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Previously on Ally McBeal...
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-Anybody seen the Biscuit?
-John Cage?
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I got an e-mail from him.
It said feel free to inhabit his hole.
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-Hi, I'm Reverend Harris.
-Hi.
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-This is Malcolm Wyatt.
-Hi.
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He's in dire and immediate
need of an attorney.
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Dr. Harris told me that you were
supposed to sing at the prom.
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-Yeah.
-Well, I think that you still should.
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I'm not going to the prom alone.
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-John? You're back!
-Indeed. Move along, Richard.
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-So, where did you go, John?
-Why must I account for my absence?
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If they can't look up to and
respect you, that leaves me.
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JOHN: So, what's happened?
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Get a spare minute at the end of the day,
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we close our eyes and dream
of owning oceanfront property.
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What's happened?
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It was the most amazing
voice I've ever heard.
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Right.
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No, no, it was, Malcolm.
You--You have a gift.
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VONDA: ♪ Someday at Christmasmen won't be boys ♪
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♪ Playing with bombslike kids play with toys ♪
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♪ One warm December our hearts will see ♪
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♪ A world where men are freeYeah ♪
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♪ Someday at Christmasthere'll be no wars ♪
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♪ When we have learnedwhat Christmas is for ♪
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♪ When we have foundwhat life's really worth ♪
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♪ There'll be peace on earth ♪♪
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Hello?
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Sir?
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Are you okay?
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(man sighs) My wife.
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Oh, I'm... very sorry.
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Thank you.
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Is there anything I can do?
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It depends. Are you an angel?
A saint? A prophet?
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No. No. No, I'm-- I'm an attorney.
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(laughs) Oh, that figures.
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I'm standing here...
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asking the Father to deliver me
some kind of heavenly sign,
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and he sends me a lawyer.
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Well, God works
in mysterious ways they say.
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What?
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Actually, I... could use an attorney.
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Um--I was just fired by my congregation
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and I might have a case
for wrongful termination.
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What was the reason
they gave you for firing you?
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They said I could no longer
perform the function of the job.
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Oh. Well, because?
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I don't believe in God.
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{\an8}♪ I've been down down, down ♪
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{\an8}♪ I've been down this road ♪
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{\an8}♪ Walkin' the linethat's painted by pride ♪
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{\an8}♪ And I have made mistakes in my life ♪
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{\an8}♪ That I just can't hide ♪
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{\an8}♪ Oh, I believe I am ready ♪
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{\an8}♪ For what love has to bring Yeah ♪
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{\an8}♪ I got myself together, yeah ♪
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{\an8}♪ Now I'm ready to sing ♪
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{\an8}♪ I've been searching my soul tonight ♪
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{\an8}♪ I know there's so much more to life ♪
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{\an8}♪ Now I know I can shine a light ♪
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{\an8}♪ To find my way back home ♪
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{\an8}-♪ Oh ♪-♪ Hoo, hoo ♪
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{\an8}♪ Baby, yeah ♪
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{\an8}-♪ Hoo, hoo ♪-♪ Oh, yeah ♪♪
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{\an8}VONDA: ♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
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{\an8}♪ Jingle all the way ♪
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{\an8}♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride ♪
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{\an8}♪ In a one-horse open sleigh ♪
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{\an8}♪ Hey, hey, yeahOoh ♪♪
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{\an8}Wait. Wait a second.
You took this guy's case? He's clergy.
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{\an8}Well, not all religions believe in God.
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{\an8}There are some sects
that don't, all right?
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{\an8}-And what's his?
-Methodist.
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{\an8}So, it's a tough sell. I admit that.
But that doesn't mean that--
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{\an8}How can a minister not believe in God?
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{\an8}Well, his wife was killed.
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{\an8}Look, I'll just, uh-- I'll try to
settle it or make it go away.
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{\an8}You know, he just seemed like he needed
some help, and I couldn't say no.
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{\an8}Could you just allow this for me,
please? I don't ask for much.
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{\an8}-I don't!
-Yeah. Uh--
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{\an8}Let's see, uh, Hooley versus the townof Jackman, Massachusetts.
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-It's mine.
-Uh, what's it about?
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-I don't know.
-You don't know?
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No, I am meeting the client at 10:00,
youngster, and I will know about it then.
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JOHN: Let's just move along here.
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RICHARD: Lastly, speaking
of sexual harassment,
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we need you all to sign waivers.
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Our office Christmas party's,
uh, Wednesday night.
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Jenny, you can bring
your mother if you'd like.
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I'm not comfortable with you
"dogging" my mother.
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{\an8}Where's your yuletide spirit? Deck the
halls, 'tis the season to get your jolly.
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You know, I'm tired of pulling
the religious sled here, uh, people.
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What's that song, uh,
uh, "Wattle" Wonderland?
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-Winter.
-Yeah. Whatever. Bygones.
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Uh, party Wednesday.
Parents welcome. Adjourned.
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{\an8}-He canceled Christmas?
-Basically.
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{\an8}The, uh--The midnight parade,
the decorations on the streets.
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-They're not doing any of it.
-And did the mayor say why?
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{\an8}Just that the town is in a real recession
and he thinks it would be irresponsible
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{\an8}to expend tax dollars on nonessential--
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{\an8}Oh, but the-- This is Jackman.
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{\an8}I go there to buy all my ornaments even.
They have a Santa's Village.
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{\an8}That's partly the reason.
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{\an8}The manufacturing plant, and the village,
burned down in a fire.
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{\an8}It was our town industry.
So because it's Christmas, the mayor--
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{\an8}But the kids are all heartbroken.
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{\an8}-Can't you have a parade on your own?
-No.
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We can't get the permit.
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{\an8}Ms. McBeal, the board adores your client.
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We'd like him to continue being
the minister. Everyone loves him.
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{\an8}You know that, Harrison.
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{\an8}And a minister isn't allowed
to question God?
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{\an8}Of course he is. But you're standing up
there and saying you don't believe in him.
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{\an8}It takes a little pep out of the hymns.
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{\an8}Actually, what I said
to the congregation was...
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{\an8}that God no longer believes in us.
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Or if he does, he simply no longer cares.
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{\an8}How can we have our minister saying that?
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Of all the ridiculous motions
to be bringing before me.
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That's not a productive start,
Your Honor, and I object to the tenor.
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You can't sue a mayor
for canceling a parade.
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This isn't just a simple parade.
This is about Christmas.
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-Christmas?
-Yes, it's an obscure little holiday.
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Perhaps you've heard of it.
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-Have you heard of contempt?
-I have.
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But if you were to actually hold me in it,
how would I know, you grumpy lump?
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I apologize. You hit a holiday nerve.
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JUDGE WALSH: I've put up with
your nonsense for five years.
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All I'm asking, your "curmudgeon-ous,"
is that you just listen to my client.
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He paid taxes to this municipality.
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He moved his family there, in part,
to participate in traditional town events.
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And now to have this one just
ripped out from under them--
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Can you just give us five minutes?
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Is there a root canal
you're running late for?
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♪♪ (rock and roll plays)
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♪ Let's have a rock-and-rollChristmas just like we used to know ♪
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(Ikettes singing) ♪ Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo ♪
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♪ A rock-and-roll Christmas andI'll meet you by the mistletoe ♪
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♪ Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo ♪
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-♪ Rock around the tree ♪
-BOTH: ♪ Go, Santa, go, go, go ♪
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-I don't think you should do that.
-Why not?
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Well, it's just a little sexual for
a holiday party, don't you think?
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Oh, Glenn. To women,
you're a stocking stuffer.
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Oh, is that the point?
I'm up here as a stocking stuffer?
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It's Christmas. Birth of Christ.
Conception. Sex. Seed. Egg.
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You're the ocean,
I'm the sperm whale. Dance.
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♪ Let's have a rock-and-rollChristmas just like we used to know ♪
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♪ Hoo ♪
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♪ A rock-and-roll Christmas andI'll meet you by the mistletoe ♪
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♪♪ (ends)
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There's no way that I'm gonna be
able to get a court to reinstate you
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if this is how you truly feel.
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Is it?
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Well, I'm sure in time, I--
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You know, I, uh, probably should
have asked you this before, but, uh,
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how did your wife die?
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She was shot.
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A man came to rob her. She fumbled too
long opening her purse, so he shot her.
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And you blame God.
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Now, you're the expert,
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but I believe that the Lord
gave man free will.
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Which, given the times, would seem to be
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a flagrant abuse of discretion,
would it not?
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You know, as a minister, uh,
you must deal with death a lot.
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And-And you have had to comfort
families who have lost loved ones.
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And what do you say to them?
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I fire off a few
sacred platitudes and, um,
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pray that they buy it.
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I know that isn't true.
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Ms. McBeal,
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I can't even help my own son.
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He--
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What kind of a minister could I be?
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Do you want to tell me about your son?
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He's an amazing kid.
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And when he sings--
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It always seemed to me that...
it sounded like the voice of God...
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to hear music comin' from him.
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He doesn't sing anymore.
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Is that what this is about-- you not
being able to help your son?
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VONDA: ♪ Oh, yeah ♪
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♪ Jingle bell, jingle belljingle bell rock ♪
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♪ Jingle bells swingand jingle bells ring ♪
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♪ Dancing and prancingin Jingle Bell Square ♪
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♪ In the frosty air ♪♪
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-(knocks)
-John? I--
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-(bells jingle)
-Hello?
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Hello.
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Is there a particular reason
that you're dressed like an elf?
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Yes, Ally. Veteran's Day.
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Why would anybody dress like an elf? Have
we all forgotten that Christmas is coming?
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Well, bite my head off. Or in the
alternative, why don't you just bite me.
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Damn shoe doesn't even fit. (screams)
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You can't even get a decent elf shoe.
For God's sake!
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What is the matter?
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I'm just a little disappointed
with mankind today.
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-Did you need something?
-Yes.
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I actually was looking for you before
to talk to my minister client.
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-He's the one who doesn't believe in God.
-Yeah.
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-Even my elf underwear is riding up.
-(underwear squeaking)
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John, I'm not really equipped to
deal with somebody who's lost God.
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Why not?
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I-I don't know. I just--
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Well, from what I can tell,
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he's mostly devastated
because his son won't sing.
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Apparently, the boy can sing really well,
and ever since his mother died, he won't.
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Now, any advice?
You're good at these things.
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Why don't you go talk to the son?
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VONDA: ♪ Have yourself ♪
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♪ A merry little Christmas ♪
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♪ Let your heart be light ♪
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♪ From now on ♪
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♪ Our troubles will be ♪
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-♪ Out of sight ♪♪
-(doorbell rings)
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Hi. Um, excuse me. Um,
I'm-I'm looking-- Malcolm?
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-Ally?
-Well, hey!
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Wow!
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-What are you doin' here?
-Well, I came to see--
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-Oh, my God.
-What?
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-Is your dad Harrison Wyatt?
-Yes.
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-And he's a minister?
-Has something happened?
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No. No, no, no. He's my client.
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-He is?
-Yeah.
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Oh.
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Oh, Malcolm, I'm-- I'm so
sorry about your mother.
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-Oh.
-Oh.
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Um, you know, I wish that you would
have-- you would have called me, or--
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-Are you okay?
-Yeah.
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It was rough for a while,
but I'm--I'm really doin' fine now.
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Well, your dad doesn't think you are,
232
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and, uh, I know that
he isn't doing very well.
233
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-Why? What's going on?
-Well, uh--Can I come in?
234
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Of course.
235
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MAN: It's not just a parade.
236
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It's an event the children and
families look forward to for months.
237
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To suddenly cancel it,
it's arbitrary. It's hurtful.
238
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And it's very unfair.
239
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But certainly, Mr. Hooley,
there are other towns with celebrations.
240
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-Couldn't you take your children--
-It's not the same.
241
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This is our town. You celebrate
the holidays where you live,
242
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not in somebody else's yard.
243
00:14:07,388 --> 00:14:09,849
Well, now, what about the fiscal
well-being of the community?
244
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Jackman's always had big Fourth of Julys,
big Labor Days, big Halloweens.
245
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We do it up. That's, uh--
That's who we are.
246
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You want to cancel Columbus Day? Okay.
247
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Labor Day, President's Day weekend.
248
00:14:24,321 --> 00:14:28,367
If the town can't acknowledge
those occasions, so be it.
249
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But Christmas?
250
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No mayor should be able to
cancel Christmas. I'm sorry.
251
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ELAINE: ♪ Whoa, yeah ♪
252
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♪ Santa Claus got stuck in my chimney ♪
253
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♪ Stuck in my chimneyStuck in my chimney ♪
254
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♪ Santa Claus got stuck in my chimney ♪
255
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-Elaine, this doesn't seem to be a duet.
-Oh, it's a duet, trust me.
256
00:15:01,525 --> 00:15:05,154
♪ There he wasin the middle of the chimney ♪
257
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-♪ Roly-poly ♪
-(Jenny, on microphone) Testing. Testing.
258
00:15:08,657 --> 00:15:11,035
What's going on?
259
00:15:11,118 --> 00:15:13,871
(band stops)
260
00:15:13,954 --> 00:15:17,207
We're rehearsing for the Christmas party.
261
00:15:17,291 --> 00:15:20,127
-Pick another song.
-Why? This one's perfectly suited--
262
00:15:20,210 --> 00:15:21,879
You'll pick another number
or pick another partner.
263
00:15:21,962 --> 00:15:24,298
What happened to
everybody's holiday spirits?
264
00:15:24,381 --> 00:15:27,676
Just keep your grubby,
horny little paws off Glenn.
265
00:15:36,435 --> 00:15:39,188
You know that I didn't even know
that your father was a minister.
266
00:15:39,271 --> 00:15:42,066
And I thought that you sang
in somebody else's church.
267
00:15:42,149 --> 00:15:45,152
Reverend Harris. Yeah,
I used to sing in his choir weekdays.
268
00:15:45,235 --> 00:15:48,072
And you don't sing in
anybody's church now?
269
00:15:48,155 --> 00:15:49,531
No.
270
00:15:51,325 --> 00:15:53,369
Is that because you're not able to?
271
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I don't want to.
272
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And I just can't make it happen.
273
00:16:00,668 --> 00:16:02,753
Do you think in time it'll just--
274
00:16:02,836 --> 00:16:04,797
I don't know.
275
00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:08,050
I always sang with my mother
when I was little.
276
00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:10,052
To her when I got older.
277
00:16:10,135 --> 00:16:13,555
The truth is, I can't even
listen to music right now, Ally.
278
00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:18,352
You know, Malcolm,
you're--you're so smart and-and--
279
00:16:18,435 --> 00:16:20,604
Well, you know that tragedies
happen to good people.
280
00:16:20,688 --> 00:16:22,690
Yeah, I do.
281
00:16:25,275 --> 00:16:27,277
But my mother--
282
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If you knew her--
283
00:16:31,865 --> 00:16:34,284
If he wanted to take her, okay.
284
00:16:34,368 --> 00:16:39,248
But... tell me why she had
to be shot in the neck,
285
00:16:39,331 --> 00:16:41,458
bleed to death on the sidewalk.
286
00:16:41,542 --> 00:16:43,419
So, you're angry at God.
287
00:16:43,502 --> 00:16:45,379
I'm not really angry at him.
288
00:16:45,462 --> 00:16:48,048
You just don't feel
like talking to him much.
289
00:16:54,221 --> 00:16:56,390
I don't know what the problem is, John,
290
00:16:56,473 --> 00:16:58,934
but you can't just hang in here
as an upside-down elf.
291
00:16:59,018 --> 00:17:03,522
-I'm preparing the mayor's cross.
-What's goin' on?
292
00:17:03,605 --> 00:17:06,233
(sighs)
293
00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,745
The world seems so desperate.
294
00:17:17,828 --> 00:17:19,663
Oh, that.
295
00:17:22,958 --> 00:17:25,335
You know, Richard,
296
00:17:25,419 --> 00:17:29,089
privately, every Christmas
I rent the elf costume.
297
00:17:29,173 --> 00:17:34,011
I scamper around my house at night
to imbue myself with good tidings.
298
00:17:34,094 --> 00:17:36,930
Gee. Good idea to do it privately.
299
00:17:37,014 --> 00:17:38,932
Well, it's a little tradition of mine.
300
00:17:39,016 --> 00:17:43,187
It started years ago when
I went to rent a Santa outfit.
301
00:17:43,270 --> 00:17:45,773
They were sold-out.
Well, as they always are.
302
00:17:45,856 --> 00:17:47,858
Hence, the elf costume.
303
00:17:47,941 --> 00:17:50,652
But this year, the rack
304
00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:53,781
was filled with Santa Claus costumes.
305
00:17:53,864 --> 00:17:57,117
Nobody even wants to be Santa anymore.
I mean, how about that?
306
00:17:57,201 --> 00:18:00,704
And still, you chose to be an elf.
That's-- (chuckles)
307
00:18:02,039 --> 00:18:04,333
Do you understand what I'm trying to say?
308
00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:06,543
We've all flatlined.
309
00:18:06,627 --> 00:18:09,129
You see, I don't know how
to respond to that, buddy,
310
00:18:09,213 --> 00:18:13,801
other than, uh, if you leave again because
you're sad, can I redecorate your hole?
311
00:18:17,054 --> 00:18:19,640
(paper rustling)
312
00:18:19,723 --> 00:18:21,850
-I gotta get back to court.
-Uh--
313
00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:25,354
-(toilet flushes)
-Uh, you--
314
00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:30,317
Could you have possibly
offered him something more?
315
00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,069
You know, I've never been good with elves.
316
00:18:32,152 --> 00:18:37,491
This party in the bar, it will,
in fact, be a party, right?
317
00:18:37,574 --> 00:18:39,493
Yeah, of course. Why?
318
00:18:39,576 --> 00:18:42,329
'Cause I think we all need one.
319
00:18:42,412 --> 00:18:45,040
Oh.
320
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(man singing punk rock) ♪ Joy to the worldThe Lord has come ♪
321
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♪ Let Earth receive her king ♪
322
00:19:00,889 --> 00:19:06,353
♪ Let every heart prepare him room ♪
323
00:19:06,436 --> 00:19:09,022
-♪ Let heaven and nature sing ♪-(backup singers) ♪ Heaven and nature ♪
324
00:19:09,106 --> 00:19:11,650
-♪ Let heaven and nature sing ♪-♪ Heaven and nature ♪
325
00:19:11,733 --> 00:19:15,571
♪ Let heavenLet heaven and nature sing ♪♪
326
00:19:17,447 --> 00:19:20,701
-This is not a year to celebrate.
-Why not, Mayor Horn?
327
00:19:20,784 --> 00:19:23,537
First of all, people died in that fire.
328
00:19:23,620 --> 00:19:26,039
Second, we're in a terrible recession.
329
00:19:26,123 --> 00:19:28,083
We can barely pay our school teachers.
330
00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:31,545
A big snowstorm, I'm not sure
we can even afford to plow the streets.
331
00:19:31,628 --> 00:19:35,841
So you, in your infinite mayoral wisdom,
decide to cancel the holiday.
332
00:19:35,924 --> 00:19:37,843
I'm not extinguishing the holiday, sir.
333
00:19:37,926 --> 00:19:40,012
I just refused to authorize
the "wastature" of town funds--
334
00:19:40,095 --> 00:19:42,014
Object to the term
"wastature," Your Honor.
335
00:19:42,097 --> 00:19:43,807
-It's not a real word.
-Sustained.
336
00:19:43,891 --> 00:19:46,310
Mr. Mayor, you're not just
withholding funds here, are you?
337
00:19:46,393 --> 00:19:49,521
You're denying a permit even if
people want to celebrate on their own.
338
00:19:49,605 --> 00:19:52,232
Many people lost their jobs, Mr. Cage.
339
00:19:52,316 --> 00:19:55,777
We had six firemen
lose their lives in that fire.
340
00:19:55,861 --> 00:19:58,572
This is not the time to be
throwing parades. I'm sorry.
341
00:19:58,655 --> 00:20:00,240
Well, now, that's your opinion.
342
00:20:00,324 --> 00:20:03,619
It's disrespectful for a town to be
celebrating in the streets. Yes!
343
00:20:03,702 --> 00:20:07,414
Given the state of things,
a public party, in my opinion,
344
00:20:07,497 --> 00:20:09,374
is blatant "inappropriatism."
345
00:20:09,458 --> 00:20:12,127
It's a fake word, Your Honor.
Move to strike.
346
00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:15,422
Mr. Mayor, please use real words, sir.
347
00:20:15,505 --> 00:20:17,758
Look at me,
348
00:20:17,841 --> 00:20:20,219
and let me ask you this.
349
00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:25,140
-I missed the question.
-Well, I haven't asked it yet.
350
00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:26,725
Your Honor, he's tinkering with my rhythm.
351
00:20:26,808 --> 00:20:28,936
Just ask your question, counsel.
352
00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:35,317
What about the people, sir,
who need this holiday?
353
00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,862
As a mayor, Mr. Cage, a politician,
354
00:20:38,946 --> 00:20:41,657
I have to look beyond
what the public needs sometimes,
355
00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:43,784
and consider what they want.
356
00:20:43,867 --> 00:20:47,287
And most of the people in
Jackman do not want this parade.
357
00:20:47,371 --> 00:20:50,415
Most didn't even want us to put up
the Christmas tree in Main Street.
358
00:20:50,499 --> 00:20:53,252
People just aren't in the mood
for Christmas this year.
359
00:20:53,335 --> 00:20:57,047
-And what about those who are?
-Well, again, I repeat,
360
00:20:57,130 --> 00:21:01,176
out of respect for our economy
and the loss of those lives,
361
00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:03,804
I think we should be allowed to mourn...
362
00:21:03,887 --> 00:21:06,181
out of common "courtesy-ism."
363
00:21:11,228 --> 00:21:15,315
♪ Elves are working overtime ♪
364
00:21:15,399 --> 00:21:20,195
♪ Making lots of toys ♪
365
00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:24,157
♪ Reindeer hooves on all the roofs ♪
366
00:21:24,241 --> 00:21:26,827
♪ For good little girls and boys ♪
367
00:21:26,910 --> 00:21:30,539
-Come on.
-It's Christmas, damn it.
368
00:21:30,622 --> 00:21:34,668
♪ Big, old cups of steaming cider ♪
369
00:21:34,751 --> 00:21:38,672
♪ Falling asleep by a cozy fire ♪
370
00:21:38,755 --> 00:21:41,258
♪ It's the warm and fuzzy ♪
371
00:21:41,341 --> 00:21:44,136
♪ Time of year ♪
372
00:21:44,219 --> 00:21:47,973
♪ It's the warm and fuzzy time of year ♪♪
373
00:21:48,056 --> 00:21:51,018
And with all due respect, it isn't normal
374
00:21:51,101 --> 00:21:54,396
for a Methodist minister to preach to
his congregation that there is no God.
375
00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:57,316
-So I have to question--
-I can't be in crisis? I'm not allowed?
376
00:21:57,399 --> 00:21:59,651
Yes, you can. But so is he.
377
00:21:59,735 --> 00:22:02,362
-Well, then let me deal with him.
-But you're not.
378
00:22:05,282 --> 00:22:09,369
With all due respect to you, have you ever
had somebody you loved suddenly die?
379
00:22:09,453 --> 00:22:12,331
Yes. As a matter of fact,
the man I loved more than life itself
380
00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:14,624
laid down in front of me
and died in my arms.
381
00:22:14,708 --> 00:22:17,961
Would you like to see the scars?
382
00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:20,922
If it were just you, Harrison,
telling me to leave you alone here,
383
00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:23,967
I might accept that and go.
384
00:22:24,051 --> 00:22:28,055
But it's not just you. It's him.
385
00:22:35,437 --> 00:22:37,689
(phones ringing)
386
00:22:40,317 --> 00:22:42,194
So, I hear you're still
coming on to Glenn.
387
00:22:42,277 --> 00:22:45,572
Jenny. They're Christmas songs.
388
00:22:45,655 --> 00:22:48,408
Look, Elaine. When a guy moves
on somebody else's girl,
389
00:22:48,492 --> 00:22:50,243
they usually settle it with fists.
390
00:22:50,327 --> 00:22:53,288
With women, they talk things out.
391
00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:55,874
-I prefer the guy way.
-You're gonna hit me?
392
00:22:55,957 --> 00:22:57,751
Well--
393
00:22:59,127 --> 00:23:02,381
-That's a warning.
-Excuse me, Jenny.
394
00:23:03,507 --> 00:23:05,133
Don't ever push me.
395
00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:08,762
Oh, but, Elaine, I will.
396
00:23:08,845 --> 00:23:11,264
Oh, Jenny.
397
00:23:11,348 --> 00:23:13,475
-You're mistaken.
-All right!
398
00:23:13,558 --> 00:23:16,061
(groans)
399
00:23:16,144 --> 00:23:18,146
John! I'm sorry!
400
00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,148
We're having fistfights in the office now?
401
00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:22,526
-I didn't realize that--
-Why don't we all just beat each other up?
402
00:23:22,609 --> 00:23:24,611
-'Tis the season, isn't it?
-What's going on?
403
00:23:24,694 --> 00:23:28,657
Your girlfriend just punched me!
Yeah, why don't we all just fight, huh?
404
00:23:29,825 --> 00:23:31,868
Is that it?
405
00:23:39,376 --> 00:23:41,545
It isn't that I no longer believe in God,
406
00:23:41,628 --> 00:23:43,797
nor is it I don't think he's good.
407
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,467
It's just, uh-- (sighs)
408
00:23:47,551 --> 00:23:51,012
-Just what?
-He's not enough.
409
00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:53,014
I want to lead the congregation.
410
00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:57,936
How can I stand up there
and convince them he's enough?
411
00:23:58,019 --> 00:24:00,564
And I, uh--
412
00:24:00,647 --> 00:24:02,941
I guess I haven't been able
to convince Malcolm, either.
413
00:24:03,024 --> 00:24:06,319
What do you say to that?
414
00:24:06,403 --> 00:24:09,239
I just wish I'd known how
inadequate he was before she died.
415
00:24:09,322 --> 00:24:11,324
I would have been a little more prepared.
416
00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:13,994
You think so?
417
00:24:14,077 --> 00:24:17,372
You think I was prepared?
418
00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:19,833
You know the thing that surprises me is--
419
00:24:19,916 --> 00:24:23,253
I mean, you must have gone through
this with hundreds of congregants--
420
00:24:23,336 --> 00:24:28,216
family deaths-- and you know
that eventually they will come out of it.
421
00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:30,385
So why don't you believe that you will?
422
00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:33,513
Because Suzanne--
423
00:24:35,056 --> 00:24:38,059
You know that after she was shot,
424
00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:40,061
she was laying there on the sidewalk,
425
00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:43,148
and she looked up at the man
who just mortally wounded her...
426
00:24:44,107 --> 00:24:47,486
and she asked him to dial 911.
427
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,532
911.
428
00:24:52,616 --> 00:24:54,910
She's looking at the man
who just shot her...
429
00:24:54,993 --> 00:25:00,123
and somehow she sees enough
good in him that she believes--
430
00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:08,089
That was Suzanne. (crying)
431
00:25:09,966 --> 00:25:12,636
Yeah.
432
00:25:12,719 --> 00:25:16,806
And you know where I was
caught so unprepared?
433
00:25:18,642 --> 00:25:21,811
It's not that she died,
434
00:25:21,895 --> 00:25:25,106
but how gone she is.
435
00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:27,901
I've been standin' in
that church for 15 years
436
00:25:27,984 --> 00:25:31,404
preaching the eternity of our souls.
437
00:25:31,488 --> 00:25:34,991
And I'll tell you, she's gone.
438
00:25:38,578 --> 00:25:42,290
Every day... she's more gone.
439
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,967
(sobbing) I'm sorry, Malcolm.
440
00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:54,261
I'm sorry.
441
00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:04,229
Well, uh,
442
00:26:08,483 --> 00:26:13,405
I must tell you that I reject
everything you just said.
443
00:26:15,865 --> 00:26:19,744
You know, four years ago I met
an eight-year-old boy with cancer.
444
00:26:21,538 --> 00:26:26,126
And he hired me to sue God, actually.
445
00:26:28,712 --> 00:26:30,922
And Billy.
446
00:26:34,843 --> 00:26:37,470
Now, I do sometimes see him as a ghost.
447
00:26:39,889 --> 00:26:43,059
And do I know that it's me summoning
him up? In a way, of course.
448
00:26:43,143 --> 00:26:47,856
But I get to talk to him in my mind,
and I get to talk to him in my heart.
449
00:26:49,316 --> 00:26:51,818
And he'll never be gone...
450
00:26:51,901 --> 00:26:54,529
because I'll never let him go.
451
00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:58,783
You know, and it's because your mother's
still here, Malcolm, that you can't sing.
452
00:26:58,867 --> 00:27:02,495
And it's because your mother is
still here that you will sing again.
453
00:27:17,969 --> 00:27:20,555
Well, I don't even know
if I believe it myself.
454
00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:21,640
You don't?
455
00:27:21,723 --> 00:27:25,393
Well, I try to, but I--
I certainly need to, but--
456
00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:27,812
(exhales) I don't know.
457
00:27:27,896 --> 00:27:31,316
The truth is, John, is that it plays
right into my biggest fear--
458
00:27:31,399 --> 00:27:34,569
that when people are gone, they're gone.
459
00:27:36,029 --> 00:27:39,115
Now, my grandmother and... Billy.
460
00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:43,703
The idea that-that--
that they're nothingness--
461
00:27:43,787 --> 00:27:46,498
that we all become nothing.
462
00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:50,669
Well, do you believe that we have souls?
463
00:27:50,752 --> 00:27:52,545
Yes!
464
00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:57,676
Oh, you know, just tell me
something good. Anything.
465
00:27:57,759 --> 00:28:00,261
I just need to hear something good.
466
00:28:01,388 --> 00:28:04,391
We have souls.
467
00:28:09,479 --> 00:28:13,900
-Did they put the parade back on?
-Not yet. That's-- (groans)
468
00:28:13,983 --> 00:28:17,362
Wow, that case has really
gotten to you, hasn't it?
469
00:28:17,445 --> 00:28:21,908
It just so taps into what
I was saying a week ago.
470
00:28:21,991 --> 00:28:24,077
We've all become so deadened.
471
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:28,039
Now we're canceling parades. I mean,
472
00:28:28,123 --> 00:28:30,417
where's the hope, for God's sake?
473
00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:32,961
Are you deadened?
474
00:28:34,671 --> 00:28:38,675
Now, you've seemed so sad lately, and--
475
00:28:39,968 --> 00:28:43,555
Well, that's what this is,
isn't it? It's not that town.
476
00:28:43,638 --> 00:28:45,557
You've lost Christmas.
477
00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:54,733
Well, I'm behind on my Christmas shopping.
It makes me anxious, that's all.
478
00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:59,279
I haven't lost anything.
479
00:29:16,671 --> 00:29:19,299
VONDA: ♪ One little Christmas tree ♪
480
00:29:19,382 --> 00:29:22,302
♪ Standing alone ♪
481
00:29:22,385 --> 00:29:27,432
♪ Waiting for someone to come by ♪
482
00:29:27,515 --> 00:29:30,518
♪ One little Christmas tree ♪
483
00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:33,146
♪ That never had grown ♪
484
00:29:33,229 --> 00:29:37,942
♪ Cried as he looked up to the sky ♪♪
485
00:29:38,026 --> 00:29:42,030
A little late to be puttin' up a tree,
isn't it? Christmas Eve?
486
00:29:42,113 --> 00:29:43,823
Oh, well, yeah. (chuckles)
487
00:29:43,907 --> 00:29:47,452
But I-I guess it's better than
not putting one up at all.
488
00:29:47,535 --> 00:29:50,205
Mm-hmm.
489
00:29:50,288 --> 00:29:53,458
I, uh, just came from the church.
490
00:29:53,541 --> 00:29:56,252
-I got my job back.
-You did?
491
00:29:57,670 --> 00:30:02,258
Oh. Well, that's, uh-- That's fantastic.
492
00:30:02,342 --> 00:30:06,763
Yeah, I'm doing the midnight service
tonight. Um, at least I'm gonna try.
493
00:30:06,846 --> 00:30:10,725
Well, that-- that's great.
494
00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:14,145
Assuming I can come up
with something to say.
495
00:30:14,229 --> 00:30:17,357
Hmm. What do you feel?
496
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,193
-What do I feel?
-Yeah.
497
00:30:21,861 --> 00:30:23,863
Well, I feel, uh--
498
00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:32,247
I feel I need to believe in what you said.
499
00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:35,333
I need to believe somehow
she's still here.
500
00:30:37,502 --> 00:30:41,339
-Otherwise--
-Otherwise what?
501
00:30:41,422 --> 00:30:43,758
Otherwise, evil wins.
502
00:30:45,301 --> 00:30:50,890
(sighs) Yeah, well,
we can't let that happen.
503
00:30:55,103 --> 00:30:57,480
(water running)
504
00:30:57,564 --> 00:30:59,899
Punch anybody lately?
505
00:30:59,983 --> 00:31:02,360
You know, women hit on you
because they think they can.
506
00:31:02,443 --> 00:31:04,821
-Sorry?
-Well, I mean,
507
00:31:04,904 --> 00:31:09,409
they see that you're with me,
and they figure you're "gettable,"
508
00:31:09,492 --> 00:31:11,786
because you're handsome and I'm--
509
00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,414
-You're what?
-Well, I mean, let's face it, Glenn.
510
00:31:14,497 --> 00:31:18,501
You're prettier than me,
and I'm okay with that most of the time.
511
00:31:18,585 --> 00:31:21,838
But, you know, the laws of nature require
512
00:31:21,921 --> 00:31:25,550
beautiful men to be with beautiful women.
513
00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:27,552
So I just get insecure.
514
00:31:27,635 --> 00:31:33,016
First of all, you're the most beautiful
woman I have ever laid eyes on.
515
00:31:34,809 --> 00:31:36,853
Second, I love you.
516
00:31:39,063 --> 00:31:43,318
You're not just saying that because
you--you think that I need to hear it?
517
00:31:43,401 --> 00:31:46,738
I'm saying it because it's true.
518
00:31:46,821 --> 00:31:49,282
And because Elaine needs to hear it.
519
00:31:49,365 --> 00:31:51,367
(stall door opens)
520
00:31:55,163 --> 00:31:57,081
I'm sorry.
521
00:31:57,165 --> 00:31:59,667
I would never hit on somebody
else's boyfriend, Jenny.
522
00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:02,045
I mean, not for real.
523
00:32:02,128 --> 00:32:04,130
Well, that's sure what
it looked like, Elaine.
524
00:32:04,213 --> 00:32:07,050
And that's what it always
looks like with you.
525
00:32:07,133 --> 00:32:09,510
On this occasion,
it was just part of the act.
526
00:32:09,594 --> 00:32:11,763
As for what it always looks like,
527
00:32:11,846 --> 00:32:16,267
what you have to realize
with me, is my whole life...
528
00:32:16,351 --> 00:32:18,519
is pretty much just an act.
529
00:32:26,194 --> 00:32:28,529
Nobody's saying
they can't celebrate Christmas.
530
00:32:28,613 --> 00:32:32,575
He's denying them a permit to parade.
That's more than just holding back funds.
531
00:32:32,659 --> 00:32:37,288
Look, if families want to hold
celebrations, then of course that's okay.
532
00:32:37,372 --> 00:32:39,290
I'll be dressing up as Santa in my house.
533
00:32:39,374 --> 00:32:41,292
I'll be sorry to miss that.
534
00:32:42,710 --> 00:32:47,924
But in this town, they have
had a catastrophic year.
535
00:32:48,007 --> 00:32:50,635
Financially, humanly,
536
00:32:50,718 --> 00:32:54,347
it is simply not a time
for rejoicing on the streets.
537
00:32:54,430 --> 00:32:58,559
And to automatically throw a parade
simply because it's a Christmas tradition,
538
00:33:00,353 --> 00:33:02,480
well, to me, that mocks joy.
539
00:33:02,563 --> 00:33:06,275
You don't just check the calendar,
push a button, and start laughing.
540
00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:09,278
That trivializes happiness.
541
00:33:09,362 --> 00:33:12,198
It also ignores the profound loss.
542
00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:19,247
And the mayor of this town
doesn't believe in doing that.
543
00:33:34,595 --> 00:33:37,557
With all due "respectful-ism"
to the mayor's opinion,
544
00:33:38,725 --> 00:33:42,770
this is no year to be skipping Christmas.
545
00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:46,899
The people of Jackman, they have
been knocked to the ground.
546
00:33:46,983 --> 00:33:52,321
When that happens,
we get back up. It's who we are.
547
00:33:52,405 --> 00:33:56,284
That factory, Jackman's economy,
548
00:33:56,367 --> 00:34:00,371
was built on hope and optimism.
549
00:34:00,455 --> 00:34:05,710
And it needs to be rebuilt
with those same ingredients.
550
00:34:05,793 --> 00:34:10,048
As to the human loss, as
profound as it very much is,
551
00:34:10,131 --> 00:34:13,760
it is no honor to the fallen
552
00:34:13,843 --> 00:34:15,928
for the surviving to stay down.
553
00:34:16,012 --> 00:34:19,307
Now, we're not asking for
the right to be out on the streets,
554
00:34:19,390 --> 00:34:24,729
slurping margaritas
and singing "Que Sera, Sera."
555
00:34:29,525 --> 00:34:31,402
We just want to go on.
556
00:34:31,486 --> 00:34:34,238
And sometimes to do that,
557
00:34:35,448 --> 00:34:37,867
it helps to celebrate...
558
00:34:39,702 --> 00:34:42,205
good will toward men,
559
00:34:42,288 --> 00:34:46,000
peace on earth, and joy--
560
00:34:46,084 --> 00:34:50,546
a lot of things Christmas
stands for in this country.
561
00:34:50,630 --> 00:34:55,134
Of course, everybody hurts
for those firefighters.
562
00:34:55,218 --> 00:34:57,595
They are heroes...
563
00:34:57,678 --> 00:35:02,683
and they represent
the best of what we are.
564
00:35:04,143 --> 00:35:08,147
But I think that instead of going dark,
565
00:35:08,231 --> 00:35:11,609
let's let the lights shine...
566
00:35:11,692 --> 00:35:14,445
in their honor.
567
00:35:14,529 --> 00:35:18,783
Yes, we need schoolbooks.
We need snowplows.
568
00:35:18,866 --> 00:35:20,701
But as a people,
569
00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:24,455
this community has an emotional
need now that they--
570
00:35:24,539 --> 00:35:27,041
that they have never--
571
00:35:31,003 --> 00:35:33,047
Uh--
572
00:35:36,092 --> 00:35:39,387
It's--It's not a year
for skipping Christmas.
573
00:35:50,773 --> 00:35:53,151
♪♪ (Vonda humming)
574
00:35:53,234 --> 00:35:56,279
♪ Oh, the weather outside ♪
575
00:35:56,362 --> 00:36:00,324
♪ Is frightful ♪
576
00:36:00,408 --> 00:36:02,285
♪ But the fire ♪
577
00:36:02,368 --> 00:36:06,414
♪ Is so delightful ♪
578
00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:10,334
♪ And since we've no place ♪
579
00:36:10,418 --> 00:36:13,671
♪ To go ♪
580
00:36:13,754 --> 00:36:17,508
♪ Let it snow Let it snow ♪
581
00:36:17,592 --> 00:36:19,635
♪ Let it snow ♪♪
582
00:36:23,014 --> 00:36:26,267
-Ally?
-Malcolm. Hey.
583
00:36:26,350 --> 00:36:28,936
Hey, thanks for comin' in.
584
00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:30,980
Did you hear my dad got his job back?
585
00:36:31,063 --> 00:36:34,358
I did. That-That's what
I wanted to talk to you about.
586
00:36:34,442 --> 00:36:36,652
Um--
587
00:36:36,736 --> 00:36:38,821
Well, I-I'm sure that he went to the board
588
00:36:38,905 --> 00:36:42,533
and-and said all the right things, and-and
589
00:36:42,617 --> 00:36:45,203
I realize that maybe, um,
590
00:36:45,286 --> 00:36:47,955
what I said yesterday
had some effect, but, um--
591
00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:51,417
-But what?
-Well,
592
00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:56,088
I might have gotten him
most of the way back, but--
593
00:36:56,172 --> 00:36:59,800
Well, we both know that
he's not all the way back.
594
00:37:01,510 --> 00:37:03,804
You need to sing.
595
00:37:05,181 --> 00:37:07,934
-I'm not sure I can.
-You need to try.
596
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,313
For your mother, for your father, and--
597
00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:14,190
and for you.
598
00:37:15,942 --> 00:37:16,943
That it?
599
00:37:20,029 --> 00:37:22,114
Yeah. That's it.
600
00:37:29,997 --> 00:37:31,916
Ally?
601
00:37:31,999 --> 00:37:34,752
Are you okay?
602
00:37:34,835 --> 00:37:37,296
I'm fine. Fine.
603
00:37:37,380 --> 00:37:41,509
Well, merry Christmas.
604
00:37:43,052 --> 00:37:44,303
You too.
605
00:37:59,402 --> 00:38:00,987
He didn't take very long.
606
00:38:01,070 --> 00:38:03,114
Well, I'm sure he's anxious
to get to Whoville.
607
00:38:04,490 --> 00:38:07,451
-I apologize.
-BAILIFF: Be seated.
608
00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:14,625
A court has no authority to
order a mayor to throw a parade.
609
00:38:14,709 --> 00:38:19,880
However, withholding the permit,
that seems arbitrary.
610
00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:22,258
If the citizens want to congregate, march,
611
00:38:22,341 --> 00:38:26,387
rejoice on their own time and dime,
the government shouldn't stop them.
612
00:38:27,805 --> 00:38:30,224
Mayor Horn, this is, perhaps, a time
613
00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:34,645
when your citizenry has to learn
to deal without a few things.
614
00:38:34,729 --> 00:38:40,109
But I agree with Mr. Cage.
If there's any year you need Christmas--
615
00:38:40,192 --> 00:38:43,321
-Judgment for the plaintiff. Adjourned.
-(gavel raps)
616
00:38:43,404 --> 00:38:45,990
♪♪ (upbeat rock)
617
00:38:53,372 --> 00:38:57,084
♪ Oh, yeah
Candles burning low ♪
618
00:38:57,168 --> 00:39:00,004
♪ Lots of mistletoe ♪
619
00:39:00,087 --> 00:39:02,965
♪ Lots of snow and lights ♪
620
00:39:03,049 --> 00:39:05,885
♪ Everywhere we go ♪
621
00:39:05,968 --> 00:39:08,679
VONDA: ♪ Choirs singing carols ♪
622
00:39:08,763 --> 00:39:11,432
♪ Right outside my door ♪
623
00:39:11,515 --> 00:39:13,726
It just kills me I can't get
close to her mother.
624
00:39:13,809 --> 00:39:17,104
Her mother's getting married, Richard.
You're just gonna have to deal.
625
00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:20,149
I can deal with her getting married.
It's the idea she plans to be faithful.
626
00:39:20,232 --> 00:39:22,318
Where's the hope in that, I ask you?
627
00:39:22,401 --> 00:39:25,321
♪ That's what Christmas
means to me, my love ♪
628
00:39:25,404 --> 00:39:27,323
♪ That's what Christmas
means to me, my love ♪
629
00:39:27,406 --> 00:39:28,866
♪ Oh, yeah, ha ♪♪
630
00:39:35,998 --> 00:39:39,502
We come here tonight to
celebrate the birth of Christ.
631
00:39:39,585 --> 00:39:43,506
To rejoice in the spirit of the Lord.
632
00:39:43,589 --> 00:39:47,968
And to celebrate love itself.
633
00:39:50,012 --> 00:39:54,308
Hatred took the life
of a woman I cherished.
634
00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:57,645
And in so many ways,
635
00:39:57,728 --> 00:40:00,231
I felt that the...
636
00:40:00,314 --> 00:40:03,359
soul of humanity had been murdered.
637
00:40:03,442 --> 00:40:07,780
But then so many of you proved to me,
638
00:40:07,863 --> 00:40:11,742
as long as humanity resides in our hearts,
639
00:40:11,826 --> 00:40:14,829
it is truly immortal.
640
00:40:21,710 --> 00:40:25,089
I promised my son-- he's here tonight--
641
00:40:25,172 --> 00:40:27,925
to try to climb back
in the saddle, as well.
642
00:40:28,008 --> 00:40:31,720
He said to me, "Dad, get me up
there quick," while's he's able.
643
00:40:32,888 --> 00:40:37,017
So... my son.
644
00:40:39,103 --> 00:40:42,106
♪♪ (piano plays)
645
00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:58,789
(softly) ♪ Who can say for certain ♪
646
00:40:58,873 --> 00:41:01,542
♪ Maybe you're still here ♪
647
00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:05,838
♪ I feel you all around me ♪
648
00:41:05,921 --> 00:41:10,426
♪ Your memory so clear ♪
649
00:41:10,509 --> 00:41:14,263
♪ Deep in the stillness ♪
650
00:41:14,346 --> 00:41:17,975
♪ I can hear you speak ♪
651
00:41:18,058 --> 00:41:21,812
♪ You're still an inspiration ♪
652
00:41:21,896 --> 00:41:24,815
♪ Can it be ♪
653
00:41:24,899 --> 00:41:27,610
♪ That you are ♪
654
00:41:27,693 --> 00:41:33,782
♪ My forever love ♪
655
00:41:33,866 --> 00:41:37,453
♪ And you are watching over me ♪
656
00:41:37,536 --> 00:41:42,583
♪ From up above ♪
657
00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:46,462
♪ Are you gently sleeping ♪
658
00:41:46,545 --> 00:41:50,257
♪ Here inside my dream ♪
659
00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:54,053
♪ And isn't faith believing ♪
660
00:41:54,136 --> 00:41:58,098
♪ All power can't be seen ♪
661
00:41:58,182 --> 00:42:01,810
♪ As my heart holds you ♪
662
00:42:01,894 --> 00:42:05,397
♪ Just one beat away ♪
663
00:42:05,481 --> 00:42:08,859
♪ I cherish all you gave me ♪
664
00:42:08,943 --> 00:42:11,862
♪ Every day ♪
665
00:42:11,946 --> 00:42:15,866
♪ 'Cause you are my ♪
666
00:42:15,950 --> 00:42:19,912
♪ Forever love ♪
667
00:42:19,995 --> 00:42:23,499
♪ Watching me ♪
668
00:42:23,582 --> 00:42:27,419
♪ From up above ♪
669
00:42:27,503 --> 00:42:31,382
♪ And I believe ♪
670
00:42:31,465 --> 00:42:35,344
♪ That angels breathe ♪
671
00:42:35,427 --> 00:42:38,889
♪ And that love will live on ♪
672
00:42:38,973 --> 00:42:44,019
♪ And never leave ♪
673
00:42:44,103 --> 00:42:47,273
♪ Fly me up ♪
674
00:42:47,356 --> 00:42:49,358
♪ To where you are ♪
675
00:42:49,441 --> 00:42:53,445
♪ Beyond the distant star ♪
676
00:42:54,822 --> 00:42:58,075
♪ I wish upon tonight ♪
677
00:42:58,158 --> 00:43:02,454
♪ To see you smile ♪
678
00:43:02,538 --> 00:43:05,416
♪ If only for a while ♪
679
00:43:05,499 --> 00:43:09,920
♪ To know you're there ♪
680
00:43:10,004 --> 00:43:13,340
♪ A breath away's not far ♪
681
00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:20,014
♪ To where you are ♪
682
00:43:21,098 --> 00:43:24,268
♪ I know you're there ♪
683
00:43:25,686 --> 00:43:29,023
♪ A breath away's not far ♪
684
00:43:29,106 --> 00:43:36,071
♪ To where you are ♪♪
685
00:44:22,493 --> 00:44:23,952
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