Because We're Family (2022) Movie Script

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[ Wind whistling ]
[ Buffalo snorts ]






[Dallas] Remind me again
why we're doing this.
[Kourtney] Because Belinda
was traveling in Tibet,
and she feels guilty that
she wasn't here when Mom died.
[Dallas] All right.
So guilty, it took her
two months to get on a plane.



[ Car lock chirps ]
[ Car alarm blaring ]
Forget something?
[ Alarm continues ]
[ Car lock chirps ]
[Kourtney] Sorry.
[Dallas] It's okay.



Oh.
[ Exhales sharply ]
[ Quietly ] What the...?
[ Whispering ]
Why is it so hot in here?
I thought I was having
a hot flash.
Excuse me.
Um, we're here to see...
Uh, I forgot his name,
actually.
Um, I had
his business card --
um, the man that's
helping us with this?
Um...shit.
Uh --
[Woman] It's okay.
Just tell me yours.
Uh, Kourtney.
We're here, um...
for a cremation.
My -- My mother's
cremation.
Our mother's cre--
Our mother's cremation.
-Uh...
-So sorry for your loss.
Thank you. She actually died
a couple months ago --
almost a couple
months ago.
But my sister -- our sister --
our youngest sister,
she's been traveling in Tibet,
she's trying to find herself.
And so, anyway,
we're finally here.
-She should be here any minute.
-Our mother's name was Ramona.
Oh, yeah. Ramona.
Looks like we're almost ready
for you guys.
You can just take a seat
in the waiting room.
[Kourtney] Okay.
Is that, uh...?
It's like right over there.
Like...right there.
-[ Quietly ] It's fine.
-It's clearly labeled.
We must have missed it.
-Thank you.
-Sure.
Right here?
[Woman] Yeah.
That one.
Thank you.

-[ Exhales deeply ]
-Wow. She's fantastic.
Ah. Remind me why
we're doing this again.
-Mm.
-[ Sighs ]





-Damn it!
-What is his name again?
Go ask the receptionist.
She was helpful.
Oh, yeah. She's kind of cute.
Maybe you should ask her.
[ Clicks tongue ]
Don't do that.
Why don't we just call him Grim?
Mr. Reaper?
He is not death himself.
He is a mortician.
Please. He's about to flambe
our mom like a crme brle.
He's at least
Reaper once removed.
Hello. Hi.
Dallas. Kourtney.
-Hi. Uh...
-Hi. Uh...
Uh, hey.
It's nice to
see you both again.
We just need a few more minutes
to finish preparing your mom.
And I do apologize about
the temperature in here.
It's -- I think something's
wrong with the thermostat.
And does that, uh, affect
anything in there?
Oh, yeah.
Big time.
-Oh, I...
-Well, maybe we shouldn't --
I don't want to see that
if she's gonna be...
-[Kourtney] How does she look?
-Oh, no no, no.
Your mom looks great.
She's been in the cooler.
Oh, well,
that's good.
But, yeah,
anything over 70 degrees,
things happen pretty fast.
You know, decomposition,
it's -- it's really
the most fascinating thing.
The enzymes,
they start to break down --
[Woman] Ramona's up.
Excuse me.
Fascinating.
-He really likes his job.
-A little too much.
[ Kourtney scoffs ]
Okay.
We're ready.
Please follow me.

Jesus.


[ Whispering ] We still
don't know his name.

[ Whispering ]
Just call him Reaper.



[Belinda] One of the hardest
parts is going to be finding
the right urn for my mom.
[Woman] I'm sure it will be.
[Belinda] I mean, we can't just
pick something random.
[Woman] Of course not.
[Belinda]
So, I was thinking that,
since my mom is from Trinidad
and I'm going to be
taking her home,
maybe a steel-drum urn?
[Woman] What is that?
[Belinda] Oh, you know,
like a calypso drum.
[Woman] Oh, yeah.
Do those exist?
[Belinda]
Everything exists.
[Woman]
Oh, here we are.
[Kourtney] God,
why isn't she here yet?
I don't know.
She couldn't find a Sherpa
to piggyback her
to the airstrip?
-Namaste.
-Oh, namaste.
[Kourtney] We can't
do it without her.
I mean, she's the one
who wanted this.
[Dallas] Oh, that's right.
That's why we're doing this.
Not for Mom,
not for us.


[ Knocking on door ]
Hey! Hi!
I got here
as fast as I could.
Did you walk?
-Oh. Hi, honey, I missed you.
-Hi! I missed you, too.
Is Peter coming?
Oh, no. He wanted to
give us some space.
I don't need space.
Well, he's with the kids,
and they are so excited
for tomorrow.
What's tomorrow?
Halloween.
Jesus. How long are you
staying for, exactly?
Am I already unwelcome?
-[ Chuckles ]
-Of course not.
But, seriously, how long?
10 weeks.
10 weeks.
Why 10 weeks?
To shepherd the family
through the holidays.
Took you two months
to get here,
and you're the shepherd?
It took me 49 days
exactly on purpose,
to allow for the bardo
to take place.
The what?
Uh, the initial stages of death.
It's Buddhist.
I must have missed that day
in World Religion.
Didn't you miss
all of college? Ha.
[ Laughter ]
What's with
the suit?
Dallas had
a job interview.
Ooh, Lizzy's finally demanding
a little alimony, huh?
So, what's the hold-up?
Where's Mom?
Oh, she's running behind due to
the fact that she's deceased.
Well, I know that,
but where's her body?
Where's Mitchell?
Oh, Mitch.
That's it!
[Belinda]
You forgot his name?
How do you know his name?
You've been in Tibet.
Well, I called the morgue
after she died.
His name is Mitchell Webber.
Or it might be Webber. [Vebber]
-He's German.
-[Dallas] Oh, that's just great.
The German's about
to put my mom in the oven.
He's an interesting guy.
His parents are from Germany,
he's an avid golfer,
and he loves tuna melts.
No one loves tuna melts.
I do.
Anyway, we've been
talking on the phone.
[Dallas] I thought you didn't
have a phone.
I didn't.
Then I did.
-You bug me.
-Clearly.
[ Knock on door ]
-Hi, everyone.
-Oh.
-[Dallas] Hi, Mitch.
-[Kourtney] Mitch, hi.
It's Mitchell.
-Hi.
-Hi.
You must be Belinda.
It's so nice
to finally meet you.
Oh!
Oh, we have met.
Just not in this lifetime.
That's pretty.
Thanks.
Please.
[ Clears throat ]
So...
Everything is on schedule.
It'll just be
a couple of minutes.
I do want to reiterate that
this is a witness cremation,
and we are completely aware
it's a difficult choice to make.
If you've not selected
an urn yet,
I'd be happy to
sit with you afterwards.
We can go over some options.
Well, that's quite all right,
Mitchell.
We are in the process of finding
a nice, little steel-drum urn
to put my mom in
and take her home to Trinidad.
We are?
Yes.
It's what she wanted.
Well, all right.
Let's get started.
[Dallas] Wait.
Is she...
Is she naked?
Excuse me?
She's dead. That's about
as naked as you can get.
She's wearing the pajamas
she had on
when the coroner picked her up.
If you'd like to keep them,
I can remove the PJs
prior to her entering
the crematorium.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Keep -- Keep her dressed.
He's afraid he's going
to see her vagina.
-Jesus. God.
-What? You are.
I mean, I don't necessarily
want to see it either,
but we all came
out of it, right?
Oh. I-I actually think
you were a C-section.
I was?
Your detachment,
it's awe-inspiring.
She's staying dressed.
[ Sighs ]
Okay.
I'm going to give you
a knock on the door
when it's time
to open the blinds.
-Thank you, Mitch.
-Thanks.
-Mitchell.
-It's Mitchell.
Sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
[ Door closes ]
You brought booze?
Didn't everyone?
Absolutely not.
[ Kourtney chuckles ]
Give me some.
Okay, you know what?
Give me some, too.
[ Chuckles ]
-To Mom.
-To Mom.
-To Mom.
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.
The fuck are you doing?
I'm chanting for Mom.
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo,
nam-myoho-ren--
You find that
particularly effective?
[Belinda] It's no different
than praying on a rosary.
Okay.
Since you're oblivious...
your mother died with
this very same rosary
under her pillow.
and another rosary
wrapped in her hands.
And do you know where
those rosaries came from?
From her church?
Our Catholic church.
Wrong. Two churches,
one in Italy and one in England.
I sent Mom a rosary
from nearly every church
I went to on my travels.
Oh, I see.
And so you know exactly --
-No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
-Yeah.
-How would you know that?
-I was there.
-No! Unh -- No.
-You were there?
-No, no, no!
-Oh, she's a fucking
spiritual mystic.
If we're going to have
a pissing contest over Mom,
I'm going to
kick you both out.
[ Sighs ]
[ Knock on door ]
Okay. I think we need to,
uh, lift the blinds.
-Do we?
-Yeah.

Dallas?
Why don't we let the shepherd
do the honors?

Fine.





Hey, Mom.
It's okay.
It's just...
Oh, she...
She looks like
she's asleep, Bellie.
[ Voice breaking ]
Yeah, she...
She looks okay,
right?
Yeah.
Come here, sweetie.

[ Machinery whirring ]
[ Sobbing ]

[ Door opens ]


[ Fire rumbling ]

[ Gasps ]


Hey.


[ Sniffles,
chuckles awkwardly ]
[ Chuckles ]
Um...
Do you know any place around
here that serves tuna melts?
[Belinda] Oh, that is
so embarrassing!
[Mitchell] And further proving
my point that high school
is really a diabolical
social experiment.
[Belinda]
And the crush?
[Mitchell] Well, let's just say
we didn't go to prom together.
[Belinda] Sad.
Oh, it's that one
on the right.
[Mitchell]
Uh, I'll get your bag.
Oh, wow.
Cool graveyard.
[Belinda]
I love the rain.
So, our tuna melts
and deep conversation,
that was part
of the cremation package?
Uh, n-not always.
That'd be a lot of tuna melts.
Yeah.
So you grew up here?
Yeah. Since --
Since I was four.
My dad died
when I was seven,
and then eventually
we all moved out.
But in an odd twist of fate,
here we all are again.
Not for long, though.
It's a nice house.
I'm a little
afraid to go in.
You don't have
to rush.








[ Door opens ]








[Kourtney] "Picking up
my dead mom"?
Can you believe
she would say that?
-[ Laughs ]
-So ridiculous.
-Hey, there.
-Hey. Where are the kids?
There's some guy
in a creepy white van outside
selling ice cream,
so I gave them a 10-spot
and told them
to go with God.
You are so inappropriate.
They're with Peter's parents.
What's in the box?
Mom.
-Mom?
-Yeah.
Mom's in the box?
Yeah, I picked her up
from the morgue this afternoon.
I buckled her in the front seat,
and I swear I could hear her
criticizing my driving,
just like always.
[ Chuckles ]
-She fits in there?
-[Belinda] Who fits in where?
Your mom.
She's in that box.
She fits in there?
Better than you fit
in that top.
This is how
it's supposed to fit.
Yeah, if it's too small.
-I think it looks --
-Oh, watch it.
I was just going
to say ravishing.
-Oh, yeah.
-[ Laughs ]
-Come here.
-Hi, Peter.
It's so good to see you!
I want to hear
all about Tibet.
-Yes.
-Yeah, except for,
you gotta pick up the kids.
But duty calls.
And don't let them
have any candy yet.
Aye, aye, captain.
I shall return...
right after I find that jar
with me balls in it.
-Good luck with that.
-Love you!
[ Belinda chuckles ]
Sounded sincere.
Ah. Peter and I
are perfectly happy.
Yeah.
Sounds like bliss.
Maybe if you didn't prance
around the house half naked
in front of
your brother-in-law?
[Belinda]
Ugh, Judgy McJudgerson.
Whatever,
Wicked Witch of the Whatever.
Yeah.
Peter's known me
since I was a kid, Dallas.
Well, I think you look cute.

Hi, Mom.




So, I figured that I would
stay until February,
and then we could
all jump on a plane,
take Mom to Trinidad
just in time for Easter.
She doesn't want
to go to Trinidad.
Of course she does, Dallas.
It was her home.
This is her home.
Not really.
Not since Dad died.
Yes, this is her home.
And it will always be her home.
Can we just agree to disagree
for the moment? It's Halloween.
Fine. But I'm not going
trick-or-treating
with my young daughter
while my sister
is dressed like a whore.
What is this?
Your laundry?
It's your costume.
In honor of her Nani,
Jessica would like us all
to go as ghosts.
Oh, that's a little dark
for a 12-year-old, isn't it?
No, it's perfectly spiritual,
and I am happy to oblige.
[ Knock on door ]
-Oh, I'll get it.
-I'll get it.
Kourtney.
Mitch.
Uh, it's Mitchell.
Hi.
Well -- Well,
is everything okay?
Did -- Did I pick up
the right box?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
-[Belinda] Oh, hey!
-Hey.
[ Chuckles ]
How was golf?
Oh, it was great.
I made an eagle.
-What did you make it out of?
-You look amazing.
Hey.
I'm going to go
check on Jessica.
What is up his butt?
Mitchell, would you --
would you like a beer?
Sure.
Thanks.
Okay. Belinda, will you
help me get him a beer?
-Sure. Okay.
-Okay.
I'll be right back.
[Kourtney] Make
yourself at home!
Surprise.
Surprise is up his butt.
Well, he doesn't have to be
such a dick about it.
Oh, come on!
In the span of a year,
Dallas has lost his job,
his bitch of a wife
cheated on him
and left him alone
to be a single father,
his beloved mother died,
and now his baby sister
is making out with the man
that turned our mother to ash.
Huh! Maybe it's fitting,
as it is Halloween and all.
[ Refrigerator door slams ]
Do you have something
against Mitchell?
[Kourtney] No.
I mean, it's just odd.
He's an odd guy.
I mean, what's with
the "Mitchell" thing?
[Belinda]
It's his name.
[Kourtney] Yeah, but he's
so anal about it.
[Belinda] Why does it
bother you so much?
Uh, 'cause sometimes I don't
feel like using two syllables
-when I can use one.
-[ Sniffs ]
[Belinda] Well,
it doesn't make him odd.
A lot of people like to be
called by their full name.
[Kourtney] Oh, whatever.
He's odd for other reasons.
[ Whispering ] He -- He deals
with death all the time.
[ Whispering ] It's more than
I can say for us.
-Oh, whatever.
-I have to pee.
-Mitchell.
-Thank you.
Are you -- Are you really
interested in this guy?
I mean, you just
met him yesterday.
Yeah.
We connected.
You connected how?
[ Urinating ] We grabbed
a tuna melt after the cremation.
Oh, that's mildly
disgusting.
-It is not.
-[ Scoffs ]
Just -- Can we
just get off
the Mitchell thing
for a little while?
Okay, fine, fine.
Don't flush.
I got it.
So [clears throat]
I was thinking,
we should
book our flights.
Book our flights?
Yeah, to Trinidad
to take Mom home.
[Kourtney] Dallas just said
he wanted Mom to stay here.
Oh! Maybe he's just not grown up
enough to have a passport.
[Kourtney] Well,
that's totally unfair, Bellie.
[ Sighs ]
Is it?
I mean, no, actually,
it's kind of true.
-[ Chuckles ]
-But...
Dallas always had it harder
than we have.
-In what way?
-[ Toilet flushes ]
Well, let's start out with
being a boy growing up
without a dad.
Oh, so having a penis
makes the childhood trauma
of losing your father worse than
it would be if you had a vagina?
Uh, why do you always have
to bring up your genitals?
Oh, God.
I did not
bring up my genitals.
You said "penis"
and "vagina."
And you did not
wash your hands.
I need a drink.
Okay, stop it. You're -- You're
all about shock.
You like to fling out sex
to make everyone uncomfortable.
I did not fling out sex.
Although I am curious what
flinging out sex looks like.
All I said was it's harder
for a boy to grow up
without a father than a girl,
and then you have to
[whispering]
bring up your vagina.
I mean, like, as if it isn't
the most talked-about subject
in your life.
-Vagina.
-Oh, really?!
-Hey.
-Hey.
Did you take
your mom out yet?
Take her out where?
Dancing?
No, just
out of the box.
-All right,
let's trick-or-treat.
So, I was just asking
the girls
if you took a look
at your mom.
I can't believe you're dating
this fucking guy.
Uh, Dallas,
that is a bubble thought.
[Dallas] What's
a bubble thought?
Bubble thoughts
are thoughts
that are better
kept to yourself.
My mom used to call them
"bubble thoughts."
Like the characters
in cartoons?
-I don't have a bubble.
-[Belinda] Never did.
Yeah.
Let's go, Jess!
I'm sorry. I'm -- I'm not trying
to make anyone upset.
Eh, Dallas
was born upset.
What -- What am I supposed
to do with this?
She's coming with us.
Well, then you
take her.


Jess. Costume?
Oh, yeah.
Thanks, Dad.
After I fall down the stairs.
Can you hold that?
[ Indistinct conversations ]
[Peter] Wow. What do we got?
Some ghost costumes?
-[Kourtney] Oh, yeah.
-[ Peter laughs ]
-Here you go, guys.
-[Jessica] Hi, Victor.
-[Dallas] How you doing?
-[Peter] That's awesome.
Hey!
Happy Halloween!
-[Declan] Hi, Mama.
-He's creepy.
That's creepy?
Oh, no.
-Declan, what's up?
-[Declan] You're weird.
I am weird.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
Oh!
Peter, this is Mitchell.
-Hey.
-He cremated my mom.
Wow. That's somehow, um,
very appropriate for tonight.
Come on, let's go
trick-or-treating!
-[Victor] That sounds sweet.
-[Belinda] All right, let's go.
[Peter] We're bringing Mom in
a box. That's awesome. Wow!
[Dallas] Kourtney, are you not
wearing your costume?
-[Kourtney] Nope.
-[Dallas] Oh, great.
Glad I made it for you.
Ha, ha! Aah!
-[Victor] Careful!
-[Peter] Let's go in here.
Come on. Let's go.
Let's go ring the bell.
Let's ring the bell.
[Victor]
Let me do it.
[Peter] Okay.
Right, ring, ring, ring!

[Peter] Let's go over here.
Ready?
What'd you get?
What'd you get?
Auntie Bellie, let's go
before they run out of all
the peanut butter cups.
[Belinda] Okay, sweetie.
Let's go.
-Here.
-[Dallas] What's this?
[Belinda] Hey, guys, wait up!
I'm coming!
Hang on!
-[Man] Now let's go over here.
-So, are you a golfer?
[ Indistinct conversations
in distance ]
I wouldn't call it that, no.
What's your handicap?
What's yours?
Oh, I asked you first.
You burned my mom.
[Man] Let's go to this one.
Let's go to this one. Yes!
I'm a two.
Yeah?
Now I hate you.
Over a 10?
[ Chuckles ]
I guess I'd be better
if I practiced more.
I know the head pro at the club.
I can get us a time.
Yeah, greens fees aren't
really in my alimony budget.
No greens fees.
It's a family connection.
Oh, I see. So, now that
you're fucking my sister,
we're practically family,
is that it?
[Belinda]
What's going on?
Nothing.
Mitch and I are just bonding.
Is my brother
being a dick?
No.
Okay, well,
we gotta go, guys.
Peter and Kourtney are, like,
three houses up.
-Why didn't they wait?
-It's okay, Dallas.
-We'll just catch up.
-No, we won't, 'cause --
[ Sighs ]
'Cause Mom can't
move that fast?
It's okay, Dallas.
It happens.
I mean, I-I still try to
call her at least twice a day.
Fuck this.
[Kourtney]
What's happening?
[Mitchell] I think
Dallas needs a minute.
[ Sighs ]
You had to bring
the fucking box, didn't you?
"The fucking box"
is our fucking mother.
And she likes
to trick-or-treat.
Auntie Bellie,
aren't you coming?
Hey, Jess. Yeah,
I'll -- I'll walk you down.
Hey, Jess, this is Mitchell.
He cremated your Nani.
[ Thud ]
[ Can tab pops ]
[ Footsteps approach ]
She had to...
fucking bring her?
[Kourtney] Belinda deals with
death differently than we do.
I -- To her,
Mom isn't gone.
She's...changed forms.
[ Exhales sharply ]
Fucking bullshit.
-[ Refrigerator door slams ]
-[Dallas] Fucking bullshit.


Happy Halloween, Ma.









Oh.





[ Sniffling ]


[ Humming ]
Owen Fixley's body lies still
by the side of the tracks




[ Glass thuds ]

[Dallas]
Ohh, look who it is.
Dallas.
[ Chuckles ]
Mitch-ell.
Did Hades give you
a hall pass?
I'm actually meeting
your sister here,
although she tends to run late
most of the time.
Buy you a beer?
Oh, I'm not that
kind of girl, Mitchell.
But I'll buy you one.
Hey, Mike.
-[Man] Yo!
-Two more whiskeys, please.
-[Man] Got it.
-Thanks.
Hey, you know, uh,
I was thinking about
what we were talking about the
other day, about your golf game?
Maybe you just need
a new set of clubs.
Maybe. Maybe you just need
a new girlfriend.
Maybe you shouldn't poke your
nose in other people's business.
Maybe.
Oh, one's his.
Thank you. Mike.
-Enjoy.
-Thanks.
Maybe I'm just
being protective.
Protective of what?
Oh, you know, Mitchell.
All it really takes
is a tuna melt
and a box of tissues
to get a grieving girl to --
Don't question
my integrity.
[ Laughs ]
Your integrity?
You burn people
for a living.
Where's the integrity
in that?
Well, cremation,
it's not a violent act.
And, by the way,
you chose to witness.
No, I didn't. No, my lunatic
baby sister chose to witness.
-Lunatic?
-And my holier-than-thou
older sister
wouldn't let me back out
because loony sister
would then be traumatized.
But you know
who's traumatized, Mitch?
I am. And I blame you
and your bad-hair,
weirdo, Grim Reaper,
death-loving ass
for even letting a family
witness a thing like that.
Wow. You really don't have
a bubble, do you?
-No, I don't.
-No, you really don't.
You said that.
All right, look.
[ Clears throat ]
Despite the fact
that she's going to take
another half an hour
to get ready,
I like your sister,
Dallas.
Mm.
Well...
Belinda's had a tough time
figuring out the whole
relationship thing.
She's been through
a lot of shit.
It sounds to me like you two
might have something in common.
[ Chuckles ]
Yeah, maybe.
If I come sit over there,
can you keep yourself
from getting all handsy?
[ Chuckles ]
I can't make
any promises.
I'm definitely
coming over there now.
[ Mitchell chuckles ]


Cheers.

Bye, Mikey.
[ Door closes ]


Ah!
[ Laughs ]
Hi!
-Okay. Okay. Okay.
-Ah!
I'll see you later.
-Don't drive.
-Ah.
Walk.

[Mitchell] Hey,
I read your blog.
-Yeah?
-Yeah. It's cool.
How'd you get
into all that?
Well, let's see.
I have no practical skills,
but I love yoga,
so naturally I blog.
How'd you get
in the business of death?
It's a long story.

You know,
this is really beautiful.

Thanks.
So are you.
-Really?
-What?
Do you have
a PhD in cheese?
Yes, I do, actually.
I got my --
I wrote my thesis
on how "Gouda" it gets
when you're trying to compliment
your way into a kiss.
[ Chuckles ]
Are you sure it wasn't, um,
how to be humble
when trying to get laid?
Oh, is that what
I'm trying to do?
Is it?
I don't know.
-Mm.
-Maybe? Mm-hmm.


-[Kourtney] What?
-[Belinda] Oh, shit.
-[Belinda] Grab it.
-[Kourtney] Oh. Oh, my God.
[ Indistinct conversation ]

Wait, wait, wait.


[Belinda] Okay.
All right.
-Waaah.
-[Kourtney] Oh, my God.
What are you doing
with your hair down?
It's fine. I've never gotten
hair in food in my life.
You have so much hair,
for God sake.
Oh, my Lord.
Kourtney, Jesus.
[ Snoring ]


[ Groans ]
[ Children laugh ]
Who has woken me
from my slumber?
[ Laughs ]
-Come on!
-Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Guys! Guys!
Slow down.
[Peter] Right after I have
this cookie right here.
-Shh.
-Of course, Mom.
Thank you.
Much-needed cookie break.
[Kourtney] Looks like you know
what you're doing, Mitchell.
Yeah. Taking skin off
is one of my specialties.
[Belinda] How the hell
did Mom do this?
Hello in there.
I'm going to name him Ferdinand.
Okay, well, let's get him
in the oven. Okay?
Some good cookies in there.
-Any more of those?
-Mm-hmm.
[ Grunts ]
I'd have brought them in,
but it's every man for himself
in this outfit.
Clearly.


You got it?
One over there, and then just
go around the table.
Yeah.
Nice work.
You rock.
-[Kourtney] Let's do it.
-[Mitchell] Everybody,
we're good to go.
[Kourtney] Dinner!
[ Indistinct conversations ]
-Aww.
-[Dallas] Wow.
-Sit over here?
-Looks good.
-Looks great.
-Wow!
[Belinda] Yeah.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
-[ Chuckles ]
-[Belinda] All right.
All right.
Here we go.
This is awesome.
This is awesome.
Peter, thanks.
This is amazing.
Should we say grace?
-Uh...yeah. Let's say grace.
-[ Laughs ]
-Okay.
-Okay.
Follow me.
[Belinda] Okay, so
should we open the Jaffurs
or the [indistinct]?
[Mitchell]
Let's open both.
[ Laughs ] You're going
to fit in this family
just fine, you know that?
That was nice.
Yeah, but we should hurry back
before those savages
eat all the Rice-A-Roni.
-[ Bang ]
-Oh, God!
[ Retches ]
-[Kourtney] Are you okay?
-Oh. Fuck.
-[Kourtney] Whoa. Dallas.
-What is going on?
God.
You tried to kill me.
-Not consciously.
-Did you swallow it?
-No, I spit it out.
-[Belinda] Spit what out?
-You tell me.
-I don't know.
How the hell
did this happen?
I'll tell you
how it happened.
Three mimosas later,
Belinda became an expert
on Thanksgiving turkeys,
and you decided
to let her take over.
Yeah. Kourtney asked me to stuff
the turkey, so I did.
I asked you to sew up
the turkey's butt.
-[Belinda] And I did.
-Well, then,
how did the needle
end up in the stuffing?
Oh, my God.
Did you eat the needle, Dallas?
How'd you work
that one out, Mitch?
Okay. I was sewing up
the turkey's butt,
just like Mom used to,
and then I went to look
for a pair of scissors
to cut the needle off, and I...
I think I might have gotten
distracted, and I-I don't know.
-God.
-[ Sighs ]
Belinda, why didn't you
just rip it off?
-[Dallas] Because she
was trying to kill me.
-No, I wasn't.
-[ Water running ]
-I told you,
I went to look
for the scissors.
Yeah, right.
You and Mitch are probably
trying to drum up more business
for the mortuary.
[Mitchell] All right,
that's not funny.
-[Belinda] It's kind of funny.
-What the fuck?
[Kourtney] Dallas,
are you okay?
Fine.
Yeah.
I'm going to go
finish my meal.
That is, if no one
left a switchblade
in the sweet potatoes?
I didn't make
the sweet potatoes.
Mitchell did.
Oh, great.
We're all fucked.
[ Door swings closed ]
Hey, could you go bring out
the, uh, wine for me, babe?
Sure it's safe?
Not at all.
[ Muffled conversation ]
Okay.
Let's just get a pie out and
get ready for dessert. Okay?
You're moving on
to pie after that?
Are you a robot?
[ Sighs ] Stop trying
to pick a fight.
Okay. Why don't you tell me
where Mom is?
You had her ashes here
on Halloween.
I haven't seen them since.
Are you just hoarding them
like you hoard
every other possession
from my childhood?
I-I had a childhood, too,
Belinda,
and -- and I kept things because
they meant something to me.
And -- And you
ran from them.
Now you want to come back
and claim some ownership
of a mother that
Dallas and I took care of
while you smoked drugs and rode
weird animals in some cult?
Oh, for God's sake, Kourtney,
elephants are not weird animals.
[ Sighs ] Okay, what are you --
what are you trying to prove?
That your facade
doesn't ever crack.
In the entire time
that I have been here,
I've never even seen you cry.
-I cry.
-Not in front of me.
Well, why would I?
Why -- Why would I want to
upstage Meryl fucking Streep
in her award-winning pain?
Okay. Oh, there you go.
Get ugly.
[ Scoffs ]
You know what?
I don't want to do this anymore.
I have pie to serve.
Ugh. All right,
go serve your pie, Jackie O.
Don't -- Don't don't worry
about your baby sister.
[ Scoffs ]
You know what? No.
That is why you are
a selfish twat.
Is that ugly enough
for you?
It's nice use
of the word "twat."
[Kourtney] You want to know
why I don't crack?
It's because ever since
I was 14 and Dad died,
I had to step up
and make sure this family
didn't fall through the cracks,
that Mom didn't
jump over a ledge.
And part of
this perfect facade
is a husband that is everybody's
best friend but mine,
and a -- and a special-needs kid
that I will take care of
for the rest of my life.
Now that Mom is gone,
I am the fucking mother
to everyone,
including you and Dallas,
who can't seem to
grow the fuck up!
Hey, guys.
Are you...
Are you coming in?
It's -- It's Thanksgiving.
We're going to be
right there, Mitchell.
[ Dish clatters ]
If you want to know
where Mom is,
she's in the coffee can.
-[Kourtney] Thanks, honey!
-[Peter] Yes! Thank you!
-[ Sighs ]
-[Peter] I want
all the whipped cream.
[ Muffled conversation ]
-Oh, boy.
-Give me a lot of it.
-You went a lot?
-Yes.
Okay, I'll be right back.
[ High-pitched ]
I'll be right back!
[ Victor laughs ]
[ Sighing ] Okay.
Who wants pie?
-Me.
-Me!
I didn't mean to leave
the needle in there.
-[Dallas] Yeah, right.
-What, you think I did?
I think you're capable
of just about anything, Belinda.
Well, if I did,
maybe you deserved it.
[ Scoffs ]
Right.
Yeah.
Consider it karmic payback.
Payback for what?
Well, let's start with
all the times that you used
to make me play tackle football
when we were kids.
You were nine and I was five,
and you were fat.
-I was not fat.
-I was kind of a fat kid.
Were you, Mitch?
Yeah. You would tackle me
so hard that I would cry,
and then you would tell me
to suck it up
and loogie in my face.
[ Sighs ] People, we're trying
to have a meal here. Okay?
Yeah, it's --
it's Turkey Day.
Yeah, this is between
my brother and me.
-Don't shut him up.
-What?
Don't shut him up.
He puts up with you.
[Belinda] Oh,
so you like him now?
-What's not to like?
-What's not to like?
Oh!
That's hilarious.
Have you guys been bonding?
There it is.
The Bellie jealousy.
Can't stand to see your brother
get a little attention.
[Belinda] Oh,
a little attention.
Let's try all of Mom's attention
all the time.
And now you want
the German's?
When did I become
"the German"?
So you have a problem
with Mom now?
[Belinda] I had a problem
with her, but we worked it out.
Oh, really?
I don't seem to remember
her telling me
you worked it out.
-I remember her crying a lot...
-Dad.
-...because you never came home.
-It's okay, Jess.
Maybe I didn't
feel at home here.
-[ Scoffs ]
-[Belinda] Yeah.
I didn't, Dallas.
She treated you like a king.
You acted like you owned her,
and then you practically
peed on her leg
every time I showed up.
And you came home
every two years to make sure
she didn't write you
out of the will.
-Go straight to hell, Dallas.
-No, you go to hell.
And take that stupid idea
of taking her
back to Trinidad with you.
She's staying here
in the coffee can,
in her home with her son,
where she belongs.
-You knew she was in the can?
-Wait, Auntie Bellie,
you didn't know
she was in the can?
-Jess, please.
-I told you that was creepy.
-Okay, okay.
-Okay, wait. So you all knew?
Belinda, calm down.
No, I won't calm down.
You told him a month ago?
-Oh, man, shit is
about to go down.
-Excuse me?
[Belinda] That is just
fucking rich!
[Kourtney]
Language, Bellie!
-Come on!
-Okay, I'm done. All right?
Kids, let's go into
the other room, please.
-Wh-What? The kids...
-Sweetheart.
...you think that they don't
know the word "fuck"?
-We know the word, Mom.
-Come on. Bellie, really?
-Really? Really? Come on.
-God.
-Please.
-Come on, Stinker.
-Come on, little man.
-Follow Dad.
Let's go over here.
Let's go over here.
You know what? I know that
you guys don't believe me,
but I know what she wanted.
Okay, Belinda,
maybe we should go for a walk.
That's it.
I want you out of this house.
Okay, guys, let's just
take a group breath.
No, no group breath.
Get out of my house
and take the German with you.
All right,
we will skip the breath.
-This is my house, too.
-No, it isn't.
It stopped being your house
when you abandoned all of us.
Stopped being your house
after you threw your faith away.
Stopped being your house
when Peter and Kourtney and I
took care of her
while she was sick and terrified
and crying herself to sleep
at night 'cause she couldn't
figure out why her youngest
daughter never came home.
Okay, Dallas!
[Victor]
I don't want to!
She's had enough.
[ Victor
speaking indistinctly ]
[Peter] Victor.
Victor, it's okay.
-[Peter] Hey, hey, hey.
-[Victor] No! No!
[Victor] I need a mommy.
I need a mommy.
Aunt Kourtney...
Uncle Peter can't get Victor
to calm down.
Just give him
a video cam, Jess.
What?
What is wrong with you?
Are you going to leave
while this fucking dickwad
tries to kick me
out of the house?
My kids come first.
I'm sorry, Bellie.
You need to go.
Oh, my God!
Goddamn it!
Wait.
Wait.
-[ Door slams ]
-Belinda! Belinda, wait!
Pass the sweet potatoes.
[ Swallows, exhales ]
[Mitchell]
Belinda, wait!
They're trying to
hide her from me.
Bellie, did you listen to him?
Did you understand
how it looked to them
when you weren't here?
I left because I had to.
When I was little, my brother
and I were best friends.
And then one day, suddenly,
our whole lives
just became about death.
We would go sit on my father's
grave every fucking weekend,
and all that did
was terrify me.
I was so petrified all the time
that Dallas or my mother --
that one of them
would be next.
What about Kourtney?
I didn't really think
about Kourtney.
I mean, it's not like I didn't
care, but she's perfect,
so I just assumed
she'd live forever.
Belinda.
I understand wanting
to run from the pain.
But...
But what?
Maybe you were being selfish
when you left.
Belinda, don't.
Wait!
Don't run.
I have asthma!
Okay, wait. That's a lie.
I don't have asthma.
But I was a fat kid.
I'm allergic to running.
-Go home, Mitchell.
-Bellie, don't do this.
Did you really think that
this was going to work out?
I mean,
I am a fun free spirit,
and you are a totally bizarre
person with obnoxious hair
that doesn't, incidentally,
hide your bald spot.
I'm not trying to
hide a bald spot.
Well, you're trying
to hide something.
Nobody deals with death all
the time 'cause they're normal.
Oh, and you're just
surrounded by normalcy?
I'm the most normal person
in your life.
Oh, yeah. You're just
Joe Blow Normal Guy.
-Uh-huh, I am.
-Yeah.
You're the fucking
garbage man.
Hey, dead people
are not garbage.
Then why do you burn them
like they are?!
Because people
pay me to!
Sorry.
That came out wrong.
The check cleared,
didn't it, Mitchell?
Goddamn it,
you're fucking impossible.
You can go be normal
somewhere else.






[ Door opens ]
[ Exhales softly ]

[ Sighs ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Exhales sharply ]
[ Jazzy music plays ]


Christmastime
is the loveliest time
It's the loveliest time
of the year
[Man] [ Over television ]
...riding elephants.
Carolers' bells
will soon begin to chime
And we'll gather with joy
and good cheer
We can hardly wait
till it's time
For Christmastime is the
loveliest time of the year

Yes!
Here, put these up.
Time for children
and time for their toys
With their planes
and their train sets abuzz
Time for parents
to deal with the noise
When their tots sing
"Here Comes Santa Claus"
They can hardly wait
till it's time
For Christmastime is the
loveliest time of the year

Peggy wants a puppy doll
One that barks when you
give it a push on its snout
But what's that loud box
in the hall?
When she opens it up,
a real puppy jumps out
Christmastime
is the merriest time
It's the veriest merriest
time of the year
My stocking's hung...
[Belinda] Hey.
It's Bellie.
I, uh...
[ Sighs ]
Normally, I would
call Mom right now,
but, oddly enough,
she's not available.
Um...I could use a friend,
and I'm fresh out.
So call me, maybe,
if you can?
Okay.
I mean, I don't know
why I'm saying, "Okay."
You're not on the other end.
I think I'm losing my mind.
Just call me. Okay?
Bye.
[ Exhales sharply ]

[ Indistinct conversation ]
[Man] Hey, Mike.
You seen Bellie?
-Around the corner.
-Thanks, man.

-Psst!
-[ Gasps ]
You scared me.
I'm a scary guy.
Yeah,
you're terrifying.
[ Chuckles ]
How's that motel?
Uh, it's, uh --
It's okay, you know?
I think my neighbors
are cooking meth,
but, on the upside,
there's no roaches.
That's a good thing.
I read that blog.
A little tough
on the sibs, right?
Okay, Peter, don't come
down on me. All right?
It's going to take
some time, Bellie.
Hey, I was close
to your mother, too.
I know. She called you
her touchstone.
-Really?
-Yeah.
She said you were
close enough to get it,
but removed enough
to be fair.
-God, I miss her.
-Mm.
I was busy climbing
some dumb mountain.
You were exactly where
you were supposed to be.
Don't question that.
Did she miss me?
So much.
She told me three things
before she passed.
Hear no evil, see no evil,
speak no evil?
I think it's see no evil,
hear no evil.
Right? See no evil,
hear no evil, speak no evil.
-That's right.
-Anyway...
[ Clears throat ]
She said, one,
that Dallas wouldn't be able
to handle it after she passed.
Two, she said Kourtney would be
a total control freak.
[ Chuckles ]
And curtain number three?

She said, "Bellie will always
figure it out."


You ever find that jar
with your balls in it?
I'm still
working on that.
[ Both laugh ]
Let me get a beer.
Please do.

-Hey, Mike, can I get a beer?
-Yeah. You bet.
-[ Sipping, chewing ]
-[ Dog barking in distance ]
Did you just
eat a booger?
No.
Yeah, you did.
I just watched you.
No, you didn't.
You're 12.
Aren't you a little past
the booger phase?
I did not
eat a booger.
And even if I did,
it just came out of my body.
What's the big deal?
Well, it came out of your body
because it's waste
and the body is trying
to get rid of it.
Uh, okay.
I get it.
That's an "F you, Dad."
So what? You say "F you"
to everybody.
-No, I don't.
-Yeah, you do.
You did to Auntie Bellie.
You got rid of her.
Least I didn't eat her.
How do I know
you didn't eat her?
Well, do I look like I just
suddenly gained 300 pounds?
Um, yeah.
You're kind of fat.
You're such
an asshole.
And you probably
ate Mom, too.
I'm not hungry.
Why? Did you eat
too many boogers?
You're so mean.
I hate you.
[ Footsteps thudding
on stairs ]
[ Sighs ]
Shit.
[ Knocks ]
[Dallas] Jess.
Can we talk?
What,
are you packing?
Jess, there's
no place to go.
Mom left.
I didn't send her away.
She just left us.
I'm trying to make it better.
Okay, I don't know how.
Maybe you could stop being
so grumpy all the time.
Am I grumpy
all the time?
[ Chuckles ]
Yeah,
I guess I am, huh?
[ Sighs ]
I miss Mom.
And I miss Nani, too.
Me too.
I also miss
Auntie Bellie.
[ Chuckles ]

I'll get you
a better dinner tomorrow.
Good idea.
[ Laughs ]
[ Line ringing ]
[Belinda] [ Recorded ]
Hi. You've reached Bellie.
I'm either in downward dog or
sideways with a bottle of red.
-Leave me a message.
-[ Beep ]
[Mitchell] Hey, Bellie,
it's the German.
Uh, listen, I wanted to clarify
something that came up
in our last conversation
about what I do for a living.
I don't do it
for the money.
Uh, I mean, cremation is a --
it's a sacred act,
and I'm just a normal guy
who gives a shit
about people
who are grieving.

[ Clears throat ]
I lost my dad
when I was 10,
and my mom killed herself
when I was 18.
So...
I know what it's like
to lose your childhood.
I've been surrounded
by death my whole life.
It's always felt, I don't know,
just normal to me.
So I-I do this job --
Let's face it, nobody alive
has ever aspired to --
because I'm a shepherd.
It's -- It's what
I'm here to do.
Anyway. That's it.
Hope you're well.
[ Line disconnects ]


[ Sighs ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Box rattling ]
[ Woman singing "Silent Night"
in German ]





[ Whispering ]
Oh, my God.


-Hey.
-Hey.
Your timing
is impeccable.


[Dallas] Holy shit.
Is this Trinidad?


[ Airplane engine roars ]
[Belinda] Wow.
I know.
Pretty good
detective work, sis.
How'd you find me?
Well, I read
your blog, dummy.
I didn't know
that you read, dummy.
[ Both laugh
sarcastically ]
You want
some spaghetti?
Mm. Looks delicious,
but, uh, no, thank you.
-Yeah. It's two days old.
-Yeah.
Hey, do you have
a little time right now?
-Sure.
-Grab your shoes.
Where are we going?
You'll find out.

You're not going to kill me
and dump my body
in the river, are you?
Haven't decided yet.




-[Man #1] No problem.
-[Man #2] Like it was a weapon.
[ Men speaking indistinctly ]

[Belinda]
Hey, there.
-[Man #1] Hey! Hi!
-[Kourtney] Hi!
[Kourtney]
How'd you, uh, shoot?
Oh, this guy right here,
he -- he did pretty good.
-All right. Awesome. I like it.
-[ Laughs ]
-What's so funny?
-Ah. "Pretty good."
[Mitchell] I was
a little off my game.
[Dallas] Oh, really?
That's why you beat us so bad?
-[Peter] Yeah.
-[Kourtney] Okay, well, are you
-ready to get out of here?
-I am, I am, indeed.
Thank you
for a great afternoon.
Thanks, Peter.
-[Mitchell] Thanks, Peter.
-Have fun.
Kourtney, you can't
leave me here.
-Oh, yes, I can.
-Peter?
You're going
to be fine.


[ Door opens, closes ]
Hey.
We, uh, hit some balls
in holes today?
Once in a while.
Sounds good.
-Hi.
-Hi.
Don't you tell a single soul
what I'm going to say
I'm going to
get us a round.
-Great.
-I'm good.
Christmas Eve
is coming soon
[Mitchell] Hey, Mikey,
can I get another round?
[Mike] Yeah.
You bet.
Okay.
Um...
I'm sorry.
[ Mitchell and Mike
speaking indistinctly ]
I'm sorry that I was
hyper-reactive.
Sorry if
I was grumpy.
-You're always grumpy.
-[ Both chuckle ]
I'm just teasing.
-No, I am.
-Yeah, you are.
And as it turns out, there was
this, uh -- You were right.
Susie wants a dolly
Nelly wants
a story book
She thinks dolls a folly
Christmas Eve
is coming soon
Wow.
Now, you dear,
old man
Jessica wants you home
for Christmas.
Okay.
But there will be a security
guard posted in the foyer
just to make sure
that you're not packing heat.
Do we have
an actual foyer?
Not by
the definition of it.
-No. Yeah.
-No. Yeah.
Anyway...
-Dallas.
-Yeah?
Do you think we'll ever
grow out of it?
No.
It's what
makes us a family.
I'm going to go.
[Mitchell]
What, are you out?
[Dallas] Yeah.
Thank you
for a great game.
You played well.
[ Chuckles ]
No, I didn't, but thanks
for saying so.
We'll do it again.
-Yes. Sometime soon.
-All right.
So...
-So...
-So...
Ready for Christmas?
Oh. Insert
some small talk here?
Mm. Sure, yeah. Go ahead.
Insert small talk.
I got your message.
Oh, you did?
Yeah.
Mitchell, look, I'm...
I mean, I'm sorry that
I pushed you away like that.
I...
But I'm back now and --
Belinda, you can't...
You can't just
do that.
Do what?
Just shit on someone
and then smile
and expect
everything to be okay.
It's what I do.
I fuck things up,
and I never mean to.
Maybe if you just
stayed in one place
for more than a minute.
Tell me about
your necklace.
What do you
want to know?
Are your parents
in there?
Down through the chimney
with good St. Nick
I'm such an idiot.
No, you're not.
-Yeah, a little.
-Just a little.
And, look, my family
invited me home for Christmas,
and if you aren't
doing anything --
I spent a holiday
with your family.
I don't think
I can do that again.
[ Chuckles ]
That's totally fair.
But, you know,
if you change your mind...
Think I need a minute.
Or a month. Or less.
I don't --
I don't know.
Okay.
Cool.

It was good to see you.
It's good to see you.
Okay.
Uh, Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.

-[ Door opens ]
-[ Exhales deeply ]
[ Door closes ]

[ Gasps ]
O Tannenbaum,
o Tannenbaum
[ Car lock chirps ]
[ Cellphone ringing ]
Hey.
What's up?
[Belinda] Has it been
a minute yet?
45 seconds.
Why?
I don't have a car.
I'll call you a cab.
[Mitchell] Eh, I'm just
fucking with you.
-Okay.
-All right.
[ Tchaikovsky's "Dance of
the Sugar Plum Fairy" plays ]




[Kourtney] It looks like
someone could use some nog.
It's 3:00 a.m.
Isn't that a little early?
[Kourtney] Mom used to drink nog
all night long on Christmas Eve.
And now she's in
a coffee can.
Okay.

Shit, sorry. That was
a bad bubble thought.
It's all good.
Are the doors closed?
Yes, and Mitchell
and Peter
are sitting watching
the hallway.
Are they drinking?
Not yet, but Bellie's bringing
them some nog right now.
As soon as
they start in,
they're going to be yapping
like frat boys.
Kids are going to pop out of bed
like little maniacs
and rip through
this place.
Oh, would you relax?
They're big boys.
They can handle a little nog
and a few kids.
That's questionable.
[ Quietly ] Mine's a number.
Okay, here we go.
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine.
Yes, yes, yes.
Mmm. Needs nutmeg.
Taste.
Yeah, I'm not the alcoholic
I used to be.
I think I can wait
till breakfast.
Merry Christmas,
siblings!
-Look who got up.
-Got up?
I never went to bed.
If you're going to be down here,
you need to help.
Well, we do have a bunch
of presents to wrap.
I'll wrap.
I love wrapping.
-[Kourtney] Okay, great.
-[Belinda] All right.
[Kourtney] Mm, you know what,
though? First, a toast to Mom.
[Belinda] Okay.

[Peter] Orange,
blue, or pink?
[Mitchell] Pink.
It's a question.
What is it?
Do you like the smell
of your own farts?
Yes.
-There you go.
-You gotta be honest.
I think it's the only way
this works.
It's the whole key
to this thing.
Bellie, will you
grab the nutmeg?
[Belinda] Got it.
Dallas, I know it's late,
but do you think
you can muster up
a little holiday spirit?
Oh, don't muster, actually.
That's unsettling.
All right,
let's do this toast.
-You guys need some nutmeg.
-[Kourtney] Yes.
Here's yours.
Thank you.
-All right.
-All right.
To our mother.
She was a little fireball
full of piss and vinegar.
-[Kourtney] And despite --
-Being deeply flawed.
I was going to say,
"Despite being a single mother."
She was an amazing mom.
She was an amazing mom.
-To Mom.
-To Mom.

O Christmas tree,
O Christmas tree
Mm.
Mmm?
Hmm.
It's spicy.
How faithfully
you blossom
Yeah,
it's kind of smoky.
[Dallas] What kind of
alcohol did you use?
Rum, dummy.
You're supposed
to use bourbon.
[Belinda] Mom told me
to use rum.
It's interesting.
I like it.
It's just,
did you change the recipe?
No.
It's all Mom's.
Yeah, but it tastes
different.
Did you use allspice
or nutmeg?
[Belinda] Neither.
It's Mom.
What do you mean?
I put Mom's ashes
in the eggnog.
[ Retches ]
Oh!
[Kourtney]
I'm going to be sick!
-[Belinda] What?
-Are you fucking kidding me?
-No!
-God, were we out of allspice?
-[Belinda] No!
-What the hell
is wrong with you?
Nothing.
Oh, come on, you guys.
We've just been
fighting so much.
I just thought
this was a unique way
-to bring us all together.
-Unique?
Well, we had to do
something, Dallas.
She is just sitting there
in that coffee can
on the kitchen counter.
This morning,
I almost brewed her.
It's a decorative coffee can.
It's from the '70s.
I know, but...
I-I thought it would be healing
to have a part of Mom in us.
Holy shit!
Mom is in us!
Yeah. Pretty soon, she's going
to be coming out of us.
-[Kourtney] What...
-[Dallas] Is this something
your psycho guru
put you up to?
Absolutely not. However, certain
tribal people do believe --
It is our first Christmas
without our mother,
and we drank her.
Jesus,
why are you freaking out?
What if I get
diarrhea?
What -- What if I am
Mom intolerant?
I've always been
Mom intolerant.
-That's not funny, Belinda.
-[Belinda] It's just the truth.
I mean, I think she thought
something malfunctioned
when she had me because
she was so close to menopause.
Yeah, something did
malfunction.
You are a sociopath.
[Kourtney]
She's not a sociopath.
Oh, yeah, no, she's a perfectly
well-adjusted human being
with cannibalistic
tendencies.
Oh, come on!
It is not like I barbecued her
and you're chowing down
on a rack of Mom ribs.
It's just a -- a little ash
and bone and flesh.
Why did you put my mom in
the eggnog, you stupid bitch?!
Do not, do not, do not white-
trash up this Christmas, Dallas.
-[Belinda] I'm warning you.
-Me white-trash it up?
Me white-trash it up?
I'm not the one that decided
to use our dead mother
as a condiment.
She is a spice, you idiot,
not a condiment.
-It's the same
fucking difference!
-Oh, Dallas, shut up!
Sit down!
[Peter] Guys.
Guys, we can hear you up here.
Okay?
Be quiet.
You said blue?
[Kourtney] Oh, God. What --
What part of Mom did I drink?
Maybe it's
a-a-a knuckle
or an elbow
or -- or something innocuous.
-Huh.
-[Belinda] What if it wasn't?
What if it was
another part of her?
Do not go there, Belinda.
Please, I'm begging you.
[Kourtney] Know what, guys?
Everything's fine.
I think it's going
to be just fine.
Or we could all die.
I mean, we could possibly die.
-We're not going to die.
-Hey, guys.
Is everything
all right?
Yeah. We are just
bonding with my mom.
-Aww, sweetie, that's nice.
-Mm-hmm.
Oh, that's nice?
So, how's that eggnog
going down, Mitch?
It's good.
It's really good.
Uh, Peter and I are going to
need a little bit more
to pass time on the watch.
Oh, okay. Good. Now that
you're digesting my mom,
everything's good, huh?
-[ Belinda sighs ]
-What are you talking about?
[Belinda] I put my mom's ashes
in the eggnog,
and he's freaking out.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah
Pardon me?
Well, I didn't put her in your
nog. You're not her kid.
Oh.
Well, that's a bit
of a relief.
Oh, my gosh. You are way too
sweet for this insanity,
aren't you, Mitch?
Why is this insane?
I can field that one,
if you like.
Wait. No, no, no.
I want my sister to tell me
why any of this
is insane.
Well, I'm pretty certain
that most sane people
don't drink their mother's ashes
on Christmas Eve.
-Right, Mitch?
-It's Mitchell!
-[ Scoffs ]
-Guys, guys, guys.
Can you just keep it down
a little bit, please?
We can hear everything
up on the landing. Okay?
And we're going to have
an invasion
of little people down here if
you don't give me some eggnog.
You can have some
of my nog, Peter.
-[Peter] Thank you.
-Oh, do not drink that.
-Why is that?
-[Kourtney] Just trust me.
-You don't want to drink it.
-[Peter] Pretty sure I do.
He's pretty sure he does,
Kourtney.
Why don't you
just let him?
'Cause she never
lets me do shit.
Excuse me?
Oh, come on. Don't act
all shocked and hurt.
Peter and I
play golf together,
and some pretty
interesting truths
come out
on the back nine.
Meaning what?
Meaning, I know what
a fucking rag you can be.
[ Clears throat ]
Thank you, Dallas.
And here's to a very pissed-off
wife for the rest of Christmas.
Cheers.
Mmm!
Peter, you just
drank my mother.
I know that.
[Kourtney] What do you mean,
you know?
Because I could fucking hear
everything, all right?
I mean, you're the loudest
family in the world.
Why would you willingly
drink my mother's ashes?
Because she's
delicious. Mmm.
Hey, guys, the volume's
going up, not down.
Wait a minute, Kourtney.
I didn't call you a rag.
Yeah, not tonight,
but it's there.
It's -- It's what
you all think.
It just takes a little booze
to bring it out.
And that booze has
been contaminated with
your mother's ashes.
And perhaps we all
drank the part with her
loud fucking mouth.
Don't talk about
my mother that way.
Oh, Kourtney, please.
She did have
a big fucking mouth.
Stop trying to paint a rainbow
over everything.
Okay, why is everyone
attacking me?
Oh, here it comes.
Okay. Poor you. Right?
Why don't you stand up
on your own feet
when people start
pointing out your bullshit?
What, because I can't
insult people like they can?
Yes!
Why not?!
Why would
I want to?
Oh, my God!
Why wouldn't you want to?!
I'm sorry.
I -- I'm so sorry.
That just --
It just slipped out.
Just get a little mom
in the nog there?
[ Footsteps upstairs ]
-Oh, shit.
-Oh, gosh. The kids!
Uh, report to the post,
Mitchell.
Mitchell,
grab the Taser.
Aah!
Oh! Damn it!
If I had a Taser,
I would have used it tonight.
What are you trying to say,
Dallas?
That you would Tase me
for putting Mom in the nog?
Would you stop being
so pathologically
at peace with all this?
Don't you have
any respect for her?
Of course I do. Why do you think
I wanted to drink her?
I...
I can't believe
we're related.
I can't believe
you came out of my mother.
Knock it off.
Knock it off, you guys.
This is Christmas.
It's fucking Christmas!
[ Thud ]

Oh.



I j-- I just wanted Christmas
to be perfect.
Life is messy,
Kourtney.
Yeah, but Mom always made
Christmas incredible.
We -- We always had
amazing Christmases.





You know, I think
Mom's going down just fine.
I feel okay.
Dallas?


I miss her.
I miss Mom.






Let's have
some more eggnog.

Okay.
Why not?






[ Laughs ]
God, that tastes
like shit.


[ Birds chirping ]
[ Exhales softly ]
Babe! I got the bag.
I got your mom.
I locked the back door.
We are ready to go.
Hey, Peter,
check it out.
Oh, my God.
Where did you get that?
I have no idea
how we pulled this off.
-But thanks for your help.
-What do you?
I did nothing.
You know, I just kept a secret.
-The car is here.
-Honey. Honey.
-Check it out.
-What? Oh, my God!
-Where did you find this?
-Ah! It's an urn! Right?
-Mitch found it.
-Oh.
Thank you.
Oh, I love it.
Don't cry. Okay? You're going
to ruin your reputation.
[Belinda]
Okay, we're good to go, guys.
But I think I need
a shot or something.
-I hate flying.
-Got you covered.
Ooh, you really are
the shepherd, aren't you?
And a steel-drum urn.
-Oh, my God.
-It's an urn!
-Is that awesome or what?
-Love it.
-Where did that come from?
-This guy right here.
-Aww.
-Ohh.
Well, I say we let
the Reaper do the honors.
No. You're not getting off
that easy.
All right,
how do we...?
All right, so, the parts
you guys didn't drink,
they go right under here.
Oh. Okay.
Hold her.
-Ready, Mom? Here we go.
-[ Exhales sharply ]

There it is.

-[ Car horn honks ]
-Oh!
-We got a honker, kids.
-Oh, my gosh.
-[ Kourtney speaking
indistinctly ]
-Let's go. Let's go.
-This is awesome!
-Crap.
I-I forgot mine in my room.
I'll meet you guys outside.
Here I go.


[Peter] Whaddya,
got a body in this thing?
Okay, but your flip-flops.
[Dallas] I'll be right back,
Mitch. I forgot the...
-We almost forgot her.
-Oh, isn't that just
the Pereira way?
Dallas, wait.

Take it.
Why?
Because that's what
she would have wanted.

Hey.
What's this?
I decided to stay in one place
for a little while.
-[ Car horn honks ]
-Get your ass out of here.
Let's go.
[Dallas] All right, don't
fucking leave us. We're coming.
[ "Bamboo Bungalow"
by The Commandeers plays ]


There is
a bamboo bungalow
Deep in the jungle,
dontcha know
-[ Car horn honks ]
-Where all the people
can let go
To the sweet sound
of calypso
Come follow me,
and you will see
A tin cabin
in the wood
A getaway
where lovers play
Like only lovers could
There is a bamboo bungalow
Deep in the jungle,
dontcha know
Where all the people
can let go
To the sweet sound
of calypso
Now, leave your woe
and the world you know
Behind you at the door
Step inside to take a ride
Like you never rode before
There is a bamboo bungalow
Deep in the jungle,
dontcha know
Where all the people
can let go
To the sweet sound
of calypso
Calypso!




You can find us here,
just disappear
And take the path unknown
Join the fun with everyone
You'll never be alone
There is a bamboo bungalow
Deep in the jungle,
dontcha know
Where all the people
can let go
To the sweet sound
of calypso
There is a bamboo bungalow
Deep in the jungle,
dontcha know
Where all the people
can let go
To the sweet sound
of calypso
Calypso!

Bamboo!

Bungalow!

Very good, now!

Calypso!