All language subtitles for Mockingbird.Dont.Sing.2001.ENG.PAL.25fps

Don't you go and dare not
to swallow, you hear me?

Swallow it!

That's it. Here's some more.
Stop it!

You stop it and do what I say!

Stop it! Stop it!!!
Cancer, June 21...

to July 20.

Now... is the time...
for change...

That make you happy now?
Yeah, yeah! Plunge it all in there!

Now, how does make you feel, huh?

Little tasks you've been
putting off...

Stop it!!!
Can... now... be...

Does that make you happy?
Is that what you want?

Stop it!!! Stop it!!!
All the... little tasks...

you have been putting off
can now...

be... moved...
Is that what you want?! Stop it!!

Stop it!!
To the front... burner.

Wes?

You promised me.

Remember?

If she lived past the age of 12,
we could get her some help?

Billy.

- Billy, get up!
- Goddamit! Why did you do that for?

He's gonna kill me, you know that?
I'm as good as dead.

Tell him you don't know where we're at.
You woke up and we were both gone.

How're you supposed to've got anywhere?
You can't even do anything for yourself.

I don't know,
You have to think of an excuse.

What are you gonna live on?

Department Welfare...

Uh, I'm going to have to
call you back.

Is this were you handle the blind?

No, ma'am, this is Social Services.
Now, if you just go around back...

Um, could you lead me there?
I got cataracts...

and the woman told me on the phone
I could come here and get benefits.

Who's that with you?

Uh, that's Katie, my daughter.

How old are you, Katie?

She'll be 14 in April.

The parents of a 13-year-old girl
are free on bail tonight...

facing charges for what
authorities are calling...

the worst case
of child abuse they've ever s-

The girl, currently being treated for
malnutrition at Children's Hospital...

was being held captive by her
parents, from the age of 1 to 13.

Early reports indicate the child
never even learned to speak...

leading some to tag her
a so-called "wild child".

Why did you do it?

Mrs. Standon is an innocent victim
of her domineering husband.

That's the only comment we have
to make at this time. Thank you.

What happened to the little girl?
You know what happened to her?

Where is the house where the people
tied their little girl to the toilet?

All rise!

Be seated.

State vs. Standon.

You're charged with willful abuse
and neglect of a minor...

placed in your custody.
How do you plead?

Louise.

I plead not guilty. I'm sorry...

She's beautiful.
I was expecting...

I-I don't know what
I was expecting...

Stan claims he's heard her use
a few words for colours and...

"momma" and "stop it".

I heard her use those myself.

We gather she's learned them before
she was locked away, but so far...

she doesn't seem to have
picked up any new ones.

She's almost fourteen, right?
So, the "critical period" has passed.

I beg your pardon?

Lenneberg's hypothesis, if a child
doesn't acquire a language...

by the time it reaches puberty,
it never will.

Well, she hasn't officially
crossed that line yet, so...

even if this theory is correct,
then, she still has a little time.

Now, listen, I don't want you to just
dive in there and start testing.

I want you to spend this next
few weeks getting to know her...

build up her confidence and trust.

Unless, of course, uh,
you'd like to back out right now.

You like the hair?
Katie, what colour is that?

Katie? Do you know what colour that is?

That's red. Your hair is brown,
mine is grey...

Katie? Do you remember me?
I'm doctor Glazer.

I brought a friend of mine
with me today. Her name is Sandra.

So, did you meet
the famous "wild child"?

And?

Katie, rise and shine.

- You remember Miss Tannen, don't you?
- Good morning, Katie.

Katie, I wanna show you
something. Okay?

Do you think you can do that? Here.

Uh, Katie. Here, watch me.
Okay? Right?

See?

Apparently, she was never given
enough time to chew her food...

so she waits for it
to break down in her mouth.

How are you doing, sugarpie?
I got a present for you.

How did you know she wanted that?

- She told me.
- She did?

Well, she didn't use no words,
but she told me just the same.

- How many balloons do you have here?
- Four.

What about you, Leslie?
How many balloons do you have?

Three?

I think you might wanna take
another look at those balloons.

Is it three or is it actually two?

Well, thanks to Katie,
it's now definitely three.

Very good!

Try again.

Judy. Hi.

We were never formally introduced.
I'm... Sandra Tannen.

I know who you are.

Aw, you know? It's so funny!

This hospital has gone into
such lags to secure a grant.

With the money they got, they could
bring in Noam Chomsky himself.

Instead, they run across town
to UCLA and...

find some 1st-year-graduate student.

Well, that's exactly what they wanted.

I don't have any time constraints
or family obligations.

No experience.

Do you actually think you're qualified
to teach this child how to talk?

I'm not here to teach her how to talk.
I'm here to document...

the way she goes about
acquiring language.

There's a... huge difference.

Well, you certainly
gonna have a lot to document.

This girl...

This girl is gonna make me famous.
I'm gonna be the next Annie Sullivan.

- She really said that?
- I cross my heart and hope to die.

Annie Sullivan was the one
who taught Helen Keller, right?

That's the one.

I mean, alright, she's a very
talented teacher, I agree, but...

to state her ambitions,
in such overt terms?

Look, I know that Judy's
a little eccentric but...

like I say, she's very good
at what she does...

and she's essentially well-meaning.

I hope you're right.

- Would you like more coffee, Mrs. Standon?
- Don't know if I would.

Katie...

Did I tell you your brother moved away?

I don't know where exactly.
I don't know if he told me.

- Can I speak to you for a second?
- Yeah, sure.

Please, will you excuse us
for a minute? Thank you.

So, I'm assuming-since nobody
told me she was gonna be here today...

it's not a very good idea
to ask her any questions, right?

I think that's probably
a wise assessment.

I hope you can appreciate
my sense of frustration.

We know so little
about Katie's past.

And this woman's in a position
to tell us so much.

The last time she talked,
she wound up in jail. Don't forget.

The court has decided that
she's a victim, too.

Don't you wanna know why?

I'm not even talking as a scientist,
I'm talking as a human being.

I wanna know how another
human being was subjected...

- to this kind of torture.
- You just have to be patient.

Eventually, there'll be some answers.
There's been a suggestion...

at the hospital's donated services
to remove her cataracts.

Kind of a...

- Good will gesture.
- That's right.

I still think it's vital that Katie
continues to see her mother.

She's the only link to the past
that child has got.

Doesn't it feel great to get out
of the hospital for a while?

Oh, my God.

What's wrong?

She's masturbating.

Aw... Jesus.

I got it.

- What you got there, Katie?
- Green.

Yes, that's green! This is green.
These are peas.

- Peas.
- Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah!

- Oh, my God!
- That's right, peas.

- And that is corn.
- Corn.

- Hey... easy... Uh...
- Katie! Katie, come here!

There's something I wanna show you!
That man doesn't want to be bothered.

- Bother?
- Bothered.

I'm sorry...

Number at the toy store.
Katie's looking at these beach pails.

- She just loves anything plastic.
- Right.

So finally, Stan and I decided
we're gonna buy her one.

And the cashier says to us:
"Are you sure she wants another one?"

We said: "What do you mean?"
And she says...

"Well, that woman who just left
just bought her one."

- Wow!
- Yeah, but that's not what's really interesting.

What's really interesting is that Stan
and I were with her the whole time...

and she never said one word
to that woman, or to anyone else.

- Did you pick the phone bill, by the way?
- I mean...

I guess it's not that surprising.

She's been cut off
from language, so naturally...

she's developed this whole
other way of communicating but...

it's so fascinating...

it's so fascinating to see
the effect she has on people.

Right.

What are these?

- Eye.
- That's great!

And you have eyes, right?
Where are your eyes?

No, those are Miss Bingham's eyes.
Where are your eyes?

Look at that.
It's just like she's blind.

Even the way she walks
has a blindism to it.

It's like she's testing out
the ground beneath her feet...

'cause she doesn't even trust her eyes.

Now, in Arctica, that's a gold mine for
studying effects of social isolation.

I spent three whole summers there.

In fact, I even got a mountain
named after me.

I think she's waking up.

Look at her. She's scared to death!

- Can I go in there for a few minutes?
- Don't worry. She'll be back...

to sleep in no time.

Now, when you isolate somebody...

you start to see the effects
in as little as 15 minutes.

I imagine what this little girl
has been through.

We're gonna find some
pretty severe abnormalities.

Where do you think you're going?

I'm just gonna go and say hello
just so she knows I'm close by.

Sandra...

Pepsi-generation.

Hey, Katie... hi.

No, no, you can't do that. I know,
it's so uncomfortable. Oh, no.

No, sweetie, lie down. No, it's okay.
How about I sing you a song, huh?

Hush little baby, don't say a word...

momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird.

And if that mockingbird don't sing...

momma's gonna buy you a diamond ring.

It's good.

Sandra silly.

Now this is very interesting.

You see these spindles here?

See how they all batch up
together like that?

That's generally a sign
of retardation from birth.

So she said "Sandra silly", huh?

- Mm-hmm, that's what she said.
- Amazing.

It's the first time
she called me by name.

Or put two words together,
for that matter. Come here, Katie!

Well, we all know there's been
some progress but...

that doesn't necessarily mean
Lacey's wrong.

It doesn't mean he's right either.
It's just one study.

Lacey admitted himself, you find
the exact same sleep spindles...

in infant boys who've
just been circumcised.

And then, don't forget...

Katie started speaking at 16 months,
which is not the case...

with retarded children.

- Katie, hey, Katie! Come here!
- Look, I'm not trying to be biased.

I'm prepared to follow the facts
wherever they might lead.

No! Katie! Don't do that!!

- Will you please call off your dog?
- Please!

- Pail. My pail.
- Yes, I know.

You like pails. Pail. Yes, I know.

- Like bucket.
- Yes, and you like buckets, too.

But, why is this one a pail
and this one a bucket?

They look the same to me.

Well, making more of our little
research notes, I see?

Katie, how would you like
to spend the night at my house?

- I beg your pardon?
- Dr. Glazer said it was fine.

This child is not simply
some tool of science, you know.

It's about time she spends
some time in a normal home.

A norm-? Do I need to remind you
of certain comments you've made?

And Miss Bingham likes Katie, too.

Miss Bingham likes Katie more than
anybody in the whole world.

Hello?

Well, she's still asleep.

Sure, I can give her a message.

What, are you kidding me?

Who is it, Rob?

Katie is being quarantined
over at Judy Bingham's house.

Judy's contracted rubella.

Katie's been staying over at her house,
so, she's been exposed too.

We can not risk infecting the rest
of the children at the hospital.

I don't believe it...
I don't believe this!

Well, I saw her with my own two eyes,
she's definitely got something.

Yeah, she's got something alright.
She's got Katie.

Alright. Let's just relax, okay?

It's gonna be business as usual...

only for the next few weeks
it'll all take place at Judy's house.

Hi, Katie.
Could you open the door for me?

The door.

Could you go around and
open the door for me? The-

Yes! Th-The door.

No, sweetie... Hi! Yeah...

Could you open the door?

Open the door.

Sweetie, please.
Just open the door for me?

I'm sorry, I was indisposed. Come in.

Sandra wait!

Oh, yeah, Sandra certainly did wait.

- So, how are you feeling, Judy?
- Much better, thanks.

Wait, Katie. You're certainly
learning a lot of new words.

But it's "door" that's her favorite.
Every building she sees...

she stops and points and says "door".

The door!

If it's alright with Miss Tannen,
it's alright with me.

Let's go.

You can watch TV for a few more minutes,
and then it's time to sleep.

I can't believe how well she's doing.
You've really got a gift, Judy.

Well, I guess I can empathise.

I was a very sickly child myself...

and I always wanted kids
of my own but...

I guess it was just not
meant to be.

Anyway...

I suppose you've noticed
that Katie is fond of, uh...

touching herself, haven't you?

Yeah, of course. She's even done it
in public a few times.

- And you tried to stop her?
- Yeah, of course I have, but...

you know Katie.

- She's got a mind of her own.
- Yes, but children are sponges and...

they do what they're taught to do.

Well, not always, you know.

Linguisticly speaking, the seeds
of language are there from birth.

The only way for a child
not to develop language is to...

to do what Katie's parents did,
to isolate her completely.

And you think the sexual instinct
works the same way?

Well, it's not really my field
of expertise, but even...

even infants masturbate, right?

Want sugar?

Judy Bingham has accused me
of molesting Katie.

I went over there yesterday,
just to check things out...

and Judy told me if I could
take Katie out for a walk.

So, we get back to the house.

Katie's hair's in a mess
you know, from the wind...

- Judy looks right at her...
- She's out of her mind.

- She's completely out of her mind!
- I-I can't describe...

I can't tell you how I felt.

I mean, a charge like that?
You know if it goes public?

I'm the last person in the world
who would hurt her.

No one will believe her!

You practically saved Katie.
Everyone in this hospital knows that.

You treated her like
she was your own.

Oh, it doesn't matter,
it doesn't matter.

By when I suit for slander,
the charges will still stick.

Then, people will always wonder.

I really care about that little girl.

But, you know, I don't think
I have any choice, except to...

quit the team.

Katie, the door... The door?

Oh, Katie, please. Not again.

I'll be right back, Katie.

What's going on?

I don't think it's a very good idea
for you to see Katie today.

Your visits are tiring her.

Since when?
Since when do you decide...

who she sees or doesn't see?
You're not her guardian.

Well, as a matter of fact,
I've applied to become just that.

And until Social Services
make their decision...

she is to remain in my custody.

Judy, don't you realize
what you're doing?

You're cutting her off
from the rest of the world.

It's like she's right back
in the house she grew up in.

First, Stan York and then me.
Who's gonna be next, huh?

Are you gonna go on holding her
hostage for the rest of her life?

How about this one?

No? Okay.

Do you know what that is?

And what about that?

Like log.

Yes, yes! That's it!

I didn't even know
you knew what a log was!

Okay, how about... this one?

- Am I disturbing anything?
- No, not at all.

I was just reviewing the same work
I was doing over a month ago.

It's, uh, pretty much
all I can do at this point.

You know, Beverly and I
have been talking...

about this whole situation and...

well, we've... pretty much decided
to apply as Katie's foster parents.

Oh, Norman.

That's the best news
I've heard in weeks.

It's not a firm decision yet.
Katie, obviously, she's a handful and...

- we do have three children of our own.
- Of course, of course.

In my rush I hadn't even
given that any consideration.

And then, I've already taken over
as Katie's therapist.

Beverly, with her background in
child development will be of help...

but I'm also researching on the case,
so, to try to balance all of that is, uh...

Yeah, I see, I see.
I see your dilemma.

But, I think it can be done. So, if...

Katie's social workers give us
the go-ahead, then we're...

we will all gonna give it a shot.

Katie!

You forgot one.

I love you.

I don't know what to say.

Not now, you don't.

But believe me, this is not over yet.

You're depriving this child of the best
home she's ever had. Or ever will have!

And I'm gonna make sure you all pay,
if it's the last thing I ever do!

I tell you every morning. Let's go!
- You forgot your lunch.

Katie...?

Katie!

Katie, what are you doing?

Stop that right this second!

Katie, watch me, okay? Watch this.

I am so mad! Boy, I'm so mad
I could just-you see?

I'm so mad I can just throw
a complete tantrum!

You see me? I'm so mad!
I'm so mad! I'm so mad!!!

Harder! Good! Now say: I am mad!
Katie say: I'm mad!

- Katie mad!
- Good. Now jump up and down!

I know this is helping Katie but...

you may live to regret this one day.

Jump up and down! Good! Now say...

I am very, very angry!

I am very, very angry!

Good! Run over here and slam the door.
Just slam the door!

You might be right.

Car has "meer".

The car has a mirror.

- Katie, did you take my hairbrush?
- Can this wait till later?

I'm sorry but she's been appropriating
too many of my things...

and frankly, my patience
is running a little thin!

Uh, I'd better talk to her.

- So, what should we do now?
- Want Sandra play piano.

Oh, it's concert time, is it?
Alright. Alright.

What do you wanna hear me play?

I'm trying really hard.
I really am...

but sometimes, I don't think you guys
realize I have problems too...

Oh, come on. Of course, we do.

Oh! We have a request for Chopin.

Let me find something I know.

Welcome. Hi, there.

So, I...

I believe this is the first time...

you've ever actually seen me
in person, is it?

You're a lot shorter
than I thought you'd be.

It's so nice to finally meet you,
Mrs. Standon.

Louise.

Katie, momma's here!

So, would you like something to drink?

I don't think that I would. Thank you.

Lunch is almost ready. I made
something special. I hope you like it.

Here she is. Here's Katie.

Happy-Katie happy momma see.

What have you done to her
to make her walk so peculiar?

- So, uh, I hear you're from Oklahoma.
- I used to be.

- Have you ever seen a tornado?
- Once.

I actually did a paper for school
on tornados. I found it's interesting.

They actually hit Los Angeles
a couple of times.

I don't believe that.

Well, think about it. You got
warm air coming up from Baja...

cold air coming down from
Sierra Nevadas, so it's...

the interaction of those two fronts,
they cause a tornado.

Jonathan's got the family aptitude
for science.

I beg your pardon?

Katie.

What are you supposed to do before
you reach for something at the table?

You're supposed to ask, right?

Now say: May I have
the applesauce please?

Come on, Katie.

Come on. You can do that.

Don't torture the child.
If she doesn't wanna say anything...

she doesn't have to.

I mean, she could have at least
acknowledged the operation.

It's not like we arranged it
like some form of blackmail.

I think she must be... overwhelmed.

Personally, I don't know
how well I would take it...

if I arrived at a
complete stranger's house...

and then I saw this complete stranger...

acting as a surragate mother to my child.

I guess she must feel pretty powerless.

Good morning, Katie.

Get up. It's time for breakfast.

Well, it's finally happened.

- What's finally happened?
- What we've been waiting for.

Hi, Katie.

Hi.

I know Beverly already tried
to explain this to you.

You really don't have anything
to be afraid of.

What happened to you
happens to every woman.

It happens to me, to Beverly.

It just means you're becoming
a big girl, that's what it means.

I think she'll be alright.

God, she's just finished toilet training.
She's already menstruating.

Well, there is a silver lining
to all this.

The critical period's over.

Anything Katie learns from now on
is over the line.

So, we're gonna finally find out
if the Lenneberg theory is correct.

It's not a theory, it's a hypothesis.

Katie's gonna prove it wrong.

You just watch.

Alright. Quiet now, people!
I have an announcement.

We have a new student who's
going to be joining us today.

Now, she's a little bit older
than the rest of you...

but, she's never been to
school before. So...

I want you all to be
specially nice to her.

- Do I make myself clear?
- Yes, Miss Brill.

Class, this is Katie Standon.
And what do we say to Katie?

Hi, Katie.

Alright, dear. You can sit down
wherever you like.

Sit here!

Now, Katie, this is Kurt.

He's already been told where
to drop you off, so don't worry.

It must've taken two whole minutes
till we finally got her loose.

How did the bus driver take it?

He was great, he was great!
He's a really nice guy.

- Did I mention he's gorgeous?
- Several times.

I told Katie if I were unattached
I'd go for him in a heartbeat.

- Well, you're not.
- I'm sorry.

God, I know, I'm with Katie so much.
Oh, she can be such a tease!

She's got this really playful side
that... You'll see one day.

She's got this amazing capacity to
catch you up in whatever mood she's in.

It's magical. Yap.
She's just magical, right?

Hey... there's something wrong?

Ever since you started working with
Katie, I've heard so much about her.

That's pretty much all
you can talk about.

- So, I'm boring you.
- No, but-you keep building her up.

You keep saying I'm gonna meet her
one day, so I'm just-

I really don't wanna be
disappointed, you know?

I mean, nobody can be that great.

Fine... fine.

From now on, my lips are sealed.

Where is "May I have 10 cents"?

Does that sound like a question, Katie?

Question.

Ok, I want you to just try again.
This time, try very hard.

Oh, Geez, I-I am so sorry.

I was at the hospital and...

Ah, Norman, this is Eleanor...
sorry, I don't remember...

- Schultz.
- How do you do?

- And this is Dr. Richard Tennison.
- Hello.

- We are from the National...
- Institute of Mental Health, yes.

Beverly called me and told me you were-
you know, actually-pardon me...

I assumed that we were gonna be
seeing each other at my office.

This is the place where most of
the work takes place, isn't it?

Katie! You know better than that!

Beverly doesn't like it
when you spit on the floor.

Toy go coal mine?

Ah, coal mine is in the basement.

You see, sometimes we appropriate
some of Katie's toys as a...

kind of a disciplinary, uh...

Why don't I just show you around?

The spoon goes here, Katie.

I showed them all the videotape I shot.

For almost an hour,
they sit there looking at it...

and now all they can say is:
"So where is your research"?

I just showed them my damned research!

And they started on how
it's not all perfectly catalogued.

Well, that's what they're
paying for, isn't it?

Of course it is. But it's not fair
for them to drop by and expect...

- everything to be just perf-
- Mom, we need you in here!

God, here we go again.

Norm, you don't think we're in any
danger of losing the grant, do you?

Of course not. They know
how important this is. I just...

I just need to clarify
my part of the research.

Good morning, Katie!

What's that?

Kurt loves Katie.

Miss Brill, Miss Brill!
Katie's drawing dirty pictures.

Katie! Why did you do that?

Very very angry!

Katie, what's wrong, huh?

I'm not gonna hurt you.
You know that.

Tell me what's bothering you?

Come on, put it into words.

I never did get out to the beach much.

Wes would never take me.

He was a cruel man, wasn't he?

Katie said something the other day.

She said, and these are
her exact words:

"Father hit big stick."

Do you have any idea
what that might mean?

Well, Wes didn't like noise.

That's why he didn't want children.

And Katie, well, sometimes...

She'd make noise.

And Wes he kept a...

a big stick in the corner of the room
for when she acted up.

- So, how often did he beat her?
- Not all that much.

He had a few other ways
of keeping her quiet.

- Like...?
- He'd growl.

- What?
- He'd growl.

Like a dog.

- And that kept her quiet?
- I imagine so. Otherwise...

he wouldn't have kept on doing it.

Those people Katie lives with, the Glazers?

They don't care for me much, do they?

I wouldn't say that.

Then why they won't let me
see Katie at their house?

Why do you have to drive Katie
all the way out here...

just so I can spend
some time with her?

Well, I think the Glazers...

they're concerned that you
might not feel comfortable...

seeing Katie with... well,
you know, foster parents.

It's not that they don't like you.

They're just trying to be considerate.

Come on, Katie. Ask me a question.

I don't care what it is,
just ask me something.

- Dark.
- Yes, it is dark. It's late.

Just ask me a question,
it will be all through.

Where Kurt come Thursday?

So, what you really want
to ask me is:

"Where will Kurt pick me up
on Thursday?". Right?

Dark.

Alright. Let's call it a day.

Remember when I told you I had
a friend I wanted you to meet?

The one named Rob. Remember?

Well, he's finally made it over.

Come on.

Get up.

Rob, this is Katie.
Katie, this is Rob.

Hi, Katie.

Katie! Where are you going?

- It's very pretty, Katie.
- She made it all by herself.

- You did?
- I sew dress.

Beverly taught her how to
operate the sewing machine.

Rob want Graham cracker?

I think she's inviting you
for a snack.

Ask him again. But this time,
put it in a question.

I where is cracker?

I'd be honoured to share
a Graham cracker with you.

- What are you doing?
- Go back to bed, Rob.

- Can that wait until morning?
- Rob, please, go back to bed.

She's leveled off.

I don't think she's making
any true progress at all.

I mean, the vocabulary is there...

but it's not at the normal level
that you'd find in a...

in the average child just
entering kindergarden.

Even with the words she has learned...

she can't construct a grammatical
sentence in English.

Or anything beyond the rudimentary.

"I like sewing". In Katie's case,
it could just as easily be "Sewing like I."

Even when she is being grammatical,
it's not...

Not on purpose. Yeah, I see your point.

You know, what really amazes me is
how effective she is when...

when she is not relying on speech.

She always manages to find some way
to make herself understood, Norm.

And she is so good with her hands.

Maybe we can find a way
to combine the two.

Okay, let's try that again. Ready?

I-will-see...

No, like that. Two fingers.

See-the-dentist-tomorrow.

Do it again? One more time?
I-will-see...

the-dentist-tomorrow.

Very good, very good!

Hey, say something to Sandra.
Anything you wanna say.

Katie loves Sandra.

Sandra loves Katie too.

Mom.

Hey! When did you get home?

They've discontinued the grant.

What?

The National Institute
of Mental Health. They dropped it.

I kept telling Norm to organise
his research better.

And he kept telling me
"Oh, everything's fine."

So where does that leave Katie?

The Glazers have already made
new arrangements. You believe this?

They've already found
new accommodations.

New accommodations where?

I fixed up your room.

You wanna go see it?

Go ahead, Katie.

It's brandnew.

They just delivered it this morning.

He's gone already, huh?

Why don't I fix us something to eat?

I think when you actually see
the institution you'll agree...

that Katie couldn't find
better care anywhere.

- Well, hello there.
- Hi.

- Uh, Mrs. Dure, this is, uh...
- Duryea.

Duryea, this is Sandra Tannen.

She used to work with Katie.

Actually, I think I'm gonna have
the chance to work with her again.

It looks like the National Science
Foundation's gonna approve...

my grant proposal.

Really? Do you know Peter Chang?
He is at the N. S. F.

No, I-doesn't ring a bell.

Well, I'd better run.

Give me a call tomorrow, Louise.
I'm gonna try to set up a meeting...

- to get together and see the place.
- Fine.

And... it was nice meeting you.

Nice woman.
I didn't quite get what she does.

Hi, Katie!

How are you?

Oh, yes, I know. You miss Beverly.
I'm sure she misses you too.

Wow, look at that.

That is just the best picture
anybody's ever made of me.

Know what? Why don't you make
another picture, of Rob?

So I can take it home and show him
what a great artist you are.

Louise...

Louise, I hope you aren't considering
placing Katie in some institution?

I can't see that I have much choice.

She spits all over my nice,
clean floors...

she stamps her feet and
slams the doors.

And she rubs her hands all over
her private parts.

She never used to do such things.

She wasn't able to.

Oh, God. I thought
I could take care of her again.

Katie's got a lot of problems.

I didn't realize the kinds of
problems she's got.

You know what I would do
if I were in your place, Louise?

I would call the Department of
Social Services...

I would ask them to place Katie
in a foster home.

You know, some-a nice couple whose
kids have left home or...

maybe the kids are old enough
to help out.

I would hate to see her end up in
an institution, Louise. It is...

too cold an environment
for someone like Katie.

She needs love.

She needs a family.

Let's bow our heads in prayer.

Katie. What did I just say?

Head pray?

Thank you, Colleen.

Heavenly Father, we thank Thee
for these blessings...

that You have bestowed upon us.

We pray that You guide our actions
as we perform Your work.

Jill!

You know you aren't supposed
to use sign language.

If you've something to say, just say it.

We can't understand you
when you talk with your hands.

That goes for you too, Katie.

My brother got killed in Vietnam.

He stepped on a bomb and
he got blown up.

Blow uh?

Katie, I told you.
You can't wear jewelry to church.

Now, give me the neckless.

Don't fool around now, Katie. Come on.

- You'll make us all late.
- Very, very angry!

That will be quite enough
of that, young lady!

- So where's the girl?
- Oh, she moved.

She's doing well, I hope.

Yeah. She's doing really-
really well. Thanks.

Well. If it isn't the famous
linguist herself!

And you are becoming
quite famous, you know.

Hello, Judy.

I read your little article
that you got published.

What was it called? Oh, yes.

"Linguistic Development in the
Modern Day Wild-Child".

Catchy title.

But... a little insulting to Katie.
Don't you think?

I mean...

saying that Katie couldn't form-
what was it? grammatical questions.

That's a lie!

Maybe she never did when she was with you,
but when she was living with me...

she asked grammatical questions
all the time!

And saying that her father hit her
for vocalizing?

What editors do you have,
to make a remark of that kind?!

That's not science! That's conjecture!

Would you like me to cut a banana
to put on your cereal?

No banana.

Colleen, pass me the sugar?

I-I-I'll take her to the bathroom.

Wait a minute.

I'll get something to clean this up.

Oh, my God.

And furthermore, I told her
she could no longer have...

any visits from her mother.

Why?

Because she looks forward to them.

The only way to impress a child...

is to deprive it of something
that it values.

Mrs. Manning,
didn't the DSS tell you...

that this girl has an extremely
unusual background?

We have two other foster children
with equally unusual backgrounds.

They don't go around
eating their own vomit.

It's the act of an animal.

Tell me more about Kurt, Katie.
I wanna hear more about Kurt.

Hi, Katie.

I heard about your accident.

Do you wanna tell me about it?

You're keeping your mouth shut because
you're afraid you'd vomit, right?

Is that what you're doing?

Then why don't you use sign language?

Mr. Manning doesn't want us
to use sign language.

- Mr. Manning says-
- Mr. Manning can go to hell!

Colleen? Uh, don't tell Mr. Manning
that I said that.

I don't want him
to take it out on Katie.

I-I promise.

Talk to me.

Katie, please. Talk to me.

If you'd just see her for yourself,
Norm, you'd understand why I'm-

But all I'm asking is for you
to just take her back...

to Children's Hospital.

This house is the worst placement
you could possibly-

We'll figure that out later.
First, we've got to...

get her out of that house.

I'm not exaggerating in the slightest.
This is a real crisis. It's-

Okay.

Okay, okay...

Thank you, Norm.

Thank you.

- He's going to help?
- Yeah...

He's gonna help.

Good morning, Miss Tannen.

Good morning.

Please, Katie, you've got to eat.

Katie, you've got to eat.
If you don't eat, you'll get sick.

Katie, come on!

Open. Open, open. You're okay.

You're okay. Open. Good.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry...

- Can I help you?
- Yes. I would like to speak...

to the social worker who's
handling the Standon case.

- Standon?
- Yeah. Katie Standon.

If you would just pay her a visit,
I'm sure you would see...

that she's got to be
relocated immediately.

It's awful there.
She won't eat, she won't speak.

It seems like she's the problem,
not the foster parents.

Do you know even the slightest thing
about her background?

We are talking about
a very unique child, here.

They're all unique.
You see all these files on my desk?

There's a child that goes
with each one of them.

One's lost his parents in a fire,
another's been molested since infancy.

And I empathise, with each
and everyone of them. I do.

But if you would just, just make
an effort to familiarize yourself...

with the history of this
particular child...

I think you would see that
she's in a class of her own.

Oh. So we're interested in
class distinctions, are we?

So, you're not married to Miss Tannen?

We're talking about it. Thank you.

And you're already living together.

Yap, we're living in sin.

Katie.

Katie, don't you wanna see Rob?

Oh, he's dying to see you.

Katie's been hurting herself.

Sh-she does this all the time.

At night, she lies there doing it...

t-till the blood comes out.

Katie, let me see.

Katie, show me.

Where?

Aw... Aw, oh...

Five minutes. It's all I'm asking for.

Five minutes of your time.

I know it was hard on you.

I know you and Beverly had to
sacrifice a great deal...

having Katie come and live here with you.

Maybe you don't think I can appreciate
the extent of those sacrifices.

But in my own limited way, I think I can.

So I can understand why
you don't wanna get involved again.

And I wouldn't be asking you,
if I could think of anything else to do.

If I were Sandra Tannen
MD PHD LCSW...

I could walk into that house
and take her straight to the hospital.

But I don't have all those letters
by my name, Norm.

I'm not asking you
to move her back in again.

I just want you to help me stop her
from destroying herself.

If you could just see the extent
of the damage!

Please, help her, Norm.
I'm begging you.

Nobody else'll do it.

Nobody else.

It's just me. It's just me, it's okay.

The second I heard she was living
in an abusive home, I didn't even blink.

I got in my car, went over there
and an hour later...

- I checked her into the hospital.
- Well, hooray for you.

Oh! Amanda, this is Sandra Tannen.

Sandra, this is Amanda Black...

from the DSS. She's gonna be
taking over Katie's case.

Nice to meet you.

I understand you were concerned...

about the other two girls
living with the Mannings.

And you'll be happy to know
their cases are under review.

I'd be happier knowing
that they're both outta there.

Well, these things take time.

But, it will be relatively easy
to find new placements for those two.

Katie...

well, I'm sure you know that's
a bit more problematic.

We've got to make sure
the situation doesn't reoccur.

Yeah, I'm all for that.

You know, I don't know how
you'll take to this suggestion, but...

how'd you like to have Katie
come live with you?

With me?

From what I understand,
you two have a good relationship...

you've known each other
fairly long time.

You obviously have a good
understanding of Katie's needs.

In fact, we'll probably
never find anyone else who...

understands her nearly so well.

It-it's just that...

She's very demanding, I know,
I know. I realize that.

It's not just her. It's us.

And it's you. How would you ever
find time to finish school...

if you have to look after Katie?

You know, I've thought about all that.

From every practical standpoint,
this is the worst idea I've ever heard.

But you can't help thinking about it.

I'm sorry. I must have the wrong room.

- She was moved to another location.
- You mean another hospital?

- I honestly don't know.
- What do you mean you don't know?

She was moved this morning
to another location.

That's all the information I have.

Who moved her?
Somebody had to authorize it.

As a matter of fact, she was
accompanied by her mother.

She's not here.

- Do you mind if I ask where she is?
- In a place of my own choosing.

And don't give me any of your nonsense
about what's good for Katie!

You don't know what's good for Katie!
You never did!

Louise, please. I have driven
all the way out here. Could I please...

please just come in and speak to you,
for just a few minutes.

Louise, please.

The way you haunted that child.

Don't say it like this, Katie.
Say it like that.

And giving her all those tests?

That's why she couldn't get along
with the Mannings.

You pushed her to a point where she
didn't know which end was up anymore.

Louise, that's not true.

Katie loved the work that we did.

There were days when even I didn't want
to work and she would make me do it.

That's the way you trained her.

She was never a person to you.

She was just some little
scientific project.

No.

No. I needed her in my life.

From the first moment that I
laid eyes on her.

Well, you won't be laying
eyes on her anymore.

If I find you anywhere near Katie,
I'm gonna call my lawyer.

And that goes for the Glazers...

and Dr. York and anybody else
from Children's Hospital.

She is my daughter.

I'll decide what's done with her.

She's gonna think that I abandoned her.

Could I please say good-bye?

No good-byes...

no... nothing.

Just go back where you came from
and stay there.

Louise...

there's something I wanted to ask you
from the very beginning...

but I never felt that I should.

Why?

Why did your husband isolate Katie?

I can't tell you that.

You can't or you won't?

How can I tell you something
I don't understand myself?

Nobody understood Wes.

Except maybe his mother.

This was her house.

When Katie was a baby, we would spend
about as much time here...

as we would at our place.

She was like somebody
out of the old West.

She used to run a house
of ill repute.

Even in her old day,
she still packed a pistol.

Oh, Wes, he was just wild about her.

I think he cared more about her
than he ever did me.

- She sounds like quite a character.
- Oh, she was.

Wes was never the same after she died.

It happened right outside this door.

She was walking out,
to get an ice-cream...

when this car comes running
right upon her.

Killed instantly, just like that.

And I swear, she wasn't in the ground
more than a week...

then Wes moved us all in here.

Her bedroom, Wes wanted to keep it
just the way it was...

when she was alive.

So, we all had to sleep
in the living-room.

Oh, everybody but Katie.
She had the room in the back.

It was almost like Wes
was giving her something special.

It sounds like he...

like he projected his feelings
for his mother onto Katie.

- I beg your pardon?
- I-I didn't mean to-

Go on.

Well, one day I took Katie to the doctor.

She was sick a lot from
the day she was born.

And this doctor said it looked to him
like she was retarded.

Well, that was it as far as
Wes was concerned.

He said if those doctors got ahold
of her, we'd never get her back.

He said she'd probably wouldn't live
to the age of 3, anyway.

But she just kept getting older...

and I was already starting
to go blind, so Wes...

he was the one taking care of her.

I knew she needed help...

but Wes...

He was always walking around with that
pistol his mother left him.

The one he used to kill himself with.

It happened right here in this room.

Sometimes in the middle of the night...

I'd hear the floor settle...

and I could swear it was Wes...

walking around with that pistol
in his belt.

He was trying to protect her...

like she was a princess
locked away in a tower.

Wes never did trust doctors and...

and in that regard, I come around
to his way of thinking.

Hello, Miss Tannen.

So, how long has this been going on?

From the moment that I read
that article of yours.

I thought Katie's mother should know
the kind of people she's dealing with.

But believe me,
I didn't have to say much.

My objections found
very simpathetic ears.

There was nothing wrong with that article!
You were just looking for an excuse!

You didn't care what it was, just as long
as it helped you get Katie back!

And thanks to you I never will.
Poisoning the DSS against me?

Well, who's sorry now?

Hello...

Even after all this time...

I continue to hope that somehow...

someway I'll get to see Katie again.

When I think about that possibility,
which is every single day...

I always wonder what I'd say to her.

I know I'd apologize,
for leaving the way I did.

It wasn't my choice,
but I'd apologize just the same...

just so she'd know it wasn't her fault.

And then I'd ask her all about her life,
I'd ask who she sees, what she does...

and whether or not she's happy.

And obviously, I hope she'd tell me yes.

Even if she did, I'd still wish
there was some way...

I could give her back
all the things she lost.

But, I know that isn't possible.

All I can do is concentrate on
those things that are under my control.

And that goes for each
and everyone of us.

Hush little baby, don't say a word...

momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird.

And if that mockingbird don't sing...

momma's gonna buy you a diamond ring.

And if that diamond ring turns brass...

momma's gonna buy you a looking glass.

And if that looking glass gets broke...

momma's gonna buy you a billy goat.

And if that billy goat won't pull...

momma's gonna buy you a cart and bull.

And if that cart and bull turn over...

momma's gonna buy you a dog named Rover.

And if that dog named Rover won't bark...

momma's gonna buy you a horse and cart.

And if that horse and cart fall down...

You'd still be the sweetest
little baby in town.

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