Original subtitles

Man: ♪ FIRST, YOU SAY YOU DO ♪

♪ AND THEN YOU DON'T ♪

♪ AND THEN YOU SAY YOU WILL, AND THEN YOU WON'T ♪

♪ YOU'RE UNDECIDED NOW ♪

♪ SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? ♪

Woman: ♪ NOW YOU WANNA PLAY ♪

♪ AND THEN IT'S NO ♪

♪ AND WHEN YOU SAY YOU'LL STAY ♪

♪ THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL GO ♪

♪ YOU'RE UNDECIDED NOW ♪

♪ SO WHAT'RE YOU GONNA DO? ♪

♪ I'VE BEEN SITTIN' ON THE FENCE ♪

♪ AND IT DOESN'T MAKE NO SENSE ♪

♪ 'CAUSE YOU KEEP ME IN SUSPENSE ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW IT ♪

♪ THEN YOU PROMISE TO RETURN ♪

♪ WHEN YOU DON'T, I REALLY BURN ♪

♪ WELL, I GUESS I'LL NEVER LEARN ♪

♪ AND I SHOW IT ♪

♪ IF YOU GOT A HEART, AND IF YOU'RE KIND ♪

♪ OOH, DON'T KEEP US APART ♪

♪ MAKE UP YOUR MIND ♪

Both: ♪ YOU'RE UNDECIDED NOW ♪

♪ SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? ♪

♪ FIRST, YOU SAY YOU DO, AND THEN YOU DON'T ♪

♪ THEN YOU SAY YOU WILL ♪

♪ AND THEN YOU WON'T ♪

♪ YOU'RE UNDECIDED NOW ♪

♪ SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? ♪

♪ NOW YOU WANT TO PLAY, AND THEN IT'S NO ♪

♪ THEN YOU SAY YOU'LL STAY ♪

♪ THAT'S WHEN YOU GO ♪

♪ YOU'RE UNDECIDED NOW ♪

♪ SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? ♪

♪ YOU'RE UNDECIDED NOW ♪

♪ WHAT YOU GONNA DO? ♪

Man: THE END OF MY INNOCENCE AND CHILDHOOD BEGAN IN 1957.

IT IS REMARKABLE TO ME NOW

JUST HOW LITTLE I KNEW THEN ABOUT THE PEOPLE AROUND ME.

IT TOOK ME YEARS TO FIGURE OUT

EXACTLY WHAT THE TRUTH WAS,

ESPECIALLY GIVEN MY BROTHER'S KNACK

AT INVENTING FACTS.

MY MOTHER ONCE TOLD ME THAT IF THE ABBOTTS DIDN'T EXIST,

MY BROTHER WOULD'VE HAD TO INVENT THEM.

LLOYD ABBOTT WASN'T THE RICHEST MAN IN TOWN,

BUT IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS,

BECAUSE HE HAD 3 BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS--

ALICE, ELEANOR, AND PAMELA.

AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR,

YOU COULD SEE THE BIG TENT GO UP ON THEIR TENNIS COURT,

AND EVERYBODY COULD SEE THAT ONE OF THE ABBOTT GIRLS

WAS HAVING A BIRTHDAY

OR GRADUATING OR GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE.

Man: HERE WE GO-- ANOTHER PARTY.

SHUT UP.

EVERY TIME AN ABBOTT GIRL GETS HER PERIOD,

THEY HAVE SOME PARTY.

SHUT UP.

KOTEX PARTIES, KOTEX PARTY HATS.

Man: MY BROTHER AND I WERE BORN STRANGERS--

SAME LAST NAME,

SAME ADDRESS,

BUT EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT US WAS DIFFERENT.

BACK THEN, JACEY WAS A COMPLETE MYSTERY TO ME,

AND I WAS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF EMBARRASSMENT TO HIM.

[HUMMING HEARTBREAK HOTEL]

OH, CHRIST.

MOM?

MOM?

[HUMS HEARTBREAK HOTEL]

MOM? HMM?

MOM, HE HAS TO WASH THAT OFF.

WHY?

YOU CANNOT LET HIM GO TO THE PARTY

UNTIL HE WASHES THAT OFF.

MOM, IT'LL LOOK WORSE IF I WASH IT.

IT'S INDIA INK. IT'LL TURN GRAY.

IT'LL LOOK LIKE DIRT.

YOU LOOK LIKE A CLOWN.

HE LOOKS LIKE A CLOWN, MOM, AND HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW IT.

I--I THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T EVEN GOING TO THE PARTY.

I CHANGED MY MIND.

DOUG, YOU DO UNDERSTAND

THAT YOU MAY BE THE ONLY PERSON AT THIS PARTY

WITH ARTIFICIAL SIDEBURNS?

YEAH.

YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DON'T LOOK REAL?

YEAH.

THAT THEY LOOK REALLY AS IF YOU'D DRAWN THEM ON?

YEAH.

YEAH, WELL, HONEY,

IT DOES SEEM THAT HE UNDERSTANDS,

SO JUST GO TO THE PARTY AND IGNORE DOUG.

JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME.

PRETEND THAT YOU DON'T EVEN...

YOU'VE GOT...

BYE.

Doug: LLOYD ABBOTT HAD POWER IN OUR TOWN,

AND HE DIDN'T HAVE TO TWIST ARMS

TO GET WHAT HE WANTED.

HE HAD A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE WAY

OF EXERCISING HIS INFLUENCE.

HE GAVE LAVISH PARTIES WITH REAL CHICAGO MUSICIANS

AND FRESH SHRIMP COCKTAIL.

THERE WASN'T A PERSON AROUND

WHO WOULDN'T DO ALMOST ANYTHING TO BE INVITED,

ESPECIALLY MY BROTHER.

I'M GOING OUT TO THE LAKE TOMORROW.

SANDY WANTS TO SHOW OFF HER DAD'S NEW BOAT.

I WANT YOU TO COME.

Jacey: I, UH...

I HAVE TO WORK.

GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO WRITE ME A LETTER THEN.

Jacey: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

♪ AND IF I TRIED ♪

♪ I STILL COULDN'T HIDE ♪

♪ MY LOVE FOR YOU ♪

♪ YOU OUGHTA KNOW ♪

♪ FOR HAVEN'T I ♪

♪ TOLD YOU SO ♪

♪ A MILLION OR MORE TIMES? ♪

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

♪ I SPEAK YOUR NAME ♪

♪ IN MY EVERY ♪

♪ PRAYER ♪

HI.

HI.

NICE TIE.

THANKS.

CAN I BORROW A KLEENEX?

GREASER.

ANY SMOKES AROUND HERE?

♪ YOU'LL NEVER KNOW ♪

♪ IF YOU DON'T KNOW ♪

♪ NOW ♪

[DRUMROLL]

[APPLAUSE]

[CYMBAL CRASH]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A TOAST

IN HONOR OF OUR CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION TONIGHT--

THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR DAUGHTER ALICE

TO MR. PETER VANLANINGHAM.

[APPLAUSE]

SO IS THIS PETER YOUR ALICE IS GONNA MARRY RICH?

OF COURSE, HE IS ONE OF THE ATLAS STEEL VANLANINGHAMS--

PITTSBURGH.

HE'S A BULLY.

SO HOW COME ALICE IS MARRYING HIM?

BECAUSE MY PARENTS WANT HER TO,

AND ALICE IS AFRAID OF MY PARENTS.

IT'S PRACTICALLY AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE.

THEY THINK ALICE HAS PEANUT SHELLS FOR BRAINS

OR SOMETHING,

SO THEY SORT OF SUGGESTED

THAT IT WAS TIME TO TIE THE OLD KNOT,

AND THEN THEY SORT OF SUGGESTED

THAT PETER WAS THE ONE TO DO IT WITH.

JEEZ...

NO ONE COULD BE THAT MUCH OF A PUSHOVER.

LOOK, ALICE IS THE GOOD DAUGHTER,

ELEANOR'S THE BAD ONE, AND..

I'M THE ONE THAT JUST SORT OF GETS OFF THE HOOK.

IT'S JUST THE WAY IT WORKS.

WHICH ONE ARE YOU?

YOU MEAN WHICH KIND OF BROTHER AM I?

YOU GOT ME.

THE LITTLE BROTHER, I GUESS.

[LAUGHS]

HMM...

I LIKE YOUR SIDEBURNS.

THANK YOU.

Doug: YOU NEVER REALLY KNEW

WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE ABBOTTS,

AND WHAT THE GUESTS AT THE PARTY DIDN'T KNOW

WAS THAT THEY WERE CELEBRATING

A VERY EXPENSIVE SHOTGUN WEDDING.

ALICE ABBOTT WAS ALREADY 2 MONTHS PREGNANT.

LOOK, I'LL--I'LL SEE YOU LATER, OK?

OK.

THANKS FOR COMING.

NO PROBLEM.

[HUMMING LOVE ME TENDER]

Doug: EVERYTHING JACEY WANTED IN LIFE

THE ABBOTTS ALREADY HAD--

THEIR CARS, MONEY, COUNTRY CLUBS.

BUT IN THE BEGINNING, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE,

HE WANTED ELEANOR ABBOTT.

I'D WITNESSED ENOUGH OF MY BROTHER'S SOCIAL AGONY

TO RESOLVE EARLY ON

I WOULD NEVER LET THE ABBOTTS MATTER TO ME.

3 OUT OF 5?

2 OUT OF 3. YOU SERVE.

Jacey: YOU WANT TO GO GET A BEER?

GET A BEER BEER?

NO, A ROOT BEER. YEAH, A BEER BEER.

WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET BEER?

THE BAIT SHOP.

IF YOU GO IN THERE ALONE

AND NOBODY ELSE IS THERE,

ERNIE WILL SELL YOU A COUPLE BOTTLES.

YEAH.

OK.

JACEY...

REMEMBER THAT TIME I GOT MY DICK CAUGHT IN MY ZIPPER?

REMEMBER? IN SCHOOL? IN THE FIRST GRADE?

REMEMBER MRS. HORGE CAME TO HELP ME,

BUT I WOULDN'T LET HER,

SO SHE WENT TO GET MOM OUT OF HER CLASSROOM,

BUT I WOULDN'T LET HER HELP ME, EITHER,

SO I MADE HER GO GET YOU?

REMEMBER?

YEAH...

I REMEMBER.

[TRUCK APPROACHES]

WE SHOULD OWN THAT COMPANY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

MIDWEST STEEL DESK,

DAD'S FILE CABINET DRAWER--

LLOYD ABBOTT SCREWED MOM OUT OF THE PATENT

AFTER DAD DIED.

SAYS WHO?

IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

MOM'S NOT STUPID.

MMM. I DIDN'T SAY SHE WAS STUPID.

LLOYD'S PRETTY SMOOTH.

THAT'S WHY HE OWNS THE COMPANY.

NO. HE OWNS THE COMPANY

BECAUSE HE MARRIED THE BOSS' DAUGHTER.

HE OWNS THE COMPANY

BECAUSE DAD'S PATENT SAVED THE COMPANY'S ASS

AFTER THE WAR,

WHEN ALL THE WAR CONTRACTS DRIED UP.

WELL, MAYBE MOM SOLD IT 'CAUSE WE NEEDED THE MONEY.

WHAT MONEY?

WE NEVER HAD ANY MONEY.

MONEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

[CAR APPROACHES]

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DRIVING THIS CAR

INSTEAD OF THAT ONE.

HI.

CONGRATULATIONS.

FOR WHAT?

I HEARD YOU GOT ACCEPTED TO PENN.

UH...

YEAH. YEAH.

THANKS.

HOW DID YOU SWING AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL LIKE THAT?

WELL...

MY GRANDFATHER WENT THERE, AND...

I HAD THE GRADES, SO...

IT REALLY STINKS IN HERE.

YEAH.

YEP, MIGHT'VE DROPPED SOMETHING.

YEAH...

ME.

I JUST THOUGHT...

YOU AND STEVE--

WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU THOUGHT.

I THINK STEVE IS...

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT STEVE.

I NEVER THINK ABOUT HIM.

I JUST DO THINGS.

I LET OTHER PEOPLE FIGURE THEM OUT.

THAT'S WHAT PARENTS ARE FOR.

THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT DOING ALL THE THINKING,

SO...

WHY SHOULD I?

I THINK THIS IS CALLED THE SILENT TREATMENT.

I GET ENOUGH OF IT FROM MY FATHER.

I DON'T NEED IT FROM YOU,

SO GOOD LUCK AT PENN.

AHEM.

ELEANOR...

COME ON. DAD'S WAITING.

[CAR STARTS]

Man: THANK YOU, MR. ABBOTT.

STAY AWAY FROM HIM.

WHO?

JACEY.

WHY?

BECAUSE I SAID SO.

WE SHOULD HAVE A PARTY OUT AT THE BOATHOUSE, MAN.

THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO.

SURE.

YOU KNOW, UH...

INVITE SOME GIRLS...

RIGHT, RIGHT.

GET SOME BEER, GO SWIMMING,

LOOK UP A FEW WORDS IN THE DICTIONARY.

YEAH, LIKE "BOY" OR "EUNUCH."

EUNUCH?

WHAT'S THAT?

THAT'S LATIN FOR BUSBOY.

BUSINESS IS A LITTLE LIGHT TODAY.

EH, TOO DAMN HOT.

SO WHICH ONE OF YOU KNUCKLEHEADS

WANTS TO GET OFF EARLY?

OH, ME.

I DO.

CALL IN THE AIR.

Doug: TAILS.

Woman: MMM...

HI, DOUG.

GET OUT!

Doug: I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT OF ELEANOR ABBOTT

AS JUST ANOTHER STUCK-UP RICH GIRL--

A FLIRT, A TEASE.

BUT SHE PROVED TO BE A BIGGER RIDDLE

THAN I EVER WAS.

YOU'LL WRITE TO US WHEN YOU GET THERE, RIGHT?

OK.

Doug: JACEY AND I NEVER TALKED ABOUT

THAT THING BETWEEN HIM AND ELEANOR IN THE GARAGE,

BUT JACEY NEVER BRAGGED ABOUT HIS CONQUESTS.

WHEN HE WENT OFF TO COLLEGE THAT FALL,

I DIDN'T FEEL PARTICULARLY SAD.

I FELT FREE.

[LAUGHTER]

HOW'S YOUR CHIN?

DROP DEAD.

YOU WANT A RIDE?

NOPE.

YOU CAN DRIVE.

I DON'T HAVE MY LICENSE YET.

I DON'T CARE.

SO HOW COME YOU NEVER ASKED ME OUT?

WHAT FOR?

FOR, LIKE, A DATE, BLOCKHEAD.

BECAUSE I SEE YOU ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T MEAN JUST HANGING OUT.

COME ON.

SCARED OF ME OR SOMETHING?

HELL, NO.

I GOT A JOB. I GOT SCHOOL.

I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR DATES

AND ALL THAT STUFF.

FORGET IT.

IT'S NOT LIKE I'M YOUR BOYFRIEND OR ANYTHING.

I SAID FORGET IT, SO FORGET IT.

Doug: MY BROTHER WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL

AT REINVENTING HIMSELF THAN I WAS.

JUST AS THE ABBOTT PARTIES

WERE THE PLACE TO BE IN HALEY,

JACEY'S PARTIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

WERE THE HIPPEST ONES AROUND.

AND EVEN THOUGH HE HAD A MAJOR IN ARCHITECTURE,

HE SERIOUSLY MINORED...

IN BEAUTIFUL COEDS.

BRIDGES...

SKYSCRAPERS...

BRAS-- OF COURSE, BRAS...

ALL UTILIZE THE SAME FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES

OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN.

YOU KNOW, I'M ENGAGED.

SO AM I.

YOU ARE?

SURE.

I'M ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION WITH YOU.

Doug: I WAS IN AWE OF HIS SUCCESS WITH WOMEN.

JUST THE THOUGHT OF ELEANOR CONJURED UP IMAGES

OF ABSOLUTE DEBAUCHERY IN MY MIND.

AFTER AWHILE...

I DIDN'T SEE MY BROTHER BENEATH HER

ON THE OLD SOFA IN THE GARAGE.

I SAW ME.

Mom: DOUG! DINNER!

I WISH YOU WOULDN'T SMOKE IN THE GARAGE, HONEY.

I DON'T SMOKE IN THE GARAGE.

THERE'S A LOT OF OLD STUFF OUT THERE.

I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO CATCH ON FIRE.

I DON'T SMOKE, MOM.

JUST THE SAME, I'D PREFER IT

IF YOU'D SMOKE OUT IN THE BACKYARD, OK?

YES, MA'AM.

UM...

I GOT TO GET READY.

WHERE YOU GOING?

I KIND OF HAVE A DATE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, FRIDAY NIGHT'S...

YOU CAN LEAVE THAT.

THANKS.

HAVE FUN.

YOU, TOO.

HI.

HI.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

UM...

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT?

YOU WANT TO GO OUT?

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.

I CAN'T. MY FOLKS WENT OUT TO DINNER

WITH PETER AND ALICE,

AND I GOT TRICKED INTO WATCHING THE BABY.

OH.

WHERE'S ELEANOR?

I THOUGHT YOU CAME OVER TO ASK ME OUT.

I DID.

GOOD, BECAUSE SHE'S NOT HERE.

CAN I COME IN?

NO.

WHY NOT?

WELL, BECAUSE MY PARENTS AREN'T HERE.

WELL...

MAYBE SOME OTHER TIME?

[BABY CRIES]

OK, BUT JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

[TV ON]

YOU'RE NOT LIKE JACEY.

WHY NOT?

HE'S SO TRIG AND POLISHED.

WHAT DOES TRIG MEAN?

YOU KNOW, HANDSOME...

SEXY, SOPHISTICATED--

LIKE A PIPE SMOKER.

I DON'T THINK JACEY SMOKES A PIPE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SMOKE A PIPE TO BE TRIG.

♪ GIVE IT A NAME ♪

Man: CALL IT A DODGE.

LOOK...

EITHER YOU'RE MAD AT ME BECAUSE...

YOU'RE MAD AT ME...

OR YOU'RE MAD AT ME BECAUSE YOU LIKE ME,

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW GIRLS ACT. I MEAN...

I DON'T KNOW MUCH, BUT I KNOW THAT.

SO, LIKE...

WHICH IS IT?

BOTH.

Man on TV: WE BETTER TAKE A LOOK AT HER.

LET'S PULL ALONGSIDE.

TV: HELLO!

HELLO! ANYBODY ABOARD?

TV: ANYBODY DOWN THERE?

DO YOU LOVE ME, DOUG?

STOP IT.

PAM.

PAM?

PAM...

I'M SORRY.

I'M REALLY SORRY.

I'M NOT ELEANOR.

I CAN'T GO SO FAST.

Peter: EVERY TIME WE GO OUT,

YOU GOING TO TELL THE SAME GODDAMN STORY?

[DOOR SLAMS]

Alice: ACCIDENTALLY BRUSHING YOUR TEETH WITH BRYLCREEM.

THAT'S A FUNNY STORY.

WILL YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THE BRYLCREEM?

IT WAS IN A RED AND WHITE TUBE, JUST LIKE--

THE BABY'S CRYING.

[BABY CRYING]

Mr. Abbott: JUST STAY OUT OF IT, JOAN.

ALICE MEANT NO HARM.

SHE THINKS IT'S A FUNNY STORY.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK.

IT'S THEIR BUSINESS,

AND ALICE IS A SPOILED BRAT,

BUT SHE'S PETER'S PROBLEM NOW,

SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO TAKE ONE OF YOUR PILLS

AND WATCH THE JACK PAAR SHOW

AND SEE WHAT HE'S CRYING ABOUT TONIGHT.

[POUNDING ON DOOR]

ALL RIGHT, ALICE.

OPEN THE GODDAMN DOOR RIGHT NOW.

ALICE, OPEN THE GODDAMN DOOR RIGHT NOW.

Doug: ALTHOUGH I SHARED JACEY'S AVID INTEREST

IN THE OPPOSITE SEX...

I OBVIOUSLY LACKED HIS CONSUMMATE SKILL.

AAH!

NEXT.

THANK YOU.

[HORN HONKS]

HI, JACEY.

HEY.

HEY, GET MY CASE, WILL YOU?

Doug: WHEN HE CAME HOME THAT SUMMER,

HE PICKED RIGHT UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF WITH ELEANOR,

AND SHE WAS MORE THAN EAGER

TO PICK RIGHT UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF WITH HIM.

[HEAVY BREATHING]

HI, DADDY.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE?

FUCKING JACEY.

GET IN THE CAR.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

Helen: OH.

HMM. I'LL GET IT, HONEY.

JOAN?

UM...

WELL, HOW-- HOW ARE YOU?

MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH YOU, HELEN?

WELL, OF COURSE.

WON'T YOU-- WON'T YOU COME IN?

UH, NO, I-- I DON'T HAVE TIME.

UM...PLEASE.

Doug: MY MOTHER NEVER HAD MANY VISITORS.

IN FACT, BEFORE THAT DAY,

I'D NEVER SEEN HER AND JOAN ABBOTT

SPEAK TO EACH OTHER.

JOAN WAS THE PINNACLE OF HIGH SOCIETY IN OUR TOWN.

MY MOTHER HAD NO SOCIAL LIFE TO SPEAK OF.

SHE WAS THE ONLY MOM I KNEW WHO WORKED FOR A LIVING,

AND I ASSUMED THAT WAS WHY SHE NEVER GOT OUT MUCH.

THERE WAS A REASON,

BUT BEING A SCHOOLTEACHER HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

JACEY NEEDS TO BE DISCIPLINED.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY.

WELL, IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD TALK TO HIM.

NO, JOAN, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO MY SON,

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY IT TO HIM YOURSELF.

I JUST THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW

WHAT YOUR SON HAS DONE.

AND WHY ON EARTH SHOULD I BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SAY, JOAN?

Doug: THAT VISIT FROM JOAN ABBOTT

NOT ONLY MARKED THE END OF JACEY'S AFFAIR WITH ELEANOR,

BUT ALSO THE END OF ELEANOR ABBOTT HERSELF.

SHE DISAPPEARED FROM HALEY--

VANISHED--OR BANISHED.

NO ONE KNEW FOR CERTAIN.

BUT LIFE AT THE ABBOTTS' WENT ON WITHOUT HER.

[WHISTLES]

HEY.

HOW COME YOU'RE GOING TO SUMMER SCHOOL?

I GOT AN INCOMPLETE IN U.S. HISTORY.

MRS. BATES CAUGHT ME DRAWING BOOBS

ON HER PICTURE OF MAMIE EISENHOWER.

WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THINGS LIKE THAT?

I WISH I KNEW.

I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO HELP IT SOMETIMES.

ARE YOU COMING TO THE PARTY?

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, YOU KNOW.

EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE THERE.

IT SHOULD BE FUN.

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE.

JUST COME, OK?

PLEASE.

[ROCK AND ROLL PLAYS ON RADIO]

HEY.

FILL 'ER UP.

[DOOR OPENS]

NICE TIE.

MIND IF I BORROW IT?

I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T LIKE THOSE PARTIES

AT THE ABBOTTS'.

I DON'T.

THEN WHY ARE YOU GOING?

JUST DOING SOMEONE A FAVOR, I GUESS.

HOW COME YOU'RE NOT GOING?

I'M PERSONA NON GRATA.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

Radio deejay: A BRAND-NEW ADDITION

TO THE SILVER-DOLLAR SURVEY HERE ON...

JACEY, WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOU AND ELEANOR?

ELEANOR...

WAS JUST LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT--

A WAY OUT OF THE WHOLE ABBOTT WORLD,

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT IT TAKES A LOT...

TO GET AWAY.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH THAT YOU SLEEP AROUND

WITH THE BOYS FROM YOUR WORLD.

YOU HAVE TO FUCK THE BOYS

FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, LIKE GUYS FROM FOUNTAIN PARK?

NO. I MEAN ME.

SHE WAS FUCKING ME.

WE'RE NOT FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS.

I WOULDN'T GO TO THAT PARTY IF I WERE YOU.

WELL, YOU'RE NOT ME.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST AS GOOD AS THE ABBOTTS.

[GOOD NIGHT, IRENE PLAYS ON RADIO]

WHAT?

WHAT?

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA, DO YOU?

ABOUT WHAT?

AFTER DAD DIED...

MOM HAD AN AFFAIR WITH LLOYD ABBOTT.

THAT'S HOW HE GOT DAD'S PATENT AWAY FROM HER.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT. I DON'T CARE.

[CASH REGISTER DINGS]

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, DOUG. WHY DON'T YOU GO ASK MOM?

WHY DON'T YOU ASK HER WHAT HAPPENED?

WHY DON'T YOU ASK HER WHY SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS?

WHY DON'T YOU ASK HER

WHY SHE NEVER GETS INVITED TO THE ABBOTTS'?

ASK HER WHICH SIDE OF THE TRACKS WE LIVE ON.

[RUMBA PLAYS]

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

AWHILE.

ARE YOU OK?

FINE.

HAVING FUN?

COME DANCE WITH ME.

HI.

HI.

SO, UM, IS JACEY JUST HOME FOR A VISIT,

OR IS HE HERE FOR THE SUMMER?

HOME FOR THE SUMMER.

IT'S CHEAPER IF HE COMES HOME FOR THE SUMMER.

HE CAN SAVE MONEY FOR SCHOOL

'CAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY RENT.

MONEY'S KIND OF TIGHT, YOU KNOW.

WE'RE SORT OF POOR.

YOU'RE NOT POOR.

ARE YOU KIDDING?

EVEN WITH JACEY WORKING SUMMERS,

MY MOM STILL HAD TO BORROW AGAINST THE HOUSE

FOR HIM TO GO TO PENN.

Doug: SO WHERE'S ELEANOR TONIGHT?

ELEANOR'S JUST NOT HERE.

SHE PREGNANT?

NO. WHO SAID THAT?

I DON'T KNOW.

EVERYONE IN TOWN SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT--

EITHER SHE GOT KNOCKED UP

OR SHE RAN AWAY

OR HER OLD MAN KICKED HER OUT.

WHICH IS IT?

EXCUSE ME.

FUCK OFF.

WHY DO YOU HATE ME SO MUCH?

FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[DOOR OPENS]

YOU ASLEEP?

NO.

[PING-PONG SOUNDS]

Doug: I BECAME A SOCIAL PARIAH

AFTER PAM'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.

IT WAS A LONG AND LONELY WINTER.

[CHRISTMAS CAROLS PLAYING]

[COUGHING]

YOU OK, MOM?

I'M FINE.

[COUGHING]

YOU SURE?

YOU LOOK A LITTLE... TIRED.

IT'S JUST A COLD.

[SNIFFLES]

I DO WISH JACEY WOULD COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME.

YEAH, WELL, I GUESS THAT FREELANCE DRAFTING JOB

WAS TOO GOOD FOR HIM TO TURN DOWN.

OH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHY HE DIDN'T COME HOME.

NO?

WHEN DID YOU START DRINKING BEER?

OH, I BOUGHT THOSE FOR YOU, HONEY.

I HAD THEM OUT IN THE GARAGE ALL THIS TIME.

I KEEP FORGETTING TO BRING THEM IN.

OH, GOOD HEAVENS. I KNOW YOU DRINK BEER.

[CHUCKLES]

WELL, HERE, HAVE ONE WITH ME.

OH, NO, NO. I BOUGHT THOSE FOR YOU.

IT'S NOT GOOD TO DRINK ALONE, MOM.

OH, DON'T BE SILLY.

COME ON.

SIT DOWN.

HAVE A BEER.

[SIGHS]

[CHUCKLES]

UH...

MERRY CHRISTMAS?

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

[CLINK]

WELL, IT'S BEER.

CHARLIE WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO GET ME TO DRINK BEER.

[LAUGHS]

WHY DO YOU ALWAYS CALL HIM CHARLIE?

WELL, THAT WAS HIS NAME.

I KNOW, BUT...

WHY DON'T YOU EVER SAY "YOUR FATHER"?

WELL, SOMETIMES I DO, DON'T I?

I--I DON'T KNOW. UM...

WHEN I THINK OF HIM, I JUST THINK OF CHARLIE.

DID YOU EVER...

MEET ANYBODY ELSE?

I HAD A FRIEND.

I USED TO GO SEE HIM IN CHICAGO

WHEN I WENT TO VISIT BEA DURING SUMMER VACATIONS.

DO YOU REMEMBER?

HOW LONG THIS GO ON FOR?

OH, 8 YEARS OR SO.

THAT'S A LONG TIME.

MM-HMM.

DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT MARRYING HIM?

HE PROPOSED, BUT OBVIOUSLY I SAID NO.

WHY?

BECAUSE I'M IN LOVE WITH--

I'M IN LOVE WITH YOUR FATHER.

WITH MY MEMORY OF HIM.

HE WAS THE ONE FOR ME.

I DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE, DARLING.

SOME PEOPLE YOU LOVE NO MATTER WHAT,

AND OTHERS YOU LOVE IF THE SITUATION IS RIGHT.

TO ME, THE BEST KIND OF LOVE

IS THE "NO MATTER WHAT" KIND.

WELL, I'M A CHEAP DRUNK...

AREN'T I?

MOM, WHAT'S SCENIC DESIGN?

IN WHAT CONTEXT?

WAIT A MINUTE.

IT'S THEATER.

HMM.

"THE HOWARD LAMBERT SCHOLARSHIP

IN SCENIC DESIGN FOR THE THEATER."

WOW, IT'S A FULL RIDE.

HMM.

4 YEARS. PAYS EVERYTHING ALMOST.

HELL, I COULD DO THAT.

WELL, SURE, YOU COULD, HONEY.

I JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SCENIC DESIGN IS.

UM, MOM?

I'LL WAIT FOR YOU OUTSIDE, OK?

OK.

HAVE YOU GOT THIS IN PINK?

YEAH.

I BOUGHT THIS BEFORE.

I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH IT.

OK.

[APPLAUSE]

PAMELA LOUISE ABBOTT.

DANIEL G. HOLBROOK.

SHARON DROCK.

[BABY CRYING]

DOUGLAS LEE HOLT.

DAVID NABORS.

MAXINE TUDOR.

[BABY CRYING]

HELEN SCHUSTER.

MARK MURPHY.

MEREDITH WEIR.

[APPLAUSE]

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

HMM. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, HELEN.

WELL, THANK YOU, LLOYD. SAME TO YOU.

OH, WHERE IS PAM GOING TO SCHOOL?

HMM?

OH, CHRIST.

I FORGOT.

[LLOYD CHUCKLES]

NO, WAIT. BRYN MAWR.

BRYN MAWR.

I SHOULD REMEMBER THAT.

IT COSTS ENOUGH.

SHE'LL DO VERY WELL THERE. SHE'S A VERY BRIGHT GIRL.

Lloyd: AND DOUG IS GOING TO--

YES, DOUG GOT A SCHOLARSHIP

TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN...SCENIC DESIGN-- THEATER.

HMM.

YEAH.

THAT'S THE SAME SCHOOL AS, UH...

AS--AS JACEY. MM-HMM.

PAM'S SCHOOL IS RIGHT NEARBY.

RIGHT. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

WELL, THANK YOU, LLOYD. THANK YOU. SAME TO YOU.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

PING-PONG?

IT'S TOO HOT.

WANT TO GET SOME BEERS AND GO TO THE LAKE?

NO. NO.

I DON'T WANT TO GET SOME...

GOD DAMN IT.

LISTEN, I DON'T WANT YOU IN PHILADELPHIA.

I DON'T NEED YOU AROUND

TO--TO REMIND ME AND EVERYBODY ELSE

THAT I COME FROM FUCKING HICKSVILLE, USA, SO...

IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO PENN,

YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, DIPSHIT.

I DON'T NEED YOU RIDING MY COATTAILS.

WHY DON'T YOU LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE

AND STOP BEING MY FUCKING SHADOW?

SCREW YOU.

JACEY, DOUG--

[GASPS]

OH...

Jacey: COME ON, DOUG.

I'M JUST GONNA KICK YOUR LITTLE ASS.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

WHO'S OUT HERE?

STOP THAT, YOU TWO!

COME ON, DOUG,

YOU'VE BEEN PAINTING THAT SAME SPOT FOR 5 MINUTES.

EXCUSE ME. COULD I GET CHANGE FOR $1.00?

Waitress: JUST A MINUTE, HON.

Doug: WHEN ALICE ABBOTT FILED FOR A DIVORCE FROM PETER,

JACEY WRONGLY THOUGHT SHE WAS ESCAPING

FROM SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE.

HE DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT MATTERED TO HER.

CAN I HELP YOU?

YES, I NEED CHA--

YOU DON'T WORK HERE, DO YOU?

NO. NO.

I WAS JUST... THINKING ABOUT YOU.

I WAS GOING TO CALL YOU TONIGHT.

WHY?

THERE'S A PICNIC ON SUNDAY AT...

RIVER POINT.

I WANTED TO INVITE YOU.

I COULDN'T.

YOU COULD BRING SUSAN.

KIDS LOVE PICNICS.

I JUST CAME IN TO GET CHANGE FOR THE METER.

OK. HERE.

THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE TIME FOR AN ICED TEA?

MY MOTHER'S IN THE CAR WAITING

SO WE DON'T GET A TICKET.

WELL, MAYBE SHE'D LIKE AN ICED TEA.

NO.

NO HARM ASKING.

NO.

DON'T DO THAT.

WHY NOT?

YOU KNOW WHY.

THEN I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL.

COME TO THE PICNIC ON SUNDAY,

AND I'LL WAIT HERE AND LET YOU LEAVE FIRST

SO YOUR MOTHER DOESN'T SEE ME.

I DON'T CARE IF MY MOTHER SEES YOU.

THEN YOU WON'T MIND IF I ASK HER

IF SHE'D LIKE TO JOIN US FOR AN ICED TEA.

NO, WAIT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN. I'LL TRY.

IT JUST...DEPENDS.

SUNDAY, RIVER POINT, AROUND NOON.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Doug: MY BROTHER AND I HAD MORE IN COMMON THAN WE KNEW.

THAT SUMMER, IT SEEMED, FOR BOTH OF US,

THAT ALL ROADS LED TO AN ABBOTT GIRL.

IS THAT PAMELA ABBOTT?

THAT IS PAM.

LET'S PULL OVER HERE.

PAMELA, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

SORT OF, BUT THIS STUPID JACK

KEEPS SINKING INTO THE PAVEMENT.

WELL, MAYBE DOUG CAN GIVE YOU A HAND.

GO ON, DOUG, HELP HER OUT.

WHERE'S THE THING THAT GOES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE JACK?

WHAT THING?

THE THING THE BASE OF THE JACK FITS INTO.

Pamela: I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

THIS.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE SPARE TIRE HOLDER-ON.

READ YOUR MANUAL.

PAM, CAN YOU RUN DOUG HOME FOR ME?

I'VE GOT TO GET TO THE BANK BEFORE IT CLOSES.

MOM...

YEAH, SURE, I'LL DRIVE HIM HOME.

THANKS FOR STOPPING.

OK. BYE-BYE.

YOU THINK YOU'LL BE FINISHED SOMETIME TODAY?

I'M GETTING SUNSTROKE.

PUT THE TOP UP.

STOP ACTING LIKE JACEY.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU'RE SO COOL?

CAN'T EVEN TALK TO ME.

NAME ONE BAD THING I'VE EVER DONE TO YOU.

WHY?

GO ON. NAME ONE BAD THING.

WHAT'S THE POINT?

YOU TELL ME 'CAUSE I DON'T GET IT.

LOOK, I'M NOT RICH. MY FATHER IS.

AND I DIDN'T PICK MY FATHER.

AND IF I HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN HAVING TONS OF MONEY

OR HAVING ANOTHER FATHER,

I'D BE ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED TO BE POOR.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, LIFE IS JUST NOT A CAFETERIA.

LIFE IS NOT A CAFETERIA?

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

I'M SUPPOSED TO FEEL SORRY FOR YOU

'CAUSE YOU'RE RICH?

AND I'M SUPPOSED TO FEEL SORRY FOR YOU

'CAUSE YOU'RE SO POOR?

NO.

THEN JUST STOP IT.

STOP WHAT?

STOP TREATING ME LIKE AN ABBOTT.

THEN HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO TREAT YOU?

LIKE YOU USED TO.

LIKE JUST PLAIN PAM.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY.

AND DON'T LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY JUST RAN OVER YOUR DOG.

YOU JUST MAKE ME WANT TO SCREAM SOMETIMES.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

YOU.

WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

UH...

UM...

WELL, WE ARE EVERYONE.

BUT YOU SAID THAT--

NO, I DIDN'T. I SAID THAT...

THERE WAS A PICNIC.

I DIDN'T SAY WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE ELSE WAS INVITED.

WHERE YOU GOING?

I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT--

YOU CAME HERE TO SEE ME.

YOU DIDN'T COME HERE TO SEE ANYBODY ELSE, DID YOU?

THAT'S WHY YOU DIDN'T BRING SUSAN ALONG.

I'M MARRIED.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GETTING A DIVORCE.

I AM, BUT IT'S NOT FINAL YET.

BESIDES, I'M 2 YEARS OLDER THAN YOU.

GOOD.

THEN IF THE COPS COME...

WE CAN JUST TELL THEM YOU BOUGHT THE BEER.

[GLASS SHATTERS]

Pamela: AY.

SO WHO DO YOU LOOK MORE LIKE,

YOUR MOM OR YOUR DAD?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT'D YOUR FATHER LOOK LIKE?

LIKE A PHOTOGRAPH.

I NEVER KNEW HIM.

HE DIED LIKE A MONTH BEFORE I WAS EVEN BORN.

JACEY PROBABLY LOOKS LIKE HIM MORE THAN I DO.

DID YOU KNOW HE'S NAMED AFTER HIM?

THAT'S HOW HE GOT TO BE CALLED JACEY,

AFTER HIS INITIALS, JOHN CHARLES--J.C.

HE DIED IN A CAR WRECK, RIGHT?

YOU NEVER HEARD ABOUT THAT?

ABOUT WHAT?

IT WAS SORT OF A CAR.

HE DROWNED OR FROZE TO DEATH OR BOTH.

I DON'T KNOW.

HE WAS TRYING TO DRIVE OUT TO MUD ISLAND.

MUD ISLAND IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE.

IT WAS WINTER. THE LAKE WAS FROZE OVER.

THAT'S PRETTY STUPID.

I'M SORRY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

IT IS STUPID.

REAL STUPID.

HE DID IT ON A BET.

HE BET SOMEONE 20 BUCKS THAT HE COULD DO IT.

MADE IT ALL THE WAY OUT THERE, TOO.

HE WENT THROUGH THE ICE ON HIS WAY BACK.

OH, BOY.

RRAHH!

YOU KNOW, I THINK MY DAD WAS LIKE JACEY IS.

YOU KNOW, SOME GUYS ARE JUST DAREDEVILS.

LIKE ONE TIME, I DARED JACEY

THAT HE COULDN'T DO A BACKFLIP

OFF THE GARAGE ROOF INTO A BIG PILE OF LEAVES,

AND HE DID IT.

ONE TIME, ELEANOR AND I SNUCK OUT

AND RAN AROUND THE YARD NAKED.

YOU DID?

IT WAS SORT OF A DARE, TOO.

SHE DARED ME, AND I DARED HER,

SO WE BOTH DID IT.

YOU WALKED AROUND,

OR DID YOU LIKE RUN FROM TREE TO TREE?

WE JUST WALKED AROUND.

FRONT YARD OR BACKYARD?

BACKYARD.

DOES IT MATTER?

YEAH.

BACKYARD NUDITY IS HYPOCRITICAL.

IT'S INSINCERE.

PEOPLE SHOULD DO AND SAY

EXACTLY WHAT THEY FEEL OR THINK

AND NOT TRY TO HIDE THINGS.

OK.

OK.

[WHISPERS] All right.

[WHISPERS] OK.

YOU LOOK PRETTY.

REALLY?

YEAH.

PAM...

[CLOCK CHIMING]

Woman: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

Gary Cooper: HOTEL IN TOWN. I GOT DRUNK.

HAD IT OCCURRED TO YOU TO LET ME KNOW WHERE YOU WERE?

IT OCCURRED TO ME.

[WHISPERING] Jacey...

You can't tell anyone what we're doing.

Promise me you won't tell anyone.

Doug: BEING RECKLESS WAS NOT A TRUE PART OF ALICE'S NATURE.

LIKE ANY TRAPPED ANIMAL,

SHE WAS CAPABLE OF ALMOST ANYTHING.

HER DESPERATION MADE HER DANGEROUS,

AND JACEY'S ADDICTION TO THE ABBOTTS

MADE HIM DESPERATE TO POSSESS HER.

ELEANOR'S LIVING IN CHICAGO NOW.

SHE IS?

YEAH. SHE'S GOING TO STEWARDESS SCHOOL.

WHAT DO THEY TEACH HER AT STEWARDESS SCHOOL?

I DON'T KNOW.

HOW TO WIGGLE YOUR BOTTOM.

REALLY? MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO THERE INSTEAD OF BRYN MAWR.

OW!

I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.

DID IT HURT?

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR BIG FEET.

COME HERE.

WANNA GO UPSTAIRS?

NO.

I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE YOU WERE TIRED OF JUST KISSING.

I'M NOT. ARE YOU?

NO...

BUT TOUCHING IS NICE.

WE ARE TOUCHING.

I KNOW. I JUST...

WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE

WITHOUT ANY CLOTHES ON.

TSK! OH, DOUG.

WELL, WHAT? AREN'T YOU CURIOUS?

I KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE WITHOUT ANY CLOTHES ON.

I LOOK NAKED.

CAN I TOUCH YOUR BREASTS?

NO.

JUST ON THE OUTSIDE?

NO.

YOU CAN KISS ME.

I LIKE LIPS.

YOU LIKE LIPS?

I LIKE YOUR LIPS, BLOCKHEAD.

I LIKE BEING HERE LIKE THIS.

BUT WE'RE NOT GOING UPSTAIRS

'CAUSE IF WE GO UPSTAIRS,

YOU KNOW WHAT WE'LL DO THEN.

I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE MY SISTERS,

NOT IF I CAN HELP IT.

OK.

OH, SHIT. WHAT IS IT?

MY BROTHER, HE JUST WENT IN THE GARAGE WITH YOUR SISTER.

WITH ELEANOR?

ALICE.

PAM, HOLD UP.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?

I DIDN'T KNOW. WHAT'S THIS GOTTA DO WITH--

GOD! WHAT IS SHE DOING?

WHY IS IT OK IF YOU'RE GONNA SNEAK AROUND WITH ME,

BUT IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR ALICE TO SNEAK AROUND WITH JACEY?

BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT.

I'M NOT ALICE, AND YOU'RE NOT JACEY.

ALICE IS LIKE MY MOTHER.

THEY GET HURT SO EASY.

THEY'RE LIKE TURTLES WITHOUT SHELLS.

YOU DON'T KNOW MY DAD.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HE IS ABOUT JACEY.

HE BLAMES HIM FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WITH ELEANOR.

ELEANOR FOOLED AROUND WITH A LOT OF GUYS.

IT'S NOT JACEY'S FAULT YOUR DAD KICKED HER OUT.

HE DIDN'T KICK HER OUT.

HE SENT HER OFF TO SOME GODDAMN NUTHOUSE.

HE JUST UP AND SHIPPED HER OFF TO SOME CLINIC IN WISCONSIN.

I--I THOUGHT YOU SAID SHE'S IN CHICAGO.

WELL, SHE IS NOW.

THEY LET HER OUT LIKE A MONTH AGO.

SHIT.

YEAH, SHIT.

[VOICES WHISPERING]

[DOOR CLOSES]

DOUG.

WHO'S UPSTAIRS WITH JACEY?

ALICE ABBOTT.

HOW LONG IS SHE LIKELY TO STAY?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WOULDN'T HOLD UP DINNER.

[SIGHS] DO YOU WANT DINNER?

NO. THANKS.

DON'T SIT ON THAT. DOUG JUST PAINTED--

I KNOW.

I HAD TO BRING HER HERE TODAY.

THERE'S JUST NOWHERE ELSE WE CAN GO.

I APPRECIATE THAT, JACEY, BUT--

I LOVE HER...

AND I AM GOING TO MARRY HER.

DO HER PARENTS KNOW ABOUT THIS?

OF COURSE NOT.

DON'T YOU THINK THEY SHOULD?

WELL, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THEM.

DOES ALICE FEEL THE SAME WAY YOU DO?

SHE LOVES ME.

AND SHE'S AGREED TO MARRY YOU?

SHE WILL.

SHE NEEDS TIME. SHE'S FRIGHTENED.

THIS ISN'T EASY FOR HER.

AND HOW IS HIDING IT FROM HER PARENTS

MAKE IT ANY EASIER?

WELL, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CHOICE, DO WE?

ALICE IS A GROWN WOMAN, JACEY.

SHE HAS A CHILD OF HER OWN.

IF SHE LOVES YOU--

THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS

IS THAT I GET HER AWAY FROM HER PARENTS BEFORE--

I CAN'T BE A PARTY TO THAT, JACEY.

WELL, I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP.

AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR IT.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE

TO TAKE ALICE.

I CAN'T HAVE YOU BRINGING HER HERE AGAIN.

I'M SORRY.

Doug: JACEY PRETENDED TO CARE FOR ALICE SO WELL,

THE ILLUSION BECAME SO COMPLETE

THAT EVEN HE WAS FOOLED.

Jacey: MARRY ME.

Alice: IMPOSSIBLE.

NOTHING'S IMPOSSIBLE.

[WHISPERS] Go away!

ARE YOU SAYING THIS DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU?

DON'T SCREAM.

NO, IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

DON'T!

DON'T WHAT?

ALICE!

YES, DADDY?

WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?

SHE'S TALKING TO ME, DADDY.

JUST A LITTLE GIRL TALK.

WELL, YOU CAN TALK INSIDE. IT'S LATE.

Doug: JACEY DIDN'T HEAR FROM ALICE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

AND THEN, FINALLY, PAM ARRIVED WITH A MESSAGE.

HOW IS SHE?

SHE'S AT THE BOATHOUSE.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

TELL JACEY I'M SORRY.

ALICE?

I HAVE PLANS FOR MY DAUGHTERS, MR. HOLT,

AND THEY DON'T INCLUDE YOU.

I KNOW YOU.

I KNOW YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNOW ME.

I KNOW ALL THERE IS TO KNOW

ABOUT SCREWING YOUR WAY INTO A WEALTHY FAMILY,

AND I'LL NEVER LET YOU SCREW YOUR WAY INTO MINE.

ALICE!

ALICE!

ALICE! GOD.

WHERE IS SHE?

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

GODDAMN IT, WHERE IS SHE? GET OUT!

ALICE! ALICE! GET OUT OF HERE!

CALL THE POLICE, JOAN.

YOU SON OF A BITCH.

WHERE IS SHE?

TELL ME WHERE SHE IS.

BEHIND YOU, MR. HOLT.

HEY, BABY...

COME ON.

COME WITH ME RIGHT NOW.

NOW, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE,

YOU RUTTIN' STUD.

KEEP YOUR POOR BOY DICK OUT OF MY DAUGHTERS.

[DOOR CLOSES]

HI.

HI.

WHAT'S UP?

I'VE BEEN THINKING

THAT MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T SEE EACH OTHER RIGHT NOW.

OK.

SEE YOU AROUND.

[HANGERS RUSTLING]

JACEY, WHY SPEND ALL NIGHT AND HALF THE DAY TOMORROW

IN CHICAGO WAITING FOR THE PHILADELPHIA BUS?

WHY NOT JUST WAIT TILL THE MORNING?

BECAUSE THE SOONER I GET OUT OF THIS FUCKING TOWN,

THE BETTER.

[CONTINUES PACKING]

SUIT YOURSELF.

Doug: DAMN IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY HE COULDN'T JUST FORGET ABOUT THEM.

Helen: WHO?

THE ABBOTTS.

THERE'S NO END OF ABBOTTS IN THIS WORLD,

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED.

HE JUST NEEDS THAT SOMEHOW.

ACTUALLY, I KNOW HOW.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

I WAS JUST A WRECK WHEN CHARLIE DIED.

JACEY WAS ALMOST 2,

AND I WAS 8 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH YOU.

AND...

WELL...

SOME MORNINGS I'D BE CRYING BEFORE I EVEN WOKE UP.

AND THEN YOU WERE BORN.

AND JACEY JUST GOT LOST IN THERE.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR HIM.

I SHOULD'VE TAKEN US AWAY FROM HERE,

GONE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WHY?

WELL, AFTER CHARLIE DIED,

LLOYD ABBOTT STARTED DROPPING BY

ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK.

HE FELT SO BAD ABOUT THAT BET

THAT CHARLIE HAD MADE WITH HIM AT THE LAKE.

THAT FOOLISH...

IDIOTIC BET.

POOR LLOYD.

I FELT SORRY FOR HIM.

BUT HE STARTED DROPPING BY SO OFTEN

THAT...

PEOPLE BEGAN TO TALK.

AND THEN ONE DAY, I WAS IN WOOLWORTH'S.

I WAS HAVING LUNCH AT THE COUNTER

AND SUDDENLY, THERE WAS JOAN ABBOTT...

SCREAMING AT ME

TO STOP SLEEPING WITH HER HUSBAND, WITH LLOYD.

I...I WAS SPEECHLESS.

I...

SHE WAS GONE BEFORE I COULD FIND MY TONGUE.

CHRIST.

I WENT TO SEE JOAN.

I WANTED TO PUT HER MIND AT REST.

I WANTED TO TELL HER...

BUT WHY?

WHY DID EVERYONE IN TOWN BELIEVE JOAN ABBOTT?

BECAUSE SHE'S JOAN ABBOTT.

I HATE THIS TOWN.

I HATE THE ABBOTTS.

MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD YOU.

I ALREADY KNEW.

OH.

PEOPLE STILL TALK ABOUT IT?

I NEVER HEARD ANYONE TALK ABOUT IT.

NOT TO ME, AT LEAST.

WELL, THEN HOW DID--

JACEY.

OH, LORD.

JACEY KNOWS, TOO.

YEAH, BUT...

HE THINKS IT REALLY HAPPENED.

Doug: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE

THAT I CAN REMEMBER,

I SAW MY MOTHER CRY.

I FELT SAD LEAVING HALEY FOR COLLEGE,

SAD FOR MY MOTHER BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN LEFT BEHIND,

FIRST BY MY FATHER,

THEN BY MY BROTHER,

AND NOW BY ME.

Doug: THE ONLY PART OF MY PAST IN HALEY

THAT I NEVER STOPPED THINKING ABOUT,

NOT FOR A DAY,

WAS PAM.

THEN THAT SPRING, MY PAST CAUGHT UP WITH ME.

PAM?

DOUG?

HI. HI.

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?

I COME DOWN SOMETIMES TO USE THE LIBRARY.

HOW'S BRYN MAWR?

VERY BRYN.

YOU LIKE IT HERE?

YEAH.

JUST FINE.

LOOK, I JUST HAVE TO DROP OFF THESE SET DESIGNS.

DO YOU WANNA GO GET SOMETHING TO EAT?

I CAN'T. SORRY.

I GOTTA GET THE BUS BACK.

YOU SEEM TALLER.

AND YOU SEEM...

NOT SO PLAIN.

MAYBE ANOTHER TIME, OK?

YEAH.

REALLY. I MEAN IT.

JUST CALL ME. I'M AT REED HALL.

OK.

OK. BYE.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Man: HEY, HOLT, YOU'VE GOT A VISITOR.

WHO'S HERE?

DID YOU MISS THE BUS?

[CHUCKLES]

ARE YOU DRUNK?

OH, CHRIST.

I'D BETTER GET YOU OUT OF HERE

BEFORE THE PURITANS TAR AND FEATHER YOU.

LOOK, CAN YOU WALK?

CAN YOU...

STAND UP.

CAN YOU WALK?

OH, LET'S DANCE.

NO, NO, NO.

SHH!

GO OUT THE FRONT DOOR. GO OUT THE FRONT DOOR,

MAKE A RIGHT AND GO AROUND THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

AND WAIT FOR ME BY THE FIRE ESCAPE, OK?

YEAH, JUST WAIT FOR ME. YEAH.

DOUG?

WATCH OUT FOR THE LADDER.

OOH!

COME ON, UP WE GO.

[VOMITING]

[THUNDER]

DOUG!

IT'S PAM.

HELLO?

THANK YOU.

IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO PUKE,

USE THE WASTEBASKET OVER THERE.

I'M SORRY.

I WAS EMBARRASSED.

I WOKE UP AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS.

AND I FELT LIKE I WAS DYING, SO I JUST...

I DON'T KNOW. I WAS BLOTTO.

I MEAN, I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

BUT THEN, I JUST GOT SAD.

SAD AND STUPID.

IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW?

YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING?

WHAT?

I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. COME ON.

WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?

I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

RIGHT HERE.

STAND RIGHT HERE.

CLOSE YOUR EYES.

OK.

OK.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

THANKS.

YOU KNOW, THE SENIOR ACTING CLASS

DOES SCENES FROM DIFFERENT PLAYS.

THEY INVITE EVERYBODY. IT'S REALLY A BIG DEAL.

WELL, SO THERE'S THIS COMPETITION

AMONGST ALL THE THEATER DESIGN STUDENTS TO DO THE SETS.

AND, UM, I'M THE ONE WHOSE DESIGN GOT PICKED.

WHAT SCENE IS IT FOR? WHAT PLAY?

ROMEO AND JULIET.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW.

YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT THIS.

IT'S LIKE MAKING MODELS WHEN I WAS A KID.

IT'S FUN. IT'S MAKE BELIEVE.

DOES IT REMIND YOU OF ANYTHING?

YOU KNOW, THEY TORE THAT WHOLE PART DOWN.

DID THEY?

SEE, THEY ALWAYS TEAR DOWN THE WRONG STUFF.

I'VE MISSED YOU.

WHAT?

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

DO YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND?

NO.

THEN WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

I CAN'T DO THIS.

WHY NOT?

THAT'S OK. WE DON'T HAVE TO GO SO FAST.

I HAVE TO BE BACK AT THE DORM BY 10:00.

WAIT! WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW? IN THE AFTERNOON?

IT'S JUST TOO LATE NOW.

EVERYTHING'S JUST TOO SCREWED UP.

PAM...

IT'S NOT TOO LATE!

Doug: PAM HAD BEEN WALKING IN AND OUT OF MY LIFE

FOR AS LONG AS I COULD REMEMBER.

NOW, FAR FROM HALEY,

I BELIEVED IT WOULD FINALLY BE DIFFERENT,

THAT THE PAST COULD BE LEFT BEHIND US.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

NOTHING.

[TEAKETTLE WHISTLING]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

I'LL GET IT.

HI.

HI.

COME IN.

HOW'D YOU KNOW I WAS HERE?

UM...

I DIDN'T.

I CAME TO TALK TO JACEY.

WHY?

YOU WANT ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE OR SOMETHING?

DOUG, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, UM...

I NEED TO TELL YOU.

UM...

WELL, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE CALLED?

WELL, I...

I MEAN, DO YOU WANT TO FUCK?

I GUESS THAT'S WHY YOU CAME OVER.

DOUG...

DOUG!

YOU BASTARD.

DOUG?

FUCK YOU.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT?

HOW YOU FELT ABOUT PAM.

FUCK YOU.

I'M SORRY.

APOLOGIZE TO HER, ASSHOLE.

I DID.

JUST, UH...I RAN INTO HER AT SOME PARTY.

AND SHE WAS DRINKING, I WAS DRINKING. IT WAS...

IT WAS EASY.

SHE FELT GUILTY ABOUT TELLING HER FATHER ABOUT ME AND ALICE.

ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I MADE HER FEEL GUILTY.

I MADE HER FEEL LIKE SHE HAD...

BETRAYED ALICE.

WHAT THE HELL DID PAM EVER DO

TO DESERVE YOUR REVENGE? WHAT?

NOTHING.

IS IT JUST YOUR WAY OF EVENING THE SCORE

WITH LLOYD ABBOTT?

RIGHT.

AAH!

I DON'T KNOW YOU.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE FUCK YOU ARE.

YOU FUCK EVERYTHING, YOU FUCK EVERYTHING UP.

BUT WHY PAM?

WHY PAM, TOO?

Doug: WHEN I WENT OVER TO BRYN MAWR TO FIND PAM,

SHE HAD DISAPPEARED.

I TRIED EVERY WAY I COULD TO LOCATE HER.

I EVEN CALLED MY MOTHER

TO SEE IF SHE HAD GONE BACK TO HALEY,

BUT SHE WASN'T THERE.

IT'S A LOVELY FISH, HONEY.

KEEP YOUR GLUE ON THE PAPER.

OH, LOOK AT THAT, ALMOST DONE.

THAT'S VERY PRETTY.

YOU'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. THAT'S GREAT.

LILLIAN! JACK! SAM!

BACK TO YOUR SEATS, PLEASE.

BOYS AND GIRLS, DID YOU HEAR ME?

GET BACK TO YOUR SEATS RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S A GOOD JOB, BOYS AND GIRLS. GOOD JOB.

Doug: ALTHOUGH SHE SEEMED UNIQUE TO ME THEN,

I NOW KNOW THAT THE WORLD IS FILLED WITH WORKING WOMEN

RAISING CHILDREN BY THEMSELVES.

THERE WAS NOTHING ESPECIALLY ORIGINAL ABOUT MY MOTHER,

NOT EVEN IN THE WAY

SHE FINALLY BROUGHT HER SONS BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

IT'S MOM.

HI, DOUG.

HOW'S YOUR CHIN?

DO YOU REMEMBER?

THE PENCIL?

YEAH. I HAVE A LITTLE SCAR.

ARE YOU GOING HOME?

BACK TO HOLE IN THE GROUND, ILLINOIS?

MY MOTHER DIED.

I'M SORRY.

I JUST SAW HER OVER CHRISTMAS, AND SHE SEEMED FINE.

SHE WAS A LITTLE TIRED.

I THOUGHT IT WAS THE FLU OR SOMETHING.

SHE DIDN'T EVEN TELL US.

THE HOSPITAL TOLD JACEY WHEN THEY CALLED HIM.

HOW'S JACEY?

HE HAD TO STAY TO TAKE HIS STATE BOARD EXAMS.

HE'S COMING BACK TOMORROW.

I'M REALLY SORRY.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU KNEW WHERE PAM WAS.

NO, I DON'T.

I GOT TO GO.

I'LL MISS MY RIDE TO THE HOTEL.

TELL HER I LOVE HER.

JUST TELL HER THAT, OK?

Man: GENTLEMEN.

Doug: MY MOTHER'S LIFE HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY A LIE,

AND MY BROTHER WAS FOREVER LOST

IN A MAZE OF ILLUSION THAT LIE HAD CREATED.

AND I HAD FOLLOWED HIM THERE.

JACEY WOULD NEVER FIND HIS WAY OUT,

BUT I HAD TO.

AND THE ONLY WAY I COULD DO THAT

WAS TO FORGIVE, WHAT I COULD NEVER FORGET.

YOU, UH, WANT TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT?

YEAH, SURE.

YOU KNOW, UM...

YOU WERE RIGHT.

ABOUT WHAT?

I SHOULD LIVE MY OWN LIFE.

STOP BEING YOUR SHADOW.

I'M NOT LIKE YOU, JACEY...

AND I DON'T WANT TO BE.

I'M SORRY.

I KNOW YOU ARE.

DID YOU, UH, HAVE TO GET STITCHES?

OH, YES.

10.

SORRY.

LOOK, UM...

I FOUND THIS...

IN ONE OF THE BOXES IN THE GARAGE.

IT'S A LETTER OF AGREEMENT

BETWEEN LLOYD ABBOTT AND DAD.

DAD SOLD HIM THE FILE TO OUR PATENT, NOT MOM.

A CAR?

YEP.

JESUS CHRIST.

HE SOLD THE PATENT FOR A USED CAR?

I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS--

I GUESS DAD NEEDED A CAR AND...

HE FIGURED WHO THE HELL NEEDED

A FULL SUSPENSION FILE DRAWER.

"A 1937 DESOTO COUPE CONVERTIBLE...

AS IS."

WONDER WHATEVER HAPPENED TO IT.

HE PARKED IT AT THE BOTTOM OF A LAKE.

Doug: THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR MOTHER AND LLOYD

DIDN'T COMFORT JACEY

BECAUSE THE TRUTH SEEMED TO HIM JUST AS UNFAIR

AS THE LIE HE HAD ALWAYS BELIEVED IN.

DO ME A FAVOR.

DON'T STAND HERE AND WAVE GOOD-BYE.

MAKES ME THINK OF MOM.

OK.

I'LL SEE YOU.

[CAR ENGINE STARTING]

Doug: MY MOTHER WAS RIGHT.

IF THE ABBOTTS DIDN'T EXIST,

JACEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO INVENT THEM.

BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT INVENTING THE ABBOTTS

WAS SOMETHING ALMOST EVERYONE IN HALEY DID

AND STILL DO.

ALICE REUNITED WITH PETER,

LIVED OUT THE SAME LIE OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE

THAT HER MOTHER AND FATHER HAD LIVED,

AND A NEW GENERATION OF ABBOTT PARTIES BEGAN.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

SHUT THE DOOR.

SMOKE?

HAVE A SEAT.

I DON'T WANT TO SIT DOWN.

THEN DON'T.

I'M SORRY ABOUT YOUR MOTHER.

YOU'RE SORRY?

YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOUR MOTHER AT ALL

IF YOU THINK SOMEONE LIKE ME

WOULD EVER STOOD A CHANCE WITH SOMEONE LIKE HER.

I KNOW THAT'S WHAT JACEY THINKS.

I CAN TELL BY THE WAY HE LOOKS AT ME,

EVER SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BOY,

LOOKING AT ME LIKE I OWED HIM SOMETHING.

BUT GODDAMN IT, HE'S WRONG.

THAT BET WAS YOUR FATHER'S IDEA.

AND I NEVER MEANT YOUR MOTHER ANY HARM.

I WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING FOR HER.

ANYTHING.

I LOVED HER.

SO...

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I WANT TO FIND PAM.

I WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHERE SHE IS.

HOW CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

YOU ALWAYS LOVED ME NO MATTER WHAT I DID, RIGHT?

YEAH.

MAYBE THAT'S HOW I LOVE YOU.

NO MATTER WHAT.

IT'S THE BEST KIND OF LOVE, YOU KNOW?

BUT HOW CAN WE JUST START ALL OVER AGAIN?

YOU SEE THERE...

WE'RE DOING IT.

SO, UM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT?

YOU WANT TO GO OUT?

[GIGGLES] YOU'RE CRAZY.

SOME PEOPLE NEVER CHANGE.

HI.

HI.

Doug: A YEAR LATER,

THE IMPOSSIBLE FINALLY HAPPENED.

ONE OF THE HOLT BOYS

MARRIED ONE OF THE ABBOTT GIRLS.

WE HAD 2 DAUGHTERS,

NAMED THE YOUNGEST HELEN...

AFTER MY MOM.

♪ ON SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN ♪

♪ THERE DID DWELL ♪

♪ A HANDSOME YOUTH ♪

♪ I LOVED HIM WELL ♪

♪ HE GAVE TO ME ♪

♪ MY LIFE AND THEN ♪

♪ HE TOOK IT ALL ♪

♪ AWAY WITH HIM ♪

♪ ON SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN ♪

♪ I LOVED YOU WELL ♪

♪ MORE THAN YOU LOVED ME ♪

♪ NO MORE TO TELL ♪

♪ ON SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN ♪

♪ RAIN WILL FALL ♪

♪ WHERE ONCE YOU LOVED ME ♪

♪ MOST OF ALL ♪

♪ MORE THAN THE STARLIGHT ♪

♪ THOUGH IT IS TRUE ♪

♪ NEVER AS MUCH ♪

♪ AS I LOVED YOU ♪

♪ AS HEARTS GROW COLD ♪

♪ AND LOVE GROWS OLD ♪

♪ AND MEMORIES FADE ♪

♪ IN DISTANT TIME ♪

♪ YOU LOVE ANOTHER ♪

♪ AND I NEVER ♪

♪ WILL HAVE A LOVE ♪

♪ THAT ONCE WAS MINE ♪

♪ ON SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN ♪

♪ I LOVED YOU WELL ♪

♪ MORE THAN YOU LOVED ME ♪

♪ NO MORE TO TELL ♪

♪ MORE THAN THE STARLIGHT ♪

♪ GOD KNOWS IT'S TRUE ♪

♪ NEVER AS MUCH ♪

♪ AS I LOVED YOU ♪

♪ NEVER AS MUCH ♪

♪ AS I LOVED YOU ♪