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you, your friendship.

And despite your own terrible loss,

you've been there for me,

and I just wanted to thank you for that.

Thank you, Simon.

- [glasses clinking] - We're so sorry.

[glasses clinking]

Oh.

[glasses clinking]

[Theo wheezing and coughing]

Theo? What is it?

[Theo wheezing]

- What's wrong? - [Simon continues wheezing]

[Simon] Oh, my god. Gotta take him to the hospital.

- [cookies clattering] - [box clatters]

[footsteps pattering]

[door slams]

- We need a doctor. - [Theo wheezing]

He can't breathe. I think he's having

some kind of allergic reaction.

He had a peanut cookie,

- so he can't breathe. - How long has it been going on?

Twenty minutes. His name's Theo.

- Theodore. - Theodore?

Bradford. He goes by Theo.

- He can't breathe. - How old's your son?

He's eight years old.

[door closes]

[footsteps clicking]

- Can I help you? - [Celine] I'm looking for...

- Oh, Alice. - What the hell are

you doing here?

- You wanna kill my son? - Stop!

- Stop! - You do, you son of a bitch!

- Alice, you need to go. - You do!

Let go of me!

I'm so sorry. Just please go.

[Alice grunts]

[door opens]

[Celine crying]

Think about it, the only kid

who goes to her house now is Theo.

[Alice panting]

So she sent him in the kitchen. She set the whole thing up.

- No, no, I sent him to the kitchen. - No!

No, she told him to go in there.

"Oh, I'm sure you'll find something on the drain board."

Remember? She said that.

"You'll find something."

Alice, Jesus. Please.

She planned the whole thing.

She manipulates people.

That's just, that's what she does.

And you don't even see it.

Do you see, honey?

- She killed your mother. - OK, that's enough.

- No, listen, just listen. - Stop it.

Please.

We both saw Jean take her pills all the time. Right?

- Both of us saw her-- - Yeah.

- Yes. - Take them all the time.

- Yes, but-- - OK, how's it possible

that the autopsy showed no trace

of the medication in her system?

What autopsy?

What are you talking about?

Celine swapped the pills

with a placebo.

She has access to everything

because of Damien's job in pharmaceuticals.

Because your mom didn't get her medication,

she had a heart attack.

[Alice exhales]

You had an autopsy done? On my mother?

I knew something was off. I was right.

So I hid Jean's pillbox, so I could have the pills tested.

But then Celine stole it, so now it can't prove it.

OK, so you're saying Celine stole

- my mom's pillbox-- - Yes.

From our house?

I hid them in the nightstand.

Uh-huh.

And you remember I heard someone in the house.

Who else could get in?

Celine has a key. It was her.

Honey, don't you see it?

She wants us to pay for Max.

What are you doing? Simon!

[Alice groans]

Simon. You're hurting me.

[Alice groans]

[panting]

[car door opens]

- [car door closes] - [glove box opens]

- [objects clattering] - [pills rattling]

Is this what Celine stole?

Is this what she stole?

That's not possible.

I found it in the garden,

exactly where my mother dropped it.

I found it.

You found it?

No, you've been raving for weeks, Alice.

You're losing touch with reality.

Our son is in intensive care right now. OK?

Nothing else matters.

OK.

We're not going down this path again. You hear me?

It almost destroyed you, both of us.

I won't let it destroy Theo.

[car door opens]

[car door closes]

It's not possible.

I found it in the garden.

[Alice heavily breathing]

I put it in my drawer.

I know I did.

I know I did.

[gentle music plays]

[gentle music continues]

[announcer] Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bradford,

please report to the nurse's station.

[doctor] We were able to neutralize the allergic reaction,

so he should be feeling back to normal in no time.

[Simon] Thank you very much, Doctor.

Such a relief.

Hello, sweetie.

How are you feeling? Better?

[Simon] Theo, what happened?

Why did you eat the cookies

when you know how sick they can make you?

Huh?

[footsteps treading]

We need to move.

No, you need to get some help.

I'll make an appointment for you first thing in the morning.

Darling, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I know I should've included you on the decision.

It was for your sake.

[Simon] I should have you committed again.

[door slams]

[car door closes]

[engine rumbling]

[Alice whimpers]

[gentle music]

[blocks clattering]

[car door closes]

[engine rumbles]

[door opens]

[key jingles]

[gentle music]

[keys clattering]

- [lock clicking] - [door opens]

[Celine sighs]

[light switch clicks]

- [keys clattering] - [Celine sighs]

[ominous music]

[footsteps treading]

[chain rattling]

[tense music]

[door closes]

[keys jingling]

What are you doing in my house, Alice?

I was looking for Max...

Theo thought he left his...

[Alice exhales]

Where are they?

What are you talking about?

Grandma Jean's heart pills, where are they?

I know you swapped them out

with something from Damien's stash. I know that.

And then you broke into my house and you stole her pills

so that I couldn't prove it.

So where are they, Celine?

I know they're here. I know.

You killed her.

What's wrong with you?

I just lost my son, my only child,

and you're sneaking around my house accusing me

of being some kind of monster.

I'm the monster?

I'm not imagining things.

- [keys jingling] - Get outta my house.

Get the hell outta my house!

[door slams]

[gentle music]

I've been thinking we should do something fun as a family.

Take a vacation. Would you like that, huh?

How about the ocean? You love it there.

We could fly a kite and roast marshmallows. [laughs]

Light a fire.

[engine rumbling]

[Theo] A present!

Who's it from?

[Theo] Celine!

It's for me!

Wait! Mom, no!

What are doing?

- Mom! - Keep your pointless gifts!

- [box clatters] - Leave my family alone!

[Alice panting]

Keep going.

[door opens]

Theo?

Theo. Darling?

Theo?

Theo?

Theo? Where are you?

Honey?

Theo!

[Celine] What is it now, Alice?

- Where's my son? - I don't know.

- He's here. - No, he's not.

Alice. Alice, please stop. Alice, stop it.

- Stop it. - [door closes]

Theo.

Theo!

[Celine] Theo?

Theo? Oh, my god!

Theo! Theo!

- Get down right now! Get down. - Stay away.

[Alice] Honey, stop it.

I'm going where Max and Granny Jean went.

Nobody's mad at each other where they are.

- Nobody fights. - Please, please, please get down.

- Please get down. - Don't come any closer.

[Alice heavily breathing]

It's a better place, you said so.

Theo, honey, Theo, we've made a lot of mistakes

since Max has been gone.

Our hearts have been so hurt

that it's been hard to think straight.

Like keeping the cookies that could hurt you,

that was my mistake.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Your mom was right to worry. All right?

We're not gonna fight anymore, sweetie.

- No. - OK?

We're not gonna fight anymore.

OK?

- [tense music] - [Celine] OK?

We're not gonna fight anymore.

- [Theo gasps] - [Alice and Celine screaming]

[Alice heavily breathing]

OK, baby, go to your mama. Go to your mama.

[Alice] Theo.

[Celine] Go to your mama, honey.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Thank you.

[Alice sighs]

[soft music]

He's finally asleep.

You're right, I need help.

I found a house we can rent.

A colleague is leaving.

So, we can move in two weeks.

- It's best for Theo. - Yeah.

Thank you.

[Alice] There's no excuse for my accusations.

I'm taking medicine now, and I'm seeing a doctor.

Oh.

Alice, I was wrong too.

I did blame you for Max.

I'm sorry.

We did the best we could, under the circumstances.

Theo can't stay here...

Not with everything that's happened.

We decided...

We move in two weeks.

Of course.

Of course.

Of course, we have to do what's best for Theo.

Alice, we both know it can't continue like this.

- No, it can't. - No.

No.

[somber music]

- Hi. - Hey.

Thirsty?

Sure.

[somber music continues]

I made you another.

[somber music continues]

[Damian groans]

How was your day?

The same.

Actually, I had tea with Alice today.

She told me they're moving.

[Damian chuckles]

- Is that funny? - What did you expect?

You've been clinging to Theo ever since.

I can't say I blame 'em.

[scoffs]

Theo and I understand one another.

It's amazing to me how quickly you forgot my son.

Our son.

Listen to me...

I want to leave Alice and Simon alone.

And I don't want that boy in our house again, you understand?

I understand.

- [Alice breathing heavily] - [somber music]

I wanna have another child with you.

[soft solemn music]

[Celine exhales sharply]

[Celine straining and panting]

[soft solemn music continues]

- [siren wailing] - [soft solemn music continues]

Excuse me, sir.

What's goin' on?

We live right next door.

The man took his life.

That's not possible.

I'm sorry, ma'am.

Oh my God, Celine.

Oh, my God. [breathing heavily]

You can stay in our spare room.

I'll take you upstairs.

[soft solemn music]

[car engine roars]

[Alice] "Underneath the root of a very big fir tree.

'Now, my dears,' said old Miss Rabbit one morning,

'you may go into the fields or down to the lane,

but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden.'"

- Hello. - Oh.

- Daddy. - Baby.

- Hey. - Hey, darling.

Here, let me take this for you.

[Simon clears throat]

How is she?

- I'm gonna put Theo to bed now. - Yeah, sure.

- Good night, Theo. - Good night, Daddy.

[Alice] All right, go up, darling.

No, Theo, what are you doing?

I wanna go say good night to Celine.

Honey, she's asleep.

She needs her rest.

Come on.

I'll finish the story.

[man on TV] New factories are going up,

while the insurance they carry has increased prosperity.

New homes are under construction

to meet the demands of new families moving in.

It's so quiet in here,

so I just needed... [sighs] some noise.

Yeah.

[TV continues indistinctly]

Is she still here?

Mm-hmm, she hasn't left that room all day.

I should've seen it coming.

I, I knew he was hurting, but I...

[man on TV] Not unique, of course, in the

pattern of American communities,

but comforting to these fathers and mothers

- who live here... - You couldn't have known.

We just need to be easier on ourselves.

A change will be good.

[Alice yawning]

- We'll be in the new house soon. - Mm.

[man on TV] ...through a day of normal activities,

one gets the feeling that...

She can't go back home now,

not after everything that's happened.

[man on TV] Perhaps grow old in the kind of a place you--

I'm gonna go next door.

- Grab some things. - What? Now?

You know she didn't bring anything with her.

She's sleeping in the same clothes.

- Mm-hmm. - [TV continues indistinctly]

[Damian sighs]

[knocking on door]

You're not sleeping.

Neither are you.

I just wanted to say good night.

[door clicks and creaks]

[TV plays indistinctly]

[music plays on TV]

This is a magic potion, it helps everybody sleep.

[snickers] Even children who aren't sleepy.

[Theo] What makes it magic?

You'll have to try it to find out.

[soft solemn music]

[tense music]

Do you wanna try the magic potion?

- Yeah. - OK.

[soft solemn music]

[soft tense music]

[soft tense music continues]

No!

[Alice panting and jabbering]

We have to get her away.

Simon?

Simon, we have to--

[soft solemn music]

Oh, no.

[TV continues indistinctly]

[Alice breathing heavily]

- [Alice moans and screams] - [tense music]

[Celine grunts]

[both straining]

[Celine breathing heavily]

- [Alice gasps] - [Celine grunts]

[tense music continues]

[both straining and grunting]

[Celine screaming]

- [Alice yelps] - [Celine groaning]

[moaning]

[Celine groaning]

[Alice groaning]

[soft somber music]

[Alice groaning]

[soft somber music continues]

[Alice sobbing]

[soft somber music continues]

- [Alice sobbing] - [soft somber music continues]

[Alice gasping and groaning]

[TV plays indistinctly]

[water trickling]

[Celine straining]

- [pipe clanks] - [gas hissing]

- [Celine grunts] - [window frame rasps]

[gas hissing]

[commentator on TV] ...Durban Chief of New Zealand, third,

in this mile and a quarter event.

Trotters from many lands with $50,000 prize money

awaiting the winner.

Italy's Tomaci holds the early lead.

[crowd on TV cheering, applauding]

Shh.

Shh.

[tense droning]

Shh.

Shh.

[attorney] The facts of this case are cut and dry.

A presumed household accident has taken

the lives of two beloved members of our community.

An absolute tragedy.

Here with us today, Mrs. Jennings,

a woman who has lost everything a wife and mother can lose.

In the wake of such tragedy, your honor, what would you do?

Perhaps this is the silver lining.

What an unexpected gift.

A mother without a son, and a son without a mother.

[judge] This court recognizes this unusual predicament.

And I must ask your decision, young man.

In the absence of surviving family members,

do you accept Mrs. Jennings as your adoptive mother?

- Is Mrs. Jennings Celine? - Yes.

Would you like Celine to be your adoptive mommy?

Does that mean yes, son?

Yes.

[ocean droning]

So, what should we do?

You could fly a kite.

Or build a sand castle.

I know how you feel.

It's like there's a big hole in your heart.

Theo, listen to me.

We have each other.

[somber music]

We're going to get through this together.

We'll love each other,

and maybe someday...

the hole won't be so big.

[somber music continues]

[Theo mutters, chuckles]

[Theo chuckles]

[somber music continues]

[somber music continues]

[somber music continues]

[somber music continues]

[somber music continues]

[music fades]