1 00:00:35,969 --> 00:00:38,339 DOT: All I wanted was to be invisible. 2 00:00:43,311 --> 00:00:44,912 It was a simple request. 3 00:00:46,414 --> 00:00:48,316 It didn't involve anyone else. 4 00:00:50,551 --> 00:00:54,222 When I was in a room with another person, 5 00:00:54,355 --> 00:00:57,525 I felt like I was only half there. 6 00:00:57,558 --> 00:01:00,428 When I was in a room with two other people, 7 00:01:01,929 --> 00:01:03,931 I felt like a third of myself. 8 00:01:05,233 --> 00:01:07,868 When I was in a room with three other people, 9 00:01:09,370 --> 00:01:11,705 I felt like a quarter of myself. 10 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:15,743 And when I was in a whole crowd of people, 11 00:01:18,346 --> 00:01:20,047 I felt like nobody. 12 00:01:23,751 --> 00:01:25,253 (BELL RINGING) 13 00:01:40,601 --> 00:01:42,370 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 14 00:01:44,305 --> 00:01:45,939 NINA: I hate you. 15 00:01:46,039 --> 00:01:47,241 MICHELLE: Please. 16 00:01:52,112 --> 00:01:53,481 ...all of those things. 17 00:01:53,614 --> 00:01:55,416 Oh, I think he's hot. 18 00:01:55,449 --> 00:01:58,286 Oh, Tiff Peedle told me he only has one nut. That's disgusting. 19 00:01:58,419 --> 00:02:00,588 Tiff Peedle's a pathological liar. 20 00:02:00,654 --> 00:02:01,889 You never know. 21 00:02:01,955 --> 00:02:03,591 There's only one way to find out, really. 22 00:02:03,657 --> 00:02:05,993 You're not doing that. Stop. 23 00:02:06,093 --> 00:02:07,961 No. No. 24 00:02:08,061 --> 00:02:09,430 Hey, Connor. 25 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:13,100 Hey, what's going on? 26 00:02:13,801 --> 00:02:15,068 Nothing. 27 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:21,675 He blatantly likes you. Do you think? 28 00:02:21,809 --> 00:02:23,811 Blatantly wants to fuck you. Oh, my God. 29 00:02:23,911 --> 00:02:26,180 Frederica Diaz told me he was a massive fuck. 30 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,849 Frederica Diaz? Yes. Spanish exchange student? 31 00:02:28,949 --> 00:02:32,119 Sophomore, fall, big butt, small skirts, homeroom 42, remember? 32 00:02:32,186 --> 00:02:33,821 Yes. Right. Yes. 33 00:02:37,258 --> 00:02:38,359 What? 34 00:02:39,660 --> 00:02:40,994 (GIGGLING) God. 35 00:02:41,028 --> 00:02:43,664 The freaks don't even want her. 36 00:02:43,764 --> 00:02:46,300 Your new sister is Z-list. 37 00:02:46,367 --> 00:02:48,001 She's not my sister. 38 00:02:48,101 --> 00:02:50,304 It's karmic law, Nina. Your house is perfect, 39 00:02:50,371 --> 00:02:52,540 your mom's a babe, your dad's hot. 40 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:54,708 Don't be gross. 41 00:02:54,808 --> 00:02:57,811 And you're the prettiest girl in school. 42 00:02:57,878 --> 00:02:59,547 Yeah, well, I'm fat. 43 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,316 Well, you were bound to inherit a retard sooner or later. 44 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:06,119 Dot. 45 00:03:07,455 --> 00:03:10,123 Do you mind if I sit down with you? 46 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:12,393 I could sure use some company. 47 00:03:18,632 --> 00:03:21,001 (WATER DRIPPING) 48 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:36,417 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 49 00:03:41,355 --> 00:03:44,024 Come on, we've been waiting for you. Let's go. 50 00:03:44,091 --> 00:03:47,094 Fuck! It's ridiculous! 51 00:03:49,663 --> 00:03:50,898 Hurry up. 52 00:03:51,832 --> 00:03:53,701 Where was she hiding? 53 00:03:53,767 --> 00:03:55,503 She was in the bathroom. 54 00:03:55,569 --> 00:03:57,037 Ugh! What a freak. 55 00:04:05,579 --> 00:04:07,114 NINA: Can't believe my parents took her in. 56 00:04:07,247 --> 00:04:08,582 When she arrived last week, 57 00:04:08,616 --> 00:04:11,218 she was holding a cardboard box with her dad's ashes in it. 58 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:14,588 (BIRDS TWITTERING) 59 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:19,760 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON TV) 60 00:04:19,893 --> 00:04:22,396 I really wish you would accept Dot, Nina. 61 00:04:22,463 --> 00:04:23,897 We're all in this together. 62 00:04:23,964 --> 00:04:26,467 Whatever. It wasn't my decision. 63 00:04:26,567 --> 00:04:27,601 She's sitting right there. 64 00:04:27,701 --> 00:04:29,870 So what? She can't even hear. 65 00:04:29,937 --> 00:04:31,905 She can't even speak. 66 00:04:31,972 --> 00:04:34,975 It's like she's a cat, or a dog or something. 67 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:36,209 (GIGGLES) 68 00:04:36,276 --> 00:04:37,945 My mom says hi. 69 00:04:37,978 --> 00:04:39,613 She wanted me to tell you that her sister 70 00:04:39,713 --> 00:04:42,249 is looking for an interior decorator, if you're interested. 71 00:04:42,316 --> 00:04:43,951 She lives in Wallingford. 72 00:04:44,051 --> 00:04:45,553 Well, I will give her a call. 73 00:04:45,619 --> 00:04:47,087 I'm still very busy here, though. 74 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,489 I haven't even finished the kitchen. 75 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:51,258 Or the living room, or the dining room. 76 00:04:53,627 --> 00:04:56,063 Will you help me with dinner, Dot? 77 00:04:58,432 --> 00:05:00,468 Don't touch that, please. 78 00:05:02,102 --> 00:05:04,605 I'm sorry. My mom's a total control freak. 79 00:05:04,638 --> 00:05:06,974 This could be the fabric for our new couch. 80 00:05:07,107 --> 00:05:09,309 Jesus Christ, Mom, she was just touching it. 81 00:05:09,410 --> 00:05:13,080 It's not like she has cooties or something. 82 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:15,516 Besides, you're letting the retarded girl touch our food. 83 00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:18,986 Be careful, Nina, she can read lips. 84 00:05:19,086 --> 00:05:20,854 Your bedroom looks great, Mrs. Deer. 85 00:05:20,954 --> 00:05:24,124 I love the new curtains. They're very dramatic. 86 00:05:24,191 --> 00:05:26,126 When were you in my bedroom? 87 00:05:26,193 --> 00:05:29,497 We were just getting some lipstick, Mom. 88 00:05:29,597 --> 00:05:33,133 Mr. Deer did such a nice job with this house. 89 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,470 It's the nicest house in Meriden, everyone says so. 90 00:05:37,505 --> 00:05:39,640 Thank you, Michelle. 91 00:05:39,707 --> 00:05:42,876 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON TV) 92 00:05:43,677 --> 00:05:45,446 Not like that, Dot. 93 00:05:45,513 --> 00:05:48,015 You're wasting too much of the bean. 94 00:05:50,684 --> 00:05:53,353 (MUSIC PLAYING ON TV) 95 00:05:55,889 --> 00:05:57,891 I was watching the news. 96 00:05:58,025 --> 00:06:02,496 Why can't we watch something that actually affects us? 97 00:06:02,530 --> 00:06:04,798 Michelle's staying for dinner. Not tonight, Nina. 98 00:06:04,865 --> 00:06:06,800 Why, there's not enough food with the deaf girl? 99 00:06:06,867 --> 00:06:10,638 Your father's had a long day. I'm sure he would like a quiet night. 100 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:13,707 Well, then, why doesn't he dine alone with Dot? 101 00:06:15,809 --> 00:06:19,079 Paul Deer, how nice to see you again. 102 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:22,049 Janice Feltswater. 103 00:06:22,149 --> 00:06:24,017 I'm Nina's college advisor. 104 00:06:24,084 --> 00:06:25,218 Parent-teacher conference. 105 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:26,319 Oh, yes. Yes. 106 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:28,856 I've been meaning to touch base with you. 107 00:06:28,922 --> 00:06:30,491 Or your wife. 108 00:06:30,558 --> 00:06:32,760 I, uh, I'm concerned. 109 00:06:33,494 --> 00:06:34,695 About Nina? 110 00:06:34,762 --> 00:06:36,263 About Dot. 111 00:06:36,363 --> 00:06:39,366 The disabled girl you've taken in? She's deaf. 112 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:41,268 She seems very unhappy. 113 00:06:42,670 --> 00:06:44,738 She just lost her father. 114 00:06:44,838 --> 00:06:46,073 They were very close. 115 00:06:46,173 --> 00:06:47,675 What about her mother? 116 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:49,409 Cancer, when Dot was seven. 117 00:06:49,443 --> 00:06:51,612 Oh, tragic. Yes. 118 00:06:51,712 --> 00:06:54,715 You are so good to have taken her in. 119 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:58,218 You're not only a brilliant architect, you're a good man. 120 00:06:58,285 --> 00:06:59,787 Thank you. Olivia Deer? 121 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:01,789 Yes. Something wrong? 122 00:07:01,889 --> 00:07:04,792 Oh, uh, my wife had a root canal. 123 00:07:04,892 --> 00:07:06,059 Ouch. Antibiotics. 124 00:07:06,093 --> 00:07:07,961 Well, it was nice to see you. Good to see you. 125 00:07:08,095 --> 00:07:09,630 Good night. Tell your wife hello. 126 00:07:09,730 --> 00:07:11,932 I will. Good night. Good night. 127 00:07:18,371 --> 00:07:19,439 (DOOR CLOSES) 128 00:07:20,307 --> 00:07:21,441 PAUL: Hello, Dot. 129 00:07:21,542 --> 00:07:24,377 Did you have a good day at school? 130 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:26,647 She spent most of the day in the bathroom. 131 00:07:26,747 --> 00:07:28,549 She's a total freak. 132 00:07:28,616 --> 00:07:30,951 Can't you just be, like, her un-godparents? 133 00:07:33,921 --> 00:07:35,923 PAUL: You look nice today. 134 00:07:37,925 --> 00:07:40,293 I just said that you look nice today. 135 00:07:40,393 --> 00:07:43,664 Well, I look like shit and I need to wash my hair. 136 00:07:43,764 --> 00:07:46,233 Mom's passed out in the living room. 137 00:08:01,782 --> 00:08:04,184 Hey, come here. Take it. 138 00:08:05,753 --> 00:08:07,187 It's great. 139 00:08:07,287 --> 00:08:11,124 It's, like, socially acceptable. It's legalized heroin. 140 00:08:11,158 --> 00:08:12,860 My mom won't notice. 141 00:08:16,597 --> 00:08:17,765 Pussy. 142 00:08:41,354 --> 00:08:42,455 Hey. 143 00:08:43,056 --> 00:08:44,324 Paisley. 144 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,830 It's hard work decorating, Paul. 145 00:08:49,897 --> 00:08:53,634 I have to rely on the French and Italians to send me fabrics. 146 00:08:58,706 --> 00:09:02,042 Come on. Let's get you to bed. Come on. 147 00:09:04,211 --> 00:09:05,545 Up you go. 148 00:09:06,413 --> 00:09:07,414 Up. 149 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:09,516 You all right? 150 00:09:21,995 --> 00:09:23,163 (MOANS) 151 00:09:25,733 --> 00:09:27,100 Thanks, hon. 152 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:36,610 Stop it. 153 00:09:38,078 --> 00:09:40,881 What? Looking at me like that. 154 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:42,082 Like what? 155 00:09:42,215 --> 00:09:43,917 My hip still hurts at night. 156 00:09:55,929 --> 00:09:57,631 This arrived today. 157 00:10:00,968 --> 00:10:03,637 Now the room is finally finished. 158 00:10:03,771 --> 00:10:05,238 It's perfect. 159 00:10:08,275 --> 00:10:09,376 Good. 160 00:10:14,882 --> 00:10:16,216 I'm sorry. 161 00:10:17,217 --> 00:10:18,551 About Dot. 162 00:10:20,754 --> 00:10:22,055 (SIGHS) 163 00:10:22,122 --> 00:10:23,791 I want her here, Olivia. 164 00:10:23,891 --> 00:10:25,558 It was the right thing to do. 165 00:10:27,961 --> 00:10:29,396 I should get the girls dinner. 166 00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:32,232 Don't say it like that. 167 00:10:32,299 --> 00:10:34,234 Don't imply, every time you say 168 00:10:34,301 --> 00:10:36,169 that you are going to do something, 169 00:10:36,269 --> 00:10:39,006 you are implying I am not the one doing it. 170 00:10:39,106 --> 00:10:41,108 You're tired, Olivia. Get some sleep. 171 00:10:41,174 --> 00:10:42,776 No, I'm self-aware! 172 00:10:42,843 --> 00:10:45,245 I'm incredibly fucking self-aware. 173 00:10:50,951 --> 00:10:53,620 So, you think Dot's going to be able 174 00:10:53,653 --> 00:10:55,622 to keep up with your classes at school? 175 00:10:55,689 --> 00:10:56,990 I don't know, why don't you ask her? 176 00:10:57,090 --> 00:11:00,694 You seem to be an expert in deaf-speak. 177 00:11:00,794 --> 00:11:04,865 You know, there's an American Sign Language course at the evening extension. 178 00:11:04,965 --> 00:11:09,102 I thought it would be fun if we all learned a little sign language. 179 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:11,204 You mean she's actually staying? 180 00:11:11,304 --> 00:11:13,673 Of course she's staying, Nina. 181 00:11:13,774 --> 00:11:16,176 She doesn't have anybody else. 182 00:11:16,276 --> 00:11:17,610 She doesn't have any family. 183 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:19,479 She's not as fortunate as you. 184 00:11:21,181 --> 00:11:22,783 It wouldn't hurt for you to, you know, 185 00:11:22,850 --> 00:11:24,551 take some sign language courses. 186 00:11:24,651 --> 00:11:27,154 It couldn't help but look good on your college applications. 187 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:29,622 People like to see a little initiative. 188 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:31,859 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 189 00:11:31,992 --> 00:11:35,328 NINA: Hello? Yeah. I know. 190 00:11:35,362 --> 00:11:37,798 Yeah, well, let me call you back. Okay. 191 00:11:39,066 --> 00:11:41,668 You make yourself at home, okay, Dot? 192 00:11:42,903 --> 00:11:44,237 I'm spending the night at Michelle's. 193 00:11:44,337 --> 00:11:46,306 We have to practice our new routines. 194 00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:49,209 Tonight? 195 00:11:49,309 --> 00:11:51,644 Yeah, I wanted to give you and your new daughter some time to bond. 196 00:11:58,085 --> 00:12:01,088 TEACHER: Michelle Fell with Norman Griss, 197 00:12:02,055 --> 00:12:04,557 Nina Deer with Nelim Sathime. 198 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:07,160 Oh, and, Dot, 199 00:12:07,227 --> 00:12:10,898 for this dissection you'll be partnered with Connor Kennedy. 200 00:12:11,765 --> 00:12:12,933 Okay? 201 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:16,103 All right, everybody. 202 00:12:17,104 --> 00:12:18,705 Hi. 203 00:12:18,772 --> 00:12:20,774 PILN: Peel back that outer layer of skin 204 00:12:20,908 --> 00:12:24,744 and get yourself acquainted with the general anatomical structure. 205 00:12:24,778 --> 00:12:26,179 I'm calling PETA. 206 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:28,348 This is major animal cruelty right now. 207 00:12:28,415 --> 00:12:30,183 PILN: Save it, Miss Fell. 208 00:12:35,789 --> 00:12:36,790 Oh... 209 00:12:36,924 --> 00:12:38,691 Gentle, Dot, slow. 210 00:12:39,927 --> 00:12:41,929 The pig is already dead. 211 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:51,571 MICHELLE: I can't believe that auditory waste product gets to lab with Connor. 212 00:12:51,638 --> 00:12:53,907 It's like Piln trying to hold fate. 213 00:12:53,974 --> 00:12:56,076 And I want to fuck him. 214 00:12:56,143 --> 00:12:57,377 Fuck him. 215 00:12:57,444 --> 00:12:59,947 He's obviously afraid of commitment. 216 00:13:00,047 --> 00:13:03,283 So, who do you want to bang-chung these days, Nina? 217 00:13:05,318 --> 00:13:07,821 No one. Nina, you got to get it going. 218 00:13:07,955 --> 00:13:10,457 You are 17 and you're still a virgin. 219 00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:12,292 Don't worry, I'm not going to tell anybody. 220 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:14,727 It's just if you don't pop this thing before the end of the year, 221 00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:17,297 you're going to end up being a high-school spinster. 222 00:13:17,397 --> 00:13:18,398 Blatantly. 223 00:13:18,465 --> 00:13:19,799 Now, I really just don't get it. 224 00:13:19,933 --> 00:13:22,169 You could have anybody you wanted. 225 00:13:22,269 --> 00:13:25,072 Except Connor. Dibs on him this semester. 226 00:13:26,974 --> 00:13:28,441 Oh, look. 227 00:13:28,508 --> 00:13:31,344 Dot's found a companion she can speak with. 228 00:13:32,946 --> 00:13:35,115 Maybe Myrna will adopt her, and that way 229 00:13:35,182 --> 00:13:37,350 she can have two deaf daughters. 230 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:43,050 DOT: When Beethoven was 17 years old, his mother died. 231 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:51,224 In 1801, when Beethoven first discovered he was losing his hearing, 232 00:14:51,324 --> 00:14:53,360 he got severely depressed. 233 00:14:56,163 --> 00:14:57,664 (CHATTERING) 234 00:14:57,730 --> 00:14:59,899 ...he actually knows who I am. I gave him two weeks' notice. 235 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,535 Watch, I'm telling you right now... 236 00:15:07,874 --> 00:15:09,842 What? Oh, nothing, man. 237 00:15:09,909 --> 00:15:11,511 I want to see. Don't worry about it. 238 00:15:11,578 --> 00:15:14,847 Hey, what the fuck? You don't want to fuck with the master, baby. 239 00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:18,251 Come on. Hey, you guys, come on. Let's go. 240 00:15:18,285 --> 00:15:21,621 DOT: But he emerged from this moment of crisis triumphant. 241 00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:30,964 His middle period is characterized by a heroic tone, 242 00:15:32,799 --> 00:15:34,801 as in his opera, Fidelio, 243 00:15:37,370 --> 00:15:41,541 where a wife saves her imprisoned husband from murder 244 00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:43,643 at the hands of his enemy. 245 00:15:47,747 --> 00:15:49,582 Come here, Dot. 246 00:15:49,616 --> 00:15:51,618 Don't be scared, you need some color. 247 00:15:54,988 --> 00:15:58,425 It's too bad I stopped seeing you after your mom died. 248 00:16:00,460 --> 00:16:02,895 I always wanted a sister. 249 00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:05,298 You know, maybe if you would have had a female influence in your life, 250 00:16:05,398 --> 00:16:07,734 you wouldn't look like a janitor. 251 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:12,339 There, looks perfect. 252 00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:14,274 Now you actually look like a woman. 253 00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:16,976 Later. 254 00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:51,844 I had a pop quiz in history today. I got a B-. 255 00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:53,880 Oh, that's too bad. 256 00:16:53,980 --> 00:16:55,848 Michelle got a C. 257 00:16:55,948 --> 00:16:57,717 I thought it was a good thing. 258 00:16:57,817 --> 00:17:01,154 The least you could do is say something supportive. 259 00:17:03,790 --> 00:17:05,958 Your hair is getting so long. 260 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:08,828 It's so soft. 261 00:17:10,297 --> 00:17:11,798 Thanks, Daddy. 262 00:17:15,335 --> 00:17:17,504 DOT: I was seven when my mom died. 263 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,474 After that, my father became my world. 264 00:17:42,729 --> 00:17:47,767 When I was little, even if I was just practicing scales, 265 00:17:47,867 --> 00:17:49,602 my father would press his back 266 00:17:49,702 --> 00:17:52,872 against the base of our upright piano with his eyes closed 267 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:56,243 so that he could feel the vibrations of the piano strings. 268 00:17:57,710 --> 00:17:59,846 It was his way of listening. 269 00:18:12,024 --> 00:18:13,193 One day 270 00:18:14,861 --> 00:18:16,963 we were eating French fries. 271 00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:22,802 I was playing with the ketchup on my plate. 272 00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:29,442 My father told me he had to run across the street to the bank. 273 00:18:30,743 --> 00:18:33,246 I said I had to go to the bathroom. 274 00:18:35,315 --> 00:18:38,485 He told me to meet him in front of the restaurant. 275 00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:45,558 By the time I got there, there were people everywhere. 276 00:18:50,230 --> 00:18:54,000 My father had run in front of a truck and was killed. 277 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,951 The police officer told me that he probably died on impact. 278 00:19:12,018 --> 00:19:14,321 It was fast, there was no pain. 279 00:19:16,022 --> 00:19:18,625 I'm supposed to find comfort in that. 280 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,696 For the record, he had looked both ways, 281 00:19:23,796 --> 00:19:27,133 but he couldn't hear the truck's horn honking at him. 282 00:19:27,967 --> 00:19:30,470 No one ran to save him. 283 00:19:30,503 --> 00:19:34,341 No one bothered to run out and grab him. 284 00:19:34,474 --> 00:19:38,144 If I had been there with him, it would have been different. 285 00:19:39,679 --> 00:19:41,781 If I hadn't left him alone. 286 00:19:52,859 --> 00:19:54,193 NINA: Daddy. 287 00:19:58,398 --> 00:20:00,900 (PAUL MUMBLING) 288 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,303 PAUL: You have such a beautiful back. 289 00:20:05,405 --> 00:20:08,341 If only you weren't so beautiful. 290 00:20:08,408 --> 00:20:11,210 NINA: I gained three pounds. I weighed myself in gym. 291 00:20:11,311 --> 00:20:12,812 (CREAKING) NINA: What was that? 292 00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:38,905 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 293 00:20:51,284 --> 00:20:53,786 OLIVIA: How is the Alderside house coming? 294 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,254 Fine, fine. 295 00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:10,303 NINA: I'm spending the night at Michelle's. 296 00:21:12,639 --> 00:21:13,973 It's a school night. 297 00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:15,408 And your point is? 298 00:21:17,877 --> 00:21:19,879 You're not going. Mom. 299 00:21:19,946 --> 00:21:21,581 Why can't she go? 300 00:21:22,915 --> 00:21:25,752 Don't contradict me just to contradict me. 301 00:21:25,818 --> 00:21:27,787 We're just going to the movies with a bunch of friends. 302 00:21:27,887 --> 00:21:29,822 OLIVIA: Boys? 303 00:21:29,922 --> 00:21:32,592 It's none of your business. I'm just curious. 304 00:21:32,659 --> 00:21:35,562 Yeah, Michelle and I were gonna gang-bang the entire varsity squad 305 00:21:35,628 --> 00:21:37,930 in the back row of the Cineplex. 306 00:21:37,997 --> 00:21:39,332 You're not going. 307 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:42,735 Why not? 308 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:54,481 I finished all my homework. 309 00:21:54,514 --> 00:21:56,683 OLIVIA: She finished all her homework. 310 00:21:59,419 --> 00:22:00,753 So can I go? 311 00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:02,489 Well, it's up to your father. 312 00:22:04,624 --> 00:22:05,792 Thanks, Dad. 313 00:22:05,858 --> 00:22:07,293 (CELL PHONE RINGING) Oh. 314 00:22:08,528 --> 00:22:10,663 Hello? Yeah. I'll be out in a sec. 315 00:22:10,763 --> 00:22:12,665 Michelle's waiting outside. Bye. 316 00:22:19,472 --> 00:22:20,607 (DOOR CLOSING) 317 00:22:24,310 --> 00:22:25,778 What's wrong? 318 00:22:31,317 --> 00:22:33,185 PAUL: She thinks she can do whatever she wants. 319 00:22:33,285 --> 00:22:35,121 She just wants to go to a movie. 320 00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:36,689 You're not helping me, Olivia. 321 00:22:36,723 --> 00:22:38,157 You're not helping me. 322 00:22:38,224 --> 00:22:40,126 I'm trying to raise her. 323 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:44,063 I am trying to do things right, and you are not helping me. 324 00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:45,965 You constantly contradict me. 325 00:22:46,032 --> 00:22:48,668 Calm down. I hate it when you snap at me. 326 00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:51,203 You undermine my authority. 327 00:22:51,337 --> 00:22:54,507 Don't be ridiculous, they're just girls. Jesus. 328 00:23:01,347 --> 00:23:03,850 Oh, I'm sorry you had to see that, Dot. 329 00:23:08,354 --> 00:23:12,158 Well, he loses his temper once in a while for no good reason. 330 00:23:13,493 --> 00:23:16,395 People can be very complicated, Dot. 331 00:23:18,565 --> 00:23:20,066 You know, your mother was complicated. 332 00:23:20,099 --> 00:23:21,934 Your mother was a slut. 333 00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:25,705 I married the first man I was with, but not your mother. 334 00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:28,908 Your mother was a big, old, lucky slut. 335 00:23:31,578 --> 00:23:33,680 You look like your mother, you know that? 336 00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:38,250 You are the same age now as your mother was when we met. 337 00:23:38,284 --> 00:23:39,519 Hold on. 338 00:23:47,594 --> 00:23:50,530 Here was our apartment after graduation. 339 00:23:50,597 --> 00:23:52,031 We shared a bedroom. 340 00:23:52,098 --> 00:23:55,434 I put that wallpaper up with my own two hands. 341 00:23:55,568 --> 00:23:57,369 God, look at my hair. 342 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:04,443 Umm-Hmm. 343 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:11,784 You know, you should make more of an effort to keep up appearances. 344 00:24:11,884 --> 00:24:14,153 There you go, you look much better. 345 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:21,127 I envy your mother sometimes. 346 00:24:22,562 --> 00:24:24,564 Never having to grow old. 347 00:24:32,605 --> 00:24:35,074 What, you want to go to a movie? 348 00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:37,476 Of course. Sure, I can take you. 349 00:24:38,645 --> 00:24:40,980 PAUL: You're in no condition to drive. 350 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:44,651 She's all alone, Paul. She wants to go to a movie. It's the least I can do. 351 00:24:44,751 --> 00:24:45,785 The poor girl. 352 00:24:45,852 --> 00:24:47,353 PAUL: I'll drive her. 353 00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:54,426 Paul is going to drive you. 354 00:25:24,156 --> 00:25:27,126 Move over so I can sit next to Connor. 355 00:25:27,193 --> 00:25:29,028 I want to see if he gets a hard-on 356 00:25:29,061 --> 00:25:30,663 when I put my hand in his lap. 357 00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:40,840 Should we ask Dot to sit with us? 358 00:25:43,576 --> 00:25:45,678 Some people prefer to sit alone. 359 00:25:45,745 --> 00:25:47,814 Yeah, dude. She's a buzzkill, man. 360 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,349 No, I... Seriously, guys, think about it. 361 00:25:50,416 --> 00:25:52,752 I mean, imagine what that's got to be like, 362 00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:54,754 you know? Not being able to hear? 363 00:25:55,688 --> 00:25:57,156 It's fucking depressing. 364 00:25:57,223 --> 00:25:59,158 She knows what it's like to hear. 365 00:25:59,225 --> 00:26:01,728 She lost her hearing when she was seven, after her mom died. 366 00:26:01,761 --> 00:26:03,562 She was totally normal before that. 367 00:26:06,733 --> 00:26:08,500 That's cool. 368 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:09,769 I don't know, I bet it'd be harder losing something 369 00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:11,237 than never having had it at all. 370 00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:13,039 Okay, Deepak Chopra Winfrey. 371 00:26:13,105 --> 00:26:14,774 Thanks for the life lesson. 372 00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:17,076 (ALL CHUCKLING) 373 00:26:31,457 --> 00:26:34,927 DOT: One day we wake up and we realize the world sucks. 374 00:26:37,296 --> 00:26:39,431 And we suck for being in it. 375 00:26:41,533 --> 00:26:43,102 And we run away. 376 00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:51,143 MICHELLE: I'm telling you, she's a hermaphrodite. 377 00:26:51,243 --> 00:26:53,312 What? You don't believe me? 378 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:10,429 DOT: Anything but to face ourselves as we are. 379 00:27:16,836 --> 00:27:19,005 Anything to avoid asking 380 00:27:20,306 --> 00:27:22,809 why we hate ourselves so much. 381 00:27:41,928 --> 00:27:43,595 (WOMAN MOANING ON TV) 382 00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:46,365 MICHELLE: How do you know if you're a good kisser? 383 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:49,335 NINA: What do you mean? 384 00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:52,939 I mean, if you were a bad kisser, 385 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:54,841 do you think people would tell you? 386 00:27:54,941 --> 00:27:57,877 Or do you think you'd, like, actually live your whole life 387 00:27:57,977 --> 00:28:00,512 thinking you were a good kisser? 388 00:28:01,881 --> 00:28:04,550 I don't know. 389 00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:06,819 MICHELLE: You'd have to ask, I guess. 390 00:28:08,788 --> 00:28:12,624 Find someone you really trust and kiss them. 391 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,729 And then ask them how it was. 392 00:28:18,297 --> 00:28:19,498 I guess. 393 00:28:45,657 --> 00:28:46,893 (CREAKING) 394 00:29:03,242 --> 00:29:04,243 (DOOR OPENING) 395 00:29:31,303 --> 00:29:32,304 I'm... 396 00:29:36,242 --> 00:29:37,743 I'm sick, Dot. 397 00:29:42,281 --> 00:29:45,117 I'm sick and I hate it. 398 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:50,890 I thought 399 00:29:53,159 --> 00:29:56,896 when you came here, maybe things would change. 400 00:30:03,335 --> 00:30:07,840 I thought maybe having somebody else here would... 401 00:30:12,678 --> 00:30:14,113 I don't know. 402 00:30:15,747 --> 00:30:17,850 I don't know what I thought. 403 00:30:41,773 --> 00:30:43,109 I hate it. 404 00:30:56,488 --> 00:30:59,158 MICHELLE: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? 405 00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:01,860 I don't know. 406 00:31:01,961 --> 00:31:03,862 Did you ever think about that before? 407 00:31:03,963 --> 00:31:05,564 Of course. I think about it all the time. 408 00:31:05,664 --> 00:31:07,199 Well, where then? 409 00:31:09,068 --> 00:31:10,569 How about you? 410 00:31:11,904 --> 00:31:13,405 Florida, maybe. 411 00:31:14,406 --> 00:31:15,574 Super sunny. 412 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:17,309 Yeah. 413 00:31:18,144 --> 00:31:19,645 Maybe Australia. 414 00:31:21,247 --> 00:31:23,349 Random. Why? 415 00:31:25,684 --> 00:31:27,486 It's really far away. 416 00:31:52,778 --> 00:31:54,846 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 417 00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:56,682 MICHELLE: Whatever, Nina. Just wait until your mom and dad are asleep 418 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:58,951 and sneak out. It's not that hard. 419 00:31:59,051 --> 00:32:01,387 My mom's a chronic insomniac, I do it all the time. 420 00:32:01,453 --> 00:32:03,956 I mean, with your mom it should be easy. Michelle. 421 00:32:04,056 --> 00:32:06,092 Def Jam Records over there won't tattle. 422 00:32:06,192 --> 00:32:08,027 She won't hear you. 423 00:32:08,961 --> 00:32:10,429 Look, I said I'd try. 424 00:32:10,529 --> 00:32:12,531 Come on, it'll be fun. It's just the four of us. 425 00:32:12,631 --> 00:32:14,133 We've got the place to ourselves, my parents' liquor cabinet. 426 00:32:14,233 --> 00:32:15,934 Maybe you can snag some pills from your mom. 427 00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:18,804 Her mom's a major prescriptaholic. 428 00:32:18,904 --> 00:32:19,938 Michelle. What? 429 00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:22,241 Shut up. She is. 430 00:32:22,308 --> 00:32:24,410 We're gonna be late for practice. 431 00:32:31,150 --> 00:32:32,651 Why the dramarama? Nothing. 432 00:32:32,751 --> 00:32:34,620 Look at me right now. 433 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,722 Brian's parents are going to be gone for one night. 434 00:32:36,822 --> 00:32:38,657 Connor and Brian want us to get drunk with them, 435 00:32:38,757 --> 00:32:40,426 and you're not gonna fuck this up for me. 436 00:32:40,492 --> 00:32:42,661 Why do I have to be there? Why can't you invite Fiona? 437 00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:44,963 Because he doesn't want to fuck Fiona. He wants to fuck you. 438 00:32:45,064 --> 00:32:46,898 Look, I said I'd try, Michelle. Drop it. 439 00:32:46,999 --> 00:32:48,734 You know, your mom passes out by 9:00 every night 440 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,803 and your dad must go to sleep sometime. 441 00:32:51,903 --> 00:32:53,639 I gotta go to class. 442 00:32:58,744 --> 00:32:59,978 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 443 00:33:01,847 --> 00:33:02,848 NINA: Hello? 444 00:33:02,948 --> 00:33:04,416 PAUL: How's my baby girl? 445 00:33:04,483 --> 00:33:05,651 What do you want? 446 00:33:05,751 --> 00:33:07,486 I just had a quiet moment at the office. 447 00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:09,321 I thought I'd see how you're doing. 448 00:33:09,421 --> 00:33:10,822 Fine. 449 00:33:10,922 --> 00:33:13,092 Are you in your cheerleading uniform? 450 00:33:13,159 --> 00:33:16,328 I gotta get to class. I'm turning my phone off. 451 00:33:16,428 --> 00:33:18,264 Who was that? 452 00:33:18,364 --> 00:33:20,266 My mom. She's so needy. 453 00:34:09,715 --> 00:34:10,716 (CRASHING) 454 00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:12,484 Shit! 455 00:34:19,991 --> 00:34:21,427 (DOT HUMMING) 456 00:34:55,561 --> 00:34:56,795 Hey, Dot. 457 00:35:25,591 --> 00:35:29,495 Life sucks, Dot. I feel like I can tell you this. 458 00:35:29,595 --> 00:35:33,465 I feel like I can be honest because you can't hear, or can you? 459 00:35:35,434 --> 00:35:37,769 Look at you. 460 00:35:37,803 --> 00:35:40,906 Eating your sandwich like a piglet while I talk. 461 00:35:42,808 --> 00:35:45,844 It's strangely comforting. 462 00:35:45,944 --> 00:35:49,915 When I first met you, and when you first moved in, I hated you. 463 00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:51,650 I hated your face, 464 00:35:52,651 --> 00:35:54,653 and your dumb blank stare. 465 00:35:57,823 --> 00:36:02,027 But now that I feel like I know you again, all that's changed. 466 00:36:02,127 --> 00:36:03,762 It's so nice to know that there's someone 467 00:36:03,829 --> 00:36:05,664 whose life sucks more than mine. 468 00:36:08,634 --> 00:36:10,702 I'm gonna kill my dad, Dot. 469 00:36:13,472 --> 00:36:14,673 Tonight. 470 00:36:18,710 --> 00:36:20,846 I hate him, you know. 471 00:36:20,946 --> 00:36:23,982 I hate him but I love him. 472 00:36:24,049 --> 00:36:26,552 I hate it when he won't let me go out with my friends, 473 00:36:26,652 --> 00:36:29,888 but I love it when he fucks me. 474 00:36:29,988 --> 00:36:32,558 I hate when he fucks me, too, though. 475 00:36:32,658 --> 00:36:34,125 You see how that works? 476 00:36:34,159 --> 00:36:35,661 It doesn't make any sense. 477 00:36:40,499 --> 00:36:43,535 He likes it when I bite on his nipples, though. 478 00:36:45,804 --> 00:36:49,174 I stick the tip of his nipple between my teeth 479 00:36:49,241 --> 00:36:53,579 and I rub my tongue back and forth on it, like a windshield wiper. 480 00:36:57,683 --> 00:36:59,985 It drives him wild. 481 00:37:00,051 --> 00:37:02,354 I made him come once just by sucking on his nipples. 482 00:37:02,421 --> 00:37:04,756 I didn't even have to touch his dick once. 483 00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:10,596 I love that I can tell you this shit. 484 00:37:10,696 --> 00:37:12,230 Because it's like it's off my chest, 485 00:37:12,364 --> 00:37:14,232 but it's still a secret, you know? 486 00:37:19,871 --> 00:37:21,940 Michelle's dad's got a gun. 487 00:37:22,908 --> 00:37:24,610 I know where it is. 488 00:37:27,546 --> 00:37:30,549 But I figure it'd be too gross. 489 00:37:30,682 --> 00:37:33,352 You know, with Mom's decorating and all. 490 00:37:33,419 --> 00:37:34,920 Although she's probably already joined 491 00:37:35,020 --> 00:37:38,056 Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe in pill popper's paradise. 492 00:37:38,123 --> 00:37:40,626 She's like an E! True Meriden Story. 493 00:37:45,397 --> 00:37:47,198 I'm gonna do it late. 494 00:37:49,134 --> 00:37:51,202 Mom won't wake up. Nah. 495 00:37:52,438 --> 00:37:53,939 You can't hear. 496 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:56,642 It'll just be me, 497 00:37:57,609 --> 00:37:58,877 my daddy, 498 00:38:00,312 --> 00:38:02,814 and a bullet. 499 00:38:02,914 --> 00:38:05,951 Michelle's gonna steal it for me this afternoon. 500 00:38:06,452 --> 00:38:07,486 Pow. 501 00:38:53,264 --> 00:38:54,666 (DOT PLAYING PIANO) 502 00:39:31,737 --> 00:39:34,172 Hey, hey, sorry. Did I scare you? 503 00:39:35,173 --> 00:39:36,808 I--I didn't mean to. 504 00:39:36,842 --> 00:39:37,876 I was just looking for you. 505 00:39:38,009 --> 00:39:39,344 I heard the music. That's, like, amazing. 506 00:39:39,411 --> 00:39:42,481 I--I've never been good at anything other than basketball. 507 00:39:45,016 --> 00:39:46,818 Look, 508 00:39:46,885 --> 00:39:50,489 I was just wondering when you wanted to get together 509 00:39:50,556 --> 00:39:51,757 to write up the lab. 510 00:39:59,898 --> 00:40:00,932 Dot. 511 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:04,202 Dot! 512 00:40:04,269 --> 00:40:07,205 NINA: The wallpaper in the dining room is revolting. 513 00:40:07,272 --> 00:40:08,607 They ordered the wrong paper. 514 00:40:08,707 --> 00:40:10,742 Yeah, well, it makes me nauseous. 515 00:40:10,876 --> 00:40:14,045 They made a mistake. They'll replace it. 516 00:40:14,112 --> 00:40:16,682 If I had to eat dinner and look at that every day, 517 00:40:16,748 --> 00:40:18,083 I would seriously hurl. 518 00:40:18,183 --> 00:40:19,451 That's enough. 519 00:40:20,285 --> 00:40:22,287 What? I'm just saying. 520 00:40:22,387 --> 00:40:25,924 What, is it illegal now to have an opinion in this house? 521 00:40:26,558 --> 00:40:27,859 (DOORBELL RINGS) 522 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,095 That's Michelle. 523 00:40:30,228 --> 00:40:31,863 You two are joined at the hip. 524 00:40:31,897 --> 00:40:34,199 Yeah, we're friends, Mom, that's what best friends do. 525 00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:36,367 If you had any, you'd know. 526 00:40:41,473 --> 00:40:43,441 Connor. I should have called. 527 00:40:43,542 --> 00:40:45,477 What are you doing here? Is she here? 528 00:40:45,577 --> 00:40:47,078 She should be here by now. 529 00:40:47,145 --> 00:40:49,581 You know Michelle, she'd be late to her own funeral. 530 00:40:49,648 --> 00:40:51,216 You can come in, though. 531 00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:52,918 Um, I came to see Dot. 532 00:40:53,819 --> 00:40:55,286 Dot? 533 00:40:55,386 --> 00:40:56,988 Yeah. I mean, she lives here, right? She lives with you? 534 00:40:57,088 --> 00:40:58,757 Yeah, totally. 535 00:40:58,824 --> 00:41:01,593 Yeah, Dot totally lives here, yeah. 536 00:41:01,660 --> 00:41:05,631 I figured it wouldn't make much sense to call. Can I come in? 537 00:41:05,731 --> 00:41:08,834 Yeah. Sorry. I'm totally rude. 538 00:41:08,934 --> 00:41:12,437 Um, my mom is decorating so we're eating in the kitchen. Come on in. 539 00:41:13,672 --> 00:41:14,773 Okay. 540 00:41:19,444 --> 00:41:20,445 (CLEARS THROAT) 541 00:41:20,579 --> 00:41:21,913 PAUL: You're not Michelle. 542 00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:24,182 (CHUCKLES) No, I'm not. 543 00:41:24,282 --> 00:41:25,784 Who are you? 544 00:41:25,851 --> 00:41:27,653 I'm Connor. 545 00:41:27,753 --> 00:41:29,821 You never told us about Connor, Nina. 546 00:41:29,921 --> 00:41:31,757 Why the big secret? 547 00:41:31,790 --> 00:41:34,092 NINA: He came for Dot. 548 00:41:34,159 --> 00:41:37,162 What are you going to do with her? 549 00:41:37,295 --> 00:41:40,799 Oh, uh, we're lab partners in biology. 550 00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:42,000 (DOORBELL RINGS) 551 00:41:42,133 --> 00:41:43,869 Oh, that must be Michelle. 552 00:41:51,309 --> 00:41:53,178 Put this somewhere. 553 00:41:53,311 --> 00:41:55,046 MICHELLE: I waited until my dad was asleep. 554 00:41:55,146 --> 00:41:58,183 PAUL: So, you go to school with Nina and Dot? 555 00:41:58,283 --> 00:41:59,785 CONNOR: That's right, sir. 556 00:42:00,786 --> 00:42:02,287 PAUL: Nina never mentioned you. 557 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:03,955 Don't give him the third degree, Paul. 558 00:42:04,022 --> 00:42:05,824 What third degree? 559 00:42:05,891 --> 00:42:07,192 Connor's here. 560 00:42:08,159 --> 00:42:09,327 What? 561 00:42:09,394 --> 00:42:10,528 He wants to see Dot. 562 00:42:10,629 --> 00:42:12,130 (CHUCKLES) 563 00:42:12,197 --> 00:42:16,201 Clearly an excuse. He knows we're like BFF. 564 00:42:16,301 --> 00:42:18,136 Fucking A. How do I look? 565 00:42:18,169 --> 00:42:19,204 Hot. 566 00:42:19,337 --> 00:42:21,973 Does he want to fuck me? Yes. 567 00:42:22,007 --> 00:42:23,241 Say it. Say what? 568 00:42:23,341 --> 00:42:25,844 Say he wants to fuck me. 569 00:42:25,977 --> 00:42:27,045 He wants to fuck you. 570 00:42:27,145 --> 00:42:29,981 Connor Kennedy wants to fuck me. 571 00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:34,686 Connor Kennedy wants to fuck you. 572 00:42:35,921 --> 00:42:37,088 (EXHALES) 573 00:42:37,689 --> 00:42:38,824 Let's rock. 574 00:42:38,857 --> 00:42:40,158 NINA: Wait! Let me stash this. 575 00:42:40,225 --> 00:42:42,560 The last thing I need is my dad finding it. 576 00:42:45,030 --> 00:42:48,533 CONNOR: Uh, Dot and I actually have to go over our biology lab. 577 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,102 I thought maybe we could go to the library. 578 00:42:53,038 --> 00:42:55,206 Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Deer. 579 00:42:55,273 --> 00:42:57,575 Hi, Connor. Hey. 580 00:42:57,676 --> 00:42:59,577 Dinner looks great, Mrs. Deer. 581 00:42:59,678 --> 00:43:02,213 OLIVIA: It's from Bene, Bene. On York. MICHELLE: Hmm. 582 00:43:04,215 --> 00:43:07,218 What are you looking at? 583 00:43:07,252 --> 00:43:09,788 You think you two are the only ones that do homework? 584 00:43:15,794 --> 00:43:17,696 Okay, um, see you later. 585 00:43:22,367 --> 00:43:23,635 Where are they going? 586 00:43:23,735 --> 00:43:25,436 PAUL: To the library. 587 00:43:25,536 --> 00:43:28,073 And you're letting her go? Why not? 588 00:43:28,139 --> 00:43:29,775 You never let me do anything. 589 00:43:29,875 --> 00:43:31,142 That is not true. 590 00:43:31,242 --> 00:43:32,744 He could be some sick fuck, you don't know. 591 00:43:32,811 --> 00:43:34,379 He said he was a friend of yours from school. 592 00:43:34,445 --> 00:43:35,814 And you believed him? 593 00:43:35,914 --> 00:43:38,784 You introduced us to him, you let him in the house. 594 00:43:46,658 --> 00:43:49,427 I just... I have a few questions about the... 595 00:43:49,494 --> 00:43:51,730 About the lab. 596 00:43:51,797 --> 00:43:54,099 See, I gotta get a--a good mark in bio 597 00:43:54,165 --> 00:43:55,600 'cause I need to pull a B 598 00:43:55,667 --> 00:43:57,302 to get this basketball scholarship at UConn 599 00:43:57,402 --> 00:43:58,937 and I know that I'm not going to get 600 00:43:59,004 --> 00:44:00,505 anything better than a C- in English, 601 00:44:00,605 --> 00:44:02,107 so I kind of need this. 602 00:44:02,173 --> 00:44:04,009 Can I help you? 603 00:44:04,109 --> 00:44:06,411 I think we need another minute. 604 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:10,081 What flavor? 605 00:44:11,116 --> 00:44:12,851 She's deaf. 606 00:44:12,951 --> 00:44:15,520 Um, but if you speak slowly, she can read your lips. 607 00:44:16,121 --> 00:44:17,355 Vanilla? 608 00:44:17,823 --> 00:44:19,157 Strawberry? 609 00:44:20,025 --> 00:44:21,359 Chocolate? 610 00:44:23,795 --> 00:44:25,864 Um, nothing for me. I'm fine, thanks. 611 00:44:27,799 --> 00:44:29,134 Chocolate? 612 00:44:30,368 --> 00:44:32,771 Do you think my nipples are abnormally big? 613 00:44:32,838 --> 00:44:34,706 Michelle, put your tit away. 614 00:44:34,806 --> 00:44:36,975 Well, Steph Simon was talking about it in the locker room. 615 00:44:37,042 --> 00:44:38,609 Your nipples? Nope. 616 00:44:38,676 --> 00:44:40,645 Nipples in general. 617 00:44:40,712 --> 00:44:41,813 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 618 00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:44,850 Dad! Jesus Christ, can't you knock? 619 00:44:44,950 --> 00:44:46,651 PAUL: I did knock. 620 00:44:46,718 --> 00:44:49,520 Yeah, but can you wait until I say "Come in," or something? 621 00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:52,557 I just wanted to see if you'd finished your homework. 622 00:44:52,657 --> 00:44:55,693 I told you I did it this afternoon. Fuck. 623 00:44:57,195 --> 00:44:59,798 PAUL: Nina, can I talk to you for a second? 624 00:45:02,333 --> 00:45:03,401 Nina? 625 00:45:13,044 --> 00:45:14,712 NINA: What? PAUL: It's a school night. 626 00:45:14,846 --> 00:45:16,414 So what? And it's late. 627 00:45:16,514 --> 00:45:18,683 You should be focusing on your homework. Send her home. 628 00:45:18,750 --> 00:45:20,185 We are doing homework. 629 00:45:20,251 --> 00:45:21,686 You're not finished, you're in there doing your nails. 630 00:45:21,753 --> 00:45:24,022 Just send her home, okay? It's a school night. 631 00:45:26,657 --> 00:45:28,860 You gotta go. Go? 632 00:45:28,927 --> 00:45:30,862 Go where? I don't know. Home, I guess. 633 00:45:30,929 --> 00:45:32,898 Why? Just because. 634 00:45:32,998 --> 00:45:34,665 What if Connor comes back? 635 00:45:34,699 --> 00:45:36,501 I'll call you. 636 00:45:36,567 --> 00:45:40,405 Okay, well, I'm picking you up at midnight and we're going to Brian's. 637 00:45:40,505 --> 00:45:41,706 I can't! 638 00:45:47,712 --> 00:45:48,713 Michelle... 639 00:45:57,255 --> 00:46:01,092 CONNOR: I'm not stupid, Dot. I'm not. People think I am, 640 00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:04,029 but I'm not. I mean, I... 641 00:46:04,062 --> 00:46:06,898 I have this learning disorder. I have ADD. 642 00:46:12,237 --> 00:46:14,739 People think a lot of stupid things. 643 00:46:19,710 --> 00:46:23,248 I mean, people think I fucked Frederica Diaz, it's... 644 00:46:29,220 --> 00:46:31,056 I think about you sometimes. 645 00:46:33,758 --> 00:46:36,594 I think about how you look naked, 646 00:46:38,129 --> 00:46:39,965 and how quiet you are. 647 00:46:42,267 --> 00:46:43,634 Like a doll. 648 00:46:47,438 --> 00:46:49,674 You're a virgin, too, aren't you, Dot? 649 00:46:49,774 --> 00:46:50,976 (SIREN WAILING) 650 00:46:53,744 --> 00:46:54,946 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 651 00:47:27,879 --> 00:47:29,547 NINA: Stop. Stop it. 652 00:47:32,217 --> 00:47:33,451 I'm fat. 653 00:47:37,122 --> 00:47:40,125 PAUL: You always say that. Where are you fat? 654 00:47:40,191 --> 00:47:42,360 I don't see any fat. Where is the fat, here? 655 00:47:42,393 --> 00:47:45,030 NINA: Stop. PAUL: Any there? 656 00:47:45,130 --> 00:47:46,631 Here? Stop it. 657 00:47:56,241 --> 00:47:57,708 I have something for you. 658 00:47:57,808 --> 00:47:58,977 What? 659 00:47:59,044 --> 00:48:00,245 PAUL: A present. 660 00:48:00,345 --> 00:48:01,512 NINA: No, you're just saying that. 661 00:48:01,579 --> 00:48:04,015 No, it's true. I'm gonna give it to you. 662 00:48:06,151 --> 00:48:07,552 PAUL: But first... 663 00:48:10,488 --> 00:48:11,489 (CRASHING) 664 00:48:11,589 --> 00:48:13,091 What was that? 665 00:48:21,699 --> 00:48:23,501 Dot broke the statue. 666 00:48:27,272 --> 00:48:29,274 I'm gonna get the dustpan. 667 00:48:40,385 --> 00:48:44,189 You're gonna have to be a little more careful around here, young lady. 668 00:48:55,866 --> 00:48:58,203 Don't touch it, you'll cut yourself. 669 00:49:19,957 --> 00:49:21,126 Olivia. 670 00:49:47,118 --> 00:49:48,453 (CRYING) 671 00:49:52,590 --> 00:49:53,791 (DOOR OPENING) 672 00:50:02,367 --> 00:50:05,270 Dad, I, uh, said I was tired. 673 00:50:30,395 --> 00:50:33,064 Be honest. Do you think I'm fat? 674 00:50:36,067 --> 00:50:37,402 Be honest. 675 00:50:44,309 --> 00:50:47,178 I guess I can trust you, right, Dot? I mean, 676 00:50:47,245 --> 00:50:50,081 why would you lie to me? You don't care about me. 677 00:51:02,327 --> 00:51:04,329 Tonight's the night, Dot. 678 00:51:06,831 --> 00:51:08,333 I can feel it. 679 00:51:09,367 --> 00:51:11,236 Tonight I'm gonna kill him. 680 00:51:11,336 --> 00:51:14,339 And I'm gonna do it at midnight. It'll be the perfect time. 681 00:51:19,677 --> 00:51:22,780 You know, it's so good that you can't hear, Dot. 682 00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:26,517 Otherwise, you'd be, like, an accomplice. 683 00:51:30,054 --> 00:51:31,589 (SIZZLING) 684 00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:03,120 REGINA: Department of Child Welfare. 685 00:52:03,221 --> 00:52:04,555 Gina McQueen speaking. 686 00:52:06,591 --> 00:52:07,758 Hello? 687 00:52:09,827 --> 00:52:10,995 Hello? 688 00:52:13,831 --> 00:52:15,099 (CROWD CHEERING) 689 00:52:42,092 --> 00:52:43,328 (WHISTLE BLOWS) 690 00:52:48,633 --> 00:52:50,835 CHEERLEADERS: H-O-T, hot! 691 00:52:50,935 --> 00:52:53,271 The Cougar team is hot. 692 00:52:54,004 --> 00:52:56,307 H-O-T, hot! 693 00:52:56,374 --> 00:52:59,510 When we say roar, you say net. 694 00:52:59,544 --> 00:53:01,779 Go for the net. Meriden. 695 00:53:02,313 --> 00:53:03,648 Meriden. 696 00:53:03,714 --> 00:53:05,983 They got boys but we got men. 697 00:53:06,050 --> 00:53:08,886 The Cougars stand up proud and tall. 698 00:53:08,986 --> 00:53:11,489 The Cougars rock at basketball! 699 00:53:38,983 --> 00:53:40,017 Hey. 700 00:53:43,588 --> 00:53:45,222 I didn't see you there. 701 00:53:47,725 --> 00:53:49,827 I suck at basketball and... 702 00:54:00,871 --> 00:54:02,106 CONNOR: You know, usually when we win, 703 00:54:02,206 --> 00:54:03,341 there's a whole bunch of people 704 00:54:03,408 --> 00:54:05,576 waiting outside of our locker room, 705 00:54:05,676 --> 00:54:07,211 cheering us on. 706 00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:11,782 Got out fast today. 707 00:54:17,288 --> 00:54:19,023 Nobody likes a loser. 708 00:54:28,633 --> 00:54:31,268 You know, I was thinking about you last night. 709 00:54:34,805 --> 00:54:36,541 I was thinking that 710 00:54:38,309 --> 00:54:41,111 if we went on a road trip, how quiet it would be. 711 00:54:45,115 --> 00:54:46,951 You know, we could go all the way 712 00:54:47,051 --> 00:54:49,420 through Long Island, to, uh, to Pennsylvania. 713 00:54:49,487 --> 00:54:52,323 You know, that's where they make Hershey's chocolate. 714 00:54:52,423 --> 00:54:53,824 Pennsylvania. 715 00:54:53,924 --> 00:54:57,662 And, uh, all the lamp posts look like Hershey's Kisses. 716 00:54:59,163 --> 00:55:01,666 They give you free MandM's at the factory. 717 00:55:05,436 --> 00:55:07,271 I can smell your hair. 718 00:55:08,773 --> 00:55:10,775 It smells like cucumbers. 719 00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:20,317 I--I got really, really hard last night. 720 00:55:22,319 --> 00:55:23,988 I had to beat off. 721 00:55:26,691 --> 00:55:30,695 And my mom was just outside of my room, putting the towels away. 722 00:55:30,828 --> 00:55:32,663 You know, I could hear her, 723 00:55:34,799 --> 00:55:36,601 but I couldn't help myself. 724 00:55:38,869 --> 00:55:41,472 I mean, I came four times. 725 00:55:44,308 --> 00:55:46,844 I mean, four times, that--that isn't normal, is it? 726 00:55:57,388 --> 00:55:58,889 What am I gonna do? 727 00:56:02,827 --> 00:56:05,129 I'm this sex addict with a learning disorder 728 00:56:05,195 --> 00:56:08,132 who forgot how to play basketball. 729 00:56:08,198 --> 00:56:11,368 OLIVIA: The landscaper's coming at noon tomorrow. 730 00:56:12,637 --> 00:56:14,138 You told me already. 731 00:56:15,172 --> 00:56:18,643 Is Nina at the basketball game? 732 00:56:18,709 --> 00:56:20,711 She's your daughter. You don't know where she is? 733 00:56:20,811 --> 00:56:24,214 Well, of course I know where she is, she's at the basketball game. 734 00:56:24,314 --> 00:56:27,418 That boy that came over the other night was on the basketball team. 735 00:56:27,518 --> 00:56:28,653 I thought he was very cute. 736 00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:29,754 Cute? 737 00:56:29,854 --> 00:56:31,088 OLIVIA: For Nina. 738 00:56:36,093 --> 00:56:37,695 PAUL: Careful, Olivia. 739 00:56:39,029 --> 00:56:42,032 What with all these music videos and magazines, 740 00:56:42,099 --> 00:56:43,333 do you really think she needs you 741 00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:45,770 to push her into dating and dressing like a slut? 742 00:56:52,910 --> 00:56:54,011 Paul? 743 00:56:55,112 --> 00:56:57,114 Have I gotten fat? 744 00:56:57,214 --> 00:56:58,616 She's only 17. 745 00:56:58,716 --> 00:57:00,518 When you were 17, you were still a virgin. 746 00:57:05,122 --> 00:57:07,091 Come on, just look. You didn't even look. 747 00:57:07,124 --> 00:57:09,026 Come here, see if you can pinch an inch. 748 00:57:09,126 --> 00:57:10,394 See if you can pinch an inch. 749 00:57:10,461 --> 00:57:11,629 Good night. 750 00:57:14,298 --> 00:57:17,101 OLIVIA: You're mean. I'm sleeping on the floor. 751 00:57:28,245 --> 00:57:30,247 PAUL: Get into bed, Olivia. 752 00:57:30,314 --> 00:57:32,282 I don't want to, I'm comfortable here. 753 00:57:32,783 --> 00:57:33,951 Get into bed. 754 00:57:34,051 --> 00:57:35,486 Leave me alone! 755 00:57:35,586 --> 00:57:38,255 Olivia, get into bed. You're gonna catch a cold. 756 00:57:38,322 --> 00:57:40,224 Yeah, it'll be all your fault. 757 00:57:50,568 --> 00:57:53,137 (CHUCKLES) See, I'm still as light as a feather. 758 00:57:56,173 --> 00:57:58,809 You know, I've kissed a bunch of girls before. 759 00:58:00,144 --> 00:58:01,746 It's all right. 760 00:58:03,848 --> 00:58:06,651 But I've never done it, you know, the it. 761 00:58:08,786 --> 00:58:10,354 Stuck it inside. 762 00:58:16,293 --> 00:58:17,361 What? 763 00:58:19,163 --> 00:58:20,497 What is it? 764 00:58:49,894 --> 00:58:51,528 That's all right. 765 00:59:09,546 --> 00:59:10,715 (DOOR OPENS) 766 00:59:10,815 --> 00:59:11,816 (DOOR CLOSES) 767 00:59:14,251 --> 00:59:15,352 Nina? 768 00:59:19,323 --> 00:59:20,390 Nina? 769 00:59:22,660 --> 00:59:24,361 What? Where's Dot? 770 00:59:26,430 --> 00:59:28,432 How am I supposed to know? 771 00:59:32,436 --> 00:59:33,537 How was the game? 772 00:59:33,604 --> 00:59:34,605 It sucked. 773 00:59:36,173 --> 00:59:37,374 We lost. 774 00:59:41,612 --> 00:59:43,714 Don't get it on my uniform. 775 00:59:44,949 --> 00:59:47,718 I've got something that might make you feel better. 776 00:59:47,785 --> 00:59:48,886 What? 777 01:00:00,931 --> 01:00:02,767 Daddy! Open it. 778 01:00:02,867 --> 01:00:06,370 What? Oh, my God! 779 01:00:06,470 --> 01:00:08,438 I told you I got you a present. I love it! 780 01:00:08,472 --> 01:00:10,641 You really like it? Yes, I love it. 781 01:00:10,741 --> 01:00:13,711 I love it, Dad. It's so great. 782 01:00:13,778 --> 01:00:16,280 (GIGGLING) Wait a minute, Dad, wait a minute. 783 01:00:16,380 --> 01:00:17,782 What's the matter? 784 01:00:17,882 --> 01:00:19,717 Stop. 785 01:00:19,784 --> 01:00:23,620 Gosh. I gotta iron my uniform before I go to bed. 786 01:00:25,990 --> 01:00:27,091 So... 787 01:00:28,759 --> 01:00:30,460 I'll be in my room. 788 01:00:37,467 --> 01:00:39,136 (MOANING) 789 01:00:44,008 --> 01:00:45,275 You okay? 790 01:01:05,796 --> 01:01:07,031 Oh, shit. 791 01:01:08,465 --> 01:01:10,634 Do you think I have a big dick, Dot? 792 01:01:10,667 --> 01:01:13,103 I mean, I've measured it. 793 01:01:14,471 --> 01:01:16,206 It's pretty small when it's soft, 794 01:01:16,306 --> 01:01:19,643 but when it gets hard, it's--it's pretty big. 795 01:01:29,019 --> 01:01:30,287 Wait. 796 01:01:30,354 --> 01:01:32,222 Dot! Wait! 797 01:02:06,023 --> 01:02:07,424 (KNOCKING AT DOOR) 798 01:02:09,226 --> 01:02:10,427 Come in. 799 01:02:12,396 --> 01:02:14,698 I knocked and waited this time. 800 01:02:20,604 --> 01:02:22,439 Don't do that, I can't see what I'm doing. 801 01:02:22,539 --> 01:02:24,574 I'll burn myself and be disfigured. 802 01:02:29,880 --> 01:02:31,181 Dad, I gotta do this. 803 01:02:31,248 --> 01:02:32,449 Iron it before the next game. 804 01:02:32,549 --> 01:02:34,284 I don't like my uniform hot. 805 01:02:35,019 --> 01:02:36,553 Stop it! 806 01:02:36,620 --> 01:02:39,256 I like to iron it and let it cool off. 807 01:02:45,395 --> 01:02:47,397 Dad, I have a secret for you. 808 01:02:47,531 --> 01:02:48,899 You do? Yeah. 809 01:02:48,966 --> 01:02:50,935 A surprise. Really? 810 01:02:52,236 --> 01:02:53,470 Sit down. 811 01:02:59,276 --> 01:03:00,945 NINA: Close your eyes. 812 01:03:02,947 --> 01:03:04,114 Close your eyes. 813 01:03:04,248 --> 01:03:05,382 Okay. 814 01:03:11,255 --> 01:03:13,790 I want you to be ready for this. 815 01:03:13,891 --> 01:03:14,892 Hmm. 816 01:03:25,669 --> 01:03:27,304 Keep them closed. 817 01:03:38,615 --> 01:03:40,184 That feels nice. 818 01:03:43,120 --> 01:03:45,122 I love you so much, Nina. 819 01:03:47,591 --> 01:03:48,592 (DOOR CLOSING) 820 01:03:49,426 --> 01:03:50,427 What was that? 821 01:03:50,460 --> 01:03:52,296 Probably Dot. Honey, who cares? 822 01:03:54,965 --> 01:03:57,134 NINA: Were you not gonna yell at her for coming home so late? 823 01:03:57,201 --> 01:04:00,037 No, no, no, no, no. Not right now. I'm still waiting for my surprise. 824 01:04:06,043 --> 01:04:07,511 Daddy? Yeah. 825 01:04:14,018 --> 01:04:17,287 I have to tell you something, but you have to promise not to get angry. 826 01:04:17,354 --> 01:04:20,457 Of course, of course, honey, anything. Anything. 827 01:04:21,458 --> 01:04:23,460 You have to promise first. 828 01:04:24,461 --> 01:04:25,896 Just tell me. 829 01:04:26,964 --> 01:04:28,465 Do you promise? I promise. 830 01:04:28,498 --> 01:04:30,234 Swear! What is it? 831 01:04:34,338 --> 01:04:36,806 I'm pregnant. You can open your eyes now. 832 01:04:41,011 --> 01:04:42,512 PAUL: What do you mean, Nina? 833 01:04:42,579 --> 01:04:45,082 I'm pregnant, Daddy. I'm pregnant. 834 01:04:45,182 --> 01:04:46,383 Well, that's impossible! 835 01:04:46,483 --> 01:04:48,418 You don't believe me? 836 01:04:48,518 --> 01:04:50,854 How do you know? I took a test! 837 01:04:50,921 --> 01:04:52,556 Those tests aren't accurate. 838 01:04:52,656 --> 01:04:55,092 They're 97% accurate, Daddy, 839 01:04:55,192 --> 01:04:57,894 and I haven't had a period in six weeks. 840 01:04:59,196 --> 01:05:00,364 Fuck! 841 01:05:03,033 --> 01:05:04,368 That's it? 842 01:05:05,535 --> 01:05:07,504 That's all you're gonna say? 843 01:05:07,537 --> 01:05:09,406 What are you gonna do about it? 844 01:05:09,539 --> 01:05:12,209 What am I gonna do about it? 845 01:05:12,276 --> 01:05:14,378 What do you think I'm gonna do about it? 846 01:05:14,444 --> 01:05:15,745 I don't want a baby with webbed feet 847 01:05:15,845 --> 01:05:17,347 running around the house, Daddy! 848 01:05:17,414 --> 01:05:19,416 I just wanted to make sure. Do you think I'm crazy? 849 01:05:19,516 --> 01:05:21,585 I just wanted to make sure! 850 01:05:21,685 --> 01:05:23,253 I need $1,000. 851 01:05:24,854 --> 01:05:26,256 $1,000? 852 01:05:26,356 --> 01:05:28,692 There's an anonymous clinic in Fairfield. 853 01:05:28,758 --> 01:05:30,260 You haven't told anyone? 854 01:05:30,360 --> 01:05:31,761 Of course not. 855 01:05:39,069 --> 01:05:40,404 All right. I'll... 856 01:05:44,208 --> 01:05:45,742 I'll write you a check. 857 01:05:45,809 --> 01:05:47,644 You can't write me a check, Daddy. 858 01:05:47,744 --> 01:05:49,746 It's not anonymous. I need cash. 859 01:05:57,654 --> 01:05:59,456 I'll get it tomorrow. 860 01:06:04,428 --> 01:06:06,096 Where are you going? 861 01:06:07,397 --> 01:06:08,732 I'm tired. 862 01:06:09,933 --> 01:06:11,435 You're probably tired, too. 863 01:06:11,568 --> 01:06:13,070 It's a school night. 864 01:06:23,080 --> 01:06:26,950 DOT: I used to hold my breath underwater for long periods at a time. 865 01:06:28,952 --> 01:06:32,956 My father took me to the YMCA Saturday mornings. 866 01:06:33,023 --> 01:06:35,459 Submerged in the pool, I heard nothing but my own heartbeat 867 01:06:35,525 --> 01:06:37,527 echoing against the water. 868 01:06:39,763 --> 01:06:42,199 I would've stayed underwater forever 869 01:06:42,299 --> 01:06:44,468 if my father hadn't been waiting for me 870 01:06:44,534 --> 01:06:46,703 in the bleachers by the diving pool. 871 01:06:46,803 --> 01:06:49,673 I killed my goldfish when I was little, Dot. 872 01:06:49,773 --> 01:06:50,974 I had six of them. 873 01:06:52,342 --> 01:06:54,944 And I cut them in half with scissors. 874 01:07:00,784 --> 01:07:04,621 DOT: When someone is waiting for you, you have to come up for air. 875 01:07:08,658 --> 01:07:10,860 I was braver when I was a kid. 876 01:07:17,867 --> 01:07:19,569 (STUDENTS CHATTERING) 877 01:07:28,478 --> 01:07:30,547 Hey. 878 01:07:30,647 --> 01:07:32,882 I was just wondering if you'd want... 879 01:07:34,484 --> 01:07:36,653 Myrna, can you do me a favor and ask Dot in sign language 880 01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:38,188 if she'd go to the Spring Fling with me tonight? 881 01:07:38,255 --> 01:07:39,423 Sure. 882 01:07:41,591 --> 01:07:42,926 She says no. 883 01:07:43,026 --> 01:07:44,828 What do you mean, no? MYRNA: That's what she said. 884 01:07:44,894 --> 01:07:46,330 No, I mean, sign that back to her. 885 01:07:46,396 --> 01:07:48,198 Sign back, "What do you mean, no?" 886 01:07:50,834 --> 01:07:54,003 MYRNA: She says she can't go, she says she's sorry. 887 01:07:54,070 --> 01:07:55,739 I don't understand. 888 01:07:56,706 --> 01:07:58,074 She says to let it go now. 889 01:07:58,175 --> 01:07:59,943 She says she's not right for you. 890 01:08:01,878 --> 01:08:03,513 How does she know what's right for me? 891 01:08:03,547 --> 01:08:05,115 Just ask her. 892 01:08:07,050 --> 01:08:09,386 She says she belongs by herself. 893 01:08:13,022 --> 01:08:14,691 It's just a dance. 894 01:08:18,428 --> 01:08:19,463 Hey. 895 01:08:21,465 --> 01:08:23,867 I'm taking you to the dance, Dot. 896 01:08:30,407 --> 01:08:33,076 Carrots. Me, too. 897 01:08:33,143 --> 01:08:34,544 I'm gonna make that fucking whore... 898 01:08:34,611 --> 01:08:35,945 Michelle, take it down a notch. 899 01:08:36,045 --> 01:08:38,548 The whole world already knows you're a cunt. 900 01:08:39,416 --> 01:08:41,618 There's nothing left to prove. 901 01:08:55,599 --> 01:08:57,767 I thought you could wear this to the dance. 902 01:08:57,834 --> 01:08:59,603 I think it'll look pretty on you. 903 01:09:02,839 --> 01:09:03,907 Suit yourself. Fine. 904 01:09:03,973 --> 01:09:05,842 I'll just put it in the dumpster 905 01:09:05,942 --> 01:09:07,777 or give it to the Salvation Army. 906 01:09:18,755 --> 01:09:22,259 Dot, I have some good news for you. 907 01:09:22,359 --> 01:09:26,663 After tomorrow night, you are going to be an only child. 908 01:09:26,696 --> 01:09:28,598 That's right, I'm taking off. 909 01:09:28,698 --> 01:09:32,269 I mean, who wants to stick around for murder charges? Not me. 910 01:09:32,336 --> 01:09:34,638 I'm getting out of here. 911 01:09:34,704 --> 01:09:37,807 I think maybe I could start over in New Haven, you know? 912 01:09:37,874 --> 01:09:39,676 I could work at a bar 913 01:09:41,478 --> 01:09:43,280 or be a stripper. 914 01:09:43,347 --> 01:09:47,317 I saw this show on MTV about strippers. 915 01:09:47,384 --> 01:09:50,554 They make a lot of money and it's easy, I guess. 916 01:09:50,620 --> 01:09:53,122 Some of them even become famous, like Courtney Love. 917 01:09:53,223 --> 01:09:55,359 She--She was a stripper. 918 01:09:56,960 --> 01:09:59,796 I could be like her, maybe. 919 01:09:59,863 --> 01:10:02,031 I mean, I wouldn't really care, 920 01:10:02,065 --> 01:10:04,200 bunch of old guys looking at my tits. 921 01:10:06,570 --> 01:10:09,573 Wouldn't matter, at least I'd be getting paid. 922 01:10:15,512 --> 01:10:17,046 It was so hard 923 01:10:19,048 --> 01:10:20,817 to lie to my dad about being pregnant 924 01:10:20,884 --> 01:10:22,886 that I think a part of me thinks it's true. 925 01:10:26,256 --> 01:10:27,757 Is that crazy? 926 01:10:36,533 --> 01:10:38,335 I'll have $1,000, though. 927 01:10:38,402 --> 01:10:42,071 That'll be enough to get me started in New Haven before I have to get a job. 928 01:10:42,171 --> 01:10:43,507 It'll be perfect. 929 01:10:45,208 --> 01:10:47,744 You know, I am not letting you go to the dance without lipstick, 930 01:10:47,844 --> 01:10:50,246 I just can't do it. 931 01:10:50,347 --> 01:10:53,016 This one smells like strawberries. 932 01:10:53,082 --> 01:10:56,019 Connor will go crazy when you go to kiss him. 933 01:10:59,022 --> 01:11:00,290 Perfect. 934 01:11:02,125 --> 01:11:04,127 Now you almost look human. 935 01:11:14,270 --> 01:11:17,307 DOT: Beethoven's best work comes in his late period, 936 01:11:18,575 --> 01:11:20,810 a period of complete deafness. 937 01:11:26,983 --> 01:11:29,152 I imagine his mind 938 01:11:29,252 --> 01:11:32,322 must have been the loudest silence in history. 939 01:11:38,495 --> 01:11:40,163 You don't like it? 940 01:11:42,432 --> 01:11:44,834 Dot, you can't go to the dance like this. 941 01:11:44,934 --> 01:11:48,304 You look like you should be pumping gas. 942 01:11:48,405 --> 01:11:51,274 What about Connor? He's totally hot for you! 943 01:11:57,080 --> 01:11:59,148 You are a major enigma, Dot. 944 01:12:01,418 --> 01:12:03,487 I don't know how you do it. 945 01:12:09,292 --> 01:12:11,995 Do you want to let me in on your secret? 946 01:12:18,034 --> 01:12:20,837 DOT: They say that the truth can set you free. 947 01:12:21,871 --> 01:12:23,339 That's a lie. 948 01:12:25,709 --> 01:12:28,678 The truth is, lies can protect us. 949 01:12:30,714 --> 01:12:32,348 Lies keep us safe 950 01:12:34,150 --> 01:12:35,819 from the truth. 951 01:12:35,885 --> 01:12:36,986 PAUL: Nina? 952 01:13:15,058 --> 01:13:17,761 Nina? Jesus Christ, Dad, you scared me. 953 01:13:18,394 --> 01:13:19,663 How do I look? 954 01:13:19,729 --> 01:13:21,164 I brought you the money. 955 01:13:21,230 --> 01:13:22,599 NINA: I look like shit. 956 01:13:25,669 --> 01:13:27,771 PAUL: $1,000, isn't that what you said? 957 01:13:28,938 --> 01:13:30,339 $1,000, right. 958 01:13:30,406 --> 01:13:31,575 So you can fix the problem. 959 01:13:31,608 --> 01:13:33,443 Right. Fix. 960 01:13:33,577 --> 01:13:36,279 Because you're pregnant, I went to the bank and got cash. 961 01:13:36,379 --> 01:13:38,548 Great. Because you're pregnant. 962 01:13:38,615 --> 01:13:40,617 Dad, I really wish that you would stop saying it. 963 01:13:40,717 --> 01:13:42,218 That you're pregnant? Stop it! 964 01:13:42,285 --> 01:13:44,353 What? You're pregnant, aren't you? Dad. 965 01:13:44,420 --> 01:13:46,556 I can keep saying it. Well, I really wish you wouldn't! 966 01:13:46,623 --> 01:13:49,092 You're pregnant, Nina, say it! No! 967 01:13:49,125 --> 01:13:51,194 I'm gonna go and get ready. I can say it over and over again. 968 01:13:51,294 --> 01:13:53,362 No! You're scaring me. 969 01:13:55,031 --> 01:13:57,567 But no matter how many times I repeat it, 970 01:13:57,634 --> 01:13:59,803 no matter how many times I repeat it, 971 01:13:59,936 --> 01:14:02,606 it still doesn't make it true, isn't that right, Nina? 972 01:14:02,706 --> 01:14:03,740 Huh? 973 01:14:08,478 --> 01:14:10,379 My daughter is a whore. 974 01:14:19,155 --> 01:14:20,456 What is that? 975 01:14:41,277 --> 01:14:42,612 WOMAN ON TV: It is a neighborhood 976 01:14:42,679 --> 01:14:44,781 where 12 families have lost their homes. 977 01:14:44,848 --> 01:14:45,982 The fire broke Friday... 978 01:14:46,015 --> 01:14:47,116 What is that? 979 01:14:47,183 --> 01:14:50,019 Listen to me, Nina! Listen to me. 980 01:14:50,153 --> 01:14:52,155 I'm sick of your bullshit. 981 01:14:53,523 --> 01:14:56,192 I don't know what you're talking about. 982 01:14:59,996 --> 01:15:01,097 Tampons? 983 01:15:01,164 --> 01:15:02,331 I can explain. 984 01:15:04,333 --> 01:15:06,035 I bought you that purse. Dad. 985 01:15:06,135 --> 01:15:08,605 As a present. And this is how you repay me? 986 01:15:08,672 --> 01:15:11,107 By using it to hide your lies? 987 01:15:11,174 --> 01:15:13,442 They're Michelle's. Don't, Nina. Don't. 988 01:15:13,509 --> 01:15:16,445 Are you trying to make me into some kind of an asshole? 989 01:15:16,512 --> 01:15:19,515 Are you? Dad, I swear they're Michelle's. 990 01:15:19,616 --> 01:15:22,051 She's not bringing her purse and I'm carrying them for her. 991 01:15:22,151 --> 01:15:23,620 No, Nina. No. 992 01:15:25,054 --> 01:15:26,556 You lied to me. 993 01:15:28,491 --> 01:15:30,727 Do you know how scared I was? 994 01:15:30,827 --> 01:15:32,028 (NINA SOBBING) 995 01:15:32,729 --> 01:15:34,063 I'm sorry. 996 01:15:39,335 --> 01:15:41,137 Do you know how frightened I was? 997 01:15:48,211 --> 01:15:49,879 I love you, Daddy. 998 01:15:56,586 --> 01:15:57,987 What happened to my baby girl? 999 01:15:58,054 --> 01:15:59,889 I'm still your baby girl! 1000 01:15:59,989 --> 01:16:03,927 My baby girl who would-- who would listen to me and tell me the truth. 1001 01:16:04,027 --> 01:16:06,229 I'll tell you what's happened to her. 1002 01:16:06,329 --> 01:16:08,064 She's turned into a little bitch! 1003 01:16:08,164 --> 01:16:09,666 That's not true. 1004 01:16:09,733 --> 01:16:11,234 You're hurting me! 1005 01:16:11,334 --> 01:16:13,837 Why did you lie to me? 1006 01:16:14,904 --> 01:16:16,039 PAUL: Why? 1007 01:16:16,105 --> 01:16:18,007 NINA: Listen to me, Daddy, I'm sorry. 1008 01:16:19,408 --> 01:16:20,744 I'm sorry. 1009 01:16:22,578 --> 01:16:25,915 Daddy, stop it. Please. 1010 01:16:27,516 --> 01:16:29,385 I was scared, you know. 1011 01:16:32,922 --> 01:16:34,090 I was scared. 1012 01:16:36,592 --> 01:16:37,593 (SCREAMS) 1013 01:16:39,062 --> 01:16:43,032 No, please. I have to get ready to go out. 1014 01:16:43,099 --> 01:16:45,702 Please don't do this. Don't, please. 1015 01:16:46,936 --> 01:16:48,137 Stop! 1016 01:16:52,075 --> 01:16:53,877 No! You trying to make an asshole out of me? 1017 01:16:53,943 --> 01:16:55,745 Daddy, please, don't hit me. I have to go, please. 1018 01:16:55,812 --> 01:16:58,047 No. No. We can do this when I get back. 1019 01:16:58,114 --> 01:16:59,916 I have to get ready! No! 1020 01:16:59,983 --> 01:17:03,252 Please, I have to get ready to go out. 1021 01:17:03,319 --> 01:17:05,121 Please, don't do this, don't. 1022 01:17:05,154 --> 01:17:07,290 Please! Don't make me do this! I loved you. 1023 01:17:07,390 --> 01:17:09,058 Please! I fucking love you! 1024 01:17:09,125 --> 01:17:12,061 You're hurting me! Stop it, please! 1025 01:17:13,730 --> 01:17:15,231 Please stop. 1026 01:17:16,833 --> 01:17:19,669 Stop it! No! 1027 01:17:19,769 --> 01:17:23,272 Please don't, please! Please, no! 1028 01:17:23,339 --> 01:17:26,509 WOMAN ON TV: Neighbors say the first sparks were seen just past 9:00, 1029 01:17:26,609 --> 01:17:28,111 and it wasn't until 10:00 1030 01:17:28,177 --> 01:17:30,646 that the fire began to take hold of the cul-de-sac. 1031 01:17:30,680 --> 01:17:32,248 Authorities... 1032 01:17:32,348 --> 01:17:33,950 Stop it! 1033 01:17:34,017 --> 01:17:36,853 No! No! 1034 01:17:38,121 --> 01:17:39,155 Shut up! 1035 01:17:39,255 --> 01:17:40,256 (SCREAMING) 1036 01:17:40,356 --> 01:17:42,291 Shut up! 1037 01:17:44,828 --> 01:17:49,332 Leave her alone! 1038 01:17:55,705 --> 01:17:58,207 Shut up! 1039 01:17:58,341 --> 01:17:59,475 Stop! 1040 01:18:08,617 --> 01:18:10,553 Shut up! 1041 01:18:35,745 --> 01:18:37,513 NINA: (CRYING) No. No. 1042 01:18:37,580 --> 01:18:40,583 No! You killed my daddy! 1043 01:18:42,819 --> 01:18:45,521 You killed my daddy! 1044 01:18:47,323 --> 01:18:49,358 You fucking bitch! 1045 01:18:50,760 --> 01:18:53,930 You lying fucking bitch! 1046 01:18:54,030 --> 01:18:56,665 If you wouldn't have been such a fucking lying bitch, 1047 01:18:56,732 --> 01:18:58,902 this would've never happened. 1048 01:19:01,437 --> 01:19:03,272 No one would've known. 1049 01:19:04,407 --> 01:19:07,043 No one would have ever known. 1050 01:19:07,110 --> 01:19:09,512 And this would have never happened. 1051 01:19:18,454 --> 01:19:19,622 (DOORBELL RINGS) 1052 01:19:20,589 --> 01:19:21,724 It's a miracle. 1053 01:19:24,293 --> 01:19:25,761 You can hear. 1054 01:19:30,733 --> 01:19:33,736 (BANGING ON DOOR) MICHELLE: Move it or lose it, Nina! 1055 01:19:34,971 --> 01:19:36,572 Get it together. 1056 01:19:39,042 --> 01:19:40,543 Come on, Nina. 1057 01:19:40,609 --> 01:19:43,712 Go around the front, we'll meet you in a second! 1058 01:19:44,313 --> 01:19:45,481 Go. 1059 01:19:57,426 --> 01:19:59,562 Nina, we have to bury the backpack. 1060 01:19:59,628 --> 01:20:01,664 We have to follow the plan. 1061 01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:05,634 Jesus, it took you guys long enough. 1062 01:20:05,668 --> 01:20:07,503 I didn't realize she was coming. 1063 01:20:09,438 --> 01:20:11,975 What's with the backpack? Let me see. 1064 01:20:12,075 --> 01:20:13,276 Stop it! 1065 01:20:15,144 --> 01:20:17,146 So secretive. 1066 01:20:17,246 --> 01:20:18,948 (MUSIC PLAYING) 1067 01:20:33,696 --> 01:20:35,764 Your eyes are red. Red, right? 1068 01:20:35,831 --> 01:20:37,533 Yeah. Yeah. 1069 01:20:37,633 --> 01:20:40,970 What'd you take? I don't remember what they were. 1070 01:20:41,037 --> 01:20:43,306 I think one was vicodin and maybe codeine. 1071 01:20:43,372 --> 01:20:45,508 Well, did you bring me some? 1072 01:20:46,342 --> 01:20:47,343 No. 1073 01:20:48,511 --> 01:20:50,013 Do you have any cigarettes? 1074 01:20:50,113 --> 01:20:52,615 Yeah. 1075 01:20:52,681 --> 01:20:55,684 MICHELLE: Hold these for me because I've gotta go find Brian. 1076 01:21:00,189 --> 01:21:02,858 There you are. Do you want to go dance? 1077 01:21:07,530 --> 01:21:09,865 (MAYBE NOT PLAYING) 1078 01:21:14,837 --> 01:21:16,705 Let's take that bag off. 1079 01:21:16,805 --> 01:21:18,641 Come on, you can't dance with it on. 1080 01:21:19,242 --> 01:21:20,843 Come on, let's go. 1081 01:21:20,910 --> 01:21:24,547 * At the turn of the tide is withering thee 1082 01:21:24,580 --> 01:21:28,884 * Remember one thing the dream you can see 1083 01:21:28,985 --> 01:21:33,923 * Pray to be shake this land 1084 01:21:34,023 --> 01:21:39,528 * We all do what we can 1085 01:21:41,664 --> 01:21:44,333 * So we can do just one more thing 1086 01:21:44,433 --> 01:21:46,869 You're shaking. Are you nervous? 1087 01:21:50,940 --> 01:21:56,279 * We won't have a thing 1088 01:21:59,282 --> 01:22:04,520 * So we've got nothing to lose 1089 01:22:08,591 --> 01:22:13,429 * We can all be free 1090 01:22:16,632 --> 01:22:20,936 * Maybe not with words 1091 01:22:20,970 --> 01:22:24,307 * Maybe not with a look 1092 01:22:24,440 --> 01:22:26,609 I like dancing with you, Dot. 1093 01:22:36,819 --> 01:22:38,154 Dot, wait. 1094 01:22:45,661 --> 01:22:46,729 Dot? 1095 01:22:50,099 --> 01:22:51,967 Turn around, Dot. 1096 01:22:52,068 --> 01:22:53,602 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 1097 01:23:06,982 --> 01:23:08,584 Can you hear me? 1098 01:23:11,954 --> 01:23:13,289 I'm sorry. 1099 01:23:14,923 --> 01:23:16,359 You can talk? 1100 01:23:17,693 --> 01:23:19,162 You can hear? 1101 01:23:22,831 --> 01:23:25,134 You're a psycho, you know that? 1102 01:23:26,435 --> 01:23:28,171 All those things I said to you were private. 1103 01:23:28,271 --> 01:23:31,374 I know that. 1104 01:23:31,474 --> 01:23:34,977 You sat there and you listened to me talk about my dick. 1105 01:23:38,614 --> 01:23:40,349 You sat there and you listened to me talk 1106 01:23:40,449 --> 01:23:41,684 about how many times I beat off. 1107 01:23:41,784 --> 01:23:44,120 Connor, please. What? 1108 01:23:44,187 --> 01:23:46,622 You don't like to hear it anymore, Dot? 1109 01:23:47,656 --> 01:23:48,824 It's not as much fun 1110 01:23:48,891 --> 01:23:51,194 when you have to come up with an answer, is it, Dot? 1111 01:23:51,294 --> 01:23:53,229 Please. No. 1112 01:23:55,631 --> 01:23:56,832 Fuck you. 1113 01:24:11,480 --> 01:24:13,582 Nina. Come on, we gotta go. 1114 01:24:16,352 --> 01:24:18,554 NINA: Where are we going? DOT: Follow me. 1115 01:24:33,736 --> 01:24:34,837 DOT: Here. 1116 01:25:10,439 --> 01:25:12,541 I think that's deep enough. 1117 01:25:26,622 --> 01:25:28,991 I never got to bury my father. 1118 01:25:36,965 --> 01:25:39,067 Your father must have known 1119 01:25:39,935 --> 01:25:41,670 that you could hear. 1120 01:25:45,641 --> 01:25:47,310 It was our secret. 1121 01:25:56,685 --> 01:25:58,354 Why did you do it? 1122 01:26:02,691 --> 01:26:04,493 Because you wouldn't. 1123 01:26:12,301 --> 01:26:14,437 No, I mean, 1124 01:26:14,470 --> 01:26:17,673 why did you pretend you were deaf in the first place? 1125 01:26:22,144 --> 01:26:23,379 I just... 1126 01:26:25,448 --> 01:26:27,616 I wanted to be closer to him. 1127 01:26:33,622 --> 01:26:35,958 And invisible to everyone else. 1128 01:26:41,997 --> 01:26:43,299 Well, you can't now. 1129 01:26:44,132 --> 01:26:46,302 Why? 1130 01:26:46,335 --> 01:26:48,237 Because then we'll both be alone. 1131 01:27:23,339 --> 01:27:24,840 Let's go home. 1132 01:27:43,892 --> 01:27:45,894 (SIREN WAILING) 1133 01:27:49,565 --> 01:27:52,100 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON RADIO) 1134 01:27:56,238 --> 01:27:59,107 Mom! Where are they taking you? 1135 01:27:59,241 --> 01:28:01,777 Nina, hold on, I'm going to go away for a little while, okay? 1136 01:28:01,877 --> 01:28:03,712 I'm not--I'm not well. 1137 01:28:03,779 --> 01:28:06,815 I did a terrible, terrible thing. 1138 01:28:06,915 --> 01:28:08,717 I killed your father. 1139 01:28:09,785 --> 01:28:12,655 He went crazy. He was throwing things, 1140 01:28:12,755 --> 01:28:14,990 and breaking things, and he told me he hated me. 1141 01:28:15,090 --> 01:28:17,926 And I--I took a piano wire 1142 01:28:19,595 --> 01:28:21,397 and-- and I strangled him with it. 1143 01:28:21,464 --> 01:28:22,765 POLICE OFFICER: Okay, time's up. 1144 01:28:22,831 --> 01:28:25,468 Hold on one second! Just let me finish. 1145 01:28:25,568 --> 01:28:27,503 I didn't want him to hurt you. 1146 01:28:27,603 --> 01:28:29,505 Nina, I never wanted him to hurt you. 1147 01:28:32,174 --> 01:28:34,977 I'm sorry, Nina. Can you ever forgive me? 1148 01:28:37,946 --> 01:28:39,415 I am so sorry. 1149 01:28:42,951 --> 01:28:44,286 (CAR ENGINE STARTING) 1150 01:29:01,970 --> 01:29:05,273 DOT: People always talk about the quiet before the storm 1151 01:29:07,443 --> 01:29:10,112 but no one talks about the quiet after. 1152 01:29:11,480 --> 01:29:13,482 (PIANO PLAYING) 1153 01:29:22,658 --> 01:29:24,660 At least after the storm 1154 01:29:26,662 --> 01:29:28,664 you know it's really over. 1155 01:29:48,551 --> 01:29:52,220 When Beethoven died in 1827, 1156 01:29:52,354 --> 01:29:54,857 over 10,000 people came to mourn. 1157 01:29:59,595 --> 01:30:02,931 DOT: From the beginning. 1158 01:30:03,031 --> 01:30:07,169 DOT: I used to fantasize that when I died there wouldn't be a funeral. 1159 01:30:09,037 --> 01:30:13,075 Having led my life invisibly, no one would come to mourn. 1160 01:30:23,452 --> 01:30:27,856 But being invisible isn't worth it in the end. 1161 01:30:27,923 --> 01:30:32,928 Because when you're invisible, other people may not see you 1162 01:30:33,028 --> 01:30:35,698 but you can't help seeing other people. 1163 01:33:20,929 --> 01:33:24,232 (CAN I BE YOUR SECRET PLAYING)