[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
NCI'S CORPORATE PARTNERS]

 CASS: WELL, SHE COULD HAVE IT
ALL.
AND SO COULD YOU.
JUST SAY THE WORD.
 LILA: VERY FUNNY, CASS.
 CASS: OH, COME ON, YOU KNEW
IT WAS ME.
THAT'S WHY YOU SHOWED UP HERE.
 LILA: YOU'VE GOT TO STOP
PLAYING THESE STUNTS ON ME, OK?
 CASS: I'M NOT THE ONE WHO'S
DOING NUMBERS ON YOU, LILA.
MATT AND STARK ARE.
 LILA: AS YOU WERE, SANTA.
 CASS: HEY!
 LILA: SANTA'S OK.
HE JUST HAD A LITTLE CRICK
IN HIS BACK.
HE'S ALL RIGHT.
 CASS: WHY DO YOU KEEP
FIGHTING WHAT YOU REALLY WANT?
 LILA: BECAUSE I HAVE
EVERYTHING I WANT, EVERYTHING
I NEED TO BE SAFE AND HAPPY.
 CASS: WHAT ABOUT LOVE?
COME ON, LILA.
YOU GOT TO GRAB FOR THAT BRASS
RING, AND YOU DON'T NEED STARK
OR SANTA TO GET IT FOR YOU.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS REACH OUT.
 LILA: STAY OUT OF MY LIFE,
CASS.
COME ON, LITTLE GIRL.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.

 RACHEL: RACHEL HUTCHINS,
MISS ALLEN.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO MR. STARK,
PLEASE.
YES, I KNOW HOW BUSY HE IS.
 MATT: MOM, WHAT ARE
YOU DOING?
 RACHEL: I'M SURE HE WOULD
LIKE TO TALK TO ME.
YES, I WILL HOLD.
 MATT: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOU KNOW, LILA WOULD FREAK OUT
IF SHE KNEW YOU WERE
ON THE PHONE WITH LUMINA.
 RACHEL: WELL, LILA ISN'T
HERE, IS SHE?
 JORDAN: RACHEL.
THIS IS UNEXPECTED.
I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR FROM YOU.
 RACHEL: I KNOW THIS IS VERY
LAST-MINUTE, BUT I WAS THINKING
ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION LAST
NIGHT.
 JORDAN: IS THERE SOMETHING
I CAN DO FOR YOU?
 RACHEL: OH, YOU'VE DONE QUITE
ENOUGH, RETURNING MY WEDDING
RING AND MY SCULPTURE.
IT'S TIME FOR US TO DO SOMETHING
FOR YOU.
 JORDAN: THERE'S REALLY
NO NEED.
 RACHEL: BUT IT'S LONELY TO BE
SOMEWHERE NEW AT CHRISTMAS.
I'M SUGGESTING THAT YOU SPEND IT
WITH MY FAMILY.
 MATT: MOM, NO.
NO WAY.

 TITO: I'LL STAY AS LONG
AS I CAN.
BYE.
 JOE: I'VE BEEN LOOKING
FOR YOU EVERYWHERE.
 PAULINA: OH, JOE.
 JOE: WENT BY THE RESTAURANT,
AND THEN I SEE YOUR CAR OUT HERE
BY THE DOCKS.
 PAULINA: I'M SORRY, I --
 JOE: HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.
COME HERE.
BLUE EYES.
LOOK AT ME.
IT'S OK.
I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE.
 PAULINA: YOU KNOW?
HOW COULD YOU KNOW?
 JOE: HOW COULD YOU THINK
I WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND?
 PAULINA: BECAUSE I WAS
AFRAID.
 JOE: LOOK, IS IT BECAUSE --
IS IT LAST CHRISTMAS, HUH?
BECAUSE I WASN'T THERE WHEN
YOU NEEDED ME?
 PAULINA: NO.
NO, THAT'S NOT IT.
THAT'S NOT IT AT ALL.
I --
I'M JUST BLOWN AWAY THAT
YOU KNOW AND IT'S OK.
 JOE: WELL, I WON'T PRETEND IT
DOESN'T BOTHER ME, BUT I CAN
HANDLE IT.
 PAULINA: YOU SURE?
 JOE: BABY, THE HARDEST PART
FOR ME IS KNOWING THAT
YOU COULDN'T COME TO ME
WITH THIS.
YOU COULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL --
MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG BETWEEN US.
I JUST REALLY WISH YOU WOULD
HAVE COME TO ME.

 MARLEY: I'M GOING BACK
TO CHINA.
PEOPLE APPRECIATE ME THERE.
NOBODY ACCUSE--
NOBODY LIES TO ME.
I'M GOING BACK.
 JAKE: LIKE HL YOU ARE.
 MARLEY: GIVE ME ONE GOOD
REASON I SHOULD STAY.
AND GO AHEAD, JAKE.
GO AHEAD AND SAY IT -- "WHAT
ABOUT VICTORIA?"
 JAKE: YOU'RE NOT LEAVING
UNTIL WE FIND VICKY.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
MARLEY, THERE'S -- THERE'S JUST
SO MUCH MORE FOR THE THREE OF US
LEFT TO DO.
 MARLEY: YOU ARE SUCH A BAD
LIAR.
 JAKE: STAY.
PLEASE STAY.
 MARLEY: YOU KNOW,
YOU WOULDN'T CARE IF I LIVED
OR DIED IF YOUR PRECIOUS
VICTORIA WERE HEREINGING
CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND TRYING
TO BAKE YOU COOKIES.
 JAKE: THAT IS NOT TRUE.
 MARLEY: I LIKE IT BETTER WHEN
YOU'RE ACCUSING ME BECAUSE
AT LEAST THEN I KNOW YOU'RE
BEING HONEST.
 JAKE: ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,
MARLEY.
I HAVE BEEN LYING, BUT IT'S NOT
WHAT YOU THINK.
 MARLEY: OH, YOU DON'T THINK
I CAN LEAD YOU TO VICTORIA?
YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR MIND?
YOU DON'T THINK I LEFT MY SISTER
IN SOME HELLHOLE TO ROT SO THAT
I COULD MAKE OFF WITH
HER HUSBAND?

 JAKE: LISTEN, ALL I'M ASKING
IS FOR A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN.
 MARLEY: NO, I DON'T WANT
TO HEAR.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR.
 JAKE: NO, I NEVER MEANT
TO HURT YOU, MARLEY.
 MARLEY: "COME AND LIVE
WITH ME AND THE BOYS," YOU SAID.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT HURTS ME
TO FIND OUT THAT YOU JUST WANT
TO BE CLOSER SO THAT YOU COULD
SPY ON ME?
 JAKE: NO, NO.
IT'S NOT THAT -- IT'S NOT THAT
SIMPLE.
 MARLEY: I HAVE BEEN GOING
THROUGH HELL SINCE VICTORIA
DISAPPEARED.
YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT
THIS IS DIFFICULT ON.
YOU GET THAT?
 JAKE: I'M SORRY THAT I MADE
YOU FEEL THAT WAY.
 MARLEY: THE ONLY THING THAT
HAS KEPT ME TOGETHER IS KNOWING
THAT I MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT
OF HELP, KNOWING THAT MAYBE
I WAS KEEPING VICTORIA'S FAMILY
TOGETHER.
 JAKE: YOU ARE.
 MARLEY: NO, YOU LIED ABOUT
THAT.
JAKE, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
THAN EVER TO HAVE TRUSTED YOU.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT
SAME MISTAKE AGAIN.
NO, I'M NOT, BECAUSE I'M GOING
TO GET MYSELF AS FAR AWAY
FROM YOU AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
 JAKE: I CAN'T LET YOU GO.
 MARLEY: EVERYTHING YOU'VE
SAID HAS BEEN A LIE, HASN'T IT?
 JAKE: NO -- NO, IT HASN'T.
 MARLEY: EVERYTHING YOU'VE
SAID, YOUR TOUCH, YOUR -- ALL
LIES, ALL OF IT.
 JAKE: SO MANY THINGS HAVE
HAPPENED -- SO MANY THINGS THAT
I COULDN'T SAY TO YOU.
GIVE ME A CHANCE TO MAKE IT
RIGHT, AND THEN IF YOU WANT
TO GO, YOU CAN JUST TAKE OFF,
ALL RIGHT?
 MARLEY: WHAT GAME ARE
YOU PLAYING NOW?
 JAKE: I'M NOT PLAYING A GAME.
IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE.
I AM BEGGING YOU TO STAY
WITH ME.
WE NEED EACH OTHER.
 MARLEY: YOU'RE BREAKING
MY HEART.
 JAKE: ONE NIGHT, MARLEY.
ONE NIGHT.
JUST GIVE ME ONE NIGHT TO PROVE
THAT YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT ME,
THAT YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT
EVERYTHING.
WORDS CAN'T EXPRESS
THE FEELINGS KIDS HAVE
ABOUT THE BAD TASTE
OF SOME MEDICINES.
BUT NOW THERE'S SOMETHING NEW
FROM CHILDREN'S TYLENOL...

 PAULINA: I WANTED TO TELL
YOU.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES
I CAME SO CLOSE -- WHEN JASMINE
WAS MISSING AND WHEN WE FOUND
THAT BABY ABANDONED BEHIND
OUR RESTAURANT.
 JOE: WHY WERE YOU AFRAID
TO TALK TO ME?
 PAULINA: BECAUSE I DIDN'T
WANT THINGS TO CHANGE WITH US,
WITH DANTE.
WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS
SO GOOD.
 JOE: DIDN'T WE ALWAYS PROMISE
TO BE HONEST WITH EACH OTHER?
 PAULINA: BUT, JOE,
I COULDN'T.
I HAVE WORKED SO HARD
TO FORGET -- TO PUT THAT PART
OF MY LIFE BEHIND ME.
 JOE: LOOK, IS THERE SOMETHING
THAT I DO THAT MAKES IT TOUGH
FOR YOU TO TALK TO ME?
I MEAN, LOOK, I KNOW I GO CRAZY
AT TIMES, GET A LITTLE CARRIED
AWAY, AND I SOUND OFF,
ALL RIGHT.
 PAULINA: IT'S NOT YOU.
IT'S ME.
 JOE: LOOK, IF I HAD JUST BEEN
THERE, YOU KNOW, I COULD'VE
STOPPED YOU FROM BEING ALONE
AND BEING SCARED.
 PAULINA: NO, YOU WOULDN'T
WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH ME THEN.
I WAS A MESS.
 JOE: NO, I --
IT BLOWS ME AWAY HOW SOMETHING
SO BAD COULD'VE HAPPENED
TO YOU AND THAT I WASN'T AROUND
TO FIX IT.
I MEAN, HOW DO PEOPLE DO THAT?
HOW CAN SOMEONE DO THAT TO YOU?
 PAULINA: SHH, DON'T GET
UPSET.
 JOE: NO, I AM UPSET.
I AM UPSET.
HOW DOES SOMEBODY ABANDON
THEIR OWN CHILD THE WAY
YOUR MOTHER DID TO YOU?

 MATT: DON'T DO THIS.
 RACHEL: IS THAT AN ORDER?
IT BLOWS ME AWAY HOW SOMETHING
SO BAD COULD'VE HAPPENED
TO YOU AND THAT I WASN'T AROUND
TO FIX IT.
I MEAN, HOW DO PEOPLE DO THAT?
HOW CAN SOMEONE DO THAT TO YOU?

 PAULINA: SHH, DON'T GET
UPSET.
 JOE: NO, I AM UPSET.
I AM UPSET.
HOW DOES SOMEBODY ABANDON
THEIR OWN CHILD THE WAY
YOUR MOTHER DID TO YOU?
 MATT: DON'T DO THIS.
 RACHEL: IS THAT AN ORDER?
 JORDAN: MY, I HAVEN'T
CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS IN EONS.
 RACHEL: IS THAT A YES?
 JORDAN: I APPRECIATE
THE OFFER, BUT I CAN'T.
MY BEING IN YOUR HOUSE WOULD
MAKE EVERYONE UNCOMFORTABLE.
 RACHEL: WELL, IT'LL ONLY BE
THE FAMILY, IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT.
 JORDAN: IT'S NOT
MY APPEARANCE -- NOT ENTIRELY.
 RACHEL: THEN WHAT IS IT?
 JORDAN: CHRISTMAS IS A FAMILY
TIME.
I COULDN'T INTRUDE.
BUT IT'S VERY KIND OF
YOU TO ASK.
 RACHEL: ALL RIGHT, I WON'T
PUSH THIS TIME.
 JORDAN: THANK YOU.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, RACHEL.
 RACHEL: THE SAME TO YOU,
MR. STARK.
 MATT: I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU JUST INVITED HIM HERE
FOR CHRISTMAS.
 RACHEL: I HAVE MY REASONS.
 MATT: DO YOU KNOW WHATT'S
GOING TO BE LIKE HAVING HIM
AROUND JASMINE FOR CHRISTMAS?
 RACHEL: HEY, LISTEN, YOUR OWN
WIFE TOOK YOUR BABY TO HAVE
DINNER WITH MR. STARK LAST
NIGHT.
 MATT: SHE DID THAT TO PLEASE
YOU.
 RACHEL: TO PLEASE ME?
 MATT: YES, SHE WAS SCARED
THE WHOLE TIME.
 RACHEL: WELL, HE'S NOT
COMING.
 MATT: GOOD.
GOOD.
BECAUSE EVERY TIME I THINK
OF JORDAN STARK, I THINK ABOUT
JASMINE MISSING.
AND THIS IS HER FIRST CHRISTMAS.
I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE SPECIAL
AND HAPPY FOR EVERYONE, OK?
 RACHEL: THAT'S WHAT I WANT,
TOO.
 MATT: ALL RIGHT.
I'M SORRY I OVERREACTED.
 RACHEL: I'M SORRY I UPSET
YOU.
YOU KNOW, I USED TO -- I USED
TO THINK I COULD TELL WHAT
YOU WERE FEELING AND THINKING.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT ANYMORE.
I FEEL AS THOUGH YOU'RE
DIFFERENT SOMEHOW.
 MATT: OF COURSE I'M
DIFFERENT.
I'M A DAD.
MATT CORY, SOLITARY ARTIST
AND DREAMER, HAS HIS FEET FIRMLY
PLANTED ON THE GROUND.
 RACHEL: YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD
YOUR FEET --
 MATT: IT'S BECAUSE
OF MY LITTLE GIRL.
SHE'S CHANGED MY LIFE,
AND I JUST WANT CHRISTMAS TO BE
PERFECT FOR HER, OK?
LIKE IT WAS WHEN MAC WAS HERE --
THE HOUSE FULL OF LAUGHTER
AND SINGING.
 RACHEL: WE ALL WANT THAT.
ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT SOME ERRANDS
TO RUN.
 MATT: WELL, GIVE ME THE LIST.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
 RACHEL: NO --
THINGS I HAVE TO DO MYSELF.
 MATT: SECRETS, HUH?
 RACHEL: YES.
SECRETS.
 AMANDA: WELL, WHAT'S
CHRISTMAS WITHOUT A FEW SECRETS?
 RACHEL: HEY, YOU.
 AMANDA: HI.
 MATT: HEY.
 RACHEL: HONEY.
OH, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW WAS KEY WEST?
 AMANDA: IT WAS GREAT.
IT WAS WONDERFUL.
BUT IT'S GREAT TO BE HOME.
 JORDAN: AN INVITATION
TO CHRISTMAS DINNER?
OH, DEAR RACHEL, WHAT ARE YOU UP
TO?

 PAULINA: MY MOTHER DIDN'T
ABANDON ME, JOE.
SHE DIED WHEN I WAS A BABY.
SHE HAD NO MONEY.
SHE DID THE BEST SHE COULD.
 JOE: I'M SORRY.
I SHOULDN'T TALK ABOUT
YOUR MOTHER LIKE THAT, OK?
I JUST -- I JUST --
I JUST WANT TO FIX ALL THE BAD
THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO YOU.
 PAULINA: YEAH, I KNOW.
I KNOW.
 JOE: I MEAN, EVERY TIME I SEE
THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYES, I JUST
WANT TO HIT EVERYBODY
AND EVERYTHING THAT PUT IT
THERE -- YOU KNOW, EVEN
IF THEY DIDN'T MEAN -- MEAN TO.
 PAULINA: MAYBE THE BEST WAY
TO WIPE OUT THE PAST IS TO MAKE
THINGS RIGHT IN THE PRESENT.
 JOE: BEEN LOOKING AT THAT
LOCKET AGAIN?
THINKING ABOUT WHEN DANTE WAS
BORN?
 PAULINA: MY LITTLE BOY.
 JOE: YOUR VERY LUCKY LITTLE
BOY.
YOU KNOW HE'S GOT THE BEST MOM
IN THE WHOLE WORLD, RIGHT?
 PAULINA: I WANT TO BE.
I DON'T EVER WANT HIM TO FEEL
ABANDONED OR ALONE OR AFRAID.
 JOE: COME HERE.
COME HERE.
SO, WAS YOU -- YOU WERE
AT THE HOSPITAL TODAY,
AND YOU SAW LITTLE KIDS --
THE ORPHANS AND THE KIDS
IN FOSTER CARE AND THE KIDS SICK
AT CHRISTMAS -- THAT WHAT
BROUGHT ALL THIS BACK?
 PAULINA: YEAH.
 JOE: YEAH?
YOU COLD?
 PAULINA: I JUST DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'D DO WITHOUT YOU.
 JOE: LISTEN, LISTEN -- COME
HERE.
I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU A PROMISE.
LOOK AT ME. LOOK AT ME.
 PAULINA: YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO
THAT, JOE.
 JOE: NO, I DO -- RIGHT HERE
AND RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO.
ALL RIGHT, I --
I MUST BE MAKING YOU NUTS.
I MEAN, I'M EXPECTING YOU TO BE
IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ALL
THE TIME, AND I'M DRAGGING OUT
EVERY TRADITION THAT MY FAMILY
EVER HAD ABOUT CHRISTMAS.
 PAULINA: IT'S OK --
 JOE: NO, NO.
IT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT OK.
I DON'T EVER WANT YOU TO FEEL
LIKE YOU HAVE TO BE
IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT OR BE
ANYTHING AT CHRISTMASTIME, OK?
YOU WANT TO BE DOWN, JUST BE
DOWN.
ALL RIGHT?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING
FOR ME.
MAYBE WE JUST HAVE THAVE
A NICE LITTLE, QUIET CHRISTMAS
TOGETHER -- YOU, ME AND DANTE.
THAT'S IT.
 PAULINA: I'D REALLY LOVE
THAT.
 JOE: ALL RIGHT, THEN YOU GOT
THAT.
OK?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING
FOR ME, SWEETHEART, OK?
YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOWN,
BE DOWN.
IT'S US.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING
TO EACH OTHER.
NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE WHAT
WE HAVE BETWEEN US.
 PAULINA: NOTHING?
 JOE: NOTHING.
NOTHING.
NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
 PAULINA: WHAT?
 JOE: I THINK IT'S TIME
YOU CAME HOME AND WATCH DANTE
EAT TORTELLINI WITH HIS FINGERS.
 PAULINA: JUST LIKE HIS OLD
MAN, HUH?
 JOE: UH-HUH.
 PAULINA: YEAH.
 JOE: WHAT DO YOU SAY WE GO
HOME?
 PAULINA: SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

 REMY: THIS IS FOR YOU.
[TITO WHISTLES]
 REMY: AHEM.
COULD YOU JUST TAKE OVER FOR ME
FOR A MINUTE?
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
I PROMISE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
 TITO: WELL, WELL,
WELL -- LOOK AT SANTA'S LITTLE
HELPER.
 REMY: YOU KNOW, TITO, I DON'T
WANT ANY TROUBLE.
NOT HERE.
 TITO: IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE.
I THOUGHT WE COULD GO OUT
AND TIE ONE ON.
UNLESS YOU AND THE NICKSTER ARE,
YOU KNOW, PLANNING TO SIT UP
AND WAIT FOR SANTA TOGETHER.
 REMY: THAT IS NONE
OF YOUR BUSINESS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
 TITO: WHAT KIND OF TALK IS
THAT?
I JUST -- I FIGURED I'D BUY
YOU A LITTLE CHRISTMAS CHEER.
 REMY: WITH WHAT?
 TITO: WELL, YOU GET A SALARY.
I'LL PAY YOU BACK AS SOON
AS I GET MY FIRST PAYCHECK.
 REMY: PLEASE.
U HAVE NEVER DRAWN A PAYCHECK
IN YOUR LIFE UNLESS IT WAS PART
OF A SCAM.
YOU'RE UP TO SOMETHING,
AREN'T YOU?
 TITO: WHY?
YOU THINKING ABOUT GOING BACK
IN WITH ME?
 REMY: OH, NO.
NO WAY, NOT A CHANCE.
 TITO: WELL, I GUESS YOU'LL
JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE,
THEN, WON'T YOU?
 REMY: OH, NO.
NO.
IT HAS TO DO WITH THAT BOOK --
THE ONE THAT YOU DROPPED
IN THE ALLEY.
 TITO: YOU ARE SO OFF
THE MARK.
 REMY: YEAH?
WELL, THEN SHOW IT TO ME.
 TITO: HEY, HEY --
 REMY: LET ME SEE IT.
 TITO: HEY, HANDS OFF,
PEACHES.
 REMY: WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
IN THERE?
 TITO: PRIVATE PARTS.
BACK OFF.
 REMY: YOU MIGHT AS WELL TELL
ME BECAUSE I'M GOING TO FIND
OUT.
YOU KNOW I WILL.
 TITO: STAY OUT OF THIS.
 REMY: DON'T GO AFTER NICK.
I AM WARNING YOU.
 TITO: OH, IS THAT A THREAT?
 REMY: YEAH.
YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WOULD LAY
OFF HIM.
 TITO: YOU'RE SOME PIECE
OF WORK.
HERE YOU ARE, ALL HOOKED UP
WITH THE MIDDLE CLASS,
AND YOU'RE READY TO WRITE ME
OFF?
THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS EVER
BEEN THERE FOR YOU?
YOU GET THIS AND YOU GET IT
GOOD -- YOU CROSS ME, I'M GOING
TO TELL PAULINA WHO AND WHAT
YOU REALLY ARE.

 RACHEL: IF MOHAMMED WON'T
COME TO THE MOUNTAIN --
 JORDAN: FOR ME?
 RACHEL: MM-HMM.
 JORDAN: RACHEL, YOU'RE TOO
KIND.
 RACHEL: OH, I'M NOT KIND
AT ALL.
IT'S A FRUITCAKE.
MY FAMILY SAYS NOBODY LIKES
FRUITCAKE, BUT WE ALL KEEP
GIVING THEM AT CHRISTMAS.
 JORDAN: IS THERE A HIDDEN
MESSAGE HERE?
 RACHEL: A 200-YEAR-OLD
FRUITCAKE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
 JORDAN: THAT YOU'VE BEEN
TALKING TO CASS WINTHROP.
 RACHEL: ALL THE TIME.
 JORDAN: AND HE HASN'T SCARED
YOU AWAY FROM COMING YET?
 RACHEL: NOTHING MUCH SCARES
ME ANYMORE.
 JORDAN: THAT COMES WHEN ONE
HAS LIVED AND LOVED FULLY.
 RACHEL: SO YOU NEVER
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS?
 JORDAN: I'M A BIT
OF A HERMIT, I'M AFRAID.
 RACHEL: ARE YOU A HERMIT
OR JUST A PRIVATE PERSON?
 JORDAN: IS THAT A
PSYCHOANALYTIC QUESTION?
 RACHEL: WELL, YOU KNOW
SO MUCH ABOUT ME.
FAIR IS FAIR.
 JORDAN: HMM. INDEED.
 RACHEL: I DON'T THINK
YOU HIDE YOURSELF IN HERE
BECAUSE OF YOUR FACE.
 JORDAN: WHAT MAKES YOU DRAW
THAT CONCLUSION?
 RACHEL: I THINK IT'S
YOUR WORK.
YOU'RE CONSUMED BY IT.
I THINK YOU WOULD LIVE THE WAY
YOU DO WITH OR WITHOUT
YOUR FACE.
 JORDAN: YOU DO COME STRAIGHT
TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER,
DON'T YOU.
 RACHEL: HAVE I OFFENDED YOU?
 JORDAN: NOT AT ALL.
I ENJOY SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH
YOUR EYES.
I ADMIRE YOUR ART FOR THE WAY IT
REVEALS THE INNER LIFE
OF YOUR SUBJECTS.
 RACHEL: HAS ANYONE EVER
SCULPTED YOU?
 JORDAN: NOT RECENTLY.
WHO WOULD WANT TO?
 RACHEL: I WOULD.
I HAD AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE,
INVITING YOU OVER FOR CHRISTMAS.
 JORDAN: I NEVER WOULD'VE
GUESSED.
 RACHEL: YES, YOU DID.
YOU KNEW I WANTED SOMETHING.
 JORDAN: WHAT IS IT?
 RACHEL: THE TRUTH.
 AMANDA: SO LILA JUST DROPPED
JASMINE OFF WITH YOU AND WENT
OUT AGAIN?

 MATT: YEAH, SHE HAD SOME
LAST-MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
TO DO.
[BELL RINGS]
 MATT: SEE THAT, JASMINE?
EVERY TIME THAT RINGS, YOU GET
YOUR WISH.
 AMANDA: IT'S GOOD TO SEE
YOU SO HAPPY.
 MATT: NEVER THOUGHT I COULD
LOVE ANYONE THIS MUCH.
 AMANDA: YEAH.
YEAH, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
 MATT: SO, WHEN'S ALLI GETTING
IN?
 AMANDA: SHE'S NOT.
SHE'S DECIDED SHE'S GOING
TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH
HER FATHER.
 MATT: DIDN'T SHE SPEND LAST
CHRISTMAS WITH HER FATHER?
 AMANDA: DON'T RUB IT IN, OK?
IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU GUYS
AND CAMERON, I WOULD BE A WRECK
RIGHT NOW.
 MATT: AND YOU'RE NOT?
 AMANDA: I HAD MY MOMENTS WHEN
SHE FIRST TOLD ME.
IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT
I LEARNED FROM THIS PAST YEAR,
IT'S WHEN TO LET GO.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU JUST
CAN'T CONTROL.
 MATT: DON'T YOU WANT
HER TO MEET CAMERON?
 AMANDA: SHE WILL.
EVENTUALLY.
 MATT: THINGS GOOD
WITH THE TWO OF YOU?
 AMANDA: THINGS ARE GREAT.
BELIEVE ME, NOBODY IS MORE
SURPRISED AT THAT THAN I AM.
I HAD TOTALLY GIVEN UP ON TRYING
TO MAKE THINGS WORK WITH HIM.
I WENT DOWN TO KEY WEST,
HE SHOWED UP, AND --
AND EVERYTHING'S WONDERFUL.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THINGS WILL
WORK OUT WITH ALLI THE SAME WAY.
 MATT: YEAH, YOU JUST LET
HER DO HER OWN THING, AND SHE'LL
JUST SHOW UP ONE DAY, RIGHT?
 AMANDA: YEAH.
I UNDERSTAND WHY SHE WANTS TO BE
WITH HER DAD.
I MEAN, BABIES NEED
THEIR FATHER, TOO, RIGHT?
MAY I?
 MATT: SURE.
OH, THERE YOU GO.
 AMANDA: OH -- NEVER WOKE UP.
I'M ALL TALK.
I MISS ALLI LIKE CRAZY.
 MATT: YOU AND SAM WERE PRETTY
YOUNG WHEN ALLI WAS BORN.
 AMANDA: YEAH.
PRETTY YOUNG WHEN THE MARRIAGE
ENDED, TOO.
 MATT: IT'S GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT FOR LILA AND ME.
NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES,
JASMINE'S PARENTS ARE GOING
TO REMAIN UNDER THE SAME ROOF.
 AMANDA: IT TAKES LOVING EACH
OTHER.
 MATT: WHAT, YOU THINK
WE DON'T LOVE EACH OTHER?
 AMANDA: I WAS STILL BACK
ON SAM.
BUT IF THE SHOE FITS --
 MATT: YOU KNOW, I WISH
EVERYONE WOULD STOP THINKING
LIKE I HAD A GUN POINTED
TO MY HEAD WHEN I MARRIED LILA.
THIS IS MY LIFE NOW.
I LOVE MY LIFE.
COME HERE, MY LITTLE GIRL.
FAMILY IS EVERYTHING.
I KNOW THAT NOW.

[BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYS]
 CASS: YOU FORGET ABOUT
SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ASK
SANTA?
 LILA: SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE
PLAYING THE RECORD I GAVE YOU.
 CASS: YEAH.
GREAT SEX --
SAX.
 LILA: WELL, ARE YOU GOING
TO LEAVE ME STANDING OUT HERE?
 CASS: NO, NO, OF COURSE NOT.
COME ON IN.
SO, WHAT GAME ARE YOU PLAYING
NOW?
[RECORD STICKS]
 LILA: YOUR NEEDLE'S STUCK.
 CASS: YES, IT IS.
 LILA: WHERE'S CHARLIE?
 CASS: WELL, SHE WENT
TO THE MALL WITH --
WITH FELICIA.
SHE'S JUST LIKE FRANKIE --
LEAVES EVERYTHING TO THE LAST
MINUTE.
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING
HERE?
 LILA: WELL, I -- WELL, I CAME
HERE TO TELL YOU HOW WRONG
YOU ARE, CASS, ABOUT MATT.
AND ME. AND JORDAN STARK.
 CASS: I'VE HEARD THIS TUNE
BEFORE.
 LILA: YEAH, YOU'VE HEARD IT
BEFORE, BUT --
WHY DO WE ALWAYS DO THIS?
IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE.
I DON'T WANT TO BE ANGRY
WITH YOU.
I JUST CAME HERE TO TELL
YOU THAT I'M SORRY I RAN OUT
ON YOU LIKE THAT.
 CASS: I AM, TOO.
 LILA: SO, WHAT DO YOU SAY
WE GIVE THIS PEACE ON EARTH
THING A TRY, OK?
EVEN IF IT'S JUST FOR
THE HOLIDAY, HMM?
 CASS: THAT'S FINE BY ME.
 LILA: YEAH.
I MEAN, WE'RE FRIENDS,
CASS, AND --
AND THAT'S ALL THAT I CAME OVER
HERE TO TELL YOU.
THAT'S ALL.
 CASS: EGGNOG.
 LILA: HUH?
 CASS: COOKIES. COOKIES?
 LILA: "COOKIES?"
OH. NO, I --
I REALLY -- I SHOULD BE GETTING
HOME.
 CASS: HOME IS WHERE THE HEART
IS.
OH, MY GOD, DID I SAY THAT?
I JUST MEANT, YOU KNOW, THAT --
 LILA: I KNOW.
 CASS: EVERYBODY SHOULD BE
HOME ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
 LILA: YES.
YES, EVERYONE SHOULD.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT
YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT,
YOU KNOW, MAKING ANY NEWEAR'S
RESOLUTIONS HERE THAT I'M NOT
GOING TO CALL YOU ANY NAMES
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
 CASS: SO, WHO'S ASKING
YOU TO?
 LILA: THERE'S ONE THING
I WANT YOU TO KNOW.
I WISH THE SAME THING FOR YOU,
CASS --
TO BE HAPPY AND LOVED.
 CASS: WELL, THANK YOU.
 LILA: OK.
 CASS: AREN'T YOU GOING TO SAY
"MERRY CHRISTMAS"?
 LILA: MERRY CHRISTMAS.
 CASS: TO YOU, TOO.

 JAKE: PLEASE.
PLEASE STAY FOR DONNA
AND STEVEN.
IT'S HARD ENOUGH THAT KIRKLAND
IS STAYING WITH GRANT.
 MARLEY: I CAN'T TURN MYSELF
INSIDE OUT TRYING TO HELP
ANYMORE.
I WON'T.
 JAKE: WELL, I'LL TELL
YOU WHAT -- WHY DON'T YOU LET ME
MAKE YOU SOMETHING TO EAT?
I MEAN, NICK'S GOING TO HAVE
DONNA AND STEVEN HERE ANY
MINUTE.
 MARLEY: I HAVE TO PACK.
WILL YOU TELL DONNA THAT I WILL
STOP BY IN THE MORNING ON MY WAY
TO THE AIRPORT?
 JAKE: MARLEY, PLEASE.
I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO DO THIS.
OK?
I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE ONE
MORE PERSON WALK OUT ON ME
ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
NOT TO MENTION THERE'S SOMETHING
THAT I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU.
 MARLEY: WELL, IT WON'T CHANGE
ANYTHING.
 JAKE: WELL, MAYBE NOT,
BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT ANYWAY.
THIS CANNOT END LIKE THIS
BETWEEN US.
YOU -- YOU WERE RIGHT EARLIER.
YOU WERE RIGHT.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE KEPT THISú
FAMILY TOGETHER, AND YOU HAVE
KEPT ME TOGETHER.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU WHY I WAS
DRUNK LAST NIGHT.
 MARLEY: IF YOU REALLY WERE
DRUNK.
 JAKE: WELL, IF I WASN'T,
 WAS SURE AS HELL TRYING TO BE.`
THIS IS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT IT
WAS.
LOOK, I JUST -- I HATED MYSELF
FOR FEELING GUILTY THAT VICKY
WAS NOT COMING BACK.
THAT'S NOT IT.
THE REASON I GOT DRUNK
LAST NIGHT WAS
BECAUSE OF SOMETHING I DIDN'T
WANT TO FACE.
I -- I REALIZED HOW MUCH
I NEEDED YOU -- HOW MUCH
I NEEDED YOU AND HOW MUCH
I WANTED YOU.

 MARLEY: YOU NEVER COULD LET
ME GO WITHOUT BEING CRUEL.
AND YOU STILL CAN'T.
 JAKE: YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BELIEVE
ME.
 MARLEY: THIS IS THE MEANEST
THING YOU COULD HAVE SAID TO ME,
KNOWING HOW I FEEL.
 JAKE: WHAT, YOU THINK THIS
IS -- THIS IS HELL FOR ME.
I WAS MARRIED TO HER.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED YOU TO BE
GUILTY -- BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE
ME A REASON TO HATE YOU SO THAT
I COULD STOP THINKING ABOUT YOU.
YES, I FOLLOWED YOU.
BUT NOT LAST NIGHT.
MARLEY, IT WAS RIGHT AFTER
I FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAD THAT
ROOM IN YOUR BASEMENT,
AND I FOLLOWED YOU.
I FOLLOWED YOU TO MICHAEL'S
GRAVE.
AND I HEARD YOU PRAYING
FOR VICKY AND FOR ME.
YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW THAT MADE
ME FEEL?
I REALIZED THAT YOU COULD --
HOW COULD YOU FORGIVE ME FOR NOT
TRUSTING YOU?
I MEAN, HOW COULD I FORGIVE
MYSELF?
YOU GOT TO ME IN A WAY THAT
I NEVER THOUGHT COULD HAPPEN,
AND I REALLY SAW YOU.
I REALIZED HOW MUCH I NEEDED
YOU.
 JAKE: I SWORE TO MYSELF THAT
I WOULD NEVER TELL YOU THIS,
BUT HERE I AM.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO WALK OUT
OF HERE
FEELING LIKE I HATE YOU WHEN
IT'S THE FARTHEST THING
FROM MY MIND.
SO YOU CAN GO IF YOU WANT,
IF YOU NEED TO FOR YOU.
BUT --
I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M
GOING TO DO WITHOUT YOU.

 LILA: NO, I SHOULDN'T HAVE
COME.
 CASS: YES, YES, YOU SHOULD.
 LILA: NO.
 CASS: DIDN'T YOU SAY
YOU WANTED ME TO BE SAFE,
HAPPY, AND LOVED?
 LILA: CASS, I'VE TRIED
SO HARD NOT TO WANT YOU.
 CASS: WELL, GIVE IT UP.
YOU NEED ME AND VICE VERSA.
 LILA: CASS, THERE'S MATT --
 CASS: HE'S A GOOD MAN.
 LILA: AND HE WOULD DO
ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING --
 CASS: HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU.
 LILA: BUT I THOUGHT THAT
I COULD JUST LIVE WITHOUT LOVE.
I'VE JUST CONVINCED MYSELF I'VE
LIVED SO LONG WITHOUT IT THAT
I COULD GO ON LIVING WITHOUT IT.
 CASS: YOU CAN'T.
AND NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
 LILA: OH.
WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN
NOW?
 CASS: YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD
PICK WHOM AND WHENE FALL
IN LOVE, YOU THINK I'D BE
STANDING HERE WITH YOU RIGHT
NOW?
I'VE GOT MORE SMARTS THAN THAT.
 LILA: NO WOMAN IN HER RIGHT
MIND WOULD FALL IN LOVE
WITH AN ARROGANT, SELF-CENTERED
MAN LIKE YOU.
 CASS: I LOVE IT WHEN
YOU INSULT ME.
 LILA: I'LL ONLY INSULT
YOU MORE IF YOU DO THAT ROTTEN
SOUTHERN ACCENT YOU DO ALL
THE TIME.
 CASS: [SOUTHERN ACCENT]
OH, WE'VE HAD THIS DATE
WITH DESTINY RIGHT FROM
THE ONSET, MISS LILA.

 RACHEL: CASS BELIEVES YOU DID
SOMETHING TO MENTALLY COERCE
MY SON INTO MARRYING LILA.
 JORDAN: AS IF A MAN NEEDS
TO BE COERCED INTO MARRYING
A WOMAN THAT BEAUTIFUL.
 RACHEL: I DON'T BELIEVE ONE
CAN CONTROL SOMEONE ELSE'S MIND
WITHOUT THEIR ALLOWING IT.
 JORDAN: I COULDN'T AGREE
WITH YOU MORE.
SO THEN WHAT TRUTH ARE
YOU LOOKING FOR?
 RACHEL: I JUST WANT TO SCULPT
YOU.
 JORDAN: AND BY SCULPTING ME,
YOU'LL FIND THE TRUTH?
 RACHEL: I WILL CERTAINLY KNOW
WHO YOU ARE.
 JORDAN: WELL, IT MUST BE
OBVIOUS I'M DYING TO KNOW WHO
YOU ARE.
 RACHEL: SO, YOU WILL SIT
FOR ME.
 JORDAN: CAN WE DO IT HERE?
 RACHEL: WHEREVER YOU'RE
THE MOST COMFORTABLE.
 JORDAN: ALL RIGHT.
YOU'LL DO YOUR WORK AND TELL ME
THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE FROM WHEN
YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL,
FROM THE EARLIEST MEMORY.
 RACHEL: YOU'LL FALL ASLEEP.
 JORDAN: I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT
WON'T HAPPEN.

 JOE: DANTE'S CHRISTMAS
STOCKING.
 PAULINA: MM-HMM.
 JOE: I THOUGHT WE LOST THIS
IN THE FIRE.
 PAULINA: I KNOW.
SO DID I.
I FORGOT -- LAST YEAR WAS
THE TWINS' FIRST CHRISTMAS,
AND WE HAD ALL DECIDED TO HANG
ALL THE CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS
STOCKINGS OVER AT RACHEL'S,
AND I GAVE IT TO HER THE WEEK
BEFORE THE FIRE.
SHE FOUND IT.
 JOE: I REMEMBER YOU WERE
MAKING THIS WHEN YOU WERE
PREGNANT.
 PAULINA: YEAH -- MY ONE
AND ONLY CRAFT EXPERIENCE.
 JOE: HE IS SO LUCKY TO HAVE
YOU AS A MOM.
 JOE: HEY, BLUE EYES --
LISTEN, WHAT DO YOU SAY WE PUT
THIS STUFF AWAY FOR NOW AND TURN
IN EARLY TONIGHT, HUH?
 PAULINA: I STILL HAVE
PRESENTS TO WRAP.
 JOE: LOOK, IF THIS IS GETTING
TO YOU --
 PAULINA: IT'S NOT.
I LOVE DOING THIS WITH YOU.
COME ON, IT'S FOR OUR SON.
 JOE: YOU KNOW WHAT?
I FORGOT SOMETHING, SO I NEED
TO RUN OUT --
 PAULINA: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT?
 JOE: REAL QUICK.
 PAULINA: YOU'RE GOING
TO LEAVE NOW?
WELL, CAN'T IT WAIT TILL
TOMORROW?
 JOE: NO, IT CAN'T,
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE
DONE A LONG TIME AGO.
I WON'T BE LONG.
 PAULINA: JOE --

 TITO: YOU THINK THESE
PEOPLE -- YOU THINK THESE PEOPLE
GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU?
YOUR ROOMMATE?
PAULINA?
AND NICK -- WHAT ABOUT NICK?
IF NICK IS SO --
IF HE CARES ABOUT YOU SO MUCH,
WELL, WHERE IS HE?
WHERE IS HE?
I MEAN, YOU'RE HERE DOING K.P.,
AND HE'S OFF KICKING IT BACK
WITH HIS RICH FRIENDS.
 REMY: NO, HE'S NOT!
HE TOOK HIS NEPHEW TO CHURCH,
AND THEN, YES, HE IS HANGING OUT
WITH HIS FRIENDS, ALL RIGHT.
HE'S LOOKING FOR HIS SISTER
SO THAT HER KIDS DON'T HAVE
TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITHOUT HER.
THAT IS WHY HE IS NOT HERE.
 TITO: HE'S HANDING
YOU A LINE.
 REMY: YOU'RE WRONG.
GOD, MAYBE BOTH OF US HAVE BEEN
WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING.
I JUST --
I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT,
TITO, BUT I KNOW THAT I BELONG
HERE.
 TITO: THESE -- THESE NICE
PEOPLE -- THEY LIKE TO SING
CAROLS AND GIVE PRESENTS
TO ORPHANS BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM
FEEL GOOD INSIDE.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO FORGET
ABOUT YOU BY NEW YEAR'S.
I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO BE
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR DIETS THAT
THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO STICK
TO AND THE RESOLUTIONS THAT
THEY MADE.
AND NOT ONE -- NOT ONE OF WHICH
WAS FOR A KID ON THE STREET.
 REMY: I KNOW.
GOD, BUT I WANT MORE THAN JUST
LOOKING FOR THE NEXT SUCKER.
 TITO: YOU HAVE TO PLAY
THE HAND YOU'RE DEALT, AND --
AND MISS BAY CITY YOU'RE NOT.
 REMY: YEAH?
BUT I COULD CHANGE.
AND SO COULD YOU.
 TITO: CHANGE ALL YOU WANT.
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BELONG.
THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO LET YOU.
I HAVE NEVER WALKED AWAY
FROM YOU, EVER.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE, PEACHES?
WHO DO YOU TRUST?
 JOE: REMY, YOU STILL AROUND?
 REMY: YEAH.
 JOE: MAN, AM I GLAD YOU'RE
STILL HERE.

 LILA: OH, WISHES REALLY DO
COME TRUE, DON'T THEY?
 CASS: YOU WON'T BE SORRY.
I PROMISE.
 LILA: IF ANYONE WOULD HAVE
EVER TOLD ME THAT YOU
AND I WOULD BE LIKE THIS
TOGETHER ON CHRISTMAS EVE,
I WOULD HAVE TOLD THEM THEY WERE
OUT OF THEIR MINDS.
 CASS: NO FAIR HAVING SECOND
THOUGHTS.
 LILA: I'M NOT.
 CASS: I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
THROUGH.
 LILA: HMM.
 CASS: I KNOW HOW ROUGH IT'S
BEEN FOR YOU.
I'M AMAZED AT HOW STRONG
YOU ARE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THAT STRONG
ANYMORE.
 LILA: CASS, DID ANYONE EVER
TELL YOU YOU TALK TOO MUCH?
WHEN WILL CHARLIE BE HOME?
 CASS: LATE. VERY LATE.
 LILA: OK.
 CASS: THERE'S ONE -- ONE MORE
THING.
 LILA: IT'LL WAIT.
 CASS: NO, NO, THIS CAN'T.
 LILA: OH, NEITHER CAN I.
 CASS: LILA?
 LILA: WHAT?
 CASS: LILA --
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M
GOING TO HANDLE EVERYTHING.
 LILA: WHAT ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT HERE?
 CASS: I'LL EXPLAIN ALL
OF THIS TO MATT.
 LILA: TO MATT?
 CASS: YES.
YES.
HE SHOULD HEAR ABOUT IT FROM ME.
 LILA: OH, CASS, NO.
MATT CAN'T KNOW.
 CASS: IT'S OK, DON'T WORRY
ABOUT IT.
RACHEL ALREADY KNOWS THAT JORDAN
STARK WAS BEHIND THE WEDDING.
 LILA: NO.
NO, NOT JORDAN STARK.
OH, GOD.
NOT -- ESPECIALLY NOT JORDAN
STARK, CASS.
THIS HAS TO BE OUR SECRET.
 CASS: LILA, HOW CAN I GET IT
THROUGH THAT BEAUTIFUL HEAD
OF YOURS, YOU DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO BE AFRAID OF?
 LILA: I HAVE TO --
 CASS: JORDAN STARK CAN'T HURT
YOU.
 LILA: JASMINE.
I'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT JASMINE.
 CASS: SHE WILL BE SAFE HERE
WITH US.
 LILA: NO.
CASS, I CAN'T TAKE THAT CHANCE.
I JUST CAN'T.

 MARLEY: LAST CHRISTMAS,
AFTER YOU AND VICKY
WERE MARRIED,
I STOOD UNDER THE STARS
ON MY TERRACE IN HONG KONG,
AND I KNEW I'D LOST YOU FOREVER.
 JAKE: WELL, I'M SORRY
FOR ALL THE PAIN
I'VE CAUSED YOU.
 MARLEY: LIFE'S GREAT,
ISN'T IT?
HERE IT IS, IT'S
CHRISTMAS AGAIN,
AND WE'RE TOGETHER.
 JAKE: WELL, THIS IS NOT
THE WAY THAT I WANT THINGS
TO BE.
 MARLEY: HOW DO YOU WANT IT?
 JAKE: WELL, IF IT WAS UP
TO ME, WE WOULDN'T BE OUT HERE
ON THIS PORCH.
 MARLEY: I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T
NEED ME.
 JAKE: YOU WERE WRONG.
 MARLEY: WE NEED EACH OTHER.
 JAKE: THANK YOU.

 LILA: I THOUGHT YOU
UNDERSTOOD.
CASS --
 CASS: I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE
GOTTEN THE GROUND RULES DOWN
FIRST.
 LILA: DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND HOW I FEEL
ABOUT YOU?
 CASS: YEAH, YOU MEAN YOU'RE
NOT JUST USING ME FOR SEX?
 LILA: NO. SHUT UP.
 CASS: THAT'S THE LILA I KNOW
AND LOVE.
 LILA: OH, CASS.
CASS, I JUST WANT YOU.
ISN'T THAT ENOUGH FOR NOW?
 CASS: MY GOD, WHAT HAVE
YOU DONE TO ME?
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ABOUT
TO SAY THIS -- NO.
NO, LILA, IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
I WON'T LET YOU BE A WOMAN WHO
SETTLES, EVEN THOUGH UP UNTIL
NOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VIABLE
OPTION FOR ME.
 LILA: YOU WANT TO CHANGE NOW?
 CASS: TAKE IT FROM ONE WHO'S
BEEN THERE -- NOONERS
AND MATINEES ARE NOT ALL THEY'RE
CRACKED UP TO BE.
 LILA: CASS, WHY ARE YOU DOING
THIS?
 CASS: I KNOW, I KNOW.
I OUGHT TO HAVE MY HEAD
EXAMINED.
 LILA: YEAH, I THINK
YOU SHOULD.
 CASS: HERE.
 LILA: CASS --
 CASS: HERE.
IT WON'T MAKE YOU HAPPY, LILA.
AND YOU WANT THE PEOPLE THAT
YOU LOVE TO BE HAPPY.
THIS WON'T DO IT FOR YOU.
I KNOW YOU.
BELIEVE ME.
 LILA: OK.
 CASS: IF YOU THINK FOR ONE
SECOND I'M GIVING UP ON YOU,
DON'T.
GO. PLEASE, GO.

 JOE: HEY!
LOOK WHO WOKE UP.
COME HERE, BIG GUY.
 PAULINA: JOE, THE DOOR.
COME ON, IT'S FREEZING.
 JOE: NO, NO, IT'S OK,
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
I GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU --
COMPANY.
 PAULINA: WHAT?

 REMY: HI.
THIS WASN'T MY IDEA.
 PAULINA: REMY.
 REMY: IF IT ISN'T OK,
I CAN --
 PAULINA: NOT OK?
GET OVER HERE, PLEASE.
I HOPE YOU BROUGHT YOUR
TOOTHBRUSH!
OH!
 JOE: HAPPY?
 PAULINA: "HAPPY"?
DO YOU HAVE TO ASK?
THIS IS -- THIS IS PERFECT,
JUST LIKE YOU.
 JOE: IT'S GREAT TO SEE THOSE
BLUE EYES SHINE.
 PAULINA: OH.
 PAULINA: THANKS.

 JAKE: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS
HAPPENING.
 MARLEY: I FEEL --
I FEEL LIKE WHEN I FIRST KNEW
YOU.
 JAKE: SOMETHING GOOD IS
FINALLY COMING OUT OF ALL
OF THIS.
 MARLEY: I DON'T CARE WHAT
WE HAD TO GO THROUGH ANYMORE.
JUST THAT WE'RE HERE TOGETHER,
RIGHT WHERE -- RIGHT WHERE IT
STARTED.
 JAKE: YOU'LL STAY?
 MARLEY: AS LONG AS YOU NEED
ME.

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