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Line up over here and I'll be with you in a minute. All right?

Is it timed?

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 those old-fashioned sweat suits to hide all the lard.

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.

Yeah? Good.

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 wanna take out that tubbo?

You gonna grow up like that, tubbo?

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

I will just call you Moby Dick, then.

Beached again.

Is it hard? Kinda.

You going up the rope like that, tubbo?

Huh?

I gotta get to class.

Come on!

Okay.

Faster! Come on!

Jackie and Rita.

Go.

Do a spin, Jackie, I'll hold the whip.

What's so funny?

Here.

Do you really need that second helping?

If it's extra, I'll pay for it.

You're 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?

No. Excuse me.

Kristina.

But 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,

then neither of us will have to do it.

She is too old for a governess.

Oh, not a governess per se, 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.

Um, 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?

We don't humiliate her. Don't humiliate her.

You got it.

Oh, I left 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.

Oh, would you pick up a bottle of Calla Gasta?

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 Segal's accident,

she's been acting really strange...

Oh, that was nearly a month ago.

Some of the kids said when she fell, she...

Say.

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.

You are in luck, ladies. Oh.

Fresh banana cake.

Thank you.

Mmm.

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

Kris and the other kids know how to go right to where it hurts.

And, with Rita, right now it's her weight.

And they call adults cruel.

It used to kill me last year.

When I'd go and pick her up at school,

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

And 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'll 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.

Hmm.

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 have 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 am 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 scratch shopping.

Oh, Mom. "Oh, Mom."

You stop it, Rita, damn it.

I can't stand her whining!

I can't stand...

Stop it, both of you!

She started it. You both started 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 are you doing here? I don't need a lift.

Well, I thought we might go out for a drink.

Uh-oh, 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.

Hey, keep your voice down.

Boy, have you changed.

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

you at one goalpost, me at another,

a bottle of cheap red wine between us,

yelling dirty things at each other. All right, all right.

What's the matter, am I embarrassing you?

Don't you wanna yell? Wanna hear? Meet me in the car.

He'd say, I wanna take you...

Are you gonna try and ruin my reputation?

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

back in our marriage, right where it belongs.

You know, we're not 25 anymore.

We're not 85, either. But you act like you're pushing it.

You wanna drop by the field on the way home and have a replay?

Don't make fun of me, Glenn, 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?

Yeah. I will.

Come on!

And then she had the strangest expression on her face.

Like what?

I don't know.

A kind of cynicism.

A hardness. Cruelty. I don't know.

A cynic at 15?

Only in these 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.

Hmm. Um, knowledgeable apathy.

Isn't that great? 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.

And 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.

And analysis, it comes.

I'll tell you.

Don't say love.

Do 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?

Well, 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.

But I'm still gonna kick her in the butt when she gets smart,

and compliment her when she does right.

And pray to God she's 18 tomorrow.

Tonight.

And that's all the time I'm giving her right now.

My evenings are short enough.

Oh! What the...

God.

What's wrong with that thing?

I'll take care of it. I'll call them.

Call them, yeah.

The door person.

You all right, honey?

Yeah, that light is still on.

Oh, he's coming Tuesday.

I thought he 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?

Mmm-hmm.

Well, 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?

Oh, I did, I was dyeing some eggs.

Well, after dinner, you and some cleanser, up here, huh?

Kris, I want some answers.

Well, 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 cook.

You have nothing to worry about. Wait'll 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.

Well I had something else to do.

And that was more important?

Yes.

I think you can go without your dinner tonight.

Big deal.

Uh, 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 a 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 am 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 love my father any more 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.

Nothing is forgotten.

Each deed is written and filed,

and when I must, I draw upon those deeds and act upon them.

Rita.

I reproach myself for nothing.

Each deed is written and filed and... Rita, stop it.

Stop it. Stop!

Stop it! Rita!

Stop it!

I reproach myself for nothing.

My actions are based upon deeds performed for me or against me.

Each deed is written and filed,

and when I must, I draw upon those deeds and act upon them.

I reproach myself for nothing.

Deeds performed...

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?

Hmm? Pizza.

What?

Pizza.

You gotta be kidding. Pizza?

It's what she made.

Hey, Kris, I hear you made a pizza. That's terrific.

Well, I hope I got all the bugs worked out.

Mmm. Mmm.

Looks kinda funny.

Mmm, looks great.

Oh, well.

Nice try.

Dinner's on me.

I'll get Rita.

No! No, Rita.

It's not right.

It doesn't seem right to you, Marion, because she'll 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.

In the second place, it's about time she found out who's running this household.

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. Marion.

Stan. Sit down.

Hi, what are you doing out the night 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. Thank you.

You must be sick of hearing that.

When does a woman hate a compliment?

Yeah.

Where's Rita?

Oh, she's doing her homework.

I really wish you well tomorrow, Stan.

- I think you mean it. - Damn right I do.

You nail those landlords to the wall.

To the wall.

Well, I better go home. I think I'm a little high.

Well, you'll fit right into the Elliots' party on Friday.

Oh, yes. The Elliots.

You know, just for 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.

Yeah, 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 their pap and get quietly loaded.

Well, you're on your way tonight.

Well, I'm off. Ciao, all.

- Good luck tomorrow. - Have a good one.

Thank you.

Let's go. What's the matter?

Just...

Are you all right? Yeah.

Glenn?

Daddy! Glenn!

Glenn! Daddy, are you all right?

Just get in the car. What happened?

I don't wanna get in the car! Kris, get in the car!

Stan Restin just tried to kill me.

Are you sure? Yeah.

Did you see him?

I saw the car, Marion.

Maybe it just looked like his car.

It was Stan!

What are you going to do? I don't know.

You know you could ruin him.

He could've killed me. It doesn't make any sense.

I know he was high, but...

Call him.

Yeah, you can bet on it. Get in the car.

- I'm gonna get some soda. - Do you want something?

No.

Shit.

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.

Well, somebody's been driving that car! The hood is warm.

That it is.

Hate to disappoint you all.

So?

So, if you'll check the garage,

you'll find my electric blanket on the ledge.

Why?

I was trying to hatch these eggs and I needed 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.

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. You all through there?

Yeah.

Good night, darling.

You feel warm. Hmm?

I'm okay, really.

Well, let's just see about it.

Hmm?

Oh, baby.

Marion?

In a minute.

Be right back.

I can read it.

Now 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. No, uh, 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.

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 and we have the girls.

Our family is the only important thing.

I never see you anymore.

Good morning.

Good morning. How do 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 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, Marion. - Hi.

Come on in. Sure.

Sit down. How about a drink?

No, thank you. How is she?

Uh, she's been feeling fine all day.

She's really looking forward to seeing you.

Oh, good. But where is she?

Oh, she's upstairs. She'll be down in a few minutes.

I, uh...

You, uh, what?

Called in a parapsychologist.

I heard.

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

I had to call somebody.

Well.

I'll laugh if you laugh.

I can't laugh.

I've watched Kathleen come apart for no reason.

We've tried everything.

Marion, don't give me that look.

I'm sorry, Rian, it's just that...

The occult, you know.

I'll go get Kathleen.

What'd he say about her?

That somebody hexed her.

Kathleen, a visitor.

What... What is it?

Kathleen. What...

Help her! 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 Rian all right?

Yeah. Huh?

Yeah, he's, um... Is he?

Well, he's fine. His brother's there with him.

The doctor thought somebody should be around.

Yeah?

Well, the shock and everything kind of wiped him out,

but his heart is okay.

Yeah? It'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 pre-legal fees for two years.

He still doesn't remember anything. It's a big blank.

Do you want anything? How about some soup?

No, no, honey. Nothing. I...

You sure? How do you feel?

Rest, okay?

Oh, pretty shaky.

Brought you some soup.

Mmm. Thank you, honey.

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 as 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.

Oh, the Segal girl used to tease her a lot.

I know.

Rita is not an unattractive girl!

No, I know, she's pretty. And gifted.

What about Jackie Segal? What kind of girl was she?

She's very pretty and popular.

A little preoccupied with boys.

What happened, Miss Standish?

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'd 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.

I know 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 your friends.

They better be.

Let's have a drink.

Hi, Marion. So nice to see you.

Glenn.

Oh, I'm glad you came.

I was afraid you wouldn't.

No, no, I'm feeling a little crazy, tie down the lampshade.

That's good.

What can I get you to drink?

Uh, scotch for both of us.

Hers neat, mine with water.

There you go.

You'll both feel better when you've had a drink.

Did you get our check?

Yes, yes. Thanks.

You know, we've hauled in over 15,000.

Hmm.

They used to be an endangered species.

Excuse me a second, honey.

My tongue is trapped, you know that feeling?

Hugh,

I can't talk about Kathleen.

It was awful, that's all.

Oh, mine's the neat one, yes.

Oh, Glenn.

Now, how do you feel?

Like it helped.

Nice party.

Well, it's a bit brassy but Fenetia likes it.

Could do with a few more diamonds.

Oh, is Stan here?

Right over there.

Yeah, Hadley'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. Marion.

Marion, I want you to meet someone.

I'll see you in a minute. Yes.

Marion 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 in.

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 am 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.

I know 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, I will...

What's the matter with Kris? She seems upset.

She seem upset to you? Huh?

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

Well, she and Rita were having it out

with both barrels when I happened to show up.

Well, what did they fight about? Oh, hell.

Didn't you hear anything?

I don't know what they were fighting about.

I don't want to trouble them.

That's beautiful, Kris.

Glenn.

Glenn! No!

Kris!

Kris!

Kris, you all right?

Kris, you all right?

She's okay.

Kris.

Come on, she'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 in other people's business,

people who laugh at other people because they're different

deserve to be punished.

Jackie Segal was one of those.

Jackie Segal 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.

Oh, what was that?

Oh, what?

Oh, I love it when you swear.

Oh, I hate that. Not now. Not now.

Since when do you hate that?

You want me to go with you to Rian's?

No, if he's...

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

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

Rian?

Hello?

Rian?

Hello?

Rian?

Mrs. Matchett.

Ross! Ah, you scared the hell out of me.

Oh, I'm sorry.

But why are all the lights out? Where's Rian?

My brother is 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 feel about it.

But we'll let you know about the funeral arrangements.

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've stopped.

I want you to tell me now.

I can't. You must.

I'm afraid.

You have to.

What are you doing? Shh!

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?

Miss 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, like...

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.

And when...

When she didn't answer the ring, we went around to the side,

and looked in through the window.

That night, Rita told me that if I ever told anybody that she'd fix me.

Kris,

what really happened to Jackie Segal?

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 Segal,

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.

Marion Matchett?

Mrs. Matchett.

Mr. Boyce.

Dale.

I must tell you, I don't really want to be here.

I know that.

You picked that up.

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

Won't you please sit down?

Are you? A sensitive?

Yes.

Oh, 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 IQ.

Some people have a high IQ, some people low, but everybody has an IQ.

What do you want to 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.

Well, 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 Shoshu Buddhism.

Pretty much the same thing.

And the reason that it works

is that the individual

passionately wants it to work.

Now, if that were 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 leave it to your imagination.

You're welcome to stay if you like.

Oh, no, thank you.

I think that you should stay.

Well, 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 sauteed.

Hmm. 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?

Hmm, yeah.

Sure.

I've got some news.

Good news, I hope.

Well, 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 want to 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.

But 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!

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've got to kick her on it.

Who the hell does she think she is?

I'll drop 30 milligrams of Lipodrene 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 went sour 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?

I'm 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 going to see you come apart at the seams

just because you won'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...

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, uh...

I need more time.

You and Kristina sleep over at Stan Restin'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 I just make him sick?

Well, 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 Rian 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 Segal, 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?

Look, you said you were going to humiliate her.

And I did.

That silly little girl.

I would've 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.

Look, 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?

Well, do you think it stops with us?

But I'll be right back where I was.

What do you mean?

Well, everybody will be the same. I won't be different or special.

You are special.

It's mine, I don't wanna share it!

Real power is in the sharing.

No.

Rita, trust me.

No, for the first time 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.

Oh, well, just let me get this on the griddle.

No.

I will in a minute.

Now.

I said,

in a minute.

Do you understand me? It is over.

It is finished. It's the end.

How...

How do 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!

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

Mom! No!

Mom!

Mother!

Oh, please, don't make me go.

I like it here.

It's all over.

It's going to be all right. Shh!

You're going to be all right. You're home.

You're home.

You're home.

You're home.