Original subtitles

>> HE´S MAKING SUCH A GOOD

RECOVERY, I´M THINKING ABOUT

CALLING DR. MUGABE. MOVE UP THE

TARGET DATE THE FOR THE

OPERATION ON HIS OTHER HAND.

>> JULIA AND I HAVE AN INTIMACY

THAT GOES BEYOND JUST EMPLOYER

AND EMPLOYEE.

>> ARE YOU HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH

MY WIFE?

>> YOU BANGED A NANNY. NOW YOUR

GUILTY CONSCIENCE IS MAKING YOU

THINK SHE´S BANGING A NANNY.

>> MARLO AND I HAD AN AFFAIR.

>> WHY WOULD YOU WITH HIM?

>> HE ACCEPTED CONOR BEFORE HE

WAS EVEN BORN, AND ALL YOU

WANTED TO DO WAS CHANGE HIM.

>> I HAD AN AFFAIR WITH MONICA.

>> WHY NOW? THE AGE OF CONSENT

FOR YOUR SURGERY IS 18. THAT WAS

2 YEARS AGO.

>> [SIGHS] I DON´T KNOW.

I WASN´T IN COLLEGE YET THEN.

I DIDN´T REALLY KNOW WHAT I

WANTED TO DO.

NOW, I´M PRETTY SURE I WANT TO

BE A DOCTOR, A SURGEON LIKE MY

DAD. AND, WELL, YOU KNOW...

>> ANYTHING ELSE?

>> I WENT TO AN ALL-BOYS PREP

SCHOOL. AND...THERE ARE A LOT OF

GIRLS AT MY COLLEGE.

MY MOM ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT

PEOPLE WOULD LOVE ME FOR MY BIG

GREEN EYES AND MY GOOD HEART.

BUT I´VE COME TO REALIZE GIRLS

ALSO LIKE IT WHEN YOU CAN UNHOOK

THEIR BRAS BY YOURSELF.

>> SO, WHY COME TO SEE ME?

YOU SEEM TO HAVE IT ALL FIGURED

OUT.

>> AS SOON AS I SCHEDULED MY

SURGERY, I STARTED HAVING

NIGHTMARES ABOUT MY PARENTS.

THEY SPLIT UP WHEN I WAS JUST A

BABY. I GUESS I NEVER REALLY

THOUGHT ABOUT IT. I MEAN, I JUST

ALWAYS KNEW THEM AS 2 SEPARATE

ENTITIES, LIKE AFRICA AND SOUTH

AMERICA.

THEY ARE THESE 2 HUGE LAND

MASSES, SEPARATED BY AN OCEAN,

BUT ONE DAY SOMEONE TELLS YOU

THAT THEY USED TO ONE BIG

CONTINENT.

AND YOU START TO SEE THE

PLACES WHERE THEY...

YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY BROKE

APART.

>> I´M NOT FOLLOWING.

>> I WAS 6 MONTHS OLD.

WHAT MAKES A COUPLE THAT´S BEEN

MARRIED FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS

BREAK UP WHEN THEY HAVE A

6-MONTH-OLD BABY?

>> SO, WANT TO KNOW FOR SURE WHY

THEY DIVORCED.

>> I WANT TO FEEL WHOLE AND

NORMAL IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

AND SURGERY OR NOT, I DON´T

THINK I CAN UNTIL I KNOW THEY

TRUTH.

>> YOU WERE JUST A BABY THEN.

EVEN IF YOU WERE THE FOCUS FOR

YOUR PARENTS´ ISSUES,

YOU WEREN´T RESPONSIBLE.

>> BUT IT´S STILL A PART OF WHO

I AM. IT´S LIKE ANOTHER

HANDICAP.

LOOK...ALL I WANT IS TO BE ABLE

TO WALK INTO A ROOM ONE DAY,

HOLD MY HAND OUT PROUDLY, AND

SAY, "HI, I´M CONOR McNAMARA."

>> ♫ AHH ♫

♫MAKE ME

BEAUTIFUL ♫

♫MAKE ME,

THE PERFECT SOUL,

A PERFECT MIND,

A PERFECT FACE,

A PERFECT

LIE ♫

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY MEMORIES AT

ALL OF YOUR PARENTS SPLITTING

UP? SOMETIMES IMAGES OR WORDS

CAN BE RECALLED FROM TRAUMATIC

EXPERIENCES THAT OCCURRED DURING

INFANCY.

>> [SIGHS] MAYBE I BLOCKED IT

ALL OUT.

>> WHAT ABOUT YOUR SIBLINGS?

DID YOU SISTER OR BROTHER EVER

TELL YOU WHAT THEY REMEMBER?

>> PFFT.

MATT WASN´T AROUND MUCH.

ANNE ALWAYS SAYS IT WAS ONE HELL

OF A WEEK.

THERE WAS A HURRICANE OR

SOMETHING, BACK WHEN THEY WERE

RARE.

SHE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT THAT

HURRICANE.

>> WITH WINDS ALREADY TOPPING

105 MILES AN HOUR,

IT LOOKS LIKE LENORE

IS ON HER WAY TO BECOMING A

CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE BEFORE HER

WESTERN EDGE MAKES LANDFALL OVER

THE BAHAMAS SOMETIME EARLY

TOMORROW. AND WITH THE WARM GULF

STREAM WATERS IN HER PATH,

IT´S VERY POSSIBLE LENORE COULD

WELL-STRENGTHEN TO BECOME A

CATEGORY 4 OR

MAYBE EVEN 5 BEFORE IT HITS

MIAMI HEAD ON THURSDAY MORNING.

FRANKLY, THIS COULD BE ONE OF

THE WORST STORMS WE´VE SEEN

SINCE HURRICANE ANDREW, FOLKS.

[TV TURNS OFF]

[ICE CLINKS]

>> HURRICANE LENORE--SOUNDS LIKE

AN OLD MAID AUNT THAT´S COMING

TO TOWN TO KICK YOUR ASS.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

>> WHAT ABOUT CONOR´S SURGERY?

>> IT´S NOT TILL THE END OF THE

WEEK.

>> THERE COULD BE A POWER OUTAGE

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OPERATION.

>> WE HAVE EXTRA GENERATORS.

WE´LL BE FINE. I´VE GOT IT UNDER

CONTROL.

[THUNDER]

>> WHY HAVEN´T YOU ASKED ME

ABOUT MONICA--WHAT I DID, WHY I

DID IT?

>> I KNOW WHY YOU DID IT.

THE SAME REASON THAT I HAD AN

AFFAIR WITH MARLO.

>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

>> WELL, I ALREADY KNOW ALL THE

ANSWERS.

SO DO YOU.

>> WE HAVE TO SHORE UP THE

HOUSE TOMORROW, PUT ON THE

HURRICANE SHUTTERS.

>> IF IT´S A CATEGORY 5, LIKE

THEY SAID, AND IT´S A DIRECT

HIT, THEN IT´S ALL GONE WITH THE

WIND ANYWAY.

>> STORMS BLOW OVER.

SOMETIMES YOU GET LUCKY AND YOU

RIDE OUT THE WIND, THERE´S NO

TERRIBLE DAMAGE AND YOU SURVIVE.

SUN COMES OUT THE NEXT DAY.

YOU FORGET HOW AFRAID YOU WERE

LOSING EVERYTHING. IT´S ALL JUST

A BAD DREAM.

[THUNDER]

>> FLORENCE IS ALL ABOUT COLOR

AND LIGHT. IT´S WHAT INSPIRED ME

TO BECOME AND ARTIST.

>> HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU

FIRST WENT THERE?

>> UH...I WAS ABOUT ANNIE´S AGE.

MY PARENTS TOOK US ON A TOUR OF

ITALY. ONCE WE GOT TO FLORENCE,

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME.

JULIA, IT´S--IT´S WHERE THE

RENAISSANCE BEGAN. IT´S THE

BIRTHPLACE OF HUMANISM AND ART.

YOU CAN´T AVOID IT. THE WHOLE

CITY IS INFUSED WITH BEAUTY AND

CLARITY. I HAVE A FEELING EVEN

CONOR´S GONNA FEEL IT.

BY THE WAY, WE NEED TO BUY HIM

SOME WARMER CLOTHES. THE FALL

CAN BE CHILLY.

>> I CAN SHOP FOR HIM NEXT WEEK.

WE´RE GONNA HAVE TO MEET YOU

THERE...IN A MONTH OR SO, AS

SOON AS CONOR´S ABLE TO FLY.

I´VE DECIDED TO LET SEAN GO

AHEAD AND OPERATE ON HIS OTHER

HAND.

NOW, PLEASE, JUST DON´T LOOK AT

ME LIKE THAT. I MEAN, HE´S HIS

FATHER, I CAN´T JUST...

IT´S HIS DREAM FOR HIS SON.

>> HIS DREAM IS MISGUIDED AND

INVASIVE. YOU KNOW THAT.

>> I KNOW THAT YOU´RE ANGRY WITH

ME. BUT, PLEASE, JUST TRY AND

SEE IT THROUGH MY EYES.

>> JULIA, YEAH, I´M ANGRY. BUT

MOSTLY I´M DISAPPOINTED IN YOU.

CONOR CAN´T DEFEND HIMSELF FROM

HIS FATHER´S OBSESSION WITH

CREATING A PERFECT SON. IT´S AN

ILLUSION. IT´S AN EGO TRIP. IT´S

HARMFUL. THE WHOLE WORLD YOU

PEOPLE LIVE IN--

>> IT´S WHAT?

GO ON, MARLO, SAY IT. IT´S WHAT?

>> IF YOU´RE NOT HIS ADVOCATE,

HE´S GOT NO ONE.

>> OH, MY GOD. I AM

LITERALLY TORN IN PIECES.

EVERYWHERE I TURN I´M BETRAYING

SOMEONE.

I CAN´T BEAR TO TORTURE CONOR.

AND I CANNOT BEAR TO HURT SEAN.

AND I CAN´T BEAR TO LOSE YOUR

RESPECT.

SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?

[THUNDER]

>> DON´T YOU THINK YOU´RE OVER

PACKING A LITTLE?

CONOR´S ONLY GONNA BE IN

RECOVERY OVERNIGHT.

>> HE´S NOT HAVING THE SURGERY,

SEAN. HE AND ANNIE ARE COMING

WITH ME.

>> YOU THINK I´M GONNA LET YOU

TAKE MY KIDS AWAY FROM ME, I´LL

FIGHT YOU WITH EVERYTHING I

HAVE.

>> AND RUIN THEIR LIVES IN THE

PROCESS?

>> ONCE AGAIN, I´M THE ONE WHO

HAS TO SUFFER? THE BURDEN ALWAYS

HAS TO BE ON ME.

>> SEAN, STOP IT.

>> YOU SCREWED MARLO!

>> YOU SCREWED MONICA!

AND IT SHOULDN´T TAKE US HAVING

TO HURT EACH OTHER LIKE THAT TO

REALIZE THAT WE JUST DON´T

BELONG TOGETHER ANYMORE.

>> WHY HIM? I UNDERSTAND YOU

CHEATING ON ME. DID YOU HAVE TO

HUMILIATE ME, TOO?!

>> YOU CAN FORGIVE ME FOR

SLEEPING WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND,

BUT YOU CAN´T HANDLE THE FACT

THAT I MADE LOVE TO A MAN WHO

LOOKS DIFFERENT, WHO´S SOMEHOW

IMPERFECT.

>> I CAN HANDLE IMPERFECTION,

JULIA.

>> IS THAT WHY YOU´RE SO

DESPERATE TO OPERATE ON YOUR

SON?

80% OF YOUR DAY IS SPENT MAKING

PEOPLE LOOK BETTER AS IF IT WAS

GONNA SOMEHOW MAKE THEM FEEL

BETTER AS WELL.

>> YEAH, THAT 80% PAID FOR THIS

HOUSE.

>> GOD, IT DID MORE THAN PAY FOR

THIS HOUSE, SEAN. IT SEEPED INTO

ITS FOUNDATION, THE FURNITURE,

US. IT´S A POISON.

I KNOW THAT BEING WITH MARLO WAS

WRONG, BUT IT OPENED MY EYES TO

HOW CONSUMED I AM WITH

APPEARANCES. IT HAS EATEN AWAY

WITH ME LIKE A CANCER.

[THUNDER]

>> JULIA...

YOU JUST NEED TO EXPRESS YOUR

FEELINGS...

ABOUT MONICA, ABOUT HOW I´VE

NEGLECTED YOU.

REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE SO MAD

AT ME YOU THREW ONE OF THESE AT

MY HEAD?

>> YEAH, I WAS ANGRY AT YOU

THEN, SEAN. BUT I´M NOT ANGRY

ANYMORE. I´M JUST DONE.

>> WELL, I´M NOT!

DON´T LEAVE ME, PLEASE.

PLEASE, BABY.

>> WE ONLY GOT BACK TOGETHER

BECAUSE I WAS PREGNANT.

CONOR IS A GIFT, AND THIS IS

THE PRICE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR

HAVING HIM.

>> ...LENORE HAS MOSTLY TRAVELED

NORTH OF PUERTO RICO AND THE

SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN. JUST THE

OUTER BANDS CROSSING THOSE AREAS

AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE SURVIVED

UNSCATHED. BUT SHE HAS BEEN

DEVASTATING TO THE SMALLER...

>> HONEY, DID YOU MOVE ALL THE

STUFF AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS IN

YOUR ROOM LIKE I ASKED?

>> WHAT´S IT MATTER? I´M NOT

GONNA BE SLEEPING IN THERE

ANYMORE ANYWAY.

>> THAT´S NOT TRUE. I´M NOT

LEAVING. THIS WILL STILL BE YOUR

HOME. YOUR ROOM CAN STAY JUST

THE WAY YOU WANT IT.

>> AND THE STORM IS GROWING AS

IT HEADS WESTWARD FOR MIAMI

AT A SPEED OF 15 KNOTS.

AND THE BEST TRACK HAS IT MAKING

A DIRECT HIT. THE NATIONAL

HURRICANE FORECASTING CENTER

FORECASTING THAT LENORE WILL

BECOME A CATEGORY 5 WITHIN THE

NEXT HOUR. WINDS OF 135...

>> AT LEAST YOU GET THE DAY OFF

FROM SCHOOL, HUH?

>> IS THIS GONNA BE LIKE LAST

TIME? WHEN MOM MOVE OUT BUT YOU

ASKED HER TO COME BACK AGAIN?

[WEATHERMAN CONTINUES]

>> I DON´T THINK SO, ANNIE.

>> IS IT MY FAULT, DAD?

>> NO.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

YOUR MOM AND I,

WE JUST GREW APART.

>> THEN IT´S BECAUSE OF CONOR.

MAYBE HE CAN LIVE WITH MOM,

AND I CAN STAY HERE WITH YOU.

>> ...STORM SURGE OF 15 TO 20

FEET. IT´S TIME TO PACK UP

YOUR ESSENTIALS,

YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS, AND GET OUT.

THE MANDATORY EVACUATION BEGINS

AT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON FOR

EVERYONE.

[TV TURNS OFF]

[TV TURNS ON]

PLEASE GET ON THE HIGHWAYS AS

MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEFORE 3:00.

[KNOCKING, DOORBELL]

IT´S GONNA BE CROWDED AND SIMPLY

NOT THE PLACE YOU´LL WANT TO GET

STRANDED IN YOUR CAR.

[KNOCKING]

>> OHH!

>> AHH. IT IS NOT GETTING ANY

BETTER OUT THERE. THAT´S FOR

SURE. UGH. WE SHOULD PROBABLY

GET GOING, THE ROADS ARE MURDER.

WHERE´S YOUR SUITCASE?

>> UM...WE´RE NOT GOING.

>> JULIA, THERE´S A MANDATORY

EVACUATION. EVERYONE HAS TO GO.

>> I KNOW. AND WE ARE, JUST NOT

WITH YOU.

>> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

>> I´M SORRY. I THOUGHT IT WAS

THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

AND IT´S NOT. I WAS WRONG.

>> NO. NO. NO. NO. YOU´RE NOT

WRONG. YOU´RE JUST UNDER A

TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRESS

RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, I CAN ONLY

IMAGINE HOW UNSETTLED YOU FEEL.

YOU JUST NEED ME TO TAKE CARE OF

YOU.

>> ACTUALLY, I NEED TO TAKE CARE

OF MYSELF. AND THE ONLY WAY THAT

I KNOW HOW TO DO THAT IS TO BE

ON MY OWN.

>> JULIA--

>> I´VE SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE

DEPENDING ON OTHERS FOR

SECURITY--CHRISTIAN, SEAN. I´M

NEVER GONNA BE STRONG ENOUGH TO

SURVIVE THIS MOMENT IN MY LIFE

IF I DON´T DO IT ON MY OWN.

>> IS IT FLORENCE? WE DON´T HAVE

TO GO TO FLORENCE.

>> NO. NO. NO. IT´S NOT ABOUT

FLORENCE.

>> WAS IS IT? IS IT MY SIZE?

AHH, GOD, YOU DON´T HAVE TO

EXPLAIN. IT´S ALWAYS LIKE THIS.

IT´S FINE FOR A WHILE,

THEN THE NOVELTY WEARS OFF.

I THOUGHT WE LOVED EACH OTHER.

>> I DO LOVE YOU.

AND I LOVE YOU FOR ALLOWING ME

TO BE THIS IMPERFECT WOMAN.

>> BUT YOU´RE NOT IN LOVE WITH

ME.

>> WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A SHARED

LOVE FOR CONOR. AND THAT´S ALL

WE HAVE.

>> I´M GONNA GO...

GONNA SAY GOOD-BYE TO CONOR.

>> HEY, BUDDY.

IT´LL PASS. IT´S JUST WEATHER.

YOU´VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH A

LOT WORSE.

[CONOR CRIES]

YOU WERE A BRAVE SOLDIER,

WEREN´T YOU?

ONE DAY THIS WILL ALL BE A

DISTANT MEMORY. YOU´LL HAVE YOUR

OWN LIFE. AND YOU WON´T BE AT

THE MERCY OF STORMS YOU DON´T

UNDERSTAND.

IT´S BEEN AN HONOR TO KNOW YOU.

I´VE HAD TO SAY GOOD-BYE A LOT

IN THIS JOB. BUT THIS ONE--

THIS ONE´S A BEAR.

>> GUESS WE´RE ALL TAKING THIS

ONE KIND OF HARD.

>> THUNDER SCARING HIM?

>> YEAH.

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

>> I CAME TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO

CONOR.

>> WELL, YOU BETTER SAY IT AND

GO. THE RAIN´S STARTING TO COME

DOWN IN SHEETS.

>> YEAH, WELL, I ALSO WANTED TO

APOLOGIZE TO YOU, SEAN.

I´M SORRY I LIED ABOUT JULIA AND

ME. I GUESS I WANTED HER TO BE

THE ONE TO TELL YOU, BUT I

SHOULDN´T HAVE LIED. AND FOR

WHAT IT´S WORTH, I THINK YOU´RE

A GOOD MAN. I ENVY YOU. AND I´M

REALLY GONNA MISS YOUR SON.

GOOD-BYE, JULIA.

GOOD-BYE, CONOR.

>> MARLO, YOU´VE BEEN A GREAT

FRIEND TO MY SON. I´M SURE HE´LL

MISS YOU.

I HOPE YOU´LL FEEL FREE DOWN THE

LINE TO STAY IN HIS LIFE.

>> WHAT HAPPENED TO MARLO?

>> WE´RE STILL CLOSE, ACTUALLY.

HE TOOK ME TO MY FIRST MUSEUM,

GIVES ME ADVICE ON GIRLS. THAT

KINDA THING. I´M CLOSE WITH HIS

SON, ZACK, TOO. JUST A YEAR

YOUNGER THAN ME.

WHEN I WAS 10, I REALIZED I

DIDN´T HAVE ANY GOD PARENTS.

IN THE MIDST OF THE DIVORCE,

THEY KIND OF FORGOT TO NAME

THEM.

SO, I ASKED IF MARLO COULD BE MY

GODFATHER. DEMANDED IT,

ACTUALLY. THEY SAID YES.

>> I´M AFRAID OUR TIME IS UP.

>> NO. I MEAN, I DON´T FEEL ANY

BETTER.

MY OPERATION IS JUST 2 DAYS

AWAY, AND I DON´T FEEL ANYTHING

IS RESOLVED.

>> CONOR, MAYBE THE THING YOU

NEED TO DO IS TALK TO YOUR

FAMILY ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL,

NOT JUST ME.

>> YOU MEAN, ASK THEM TO SIT

DOWN AND ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE

TOGETHER? YEAH. THAT´S

HILARIOUS.

I TOLD YOU, MY PARENTS HATE EACH

OTHER. THEY´LL NEVER GO FOR

THAT.

>> HOW DO YOU KNOW UNLESS YOU

PRESENT THEM THE OPPORTUNITY?

>> [SIGHS]

>> MY SPIRIT GUIDES TOLD ME I´M

NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO START

A RELATIONSHIP RIGHT NOW. LAST

NIGHT I TOOK A MEDITATION PILL.

THEY TOLD ME I HAVE TOO MUCH

EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE. WHAT´S MY

BAGGAGE? WHERE DO I BEGIN?

LET´S START WITH THE FACT THAT

MY MOTHER FLUSHED PET GERBIL

FRISKY ONE DOWN THE TOILET.

OH, AND DID I ALSO TELL YOU THAT

SHE SHAMED ME INTO HAVING A

PARTY TO CELEBRATE MY FIRST

PERIOD. I STILL GET PANIC

ATTACKS WHENEVER I USE A TAMPON.

>> ANNIE, GET OFF THE PHONE.

>> PAT, I HAVE TO GO. JULIA

BECKONS. I´LL CALL YOU LATER.

[BEEP]

>> SWEETHEART, PLEASE CALL ME

MOM.

I KNOW I DON´T CARE HOW

CONVENIENT THOSE PHONE CHIPS

ARE, I REFUSE TO GET ONE

INSTALLED IN MY EAR.

>> THERE´S NO RED MEAT HERE.

YOU KNOW I NEED MY IRON.

>> THERE IS IRON IN FISH,

SWEETHEART. AND CONOR NEEDS HIS

OMEGA-3s SO THAT HE CAN HEAL

FASTER AFTER HIS SURGERY.

>> OHH! AND OF COURSE HIS

SURGERY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN

MY ANEMIA. JUST LIKE HIS HANDS

WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY

BULIMIA OR MY AGORAPHOBIA OR--

>> ANN, CAN WE PLEASE JUST HAVE

ONE DINNER WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT

YOUR DAMN AGORAPHOBIA? YOU

REFUSED TO GET OFF THE COUCH FOR

A WEEK BECAUSE THAT GUY DUMPED

YOU. THAT´S NOT AGORAPHOBIA.

>> IT´S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU.

WHY ARE WE SITTING ALONE AT THIS

HUGE TABLE? IS IT A METAPHOR FOR

THE CHASM THAT SEPARATES OUR

FAMILY?

>> NO. I WAS JUST SAVING SEATS

FOR YOUR SPIRIT GUIDES.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?

>> I´M SORRY, DAD. I KNEW

NEITHER ONE OF YOU WOULD COME IF

YOU KNEW THE OTHER ONE WAS GOING

TO BE HERE.

>> YOU WERE RIGHT.

>> THAT´S RIGHT, SEAN, WALK OUT.

IT´S WHAT YOU DO BEST.

>> I NEVER LEFT YOU ANNIE. THE

FACT IS YOUR MOTHER WALKED OUT

ON ME TWICE.

>> DAD, PLEASE. LISTEN, I KNOW

THIS IS HARD, BUT STAY...FOR ME.

I WANT YOU ALL TO MEET MY

SURGEON TOGETHER.

>> UH, HOW´S YOUR WIFE?

>> I´D RATHER NOT DISCUSS MY

PERSONAL LIFE, THANK YOU. LOOK,

WE STOPPED TRYING TO BE FRIENDS

15 YEARS AGO. WHY START AGAIN

NOW?

WHY HASN´T YOUR SURGEON CALLED

ME? I PRACTICALLY INVENTED THIS

SURGERY. THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL

OF MEDICINE DID NO LESS THAN 3

ARTICLES ON THE MICROSURGERY

TECHNIQUES I USED TO FIX YOUR

OTHER HAND.

>> HE SAID HE WANTED TO DISCUSS

IT WITH YOU PERSONALLY. HE´S

VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOU, DAD.

>> "IMPRESSED"? THEY MUST NOT

KNOW HIM VERY WELL.

>> OHH!

>> OH, LOOK AT YOU. LOOK AT YOU.

HUH?

>> HEY.

>> OH.

>> HEY.

CONOR!

>> HEY.

>> SEANY.

>> MMM.

>> WHO ARE YOUR FRIENDS?

>> THIS IS DELORA AND ESTRAN.

WE MET A MONTH AGO IN DUBAI.

CAN´T SPEAK A WORD OF ENGLISH.

THEY ONLY LOVE ME FOR MY MONEY.

BUT THEY DON´T QUIT UNTIL THE

SUPER VIAGRA WEARS OFF. SO WHO

GIVES A SHIT?

>> PEE PEE.

>> PEE PEE?!

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. GO PEE PEE.

OH, MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE DOLLY.

>> OH, THANK GOD FOR THE

POLYGAMY AMENDMENT.

YOU CAN MARRY THEM BOTH.

>> UHH. I DON´T THINK I´LL EVER

GO DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN. JUST

DOESN´T SEEM RIGHT, YOU KNOW?

BESIDES, THIS WAY I DON´T FEEL

GUILTY WHEN I´M CHEATING. HUH?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT´S

SHAMEFUL THAT YOU CAN MARRY 2

WOMEN, BUT 2 GAY MEN STILL CAN´T

GET MARRIED IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> THEY GAYS SHOULD CONSIDER

THEMSELVES LUCKY.

>> THIS IS BULLSHIT. OK, YOUR

SON INVITED YOU HERE TO MAKE

NICE. NOW, YOU TWO MAKE NICE.

>> YOUR HAIR LOOKS PRETTY.

IT´S NICE THAT YOU´RE NOT

COLORING IT.

>> JULIA, YOUR TURN.

>> ARE YOU STILL JOGGING?

>> YEAH. I HAD A SYNOVIAL

REPLACEMENT.

>> IT SHOWS. YOU LOOK, UM, GOOD.

YOU KNOW, FIT.

>> SO, CONOR, WE´RE ALL HERE.

WE MADE NICE. NOW, WHAT?

>> UM. I DON´T KNOW.

WE HAVEN´T ALL BEEN TOGETHER IN

THE SAME ROOM SINCE I WAS 5.

I´M KINDA JUST TAKING IT ALL IN.

>> JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, I HAD

AN ABORTION LAST WEEK.

>> HEY, EVERYBODY.

>> MATTY!

COME HERE.

YOU LOOK GOOD.

>> THANKS.

>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE STILL IN

LHASA WITH DOCTORS WITHOUT

BORDERS.

>> YEAH. I WAS. BUT I CAME HOME

EARLY.

>> HEY.

>> HOME EARLY.

AHEM. HOME COME?

>> WHAT, CONOR DIDN´T TELL YOU?

I´M PERFORMING HIS SURGERY.

>> YOU NEED TO GO.

STORM´S GONNA HIT WITHIN THE

HOUR. YOU HEARD THE TV.

>> IT´S TOO LATE, DAD.

>> IT´S NOT TOO LATE!

YOUR MOTHER AND THE KIDS WENT

WITH KIMBER TO THE SHELTER.

YOU GO BE WITH THEM.

>> THEY CLOSED THE ROADS, DAD.

DAD, LOOK, PLEASE STOP DRINKING.

>> GO TO HELL. EVEN IF I WANTED

TO I COULDN´T GO. THERE´S A LEAK

HERE. YOU SEE, GOD DAMN IT.

I WORKED TOO HARD TO BUILD THIS

HOUSE. I´M NOT GONNA LET IT--

THE ONLY THING I HAVE LEFT JUST

BLOW AWAY WITH THE WINDS.

>> HEY! HEY! LOOK, WE WILL

WEATHER THIS OUT TOGETHER.

BUT WE NEED TO GET INTO A ROOM

WITH NO WINDOWS.

>> NO. WE GOTTA GET THIS.

>> NO, DAD, WE NEED TO GO NOW.

>> NO. YOU GET OUT OF MY HOUSE.

YOU GO, BE WITH YOUR FAMILY.

HOLD THEM. PROTECT THEM.

DON´T SCREW IT UP LIKE I DID.

>> DAD--

>> GO! GET OUT! LEAVE! GO!

>> I´M NOT LEAVING YOU ALONE!

I´M NEVER GONNA LEAVE YOU.

>> THE NERVES ON THE FOURTH

DIGIT LOOK SLIGHTLY MORE RADIAL.

JUST MAKE SURE WE´RE PREPARED.

>> AND YOU´VE DONE THE

TRANSDERMAL DIGITAL NERVE

MAPPING.

>> YES, DAD, EVERYTHING SEEMS

NORMAL.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANKS, JANET.

>> SORRY. JUST TRYING TO HELP.

I WON´T BE AROUND ONCE YOU

GET INTO SURGERY. I´M ON CALL

BACK AT THE OFFICE. THEY PAGED

ME WITH AN EMERGENCY.

>> WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU´RE LEAVING?

>> HOW LONG YOU PLANNING ON

STAYING? LOOKS LIKE YOU´RE

MOVING IN.

>> WELL, THESE MAKE IT FEEL MORE

LIKE HOME.

>> OH, GOD.

>> OH, YEAH.

IT´S THE ONLY PHOTO I HAVE WHERE

WE´LL ALL TOGETHER.

>> WHY DIDN´T YOU ASK YOUR

FATHER TO DO THE SURGERY?

>> I THOUGHT IT WOULD UPSET YOU.

>> DON´T BE SO UPSET, MATT.

>> YOU´RE RUNNING OUT ON HIM

AGAIN...ON ALL OF US.

>> I´M ON CALL.

>> WHY DON´T YOU JUST ADMIT

WHAT´S REALLY GOING ON? YOU WANT

TO LEAVE BECAUSE CONOR DIDN´T

ASK YOU TO DO THE SURGERY.

>> I WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE IF

YOUR FATHER HAD DONE THE

SURGERY. WHY WOULDN´T I BE?

>> BECAUSE, MOM...LOOK, EVEN

THOUGH YOU ALWAYS WANTED ME

TO...I´VE NEVER ACCEPTED MY OWN

HANDICAP. AND SO BY ASKING DAD

TO DO THE SURGERY, IT WOULD HAVE

LOOKED LIKE I WAS CHOOSING HIM

OVER YOU NOW--

>> IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK?

>> CONOR, HAS NEVER FORGIVEN ME

FOR THE DIVORCE. I UNDERSTAND.

IF I HAD KEPT THE MARRIAGE

TOGETHER, I COULD HAVE FIXED

BOTH HIS HANDS THE FIRST TIME.

>> MAYBE IF I WAS BORN WITH 2

PERFECT HANDS, YOU AND DAD WOULD

HAVE STAYED TOGETHER.

>> OHH.

HONEY.

YOUR FATHER AND I HAD OUR

PROBLEMS LONG BEFORE YOU WERE

BORN. WHAT HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO

HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.

>> THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH

YOU. DON´T TURN IT INTO THAT.

>> WISH I WOULD HAVE HEARD YOU

SAY THAT EARLIER, MOM.

>> MOM, CONOR, I´D LIKE YOU TO

MEET MY BOYFRIEND AMMETT, JUST

SO YOU KNOW AMMETT´S BISEXUAL.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CREDITS FOR

THE VENDING MACHINE? I´M GETTING

A HEADACHE FROM A LACK OF SUGAR.

>> WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULD EAT

SOME PROTEIN FIRST, HONEY.

WHY DON´T WE GO ACROSS THE

STREET AND GRAB SOMETHING TO

EAT? YOU STAY HERE AND REST.

>> YEAH.

>> I HAVE TO SAY, I ADMIRE

JULIA´S DECISION NOT TO HAVE ANY

WORK DONE.

>> I AGREE. LOOKING REAL SUITS

SOME WOMEN.

>> HEY, WHAT DID THE

CARDIOLOGIST SAY? NO TATER TOTS

OR ANY FRIED FOAMS.

>> STOP IT.

>> CHRISTIAN, I´M NOT READY TO

LOSE MY PARTNER TO HEART

DISEASE.

>> I´M NOT GOING ANYWHERE, PAL.

SPEAKING OF WHICH, DID YOU BOOK

YOUR FLIGHT TO BEIJING FOR THE

OPENING OF THE NEW

McNAMARA/TROY? THE GIRLS AND I

ARE LEAVING EARLY SO WE SPEND A

FEW DAYS IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY

SPA.

MMM?

YOU WANT TO JOIN US?

>> YOU GO AND ENJOY.

>> OH, COME ON!

>> YOU´RE BETTER AT THESE

FRANCHISE OPENINGS THAN I AM.

YOU HAD A BALL IN CARACAS.

I JUST HAD JETLAG.

>> HEY.

>> CONOR, COME ON, GRAB A SEAT.

>> DAD, THERE´S SOMETHING I WANT

TO ASK YOU. I SPOKE WITH MATT

AND BOTH OF US WOULD LIKE IT IF

YOU JOINED HIM IN THE SURGERY.

>> I´M FINE WITH MATTY DOING THE

SURGERY. THERE´S NO EGO HERE IF

THAT´S WHAT YOU´RE THINKING.

>> WHAT HE´S TRYING TO SAY IS

THAT HE´D LOVE TO. HE JUST WANTS

TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU´RE DOING

EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.

>> THANK YOU, CHRISTIAN, FOR

PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH.

>> YOU´RE WELCOME.

>> WHAT DOES YOUR MOTHER THINK

ABOUT IT?

>> SHE WANTS IT AS MUCH AS WE

ALL DO. IT WAS HER IDEA, IN

FACT.

>> AHH.

[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS]

[BEEPING]

>> YOU READY, LITTLE BROTHER?

>> I THINK SO.

>> YEAH, WELL DON´T WORRY. I´LL

KEEP THESE 2 OLD MEN IN LINE.

[EXHALES]

COUNT BACK FROM 10 FOR ME, OK,

KIDDO?

>> YEAH. 10...9...8...

7...6...5...

Both: 10 ON LAZERBLADE.

>> ARE YOU SURE, DAD?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> AHEM.

>> I´LL NEVER GET USED TO THE

LACK OF BLOOD.

>> MATTY, HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT

ME TO ELONGATE?

>> 2 SONAMETERS.

>> T.G.F. GROWFECTOR.

>> I´M GONNA CLOSE.

>> WHAT?

>> YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB,

DOCTOR.

>> CONOR´S DOING GREAT.

>> OH, THANK GOD.

>> SHOULD HAVE FULL USAGE OF HIS

NEW HAND, AND IT´S GONNA BE FAR

MORE ARTICULATE THAN THE ONE I

OPERATED ON 20 YEARS AGO. VERY

IMPRESSED WITH MATT´S WORK. HE´S

A TOP-NOTCH SURGEON. YOU SHOULD

BE VERY PROUD.

>> WE BOTH SHOULD BE.

>> EXCUSE ME, ARE YOU THE

PARENTS OF ANNIE McNAMARA?

>> YES.

>> COULD YOU COME WITH ME,

PLEASE?

>> WHAT´S GOING ON?

>> YOUR DAUGHTER HAS BEEN

ARRESTED FOR STEALING

PAINKILLERS FROM THE HOSPITAL

PHARMACY.

>> ANNIE!

>> SAVE IT, OK?! I´LL GET MY OWN

LAWYER, HE´LL GET ME PROBATION

AGAIN, AND DON´T WORRY ABOUT

THE BAIL MONEY, I´LL PAY YOU

BACK.

>> NO, YOU WON´T.

>> I CAN´T BELIEVE YOU WOULD SAY

THAT TO YOUR OWN DAUGHTER!

>> IT´S TRUE.

>> SEAN!

>> SHE´S 30 YEARS OLD, JULIA.

WE DON´T HAVE TO PROTECT HER

ANYMORE.

>> YEAH, LIKE YOU´VE EVER

DONE IT IN THE PAST!

>> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

>> YOU DON´T CARE ABOUT ME.

YOU NEVER HAVE.

>> THAT´S RIDICULOUS.

>> YOU KNOW I BARELY HAVE ANY

MEMORIES OF US BEING TOGETHER AS

A FAMILY? AND WHEN WE WERE, YOU

WERE ALWAYS YELLING. LIKE THAT

TIME I CUT UP MY DOLL´S HANDS

TO LOOK LIKE CONOR, BECAUSE I

WAS TRYING TO PROCESS AND YOU

WENT ALL PSYCHO. I WAS 10.

WHAT KIND OF PARENTING WAS THAT?

>> I STILL FEEL AWFUL ABOUT

THAT.

>> WELL, IMAGINE THAT PAIN I

FEEL, JULIA. THAT´S WHY I HAD

TO STEAL THE PILLS TODAY,

BECAUSE MY PAIN NEVER GOES AWAY.

SORRY YOU WERE AWFUL PARENTS,

SO THIS IS WHAT YOU GET. DEAL.

>> [SIGHS]

YOU´RE RIGHT. WE WERE PRETTY

AWFUL SOMETIMES.

>> I DID MY BEST, SWEETHEART.

I MEAN, I MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS

BEEN RIGHT, BUT I DID TRY.

AND YOUR FATHER AND I, WE HAVE

A LOT OF REGRETS ABOUT OUR

PARENTING.

>> ABSOLUTELY, BUT WE´VE NEVER

STOPPED LOVING YOU.

>> AND WHATEVER PAIN THAT I

CAUSED AND WHATEVER HURT THAT I

DID, I AM REALLY TRULY SORRY.

>> ME, TOO. I--I CAN´T APOLOGIZE

ENOUGH.

>> ANNIE.

[ANNIE CRYING]

>> SWEETIE.

>> WHY ARE YOU BEING SO MEAN?

>> MEAN? WE´RE AGREEING WITH

YOU.

>> I KNOW, I HATE IT.

[ALL LAUGH]

>> YEAH, IT´S PRETTY FUNNY,

ACTUALLY. CHRISTIAN IS STILL

CHASING THE SKIRTS LIKE HE´S 30.

>> WELL, I GUESS IT´S GOOD TO

SEE THAT HIS EGO HASN´T BEEN

BRUISED BY OLD AGE.

>> YEAH, AND HE KEEPS SAYING

"62 IS THE NEW 26."

>> WHAT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR NEW

HAND?

>> I KNOW YOU ALWAYS TAUGHT ME

THAT BEING DIFFERENT HAS NEVER

STOPPED ME FROM DOING EVERYTHING

I WANTED IN LIFE--

>> YOU DON´T HAVE TO EXPLAIN,

CONOR. THIS DECISION WAS YOURS

AND NOBODY ELSE´S. IT´S A

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THING IF

THE OPERATION IS DONE

ON AN INFANT.

>> UH-OH. DON´T SLUG HIM, DAD.

>> ANNIE.

>> HI, MARLO.

>> SEAN, JULIA, GOOD TO SEE YOU

BOTH.

>> UH, HOW´S THE FAMILY?

>> GOOD, GOOD. SALLY´S GOOD, AND

ZACH HIT THE GAME-WINNING SHOT

AGAINST GEORGIA LAST NIGHT.

>> YEAH, I READ ABOUT IT IN

THE PAPERS. CONGRATS.

>> HOW YOU FEELING, TIGER?

>> I´M GOOD. THANKS FOR BEING

HERE.

>> WHERE ELSE WOULD I BE?

I LOVE HOSPITALS. I PRACTICALLY

GREW UP IN THEM.

>> HOW´S MY PATIENT DOING?

>> I--JUST A LITTLE WEIRDED OUT

BY ALL THIS.

>> HMM.

>> [LAUGHING]

>> AH, JANET, HIS VITALS HAVEN´T

BEEN CHECKED SINCE 10:00.

>> OH, LAY OFF HER, MATTY.

SHE´S JUST GIVING ME A QUICK

TOUR OF THE NEW CANCER WING.

>> I´M FINE, OK. JANET CAN

REDEEM HERSELF BY TAKING A PHOTO

OF EVERYONE FOR ME.

>> YES!

>> A PHOTO!

>> LET´S! COME ON!

>> YOU BETTER MARK THE OCCASION.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST TIME

THIS GROUP WE´LL BE TOGETHER

UNTIL WE´RE ALL AT CHRISTIAN´S

FUNERAL.

>> MY FUNERAL? WHY AM I GOING

FIRST? HUH?

>> JUST KEEP EATING THOSE RIBS,

UNCLE BUTTERBALL.

>> HA HA!

>> MOM AND DAD, COME OVER HERE.

Christian: HA HA, LOOK AT YOU.

>> CANCER WING, HUH?

>> YES.

>> YES.

>> GOOD MAN, I´M VERY IMPRESSED.

>> YEAH, WELL, I´M IMPRESSED

WITH YOU.

>> YEAH.

>> OK. SAY CHEESE.

All: CHEESE!

[BEEP]

>> IT LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL HAND.

IT´S EXTRAORDINARY, CONOR.

YOUR BROTHER´S CLEARLY

A GIFTED SURGEON.

>> MY DAD WAS THERE, TOO.

AND CHRISTIAN. IT WAS...

[SIGHS] GOD, IT WAS AMAZING.

JUST HAVING THEM ALL THERE,

ALL FOR ME.

AND MY MOM WAS SO SUPPORTIVE,

TOO, EVEN TO MY DAD. [SIGHS]

YOU KNOW, ALL MY LIFE I FELT

LIKE I WAS THIS CURSE ON THE

FAMILY, I´M THE ONE WHO TORE

THEM APART. MAYBE THAT´S WHY I

DIDN´T DO THE SURGERY ANY

SOONER. I NEEDED TO WAIT UNTIL

IT COULD BRING US ALL TOGETHER.

I MUST HAVE KNOWN IT COULDN´T

HAVE HAPPENED ANY SOONER THAN IT

DID.

>> IT´S A GIFT, CONOR. YOU

CHOSE THE PERFECT MOMENT TO

ERASE THIS SO-CALLED CURSE.

AND IN RETURN, YOU GET TO MOVE

ON WITH YOUR LIFE.

WHAT´S GOING ON?

>> AT DINNER ONE NIGHT,

CHRISTIAN SAID THAT ONCE UPON A

TIME, THEY LOVED EACH OTHER,

MY MOM AND DAD. [SIGHS]

I´VE NEVER KNOWN ANYTHING

BETWEEN THEM BUT BITTERNESS

AND ANGER.

I ALWAYS IMAGINED THE NIGHT THAT

I WAS CONCEIVED WAS SOME SORT OF

RANDOM, LONELY HOOK-UP AFTER

THEY HAD ALREADY GIVEN UP

COMPLETELY.

[SIGHS]

I WISH I FELT LIKE MY PARENTS

REALLY LOVED EACH OTHER, THAT´S

ALL.

>> ♫ IF I AM ALIVE THIS TIME

NEXT YEAR ♫

>> TAMPA´S SUPPOSEDLY A DISASTER

AREA. GAINESVILLE, TOO.

>> ARE THE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN

STILL THERE?

>> MIAMI ACTUALLY GOT THE LEAST

OF IT. CITY´S LIKE OUR HOUSE--

A LITTLE BEAT UP, STILL

STANDING.

>> HOW ARE PEOPLE GONNA CLEAN UP

ALL THIS MESS?

>> PEOPLE REBUILD.

IT´S WHAT WE DO.

♫WILL I BE ALIVE

TO THE SOUND ♫

>> I WROTE DOWN ALL MY MOTHER´S

NUMBERS. IT´S ON THE FRIDGE.

>> HOW LONG ARE WE GONNA BE IN

NEW YORK?

>> A WHILE, HONEY.

ARE YOU COMING IN?

>> NO, I THINK IT WOULD KILL ME.

>> COME HERE.

>> LOVE YOU, DADDY.

>> LOVE YOU, TOO.

>> ♫ DESTROYING EVERYTHING

I FIND ♫

>> [CONOR CRYING]

>> ♫ AND I´M JOINING ALL MY

THOUGHTS TO YOU ♫

>> SEE YOU, JEWELS.

>> ♫ AND I´M GIVING EVERYTHING

FOR YOU ♫

♫ DA DA DA-DA-DA,

DA DA DA-DA-DA,

DA DA DA-DA-DA,

DA DA DA-DA-DA,

DA DA DA-DA-DA ♫

>> I LOVE YOU, YOU KNOW.

>> I LOVE YOU, TOO.

>> ♫ DA DA DA-DA-DA,

DA DA DA-DA-DA,

DA DA DA-DA-DA,

DA DA DA-DA-DA ♫

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