- 14 hours ago
Teenager Lexi Archer moves to Chicago with her newly divorced mother and befriends a popular girl at her new school, Jennifer. After Lexi's volleyball coach suggests that she lose weight, Jennifer reveals she is bulimic and the two girls decide to help each other, leading to disastrous consequences.
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00:00:00Music
00:01:00Hey.
00:01:04Hey.
00:01:05Hey.
00:01:06Jen's in the zone.
00:01:09I hope she doesn't fall into the fire.
00:01:16I've never seen her like this.
00:01:18You know Jen, right?
00:01:19She never drinks.
00:01:20She needs some food.
00:01:22There's nothing around here but some empty chip bags.
00:01:25I could stand a burger.
00:01:26Deal.
00:01:30Come on.
00:01:31You'll feel better when two of you.
00:01:32I feel better if Lexi's not following me around.
00:01:34Who invited her anyway?
00:01:35I did.
00:01:36Yeah?
00:01:37Well, she's spying on me.
00:01:38Well, maybe I wouldn't have to if you'd return my phone call.
00:01:41Whoa, whoa.
00:01:42You guys are just way too intense.
00:01:43Yeah, give it up.
00:01:44Look, just stop following me.
00:01:46You and I are not friends anymore, okay?
00:01:48Jen, this is nuts.
00:01:49Just leave me alone.
00:01:50I can take care of myself.
00:01:51Okay.
00:01:52All right.
00:02:13Jen, I really need to talk to you.
00:02:16I am so sorry.
00:02:20Don't you understand that I hate you?
00:02:23I never want to see you again.
00:02:26Okay?
00:02:27Okay.
00:02:29Well, here we are in Seattle.
00:02:40I like Chicago better.
00:02:41I miss our house.
00:02:42Yeah, this is like half the size.
00:02:44Look, we're not gonna do this, remember?
00:02:45Compare here and there, that and now.
00:02:46We can't it doesn't help.
00:02:47Not if we're gonna start a new life.
00:02:51Like my old life.
00:02:52That's your second piece.
00:02:53I've only had one.
00:02:54Look guys, none of this was my life.
00:02:55It's my life.
00:02:56Is that?
00:02:57I do have anyite nap during the day?
00:02:58Yeah, I wanna do it, I know.
00:02:59I've only, I?
00:03:00I've been here.
00:03:01I have to do it, I'm in the day.
00:03:02I'm in the day.
00:03:03I'm here.
00:03:04I'm here.
00:03:05But what about it?
00:03:06I'm here?
00:03:07I'm here.
00:03:08I'm here.
00:03:09I'm here.
00:03:10You're here.
00:03:11You're here.
00:03:12All right, you're here.
00:03:13None of this was my idea.
00:03:15I didn't want the divorce.
00:03:17We know that, Mom.
00:03:19Your father moved, we moved.
00:03:21We make the best of it.
00:03:23Why did we have to move?
00:03:25Because this job is all I know.
00:03:28I mean, I grew up around your grandfather's produce business,
00:03:30and this job pays a lot more than I could get in Chicago.
00:03:34And remember, nobody knows who you are here.
00:03:38So you can reinvent yourselves.
00:03:43Be whoever it is you want to be.
00:03:46Be all that you can be in the army.
00:03:53You goofballs.
00:03:55That's your third piece.
00:03:56Oink, oink.
00:03:58Here, baby.
00:03:59You know, I'm just as nervous about my new job as you are, about your new school.
00:04:17At least you're getting paid.
00:04:19What are varsity tryouts?
00:04:21I don't know.
00:04:22Maybe I won't play.
00:04:23Of course you'll play.
00:04:25And it's a good way for you to meet new friends.
00:04:29I'm fat, aren't I?
00:04:31No.
00:04:32You are not fat.
00:04:33You just need a little exercise, that's all.
00:04:36So you do think I'm fat?
00:04:40Lexi, you are not fat.
00:04:43You put on a few extra pounds this summer, big deal.
00:04:47They'll come right off as soon as you start playing again.
00:04:50So stop worrying.
00:04:52I love you.
00:04:54Okay, I'll meet you.
00:04:55Good night.
00:04:56Good night.
00:04:56That's Jennifer.
00:05:14Who?
00:05:15Jennifer Hornsberger.
00:05:17Wow.
00:05:18She's really good.
00:05:19And she also gets straight A's and is the best actress in school.
00:05:23Don't you hate her?
00:05:24I'm Sarah, by the way.
00:05:28Lexi, good to meet you.
00:05:29Nice to meet you.
00:05:31Next!
00:05:32Good luck.
00:05:46Wow, nice hits.
00:05:47Nice sets.
00:05:48You sure you two never played together before?
00:05:52I'm Jen.
00:05:53Lexi.
00:05:54Welcome to the team.
00:05:56Thanks.
00:06:11Thanks.
00:06:11Hello?
00:06:12Oh, hi, honey.
00:06:13Oh, hi, Mom.
00:06:14How did tryouts go?
00:06:16Good.
00:06:16I made the team.
00:06:19Fabulous.
00:06:20Congratulations.
00:06:21Well, not that I thought you wouldn't.
00:06:22Oh, and I decided to do what you said and reinvent myself.
00:06:25Can I read you my list?
00:06:26It'll only take a minute.
00:06:27Oh, not right now, honey.
00:06:28I've got to go into a meeting.
00:06:29I only have, uh, 30 seconds.
00:06:32Please, one minute.
00:06:33Go.
00:06:34Catherine.
00:06:37Eat healthy.
00:06:38There's at least 10 pounds.
00:06:40Get an A in geometry.
00:06:42Serve an entire game.
00:06:44Help, Mom, or...
00:06:45Oh, well, I like that one.
00:06:46And become Jennifer Harnsberger's friend.
00:06:50Oh, that sounds great, honey.
00:06:52Listen, I have to go, but I want you to do your homework and no TV, okay?
00:06:56Okay.
00:06:56Bye.
00:06:57Okay.
00:06:58Bye-bye.
00:06:58Hello, marketing.
00:07:05Yeah, is, um, Peter Archer there, please?
00:07:07Who's calling, please?
00:07:08It's his daughter.
00:07:09I'm sorry, he's in a meeting right now.
00:07:11Okay, can you just tell him that I called?
00:07:13Uh, your name again?
00:07:15It's Lexi.
00:07:16Uh, your last name?
00:07:17Lexi Archer.
00:07:19Great.
00:07:19I'll make sure he gets the message.
00:07:20Thanks.
00:07:21Thanks.
00:07:28Yummy.
00:07:29Shut up.
00:07:31Lexi!
00:07:32Hi.
00:07:33Hi.
00:07:33Hey, guys, this is Lexi, the new player I told you about.
00:07:36Hi.
00:07:36Hey.
00:07:37This is Justin and Ben.
00:07:38They're on the boys' team.
00:07:40Lexi's from Chicago.
00:07:42Yeah, my parents got divorced, so here I am.
00:07:45Ooh, I can relate.
00:07:47It's been almost a year since the big announcement.
00:07:50Guys, they can eat anything.
00:07:54Uh, don't you want some dressing with that?
00:07:56Oh, no.
00:07:56I don't like any of them.
00:07:57Okay.
00:08:04You should see our new uniforms.
00:08:06It's got this, uh, cool diagonal striper right across the chest.
00:08:08Yeah, wait till you see ours.
00:08:09They're, like, 100 years old.
00:08:11Girl sports always come fast.
00:08:13I know, it truly uxays.
00:08:15Yeah, like a vacuum.
00:08:17Within a vacuum.
00:08:19Or a hot pair of lips.
00:08:20On a cold cherry popsicle.
00:08:22Oh, no.
00:08:25Oh, no.
00:08:26That looks good.
00:08:30Can I have a bite?
00:08:31Mm-hmm.
00:08:41Mom, do you know how many grams of fat there are in this?
00:08:44No.
00:08:44Seven grams per serving.
00:08:47And they say it's low fat.
00:08:49Jill, you know I don't like you to do your homework at the last minute.
00:08:53Our first game was today.
00:08:54I know.
00:08:55I wish I could come, but the growers are holding a meeting on pesticides, and I have to be there.
00:09:02You know I'd go if I could.
00:09:03It doesn't really matter anyway.
00:09:06I'm sorry, honey.
00:09:09Done.
00:09:09I wish I could come.
00:09:33You've got to position yourself
00:09:47so you have more control of the ball.
00:09:49You're all just watching the game.
00:09:51Now let's get it together, huh?
00:09:52One, two, three, team work!
00:09:55Lexi, out.
00:09:57Sup?
00:10:01You're a good player, Lexi,
00:10:02but you've got to anticipate
00:10:04and get to the ball quicker.
00:10:06Jen's ready for you every time,
00:10:07but you're not delivering.
00:10:08I know. I'm just really off today.
00:10:10Sorry.
00:10:11Also, you'd jump a lot higher
00:10:13if you dropped some weight.
00:10:15Just a few pounds can make all the difference.
00:10:19Love your house.
00:10:20Thanks.
00:10:21Is Justin, like, your boyfriend or something?
00:10:24Uh, no.
00:10:25He used to be in the seventh grade.
00:10:27Now he's more like a brother.
00:10:29I have a sister.
00:10:31A little sister.
00:10:32Are you an only child?
00:10:36No, I have an older brother,
00:10:37but he's away in college.
00:10:38I hate being the only one left.
00:10:40Jennifer, I...
00:10:41Oh.
00:10:43Mom, how many times have I told you not?
00:10:45I picked up a few things for you at Leonie's
00:10:47I thought you might like,
00:10:48including a dress which will be perfect
00:10:49for Grandma's birthday dinner.
00:10:51Oh, Mom.
00:10:53This is my friend Lexi,
00:10:54the girl on the team I told you about.
00:10:56Oh, yes.
00:10:57Jennifer tells me you're from the Midwest.
00:10:58That's where I'm from originally.
00:11:00Yeah.
00:11:00She was Miss Cornhusker, 1970.
00:11:04Seriously.
00:11:05Oh, Mom.
00:11:07Is it okay if Lexi spends the night?
00:11:08It's okay with her, Mom.
00:11:09Oh, of course.
00:11:10Only you'll have to fend for yourself
00:11:12if your father and I are going out.
00:11:13Nice to meet you, Lexi.
00:11:15Nice meeting you.
00:11:19She buys you clothes?
00:11:21Yeah.
00:11:21I'm like her Jenny doll.
00:11:23I mean, actually, she has pretty good taste.
00:11:25It's just I'd like to pick out my own things
00:11:27every once in a while.
00:11:29Like she decorated my room.
00:11:31But I'm rebelling.
00:11:33Check it out.
00:11:36Wow.
00:11:37Oh, who's that?
00:11:38You don't know?
00:11:40That's Chloe Dunsmuir.
00:11:41She's this English actress-slash-model
00:11:44from the 70s.
00:11:45Chloe Dunsmuir.
00:11:47Don't you just love that name?
00:11:49She is so incredible-looking.
00:11:52Did you ever see the French film
00:11:53A Oblire L'Amour?
00:11:55Mm-mm.
00:11:56She was in that.
00:11:57To forget love?
00:11:59You take French?
00:12:00Mm-mm.
00:12:00Me too.
00:12:01Cool.
00:12:11Bars.
00:12:12Clip.
00:12:14L'amour.
00:12:17Qu'est-ce que c'est l'amour?
00:12:19Love.
00:12:20What is love?
00:12:23Un couteau
00:12:23qui reste sur le table.
00:12:27A knife that lies on the table.
00:12:30Entre un homme
00:12:31et une femme.
00:12:33Between a man
00:12:34and a woman I'm starving me too oh my stomach me too oh I'm gonna go visit
00:12:57let's will it okay
00:13:04Um, Jen, are you okay?
00:13:28The Romans had the right idea.
00:13:30Stuff to the gills, push reject.
00:13:34You mean, you made yourself, like...
00:13:38I can't pig out like that and not do something.
00:13:42But don't tell anyone, okay?
00:13:45Okay.
00:13:46Cross your heart, kiss your elbow.
00:13:55I've been waiting for a friend like you.
00:13:59Me too.
00:14:04Come on, let's try something on.
00:14:13I love you.
00:14:17I love you.
00:14:25Whoo-hoo!
00:14:34Whoo-hoo!
00:14:35Whoo-hoo!
00:14:36I can't get this button done.
00:14:57I look fat, even in black.
00:15:00Damn it, I feel like a blimp.
00:15:02Yeah, right. You're like the skinniest person I know.
00:15:05If you're a blimp, then I'm a blimp on steroids.
00:15:21Look straight ahead. Keep walking in. Don't breathe in.
00:15:35Don't care last. Just keep going.
00:15:51Don't breathe in.
00:15:56Don't breathe in.
00:15:58Did Daddy call?
00:16:00No. Why?
00:16:02Oh, I heard the phone ring when I was in the shower.
00:16:05As for me...
00:16:08Did he say he was going to call?
00:16:11No.
00:16:12I left another message on his machine.
00:16:16I just wanted to talk.
00:16:20I don't understand what I did wrong.
00:16:22Lexi, you didn't do anything wrong.
00:16:24Then why didn't he call me back the same day?
00:16:27He'll call you back. He always does.
00:16:30Someday he won't.
00:16:32He'll be too busy and he'll forget.
00:16:34Can I have the other half of that?
00:16:37Sure. I thought you didn't like the pia.
00:16:41I don't. I'm on a diet.
00:16:45Mmm. Me too.
00:16:47At least until lunchtime.
00:16:56Voila.
00:17:00Go ahead. Open it.
00:17:02Okay.
00:17:03Okay.
00:17:07You'll get used to it.
00:17:09Especially once you start losing.
00:17:12Break it into fourths.
00:17:13It lasts longer.
00:17:16Okay.
00:17:24To eat.
00:17:25I eat.
00:17:27I eat.
00:17:29You eat.
00:17:30He eats.
00:17:31We eat.
00:17:33To eat.
00:17:34He eats.
00:17:35Oh, je...
00:17:36Oh, je...
00:17:37Oh, je...
00:17:37Oh, je...
00:17:37Oh, je...
00:17:38Oh, je...
00:17:38Oh, je...
00:17:39Oh, je...
00:17:39Oh, je...
00:17:40To cook.
00:17:42For la cuisine.
00:17:45Je fais la cuisine.
00:17:47Tu fais la cuisine.
00:17:48Je veux manger la cuisine.
00:17:52Je veux manger la cuisine.
00:17:53Je veux manger la cuisine.
00:17:54Moi aussi.
00:17:56To eat or not to eat.
00:17:58That's the question.
00:18:01Chew gum and hold out till breakfast.
00:18:03Okay.
00:18:18That's good.
00:18:28Hey, guys.
00:18:29What do you think about the team having a fundraiser at the Spring Carnival?
00:18:32Like what?
00:18:33I don't know.
00:18:35But something that we can sell tickets for in advance.
00:18:37That way, if they don't show, we can still get their money.
00:18:39I like it.
00:18:42Is that all you're eating?
00:18:44What about when you play?
00:18:45I mean, your energy.
00:18:46Mm.
00:18:47I have more energy when I eat less.
00:18:49I feel lighter and faster.
00:18:50Right, Lex?
00:18:51Yep.
00:18:52Whatever.
00:18:53See you at practice.
00:18:57Did you see that sandwich?
00:18:58At least 800 calories, if not 1,000.
00:19:00You know, I think I've finally stopped feeling hungry.
00:19:07Mom, don't scare me like that.
00:19:22How much have you lost?
00:19:23I don't want you to disappear.
00:19:25That's me, Mom, vanishing into thin air.
00:19:28I'm serious, Lexi.
00:19:29I think you need to stop dieting.
00:19:31I bet you never had big hips.
00:19:33Hips are what women have.
00:19:36And yours are hardly what I would call big.
00:19:38I hate my hips.
00:19:40And my thighs.
00:19:42You have a beautiful, strong, healthy body, Lexi.
00:19:46And I want you to keep it that way.
00:19:49Want me to get fat again?
00:19:52Lexi, you are not fat.
00:19:55Lexi, you look great.
00:20:11Thanks.
00:20:12Yeah, you, uh, really look different.
00:20:15I wasn't even sure it was you.
00:20:18So, uh, how would you like to go to that, uh, winter dance thing?
00:20:23Okay.
00:20:29Go, buy and win the tail!
00:20:33Great, my dad's here.
00:20:35Don't worry about it.
00:20:36Woo!
00:20:37Come on, guys!
00:20:38Come on, guys!
00:20:39Come on!
00:20:40Come on!
00:20:40Come on!
00:20:41Come on!
00:20:42Come on!
00:20:43Come on!
00:20:44Come on!
00:20:45Come on!
00:20:46Come on!
00:20:48Come on!
00:20:49Come on!
00:20:50Come on!
00:20:51Come on!
00:20:53Come on!
00:20:54You think I've never played before?
00:20:55It's okay, Jim.
00:20:56Let it go.
00:20:57Okay?
00:20:58We'll win the next one.
00:20:59One, two, three.
00:21:00Teamwork!
00:21:01Yeah!
00:21:02Let's go!
00:21:03Yeah!
00:21:04Yeah!
00:21:05Nice one!
00:21:06Yeah!
00:21:07Nice one!
00:21:08Woo!
00:21:09Woo!
00:21:10Woo!
00:21:11Woo!
00:21:12Woo!
00:21:13Woo!
00:21:14Woo!
00:21:15Woo!
00:21:16Woo!
00:21:17Woo!
00:21:18Woo!
00:21:19Woo!
00:21:20Woo!
00:21:21Woo!
00:21:22Woo!
00:21:23Woo!
00:21:24Woo!
00:21:25Woo!
00:21:26Woo!
00:21:27Woo!
00:21:28Woo!
00:21:29Woo!
00:21:30Woo!
00:21:31That was great serving, Lexi.
00:21:32Too bad Jennifer's game was off today.
00:21:35I guess she just didn't want it enough.
00:21:37Jen's the best player on the team.
00:21:39Oh, I know that.
00:21:40That's why I hate to see her play like she's not.
00:21:43Hello.
00:21:44I need some help.
00:21:45I'm gonna drop it.
00:21:46Thank you, honey.
00:21:47Ugh.
00:21:48I thought I might actually cook some dinner.
00:21:49I missed my game.
00:21:50I so...
00:21:51Damn it.
00:21:52Did you hear what I said?
00:21:53In a minute.
00:21:54Would you help me clean up this mess?
00:21:55Hello?
00:21:56Oh, hi, Dad.
00:21:57Did you see the Bulls game last night?
00:21:58I know I wanted to.
00:21:59Oh, I need some help.
00:22:00I need some help.
00:22:01I'm gonna drop it.
00:22:02I'm gonna drop it.
00:22:03Thank you, honey.
00:22:04Ugh.
00:22:05I thought I might actually cook some dinner.
00:22:06I missed my game.
00:22:07I so...
00:22:08Damn it.
00:22:09Did you hear what I said?
00:22:10In a minute, would you help me clean up this mess?
00:22:12Hello?
00:22:13Oh, hi, Dad.
00:22:14Did you see the Bulls game last night?
00:22:15I know I wanted to, but they only have a boys team.
00:22:16I'm signing up for the league in the spring, though.
00:22:17Hold on.
00:22:18Mom?
00:22:19It's Dad.
00:22:20Lexi, you talk to him.
00:22:21Daddy?
00:22:22Hi.
00:22:23Guess what?
00:22:24I served the whole game.
00:22:25You did?
00:22:26I know.
00:22:27I wish you could've, too.
00:22:28Oh, really?
00:22:29That sounds great.
00:22:30Hang on, I'll ask her.
00:22:31Mom, when do we get out for Thanksgiving?
00:22:32I don't know.
00:22:33Why?
00:22:34She hasn't, uh...
00:22:35Okay, hang on.
00:22:36Hello?
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00:22:59Well, we were just about to have dinner.
00:23:01I thought you were coming out to see them.
00:23:05Well, how are they gonna get there?
00:23:09Let me think about it.
00:23:14Look, uh, something's burning.
00:23:15I'll talk to you later.
00:23:16Bye.
00:23:17Thanks a lot, Mom.
00:23:18I wanted to say goodbye.
00:23:19Me, too.
00:23:20Hello?
00:23:21I'd like to order a phone call.
00:23:25Hello?
00:23:26I'd like to order a large cheese pizza.
00:23:44Peace offering.
00:23:45I know you're sick of pizza, so...
00:23:47Tuna salad sandwich, your favorite.
00:23:50You haven't had any dinner.
00:23:52I'm not hungry.
00:23:53Look, I know I get upset when your father calls.
00:23:59Especially when he calls to tell me that he's flying you both to Chicago.
00:24:03So we won't go, then?
00:24:05Of course you'll go.
00:24:07I want you to go.
00:24:08Mom, I really have to do my math.
00:24:11Eat something.
00:24:13You're getting too thin.
00:24:14And don't stay up too late.
00:24:16I love you.
00:24:18Goodnight.
00:24:20All right.
00:24:50Call me Chloe.
00:24:56You look just like her.
00:24:58Well, we didn't.
00:24:59From blimp to...
00:25:00Alien party balloon.
00:25:03You know what they say.
00:25:04You can never be too rich or never too thin.
00:25:10So when do you leave for Chicago?
00:25:12Uh, next Wednesday.
00:25:14I'm getting kind of nervous about seeing my dad, though.
00:25:17He sounds so lonely.
00:25:19My mom still loves him.
00:25:23Maybe he wants to come back.
00:25:25I mean, maybe I could talk him into it.
00:25:30Hmm.
00:25:31I think it's romantic when couples get remarried.
00:25:35Why'd they get a divorce?
00:25:36Oh, my dad had an affair with somebody at the office.
00:25:40Didn't last or anything.
00:25:42Wrecked everything.
00:25:42So what about you?
00:25:45You think your parents are in love?
00:25:48I think my dad plays around as much as he can.
00:25:51And my mom is the queen of denial.
00:25:57Cut it.
00:25:58You know, Jill, you have grown at least an inch.
00:26:08And Lexi, you lost a couple inches.
00:26:10You lost all that baby fat.
00:26:11You look terrific.
00:26:14Thanks, Daddy.
00:26:14So, how's Seattle?
00:26:15I think the key word there is precipitation.
00:26:17We live two miles away from the water.
00:26:18There's lots of windsurfing, but really, can you need a wetsuit?
00:26:20Well, I'm sure I'm going to get out there for a visit.
00:26:21You know, there's a lot of advertising in Seattle.
00:26:22Probably just as much as in Chicago.
00:26:23Maybe you could get a job.
00:26:24I mean, I don't know.
00:26:25I don't know.
00:26:26I don't know.
00:26:27I don't know.
00:26:27Yeah, study once.
00:26:29All right?
00:26:30Well, you know, I just needed to have that job.
00:26:31You can't do it because that's on the front.
00:26:31But I don't know.
00:26:32I can't do it.
00:26:32Can you find some of you?
00:26:33Can you find some of us?
00:26:34Oh, it would be good.
00:26:34Oh, right.
00:26:35Thanks, Daddy.
00:26:35How's Seattle?
00:26:36I think the key word there is precipitation.
00:26:37We live two miles away from the water.
00:26:38There's lots of windsurfing.
00:26:39But really, can you need a wetsuit?
00:26:40Well, I'm sure I'm going to get out there for a visit.
00:26:41There's a lot of advertising in Seattle.
00:26:42Probably just as much as in Chicago.
00:26:45Maybe you could get a job.
00:26:46I mean, I don't see any reason why you can't live closer to us.
00:26:57My mom might even, you know, I mean, you never know.
00:27:03I'll tell you what, let's get this car packed,
00:27:05and then let's go get something to eat.
00:27:07You want to get something to eat? Sure. Okay.
00:27:15Hi, everybody. Hi.
00:27:17You're Jill and Alexis, right?
00:27:20You look different from your picture.
00:27:23Jill, Lexi, this is Jolene.
00:27:27Bye.
00:27:35I met your dad at the bank.
00:27:37I was a loan officer.
00:27:39You borrowed money?
00:27:41No, just every time I came in there, I saw her.
00:27:43And then one day, he asked me out.
00:27:46Well, I'm not at the bank anymore. I've gone back to school.
00:27:49To get her MBA.
00:27:57Do you want a piece, Alexis?
00:28:07She's dieting. She's always dieting.
00:28:09I am not dieting. I just don't want to be.
00:28:13Oh, great. Thank you.
00:28:19It doesn't feel like it's almost Christmas.
00:28:21Are you still gonna get a treat, Daddy?
00:28:23He's coming to Seattle to visit us, right?
00:28:25Well, as a matter of fact, we've been thinking about going to Colorado, go skiing.
00:28:29We'd love to have you come and stay with us for a few days.
00:28:31Absolutely.
00:28:33Jill, how do you like that pizza?
00:28:35Mmm.
00:28:37Mmm.
00:28:45Um, waiter, can you take this?
00:28:47Mm-hmm.
00:28:49Are you sure?
00:28:51You've hardly touched a thing, Alexis.
00:28:53It's Lexi, and I'm very sure.
00:29:09I hope she eats and eats and eats and gets so huge that by the time summer comes, my dad will find her totally repulsive.
00:29:19Don't hold your breath.
00:29:21I wish you were here.
00:29:23You could, like, go vintage clothes shopping or something.
00:29:27Yeah, me too.
00:29:28This place is Amui City.
00:29:31Call me when you get back, okay?
00:29:33Okay.
00:29:34I will.
00:29:35Bye.
00:29:36Bye.
00:29:51Bye.
00:29:54Bye-bye.
00:29:57I'm time, and we're all ready.
00:30:00I'm soęØ't
00:30:02Bye.
00:30:03Bye.
00:30:05Bye.
00:30:07Bye.
00:30:11Bye.
00:30:12Bye.
00:30:15Bye.
00:30:15Bye.
00:30:15Lex, honey, I need to borrow a tampon.
00:30:30Um, I don't have any.
00:30:32Sorry.
00:30:32Well, you didn't have any last month either.
00:30:35When was the last time you had your period?
00:30:38I don't know.
00:30:39Well, you keep track of it in your calendar, don't you?
00:30:44Mom, can you just leave?
00:30:45I have to get dressed.
00:30:47You haven't had one in three months?
00:30:49Maybe it's time I took you to a gynecologist.
00:30:52No, I'm not going.
00:30:54Forget it.
00:30:55I don't want some guy looking at me down there.
00:30:58I won't go to a woman.
00:31:00I need to go myself.
00:31:09We'll send the urine, blood and pap smear to the lab.
00:31:11I'll let you know if there's anything unusual.
00:31:12Dr. Walker, what about Lexi's irregular periods?
00:31:17Do you think that she might have an eating problem?
00:31:21She weighs 115 pounds, which is not low for her height.
00:31:25Well, I know, but I read that one of the danger signals is if your period stops.
00:31:30Fluctuations of the menstrual cycle are common at her age.
00:31:32If you're looking for a cause, I'd say it's most likely the trauma of the divorce and the moving.
00:31:38We'll check her again in six months.
00:31:40Okay.
00:31:41Thank you very much.
00:31:42Well, Jen's idea worked.
00:32:03Oh, hi.
00:32:04How was practice?
00:32:05Fine.
00:32:07I want to do a few more exercises while my muscles are warm.
00:32:10No.
00:32:11Dinner's ready now, so come sit down.
00:32:13I made something special.
00:32:15What is it?
00:32:16I call it chicken tahiti.
00:32:18It has pineapples in it.
00:32:19I love pineapples.
00:32:21Can I just have a little rice?
00:32:23I'm not eating meat.
00:32:24So, now you're a vegetarian?
00:32:27Uh-huh.
00:32:29Well, you can have the pineapples without the chicken.
00:32:32And I made an avocado salad.
00:32:35Avocados are pure fat, Mom.
00:32:37They have lots of potassium, Lexi.
00:32:40And besides, you need to eat something more than rice.
00:32:42I don't want anything else.
00:32:45What's the occasion, anyway?
00:32:47I just wanted to have a nice family dinner together.
00:32:50Okay?
00:32:52Flowers?
00:32:53Tablecloth?
00:32:54Mom, you really need a boyfriend.
00:32:57I mean, Dad has a girlfriend.
00:33:02Well, why shouldn't she know?
00:33:15I got my report card.
00:33:16Straight A's.
00:33:26I'm very proud of you, Lexi.
00:33:28and he's not.
00:33:29She always has a girlfriend.
00:33:29I know you're a-
00:33:34She's not.
00:33:35That's what she's going on.
00:33:36Yes.
00:33:36Come on, boy.
00:33:40Come on, boy.
00:33:45Come on, boy.
00:33:46Oh, boy.
00:33:47Come on.
00:33:49Come on.
00:33:49Come on, boy.
00:33:51Come on, boy.
00:33:51Come on.
00:33:52Come on.
00:33:52Come on, boy.
00:33:53Come?
00:33:54Come on.
00:33:54Come on.
00:33:55Come on, boy.
00:33:55I love water.
00:34:01It's so pure.
00:34:04Pure and good.
00:34:06Just like us.
00:34:11You'd think I just had sex or something.
00:34:15I mean, the way I'm panting.
00:34:17Yeah, is that what it's like, Lex?
00:34:19Well, I wasn't quite so active.
00:34:22I mean, I just kind of laid there.
00:34:26Alexis Archer?
00:34:28Are you saying that you're not a virgin?
00:34:30Oh, my God!
00:34:32When? Who?
00:34:33I was back in Chicago.
00:34:35My next-year neighbor, Brandon.
00:34:38But it doesn't count.
00:34:39Of course it counts.
00:34:41It's a lot more than me.
00:34:42What?
00:34:44I totally thought you would have done it.
00:34:47Yeah, well...
00:34:48I'm an actress, remember?
00:34:51Come on.
00:34:52We're going to be late for practice.
00:34:54Oh.
00:34:55I'm on.
00:34:56Okay.
00:34:57Woo!
00:34:58Hey, Archer, I think you need to put on a few pounds.
00:35:04Ready?
00:35:08That looks great.
00:35:11Got it.
00:35:12Thanks.
00:35:12Come on, Jackson.
00:35:14One ticket is not enough.
00:35:16So, what do I get if I win?
00:35:18Trip to Paris.
00:35:19I just hope that she's not getting too thin.
00:35:23I wouldn't worry too much about her.
00:35:24She's a real sensible girl.
00:35:26I know, but...
00:35:27Hi.
00:35:28Oh, sorry to barge in.
00:35:29That's okay.
00:35:30How you been?
00:35:30Good.
00:35:31I'm Pamela Harnsberg.
00:35:32Oh.
00:35:33I'm Jennifer's mom.
00:35:34Yes, Catherine.
00:35:34Catherine Archer.
00:35:35Yeah, Lexi just pointed you out.
00:35:36I thought I'd just come say hello, since the girls have become such good friends.
00:35:40Oh, isn't that great?
00:35:41You know, when we first moved her, she was worried she wasn't going to make any friends,
00:35:44and...
00:35:45Okay, that's great.
00:35:51So, what is this for, anyway?
00:35:54A local newspaper.
00:35:55I freelance for it.
00:35:57Look, I know this is going to sound a bit like a line, but have you ever considered being
00:36:01a model?
00:36:01Oh, all the time.
00:36:04Here's my card.
00:36:05Why don't you stop by the studio sometime, and we'll take a few shots.
00:36:09Okay.
00:36:15Jill.
00:36:24Do you think I could be a model?
00:36:27No way.
00:36:29It shows what you know.
00:36:31There's this photographer that's going to take pictures of me and Jen.
00:36:34Like, he's going to discover us, and pretty soon we're going to be in all the fashion magazines,
00:36:39earning tons of money and traveling.
00:36:43I mean, what do you know, anyway?
00:36:46Get out of here.
00:36:56I can't believe we're doing this.
00:36:59What if he's some kind of perv?
00:37:01Pervs don't give you their hearts.
00:37:03Nick McCabe, fashion photography.
00:37:06So, what are we going to tell our parents about the movie we're not seeing?
00:37:08We'll tell them we both hated it.
00:37:10That way they won't go see it.
00:37:11Ah.
00:37:13Et voila.
00:37:15Weed's cat's cat.
00:37:18Yay!
00:37:20Hello.
00:37:21Uh, Jennifer Harnsberger.
00:37:23Hey, Jennifer.
00:37:24Come on up.
00:37:33Oh, hi.
00:37:35Hi.
00:37:35Hi.
00:37:36Hi.
00:37:38I thought you were coming alone.
00:37:39Oh, um, this is my friend Lexi.
00:37:42She was at the fundraiser with me, remember?
00:37:44Yeah, right.
00:37:44How you doing?
00:37:45I was thinking that maybe you could take some pictures of her, too.
00:37:50Um, could you excuse us for a moment?
00:37:53Sure.
00:37:53I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but your friend's not really model material.
00:38:01She's skinnier than I am.
00:38:02Yeah, I know, but it's all in the structure.
00:38:05I mean, how it all hangs together.
00:38:07I mean, it's nothing personal.
00:38:08You know what?
00:38:11I better get going.
00:38:14No, look.
00:38:14I, uh...
00:38:15I gotta go.
00:38:22Lexi!
00:38:23No, I'm okay, really.
00:38:24Go back in and let him take pictures of you.
00:38:26I don't want to go back.
00:38:27You're a model material, and I'm not.
00:38:30Yeah, right.
00:38:32Come on.
00:38:34He was a jerk anyhow.
00:38:43But your friend's not really model material.
00:38:46I'm fat, aren't I?
00:38:47No, you are not fat.
00:38:51You put on a few extra pounds this summer.
00:38:53Big deal.
00:38:54You jump a lot higher than he jumps away.
00:38:57Just a few pounds can make all the difference.
00:39:02Where's your sister?
00:39:03She's gonna be late.
00:39:05I don't know.
00:39:07Well, look who woke up.
00:39:10Here.
00:39:11I don't want any.
00:39:12You need to eat.
00:39:13Did you forget you got the semifinals today?
00:39:16I'm coming, by the way.
00:39:18I'm leaving work early.
00:39:24You don't eat, you don't play volleyball today.
00:39:26Got it?
00:39:27Yeah, how are you gonna stop me?
00:39:28I'll call your coach.
00:39:31Now, what's this I hear about some photographer wanting to take pictures of you and Jennifer?
00:39:38It's a good way to get yourself raped.
00:39:40Mom, do you want to fight her, or do you want me to eat?
00:39:43I want you to eat.
00:39:44No.
00:39:47I want you to eat.
00:39:47No.
00:39:48Oh, my God.
00:40:18One, two, three, set!
00:40:24Let's try.
00:40:26One, two, three, set!
00:40:48Oh, my God!
00:40:54Lexi! Lexi!
00:40:56Lexi!
00:41:00Oh, my God!
00:41:02She's unconscious!
00:41:04Call an ambulance, now!
00:41:06Malnutrition takes a major toll on the body.
00:41:20Let me put it in layman's terms.
00:41:24What happens with anorexia is that all of your muscles get smaller and weaker,
00:41:28including your heart.
00:41:30Lexi collapsed because her smaller, weaker heart couldn't get enough blood
00:41:34or smaller, weaker leg muscles.
00:41:36Was that why she blacked out, too?
00:41:38She blacked out most likely because of arrhythmia or a regular heartbeat.
00:41:42But she's not gonna die?
00:41:44No, not if she eats.
00:41:46Now, treatment is three-pronged.
00:41:48Medical, nutritional, and psychological.
00:41:51But restoration of appetite is the cornerstone of recovery.
00:41:55And if, um, if she doesn't eat?
00:41:59We'll use a feeding tube, only as a last resort.
00:42:03Once she gets physically better, she'll regain the mental focus to begin the real work.
00:42:10Which is?
00:42:12Dealing with all the feelings that she's starved behind.
00:42:26Alexis?
00:42:27Hi, I'm Phoebe.
00:42:28I'm gonna be your nutritionist.
00:42:30It's Lexi.
00:42:31Lexi?
00:42:32I like it.
00:42:33For starters, can I ask you to stand on the scale backwards?
00:42:37Why are you weighing me backwards?
00:42:40So you don't see your weight?
00:42:41Why are you weighing me backwards?
00:42:42So you don't see your weight?
00:42:43Why are you weighing me backwards?
00:42:44So you don't see your weight?
00:42:47You don't see your weight?
00:42:48Too far?
00:42:49I'm coming back home honking back.
00:42:50You deserve so many teeth!
00:42:51You deserve so many frente.
00:42:52I do not have any problem ever.
00:42:53See you.
00:42:54Thank you girls.
00:42:55Hey, this is the wrong person.
00:42:56Hey, All your horses porter, I'm pooping over that fish.
00:42:57I'm not Vaticano the wish I left you, this is.
00:42:58Hey, Buonganti, I can open the eyes pack up on this.
00:42:59Amos jee-zai?
00:43:00Hey, Arnsberger, you're not going to pull
00:43:07a lexianorexia on us, are you?
00:43:09There's nothing to joke about, Chester.
00:43:12You know it's not.
00:43:15Let's have a fry.
00:43:30Let's see you take a few bites, Lexi.
00:43:46If you don't, no TV, no going outside.
00:43:49They'll keep you in your room like you're sick.
00:43:57My goal, Lexi, is to get you to eat three to five times a day
00:44:00without worrying about your weight.
00:44:03I want you to be able to eat when you're hungry,
00:44:05stop when you're full, and to trust food.
00:44:07How's that sound?
00:44:10Look, you're normal.
00:44:13You can eat normally.
00:44:15I can't. If I do, I get fat.
00:44:19Why don't you tell me what you've been eating?
00:44:22Let's start with breakfast.
00:44:24Some herb tea, maybe a piece of fruit.
00:44:28Morning snack?
00:44:29Gum.
00:44:30Lunch?
00:44:34One cracker, some carrots or pickles,
00:44:38and water or diet soda.
00:44:42Afternoon snack?
00:44:44Gum.
00:44:46How about dinner?
00:44:49Salad or veggies.
00:44:51Dry, I presume?
00:44:52And, uh, a half cup rice.
00:44:56So we're talking about, say, 500 calories a day?
00:45:01650 max.
00:45:02Like, if I have a non-bite yogurt.
00:45:04Tell me, Lexi, what do you feel your ideal weight is?
00:45:15Maybe 100?
00:45:18You weighed in at 94.
00:45:20And a girl your size should ideally weigh about 125.
00:45:24Forget it.
00:45:25There's no way I'm gaining all that weight back.
00:45:29Do me a favor.
00:45:29Go over to the mirror.
00:45:37Now tell me what you see.
00:45:41Fat thighs.
00:45:44Humongous hips.
00:45:45Kind of like those funhouse mirrors that make you look wider than you are.
00:45:50Yeah, but that's what I really look like, though.
00:45:53I mean, this isn't a trick mirror or anything, is it?
00:45:55No.
00:45:57But your anorexia is.
00:45:59A trick mirror that makes you think what you're seeing is real.
00:46:02What I'm going to help you do is change the mirror.
00:46:07What I'm going to help you do is change the mirror.
00:46:32Is this what you want?
00:46:40Yeah, Mom.
00:46:41I've always wanted a needle in my hand.
00:46:43Okay.
00:46:45You don't care about TV or going outside.
00:46:49What about the phone?
00:46:51There's no one I want to talk to.
00:46:53Not even Jen.
00:46:59Start eating more than lettuce, and you can use the telephone.
00:47:03But they want me to eat a whole meal.
00:47:05I'll talk to them.
00:47:07I'll try to work something out, something more gradual, okay?
00:47:10Okay.
00:47:13Lexi, calm down and relax, all right?
00:47:15Take a nice deep breath, a little more straight, please.
00:47:18Take a nice deep breath, okay?
00:47:19What's going on?
00:47:21What in the hell are you doing?
00:47:22Oh, please, Mrs. Archer, please.
00:47:24I think we'll be fine with this.
00:47:25I need an orphanage.
00:47:31How dare you order that feeding tube?
00:47:34How dare you not tell me what's going on with my daughter?
00:47:36I called you.
00:47:38You never return your calls.
00:47:39She needs nutrients, Catherine.
00:47:40This is the only way she's going to get them.
00:47:42She was just about to start eating, Peter.
00:47:44That's not what Dr. Eden said.
00:47:47And you know what, Catherine?
00:47:47I think it probably is a good idea if Lexi came and stayed with me for a while.
00:47:50She doesn't seem to be doing so well here.
00:47:52And, of course, it's my fault.
00:47:54It has nothing to do with the fact that her father abandoned his family.
00:47:57I did not abandon you, Catherine.
00:47:59I gave you notice.
00:48:00Oh, excuse me.
00:48:01I forgot.
00:48:03Besides, you know damn well it was for the best.
00:48:06Best for you, maybe.
00:48:07My God, you are so self-centered.
00:48:10Well, at least I take action.
00:48:12I don't wait until it's too late.
00:48:15Too late for what?
00:48:17A real connection with another human being?
00:48:20She doesn't need the damn tube.
00:48:34Honey, I am so sorry.
00:48:38I know this wasn't fun, but it had to be done.
00:48:43You weren't eating, Lexi.
00:48:45Honey, you have got to start eating, okay?
00:48:54All right.
00:48:56That's my girl.
00:49:00I love you.
00:49:01I love you a lot.
00:49:05I love you.
00:49:06You are my...
00:49:12My little eggplants?
00:49:34I love eggplants.
00:49:37Hi.
00:49:38Hello.
00:49:39Not bad.
00:49:42Sort of a club med with nurses.
00:49:45When do you get out?
00:49:47Ten more pounds.
00:49:50Oh, guess what?
00:49:51My parents are buying me a car.
00:49:54What?
00:49:55You lucky?
00:49:57What kind of car?
00:49:58I don't know.
00:49:58They won't tell me.
00:49:59They said it's a surprise.
00:50:00That is so cool.
00:50:03Now you can drive me around.
00:50:04Oh, yes.
00:50:05We can go to L.A. or San Francisco.
00:50:08We could drive all the way to New York.
00:50:14Oh.
00:50:17No.
00:50:18I did not forget your birthday.
00:50:20A week ago, right?
00:50:22Right?
00:50:22Ma sur damme.
00:50:32My soul sister.
00:50:35Jen, I love it.
00:50:38I'm so proud of you for getting better.
00:50:43You know, you can too.
00:50:45No, not me.
00:50:46Why not?
00:50:53As my dad would say, I just don't want it enough.
00:51:05You know, I like Phoebe's idea about having you plan the meals and even cook some of them.
00:51:11It's better than takeout.
00:51:12Thanks a lot.
00:51:14I just wish I would stop gaining.
00:51:16She told you why, honey.
00:51:18I know. I have to get my metabolism back up.
00:51:21And then my set point will eventually drop back down to normal.
00:51:24That's right.
00:51:25Oh, by the way, summer school starts next week and you still have to make up biology and history.
00:51:30I wish Jen were going.
00:51:34Mom, I'm worried about her.
00:51:37What do you mean?
00:51:40Well, let's just say that Jen's the one who taught me.
00:51:45She taught you what?
00:51:49How to purge.
00:51:51I hate that word.
00:51:53Why don't they just say barf?
00:51:54Are you saying that Jennifer is bulimic?
00:51:59Please don't tell anyone.
00:52:00Mom, you're not going to say anything, right?
00:52:02If she knew that I told you...
00:52:03Well, what about her health?
00:52:05I mean, do you think that she is in any danger, Lexi?
00:52:07Mom, you don't understand.
00:52:11She doesn't want to stop.
00:52:12She can't.
00:52:17Is it going to be, uh, difficult for you to be around her?
00:52:21Mom, what do you mean?
00:52:23I want to be around her.
00:52:24She's my best friend.
00:52:26I didn't say you couldn't be.
00:52:28So calm down.
00:52:29Okay.
00:52:40Let's try it.
00:52:47Hmm.
00:52:49Not bad.
00:52:50Mm.
00:52:51You're an amazing cook.
00:52:52Who knew?
00:52:54It's all fresh vegetables and herbs.
00:52:56Oh.
00:52:57Shouldn't soup be hot with noodles in it?
00:53:02I gotta get going.
00:53:04You sure you can't sleep for lunch?
00:53:05Yeah, my parents have some old friends in town
00:53:07and they want to show me off.
00:53:09Smile.
00:53:12I'll pick you up after school tomorrow.
00:53:14We'll go to the beach.
00:53:14Okay.
00:53:15Ciao.
00:53:15Bye.
00:53:17Bye.
00:53:17Bye.
00:53:26Hi, Pamela.
00:53:36Hello, Catherine.
00:53:37I was, uh, on my way home from work
00:53:40and I just stopped by to drop off Jennifer's sweater.
00:53:42I think she left it at the clinic.
00:53:43Oh, that's not her sweater.
00:53:45Oh.
00:53:46Well, I thought it was.
00:53:49How's Lexi, by the way?
00:53:50She's much better.
00:53:52Uh, she's started summer school.
00:53:55Hey, actually, Pamela, um,
00:53:59Lexi is worried about Jennifer.
00:54:02What?
00:54:04She thinks that Jennifer may have an eating disorder, too.
00:54:09Jennifer isn't underweight.
00:54:10All you have to do is look at her.
00:54:12I know, but that doesn't mean
00:54:13that she might not be seriously undernourished.
00:54:16You see, bulimics can still maintain
00:54:18their normal body weight and still be in danger.
00:54:20Uh, please, I appreciate your concern,
00:54:23but Jennifer isn't bulimic.
00:54:25I think I would know if she was doing
00:54:27anything like that.
00:54:29That's one of the reasons I decided
00:54:30not to have a career,
00:54:31so I could be here and know what's going on.
00:54:34Well, I understand.
00:54:36Uh, I'm sorry to have bothered you
00:54:39about the sweater.
00:54:43Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
00:54:46Ah! Ah! Ah!
00:54:47Ah! Ah!
00:54:50Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
00:54:56Hey, Lex, I didn't know you were in summer school.
00:55:10Yeah, I got to make up what I missed.
00:55:12Yeah, I heard you had some kind of eating problem.
00:55:15Um, yeah, I'm working on it.
00:55:17I can tell.
00:55:19You can?
00:55:21Yeah, you look good.
00:55:23You know, you're getting way too skinny there.
00:55:27Thanks.
00:55:29Oh, Jen.
00:55:31See you later.
00:55:32See ya.
00:55:36Hi.
00:55:37Thanks for telling your mom.
00:55:50Jen, it's me again.
00:55:52Your message tape probably ran out.
00:55:54I don't know what I called so much, but I really need to talk to you.
00:55:58Please call me.
00:56:00Bye.
00:56:04Go away.
00:56:06I said go away.
00:56:07It's, uh, vegetable chow mein.
00:56:10I don't want any.
00:56:13Well, I'll leave it here.
00:56:14In case maybe, maybe later.
00:56:17All you care about is whether I eat or not.
00:56:20I'm your mother.
00:56:21I can't help it.
00:56:23Mothers want their children to eat, to grow, to thrive.
00:56:26Well, I can't thrive without friends.
00:56:29And you don't want me to have any, especially Jen.
00:56:31You told me you wanted to help Jennifer.
00:56:35No, I told you not to tell anybody.
00:56:38Especially her mom.
00:56:40Well, Lexi, I'm sorry.
00:56:41Who cares if you're sorry?
00:56:43It doesn't change anything.
00:56:45Jen's not talking to me.
00:56:46She doesn't even want to see me.
00:56:47Lexi, please.
00:56:49Honey, you've got to eat.
00:56:50I hate you.
00:56:54Fine.
00:56:55You can eat it off the floor.
00:57:04Guess what?
00:57:07I'm failing chemistry in summer school, too.
00:57:10It's not your lunch, is it?
00:57:12No, I forgot it at home.
00:57:15Have you seen Jen around?
00:57:17Oh, well, actually, we'll probably see you tonight at the Labor Day weekend party at Mission Beach.
00:57:22Why don't you come with us?
00:57:23Yeah.
00:57:24No, I can't.
00:57:25I have to study.
00:57:27Come on, Lex.
00:57:28It's Friday night, huh?
00:57:32Maybe.
00:57:33Maybe I'll see you there.
00:57:36All right, throw it.
00:57:37Throw it.
00:57:38Let's do it.
00:57:39Let's do it.
00:57:41Let's do it.
00:57:47Six o'clock.
00:57:52Here.
00:57:53Hi, Lexi.
00:58:17How you doing?
00:58:18Okay.
00:58:20Coming to Groove, right?
00:58:21Uh, yeah.
00:58:23I just forgot something.
00:58:24See you up there.
00:58:36And then there's the Macintosh, which has a tasty skin, but it tends to be mealy.
00:58:41Oh, excuse me for a moment.
00:58:44Hello?
00:58:45Catherine?
00:58:46This is Phoebe Wills.
00:58:48Lexi didn't show up in therapy today.
00:58:50Come on, Le' SUV.
00:58:50You're about to get up squat.
00:58:51No, no, no.
00:58:52You're about to squat right here.
00:58:53Oh!
00:58:54We got to get up squat, right here.
00:58:55Oh!
00:58:55enre!
00:58:59Um!
00:59:01Come on!
00:59:01My God!
00:59:10Woo!
00:59:10Woo!
00:59:15Oh!
00:59:16Come on, geez!
00:59:16That was good.
00:59:17Oh, he!
00:59:18Hi!
00:59:18Hey, Sarah.
00:59:19So are you gonna play volleyball this year?
00:59:21Maybe. It all depends.
00:59:23No, no, no. You have to. We need you.
00:59:25Well, I have to keep my weight at a certain level
00:59:27or I'm not allowed to exercise.
00:59:29Exercise makes me eat.
00:59:31I'm looking for Jen. Have you seen her?
00:59:34Yeah. She's over there dancing.
00:59:49Hey, Gabe.
00:59:52Hey.
00:59:53Yeah, Jen's in the zone.
00:59:55I hope she doesn't fall into the fire.
01:00:02I've never seen her like this.
01:00:04You know, Jen, why? She never drinks.
01:00:06She needs some food.
01:00:08There's nothing around here but some empty chip bags.
01:00:11I could stand a bourbon. Deal.
01:00:16Come on, just feel better once you eat.
01:00:18Well, better if Lexi's not following me around.
01:00:20Who invited her anyway?
01:00:21I did.
01:00:22Yeah?
01:00:23She's spying on me.
01:00:24Maybe I wouldn't have to if we'd return my phone.
01:00:27Whoa, whoa. You guys are just way too intense.
01:00:29Yeah, give it up.
01:00:31Just stop following me.
01:00:33You and I are not friends anymore, okay?
01:00:35Jen, this is nuts.
01:00:36Just leave me alone.
01:00:37I can take care of myself.
01:00:38Jen, all right.
01:00:40Why is she so mad at you?
01:00:42Because I told something that I wasn't supposed to.
01:00:48Jen, I really need to talk to you.
01:01:03I'm so sorry.
01:01:06Don't you understand that I hate you?
01:01:10I never want to see you again.
01:01:13Okay?
01:01:14Yes!
01:01:16Ha ha ha!
01:01:17It's your father!
01:01:19whee-
01:01:20whee-
01:01:22whee-
01:01:23whee-
01:01:24whee-
01:01:26whee-
01:01:27whee-
01:01:28whee-
01:01:29whee-
01:01:30whee-
01:01:31whee-
01:01:32wee-
01:01:33whee-
01:01:34whee-
01:01:35hey-
01:01:36whee-
01:01:37She's gone.
01:02:07Then you're saying that she died from shock?
01:02:16I'm saying she died of cardiac arrest, not from the impact.
01:02:21Doctor, I want to know how a young, beautiful, healthy girl dies from a cardiac arrest.
01:02:28She had no history of heart problems.
01:02:30No, no.
01:02:33Do you know if your daughter was bulimic?
01:02:36What?
01:02:37Did she overeat and then throw it up on a regular basis?
01:02:41Of course not.
01:02:42That's disgusting.
01:02:42Her esophagus was severely lacerated, which is a common symptom of bulimia.
01:02:47We're checking her electrolytes right now to see if there's any imbalance.
01:02:52If there is.
01:02:54It may answer your question.
01:02:56Why your daughter's heart went into cardiac arrest for no apparent reason?
01:02:59No.
01:03:00Jen.
01:03:01Jen.
01:03:01Jen.
01:03:01Jen.
01:03:02No.
01:03:02Don't go.
01:03:03Jen.
01:03:03Please.
01:03:04No.
01:03:04Don't go.
01:03:05Jen.
01:03:05Please.
01:03:06Please.
01:03:07Please.
01:03:21Jen.
01:03:22Jen.
01:03:23No.
01:03:24Don't go.
01:03:25Jen, please.
01:03:26Jen, come back.
01:03:31John, go back!
01:03:35John!
01:03:39John!
01:04:01John!
01:04:11John?
01:04:13John?
01:04:28Lexi, telephone. It's your father.
01:04:32I don't want to talk to him.
01:04:35Don't worry, she doesn't talk to any of us.
01:04:37I'll talk to him.
01:04:40No, she's not okay.
01:04:42Her best friend just died and she thinks it's all her fault.
01:04:49Here, Jill wants to talk to you.
01:04:52Hi, Daddy. Guess what we're having for dinner.
01:04:55Tofu lasagna.
01:04:57Lexi? Dinner?
01:04:59Mom thinks Lexi will eat it because she's a vegetarian, but she won't.
01:05:02She never eats anything. She's like a ghost.
01:05:05No, no, Lexi. Move her to the couch.
01:05:06Mom, I have to get rid of it. Mom, I have to get rid of it.
01:05:08Mom, I have to get rid of it.
01:05:09Mom, I have to get rid of it.
01:05:10Mom, I have to get rid of it.
01:05:11Mom, I have to get rid of it.
01:05:13Mom, come on, Lexi.
01:05:14No, no, Lexi, move her to the couch.
01:05:30Mom, I have to get rid of it, Mom.
01:05:33Please.
01:05:34Come on, Lexi.
01:05:35I have to get rid of it.
01:05:36Wait.
01:05:37Wait.
01:05:38My stomach hurts.
01:05:39I know.
01:05:40I know.
01:05:41But it's better than throwing it up.
01:05:42Mom, I'm going to get as big as hell.
01:05:44I explode.
01:05:45That's because you let yourself get too hungry.
01:05:48You don't eat anything all day, and then...
01:05:50I know.
01:05:51I know that I don't want to get fat.
01:05:52Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
01:05:53Please, I have to get rid of it.
01:05:54No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:05:56Please, Mom.
01:05:57Close your eyes.
01:05:58I have to.
01:05:59Close your eyes.
01:06:00That's it.
01:06:01That's it.
01:06:02That's it.
01:06:03That's it.
01:06:04That's it.
01:06:05Shh.
01:06:06Shh.
01:06:07Shh.
01:06:08Shh.
01:06:09Shh.
01:06:10Shh.
01:06:11Lexi.
01:06:12Lexi?
01:06:13Lexi?
01:06:15Lexi?
01:06:16Lexi?
01:06:17Lexi?
01:06:19.
01:06:25Never made these first.
01:06:35I can't.
01:06:48I can't do this again.
01:06:51You leave me no choice, Lexi.
01:06:53Please, Mom.
01:06:54Don't.
01:06:56Lexi, this is hard enough.
01:07:00If I go in there, I'm gonna die.
01:07:02I know I will.
01:07:05No.
01:07:07We'll eat.
01:07:22Why are you doing this to me?
01:07:23Because I don't know what else to do.
01:07:25Now, come on, get out of the car.
01:07:27Do you hate me?
01:07:31I don't hate you, Lexi.
01:07:33I hate this thing.
01:07:35This demon that's consuming you.
01:07:37So do I.
01:07:39So fight it, Lexi.
01:07:41Beat it.
01:07:43It is not that easy.
01:07:47I don't have the strength.
01:07:51But Jen did.
01:07:53She was always so strong.
01:07:55Jen is dead.
01:08:01Why aren't I?
01:08:02It's not your fault.
01:08:04Yes, it is.
01:08:07If I had to go to that party, she'd be here now.
01:08:12She wanted to get away because of me, because I was at the party.
01:08:16Don't you see?
01:08:17Don't you see?
01:08:18If I hadn't a gun, she wouldn't have gotten hit.
01:08:22God.
01:08:34God.
01:08:35God.
01:08:52Promise me that she'll start to eat again.
01:08:59Promise me you'll try.
01:09:05What I'd like to do is take my two-week vacation.
01:09:12Now?
01:09:13Starting tomorrow.
01:09:14We're very busy right now, Catherine.
01:09:16This isn't the best time.
01:09:17I know.
01:09:18But Lexi's health, her life as it's taken, I have to be there for her, Ted.
01:09:23I don't understand why you just can't make her eat.
01:09:26I mean, my kids give me trouble.
01:09:27I ground them for a week.
01:09:28Well, that's the problem.
01:09:30Everybody thinks it's so simple.
01:09:32But it's not.
01:09:34Anyway, she's already grounded herself.
01:09:36She doesn't do anything.
01:09:38She's too weak to do anything.
01:09:40Sounds to me like she just doesn't want to go to school.
01:09:45Do you know how many girls die of anorexia in this country every year?
01:09:49I'm talking mostly high-achieving, straight-A students.
01:09:53I remember about Karen Carpenter.
01:09:55I don't want my daughter to be one of them.
01:10:00Okay.
01:10:03Thanks, Ted.
01:10:10Mom?
01:10:14Oh.
01:10:15Oh, I fell asleep.
01:10:18What time is it?
01:10:20My God, it's almost three.
01:10:25How about some yogurt?
01:10:27You think you can handle that?
01:10:28I don't know.
01:10:39Here.
01:10:40It's nonfat.
01:10:42I want you to try a little.
01:10:45Alexi, you said you were going to try.
01:10:48Please.
01:10:49I killed her, Mom.
01:10:53I killed her, Mom.
01:10:56You didn't kill her.
01:10:58Her bulimia killed her.
01:11:01Just because her parents don't want to believe it.
01:11:04I just want to disappear.
01:11:06Lexi!
01:11:10No!
01:11:12Damn it.
01:11:14Lexi!
01:11:15No!
01:11:17Damn it.
01:11:18I've never been charged.
01:11:20I'm sorry!
01:11:21Why?
01:11:22You lost your daughter.
01:11:25I've never heard of her.
01:11:27I was afraid of her.
01:11:28I have not.
01:11:29I was afraid of my daughter.
01:11:30I'm sorry.
01:11:31I was afraid.
01:11:32I was afraid.
01:11:33I was only afraid of her, too.
01:11:35I was afraid of my daughter.
01:11:36Oh, no.
01:11:37Lexi, Lexi, Lexi, oh my god, Lexi, Lexi, oh my god.
01:12:07I remember the night that you were born.
01:12:18I loved nursing you.
01:12:22I needed you as much as you needed me.
01:12:26You latched on and started sucking like a little pro and all that pressure inside of me was gone.
01:12:32And when you were done, your little head rolled back.
01:12:40You looked so completely full and satisfied.
01:12:44Then I'd pick you up on my shoulder right next to my face.
01:12:52You smelled so sweet.
01:12:56Pat your little back until you let out a great big beautiful burp.
01:13:01It's so easy, then.
01:13:11Honey, we still need each other.
01:13:15And sooner or later, you're going to have to eat.
01:13:17I haven't gotten you this far to want you to die.
01:13:28It's good, Lex.
01:13:45Just a little at a time.
01:13:48I love you.
01:13:50You know that, don't you?
01:13:51Here we go.
01:14:11Peter, what are you doing here?
01:14:12Where is she?
01:14:13Daddy!
01:14:15Lexi.
01:14:15She needs to be in a hospital.
01:14:24She didn't want to go.
01:14:25So I heard.
01:14:25As usual, not from you.
01:14:26I would have called you if she'd gone.
01:14:28So you took this whole thing into your entirely amateur hands.
01:14:31I am her mother, not an amateur.
01:14:33But you are not an expert, Catherine.
01:14:35Peter, she's eating and she's slowly gaining.
01:14:37Look at her, Catherine.
01:14:38She looks terrible.
01:14:39She can't even raise her head.
01:14:41I'm going to take her back to the hospital.
01:14:42No, Daddy, please don't make me go there.
01:14:44Honey, I am not doing this to be mean, but I cannot and I will not let you die.
01:14:48Mom doesn't want me to die either.
01:14:50You can't do this, Peter.
01:14:52Damn it.
01:14:52You can't do it.
01:14:52Damn it, Catherine.
01:14:54Does Dr. Eden know what the hell is going on here?
01:14:56What is going on here is that I am doing my best to reparent her.
01:15:00Reparent her?
01:15:00What the hell is that?
01:15:02Is that some kind of psycho babble?
01:15:04Well, whatever it is, I'm sure you'll find fault with it.
01:15:06Do you want to gamble with our daughter's life, Catherine?
01:15:08Is that what you want to do?
01:15:10We know the feeding tube works.
01:15:12But it's only temporary.
01:15:13I am trying to turn things around here.
01:15:16And what makes you think you can do that, Catherine?
01:15:20I don't know.
01:15:23Except that I believe in her.
01:15:25And, Peter, you have to believe in her, too.
01:15:28Just give me a week, please.
01:15:36I can't do that.
01:15:38I can't do that, Catherine.
01:15:39I'm going to pack her things.
01:15:40No, damn it.
01:15:41This is my house, and I want you out of here now.
01:15:46You forget that I have got sole custody of her.
01:15:48You forget I'm her father.
01:15:49When you feel like it.
01:15:51Stop it.
01:15:52It was real.
01:15:54Just stop fighting.
01:15:56Please.
01:15:58I'll be back.
01:15:58You know what?
01:16:14Oh my God.
01:16:15Oh.
01:16:15Oh my God.
01:16:17Okay.
01:16:17You know what?
01:16:19Oh my God.
01:16:20Okay.
01:16:21You're so sorry.
01:16:22Yeah.
01:16:23Oh my God.
01:16:24Oh my God.
01:16:24Oh my God.
01:16:25Oh my God.
01:16:26Oh my God.
01:16:27why is it so hard for you just to eat i'm sorry mom i know i'm disappointing you
01:16:45you're not disappointing me lexi you're scaring me
01:16:51i wish i could make everything the way it used to be
01:16:56hello
01:17:08you what
01:17:20that was your father
01:17:21he's uh
01:17:29he's coming tomorrow to take you to the hospital there's nothing i can do he has a court order
01:17:34lexi damn it stop it what are you doing i can't be this morning
01:17:41lexi i know i know you're angry you're angry at me
01:17:49what's to do with me doesn't it something i was supposed to be as a mother something i missed or something i wasn't aware of
01:17:56or something i did too much of or too little of or not at all what is it tell me
01:18:03why do i think if i love you enough you'll stop starving yourself
01:18:07i want you to be your own person lexi
01:18:14but i'm afraid if i let you go you won't love yourself enough to make it
01:18:19i have to let you go
01:18:28don't i
01:18:32i'm not gonna stop you lexi
01:18:40whether you live or you die it's up to you now
01:18:53you're on your own
01:19:06you're on your own
01:19:29so
01:19:32I don't want to die.
01:19:44I don't want to die.
01:20:02I don't want to die.
01:20:09It's not a word.
01:20:32I gave you no choice, Captain.
01:20:38Fine.
01:20:42Lexi, your father's here.
01:20:53What, you ready? Did you pack?
01:20:55Yeah, I packed last night, but I don't think I need to go.
01:21:02Honey, I didn't go through all this to have an argument.
01:21:04I'm going to take you to the hospital. That's fine.
01:21:07You always do this, Peter.
01:21:08Wait until things are at their worst and come in and take over.
01:21:11Good, Catherine. At least finally you meant that things are bad.
01:21:14Lexi, let's go. No, Daddy.
01:21:15No, it's not an option. Where's your bag?
01:21:17Dad, this isn't your problem.
01:21:20It's not Mom's either.
01:21:22It's mine.
01:21:24And I need to deal with it.
01:21:26Whether I go to the hospital or not really isn't the point.
01:21:29Yes, it is a point.
01:21:31Listen to her, Peter. She's trying to tell you something.
01:21:34I know. She's trying to tell me she's not going to the hospital.
01:21:36No, I'm telling you that you're not going to ride in here on a white horse and save me, Daddy.
01:21:42I have to save myself.
01:21:53Lexi, all I want is for you to be well again. That is absolutely all I want.
01:22:03Do you understand that?
01:22:11I love you.
01:22:13I love you very, very much.
01:22:17And I promise you that I will always be here for you.
01:22:20Lookin' good, Lexi.
01:22:30Keep your weight stable for four more weeks and you can play volleyball again.
01:22:34Really?
01:22:35I know, it doesn't leave you many games.
01:22:38But your bones and muscles are still recouping their nutritional losses.
01:22:43Will you come and watch?
01:22:44You bet.
01:22:45I'll even cheer.
01:22:47Cool.
01:22:51Are you still thinking about going to live with Dad?
01:22:54No, not real.
01:22:58So, are you okay now?
01:23:04Yes.
01:23:05Definitely better.
01:23:07But it's still a struggle.
01:23:09You know, every day I wake up and I ask myself,
01:23:13Lexi, are you going to hate yourself or are you going to love yourself?
01:23:17I never ask myself stuff like that.
01:23:19Well, I do and I probably will for a while.
01:23:27Do you love yourself today?
01:23:29Yeah, I do actually.
01:23:32I even love you today.
01:23:44Now that Lexi's back, maybe we'll win.
01:23:49Lexi, I'm putting you into set.
01:23:51We'll see how it goes.
01:23:52You let me know if you want out.
01:23:53Okay.
01:23:54Okay.
01:23:55All right.
01:23:56No earrings, no bobby pins.
01:23:58Spit out the gum, Sarah.
01:24:00Oh, Lexi, you'll have to remove that bracelet.
01:24:19Okay guys, come on, time for a cheer.
01:24:34Psycho Mears!
01:24:38Woo!
01:24:40So lucky!
01:24:49I love you.
01:24:50Whoo!
01:24:53Nice!
01:24:55Whoo!
01:24:57Hey!
01:24:58Hello!
01:25:00Oh!
01:25:04Let's go.
01:25:07Let's go.
01:25:10Let's go.
01:25:12Let's go.
01:25:15Whoo!
01:25:18Woo-hoo!
01:25:20Come on!
01:25:21Come on!
01:25:30Woo-hoo!
01:25:31Woo-hoo!
01:25:32Woo-hoo!
01:25:33Woo!
01:25:48Woo-hoo!
01:25:57Woo-hoo!
01:26:02Woo-hoo!
01:26:07Woo-hoo!
01:26:08Woo-hoo!
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