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(silent night playing) ♪ silent night ♪ holy night (telephone beeping) ♪ all is calm ♪ all is bright ♪ round yon virgin ♪ mother and child ♪ holy infant
♪ so tender and mild ♪ sleep in heavenly peace (tapping on door) (dog whining) (barks) ♪ with the dawn of redeeming grace (screams echoing) ♪ holy infant tylar: one female in herlate thirties and three minors.
multiple stab woundsand blunt-force trauma. mackie: what about the ex-husband? court said the wife had a restraining order against him. dylan bennet.he spent the night witha bottle of jack daniel's. it was his first christmas without his family. mackie: all the more reason. tylar: well, you didn't see him when he id-ed his family. looked like he'd beenhit by a freight train. shay: seeing his kids like that. all the blood.
yeah, it was definitely a nightmare for him. tylar: if this guy did it, he gets my vote for a goddamn academy award. let's say the stepfather,this grady edwards did it. what do we got on him? nothing. said he was from kansas. shay: except we can't find a match in any database. and he stopped the newspaper to have time to disappear. and we think he mighthave done this before.
three years ago in new jersey, a wife and three kids. gunshot wounds to the back of the head. the stepfather disappeared. lived in a rented room where he met the victims. both rooms were owned by older women. one of the women who lives in new jersey said, "he's a wonderful man, always paid his rent on time and in cash." so, of course, she never asked him for any identification. shay: no, he's smart. the toyota land cruiser that we found abandoned? paid for in cash. no driver's license required for registration.
tylar: no credit cards, no anything. which means... mackie:no photo id required. shay: always a divorced or widowed situation. tylar:i'm telling you,this guy's a monster. even if this is your guy, it's been six months. he could be anywhere by now. sean:mom, beth saysi can't get these. sean, we're not getting thes. hey! you two stop arguing.
why does she always get topick the kind of cookieswe get? it's not fair! life is not fair.life is about the womangetting to pick the cookies. sorry, they get a littleout of control sometimes. they're just kids. but the sooner you figure outthe cookie deal, the easieryour life's gonna be. i'm just saying. it's a woman's world adwe're just guests here. wise man. i'd sayyour wife is very lucky. oh. uh, i'm notmarried anymore.
i still wear it, but i lostmy wife and daughter in anaccident last year. drunk driver. oh, god, i'm so sorry. it's okay. i could usea little help, though. sure. (chuckles) whereis the peanut butter? i just moved to portlandand i don't know thisstore yet. it's actuallytwo aisles over.
this way? thank you. uh-huh. you're so welcome. rememberwhat i told you. (sighs) what? if i didn't know better,i'd think you werefollowing me. no. hey. um...
i'm not usually this forward,but i'm recently divorcedand, um... (laughs nervously) i'm taking my kids for pizza,so i thought maybe you mightwant to go. pizza? the truth is, i'm just dying forsome adult conversation. well, i'm not usuallythis easy. david harris. susan. susan harding.
it's very nice to meet you. it's nice to meet you. (typical playing) ♪ now i've lived through my share of misfortune i still can't believeshe didn't come tothe airport. i told you,she had some things to do. ♪ but how long should it take somebody a little help here. yeah.
♪ before they can be someone? ♪ at least you have me. so, have you met this guy? yeah, a couple of times.you know, when i came byto say hi to your mom. he seems cool. okay, but she'sonly known him since, what, like, after christmas?that's so fast. well... come on, give ita chance. you know?
before you dosomething stupid. like what? i don't know. like, um, irritating yourmom and getting sentback to military school. i'm just saying, it seems likeshe's rushing into things.don't you think? i think it's herbusiness what she doeswith her personal life. and she tends toscrew that up,mostly. come on,michael, chillon this one, please? no fights with your mom.
okay. okay. i gotsomething to show you. all: surprise! well, this is a surprise.this is a surprise.thank you. i'm so happyto have you home. sean: hey, michael.what's up? hey. sean. holycrap, you're huge. thanks. i missed you. come here.
beth.i missed you, too. welcome home. hey, aunt jackie. leah, hey. hi, sweetie. let me look at you.your hair's gottenlonger. yeah. they ease upon you after a year. you look so... so much like a man.i was expecting a boy.
that'swhat the military does.builds men. good, strong men. michael,this is david.david, michael. is that a regulation cut? no. it wasn't real military.it was just a schoolfor screwups. oh. well,good to finally meet you.i've heard so much about you. everything seemsto be going great. sean and beth love him.
what's not to love? yeah, he's almosttoo good to be true. (chuckling) don't start, jackie. i'm kidding. i'm kidding.i like him. do you think i'mcrazy to be engaged to someone i've onlyknown for six months? you've always been crazy.that has nothing to dowith him. he seems a littlecrazy, too, about you.
david: everyonehave enough to eat? all: yeah... i would like topropose a toast. first of all, i want tothank susan and seanand beth, who, in a very short time,have taken me in and mademe feel at home. this is...it's a dreamcome true for me. thank you. and to michael. your returnmakes us complete.
family isthe most important thing.without it, we have nothing. welcome home, michael. hear, hear. man: hear, hear, michael. i think i'm a littlenauseous after that. stop it. you want something to drink? no, no, no, i got this. we have a surprisefor you, too.
really? jackie pulled a few strings and she can get you a jobworking with her as areal estate agent. oh, i couldn't. wait a minute.of course you can. okay? just follow me aroundand i'll get you all set up. it's a great opportunityfor us and she reallywent out of her way. well, i can't sayno to my bride-to-beor her sister, can i? thank you, jackie.
don't thank me. thank her. because she'sthe one who convincedme to get you off the road so she cankeep an eye on you. oh. did you? thank you.i'm gonna go havea word with your son. god, i hope michaeltakes to him. he will. he's just beenblindsided by the divorce. he'll bounce back. michael.give me four minutes.meet me in the basement.
so, what'd he say? he said he wants me tomeet him in the basement. in the basement? why? i don't know. well,i guess i'm aboutto find out. those two are mine.but you're welcometo use the others. what's all this for? well, i'm a bit ofa wannabe carpenter. i built thesestorage cabinets myself.
and i'm working upin the attic right nowon some termite damage. i thinkwe need a real toast. just the guys. this is wherei keep the good stuff. there we go. now, don't let your mom knowi've got a tequila stash. i've worked my ass off tryingto convince her i'm perfect. i know this mustbe a bit of a shock, your mom and megetting married and all,
but i want youto know, i want us to be a real family. because without i,we have nothing? okay. touche. so i get alittle corny sometimes,but i meant what i said. you just let mehandle your mother, and i'm gonna make sure youstay right here, where youbelong. no more military school. we're gonna put thisfamily back together,you and me,
father and son. stepfather. stepfather and son. that's smooth, isn't it? (coughs) so your mother tells meyou're one hell of a swimmer. yeah, i do okay. you know, i used toswim in competition.
in college, at u of o. your senior year isgonna be very important. you couldmaybe get a collegescholarship swimming. you should betraining this summer. it's kind of hard totrain in a backyard pool. maybe. but i hearyour old school hasa summer swim program. it does, but i can'tuse that pool anymore. that's the past. here is to the future.
remember,i have to go see mygrandparents tomorrow. yeah, that's right. but i'll be backthe day after.i'm sorry. no, that's all right.i mean, it's the dayi get back, but that's fine.i'll call someone else. shut up. i'm sorry. listen, i want oget my license. so, can you taeme by the dmv? maybe.i'll think about it.
why not? i kind of like having youdependent on me, actually. all right, get in the car. good night. good night, leah. bye. glad you're home, michael. thanks, aunt jackie. i'm soglad to be home.thank you for coming.
kelly: do you thinkdavid meant what hesaid to you about getting yourmom to let you stay? he said he was gonnamake it happen, so we'll see. sweet. bye. (given playing) a lot for one day, huh? no, no, it was...it was nice. thanks. i'm trying too hard.you can say it. look, michael, i knowit's difficult to come hometo another man in the house.
i just need you totry and get along, okay? mom, can we just holdthe lectures, please? i've been homefor two seconds. okay. he's a really good guy. and he cares aboutme and we're trying tostart a new life together. and you don't wantme to mess that up. well, that's not fair. no, no, no, i get it.
i'll try not to inconvenieneyou and your new life. michael. i'm sorry. i, um... i'm pretty tired, mom. okay. okay. susan: maybe he shouldstay there his senioryear. but his place ishere with his family. yeah, but you don'tknow what he was like. the kids he was hangigout with, the lying.
his temper wasout of control. believe me,i want him here morethan anything in the world. i just hope he's ready. you're right. are you ready? well, it depends. are you ready for it? (susan giggling) (david and susan giggling)
(safeway playing) ♪ the same sick place that we keep falling on ♪ the safest place is here in my head ♪ it's where i get lost ♪ wow, that smells good. hey. how was work? work was great.these are for you. michael.
what's this? your locker keyto the boys' gym at your old high school. the swim teamstarts trainingfirst week in july. (laughs) wait, how didyou swing this? i had a littlechat with mrs. rivers,the athletic director, a very open-minded woman. david, that was so sweet.
yeah, that's incredible. it's just a probationaryperiod for now. there's no guaranteethey'll let you backin the fall. but we'll wokon that later. it means a lot.thank you so much. you're welcome. so, what are ehaving here? okay, i just think it'sso cool that he actually didwhat he said he was gonna do. i know. i know.
see, i toldyou everythingwas gonna work out. yeah, maybe you're right. hey, we still goingto the dmv tomorrow? um. yeah. i'll be byaround 10:00. yeah, that sounds good. all right. night. (never less than perfect playing) ♪ i'm happy to say
♪ it's really not too bad a day out... ♪ (loud heavy metal musicplaying) hey, sean,turn that down, please! yes! sean, turn that down now!i mean it! your mother saidto turn it down! (never less than perfectcontinues playing) ♪ do you know why? ♪
do you think it's a good ideathey're so passionateat their age? they've known each other sinegrade school. she's a good influenceon michael. you should stopbeing so old-fashioned. i think it's so luckythat your mom met david. why is that? he isgonna be your ticketto staying here with me. maybe i don't wantto stay here with you. maybe you want to goback to an all-boysmilitary school.
maybe. mm-hm. but i likelooking at you. that's why wemake a good couple. because i likeyou looking at me. susan: you okay, sean? yeah, i'm okay. you sure, buddy? david: this is great.
i've missed familydinners like this. you've missed them? does thatmean you were married before? david lost his wife anddaughter in an accident. beth: yeah,a drunk driver. i had no idea.i'm sorry, david. i'm sorry. i guess that's why familyis so important to me, michael. well, family is importan. we haven't always had suchgreat experiences as a family.
hey, it wasn'tall dad's fault. no, i didn't say it was. beth: but, you know,our family wasn't that bad. i saw on tv this woman whodrove off a bridge with herthree kids in the back seat. that isso not dinner-tableconversation, young lady. they all drowned. that kind of thingreally gets to me, that someonecould do that toher own children. it does makeyou wonder, though,
what it takes to makesomeone do something so sick. okay. can we changethe conversation? yeah, i'm sorry. (doorbell chimes) dad! maybe they disappointed her. dad! hey, how are you?let me take this. i'm good. thanks.
hey, sweetie. hi, dad. aren't you gonnasay hello to him? beth: shotgun! what? sean: there's no wayyou're getting shotgun. hey. hey, work it out,guys. work it out. hey. back on sunday.they're going to camp.
we have a millinthings to do. i know they're going to camp. i'm only in towna couple days. i'm taking the kidsto a blazers game. they can spend thenight with me at the hotel.i'll have them back tomorrow. where's theco-ed girlfriend? that's over. actually, she wasworking for a ph.d. she wasn't that muchyounger than you were.
she just took a littlebetter care of herself,that's all. is michael home? he doesn't want to see you. those his words or yours? his. "your check is late"are mine. just make sure you don't spendany of the money on myreplacement in there. it's not necessaryto replace you, jay. you're not missed.
good to see you, too,susan. you guys ready? everything okay? he's just alwayssuch an ass. so, michael, jackie has mecovering an open housein the afternoon, but let's you and mehave lunch tomorrow.what do you say? that'd be really nice. yeah, that'd be good. great.
hey, mrs. cutter,how are you? i'm fine, susan. there wasa police sketch... (mrs.cutter andsusan chattering) susan:i can assureyou it's not david. don't worry.it's so not him. okay. if you see it, comeover and let's talk about it. okay.thanks, mrs. cutter. all right.
(sneezes) you all right? that was mrs. cutter. she's known inthe neighborhoodas "the cat lady." stopped by with oneof her gazillion cats. they make myallergies go crazy. what'd she want? wanted to tell methat she had seen this story on america's most wanted
about this killer and that thepolice sketch looked just likeyou. it was all i could donot to laugh in her face. you know erica harmon, right? mmm-hmm. okay, so a couple years ago,she tells erica harmon'shusband that erica ishaving an affair because she sees this mansneaking into their house every morningjust after he leaves. and was she?
well, yeah. well, there you go, then. well, it wasn'tany of her business and she told the entireneighborhood before shetold him. great. this'll make me a htwith the neighbors, huh? i gotta go. i think i'd rather bethe mystery man sneakinginto mrs. harmon's house. what's she look like? hey, where are youhaving lunch?
because i need todrop michael off. there's a dineracross from the office and i'll bring him homeon my way to the open house. susan: have a great day. hey, mom. hey, sleepyhead. want something to eat? yes, please. where's david?
you just missed him. good morning, mrs. cutter. okay, anybody gota sweet tooth? do you want dessert? no, no. you sure?some more tea? anything? no. no, i'm fine. all right.just the check, please. no problem.
thank you for lunch,by the way. absolutely. so... what i really wanted totalk to you about was,um... well, i need a favor. well, what kind of favor? i'd like youto be my best man. me? i'd really behonored if you would. there's no one elsei'd rather have.
i know sometimesi get a little carried awaywith the whole family thing, but, you know, truth is,i'm really happy you're home. and like i said, i'm gonnamake sure you stay home and this familystays complete. right? here you go. thank you. so, uh, what do you say? i know it would makeyour mother very happy.
yeah. yeah, okay. that's great.that is great! you know, without soundingtoo sentimental, i want totell you, meeting your mother that dayin the supermarket changedmy life. it was hard, you know, after what happenedto my wife and daughter. my little michellewas my whole world,my whole life. watching her growup was everything. you'll understand what i'mtalking about when youhave kids of your own.
not that you and kellyshould be rushing intoanything. okay? no, no, no. don't worry. you got years togo if you're smart. when it happens, i thinkyou'll see what i mean. they're everything. lisa would haveturned 11 next week. who's lisa? my daughter. pleasure.
i'm sorry. i thought you sadher name was michelle. did i? it's lisa-michelle.you must have heard it wrong. yeah. 11 next week. damn it! excuse me. excuse me! hi! hi!
hello, there. we're the baldwins. we called about the house. mrs. baldwin. mr. baldwin. good to meet you.i'm david harris. mrs. baldwin,do you have any children? three girls. three girls? you'regonna love this place. (meowing)
stay here.finish your dinner. (doorbell chiming) okay. i'm coming. all right. yeah. come on. come on, baby.come on. yeah. let's see who it is. (cat yells) midnight? midnight? where is that cat?where is he? midnight?
where is that midnight? come here.what are you doing? (hisses) what's the matter? (screams) (groans) (gasping) (muffled grunts) (melee playing)
kelly: so, are you? am i what? gonna be his best man. yeah. yeah, i guess.i said yes, so... kelly: what? i'm about to getanother father. you know,and i can't talkto the one i have now. well, maybeyou should start. ♪ you want the truth
♪ i don't know what's real ♪ you found me out ♪ i'm still nipping at your heels ♪ i could try ♪ but the feeling won't let go ♪ what's wrong? didn't you close your door? yeah. beth? is that you?
sean? sean? no, there's no one here. (shriek) jesus, david. hey, come on.where you going? i better go home. you don't have to leave. no, it's okay. were you just watching us?
doing what?i just got home from work. i'm gonna take a showerand get ready for dinner. you and kelly have beentogether for a long time. all i'm saying is,i just want you to be careful. she seems like a verynice young woman. which is why a young manshould be more discreetwith his affections. meaning what?what does that mean? people might getthe wrong idea about her. you wouldn't want that,now, would you?
what do you supposepeople think about youmoving in with my mother? susan: michael. excuse me. apologize. no. for what? being disrespectful. it's okay. it's okay. it's healthy to haveopen family dialogue, right? susan: how was your day? it was busy.
was mrs. cutter here today? no. it's probably fromthe house i was showing. they have cats and... sean. beth. hey. if you ever lay a hand onone of my kids again, it'll bethe last thing you ever do! what are youtalking about? this bastardtried to choke sean. i didn't choke anybody. sean says you put your handaround his neck and it hurt.
his mother told him to turndown his video game and hewasn't listening to her. i was justtrying to show hima little discipline. from what i'veseen, that's lackinga bit in this family. if you ever touchmy family again, i will kill you!i swear to god! susan: stop it. michael: come on... susan: this is notyour family anymore, jay. what do you evenknow about this guy?
stop. what do you know about him? stop it! i know he's not sleepingwith his secretary! you don't knowa goddamn thing! i'll call the policeif you don't leave! not a goddamn thing! you heard what i said.you touch my kids again, you got somebig trouble coming.
oh, my god. i'm so sorry. it's okay. come here. he had no goddamn rightgrabbing sean like that.no goddamn right! you can't do this anymore!come on. calm down, please. dad, here. you dropped this. itfell out of your pocketwhen you were going at it. (exhales) you stopped mefrom doing somethingreally dumb in there.
yeah, i probably did. i don't like this guy. i don't trust him.i mean, what do youknow about this guy? not any morethan you, really. you got taller. yeah, well, you kno,it's been a year. hey, hey, come on. talk to me fora second, will you? what do you want?
i don't know.i want to talk to you. your mom says youdon't want to see me. is that true? i don't know, dad.you know, i'm notthe one who left. i left your mom.i didn't leave you. you kidsare the most importantthing in the world to me. well, yeah, yeah, you havea funny way of showing that. hey, i know. i screwed up.i feel really bad about that, but i'dlike to make it up to you.
what,you're not gonna see me?you're not gonna talk to me? are you okay, sean? i guess i shouldn'thave told dad. well, what... no, it wasn'tyour fault, sean. i shouldn't havedone what i did.it wasn't right. i'm not your father. maybe someday, but... this is all new to me again.i'm gonna make mistakes.
and i just hope you canforgive me when i do. can you do that? i promise, it'll never happen again,okay? friends? sean: friends. (chuckles nervously)yeah. all right. i shouldn't have done it. it's just that
i see a family withota father and i know how easy it can allfall apart. if i'm evergonna be a part of you,i need to gain their respect. and trust. i don't know howyou were raised, david, but my family neverused physical force. it's not okay with me. (vibrates) david: i can't keep...i can't... i can't...i got to make this work...
it's all right.it's all right. i'll tell her i'm sorry.i'm sorry. i'm sorry.it's just... (creaks) david. yes. something wrong? no. no, in fact,everything's great. your enthusiasm withthe buyers at the reeves'open house made the sale. great. we need these filled out.
what are they? social security, payrollinsurance, workman's comp. and we need a picture id. personnel said that they gaveyou the forms to fill out, but they justnever got them back. no, no, i never got anything. don't worry about it.we need them, though, so we don't have to keeppaying you under the table. i'll get all thisdone right away.
david: it just wasn't somethigi enjoyed doing, that's all. well, i don't understand,because jackie said youwere a natural. real estateis just not me. well, what does that mean?that you want to go backon the road again? i don't know.we'll see. we'll see. no, wait. i... susan: i thoughtyou enjoyed family.i mean, dinners like... i know how muchyou hate me being gone,but it's what i know best. let me get on yourcomputer and look around.
maybe i can find somethingthat doesn't require muchtravel. (loud hip-hop music playing) dude, you betterturn it down. are you worried about david? he's not gonna touch you,all right? i'll make sure. i'm just useless. hey. i'm walking outthe door right now.okay, see you. how's it going? couple of things downin eugene.
okay, well, i'm gonna go meetjackie and leah for a drinkand plan the wedding. would you like to come? i don't think so. when i'm done with this,i'm gonna go for a run. david... i didn't meanto make such a fussabout your work and all. i don't wantyou to do anythingyou don't want to do. i want you to beas happy as i am. have fun.
(david sharpening pencil) susan's not here. how about the kids? beth's at a friend's. sean andmichael are upstairs playingvideo games. look, uh... i'm sorry aboutthe other night. i made an ass out of myself.it's just when susanand i fight... i was headed to the airport.i wanted to say goodbyeto the kids and... well, i'd like to apologizeto you for being a jerk.
apology accepted.come on in andsay goodbye. hey, michael tells me youused to swim for the ducks? a long time ago. yeah? what year? '92. really?i went to u of o myself. (telephone rings) i got to grab that.excuse me. sure. sure.
hello. jay had left a messaeon my cell phone saying he was gonna stop bythere to say goodbye to thekids. did he come yet? no. not yet. okay, well, if he does, will you just stay out of the way? all right.i'll see you later then. hey, you want tohear something funny? i called the alumni office
and they toldme they only had fourguys named david harris graduate inthe last 30 years. and two of them are deadand one graduated in '87. and the other one was thatall-american running back.you remember him? of course, he's a littledarker than you are,wouldn't you say? so, uh... it's just...it seems like youmight have lied to michael about college and swimming. and nowit's got me wondering
just, you know, what elseyou might've lied about. hey, look, i toldmichael that i woulddo some checking on you and, to be honest,i'd like some answers. hey. you hear me? yep. (glass shatters) (pauses game) i heard something. what was it?
i don't know.it's nothing. (music from game resumes playing) i don't understand. i'mkind of confused, because... about? well, the feedback fromthe buyers was great. he just feltthat it wasn't what hethought it was gonna be. you're okay withhim on the road? he's gonna try to findsomething where he doesn'thave to travel that much. and i justwant him to be happy.if he's happy, i'm happy.
there you go. i justwant to get his bags. (engine starts) pop the trunk? you got it. (dialing) (muffled grunting) (cell phone rings) (on voicemail) this is jay harding. leave a message. hey, dad. it's me.
where are you? call me. bye. (straining efforts) david! yeah, what do youneed, michael? nothing. you knowwhen you asked meat michael's party if i thought you wererushing into things? i'm thinking nowthat maybe you are. i mean, how much do youreally know about david?
the same day that iask him for details about his past,he just up and quits. you don't find that strange? no, i don't. you know what i want to d?i want to go to vegas and have one of thoe10-minute weddings. nice. david wants to havea church wedding. that's great.what church?
i mean, do you evenknow what religion he is? i don't care whatgoddamn religion he is. okay, you're startingto sound just like jay. he's accused me of notknowing anything aboutdavid. you know what i do know?david has been good to me. he's good to the kids.they love him. he's made my lifeworth living again. i mean, i... for the first timein a long time,
i'm looking forwardto the future witha smile. i just wish everybodywould be happy for me. is that too much to ask? no, it's not.personally, i'm with you. hey, i'd have my teethcleaned in vegas if icould. right? go! go! go!watch it! wow! i just missed that car. hey, guys.
david: hey. how'd it go withjackie and leah? we decidedwe should go to vegas. i'll be right back. where's michael? he's in his room. i think he's a little upsetthat his father never showed. that is so typical of jay. honey?
i have a confession to make. i accidentallybroke the crystal vasethat was in the living room. (laughs in relief) that's okay. it was a weddinggift from jay's sister.i never liked it anyway. you didn't? mmm-mmm. or her. then i don't feel so bad.
you don't thinkit's a little weird that i askfor some backgroundinformation, and suddenly, hedoesn't want to sellreal estate anymore? not necessarily. i like david.he's a gentleman. he alwayspicks up the tab.jay was so cheap. do you know what ido think is weird,though? he alwayspays in cash. who doesn'twant the miles?
you know,i never thoughti would ever say this, but i think i'mgonna give jaya call. i mean,if he's notbuying this either, then maybe it'sworth checking into. hey.he didn't show up? no, it's not okay. he's never beenthere for you likea father should be. and part of that's my fault because i nevershould have allowed itto go on as long as it did.
that's why david'sso important to me. because he caresabout you kids. he wants you to be hereand be part of your lives. he's so perfect, isn't he? take those off. i thoughtyou'd be able to seehow happy david makes me. he is part ofthis family now. i want him in mylife and our lives and you need tounderstand that.
do you understand that,michael? yeah. i understand. okay? (sighs frustratedly) (david typing on cell phone) david, are you down... i'm just puttingsome things away. i'll be right up. (vibrating) jay: sorry i didn't make it. definitely next time.
but i did check out your soon-to-be stepfather. i still don't like him,but at least he seems to bewho he says he is. it was good seeing you,michael. dad. (turns up volume) (the undertaker playing) ♪ thank you for ♪ making me ♪ feel like
♪ i'm guilty ♪ making it ♪ easier to ♪ murder your sweet memory ♪ (chattering on police radio) hey, robert. whathappened over there? mrs. cutter died.she had an accident. i guess her niececalled a coupleof times. didn't hearanything from her.
so she stopped bythe house and foundher just this morning. that's sad. have a good one. mom? there's a bunch ofpolice cars across thestreet. susan: what's going on? the old womanacross the street? she fell down her stairsand broke her neck. theone with the cats. susan: mrs. cutter? that's horrible.when did it happen?
the mailman said her niecefound her this morning. that poor woman. sean. hurry.we got to go, honey. all those thingsi've said about her. i feel terrible.it breaks my heart. will you remember to pickthem up from the dentist? yeah, i will. okay, guys. see you. i'll see you.
jackie: david, it's jackie. hey, jackie. what's up? i'm just calling to remind you about those forms. i'm not workingthere anymore. i know. it's just, we still need the state and federal tax papers and i'm leaving tomorrow. i'm catchinga flight to meet leahin hawaii for two weeks, and so i'd really like toget that paperwork inbefore i leave. i'm a bit crunchedfor time today.
i have to pickthe kids up fromthe dentist later... it'll only take a few minutes. i'll see what i can do. thanks... (phone clicks) it's reallytoo bad what happenedto mrs. cutter, isn't it? accidents happen. it just musthave been her time. college applications.
my adviser said we should fileearly in case we don't getinto u of o. come on. i'm coming. it all soundscircumstantialat best to me. i know,i know it does.i know it does. but i'm telling you,it's really startingto give me the creeps. just think about it, please. one day,this woman tells my momabout this show that she saw, and the next, she's dead.she's dead now.
it was an accident.you said so yourself. so how does he knowthat she broke her neckfalling down the stairs? how does he know that?the mailman never saidanything about that. i heard the wholeconversation, i swear. i wish i could tellmy mom about this. if you bringthis up to your mom,she's gonna send you back. (the funeral playing) ♪ i'm coming up only to show you wrong hey, you got to admit,the comment at thedinner table
about the woman who killedher kids was kind of weird. come on, it was weird to saythe least. and then hisdaughter. how do you mix up yourdaughter's name like that? he didn't.her name was lisa-michelle.that's what you said he said. i said he said that.but you weren't there. right? you didn't see his face.it's in his face. let me get this straight,all right? the neighborhood weirdo...
...sees a showabout a man whokills his family and then you thinkthat david mixed upthe name of his daughter, so thereforehe's the guy thatkilled his family? i don't know. yeah,that all adds up to me. ♪ really too late to call look, you saidyour dad checkedup on him, right? and everything was cool. okay, then. right?
it's fine. relax. ♪ to know me as hardly golden are we gonna finish these? babe, come on. damn it, michael. ♪ is to know me all wrong they were ♪ at every occasion i'll be ready for a funeral you're obsessing. you know, you're justa little freaked out
that your mom'smarrying a stranger. i was the same way whenmy mom was gonna marry jack. you know? and thenhe turned out to be cool. if you're gonnaobsess about something, you should obsess aboutsomething that reallymatters. like me. i don't want to haveanother long-distancerelationship with you. (whispers) so keepyour eye on the ball. ♪ i'm coming up only to show you wrong ♪
i'm gonnapick up sean and beth.i'll be back in an hour. will you two be all right? yeah, why wouldn't we be? i'll see you ina while then. behave. what are you gonna do? i'm just gonna lookthrough his stuff. you're crazy. you're so gonnaregret doing this. only if i get caught.
michael, come on,i don't want to do this. look, if we find nothing,i'll drop it forever.i promise. susan: hey, you. i just finished shopping, so i'm gonna pick the kids up after all. i just left the house.i'm on my way. that's okay 'causei'm so much closer. but thank you. well, okay then. i'll see you at home.
okay. bye. (shushing) did you just hear that? (chuckles) no. we're alon,kelly. it's fine. (gasps) oh, my god.oh, my god. shit! shit! (footsteps approaching) michael, you in there?
you in here, michael? (kelly laughing) kelly: michael! michael, did you evrhear from your dad? well, i got a textmessage from him, so... really?what'd he say? just that he was sorry fornot coming by before hisflight. i've tried calling a coupletimes and i just get hisvoicemail, so... i don't know. i'll probablytext him tonight.
honey, i'm sure he just gotcrazy with work. you knowhow dad gets. yeah, yeah.no, i know. beth: david? beth: david, you okay? yes, i'm fine. i know. i almost pissedmy pants, i was so scared. michael: you know, that's not a turn-on, by the way. michael, shut up.i'm being serious. you do?
yeah. i mean,i've been thinking about what you said,about all of it, really. and i've decided that... that you're right. i mean,maybe, maybe, i am obsessing. you think? i mean, my dad said he was all right, so... i guess the rest of itis just me freaking out. i think you shouldcome by tomorrow and we'll get thesecollege applications finished.
no more obsessing? no, no, no,i swear on my life. all right?so i'll see you tomorrow. okay. good night. okay. night. (knocking on door) yeah, come in. hey, you got a sec? sure. what's up?
how you doing? uh, fine. maybe i'm wrong,but for a while there, i thought we wereoff to a good start. and now i'm gettingthe feeling that somehowwe're not on the same page. i know it can't happenovernight, michael. but for the saeof the family, you gotta understandthat things are goingto change around here. it's not gonnabe like it was,
but hopefully better. yeah, i do. i know. good. i just want you to alwasbe up-front with me. no lies,no sneaking around. your mom wouldn't like that. and you need towin back her trust. i don't want to see youhave to go back to thatschool again. (floor creaks)
you swore on your life. just look at thepolice sketches. please, that's alli'm asking. there is a resemblance. you got to admit,it kind of looks like him. you know who thisactually looks like? it looks like mr. rockwell,our biology teacher fromfreshman year. no, you hardylooked at it. all right.it could be anybody.
look, this is grady edwards.the police couldn't matchhis id. they couldn'ttrace any fingerprints.and there are similarities. he said he was in sales.he said he traveled a lot. they can never findany pictures of him either, so i asked beththis morning if she could find aypictures of him in the house, any pictures of david.there aren't any because he doesn't like havinghis picture taken,apparently. so what?neither do i.
but i swear i didn't killthat woman and her kids.okay? it doesn't prove anything. the website was inthe browser history. he was checking it out. so what if he was? or maybe it was your mom. or maybe they both werebecause they were curiousabout what mrs. cutter said. i mean, that's whatmade you check it out. it's fine.just forget about it.
are we gonnafinish these, michael? hold on one second. what is it?you just don't want to goto college with me anymore? by the way,i'm screwing mark helford. hmm? i'm leaving.i'm going home. call me later.or, you know what, don't actually. i don'tcare. whatever. you know. kelly. kelly, come on.
i'm sorry.god, i didn't evenknow you were there. you scared me, mr. harris. call me david. i was just gettingmyself a lemonade.do you want one? no, that's okay. looked like michaeland you were havinga bit of a fight. it's nothing, really. anythingi can help you with? no, it's cool.
you sure? something seemsto be troubling him. maybe the two of uscan help him work it out. i don't know.it's just... i don't get it.he's been such a jerk lately. it's called being a guy.we're all jerks. that's why you women like us.we're like projects youtake on. (chuckles) see, kelly,
young women like youseem to mature faster. it takes boys a littlelonger to catch up. you know,you might be a part ofthe harding family one day. and i'd like you tothink of me as you wouldthe others, as family, too. yeah, i do. i mean, you know, i will. and if you everneed anything, please come to me. especially if itconcerns michael.
neither of uswant to see him dosomething stupid, do we? something that might get himsent back to military school. he won't. but thank you, mr. harris. david.call me david. kelly on machine: hi.i'm not here, i'm there. leave a message. hey, it's me. i really wantto see you tonight,so give me a call. bye.
(cell phone ringing) jay: sorry it tookso long to get back. i'll try to call youin the next few days. hope all is well. dad. (beeps) jackie: i've tried toreach you on your phone. want to talk toyou about david. call me. jackie. (cell phone ringingfaintly)
(ringingechoing in ventilation) (beeps) i have to callyou back on that, but the money sounds likewe're in the ballpark. we'll talk tomorrow.all right. what's up, michael? you looklike you've seen a ghost. no, i, um... i heard a phone ring.i thought it sounded like it was comingfrom the basement.
you probablyjust heard mine. i got a call on a job.i think i'm gonna take it. money sounds good.i won't have to travel much. hey, where's the key? david,where's the key to thebasement? yeah, i was wonderingthat myself. i needed to get some ofmy tools this morning.the key was gone. someone took it outand forgot to putit back. forgot to put what back? hey, honey.
hey, guys. david: that key to the lockon the basement door is missing. i'll call a locksmihin the morning. better yet, i'll go downto home depot andget a replacement. that lockwas getting old. i can do the work myself.by the way, i think i found a job. susan: that's fantastic.
yeah, the pay's goodand very little travel. i like that. i thought you would. let's celebrate. maybe you shouldget a job this summer. he's already got one. he's the lifeguardat the pool here. no, no, i'm serious.that way you could earnmoney toward getting a car. you're getting your license.
you're gonna needa car of your own. especially if you're gonnaspend your senior yearhere in portland. beth: wait, mom. sean: are you serious? beth: wait,do you mean that? yeah,i think david's right. the only way forus to be a proper familyis if you're home with us. besides, when yougo to college, you'renot going to come back. who wants dessert?
sean: oh, me. i do. i'm gonna drop seanand beth off at thekagans, 'cause they're gonaspend the night and then carrie's mom'sgonna drive them upto camp tomorrow. want to ride with me? i wish i could. but i need to getback on the internetand finalize this job. okay.i should onlybe a couple hours. a couple hours. okay.
well, have fun,guys, huh? bye. bye, david. susan. i love you. i love you, too. what are your plansthis evening? i might go see kelly. for how long?
i don't know. why? just be careful. the news said there'sa big storm headedthis way. it's gone. the shot i took of him before? it's gone. he deleted it andnow there's no pictures ofhim anywhere. well, maybe youdeleted it by accident. no, i didn't... have you not beenlistening to me?
i thought you said hedidn't see you take it. maybe he did ormaybe he's been checking my phonethis whole time.i don't know. but he cameinto my room wheni was in the shower. he deleted it.i know he did. he doesn't wanthis picture taken. that doesn't meanhe's a killer. the key to the basementdidn't just get lost,all right. he's always down ther.he's hiding something.
so what's the weather like?i'm trying to pack. all you're gonna need is a bikini and a smile. neither if you forget the bikini, because i'll have enough smile for both of us. hold on a sec. are you on your cell phone? susan: hey. this is susan. leave me a message... if you're trying to do some last-minute business, give it a rest. you've got a plane to catch in three hours.
no, i'm tryingto reach susan. i think i didsomething stupid. i called jay and i lefta message that i wanted him to do a backgroundcheck on david. you think you did something stupid? listen, i called him aboutthe w-2s and he hung up on me. he never did anythinghe said that he would. she is going to kill you. i know. that's whyi need to reach her
before jay getsto her first. okay? so, please, do me a favor.i will call you during mylayover in l.a., okay? no, don't. i'm going on a party cruise around the island tonight. oh, really? just get here! i'm trying. love you. love you, too. bye. (thunder crackling)
(computer beeps) jackie: i wasn't able to get you on your cell phone before i left, but i wanted you to know that i left a message for jay to run a background check on david. and i haven't heard back, so i'm gonna call this investigator we use at the office when i get to the airport. before you go ballistic, let me tell you that he refuses to give any identification for insurance and payroll. and he lied to me. there's something not right here.
i'm leaving for the airport in about 20 minutes. if we don't talk, i'll call when i get back. i love you.don't be mad, please. woman: portland tribune. hello. i need tospeak to someone aboutcanceling a subscription. (door slides open) (grunts) (shrieks) god, you scared me.i didn't thinkanybody was home.
you're home early. what, did you go running? i needed to clear my head. did jackie call? not since i've been home. because i had a missed calland she didn't leave a message. i tried to reach her.i couldn't. where's michael? over at kelly's. oh.
i'm gonna changeclothes real quick. susan: god,i hate it whenit storms like this. i can neversleep with all thisthunder and lightning. here. take one of these. what is it? it's a mild sleeping pill. they make you sogroggy the next day. so will no sleep. just take half.
sure. i don't likemichael out in this. well, let's call himand get him home. (sighs) no, that's okay. i'vejust got to stop treating himlike a child. all right, stay here.if you see any movement upstairs or seeanyone come downstairs, any lights, call me.i've got it on vibrate. well, michael,what are you doing? i'm gonna find out what'sin those storage cabinets.
that's insane, michael.really, what if... your mom just toldyou you could stay. what do you think'sgonna happen when shefinds out about this? and she willfind out about it... kelly, he's hiding somethingin there, all right? i knowhe is. but you have to trust me. please. please. just please be careful. i will. okay.
(thunder crackles) (cell phone beeps) shit. where is it? finally. god. shit! michael! come on! come on. come on.
pick up, michael. (yells) michael! what are you doing, kelly? kelly! come on! kelly! kelly! what's all the noise? i thought i could makethis work. but i can't!
this isn't the rightfamily for me. the boy is a problem.he has no respect. you haven't beenhard enough on him. you've got to makea boy understand! you've got to break himif necessary! you're too weak to do that. what are you talking about? i thought it could work,but it can't! i thought you couldbe mrs. grady edwards!
but you can't! what did you say? wait. wait a minute. who am i here? david, what are... david! david harris. mom! no! no!
no! can you stand? that's it. (sobbing) michael! listen to me. (thumping) mom, it's me.it's me. god! among other things,he ripped out all the phones. i might have killed him.
we have to go. i can't let youdo that, michael. get back, get back.get upstairs now!move! move! go! go! go! stay away! help us! help! help! careful where you step. there's stillsome rotted boardsi haven't replaced yet. michael! michael!
(saw running) get away from him! come here! come on! leave him alone! michael: kelly! susan: kelly, watch out! come on, take me!kelly! run! mom! (both grunting) (police siren wailing)
(inaudible) michael: what happened? what happened? you were in a coma. how long? just over a month. what about david? where is he? nobody knows.
by the time the policegot there, he was gone. (stutters) he's gone? michael: gone? hi. hi. yes, ma'am.can i help you? i have got thislittle lightbulb that i need fortheir nightlights. can you tell mewhere i can find that?
come on! yep.aisle two.you're welcome. andy, ross,where'd you go? guys? hey, hey, guys, come on! knock it off!get back over here! come on, guys,wait for me. i'm sorry. i'm so sorry.guys, come on. let's go. that's okay.you know what theysay, boys will be boys.
do you haveany children? i lost my wife anddaughter in a caraccident. no, that's okay. it's beennearly a year now. i kind of know whatyou're going through. i lost my husbandtwo years ago. i knowit's hard sometimes,but it does get easier. i hope so. hey, i'm chris ames.
i'm julie king.nice to meet you. well, it's nieto meet you. ♪ i can't see me lovin' nobody but you ♪ for all my life ♪ when you're with me baby, the skies are blue ♪ you and me ♪ me and you ♪ and you and me ♪ no matter how they toss the dice
♪ it has to be ♪ the only one for me is you ♪ and you for me ♪ so happy together ♪ me and you ♪
