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Fat Rita! Fat Rita!

- Line up over here and I'll be with you in a minute.

Is this for time?

Yes, this is for time.

I heard she was really slim

until she started eating everything in sight.

Now she wears all those big dresses

and old fashion sweatsuits

to hide all her lines.

Very funny.

All right.

And a grade.

Do I have to?

I'm afraid so, Rita.

Okay?

All right girls, let's go.

You can be excused.

- You know that guy from Fort Ord I was seeing?

What about him?

- He used to take out the home economics teacher

before she got fat.

Who'd want to take out that tubo?

You going up the rope like that, tubo?

- I'm warning you, Jackie, you better stop calling me that.

We'll just call you Moby Dick then.

Is it hard?

Kinda.

You going up the rope like that, tubo?

I gotta get to class.

Jackie and Rita.

Go.

Do a spin, Jackie.

I'll hold the end.

At the same time,

the agency issued new regulations

permitting diversions of propane gas...

and other high priority uses, if necessary...

What's so funny?

Here

Do you really need that second helping?

It's extra. We paid for it.

You aren't paying for it.

I'll take it.

- Don't you two have to get ready for school?

No.

Why not?

- Well it has to do with Jesus and it's not his birthday.

Oh, hilarious.

That's really hilarious.

Just trying to be helpful.

Well, don't be.

Is all this necessary?

Excuse me.

Kristina.

I'm not finished.

Why did you do that?

Huh?

You heard me.

That remark about a second helping.

Oh.

Because she's getting fat and you don't say a word.

You don't help her by humiliating her.

Let's get a governess in here.

Neither of us will have to do it.

She is too old for a governess.

Not a governess, per say.

A sort of,

housekeeper who's good at mediation.

Well, swell.

We can have a union.

The kids will have strikes and labor wars.

Okay.

Let's do something.

How about the grapefruit diet?

Glenn, she's an adolescent.

That's her problem.

Don't you remember when you were 15?

I do.

What a memory.

Well, it was tough.

I ate my way out of going to two proms.

Okay, how do we approach her?

Don't humiliate her.

You got it.

I got some stuff for Margaret to iron.

- Oh, she went to her sister's for a few days.

I'll do it.

No.

You'll like it.

I'll like it.

- Would you pick up a bottle of Caligastia?

I've tried all over town.

Would you try Applebee's?

Okay.

Bye.

Glenn?

Bye.

Is he gone?

Finish your breakfast, Kris.

What's your day like?

We're going shopping, remember?

Oh.

If I'm up to it, honey.

Rita did it again.

You know, ever since Jackie Siegel's accident,

she's been acting really strange.

That was nearly a month ago.

Some of the kids said when she fell...

Kristin.

How about doing the dishes for me, sport?

Okay.

You wanna talk?

Nope.

Bad one, huh?

What?

Real bummer?

Medium bad.

Might help to talk.

Might help you. Won't help me.

Okay.

What are you making?

You know, Rita,

you really make it very difficult for me to say I'm sorry.

- Is Kathleen still being peculiar?

I don't know. I haven't seen Ryan.

Kathleen doesn't want to see anyone,

especially me.

Something must have happened.

Best friends just don't turn off like that.

You know, he's called in a parapsychologist.

You're kidding.

No.

Analysis didn't do it,

so now he's looking for ghosts in her closet.

Weird.

The whole town is getting strange.

Ever since that Jackie Siegel accident.

Love it.

Seen the price?

Afraid to look.

350.

Oh, I hate it.

- Let's get the banana cake at Donatello's.

Oh, that cake is ruining me.

I don't even bother to eat it anymore.

I just supply it directly to my hips.

You don't wanna go?

I didn't say that.

Okay then.

Be honest, is the banana cake fresh?

Yes ladies, the banana cake is fresh

if there's any left.

What's the alternative?

Well we have two day old rum cake

and some nice éclairs,

if they haven't gone bad.

Is that what you want?

No.

No, we'll have the banana cake, if there's any left, please

and some coffee.

You too?

Yes.

He's something.

Are your girls gonna swim in the meet?

Kris is. Rita's too old.

Too old at 15?

Do you love it?

I guess Terri's gonna compete.

She's been so damned impossible, though.

I'm not counting on it.

And Lyn hates Jo Standish, so I don't know.

Who's Jo Standish?

The new gym teacher at school.

She's also the guidance counselor

and she's a tough one.

Well you have to be to handle our kids

eight hours a day.

Oh, I know.

Terri and Lyn are constantly at each other's throat.

Please, tell me I'm not alone.

You are not alone.

Thank God.

You are in luck, ladies.

Fresh banana cake.

Thank you.

- You know, Rita's having an awful time with it.

Kris and the other kids

know how to go right where it hurts.

With Rita, right now, it's her weight.

They call adults cruel.

Used to kill me last year.

I'd go and pick her up at school,

she'd be hiding in a building, waiting for me.

She'd only come out when she saw my car.

And even then, those kids still found a way to yell

some rotten thing at her to finish her off.

- I bet they take classes on how to hurt each other.

Sadism, 1-A.

Speaking of schools,

did you hear about that Webster Elementary school business?

What?

On the news.

Oh.

They had to close the school.

The kids were throwing up, eyes burning,

disorientation.

I tell you, the whole peninsula is getting weird.

How is the banana cake? Good?

- If I ever come in and ask for this recipe,

don't dare give it to me.

Trust me.

Rita?

Kris?

Kris?

Hey.

What's going on?

Nothing.

What've you been doing?

Hey.

I'm talking to you.

I thought you were talking to Kris.

I'm talking to both of you.

Ask Kris.

I'm asking you.

Will you stop these games?

We made a bet.

She lost.

What kind of bet?

- She said she could hold her breath for two minutes

and she didn't make it so now she's mad.

How intelligent.

May I be excused?

Please.

Why are you out of breath?

I beat her.

I made it to a minute and a half.

And if she'd lose about 500 pounds,

she might be able to make it to a minute.

That's enough!

That is enough. You can scrap shopping.

Oh, mom!

Oh, mom.

Will you stop it, Rita? Damn it.

I can't stand her whining.

Stop it! Both of you!

She starts it.

You both start it.

- We don't like each other, mother. Face it.

Rita, that's an awful thing to say.

That is awful.

No it isn't.

It doesn't bother her any.

Ask her.

No, it doesn't bother me.

It bothers me.

Then let's not discuss it.

7:10, boarding at gate one.

What're you doing here?

I don't need a lift.

I thought we might go out for a drink.

What's the matter?

Nothing's the matter.

Yeah, something's the matter.

No kiss. No hello.

You're not programmed for anything

but going to Los Angeles and coming home.

Keep your voice down.

Boy have you changed.

I remember a time we used to sit on the football field,

you with one goal post, me at another,

a bottle of cheap red wine between us,

yelling dirty things at each other.

What's the matter? Am I embarrassing you?

Don't want me to yell.

Wanna hear?

- Are you gonna try and ruin my reputation?

- No, I'm just trying to put some of the old pizzaz

back in our marriage.

We're not 25 anymore.

We're not 85 either,

but you act like you're pushing it.

- You want to drop by the field on the way home

and have a replay?

Don't make fun of me.

I'm not kidding.

I'm not either.

I'll meet you at the Three Knights.

You're on.

Now get in that car and drive.

I'll get there before you.

Oh, yeah?

I will.

She had the strangest expression on her face.

Like what?

I don't know.

A kind of

cynicism.

A hardness.

A cruelty. I don't know.

A cynic at 15?

Only in the screwy times could you be a cynic at 15.

Maybe I saw something that wasn't there.

- I heard a great definition of a cynic the other day.

Knowledgeable apathy.

Isn't that grand?

Knowledgeable apathy.

Knowledgeable apathy.

Maybe we should send her to a psychiatrist.

Or a firing squad.

Come on.

Scratch that.

- Rita's going through a very, very bad time now

and she needs our support.

Nobody ever said that kids were easy.

Some are more difficult than others.

- Well, she's difficult because she's unhappy.

She's unhappy because she's fat

and she's fat because...

Yes?

You want another drink?

She's fat because?

Something's missing.

End analysis.

Oh, I'll tell you.

Don't say, love.

You love her.

Of course I love her.

Do you love her enough?

Kris is so easy for you to love.

Rita's harder.

She's ours too.

She's a part of both of us.

Can't we both love her a little harder?

I could use a little too, you know?

She looks at me like I just

won the ogre award.

How do you look at her?

Like she'd just given me the award.

All right, I'll give it a shot.

I'm still gonna kick her in the butt

when she gets smart.

And compliment her when she does right.

And pray, God, she's 18 tomorrow.

Tonight.

- That's all the time I'm giving her right now.

My evenings are short enough.

What the?

What's wrong with that thing?

I'll take care of it.

Call them.

The door person.

You alright honey?

Yeah, that light is still out.

Oh, he's coming Tuesday.

I thought you said Monday.

No, Tuesday.

And when do the cable people come?

Thursday.

We're home.

Hi.

How's dinner coming?

I don't know.

What do you mean you don't know?

Well, Rita left.

She was supposed to fix dinner.

She didn't.

I'll try again.

Did she make an attempt to start dinner?

No.

Did you?

Mhmm.

- Was there any excuse why she didn't make dinner?

She said she had better things to do.

Boot in the rear time.

All right, Glenn.

What did you make, honey?

Surprise.

Who left my bathroom in a mess?

I did.

I was dying some eggs.

Well,

after dinner, you and some cleanser up here.

Huh?

Kris, I want some answers.

Rita said she was going out

and she would be back in time for dinner.

Who was supposed to make dinner?

You, I guess.

She's got a surprise coming.

No dinner for her?

Don't gloat.

You have nothing to worry about.

Wait until you see what I made.

Good lord.

I'll clean it up.

You're not kidding.

What could you make that would take all these pots?

Pizza.

Pizza?

From scratch.

Where'd you get the recipe?

Kid at school.

A kid at school?

An Italian kid.

You're heading for a fall, little lady.

Your mother asked you to do something.

I had something else to do.

That was more important?

Yes.

- I think you can go without your dinner tonight.

Big deal.

I'm going.

Thanks for dropping in.

Sorry about dinner.

Are you, Rita?

Well, it's no great tragedy, is it?

No, but it's rude

and I think it's a rotten thing to do.

Can I go to my room?

In a minute.

Well?

I'd like an explanation.

Where I went?

For start.

Just out.

Walking.

I know that it's hard to believe

that I felt that walking was more important

than making dinner, but I did.

That's it?

That's it.

Okay.

You stated your case. Now I'll state mine.

This is not a crash pad.

This is our home.

You will live here as a member of our family.

Not a guest.

If you don't.

Then what?

- Then you will have to find another place to live.

You don't care too much for me, do you?

How dare you say that to me, Rita.

I love you, you know?

No, I'm not sure I do know that.

You're the only one I do love.

Nobody, just you.

I love you too.

Sometimes you make it very hard.

We all do.

Don't give me that we stuff.

I don't like my father anymore than he loves me.

And Kristina could die for all I care.

Rita!

Kristina is a simpering little toad.

She traps you with all her looks.

Underneath, she's weak and stupid,

unworthy and useless.

Stop it.

You gave me life.

You cared for me when I was sick.

You held me when I cried.

You fed me when I was hungry.

Those things are not forgotten.

Nothing is forgotten.

Each deed is written in fog

and when I must, I draw upon those deeds.

I reproach myself.

Each deed is written in fog.

Stop it!

Stop it!

Stop that, Rita!

Stop it!

- I must now call those deeds an act of God.

Each deed is written in fog.

I know I must draw upon those deeds.

I reproach myself.

- And she seemed out of control.

Certainly out of my control.

It was as though she had been hypnotized.

Possessed.

I don't know.

And it didn't seem to be coming from her.

It was a recitation, a litany.

Something rehearsed.

It was also delivered with anger.

With commitment.

I didn't know what to do.

I wanted to shake it out of her.

Bring her back or hold her tight to let her know

it was all right, that I loved her.

But it frightened me being that close.

For the first time, I was afraid of my own daughter.

I was afraid to take my eyes off her.

To turn my back on her.

I was afraid to hold her.

You're probably wondering why I didn't do something then.

It certainly wasn't natural behavior.

But kids are always dramatizing.

They work hard at trying to be noticed.

Acknowledged.

Especially Rita.

At school they tease her for being different.

At home, she flaunts it.

I thought it was just another act.

Rita, I told you no dinner.

I think you should go to your room.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Glenn, wait a minute.

What was all that about?

I don't know.

What are we having for dinner?

Pizza.

What?

Pizza.

You gotta be kidding.

Pizza?

That's what she made.

Hey, Kris, I hear you made a pizza.

That's terrific.

- Well, I think I got all the bugs worked out.

Looks kinda funny.

Oh, looks great.

Nice try.

Dinner's on me.

I'll get Rita.

No.

No Rita.

It's not right.

It doesn't seem right to you, Marilyn,

because she will be unhappy.

Now that's a lousy reason.

She asked for it.

I can't leave without her.

- In the first place, missing one meal won't hurt her.

And the second place, it's about time she found out

who's running this house.

She parades around here like she's a damn movie queen.

Let's go.

All right, I'll warm up the car.

Kris.

Hi, Glenn.

Marilyn.

Stan.

- Hi, what're you doing out? - Sit down.

Before the big battle?

- Oh, getting my brief together in the bar.

Oh, that's what they mean

by the California bar association.

Oh.

Man, she's gorgeous.

You must be sick of hearing that.

When does a woman hate a compliment?

Where's Rita?

She's doing her homework.

I really wish you well tomorrow.

I think you mean it.

Damn right I do.

You nail those landlords to the wall.

To the wall.

I better go home.

I think I'm a little high.

- You'll fit right in to the Elliot's party on Friday.

Oh, yes.

The Elliot's.

Just once, I'd like to go to a party and enjoy myself.

I'm getting too old to fight all the time.

Same old routine.

Shake up the wasps.

You all get purged. I just get tired.

Oh, come on, you love it.

No, I mean it.

I'd just like to sit there and listen to there pap

and get quietly loaded.

You're on your way tonight.

Well, I'm off.

Chow all.

Good luck tomorrow.

Thank you.

Let's go.

What's the matter?

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Glenn?

Daddy, are you all right?

Just get in the car.

I don't wanna get in the car!

Kris, get in the car.

Stan just tried to kill me.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Did you see him?

I saw the car, Marilyn.

Maybe it just looked like his car.

It was Stan.

What're you going to do?

I don't know.

You know you can ruin him?

He coulda killed me.

It doesn't make any sense.

I know he was high.

Call him.

Yeah, you can bet on it.

Get in the car.

I'm gonna get some soda.

Do you want something?

No thanks.

What is it?

Huh?

Somebody's been driving my car!

Were you driving the car?

I hate driving.

Where were you with the car?

I told you, I didn't take the car.

Somebody's been driving that car.

The hood is warm.

Is that it?

Hate to disappoint you all.

So?

So, if you check the garage,

you'll find my electric blanket on the ledge.

Why?

I was trying to hatch these eggs

and I need a flat surface, so I used the hood of the car.

Where's the mother?

Dead.

Well why not here?

Why the hood of my car?

I never tried hatching anything before.

I didn't know what to expect.

I thought there might be a mess.

And if you messed up the hood of my car?

I'd have cleaned it up.

I don't understand you.

I know.

No luck?

No.

Nothing happened.

Well,

you keep it warm.

It just might hatch.

It's funny how things die for no reason.

I'm gonna lock up downstairs.

Are you through there?

Yeah.

Goodnight, darling.

Goodnight.

You feel warm.

I'm okay, really.

Let's just see about it.

Poor baby.

Marilyn?

In a minute.

Be right back.

I can read it.

Don't both of you talk at once.

What is it?

Helen is on the extension.

She's nearly hysterical.

He blacked out.

Doesn't remember a thing.

I knew it.

Stan?

Just listen to me.

I didn't tell anybody, so if nobody saw you,

you're okay.

Well, you know, that's your department.

No, I don't know what you should do.

I think we should talk, though.

Good.

Yeah, whenever.

Okay.

He says his enemies would love to get a hold of this.

It could ruin him.

Of course.

How does it feel to hold a man's future in your hands?

Scary.

- There must be an explanation to all this.

Don't harass the left wing.

I love it.

It's a shame to lose it.

Time marches on.

Yeah.

You know, you never do your Richard Widmark anymore.

Oh.

Oh, my famous wheelchair scene.

Yeah.

- Where I push the old lady down the stairs.

Yeah.

- You wanna see me push the old lady down the stairs?

Stop.

Your work's killing you.

Can't you cut back?

You don't cut back in furniture design.

You stay ahead.

Toss the chips.

Why don't we toss in a few?

We don't have to impress.

All right.

- I'll close the plant and I'll open a handy craft store

and we'll make funky jewelry out of our silverware.

- I'm afraid that we'll fall into a martini pitcher

and we'll never be heard from again.

We're not gonna drown.

Promise?

Yes.

We could do with a lot less, you know?

I mean, keeping up with the neighbors

is a thing of the past.

You don't have to prove anything to anyone.

We have each other,

the girls, our family,

it's the only important thing.

I never see you anymore.

Good morning.

How you feel?

Pretty good.

Morning.

You hungry?

No.

What do you want?

Some fruit?

It's all yours.

Could I have some coffee?

I guess so.

Me too?

You stick to milk.

What are you doing today?

- Well, this afternoon I'm going to charity tea

and then your dad's working late,

so this evening I'm going over to the Bellamy's.

Kathleen called.

No!

She might have something you can catch.

She doesn't.

Please.

Well, I have to, Rita.

Kathleen is my friend.

I agree with her.

You shouldn't go.

Eat.

Hi, Marilyn.

Hi.

Come on in.

Sure.

Sit down?

How about a drink?

No, thank you.

How is she?

She's been feeling fine all day.

She's really looking forward to seeing you.

Oh, good.

Well, where is she?

She's upstairs.

She'll be down in a few minutes.

I, ah.

You, ah, what?

Called in a parapsychologist.

I heard.

- Well, damn it Marilyn, I didn't know what else to do.

I had to call somebody.

I'll laugh if you laugh.

I can't laugh.

I've watched Kathleen come apart for no reason.

We've tried everything.

Marilyn, don't give me that look.

I'm sorry, Ryan.

It's just that the occult, you know?

I'll go get Kathleen.

What did he say about it?

That somebody hexed her.

Kathleen, here's Marilyn.

What is it?

Kathleen!

Help her!

Do something!

She burned.

She just burned.

I mean, there wasn't any fire.

She just exploded.

You should've seen her face.

I mean her blood was just,

it was boiling.

And she just burned up.

Oh.

Is Ryan all right?

Yeah.

Is he?

Well, he's fine.

His brother's there with him.

The doctor thought somebody should be around.

Yeah?

- The shock and everything kinda wiped him out.

But his heart is okay.

There's nothing to worry about.

Oh, god.

The kids are studying.

I saw Stan.

He cried all over me

and we vowed an undying friendship

and free legal fees for two years.

Still doesn't remember anything.

It's a big blank.

Do you want anything?

How about some soup?

No, honey, nothing.

You sure?

How do you feel?

Rest, okay.

Oh.

Pretty shaky.

Brought you some soup.

Thank you, honey.

It'll make you feel better.

I warned you, didn't I?

Yes.

And then you left.

Where did you go to?

Just out.

Did you go over there?

Why should I go over there?

Why don't you tell me?

How is it?

Good.

It's packaged.

Rita.

I didn't go over there.

I'm not hungry.

Okay.

I'll check back later.

She's no problem.

She's bright as a penny.

On the honor roll, as you know.

The girls tease her.

They make fun of her.

Most of the time they don't even talk to her.

The Siegel girl used to tease her a lot.

I know.

Rita is not an unattractive girl.

No, she's pretty

and gifted.

What about Jackie Siegel?

What kind of girl was she?

Very pretty. Popular.

A little preoccupied with boys.

What happened?

Jackie fell.

She just fell.

And the fall broke her neck.

I wish I could be more help to you.

Mrs. Matchett, I know that Rita's your daughter

and I know you would like her to be more like other girls.

But some girls will be different.

Most of the people who've left

a meaningful legacy in this world have been.

No, that's not much for you.

Not this week.

Thank you very much.

Okay, my lovelies.

Shower time!

Hold on to me, Glenn.

I feel like I'm on the last mile.

Honey, these are you friends.

They better be.

Let's have a drink.

Marilyn, so nice to see you.

Glenn.

Oh, I'm glad you came.

I was afraid you wouldn't.

No, I'm feeling a little crazy.

Tie down the lamp shade.

That's good.

What can I get you to drink?

Scotch for both of us.

Hers neat, mine with water.

There you go.

Both of you will be better when you've had a drink.

Did you get our check?

Yes, yes, thanks.

You know, we've pulled in over 15 thousand?

That used to be an endangered species.

Excuse me a second, honey.

My tongue is trapped.

You know that feeling?

I can't talk about Kathleen.

It was awful, that's all.

Mine's the neat one.

Yes.

Oh, Glenn.

How do you feel?

Like I hoped.

Nice party.

It's a bit classy, but Fenetia likes it.

Could do with a few more good friends.

Oh, is Stan here?

Right over there.

Hantly's trying to shoot holes in his plan

for a national health program.

One of them's gonna need a doctor before it's over.

Well, I think you know everybody else here.

Jill,

Marilyn.

Marilyn, I want you to meet someone.

I'll see you in a minute.

Marilyn Matchett, this is Dale Boyce.

How do you do?

Hello.

Oh Jill.

Excuse me.

I was sorry to hear about your friend.

About Mrs. Bellamy.

You knew her?

Her husband called me.

You're the parapsychologist.

She was murdered, you know.

I'm sorry, I tend to be blunt.

That's putting it mildly.

- Somebody hated Kathleen Bellamy enough to kill her

and you were the instrument, Mrs. Matchett.

You were the weapon.

You know that your name terrified her?

I'm not listening to you.

That your physical presence killed her?

That is not true.

I tried very hard to reach you.

And I wouldn't have listened.

Would you please excuse me?

You should leave the area altogether.

Only you won't.

Of course not.

Mrs. Matchett, I am on a lecture tour.

I'm gonna be in San Francisco.

If you should ever need me.

The Elliot party was my first experience

of such a concentration of power.

The Lang-Meadows telekinetic folio

clearly states that such concentrations

are usually accompanied by an odor

and, or a sound.

The odor is said to resemble vegetable decomposition

and the sound is a clicking.

A clicking noise.

I experienced neither of these,

but noted a swelling of the glands in my throat

accompanied by a rising fever,

resulting in epidermal sensitivity

and a strange visual phenomenon

I can only describe as...

A wave of ink.

My initial assumption was secondary delirium

brought on by the fever,

but I am not ruling out the possibility

of visual recording of the power itself.

If that is true, then the alpha shade

places the source of evil at between

plus 30

and 35.

My breathing returned to normal within five minutes

after leaving the source of power.

After the experience

with Kathleen Bellamy,

I should've packed us all up and left, but I didn't.

Meeting you only confirmed my suspicions.

I never told you I went to see Jackie Siegel's mother.

I think I was hoping that Jackie would answer the door

and make a liar out of her mother

and Jo Standish and everyone else.

I'd discover it was just another cruel joke

that they were playing on Rita.

It was a stupid thing to do.

I got a hysterical mother who slammed the door in my face.

Still, not enough proof.

I would've needed a train wreck on my front porch

to convince me something was wrong.

The nightmare got worse.

I can't believe.

What's the matter with Kris?

She seems upset.

Is she upset to you?

Huh?

No, I think she's gonna be all right.

It's just that,

well, she and Rita were having it out.

Both girls were really having a shout.

What did they fight about?

Hell.

Didn't you hear anything?

- I don't know what they were fighting about.

We're in trouble again.

Beautiful, Kris.

Kris!

Kris!

Kris!

Kris!

You all right?

She's okay.

You'll be warm in a minute.

How'd it go?

There was an accident.

I'm sorry.

Didn't even ask what happened.

Thank god.

Get her out of this house.

Please, just get her out.

What were you two fighting about?

Nothing.

I want to know.

She's been spying on me.

I warned her to stop.

What kind of warning?

I am talking to you.

- The only kind of warning she understands.

- What kind of warning does a 15 year old kid

give a 13 year old kid?

To grow up.

That is not a warning.

That is a request.

I told Kris that if she didn't grow up

she wouldn't be around to grow up.

And that's a threat.

- People who mess around on other people's business,

people who laugh at other people because they're different

deserve to be punished.

Jackie Siegel was one of those.

Jackie Siegel fell.

That was an accident.

I know.

I was there.

Rita?

You're playing a dangerous game with your mind.

You could delude yourself right into a sanitarium.

You're scaring a lot of people.

You're not fooling me.

It's cheap and easy to scare people

who are younger than you.

The only power you have

is the power of your own will.

That's all any of us has.

That's right.

Want anything before I leave?

Yeah, as a matter of fact,

I think I'd like one of those garbage sandwiches.

You know, everything in the fridge.

Heavy on the mayo.

Oh that's what I mean.

Just heaps of it.

Want a beer?

Yeah, but you don't have to bring it up.

I'll come down.

Damn right.

What was that?

Oh, I love it when you swear at me.

Not now.

Not now.

You want me to go with you to Ryan?

No.

If he's not feeling well, it'll probably be too much.

- Tell him that I'll come by toward the end of the week.

Ryan?

Hello?

Ryan?

Hello?

Ryan?

Mrs. Matchett.

Ross.

You scared the hell out of me.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Why are all the lights out?

Where's Ryan?

My brother's dead, Mrs. Matchett.

This afternoon, he took a sudden turn.

His heart just couldn't take it, I guess,

with Kathleen dying and all.

I know how you felt.

We'll let you know about the funeral arrangements.

You know he had a bad heart.

He had a weak heart.

Honey, it's the same thing.

No.

It slowed him down.

It shouldn't have

killed him.

After that shock?

Honey,

I hate to bring this up now.

I think we oughta send Rita away.

Do you understand?

I want to send her away.

No.

We can't dump her

like garbage.

Nobody's dumping her.

Remember that school

outside of London?

Saint Catherine's.

If you remember, last year she begged us

to let her go there.

No!

I don't wanna talk about it anymore tonight.

Well, we have to.

I'm gonna have to move fast.

Look, it won't hurt to check it out.

Maybe going away is what she needs.

She needs us.

I'm not so sure about that.

Maybe she needs a break from us.

A chance to breathe on her own.

Kids are different there.

Just let me check it out.

Please, let me check it out.

All right.

Check.

It's me.

I was asleep.

I have to talk to you.

I'm tired.

It's important.

Can't it wait?

- Several times you've started to tell me things

and each time you stopped.

I want you to tell me now.

I can't.

You must.

I'm afraid.

You have to.

What are you doing?

Rita

and that Standish lady.

They sing together.

They sit and they sing weird things.

What kind of things?

I couldn't get close enough.

Where do they do this?

At the Standish's.

Do they do it alone?

Yeah.

What does the singing sound like?

I don't know.

Think.

It's kind of a chant.

Were you alone when you saw them?

No, Mrs. Bellamy was with me.

We went that day to collect for the paper drive.

At school, the day you couldn't take me.

I remember.

When she didn't answer the ring,

we went around to the side and looked in

through the window.

That night, Rita told me if I ever told anybody,

she'd hex me.

Kris,

what really happened to Jackie Seigel?

She fell.

Just like Rita said she would.

Just like Rita told her to?

She still fell.

The kids at school are scared to death of her.

They all used to tease her.

When they saw what happened to Jackie Seigel,

exactly like Rita said it would.

What upset your sister?

- Jackie and the kids were calling her names

and teasing her and laughing at her.

And Rita started to get all red and cry.

- What did you do when your sister was crying?

Nothing, why?

I'm ashamed that you should ask.

How can you protect her when you know

that she's done all those things?

In the first place,

I don't think she has.

And in the second place, she is my daughter.

She's sick and crazy.

She is not.

She is different.

She tried to kill me.

Now that was an accident.

It wasn't an accident.

She tried to make it look like it was an accident

and she's fooling everybody.

How can you protect her?

One day, you will see.

Marilyn Matchett.

Mrs. Matchett.

Mr. Boyce.

Dale.

- I must tell you, I don't really wanna be here.

I know that.

You pick that up?

- I wouldn't have to be a sensitive to feel that.

Won't you please sit down?

Are you?

A sensitive?

Yes.

We all are.

Theoretically, everybody has the ability to send

and to receive.

Not everyone's developed it.

What's the trick?

Pretty much knowing that it's there.

It's like I. Q.

Some people have a high I. Q.

Some people are low.

But everybody has an I. Q.

What do you wanna know?

What the hell's going on?

There's a power loose.

Are you aware that this area

is the most powerful in North America?

How do you mean?

Psychically.

Psychic energy.

Someone has learned to tap that

and to transmit it and has taught others to transmit.

You can't organize that sort of thing.

Oh yes you can.

Hitler was able to mobilize an entire nation with words

and only with words.

The human brain is a very powerful weapon.

One word can become a bullet.

But you don't believe me, so I won't go on.

Do, go on.

Why?

I don't know.

Control. Power.

Always a strong motivation.

Do you know what a mantra is?

A chant.

Yes.

And it works.

It's used in transcendental meditation,

Nichiren, Shu Buddhism.

Pretty much the same thing.

The reason that it works

is that the individual passionately wants it to work.

Now if that could work for good,

it could as easily work for what we might call evil.

One genuine sensitive

with a hierarchy of sensitives under him.

I'll leave it to your imagination.

You're welcome to stay if you like.

Oh, no thank you.

I think that you should stay.

I can't.

I have to get home.

Mrs. Matchett, please.

We must talk.

You and I must really talk.

Will you wait for me?

Yes, all right.

It's good.

Kristina helped.

I sautéed.

It's gorgeous.

Fattening though.

Was that for my benefit?

You know it wasn't.

Don't look for a fight.

- It is fattening, but sometimes it's good for the soul

to eat something that's really rotten for you, now and then.

I'm not very hungry.

Can I be excused?

Yeah.

Sure.

I've got some news.

Good news I hope.

For Rita, yes.

That school that you wanted to go to in England,

I did some checking today.

I made a call and you can go late.

Your grades are good, you're on the honor roll

and they said, under the circumstances...

But I don't wanna go now.

I like it here.

But six months ago.

I've changed my mind.

- Honey, we thought that it might be a good...

I said I've changed my mind.

Rita.

I think it's best.

I don't.

I can see that.

Since you don't run this household.

Glenn.

Her passport's good.

It's only been two years since we were there.

So we don't have to worry about that.

I've got her on Pan Am Thursday night.

I thought we'd all go into the city early and have dinner.

- Why don't you get on that plane yourself?

Rita.

Nobody's getting rid of me!

I'm staying until you're all dead and buried.

Till you rot in your graves.

You'll never get rid of me! Never!

- I'll put her on that plane if I have to kick her on.

Who the hell does she think she is?

I'll drop 30 milligrams of

Lupron in her milk and pour her on.

She's going, I'll tell you that.

She's going up and over that ocean

and out of our lives.

All right.

I know that you don't think I love her.

I do.

At least, I did.

Something soured somewhere.

I don't know where.

You two.

You two were in trouble from the beginning.

Every father wants a little princess

and she just never was one.

She came out kicking and screaming,

like she hated being born.

- And she's been paying us back ever since.

- Maybe she knew what was in store for her.

I don't know.

She's mine.

She's mine.

I can't give her up.

Not yet.

What are you fighting for?

A nervous breakdown?

Fighting for us.

We're a family and she's a part of it.

Well she can be a part of it in England.

On Thursday we give her a second chance

and we give ourselves a break,

I'm not gonna see you come apart at the seems

just because you wouldn't admit defeat.

- She's hurting inside. Can't you see that?

Can't you see she's all twisted up?

I can't leave it like this.

A bunch of broken glasses and a lot of hatred.

I need time with her.

Alone.

You've got a high tolerance for pain.

All right, I'll get Kris and we'll go to a movie.

No.

I need more time.

You and Kristina sleep over at Stan's.

I want the whole night with her.

Please.

Please.

All right.

I'll call him.

Glenn.

I've never done it before.

Not really.

Not alone.

Rita, you have the power.

And now you know how to use it.

Can't I just make him sick?

He'll get well

and then you'll have to deal with it all over again.

My mother?

She'll get over it.

Look, I don't want people to die.

I liked Ryan Bellamy.

I had nothing to do with that.

His heart just gave out.

- But if you hadn't done that to Mrs. Bellamy.

I had to.

She would've told everybody.

Rita, I don't like this turnaround.

You didn't feel like this

when you first came to me about Jackie Seigel, did you?

But you said you could stop her.

I didn't know you were gonna do that.

Oh yes you did.

You knew exactly.

Why do you think I put her up against you?

- You said you were going to humiliate her.

And I did.

That silly little girl.

I would have killed her for you.

She was your enemy.

Kathleen Bellamy is our enemy.

Oh Rita, we're building something.

You have a great power.

It's as great as my own.

Now I let you get away with scaring your sister,

but I can't let your father put you on that plane.

I'll make him sick.

Real sick.

I can't take that risk.

Soon we'll have a whole community of special people.

A community?

Do you think it stops with us?

I'll be right back where I was.

What do you mean?

Everybody will be the same.

I won't be different or special.

You are special.

It's mine! I don't want to share it!

Real power is in the sharing.

No.

Rita, trust me.

No, for the first in my life

I have enjoyed being different.

If it's given to others, I won't be different.

- My dear, you will be with people who will appreciate you.

I don't wanna be with people!

There's no point in pursuing this.

You're not giving it to anyone else.

And you're not giving any orders.

Mother, is that you?

Yes.

I'm making something.

Hungry?

No.

Making grilled cheese.

I don't know why I get hungry so late at night.

It's the wrong time to eat, but I can't help it.

You want me to make you one?

Something wrong?

Sit down.

Let me just get this on the griddle.

Now.

I will, in a minute.

Now.

I said,

in a minute.

What have you done?

Do you understand me?

It is over.

It is finished. It is the end.

How?

How did you?

If anything happens to your father

or to your sister

or to anyone else.

What?

What will you do?

I will destroy you.

Don't try it.

Rita, don't make me.

You can't, I'm the only one.

Where do you think you got it?

No.

I was born with it.

That's right.

You better think of what you're going to take with you.

I'm not going.

Something warm.

It's quite cold there until July.

I'm not going!

I'll help you.

I'm not going! I'm not going!

Mother!

Oh please, don't make me go.

I like it here.

It's all over.

It's gonna be all right.

You're gonna be all right.

You're home.

You're home.

You're home.

You're home.

- I have my daughter back now.

And I'm not going to lose her.

I don't want to use the power ever again.

This telekinetic I. Q. I've got is not a gift.

It's a curse.

I hate it.

And at the same time, I'm grateful for it.

One last thing.

How do you bury it?

I don't want it.

I'm not ready to handle it.

It's like any kind of power.

It's much too tempting.

- I am experiencing the distortion once again.

It's a little clearer this time.

I have an idea that I'm going to try.

I end this tape with a note.

The telekinetic concentration seems to intensify

after the Matchett's relocation.

The board indicated movement to coastal cities.

San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco.

Lake Ridge being only one of four

inland, rural communities high in alpha intensity.

Carmel, extending to the Big Sur,

then south to San Luis Obispo

and north to Seaside.

Power.

It's much too tempting.

- It's like any kind of power.

It's much too tempting.

It's much too tempting.