Don't Cry Now (2007) - full transcript
Bonnie didn't rush when Joan, her husband Ross' ex, phoned to warn her that she and her daughter, Amanda, were in danger, but when she finally arrives she finds Joan stabbed to death. Bonnie and Ross now must take in Joan's children - Sam, who feels bitterly abandoned by Ross, and his flippant sister. Meanwhile Bonnie and police captain Kessler wonder who murdered Joan, why, and what part Nick, Bonnie's brother, had to play. Nick was recently released from jail and moved back in with their father.
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(Bonnie's Cell
Phone Rings)
BONNIE WHEELER.
(JOAN) (Deeply Troubled)
BONNIE, IT'S JOAN...
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.
(BONNIE)
HI JOAN, WHAT...?
(JOAN)
YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T CALL
UNLESS IT WAS IMPORTANT.
(BONNIE)
IS IT ROSS?
(JOAN)
NO, IT'S NOT ROSS.
(JOAN)
I'M WORRIED...
...I'M REALLY WORRIED.
(BONNIE)
WHAT IS IT THEN, JOAN?
(JOAN)
I KNOW SOME THINGS, BONNIE.
(JOAN)
YOU AND AMANDA...
(Door Shuts)
...YOU AND AMANDA ARE IN
DANGER...AND YOU'RE IN DANGER.
WHERE CAN WE MEET?
(BONNIE)
NO, NO...NO JOAN...
I'M SETTING
UP AN OPEN HOUSE.
I CAN'T JUST
LOCK UP AND LEAVE.
(JOAN)
THIS IS IMPORTANT...
(JOAN)
I'M REALLY WORRIED.
(BONNIE)
NO JOAN...NO LISTEN,
AMANDA AND I ARE JUST FINE.
(BONNIE)
TRUST ME.
(JOAN)(Whispering)
THIS IS IMPORTANT!
(BONNIE)
LISTEN, WHY DON'T WE TALK
AFTER SUPPER...
YOU CAN CALL ME THEN.
(JOAN)
NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
(BONNIE)
WHAT DON'T I UNDERSTAND?
(BONNIE)
JOAN?
WHO WANTS TO HURT ME?
JOAN?
JOAN?
(The Line Goes Dead)
(Phone Rings)
(Answering Machine Picks Up)
HI, THIS IS JOAN...PLEASE
LEAVE A MESSAGE AFTER THE BEEP
AND I'LL PHONE YOU BACK.
(♪)
(♪)
(Doorbell Rings)
JOAN?
(Radio In Background)
JOAN...IT'S BONNIE!
JOAN?
JOAN?
JOAN...JOAN!
OH MY GOD...OH!
(LAUREN)
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
(Heartbeat)
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
SO HOW DID YOU KNOW
HER, MRS. WHEELER?
(BONNIE)
I'M MARRIED TO JOAN'S
EX-HUSBAND...ROSS WHEELER.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
THAT NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR.
(BONNIE)
HE CO-HOSTS THE EVENING NEWS
WITH MARLA BRINZELLE...
ON CHANNEL EIGHT.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
OF COURSE.
WHERE'S
YOUR HUSBAND NOW?
(BONNIE)
HE SHOULD BE HERE SOON.
YOU WERE FRIENDS
WITH HIS EX-WIFE?
NOT EXACTLY, NO.
YOU'RE IN HER HOUSE?
SHE CALLED ME
AND I THOUGHT THAT...
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I THOUGHT.
DID SHE CALL YOU OFTEN?
NO...JUST SOMETIMES
WHEN SHE DRANK.
SO JOAN CALLED
AND YOU CAME RUNNING?
(BONNIE)
(Protests) NO!
SHE SAID THAT MY
DAUGHTER AND I WERE IN DANGER.
HOW SO?
SHE DIDN'T SAY...
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
LAUREN?
YOU HAVE A
BROTHER, RIGHT?
SAM.
DO YOU KNOW
WHERE HE IS?
(♪)
(DIANA)
ARE YOU OKAY?
(BONNIE)
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
I CALLED YOU
AN HOUR AGO.
(DIANA)
I CAME AS SOON AS
I GOT YOUR MESSAGE.
BONNIE, I'M A
CORPORATE LAWYER.
THIS IS TOTALLY
OUT OF MY LEAGUE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO
ELSE TO CALL, DIANA.
WHERE'S ROSS?
I DON'T KNOW.
I LEFT HALF-A-DOZEN
MESSAGES ON HIS CELL PHONE.
I WANNA GO HOME.
(ROSS)
MARLA, THIS ISN'T A STORY.
(MARLA)
BY 6:00 IT WILL BE.
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(♪)
(MARLA)
ROSS.
(ROSS)
SAM!
(SAM)
LONG TIME NO SEE.
HOW LONG HAVE
YOU BEEN OUT HERE?
(SAM)
DAD...WHAT'S GOING ON?
THEY JUST
TOOK A BODY AWAY.
IT'S MOM, ISN'T IT?
YEAH.
DING DONG
THE WITCH IS DEAD.
WHY WOULD
YOU SAY THAT?
(ROSS)
HEY...POOR THING!
LET'S GET
YOU OUT OF HERE.
(BONNIE)
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
I CAME AS
SOON AS I HEARD.
IT WAS HORRIBLE.
I KNOW;
I'M HERE NOW.
POOR JOAN...SHE WAS
DEAD WHEN I GOT HERE.
IT'S OKAY...JUST TRY
NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT.
WHY DO YOU THINK JOAN?
(LAUREN)
DADDY!
(ROSS)
LAUREN.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
CAN YOU ALL COME
WITH ME PLEASE?
(BONNIE)
I JUST WANT TO GO HOME.
SOON.
(ROSS)
OH...
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
WHO'S THAT?
(SAM)
UH...THAT'S MY
BABY SISTER, SUZIE.
SHE'S DEAD NOW.
(ROSS)
DETECTIVE, I'D LIKE
MY FAMILY TO GO HOME
IF THAT'S
ALRIGHT WITH YOU.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
IN A MINUTE; I NEED
TO INTERVIEW YOU AND THE BOY.
I THINK MY CHILDREN HAVE
BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY.
(SAM)
I'M FINE.
REALLY,
I DON'T MIND.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
YOUR FATHER DOES.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
YOU HAVE A FAN, MRS. WHEELER.
(BONNIE)
OH MY GOD.
(ROSS)
WHY WOULD SHE DO THIS?
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
IS THAT YOU?
(BONNIE)
YEAH.
THAT'S...
MY BROTHER NICK.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
YOUR MAIDEN NAME'S LONERGAN?
(BONNIE)
THAT'S RIGHT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM
SINCE HE WENT TO PRISON.
(BONNIE)
THIS MUST HAVE BEEN
TAKEN SOMETIME LAST WEEK...
I JUST BOUGHT
AMANDA THAT COAT.
(DIANA)
I'M SO SORRY.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
DID YOUR BROTHER KNOW JOAN?
NOT THAT I'M
AWARE OF, NO.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
HIS PHONE NUMBER'S
IN HER ADDRESS BOOK.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
JOSH FREEMAN?
DOES THAT
NAME RING A BELL?
(BONNIE)
NO.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
SAM, DID YOUR
MOTHER OWN A HANDGUN?
(ROSS)
OF COURSE NOT!
(SAM)
ACTUALLY, YEAH...A .357.
IT WAS MY DAD'S.
IT SHOULD BE IN THAT
DRAWER YOU WERE POKIN' THROUGH.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
NO GUN.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
WHERE'S YOUR GUN MR. WHEELER?
(ROSS)
WHY DON'T YOU
ASK MY ATTORNEY?
COME ON.
(BONNIE)
ROSS, WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE...
SURE WE CAN...SAM?
SAM, NOW!
YOU THINK MY
DAD KILLED HER?
DO YOU?
(BONNIE)
I CAN'T BELIEVE HE
BROUGHT MARLA WITH HIM.
SHE'S HITTING
ON THE COPS!
SHE CAN WRITE?
APPARENTLY.
(DIANA)
IT'S A SNAKE!
(BONNIE)
I CAN SEE THAT.
(BONNIE)
AMANDA, THIS
IS SAM'S ROOM NOW.
(AMANDA)
I KNOW.
LOOK MOM...
IT ATE A MOUSE.
(BONNIE)
HMMM.
HE CAN'T HEAR BUT
HE FEELS THE VIBRATIONS.
(BONNIE)
THE SNAKE'S ALMOST
AS BIG AS YOU ARE, HONEY.
YEAH, HE'S PRETTY BIG.
SEE THE BUMP?
IS THAT THE MOUSE?
SAM SAYS IT COULD
TAKE A WEEK TO DIGEST.
POOR LITTLE MOUSE.
(ROSS)
YOU GUYS MUST
BE HUNGRY,
HUH
?
(LAUREN)
NOT REALLY.
(ROSS)
NO?
WANT SOME OF THAT,
HUN ?
(AMANDA)
NO, THANK YOU.
(ROSS)
OH NO, AMANDA...LOOK...!
(AMANDA)
SORRY DADDY.
(ROSS)
BONNIE, CAN YOU PLEASE...
(BONNIE)
TAKE THIS ONE TOO.
(ROSS)
AMANDA, PLEASE TRY AND
BE MORE CAREFUL...PLEASE.
(AMANDA)
SORRY MOM...I
DIDN'T MEAN TOO.
(BONNIE)
IT'S ALRIGHT HONEY...
THERE YOU GO.
(ROSS)
I THINK SHE'S HAD ENOUGH
MILK...FOR ONE NIGHT.
(AMANDA)
CAN I SIT WITH
SAM AT THE FUNERAL?
(ROSS)
HONEY, PLEASE...NOT NOW.
(SAM)
SHE CAN IF SHE WANTS.
ARE YOU SAD?
NOTHING BOTHERS SAM.
THIS IS KIND
OF LIKE OLD TIMES.
(ROSS)
YEAH, IT IS.
(SAM)
YOU'RE WRONG.
THINGS BOTHER ME.
(AMANDA)
DADDY, DO YOU LOVE SAM AND
LAUREN AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE ME?
(ROSS)
OF COURSE I DO.
(AMANDA)
YOU NEVER WENT TO VISIT THEM.
(ROSS)
UHH...UMM...
(LAUREN)
IT'S NOT HIS FAULT.
MY MOM WOULDN'T LET HIM.
THAT'S MEAN.
ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T
WANT ANY OTHER FOOD, HONEY?
NO.
(AMANDA)
WHY WOULDN'T SHE?
(SAM)
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T
LOVE HIM ANYMORE.
I TRIED.
SHE NEEDED YOUR HELP
AND YOU WEREN'T THERE.
(LAUREN)
SHUT UP SAM, BEFORE
YOU RUIN EVERYTHING.
(ROSS)
NO, I'D LIKE TO HEAR
WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
(SAM)
NO, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
(Ross Clears His Throat)
I KNOW THIS IS HARD, BUT
WE'RE A FAMILY NOW AND WE'RE
GOING TO GET THROUGH
THIS...ALL OF US...TOGETHER.
I GOT A SISTER
AND A BROTHER NOW.
(AMANDA)
CAN YOU READ THIS, MOMMY?
HUH...IT SAYS OTHERS
RECOGNIZE YOUR SWEET NATURE.
MAY I BE EXCUSED?
(BONNIE)
OKAY...
(ROSS)
WHAT'S WRONG?
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL
ME YOU OWNED A GUN?
I FORGOT.
HOW DO YOU
FORGET A GUN, ROSS?
COME ON, BONNIE...
GIVE ME A BREAK...
IT'S BEEN
ALMOST TEN YEARS.
IT WAS JOAN'S IDEA.
I DIDN'T WANT ONE INSIDE
THE HOUSE BUT SHE INSISTED.
JOAN ALWAYS GOT
HER WAY; YOU KNOW THAT.
LAST TIME I SAW IT, I THINK IT
WAS IN A BOX IN THE BASEMENT.
I WOULD NEVER BRING A
GUN INSIDE THIS HOUSE.
WHY WOULD ANYONE
WANT TO KILL JOAN?
IT JUST DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE.
DID SHE SAY ANYTHING?
SHE MUST HAVE
SAID SOMETHING.
(BONNIE)
SHE WANTED ME TO MEET HER.
SHE SAID THAT AMANDA AND I
WERE IN DANGER; SHE WAS SCARED.
IN DANGER FROM WHO?
(BONNIE)
I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN'T HELP THINKING
THAT WHOEVER KILLED JOAN
IS AFTER AMANDA AND ME.
DON'T BE SILLY!
(BONNIE)
THAT'S NOT SILLY.
JOAN WAS TRYING TO
WARN ME AND NOW SHE'S DEAD.
YOU DIDN'T HEAR
HER VOICE ROSS, I DID.
I SHOULD HAVE
BELIEVED HER.
SHE'S KILLED
WITH HER OWN GUN...
THE ONE THAT'S
SUPPOSED TO PROTECT HER.
(ROSS)
WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT THAT
COP, KESSLER, THINKS.
(BONNIE)
I'M JUST SCARED
AND THE KIDS ARE TOO.
SAM HATES ME.
I THINK HATE'S
A STRONG WORD.
I DON'T BLAME HIM.
I HAVEN'T BEEN
MUCH OF A FATHER.
HE JUST
DOESN'T KNOW YOU.
GIVE HIM TIME.
AND LAUREN'S SO DIFFERENT,
SHE SO MUCH STRONGER THAN SAM.
I DON'T KNOW...I'M
WORRIED ABOUT THEM.
WELL THEY SEEM TO
HAVE TAKEN TO AMANDA.
I THINK IT'S JUST
A QUESTION OF TIME.
THEY'RE OUR
KIDS NOW,
HUH
?
SAM WILL COME
AROUND...YOU'LL SEE.
DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH.
HE'S GOT MY
STUBBORN STREAK.
ROSS, THERE WAS A
PICTURE ON JOAN'S DRESSER
AND SAM SAID
IT WAS SUZIE.
I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE
TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT...
I WAS AT WORK...SAM
WAS EIGHT, ALMOST NINE.
I REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE
SHE DROWNED TWO DAYS
BEFORE HIS BIRTHDAY.
IT WAS SIX INCHES OF WATER IN
THAT TUB, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
JOAN WENT INTO SHOCK...IT
WAS SAM WHO CALLED TO TELL ME.
THE POOR BOY.
THOSE KIDS HAVE
BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.
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(♪)
(Knocks)
(SAM)
COME IN.
HI.
WELL, I GUESS I'M NOT
SUPPOSED TO SMOKE,
HUH ?
UH...WELL NO...I'D
RATHER YOU DIDN'T.
I GUESS I COULD MAKE AN
EXCEPTION FOR ONE NIGHT, THOUGH.
(SAM)
WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW HE
WON'T HURT YOU.
UH HUH
...PRETTY
DAMN BIG, SAM.
YEAH, HE'S
ONLY SIX FEET.
HE'LL GROW
TO BE TWELVE...
EVEN BIGGER
IN THE WILD.
(BONNIE)
OH, OKAY...THAT'S
ENOUGH...DON'T PLEASE.
WHAT, HE'S NOT SLIMY.
I'LL TAKE
YOUR WORD FOR IT.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF
THINGS THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
UH HUH
...
WOULD YOU
LIKE TO HOLD HIM?
I'LL TRY.
(SAM)
PUT OUT YOUR HANDS.
(SAM)
DON'T BE SCARED.
(BONNIE)
AHH!
HE'S HEAVY.
(SAM)
YEAH, DON'T DROP HIM;
HE HATES TO BE DROPPED.
UH HUH...!
OKAY, THAT'S
ENOUGH...TAKE HIM, PLEASE.
(BONNIE)
(Nervous) OKAY...
YOU KNOW,
MY MOM LIKED YOU.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T
GET TO KNOW HER BETTER.
(SAM)
EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
MY DAD HATES
ME...DOESN'T HE?
NO, ROSS LOVES
YOU VERY MUCH.
NAH
...LAUREN'S HIS
FAVORITE...SHE ALWAYS WAS.
GIVE YOUR
DAD A CHANCE SAM.
I'LL SEE
WHAT I CAN DO.
SAM?
YOUR MOTHER SAID
THAT I WAS IN DANGER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT?
IS THAT WHY
SHE PHONED YOU?
AM I IN DANGER?
HOW WOULD I KNOW?
WHY WOULD
SOMEONE KILL MY MOM?
(BONNIE)
OKAY...GOOD-NIGHT.
(♪)
(PRIEST)
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD...
I SHALL NOT BE AND WANT.
HE MAKES ME LIE
DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES.
HE LEADS ME
BESIDE QUIET WATERS.
HE RESTORES MY SOUL.
HE GUIDES ME IN THE PATHS OF
RIGHTOUSNESS FOR HIS NAMES SAKE.
EVEN THOUGH I WALK
THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE
SHADOW OF DEATH,
I WILL FEAR NO EVIL.
IF YOU ARE WITH ME, YOUR CROSS
AND YOUR STAFF MAY COMFORT ME.
YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME
IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES.
YOU ANNOINT MY HEAD WITH OIL.
MY CUP OVERFLOWS.
SURELY GOODNESS AND LOVE WILL
FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY
LIFE AND I WILL DWELL IN THE
HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.
(PRIEST)
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNEW
JOAN WELL, WERE AWARE HER
LIFE WAS A DIFFICULT ONE.
SHE STRUGGLED WITH HER FEARS
AND DEMONS AS INDEED WE ALL DO.
SHE STRIVED TO BE A GOOD
MOTHER AND A GOOD FRIEND.
JOAN'S DEATH WAS
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
IT WAS SUDDEN,
QUICK AND VERY UNEXPECTED.
TO YOU, HER FAMILY,
AND INDEED ALL HER FRIENDS,
TAKE SOLICE IN THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT JOAN IS
AT PEACE...AND
WALKS WITH OUR SAVIOR.
(♪)
(♪)
(JOSH)
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
YOU HAVE TO
BELIEVE THAT.
(SAM)
SHE WAS DRINKING ALL WEEK.
IT ALWAYS SCARED ME
WHEN SHE GOT LIKE THAT.
(BONNIE)
HOW ARE YOU DOING
SWEETHEART; ARE YOU OKAY?
IT'S COLD.
ARE YOU WARM
ENOUGH, HONEY?
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT COP'S
FACE WHEN HE WENT IN HER ROOM...
PICKING HIS WAY
THROUGH ALL HER GARBAGE.
WHO'S THAT WITH SAM?
(LAUREN)
MR. FREEMAN;
SAMS ART TEACHER.
HE'S BEEN TO OUR
HOUSE A FEW TIMES.
JOSH FREEMAN?
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MY MOM LIKED HIM.
(JOSH)
IT'S OVER.
(SAM)
NO...IT'S NOT OVER YET.
(SAM)
YOU DIDN'T CRY.
(LAUREN)
NEITHER DID YOU.
NICK!
SAM, WHERE'S YOUR FATHER?
I DON'T KNOW.
HE WAS HERE
A SECOND AGO.
(ROSS)
IT'S QUITE A CROWD.
SEEMS SHE HAD
A LOT OF FRIENDS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.
(ROSS)
THIS HARDLY SEEMS LIKE
THE TIME OR THE PLACE.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
THE BEREAVED EX-HISBAND.
NO TEARS?
I USED THEM ALL
UP IN MY DIVORCE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
YOU OWN JOAN'S HOUSE
NOW THAT SHE'S DEAD.
I OWNED HALF OF IT WHEN WE WERE
MARRIED...WHAT'S YOUR POINT?
NO POINT.
I DIDN'T KILL JOAN, IF
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING FOR.
I HAD NO REASON.
REALLY?
YOU HAVE A HALF A MILLION
DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE POLICY
ON YOUR EX-WIFE.
OR HAD YOU FORGOTTEN?
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S
ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE
WRONG, MR. WHEELER...
IT'S ALL MY BUSINESS.
IT'S A LOT, WOULDN'T YOU
SAY...HAVING A LIFE INSURANCE
POLICY ON YOUR EX?
IT PAYS DOUBLE INDEMNITY IN CASE
OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH OR MURDER.
THAT'S A COOL
MILLION, MR. WHEELER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE HOUSE IS WORTH?
I'M SURE YOU
ALREADY KNOW.
YOU'RE
PREDICTABLE KESSLER.
THE HUSBAND'S ALWAYS
THE PRIME SUSPECT.
ONLY WHEN HE DOESN'T
HAVE AN ALIBI.
WHERE WERE YOU THAT
DAY, MR. WHEELER?
OR DON'T YOU WANT YOUR
WIFE TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
MORE TO SAY TO YOU.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
MR. WHEELER?
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
(♪)
(Birds Chirping)
(♪)
(♪)
(Knocking)
(STEVE)
BONNIE?
HI POP.
COME IN, COME IN.
YOUR HAIR'S
DIFFERENT.
WELL, EVERYTHING
HERE LOOKS THE SAME.
YEAH...PRETTY MUCH.
HOW'S ROSS?
FINE.
HE'S FINE.
YEAH, I SEE HIM
ON THE TELEVISION.
I HEAR YOU
HAD A BABY.
AMANDA.
SHE'S SIX NOW POP.
I SURE WOULD
LIKE TO MEET HER.
I'M NOT HERE
FOR A REUNION, POP.
(BONNIE)
IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU AND ME.
(STEVE)
I SEE.
I'M LOOKING FOR NICK.
I KNOW HE'S OUT AND
I THINK HE'S HERE...IS HE?
HE'S DOING
REAL GOOD, BONNIE.
(STEVE)
HE'S GOT A PART-TIME
JOB AT WAGNER ELECTRIC.
(STEVE)
LYLE'S KID...HE'S
GOT THE SHOP NOW.
HE SHOULD BE
HOME BY ANY MINUTE.
YOU CAN
TALK TO HIM THEN.
(BONNIE)
OKAY.
MAYBE THE THREE OF US
CAN HAVE SUPPER TOGETHER.
I CAN'T DO THAT.
(BONNIE)
SORRY.
THIS IS ABOUT THAT
NOSY COP, ISN'T IT?
(STEVE)
KESSLER.
SO THEN YOU
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
(STEVE)
YEAH, I SAW IT ON THE
NEWS...EVERYONE KNOWS.
NOW, YOU DON'T THINK YOUR
BROTHER HAD ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THAT
WOMAN'S DEATH, DO YA?
HE'S A GOOD BOY.
WHAT DID YOU
TELL KESSLER, POP?
(STEVE)
THE TRUTH.
NICK WAS WITH ME
THAT DAY...ALL DAY.
HE WOULDN'T HURT A FLY.
YOU GOTTA
HAVE MORE FAITH
IN YOUR BROTHER, BONNIE.
HE REALLY
LOOKED UP TO YOU.
(The Back Door
Slams Shut)
(NICK)
HEY POP...I'M HOME!
IS THERE
ANYTHING TO EAT?
(NICK)
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU?
YOU LOOK LIKE
YOU'VE SEEN A GHOST.
AND SO YOU HAVE.
BONNIE.
HI NICK.
DID YOU COME HOME TO SEE
HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES?
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.
SURE.
I GUESS WE'LL
BE OUT BACK.
(♪)
(♪)
(BONNIE)
IS THAT YOURS?
(NICK)
MIGHT BE.
PRETTY NICE FOR AN APPRENTICE
ELECTRICIAN FRESH OUT OF JAIL.
ELECTRICIAN?
IS THAT WHAT
POP TOLD YOU?
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
THE TRUTH NICK...FOR ONCE?
STILL ANGRY AFTER
ALL THESE YEARS.
(NICK)
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU
HAVEN'T BROUGHT YOUR
LITTLE GIRL
BY TO MEET POP.
YOU LIVE WHAT...
TEN MILES FROM HERE?
THE OLD BOY AIN'T
GONNA
LIVE FOREVER.
I'M SURE HE'D LOVE TO
MEET HIS ONLY GRANDDAUGHTER.
DON'T TURN THIS AROUND.
YOU KNOW THAT'S
NOT WHY I'M HERE.
WELL I THOUGHT MAYBE IT
WAS TO PATCH UP THE PAST.
APPARENTLY I WAS WRONG.
WHY WAS YOUR NAME IN
JOAN WHEELER'S ADDRESS BOOK?
WHO SAYS IT WAS?
HOW DO YOU
KNOW HER NICK?
I DIDN'T.
I SAW YOU
AT THE FUNERAL.
NOW, WHAT WERE YOU DOING
THERE IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW HER?
YEAH, I WAS THERE.
SO WHAT?
I DIDN'T KILL HER!
IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE THINKING.
YOU DID THREE YEARS FOR
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY OUT
OF LEFT FIELD, NICK!
I GOT CAUGHT UP WITH SOME DOPERS
TRYING TO MAKE SOME FAST CASH.
I SCREWED UP, OKAY?
(NICK)
I SURE AS HELL DIDN'T
TRY TO KILL ANYONE.
I JUST GOT TARRED WITH
THE SAME BRUSH IS ALL.
BESIDES, WHAT WOULD
I POSSIBLY HAVE TO GAIN
BY KILLING
ROSS'S EX-WIFE?
I DON'T KNOW.
(BONNIE)
I JUST DON'T KNOW.
BUT I WANT YOU TO STAY
AWAY FROM ME AND MY FAMILY,
DO YOU HEAR ME?
LITTLE AMANDA DOESN'T
WANT TO MEET HER UNCLE NICK?
(BONNIE)
JUST STAY AWAY!
(NICK)
YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN ALIBI.
(BONNIE)
POP IS HARDLY AN ALIBI.
HE'D DO ANYTHING TO KEEP
YOU OUT OF TROUBLE, NICK.
HE LOVES YOU.
YOU MAKE IT SOUND
LIKE A DIRTY WORD.
(BONNIE)
YOU'RE ON PAROLE.
YOU WATCH YOUR STEP OR I'LL
TURN YOU IN MYSELF IF I HAVE TO.
DON'T THINK I WON'T.
(NICK)
COME ON BONNIE,
I'M STILL YOUR BROTHER.
YOU'RE TROUBLE
AND YOU ALWAYS WERE.
I THINK YOU'RE JUST PISSED
BECAUSE MOM LEFT ME THE HOUSE.
IF MOM KNEW THAT POP
WAS GOING TO MOVE BACK IN,
I THINK SHE WOULD
HAVE THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT
LEAVING YOU THE HOUSE.
WELL, I GUESS LUCKY
FOR HIM SHE'S DEAD.
(SCHOOL TEACHER)
OKAY CHILDREN, STAY TOGETHER.
WATCH OUT, IT'S ICY.
(♪)
(SCHOOL TEACHER)
BE CAREFUL...IT'S
ICY ON THE BRIDGE.
(♪)
(♪)
(Slight Noise)
(AMANDA)
(Laughs) HEY!
(♪)
(AMANDA)
WHERE DID YOU GO?
(SCHOOL TEACHER)
OKAY KIDS,
STICK TOGETHER.
WE'RE HEADING
TO THE BUS NOW.
(BONNIE)
HI.
(CHILD)
MOMMY!
(BONNIE)
AMANDA?
(BONNIE)
AMANDA?!
(BONNIE)
AMANDA!
(Twig Snaps)
(AMANDA)
THERE YOU ARE!
(AMANDA)
COME BACK!
(Giggles)
(BONNIE)
AMANDA!
(♪)
(BONNIE)
AMANDA!
(♪)
(Faint Scream
In Distance)
(BONNIE)
AMANDA!
(♪)
(BONNIE)
AMANDA!
(♪)
(BONNIE)
AMANDA HONEY, WHERE ARE YOU?
(BONNIE)
AMANDA?!!
(AMANDA)
(Panicked) MOMMY!
(Amanda Cries)
(BONNIE)
HI HONEY...WHAT IS IT?
I WAS SO
WORRIED ABOUT YOU!
(Eerie Music)
(BONNIE)
BE CAREFUL, THE
BRIDGE IS SLIPPERY.
(BONNIE)
BE CAREFUL...THERE'S A
BIG STEP DOWN THERE, ALRIGHT?
(BONNIE)
IT'S OKAY, HONEY,
I'M GOING TO GET YOU
ANOTHER PANDA BEAR
JUST LIKE THIS ONE.
(AMANDA)
NO!
HONEY, I'M GOING TO GET YOU
ANOTHER ONE EXACTLY LIKE THIS.
(AMANDA)
NO...
(BONNIE)
KESSLER!
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
WHAT HAPPENED?
(AMANDA)
I GOT LOST.
(BONNIE)
SHE WAS LURED OFF THE
PATH WITH THIS...IT'S HER
FAVORITE STUFFED ANIMAL.
WE FOUND IT STABBED
TO A TREE WITH THIS.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
YOU SHOULD HAVE
LEFT IT WHERE IT WAS.
(BONNIE)
I WASN'T THINKING AND SHE
WOULDN'T LEAVE THE WOODS
WITHOUT HER BEAR.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
AMANDA?
CAN I SEE YOUR
LITTLE PANDA BEAR?
(AMANDA)
NO, HE'S HURT.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
WHO HAD YOUR BEAR, AMANDA?
WAS IT A BOY...A GIRL?
(AMANDA)
I DON'T KNOW.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
ARE YOU SURE IT'S HERS?
THERE MUST BE
HUNDREDS LIKE IT.
(BONNIE)
HONEY.
SIT HERE FOR A MINUTE...
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, OKAY?
(BONNIE)
HER NAME IS
WRITTEN ON THE TAG.
IT'S HER FAVORITE
STUFFED ANIMAL.
SHE LEFT IT ON
THE SEAT OF THE BUS.
WHOEVER TOOK IT
KNEW IT WAS HERS.
JOAN SAID SHE
WAS IN DANGER.
DOESN'T THIS PROVE IT?
WAS ANYONE SEEN?
(BONNIE)
NO...THE BUS DRIVER LEFT
THE DOOR OPEN WHEN HE WENT
TO USE THE WASHROOM.
I'LL HAVE THE KNIFE
CHECKED FOR PRINTS.
IT'S PROBABLY BEEN
WIPED CLEAN, THOUGH.
I WASN'T THINKING.
IT'S ALRIGHT; YOU WERE
WORRIED ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER,
I'LL HAVE A CAR WATCH AMANDA'S
SCHOOL FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
(BONNIE)
OKAY, HONEY...WE'RE
GOING TO GO HOME NOW.
(ROSS)(On TV)
THE HUSKIES WILL HIT THE ICE
AT WILSON ARENA THIS WEEKEND.
TOMORROW NIGHT'S GAME STARTS AT
6:00PM; THE FIRST OF TWO HOME
GAMES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
(MARLA)
DON'T LET THE
WEATHER KEEP YOU HOME.
I'LL BE THERE
CHEERING ON THE HUSKIES.
(AMANDA)
DADDY HASN'T
PULLED HIS EAR YET!
(SAM)
WHAT?
DADDY SAID HE'D PULL
HIS EAR TO SAY HI TO ME.
(ROSS)
I'M ROSS WHEELER.
(MARLA)
AND I'M MARLA BRINZELLE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
(ROSS)
WE'LL SEE YOU
TOMORROW...TAKE CARE.
SEE, I TOLD YOU.
(ROSS)
THE OTHER DAY SHE ASKED ME
HOW LONG WERE THEY STAYING.
YOU'RE A
GOOD MAN, ROSS.
(MARLA)
OH...!
(ROSS)
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
(MARLA)
HI BONNIE...I WAS JUST...
TUGGING ON MY
HUSBANDS EAR?
(MARLA)
SORRY.
HEY!
(BONNIE)
HI.
WHAT'S WRONG?
SHE'S FLIRTING WITH YOU.
ARE YOU JEALOUS?
I DON'T KNOW,
ROSS...SHOULD I BE?
(MAN)
HOUSE LIGHTS, PLEASE...
HOUSE LIGHTS.
GOODNIGHT, PEOPLE.
(SAM)
YOUR BROTHER'S HERE.
(BONNIE)
I KNOW...I SAW HIS
CAR...WHAT DOES HE WANT?
(SAM)
I DON'T KNOW BUT
HE'S MAKING DINNER.
(BONNIE)
OH, PERFECT!
(NICK)
YOU KNOW, YOU
COULD BE A MODEL.
(LAUREN)
DO YOU THINK?
(NICK)
A PRETTY GIRL LIKE YOU?
ABSOLUTELY!
(LAUREN)
I'D RATHER BE A TV REPORTER
LIKE MARLA BRINZELLE.
(BONNIE)
MARLA READS THE NEWS LAUREN.
THAT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE
TO BEING A REPORTER.
HI NICK, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING HERE?
LOOKING FOR
A SECOND CHANCE.
OUT!
NOW!
HE'S MAKING HIS
FAMOUS SPAGHETTI SAUCE.
WHY CAN'T HE STAY?
BECAUSE HE HAS SOMEWHERE
ELSE TO BE...DON'T YOU NICK?
OH COME ON...JUST HAVE ONE
LITTLE TASTE AND THEN I'LL GO.
(NICK)
SERIOUSLY, JUST OPEN
UP...OPEN UP THE CAVE AND
THE LITTLE TRUCK WILL
JUST DRIVE STRAIGHT IN.
(NICK)
ALRIGHT, AMANDA...HERE
YOU GO...JUST FOR YOU...
SUPER SPECIAL.
(AMANDA)
THANK YOU.
(NICK)
GO TO YOUR CHAIR.
(NICK)
ALRIGHT, BIG GUY,
HOW MUCH FOR YOU?
(SAM)
UH
...JUST LOAD IT UP.
(DIANA)
I DUG UP A LITTLE
INFORMATION ON SAM'S
ART TEACHER,
JOSH FREEMAN.
(BONNIE)
DO I REALLY
WANT TO KNOW THIS?
I DON'T SLEEP WELL
ENOUGH AS IT IS.
I DID WHAT YOU ASKED.
OKAY.
APPARENTLY, IT'S BEEN
ALMOST THREE YEARS SINCE
HIS LAST
TEACHING ASSIGNMENT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
USE YOUR IMAGINATION.
A THREE YEAR HIATUS?
THAT CAN'T BE GOOD.
SOMETHING KEPT HIM
OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
(BONNIE)
THE SCHOOL BOARD
WOULDN'T HIRE...
(DIANA)
I THINK IT'S TIME YOU HAD
A LITTLE CHAT WITH YOUR STEPSON.
(DIANA)
ANGRY MUSIC,
ANGRY CLOTHES, ANGRY BOY.
HE'S GOT ROSS'S EYES.
I'VE NOTICED THAT.
(LAUREN)
IS IT TRUE YOU
WERE IN JAIL?
(NICK)
WELL, I'LL PUT IT TO YOU THIS
WAY, KID; I'VE BEEN IN SOME
SCARY PLACES THAT I WISH
I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BUT,
DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING
YOU READ IN THE PAPERS...
OR HEAR FROM OTHERS,
ESPECIALLY MY SISTER.
THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS
THEY APPEAR, ARE THEY BONNIE?
OH COME ON; DO US A
FAVOR AND GIVE US A SMILE.
(NICK)
THIS IS A SPECIAL
OCCASION AFTER ALL;
IT'S A FAMILY REUNION.
NICK, I'D APPRECIATE
IT IF YOU KEPT YOUR
CONVERSATION
TO A MINIMUM.
MY NIECE ASKED
ME A QUESTION.
I WAS JUST BEING A
GOOD UNCLE; IS THAT WRONG?
IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A
ROLE MODEL, YOU CAN DO BETTER
THAN YOUR UNCLE NICK
AND IF YOU NEED SOME ADVISE,
YOU CAN ASK
YOUR FATHER OR ME.
(SAM)
IF HE EVER COMES HOME...
(DIANA)
NOT HUNGRY?
(SAM)
NO, NOT REALLY.
HOW ARE YOU
AT FIXING THINGS?
LIKE WHAT?
I WAS THINKIN' OF
WALLPAPERING MY SPARE BEDROOM.
(DIANA)
THINK YOU CAN
DO THAT FOR ME?
(SAM)
MMMM HMMM.
I COULD USE SOMEBODY
WHO'S GOOD WITH HIS HANDS.
(DIANA)
ARE YOU OR AREN'T YOU?
UH...YEAH...
SURE, I CAN TRY.
CAN I HELP?
(SAM)
SHE DIDN'T ASK YOU!
IT'S ALRIGHT...
IT'S A BIG JOB.
YOU BOTH
CAN PITCH IN.
(MARLA)
DO YOU THINK THOSE NEW
PROMOS WILL HELP OUR RATINGS?
I REALLY DON'T SEE
THE POINT SOMETIMES.
(ROSS)
THEY CAN'T HURT.
(MARLA)
I SAW MY FACE ON
THE BILLBOARD TODAY.
ROSS?
IS MY SMILE TOO
BIG FOR TELEVISION?
(Ross Laughs)
WHAT, ARE YOU
KIDDING ME?
YOU'RE SMILE
IS PERFECT.
(ROSS)
DON'T CHANGE A THING.
(NICK)
YOU KNOW, YOU
HAVE A DISHWASHER.
(BONNIE)
THEY WON'T COME CLEAN
IF I DON'T WASH THEM FIRST.
(NICK)
NOW THAT'S LOGIC.
NICK, I APPRECIATE
YOU COOKING DINNER,
BUT THE TRUTH
IS...YOU SCARE ME.
YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?
YOUR BEST FRIEND
IS IN THERE HITTING
ON YOUR STEPSON
AND I SCARE YOU?
WHY NOW?
WHY THE SUDDEN INTEREST
IN PATCHING THINGS UP?
NICK, I NEED TO ASK YOU
WHERE YOU WERE THIS AFTERNOON.
COME ON BONNIE; SCARING LITTLE
KIDS AIN'T EXACTLY MY STYLE.
(DIANA)
I'M HEADING HOME.
GIVE MY
LOVE TO ROSS.
(BONNIE)
I WILL AND THANKS
FOR COMING OUT.
(NICK)
AND THANKS FOR HELPING
WITH THE DISHES.
DID YOU KISS
SAM GOOD-NIGHT?
(DIANA)
YOUR CHARM'S
WEARING THIN NICK.
GOOD NIGHT, BONNIE.
NICK.
(Nick Laughs)
YOU HAVE
TO GO NOW TOO.
(BONNIE)
GOODNIGHT, NICK.
ALRIGHT.
(♪)
(Knock)
(LAUREN)
I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD.
(BONNIE)
ROSS.
(BONNIE)
OH...OKAY...THAT'S
BETTER NOW,
HUH
?
MAYBE IT'S THE FLU.
MAYBE NICK'S
SPAGHETTI SAUCE.
(BONNIE)
YOU THINK MAYBE IF
I MADE YOU SOME TEA,
YOU COULD
KEEP IT DOWN?
(Lauren Gets Sick)
CAN YOU ASK MY DAD
IF HE'LL STAY WITH ME
UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP?
(BONNIE)
SURE.
(School Bell Rings)
HI BONNIE.
(BONNIE)
HI.
HOW WAS IT TODAY?
PEOPLE ASK THE
STUPIDEST QUESTIONS.
THEY'RE
JUST CURIOUS.
THEY'RE MORBID.
SO, HAVE
YOU SEEN SAM?
(LAUREN)
I THINK HE CUT...I HAVEN'T
SEEN HIM SINCE LUNCH.
I THOUGHT MY DAD WAS
SUPPOSED TO PICK US UP.
WELL, HE GOT
STUCK AT THE STUDIO.
HE'S ALWAYS THERE...
DO YOU MIND IF I GO OVER
TO MY FRIEND CRYSTAL'S HOUSE?
NO, I DON'T THINK
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
YOU'VE BEEN SICK, LAUREN.
WHAT I NEED
IS SOME FRESH AIR.
OKAY.
THANK'S.
(BONNIE)
UH
...DO YOUR COAT UP!
(♪)
(♪)
DO YOU ALWAYS MEET
SECRETLY WITH YOUR STUDENTS?
EXCUSE ME?
I'M SAM'S STEPMOTHER,
BONNIE WHEELER.
NO, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I SAW YOU
AT THE FUNERAL.
CAN WE TALK?
DO I HAVE A CHOICE?
SO, WHY AM I
SO INTERESTING?
YOUR NAME WAS IN
JOAN'S ADDRESS BOOK.
I'D LIKE TO ASK
YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.
YOU SOUND LIKE KESSLER.
(BONNIE)
HOW CLOSE WERE
YOU AND JOAN?
WELL, WE WEREN'T INTIMATE, IF
THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE THINKING.
JOAN AND I WERE...
KINDRED SPIRITS.
SHE LOST A CHILD.
I LOST A WIFE AND
SON IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
(JOSH)
A DRUNK DRIVER.
JOAN UNDERSTOOD
THE...EMPTINESS.
I DIDN'T WORK.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE.
AS FAR AS MY RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOUR STEPSON...
MY SON'S DEAD,
SAM'S NOT.
SAM HAS A FATHER.
HE DOES?
(BONNIE)
THAT'S NOT FAIR.
YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW ROSS.
DO YOU?
ROSS DID HIS BEST
FOR JOAN AND HIS KIDS.
SHE WAS A VERY
DIFFICULT WOMAN.
YOU KNOW THAT...
YOU WERE HER FRIEND.
ROSS CHEATED ON
JOAN...MORE THAN ONCE.
SAM TOLD ME.
SAM WAS A LITTLE BOY.
HOW WOULD HE
EVEN KNOW THAT?
JOAN SAID THE SAME.
REALLY?
SAM IS SCARED.
SOMEONE'S KILLED HIS MOTHER
AND HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO OR WHY.
JOAN SAID MY DAUGHTER
AND I WERE IN DANGER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT?
YOU THINK THAT WHOEVER
KILLED JOAN IS AFTER
YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER?
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO THINK.
(MARLA)
CAREFUL.
IT MIGHT BREAK.
(MARLA)
YOU CAN'T SERIOUSLY BELIEVE
ROSS KILLED HIS EX-WIFE?
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
YOU PICKED HIM UP HERE AT
THE STUDIO JUST
AFTER 4:00PM THAT DAY.
WHERE WAS HE FOR
THE PREVIOUS TWO HOURS?
AND WHERE WERE YOU?
ROSS DISAPPEARS SOMETIMES.
(MARLA)
HE'S GOT A LOT ON
HIS MIND; I DO THE SAME.
YOU'D UNDERSTAND THE NEED
FOR PRIVACY IF YOUR FACE
WAS ON
TELEVISION EVERY DAY.
NOT TO MENTION TWO DOZEN
BILLBOARDS AROUND THE CITY.
I UNDERSTAND...THE
AMAZING DISAPPEARING ACT.
DO THE TWO OF YOU EVER
PRACTICE THAT TOGETHER?
I DON'T KNOW WHERE
ROSS WAS THAT DAY.
I WAS HAVING MY
HAIR CONDITIONED.
OH.
(MARLA)
IT'S WINTER...IT'S DRY.
YOU CAN CHECK
WITH MY STYLIST.
(Dog Barking)
ARE YOU OKAY?
YES, WHY?
YOU JUST DON'T
LOOK YOURSELF.
I'M FINE, REALLY...I JUST
NEED A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
ROSS?
DID YOU LOVE JOAN?
A LONG TIME AGO.
I LOVE YOU MORE.
SO, WHEN WAS IT OVER?
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
WHEN JOAN
STARTED DRINKING.
AFTER SUZIE...YOU
KNOW...THE ACCIDENT.
I STUCK IT OUT THE BEST
I COULD BUT...I THINK THE KIDS
KNEW BEFORE I DID
THAT IT WAS OVER.
(ROSS)
I DON'T THINK I
WOULD HAVE EVER LEFT.
POOR LAUREN...SHE COULDN'T
FIGURE OUT WHY HER DADDY WAS
SLEEPING ON THE COUCH.
AND THEN I MET YOU AND
IT JUST...SEEMED SO EASY.
(ROSS)
WHY DO YOU WANT
TO HEAR THIS?
COME TO BED.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING
THE DAY JOAN WAS KILLED?
YOU THINK I MURDERED THE
MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN...
IS THAT WHAT
YOUR ASKING?
(BONNIE)
NO.
NO, I JUST...I CALLED YOU
SEVERAL TIMES ON THE CELL AND
YOU DIDN'T ANSWER.
I WENT FOR A WALK TO CLEAR MY
HEAD BEFORE OUR RATINGS MEETING.
WE'RE THIRD IN
A MARKET OF FOUR.
I DON'T THINK I NEED
TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS.
(ROSS)
I'VE ALREADY
TOLD YOU ALL THIS.
YOU WENT FOR A
WALK BY YOURSELF?
WHAT'S GOING ON...
YOU DON'T TRUST ME?
YOU KNEW JOAN
WAS DEAD AND YOU
SHOWED UP AT THAT
HOUSE WITH MARLA.
(BONNIE)
WHY?
BECAUSE SHE WAS THERE
AND SHE OFFERED TO COME!
THAT'S CONVENIENT, ISN'T IT?
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
SAM TOLD HIS ART TEACHER
THAT YOU SCREWED AROUND ON JOAN
MORE THAN ONCE.
NOW YOU TELL ME
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
YOU TOLD YOUR TEACHER I
SCREWED AROUND ON YOUR MOTHER?
IT'S THE TRUTH!
YOUR MOTHER WAS A DRUNK
WHO COULDN'T GET OUT OF
BED BEFORE NOON.
SHE RUINED OUR LIVES
AND NOW YOU WANT TO DESTROY
EVERYTHING
THAT I HAVE HERE?
(SAM)
YOU KILLED HER.
EVERYONE THINKS IT BUT
NO ONE HAS THE COURAGE
TO SAY IT OUT LOUD!
(BONNIE)
TAKE IT EASY, ROSS.
SAM...ARE YOU
GOING TO BE OKAY?
YEAH.
HONEY, THERE'S SOMEONE
I WANT YOU TO MEET.
WHO?
MY FATHER...
YOUR GRANDFATHER.
OH, THAT'S COOL!
YEAH, THAT IS COOL.
(♪)
(BONNIE)
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE
HOUSE WHERE WE GREW UP IN.
(AMANDA)
COOL.
(♪)
(STEVE)
YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE
YOUR UNCLE NICK'S TOYS
WHEN HE WAS
A LITTLE GUY.
HERE, LET ME SHOW
YOU SOMETHING, OKAY?
HERE, WHO'S THIS GUY?
(Toy Sounds Slow)
(AMANDA)
I GUESS HE'S TOO OLD.
YEAH...HERE, MAYBE
YOU CAN GET IT TO TALK.
YOU GOT THE MAGIC TOUCH.
(♪)
(♪)
AND THAT IS YOUR MOTHER.
SHE'S NOT MUCH
OLDER THAN YOU THERE.
IS THE BABY
MY UNCLE NICK?
THAT'S YOUR UNCLE NICK.
AND THIS IS
YOUR GRANDMOTHER.
THAT'S YOUR MOM'S MOM.
(STEVE)
CHRISTMAS TIME...
(Amanda Laughs)
(NICK)
WELL, LOOK WHO'S HERE.
(AMANDA)
HI UNCLE NICK!
(NICK)
HEY YOURSELF.
(♪)
POP...WHERE'S BONNIE?
(STEVE)
SHE'S UPSTAIRS.
(NICK)
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I FELT A SMILE ON
ME...LOOK, I'M FINE.
YOU ALWAYS
HATED THIS ROOM.
WHAT MADE
YOU SO SPECIAL?
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DID,
THEY ALWAYS FORGAVE YOU.
AH, YOU'VE
GOT IT BACKWARD.
MOM ALWAYS SAID YOU
WERE THE PERFECT ONE...
HER GOOD LITTLE GIRL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD
LET POP MOVE BACK IN HERE.
HE LEFT US NICK...FOR ANOTHER
WOMAN AND I WAS LEFT TO TAKE
CARE OF MOM ALL ON MY OWN.
HE HAS NO RIGHT TO LIVE IN
THIS HOUSE NOW THAT SHE'S DEAD.
SHE MADE HERSELF SICK.
EVERY TIME A DOCTOR TOLD
HER TO GET OUT OF THAT BED
SHE FOUND ANOTHER ONE
WITH A PRESCRIPTION PAD.
(NICK)
DON'T YOU REMEMBER?
YOU COULDN'T HUG HER...
YOU COULDN'T MAKE ANY NOISE.
WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO
HAVE OUR FRIENDS OVER.
POP LEFT BECAUSE HE
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
I KEPT THINKING
HE'D COME BACK.
MAYBE YOU'RE JUST ANGRY BECAUSE
HE DIDN'T TAKE YOU WITH HIM.
(NICK)
YOU CAN'T CHANGE
THE PAST, SIS.
(♪)
(♪)
(♪)
(Coughing)
(Lauren Gets Sick)
LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE
GOT LAUREN'S FLU.
(BONNIE)
I HATE BEING SICK.
MY MOTHER
WAS ALWAYS SICK.
(SAM)
MY MOM WAS ALWAYS DRUNK.
(BONNIE)
OH...THANK YOU.
YOU MISS HER,
DON'T YOU?
IT'S OKAY TO
MISS HER, SAM.
(♪)
(♪)
(DR. MILLER)
HI BONNIE!
(BONNIE)
HI.
(BONNIE)
YOU WERE AWAY,
HUH ?
(DR. MILLER)
YEAH, FOR A COUPLE
WEEKS IN FLORIDA.
MY BROTHER GOT MARRIED.
IT'S HIS SECOND TIME AROUND,
SO I HOPE IT STICKS THIS TIME.
I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE
A LITTLE LOOK HERE, OKAY?
(DR. MILLER)
HOW LONG HAVE
YOU FELT THIS WAY?
A WEEK...
MAYBE A LITTLE MORE.
(DR. MILLER)
HURT?
(BONNIE)
A LITTLE.
HOW'S YOUR APPETITE?
THE THOUGHT OF
FOOD TURNS MY STOMACH.
I'VE BEEN EATING
BROTH AND SOUP MOSTLY.
A LITTLE CHINESE FOOD.
(DR. MILLER)
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE
LOST SOME WEIGHT, HERE.
ARE YOU UNDER
ANY UNDUE STRESS?
UH
...MY STEPCHILDREN
CAME TO LIVE WITH ME.
THAT'LL DO IT.
GOOD KIDS?
I THINK SO, YEAH.
THEY'RE TRYING
TO KEEP ME FED.
MY STEPSON MAKES
A MEAN CHICKEN SOUP.
OKAY, CAN I
HAVE A LISTEN?
BREATHE IN FOR ME.
GOOD...ONE MORE.
GOOD, GOOD.
(BONNIE)
SO, WILL I LIVE?
WELL, IT'S NOT THE FLU.
YOU DON'T HAVE
A TEMPERATURE.
I THINK YOU'RE SUFFERING
FROM AN INNER EAR INFECTION.
THERE'S SOME
INFLAMMATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO DO
SOME BLOOD JUST TO SEE
WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
WHY DO I FEEL
SICK TO MY STOMACH?
YOUR BODY'S
FIGHTING AN INFECTION.
THE INNER EAR
CONTROLS YOUR BALANCE.
THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE
DIZZINESS AND UPSET STOMACH.
(DR. MILLER)
YOU SAID THERE WAS
BLOOD IN YOUR SALIVA?
A LITTLE, YEAH.
(DR. MILLER)
DO YOU USE A HARD
OR SOFT TOOTHBRUSH?
HARD.
TRY A SOFT.
ANY BLOOD
IN YOUR STOOL?
NO.
WELL YOU CAN GET
DRESSED AND TAKE THIS TO
THE LAB DOWN THE HALL.
WE SHOULD HAVE THE
RESULTS IN A COUPLE DAYS.
SO, WILL THEY
TEST FOR AIDS?
IS THERE SOMETHING
YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME?
NO...I'M MARRIED.
OKAY.
(DR. MILLER)
DOWN THE HALL.
(DIANA)
THANKS FOR COMING WITH ME.
YOU KNOW I'M
TERRIBLE WITH COLORS.
HOW LONG HAVE
WE BEEN FRIENDS?
SINCE FOREVER.
I WENT TO THE
DOCTOR TODAY.
I HAD AN AIDS TEST.
WHY?
(BONNIE) WHY NOT?
I THINK ROSS IS
HAVING AN AFFAIR.
REALLY?
WITH MARLA.
OH, NO WONDER
YOU'RE FEELING SICK.
HOW LONG DID
YOU SAY IT IS?
(SAM)
ABOUT SIX FEET.
ANY IDEAS?
THEY LIKE HEAT...
HE COULD BE IN A VENT.
OH, WE BETTER
GET LOOKING THEN.
(SAM)
HEY, THANKS FOR COMIN' OVER.
YEAH, NO SWEAT.
HEY, WHERE'S YOUR DAD?
OH, HE'S AT WORK.
DOES HE KNOW YOUR
SNAKE'S MISSING?
THEN WE BETTER FIND
IT BEFORE HE GETS HOME.
COME ON.
(♪)
(♪)
(BONNIE)
NICK?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
UM
...HEARD
YOU WERE SICK.
CAN I GET A GLASS
OF WATER, PLEASE?
YEAH.
(BONNIE)
THANKS.
(NICK)
YEAH, SURE...I'LL
GET THAT FOR YOU.
(♪)
(Eerie Music)
(♪)
(♪)
(Amanda Screams)
(BONNIE)
OH!
COME WITH ME!
(SAM)
HEY, DON'T KILL IT!
(NICK)
ALRIGHT, SAM,
PUT THAT THING AWAY
BEFORE IT KILLS SOMEONE.
(BONNIE)
HOW DARE YOU BRING
A GUN INTO MY HOUSE!
INTO MY
DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM!
(NICK)
I'M SORRY.
YOU'VE NEVER BEEN
SORRY FOR ANYTHING
A DAY IN
YOUR LIFE, NICK.
I'M CALLING THE POLICE
AND THIS TIME I MEAN IT.
BONNIE...I AM THE POLICE.
(BONNIE)
THAT'S QUITE A STORY, NICK.
(NICK)
IT'S THE TRUTH.
(LAUREN)
I'LL STAY WITH AMANDA
UNTIL SHE FALLS ASLEEP.
(BONNIE)
THANK YOU LAUREN.
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.
I DIDN'T
THINK YOU WOULD.
(BONNIE)
WHY SHOULD I?
I DIDN'T GO
TO PRISON, BONNIE.
THAT WAS ALL
JUST PART OF A SHOW.
DEEP COVER.
THE COURT AND THE
TRIAL...I WAS THERE NICK.
DOES POP KNOW?
NO.
(BONNIE)
HE'D BE PROUD.
WHAT'S YOU'RE CONNECTION
TO JOAN AND DON'T TELL ME
THERE ISN'T ONE.
AH...
SHE CALLED ME
MUMBLING ABOUT WHATEVER HAD
HAPPENED TO HER DAUGHTER
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO AMANDA.
WHAT'S GOING ON NICK...
WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?
I DON'T KNOW BUT
SHE SOUNDED SCARED.
WELL, SHE HAD A
GOOD REASON TO BE.
I DON'T KNOW...
(ROSS)
HEY...SORRY I'M LATE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
AHH
...I JUST CAME
OVER FOR A CUP OF COFFEE.
I GOTTA GO...
SEE YOU GUYS.
(BONNIE)
SEE YA.
(JOSH)
YOUR CALL SURPRISED ME...
I DIDN'T THINK I'D
HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN.
(BONNIE)
WELL, I COULD USE A FRIEND.
JOSH, I NEED TO GET SOME
ANSWERS AND I THINK YOU
WERE THE PERSON
WHO KNEW JOAN BEST.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
WELL, I COULD NEVER
UNDERSTAND HOW SHE COULD LEAVE
A LITTLE BABY IN THE
BATH UNATTENDED...SO SMALL.
DIDN'T ROSS TELL
YOU WHAT HAPPENED?
ROSS BLAMED JOAN...
SUZIE'S DEATH...THAT'S WHY
THEY DIVORCED...IT'S
NOT A GOOD PLACE TO GO.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST.
SO MY BROTHER SAYS.
JOAN MADE A MISTAKE.
IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT...
ONE SHE COULDN'T ERASE
NO MATTER HOW
HARD SHE DRANK.
SAM WAS IN THE KITCHEN...
HE SET OFF THE SMOKE ALARM.
HE WAS FOOLING AROUND WITH
THE STOVE...TRYING TO BAKE
HIMSELF A BIRTHDAY CAKE.
THE KITCHEN FILLED WITH
SMOKE AND HE SCREAMED.
ROSS WAS AT WORK?
(JOSH)
RIGHT.
JOAN WAS UPSTAIRS
BATHING SUZIE.
SHE RAN DOWNSTAIRS TO SEE WHAT
WAS GOING ON WITH THE SMOKE.
SHE WAS ONLY GONE
FOR A MINUTE.
AND SAM NEVER TALKED
TO YOU ABOUT THIS?
(JOSH)
NO...NO, HE'S BLOCKED
IT OUT COMPLETELY.
JOAN ACTUALLY
ENVIED HIM FOR THAT.
JOAN KEPT A SCRAPBOOK
WITH PHOTOS AND CLIPPINGS
OF AMANDA AND ME.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT?
NO, THAT DOESN'T
SOUND LIKE JOAN.
I DON'T THINK SHE
EVEN OWNED A CAMERA.
BUT AGAIN, I DIDN'T
KNOW SHE OWNED A GUN.
(Bonnie's
Cell Phone Rings)
(BONNIE)
EXCUSE ME.
HELLO?
BONNIE, IT'S DR. MILLER.
I'M LOOKING AT THE
RESULTS OF YOUR BLOOD TEST...
(BONNIE)
THE AIDS TEST?
NO, THAT WAS NEGATIVE.
BONNIE, THERE ARE HIGH LEVELS
ARSENIC IN YOUR BLOOD SYSTEM.
WHAT...HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
MOST LIKELY, RAT POISON.
SOMEONE'S TRYING TO KILL ME!
(BONNIE)
AMANDA, COME ON...
OUT OF THE CAR.
(BONNIE)
I JUST PULLED
AMANDA OUT OF SCHOOL.
DON'T YOU TELL ME
TO CALM DOWN, KESSLER,
SOMONE'S
TRYING TO KILL ME!
(JOSH)
I GOT IT...I GOT IT!
(JOSH)
D.M.S.A...AND THE PHARMACIST
SAYS YOU NEED TO DRINK LOTS OF
LIQUIDS TO FLUSH
YOUR SYSTEM, OKAY?
(BONNIE)
THANK YOU.
(JOSH)
GOOD.
SO...DID YOU
FIND ANYTHING?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M
LOOKING FOR...RAT POISON'S
ODOURLESS AND TASTELESS...
IT COULD BE IN ANYTHING.
BUT ONLY YOU GOT SICK
SO IT'S NOT THE MILK.
(BONNIE) RIGHT.
CHICKEN SOUP...
WHO MADE THIS?
SAM.
CAN I HAVE SOME?
(BONNIE)
NO, HONEY.
(AMANDA)
PLEASE MOM, PLEASE!
NO!
(BONNIE)
DIANA, IT'S ME BONNIE.
IF YOU'RE THERE, PICK UP!
OKAY, LISTEN, AMANDA AND I
ARE COMING OVER TO YOUR HOUSE.
I'LL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING
TO YOU WHEN YOU GET HOME,
BUT PLEASE
CALL ME ON MY CELL.
AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T
TELL ANYBODY WHERE I AM.
(BONNIE)
LET'S GO.
COME ON.
(BONNIE)
SHE KEEPS A KEY
HERE SOMEWHERE.
SHE'S ALWAYS
LOCKING HERSELF OUT.
(JOSH)
ALRIGHT, THE DOCTOR
SAYS YOU'RE SICK...
YOU NEED AS MUCH
WATER AS POSSIBLE, OKAY?
I'LL GET YOU SOME.
(BONNIE)
I'M REALLY SORRY TO GET
YOU INVOLVED IN ALL THIS, JOSH.
I DIDN'T MEAN
FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
(JOSH)
JOAN WAS MY FRIEND.
(JOSH)
THERE YOU GO.
(BONNIE)
THANK YOU.
(BONNIE)
WHERE DID AMANDA GO?
AMANDA?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
(Diana Yelps)
YOU SON OF A BITCH!
(♪)
(♪)
IT'S KESSLER,
I NEED A FAVOUR.
JUST A LITTLE ONE.
FIND OUT WHAT MALL
"PHOTO 2000" IS IN.
IT MUST BE ONE OF
THE BIG SUBURBAN JOBS.
YEAH, AND THEN I NEED
YOU TO CHECK WITH SECURITY...
TELL THEM I WANT
EVERY SINGLE TAPE FROM
EVERY CAMERA THEY'VE
GOT...INSIDE AND OUT.
OH COME ON,
SETTLE DOWN.
IT'S NOVEMBER 12TH, 3:15PM.
TWO WEEKS AGO...THAT
SHOULD MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM.
YEAH, CALL ME
AS SOON AS YOU HEAR.
BYE.
(BONNIE)
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
SLEEPING WITH
MY BEST FRIEND, ROSS?
(ROSS)
A COUPLE MONTHS.
(BONNIE)
HOW COULD YOU
DO THIS TO ME?
IT DIDN'T
MEAN ANYTHING.
WHAT...IT DIDN'T
MEAN ANYTHING?
WHAT DOES?
CERTAINLY NOT ME
OR YOUR CHILDREN.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM, ROSS?
WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN TO ME AND AMANDA?
ROSS, STAY AWAY FROM
ME...DON'T TOUCH ME!
(ROSS)
I'M SO SORRY.
I DON'T THINK
THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
(♪)
(ROSS)
IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY.
(LAUREN)
THAT'S WHAT YOU
SAID LAST TIME.
(♪)
(♪)
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
STOP RIGHT THERE.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
CAN YOU MAKE ME A HARD COPY?
(♪)
(SAM)
BONNIE...BONNIE!
(BONNIE)
SAM, WHAT IS IT?
(SAM)
YOU BETTER COME SEE.
(♪)
(♪)
(LAUREN)
DON'T TOUCH.
(♪)
(LAUREN)
YOU PLAY WITH YOUR
OWN THINGS, NOT MINE.
(♪)
(Bonnie Knocks)
(BONNIE)
AMANDA?
(BONNIE)
AMANDA ARE YOU IN THERE?
(BONNIE)
LAUREN, UNLOCK
THE DOOR PLEASE.
CALL THE POLICE
AND CALL NICK.
TELL HIM TO
GET HERE RIGHT AWAY.
(BONNIE)
AMAMDA, IF YOU'RE IN THERE,
WILL YOU TELL
ME PLEASE, HONEY?
TELL HER YOU'RE OKAY.
TELL HER!
(AMANDA)
(Calls Out) I'M OKAY MOM!
(BONNIE)
OKAY, AMANDA...IS
LAUREN IN THERE WITH YOU?
SHE'S GOT A GUN MOM!
(LAUREN) (Angry)
YOU MADE MY DAD GO AWAY!
THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!
(BONNIE)
OKAY LAUREN, WHY
DON'T YOU OPEN THE DOOR
AND WE CAN
TALK ABOUT THIS, OKAY?
(Lauren Sobs)
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
SHE'S GOT HER MOTHER'S GUN.
(NICK)
HEY BONNIE, IT'S
LAUREN'S SCRAPBOOK.
(BONNIE)
SHE'S LOCKED HERSELF
IN THE ROOM WITH AMANDA.
SHE'S GOT A GUN.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
IT'S JOAN'S .357.
I WAS HIS FAVORITE
UNTIL YOU TOOK HIM AWAY!
(♪)
(Police Siren)
(♪)
SHUT UP YOU LITTLE BRAT!
I DON'T LIKE YOU ANYMORE.
DID I EVER TELL YOU I
DROWNED MY BABY SISTER?
WELL, I DID...AND YOU'RE
IN MY WAY LITTLE GIRL...
SO WATCH YOURSELF
OR YOU'LL BE NEXT!
(Both Cry)
(BONNIE)
LAUREN, HONEY,
YOUR FATHER'S HERE...
HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.
(ROSS)
LAUREN SWEETHEART...LET ME IN.
(ROSS)
LAUREN...I'VE MADE SOME
MISTAKES BUT I CAN FIX THEM.
WE CAN BE
A FAMILY AGAIN.
NEVER COULD...NEVER WILL!
IT'S NOT TRUE,
HONEY...YES WE CAN.
I MADE YOU SICK
YOU STUPID BITCH!
I EVEN MADE MYSELF
SICK...YOU SHOULD BE DEAD!
YOU MADE MY MOM SICK?
(ROSS)
PLEASE LAUREN...
OPEN THE DOOR FOR ME.
I'LL NEVER LEAVE
YOU AGAIN...I PROMISE.
(LAUREN)
YOU MEAN THAT?
(ROSS)
YOU BET I DO.
(LAUREN)
I'LL BE OUT IN A SECOND DAD.
(LAUREN)
GOODBYE...
STAND BACK!
(NICK)
PUT IT DOWN...PUT
IT DOWN...PUT IT DOWN!
(ROSS)
LAUREN...IT'S OKAY.
I'M HERE...
(BONNIE)
OH HONEY!
IT'S OKAY.
(Lauren Sobs Frantically)
(Police Sirens)
(Sobbing)
(♪)
(♪)
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
TAKE HER OVER TO
JUVENILE DETENTION...
I'LL MEET YOU THERE.
(♪)
(♪)
WE'RE TAKING HER OVER
TO JUVENILE DETENTION
FOR OBSERVATION.
THEY'LL DETERMINE
HER MENTAL STATE.
WE'LL SEE
WHAT HAPPENS.
THANKS, MAN.
(♪)
YOU
GONNA
BE ALRIGHT?
(♪)
YEAH...I'M
GONNA
BE ALRIGHT.
(♪)
(NICK)
COME ON, KIDDO!
(♪)
(♪)
(♪)
(Bonnie's Cell
Phone Rings)
BONNIE WHEELER.
(JOAN) (Deeply Troubled)
BONNIE, IT'S JOAN...
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.
(BONNIE)
HI JOAN, WHAT...?
(JOAN)
YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T CALL
UNLESS IT WAS IMPORTANT.
(BONNIE)
IS IT ROSS?
(JOAN)
NO, IT'S NOT ROSS.
(JOAN)
I'M WORRIED...
...I'M REALLY WORRIED.
(BONNIE)
WHAT IS IT THEN, JOAN?
(JOAN)
I KNOW SOME THINGS, BONNIE.
(JOAN)
YOU AND AMANDA...
(Door Shuts)
...YOU AND AMANDA ARE IN
DANGER...AND YOU'RE IN DANGER.
WHERE CAN WE MEET?
(BONNIE)
NO, NO...NO JOAN...
I'M SETTING
UP AN OPEN HOUSE.
I CAN'T JUST
LOCK UP AND LEAVE.
(JOAN)
THIS IS IMPORTANT...
(JOAN)
I'M REALLY WORRIED.
(BONNIE)
NO JOAN...NO LISTEN,
AMANDA AND I ARE JUST FINE.
(BONNIE)
TRUST ME.
(JOAN)(Whispering)
THIS IS IMPORTANT!
(BONNIE)
LISTEN, WHY DON'T WE TALK
AFTER SUPPER...
YOU CAN CALL ME THEN.
(JOAN)
NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
(BONNIE)
WHAT DON'T I UNDERSTAND?
(BONNIE)
JOAN?
WHO WANTS TO HURT ME?
JOAN?
JOAN?
(The Line Goes Dead)
(Phone Rings)
(Answering Machine Picks Up)
HI, THIS IS JOAN...PLEASE
LEAVE A MESSAGE AFTER THE BEEP
AND I'LL PHONE YOU BACK.
(♪)
(♪)
(Doorbell Rings)
JOAN?
(Radio In Background)
JOAN...IT'S BONNIE!
JOAN?
JOAN?
JOAN...JOAN!
OH MY GOD...OH!
(LAUREN)
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
(Heartbeat)
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
SO HOW DID YOU KNOW
HER, MRS. WHEELER?
(BONNIE)
I'M MARRIED TO JOAN'S
EX-HUSBAND...ROSS WHEELER.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
THAT NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR.
(BONNIE)
HE CO-HOSTS THE EVENING NEWS
WITH MARLA BRINZELLE...
ON CHANNEL EIGHT.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
OF COURSE.
WHERE'S
YOUR HUSBAND NOW?
(BONNIE)
HE SHOULD BE HERE SOON.
YOU WERE FRIENDS
WITH HIS EX-WIFE?
NOT EXACTLY, NO.
YOU'RE IN HER HOUSE?
SHE CALLED ME
AND I THOUGHT THAT...
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I THOUGHT.
DID SHE CALL YOU OFTEN?
NO...JUST SOMETIMES
WHEN SHE DRANK.
SO JOAN CALLED
AND YOU CAME RUNNING?
(BONNIE)
(Protests) NO!
SHE SAID THAT MY
DAUGHTER AND I WERE IN DANGER.
HOW SO?
SHE DIDN'T SAY...
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
LAUREN?
YOU HAVE A
BROTHER, RIGHT?
SAM.
DO YOU KNOW
WHERE HE IS?
(♪)
(DIANA)
ARE YOU OKAY?
(BONNIE)
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
I CALLED YOU
AN HOUR AGO.
(DIANA)
I CAME AS SOON AS
I GOT YOUR MESSAGE.
BONNIE, I'M A
CORPORATE LAWYER.
THIS IS TOTALLY
OUT OF MY LEAGUE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO
ELSE TO CALL, DIANA.
WHERE'S ROSS?
I DON'T KNOW.
I LEFT HALF-A-DOZEN
MESSAGES ON HIS CELL PHONE.
I WANNA GO HOME.
(ROSS)
MARLA, THIS ISN'T A STORY.
(MARLA)
BY 6:00 IT WILL BE.
(♪)
(♪)
(MARLA)
ROSS.
(ROSS)
SAM!
(SAM)
LONG TIME NO SEE.
HOW LONG HAVE
YOU BEEN OUT HERE?
(SAM)
DAD...WHAT'S GOING ON?
THEY JUST
TOOK A BODY AWAY.
IT'S MOM, ISN'T IT?
YEAH.
DING DONG
THE WITCH IS DEAD.
WHY WOULD
YOU SAY THAT?
(ROSS)
HEY...POOR THING!
LET'S GET
YOU OUT OF HERE.
(BONNIE)
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
I CAME AS
SOON AS I HEARD.
IT WAS HORRIBLE.
I KNOW;
I'M HERE NOW.
POOR JOAN...SHE WAS
DEAD WHEN I GOT HERE.
IT'S OKAY...JUST TRY
NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT.
WHY DO YOU THINK JOAN?
(LAUREN)
DADDY!
(ROSS)
LAUREN.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
CAN YOU ALL COME
WITH ME PLEASE?
(BONNIE)
I JUST WANT TO GO HOME.
SOON.
(ROSS)
OH...
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
WHO'S THAT?
(SAM)
UH...THAT'S MY
BABY SISTER, SUZIE.
SHE'S DEAD NOW.
(ROSS)
DETECTIVE, I'D LIKE
MY FAMILY TO GO HOME
IF THAT'S
ALRIGHT WITH YOU.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
IN A MINUTE; I NEED
TO INTERVIEW YOU AND THE BOY.
I THINK MY CHILDREN HAVE
BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY.
(SAM)
I'M FINE.
REALLY,
I DON'T MIND.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
YOUR FATHER DOES.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
YOU HAVE A FAN, MRS. WHEELER.
(BONNIE)
OH MY GOD.
(ROSS)
WHY WOULD SHE DO THIS?
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
IS THAT YOU?
(BONNIE)
YEAH.
THAT'S...
MY BROTHER NICK.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
YOUR MAIDEN NAME'S LONERGAN?
(BONNIE)
THAT'S RIGHT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM
SINCE HE WENT TO PRISON.
(BONNIE)
THIS MUST HAVE BEEN
TAKEN SOMETIME LAST WEEK...
I JUST BOUGHT
AMANDA THAT COAT.
(DIANA)
I'M SO SORRY.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
DID YOUR BROTHER KNOW JOAN?
NOT THAT I'M
AWARE OF, NO.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
HIS PHONE NUMBER'S
IN HER ADDRESS BOOK.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
JOSH FREEMAN?
DOES THAT
NAME RING A BELL?
(BONNIE)
NO.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
SAM, DID YOUR
MOTHER OWN A HANDGUN?
(ROSS)
OF COURSE NOT!
(SAM)
ACTUALLY, YEAH...A .357.
IT WAS MY DAD'S.
IT SHOULD BE IN THAT
DRAWER YOU WERE POKIN' THROUGH.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
NO GUN.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
WHERE'S YOUR GUN MR. WHEELER?
(ROSS)
WHY DON'T YOU
ASK MY ATTORNEY?
COME ON.
(BONNIE)
ROSS, WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE...
SURE WE CAN...SAM?
SAM, NOW!
YOU THINK MY
DAD KILLED HER?
DO YOU?
(BONNIE)
I CAN'T BELIEVE HE
BROUGHT MARLA WITH HIM.
SHE'S HITTING
ON THE COPS!
SHE CAN WRITE?
APPARENTLY.
(DIANA)
IT'S A SNAKE!
(BONNIE)
I CAN SEE THAT.
(BONNIE)
AMANDA, THIS
IS SAM'S ROOM NOW.
(AMANDA)
I KNOW.
LOOK MOM...
IT ATE A MOUSE.
(BONNIE)
HMMM.
HE CAN'T HEAR BUT
HE FEELS THE VIBRATIONS.
(BONNIE)
THE SNAKE'S ALMOST
AS BIG AS YOU ARE, HONEY.
YEAH, HE'S PRETTY BIG.
SEE THE BUMP?
IS THAT THE MOUSE?
SAM SAYS IT COULD
TAKE A WEEK TO DIGEST.
POOR LITTLE MOUSE.
(ROSS)
YOU GUYS MUST
BE HUNGRY,
HUH
?
(LAUREN)
NOT REALLY.
(ROSS)
NO?
WANT SOME OF THAT,
HUN ?
(AMANDA)
NO, THANK YOU.
(ROSS)
OH NO, AMANDA...LOOK...!
(AMANDA)
SORRY DADDY.
(ROSS)
BONNIE, CAN YOU PLEASE...
(BONNIE)
TAKE THIS ONE TOO.
(ROSS)
AMANDA, PLEASE TRY AND
BE MORE CAREFUL...PLEASE.
(AMANDA)
SORRY MOM...I
DIDN'T MEAN TOO.
(BONNIE)
IT'S ALRIGHT HONEY...
THERE YOU GO.
(ROSS)
I THINK SHE'S HAD ENOUGH
MILK...FOR ONE NIGHT.
(AMANDA)
CAN I SIT WITH
SAM AT THE FUNERAL?
(ROSS)
HONEY, PLEASE...NOT NOW.
(SAM)
SHE CAN IF SHE WANTS.
ARE YOU SAD?
NOTHING BOTHERS SAM.
THIS IS KIND
OF LIKE OLD TIMES.
(ROSS)
YEAH, IT IS.
(SAM)
YOU'RE WRONG.
THINGS BOTHER ME.
(AMANDA)
DADDY, DO YOU LOVE SAM AND
LAUREN AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE ME?
(ROSS)
OF COURSE I DO.
(AMANDA)
YOU NEVER WENT TO VISIT THEM.
(ROSS)
UHH...UMM...
(LAUREN)
IT'S NOT HIS FAULT.
MY MOM WOULDN'T LET HIM.
THAT'S MEAN.
ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T
WANT ANY OTHER FOOD, HONEY?
NO.
(AMANDA)
WHY WOULDN'T SHE?
(SAM)
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T
LOVE HIM ANYMORE.
I TRIED.
SHE NEEDED YOUR HELP
AND YOU WEREN'T THERE.
(LAUREN)
SHUT UP SAM, BEFORE
YOU RUIN EVERYTHING.
(ROSS)
NO, I'D LIKE TO HEAR
WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
(SAM)
NO, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
(Ross Clears His Throat)
I KNOW THIS IS HARD, BUT
WE'RE A FAMILY NOW AND WE'RE
GOING TO GET THROUGH
THIS...ALL OF US...TOGETHER.
I GOT A SISTER
AND A BROTHER NOW.
(AMANDA)
CAN YOU READ THIS, MOMMY?
HUH...IT SAYS OTHERS
RECOGNIZE YOUR SWEET NATURE.
MAY I BE EXCUSED?
(BONNIE)
OKAY...
(ROSS)
WHAT'S WRONG?
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL
ME YOU OWNED A GUN?
I FORGOT.
HOW DO YOU
FORGET A GUN, ROSS?
COME ON, BONNIE...
GIVE ME A BREAK...
IT'S BEEN
ALMOST TEN YEARS.
IT WAS JOAN'S IDEA.
I DIDN'T WANT ONE INSIDE
THE HOUSE BUT SHE INSISTED.
JOAN ALWAYS GOT
HER WAY; YOU KNOW THAT.
LAST TIME I SAW IT, I THINK IT
WAS IN A BOX IN THE BASEMENT.
I WOULD NEVER BRING A
GUN INSIDE THIS HOUSE.
WHY WOULD ANYONE
WANT TO KILL JOAN?
IT JUST DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE.
DID SHE SAY ANYTHING?
SHE MUST HAVE
SAID SOMETHING.
(BONNIE)
SHE WANTED ME TO MEET HER.
SHE SAID THAT AMANDA AND I
WERE IN DANGER; SHE WAS SCARED.
IN DANGER FROM WHO?
(BONNIE)
I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN'T HELP THINKING
THAT WHOEVER KILLED JOAN
IS AFTER AMANDA AND ME.
DON'T BE SILLY!
(BONNIE)
THAT'S NOT SILLY.
JOAN WAS TRYING TO
WARN ME AND NOW SHE'S DEAD.
YOU DIDN'T HEAR
HER VOICE ROSS, I DID.
I SHOULD HAVE
BELIEVED HER.
SHE'S KILLED
WITH HER OWN GUN...
THE ONE THAT'S
SUPPOSED TO PROTECT HER.
(ROSS)
WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT THAT
COP, KESSLER, THINKS.
(BONNIE)
I'M JUST SCARED
AND THE KIDS ARE TOO.
SAM HATES ME.
I THINK HATE'S
A STRONG WORD.
I DON'T BLAME HIM.
I HAVEN'T BEEN
MUCH OF A FATHER.
HE JUST
DOESN'T KNOW YOU.
GIVE HIM TIME.
AND LAUREN'S SO DIFFERENT,
SHE SO MUCH STRONGER THAN SAM.
I DON'T KNOW...I'M
WORRIED ABOUT THEM.
WELL THEY SEEM TO
HAVE TAKEN TO AMANDA.
I THINK IT'S JUST
A QUESTION OF TIME.
THEY'RE OUR
KIDS NOW,
HUH
?
SAM WILL COME
AROUND...YOU'LL SEE.
DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH.
HE'S GOT MY
STUBBORN STREAK.
ROSS, THERE WAS A
PICTURE ON JOAN'S DRESSER
AND SAM SAID
IT WAS SUZIE.
I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE
TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT...
I WAS AT WORK...SAM
WAS EIGHT, ALMOST NINE.
I REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE
SHE DROWNED TWO DAYS
BEFORE HIS BIRTHDAY.
IT WAS SIX INCHES OF WATER IN
THAT TUB, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
JOAN WENT INTO SHOCK...IT
WAS SAM WHO CALLED TO TELL ME.
THE POOR BOY.
THOSE KIDS HAVE
BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.
(♪)
(♪)
(Knocks)
(SAM)
COME IN.
HI.
WELL, I GUESS I'M NOT
SUPPOSED TO SMOKE,
HUH ?
UH...WELL NO...I'D
RATHER YOU DIDN'T.
I GUESS I COULD MAKE AN
EXCEPTION FOR ONE NIGHT, THOUGH.
(SAM)
WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW HE
WON'T HURT YOU.
UH HUH
...PRETTY
DAMN BIG, SAM.
YEAH, HE'S
ONLY SIX FEET.
HE'LL GROW
TO BE TWELVE...
EVEN BIGGER
IN THE WILD.
(BONNIE)
OH, OKAY...THAT'S
ENOUGH...DON'T PLEASE.
WHAT, HE'S NOT SLIMY.
I'LL TAKE
YOUR WORD FOR IT.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF
THINGS THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
UH HUH
...
WOULD YOU
LIKE TO HOLD HIM?
I'LL TRY.
(SAM)
PUT OUT YOUR HANDS.
(SAM)
DON'T BE SCARED.
(BONNIE)
AHH!
HE'S HEAVY.
(SAM)
YEAH, DON'T DROP HIM;
HE HATES TO BE DROPPED.
UH HUH...!
OKAY, THAT'S
ENOUGH...TAKE HIM, PLEASE.
(BONNIE)
(Nervous) OKAY...
YOU KNOW,
MY MOM LIKED YOU.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T
GET TO KNOW HER BETTER.
(SAM)
EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
MY DAD HATES
ME...DOESN'T HE?
NO, ROSS LOVES
YOU VERY MUCH.
NAH
...LAUREN'S HIS
FAVORITE...SHE ALWAYS WAS.
GIVE YOUR
DAD A CHANCE SAM.
I'LL SEE
WHAT I CAN DO.
SAM?
YOUR MOTHER SAID
THAT I WAS IN DANGER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT?
IS THAT WHY
SHE PHONED YOU?
AM I IN DANGER?
HOW WOULD I KNOW?
WHY WOULD
SOMEONE KILL MY MOM?
(BONNIE)
OKAY...GOOD-NIGHT.
(♪)
(PRIEST)
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD...
I SHALL NOT BE AND WANT.
HE MAKES ME LIE
DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES.
HE LEADS ME
BESIDE QUIET WATERS.
HE RESTORES MY SOUL.
HE GUIDES ME IN THE PATHS OF
RIGHTOUSNESS FOR HIS NAMES SAKE.
EVEN THOUGH I WALK
THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE
SHADOW OF DEATH,
I WILL FEAR NO EVIL.
IF YOU ARE WITH ME, YOUR CROSS
AND YOUR STAFF MAY COMFORT ME.
YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME
IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES.
YOU ANNOINT MY HEAD WITH OIL.
MY CUP OVERFLOWS.
SURELY GOODNESS AND LOVE WILL
FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY
LIFE AND I WILL DWELL IN THE
HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.
(PRIEST)
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNEW
JOAN WELL, WERE AWARE HER
LIFE WAS A DIFFICULT ONE.
SHE STRUGGLED WITH HER FEARS
AND DEMONS AS INDEED WE ALL DO.
SHE STRIVED TO BE A GOOD
MOTHER AND A GOOD FRIEND.
JOAN'S DEATH WAS
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
IT WAS SUDDEN,
QUICK AND VERY UNEXPECTED.
TO YOU, HER FAMILY,
AND INDEED ALL HER FRIENDS,
TAKE SOLICE IN THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT JOAN IS
AT PEACE...AND
WALKS WITH OUR SAVIOR.
(♪)
(♪)
(JOSH)
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
YOU HAVE TO
BELIEVE THAT.
(SAM)
SHE WAS DRINKING ALL WEEK.
IT ALWAYS SCARED ME
WHEN SHE GOT LIKE THAT.
(BONNIE)
HOW ARE YOU DOING
SWEETHEART; ARE YOU OKAY?
IT'S COLD.
ARE YOU WARM
ENOUGH, HONEY?
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT COP'S
FACE WHEN HE WENT IN HER ROOM...
PICKING HIS WAY
THROUGH ALL HER GARBAGE.
WHO'S THAT WITH SAM?
(LAUREN)
MR. FREEMAN;
SAMS ART TEACHER.
HE'S BEEN TO OUR
HOUSE A FEW TIMES.
JOSH FREEMAN?
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MY MOM LIKED HIM.
(JOSH)
IT'S OVER.
(SAM)
NO...IT'S NOT OVER YET.
(SAM)
YOU DIDN'T CRY.
(LAUREN)
NEITHER DID YOU.
NICK!
SAM, WHERE'S YOUR FATHER?
I DON'T KNOW.
HE WAS HERE
A SECOND AGO.
(ROSS)
IT'S QUITE A CROWD.
SEEMS SHE HAD
A LOT OF FRIENDS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.
(ROSS)
THIS HARDLY SEEMS LIKE
THE TIME OR THE PLACE.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
THE BEREAVED EX-HISBAND.
NO TEARS?
I USED THEM ALL
UP IN MY DIVORCE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
YOU OWN JOAN'S HOUSE
NOW THAT SHE'S DEAD.
I OWNED HALF OF IT WHEN WE WERE
MARRIED...WHAT'S YOUR POINT?
NO POINT.
I DIDN'T KILL JOAN, IF
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING FOR.
I HAD NO REASON.
REALLY?
YOU HAVE A HALF A MILLION
DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE POLICY
ON YOUR EX-WIFE.
OR HAD YOU FORGOTTEN?
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S
ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE
WRONG, MR. WHEELER...
IT'S ALL MY BUSINESS.
IT'S A LOT, WOULDN'T YOU
SAY...HAVING A LIFE INSURANCE
POLICY ON YOUR EX?
IT PAYS DOUBLE INDEMNITY IN CASE
OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH OR MURDER.
THAT'S A COOL
MILLION, MR. WHEELER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE HOUSE IS WORTH?
I'M SURE YOU
ALREADY KNOW.
YOU'RE
PREDICTABLE KESSLER.
THE HUSBAND'S ALWAYS
THE PRIME SUSPECT.
ONLY WHEN HE DOESN'T
HAVE AN ALIBI.
WHERE WERE YOU THAT
DAY, MR. WHEELER?
OR DON'T YOU WANT YOUR
WIFE TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
MORE TO SAY TO YOU.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
MR. WHEELER?
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
(♪)
(Birds Chirping)
(♪)
(♪)
(Knocking)
(STEVE)
BONNIE?
HI POP.
COME IN, COME IN.
YOUR HAIR'S
DIFFERENT.
WELL, EVERYTHING
HERE LOOKS THE SAME.
YEAH...PRETTY MUCH.
HOW'S ROSS?
FINE.
HE'S FINE.
YEAH, I SEE HIM
ON THE TELEVISION.
I HEAR YOU
HAD A BABY.
AMANDA.
SHE'S SIX NOW POP.
I SURE WOULD
LIKE TO MEET HER.
I'M NOT HERE
FOR A REUNION, POP.
(BONNIE)
IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU AND ME.
(STEVE)
I SEE.
I'M LOOKING FOR NICK.
I KNOW HE'S OUT AND
I THINK HE'S HERE...IS HE?
HE'S DOING
REAL GOOD, BONNIE.
(STEVE)
HE'S GOT A PART-TIME
JOB AT WAGNER ELECTRIC.
(STEVE)
LYLE'S KID...HE'S
GOT THE SHOP NOW.
HE SHOULD BE
HOME BY ANY MINUTE.
YOU CAN
TALK TO HIM THEN.
(BONNIE)
OKAY.
MAYBE THE THREE OF US
CAN HAVE SUPPER TOGETHER.
I CAN'T DO THAT.
(BONNIE)
SORRY.
THIS IS ABOUT THAT
NOSY COP, ISN'T IT?
(STEVE)
KESSLER.
SO THEN YOU
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
(STEVE)
YEAH, I SAW IT ON THE
NEWS...EVERYONE KNOWS.
NOW, YOU DON'T THINK YOUR
BROTHER HAD ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THAT
WOMAN'S DEATH, DO YA?
HE'S A GOOD BOY.
WHAT DID YOU
TELL KESSLER, POP?
(STEVE)
THE TRUTH.
NICK WAS WITH ME
THAT DAY...ALL DAY.
HE WOULDN'T HURT A FLY.
YOU GOTTA
HAVE MORE FAITH
IN YOUR BROTHER, BONNIE.
HE REALLY
LOOKED UP TO YOU.
(The Back Door
Slams Shut)
(NICK)
HEY POP...I'M HOME!
IS THERE
ANYTHING TO EAT?
(NICK)
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU?
YOU LOOK LIKE
YOU'VE SEEN A GHOST.
AND SO YOU HAVE.
BONNIE.
HI NICK.
DID YOU COME HOME TO SEE
HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES?
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.
SURE.
I GUESS WE'LL
BE OUT BACK.
(♪)
(♪)
(BONNIE)
IS THAT YOURS?
(NICK)
MIGHT BE.
PRETTY NICE FOR AN APPRENTICE
ELECTRICIAN FRESH OUT OF JAIL.
ELECTRICIAN?
IS THAT WHAT
POP TOLD YOU?
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
THE TRUTH NICK...FOR ONCE?
STILL ANGRY AFTER
ALL THESE YEARS.
(NICK)
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU
HAVEN'T BROUGHT YOUR
LITTLE GIRL
BY TO MEET POP.
YOU LIVE WHAT...
TEN MILES FROM HERE?
THE OLD BOY AIN'T
GONNA
LIVE FOREVER.
I'M SURE HE'D LOVE TO
MEET HIS ONLY GRANDDAUGHTER.
DON'T TURN THIS AROUND.
YOU KNOW THAT'S
NOT WHY I'M HERE.
WELL I THOUGHT MAYBE IT
WAS TO PATCH UP THE PAST.
APPARENTLY I WAS WRONG.
WHY WAS YOUR NAME IN
JOAN WHEELER'S ADDRESS BOOK?
WHO SAYS IT WAS?
HOW DO YOU
KNOW HER NICK?
I DIDN'T.
I SAW YOU
AT THE FUNERAL.
NOW, WHAT WERE YOU DOING
THERE IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW HER?
YEAH, I WAS THERE.
SO WHAT?
I DIDN'T KILL HER!
IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE THINKING.
YOU DID THREE YEARS FOR
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY OUT
OF LEFT FIELD, NICK!
I GOT CAUGHT UP WITH SOME DOPERS
TRYING TO MAKE SOME FAST CASH.
I SCREWED UP, OKAY?
(NICK)
I SURE AS HELL DIDN'T
TRY TO KILL ANYONE.
I JUST GOT TARRED WITH
THE SAME BRUSH IS ALL.
BESIDES, WHAT WOULD
I POSSIBLY HAVE TO GAIN
BY KILLING
ROSS'S EX-WIFE?
I DON'T KNOW.
(BONNIE)
I JUST DON'T KNOW.
BUT I WANT YOU TO STAY
AWAY FROM ME AND MY FAMILY,
DO YOU HEAR ME?
LITTLE AMANDA DOESN'T
WANT TO MEET HER UNCLE NICK?
(BONNIE)
JUST STAY AWAY!
(NICK)
YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN ALIBI.
(BONNIE)
POP IS HARDLY AN ALIBI.
HE'D DO ANYTHING TO KEEP
YOU OUT OF TROUBLE, NICK.
HE LOVES YOU.
YOU MAKE IT SOUND
LIKE A DIRTY WORD.
(BONNIE)
YOU'RE ON PAROLE.
YOU WATCH YOUR STEP OR I'LL
TURN YOU IN MYSELF IF I HAVE TO.
DON'T THINK I WON'T.
(NICK)
COME ON BONNIE,
I'M STILL YOUR BROTHER.
YOU'RE TROUBLE
AND YOU ALWAYS WERE.
I THINK YOU'RE JUST PISSED
BECAUSE MOM LEFT ME THE HOUSE.
IF MOM KNEW THAT POP
WAS GOING TO MOVE BACK IN,
I THINK SHE WOULD
HAVE THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT
LEAVING YOU THE HOUSE.
WELL, I GUESS LUCKY
FOR HIM SHE'S DEAD.
(SCHOOL TEACHER)
OKAY CHILDREN, STAY TOGETHER.
WATCH OUT, IT'S ICY.
(♪)
(SCHOOL TEACHER)
BE CAREFUL...IT'S
ICY ON THE BRIDGE.
(♪)
(♪)
(Slight Noise)
(AMANDA)
(Laughs) HEY!
(♪)
(AMANDA)
WHERE DID YOU GO?
(SCHOOL TEACHER)
OKAY KIDS,
STICK TOGETHER.
WE'RE HEADING
TO THE BUS NOW.
(BONNIE)
HI.
(CHILD)
MOMMY!
(BONNIE)
AMANDA?
(BONNIE)
AMANDA?!
(BONNIE)
AMANDA!
(Twig Snaps)
(AMANDA)
THERE YOU ARE!
(AMANDA)
COME BACK!
(Giggles)
(BONNIE)
AMANDA!
(♪)
(BONNIE)
AMANDA!
(♪)
(Faint Scream
In Distance)
(BONNIE)
AMANDA!
(♪)
(BONNIE)
AMANDA!
(♪)
(BONNIE)
AMANDA HONEY, WHERE ARE YOU?
(BONNIE)
AMANDA?!!
(AMANDA)
(Panicked) MOMMY!
(Amanda Cries)
(BONNIE)
HI HONEY...WHAT IS IT?
I WAS SO
WORRIED ABOUT YOU!
(Eerie Music)
(BONNIE)
BE CAREFUL, THE
BRIDGE IS SLIPPERY.
(BONNIE)
BE CAREFUL...THERE'S A
BIG STEP DOWN THERE, ALRIGHT?
(BONNIE)
IT'S OKAY, HONEY,
I'M GOING TO GET YOU
ANOTHER PANDA BEAR
JUST LIKE THIS ONE.
(AMANDA)
NO!
HONEY, I'M GOING TO GET YOU
ANOTHER ONE EXACTLY LIKE THIS.
(AMANDA)
NO...
(BONNIE)
KESSLER!
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
WHAT HAPPENED?
(AMANDA)
I GOT LOST.
(BONNIE)
SHE WAS LURED OFF THE
PATH WITH THIS...IT'S HER
FAVORITE STUFFED ANIMAL.
WE FOUND IT STABBED
TO A TREE WITH THIS.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
YOU SHOULD HAVE
LEFT IT WHERE IT WAS.
(BONNIE)
I WASN'T THINKING AND SHE
WOULDN'T LEAVE THE WOODS
WITHOUT HER BEAR.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
AMANDA?
CAN I SEE YOUR
LITTLE PANDA BEAR?
(AMANDA)
NO, HE'S HURT.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
WHO HAD YOUR BEAR, AMANDA?
WAS IT A BOY...A GIRL?
(AMANDA)
I DON'T KNOW.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
ARE YOU SURE IT'S HERS?
THERE MUST BE
HUNDREDS LIKE IT.
(BONNIE)
HONEY.
SIT HERE FOR A MINUTE...
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, OKAY?
(BONNIE)
HER NAME IS
WRITTEN ON THE TAG.
IT'S HER FAVORITE
STUFFED ANIMAL.
SHE LEFT IT ON
THE SEAT OF THE BUS.
WHOEVER TOOK IT
KNEW IT WAS HERS.
JOAN SAID SHE
WAS IN DANGER.
DOESN'T THIS PROVE IT?
WAS ANYONE SEEN?
(BONNIE)
NO...THE BUS DRIVER LEFT
THE DOOR OPEN WHEN HE WENT
TO USE THE WASHROOM.
I'LL HAVE THE KNIFE
CHECKED FOR PRINTS.
IT'S PROBABLY BEEN
WIPED CLEAN, THOUGH.
I WASN'T THINKING.
IT'S ALRIGHT; YOU WERE
WORRIED ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER,
I'LL HAVE A CAR WATCH AMANDA'S
SCHOOL FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
(BONNIE)
OKAY, HONEY...WE'RE
GOING TO GO HOME NOW.
(ROSS)(On TV)
THE HUSKIES WILL HIT THE ICE
AT WILSON ARENA THIS WEEKEND.
TOMORROW NIGHT'S GAME STARTS AT
6:00PM; THE FIRST OF TWO HOME
GAMES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
(MARLA)
DON'T LET THE
WEATHER KEEP YOU HOME.
I'LL BE THERE
CHEERING ON THE HUSKIES.
(AMANDA)
DADDY HASN'T
PULLED HIS EAR YET!
(SAM)
WHAT?
DADDY SAID HE'D PULL
HIS EAR TO SAY HI TO ME.
(ROSS)
I'M ROSS WHEELER.
(MARLA)
AND I'M MARLA BRINZELLE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
(ROSS)
WE'LL SEE YOU
TOMORROW...TAKE CARE.
SEE, I TOLD YOU.
(ROSS)
THE OTHER DAY SHE ASKED ME
HOW LONG WERE THEY STAYING.
YOU'RE A
GOOD MAN, ROSS.
(MARLA)
OH...!
(ROSS)
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
(MARLA)
HI BONNIE...I WAS JUST...
TUGGING ON MY
HUSBANDS EAR?
(MARLA)
SORRY.
HEY!
(BONNIE)
HI.
WHAT'S WRONG?
SHE'S FLIRTING WITH YOU.
ARE YOU JEALOUS?
I DON'T KNOW,
ROSS...SHOULD I BE?
(MAN)
HOUSE LIGHTS, PLEASE...
HOUSE LIGHTS.
GOODNIGHT, PEOPLE.
(SAM)
YOUR BROTHER'S HERE.
(BONNIE)
I KNOW...I SAW HIS
CAR...WHAT DOES HE WANT?
(SAM)
I DON'T KNOW BUT
HE'S MAKING DINNER.
(BONNIE)
OH, PERFECT!
(NICK)
YOU KNOW, YOU
COULD BE A MODEL.
(LAUREN)
DO YOU THINK?
(NICK)
A PRETTY GIRL LIKE YOU?
ABSOLUTELY!
(LAUREN)
I'D RATHER BE A TV REPORTER
LIKE MARLA BRINZELLE.
(BONNIE)
MARLA READS THE NEWS LAUREN.
THAT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE
TO BEING A REPORTER.
HI NICK, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING HERE?
LOOKING FOR
A SECOND CHANCE.
OUT!
NOW!
HE'S MAKING HIS
FAMOUS SPAGHETTI SAUCE.
WHY CAN'T HE STAY?
BECAUSE HE HAS SOMEWHERE
ELSE TO BE...DON'T YOU NICK?
OH COME ON...JUST HAVE ONE
LITTLE TASTE AND THEN I'LL GO.
(NICK)
SERIOUSLY, JUST OPEN
UP...OPEN UP THE CAVE AND
THE LITTLE TRUCK WILL
JUST DRIVE STRAIGHT IN.
(NICK)
ALRIGHT, AMANDA...HERE
YOU GO...JUST FOR YOU...
SUPER SPECIAL.
(AMANDA)
THANK YOU.
(NICK)
GO TO YOUR CHAIR.
(NICK)
ALRIGHT, BIG GUY,
HOW MUCH FOR YOU?
(SAM)
UH
...JUST LOAD IT UP.
(DIANA)
I DUG UP A LITTLE
INFORMATION ON SAM'S
ART TEACHER,
JOSH FREEMAN.
(BONNIE)
DO I REALLY
WANT TO KNOW THIS?
I DON'T SLEEP WELL
ENOUGH AS IT IS.
I DID WHAT YOU ASKED.
OKAY.
APPARENTLY, IT'S BEEN
ALMOST THREE YEARS SINCE
HIS LAST
TEACHING ASSIGNMENT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
USE YOUR IMAGINATION.
A THREE YEAR HIATUS?
THAT CAN'T BE GOOD.
SOMETHING KEPT HIM
OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
(BONNIE)
THE SCHOOL BOARD
WOULDN'T HIRE...
(DIANA)
I THINK IT'S TIME YOU HAD
A LITTLE CHAT WITH YOUR STEPSON.
(DIANA)
ANGRY MUSIC,
ANGRY CLOTHES, ANGRY BOY.
HE'S GOT ROSS'S EYES.
I'VE NOTICED THAT.
(LAUREN)
IS IT TRUE YOU
WERE IN JAIL?
(NICK)
WELL, I'LL PUT IT TO YOU THIS
WAY, KID; I'VE BEEN IN SOME
SCARY PLACES THAT I WISH
I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BUT,
DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING
YOU READ IN THE PAPERS...
OR HEAR FROM OTHERS,
ESPECIALLY MY SISTER.
THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS
THEY APPEAR, ARE THEY BONNIE?
OH COME ON; DO US A
FAVOR AND GIVE US A SMILE.
(NICK)
THIS IS A SPECIAL
OCCASION AFTER ALL;
IT'S A FAMILY REUNION.
NICK, I'D APPRECIATE
IT IF YOU KEPT YOUR
CONVERSATION
TO A MINIMUM.
MY NIECE ASKED
ME A QUESTION.
I WAS JUST BEING A
GOOD UNCLE; IS THAT WRONG?
IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A
ROLE MODEL, YOU CAN DO BETTER
THAN YOUR UNCLE NICK
AND IF YOU NEED SOME ADVISE,
YOU CAN ASK
YOUR FATHER OR ME.
(SAM)
IF HE EVER COMES HOME...
(DIANA)
NOT HUNGRY?
(SAM)
NO, NOT REALLY.
HOW ARE YOU
AT FIXING THINGS?
LIKE WHAT?
I WAS THINKIN' OF
WALLPAPERING MY SPARE BEDROOM.
(DIANA)
THINK YOU CAN
DO THAT FOR ME?
(SAM)
MMMM HMMM.
I COULD USE SOMEBODY
WHO'S GOOD WITH HIS HANDS.
(DIANA)
ARE YOU OR AREN'T YOU?
UH...YEAH...
SURE, I CAN TRY.
CAN I HELP?
(SAM)
SHE DIDN'T ASK YOU!
IT'S ALRIGHT...
IT'S A BIG JOB.
YOU BOTH
CAN PITCH IN.
(MARLA)
DO YOU THINK THOSE NEW
PROMOS WILL HELP OUR RATINGS?
I REALLY DON'T SEE
THE POINT SOMETIMES.
(ROSS)
THEY CAN'T HURT.
(MARLA)
I SAW MY FACE ON
THE BILLBOARD TODAY.
ROSS?
IS MY SMILE TOO
BIG FOR TELEVISION?
(Ross Laughs)
WHAT, ARE YOU
KIDDING ME?
YOU'RE SMILE
IS PERFECT.
(ROSS)
DON'T CHANGE A THING.
(NICK)
YOU KNOW, YOU
HAVE A DISHWASHER.
(BONNIE)
THEY WON'T COME CLEAN
IF I DON'T WASH THEM FIRST.
(NICK)
NOW THAT'S LOGIC.
NICK, I APPRECIATE
YOU COOKING DINNER,
BUT THE TRUTH
IS...YOU SCARE ME.
YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?
YOUR BEST FRIEND
IS IN THERE HITTING
ON YOUR STEPSON
AND I SCARE YOU?
WHY NOW?
WHY THE SUDDEN INTEREST
IN PATCHING THINGS UP?
NICK, I NEED TO ASK YOU
WHERE YOU WERE THIS AFTERNOON.
COME ON BONNIE; SCARING LITTLE
KIDS AIN'T EXACTLY MY STYLE.
(DIANA)
I'M HEADING HOME.
GIVE MY
LOVE TO ROSS.
(BONNIE)
I WILL AND THANKS
FOR COMING OUT.
(NICK)
AND THANKS FOR HELPING
WITH THE DISHES.
DID YOU KISS
SAM GOOD-NIGHT?
(DIANA)
YOUR CHARM'S
WEARING THIN NICK.
GOOD NIGHT, BONNIE.
NICK.
(Nick Laughs)
YOU HAVE
TO GO NOW TOO.
(BONNIE)
GOODNIGHT, NICK.
ALRIGHT.
(♪)
(Knock)
(LAUREN)
I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD.
(BONNIE)
ROSS.
(BONNIE)
OH...OKAY...THAT'S
BETTER NOW,
HUH
?
MAYBE IT'S THE FLU.
MAYBE NICK'S
SPAGHETTI SAUCE.
(BONNIE)
YOU THINK MAYBE IF
I MADE YOU SOME TEA,
YOU COULD
KEEP IT DOWN?
(Lauren Gets Sick)
CAN YOU ASK MY DAD
IF HE'LL STAY WITH ME
UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP?
(BONNIE)
SURE.
(School Bell Rings)
HI BONNIE.
(BONNIE)
HI.
HOW WAS IT TODAY?
PEOPLE ASK THE
STUPIDEST QUESTIONS.
THEY'RE
JUST CURIOUS.
THEY'RE MORBID.
SO, HAVE
YOU SEEN SAM?
(LAUREN)
I THINK HE CUT...I HAVEN'T
SEEN HIM SINCE LUNCH.
I THOUGHT MY DAD WAS
SUPPOSED TO PICK US UP.
WELL, HE GOT
STUCK AT THE STUDIO.
HE'S ALWAYS THERE...
DO YOU MIND IF I GO OVER
TO MY FRIEND CRYSTAL'S HOUSE?
NO, I DON'T THINK
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
YOU'VE BEEN SICK, LAUREN.
WHAT I NEED
IS SOME FRESH AIR.
OKAY.
THANK'S.
(BONNIE)
UH
...DO YOUR COAT UP!
(♪)
(♪)
DO YOU ALWAYS MEET
SECRETLY WITH YOUR STUDENTS?
EXCUSE ME?
I'M SAM'S STEPMOTHER,
BONNIE WHEELER.
NO, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I SAW YOU
AT THE FUNERAL.
CAN WE TALK?
DO I HAVE A CHOICE?
SO, WHY AM I
SO INTERESTING?
YOUR NAME WAS IN
JOAN'S ADDRESS BOOK.
I'D LIKE TO ASK
YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.
YOU SOUND LIKE KESSLER.
(BONNIE)
HOW CLOSE WERE
YOU AND JOAN?
WELL, WE WEREN'T INTIMATE, IF
THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE THINKING.
JOAN AND I WERE...
KINDRED SPIRITS.
SHE LOST A CHILD.
I LOST A WIFE AND
SON IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
(JOSH)
A DRUNK DRIVER.
JOAN UNDERSTOOD
THE...EMPTINESS.
I DIDN'T WORK.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE.
AS FAR AS MY RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOUR STEPSON...
MY SON'S DEAD,
SAM'S NOT.
SAM HAS A FATHER.
HE DOES?
(BONNIE)
THAT'S NOT FAIR.
YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW ROSS.
DO YOU?
ROSS DID HIS BEST
FOR JOAN AND HIS KIDS.
SHE WAS A VERY
DIFFICULT WOMAN.
YOU KNOW THAT...
YOU WERE HER FRIEND.
ROSS CHEATED ON
JOAN...MORE THAN ONCE.
SAM TOLD ME.
SAM WAS A LITTLE BOY.
HOW WOULD HE
EVEN KNOW THAT?
JOAN SAID THE SAME.
REALLY?
SAM IS SCARED.
SOMEONE'S KILLED HIS MOTHER
AND HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO OR WHY.
JOAN SAID MY DAUGHTER
AND I WERE IN DANGER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT?
YOU THINK THAT WHOEVER
KILLED JOAN IS AFTER
YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER?
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO THINK.
(MARLA)
CAREFUL.
IT MIGHT BREAK.
(MARLA)
YOU CAN'T SERIOUSLY BELIEVE
ROSS KILLED HIS EX-WIFE?
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
YOU PICKED HIM UP HERE AT
THE STUDIO JUST
AFTER 4:00PM THAT DAY.
WHERE WAS HE FOR
THE PREVIOUS TWO HOURS?
AND WHERE WERE YOU?
ROSS DISAPPEARS SOMETIMES.
(MARLA)
HE'S GOT A LOT ON
HIS MIND; I DO THE SAME.
YOU'D UNDERSTAND THE NEED
FOR PRIVACY IF YOUR FACE
WAS ON
TELEVISION EVERY DAY.
NOT TO MENTION TWO DOZEN
BILLBOARDS AROUND THE CITY.
I UNDERSTAND...THE
AMAZING DISAPPEARING ACT.
DO THE TWO OF YOU EVER
PRACTICE THAT TOGETHER?
I DON'T KNOW WHERE
ROSS WAS THAT DAY.
I WAS HAVING MY
HAIR CONDITIONED.
OH.
(MARLA)
IT'S WINTER...IT'S DRY.
YOU CAN CHECK
WITH MY STYLIST.
(Dog Barking)
ARE YOU OKAY?
YES, WHY?
YOU JUST DON'T
LOOK YOURSELF.
I'M FINE, REALLY...I JUST
NEED A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
ROSS?
DID YOU LOVE JOAN?
A LONG TIME AGO.
I LOVE YOU MORE.
SO, WHEN WAS IT OVER?
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
WHEN JOAN
STARTED DRINKING.
AFTER SUZIE...YOU
KNOW...THE ACCIDENT.
I STUCK IT OUT THE BEST
I COULD BUT...I THINK THE KIDS
KNEW BEFORE I DID
THAT IT WAS OVER.
(ROSS)
I DON'T THINK I
WOULD HAVE EVER LEFT.
POOR LAUREN...SHE COULDN'T
FIGURE OUT WHY HER DADDY WAS
SLEEPING ON THE COUCH.
AND THEN I MET YOU AND
IT JUST...SEEMED SO EASY.
(ROSS)
WHY DO YOU WANT
TO HEAR THIS?
COME TO BED.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING
THE DAY JOAN WAS KILLED?
YOU THINK I MURDERED THE
MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN...
IS THAT WHAT
YOUR ASKING?
(BONNIE)
NO.
NO, I JUST...I CALLED YOU
SEVERAL TIMES ON THE CELL AND
YOU DIDN'T ANSWER.
I WENT FOR A WALK TO CLEAR MY
HEAD BEFORE OUR RATINGS MEETING.
WE'RE THIRD IN
A MARKET OF FOUR.
I DON'T THINK I NEED
TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS.
(ROSS)
I'VE ALREADY
TOLD YOU ALL THIS.
YOU WENT FOR A
WALK BY YOURSELF?
WHAT'S GOING ON...
YOU DON'T TRUST ME?
YOU KNEW JOAN
WAS DEAD AND YOU
SHOWED UP AT THAT
HOUSE WITH MARLA.
(BONNIE)
WHY?
BECAUSE SHE WAS THERE
AND SHE OFFERED TO COME!
THAT'S CONVENIENT, ISN'T IT?
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
SAM TOLD HIS ART TEACHER
THAT YOU SCREWED AROUND ON JOAN
MORE THAN ONCE.
NOW YOU TELL ME
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
YOU TOLD YOUR TEACHER I
SCREWED AROUND ON YOUR MOTHER?
IT'S THE TRUTH!
YOUR MOTHER WAS A DRUNK
WHO COULDN'T GET OUT OF
BED BEFORE NOON.
SHE RUINED OUR LIVES
AND NOW YOU WANT TO DESTROY
EVERYTHING
THAT I HAVE HERE?
(SAM)
YOU KILLED HER.
EVERYONE THINKS IT BUT
NO ONE HAS THE COURAGE
TO SAY IT OUT LOUD!
(BONNIE)
TAKE IT EASY, ROSS.
SAM...ARE YOU
GOING TO BE OKAY?
YEAH.
HONEY, THERE'S SOMEONE
I WANT YOU TO MEET.
WHO?
MY FATHER...
YOUR GRANDFATHER.
OH, THAT'S COOL!
YEAH, THAT IS COOL.
(♪)
(BONNIE)
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE
HOUSE WHERE WE GREW UP IN.
(AMANDA)
COOL.
(♪)
(STEVE)
YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE
YOUR UNCLE NICK'S TOYS
WHEN HE WAS
A LITTLE GUY.
HERE, LET ME SHOW
YOU SOMETHING, OKAY?
HERE, WHO'S THIS GUY?
(Toy Sounds Slow)
(AMANDA)
I GUESS HE'S TOO OLD.
YEAH...HERE, MAYBE
YOU CAN GET IT TO TALK.
YOU GOT THE MAGIC TOUCH.
(♪)
(♪)
AND THAT IS YOUR MOTHER.
SHE'S NOT MUCH
OLDER THAN YOU THERE.
IS THE BABY
MY UNCLE NICK?
THAT'S YOUR UNCLE NICK.
AND THIS IS
YOUR GRANDMOTHER.
THAT'S YOUR MOM'S MOM.
(STEVE)
CHRISTMAS TIME...
(Amanda Laughs)
(NICK)
WELL, LOOK WHO'S HERE.
(AMANDA)
HI UNCLE NICK!
(NICK)
HEY YOURSELF.
(♪)
POP...WHERE'S BONNIE?
(STEVE)
SHE'S UPSTAIRS.
(NICK)
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I FELT A SMILE ON
ME...LOOK, I'M FINE.
YOU ALWAYS
HATED THIS ROOM.
WHAT MADE
YOU SO SPECIAL?
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DID,
THEY ALWAYS FORGAVE YOU.
AH, YOU'VE
GOT IT BACKWARD.
MOM ALWAYS SAID YOU
WERE THE PERFECT ONE...
HER GOOD LITTLE GIRL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD
LET POP MOVE BACK IN HERE.
HE LEFT US NICK...FOR ANOTHER
WOMAN AND I WAS LEFT TO TAKE
CARE OF MOM ALL ON MY OWN.
HE HAS NO RIGHT TO LIVE IN
THIS HOUSE NOW THAT SHE'S DEAD.
SHE MADE HERSELF SICK.
EVERY TIME A DOCTOR TOLD
HER TO GET OUT OF THAT BED
SHE FOUND ANOTHER ONE
WITH A PRESCRIPTION PAD.
(NICK)
DON'T YOU REMEMBER?
YOU COULDN'T HUG HER...
YOU COULDN'T MAKE ANY NOISE.
WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO
HAVE OUR FRIENDS OVER.
POP LEFT BECAUSE HE
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
I KEPT THINKING
HE'D COME BACK.
MAYBE YOU'RE JUST ANGRY BECAUSE
HE DIDN'T TAKE YOU WITH HIM.
(NICK)
YOU CAN'T CHANGE
THE PAST, SIS.
(♪)
(♪)
(♪)
(Coughing)
(Lauren Gets Sick)
LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE
GOT LAUREN'S FLU.
(BONNIE)
I HATE BEING SICK.
MY MOTHER
WAS ALWAYS SICK.
(SAM)
MY MOM WAS ALWAYS DRUNK.
(BONNIE)
OH...THANK YOU.
YOU MISS HER,
DON'T YOU?
IT'S OKAY TO
MISS HER, SAM.
(♪)
(♪)
(DR. MILLER)
HI BONNIE!
(BONNIE)
HI.
(BONNIE)
YOU WERE AWAY,
HUH ?
(DR. MILLER)
YEAH, FOR A COUPLE
WEEKS IN FLORIDA.
MY BROTHER GOT MARRIED.
IT'S HIS SECOND TIME AROUND,
SO I HOPE IT STICKS THIS TIME.
I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE
A LITTLE LOOK HERE, OKAY?
(DR. MILLER)
HOW LONG HAVE
YOU FELT THIS WAY?
A WEEK...
MAYBE A LITTLE MORE.
(DR. MILLER)
HURT?
(BONNIE)
A LITTLE.
HOW'S YOUR APPETITE?
THE THOUGHT OF
FOOD TURNS MY STOMACH.
I'VE BEEN EATING
BROTH AND SOUP MOSTLY.
A LITTLE CHINESE FOOD.
(DR. MILLER)
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE
LOST SOME WEIGHT, HERE.
ARE YOU UNDER
ANY UNDUE STRESS?
UH
...MY STEPCHILDREN
CAME TO LIVE WITH ME.
THAT'LL DO IT.
GOOD KIDS?
I THINK SO, YEAH.
THEY'RE TRYING
TO KEEP ME FED.
MY STEPSON MAKES
A MEAN CHICKEN SOUP.
OKAY, CAN I
HAVE A LISTEN?
BREATHE IN FOR ME.
GOOD...ONE MORE.
GOOD, GOOD.
(BONNIE)
SO, WILL I LIVE?
WELL, IT'S NOT THE FLU.
YOU DON'T HAVE
A TEMPERATURE.
I THINK YOU'RE SUFFERING
FROM AN INNER EAR INFECTION.
THERE'S SOME
INFLAMMATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO DO
SOME BLOOD JUST TO SEE
WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
WHY DO I FEEL
SICK TO MY STOMACH?
YOUR BODY'S
FIGHTING AN INFECTION.
THE INNER EAR
CONTROLS YOUR BALANCE.
THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE
DIZZINESS AND UPSET STOMACH.
(DR. MILLER)
YOU SAID THERE WAS
BLOOD IN YOUR SALIVA?
A LITTLE, YEAH.
(DR. MILLER)
DO YOU USE A HARD
OR SOFT TOOTHBRUSH?
HARD.
TRY A SOFT.
ANY BLOOD
IN YOUR STOOL?
NO.
WELL YOU CAN GET
DRESSED AND TAKE THIS TO
THE LAB DOWN THE HALL.
WE SHOULD HAVE THE
RESULTS IN A COUPLE DAYS.
SO, WILL THEY
TEST FOR AIDS?
IS THERE SOMETHING
YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME?
NO...I'M MARRIED.
OKAY.
(DR. MILLER)
DOWN THE HALL.
(DIANA)
THANKS FOR COMING WITH ME.
YOU KNOW I'M
TERRIBLE WITH COLORS.
HOW LONG HAVE
WE BEEN FRIENDS?
SINCE FOREVER.
I WENT TO THE
DOCTOR TODAY.
I HAD AN AIDS TEST.
WHY?
(BONNIE) WHY NOT?
I THINK ROSS IS
HAVING AN AFFAIR.
REALLY?
WITH MARLA.
OH, NO WONDER
YOU'RE FEELING SICK.
HOW LONG DID
YOU SAY IT IS?
(SAM)
ABOUT SIX FEET.
ANY IDEAS?
THEY LIKE HEAT...
HE COULD BE IN A VENT.
OH, WE BETTER
GET LOOKING THEN.
(SAM)
HEY, THANKS FOR COMIN' OVER.
YEAH, NO SWEAT.
HEY, WHERE'S YOUR DAD?
OH, HE'S AT WORK.
DOES HE KNOW YOUR
SNAKE'S MISSING?
THEN WE BETTER FIND
IT BEFORE HE GETS HOME.
COME ON.
(♪)
(♪)
(BONNIE)
NICK?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
UM
...HEARD
YOU WERE SICK.
CAN I GET A GLASS
OF WATER, PLEASE?
YEAH.
(BONNIE)
THANKS.
(NICK)
YEAH, SURE...I'LL
GET THAT FOR YOU.
(♪)
(Eerie Music)
(♪)
(♪)
(Amanda Screams)
(BONNIE)
OH!
COME WITH ME!
(SAM)
HEY, DON'T KILL IT!
(NICK)
ALRIGHT, SAM,
PUT THAT THING AWAY
BEFORE IT KILLS SOMEONE.
(BONNIE)
HOW DARE YOU BRING
A GUN INTO MY HOUSE!
INTO MY
DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM!
(NICK)
I'M SORRY.
YOU'VE NEVER BEEN
SORRY FOR ANYTHING
A DAY IN
YOUR LIFE, NICK.
I'M CALLING THE POLICE
AND THIS TIME I MEAN IT.
BONNIE...I AM THE POLICE.
(BONNIE)
THAT'S QUITE A STORY, NICK.
(NICK)
IT'S THE TRUTH.
(LAUREN)
I'LL STAY WITH AMANDA
UNTIL SHE FALLS ASLEEP.
(BONNIE)
THANK YOU LAUREN.
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.
I DIDN'T
THINK YOU WOULD.
(BONNIE)
WHY SHOULD I?
I DIDN'T GO
TO PRISON, BONNIE.
THAT WAS ALL
JUST PART OF A SHOW.
DEEP COVER.
THE COURT AND THE
TRIAL...I WAS THERE NICK.
DOES POP KNOW?
NO.
(BONNIE)
HE'D BE PROUD.
WHAT'S YOU'RE CONNECTION
TO JOAN AND DON'T TELL ME
THERE ISN'T ONE.
AH...
SHE CALLED ME
MUMBLING ABOUT WHATEVER HAD
HAPPENED TO HER DAUGHTER
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO AMANDA.
WHAT'S GOING ON NICK...
WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?
I DON'T KNOW BUT
SHE SOUNDED SCARED.
WELL, SHE HAD A
GOOD REASON TO BE.
I DON'T KNOW...
(ROSS)
HEY...SORRY I'M LATE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
AHH
...I JUST CAME
OVER FOR A CUP OF COFFEE.
I GOTTA GO...
SEE YOU GUYS.
(BONNIE)
SEE YA.
(JOSH)
YOUR CALL SURPRISED ME...
I DIDN'T THINK I'D
HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN.
(BONNIE)
WELL, I COULD USE A FRIEND.
JOSH, I NEED TO GET SOME
ANSWERS AND I THINK YOU
WERE THE PERSON
WHO KNEW JOAN BEST.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
WELL, I COULD NEVER
UNDERSTAND HOW SHE COULD LEAVE
A LITTLE BABY IN THE
BATH UNATTENDED...SO SMALL.
DIDN'T ROSS TELL
YOU WHAT HAPPENED?
ROSS BLAMED JOAN...
SUZIE'S DEATH...THAT'S WHY
THEY DIVORCED...IT'S
NOT A GOOD PLACE TO GO.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST.
SO MY BROTHER SAYS.
JOAN MADE A MISTAKE.
IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT...
ONE SHE COULDN'T ERASE
NO MATTER HOW
HARD SHE DRANK.
SAM WAS IN THE KITCHEN...
HE SET OFF THE SMOKE ALARM.
HE WAS FOOLING AROUND WITH
THE STOVE...TRYING TO BAKE
HIMSELF A BIRTHDAY CAKE.
THE KITCHEN FILLED WITH
SMOKE AND HE SCREAMED.
ROSS WAS AT WORK?
(JOSH)
RIGHT.
JOAN WAS UPSTAIRS
BATHING SUZIE.
SHE RAN DOWNSTAIRS TO SEE WHAT
WAS GOING ON WITH THE SMOKE.
SHE WAS ONLY GONE
FOR A MINUTE.
AND SAM NEVER TALKED
TO YOU ABOUT THIS?
(JOSH)
NO...NO, HE'S BLOCKED
IT OUT COMPLETELY.
JOAN ACTUALLY
ENVIED HIM FOR THAT.
JOAN KEPT A SCRAPBOOK
WITH PHOTOS AND CLIPPINGS
OF AMANDA AND ME.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT?
NO, THAT DOESN'T
SOUND LIKE JOAN.
I DON'T THINK SHE
EVEN OWNED A CAMERA.
BUT AGAIN, I DIDN'T
KNOW SHE OWNED A GUN.
(Bonnie's
Cell Phone Rings)
(BONNIE)
EXCUSE ME.
HELLO?
BONNIE, IT'S DR. MILLER.
I'M LOOKING AT THE
RESULTS OF YOUR BLOOD TEST...
(BONNIE)
THE AIDS TEST?
NO, THAT WAS NEGATIVE.
BONNIE, THERE ARE HIGH LEVELS
ARSENIC IN YOUR BLOOD SYSTEM.
WHAT...HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
MOST LIKELY, RAT POISON.
SOMEONE'S TRYING TO KILL ME!
(BONNIE)
AMANDA, COME ON...
OUT OF THE CAR.
(BONNIE)
I JUST PULLED
AMANDA OUT OF SCHOOL.
DON'T YOU TELL ME
TO CALM DOWN, KESSLER,
SOMONE'S
TRYING TO KILL ME!
(JOSH)
I GOT IT...I GOT IT!
(JOSH)
D.M.S.A...AND THE PHARMACIST
SAYS YOU NEED TO DRINK LOTS OF
LIQUIDS TO FLUSH
YOUR SYSTEM, OKAY?
(BONNIE)
THANK YOU.
(JOSH)
GOOD.
SO...DID YOU
FIND ANYTHING?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M
LOOKING FOR...RAT POISON'S
ODOURLESS AND TASTELESS...
IT COULD BE IN ANYTHING.
BUT ONLY YOU GOT SICK
SO IT'S NOT THE MILK.
(BONNIE) RIGHT.
CHICKEN SOUP...
WHO MADE THIS?
SAM.
CAN I HAVE SOME?
(BONNIE)
NO, HONEY.
(AMANDA)
PLEASE MOM, PLEASE!
NO!
(BONNIE)
DIANA, IT'S ME BONNIE.
IF YOU'RE THERE, PICK UP!
OKAY, LISTEN, AMANDA AND I
ARE COMING OVER TO YOUR HOUSE.
I'LL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING
TO YOU WHEN YOU GET HOME,
BUT PLEASE
CALL ME ON MY CELL.
AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T
TELL ANYBODY WHERE I AM.
(BONNIE)
LET'S GO.
COME ON.
(BONNIE)
SHE KEEPS A KEY
HERE SOMEWHERE.
SHE'S ALWAYS
LOCKING HERSELF OUT.
(JOSH)
ALRIGHT, THE DOCTOR
SAYS YOU'RE SICK...
YOU NEED AS MUCH
WATER AS POSSIBLE, OKAY?
I'LL GET YOU SOME.
(BONNIE)
I'M REALLY SORRY TO GET
YOU INVOLVED IN ALL THIS, JOSH.
I DIDN'T MEAN
FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
(JOSH)
JOAN WAS MY FRIEND.
(JOSH)
THERE YOU GO.
(BONNIE)
THANK YOU.
(BONNIE)
WHERE DID AMANDA GO?
AMANDA?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
(Diana Yelps)
YOU SON OF A BITCH!
(♪)
(♪)
IT'S KESSLER,
I NEED A FAVOUR.
JUST A LITTLE ONE.
FIND OUT WHAT MALL
"PHOTO 2000" IS IN.
IT MUST BE ONE OF
THE BIG SUBURBAN JOBS.
YEAH, AND THEN I NEED
YOU TO CHECK WITH SECURITY...
TELL THEM I WANT
EVERY SINGLE TAPE FROM
EVERY CAMERA THEY'VE
GOT...INSIDE AND OUT.
OH COME ON,
SETTLE DOWN.
IT'S NOVEMBER 12TH, 3:15PM.
TWO WEEKS AGO...THAT
SHOULD MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM.
YEAH, CALL ME
AS SOON AS YOU HEAR.
BYE.
(BONNIE)
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
SLEEPING WITH
MY BEST FRIEND, ROSS?
(ROSS)
A COUPLE MONTHS.
(BONNIE)
HOW COULD YOU
DO THIS TO ME?
IT DIDN'T
MEAN ANYTHING.
WHAT...IT DIDN'T
MEAN ANYTHING?
WHAT DOES?
CERTAINLY NOT ME
OR YOUR CHILDREN.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM, ROSS?
WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN TO ME AND AMANDA?
ROSS, STAY AWAY FROM
ME...DON'T TOUCH ME!
(ROSS)
I'M SO SORRY.
I DON'T THINK
THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
(♪)
(ROSS)
IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY.
(LAUREN)
THAT'S WHAT YOU
SAID LAST TIME.
(♪)
(♪)
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
STOP RIGHT THERE.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
CAN YOU MAKE ME A HARD COPY?
(♪)
(SAM)
BONNIE...BONNIE!
(BONNIE)
SAM, WHAT IS IT?
(SAM)
YOU BETTER COME SEE.
(♪)
(♪)
(LAUREN)
DON'T TOUCH.
(♪)
(LAUREN)
YOU PLAY WITH YOUR
OWN THINGS, NOT MINE.
(♪)
(Bonnie Knocks)
(BONNIE)
AMANDA?
(BONNIE)
AMANDA ARE YOU IN THERE?
(BONNIE)
LAUREN, UNLOCK
THE DOOR PLEASE.
CALL THE POLICE
AND CALL NICK.
TELL HIM TO
GET HERE RIGHT AWAY.
(BONNIE)
AMAMDA, IF YOU'RE IN THERE,
WILL YOU TELL
ME PLEASE, HONEY?
TELL HER YOU'RE OKAY.
TELL HER!
(AMANDA)
(Calls Out) I'M OKAY MOM!
(BONNIE)
OKAY, AMANDA...IS
LAUREN IN THERE WITH YOU?
SHE'S GOT A GUN MOM!
(LAUREN) (Angry)
YOU MADE MY DAD GO AWAY!
THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!
(BONNIE)
OKAY LAUREN, WHY
DON'T YOU OPEN THE DOOR
AND WE CAN
TALK ABOUT THIS, OKAY?
(Lauren Sobs)
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
SHE'S GOT HER MOTHER'S GUN.
(NICK)
HEY BONNIE, IT'S
LAUREN'S SCRAPBOOK.
(BONNIE)
SHE'S LOCKED HERSELF
IN THE ROOM WITH AMANDA.
SHE'S GOT A GUN.
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
IT'S JOAN'S .357.
I WAS HIS FAVORITE
UNTIL YOU TOOK HIM AWAY!
(♪)
(Police Siren)
(♪)
SHUT UP YOU LITTLE BRAT!
I DON'T LIKE YOU ANYMORE.
DID I EVER TELL YOU I
DROWNED MY BABY SISTER?
WELL, I DID...AND YOU'RE
IN MY WAY LITTLE GIRL...
SO WATCH YOURSELF
OR YOU'LL BE NEXT!
(Both Cry)
(BONNIE)
LAUREN, HONEY,
YOUR FATHER'S HERE...
HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.
(ROSS)
LAUREN SWEETHEART...LET ME IN.
(ROSS)
LAUREN...I'VE MADE SOME
MISTAKES BUT I CAN FIX THEM.
WE CAN BE
A FAMILY AGAIN.
NEVER COULD...NEVER WILL!
IT'S NOT TRUE,
HONEY...YES WE CAN.
I MADE YOU SICK
YOU STUPID BITCH!
I EVEN MADE MYSELF
SICK...YOU SHOULD BE DEAD!
YOU MADE MY MOM SICK?
(ROSS)
PLEASE LAUREN...
OPEN THE DOOR FOR ME.
I'LL NEVER LEAVE
YOU AGAIN...I PROMISE.
(LAUREN)
YOU MEAN THAT?
(ROSS)
YOU BET I DO.
(LAUREN)
I'LL BE OUT IN A SECOND DAD.
(LAUREN)
GOODBYE...
STAND BACK!
(NICK)
PUT IT DOWN...PUT
IT DOWN...PUT IT DOWN!
(ROSS)
LAUREN...IT'S OKAY.
I'M HERE...
(BONNIE)
OH HONEY!
IT'S OKAY.
(Lauren Sobs Frantically)
(Police Sirens)
(Sobbing)
(♪)
(♪)
(CAPTAIN KESSLER)
TAKE HER OVER TO
JUVENILE DETENTION...
I'LL MEET YOU THERE.
(♪)
(♪)
WE'RE TAKING HER OVER
TO JUVENILE DETENTION
FOR OBSERVATION.
THEY'LL DETERMINE
HER MENTAL STATE.
WE'LL SEE
WHAT HAPPENS.
THANKS, MAN.
(♪)
YOU
GONNA
BE ALRIGHT?
(♪)
YEAH...I'M
GONNA
BE ALRIGHT.
(♪)
(NICK)
COME ON, KIDDO!
(♪)
(♪)