06x24 - Spring Reminds Me

[bunniefuu]

♪ ♪

(no voice)

♪ I bet we've been together
for a million years ♪

♪ And I bet we'll be together
for a million more ♪

♪ Oh, it's like
I started breathing ♪

♪ On the night we kissed ♪

♪ And I can't remember
what I ever did before ♪

♪ What would we do, baby,
without us? ♪

♪ What would we do, baby,
without us? ♪

♪ And there ain't no nothing we
can't love each other through ♪

♪ What would we do, baby,
without us? ♪



Here you are, Andy...
your very own magic set.

Now, I don't know
if I told you, but, uh,

I was quite a magician
in my day.

In fact, I can do any trick
there is.

Can you disappear?

We'll work up to that.

Now, the, uh, first trick

I want to show you is called...
the magic rings.

As you can see, these three
rings are all attached.

All I do is say
the magic words...

abracadabra... and presto!

I can't believe my eyes.

Hey, Dad, how you doing?
Hey, Andy.

STEVEN:
Hi.

What's going on, Dad,
Dracula tryouts?

JENNIFER:
Oh, great.

Dad's in his magic phase again.

Don't worry, Andy. We've all
been through it before.

Are you saying that you doubt
my magical powers?

I have here a dollar bill.

ALEX:
Mm-hmm.

I will rip this dollar bill
into little pieces.

- Aah! Aah!
- Ah...

Aah!

Never fear, Alex. Never fear.

Just say the magic words.

Ah, hummuna, hummuna.

Come on. Come on.

And presto.

Oops.

You k*lled it!

All right, uh, class
is dismissed for today.

Yay!

He masks his enthusiasm well.

Oh, Carnac.

Uh, do you want to give us
a hand cleaning up?

Uh, company is coming.

Who's the company?

Oh, Evelyn Mitchum.

Evelyn Mitchum?

Yeah, you remember my friend,
Rosalie Mitchum.

She used to live
around the corner.

Well, this is her mom.

Oh, yeah, sure. I remember.

They must have moved away
about three years now.

Uh, two and a half.

Yeah, remember
during the ' election

they had that, uh...

that Carter-Mondale sign
in the front yard?

God, what an eyesore that was.

Funny... funny how it
kept disappearing.

And kept showing up
in our basement.

You know, this is the first time

since Rosalie d*ed
that Evelyn's come back here.

Yeah, sometimes it's still hard
for me to believe.

I mean, years old,
and she took her own life.

God, it's so sad.

I don't know
if I can handle this.

I mean, how are we supposed to
act in front of Mrs. Mitchum?

Just act normal.

Alex, just act close to normal.

(doorbell rings)

Oh, there she is.

- Oh!
- So good to see you.

- Oh, thank you!
- You look great.

- Hi, Elyse.
- Hi, Evelyn.

Oh, gosh.

Everyone, you remember
Evelyn Mitchum.

Yes. Hi.

Mallory... look at you.

You're just... you're
a beautiful young woman.

Oh, hi, Mrs. Mitchum.

Oh, please, please,
call me Evelyn.

Oh.

Jennifer, you look terrific.

- Thank you.
- All grown-up now, huh?

Nice to see you, Mrs. Mitchum.

Please call me Evelyn.

Okay.

Alex.

Hey, uh...

hope you're not still angry
about that...

that, uh, Carter-Mondale
incident, Evelyn.

Please, call me Mrs. Mitchum.

So, you really like
living in New York, huh?

Yeah, it's-it's great.

It took a little
getting used to,

but it's very exciting.

Do you live near Bloomingdale's?

I live in Bloomingdale's,
Mallory.

- Oh, I want to go to New York
so bad, Mom. - Oh.

Oh, Evelyn, you don't
have to do the dishes.

Don't be silly.

- I don't mind.
- Mmm.

All right, everyone
into the living room for...

levitation.

So, Mallory, how's everything
going with you?

Oh, great.

Um, I'm a-a sophomore
at Grant College.

I'm majoring
in-in fashion design.

Oh, that's great.

I'm glad to hear
you kept up with that.

You always had a great eye
for fashion.

I remember Rosalie would come
home from school saying,

"Mallory's wearing
a paisley skirt.

I want a paisley skirt."

Or, "Mallory's wearing
a checked blouse.

I want a checked blouse."

Well, I hope I wasn't
wearing them together.

You know, I have...

I have very warm memories
of you and Rosalie.

Oh, thank you.

Those letters you wrote her
really meant a lot to her.

I think she was very lonely
in New York.

She never quite seemed
to get the rhythm of the city.

Yeah, I know.

I, uh... I got a sense of that
in the letters she wrote me.

Really? Well, what exactly
did she say?

Did-did she say
anything specific?

Oh...

well, you know Rosalie.

She'd write four pages
on the color of the trees

in Central Park.

And I'd reply with four pages

on the, uh, color of the blouse
I was wearing.

You could always make her laugh,
Mallory.

You were one of the few people
who could.

Ah, I really miss her.

I'm sorry.

This is... this is hard for you
to talk about.

No. No, no, I want to talk
about this.

You know, there are
a lot of questions

I don't have any answers to,
and...

and you're one of the few people
that really knew her.

STEVEN:
Elyse, you're breaking the mood!

I just thought I'd levitate
in here for a while.

How's the magic going, Mom?

Not so well...
I had to get in here

before your father tried
to saw me in half.

Well, it's getting
a little late.

Uh, thanks for dinner, Elyse.

I'm going to head
back to the hotel.

Mallory...

would you like
to get together tomorrow?

Maybe, uh, go to a museum,
do some shopping?

Great, yeah.
I'd love for you to meet Nick.

All right, then it's a date.

Okay.

Bye.

Well, are you all right?

Yeah, it's just... (sighs)

It's so weird.

I mean, you know,
standing here in-in my kitchen,

talking to Rosalie's mom
about Rosalie,

and Rosalie is... dead.

- Yeah.
- It just doesn't seem real.

It takes a brave woman
to come back

and face all those memories.

Yeah, I get the feeling

she really needs
to talk about it.

Well, it's a good thing
that you're here for her.

Yeah.

(thunder crashes)

STEVEN:
Sorry! Wrong chant.

Mom, Dad's going
completely overboard

with this magic business.

He's all tied up in a chair,
and he's bet Alex ten dollars

that he can get out
by dinnertime.

This Houdini stuff
has got to stop.

- Hey, h-h-hey.
- Hi.

Hey, did you guys
have a good time?

- Oh...
- Oh, we had a great time.

We went to the museum,
we went shopping.

I hope you don't mind, Elyse.

I, uh, bought a few presents
for Mallory.

I mean, she would look at these
clothes like she was in love.

I couldn't resist.

Boy, she knows her way
around a mall

- like no one I've ever seen.
- Oh...

That's my girl.

You know that waterfront area?

Boy, that's really
built up a lot.

Yeah, stores under one roof.

You can get almost all
your shopping done there.

Oh, Mom!

Evelyn invited us
to stay with her

in New York next month.

She said the best museums
are in New York.

Uh, did you know they call
New York the Big Apple?

Anybody know why?

No. Why, Nick?

Well, I-I don't know.

I was hoping one of you
would know.

ALEX:
No fair, Dad!

You cannot chew your way
through the rope!

Uh-uh.

Alex.

I escaped!

Not only that, but I won't
have to floss for a week.

I know these are words
you don't enjoy hearing,

but pay up, son.

(chuckles)

- Excuse me.
- Okay.

This is way too easy.

(laughs)

What I really need
is a straight jacket.

You read my mind.

Well, I'm going to go
put these things upstairs.

Oh, I'll give you a hand.

You know, I really
like that Nick.

What's not to like?

Rosalie seems very happy
with him.

Excuse me?

I said she and Nick
seem very happy together.

You know, we stopped at
the playground on the way home.

(sighs)
Oh, boy, did that bring back

a lot of memories.

Seems like everything's
memories now.

Honey, are you okay?

You know, I remember when
Rosalie was a little girl.

She ran inside
to tell me about a...

a bird's nest that she'd
found in the yard, and...

I don't know, I just... I...
I'd had a hard day at work,

and I remember I just...
I didn't hear what she said.

So I got angry at her
for tracking mud into the house.

And she looked at me
with her eyes so full of love.

How could I yell at her?

Um... can you hand me that?

Hmm? Oh.

I'm sorry.

You know, it just, uh...

it just gets to me sometimes.

Of course it would.

Why not?

You know, something like that
happens, and you, uh...

you don't think it's forever.

You think that somehow
they're going to come back.

But they don't, you know?

They don't.

Okay, Alex.

Pick a card...

any card.

Oh, Jennifer, Jennifer,

just the person I want to see.

Get in this box.

What is this, Daddy Dearest?

Come on.

Steven, we're not gonna
put our daughter in a magic box.

Well, okay, Elyse,
then you-you help me.

Oh, Jen, get in. That's...

All right, then...

When I next open this box,

my daughter Jennifer
will be gone!

Come one, come all,
from far and near.

You have seen my daughter dear.

I will make her disappear!

(humming happily)

Well, that's-that's very good.

Now-now bring her back.

Okay. Mm-hmm.

She's gone, she's gone,

alack, alack!

I will bring my daughter back.

(sings happily)

Yeah, okay.

(laughs)
Okay.

Jennifer?
Jennifer, the trick worked.

The, uh... come out, now.

(muttering)

She's really gone.

Can you do that with Mallory?

Uh, wh-wh-what's going on here?

Where is Jennifer?

I don't know.

What do you mean you don't know?

You have one child under a spell
and the other one's vanished?

I'm sorry.
I didn't know I was this good.

Well, could you get him to walk?

I think so.

Andrew, I command you to...

(sighs)
Arise and walk.

Levitatos, el niño.

Come... come...

ALEX:
All right. Here we go. Come on.

- MALLORY: Hi, Mom.
- Huh?

- Nick's not here yet, is he?
- Uh, no, no.

Oh, gosh,
I don't want to be late.

Evelyn's taking us
to the ballet tonight.

Oh, really? Well,
that's six nights in a row

- you've all been out together.
- Yeah.

I'm really having a great time.

I think it's good for her
to be with someone my age.

You know, we talk
about Rosalie a lot,

and I think it's
really helping her.

That's nice. Just try not
to get too deeply involved here.

Mom, I can handle this.
I want to help her.

Honey... we cannot begin
to imagine the kind of pain

that Evelyn is going through.

But I don't think
it's your responsibility

to take that pain away.

Mom, Rosalie and I
were best friends...

I owe it to her.

Honey, you don't.

(laughs):
Yes, I do.

I can't just walk away from this
'cause I might be afraid.

That's not right, either.

- Oh...
- (knocking on door)

- Hey. Hey, babe!
- Hi.

- You ready?
- Yes.

All right. You know,
I'm kind of excited about this.

I ain't never been
to the ballet before.

No kidding.

We'll see you, Mom.

Good-bye, darling.
Have a good time.

- Hey.
- Hey, hey.

(door closes)

You think I scared him enough
to make him quit?

I hate to say this,
but I am really bored.

I don't know if we should stay
for the second half.

Hey, I was enjoying it;
I was sleeping good.

(quietly):
What are we gonna say to Evelyn?

Maybe we shouldn't say anything;
maybe we should just go.

- Oh, no, we can't do that.
- Oh, right, right, right, right.

- Hi, guys. - Oh, hi.
- (Nick clears throat)

Hey. Uh, could I get anybody
something to drink?

- I'm fine.
- Um, I'd love some orange juice.

You got it.
You know, and by the way,

I love this ballet;
very restful.

(Evelyn sighs)

I'm sorry, it's not very good.

Oh, that's okay.

Do you see much ballet, Mallory?

Oh, me?
Oh, sure, sure, sure, sure.

What was the last one you saw?

Uh... (sighs)

Annie.

It was great.

You know, Rosalie
and I used to come here

to the ballet all the time.

Oh, she loved it.

She'd say, as soon
as the lights went down,

she'd escape to another world.

Yeah, Rosalie loved music.

I remember in sixth grade
she was the only girl

with all
the Partridge Family albums,

even when it
wasn't cool anymore.

You know, she, uh...

wouldn't go to the ballet
with me in New York.

She wouldn't do
anything with me;

she just shut off.

It was like she knew
that it mattered to me.

Well, that doesn't
sound like Rosalie.

I'm sure she had reasons.

Don't defend her.

She knew what she was doing,
believe me.

Um...

Evelyn, maybe this is
not such a good idea.

Uh, I don't know if we should
all stay for the second half.

- You're not leaving.
- What?

You're staying till the end.

Rosalie would have stayed
till the end.

I'm not Rosalie.

I know that.

Don't you think I know that?

- Um, Evelyn... - How could she
have hurt herself like that?

How could she have
hurt me like that?

What did I do?

Evelyn, you can't blame yours...

She could've talked to me.
Anytime.

I was there,
I was ready to listen!

You know how many times
I went into her room,

trying to get her
to talk to me?!

How could you leave me?!

- What? - How could you
do that to me, Rosalie?!

- I'm not Rosalie. - You I knew
I would be the first one

to find you!
How could you

put me through that!
You were my life!

- Evelyn, I'm not her!
- You meant everything to me!

My God, I'm your mother!

Evelyn?!

Hey, uh, Mal,
they didn't have orange juice,

so I got you pineapple juice.

- I hope you don't mind.
- Um, I have to get out of here.

Hey, I didn't know
it would bug you so much.

No... um, um, uh,
take Evelyn home.

NICK:
Mal, she's crying.

I... I have to get out of here.

All right, here you are,
Andy... a poodle!

Thanks! My very own poodle!

(chuckles)
What'll it be, Alex?

A mouse? Peacock?

Giraffe?

- Dad...
- Hm?

This has got to stop.

What do you mean?

Dad...

Dad, you're
a well-educated guy...

...and-and, and-and most of the
time, you're pretty normal,

but...

Dad, you got to face it...
you have a problem.

Alex, it's just a hobby.

No, Dad, Dad, Dad...

(squeaking, hissing)

It's an obsession.
It's a compulsion.

You have a compulsion for...
say it with me...

you have a compulsion for...

- birthday party tricks.
- Birthday party tricks.

That's right, that's right, Dad.

And it's got to stop...
the party is over.

You're right, Alex.

I need help.

Attaboy, Dad.

Attaboy, attaboy...
admitting it is the first step.

Dad, come quick.
Andy's poodle exploded.

- Oh, no!
- Hey, Dad...

ELYSE:
Well...

Oh, God.

- Hi, Mom.
- Hi, hon.

MALLORY:
I love you.

Must have been some ballet.

I love you, too.

(Mallory sighs heavily)

That was Evelyn.

It went too far.

She started yelling at me.

But she wasn't
really yelling at me,

she was yelling at me
like I was, uh, Rosalie.

Oh, honey, sit down.

(Mallory sighs)

(sigh heavily)

I had this idea that I could...

help her, that I
could fill this void

that Rosalie left...

and I wanted to ease her pain.

I think I wound up
just hurting her more.

Honey, you didn't hurt Evelyn;
Rosalie did.

(sighs deeply)

It's so weird!

Rosalie and I were best friends.

We wore the same clothes.

We snuck in movies together.

We got caught smoking cigarettes
in the girls' bathroom together.

Excuse me?

You didn't hear about that, Mom?

- No.
- Oh.

Well, it's water
under the bridge.

I just don't know

how she could've made
a decision like that.

I mean, how could
she have been so sad?

I don't know.

(Mallory sighs)

I mean, no matter
how bad a day is,

there's always tomorrow.

I mean, there's always a chance
that things can get better.

I guess Rosalie
didn't see it that way.

(sighs) She always
saw things so differently.

Even when we were little,
I could tell she felt things

much deeper than anyone else.

She was so sensitive!

(sighs) I remember, one time,
we were in McDonald's

and these girls
started picking on her,

and they were
much bigger than us,

so I stood in front of Rosalie

and I took out a cherry pie

and I threatened them
with the hot fruit filling.

And they backed off,
but Rosalie, she ran outside

and she started to cry.

But it was the way
she was crying...

it's like...

it's like they hurt her
so deeply, in her soul.

It's like...

she couldn't help herself
from hurting so deep.

(whispers):
Honey...

EVELYN:
Hello, Elyse.

Mallory, can I talk to you?

Sure.

Nick, why don't you and I

go in the living room,

and you can tell me
all about the ballet.

You can start
at the beginning, okay?

Okay. Uh, first,
the lights went down,

and then the music
started up real soft.

And then one person
in the audience coughed,

and then another and another.

And that was
a real nice surprise,

because I was not aware

that it was gonna be
an audience participation.

What I did tonight
was unforgivable.

- I can't be her, Evelyn.
- I know that.

I don't know what I was doing.

You're such
a beautiful girl, Mallory.

You're so full
of light and life, and...

I guess, when Rosalie d*ed,

I thought I'd never see
that light again.

Why did you
come back here, Evelyn?

I guess I wanted
to turn back time.

I wanted to try to remember
when everything was okay.

Maybe if we hadn't moved away
things would still be okay.

I keep thinking, if I'd
just done something different,

this never would have happened.

You can't think like that,
Evelyn... it wasn't your fault.

I guess I spend so much time
thinking about the past

because I just can't...
bear to face tomorrow.

Well, you have been, every day.

You know my biggest fear?

(clicks tongue)
God...

what am I saying this
to you for?

- I've done enough damage
already. - No, Evelyn...

it's... tell me... it's okay.

My biggest... fear...

is that I'll forget her.

That I'll wake up one morning...

and I won't remember
the sight of her face...

...or the sound of her voice...

...or what it felt like,
you know,

when she was a little girl

and she used to put
her hand in mine.

So I struggle every day...

(sighs)

...to try to keep those thoughts
very clear in my mind.

And I guess you were
part of all that.

(voice breaking):
I'm sorry.

Don't be.

(sniffles)

Rosalie was the most
precious thing in my life.

I guess I'm not ready
to stop loving her.

Well, you don't have to.

I mean...

you can still love the spirit
of who she was.

I haven't been able to do that.
(wry laugh)

(sighs)
I think it's time, huh?

(Evelyn cries)

MAN:
Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog.

(Ubu barks)