Millennium (1996–1999): Season 2, Episode 10 - Midnight of the Century - full transcript
As Christmas approaches, Frank experiences visions from his childhood when Jordan claims to have been visited by the spirit of her dead grandmother.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
HO, HO, HO, HO, HO!
THANK YOU, SIR. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
IT'S A TRAIN! OH.
VERY NICE. LET'S GO.
HO, HO, HO, HO, HO!
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
STAY.
- - HI, DAD! THIS IS JORDAN.
HI, HONEY. WHEN YOU COME TO
MY CHRISTMAS PAGEANT TODAY,
I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M THE
ANGEL THAT STARTS THE SHOW...
AND THEN TELLS MARY
SHE'S GONNA HAVE A BABY.
YOU ARE REALLY GONNA
LIKE WHAT I GOT YOU.
MOMMY SAYS I CAN COME OVER TO
YOUR HOUSE AFTER MASS TONIGHT.
CALL HER TO TELL HER
YOU GOT THIS MESSAGE.
OKAY? YEAH, YEAH.
- IS THAT IT?
- THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT. THE
PAGEANT IS AT 3:00.
OKAY, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
BYE. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
UH, FRANK?
FRANK?
UH... YOU'RE NOT THERE.
WELL, I HOPE I GOT
THE RIGHT NUMBER.
I WAS WONDERIN' IF YOU
GOT THE PICTURE I SENT.
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- HEY.
- HEY.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'D BE
HERE. I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I WAS CONSULTING ON
A CASE IN VANCOUVER,
SO PETER INVITED ME.
I'M STILL NOT SURE THAT THIS IS HIS
HOUSE, 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM.
SO I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE,
'CAUSE, UH, I WAS SURE THAT ALL
THESE PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT ME LIKE,
"WHO IS THAT WOMAN OVER THERE?"
YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT
PLACE. OH, GOOD.
YOU GOT ANY PLANS
WITH YOUR FAMILY?
NO. YOU?
YEAH. I GOTTA GO TO MY DAUGHTER'S
PAGEANT. SHE'S PLAYING AN ANGEL.
TOO MANY ANGELS
THIS TIME OF YEAR.
ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH. YOU KNOW.
NOT A VERY CORDIAL HOST.
COME.
HI.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, LARA.
FRANK BROUGHT THIS FOR YOU.
THAT'S FOR CHELSEA. WE'VE BEEN
HIDIN' GIFTS IN HERE FOR YEARS.
TAYLOR OUTGREW
BICYCLES LAST YEAR.
APPARENTLY IT'S NOT
COOL FOR A GIRL HER AGE.
THE WIND PLAYS HAVOC
WITH YOUR HAIR. IT'S...
SHE'S ALREADY TALKIN' ABOUT
WHAT KIND OF CAR SHE WANTS.
AND ERIN... IS OFF TO
COLLEGE IN TWO YEARS.
SOMETHIN' ABOUT
THIS TIME OF YEAR...
ALWAYS MAKES ME
CONSIDER TIME... UM?
WOULDN'T IT BE
WONDERFUL IF, IN LIFE,
YOU COULD PICK THE SPEED
AT WHICH YOU EXPERIENCE TIME?
I WOULD HAVE IT TAKE
FOREVER FOR THESE KIDS TO
GROW UP. I DON'T CARE
IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT.
I'D HAVE AUTUMN GO MUCH SLOWER,
WINTER GO A LITTLE FASTER.
AND THE TIME THAT I WAS
EXPERIENCING REGRET, I'D HAVE GO...
SLOWER, ACTUALLY, SO I COULD...
FIX AND LEAVE A
SITUATION WITHOUT REGRET.
AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW
HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE LEFT.
THAT'S PART OF
THE FUN OF IT, PETER.
DO YOU KNOW THAT, FOR ALMOST THE
ENTIRE HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION,
THIS MONTH HAS BEEN A HOLY TIME?
THE DRUIDS, WINTER
SOLSTICE, HANUKKAH.
THE ROMANS CONVERTED
SATURNALIA INTO CHRISTMAS.
IMAGINE THAT. CHRIST
WASN'T EVEN BORN ON THIS DAY,
MAYBE NOT EVEN 1,997 YEARS AGO.
SO NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE...
WHEN THE MILLENNIUM
REALLY BEGINS...
OR ENDS... HOW
MUCH TIME IS LEFT.
NOT EVEN THE GROUP? IT'S
THE MIDNIGHT OF THE CENTURY.
WILL THERE BE A DAWN?
WE'RE WORKING TO
ASSURE THERE WILL BE.
POSSIBLE FUTURES EXIST
LIKE BRANCHES ON A TREE.
MOST OF US ONLY SEE
THE PATH WE'RE ON,
BUT SOME PEOPLE...
THE GIFTED ONES...
SEE THOSE BRANCHES.
TO THE MIDNIGHT OF THE CENTURY.
HO, HO, HO, SIR BLACK. JUST CAME
BY TO DOWNLOAD SOME UPGRADES.
ROEDECKER, IT'S
CHRISTMAS EVE. REALLY?
YEAH. THAT WOULD EXPLAIN
ALL THE LORDS A-LEAPIN'.
CAN'T IT WAIT? MR. WATTS TOLD
ME HE WANTED IT DONE TODAY.
HEY, WOW. YOU'VE GONE ALL OUT.
MARTHA STEWART WOULD
BE GREEN WITH ENVY.
JUST BE FAST, OR I'LL HAVE YOU
STRINGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
MR. BLACK? HERE'S ANOTHER
REASON I CAME OVER.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
ROEDECKER, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE.
AH. I HAVEN'T WRAPPED YOURS YET.
THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH
TIME FOR ANYTHING, IS THERE?
WELL, COME ON. OPEN IT.
THANK YOU.
OH.
BLACK CHRISTMAS AND SILENT NIGHT,
DEADLY NIGHT. WHATEVER HAPPENED...
- TO MIRACLE ON 34th STREET?
- THIS AIN'T
YOUR FATHER'S CHRISTMAS.
NOTHING WILL PUT YOU MORE
IN THE MOOD FOR THE HOLIDAYS...
THAN A SERIAL-KILLIN' SANTA.
THIS IS NOT A SERIAL
KILLER. IT'S A SPREE KILLER.
THE SEXUAL REPRESSION AND SIGNATURE
MAKES HIM AN ORGANIZED SERIAL KILLER.
THE TRIGGERING STRESSOR
WOULD HAVE TO BE...
THAT THEY FORCED HIM
TO WEAR THE SANTA OUTFIT.
- THAT'S LUDICROUS.
- SAYS "SERIAL KILLER"
ON THE BOX.
OH.
IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT
COUNTS. THANK YOU.
HI, GUYS. MERRY
CHRISTMAS, DADDY!
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
WE WERE ON OUR WAY OVER
TO JORDAN'S PAGEANT, AND...
THAT'S MY FRIEND, BRIAN.
AND THAT'S MY DAUGHTER.
HI! HELLO.
WANNA SEE A PRESENT I GOT? SURE.
WHAT'S UP? I KNOW THAT THIS IS
A ROUGH TIME OF YEAR FOR YOU...
BECAUSE OF YOUR MOTHER.
BUT YOUR FATHER SENT A
PICTURE OVER TO THE OLD HOUSE...
FOR JORDAN... OF HIMSELF.
HE DID? YEAH.
AND I WAS THINKING MAYBE YOU SHOULD
INVITE YOUR FATHER TO JORDAN'S PAGEANT.
HE ONLY THINKS OF HIMSELF.
ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING?
OH, PLEASE. I CAN'T
BELIEVE THIS... FRANK. FRANK.
JORDAN SHOULDN'T BE KEPT
FROM HER GRANDFATHER
BECAUSE THE TWO
OF YOU DON'T SPEAK.
DADDY, LOOK. ISN'T
THIS THE COOLEST THING?
HUH?
LOOK. YOU CAN FEED IT, WALK IT.
AND IF IT GETS TOO ANNOYING,
YOU CAN RESET IT AGAIN.
THAT IS SO COOL. I'D
LOVE ONE OF THOSE.
THAT'S A REALLY NICE
PRESENT. WHERE'D YOU GET IT?
MY MOTHER GOT IT FOR HER.
- YOUR MOTHER.
- MOMMY SAYS IT'S THE CIRCLE OF LIFE.
WHO CAN ARGUE WITH THAT?
WELL, UH, WE'D BETTER GO.
BYE, DAD. SEE YOU TOMORROW. BYE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
SEE YOU LATER.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, ROEDECKER.
AH! COOL!
LAST YEAR, YOU SAID YOU
WOULD GET IT FOR ME THIS YEAR.
I'M SORRY, FRANK.
MAYBE TOMORROW.
IT'LL BE TOO LATE.
TOMORROW'S CHRISTMAS.
TOMORROW AND
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW.
COME CHECK THIS OUT.
EXCUSE ME! OUT OF THE WAY!
MAN, I WONDER WHICH...
THANK YOU FOR
SHOPPING AT McGRAIN'S.
I WANT A DANNY DINOSAUR OR
A CABBAGE PATCH DOLL. MOMMY!
CHILD'S AGE. SIX.
GENDER. FEMALE.
- CAN'T DO IT.
- NO.
- SORRY.
- YOU'RE OUT.
- NO.
WE JUST CAN'T, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, SELL
YOU A TOY... YOUR LITTLE GIRL'S GONNA HATE.
- SHE LOVES DOLLS.
- NOT LAST YEAR'S DOLL.
- WE'VE GOT JUST THE THING.
- UH, STOP WITH THE HARD SELL.
- A DANNY DINOSAUR.
- TRUST US. SHE WON'T LIKE IT.
LOOK, JUST BUY SOMETHING. I
GOT A TURKEY TO GET IN THE OVEN.
- A DANNY DINOSAUR.
- NOW.
TOMORROW AND
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW.
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♪♪ THEY REHEARSED A LOT.
I'M EXCITED. THEY'RE
REALLY VERY GOOD. I KNOW.
FRANK, I'M SORRY.
I'LL FIND A SEAT SOMEWHERE.
I'LL SEE YOU AFTER.
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ONCE UPON A TIME,
THERE WAS... A... A...
A CHILD BORN IN THE
TOWN OF BETHLEHEM.
A CHILD BORN IN THE TOWN OF
BETHLEHEM, AND IT WAS JESUS.
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TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW.
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LEGEND HAS IT GHOSTS WALK IN
CHURCHYARDS ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
WELL, ACTUALLY I
MISSPOKE MYSELF.
THEY'RE NOT GHOSTS
PRECISELY. THEY'RE FETCHES...
THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO ARE
DESTINED TO DIE IN THE COMING YEAR,
MAKING THEIR WAY TO CHURCH IN SEARCH OF
THOSE WHO WILL SOON BE THEIR COMPANIONS.
OF COURSE, IT USUALLY HAPPENS
AT MIDNIGHT. WHO ARE YOU?
BUT THOSE BLESSED WITH
A SPECIAL PERCEPTION...
MIGHT NOT HAVE TO
WAIT TILL NIGHTFALL.
WHY WOULD THAT CONCERN ME?
THERE'S NO TELLING
WHOSE FACE YOU MIGHT SEE.
WHY PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TODAY?
IT IS, AFTER ALL, THE
MIDNIGHT OF THE CENTURY.
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HARK! A STAR BECKONS
OVER YONDER MANGER.
OUR SAVIOR IS BORN TONIGHT.
GO GET HIM.
DADDY! DADDY! DID
YOU SEE ME, DADDY?
ARE YOU KIDDING? YOU WERE GREAT.
THANK YOU.
NEW PRESENT... A DANNY DINOSAUR.
YOU DON'T LIKE IT? I GOT
ONE OF THESE LAST YEAR.
I HEAR YA. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS. TAKE CARE.
HOW COME YOU'RE
DRESSED AS A SHEPHERD?
I THOUGHT YOU
WANTED TO BE AN ANGEL.
MOM MADE ME BE A SHEPHERD.
SHE DOESN'T LIKE ANGELS ANYMORE.
SORRY ABOUT THE SEATING MIX-UP.
WHAT'S GOIN' ON WITH
THE SHEPHERD COSTUME?
UM, SWEETIE, COULD YOU WAIT IN THE
CAR FOR A MINUTE. I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
JORDAN GAVE ME
THIS THIS MORNING.
SHE TOLD ME THAT HER
GRANDMOTHER HELPED HER DRAW IT.
SO? NOT MY MOTHER, FRANK. YOURS.
I ASKED HER TO TELL ME THE
TRUTH, THAT SHE'D DRAWN IT HERSELF,
BUT SHE JUST STOOD THERE,
WITH HER ARMS
FOLDED, STARING AT ME.
YOU'RE JUST A KID. YOU DIDN'T
SEE NOTHIN'. IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD.
SHE WOULDN'T BACK DOWN.
YOU KNOW JORDAN. SHE'S...
SENSITIVE.
TELLING ME THAT SHE COLORS
WITH HER DEAD GRANDMOTHER...
IS A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN SENSITIVE.
COME ON. YOU KNOW JORDAN.
SHE'S GOT A GIFT.
YOU CAN'T SUPPRESS IT.
YOUR GIFT GAVE YOU A
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.
OH. THIS GIFT MAKES
YOU SEE HORRIBLE IMAGES.
IT-IT'S TURNED YOU AWAY FROM
YOUR FAMILY, FROM YOUR DAUGHTER.
IT'S CAUSED YOU TO TURN
TOWARD THE MILLENNIUM GROUP.
FRANK, YOU NEVER
EVEN CONSIDER...
THAT THIS GIFT THAT YOU
HAVE COULD BE LYING TO YOU.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE YOURSELF
WITHDRAWING FROM YOUR FAMILY,
HIDING BEHIND YOUR... ABILITY.
IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOU,
WHAT IS IT GONNA DO TO JORDAN?
I WANT HER TO HAVE
A CHOICE. I WANT...
A CHILDHOOD FREE FROM THIS.
I WANT HER TO KNOW THAT SHE HAS
SOMEPLACE TO TURN OTHER THAN...
JUST WITHIN HERSELF
LIKE... LIKE ME. RIGHT?
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
THERE IS NOTHING
WE CAN DO TO FIX IT.
I KNOW THAT THINGS ARE
CHANGING FOR US. YEAH.
TIME'S RUNNING OUT. FRANK,
I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY.
BUT, UM, JORDAN IS
MY FIRST PRIORITY...
HER SAFETY AND HER WELL-BEING...
AND I WON'T LET
ANYTHING JEOPARDIZE THAT.
NO. YOU'RE A GREAT MOTHER.
COME HERE.
WILL I SEE YOU TONIGHT? YOU BET.
I HAVE LESS THAN 12 HOURS TO
FIND A PRESENT FOR MY DAUGHTER.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH
CHRISTMAS THESE DAYS.
THERE USED TO BE MEANING
TO GIFT-GIVING. NOW THERE ISN'T.
SHE'S SIX. SHE LIKES
STUFFED ANIMALS.
GIVE ME A DOG, A CHICKEN,
ANYTHING. MM-HMM.
GOING FOR THE TRADITIONAL.
STAID AND UNIMAGINATIVE.
SHE LIKES STUFFED ANIMALS. SHE
EVEN LIKES DOLLS, BUT NO ANGELS.
UPSTAIRS.
OH. SHE'S GOTTA LIKE THAT.
HI. THANKS FOR COMIN'
OVER. NO PROBLEM.
I BROUGHT YOU SOME PUMPKIN
BREAD, SOME CRANBERRY BREAD...
AND SOME VERY EXCELLENT
FAT-FREE EGGNOG.
YOU THINK I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT?
NO. THE BREAD'S NOT FAT-FREE.
YOU LOOK GREAT.
IT'S JUST THAT I THINK
THAT IF YOU CAN EAT
SOMETHING FAT-FREE THAT
TASTES GREAT, WHY NOT?
THEN YOU CAN HAVE SECONDS. OKAY. I'LL GET
FOUR GLASSES AND A KNIFE TO CUT THE BREAD.
- - YOU FOUND THEM.
YOU'RE RIGHT. I CAN'T
TELL THEM APART.
THEY'RE VERY POWERFUL.
YEAH. MY MOTHER
HELPED ME DRAW THIS ONE,
CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING, 1946.
THAT NIGHT, SHE DIED...
LOCKED IN HER ROOM ALONE.
MY MOTHER WAS THERE
TO HELP ME DRAW THIS.
MAYBE SHE WAS THERE
TO HELP JORDAN ALSO.
I SEE INSTINCTIVELY,
INTUITIVELY.
KIND OF... INTENSELY.
IT'S GETTING STRONGER
ON ANOTHER PLANE...
SINCE I STARTED WORKING
WITH THE MILLENNIUM GROUP.
LARA, I... I THINK JORDAN
SEES THE WAY YOU DO.
I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T
SOMEHOW JUST WISH IT AWAY,
THAT WE CAN'T STOP
HER FROM SEEING.
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN TO MY DAUGHTER?
HERE'S MY THING.
THIS IS A TOUGH
TIME OF YEAR FOR ME.
ANGELS ARE... EVERYWHERE.
I KNOW. I'VE BEEN
SEEING THEM MYSELF.
YEAH. CUTE, CUDDLY,
FLAPPIN' THEIR WINGS,
BLOWIN' THEIR HORNS
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
YOU KNOW THAT WINGS ON ANGELS
ARE SOMETHING THAT THE EARLY CHURCH...
TOOK FROM THE EGYPTIAN GODS
'CAUSE PEOPLE SORTA LIKED IT?
SO THESE DRAWINGS
ARE NOT TRUE DEPICTIONS.
WELL, IT'S NOT WHAT I
SEE, BUT... BUT FROM THEM,
I-I GET THE SAME FEELING
AS WHEN HE APPEARS.
THAT'S HOW IT ALL
STARTED WHEN I WAS A KID.
I JUST SORTA FELT THEM. I-I
FELT A PRESENCE AROUND ME.
AND THEN, ONE DAY, A MAN
CAME OVER TO OUR HOUSE.
AND, UH... HE WAS JUST AN OUT-OF-TOWN
BUSINESS ASSOCIATE OF MY FATHER'S.
AND... THEY WERE TALKING
IN THE LIVING ROOM, AND...
THERE HE WAS, STANDING... WELL,
NOT STANDING... BEHIND THIS MAN.
JUST AN INTENSE,
BEAUTIFUL LIGHT.
AND... I WAS OVERWHELMED
WITH THIS HORRIBLE SENSATION,
AND I WENT AND I
TOLD MY MOTHER...
THAT THIS MAN WAS
GONNA DIE... TODAY.
SHE GOT SO MAD AT ME
FOR SAYING SUCH A THING.
BUT HE DID. HE HAD A CORONARY IN
HIS HOTEL ROOM THAT AFTERNOON.
AND YOU'VE SEEN AND
FELT HIM EVER SINCE?
YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T TALK MUCH
ABOUT IT UNTIL PETER WATTS...
APPROACHED ME ABOUT
THE MILLENNIUM GROUP.
SEE, I FIGURED
EVERYONE SAW THEM,
BUT I GOT VERY CLUED IN WHEN MY
MOTHER TOOK ME TO SEE FATHER ESPOSITO...
WHO ANGRILY INSISTED THAT, IF I KEPT SEEING
THINGS, THEN I'D HAVE TO BECOME A NUN,
WHICH, ALTHOUGH IS
A VERY NOBLE CALLING,
IS A SERIOUS SETBACK
IN BOYS' INTEREST IN YOU.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU
CAN PREPARE HER, FRANK.
YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY
WON'T JUST GO AWAY.
AND, FOR ME, IT ONLY GETS
MORE INTENSE AS I GET OLDER.
HE ONLY APPEARS TO WARN
ME OF IMMINENT DANGER...
OR TO POINT ME IN THE
DIRECTION OF EVIL'S PRESENCE.
WHEN HE APPEARS, ALL MY...
MY SENSES ARE HEIGHTENED.
EVERYTHING IS-IS CLEAR
AND UNCLUTTERED IN MY MIND,
IN MY HEART.
I FEEL LIKE NOTHING CAN
STAND IN MY WAY, BUT...
I WOULD'VE DONE ANYTHING...
ANYTHING... NOT TO HAVE THIS IN MY LIFE.
LOOK, FRANK. LOOK.
AT LEAST SHE'S GOT A FATHER
THAT UNDERSTANDS, AND THAT'S...
THAT WILL REALLY HELP HER.
AND IF THERE'S
ANYTHING I CAN DO, EVER...
ANYTIME. THANK YOU.
OH.
UH, BUT THERE IS
ONE THING, FRANK.
IN THE BIBLE, AND TO
ME, THEY'RE MESSENGERS.
THIS WAS BROUGHT
TO YOUR ATTENTION,
AND YOU SAID YOU'D
SEEN ANGELS ALL DAY.
SO MY IMMEDIATE CONCERN
ISN'T FOR JORDAN BUT FOR YOU.
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THEM,
BUT I FEEL THAT SOMETHING IS
TRYING TO BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE
PLACE TO FIND THE ANSWER.
OH, GREAT.
ANOTHER ANGEL
JUST GOT ITS WINGS.
MOM!
AW, QUIET! YOU'LL
RAISE THE DEAD.
WHO'S THERE? FRANK.
MY SON, FRANK? YEAH.
WELL, GET IN. YOU'LL
CATCH YOUR DEATH OF COLD.
MOM?
MOM? MOM?
- YOU HUNGRY?
- NO.
OH. YEAH, YEAH.
- YEAH. DID YOU, UH... DID YOU
GET THE ONE THAT I SENT YOU?
- YEAH.
- DID JORDAN?
- MM.
DID SHE KNOW WHO IT WAS? I
MEAN, DID SHE KNOW IT WAS ME?
YEAH. I NEED TO SEE HER ROOM.
WELL, TAKE OFF YOUR
COAT AND STAY A WHILE.
WE... WE GOT A LOT OF
YEARS TO TALK OVER.
I DON'T THINK WE DO.
WHERE'S THE KEY?
WELL... WELL, THAT'S
A KICK, ISN'T IT?
I THOUGHT YOU CAME HERE TO
WISH ME A "MERRY CHRISTMAS,"
SHOW ME A COUPLE PICTURES
OF MY LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTER.
WHERE'S THE KEY?
YOU KNOW... YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO
GO UP THERE. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED UP THERE.
YOU KNOW THAT!
THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK, HENRY.
THEY'RE GONE FOREVER.
WHAT YOU JUST SAW PUSHED
US AWAY FROM EACH OTHER...
EVEN THOUGH NOTHING
MADE US SADDER.
SAD ENOUGH TO LET HER DIE ALONE?
SEE THAT STAR? THE GOLD STAR?
THAT WAS HUNG IN
WINDOWS BY A FAMILY...
WHO'D LOST A LOVED ONE
IN THE SERVICE OVERSEAS.
YOUR MOTHER HUNG THAT FOR
HER BROTHER, JOE... YOUR UNCLE JOE.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, DID YOU?
YEAH. JOE WAS
STATIONED IN ENGLAND,
AND WE ALL KNEW THAT HE WAS
GONNA BE A PART OF THE ALLIED INVASION.
WE DIDN'T KNOW, OF COURSE.
NOBODY KNEW FOR SURE.
GUESSED. IT WAS A BIG SECRET,
MAYBE THE BIGGEST
SECRET IN THE 20th CENTURY...
WHAT DATE D-DAY WOULD BEGIN.
SIT.
OH, IT WAS...
JUNE 5, 1944,
ABOUT 8:30 AT NIGHT.
WE WERE ALL SITTING
AROUND HERE...
LISTENING TO THE RADIO.
AND SUDDENLY YOUR MOTHER
JUMPED UP AND BLURTED OUT,
"THE ALLIES ARE ATTACKING!"
WELL, WE ALL LOOKED AT
HER LIKE SHE'D GONE NUTS.
AND THEN SUDDENLY,
SHE BURST INTO TEARS...
HUGE, WEEPING TEARS... AND
RAN UPSTAIRS TO THAT ROOM.
WELL, SHE WAS
RIGHT. SHE WAS RIGHT.
JOE DIED IN THE FIRST WAVE ON
THE BEACHHEAD AT NORMANDY.
SHE KNEW ABOUT UNCLE
JOE BEFORE HE DIED.
YEAH. YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T
KNOW THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
AFTER THAT NIGHT, SHE
TOOK TO THAT ROOM.
SHE MOVED OUT OF OUR
BEDROOM, OUT OF MY BED.
AND SHE STARTED DRAWING
THOSE LITTLE ANGELS.
SHE TOLD ME ABOUT JOE...
UH, THAT SHE HAD HAD...
A VISION THAT HE WAS
GOING TO DIE ON D-DAY.
WELL, I... I BELIEVED
HER, BUT IT, UH...
IT SCARED ME TO DEATH.
BECAUSE, IN THOSE DAYS,
PEOPLE WHO SAW THINGS
OR WHO HAD VISIONS...
I MEAN, THAT WAS THE FIRST TICKET
RIGHT DOWN TO THE NUTHOUSE.
SO I WAS AFRAID. I WAS AFRAID FOR
BOTH OF US. I WAS AFRAID FOR YOU.
I MEAN, YOU...
NO, NO, NO. YOU DIDN'T SEE THINGS
QUITE THE WAY YOUR MOTHER DID,
BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT
THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN-IN...
IN A DIFFERENT
SENSE THAT YOU HAD...
THAT OTHERS DIDN'T.
AND SO THERE WAS THIS, UH,
ABILITY THAT YOUR MOTHER
HAD AND THAT YOU HAD...
AND THAT SHE COULDN'T
TURN AWAY FROM.
AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT.
I-I... I SYMPATHIZED WITH THAT.
BUT IT WAS TAKING
MY FAMILY AWAY.
IT WAS TAKING MY WIFE AWAY,
THE WOMAN THAT I LOVED MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS WHOLE WORLD.
I LOVED HER SO MUCH, SO MUCH.
I-I DON'T KNOW, FRANK,
IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND...
HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN
BETWEEN A MAN AND A WIFE.
I KNOW TOO WELL.
SO SHE TOLD ME...
NO. SHE HAD BEEN TOLD... NO.
SHE HAD SEEN THAT
SHE WAS ABOUT TO DIE.
WELL, THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW.
"YOU-YOU... YOU DON'T
SEE NOTHIN', LINDA! NOTHIN'!
IT'S IN YOUR MIND! YOU
DON'T SEE A DAMN THING!"
I TOLD THAT TO YOU
TOO. "YOU SAW NOTHING!"
DO-DO YOU REMEMBER
BLUE ROSE TEA?
YEAH.
THEY-THEY USED TO HAVE
THOSE LITTLE ANGEL THINGS...
YOU COULD SEND
AWAY FOR, YOU KNOW.
YOUR MOTHER WANTED
ONE IN THE WORST WAY,
AND I WOULDN'T HAVE THE
DAMN THINGS IN THE HOUSE.
FIFTY-ONE YEARS AGO
TONIGHT, SHE GAVE IN...
TO EASE MY MIND I NOW
KNOW, BUT SHE GAVE IN.
SHE, UH, SAID THAT SHE WASN'T
SEEING ANGELS ANYMORE... ANYMORE.
THE LAST PICTURE SHE
MADE WAS WITH YOU.
AND THAT SCARED ME.
THAT SCARED ME, FRANK.
THAT SCARED ME
ENOUGH THAT I GAVE IN.
I WANTED TO FIND ONE OF THOSE
LITTLE BLUE... BLUE ROSE ANGELS.
I LOOKED HIGH AND LOW FOR THE
DAMN THING, AND I FINALLY FOUND ONE...
DOWN AT THE, UH, WOOLWORTH'S.
WHEN I GAVE IT TO HER,
SHE WAS SO TOUCHED.
WE MADE A PACT OVER
THAT, YOUR MOTHER AND I.
I TOLD HER...
THAT I WOULD LOVE HER FOREVER.
AND SHE SAID...
THAT SHE WOULD
MOVE THE FIGURINE...
TO SHOW THAT SHE WAS WAITING
FOR ME ON THE OTHER SIDE...
WHERE I, TOO, COULD
SEE THE ANGELS...
AND WHERE WE
COULD BE... FINALLY...
FOREVER...
TOGETHER.
FIFTY-ONE YEARS AGO TONIGHT...
TCHAIKOVSKY ON THE
RADIO... SHE KISSED ME...
GOOD-BYE, AND THEN
MOVED TO YOU KIDS,
HUGGED YOU, KISSED YOU.
AND SHE ROSE,
AND, WITH THE MOST
SERENE SMILE ON HER FACE,
SHE WALKED UP TO
THAT ROOM ALONE,
AS SHE WANTED.
IT WAS THE ONLY WAY... IT
COULD HAVE BEEN, FRANK.
AND THAT FIGURINE...
DIDN'T MOVE AN
INCH... IN 51 YEARS.
JORDAN DREW THIS.
NO. NO.
I CAN'T. NO, NO. YOU
HAVE YOUR MOTHER'S GIFT.
SHE'D WANT YOU
TO HAVE IT. SO DO I.
WHAT ABOUT THE SIGN?
OH, I GOT IT. I RECEIVED IT.
THE DRAWING? NO. NO.
SHE BROUGHT YOU TO ME.
WHY DON'T YOU COME TO
CHURCH TONIGHT WITH ME.
COME ON. NO.
NO. I, UH... I HAVE TO
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.
BUT I DO WANT A PHOTOGRAPH
OF MY GRANDDAUGHTER SOME DAY.
OH, SHE'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.
AH!
OH. WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG?
WELL, MERRY CHRISTMAS, SON.
SAME TO YOU, POP.
I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
OKAY. BYE.
LOOK! THERE'S DADDY!
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HONEY.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DADDY.
YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.
- WAIT. LOOK.
- IS THIS MY PRESENT, DADDY?
I KNOW HOW UNHAPPY YOU
WERE ABOUT THAT ANGEL THING.
GRANDMA WANTS ME TO HAVE IT.
SHE WOULD HAVE
LOVED YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW.
JORDAN, SWEETIE? THE
CHURCH IS FILLING UP.
WE'LL BE THERE.
CAN I HAVE A BIG HUG?
LOOK. WHAT?
WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE?
MOMMY'S WAITING.
I MADE THIS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
HO, HO, HO, HO, HO!
THANK YOU, SIR. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
IT'S A TRAIN! OH.
VERY NICE. LET'S GO.
HO, HO, HO, HO, HO!
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
STAY.
- - HI, DAD! THIS IS JORDAN.
HI, HONEY. WHEN YOU COME TO
MY CHRISTMAS PAGEANT TODAY,
I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M THE
ANGEL THAT STARTS THE SHOW...
AND THEN TELLS MARY
SHE'S GONNA HAVE A BABY.
YOU ARE REALLY GONNA
LIKE WHAT I GOT YOU.
MOMMY SAYS I CAN COME OVER TO
YOUR HOUSE AFTER MASS TONIGHT.
CALL HER TO TELL HER
YOU GOT THIS MESSAGE.
OKAY? YEAH, YEAH.
- IS THAT IT?
- THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT. THE
PAGEANT IS AT 3:00.
OKAY, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
BYE. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
UH, FRANK?
FRANK?
UH... YOU'RE NOT THERE.
WELL, I HOPE I GOT
THE RIGHT NUMBER.
I WAS WONDERIN' IF YOU
GOT THE PICTURE I SENT.
♪♪
- HEY.
- HEY.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'D BE
HERE. I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I WAS CONSULTING ON
A CASE IN VANCOUVER,
SO PETER INVITED ME.
I'M STILL NOT SURE THAT THIS IS HIS
HOUSE, 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM.
SO I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE,
'CAUSE, UH, I WAS SURE THAT ALL
THESE PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT ME LIKE,
"WHO IS THAT WOMAN OVER THERE?"
YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT
PLACE. OH, GOOD.
YOU GOT ANY PLANS
WITH YOUR FAMILY?
NO. YOU?
YEAH. I GOTTA GO TO MY DAUGHTER'S
PAGEANT. SHE'S PLAYING AN ANGEL.
TOO MANY ANGELS
THIS TIME OF YEAR.
ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH. YOU KNOW.
NOT A VERY CORDIAL HOST.
COME.
HI.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, LARA.
FRANK BROUGHT THIS FOR YOU.
THAT'S FOR CHELSEA. WE'VE BEEN
HIDIN' GIFTS IN HERE FOR YEARS.
TAYLOR OUTGREW
BICYCLES LAST YEAR.
APPARENTLY IT'S NOT
COOL FOR A GIRL HER AGE.
THE WIND PLAYS HAVOC
WITH YOUR HAIR. IT'S...
SHE'S ALREADY TALKIN' ABOUT
WHAT KIND OF CAR SHE WANTS.
AND ERIN... IS OFF TO
COLLEGE IN TWO YEARS.
SOMETHIN' ABOUT
THIS TIME OF YEAR...
ALWAYS MAKES ME
CONSIDER TIME... UM?
WOULDN'T IT BE
WONDERFUL IF, IN LIFE,
YOU COULD PICK THE SPEED
AT WHICH YOU EXPERIENCE TIME?
I WOULD HAVE IT TAKE
FOREVER FOR THESE KIDS TO
GROW UP. I DON'T CARE
IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT.
I'D HAVE AUTUMN GO MUCH SLOWER,
WINTER GO A LITTLE FASTER.
AND THE TIME THAT I WAS
EXPERIENCING REGRET, I'D HAVE GO...
SLOWER, ACTUALLY, SO I COULD...
FIX AND LEAVE A
SITUATION WITHOUT REGRET.
AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW
HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE LEFT.
THAT'S PART OF
THE FUN OF IT, PETER.
DO YOU KNOW THAT, FOR ALMOST THE
ENTIRE HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION,
THIS MONTH HAS BEEN A HOLY TIME?
THE DRUIDS, WINTER
SOLSTICE, HANUKKAH.
THE ROMANS CONVERTED
SATURNALIA INTO CHRISTMAS.
IMAGINE THAT. CHRIST
WASN'T EVEN BORN ON THIS DAY,
MAYBE NOT EVEN 1,997 YEARS AGO.
SO NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE...
WHEN THE MILLENNIUM
REALLY BEGINS...
OR ENDS... HOW
MUCH TIME IS LEFT.
NOT EVEN THE GROUP? IT'S
THE MIDNIGHT OF THE CENTURY.
WILL THERE BE A DAWN?
WE'RE WORKING TO
ASSURE THERE WILL BE.
POSSIBLE FUTURES EXIST
LIKE BRANCHES ON A TREE.
MOST OF US ONLY SEE
THE PATH WE'RE ON,
BUT SOME PEOPLE...
THE GIFTED ONES...
SEE THOSE BRANCHES.
TO THE MIDNIGHT OF THE CENTURY.
HO, HO, HO, SIR BLACK. JUST CAME
BY TO DOWNLOAD SOME UPGRADES.
ROEDECKER, IT'S
CHRISTMAS EVE. REALLY?
YEAH. THAT WOULD EXPLAIN
ALL THE LORDS A-LEAPIN'.
CAN'T IT WAIT? MR. WATTS TOLD
ME HE WANTED IT DONE TODAY.
HEY, WOW. YOU'VE GONE ALL OUT.
MARTHA STEWART WOULD
BE GREEN WITH ENVY.
JUST BE FAST, OR I'LL HAVE YOU
STRINGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
MR. BLACK? HERE'S ANOTHER
REASON I CAME OVER.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
ROEDECKER, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE.
AH. I HAVEN'T WRAPPED YOURS YET.
THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH
TIME FOR ANYTHING, IS THERE?
WELL, COME ON. OPEN IT.
THANK YOU.
OH.
BLACK CHRISTMAS AND SILENT NIGHT,
DEADLY NIGHT. WHATEVER HAPPENED...
- TO MIRACLE ON 34th STREET?
- THIS AIN'T
YOUR FATHER'S CHRISTMAS.
NOTHING WILL PUT YOU MORE
IN THE MOOD FOR THE HOLIDAYS...
THAN A SERIAL-KILLIN' SANTA.
THIS IS NOT A SERIAL
KILLER. IT'S A SPREE KILLER.
THE SEXUAL REPRESSION AND SIGNATURE
MAKES HIM AN ORGANIZED SERIAL KILLER.
THE TRIGGERING STRESSOR
WOULD HAVE TO BE...
THAT THEY FORCED HIM
TO WEAR THE SANTA OUTFIT.
- THAT'S LUDICROUS.
- SAYS "SERIAL KILLER"
ON THE BOX.
OH.
IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT
COUNTS. THANK YOU.
HI, GUYS. MERRY
CHRISTMAS, DADDY!
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
WE WERE ON OUR WAY OVER
TO JORDAN'S PAGEANT, AND...
THAT'S MY FRIEND, BRIAN.
AND THAT'S MY DAUGHTER.
HI! HELLO.
WANNA SEE A PRESENT I GOT? SURE.
WHAT'S UP? I KNOW THAT THIS IS
A ROUGH TIME OF YEAR FOR YOU...
BECAUSE OF YOUR MOTHER.
BUT YOUR FATHER SENT A
PICTURE OVER TO THE OLD HOUSE...
FOR JORDAN... OF HIMSELF.
HE DID? YEAH.
AND I WAS THINKING MAYBE YOU SHOULD
INVITE YOUR FATHER TO JORDAN'S PAGEANT.
HE ONLY THINKS OF HIMSELF.
ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING?
OH, PLEASE. I CAN'T
BELIEVE THIS... FRANK. FRANK.
JORDAN SHOULDN'T BE KEPT
FROM HER GRANDFATHER
BECAUSE THE TWO
OF YOU DON'T SPEAK.
DADDY, LOOK. ISN'T
THIS THE COOLEST THING?
HUH?
LOOK. YOU CAN FEED IT, WALK IT.
AND IF IT GETS TOO ANNOYING,
YOU CAN RESET IT AGAIN.
THAT IS SO COOL. I'D
LOVE ONE OF THOSE.
THAT'S A REALLY NICE
PRESENT. WHERE'D YOU GET IT?
MY MOTHER GOT IT FOR HER.
- YOUR MOTHER.
- MOMMY SAYS IT'S THE CIRCLE OF LIFE.
WHO CAN ARGUE WITH THAT?
WELL, UH, WE'D BETTER GO.
BYE, DAD. SEE YOU TOMORROW. BYE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
SEE YOU LATER.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, ROEDECKER.
AH! COOL!
LAST YEAR, YOU SAID YOU
WOULD GET IT FOR ME THIS YEAR.
I'M SORRY, FRANK.
MAYBE TOMORROW.
IT'LL BE TOO LATE.
TOMORROW'S CHRISTMAS.
TOMORROW AND
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW.
COME CHECK THIS OUT.
EXCUSE ME! OUT OF THE WAY!
MAN, I WONDER WHICH...
THANK YOU FOR
SHOPPING AT McGRAIN'S.
I WANT A DANNY DINOSAUR OR
A CABBAGE PATCH DOLL. MOMMY!
CHILD'S AGE. SIX.
GENDER. FEMALE.
- CAN'T DO IT.
- NO.
- SORRY.
- YOU'RE OUT.
- NO.
WE JUST CAN'T, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, SELL
YOU A TOY... YOUR LITTLE GIRL'S GONNA HATE.
- SHE LOVES DOLLS.
- NOT LAST YEAR'S DOLL.
- WE'VE GOT JUST THE THING.
- UH, STOP WITH THE HARD SELL.
- A DANNY DINOSAUR.
- TRUST US. SHE WON'T LIKE IT.
LOOK, JUST BUY SOMETHING. I
GOT A TURKEY TO GET IN THE OVEN.
- A DANNY DINOSAUR.
- NOW.
TOMORROW AND
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW.
♪♪
♪♪ THEY REHEARSED A LOT.
I'M EXCITED. THEY'RE
REALLY VERY GOOD. I KNOW.
FRANK, I'M SORRY.
I'LL FIND A SEAT SOMEWHERE.
I'LL SEE YOU AFTER.
♪♪
ONCE UPON A TIME,
THERE WAS... A... A...
A CHILD BORN IN THE
TOWN OF BETHLEHEM.
A CHILD BORN IN THE TOWN OF
BETHLEHEM, AND IT WAS JESUS.
♪♪
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW.
♪♪
LEGEND HAS IT GHOSTS WALK IN
CHURCHYARDS ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
WELL, ACTUALLY I
MISSPOKE MYSELF.
THEY'RE NOT GHOSTS
PRECISELY. THEY'RE FETCHES...
THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO ARE
DESTINED TO DIE IN THE COMING YEAR,
MAKING THEIR WAY TO CHURCH IN SEARCH OF
THOSE WHO WILL SOON BE THEIR COMPANIONS.
OF COURSE, IT USUALLY HAPPENS
AT MIDNIGHT. WHO ARE YOU?
BUT THOSE BLESSED WITH
A SPECIAL PERCEPTION...
MIGHT NOT HAVE TO
WAIT TILL NIGHTFALL.
WHY WOULD THAT CONCERN ME?
THERE'S NO TELLING
WHOSE FACE YOU MIGHT SEE.
WHY PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TODAY?
IT IS, AFTER ALL, THE
MIDNIGHT OF THE CENTURY.
♪♪
♪♪
HARK! A STAR BECKONS
OVER YONDER MANGER.
OUR SAVIOR IS BORN TONIGHT.
GO GET HIM.
DADDY! DADDY! DID
YOU SEE ME, DADDY?
ARE YOU KIDDING? YOU WERE GREAT.
THANK YOU.
NEW PRESENT... A DANNY DINOSAUR.
YOU DON'T LIKE IT? I GOT
ONE OF THESE LAST YEAR.
I HEAR YA. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS. TAKE CARE.
HOW COME YOU'RE
DRESSED AS A SHEPHERD?
I THOUGHT YOU
WANTED TO BE AN ANGEL.
MOM MADE ME BE A SHEPHERD.
SHE DOESN'T LIKE ANGELS ANYMORE.
SORRY ABOUT THE SEATING MIX-UP.
WHAT'S GOIN' ON WITH
THE SHEPHERD COSTUME?
UM, SWEETIE, COULD YOU WAIT IN THE
CAR FOR A MINUTE. I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
JORDAN GAVE ME
THIS THIS MORNING.
SHE TOLD ME THAT HER
GRANDMOTHER HELPED HER DRAW IT.
SO? NOT MY MOTHER, FRANK. YOURS.
I ASKED HER TO TELL ME THE
TRUTH, THAT SHE'D DRAWN IT HERSELF,
BUT SHE JUST STOOD THERE,
WITH HER ARMS
FOLDED, STARING AT ME.
YOU'RE JUST A KID. YOU DIDN'T
SEE NOTHIN'. IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD.
SHE WOULDN'T BACK DOWN.
YOU KNOW JORDAN. SHE'S...
SENSITIVE.
TELLING ME THAT SHE COLORS
WITH HER DEAD GRANDMOTHER...
IS A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN SENSITIVE.
COME ON. YOU KNOW JORDAN.
SHE'S GOT A GIFT.
YOU CAN'T SUPPRESS IT.
YOUR GIFT GAVE YOU A
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.
OH. THIS GIFT MAKES
YOU SEE HORRIBLE IMAGES.
IT-IT'S TURNED YOU AWAY FROM
YOUR FAMILY, FROM YOUR DAUGHTER.
IT'S CAUSED YOU TO TURN
TOWARD THE MILLENNIUM GROUP.
FRANK, YOU NEVER
EVEN CONSIDER...
THAT THIS GIFT THAT YOU
HAVE COULD BE LYING TO YOU.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE YOURSELF
WITHDRAWING FROM YOUR FAMILY,
HIDING BEHIND YOUR... ABILITY.
IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOU,
WHAT IS IT GONNA DO TO JORDAN?
I WANT HER TO HAVE
A CHOICE. I WANT...
A CHILDHOOD FREE FROM THIS.
I WANT HER TO KNOW THAT SHE HAS
SOMEPLACE TO TURN OTHER THAN...
JUST WITHIN HERSELF
LIKE... LIKE ME. RIGHT?
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
THERE IS NOTHING
WE CAN DO TO FIX IT.
I KNOW THAT THINGS ARE
CHANGING FOR US. YEAH.
TIME'S RUNNING OUT. FRANK,
I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY.
BUT, UM, JORDAN IS
MY FIRST PRIORITY...
HER SAFETY AND HER WELL-BEING...
AND I WON'T LET
ANYTHING JEOPARDIZE THAT.
NO. YOU'RE A GREAT MOTHER.
COME HERE.
WILL I SEE YOU TONIGHT? YOU BET.
I HAVE LESS THAN 12 HOURS TO
FIND A PRESENT FOR MY DAUGHTER.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH
CHRISTMAS THESE DAYS.
THERE USED TO BE MEANING
TO GIFT-GIVING. NOW THERE ISN'T.
SHE'S SIX. SHE LIKES
STUFFED ANIMALS.
GIVE ME A DOG, A CHICKEN,
ANYTHING. MM-HMM.
GOING FOR THE TRADITIONAL.
STAID AND UNIMAGINATIVE.
SHE LIKES STUFFED ANIMALS. SHE
EVEN LIKES DOLLS, BUT NO ANGELS.
UPSTAIRS.
OH. SHE'S GOTTA LIKE THAT.
HI. THANKS FOR COMIN'
OVER. NO PROBLEM.
I BROUGHT YOU SOME PUMPKIN
BREAD, SOME CRANBERRY BREAD...
AND SOME VERY EXCELLENT
FAT-FREE EGGNOG.
YOU THINK I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT?
NO. THE BREAD'S NOT FAT-FREE.
YOU LOOK GREAT.
IT'S JUST THAT I THINK
THAT IF YOU CAN EAT
SOMETHING FAT-FREE THAT
TASTES GREAT, WHY NOT?
THEN YOU CAN HAVE SECONDS. OKAY. I'LL GET
FOUR GLASSES AND A KNIFE TO CUT THE BREAD.
- - YOU FOUND THEM.
YOU'RE RIGHT. I CAN'T
TELL THEM APART.
THEY'RE VERY POWERFUL.
YEAH. MY MOTHER
HELPED ME DRAW THIS ONE,
CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING, 1946.
THAT NIGHT, SHE DIED...
LOCKED IN HER ROOM ALONE.
MY MOTHER WAS THERE
TO HELP ME DRAW THIS.
MAYBE SHE WAS THERE
TO HELP JORDAN ALSO.
I SEE INSTINCTIVELY,
INTUITIVELY.
KIND OF... INTENSELY.
IT'S GETTING STRONGER
ON ANOTHER PLANE...
SINCE I STARTED WORKING
WITH THE MILLENNIUM GROUP.
LARA, I... I THINK JORDAN
SEES THE WAY YOU DO.
I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T
SOMEHOW JUST WISH IT AWAY,
THAT WE CAN'T STOP
HER FROM SEEING.
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN TO MY DAUGHTER?
HERE'S MY THING.
THIS IS A TOUGH
TIME OF YEAR FOR ME.
ANGELS ARE... EVERYWHERE.
I KNOW. I'VE BEEN
SEEING THEM MYSELF.
YEAH. CUTE, CUDDLY,
FLAPPIN' THEIR WINGS,
BLOWIN' THEIR HORNS
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
YOU KNOW THAT WINGS ON ANGELS
ARE SOMETHING THAT THE EARLY CHURCH...
TOOK FROM THE EGYPTIAN GODS
'CAUSE PEOPLE SORTA LIKED IT?
SO THESE DRAWINGS
ARE NOT TRUE DEPICTIONS.
WELL, IT'S NOT WHAT I
SEE, BUT... BUT FROM THEM,
I-I GET THE SAME FEELING
AS WHEN HE APPEARS.
THAT'S HOW IT ALL
STARTED WHEN I WAS A KID.
I JUST SORTA FELT THEM. I-I
FELT A PRESENCE AROUND ME.
AND THEN, ONE DAY, A MAN
CAME OVER TO OUR HOUSE.
AND, UH... HE WAS JUST AN OUT-OF-TOWN
BUSINESS ASSOCIATE OF MY FATHER'S.
AND... THEY WERE TALKING
IN THE LIVING ROOM, AND...
THERE HE WAS, STANDING... WELL,
NOT STANDING... BEHIND THIS MAN.
JUST AN INTENSE,
BEAUTIFUL LIGHT.
AND... I WAS OVERWHELMED
WITH THIS HORRIBLE SENSATION,
AND I WENT AND I
TOLD MY MOTHER...
THAT THIS MAN WAS
GONNA DIE... TODAY.
SHE GOT SO MAD AT ME
FOR SAYING SUCH A THING.
BUT HE DID. HE HAD A CORONARY IN
HIS HOTEL ROOM THAT AFTERNOON.
AND YOU'VE SEEN AND
FELT HIM EVER SINCE?
YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T TALK MUCH
ABOUT IT UNTIL PETER WATTS...
APPROACHED ME ABOUT
THE MILLENNIUM GROUP.
SEE, I FIGURED
EVERYONE SAW THEM,
BUT I GOT VERY CLUED IN WHEN MY
MOTHER TOOK ME TO SEE FATHER ESPOSITO...
WHO ANGRILY INSISTED THAT, IF I KEPT SEEING
THINGS, THEN I'D HAVE TO BECOME A NUN,
WHICH, ALTHOUGH IS
A VERY NOBLE CALLING,
IS A SERIOUS SETBACK
IN BOYS' INTEREST IN YOU.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU
CAN PREPARE HER, FRANK.
YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY
WON'T JUST GO AWAY.
AND, FOR ME, IT ONLY GETS
MORE INTENSE AS I GET OLDER.
HE ONLY APPEARS TO WARN
ME OF IMMINENT DANGER...
OR TO POINT ME IN THE
DIRECTION OF EVIL'S PRESENCE.
WHEN HE APPEARS, ALL MY...
MY SENSES ARE HEIGHTENED.
EVERYTHING IS-IS CLEAR
AND UNCLUTTERED IN MY MIND,
IN MY HEART.
I FEEL LIKE NOTHING CAN
STAND IN MY WAY, BUT...
I WOULD'VE DONE ANYTHING...
ANYTHING... NOT TO HAVE THIS IN MY LIFE.
LOOK, FRANK. LOOK.
AT LEAST SHE'S GOT A FATHER
THAT UNDERSTANDS, AND THAT'S...
THAT WILL REALLY HELP HER.
AND IF THERE'S
ANYTHING I CAN DO, EVER...
ANYTIME. THANK YOU.
OH.
UH, BUT THERE IS
ONE THING, FRANK.
IN THE BIBLE, AND TO
ME, THEY'RE MESSENGERS.
THIS WAS BROUGHT
TO YOUR ATTENTION,
AND YOU SAID YOU'D
SEEN ANGELS ALL DAY.
SO MY IMMEDIATE CONCERN
ISN'T FOR JORDAN BUT FOR YOU.
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THEM,
BUT I FEEL THAT SOMETHING IS
TRYING TO BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE
PLACE TO FIND THE ANSWER.
OH, GREAT.
ANOTHER ANGEL
JUST GOT ITS WINGS.
MOM!
AW, QUIET! YOU'LL
RAISE THE DEAD.
WHO'S THERE? FRANK.
MY SON, FRANK? YEAH.
WELL, GET IN. YOU'LL
CATCH YOUR DEATH OF COLD.
MOM?
MOM? MOM?
- YOU HUNGRY?
- NO.
OH. YEAH, YEAH.
- YEAH. DID YOU, UH... DID YOU
GET THE ONE THAT I SENT YOU?
- YEAH.
- DID JORDAN?
- MM.
DID SHE KNOW WHO IT WAS? I
MEAN, DID SHE KNOW IT WAS ME?
YEAH. I NEED TO SEE HER ROOM.
WELL, TAKE OFF YOUR
COAT AND STAY A WHILE.
WE... WE GOT A LOT OF
YEARS TO TALK OVER.
I DON'T THINK WE DO.
WHERE'S THE KEY?
WELL... WELL, THAT'S
A KICK, ISN'T IT?
I THOUGHT YOU CAME HERE TO
WISH ME A "MERRY CHRISTMAS,"
SHOW ME A COUPLE PICTURES
OF MY LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTER.
WHERE'S THE KEY?
YOU KNOW... YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO
GO UP THERE. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED UP THERE.
YOU KNOW THAT!
THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK, HENRY.
THEY'RE GONE FOREVER.
WHAT YOU JUST SAW PUSHED
US AWAY FROM EACH OTHER...
EVEN THOUGH NOTHING
MADE US SADDER.
SAD ENOUGH TO LET HER DIE ALONE?
SEE THAT STAR? THE GOLD STAR?
THAT WAS HUNG IN
WINDOWS BY A FAMILY...
WHO'D LOST A LOVED ONE
IN THE SERVICE OVERSEAS.
YOUR MOTHER HUNG THAT FOR
HER BROTHER, JOE... YOUR UNCLE JOE.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, DID YOU?
YEAH. JOE WAS
STATIONED IN ENGLAND,
AND WE ALL KNEW THAT HE WAS
GONNA BE A PART OF THE ALLIED INVASION.
WE DIDN'T KNOW, OF COURSE.
NOBODY KNEW FOR SURE.
GUESSED. IT WAS A BIG SECRET,
MAYBE THE BIGGEST
SECRET IN THE 20th CENTURY...
WHAT DATE D-DAY WOULD BEGIN.
SIT.
OH, IT WAS...
JUNE 5, 1944,
ABOUT 8:30 AT NIGHT.
WE WERE ALL SITTING
AROUND HERE...
LISTENING TO THE RADIO.
AND SUDDENLY YOUR MOTHER
JUMPED UP AND BLURTED OUT,
"THE ALLIES ARE ATTACKING!"
WELL, WE ALL LOOKED AT
HER LIKE SHE'D GONE NUTS.
AND THEN SUDDENLY,
SHE BURST INTO TEARS...
HUGE, WEEPING TEARS... AND
RAN UPSTAIRS TO THAT ROOM.
WELL, SHE WAS
RIGHT. SHE WAS RIGHT.
JOE DIED IN THE FIRST WAVE ON
THE BEACHHEAD AT NORMANDY.
SHE KNEW ABOUT UNCLE
JOE BEFORE HE DIED.
YEAH. YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T
KNOW THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
AFTER THAT NIGHT, SHE
TOOK TO THAT ROOM.
SHE MOVED OUT OF OUR
BEDROOM, OUT OF MY BED.
AND SHE STARTED DRAWING
THOSE LITTLE ANGELS.
SHE TOLD ME ABOUT JOE...
UH, THAT SHE HAD HAD...
A VISION THAT HE WAS
GOING TO DIE ON D-DAY.
WELL, I... I BELIEVED
HER, BUT IT, UH...
IT SCARED ME TO DEATH.
BECAUSE, IN THOSE DAYS,
PEOPLE WHO SAW THINGS
OR WHO HAD VISIONS...
I MEAN, THAT WAS THE FIRST TICKET
RIGHT DOWN TO THE NUTHOUSE.
SO I WAS AFRAID. I WAS AFRAID FOR
BOTH OF US. I WAS AFRAID FOR YOU.
I MEAN, YOU...
NO, NO, NO. YOU DIDN'T SEE THINGS
QUITE THE WAY YOUR MOTHER DID,
BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT
THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN-IN...
IN A DIFFERENT
SENSE THAT YOU HAD...
THAT OTHERS DIDN'T.
AND SO THERE WAS THIS, UH,
ABILITY THAT YOUR MOTHER
HAD AND THAT YOU HAD...
AND THAT SHE COULDN'T
TURN AWAY FROM.
AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT.
I-I... I SYMPATHIZED WITH THAT.
BUT IT WAS TAKING
MY FAMILY AWAY.
IT WAS TAKING MY WIFE AWAY,
THE WOMAN THAT I LOVED MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS WHOLE WORLD.
I LOVED HER SO MUCH, SO MUCH.
I-I DON'T KNOW, FRANK,
IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND...
HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN
BETWEEN A MAN AND A WIFE.
I KNOW TOO WELL.
SO SHE TOLD ME...
NO. SHE HAD BEEN TOLD... NO.
SHE HAD SEEN THAT
SHE WAS ABOUT TO DIE.
WELL, THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW.
"YOU-YOU... YOU DON'T
SEE NOTHIN', LINDA! NOTHIN'!
IT'S IN YOUR MIND! YOU
DON'T SEE A DAMN THING!"
I TOLD THAT TO YOU
TOO. "YOU SAW NOTHING!"
DO-DO YOU REMEMBER
BLUE ROSE TEA?
YEAH.
THEY-THEY USED TO HAVE
THOSE LITTLE ANGEL THINGS...
YOU COULD SEND
AWAY FOR, YOU KNOW.
YOUR MOTHER WANTED
ONE IN THE WORST WAY,
AND I WOULDN'T HAVE THE
DAMN THINGS IN THE HOUSE.
FIFTY-ONE YEARS AGO
TONIGHT, SHE GAVE IN...
TO EASE MY MIND I NOW
KNOW, BUT SHE GAVE IN.
SHE, UH, SAID THAT SHE WASN'T
SEEING ANGELS ANYMORE... ANYMORE.
THE LAST PICTURE SHE
MADE WAS WITH YOU.
AND THAT SCARED ME.
THAT SCARED ME, FRANK.
THAT SCARED ME
ENOUGH THAT I GAVE IN.
I WANTED TO FIND ONE OF THOSE
LITTLE BLUE... BLUE ROSE ANGELS.
I LOOKED HIGH AND LOW FOR THE
DAMN THING, AND I FINALLY FOUND ONE...
DOWN AT THE, UH, WOOLWORTH'S.
WHEN I GAVE IT TO HER,
SHE WAS SO TOUCHED.
WE MADE A PACT OVER
THAT, YOUR MOTHER AND I.
I TOLD HER...
THAT I WOULD LOVE HER FOREVER.
AND SHE SAID...
THAT SHE WOULD
MOVE THE FIGURINE...
TO SHOW THAT SHE WAS WAITING
FOR ME ON THE OTHER SIDE...
WHERE I, TOO, COULD
SEE THE ANGELS...
AND WHERE WE
COULD BE... FINALLY...
FOREVER...
TOGETHER.
FIFTY-ONE YEARS AGO TONIGHT...
TCHAIKOVSKY ON THE
RADIO... SHE KISSED ME...
GOOD-BYE, AND THEN
MOVED TO YOU KIDS,
HUGGED YOU, KISSED YOU.
AND SHE ROSE,
AND, WITH THE MOST
SERENE SMILE ON HER FACE,
SHE WALKED UP TO
THAT ROOM ALONE,
AS SHE WANTED.
IT WAS THE ONLY WAY... IT
COULD HAVE BEEN, FRANK.
AND THAT FIGURINE...
DIDN'T MOVE AN
INCH... IN 51 YEARS.
JORDAN DREW THIS.
NO. NO.
I CAN'T. NO, NO. YOU
HAVE YOUR MOTHER'S GIFT.
SHE'D WANT YOU
TO HAVE IT. SO DO I.
WHAT ABOUT THE SIGN?
OH, I GOT IT. I RECEIVED IT.
THE DRAWING? NO. NO.
SHE BROUGHT YOU TO ME.
WHY DON'T YOU COME TO
CHURCH TONIGHT WITH ME.
COME ON. NO.
NO. I, UH... I HAVE TO
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.
BUT I DO WANT A PHOTOGRAPH
OF MY GRANDDAUGHTER SOME DAY.
OH, SHE'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.
AH!
OH. WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG?
WELL, MERRY CHRISTMAS, SON.
SAME TO YOU, POP.
I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
OKAY. BYE.
LOOK! THERE'S DADDY!
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HONEY.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DADDY.
YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.
- WAIT. LOOK.
- IS THIS MY PRESENT, DADDY?
I KNOW HOW UNHAPPY YOU
WERE ABOUT THAT ANGEL THING.
GRANDMA WANTS ME TO HAVE IT.
SHE WOULD HAVE
LOVED YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW.
JORDAN, SWEETIE? THE
CHURCH IS FILLING UP.
WE'LL BE THERE.
CAN I HAVE A BIG HUG?
LOOK. WHAT?
WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE?
MOMMY'S WAITING.
I MADE THIS!