1 00:01:28,630 --> 00:01:30,548 Henry Joseph Church could have been... 2 00:01:30,632 --> 00:01:32,967 anything he wanted to be. 3 00:01:33,051 --> 00:01:35,428 He chose to cook. 4 00:01:35,512 --> 00:01:38,598 The key, he said, jazz. 5 00:02:21,558 --> 00:02:23,684 Mama, wake up, wake up. 6 00:02:23,769 --> 00:02:25,269 Baby, baby, what is it? 7 00:02:25,354 --> 00:02:27,480 There's a black man in our kitchen cooking eggs. 8 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:30,942 Baby, that's okay. 9 00:02:31,026 --> 00:02:34,612 It's Mr. Church, our new cook. 10 00:02:34,696 --> 00:02:36,072 - New cook? - Mm-hmm. 11 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:37,615 We never had an old cook. 12 00:02:37,699 --> 00:02:40,743 You know what? Mama just needs a tiny bit more rest. 13 00:02:40,828 --> 00:02:44,705 I'll-- Go introduce yourself. I'll be there soon. 14 00:02:51,046 --> 00:02:53,297 Mr. Church used to work for Richard Cannon... 15 00:02:53,382 --> 00:02:54,632 who was Mama's lover. 16 00:02:54,716 --> 00:02:56,592 But he wasn't my daddy. 17 00:02:56,677 --> 00:02:58,845 When Mama found out Richard was married... 18 00:02:58,929 --> 00:03:00,930 she ended it, though she still loved him. 19 00:03:01,014 --> 00:03:02,181 Morning, baby. 20 00:03:02,266 --> 00:03:03,641 When Richard was sick... 21 00:03:03,725 --> 00:03:06,310 the last thing he said to Mama was "I'll care for you... 22 00:03:06,395 --> 00:03:08,145 until my dying day and beyond." 23 00:03:08,272 --> 00:03:10,273 - Good morning, Mr. Church. - Oh, good morning, ma'am. 24 00:03:10,357 --> 00:03:12,692 I guess Mr. Church was the "beyond" part. 25 00:03:12,776 --> 00:03:14,235 I see you met Charlie. 26 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:15,736 Well, not officially. 27 00:03:15,821 --> 00:03:18,072 Oh, well, Charlie, where's your manners? 28 00:03:18,156 --> 00:03:20,074 Good morning, Charlotte. My name's Mr. Church. 29 00:03:20,158 --> 00:03:21,868 - How are you? - Fine. 30 00:03:21,952 --> 00:03:24,495 Wow, this looks delicious. Thank you, Mr. Church. 31 00:03:24,580 --> 00:03:26,998 You are most welcome, ma'am. 32 00:03:27,082 --> 00:03:28,332 Come on, baby. Eat up. 33 00:03:28,417 --> 00:03:29,584 I want Apple Jacks. 34 00:03:29,668 --> 00:03:31,586 - Charlie! - What are Apple Jacks? 35 00:03:31,670 --> 00:03:33,296 Well, it's a cereal. 36 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:35,172 It tastes like apples. 37 00:03:35,257 --> 00:03:36,924 Well, and sugar, mainly. 38 00:03:37,009 --> 00:03:39,093 You've never heard of Apple Jacks? 39 00:03:39,177 --> 00:03:40,636 - Hey, don't be rude. - I can make the child... 40 00:03:40,721 --> 00:03:42,096 some Apple Jacks if that's what she wants-- 41 00:03:42,180 --> 00:03:44,056 It's already made. It comes in a box. 42 00:03:44,141 --> 00:03:45,474 Add milk and you're done. 43 00:03:46,935 --> 00:03:48,269 She doesn't need it. 44 00:03:48,353 --> 00:03:49,562 Well, she got to eat something, ma'am. 45 00:03:49,646 --> 00:03:51,355 You have made an incredible meal. Charlie, eat. 46 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,482 What is this? 47 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:55,318 You never heard of grits? 48 00:03:56,695 --> 00:03:58,404 There are a lot of secrets in my grits. 49 00:04:00,699 --> 00:04:03,868 This is delicious. You got to try some, sweetie. 50 00:04:03,952 --> 00:04:06,746 Charlotte Marie Brooks, you sit your butt down right now. 51 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:09,498 I'm going to count to three, okay? 52 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:12,043 One... two... 53 00:04:12,127 --> 00:04:13,377 Mr. Church, excuse me. 54 00:04:13,462 --> 00:04:14,587 I want cereal! 55 00:04:16,924 --> 00:04:18,424 You're embarrassing me. 56 00:04:18,508 --> 00:04:20,009 Why is he here? 57 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:23,095 I don't know. Because Richard wanted it this way. 58 00:04:23,180 --> 00:04:25,640 - And I want Apple Jacks. - Charlie... 59 00:04:25,724 --> 00:04:27,391 What times does he go home? 60 00:04:27,476 --> 00:04:29,143 I guess when he's done. 61 00:04:29,227 --> 00:04:31,312 - When is he done? - When we're done. 62 00:04:31,396 --> 00:04:32,897 Well, we're done. 63 00:04:32,981 --> 00:04:34,482 Oh, Charlie, please. 64 00:04:34,566 --> 00:04:36,442 It makes no sense. 65 00:04:36,526 --> 00:04:38,069 It's what Richard wanted. 66 00:04:38,153 --> 00:04:40,863 Who cares what he wanted? He's dead. 67 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:44,241 - Morning, Gibby. - Morning, dear. Charlie. 68 00:04:44,326 --> 00:04:45,618 Morning, Gibby. 69 00:04:45,702 --> 00:04:47,078 How are you two this morning? 70 00:04:47,162 --> 00:04:48,996 We're fine. 71 00:04:49,081 --> 00:04:50,206 We have a cook. 72 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:52,458 That's nice, dear. 73 00:04:52,542 --> 00:04:54,001 Here, take this. 74 00:04:54,086 --> 00:04:56,337 You drink coffee all day. I eat Apple Jacks. 75 00:04:56,421 --> 00:04:58,923 - We don't need a cook. - Well, Richard seems to think we did. 76 00:04:59,007 --> 00:05:00,549 If Richard really cared about you... 77 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:01,842 he would have married you. 78 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:05,930 Mr. Church won't be staying. 79 00:05:06,014 --> 00:05:08,849 I'm sure he's already realized what a mistake all this is. 80 00:05:08,934 --> 00:05:10,893 Come on, Charlie. We gotta move. 81 00:05:10,978 --> 00:05:12,520 Love you. 82 00:05:19,152 --> 00:05:22,363 It was always hard to stay mad at Mama. 83 00:05:22,447 --> 00:05:25,408 She was too nice, and far too beautiful. 84 00:05:28,954 --> 00:05:30,413 I was always looking... 85 00:05:30,497 --> 00:05:33,874 trying to find someone more beautiful than my mama. 86 00:05:33,959 --> 00:05:35,001 But I never could. 87 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:39,005 And out of everyone in the whole wide world... 88 00:05:39,089 --> 00:05:41,966 she loved me most. 89 00:05:44,219 --> 00:05:46,762 Hey, Mr. Church, could I have a word with you? 90 00:05:46,847 --> 00:05:48,973 Oh, man. I'm going to need to go to the market. 91 00:05:49,057 --> 00:05:50,474 Yeah, well, it's about all that. 92 00:05:50,559 --> 00:05:52,560 Yeah, I brought some groceries with me today, ma'am... 93 00:05:52,644 --> 00:05:55,146 but no offense, all you got in here is some condiments and stuff. 94 00:05:55,230 --> 00:05:56,522 There's nothing to spread them on. 95 00:05:56,606 --> 00:05:59,066 I suppose I haven't been to the store in a while. 96 00:05:59,151 --> 00:06:01,068 Could we just hold off on that for a second? 97 00:06:01,153 --> 00:06:02,778 I wanted to wait till Charlie was at school... 98 00:06:02,863 --> 00:06:04,780 - before speaking with you-- - Ma'am, you're shivering. 99 00:06:04,865 --> 00:06:07,366 Yeah, I forgot my jacket. It's kind of chilly out. 100 00:06:07,451 --> 00:06:09,535 Maybe you want to put on a sweater or something. 101 00:06:09,619 --> 00:06:10,619 Yeah, I will. I just-- 102 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:18,669 'Cause you don't want to get sick, ma'am. 103 00:06:18,754 --> 00:06:20,629 He told you. 104 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:22,256 Yes, ma'am. 105 00:06:24,009 --> 00:06:25,301 What'd he say? 106 00:06:26,011 --> 00:06:27,970 That you have a cancer in your breast... 107 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:30,890 and that you're dying, ma'am. 108 00:06:33,143 --> 00:06:35,603 Did he tell you how long I have? 109 00:06:36,521 --> 00:06:37,646 Six months, ma'am. 110 00:06:37,731 --> 00:06:41,025 Mr. Church, we're talking about my breast and dying. 111 00:06:41,109 --> 00:06:44,320 You can drop the "ma'am" stuff, okay? 112 00:06:44,404 --> 00:06:45,821 Because it's Marie. 113 00:06:45,906 --> 00:06:47,490 You really think you should be smoking... 114 00:06:47,574 --> 00:06:48,783 in your condition, ma'am? 115 00:06:48,867 --> 00:06:51,660 Absolutely. 116 00:06:54,289 --> 00:06:55,748 How'd you do on your English test? 117 00:06:55,832 --> 00:06:57,374 Hmm, I think I failed. 118 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:06,050 Good morning, Miss Samuels. Good morning, Miss Brooks. 119 00:07:06,134 --> 00:07:07,134 How are you this morning? 120 00:07:07,219 --> 00:07:08,886 Oh, well, we have a cook. 121 00:07:08,970 --> 00:07:11,013 He's black, he makes grits with secrets... 122 00:07:11,098 --> 00:07:13,349 and he's hanging out in our kitchen. 123 00:07:22,859 --> 00:07:27,238 So, what kind of a deal did Richard make with you? 124 00:07:27,322 --> 00:07:29,657 I was just asked to cook for you and your child... 125 00:07:29,741 --> 00:07:31,909 till you passed on, ma'am. 126 00:07:31,993 --> 00:07:36,705 And certainly you're getting something out of this. 127 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:39,250 Well, Mr. Cannon guaranteed me a lifetime salary... 128 00:07:39,334 --> 00:07:40,292 if I kept my word. 129 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:43,212 Not bad. 130 00:07:43,296 --> 00:07:45,005 Total financial security... 131 00:07:45,090 --> 00:07:47,633 in exchange for six months of meals. 132 00:07:47,717 --> 00:07:51,804 So, you got yourself a pretty good deal, Mr. Church. 133 00:07:53,390 --> 00:07:55,391 Yes, ma'am. 134 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:57,476 Come on. 135 00:07:58,562 --> 00:07:59,645 Hey, Charlie. 136 00:08:01,523 --> 00:08:03,816 Owen Baxter was by far... 137 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:05,484 the most gorgeous 10-year-old boy... 138 00:08:05,569 --> 00:08:08,863 that ever breathed on this or any other planet. 139 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:11,574 I, on the other hand... 140 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:14,034 was about the most awkward 10-year-old girl... 141 00:08:14,119 --> 00:08:16,579 on this or any other planet. 142 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:18,789 Come on, Owen. 143 00:08:20,375 --> 00:08:21,750 What is it? 144 00:08:21,835 --> 00:08:23,419 Who knows? 145 00:08:25,005 --> 00:08:26,922 Look at you... 146 00:08:27,007 --> 00:08:29,091 already bringing fancy sandwiches to lunch... 147 00:08:29,176 --> 00:08:31,260 Miss I Have a Cook Brooks. 148 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:32,178 Can I come see him? 149 00:08:32,262 --> 00:08:34,930 I told you, he's leaving. 150 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:36,432 Probably gone already. 151 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,435 Oh, if you don't want him, I do. 152 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:42,688 Our private school took a few charity cases a year. 153 00:08:42,772 --> 00:08:44,982 The year I turned five, it was me... 154 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:48,444 and Poppy Samuels, my one and only friend. 155 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:50,696 She lived with her sister because both of her folks... 156 00:08:50,780 --> 00:08:53,365 were serving time in prison for a robbery gone wrong. 157 00:08:53,450 --> 00:08:56,577 And even with that, she was more popular than me. 158 00:08:56,661 --> 00:08:57,995 Tell you something, Charlie... 159 00:08:58,079 --> 00:08:59,663 it's not every day you get a cook. 160 00:08:59,748 --> 00:09:02,124 It might be nice having a man around to help your mama out. 161 00:09:02,209 --> 00:09:04,210 We've always done fine. 162 00:09:04,294 --> 00:09:06,712 We don't need a man, and we sure as hell don't need a cook. 163 00:09:06,796 --> 00:09:09,882 My sister says every woman needs a man. 164 00:09:09,966 --> 00:09:12,760 Sometimes more than one. 165 00:09:12,844 --> 00:09:14,470 Where'd you get all that? 166 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:17,056 Stole it from my sister's dresser. 167 00:09:17,140 --> 00:09:19,975 Stealing's the one thing us Samuels are good at. 168 00:09:22,938 --> 00:09:24,521 Yeah? 169 00:09:24,606 --> 00:09:25,940 Excuse me, ma'am. 170 00:09:26,024 --> 00:09:27,691 I'm about to head out to the market. 171 00:09:27,776 --> 00:09:30,236 Okay. Um... 172 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,488 We shop at Gordon's. Is that all right? 173 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:35,324 Oh, yeah, that's fine. Yeah, yeah. 174 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:37,868 You know, Mr. Church, if we're going to do this... 175 00:09:37,953 --> 00:09:39,411 let me at least give you some money. 176 00:09:39,496 --> 00:09:41,497 I've only got $12, but-- 177 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:43,165 Oh, ma'am, don't worry about that. 178 00:09:43,250 --> 00:09:47,002 Mr. Cannon opened up an account for me to draw off... 179 00:09:47,087 --> 00:09:48,170 for marketing and such. 180 00:09:48,255 --> 00:09:49,713 "And such?" 181 00:09:49,798 --> 00:09:54,510 Well, your medical bills and rent and medicine. 182 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:56,637 That's all taken care of, courtesy of Mr. Cannon... 183 00:09:56,721 --> 00:10:00,307 for the next six months. 184 00:10:00,392 --> 00:10:02,309 And what, in his estimation... 185 00:10:02,394 --> 00:10:03,727 did six months of life come to? 186 00:10:03,812 --> 00:10:05,271 Beg your pardon, ma'am? 187 00:10:05,355 --> 00:10:06,814 Never mind. 188 00:10:06,898 --> 00:10:08,148 You know what? 189 00:10:08,233 --> 00:10:09,733 At least take some coupons, you know? 190 00:10:09,818 --> 00:10:11,819 I'm not completely helpless. 191 00:10:11,903 --> 00:10:13,946 - It couldn't hurt. - Yeah, it couldn't hurt at all. 192 00:10:14,030 --> 00:10:15,614 All right. Okay. 193 00:10:15,699 --> 00:10:18,033 Oh, Mr. Church, um... 194 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:22,121 Charlie doesn't know that I'm sick... 195 00:10:22,205 --> 00:10:24,123 and I'd like to keep it that way. 196 00:10:26,209 --> 00:10:28,794 Oh. As you wish, ma'am. 197 00:10:28,878 --> 00:10:30,713 I'll be back shortly, all right? 198 00:10:45,770 --> 00:10:47,938 All right, $43.32, sir. 199 00:10:48,023 --> 00:10:50,357 Hey, wait a minute, you know, I forgot all about these. 200 00:10:50,442 --> 00:10:52,609 Great. Let's see. 201 00:10:53,695 --> 00:10:55,529 $37.83, sir. 202 00:10:55,613 --> 00:10:57,823 - So I saved about $6 there? - Yes, sir. 203 00:10:57,907 --> 00:11:00,409 That's not bad. 204 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:01,660 No, sir. 205 00:11:07,167 --> 00:11:09,460 Hey, Charlie. 206 00:11:09,544 --> 00:11:11,211 Hi, Larson. 207 00:11:11,296 --> 00:11:13,589 Eddie Larson. 208 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:17,301 Forced to ride public transportation for the rest of his life. 209 00:11:17,385 --> 00:11:19,636 Just one week after getting his driver's license... 210 00:11:19,721 --> 00:11:21,889 he got drunk and crashed his Chevy Camaro... 211 00:11:21,973 --> 00:11:24,016 into the living room of Mr. and Mrs. Howard... 212 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:25,684 killing their 4-year-old son. 213 00:11:26,561 --> 00:11:29,104 Spent three years in juvenile penitentiary... 214 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:32,107 and no doubt the rest of his life in the worst hell of all... 215 00:11:32,192 --> 00:11:33,776 the one between the eyes. 216 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:36,445 How's... how's school, Charlie? 217 00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:38,072 We have a cook. 218 00:11:38,156 --> 00:11:40,157 What, at the school? 219 00:11:40,241 --> 00:11:41,533 At my house. 220 00:11:41,618 --> 00:11:44,203 Oh, yeah. That's far out. 221 00:11:44,287 --> 00:11:47,581 Mama's going to tell him to leave. 222 00:11:47,665 --> 00:11:49,375 Why? Who wouldn't want a cook? 223 00:11:54,214 --> 00:11:57,549 Hi, Mama. 224 00:11:57,634 --> 00:11:59,259 So, how was work today? 225 00:11:59,344 --> 00:12:00,886 Good. 226 00:12:00,970 --> 00:12:02,638 I saw Miss Carol's baby. 227 00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:04,181 Hey, gorgeous. 228 00:12:04,265 --> 00:12:05,974 Can't you see I'm with my child? 229 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:10,979 I saw Miss Carol's baby, and I finally got him... 230 00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:13,190 to latch on for feeding. 231 00:12:13,274 --> 00:12:14,483 You know, holding those babies... 232 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:16,860 it always makes me think of the first time I held you. 233 00:12:16,945 --> 00:12:19,655 Even if I was an accident. 234 00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:22,324 Why on Earth would you say that? 235 00:12:22,409 --> 00:12:24,660 Your daddy was the accident. 236 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:28,497 You, you're my miracle. 237 00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:30,124 How much do I love you? 238 00:12:30,208 --> 00:12:34,044 So much. 239 00:12:35,380 --> 00:12:38,507 So, how did the cook take the news he was fired? 240 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:40,634 Oh, ma'am, I hope you don't mind. 241 00:12:40,718 --> 00:12:42,678 I bring books with me every place I go... 242 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:44,596 and I noticed that your shelf was kind of empty. 243 00:12:44,681 --> 00:12:46,181 He's still here, Mama. 244 00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:48,559 - Why is he still here? - Charlie, we'll discuss this later. 245 00:12:49,727 --> 00:12:52,729 That's great. Cookbooks, right? 246 00:12:52,814 --> 00:12:53,981 Oh, no, no, ma'am. Not cookbooks. 247 00:12:54,065 --> 00:12:55,274 I never read books about cooking. 248 00:12:55,358 --> 00:12:57,693 These are mostly novels and plays and, you know... 249 00:12:57,777 --> 00:13:00,279 about people like Capote and Shakespeare. 250 00:13:00,363 --> 00:13:02,739 - Wow. - And Greeks and Agatha Christie. 251 00:13:02,824 --> 00:13:04,992 And here's one I think the girl might like. 252 00:13:05,076 --> 00:13:07,703 Autobiography of Shirley Temple. 253 00:13:07,871 --> 00:13:10,122 Good Ship Lollipop. 254 00:13:10,206 --> 00:13:11,665 I hate reading. 255 00:13:11,749 --> 00:13:12,499 Charlie! 256 00:13:12,667 --> 00:13:14,835 Oh, that is a shame, because there's nothing like... 257 00:13:14,919 --> 00:13:15,752 a really good story. 258 00:13:15,837 --> 00:13:18,046 - Keep your stupid books. - Hey, that's enough. 259 00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:19,423 No, that's okay, ma'am. 260 00:13:19,507 --> 00:13:21,925 But, listen, if you do ever want to read one of these books... 261 00:13:22,010 --> 00:13:23,510 you're going to have to check it out. 262 00:13:23,595 --> 00:13:26,013 - What, like a library? - Exactly like a library. 263 00:13:26,097 --> 00:13:27,639 Made a card up for you and everything. 264 00:13:27,724 --> 00:13:29,892 And ma'am, you feel free. Whenever you want, you can read these books. 265 00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:30,934 And if you like, I'll bring more. 266 00:13:31,019 --> 00:13:34,021 A house could always use books, right? 267 00:13:36,441 --> 00:13:38,734 I'm sorry, Mr. Church. 268 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:39,776 She'll get used to it. 269 00:13:39,861 --> 00:13:42,571 She's just a child. She doesn't understand. 270 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:44,072 Oh, sure, ma'am. 271 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,991 Look, I'll have dinner ready for you and the child... 272 00:13:46,075 --> 00:13:48,785 about 6:00 tonight, then after that, I'll take care of the dishes. 273 00:13:48,870 --> 00:13:50,245 Then I'll take my leave for the evening. 274 00:13:50,371 --> 00:13:52,748 6:00 it is. Thank you, Mr. Church. 275 00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:54,249 You're most welcome. 276 00:14:01,966 --> 00:14:03,550 Dinnertime. 277 00:14:03,635 --> 00:14:05,511 I'm not hungry. 278 00:14:05,595 --> 00:14:06,970 Baby... 279 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:12,267 this is the way it's going to be. 280 00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:16,980 So, I suggest you find a way to stop complaining... 281 00:14:17,065 --> 00:14:18,857 and start enjoying the food. 282 00:14:20,777 --> 00:14:24,404 Mr. Church asked me to give you this. 283 00:14:28,743 --> 00:14:31,161 Complaining wasn't easy to stop. 284 00:14:31,246 --> 00:14:32,454 Oh. 285 00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:34,289 Enjoying the food was a breeze. 286 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:35,707 - Wow. - Enjoy. 287 00:14:35,792 --> 00:14:38,293 But I wasn't about to let Mr. Church or Mama know it. 288 00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:41,213 Charlie, come on, eat it. 289 00:14:41,297 --> 00:14:45,842 As far as they were concerned, every bite was torture for me. 290 00:14:45,927 --> 00:14:51,765 Secretly, I couldn't wait to taste what was coming next. 291 00:14:51,849 --> 00:14:55,310 And what came next was always something magnificent. 292 00:14:56,729 --> 00:14:58,564 It was like a party every night. 293 00:14:58,648 --> 00:15:00,899 Every morning. 294 00:15:17,834 --> 00:15:19,960 It was like a party every afternoon. 295 00:15:23,506 --> 00:15:26,550 I finally let Poppy over to meet Mr. Church. 296 00:15:26,634 --> 00:15:28,844 Once I did, I couldn't get rid of her. 297 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:31,096 Mr. Church, this is the best lemonade... 298 00:15:31,180 --> 00:15:32,514 I've ever tasted. 299 00:15:32,599 --> 00:15:35,350 The secret to that, my dear, is the licorice. 300 00:15:35,435 --> 00:15:39,021 You and your secrets, Mr. Church. 301 00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:41,106 My sister loved the banana bread you made. 302 00:15:41,190 --> 00:15:42,566 Oh, thank you, Poppy. 303 00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:44,526 "My sister loved the banana bread you made." 304 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:46,069 She did. 305 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:54,620 And in the morning, Mr. Church was in the kitchen... 306 00:15:54,704 --> 00:15:57,372 long before I was awake. 307 00:15:57,457 --> 00:16:00,334 The smells of cooking were like my alarm clock. 308 00:16:06,716 --> 00:16:09,134 Mr. Church could make or bake anything you wanted... 309 00:16:09,218 --> 00:16:11,803 and even things you didn't know you wanted... 310 00:16:11,888 --> 00:16:14,222 until after you tasted them. 311 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:16,141 I never once saw Mr. Church use a measuring tool... 312 00:16:16,225 --> 00:16:18,101 or any fancy utensil. 313 00:16:18,186 --> 00:16:20,270 Just his hands, fork, and knife. 314 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,990 Come on, baby. We'll be late for the bus. 315 00:16:40,667 --> 00:16:42,501 Oh, I've got a winner. 316 00:16:42,585 --> 00:16:45,003 This is the toothpaste that Charlie likes. 317 00:16:46,881 --> 00:16:48,548 So, I finished this one. 318 00:16:50,301 --> 00:16:52,969 I still don't see why they couldn't be together. 319 00:16:53,054 --> 00:16:55,430 Next time, I want a story that's not going to make me... 320 00:16:55,515 --> 00:16:56,765 cry my eyes out. 321 00:16:56,849 --> 00:17:00,894 Some writers ain't happy till they made the reader cry. 322 00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:03,897 And some readers ain't happy till they do. 323 00:17:13,991 --> 00:17:16,201 I'd watch Mr. Church leave... 324 00:17:16,285 --> 00:17:18,620 knowing that in just a few short hours... 325 00:17:18,705 --> 00:17:22,082 he'd return with bags and bags of goodies to explore. 326 00:17:34,595 --> 00:17:36,388 - Whoa! - Oh! Oh! Oh! 327 00:17:36,472 --> 00:17:37,848 - Oh, baby! - I got her. I got you, I got you. 328 00:17:37,932 --> 00:17:39,349 - Are you okay? - I got you. She's okay. 329 00:17:39,434 --> 00:17:41,143 - Oh, my God. Thank you. - Let me get this stuff here. 330 00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:42,310 - Thank you, Mr. Church. - It's okay. 331 00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:43,854 Yeah, there's glass everywhere. 332 00:17:43,938 --> 00:17:45,230 - Watch where you're stepping. - Let me-- 333 00:17:45,314 --> 00:17:46,231 Watch out. No, I got it. 334 00:17:46,315 --> 00:17:47,733 I got this, ma'am. 335 00:17:47,817 --> 00:17:49,568 Let me-- I'll take care of this. 336 00:17:49,652 --> 00:17:50,861 Okay, thank you. 337 00:17:50,945 --> 00:17:53,029 What child would like to get cut? 338 00:18:07,879 --> 00:18:09,379 Mr. Church. 339 00:18:09,464 --> 00:18:12,215 I'd like to check out a book, if that's okay. 340 00:18:17,180 --> 00:18:19,055 How about if I make some suggestions. 341 00:18:30,026 --> 00:18:32,527 Now, this is kind of long, but it's worth the journey. 342 00:18:32,612 --> 00:18:34,404 I read it a couple of times myself... 343 00:18:34,489 --> 00:18:36,281 so you don't got to be gentle with it. 344 00:18:36,365 --> 00:18:39,409 Books was meant to be broken in. 345 00:18:39,494 --> 00:18:41,036 Good night, my dear. 346 00:19:09,649 --> 00:19:11,274 And through it all... 347 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,153 I never knew about the promise Mr. Church made to Richard. 348 00:19:15,238 --> 00:19:17,405 I never knew Mama was dying. 349 00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:21,368 I never knew anything until much, much later. 350 00:19:21,452 --> 00:19:23,662 The only thing I knew at ten years old... 351 00:19:23,746 --> 00:19:25,121 was that one morning I woke up... 352 00:19:25,206 --> 00:19:26,414 and we had a cook. 353 00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:28,041 And one other thing. 354 00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:31,044 He was to be gone in six months. 355 00:19:31,128 --> 00:19:32,504 But six months... 356 00:19:34,382 --> 00:19:36,424 ...turned into six years. 357 00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:38,677 Turns out Mama was a miracle. 358 00:19:38,761 --> 00:19:40,720 She boxed that mean, old cancer... 359 00:19:40,805 --> 00:19:43,807 every day, giving it lefts, rights, uppercuts. 360 00:19:43,891 --> 00:19:46,226 And all the while, I never knew she was is the ring. 361 00:19:46,310 --> 00:19:47,686 Hey, Charlie. 362 00:19:47,770 --> 00:19:48,937 Hi. Owen, is it true... 363 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:50,522 that Stevie hasn't asked me to the prom... 364 00:19:50,606 --> 00:19:51,940 because his folks don't approve? 365 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:53,191 Don't know anything about it. 366 00:19:53,276 --> 00:19:56,403 I heard he's taking Nora Williams because she's a notorious virgin. 367 00:20:00,157 --> 00:20:02,367 Ugh, I told my sister never to honk. 368 00:20:02,451 --> 00:20:04,744 She just can't help embarrassing me. 369 00:20:04,829 --> 00:20:05,996 I can't wait till I'm 18. 370 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,540 I can get away from this stinking place. 371 00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:14,004 Walk you to the bus? 372 00:20:14,088 --> 00:20:15,589 Sure. 373 00:20:19,552 --> 00:20:21,469 Are you really going to read all these? 374 00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:24,723 I already did. Just returning them. 375 00:20:26,642 --> 00:20:28,435 How's your mom doing? 376 00:20:28,519 --> 00:20:30,270 She's fine. 377 00:20:31,939 --> 00:20:33,648 Coming to the game tonight? 378 00:20:33,733 --> 00:20:37,068 I can't really go out at night. 379 00:20:37,153 --> 00:20:38,695 Not ever? 380 00:20:38,779 --> 00:20:42,365 Not even for, say, prom? 381 00:20:44,785 --> 00:20:46,119 Would you go with me, Charlie? 382 00:20:49,206 --> 00:20:52,792 I... I got to go. 383 00:20:52,877 --> 00:20:55,378 I... I... I got to go. 384 00:20:55,463 --> 00:20:56,922 I'll take that as a maybe. 385 00:21:05,973 --> 00:21:09,559 ♪♪♪ 386 00:21:32,249 --> 00:21:34,668 Every time I walked in that room... 387 00:21:34,752 --> 00:21:37,754 I held my breath so I could listen for hers. 388 00:21:37,838 --> 00:21:39,839 Hoping it would still be there. 389 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:47,555 Sometimes it was so soft... 390 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,849 I had to climb onto the bed and put my ear up to her mouth... 391 00:21:49,934 --> 00:21:51,559 just to make sure. 392 00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:53,520 Other times, it was so heavy with struggle... 393 00:21:53,604 --> 00:21:57,315 that I had to back as far away as I could just to stand it. 394 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:58,942 And other times... 395 00:21:59,026 --> 00:22:01,736 it was all Mama. 396 00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:05,740 There she is. 397 00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:08,827 I have a plate of cheese and grapes for you in the icebox. 398 00:22:10,621 --> 00:22:12,247 How's she doing? 399 00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:14,040 She had a good day. 400 00:22:14,125 --> 00:22:16,584 And you, my dear, have come at the perfect time. 401 00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:18,670 You need to wake her so she can eat. 402 00:22:18,754 --> 00:22:20,171 I want you to take this to her. 403 00:22:20,256 --> 00:22:21,631 I have homework. 404 00:22:21,716 --> 00:22:23,717 Oh, come on, Charlotte. She had a good day. 405 00:22:23,801 --> 00:22:26,219 She's still going to die, Mr. Church. 406 00:22:37,481 --> 00:22:39,733 Hey, you're awake. 407 00:22:39,817 --> 00:22:42,152 I thought I heard Charlie. 408 00:22:42,236 --> 00:22:43,945 Did she come right up from school? 409 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:45,321 Yeah, she's doing her homework. 410 00:22:45,406 --> 00:22:48,074 She didn't want to disturb you. 411 00:22:48,159 --> 00:22:51,244 You're a terrible liar, Mr. Church. 412 00:22:51,328 --> 00:22:53,747 You want some company? 413 00:23:06,761 --> 00:23:10,096 "She always accompanied him to the first step of the stairs. 414 00:23:10,181 --> 00:23:12,182 "When his horse had not yet been brought around... 415 00:23:12,266 --> 00:23:13,475 "she'd stayed there. 416 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:16,061 "They had said good-bye. 417 00:23:16,145 --> 00:23:18,646 "There was no more talking. 418 00:23:18,731 --> 00:23:20,106 "The open air wrapped around her... 419 00:23:20,191 --> 00:23:23,485 "playing with the soft down on the back of her neck... 420 00:23:23,569 --> 00:23:25,153 "or blew to and fro on her hips... 421 00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:28,073 "the aprons strings that fluttered like streamers. 422 00:23:28,157 --> 00:23:32,243 Love, she thought, must come suddenly..." 423 00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:34,621 My mama had been the sun to me. 424 00:23:34,705 --> 00:23:37,207 I basked in her warmth. 425 00:23:37,291 --> 00:23:40,794 I remember wanting to wake up in the morning just to see her. 426 00:23:40,878 --> 00:23:42,587 But now that sun was on fire... 427 00:23:42,671 --> 00:23:46,174 seemed to burn everything in sight. 428 00:23:46,258 --> 00:23:48,635 If I got too close, my skin stung. 429 00:23:49,595 --> 00:23:51,221 But Mr. Church... 430 00:23:51,305 --> 00:23:52,972 he could walk right through her blaze... 431 00:23:53,057 --> 00:23:55,016 without so much as a singe. 432 00:23:55,101 --> 00:23:56,726 He was like the moon... 433 00:23:56,811 --> 00:23:59,938 cool, calm, and always there. 434 00:24:00,022 --> 00:24:02,732 So, I learned to turn away from the sun... 435 00:24:02,817 --> 00:24:04,692 and face the moon. 436 00:24:11,325 --> 00:24:13,034 This is excellent work. 437 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,829 The Bronte sisters would have been proud. 438 00:24:19,875 --> 00:24:22,085 It was visiting day at the prison. 439 00:24:22,169 --> 00:24:23,837 I don't know why they force Poppy to go. 440 00:24:23,921 --> 00:24:25,421 She just ends up smoking... 441 00:24:25,506 --> 00:24:27,507 with a bunch of locked-up creeps staring at her. 442 00:24:27,591 --> 00:24:30,343 Hey, they're her parents, Charlotte. 443 00:24:32,847 --> 00:24:34,931 - Apple? - Of course. 444 00:24:35,015 --> 00:24:36,224 Oh... 445 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:38,017 Larson told me to let you know... 446 00:24:38,102 --> 00:24:41,437 that his group of drunks loved the pie you donated. 447 00:24:41,522 --> 00:24:43,439 Have you seen that place? 448 00:24:43,524 --> 00:24:45,108 The thing's pretty dreary. 449 00:24:45,192 --> 00:24:47,986 Well, I guess being a drunk is dreary, huh? 450 00:24:50,698 --> 00:24:53,032 Hey, your mom's going to need a bath tonight. 451 00:24:55,786 --> 00:24:58,288 Mr. Church stopped smoking in the house... 452 00:24:58,372 --> 00:25:00,832 once Mama passed the six-month mark. 453 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:02,876 Guess he realized she wasn't going anywhere... 454 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:04,627 and he didn't want to hurry her along. 455 00:25:11,677 --> 00:25:13,428 We each had our duties. 456 00:25:14,471 --> 00:25:15,847 Mr. Church fed Mama... 457 00:25:15,931 --> 00:25:18,183 gave her medicine, took her blood pressure... 458 00:25:18,267 --> 00:25:21,144 temperature, held pots under her face when she threw up. 459 00:25:21,228 --> 00:25:23,730 Carried her to and from the bathroom when she needed to go. 460 00:25:23,814 --> 00:25:27,358 And with all that, he still called her ma'am. 461 00:25:27,443 --> 00:25:30,236 And she still called him Mr. Church. 462 00:25:31,572 --> 00:25:34,574 My one and only job was to bathe Mama. 463 00:25:36,911 --> 00:25:38,536 And I hated it. 464 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:46,002 How was-- How was school today? 465 00:25:46,086 --> 00:25:48,296 School is school. 466 00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:51,382 Did you-- Did you hear from any more colleges? 467 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,220 I got accepted to Boston University. 468 00:25:55,304 --> 00:25:59,599 Charlie, that's what you wanted. 469 00:26:00,643 --> 00:26:01,684 I'm so proud of you. 470 00:26:01,769 --> 00:26:03,561 I can't afford a university, Mama. 471 00:26:03,646 --> 00:26:05,104 I'll be going local and you know it. 472 00:26:05,231 --> 00:26:07,023 You applied for a scholarship. 473 00:26:11,278 --> 00:26:15,865 Mr. Church said that Owen Baxter asked you to the prom. 474 00:26:15,950 --> 00:26:17,867 News like that... 475 00:26:17,952 --> 00:26:20,536 I'd like to have heard it from you. 476 00:26:20,621 --> 00:26:22,455 Forward. It's no big deal. 477 00:26:22,539 --> 00:26:25,416 No big deal? 478 00:26:25,501 --> 00:26:27,126 Just a lame prom. 479 00:26:27,211 --> 00:26:30,755 No, baby, it's colorful and exciting. 480 00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:32,173 You get to see all your friends... 481 00:26:32,258 --> 00:26:33,841 dressed up... 482 00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:34,968 dancing with boys... 483 00:26:35,052 --> 00:26:36,386 they never even knew liked them. 484 00:26:36,512 --> 00:26:39,347 Go back. It's one of the biggest nights... 485 00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:42,183 of a girl's life. 486 00:26:42,268 --> 00:26:43,643 Thanks. 487 00:26:44,728 --> 00:26:47,814 - Frankie Liner. - What? 488 00:26:47,898 --> 00:26:51,025 He was my-- my-- my prom date. 489 00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:54,737 Poor Frankie, his hands were sweating all night long. 490 00:26:54,822 --> 00:26:57,991 But, boy, could he dance. 491 00:26:58,075 --> 00:26:59,867 You'll need a dress and some new shoes. 492 00:26:59,952 --> 00:27:02,203 Not if I don't go. 493 00:27:02,288 --> 00:27:04,956 Charlie, don't skip your prom. 494 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,500 Why do you care? You won't be around to see it anyway. 495 00:27:07,584 --> 00:27:09,877 Don't say things like that. 496 00:27:11,964 --> 00:27:13,298 Okay? 497 00:27:13,382 --> 00:27:15,300 Because I... 498 00:27:15,384 --> 00:27:17,677 have hung on for five years longer... 499 00:27:17,761 --> 00:27:19,887 than any of those damn doctors said I would. 500 00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:22,724 What's a couple more weeks till your prom? 501 00:27:22,808 --> 00:27:24,017 Neck. 502 00:27:24,101 --> 00:27:26,394 Charlie, listen to me, okay? 503 00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:28,896 I'm going to make you a promise... 504 00:27:28,981 --> 00:27:31,941 and you know I never break my promises. 505 00:27:32,026 --> 00:27:35,361 If you say yes to Owen... 506 00:27:35,446 --> 00:27:37,280 and get yourself a dress... 507 00:27:38,282 --> 00:27:40,408 and you go to that lame prom... 508 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:43,411 I'll be here to see it. 509 00:27:47,374 --> 00:27:51,669 How'd we get such beautiful hair, huh? 510 00:27:53,213 --> 00:27:54,964 Okay. 511 00:27:55,049 --> 00:27:56,215 We're done. 512 00:27:56,300 --> 00:27:57,216 - Charlie-- - We're done. 513 00:27:57,301 --> 00:27:58,885 - Mr. Church. Mr. Church. - No, Charlie, wait! 514 00:27:58,969 --> 00:28:00,928 Goddamn it! 515 00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:03,389 I am angry too. 516 00:28:05,142 --> 00:28:07,435 You give birth to this tiny, innocent, little thing... 517 00:28:07,519 --> 00:28:08,770 and you think, "My God... 518 00:28:08,854 --> 00:28:10,605 oh, my God, help me protect her." 519 00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:13,983 And that is what you spend every waking moment doing. 520 00:28:14,151 --> 00:28:17,987 And then one day you wake up and you've got cancer. 521 00:28:18,072 --> 00:28:20,490 And you realize, "My God... 522 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:23,159 "oh, my God... 523 00:28:28,457 --> 00:28:31,834 "what she will need the most protection from... 524 00:28:31,919 --> 00:28:35,755 is your own life slipping away from her." 525 00:28:37,007 --> 00:28:39,384 But you love her so much. 526 00:28:41,053 --> 00:28:44,097 And you just want to smother her... 527 00:28:44,181 --> 00:28:47,600 with love and hugs and words... 528 00:28:47,684 --> 00:28:49,519 with every moment you've got left. 529 00:28:49,603 --> 00:28:51,687 And a hug there was. 530 00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:53,564 Charlie. 531 00:29:03,033 --> 00:29:04,158 Okay. 532 00:29:05,619 --> 00:29:09,997 She'll remember the love, won't she, Mr. Church... 533 00:29:10,082 --> 00:29:10,915 not the pain? 534 00:29:10,999 --> 00:29:14,043 Yes, ma'am. She will. 535 00:29:26,849 --> 00:29:29,642 It's an awful feeling to love someone so much... 536 00:29:29,726 --> 00:29:33,646 that you absolutely hate them for leaving you. 537 00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:36,232 Even before they've gone. 538 00:29:43,866 --> 00:29:47,201 Hey, Dr. Green stopped by with some medicine for your mother... 539 00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:49,245 to help her sleep better tonight. 540 00:29:51,373 --> 00:29:52,540 You going home? 541 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:55,293 Yup, I am gone for the day. 542 00:30:05,095 --> 00:30:07,555 Check out another book before you go? 543 00:30:15,772 --> 00:30:17,899 Tess of the d'Urbervilles. You read this? 544 00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:21,319 Aren't you the one who said it's good to read a book more than once? 545 00:30:21,403 --> 00:30:23,863 All right, well then, Tess of the d'Urbervilles it is. 546 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:27,867 Is there something else? 547 00:30:29,077 --> 00:30:31,204 Why don't you ever tell me where you live? 548 00:30:31,288 --> 00:30:32,872 Where do you go when you aren't with us? 549 00:30:32,956 --> 00:30:34,457 Because what I do with my own personal time... 550 00:30:34,541 --> 00:30:35,625 is my business, Charlotte. 551 00:30:35,709 --> 00:30:37,835 You know everything about me, so just tell me something. 552 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,420 It's late, Charlie. 553 00:30:39,505 --> 00:30:41,923 - Please. - Hey, I said it's late. 554 00:30:48,597 --> 00:30:50,306 I like ice cream. 555 00:30:51,433 --> 00:30:53,184 What kind? 556 00:30:53,268 --> 00:30:55,019 Butter pecan. 557 00:30:55,103 --> 00:30:57,063 - Favorite color? - Brown. 558 00:30:57,147 --> 00:30:58,314 Movie? 559 00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:01,817 The Maltese Falcon. 560 00:31:02,277 --> 00:31:04,612 - Do you have a girlfriend? - Okay, now that's enough. 561 00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:06,739 All right, just tell me what your house looks like. 562 00:31:06,823 --> 00:31:08,366 Or tell me who your best friend is. 563 00:31:08,450 --> 00:31:11,202 - Come on, just tell me-- - Hey, I said enough! 564 00:31:11,286 --> 00:31:13,829 Don't you know when to back off? 565 00:31:13,914 --> 00:31:15,289 Enough. 566 00:31:19,503 --> 00:31:21,754 You've never raised your voice to me. 567 00:31:24,633 --> 00:31:26,092 I'm sorry about that. 568 00:31:26,176 --> 00:31:28,010 I just... 569 00:31:28,095 --> 00:31:29,387 I just want to know more about you. 570 00:31:29,471 --> 00:31:32,598 I know you want. I know. 571 00:31:32,683 --> 00:31:38,187 My dear, you have me from morning until night. 572 00:31:38,272 --> 00:31:41,941 And what I do when I leave here is my time. 573 00:31:42,025 --> 00:31:44,777 For me. 574 00:31:44,861 --> 00:31:46,696 Don't take that away. 575 00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:53,369 Tess of the d'Urbervilles. 576 00:31:53,453 --> 00:31:55,705 I've actually read it three times. 577 00:31:58,208 --> 00:31:59,709 Good night. 578 00:32:22,858 --> 00:32:24,692 That one. 579 00:32:24,776 --> 00:32:26,736 Yeah? 580 00:32:26,820 --> 00:32:28,321 Sure. 581 00:32:45,464 --> 00:32:47,298 Baby. 582 00:33:30,175 --> 00:33:32,927 I-- I think the neckline could be a little lower. 583 00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:36,514 Well, she's going to a prom, not the discotheque. 584 00:33:36,598 --> 00:33:39,517 Don't be such a square, Mr. Church. Lower. 585 00:33:39,601 --> 00:33:41,477 The prom suddenly became... 586 00:33:41,561 --> 00:33:43,062 the most important event of our lives. 587 00:33:43,146 --> 00:33:44,355 And for the first time... 588 00:33:44,439 --> 00:33:46,732 I believed that Mama was going to live forever... 589 00:33:46,817 --> 00:33:49,026 that she truly was a miracle. 590 00:33:49,111 --> 00:33:51,404 And those doctors had been wrong all along. 591 00:33:51,488 --> 00:33:53,698 Hey, you know, this has an elegance to it... 592 00:33:53,782 --> 00:33:55,157 that this just doesn't have. 593 00:33:55,242 --> 00:33:56,325 This kind of says, "Let's dance." 594 00:33:56,410 --> 00:33:57,993 Let's dance. That's the point. 595 00:33:58,078 --> 00:33:59,704 - All right, it's your prom. - The dancy look. 596 00:33:59,788 --> 00:34:02,081 - I like the dancy look. - All right, we're going with the dancy look. 597 00:34:02,165 --> 00:34:03,207 Okay. 598 00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:26,397 Oh, my God. 599 00:34:26,523 --> 00:34:29,483 You are so beautiful. 600 00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:32,653 Tell her. Tell her, Mr. Church. 601 00:34:32,738 --> 00:34:35,156 Oh, a true vision, my dear. 602 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:37,700 The dress is perfect. 603 00:34:37,784 --> 00:34:40,286 Come and stand next to your mother so I can get a picture. 604 00:34:40,370 --> 00:34:41,787 Well, put it on a timer. 605 00:34:41,872 --> 00:34:43,330 - We need a picture of the three of us. - Yeah! 606 00:34:43,415 --> 00:34:44,832 - Oh, no, no, no. - Come on now. 607 00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:45,833 Yeah, we do. 608 00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:47,793 - Please? - We need one of the whole family. 609 00:34:47,878 --> 00:34:49,545 Mr. Church... 610 00:34:49,629 --> 00:34:52,089 Come on, sit. 611 00:34:52,174 --> 00:34:53,966 Okay. 612 00:35:05,187 --> 00:35:08,606 Okay, I want to make a toast. 613 00:35:14,321 --> 00:35:19,408 To the most beautiful girl in the world. 614 00:35:20,577 --> 00:35:22,119 Yes. 615 00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:28,751 It pops in my mouth. 616 00:35:38,220 --> 00:35:40,221 - Come on in. - Thanks. 617 00:35:44,434 --> 00:35:46,060 Wow. 618 00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:48,395 Hi. 619 00:36:09,251 --> 00:36:11,001 More punch? 620 00:36:11,086 --> 00:36:13,003 - Still have some. - Right. 621 00:36:19,344 --> 00:36:21,554 Here's the thing. 622 00:36:21,638 --> 00:36:23,848 I can't dance. 623 00:36:23,932 --> 00:36:24,974 Not at all. 624 00:36:25,058 --> 00:36:27,852 That's okay. We don't have to dance. 625 00:36:34,609 --> 00:36:36,652 Hell, it can't be harder than basketball. 626 00:36:36,736 --> 00:36:37,945 Come on. 627 00:37:20,488 --> 00:37:22,489 You're still here. 628 00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:24,742 Oh, ma'am, you shouldn't be up. 629 00:37:24,826 --> 00:37:25,993 I couldn't sleep. 630 00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:28,704 I-- I heard the music. 631 00:37:28,788 --> 00:37:30,748 I'm sorry. I should have turned that down. 632 00:37:30,832 --> 00:37:33,000 No, I-- I like it. I... 633 00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:38,547 I was imagining Charlie dancing in her dress. 634 00:37:44,888 --> 00:37:46,555 Do you dance, Mr. Church? 635 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:49,141 There are those who play music... 636 00:37:49,225 --> 00:37:50,684 and there are those who dance to it. 637 00:37:50,769 --> 00:37:52,728 And the rare person who does both. 638 00:37:55,565 --> 00:37:57,274 Why, I do believe that is the first time... 639 00:37:57,359 --> 00:38:00,027 I have heard you compliment yourself. 640 00:38:06,242 --> 00:38:07,201 Dance with me. 641 00:38:08,203 --> 00:38:09,662 Ma'am? 642 00:38:11,539 --> 00:38:12,790 Come on. Now. 643 00:38:35,063 --> 00:38:37,982 I dare say he speaks the truth. 644 00:38:48,326 --> 00:38:50,119 Okay, okay, I got you. I got you. 645 00:38:50,203 --> 00:38:52,830 - I'm sorry. I'm sorry. - It's okay. 646 00:38:52,914 --> 00:38:54,248 It's okay. 647 00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:59,003 Thank you. 648 00:38:59,087 --> 00:39:00,838 I got you. 649 00:39:41,254 --> 00:39:43,380 - Let me get that. - Thanks. 650 00:39:47,177 --> 00:39:49,261 I'll get the gate. 651 00:39:57,395 --> 00:40:00,230 I had a really great time tonight. 652 00:40:00,356 --> 00:40:02,316 Me too. 653 00:40:10,992 --> 00:40:13,827 Good night, Charlie. 654 00:40:38,603 --> 00:40:40,354 So, tell me. 655 00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:43,315 Was it lame? 656 00:40:44,651 --> 00:40:47,778 No. 657 00:40:47,862 --> 00:40:49,530 It was... 658 00:40:51,491 --> 00:40:52,991 beautiful. 659 00:40:54,953 --> 00:40:56,495 You should be in bed. 660 00:40:56,579 --> 00:40:58,205 I wanted to wait up for you... 661 00:40:58,289 --> 00:41:00,290 just like every other mother... 662 00:41:00,375 --> 00:41:02,709 who waited up for their daughter tonight. 663 00:41:04,754 --> 00:41:06,046 Did you dance? 664 00:41:06,131 --> 00:41:07,548 All night. 665 00:41:07,632 --> 00:41:09,299 Did he kiss you? 666 00:41:13,638 --> 00:41:18,267 Well, kisses come in all sorts of ways, baby. 667 00:42:18,161 --> 00:42:21,538 People act strange around death. 668 00:42:21,623 --> 00:42:23,498 There are those who talk about everything... 669 00:42:23,583 --> 00:42:24,791 but the person who died. 670 00:42:24,876 --> 00:42:28,212 And I told Mr. Rinaldo that two pounds of meat was plenty... 671 00:42:28,296 --> 00:42:30,505 but he insisted on giving me three. 672 00:42:30,590 --> 00:42:32,049 And I said, "That's ridiculous..." 673 00:42:32,133 --> 00:42:34,426 There are those who only talk about the person who died. 674 00:42:34,510 --> 00:42:36,595 Your mother was always very nice to me. 675 00:42:36,679 --> 00:42:39,306 I thought she was pretty too. 676 00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:42,184 I always wondered why she didn't have a boyfriend or something. 677 00:42:42,268 --> 00:42:44,853 There are those who try to cheer you up. 678 00:42:44,938 --> 00:42:47,689 Your mother's at peace, Charlie. 679 00:42:47,774 --> 00:42:50,525 Out of pain. 680 00:42:50,610 --> 00:42:52,110 You don't want her in pain. 681 00:42:55,281 --> 00:42:58,242 And those who can't help but make you cry. 682 00:42:58,910 --> 00:43:00,452 You know, I've always wished... 683 00:43:00,536 --> 00:43:02,746 I'd had a mom like yours, Charlie. 684 00:43:02,830 --> 00:43:05,499 Why can't it be my mom who's dead... 685 00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:06,833 not yours? 686 00:43:09,796 --> 00:43:12,881 And then there are those who say nothing at all... 687 00:43:21,307 --> 00:43:23,475 because they don't have to. 688 00:43:32,235 --> 00:43:33,986 But when everyone was gone... 689 00:43:34,070 --> 00:43:35,946 the people and the noise and the chatter... 690 00:43:36,030 --> 00:43:37,739 and the hospital bed... 691 00:43:39,158 --> 00:43:41,535 it was just Mr. Church and me. 692 00:43:43,037 --> 00:43:44,705 And I liked it. 693 00:44:09,355 --> 00:44:13,483 It was the first and only time I ever saw Mr. Church cry. 694 00:44:14,777 --> 00:44:16,862 Even his weeping was graceful. 695 00:44:20,033 --> 00:44:22,200 What's going to happen now? 696 00:44:23,244 --> 00:44:25,245 What will you do? 697 00:44:25,330 --> 00:44:27,748 Your job is done. 698 00:44:27,832 --> 00:44:30,167 I haven't even thought about it. 699 00:44:31,711 --> 00:44:34,755 Guess I'll start thinking about it now. 700 00:44:40,803 --> 00:44:42,804 I have something for you. 701 00:44:44,390 --> 00:44:46,433 Actually, it's from your mother. 702 00:44:51,564 --> 00:44:53,690 I kept a record of all the money I saved... 703 00:44:53,775 --> 00:44:56,026 marketing with those coupons your mother gave me. 704 00:44:56,110 --> 00:44:58,653 I always did say they add up. 705 00:44:58,738 --> 00:45:00,447 I guess you can call Boston University... 706 00:45:00,531 --> 00:45:03,367 and tell them that Charlotte Brooks will be attending. 707 00:45:06,996 --> 00:45:08,705 All right. 708 00:45:11,667 --> 00:45:13,043 Okay, I guess you're going to... 709 00:45:13,127 --> 00:45:15,379 need a way to get there. 710 00:45:15,463 --> 00:45:16,630 I... 711 00:45:16,714 --> 00:45:19,383 always did hate riding the bus. 712 00:45:19,842 --> 00:45:22,302 Mr. Church didn't have a license. 713 00:45:22,387 --> 00:45:25,597 So, I knew he couldn't teach me how to drive. 714 00:45:25,681 --> 00:45:28,642 I went to the one person who I knew could. 715 00:45:30,019 --> 00:45:31,728 Okay. 716 00:45:33,481 --> 00:45:35,148 Just put the key in the ignition, and-- 717 00:45:39,821 --> 00:45:42,072 Put your foot on the clutch there. 718 00:45:42,156 --> 00:45:43,949 And when you give it gas... 719 00:45:44,033 --> 00:45:46,076 you're going to slowly release. 720 00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:47,536 - Foot off the brake. - Okay. 721 00:45:47,620 --> 00:45:50,122 And on the accelerator. Nice and easy. 722 00:45:51,791 --> 00:45:53,834 We're going. We're going. There you go. Okay. 723 00:45:53,918 --> 00:45:55,085 Whoa, oh, oh! 724 00:45:55,169 --> 00:45:57,379 You have to take your foot off the brake as well. 725 00:45:57,463 --> 00:45:59,381 Release the clutch slowly. 726 00:45:59,465 --> 00:46:01,383 - Are you okay? - Put your foot on the clutch. 727 00:46:01,467 --> 00:46:02,843 - I-- Whoa, whoa, I'm sorry. - Nice and slow. 728 00:46:02,927 --> 00:46:05,220 Oh! You okay? You okay? You okay? 729 00:46:05,304 --> 00:46:07,097 - Foot on the clutch. - I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 730 00:46:07,181 --> 00:46:08,432 I'm sorry. I swear I'll get it. 731 00:46:08,516 --> 00:46:09,850 It's okay. 732 00:46:12,228 --> 00:46:14,187 Good. Nice. That's a good speed. 733 00:46:18,985 --> 00:46:21,111 Picking up speed. 734 00:46:27,743 --> 00:46:30,078 This is great. 735 00:46:30,163 --> 00:46:31,663 I did it. 736 00:46:48,806 --> 00:46:53,685 Until the twelfth of never... 737 00:46:53,769 --> 00:46:55,854 Charlie... 738 00:46:55,938 --> 00:46:59,191 You're going to be a famous writer. 739 00:46:59,275 --> 00:47:00,066 Yeah. 740 00:47:00,151 --> 00:47:02,819 I'm going to be a famous fashion designer. 741 00:47:02,904 --> 00:47:04,529 And all the duds in this town... 742 00:47:04,614 --> 00:47:05,780 they're going to say... 743 00:47:05,865 --> 00:47:09,409 "Oh, damn, aren't those the two charity case girls from St. Frances?" 744 00:47:09,494 --> 00:47:10,869 - Well, I'll be damned. - You're crazy! 745 00:47:10,953 --> 00:47:13,705 I'm not crazy. What I am is free. 746 00:47:13,789 --> 00:47:18,084 New York, I am on my way. Clear this. 747 00:47:18,169 --> 00:47:20,170 I'm completely lost. 748 00:47:20,254 --> 00:47:23,423 New York, New York, New York. 749 00:47:25,843 --> 00:47:29,721 Get us the hell out of here. Bunch of lowlife drunks. 750 00:47:38,231 --> 00:47:39,898 More than ever... 751 00:47:39,982 --> 00:47:43,193 I wanted to know everything about Mr. Church. 752 00:47:45,071 --> 00:47:46,905 Good night, Charlotte. 753 00:47:46,989 --> 00:47:49,199 Good night, Mr. Church. 754 00:47:51,953 --> 00:47:54,454 I wanted to ask him about Jelly's Place. 755 00:47:54,539 --> 00:47:56,957 Wanted him to know he could tell me. 756 00:47:57,750 --> 00:48:00,168 I knew the rumors about Jelly's. 757 00:48:06,926 --> 00:48:10,512 Most of all, I wanted to know Mr. Church was happy. 758 00:48:10,596 --> 00:48:13,515 With Mama gone and me leaving for college... 759 00:48:13,599 --> 00:48:15,475 I worried about him. 760 00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:17,143 I thought if I could see his house... 761 00:48:17,311 --> 00:48:19,980 meet someone who loved him as much as Mama and me... 762 00:48:20,064 --> 00:48:23,024 somehow I would know he was okay. 763 00:48:25,570 --> 00:48:28,071 Charlie? 764 00:48:28,155 --> 00:48:30,574 What are you doing walking around alone at night? 765 00:48:33,828 --> 00:48:35,787 You want to jump in? 766 00:48:46,257 --> 00:48:49,301 Listen, have I done something wrong? 767 00:48:50,386 --> 00:48:52,012 What? 768 00:48:52,138 --> 00:48:54,097 You've hardly spoken to me lately. 769 00:48:54,181 --> 00:48:55,807 Hell, you won't even look at me. 770 00:48:59,937 --> 00:49:01,187 Why'd you take me to prom? 771 00:49:02,857 --> 00:49:04,232 What are you talking about? 772 00:49:04,317 --> 00:49:05,984 You could have asked any girl in school. 773 00:49:06,068 --> 00:49:08,653 Popular girls, girls with money. 774 00:49:08,738 --> 00:49:10,530 Why me? 775 00:49:10,615 --> 00:49:13,450 That's a dumb question. I don't know, because I like you. 776 00:49:13,534 --> 00:49:14,618 Because you're smart. 777 00:49:14,702 --> 00:49:17,162 Or was it because my mama was dying? 778 00:49:17,246 --> 00:49:18,163 What? 779 00:49:18,331 --> 00:49:21,207 If that's the reason, it's okay. 780 00:49:21,292 --> 00:49:22,834 I-- I get it. 781 00:49:22,918 --> 00:49:24,461 Poor Charlie Brooks. 782 00:49:24,545 --> 00:49:26,212 Poor fatherless, soon to be motherless... 783 00:49:26,297 --> 00:49:27,881 - pathetic Charlie Brooks. - Charlie-- 784 00:49:27,965 --> 00:49:30,342 I get it. Charity case. 785 00:49:30,426 --> 00:49:31,926 But let's just be honest about it. 786 00:49:32,011 --> 00:49:33,345 I mean, you never even kissed me. 787 00:49:33,429 --> 00:49:35,263 So, if the reason you took me was out of pity-- 788 00:49:52,448 --> 00:49:54,449 I don't pity you. 789 00:50:02,208 --> 00:50:07,253 I'm leaving tomorrow for school, Charlie. 790 00:50:10,174 --> 00:50:13,051 My folks are driving me up early. 791 00:50:13,135 --> 00:50:15,845 That's why I came looking for you. 792 00:50:18,474 --> 00:50:20,350 To say good-bye. 793 00:50:24,647 --> 00:50:27,023 You study hard, Owen. 794 00:50:29,568 --> 00:50:32,320 You do something important with your life, okay? 795 00:50:36,117 --> 00:50:37,784 Charlie... 796 00:50:47,628 --> 00:50:50,922 Never been to a restaurant with you before, Mr. Church. 797 00:50:51,006 --> 00:50:52,924 Well, I figured since it's your last night here... 798 00:50:53,008 --> 00:50:55,218 we should eat out. 799 00:50:55,302 --> 00:50:57,762 Sorry for the wait, folks. What can I get you? 800 00:50:57,847 --> 00:50:59,931 Oh, um... 801 00:51:00,015 --> 00:51:01,307 Hey, do you have Apple Jacks? 802 00:51:01,392 --> 00:51:03,143 Comes in a box. 803 00:51:03,227 --> 00:51:05,645 Tastes mostly like sugar and apples, mainly. 804 00:51:05,730 --> 00:51:07,897 - Yes, sir. - I'll have that. 805 00:51:07,982 --> 00:51:10,483 Yeah, I'll have the same. 806 00:51:16,198 --> 00:51:20,076 And I suppose this is the last of Richard's money... 807 00:51:20,161 --> 00:51:22,162 you'll ever spend on me. 808 00:51:22,246 --> 00:51:24,247 Poor fool. 809 00:51:24,331 --> 00:51:27,083 He thought he'd only have to shell out enough for six months. 810 00:51:27,168 --> 00:51:28,710 Mama sure showed him. 811 00:51:35,509 --> 00:51:37,302 Mr. Church? 812 00:51:37,386 --> 00:51:39,637 Two Apple Jacks. 813 00:51:39,722 --> 00:51:41,514 Right on time. 814 00:51:41,599 --> 00:51:42,932 You're welcome. Enjoy. 815 00:51:43,017 --> 00:51:45,059 Oh, that looks wonderful. 816 00:51:45,144 --> 00:51:46,686 Yes. 817 00:51:57,740 --> 00:51:59,449 Apples and sugar. 818 00:51:59,533 --> 00:52:01,493 No secret there. 819 00:52:05,664 --> 00:52:07,749 I took clothes and books. 820 00:52:07,833 --> 00:52:09,417 Nothing else. 821 00:52:10,753 --> 00:52:13,463 I told Mr. Church to take whatever he wanted of Mama's... 822 00:52:13,547 --> 00:52:15,840 and whatever was left to give to charity. 823 00:53:27,872 --> 00:53:31,958 I had driven 3,000 miles to find out something amazing. 824 00:53:32,126 --> 00:53:35,795 Here, no one knew me as poor Charlie Brooks. 825 00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:38,381 College was just how I imagined it. 826 00:53:38,465 --> 00:53:41,384 Full of energy and color. 827 00:53:41,635 --> 00:53:44,429 Here, I could be anyone I wanted to be. 828 00:53:44,638 --> 00:53:49,142 And if we suppose that Shakespeare instructed Thorpe to name... 829 00:53:49,226 --> 00:53:52,604 W.H . in the dedication, then... 830 00:53:52,688 --> 00:53:55,857 I studied hard, and when I felt too tired to keep going... 831 00:53:55,941 --> 00:53:58,776 I thought of all those damn coupons Mom would cut to get me here... 832 00:53:58,861 --> 00:54:00,069 and it pushed me through. 833 00:54:02,656 --> 00:54:05,575 All right, that's it. No more studying. 834 00:54:05,659 --> 00:54:07,619 - No! - No, we're going out. 835 00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:10,788 Mr. Church wrote me every week. 836 00:54:12,207 --> 00:54:14,375 And always sent me books. 837 00:54:19,882 --> 00:54:22,133 Seasons changed. 838 00:54:23,594 --> 00:54:25,470 Roommates came and went. 839 00:54:26,889 --> 00:54:28,514 Class schedules changed... 840 00:54:28,599 --> 00:54:32,894 and I got closer every day towards graduating. 841 00:54:32,978 --> 00:54:35,355 They say, for some, college is the time of your life... 842 00:54:35,439 --> 00:54:37,857 where you find yourself. 843 00:54:39,902 --> 00:54:41,277 And for others... 844 00:54:41,362 --> 00:54:42,987 Hey, how you doing? Hey, I'm Charlie. 845 00:54:43,072 --> 00:54:43,988 Nice to meet you. 846 00:54:44,073 --> 00:54:45,448 ...it can also be a time... 847 00:54:45,532 --> 00:54:47,533 where you slowly get lost. 848 00:54:52,122 --> 00:54:54,499 And sometimes... 849 00:54:56,001 --> 00:54:57,543 you just have to go home. 850 00:54:58,629 --> 00:55:00,254 Wherever that may be. 851 00:55:00,339 --> 00:55:02,090 Hi. 852 00:55:02,174 --> 00:55:04,050 It's Charlie. 853 00:55:23,070 --> 00:55:24,028 Surprise. 854 00:55:25,739 --> 00:55:28,116 Seems the legacy of the Brooks family... 855 00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:30,868 was having babies out of wedlock. 856 00:55:42,506 --> 00:55:47,593 Sorry I stopped writing you, Mr. Church. 857 00:55:47,678 --> 00:55:49,637 You know, I stopped writing Poppy too. 858 00:55:49,722 --> 00:55:53,016 Things-- Things just got a little crazy for me. 859 00:55:53,100 --> 00:55:54,809 I can see that. 860 00:55:55,686 --> 00:55:57,395 But I read all your letters... 861 00:55:57,479 --> 00:55:59,856 sometimes even twice a day. 862 00:56:01,025 --> 00:56:03,693 Anyway, I needed a break and I thought... 863 00:56:03,777 --> 00:56:06,112 "Go surprise Mr. Church." 864 00:56:06,196 --> 00:56:08,948 Yeah, well, you really surprised me. 865 00:56:12,619 --> 00:56:14,912 Can I stay for a few days? 866 00:56:14,997 --> 00:56:16,664 I mean, I brought my books. 867 00:56:16,749 --> 00:56:18,082 I can study here and everything. 868 00:56:18,167 --> 00:56:21,252 I just need a place to rest. 869 00:56:25,632 --> 00:56:29,302 Okay. I got one rule. 870 00:56:29,386 --> 00:56:31,179 You respect my privacy. 871 00:56:31,263 --> 00:56:32,764 'Cause you're in my house now, right? 872 00:56:32,848 --> 00:56:35,099 Yeah, okay. I will. 873 00:56:35,184 --> 00:56:36,017 Okay. 874 00:56:36,101 --> 00:56:38,186 It was like we were never apart. 875 00:56:38,270 --> 00:56:39,145 All right, then. 876 00:56:39,229 --> 00:56:42,690 He never asked a single question about my being pregnant. 877 00:56:42,775 --> 00:56:45,359 Still smoking outside, Mr. Church? 878 00:56:47,154 --> 00:56:48,362 Yeah, as of today. 879 00:56:48,447 --> 00:56:51,115 I guess Mr. Church respected my privacy... 880 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:53,993 as much as he asked me to respect his. 881 00:56:54,078 --> 00:56:56,621 All I knew being back with Mr. Church... 882 00:56:56,705 --> 00:56:58,122 was that I was home. 883 00:57:09,885 --> 00:57:12,512 All those years wondering where Mr. Church lived... 884 00:57:12,596 --> 00:57:15,056 and I was now standing in the center of it. 885 00:57:15,140 --> 00:57:16,766 Try this. 886 00:57:24,566 --> 00:57:26,818 - Licorice? - That's right. 887 00:57:39,581 --> 00:57:40,790 Hey, I brought an extra blanket. 888 00:57:40,874 --> 00:57:42,708 It gets cold in here at night sometimes. 889 00:57:42,793 --> 00:57:45,002 And the sun shines in that window really bright. 890 00:57:45,087 --> 00:57:47,213 You might want to close that curtain. 891 00:57:48,298 --> 00:57:50,049 Is this you? 892 00:57:51,426 --> 00:57:53,177 I'm sorry. I wasn't snooping. 893 00:57:53,262 --> 00:57:54,679 I just found it in the drawer. 894 00:57:54,763 --> 00:57:56,848 Yeah, that's me and my father. 895 00:57:58,308 --> 00:57:59,267 You look like him. 896 00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:04,814 I'm going to leave the light on... 897 00:58:04,898 --> 00:58:06,065 for you out here in case you want to get... 898 00:58:06,150 --> 00:58:07,275 some milk or something at night. 899 00:58:07,359 --> 00:58:08,568 Good night, my dear. 900 00:58:08,652 --> 00:58:10,027 Good night, Mr. Church. 901 00:58:33,719 --> 00:58:37,263 You can't change me, old man! 902 00:58:39,349 --> 00:58:40,892 You're not changing shit! 903 00:58:42,519 --> 00:58:44,896 Oh, I'm a sinner? Yeah, that's right! 904 00:58:44,980 --> 00:58:46,522 I'm a sinner! 905 00:58:50,194 --> 00:58:53,154 Who's a faggot? You the goddamn faggot. 906 00:58:54,364 --> 00:58:56,199 Talking the shit. 907 00:59:05,876 --> 00:59:08,461 Kick your ass, old man. 908 00:59:08,545 --> 00:59:10,671 Shit, I ain't no kid no more. 909 00:59:15,344 --> 00:59:19,222 You don't tell me a goddamn thing! 910 00:59:23,227 --> 00:59:25,728 I took the book of matches from Jelly's... 911 00:59:25,812 --> 00:59:27,188 because I knew he'd be embarrassed... 912 00:59:27,272 --> 00:59:29,106 if he saw that I'd found it. 913 00:59:29,191 --> 00:59:32,777 And come morning, there was Mr. Church making breakfast... 914 00:59:32,861 --> 00:59:35,154 smelling like soap and seasonings... 915 00:59:35,239 --> 00:59:36,530 listening to his music. 916 00:59:36,615 --> 00:59:38,699 Hey, you're awake. 917 00:59:38,784 --> 00:59:40,660 The baby's got to eat. 918 00:59:41,954 --> 00:59:44,038 How was your night, Mr. Church? 919 00:59:44,122 --> 00:59:46,165 It was pleasant enough. 920 00:59:46,250 --> 00:59:48,751 And that's all he would ever say. 921 00:59:48,835 --> 00:59:50,503 Pleasant enough. 922 00:59:57,261 --> 01:00:00,513 Those are the only keys I never quite got the hang of. 923 01:00:00,597 --> 01:00:03,391 About time I let somebody else try to play them. 924 01:00:04,893 --> 01:00:07,436 Your thesis awaits, my dear. 925 01:00:07,521 --> 01:00:10,314 Start with the first word and the rest will follow. 926 01:01:25,557 --> 01:01:28,100 - Hey, what are you doing? - Oh, I'm-- I was just-- 927 01:01:28,185 --> 01:01:29,935 - Okay, now you got to go. - Mr. Church-- 928 01:01:30,020 --> 01:01:31,604 - Let's go, right now! - I'm-- I'm sorry. 929 01:01:31,688 --> 01:01:33,481 - I'm sorry. - I give you one goddamn rule... 930 01:01:33,565 --> 01:01:34,899 - and you break it, right? - I'm sorry! 931 01:01:34,983 --> 01:01:36,150 You get out of my shit right now. 932 01:01:36,234 --> 01:01:37,860 - Pack your shit and go! - You're hurting me! 933 01:01:37,944 --> 01:01:39,403 - Just get out! - Where am I supposed to go? 934 01:01:39,488 --> 01:01:40,529 It's the middle of the night. 935 01:01:40,614 --> 01:01:42,281 That's not my goddamn problem. 936 01:01:43,241 --> 01:01:46,243 I'm not a child anymore, Mr. Church! 937 01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:50,956 Or are you too drunk to see that? 938 01:01:51,041 --> 01:01:52,375 What is it with all of you? 939 01:01:52,459 --> 01:01:55,586 The secrets and lies and more secrets? 940 01:01:55,670 --> 01:01:57,129 Don't tell Charlie I'm dying. 941 01:01:57,214 --> 01:01:59,965 Don't tell Charlie a goddamn thing. 942 01:02:00,050 --> 01:02:02,843 I just wanted to know you, Mr. Church. 943 01:02:02,928 --> 01:02:04,220 Look, I was your cook. 944 01:02:04,304 --> 01:02:05,846 That's all you need to know. 945 01:02:23,865 --> 01:02:25,825 I had nowhere to go. 946 01:02:25,909 --> 01:02:28,536 And for the first time... 947 01:02:28,620 --> 01:02:30,871 I realized I had no one. 948 01:03:11,455 --> 01:03:13,289 Larson? 949 01:03:13,373 --> 01:03:14,999 Larson! 950 01:03:17,377 --> 01:03:19,753 Hey, Charlie. 951 01:03:19,838 --> 01:03:21,755 Look at you, you're all... 952 01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:22,923 pregnant and married. 953 01:03:23,008 --> 01:03:26,010 Oh, no. Just-- Just pregnant. 954 01:03:27,929 --> 01:03:29,513 Well, you living out here again? 955 01:03:29,598 --> 01:03:31,932 No, still in college. 956 01:03:32,017 --> 01:03:33,851 Just, you know, came to see--... 957 01:03:33,935 --> 01:03:35,936 Came to visit. 958 01:03:36,021 --> 01:03:37,938 Heading back tonight. 959 01:03:40,275 --> 01:03:41,692 You still got that car, or... 960 01:03:41,776 --> 01:03:44,487 Oh, it's good. It's right over there. 961 01:03:44,571 --> 01:03:45,779 Yeah. 962 01:03:45,864 --> 01:03:47,740 Do you need a ride somewhere? 963 01:03:47,824 --> 01:03:49,533 Oh, no, no, no. 964 01:03:49,618 --> 01:03:50,784 No, I... 965 01:03:50,869 --> 01:03:53,913 I'd better get a... 966 01:03:53,997 --> 01:03:56,874 Hey, it was good-- Good seeing you, though. 967 01:03:56,958 --> 01:03:59,335 Yeah, you too, Larson. 968 01:04:10,972 --> 01:04:12,598 Oh, shit! 969 01:04:21,983 --> 01:04:24,818 I swear to God, dude, I didn't even see her. 970 01:04:24,903 --> 01:04:26,362 Charlotte, come here. 971 01:04:28,698 --> 01:04:30,908 Here, get the door. 972 01:05:15,203 --> 01:05:17,162 Breathe, Charlie, breathe. 973 01:05:32,846 --> 01:05:34,888 I heard the doctors and nurses... 974 01:05:35,098 --> 01:05:37,808 whispering it was a miracle the baby didn't die. 975 01:05:37,892 --> 01:05:39,476 I wanted to tell them... 976 01:05:39,561 --> 01:05:41,103 "Don't you know? 977 01:05:41,187 --> 01:05:43,272 Miracles run in the Brooks family." 978 01:05:43,356 --> 01:05:46,734 You need to be very careful. Lots of rest, Charlie. 979 01:05:46,818 --> 01:05:48,110 Do you have a place to stay? 980 01:05:48,194 --> 01:05:49,028 She lives with me. 981 01:05:51,573 --> 01:05:52,573 You are? 982 01:05:52,657 --> 01:05:54,783 I'm Mr. Church. 983 01:05:56,828 --> 01:05:58,621 Are you responsible for Charlie? 984 01:06:05,754 --> 01:06:07,296 Yeah. 985 01:06:17,098 --> 01:06:19,975 The baby gave Mr. Church a sense of purpose and excitement. 986 01:06:20,060 --> 01:06:22,770 Oh! There she goes again. 987 01:06:22,854 --> 01:06:24,688 "She," Mr. Church? 988 01:06:24,773 --> 01:06:27,149 Well, it's a guess. She feels like-- I'm feeling she. 989 01:06:32,781 --> 01:06:35,491 Aren't you going to ask me how it happened? 990 01:06:35,575 --> 01:06:39,161 I know how girls get pregnant, Charlotte. 991 01:06:39,954 --> 01:06:41,914 If he wasn't gardening... 992 01:06:41,998 --> 01:06:43,332 he was painting. 993 01:06:43,416 --> 01:06:44,500 If he wasn't painting... 994 01:06:44,584 --> 01:06:46,877 he was cooking. 995 01:06:46,961 --> 01:06:48,212 If he wasn't cooking... 996 01:06:48,296 --> 01:06:50,547 he was playing the piano. 997 01:06:56,221 --> 01:06:58,222 And if he wasn't playing the piano... 998 01:06:58,306 --> 01:07:00,599 he was reading to me. 999 01:07:00,684 --> 01:07:01,975 Bonnie? 1000 01:07:02,060 --> 01:07:03,686 Too cute. 1001 01:07:03,770 --> 01:07:05,229 Brenda? 1002 01:07:05,313 --> 01:07:08,023 Too dangerous. 1003 01:07:08,108 --> 01:07:09,316 Beth? 1004 01:07:09,401 --> 01:07:10,943 Too simple. 1005 01:07:11,027 --> 01:07:12,403 How about Carrie? 1006 01:07:14,322 --> 01:07:15,739 No. 1007 01:07:20,745 --> 01:07:23,372 Every Wednesday and Saturday night... 1008 01:07:23,456 --> 01:07:25,165 Mr. Church went out. 1009 01:07:25,250 --> 01:07:27,167 Good night, Charlotte. 1010 01:07:27,252 --> 01:07:30,295 He never said where he was going. 1011 01:07:30,380 --> 01:07:32,923 And I never asked. 1012 01:07:35,969 --> 01:07:37,845 But I knew. 1013 01:07:37,929 --> 01:07:40,514 You have Irene. Or Iris. 1014 01:07:40,598 --> 01:07:42,015 Irma... 1015 01:07:42,100 --> 01:07:43,475 Mr. Church? 1016 01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:45,018 - Irma sound like an old lady. - Mr. Church? 1017 01:07:45,103 --> 01:07:46,854 - Mr. Church? - Isabel. 1018 01:07:46,938 --> 01:07:48,647 Isabel. What do you think of Isabel? 1019 01:07:48,732 --> 01:07:51,817 Mr. Church... oh, my God. Oh, my God, we got to go. 1020 01:07:51,901 --> 01:07:53,193 - Are you sure? - Yeah. 1021 01:07:53,278 --> 01:07:54,653 Okay, okay, okay, okay. 1022 01:07:54,738 --> 01:07:56,238 I'll call right now. 1023 01:08:15,425 --> 01:08:17,509 Mr. Church was right. 1024 01:08:17,594 --> 01:08:19,386 I was having a baby girl. 1025 01:08:19,471 --> 01:08:21,472 She's going to need a name, Charlotte. 1026 01:08:26,352 --> 01:08:27,728 Isabel. 1027 01:08:27,812 --> 01:08:29,730 Isabel Marie Brooks. 1028 01:08:31,024 --> 01:08:32,608 Hey. 1029 01:08:32,692 --> 01:08:34,276 Hey, Isabel. 1030 01:08:34,360 --> 01:08:36,612 I'm Mr. Church. 1031 01:08:45,205 --> 01:08:47,206 Everything was about Izzy. 1032 01:08:49,042 --> 01:08:51,293 We're going to go right... 1033 01:08:57,550 --> 01:09:01,220 Getting that degree seemed to slip farther and farther away. 1034 01:09:01,304 --> 01:09:02,763 And after a while... 1035 01:09:02,847 --> 01:09:05,724 Mr. Church stopped asking me about it. 1036 01:09:05,809 --> 01:09:07,476 I was a mother. 1037 01:09:07,560 --> 01:09:08,977 And Mr. Church... 1038 01:09:09,062 --> 01:09:10,896 My Izzy... 1039 01:09:10,980 --> 01:09:13,357 he was everything else. 1040 01:09:16,778 --> 01:09:19,905 It's okay. It's okay. 1041 01:09:19,989 --> 01:09:22,074 Izzy... 1042 01:09:22,158 --> 01:09:23,867 yes. 1043 01:09:27,497 --> 01:09:29,248 Mr. Church, dance with me. 1044 01:09:29,332 --> 01:09:30,958 Okay, I will in a second. Just hold still. 1045 01:09:31,042 --> 01:09:32,835 I'm almost finished. Oh, come on. 1046 01:09:32,919 --> 01:09:34,586 Come on now... Hey, come on. 1047 01:09:34,671 --> 01:09:36,588 - We're going to be late. - Mama, dance with me. 1048 01:09:36,673 --> 01:09:38,257 No, not now. We got to go, baby. 1049 01:09:38,341 --> 01:09:39,967 - Come on, come on. - Mama, dance with me. 1050 01:09:40,051 --> 01:09:42,094 - Let's go, let's go. - Oh! Okay. 1051 01:09:42,178 --> 01:09:44,596 One dance, I guess. 1052 01:09:44,681 --> 01:09:46,515 Mr. Church... 1053 01:09:46,599 --> 01:09:48,684 Come on, Mr. Church. One dance. 1054 01:09:58,361 --> 01:09:59,778 Charlie? 1055 01:10:01,573 --> 01:10:03,532 It's crazy, right? 1056 01:10:03,616 --> 01:10:05,659 It's wonderful. Congratulations. 1057 01:10:05,743 --> 01:10:07,494 Thank you so much for coming out. 1058 01:10:07,579 --> 01:10:11,248 Larson fell in love with a gal he met at one of his AA meetings. 1059 01:10:15,211 --> 01:10:18,338 You know, she wouldn't be here if it weren't for you. 1060 01:10:18,423 --> 01:10:19,965 No, she's beautiful. 1061 01:10:22,635 --> 01:10:25,345 I like that dress. Did you make that? 1062 01:10:25,430 --> 01:10:28,807 You know, there's something I never told you about that day. 1063 01:10:31,144 --> 01:10:32,644 I'd scraped up enough cash... 1064 01:10:32,729 --> 01:10:35,397 to buy a bottle of Jack and some pills, and... 1065 01:10:37,734 --> 01:10:39,610 I was just going to go home and check out for good. 1066 01:10:39,694 --> 01:10:41,820 You know? 1067 01:10:41,905 --> 01:10:44,156 And then you fell. 1068 01:10:47,410 --> 01:10:50,412 You know, you always say that I saved Izzy's life... 1069 01:10:50,496 --> 01:10:55,125 but the truth is that both of you saved mine. 1070 01:11:00,757 --> 01:11:02,716 Don't you think my mom's pretty? 1071 01:11:02,800 --> 01:11:04,718 I think she's beautiful. 1072 01:11:06,304 --> 01:11:08,347 Well, I guess I'd better go dance with my wife. 1073 01:11:08,431 --> 01:11:09,681 Yeah! 1074 01:11:19,776 --> 01:11:21,068 Hey, there you go. 1075 01:11:21,152 --> 01:11:23,153 Oh, thank you. 1076 01:11:24,864 --> 01:11:26,865 Do you ever want to get married, Mr. Church? 1077 01:11:27,867 --> 01:11:29,618 I'm sorry. 1078 01:11:29,702 --> 01:11:31,370 That's none of my business. 1079 01:11:31,454 --> 01:11:33,622 I was married before. 1080 01:11:35,500 --> 01:11:36,917 Yes, I was married before. 1081 01:11:37,001 --> 01:11:39,044 A long time ago. I was very young. 1082 01:11:39,128 --> 01:11:41,046 I got married because my father... 1083 01:11:41,130 --> 01:11:43,298 wanted me to get married, but it didn't last very long. 1084 01:11:43,383 --> 01:11:44,633 I wasn't very good at it. 1085 01:11:44,717 --> 01:11:46,760 She was a very lovely lady, though. 1086 01:11:46,844 --> 01:11:48,887 I guess I just wasn't what she was looking for. 1087 01:11:50,515 --> 01:11:53,058 Any man and woman can get married, Charlotte. 1088 01:11:59,649 --> 01:12:01,733 Mr. Church... 1089 01:12:01,818 --> 01:12:03,318 do you want to dance? 1090 01:12:26,175 --> 01:12:29,511 Last time I danced like this was prom night. 1091 01:12:30,722 --> 01:12:32,723 Me too. 1092 01:12:49,032 --> 01:12:51,116 Thanks. 1093 01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:53,118 Be with you in a second, sir. 1094 01:12:53,202 --> 01:12:54,619 - Hey. - Hi, Mama. 1095 01:12:54,704 --> 01:12:56,371 Hi, baby. 1096 01:12:56,456 --> 01:12:57,831 What are you two doing here? 1097 01:12:57,915 --> 01:12:59,458 Found something for you. 1098 01:12:59,542 --> 01:13:01,043 What... 1099 01:13:05,214 --> 01:13:06,840 You found her. 1100 01:13:06,924 --> 01:13:08,884 I found her. 1101 01:13:14,223 --> 01:13:15,390 Mama, look. 1102 01:13:19,937 --> 01:13:21,354 Thank you. 1103 01:13:21,439 --> 01:13:23,523 Oh, my God! Charlie! 1104 01:13:23,608 --> 01:13:24,983 Poppy! 1105 01:13:25,068 --> 01:13:26,568 You look so glamorous. 1106 01:13:26,694 --> 01:13:29,071 So gorgeous. 1107 01:13:31,449 --> 01:13:33,658 - This is Izzy. - Hello. 1108 01:13:33,743 --> 01:13:35,202 Mr. Church. 1109 01:13:35,286 --> 01:13:36,828 Hey, Poppy. 1110 01:13:36,913 --> 01:13:38,997 You're the spitting image of your grandma. 1111 01:13:39,082 --> 01:13:40,540 You knew my grandmother? 1112 01:13:40,625 --> 01:13:42,209 She was only the most beautiful woman... 1113 01:13:42,293 --> 01:13:43,418 I've seen in my whole life. 1114 01:13:43,503 --> 01:13:45,962 That's what Mom always says. 1115 01:13:47,256 --> 01:13:49,841 - Aren't you pretty? - Is that a real diamond? 1116 01:13:49,926 --> 01:13:53,220 Oh, honey, you ain't seen nothing yet. 1117 01:13:53,304 --> 01:13:56,765 Come on, get in. Let's get out of this neighborhood. 1118 01:13:56,849 --> 01:13:58,892 Bye, Mr. Church. 1119 01:13:58,976 --> 01:14:00,352 Have fun, my dear. 1120 01:14:04,148 --> 01:14:06,024 Bye, Mr. Church! 1121 01:14:12,156 --> 01:14:14,866 Didn't I tell you I'd get out of this stinking town? 1122 01:14:14,951 --> 01:14:17,577 New York City's so exciting. 1123 01:14:17,662 --> 01:14:19,746 This one was Fifth Avenue. 1124 01:14:19,831 --> 01:14:21,289 Super-smart Charlie... 1125 01:14:21,374 --> 01:14:23,208 it's a place for someone like you who reads. 1126 01:14:23,292 --> 01:14:25,043 Well, you certainly married well. 1127 01:14:25,128 --> 01:14:26,378 I married well both times. 1128 01:14:28,047 --> 01:14:30,132 Here, let me show you the good stuff. 1129 01:14:30,216 --> 01:14:33,176 Look at this. Look at the beading. 1130 01:14:34,971 --> 01:14:37,097 I-- I heard your parents were out. 1131 01:14:37,181 --> 01:14:38,723 Living up north somewhere? 1132 01:14:38,808 --> 01:14:40,642 I wouldn't know. 1133 01:14:40,726 --> 01:14:42,352 Oh, I-- I just figured... 1134 01:14:42,436 --> 01:14:44,563 you stayed in touch with your sister. 1135 01:14:44,647 --> 01:14:46,231 My family's gone, Charlie. 1136 01:14:46,315 --> 01:14:48,775 Let's not talk of them again. Look at this one. 1137 01:14:48,860 --> 01:14:51,570 It's a birthday gift. Parisian. 1138 01:14:51,654 --> 01:14:53,655 - Yeah. - Feel it. 1139 01:14:55,158 --> 01:14:57,951 Isn't that fabric wonderful? 1140 01:14:58,035 --> 01:14:59,911 Amazing. 1141 01:15:07,170 --> 01:15:10,088 Aunt Poppy plans to spoil you rotten. 1142 01:15:10,173 --> 01:15:12,465 These stores are expensive. 1143 01:15:12,550 --> 01:15:14,676 Let me. I'll never have a child of my own. 1144 01:15:14,760 --> 01:15:16,094 You don't know that. 1145 01:15:16,179 --> 01:15:18,221 No, I do. I could have at one time. 1146 01:15:18,306 --> 01:15:21,349 I've got all the scars to prove it. 1147 01:15:21,434 --> 01:15:24,144 You should see where I shop in Manhattan. 1148 01:15:24,228 --> 01:15:26,271 Are you happy? 1149 01:15:26,355 --> 01:15:28,940 I have everything I want. 1150 01:15:29,025 --> 01:15:33,028 So, you know, no boyfriend, no romance in your life? 1151 01:15:33,112 --> 01:15:35,030 Single moms aren't exactly popular. 1152 01:15:35,114 --> 01:15:37,115 - I've known that my whole life. - Come to New York with me. 1153 01:15:37,200 --> 01:15:39,618 - I could fix you up with a bunch of fine men. - What? No. 1154 01:15:39,702 --> 01:15:42,621 Yeah. You would love it. Izzy would love it. 1155 01:15:42,705 --> 01:15:44,789 I can get her into any private school you want. 1156 01:15:44,874 --> 01:15:46,124 That's not going to happen. 1157 01:15:46,209 --> 01:15:47,792 I know a few bachelors who would-- 1158 01:15:47,877 --> 01:15:50,003 I mean, they're no Owen Baxter, but they have money. 1159 01:15:50,087 --> 01:15:52,297 I don't need money. Baby, don't go too far. 1160 01:15:54,050 --> 01:15:56,468 I have a job. I make a paycheck. 1161 01:15:56,552 --> 01:15:58,178 Waiting tables. I'm not ashamed. 1162 01:15:58,262 --> 01:16:00,347 No, come on, Charlie. Don't be so stubborn. 1163 01:16:00,431 --> 01:16:01,848 You don't have anything here. 1164 01:16:01,933 --> 01:16:03,642 You can't go living with your cook forever. 1165 01:16:03,726 --> 01:16:05,143 My cook? 1166 01:16:05,228 --> 01:16:07,062 Oh, you know what I mean. 1167 01:16:07,146 --> 01:16:10,148 What happened to you, Poppy? 1168 01:16:10,233 --> 01:16:11,775 You used to be a lot of things... 1169 01:16:11,859 --> 01:16:13,026 but you were never a snob. 1170 01:16:13,110 --> 01:16:16,321 - Charlie... - You want to know something about my cook? 1171 01:16:16,405 --> 01:16:19,741 Richard set aside enough money for Mama to live six months. 1172 01:16:19,825 --> 01:16:21,826 Six months. 1173 01:16:21,911 --> 01:16:24,371 And do you know who paid all of our bills, food, and rent... 1174 01:16:24,455 --> 01:16:25,789 all those years after that? 1175 01:16:27,250 --> 01:16:30,418 Mr. Church didn't work for us. 1176 01:16:30,503 --> 01:16:33,046 He saved us. 1177 01:16:33,130 --> 01:16:35,507 Now, I may not have some fancy life... 1178 01:16:35,591 --> 01:16:38,718 but I work hard and I'm raising my baby. 1179 01:16:38,803 --> 01:16:41,263 She's my diamond, Poppy. 1180 01:16:41,347 --> 01:16:43,348 I'm sorry if it doesn't sparkle enough for you. 1181 01:16:44,850 --> 01:16:46,434 Come on, baby. We're going to go home. 1182 01:16:52,358 --> 01:16:55,986 And let's put the rocking chair up there. 1183 01:17:00,950 --> 01:17:02,701 And... 1184 01:17:04,787 --> 01:17:07,289 Well, she shouldn't have bought it. 1185 01:17:07,373 --> 01:17:09,082 I'll return it tomorrow. 1186 01:17:09,166 --> 01:17:11,126 I don't think you should punish the child... 1187 01:17:11,210 --> 01:17:13,545 because you and Poppy fought. 1188 01:17:13,629 --> 01:17:16,381 And you still ain't opened the gift she left for you. 1189 01:17:16,465 --> 01:17:18,091 Well... 1190 01:17:18,175 --> 01:17:21,219 whatever you two argued about... 1191 01:17:22,305 --> 01:17:23,305 forgive her. 1192 01:17:24,807 --> 01:17:28,143 You should go into the attic. 1193 01:17:32,023 --> 01:17:34,316 This little girl should go inside... 1194 01:17:35,860 --> 01:17:38,862 This is your room and that's your room. 1195 01:18:07,892 --> 01:18:10,185 I see you don't approve, huh? 1196 01:18:11,729 --> 01:18:14,439 Well, I'm living my own life! 1197 01:18:20,613 --> 01:18:22,655 Goddamn... 1198 01:18:22,740 --> 01:18:25,033 You go ahead and kick me out of the house, old man. 1199 01:18:25,117 --> 01:18:26,785 Go ahead. 1200 01:18:29,080 --> 01:18:30,789 I don't give a shit. 1201 01:18:32,208 --> 01:18:34,876 Your rules? Fine! 1202 01:18:40,549 --> 01:18:43,843 Oh... just said that-- I don't know, shit. 1203 01:18:43,928 --> 01:18:45,345 Mr. Church. 1204 01:18:45,429 --> 01:18:48,139 Hey, get your goddamn hands off me. 1205 01:18:48,224 --> 01:18:52,727 I'm not drunk. 1206 01:18:54,063 --> 01:18:55,980 You can't disown nobody, old man. 1207 01:18:56,065 --> 01:18:57,482 I disown you. 1208 01:18:57,566 --> 01:18:59,234 Shit. 1209 01:18:59,318 --> 01:19:01,903 We ain't in church no more. 1210 01:19:03,572 --> 01:19:07,992 The wise son seeketh the father's instruction... 1211 01:19:08,077 --> 01:19:11,579 but the scorner heareth not rebuke. 1212 01:19:15,167 --> 01:19:17,710 I don't give a shit. 1213 01:19:37,314 --> 01:19:39,190 How was your night, Mr. Church? 1214 01:19:39,275 --> 01:19:40,942 It was pleasant enough. 1215 01:19:41,026 --> 01:19:42,360 Hey, put some spice in here. 1216 01:19:42,445 --> 01:19:43,945 And watch out. The pan is hot. 1217 01:19:45,614 --> 01:19:47,449 Now watch out for that pan. 1218 01:19:47,533 --> 01:19:49,451 Very good. 1219 01:19:54,331 --> 01:19:58,460 It was the first time the matches were left on the table. 1220 01:19:58,544 --> 01:20:02,422 Now Mr. Church realized that I knew about Jelly's. 1221 01:20:02,506 --> 01:20:04,966 Probably that I'd always known. 1222 01:20:07,052 --> 01:20:09,304 The matchbook stayed on the table all that day... 1223 01:20:09,388 --> 01:20:10,930 and into the next. 1224 01:20:11,015 --> 01:20:13,224 But it would be the last. 1225 01:20:13,309 --> 01:20:16,978 Mr. Church never came home drunk again. 1226 01:20:29,658 --> 01:20:31,576 You still got that cough, Mr. Church. 1227 01:20:31,660 --> 01:20:33,661 It's only a cough, my dear. 1228 01:20:33,746 --> 01:20:35,413 Okay, well, that's it. No more fighting me. 1229 01:20:35,498 --> 01:20:38,374 We're getting you looked at. 1230 01:20:40,002 --> 01:20:41,836 I don't need a doctor. It's the flu. 1231 01:20:46,050 --> 01:20:47,509 Mr. Church. 1232 01:20:47,593 --> 01:20:49,344 Izzy, give me your book, please. 1233 01:20:49,428 --> 01:20:51,638 Thank you. All right. 1234 01:20:53,432 --> 01:20:56,059 Hello, Mr. Church. 1235 01:20:59,271 --> 01:21:00,688 Owen. 1236 01:21:01,732 --> 01:21:03,024 Charlie. 1237 01:21:04,276 --> 01:21:07,028 Maybe I will stay. 1238 01:21:07,112 --> 01:21:09,322 Oh, my God. 1239 01:21:09,406 --> 01:21:12,158 Owen, this is my daughter, Izzy. 1240 01:21:12,243 --> 01:21:13,535 Hello. 1241 01:21:13,619 --> 01:21:16,621 Can you fix Mr. Church's cough? 1242 01:21:18,040 --> 01:21:20,375 I will certainly give it my all. 1243 01:21:24,630 --> 01:21:27,048 You know, maybe I shouldn't go. 1244 01:21:27,132 --> 01:21:28,841 You're still sick. 1245 01:21:28,926 --> 01:21:30,468 I'm fine. 1246 01:21:30,553 --> 01:21:33,638 And I know where to find a doctor if I need one. 1247 01:21:40,646 --> 01:21:42,564 Well? 1248 01:21:42,648 --> 01:21:44,732 You're so beautiful, Mama. 1249 01:21:46,318 --> 01:21:48,403 Mr. Church, tell her. 1250 01:21:51,907 --> 01:21:53,741 True vision, my dear. 1251 01:21:56,996 --> 01:22:00,206 So, Owen Baxter became a doctor. 1252 01:22:00,291 --> 01:22:03,918 You're the one who told me to do something good with my life. 1253 01:22:04,003 --> 01:22:05,253 I thought by now... 1254 01:22:05,337 --> 01:22:07,880 you'd be a very serious novelist... 1255 01:22:07,965 --> 01:22:10,008 living in Boston. 1256 01:22:10,092 --> 01:22:13,511 I guess life had other plans for me. 1257 01:22:20,936 --> 01:22:22,478 Izzy? 1258 01:22:22,563 --> 01:22:24,480 Izzy. 1259 01:22:26,275 --> 01:22:28,610 Tell me about her father. 1260 01:22:31,947 --> 01:22:33,781 Did you love him? 1261 01:22:36,201 --> 01:22:39,120 It was just a foolish night. 1262 01:22:39,204 --> 01:22:44,083 Guess you could say I was a little lost after Mama died. 1263 01:22:44,168 --> 01:22:46,961 He didn't want to have anything to do with the baby. 1264 01:22:48,464 --> 01:22:50,632 But he gave me the greatest gift. 1265 01:22:55,012 --> 01:22:57,722 I tried finding you for a few years. 1266 01:22:57,806 --> 01:22:59,474 You found me now. 1267 01:23:02,519 --> 01:23:04,979 Morning, Mr. Church. 1268 01:23:07,566 --> 01:23:16,658 Mr. Church? 1269 01:23:18,160 --> 01:23:19,327 Hey. 1270 01:23:19,453 --> 01:23:22,455 Hey, I'm just resting. 1271 01:23:22,539 --> 01:23:24,207 Just resting. 1272 01:23:39,390 --> 01:23:42,684 Mama, where's Mr. Church? 1273 01:23:42,768 --> 01:23:45,478 He's sleeping. 1274 01:23:45,562 --> 01:23:47,105 Sleeping? 1275 01:23:47,189 --> 01:23:49,315 He never sleeps. 1276 01:23:49,400 --> 01:23:51,693 Of course he does, baby. Everybody sleeps. 1277 01:23:56,240 --> 01:23:57,949 I'll make breakfast. 1278 01:23:58,033 --> 01:24:00,868 - You? - Yes, me. 1279 01:24:03,372 --> 01:24:06,582 I told work I wouldn't be coming in anytime soon. 1280 01:24:06,667 --> 01:24:08,209 Mr. Church was on complete bed rest... 1281 01:24:08,293 --> 01:24:11,045 and it was my turn to take care of him. 1282 01:24:13,507 --> 01:24:15,299 Somehow, my hands were doing the work. 1283 01:24:17,010 --> 01:24:19,011 All those years watching Mr. Church... 1284 01:24:19,096 --> 01:24:22,140 seemed to have soaked into my skin, my bones. 1285 01:24:22,224 --> 01:24:24,851 And I knew exactly what needed to be done. 1286 01:24:24,935 --> 01:24:27,186 I chopped, diced, and minced. 1287 01:24:27,271 --> 01:24:29,313 Mixed, mashed, and beat. 1288 01:24:29,398 --> 01:24:31,691 Stirred, sprinkled, dashed, and pinched. 1289 01:24:31,775 --> 01:24:33,109 Ready to try? 1290 01:24:34,153 --> 01:24:35,653 It's very hot. 1291 01:24:35,738 --> 01:24:37,238 Be careful. 1292 01:24:46,415 --> 01:24:50,042 And while bread baked, I sewed. 1293 01:24:50,127 --> 01:24:52,879 And while pies cooled, I sat at the piano. 1294 01:24:52,963 --> 01:24:55,882 And I realized every talent Mr. Church had... 1295 01:24:55,966 --> 01:24:58,009 he taught himself while passing the time... 1296 01:24:58,093 --> 01:24:59,594 caring for someone else. 1297 01:25:03,265 --> 01:25:05,266 - Hey. - Can I climb up? 1298 01:25:05,350 --> 01:25:07,351 Yes, of course. Always. 1299 01:25:07,436 --> 01:25:09,687 How's my favorite little girl doing? 1300 01:25:09,772 --> 01:25:12,064 Good. 1301 01:25:12,149 --> 01:25:13,858 Tell me a story. 1302 01:25:13,942 --> 01:25:16,068 Tell you a story. 1303 01:25:16,153 --> 01:25:17,904 Okay. 1304 01:25:17,988 --> 01:25:19,739 Once upon a time... 1305 01:25:19,823 --> 01:25:22,074 They always start that way. 1306 01:25:22,159 --> 01:25:25,286 Well, that's how you know it's a story, my dear. 1307 01:25:25,370 --> 01:25:30,374 Once upon a time, there was a little... boy. 1308 01:25:30,459 --> 01:25:32,043 What was his name? 1309 01:25:32,127 --> 01:25:35,630 What would you like his name to be? 1310 01:25:36,673 --> 01:25:37,882 Henry. 1311 01:25:37,966 --> 01:25:39,300 Like you. 1312 01:25:39,384 --> 01:25:41,803 Well, then Henry it shall be. 1313 01:25:41,887 --> 01:25:45,807 Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Henry. 1314 01:25:45,891 --> 01:25:49,769 And this boy was afraid of just about everything... 1315 01:25:49,853 --> 01:25:51,979 except for ladybugs. 1316 01:25:52,105 --> 01:25:54,398 - Ladybugs? - Ladybugs. 1317 01:25:54,483 --> 01:25:56,317 And one day while he was out... 1318 01:25:56,401 --> 01:25:59,987 a ladybug caught his eye and he decided to chase it. 1319 01:26:00,072 --> 01:26:02,907 And he chased this ladybug for so long... 1320 01:26:02,991 --> 01:26:05,243 that he actually turned into a grown man... 1321 01:26:05,327 --> 01:26:06,661 chasing the same ladybug. 1322 01:26:06,745 --> 01:26:11,165 And the ladybug led him to a little tiny house. 1323 01:26:11,250 --> 01:26:13,793 And in the house, he found the kindest woman... 1324 01:26:13,877 --> 01:26:16,254 and her beautiful little girl living there. 1325 01:26:16,338 --> 01:26:18,089 And the man told the woman... 1326 01:26:18,173 --> 01:26:19,966 that he apologized for coming in the house this way... 1327 01:26:20,050 --> 01:26:22,093 but he was following this ladybug... 1328 01:26:22,177 --> 01:26:24,178 and that he looked everywhere all over the place. 1329 01:26:24,263 --> 01:26:26,180 He couldn't find it no more. 1330 01:26:26,265 --> 01:26:28,474 He promised her that he'd leave. 1331 01:26:28,559 --> 01:26:32,395 But the woman said, "Don't leave. Stay." 1332 01:26:32,479 --> 01:26:33,896 She said, "Stay here with us." 1333 01:26:33,981 --> 01:26:37,525 She said, "We don't have much, but everything we got... 1334 01:26:37,609 --> 01:26:39,861 we'll share with you." 1335 01:26:39,945 --> 01:26:42,488 And did he stay? 1336 01:26:42,573 --> 01:26:44,740 He did. You know why? 1337 01:26:46,869 --> 01:26:51,706 Because for the first time, he felt safe. 1338 01:26:53,208 --> 01:26:56,335 For the first time, he wasn't afraid. 1339 01:26:56,420 --> 01:26:58,629 He felt happy. 1340 01:26:58,714 --> 01:27:00,631 And he promised that if he ever saw... 1341 01:27:00,716 --> 01:27:02,341 that ladybug again... 1342 01:27:02,426 --> 01:27:04,343 that he was going to thank her. 1343 01:27:04,428 --> 01:27:05,970 Did he? 1344 01:27:06,054 --> 01:27:08,723 Not yet. 1345 01:27:08,807 --> 01:27:11,893 He still hasn't stopped looking. 1346 01:27:14,563 --> 01:27:16,480 Maybe she's in the sky. 1347 01:27:20,903 --> 01:27:22,737 Well, you just might be right. 1348 01:27:26,450 --> 01:27:28,367 You just might be right. 1349 01:27:36,084 --> 01:27:38,419 You should be in bed. 1350 01:28:17,292 --> 01:28:19,126 "The blue level of the Mediterranean... 1351 01:28:19,211 --> 01:28:22,546 "hugged to its calm breast the victims of all the wars. 1352 01:28:22,631 --> 01:28:25,299 "Calamity is in the tempest of its history. 1353 01:28:25,384 --> 01:28:27,885 "The breath of the evening breeze came to cool... 1354 01:28:27,970 --> 01:28:29,553 "with the mulberry tree... 1355 01:28:29,638 --> 01:28:31,931 "which sighed faintly... 1356 01:28:32,015 --> 01:28:34,809 "as if regretting the passing of this man. 1357 01:28:34,893 --> 01:28:37,728 "This man of dark deeds but of large heart... 1358 01:28:37,813 --> 01:28:40,314 "who often at noonday would lie down... 1359 01:28:40,399 --> 01:28:41,732 to sleep under its shade." 1360 01:28:43,652 --> 01:28:45,027 Okay. 1361 01:28:49,866 --> 01:28:51,659 Can I get you something to eat? 1362 01:28:53,537 --> 01:28:54,537 No. 1363 01:28:55,580 --> 01:28:57,832 You want some water? 1364 01:29:00,502 --> 01:29:02,003 No. 1365 01:29:06,425 --> 01:29:09,010 Okay, well, I'll give you your privacy. 1366 01:29:09,094 --> 01:29:10,344 No. 1367 01:29:14,349 --> 01:29:16,267 I don't want my privacy. 1368 01:30:05,734 --> 01:30:08,903 Mr. Church, I fell asleep in this armchair. 1369 01:30:11,990 --> 01:30:43,646 Mr. Church? 1370 01:30:47,692 --> 01:30:49,443 Mr. Church... 1371 01:31:15,679 --> 01:31:17,972 People act strange around death. 1372 01:31:22,310 --> 01:31:23,978 There are those who talk about everything... 1373 01:31:24,062 --> 01:31:26,147 but the person who died. 1374 01:31:27,983 --> 01:31:31,485 Those who talk about only the person who died. 1375 01:31:34,030 --> 01:31:35,823 Those who try to cheer you up. 1376 01:31:38,160 --> 01:31:41,078 And those who can't help but make you cry. 1377 01:31:48,837 --> 01:31:51,005 And then there are those who say nothing at all. 1378 01:31:54,342 --> 01:31:56,177 Because they don't have to. 1379 01:32:10,358 --> 01:32:13,527 Yeah, of course. Thank you so-- 1380 01:32:13,612 --> 01:32:16,447 Thank you so much. Excuse me one second. 1381 01:32:16,531 --> 01:32:17,865 Excuse me. 1382 01:32:19,743 --> 01:32:22,119 - Hi, can I help you? - Sorry, ma'am. 1383 01:32:22,204 --> 01:32:23,746 Is this Mr. Church's wake? 1384 01:32:23,830 --> 01:32:25,623 Yes. 1385 01:32:25,707 --> 01:32:28,167 I was a friend. Name's Frankie Twiggs. 1386 01:32:28,251 --> 01:32:29,543 Folks call me Jelly. 1387 01:32:30,587 --> 01:32:31,962 Jelly? 1388 01:32:32,047 --> 01:32:33,505 I'm sorry for, you know, barging in... 1389 01:32:33,590 --> 01:32:36,217 but we hadn't seen Hands for quite some time... 1390 01:32:36,301 --> 01:32:37,509 and we done missed him, and I just--... 1391 01:32:37,594 --> 01:32:38,844 "Hands?" 1392 01:32:38,929 --> 01:32:42,556 Yeah, that's what we called him on account of... 1393 01:32:42,641 --> 01:32:45,226 He played piano at my bar for over 30 years. 1394 01:32:45,310 --> 01:32:47,394 So, he worked for you. 1395 01:32:47,520 --> 01:32:49,396 Oh, no, no. Nothing like that. 1396 01:32:49,481 --> 01:32:51,357 It was more for him, you know? 1397 01:32:51,441 --> 01:32:53,984 One night, he just wandered over to the piano... 1398 01:32:54,069 --> 01:32:56,320 and then, bam, he started playing. 1399 01:32:56,404 --> 01:32:58,072 Place lit up. 1400 01:32:58,156 --> 01:33:00,032 I'm telling you, this cat was good. 1401 01:33:00,116 --> 01:33:02,076 I thought somebody famous had just walked in... 1402 01:33:02,160 --> 01:33:03,369 to get a drink, you know? 1403 01:33:03,453 --> 01:33:06,664 He was a whole lot of magic. 1404 01:33:08,124 --> 01:33:10,876 I'm Charlie. 1405 01:33:10,961 --> 01:33:13,671 Pleasure to make your acquaintance, Charlie. 1406 01:33:13,755 --> 01:33:16,173 Izzy? 1407 01:33:16,258 --> 01:33:17,841 Come here, baby. 1408 01:33:17,926 --> 01:33:20,594 I want you to meet a good friend of Mr. Church's. 1409 01:33:20,679 --> 01:33:22,721 Here, this is Mr. Church's recipe. 1410 01:33:22,806 --> 01:33:24,556 What? 1411 01:33:24,641 --> 01:33:26,767 I didn't know he could cook. 1412 01:33:32,983 --> 01:33:34,692 This is Izzy. 1413 01:33:34,776 --> 01:33:37,278 - Can you say hi, baby? - Hi. 1414 01:33:37,362 --> 01:33:39,863 This is Mr. Jelly. 1415 01:33:39,948 --> 01:33:41,365 Twiggs. 1416 01:33:51,126 --> 01:33:52,710 Mr. Church once said... 1417 01:33:52,794 --> 01:33:55,546 a book is meant to be read from beginning to end... 1418 01:33:55,630 --> 01:33:58,716 but is best understood from end to beginning. 1419 01:34:01,011 --> 01:34:03,846 I suppose everything does happen for a reason. 1420 01:34:04,973 --> 01:34:06,390 Mama dying. 1421 01:34:06,474 --> 01:34:09,059 Larson saving my baby and himself. 1422 01:34:09,144 --> 01:34:11,979 Poppy finding a dollhouse of her own. 1423 01:34:12,063 --> 01:34:13,605 Even Owen... 1424 01:34:13,690 --> 01:34:15,691 the most beautiful 10-year-old boy... 1425 01:34:15,775 --> 01:34:19,320 on this or any other planet becoming a doctor. 1426 01:35:23,635 --> 01:35:25,302 "Dear Charlotte. 1427 01:35:25,387 --> 01:35:27,554 "You've said you just want to know me. 1428 01:35:27,639 --> 01:35:31,558 "My dear, you always have. 1429 01:35:31,643 --> 01:35:33,852 "I'm simply a man. 1430 01:35:33,937 --> 01:35:36,063 "Not without faults. 1431 01:35:36,147 --> 01:35:38,148 "That can happen when you're not the son... 1432 01:35:38,233 --> 01:35:40,234 "your father hoped you'd be... 1433 01:35:40,318 --> 01:35:42,903 "despite his verbal abuse and beatings. 1434 01:35:45,281 --> 01:35:46,573 "I know you think I took care of you... 1435 01:35:46,658 --> 01:35:47,991 "and your mother and Izzy... 1436 01:35:48,076 --> 01:35:50,327 "and you gave me nothing in return. 1437 01:35:52,122 --> 01:35:53,831 "You gave me the most important thing... 1438 01:35:53,915 --> 01:35:54,998 "life can offer. 1439 01:35:57,752 --> 01:35:59,795 "You gave me a family. 1440 01:36:00,922 --> 01:36:03,006 "And love. 1441 01:36:05,009 --> 01:36:06,593 Henry." 1442 01:36:27,866 --> 01:36:29,533 Mr. Church? 1443 01:36:36,833 --> 01:36:38,375 Henry? 1444 01:36:47,760 --> 01:36:49,386 I'm making eggs and grits, Mama. 1445 01:36:49,471 --> 01:36:51,555 Like Mr. Church showed us. 1446 01:36:51,639 --> 01:36:55,058 Oh, this looks so yummy. 1447 01:36:55,143 --> 01:36:56,602 Thank you. Thank you. 1448 01:36:56,686 --> 01:36:58,312 Can you set the table for us? 1449 01:36:58,396 --> 01:37:00,647 I can get plates. 1450 01:37:03,693 --> 01:37:07,070 Okay, this will be for me. This will be for you. 1451 01:37:07,155 --> 01:37:08,780 What do you need? You're adding a little salt. 1452 01:37:08,865 --> 01:37:10,282 What about cheese? You need cheese? 1453 01:37:10,366 --> 01:37:11,742 - Yeah. - Yeah? Here you go. 1454 01:37:13,995 --> 01:37:15,037 More cheese? 1455 01:37:40,605 --> 01:37:42,272 I was wrong when I said... 1456 01:37:42,357 --> 01:37:43,899 the legacy of the Brooks family... 1457 01:37:43,983 --> 01:37:45,692 is having babies out of wedlock. 1458 01:37:46,152 --> 01:37:49,947 The legacy of this family is Mr. Church. 1459 01:38:12,971 --> 01:38:14,972 Henry Joseph Church could have been anything... 1460 01:38:15,056 --> 01:38:16,473 he wanted to be. 1461 01:38:17,058 --> 01:38:18,809 He chose to cook. 1462 01:38:19,852 --> 01:38:22,479 The key, he said, jazz.