So B. It (2016) - full transcript
A young girl named Heidi, who lives with her mentally disabled mother, travels across the country to find out about her and her mother's past.
Call it in the air,
heads or tails.
What?
Heads or tails?
Call it.
Heads.
Heads.
Again.
Heads.
Again.
Tails.
Tails it is.
- Again.
- Tails.
Heads.
Tails.
Heads.
I can't believe this.
- Again.
- Tails.
Heads.
Heads.
That's ten for ten.
Roy, what's going on?
He called Bernie.
Now, I'm gonna take you home
and feed you dinner
instead of booking you
as a runaway.
I'm not psychic.
I can't tell the future
or see things that are
happening somewhere else
or talk to people who have died.
It isn't anything fancy
like esp.
I'm just lucky.
I didn't run away, either.
I just didn't tell Bernie
where I was going.
This is
the final boarding call
for bus 227 departing to yreka.
All passengers should be
boarding at this time.
This is a final boarding call
for bus 227 departing to yreka.
All passengers should
be boarding at this time.
I need somebody
to buy me a ticket.
I've got the money.
Then why don't
you buy your own ticket?
You have to be 15
or older to ride the bus.
Where are you looking to get to?
- Liberty.
- I hear ya.
It's in New York.
Please, I have to get there.
Okay.
Jeez Louise, what did you do,
Rob a piggy bank?
Whoa!
Maybe a casino?
I didn't Rob anybody.
I'm just lucky.
We are now boarding bus 432,
destination Pittsburgh,
with stops in salt lake city.
All right, single file.
Put
your bags right over there.
Have your tickets ready.
Thank you.
Excuse me. Would you like
some help with your kittens?
Well, how sweet.
Tickets, please.
Thank you, thank you.
- Ticket, young lady.
- Here you go.
I've got the kittens, grammy.
But if I'm going
to tell you this story,
I should probably
start earlier than this.
Maybe not
quite that far back.
We should probably
just go back a few days,
before I knew anything
about that baby,
or about Liberty, New York,
or hill house,
or that very
strange word, "soof."
I think it was Wednesday.
"Bosom of the air"?
- How dumb can you get?
- Dumb?
I'm gonna get far,
far away from you,
before a bolt
of literary lightning
comes blasting
through the ceiling.
How can the air have a bosom?
Have I not taught you about
personification, young lady?
Not to mention simile, metaphor?
- Symbolism?
- Yeah, but what's the point
if you can't understand
what anyone's talking about?
Precious,
Heidi and I are having school right now.
We'll come see
your picture in a minute.
Okay.
Read it aloud.
- Why?
- Trust me, read it.
"So Romeo would,
were he not Romeo called..."
♪ done, done, done! ♪
Coming, mama!
What do you want
to start with tomorrow?
What are my choices?
Carbon cycle, viking saga
or the algebra chapter
we've been working on.
How about the carbon cycle,
then lunch,
- then the vikings.
- You got it, Helga.
Here we are, precious.
- Hey, mama.
- Heidi, done!
Pretty picture.
Blue.
Don't worry.
It was almost empty.
That's okay, mama.
See? Good as new.
Kiss, huggy.
Kiss, hug.
Kiss.
Wilinskys
are cat people,
so we shouldn't have any trouble
finding homes
for these little ones.
Poor babies, it's the first time
they've been away from their mother.
Where are you headed?
- Liberty, New York.
- Well, I'm going to Pittsburgh.
Wilinsky family reunion.
- There are gonna be 52 of US this year.
- That's nice.
You realize what that means?
52 wilinskys?
You could put a wilinsky in
every state and have two left over.
Can you believe it?
Seven of US are alices.
It's a wilinsky tradition.
If your first-born is a girl,
she's an automatic Alice.
And you want to hear
something strange?
Every one of those alices
was born in October.
October wilinskys,
how about that?
When's your birthday?
February.
The 12th, we think.
We think.
Well, that's funny.
Is it the 12th or isn't it?
Yes, it's the 12th.
Well, I got the first of
the October wilinsky birthdays.
Mine's October third,
and then comes cousin Alice,
hers is on the fifth.
And then cousin Alice...
I didn't blame Alice
for thinking it was strange
that I didn't know
when my own birthday was.
She was right. It was strange,
just like my name.
Heidi it.
What kind of a last name
is that for a person, "it"?
The funny thing is,
until a few days ago,
it hadn't even occurred
to me to wonder about my name.
And to think,
it all started with a penny.
Hot! Hot, hot.
- Do you think we can fix it, Bernie?
- I don't know.
We'd have to fix it
or do without.
It's a turbolux...
model 84721,
double a.
And it looks like...
What's funny?
Sir, I know you're
not running a museum.
I simply asked
if you carry the part.
Wonderful.
Do you take credit cards
over the phone?
Great.
Well...
How soon could you
send me the part?
Bring it?
No, no, no.
I need you to send me the part.
I see.
Spin.
Spin.
Heidi, you know that money
doesn't grow on trees.
- I know.
- Turn it.
So...
As long as you don't
abuse your gift,
or god forbid, get caught.
I don't mind, Bernie.
Really.
Here, clip.
Bernie has agoraphobia.
- Apples.
- When she first told me about it,
I thought she
said "angoraphobia."
I looked it up in
the dictionary and decided
she must be afraid of rabbits.
What it really means...
is that she doesn't
go outside, ever.
Don't talk to anybody.
I won't.
Before mama and I
came into her life,
Bernie lived in the apartment
with her father,
just the two of them,
on the night of
his 75th birthday,
they went out to
a diner for supper.
Bernie could go anywhere
and everywhere back then.
He had a meatloaf sandwich
and two slices of yellow cake,
but on the way home,
he dropped dead of a heart attack.
It would've been okay if she had
just ended up afraid of meatloaf
or yellow cake,
or maybe even diners,
but she didn't.
She ended up afraid
of everything.
♪ you drive me crazy
with the way that you move ♪
♪ you really
came to play now... ♪
yeah, precious.
♪ You could start a fire
with a body like that ♪
♪ burn the damn
place down... ♪
never know where they've been,
do you Heidi-ho?
- You never know.
- You never know.
Take it, Heidi.
♪ You know
it's all right... ♪
- here we go.
- ♪ you're playing it with me now... ♪
swing it.
♪ One on one,
wouldn't that be fun? ♪
Take it, mama.
♪ Let me show you
how it's done... ♪
go with it.
Yeah.
- Tea.
- Thank you.
♪ Fly on the beach
or fly in the streets ♪
♪ I'm trying to keep
this vine in the reach ♪
♪ come be my fantasy,
go away with me ♪
♪ lock US up in a dream
and throw away the key ♪
♪ I've been knocked
down before, man ♪
♪ played out like
a four-leaf clover. ♪
60, 80.
There you go.
Thank you.
Heidi?
Heidi.
- Hold my hand.
- Heidi!
- Bernie!
- What's the number of the bus?
73! And we get off
at the stop called maynerd.
- Out!
- Come on, mama.
What do you do right
before you get to the stop?
I pull the string
that's right over my head.
Out, Heidi!
Yes, mama, we're out.
And don't talk to anybody
but the man at the store.
I won't, Bernie.
We'll be fine.
Out, Heidi, out!
Come on, hold my hand.
- Pretty, Heidi!
- Yes, mama.
- Pretty!
- She's very pretty. Come on.
Hello.
- Hello, hello!
- Hello, animals.
Hello.
Hello!
This is the bus stop, mama.
We're gonna wait here.
- Back soon?
- Yes, mama. Back soon.
The bus is coming.
We gotta get on now, okay, mama?
Okay?
Come on.
It's all
right. It's all right.
Mama, please hurry.
Get away from the bus!
She's autistic!
Mama, mama.
It's okay, it's okay!
It's okay, mama.
Bernie!
What in heaven's name
happened, Heidi?
I don't know!
We were waiting for the bus.
What?
Precious! Precious.
Precious!
It's okay, precious.
- Precious.
- It's okay.
Done, done!
Done, done, done, Heidi!
Done, done, done!
Done, done, done, Heidi!
Little baby.
Give her to me.
No, no, I got her.
Bernie, what's happening?
Give her to me.
Yeah.
That's right.
I think your mama's
having a memory, sweetie.
- Shh.
- Of what?
That's right, precious.
Precious, we're home.
Everybody's home.
Sweetie?
Everybody's home.
Mama.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
What is it, mama?
What do you remember?
It's okay.
What is it?
Soof!
What?
Soof.
Until then,
mama had only 22 words.
But this one, "soof,"
I knew it was different.
I couldn't get it
out of my head.
That was when Bernie told me
we needed to talk.
Okay.
It was the 19th of February,
and I went to that door.
Hello?
Hi.
Are you okay?
Was she saying
the "done, done, done" thing?
Just like tonight.
That's how I knew
it was a memory.
Are you okay?
Done, done, done, done, Heidi.
- Done, done, done.
- Is she okay?
Let me hold the baby.
Let me hold the baby.
I'll hold the baby.
Let me hold the baby.
- Okay?
- Done, done, done!
- Done, done...
- It's okay, it's okay.
- I can hold the baby.
- Done, Heidi.
- Is this your baby?
- Heidi.
Can I hold your baby?
Yes, yes.
There.
Okay, okay.
I've got her.
But she didn't
say that word, "soof"?
No, I would've remembered that.
What do you think it means?
Darling, I have no idea.
Why didn't you ever
tell me about this?
- I told you.
- No, you didn't.
You've always said mama and I
were a gift from god,
or that's it's just like we just
dropped down from the sky,
but you never told me
what really happened.
Why?
Because.
It was in the past.
Don't worry.
We'll be there soon.
Mama's always had headaches,
off and on, sometimes bad ones,
but they definitely got worse
after her memory,
or maybe it was the trip
outside and how upset she got.
- Keep still, precious.
- There's no way to know, really.
But I wasn't thinking
about that at the time.
Then what happened?
Algebra.
No, tell me again.
What happened after she woke up?
How many times we gonna
go through this, Heidi-ho?
Until I can picture in my head.
You got me cleaned up and
made a diaper out of a tea towel.
Bernie, you got me cleaned up
and made a diaper.
Out of a tea towel, yes.
And then I fed you.
With the Turkey baster.
With a Turkey baster.
Perfect girl.
That's good?
Good?
Yes.
And then mama woke up.
Hey, there.
Hi.
You were sleeping.
Where do you live?
Are you okay?
Are you okay?
Is this your baby?
- Heidi.
- Is this your baby?
- Heidi?
- Heidi.
Okay, hang on, hang on.
Slowly, slowly.
Okay, wait a minute.
Honey?
Do you live next door?
You okay?
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
You know, look, come sit down.
Come sit down.
Are you hungry?
- Back!
- Okay.
I wanted to follow you.
I'd never wanted
to go outside so badly,
but I just couldn't.
My agoraphobia...
And I was afraid I'd never
see the two of you again.
And then you heard me from here,
and you followed US
into the next apartment,
and heard US here.
Okay.
And you didn't hear anyone else?
Just the two of you.
I listened all night
and all day,
and I didn't hear anyone else.
That's when I got
the screwdriver.
Hi.
I live in there, next door.
Can I hold your baby?
Let me hold your baby.
Why don't I hold her?
I think she might be
hungry again.
There we are.
My goodness.
My goodness.
Okay, Heidi.
You're okay.
And we have been
together ever since.
Now, Heidi.
No more questions.
I mean it.
Do we even know
if that's her real name?
- Heidi...
- Well, do you?
I said, no more questions.
I just want to know
about her name.
Why, sweetie?
That's been her name for
as long as you can remember.
Why are you suddenly
asking questions about it?
Because it isn't a name.
What kind of a name
is "so b. It"?
It's her name.
It's from the Bible, right?
A blessing or something?
Like saying "amen"?
"So be it."
"A Rose by any
other name..."
Don't quote Shakespeare at me.
I want to know about her name.
It's the name
she told me, Heidi.
If you don't like it,
take it up with her mother, not me.
Does mama have a mother?
Lordy.
Does mama have a mother?
Everybody's got a mother.
Where is she, then?
That's another
question entirely.
- Well, what's the answer?
- The answer is
I don't know.
What was this place like
when you first saw it?
What?
It couldn't have
looked like this.
So what was it like?
Was this desk here?
What's gotten into you today?
Nothing, it's just...
Heidi, you cut it out.
Whose paperweight is this?
That's yours.
Yours and your mama's.
No, but whose was it before?
I don't know.
Heidi, you better calm down.
Whose envelopes?
I've never used an envelope
in my life, Bernie.
- Who used these?
- Heidi.
Heidi, listen, listen.
You are asking me questions
to which I don't
have answers, okay?
Do we pay rent?
Electric bills, heat?
You're always mailing
checks for your bills,
but do you pay
mama's and my bills?
Do you?
No, I don't.
Then who does?
I...
I honestly don't know.
You know what? Maybe
you're named for the book.
"Heidi."
it's a good book.
Actually, we should
read that book.
Maybe you're named
for the movie.
Shirley temple
was in that movie.
When I was little,
I loved Shirley temple movies.
But then who saw the movie?
- My grammy?
- What difference does it make?
A person has a right
to know, Bernie.
They're not supposed
to guess who they are.
You know who you are, Heidi,
and you have a history, too.
Only from when
mama and I met you.
Whatever happened before that
we should be grateful for,
because if it hadn't happened,
we wouldn't be sitting here
having this conversation, would we?
Precious.
Yes, we spilled that
from the drawer.
Thank you, mama.
Thanks, mama.
What's this?
That's a...
That's a roll of film.
You mean like pictures?
Yes.
Bernie said there was a day
when you could get a roll
of film developed somewhere
on every city block in an hour.
Now you have
to put it in the mail.
And the crowd falls silent.
Hey, Heidi.
Zander.
Well...
Not seeing anything out
of the ordinary in there, Heidi.
Told you.
Come on!
Kick it hard.
You don't suppose I should
check the other side, do you?
It's here!
- Bernie, it's here!
- Shh, shh, shh!
Your mama's sleeping.
Did you peek at these
on the way up?
No.
It's okay if you did.
I was going to, but...
I'm afraid.
Don't be afraid.
I mean, what's the worst
it could be?
Nothing.
The worst it would be
is if it was nothing.
Well, let's just have a look
and see what there is.
They're like mama,
all of them.
Maybe it's a hospital,
some kind of special home.
Who took the pictures?
Do you think mama did?
I doubt if she could
use the camera, sweetie.
Then who took them
and how did they end up here?
Would you look at this?
It's mama.
- She looks kind of fat.
- Or pregnant.
With me, you mean?
I'd say that's a safe bet.
- Heidi?
- What?
I'm guessing
this is your grammy.
What?
What?
Heidi?
This isn't mama's,
it's my grammy's.
She was here!
My grammy was here!
Come on.
Come on...
Hasn't she been
sleeping for long enough?
Come on, be patient.
We'll show her the pictures
when she wakes up.
What else don't we know about?
Like what?
How much other stuff is in here?
Lots.
None of it from back then.
But we didn't know
about the film.
Or whose sweater this was.
Maybe there's more stuff.
For crying in a bucket!
- Don't fall.
- I'm not going to fall.
I just want to look.
God.
Don't you think that...
Heidi, if there was
something else up there,
I would've seen it
when I was dusting.
But you didn't find
the film, did you?
You're cleaning that up.
You're cleaning that up.
And don't stick
your fingers in there.
You're gonna cut yourself
on something sharp.
- Stop it.
- Stop what?
Stop trying to make me like you.
- Like me?
- You're afraid of everything, Bernie.
You... I am trying
to protect you, Heidi.
I don't need you to protect me!
You're not my mother.
We're not even related!
Bernie, wait.
Bernie...
Bernie, I'm sorry.
- I didn't mean it how it sounded.
- Soof!
Soof!
Where, mama?
Where's soof?
- Which picture?
- Hello, Heidi.
Show me soof, mama.
Where?
Point to soof.
Which picture?
- Mama, show me.
- Tea, tea.
- No tea!
- Tea, Heidi.
No tea, mama!
Mama!
Where are you going, mama?
Tea, Heidi.
I don't want tea, mama.
I want you to show me soof!
Tea!
- Show me soof, mama.
- Tea, Heidi.
I don't want tea, mama,
I want you to show me soof.
- Point to soof, mama.
- No, tea. Tea!
- I don't want tea!
- Heidi, stop it!
Where is soof,
mama? Point to soof.
- Kiss.
- I don't want a kiss.
- Kiss!
- Where?
Where is soof, mama?
You're not ever going
to show me, are you?
- Are you?
- Stop it.
Heidi it!
That is not my name
and it's not a name at all!
Sweetie.
You okay?
Heidi good done.
Soof.
Somehow I knew it would be
mama's most important word.
If only I'd known
it would be her last.
Heidi.
Heidi.
I know you're up there.
I know you can hear me.
It's not fair.
You're taking advantage
of my fear,
of my... my handicap.
How would you feel if somebody
did that do your mama?
I don't know the answers
to all your questions, darling.
I wish I did.
I don't know why the landlord
never takes your rent.
I don't know why the electric
company doesn't shut off your lights.
People fall through the cracks
in this world all the time, Heidi.
I guess I just figured
you and your mama
fell through
a luckier crack than most.
And... I was afraid
to ask too many questions.
I was afraid that...
If people knew
about you and your mama,
they might
take you away from me.
I couldn't bear that, Heidi-ho.
What is "soof," Bernie?
Bernie!
- Bernie!
- What? What are you shouting...
What are you doing up?
- God...
- Look.
What does that sign say?
Hello? Is this hill house
in Liberty, New York?
Well, do we have
some questions for you.
Why didn't he call US
when he was in?
I understand that, but you said
you would have him call.
Okay?
Yes.
Thurman hill.
Yes, ma'am.
We'll be in all day tomorrow.
When I say "all day,"
I mean all day.
I'm listening to these songs
for the third time.
I think they're just gonna
keep me on hold till I hang up.
Just a little
longer, Bernie, please?
Long distance
isn't cheap, Heidi-ho.
Why won't they talk to US?
I don't know.
I'd like to march
into thurman hill's office
and sit on the little pissant
till he coughs up
the information!
Done.
Precious, I'm sorry.
I've just about had it.
That's it, Bernie. That's
exactly what we're going to do.
- Do what?
- We have to go there.
You and me and mama.
And we'll make him
tell US about her.
- You know I can't do that.
- Go out?
When's the last
time you even tried, Bernie?
Maybe your ap's gone and
you don't even know it.
It's not gone, Heidi.
Things don't just go.
Colds do.
And pimples.
How do you know
agoraphobia doesn't go too?
Maybe it's already gone.
Come on, Bernie,
please try... for me.
Heidi, no!
No!
You know I can't.
Out, done.
Done, out!
See? Mama wants you
to try too.
Mama doesn't know
what she's talking about.
You make mama try.
That's why she can open cans
and brush her hair.
You make me try too, Bernie.
Cursive?
Remember how I didn't want
to learn but you made me try.
That's all I'm asking
you to do... try.
You don't...
You don't understand, Heidi.
See, if I go out,
if I'm outside,
- I might...
- Nothing will happen, Bernie.
Just one step into the hall,
that's all you have to do.
One step.
The first step,
like when you taught me
the cursive "a."
Remember?
Around the block, up, down,
curl the tail,
and on to the next.
Around the block, up, down,
curl the tail,
and on to the next.
Up, down.
Curl the tail.
You can do it, Bernie.
Around the block...
Up, down, curl the tail,
on to the next.
Around the block, up, down,
around the block, down.
Curl the tail...
Heidi.
And on to the next.
Around the block...
Up, down.
Around the block,
up, down,
curl the tail...
Up, down, curl the tail,
on to the next.
Around the block,
around the block,
around the block, up, down,
curl the tail, on to the next.
Around the block, up, down,
curl the tail, on to the next.
Around the block, up, down,
up, down, on to the next.
Around the block,
up... up, down.
- Curl the tail. Curl the tail.
- Around the block.
You did it, Bernie, you're out!
You did it!
You did it.
- Aah!
- Bernie!
Drowning.
I'm drowning.
I'm... I'm drowning!
- Bernie.
- I'm drowning. I'm drowning.
What's going on up there,
Heidi?
Zander! Hurry,
we need your help!
She's not gonna croak, is she?
- Come on, help me get her up!
- Okay!
Heidi, Heidi.
Save me.
Save me.
My god.
Aah! I'm drowning! I'm drowning!
- Do you want me to call 911?
- No, don't call anyone!
Is she drunk?
'Cause if that's what it is...
- She's not drunk.
- It's okay.
I won't tell nobody.
I'm so sorry, Bernie.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Shh...
Shh.
Done, done, done.
Done, done, done.
Reasons I
have to go to Liberty.
One, because mama was there,
and also my grammy.
Two, because Bernie can't go.
Three, "soof."
Back soon, mama.
I hope my luck will hold.
It had never failed me,
but who knew when it would run out?
Or when it would decide that
I was in way over my head.
Bernie had always told me that I
should only use my luck for a good reason.
One time, mama had run out
of headache medicine,
and we had to buy more.
I knew that was a good reason.
But what about wishing you
knew the meaning of a word
that might not have a meaning?
What about wondering
why your mama,
with her broken brain
and brand-new baby,
was all alone in the world.
What about wanting to know if you
have a family out there somewhere?
Is that a good enough reason?
Is that the best
strawberry rhubarb pie
you ever tasted
in your life or what?
You ever taste
a flakier crust, Heidi?
Wish I could tell you
the recipe,
but it's a wilinsky
family secret.
I was planning
to take it to the reunion.
I don't know
what I was thinking.
With all the jostling around,
it'd be nothing but mush
by the time I got it there.
Isn't it wonderful?
My mother was in the 4-h.
She won ribbons for her pies,
and then she passed down
all her secrets to me
because I was her favorite.
Heidi's not a name
you hear much nowadays.
Is it a family name?
We've got a tradition
in the wilinsky family.
If the first-born
child is a girl...
I know.
You told me.
October wilinsky, right? -.
You come from a big family,
too, Heidi?
After the way
she'd reacted earlier
when I told her
about my birthday...
Yeah.
Big. Big.
- Big?
- Big, big.
I was not about
to admit I didn't know
if I had a big family or not.
And my grammy bakes, too.
She's the best baker
in the whole world.
Really?
Can she bake a pie?
She doesn't really like
to bake pies, just cakes.
You know, the ones with lots
of layers of frosting in between
and then the big
pink roses on top?
We're big cake eaters,
my family.
Cake, cake, cake.
That's all anybody ever
thinks about at my house.
I was surprised how easy it was.
Maybe it was all those stories
about October wilinskys
that had just pushed me
over the edge.
And I'm named after the movie.
You know, the one
with Shirley temple in it?
All I know is that
once I got started...
- Really?
- There was no stopping me.
- My grammy knows her.
- She knows Shirley temple?
Personally?
Shirley temple's actually the one
who taught my grammy how to bake.
She is a very good baker.
The Shirley temple we're talking about,
the movie star,
that's the one who taught
your grandmother how to bake?
She comes over and bakes
at our house all the time.
She said she likes our oven
even better than hers.
Well, you must have a very
nice oven at your house.
We do.
She comes over and bakes
there all the time.
And after we're
done baking cakes,
we decorate them,
and stick candles in them,
and we all sit around together
and act like it's somebody's birthday.
She comes over pretty often
to do this, does she?
Very often.
Except, of course,
when she's off in Hollywood
shooting movies.
Of course.
Tell me something, Heidi.
When Shirley temple comes
over to bake with your granny,
does she... does she ever
tap dance for you?
You know, show her the steps
she's learning for her new movie?
Sometimes she does.
Sometimes she dances.
And does she sing sometimes too?
Well, if she's in the mood.
Heidi, I'm a big
Shirley temple fan.
I think I've seen every one of
her movies at least a dozen times.
Which is why I happen to know
that she hasn't made a new one
in a very long time,
and she'll never
make another one,
because she's dead, Heidi.
Shirley temple is dead.
She doesn't tap dance in
your kitchen any more than I do.
Yes, she's a rotten girl.
Yes, little kitten.
You're a beautiful little kitty.
Shh, shh, shh.
Precious bouquet, I'm here.
It's all right.
I'm right here.
It's just dark.
It's just dark.
But we're good.
We're good.
Bernie? It's me.
Are you and mama okay?
We're sorry.
The number you have called
is having technical
difficulties.
Please hang up and
try your call again later.
Hey, that's mine!
That's mine!
Stop!
Give it back!
My gosh,
wait, are you...
Is she okay?
No, Heidi, no.
I know, precious.
My heart is hurting, too.
But, you know,
what Heidi is doing
is very important.
Do you understand?
It's very important.
I know. I don't
know if I understand.
Somehow...
I don't think
our Heidi can be Heidi
if she doesn't do this.
I know.
I know.
Hey, hey!
Wait a minute, I'm here.
Wait, thanks.
- Here's my ticket.
- Yeah.
Thanks.
Tickets please, young lady.
sorry. I got caught in the food line.
My mom's saving me a seat.
Where's your mother?
She's the woman who
got in right ahead of me.
She's probably in the back.
Well, which woman
are you talking about?
- She's the one...
- I know the lady she's talking about.
They were on my bus from Reno.
Just wanted to make sure
you found your connection.
Yes, we found it.
There'll be somebody
at Liberty to pick you up?
Yes, absolutely.
Okay.
I'm glad you found your bus.
Thank you.
"All the knights of the realm
bowed down before the Princess.
There were lambs roasting,
there were chickens..."
- Hello?
- Will you accept a collect call from Heidi it?
Yes, my god!
Goodness, yes, yes!
Heidi, Heidi!
Thank god!
- Hi, Bernie.
- Heidi!
Heidi, are you okay?
I was scared out of my wits.
- Hello, Heidi.
- Mama says hi.
- I'm here, Bernie.
- Where, where?
Where are you?
I'm in Liberty.
Sweetie.
Did somebody hurt you?
Heidi, are you hurt?
No, Bernie, nobody hurt me.
What's...
What's happened?
What's the matter?
On the bus, I felt like
I was going somewhere,
but... now that I'm here,
it feels like I'm nowhere.
Nobody even knows
I'm here, Bernie.
that's not true, darling.
I know you're there.
As a matter of fact,
I am looking
at your globe at the very spot
that you're standing on.
Liberty, yep.
I'm even waving at you.
You see me?
I'm the crazy old lady
in the green house dress
that's going to ground you for the
rest of your life when you get home.
Somebody stole all my money.
Well, we'll fix that.
We...
We'll wire you a ticket.
- A ticket?
- You need to come home, Heidi.
That isn't the wind
you're hearing.
It's Rochester, remember?
In "Jane eyre," when she's standing
out on the moor trying to decide?
I remember.
She didn't know if it was
the wind or Rochester.
It was Rochester, Heidi.
And he needed her to come home.
This isn't a book, Bernie.
Can I help you?
Yes.
I'd like to go
to hill house, please.
Hill house?
It's quite a ways.
Cost you 15.
- Dollars?
- What else would it be? Yen?
Um, what if I don't have $15?
Then I say we won't
be going to hill house.
Can you call my friend?
She has $15.00.
How soon can she bring it?
Well, she's in Reno,
but she has a credit card.
Sorry, kid.
Cash only.
Where's the nearest
slot machine from here?
Closer to your friend
in Reno than here.
- Can I hold the jar?
- What jar?
Up there.
No one's tried that in years.
Feeling lucky?
Luck doesn't
feel like anything.
It's just there,
like... air.
One thousand...
Five hundred.
One thousand, five hundred.
One thousand, five hundred...
One thousand, five hundred,
twenty...
One thousand, five hundred,
twenty-seven.
I'd like to go
to hill house, please.
Thank you.
Hello?
Hello?
Is anybody here?
H, I...
It, it, it...
I, t, I, t...
I'm so sorry.
There was no one at the door
so I just came in, but...
Elliot, are you awake yet?
Hi.
All right, honey, gentle.
No...
- Sit down.
- No.
Hey, honey, it's okay,
here, honey, have this.
- Here, have water. Drink your water.
- Wait.
- Ruby?
- In here, Mr. Hill.
- That's it.
- Thurman hill?
- You're doing great.
- Hello.
- Who are you?
- I'm Heidi it,
and I have some questions
I need to ask you, Mr. Hill.
Hon, are you from
your school newspaper?
'Cause Mr. Hill doesn't really
go in for that sort of thing...
I'm not from the newspaper.
I just want to know
about my mother.
She used to live here.
Your mother?
What did you say your name was?
It, Heidi it.
"It"? I-t?
Yes.
And your mother's "it" as well?
Well, I can tell you there's never
been anybody here by that name.
I'm pretty sure.
It's an unusual name.
But I have pictures.
I know she was here.
Wait a minute.
This is ringing a bell.
Are you related to
someone named Bernadette?
Yes, she's my neighbor.
That's the woman that's been
calling from Nevada, Mr. Hill.
Remember that you told me
that I should make sure...
Never mind what
I told you, Ruby.
May I see these pictures?
Yes.
See, that's the house there,
in the background.
Can I see this?
Yeah.
And it's white. Well,
that had to be a long time ago.
I mean, it's been yellow
ever since I've been here.
We think it was
about 13 years ago,
because I'm 12 now,
and my mom is pregnant in these pictures.
She sure is.
See? That's my mama there.
Very pretty.
Ruby, can you take Elliot
into the room with the others?
Maybe put some socks on his
feet because the floor is cold?
Thank you.
Come on, Elliot, honey.
Let's go the kitchen and
get some applesauce, okay?
Elliot,
I want you to go with Ruby.
Soof!
What did you say?
Elliot, Elliot, now.
- Soof...
- Go with Ruby.
You have no right to be here.
We have an arrangement!
She sent you, didn't she?
What does she want?
Does she want more money?
Well, she's not gonna get any more money,
not one red cent.
You tell her. You tell her
that promises were made
and paid for.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
We called and called,
but you wouldn't talk to US.
That's why I came.
Bernie didn't even know
I was coming.
Bernie? Who's Bernie?
Bernie?
She changed her name
to Bernie or something?
That's the name she goes by? Well,
it doesn't make any difference.
- Mr. Hill?
- It doesn't change anything.
I cannot have you coming around
here stirring up trouble, not now.
Can
you come quickly, please, Mr. Hill?
- Elliot 's having a tantrum.
- Yeah, I 'll be there in a minute.
Now,
I'm afraid he's gonna hurt himself.
Just tell him I'm coming.
You have to go.
For god's sake, just leave.
Leave US alone.
Doing all right in here?
Mr. Hill!
- Run!
- Elliot, look at me. Let's do our breathing.
Elliot.
No!
Aah!
Let go!
Let go!
I'm not psychic.
If you're not psychic,
how do you explain
calling ten coin flips in a row?
I can't explain it.
I just do it.
- It's luck.
- No, luck
would be calling it
five, maybe six.
You did all ten.
And your friend Bernie
told me you would.
I don't get it.
Neither do I.
That's the lady from hill house.
She's my wife.
I was stopping in to see her.
Thought about taking her
out to dinner,
then you ran out of there
and changed all my plans.
- Sorry.
- That's okay.
I like Ruby's cooking better
than any restaurant anyway.
If you really are lucky,
she'll have a pot roast.
Well, hi, guys.
If I 'd known we were gonna have company,
I would've put on a pot roast.
So you think soof
is in this picture?
I don't know.
But Elliot called me "soof"
earlier this afternoon,
and maybe if we show him the
photos he can tell US what it means.
Well, we can't do much of anything
without thurman hill's permission.
And it doesn't sound
like he's gonna cooperate.
But why?
- What did I do?
- I'm hoping to find that out.
My god.
It's Elliot.
Didn't recognize him
with all that hair.
Here's another one of him
by the Santa.
Yeah, that's him, all right.
Roy, look at the Santa.
That's Mr. Hill.
I don't understand, Bernie.
He knew mama, and grammy, too.
Why would he lie about that?
I don't know.
What do Roy and Ruby think?
They don't
know what to think.
Ruby says he's a good man.
Well, it doesn't sound like it.
Well, she's worked
for him seven years.
And Roy 's known him
for even longer than that.
What do his eyes say, Heidi?
I don't know.
No, think about it.
Picture his eyes.
What do they say to you?
- He's afraid.
- Of what?
I don't know, but he's afraid.
Heidi.
Is mama okay?
She doesn't sound good.
No, she's all right,
don't worry.
She doesn't sound all right.
Let me talk to her.
Hang on.
It's Heidi, precious.
It's Heidi.
Heidi.
Hello, Heidi.
Hello, mama.
I'll be back soon, okay?
I'll be back soon.
Heidi be Heidi.
What, mama?
What did you say?
I'll be back soon,
and I'll never go away again.
I promise, mama.
Mama's go.
What?
- Mama's go.
- No, it's okay.
I'll be back soon,
and it'll be just like before,
you and me and Bernie.
Shh, okay.
Heidi, your mama needs to go.
- Is she all right?
- Yeah, yeah.
She's gonna be okay.
But, look,
you do what you need to do,
and you get home.
I will, Bernie.
Tell her I love her.
She knows that.
- Heidi be Heidi.
- Bye-bye.
Heidi be Heidi.
Good morning, sunshine.
How long did I sleep?
Well, let's just say you
caught up on what you missed.
What are you doing?
I washed your clothes
last night.
I thought we could keep them in an
empty drawer so they won't get wrinkled.
Thank you.
He's just turning around, right?
No, honey, he's headed up
to hill house.
- What?
- Mr. Hill called this morning,
and he's waiting up there
with his lawyer.
But...
He knew I wanted to go,
to show Elliot the pictures.
Yeah, and Roy took
the pictures with him.
My pictures?
He took my pictures?
He's just doing his job, honey.
He shouldn't have
left without me.
He knew I wanted to go.
And he thought
it was better this way.
- Well, it won't be.
- Listen,
sometimes it just pays to let
the grown ups sort this stuff out.
Grown ups?
Grown ups are the ones that
tell the biggest lies of all.
Baby clothes?
I'm sorry,
Ruby. I was just looking for my sweater.
Um... it's outside,
drying on the rack on the porch.
No, I probably should
get rid of these anyway.
Just not today.
Breakfast time.
Hi.
There were 1,527,
but I ate a few yesterday,
so I don't know
the exact number now.
You can have the rest.
Wow, that's really sweet, honey.
Where did you get these?
I won 'em, with a lucky guess.
I bet you did.
1,527?
Originally.
He was supposed
to take me with him.
I know.
Life isn't always fair, is it?
Hello?
Okay.
Yeah.
Eat up.
Roy's coming back.
He's taking you to hill house.
Really?
Okay.
Let's start
with Diane demuth.
According to county records,
she was born in Liberty.
She went to school here but
dropped out for "personal reasons."
I think we all
know what that means.
We do?
There's no record of a marriage,
only a birth,
Sophia lynne demuth,
born to Diane
at Liberty west hospital
30 years ago on November 23rd.
I don't understand.
Who are these people?
And what do they have to do
with mama being at hill house?
It's complicated, young lady.
That's because you're
making it complicated.
My mother was here
and you know it.
Why can't you
just tell me the truth?
- Look, Heidi.
- No, I have a right to know.
I came a long way.
This is wrong.
Can I ask you gentlemen
to step out,
so that I can talk
to Heidi alone?
No, I don't want
to be alone with you.
Roy, you can't leave.
It's gonna be okay.
I'll be right outside.
No, I don't want to be
alone with him.
He thinks I'm somebody I'm not.
No, Heidi.
I know exactly who you are.
Mama's go.
Mama's go.
No, mama stays.
You are not well enough
to go anywhere right now.
No, mama's go!
Done, done, done.
Uch, no, that awful bus.
No, don't worry.
No more buses, don't worry.
No buses. You know,
Heidi is coming home real soon.
You don't have to go anywhere.
And we're all gonna be together.
This woman that you showed me,
this picture?
In fact...
Is your grandmother.
Your mother?
Your mother's name is Sophia.
Sophia?
Sophia.
And your grandmother
brought Sophia to me,
and asked me for help,
and I wish to god I'd turned her away,
but she... talked me into taking
Sophia in as a charity case.
And Sophia did
very, very well here.
She was very happy.
And she made a best friend.
Elliot?
Elliot.
My son, Elliot.
And they were inseparable.
I've never seen Elliot so happy.
Elliot never really
had any friends.
Come on.
What is it?
What is it?
Is there a pain?
Don't move.
Stay still.
Don't move.
Come on, come on.
Lay down.
And when Diane came to me with
the news that Sophia was pregnant,
I didn't believe it.
And then she convinced me that Elliot,
my son Elliot, was the father.
An impossible situation,
because these two,
they were like children themselves.
1547 arroyo.
Second floor. Apartment
26. Please hurry.
I think it might be her heart.
Precious?
Precious?
Hey, I just talked to Heidi.
I just talked to her on
the phone and she's on her way.
Heidi be Heidi.
Diane decided that
she didn't want to stay here.
She wanted to go away
with Sophia to have her baby.
She wanted to go far away,
to Reno, Nevada.
She needed money to do that.
And then she threatened
hill house,
but she didn't have to.
I agreed.
I didn't want to see hill
house's reputation ruined.
I didn't want
to lose everything.
So your grandmother and I,
we struck a bargain,
and I would give her enough
money to go away with Sophia
so Sophia could have her baby,
and I was supposed to
open up an account in a bank.
To pay for the rent
and electricity.
Wait here, they're here.
They're here.
I'm just gonna get a window up.
Hey, wait.
Hey!
Hey!
Wait.
She... she's coming.
Hang on, precious.
Hang on.
My god, they went too far.
They went too far.
They've gone too far.
And in turn she would leave me
and hill house in peace.
Here, here!
We're up here!
Get them!
Here!
Up, up!
God.
God, god.
Round the block,
round the block.
Up down, up down, curl the tail.
God.
Round the block. Up,
down. Up, down.
Curl the tail.
And she would
never again contact me,
not when the baby was born,
not after,
not ever again,
and I would know nothing about their lives,
from that point on.
God.
Help!
We're here!
Around the block...
And I paid a small
fortune not to know.
About me.
About you.
We're up here!
Can... somebody!
We're here!
We're here!
Help!
Help... aah!
Aah!
Sorry, ma'am.
God, help...
Aah...
- No, not me.
- Take it easy, ma'am.
- What? Got it. - She's inside.
Then...
You come around here
asking questions.
You thought I wanted more money.
Where's my grandmother now?
Your grandmother.
Your grandmother, sweetie?
Your grandmother's gone.
She passed away.
Roy, checked it out,
and she found out that she had
been hit by a bus, about 13 years ago,
in Reno, Nevada.
Was it in February?
Yeah, as a matter of fact
it was in February.
February 19th.
How in the world
would you know that?
We celebrate my birthday
on the 12th.
So it happened seven days
after I was born.
Is she all right?
We're gonna get
the line right open right now.
Gonna hang a bag
of normal saline.
Pupils are fixed and dilated.
Her pulse,
pulse is weak and thready.
Mama's go.
Mama's go.
Hang on, precious, okay?
Hello.
Soof.
Precious.
Precious.
Precious!
Precious.
Precious.
I came to Liberty
to learn about my mama,
maybe even my grammy,
but it never occurred to me
that I might find a father.
I have a father.
Thurman hill, my grandfather,
told me that he thought
Elliot would, over time,
forget his Sophia,
but Elliot never did.
Mama couldn't pronounce
the name "Sophia."
She called herself
"so be it."
My father, Elliot,
couldn't say her name either.
He called her "soof."
There's just so much
I have to tell you, Bernie.
You won't even believe it.
Mama has a birthday,
and a name.
She has a beautiful name,
Bernie.
- Not now, baby.
- No, you need to hear this.
This answers
all of our questions.
Is Ruby there with you?
Ruby? What?
No.
I'm at hill house, Bernie.
Remember?
Roy took me here.
We'll talk later, Heidi.
You'll call me.
No, you can't hang up. I
have to tell mama something.
Not now, baby.
You'll call me.
You'll call...
Heidi, you'll call me later.
Ruby's here now.
Heidi-ho.
What is it, Bernie?
Mama's gone.
What?
What do you mean?
Your mama's gone.
- Come here, my sweet.
- I know, sweetie.
Sweetie...
Sweetie, it's okay.
It's okay, sweetie.
- It's okay.
- Okay.
Okay.
- Okay.
- I'm okay, Bernie.
Things...
I'll miss about mama.
Hello!
Hello!
Heidi!
Everything.
You know what you look like?
You look like a girl
who's never gone fishing.
I don't want to go fishing.
I didn't ask if you wanted to go fishing,
I just said
you look like a girl
who's never done it before.
You know,
I hate arresting people.
I hate sending people to jail.
I don't even like
writing tickets.
I mean, I don't even know
why I'd become a cop
until Ruby had her
first miscarriage.
Then it's when it hit me.
I wanted to stop bad
things from happening
to people that I cared about.
That's why I'd become a cop
and I didn't even know it.
But being a cop doesn't
mean bad things won't happen...
much as I may want it to.
But you're still a cop.
I'm still a cop.
You're gonna have to decide where
you want her to be buried, Heidi.
Heidi,
sweetie? It's dinner time.
Aw, sweetie.
How could you go, mama?
It's okay, it's okay.
Mama had a lot of names.
Precious bouquet,
Sophia demuth,
so b. It.
A long time ago,
someone who loved mama very much
gave her a different name.
- Soof.
- Soof.
But when mama said "soof,"
she wasn't talking
about herself.
"Soof" was mama's
name for "love."
Back soon, mama.
Soof.
I've got you, honey.
Heidi?
This is everything that we have
from our files on your mother.
This one, and these
are some photographs
that were taken
while she was here with US.
There are some pictures in there,
too, of the hill family.
Thank you.
I tagged each and every one of
them so you'll know who's who.
I mean, you know,
if you ever want to meet
anybody from the hill family,
I'm sure they'd be delighted.
After all, I mean,
this isn't their fault.
They didn't have
anything to do with it.
This is all my mistake.
Heidi, I know that it seems
impossible right now,
but you're my granddaughter.
I'd like to get to know you.
I'd like that.
Good.
Bye.
Bye-bye.
Things to tell Bernie.
One, I have two grandmothers,
and I look like both of them.
Two, I have a grandpa.
Am I in trouble?
No, honey,
we just want to talk to you.
About?
We were wondering...
If you might want to stay
here with US for a while.
Ooh.
I'd have to ask Bernie.
Bernie knows.
If it's okay with her.
We're talking
about quite a while, Heidi.
How long?
Well, you know that little bedroom
that you've been staying in?
That would be yours.
You could paint it
whatever color you want it.
Or you could wallpaper it.
- I mean, Ruby's great with that stuff.
- Yeah.
And you could go to school here.
There's a great junior high,
and you could
make friends your own age.
And play sports.
I bet you'd be a heck
of a volleyball player.
I know the coach and...
Are you guys talking
about me living here?
Yes.
But only if you want to.
I mean, this house is too big
for just the two of US.
And I know that we've talked about
moving into something smaller for a while.
But we just...
We...
Maybe...
we were waiting for you, Heidi.
And we didn't even know it.
Heidi, you're a big girl,
and I cannot make
this decision for you.
But I can tell you this:
Whatever you decide,
it is fine with me.
It's all fine.
Roy and Ruby are good people.
You're good people too,
Bernie.
Well, this isn't about me.
It's not really
about Roy and Ruby either,
this is about what you want.
I don't know what I want.
You wanted family.
That's what this
whole trip was about, right?
And Roy and Ruby
will give it to you.
And your grandpa's there,
and your daddy's there.
You got family.
Whatever you decide,
it's fine with me.
Bye.
- Bernie was right.
- Bye, Heidi.
The trip was all about family.
Last one out's a rotten egg!
In the end...
Hey, Heidi, wait up!
I found mine.
It wasn't easy.
- It took a long time.
- Let's go.
But Bernie
can go outside now.
Further and further.
Yoo-hoo!
There's fresh lemonade,
if anybody's interested.
- I am!
- Me, too!
She even went to
one of my volleyball games.
I wish mama could've
been here to see it.
Maybe mama knows.
Maybe mama knew all along.
I'll be there in a minute.
I get the biggest cookie!
I can't call heads or tails
any better than
anyone else anymore,
but I didn't lose my luck.
- Hey, guys.
- I left it behind in Liberty,
for Roy and Ruby.
They have a baby now,
a beautiful little girl
they named Aurora.
You can't touch this.
Come on, come on.
- You can't touch this.
- Who wants to, Zander?
Okay.
Someday,
if I have a little girl of my own,
I know exactly what
I'm going to name her.
Sophia.
So b. It.
Amen.
heads or tails.
What?
Heads or tails?
Call it.
Heads.
Heads.
Again.
Heads.
Again.
Tails.
Tails it is.
- Again.
- Tails.
Heads.
Tails.
Heads.
I can't believe this.
- Again.
- Tails.
Heads.
Heads.
That's ten for ten.
Roy, what's going on?
He called Bernie.
Now, I'm gonna take you home
and feed you dinner
instead of booking you
as a runaway.
I'm not psychic.
I can't tell the future
or see things that are
happening somewhere else
or talk to people who have died.
It isn't anything fancy
like esp.
I'm just lucky.
I didn't run away, either.
I just didn't tell Bernie
where I was going.
This is
the final boarding call
for bus 227 departing to yreka.
All passengers should be
boarding at this time.
This is a final boarding call
for bus 227 departing to yreka.
All passengers should
be boarding at this time.
I need somebody
to buy me a ticket.
I've got the money.
Then why don't
you buy your own ticket?
You have to be 15
or older to ride the bus.
Where are you looking to get to?
- Liberty.
- I hear ya.
It's in New York.
Please, I have to get there.
Okay.
Jeez Louise, what did you do,
Rob a piggy bank?
Whoa!
Maybe a casino?
I didn't Rob anybody.
I'm just lucky.
We are now boarding bus 432,
destination Pittsburgh,
with stops in salt lake city.
All right, single file.
Put
your bags right over there.
Have your tickets ready.
Thank you.
Excuse me. Would you like
some help with your kittens?
Well, how sweet.
Tickets, please.
Thank you, thank you.
- Ticket, young lady.
- Here you go.
I've got the kittens, grammy.
But if I'm going
to tell you this story,
I should probably
start earlier than this.
Maybe not
quite that far back.
We should probably
just go back a few days,
before I knew anything
about that baby,
or about Liberty, New York,
or hill house,
or that very
strange word, "soof."
I think it was Wednesday.
"Bosom of the air"?
- How dumb can you get?
- Dumb?
I'm gonna get far,
far away from you,
before a bolt
of literary lightning
comes blasting
through the ceiling.
How can the air have a bosom?
Have I not taught you about
personification, young lady?
Not to mention simile, metaphor?
- Symbolism?
- Yeah, but what's the point
if you can't understand
what anyone's talking about?
Precious,
Heidi and I are having school right now.
We'll come see
your picture in a minute.
Okay.
Read it aloud.
- Why?
- Trust me, read it.
"So Romeo would,
were he not Romeo called..."
♪ done, done, done! ♪
Coming, mama!
What do you want
to start with tomorrow?
What are my choices?
Carbon cycle, viking saga
or the algebra chapter
we've been working on.
How about the carbon cycle,
then lunch,
- then the vikings.
- You got it, Helga.
Here we are, precious.
- Hey, mama.
- Heidi, done!
Pretty picture.
Blue.
Don't worry.
It was almost empty.
That's okay, mama.
See? Good as new.
Kiss, huggy.
Kiss, hug.
Kiss.
Wilinskys
are cat people,
so we shouldn't have any trouble
finding homes
for these little ones.
Poor babies, it's the first time
they've been away from their mother.
Where are you headed?
- Liberty, New York.
- Well, I'm going to Pittsburgh.
Wilinsky family reunion.
- There are gonna be 52 of US this year.
- That's nice.
You realize what that means?
52 wilinskys?
You could put a wilinsky in
every state and have two left over.
Can you believe it?
Seven of US are alices.
It's a wilinsky tradition.
If your first-born is a girl,
she's an automatic Alice.
And you want to hear
something strange?
Every one of those alices
was born in October.
October wilinskys,
how about that?
When's your birthday?
February.
The 12th, we think.
We think.
Well, that's funny.
Is it the 12th or isn't it?
Yes, it's the 12th.
Well, I got the first of
the October wilinsky birthdays.
Mine's October third,
and then comes cousin Alice,
hers is on the fifth.
And then cousin Alice...
I didn't blame Alice
for thinking it was strange
that I didn't know
when my own birthday was.
She was right. It was strange,
just like my name.
Heidi it.
What kind of a last name
is that for a person, "it"?
The funny thing is,
until a few days ago,
it hadn't even occurred
to me to wonder about my name.
And to think,
it all started with a penny.
Hot! Hot, hot.
- Do you think we can fix it, Bernie?
- I don't know.
We'd have to fix it
or do without.
It's a turbolux...
model 84721,
double a.
And it looks like...
What's funny?
Sir, I know you're
not running a museum.
I simply asked
if you carry the part.
Wonderful.
Do you take credit cards
over the phone?
Great.
Well...
How soon could you
send me the part?
Bring it?
No, no, no.
I need you to send me the part.
I see.
Spin.
Spin.
Heidi, you know that money
doesn't grow on trees.
- I know.
- Turn it.
So...
As long as you don't
abuse your gift,
or god forbid, get caught.
I don't mind, Bernie.
Really.
Here, clip.
Bernie has agoraphobia.
- Apples.
- When she first told me about it,
I thought she
said "angoraphobia."
I looked it up in
the dictionary and decided
she must be afraid of rabbits.
What it really means...
is that she doesn't
go outside, ever.
Don't talk to anybody.
I won't.
Before mama and I
came into her life,
Bernie lived in the apartment
with her father,
just the two of them,
on the night of
his 75th birthday,
they went out to
a diner for supper.
Bernie could go anywhere
and everywhere back then.
He had a meatloaf sandwich
and two slices of yellow cake,
but on the way home,
he dropped dead of a heart attack.
It would've been okay if she had
just ended up afraid of meatloaf
or yellow cake,
or maybe even diners,
but she didn't.
She ended up afraid
of everything.
♪ you drive me crazy
with the way that you move ♪
♪ you really
came to play now... ♪
yeah, precious.
♪ You could start a fire
with a body like that ♪
♪ burn the damn
place down... ♪
never know where they've been,
do you Heidi-ho?
- You never know.
- You never know.
Take it, Heidi.
♪ You know
it's all right... ♪
- here we go.
- ♪ you're playing it with me now... ♪
swing it.
♪ One on one,
wouldn't that be fun? ♪
Take it, mama.
♪ Let me show you
how it's done... ♪
go with it.
Yeah.
- Tea.
- Thank you.
♪ Fly on the beach
or fly in the streets ♪
♪ I'm trying to keep
this vine in the reach ♪
♪ come be my fantasy,
go away with me ♪
♪ lock US up in a dream
and throw away the key ♪
♪ I've been knocked
down before, man ♪
♪ played out like
a four-leaf clover. ♪
60, 80.
There you go.
Thank you.
Heidi?
Heidi.
- Hold my hand.
- Heidi!
- Bernie!
- What's the number of the bus?
73! And we get off
at the stop called maynerd.
- Out!
- Come on, mama.
What do you do right
before you get to the stop?
I pull the string
that's right over my head.
Out, Heidi!
Yes, mama, we're out.
And don't talk to anybody
but the man at the store.
I won't, Bernie.
We'll be fine.
Out, Heidi, out!
Come on, hold my hand.
- Pretty, Heidi!
- Yes, mama.
- Pretty!
- She's very pretty. Come on.
Hello.
- Hello, hello!
- Hello, animals.
Hello.
Hello!
This is the bus stop, mama.
We're gonna wait here.
- Back soon?
- Yes, mama. Back soon.
The bus is coming.
We gotta get on now, okay, mama?
Okay?
Come on.
It's all
right. It's all right.
Mama, please hurry.
Get away from the bus!
She's autistic!
Mama, mama.
It's okay, it's okay!
It's okay, mama.
Bernie!
What in heaven's name
happened, Heidi?
I don't know!
We were waiting for the bus.
What?
Precious! Precious.
Precious!
It's okay, precious.
- Precious.
- It's okay.
Done, done!
Done, done, done, Heidi!
Done, done, done!
Done, done, done, Heidi!
Little baby.
Give her to me.
No, no, I got her.
Bernie, what's happening?
Give her to me.
Yeah.
That's right.
I think your mama's
having a memory, sweetie.
- Shh.
- Of what?
That's right, precious.
Precious, we're home.
Everybody's home.
Sweetie?
Everybody's home.
Mama.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
What is it, mama?
What do you remember?
It's okay.
What is it?
Soof!
What?
Soof.
Until then,
mama had only 22 words.
But this one, "soof,"
I knew it was different.
I couldn't get it
out of my head.
That was when Bernie told me
we needed to talk.
Okay.
It was the 19th of February,
and I went to that door.
Hello?
Hi.
Are you okay?
Was she saying
the "done, done, done" thing?
Just like tonight.
That's how I knew
it was a memory.
Are you okay?
Done, done, done, done, Heidi.
- Done, done, done.
- Is she okay?
Let me hold the baby.
Let me hold the baby.
I'll hold the baby.
Let me hold the baby.
- Okay?
- Done, done, done!
- Done, done...
- It's okay, it's okay.
- I can hold the baby.
- Done, Heidi.
- Is this your baby?
- Heidi.
Can I hold your baby?
Yes, yes.
There.
Okay, okay.
I've got her.
But she didn't
say that word, "soof"?
No, I would've remembered that.
What do you think it means?
Darling, I have no idea.
Why didn't you ever
tell me about this?
- I told you.
- No, you didn't.
You've always said mama and I
were a gift from god,
or that's it's just like we just
dropped down from the sky,
but you never told me
what really happened.
Why?
Because.
It was in the past.
Don't worry.
We'll be there soon.
Mama's always had headaches,
off and on, sometimes bad ones,
but they definitely got worse
after her memory,
or maybe it was the trip
outside and how upset she got.
- Keep still, precious.
- There's no way to know, really.
But I wasn't thinking
about that at the time.
Then what happened?
Algebra.
No, tell me again.
What happened after she woke up?
How many times we gonna
go through this, Heidi-ho?
Until I can picture in my head.
You got me cleaned up and
made a diaper out of a tea towel.
Bernie, you got me cleaned up
and made a diaper.
Out of a tea towel, yes.
And then I fed you.
With the Turkey baster.
With a Turkey baster.
Perfect girl.
That's good?
Good?
Yes.
And then mama woke up.
Hey, there.
Hi.
You were sleeping.
Where do you live?
Are you okay?
Are you okay?
Is this your baby?
- Heidi.
- Is this your baby?
- Heidi?
- Heidi.
Okay, hang on, hang on.
Slowly, slowly.
Okay, wait a minute.
Honey?
Do you live next door?
You okay?
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
You know, look, come sit down.
Come sit down.
Are you hungry?
- Back!
- Okay.
I wanted to follow you.
I'd never wanted
to go outside so badly,
but I just couldn't.
My agoraphobia...
And I was afraid I'd never
see the two of you again.
And then you heard me from here,
and you followed US
into the next apartment,
and heard US here.
Okay.
And you didn't hear anyone else?
Just the two of you.
I listened all night
and all day,
and I didn't hear anyone else.
That's when I got
the screwdriver.
Hi.
I live in there, next door.
Can I hold your baby?
Let me hold your baby.
Why don't I hold her?
I think she might be
hungry again.
There we are.
My goodness.
My goodness.
Okay, Heidi.
You're okay.
And we have been
together ever since.
Now, Heidi.
No more questions.
I mean it.
Do we even know
if that's her real name?
- Heidi...
- Well, do you?
I said, no more questions.
I just want to know
about her name.
Why, sweetie?
That's been her name for
as long as you can remember.
Why are you suddenly
asking questions about it?
Because it isn't a name.
What kind of a name
is "so b. It"?
It's her name.
It's from the Bible, right?
A blessing or something?
Like saying "amen"?
"So be it."
"A Rose by any
other name..."
Don't quote Shakespeare at me.
I want to know about her name.
It's the name
she told me, Heidi.
If you don't like it,
take it up with her mother, not me.
Does mama have a mother?
Lordy.
Does mama have a mother?
Everybody's got a mother.
Where is she, then?
That's another
question entirely.
- Well, what's the answer?
- The answer is
I don't know.
What was this place like
when you first saw it?
What?
It couldn't have
looked like this.
So what was it like?
Was this desk here?
What's gotten into you today?
Nothing, it's just...
Heidi, you cut it out.
Whose paperweight is this?
That's yours.
Yours and your mama's.
No, but whose was it before?
I don't know.
Heidi, you better calm down.
Whose envelopes?
I've never used an envelope
in my life, Bernie.
- Who used these?
- Heidi.
Heidi, listen, listen.
You are asking me questions
to which I don't
have answers, okay?
Do we pay rent?
Electric bills, heat?
You're always mailing
checks for your bills,
but do you pay
mama's and my bills?
Do you?
No, I don't.
Then who does?
I...
I honestly don't know.
You know what? Maybe
you're named for the book.
"Heidi."
it's a good book.
Actually, we should
read that book.
Maybe you're named
for the movie.
Shirley temple
was in that movie.
When I was little,
I loved Shirley temple movies.
But then who saw the movie?
- My grammy?
- What difference does it make?
A person has a right
to know, Bernie.
They're not supposed
to guess who they are.
You know who you are, Heidi,
and you have a history, too.
Only from when
mama and I met you.
Whatever happened before that
we should be grateful for,
because if it hadn't happened,
we wouldn't be sitting here
having this conversation, would we?
Precious.
Yes, we spilled that
from the drawer.
Thank you, mama.
Thanks, mama.
What's this?
That's a...
That's a roll of film.
You mean like pictures?
Yes.
Bernie said there was a day
when you could get a roll
of film developed somewhere
on every city block in an hour.
Now you have
to put it in the mail.
And the crowd falls silent.
Hey, Heidi.
Zander.
Well...
Not seeing anything out
of the ordinary in there, Heidi.
Told you.
Come on!
Kick it hard.
You don't suppose I should
check the other side, do you?
It's here!
- Bernie, it's here!
- Shh, shh, shh!
Your mama's sleeping.
Did you peek at these
on the way up?
No.
It's okay if you did.
I was going to, but...
I'm afraid.
Don't be afraid.
I mean, what's the worst
it could be?
Nothing.
The worst it would be
is if it was nothing.
Well, let's just have a look
and see what there is.
They're like mama,
all of them.
Maybe it's a hospital,
some kind of special home.
Who took the pictures?
Do you think mama did?
I doubt if she could
use the camera, sweetie.
Then who took them
and how did they end up here?
Would you look at this?
It's mama.
- She looks kind of fat.
- Or pregnant.
With me, you mean?
I'd say that's a safe bet.
- Heidi?
- What?
I'm guessing
this is your grammy.
What?
What?
Heidi?
This isn't mama's,
it's my grammy's.
She was here!
My grammy was here!
Come on.
Come on...
Hasn't she been
sleeping for long enough?
Come on, be patient.
We'll show her the pictures
when she wakes up.
What else don't we know about?
Like what?
How much other stuff is in here?
Lots.
None of it from back then.
But we didn't know
about the film.
Or whose sweater this was.
Maybe there's more stuff.
For crying in a bucket!
- Don't fall.
- I'm not going to fall.
I just want to look.
God.
Don't you think that...
Heidi, if there was
something else up there,
I would've seen it
when I was dusting.
But you didn't find
the film, did you?
You're cleaning that up.
You're cleaning that up.
And don't stick
your fingers in there.
You're gonna cut yourself
on something sharp.
- Stop it.
- Stop what?
Stop trying to make me like you.
- Like me?
- You're afraid of everything, Bernie.
You... I am trying
to protect you, Heidi.
I don't need you to protect me!
You're not my mother.
We're not even related!
Bernie, wait.
Bernie...
Bernie, I'm sorry.
- I didn't mean it how it sounded.
- Soof!
Soof!
Where, mama?
Where's soof?
- Which picture?
- Hello, Heidi.
Show me soof, mama.
Where?
Point to soof.
Which picture?
- Mama, show me.
- Tea, tea.
- No tea!
- Tea, Heidi.
No tea, mama!
Mama!
Where are you going, mama?
Tea, Heidi.
I don't want tea, mama.
I want you to show me soof!
Tea!
- Show me soof, mama.
- Tea, Heidi.
I don't want tea, mama,
I want you to show me soof.
- Point to soof, mama.
- No, tea. Tea!
- I don't want tea!
- Heidi, stop it!
Where is soof,
mama? Point to soof.
- Kiss.
- I don't want a kiss.
- Kiss!
- Where?
Where is soof, mama?
You're not ever going
to show me, are you?
- Are you?
- Stop it.
Heidi it!
That is not my name
and it's not a name at all!
Sweetie.
You okay?
Heidi good done.
Soof.
Somehow I knew it would be
mama's most important word.
If only I'd known
it would be her last.
Heidi.
Heidi.
I know you're up there.
I know you can hear me.
It's not fair.
You're taking advantage
of my fear,
of my... my handicap.
How would you feel if somebody
did that do your mama?
I don't know the answers
to all your questions, darling.
I wish I did.
I don't know why the landlord
never takes your rent.
I don't know why the electric
company doesn't shut off your lights.
People fall through the cracks
in this world all the time, Heidi.
I guess I just figured
you and your mama
fell through
a luckier crack than most.
And... I was afraid
to ask too many questions.
I was afraid that...
If people knew
about you and your mama,
they might
take you away from me.
I couldn't bear that, Heidi-ho.
What is "soof," Bernie?
Bernie!
- Bernie!
- What? What are you shouting...
What are you doing up?
- God...
- Look.
What does that sign say?
Hello? Is this hill house
in Liberty, New York?
Well, do we have
some questions for you.
Why didn't he call US
when he was in?
I understand that, but you said
you would have him call.
Okay?
Yes.
Thurman hill.
Yes, ma'am.
We'll be in all day tomorrow.
When I say "all day,"
I mean all day.
I'm listening to these songs
for the third time.
I think they're just gonna
keep me on hold till I hang up.
Just a little
longer, Bernie, please?
Long distance
isn't cheap, Heidi-ho.
Why won't they talk to US?
I don't know.
I'd like to march
into thurman hill's office
and sit on the little pissant
till he coughs up
the information!
Done.
Precious, I'm sorry.
I've just about had it.
That's it, Bernie. That's
exactly what we're going to do.
- Do what?
- We have to go there.
You and me and mama.
And we'll make him
tell US about her.
- You know I can't do that.
- Go out?
When's the last
time you even tried, Bernie?
Maybe your ap's gone and
you don't even know it.
It's not gone, Heidi.
Things don't just go.
Colds do.
And pimples.
How do you know
agoraphobia doesn't go too?
Maybe it's already gone.
Come on, Bernie,
please try... for me.
Heidi, no!
No!
You know I can't.
Out, done.
Done, out!
See? Mama wants you
to try too.
Mama doesn't know
what she's talking about.
You make mama try.
That's why she can open cans
and brush her hair.
You make me try too, Bernie.
Cursive?
Remember how I didn't want
to learn but you made me try.
That's all I'm asking
you to do... try.
You don't...
You don't understand, Heidi.
See, if I go out,
if I'm outside,
- I might...
- Nothing will happen, Bernie.
Just one step into the hall,
that's all you have to do.
One step.
The first step,
like when you taught me
the cursive "a."
Remember?
Around the block, up, down,
curl the tail,
and on to the next.
Around the block, up, down,
curl the tail,
and on to the next.
Up, down.
Curl the tail.
You can do it, Bernie.
Around the block...
Up, down, curl the tail,
on to the next.
Around the block, up, down,
around the block, down.
Curl the tail...
Heidi.
And on to the next.
Around the block...
Up, down.
Around the block,
up, down,
curl the tail...
Up, down, curl the tail,
on to the next.
Around the block,
around the block,
around the block, up, down,
curl the tail, on to the next.
Around the block, up, down,
curl the tail, on to the next.
Around the block, up, down,
up, down, on to the next.
Around the block,
up... up, down.
- Curl the tail. Curl the tail.
- Around the block.
You did it, Bernie, you're out!
You did it!
You did it.
- Aah!
- Bernie!
Drowning.
I'm drowning.
I'm... I'm drowning!
- Bernie.
- I'm drowning. I'm drowning.
What's going on up there,
Heidi?
Zander! Hurry,
we need your help!
She's not gonna croak, is she?
- Come on, help me get her up!
- Okay!
Heidi, Heidi.
Save me.
Save me.
My god.
Aah! I'm drowning! I'm drowning!
- Do you want me to call 911?
- No, don't call anyone!
Is she drunk?
'Cause if that's what it is...
- She's not drunk.
- It's okay.
I won't tell nobody.
I'm so sorry, Bernie.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Shh...
Shh.
Done, done, done.
Done, done, done.
Reasons I
have to go to Liberty.
One, because mama was there,
and also my grammy.
Two, because Bernie can't go.
Three, "soof."
Back soon, mama.
I hope my luck will hold.
It had never failed me,
but who knew when it would run out?
Or when it would decide that
I was in way over my head.
Bernie had always told me that I
should only use my luck for a good reason.
One time, mama had run out
of headache medicine,
and we had to buy more.
I knew that was a good reason.
But what about wishing you
knew the meaning of a word
that might not have a meaning?
What about wondering
why your mama,
with her broken brain
and brand-new baby,
was all alone in the world.
What about wanting to know if you
have a family out there somewhere?
Is that a good enough reason?
Is that the best
strawberry rhubarb pie
you ever tasted
in your life or what?
You ever taste
a flakier crust, Heidi?
Wish I could tell you
the recipe,
but it's a wilinsky
family secret.
I was planning
to take it to the reunion.
I don't know
what I was thinking.
With all the jostling around,
it'd be nothing but mush
by the time I got it there.
Isn't it wonderful?
My mother was in the 4-h.
She won ribbons for her pies,
and then she passed down
all her secrets to me
because I was her favorite.
Heidi's not a name
you hear much nowadays.
Is it a family name?
We've got a tradition
in the wilinsky family.
If the first-born
child is a girl...
I know.
You told me.
October wilinsky, right? -.
You come from a big family,
too, Heidi?
After the way
she'd reacted earlier
when I told her
about my birthday...
Yeah.
Big. Big.
- Big?
- Big, big.
I was not about
to admit I didn't know
if I had a big family or not.
And my grammy bakes, too.
She's the best baker
in the whole world.
Really?
Can she bake a pie?
She doesn't really like
to bake pies, just cakes.
You know, the ones with lots
of layers of frosting in between
and then the big
pink roses on top?
We're big cake eaters,
my family.
Cake, cake, cake.
That's all anybody ever
thinks about at my house.
I was surprised how easy it was.
Maybe it was all those stories
about October wilinskys
that had just pushed me
over the edge.
And I'm named after the movie.
You know, the one
with Shirley temple in it?
All I know is that
once I got started...
- Really?
- There was no stopping me.
- My grammy knows her.
- She knows Shirley temple?
Personally?
Shirley temple's actually the one
who taught my grammy how to bake.
She is a very good baker.
The Shirley temple we're talking about,
the movie star,
that's the one who taught
your grandmother how to bake?
She comes over and bakes
at our house all the time.
She said she likes our oven
even better than hers.
Well, you must have a very
nice oven at your house.
We do.
She comes over and bakes
there all the time.
And after we're
done baking cakes,
we decorate them,
and stick candles in them,
and we all sit around together
and act like it's somebody's birthday.
She comes over pretty often
to do this, does she?
Very often.
Except, of course,
when she's off in Hollywood
shooting movies.
Of course.
Tell me something, Heidi.
When Shirley temple comes
over to bake with your granny,
does she... does she ever
tap dance for you?
You know, show her the steps
she's learning for her new movie?
Sometimes she does.
Sometimes she dances.
And does she sing sometimes too?
Well, if she's in the mood.
Heidi, I'm a big
Shirley temple fan.
I think I've seen every one of
her movies at least a dozen times.
Which is why I happen to know
that she hasn't made a new one
in a very long time,
and she'll never
make another one,
because she's dead, Heidi.
Shirley temple is dead.
She doesn't tap dance in
your kitchen any more than I do.
Yes, she's a rotten girl.
Yes, little kitten.
You're a beautiful little kitty.
Shh, shh, shh.
Precious bouquet, I'm here.
It's all right.
I'm right here.
It's just dark.
It's just dark.
But we're good.
We're good.
Bernie? It's me.
Are you and mama okay?
We're sorry.
The number you have called
is having technical
difficulties.
Please hang up and
try your call again later.
Hey, that's mine!
That's mine!
Stop!
Give it back!
My gosh,
wait, are you...
Is she okay?
No, Heidi, no.
I know, precious.
My heart is hurting, too.
But, you know,
what Heidi is doing
is very important.
Do you understand?
It's very important.
I know. I don't
know if I understand.
Somehow...
I don't think
our Heidi can be Heidi
if she doesn't do this.
I know.
I know.
Hey, hey!
Wait a minute, I'm here.
Wait, thanks.
- Here's my ticket.
- Yeah.
Thanks.
Tickets please, young lady.
sorry. I got caught in the food line.
My mom's saving me a seat.
Where's your mother?
She's the woman who
got in right ahead of me.
She's probably in the back.
Well, which woman
are you talking about?
- She's the one...
- I know the lady she's talking about.
They were on my bus from Reno.
Just wanted to make sure
you found your connection.
Yes, we found it.
There'll be somebody
at Liberty to pick you up?
Yes, absolutely.
Okay.
I'm glad you found your bus.
Thank you.
"All the knights of the realm
bowed down before the Princess.
There were lambs roasting,
there were chickens..."
- Hello?
- Will you accept a collect call from Heidi it?
Yes, my god!
Goodness, yes, yes!
Heidi, Heidi!
Thank god!
- Hi, Bernie.
- Heidi!
Heidi, are you okay?
I was scared out of my wits.
- Hello, Heidi.
- Mama says hi.
- I'm here, Bernie.
- Where, where?
Where are you?
I'm in Liberty.
Sweetie.
Did somebody hurt you?
Heidi, are you hurt?
No, Bernie, nobody hurt me.
What's...
What's happened?
What's the matter?
On the bus, I felt like
I was going somewhere,
but... now that I'm here,
it feels like I'm nowhere.
Nobody even knows
I'm here, Bernie.
that's not true, darling.
I know you're there.
As a matter of fact,
I am looking
at your globe at the very spot
that you're standing on.
Liberty, yep.
I'm even waving at you.
You see me?
I'm the crazy old lady
in the green house dress
that's going to ground you for the
rest of your life when you get home.
Somebody stole all my money.
Well, we'll fix that.
We...
We'll wire you a ticket.
- A ticket?
- You need to come home, Heidi.
That isn't the wind
you're hearing.
It's Rochester, remember?
In "Jane eyre," when she's standing
out on the moor trying to decide?
I remember.
She didn't know if it was
the wind or Rochester.
It was Rochester, Heidi.
And he needed her to come home.
This isn't a book, Bernie.
Can I help you?
Yes.
I'd like to go
to hill house, please.
Hill house?
It's quite a ways.
Cost you 15.
- Dollars?
- What else would it be? Yen?
Um, what if I don't have $15?
Then I say we won't
be going to hill house.
Can you call my friend?
She has $15.00.
How soon can she bring it?
Well, she's in Reno,
but she has a credit card.
Sorry, kid.
Cash only.
Where's the nearest
slot machine from here?
Closer to your friend
in Reno than here.
- Can I hold the jar?
- What jar?
Up there.
No one's tried that in years.
Feeling lucky?
Luck doesn't
feel like anything.
It's just there,
like... air.
One thousand...
Five hundred.
One thousand, five hundred.
One thousand, five hundred...
One thousand, five hundred,
twenty...
One thousand, five hundred,
twenty-seven.
I'd like to go
to hill house, please.
Thank you.
Hello?
Hello?
Is anybody here?
H, I...
It, it, it...
I, t, I, t...
I'm so sorry.
There was no one at the door
so I just came in, but...
Elliot, are you awake yet?
Hi.
All right, honey, gentle.
No...
- Sit down.
- No.
Hey, honey, it's okay,
here, honey, have this.
- Here, have water. Drink your water.
- Wait.
- Ruby?
- In here, Mr. Hill.
- That's it.
- Thurman hill?
- You're doing great.
- Hello.
- Who are you?
- I'm Heidi it,
and I have some questions
I need to ask you, Mr. Hill.
Hon, are you from
your school newspaper?
'Cause Mr. Hill doesn't really
go in for that sort of thing...
I'm not from the newspaper.
I just want to know
about my mother.
She used to live here.
Your mother?
What did you say your name was?
It, Heidi it.
"It"? I-t?
Yes.
And your mother's "it" as well?
Well, I can tell you there's never
been anybody here by that name.
I'm pretty sure.
It's an unusual name.
But I have pictures.
I know she was here.
Wait a minute.
This is ringing a bell.
Are you related to
someone named Bernadette?
Yes, she's my neighbor.
That's the woman that's been
calling from Nevada, Mr. Hill.
Remember that you told me
that I should make sure...
Never mind what
I told you, Ruby.
May I see these pictures?
Yes.
See, that's the house there,
in the background.
Can I see this?
Yeah.
And it's white. Well,
that had to be a long time ago.
I mean, it's been yellow
ever since I've been here.
We think it was
about 13 years ago,
because I'm 12 now,
and my mom is pregnant in these pictures.
She sure is.
See? That's my mama there.
Very pretty.
Ruby, can you take Elliot
into the room with the others?
Maybe put some socks on his
feet because the floor is cold?
Thank you.
Come on, Elliot, honey.
Let's go the kitchen and
get some applesauce, okay?
Elliot,
I want you to go with Ruby.
Soof!
What did you say?
Elliot, Elliot, now.
- Soof...
- Go with Ruby.
You have no right to be here.
We have an arrangement!
She sent you, didn't she?
What does she want?
Does she want more money?
Well, she's not gonna get any more money,
not one red cent.
You tell her. You tell her
that promises were made
and paid for.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
We called and called,
but you wouldn't talk to US.
That's why I came.
Bernie didn't even know
I was coming.
Bernie? Who's Bernie?
Bernie?
She changed her name
to Bernie or something?
That's the name she goes by? Well,
it doesn't make any difference.
- Mr. Hill?
- It doesn't change anything.
I cannot have you coming around
here stirring up trouble, not now.
Can
you come quickly, please, Mr. Hill?
- Elliot 's having a tantrum.
- Yeah, I 'll be there in a minute.
Now,
I'm afraid he's gonna hurt himself.
Just tell him I'm coming.
You have to go.
For god's sake, just leave.
Leave US alone.
Doing all right in here?
Mr. Hill!
- Run!
- Elliot, look at me. Let's do our breathing.
Elliot.
No!
Aah!
Let go!
Let go!
I'm not psychic.
If you're not psychic,
how do you explain
calling ten coin flips in a row?
I can't explain it.
I just do it.
- It's luck.
- No, luck
would be calling it
five, maybe six.
You did all ten.
And your friend Bernie
told me you would.
I don't get it.
Neither do I.
That's the lady from hill house.
She's my wife.
I was stopping in to see her.
Thought about taking her
out to dinner,
then you ran out of there
and changed all my plans.
- Sorry.
- That's okay.
I like Ruby's cooking better
than any restaurant anyway.
If you really are lucky,
she'll have a pot roast.
Well, hi, guys.
If I 'd known we were gonna have company,
I would've put on a pot roast.
So you think soof
is in this picture?
I don't know.
But Elliot called me "soof"
earlier this afternoon,
and maybe if we show him the
photos he can tell US what it means.
Well, we can't do much of anything
without thurman hill's permission.
And it doesn't sound
like he's gonna cooperate.
But why?
- What did I do?
- I'm hoping to find that out.
My god.
It's Elliot.
Didn't recognize him
with all that hair.
Here's another one of him
by the Santa.
Yeah, that's him, all right.
Roy, look at the Santa.
That's Mr. Hill.
I don't understand, Bernie.
He knew mama, and grammy, too.
Why would he lie about that?
I don't know.
What do Roy and Ruby think?
They don't
know what to think.
Ruby says he's a good man.
Well, it doesn't sound like it.
Well, she's worked
for him seven years.
And Roy 's known him
for even longer than that.
What do his eyes say, Heidi?
I don't know.
No, think about it.
Picture his eyes.
What do they say to you?
- He's afraid.
- Of what?
I don't know, but he's afraid.
Heidi.
Is mama okay?
She doesn't sound good.
No, she's all right,
don't worry.
She doesn't sound all right.
Let me talk to her.
Hang on.
It's Heidi, precious.
It's Heidi.
Heidi.
Hello, Heidi.
Hello, mama.
I'll be back soon, okay?
I'll be back soon.
Heidi be Heidi.
What, mama?
What did you say?
I'll be back soon,
and I'll never go away again.
I promise, mama.
Mama's go.
What?
- Mama's go.
- No, it's okay.
I'll be back soon,
and it'll be just like before,
you and me and Bernie.
Shh, okay.
Heidi, your mama needs to go.
- Is she all right?
- Yeah, yeah.
She's gonna be okay.
But, look,
you do what you need to do,
and you get home.
I will, Bernie.
Tell her I love her.
She knows that.
- Heidi be Heidi.
- Bye-bye.
Heidi be Heidi.
Good morning, sunshine.
How long did I sleep?
Well, let's just say you
caught up on what you missed.
What are you doing?
I washed your clothes
last night.
I thought we could keep them in an
empty drawer so they won't get wrinkled.
Thank you.
He's just turning around, right?
No, honey, he's headed up
to hill house.
- What?
- Mr. Hill called this morning,
and he's waiting up there
with his lawyer.
But...
He knew I wanted to go,
to show Elliot the pictures.
Yeah, and Roy took
the pictures with him.
My pictures?
He took my pictures?
He's just doing his job, honey.
He shouldn't have
left without me.
He knew I wanted to go.
And he thought
it was better this way.
- Well, it won't be.
- Listen,
sometimes it just pays to let
the grown ups sort this stuff out.
Grown ups?
Grown ups are the ones that
tell the biggest lies of all.
Baby clothes?
I'm sorry,
Ruby. I was just looking for my sweater.
Um... it's outside,
drying on the rack on the porch.
No, I probably should
get rid of these anyway.
Just not today.
Breakfast time.
Hi.
There were 1,527,
but I ate a few yesterday,
so I don't know
the exact number now.
You can have the rest.
Wow, that's really sweet, honey.
Where did you get these?
I won 'em, with a lucky guess.
I bet you did.
1,527?
Originally.
He was supposed
to take me with him.
I know.
Life isn't always fair, is it?
Hello?
Okay.
Yeah.
Eat up.
Roy's coming back.
He's taking you to hill house.
Really?
Okay.
Let's start
with Diane demuth.
According to county records,
she was born in Liberty.
She went to school here but
dropped out for "personal reasons."
I think we all
know what that means.
We do?
There's no record of a marriage,
only a birth,
Sophia lynne demuth,
born to Diane
at Liberty west hospital
30 years ago on November 23rd.
I don't understand.
Who are these people?
And what do they have to do
with mama being at hill house?
It's complicated, young lady.
That's because you're
making it complicated.
My mother was here
and you know it.
Why can't you
just tell me the truth?
- Look, Heidi.
- No, I have a right to know.
I came a long way.
This is wrong.
Can I ask you gentlemen
to step out,
so that I can talk
to Heidi alone?
No, I don't want
to be alone with you.
Roy, you can't leave.
It's gonna be okay.
I'll be right outside.
No, I don't want to be
alone with him.
He thinks I'm somebody I'm not.
No, Heidi.
I know exactly who you are.
Mama's go.
Mama's go.
No, mama stays.
You are not well enough
to go anywhere right now.
No, mama's go!
Done, done, done.
Uch, no, that awful bus.
No, don't worry.
No more buses, don't worry.
No buses. You know,
Heidi is coming home real soon.
You don't have to go anywhere.
And we're all gonna be together.
This woman that you showed me,
this picture?
In fact...
Is your grandmother.
Your mother?
Your mother's name is Sophia.
Sophia?
Sophia.
And your grandmother
brought Sophia to me,
and asked me for help,
and I wish to god I'd turned her away,
but she... talked me into taking
Sophia in as a charity case.
And Sophia did
very, very well here.
She was very happy.
And she made a best friend.
Elliot?
Elliot.
My son, Elliot.
And they were inseparable.
I've never seen Elliot so happy.
Elliot never really
had any friends.
Come on.
What is it?
What is it?
Is there a pain?
Don't move.
Stay still.
Don't move.
Come on, come on.
Lay down.
And when Diane came to me with
the news that Sophia was pregnant,
I didn't believe it.
And then she convinced me that Elliot,
my son Elliot, was the father.
An impossible situation,
because these two,
they were like children themselves.
1547 arroyo.
Second floor. Apartment
26. Please hurry.
I think it might be her heart.
Precious?
Precious?
Hey, I just talked to Heidi.
I just talked to her on
the phone and she's on her way.
Heidi be Heidi.
Diane decided that
she didn't want to stay here.
She wanted to go away
with Sophia to have her baby.
She wanted to go far away,
to Reno, Nevada.
She needed money to do that.
And then she threatened
hill house,
but she didn't have to.
I agreed.
I didn't want to see hill
house's reputation ruined.
I didn't want
to lose everything.
So your grandmother and I,
we struck a bargain,
and I would give her enough
money to go away with Sophia
so Sophia could have her baby,
and I was supposed to
open up an account in a bank.
To pay for the rent
and electricity.
Wait here, they're here.
They're here.
I'm just gonna get a window up.
Hey, wait.
Hey!
Hey!
Wait.
She... she's coming.
Hang on, precious.
Hang on.
My god, they went too far.
They went too far.
They've gone too far.
And in turn she would leave me
and hill house in peace.
Here, here!
We're up here!
Get them!
Here!
Up, up!
God.
God, god.
Round the block,
round the block.
Up down, up down, curl the tail.
God.
Round the block. Up,
down. Up, down.
Curl the tail.
And she would
never again contact me,
not when the baby was born,
not after,
not ever again,
and I would know nothing about their lives,
from that point on.
God.
Help!
We're here!
Around the block...
And I paid a small
fortune not to know.
About me.
About you.
We're up here!
Can... somebody!
We're here!
We're here!
Help!
Help... aah!
Aah!
Sorry, ma'am.
God, help...
Aah...
- No, not me.
- Take it easy, ma'am.
- What? Got it. - She's inside.
Then...
You come around here
asking questions.
You thought I wanted more money.
Where's my grandmother now?
Your grandmother.
Your grandmother, sweetie?
Your grandmother's gone.
She passed away.
Roy, checked it out,
and she found out that she had
been hit by a bus, about 13 years ago,
in Reno, Nevada.
Was it in February?
Yeah, as a matter of fact
it was in February.
February 19th.
How in the world
would you know that?
We celebrate my birthday
on the 12th.
So it happened seven days
after I was born.
Is she all right?
We're gonna get
the line right open right now.
Gonna hang a bag
of normal saline.
Pupils are fixed and dilated.
Her pulse,
pulse is weak and thready.
Mama's go.
Mama's go.
Hang on, precious, okay?
Hello.
Soof.
Precious.
Precious.
Precious!
Precious.
Precious.
I came to Liberty
to learn about my mama,
maybe even my grammy,
but it never occurred to me
that I might find a father.
I have a father.
Thurman hill, my grandfather,
told me that he thought
Elliot would, over time,
forget his Sophia,
but Elliot never did.
Mama couldn't pronounce
the name "Sophia."
She called herself
"so be it."
My father, Elliot,
couldn't say her name either.
He called her "soof."
There's just so much
I have to tell you, Bernie.
You won't even believe it.
Mama has a birthday,
and a name.
She has a beautiful name,
Bernie.
- Not now, baby.
- No, you need to hear this.
This answers
all of our questions.
Is Ruby there with you?
Ruby? What?
No.
I'm at hill house, Bernie.
Remember?
Roy took me here.
We'll talk later, Heidi.
You'll call me.
No, you can't hang up. I
have to tell mama something.
Not now, baby.
You'll call me.
You'll call...
Heidi, you'll call me later.
Ruby's here now.
Heidi-ho.
What is it, Bernie?
Mama's gone.
What?
What do you mean?
Your mama's gone.
- Come here, my sweet.
- I know, sweetie.
Sweetie...
Sweetie, it's okay.
It's okay, sweetie.
- It's okay.
- Okay.
Okay.
- Okay.
- I'm okay, Bernie.
Things...
I'll miss about mama.
Hello!
Hello!
Heidi!
Everything.
You know what you look like?
You look like a girl
who's never gone fishing.
I don't want to go fishing.
I didn't ask if you wanted to go fishing,
I just said
you look like a girl
who's never done it before.
You know,
I hate arresting people.
I hate sending people to jail.
I don't even like
writing tickets.
I mean, I don't even know
why I'd become a cop
until Ruby had her
first miscarriage.
Then it's when it hit me.
I wanted to stop bad
things from happening
to people that I cared about.
That's why I'd become a cop
and I didn't even know it.
But being a cop doesn't
mean bad things won't happen...
much as I may want it to.
But you're still a cop.
I'm still a cop.
You're gonna have to decide where
you want her to be buried, Heidi.
Heidi,
sweetie? It's dinner time.
Aw, sweetie.
How could you go, mama?
It's okay, it's okay.
Mama had a lot of names.
Precious bouquet,
Sophia demuth,
so b. It.
A long time ago,
someone who loved mama very much
gave her a different name.
- Soof.
- Soof.
But when mama said "soof,"
she wasn't talking
about herself.
"Soof" was mama's
name for "love."
Back soon, mama.
Soof.
I've got you, honey.
Heidi?
This is everything that we have
from our files on your mother.
This one, and these
are some photographs
that were taken
while she was here with US.
There are some pictures in there,
too, of the hill family.
Thank you.
I tagged each and every one of
them so you'll know who's who.
I mean, you know,
if you ever want to meet
anybody from the hill family,
I'm sure they'd be delighted.
After all, I mean,
this isn't their fault.
They didn't have
anything to do with it.
This is all my mistake.
Heidi, I know that it seems
impossible right now,
but you're my granddaughter.
I'd like to get to know you.
I'd like that.
Good.
Bye.
Bye-bye.
Things to tell Bernie.
One, I have two grandmothers,
and I look like both of them.
Two, I have a grandpa.
Am I in trouble?
No, honey,
we just want to talk to you.
About?
We were wondering...
If you might want to stay
here with US for a while.
Ooh.
I'd have to ask Bernie.
Bernie knows.
If it's okay with her.
We're talking
about quite a while, Heidi.
How long?
Well, you know that little bedroom
that you've been staying in?
That would be yours.
You could paint it
whatever color you want it.
Or you could wallpaper it.
- I mean, Ruby's great with that stuff.
- Yeah.
And you could go to school here.
There's a great junior high,
and you could
make friends your own age.
And play sports.
I bet you'd be a heck
of a volleyball player.
I know the coach and...
Are you guys talking
about me living here?
Yes.
But only if you want to.
I mean, this house is too big
for just the two of US.
And I know that we've talked about
moving into something smaller for a while.
But we just...
We...
Maybe...
we were waiting for you, Heidi.
And we didn't even know it.
Heidi, you're a big girl,
and I cannot make
this decision for you.
But I can tell you this:
Whatever you decide,
it is fine with me.
It's all fine.
Roy and Ruby are good people.
You're good people too,
Bernie.
Well, this isn't about me.
It's not really
about Roy and Ruby either,
this is about what you want.
I don't know what I want.
You wanted family.
That's what this
whole trip was about, right?
And Roy and Ruby
will give it to you.
And your grandpa's there,
and your daddy's there.
You got family.
Whatever you decide,
it's fine with me.
Bye.
- Bernie was right.
- Bye, Heidi.
The trip was all about family.
Last one out's a rotten egg!
In the end...
Hey, Heidi, wait up!
I found mine.
It wasn't easy.
- It took a long time.
- Let's go.
But Bernie
can go outside now.
Further and further.
Yoo-hoo!
There's fresh lemonade,
if anybody's interested.
- I am!
- Me, too!
She even went to
one of my volleyball games.
I wish mama could've
been here to see it.
Maybe mama knows.
Maybe mama knew all along.
I'll be there in a minute.
I get the biggest cookie!
I can't call heads or tails
any better than
anyone else anymore,
but I didn't lose my luck.
- Hey, guys.
- I left it behind in Liberty,
for Roy and Ruby.
They have a baby now,
a beautiful little girl
they named Aurora.
You can't touch this.
Come on, come on.
- You can't touch this.
- Who wants to, Zander?
Okay.
Someday,
if I have a little girl of my own,
I know exactly what
I'm going to name her.
Sophia.
So b. It.
Amen.