1 00:00:02,460 --> 00:00:05,010 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:05,010 --> 00:00:07,017 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:07,017 --> 00:00:09,399 ANNIE: We're searchers, you and me. 4 00:00:09,399 --> 00:00:12,743 My dad, your grandpa‐‐ that good old guy‐‐ 5 00:00:12,743 --> 00:00:15,250 they don't make men like that, little love, not anymore. 6 00:00:15,250 --> 00:00:17,632 ‐ Annie Wilkes from Bakersfield, California. 7 00:00:17,632 --> 00:00:19,430 ‐ He would say to me, "Annie..." 8 00:00:19,430 --> 00:00:20,768 [shouting] 9 00:00:20,768 --> 00:00:22,565 "There are two kinds of people that made America. 10 00:00:22,565 --> 00:00:24,404 Searchers and settlers." 11 00:00:24,404 --> 00:00:26,327 He settled for nothing, that one. 12 00:00:26,327 --> 00:00:29,837 Now, my ma, she was a settler. 13 00:00:29,837 --> 00:00:32,137 You set her down anywhere and she would make a home. 14 00:00:32,137 --> 00:00:33,557 She would make it perfect. 15 00:00:33,557 --> 00:00:35,731 And me, well, 16 00:00:35,731 --> 00:00:39,076 I'm kind of a funny ol' oogy mess of both, 17 00:00:39,076 --> 00:00:41,415 all mixed up sometimes. 18 00:00:41,415 --> 00:00:44,217 I'm a searcher who just wants to settle‐‐ 19 00:00:44,217 --> 00:00:46,056 wants it bad. 20 00:00:46,056 --> 00:00:48,354 Can't seem to find that Laughing Place 21 00:00:48,354 --> 00:00:49,900 that'll live up to you. 22 00:00:49,900 --> 00:00:52,159 [soft dramatic music] 23 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,331 [thunder booms] [panting] 24 00:00:54,331 --> 00:00:57,173 ‐ Did you do something, Mom? 25 00:00:57,173 --> 00:00:58,511 [dramatic musical sting] 26 00:00:58,511 --> 00:01:00,350 ‐ [haggard breathing] 27 00:01:02,566 --> 00:01:04,780 [bell rings] 28 00:01:04,780 --> 00:01:07,790 [children chattering, laughing] 29 00:01:09,170 --> 00:01:11,969 [soft eerie music] 30 00:01:11,969 --> 00:01:12,986 ♪ ♪ 31 00:01:14,728 --> 00:01:18,991 DIEGO: "No matter how lonely, everyone has a... 32 00:01:18,991 --> 00:01:20,830 Lagging"? 33 00:01:20,830 --> 00:01:23,046 TEACHER: Keep going. 34 00:01:23,046 --> 00:01:26,182 DIEGO: "Brad Rabbit told Brad Fox, 35 00:01:26,182 --> 00:01:31,029 everyone has a laughing place." 36 00:01:31,029 --> 00:01:32,660 TEACHER: Very good, Diego. 37 00:01:32,660 --> 00:01:34,582 Annie? 38 00:01:34,582 --> 00:01:37,007 ♪ ♪ 39 00:01:38,595 --> 00:01:40,057 STUDENT: Is she even reading? 40 00:01:40,057 --> 00:01:41,730 [giggles] 41 00:01:43,067 --> 00:01:46,454 [kids whispering, giggling] 42 00:01:46,454 --> 00:01:49,797 ‐ "Brad Rabbit knew it was better to be friends 43 00:01:49,797 --> 00:01:53,267 "than to fight, so he took..." 44 00:01:53,267 --> 00:01:55,690 STUDENT: Is she reading the right thing? [giggles] 45 00:01:55,690 --> 00:02:00,414 ‐ "Bad Fox and Big Bear to the Laughing Place, 46 00:02:00,414 --> 00:02:03,130 where they lived there as animal friends forever. 47 00:02:03,130 --> 00:02:05,095 ‐ That's not what it says. 48 00:02:05,095 --> 00:02:08,731 [laughter] 49 00:02:10,278 --> 00:02:12,284 TEACHER: That's enough. 50 00:02:12,284 --> 00:02:14,583 [bell rings] STUDENT: She can't read. 51 00:02:14,583 --> 00:02:19,641 ♪ ♪ 52 00:02:19,641 --> 00:02:21,730 [bus exhaust hisses] 53 00:02:21,730 --> 00:02:24,782 [engine rumbling] 54 00:02:24,782 --> 00:02:27,791 [indistinct chatter] 55 00:02:27,791 --> 00:02:32,347 ♪ ♪ 56 00:02:32,347 --> 00:02:35,357 [tense music] 57 00:02:35,357 --> 00:02:37,154 ♪ ♪ 58 00:02:37,154 --> 00:02:38,910 STUDENT: She's so weird. 59 00:02:38,910 --> 00:02:40,499 ‐ Hey, A‐tard. 60 00:02:40,499 --> 00:02:43,633 Animal friends forever. STUDENT: [laughs] 61 00:02:43,633 --> 00:02:46,643 ‐ Bet you can't even read this. 62 00:02:46,643 --> 00:02:49,443 ‐ "Ouch, my face." 63 00:02:51,533 --> 00:02:54,709 ‐ What are you tarding about, tard? 64 00:02:54,709 --> 00:02:58,346 [all screaming] 65 00:02:58,346 --> 00:03:02,317 [unhinged violin music] 66 00:03:02,317 --> 00:03:06,078 COUNSELOR: It's clear to me that we need further screening for her sake. 67 00:03:06,078 --> 00:03:08,920 CRYSILDA: No, my Annie is not the problem here‐‐ your cockadoodie school is. 68 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:11,930 CARL: You're not sending my girl to a pen for mental midgets‐‐ 69 00:03:11,930 --> 00:03:13,978 COUNSELOR: This is her third incident. 70 00:03:13,978 --> 00:03:17,029 We're talking about... 71 00:03:17,029 --> 00:03:18,659 pathological behavior. 72 00:03:18,659 --> 00:03:21,293 CARL: Can I‐‐can I just say‐‐ ‐ Jiminy, Carl, can you not? 73 00:03:21,293 --> 00:03:24,051 ‐ The hell's this? Brad Rabbit? 74 00:03:24,051 --> 00:03:25,932 ‐ Carl, language. ‐ You mean Br'er Rabbit? 75 00:03:25,932 --> 00:03:27,312 This is supposed to be the Uncle Remus stories? 76 00:03:27,312 --> 00:03:30,739 ‐ Yes, that is a more contemporary edition. 77 00:03:30,739 --> 00:03:33,874 ‐ "Politically correct," I think, is the term you're rooting around for there. 78 00:03:33,874 --> 00:03:37,844 Okay, you are feeding her this‐‐this touchy‐feely propaganda. 79 00:03:37,844 --> 00:03:39,809 ‐ Carl, Christmas. ‐ And she's‐‐she's bored. 80 00:03:39,809 --> 00:03:41,899 ‐ I really wish that you'd let Annie wait outside while we finish this discussion. 81 00:03:41,899 --> 00:03:44,950 ‐ She's not leaving my sight in this booby‐hatch you're running. 82 00:03:44,950 --> 00:03:46,455 My Annie's pure, 83 00:03:46,455 --> 00:03:49,757 and this place is an open sewer. 84 00:03:49,757 --> 00:03:51,263 COUNSELOR: Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes, 85 00:03:51,263 --> 00:03:54,439 have you considered speaking to a psychiatrist about Annie? 86 00:03:54,439 --> 00:03:56,821 Because there are many helpful new medications‐‐ 87 00:03:56,821 --> 00:03:58,952 ‐ All of you people, you... [stammers] 88 00:03:58,952 --> 00:04:00,834 You're foisting chemicals onto children! 89 00:04:00,834 --> 00:04:02,422 CRYSILDA: We're taking it from here. 90 00:04:02,422 --> 00:04:04,846 We are gonna be responsible for her entire education! 91 00:04:04,846 --> 00:04:06,351 Can you handle that? 92 00:04:06,351 --> 00:04:07,813 CARL: We're not gonna know until we try! 93 00:04:07,813 --> 00:04:09,987 CRYSILDA: I am not willing to make the discovery that... 94 00:04:09,987 --> 00:04:11,784 ‐ I'm gonna do it, Crysilda, and it's gonna work. 95 00:04:11,784 --> 00:04:14,209 You'll see, you just have to sit back and watch. 96 00:04:14,209 --> 00:04:15,881 CRYSILDA: [scoffs] 97 00:04:18,262 --> 00:04:20,228 CARL: Come on, girl. Let's go inside. 98 00:04:20,228 --> 00:04:21,315 [car door slams] 99 00:04:21,315 --> 00:04:28,337 ♪ ♪ 100 00:04:31,178 --> 00:04:32,851 Now. 101 00:04:42,339 --> 00:04:45,600 [gentle music] 102 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,355 Not bad, right? 103 00:04:49,235 --> 00:04:53,122 Up here, we're gonna make you a real school‐‐ 104 00:04:53,122 --> 00:04:55,212 a school of us. 105 00:04:55,212 --> 00:04:57,971 ANNIE: Is there something wrong with me, Daddy? 106 00:04:57,971 --> 00:05:00,521 ‐ What? No. 107 00:05:00,521 --> 00:05:04,115 ‐ Is that why I can't be in a regular school? 108 00:05:04,115 --> 00:05:05,746 CARL: Annie‐‐ 109 00:05:05,746 --> 00:05:07,543 ANNIE: The kids are so mean, and the teachers‐‐ 110 00:05:07,543 --> 00:05:09,926 they just don't look at me right. 111 00:05:09,926 --> 00:05:11,848 ‐ Annie‐bear, listen to me, okay? 112 00:05:11,848 --> 00:05:14,649 Do you know the real story of the Laughing Place? 113 00:05:14,649 --> 00:05:17,408 I'm not talking about the hippidy‐dippidy kumbaya... 114 00:05:17,408 --> 00:05:19,498 [babbles] Okay? 115 00:05:19,498 --> 00:05:21,002 I'm talking about the real story. 116 00:05:21,002 --> 00:05:24,095 Br'er Fox isn't friends with Br'er Rabbit. 117 00:05:24,095 --> 00:05:27,648 Br'er Fox wants to eat Br'er Rabbit, 118 00:05:27,648 --> 00:05:30,490 and that is the real world, Annie‐bear‐‐ 119 00:05:30,490 --> 00:05:31,911 killing and eating... 120 00:05:31,911 --> 00:05:34,334 [goofy babbling] Running and hiding. 121 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:35,840 But do you know 122 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:38,640 what smart old Br'er Rabbit figured out? 123 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:40,981 Your Laughing Place 124 00:05:40,981 --> 00:05:43,363 is anywhere you say it is. 125 00:05:43,363 --> 00:05:45,328 ANNIE: It is? CARL: Well, of course it is. 126 00:05:45,328 --> 00:05:46,666 And you know what else? 127 00:05:46,666 --> 00:05:49,090 We're gonna have you reading in no time. 128 00:05:49,090 --> 00:05:51,222 ‐ How, Daddy? 129 00:05:51,222 --> 00:05:52,977 CARL: I'ma tell you a story. 130 00:05:52,977 --> 00:05:55,360 ‐ [gasps] I love Daddy's stories. 131 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,119 CARL: I got a new story to tell, Annie‐bear, 132 00:05:58,119 --> 00:06:00,041 and it's‐‐it's so big 133 00:06:00,041 --> 00:06:02,047 that you're gonna have to help me. 134 00:06:02,047 --> 00:06:04,346 "Down the gullet of the dead gorge, 135 00:06:04,346 --> 00:06:05,977 "past the Palace Wagon, 136 00:06:05,977 --> 00:06:08,358 "oxen thin and foaming, 137 00:06:08,358 --> 00:06:10,783 "stumbling in ruts, over bones, 138 00:06:10,783 --> 00:06:14,210 "as Prester Jack, gun cradled, 139 00:06:14,210 --> 00:06:18,223 scanned cliff tops for savages." 140 00:06:18,223 --> 00:06:20,899 ‐ This is your new story? 141 00:06:20,899 --> 00:06:22,696 [mellow, brooding music] 142 00:06:22,696 --> 00:06:24,033 ‐ It is indeed. 143 00:06:24,033 --> 00:06:26,040 They say that, uh, 144 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,757 Bach's daughters worked the organ bellows 145 00:06:28,757 --> 00:06:31,348 while he composed. 146 00:06:31,348 --> 00:06:34,734 Well, that is what we're gonna try. 147 00:06:34,734 --> 00:06:36,782 You see, 148 00:06:36,782 --> 00:06:40,125 I have to have the typewriter to make my magic‐‐ 149 00:06:40,125 --> 00:06:42,298 I‐‐I love those deep keys‐‐ 150 00:06:42,298 --> 00:06:44,932 but the modern publishing world, 151 00:06:44,932 --> 00:06:48,234 they need everything... 152 00:06:48,234 --> 00:06:50,909 on computer. 153 00:06:50,909 --> 00:06:54,461 CRYSILDA: Carl? 154 00:06:54,461 --> 00:06:58,307 ‐ You are gonna type this 155 00:06:58,307 --> 00:07:00,773 into the keyboard. 156 00:07:00,773 --> 00:07:03,322 Every page, word by word. 157 00:07:03,322 --> 00:07:05,998 ‐ Oh, Daddy, I don't know if I can. 158 00:07:05,998 --> 00:07:07,628 CARL: We're just gonna set this right here. 159 00:07:07,628 --> 00:07:09,300 ‐ Okay. CARL: What's this first letter here? 160 00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:12,686 ANNIE: I don't want to get it wrong, not a single word. 161 00:07:12,686 --> 00:07:15,277 ‐ Oh, Annie‐bear. 162 00:07:15,277 --> 00:07:16,615 Warmer, warmer. 163 00:07:16,615 --> 00:07:18,747 Warmer, warmer, warmer, hot, hot, hot. 164 00:07:18,747 --> 00:07:20,251 Boom! 165 00:07:20,251 --> 00:07:21,589 You're already getting the hang of it. 166 00:07:21,589 --> 00:07:23,721 You're gonna be a writer yourself in no time. 167 00:07:23,721 --> 00:07:25,977 CRYSILDA: Carl! ‐ I'm coming, damn it! 168 00:07:29,824 --> 00:07:31,285 Go ahead and take her for a dance 169 00:07:31,285 --> 00:07:33,208 and I'll be back with more pages soon enough, sweetheart. 170 00:07:33,208 --> 00:07:35,215 ‐ More pages for who, Daddy? 171 00:07:39,688 --> 00:07:41,819 ‐ My number one fan. ANNIE: [laughs] 172 00:07:41,819 --> 00:07:43,240 ‐ [chuckles] 173 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,249 [ominous music] 174 00:07:46,249 --> 00:07:53,271 ♪ ♪ 175 00:08:15,299 --> 00:08:18,308 [distant train horn honking] 176 00:08:39,710 --> 00:08:42,050 JOY: "Prester Jack, gun cradled, 177 00:08:42,050 --> 00:08:44,349 "scanned cliff tops for savages. 178 00:08:44,349 --> 00:08:46,982 "He knew they were waiting for night, craving it. 179 00:08:46,982 --> 00:08:48,528 "A new moon would bring her in 180 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:51,036 "if their promise held. 181 00:08:51,036 --> 00:08:53,126 "It was a promise made at noon 182 00:08:53,126 --> 00:08:56,052 "over water on the Kiplinger Ford. 183 00:08:56,052 --> 00:08:58,351 Annabel kept her word." 184 00:08:58,351 --> 00:09:00,482 Um... 185 00:09:00,482 --> 00:09:04,119 "Prester Jack kept his. 186 00:09:04,119 --> 00:09:06,837 "And every night, 187 00:09:06,837 --> 00:09:09,762 "they met," uh, 188 00:09:09,762 --> 00:09:13,398 "Be‐‐behind the pale‐less..." 189 00:09:13,398 --> 00:09:14,653 ‐ Palace. ANNIE: Uh, palace. 190 00:09:14,653 --> 00:09:17,619 ‐ Palace, sweetheart. ANNIE: "Wagon." 191 00:09:17,619 --> 00:09:21,214 Um, "Stepped out of their buff... 192 00:09:21,214 --> 00:09:23,513 "buffet‐‐buffalo robes, 193 00:09:23,513 --> 00:09:26,147 "stepped out of their lives. 194 00:09:26,147 --> 00:09:30,075 And the western moon pain‐‐" 195 00:09:30,075 --> 00:09:33,503 [stammering] Pain? 196 00:09:33,503 --> 00:09:35,050 Paint? ‐ Let me see‐‐ 197 00:09:35,050 --> 00:09:37,934 ANNIE: No, no, I got it. Pain‐‐painted! 198 00:09:37,934 --> 00:09:42,072 "Painted their bodies white." 199 00:09:42,072 --> 00:09:44,203 ‐ Do you like it? 200 00:09:44,203 --> 00:09:47,673 ‐ Daddy, I love it. [laughs] 201 00:09:47,673 --> 00:09:49,637 ‐ [sighs] 202 00:09:49,637 --> 00:09:51,853 I love hearing my story in your voice, Annie‐bear. 203 00:09:51,853 --> 00:09:53,859 It just, uh‐‐it makes it real. 204 00:09:53,859 --> 00:09:57,746 So, um, you really like this version? 205 00:09:57,746 --> 00:09:59,208 Because I made some pretty big changes. 206 00:09:59,208 --> 00:10:02,468 ‐ Oh, I know, I‐‐I think it's beautiful. 207 00:10:02,468 --> 00:10:04,182 [lighter flicks] 208 00:10:04,182 --> 00:10:06,900 Especially Annabel. 209 00:10:06,900 --> 00:10:09,951 I hope she leaves McCall for Prester Jack. 210 00:10:09,951 --> 00:10:11,038 ‐ Oh, yeah? 211 00:10:11,038 --> 00:10:13,420 ANNIE: Well, you know, McCall is awful. 212 00:10:13,420 --> 00:10:15,217 He cheats. I‐‐I want to hate him. 213 00:10:15,217 --> 00:10:16,890 He's better to hate. 214 00:10:16,890 --> 00:10:19,689 ‐ [stammering] You know, the thing is, he's complicated, McCall. 215 00:10:19,689 --> 00:10:20,944 That's what makes him interesting. 216 00:10:20,944 --> 00:10:23,451 ‐ Well, bad doesn't make you interesting. 217 00:10:23,451 --> 00:10:27,297 Mama always says, "It just makes you bad." 218 00:10:27,297 --> 00:10:29,512 ‐ [sighs] Well, 219 00:10:29,512 --> 00:10:32,689 we're not all one thing, Annie‐bear. 220 00:10:32,689 --> 00:10:34,988 We're all good. We're all bad. 221 00:10:34,988 --> 00:10:38,750 ‐ No, I say you make McCall worse than he is now 222 00:10:38,750 --> 00:10:40,170 so then we know who to root for. 223 00:10:40,170 --> 00:10:41,843 ‐ You should help your mom. 224 00:10:41,843 --> 00:10:45,478 ‐ Oh, I‐‐I can get that, Mom. 225 00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:47,569 CRYSILDA: Thank you, little love. 226 00:10:52,208 --> 00:10:54,299 There's a couple more bags in the car. 227 00:10:54,299 --> 00:10:56,722 ‐ Okey‐doke. 228 00:10:56,722 --> 00:10:57,935 CRYSILDA: [sighs] 229 00:11:03,202 --> 00:11:05,083 [sighs] 230 00:11:05,083 --> 00:11:06,754 [grumbles] 231 00:11:11,310 --> 00:11:13,274 [sighs] 232 00:11:17,621 --> 00:11:19,293 Ugh. 233 00:11:21,174 --> 00:11:23,515 No more smoking in the house. 234 00:11:23,515 --> 00:11:26,566 ‐ I know. 235 00:11:26,566 --> 00:11:27,904 [cup clatters] 236 00:11:29,701 --> 00:11:32,001 CRYSILDA: She gonna be ready for the GED? 237 00:11:32,001 --> 00:11:33,672 ‐ Girl thinks like a chess master. 238 00:11:33,672 --> 00:11:35,093 She's always three moves ahead. 239 00:11:35,093 --> 00:11:37,057 ‐ Ain't her math I'm worried about. 240 00:11:37,057 --> 00:11:38,604 ANNIE: Mama? 241 00:11:38,604 --> 00:11:41,614 Did we go back to alphabetical order for the pantry? 242 00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:45,961 ‐ Why don't you read for me, Annie? 243 00:11:47,131 --> 00:11:50,642 ‐ You know what? So why don't you take these pages? 244 00:11:50,642 --> 00:11:51,896 Go type them into the computer‐‐ 245 00:11:51,896 --> 00:11:54,153 ‐ Nope, no, no, I want to hear them. 246 00:12:04,895 --> 00:12:06,944 ‐ Um... 247 00:12:06,944 --> 00:12:09,117 "When..." [sniffs] 248 00:12:09,117 --> 00:12:11,582 [stammers] 249 00:12:11,582 --> 00:12:13,422 Um, Mc... 250 00:12:13,422 --> 00:12:16,933 "When he... 251 00:12:16,933 --> 00:12:19,064 "When Mc... 252 00:12:19,064 --> 00:12:20,863 "When he," uh‐‐ 253 00:12:20,863 --> 00:12:23,787 "When he sure‐‐when he's..." 254 00:12:23,787 --> 00:12:25,251 [sighs] 255 00:12:25,251 --> 00:12:27,926 Sorry. "When he super... 256 00:12:27,926 --> 00:12:32,315 [stammers] "Seized them from the... 257 00:12:33,818 --> 00:12:36,118 Act, he..." 258 00:12:36,118 --> 00:12:38,834 CARL: You make her nervous. She's fine with me. 259 00:12:38,834 --> 00:12:41,051 CRYSILDA: She is not getting any better. 260 00:12:41,051 --> 00:12:44,143 ‐ I'm with her every goddamn day... 261 00:12:44,143 --> 00:12:46,149 ‐ Okay, you watch your mouth. 262 00:12:46,149 --> 00:12:49,828 ‐ And I can tell you that she is getting better. 263 00:12:49,828 --> 00:12:53,631 ‐ You are here every day because you don't have a job. 264 00:12:53,631 --> 00:12:55,220 ‐ I work. 265 00:12:55,220 --> 00:12:58,187 ‐ You pack garlic in boxes at night. 266 00:12:58,187 --> 00:12:59,442 That's not working. 267 00:12:59,442 --> 00:13:01,156 ‐ I write better in the morning. 268 00:13:01,156 --> 00:13:03,914 ‐ Oh, okay, of course. It's all about you. 269 00:13:03,914 --> 00:13:06,965 I have a real job. I run this house. 270 00:13:06,965 --> 00:13:10,058 I clean your filth, and for what? 271 00:13:10,058 --> 00:13:12,356 So you can read our daughter dirty bits 272 00:13:12,356 --> 00:13:13,611 or make her read them to you? 273 00:13:13,611 --> 00:13:15,742 ‐ They're not dirty. It's historical fiction! 274 00:13:15,742 --> 00:13:19,253 ‐ It is twaddle, is what it is! ‐ "Twaddle." 275 00:13:19,253 --> 00:13:20,841 CRYSILDA: You had ten years, Carl. 276 00:13:20,841 --> 00:13:23,517 Ten! It is not happening! 277 00:13:23,517 --> 00:13:25,105 CARL: Don't you tell me what I'm not! 278 00:13:25,105 --> 00:13:26,777 ‐ You couldn't finish school, Carl! 279 00:13:26,777 --> 00:13:28,741 Expect me to believe you're gonna finish a book? 280 00:13:28,741 --> 00:13:31,542 Ugh! 281 00:13:31,542 --> 00:13:35,137 [computer whirring softly] 282 00:13:35,137 --> 00:13:36,977 [keyboard clacking] 283 00:13:38,605 --> 00:13:40,361 [soft dramatic music] 284 00:13:40,361 --> 00:13:43,413 CARL: Gotta get just the right angle or you'll be on the banker. 285 00:13:45,628 --> 00:13:47,174 ANNIE: [grunts] 286 00:13:47,174 --> 00:13:50,894 ‐ Oh, dude. [laughing] 287 00:13:50,894 --> 00:13:53,778 Oh, my daughter's killing me! 288 00:13:53,778 --> 00:13:55,659 Oh! 289 00:13:55,659 --> 00:13:58,043 ANNIE: [muffled speech] 290 00:13:58,043 --> 00:13:59,421 CARL: No, I'm winning. ANNIE: Oh, okay. 291 00:13:59,421 --> 00:14:01,052 [laughs] What? 292 00:14:01,052 --> 00:14:04,062 [indistinct chatter] 293 00:14:05,607 --> 00:14:08,575 ‐ Listen, I'm gonna be staying with you from now on. 294 00:14:08,575 --> 00:14:11,334 [dental tool clacks] [sighs] 295 00:14:11,334 --> 00:14:14,594 I'm only taking weekend shifts at Dr. Nixon's, 296 00:14:14,594 --> 00:14:18,564 and your dad is getting his old job back at the bank. 297 00:14:18,564 --> 00:14:22,494 ‐ But Daddy teaches me fine. ‐ He does not teach you at all. 298 00:14:22,494 --> 00:14:24,040 It's always recess with you two. 299 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,050 Open. [sighs] 300 00:14:27,050 --> 00:14:28,930 [tool clacking] 301 00:14:28,930 --> 00:14:32,985 What I want for you is more... 302 00:14:32,985 --> 00:14:36,120 Than this filthy place. 303 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,088 You are much better than this. 304 00:14:39,088 --> 00:14:41,971 ‐ I am? 305 00:14:41,971 --> 00:14:45,274 ‐ Oh, honey, of course you are. 306 00:14:45,274 --> 00:14:48,659 Don't let anybody mix you up about it. 307 00:14:48,659 --> 00:14:52,338 [sighs] Forget Daddy's silly book. 308 00:14:52,338 --> 00:14:53,926 [pop music playing over radio] 309 00:14:53,926 --> 00:14:56,015 Focus on that GED. 310 00:14:56,015 --> 00:14:59,652 You get it, and you get out of this place. 311 00:14:59,652 --> 00:15:02,118 You wanna end up like your mom? [laughs] 312 00:15:02,118 --> 00:15:05,587 Wearing these jammies? ‐ Mom, I like your uniform. 313 00:15:08,513 --> 00:15:10,645 CRYSILDA: [sighs] 314 00:15:10,645 --> 00:15:12,859 Get the white coat. 315 00:15:12,859 --> 00:15:16,204 That's the uniform folks salute. 316 00:15:16,204 --> 00:15:18,878 Girls who wear these, we just clean. 317 00:15:18,878 --> 00:15:20,676 [chuckles] 318 00:15:20,676 --> 00:15:23,393 Nothing on Earth dirtier than the human mouth, Annie. 319 00:15:23,393 --> 00:15:26,820 You clean and clean... [foreboding music] 320 00:15:26,820 --> 00:15:29,454 and it just gets dirty again. 321 00:15:29,454 --> 00:15:31,586 ‐ [grunts softly] Ow! 322 00:15:35,514 --> 00:15:39,486 ‐ Your dad has been letting you eat candy again, hasn't he? 323 00:15:39,486 --> 00:15:43,414 ‐ Only when we finish a chapter. 324 00:15:43,414 --> 00:15:46,966 ‐ Watch those molars. 325 00:15:46,966 --> 00:15:50,103 The rot creeps from the back. 326 00:15:50,103 --> 00:15:54,157 ♪ ♪ 327 00:15:54,157 --> 00:15:57,125 [crickets chirping] 328 00:16:06,904 --> 00:16:08,618 [knocking on door] 329 00:16:08,618 --> 00:16:12,087 ‐ Come in. 330 00:16:12,087 --> 00:16:13,593 ‐ I have to go somewhere. 331 00:16:13,593 --> 00:16:16,226 ‐ Yeah, o‐okay. Uh, I'll be fine. 332 00:16:16,226 --> 00:16:17,646 ‐ Yeah. 333 00:16:17,646 --> 00:16:24,668 ♪ ♪ 334 00:16:31,315 --> 00:16:32,903 ABDI: Hey, how are we doing? 335 00:16:32,903 --> 00:16:36,331 ‐ Well. Thanks for coming down. Let me show you this. 336 00:16:36,331 --> 00:16:38,170 ABDI: Will it be ready for tomorrow? 337 00:16:38,170 --> 00:16:40,092 ABDI'S GUY: Yeah, yeah. 338 00:16:40,092 --> 00:16:43,102 [sinister music] 339 00:16:43,102 --> 00:16:44,983 ♪ ♪ 340 00:16:44,983 --> 00:16:47,950 ANNIE: [breathing heavily] 341 00:16:57,982 --> 00:16:59,653 JOY: I told Abdi five minutes, 342 00:16:59,653 --> 00:17:01,911 and we're done when I say we're done. 343 00:17:01,911 --> 00:17:04,920 [insects chirping] 344 00:17:07,219 --> 00:17:10,271 ‐ First, 345 00:17:10,271 --> 00:17:12,194 I would never hurt you. 346 00:17:15,118 --> 00:17:18,797 What happened at the lodge... 347 00:17:18,797 --> 00:17:21,682 I hit a bad patch. 348 00:17:21,682 --> 00:17:24,857 But I'm through it now, 349 00:17:24,857 --> 00:17:27,616 and I'll be even better when we leave this place. 350 00:17:27,616 --> 00:17:29,748 JOY: You‐‐you need to talk to someone. 351 00:17:29,748 --> 00:17:31,921 ‐ If I put my head 352 00:17:31,921 --> 00:17:35,433 in the hands of those doctors, 353 00:17:35,433 --> 00:17:39,571 that means I put you in their hands too. 354 00:17:39,571 --> 00:17:41,786 And I have seen enough of that world 355 00:17:41,786 --> 00:17:44,628 to know that they cannot be trusted, Joy. 356 00:17:44,628 --> 00:17:46,927 JOY: You checked yourself in when we were in Missouri 357 00:17:46,927 --> 00:17:48,850 and you got better. 358 00:17:48,850 --> 00:17:50,856 ‐ I'm‐‐ 359 00:17:50,856 --> 00:17:52,779 I am your mother. 360 00:17:52,779 --> 00:17:55,036 Now, I don't need to prove anything. 361 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,464 ‐ What's his name? 362 00:17:58,464 --> 00:18:00,219 ‐ Who? 363 00:18:00,219 --> 00:18:02,183 ‐ Dad. 364 00:18:04,357 --> 00:18:06,906 ‐ The less you know, the safer you are. 365 00:18:08,788 --> 00:18:11,713 ‐ I don't believe that anymore. ‐ He's a bad man. 366 00:18:11,713 --> 00:18:14,597 JOY: [laughs softly] That's not enough. 367 00:18:14,597 --> 00:18:17,021 ‐ It's not a nice story, Joy. 368 00:18:17,021 --> 00:18:19,363 JOY: Tell me anyways. I‐‐I'm a grown‐up. 369 00:18:19,363 --> 00:18:21,996 ‐ No, you're not. JOY: Tell me. 370 00:18:25,088 --> 00:18:28,976 We're‐‐we're done. Get out or‐‐or I'll scream. 371 00:18:33,365 --> 00:18:35,998 ‐ Little love... 372 00:18:35,998 --> 00:18:38,632 [door opens] 373 00:18:38,632 --> 00:18:42,017 ABDI: You okay in there? ‐ It's fine. She's leaving. 374 00:18:42,017 --> 00:18:44,734 [uneasy violin music] 375 00:18:44,734 --> 00:18:46,698 ABDI: Get out. 376 00:18:46,698 --> 00:18:49,707 Let's go. 377 00:18:49,707 --> 00:18:51,254 Come on. 378 00:18:53,345 --> 00:18:54,974 [door slams] 379 00:18:56,688 --> 00:18:59,906 ANNIE: [stammering] "'There are two kinds... 380 00:18:59,906 --> 00:19:03,543 "'of people... 381 00:19:03,543 --> 00:19:07,931 "'in this world, Annabel,' 382 00:19:07,931 --> 00:19:11,150 "Prester Jack said. 383 00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:15,204 'There are soldiers and settlers.'" 384 00:19:16,542 --> 00:19:18,381 ‐ Hello. 385 00:19:18,381 --> 00:19:21,391 [approaching footsteps] 386 00:19:24,149 --> 00:19:26,322 I'm Rita. 387 00:19:27,952 --> 00:19:30,461 ‐ Annie, can you say hello? 388 00:19:30,461 --> 00:19:32,677 Annie, we talked about this. 389 00:19:32,677 --> 00:19:36,229 Your dad is not a professional‐‐at anything... 390 00:19:36,229 --> 00:19:38,110 BOTH: [laugh] 391 00:19:40,367 --> 00:19:43,125 Fact is, little love, you need some special help 392 00:19:43,125 --> 00:19:46,887 before this big GED next year, and Rita is it. 393 00:19:46,887 --> 00:19:48,810 ‐ Maybe Annie and I could have a moment, 394 00:19:48,810 --> 00:19:50,607 get to know each other. 395 00:19:50,607 --> 00:19:52,447 ‐ Oh. 396 00:19:52,447 --> 00:19:53,868 Well, uh‐‐ 397 00:19:53,868 --> 00:19:55,665 ‐ Cool, thanks. 398 00:19:57,546 --> 00:19:59,594 ‐ Cool. [laughs awkwardly] 399 00:20:01,893 --> 00:20:04,902 [retreating footsteps] 400 00:20:08,498 --> 00:20:11,882 RITA: So, what do you like to read? 401 00:20:11,882 --> 00:20:14,223 ‐ My dad's book, mostly. 402 00:20:14,223 --> 00:20:16,773 ‐ Is this it? 403 00:20:16,773 --> 00:20:19,615 ‐ You can't just start in the middle. 404 00:20:19,615 --> 00:20:21,245 It's a really big story. 405 00:20:23,837 --> 00:20:25,968 ‐ Your mom says you help him tell it. 406 00:20:25,968 --> 00:20:29,103 ‐ Um, no, I‐‐not really. 407 00:20:29,103 --> 00:20:31,277 Um, I mean, 408 00:20:31,277 --> 00:20:34,997 sometimes he loses his place and forgets where he left off, 409 00:20:34,997 --> 00:20:37,797 so I just make sure that things match up. 410 00:20:37,797 --> 00:20:41,266 I'm not very good at reading, but I can understand stories. 411 00:20:43,482 --> 00:20:45,906 ‐ [clicks tongue] 412 00:20:45,906 --> 00:20:48,581 Are you a fan of this one? 413 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,343 ‐ That's a kid's book. RITA: Not really. 414 00:20:52,343 --> 00:20:54,265 Not the real story. 415 00:20:57,693 --> 00:21:00,869 This isn't like the cartoon. 416 00:21:00,869 --> 00:21:02,751 In the original, they burn his feet off, 417 00:21:02,751 --> 00:21:04,590 and that's just the beginning. 418 00:21:04,590 --> 00:21:07,055 ‐ 'Cause he lies? ‐ That's right. 419 00:21:08,434 --> 00:21:11,318 ‐ So the lying part's the same, but there's just consequences. 420 00:21:11,318 --> 00:21:14,705 I always tell my dad with his stories there has to be consequences 421 00:21:14,705 --> 00:21:16,878 or else it's just a bunch of stuff happening, 422 00:21:16,878 --> 00:21:19,428 and that's not a real story, I don't think. 423 00:21:19,428 --> 00:21:23,649 ‐ Well, maybe there's more than one writer in this family. 424 00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:24,862 ‐ [laughs softly] 425 00:21:24,862 --> 00:21:27,829 ‐ Pro... "Prah"... 426 00:21:27,829 --> 00:21:29,626 ANNIE: Prah... RITA: Prah... 427 00:21:29,626 --> 00:21:31,592 It's not working! 428 00:21:31,592 --> 00:21:34,601 ‐ Slow it down and sound it out. 429 00:21:34,601 --> 00:21:36,439 [nostalgic piano music] 430 00:21:36,439 --> 00:21:38,028 ‐ "Boys." 431 00:21:38,028 --> 00:21:41,079 Um, "boys all"... 432 00:21:41,079 --> 00:21:43,880 [stammering] 433 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,136 ‐ Just take a breath. [exhales] 434 00:21:46,136 --> 00:21:48,310 Breathe in. [inhales] 435 00:21:48,310 --> 00:21:50,985 Breathe out. [exhales] 436 00:21:50,985 --> 00:21:54,245 ♪ ♪ 437 00:21:54,245 --> 00:21:57,799 You feel okay? 438 00:21:57,799 --> 00:21:59,219 Mm‐kay, let's try it again. 439 00:21:59,219 --> 00:22:00,975 ‐ This is where my daddy writes his book. 440 00:22:00,975 --> 00:22:03,817 ‐ Oh, that's so nice. 441 00:22:03,817 --> 00:22:05,907 ‐ This is pretty much where he works. 442 00:22:05,907 --> 00:22:08,708 RITA: Do you, um‐‐ do you have your book? 443 00:22:08,708 --> 00:22:11,174 ‐ "Pinocchio said to himself with great content, 444 00:22:11,174 --> 00:22:14,434 "'How ridiculous I was 445 00:22:14,434 --> 00:22:16,440 "as a...'" [stammering] 446 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,572 "'Marionette, 447 00:22:18,572 --> 00:22:22,334 "'and how happy I am 448 00:22:22,334 --> 00:22:25,218 now that I've become a real boy.'" 449 00:22:25,218 --> 00:22:31,487 ♪ ♪ 450 00:22:31,487 --> 00:22:34,748 So he just turns into a real boy? 451 00:22:36,963 --> 00:22:40,934 ‐ Yes, it's his redemption. 452 00:22:40,934 --> 00:22:43,567 Do you remember that word? ‐ Yeah, I‐‐I know the word. 453 00:22:43,567 --> 00:22:47,706 Um, but what's it doing at the end of this story? 454 00:22:47,706 --> 00:22:51,091 ‐ I‐‐I don't understand. ‐ Well, Pinocchio's a liar, 455 00:22:51,091 --> 00:22:53,808 so why should he get a happy ending? 456 00:22:53,808 --> 00:22:55,897 Just because he gave a fairy some coins? 457 00:22:55,897 --> 00:22:59,074 That's not how it works. ‐ Well, how should it work? 458 00:22:59,074 --> 00:23:01,080 ‐ Well, they should have killed him. 459 00:23:05,971 --> 00:23:09,272 [door slams] ‐ Funny thing is, is they did. 460 00:23:09,272 --> 00:23:12,324 In Collodi's first draft, that was the ending. 461 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:14,580 ‐ Well, there you go. Now, why the heck did he change it? 462 00:23:14,580 --> 00:23:16,419 RITA: 'Cause his editor thought it was too dark. 463 00:23:16,419 --> 00:23:18,133 He thought it would scare kids. 464 00:23:18,133 --> 00:23:19,847 ‐ Well, sure, they should be scared! 465 00:23:19,847 --> 00:23:22,732 In this world, you're either good or you're bad, and‐‐ 466 00:23:22,732 --> 00:23:24,362 and if you're bad, you pay. 467 00:23:24,362 --> 00:23:27,538 ‐ Annie, did your mom tell you that? 468 00:23:27,538 --> 00:23:30,589 ‐ I'm sorry, I was‐‐ could we have a conversation? 469 00:23:30,589 --> 00:23:32,220 Could we have a quick, uh, word? 470 00:23:32,220 --> 00:23:35,187 ‐ Sure. Uh, why don't you go take a break? 471 00:23:35,187 --> 00:23:37,654 ‐ [sighs] 472 00:23:46,222 --> 00:23:48,103 You know... RITA: Mr. Wilkes, before you start‐‐ 473 00:23:48,103 --> 00:23:49,356 ‐ I'm‐‐I'm not a professional, 474 00:23:49,356 --> 00:23:51,447 but you've got her reading toddlers' books. 475 00:23:51,447 --> 00:23:52,826 I don't know how that's supposed to help her. 476 00:23:52,826 --> 00:23:55,125 ‐ Annie is intelligent... ‐ Yes, she is, I know that. 477 00:23:55,125 --> 00:23:58,134 ‐ She's probably skipped a few developmental steps early on, and that's‐‐ 478 00:23:58,134 --> 00:23:59,848 ‐ Let me, um‐‐ let me tell you something 479 00:23:59,848 --> 00:24:01,603 about how my daughter's brain works‐‐ 480 00:24:01,603 --> 00:24:05,825 ‐ Mr. Wilkes, I'm gonna ask you not to interrupt me. 481 00:24:05,825 --> 00:24:08,083 You posed a question and I'm trying to answer you, 482 00:24:08,083 --> 00:24:10,883 but you have to let me, okay? 483 00:24:10,883 --> 00:24:12,722 Okay. 484 00:24:15,105 --> 00:24:17,989 Your daughter is smart. Very smart. 485 00:24:17,989 --> 00:24:22,502 She can't grow as a reader just reading you. 486 00:24:22,502 --> 00:24:24,466 You're her father. 487 00:24:24,466 --> 00:24:26,599 You loom large. 488 00:24:26,599 --> 00:24:29,692 All this, this has promise. 489 00:24:29,692 --> 00:24:33,036 Uh, "settlers and searchers." 490 00:24:33,036 --> 00:24:36,421 That's beautiful. 491 00:24:36,421 --> 00:24:40,099 But it's your story, not hers. 492 00:24:40,099 --> 00:24:42,064 [soft dramatic music] 493 00:24:42,064 --> 00:24:45,951 You have to let her write her own. 494 00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:49,086 ‐ [clears throat] You‐‐you like that? 495 00:24:49,086 --> 00:24:53,057 ♪ ♪ 496 00:24:53,057 --> 00:24:54,979 ‐ I'm sorry, uh‐‐ 497 00:24:54,979 --> 00:24:56,735 well, yes, I‐‐I do. 498 00:24:56,735 --> 00:24:58,826 It's very good. CARL: [laughs softly] 499 00:24:58,826 --> 00:25:00,497 Uh, thank you. 500 00:25:00,497 --> 00:25:03,631 I've been a writer, uh, since a very young age. 501 00:25:03,631 --> 00:25:06,348 RITA: Oh, I‐‐I know. Annie told me all about you. 502 00:25:06,348 --> 00:25:10,068 ‐ Uh, lots of‐‐ lots of other things that I've written too. 503 00:25:10,068 --> 00:25:12,911 ‐ I bet. CARL: I have some earlier drafts. 504 00:25:12,911 --> 00:25:15,544 I‐‐I love to hear her read it, which is why I‐‐ 505 00:25:15,544 --> 00:25:19,014 why I continue to feed her those pages one at a time. 506 00:25:19,014 --> 00:25:20,727 ANNIE: Even‐‐ ‐ Evidence. 507 00:25:20,727 --> 00:25:22,231 ‐ Evidence. ‐ Evidence. 508 00:25:22,231 --> 00:25:26,704 ‐ Now this one's a tricky one because it looks like "bus." 509 00:25:26,704 --> 00:25:28,000 Some... ANNIE: Some... 510 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,006 ‐ Ah... ANNIE: Some, uh‐‐ 511 00:25:30,006 --> 00:25:31,804 BOTH: Ah... 512 00:25:31,804 --> 00:25:33,726 ‐ Sum‐ma... 513 00:25:33,726 --> 00:25:36,485 [laughter] 514 00:25:36,485 --> 00:25:38,826 ‐ Remember with the "I." [indistinct chatter] 515 00:25:38,826 --> 00:25:40,706 [both trilling lips] Okay, shake it out. 516 00:25:40,706 --> 00:25:43,047 [both babbling] 517 00:25:43,047 --> 00:25:45,221 Just let it all go. [laughs] 518 00:25:45,221 --> 00:25:48,230 ‐ Okay. But that's an E. 519 00:25:48,230 --> 00:25:49,986 ‐ Around your neck. 520 00:25:49,986 --> 00:25:52,451 [grunts] ‐ Like this one? 521 00:25:52,451 --> 00:25:55,419 RITA: Mm‐hmm, yeah. 522 00:25:55,419 --> 00:25:57,509 BOTH: [laugh] 523 00:25:57,509 --> 00:26:00,560 [rousing music] 524 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:07,582 ♪ ♪ 525 00:26:07,582 --> 00:26:09,004 ‐ And out. 526 00:26:09,004 --> 00:26:11,303 ‐ [exhales] 527 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:18,325 ♪ ♪ 528 00:26:20,122 --> 00:26:21,584 "Shameless." 529 00:26:21,584 --> 00:26:23,758 Marionette! [muttering] 530 00:26:33,037 --> 00:26:40,059 ♪ ♪ 531 00:26:42,735 --> 00:26:45,452 [indistinct chatter] 532 00:26:45,452 --> 00:26:47,081 CHILD: Come on, hurry up. 533 00:26:47,081 --> 00:26:48,753 [overlapping chatter] CHILD: So good. 534 00:26:48,753 --> 00:26:50,634 CHILD: Trick or treat. 535 00:26:51,847 --> 00:26:54,688 ‐ "Opposition. Opposition. 536 00:26:54,688 --> 00:26:56,444 "Oppositional. 537 00:26:56,444 --> 00:26:59,662 Inter‐‐interpretation." 538 00:26:59,662 --> 00:27:03,424 Did you ever hear why Mom and Dad took me out of regular school? 539 00:27:07,771 --> 00:27:09,610 ‐ That was a long time ago. 540 00:27:09,610 --> 00:27:14,083 ‐ Well, they‐‐they didn't let me go back, so... 541 00:27:14,083 --> 00:27:18,263 I guess that means I didn't get better. 542 00:27:18,263 --> 00:27:21,523 ‐ Annie, none of that matters now. 543 00:27:21,523 --> 00:27:24,867 The only thing that matters is that in less than a month, 544 00:27:24,867 --> 00:27:27,207 you're gonna pass this test. 545 00:27:29,005 --> 00:27:30,676 ‐ Well, then who will you teach? 546 00:27:38,576 --> 00:27:40,583 ‐ This little one, I guess. 547 00:27:48,106 --> 00:27:49,694 ANNIE: [exhales] 548 00:27:56,006 --> 00:27:58,597 Oh, I can't wait to meet her. 549 00:28:02,735 --> 00:28:04,783 Where's her daddy? 550 00:28:07,417 --> 00:28:10,009 ‐ It's, um... 551 00:28:11,931 --> 00:28:13,687 It's complicated. 552 00:28:16,362 --> 00:28:19,163 He's complicated. 553 00:28:19,163 --> 00:28:21,127 ‐ No, it isn't. 554 00:28:21,127 --> 00:28:23,593 He's either a good man or he isn't. 555 00:28:25,015 --> 00:28:27,731 ‐ Annie, nothing is that simple. 556 00:28:27,731 --> 00:28:29,862 ‐ Well, you're good. 557 00:28:31,618 --> 00:28:33,665 And that's simple. 558 00:28:40,562 --> 00:28:42,861 [book pages rustling] 559 00:28:42,861 --> 00:28:46,665 Look what I learned. 560 00:28:46,665 --> 00:28:49,758 Are they, uh... [mumbles indistinctly] 561 00:28:49,758 --> 00:28:52,559 Mom? 562 00:28:52,559 --> 00:28:53,812 Are you... ‐ Yeah? 563 00:28:53,812 --> 00:28:55,861 ANNIE: Are‐‐are you okay? 564 00:28:55,861 --> 00:28:58,744 [music playing softly over radio] 565 00:28:58,744 --> 00:29:01,461 ‐ You poor thing. 566 00:29:01,461 --> 00:29:03,342 ‐ You don't think I'll pass? 567 00:29:03,342 --> 00:29:05,725 ‐ Oh, you'll pass. 568 00:29:05,725 --> 00:29:09,570 You'll pass and pass and that'll be enough. 569 00:29:09,570 --> 00:29:12,120 Mm. ‐ What's wrong? 570 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:16,007 ‐ Just getting by. 571 00:29:16,007 --> 00:29:18,056 ‐ "Yeah, that'll be enough," they'll say. 572 00:29:18,056 --> 00:29:20,647 ‐ Who‐‐who will say? 573 00:29:20,647 --> 00:29:22,987 ‐ Dirty birds 574 00:29:22,987 --> 00:29:25,161 who want you close and low to the ground 575 00:29:25,161 --> 00:29:26,916 so they can snatch what they want 576 00:29:26,916 --> 00:29:29,049 whenever they want it, 577 00:29:29,049 --> 00:29:32,685 just like your father did to me when I was barely a woman. 578 00:29:32,685 --> 00:29:35,694 [tense music] 579 00:29:35,694 --> 00:29:37,324 [clicks tongue] 580 00:29:37,324 --> 00:29:40,334 [tense music fades, music on radio continues] 581 00:29:40,334 --> 00:29:46,562 ♪ ♪ 582 00:29:46,562 --> 00:29:48,693 [bottle slides, clunks] 583 00:29:48,693 --> 00:29:53,917 ♪ ♪ 584 00:29:53,917 --> 00:29:56,927 ANNIE: "After the last dirt was dropped on the coffin, 585 00:29:56,927 --> 00:29:58,892 Prester Jack threw the shovel in after it." 586 00:29:58,892 --> 00:30:00,981 CARL: Rita's taught you so well. 587 00:30:00,981 --> 00:30:03,698 ANNIE: "And then he took Annabel's hand 588 00:30:03,698 --> 00:30:05,663 "and they walked away from the grave 589 00:30:05,663 --> 00:30:08,003 "and towards the sun 590 00:30:08,003 --> 00:30:10,846 and a horizon they'd hoped they'd never find." 591 00:30:10,846 --> 00:30:12,727 ‐ Do you like it? 592 00:30:14,566 --> 00:30:17,283 ‐ [laughs] I love it. 593 00:30:17,283 --> 00:30:20,209 CARL: [sighs] ‐ [laughs] 594 00:30:20,209 --> 00:30:23,177 ‐ Do you know I got a publisher interested? 595 00:30:23,177 --> 00:30:24,722 ‐ Daddy! 596 00:30:24,722 --> 00:30:26,646 ‐ Well, I‐‐I mean, the fella hasn't formally read it yet, 597 00:30:26,646 --> 00:30:28,610 but I met him in the bank the other day 598 00:30:28,610 --> 00:30:31,244 and said I'd be finished soon and he‐‐he can't wait. 599 00:30:31,244 --> 00:30:33,543 ‐ He'll love it. CARL: [chuckles] 600 00:30:35,173 --> 00:30:37,973 ‐ You found it. ‐ What? 601 00:30:37,973 --> 00:30:40,857 ‐ Your Laughing Place. 602 00:30:40,857 --> 00:30:43,030 ‐ [laughs softly] 603 00:30:46,709 --> 00:30:49,007 Well, you know, that, um... 604 00:30:51,265 --> 00:30:54,274 That's the thing of it, Annie‐bear. 605 00:30:54,274 --> 00:30:57,910 There's, um‐‐there's something that I need to talk to you about. 606 00:31:01,171 --> 00:31:03,554 I'm gonna be moving out. 607 00:31:07,232 --> 00:31:09,364 ‐ Um, 608 00:31:09,364 --> 00:31:12,331 for how long? 609 00:31:12,331 --> 00:31:14,880 ‐ A while. 610 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,095 I need‐‐ 611 00:31:17,095 --> 00:31:21,986 I need to figure out my place in this world. 612 00:31:24,075 --> 00:31:25,706 ‐ [sniffles] Like Prester Jack? 613 00:31:25,706 --> 00:31:28,674 ‐ [laughs softly] 614 00:31:28,674 --> 00:31:30,094 Well, actually, maybe‐‐ 615 00:31:30,094 --> 00:31:32,728 maybe a little bit more like Annabel. 616 00:31:32,728 --> 00:31:34,735 You know, she, um‐‐ 617 00:31:34,735 --> 00:31:37,075 in the end, Jack is a settler... 618 00:31:37,075 --> 00:31:38,288 ‐ [sniffles] 619 00:31:38,288 --> 00:31:40,962 ‐ But Annabel, she'll never stop looking, 620 00:31:40,962 --> 00:31:44,683 and that‐‐and that‐‐ that's me, darling. 621 00:31:44,683 --> 00:31:46,438 ‐ Well, what are you looking for? 622 00:31:50,952 --> 00:31:53,502 [weeping softly] 623 00:31:53,502 --> 00:31:54,714 ‐ I‐‐I don't know. 624 00:31:54,714 --> 00:31:56,302 That's‐‐that's part of the looking, 625 00:31:56,302 --> 00:31:59,018 is not knowing what you're looking for. 626 00:32:00,816 --> 00:32:03,450 ‐ Please don't go, Daddy. 627 00:32:03,450 --> 00:32:04,871 ‐ I have to, sweetheart. ANNIE: Daddy, please. 628 00:32:04,871 --> 00:32:06,585 ‐ Sweetheart, I gotta go. ANNIE: [sobs] Please. 629 00:32:06,585 --> 00:32:09,050 ‐ There's some stuff I gotta take care of, and it's grown‐up stuff. 630 00:32:09,050 --> 00:32:10,430 ‐ It's because of me, isn't it? 631 00:32:10,430 --> 00:32:12,979 ‐ No, no, no, no, no, no. 632 00:32:12,979 --> 00:32:14,693 Don't you ever say that. 633 00:32:14,693 --> 00:32:16,114 No. ‐ [sniffles] 634 00:32:16,114 --> 00:32:18,748 CARL: This is just stuff between me and your mom. 635 00:32:18,748 --> 00:32:21,548 Now, you listen to me. 636 00:32:21,548 --> 00:32:25,561 Next year, we're gonna drive to your school together 637 00:32:25,561 --> 00:32:28,654 and‐‐and I'm gonna go on my book tour 638 00:32:28,654 --> 00:32:31,203 and everything is gonna be perfect. 639 00:32:31,203 --> 00:32:34,464 ‐ It will? 640 00:32:34,464 --> 00:32:36,805 ‐ You remember this, Annie‐bear. 641 00:32:36,805 --> 00:32:39,144 No matter what, 642 00:32:39,144 --> 00:32:43,074 I will always be your number one fan. 643 00:32:43,074 --> 00:32:46,669 [somber music] 644 00:32:46,669 --> 00:32:49,678 BOTH: [sobbing] 645 00:32:49,678 --> 00:32:55,405 ♪ ♪ 646 00:32:55,405 --> 00:32:57,829 [mellow music playing over radio] 647 00:32:57,829 --> 00:33:00,379 [billiards rattling] 648 00:33:00,379 --> 00:33:03,388 [indistinct chatter] 649 00:33:03,388 --> 00:33:10,410 ♪ ♪ 650 00:33:23,785 --> 00:33:25,834 ‐ What'll it be? 651 00:33:25,834 --> 00:33:28,634 ‐ Vodka. 652 00:33:28,634 --> 00:33:31,058 Mama's drink. 653 00:33:31,058 --> 00:33:33,064 HEATHER: Rocks? 654 00:33:33,064 --> 00:33:34,862 ‐ Yes. 655 00:33:34,862 --> 00:33:37,370 [ice clinking] 656 00:33:37,370 --> 00:33:38,540 [ice clatters] 657 00:33:38,540 --> 00:33:41,717 ‐ [sighs heavily] 658 00:33:41,717 --> 00:33:48,739 ♪ ♪ 659 00:33:59,397 --> 00:34:02,406 [song continues over radio] 660 00:34:02,406 --> 00:34:09,429 ♪ ♪ 661 00:34:14,277 --> 00:34:17,286 [engine rumbling faintly] 662 00:34:21,718 --> 00:34:24,727 [birds chirping] 663 00:34:25,980 --> 00:34:27,736 Mom! 664 00:34:29,618 --> 00:34:31,289 Mom! 665 00:34:31,289 --> 00:34:33,086 Mom, I passed. [panting] 666 00:34:33,086 --> 00:34:35,343 I passed. 667 00:34:35,343 --> 00:34:37,140 ‐ Good for you. 668 00:34:37,140 --> 00:34:40,903 ‐ I have to call‐‐ I have to call Dad. 669 00:34:40,903 --> 00:34:42,951 [keypad dialing] 670 00:34:42,951 --> 00:34:45,960 [line trilling] 671 00:34:47,047 --> 00:34:48,551 CARL: Hello? ANNIE: Hi. 672 00:34:48,551 --> 00:34:51,017 Hi, it's me. L‐listen, I passed the GED. 673 00:34:51,017 --> 00:34:53,065 [laughs] Can you believe it? 674 00:34:53,065 --> 00:34:54,570 I just‐‐ CARL: I'm so proud of you! 675 00:34:54,570 --> 00:34:56,493 Tell me everything. I miss you. 676 00:34:56,493 --> 00:34:57,998 ANNIE: [laughs] I miss you too. 677 00:34:57,998 --> 00:35:00,548 I can't wait to see you. 678 00:35:00,548 --> 00:35:02,177 How's the book? 679 00:35:02,177 --> 00:35:04,435 ‐ Just where he wants you. 680 00:35:04,435 --> 00:35:07,026 ANNIE: I know... [unintelligible chatter] 681 00:35:11,916 --> 00:35:14,925 [ominous music] 682 00:35:14,925 --> 00:35:20,150 ♪ ♪ 683 00:35:20,150 --> 00:35:22,659 Wasn't the tour so cool? 684 00:35:22,659 --> 00:35:25,124 Look, I‐‐I know SPCC is just a start, Mama, 685 00:35:25,124 --> 00:35:27,841 but‐‐but, I mean, for a community college, 686 00:35:27,841 --> 00:35:30,642 they even have creative writing classes. 687 00:35:30,642 --> 00:35:32,732 Can you imagine? 688 00:35:32,732 --> 00:35:35,741 ‐ Why don't you want to go further? 689 00:35:35,741 --> 00:35:38,458 ‐ "Further"? ‐ Away. 690 00:35:41,552 --> 00:35:44,351 ‐ That's where Daddy went to school, 691 00:35:44,351 --> 00:35:47,738 and he said he'd come visit me all the time in my dorm. 692 00:35:50,831 --> 00:35:53,129 ‐ It's no place for a good woman, 693 00:35:53,129 --> 00:35:55,763 this dirty world. [chuckles] 694 00:35:57,142 --> 00:36:00,487 ‐ Okay, well, then we'll just have to clean it up, okay? 695 00:36:03,035 --> 00:36:06,589 ‐ I'm on your side, Annie. ‐ I know. 696 00:36:06,589 --> 00:36:10,977 ‐ I'm the only one who's ever really been on your side. 697 00:36:10,977 --> 00:36:13,527 There are things you don't know, Annie. 698 00:36:15,114 --> 00:36:17,581 I just... 699 00:36:17,581 --> 00:36:20,591 [water rushing] 700 00:36:23,559 --> 00:36:26,568 [soft sinister music] 701 00:36:26,568 --> 00:36:33,590 ♪ ♪ 702 00:36:52,148 --> 00:36:54,488 I see it now. 703 00:36:54,488 --> 00:36:55,910 ‐ What? 704 00:36:55,910 --> 00:36:58,585 ♪ ♪ 705 00:36:58,585 --> 00:37:01,176 ‐ How to make it right. 706 00:37:01,176 --> 00:37:02,682 How to get away clean. 707 00:37:02,682 --> 00:37:04,896 ‐ Get away? CRYSILDA: 'Cause, Annie... 708 00:37:04,896 --> 00:37:08,031 ♪ ♪ 709 00:37:08,031 --> 00:37:10,497 Once the rot takes root, 710 00:37:10,497 --> 00:37:14,719 it's always there whether you see it or not. 711 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:20,069 ♪ ♪ 712 00:37:20,069 --> 00:37:23,078 [music builds] 713 00:37:23,078 --> 00:37:30,100 ♪ ♪ 714 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:33,110 [music winds down] 715 00:37:37,875 --> 00:37:39,798 [engine turns over] 716 00:37:39,798 --> 00:37:41,177 [dramatic musical sting] 717 00:37:41,177 --> 00:37:44,186 [feverish music] 718 00:37:44,186 --> 00:37:48,826 ♪ ♪ 719 00:37:48,826 --> 00:37:50,330 [tires squeal] 720 00:37:50,330 --> 00:37:53,089 ‐ Mom! [screams] 721 00:37:53,089 --> 00:37:57,477 ♪ ♪ 722 00:38:02,451 --> 00:38:05,461 [bird calls] 723 00:38:07,091 --> 00:38:10,101 ‐ [gasping, coughing] 724 00:38:16,162 --> 00:38:19,171 [tense music] 725 00:38:19,171 --> 00:38:26,151 ♪ ♪ 726 00:38:35,723 --> 00:38:39,861 CARL: I'm so sorry that I left you here. 727 00:38:39,861 --> 00:38:44,458 I never should have gone anywhere with your mother... 728 00:38:44,458 --> 00:38:46,632 like she was. 729 00:38:50,602 --> 00:38:54,197 But I'm home now‐‐to stay. 730 00:38:54,197 --> 00:38:56,831 [soft dramatic musical sting] 731 00:38:56,831 --> 00:38:59,841 [foreboding music] 732 00:38:59,841 --> 00:39:06,821 ♪ ♪ 733 00:39:28,388 --> 00:39:30,562 [glass thuds] 734 00:39:30,562 --> 00:39:35,996 ♪ ♪ 735 00:39:35,996 --> 00:39:39,006 [somber music] 736 00:39:39,006 --> 00:39:43,143 ♪ ♪ 737 00:39:43,143 --> 00:39:45,818 CARL: Annie‐bear? 738 00:39:45,818 --> 00:39:48,953 [sighs softly] It's been three months. 739 00:39:48,953 --> 00:39:51,377 ♪ ♪ 740 00:39:51,377 --> 00:39:54,470 We could fill out these college applications together. 741 00:39:54,470 --> 00:39:59,486 ♪ ♪ 742 00:39:59,486 --> 00:40:02,495 [fireworks whistling, crackling] 743 00:40:12,694 --> 00:40:15,452 [fireworks continue crackling] 744 00:40:15,452 --> 00:40:16,916 ["Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail ] 745 00:40:16,916 --> 00:40:21,513 SINGER: ♪ Somewhere out there ♪ 746 00:40:21,513 --> 00:40:27,198 ♪ Beneath the pale moonlight ♪ 747 00:40:28,285 --> 00:40:34,011 ♪ Someone's thinking of me ♪ 748 00:40:34,011 --> 00:40:39,946 ♪ And loving me tonight ♪ 749 00:40:41,284 --> 00:40:47,345 ♪ Somewhere out there ♪ 750 00:40:47,345 --> 00:40:51,608 ♪ Someone's saying a prayer ♪ 751 00:41:01,472 --> 00:41:04,022 CARL: [clicking tongue] 752 00:41:04,022 --> 00:41:06,697 ‐ Is someone coming? 753 00:41:06,697 --> 00:41:09,874 CARL: Two someones, actually. 754 00:41:09,874 --> 00:41:11,671 [car door slams] 755 00:41:20,072 --> 00:41:22,121 ANNIE: [laughs softly] 756 00:41:22,121 --> 00:41:24,252 Rita. 757 00:41:24,252 --> 00:41:26,425 ‐ Annie, hi, hi. 758 00:41:26,425 --> 00:41:28,097 Hi. 759 00:41:28,097 --> 00:41:29,937 ANNIE: You had your baby. RITA: Hi, yeah! 760 00:41:29,937 --> 00:41:31,483 CARL: Hey, hey. 761 00:41:31,483 --> 00:41:34,576 RITA: Yeah, this‐‐ this is, uh, Evangeline. 762 00:41:34,576 --> 00:41:37,252 ANNIE: Oh, she's beautiful. CARL: Yeah. 763 00:41:37,252 --> 00:41:39,174 Isn't she, Annie? RITA: [laughs] 764 00:41:39,174 --> 00:41:40,888 ANNIE: Can I hold her? 765 00:41:40,888 --> 00:41:43,019 RITA: Uh... 766 00:41:43,019 --> 00:41:45,110 Let's get her inside. CARL: Yeah, hurry up. 767 00:41:45,110 --> 00:41:46,949 Bring you guys inside. RITA: Whee! [laughs] 768 00:41:46,949 --> 00:41:49,080 I want to hear about the GED 769 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,713 and how you nervous you were before you took it. 770 00:41:51,713 --> 00:41:53,929 ‐ I was really nervous... RITA: I bet. 771 00:41:53,929 --> 00:41:56,645 ANNIE: But I just remembered what you told me, and I‐‐ 772 00:41:56,645 --> 00:41:58,651 and I got a 4 out of 4. 773 00:42:00,532 --> 00:42:02,873 ‐ That's really great, Annie. 774 00:42:04,879 --> 00:42:07,554 ‐ It's really good to see you, Rita. 775 00:42:12,070 --> 00:42:13,783 ‐ Yes, it is. 776 00:42:13,783 --> 00:42:17,503 Due to Rita, a lot of great changes. 777 00:42:17,503 --> 00:42:21,014 You know, um... 778 00:42:21,014 --> 00:42:24,023 Annie, uh...I‐‐ 779 00:42:24,023 --> 00:42:26,907 ‐ Carl, I don't want to. CARL: [clears throat] 780 00:42:29,415 --> 00:42:31,045 Because there, uh‐‐ there was something that‐‐ 781 00:42:31,045 --> 00:42:34,682 that we wanted to, uh‐‐ to talk to you about. 782 00:42:34,682 --> 00:42:37,273 Well, sweetheart‐‐ sweetheart, um, 783 00:42:37,273 --> 00:42:40,909 Rita and I have gotten to know each other better 784 00:42:40,909 --> 00:42:42,958 this last year. 785 00:42:42,958 --> 00:42:45,215 ‐ But you already knew each other. 786 00:42:45,215 --> 00:42:47,597 CARL: Yes, uh, but... 787 00:42:49,102 --> 00:42:52,237 We've been spending a lot of time together. 788 00:42:52,237 --> 00:42:55,246 [foreboding music] 789 00:42:55,246 --> 00:43:02,268 ♪ ♪ 790 00:43:03,648 --> 00:43:06,698 ‐ Oh. 791 00:43:06,698 --> 00:43:09,875 So‐‐so you're... 792 00:43:09,875 --> 00:43:11,589 [Evangeline cooing] 793 00:43:11,589 --> 00:43:14,390 ‐ Annie, I know this is a lot to take in right‐‐ 794 00:43:14,390 --> 00:43:17,525 ‐ You're her daddy too? 795 00:43:17,525 --> 00:43:20,409 Evangeline. 796 00:43:20,409 --> 00:43:24,171 And the river was only six months ago. 797 00:43:24,171 --> 00:43:26,678 ♪ ♪ 798 00:43:26,678 --> 00:43:29,437 Reading was my problem. 799 00:43:29,437 --> 00:43:31,151 [Evangeline coos] 800 00:43:31,151 --> 00:43:33,742 Not math. 801 00:43:33,742 --> 00:43:35,414 ‐ Of course it's not, sweet‐‐ 802 00:43:35,414 --> 00:43:37,545 BOTH: [repeating] Annie, Annie, Annie! 803 00:43:37,545 --> 00:43:40,555 ANNIE: How could you? ‐ Put the knife down! 804 00:43:40,555 --> 00:43:42,645 [Evangeline crying] 805 00:43:45,195 --> 00:43:48,205 [crying continues] 806 00:43:49,792 --> 00:43:51,757 [door slams] 807 00:43:51,757 --> 00:43:54,224 ‐ I‐‐she'll be fine. 808 00:43:54,224 --> 00:43:56,940 [stammering] It's just the surprise of it all. 809 00:43:56,940 --> 00:44:00,618 ♪ ♪ 810 00:44:00,618 --> 00:44:03,669 [indistinct chatter] 811 00:44:03,669 --> 00:44:05,091 RITA: All right, okay. CARL: So... 812 00:44:05,091 --> 00:44:07,013 ‐ Yeah, so I think this box and the one in the trunk. 813 00:44:07,013 --> 00:44:08,226 CARL: All right. 814 00:44:08,226 --> 00:44:09,354 RITA: If you put it in the front room... 815 00:44:09,354 --> 00:44:10,441 CARL: Okay. RITA: You'll be good. 816 00:44:10,441 --> 00:44:12,113 ‐ Yep, this is all gonna fit 817 00:44:12,113 --> 00:44:13,743 once we get Annie's stuff into the attic. 818 00:44:13,743 --> 00:44:15,749 ‐ Thank you, honey. 819 00:44:15,749 --> 00:44:18,759 [churning, ominous music] 820 00:44:18,759 --> 00:44:24,151 ♪ ♪ 821 00:44:24,151 --> 00:44:26,366 [Evangeline cooing] Yeah. 822 00:44:26,366 --> 00:44:31,715 ♪ ♪ 823 00:44:31,715 --> 00:44:34,391 What about over here? 824 00:44:34,391 --> 00:44:41,162 ♪ ♪ 825 00:44:48,894 --> 00:44:51,903 ‐ [laughing] 826 00:44:51,903 --> 00:44:54,495 ♪ ♪ 827 00:44:54,495 --> 00:44:57,505 [typewriter keys clacking] 828 00:44:57,505 --> 00:45:00,514 [clacking continues] 829 00:45:16,398 --> 00:45:18,154 ‐ Mm. 830 00:45:18,154 --> 00:45:19,741 [typewriter dings] [keys clacking] 831 00:45:19,741 --> 00:45:22,416 ‐ You know, maybe you should consider medication again. 832 00:45:22,416 --> 00:45:25,677 ‐ No. She doesn't need that. [scoffs] 833 00:45:25,677 --> 00:45:28,101 Do you think I would be almost done with my novel 834 00:45:28,101 --> 00:45:30,484 if I was still taking lithium? 835 00:45:32,198 --> 00:45:34,120 ‐ Carl. CARL: I just‐‐ 836 00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:37,840 just feel like Annie doesn't need that garbage in her system 837 00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:40,265 clouding the real her. 838 00:45:40,265 --> 00:45:43,859 ♪ ♪ 839 00:45:43,859 --> 00:45:46,743 [rattle rattling] 840 00:45:46,743 --> 00:45:49,794 ANNIE: Could I hold her? [Evangeline cooing] 841 00:45:49,794 --> 00:45:51,884 ‐ [coughs] 842 00:45:54,058 --> 00:45:55,604 ‐ Hey, hi. 843 00:45:55,604 --> 00:45:57,861 Yeah. 844 00:45:57,861 --> 00:46:00,828 [rattle continues rattling] 845 00:46:03,838 --> 00:46:10,860 ♪ ♪ 846 00:46:15,750 --> 00:46:18,760 [rattling continues] 847 00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:21,185 [grunts] 848 00:46:21,185 --> 00:46:24,821 [cries] 849 00:46:24,821 --> 00:46:28,291 ‐ It's okay. [shushing] 850 00:46:28,291 --> 00:46:30,840 [crying continues] 851 00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,348 [continues shushing] 852 00:46:33,348 --> 00:46:36,649 It's okay. It's okay. 853 00:46:36,649 --> 00:46:38,322 It's okay. 854 00:46:38,322 --> 00:46:41,332 [muffled soft moaning] 855 00:46:41,332 --> 00:46:44,299 [rhythmic banging] 856 00:46:46,347 --> 00:46:49,357 [moaning and banging continues] 857 00:46:52,659 --> 00:46:55,668 [waves crashing] 858 00:47:20,538 --> 00:47:23,547 [foreboding music] 859 00:47:23,547 --> 00:47:26,682 ♪ ♪ 860 00:47:26,682 --> 00:47:29,691 [Evangeline crying] [crying echoing] 861 00:47:29,691 --> 00:47:36,713 ♪ ♪ 862 00:47:37,716 --> 00:47:40,977 ‐ Annie? [crying continues] 863 00:47:44,111 --> 00:47:47,079 Hi. Hi. 864 00:47:47,079 --> 00:47:50,213 [shushing] 865 00:47:50,213 --> 00:47:53,474 [fractured, dark music] 866 00:47:53,474 --> 00:47:56,316 It's okay. It's okay. 867 00:47:56,316 --> 00:48:00,203 ♪ ♪ 868 00:48:05,261 --> 00:48:08,228 [typewriter keys clacking] 869 00:48:14,665 --> 00:48:17,675 [tense music] 870 00:48:17,675 --> 00:48:20,977 ♪ ♪ 871 00:48:20,977 --> 00:48:22,565 CARL: It's done. 872 00:48:26,034 --> 00:48:27,748 It's done! 873 00:48:27,748 --> 00:48:31,008 Rita, I finished! 874 00:48:31,008 --> 00:48:33,307 ♪ ♪ 875 00:48:33,307 --> 00:48:36,819 Ah, 12 fucking years. 876 00:48:36,819 --> 00:48:39,828 ♪ ♪ 877 00:48:39,828 --> 00:48:42,294 There you go! [indistinct chatter] 878 00:48:42,294 --> 00:48:45,052 Well, editors are always on the lookout for some published authors. 879 00:48:45,052 --> 00:48:46,600 [indistinct chatter] 880 00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:48,355 Take one, take two, take three. 881 00:48:48,355 --> 00:48:50,821 I printed 500... RITA: Annie. 882 00:48:50,821 --> 00:48:54,207 ‐ Hey, did you want anything? Did you need anything? 883 00:48:54,207 --> 00:48:55,251 [mellow music playing over radio] 884 00:48:55,251 --> 00:48:56,882 GUEST: Thank you. CARL: Yeah. 885 00:48:56,882 --> 00:48:58,679 GUEST: Thank you, my friend. Very excited about it. 886 00:48:58,679 --> 00:49:00,184 CARL: Leave it in a public place. 887 00:49:00,184 --> 00:49:01,981 To make a quick toast... 888 00:49:01,981 --> 00:49:04,196 RITA: Oh, my God. CARL: To Rita! 889 00:49:04,196 --> 00:49:05,701 ALL: To Rita! 890 00:49:05,701 --> 00:49:07,874 ‐ Thank you guys so much for being here. 891 00:49:07,874 --> 00:49:10,842 RITA: Oh, well, thank you. Thank you. 892 00:49:10,842 --> 00:49:13,851 [insects chirping] 893 00:49:29,484 --> 00:49:33,497 ANNIE: "For Rita K. Green, my Laughing Place." 894 00:49:33,497 --> 00:49:36,506 [fractured, unhinged music] 895 00:49:36,506 --> 00:49:41,396 ♪ ♪ 896 00:49:43,361 --> 00:49:50,007 ♪ ♪ 897 00:49:50,007 --> 00:49:51,010 [book rips] 898 00:49:52,849 --> 00:49:56,067 [muffled thuds, clunking] 899 00:49:57,656 --> 00:49:59,453 ANNIE: [muffled] "Rita K. Green..." 900 00:49:59,453 --> 00:50:03,047 CARL: Annie‐bear? What's going on? 901 00:50:03,047 --> 00:50:05,263 Annie? ANNIE: "My Laughing Place." 902 00:50:05,263 --> 00:50:07,060 CARL: 4:00 in the morning, what are you... 903 00:50:07,060 --> 00:50:08,816 [sniffs] What's going on? 904 00:50:08,816 --> 00:50:11,951 ANNIE: [breathing raggedly] [grunts] 905 00:50:11,951 --> 00:50:14,124 You dedicated it to her? 906 00:50:14,124 --> 00:50:17,134 ♪ ♪ 907 00:50:17,134 --> 00:50:20,812 ‐ Listen, Annie‐bear‐‐ ‐ Rita is your Laughing Place? 908 00:50:20,812 --> 00:50:23,738 ‐ [sighs] 909 00:50:23,738 --> 00:50:26,078 Well, see, you... [sighs] 910 00:50:26,078 --> 00:50:27,792 ♪ ♪ 911 00:50:27,792 --> 00:50:30,132 You can have more than one. 912 00:50:30,132 --> 00:50:32,557 ‐ [breathing raggedly] 913 00:50:32,557 --> 00:50:35,567 ♪ ♪ 914 00:50:35,567 --> 00:50:37,196 ‐ Come here. 915 00:50:37,196 --> 00:50:38,576 ANNIE: [shrieks] 916 00:50:38,576 --> 00:50:40,331 ‐ [grunting, yelps] 917 00:50:40,331 --> 00:50:42,170 [wood splintering, cracking] 918 00:50:42,170 --> 00:50:44,887 ‐ Dad! ‐ [grunts] 919 00:50:44,887 --> 00:50:47,730 ‐ Dad? CARL: [whimpering] 920 00:50:47,730 --> 00:50:49,653 ‐ [breathing raggedly] 921 00:50:49,653 --> 00:50:52,620 [hyperventilating] CARL: [grunting] 922 00:50:52,620 --> 00:50:56,967 [soft dramatic music] 923 00:50:56,967 --> 00:50:59,977 [gagging] 924 00:50:59,977 --> 00:51:05,201 ♪ ♪ 925 00:51:05,201 --> 00:51:08,210 [gasping, gurgling] 926 00:51:11,053 --> 00:51:13,352 ANNIE: [gasps] [whimpering] 927 00:51:13,352 --> 00:51:15,358 CARL: [groaning] 928 00:51:17,364 --> 00:51:19,454 It's okay, it's okay. ANNIE: No! 929 00:51:19,454 --> 00:51:21,837 CARL: This will be fine. [groans] 930 00:51:21,837 --> 00:51:23,885 It's good. Just fine, sweetheart. 931 00:51:23,885 --> 00:51:25,974 It's okay, it's okay. 932 00:51:25,974 --> 00:51:28,440 It's gonna be fine. ‐ [whimpering] 933 00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:30,990 CARL: It'll be fine, Annie. 934 00:51:32,705 --> 00:51:35,672 ANNIE: No. CARL: It's okay, it's okay. 935 00:51:35,672 --> 00:51:37,301 [stammers, grunts] 936 00:51:37,301 --> 00:51:39,935 [screams] ‐ [sobbing] 937 00:51:41,816 --> 00:51:44,826 [dark music] 938 00:51:44,826 --> 00:51:51,848 ♪ ♪ 939 00:51:53,812 --> 00:51:56,822 [grunts] [flesh crunching, squelching] 940 00:51:56,822 --> 00:52:00,709 ♪ ♪ 941 00:52:00,709 --> 00:52:03,175 [whimpers] 942 00:52:08,441 --> 00:52:11,450 [Evangeline crying distantly] 943 00:52:16,634 --> 00:52:18,180 [footsteps approaching] 944 00:52:18,180 --> 00:52:20,605 ‐ [gasps] Oh, my God! 945 00:52:20,605 --> 00:52:22,695 Annie! ‐ [gasping] 946 00:52:22,695 --> 00:52:25,369 RITA: What did you do? [sobs] 947 00:52:25,369 --> 00:52:27,501 ‐ I thought you were good. 948 00:52:27,501 --> 00:52:30,010 [Evangeline continues crying] 949 00:52:30,010 --> 00:52:31,932 [snarls] ‐ [shrieks] 950 00:52:31,932 --> 00:52:34,941 [dramatic music] 951 00:52:34,941 --> 00:52:35,986 ♪ ♪ 952 00:52:35,986 --> 00:52:37,783 ‐ No, not my baby! 953 00:52:37,783 --> 00:52:40,627 No! [screaming] 954 00:52:40,627 --> 00:52:42,298 [grunts] 955 00:52:44,639 --> 00:52:47,649 [crying continues] 956 00:52:47,649 --> 00:52:51,493 ♪ ♪ 957 00:52:51,493 --> 00:52:53,123 [bone crunches] 958 00:52:53,123 --> 00:52:55,088 ‐ "The end." 959 00:53:10,386 --> 00:53:17,408 ♪ ♪ 960 00:53:24,472 --> 00:53:26,603 [twig snaps, echoes] 961 00:53:29,446 --> 00:53:33,166 [Evangeline crying] 962 00:53:35,380 --> 00:53:36,719 [twig snaps] 963 00:53:36,719 --> 00:53:43,532 ♪ ♪ 964 00:53:43,532 --> 00:53:44,744 [twig snaps] 965 00:53:50,512 --> 00:53:53,521 [leaves rustling] [waves lapping] 966 00:53:53,521 --> 00:54:00,543 ♪ ♪ 967 00:54:18,809 --> 00:54:21,818 [crying continues] 968 00:54:21,818 --> 00:54:28,799 ♪ ♪ 969 00:54:29,844 --> 00:54:32,602 ‐ [hyperventilating] 970 00:54:32,602 --> 00:54:35,611 [dark, triumphant music] 971 00:54:35,611 --> 00:54:42,633 ♪ ♪ 972 00:54:50,575 --> 00:54:52,916 [Evangeline cooing] 973 00:54:52,916 --> 00:54:57,472 ♪ ♪ 974 00:54:57,472 --> 00:55:00,482 [Evangeline fussing, crying] 975 00:55:00,482 --> 00:55:07,462 ♪ ♪ 976 00:55:18,705 --> 00:55:25,727 ♪ ♪ 977 00:55:29,739 --> 00:55:33,001 I'm on your side. 978 00:55:33,001 --> 00:55:35,257 You poor thing. 979 00:55:35,257 --> 00:55:37,431 [crying continues] 980 00:55:37,431 --> 00:55:40,440 [breathing shakily] 981 00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:43,617 ♪ ♪ 982 00:55:43,617 --> 00:55:46,000 But there's a way. 983 00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:49,929 ♪ ♪ 984 00:55:49,929 --> 00:55:52,645 A way for us to both get away clean. 985 00:55:52,645 --> 00:55:55,655 [dark, churning music] 986 00:55:55,655 --> 00:56:02,677 ♪ ♪ 987 00:56:07,734 --> 00:56:09,448 [Evangeline giggles] 988 00:56:12,457 --> 00:56:15,049 [Evangeline laughing] 989 00:56:17,975 --> 00:56:20,107 [laughs softly] 990 00:56:22,531 --> 00:56:25,540 BOTH: [laughing] 991 00:56:25,540 --> 00:56:27,129 [gentle piano version of "You Are My Sunshine"] 992 00:56:27,129 --> 00:56:29,218 You're laughing. 993 00:56:29,218 --> 00:56:32,061 [weepy laughter] [Evangeline cooing, laughing] 994 00:56:32,061 --> 00:56:36,533 SINGER: ♪ You make me happy ♪ 995 00:56:36,533 --> 00:56:41,340 ♪ When skies are gray ♪ 996 00:56:41,340 --> 00:56:45,686 ♪ You'll never know, dear ♪ 997 00:56:45,686 --> 00:56:51,162 ♪ How much I love you ♪ 998 00:56:51,162 --> 00:56:54,381 ♪ Please don't take ♪ 999 00:56:54,381 --> 00:56:59,187 ♪ My sunshine away ♪ 1000 00:56:59,187 --> 00:57:01,194 ♪ ♪ 1001 00:57:01,194 --> 00:57:06,210 ♪ The other night, dear ♪ 1002 00:57:06,210 --> 00:57:08,175 ‐ Want another? 1003 00:57:08,175 --> 00:57:10,514 SINGER: ♪ As I lay sleeping ♪ 1004 00:57:10,514 --> 00:57:14,611 ♪ I dreamed I held you ♪ 1005 00:57:14,611 --> 00:57:19,250 ♪ In my arms ♪ 1006 00:57:19,250 --> 00:57:23,723 ♪ When I awoke, dear ♪ 1007 00:57:23,723 --> 00:57:29,699 ♪ I was mistaken ♪ 1008 00:57:29,699 --> 00:57:32,626 ♪ Please don't take ♪ 1009 00:57:32,626 --> 00:57:36,054 ♪ My sunshine ♪ 1010 00:57:36,054 --> 00:57:37,474 ♪ Awa‐‐ ♪ 1011 00:57:37,474 --> 00:57:39,523 ‐ [coughs, heaves] 1012 00:57:39,523 --> 00:57:41,862 [grunting] 1013 00:57:41,862 --> 00:57:44,872 [churning, ominous music] 1014 00:57:44,872 --> 00:57:51,853 ♪ ♪ 1015 00:57:55,364 --> 00:57:58,540 [soft tense music] 1016 00:57:58,540 --> 00:58:01,257 RITA: Hello? 1017 00:58:01,257 --> 00:58:04,810 ‐ I‐is this Rita? 1018 00:58:04,810 --> 00:58:07,360 RITA: Uh, you can just take me off your list, I‐‐ 1019 00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:10,119 ‐ U‐uh, do you know about a book 1020 00:58:10,119 --> 00:58:13,337 called The Ravening Angel ? 1021 00:58:13,337 --> 00:58:19,022 ♪ ♪ 1022 00:58:19,022 --> 00:58:20,442 ‐ Who is this?