All language subtitles for A Stranger Heart

- Not so long ago

in the land by the sea

lived a lighthouse keeper

and his one true love.

The seasons passed
with love and laughter

marking the time

while singing and music
filled their days.

Their home was truly
a lighthouse.

The lighthouse keeper
and his love

lacked only one thing
in life.

But then their little girl
arrived,

and their lives
were complete.

They named her Callie

and she called
them mom and duds.

- Wow. Want a taste?

- Sock waltz?

- Definitely.

- She loved mom and duds

as much as they loved her.

The three of them believed
in happily ever after

until one day...

- Whee!
- Whee!

- ♪ Oh susana
oh don't you cry for me ♪

♪ for I come from Alabama

♪ with a banjo
on my knee ♪

- ♪ oh susana
- come here, honey.

Whoo!
- ♪ oh don't you cry for me

♪ for I come from Alabama ♪

♪ with a banjo on ♪

- After his true love was gone,

duds never danced
or sang.

The lighthouse was dark.

Callie couldn't make
duds happy,

and he couldn't see that
with his true love gone

Callie needed him
more than ever.

And as duds heart was breaking

the little girl's heart
began to falter as well.

And try as she might

she didn't get any better.

In fact no one could help her
get well.

Not doctors and not duds

who seemed to draw further
from Callie each day.

Can you eat a little breakfast?

- I'm not hungry, aunt cass.

But maybe I'll have something.

- I'll go upstairs and get
your suitcase.

Your friend will
be here any minute.

- Thanks, duds.

- Are you sure you won't
reconsider, Callie?

Let us take you.

It would mean so much
to your daddy.

- Rose is already
on her way up here to take me

besides, we have work to do.

Two birds, one stone--
all that.

- Well, I wish you would
have a change of heart.

Don't worry.

I'll call you tonight.

I appreciate your
coming out here, Rosie,

but I can handle myself.

I'm not a child.

- I know, but--
- I'm fine, really.

- Here we are.

I wish you'd let me come in
with you

help you get settled.

- I'm fine

thanks.

- Callie...

Once you have the surgery,

you'll be out of the hospital
in ten days.

And six weeks later,
you'll be back to work, ok?

Thanks, rose.

Ok.

- So, swelling in the legs,
still.

On a scale of one to ten

with ten being the worst
how bad is it?

- Is it constant?

- Well, at least you're
on the list now.

- How long do you think
it will be now?

- Callie, you're aware that
we're not in control

of the timing of
the situation.

I have career responsibilities.

I can't sit around here
waiting forever.

- No, you can't.

- Oh dear, I hope you don't mind
me meddling,

spreading out your quilt,

but I just wanted to make it
all nice and homey for you,

- uh...Thank you.

Is there somewhere I can
plug in my computer?

- Oh, right down here.

Isn't it beautiful?

My grandbabies helped me,
and we won first prize.

Can you believe it?
- First prize?

- The Christmas decorating
contest.

- No, it's so adorable
I can't let it go.

I think I'd be too lonely.

So I've dubbed her
my new year's angel,

and I got this hat
to put on the halo.

Look at that.
What do you think?

It's perfect.

I got one for you, too.

-Oh I don't really do hats

- well, it's not for you, hon.
For your iv.

Everyone!

Ta-da! I'd like you to meet
my new roomie Callie Morgan

Callie!

- Hey, greetings.

Hello there.

I'm Jasper cates.

See you got here
just in time.

We're talking new year's Eve,
people!

Prime time! Ground zero!
Bulls eye!

Right, Frank?
- You said it, man!

- A night when young jerks
go out, get drunk,

crash their cars
and end up brain-dead.

Hey, it's just a little
wait list humor.

- Oh, what's your blood type?
- Frank.

- Come on, he's not asking her
for a bra size.

- I'm an a.

Don't be getting
too attached to this one.

- Why not?

-Oh you ll be doing sychosporam

just like that.

You see, Frank here,
he's a type o,

and they're very difficult
to come by.

You see the type o s their
always getting elbowed out

by those needy as and bs
like you and me.

- But you're still here?

- Going on three months

this is another case where
size definitely counts.

- Hey, everybody,
here's to a healthy new year.

Happy new year, everybody!

- Here, here.
- Yeah, happy new year, man!

- Mmm.

- Healthy new year.
- Happy new year, man.

Happy new year!

Happy new year!

- Hi!

Surprise!

- What are you guys
doing here?

- What else are we going to do
on new year's day?

Stay home nursing
our hangovers?

That's depressing.

- This isn't depressing?

No!

- It was worth
fighting the traffic

just to see your face, girl.
-Yes it was

oh how sweet.

You came all this way
to see Callie.

Hi, I'm Darlene.
And this is nurse Lulu.

All: Hi!
How are you?

- Here's Jennifer, Tina,
Matthew, and I'm rose.

We work with Callie
at the magazine.

- The magazine?
- She didn't tell you?

What? Are you ashamed of us?
- Uh-oh!

- Look what we brought you.

Oh!

You put my face
on a supermodel's body?

- Look.
- I think it's a perfect match.

- New heart, new bra size

makes a weird kind of sense.

- And look what else
we got you,

a little room decoration.

- What's that?

- She's a gene Kelly woman.
Didn't she tell ya?

That's why she needs
a new heart.

She gave hers to gene.

- Woe is me.

- Thank you for my fabulous
balloons.

- Oh, you are welcome.
- Happy new year, honey.

- Happy new year, honey.
- Happy new year!

- Bye!
- See you tomorrow.

- You be good, too.
- I'll catch up with you guys.

So, how are you really doing?

- I'm waiting.

The end of the waiting,

I either get a second chance
or I die.

- Come on, don't talk
like that.

You'll be all right.
You take care.

Together: Uncle Jasper!
Uncle Jasper!

- Hey! Hey, guys.

-We got you a wife.

You got me an inflatable wife?

- Don't get too excited there,
buddy.

It's the kind they sell
for gag gifts over at the mall.

Don't want to over stimulate
you.

- I said I wished you didn't
have to be alone

while you waited for your heart.
- Mm.

- And daddy said maybe
we can buy it,

like you can buy a puppy.

- So daddy did, and I named
her lilah.

- Lilah, huh?
- Here, you take her.

- Thank you.
Thank you very much.

- I had nothing to do

with the purchase of
the lovely lilah, I assure you.

I bet you didn't.

- You look beautiful, really.
You look good.

- Thank you.

I'm going to go for a walk.

You feel like coming?

Darlene?

You ok?

Darl--

- All right, prepare yourself
for this one, my friend.

And believe you me,
that is a word. Right there.

You can also look
in the dictionary if you want.

I see you met the lovely lilah.

- Grow up.

- Hey, you know,
you should laugh more.

I heard it's good for you.

High five

- Here she is.

Callie?
- Callie?

- Duds and cass,

what are you doing here?

- Well, Callie, it's been
two weeks.

- 16 days and 20 hours.

These are for you.

- Thanks.

We should find
some water for these.

- What?

Are you all right, Callie?

- You think this is funny?

You could have killed her!

- Duds, I'm all right.
Come on.

- I'm sorry, sir.
We truly apologize.

- I'm ok. See?

I'm ok.

- We're parked over here.

- She's going to be fine.

Look at her.

She'll be fine.

- "Rank," that's what you are.

That's why you've been
playing with me.

Rank-- appropriate.
Rank and dirt.

- Uh-oh.

Nurse phillipa, report to the heart surgery
waiting room.

Night one of celebrity ballroomis underway.

Let's go down to the floor for
the freestyle one judge dance

where every team is putting
their best foot forward.

-What are you doing?

- Making you laugh

- am I laughing?
- Should be.

- Why is everyone
laughing, all the time?

It's inappropriate.

What's so funny about this?

Any of it?

- Listen, about today, Callie,

you know, we didn't mean
nothing by it.

I didn't know the old man
was going to react like that.

You know, in this place
if you don't laugh, you cry.

It's just this long
dry spell.

I keep telling people
on the outside--

what do I say about
seat belts, huh?

Complete waste of time.

- And airbags? Who needs 'em?

- Did you ever once stop
to think

that the person out there
walking around

with his own good heart
deserves to keep it

more than any one of us
deserves to get it?

Ha ha!

We come to
the championship final

of celebrity ballroom.

Three teams are vying for the
title.

After 15 weeks of non-stop
rehearsal and competition,

these survivors are
near exhaustion

as we get ready
for the championship round.

- Whoo! Yes! Yes!

- What's up?

- Frank got the call.
He's getting a heart.

- Hey, Frank.

How you doing?
You holding up?

I'm trying to.

- Maybe Callie's right.
Maybe I don't deserve it.

Maybe there's some poor sucker
out there worse off.

No don't Frank,

you do deserve it.

- You want us to pray with you
Frank?

- Ok.

- Our father who art in heaven,

we commit to you
our good brother Frank,

asking that you will hold him

like a bird in
the palm of your hand

these coming days.

- All right, Frank,
got you strapped in.

Take a little ride,
big fella.

- Good luck, Frank.
You'll be fine.

- Ok, here we go.

- Hey.

Doc said he came through great.

- I know.

- So...

You'll be able to go down
to the icu tomorrow

and see for yourself.

- Why?

- What?
- Don't get me wrong, Callie.

I love the guy.
I really do.

I'm really happy for him.

- I know you are.

- But how long do I have
to wait?

- Do you really know how
to spell well enough

to play scrabble?

No dirty words allowed.

- Well, what qualifies as
a dirty word in your book, huh?

Emotions? Vulnerability?

Propinquity?

- If you can spell
propinquity...

I'll give it to you.

- You're on.

- Bring it.

- So we'll head on down to pt?

- Ok.
- Good.

- Jasper, I have some bad news
for you.

- Oh, no. No!

No!
- What's going on?

- Ah!
- Jasper, you need to calm down

or you're going to be next.

- He did everything right, man!
- I know.

- I mean, he exercised.
He ate right.

I mean the man was walking
already!

And now you're telling me
he's dead!

Just like that,
he's dead.

Aw, man!

Oh...

- You heard about Frank?

Yeah, I'm just--

I'm just doing it for them,
you know,

all this for those...

Those babies of mine.

It would really be
so much easier

just to go on and die

but we can't just die,
can we?

We have to suffer first.

Crunch time's here,
everyone.

This week saw the elimination
of team...

- Couldn't sleep?

And with scarcely 24 hours
of rest after the marathon,

they'll learn firsthand...

- You ready?
- Ready?

- You're next.

- Here we go, Callie.

- Good luck, Callie.

- We're praying for you.

- Take the elevator down.

- ♪ Oh susana
oh don't you cry for me ♪

♪ I've gone to Alabama

♪ my true love
for to see ♪

- She's squeezing my hand.

Mama...
- We're here, Callie.

Aunt cass is here
and me.

It's duds.

- Duds...

Thank you for being here.

- Are you in pain?

No. No.

- Well, look at you!

Up and about and letting
your daddy help you.

That's progress.

That's right
Callie, feel that love

- You ok, Callie?

- Why didn't anyone tell me
Jasper got his heart, too?

- He had serious complications,
Callie. It was touch and go.

- Still, someone should have
told me.

- Well, it looks like
it might take longer,

but we think he's going to
make it.

- Ok, just two more.
Very good, very good.

See if you can bend your
right knee when you step.

Don't overextend your...

- You are so creative.
I love this so much.

I know what you mean I really do

but just go back
and check the quotes.

Home sweet home.

- Welcome home!

- Rosie!

- Welcome home.

- Hi!

- What is all this?

A sign and balloons and...

- Computer and all.

This way, you can be at home
and still do your work.

We know how much
you like to work

- You people are crazy.

- No pain whatsoever?

- Except my gums.

They bleed whenever
I bush my teeth.

- Well, you can live with that,
right?

- I can live with that.

- And emotionally?

- I'd say I'm not back
to myself yet.

- Meaning?
- I get distracted.

- Hmm.
- And I notice things.

-Things?

- Like how a leaf dances
on the wind.

- I'm afraid I can't give you
anything for that.

- Hi, Darlene.
- Morning.

- Congratulations.
- Hey!

- Look at you
walking already.

- That's sweet.
Thank you.

I heard there was
trouble up here.

I came to say so long.

-Well look at you!

They said you would take
a few more weeks,

but you look great.

Now doc Jackson tells me
you're moving to the rehab.

-I'm heading there right now as
a matter of fact.

- How are you feeling?
Better?

- Ah, I feel like a new man.
Don't you?

- I wouldn't say I feel like
a new man, no.

- You know what
I'm talking about,

the part nobody tells you
about.

- You look good, healthy.

Full of vinegar, in the pink.

- That and much more.
You...

You want to dance?
- Uh...

I don't dance.
- You don't, or you won't?

- I can't.
- Can't dance?

What if your gene Kelly
comes along, woman?

- He'll have to make do with
a cartoon mouse, I suppose.

- Oh, well...

- Oh...

- And then Sunday I was
sitting in worship service,

and I tried to listen to
what the preacher had to say,

but all I could think about was

how I wanted
some strawberry pop.

- Strawberry pop?

- I haven't had strawberry pop
since I was 16 years old

down in Tennessee.

I haven't even wanted it since
then.

But Sally and I got in the car,

and we took a drive until
we found a little store

that even sold it,

and I drank two bottles
on the way home.

- Two bottles?

- Nothing ever tasted so good.

And that's when I decided
I was just going to try...

Just write a letter to them.

- That's against the rules.

- Not if I go through
the transplant organization.

Her family can decide
whether to see me or not.

Some woman lost her life,
and I got to live because of it.

I want to at least say thank you
to someone who loved her.

Thanks, grandpa.

Bye, grandpa!

- Hey, Callie,
I was thinking.

What if we took dancing lessons?

For exercise?

- Callie, I'm totally serious.

It's supposed to be good,
aerobic,

and I happen to enjoy it.

I'm not sure if you're aware,

but there's a new study
that says waltzing--

- I can't dance!

- You can't dance if you don't
even try.

I dreamed about you.

- Don't tell me.

- No, now don't be embarrassed,
Callie, it was really nice.

- Your idea of nice is
the lovely lilah wearing pearls.

- You know, you keep treating me
like the guy

who is waiting for his heart,
not the guy who has it.

- You look like
the same guy to me.

- Well the guy walking here doesn't think it's enough to go
home to the lovely lilah.

I'm serious, Callie.

I'm serious.
You know, that's the thing.

That's the major thing.

I'm just...

A little lonely.

-Well you've been
through a lot Jasper

I mean, your body's chemistry
is...

- Are you lonely?

- Um...

I am.

- Well, is it the kind of
loneliness

that goes away if you're
playing scrabble

or work or dance?

- No, it's not.

- Well would it go away if I
walked you home?

- I don't know if I really
want it to go away.

It feels like it has
a purpose,

like it ties me
to something

I never want to lose.

- To someone?

- Bye, Jasper.
I'll see you later.

- I'll see you later.

- Try it on the top.
- Hey, cool!

- Your turn!

- You're it!

- Gotcha!

- The biopsies still
look normal,

and your bone density
isn't losing any ground.

So, the exercise
is doing its job

against the prednisone.

Are you still observing leaves
dancing in the wind?

- Do you believe in
cell memory?

- There is
no scientific evidence

to substantiate
that it exists.

It is a romantic notion.

You never struck me
as a romantic though.

- I haven't been.

- Then again you've never
observed

leaves dancing in the wind
before either.

- There's this little girl,
and I look for her every day.

And I dream about her.

- Hmm. You think she has
something to do with your donor?

- My donor was her mother,
Jane cummings.

- You contacted the family.

- I just looked her up on the
Internet. That's all.

I knew the night she died.

I knew it had to be in close
proximity of the hospital.

And-- and I'm a reporter.
I couldn't help myself.

- Callie..
- Its' not that terrible

Darlene's meeting
her donor's family.

- But this is a child,

a little girl who has
lost a lot.

- I know, I know.
I can't stop thinking about her.

Before my surgery,
I was an aloof person

who needed no one.

And now that little girl tugs at
me everyday, doc, every day.

Shouldn't I follow
my heart on this?

- You guys ready?
Ok!

- Yeah!
[Kids cheering]

Come on! Come on!

- You're gonna win!

- Go!

- Throw it home!
Throw it home, no!

- What?

- Do you ever regret
not having had a child?

- Oh, I have a child.
I had you.

- I mean a real child.

- Oh, weren't you real then?

With all those skinned knees
and runny noses

and endless games of scrabble.

Those weren't real?

- And the hugs
were real too.

- Yes, they were.

Does all this nosiness mean
that you're wanting a baby then?

- Well, that's impossible.

- Maybe impossible for your body
but uh

It just seems like

something's missing
from my life.

What my heart wants
is not necessarily

what my heart can have.

- Matthew, be careful up there!

- Ah!
- Boys, let's slow down.

All right, kids, we're going
inside soon.

- You're my guardian angel,
aren't you?

- Aren't you?

- What makes you think that?

- You watch me.

That's what angels do,
they watch.

- They do, huh?

- Mommy said angels know
what it's like to die.

But they still go on living,

and they watch over
the rest of us.

They're invisible
most of the time

except when you really, really
need them.

- Come on, kids.

- Is he one too?

I'll still see you, ok?

- Ok.

- What did she say?

- She...

Thinks we're
her guardian angels.

- You see what she drew?

- Oh, poor thing.

What are you doing here?

- You really don't know?
- Know what?

- I...

I got her daddy's heart.

- But the newspaper said
that he was only hurt.

It said he was
in the icu.

- He left it the hard way.

- How do you know?
- Doc Jackson.

And I basically told the doctor
that I needed to know

something that happened
to this guy,

you know, a little something,
anything.

- He told you about--
about me, about my--

- I-- I figured that out

when I saw you
skulking around here.

- Skulking? I'm not--

- relax, dear.

Believe me, it takes
a skulker to know one.

- But it's so real.
Isn't it so real?

I mean, these
feelings I'm having

are the most authentic feelings
I've ever had in my entire life.

And they're so powerful--

- I know, it's...

- There's nothing here
we can eat.

- Sure there is.
- We'll trash our new hearts.

And then where will we be?

- What can I get ya?

- We'll have three
hotdogs, two waters.

- Coming right up.
- Three?

- Two for me
and one for you.

I know I can't really
be this hungry,

but I just feel so hollow
all the time.

- In the middle of the night,

I completely ransack
the freezer.

My poor sister,
she cooks ahead for me.

She makes everything to freeze.

Only she hasn't
figured out my appetite.

- I ate an entire tub
of chocolate sorbet

the other night.
- Ooh.

- Between the hours
of 1 and 3 am.

- An entire tub?

- Zero grams of fat, at least.

- Yeah, well, you know
hollow...

- Mm-hmm.
- It's a perfect word for it.

I'm constantly trying to
fill myself up.

And there was the first time
I saw her.

And she was getting off the bus,

and she came down that last step
with that little hop of hers.

And she looked at the house

to see whoever was
usually there.

And then, like,
all of the sudden, Callie,

she remembered.

They were never going to
be there again.

And then she went limp.

And Callie I swear my heart

it just raced for her.

There she is,
wearing red.

- Yeah, that's her all right.

- Come on, let's go.

- Do you fly or anything?

We're just made of
plain old human stuff.

- Just like you.

- But you make trips
to heaven though?

- No, sweetheart, we don't.

- You could tell somebody
something

if you wanted to, right?

Somebody in heaven?

Because I have to tell
mom and dad that I love them.

I didn't tell them
when they left,

but I didn't think
that would happen.

- What would happen?

- Their car crash.

- That wasn't your fault,
sweetheart.

You had nothing to do
with that happening.

Kids, class, everyone over here.

- Just tell them, ok.

I didn't mean to.

- Come on.

All right, everybody here?
Come on.

- I don't know about this.

- About what?

- Us, what we're doing.

Feels like we're toying
with her.

- Yeah, I know.

- When all we want is
to be close to her.

- I know.

- Thanks for walking me home,
Jasper.

- All right.

- I'm sorry, Darlene.

-It was just so sad.

Those poor people,
they were trying so hard.

But every time they looked at me
they only saw me.

Not her. Not their daughter.

A daughter who loved
George Harrison

and roller skating

and strawberry pop.

- Hello, rose.

- You missed your deadline.

- Don't rub it in.

- I just wanted to hear

what it sounded like
to say that to you.

- Ha, ha.

- So, what's the problem?

- I don't know.

I guess my
heart's just not into it

- oh, that's funny, Callie.

- I don't know what
you're doing,

but you should know that
I am going to call the police.

We are here to
protect our children,

and we are very
disturbed to see you here

on a consistent basis
stalking the students.

- I'm not stalking anyone.

- We'll let the authorities
make that determination.

- Please, wait.

I'm not here to cause
anyone any harm.

I just...I need to
ask you a question.

Did you know Jane cummings?
She taught here, didn't she?

She was an organ donor.

I'm the one who got her heart.

If it wasn't for her,

I'd probably be gone
myself by now.

- She was the other
second grade teacher.

- I'm sorry.
- She was my friend.

- When I woke up with Jane's...

I woke up with
all these longings

that don't belong to me.

They belong to her.

- I can't pretend to understand
what you've been through,

and I know Jane would be
very happy to know

she gave you another chance
at your life.

But...

- But I should get on with it,
with my life.

I wish I could

you don't know how much
I wish I could,

but I dream about
that little girl every night.

And I wake up every morning,

and I think about how much
she must be hurting,

and I want to take that away.

What you're doing
isn't right.

It's confusing to Sarah.

She thinks you're an angel.

Look, if it's any comfort
to you,

she would be the one
to understand this,

what you are feeling,

Jane would see
the beauty in it.

- Thank you for saying that.

- I was at the hospital
the day that Sarah was born,

and Jane had this look of joy in
her eyes

and she said, "look at
our little cricket."

Jane loved her so much.

- Would you please give cricket
a hug for me?

Jasper...

Jasper, did you even hear
what I said?

- Yes, you said we shouldn't
go back.

- I said we can'tgo back

for cricket's sake. It will
only end up hurting her more.

She's too young
- to really understand.

- We're crazed stalkers,
for all anyone knows.

Who's to say we're not?

- Hey, maybe we both come on
a little pumphead, Callie,

ok, but we're certainly
not dangerous.

- Maybe we are.
- Hey, hey! Speak for yourself.

- Well, how's she gonna feel
when she finds out

we're not too enchanted
emissaries from heaven

ferrying back and forth messages
to her mom and dad.

When she finds out
we're just two people

made of flesh and blood

and pretty weak flesh
at that?

- Hey...

We ought to write
the grandfather a letter.

- I got this yesterday.
That's why I called you in.

You can read it
for yourselves.

But basically the grandfather
has decided

it is in the child's
best interest

if you do not see her
or talk to her.

She has just lost
both her parents.

I'm sorry.

I'm going over there.

- Where?
- To talk to that old man.

- Jasper, I don't think
you should do that.

- He has to see how we feel,
Callie.

He has to see our faces
and still tell us no.

Mr. landreth

listen, we're not here
to sell you anything--

- I know who you are!

- Mr. landreth, look,
we know this is hard.

- I have to protect
my granddaughter.

I have to protect her.

And you people are going
to have to leave us alone!

- Oh!

- Remember that winter
you made the quilt?

I watched you sewing together
all the pieces of mom's dresses.

- That was a terrible winter. I
couldn't imagine a way you would

ever be happy
again in your life.

I thought maybe now
you'd be happy.

- I thought so, too.

- You should try and find
a way.

There are a lot of paths
to happy.

Just use one, ok.

- "Aloha."

- Ooh. You're getting good.

You-- you're very good,
I've got to admit it.

You're very good.

- Well, aunt cass had to
keep me occupied somehow.

It was a long childhood.

Are you going to go back
part-time

while you're in
the masters program?

- At the prison? No.

- They won't take you back?
- Well, they'd take me back.

Probably give me a phone job
or something like that.

They like having me around.

I miss being a
correction officer

- but--
- I like being there.

It certainly gave me
enough time to read,

play scrabble and joke around
with the guys.

Basically, I just got to
get on with it.

Come here, lean down. I got a
picture here, get a load of this

get a load of this.

What-- what does that
add up to be?

I don't have the heart
to tell you.

- What are you talking about?

That is a double word score,
baby! Add it up!

- Cyclosporine is
spelled with an "o," not an "e."

- No, it isn't.
- Yes, it is!

- I should know that.
You should know that.

It's only the thing
that's keeping you alive.

- Are you challenging me?
- Yes, I'm challenging you.

- This is an official, an
officel challenge.

- I don't need that, Jasper.

I can go to my medicine cabinet
right now

and prove you wrong like that.

- Well, then go right ahead
and challenge me.

- Aw! All right,
I'll give it to you.

- Add it up,
and write it down. Thank you.

- Puts you ahead
by 30 points.

Don't laugh!

- Uh, I have to laugh.
- Why?

- Because you're going soft,
baby.

You're going soft.

- I am not!

- Because you darn well know
that cyclosporine

is spelled with an "o,"
not an "e."

You know it!

- So?

- ♪ Oh susana
oh don't you cry for me ♪

♪ for I come from Alabama
with a banjo on my knee ♪

♪ oh susana
oh don't you cry for me ♪

♪ for I've come from Alabama
with a banjo on my knee ♪

- Hello? It's late.

I'll be right there.

What have you gone
and done now? Hmm?

- I caught a fever.

- Where's doc Jackson?

- Right here.

- What's wrong?

- We've taken blood.
We're working the problem.

Aren't we Jasper

- sure doc

you sure you want her here?

I wouldn't want your blood
pressure to, uh, spike.

- Nah, she can stay.

She'll behave.

Ha.

- Doctor Jackson.

- Thank you.

- He fell asleep I didn't want
him to wake up alone.

- Of course.

- He's going to be ok,
isn't he?

- Well, first we've got to
figure out

what's gotten ahold of him.

If it's a simple creature,

we'll just whack it
with some antibiotics.

- And if it isn't?

- Don't assume the worst case,
Callie. I know you.

- He just-- he's been through
so much.

- I know.
- He wants so much.

So much more did you know he's
going back for his master's

in social work? He wants to
help kids in trouble

- no.

- He wants to help kids
in trouble

before they end up
in the state pen forever.

- Callie, we'll do our best.

- Sometimes you can do
everything right and...

Right.

Hey.

- Am I dying?

- Of course not.

- Then why are you still here?

I was just dreaming
about her, about cricket.

- You were?

What was she doing?

- She was laughing.

There was this
big maple tree,

huge old thing
with a swing.

And I was pushing her
into the sky.

And she kept wanting to go
higher and higher

and it was like her laughter
was made of bubbles.

And it just floated around
all over that day.

Everywhere you looked
there was her laughter.

- That's beautiful, Jasper.

- Callie,

what are you still
doing here?

- Worrying.

- That is not going to
help Jasper.

That is certainly not
going to help you.

I want you to go home
and get your rest.

Come back tomorrow.

- But it's always going to
be this way, isn't it?

- There are always going
to be dangers

lurking around for heart
transplant patients Callie.

The immune system has to
be continually suppressed

so that the heart
is not rejected.

This is the price.

- So no happily ever after?

- I'm not saying that.

Within the bounds of
what we can control--

- oh great!
So happily ever after

within the bounds of
what we can control.

I'm sorry

- it is a series of adjustments.
You'll see.

I got change for
the meter if you need it!

- Don't look, don't look,
don't look, don't look.

- This is highly unorthodox.

- Yeah, don't spoil this,
Callie. You're gonna love it.

- [Sighs] Ok, when can I look?

-Well clearly you're feeling
better you're cheating!

- Look at it!
You're not even looking at it!

- Wait, you're cheating.
That's more than seven letters.

"Propinquity."
That's--

that's eleven letters.

- First time we played,
you said if I could spell it

you'd let me have it.

- But you cheated!

You hid the extra tiles
in your jammies or something,

and then you the audacity to put
it on a triple word score!

- I really don't want
the triple word score.

- You don't

- I want the propinquity

do you know what the definition
to propinquity is?

- Of course I do.
- Tell me what it is.

This is ridiculous.

- Tell me.

- It means closeness,
proximity, nearness.

That's it. Come
on Callie, please.

- Don't.
- Hey.

I just want to be
a little close to you, Callie.

I just...

- Jessica!
Put a jacket on!

- Hey, look at me!

It's my turn.
Bring it here.

Thanks. Watch me.

Whee!

Ow! Ow!

- Hey, j--

Jasper, where is he?

- Hold on.

He's been released, Callie.

That's all, girl.
Released.

- Released.
- Mm-hmm.

- Hey.

- Ah, Callie.

- I'm hungry.
- What's that?

- I'm hungry.

What are you doing?
- We have any butter?

- There's lemon.

- I like butter. Do you have
something against butter?

- Yes, I do.
Lemon is better for you.

Try the lemon.

Well, you've got to
open it up first.

An aristocrat, huh?

- Oh, right, right.
I'm sorry, pal.

- Better you than me.

I realized I was afraid, ok.

- Afraid of what?
- Of losing you.

When you were sick like that,
I...I was afraid, and then I was

afraid because I was afraid.
Because...

- That meant that you cared?

- I never really let myself
care.

- Never?

- Gave up on that
a long time ago

after my mom died.

- Because it hurt too much?

- Because duds did.

No matter what I did I knew

he was never going
to be happy again.

Maybe he's just got
an uptight personality.

You ever think about that?

I mean, he didn't much of
a personality

when he was yelling at me.

- You deserved that.
- No, I didn't.

- Yes, you did.

It may have seemed
like he was yelling at you

but he wasn't, he
was yelling at himself

for letting me get sick.

Grief is a funny thing.

If you're not careful,

it gets all tangled up
with the good,

makes it all miserable

which is why I'm so worried
about-- about cricket.

I don't want grief,
especially her grandpa's grief,

to get in the way of

her experiencing all
that life has for her.

- Old man.
- Bless his heart.

Teach me to dance.

- All right, let's give it
a whirl.

All right, here.

Like this.

Just kind of go...

Maybe we should order
some Chinese food, huh?

There's this great place down
the block

they do a happy family
totally steamed.

- You're not hungry.

- There's practically
no fat in it.

Mmm...

I-- I-- I am hungry.

- That's not hunger, Callie.

- Mmm, no. I-- I-- I can't.

- You want me to call
doc Jackson

and ask for his permission?

- All this excitement,

you think our hearts are
just going to stop?

Propinquity...

- What's this?

- It's a fairy tale I've been
working on for cricket.

And Jasper's heart
perfectly matched her own

as if each was already shaped
to fit the other."

Huh.

- It's just something I thought
she might be able to understand

if she ever got the chance.

- I got to tell you
that's beautiful, Callie.

How long you been doing this?

- A while now.

Whenever I can't sleep.

- You ought to send it to her.

Actually, we ought to
send it to her.

- We ought to respect
her grandfather's wishes.

Look.

I made him into
a kindly gnome.

- She must think
we just disappeared.

Yeah but we
didn't. We're still here.

Just biding our time.

Hey, print this out.

I want to get
a closer look.

And uh how about some breakfast?
I m starving.

- You sure?
- Almost sure.

- You know we're going to
have to get out of this house

at some point.

- We will,
at some point.

- There you go.
It's your move.

- Hmm. What's that?
That's not a word.

"Wed me"?

- That's a question.

- Wed me?

- What do you say?

- Isn t that kind of
precipitous?

- I love you, Callie.

- This Jasper character is who
you wanted to bring home?

- Will he behave himself?

- He's too afraid of duds
not to.

- Sock waltz?

I have an announcement
to make.

-Callie, let me.

With your blessing, Callie and
I would like to get married.

- Married?

- Have a wedding.

- Right, but...

You haven't known each other
over a few months.

- Our hearts have known each
other for years.

They were together
for nearly a decade.

Duds...

I used to think of the light
as you.

When I'd be in bed at night
feeling scared,

I'd think you were looking in
on me every once in a while.

- I wasn't cut out
for being the dad.

It was her
who figured I was.

Your mom figured I could keep a
watch over you. Keep you safe.

I knew something about
that line of work, she said.

- You did keep me safe duds.

Safe and warm
and loved.

He's a good man.

He'll watch over me.
You can count on that.

- He better or he'll be
answering to your old daddy.

Hey.

Did you get it?
- Mm-hmm.

- Is it a beauty?

- I felt like I was shopping for
a Halloween costume.

I hardly recognize myself in it.

- Yeah? Well, I'm going to
recognize you.

I'm the one that matters.

Uh, take a look at this.

- Oh, Jasper.
- Yeah.

- It's a little something
I put together there.

They're your drawings.

Thought we'd give it to cricket
as a wedding gift from us.

- Oh, Jasper, I don't know.

- Well, what don't you know
about?

- I don't want to confuse her.

- Well, neither do I, Callie.
It's just that...

Let's go with our hearts
on this one.

Ok?

Put it in with
our wedding invitation.

- ♪ Oh susana
oh don't you cry for me ♪

♪ for I come from Alabama
with a banjo on my knee ♪

What?

- You remind me of
a little girl

I knew a long time ago.

- Callie?

You better get upstairs
and get dressed.

And where's Jasper

he can not get married
in that old tee shirt.

- I keep watching the road.

I keep hoping, you know.

- I know.

Whatever happens
or doesn't happen...

At least I found you.

- And I found you.

- You know, I almost
said "again" right then.

I almost said
I found you again.

- Uh-huh. Me too.

- Maybe we do have pumphead?

- Oh, we definitely
have pumphead.

There's no question about that.
We've got pumphead.

Oh, aunt cass.

You're not supposed to cry.

It's a happy day.

- Oh, leave me be.

The dearest things in life,
the most joyful,

they can come out of
the most sorrowful.

- Cass.

- I tried to love you enough

for the two of us put together,

me and your mom both.

- You did.

You did

- You finally got yourself
a real wife, Uncle Jasper.

- And not just a blow up one!

- So cute!

- Thanks, daddy.

- Oh.

- Cricket.

- The kindly gnome
brought me after all.

- We got lost.

- No, that's ok.

We're just-- we're just glad
you're here.

- It's against
my better judgment, but...

- Thank you

from the bottom of--

- she read that fairy tale
to me every night at bedtime

since it came in the mail.
Every night

and she kept asking to come,
and I kept saying no.

But it's made a
difference for her.

Having the fairy tale.

- Well, it's a true story.

Do you want to see
how it ends?

- Yeah, I love the end.

That's the best part of all.

- Thank you.

- So Callie made a promise
to Jasper,

and Jasper made a promise
to Callie

that they would fit
their hearts together

and save a place between them

that would always belong
to a little girl

named cricket.

- You can now kiss the bride.

- Ooh!

Look, grandma, look.

- I miss them.

- I know you do.

Sweetheart, I know.

- Like you miss your mom.

- Just like.

- Maybe...Could I listen?

Uh huh. I'd know
that heart anywhere.

Can I listen to daddy's?

- Yeah, sure.

- My daddy.

Let's go find the kindly gnome.
I bet he's missing me.

- And then they all lived
happily ever after

at least in the bounds
of what we can control.

- But why does the fairy tale
have to end that way?

Don't you believe in
plain old happily ever after?

- I wish I could.

- Well, I'm going to.

- You know what? Me too.

- Come on, Callie,
two against one.

- Ok.
- Say it.

Okay okay I believe in plain old
happily ever after.

Come on, one, two, three...

All: Whee!

- One more time.
One, two, three...