Final 48 (2021) Movie Script
1
(ambient music)
(bird chirping)
(soft orchestral music)
(clock ticking)
- Oh look,
your holdings with
Vanguard have gone up,
they're very good,
actually up 15%,
and they're actually,
they're talking
about a bull market
coming towards the
end of the year, so,
just hold on there and
you will be richer.
You need that?
You really don't need that.
(doorbell ringing)
Bloody hell.
Here we go.
Francesca.
- Chess please,
call me Chess.
- Chess, hi.
- You are?
- My name is Kent Barber.
And you must be Camilla?
- I am.
- Lovely to meet you.
- Same.
- How was your journey, good?
- Yeah.
- Yeah,
it was fine.
- You look a bit dazed.
- It was a long.
- It is so nice in here.
- I'm a little tired.
- Good to be home?
- Yeah.
- Is there anyone else here?
- No, it's just us,
and obviously, your father.
- How is Hudson?
- He's,
moving on, shall we say,
which is, I assume
why you're here.
Let me introduce myself,
my name is Kent Barber,
I am your father's
palliative care assistant,
I'm here to improve
his quality of life
and execute his final wishes,
which brings me on
to my next point.
Could you please follow
me into the study
as we need to take
care of some paperwork
before anything else happens?
- You know, Kent,
we've had a long trip,
I just would like to
get up to our room,
get unpacked, rest a little
bit and then we'll talk about.
- I understand,
that's not possible.
- Whatever
you need to talk about.
- That's not possible
unfortunately,
your father's
wishes are explicit,
and I'm sure you're aware of
your father's temperament,
so if we could just.
- Trust me,
I know my father's temperament,
but my bedroom is
just up the stairs.
- It'll take five minutes,
into the study.
Your father's wishes
are very clear.
We don't want to
upset him, do we?
Especially towards
the end of his life.
- No, we don't wanna
upset Hudson, do we?
- No.
If you can follow me.
I'm sure you know.
- I know the way, too.
- Yes, of course, Chess.
Oh, you can leave your
suitcases over there.
Please take a seat on the sofa.
You'll see in front
of you the letter
that your father asked me
to witness you signing.
- It has both our names.
- I'm sorry.
I'll take care of it.
- It's very simple.
- Beneficiary affidavit
prepared by Todd Niece, Esquire,
Niece, Bolton and
Linsky, Attorneys at Law.
As heirs to the asset
of Hudson Mills Graham
valued at $850 million,
Mister Graham has
mandated the terms
contained in this document
for your inclusion in his
last will and testament.
Francesca Doris Graham Spencer
and Camilla Hudson Spencer
must complete the following.
Francesca and Camilla shall
remain in the residence
upon signing this affidavit
for a minimum of 48 hours
prior to the death
of Mister Graham.
they shall not leave the
grounds until dismissed
by Mister Graham's licensed
nurse practitioner.
- That's me.
- Yeah, Kent.
- Barber.
- At the time of
Mister Graham's death,
or with the written approval of
Mister Barber.
- [Camilla] Wait, wait.
- Francesca shall sleep
in her childhood bedroom,
and may not sleep in any
other room of the residence.
Camilla may sleep in a
room of her choosing,
either with Francesca or in
an unoccupied guest room.
All guests invited
to the resident
by Mister Graham dine
together in the same room
a minimum of five times
during their stay.
- Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait, Mom,
why do you have to sleep
in your childhood bedroom?
- I don't know,
I don't know why I have
to sign this document
to come into my
childhood home either.
I don't understand any of this.
- Okay, let's make it
all make sense, look.
- Francesca shall work
with the other guests
to divide the personal property
contained within the resident,
a fully executed affidavit
must be delivered in
person to Mister Graham
at his bedside immediately,
in order to stay
and gain full access
to the residence and grounds.
The kitchen.
- The kitchen
is stocked with
enough provisions
to accommodate the invited
guests' stay on the premises.
All arrangements
for final services
and interment of Mister
Graham have been made
and financially secured.
Your attendance and
participation is requested,
but not mandatory.
- You're free to leave.
- By signing this affidavit,
you agree to the terms
herein and understand
that failure to abide by all
conditions contained within
shall result in forfeiture
to any and all claims
as an heir to any and all
of Mister Graham's assets
now and in the future.
- So, it's your choice.
- Is it?
Well, you know what?
I can stay at a
hotel up the street
that doesn't require me to
sign any kind of paperwork,
I mean, what.
- Francesca.
You can do what you want.
- You'll call me Chess.
- Hey.
Just give us a moment.
- Sweetie, we don't
have to do this,
we don't need this.
- He will be gone in a few days,
this is the last,
this is the end.
Why don't you want to stay?
What's really?
- Because I,
don't like being manipulated.
- Well, you came here so,
why not play along?
- Are we still the
only ones here?
- So if I don't.
- It's just us, right?
Is it just us?
- If I don't sign this,
can I see him?
- No, you may not.
If you do not sign that paper,
your next stop will
be out the front door.
- Oh, you know what?
Trust me, that's
something I'm used to.
Camilla, what are you doing?
- It's a really good,
it's,
he's gonna be gone.
- I don't like hearing
that, it's so insensitive.
- I mean it's my mom's
father, she's hurt.
- Look, I would implore
you to sign that paper.
There must be some
good memories here.
- You don't know anything.
I have a strong suspicion
you don't know anything.
- Mom, you're not
giving me any reasons
not to sign this paper.
- Why don't you wanna sign it?
- I mean,
we're not gonna
team up on her.
- Because.
- That's what we're not.
- I'm tired,
of his manipulative games.
- You're doing what's right.
- Play along.
- Just, you know, can
you stop saying that?
Play along, this isn't a game,
this isn't a legal transaction,
this isn't,
this is,
I'm his daughter.
- This is real life.
- [Kent] This is real life.
- Can you just
shut up.
Oh, my gosh.
- Yes, Francesca.
- Oh my gosh,
just stop
saying my name,
could you stop saying
just anything, just.
- Absolutely.
I won't say another word.
- Oh gosh.
Sorry, mom.
- Do you wanna stay here?
- I do.
Honestly, I do.
- Why?
- I just,
I mean, I want,
I care about family.
I don't understand why
you ever wanted to leave.
Can you just tell
me what's going on?
Why don't you want to sign?
- Well done,
you may now see your father.
There he is.
If you could place this on
the side table, thank you.
- What happened to him?
- He presented with late stage
dementia about two weeks ago,
and, well, he's been
comatose for about two weeks.
- What am I supposed
to do with this?
- Present it to him and then
place it on the side table
as I literally just
said when we came in.
- When was the last
time he was lucid?
- Two months ago.
- And is that when he
planned all of this?
- And why wouldn't
you reach out earlier?
- I'm merely his caretaker.
If you have any questions,
you should contact
his attorneys.
In the meantime,
you are in the presence
of your grandfather,
and your father.
- I know.
I don't need you
to tell me that.
- Perhaps you should stop
directing your attention to me
and focus on him.
I would appreciate it if you
didn't scrunch up that letter.
Thank you.
- What's.
- I think you are a
little smug, little prick.
I have had it with
your attitude.
How long have you known him?
- I'm sorry.
- Shh, shh.
- They don't mean to
upset you sir, it's fine.
- Upset him?
He's comatose.
How long have you known him?
- [Kent] He can still hear.
- How long have you known him?
- Answer her.
- For a good number of years.
- Just stop acting
like you know me.
I'm not entirely
convinced you know him,
but I am pretty damn
certain you don't know me,
so just knock it off.
- You know, I don't
appreciate your attitude here.
- Can't she have a moment?
This is her father.
- This is exactly what
I've been asking her to do,
but she shouted.
- Can you know,
can you go away?
- I also have a
note to give you.
If you could take this
note I'd be very grateful,
then I will leave you.
Camilla?
Could you give this to
your mother, please?
I would be happy to remove
myself from this environment.
Thank you.
- You okay?
- Dad?
Dad, can you hear me?
Dad?
Do you remember the
time we went to Italy?
Those blue caves
in the boat,
and you were rowing.
Dad,
I thought you were the
strongest man in the world,
with the blue wall around.
I miss that dad.
(Chess sobbing)
I'm okay,
it's okay, let's go,
let's go upstairs.
- You're sure?
- Yeah, I'm okay,
it's okay, it's okay.
I'm sorry,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.
- I love you mom.
- I know honey.
I'm sorry.
Sweetie, I'm sorry.
- I love you.
- It's gonna be okay.
- I cannot not believe
we're in your room.
- He hasn't changed a thing,
it's exactly the same.
Look,
my doggie.
Oh my God.
Look,
oh, toys.
- [Camilla] Wait.
- [Chess] Oh, my gosh.
- Did you ride horses?
- Yeah,
didn't I ever tell you that?
- No, I would love
to ride horses.
- Oh yeah, it was,
it was a lot of fun,
I loved it.
- Look at all of these awards.
How could you
forget that detail?
- Sorry, I don't know, I just,
I had to stop and,
I don't know,
it just seemed easier
to put it behind me.
- [Camilla] What made you stop?
- Your grandfather.
- Why would he make you stop?
- I busted my arm,
and I wanted get right back on,
you know, whenever
you fall off a horse,
you get right back on, right?
And I was ready to
get back on but,
it really bothered
him, and he said,
either I quit or else
he'd sell everything,
sell them all.
- Sell what, your horses?
- Yeah, my babies.
- Are there horses back there.
- No, but look,
there, do you see that
house right there?
That's Alice's house,
and at night we
would send each other
some flashlight signals.
- Wait, Aunt Ally lived there?
- Yeah, yeah, see that
house right there?
And we'd signal each
other with the thing.
- Wow.
- It was so fun.
Yeah, I mean, we could
have just called,
but where's the fun of that?
- Wow.
- Oh, look at this.
- Oh, my gosh.
- The same, it's all the same,
like nothing ever changed.
My mom helped me pick out this.
We were gonna paint the
room this color right here.
- Was this your favorite color?
- Mm-hm, but we never
got around to it.
- Gosh.
Williams School Honor Society.
- From high school.
- Mom.
So you always went by Spencer,
even back in high school?
- Well,
yeah, I started
going by Spencer,
then when I was in college I
legally changed it to Spencer.
I was done with being a Graham.
- That's not Ken, is it?
- No.
HMG.
- Hudson.
- It's Hudson.
Perception is strong
and sight is weak,
in strategy it is important
to see distant things
as if they were close,
and take a distant
view of close things.
Life is for the living.
I don't know what
that's supposed to mean.
- Wait.
- He called me Chess
when I was little,
because he said I
could always see
you're working on some kind
of strategy in your eyes.
Strategy,
I know what the strategy is now.
- But it's important
to see distant things
as if they were close,
and to take a distant
view of close things.
You don't have any idea?
(doorbell ringing)
- Oh God, now what?
- Daggett,
welcome back.
You must be Bronson.
- I am.
- Did you have a good journey?
- I think so.
- Yeah, it was a long one,
just I need one second.
- You think so?
- So this is.
Yeah.
- This is the place, son.
- Indeed it is.
- It's been a long journey,
we're gonna freshen up,
I wanna show you around.
- Unfortunately Daggett,
I have something to,
I have something to tell you.
- I'm sorry,
can you tell me
who you are again?
- Absolutely,
my name is Kent Barber,
I am your father's
palliative care assistant,
I'm here to improve
his quality of life.
- I will definitely have
questions about that,
we're just gonna
freshen up first.
- Before you go, I do
have something to tell you
that your father
has explicit wishes
for you to follow
me into the study
and sign some paperwork
before you see any.
- I'm sorry,
sign paperwork?
This is my house,
I grew up in this house.
- It's not your house, is it?
- It certainly is, it's my
childhood home, I grew up here.
- You don't live
here now, do you?
- I don't understand what
that has to do with anything.
What kind of papers,
why would I sign papers?
- When you're in
your father's house,
you follow his rules
and these are his rules,
or you're free to leave.
- I'm sorry.
- Please follow me.
- Let's follow him.
- You can leave your
bags on the side there.
Please take a seat on the sofa.
Thank you.
Now you'll see before
you the letter,
that your father
Daggett, had drawn up.
You cannot gain access
to the rest of the house
until I see that
letter has signed
and we deliver it
to your father.
It's your choice.
- First of all,
people call me Clay.
Secondly,
I'm not happy with any of this.
- Well, your happiness.
- I know that.
- Really Isn't my concern.
- As heirs to the assets
of Hudson Mills Graham
valued at $850 million,
Mister Graham has
mandated the terms
contained in this document
for your inclusion
in his last will and testament.
Daggett Clayton Graham and
Bronson Clayton Piazzo-Graham
must complete the following.
Daggett and Bronson shall
remain in the residence
upon signing this affidavit
for a minimum of 48 hours
prior to the death
of Mister Graham.
They shall not leave the
grounds until dismissed
by Mister Graham's licensed
nurse practitioner,
Kent Barber,
at the time of Mister
Graham's death,
or with written approval
of Mister Barber.
Finish this please.
- Yeah, I got you.
Number two, Daggett shall
sleep in his childhood bedroom
and may not sleep in any
other room at the residence.
Three, Bronson may sleep
in a room of his choosing,
either with Daggett or in
an unoccupied guest room.
Four, all guests invited in
the residence by Mister Graham
must dine together
in the same room,
a minimum of five times
during the day, your stay.
Five, Daggett and Bronson
shall visit Mister Graham
each morning and each evening
to receive health updates,
at a time to be determined
by Mister Graham's LNP.
Six, Daggett shall
work with other guests
to divide the personal property
contained within the residence.
Seven, the fully
executed affidavit,
should I say that?
- Affidavit.
- Affidavit?
Must be delivered in
person to Mister Graham
at his bedside immediately
in order to stay
and gain full access
to the residence and grounds.
The kitchen is stocked
with enough provisions
to accommodate the invited
guests' stay on the premises.
All arrangements
for final services
and intermittent of Mister
Graham have been made
and financially secured.
Your attendance
and participation
is requested but not mandatory.
By signing this affidavit,
you agree to the terms here
and understand the
failure to abide
by all conditions contained
within shall result
in forfeiture
to any and all claims
as inherit to any
and all of Mr Graham's
assets now and in the future.
- [Kent] Do you understand?
- Failure to abide
by all conditions.
- Do you understand, Clay?
- This is madness.
- It's simple, is what it is.
- Just sign it, dad.
- I'd listen to your
son if were you.
- I've heard enough
out of you, thank you.
- Have you?
You'll be hearing a
little bit more from me.
Quite a bit.
- This is for you.
- I'm here for you.
- Well done.
- I used to play in this office,
when my father worked
before he was born.
- Well done.
Next stop,
your father's bedroom.
- Fine.
- Follow me.
So Clay,
there is your father,
could you please take this
and present it to him?
Thank you Bronson,
and then.
- How do I present it to him,
he's not even,
he's not even awake.
Is he responsive?
- He's aware of you, definitely.
He's on 120 milligrams
of haloperidol
which is an antipsychotic, and
10 milligrams of dilaudid a day.
- Why would you do that?
- He's in a deep
amount of pain, sir.
- Hudson?
Dad?
This is your grandchild,
Bronson.
- How's it going, Pop?
- He wanted to meet you.
- Sorry dad.
- I know it's been
a long time but,
I couldn't come home.
I don't know if
you wanted me to,
but I have a family.
Things are going well.
- I really don't
know what to say,
never really,
never really knew you, but,
you know I'm a musician.
- He's really good,
he's really good,
so proud of him.
- Yeah, we just got
back from a tour,
that's pretty cool,
and got to see a lot of Europe,
which was really beautiful,
I didn't ever think
I'd be over there.
- Maybe we'll play some of
his music for you later.
- I'm sure he would love that.
Clay,
your father wanted you
to have this as well,
it's a personal
handwritten note.
- I must open it now?
- It's up to you.
I can leave you two to be.
- Yes, please.
- Yes.
- Why didn't you
tell me this before?
I never knew you felt this way.
He always wanted me to fit in.
Well, I didn't fit in,
but I did just fine.
Let's go.
I have seen enough.
- I'll take care of him.
Wow.
- Yeah,
it's seems a lot smaller
than when I was a kid.
- It's not what I was expecting.
- You thought it
might be brighter.
- Yeah, it's a little bland.
- Yeah, well, that was
probably my mood back then.
I also tried to
put the color into
photographs that I took.
I used to play around
with that thing a lot,
tried to learn how to edit.
That was my dark room,
that closet over there.
Did some good stuff
here, look at this.
Aunt Lola used to buy
those all the time.
- And you took these?
- Put a bunch of
them together, yeah.
- Wow.
A Little artist, huh?
- Yeah, I don't know if
it was a gift or a refuge.
- You know dad,
was I kind of weird downstairs?
'Cause I really don't
know grandpa that well,
so I kind of felt,
felt kind of weird, you know.
- Yeah, says a little
something about me,
or what he thought was me.
- Clay,
the person who follows the
crowd will usually get,
usually go no further
than the crowd.
The person who walks alone
is likely to find
himself in places,
no one has ever seen before.
- He always wanted me
to be part of the crowd.
He always wanted everyone
to be part of the crowd,
that's how he thought
I would fit in.
- [Bronson] What do you mean?
- But,
he walked alone a lot.
He left us for long stretches.
He was always away on
business doing his own thing.
I don't know, it's like,
what I had to
discover on my own,
he discovered it on his own.
I just wish we could
have done it together.
- So like what,
what happened?
You guys seemed to like kinda
lost connection after a while.
- I wasn't the son he
thought I was supposed to be,
and I think he saw mom in Chess.
Mom was gone and he
couldn't stand it.
It was like it was hard
for him to look at her,
because she represented
everything that he had lost,
his fault in many ways,
and he couldn't look at me
because I represented everything
he abhorred.
Funny thing is maybe
if he could see me now,
maybe he would be proud of me.
I don't know.
(doorbell ringing)
Oh, I wonder if
that's Chess or JR?
(doorbell ringing)
- JR.
- How are you today?
- I'm better now
that I've seen you.
- How's the old man holding up?
- It's coming close.
Would you like me
to take your bag?
- Well, who else is here?
- Well, we've got a full house.
- I see.
Sure, you can take my bag.
- Absolutely sir.
Now, your father has
some specific requests
before we continue.
If you could follow
me into the study
he'd like you to
sign some paperwork.
- No problem.
- Thank you, JR.
Right this way, JR.
I'll put your bag down here.
Please take a seat on the sofa.
So, this is the letter that
your father had me draw up.
If you care to read it,
and if you decide to sign it,
fine, if you don't,
that's also fine.
Then we'll go into
your father's room
and deliver the letter.
Take your time.
It's straight to the point,
just like your father.
Good man, JR.
Good man.
- There you are.
- Right, yeah.
Excellent, let's get
this underway then.
- Yeah, I guess it's time
to go face the music.
- Very good, this way.
Right this way, JR.
- Hey dad.
- Here you go.
- Here's the letter
you wanted us to sign.
Everyone's here.
I had a little something
I wanted to give you,
it kind of represents,
the journey I've had
in life in a way,
and I know I was a
terrible son at times and,
anyway, there was a ministry
that started in prison
and these bracelets
are actually made
out of torn pages of magazines,
to kind of represent how
some of us tear our lives up,
and we're ripped apart.
And the guy who
started this ministry,
he has a very similar
story to mine and yours,
and it's called, "Torn Pages."
And I just wanted
to give you this,
kind of as a symbol
of my love for you.
I've got one too.
I knew you liked brown better,
and I like my
colors as you know.
I love you dad.
I hope you rest easy and,
maybe one day I'll see
you on the other side.
- JR,
that
was beautiful.
He wanted you also to
have another special note,
especially for you sir.
I'll let you open that alone,
and my condolences.
- All right, thanks Kent.
I have to get my eyes dad,
I can't see worth a damn.
JR, it is not the strongest
of the species that survive,
nor the most intelligent,
but the one most
responsive to change,
Charles Darwin.
Life is for the living.
Thank you dad.
Means a lot.
- This is the kitchen,
only it didn't look like
this when I was here.
- Good, 'cause I am hungry.
- Anything,
bigly healthy in here?
- [Camilla] Oh, whoa.
I'll take chips,
I don't kinda want a
healthy option today.
It's been a long day.
- Well, this is where
the kitchen always was,
but this isn't how it looked.
Hey you.
- Did he tell you about
the European trip?
- Oh, you know, I'm
married to the (muffled).
- Did you all meet Kent?
- Yes.
Yes.
Well, he's not really,
you know, getting
along with him, but.
- Look at that.
- She's not either.
- How's it going?
- What, they don't
sell razors in Oregon?
- I know.
- Good to see you.
- Me too.
- Goodness you've grown,
you are more handsome.
Look at that face.
- I just a little hair in
here would be nice, you know.
- (squealing) JR.
- Hey, how's it going Chess?
You look wonderful.
- Look at you.
- Beats prison stripes, huh?
- Well, you kind of stuck
with the stripe theme,
you are so dapper looking.
- Wait, who is this?
- This is your Uncle JR.
This is my daughter, Camilla.
- So this is the
fuckin' homophobe.
- Camilla.
- No.
- JR, she's just upset
because you didn't come
to her Uncle Clay's wedding.
- People can change.
- He's.
- Hey.
What's you been up to?
- Good to see you,
you look good.
- Thanks, you too.
- You look good, Bronson.
Good to see you buddy.
- Good to see you.
- Cookies and milk, anybody?
- I could go for some water.
- Some water.
- So how long have
you been here?
- We just got here
a little while ago.
It's been a busy
hour or so.
- [Chess] Okay.
- Lot of surprises.
- What is with this house?
- What is with the gatekeeper?
- Kent?
I hate that guy.
- Well, I guess dad thought
he needed to hire a caregiver.
- I assume you all
got the contract.
- He's not just a care-
What is with the contract?
Did you sign it?
Yeah, we were asked to sign.
- Yeah, I signed one,
couldn't get in
without signing it.
- I told you this family is
always based on transactions.
- First of all, he
pays me to leave,
and now he's paying me to stay.
- [Clay] At least he paid you.
- Yeah, I guess I can't
complain, I have my school.
- I didn't ask, it was kinda.
- My mom.
- [Clay] So I assume everybody
signed it without question?
- Brother, look at you,
you're getting gray.
Yeah, we're both
getting gray, huh?
- [Clay] That happened
a long time ago.
- Giorgio didn't wanna come
and join the fun
family time here?
- He rarely leaves the
kitchen right now, we are-
- [JR] Yeah, how's
the restaurant going?
- You know the restaurant
businesses, it's always hard.
- That is a rough.
- Giorgio's is
always doing well.
Chess,
gets busy at times,
and then at other
times it's not as busy,
but it's your
namesake restaurant,
and it will be there for
as long as I'm there, so.
- Wow.
- How about you,
how's life outside?
- Well, it's been
pretty good, you know.
- I might go swimming.
- I started my own kind
of ministry program,
because,
I mean,
you know how long it took
me to get my act together,
and it really helps me a
lot to help other people,
and you know, I discovered
once I got sober
that I was really
good at, you know,
talking people off
a ledge so to speak.
So that's kind of
what I put my mind to,
and I started my
own rehab program.
- Wow.
- About eight people.
- So you have your
own ministry program,
and your own rehab program?
- Yeah, I got close
to God in jail,
and then when I got out,
and I went through
AA and everything.
I knew I had to change
my life because,
I was gonna end up dead.
I already was dead inside
for a lot of years.
I mean, you know what it was
like growing up in this house.
- Everybody finds God
in the foxhole, JR.
- My whole life was a foxhole.
- Well, it doesn't matter,
as long as it's
what is helping him
find meaning in his life,
and staying on the
straight and narrow.
If that's what's
doing it for you,
I'm all for it, dude.
- Well, I appreciate it,
and I really
appreciate everything
that you guys have done for me.
I mean, you know, you should
have kicked me to the curb
a long time ago probably.
- Yeah, probably.
- I deserved that.
- You know, that's
what family is for,
we're supposed to be, so,
hopefully in this
round of family,
we did a little
better and tried to.
- Dad was no model father.
And he wasn't really
there for any of us.
- Speaking of that, I
hate to jump to this, but,
I would just as soon take care
of the memories in this house
by selling everything in it.
- Big houses like this aren't
moving too well these days.
I mean, most people
are minimalist.
It's kind of hard to sell
a big place like this.
- We'll do it.
I think it needs to be done,
everything and everything in it.
- Well, I'd really rather
not sell the house.
- I'm sorry?
- Well, this place was a
nightmare growing up for me.
I've got a really great family
now, and we like the area.
I'd like to move
my family in here,
you know, I don't
care about the stuff.
- Nightmare for you, you
were hardly in the house.
I grew up in this house.
- This house?
- I had to leave this house
because all that drama.
- You had to leave
because of the way
you spent your childhood, JR.
I am sorry to bring this up,
but I floated you
for a long time.
I want nothing in this house.
Now, if you'd like to buy me
out, I am happy to discuss it,
including what you owe me.
But I was happy to help you,
I'm happy where you are,
but I want to never
come back to this house.
I'd like to never
see this house again.
- Well, that's your prerogative,
but I have a different
perspective on it,
and I think I did
the things I did
because of the family
that I grew up in.
- Then you should want to get
rid of this house as well.
- But I don't want
to get rid of it.
- Why?
- Look, I don't mind
buying out your interest,
but I don't mind staying here.
If I buy you out,
what is the problem?
- It's okay by me.
- I'm just having
trouble understanding
why he would wanna
stay in this house.
I mean, don't you
wanna go somewhere else
and start a new life with Anna?
- I already started a new life,
and this house has
nothing to do with it.
I'd like to make this place
a place of happy memories,
forget about the past.
I mean, I lost my wife Rhonda.
I spent almost half
of my life in prison.
That's why I got this
commemorative tattoo
to celebrate my
freedom and new life.
- JR, we know you've been
through a really rough time,
but you have come
out on the other side
and no one is happier
about that than me,
but, I'm not sure
if you really know
what you're getting into when
you move into this house.
- Hang on, hang on,
I need to take this call.
- Are you still trying to
make sense of that note?
- Yes.
My gosh, the man finally speaks
something to me, and it's
impossible to understand.
What are those treasures?
Look, what are those
treasure chest things.
- Oh, the yellow thing and
the blue thing next to it?
- Yeah.
- Go, go, go, go,
go look at it.
- What is it?
- Go, go, go, go look at it.
It's fun, I promise you.
(knocking on door)
Hey, come on in.
- [Clay] Looking for a party.
- Hey, you found right place,
you found the right place.
- [Clay] Wow, it still
looks like the party room.
- I know,
was your room the same?
- Just like always.
- Clay, was your room the same?
- You know, my room
was like a closet.
- Wow.
- The closet I didn't come out
of for a long time, remember?
How we used to talk about that.
- Look at this.
- [JR] Black sheep is back.
- Hey.
- [Chess] Hey.
- [Camilla] Uncle JR.
- Wow, I can't believe those
records are still here.
- [Chess] Why not?
- Let me figure out.
- Those things might
be worth something.
- I can't imagine,
you two love, love, love.
- They changed nothing
about your room.
- [Camilla] You know what?
I think we have a lucky one.
- [JR] Do you know
how to use that thing?
- [Chess] Yeah, she
may need your help.
- You want the
homophobe to show you?
- [Chess] She may
need your help.
- I think I may need
your help, Uncle JR.
- [Clay] Do you ever ride still?
- [Chess] Not here, no.
but I have some really big dogs.
- Can't ride those.
- [Clay] Just to
remind you of those.
- Not unless I hated them.
- Oh my gosh.
- [Chess] And really.
- Wow, that song.
- Yeah.
In a crowded
honky-tonk is where
She finally broke the news
- Play what they played
at the funeral.
I'm afraid to say
The time has come
- Dance with a homophobe?
That wasn't exactly a good
way to meet your uncle.
- I'm sorry.
- We should do it this way.
- I'll be over here.
- Wait, you have a tattoo?
I always wanted a tattoo.
Well, I'm not really into 'em.
- Do what?
- I love art mom.
- I like your pants by the way.
(doorbell ringing)
- What in the world
is someone doing here?
Thought everyone
was already here.
(bell door ringing)
- Hello?
- Hello,
please come in.
Oh, let me help you with that.
Lola, please do come in.
You must be Gwen?
- Yes,
that is me.
- It's a pleasure to meet you.
How was your journey?
- Fine.
- It was good.
- [Kent] Good.
- How is Hudson doing?
- He is
coming towards the
end, shall we say.
Forgive me,
I didn't introduce myself.
My name is Kent Barber.
I am Hudson's palliative
care assistant.
Yes, I'm here to improve
his quality of life,
and to help him in
whatever he needs,
and one of the things
that we've got to do
before you have access
to the house is,
to sign a small piece of
paperwork that he's drawn up.
We will need to
go into the study.
Do you remember
where the study is?
- [Lola] Yes I do,
of course.
So many memories.
- [Kent] Oh darling.
- You know who the
hell they were?
- I figured you guys might.
- Who is that?
Did you recognize her? No.
Did you recognize?
- How many surprises
are we going to get
on this little visit?
- The older one looked
a little familiar,
- This has something
to do with Kent
and the whole
transaction, I'm sure.
- That Kent is pissing me off.
What,
freaking.
- Hey do you,
do guys wanna know.
- Don't let him get to you,
he's just doing his job.
- Actually you know what,
you guys just hang out here.
- What is his job,
is his job to me piss me off?
'Cause his doing his job.
- Lets talk, let's talk.
We have got to figure this out.
- Who's that?
- I don't have a clue
who those women are.
- Just,
she's the one who's been
decorating this house.
She's like dad's
girlfriend or something.
I mean, look at this house.
He didn't decorate
this house, it's all.
- All I care about is
whether he gave someone else
power of attorney,
and if someone
else holds the key
to everything that's
happening here.
- He wouldn't do.
- And that doesn't
come from greed,
I just don't want arguments,
I don't want any more conflict.
I just want this settled.
- Why are we here?
Well, I know why we are here.
- Yeah.
- But,
there's so much else going on,
so, I don't know
if we are going to,
you know?
- It's probably not a good time.
- No, I don't think so.
- We're gonna have to
hold it off a little bit.
A lot of bit.
Let's go see if we could
find out who that was.
- So,
so I've gotta stay
here for two days.
- 48 hours, exactly.
But unless you sign that,
you won't be allowed to
anywhere else in the house
and you'll need to leave.
But I don't want you to go.
- Okay, I'll go
ahead and sign it.
- You can leave your
luggage in the hallway.
There he is.
He's still aware of you,
even though he looks
like he's unconscious,
he's still aware of you.
Oh, if I could give
this to you Gwen
and just present it to
him in however you feel
is appropriate and necessary,
then the contract
would be completed.
- So, Hudson you want me to
stay here
for two days, for 48 hours,
and you want me to come
and see you every morning
and every evening,
and I'll do that, I will.
- [Lola] And I'll come see you
every morning and every evening,
and I do forgive you.
- Gwen?
Lola?
You must be very tired
from your journey.
Please help yourself do
anything in the kitchen.
- Maybe if we find out,
if we get to the bottom of this.
- But the only way
we're gonna find out
is to go down there and
find out together right now.
- Do you wanna confront her?
- It doesn't bother me.
I've confronted.
(knocking on door)
- Hey, we figured it out.
- Gwen and Lola.
- [All] Gwen.
- [Camilla] Lola.
- [All] Aunt Lola.
- [Camilla] Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Aunt Lola?
Who would this
person be with her?
- I don't know.
- I don't know but I got
some things to ask her.
- I haven't heard
a peep from Lola
since she left this house.
- Nor have I.
- Abandoned me as a child.
I kind of blame her for some
of the stuff I got into.
- Okay, okay, we
have to find out.
Did you hear anything else?
Did they say anything else?
- Not really, no.
- Wait, why are we
sitting here?
- We just heard the names.
- After all these years
and they're here because
they were invited,
so why would he invite her?
With, who is she with?
- And when?
- How and that.
- If he's in the state
that he's in now,
when did this all happen?
- I wanna know why she
left in the first place.
- I mean, we all were invited.
- Hated him or us or
whatever enough to leave,
why would she come back?
Unless she's greedy
and she wants.
- Aunt Lola?
Aunt Lola?
- She does not get to leave us
and then waltz back
in the last minute
and pick up the pieces.
- Do you guys know why she left?
- I have no idea why she left.
- I don't either.
- Well I do,
but I wanna find out who
this other person is.
- Clay.
- Let's go.
- Clay, why did she leave?
- Say that again.
- The house hasn't
changed at all.
- I don't think
it's changed, look.
- Well, Aunt Lola, can
you imagine my surprise
to see you after
all these years?
- How are you,
how are you Clay?
- You think you're surprised?
- But I'm a little
stunned Aunt Lola.
- Why are you here?
- JR.
- Don't touch me, you
ran off and abandoned me.
- Easy, easy JR,
let's just find out
what's going on.
Excuse me, who are you?
- Chess, Chess.
- I am the one that
brought Lola with me.
- And who are you?
- She's my guest.
I am Hudson's daughter.
- I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
Chess,
excuse me.
- Hudson is my father.
- Hudson is your father?
- Yes,
that means that
you're my siblings.
- With who?
- Who's your mother?
- You can ask Hudson.
- No, actually we can't,
because he's dying upstairs,
and you come up out of nowhere.
We don't know who you are.
- [JR] You're just a gold digger
looking for our money.
- Why you're here
and what you want.
- If I was a gold digger,
then why would Hudson
invite me here?
- We don't know that
he invited you here,
can you prove what you say?
- Why are you here?
- And what do you have to do
with her, Aunt Lola?
- She is my guest.
- Yeah, we got
that he first time,
that explains nothing.
- Clay, Aunt Lola,
why are you here?
Why after all these
years have you come back?
- I missed you, I missed you
you know, I missed you.
- Really?
- You missed me so much
that you just ran off
and left me when
I was just a kid.
- Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
but I just had to,
I had to go, I had to go.
(person clapping)
- Ladies and gentlemen.
Today, well, now at this time,
Hudson is requiring you
to keep the volume down.
- I thought he was
unresponsive right now?
- He is aware of things
that are going on,
he may have end stage dementia,
but it doesn't mean
he's completely unaware
and completely comatose.
So, if we could
keep the volume down
and go up to the bedroom
as per his requests.
- You're pretty loud yourself.
- Well, you need to be
loud over certain people.
- Maybe you could actually
explain who this person is,
how she got here.
- I already told you who I am.
- And what she has do with all.
- I told you that
Hudson is my father.
I don't care if you believe me?
- I said it is
important to be quiet
and not be banging
tables please.
- Children, children.
- I have to agree
with Kent right now,
dad is very sick.
- Thank you.
- So let's just chill.
(talking over each other)
- This is a meeting
that involves a will
and there is someone
here that doesn't belong.
- All will be revealed in time.
- That is not for you to say
that I do belong.
- If we could be grown ups
about this, and not
spoiled children,
then that would be
very beneficial.
- Kent, we are having
a family moment here,
that as far as I can tell
has nothing to do with you,
so if you could please leave.
I understand,
we'll keep it down.
- Francesca.
- But I need you to,
call me Francesca one more time!
- Relax.
- Your father is very ill.
- You're getting your blood
pressure up for no reason.
- Chess quit.
- Your father is very ill.
- I am aware of my
father being ill,
I saw him.
- It doesn't sound like it.
- Can you please leave us alone?
We have a family moment.
- I am here to exact
your father wishes.
- Okay, all right, all
right, enough, enough.
- We will go up
and we will say goodnight.
- Thank you very much.
- Then when we come back,
since you are the holder
of all the knowledge,
you will tell us what the
hell is going on here.
- I will do my utmost to
make the peace last, okay?
If you could follow me
up then to the bedroom,
that would be excellent,
I'm sure your father
will be very, very happy.
He only wishes for goodness
and happiness to prevail.
- [Clay] Let's just
get up there.
- I've gotta go.
- [Clay] So we can get
to the bottom of this.
- Chess, you need to
go upstairs with us.
- Remember he's asleep, so
please do bear that in mind.
Take your place around his bed.
Sure that he's aware of you,
cares about you,
and if we could just
give a moment of silence,
just the thoughts that
may come into your head,
just let them happen,
be present with him,
he's present with
you at all times,
so if we could just
keep that in your mind,
very grateful.
- Oh Hudson, I can't keep
it a secret any longer.
Chess, JR,
Clay,
you deserve to know the truth.
I know I left you all
those long years ago
and you have every
right to be angry,
but I had to leave,
I had to.
You see, your father and
I had fallen in love.
We even talked about
getting married.
That last night when I left,
there was a terrible argument,
I have never seen him so angry.
He pushed me.
He wouldn't listen to reason.
He said I had two choices,
I could either do what
he wanted me to do,
or I had to leave
his home forever,
so I left.
It was only a few
weeks after that,
that I found out I was
carrying his child.
Gwen is our daughter.
I never wanted him to find
out about her, never, never.
- So you're Gwendolyn Spencer?
- [Gwen] Yes.
- So you are a gold digger?
- No.
- Oh, she's our
sister, all right.
- Yes.
- Because I've been
running dad's business
for the last five years,
and I discovered
from a paper trail
that he's paid you
over a million dollars,
and you are not supposed
to be in the will.
- I am in the will though,
and he's the one
that invited me here.
- That was quite
the performance.
When were you going to tell us
that our mother's sister
is our sister's mother?
When were you gonna tell
us about your involvement?
When were you gonna
tell us about all this?
Now this is when you tell us?
- Dad didn't want
anyone to know.
- Oh, dad didn't
want anybody to know.
He never wanted anybody
to know anything,
but we took care of you,
not him, we did that.
- That's right,
and he helped you a lot too,
whether you know it or not,
when you couldn't
buy that restaurant
because they were
prejudiced against you,
because you were gay,
he stepped in and did that,
and they didn't wanna let you
adopt because you were single,
dad stepped in and did that too.
- So I'm supposed
to be grateful,
grateful because he
almighty Hudson Mills Graham
interfered and used his money
to manipulate all of us?
What a grand puppet master.
- Oh, goodness.
Well, this has been quite
the touching family moment,
hasn't it?
It's time now to
retire for the evening.
(birds chirping)
- I can't eat anything,
the smell of it
makes me feel sick.
- Have some apple juice, babe.
Oh, you've got
some, I've got some.
Have some apple juice?
Good morning.
- Good morning.
(chairs banging)
(footsteps approaching)
- So, this house is so big,
how many bedrooms
are there here?
- Anybody want granola?
Hmm?
- I'll take some.
- Of course you will.
- I did bring some
presents for you all.
Would you please
pass this to Chess?
- It's a bird,
is that,
is that a nightingale?
- Yes.
Remember when you
were a little child,
we always used to call you
Little Chess Nightingale.
- Why'd they call you that?
- [JR] She was always
dragging home injured animals.
- Yeah, and she often
saved some of them too.
- That's right,
we were hoping Chess
would become a vet.
- Hmm.
- This is for you Clay.
- Oh.
It's a pocket watch.
- It belonged to your granddad,
all for you, Little
White Rabbit.
- Oh, white rabbit,
like in Alice in Wonderland,
the book, remember?
Oh.
Whatever happened to that book?
- I gave it to Bronson.
- Aww.
- JR,
you know I would
never forget you.
This is for you.
- He shall guide thy path,
Proverbs 3:6,
a compass?
- A little something,
so you'll never get lost again.
- Thank you for the
gifts Aunt Lola.
It was very thoughtful of you.
- Oh, hey, and thank you for
the gift of our new sister.
- Speaking of witch,
I have a few
questions about that,
according to our new CEO,
JR, evidently,
Gwen signed some waivers
before she accepted
any funds from Hudson,
which means she forfeits
any right to an inheritance,
sister or no.
- My attorney disagrees.
He says the will voids
any prior agreement.
- And what exactly do you
expect to gain from being here?
You think you are owed something
because your mom's sister?
- I have no claim to the money.
Camille was like a sister to me,
but we were not
biological sisters.
Her parents took my brother and
I in after our parents died.
- So Gwen here is
your golden ticket?
- Yeah, exactly how
much will it take
to pay you off this time?
- I'll just take the house.
- Good morning, everyone.
I hope you slept well.
Your father is ready and
waiting for his morning visit.
Now, I heard you dividing
up the family property.
Do let me know if you
need any pens, pencils,
I have 2B or 2A,
had some architects drafting-
- Oh, shut up!
- Some paper.
- You sad little
wanker, just shut up!
I am tired of you antagonizing
my family like this,
you bully.
I don't know what Hudson has
paid you to do this to us.
Oh my God, you're a whore.
(Clay laughing)
- Oh, so you want the house?
That means you two have
something in common,
so I'll just leave you to
discuss it amongst yourselves.
Oh.
- I've gotta take this call.
- Well,
that was tense,
wasn't it?
Well, if you're looking
for something fun to do,
there's a whole slew of
games in the family room,
and with that, I bid you adieu.
- Well, would you like to
hear about our European tour?
- Oh yeah, sure.
- I can't believe
we're doing this.
- I love to write.
- Thank you.
- Give it to me.
- I don't know to play this.
- [JR] I can't think
of anything else.
- I will go first,
do you know why?
Because I'm good at this,
and this whole damn
thing is a charade.
- Oh well, you (indistinct).
- We're waiting.
- [Lola] I can't see.
(group laughing)
- Me.
- You?
- [Chess] Eye.
- Fall.
- For you.
- [Chess] To pieces. (screaming)
(all applauding)
- Why are you
congratulating her?
That was all me.
- [Camilla] Oh, it
was pretty good.
- [Clay] Thank you.
She guessed it because I'm good.
- I fall because
she literally did.
- All right, who's next?
- Not me, the only game
I played for 20 years
is a board in the cornhole game.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Cheater, cheater,
cheater, cheater.
Cheater.
- She says I don't want
nothing to do with that one.
- Do it.
- Is it affair,
illegitimate daughter?
- Okay.
- Scam?
- This is fun.
- Okay, good,
we're close already.
Two words?
Speak?
Sing.
Sing?
Singing.
Sing.
- A song.
- Two?
- Sick words.
- Two,
two syllables?
One?
- Syllable?
Second word one syllable.
- Forearm.
- No.
- First word first syllable!
(all laughing)
- That's not how you
play charades, Chess.
(talking over each other)
- Pets?
- Sounds like.
- Stab.
- Stab.
- Kill.
Sounds like kill, okay.
- Bill.
Bill.
- Okay.
- Kill Bill.
- [Camilla] Kill Bill?
- Bill is it a word?
- Second word.
No, first word, second syllable.
Okay, bill.
- Is this a movie
or song or what?
- Building,
billable,
sounds like.
- [Camilla] I Think we
should do another one.
- Scan.
(talking over each other)
See.
Bill see,
Bill,
Bill,
Bill Clinton.
(all laughing)
- No.
- Bill C.
Bill.
- Time's up,
time's up.
(talking over each other)
- [Kent] Quiet.
- Yes sir, everybody
listen to Kent,
- [Kent] I have a box.
- [Chess] Wow, very good,
you've got a box.
- [Man] You're very perceptive.
- You are the one (muffled)
'cause I said I have a box.
This box
was created by Hudson
with lots of different
things for each one of you.
I do hope you enjoy it.
Take your time to
have a look through,
there's something in
there for everybody,
and if you need anything,
I'm sure, you'll be
willing to call me.
Won't you, Daggett?
Well, you have a
lovely smile, Gwen.
- Thank you.
- Thank you very much,
and as always if you need me,
don't forget, you
know, I'm right here,
so you can call me at any time.
- Or not.
- Yeah.
- Thanks again.
- You all look so happy.
- Is there a
rattlesnake in there?
- This guy. (indistinct)
- Do you wanna finish the game?
- All right, let's do this.
- I think it's over.
- Oh, look.
- Do you remember anything?
- That belonged to
Lady Nightingale.
- I don't remember wearing that.
- You don't remember?
- I do remember,
these scarves were my mom's.
- [JR] I remember this.
- [Clay] Just because
you didn't wear that,
they put me in that
because it was blue.
- Oh, to match your eyes.
- Sorry.
- My eyes aren't blue
Aunt Lola, but thank you.
- [Lola] Oh, my goodness.
A medal.
- That's good question.
- Was he in the army?
Not in the army.
- Was dad in the
army or something?
- No, never a soldier.
- For what?
- You could always do that.
- For what?
- Hudson's service medal.
- Well, isn't anybody
gonna remember,
that I knit that,
I knitted that,
I knitted that,
knitted that.
(talking over each other)
- I'm sorry.
- I made that one too.
(talking over each other)
- Definitely mine.
(talking over each other)
Adorable.
I don't think it would fit now.
- You should keep that one too.
- That was yours.
- I'm sure you will.
- Oh yes, I will.
- This is really nice.
- Thank you.
- There a bunch of the postcards
Hudson would send
when he would leave
and not come back for
weeks and weeks and weeks.
- Look at this one.
Clay?
- Oh.
Oh,
that is precious.
- Oh, come on, that is cute.
- That's Chess and Clay.
- We were cute.
- [JR] It's a cute picture.
- [Chess] I loved
my little brother.
- [Clay] And you still do.
- [Chess] And I still do.
- [Lola] What about JR?
- [Chess] I think you
loved him enough Aunt Lola.
- I loved JR too,
but JR wasn't in the picture.
- I wasn't born yet.
- You weren't born yet.
- I couldn't.
- Do you remember how often.
- You weren't born yet.
- Do you remember how often dad
wore this horrible,
terrible tie.
- He did and he wants to.
- And that's mom.
- Is it you or mom?
- [Clay] This was his day of
leaving business trip, tie.
- [Lola] I think
it's your mother,
they didn't take much of me.
- Oh my gosh,
you do cute little.
Oh my goodness,
that's adorable.
- [Lola] Camille.
- No writing on
the back naturally.
They'd never put the year
on the back of the pictures,
what's up with that?
- [Clay] Why would he do this?
- I did not make that one,
I did not make.
- These stripes
are not flattering.
- That's Chess.
- She's beautiful.
- Why would he put
all this together?
It's almost like he
finally feels regret?
- [JR] That I don't have a clue.
- I can't pretend.
- [JR] Good thing I
don't have my glasses on,
I can't see.
- [Lola] He loved
you all, he did.
- [Bronson] These are really
beautiful pictures though.
- [Lola] He was just
too busy making money.
- Yeah, Aunt Lola
you say that a lot,
but you don't really,
explain how that could be.
- Do you see any pictures
of yourself in here?
Oh, these are are yours Clay.
- [JR] Christmas time.
(women squealing)
- Those are cute.
There's gotta be a picture.
- Yes, the beginning of his,
belief in me as a clown.
- Kind of started early.
- Oh, I think you get this.
You made this one.
- Yeah, I used to like
doing pottery and ceramics.
- Ever the artist.
- Yeah, when I
was really little.
- Wow.
- [Clay] You remember this?
Dad gave you that when
you started smoking.
- Oh, JR,
here's your patrol badge.
Do you remember what you
did with the second patrol?
- Yeah, I do.
- Yeah, I remember,
he stole kids lunch money.
- What can I say?
- We found him extorting
money from the kids.
- 25 cents to across the street.
- To sit on a certain bus seat,
they wanted to sit on a school
bus seat with a cute girl.
- Oh, that's JR he was
always resourceful.
- Yeah, that definitely.
- [JR] This one
was a natural born.
- [Camilla] Aunt Lola,
why are you waiting
to tell all this information?
- Not completely.
- But you waited to tell all
this information about him
when he couldn't defend himself.
- [Clay] Yep, that was him.
- [JR] More problems
than you know about.
- I'll go take care of Chess.
- Let's go Clay.
You two stay here.
(knocking on door)
- Chess?
Chess darling.
Oh, what are you doing?
You're not going anywhere.
Chess,
what happened?
- It hasn't happened
in a long time,
and since Camilla was born.
Come and sit by me
sweetheart, like you used to.
- I can't sit down.
Now I thought I could do this.
Well, I thought,
I just wanted Hudson to look
at me in the eye one more time.
He never looked at me in
the eye after that night,
he never looked me in
the eye ever again,
because I was broken.
You were my only ally,
my only ally and you left me,
you left me alone,
and I had no one,
I had no one.
- I had to baby,
I had to go.
- I waited that
night in this bed,
all I wanted was
Hudson to come in here
and put his arms
around me and tell me
I was still his little
girl and he never came.
- I had to go,
I had to go.
After what happened,
after what happened
at the stadium.
You saw the cheering picture
down there, didn't you?
Is that what reminded you of it?
- Yes,
it doesn't matter.
God I was there,
God I can could
see his fat feet,
and I could smell his breath,
he'd been drinking beer,
and he couldn't hold me tight.
(indistinct)
I just wanted him
to leave Clay alone,
I wanted him to
leave him Clay alone.
Why?
(indistinct)
- [Lola] Chess.
- Chess?
Chess.
I heard you, I have
to tell you something.
- I'm sorry.
- No, I'm sorry, you
have to listen to me.
I was secretly
dating William, Gil's brother,
and didn't want to be found out,
and I asked him not
to say anything,
and I asked to cover this up,
and Hudson wanted
to cover it up,
he wanted it to go away,
that's why they fought,
and that's why she left,
because Hudson wanted to
suppress the whole thing,
and as soon as Gil
killed himself.
- [Chess] God it was you.
- [Clay] Everybody stopped.
No, no.
- [Chess] It was you
that was scaring us?
Do you know what it's been like?
- I didn't have anyone
to help me anymore.
- I had to keep it all inside,
but I was here for you.
- I know, but you didn't.
- But what?
- Everyone was against me.
No one was on my side.
- Everybody was against me,
they all went at me.
- Do you know what
would've happened
if they had found out then?
They would've beat
me up every day.
They would've killed me.
- So do y'all know anything
about these things?
- I don't know.
- It's just this photo of my
mom when she was cheering,
that really upset her,
like this had to set her off,
but she looks pretty happy
in this photo, right?
- Sorry to interrupt.
You,
I just wanna tell you that
Mister Graham's condition
is declining rapidly.
I've been in touch
with his doctor,
but I will find you when
there's anything more to report.
I'm sorry.
- [Gwen] Well, while
he tells your parents,
do y'all wanna show me
around the house maybe?
- I actually, I just
need a snack right now.
Gosh.
- [Clay] I was so frightened.
- [Chess] Everybody blamed
me, Hudson blamed me.
- It wasn't your fault.
- No, you're damn right,
it wasn't my fault.
- Nobody blamed you,
we just wanted it to go away.
- I was blamed
because Gil raped me.
I was raped because he was a
rapist, and no other reason,
and just once it
would've been nice
if someone could
have told me that.
- Well, I took care of
it the best that I could.
I took care of the
son of a bitch.
- You killed Gil?
- I spiked his cocaine
with a little something.
- Why?
- Because nobody else was gonna
do anything about it.
- Do you know what
you took away from me?
- Well, those two
football players,
they were going to say
that it was consensual.
He would've gotten away
with it scot free in court.
I wasn't gonna stand for that.
Nobody else was doing
a damn thing about it.
- I wanted to face him in court.
I wanted to point to
him and say he raped me.
You took that away from me.
- Wasn't it better
just to let it go away?
- I just was pissed off too,
and I wanted him dead.
I mean, you were the only
friend I had back then.
I'm sorry.
- Chess you were
always so strong,
we just thought if he
just died and went away,
it would die.
- No, no, no children,
remember when we
said our prayers,
we had to get justice for Chess.
- Lola be quiet.
God has nothing to do with this.
What kind of God
would let me be raped?
I'm sorry, but no.
- He cried,
he cried with you.
- I don't,
he does know I cried.
- Yes, he does, he does.
- How could you just let
me carry this burden?
- I carried burdens
my whole life,
I suppressed things
my whole life.
That was my way of coping,
that was my defense mechanism,
and when Gil died,
although I had no idea you
had anything to do with it,
I thought it could all die,
and then we could move
on and we could find
our way again.
- You cannot
forget about rape.
It is inside of your body.
- When we first got
here I asked my mom,
why did you wanna
leave this place?
But, the longer I'm here,
the more draining it is
and nothing good has happened
since we've been here.
- I know, I know.
Every day it's like I came
here to support my dad,
I came here to be,
you know, be with you,
and you know, hopefully
to like tell them,
that we're gonna get married.
- Yeah, same.
I mean, when I first got here,
the first question I
asked was, who all's here?
But it's like, isn't
this the best time
when everyone is just
breaking news and fighting.
- Wait a minute.
- What?
- You need to tell your parents.
- What?
- If you're not gonna tell
your parents that you're gonna
get married.
- Hold on, hold on.
- I'm gonna tell your parents.
- You just,
were you listening?
- Yes, I heard it.
I heard everything
you two just said.
- We wanna tell them that,
that is not your place or your
business to tell them that,
we want to tell them that,
so please stay out this.
- You need to tell them,
You need to tell them.
- Act like you know nothing.
- There's too many secrets
going on around here.
- This is not your business.
- All right, all right,
okay guys, ladies,
ladies, we're not
doing this, okay?
We are going to
tell our parents.
- No, that's not right.
- We are going to tell
our parents.
- That's not right.
- What are you doing?
- That's not right.
This is not.
- No no no, you're
not doing this.
Stop.
Stop.
Stop.
- Francesca.
- Who has called me Francesca?
- Hold on, stop.
Let me just talk for a damn
minute please, come on.
- Did you call me Francesca?
- Give me, give me,
dad,
Camilla and I.
- Wait.
- Stop.
- Excuse me.
- Stop.
Let me just talk
for a damn minute,
please.
- This is all your fault.
- Go ahead son, go ahead.
- What is it?
- We're getting married.
- Camilla and I are
getting married.
- I'm sorry, what?
- We're getting married.
- I think that's great.
- Haven't you seen this?
- I think that's great.
- And I'm also expecting.
- [JR] I didn't expect that.
- Wow, okay.
Come here.
- I didn't expect that at all.
- All right.
- It's not like not weird.
(talking over each other)
- Excuse me, everyone, everyone?
Excuse me.
Mister Graham's time has come.
His last wish was that
everyone be at his bedside.
Please follow me.
Please just take your
place around the bed.
His pulse is very, very weak.
These are his last moments.
He's gone.
If you'd like to
say any final words,
now would be the ideal time.
- Daddy,
we're back in the blue
caves together again.
Go in peace.
- I'm sorry for all
the pain I caused you.
- Thank you for the
love, my darling.
- I wish I had something
nostalgic to say.
You were a tortured man.
I hope you are at peace.
- Thank you, Hudson.
- You brought the
family together.
- Okay.
When are we gonna read the will?
(upbeat music)
In a crowded honky tonk
Is where she finally
broke the news
I'm afraid to say the
time has come for me
To have to choose
She said she'd found another
Wanted to make a
brand new start
I walked away with pieces
of my shattered broken heart
But I turned to her
and smiled and said
I just need one thing more
I took her to where we had
danced so many times before
And I said if
you don't love me
If I can make you smile
Just this hold your
body close to me
For just a little while
If you're unhappy it'll
give one more chance
Honor me, please honor me
With this last dance
Our eyes locked
together underneath
the soft stage lights
The song played on
We danced alone and
held each other tight
Then I prayed to God there'd
be no ending to this night
Asked myself how
something that's so wrong
Could feel so right
I looked at her,
she looked at me
No answer could be found
I opened up my
mouth to speak
And my heart began to pound
And I said if
you don't need me
If I don't make you weak
(ambient music)
(bird chirping)
(soft orchestral music)
(clock ticking)
- Oh look,
your holdings with
Vanguard have gone up,
they're very good,
actually up 15%,
and they're actually,
they're talking
about a bull market
coming towards the
end of the year, so,
just hold on there and
you will be richer.
You need that?
You really don't need that.
(doorbell ringing)
Bloody hell.
Here we go.
Francesca.
- Chess please,
call me Chess.
- Chess, hi.
- You are?
- My name is Kent Barber.
And you must be Camilla?
- I am.
- Lovely to meet you.
- Same.
- How was your journey, good?
- Yeah.
- Yeah,
it was fine.
- You look a bit dazed.
- It was a long.
- It is so nice in here.
- I'm a little tired.
- Good to be home?
- Yeah.
- Is there anyone else here?
- No, it's just us,
and obviously, your father.
- How is Hudson?
- He's,
moving on, shall we say,
which is, I assume
why you're here.
Let me introduce myself,
my name is Kent Barber,
I am your father's
palliative care assistant,
I'm here to improve
his quality of life
and execute his final wishes,
which brings me on
to my next point.
Could you please follow
me into the study
as we need to take
care of some paperwork
before anything else happens?
- You know, Kent,
we've had a long trip,
I just would like to
get up to our room,
get unpacked, rest a little
bit and then we'll talk about.
- I understand,
that's not possible.
- Whatever
you need to talk about.
- That's not possible
unfortunately,
your father's
wishes are explicit,
and I'm sure you're aware of
your father's temperament,
so if we could just.
- Trust me,
I know my father's temperament,
but my bedroom is
just up the stairs.
- It'll take five minutes,
into the study.
Your father's wishes
are very clear.
We don't want to
upset him, do we?
Especially towards
the end of his life.
- No, we don't wanna
upset Hudson, do we?
- No.
If you can follow me.
I'm sure you know.
- I know the way, too.
- Yes, of course, Chess.
Oh, you can leave your
suitcases over there.
Please take a seat on the sofa.
You'll see in front
of you the letter
that your father asked me
to witness you signing.
- It has both our names.
- I'm sorry.
I'll take care of it.
- It's very simple.
- Beneficiary affidavit
prepared by Todd Niece, Esquire,
Niece, Bolton and
Linsky, Attorneys at Law.
As heirs to the asset
of Hudson Mills Graham
valued at $850 million,
Mister Graham has
mandated the terms
contained in this document
for your inclusion in his
last will and testament.
Francesca Doris Graham Spencer
and Camilla Hudson Spencer
must complete the following.
Francesca and Camilla shall
remain in the residence
upon signing this affidavit
for a minimum of 48 hours
prior to the death
of Mister Graham.
they shall not leave the
grounds until dismissed
by Mister Graham's licensed
nurse practitioner.
- That's me.
- Yeah, Kent.
- Barber.
- At the time of
Mister Graham's death,
or with the written approval of
Mister Barber.
- [Camilla] Wait, wait.
- Francesca shall sleep
in her childhood bedroom,
and may not sleep in any
other room of the residence.
Camilla may sleep in a
room of her choosing,
either with Francesca or in
an unoccupied guest room.
All guests invited
to the resident
by Mister Graham dine
together in the same room
a minimum of five times
during their stay.
- Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait, Mom,
why do you have to sleep
in your childhood bedroom?
- I don't know,
I don't know why I have
to sign this document
to come into my
childhood home either.
I don't understand any of this.
- Okay, let's make it
all make sense, look.
- Francesca shall work
with the other guests
to divide the personal property
contained within the resident,
a fully executed affidavit
must be delivered in
person to Mister Graham
at his bedside immediately,
in order to stay
and gain full access
to the residence and grounds.
The kitchen.
- The kitchen
is stocked with
enough provisions
to accommodate the invited
guests' stay on the premises.
All arrangements
for final services
and interment of Mister
Graham have been made
and financially secured.
Your attendance and
participation is requested,
but not mandatory.
- You're free to leave.
- By signing this affidavit,
you agree to the terms
herein and understand
that failure to abide by all
conditions contained within
shall result in forfeiture
to any and all claims
as an heir to any and all
of Mister Graham's assets
now and in the future.
- So, it's your choice.
- Is it?
Well, you know what?
I can stay at a
hotel up the street
that doesn't require me to
sign any kind of paperwork,
I mean, what.
- Francesca.
You can do what you want.
- You'll call me Chess.
- Hey.
Just give us a moment.
- Sweetie, we don't
have to do this,
we don't need this.
- He will be gone in a few days,
this is the last,
this is the end.
Why don't you want to stay?
What's really?
- Because I,
don't like being manipulated.
- Well, you came here so,
why not play along?
- Are we still the
only ones here?
- So if I don't.
- It's just us, right?
Is it just us?
- If I don't sign this,
can I see him?
- No, you may not.
If you do not sign that paper,
your next stop will
be out the front door.
- Oh, you know what?
Trust me, that's
something I'm used to.
Camilla, what are you doing?
- It's a really good,
it's,
he's gonna be gone.
- I don't like hearing
that, it's so insensitive.
- I mean it's my mom's
father, she's hurt.
- Look, I would implore
you to sign that paper.
There must be some
good memories here.
- You don't know anything.
I have a strong suspicion
you don't know anything.
- Mom, you're not
giving me any reasons
not to sign this paper.
- Why don't you wanna sign it?
- I mean,
we're not gonna
team up on her.
- Because.
- That's what we're not.
- I'm tired,
of his manipulative games.
- You're doing what's right.
- Play along.
- Just, you know, can
you stop saying that?
Play along, this isn't a game,
this isn't a legal transaction,
this isn't,
this is,
I'm his daughter.
- This is real life.
- [Kent] This is real life.
- Can you just
shut up.
Oh, my gosh.
- Yes, Francesca.
- Oh my gosh,
just stop
saying my name,
could you stop saying
just anything, just.
- Absolutely.
I won't say another word.
- Oh gosh.
Sorry, mom.
- Do you wanna stay here?
- I do.
Honestly, I do.
- Why?
- I just,
I mean, I want,
I care about family.
I don't understand why
you ever wanted to leave.
Can you just tell
me what's going on?
Why don't you want to sign?
- Well done,
you may now see your father.
There he is.
If you could place this on
the side table, thank you.
- What happened to him?
- He presented with late stage
dementia about two weeks ago,
and, well, he's been
comatose for about two weeks.
- What am I supposed
to do with this?
- Present it to him and then
place it on the side table
as I literally just
said when we came in.
- When was the last
time he was lucid?
- Two months ago.
- And is that when he
planned all of this?
- And why wouldn't
you reach out earlier?
- I'm merely his caretaker.
If you have any questions,
you should contact
his attorneys.
In the meantime,
you are in the presence
of your grandfather,
and your father.
- I know.
I don't need you
to tell me that.
- Perhaps you should stop
directing your attention to me
and focus on him.
I would appreciate it if you
didn't scrunch up that letter.
Thank you.
- What's.
- I think you are a
little smug, little prick.
I have had it with
your attitude.
How long have you known him?
- I'm sorry.
- Shh, shh.
- They don't mean to
upset you sir, it's fine.
- Upset him?
He's comatose.
How long have you known him?
- [Kent] He can still hear.
- How long have you known him?
- Answer her.
- For a good number of years.
- Just stop acting
like you know me.
I'm not entirely
convinced you know him,
but I am pretty damn
certain you don't know me,
so just knock it off.
- You know, I don't
appreciate your attitude here.
- Can't she have a moment?
This is her father.
- This is exactly what
I've been asking her to do,
but she shouted.
- Can you know,
can you go away?
- I also have a
note to give you.
If you could take this
note I'd be very grateful,
then I will leave you.
Camilla?
Could you give this to
your mother, please?
I would be happy to remove
myself from this environment.
Thank you.
- You okay?
- Dad?
Dad, can you hear me?
Dad?
Do you remember the
time we went to Italy?
Those blue caves
in the boat,
and you were rowing.
Dad,
I thought you were the
strongest man in the world,
with the blue wall around.
I miss that dad.
(Chess sobbing)
I'm okay,
it's okay, let's go,
let's go upstairs.
- You're sure?
- Yeah, I'm okay,
it's okay, it's okay.
I'm sorry,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.
- I love you mom.
- I know honey.
I'm sorry.
Sweetie, I'm sorry.
- I love you.
- It's gonna be okay.
- I cannot not believe
we're in your room.
- He hasn't changed a thing,
it's exactly the same.
Look,
my doggie.
Oh my God.
Look,
oh, toys.
- [Camilla] Wait.
- [Chess] Oh, my gosh.
- Did you ride horses?
- Yeah,
didn't I ever tell you that?
- No, I would love
to ride horses.
- Oh yeah, it was,
it was a lot of fun,
I loved it.
- Look at all of these awards.
How could you
forget that detail?
- Sorry, I don't know, I just,
I had to stop and,
I don't know,
it just seemed easier
to put it behind me.
- [Camilla] What made you stop?
- Your grandfather.
- Why would he make you stop?
- I busted my arm,
and I wanted get right back on,
you know, whenever
you fall off a horse,
you get right back on, right?
And I was ready to
get back on but,
it really bothered
him, and he said,
either I quit or else
he'd sell everything,
sell them all.
- Sell what, your horses?
- Yeah, my babies.
- Are there horses back there.
- No, but look,
there, do you see that
house right there?
That's Alice's house,
and at night we
would send each other
some flashlight signals.
- Wait, Aunt Ally lived there?
- Yeah, yeah, see that
house right there?
And we'd signal each
other with the thing.
- Wow.
- It was so fun.
Yeah, I mean, we could
have just called,
but where's the fun of that?
- Wow.
- Oh, look at this.
- Oh, my gosh.
- The same, it's all the same,
like nothing ever changed.
My mom helped me pick out this.
We were gonna paint the
room this color right here.
- Was this your favorite color?
- Mm-hm, but we never
got around to it.
- Gosh.
Williams School Honor Society.
- From high school.
- Mom.
So you always went by Spencer,
even back in high school?
- Well,
yeah, I started
going by Spencer,
then when I was in college I
legally changed it to Spencer.
I was done with being a Graham.
- That's not Ken, is it?
- No.
HMG.
- Hudson.
- It's Hudson.
Perception is strong
and sight is weak,
in strategy it is important
to see distant things
as if they were close,
and take a distant
view of close things.
Life is for the living.
I don't know what
that's supposed to mean.
- Wait.
- He called me Chess
when I was little,
because he said I
could always see
you're working on some kind
of strategy in your eyes.
Strategy,
I know what the strategy is now.
- But it's important
to see distant things
as if they were close,
and to take a distant
view of close things.
You don't have any idea?
(doorbell ringing)
- Oh God, now what?
- Daggett,
welcome back.
You must be Bronson.
- I am.
- Did you have a good journey?
- I think so.
- Yeah, it was a long one,
just I need one second.
- You think so?
- So this is.
Yeah.
- This is the place, son.
- Indeed it is.
- It's been a long journey,
we're gonna freshen up,
I wanna show you around.
- Unfortunately Daggett,
I have something to,
I have something to tell you.
- I'm sorry,
can you tell me
who you are again?
- Absolutely,
my name is Kent Barber,
I am your father's
palliative care assistant,
I'm here to improve
his quality of life.
- I will definitely have
questions about that,
we're just gonna
freshen up first.
- Before you go, I do
have something to tell you
that your father
has explicit wishes
for you to follow
me into the study
and sign some paperwork
before you see any.
- I'm sorry,
sign paperwork?
This is my house,
I grew up in this house.
- It's not your house, is it?
- It certainly is, it's my
childhood home, I grew up here.
- You don't live
here now, do you?
- I don't understand what
that has to do with anything.
What kind of papers,
why would I sign papers?
- When you're in
your father's house,
you follow his rules
and these are his rules,
or you're free to leave.
- I'm sorry.
- Please follow me.
- Let's follow him.
- You can leave your
bags on the side there.
Please take a seat on the sofa.
Thank you.
Now you'll see before
you the letter,
that your father
Daggett, had drawn up.
You cannot gain access
to the rest of the house
until I see that
letter has signed
and we deliver it
to your father.
It's your choice.
- First of all,
people call me Clay.
Secondly,
I'm not happy with any of this.
- Well, your happiness.
- I know that.
- Really Isn't my concern.
- As heirs to the assets
of Hudson Mills Graham
valued at $850 million,
Mister Graham has
mandated the terms
contained in this document
for your inclusion
in his last will and testament.
Daggett Clayton Graham and
Bronson Clayton Piazzo-Graham
must complete the following.
Daggett and Bronson shall
remain in the residence
upon signing this affidavit
for a minimum of 48 hours
prior to the death
of Mister Graham.
They shall not leave the
grounds until dismissed
by Mister Graham's licensed
nurse practitioner,
Kent Barber,
at the time of Mister
Graham's death,
or with written approval
of Mister Barber.
Finish this please.
- Yeah, I got you.
Number two, Daggett shall
sleep in his childhood bedroom
and may not sleep in any
other room at the residence.
Three, Bronson may sleep
in a room of his choosing,
either with Daggett or in
an unoccupied guest room.
Four, all guests invited in
the residence by Mister Graham
must dine together
in the same room,
a minimum of five times
during the day, your stay.
Five, Daggett and Bronson
shall visit Mister Graham
each morning and each evening
to receive health updates,
at a time to be determined
by Mister Graham's LNP.
Six, Daggett shall
work with other guests
to divide the personal property
contained within the residence.
Seven, the fully
executed affidavit,
should I say that?
- Affidavit.
- Affidavit?
Must be delivered in
person to Mister Graham
at his bedside immediately
in order to stay
and gain full access
to the residence and grounds.
The kitchen is stocked
with enough provisions
to accommodate the invited
guests' stay on the premises.
All arrangements
for final services
and intermittent of Mister
Graham have been made
and financially secured.
Your attendance
and participation
is requested but not mandatory.
By signing this affidavit,
you agree to the terms here
and understand the
failure to abide
by all conditions contained
within shall result
in forfeiture
to any and all claims
as inherit to any
and all of Mr Graham's
assets now and in the future.
- [Kent] Do you understand?
- Failure to abide
by all conditions.
- Do you understand, Clay?
- This is madness.
- It's simple, is what it is.
- Just sign it, dad.
- I'd listen to your
son if were you.
- I've heard enough
out of you, thank you.
- Have you?
You'll be hearing a
little bit more from me.
Quite a bit.
- This is for you.
- I'm here for you.
- Well done.
- I used to play in this office,
when my father worked
before he was born.
- Well done.
Next stop,
your father's bedroom.
- Fine.
- Follow me.
So Clay,
there is your father,
could you please take this
and present it to him?
Thank you Bronson,
and then.
- How do I present it to him,
he's not even,
he's not even awake.
Is he responsive?
- He's aware of you, definitely.
He's on 120 milligrams
of haloperidol
which is an antipsychotic, and
10 milligrams of dilaudid a day.
- Why would you do that?
- He's in a deep
amount of pain, sir.
- Hudson?
Dad?
This is your grandchild,
Bronson.
- How's it going, Pop?
- He wanted to meet you.
- Sorry dad.
- I know it's been
a long time but,
I couldn't come home.
I don't know if
you wanted me to,
but I have a family.
Things are going well.
- I really don't
know what to say,
never really,
never really knew you, but,
you know I'm a musician.
- He's really good,
he's really good,
so proud of him.
- Yeah, we just got
back from a tour,
that's pretty cool,
and got to see a lot of Europe,
which was really beautiful,
I didn't ever think
I'd be over there.
- Maybe we'll play some of
his music for you later.
- I'm sure he would love that.
Clay,
your father wanted you
to have this as well,
it's a personal
handwritten note.
- I must open it now?
- It's up to you.
I can leave you two to be.
- Yes, please.
- Yes.
- Why didn't you
tell me this before?
I never knew you felt this way.
He always wanted me to fit in.
Well, I didn't fit in,
but I did just fine.
Let's go.
I have seen enough.
- I'll take care of him.
Wow.
- Yeah,
it's seems a lot smaller
than when I was a kid.
- It's not what I was expecting.
- You thought it
might be brighter.
- Yeah, it's a little bland.
- Yeah, well, that was
probably my mood back then.
I also tried to
put the color into
photographs that I took.
I used to play around
with that thing a lot,
tried to learn how to edit.
That was my dark room,
that closet over there.
Did some good stuff
here, look at this.
Aunt Lola used to buy
those all the time.
- And you took these?
- Put a bunch of
them together, yeah.
- Wow.
A Little artist, huh?
- Yeah, I don't know if
it was a gift or a refuge.
- You know dad,
was I kind of weird downstairs?
'Cause I really don't
know grandpa that well,
so I kind of felt,
felt kind of weird, you know.
- Yeah, says a little
something about me,
or what he thought was me.
- Clay,
the person who follows the
crowd will usually get,
usually go no further
than the crowd.
The person who walks alone
is likely to find
himself in places,
no one has ever seen before.
- He always wanted me
to be part of the crowd.
He always wanted everyone
to be part of the crowd,
that's how he thought
I would fit in.
- [Bronson] What do you mean?
- But,
he walked alone a lot.
He left us for long stretches.
He was always away on
business doing his own thing.
I don't know, it's like,
what I had to
discover on my own,
he discovered it on his own.
I just wish we could
have done it together.
- So like what,
what happened?
You guys seemed to like kinda
lost connection after a while.
- I wasn't the son he
thought I was supposed to be,
and I think he saw mom in Chess.
Mom was gone and he
couldn't stand it.
It was like it was hard
for him to look at her,
because she represented
everything that he had lost,
his fault in many ways,
and he couldn't look at me
because I represented everything
he abhorred.
Funny thing is maybe
if he could see me now,
maybe he would be proud of me.
I don't know.
(doorbell ringing)
Oh, I wonder if
that's Chess or JR?
(doorbell ringing)
- JR.
- How are you today?
- I'm better now
that I've seen you.
- How's the old man holding up?
- It's coming close.
Would you like me
to take your bag?
- Well, who else is here?
- Well, we've got a full house.
- I see.
Sure, you can take my bag.
- Absolutely sir.
Now, your father has
some specific requests
before we continue.
If you could follow
me into the study
he'd like you to
sign some paperwork.
- No problem.
- Thank you, JR.
Right this way, JR.
I'll put your bag down here.
Please take a seat on the sofa.
So, this is the letter that
your father had me draw up.
If you care to read it,
and if you decide to sign it,
fine, if you don't,
that's also fine.
Then we'll go into
your father's room
and deliver the letter.
Take your time.
It's straight to the point,
just like your father.
Good man, JR.
Good man.
- There you are.
- Right, yeah.
Excellent, let's get
this underway then.
- Yeah, I guess it's time
to go face the music.
- Very good, this way.
Right this way, JR.
- Hey dad.
- Here you go.
- Here's the letter
you wanted us to sign.
Everyone's here.
I had a little something
I wanted to give you,
it kind of represents,
the journey I've had
in life in a way,
and I know I was a
terrible son at times and,
anyway, there was a ministry
that started in prison
and these bracelets
are actually made
out of torn pages of magazines,
to kind of represent how
some of us tear our lives up,
and we're ripped apart.
And the guy who
started this ministry,
he has a very similar
story to mine and yours,
and it's called, "Torn Pages."
And I just wanted
to give you this,
kind of as a symbol
of my love for you.
I've got one too.
I knew you liked brown better,
and I like my
colors as you know.
I love you dad.
I hope you rest easy and,
maybe one day I'll see
you on the other side.
- JR,
that
was beautiful.
He wanted you also to
have another special note,
especially for you sir.
I'll let you open that alone,
and my condolences.
- All right, thanks Kent.
I have to get my eyes dad,
I can't see worth a damn.
JR, it is not the strongest
of the species that survive,
nor the most intelligent,
but the one most
responsive to change,
Charles Darwin.
Life is for the living.
Thank you dad.
Means a lot.
- This is the kitchen,
only it didn't look like
this when I was here.
- Good, 'cause I am hungry.
- Anything,
bigly healthy in here?
- [Camilla] Oh, whoa.
I'll take chips,
I don't kinda want a
healthy option today.
It's been a long day.
- Well, this is where
the kitchen always was,
but this isn't how it looked.
Hey you.
- Did he tell you about
the European trip?
- Oh, you know, I'm
married to the (muffled).
- Did you all meet Kent?
- Yes.
Yes.
Well, he's not really,
you know, getting
along with him, but.
- Look at that.
- She's not either.
- How's it going?
- What, they don't
sell razors in Oregon?
- I know.
- Good to see you.
- Me too.
- Goodness you've grown,
you are more handsome.
Look at that face.
- I just a little hair in
here would be nice, you know.
- (squealing) JR.
- Hey, how's it going Chess?
You look wonderful.
- Look at you.
- Beats prison stripes, huh?
- Well, you kind of stuck
with the stripe theme,
you are so dapper looking.
- Wait, who is this?
- This is your Uncle JR.
This is my daughter, Camilla.
- So this is the
fuckin' homophobe.
- Camilla.
- No.
- JR, she's just upset
because you didn't come
to her Uncle Clay's wedding.
- People can change.
- He's.
- Hey.
What's you been up to?
- Good to see you,
you look good.
- Thanks, you too.
- You look good, Bronson.
Good to see you buddy.
- Good to see you.
- Cookies and milk, anybody?
- I could go for some water.
- Some water.
- So how long have
you been here?
- We just got here
a little while ago.
It's been a busy
hour or so.
- [Chess] Okay.
- Lot of surprises.
- What is with this house?
- What is with the gatekeeper?
- Kent?
I hate that guy.
- Well, I guess dad thought
he needed to hire a caregiver.
- I assume you all
got the contract.
- He's not just a care-
What is with the contract?
Did you sign it?
Yeah, we were asked to sign.
- Yeah, I signed one,
couldn't get in
without signing it.
- I told you this family is
always based on transactions.
- First of all, he
pays me to leave,
and now he's paying me to stay.
- [Clay] At least he paid you.
- Yeah, I guess I can't
complain, I have my school.
- I didn't ask, it was kinda.
- My mom.
- [Clay] So I assume everybody
signed it without question?
- Brother, look at you,
you're getting gray.
Yeah, we're both
getting gray, huh?
- [Clay] That happened
a long time ago.
- Giorgio didn't wanna come
and join the fun
family time here?
- He rarely leaves the
kitchen right now, we are-
- [JR] Yeah, how's
the restaurant going?
- You know the restaurant
businesses, it's always hard.
- That is a rough.
- Giorgio's is
always doing well.
Chess,
gets busy at times,
and then at other
times it's not as busy,
but it's your
namesake restaurant,
and it will be there for
as long as I'm there, so.
- Wow.
- How about you,
how's life outside?
- Well, it's been
pretty good, you know.
- I might go swimming.
- I started my own kind
of ministry program,
because,
I mean,
you know how long it took
me to get my act together,
and it really helps me a
lot to help other people,
and you know, I discovered
once I got sober
that I was really
good at, you know,
talking people off
a ledge so to speak.
So that's kind of
what I put my mind to,
and I started my
own rehab program.
- Wow.
- About eight people.
- So you have your
own ministry program,
and your own rehab program?
- Yeah, I got close
to God in jail,
and then when I got out,
and I went through
AA and everything.
I knew I had to change
my life because,
I was gonna end up dead.
I already was dead inside
for a lot of years.
I mean, you know what it was
like growing up in this house.
- Everybody finds God
in the foxhole, JR.
- My whole life was a foxhole.
- Well, it doesn't matter,
as long as it's
what is helping him
find meaning in his life,
and staying on the
straight and narrow.
If that's what's
doing it for you,
I'm all for it, dude.
- Well, I appreciate it,
and I really
appreciate everything
that you guys have done for me.
I mean, you know, you should
have kicked me to the curb
a long time ago probably.
- Yeah, probably.
- I deserved that.
- You know, that's
what family is for,
we're supposed to be, so,
hopefully in this
round of family,
we did a little
better and tried to.
- Dad was no model father.
And he wasn't really
there for any of us.
- Speaking of that, I
hate to jump to this, but,
I would just as soon take care
of the memories in this house
by selling everything in it.
- Big houses like this aren't
moving too well these days.
I mean, most people
are minimalist.
It's kind of hard to sell
a big place like this.
- We'll do it.
I think it needs to be done,
everything and everything in it.
- Well, I'd really rather
not sell the house.
- I'm sorry?
- Well, this place was a
nightmare growing up for me.
I've got a really great family
now, and we like the area.
I'd like to move
my family in here,
you know, I don't
care about the stuff.
- Nightmare for you, you
were hardly in the house.
I grew up in this house.
- This house?
- I had to leave this house
because all that drama.
- You had to leave
because of the way
you spent your childhood, JR.
I am sorry to bring this up,
but I floated you
for a long time.
I want nothing in this house.
Now, if you'd like to buy me
out, I am happy to discuss it,
including what you owe me.
But I was happy to help you,
I'm happy where you are,
but I want to never
come back to this house.
I'd like to never
see this house again.
- Well, that's your prerogative,
but I have a different
perspective on it,
and I think I did
the things I did
because of the family
that I grew up in.
- Then you should want to get
rid of this house as well.
- But I don't want
to get rid of it.
- Why?
- Look, I don't mind
buying out your interest,
but I don't mind staying here.
If I buy you out,
what is the problem?
- It's okay by me.
- I'm just having
trouble understanding
why he would wanna
stay in this house.
I mean, don't you
wanna go somewhere else
and start a new life with Anna?
- I already started a new life,
and this house has
nothing to do with it.
I'd like to make this place
a place of happy memories,
forget about the past.
I mean, I lost my wife Rhonda.
I spent almost half
of my life in prison.
That's why I got this
commemorative tattoo
to celebrate my
freedom and new life.
- JR, we know you've been
through a really rough time,
but you have come
out on the other side
and no one is happier
about that than me,
but, I'm not sure
if you really know
what you're getting into when
you move into this house.
- Hang on, hang on,
I need to take this call.
- Are you still trying to
make sense of that note?
- Yes.
My gosh, the man finally speaks
something to me, and it's
impossible to understand.
What are those treasures?
Look, what are those
treasure chest things.
- Oh, the yellow thing and
the blue thing next to it?
- Yeah.
- Go, go, go, go,
go look at it.
- What is it?
- Go, go, go, go look at it.
It's fun, I promise you.
(knocking on door)
Hey, come on in.
- [Clay] Looking for a party.
- Hey, you found right place,
you found the right place.
- [Clay] Wow, it still
looks like the party room.
- I know,
was your room the same?
- Just like always.
- Clay, was your room the same?
- You know, my room
was like a closet.
- Wow.
- The closet I didn't come out
of for a long time, remember?
How we used to talk about that.
- Look at this.
- [JR] Black sheep is back.
- Hey.
- [Chess] Hey.
- [Camilla] Uncle JR.
- Wow, I can't believe those
records are still here.
- [Chess] Why not?
- Let me figure out.
- Those things might
be worth something.
- I can't imagine,
you two love, love, love.
- They changed nothing
about your room.
- [Camilla] You know what?
I think we have a lucky one.
- [JR] Do you know
how to use that thing?
- [Chess] Yeah, she
may need your help.
- You want the
homophobe to show you?
- [Chess] She may
need your help.
- I think I may need
your help, Uncle JR.
- [Clay] Do you ever ride still?
- [Chess] Not here, no.
but I have some really big dogs.
- Can't ride those.
- [Clay] Just to
remind you of those.
- Not unless I hated them.
- Oh my gosh.
- [Chess] And really.
- Wow, that song.
- Yeah.
In a crowded
honky-tonk is where
She finally broke the news
- Play what they played
at the funeral.
I'm afraid to say
The time has come
- Dance with a homophobe?
That wasn't exactly a good
way to meet your uncle.
- I'm sorry.
- We should do it this way.
- I'll be over here.
- Wait, you have a tattoo?
I always wanted a tattoo.
Well, I'm not really into 'em.
- Do what?
- I love art mom.
- I like your pants by the way.
(doorbell ringing)
- What in the world
is someone doing here?
Thought everyone
was already here.
(bell door ringing)
- Hello?
- Hello,
please come in.
Oh, let me help you with that.
Lola, please do come in.
You must be Gwen?
- Yes,
that is me.
- It's a pleasure to meet you.
How was your journey?
- Fine.
- It was good.
- [Kent] Good.
- How is Hudson doing?
- He is
coming towards the
end, shall we say.
Forgive me,
I didn't introduce myself.
My name is Kent Barber.
I am Hudson's palliative
care assistant.
Yes, I'm here to improve
his quality of life,
and to help him in
whatever he needs,
and one of the things
that we've got to do
before you have access
to the house is,
to sign a small piece of
paperwork that he's drawn up.
We will need to
go into the study.
Do you remember
where the study is?
- [Lola] Yes I do,
of course.
So many memories.
- [Kent] Oh darling.
- You know who the
hell they were?
- I figured you guys might.
- Who is that?
Did you recognize her? No.
Did you recognize?
- How many surprises
are we going to get
on this little visit?
- The older one looked
a little familiar,
- This has something
to do with Kent
and the whole
transaction, I'm sure.
- That Kent is pissing me off.
What,
freaking.
- Hey do you,
do guys wanna know.
- Don't let him get to you,
he's just doing his job.
- Actually you know what,
you guys just hang out here.
- What is his job,
is his job to me piss me off?
'Cause his doing his job.
- Lets talk, let's talk.
We have got to figure this out.
- Who's that?
- I don't have a clue
who those women are.
- Just,
she's the one who's been
decorating this house.
She's like dad's
girlfriend or something.
I mean, look at this house.
He didn't decorate
this house, it's all.
- All I care about is
whether he gave someone else
power of attorney,
and if someone
else holds the key
to everything that's
happening here.
- He wouldn't do.
- And that doesn't
come from greed,
I just don't want arguments,
I don't want any more conflict.
I just want this settled.
- Why are we here?
Well, I know why we are here.
- Yeah.
- But,
there's so much else going on,
so, I don't know
if we are going to,
you know?
- It's probably not a good time.
- No, I don't think so.
- We're gonna have to
hold it off a little bit.
A lot of bit.
Let's go see if we could
find out who that was.
- So,
so I've gotta stay
here for two days.
- 48 hours, exactly.
But unless you sign that,
you won't be allowed to
anywhere else in the house
and you'll need to leave.
But I don't want you to go.
- Okay, I'll go
ahead and sign it.
- You can leave your
luggage in the hallway.
There he is.
He's still aware of you,
even though he looks
like he's unconscious,
he's still aware of you.
Oh, if I could give
this to you Gwen
and just present it to
him in however you feel
is appropriate and necessary,
then the contract
would be completed.
- So, Hudson you want me to
stay here
for two days, for 48 hours,
and you want me to come
and see you every morning
and every evening,
and I'll do that, I will.
- [Lola] And I'll come see you
every morning and every evening,
and I do forgive you.
- Gwen?
Lola?
You must be very tired
from your journey.
Please help yourself do
anything in the kitchen.
- Maybe if we find out,
if we get to the bottom of this.
- But the only way
we're gonna find out
is to go down there and
find out together right now.
- Do you wanna confront her?
- It doesn't bother me.
I've confronted.
(knocking on door)
- Hey, we figured it out.
- Gwen and Lola.
- [All] Gwen.
- [Camilla] Lola.
- [All] Aunt Lola.
- [Camilla] Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Aunt Lola?
Who would this
person be with her?
- I don't know.
- I don't know but I got
some things to ask her.
- I haven't heard
a peep from Lola
since she left this house.
- Nor have I.
- Abandoned me as a child.
I kind of blame her for some
of the stuff I got into.
- Okay, okay, we
have to find out.
Did you hear anything else?
Did they say anything else?
- Not really, no.
- Wait, why are we
sitting here?
- We just heard the names.
- After all these years
and they're here because
they were invited,
so why would he invite her?
With, who is she with?
- And when?
- How and that.
- If he's in the state
that he's in now,
when did this all happen?
- I wanna know why she
left in the first place.
- I mean, we all were invited.
- Hated him or us or
whatever enough to leave,
why would she come back?
Unless she's greedy
and she wants.
- Aunt Lola?
Aunt Lola?
- She does not get to leave us
and then waltz back
in the last minute
and pick up the pieces.
- Do you guys know why she left?
- I have no idea why she left.
- I don't either.
- Well I do,
but I wanna find out who
this other person is.
- Clay.
- Let's go.
- Clay, why did she leave?
- Say that again.
- The house hasn't
changed at all.
- I don't think
it's changed, look.
- Well, Aunt Lola, can
you imagine my surprise
to see you after
all these years?
- How are you,
how are you Clay?
- You think you're surprised?
- But I'm a little
stunned Aunt Lola.
- Why are you here?
- JR.
- Don't touch me, you
ran off and abandoned me.
- Easy, easy JR,
let's just find out
what's going on.
Excuse me, who are you?
- Chess, Chess.
- I am the one that
brought Lola with me.
- And who are you?
- She's my guest.
I am Hudson's daughter.
- I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
Chess,
excuse me.
- Hudson is my father.
- Hudson is your father?
- Yes,
that means that
you're my siblings.
- With who?
- Who's your mother?
- You can ask Hudson.
- No, actually we can't,
because he's dying upstairs,
and you come up out of nowhere.
We don't know who you are.
- [JR] You're just a gold digger
looking for our money.
- Why you're here
and what you want.
- If I was a gold digger,
then why would Hudson
invite me here?
- We don't know that
he invited you here,
can you prove what you say?
- Why are you here?
- And what do you have to do
with her, Aunt Lola?
- She is my guest.
- Yeah, we got
that he first time,
that explains nothing.
- Clay, Aunt Lola,
why are you here?
Why after all these
years have you come back?
- I missed you, I missed you
you know, I missed you.
- Really?
- You missed me so much
that you just ran off
and left me when
I was just a kid.
- Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
but I just had to,
I had to go, I had to go.
(person clapping)
- Ladies and gentlemen.
Today, well, now at this time,
Hudson is requiring you
to keep the volume down.
- I thought he was
unresponsive right now?
- He is aware of things
that are going on,
he may have end stage dementia,
but it doesn't mean
he's completely unaware
and completely comatose.
So, if we could
keep the volume down
and go up to the bedroom
as per his requests.
- You're pretty loud yourself.
- Well, you need to be
loud over certain people.
- Maybe you could actually
explain who this person is,
how she got here.
- I already told you who I am.
- And what she has do with all.
- I told you that
Hudson is my father.
I don't care if you believe me?
- I said it is
important to be quiet
and not be banging
tables please.
- Children, children.
- I have to agree
with Kent right now,
dad is very sick.
- Thank you.
- So let's just chill.
(talking over each other)
- This is a meeting
that involves a will
and there is someone
here that doesn't belong.
- All will be revealed in time.
- That is not for you to say
that I do belong.
- If we could be grown ups
about this, and not
spoiled children,
then that would be
very beneficial.
- Kent, we are having
a family moment here,
that as far as I can tell
has nothing to do with you,
so if you could please leave.
I understand,
we'll keep it down.
- Francesca.
- But I need you to,
call me Francesca one more time!
- Relax.
- Your father is very ill.
- You're getting your blood
pressure up for no reason.
- Chess quit.
- Your father is very ill.
- I am aware of my
father being ill,
I saw him.
- It doesn't sound like it.
- Can you please leave us alone?
We have a family moment.
- I am here to exact
your father wishes.
- Okay, all right, all
right, enough, enough.
- We will go up
and we will say goodnight.
- Thank you very much.
- Then when we come back,
since you are the holder
of all the knowledge,
you will tell us what the
hell is going on here.
- I will do my utmost to
make the peace last, okay?
If you could follow me
up then to the bedroom,
that would be excellent,
I'm sure your father
will be very, very happy.
He only wishes for goodness
and happiness to prevail.
- [Clay] Let's just
get up there.
- I've gotta go.
- [Clay] So we can get
to the bottom of this.
- Chess, you need to
go upstairs with us.
- Remember he's asleep, so
please do bear that in mind.
Take your place around his bed.
Sure that he's aware of you,
cares about you,
and if we could just
give a moment of silence,
just the thoughts that
may come into your head,
just let them happen,
be present with him,
he's present with
you at all times,
so if we could just
keep that in your mind,
very grateful.
- Oh Hudson, I can't keep
it a secret any longer.
Chess, JR,
Clay,
you deserve to know the truth.
I know I left you all
those long years ago
and you have every
right to be angry,
but I had to leave,
I had to.
You see, your father and
I had fallen in love.
We even talked about
getting married.
That last night when I left,
there was a terrible argument,
I have never seen him so angry.
He pushed me.
He wouldn't listen to reason.
He said I had two choices,
I could either do what
he wanted me to do,
or I had to leave
his home forever,
so I left.
It was only a few
weeks after that,
that I found out I was
carrying his child.
Gwen is our daughter.
I never wanted him to find
out about her, never, never.
- So you're Gwendolyn Spencer?
- [Gwen] Yes.
- So you are a gold digger?
- No.
- Oh, she's our
sister, all right.
- Yes.
- Because I've been
running dad's business
for the last five years,
and I discovered
from a paper trail
that he's paid you
over a million dollars,
and you are not supposed
to be in the will.
- I am in the will though,
and he's the one
that invited me here.
- That was quite
the performance.
When were you going to tell us
that our mother's sister
is our sister's mother?
When were you gonna tell
us about your involvement?
When were you gonna
tell us about all this?
Now this is when you tell us?
- Dad didn't want
anyone to know.
- Oh, dad didn't
want anybody to know.
He never wanted anybody
to know anything,
but we took care of you,
not him, we did that.
- That's right,
and he helped you a lot too,
whether you know it or not,
when you couldn't
buy that restaurant
because they were
prejudiced against you,
because you were gay,
he stepped in and did that,
and they didn't wanna let you
adopt because you were single,
dad stepped in and did that too.
- So I'm supposed
to be grateful,
grateful because he
almighty Hudson Mills Graham
interfered and used his money
to manipulate all of us?
What a grand puppet master.
- Oh, goodness.
Well, this has been quite
the touching family moment,
hasn't it?
It's time now to
retire for the evening.
(birds chirping)
- I can't eat anything,
the smell of it
makes me feel sick.
- Have some apple juice, babe.
Oh, you've got
some, I've got some.
Have some apple juice?
Good morning.
- Good morning.
(chairs banging)
(footsteps approaching)
- So, this house is so big,
how many bedrooms
are there here?
- Anybody want granola?
Hmm?
- I'll take some.
- Of course you will.
- I did bring some
presents for you all.
Would you please
pass this to Chess?
- It's a bird,
is that,
is that a nightingale?
- Yes.
Remember when you
were a little child,
we always used to call you
Little Chess Nightingale.
- Why'd they call you that?
- [JR] She was always
dragging home injured animals.
- Yeah, and she often
saved some of them too.
- That's right,
we were hoping Chess
would become a vet.
- Hmm.
- This is for you Clay.
- Oh.
It's a pocket watch.
- It belonged to your granddad,
all for you, Little
White Rabbit.
- Oh, white rabbit,
like in Alice in Wonderland,
the book, remember?
Oh.
Whatever happened to that book?
- I gave it to Bronson.
- Aww.
- JR,
you know I would
never forget you.
This is for you.
- He shall guide thy path,
Proverbs 3:6,
a compass?
- A little something,
so you'll never get lost again.
- Thank you for the
gifts Aunt Lola.
It was very thoughtful of you.
- Oh, hey, and thank you for
the gift of our new sister.
- Speaking of witch,
I have a few
questions about that,
according to our new CEO,
JR, evidently,
Gwen signed some waivers
before she accepted
any funds from Hudson,
which means she forfeits
any right to an inheritance,
sister or no.
- My attorney disagrees.
He says the will voids
any prior agreement.
- And what exactly do you
expect to gain from being here?
You think you are owed something
because your mom's sister?
- I have no claim to the money.
Camille was like a sister to me,
but we were not
biological sisters.
Her parents took my brother and
I in after our parents died.
- So Gwen here is
your golden ticket?
- Yeah, exactly how
much will it take
to pay you off this time?
- I'll just take the house.
- Good morning, everyone.
I hope you slept well.
Your father is ready and
waiting for his morning visit.
Now, I heard you dividing
up the family property.
Do let me know if you
need any pens, pencils,
I have 2B or 2A,
had some architects drafting-
- Oh, shut up!
- Some paper.
- You sad little
wanker, just shut up!
I am tired of you antagonizing
my family like this,
you bully.
I don't know what Hudson has
paid you to do this to us.
Oh my God, you're a whore.
(Clay laughing)
- Oh, so you want the house?
That means you two have
something in common,
so I'll just leave you to
discuss it amongst yourselves.
Oh.
- I've gotta take this call.
- Well,
that was tense,
wasn't it?
Well, if you're looking
for something fun to do,
there's a whole slew of
games in the family room,
and with that, I bid you adieu.
- Well, would you like to
hear about our European tour?
- Oh yeah, sure.
- I can't believe
we're doing this.
- I love to write.
- Thank you.
- Give it to me.
- I don't know to play this.
- [JR] I can't think
of anything else.
- I will go first,
do you know why?
Because I'm good at this,
and this whole damn
thing is a charade.
- Oh well, you (indistinct).
- We're waiting.
- [Lola] I can't see.
(group laughing)
- Me.
- You?
- [Chess] Eye.
- Fall.
- For you.
- [Chess] To pieces. (screaming)
(all applauding)
- Why are you
congratulating her?
That was all me.
- [Camilla] Oh, it
was pretty good.
- [Clay] Thank you.
She guessed it because I'm good.
- I fall because
she literally did.
- All right, who's next?
- Not me, the only game
I played for 20 years
is a board in the cornhole game.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Cheater, cheater,
cheater, cheater.
Cheater.
- She says I don't want
nothing to do with that one.
- Do it.
- Is it affair,
illegitimate daughter?
- Okay.
- Scam?
- This is fun.
- Okay, good,
we're close already.
Two words?
Speak?
Sing.
Sing?
Singing.
Sing.
- A song.
- Two?
- Sick words.
- Two,
two syllables?
One?
- Syllable?
Second word one syllable.
- Forearm.
- No.
- First word first syllable!
(all laughing)
- That's not how you
play charades, Chess.
(talking over each other)
- Pets?
- Sounds like.
- Stab.
- Stab.
- Kill.
Sounds like kill, okay.
- Bill.
Bill.
- Okay.
- Kill Bill.
- [Camilla] Kill Bill?
- Bill is it a word?
- Second word.
No, first word, second syllable.
Okay, bill.
- Is this a movie
or song or what?
- Building,
billable,
sounds like.
- [Camilla] I Think we
should do another one.
- Scan.
(talking over each other)
See.
Bill see,
Bill,
Bill,
Bill Clinton.
(all laughing)
- No.
- Bill C.
Bill.
- Time's up,
time's up.
(talking over each other)
- [Kent] Quiet.
- Yes sir, everybody
listen to Kent,
- [Kent] I have a box.
- [Chess] Wow, very good,
you've got a box.
- [Man] You're very perceptive.
- You are the one (muffled)
'cause I said I have a box.
This box
was created by Hudson
with lots of different
things for each one of you.
I do hope you enjoy it.
Take your time to
have a look through,
there's something in
there for everybody,
and if you need anything,
I'm sure, you'll be
willing to call me.
Won't you, Daggett?
Well, you have a
lovely smile, Gwen.
- Thank you.
- Thank you very much,
and as always if you need me,
don't forget, you
know, I'm right here,
so you can call me at any time.
- Or not.
- Yeah.
- Thanks again.
- You all look so happy.
- Is there a
rattlesnake in there?
- This guy. (indistinct)
- Do you wanna finish the game?
- All right, let's do this.
- I think it's over.
- Oh, look.
- Do you remember anything?
- That belonged to
Lady Nightingale.
- I don't remember wearing that.
- You don't remember?
- I do remember,
these scarves were my mom's.
- [JR] I remember this.
- [Clay] Just because
you didn't wear that,
they put me in that
because it was blue.
- Oh, to match your eyes.
- Sorry.
- My eyes aren't blue
Aunt Lola, but thank you.
- [Lola] Oh, my goodness.
A medal.
- That's good question.
- Was he in the army?
Not in the army.
- Was dad in the
army or something?
- No, never a soldier.
- For what?
- You could always do that.
- For what?
- Hudson's service medal.
- Well, isn't anybody
gonna remember,
that I knit that,
I knitted that,
I knitted that,
knitted that.
(talking over each other)
- I'm sorry.
- I made that one too.
(talking over each other)
- Definitely mine.
(talking over each other)
Adorable.
I don't think it would fit now.
- You should keep that one too.
- That was yours.
- I'm sure you will.
- Oh yes, I will.
- This is really nice.
- Thank you.
- There a bunch of the postcards
Hudson would send
when he would leave
and not come back for
weeks and weeks and weeks.
- Look at this one.
Clay?
- Oh.
Oh,
that is precious.
- Oh, come on, that is cute.
- That's Chess and Clay.
- We were cute.
- [JR] It's a cute picture.
- [Chess] I loved
my little brother.
- [Clay] And you still do.
- [Chess] And I still do.
- [Lola] What about JR?
- [Chess] I think you
loved him enough Aunt Lola.
- I loved JR too,
but JR wasn't in the picture.
- I wasn't born yet.
- You weren't born yet.
- I couldn't.
- Do you remember how often.
- You weren't born yet.
- Do you remember how often dad
wore this horrible,
terrible tie.
- He did and he wants to.
- And that's mom.
- Is it you or mom?
- [Clay] This was his day of
leaving business trip, tie.
- [Lola] I think
it's your mother,
they didn't take much of me.
- Oh my gosh,
you do cute little.
Oh my goodness,
that's adorable.
- [Lola] Camille.
- No writing on
the back naturally.
They'd never put the year
on the back of the pictures,
what's up with that?
- [Clay] Why would he do this?
- I did not make that one,
I did not make.
- These stripes
are not flattering.
- That's Chess.
- She's beautiful.
- Why would he put
all this together?
It's almost like he
finally feels regret?
- [JR] That I don't have a clue.
- I can't pretend.
- [JR] Good thing I
don't have my glasses on,
I can't see.
- [Lola] He loved
you all, he did.
- [Bronson] These are really
beautiful pictures though.
- [Lola] He was just
too busy making money.
- Yeah, Aunt Lola
you say that a lot,
but you don't really,
explain how that could be.
- Do you see any pictures
of yourself in here?
Oh, these are are yours Clay.
- [JR] Christmas time.
(women squealing)
- Those are cute.
There's gotta be a picture.
- Yes, the beginning of his,
belief in me as a clown.
- Kind of started early.
- Oh, I think you get this.
You made this one.
- Yeah, I used to like
doing pottery and ceramics.
- Ever the artist.
- Yeah, when I
was really little.
- Wow.
- [Clay] You remember this?
Dad gave you that when
you started smoking.
- Oh, JR,
here's your patrol badge.
Do you remember what you
did with the second patrol?
- Yeah, I do.
- Yeah, I remember,
he stole kids lunch money.
- What can I say?
- We found him extorting
money from the kids.
- 25 cents to across the street.
- To sit on a certain bus seat,
they wanted to sit on a school
bus seat with a cute girl.
- Oh, that's JR he was
always resourceful.
- Yeah, that definitely.
- [JR] This one
was a natural born.
- [Camilla] Aunt Lola,
why are you waiting
to tell all this information?
- Not completely.
- But you waited to tell all
this information about him
when he couldn't defend himself.
- [Clay] Yep, that was him.
- [JR] More problems
than you know about.
- I'll go take care of Chess.
- Let's go Clay.
You two stay here.
(knocking on door)
- Chess?
Chess darling.
Oh, what are you doing?
You're not going anywhere.
Chess,
what happened?
- It hasn't happened
in a long time,
and since Camilla was born.
Come and sit by me
sweetheart, like you used to.
- I can't sit down.
Now I thought I could do this.
Well, I thought,
I just wanted Hudson to look
at me in the eye one more time.
He never looked at me in
the eye after that night,
he never looked me in
the eye ever again,
because I was broken.
You were my only ally,
my only ally and you left me,
you left me alone,
and I had no one,
I had no one.
- I had to baby,
I had to go.
- I waited that
night in this bed,
all I wanted was
Hudson to come in here
and put his arms
around me and tell me
I was still his little
girl and he never came.
- I had to go,
I had to go.
After what happened,
after what happened
at the stadium.
You saw the cheering picture
down there, didn't you?
Is that what reminded you of it?
- Yes,
it doesn't matter.
God I was there,
God I can could
see his fat feet,
and I could smell his breath,
he'd been drinking beer,
and he couldn't hold me tight.
(indistinct)
I just wanted him
to leave Clay alone,
I wanted him to
leave him Clay alone.
Why?
(indistinct)
- [Lola] Chess.
- Chess?
Chess.
I heard you, I have
to tell you something.
- I'm sorry.
- No, I'm sorry, you
have to listen to me.
I was secretly
dating William, Gil's brother,
and didn't want to be found out,
and I asked him not
to say anything,
and I asked to cover this up,
and Hudson wanted
to cover it up,
he wanted it to go away,
that's why they fought,
and that's why she left,
because Hudson wanted to
suppress the whole thing,
and as soon as Gil
killed himself.
- [Chess] God it was you.
- [Clay] Everybody stopped.
No, no.
- [Chess] It was you
that was scaring us?
Do you know what it's been like?
- I didn't have anyone
to help me anymore.
- I had to keep it all inside,
but I was here for you.
- I know, but you didn't.
- But what?
- Everyone was against me.
No one was on my side.
- Everybody was against me,
they all went at me.
- Do you know what
would've happened
if they had found out then?
They would've beat
me up every day.
They would've killed me.
- So do y'all know anything
about these things?
- I don't know.
- It's just this photo of my
mom when she was cheering,
that really upset her,
like this had to set her off,
but she looks pretty happy
in this photo, right?
- Sorry to interrupt.
You,
I just wanna tell you that
Mister Graham's condition
is declining rapidly.
I've been in touch
with his doctor,
but I will find you when
there's anything more to report.
I'm sorry.
- [Gwen] Well, while
he tells your parents,
do y'all wanna show me
around the house maybe?
- I actually, I just
need a snack right now.
Gosh.
- [Clay] I was so frightened.
- [Chess] Everybody blamed
me, Hudson blamed me.
- It wasn't your fault.
- No, you're damn right,
it wasn't my fault.
- Nobody blamed you,
we just wanted it to go away.
- I was blamed
because Gil raped me.
I was raped because he was a
rapist, and no other reason,
and just once it
would've been nice
if someone could
have told me that.
- Well, I took care of
it the best that I could.
I took care of the
son of a bitch.
- You killed Gil?
- I spiked his cocaine
with a little something.
- Why?
- Because nobody else was gonna
do anything about it.
- Do you know what
you took away from me?
- Well, those two
football players,
they were going to say
that it was consensual.
He would've gotten away
with it scot free in court.
I wasn't gonna stand for that.
Nobody else was doing
a damn thing about it.
- I wanted to face him in court.
I wanted to point to
him and say he raped me.
You took that away from me.
- Wasn't it better
just to let it go away?
- I just was pissed off too,
and I wanted him dead.
I mean, you were the only
friend I had back then.
I'm sorry.
- Chess you were
always so strong,
we just thought if he
just died and went away,
it would die.
- No, no, no children,
remember when we
said our prayers,
we had to get justice for Chess.
- Lola be quiet.
God has nothing to do with this.
What kind of God
would let me be raped?
I'm sorry, but no.
- He cried,
he cried with you.
- I don't,
he does know I cried.
- Yes, he does, he does.
- How could you just let
me carry this burden?
- I carried burdens
my whole life,
I suppressed things
my whole life.
That was my way of coping,
that was my defense mechanism,
and when Gil died,
although I had no idea you
had anything to do with it,
I thought it could all die,
and then we could move
on and we could find
our way again.
- You cannot
forget about rape.
It is inside of your body.
- When we first got
here I asked my mom,
why did you wanna
leave this place?
But, the longer I'm here,
the more draining it is
and nothing good has happened
since we've been here.
- I know, I know.
Every day it's like I came
here to support my dad,
I came here to be,
you know, be with you,
and you know, hopefully
to like tell them,
that we're gonna get married.
- Yeah, same.
I mean, when I first got here,
the first question I
asked was, who all's here?
But it's like, isn't
this the best time
when everyone is just
breaking news and fighting.
- Wait a minute.
- What?
- You need to tell your parents.
- What?
- If you're not gonna tell
your parents that you're gonna
get married.
- Hold on, hold on.
- I'm gonna tell your parents.
- You just,
were you listening?
- Yes, I heard it.
I heard everything
you two just said.
- We wanna tell them that,
that is not your place or your
business to tell them that,
we want to tell them that,
so please stay out this.
- You need to tell them,
You need to tell them.
- Act like you know nothing.
- There's too many secrets
going on around here.
- This is not your business.
- All right, all right,
okay guys, ladies,
ladies, we're not
doing this, okay?
We are going to
tell our parents.
- No, that's not right.
- We are going to tell
our parents.
- That's not right.
- What are you doing?
- That's not right.
This is not.
- No no no, you're
not doing this.
Stop.
Stop.
Stop.
- Francesca.
- Who has called me Francesca?
- Hold on, stop.
Let me just talk for a damn
minute please, come on.
- Did you call me Francesca?
- Give me, give me,
dad,
Camilla and I.
- Wait.
- Stop.
- Excuse me.
- Stop.
Let me just talk
for a damn minute,
please.
- This is all your fault.
- Go ahead son, go ahead.
- What is it?
- We're getting married.
- Camilla and I are
getting married.
- I'm sorry, what?
- We're getting married.
- I think that's great.
- Haven't you seen this?
- I think that's great.
- And I'm also expecting.
- [JR] I didn't expect that.
- Wow, okay.
Come here.
- I didn't expect that at all.
- All right.
- It's not like not weird.
(talking over each other)
- Excuse me, everyone, everyone?
Excuse me.
Mister Graham's time has come.
His last wish was that
everyone be at his bedside.
Please follow me.
Please just take your
place around the bed.
His pulse is very, very weak.
These are his last moments.
He's gone.
If you'd like to
say any final words,
now would be the ideal time.
- Daddy,
we're back in the blue
caves together again.
Go in peace.
- I'm sorry for all
the pain I caused you.
- Thank you for the
love, my darling.
- I wish I had something
nostalgic to say.
You were a tortured man.
I hope you are at peace.
- Thank you, Hudson.
- You brought the
family together.
- Okay.
When are we gonna read the will?
(upbeat music)
In a crowded honky tonk
Is where she finally
broke the news
I'm afraid to say the
time has come for me
To have to choose
She said she'd found another
Wanted to make a
brand new start
I walked away with pieces
of my shattered broken heart
But I turned to her
and smiled and said
I just need one thing more
I took her to where we had
danced so many times before
And I said if
you don't love me
If I can make you smile
Just this hold your
body close to me
For just a little while
If you're unhappy it'll
give one more chance
Honor me, please honor me
With this last dance
Our eyes locked
together underneath
the soft stage lights
The song played on
We danced alone and
held each other tight
Then I prayed to God there'd
be no ending to this night
Asked myself how
something that's so wrong
Could feel so right
I looked at her,
she looked at me
No answer could be found
I opened up my
mouth to speak
And my heart began to pound
And I said if
you don't need me
If I don't make you weak