We Need to Talk About Kevin

This film contains very strong language

and contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting

SHOUTING AND CHEERING

SHOUTING AND SCREAMING

YOUNG GIRL SINGING

# La, la, la, la

# Getting ready for the party

# La, la, la, better bring my daughter

# La, la, la, la. #

GIRL LAUGHS

If you're going to go to the ball,

you have to learn how to dance like a princess, right?

1, 2, 3... 1, 2, 3...

-1, 2, 3...

-Yeah!

What are you going to wear today?

-I'm going to wear...

-You're going to wear...

-I'm going to wear...

-A bucket on your head.

-No!

-1, 2, 3... No?

-And a barrel round your bottom.

-No!

-And scrub brushes for your shoes?

-No!

1, 2, 3... 1, 2, 3...

BOTH LAUGH

1, 2, 3... 1, 2, 3...

SHE BARKS

Good morning.

SHE BARKS

Hey! How are you, buddy!

-Did you get something to eat?

-No. I'm not hungry.

SHE BARKS

MUSIC: "Mule Skinner Blues" by Lonnie Donegan

# Good morning, captain

# Good morning, shine

# Good morning, captain

# Good morning, shine

# Do you need another mule skinner

# Working on your new road line?

# Cos I like to work

# I'm rolling in all the time

# I like to work

# I'm rolling all the time

# I can carve my initials on a mule's behind

# Well, hey, hey, little waterboy

# Pass that water bucket round

# Hey, little waterboy

# Fetch that water bucket round

# If you don't like your job

# Set that water bucket down... #

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Yeah, that's fine.

Yeah.

ANSWER MACHINE BEEPS

'Franklin?

'Hey. It's me. I just wanted to leave a message.

'Do you think we could make some time to talk later

'just the two of us, without the kids?

'I really want to work this thing out.

'OK? I miss you.'

SIREN BLARES IN THE DISTANCE

Eva Khatchadourian!

It's a lot.

Look, Eva. I don't really care who you are

or what you've done so long as you can type and you can file.

You can have this job.

Oh, that's wonderful. Thank you.

I wont let you down. I promise you. Thank you.

-Thank you so much.

-Sure.

See you Monday.

Great. Thank you.

COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS

Looks like someone's having a nice day?

Enjoying yourself?

Sorry?

I hope you rot in hell, you fucking bitch!

Jesus. What the hell was that? Are you OK?

No, no, no, it's nothing. It's nothing.

-Let me call

-911. No, no, it was my fault.

-But she just totally...

-No, no, I'm fine.

THUNDER RUMBLES

MAN: Eva, when are you coming home?

I miss you.

I love you.

SIREN BLARES

SHE SCREAMS

SHE SCREAMS

MAN: Promise me you'll never go away again.

EVA: I will never, never, never go away again.

Promise me. Promise me you'll never go away again.

SHE LAUGHS

-Is it safe?

-No, it's not safe.

Sure?

Are you sure about this?

SIREN BLARES

CLOCK PIPS

PHOTOCOPIER WHIRS AND BEEPS

MAN: Is this really happening?

Ooh, I can feel him. I can feel it.

(We did it.)

I'm going to need all these processed today, Eva.

Uh, but today my afternoon off.

You remember? I told you.

Ah, shit, that's right.

-Look, get to them as soon as you can.

-Sure.

COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS

# Ham and eggs

# Pork and beans

# I would have had more, boys, but the cook was so mean

# I'm gonna roll, roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry

# To make it on a side of the road

# If I had've known

# My captain was blind

# Wouldna come to work, boys

# When the clock struck nine

# I'm gonna roll, roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry

# To make it on the side of the road... #

BEEPS

BEEPS

CHATTER

CHILDREN SCREAMING

-Hey, Eva.

-Hey, Al.

SHE SIGHS

No! I said, "Get off me!" Let go of me, man!

-Get off me!

-Keep walking.

Hey lady! Lady! Lady! Please help me! I didn't do nothing, man!

I didn't do nothing!

Get off of me!

SHE SCREAMS

Eva. Eva, you can stop resisting.

EVA SCREAMS

Stop resisting, Eva.

Eva!

BABY CRIES

BABY CRIES

Hey. Hey.

BABY CONTINUES CRYING

BABY CONTINUES SCREAMING

BABY CONTINUES CRYING

DRILL HUMS

BABY CONTINUES CRYING

(Rise and shine.)

-It's late, Eva.

-Hey.

The day is almost over.

-Hi...

-Don't pick him up. Please don't pick him up.

I just put him down, Franklin.

Hi.

Hi.

There he is.

You want to play? You want to play?

HE LAUGHS

It's all right.

Just rock him a little bit. He's all right.

You think I'm exaggerating?

You just have to rock him a little bit.

You just have to rock him a little bit.

There's my little dude!

GREENSLEEVES MUZAK PLAYS

Jesus! All 12?

-I'll take them as they are.

-But they are totally broken...

I'll take them as they are!

RADIO CHATTER

MUTED ANGUISH

SCREAMING

FRANKLIN: 'You're going to be a good-looking boy.

'The girls are going to love you.'

FRANKLIN: '(No, no, no. Don't wake up. Don't wake up.)'

EVA: Can you say "Mommy"?

Mom-my. Mommy, Kevin?

Can you say "ball"? Ball? Ba-ba-ba.

Ball? No?

OK.

I'm going to throw it to you and you're going to roll it back to me, OK?

OK. Roll it back to mommy.

(Yeah. Yeah.)

Roll it back. Roll. Roll it back to me.

OK. OK.

(Roll it back, OK?)

Just roll it back. Just roll it back.

Just roll it back.

When he was a baby, he never stopped screaming.

I thought maybe it had damaged his hearing.

No, his hearing is fine.

But shouldn't he be talking by now?

I read somewhere that non-verbalising was the...

an early sign of autism.

He has none of the telltale rocking signs.

I wouldn't worry about it too much.

He's a floppy little boy, isn't he?

But there is nothing wrong with him.

Thank you.

OK. Roll it back to mommy.

Oh!

Yay!

OK. Going to roll it back again.

That was really good, Kev.

OK. Here we go. OK?

OK?

PRISON DOOR SLAMS

"E" is for elephant, large as a house,

he's big as can be, not small like a mouse.

Can you say "Elephant", Kevin?

Elephant? Elephant.

Kevin.

Kevin?

Can you say "mommy" for me?

-No!

-"Mommy"?

-No!

-Just say "mommy".

-No.

HOOVER OFF

HOOVER ON

MUSIC: "Everyday" by Buddy Holly

# Every day it's getting closer

# Going faster than a rollercoaster

# Love like yours will surely come my way

# Ah, hey, ah, hey, hey

# Every day it's getting faster

# Everyone said go ahead and ask her

# Love like yours will surely come my way

# Ah, hey, ah, hey, hey

# Every day seems a little longer

# Every way love's a little stronger

# Come what may, do you ever long for true love from me?

# Every day it's getting closer

# Going faster than a rollercoaster

# Love like yours will surely come my way

# Ah, hey, ah, hey, hey

# Every day seems a little longer

# Every way love's a little stronger

# Come what way, do you ever long for true love from me?

# Every day it's a-getting closer

# Going faster than a rollercoaster

# Love like yours will surely come my way

# Ah, hey, ah, hey, hey

# Love like yours will surely come my way. #

CHILD OUTSIDE: Trick or treat?

Trick or treat?

Hey, lady. We know you're in there.

BANGING ON THE DOOR

SHOUTING AND CHANTING

KEVIN AS A CHILD: I don't like that! I don't like that!

I don't like that! I don't like that!

Mommy was happy before little Kevin came along.

Do you know that?

And now mommy wakes up every morning and wishes she was in France!

Trick or treat?

That elevator is a death trap.

He needs a yard, somewhere he can toss a ball, fill a pool.

-Nyah, nyah, nyah!

-But I love New York.

Come on.

You sound like a bumper sticker.

It's a matter of priorities, Eva.

He's only going to be a kid once.

You can house hunt all you want.

I'm telling you, I'm not leaving the city.

Nyah, nyah, nyah.

Kevin, stop that. That's enough.

-KEVIN CONTINUES

-Let mommy and daddy talk. Kevin, quit that!

You've got a family room here.

Master bedroom is back there with two huge walk-in closets.

The bathroom is amazing.

Here we are, guys. Our very own castle.

I'm going to go and grab some lunch.

Does anybody want anything?

Hey! Hey!

Wait up! Mrs K!

Hey!

It's me, Soweto.

Hi there.

I just wanted to see how you were.

I'm fine. Thanks.

You look well.

Yeah. The doctors are saying there's a chance I might walk again.

That's great.

Well, you take care, Mrs K.

You, too.

RADIO CHATTER

COMPUTER GAME SOUND EFFECTS

-FRANKLIN: Come on, come on, come on!

-KEVIN: Die! Die!

No! No! No!

-Die!

-How do you jump?

Die!

Ah!

Go! Go! Go! Go!

Die!

FRANKLIN: 'Hey, Kev? Are you out there?

'Kevin?

'Hey, Kev, do you hear that? That's Daddy going pee pee.

'You can do that, too.'

MUSIC: "Ham N Eggs"

So you want to connect right there.

You see? And click on that link and it should open right up.

And if it doesn't... Well, try it again.

-So you left click. Want to give it a try?

-Sure.

-No, no.

-Oh, I'm sorry.

-Right click, right there.

-Yeah.

See? It comes up.

Great. Yeah, thanks. I think I got it.

Thanks for your help.

I pooped.

Hey, buddy. What?

You pooped?

Oh, OK.

Let me help you. Here. OK.

Go to your room. I'll be right there.

Let's not wake up mommy.

Go on. Go on, buddy.

HE SIGHS

SHE SIGHS

These squiggly squares of paper, they're dumb.

Everybody needs a room of their own.

You have your room. This is the mama's room.

I can help you make your room special, if you'd like.

What do you mean, "special"?

Well, so it looks like your personality.

What personality?

I think you know what I mean.

They're dumb.

PHONE RINGS

No, no, no. I mean, it's good.

You don't need me to do that?

And... And the guys...

OK.

Well, I mean, if you have it in hand...

I could. Really?

Well, that all sounds great.

OK, John. OK. I'll talk to you later. OK. Bye.

Kevin?

Kevin?

What else do you have to say?

Go wash your face.

He says he's really sorry.

And that he was only trying to help make it special.

Do you remember how you got that?

The most honest thing you ever did.

Do you know how they potty-train cats?

They stick their noses in their own shit.

They don't like it.

So they use the box.

OK. Let's work on our counting.

What comes after 3? 9.

-What comes after

-7? 71.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,

11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,

21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,

31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,

41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50.

Now, can we quit?

There.

You can add that together if you think you're so smart.

You did not...

You did not...

Oh-h!

Are you enjoying yourself?

KEVIN BREAKS WIND

'I can see the doctor by myself.'

I have to tell you something, Eva.

It's a brave boy you've got there.

-Thank you.

-Any time.

What Mamma did was very, very wrong...

..and she's so, so sorry.

Hey, Kev? Kev, hold on a sec!

Kev?

Kevin?

Hey, Kev. What happened?

I broke my arm.

How did you break your arm?

I had poopy pants.

Mommy went to get wipes.

I fell off the changing table onto my dump trucks.

Mom took me to Dr Goldbutt.

It's all my fault.

No, no, don't be silly.

You can't watch him every second of the day.

Franklin...

TRICKLING

TOILET FLUSHES

Unbelievable.

How did you get him to do that?

Well, whatever it was, it worked.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

Not yet.

OK.

I love you, kiddo.

Nnyh-nnyh-nnyh-nnyh!

CLAMOUR

STRING MUSIC PLAYS IN CAR

I don't like that. Turn it off.

MUSIC OFF

Honey, do you mind if I stop off at the store?

I want to go home.

It's just that I need to pick up...

Home it is.

Hey, guys!

Hey, Dad! How was work? Take any cool pictures?

Eva, he's just a boy.

He's a sweet little boy.

That's what boys do.

Momma's fat!

When did you...? When were you going to tell me?

Soon. Now.

How am I part of the decision now?

What am I supposed to say now?

So, the daddy bear plants his seed in the mommy bear

and it grows into an egg.

Is this about fucking?

Do you know what that means?

The boy puts his pee-pee in the girl's doo-doo.

Well...

haven't you ever wished you had somebody else around to play with?

No.

You might like it.

What if I don't like it?

Then you get used to it.

Just because you're used to something

doesn't mean you like it.

You're used to me.

Yes, well...

in a few months, we're all going to get used to somebody new.

FRANKLIN: Beautiful.

Hey, Kev. Come over and meet your little sister.

This is your brother. It's Kevin.

It's your big brother.

Yes, yeah.

It's Kevin. It is. Yes.

-Kevin! Don't do that.

-BABY WHIMPERS

BABY WAILS

No, Kevin. That's not nice.

It's OK.

Let's get some snacks, OK? Come on.

FRANKLIN: 'Christ! To Ecuador? For two months? Why can't you send someone else?

EVA: 'I really want to work this thing out.'

'First he cries too much, then he's too quiet.

'Then he makes up his own little language, and it's annoying.

'He has trouble toilet-training. A lot of kids do.

'And you see this as some kind of personal vendetta?

'This is not good for him.

'Franklin, pick up the goddamn phone!

'Pick up the goddamn phone.

FIRE CRACKLES

KEVIN: ..9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,

20, 21, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27...

GIRL SINGS TO HERSELF

GIRL SCREAMS

"Please! Please! Let me have a drink. I'm begging you! Please!"

Kevin?

Kevin!

Honey?

Are you OK?

KEVIN MURMURS

I'm sorry, Mom.

Not to worry, sweetheart.

You couldn't help it.

"'By my soul,' cried Gilbert.

"'Art thou the devil in blue, to shoot in that wise?'

"'Nay,' quoth Robin, laughing, 'not quite so ill as that, I trust.'

"And he took up another shaft..." Are you OK, honey?

"And he took up another shaft and fitted it to the string.

"Again he shot

"and again he smote the arrow close beside the centre,

"a third time he loosed his bowstring

"and dropped his arrow just betwixt the other two

"and into the very centre,

"so that the feathers of all three were ruffled together,

"seeming from a distance to be one thick shaft.

"And now a low murmur ran all among that great crowd..."

Hey, champ. How are you doing?

Feeling better?

Go away. I'm tired.

Oh. OK.

Sure thing, buddy. You just get some rest, OK?

Don't stop reading, Mom.

"280 score shafts were shot in all,

"and so deftly were they sped that when the shooting was done

"each target looked like the back of a hedgehog"

"when the farm dog snuffs at it."

# I never can forget the day

# When my dear mother did sweetly say

# "You are leaving, my darling boy

# "You always have been your mother's joy..." #

KNOCK ON DOOR

Good afternoon, ma'am.

I hope this isn't an inconvenient time.

Well, it is, actually.

Well, we just have a couple of quick questions for you.

What's this about?

Do you know where you are spending the afterlife?

Oh, yes, I do, as a matter of fact.

I'm going straight to hell.

Eternal damnation, the whole bit.

Thank you for asking. OK?

Hey, honey. Let me help you with that.

I can dress myself. Can you leave?

Sure.

I'm glad you're feeling better.

You want some more of that chowder for lunch?

Whatever.

-Or a grilled cheese sandwich?

-I don't give a rat's ass.

Thanks, Dad, this is so cool!

You're welcome, buddy.

Right. Here we go. In the middle.

Oh-h! Almost. Here.

Take that one. Try again.

Use your finger...

Keep your eye in the middle.

# I never can forget the day

# When my dear mother did sweetly say

# "You are leaving, my darling boy

# "You always have been your mother's joy"

# Now as you leave this world to roam

# You may not be able to get back home

# But remember Jesus who lives on high

# Is watching over you with a mighty eye

# The world is so full of old sin and woe

# And many sorrows everywhere you go

# But remember Jesus... #

MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY

Good shot, Kev.

You're a natural.

Perfect.

Thanks, Dad.

# You have a burden He'll make then light

# And He sure will guide you all in the right... #

'All right.

'It's like this.

'You wake up.

'Then you watch TV.

'You get in your car, and you listen to the radio.

'Then you go to your little job or your little school

'but you're not going to hear about that on the six o'clock news.

'Why?

'Because nothing is really happening.

'Then you go home and watch some more TV.

'Or maybe it's a fun night, you go out

'and you watch a movie.

I mean, it's got so bad, that half the time

the people on TV,

inside the TV, they're watching TV.

And what are all these people watching?

People like me.

'And what are all you doing right now

'but watching me?

'You don't think they would have changed the channel by now

'if all I did was get an "A" in geometry?

# Once in royal David's city

# Stood a lowly cattle shed

# Where a mother laid her baby

# In a manger for his bed

# Mary was that mother mild

# Jesus Christ her little child. #

Me and Kevin were playing "Christmas kidnapping".

Kevin!

Kevin, you're my friend! You're my friend.

Beat it, Celia. Go get me a soda.

No, not that one, you retard.

-Get me a root beer.

-Hey!

What?

Thanks, Celia. I was thirsty.

Hey, you want to know a secret?

Come closer.

Do you know who else is thirsty? You don't?

SWITCHES VACUUM CLEANER ON

Aggh! Mommy!

It's the vacuum monster.

Cut it out!

-Hey, troops!

-Daddy!

Ho-ho-ho! Look what I got! Kev, come here. Give me a hand.

Yeah, sure, Dad.

Oh!

MUSIC: "Last Christmas" by Wham!

# Last Christmas, I gave you my heart

# But the very next day

# You gave it away

# This year, to save me from tears

# I'll give it to someone special

# Last Christmas, I gave you my heart

# But the very next day, you gave it away

# This year, to save me from tears

# I'll give it to someone special... #

-You want to dance?

-No thanks, Harland.

-Come on. Just one.

-I don't dance, really.

Where do you get off, you stuck-up bitch?

Do you think anyone else is going to want you now?

Hmm?

# ...but if you kiss me now I know you'd fool me again

# Last Christmas, I gave you my heart

# But the very next day you gave it away... #

Come on. Stay for another drink.

Eva, come on. Oh, come on.

-Are you excited?

-Yeah.

Can we leave a carrot for the reindeer?

-Yes, we'll see.

-Yeah!

GIRL AND MOTHER SING TO EACH OTHER

CELIA AND EVA SING WITH EACH OTHER

Kevin!

Didn't I see you at the bookstore today?

Nope.

Funny, I could have sworn.

By the way, are you doing anything Friday?

Why?

I just thought we might do something together...

for fun.

Like, do what?

Maybe take you for dinner.

Or play around with miniature golf?

OK.

Why didn't you bring a coat?

You just can't get uncomfortable enough, can you?

Uncomfortable? With my own mother?

Whenever I see fat people, they are always eating.

Don't give me any of this "slow metabolism, it's my glands" crap.

It's food.

They are fat because they eat the wrong food.

Too much of it, and all the time.

You know, you can be kind of harsh sometimes.

You're one to talk.

Yeah, I am.

Wonder where I got it.

Well, you won.

THUNDER RUMBLES

So...what next, Momsy?

We're going to go home.

You're going to get changed into something reasonable.

And I'm taking you to dinner.

Great.

We're going to dinner.

I was hungry.

I'm a growing boy, you know.

I'll have a...calorie salad,

er, steak, medium rare, and a bottle of Merlot.

All right. Be right back in a minute.

So, how's school going?

It's going.

You want my course schedule?

How about your teachers? Are there any who are...?

Right, what bands am I listening to these days? Right?

Next you can wheedle about whether there isn't some cute little cunt

in the front row who's got me itchy.

That way you can segway into how it's all up to me, of course,

but before balling the chick in the hallway,

that I might decide to wait until I'm ready.

Right around dessert, you can ask about drugs.

Real careful, like,

cos you don't want to scare me into, like, lying my head off.

So you have to say how you've experimented.

Then, finally, once you've sucked up that entire bottle of wine,

you can go all gooey-eyed

and say how nice it is to spend quality time together,

then scooch over and put your arm around my shoulder,

give it a little squeeze.

MUSIC: "In My Room" by The Beach Boys

# There's a world where

# I can go and

# Tell my secrets to

# In my room

-# In my room

-In my room

# In this world I

# Look at all my

# Worries and my fears

# In my room

-# In my room

-In my room

# Do my dreaming and my scheming

# Lie awake and pray

# Do my crying and my sighing

# Laugh at yesterday

# Now it's dark and I'm alone

-# But I won't be afraid... #

-Fuck!

# ..In my room... #

-Your computer is fucked, isn't it?

-Yeah. It's fucked.

And so are all the ones at work. I guess I deserved it.

-Why would you have something like that?

-I collect them.

Isn't that a weird thing to collect?

I don't like stamps.

But what is the point?

There is no point.

That's the point.

No, it really hasn't been any trouble at all. Everybody is bringing a dish.

Oh! That's them now. I gotta go. OK, you have a great day.

Bye, Mom.

Merry Christmas.

All right, Kev. You're next.

Can you guess what it is?

That's a Series 7. The guy in the store said it was the best one.

-Gee, Dad. Thank you so much.

-Merry Christmas.

-It's perfect.

CELIA: What did you eat for breakfast?

How was your day, Snuffles?

-CROSSBOW FIRES

-Yeah!

Did you hear that thump?

That's a powerful thing, man.

Celia!

Come on, honey. Time for bed. Here we go.

I thought I closed the door.

Kevin says I'm stupid, and he's right.

You're not stupid, honey.

Don't you worry. We'll find him. Now you scoot down. Come on.

Cosy?

-Snuffles?

-Snuffles?

Face it. I'm sure Snuffles has gone to the big pet store in the sky.

-Don't say that! Don't say that!

-Yes. It's true!

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to mourn Mr Snuffles...

EVA LAUGHS Stop it!

Who was snuffed out... tragically early!

So Daddy and Mommy were looking for him the whole night.

And you know why we couldn't find him?

Because Snuffles has gone to live in the garden.

He's living in the garden now,

with a whole bunch of new animal friends.

Celia.

OK, give me the spoon.

So, they're having a big party tonight...

with the chipmunks, and the squirrels, and the racoons...

and they're eating nuts, and berries,

and they're going to have a whole bunch...

Ugh!

Why did you leave the drain stuff out?

I didn't.

-I put it away!

-Then how did it get out?

It was Kevin.

Kevin did it.

You need to go talk to someone.

Kev, um, Mom had something that she wanted to tell you.

I wanted to...

..thank you for calling the ambulance.

And?

And...

I was concerned that you might be feeling responsible.

Why's that?

Because you were supposed to be looking after her.

We just don't want you to blame yourself.

No. I don't... I mean I... I never said I did.

She's going to need a glass eye, Kevin.

So, we would appreciate you looking out for her,

and any name-calling...

You don't really remember being a kid much do you, Dad?

Celia is just going to have to suck it up.

I thought you didn't like those.

Well, they're a... Now what do you call it...

An acquired taste.

I'm sorry, honey, I'm so sorry.

There you go.

OK.

Thank you, Mommy.

TV ON

-Hey, kiddo. Going to practise?

-Yeah, you know it.

-Hey, Celia, you want to come collect arrows?

-No!

So... What do you want to do?

We'll last out the school year if we can and...

make arrangements over the summer.

At least custody is a no-brainer.

Is it?

You've decided?

Eva, there's nothing left to decide.

It already happened.

KEVIN CLEARS HIS THROAT

-Needed a drink of water.

-Hey, Kev.

Listen, buddy,

it's easy to misunderstand something when you hear it out of context.

Why would I not know the "context"?

I am the context.

PRESS CLAMOUR

-You have to appeal. The costs are punitive.

-No.

But you'll lose everything, the business, your house.

I hate the house. I always have.

You'll rot in hell!

DOORBELL CHIMES

A personal for Kevin Khatcha... dourian?

-Careful, it's heavy.

-It is?

-Yeah.

-Have a nice day.

-You, too.

What are they for? You never ride your bike.

I got these for a song off the web.

I'll make a bundle selling them at school.

Like Donald Trump, huh.

Come with me... Yeah.

I'll take you back to my ship.

1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3.

Ready for the big dip?

1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3.

I'm charmed to meet you, young lady.

-Yes. Yes, I did.

-Did you eat all your cereal?

-Yes, I did!

-All right.

You're a little clammy. Feeling OK?

Never better.

Hey, only three days to go till you're 16.

We should do something. How about Sunday?

Don't know.

Might be tied up.

Come on, clean up some of this mess and then we're going to get dressed and go.

-CELIA: I don't want to go to school.

-I know, but Daddy has to take a shower, we have to go.

Say goodbye!

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

CHATTER

'Franklin, do you think we could make some time to talk later, just the two of us,

'without the kids?

'I really want to work this thing out.'

Doesn't Kevin go to Gladstone High?

Franklin...

Pick up the goddamn phone! Franklin...

SIREN WAIL

I have my son there.

Kevin?

Kevin!

Have you seen Kevin?

Kevin!

Kevin!

POWER SAW GRINDS

SCREAMING AND SHOUTING

Laura!

Laura!

CHEERLEADER CHANTING

Go! Go! Fight! Fight!

Franklin?

Celia?

Franklin?

Celia?

SPRINKLER FIRING

CROWD SCREAMING AND SHOUTING

MUSIC: "Nobody's Child" by Lonnie Donegan

# As I was slowly passing

# An orphan's home one day

# I stopped for just a little while

# To watch the children play

# Alone, a boy was standing

# And when I asked him why

# He turned with eyes that could not see

# And he began to cry

# I'm nobody's child

# I'm nobody's child

# Just like a flower

# I'm growing wild

# I've got no mammy's kisses

# I got no daddy's smile

# Nobody wants me

# I'm nobody's child... #

You don't look happy.

Have I ever?

I'm almost 18, aren't I?

What is it? Going to big school making you nervous?

Nervous?

Do you know anything about those places?

Well, you managed it all so well.

Tried as a minor. Out of your head on Prozac.

You'll be out of there in a couple years.

Do you know what day it is today?

Why they let me come see you on a Monday?

Sure. It's my anniversary.

Two years.

Plenty of time to think about it.

I want you to tell me... why.

I used to think I knew.

Now I'm not so sure.

GUARD: Time's up.

MUSIC: "Mother's Last Word To Her Son" by Washington Phillips

# Now when I think of

# My mother dear

# How often she did felt her cheer

# My wandering mind was going astray

# Was saying, "Son, accept the way." #