Dr. Gardener, Dr. Gardener, please.
Do you know why you're here, Gail?
He raped me.
Who raped you?
Do you know him, Gail?
I can't.
I can't tell anybody.
I can't tell anybody, they won't believe me.
They won't believe me, I know it.
I can't tell anybody.
He called me.
He was there.
He must've been watching me the whole time.
He was at the lake.
He was there, there, there, there, there, there,
there, there, there, there, there, there.
That water's freezing.
Come on, it's the last one for the season.
We do this every year.
It's gonna be the last swim of my life.
I'm gonna have a heart attack as soon
as I jump in the water.
It's like an Indian summer outside.
You'll get used to it.
No, it's freezing.
After the initial shock you'll warm up.
I told you I'd have a heart attack.
Come on!
I can't!
Here, oh!
Hurry it up, the water will be there.
I'll race you!
No way!
Oh, it's freezing.
And you've got
a sweatshirt on!
- It's not fair. - I'm still cold.
Come on, Gail! It's warm!
Come on in!
Wear your blue sweater tomorrow night.
Where are we going?
A movie and then out for coffee.
I don't think I'm ready for this.
Phil said Steve's a nice guy.
You'll like him.
Well maybe I should wear my pink sweater.
Your blue one looks better on you.
Well what movie are we gonna see?
"Three Days of the Condor".
Phil picked it.
Redford's in it.
Do you think he's cute?
Redford?
No, Steve.
Yes.
Steve Pastorinis happens to be a straight A student.
He's already been accepted at Dartmouth
and he's on the fencing team.
He isn't my type.
What's that supposed to mean?
He's too successful.
You're impossible.
I suppose E.K. Miller was more your type.
No, E.K. Miller wasn't my type.
Then who is?
I don't know, I just know who isn't.
You are impossible.
Well, just let me ask you one thing.
What if I don't like Steve Pastorinis?
Then you don't have to go out with him again.
Well what if he doesn't like me?
Impossible.
You two stay here, I'll go get her.
Allison, where is Steve?
- Oh, he's in the car. - Oh, he's in the car?
I would like to meet him.
Why is he in the car?
Well, he would've come in except that he was driving
and we're sorta double parked, it seemed easier this way.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Uh, Mrs. Osborne? - That's right.
Uh, I'm Steve Pastorinis.
Hello, Steve.
I'm very glad to meet you.
- I'm glad you came in. - Thank you.
Nice to meet you.
Hi.
Um, are you ready?
Well, bye, Mom.
We'll be home early.
By 12, Gail, huh?
Midnight, Steve.
Yes.
Well have a good time, kids.
- Bye. - Goodbye.
- Bye bye. - Night.
Hey, John.
Bring me some money.
I just love that part, you know,
when Faye Dunaway says that he doesn't have
much of a future and that he's gonna die.
When was that?
You know, when Richard says that he
just wants to spend the night and then he'll leave.
I remember.
I thought it was very romantic.
I didn't.
I still say she shouldn't have just let
him sleep with her like that.
She didn't just let him sleep with her.
I mean, she was falling in love with him.
She wanted him, too.
That's not love, that's sex.
Well, what's wrong with that?
Maybe it'll turn into love.
She got what she wanted.
Well, I wouldn't do it.
What's that supposed to mean?
Well, they were falling in love
and I still think it's beautiful.
Gail, you could meet a stranger, fall in love with him
and go to bed with him in two days?
- Maybe. - It was three days.
No, it wasn't.
No, that was the second night they were together.
Well, I couldn't.
Well how can you be so sure about everything all the time?
Because nobody falls in love in two days.
That's not love.
Love has a future.
Oh, come on.
I think you're both over analyzing this, you know?
I mean, Redford was just telling her
what she wanted to hear.
I give up.
Hey listen, you two, haven't you ever heard of romance?
I could fall in love in two days.
Two hours.
Maybe it isn't forever, but that doesn't mean it's not love.
I guess they didn't like the movie.
Well I did.
Me, too.
I hear you're- I hear you're
Into photography.
- You first. - No, you go first.
Okay.
I hear you take terrific photographs.
You did? Who told you?
You also take compliments really well.
Yeah, I sure do.
No, my pictures aren't terrific but they might be someday.
I mean, they're good.
Well, they're pretty good.
It's getting worse.
Okay, they're good.
What about Dartmouth?
You're going there next year, what's your major gonna be?
Biology.
Bet you win a Nobel Prize.
I'm gonna catch it.
I better go in, I'm late already.
No, no, no.
A couple more minutes won't hurt.
You're being very bad.
Okay, just one more minute.
I got to go in.
Okay.
Hey, Gail?
Yeah?
Would you have lunch with me tomorrow?
Great.
Hello?
Is this a joke?
Because if you don't tell me your name I'm gonna hang up.
Who called last night?
I don't know, it musta been a wrong number.
I don't want your friends calling here that late.
Why do you say it's one of my friends?
I just said it was a wrong number.
All right, all right. Peace.
What time did you get home?
About 12.
12:20.
Why did you ask if you already knew?
What your mother is trying to say
is that you were out late and don't let it happen again.
That's not what I'm trying to say
and please don't speak for me.
Look, I do not intend to sit up
and worry about you every night.
Worry about what?
Mother, don't you trust me?
If Steve Pastorinis or Ronis
or whatever his name is can't get you home on time
you're not going out with him again, Gail.
Anne.
Why don't you like him?
Why is it you don't like anybody I've ever gone out with?
I don't even know him!
Steve is not the issue.
Yes, Steve is the issue because you made up your mind
to not like him before you even met him.
Look, when I tell you to be home at 12 o'clock,
I mean 12 o'clock, not 12:20.
You hear?
Hey.
This isn't getting us anywhere.
Now, go to school, you're getting late.
Mom?
Goodbye.
Am I too hard on her?
I guess I'm too hard on her.
I don't know, I don't know.
I just worry about her.
Why?
Why? Don't you remember how she...
How upset she was when she broke up with Eddie Miller?
Hm?
Well I don't want her rushing into anything again.
Like we did?
That's not what I was talking about.
Now that you mention it, yes, like we did.
18, 18 when we got married.
It's just too young.
It was too young.
But here we are.
I know.
What was the story with Gail and E.K. Miller?
I don't know.
Well why don't you ask her?
Do you think that she would tell me?
No.
I just worry about her.
She's only 17.
At that age they're immortal.
She's not.
In secret we met.
In silence I grieved that thy heart could forget
thy spirit deceived.
If I should meet thee after long years
how should I greet thee with silent and with tears.
What is the poet telling us, Miss Bremer?
I don't know.
I'm sorry, I wasn't listening.
I see you already know all there is to know about love.
Lord Byron is not so eloquent as Miss Allison Bremer is.
I don't know why I waste my breath.
You all make puppy eyes at one another
in the ice cream store and you think you know everything.
Malevich is such a crack pipe.
I don't know, she is dramatic.
I like her.
They say she was the czar's mistress.
Allison...
Okay, she's not old enough.
Can't be right.
She and Sonia sure are a pair.
Really?
All right, tell me, what did
you think of Steve Pastorinis?
Well, like you said, he is an A student,
he has been accepted to Dartmouth,
he is on the fencing team.
Gail.
And he is smart and sexy and fun to be with
and we like the same movies and he's perfect.
He's absolutely perfect.
Oh, Gail, that's great.
When are you gonna see him again?
10 minutes, lunch today.
Not lunch, I mean a real date.
I don't know, he hasn't asked me yet.
â™ª Each time we have a quarrel
â™ª It almost breaks my heart
â™ª Because I'm so afraid
â™ª That we will have to part
â™ª Each night I ask the stars up above
â™ª Why must I be a teenager in love
â™ª Each time we have a quarrel
â™ª It almost breaks my heart
â™ª 'Cause I have-
- I'll see if Phil can find out anything from Steve.
Well don't ya think he'll ask me himself?
I don't see why not, he likes you.
How do you know?
'Cause he told Phil.
Why didn't you tell me?
I just did.
I'll go find Phil and save us a table.
Steve?
Hi.
Thank you.
Allison's saving seats for us.
Okay.
- Oh, I'm starving. - Hey, Steve.
Listen, you are a true pal.
I lent E.K. my chemistry homework this morning.
Just the comparison, Gail.
A mere meeting of great minds.
You know, Pastorinis, I'd have to say this an even trade.
Yeah.
I pass chemistry and you get Gail.
I don't think it's so even, E.K.,
I get the better end of the deal.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Well, listen.
Don't bet on it.
What was that all about?
I don't know.
Didn't you used to go out with him?
Yeah, when I first moved here.
- Hey. - We're over here!
Hey.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
You're welcome.
The objective of this exercise is to create
a personality as you see it.
A self portrait makes a statement about you.
How do you feel about you.
Now, today we're gonna try out different selves, okay?
It should appeal to most of you.
Just by changing a nuance of your character,
of your image, you can show us how you feel.
Macho self, a sexy self.
Okay, Gail, now why don't you try.
Give us a sexy self portrait, okay?
Knock yourself out, sweetheart.
Okay, Gail, that's Hollywood sexy.
Give us a little reality, okay?
All right.
Okay.
Allison!
Listen, I've got some information for you.
Phil said Steve's gonna call you and ask you
if you wanna go on a double date with us Friday night.
Good.
Well, what's the matter?
I want you to look at something.
Look at this, it was sticking out of my locker.
So?
Well don't you think it's a little bit creepy?
Don't be so dramatic.
Somebody's watching you.
He likes you.
That's all it says.
I don't know.
You always overreact.
It doesn't even have your name on it.
Maybe someone stuck it in any old locker.
Phil's waiting for me, I gotta go.
My Dad mostly designs schools and hospitals
and stuff like that.
In San Francisco, he commutes every day.
Yeah, it is a long way but he wants to live here.
How long has she been on that phone?
45 minutes.
45?
Is it Steve again?
Who else?
Now, what, tell me what could
be all that interesting, huh?
Well, how about The Beatles' first album?
- The Beatles? - Mm hm.
The Beatles?
You know, when we were in college
we were on the phone together all the time.
Yep, every night at six o'clock.
Oh, if you only knew.
You know, if you were late, one minute late,
I would sit there by that phone, stomach churning away.
I was never late.
You were late, you were late often.
You were late.
I'll tell you something.
I used to make a list of all that happened
to me during the day just so I'd be sure
to tell you everything.
- Did you? - Mmhm.
Gosh, it all seemed so important.
It was.
See, my parents bought an A frame
up in Petaluma Lake when I was a little kid
so we've been coming up here in the summer for years.
And then six months ago our apartment
in San Francisco got ripped off and my dad
decided we should move here.
He thought it'd be safer.
Gail, hang up, it's enough now.
You hear that?
I'd better go.
Okay.
Bye.
Right.
No!
That's horrible.
It's so silly.
Now it's time for my skee ball.
Skee ball it is.
Oh no.
Look.
- Oh, look. - Got him up there.
- Oh, he's so cute. - The spoils of battle.
There you go.
Thanks.
He's adorable! Look at him.
Oh.
Oh, I love him.
I love him.
Where the hell do you go?
Don't pressure me, Anne.
I have a right to know.
You cannot pretend that nothing has changed.
- You talk to me, damn it. - Don't change the subject.
I already told you what I think.
I don't want you taking a job selling real estate.
What's wrong with selling real estate?
Well if I seem to remember correctly
you hated real estate when we were in college.
When we were in college I was putting
you through graduate school.
I wasn't selling houses, I was renting dumpy apartments
to college students while my boss tried
to make passes at me.
You never told me that.
Oh, Neil.
Look, forget it.
I don't want you to do it.
It's not necessary.
It is necessary.
It is necessary to me.
It is necessary because I'm not gonna stand here
and let our lives fall a...
Gail, um...
Come in.
What's going on?
Nothing.
How about some chocolate ice cream?
You want some?
No, thanks.
Jessica Hirsch called, Gail,
she wants to know if you can babysit tomorrow night.
Her regular sitter canceled.
But I have a date with Steve.
Well, believe it or not I didn't know
that you had plans.
Her number's by the phone, do what you want.
Wait a minute, I'll do it.
I'll do it.
Who's calling this hour?
Hello?
Well, they are all bathed, fed,
and if anybody gets hungry there's
some yogurt pops in the fridge.
I'll tell you what.
If you go get your book, I'll read to ya.
Terrific, you're a hit.
- Jessica! - Hi, come in.
- How are you doing? - Fine.
Hello, Gail.
Hi, Mr. Elden.
You two know each other?
Oh, right, from high school.
Right.
- You ready? - Yeah, let's do it.
Oh, Gail, we'll be at the movies
there's no way you can reach us.
Oh, that's okay, we'll be fine.
Well, okay, I'll give you a call around 10 o'clock
just to check in, okay?
Uh, counselor, we are going to miss the credits.
Andy?
Come say goodbye, honey.
You smell good.
Like baby powder.
You know, those last photos
you took were really good.
You're starting to develop your own style now.
Well, thank you, I wasn't really sure.
You need to get your confidence, Gail.
Start showing your work.
I was gonna ask you about the yearbook.
That's a great idea.
Why don't you stop up at the office sometime next week
after school and we'll talk about it.
Okay, thank you.
Chris?
You're the one who said we were gonna be late
if we didn't hurry.
Right you are.
Goodnight, Gail.
- Goodnight. - Goodnight.
Oh, and don't forget to lock the door.
- Okay. - Okay.
- Goodnight. - Goodbye.
I'll race you guys to the door.
Go, go, run, run!
You locked it, that's very good.
Come on, let's go upstairs.
Come on, I'll read the book.
Woops.
Hello?
I'm getting closer.
Gail?
Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.
Are you okay?
Well we tried to call you and the theater
was so loud so we decided we'd just
have dinner and come home early.
As a matter of fact we were a little worried about you.
Chris tried to call and there was no answer.
Oh, um, maybe there was something
wrong with the telephone.
I probably dialed the wrong number.
I meant to ask you if you could sit
for me next weekend.
My regular sitter's a little hard to pin down these days.
Evidently cupid has struck.
Now don't be so snide.
I'm not being snide, I'm just jealous, that's all.
Are you interested?
Here, I think that's all right.
Anyway, I'd love to see you take it
as a regular Saturday night babysitting job.
Or you could just let me know from week to week.
Well, I'm not sure.
Can I call you?
Okay, think about.
Wait and I'll drive you home.
Oh no, it's okay. I'll walk.
I'd rather walk, I do it all the time.
Gail?
Is there something wrong?
What is it?
Somebody called and they said horrible things
and I hung up on 'em.
Oh, honey, I'm sorry.
Some guy used to call here all the time
but he stopped after I told him
I'd put a trace on the phone.
Guess I'll just have to change my number.
I think it was for me.
Well, why should it be for you?
It's my house, isn't it?
Come on, don't worry about it, okay?
Why don't you let Chris drive you home?
No, no it's okay, I'm fine.
It isn't far anyway.
Goodnight.
Gail, it's me, Chris Elden.
Get in.
I'll drive you the rest of the way.
Jessie just couldn't stand the idea
of your walking home alone.
Lady lawyers.
Cautious types.
Hey, Gail?
Is anything wrong?
No, no.
Uh, there it is, the second house on the right.
Thank you, Mr. Elden.
Thank you very much.
I'll see you later.
I wanna see those photographs, Gail.
Now don't forget.
Hey, they're good.
Steve, you scared me.
I'm sorry, but you are late.
It's four o'clock.
- Oh. - Oh, I'm sorry.
I've been working.
It's really quiet here.
I lost track of time.
What are the circles for?
Mugshots.
Everybody's going to Phil's.
Very nice.
Wow, this place is incredible.
Well, have at it.
This place has everything.
I've been here before with my father.
When?
Well, he's a plumber.
The sink's backed up and I helped him fix it.
Look at Allison, she looks so happy.
Must be really wonderful to know exactly
what your future's gonna be.
I mean, to marry Phil and someday they'll have this house.
Wouldn't want this house, lousy pipes.
Come on, let's go.
Come on, let's go!
What happened between you and E.K. Miller?
He's mad at me.
I know he's mad at you,
but what happened between the two of you?
Now you're mad at me, too?
I am not mad at you.
Yes, you are.
See that road up there?
Turn left.
Where we going?
I'll show you.
It'll take us to the lake house I was telling you about.
What happened with me and E.K., it's hard to explain.
I went with him for a couple of months.
It was just after I moved here.
And we had a good time for a while and then he broke up
with me because I wouldn't sleep with him.
Go on.
That's it.
But why is he so mad at you?
I just told you.
That's the only reason?
He thinks I led him on, but I didn't.
I never said I would.
The whole thing, it's stupid, it's completely stupid.
But I didn't know what I wanted
but I knew that it wasn't right between us.
Gail, then why didn't you break up with him?
I don't know, I...
I just thought it would sort of happen after a while,
that I would fall in love with him.
But I didn't.
It never happens that way, does it?
Gail, did E.K. love you?
No, and he never said he did.
Ask me.
Ask you what?
Ask me if I love you.
How does Steve feel about Gail?
He loves her.
I love you, too.
Hey, would you look at that?
Well, ain't love grand?
Jealous.
Come on, let's go, we're gonna be late.
I'll see you later, okay?
Okay.
Hey, Gail.
Wait up.
Hello.
What's with you?
What do you mean?
You look all spaced out.
It must be love.
You practically just met him.
So what?
Oh, I forgot.
Love has a future.
Well, it does.
Okay, maybe I overdid it a little bit for Phil's benefit.
He's such a prude.
But you practically just met Steve Pastorinis.
How can you call that love?
Because it has a present.
You're impossible.
Gail, don't read it.
Why don't you just throw it away?
I know where you are, I'm watching you, you tramp.
Stop it!
That's terrible.
Read it.
I don't have to read it to see what it's doing to you.
You're letting some creep get to you.
Read it, Allison.
Okay.
I said it's terrible and it is.
Now forget it.
Why would anybody write this?
What did I do?
Gail, forget about it.
Can't you just put it out of your head?
Pretend it never happened.
I can't forget about it.
I wanna do something about it.
He'll get tired of it.
He'll stop.
Well what if he doesn't?
What are you gonna do?
Call the Oldenfield Police
and have 'em stakeout your locker?
Gail, for once can't you just not react?
Yes?
Miss Rouillard, may I speak with you?
Oh, yes, come in, Gail.
Sit down.
I'm glad you dropped by.
I was gonna send for you today
because I wanted to talk to you about your PSAT scores.
I was comparing them with your grades,
and frankly, Gail- Miss Rouillard?
You should've scored higher.
For a bright girl you're a bit of an underachiever.
Don't worry, a little bit of work and we'll
get those scores up.
As a matter of fact, I have several books I can recommend.
What's this?
It was in my locker.
There's been other notes and phone calls.
Who, Gail?
Who wrote this?
I don't know.
Think hard.
Most of the time the girl does know
who the boy is that's bothering her.
Well I've thought about it,
I've been thinking about it all the time.
I don't know.
Gail, you don't look like the kind of girl
that would encourage this sort of thing,
but I- That note says
that he's coming after me.
Calm down, calm down.
Nobody is coming after you.
Boys your age are all talk.
Now, I can't help you unless we know who it is.
Let's try to figure this out.
Has there been anyone hanging around lately?
Making remarks? That sort of thing.
Think hard, dear.
Sometimes without even realizing it
you might have been rejecting of a boy.
You make it sound like it's my fault.
Oh no, no.
It could be completely innocent on your part.
Boys are very easily provoked.
An old boyfriend maybe.
No, no, I don't think so.
I have to go to class.
Gail.
I want you to think about it
and let me know what you come up with.
In the meantime I'll have a word with
a few of our problem boys and we'll talk in a few days.
Okay?
How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
I love thee with the depth and breadth
and height of all my soul can reach.
When feeling out of sight
for the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion-
Review.
We will continue this tomorrow, class!
Gail.
I do not wish to pry, but is there something troubling you?
Perhaps you'd like to talk about it.
No, I'm fine.
Thank you, though.
You said you wanted to talk to me about the yearbook.
Oh, I forgot.
You still interested?
Yeah, sure.
Well, what if you took some shots of the athletic events?
You might enjoy working with movement.
Okay.
These are really good.
I like 'em.
Oh, especially that one.
It's kinda sexy.
Mr. Elden?
Oh, hi, Gail.
Hi.
Hey, I've got a scratch on the negative here.
Is there anything I can do for it?
Steve?
Excuse me.
Steve?
- Hi. - I have to talk to you.
Okay, let's go.
What is this?
Somebody left it in my locker.
Who?
I don't know.
Well, look, are you sure it's for you?
I mean, there's no name on it.
I'm sure.
Okay, okay, I'm sorry.
Look, it's just that I don't know what to make of it.
I mean, maybe it's just some stupid joke.
No.
No, I don't think it's a stupid joke.
There was another note-
- Another note?
Yeah, I...
I think somebody's trying to scare me.
Then I think we should try to figure out who.
I know, but I've tried.
Look, Gail, there must be some clues.
Now, who's got a sick sense of humor
that would think this was funny?
He doesn't mean it to be funny.
It isn't a joke.
Then it's gotta be someone who's got
it in for you, like E.K.
Yeah, I thought of that, it just doesn't seem
like something he'd do.
Why not?
He knows your locker, your schedule,
he could've planted the note easily.
I just don't think so.
Look, it adds up.
You even said E.K. thought you were leading him on
and he sure has been acting weird lately.
Yeah, but he thinks I'm a prude.
Why would he bother?
Gail, did you tell me everything
that happened between you and E.K.?
You can't help me, forget it.
Hey, look, Gail, Gail.
- Listen, I'm sorry. - No, just leave me.
- Just leave me alone! - No, I didn't mean it.
Gail.
Look, I...
Gail, I'm sorry!
Mom?
Hi, honey.
Did you have a good day?
Uh, yeah, it was okay.
Listen, I'm late.
I'm not gonna be here for dinner,
but I've got a casserole in the oven.
Just put it on whenever you're hungry.
About 20 minutes, I'd say, 350.
Where you going?
I've gotta show a house.
This late?
Yeah, you know, I think I've got a buyer
for the Brooklidge Street place?
Oh, they've seen it once and they wanna see it again.
I gotta run over and give them the keys.
Well, where's Dad?
He's at a meeting.
But don't wait for him 'cause he's not sure
when he'll get back.
Mom, Mom, wait.
What do you want?
I have to talk to you.
Gail, why do you always do this when I'm running out?
I can't talk to you now.
I just wanted to ask you if we could change
the phone number, but never mind.
The phone number? Why?
Because of the calls.
What calls?
What are you talking about, Gail?
Well what difference does it make?
You never know what I'm talking about,
you never listen to me!
Oh, Gail.
I am sick and tired of this.
I'm always the one that doesn't listen.
Well just maybe you don't listen,
maybe you don't understand me.
I have to hold up my end in this family.
Now, I know I have not been easy on you,
I've been hard on you lately.
But listen, there's a reason.
I can see myself in you.
I fell passionately in love with your father
when I was just about your age.
We rushed into marriage, you were born.
Well are you sorry you married Dad?
No, I don't regret it all.
I wouldn't give either of you up for anything in the world.
I just wish that I had taken the time.
The time to find out about myself, about the world.
There's so much, Gail.
There are so many choices to make,
I want you to take the time to make them.
I want you to have it all.
Listen, I have got to go.
I am so late, I'm sorry.
We'll talk about it later, okay?
Your father doesn't work here anymore.
What?
He got laid off about a month ago.
A lot of the guys did.
We didn't get this big contract we bid on
so there wasn't enough work.
Well, that's what happened.
I'm sorry, Gail.
Are you sure?
He never told you?
He leaves the house the same time every morning
like he's going to work.
I guess a lotta the guys do that.
They can't get used to breaking the routine.
Well, then where does he go?
I have to find him, I have to talk to him.
Could you at least tell me where to look?
Try King's Inn.
King's Inn, it's across the street.
Your father used to eat lunch there every day.
It's a little early for lunch, but, well, it's worth a try.
Okay.
Oh, Miss.
I'm sorry, but we don't start serving until 11:30.
I can't seat you yet.
Oh, I don't want a table.
I'm looking for someone.
There's no one here?
Well, the bar is open, but-
- May I just take a look?
I'm just trying to find someone.
All right.
Why didn't you tell me he lost his job?
Come on in and sit down.
How'd you find out?
It doesn't matter, does it?
I found out.
Does your father know?
No.
Why didn't anybody tell me?
Because we didn't wanna worry you.
And what could you do about it?
You're treating me as if I'm 10 years old.
Aren't I a part of this family?
Sweetheart, parents wanna protect children.
Now maybe that's wrong, I don't know,
we did the best thing that we could do.
Well I think it would be better
if we tried talking to each other once in awhile.
Gail, you've got to promise me that you're not
gonna tell your father that you know he's laid off.
You have to promise me.
But why?
Because it was his decision not to tell you.
He doesn't want you to be disappointed in him.
He sees himself as an architect.
And being a man is all tied up in that job.
He loves you, he's just lost.
You can understand that, can't you?
He never could stand to say no to you.
He wants you to adore him so.
And sometimes that's been hard for me to deal with.
Yeah.
Now, listen, you must be very adult about this, huh?
Have to protect him now.
He still sees you as his little girl.
And he wants you to see him...
He wants you to see him as the perfect father.
Somebody strong, somebody to fight your battles for you.
But he can't anymore, can he?
No, he can't.
Don't be too hard on him for that, huh?
Okay, I won't tell him.
You weren't in school today.
I just went to see my father.
In San Francisco?
Yeah.
Did you show him the note?
No, I decided not to.
You're probably right, it's a stupid joke.
It'll stop.
Gail, what's the matter?
I don't know what you want.
I just wanted you to hold me.
Is there anything wrong with that?
Gail, you were the one that started-
- Look, okay...
I'm confused, everything is in a mess.
I can't right now, okay?
I just can't.
I didn't expect anything.
Well then why'd you bring me here?
To be alone with you, to talk to you,
and because it happens to very pretty out here.
Oh, Steve, I'm sorry.
So am I.
I'm late, can I have a late pass, please?
Hello?
Gail, hi, it's Steve.
Hi.
How ya doing?
Kids asleep?
Yeah, yeah, they're fine, I'm fine.
Listen, I'm sorry about the other day.
It's okay.
I just...
Oh, I don't know, I'm a bit jumpy lately.
And I got another note, it's worse than the last.
Listen, I'm helping my father with a job tonight
and he said I could have the car afterwards.
You want me to come over and keep you company?
Oh, yes.
Thank you, Steve.
Okay, one flooding toilet to cure
and I'll be right there.
Okay, bye.
Hello?
Are you in the house alone?
Oh, Steve.
- Oh, Phil. - Oh, hi, Gail.
Hey, is Allison here?
No.
Oh yeah?
She said she was gonna come by.
That's strange, she shouldn't be wandering
around at night, you know?
Oh, uh, can I use your phone?
Sure.
Thanks.
Uh, it's off the hook.
Hello?
Oh, hello, Mrs. Bremer.
Yeah, this is Phil.
Is Allison there?
I really had you fooled, didn't I?
Had you real scared.
Phil, will you cut it out?
Are you in the house alone?
Hey, uh, I know all about you.
You and Pastorinis down at the lake.
I know what you like.
I've been watching you a long time, Gail.
Sending you notes.
Calling you, huh?
I've been real patient.
Yeah, well, I think you need help.
What about Allison?
Hey, leave Allison out of this, okay?
I've waited for you.
Don't give me any of this lily white virgin stuff either
'cause I know you got nothing to lose.
Hey, come here.
Ouch!
I can't believe it, I just can't believe it.
She was just lying there.
Gail.
Gail!
Wake up now, Gail.
That's a good girl.
Can you tell me your name?
Gail?
Can you tell me your name?
Gail.
You're in Oldenfield Hospital
and you're going to be fine.
I'm Dr. Carson.
I have to ask you a few questions,
do you feel up to it?
It's okay, you're doing fine.
Do you know why you're here, Gail?
He raped me.
Who raped you?
Do you know him, Gail?
I can't...
I can't tell anybody.
I can't tell anybody, they won't believe me.
I know they won't believe me.
He called me.
He must've been watching me all the time.
He was at the lake.
He was there.
She probably won't get pregnant.
Carson said that she probably won't get pregnant.
Who would do this to her?
I know it isn't passion.
She's a part of me and I feel like this happened to me.
You know, I look at her and I tell myself
it's all over, she's all right.
But I can't hang onto that.
It just hits me again.
Rage hits me again.
And I wanna kill the animal that did this to her.
Hi.
Steve?
Oh.
It's okay.
It was horrible.
It's okay.
I was so scared.
It's okay.
You opened the door because you thought
it was me, didn't you?
It doesn't matter.
Gail.
Do you know him?
Do you know who it was?
It was all a blur.
I don't remember.
What color was his jacket?
I don't know, brown maybe.
What color pants? Did he have on a hat, gloves?
No.
It isn't any use, I just don't remember anything else.
Okay, I want you to come down to the station
and take a look at some mugshots.
Maybe you'll recognize him.
And if that doesn't work we have an artist
who can put a drawing together.
You know, tall with brown hair isn't much of a description.
You let a stranger in the door, you struggled,
he threw you down, assaulted and raped you
and you can't remember what he looks like?
I'll tell you what I think.
I've been on these cases before and they always remember.
So if you decide to give me his name, call the station.
And if you don't, we don't have a case and he walks
around free and it's gonna happen to somebody else.
Philip Lawver.
Philip Lawver raped me.
Neil, stop, you can't go over there.
This is no solution!
There is no other solution.
The police won't even issue a warrant.
Listen, Neil, it's complicated.
You gotta listen, listen.
It's not complicated, it's very simple.
Philip Lawver raped my daughter
and now you're telling me that even if
we do get a warrant the judge is a good buddy
of John Lawver's and we don't have a chance.
That's not what I said.
Now, Neil, for god sakes, would you please think?
I am thinking.
I am thinking about that kid walking around free
while I can't even put him behind bars.
Why?
Because she's not a virgin, that's why.
No, that's not why.
But this is a difficult case, though,
and there's some facts that we have
to take into consideration.
Their lawyers do have influence,
Gail did let Phil in the door.
Plus the fact that she's not a virgin.
Now, if we have to go to court the defense attorney
is going to make Phil look like a model student
and Gail the seductress.
She musta done something, why did it happen to Gail?
I can't believe you said that.
Anne, Gail didn't provoke the attack
and it doesn't make any difference
what went on between them.
Nothing justifies rape.
I know that, I didn't mean it.
Listen, I'm just as scared and frightened,
as angry as you are.
And now what happens?
Philip Lawver walks around free and I've got
a child upstairs who won't even leave the house.
Neil, my world is falling apart.
If we are gonna face this, we've got to face it together
because I cannot face it alone.
I can't, I can't face it alone.
I'd like to kill you for what you did to her.
Oh.
Daddy.
It's okay.
Where you going?
Nowhere.
You're going to Phil's aren't you?
No.
Police won't arrest him, will they?
Not yet.
Jessica will get them to issue a warrant.
But why won't they?
It's a small town.
The Lawvers run the show.
And even if they arrest them he'll get off free, won't he?
Maybe.
I keep dreaming about it and then I wake up
and try and tell myself it's a bad dream, but it isn't.
We moved here because it would be safe.
But it isn't, it isn't safe.
Do you remember when you were a little girl
you had a favorite bedtime story?
Remember?
Huh?
Yes, it was about the princess in the tower.
Right.
Princess was locked in the tower by the evil knight
and the prince would come and rescue her
and take her away to his castle where she'd be safe.
You remember?
Only sometimes I kinda changed the story
a little bit, you know?
The castle had a moat and some dragons
and all sorts of things.
But the prince always rescued her.
There was always a happy ending.
Well, it's not true.
There isn't always a happy ending.
I should've told you that.
I know that, Daddy.
I wanted to move here to protect you
and I didn't tell you I lost my job to protect you.
And I suppose that's the reason that I never told you
that sometimes life is hard
and I can't protect you from that.
But I know that.
It isn't your fault.
Maybe it's everybody's.
I'll take out a loan, we'll send her to a private school.
What else can we do?
I don't know.
Maybe we should send her back to Oldenfield.
With Philip Lawver there?
Hasn't he done enough?
Does he also get to force her out of Oldenfield High?
I'm not going back there.
I heard what you said, I've made a decision.
I won't go back.
Honey, you don't have to decide that yet.
Yes, I do.
I wanna go live with Aunt Meg in Connecticut.
That's my decision.
Okay, okay, let us talk about it.
No way.
Miss Malevich.
So you live.
The rumors conflict on that point,
so Malevich must see for herself.
Um, Mom, Dad, this is Miss Malevich.
This is my mother and father.
- Hello, Miss Malevich. - How do you do?
- Pleasure. - Won't you come in?
Please, I must ask you to excuse this intrusion
to your home, but you see,
the school is like a small village inside a small village
and rumors abound in such places.
What are they saying?
Nonsense.
They invent dramas.
They say you were put upon by a gang
of dog fiends and beaten.
Machines are said to keep her alive.
Oh, you will have an aura of great mystery
when you return to school.
I'm not going back.
Oh, I see.
Can I get you something, Miss Malevich?
No.
No, thank you.
Mom, Dad, can I talk to Miss Malevich by myself?
Sure.
Excuse us.
I was raped.
There is always that nugget of truth in all talk.
Oh, I...
Oh, I am so sorry.
Who did this thing to you?
Philip Lawver.
Oh.
I knew the Lawvers long before you were born.
They always lived too much like they were
the only people on Earth.
I am not so astonished that in time
they should produce a son who cannot live
in this world with others.
Oh, but he will.
He probably won't even be punished for this.
You look for justice and you punish yourself.
What do you mean?
Your friends, your life here.
It is of importance to you?
Then you must fight for it.
Criminals walk the streets and you hide yourself inside.
Then you are the prisoner.
You must not let this happen.
But you already know, you know you cannot
run from this thing.
Well I gotta do it sometime, might as well be now.
I'm proud of you.
Hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia.
I want you to write these terms down
in your notebook, class.
Study them very carefully.
In all likelihood they will be used
in your final examination.
Now, if you have paid attention during class
you should have no trouble at all.
But if you have not, I would be very willing
to stay after school and help.
But you must study these words, they are very important.
Okay, the amount you have to increase your exposure
when you have the filter over lens
is generally referred to as a filter factor.
Study these photos you've got.
You should be able to tell who's got it right
and who hasn't.
Some of them look just horribly grotesque,
the rest of them-
Ah.
And when it's done right it's a definite addition.
Now, I'm gonna read this article
and you can go to sleep if you want to,
but the filter factor is simply the number
of times the exposure must be increased
to reproduce a gray object properly
when using the given filter.
Filter factor of two means the exposure must be double,
the factor of four means the exposure
must be increased four times.
Allison.
Are you planning on just never speaking to me again?
Don't be silly.
I'm not.
It's not your fault.
I guess you just couldn't help it.
What isn't my fault?
Never mind, let's just forget about ti.
No!
Forget what?
What did he tell you?
Let's just forget about it, okay?
No, not okay.
I was home a whole week, why didn't you call me?
Steve said you didn't wanna talk on the phone.
That's a lame excuse, you never even tried.
Yes, I did.
No, you didn't.
You just wanna pretend that the whole thing
never even happened.
Phil sent me those notes and Phil raped me
and you know it.
Phil was right, you're out of your mind!
He's got tramps and angels.
You're the angel and everybody else is a tramp!
Phil said you threw yourself at him,
well now I know it's true!
Philip Lawver raped me.
Allison, why would I make something like that up?
Because you're crazy!
You're jealous and you're crazy!
Phil told me.
You just want Phil, don't you?
You're jealous of us, that's what it is!
And you won't give up
your wedding cake fantasy, will you?
You didn't really expect Allison
to believe you, did you?
I don't know.
She's my best friend.
He's sick, it's all wrong.
Don't think about it.
I have to.
The preliminary hearing's next week.
The judge could throw it out of court
or Phil could even get off by plea bargaining.
It's hopeless, there just isn't enough evidence.
Gail...
If you really feel that way maybe you shouldn't go to court,
maybe you should just give yourself
some time to get over it.
No, I have to go, it's the only way I can get over it.
It's like the note he sent me.
The first note.
Now he's after Sonia.
This is evidence, isn't it?
I don't know.
I just don't know.
I can't let it happen again.
I've gotta find a way to prove it was Phil.
How?
How much longer?
I'm just about finished.
What do you call it?
Time lapse photography.
You see, the shudder will click every couple of seconds
and that way...
If Philip Lawver tries to put another note in Sonia's locker
I'll get it on film.
He did not wear his scarlet coat,
for blood and wine are red.
And blood and wine were on his hands
when they found him with the dead.
The poor dead woman he loved and murdered in his bed.
He walked amongst the trial men in a shabby suit of gray.
Can you come with me to the lab tonight?
Tonight?
Yeah.
I wanna develop that film.
I understand about all of this.
I really do.
But lately the only time I'm alone with you is in here.
I'm beginning to feel like you're afraid of me.
No.
Remember what you said about just getting over it?
I'm just giving myself time.
Okay?
Okay.
Why won't you say anything to me?
Phil!
I saw you that night.
You were on my porch.
You looked crazy.
You said that Gail threw herself at you.
That's what you told me.
But that just doesn't make sense.
Say something.
Please just tell me what happened.
I don't have to account to you for anything I do.
I don't have to account to anyone for anything I do.
We never did get to court.
Philip Lawver pleaded guilty to assault,
so they threw out the rape charge.
But even though I lost it was worth it
to get it all out in the open.
Phil left school after Thanksgiving.
Someone said he went crazy and they put him away,
but Steve and I don't think that's what happened.
Somebody else said his folks sent him
to a boarding school in New Hampshire.
That's probably where he is.
After it was all over I asked Jessica
how come the law protects the rapist and not the victim
and she said because the system is wrong.