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Hey, Charlie.

Hi, Nick.
How you doing?

Beats the hell out of me.
What are you doing home?

Beats the hell out of me.

MAN: Hey, Beulah,
rack 'em up. Come on.

Howdy, Les.

Hey, Nick!

What the hell
are you doing here?

Beats the hell out of me.

BEULAH: Straighter.

Get your head up.
Your back will follow along.

Are you on your tracings?

LEXIE: Pretty much.

BEULAH: "Pretty much"
ain't good enough.

Your threes
aren't good enough.

Nick! Wow!

Hey! That was the fastest
premed course in history.

What are you doing home?

I couldn't stay
away from my girls.

The hell you say.

What did they do,
kick you out?

I quit.

What did you go and do
a dumb thing like that for?

None of your
goddamned business.

Well, at least we all know
what not to talk about.

Want to go home?
Sure.

In a while.
Her figures are lousy.

For once in her life
she's going to show
what she can really do.

No big deal.
Yeah, it is.

I got to go home
and face the folks.

I'll see you later.

Anything'll be
fun after the folks.

Rat.
Bozo.

Come on, go, go.

NICK: Hang on!

Watch out for the limb.

LEXIE: So, Bozo,
what are you doing home?

NICK: I told you it's none
of your goddamn business.

What do you think
you are, special?

Hey, let's see if
I've lost my touch.

Whoo!

You were scared.

I was not.

Don't give me that.

Let me see.
Take off your gloves.

No.

I want it.

All right.

Sweaty palms.

Sweaty palms?

You were scared shitless.

Oh, come on!

It's healthy to sweat
just before you die.

Come on, Nick, skate! Go!

Set it up! Set it up!

Come on!

Hey, Junior,
your skate's untied.

Hey, Junior!

REFEREE: High sticking!
High sticking!

Jesus, Nick,
this ain't the NHL, you know.

The only kid
suicidal enough for hockey.

Good to hear
someone say something nice
about that kid, finally.

Come on, Daddy.

LEXIE: Get in there!

Get it!

Come on, you pansies!
Get in there!

No!

Don't check with
your goddamn wrists.

Let's have a little
blood flow on that ice.

LEXIE: Come on, Nicky, go.

Come on, go for it!

Hey, Nick,
your old man sell off
those Holsteins yet?

Yep.

What's he going to do?

He's going to
crossbreed with polar bears

and spend the rest of
the winter in Hawaii.

Uh-huh.
He'll leave you in charge
of the farm while

he's off in old Waikiki, huh?

Me and Mike, the half-wit.

Oh, well, two of a kind.

Well, if we're
through with that,

there's something
I'd like to discuss.

What could be more
important than finding out
what old Buddy here

is doing home in the middle
of his first year?

Lexie's competition.

Well, subject closed.

Well, I'm glad to see
at least you
have an open mind.

Lexie's a fine skater.

But there's a big difference.

Seven counties go on
in this competition.
This is a big-time thing.

It's worse than
being professional.

Little country girl
go up there,
they'll eat her alive.

I just don't want
you to get hurt, honey.

Marcus Winston,
you are so full of bull
that it boggles the mind.

Where the hell
are you coming from?
You're what's hurting her.

Let her be.

She's good.

She's got more natural talent
than anyone I've ever seen.

And that includes those girls
at the Olympics.

Let me go, Daddy.

I know it's scary,
but I really want to do it.

Christ, Marcus,
it's one competition.

She's too young.

I'm too old.

It's already too late.

If I wait any longer
there won't be
any chance at all.

For what?

For me.

Just for me.

You're killing her.

You're going to
hold her so tight,

you're going to
suffocate her to death.

She's going to hate
the hell out of you.

What would you know?

You run this
goddamn broken-down

bowling alley and this
goddamn broken-down
ice-skating rink

in this crummy, small town.

And you wear those goddamn
stupid-looking clothes.

You think you're
some kind of character?

How do you know?
What do you know?

I won the regionals.

Twenty-five years ago.

It's a little loose here.

I'll just take a tuck in.

It's pretty.

Well, of course,
I was a lot bigger.

Don't laugh.

Even then.

It looks all right, huh?

Bea.

Thank you.

It was a good-luck dress.

Come on, get down.

Let's put on the collar.

Daddy?

Hey, Dad?

On your way, babe?

Yes.

They'll be here any minute.

I'll be back in
a couple of days.

Three at the most.

Well, I guess
that's your ride.

Wish me luck.

Please, Dad.

Yeah, sure, honey.

Hell, knock 'em dead.

Do you know
who's judging?

Smile.

You're joking.

She sold herself...

I hate this.

Did you ever see her?

Who's that girl
over there in the blue?

I never saw her.

Do you know her?

I love her little collar.

She's probably wearing it
to cover her hickies.

'Bye.

MAN: Sandra Miller.

Pretty good.
You've still got
a chance, though.

For God's sake,
anything you're not
sure of, don't try.

Why?

These judges are
sticklers for perfection.

I've been watching
them all evening.

5.5, 5.7

5.6, 5.7, 5.6.

I don't stand a chance

making up enough points.

I might as well...
Hey.

You just have a ball.

Final skater of the evening,
ladies and gentlemen.

Have a ball.

Alexis "Lexie" Winston,
from Waverly, Iowa.

Let's give her
a real warm welcome.

The scores are 5.2, 5.0

4.8, 5.0, 5.2.

Those bastards!

They didn't believe it.

They couldn't
believe their eyes.

They want you, Lexie.
They want you to
circle the ice.

Go, go, go!

Ladies and gentlemen,
let me give you

the final standings
once again.

In first place,
from Des Moines
Skating Club,

Sandra Miller.

Second, Amy Styler,
from Caro, Illinois.

Third, Susan Blackley,
Chicago Skating Club.

What's going on?
Where are we?

Don't wake up, baby.

What are you
doing here, Marcus?

I live here.

They threw me flowers, Daddy.

NICK: 'Bye, she was great.

They threw me flowers.

WOMAN: Are you her coach?

Yeah.

You do good work.

How old is she?

Look, Miss Machland,
let's start over.

I know who you are

and we both know
that Lexie's training
has been lousy.

She's had work in figures?

She's a natural talent.

She's very impressive.

You want to train her?

I want to find out
what her goals are.

You think she's that good?

She looked good.

Of course,
it was only a regional.

You want to train her.

I want to train her.

Now,

how old is she?

Sixteen.

I'm sorry to have
wasted your time.

She's very quick.

Pardon?

I mean, I've seen
her see someone

on television,
you know, like

Dorothy Hamill or someone.

And she can pick
up those moves.

But the figures...

She's too old.

Figures are only 30 percent
of the score now.

Yes, they are, aren't they?

Well, now, you said
she's too old.

What's the point in
putting her through
all that trouble?

I said that normally
the best skaters are
well-trained much younger.

Six or seven, yeah, well,

looks like
you're a decade late,
Miss Machland.

Lexie can do it, Marcus.

I wouldn't be here
if I didn't think so.

I can't afford
to waste my time.

Good to hear. Who can?

I appreciate your coming by.

Damn it, Marcus,
give her a chance
to be something.

She is something.

DEBORAH: Are you afraid
she might make it?

What would happen
if she became a champion?

She'd probably leave here.

Come back
only for Christmas.

You should have seen me.

I walked on that rink
like I owned the place.

Took a few of my
Nick old-patented
slap shots

and they just
asked me to try out.

That's great.

When do you go?

In two weeks.

Whose car is that?

LEXIE: I don't know.

Do you want to do that?
Play hockey?

Oh, hell, yeah.

It's fun.

Come on, I'm only going
to be gone a few weeks.

What if you make it?

That's why I'm going.

I know I'm supposed to

go to college and I know
I'm supposed to be
a doctor.

I know I'm supposed to

get married and have kids.

I'm supposed to end up
just like my folks.

Every time I
start something

I see where it's
going and I don't like it.

But, um, that doesn't mean
that I don't love you.

DJ: Hey, Johnny Holiday
just laid on you

another
triple-golden sweep from

golden-weekend
time at KXLA,
in Ames, Iowa.

It's 3:11 on
a Saturday afternoon.

Got a beautiful
weekend going for us.

BEULAH: Where the hell
have you kids been?

Nick's got a tryout
with the Northstars.

BEULAH: You're kidding?

MARCUS: Hey, Nick,
that's just your speed,

bumping into walls
for a living, huh?

Excuse me.
Lexie, Deborah Machland.

She's a coach.
She wants to train you.

I saw you at
the regionals at Cedar Rapids.
I think you're wonderful.

You've a natural gift.

It'd be a shame not
to let it take you
as far as you can go.

It's fantastic.

Hey, that's fantastic.

As far as you can go.

Well, how's the big "O"?

The big Olympics.

Daddy, I want to do this.

Remember when we
used to come here,
the three of us?

I really do.

You and your mom
and this damn pond.

She'd lean down
and pull you around

on your skates,
talking to you, left, right.

Now glide.

You looking down at the ice,
scared you'd fall.

Hell, it wouldn't
have been very far,
you were only three feet tall.

This was her favorite place.

Hell, if you're
not from around here
it all looks just white.

But she could
see more than that.

Never had
a chance to show you.

When you were old
enough to remember,

she couldn't come
out here anymore.

And you thought you were
born in those damn things.

It struck me you
ought to try and look

at this place, try to
see it the way she did.

You see that rise
over there?

You can hardly see it
except for that
slight shadow line.

Then there's
that hill over there

with all those
different tones of white.

Then, when the
ground fog comes,

you can hardly tell
where the fog starts

and the snow stops

and the sky begins.

Daddy.

What's so sad is that you
never really knew your mom.

We only talk about her
and you remember
a kind of an image.

But that lady...

I'm not Mom, Dad.

Daddy?

It's like

I felt a power in me.

And the sound
that crowd makes...

I wanted that sound.

I hear you, babe.

You, uh...

You'd better get on back,
otherwise you're
going to miss the bus.

I'll be along.

You'd better label
everything in the kitchen

or I'm going to
starve to death.

I think my daddy's
growing up.

You're not queer, are you?
It's all right if you are,
no law against it.

There was a girl
here last year.

Oh, brother.
I never knew
what a lesbian was

until one night
while talking

she kissed me on the mouth.

Brother, to each his own,
but it kind of takes
you by surprise.

Here's where we play.
Whatever you were doing,
caught you!

Oh, brother.

Hi.

Come on. I'll show you
the rest of the jail.

Twenty-five girls
live here on and off,
mostly off.

If you know what I mean.

Well, it's better
than reform school, almost.

Parents trying to get rid
of you or you skate good?

I skate good.

I was afraid of that.
We've already heard
about you.

This place has no secrets.

The business is no secret.
Business?

The amateur skating business.
You're in it now,
so learn about it.

We know you haven't qualified
for a big competition

so Deborah's going
to defy the Amateur
Skating Association

by taking in
an older woman,
over the hill age-wise

and transform her
into a world champ.
Maybe Olympics.

Right, Cinderella?

I hope they don't
send the pumpkin.

I got you specialized time.
Had to call in
a few debts to do it.

You'll get static from
the girls at the dorm,
but don't worry.

I don't mind taking
the bad ice times.
We need it.

You can't imagine
what you've
gotten yourself into.

You have the raw
talent, but you're
virtually untrained.

I thought you
said that Beulah's...

Amateur talk.

We're talking
about the Olympics.

I want you to know
what we have to do.

It's never been done before,
and I'm unsure we'll
be able to pull it off.

How do your boots feel?

I haven't fallen, yet.

You'll get used to them,
just like you got
used to your new skates.

Here we are.

There are five girls
the judges have
been watching...

Sit down.
...since the last Olympics.

So they're the ones
that everyone expects to win.

Even if you're as
good as they are,
they'll win

because the judge'll think
you're a flash in the pan.

But if I can't win...

I didn't say that.

I just want you to know
what we're up against.

I don't know.

If you're not tough enough,
you're never going to make it.

The pressure, the pace,
even the other girls
are going to kill you.

Alexis.

All this takes
a lot of time and money,

and I can't afford
to waste my time.

There are sponsors
that have put up
a lot of their money

behind my judgment.

And if I didn't
believe in you,
we wouldn't be here.

The only question is:
How much do you want to win?

How much do you
really want to win?

Move on him!

MAN: Come on,
let's go! Go, go!

Back off!

Let him go!

Damn it!

Break it up!

Last few days of tryouts.
How do you feel?

How should I feel?
I feel good.

Wait up for me, Al.

We'll go get a beer.

If I were
a pretty good shot,

skate fast,
and once in a while
score goals

I'd still be
worried about someone
who could skate harder,

shoot harder
and is more suicidal.

There ain't nobody
more suicidal than me.

I don't know why you want
to beat yourself to
death playing hockey.

You even speak English,
for Christ's sake.

I didn't make the cut?

What were you
taking in college?

Premed someone told me.

You'll be on the other side
of the stitches in this game.

Well, am I cut or not?

What would a kid,
smart, not too ugly,
want to play hockey for?

If I was smart,
could have gone to college...

Goddamn it,
don't give me that.
Am I cut or not?

You're going to Lincoln.

What's Lincoln?

It's one of our farm clubs.

You go down there and play
with some of those
killers for a while.

That's great.

I'm going to Lincoln.

Where's Lincoln?

She's good.

She's a machine.
Ever talk to her?

Ten minutes on,
"How I got someone
to sharpen my skates."

Then she runs out
of interesting conversation.

LEXIE: Isn't Annette
supposed to win nationals?

She's got it sewed up.

Fourth in the Olympics,
second in last year's worlds.

Number one
retired to make a mint
with Ice Capades.

That would've
meant number two,

a French girl,
Ceceil something,

but she got hurt,
or so they say.
I think she went bonkers.

Whenever a skater disappears,
you hear she got hurt.

But you never really
know what happened.

LEXIE: I bet she
can't do a triple.

Who can?

Besides, she doesn't
think she has to.

And you know
what's really rotten?
She doesn't.

Yeah, Lexie!

DEBORAH: Next time you pull
a stunt like that,
it's over. You hear me?

You can get hurt really easily
and then where are we?

Stupid showoff
thing with a triple.

But I did it.

I've worked on it
and I wanted to surprise you.

It was a lousy triple.

You didn't even see it.

You're not good
enough for a triple.

You're not good enough.

Let me tell you something.

Triples may be big
crowd pleasers,

but to world-class judges,
it's a piece of showoff
acrobatics.

You can't win at this game
with that kind of crap.

You know what they want,
and you do it

better than the others.
That's what wins.

Annette knows that.

Every goddamn coach here does.

I'm a goddamn laughingstock.

Make a fool out
of yourself, not me.

Now, which is it?

My way?

Or do I drive you to
the airport right now?

Control yourself,
you're not a baby.

Which is it?

I want to stay.

Please.

WOMAN: Did you see his face
when they missed
that film cue?

You look terrific!
When did you get in?
Just now.

Take off your coat.
It's so hot in here.

Take off your
shirt if you're hot.

Speaking of that,
perhaps later.

Raven, we've got
to pick up the cue

after that third spot,
thank you.

How good is she?

I've never seen such a gift.

It's something natural in her.
You see her and you
know what it's about.

She's a bit rough
and old fashioned,
but she has it.

I cannot read that.
How rough?

I'll be ready by
the '80 Olympics.

They won't let you.

Brian, sorry...
Forget it.

Am I going to
have that cue right
for tonight?

Skating is one place
where they don't
like upstarts.

We can build up
enough media interest
that can't stop it.

We?
Yes.

It's what you like to do.
It's what's gotten
you where you are

and it's
going to get you out

of the Midwest
affiliate to a network.

And because you're a darling.

Does she know
what's about to happen?

She wants it.

She may not know,
but when she heard

that little crowd
in Cedar Rapids,

it knocked her
right on her ass.
She wants it.

I see this as a kind
of an Olga Korbut thing.

Everybody's darling.
Hell, we all ended up
liking the Russians.

It'll be good
for both of us.

No more "One of
the best women coaches
in the country"?

That's right.

Good morning.

Good morning, Mary Ellen.

Alexis?

Am I late?

No, it's all right.

I've got a surprise for you.

Surprise?

Yes. Act natural.

Act natural?

Come here.

Are you out in TV land?

Stretch your arms.

Center, center, and in,

up, and out.

Good.

Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen.

This is Brian Dockett
with another sports essay.

Better, better.
Do that ending now.

What does it take
to become a world-class
skater in six months?

And one, two,
stretch the arms.

Press, up, check.

BRIAN: You're about
to find out as we
follow the training

and preparation
of Alexis Winston,

a skater who
appeared from nowhere.

Electrifying
the audience of the central
Midwest regionals last month.

Come on, spin, spin!
Come on, pull!

That's it,
go and into the jump.

Come on, move.
Good, push, push.

Into the knee.
Come on, jump up, Alexis.

Our cameras will
follow the transformation

of an exceptional
raw talent

into a world-class skater,
under the guidance
of American coach,

Deborah Machland.

It is only fitting
that her training
is taking place here

at the famous
Broadmoor World Arena,

where such skaters
as Peggy Fleming,

Amanda Smith
and Dorothy Hamill trained

as well as
the current favorite

for the 1980 Olympics,
Annette Brashlout

runner-up in last year's
world competitions.

The sensation from Waverly
has yet to win
a major competition,

but has
already won the heart
of everyone she has met.

Attack it!

And attack!

Better. Whip. Again.

Faster.

Again. Right now.

Get your left arm
and shoulder down.
And whip!

Okay, cut it. That's good.
We're all a little bit tired.

We got a lot of
good stuff today.

You don't have to shoot it.

There are 15
girls in the country

that do that move
twice as well as you.

Now, let's get to work.

Okay, shoot it.

And snap!

Here she comes.

Where's your TV crew?

Snubbing everybody,
or is there a list?

Oh, God, I've got a disease.

Yeah. Success.

It's all right.
It isn't catching.
Just irritating.

Thanks a lot.

Look, I'm easy.
It's hard for
some of the girls.

They've been doing
this for a long time.

You come along,
take their ice time.

It's fantastic.
Nobody ever got anything

like that before.
Sure they're pissed.

Screw them.

So much for the dumb bozo
from the sticks.

I mean, after a while
it gets a little old.

I mean,
I'm working my tail off.

What's worse is
they know you're good.

I can't believe it.
It's set?

An expanded version
of the essay series

to be made part of
Christmas in America.

And Alexis is in?

They bought it all.

And only one
turndown from the top five.

Annette?
Mmm-hmm.

The only one
that doesn't think
she needs exposure.

Bobbie Braker,
Sally Richards,
the Canadian champion,

Wen-An Sun from Taiwan,
and the best,

the French
have been heard from.

Ceceil Monchet,
number two in the world.

You're kidding.
I thought she was bonkers.

Talked to Thimitch myself.
Apparently she's fine.

He wouldn't say
what went wrong.

But he's anxious
to get her back

in the minds of
the American judges.

In a nice, non-competitive
exhibition, no pressure.

No pressure.

NICK: Hello.

LEXIE: Hi.

Hi.

How's it going?

Did you see the cover?

Yeah, it's great.

Sports Illustrated.

You're doing all right.

They were so nice.
They had two photographers
and everything.

Well, you're a star.

I'm sorry.

Thanks for
the clipping on your game.

Lex?

Two goals, that's pretty good.

Lex, I want to...

Sioux Falls is a hard team.

I quit today.

I'm just kidding
myself here.

I don't want to play hockey.

Oh, baby.

Don't worry about it.

I don't even
think I give a damn.

I don't know what I want.

I mean, what I'm telling you,
I don't know
what I want to do.

I don't...

Look, what difference
does it make?

Can you come here?

Um...

For the TV special
around Christmas?

I don't think so, okay?
Not right now.

I love you.

Yeah, I love you, too.

MAN: Okay, very nice, girls.

Come on in,
very quickly, please.
You all looked good.

BRIAN: These are
the competitors for the
1980 World Olympics.

This is Brian
Dockett presenting,

as part of
Christmas in America,

a Winter-Olympic Preview.

We are happy to be a part
of your Christmas morning

and proud to
present six young,

international
skating competitors

heading for
the 1980 Olympics.

From France,
and currently favored to be

the next world champion,
Ceceil Monchet.

From California, and second
in the senior ladies
nationals last year,

Bobbie Braker.

Canadian champion,
Sally Richards.

And introducing
Alexis Winston.

Ladies and gentleman,
the French
national champion,

Ceceil Monchet.

MAN: There she goes again.
Do you want to stay on this?

Okay, if she goes down again,
I'll have the girls ready.

Okay, here we go.
Smile, let's go, quickly!

Kill that spot.

Somebody get rid of her.
Kill the spot!

DEBORAH: Alexis?

It's nothing
to do with you.

Everybody knows
she wasn't well.

Maybe she shouldn't
be skating anymore.

You were a smash.

Everything we've
been working for,
hoping for, it's happened!

What's important is

that yesterday nobody knew
of Alexis Winston.

You qualified
for the sectionals.

Come on.

Come on.

I won't let anything
happen to you, okay?

You were wonderful!
Absolutely wonderful!

WOMAN: Hello.

Wonderful.

Let me introduce you.

These are your sponsors.

All gone.

What do they want?

Nothing.

To see you.

Touch something
that's exciting.

A winner.

And that's what
you are, Lexie.

Why do they have to
touch me like that?

Because they want to

touch someone
who can do something
they can't.

We're on display, aren't we?

That's right.

And damned lucky
somebody wants us to be.

Everybody out there tonight,
everybody who saw you today

would change
places with you
in a minute.

Don't worry about it.

You're the star.

You want to give it up?

No.

Scared?

I...

I don't know
what I'm scared of.

Nothing.

You're not afraid
of anything.

Okay, here we go.

DEBORAH: Remember,
concentrate.

Give her the tight shot.

Don't zoom in yet.

Lead her, lead her.

MAN: Reviewing
the overall standings here

at the Broadmoor
World Arena,

where the 23rd annual
Midwest sectionals will,

we hope, send a champion
to the nationals next month.

BRIAN: All the training,
all the sacrifices.

And I don't mind telling
you ladies and gentlemen

I think I'm more
nervous than Alexis is.

But this is the bottom line.

And fourth overall,
the astounding new
skating discovery,

who is also training here
at Broadmoor, Alexis Winston.

Nothing, you're not
afraid of anything.

Remember, nothing.

Now, ladies and gentlemen,
the girl from Waverly, Iowa,

in fourth place overall,
Miss Alexis Winston.

MAN: We would like to
see the performance.

WOMAN: Will you
please sit down?

Okay, hold your horses.

MAN: Fabulous!

Ladies and gentleman,
here are the scores
for Miss Winston:

5.8, 5.7, 5.7,

5.6, 5.9, 5.8.

And we have a new
Midwest regional champion,

Miss Alexis Winston.

This is what
amateur skating is about
and we are very proud

because this shows
that a person like Alexis,

anybody with the energy,
the spirit, to them
no door is closed.

Baby, thank you.

Come here, you.

I love it! I love it!

Everything is in place
for the awarding
of the trophy

to be presented
by the President of the
Broadmoor Skating Club.

Lexie, do you hear them?

In third place,
representing
the North Skating Club...

Nick! Nick!

...Susan Blake.

Congratulations, Susan.

Nick, you came.

In second place, the defending
national champion,
a fine skater,

who'll be
a strong challenger
at the nationals

and later in
the world competition,
Annette Brashlout.

Please, Nick, I have to go.

It looks like you've got
everything you need.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Alexis Winston.

Why don't you just
go try out for another
hockey team?

MAN: Ladies and gentlemen,
this is what amateur
skating is all about.

We, at the Broadmoor Arena...

And now,
we're sure that this is
the next national champion

and one of
America's Olympic hopes.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Alexis Winston.

Oh, God, Lexie?

DOCTOR: Here we have
the first slice
of the examination.

Through the base of the brain,
we see some of
the bony structures here.

And the brain itself
looks fine at this point.

We're beginning to see
a bit of abnormality

with just a little
swelling in this area.

Here's the real problem.

This white area represents
a blood clot in the brain.

And this darker area
around it represents

some swelling of
the brain tissue.

It's a nice scan, Diana.

Thank you.

And here we seem to be
right in the middle
of the blood clot here.

It looks like it's
a little smaller than it was

on the prior study,
a few days ago.

So, there has
been some lysis.

MARCUS: What is that?

That just means
that it's dissolving.

The body is taking
care of the clot.

I don't see any new clot.

This was the one done
the day that she came in
and was injured.

It's a bit bigger
here on this first day.

And this, I believe,
was three days later.

And it's a little smaller
then and it appears
to be even smaller now.

I don't see any new
bleeding into the area.

Let's print them, Diana.

Hi, babe.

Daddy?

MARCUS: Is she blind
or isn't she?

When she first woke
up from the coma,

she said all
she saw was darkness.

At least now she reports
seeing some light and shadows.

Usually this sort of thing

either gets better or worse
in a few days
after the injury.

After that,
what you have
is what you have.

I'm sorry we couldn't do more.
I understand she
was very promising.

Yes, she was very promising.

MARCUS: Lexie?

Honey, Brian's
on the phone again.

Come on, Lexie,
he just wants to
know how you are.

LEXIE: Tell him.

MARCUS: What?

Goddamn it, I'm not
talking through closed
doors in my own house.

Tell him what?

LEXIE: I said,
tell him how I am.

Tell him I can't see.

MARCUS: Is that what you want?

Tell him that you just sit
here and you don't see?

LEXIE: Yes!

MARCUS: It's still
a pretty place, Lex.

I'll bet if you
shut your eyes,

you can put together
a pretty good
picture of this place.

I want to go home.

Hey! Hey! Hey!

What the hell's going on?

Hey, Marcus,
what the hell do you
think you're doing?

Marcus,
what's the matter with you?
You drunk or something?

Christ, Marcus,
I'm not out of the pit yet.

Damn it. Stop it!

What the hell is
he trying to do?

What the hell are you
trying to do, Marcus?

I said, stop it now!

You get out of here
or I'm going to get Matt.

Get Matt down here.
Get him to set those pins.

There are no pins down there.

You've got 10 seconds
to get your ass out of here.

Did she ever talk to you?

Huh?

You just go to the house
and go up to her room.
Is that it?

What do you
talk about, Beulah?
You go up.

You're both skaters.
You both won the regionals.

What the hell, you got
a lot to talk about!
She won the sectionals.

We watch TV.

What?

I said, we watch TV.

But she can't see it.

She listens.

She listens, and I watch.

All right?

I don't know
what to do with her.

She says, "What's the point
graduating from high school?"

The least she could
do is graduate. Right?

Why?

You're a great,
goddamn help, Bea.

If you hadn't filled
her with all that crap.

"Everybody's got to do it
just once in their life."

She did it just once.

Don't you start
up with me, Marcus!

Don't you dare
start up with me.

You sitting out there

hanging on to her
like some damn doll!

I just want her to be okay.

She's dying out there.

Maybe it's my fault,
I don't know, I don't care.

I just don't want
it to be like this.

She's all there is.

Lexie?

Honey?

Is this your mother's stuff?

Come on, Lexie.
Let's go downstairs.

Lex, you've got
to get out of here.

Is that your
mother's sweater, Lex?

Are you taking
stuff out of that trunk?

Take it off.

Leave me alone.

Leave me alone.

If you can get around,
get it off.

If you can come up here,
take that damn sweater off!

Come on, Lexie!

Give it to me.
I won't have you
wearing that sweater!

Poor little, Lexie Winston,
she was so promising.

Now she just sits
in the attic in her
dead mother's clothes.

Who the hell are you?

I'll tell you
who the hell I am.

I'll tell you who I am.

I'll tell you
who the hell I am.

I'm a stupid character,
in stupid clothes

who runs a goddamn
stupid bowling alley

and ice rink,
a goddamn pathetic rink.

And I come up here
and I look at you.

And I see...

God, I see

somebody I thought
could be different.

But you're just
like the rest of us,
another damned invalid.

Nobody's going to blame
a helpless invalid
for giving up.

Isn't that what
you were thinking
when you took that jump?

You wanted to find a way out.

Well, you sure
as hell found it!

Son of a bitch!

I'm sorry, honey.

I just can't stand it.

You can't?

Pretty tough

for someone
who is blind

and 4'10".

5'3".

I didn't mean to hurt myself.

I didn't want to hurt myself.

I didn't.

It's all right, baby.

It doesn't matter.

It's okay.

We just want you back.

We love you.

Please, baby,
come back to us.

MARCUS: Same old pond.
I cleaned it out for
you with a snow shovel.

And it's plenty thick
so you don't have
to worry about that.

LEXIE: All I'm worried
about is standing up,
not falling through.

Well, you go,
we both go.
All right?

Just let me try
to pull you along
a little bit, okay?

Yeah, that's it.

Now come on,
you're making more of this
than is necessary.

I'm scared.

There's no point to be scared.
Old Daddy has you.

This is fun.

With you.

I'm more liable
to fall than you.
Now you know that.

Okay, let's turn around

and try to

I'm going to pull
you a little bit. Okay?

Now, hold onto me
so I don't fall.

Okay. Nothing to it.

You skate like
you've done this before.
Have you?

Not recently.

MARCUS: Careful there.

I should tie my shoelaces,
so you won't trip over them.

Good.

Nothing to it.

Let's see now.

Dad, it's scary.

Am I going too fast?
Dad?

Okay. You want
to try it again?

Okay, come on,
pick up some speed now.

You're doing good.

You're heading
towards the edge.

NICK: Here. There's a hand
in front of you. Grab it.

What are you doing here?

I came to see you
break your ass.

I can't see very well.

I don't know if
you're kidding.

Just listen to my voice.

I'm not kidding.

You don't have to
see where you're going.
I'll guide you.

It's hard.

I keep...

The ice field is tilted.

I keep trying to
see where I am.

See the edge.

Try shutting your eyes.

Just get the feel
of the ice.

Balance. Feel your balance.

Nick?

Nick?

Keep coming.

Don't act helpless with me.
Come on, keep working.

Around. Around. Around.

That's right.

Follow me.

Follow me.
Don't make me control you.

Feel where I'm going.

Just skate,
don't be so stiff.

Feel the ice. Right.

Left.

Right.

Left.

Do you feel the turn?

I'm going to
go around you.

Give me your hand.
I'm all right. Right here.

Don't lean so much.
Stand up straight.

We're going to turn around.
Come on, turn, I've got you.

I've got you. That's it.

Now, we're going to glide.

That's it. Ready?

Glide.

Just glide.

Do an axel.
No!

Did you hear what I said?
I said, "Do an axel."

Nick, I can't.

Don't give me that.

You're going to set up.

No! What are you doing?

We'll go around again
and when we're straight,
you'll do an axel.

Shut up!

You're gutless.

You bastard.
Can't you do it
without the TV cameras?

You shouldn't have
opened your eyes.

You bastard! Bastard.

You're sure a better skater
than you are a fighter.

I hate you.
I really hate you.

I guess that makes us even.

Well, are you going
to sit there and get
your ass all wet?

I don't need your
hand to help me up.

Well, you want to quit?

Why are you doing this?

I tried to hurt her.

I really wanted
to hurt her.

That's three in a row.
You quit being a doctor,
a hockey player,

and now you're
going to quit on Lexie.

You're too much.

It seems to me that
you have to get away

from anything
that looks tough.

Did you ever
skate on a pro team?

That's easy.
You just get beat up.

I know what
you're talking about...

Maybe I know
the moves pretty well.
Don't give me that.

If you want to
spend half your life

making up your mind
about what you feel
like doing, that's fine.

But finally you've
got to make a move

or turn out like
the rest of us.

You're on your own.

Make a circle. Go faster.

That's it.

You're going to cut
towards the center,
towards me.

Listen to where my voice is.

That's it.

Make a sharp right turn.
You're coming to the wall.

You've got about 10 feet.
Five feet, turn, turn.

That's it.

All right.
Now, go into a sit spin.

Yeah. You're in
the middle of the rink.

Hell, I did that
when I could see.

Whoo!

Oh, baby, you did a double.

It wasn't perfect.

Well, it was damn good.

What a girl, what a girl.

Nick

I love you.

I know you don't like me
very much anymore.

But I love you.

I want you.

Now?

Yeah.

Come on.

What about Beulah?

She's not here.

It's only 6:00.

I was beginning to think
you didn't know how.

Whoa!

I don't know where you come up
with those harebrained ideas.

She can do it.

It's five months until
the first competition.
That's plenty of time.

I don't care
about any of that.

Yeah, you do.

If you could see
you'd be right back

in there,
with that whole business.

I wouldn't.
I don't believe you.

I can't.

You don't have to do
anything you don't want to.

If nobody made
her do anything,

she'd be
sitting up in that room
staring at the walls.

I don't know
if she can do it.

I just know
she's got to try.

For who?
For you or for her?

For both of us.

If she doesn't try,

it's going to
be second best

for us.

Whatever it is.

Hell, man, she can skate.

I don't know who
took that seriously

in the first place,
even her, but she can.

She just won
the sectionals.

That's all the skaters
in the middle of this country.

That's saying something.

It's pointless and cruel.

Don't give me that.
Not trying is
pointless and cruel.

Not trying is
wondering your whole life
if you gave up too soon.

Who the hell needs that?

They'll laugh at me.

They might.

Well, they can't
know I can't see,

otherwise they'll
just feel sorry for me.

That's going to be harder.

They can't know.

Okay.

Dad?

The kid's never
seemed too smart.

But he's right.
I'm with you, baby.

Goddamn, I sure am.

Here we are, the team!

NICK: The flying wedge.

BEULAH: Fearless!

Suicidal!

We have the fastest
blade-changing time

of any pit crew
on the circuit.

Call-out distances,
the wall's louder.

You guys are crazy.
You're all crazy.

Lucky for you, I'd say.

Thank God for the loony bin.

God protects little
children and fools.

And she knows she's
got her hands full
with this crowd.

NICK: Wow!

LEXIE: It seems huge.

NICK: Just wait
till it's full.

LEXIE: Thanks a lot.

$20 a night,

three nights a week,
before the preliminaries.

Any time we want as long
as it's between 1:00 a.m.
and 4:00 a.m.

That's great.

That's plenty of time.

Okay. I'd say
the tunnel is 15 feet wide.

There's about 30 feet,
35 feet open to the ice.

Let's cover this up there.

With a mask.

I'll get some
adhesive tape down there.
Great.

Ready, babe?

Yeah, I guess so.

BEULAH: Without your skates?

Between all of you,
you think of everything,
don't you?

We try.

NICK: Good even boards.
They're easy to see, huh?

Easy for you to see.

NICK: Don't give me that.
You're coming into the corner.

Do you know where you are?
Push!

Really fast ice.
It feels pretty good.

NICK: Easy corners.
How do you feel?

It feels okay.

Good. That's it.

Do a figure eight.

That's it.

Time it in your head
from the corner
to the blue line.

Come on.

Okay, now, one, two, three,
blue line, blue line!

Good.

MAN:
I want to remind you...

I felt a little sloppy.

We finally got
some decent scores
out of those judges.

At least you're
on the board.

Excuse me.

Here she comes.

Which way?
Let's do our stuff.

Okay, which way?

She's about 10 feet.

She's got a lot of
people around her.

Congratulations, Annette!

Not yet. Good luck.

Thanks.

Made it.

With this act we
should go on the road.

MARCUS: That was
pretty damn good.

NICK: If it's any comfort,
the crowd still loves
Annette Brashlout.

BEULAH: How would you like
a punch in the nose?

I can't believe
I got that 5.6.

Half of the judges
have glasses.

I wish they all would.

BRIAN: Hi, Lexie.

Jesus!

What the hell
are you doing here?

Could we have
a minute, please?

No, this is a private...
Yeah.

Sure you can.

You can't tell.

I saw the program.

I can't believe it.

Here.

No, I can do it.

You look lovely, Lexie.

When I saw you out there,
I fell in love with
you all over again.

Only while skating?

It's a funny relationship.

You didn't take my calls.

No.

Do you remember me?

Yes.

I missed you.

I missed you.

Do you want to try again?

I don't miss you
anymore, Brian.

Does anybody know?

No.

Would you ask my friends
to come back in, please?

Sure.

Good luck.

Thank you.

MAN: That was
Laurie Fostan, from the
Baton Rouge skating rink.

Hey.

Are you going
to tell anybody?

You know,
I really loved her.

Yeah.

Is that for me or
for her or for you?

Maybe for everybody.

Are you going
to tell anybody?

Not everybody
who doesn't happen

to be from Waverly
is a complete shit.

Yeah.

Now, in first place
in overall standings,

the reigning
national champion,

Annette Brashlout.

Nice to see it again.

How does it look?

Beautiful.

Good old Annette.

How do you think I look?

Well, you're just
about the sexiest bozo

ever to wear
a funny blue dress.

Miss Brashlout's scores
are 5.8, 5.9, 5.7,

5.8, 5.7.

A fantastic performance.

Ladies and gentlemen,
the girl who
will undoubtedly

be the national champion
for the second
straight year,

Annette Brashlout.

You okay?

I'm fine.

I'm fine.

Daddy.

I'm right here.

I love you.

Thanks for being my daddy.

The next skater to perform
her long program will be

Lexie Winston.

Now, this will be
Miss Winston's

first appearance since
being hurt last year.

Let's welcome her back.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Alexis Winston.

Here's for my mom.

Lex, the flowers!

We forgot about the flowers.

Stay with me.

You bet.