Ice Castles (2010) - full transcript

(THROUGH THE EYES OF LO PLAYING)

♪ Please, don't let this feeling end ♪

♪ It's everything I am ♪

♪ Everything I want to be ♪

♪ I can see what's mine now ♪

♪ Finding out what's true ♪

♪ Since I found you ♪

♪ Looking through the eyes of love ♪

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Yeah ♪



♪ I'm clueless walking down the street ♪

♪ Sunglasses, try to be discreet ♪

♪ Last night we hit it hard ♪

♪ My head is spinning ♪

♪ Through our soul, the ♪
♪ sun is shining, revelation ♪

♪ Right here is where I wanna be ♪

♪ It's such a perfect day ♪

♪ So what you gonna say ♪
♪ when everything is cool ♪

♪ Except I'm acting like a fool ♪

♪ 'Cause I've got you on my mind ♪

♪ And the rest of me is blind ♪
♪ to the stupid things you do ♪

♪ Just sit back, enjoy the view ♪

♪ It's a perfect day ♪

♪ It's a perfect...
Such a perfect day ♪



Hey, Dad. I'm back.

MARCUS: Hey.

(EXHALES)

I'm starving.
What you doing?

Next year's planting.

I'm trying to figure out
what's the best cash crop.

Trying to.

Every year
it gets harder to
outsmart the market.

So, how was the pond?

It was good.
Mmm-hmm.

(LAUGHING)

Um, listen, I've been
thinking about graduation.

Yeah. I haven't.

Yeah, well, I know that.

We gotta
start thinking
about what colleges...

Nick is coming home.

Okay. And what does that
have to do with college?

Nick goes to college

and he's home
for a pick-up game
tonight at the rink.

When
you go to college,
you're supposed to

stay there until
you darn well
graduate.

Do you wanna come?

I think I'm gonna try to
get a little practice in
beforehand.

Well,
that I wouldn't
miss for the world.

♪ Here I go round and round again ♪

♪ Venti Chai, you're my closest friend ♪

♪ Lack of sleep is what I do ♪

♪ Starbucks will rescue me again ♪

You got to pull in tighter
if you're gonna turn that
into a triple.

LEXI: Okay.
JANE: Yeah.

Whoa! There he is.
Nick Peterson, last
year's Eastern MVP.

(WHOOPS)

Too bad nobody saw it.
You saw it.

Who cares?

Back from Michigan State for
a potential career-ending
injury

in
a few pick-up games
with his boyfriends.

Do you still skate
like a girl or what?

Yeah. And you know,
now we actually wear
dresses at Michigan State.

That's
my boy, I think.
You want a coffee?

Sure.
You actually came.

Yeah. I gotta show
these boys a thing
or two.

You bring your homework?

With you here,
are you kidding me?

Are you learning
anything besides
hockey?

No, 'cause I'm going pro.

Hey,
so was that a double
or triple you just did?

Triple.
What?

ANNOUNCER ON PA: All right,
everybody, clear the ice.
All right.

Everybody off the ice.
Thank you.

But you're
all welcome
to stick around

for the Ashton's pick-up game,

but we need everybody
off the ice right now.

Thank you.

The Iowa Invitational Junior
Championships are in Cedar
Rapids this weekend.

Yeah. I saw the posters
for it. You want to go?

I want you to sign up.

Yeah, right.

You've been skating
since you can walk.
You're darn good.

Maybe it's time
you showed someone.

What's the point?

The point is I know my sister.

She always thought you could
do more than skate around
that darn pond.

Compete.

I just do it for fun now.

We can
use the program
we used for Christmas,

the one your mother played.

But I don't wanna do it.

Oh, come on!
It'll give me a chance
to cheer you on for a change.

(LEXI GIGGLING)

Hey.

Hey.
Come on.

Hey, let's play. Come on.

All right, let's go.
Marco!

Polo.

(LEXI GIGGLING)
Marco.

Marco.
Polo.

Come on.
You'll have
fun if you go.

You're gonna be
at school, though.

I know.

But I'll come back.

NICK: Marco!
Polo.

You took it off.

(NICK GRUNTING)

Hey, you're going.
No.

Yes, you are.
Hey.

Yes, you are.

Give it back.

NICK:
You're gonna regret
it if you don't go.

All right.

Yeah?

I haven't been to
Cedar Rapids in a while.

That's my girl.

ANNOUNCER ON PA:
Ladies and gentlemen,

there is
someone very
special here today.

Let's give a big
Cedar Rapids welcome

to Olympic silver medalist
Aiden Reynolds!

(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

Hey, how you doing?

I'm all right.

Are you having fun yet?

I'm nervous.

Keep breathing.

She's really good.

Scores for
Carol Sanders.
Technical, 39.92.

Components, 38.88.
For a composite
score of 78.80.

Our next competitor,

representing Ice Castle
Skating Club in Windsor,
Iowa,

is Lexi Winston!

That explains her outfit.

Have fun, okay?

Hey. I love you.

I love you, too.

(AUDIENCE CLAPPING)

(CLASSICAL PIANO PLAYING)

I didn't know she was
gonna skate to this piece.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

(EXCLAIMS IN JOY)

Your mom would have
been so proud,
so proud.

ANNOUNCER: Scores
for Miss Winston.
Technical...

You did great.

...30.25.
You did it.

Components, 41.76.

WOMAN:
Oh, come on.
That's horrible.

For a combined
total of 72.01.

A wonderful effort nonetheless.

You coached that
new girl, right?
Carrie something?

AIDEN:
We're no longer
working together.

I take it you haven't
competed much.

She was great.

I didn't say she wasn't,
but everything she was
doing was level one.

With the right training,
hard work, and a higher
profile,

I think you could be
a serious competitor.

I just skate for fun.
It showed.

Think how much fun
you'd have if you won.

She did just fine.

She could do better.
You owe it to yourself.

There's a whole world out there.

Wouldn't
it be nice to see
how far you can go?

Mr. Winston,
your daughter is
a natural on the ice.

I'm guessing she's
a bit late in the game,

but she's also got
the strength and poise
the younger girls don't have.

She can land a triple.
AIDEN: That's good.

But skating today
is a total package,

athleticism,
emotion, and glamor.
Lexi's got two out of three.

It may sound cynical,
but that's just the
way it is.

You really want to coach me?

Regionals are coming up.

There's barely enough time
to train, but I'm willing
to give it a shot.

Are you?
It's your life.

Thank you.
Thank you.

You train at Boston
Memorial Rink, right?

I do.

If I don't hear from you
by tomorrow, I'll move on.

My dad will be all by himself.

Your
dad's a sharp guy,
I think he'll survive.

Look, I gotta get going.

He hasn't been alone
since my mom died.

You planning on
living with your dad
for the rest of your life?

What about us?

I'll tell you one thing,
I'm not moving in with him.

I'm serious.

You and me, we're like a rock.

And plus I'm gonna be
at school most of the
time.

Which reminds me, if I
don't get going right now,

I'm gonna drive off the road.

But you'll miss me too much.

(SIGHS) Well, maybe.

You know
I always miss you
when you're out of sight.

And we'll see each
other in a few weeks

when you come down
for our first game.

You know,
it's kind of
exciting, you and me,

famous Red Wings
star and world...

Hey, Olympic champion
figure skater.

Think fast.

Nick. Stop!

NICK: Oh, my God, you
are dead. You are dead.

You must be Lexi.

You're gonna have to work on
closing your mouth when
entering the hotel.

Sorry.
It's just that...

I know.
It's just
all too much.

Just wait.

We are part of the hotel,
but we're just kind of
off by ourselves.

Everybody's really nice.

Hi.

But you're the new girl, so...

Oh, it's her.

Hey.
Oh, please.

MELISSA: Everybody
has their own room.

We eat in the
slum section of one of
the hotel coffee shops.

And don't even think about
escaping into town for
a good dinner

because you're gonna
be working all the time.

We have the workout room,
aerobics, strength, stretch.

Big deal for
Mr. Reynolds.

Does everyone
here train with him?

No, there are several
coaches that use
Boston Club as a base.

So
what's the big deal
about Carrie Turner?

You don't get a lot
of news in Idaho, huh?

Iowa.
Same difference.

Carrie
jumped ship last week
to train with Frank Carroll,

right after she took first
in the Colorado Invitational.

Coach is pretty
bent up about it,

so I'm not sure I'd bring it up.

We have
two full-time
physical trainers.

They also do massage, so if
you pull something, it gets
fixed fast.

Not a lot of wasted time.

And some ballet.

WOMAN: One and two and
three and four and five

and six and seven and eight...

Hey, look, I know
you're from Ohio
or somewhere,

but this is real life, okay?

You want to do something,
you want to get somewhere?

This is
your chance.
Don't blow it.

WOMAN: ...Seven.
Eight. Heads up.
One.

COACH: Come on, Bret!

PLAYER 1: Hit it.

COACH: Go, Peterson!

Look, if you want this thing,

you gotta get there!

Get your man. Get your man.
Peterson, you got him.

PLAYER 2: Nice. Nice.

Turn it back up.
Turn it back up.

Nice hustle.
PLAYER 3: There you go.

Hey! Yeah!

PLAYER 4: Come on, Peterson.
High five!

The coach
is only as good
as his best skater.

He needs a new star and he's
hoping somebody he's working
with here

is gonna emerge.
Emerge?

Yeah. A star to show
she can take them
all the way.

All the way where?

Nationals. Worlds.

Seriously?

Good morning, ladies.
Welcome to Boston.
Let's get to it.

And, Lexi...

GIRL: You have to step up!

...you see those
girls out there?
Those coaches?

How you take the ice
right now, the first
time,

is gonna go a long
way in determining

whether it's you or them
skating here after regionals.

Did you see that?

She's replacing Carrie?
She is.

And we're off.

That's cute.

Hey, you.
So I scored
two goals today.

Really?
NICK: Yeah.

That's awesome.

How's it going out there?
Good.

It's kind
of strange,
but it's great.

It just takes a little
getting used to, you know.

Mr. Reynolds is
a really great
coach, though.

I had no idea
I could skate
like this.

We're both on the way up.

So I'm really looking forward
to my first game so I can
finally see you.

To tell you the truth,
I actually might not
stay at school too long.

If everything
goes the way it looks,
I might get drafted early.

That's great.

Nick Peterson!

Well, I miss you.

WOMAN:
Three and four
and five and...

Okay, those
turns need to be
clean and deeper.

More upper body.
Come on, more drama.

You need to be at least level
three if you wanna be
competitive.

You've got regionals
in less than three weeks.

I want you going over these
sequences every waking moment.

WOMAN: Four, five, six...

AIDEN: More drama!
That's it!
That's level three!

You gotta get there
to be in the top four,
otherwise you don't move on.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

AIDEN: Good. No,
it's looking better.

All right. Okay.
Give us... Just go
over it one more time.

Hey, it's Lexi.
I'm probably skating,

but if you
leave me a message,
I'll call you back.

GIRL 1: Hey, guys.
Come here. It's Carrie.
GIRL 2: Oh, my God.

GIRL 3: Carrie is back.

GIRL 4: Carrie!

(GIRLS CHATTERING)

Maybe she came
back to say goodbye.

I doubt it.
Just wait here.

Call a break?
You should be practicing.
Go. Practice. Go. Go. Go.

What are you doing here?

That's the new girl?

Yeah, Lexi Winston.

I hear
she's competing
week after next.

Yeah, she is.

WOMAN:
Now watch
your location.

Talent
pool is a little
slim these days, huh?

Careful. It's
slippery out there.

MAN: Make that turn.
Just get up. Come on.

Good luck.

MELISSA:
Don't worry
about it, Lex.

That's good
work for today.
She's all yours.

Excuse me?

We've got to create a buzz.

I want the whole
skating world to know

you're a force to
be reckoned with.

♪ Here's to the ones who don't give up ♪

♪ Here's to the ones who don't give up ♪

♪ Here's to the ones who don't give up ♪

♪ This is your anthem ♪

♪ Get your hands up ♪

LEXI: Hey, you.

NICK: (ON PHONE)
Hey. What time is it?

I don't know.

I'm having a serious
affair with your
voicemail these days.

I know. I'm sorry.

I had a lot of practice
and then Coach sent me
shopping.

Shopping?

I guess I could see
how you can't find time
to answer my messages, huh?

Well, I'm sorry.
I just haven't
had time.

What the heck's that noise?

I'm getting my hair done.

I thought you're
there to skate,
Lex.

But, Nick...
You know...

I don't know, this
sounds like bull to me.

You know, I gotta practice
in a couple of hours, Lex.
I can barely hear you.

What?

Yeah, exactly. I gotta run.

Wait, Nick...

♪ We are fire inside, ♪
♪ we are lipstick and cleats ♪

♪ We are not going home, ♪
♪ we are playing for keeps ♪

♪ We are girls ♪
♪ with skinned knees ♪

♪ We are concrete and grace ♪

PHOTOGRAPHER: Wonderful.
I love you. You're beautiful.
You're great.

Oh, good. There you go.
Just one more smile
for me. Thank you.

(EXCLAIMS) Perfect. Good.
Now, spin, turn. Pose,
smile.

Oh, get that out
of your face. Okay.
Good. Teeth. Very nice.

I think we have it.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Danny.
DANNY: Yes, sir?

Do me a favor, love...

DANNY: Do you want me
to keep them all apart?

PHOTOGRAPHER: Yes.

Is it awful?

Awful? No.
It's not awful.

Believe me, it is a far cry

from anything but beautiful.

AIDEN: This
is Lexi Winston,
my newest skater.

WOMAN:
Miss Lexi!
Miss Lexi.

MAN: Lexi.
Do you think she'll
make it to sectionals?

WOMAN: Isn't Carrie Turner
favored?

I wish her only the best,

but I'm very excited
about Miss Winston's
regional debut.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

Dad. Aunt Jane.

You guys made it.

You couldn't have kept us away.

Hi, Mr. Winston.
How are you doing?
Good. Thank you.

Jane.
Oh, wow.

Bad or good?

Who is this incredibly
beautiful young woman here?

Really?

Yeah, really.

AIDEN: Lexi, hurry.
We're up next.
Lexi, let's go.

Okay.
Come on.

Good luck.
Thank you.

She's all grown up.

Performance makeup.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

Come on.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

Yes! Yes!

ANNOUNCER:
Scores for Ms. Turner.

Technical, 63.8.
Components, 64.6.

For a combined first
place total of 128.4.

Be careful.
It's slippery out there.

She's trying to rattle you.

Yeah, well,
I'm rattled
enough as it is.

Well,
shut it out.
You can do this.

Hey, Lexi,
skate the program
and you'll be fine.

You're better
than she is.
Okay?

ANNOUNCER: Our next skater
this evening, representing
the Boston Skating Club,

Boston, Massachusetts,
Lexi Winston.

(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

JANE: Yes!

You see?

(BOTH WHOOPING)

Wow!

Sweetie, you were fantastic.

That was so... So good.

ANNOUNCER:
The scores
for Ms. Winston.

Technical, 49.15.
Components, 71.18.

For a combined
total of 120.33,

putting her solidly
in second place and
on her way to sectionals.

You did it.
You did it.

REPORTER 1:
Is this really
your first competition?

REPORTER 2:
Are you guys together?

REPORTER 3: How long have
you been training with
Aiden Reynolds?

Where'd you find
this gem, Aiden?

On a pond in Iowa.

REPORTER 4: Is she
your new Carrie Turner?

REPORTER 5:
Do you think
she has what it takes?

What do you think?

I think I'd
like to do a story on
her in Skating magazine.

All right. Absolutely.

REPORTER 6: That
was a great run,
Lexi.

(SIGHS)

You ever pull a stunt
like that again and
you're out.

What?

You don't
add, change or place
a jump unless I tell you to.

I tell you
to do a triple,
you do a triple.

I don't, you don't.

I knew I could do it
and I did it.

It was sloppy.

I placed second.
Well, you think
you know something

because you've
been doing this
a little while?

You don't. You need to
always skate the program.

I have
calculated every point, and
competition is not the time

to throw in something untrained.

I'm sorry.

This is your job and mine,

and if you don't
want to do it, go home
with your dad right now.

(SOBBING) Please
just let me stay.

Go.
Go say goodbye
to your family.

Hey, Nick. It's me.

We seem to keep
missing each other.

Busy schedules. But we
knew that would happen.

I miss you.

After regionals,
it seems more than usual.

I can't wait to
come to your game.

I miss you.
I already said that.

Um, call me back. Bye.

Lover boy?

He scored a goal at practice.

You better not
let coach catch you
talking on the phone.

He wants you here 150%.

I barely talk to him.

Yeah,
well, barely is
better than never,

which is how it usually ends up.

We haven't seen
each other in so long.

With all that's happened,
do you really miss him
that much?

What are you talking about?
I never thought I'd make it
to sectionals.

Maybe I could change my flight,

then
I'd only miss
a few practices.

(LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY)
Good luck.

Hey, it's Lexi.
I'm probably skating,

but if you
leave me a message,
I'll call you back.

NICK: Hey,
I got you a really good
seat right by the tunnel,

so I'll
give you a wave
when I come out.

And I look forward to
seeing you tomorrow night.

AIDEN: What's the matter?

Nothing.

What?

How do you know?

Please.

I'm supposed
to go to Michigan
for Nick's first game.

You've got sectionals coming up.

I'd only miss
two days of practice.

I thought we had
this conversation.

Truman, Eliot,
you're up.
Change!

SKATER: Push! Push!

Peterson, get in there.

(HORN BLARING)

COMMENTATOR:
Well, that's it, folks.

A warm round of
applause for another
Michigan State victory.

Congratulations, team.

Hey.

It's me. I'm so sorry.

I really
wanted to be there.
I did everything I could.

I'm sure you did great.
You always do.

INTERVIEWER:
So, Ms. Winston, do
you have a boyfriend?

I do. He's a hockey
player at Michigan
State.

Excuse me.

Sure you want
that on record?
Why not?

I don't know. Something
happens between you two...

We're fine.

I'm sure you are, but
a little mystery never
hurt either.

So have
you got your
story straight?

I'm with Lexi Winston who
can barely contain her
excitement.

First major competition...

(GIRLS CHATTERING)

INTERVIEWER:
So doing this well,
do you have goals now?

Have your goals changed?

No one even knew your story.
You came in. You had grown
up in Iowa,

skating on ponds, as you say.
Did you dream about a day
like this?

It's fun to be recognized.

Media darling Lexi Winston
is taking the ice skating
world by storm.

Very nice to meet you.

LEXI: You know, you
always dream about it,

but you
never really think
that it's gonna happen.

How do you handle that pressure?

LEXI: I don't
think of it as pressure.
I think of it as excitement.

Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!

This is so awesome.
Turn to page 25.

Oh, my God.

I told you it'd be worth it.

This is amazing.

This is so cool!
This is awesome!

Read the cover.

Oh, God.

"Lexi Winston,
from Iowa to I-oh-wow."
"To I-oh-wow."

LEXI:
Did you get
the magazine?

Yup.

You're like a celebrity now.

I kind of am. It's crazy.

What happened to you?

Nothing. I'm just sore.

I have sectionals next weekend.

What about Thanksgiving?

Well, I was hoping maybe
you could come here to
Boston.

I thought
you were coming
here to Michigan.

I can't, I have practice.

Yes. So do I.

Well, I want to see you.

Why does it say you're single?

What?

The magazine says you're single.

That wasn't me.
That was Aiden.

He said that I should
probably just try to
keep us quiet.

You kidding me, Lex?

Nick, you know what?

We knew this was
gonna be hard
and it is.

It stinks,
but we said we
would make it work.

We said we would make it happen.

Yeah, well, look,
it's not working.

You know we haven't seen
each other in a really
long time

and we haven't talked at all,

and every time
I do talk to you,
you're not even there.

I can't help it.
I'm doing the best I can.

You can't
help being a
different person?

I'm trying.

Maybe we should
just take a break.

This isn't working.

♪ You keep tryin' ♪
♪ to get inside my head ♪

♪ While I keep trying ♪
♪ to lose the words you said ♪

♪ Can't you see ♪
♪ I'm hangin' by a thread ♪

♪ To my life what I know, ♪
♪ yeah, I'm losing control and ♪

♪ Oh, no, my walls ♪
♪ are gonna break ♪

♪ So close, ♪
♪ it's more than I can take ♪

♪ I'm so tired of turning ♪
♪ and running away ♪

♪ When love just isn't safe ♪

♪ I'm strong enough, ♪
♪ I've always told myself ♪

♪ I never want ♪
♪ to need somebody else ♪

♪ But I've already ♪
♪ fallen from that hill ♪

♪ So I'm dropping that guard ♪

♪ Here's your chance ♪
♪ at my heart and ♪

♪ Oh, no, my walls ♪
♪ are gonna break ♪

♪ So close, ♪
♪ it's more than I can take ♪

♪ I'm so tired of turning ♪
♪ and running away ♪

♪ When love just isn't ♪

♪ Everything you want, ♪
♪ but it's everything you need ♪

♪ It's not always happy endings ♪

♪ But it's happy in between ♪

♪ It's taken so long, ♪
♪ so long to finally see ♪

♪ The other isn't worth the risk ♪

Are you all right?
I'm fine.

Are you sure?
Yeah. I said
I'm fine, okay?

♪ My walls are gonna break ♪

♪ Oh, no, my walls ♪
♪ are gonna break ♪

♪ So close, ♪
♪ it's more than I can take ♪

♪ I'm so tired of turning ♪
♪ and running away ♪

♪ When love just isn't safe ♪

♪ You're not safe ♪

So that's it?

I didn't get recruited to get
my butt kicked for nothing.

I'm good enough to play.

Sorry you see it that way.

Don't think I'm gonna
beg you to stick around.

I've got a winning team here.

So as far as I can see,
you're doing me a favor.

Sit.
Are you kidding me?

The only way I'm getting
on this is if I'm driving.

You know how?

I'm from Iowa.

(ENGINE STARTING)

Hold on.

♪ Wait for the new revolution ♪

♪ Stand up for the united front ♪

♪ No one ever told you ♪
♪ life was gonna be easy ♪

♪ No one ever told you ♪
♪ it was gonna be bad ♪

♪ Stand up for ♪
♪ the new revolution ♪

♪ Make way for the united front ♪

♪ No one ever told you ♪
♪ life was gonna be easy ♪

♪ No one ever told you ♪
♪ it was all such a drag ♪

Boy, you're full of surprises.

(CHUCKLING)

You don't know the half of it.

Are you concerned
about her, though,

as you get ready for sectionals?

I don't think so.
I'm just...

I can take it in stride,
and I'm working really
hard

and I have full confidence
going into sectionals.
So...

So you don't feel
like you have to look
over your shoulder at her?

No, definitely not.

Okay, good luck.
Thank you very much.

WOMAN: Lexi!
MAN: Hi, Lexi!

Aiden, do
you think Ms. Winston
has a shot at nationals?

We wouldn't be here if I didn't.

But do you think
she's skating
well enough

to beat Carrie Turner?

I think Ms. Winston can
beat anyone competing
today.

What about
regionals, a little bit of
beginner's luck there maybe?

No.
Pure talent
and hard work.

REPORTER: Hey,
Lexi, are the rumors true?
Is there a romance brewing?

I don't comment on
my personal life,
but thank you.

(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

COMMENTATOR 1: Facing one
of the more interesting
challenges in her career,

Carrie Turner is delivering
the best performance
we've seen.

COMMENTATOR 2:
I have to agree. Now, the
unknown element this evening

is Lexi Winston,
who came in a close
second in the regionals,

who can possibly top
her second place
finish here.

COMMENTATOR 1: Let me tell
you something, she is skating

absolutely flawlessly
this evening.

(AUDIENCE CLAPPING)

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

ANNOUNCER: Our next
competitor, representing

Boston Skating Club in
Boston, Massachusetts,
is Lexi Winston.

(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

Lexi! Lex!

(CHUCKLING)

Amazing.

ANNOUNCER: The scores
for Miss Winston.
Technical, 70.1.

Nick? Nick, wait.

Components, 81.3.

For a combined
total of 151.4.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have
a new sectionals champion,
Lexi Winston.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Lexi!
Lexi, right here, please.

Aiden! Aiden!

Turn around, just...

Lexi, you look amazing.

You okay?

(STAMMERING)
Aiden, I'm nervous.

But
that's just so great.
It's all new, exciting.

Let's get to work.

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)

Aiden, how are you?

Good, how are you?

Please, introduce us.
How are you?

Of course, Diane,
this is Lexi Winston.
Hi.

You are just fantastic.
Aiden's lucky to have
found you.

WOMAN: Lexi,
you are adorable...
AIDEN: So where?

Your future is
limitless, my dear.

Monday morning,
your office, 8:00 a.m.?
MAN: Absolutely.

That's just
an astounding performance.

WOMAN: The sky's
the limit for you, dear.

You all right?
Yeah.

Aiden, I want first dibs
for our New Year's show
for next year.

You promised me.

You know how we feel
about your show, Eddie,

but Ice Capades
is very interesting.

You are just darling.

AIDEN: Excuse me one second.

What was that?
Can we just go?

Honey,
do you have any idea
who these people are?

What they could do for you?

I know, but...

He is a big time
ice show producer.

If he likes you,
you'll work year-round
as long as you can skate.

Trust me.

Show
that smile of yours,
he's gonna love you.

Look, you've got
maybe a couple good
years in this business.

Right now,
you're an entertainer.

We all are.
Think I like this?

Can we just go
somewhere? Just us.

Yeah,
okay, we will. We will.
Just give me one minute, okay,

just talk to this producer,
then we'll go, okay?
Be right back.

Hello.

Hey, Daddy.

Well,
hello, sweetheart.
How are you doing?

Good.
No, everything's fine.

Well,
sounds like that means
we won't be seeing you.

Well, we still have a lot to do

and Aiden
says we have to get
ready for nationals.

Daddy.

What is it, sweetheart?

This might be a funny question,

but do you think I'm all right?

Well, no, I think you're

the most wonderful
person in the world,

but I'm not sure
that I follow you.

Me, neither.

Say, maybe what you
need to do is come home,

you know,
for a little
bit and just...

If only. I'm sorry
I'm not there, Daddy.

Yeah, me, too. Me, too.

Hey, listen, whatever you,
you know, need to do or
want to do,

I'm there for you, okay?

Thanks.

I'm your dad.

I love you, Daddy.

I love you too, honey.

I'll talk to you soon.

Who is that?

Aiden.

Can you say
"desperate for attention?"

(GROANS)

MELISSA: Lexi!
AIDEN: Lexi!

MELISSA: Lexi!
Baby, don't move.

Call an ambulance!
Somebody call an ambulance!

Why can't I see?

No, I don't...
I don't remember.

MARCUS: Lexi, you bumped
your head, and they think

you've got, they think
you've got a concussion.

You had an accident.
You took a fall at
the lake.

JANE: Everything's
gonna be all right.

DOCTOR: Go
back three slices. Well,
her tests are consistent.

MARCUS:
And that's
a good thing?

DOCTOR: Once these things
plateau, it's rare to
see improvement,

but this
light perception
she has will remain.

So you're saying this is it?

DOCTOR: There are always
miracles, new discoveries.

The
brain is complex
and unpredictable.

The fact that
she can see some light
will certainly help her.

What next?

Go home.

Help her adjust to being blind,

get back to some
sense of normalcy.

This is gonna be
a big adjustment
for her.

Yeah.
And for you.

I spoke to the press.

I still don't
understand why it's
any of their business.

I told them she broke her arm.

The doctors are keeping quiet.

That should
buy us some time,
at least until nationals,

and by then they'll be
on to other stories, so...

In the meantime, you can
relax and lay low back
in Iowa,

and we'll see what happens.

I can't see.

It's over.

No, no.
The doctor said
there's a chance.

A chance?

Are you saying that for me
or for you?

I don't even know
why you're here
anymore.

Hey.

Just leave me alone.
It's over.

No.
No. No, Lexi.
It's not over.

You love skating and winning.

Nationals are coming,

and then the season
is gonna be over and
it'll start up again.

You'll find yourself a new
skater and she'll win gold
for you.

That's all you ever wanted.

Please just go.

Aiden, just go.

Well, the big question
in the figure skating
world right now,

what happened to Lexi Winston?

What we hear is
that Lexi broke her arm
at a non-competition event,

but there
seems to be more to it
since it can't be confirmed.

There has been no
press conference,
no calls answered.

In fact,
Lexi has virtually
disappeared from the scene.

Mysterious, to say the least.

They said it wasn't gonna
snow, but it sure doesn't
feel that way.

LEXI: I wouldn't know.

What's that?

I said I wouldn't know.

Come on.
You can smell it in
the air. I know you can.

I should have
never gone to
Boston.

Lexi.

Stop listening to your mind
telling you what you don't
have

and what you should have done.

Let's just focus on
what's here and right now.

(SIGHS)

Just try and feel the ground.

I couldn't
be more proud of you.
You know that, don't you?

All I know

is that I'm stuck here in
the middle of nowhere,
in the dark.

That's very helpful.

It's true.

Probably be stuck here forever.

Listen, before you left
here a few months ago,
this wasn't nowhere.

In fact,
it was a place that you
had a hard time leaving.

Remember that?

There, there.
Remember that?

JANE: Welcome home, cutie.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Hey. How was your sleep?

Okay.

Good. So I'm
going out in a bit,

and I could use the company.

No, thanks.

Come on, Lex. Why don't
you come out for a bit?

Ask Aunt Jane to go.

Okay.

JANE:
Hot chocolate?
With whipped cream.

I'm fine.

It's beautiful out there today.

Colder than cold, but
at least it's not windy.

We could
go for a walk later.
You could use the exercise.

No, thanks.

It's been weeks, honey.
The girls have been
asking about you.

What did you tell them?

JANE: Nothing.
But everyone's gonna
find out sooner or later.

So where is she?

In her room.

You're down here
watching television,

she's upstairs in
her room doing what?

I don't know.
I've read to her,
I've talked to her.

You know,
what is the point of
you coming over here

if she's gonna be
sitting upstairs
by herself?

I can't make her do anything.

She's dying up there.

Then you do something!

I thought I was.

You know, why don't
you come over? Okay.

All right.
I've had enough of
this. Come on, let's go.

Dad.

Come on, let's go.
Dad.

Your mother
would be ashamed of us.

You sitting around here
feeling sorry for yourself
for so long, and the fact that

I actually helped you.
Come on, let's go.

Leave me alone.
Come on.

It's
lonelier in this house now
than when you were in Boston.

Dad! Dad!
Come on, let's go!

Where?
Where are
we going? Dad.

Anywhere but here!

We are not gonna sit and
rot in this house! Come on!

Here.
Dad.

Dad, I'm not ready for this.

Sure you are.
Sure you are.

It's slippery.

That's
why you're
wearing skates.

Is the ice thick enough?

We're gonna find out
soon enough, I think.
Dad.

I just remember when your mom
and I used to bring you out
here.

Yeah, you weren't too
interested in walking,

but you loved
the feel of the ice.

You loved it.

My legs are tired.

Yeah. Well, come on.
It's just another minute.

That's it.

One foot
in front of the
other. You can remember.

Dad.
Dad, I'm just not ready.

When did you become such a wuss?

Nick?
What are you doing here?

You know,
I'm getting
kind of tired,

and my legs are kind of beaten.

It's cold.
Why don't you...
Can you help me out here?

No, Dad. Dad,
I'll come with you.

What?
You're gonna leave me
out here by myself, huh?

I said...
Dad, just let me...

NICK: Hey, I got you.

I'm fine.

I said I'm fine.

It's my skates.
It's my skates.
I just...

Yeah, it's gotta be your skates.

Can you help me get them off?

No, get up.
Get up. Get up.

Stop it.

All this time, Lex, I kept
thinking to myself, "She's
home.

"And she gets cabin fever,

"I guess she really
doesn't want to see me."

Maybe she figured
you wouldn't want
to see her

after what happened.

Maybe he thought
that he caused it,

and he couldn't
admit it to himself.

Nick.

I'm right here.

Help me.

I'm right here.

Don't let me go.

I'm right here.

See? Look, look!
You can stand on
your own...

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa...

You okay? You used
to fall all the time.

Nick, I can't see anything.

Come on.

Just follow my voice, okay?

Do you think that maybe
we could try this again?

Skating.
Skating, I mean.

LEXI: Are you sure that
no one's gonna be here?

NICK: Jane said
the girls will be
coming in at 10:00

and we'll be out before then.

You can still
tie up your skates.

Now all I have to do is skate.

You feel good?

If you're gonna skate,
we gotta figure out a way
for you to see the walls.

That's
a good idea,
except I'm blind.

I know. What I mean is,
is you're able to see
light and shadow,

so maybe you can use that
to get a feel for the rink.

See, there you go.
That's good.

You're starting
to get a sense of
where the wall is now?

Sort of.

All right, good.

Nick? Nick?
You're fine.

Lex, turn, turn...
You okay?

Yeah.

Now
I know why you guys
wear so much padding.

Skate toward me
and count out loud.

One one thousand,
two one thousand,

three one thousand,
four one thousand...

You're halfway.

...five
one thousand,
six one thousand...

Twenty feet, ten,
five, stop. Good.

No, this is too fast.

You get 10 feet,
there you go, yeah.

You just turned
on your own! Good!

Come here.
Come toward center ice.

Hey, if
you can balance
in spread eagle,

you
should be able
to try a sit spin.

You're crossing
the blue line now.

Don't tell me.

Look at that.
Here, skate toward me.

What was that,
another blind joke?

NICK: Hey, try a jump!

LEXI: No.

Just get some air. What's
the worst that could happen?

Well,
I could fall on my butt,
hit my head and go deaf.

How's that?
Well, hand me
a stick and a puck, too.

If you can hand
them over here.
JANE: Yeah.

Here you go.
Okay.

And let me know
when I'm at the center
of this blue line, okay?

Okay.

JANE: Blue line!

♪ Can you feel ♪

♪ The pull of gravity that comes ♪

♪ When the heart is full ♪

♪ Of something you can't name ♪

(WHOOPS)

I knew it.

I knew where it was.

Come with me.
I want to try something.

What are we doing?

You will see. Follow me.

LEXI: I'm better off
in the rink.

No, no, give it a shot.

I don't even know
where the edges are.

Sure you do.

Come on.
I'll start you.

Keep talking.

Hey, don't try to see.

I mean, if you can't see,
maybe making the effort
to do that

is just
getting in the way
of using something else.

Like what?
The sound when
I slam into the boards?

No. Like your memory.

Just close your eyes.
Just picture it in
your head.

Lex,
we've been skating on
this pond our whole lives.

Nothing's changed.

It's the same shape,
the same dimensions.

Come on. You've done
this blindfolded before.

What's the difference?

I could cheat before.

It's like lacing up your skates.

You know, if you think about
it too much, then you get
all tangled up.

If you just do it,
then it's second nature.

There you go.

You're approaching the middle.

You're about a third of
the way to the end, Lex.

LEXI: Don't tell me.
NICK: Okay.

Okay. Where am I now?

You just told me
not to tell you.

I know where you are.
Come on. Where do you
think you are?

By the stream outlet.
Yes.

Look who's showing off, huh?
Watch the edge, 10 feet.
Good.

Come on, come towards me.

Lex, you landed it!
You okay?

Yeah. Yeah.

That's incredible!

I felt like that
even when I could see.

You felt it?
Yeah.

It just kind of happened.
How'd it look?

Incredible.

It's good to see you smile, Lex.

Is she ready yet?
You should
have some coffee.

No, thanks.
We gotta get going.

Oh, come on.
It's not gonna kill you.

Hey,
I gotta tell you,
she is, you know.

I mean, I think you've
pulled her out of her
funk.

And that jump, you know,
that she tried.

I mean, if
you give her another
couple of weeks and...

That was a heck of a thing.

Well, if she
could do it once,
she could do it again.

Well, I guess that
means you're not planning
on going any easier on her.

Oh, she's tough.
She can handle it.

If you can just believe
that you're on the pond,
you can do it.

I'm not promising anything.

NICK: Just pretend
that the streamlet
is to your left

and go for it.

Yes! You did it!

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

Oh, rats!

Okay, okay. Okay.

(GROANS)

Lex, you're skating beautifully.

Nick?

Nick?

Yeah?

(CHUCKLING)

I'm so proud of you.

Hey, Coach.
Just hoping you might
have a minute. Made a mistake.

I wish you could
see the sunset, Lex.

I'd rather see your face.

I miss you, Nick.

I know
you're right here,
but I still miss you.

I'm glad you
got to see me skate
at sectionals, I mean.

No... Don't...

It's too bad it's
all over, though.

The skating part, I mean.
Not the other stuff.

Maybe it doesn't have to be.

Yeah, right.

Hey. You earned
a spot at nationals.

I checked.
You're still registered.

You checked?

I mean, yeah,
that guy called
about your music.

You can do it.

Have you been
thinking about this?

It wouldn't work. I...

Lex, I'm serious.

So am I.
It's ridiculous.

Come on, it's not that crazy.

You know,
it's a little bit
crazy, but why not?

Well, it's one thing for her
to skate with you on the ice.

She's skating great on her own.

What difference does
it make where she skates?

It's a big difference.

Hey, she landed a triple.
She's skating as well
as ever.

I don't have a program
and I don't have a coach.

But what about Jane?

I could try, I suppose.
I don't know.

Do you trust me?

Sure I do, but it's ridiculous.

She can do it. She skated
well enough at sectionals
to win.

She beat out everyone in
the middle of this country.

She qualified for nationals.

But they'll pity me.

Yeah, they would if they knew.

They will.

I don't know how they couldn't.

The girls in the rink
have seen you skate,
they don't know.

Give yourself
a chance to prove...

What?

...that it was all worth it.

Blind or not,
if she could do this,
she could do anything.

JANE: Wow!

LEXI: This feels big.

It's just like ours.

Well, we've got as
much time as we want

between 1:00 and
4:00 in the morning
for the next few days.

All right, just like home.

We'll count
off the length
and width dimensions

and you enter
from the center end.

So I just come straight out?

NICK: Yeah.

If we start you off right,
you'll be fine. It'll be
the same count.

It's
really just about
balance and instinct.

Here you go,
just come here,
come towards the center.

Ten feet, five,
you're here, good.

You'll start
facing the entrance.

Here we go. And the
judges will be right
over here to your left.

Twenty-five, ten, five.

Yeah!
JANE: Come on!

NICK: Yeah!
Yeah, yeah.

NICK: Hey. Attagirl.

Today's
national championship has
attracted skating's royalty,

Michelle Kwan,
five-time world champion

and nine-time US
national champion
as well as...

(AUDIENCE CLAPPING)

Carrie Turner
is skating beautifully
at this point in her career.

She's in great position
for the world championships

and making the
Olympic team next year,
if she can avoid injury.

AIDEN: Lexi?

Wow. You look...

How are you? I mean,
does this mean you can...

No.

Wow, you can't tell,
it's amazing.

Aiden, this wasn't your fault.

You were my responsibility.

I was my responsibility.

But I want you to know that
I appreciate everything
you did.

It was all worth it.

It was good seeing you, Lexi.

No one knows.

How would they?

She wants to keep it that way.

Kick butt out there.

Hey, beautiful.
How you doing?

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

(INAUDIBLE)

Just like practice, okay?

In this season,
she seems to have
come from nowhere,

and then
she disappeared
and now she's back.

Well, since
sectionals, everybody's
been talking about Lexi.

The crowd adores her

and
there's something real
special about her skating.

There's a pureness,
there's an honesty,

and she's able to
emotionally connect

with every single
person in the audience.

ANNOUNCER:
Our next competitor,

representing Ice Castle
Skating Club in Windsor,
Iowa,

is Lexi Winston.

She certainly skates
with joy and freedom
and love,

and it seems to
her it doesn't matter
about winning or losing,

but enjoying what she does.

But the question
is, is she capable

of performing
like that here now,

just coming
fresh from an injury,

having absolutely no experience?

Can she do it
now when it counts?

Well, I guess
we'll soon find out.

(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

WOMAN: Lexi!

Yeah!

CROWD:
Lexi! Lexi!
Lexi! Lexi! Lexi!

WOMAN: Are you okay?

Lexi!

(CHUCKLING) Hey, you.

I thought you'd never come.

We forgot about the bears.

MAN: Come on, Lex!

I think they know now.
Come on.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

♪ Please, don't let this feeling end ♪

♪ It's everything I am ♪

♪ Everything I want to be ♪

♪ I can see what's mine now ♪

♪ Finding out what's true ♪

♪ Since I found you ♪

♪ Looking through the eyes of love ♪

♪ Now, I can take the time ♪

♪ I can see my life ♪

♪ As it comes up shining now ♪

♪ Reaching out to touch you ♪

♪ I can feel so much ♪

♪ Since I found you ♪

♪ Looking through the eyes of love ♪

♪ And now, I do believe ♪

♪ That even in a storm we'll find some light ♪

♪ Knowing you're beside me ♪

♪ I'm all right ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Please, don't let this feeling end ♪

♪ It might not come again ♪

♪ And I want to remember ♪

♪ How it feels to touch you ♪

♪ How I feel so much ♪

♪ Since I found you ♪

♪ Looking through the eyes of love ♪

♪ And now ♪

♪ I do believe ♪

♪ That even in a storm we'll find ♪

♪ Some light ♪

♪ Knowing you're beside me ♪

♪ I'm all right ♪

♪ Now, I can take the time ♪

♪ I can see my life ♪

♪ As it comes up shining now ♪

♪ Reaching out to touch you ♪

♪ I can feel so much ♪

♪ Since I found you ♪

♪ Looking through the eyes ♪

♪ Of love ♪

♪ Of love ♪