The Spell (1977) — NBC “Movie of the Week” supernatural thriller directed by Lee Philips (teleplay by Brian Taggert). Lee Grant plays a mother who realizes her bullied, overweight teen daughter Rita (Susan Myers) has developed telekinetic powers; after a humiliating school incident, Rita lashes out at classmates and teachers, and her mother races to stop the escalating violence .
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00:00:28You
00:00:43You
00:01:06You
00:01:40Yes, this is for time
00:01:44I heard she was really slim
00:01:46Until she started eating everything inside
00:01:49Now she wears all those
00:01:50Big dresses and those old-fashioned sweatsuits
00:01:53To hide all her lard
00:01:54Very funny
00:01:57All right
00:01:58And a grape
00:02:03Do I have to?
00:02:05I'm afraid so
00:02:06Okay
00:02:09All right, girls, let's go
00:02:12You can be excused
00:02:14Yeah
00:02:16You know that guy from Fort Ord I was seeing?
00:02:18What about her?
00:02:19He used to take out the home economics teacher
00:02:21Before she got fat
00:02:23Who'd want to take out that tubbo?
00:02:26You gonna throw it like that, tubbo?
00:02:28I'm warning you, Jackie
00:02:29You better stop calling me that
00:02:30I'm warning you, Jackie
00:02:32I'll just call you Moby Dickman
00:02:36Speech again
00:02:39Is it hard?
00:02:41Kind of
00:02:41You gonna have the rope like that, tubbo?
00:02:45I'm gonna get to class
00:02:46You gonna have the rope like that, tubbo?
00:02:52You gonna have the rope like that, tubbo?
00:02:56You gonna have the rope like that, tubbo?
00:03:00You gonna have the rope like that, tubbo?
00:03:02You gonna have the rope like that, tubbo?
00:03:02You gonna have the rope like that, tubbo?
00:03:02You gonna have the rope like that, tubbo?
00:03:03You gonna have the rope like that, tubbo?
00:03:03You gonna have the rope like that, tubbo?
00:03:07You gonna have the rope like that, tubbo?
00:03:09You gonna have the rope like that, tubbo?
00:03:26Jackie and Rita.
00:03:56Do a spin, Jackie.
00:03:57I'll hold the web.
00:04:42I'll be right back.
00:05:07I'll be right back.
00:05:26I'll be right back.
00:05:34I'll be right back.
00:05:38I'll be right back.
00:05:56I'll be right back.
00:06:09Excuse me.
00:06:10I'll be right back.
00:06:20Christina.
00:06:23But I'm not finished.
00:06:34Why did you do that?
00:06:36Hmm?
00:06:38You heard me.
00:06:39That remark about a second helping.
00:06:42Oh.
00:06:44Because she's getting fat and you don't say a word.
00:06:47You don't help her by humiliating her.
00:06:50Let's get a governess in here.
00:06:51Then neither of us will have to do it.
00:06:53She is too old for a governess.
00:06:55Oh, not a governess per se.
00:06:57A sort of housekeeper who's good at mediation.
00:07:01Well, swell.
00:07:02We can have a union.
00:07:03The kids will have strikes and labor wars.
00:07:06Okay.
00:07:09Let's do something.
00:07:11Um, how about the grapefruit diet?
00:07:13Glenn, she's an adolescent.
00:07:15That's her problem.
00:07:17Don't you remember when you were 15?
00:07:19I do.
00:07:20What a memory.
00:07:22Well, it was tough.
00:07:23I ate my way out of going to two proms.
00:07:26Okay.
00:07:27How do we approach her?
00:07:28Don't humiliate her.
00:07:29Don't humiliate her.
00:07:30You got it.
00:07:31Oh, I left some stuff from Margaret to iron.
00:07:34Oh, she went to her sisters for a few days.
00:07:36I'll do it.
00:07:37No.
00:07:38You'll like it.
00:07:39I'll like it.
00:07:41Oh, would you pick up a bottle of Calagasta?
00:07:44I've tried all over town.
00:07:45Would you try Applebee's?
00:07:46Okay.
00:07:47Bye.
00:07:48Glenn.
00:07:49Bye.
00:08:10Is he gone?
00:08:13Finish your breakfast, Chris.
00:08:19What's your day like?
00:08:21I'm going shopping, remember?
00:08:22Oh.
00:08:24If I'm up to it, honey.
00:08:27Rita did it again.
00:08:29You know, ever since Jackie Siegel's accident, she's been acting really strange.
00:08:32Oh, that was nearly a month ago.
00:08:34Some of the kids said when she fell, she started...
00:08:37How about doing the dishes for me, Sport?
00:08:41Okay.
00:08:43You want to talk?
00:08:44Nope.
00:08:46Bad one, huh?
00:08:48What?
00:08:49Real bummer.
00:08:51Medium bad.
00:08:53Might help to talk.
00:08:55Might help you.
00:08:56Won't help me.
00:08:58Okay.
00:09:14What are you making?
00:09:19You know, Rita...
00:09:21You really make it very difficult for me to say I'm sorry.
00:09:38You are in luck, ladies.
00:09:40Fresh banana cake.
00:09:52You know, Rita's having an awful time with it.
00:09:55Chris and the other kids know how to go right to where it hurts.
00:09:59And with Rita right now, it's her weight.
00:10:03And they call adults cruel.
00:10:05Used to kill me last year.
00:10:07When I go and pick her up at school, she'd be hiding in a building, waiting for me.
00:10:14And she'd only come out when she saw my car.
00:10:16And even then, those kids still found a way to yell some rotten thing at her to finish her off.
00:10:22I'll bet they take classes on how to hurt each other.
00:10:25Sadism, 1A.
00:10:26Speaking of schools, did you hear about that Webster Elementary School business?
00:10:30What?
00:10:31On the news.
00:10:32Oh.
00:10:33They had to close the school.
00:10:35The kids were throwing up, eyes burning, disorientation.
00:10:39I tell you, the whole peninsula is getting weird.
00:10:42How was the banana cake? Good?
00:10:43If I ever come in and ask for this recipe, don't dare give it to me.
00:10:48Trust me.
00:10:53Rita?
00:10:58Chris?
00:11:02Chris?
00:11:07Hey.
00:11:09What's going on?
00:11:10Nothing.
00:11:11What have you been doing?
00:11:14Hey.
00:11:16I'm talking to you.
00:11:19I thought you were talking to Chris.
00:11:20I'm talking to both of you.
00:11:23Ask Chris.
00:11:24I am asking you.
00:11:25Will you stop these games?
00:11:27We made a bet.
00:11:29She lost.
00:11:32What kind of bet?
00:11:34She said she could hold her breath for two minutes.
00:11:36And she didn't make it.
00:11:37So now she's mad.
00:11:39How intelligent.
00:11:41May I be excused?
00:11:43Please.
00:11:52Why are you out of breath?
00:11:54I beat her.
00:11:55I made it to a minute and a half.
00:11:57And if she'd lose about 500 pounds, she might be able to make it to a minute.
00:12:00That's enough.
00:12:01That is enough.
00:12:02You can scratch shopping.
00:12:03Oh, Mom.
00:12:04Oh, Mom.
00:12:04Will you stop it, Rita, damn it.
00:12:06I can't stand her whining.
00:12:07I can't stand her whining.
00:12:08Get off it.
00:12:09Both of you.
00:12:10Start it.
00:12:11You both start it.
00:12:13We don't like each other, Mother.
00:12:14Face it.
00:12:15Rita, that's an awful thing to say.
00:12:16That is awful.
00:12:18No, it isn't.
00:12:19It doesn't bother her any.
00:12:22Ask her.
00:12:25No, it doesn't bother me.
00:12:31It bothers me.
00:12:34Then let's not discuss it.
00:12:41Let's go.
00:13:03710, boarding at gate one.
00:13:12What are you doing here? I don't need a lift.
00:13:14Well, I thought we might go out for a drink.
00:13:17Well, what's the matter?
00:13:18Nothing's the matter.
00:13:19Yeah, something's the matter. No kiss, no hello.
00:13:21You're not programmed for anything but going to Los Angeles and coming home.
00:13:25Boy, have you changed?
00:13:26I remember a time we used to sit on the football field.
00:13:28You hit one goal post, meet another,
00:13:30a bottle of cheap red wine between us,
00:13:32yelling dirty things at each other.
00:13:33What's the matter? Am I embarrassing you?
00:13:35Right here?
00:13:37He'd say, I wanna take you.
00:13:38Are you gonna try and ruin my reputation?
00:13:41No, I'm just trying to put some of the old pizazz
00:13:43back in our marriage, right where it belongs.
00:13:45You know, we're not 25 anymore.
00:13:45We're not 85 either, but you act like you're pushing it.
00:13:48You wanna drop by the field on the way home and have a replay?
00:13:52Don't make fun of me. Glenn, I'm a kid.
00:13:59I'm not either.
00:14:02I'll meet you the three nights.
00:14:03You're on.
00:14:08Now get in that car and drive.
00:14:13I'll get there before you.
00:14:15Oh, yeah?
00:14:16I will.
00:14:20Come on!
00:14:36I mean, she had the strangest expression on her face.
00:14:40Like what?
00:14:41I don't know.
00:14:43A kind of cynicism, hardness, cruelty.
00:14:49I don't know.
00:14:51A cynic at 15?
00:14:54Only in these screwy times could you be a cynic at 15.
00:14:58Maybe I saw something that wasn't there.
00:15:03I heard a great definition of a cynic the other day.
00:15:05Um, knowledgeable apathy.
00:15:09Mm-hmm.
00:15:11Isn't that great?
00:15:12Knowledgeable apathy.
00:15:13Knowledgeable apathy.
00:15:19Maybe we should send her to a psychiatrist.
00:15:22Or a firing squad.
00:15:24Come on.
00:15:25Scratch them.
00:15:27Rita's going through a very, very bad time now.
00:15:30And she needs our support.
00:15:32Nobody ever said the kids were easy.
00:15:35And some are more difficult than others.
00:15:39Well, she's difficult because she's unhappy.
00:15:42She's unhappy because she's fat.
00:15:46And she's fat because...
00:15:49Yes.
00:15:53You want another drink?
00:15:55She's fat because...
00:15:58Something's missing.
00:16:00And analysis will tell us.
00:16:02Oh, I'll tell you.
00:16:03Don't say love.
00:16:05You love her.
00:16:05Of course I love her.
00:16:07Do you love her enough?
00:16:10Chris is so easy for you to love.
00:16:12Rita's harder.
00:16:15She's ours, too.
00:16:17She's a part of both of us.
00:16:21Can't we both love her a little harder?
00:16:25Well, I could use a little, too, you know.
00:16:27She looks at me like I just won the Ogre Award.
00:16:31How do you look at her?
00:16:36Like she's just given me the award.
00:16:39Thanks.
00:16:41All right, I'll give it a shot.
00:16:44I'm still gonna kick her in the butt when she gets smart.
00:16:48And compliment her when she does right.
00:16:52And pray God she's 18 tomorrow.
00:16:55Tonight.
00:16:58And that's all the time I'm giving her right now.
00:17:01My evening lights are short enough.
00:17:12What?
00:17:13What the...
00:17:15What's wrong with that thing?
00:17:17I'll take care of it.
00:17:18I'll call the...
00:17:23You all right, honey?
00:17:24Yeah, that light is still out.
00:17:26Oh, he's coming Tuesday.
00:17:27I thought he said Monday.
00:17:28No, Tuesday.
00:17:30And when do the cable people come?
00:17:32Thursday.
00:17:33We're home.
00:17:34Hi!
00:17:36How's dinner coming?
00:17:38I don't know.
00:17:39What do you mean you don't know?
00:17:40Well, we left.
00:17:41Good enough.
00:17:41She was supposed to fix dinner.
00:17:44She didn't.
00:17:46I'll try again.
00:17:47Did she make an attempt to start dinner?
00:17:49No.
00:17:50Did you?
00:17:50Mm-hmm.
00:17:53Well, was there any excuse why she didn't make dinner?
00:17:56She said she had better things to do.
00:17:59Boop in the rear time.
00:18:00All right, Glenn.
00:18:01What did you make, honey?
00:18:03Surprise!
00:18:04Who left my bathroom in a mess?
00:18:06Oh, I did.
00:18:07I was dying to make.
00:18:09Well, after dinner, you and some cleanser up here, huh?
00:18:15Chris, I want some answers.
00:18:18Well, Rita said she was going out and she would be back in time for dinner.
00:18:21Who was supposed to make dinner?
00:18:23You, I guess.
00:18:26She's got a surprise coming.
00:18:28Do you have dinner for her?
00:18:29Don't look.
00:18:30You have nothing to worry about.
00:18:32Why do you see what I mean?
00:18:35Good Lord!
00:18:36I'll bring her back.
00:18:37You're not kidding.
00:18:38What could you make that would take all these pots?
00:18:41Pizza.
00:18:42Pizza?
00:18:43From scratch.
00:18:44Well, where'd she get the recipe?
00:18:46Kid at school.
00:18:48A kid at school?
00:18:49Italian kid.
00:18:59You're heading for a fall, little lady.
00:19:00Your mother asked you to do something.
00:19:03I have something else to do.
00:19:05And that was more important.
00:19:07Yes.
00:19:09I think you can go without your dinner tonight.
00:19:12Big deal.
00:19:31I'm going.
00:19:35Thanks for dropping in.
00:19:37Sorry about dinner.
00:19:39Are you, Rita?
00:19:40Well, it's no great tragedy, is it?
00:19:42No.
00:19:43But it's rude.
00:19:45And I think it's a rotten thing to do.
00:19:50Can I go to my room?
00:19:52In a minute.
00:20:02Well, I'd like an explanation.
00:20:05Where I went?
00:20:07For a start.
00:20:10Just out.
00:20:12Walking.
00:20:14I know that it's hard to believe that I felt that walking was more important than making dinner, but I
00:20:20did.
00:20:22That's it?
00:20:23That's it.
00:20:37Okay.
00:20:39You stated your case.
00:20:41Now, I'll state mine.
00:20:42This is not a crash pad.
00:20:44This is our home.
00:20:46You will live here as a member of our family, not a guest.
00:20:51If you don't...
00:20:52Then what?
00:20:55Then you will have to find another place to live.
00:21:01You don't care too much for me, do you?
00:21:06How dare you say that to me, Rita?
00:21:10I love you, you know.
00:21:13No, I am not sure I do know that.
00:21:18You're the only one I do love.
00:21:22Nobody, just you.
00:21:37I love you, too.
00:21:39Sometimes you make it very hard.
00:21:44We all do.
00:21:45Don't give me that we stuff.
00:21:47I don't love my father any more than he loves me, and Christina could die for all I care.
00:21:50Do you agree?
00:21:51Christina is a simpering little toad.
00:21:52She traps you with all her looks.
00:21:54Underneath, she's weak and stupid, unworthy and useless.
00:21:58Stop it!
00:21:58You gave me life.
00:22:00You cared for me when I was sick.
00:22:02You held me when I cried.
00:22:03You fed me when I was hungry.
00:22:04Those things are not forgotten.
00:22:07Nothing is forgotten.
00:22:09Nothing is forgotten.
00:22:12Each deed is written and filed, and when I must, I draw a palace.
00:22:16These deeds and act upon them.
00:22:18I reproach myself for nothing.
00:22:20Each deed is written and filed, and when I must...
00:22:23Stop! Stop! Stop it!
00:22:25Rita!
00:22:25Stop it!
00:22:27And when I must, I draw upon those deeds and act upon them.
00:22:32I reproach myself for nothing.
00:22:34My actions are based upon deeds before holy or against me.
00:22:37Each deed is written and filed, and when I must, I draw upon those deeds and act upon them.
00:22:43I reproach myself for nothing.
00:22:46Nothing.
00:22:54Rita, I told you no dinner.
00:22:55I think you should go to your restaurant.
00:22:56Wait a minute.
00:22:57Wait a minute, Glenn.
00:22:58Wait a minute.
00:22:59Oh!
00:23:08What was all that about?
00:23:10I don't know.
00:23:13What are we having for dinner?
00:23:18Hmm?
00:23:19Pizza.
00:23:20What?
00:23:22Pizza.
00:23:25We gotta be kidding.
00:23:27Pizza?
00:23:29That's what you mean.
00:23:33Hey, Chris, I hear you made a pizza that's terrific.
00:23:36Well, I don't know if I got all the lights worked out.
00:23:40It's kind of funny.
00:23:42Hmm, looks great.
00:23:46Oh, Mom.
00:23:49Nice try.
00:23:52Dinner's on me.
00:23:54I'll get Rita.
00:23:55No, no, Rita.
00:23:58It's not right.
00:23:59It doesn't seem right to you, Marianne, because she'll be unhappy.
00:24:02Now, that's lousy reason she asked for it.
00:24:04She asked for it.
00:24:05In the first place, missing one meal won't hurt her.
00:24:07In the second place, it's about time she found out who's running this household.
00:24:11She parades around here like she's a damn movie queen.
00:24:18Let's go.
00:24:19All right, I'll warm up the car.
00:24:20Chris!
00:24:39Hi, Glenn.
00:24:40Marion.
00:24:41Hi, what are you doing?
00:24:42You both think about getting my brief together in the bar.
00:24:46Oh, that's what they mean by the California bar, essentially.
00:24:49Oh, man, she is gorgeous.
00:24:54You must be sick of hearing that.
00:24:55When does a woman hate a compliment?
00:24:57Yeah.
00:24:59Where's Rita?
00:25:00Oh, she's doing her homework.
00:25:03I really wish you well tomorrow.
00:25:05I think you mean it.
00:25:06I'm right, I do.
00:25:07You nail those landlords to the wall.
00:25:09To the wall.
00:25:11Oh, I'd better go home.
00:25:13I think I'm a little high.
00:25:14Well, you'll fit right into the Elliot's party on Friday.
00:25:18Oh, yes.
00:25:19The Elliot's.
00:25:21You know, just once, I'd like to go to a party and enjoy myself.
00:25:25I'm getting too old to fight all the time.
00:25:28Same old routine.
00:25:30Shake up the wasps.
00:25:32You all get purged.
00:25:34I just get tired.
00:25:35Oh, come on, you'll love it.
00:25:36No, I mean it.
00:25:38I'd just like to sit there and listen to their pap
00:25:41and get quietly loaded.
00:25:43Well, you're on your way tonight.
00:25:45Well, I'm off.
00:25:47Ciao, all.
00:25:48Good luck tomorrow.
00:26:04Let's go.
00:26:05What's the matter?
00:26:08Come here, just sit here.
00:26:10Are you all right?
00:26:10Come here?
00:26:10Yeah.
00:26:12Lent?
00:26:17Yeah.
00:26:27Be careful.
00:26:44Daddy, are you all right? What happened? I don't want to get in the car.
00:26:47Chris, get in the car. Stan Reston just tried to kill me.
00:26:52Are you sure? Yeah. Did you see him?
00:26:55I saw the car, Marion. Maybe it just looked like his car.
00:26:57It was Stan. What are you going to do?
00:27:00I don't know. You know you could ruin him?
00:27:02He could have killed me. It doesn't make any sense. I know he was high.
00:27:05Call him. Yeah, you can tell him. Get in the car.
00:27:13Let me get some soda. Do you want something? No.
00:27:24What is it? Huh?
00:27:27Somebody's been driving my car.
00:27:32Were you driving the car?
00:27:34I hate driving.
00:27:35Where were you with the car?
00:27:37I told you I didn't take the car.
00:27:39Well, somebody's been driving that car. The hood is warm.
00:27:43That is.
00:27:57I hate to disappoint you all.
00:28:05So?
00:28:08So, if you'll check the garage, you'll find my electric blanket on the ledge.
00:28:11Why?
00:28:13I was trying to hatch these eggs. I needed a flat surface, so I used the hood of the car.
00:28:17Well, where's the mother?
00:28:21Dead.
00:28:28Well, why not here? Why the hood of my car?
00:28:32I never tried hatching anything before. I didn't know what to expect. Thought there might be a mess.
00:28:38And if you messed up the hood of my car?
00:28:41I'd have cleaned it up.
00:28:43I don't understand you.
00:28:45I know.
00:28:47I know.
00:29:06I know.
00:29:07I know.
00:29:08I know.
00:29:09Nothing happened.
00:29:10Well, you keep it warm.
00:29:15It just might hatch.
00:29:18It's funny how things die for no reason.
00:29:26I'm gonna lock up downstairs. Are you through there?
00:29:29Yeah.
00:29:31Good night, darling.
00:29:35I feel warm.
00:29:38I'm okay, really.
00:29:40Well, let's just see about it.
00:29:56Hmm?
00:29:57Hmm?
00:29:58Hmm?
00:30:01Oh, baby.
00:30:13Marion.
00:30:19In a minute.
00:30:22Be right back.
00:30:25Or I can read it.
00:30:42Don't both of you talk at once.
00:30:44What is it?
00:30:45Helen is on the extension.
00:30:47She's nearly hysterical.
00:30:48He blacked out.
00:30:49Doesn't remember a thing.
00:30:50I knew it.
00:30:51Stan.
00:30:53Now, just listen to me.
00:30:55I didn't tell anybody, so if nobody saw you, you're okay.
00:31:02Well, you know, that's your department.
00:31:06No, I don't know what you should do.
00:31:08I think we should talk, though.
00:31:10Good.
00:31:11Yeah.
00:31:12Whenever.
00:31:13Okay.
00:31:21He says his enemies would love to get a hold of this.
00:31:23It could ruin him.
00:31:24Of course.
00:31:25How does it feel to hold a man's future in your hands?
00:31:30It's scary.
00:31:30All right.
00:31:58All right.
00:32:08We could do with a lot less, you know.
00:32:12I mean, keeping up with the neighbors is a thing of the past.
00:32:17We don't have to prove anything to anyone.
00:32:20We have each other and we have the girls.
00:32:23Our family is the only important thing.
00:32:28I never see you anymore.
00:32:49We have to do this.
00:32:57Thank you, sir.
00:33:36Good morning.
00:33:37Good morning.
00:33:39How do you feel?
00:33:40Pretty good.
00:33:41Good morning.
00:33:42You hungry?
00:33:43No.
00:33:44What do you want?
00:33:45Some fruit.
00:33:47It's all yours.
00:33:51Can I have some coffee?
00:33:52I guess so.
00:33:53Me too?
00:33:54You stick to milk.
00:33:55What are you doing today?
00:33:57Well, this afternoon I'm going to a charity tea, and then your dad's working late, so this evening I'm going
00:34:04over to the Bellamy's. Kathleen called.
00:34:05No!
00:34:09She might have something you can catch.
00:34:13She doesn't.
00:34:15Please.
00:34:18Well, I have to, Rita. Kathleen is my friend.
00:34:28I agree with her.
00:34:29She didn't go.
00:34:31Eat.
00:34:31I agree with her.
00:34:48Hi, Marie.
00:34:49Hi.
00:34:50Come on in.
00:34:51Sure.
00:34:58Sit down.
00:35:01How about a drink?
00:35:02No, thank you. How is she?
00:35:05She's been feeling fine all day.
00:35:08She's really looking forward to seeing you.
00:35:09Oh, good. Well, where is she?
00:35:12Oh, she's upstairs. She'll be down in a few minutes.
00:35:26I, uh...
00:35:27You, uh, what?
00:35:31I called in a parapsychologist.
00:35:34I heard.
00:35:37Well, damn it, Marianne, I didn't know what else to do.
00:35:40I had to call somebody.
00:35:45I'll laugh if you laugh.
00:35:48I can't laugh.
00:35:50I've watched Kathleen come apart for no reason.
00:35:55We've tried everything.
00:35:57Marianne, don't give me that look.
00:35:59I'm sorry, Ryan.
00:36:00It's just that...
00:36:02the occult, you know.
00:36:08I'll go get Kathleen.
00:36:11What did he say about her?
00:36:14that somebody hexed her?
00:36:22Kathleen, here's her.
00:36:26What is it? Kathleen!
00:36:29What the...
00:36:31Ah!
00:36:36Help her!
00:36:37Help her!
00:36:38You stopped me!
00:37:05She burned. She just burned.
00:37:07I mean, there wasn't any fire.
00:37:09She just exploded.
00:37:10You should have seen her face.
00:37:12I mean, her blood was just...
00:37:13It was boiling.
00:37:15And she just burned up.
00:37:17Oh.
00:37:21Is Ryan all right?
00:37:22Yeah.
00:37:23Huh?
00:37:23Yeah, he's, um...
00:37:24Is he?
00:37:25Well, he's fine.
00:37:26His brother's there with him.
00:37:27The doctor thought somebody should be around.
00:37:29Yeah?
00:37:30Well, the shock and everything kind of wiped him out.
00:37:32But his heart is okay.
00:37:33It's nothing to worry about.
00:37:34Oh, God.
00:37:35The kids are studying.
00:37:36I saw Stan.
00:37:37He cried all over me.
00:37:39And we bowed an undying friendship.
00:37:41And free legal fees for two years.
00:37:44It still doesn't remember anything.
00:37:45It's a big blank.
00:37:47Do you want anything?
00:37:48How about some soup?
00:37:49No, no, honey.
00:37:50Nothing.
00:37:51I...
00:37:52You're sure?
00:37:52How do you feel?
00:37:54Best.
00:37:55Okay.
00:37:57Oh.
00:38:00Pretty shaky.
00:38:05Brought you some soup.
00:38:09Thank you, honey.
00:38:14Make you feel better.
00:38:37I warned you, didn't I?
00:38:42Yes.
00:38:47And then you left.
00:38:50Where did you go to?
00:38:53Just out.
00:39:00Did you go over there?
00:39:04Should I go over there?
00:39:06Why don't you tell me?
00:39:08How is it?
00:39:09Good.
00:39:11It's packaged.
00:39:13Rita.
00:39:17I didn't go over there.
00:39:23I'm not hungry.
00:39:26I'm not hungry.
00:39:27Okay.
00:39:30I'll check back later.
00:39:45She's no problem.
00:39:47She's as bright as a penny on the auto roll, as you know.
00:39:49Oh.
00:39:49The girls tease her.
00:39:51They make fun of her.
00:39:53The rest of the time, they don't even talk to her.
00:39:58Oh.
00:39:59The Siegel girl used to tease her a lot.
00:40:03I... I know.
00:40:04Rita is not an unattractive girl.
00:40:07Oh, no. She's pretty.
00:40:09And gifted.
00:40:12What about Jackie Siegel?
00:40:14What kind of girl was she?
00:40:18She's very pretty and popular.
00:40:20A little preoccupied with boys.
00:40:24What happened, Miss Standish?
00:40:27Jackie fell.
00:40:29She just fell.
00:40:32And the fall broke her neck.
00:40:34I wish I could be more help to you.
00:40:37Mrs. Matchett, I know that Rita's your daughter.
00:40:41And I know you'd like her to be more like other girls.
00:40:44But some girls will be different.
00:40:47Most of the people who've left a meaningful legacy in this world have been.
00:40:53No, that's not much for you.
00:40:56Not this week.
00:40:59Thank you very much.
00:41:05Okay, my lovelies, shower time!
00:41:14Hold on to me, Glenn. I feel like I'm on the last mile.
00:41:17Honey, these are your friends.
00:41:19They better be.
00:41:22Let's have a drink.
00:41:26Hey, where are you?
00:41:27Hi, I'm here.
00:41:29To see you, honey.
00:41:30Hello, Glenn.
00:41:32Hi, I'm here.
00:41:33Marion, so nice to see you.
00:41:35Oh, I'm glad you came.
00:41:38I was afraid you wouldn't.
00:41:39No, no, I'm feeling a little crazy.
00:41:41Tie down the lampshade.
00:41:42That's good.
00:41:44What can I get you to drink?
00:41:45Uh, scotch for both of us.
00:41:48There you go.
00:41:52You'll both feel better when you've had a drink.
00:41:54Did you get our check?
00:41:56Yes, yes, thanks.
00:41:58You know, we've hauled in over 15,000.
00:42:00Hmm.
00:42:01Pays to be an endangered species.
00:42:03Excuse me a second, honey.
00:42:07My tongue is trapped.
00:42:09You know that feeling?
00:42:10You know.
00:42:12I can't talk about Kathleen.
00:42:15It was awful, that's all.
00:42:21Oh, mine's the neat one, yes.
00:42:23Oh, Glenn.
00:42:26Oh, how do you feel?
00:42:28I helped.
00:42:30Nice party.
00:42:32It's a bit brassy, but Fenicia likes it.
00:42:34Could do with a few more Democrats.
00:42:36Oh, is Stan here?
00:42:38Right over there.
00:42:39Yeah, Hattie's trying to shoot holes in his plan for a national health program.
00:42:43One of them's gonna need a doctor before it's over.
00:42:47Well, I think you know everybody else here.
00:42:50Jill.
00:42:52Marion.
00:42:52Marion.
00:42:53I want you to meet someone.
00:42:54I'll see you in a minute.
00:42:55Yes.
00:42:56Marion Matchett.
00:42:57This is Dale Boyce.
00:42:58How do you do?
00:42:58Hello.
00:43:02Oh, Jill.
00:43:03Excuse me.
00:43:07I was sorry to hear about your friend and about Mrs. Bellamy.
00:43:12You knew her?
00:43:13Her husband called me in.
00:43:16You're the parapsychologist.
00:43:18She was murdered, you know.
00:43:22I'm sorry.
00:43:23I tend to be blunt.
00:43:26It's putting it mildly.
00:43:29Somebody hated Kathleen Bellamy enough to kill her.
00:43:31And you were the instrument, Mrs. Matchett.
00:43:33You were the weapon.
00:43:35You know that your name terrified her.
00:43:37I am not listening to you.
00:43:38That your physical presence killed her.
00:43:40That is not true.
00:43:41I tried very hard to reach you.
00:43:43And I wouldn't have listened.
00:43:44Would you please excuse me?
00:43:45You should leave the area altogether.
00:43:47May you want it?
00:43:48Of course not.
00:43:50Mrs. Matchett, I am on a lecture chair.
00:43:53I'm going to be in San Francisco.
00:43:55If you should ever need me, I would...
00:44:20What's the matter with Chris?
00:44:21She seems upset.
00:44:22Is she so upset to you?
00:44:25Huh?
00:44:26No.
00:44:26No, I think she's going to be all right.
00:44:28It's just that...
00:44:30Well, she and Rita were having it out with both girls when we're having a shower.
00:44:34Well, what did they fight about?
00:44:35Oh, hell.
00:44:35Didn't you hear anything?
00:44:36I don't know what they were fighting about.
00:44:39Oh.
00:44:39Oh!
00:44:40Oh!
00:44:41Oh!
00:44:47Oh!
00:44:48Oh!
00:44:50Oh, he's in trouble!
00:44:56Oh!
00:44:58Oh!
00:44:59Oh!
00:44:59Oh, help me!
00:44:59Beautiful, Chris.
00:45:00Oh!
00:45:01Oh, my God!
00:45:03Oh!
00:45:06Oh!
00:45:07Oh, man!
00:45:19Chris!
00:45:20Good day!
00:45:24Good day, Gary.
00:45:25All right, John.
00:45:29Look at your ass.
00:45:30Look at your ass.
00:45:30Come on.
00:45:39Come on!
00:45:42Come on!
00:45:43Chris!
00:45:45Chris!
00:45:47Chris!
00:45:49It's Chris!
00:45:52You all right?
00:45:57She's over here.
00:46:00Hey!
00:46:02It's Chris!
00:46:12It'll be warm in a minute.
00:46:14How'd it go?
00:46:15It was an accident.
00:46:17I'm sorry.
00:46:19I didn't even ask what happened.
00:46:21Thank God.
00:46:22Get her out of this house.
00:46:23Please, just get her out.
00:46:33What were you two fighting about?
00:46:35Nothing.
00:46:35I want to know.
00:46:38She's been spying on me.
00:46:39I warned her to stop.
00:46:40What kind of warning?
00:46:45I am talking to you.
00:46:48The only kind of warning she understands.
00:46:50What kind of warning does a 15-year-old kid give a 13-year-old kid to grow up?
00:46:56That is not a warning.
00:46:59That is a request.
00:47:02I told Chris that if she didn't grow up, she wouldn't be around to grow up.
00:47:09And that's a threat.
00:47:12People who mess around in other people's business,
00:47:15people who laugh at other people because they're different deserve to be punished.
00:47:20Jackie Siegel was one of those.
00:47:22Jackie Siegel fell.
00:47:23That was an accident.
00:47:27I know.
00:47:29I was there.
00:47:37Rita.
00:47:41You're playing a dangerous game with your mind.
00:47:46You could delude yourself right into a sanitarium.
00:47:51You're scaring a lot of people.
00:47:54You're not fooling me.
00:47:55It's cheap and easy to scare people who are younger than you.
00:48:00The only power you have is the power of your own will.
00:48:08That's all any of us has.
00:48:13That's right.
00:48:15You want anything before I leave?
00:48:17Yeah.
00:48:18As a matter of fact, I think I'd like one of those garbage sandwiches.
00:48:21You know, everything in the fridge.
00:48:23Heavy on the mayo.
00:48:24Oh, that's on me. Just heaps of it.
00:48:26Want a beer?
00:48:27Yeah, but you don't have to bring it up.
00:48:28I'll come down.
00:48:29Damn right.
00:48:30Oh, what was that?
00:48:32Oh, I'd love it when you swore at me.
00:48:34It's fine.
00:48:35No.
00:48:35It's way back.
00:48:36Not now.
00:48:37Not now.
00:48:38It's windy.
00:48:44You want me to go with you, Gerard?
00:48:48No.
00:48:49If he's not feeling well, it'll probably be too much.
00:48:54Tell him that I'll come by toward the end of the week.
00:49:04If I have time and mentally,, I'll산 yourself upеж want me to go and break.
00:49:13Later.
00:49:19Howwould you get?
00:49:21Here now?
00:49:26Now, I have to play a play with me out of the way, Gerard, which is called Tupperware it is
00:49:27off Corn시고,
00:49:27Back to me, Gerard.
00:49:33This is a secret name, you know.
00:49:34Then I have to try it.
00:49:36Ryan?
00:49:38Mrs. Matchett?
00:49:40Ross!
00:49:41Oh, you scared the hell out of me.
00:49:44Oh, I'm sorry.
00:49:45Well, why are all the lights out? Where's Ryan?
00:49:49My brother's dead, Mrs. Matchett.
00:49:54This afternoon, he took a sudden turn.
00:49:57His heart just couldn't take it, I guess, with Kathleen dying and all.
00:50:01Oh, I know how you felt about the boat.
00:50:05We'll let you know about the funeral arrangements.
00:50:15It's me.
00:50:17He's asleep.
00:50:18I have to talk to you.
00:50:20I'm tired.
00:50:21It's important.
00:50:22Can't it wait?
00:50:23Several times you started to tell me things, and each time you stopped, I want you to tell me now.
00:50:31I can't.
00:50:32You must.
00:50:35I'm afraid.
00:50:37You have to.
00:50:43What are you doing?
00:50:44Shh.
00:50:54Weida.
00:50:56And that Standish lady.
00:50:59They sing together.
00:51:01They sit, and they sing weird things.
00:51:05What kind of things?
00:51:07I couldn't get close enough.
00:51:09Where do they do this?
00:51:10Miss Standish's.
00:51:12Do they do it alone?
00:51:15Yeah.
00:51:17What does the singing sound like?
00:51:19I don't know.
00:51:20Think.
00:51:22It's kind of a chant, like...
00:51:29Were you alone when you saw them?
00:51:32No, Mrs. Bellamy was with me.
00:51:35We went that day to collect for the paper drive.
00:51:37At school, the day you couldn't take me.
00:51:42Oh, then...
00:51:45When she didn't answer the ring, we went around to the side, and looked in, through the window.
00:51:50Then night, Rita told me that if I ever told anybody, that she'd fix me.
00:51:57Chris, what really happened to Jackie Siegel?
00:52:01She fell, just like Rita said she would.
00:52:04Just like Rita told her to?
00:52:06She still fell.
00:52:08The kids at school were scared to death of her.
00:52:10They all used to tease her, when they saw what happened to Jackie Siegel, exactly like Rita said it would.
00:52:16What upset your sister?
00:52:18Jackie and the kids were calling her names and teasing her and laughing at her.
00:52:22And Rita started to get all red and cry.
00:52:26What did you do, when your sister was crying?
00:52:30Nothing. Why?
00:52:31I'm ashamed that you should ask.
00:52:33How can you protect her, when you know that she's done all those things?
00:52:36In the first place, I don't think she has.
00:52:40And in the second place, she is my daughter.
00:52:43She's sick and crazy.
00:52:45It's not. She is different.
00:52:46She tried to kill me.
00:52:48Now that was an accident.
00:52:49It wasn't an accident.
00:52:50She tried to make it look like it was an accident.
00:52:52And she's fooling everybody.
00:52:56How can you protect her?
00:53:11One day you will see.
00:53:34The moon was high in the sky.
00:53:41The moon was high in the sky.
00:53:45The moon was high in the sky.
00:54:04Mrs. Matcher.
00:54:09Mr. Boyce.
00:54:10Dale.
00:54:13I must tell you, I don't really want to be here.
00:54:15I know that.
00:54:16You picked that up.
00:54:18Well, I wouldn't have to be as sensitive to feel that.
00:54:21Won't you please sit down?
00:54:24Are you?
00:54:25Are you sensitive?
00:54:26Yes.
00:54:27Well, we all are.
00:54:29Theoretically, everybody has the ability to send and to receive.
00:54:33Not everyone's developed it.
00:54:34What's the trick?
00:54:35Pretty much knowing that it's there.
00:54:38It's like IQ.
00:54:40Some people have a high IQ, some people are low, but everybody has an IQ.
00:54:46What do you want to know?
00:54:49What the hell's going on?
00:54:51There's a power loose.
00:54:56Are you aware that this area is the most powerful in North America?
00:55:02How do you mean?
00:55:04Psychically.
00:55:05Psychic energy.
00:55:07Someone has learned to tap that and to transmit it and has taught others to transmit.
00:55:15Why, you can't organize that sort of thing.
00:55:17Oh, yes, you can.
00:55:19Hitler was able to mobilize an entire nation with words and only with words.
00:55:25The human brain is a very powerful weapon.
00:55:28One word can become a bullet.
00:55:32But you don't believe me, so I won't go on.
00:55:35Do, do, go on.
00:55:37Why?
00:55:39I don't know.
00:55:41Control, power, always a strong motivation.
00:55:46Do you know what a mantra is?
00:55:49A chant.
00:55:50Yes.
00:55:51And it works.
00:55:53It's used in Transcendental Meditation, Nishirin, Shoshu Buddhism.
00:55:58Pretty much the same thing.
00:55:59And the reason that it works is that the individual passionately wants it to work.
00:56:08Now, if that were work for good, it could as easily work for what we might call evil.
00:56:14One genuine sensitive with a hierarchy of sensitives under him.
00:56:19I leave it to your imagination.
00:56:25You're, uh, welcome to stay, if you like.
00:56:27Oh, no, thank you.
00:56:29I think that you should stay.
00:56:31Well, I can't. I have to get home.
00:56:33Mrs. Magic, please.
00:56:35We must talk.
00:56:37You and I must really talk.
00:56:41Will you wait for me?
00:56:43Yes. All right.
00:56:54It's good.
00:56:58Christina helped.
00:57:00I sauteed.
00:57:06It's gorgeous.
00:57:08Fattening, though.
00:57:10Was that for my benefit?
00:57:12You know it wasn't. Don't look for a fight.
00:57:15It is fattening, but sometimes it's good for the soul to eat something that's really rotten for you now.
00:57:25I'm not very hungry. Can I be excused?
00:57:28Yeah.
00:57:31Sure.
00:57:56I've got some news.
00:57:57Good news, I hope.
00:58:00Well, for Rita, yes.
00:58:05That school that you wanted to go to in England, I did some checking today. I made a call. And
00:58:10you can go late. Your grades are good. You're on the honor roll. They set under the circumstances.
00:58:14But I don't want to go now. I like it here.
00:58:16But six months ago...
00:58:17I've changed my mind.
00:58:19Honey, we thought that it might be a good...
00:58:21I said I've changed my mind.
00:58:27Rita, I think it's best.
00:58:30I don't.
00:58:31I can see that.
00:58:33But since you don't run this household...
00:58:36Glenn.
00:58:37Her passport's good.
00:58:38It's only been two years since we were there.
00:58:41So we don't have to worry about that.
00:58:42I've got her on Pan Am Thursday night.
00:58:44I thought we'd all go into the city early and have dinner.
00:58:47Why don't you get on that plane yourself?
00:58:48Rita.
00:58:50Nobody's getting rid of me.
00:58:51I'm staying.
00:58:51Staying until you're all dead and buried.
00:58:53Until you're rotting your graves.
00:58:54You'll never get rid of me.
00:58:55Never!
00:58:58I'll put her on that plane if I had to kick her on.
00:59:01Who the hell does she think she is?
00:59:03I'll drop 30 milligrams of librium in her milk and pour her on her.
00:59:08She's going, I'll tell you that.
00:59:09She's going up and over that ocean and out of our lives.
00:59:12All right.
00:59:14I know that you don't think I love her.
00:59:17I do.
00:59:23Or at least I did.
00:59:27Something went sour somewhere.
00:59:29I don't know where.
00:59:32You two.
00:59:35You two were in trouble from the beginning.
00:59:39Every father wants a little princess and she just never was one.
00:59:45She came out kicking and screaming like she hated being born.
00:59:50And she's been paying us back ever since.
00:59:53Maybe she knew it was in store for her. I don't know.
00:59:56She's mine.
01:00:00She's mine.
01:00:01I...
01:00:02I can't give her up.
01:00:06Not yet.
01:00:10What are you fighting for? A nervous breakdown?
01:00:14Fighting for us. We're a family and she's a part of it.
01:00:17Well, she can be a part of it in England.
01:00:22On Thursday, we give her a second chance and we give ourselves a break.
01:00:27I'm not going to see you come apart at the scene.
01:00:29It's just because you won't admit defeat.
01:00:30She's hurting inside. Can't you see that? Can't you see she's all twisted up?
01:00:36I can't leave it like this. A bunch of broken glasses and a lot of hatred.
01:00:45I...
01:00:48I need time with her.
01:00:52Alone.
01:01:00You've got a high tolerance for pain.
01:01:06All right. I'll get Chris and we'll go to a movie.
01:01:09No, uh...
01:01:12I...
01:01:15I need more time. I...
01:01:20You and Christina sleep over at Stan Reston's. I...
01:01:24I want the whole night with her.
01:01:28Please.
01:01:31Please.
01:01:34All right.
01:01:37I'll call him.
01:01:40Come in.
01:02:11Aw, man.
01:02:13I'll call her.
01:02:15Okay.
01:02:19You.
01:02:25Oh, man.
01:02:30She's gone.
01:03:57I've never done it before. Not really. Not alone.
01:04:02Rita, you have the power. And now you know how to use it.
01:04:07Can I just make him sick?
01:04:09Well, he'll get well. And then you'll have to deal with it all over again.
01:04:16And my mother? She'll get over it.
01:04:25Look, I don't want people to die.
01:04:28I liked Ryan Bellamy.
01:04:30I had nothing to do with that. His heart just gave out.
01:04:34But if you hadn't done that to Mrs. Bellamy...
01:04:36I had to. She would have told everybody.
01:04:41Rita, I don't like this turnaround.
01:04:43You didn't feel like this when you first came to me about Jackie Siegel, did you?
01:04:46But you said you could stop her. I didn't know you were going to do that.
01:04:49Oh, yes, you did. You knew exactly.
01:04:53Why do you think I put her up against you?
01:04:54Look, you said you were going to humiliate her.
01:04:57And I did.
01:04:58That silly little girl.
01:05:01I would have killed her for you.
01:05:04She was your enemy.
01:05:06Kathleen Bellamy is our enemy.
01:05:09Oh, Rita, we're building something.
01:05:12You have a great power.
01:05:14It's as great as my own.
01:05:16Now, I let you get away with scaring your sister...
01:05:18but I can't let your father put you on that plane.
01:05:21Look, I'll make him sick.
01:05:24Real sick.
01:05:25I can't take that risk.
01:05:28Soon we'll have a whole community of special people.
01:05:30A community of...
01:05:31Well, do you think it starts with us?
01:05:34But I'll be right back where I was.
01:05:37What do you mean?
01:05:38Well, everybody will be the same.
01:05:39I won't be different or special.
01:05:41You are special.
01:05:44It's mine. I don't want to share it.
01:05:46Real power is in the sharing.
01:05:49No.
01:05:49Rita, trust me?
01:05:50No. For the first time in my life, I have enjoyed being different.
01:05:53If it's given to others, I won't be different.
01:05:55My dear, you will be with people who will appreciate you.
01:05:58I don't want to be with people!
01:06:07There's no point in pursuing this.
01:06:14You're not giving it to anyone else.
01:06:19And you're not giving any orders.
01:06:32You're not giving any orders.
01:06:52I don't want to be with people.
01:06:53Oh, my God!
01:06:59I don't want to be with people.
01:07:13I don't want to be with people.
01:07:19Mother, is that you?
01:07:23Yes.
01:07:25I'm making something. Hungry?
01:07:30No.
01:07:33Making grilled cheese.
01:07:35I don't know why I get hungry so late at night.
01:07:38It's the wrong time to eat, but I can't help it.
01:07:41You want me to make you one?
01:07:42What? Something wrong?
01:07:46Sit down.
01:07:48I will. Just let me get this on the griddle.
01:07:50No.
01:07:55I will in a minute.
01:08:08No.
01:08:12I said, in a minute.
01:08:23No, me no sin to be, what's right of you, Tom?
01:08:31Do you understand me? It is over. It is finished. It is the end.
01:08:36How did...
01:08:37How did you...
01:08:39If anything happens to your father, or to your sister, or to anyone else?
01:08:45What?
01:08:47What will you do?
01:08:49I will destroy you.
01:08:53Don't try it.
01:08:55Rita, don't make me.
01:08:58You can't. I'm the only one.
01:09:02Where do you think you got it?
01:09:05No.
01:09:07No, I was born with it.
01:09:10That's right.
01:09:14You'd better think of what you're going to take with you.
01:09:19I'm not going.
01:09:20Something warm.
01:09:21It's quite cold there until July.
01:09:23I'm not going!
01:09:23I'll help you.
01:09:24I'm not going!
01:09:25I'm not going!
01:09:26I'm not going!
01:09:27I'm not going!
01:09:39No, I'm not going.
01:09:41Jody.
01:09:43You took part of this.
01:10:01Whoa!
01:10:02No!
01:10:03Ah!
01:10:29Oh!
01:10:31Ah!
01:11:02Ah!
01:11:27...it's rude I interviewed us to.
01:11:29...it's rude and Ichizia.
01:11:32...it's rude and I interviewed us to kill you...
01:11:34...it's rude and I interviewed us to kill you...
01:11:36...and I interviewed us to kill you...
01:11:39...I interviewed us to kill you...
01:11:42Brother!
01:11:55Oh, please don't leave me.
01:11:57Here you go.
01:11:58I like it here.
01:12:11It's all over.
01:12:14It's gonna be all right.
01:12:16Shhh.
01:12:18You're gonna be all right. You're home.
01:12:22You're home.
01:12:23You're home.
01:12:27You're home.
01:12:43You're home.
01:12:53You're home.
01:13:05You're home.
01:13:10You're home.
01:13:17I'm home.
01:13:20You're home.
01:13:20You