I hate surprises.
- Yeah? - Yes.
You didn't mind when I surprised you with my promotion.
Well, that wasn't a surprise, that was earned by my genius husband.
Good answer by my genius wife.
See, I thought you only liked me for my body.
I do like you for your body.
What are we doing?
Surprise.
I don't understand. What is it?
- It's a house. - Yes.
Yes, I can see that. Thank you.
- Also known as a home, sanctuary, dwelling. - Yeah?
Or, if you like, you could just call it ours.
Ours?
Where would we get the money?
I mean, how do we get into something like this?
Oh, I don't know.
Maybe with a key.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God, are you kidding?
It's a classic.
1920s, wood-frame.
Three bedroom, one-and-a-half bath.
And the old owners even left us a brand-new swing set out back.
Oh, well, I think I'm a little big for swing sets.
We have to fill up those spare rooms sometime soon, right?
Thank you.
- I love you. - I love you, too.
Let's go home.
Mommy?
When's Daddy coming home?
- What, baby? - When's Daddy coming home?
Today, baby. It was just an overnight trip.
Why couldn't he take us?
Because it was work and we couldn't go.
But how about a, "Good morning, Mommy.
- "Nice to see you. " - Good morning, Mommy.
- Mom, you gotta get dressed. - Sweetie, we got plenty of time.
- We're gonna be late for school. - Oh, no.
We're not gonna be late for school.
Better get going or we'll be late for school.
Bridgette, are you okay with your spelling words?
Yes, Mom.
Hey, hey, hey, don't forget your lunches.
You got it? Here. Got it? Give me a kiss. Bye. Bye.
- Come on, Megan. - I am!
This isn't dirty.
Hey, girl, what's going on?
I can't believe it's Thursday already.
Tell me about it. I have no idea where this week went.
God, I wish you were here.
I am having the hardest time trying to pick out my dress for tonight.
What about you guys? You have any big plans for the weekend?
What, besides jetting off to Acapulco? No.
Yeah, right. Okay, I gotta go.
I gotta figure out what I'm doing with my life right now.
Oh, yeah? What's his name?
His name? Well, the name is really bad. It's Harry.
But, you never know, he could be the one.
Bye.
You have one new message.
First new message.
Linda, listen, I need to tell you something.
I meant what I said in front of the girls the other night, and...
I just...
I just want you to know that
and to please remember it.
Damn it. Someone's calling. Hold on.
Is that you?
End of messages.
If you leave a message, I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Hey, it's me. I got your message.
I don't know when you left it, but just call me when you get mine.
Okay? Bye.
Mrs. Hanson?
Yes?
Linda Hanson?
- I'm Sheriff Reilly. - Yes?
I'm sorry to tell you this.
- Your husband, Jim... - Yeah?
...was in a car accident.
He died on the scene.
- When? - Yesterday.
No. No, it's impossible because I just...
I just heard his voice on the answering machine, so...
Well, I'm sorry, ma'am.
We couldn't get to you any sooner.
The other driver was in a truck. A semi.
They're certain it was instantaneous.
It jackknifed. 220.
He was on the highway, around mile marker 220.
The truck driver was killed as well.
I'm very sorry about your husband.
Ma'am, is there anything that I can do?
Ma'am? Mrs. Hanson? Ma'am?
Ma'am, is there anything that I can do?
Can I call someone for you?
Let me leave you my card. Okay?
If you have any questions, you just call me.
What's wrong, Mommy?
Mommy?
What's wrong?
It's about Daddy.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
He's had a very bad accident.
What kind of accident?
When is he coming home?
Is he okay?
No, baby, he's not.
Come here.
Wow, I'm impressed.
You guys got this far all by yourself?
Yeah.
That's really amazing.
Hey, it's Annie.
Leave a message at the beep, and I promise I'll get right back to you.
Hey, Annie. It's me.
Could you please call me as soon as you get this message?
Thank you.
Wow, you girls are doing so great.
Daddy's better at puzzles.
He was going to help us.
- Hi, honey. - Hey.
I think I finally got them to sleep.
Oh, I should say good night.
No, don't do that. They just fell asleep. Leave it.
Okay.
I was thinking about everything we need to get done.
Tomorrow we should probably start looking into funeral arrangements.
And then, you know, just see where you are in terms of insurance.
I'm not ready for that, Mom.
Nobody's ready for any of this, dear.
But you'll be surprised at how strong you're gonna be.
- You know when I lost your dad... - I can't stop thinking
about our serving platter.
- What serving platter? - You know, the big one on the top shelf,
the one that his folks gave us.
I can't reach that.
Jim... Jim does that for me.
Well, nobody expects you to get everything done in the first few days, dear.
I... I'm pretty tired.
- I'm gonna go lie down in the den. - Okay.
I'll get some sheets out of the closet.
I'll be right up here if you need me, dear.
Mom?
Jim?
What's wrong?
I don't... I don't know.
I just had... I just had the...
I just had the strangest...
What? What is it?
Okay. I guess it's nothing. It's nothing, it's nothing.
Mom, we're late. Three times and we get detention.
And how is that a good way to start the day?
How about, "Good morning, Mommy. "
- Good morning. - "Good to see you, Mommy. "
Good morning.
All right. I gotta get going. Monday morning meeting.
I got hugs for everybody. All right, I gotta get going.
I gotta train this new assistant manager.
I packed their lunches. Ready to go.
Are you okay to take them to school?
Okay.
- You girls have fun at school now. - Bye-bye, Daddy.
See you, honey.
- You okay with your spelling words, Bridge? - Yes.
Hey, you guys, don't forget your lunch.
- Come on, Megan, get out of the car. - I'm coming.
You have no messages.
Oh!
Oh, shit.
- That was quite a stop there. - Yeah, I just... I was totally...
Yeah, I just, I got comp...
I just, I was totally just distracted.
Let's just take it a little easy out there, huh?
Sure.
We don't want anyone getting hurt now, do we?
I'm trying to figure out, should I call him?
I mean, I really feel like I wanna call him, but then it's kind of like
I think that's breaking the rules. I think it's better if I just wait.
What?
- Did we talk yesterday? - Yeah. We talk every day.
No, I mean, did I leave you a message?
I don't think so. Why?
Wait a minute, hang on. I'm the one with the crisis, okay? Are you...
- Are you sure you're all right? - Yeah.
Everything's cool with you and Jim?
Yeah. Everything's exactly the same.
Oh, God.
So, how was everybody's day?
It was okay.
- Kind of boring. - Thank you.
Yeah, kind of boring.
- Boring, huh? - Yeah.
Jim?
Jim.
What the...
Lithium?
I...
Thanks for coming.
Here's your coffee.
- You never know. - Here she is.
Hi, honey.
- Did you get some rest? - What's going on?
Hey, how you feeling?
Why don't you go upstairs and let's get some clothes on.
You wanna go upstairs and get dressed?
- Where are the girls? - The girls are fine, dear.
The girls are fine, honey. Don't worry about the girls.
This isn't right.
- What isn't, sweetie? - No, everything's fine.
Do you need to go upstairs and get more sleep? Or...
No, no, no, I don't need any more sleep, and I don't need to wake up, either.
Everything's gonna be fine.
- No, Mother, everything is not fine! - Okay.
- Something is really, really wrong. - Okay.
I'm...
He's not dead.
Hi, baby.
Hey.
Hi.
Sorry I wasn't awake when you guys got up.
Grandma said we had to let you sleep.
No, baby. You can always wake me up.
What's your sister doing?
- Swinging. - Yeah?
- I think she's sad. - Yeah.
We're all a little sad right now.
Hi, baby.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, baby.
Baby, what happened to your face?
Baby, talk to me.
How did you get these cuts? Who did this to you, baby?
- Did what? - The cuts! The cuts on your face.
There's no cuts, Mommy.
What are you talking about?
She's perfect, like a beautiful princess.
Oh, God, come here. Come here. Just hold onto me.
It's gonna be okay. It's gonna be okay. Come here.
It's gonna be all right. Everything's gonna be all right.
- Mommy? - Yeah?
What was it like when Daddy died?
I don't know, baby. I wasn't there.
So how did you know he died then?
Are you all right?
What if this is a mistake?
What do you mean, "a mistake"?
People just don't die one day and are okay the next day, that's all.
It's not a mistake. Jim's...
- Okay, Mom, did you see inside the casket? - No, I didn't see, dear, but it doesn't...
Okay, well something is seriously fucked up with this situation.
Linda? We need to go in the church now. Come on, dear.
No, you need to take the kids inside.
- Well, why don't you come inside with us? - Just take the kids inside.
Go ahead, go ahead with the kids. Linda.
Linda?
Here she is.
Hello, Mrs. Hanson.
I just want you to know that everything's on schedule.
I need for you to open up the casket.
No, no, I don't think that would be a very good idea.
Open up the casket, God damn it.
Open it up! Open it up!
- Open it! Open it! Open it! - Mrs. Hanson!
- What? - I beg you to let this go.
- Don't do this to me. - Mrs. Hanson, I have to warn you.
- There was a problem with the body. - What kind of problem?
They didn't want to tell you the way he died. The didn't want to tell you.
- What about the way that he died? - There was a deep cut, a severing.
- What kind of severing? - Well, it...
- Oh, my God. - No! No!
Get out of the way! Stop it! Let go of me!
Let go! Let go of me!
No!
Jim left this world a beloved person.
His friends spoke about his kindness,
his laugh,
his graciousness,
his helpfulness and consideration to everyone around him.
But his greatest devotion was to his family.
His "girls" as he liked to refer to them.
His lovely wife, Linda.
His precious daughters, Megan and Bridgette.
Mom?
What?
- Who is that? - And what better tribute is there to any man.
- Who? - Her, that woman.
Than the reflection of his own love in the hearts
- of the loved ones he left behind. - I don't know, dear.
- And so, dear friends... - Linda?
- It's okay. It's okay. ... let us pray.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Wait. No, please, wait. Wait.
- I'm sorry. - Stop.
- How do you know my husband? - I just thought that after we talked and...
- We talked? - Well, yeah, yesterday when...
Yesterday, I...
- You don't remember? - No.
I've never met you before in my life!
- I'm just gonna go, okay? - Please, talk to me.
You have all my sympathies, and your girls, too.
Who are you? Please. Don't just...
"Lithium carbonate. Take two tablets. No refills remaining.
"Dr. Norman Roth. Do not take with alcohol.
"Drowsiness and... "
"Dr. Norman Roth. "
Dr. Norman Roth.
Mommy?
Hey, why don't you guys go downstairs and visit with Grandma and Aunt Annie?
No.
I'm sure it'd be fun.
What are you looking for, Mommy?
Mommy needs someone to talk to, baby.
Why don't you talk to us?
Baby, I love talking to you, but this is grown-up talk,
and Mommy needs some help, okay?
Come on, baby, please go downstairs.
Thank you, baby. Thank you for being so good.
All right. Physicians.
Dr. Roth.
You've reached the offices of Dr. Norman Roth.
We are currently closed.
Our office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a. m. To 5:30 p. m.
If this is an emergency, please hang up and dial 911.
Do you guys want some tea or coffee or anything?
Can I get you something?
Maybe we ought to think about getting the girls to sleep, huh?
- Oh, yeah. - Been a long couple of days.
Yes, it has.
All right, girls. Come on with Auntie Annie.
We're gonna go upstairs and we'll get your jammies on, okay?
Then I'll read you a story?
Yeah?
Make sure you brush your teeth.
Come in.
Good evening, Mrs. King.
Hi there, Annie.
Hello, Linda.
Hello.
I'm Dr. Roth, remember?
No, I don't. I...
Annie.
- Okay, girls, let's go upstairs. - Mom? What's going on?
Let's say good night to Mom. And get our jammies on.
- Honey, please don't be angry. - No!
- Please. Please don't be angry with us. - Mommy!
Wait a second. Annie. Annie, what are you doing? Annie!
Linda, your family is worried about you.
Your family cares about you, about your situation, about the girls.
What are you doing? Mom, what are you doing? Annie. Annie.
- Honey, what else could we do? - What?
Just tell us what happened to Bridgette's face.
Mom, I don't know what happened to Bridgette's face.
Don't you see? That's what I mean.
Mom, I would never do anything to harm my child!
- For the girls' sake. - Get away from me!
Baby, it's okay. God damn it! I didn't do this. I didn't do this!
- Linda, stop it! - Get off of me!
No, you can't do this to me! What are you doing?
- Baby, it's okay, baby! - Mommy's all right!
No, no, baby! No, no! It's okay, baby! It's okay!
God, look at what you're doing!
Stop it!
No, it's okay, baby! Mommy's sorry! Mommy's very sorry!
Stop! Stop it!
Mom! Mom! Stop it!
I'm sorry.
Sir! Sir! Sir!
Obviously, she's never been committed before.
The husband was in a fatal car crash on Wednesday.
I told her about it on Thursday.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on.
Wednesday?
That's strange.
She showed up in my office on Tuesday
claiming he was already dead or was gonna be.
She said he was gonna die before the accident?
Yeah.
Are you sure it was an accident?
Hello, Linda.
Please don't do this. I just wanna go home to my girls.
Please don't do this.
Please, just let me go home to my girls.
- Please don't do this. - We'll have time to talk about that tomorrow.
Please, don't do this. Please, please don't do this. Please.
Please don't. Don't do this.
Everything is gonna be just fine.
Jim?
What?
- You're okay? - Come on, Linda,
you're gonna get yourself soaked.
Just give me a minute. Just one more minute.
I can hear your heart beating and it feels so good.
Hold on. Hey, hey, hey. Hold on.
Everything's gonna be fine.
Come on.
- You promise? - I promise. I promise.
What is it, honey? Tell me what's going on.
I don't even know how to explain it.
- I gotta get going. I gotta get to work. - Just give me a minute.
Just one more minute.
I gotta... No, I gotta go. I'm running late for work. I gotta go.
Girls?
- Morning, Mommy. - Good morning.
- Good morning, Mommy. - Hi.
Hey.
Hi.
Oh.
Oh, you're so beautiful. Do you know that?
You are. You're so beautiful. You're both beautiful.
Oh.
All right, babies, listen to me.
I need for you to be very, very careful today, okay?
No playing at recess. I don't want you running around, okay?
- Ma'am, you're holding up the line. - Sit quietly, promise me.
- Ma'am. - Okay? Just give me a second!
- Just promise me. Promise? - I promise.
Okay, baby. You gotta promise me, too, okay, honey?
- All right. - Good girl. Okay. Here you go.
You guys be good.
Ma'am, come on. Please.