So Weird (1999) s01e09 Episode Script
Rebecca
1 DEMONS COME FROM EVERY SIDE IN THE DARKNESS IS THE LIGHT OUT OF THE SHADOWS OF MY LIFE IN THE DARKNESS IS THE LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS IS THE LIGHT SURRENDER WILL WIN THE FIGHT THIS GIRL'S WALKED ON FIRE AND ICE BUT I COME OU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE PARADISE EVER SINCE THERE'S BEEN LIFE, THE QUESTION HAS BEEN HOW CAN WE AVOID DEATH? FROM THE PHYSICIANS OF ANCIENT GREECE TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN SHAMANS, FROM THE MEDIEVAL BARBERS TO THE GIANT MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS OF TODAY, AS LONG AS MAN HAS LIVED, MAN HAS WANTED TO LIVE LONGER.
BUT NOBODY'S EVER STOPPED TO ASK THE QUESTION IF WE COULD LIVE FOREVER, WOULD WE WANT TO? I JUST WAN TO GO SEE HER.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IT'S AGAINS THE RULES.
I'VE WAITED FOR SO LONG, AND NOW SHE'S HERE.
IF I DON'T GO NOW, I MIGHT NEVER GE ANOTHER CHANCE.
THE ANSWER IS NO, AND THAT IS FINAL.
YOU CAN'T JUS TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES, WE CAN, AND WE WILL.
HOW COULD IT MAKE THINGS ANY WORSE THAN THEY ARE? REBECCA MOVES ACROSS THE WORLD OKAY, YOU'RE TAKING YOUR DRIVING TEST, AND YOU SEE A SIGN, "CONSTRUCTION AHEAD.
" THAT'S EASY.
CRANK UP THE TUNES TO DROWN OUT THE NOISE.
OH, AND I GUESS SLOW DOWN.
YES.
WHOA, DUDE.
CAN I HELP YOU? SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO STARTLE YOU.
NO, I UM, ARE YOU HERE TO SEE THE BAND? 'CAUSE THEY DON'T EVEN START REHEARSAL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO STAY.
I, UHI JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SEE HER.
SEE HER? YOU MEAN MY MOM? SURE, OF COURSE.
YOU'RE JUS LIKE I IMAGINED.
YOU'RE FIONA.
YOUR BROTHER, JACK, MUST BE HERE TOO.
DO I KNOW YOU? OH, NO, NO.
UM, I READ ABOUT YOU GUYS IN THE ROLLING STONE ARTICLE.
THEY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT US IN THAT ARTICLE.
IT MUST'VE BEEN ANOTHER ONE.
I'VE READ THEM ALL.
LISTEN, YOU'VE GOT TO TELL ME IS SHE GOING TO STAR RECORDING AGAIN? I'M WORKING ON IT, IF ONLY THOSE 20-YEAR-OLD A & R GUYS REBECCA? I'M SORRY.
IT'S JUST THA YOU LOOK SO MUCH LIKE SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW.
ACTUALLY, YOU LOOK EXACTLY LIKE SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW.
MOLLY.
REBECCA? IUHREBECCA IS MY MOM.
REBECCA'S YOUR MOTHER.
YOU MEAN SHE'S HERE? SHE LIVES HERE? THE REBECCA FROM THE SONG? WE'RE ONLY IN TOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
HOW ARE YOUR PARENTS? DOES KATHLEEN STILL MAKE THAT GREAT SODA BREAD? THE REBECCA WHO WAS YOUR FRIEND WHEN YOU WERE A KID? THE ONE WHO DISAPPEARED? YES, FI.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE YOUR MOTHER.
CAN I CALL HER? SHE'S AT WORK RIGHT NOW.
IT'S REALLY HARD FOR HER TO GET AWAY.
THE GUY AT THE MUSEUM MENTIONED YOU WERE GOING TO BE PLAYING, SO SHE ASKED ME TO COME.
SHE STILL THINKS ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, THE SUMMER AT THE BEACH, THE FOURTH OF JULY PARTY, THE CUTE LIFEGUARD SHE TOLD YOU THAT? SHE TOLD ME EVERYTHING.
SHE STILL FEELS BAD ABOUT THE WAY SHE LEFT.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE.
LOOKI REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE, BUT I WANT TO SEE YOUR MOM.
ISN'T THERE SOME WAY THAT WE CAN MEET? UH, YEAH, I'LL GIVE HER A CALL.
THERE'S SOME PHONES DOWN THERE.
OH, NO, WE HAVE A CELL PHONE.
NO, IT'S OKAY.
I'LL BE BACK.
OKAY.
FIONA, HONEY? I'M SORRY I SNAPPED AT YOU.
IT'S JUST THA THAT WAS REALLY FREAKY.
SHE'S SO MUCH LIKE HER MOTHER.
SHE REALLY CREEPED ME OUT.
I MEAN, SHE KNEW STUFF ABOUT US.
WELL, HONEY, HER MOTHER AND I WERE BEST FRIENDS WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE.
BUT IF SHE'S BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF ME, WHY DIDN'T SHE JUST CALL? FI? HELLO? SHE'S NOT LISTED IN THE WHITE PAGES, BUT THERE'S FOUR MUSEUMS.
THERE'S THE MILWAUKEE MUSEUM, THE HISTORY MUSEUM, A KIDS' MUSEUM, AND THAT ART ONE.
WOULD THIS BE A GOOD TIME TO DISCUSS CAR POSSIBILITIES? I'M SORRY, BABY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'VE GO AN ERRAND TO RUN.
GOOD START, DUDE.
YOU GOT HER ON THE ROPES.
YEAH, YOU THINK? YES, YES, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE DO HAVE A REBECCA WHO WORKS HERE.
MOST REMARKABLE INTERN I'VE EVER SEEN.
SHE'LL HAVE QUITE A CAREER WHEN SHE GROWS UP.
GROWS UP? THE REBECCA THAT I'M TALKING ABOU WOULD BE MY AGE.
OH, I ASSUMED YOU WERE REFERRING TO REBECCA HABIB.
WELL, I AM.
HABIB WOULD BE HER MAIDEN NAME.
OH, WELL, OUR REBECCA, YOU SEE WELL, SHE'D BE ABOU YOUR DAUGHTER'S AGE.
SHE HAS THE SAME NAME AS HER MOM? IT'S IRENE.
IS THERE A PHONE AROUND? YES, YES, YES, YOU CAN USE MINE.
THERE IT IS.
YES, REBECCA HAS A MOST UNUSUAL TALEN FOR RESTORATION.
HI, IRENE.
IT'S HARD TO DO A SOUND CHECK WITH NO ONE MAKING ANY SOUNDS.
I GOT A LITTLE TIED UP HERE WELL, WHAT'S UP? ACTUALLY, WE'RE TRACKING A MYSTERY.
REALLY? ME TOO.
HOW AM I GOING TO GET YOU TO DO THE GIG WITH YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN? IRENE, I'D REALLY LIKE TO FOLLOW THIS UP.
GO AHEAD, MOM.
CAN'T DISAPPOIN THE PUBLIC.
HANG ON A SEC.
LET ME GUESS.
YOU ARE VOLUNTEERING TO TRACK THIS FOR ME? NOW IT'S REALLY GETTING WEIRD, TRY AND STOP ME.
OKAY, I'M I'M ON MY WAY.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LE A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL WANDER AROUND MILWAUKEE ON HER OWN.
WE'LL TAKE A CAB BACK, AND JACK AND CLU CAN GO WITH YOU.
MAY I? OH, PLEASE, YES.
FANCY A SODA WHILE YOU'RE WAITING? YEAH, THANKS.
YES, REBECCA IS MOST UNUSUAL.
WHICH ONE? YOU SEE, MOST INTERNS, THEY WIND UP STUFFING ENVELOPES, BUT REBECCA, SHE SHOWS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY FOR RESTORATION.
HERE, LET ME SHOW YOU.
IT'S AS IF SHE ALREADY KNOWS HOW THE PIECE SHOULD LOOK.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHE WAS THERE.
ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S THIS ADDRESS AGAIN? UM, 2728 GRANVIEW.
I CALLED INFORMATION, NEW LISTINGS.
I GUESS THEY HAVEN' LIVED HERE LONG.
OKAY, THERE IT IS, RIGHT THERE.
HEY, YOU GUYS, ISN'T THAT HER? YEAH, THAT'S HER.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT GIRL LOOKED JUST LIKE HER MOM.
HIDE.
HIDE.
GET DOWN.
WHERE DID YOU GO, REBECCA? IT BETTER NOT HAVE BEEN TO SEE THAT PHILLIPS GIRL.
PHILLIPS GIRL? JACK, REMEMBER WHEN I TOLD YOU THAT SHE WAS JUST AN ORDINARY, RUN-OF-THE-MILL MYSTERY GIRL? I LIED.
YEAH, GRAMMA, THE PICTURE OF MOM AND REBECCA.
YEAH, PUT IT IN THE MACHINE FACE DOWN, AND THEN PRESS START.
THE ONE THAT SAYS "START" UNDERNEATH.
OKAY, YEAH, I'LL HOLD.
OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
I'LL PAY FOR THE PHONE CALL OUT OF MY ALLOWANCE.
OH, GOOD, IT'S COMING THROUGH.
THANKS, GRAM.
GIVE MY LOVE TO GRAMPA.
BYE.
IT'S HER.
[ ALARM CLOCK RINGING .]
CLU.
CLU, MAN, WAKE UP.
WE'LL MISS THE BREAKFAST BUFFET.
CLU.
CLU, MAN? MORNING, DUDE.
HEY, SORRY ABOU THE SODA ON THE CARPET.
FI WAS UP EARLY, SAID SHE NEEDED SOME COMPANY FOR A FIELD TRIP.
WE'LL BE BACK IN A COUPLE, I GUESS.
HEY, SCARF ME SOME BAGELS FROM THE BREAKFAST BUFFET.
LATER.
[ KNOCKING .]
JACK? UH, HANG ON, MOM.
HEY.
WOW.
KEITH MOON LEFT HOTEL ROOMS CLEANER THAN THIS.
YOU'RE UP EARLY.
YEAH, I WOKE UP AND FI WAS GONE.
I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU'D KNOW WHERE SHE WENT.
UH, SHE AND CLU HEADED OUT EARLY.
HEY, I'M SORRY I WAS SO LATE LAST NIGHT.
MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE SOUND BOARD.
NO PROB.
YOU GUYS, UH DIDN'T HAPPEN TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT GIRL WHO CAME TO SEE ME? YOU MEAN THE GIRL WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REBECCA'S DAUGHTER? WE SAW A GIRL AND HER PARENTS.
I THINK THEY WERE HER PARENTS, ANYWAY.
AND THE MOTHER LOOKED JUST LIKE THE GIRL? NO.
LOOK, MOM, IS THIS, LIKE, A BIG DEAL? WHEN I WAS FI'S AGE, I HAD A REALLY TOUGH TIME.
I USED TO FIGHT WITH YOUR GRAMMA AND GRAMPA A LOT.
DON'T TELL THEM I TOLD YOU THAT, OKAY? THEN ONE DAY, REBECCA SHOWED UP, AND IT WAS LIKE I FINALLY HAD SOMEONE TO TALK TO.
SHE UNDERSTOOD ME.
SHE UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING.
YOU DON'T GE MANY FRIENDS LIKE THA IN YOUR LIFE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
AND THEN, ONE DAY, SHE WAS GONE.
I MEAN, GONE.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT ME, JACK? WHY DO I HAVE TO LOSE SO MANY PEOPLE? MOM I'M SORRY.
I'M REALLY SORRY, HONEY.
IT'S JUST THAT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOSE SO MUCH, YOU JUST CAN'T STAND TO LOSE EVEN ONE MORE THING.
MANNERS AREN' HER STRONG SUIT.
REBECCA! I KNOW IT'S YOU, REBECCA, AND I WANT TO TALK.
I THOUGHT REBECCA WAS THE MOM.
REBECCA! YOU, NOT HIM.
HE'S A FRIEND.
HEY, NO PROBLEM.
I'LL CATCH UP ON MY READING.
ARE YOU MOVING? NO.
THIS IS YOU, ISN'T IT? WHY DID YOU COME HERE? WHY'D YOU COME TO SEE MY MOM? WHAT ARE YOU? YOUR MOM IS THE ONLY FRIEND I'VE EVER MADE.
THEN IT'S TRUE.
WE TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES THIS DAY.
YOUR GRAMMA, KATHLEEN, GAVE ME THIS ONE.
HERE'S ONE OF US AT A HALLOWEEN PARTY.
AND THAT'S YOUR GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, FIONA, THE ONE YOU'RE NAMED AFTER.
SHE WAS JUST A GRAMMA BACK THEN.
YOU DON'T GET ANY OLDER.
I GET OLDER.
JUST MORE SLOWLY THAN YOU.
HOW SLOWLY IS SLOWLY? IT TAKES ME ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS TO GET ONE YEAR OLDER.
I'M 1327.
NEXT DECEMBER.
1300 ARE YOU SERIOUS? IT'S GENETIC, I GUESS.
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY.
I KEPT TRACK OF MOLLY, YOU KNOW.
SHE WON A SONG CONTES WHEN SHE WAS 15.
"MIDNIGHT PASSAGE.
" THEN SHE MET YOUR DAD.
I WAS JEALOUS OF HER.
I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO THAT, GET MARRIED.
WHEN THEY STARTED MAKING RECORDS, IT BECAME EASIER FOR ME TO KEEP TRACK OF HER.
YOU HAVE EVERYTHING THEY EVER DID.
WHEN I READ ABOU YOUR DAD'S CAR ACCIDENT I WANTED TO CALL.
I ALMOST DID.
BUT MY PARENTS STOPPED ME.
WHY? ONCE YOU ALMOS GET BURNT AT THE STAKE, I GUESS YOU TEND TO KEEP TO YOURSELF.
SO YOU KEEP MOVING SO NO ONE WILL FIND OUT? HOW DO YOU SURVIVE? WE BUY A CLAY PO WHEN IT'S BRAND NEW.
WAIT 500 YEARS, AND IT'S A VALUABLE ANTIQUE.
THAT'S AMAZING.
I MEAN, WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, WHAT YOU'VE DONE, HOW YOU LIVE I MEAN, YOU MUST KNOW EVERYTHING.
SURE, I KNOW A LOT.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ALONE.
YOU THINK IT'S SO AMAZING, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE AMAZING.
I DON'T WANT TO BE A FREAK.
I HATE MY LIFE! ODIO MI VIDA! ICH HASSE MEINE LEBEN! WATASHI NO JINSEI WA DAI KI RAI! THU-VAL CI-SA MACH HUTH! THAT WAS ETRUSCAN.
MY MOM HAD A FRIEND THERE WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
THAT GIRL'S BONES ARE DUST NOW.
EVEN HER LANGUAGE IS DEAD.
I JUST WANTED TO COME BACK AND SEE YOUR MOM.
I WAS SO STUPID! I CAN'T REVEAL MYSELF.
I CAN'T REVEAL MY FAMILY.
YOU'VE GO TO TELL HER SOMETHING.
I MEAN, SHE'S WAITED HER WHOLE LIFE TO FIND OUT.
OKAY.
I'LL COME TONIGHT AT 5:00, AFTER I GET OFF AT THE MUSEUM.
I WON'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY, BUT I'LL TELL HER SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT? YOU WON'T SAY ANYTHING? 5:00.
LET'S GO.
WE DONE? REBECCA.
HEY.
WHERE WERE YOU OFF TO SO EARLY THIS MORNING? JUST WEN FOR A WALK.
DID YOU SEE HER? YOU DID.
YOU SAW HER.
WHAT DID SHE SAY? SHE SAID SHE'D BE HERE AT 5:00, THEN SHE'D EXPLAIN.
FIONA, HONEY, JUST TAKE ME TO HER, PLEASE.
I CAN'T.
I PROMISED.
FI, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO EXPLAIN HERSELF.
FI, SHE'S NOT COMING, OKAY? SHE'S GOING TO LEAVE, JUST LIKE SHE DID BEFORE.
SHE SAID SHE'D COME.
JUST TELL ME WHERE SHE IS.
II CAN'T.
I'M SORRY.
HEY, MOLL.
LOOK, WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER SOUND CHECK 'CAUSE OF THE SOUND BOARD.
ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH.
"REBECCA.
" REBECCA MOVES ACROSS THE WORLD SHE'S A SCIROCCO ON THE SAND SHE IS THE NILE THAT FLOWS FOREVER CUTTING A WOUND ACROSS THE LAND SHE'LL BE YOUR FRIEND BEFORE YOU KNOW HER SHE'LL HAVE YOUR TRUS BEFORE IT'S EARNED BUT LIKE ANY NOMAD SHE WILL WANDER BREAKING THE HEARTS OF ALL CONCERNED HISTORY CLOUDS WHAT WE REMEMBER THE ONE THAT YOU WANTED HER TO BE MYSTERY SHROUDS HER LIKE AN ISLAND BUT IT'S AN ISLAND IN A LONELY SEA OH, REBECCA DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO-WOW OH, REBECCA I WAS THIRTEEN GOING ON FORTY WASTING MY SUMMER ON THE BEACH BURNED ON THE OUTSIDE, RAW IN THE MIDDLE THAT MOLLY'S JUST TOO HARD TO REACH REBECCA MOVED IN, YEAH, SHE MOVED ME SHE WAS THE BEST FRIEND I'D EVER HAD AND THEN ONE DAY SHE WENT AWAY DIDN'T THINK I'D EVER FEEL THAT BAD WHERE DID YOU GO? WHY DID YOU LIE? WHY DID YOU LEAVE WITHOUT SAYING GOODBYE? HOW 'BOUT THE PROMISE THAT YOU MADE ME? WAS IT REALLY SO EASY TO TRADE ME FOR ANOTHER TOWN ANOTHER FRIEND ANOTHER BEGINNING WITHOUT ANY END SO MANY TIMES I WOULD'VE CALLED YOU IF I'D HAD YOUR NUMBER IN MY HAND YOU WERE THE ONE I WOULD'VE TURNED TO WHEN THINGS DIDN'T GO THE WAY I'D PLANNED I NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO TELL YOU THINGS DIDN'T GO THE WAY I'D PLANNED HISTORY CLOUDS WHAT I REMEMBER THE ONE THAT I WANTED HER TO BE MYSTERY SHROUDS HER LIKE AN ISLAND DOES SHE STILL REMEMBER ME? MY LIFE IS LIKE A TURNSTILE SO MANY STRANGERS PASSING THROUGH THERE'VE BEEN MORE THAN I CAN NUMBER BUT I STILL REMEMBER YOU OH, REBECCA OH, REBECCA
BUT NOBODY'S EVER STOPPED TO ASK THE QUESTION IF WE COULD LIVE FOREVER, WOULD WE WANT TO? I JUST WAN TO GO SEE HER.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IT'S AGAINS THE RULES.
I'VE WAITED FOR SO LONG, AND NOW SHE'S HERE.
IF I DON'T GO NOW, I MIGHT NEVER GE ANOTHER CHANCE.
THE ANSWER IS NO, AND THAT IS FINAL.
YOU CAN'T JUS TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES, WE CAN, AND WE WILL.
HOW COULD IT MAKE THINGS ANY WORSE THAN THEY ARE? REBECCA MOVES ACROSS THE WORLD OKAY, YOU'RE TAKING YOUR DRIVING TEST, AND YOU SEE A SIGN, "CONSTRUCTION AHEAD.
" THAT'S EASY.
CRANK UP THE TUNES TO DROWN OUT THE NOISE.
OH, AND I GUESS SLOW DOWN.
YES.
WHOA, DUDE.
CAN I HELP YOU? SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO STARTLE YOU.
NO, I UM, ARE YOU HERE TO SEE THE BAND? 'CAUSE THEY DON'T EVEN START REHEARSAL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO STAY.
I, UHI JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SEE HER.
SEE HER? YOU MEAN MY MOM? SURE, OF COURSE.
YOU'RE JUS LIKE I IMAGINED.
YOU'RE FIONA.
YOUR BROTHER, JACK, MUST BE HERE TOO.
DO I KNOW YOU? OH, NO, NO.
UM, I READ ABOUT YOU GUYS IN THE ROLLING STONE ARTICLE.
THEY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT US IN THAT ARTICLE.
IT MUST'VE BEEN ANOTHER ONE.
I'VE READ THEM ALL.
LISTEN, YOU'VE GOT TO TELL ME IS SHE GOING TO STAR RECORDING AGAIN? I'M WORKING ON IT, IF ONLY THOSE 20-YEAR-OLD A & R GUYS REBECCA? I'M SORRY.
IT'S JUST THA YOU LOOK SO MUCH LIKE SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW.
ACTUALLY, YOU LOOK EXACTLY LIKE SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW.
MOLLY.
REBECCA? IUHREBECCA IS MY MOM.
REBECCA'S YOUR MOTHER.
YOU MEAN SHE'S HERE? SHE LIVES HERE? THE REBECCA FROM THE SONG? WE'RE ONLY IN TOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
HOW ARE YOUR PARENTS? DOES KATHLEEN STILL MAKE THAT GREAT SODA BREAD? THE REBECCA WHO WAS YOUR FRIEND WHEN YOU WERE A KID? THE ONE WHO DISAPPEARED? YES, FI.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE YOUR MOTHER.
CAN I CALL HER? SHE'S AT WORK RIGHT NOW.
IT'S REALLY HARD FOR HER TO GET AWAY.
THE GUY AT THE MUSEUM MENTIONED YOU WERE GOING TO BE PLAYING, SO SHE ASKED ME TO COME.
SHE STILL THINKS ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, THE SUMMER AT THE BEACH, THE FOURTH OF JULY PARTY, THE CUTE LIFEGUARD SHE TOLD YOU THAT? SHE TOLD ME EVERYTHING.
SHE STILL FEELS BAD ABOUT THE WAY SHE LEFT.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE.
LOOKI REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE, BUT I WANT TO SEE YOUR MOM.
ISN'T THERE SOME WAY THAT WE CAN MEET? UH, YEAH, I'LL GIVE HER A CALL.
THERE'S SOME PHONES DOWN THERE.
OH, NO, WE HAVE A CELL PHONE.
NO, IT'S OKAY.
I'LL BE BACK.
OKAY.
FIONA, HONEY? I'M SORRY I SNAPPED AT YOU.
IT'S JUST THA THAT WAS REALLY FREAKY.
SHE'S SO MUCH LIKE HER MOTHER.
SHE REALLY CREEPED ME OUT.
I MEAN, SHE KNEW STUFF ABOUT US.
WELL, HONEY, HER MOTHER AND I WERE BEST FRIENDS WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE.
BUT IF SHE'S BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF ME, WHY DIDN'T SHE JUST CALL? FI? HELLO? SHE'S NOT LISTED IN THE WHITE PAGES, BUT THERE'S FOUR MUSEUMS.
THERE'S THE MILWAUKEE MUSEUM, THE HISTORY MUSEUM, A KIDS' MUSEUM, AND THAT ART ONE.
WOULD THIS BE A GOOD TIME TO DISCUSS CAR POSSIBILITIES? I'M SORRY, BABY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'VE GO AN ERRAND TO RUN.
GOOD START, DUDE.
YOU GOT HER ON THE ROPES.
YEAH, YOU THINK? YES, YES, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE DO HAVE A REBECCA WHO WORKS HERE.
MOST REMARKABLE INTERN I'VE EVER SEEN.
SHE'LL HAVE QUITE A CAREER WHEN SHE GROWS UP.
GROWS UP? THE REBECCA THAT I'M TALKING ABOU WOULD BE MY AGE.
OH, I ASSUMED YOU WERE REFERRING TO REBECCA HABIB.
WELL, I AM.
HABIB WOULD BE HER MAIDEN NAME.
OH, WELL, OUR REBECCA, YOU SEE WELL, SHE'D BE ABOU YOUR DAUGHTER'S AGE.
SHE HAS THE SAME NAME AS HER MOM? IT'S IRENE.
IS THERE A PHONE AROUND? YES, YES, YES, YOU CAN USE MINE.
THERE IT IS.
YES, REBECCA HAS A MOST UNUSUAL TALEN FOR RESTORATION.
HI, IRENE.
IT'S HARD TO DO A SOUND CHECK WITH NO ONE MAKING ANY SOUNDS.
I GOT A LITTLE TIED UP HERE WELL, WHAT'S UP? ACTUALLY, WE'RE TRACKING A MYSTERY.
REALLY? ME TOO.
HOW AM I GOING TO GET YOU TO DO THE GIG WITH YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN? IRENE, I'D REALLY LIKE TO FOLLOW THIS UP.
GO AHEAD, MOM.
CAN'T DISAPPOIN THE PUBLIC.
HANG ON A SEC.
LET ME GUESS.
YOU ARE VOLUNTEERING TO TRACK THIS FOR ME? NOW IT'S REALLY GETTING WEIRD, TRY AND STOP ME.
OKAY, I'M I'M ON MY WAY.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LE A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL WANDER AROUND MILWAUKEE ON HER OWN.
WE'LL TAKE A CAB BACK, AND JACK AND CLU CAN GO WITH YOU.
MAY I? OH, PLEASE, YES.
FANCY A SODA WHILE YOU'RE WAITING? YEAH, THANKS.
YES, REBECCA IS MOST UNUSUAL.
WHICH ONE? YOU SEE, MOST INTERNS, THEY WIND UP STUFFING ENVELOPES, BUT REBECCA, SHE SHOWS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY FOR RESTORATION.
HERE, LET ME SHOW YOU.
IT'S AS IF SHE ALREADY KNOWS HOW THE PIECE SHOULD LOOK.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHE WAS THERE.
ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S THIS ADDRESS AGAIN? UM, 2728 GRANVIEW.
I CALLED INFORMATION, NEW LISTINGS.
I GUESS THEY HAVEN' LIVED HERE LONG.
OKAY, THERE IT IS, RIGHT THERE.
HEY, YOU GUYS, ISN'T THAT HER? YEAH, THAT'S HER.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT GIRL LOOKED JUST LIKE HER MOM.
HIDE.
HIDE.
GET DOWN.
WHERE DID YOU GO, REBECCA? IT BETTER NOT HAVE BEEN TO SEE THAT PHILLIPS GIRL.
PHILLIPS GIRL? JACK, REMEMBER WHEN I TOLD YOU THAT SHE WAS JUST AN ORDINARY, RUN-OF-THE-MILL MYSTERY GIRL? I LIED.
YEAH, GRAMMA, THE PICTURE OF MOM AND REBECCA.
YEAH, PUT IT IN THE MACHINE FACE DOWN, AND THEN PRESS START.
THE ONE THAT SAYS "START" UNDERNEATH.
OKAY, YEAH, I'LL HOLD.
OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
I'LL PAY FOR THE PHONE CALL OUT OF MY ALLOWANCE.
OH, GOOD, IT'S COMING THROUGH.
THANKS, GRAM.
GIVE MY LOVE TO GRAMPA.
BYE.
IT'S HER.
[ ALARM CLOCK RINGING .]
CLU.
CLU, MAN, WAKE UP.
WE'LL MISS THE BREAKFAST BUFFET.
CLU.
CLU, MAN? MORNING, DUDE.
HEY, SORRY ABOU THE SODA ON THE CARPET.
FI WAS UP EARLY, SAID SHE NEEDED SOME COMPANY FOR A FIELD TRIP.
WE'LL BE BACK IN A COUPLE, I GUESS.
HEY, SCARF ME SOME BAGELS FROM THE BREAKFAST BUFFET.
LATER.
[ KNOCKING .]
JACK? UH, HANG ON, MOM.
HEY.
WOW.
KEITH MOON LEFT HOTEL ROOMS CLEANER THAN THIS.
YOU'RE UP EARLY.
YEAH, I WOKE UP AND FI WAS GONE.
I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU'D KNOW WHERE SHE WENT.
UH, SHE AND CLU HEADED OUT EARLY.
HEY, I'M SORRY I WAS SO LATE LAST NIGHT.
MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE SOUND BOARD.
NO PROB.
YOU GUYS, UH DIDN'T HAPPEN TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT GIRL WHO CAME TO SEE ME? YOU MEAN THE GIRL WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REBECCA'S DAUGHTER? WE SAW A GIRL AND HER PARENTS.
I THINK THEY WERE HER PARENTS, ANYWAY.
AND THE MOTHER LOOKED JUST LIKE THE GIRL? NO.
LOOK, MOM, IS THIS, LIKE, A BIG DEAL? WHEN I WAS FI'S AGE, I HAD A REALLY TOUGH TIME.
I USED TO FIGHT WITH YOUR GRAMMA AND GRAMPA A LOT.
DON'T TELL THEM I TOLD YOU THAT, OKAY? THEN ONE DAY, REBECCA SHOWED UP, AND IT WAS LIKE I FINALLY HAD SOMEONE TO TALK TO.
SHE UNDERSTOOD ME.
SHE UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING.
YOU DON'T GE MANY FRIENDS LIKE THA IN YOUR LIFE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
AND THEN, ONE DAY, SHE WAS GONE.
I MEAN, GONE.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT ME, JACK? WHY DO I HAVE TO LOSE SO MANY PEOPLE? MOM I'M SORRY.
I'M REALLY SORRY, HONEY.
IT'S JUST THAT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOSE SO MUCH, YOU JUST CAN'T STAND TO LOSE EVEN ONE MORE THING.
MANNERS AREN' HER STRONG SUIT.
REBECCA! I KNOW IT'S YOU, REBECCA, AND I WANT TO TALK.
I THOUGHT REBECCA WAS THE MOM.
REBECCA! YOU, NOT HIM.
HE'S A FRIEND.
HEY, NO PROBLEM.
I'LL CATCH UP ON MY READING.
ARE YOU MOVING? NO.
THIS IS YOU, ISN'T IT? WHY DID YOU COME HERE? WHY'D YOU COME TO SEE MY MOM? WHAT ARE YOU? YOUR MOM IS THE ONLY FRIEND I'VE EVER MADE.
THEN IT'S TRUE.
WE TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES THIS DAY.
YOUR GRAMMA, KATHLEEN, GAVE ME THIS ONE.
HERE'S ONE OF US AT A HALLOWEEN PARTY.
AND THAT'S YOUR GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, FIONA, THE ONE YOU'RE NAMED AFTER.
SHE WAS JUST A GRAMMA BACK THEN.
YOU DON'T GET ANY OLDER.
I GET OLDER.
JUST MORE SLOWLY THAN YOU.
HOW SLOWLY IS SLOWLY? IT TAKES ME ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS TO GET ONE YEAR OLDER.
I'M 1327.
NEXT DECEMBER.
1300 ARE YOU SERIOUS? IT'S GENETIC, I GUESS.
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY.
I KEPT TRACK OF MOLLY, YOU KNOW.
SHE WON A SONG CONTES WHEN SHE WAS 15.
"MIDNIGHT PASSAGE.
" THEN SHE MET YOUR DAD.
I WAS JEALOUS OF HER.
I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO THAT, GET MARRIED.
WHEN THEY STARTED MAKING RECORDS, IT BECAME EASIER FOR ME TO KEEP TRACK OF HER.
YOU HAVE EVERYTHING THEY EVER DID.
WHEN I READ ABOU YOUR DAD'S CAR ACCIDENT I WANTED TO CALL.
I ALMOST DID.
BUT MY PARENTS STOPPED ME.
WHY? ONCE YOU ALMOS GET BURNT AT THE STAKE, I GUESS YOU TEND TO KEEP TO YOURSELF.
SO YOU KEEP MOVING SO NO ONE WILL FIND OUT? HOW DO YOU SURVIVE? WE BUY A CLAY PO WHEN IT'S BRAND NEW.
WAIT 500 YEARS, AND IT'S A VALUABLE ANTIQUE.
THAT'S AMAZING.
I MEAN, WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, WHAT YOU'VE DONE, HOW YOU LIVE I MEAN, YOU MUST KNOW EVERYTHING.
SURE, I KNOW A LOT.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ALONE.
YOU THINK IT'S SO AMAZING, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE AMAZING.
I DON'T WANT TO BE A FREAK.
I HATE MY LIFE! ODIO MI VIDA! ICH HASSE MEINE LEBEN! WATASHI NO JINSEI WA DAI KI RAI! THU-VAL CI-SA MACH HUTH! THAT WAS ETRUSCAN.
MY MOM HAD A FRIEND THERE WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
THAT GIRL'S BONES ARE DUST NOW.
EVEN HER LANGUAGE IS DEAD.
I JUST WANTED TO COME BACK AND SEE YOUR MOM.
I WAS SO STUPID! I CAN'T REVEAL MYSELF.
I CAN'T REVEAL MY FAMILY.
YOU'VE GO TO TELL HER SOMETHING.
I MEAN, SHE'S WAITED HER WHOLE LIFE TO FIND OUT.
OKAY.
I'LL COME TONIGHT AT 5:00, AFTER I GET OFF AT THE MUSEUM.
I WON'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY, BUT I'LL TELL HER SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT? YOU WON'T SAY ANYTHING? 5:00.
LET'S GO.
WE DONE? REBECCA.
HEY.
WHERE WERE YOU OFF TO SO EARLY THIS MORNING? JUST WEN FOR A WALK.
DID YOU SEE HER? YOU DID.
YOU SAW HER.
WHAT DID SHE SAY? SHE SAID SHE'D BE HERE AT 5:00, THEN SHE'D EXPLAIN.
FIONA, HONEY, JUST TAKE ME TO HER, PLEASE.
I CAN'T.
I PROMISED.
FI, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO EXPLAIN HERSELF.
FI, SHE'S NOT COMING, OKAY? SHE'S GOING TO LEAVE, JUST LIKE SHE DID BEFORE.
SHE SAID SHE'D COME.
JUST TELL ME WHERE SHE IS.
II CAN'T.
I'M SORRY.
HEY, MOLL.
LOOK, WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER SOUND CHECK 'CAUSE OF THE SOUND BOARD.
ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH.
"REBECCA.
" REBECCA MOVES ACROSS THE WORLD SHE'S A SCIROCCO ON THE SAND SHE IS THE NILE THAT FLOWS FOREVER CUTTING A WOUND ACROSS THE LAND SHE'LL BE YOUR FRIEND BEFORE YOU KNOW HER SHE'LL HAVE YOUR TRUS BEFORE IT'S EARNED BUT LIKE ANY NOMAD SHE WILL WANDER BREAKING THE HEARTS OF ALL CONCERNED HISTORY CLOUDS WHAT WE REMEMBER THE ONE THAT YOU WANTED HER TO BE MYSTERY SHROUDS HER LIKE AN ISLAND BUT IT'S AN ISLAND IN A LONELY SEA OH, REBECCA DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO-WOW OH, REBECCA I WAS THIRTEEN GOING ON FORTY WASTING MY SUMMER ON THE BEACH BURNED ON THE OUTSIDE, RAW IN THE MIDDLE THAT MOLLY'S JUST TOO HARD TO REACH REBECCA MOVED IN, YEAH, SHE MOVED ME SHE WAS THE BEST FRIEND I'D EVER HAD AND THEN ONE DAY SHE WENT AWAY DIDN'T THINK I'D EVER FEEL THAT BAD WHERE DID YOU GO? WHY DID YOU LIE? WHY DID YOU LEAVE WITHOUT SAYING GOODBYE? HOW 'BOUT THE PROMISE THAT YOU MADE ME? WAS IT REALLY SO EASY TO TRADE ME FOR ANOTHER TOWN ANOTHER FRIEND ANOTHER BEGINNING WITHOUT ANY END SO MANY TIMES I WOULD'VE CALLED YOU IF I'D HAD YOUR NUMBER IN MY HAND YOU WERE THE ONE I WOULD'VE TURNED TO WHEN THINGS DIDN'T GO THE WAY I'D PLANNED I NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO TELL YOU THINGS DIDN'T GO THE WAY I'D PLANNED HISTORY CLOUDS WHAT I REMEMBER THE ONE THAT I WANTED HER TO BE MYSTERY SHROUDS HER LIKE AN ISLAND DOES SHE STILL REMEMBER ME? MY LIFE IS LIKE A TURNSTILE SO MANY STRANGERS PASSING THROUGH THERE'VE BEEN MORE THAN I CAN NUMBER BUT I STILL REMEMBER YOU OH, REBECCA OH, REBECCA