Running with Scissors

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00:00:23 My name is Augusten Burroughs.
00:00:27 Where do I begin to tell the story
00:00:31 and then I left my mother?
00:00:34 Maybe I should begin with the part about
00:00:39 That's how close we were.
00:00:41 I was so crazy about her.
00:00:43 Oh, hello, Miss Mimm,
00:00:46 Augusten won't be attending school today.
00:00:48 I over-conditioned my hair.
00:00:49 - He over-conditioned his hair.
00:00:52 And he has to help me with the dinner party.
00:00:56 Thank you.
00:01:03 My mother was crazy about me too.
00:01:06 I've always known that.
00:01:09 I guess it doesn't matter where I begin,
00:01:11 because nobody's gonna
00:01:19 Augusten.
00:01:25 Wake up. Wake up.
00:01:28 Augusten. Wake up.
00:01:31 I need you.
00:01:36 Okay. Testing. Testing. Can you hear me?
00:01:48 "Childhood is gone. What remains?
00:01:54 "Childhood is gone. And youth.
00:01:58 "And ties with people I have loved
00:02:06 "My grief is more than I can easily contain.
00:02:10 "My grief builds this town anew
00:02:11 "and raises all the dead to walk with me
00:02:18 "What's left?
00:02:19 "My future seems nefarious,
00:02:22 "drained of mystery
00:02:24 "known in my bones.
00:02:31 "Most of all, what I will miss
00:02:35 "is the extravagance of my entire future
00:02:38 "stretched out before me
00:02:42 "Waves of heat rising up, wrinkling the air.
00:02:47 "I weep for what is gone.
00:02:49 "And I weep for myself."
00:02:58 Okay, now I need your honest reaction.
00:03:02 Emotionally charged?
00:03:04 It really does seem like something
00:03:09 You really think so?
00:03:11 The New Yorker's very selective.
00:03:14 I really think they would publish this.
00:03:17 That thing with your paralyzed sister,
00:03:20 Well, we'll see.
00:03:24 I just got a rejection letter from
00:03:28 That worries me.
00:03:30 Of course, if The New Yorker did accept
00:03:35 I can't imagine what she would say.
00:03:39 But I can't let her reaction
00:03:45 Augusten,
00:03:48 your mother was meant to be
00:04:10 I have a reading. I have books to sign.
00:04:16 - I got stuck in traffic.
00:04:37 Wanna play checkers, Dad?
00:04:40 Not right now, son. My back is out,
00:04:42 So why don't you go outside and play
00:04:46 But I'm sick of Cream.
00:04:50 She's an old lady.
00:05:46 Testing. One, two, three.
00:05:51 Thank you for coming to my poetry
00:05:55 "Childhood is gone. What remains?
00:05:59 "Childhood is gone. And youth."
00:06:01 "And ties with people I have loved
00:06:07 "My grief is more than I can easily contain.
00:06:29 "What's left?
00:06:32 "My future seems nefarious
00:06:34 "drained of mystery
00:06:37 "known in my bones."
00:06:44 Thank you.
00:06:57 I don't understand.
00:06:59 I polish my allowance.
00:07:01 I boil it clean,
00:07:05 But why, Augusten? Why?
00:07:08 Because I like shiny things.
00:07:17 I really don't see myself in you at all.
00:07:20 I'm more like my mom.
00:07:22 I wanna be special and I wanna be famous.
00:07:41 Are you going to a funeral?
00:07:44 No. No, sweetie. It's a gown
00:07:50 See, the plan is, I'm announced,
00:07:55 like Carnegie Hall.
00:07:57 And I come out in this.
00:07:58 And I stand in front of a black velvet curtain.
00:08:02 I'm gonna demand that in my contract.
00:08:04 And that way, everything fades away,
00:08:08 The mail came.
00:09:09 "And when the sun comes out
00:09:12 "the daffodil looks skyward.
00:09:15 "Wet from the rain
00:09:18 "but not broken.
00:09:20 "Triumphant trumpet."
00:09:29 Did you like it, Deirdre?
00:09:31 I've been working on it
00:09:36 You said, "Write what you know."
00:09:38 I love to garden so I thought
00:09:41 It's shit, Fern.
00:09:45 It's sentimental. It's emotionally dishonest.
00:09:49 It implodes into nothingness. I was bored.
00:09:54 Were you bored, Christy?
00:10:00 It sort of didn't go anywhere.
00:10:02 You didn't tap into your creative
00:10:10 Honey.
00:10:13 I'm sorry, Deirdre.
00:10:15 I so wanted to have a creative outlet
00:10:18 But you're right. It's terrible.
00:10:22 If Anne Sexton writes about flowers, Fern,
00:10:29 The flowers would wilt and rot.
00:10:32 She'd use metaphor to explore her
00:10:38 Sexton's therapist told her to write poetry
00:10:43 Now, she's not a housewife.
00:10:49 Last week in Boston, 2000 people waited
00:10:53 That's power recovered.
00:10:56 You need to recover
00:11:02 I am angry.
00:11:04 - Steve takes me for granted.
00:11:10 I'm so sorry.
00:11:12 No, don't you dare apologize, Fern.
00:11:15 You funnel that rage into the only escape
00:11:28 Who wants to read next?
00:11:33 Christy, you're hiding.
00:11:36 I'm just not quite there.
00:11:38 Get the rage on the page, women.
00:11:45 - You infantile tyrant!
00:11:49 You'd like nothing more than to see me
00:11:52 Why don't you just settle down?
00:11:54 You're so goddamn hysterical!
00:11:56 - I'm hysterical? You think this is hysterical?
00:11:58 You poor bastard!
00:12:01 You mistake creative passion for hysteria!
00:12:05 This is how you're killing me.
00:12:07 Nobody is trying to kill you, Deirdre.
00:12:09 You're doing
00:12:11 I wish you'd rot in hell.
00:12:14 Will you two stop fighting?
00:12:15 This is between me and your father!
00:12:18 Well, I live here too, you know!
00:12:20 Look at you. Look at your damn face.
00:12:24 Forty-five going on 90!
00:12:26 Will you just shut up?
00:12:40 He's not moving!
00:12:42 No, he's just playing another one
00:12:46 Get up, Norman!
00:12:53 Get up, Norman.
00:12:55 Enough of your pranks.
00:13:23 Please don't kill her.
00:13:25 He's not gonna kill me.
00:13:27 He'd rather suffocate me with
00:13:31 and then wait for me to cut my own throat.
00:13:42 Go to bed. Go to bed, Augusten.
00:13:45 You've got school in the morning.
00:13:47 I don't want to go to school.
00:13:49 You've got to go, Augusten!
00:13:53 You can't keep skipping or I'll get arrested.
00:13:56 Why can't we just be a normal family?
00:14:39 Oh, thank God.
00:14:44 Hello there.
00:14:48 Please come in.
00:14:53 I've just been a frantic wreck
00:14:55 It's okay now, Mrs. Burroughs.
00:14:57 Oh, no, please. Call me Deirdre.
00:15:00 Where's Norman, dear?
00:15:02 Oh, he's passed out drunk.
00:15:04 - I see.
00:15:09 I thought for sure he was gonna kill me,
00:15:15 Would you like a Sanka?
00:15:16 I'd like some slices of bologna
00:15:30 Do you mind, son?
00:15:38 Don't you worry about your parents,
00:15:43 Good luck.
00:15:45 I just pray to God Norman doesn't snap.
00:15:46 One of these days he's gonna snap
00:15:48 Enough!
00:15:50 That's not the way to talk around your son.
00:15:53 You need to comfort him, not frighten him.
00:16:00 That's right. I know.
00:16:02 I'm sorry, Augusten.
00:16:08 Sit down, Deirdre.
00:16:11 Good night, Augusten.
00:16:19 Now.
00:16:22 I'm gonna ask you a number of questions
00:16:26 They may seem rather personal.
00:16:30 But I believe that's up to me,
00:16:38 So,
00:16:40 your
00:16:43 anxiety level.
00:16:47 How would you describe it?
00:16:53 Well, I'm just frantic.
00:16:55 I'm very, very upset. I'm very anxious.
00:16:59 I feel very emotionally charged.
00:17:04 And I feel like I'm at the end of my rope.
00:17:07 Tell me about your bowel movements.
00:17:10 Have you noticed any changes
00:17:13 or the shape and density
00:17:19 Is that really...
00:17:21 I mean... Do we have to...
00:17:24 What I'm getting at is constipation.
00:17:30 Are you constipated in your life, Deirdre?
00:17:34 Stuck?
00:17:40 I am.
00:17:42 I am stuck.
00:17:45 I understand you write a lot.
00:17:50 Well...
00:17:53 When I write I'm writing from
00:17:58 Do you have sex with your husband?
00:18:06 - Yes.
00:18:15 Back to your anxiety for a moment.
00:18:17 You have thoughts of suicide, Deirdre?
00:18:22 Do you have suicidal thoughts?
00:18:24 Do you ever think of killing yourself?
00:18:35 And how often would you say
00:18:48 Right after I have sex with my husband.
00:19:02 What are those?
00:19:04 Valium.
00:19:07 To quiet the nerves.
00:19:32 Is he an MD doctor?
00:19:35 Yes, and as I've told you 100 times,
00:19:38 And you heard about this guy from where?
00:19:40 Dr. Nupal.
00:19:43 Augusten's allergist.
00:19:45 If you were more of a man and involved
00:19:50 I smell manure.
00:19:53 I don't smell anything.
00:19:55 I do, I smell manure.
00:20:03 Fucking bitch.
00:20:06 I'm unhappy.
00:20:09 I'm unhappy.
00:20:10 Norman, if you're so unhappy,
00:20:15 I don't know why.
00:20:17 My son.
00:20:19 I don't think that's why you stay, Norman.
00:20:24 It's what you know.
00:20:25 You were trapped in your childhood
00:20:28 and as an adult male you have sought
00:20:32 Well, that's just brilliant. And very true.
00:20:38 Deirdre, smoking is a great privilege
00:20:43 But for you, I will allow it.
00:20:46 Thank you.
00:20:52 So you're saying we should split up?
00:20:55 In order to reach that conclusion, Norman,
00:20:58 I would need to see both you and Deirdre
00:21:02 For five hours a day.
00:21:04 I'm available, Dr. Finch.
00:21:06 Five hours a day?
00:21:10 See, Dr. Finch, I told you.
00:21:13 Norman, if I'm willing to clear my schedule
00:21:18 then get out.
00:21:20 Leave this office, go home,
00:21:22 and start dividing your books
00:21:25 This is bullshit.
00:21:28 This is really fucking bullshit.
00:21:39 What are you writing?
00:21:45 "Norman Burroughs is homicidal.
00:21:49 "He is dangerous, a threat to himself,
00:22:02 Finally, somebody sees.
00:22:12 Deirdre, express yourself. Let it out.
00:22:15 Tell Augusten and I why you are crying.
00:22:19 'Cause I...
00:22:21 I did love Norman once, long ago,
00:22:24 but I never should've married him.
00:22:28 So why did you?
00:22:30 He threatened to kill himself if I turned
00:22:35 I've failed as a wife and a mother.
00:22:38 Yes, you have.
00:22:41 But Deirdre,
00:22:42 you can't stay with a man
00:22:49 You are a brilliant, brilliant poet.
00:22:55 Augusten, have you any questions
00:22:57 concerning the state of
00:23:00 I do have one question.
00:23:02 What's behind that door?
00:23:04 That?
00:23:06 That leads to an adjacent room
00:23:10 where I masturbate.
00:23:21 Dr. Finch...
00:23:23 As evolved as I may indeed be,
00:23:28 A male human being.
00:23:29 I am still very much a man.
00:23:37 Would you like a tour?
00:23:50 What is this, Hope?
00:23:52 Jesus Christ, Dad!
00:23:56 Hope, you've no business being in here!
00:23:59 - And you're using my blanket.
00:24:03 Nap? This is not the place for naps!
00:24:08 Go mind the telephone. Make fresh coffee.
00:24:11 Do your job, like a responsible woman.
00:24:33 He's leaving.
00:24:37 Now I can focus on my writing.
00:25:47 This is nice.
00:25:50 Maybe I'll become a doctor.
00:25:52 It's just down here, on the right.
00:26:02 That's not it.
00:26:05 Is it?
00:26:07 It can't be.
00:26:09 This is it, Augusten.
00:26:35 No doctor lives here.
00:26:42 Hello, Agnes.
00:26:44 Hello, Deirdre. Come in.
00:27:05 Oh, Freud.
00:27:07 Well, you must be Augusten,
00:27:11 Yes, well, I'm Agnes. I'm Dr. Finch's wife.
00:27:15 Well, make yourselves at home.
00:27:26 I'll wait in the car.
00:27:27 No, no, you will not wait in the car.
00:27:30 You just stay here.
00:27:37 Up here, Deirdre.
00:28:10 Abigail,
00:28:12 what are you doing here?
00:28:33 Would you like to try some?
00:28:37 No.
00:28:38 Thanks.
00:28:39 Why does everybody make such a fuss?
00:28:43 It's just a little kibble.
00:28:46 That stuff's not clean.
00:28:49 It's for dogs.
00:28:50 Well, I guess you're afraid
00:28:55 Sad.
00:29:02 Isn't it a little early for Christmas?
00:29:07 You mean late.
00:29:08 It's been up for two years.
00:29:46 I just pooped.
00:29:48 Oh, way to go, kiddie-poo.
00:29:57 Hey.
00:29:59 I'm Natalie. The other daughter.
00:30:04 - Augusten.
00:30:09 What's with the clothes, choir boy?
00:30:15 I just pooped.
00:30:18 John Moses is the kid
00:30:22 We watch him sometimes.
00:30:24 Come on, I'm supposed to
00:30:35 - What is it?
00:30:40 My dad used to use it on patients
00:30:43 Until the police came.
00:30:48 Come on, it'll be a wicked blast.
00:30:59 So why is Dr. Finch seeing patients
00:31:04 Well, you know how President Carter makes
00:31:08 Because we're in...
00:31:11 An energy crisis?
00:31:13 Right.
00:31:15 Well, that means people don't have
00:31:18 so he's lost a lot of patients.
00:31:24 Are you ready?
00:31:26 For what?
00:31:28 Are you retarded?
00:31:32 To play doctor.
00:31:38 Okay. Well, I'll be the doctor
00:31:44 I'm not gonna be some cunt-licking nurse.
00:31:47 I'll be my father and you be your mother.
00:31:50 Okay.
00:31:56 How are we feeling today, Deirdre?
00:32:00 I'm blocked, Dr. Finch.
00:32:02 I can't tap into my subconscious.
00:32:05 I feel I do have a classic in me.
00:32:09 I feel I am owed a Pulitzer Prize,
00:32:12 even though I've only published one book
00:32:22 It's very clear to me now.
00:32:25 There's only one treatment available
00:32:31 Electroshock therapy.
00:32:51 Is this gonna hurt?
00:32:53 Well, maybe if you pass out you won't
00:32:58 Put in the mouth guard.
00:33:22 What are you guys doing?
00:33:26 He's repressing a memory. We need to
00:33:30 Awesome. But can you do it later?
00:33:54 We have to get you in a place
00:33:57 Feel warm and you will feel...
00:34:03 Take a seat, son.
00:34:24 Augusten, your mother is in a state of crisis.
00:34:27 That's an understatement.
00:34:31 Your mother is in trouble with your father.
00:34:37 Your father may want to murder
00:34:43 Murder?
00:34:45 Your father is a very, very sick man.
00:34:50 Your mother needs to be protected.
00:34:59 What do we do?
00:35:02 Well, I'm gonna take your mother to a motel
00:35:14 But...
00:35:17 I don't wanna stay here.
00:35:26 Deirdre, talk to your son.
00:35:29 When you're finished, I'll be in the car.
00:35:39 Mom, what's going on?
00:35:42 Your father has a lot of anger
00:35:47 about how his life turned out.
00:35:48 He's projecting it onto me.
00:35:52 Dr. Finch is spiritually evolved.
00:35:56 We'll be safe with him.
00:36:03 Can't I come to the motel too?
00:36:07 I love those little soaps.
00:36:11 No.
00:36:15 The doctor thinks that it's best.
00:36:22 For how long?
00:36:23 Not long. A few days, maybe a week.
00:36:28 A week? I can't stay here for a week!
00:36:32 Augusten, don't argue with me. Not now.
00:36:37 I'll visit you in my dreams.
00:36:42 Did you know I can do that?
00:36:46 Once, I had a dream I went to Mexico,
00:36:50 and when I woke up
00:37:03 I'm going to go now.
00:37:13 We'll be okay.
00:37:32 Telephone call.
00:37:41 Hello?
00:37:42 I have an emergency collect call
00:38:20 Dear journal, somebody has to write
00:38:23 It's not to be believed.
00:38:25 So I guess that person is me.
00:38:28 Day seven and still no sign of my mother.
00:38:31 This place is worse than any loony bin.
00:38:35 Every decision in the house is made by
00:38:39 Bible dipping.
00:38:41 It's like asking a Magic 8-ball a question,
00:38:46 Ask God a question, Augusten.
00:38:49 I don't know.
00:38:50 Oh, for goodness' sakes, Augusten,
00:38:52 Should we have fish sticks for dinner?
00:38:56 "Awakening."
00:38:58 As in, awakening our taste buds.
00:39:02 Super, God wants us to have fish sticks.
00:39:05 Shit, I wanted McDonald's so bad.
00:39:09 Of the daughters, Hope is by far
00:39:13 Hope, you are by far my favorite daughter.
00:39:23 Stop antagonizing me, Natalie. Just stop
00:39:27 Please make an appointment to see Dad.
00:39:29 You know what? Your avoidance tactics
00:39:32 You're the one that hates me
00:39:37 Is this really our dinner?
00:39:38 Fish sticks and grapes, that's all you get.
00:39:44 You know, Natalie, you're so oral
00:39:47 And you're never gonna get a dick in
00:39:51 Excellent, Natalie,
00:39:54 You're moving from the anal
00:39:57 I'm very proud.
00:40:06 Oh, did I mention that Hope is an
00:40:11 - Freud is dying.
00:40:13 She told me through her purrs,
00:40:16 Hope, Freud wasn't talking to you,
00:40:22 This is animal abuse.
00:40:24 Augusten, be sexier. Make them want you.
00:40:28 She asked me to do this to her.
00:40:31 She contacted me during REM sleep
00:40:33 and said that she'd hung on
00:40:37 And she wants me to sit with her
00:40:42 What are you all doing in here?
00:40:43 You better not be engaging
00:40:47 Shut up, you hag. Leave us alone.
00:40:52 So how long are you gonna be
00:40:54 Until Freud dies.
00:40:58 Which should be the end of the week.
00:41:07 According to Hope,
00:41:11 According to me,
00:41:12 Freud died of being trapped in a laundry
00:41:18 Augusten, pay your respects.
00:41:54 Am I coming home for good now?
00:41:56 No, baby. Just a weekend visit.
00:42:27 You should let me cut your bangs.
00:42:30 It'd be really cool.
00:42:33 So is that what you wanna be?
00:42:37 Well, don't say "hairdresser."
00:42:39 Say professional, licensed cosmetologist.
00:42:43 But what I really want is
00:42:48 Like Vidal Sassoon.
00:42:52 What?
00:42:54 What do you wanna be?
00:43:01 Her.
00:43:04 Coed, majoring in literature.
00:43:07 You should apply.
00:43:10 They'd never let me in.
00:43:12 Why not? You're smart.
00:43:16 But I'm a Finch.
00:43:19 I'm used goods.
00:43:25 Besides, can you imagine
00:43:29 When they find out what goes on in
00:43:33 when the villagers surround the castle
00:43:45 I'm gay.
00:43:49 Big deal.
00:43:51 I know.
00:43:55 My adopted brother Neil's gay too.
00:43:58 Where does he live?
00:44:00 He used to live out back in the barn.
00:44:03 Then he got mad at my Dad because he
00:44:06 so he moved to some boarding house.
00:44:09 He rents a single room out there.
00:44:13 You two should meet.
00:44:15 Two, please.
00:44:20 Thanks.
00:44:39 That director is fucked up.
00:44:42 I've seen that like four times
00:44:45 I love French movies.
00:44:47 First cousins fall in love and then stab
00:44:55 I don't really understand
00:44:59 It represents the loss of innocence.
00:45:05 Wanna check out my wheels?
00:45:07 - Sure.
00:45:12 So do you see your mom at all?
00:45:15 Sometimes.
00:45:17 On the weekends.
00:45:19 It's tough to have a sick mom, right?
00:45:23 My mom couldn't handle me either.
00:45:26 Yeah, mine too. He never wants to see me.
00:45:30 Where does that leave you?
00:45:32 At the crazy house of the even crazier Finch.
00:45:35 Do you think he's crazy?
00:45:37 In a good way. I think he's a genius.
00:45:39 Like when I was your age
00:45:42 he'd put on music
00:45:45 Nat King Cole, Stardust,
00:45:51 Worked every time.
00:45:53 If he hadn't adopted me, shit,
00:45:57 Well, here she is.
00:46:01 But couldn't you have just been his patient?
00:46:04 I mean, I don't understand
00:46:08 Well, Finch believes that
00:46:13 At that age, no adult can tell them
00:46:17 And they can choose their own parents.
00:46:21 Natalie did it.
00:46:23 Natalie?
00:46:25 Natalie never mentioned that to me.
00:46:27 Oh, really?
00:46:31 Ask her about Terrence Maxwell.
00:46:35 You're over 13, right?
00:46:42 Finchy saved my life, that's for sure.
00:46:46 He was the first person I told I was gay.
00:46:53 I'm gay too.
00:47:01 Holy Mary, Mother of God,
00:47:05 Yeah.
00:47:07 I thought Natalie had told you.
00:47:15 Small world, right?
00:47:17 You, me.
00:47:19 Crazy.
00:47:21 Smoke?
00:47:27 Here, let me light you.
00:47:42 Want a ride home?
00:47:45 Please.
00:47:47 I won't go fast.
00:47:49 Maybe.
00:48:02 What just happened?
00:48:05 You think you're gay, right?
00:48:08 That's what gay men do.
00:48:10 Just wanted you to know what you're in for.
00:48:16 Want a beer? Smoke?
00:48:20 No.
00:48:25 Journal, what can I say?
00:48:32 And it sure beat another crazy dinner
00:48:37 There's a first time for everything, right?
00:48:48 I took those. In New York.
00:48:53 They're not very good.
00:48:56 I'm not very good at anything.
00:48:59 I'm not very good at anything.
00:49:00 I'm not very good at anything.
00:49:09 Shut up.
00:49:12 What?
00:49:15 Nothing.
00:49:35 One positive thing has come out of this.
00:49:39 Nobody can ever say again
00:49:43 Come on, get dressed.
00:49:49 I wanna go to my mom's.
00:50:13 You okay with what happened?
00:50:18 Yeah, sure.
00:50:37 Well...
00:50:40 Thanks for everything.
00:50:48 Thank you.
00:50:50 Thank you for everything.
00:51:34 Oh, Fern. Fern. Fern...
00:51:36 No, Fern, it's okay.
00:51:46 No, no, no, it's okay.
00:51:56 Augusten. Augusten.
00:51:57 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
00:52:01 Oh, God. God.
00:52:23 I wish you enjoyed school more.
00:52:25 Although I guess it must be very dull
00:52:32 Would you hand me my cover-up? I'm chilly.
00:52:39 Watch it, Augusten!
00:52:42 I've got a lit cigarette in my hand.
00:52:45 Don't act out in anger.
00:52:47 If you're upset by this, talk to me about it.
00:52:55 How could I not have known?
00:53:02 How long has this been happening?
00:53:05 I've been in love with Fern
00:53:09 Our relationship became physical
00:53:14 The intimate details
00:53:20 Journal, I'm confused.
00:53:26 Fern drives a Chevy Nova.
00:53:31 I worry about you so.
00:53:34 I worry about you in school.
00:53:37 - The law says you have to go.
00:53:40 Augusten, please don't smoke
00:53:44 You have a pack of your own.
00:53:48 - Although I wish you wouldn't smoke.
00:54:16 All my life I've been oppressed, Augusten.
00:54:19 And all my life I've worked hard
00:54:22 When I was a little girl
00:54:25 I had a black nanny named Elsa who
00:54:30 And in those days black people
00:54:34 And I knew that word "nigger"
00:54:37 And I knew it was a word
00:54:40 I knew Elsa was no nigger.
00:54:44 It's taken me all my life
00:54:48 and to claim myself as a woman.
00:54:50 I have struggled against
00:54:52 and the oppression of your father,
00:54:53 and for the first time in my life
00:55:02 And so, Augusten, I hope I have
00:55:07 because at this stage in my life I do not
00:55:11 I have spent my entire life
00:55:13 I hope I don't have to fight you too.
00:55:18 Can I have $5?
00:55:20 "May I have $5?"
00:55:23 Why?
00:55:25 So I can skip school tomorrow
00:55:31 Go get my pocketbook. I'll take a look.
00:55:36 Do you like my new house?
00:55:39 I need high ceilings.
00:55:48 So, you've been spending a lot of time
00:55:54 Are there other options I'm not aware of?
00:56:08 What is this?
00:56:12 Adoption papers.
00:56:17 Dr. Finch has agreed to become
00:56:22 What?
00:56:28 After discussing this with the doctor,
00:56:32 He and his family can give you
00:56:39 You're giving me away to your shrink?
00:56:42 No.
00:56:45 I'm doing what's best for you.
00:56:50 I love you very, very much.
00:56:54 I will always be your parent.
00:57:19 And my fucking father
00:57:23 He won't take my calls.
00:57:25 Yeah. He's basically worthless.
00:57:29 Just like my mom.
00:57:32 Just like the fucking nuns who beat me.
00:57:36 God.
00:57:39 Sometimes I feel like just taking
00:57:46 I understand.
00:57:50 You're the only one who does.
00:57:54 How close are you to Bookman, Augusten?
00:57:57 It started out as just friends,
00:58:01 This is a sexual relationship?
00:58:07 Bookman isn't a stable man.
00:58:09 His problems run very, very deep.
00:58:13 He seems okay.
00:58:15 Well, I'm not saying you can't see him.
00:58:18 After all, as you say,
00:58:20 But I just want you to keep me abreast
00:58:24 Fine.
00:58:25 Now, would you like some of these?
00:58:31 What are they?
00:58:32 Well, I just got some samples in the mail,
00:58:36 So let me see.
00:58:43 This is mild anti-anxiety medication
00:58:48 which might help you feel a little calmer...
00:58:52 I'm calm.
00:58:53 ...when I tell you
00:58:55 you have to go to school.
00:58:59 - I go to school.
00:59:03 I know you stay until homeroom, when
00:59:07 I know when you've been naughty.
00:59:12 What are you, Santa Claus?
00:59:19 If by that you're asking
00:59:24 who fulfills wishes and challenges dreams
00:59:27 and brings merriment
00:59:31 well, then yes, Augusten, I am Santa Claus.
00:59:36 I'm not going!
00:59:38 You're in junior high, for Christ's sake.
00:59:43 I don't fit in.
00:59:53 Where would we be
00:59:59 Well, the only loophole, or way I can see
01:00:02 for any considerable length of time,
01:00:11 - You want me to kill myself?
01:00:14 I could explain to the school board
01:00:18 and that you needed intensive treatment.
01:00:21 It would be a staged suicide attempt.
01:00:24 Of course, your poor mother would have
01:00:27 where you would stay for three weeks,
01:00:35 I don't know, it doesn't... I don't...
01:00:38 Augusten.
01:00:40 Where is your spirit of adventure?
01:00:46 Augusten, stay with us!
01:00:47 You're in a hospital. We gotta get
01:00:50 Oh, God, Augusten, wake up!
01:00:52 Don't you die on me! Wake up! Augusten!
01:00:54 Wake up! Wake up!
01:01:01 Please, stop! Please!
01:01:06 No, please!
01:01:08 I can't breathe.
01:01:12 No, get away from me! Get away!
01:01:49 The lady at the store said it has illustrations
01:01:52 of all the procedures
01:01:56 before they earn their license.
01:02:06 Cold waves. Those are really hard.
01:02:11 Well, now you can learn how to do them.
01:02:17 It's good to have a dream, Augusten.
01:02:21 Dreams get you through the hard times.
01:02:32 What's your dream?
01:02:34 Me?
01:02:39 I was never fancy enough
01:02:43 I was always too busy.
01:02:45 Working.
01:02:47 Well, so the doctor could go to school and...
01:02:50 No.
01:02:54 Then the kids came and...
01:02:58 Raising a family keeps you on the run and...
01:03:07 Maybe that was your dream.
01:03:11 To have a family.
01:03:14 Yes.
01:03:18 That was a dream.
01:03:27 It's a good one to have.
01:03:41 Hello?
01:03:43 Fern, it's me.
01:03:48 Why can't we do it?
01:03:50 Get out.
01:03:55 I miss you.
01:03:57 I miss the smell of you.
01:04:00 Who is it?
01:04:01 I'm not interested in what you're selling.
01:04:05 Please don't call here again.
01:04:22 Shit!
01:04:24 Shit! It's all shit!
01:05:19 I'm digging this new look.
01:05:42 Oh, my fucking hair! Oh, my God!
01:05:53 That was funny.
01:05:56 You should be laughing.
01:06:06 You know what, Augusten?
01:06:08 I'm not gonna throw you a pity party.
01:06:11 So fucking just get over yourself.
01:06:13 Fuck you, Natalie. You don't know
01:06:16 You're right, I don't.
01:06:17 And you don't know what it's like to
01:06:20 Lucky me.
01:06:22 Who's Terrence Maxwell, Natalie?
01:06:29 I've never heard of him.
01:06:34 Tell me who he is.
01:06:36 - Tell me who he is.
01:06:38 - It kills you, doesn't it?
01:06:41 - Let it out!
01:06:42 - Tell me who he is, Natalie!
01:06:44 Tell me so I don't feel so alone!
01:06:46 He was the only one I ever loved
01:06:49 Do you feel better?
01:07:02 A little bit.
01:07:06 How'd you meet him?
01:07:10 Terrence started seeing my dad
01:07:17 She left him everything.
01:07:26 He was 41 when I was 13.
01:07:33 He told me I was pretty.
01:07:38 And he made me believe it.
01:07:43 One day he broke my collar bone
01:07:47 and I had to hitchhike
01:07:51 and I passed out on the side of the road
01:07:57 My dad told him that he would press
01:08:02 unless he donated money
01:08:07 And he did.
01:08:10 $75,000.
01:08:14 That's so great.
01:08:17 - So, if you just apply...
01:08:22 Every penny.
01:08:25 So that the IRS wouldn't take this house.
01:08:37 So I do know what it's like, Augusten,
01:08:44 to love somebody who doesn't deserve it.
01:08:50 Because they're all you have.
01:08:59 God, I hate my life.
01:09:05 I hate this kitchen.
01:09:16 I need high ceilings.
01:09:23 Me too.
01:09:27 Let's get rid of it, then.
01:09:34 Let's take down the ceiling.
01:09:55 Deirdre, I need to talk to you.
01:10:15 I'm a fuckup and it's your fault!
01:10:18 That's right, Neil,
01:10:21 Direct all that rage at me
01:10:23 I can't focus because of the voices!
01:10:26 I see you for what you are.
01:10:28 Yeah? Camera never lies, see?
01:10:36 My parents have given you
01:10:40 You haven't helped me get better!
01:10:43 And you haven't helped me get better!
01:10:51 Deirdre?
01:10:53 Did you hear me?
01:10:57 Hello, Agnes.
01:11:00 Why am I here?
01:11:01 Well, you have an appointment.
01:11:07 Yes. Why are you here?
01:11:13 Because I want you
01:11:26 You're right, Neil, you're right.
01:11:29 I've never pulled any strings,
01:11:30 gotten you a scholarship
01:11:33 to pursue your photographic interests.
01:11:39 You just wanted to get rid of me.
01:11:43 I don't wanna get rid of Augusten.
01:11:48 It's just you. I just need you to go.
01:11:54 But then I'd miss my therapy.
01:11:57 No, I need Dr. Finch!
01:12:00 I'm not as pretty as you
01:12:04 All I have is this family.
01:12:09 Why won't you let me live in the house
01:12:12 Because I am the patriarch, and when the
01:12:16 You don't cooperate, Neil,
01:12:28 That's not why you won't let me live
01:12:32 You won't let me 'cause you're afraid of me,
01:12:34 Of what I could do to you in the
01:12:37 You're afraid of my anger,
01:12:42 Our time is up, Neil.
01:12:46 I believe we've made a breakthrough today.
01:13:01 Really?
01:13:14 I am to see the doctor now.
01:13:29 Hello, Neil.
01:13:31 Hello, Mrs. Burroughs, you look wonderful.
01:13:33 Oh, thank you. How's my son?
01:13:36 He's just great.
01:13:38 - Will you be kind to him?
01:13:49 That's why I'm blocked, Dr. Finch,
01:13:53 You're not blocked because of Fern, Deirdre.
01:13:56 You're constipated creatively
01:14:01 Scream, Deirdre, scream. Express the pain.
01:14:38 Fern has ceased to be
01:14:41 You need someone who worships you,
01:14:46 I have just the candidate.
01:14:51 Deirdre, I'd like to introduce you
01:14:57 Dorothy is creative like you. She paints
01:15:00 What color are we today, Dorothy?
01:15:02 Shell pink. I've had a nice day.
01:15:05 Dorothy has a trust fund.
01:15:06 It was established by her father
01:15:14 I've always wanted a daughter.
01:15:33 The ceiling was crushing us.
01:15:39 So we made a skylight.
01:15:48 I think it brings a much-needed
01:15:56 Vienna sausage. I've been looking for these.
01:16:01 I'll get it.
01:16:05 Don't touch my sausage.
01:16:12 - Dr. Finch?
01:16:14 Michael Shephard, IRS.
01:16:30 Where will I treat the people who need me?
01:16:34 How will I provide for my family?
01:16:36 You got an extension, Dad.
01:16:39 Six weeks.
01:16:44 We'll pray. God will help us.
01:16:48 And when God turns a deaf ear
01:16:50 because at least that's paid for.
01:17:01 You are a terrible daughter.
01:17:05 Well, fuck you, kiss-ass.
01:17:10 Just remember,
01:17:12 Daddy's like a great ocean liner.
01:17:15 If he goes down,
01:17:36 Stop.
01:17:40 - Damn it, Bookman!
01:17:42 Something's not right.
01:17:44 It's your hair. It lacks proper body.
01:17:47 That's because you've been pulling at it
01:17:49 Well, I wouldn't have to pull at it
01:17:53 I'm not complaining. I love it.
01:17:57 I love everything you touch.
01:18:00 Maybe you could work on my mustache.
01:18:06 No, this is useless.
01:18:12 No, no. Fuck that. Forget it.
01:18:17 Look, my hair's coming out in fistfuls.
01:18:18 Stop scratching at it.
01:18:22 You look like you have Down syndrome.
01:18:32 Hope.
01:18:44 Well, look, one of you
01:18:47 I don't get into beauty school
01:18:51 Guess you're stuck with me, jocko.
01:18:59 Being in love is fantastic, Hope.
01:19:03 I'd hardly call you an expert.
01:19:09 Are you saying my relationship
01:19:13 I'm saying your relationship with Augusten
01:19:16 is not mature love, no.
01:19:19 Bullshit!
01:19:21 Neil, if you're not man enough
01:19:24 then maybe you should not be with a child.
01:19:27 I'm not a child, Hope.
01:19:31 You're right, Augusten, you're not.
01:19:36 It's just that I was speaking of the love
01:19:41 And what do you, Miss Iceberg,
01:19:44 When was the last time you had anything
01:19:48 That is the fucking truth.
01:19:53 All right, Bookman, that's enough!
01:19:57 I'm certainly not gonna listen to you
01:20:09 What's in this? I'm starving.
01:20:11 Oh, this and that. My secret ingredient.
01:20:16 Would you like to try?
01:20:28 What's the secret ingredient?
01:20:31 Freud.
01:20:41 Freud's dead, Hope. You buried her.
01:20:44 I heard her calling me.
01:20:48 She asked to be reincarnated as a stew.
01:20:53 Oh, my God.
01:20:56 Oh, my God. Oh, my God!
01:20:57 You fucking lunatic!
01:21:05 I don't eat pussy. Psycho.
01:21:08 Come on, Augusten, let's go.
01:21:12 I want my beads back, Hope.
01:21:17 I was just kidding, you jerks!
01:21:30 Got some of my anger out.
01:21:37 Today, we are going to explore
01:21:39 I'd like everybody to take
01:21:42 and stroke their cheeks
01:21:45 Other senses are heightened
01:21:56 It's very soothing, isn't it?
01:22:01 All right.
01:22:02 Neil, I believe you have a poem
01:22:06 Yes.
01:22:08 Deirdre, I'm not sure I feel comfortable
01:22:14 I guess, emotionally.
01:22:17 I just need time to process this.
01:22:19 Joan, Neil is a beautiful and sensitive poet.
01:22:23 He's part of my family
01:22:25 and we are going to welcome him today
01:22:30 Okay, fine.
01:22:32 But he's a man.
01:22:34 Joan, what you need to focus on
01:22:37 but the lack of your mother's presence
01:22:46 Neil.
01:22:58 "The Angry Nun."
01:23:01 By Neil Bookman.
01:23:05 "Bitch!
01:23:06 "Whore of Jesus!
01:23:08 "Dressed in black, you do not bleed like
01:23:12 "But with your ruler, your crucifix of hatred,
01:23:18 "I bleed for you!
01:23:23 "Oh, Mother."
01:23:28 And then I ran out of ink.
01:23:32 Good anger.
01:23:39 Augusten, would you make me
01:23:44 My new medicine makes my throat so dry.
01:23:47 Baby, I'll get it. I got it.
01:23:49 All right, all right, Neil. Let's break it down.
01:23:56 Look, I always get my mom
01:24:00 - That's our thing.
01:24:06 Are we having a stare-down contest?
01:24:09 Yeah.
01:24:11 What do you want?
01:24:14 Here's 50 bucks.
01:24:18 Leave!
01:24:25 You think this whole thing is funny,
01:24:27 You look at my mom's craziness
01:24:30 You are so mundane.
01:24:33 If you want Hamburger Helper, cupcake,
01:24:43 Everyone! Come quickly!
01:24:46 Wake up! Wake up!
01:24:49 A miracle!
01:24:54 A miracle! A miracle has occurred!
01:25:05 What are you looking at?
01:25:07 Dad's morning shit.
01:25:09 See? See how the tip of the coil
01:25:12 Holy Father.
01:25:13 Doctor.
01:25:15 Let me draw you a nice bath.
01:25:18 Agnes.
01:25:20 Go get a shoehorn. A shoehorn, Agnes.
01:25:27 But what does it mean, Dad?
01:25:29 It means our financial situation
01:25:32 It means
01:25:35 The shit is pointing out of the pot,
01:25:40 My turd is a direct communication
01:25:45 No, no, no, no, children. No. Laugh. Laugh.
01:25:50 God is.
01:25:58 Agnes, I want you to carefully remove this,
01:26:06 We're starting a shrine, Agnes, a shrine.
01:26:10 Hope, let's prepare.
01:26:24 Now I'll never get into Vassar.
01:26:51 Agnes?
01:26:56 Somebody's gotta stay on top of things
01:27:00 I am just trying to hold it all together.
01:27:08 I need to ask you something.
01:27:12 He's fine. The doctor will be fine.
01:27:15 He's just overextended.
01:27:18 - That's not what I wanted to ask you.
01:27:26 I want you to make me Hamburger Helper.
01:27:44 So there it was at last, the awful truth.
01:27:50 Thank you.
01:27:54 Unlike my mom, I guess I had finally tapped
01:28:17 Journal, I feel doomed.
01:28:21 Instead, I'm in my mother's
01:28:24 lying on a used twin bed
01:28:26 How did my life take such a dismal turn?
01:28:40 I turned 15 today.
01:28:42 My parents used to make such a big deal
01:28:47 I want it to be like it used to be, when I had
01:28:51 Where nobody thought
01:28:58 I want a curfew.
01:29:00 I want to be grounded for sleeping with
01:29:06 I want rules and boundaries,
01:29:10 because what I've learned is that
01:29:15 all life is, is a series of surprises.
01:29:26 Surprise!
01:29:29 We gotcha!
01:29:34 Surprise.
01:29:39 We gotcha! And you didn't see it coming.
01:29:44 Smile.
01:30:00 Augusten, what's wrong?
01:30:03 He's just overcome, that's all.
01:30:07 I'll go get the matches.
01:30:21 This is good.
01:30:31 Deirdre?
01:30:36 Deirdre, come along now.
01:30:39 I'm not going to any goddamn hospital!
01:30:42 Now, Deirdre, it's just for observation.
01:30:45 - This is bullshit!
01:30:49 I will not be observed!
01:30:51 Deirdre, I have arranged
01:30:56 But if you don't open the door,
01:31:00 No, don't you call the police!
01:31:03 Oh, please! Oh, that's right, you think
01:31:07 - You're all pigs!
01:31:09 Filthy, stinking pigs!
01:31:13 Will you stop? Please!
01:31:15 You stop! You stop!
01:31:16 Oh, please, why don't you go out
01:31:18 You don't need a mother!
01:31:20 Oh, you need a fucking bone up your ass,
01:31:23 And you'd like that, you'd like that!
01:33:00 Now.
01:33:04 - No, no.
01:33:05 We love you.
01:33:08 No! No!
01:33:11 No, let me go!
01:33:14 Please let me go!
01:33:15 Let me go!
01:33:49 Thank you.
01:33:52 Thank you.
01:33:54 Oh, this is too much.
01:33:57 Thank you so much.
01:34:07 "Grief.
01:34:10 "The angels are gone.
01:34:13 "For weeks I searched for them
01:34:15 "and took the precise measurements
01:34:18 "as if the house had grown smaller
01:34:23 Not good enough. Boring. Repetitive.
01:34:25 Journal, good news.
01:34:27 After only a week of observation, my mother
01:34:31 Dr. Finch assures me she's doing well,
01:34:33 and is writing a masterpiece that will finally
01:34:44 I wish I had that kind of discipline.
01:34:45 Watch out. That's how he gets you
01:34:52 Our first date was at the movies.
01:34:59 I was so nervous my palms were sweaty.
01:35:02 But Norman's hands were so dry.
01:35:05 I found out later it was from psoriasis.
01:35:10 He reached for my hand in the dark
01:35:15 Hello, Norman.
01:35:18 Hello, Deirdre. You look well.
01:35:23 I'm sorry, Suzanne,
01:35:26 And, Deirdre, this is my fiancée, Suzanne.
01:35:31 Hello.
01:35:33 It's nice to meet you.
01:35:38 I've heard nothing about you.
01:35:40 I open up my mailbox every day,
01:35:42 hoping to get a child support check
01:35:45 but all I get is my own voice
01:35:51 You drank our family's money away.
01:35:52 I don't drink anymore, Deirdre.
01:35:58 Excuse me, could you get him a medal?
01:36:00 I want my money!
01:36:02 I sent your money
01:36:05 and his lawyer sent me a paper
01:36:12 No. I didn't approve that.
01:36:16 Dr. Finch wouldn't do that.
01:36:20 Did I tell you?
01:36:21 What? Did you tell her what?
01:36:25 That I was a little housewife
01:36:27 Well, that hobby has become quite lucrative,
01:36:31 I was just published in Yankee Magazine.
01:36:33 Ma'am, I'm gonna have to ask you
01:36:35 What else did he tell you about me?
01:36:37 He's the crazy one.
01:36:40 He doesn't even see his own son!
01:36:42 He's tried.
01:36:45 Shut up, you cunt!
01:36:47 All right, that's it. Let's go.
01:36:48 Get your hands off me!
01:36:51 I'm leaving here.
01:36:53 I need a peaceful environment
01:36:59 Could you get me a towel, please?
01:37:04 Jesus. Fuck.
01:37:07 - Are you wet? Did you get wet?
01:37:08 Okay.
01:37:13 Like a sheep or a dog
01:37:16 I've always been able to sense
01:37:19 Her eyes burn electric.
01:37:23 She stops sleeping and starts developing
01:37:27 like toothpaste sandwiches.
01:37:32 But journal, I think the worst is over.
01:37:36 Hospitals make you better.
01:37:41 Dorothy's gone. She took everything.
01:37:43 I don't wanna be alone
01:37:54 She's gone?
01:37:56 Just you and me, baby. Come here.
01:38:10 Augusten, hug back.
01:38:34 Could you make me some tea, sweetheart?
01:38:37 Sure.
01:38:40 Did I tell you I had a poem accepted
01:38:45 Really?
01:38:47 That's great.
01:38:53 Mom, what are you doing?
01:38:54 Oh, I'm decoupaging my rejection letters
01:39:01 Why?
01:39:03 Well, I want a daily reminder of
01:39:09 This'll keep me humble.
01:39:17 Mom, why did you mix your pills
01:39:21 Dr. Finch says that's what made you sick.
01:39:25 I'd rather not talk about that right now.
01:39:28 This whole episode's been
01:39:31 But I do believe that may have been
01:39:34 I think I finally broke through
01:39:44 Did Dorothy take all the cups, too?
01:39:47 She's such a bitch.
01:39:49 Oh, no, no. They're out back on the lawn.
01:40:32 What the fuck have you been up to?
01:40:35 Giving my worldly possessions
01:40:38 Anything the doctor's touched,
01:40:42 needs to be sterilized by the night.
01:40:46 I can't believe I just trusted you.
01:40:48 You have to trust me. I'm your mother.
01:40:51 And honestly, Augusten, I worry about you.
01:40:54 I disapprove of your choices.
01:40:58 I haven't had a choice!
01:41:01 You did when you wrote this, didn't you?
01:41:10 - You read my journal?
01:41:13 If you move back in with me, I won't allow it.
01:41:16 You'll only get hurt.
01:41:19 When I become a very famous woman,
01:41:21 they'll write that I had a son
01:41:23 who doesn't compare to my brilliance.
01:41:29 Did you mix your pills again?
01:41:32 Are you judging me?
01:41:36 Where are you going?
01:41:39 Are you gonna call the doctor?
01:41:45 I won't be taken advantage of again.
01:41:52 What are you doing in there?
01:41:53 Let me in!
01:41:56 Are you calling the doctor?
01:42:04 Neighbors reporting
01:42:08 - Good evening, ma'am...
01:42:11 Don't you dare tell me what to do, not ever!
01:42:14 - Ma'am, you need to calm down...
01:42:16 I will not be stifled in my own home!
01:42:20 - Hope, Hope. It's Augusten.
01:42:26 My mom's gone crazy again
01:42:30 We need Dad.
01:42:34 Finch gave her a sedative.
01:42:39 I like watching her sleep.
01:42:43 She looks like she's dead.
01:42:48 Maybe she's finally at peace.
01:42:52 None of us'll ever be at peace,
01:42:56 until Finch and every bad seed
01:43:03 is dead.
01:43:08 You sound crazy.
01:43:12 Come on, let's go to bed.
01:44:23 Neil?
01:44:29 Neil?
01:44:33 - What are you doing, son?
01:44:35 I'm not your son!
01:44:37 What in the hell is going on?
01:44:46 It's all right.
01:45:07 Neil.
01:45:12 Neil.
01:45:16 Neil!
01:45:40 - Where did he go?
01:45:42 Why don't we ever have any relish
01:45:45 What happened?
01:45:46 It was a family situation. It's been handled.
01:45:48 Natalie, you have to tell me, okay?
01:45:51 Where did Bookman go?
01:46:33 Where the fuck are you?
01:46:35 I needed to get away.
01:46:38 My father's very upset with you.
01:46:40 He feels like you're taking your mother's
01:46:43 because he wants to have her committed
01:46:46 I don't think she needs to be committed.
01:46:53 - Look, where are you? We'll come get you.
01:46:56 Do you have a pen?
01:46:59 Yeah.
01:47:01 Okay, tell me where you are.
01:47:03 I'll tell you where I'll be tomorrow at noon.
01:47:07 The bus station.
01:47:11 I'm going to New York.
01:47:15 You're coming with me.
01:47:19 We gotta get away from them, Nat.
01:47:22 Your family, my mother.
01:47:25 It's the only way that
01:47:30 What's going on?
01:47:35 What are we gonna do
01:47:39 Our only skills are restraining psychotics.
01:47:48 I'll write.
01:47:51 And I'll get a job so you can go to school.
01:47:56 I'll support us.
01:48:03 I'm afraid, Augusten.
01:48:10 Me, too.
01:48:13 But we can do this.
01:48:18 We have to.
01:48:33 Did a woman come in here by herself?
01:49:01 Can I take your order?
01:49:03 Yes, I'd like a TaB
01:49:07 and a slice of key lime pie.
01:49:11 Oh, nothing for me, thanks.
01:49:16 Aren't you hungry? You look skinny.
01:49:20 You really should eat something.
01:49:21 Don't pull that maternal crap
01:49:26 It's too late for that.
01:49:29 No, it's not too late.
01:49:33 We can find a house together
01:49:37 We can start over.
01:49:40 I am starting over.
01:49:43 In New York.
01:49:49 Really? Well, how are you gonna
01:49:53 You've no formal education,
01:49:55 no money, no furniture, no friends.
01:50:01 Yeah, well, could be worse.
01:50:06 Could be going to a prom.
01:50:14 Why did you come here then?
01:50:20 To say goodbye to you.
01:51:03 Did you pack enough warm clothes?
01:51:14 Yeah.
01:51:40 I'm gonna be okay.
01:52:39 Natalie's not coming.
01:52:44 I told her I'd deal with you.
01:52:51 Don't try to stop me, Agnes.
01:52:54 I'm going.
01:53:05 I'm gonna miss you.
01:53:11 I'll miss you, too.
01:53:16 You're the best son a mom could ever want.
01:53:29 You need to know that.
01:53:56 Oh, my God.
01:53:58 Agnes, there's a lot of money in here.
01:54:05 Penny here, a dime there.
01:54:10 It adds up.
01:54:14 The doctor doesn't know I have it,
01:54:25 You know, this morning the IRS came again
01:54:32 and I almost gave it to them.
01:54:36 And then I thought, no.
01:54:40 For once in my life
01:54:51 When you write a book, you send me a copy.
01:55:11 Goodbye, my sweet boy.
01:55:25 Agnes?
01:55:31 What are you gonna do now?
01:55:35 I don't know.
01:55:39 Maybe I'll take down the Christmas tree.
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