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[THUD]
Uh, yeah?
Are you...?
I'm Eric Camden.
Some people call me Reverend
Camden, but you can call me Eric.
And you are...?
- Do I know you?
- No, not really.
- Would you like to come in?
- I'm not sure.
Would you like to sit down?
Take off one of your coats?
I'm not sure.
Is there something
I can help you with?
I'm not sure.
I mean, anything
you'd like to talk about or...?
- I'm not sure.
- Well,
maybe I'll just, you know,
sit back down
and work on my sermon.
And if you would like to talk,
I'd be happy to talk.
Because talking
is one of my favourite things.
Some days all I do is talk.
Just talk, talk, talk.
And today I've had no one to talk to
and I would really like to talk.
You know, if you decide
you want to talk.
Maybe it would help you
to get to know me
if you asked me a few questions.
Are you here every day?
Most days, yeah.
I mean, I'm here
anytime anyone needs me.
So if I wanted you to be here,
say tomorrow, you'd be here?
Yeah.
Okay. Maybe I'll feel more
like talking to you then.
Well, well, heh.
[BABBLING]
The bear.
Look, look, big bear.
[CHATTERING AND LAUGHING]
Okay, popsicle. Popsicle.
B, for bear.
ANNIE:
Good.
B, balloon.
Balloon.
[ANNIE CHUCKLING]
- The kids home yet?
- You would hear them.
- Yeah.
- Why, what's up?
- Nothing, really.
- That won't work.
You can't just ask for the kids
and say nothing's up.
Something's up.
Did one of them do something?
Probably, but, you know,
nothing I know about.
No, I was just thinking, we need
to refocus our attention
on communications.
- What brought this on?
- A young woman came into my office.
She just appeared quietly at my door
and then she couldn't bring herself
to tell me why she was there.
And it's just driving me crazy,
because I know she needs help.
Maybe she was abused.
Maybe someone hit her.
Maybe she's a runaway.
Or maybe she's pregnant, or--
Maybe she has one of a thousand
other problems, but I don't know.
And if she doesn't come back,
I'll never know.
She just seemed so fragile.
I didn't want to push her
for a conversation,
because if I had,
she would have just run off.
As it was, she disappeared,
like in a blink of an eye.
I think I've seen her someplace,
you know, but I can't place her.
Does she go to school
with Mary and Lucy?
She could. She's the right age.
I don't think I recognise her.
Well, you could scan the yearbook.
Oh, but then you already have, heh.
I'm glad it's the weekend.
- Do you have a date?
- No, I do not have a date.
I'm just looking forward
to doing nothing.
Why are you looking forward
to that?
Because nothing is safe.
I thought maybe we could go
to the baseball game tomorrow.
- There'll be a lot of guys there.
- Guys are trouble.
Hi.
[BABIES BABBLING]
- So how was your day?
- The same as any other day at school.
Boring.
I never knew a day at school
to be completely boring.
Maybe that's because you're so old
you don't remember.
- Maybe.
- And how about your day?
- Why do you want to know?
- I'm just interested.
Your father and I are interested
in everything you do.
I better get upstairs
to my homework.
I've got a test on Monday.
I'll help you.
Well, they're not
telling us something.
Maybe they just didn't want to talk.
Yes, but why?
When someone doesn't want
to talk, there's always a reason.
I don't know which one of you
did something,
but do us all a favour
and confess now,
before the weekend is ruined
with Mom and Dad
asking a lot of unnecessary questions,
because you know they'll find out.
And, for the record,
- I didn't do anything.
- Well, I didn't do anything.
Well, I didn't do anything.
Recently.
I didn't do anything.
- I am never doing anything again.
- Well, somebody did something,
because parents don't ask
how your day at school was
unless someone did something
they already know about.
- Lab technicians...
- At last, we run into each other.
I'm here every day.
I've been so busy,
I haven't had a real lunch in months.
Heh, heh, heh. You're not going to get
a real lunch in here.
- How are you enjoying your work?
- Oh, I don't work here anymore.
How come you're wearing scrubs
and hanging out in here?
Because now I'm an orderly.
I changed jobs.
Congratulations.
But I thought you were following
Shana to New York.
- How do you know about that?
- It's a hospital. Word gets around.
- John told you.
- No, my nurse told me.
- John probably told her.
- I don't think she even knows John.
- How does she know?
- Why does it make any difference?
I made plans
I could never follow through,
now everyone knows
what an idiot I am.
- Are you okay?
- Of course I'm okay.
You seem a little sensitive.
It's not easy
losing the women you love.
Woman. I meant, woman I love.
Where's Heather these days?
- I wouldn't know.
- Maybe you should find out.
Why? What do you know
that I don't know?
Plenty, but nothing about Heather.
[PAGER BEEPING]
I've gotta go.
Are you gonna be around later?
Because I need to talk to you.
Needs? Needs to talk to me?
WOMAN [OVER PA]: Gurney
assistant, please go to room 1 13, stat.
Did you tell Hank
I was going to New York?
- Again?
- Not again.
Did you tell him about the last time?
- No.
- Did you tell anyone?
Maybe. I might have mentioned it.
I don't know.
Why would you have mentioned it
to anyone?
Why not?
WOMAN [OVER PA]: Dr. Henry
or Dr. James, please report to...
Hank wanted to talk to me.
He rushed into the delivery room.
But I'll tell him that you stopped by.
No, it sounded really important.
More important
than the miracle of birth?
- Maybe.
- And what would that be?
What would be more important
than delivering a baby?
Me.
Are you still planning
to follow Shana to New York?
I know somebody
who wants your job in the cafeteria.
I no longer work in the cafeteria.
I'm an orderly.
Why does everybody know about
my love life and not my work life?
Switching from cafeteria to orderly
is hardly noteworthy.
Whereas, if you'd pulled off
the move to New York,
you'd be a legend.
I'm not going to New York.
I'll inform the people
in the office pool.
[CHUCKLING]
- Matt?
- Aunt Julie.
Why are you here?
I just dropped by to see Hank.
So did I. He's been acting funny.
As if something is on his mind,
but can't bring himself to tell me.
Do you know what it is?
It's driving me insane.
No, but he did say
he wanted to talk to me.
Oh, I see.
He can talk to you,
but he can't talk to me.
That's great. That's just great.
Maybe he should have married you.
[JULIE SIGHS]
- Who are you looking for?
- I had a young woman
stop by the church this afternoon.
She might be a runaway.
- What makes you think so?
- She had on a lot of clothes.
You know, like she was wearing
everything she owns.
Dad called the police.
Looks like they're having
a serious conversation.
A serious conversation
outside the house
where no one can hear them.
We'd better let Lucy and Mary know.
Where are you off to
in such a hurry?
We were going up
to Lucy and Mary's room.
- Okay, but why the hurry?
- Why not?
Yeah, why not?
I thought you were paranoid before,
but I think the kids
are up to something.
Simon and Ruthie
just went flying up the stairs
to tell Mary and Lucy something.
What could they have done?
Has to be something
that involves the four of them.
What could possibly involve
the four of them?
The car. It must be the new car.
Something happened
on the way home.
ANNIE:
No.
[BABY CRYING]
You know, I doubt that Dad's talking
to Sergeant Michaels about any of us.
He talks to Sergeant Michaels
practically every day.
Outside the house?
Okay. That is it. Enough is enough.
Go find Mom and Dad
and confront them.
If you are so desperate to know
- what they're up to, go ask them.
- Why can't you ask them?
Because I don't want to know.
Why don't you want to know?
Because I haven't done anything.
And like I told you already,
I don't want to do anything
for the entire weekend.
I'm staying out of this.
I'm Switzerland.
I'm completely neutral.
You might want to brush up
on current events.
If you didn't do anything wrong,
then why can't you ask them?
I'll ask them.
Can't you guys
do anything for yourselves?
Just because we don't see it,
doesn't mean it's not there.
Oh, stop it.
MARY: What are you guys doing?
- We were just looking at the car.
Is there anything wrong
with the car?
You tell us.
Is anything wrong with it?
Not that I know of.
- I don't know anything.
- I don't know anything, either.
Take her. She's already been to jail.
Would you tell them
who's in trouble?
We don't know. Who's in trouble?
Someone is, because you asked us
how our day at school was.
You never do that
unless you know something.
- That's not true.
- Yes, it is.
No, it's not. Sometimes
we're just fishing for information.
Could we just get this over with?
Who is it?
It's me. This is all my fault.
ERIC:
This young woman came in today,
and she couldn't talk to me
about whatever her problem is,
so I told your mother
that we should make
a new effort
to communicate with all of you.
As soon as we did that,
you all started acting kind of funny,
so your mother and I thought
you were hiding something.
You put us through this
because some stranger
walked through your door
and couldn't talk to you?
If you wanted to talk to us
why didn't you just say so?
I'd be more than happy
to talk to you.
- So would I.
- Me too.
We've got nothing to hide.
What? It's not like you haven't been
communicating with me.
I mean, you've talked to me
all year long.
All year long.
And it's been a very long year.
She's right. Maybe we've spent
so much time with Mary this year
that we've fallen behind
with the rest of all of your lives.
Why don't we plan
on catching up at dinner?
Yeah.
Is there something you want to say?
Could you do me a favour
and talk to them after we've eaten
so I can enjoy my dinner?
Because I talk to the three of them
every day,
and, believe me, you don't know
what you're getting yourselves into.
The thing about it is that Maryanne
has a funny smell to her.
All of the time.
Not just some of the time. All the time.
And no one knows what it is.
Because we're way too young
to wear stuff under our armpits.
And she looks clean, but she stinks.
No one wants to tell
so Eileen went to the teacher
and asked her if she could tell her,
but the teacher said she smelled her
and she didn't smell anything.
But she's old. You'd have to not have
a nose not to smell Maryanne.
Could we talk about something other
than the way Maryanne smells?
Is there anything else
going on at school?
Oh, did I tell you
how bad her breath smells?
That's because she eats
garlic pickles,
the big ones from the meat store.
So you said.
But other than the way she smells,
she's real nice.
And sometimes she has extra ham
or bologna or turkey
and she gives it away
to anyone who wants it.
But nobody takes the extra pickles
because of--
Of the smell.
We can get past the pickle breath,
but no one knows
what makes the rest of her smell.
We thought it might be her feet,
but then I smelled Simon's gym socks
and it's nothing like that.
[GROANS]
So the substitute teacher
was at the board,
and then all of a sudden
Luke yells, "Surf's up,"
and all the guys
jump up on onto the desk like this:
- Why?
- To surf.
I'm not as good as Luke.
You should have seen Luke
doing this hang-ten thing.
It was great.
- I'm not sure I get it.
- Ten toes over the board.
No, I'm not sure I get the funny part.
Oh. Maybe you have to know Luke.
Oh, and then the funniest
thing of all happened.
She walks out of the room
and she slams the door like this:
- The substitute teacher?
- Yeah. We hear her counting to 10.
Everyone jumps back into their seats,
and then the wacky teacher
couldn't get back in
because she locked herself out.
So did you let her back in?
No, that would have ruined the thing.
We only had like five minutes left,
so we just sat there
with our books open
and pretended we didn't hear a thing,
while she's like pounding at the door.
And then, this is unbelievable,
when the bell rang, everyone filed
out of the room like nothing happened.
Even you?
You just filed past this woman
without apologizing?
It wasn't just me. It was all the guys.
And take my word for it,
it was funny.
The funniest thing
that's happened all year.
I think there's a fine line here
between funny and cruel.
No, no. This was clearly funny.
Well, maybe I told it wrong.
No, I'll start over.
Did I tell you this is
a brand new substitute, brand new?
Yes, you told me.
Okay. Well, the whole thing
was Luke's idea.
He's the funniest guy.
What are you going to talk
to Mom and Dad about?
- I made a list.
- A list?
What's on the list?
- Things that are going on in my life.
- Oh, that?
What are you
going to talk to them about?
I don't have anything
to talk to them about.
Remember? I am all talked out.
They know everything about me.
Wait a minute.
- Everything about you?
- Yeah, everything.
But that doesn't mean that you don't
know something about someone else.
Something
that they would want to know.
Who is it?
Come on, you can tell me.
Can't you?
I can't tell anyone.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- What happened?
- You happened.
- What?
- Can I come in?
Yeah.
You have Matt to thank for this.
What did I do?
Did you tell Julie
that I wanted to talk to you?
Yeah, I think so. So what?
So you never tell the wife
the husband wants to talk to you.
Why not?
Ta-da.
She kicked you out
because you talked to me?
- What?
- You told her Hank wanted to talk.
She's been trying to get me
to talk to her for days.
So why didn't you talk to her?
I wanted to get your opinion first.
That's why.
It's too late for that now.
Oh, you wanted my opinion
on what?
It doesn't matter.
All that matters now
is that my wife
doesn't want me in the house.
You're not thinking of staying here.
We only have the two bunk beds.
You're a doctor, you can afford a hotel.
JOHN: A nice hotel.
HANK: I don't want to stay in a hotel.
I don't like hotels.
I need to be around people.
I don't need to be locked
in a hotel room alone.
But locked in a studio apartment
with two starving college students,
that works for you?
You know, we don't have
anything to eat
other than some Spam
and a bag of chips.
I can make a lovely casserole
out of that.
The delivery menus, please.
- Do you know Simon's friend Luke?
- The funny one?
Or not so funny,
depending upon how you look at it.
No one's ever actually seen him.
In fact, Mary and I have discussed
the possibility that there is no Luke
and that Simon's just telling stories
about himself.
- What?
- You know.
He tells a story, tests it out,
and if it's funny, then he says
that actually he was the one
doing the funny thing.
If no one thinks it's funny,
then it was Luke.
I hope that's not true.
There's an easy way to find out.
You can tell Simon to ask him over
so we can all see
if he really does exist.
That's a good idea. A very good idea
in light of what you just told me.
- Thanks.
- Would you like a cup of tea?
I'd love one.
How's the Habitat for Humanity
project going?
It's great. Signing up for that
was the best thing
I did for myself this year.
- I've made a lot of good friends.
- How come you never ask
any of the good friends
over to the house?
They're good friends at work.
I don't think I have much in common
with them outside of building houses.
Besides, Susan and Carol
are best friends.
What about the one
with the curly hair?
That's Lisa.
She lives near Susan and Carol,
but she's more of a loner.
Whenever a kid's a loner,
I like to know why.
Because, after all,
who really likes being a loner?
Well, she wasn't always a loner.
She used to be more outgoing.
But now she's kind of weird
and getting weirder.
Talking about me?
No, I'm talking about Lisa Lunby.
I don't think she's weirder
than the rest of that group.
I think I know her better
than you know her.
We worked together at Habitat
all year.
What do you know about her?
Has she ever even talked to you?
Fine. You know her better.
I think Mary's become
a little more sensitive to other people
after going through
what she had to go through this year.
And I want to apologise to you
if your dad and I haven't spent
as much time with you
because we had to spend
so much time with Mary.
So please, go back
to what you were saying.
You know what?
I hope that you and Dad
don't feel that
I've been short-changed this year
because Mary had bigger problems.
The two of you have always managed
to give all of us
everything we've ever needed.
I thought we were going to talk.
That's all I wanted to tell you.
[KETTLE WHISTLING]
Is it Lisa?
You know something
about Lisa Lunby.
Stop, okay?
This isn't some kind
of guessing game.
End of conversation.
End of conversation.
- Hey, I--
- Get away.
GIRL: Just get away from me now!
MICHAELS: Hey.
MAN:
I wasn't doing anything, honest.
- Is everything okay?
- Yes, everything is okay.
I just don't feel like talking
to anyone.
I have a right
not to talk to anyone, don't I?
Yes, you have that right.
On the other hand,
if you're having a problem,
you have a right to talk about it.
That's what you'd think, isn't it?
Do you have a place to stay?
What? I'm not homeless.
I have a house,
and a family to go home to.
Do you want to see some ID?
The address is right on it.
Personally, I think the teacher
should tell her she smells.
If nobody tells her,
how is she gonna know?
I mean, you'd think
she'd smell herself, but--
[PHONE RINGS]
- Hello and God bless you.
- Reverend?
You need me
to come down there with you?
- Wherever you are.
- I don't think that'll do you much good.
But I have a name and an address.
MICHAELS [ON PHONE]:
Do you know a Lisa Lunby?
Yeah, the name sounds familiar.
[MARY SIGHS ON PHONE]
Hang up the phone.
It's just someone for Dad.
- Lucy doesn't know anything.
- What's going on?
I'm not sure.
Does this have anything to do
with Lisa Lunby?
I don't know why she told me.
Maybe because I've been
in some serious trouble before.
I told her to go talk to you.
You know what she wants
to talk to me about?
I promised I wouldn't say anything
to anybody.
Okay, well, I've said that
too many times not to understand.
I'm sure she'll come back.
It was my first guess.
Psst. Psst.
[WHISPERING]
Where is he?
My guess would be
in this room or the bathroom.
You've got to get rid of him.
I know that.
You guys have any mousse?
- No.
- Great.
On top of everything else,
I'm having a bad hair day.
I should be home around 3.
I'm teaching a class today.
I wonder what Hank could have done
that he can't tell Julie.
He doesn't look capable
of doing anything bad.
Whatever it is, he's got to go.
Today, and somebody's got to tell him.
I called Luke. But he's not sure
if he can come over or not.
- And why not?
- Because he's very popular.
Because he's so funny?
Exactly.
And what are
your plans for today, Ruthie?
Well, I was thinking of calling
Maryanne to come over,
so I could tell her she stinks.
- No, you're not.
- Somebody has to tell her.
- Well, it's not going to be you.
- Could it be you?
Ruthie, does this little girl
really not smell so good,
or is it just some cruel rumour
that somebody started about her?
And by somebody,
I hope I don't mean you.
No. She actually stinks.
You know,
I don't like the word "stinks."
Could she just come over and play?
Maybe the smell
will come up in conversation.
[GIGGLING]
Lucy and Mary
are getting the boys all cleaned up.
I'm going down to the church.
- Well, good luck.
- With what?
I got a sermon to write.
I'll come with you.
Parents are so obvious
when they're hiding something.
I'll tell you this.
If they smelled, we'd know it.
[PHONE RINGS]
- Hello?
- Could I please speak to my husband
and the father of my child?
He just left a couple minutes ago
for the hospital.
- But he was there?
- Yes.
Ah.
Well, that's nice to know.
Would you care to tell me
what's going on?
I don't know,
and I don't want to know.
Whatever it is,
it's between the two of you.
It's not between us.
It's not between us at all.
It's inside him. And whatever it is,
it's not coming out,
because it's something bad.
And it's driving me crazy.
You don't know it's something bad.
If it weren't something bad,
he'd tell me.
Could you find out for me, please?
I think it would be better
if Hank told you.
- So you do know?
- No, no, no. I don't know.
I just want Hank
to tell you so you'll know.
But if he's not going to tell me,
whatever this bad news is,
it might be best coming from you.
Please?
Could you find out?
Okay.
Thanks, Mattie.
- Where are you going?
- To the hospital to talk to Hank.
Julie asked me to talk to him.
Fool.
[PHONE RINGS]
- Hello?
- Could I speak to Matt again, please?
- Oh, he just ran out.
- Oh, well, never mind.
I guess.
All right, so let's talk about
this problem with your husband.
Simon?
- Did someone call?
- Did someone call?
When I came in,
the phone was off its base.
- Did someone call?
- Yes.
- Who?
- Luke.
Is there a Luke?
You know,
the funny guy in my class?
Simon, Mary and Lucy
think that you are Luke.
Huh?
They think that you tell funny stories
about Luke, but that you are Luke.
[GROWLS]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Hi, I'm Ruthie's mother, Annie.
Hi, I'm Maryanne.
My grandma will pick me up at 8
and I can stay for dinner.
This is for you. It's some meat.
Thank you.
[SNIFFING]
How could you think
there's no Luke?
And even if you thought
there wasn't a Luke,
how could tell Mom that I'm Luke?
Did you tell Mom
that we think he's Luke?
We don't think you're Luke.
Lucy thinks you're Luke.
I'm Switzerland, remember?
Just leave me out of all this stuff.
[SCOFFS]
The Luke theory was confidential.
You should have mentioned that.
I thought it was understood.
I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking.
It just came out.
Which is exactly why I want
to hear no evil,
see no evil and speak no evil.
She's Switzerland.
What is that smell?
Maryanne is here.
Huh.
[BABY BABBLES]
Why couldn't you tell me?
- I thought it might be a problem.
- How would it be a problem?
I don't know.
Because your brother is a minister?
It doesn't make any difference.
In fact,
it makes you more interesting.
And it explains a lot.
I've been looking for you
all over campus.
- Campus?
- You said you'd be teaching.
I teach at the hospital.
I should have known.
- Hey. So you talked?
- Yes, and I told her.
Yeah, what did you tell her?
Hank's Jewish.
I never told her.
- I meant to tell her.
- Wait a second.
Does this have anything to do
with the fact
that your parents
are flying in next week?
You did tell them
that I'm not Jewish, didn't you?
No, as a matter of fact,
I haven't gotten around to it.
I better be going.
They're gonna love you.
I know I do.
Well, I'm glad you finally trust me
enough to tell me who you are.
[HANK SPEAKS IN HEBREW]
- I love you.
- I love you too.
What does "l'chaim" mean?
- "To life."
- I like that.
[COUGHING]
It's mothballs.
Oh?
Mixed with some other
grandma stuff.
I live with my grandma.
- My mom and dad are no good.
- I see.
So she's just happy
her grandma let her stay with her.
So she doesn't care about the smell.
And they're right across the street
from the meat store.
Oh.
[ANNIE LAUGHING]
May I present
my friend and funnyman, Luke.
[LAUGHING]
See, I told you.
Would either of you
care for a sandwich?
I've got turkey and roast beef
and bologna.
Ruthie's friend
lives across from a meat store.
[ANNIE LAUGHING]
- See, I told you.
- Told him what?
Nothing.
Meat store.
Hi.
It's Lisa, isn't it?
Mary told you?
- No.
- Mary told Lucy and Lucy told you?
Lucy and I worked for Habitat.
Yeah, I remembered
once I had your name.
And it wasn't Lucy.
My friend, Sergeant Michaels,
knew that I was looking for a girl
of your description
when he bumped into you last night.
I was having
one of my little explosions.
That keeps happening to me, a lot.
Especially if I feel
like someone is invading my space.
Well, I take it that whatever it is,
it's hard to talk about.
Yeah.
But it's harder to listen to.
Well, I'll do my best.
Please.
My mom refers to it as the "incident."
She says it was just an incident.
That it happens to a lot of girls,
my mom says.
When did this incident happen?
Sometime around Christmas.
December 21st.
At 4:44 in the afternoon.
I was looking at the clock.
It ruined my Christmas.
But my mom didn't want me
to talk about it.
Probably because she didn't want me
to ruin everyone's Christmas.
Can you tell me?
You know, whatever it is,
I promise you that I can hear it.
I just feel so dirty.
No matter how many baths I take,
I still feel dirty.
I feel like people can see
right through me and they know.
My mom's boyfriend
made me have sex with him.
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry that happened to you.
But it wasn't your fault.
You're not responsible
for this man's criminal behaviour.
You were molested.
I know it's not easy to talk about it.
And I so appreciate your being able
to come in here and tell me this.
Thank you for trusting me.
All I really want
is to be able to talk about it
with my family.
Have you reported this man
to the police?
Yeah, but as it turns out,
he was just using a fake name.
He just took off.
We don't know where he is.
But you made a report
describing this man to the police?
Have you talked to a school counsellor
or a therapist?
Both.
And I keep talking to them
and talking.
But I want to talk about it
with my mother.
And I want to tell my brothers.
They don't even know.
But the counsellor and therapist
cannot convince my mom to come in.
And she says those sessions
are for me.
But I want my brothers to know.
What if this man shows up again
and they just let him in the house?
Half the time
that's what I'm afraid of,
that I'll see him again.
And half the time
I go out looking for him.
Because I want to find him.
And I want to tell him
that he ruined my life.
Yeah, I don't think you should
give him that kind of power.
The way to do that is to talk about it.
Talking about him
takes away his power.
Looking for a lane, he's open,
he goes in, and he fakes.
He waits, one moment,
and he shoots.
And he scores.
That's really funny, man.
How do you come up with this stuff?
I eat right, I exercise.
- That was a joke.
- Oh, funny.
Not really. I should stick to
the physical stuff. It's what I do best.
I have a kid brother
who's got some problems,
so I got into making him laugh
and the business grew from there.
What kind of problems
does your brother have?
My brother's deaf.
But it's okay. He got the looks,
I got the hearing.
My brother Matt's girlfriend's deaf.
Actually, his ex-girlfriend.
Do you know sign language?
Can you sign?
No, but I'd like to learn.
I have a feeling Matt and Heather
aren't totally over.
Well, I'll teach you.
Thanks.
- Let's go.
- Where are we going?
- Mom gave us pizza money.
- Why did she do that?
Because I asked her to.
And Dad's going to be late
getting home
and Mom's cooking hamburgers
for Simon, Luke, Ruthie,
and Maryanne.
And we can't have burgers
because...?
Because I want to talk to you.
- What'd I do?
- If I tell you now,
we won't have anything
to talk about over pizza.
If you don't tell me now,
I won't have an appetite for pizza.
It's nothing bad.
Okay.
I just wanted to tell you thank you.
- For?
- For always being there for me
when I need to talk to someone
other than Mom and Dad.
I don't think I could have gone
through the year without you.
How it's just nice to have a sister
to talk to.
And I don't think
I've ever said thank you.
So let's go.
[MARY CLEARS THROAT]
- I love you.
- I love you too.
But don't make a bigger deal
out of this than it is.
So, what are we going to talk about
over pizza?
Right, boys.
Simon and Luke were showing me
that "surf's up" bit. Very funny.
Well, don't encourage them.
Sorry, but there's something so funny
about that guy Luke.
- Heh, heh. What is it?
- I don't know.
Here's something very funny.
You know Uncle Hank?
Do I know him?
MARY: We're out of here.
LUCY: Bye.
Hey, nice talking to you.
Well, here's something you don't know
about Hank. He's Jewish.
- Heh, heh. I know that. We all know it.
- How would you all know that?
Well, Hank called last December
and wanted to know what day
Christmas Eve fell on this year.
And we thought that was odd,
and then I ran into Rabbi Cohen,
in the market,
and he congratulated me
on getting a nice Jewish man
for a brother-in-law.
Why didn't you ever say anything?
Well, why would we?
This is my other brother, Matt.
He was gonna move to New York,
but he didn't.
You're very cute.
Thank you.
We're gonna watch some television.
Oh, too bad about New York.
They have great meat there.
Heh, heh.
Maryanne, I've been meaning
to ask you something.
Why all the interest in meat?
My grandma's boyfriend's a butcher.
Oh, that's it. Okay. Thanks.
- It's mothballs and grandma stuff.
- Oh, yeah.
I honestly didn't know she wanted
to talk about it with me this badly.
It's okay.
Now that you understand
how much she does want to talk,
maybe you can continue.
Well, I thought that since you were
talking about the incident in therapy
and with the school counsellor,
that that was enough.
I didn't want you to have to repeat it
over and over and over again,
just for me.
Mom, it wasn't some kind
of stupid incident.
- I hate it when you call it that.
- I'm sorry.
I thought calling it that
made it more neutral.
But it's not neutral.
It's a terrible thing that happened.
I know it's terrible
and I am so sorry it happened.
But it's over.
Do you really
want to keep thinking about it?
It's not over.
And there's no time limit
on thinking about it.
I need to be able to talk to you
about this.
I need to hear
that I didn't do anything wrong.
And I need to hear it every day,
for as long as it takes for me
to believe it.
And then, maybe, it can be over.
But doesn't your therapist
tell you that this wasn't your fault?
Doesn't the school counsellor
tell you that?
Yes. And even Reverend Camden
told me that.
But I need to hear it from you.
And from my brothers,
from the people who love me.
Sweetheart, it is not your fault.
You didn't do anything wrong.
If anyone is at fault, it's me,
for letting you alone with this man.
I feel so guilty and so stupid.
I don't know what I was thinking when
I left him alone in the house with her.
Maybe that's why it's so hard for you
to talk about this.
But you felt you could trust
your boyfriend?
Yes. We'd been going out
for months.
And he was such a gentleman.
He included all the kids.
Months.
As if I could have known
who he really is after just months.
What was I thinking?
What kind of mother
leaves her child alone with a man
she's only known for months?
Soon as you knew
he'd molested your daughter,
- you went straight to the police, right?
- Yes.
So this is not your fault.
And it's not your fault.
Maybe it was.
What if I didn't resist him?
I didn't resist him.
I just did what he told me.
You had to have been
too frightened of him
to do anything other
than what he told you.
You are the victim of a crime here,
you're not the criminal.
This is not your fault.
How old are your sons?
Seventeen and 19.
Why can't they know?
It happened to me.
And they're older than me.
We've always
told each other everything.
And they know
that something is wrong.
I can't hide that something is wrong.
And I can't talk about it.
I want them to know, Mom.
I think it's so healthy
that Lisa wants to tell them.
You know,
he thought I wouldn't talk.
You know,
he thought I wouldn't tell anyone.
He threatened me.
ERIC:
She needs you to do this for her.
You know what?
I think you need to do this for you.
You need to be there
for your daughter.
This is something she really wants.
So, what about it?
Can you help Lisa tell her brothers?
I just don't know if I can.
ERIC:
Help her talk about this.
Take away his power over
your daughter, over you,
over your family.
Take your lives back.
Okay, how about
one step at a time?
Do you think that
you could go to therapy with Lisa?
And maybe the two of you...
...could talk about this
with her therapist?
Yes.
Yes.
I could do that.
Thank you.
I know you don't want to, Mom,
but thank you.
Really, Lisa,
it is not your fault.
It is not your fault.
It's not your fault.
Thank you.