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 CINDY: LOOK, THE DOCTOR'S
WATCHING HIM NOW, OK?
HE'S ONTO US.
 MARLEY: YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
OTHER CHOICE, ALL RIGHT?
YOU HAVE TO SETE HIM AGAIN.
 CINDY: WE CANNOT RISK IT,
MARLEY.
IT COULD KILL HIM.
 MARLEY: LOOK, I HAVE AN IDEA,
OK?
I DO, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
GOING TO WORK.
I'LL GET OVER THERE AS QUICK
AS I CAN.
 CINDY: OH, GOOD. GREAT. OK.
AND IN THE MEANTIME?
 MARLEY: I DON'T KNOW.
TALK TO HIM.
TELL HIM HE'S MAKING A BIG
MISTAKE.
JUST KEEP HIM AWAY FROM JOE.
 CINDY: YEAH, RIGHT, SURE.
OK.
YEAH. MM-HMM.
 GRANT: CYNTHIA.
 CINDY: YEAH, I WAS DOWN
AT THE CAFETERIA GETTING SOME
BREAKFAST.
 GRANT: WHAT DID JOE SAY?
 CINDY: JOE?
 GRANT: CARLINO.
WHEN YOU TOLD HIM.
WHEN YOU TOLD HIM VICTORIA
WASN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE SHOOTING.
 CINDY: WELL, HE'S ALREADY
AWARE OF THAT, DARLING.
HE IS, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT .
JUST CONCENTRATE ON GETTING
BETTER.
 GRANT: YOU SURE?
 CINDY: MM-HMM.
 GRANT: YOU TALKED TO HIM
YOURSELF?
 CINDY: MM-HMM.
I TALK TO JOE ALL THE TIME.
WE'RE LIKE THAT.
HE'S THE TALL ONE.
 GRANT: DID YOU WARN HIM ABOUT
MARLEY, HOW SHE POSES A THREAT
TO VICTORIA?
 CINDY: YES. UH-HUH.
YEAH. THAT, TOO.
 GRANT: WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO
ABOUT IT?
 CINDY: SWEETIE, JOE'S A COP.
HE'S TAKING CARE OF THINGS
ON HIS END, ALL RIGHT?
HE'S DOING, DON'T KNOW,
COP THINGS.
 GRANT: YOU KNOW WHAT?
I MAY BE IN BAD SHAPE,
BUT I KNOW A DODGE WHEN I HEAR
ONE.
YOU'RE LYING TO ME.

 REMY: OK.
YOU'RE GETTING PARANOID, TITO.
I AM NOT TRYING TO GET AWAY
WITH ANYTHING.
 TITO: PEACHES, THIS IS ME,
THE GUY THAT TAUGHT YOU EVERY
SCAM IN THE BOOK.
DON'T THINK YOU CAN TRY TO USE
THEM ON ME.
 REMY: ALL RIGHT, I TOLD
YOU I PROMISED PAULINA --
 TITO YEAH, YEAH,
YOU PROMISED MA CARLINO THAT
YOU'D OPEN THE RESTAURANT
FOR HER
PROMISING LITTLE RESTAURANTEUR.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU KEEP IT UP,
REMY, YOU COULD MAKE IT
TO HOSTESS.
 REMY: OH, SAID THE GUY
THAT NEVER WORKED AN HONEST DAY
IN HIS LIFE.
 TITO: OH, RIGHT, AND WHAT
YOU'RE DOING IS SO ON
THE UP-AND-UP.
YOU'RE CONNING HER.
AND YOU'RE CONNING ME.
 REMY: OH.
 TITO: YOU'RE MAKING ME LOSE
FAITH IN MY FELLOW MAN.
 REMY: OK, YOUR IMAGINATION IS
RUNNING AWAY WITH YOU.
YOU'VE GOT WAY TOO MUCH TIME
ON YOUR HANDS.
 TITO: OH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S FUNNY TT YOU ACTUALLY
MENTION THAT BECAUSE I WAS JUST
AT THE LIBRARY, AS A MATTER
 FACT.
 REMY: I'M ALMOST AFRAID
TO ASK WHY.
 TITO: A LITTLE RESEARCH
PROJECT.
YOU SEE, EVER SINCE I STEPPED
INTO THIS PATHETIC EXCUSE
FOR A TOWN, IT'S BOTHERED ME
WATCHING YOU FOLLOW THAT MOTHER
HEN AROUND.
AND THEN I GOT IT.
 REMY: GOT WHAT?
SHE'S MY FRIEND.
SHE'S BEEN REALLY GOOD TO ME.
 TITO: YEAH. YEAH.
YOU'VE SCORED YOURSELF A NICE
LITTLE SETUP HERE.
I AM IMPRESSED.
 REMY: OK, YOU --
YOU'VE GOT -- I'M LOST HERE.
 TO: YOU'VE GOT A SWEET
LITTLE DEAL HERE, PEACHES.
 REMY: WHAT DEAL?
 TITO: MA CARLINO.
 REMY: OK, DON'T CALL
HER THAT
 TITO: MA CARLINO IS FILTHY
RICH.
 REMY: YEAH, SHE'S LOADED.
 TITO: MICROFICHE, BABY.
LEARN A NEW WORD EVERY DAY, HUH?
SHE MAY HAVE MARRIED A COP,
BUT SHE'S A CORY THROUGH
AND THROUGH.
LOOK -- THIS WEDDING
ANNOUNCEMENT.
"DAUGHTER OF LATE MACKENZIE
CORY."
 REMY: YEAH?  WHAT?
FROM WHAT I HEAR THE CORYS ARE
FLAT BROKE
 TITO: NOT THIS ONE.
IT SEEMS YOUR PAL HERE PUT HERS
IN TRUST, PROBABLY TO KEEP IT
AWAY FROM HER EX-HUSBAND'S
FILTHY MITTS.
BUT LOOKY HERE.
LOOKY HERE.
PROVISION -- ALL THE INTEREST
GOES TO A SMALL KIDS COMMUNITY
CENTER."
BUT ALL THAT PRINCIPAL -- ALL
THAT PRINCIPAL IS JUST SITTING
THERE.
I'M SURE I'M NOT TELLING
YOU ANYTHING YOU DIDN'T ALREADY
KNOW, AM I, PEACHES?
 REMY: NO. OK, FINE.
SO WHAT?
SHE'S RICH.
PAULINA WAS NEVER MY MARK.
 TITO: SHE IS NOW, BABY.
SHE'S OUR MARK.

 JOE: YOU SURE THIS IS VICKY'S
HANDWRITING?
 JAKE: I THINK  IS.
 JOE: OBVIOUSLY MARLEY DIDN'T
SEE WHO DROPPED IT OFF.
 JAKE: NO, MARLEY JUST GOT
A HOLD OF IT LAST NIGHT.
 JOE: LAST NIGHT
 JAKE: MM-HMM.
 JOE: WHY THE HELL DIDN'T
YOU BRING IT TO ME SOONER?
 JAKE: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT?
I WASN'T EVEN SURE IF I WAS
GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
IT'S NOT EVEN BECAUSE
OF THE DAMN CONFESSION.
IT'S JUST ALL HOGWASH, MAN.
I MEAN, THE MORE I KEEP GOING
OVER AND OVER, SOMEONE --
SOMEONE IS SETTING VICKY UP,
JOE.
 JOE: JAKE, JAKE --
 JAKE: NO, JOE, YOU HOLD
ON FOR A SECOND.
I MEAN, LISTEN TO IT.
IT'S ALL PRETTY CONVENIENT,
ISN'T IT?
THERE'S FIERPRINTS ON THE GUN.
THERE'S A BLOODY THUMBPRINT
IN THE CAR.
SOMEBODY MADE VICKY --
SOBODY MADE VICKY WRITE THAT,
AND THE THING I'M AFRAID OF IS
WHAT ELSE THEY'RE --
 JOE: OK, OK, LISTEN.
LISTEN TO ME.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK IT IS
COERCED?
IS THERE SOME KIND OF CODE HERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING?
 JAKE: NO, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT,
JOE.
IT'S JUST A FEELING I GOT.
I KNOW THAT VICKY DID NOT SHOOT
GRANT.
 JOE: SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT
FROM ME?
 JAKE: I WANT YOU TO LOOK
AT IT.
THERE'S ANOTHER SAMPLE
OF VICKY'S WRITING IN THERE,
AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE
YOUR EXPERTS LOOK AT IT
AND PROVE TO ME THAT THIS IS,
IN FACT, VICKY'S HANDWRITING.
 JOE: YOU WANT THIS CONFESSION
TOE IN VICKY'S HANDWRITING?
 JAKE: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GO HOME
AND COVER AND PRETEND LIKE
EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT FOR THOSE
TWO BOYS, TELL THEM THEIR MOM'S
GOING TO BE FINE AND THEY JUST
GOT TO -- THEY CAN'T LET GO
OF THEIR HOPE?
AT LEAST, JOE, IF YOU PROVE THAT
THAT'S VICKY'S HANDWRITING,
THAT'S A CHANCE, RIGHT?
THAT'S A CHANCE AT SHE'S STILL
ALIVE.

 GRANT: THE POLICE STILL DON'T
KNOW VICTORIA DIDN'T SHOOT ME,
RIGHT?
 CINDY: WHY WOULD I LIE?
 GRANT: I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'D
DO ANYTHING.
YOU'RE NOT CAPABLE OF A SINGLE
HUMAN EMOTION.
 CINDY: I'M CAPABLE OF LOVING
YOU.
 GRANT: OH, YEAH.
 CINDY: AND YOU LOVE ME.
WE'RE TWO OF A KIND.
YOU AND I -- WE'VE PUT UP
EMOTIONAL ONE-WAY GLASS A LONG
TIME AGO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT
WE CAN SEE OUT AND NOBODY ELSE
CAN SEE IN.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE LIKE US DO
WHO'VE BEEN HURT SO BADLY,
ISN'T IT?
BUT, GRANT,
WE CAN SEE INTO EACH OTHER'S
SOUL, AND NOBODY ELSE CAN.
 GRANT: I DON'T WANT TO SEE
INTO YOUR SOUL.
IT'S SCARY THERE.
 CINDY: I SAVED YOUR LIFE.
 GRANT: OH, STOP RIGHT HERE.
I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE.
YOU'VE BEEN HERE DAY AND NIGHT,
RIGHT?
 CINDY: YES.
 GRANT: HOLDING MY HANDS --
 CINDY: YES.
 GRANT: AND PPING MY BROW.
 CIY: YES.
 GRANT: AND WHY?
YOU TELL ME WHY.
 CINDY: BECAUSE WHEN I SAW
YOU LYING ON THE FLOOR BLEEDING,
I KNEW THAT I COULD WALK AWAY
AND LET YOU DIE FINALLY.
AND I REALIZED I LOVE YOU,
GRANT.
I ALWAYS WILL.
 GRANT: WHICH IS WHY
YOU PLAYED THAT INCRIMINATION
TAPE AT THE LUMINA BALL, RIGHT?
 CINDY: GRANT, WE CAN PUT
THE PAST BEHIND US.
WHEN THEY RELEASE YOU, I WANT
TO TAKE YOU HOME, NURSE YOU BACK
TO HEALTH.
 GRANT: YOU DON'T HAVE A HOME,
CYNTHIA.
 CINDY: OK, GRANT.
COME ON, IT'S CHRISTMAS.
LET'S SPEND IT TOGETHER, HUH?
KIRKLAND CAN COME OVER
ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
 GRANT: YEAH, I'M SURE
KIRKLAND WILL HAVE VISIONS
OF SUGARPLUMS FROM A STEPMOM WHO
TERRORIZED HIM.
 CINDY: WE COULD START OVER.
 GRANT: YOU KNOW, THE ONLY
THING I'M GOING TO DO WHEN
I START OVER IS PERHAPS START
OVER WITH A PRISON SENTENCE.
 CINDY: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT?
 GRANT: THAT TAPE YOU LOST --
MARLEY HAS IT NOW.
AND SHE'S THREATENING TO TURN IT
OVER TO CARLINO IF I DON'T TELL
HIM VICTORIA DIDN'T SHOOT ME.
 CINDY: BUT WHY WOULD YOU WANT
ME TO TALK TO JOE?
DON'T YOU CARE?
IT WOULD NOT JUST RUIN
YOUR LIFE
IT WOULD DESTROY MINE BECAUSE,
GRANT, I DON'T HAVE A LIFE
WITHOUT YOU.
 MARLEY: CINDY'S RIGHT.
 CINDY: OK, I DON'T WANT
YOU HERE BOTHERING MY HUSBAND.
PLEASE GO.
 MARLEY: ALL RIGHT, I WILL.
CAN I TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE
IN THE HALL FIRST?
 CINDY: I'LL GET RID OF HER,
SWEETHEART.
 GRANT: YOU WATCH OUT FOR HER.
 MARLEY: I DON'T THINK
HE LIKES ME.
 CINDY: NOTHING I TRY IS
WORKING.
HE IS --
HE IS DETERMINED TO BLAB ABOUT
VICTORIA BECAUSE HE'S SO WORRIED
THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN
TO HIS PRECIOUS --
 MARLEY: HONEY, HONEY, LISTEN.
SHH, SHH, LISTEN --
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEDATE
HIM AGAIN.
 CINDY: OH, NO.
NO, NO, NO.
I MEAN, THE DOCTOR'S CATCHING
ON.
 MARLEY: WELL, IT'S BETTER
THAN JOE CARLINO CATCHING ON,
ISN'T IT?
OK, LISTEN. LISTEN.
LEME GO IN AND TALK TO HIM
RST.
I'LL KEEP HIM DISTRACTED,
AND THEN YOU COME 
WITH YOUR HYPO.
 CINDY: BUT 

 REMY: YOU LEAVE PAULINA
ALONE.
JUST LAY OFF, TITO.
THESE ARE MY FENDS YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
 TITO: OOH, I'M SO SCARED.
 REMY: NO, I ME IT.
I CARE ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE.
 TITO: AND WHAT ABOUT ME,
PEACHES?
YOU USED TO THINK I WAS OK, TOO.
REMEMBER -- REMEMBER HOW I PUT
ON CHRISTMAS FOR YOU LAST YEAR
WHEN WWERE IN THAT OLD,
ABANDONED GARAGE AFTER WWE BAGGED
THE GROUP HOME?
 REMY: YEAH, I REMEMBER.
THERE WAS NO HOT, NO HOT WATER.
SOME DOPE FORGOT TO TURN OFF
THE ELECTRICITY.
THAT WAS ABOUT THE ONLY
CHRISTMAS PRESENT WE GOT.
 TITO: HEY, I GOT US A TREE,
GOT US SOME CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
AND A FEW PRESENTS.
 REMY: WELL, I ALWAYS
SUSPECTED THE PRESENTS WERE
STOLEN OUT FROM UNDER SOMEONE
ELSE'S TREE.
 TITO: I AM NO GRINCH.
 REMY: OH, A SET OF SOCKET
WRENCHES, TITO?
 TITO: IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT
COUNTS, RIGHT?
 REMY: YEAH.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE STAR
FOR THE TREE?
IT WAS THE ONE THING YOU FORGOT,
SO YOU RAN OVER TO ST. THERESA'S
AND YOU RIPPED ONE OFF THE TREE
IN THEACRISTY AN HOUR BEFORE
MIDNIGHT MASS.
 TITO: AND THEN YOU DRAGGED ME
OVER THERE TO MAKE AN ACT
OF PENANCE AND TOLD ME TO MAKE
A GOOD ACT OF CONTRITION.
 REMY: OH, GOD, I WAS WASTING
MY TIME.
 TITO: I JUST -- I REMEMBER
HOW YOU CRIED.
THE PRIEST'S WHOLE SERMON WAS
ABOUT THE THEFT OF THE STAR
FROM THE PARISH CHRISTMAS TREE.
 REMY: NO, I DID NOT CRY.
 TITO: YOU DID, TOO,
UNTIL WE GOT HOME.
 REMY: AND THERE WAS OUR STAR,
LIGHTING UP THAT SKANKY OLD
GARAGE.
AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
 TITO: YEAH, AND THEN WE TOOK
IT BACK THE NEXT MORNING.
REMEMBER?
 REMY: UH-HUH.
 TITO: I BET THAT PRIEST --
I BET HE FELT LIKE A MIRACLE
MAN.
 REMY: AH.
WHAT A CHRISTMAS.
 TITO: IT WAS KIND OF COOL,
THOUGH, BEING ON OUR OWN.
YOU USED TO SAY THAT YOU LOVED
ME LIKE THE BROTHER YOU NEVER
HAD.
AND NOW FEEL LIKE YOU WANT ME
TO DISAPPEAR.
 REMY: TO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
 TITO: I MEAN, MAYBE I SHOULD.
MAYBE IT'D MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER
IF YOU WERE TO NEVER HEAR OR SEE
ME AGAIN.
 REMY: WAIT, TITO.
DON'T GO.

 DONNA: WHAT'S WRONG, MY LOVE?
 KIRKLAND: NOTHING TO DO.
WHERE'S AUNT MARLEY?
I THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING SCHOOL
AT HOME TODAY.
 DONNA: WELL, SHE WENT
TO SCHOOL TO TALK TO
YOUR TEACHERS, AND SHE'LL BE
BACK VERY SOON.
WOULD YOU RATHER BE IN SCHOOL
WITH YOUR FRIENDS?
 KIRKLAND: NO
I WANT TO BE HERE WHEN MOM
CALLS.
 DONNA: I KNOW THAT, DARLING
BUT IT'S WONDERFUL THAT MARLEY
IS HERE TO HELP YOU
WITH YOUR SCHOOLWORK.
DON'T YOU THINK SO?
 KIRKLAND: YEAH, AUNT MARLEY'S
OK
IT JUST --
 DONNA: IT'S JUST WHAT?
 KIRKLA: SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE
SHE TRIES TOO HARD,
LIKE WE DIDN'T LIKE HER,
BUT WE DO, YOU KNOW?
 DOA: OH.
YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE MOST
INSIGHTFUL LITTLE BOY I HAVE
EVER KNOWN IN MY LIFE?
 KIRKLAND: WHAT DOES
"INSIGHTFUL" MEAN?
 DONNA: IT MEANS --
IT MEANS WHEN YOU CAN SEE INSIDE
SOMEBODY ELSE.
 KIRKLAND: I CAN?
 DONNA: YES, YOU CAN.
HEY, WHY DON'T WE STRING SOME
POPCORN.
 KIRKLAND: WHY?
 DONNA: BECAUSE YOU LOVE
TO STRING POPCORN.
REMEMBER LAST CHRISTMAS HOW MUCH
YOU LOVED IT?
 KIRKLAND: THAT'S BECAUSE MOM
WAS HERE.
I DON'T CARE IF WE HAVE
CHRISTMAS AT ALL THIS YEAR.

 JOE: I'LL GET BACK
TO YOU AS SOON AS I KNOW
ANYTHING, OK?
 JAKE: THANK YOU.
 JOE: JAKE, LISTEN -- WHAT --
WHAT ARE YOU AND THE BOYS DOING
FOR CHRISTMAS?
 JAKE: SPENDING IT WITH VICKY.
I MEAN, SHE'S GOT TO BE BACK
BY THEN, RIGHT?
I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE I'LL GO DOWN AND WAKE
HER UP AT ABOUT 6:00 EVEN THOUGH
SHE'S BEEN UP WRAPPING PRESENTS
SINCE 5:00,
TAKE ABOUT A THOUSAND PICTURES
OF THE BOYS.
PLACE AN ORDER FOR THE PIZZA
ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE
THE CREMATED BIRD COMES OUT
OF THE OVEN.
 JAKE: I REALLY HOPE YOU GET
YOUR WISH.
BUT LISTEN, IF NOT,
YOU KNOW, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
ARE ALWAYS WELCOME WITH US.
 JAKE: THANK YOU.
 JOE: I KNOW WHAT IT LIKE
TO HAVE A LOUSY CHRISTMAS.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU JUST
HAVE TO SUCK IT UP FOR THE KIDS'
SAKE, YOU KNOW?
 JAKE: I THINK THE BOYS WOULD
JUST SEE RIGHT THROUGH THAT,
JOE.
 JOE: YOU DON'T KNOW THAT
FOR SURE.
 JAKE: I KNOW MY FAMILY PTTY
WELL.
BUT THANK YOU.
 JOE: IF I NEED TO GET
IN TOUCH WITH YOU, WHERE ARE
YOU GOING TO BE?
 JAKE: IT'S CHRISTMAS.
WHERE DO YOU THINK I'M GOING
TO BE?
I'M GOING TO GO GET A CHRISTMAS
TREE.

 GRANT: WHAT DO YOU WANT
FROM ME?
I DON'T MAKE IT A POINT
TO HOBNOB WITH PSYCHOTICS.
 MARLEY: WELL, I DON'T USUALLY
SPEAK TO MURDERERS.
I JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE
TO KNOW VICTORIA IS BEING WELL
TAKEN CARE OF.
 GRANT: HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?
 MARLEY: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING
TO ME.
VICTORIA'S BEING WELL TAKEN CARE
OF, BUT SHE MIGHT NOT BE
IF YOU DECIDE TO TELL THE TRUTH,
AND YOU MIGHT NOT FARE TOO WELL,
EITHER.
 GRANT: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
WITH HER?
 GOD.
 MARLEY: I THINK YOU REALLY
OUGHT TO WORRY ABOUT THE TAPE
AND WHAT IT MIGHT DO TO YOU.
 GRANT: AND WHERE IS THAT TAPE
NOW, HUH?
 MARLEY IT'S RIGHT HERE.
 GRANT: GIVE THAT TO ME.
 MARLEY: NO.
SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR, HMM.
SO, DO YOU THINK YOU AND I ARE
ON THE SAME PAGE NOW ABOUT
YOU COMING CLEAN WITH VICTORIA?
 GRANT: MY GOD, MARLEY.
HOW COULD YOU DO THIS
TO YOUR SISTER?
 MARLEY: WELL, I DON'T THINK
THAT SHOULD BE VERY HARD
FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND, GRANT.
AFTER ALL, YOU KILLED YOUR OWN
BROTHER.
JUST THINK -- ONE LITTLE TAPE
AND ALL OF YOUR TROUBLES WOULD
BE OVER.
 GRANT: IT'LL ONLY BE
THE BEGINNING FOR YOU.
OH!
GOD.
YOU TRAITOROUS --
YOU TRA-- TRA--

 JAKE: HEY, DONNA,
WHERE'S STEVEN AND KIRK?
 DONNA: OH, WHERE HAVE
YOU BEEN?
 JAKE: I GOT A TREE.
 DONNA: YOU'RE GOING TO GO
FOR CHRISTMAS, HUH?
 JAKE: YEAH, I HAD TO GIVE IT
A SHOT.
 DONNA: THAT'S WONDERFUL.
 ANYTHING CAN CHEER THEM UP,
MAYBE THIS CAN.
 JAKE: HEY, BOYS,
COME ON DOWN.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
I GOT THE BIGGEST TREE
ON THE LOT.
 DONNA: BOYS, COME
ON DOWNSTAIRS AND HELP JAKE
WITH THE TREE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET EGGNOG OUT
AND WE'LL HAVE THE ORNAMENTS
AND PUT THEM ON THE TREE.
 JAKE: NOW, WHAT TOOK YOU GUYS
SO LONG?
YOU TRYING TO GIVE ME A HERNIA?
COME ON.
STEVEN, GRAB THE TREE STAND.
KIRKLAND, GET THE FRONT.
LET'S GO.
SHUT THE DOOR, MEN.
SHUT THE DOOR.
 KIRKLAND: I'LL GET THIS PART.
 JAKE: THERE YOU GO.
YOU GOT IT.
 DONNA: I NEED TO DO
SOMETHING.
I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
 JAKE: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT?
YOU GOT THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB.
WHEN WE STAND THIS SUCKER UP,
YOU GOT TO TELL US WHETHER IT'S
STRAIGHT OR NOT.
 DONNA: LOOK AT THE TREE.
OH!
 KIRKLAND: JAKE, HOW COME
WE'RE HAVING CHRISTMAS WHEN
MOM'S NOT HERE?

 GRANT: OH, NO.
OH, NO.
YOU DID IT THIS TIME,
DIDN'T YOU, CYNTHIA.
THAT WAS A LETHAL DOSE
YOU INJECTED ME WITH, WASN'T IT?
AND YOU AR
YOU ARE?
I SEE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO DO WITH ME?
I'M NOT GOING ON ANY JOURNEY
WITH YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
[DREAM]
 KIRKLAND: JAKE?
JAKE?
 JAKE: YEAH, KIRKLAND.
I'M DOWN HERE, BUDDY.
 GRANT: KIRKLAND.
KIRKLAND, IT'S DADDY.
 KIRKLAND: HEY, JAKE,
DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO READ
MY OP-ED PIECE FOR THE "HERALD"
YET?
 JAKE: READ IT?
I PRINTED IT ALREADY.
 KIRKLAND: BUT I WANTED
TO GIVE IT ANOTHER READ --
I MEAN, RECHECK MY FACTS,
TIGHTEN IT A BIT.
 JAKE: IT WAS THE MOST
INSIGHTFUL, CONTROVERSIAL PIECE
ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
THE "HERALD" HAS EVER DONE.
 KIRKLAND: THANKS, JAKE.
I JUST WANT TO BE A
NEWSPAPERMAN JUST LIKE YOU.
 JA: YOU'RE WELL
ON YOUR WAY.
LOOK, THAT HAD TO TAKE A LOT
OF GUTS TO WRITE ABOUT GRANT
LIKE THAT AND SAYING THAT
YOU THOUGHT IT WAS RIGHT FOR HIM
TO GO TO PRISON.
 KIRKLAND: THANKS, JAKE
 JAKE: DID YOU SEND HIM
A CHRISTMAS CARD?
 KIRKLAND: I DECIDED NOT TO.
NOW THAT I KNOW HE SET JOE
AND PAULINA'S HOUSE ON FIRE
AND TRIED TO BREAK UP
YOU AND MOM --
 JAKE: YEAH.
 KIRKLAND: I DON'T EVER WAN
TO SEE HIM AGAIN.
 PAULINA: HELLO KIRKLAND.
 JAKE: HI, PAULINA.
 PAULINA: JAKE.
 KIRKLAND: HELLO.
 PAULINA: SWEETHEART.
COOKIE?
 KIRKLAND: THANKS,
AUNT PAULINA.
 PAULINA: OH, YOU ARE SUCH
A GOOD KID.
GRANT DOESN'T DESERVE TO HAVE
A SON LIKE YOU.
 KIRKLAND: WELL I HARDLY EVER 
THINK ABOUT HIM ANYMORE NOW THAT
HE'S IN PRISON.
JAKE DECIDED TO ADOPT ME.
 GRANT: JAKE ADOPTED MY SON?
 JAKE: OH, SPEAKING OF THAT,
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAVE
FOR YOU.
 KIRKLAND: IT'S MY CERTIFICATE
OF ADOPTION.
YOU MEAN IT'S REALLY,
REALLY OFFICIAL?
 JAKE: YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW
I'VE ALWAYS LOVED YOU LIKE
A SON.
NOW IT'S LEGAL.
 PAULINA: JAKE'S YOUR LEGAL
FATHER NOW.
 JAKE:  AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THE BYLINE ON THE PIECE THAT
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IS
GOING TO READ
"BY KIRKLAND McKINNON."
 KIRKLAND: BOY, DO I LIKE
THE SOUND OF THAT.
 PAULINA: IT MUST HAVE BEEN
SO HARD GROWING UP IN THIS TOWN
AS A HARRISON, NOW THAT EVERYONE
KNOWS WHAT GRANT DID.
 RKLAND: I DON'T EVER WANT
TO HEAR HIS NAME EVER AGAIN.
 PAULINA and JAKE:  FINE BY ME.
 KIRKLAND: DAD?
 JAKE and GRANT YES, SON?
 KIRKLAND: I LOVE YOU, DAD.
 JAKE and GRANT: I LOVE YOU,
TOO, SON.
 GRANT: PLEASE.
PLEASE, I NEED TO KNOW --
ARE THESE THE SHADOWS
OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE
OR THE SHADOWS OF THE THINGS
THAT MAY BE?
OH, NO.
OH, NO.
PLEASE, SOMEBODY HELP ME.
HELP ME, PLEASE, SOMEBODY --
PLEASE HELP ME.
PLEASE.
PLEASE -
 CINDY: SHH.
DARLING, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'M RIGHT HERE.
I'LL HELP YOU.

 DONNA: YOU KNOW,
BOYS, SOMETIMES CHRISTMAS IS
JUST FUN AND WONDERFUL
AND SILLY, AND OTHER YEARS IT'S
A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.
BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE
CHRISTMAS, AND WE CAN ALWAYS
HOPE THAT NEXT YEAR IS GOING
TO BE BETTER.
 JAKE: YOU KNOW, YOUR MOM
LOVED CHRISTMAS.
SHE LOVES IT.
SHE JUST LOVES IT ALMOST AS MUCH
AS SHE LOVES YOU GUYS.
REMEMBER HER TRYING TO MAKE
THOSE COOKIES?
 STEVEN: YEAH.
WE SAVED SOME FROM LAST YEAR
TO USE AS ORNAMENTS
FOR THE TREE.
 JAKE: WELL, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S
NOT HERE, I THINK WE'RE GOING
TO TRY TO MAKE THIS THE MERRIEST
CHRISTMAS WE CAN.
IT'LL NOT ONLY MAKE US FEEL
BETTER, BUT IN SOME WAY IT'LL
PROBABLY CONNECT US TO YOUR MOM.
BECAUSE I KNOW WHEREVER YOUR MOM
IS RIGHT NOW THAT SHE'S THINKING
ABOUT CHRISTMAS AND YOU GUYS
AND THE ALL THE WONDERFUL
CHRISTMASES THAT WE'VE HAD
TOGETHER.
 STEVEN: LET'S GET THIS SUCKER
UP, THEN.
 DONNA: ALL RIGHT.
 JAKE: ALL RIGHT.
WANT TO DO IT BARE-HANDED?
LET'S GO.
 STEVEN: SURE.
 DONNA: OH!

 REMY: I'M NOT GOING TO LET
YOU DO THIS, TITO.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GUILT ME
INTO SCAMMING MY FRIENDS.
 TITO: YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY
GETTING TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT
THESE FRIENDS.
 REMY: AND I GOT TIRED OF IT
BEING YOU AND ME AGAINST
THE WORLD.
I DON'T WANT TO BE AN OUTSIDER
ANYMORE.
 TITO: HEY, HEY, I GOT YOU OUT
OF FOSTER CARE.
I GOT YOU OUT ON YOUR OWN.
 REMY: YEAH, BUT WE'RE NOT
KIDS ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE NOT HAPPY,
WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
 TITO: WHAT?
I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE
DOING.
 REMY: I DON'T -- I DON'T WANT
TO SCAM NICK OR PAULINA,
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU.
TITO, HAVEN'T YOU EVER THOUGHT
ABOUT GETTING A REAL JOB?
 TITO: YEAH.
OH, YEAH.
YEAH, MAYBE I'LL JOIN THE ROTARY
CLUB, TOO.
 REMY: I'M SERIOUS.
YOU'RE SO SMART.
YOU COULD DO ANYTHING YOU PUT
YOUR MIND TO.
 TITO: IT'D NEVER WORK.
I'M NOT A WORKER.
I'M NOT A WORKER BEE.
NEITHER ARE YOU.
THAT'S WHY THIS WHOLE GIG YOU'VE
GOT IS NEVER GOING TO PAN OUT.
THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO HELP
YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT.
 REMY: THANK YOU, BUT I DON'T
NEED YOUR KIND OF HELP.
SEE, TITO, NOT EVERYONE IS OUT
TO DO US DIRT.
NOT EVERYONE IS A BAD GUY
ANYMORE.
AND NO ONE DESERVES TO BE
SCAMMED.
BECAUSE IN THE END, YOU ARE JUST
SCAMMING YOURSELF.
 TITO: WHEN DID YOU PUT OUT
THE SHINGLE?
 REMY: I HAVEN'T.
I'VE JUST MET PEOPLE THAT I CARE
ABOUT, AND I'VE REALIZED THAT
I CAN HAVE THE KIND OF LIFE THAT
I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD.
 TITO: OH, RIGHT, WITH MA
AND PA CARLINO, THAT DOOFUS
NICK.
 REMY: YOU ARE WAY TOO HARD
ON PEOPLE, TITO.
GIVE THEM A CHANCE,
AND THEY MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO LISTEN
TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY,
AND THAT IS THE SIGN OF A TRUE
FRIEND.
SO STOP PRESSURING ME INTO DOING
SOMETHING THAT I DON'T WANT
TO DO.
 TITO: I AM NOT -- I AM NOT
PRESSURING YOU.
I AM TRYING TO HELP YOU.
 REMY: BUT I DON'T NEED
YOUR KIND OF HELP.
AND IF YOU HAD BEEN LISTENING
TO A SINGLE WORD THAT I JUST
SAID, YOU'D KNOW THAT.
SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD -- MAYBE
YOU SHOULD GO.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, TITO, AND
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, HUH?
BE HAPPY.
GOD KNOWS YOU AND I BOTH DESERVE
IT.
 TITO: NOBODY SAYS GOOD-BYE
TO ME.
NOBODY.

 GRANT: GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME.
YOU DRUGGED ME.
 CINDY: I HAD TO -- GRANT --
I HAD TO.
YOU WERE UPSET.
I WAS AFRAID YOU WERE GOING
TO HURT YOURSELF.
 GRANT: MARLEY, MARLEY --
 CINDY: NO, NO, NO, NO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
MARLEY ANYMORE.
SHE'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING
WITH THE TAPE -- FOR NOW.
I MADE A DEAL WITH HER.
I SA THAT YOU WOULDN'T TELL
JOE CARLINO THAT VICKY DIDN'T
SHOOT YOU.
 GRANT: WHY WOULDN'T MARLEY
WANT JOE TO KNOW THAT?
 CINDY: I DON'T KNOW WHAT
MAKES MARLEY TICK.
I JUST KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT
HER COMING BACK HERE
AND BOTHERING YOU AGAIN.
AND, GRANT,
YOU MAY BE WRONG ABOUT VICKY.
I MEAN, YOU SHOULD SEE
THE EVIDENCE THAT'S PILED UP.
 GRANT: EVIDENCE?
EVIDENCE? WHAT EVIDENCE?
 CINDY: YEAH, HER PRINTS ARE
ON THE GUN THAT SHOT YOU,
AND YOUR BLOOD WAS IN HER CAR,
AND THERE'S A WRITTEN STATEMENT.
GRANT, GRANT --
VICKY SHOT YOU.
AND IF YOU TRY TO SAY OTHERWISE,
MARLEY WILL MAKE GOOD
ON HER THREAT TO USE THE TAPE
AND YOU WILL GO TO JAIL.
DON'T YOU SEE, GRANT?
THAT WON'T HELP VICKY.
IT WILL ONLY HURT YOU.

 JAKE: GREAT.
 DONNA: PERFECT.
 JAKE: SO LET'S PUT THE LIGHTS
UP AND TRIM THIS SUCKER.
 DONNA: AND NO THROWING TINSEL
ON THE TREE.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE
UNATTRACTIVE THAN CLUMPS
OF TINSEL ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
 STEVEN: BUT, NANA, IT GIVES
IT MORE OF A NATURAL LOOK.
 JAKE: LET'S JUST PUT
THE LIGHTS ON.
COME ON, WHO'S GOING TO HELP ME
WITH THE LIGHTS?
OK.
WHAT'S UP, BUDDY?
 KIRKLAND: MOM ALWAYS LETS US
THROW TINSEL.
CAN'T WE WAIT IN CASE MOM COMES?
 JAKE: KIRK --
 KIRKLAND: YOU DON'T THINK
MOM'S EVER COMING HOME, DO YOU?
 JAKE: YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE
PUTTING THAT CHRISTMAS TREE UP?
WE'RE PUTTING IT UP AND PUTTING
IT IN THE WINDOW SO THAT WHEN
MOM DOES COME HOME, SHE KNOWS
THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE WAITING
FOR HER.
BECAUSE I KNOW WHEREVER SHE IS
AND WHATEVER'S HAPPENED TO HER,
SHE'S MOVING HEAVEN AND EARTH
TO TRY TO GET BACK TO US.
OK?
BUT MAYBE KIRK'S RIGHT.
MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T PUT ANY
OF THE ORNAMENTS ON IT UNTIL
VICKY WALKS BACK IN THAT DOOR.
 KIRKLAND: MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT
SOMETHING ON IT, LIKE A SIGNAL.
 JAKE: YEAH?
YOU KNOW YOUR MOM ALWAYS SAID
IF SHE GOT IN TROUBLE SHE'D SEND
UP A RED FLAG.
 STEVEN: WELL, WE COULD PUT
A RED FLAG IN THE TOP
OF THE TREE TO SHOW WE NEED HER.
 JAKE: I THINK THAT'S
AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
 MARLEY: OH, HO, HO,
HO, HO, HO, EVERYBODY.
HI.
OH.
 JAKE: QUITE A TREE, HUH?
 MARLEY: UH-HUH.
WE MUST BE PSYCHIC BECAUSE
I PICKED THESE UP ON THE WAY
OVER HERE.
 JAKE: SORRY, MARLEY.
HOUSE RULES, VICKY'S RULES --
THERE'S NOTHING STORE-BOUGHT
THAT GOES ON THE TREE.
 KIRKLAND: WE MAKE OUR OWN
ORNAMENTS.
 STEVEN: YEAH, SOME OF THEM
GET REALLY WAY OUT.
 MARLEY: YEAH, WELL -- WELL,
GOOD.
THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW
TO MAKE ORIGAMI BIRDS
AND FLOWERS.
THAT WOULD LOOK REALLY PRETTY
ON THE TREE, RIGHT?
 KIRKLAND: OK.
WHEN MOM GETS HOME.
 JAKE: YES.
YES, WHEN VICKY GETS HOME,
WE'RE GOING TO THROW THE BIGGEST
TREE-TRIMMING PARTY
IN THE WORLD.
 MARLEY: YES, OF COURSE.
OF COURSE WE ARE.
BUT TONIGHT, WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE
TO COME WITH ME TO CARLINO'S?
THEY'RE GOING TO LIGHT
THEIR CHRISTMAS TREE THERE,
AND THEY'RE KIND OF HAVING
A PARTY.
 KIRKLAND: ARE THERE GOING
TO BE KIDS THERE?
 MARLEY: YES, I'M SURE THERE
WILL BE KIDS THERE.
STEVEN?
 STEVEN: SURE.
 MARLEY: GOOD.
GOOD, OK.
SO I'LL HAVE THE TWO
BEST-LOOKING MEN IN TOWN WHO ARE
GOING TO TAKE ME OUT TONIGHT.
EXCEPT, IN THE MEANTIME, I DID
SORT OF PROMISE YOUR TEACHERS
THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ALL OF THIS
WEEK'S HOMEWORK DONE
BY TOMORROW, SO YOU GUYS BETTER
SKEDADDLE.
GO, GO, GO, GO, GO.
DID YOU GIVE VICKY'S LETTER
TO JOE?
 JAKE: YEAH, I DID.
EARLIER TODAY.
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
 JAKE: HELLO.
 JOE: JAKE, IT'S JOE.
I'M AT THE HOSPITAL.
I THINK YOU SHOULD GET OVER
HERE.
 JAKE: IT'S ABOUT GRANT?
 JOE: WE MIGHT HAVE MORE LUCK
WITH HIM THIS TIME.
HE'S AWAKE.
 JAKE: GREAT.
I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
 DONNA: JAKE, WHAT'S HAPPENED?
 JAKE: IT'S GRANT.
HE'S AWAKE, AND MAYBE HE'LL TELL
US A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS TIME.
 MARLEY: OH, AH -- WONDERFUL.
I'M GOING TO COME WITH YOU.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!
WAIT!

 PAULINA: WHAT GOT
YOU SO DOWN?
IS IT CHRISTMAS?
 REMY: WELL --
 PAULINA: BUMS YOU OUT,
DOES IT?
WELL, I USED TO HATE CHRISTMAS
TOO.
 REMY: YOU DID?
 PAULINA: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
LIVING IN THOSE FOSTER HOMES,
SITTING ON THE STEPS
WATCHING THEIR CHRISTMAS,
KNOWING FOR SURE I WAS
THE OUTSIDER?
YOU SHOULD READ MY DIARY
FROM THOSE DAYS SOMETIME.
 REMY: YEAH, BUT,
PAULINA, YOU HAVE JOE AND DANTE
THIS YEAR.
OH, DANTE MUST BE SO EXCITED
ABOUT SANTA CLAUS.
 PAULINA: HE IS.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NEED
A MOTHER AND FATHER TO CELEBRATE
CHRISTMAS.
 REMY: YEAH, I GUESS NOT.
 PAULINA: YOU'RE NOT ALONE,
REMY.
THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A PRESENT
FOR YOU UNDER OUR TREE.
 REMY: THANK YOU.
OH.
LOOK.
NOW THAT IS MUCH BETTER.
 PAULINA: MUCH BETTER.
 REMY: DON'T YOU THINK?
 PAULINA: YES, I'D LIKE
TO LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR
BOX AB-435.
I'M THE WOMAN WHO PLACED THE AD
IN THE MISSING PERSONS SECTION.
I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE
TO MEET THE OTHER DAY.
BUT I'LL BE AT THE AIRPORT EVERY
DAY AT 5:00 P.M., IF YOU STILL
WANT TO MEET.
 TITO: WHAT'S THIS?
WHAT'S THIS? WHAT'S THIS?
"MISSING PERSON SOUGHT."
WELL, WELL, WELL.
WHAT HAVE WE HERE?

 JOE: DR. FLEMING SAYS
YOU WANTED TO SEE ME, GRANT.
 GRANT: WHAT'S HE DOING HERE?
 JOE: BROUGHT JAKE ALONG AGAIN
THIS TIME.
BUT HE'S GOING TO KEEP IT
TOGETHER.
 GRANT: HE BETTER.
 JOE: I'M HOPING YOU'RE GOING
TO TELL US WHO SHOT YOU, GRANT.
WAS IT VICKY?
WHO SHOT YOU, GRANT?
 JAKE: WHAT'S WRONG, GRANT?
ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLE
UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION?
WAS IT VICKY THAT SHOT YOU?
 GRANT: I DON'T KNOW WHO DID
IT.
I DIDN'T SEE WHO SHOT ME.

 MARLEY: THANK GOODNESS.
FINALLY THINGS ARE STARTING
TO GO OUR WAY.

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