta here.

I'm gonna miss you.

Oh shoot, Lisa I keep
forgetting to tell you,

Ellen has gone for
the next two weeks

she's sending in a
sub starting tomorrow.

Anyway, she's supposed
to be really great.

Okay.

Oh and Lisa, can you just set
the alarm when you guys leave?

Kathy, next door said she
saw suspicious looking

African-American
man in a beat up car

cruising around the
neighborhood this weekend.

I just wanna be extra careful.

- Okay.

- Okay good, thanks.

I love you.

- Bye.

- Bye.
- Bye mom.

Yes.

- So, how are you guys?

- Good.

- Good.

- Let me guess, third
grade and second grade?

- Yep.

- Good.

- I'm going to go
get a cup of coffee,

be right back.

Talk to them about Lisa.

- Don, you can leave the door.

- Do you talk to
kids whose dad died?

- Sometimes I talk to kids

and sometimes I talk to wives
whose husbands have died

or husbands whose
wives have died

or moms and dads whose
son or daughter has died.

Would you like to talk
about your dad dying?

- We're not allowed to.

- Says who?

- Our mom.

- Was your dad in the military?

- Why do you think we're here?

This place is only
for military people.

- You're right, Maya.

- He was a marine.

- [Hughes] So, can I ask
you guys some questions

about your mom?

- Sure, we can talk about her.

- Good.

Now, your grandpa
says she's been acting

a little different lately,

have you guys noticed that?

- She is just really
sad Mrs. Hughes,

that's why she acts like that.

- She has a job now and she's
really happy about that.

She's hardly even sad anymore,

she might even go back to
college like she was before.

She was studying
to have a career,

but she didn't know what
she was gonna choose yet.

But she's really smart
and she got all As.

- Good, wow, that's really good.

That's great,

hey, did Papa Don get lost
looking for coffee or what?

[laughs]

- Maybe.

- Let's go and find him.

- Okay, my jacket
and his jacket.

- Okay play it, I'm ready.

- Okay.

[upbeat music]

Oh, okay, so this is Veronica,
she's my favorite character.

She's pretty, she's tough and
she's in charge of everybody.

- Okay.

Who's that guy?

- Oh that, her BFF Rocky.

- You watch the
show with your mom?

- Sometimes, when
she's not at work.

[upbeat music]

Lisa, what's a nigger?

- Where'd you hear that word?

- Dad said he feels sorry for
you because you got yourself

knocked up by some deadbeat
nigger and alone with two kids.

And I don't know
what a nigger is.

- Okay Justine, you can't
ever say that word again.

That's a really,
really bad word, okay?

- Okay.

- That's a word that only
very racist people use.

- What's a racist? Is it bad?

- Yeah.

It's when you're mean
to somebody because

they look different than you,

your dad's a racist.

- Well, I don't wanna be that.

- Well, you don't
have to be that,

but this is why you should
be going to a real school

so that you can learn about
different kinds of people

and be with different
kinds of people.

But don't worry, I'm
gonna teach you, okay?

I think that it's good
that we became friends,

because I think you are
different from your family

just like I'm different
from my family.

I'm gonna teach you
and it makes sense

that it's me that's spending
all this time with you.

- The little bitches
are racist, kind of.

- Yeah, yeah it's
kinda the same thing,

they are kinda racist.

[soft music]

Okay, is this what you
were working on last time?

- Yeah.

- All right, so we'll
bring this one so you can-

[doorbell rings]

I think that's your teacher.

Hi I'm Lisa, I'm the nanny.

- Hi, I'm Jackie.

- Nice to meet you.

- Nice meeting you.

- Hi, I'm Justine.

- Hi Justine, I'm
gonna be your teacher

for the next couple of
weeks while miss Ellen

is on vacation, is that okay?

- You have an accent?

[laughs]

- I do, I'm from Mexico,
I can speak Spanish too.

And you know what?

Actually, a lot of
the kids that I teach,

they're learning
to speak Spanish.

Do you want me to teach you
how to count to 10 in Spanish?

- Oh yeah.

- All right, let's go.

So what is this one?

- [Justine] Quarter.

- [Jackie] Okay.

How about this one?

- [Justine] Penny.

Quarter.

- [Jackie] I'm
gonna go fast now.

- [Justine] Okay,
quarter, quarter, quarter,

dime, I mean penny.

Aw, I missed that.

- [Jackie] No, you're
fine, you're fine.

Now I think you're
ready for the real deal.

Lisa, you busy?

- No, there's not really laundry

so I'm just waiting, I guess.

- Why don't you come
and sit with us?

I think it's always
easier to learn

when you're learning
with other people,

you can help Justine.

- Yeah, come on Lisa.

Please.

- Yeah.

- Okay, okay cool.

- So now let's make a
little space for Lisa.

Shadow cat is right there.

- Learning her numbers.

- [Jackie] Yeah.

So now, we're gonna give her...

Okay, so you're gonna keep a few

and then you're gonna
tell me how much you have.

- Okay.

- If you have more than Lisa.

- I hope I do.

- We'll see.

- So I guess we'll
see you tomorrow then?

- I guess so.

- Okay, hold on I'm just
trying to open the door here.

- Hi.

- Hi.
- Hey, hi.

Hello?

- [Jackie] Hi.

- Who are you?

- Oh, she's the new
teacher while Ellen's gone.

- Jackie.

- Oh, that's right, hi
Jackie nice to meet you.

I'd shake your hand,
but as you can see,

they're a little full right now.

- What happened?

- Oh, he tore his ACL and
he stepped right through

the staircase on a job site,

the doctor's gonna try to get
him a surgery tomorrow, okay.

Don't step on it, be right back.

- Okay.

- All right, I have
to get back to work,

I still have a couple
of appointments.

Now, the doctors
gave him pain meds

so hopefully he'll just sleep,

but, can you check on
him later and make sure,

to see if he needs anything?

- Yeah.

- Okay, now they say
they all have to be home

for a couple of weeks
after the surgery

and he'll be able to
get around on crutches,

but he still won't
be able to drive.

So, I don't know, we'll have
to figure something out,

but I might need your help
with him while you're here.

Okay, all right, your
daddy's gonna be fine.

See you later.

[soft music]

- Hey, wanna eat our
lunch at the park today?

- But what about dad?

- He's sleeping,

we'll be back
before he wakes up.

- I've never had lunch
at the park before.

- Okay, I'll pack up.

- Okay.

[knocks]

- Come in.

- What the hell are you doing?

Lisa, no, come on
now, I'm telling you

this garage, isn't insulated.

It's too damn cold for you
to be sleeping out here now.

Come on inside and
sleep in my bed,

I sleep on the couch.

- Don, I'll be fine.

If it gets too
cold, I'll come in

and I'll sleep on the couch.

- Don't don't bump into them,
they burn the hell out of you.

See you think that just
because you're in California,

that it doesn't get cold here,

but it's gonna get
down in the 30's

in the next couple of months.

- I'll be fine.

[phone rings]

- That them?

- No, it was a
random local number.

Probably one of the
stores I applied to.

- Yeah.

Hey Lis, you remember
back in Virginia

and you and Johnny wanted to
make a fire in the backyard

and [chuckles]

you almost burned all my
trees down, you remember that?

Huh?

Yeah, you remember and Janice,

Janice come run out of the
house with the water hose

and she spraying
water on everything,

she had everything
except the trees.

[laughs]

You and Johnny didn't know
what in the hell to do.

He's still my son, Lisa,

I should be able
to talk about it.

- Good night Don.

- Good night Lisa.

- Ow! Fuck!

[soft music]

- [Michael] Hello, can I
get a little help please?

- Were you calling me?

- Yeah, I was yelling for a
while, you couldn't hear me?

I guess I'll just call
you up on your cell phone

when I need you.

Is Justine done
with her teacher?

- No, Jackie's still here.

- A real diverse thing
going on here, don't we?

- Excuse me.

- Well, I mean you
have mixed race kids

and Justine's new
teacher's Mexican, right?

Just joking around [chuckles]

can you bring Justine
here when she's done.

- She has to eat
lunch when she's done.

- [Michael] She can
eat lunch in here.

- You want me to bring
her lunch to your room?

- Yup.

Actually, can you make
me a sandwich too?

- Why do you want her in here?

We're supposed to go
to the park later.

- I wanna spend time
with my daughter, Jesus.

She doesn't have to
go to the park today,

she can skip a day.

Okay?

- Okay.

- Hey, Tinnie, I wanted
to hang out with you.

You wanna come up
here, eat lunch with me

and watch something?

- Okay, yeah.

- All right.

- Here, let me take this.

Okay Justine,

arms around me.

- Oh.

- One, two, three.

- Come on up, come here, lady.

You good?

- Yeah.

- You comfy?

- Yeah.

- There you go.

- There you go.

- All right.

That's your sandwich.

- Justine, we can
still go to the park

later if you want, okay?

- She doesn't need to go to the park today,
we're fine here.

- It's okay Lisa, I don't
need to go to the park today.

I'm gonna watch
something with my dad.

- Yeah.

What should we watch,
what do you think?

Let's find something
you haven't seen.

- [Man On TV] Hey
Mark, congratulations,

I just heard the wonderful
news about Talia.

- [Man On TV] I only heard
about it myself three days ago.

[phone rings]

- [Man On TV] You mean
they're planning a raid?

- [Man] No, it won't be
a raid, it will be war.

- [Man] How soon
is this Mr. Scott?

- [Man] Any moment.

- [Man] Maybe we'll all get
to work for it, Bradley.

- [Allison] Hey Lisa.

- Hi.

- Justine's up here.

- [Lisa] Oh, okay.

[laughs]

- [Allison] You guys are-

- [Michael] Three, four,
five, six, seven [mumbles]

- [Justine] Go fish.

- All right Lisa,

I'm heading off
to my open house,

Justine's with Michael.

- Oh, I have to
go get her ready,

we're supposed to go to
the softball game today.

We had it planned.

- Well, if she's having
fun with her dad,

I don't think you have to go.

- Well, yeah, we do have to go

'cause I told
Justine I'd take her

and she's been
looking forward to it.

My kids are gonna be
there and she likes

playing with them.

- Oh honestly Lisa, you can
talk to Michael about it,

I need to get going.

- Okay.

- [Allison] Okay.

Yeah hi, I'm running
late, five minutes.

Can you book a
parking space for me.

- [Justine] Go fish.

- Oh, hello.

- Hi Lisa, I'm playing
Go fish with dad,

you wanna watch?

- No, Justine we
have to get ready,

we're gonna the
softball game today.

- Oh yeah, the softball
game, I almost forgot.

- What softball game?

- There's a softball
game at Jefferson Park,

my kids are gonna be there
with their grandfather.

Jackie's supposed to meet
us, we planned it this week.

- Jackie, the
substitute teacher?

- Yeah.

Arms to me to me.

- Did you even ask permission
before you made a plan to take

our daughter to some game
with a bunch of strangers

that we hardly know?

- [Lisa] Allison knows about it.

- She didn't tell me about it.

- Wow.

- I'm sorry.

- It's okay.

- Well, that's not my problem.

- Okay, let's call her.

I mean were in the
middle of the game

do you ever think that maybe
I had something that I wanted

to do with Justine today?

- Like what?

You can't do anything right now.

Justine wants to
play with other kids,

she doesn't get to go to school,

she should at least be
allowed to leave the house.

- Bye dad.

- Hey, hold on a second.

- [Lisa] We'll be back
later this afternoon.

Aren't you supposed
to rest anyway?

[soft music]

- Good game player.

- Ow, look at that.

And one, two, three.

[soft music]

- Okay Justine, we're
leaving in five minutes.

- [Justine] Okay.

[laughs]

- How long have you
been taking care of her?

- A couple months, I guess.

- Were you're a nanny before?

- No.

- No, what did you
go to school for?

- I didn't really go to college,

I just did a couple of years
at a community college.

- That counts,

are you going back?

- No.

I mean, I have a
job that pays well,

that's why people
go to school, right?

To get a good paying job?

- I guess that's one
way to look at it.

But you know, some people
go because they wanna learn

about something that they love

or something that they wanna do.

- Yeah, I don't really think
I have anything like that.

- No,

maybe you do, you just
haven't found it yet.

- No, I just don't
think I have anything.

- All right, fair enough.

All right, this was a good
game, I better head home.

Thank you so much for
inviting me, it was fun.

- Yeah.

- Are you okay?

It seems like, something
is bothering you.

- Yeah, no, I'm fine.

It's just there's been a
lot going on at the house

with Michael home,
but that's it.

- Yeah, I can't imagine.

Alright, gotta go.

- Hey, do you think it's
weird that I invited you?

- No, why?

- I mean, I know we don't
know each other that well,

but I don't really
know anyone here

and I invited you
because you seemed nice.

- Lisa, I'm glad
that you invited me.

See you Monday.

- See you Monday.

- [Jackie] Nice meeting you Don.

- [Don] Good to meet you too.

- [Jackie] Good game.

Bye kids.

- What do you do with the ball,

you make a pocket with a pocket.

Good, okay, come on.

- Hey, you know I can't
take them today, right?

You gonna take them?

- Yeah, I know, I know.

It's all right, we've
already made plans.

- All right, see you later.

- Don't you care what my
plans are with your kids?

- Okay Justine, let's go.

- Are we coming with you guys?

- No, you're going
with Papa Don.

- Remember Drew?

We have our secret
thing with Papa Don.

- Oh yeah.

- Mom, we have a secret
thing with Papa Don

and we can't tell you.

- [Lisa] Good for you.

- Say bye to Justine there.

- Bye Justine.
- Bye Justine.

- Bye.

- Come on guys, let's
go, give me that.

- It's heavy.

- Yeah, I know.

[upbeat music]

- Don't we need to check on dad?

- No, mom's gonna come
home and take care of him.

Where do you wanna
go after this?

- I don't know,
maybe go to somewhere

we've never been before.

[phone vibrates]

- We'll hello there?

Glad to see you can
make it out Don.

- Miss Hughes.

- Thank you.

- Thank you for the invite.

- Look, it looks like the kids

have already made some friends.

- That's great, that's great.

And I threw together
a little something.

- Nice, well thank you.

I'm so glad you could make
it, thanks for coming out.

- [Don] Thank you.

- Okay.

- Just gonna put this here.

- What?

- I don't know.

- Okay, let's say you're back.

- Okay.

- Where have you been?

- We were at the softball game

and then we went to lunch and-

- I have been
calling you all day,

why weren't you answering?

- I didn't really
have my phone on me.

- Please take
Justine into her room

and then come and speak with us.

I'll give you your bath in
few minutes, okay Justine?

- [Michael] So trust me.

- Okay, okay, all right.

You cannot just leave all day
and not communicate with us.

- We were having fun and I
wasn't looking at my phone.

- First of all, you have
no right to determine

how our daughter will
be spending her days.

The way you spoke to me
earlier is completely unacceptable,

you work for us.

So if we decide that
Justine's gonna stay home,

that's the end of it.

- You hired me to take care
of her, I follow her routine.

You're the ones that
told me on the weekends

she can go do other things.

I mean, do you really
think it's fair to make her

sit up here with you all day?

Just because you're home
and your leg is hurt?

You're just using
her so that you

have someone to hang out with?

- Okay, Lisa.

[laughs]

She was playing with Michael
and I told you to ask him

whether she could go to the game

now, I don't know
why you're so upset.

- I'm not upset,
I'm just telling you

that you're saying I'm
hurting Justine and-

- No, we never said
you're hurting Justine-

- Allison stop.

Lisa, I think it's
time for you to go.

- No, Michael-

- She needs to go home.

This is ridiculous, we're
not gonna argue with her

about how to raise our daughter.

- Yeah, okay.

- [Don] Don't fight.

- [Drew] No.

- You gonna fight all the time,

everything?

- [Drew] Yes.
- [Maya] Yes.

Exactly.

- [Don] Oh hey, how was work?

- It was fine.

- Dammit.

- Why?

- You can't speak, she hears us.

- We don't care
about her either.

- Stop Maya.

Mrs. Hughes told Papa Don to
let her be sad, right Papa?

- Yeah, that's right.

That's right.

- Last one.

- Here we go.

- This is the last one.

- Whoops.

- You got it?

All right.

- Hey, can you come
in here please?

- So Michael and I need
some time to think about

what's going on here.

- What does that mean?

- [Michael] You don't
need to come tomorrow.

- Am I fired?

- We just need some time.

We have some concerns about
your relationship with Justine

and the influence
that you have on her.

We need to decide if we wanna
keep you on as her nanny,

we figure that tomorrow
is a good time.

It's her surgery
and we've scattered-

- What do you mean the
influence I have on her?

She loves me, we
get along great.

- You tell her she should
be gonna a real school.

She's been asking me
questions about things

she can only could
have heard from you,

things that quite frankly,

I don't want my eight
year old asking.

- The N word?

Oh, no, no, she learned
that word from you, right?

- [Michael] Okay.

- Michael.

- I'm sorry if she repeated
something I said about you,

but it's not like my statements
are unfounded, right?

I mean, it's
statistically proven

that African-American men
don't play an active role

in their children's
lives, right?

- Wow, is this a fucking joke?

- [Michael] Okay, all
right, you know what?

You need to go, I
think you need to go.

- You know, I don't give
a fuck what you think

about my kids father.

Honestly, I don't
care if you think

he got me pregnant and left,

I don't care if you
think he's in prison,

it's not my job to care
what you think about me

or my mixed race kids.

My job is to make sure your
daughter has a few hours

of happiness each day before

she has to see your
fucking evil face again.

- [Allison] Okay, that's enough.

- [Michael] Wow,
you're really crazy,

Let me tell you-

- Laugh at me, you
people are so fucked up.

- [Michael] Can you not?

- I see the way you
look at me and my kids.

- [Allison] Okay,
Justine is writing-

- For the two months,

I've been sitting on
a fucking bar stool

'cause that's the only
place I'm allowed to sit.

- [Allison] Michael.

- Right? Because I'm supposed
to stay in these areas.

- [Michael] Hey you know what?

- These are the areas
I'm supposed to be in,

this-

- [Allison] Justine, it's okay.

- [Michael] Could you
put that down, please?

- This is what you
offer me to sit on?

- Okay, enough.

- 'Cause I'm not good enough
to sit on your fucking couch?

Who are your people?

- [Michael] Hey you know what?

You need to go now,
please thank you.

- Do you really think
it's best for her

to sit in this house all day?

She can go to school, you know?

Why don't you give her a chance?

- [Allison] That's enough.

- Why don't you give your
daughter a chance, Michael?

- Hey.

- You've written her off.

You've written
your daughter off.

- Okay, enough, that's enough.

- You need to go now, please.

- [Allison] Get her-

- [Michael] Thank
you, you need to go.

It's okay, Tinnie, it's okay.

Can you please,
please go, thank you.

It's okay.

[sighs]

[breathing heavily]

[soft piano music]

[car engine revs]

[soft music]

[opens door]

- I washed everything.

I washed, everything.

[inhales]

[soft music]

[sobs]

[soft music]

[sobs]

[soft music]

- [Papa Don] Hey,
get in the shower,

we're gonna be late,
quit playing around.

- [Drew] Hi mama.
- [Drew] Hi mom.

- Hey.

- Where's your van?

- There was something
wrong with it,

they took it to the shop.

- Oh, come on, I'll take you.

- It's fine, it's not
that far, I'll just walk.

- Well, it's gotta
be a few miles.

- I'm good.

- Bye, mom.

- Yeah, there she is.

What is she doing?

[jazz music]

[phone buzzing]

- Hello?

- [Shellman] Hello,
is this Lisa Wade?

- Yes.

- [Shellman] This is your
CAO Captain Shellman.

I've been trying to
get a hold of you

the past couple of weeks.

Have you received my messages?

I spoke with your father-in-law

and he told me he
hadn't been able

to get in contact
with you either.

Have you been in touch with him?

- Yes.

- [Shellman] Well, I'm
sure he's informed you

that the investigation
has been closed.

- No.

No, I haven't spoken
with him about it.

- [Shellman] No?

- Can you please give
me the full report?

- [Shellman] Of course.

Staff Sergeant John Wade was
out on patrol with his unit,

it was initially
reported that the patrol

came into contact with
an unknown vehicle.

The investigation found
that there was confusion

within the unit and some
believed the driver to be armed

when he was in fact, not armed.

When the vehicle in question
approached the unit,

it crossed into an
unauthorized zone

and the unit began to fire.

Staff Sergeant John Wade
was attempting to cease fire

when he was shot.

The investigation
has been closed

as we've confirmed that
he was shot and killed

in friendly fire,

you will receive the
full death gratuity.

Your father-in-law informed me

that you've already made
contact with the local VA?

- No, but what about
the marine who shot him,

what happened to him?

- [Shellman] Ma'am, we
were unable to identify

the origin of the bullet,

therefore, no further
action has been taken.

- But during the autopsy
didn't you look at the bullet,

can't you tell whose
gun it came from?

Somebody have to
see what happened,

did you ask everybody
that was there?

- [Shellman] Ma'am I have
no further information

at this time,

what NCIS decides to
investigate further is up to them,

not us.

You will receive a copy of
the entire investigation.

We encourage all our widows
and family members to use the VA

for brief and counseling

and if you have any questions
about your benefits.

[soft music]

Mrs. Wade?

- Yeah.

- [Shellman] Once again ma'am,
I'm sorry for your loss.

- So is this it?

- [Shellman] I'm sorry ma'am,

I'm not sure what you're asking.

- Do we talk again
or is this it?

- [Shellman] Like I said ma'am,

we encourage you to use a VA

and the services they provide.

There are several support
groups where you may find comfort

and you're welcome to
call me if they need to.

- Got it.

[soft music]

[sobs]

[phone buzzing]

Hello?

No, I'm not there today.

Well, what do you mean all week?

I know she's supposed
to be back later today.

No, they told me right after.

Okay, yeah.

Yeah.

Thanks Jackie,
I'll let you know.

Bye.

[phone rings]

- Hello?

- Don, can you come get me?

- [Don] Yeah, sure.

- [Lisa] I'm on Carson and Rose.

- Be right there.

- [Lisa] All right.

[car engine revs]

What the fuck?

- What? Come on get in.

- What are you, following me?

- Buckle up.

Where am I going?

- Hi, I'm looking for...

They're here, thanks.

- [Nurse] Okay, no worries.

- Did something happen?

- They had some complications.

Justine's shunt became
obstructed and broke

while they were
trying to replace it,

they weren't able to
completely remove it.

So she's sleeping now
so you can't see her.

They have her on a
temporary drain until

they decide the
best way to proceed.

- What, can't they just fix it?

Can't they just
put the new one in?

- Well, they're gonna fix it

but it's more
complicated than that.

They have to decide what to
do with the existing shunt

before...

And she can't drain
fluid on her own

so until they decide
what they're gonna do.

- Okay well, I'll just wait,

see if she wakes up,
so I can see her.

- Okay, he's still very upset,

I'm not really sure
that you should be here.

- Hey, what's going on here?

- Michael.

- [Michael] Let's just Not.

- Stop, Michael.

I really, just need to say, yes.

I just, I want you to know
this hasn't been easy for us.

I was seven months
pregnant when I found out

Justine has spinal bifida.

- Hey Allie, come on.

- Which is late.

For seven months I imagine
having this perfect child

with no complications,
just a healthy baby,

like everyone else I knew

and then when she was born,

all this started, the surgeries,
the doctors appointments.

You know, it's been years
and I still feel like

I just found out something's
wrong with my baby

and I don't know how
to move past that.

I love Justine so much,

she's my baby girl.

- I know.

- But I just, I want you
to know we're not racist.

- My husband was killed and
every time I close my eyes,

the first thing I see are
the faces of the two guys

who stood at my door and
told me that Johnny was dead

and I don't know how to stop
seeing that and hearing that.

"The president of the United
States regrets to inform you,

the president of the United
States regrets to inform you."

So, I wish I had something
profound to say to help you,

but, I don't know
what that would be.

I do know that,

Justine should go to school.

She should have friends,
people will like her.

She's pretty great.

But, why don't you guys call me

when she's awake
and I'll come back.

[soft music]

Okay.

- [Drew] Oh yeah,
that's really easy.

- [Maya] Papa Don, look.

- [Drew] Try it the hard way.

- [Papa Don] Looks good.

- [Drew] Oh, shoot,
that didn't work out.

[soft jazz music]

- Hey Don, can I
borrow your car?

I'm gonna go back
and see Justine.

- Yeah, sure.

- You guys wanna come with me?

- Yeah.

- Wait, should I bring my stuff?

- I don't know if
it's gonna work,

but bring it just in case.

- We'll be in the car.

- [Maya] Okay.

[soft jazz music]

See you Papa.

- See you baby.

[soft music]

- Mom, I wanna get in my
outfit before I see her.

- Well, let's just wait until
we make sure she's okay.

- Okay.

- We gotta ask.

- See you in the
morning then, thank you.

- Wait, wait, wait,
she's talking.

Hey, how is everything?

- They're almost finished
up and then we can

go in and see her.

They decided to do another
surgery in the morning

and they're gonna try to
remove the remaining pieces

of the shunt and
put a new one in.

- Well that's good, right?

She wants to do her talent
show song for Justine.

- She'd love that.

- Okay, go change.

- Okay.

- Go ask where the bathroom is.

- Okay.

- Hey,

be around the corner.

- Hi, Justine.

- Hi.

- How are you?

- Good.

- I came by earlier,
but you were asleep.

[giggles]

- I was really tired.

- I know.

- Ta da!

[laughs]

- This is the outfit
that Papa Don bought you?

- Yep.

- Did you already
do the talent show?

- Not yet, it's tomorrow night,

but I have a surprise for you.

- Okay, guys get it ready.

You're gonna like it.

- I have another
surgery tomorrow.

- I know, your mom told me.

- But then I'll be
able to come home.

- That's good.

We'll be thinking
about you Justine okay?

- You think of me and
I'll think of you.

- Okay.

- Okay, I'm ready.

- Okay.

[guitar music]

- Excuse me, you need
to turn that off.

- Okay, she's just doing
a quick song for Justine.

- I'm sorry, Mrs. Green,

we can't disturb everyone
else on the floor.

- There's hardly anyone up here,

it's gonna be three minutes.

- I'm sorry.

- Okay, thank you.

- Start it again, just go.

- [Maya] Okay.

- Drew, push play.

♪ Life looking
back in hindsight ♪

♪ Tell me where did you go

♪ And what if you had
20/20 vision looking back ♪

♪ Growing old

♪ You don't wanna be saying

♪ Anytime down the road

♪ You wish you
did this or that ♪

♪ I could hear him saying
what you'd do right now ♪

♪ You'd go to the Indy 500
to hear those engines roar ♪

- It's three fucking
minutes, relax!

♪ Head south to Key West,
write a country song ♪

♪ And see if Willie
will pick it up ♪

♪ Learn to play guitar,
you can sing along ♪

♪ Saying I just want to do
some things I've never done ♪

[laughs]

♪ The days run
out of sun light ♪

♪ The nights run
out of the moon ♪

♪ You've got them
both its time to go ♪

♪ You got a chance to
do it all right now ♪

♪ You'd go to the Indy 500
to hear those engines roar ♪

♪ The Kentucky derby for the
fastest two minutes in sport ♪

♪ Head south to Key West,
write a country song ♪

♪ See if Willie
will pick it up ♪

♪ Learn to play guitar,
you can sing along ♪

♪ Saying I just want to do
some things I've never done ♪

[laughs]

[upbeat music]

♪ Babe you know I'm
liking your style ♪

♪ But why you keeping
me waiting outside ♪

♪ Yeah babe you know
I'm liking your style ♪

♪ But why you doing
this overnight every

♪ And the only thing
on my mind is you ♪

♪ And the moon light
coming up on midnight ♪

♪ 'Cause babe you know
I'm liking your style ♪

♪ But I ain't waiting
till sunrise, sunrise ♪

♪ I said oh oh oh oh

♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah

♪ I need to know

♪ Are you thinking
that I'm your style ♪

♪ 'Cause babe you know
I'm liking your style ♪

♪ And I ain't felt this
feeling in a while ♪

♪ I might be writing
a hit a song now ♪

♪ And I'm thinking
it's all your fault ♪

♪ Ha

♪ You got me thinking
my oh my hey girl ♪

♪ You're gonna hear
my song on the radio ♪

♪ 'Cause babe you know
I'm liking your style ♪

♪ And it's something
you gotta know ♪

♪ Right now

♪ I said oh oh oh oh

♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah

♪ I need to know

♪ Are you thinking
that I'm your ♪

♪ Thinking that I'm your style

♪ You got me singing
my oh my hey girl ♪

♪ You're gonna hear
me on the radio ♪

♪ I'm thinking you might
just change my world ♪

♪ And I've been ready
for you for a while ♪

♪ You got me singing
my oh my hey girl ♪

♪ You're gonna hear
me on the radio ♪

♪ I feel like I'm on
top of the world ♪

♪ And it started from
liking your style ♪

♪ So tell me where
you wanna go ♪

♪ We got no time to tip toe

♪ You'll travel the world
in your blue jean overalls ♪

♪ Ya say no more

♪ You got the rest of your
life knocking at your door ♪

♪ Oh oh oh oh

♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah

♪ Your blue jean overalls

♪ Are looking better
now on my floor ♪

♪ You got me singing
my oh my hey girl ♪

♪ You're gonna hear
me on the radio ♪

♪ I'm thinking you might
just change my world ♪

♪ And I've been ready
for you for a while ♪

♪ You got me singing
my oh my hey girl ♪

♪ You're gonna hear
me on the radio ♪

♪ I feel like I'm on
top of the world ♪

♪ And it started from
liking your style ♪

♪ You got me singing my oh my

♪ You got me singing my oh my

♪ You got me singing
my oh my girl ♪

♪ You're gonna hear
me on the radio ♪

♪ You're thinking you might
just change my world ♪

♪ I'm gonna let you try

♪ You got me singing
my oh my hey girl ♪

♪ You're gonna hear
me on the radio ♪

♪ You're thinking you might
just change my world ♪

♪ Well come on

♪ You've got me

♪ You got me singing
my oh my hey girl ♪

♪ You're gonna hear
me on the radio ♪

♪ I'm thinking you might
just change my world ♪

♪ And I've been ready
for you for a while ♪

♪ You got me singing
my oh my hey girl ♪

♪ You're gonna hear
me on the radio ♪

♪ I feel like I'm on
top of the world ♪

♪ And it started from
liking your style ♪

♪ You got me singing
my oh my hey girl ♪

♪ You're gonna hear
me on the radio ♪

♪ I'm thinking you might
just change my world ♪

♪ And I've been ready
for you for a while ♪

♪ You got me singing
my oh my hey girl ♪

♪ You're gonna hear
me on the radio ♪

♪ I feel like I'm on
top of the world ♪

♪ And it started from
liking your style ♪

♪ And it started from
liking your style ♪

♪ And it started from
liking your style ♪