1 00:01:07,150 --> 00:01:11,246 Cecilia was the first to go. 2 00:01:51,761 --> 00:01:56,926 What are you doing here? You're not old enough to know how bad life gets. 3 00:01:57,967 --> 00:02:02,404 Obviously, doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl. 4 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,775 Everyone dates the demise of our neighborhood 5 00:02:39,943 --> 00:02:42,309 from the suicides of the Lisbon girls. 6 00:02:42,479 --> 00:02:47,746 People saw their clairvoyants in the wiped out elms, the harsh sunlight, 7 00:02:47,917 --> 00:02:52,115 and the continuing decline of our auto industry. 8 00:02:52,288 --> 00:02:55,746 Even then we tried putting the pieces together. 9 00:02:55,925 --> 00:02:58,189 We still can't. 10 00:02:58,361 --> 00:03:01,990 Whenever we meet at business lunches or cocktail parties 11 00:03:02,165 --> 00:03:04,929 we go over the evidence one more time. 12 00:03:05,101 --> 00:03:08,195 All to understand those five girls, 13 00:03:08,371 --> 00:03:12,034 who, after all these years, we can't get out of our minds. 14 00:03:14,477 --> 00:03:17,378 Cecilia, the youngest, was 1 2. 15 00:03:19,983 --> 00:03:23,043 And Lux was 1 4. 16 00:03:24,721 --> 00:03:27,281 Bonnie was 1 5. 17 00:03:27,490 --> 00:03:29,651 Mary was 16. 18 00:03:32,162 --> 00:03:34,960 And Therese was 1 7. 19 00:03:37,967 --> 00:03:41,801 No one understood how Mr Lisbon, our Math teacher, 20 00:03:41,971 --> 00:03:44,439 had produced such beautiful creatures. 21 00:03:47,544 --> 00:03:51,344 Paul Baldino said he found Cecilia on her first attempt. 22 00:03:51,514 --> 00:03:53,709 l was the one who found her. 23 00:03:53,883 --> 00:03:59,048 l was in the sewers. Through those tunnels you can get into anyone's house. 24 00:03:59,255 --> 00:04:04,215 We believed him because Paul's dad was Sammy the Shark Baldino 25 00:04:04,394 --> 00:04:07,386 and his escape tunnel led through the sewers. 26 00:04:07,564 --> 00:04:12,160 So l wanted to see one of those lesbian girls taking a shower. 27 00:04:12,335 --> 00:04:13,427 Yeah, right. 28 00:04:13,603 --> 00:04:17,403 And l walk in... And l see blood everywhere! 29 00:04:17,574 --> 00:04:21,408 So l turned around and went right back out the tunnel. 30 00:04:22,345 --> 00:04:26,782 l had to tell you guys that story. See you guys later. 31 00:04:30,553 --> 00:04:32,418 l heard it was an accident. 32 00:04:32,589 --> 00:04:37,083 lt was no accident. The parents are to blame. 33 00:04:37,293 --> 00:04:39,989 l heard they found the razor in the toilet. 34 00:04:40,163 --> 00:04:43,155 Everyone had opinions why Cecilia tried to kill herself. 35 00:04:43,466 --> 00:04:46,958 That girl didn't want to die, she just wanted out of that house. 36 00:04:47,136 --> 00:04:50,196 She wanted out of that decorating scheme. 37 00:04:54,177 --> 00:04:58,978 The most popular theory held Dominic Palazzolo to blame. 38 00:04:59,148 --> 00:05:01,616 Dominic was an immigrant who was staying with relatives 39 00:05:01,851 --> 00:05:04,012 until his family got settled in New Mexico. 40 00:05:04,187 --> 00:05:07,156 He was the first boy here to wear sunglasses. 41 00:05:07,323 --> 00:05:09,791 Within a week of arriving he'd fallen in love. 42 00:05:10,994 --> 00:05:14,930 The object of his desire wasn't Cecilia, but Diana Porter. 43 00:05:19,469 --> 00:05:21,767 l love her! 44 00:05:21,938 --> 00:05:26,136 When Diana Porter left on vacation, Dominic denounced God. 45 00:05:27,810 --> 00:05:32,179 And to prove his love, he jumped off the roof of his relatives' house. 46 00:05:55,939 --> 00:05:58,430 l'm going to show you some images. 47 00:05:59,175 --> 00:06:02,008 And... er, you tell me 48 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:06,578 what they remind you of. 49 00:06:07,583 --> 00:06:09,107 OK? 50 00:06:26,135 --> 00:06:28,000 A banana. 51 00:06:33,609 --> 00:06:35,668 A swamp. 52 00:06:44,554 --> 00:06:46,488 An Afro. 53 00:07:04,907 --> 00:07:08,502 l don't think that Cecilia truly meant to end her life. 54 00:07:09,679 --> 00:07:12,113 Her act was a cry for help. 55 00:07:12,582 --> 00:07:15,016 l know you're very strict, 56 00:07:15,184 --> 00:07:18,051 but l think that Cecilia would benefit 57 00:07:18,254 --> 00:07:23,191 by having a social outlet outside of the codification of school. 58 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:26,926 And interact with males her own age. 59 00:07:35,605 --> 00:07:40,372 Peter helped Mr Lisbon install a model of the solar system in his classroom. 60 00:07:40,543 --> 00:07:43,341 ln return, Mr Lisbon invited him for dinner. 61 00:07:43,846 --> 00:07:46,144 Bless us, O Lord, in these, Thy gifts 62 00:07:46,315 --> 00:07:50,183 which we receive from Thy bounty through Christ. Amen. 63 00:07:50,353 --> 00:07:52,082 Amen. 64 00:07:52,255 --> 00:07:55,554 - Lux, please put your shirt on this instant. - Sorry. 65 00:08:00,329 --> 00:08:03,594 - Thank you, dear. - Can you pass the salt, please? 66 00:08:03,833 --> 00:08:06,393 - Ham? - Thank you. 67 00:08:06,569 --> 00:08:10,903 - Sweetheart, would you like some peas? - l hate peas. 68 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,736 lt's a nice-looking ham, dear. 69 00:08:15,745 --> 00:08:19,545 - Well, thank you, honey. - This is good, mum. 70 00:08:19,749 --> 00:08:22,912 So, Peter, are you an aviation enthusiast? 71 00:08:23,186 --> 00:08:27,020 Well, l don't know if l'd call myself an enthusiast. 72 00:08:27,190 --> 00:08:29,215 l like planes. 73 00:08:31,694 --> 00:08:35,255 Peter, are you on the football squad? 74 00:08:35,465 --> 00:08:38,866 No. l play, but l'm not on the team. 75 00:08:39,068 --> 00:08:41,400 - Oh, l see. - Not a team player. 76 00:08:41,604 --> 00:08:44,164 Do you like to wrestle? 77 00:08:45,508 --> 00:08:47,533 Are you OK? 78 00:08:47,743 --> 00:08:51,907 A Brazilian frog entered the endangered species list today. 79 00:08:52,949 --> 00:08:57,977 - That's the third animal this year. - Oh, dear. Darling, l've never heard of it. 80 00:08:58,154 --> 00:09:01,783 - Excuse me. May l use the restroom? - Of course. 81 00:09:01,958 --> 00:09:05,951 The one down here isn't working. Go upstairs through Cecilia's room. 82 00:09:06,129 --> 00:09:07,721 OK, thanks. 83 00:10:16,899 --> 00:10:18,958 Hold on. 84 00:10:19,135 --> 00:10:21,365 l thought you'd died in there. 85 00:10:22,905 --> 00:10:26,306 Are you done hogging the bathroom? l need something. 86 00:10:33,382 --> 00:10:35,509 Do you mind? 87 00:10:42,992 --> 00:10:46,189 - Thank you. - Are you forgetting something? 88 00:10:49,899 --> 00:10:53,357 - Peter, here's an air foil... - Thank you. 89 00:10:53,536 --> 00:10:57,404 lt's a demonstration of Bernoulli's Principle. 90 00:10:57,573 --> 00:10:59,564 Lift... 91 00:11:01,978 --> 00:11:06,005 From then on the Lisbon house began to change. 92 00:11:08,618 --> 00:11:13,749 Almost every day, and even when she wasn't keeping an eye on Cecilia, 93 00:11:13,923 --> 00:11:17,017 Lux would suntan on her towel, wearing a swimsuit 94 00:11:17,193 --> 00:11:21,892 that caused the knife-sharpener to give her a 1 5-minute demonstration for free. 95 00:11:25,401 --> 00:11:29,428 Following the doctor's orders, two weeks after Cecilia returned home 96 00:11:30,406 --> 00:11:36,367 Mr Lisbon persuaded his wife to let the girls throw the only party of their short lives. 97 00:11:45,087 --> 00:11:47,453 There. ls that OK? 98 00:11:49,292 --> 00:11:51,726 l've got to get dressed. 99 00:12:00,069 --> 00:12:02,629 - Welcome. - Good evening, Mrs Lisbon. 100 00:12:02,872 --> 00:12:04,965 Come on in. 101 00:12:07,710 --> 00:12:09,803 The party's in the basement. 102 00:12:12,815 --> 00:12:17,218 Just go to the left and then down the stairs. 103 00:12:29,932 --> 00:12:32,025 Hi, l'm Bonnie. 104 00:12:32,635 --> 00:12:35,604 - Hi... Tim. - Nice to meet you. 105 00:12:40,376 --> 00:12:42,708 - Would you like some punch? - Yeah. 106 00:12:43,579 --> 00:12:45,012 Thanks. 107 00:12:45,181 --> 00:12:48,241 - Hi. - Thanks. 108 00:12:50,319 --> 00:12:52,514 - Hi. - Thank you. 109 00:12:55,057 --> 00:12:56,854 - Hey. - Hi. 110 00:12:57,059 --> 00:13:00,119 - Do you want to sit down? - Yeah. 111 00:13:42,671 --> 00:13:46,767 - How did your SATs go? - OK. 112 00:13:46,942 --> 00:13:48,933 Good. 113 00:13:49,879 --> 00:13:52,746 Do you know where you're applying yet? 114 00:13:52,915 --> 00:13:56,351 No, but my parents are pushing towards Yale. 115 00:13:56,519 --> 00:14:00,717 - Because that's where my dad went. - That's nice. 116 00:14:04,660 --> 00:14:07,390 You have to imagine the clouds opening up 117 00:14:07,563 --> 00:14:11,329 and out of the sun would come the Hun in his Messerschmitt. 118 00:14:11,500 --> 00:14:16,267 And boys, just older than you, would be in this, the P51 B Mustang. 119 00:14:16,472 --> 00:14:18,167 ''B'' for bull's-eye. 120 00:14:20,943 --> 00:14:24,276 - You've heard of Yale? - Oh, yeah. 121 00:14:25,881 --> 00:14:29,009 - This punch is fantastic. - More? 122 00:14:29,185 --> 00:14:30,447 What's in it? 123 00:14:31,954 --> 00:14:35,219 Juices, some cherry... pineapple. 124 00:14:35,825 --> 00:14:39,056 You know, l... l love pineapple. 125 00:14:40,763 --> 00:14:42,230 Really? 126 00:14:51,073 --> 00:14:55,908 This baby would come in. This won the war for the United Kingdom. 127 00:14:56,078 --> 00:14:59,241 - Excuse me. - Sure. 128 00:15:00,282 --> 00:15:07,154 And it's this kind of equipment that makes a model work. 129 00:15:08,891 --> 00:15:10,950 Here's Joe. 130 00:15:12,495 --> 00:15:14,588 - Hi, Joe. - Hi. 131 00:15:16,966 --> 00:15:20,834 - lf he needs anything, call me. - l'm sure he'll be fine. 132 00:15:22,404 --> 00:15:25,635 - Hi. - Hi. 133 00:15:26,909 --> 00:15:29,969 Joe. Good to see you. How are you? 134 00:15:30,145 --> 00:15:33,171 - Glad you came tonight. - How's it going? 135 00:15:33,349 --> 00:15:35,214 You're just in time. 136 00:15:35,384 --> 00:15:37,352 Hi. 137 00:15:37,486 --> 00:15:40,717 Look. His ears go if you scratch his chin. 138 00:15:42,558 --> 00:15:44,549 Joe, sing your song. 139 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,320 Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga 140 00:15:47,463 --> 00:15:52,423 Oh, the monkeys have no tails They were bitten off by whales 141 00:15:52,635 --> 00:15:56,503 Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga 142 00:15:59,241 --> 00:16:02,210 - Good song. - Good job, Joe. 143 00:16:04,446 --> 00:16:07,006 Where'd you learn that song? 144 00:16:08,117 --> 00:16:10,244 Can l be excused? 145 00:16:10,853 --> 00:16:14,755 lf you want to, my dear, but this is your party. 146 00:16:17,459 --> 00:16:21,555 All right. lf you want to go upstairs, do. We'll just... 147 00:16:21,764 --> 00:16:25,165 We'll just have to have fun without you. 148 00:16:25,334 --> 00:16:27,598 Look. He always chooses heads. 149 00:16:27,803 --> 00:16:30,033 - Joe, what's it going to be? - Heads. 150 00:16:30,205 --> 00:16:32,173 Joe, try tails. 151 00:16:33,676 --> 00:16:34,870 Heads it is! 152 00:16:36,779 --> 00:16:38,974 - Let's go. - Heads. 153 00:16:39,148 --> 00:16:42,083 Heads! One more time. 154 00:16:42,251 --> 00:16:44,151 - ln the air, Joe. - Heads. 155 00:16:46,855 --> 00:16:48,789 Heads it is! 156 00:16:48,958 --> 00:16:52,394 - One more time. Call in the air, Joe. - Heads. 157 00:16:53,829 --> 00:16:55,820 Heads. Not bad. 158 00:16:58,167 --> 00:17:01,136 - How are you doing? - Good. 159 00:17:02,771 --> 00:17:05,968 - He picked it up really well. - This is my favorite song. 160 00:17:06,141 --> 00:17:10,635 You know, you're... very beautiful. Like a saint. 161 00:17:10,879 --> 00:17:13,609 l could paint you some time. 162 00:17:14,650 --> 00:17:16,550 Thanks. 163 00:17:20,990 --> 00:17:22,252 Did they sing it? 164 00:17:23,959 --> 00:17:25,984 Wow, that's good! 165 00:17:26,895 --> 00:17:28,328 God! 166 00:17:30,566 --> 00:17:32,261 Oh, Lord! 167 00:17:32,468 --> 00:17:34,436 Cecilia! 168 00:17:51,020 --> 00:17:54,581 Oh, my...! No! No, no, no! 169 00:17:54,823 --> 00:17:57,792 Don't look. Turn around. 170 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,986 Turn around! Darlings, turn... Oh, my God! 171 00:18:03,866 --> 00:18:05,493 Oh, Jesus! 172 00:18:05,668 --> 00:18:07,693 Please, God. 173 00:18:57,019 --> 00:18:59,146 We're here now. 174 00:19:00,122 --> 00:19:02,556 No funerals today. 175 00:19:42,664 --> 00:19:44,757 He said she was only 1 2. 176 00:19:58,781 --> 00:20:01,181 Hi, Mary. Are your parents home? 177 00:20:01,350 --> 00:20:04,012 Hi, Father. Come in. 178 00:20:11,026 --> 00:20:13,290 Oh. Hello, Father. 179 00:20:14,630 --> 00:20:17,258 Please, sit down. 180 00:20:17,432 --> 00:20:19,423 Thanks. 181 00:20:19,601 --> 00:20:22,434 Come on, that was inside! 182 00:20:23,705 --> 00:20:25,969 Uh, no. No, thanks. 183 00:20:34,583 --> 00:20:38,644 How about we get the missus down here? Have a little chat? 184 00:20:38,821 --> 00:20:41,119 l'm afraid she's under the weather. 185 00:20:41,290 --> 00:20:43,622 She's not... 186 00:20:43,792 --> 00:20:45,953 seeing anybody. 187 00:20:47,996 --> 00:20:50,464 Well, she'll see her priest. 188 00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:54,067 This kid's a sucker for the inside ones every time. 189 00:20:55,337 --> 00:20:57,771 Every time. 190 00:20:57,940 --> 00:20:59,965 Excuse me. 191 00:21:02,778 --> 00:21:05,440 Father... 192 00:21:11,220 --> 00:21:13,552 Double play, Father. 193 00:21:15,324 --> 00:21:17,758 Double play. 194 00:21:39,514 --> 00:21:41,641 Mrs Lisbon? 195 00:21:50,993 --> 00:21:53,655 - May l come in? - OK. 196 00:21:57,332 --> 00:22:01,359 Hello, girls. l thought we could talk. 197 00:22:03,005 --> 00:22:05,769 Do you feel like talking? 198 00:22:06,575 --> 00:22:08,873 Well... if you ever want to, 199 00:22:09,077 --> 00:22:11,568 you know where to find me. 200 00:22:20,589 --> 00:22:23,820 Mrs Lisbon? lt's Father Moody. 201 00:22:28,797 --> 00:22:31,197 Mrs Lisbon. Hello. 202 00:22:34,903 --> 00:22:39,966 l wanted you to know that l listed Cecilia's death as an accident. 203 00:22:53,789 --> 00:22:56,314 An accident waiting to happen. 204 00:22:56,491 --> 00:23:00,860 - They couldn't get a policy to cover it. - lt's incredibly dangerous. 205 00:23:01,063 --> 00:23:03,258 Let's give it a try. 206 00:23:06,268 --> 00:23:09,635 Ready? One, two, three. 207 00:23:15,711 --> 00:23:18,578 lt's so sad, l can't believe it happened. 208 00:23:18,780 --> 00:23:21,806 Have you got that chain in your truck? 209 00:23:41,436 --> 00:23:43,233 Hit it! 210 00:23:58,086 --> 00:24:00,987 Our collection of souvenirs of the Lisbon girls - 211 00:24:01,156 --> 00:24:05,354 which still exists - started with Cecilia's diary. 212 00:24:05,527 --> 00:24:10,931 Parkie had gotten it from the plumber's assistant, who'd found it in the bathroom. 213 00:24:11,099 --> 00:24:13,829 Tim Weiner, the Brain, decoded it. 214 00:24:14,002 --> 00:24:16,232 Emotional instability. 215 00:24:16,471 --> 00:24:20,464 Look at the ''ls'', the dots on them. They're everywhere. 216 00:24:21,343 --> 00:24:25,074 Basically, what we have here is a dreamer. 217 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,840 Someone completely out of touch with reality. 218 00:24:27,983 --> 00:24:31,043 When she jumped, she probably thought she would fly. 219 00:24:33,989 --> 00:24:37,288 Monday, February 1 2th. Today we had frozen pizza. 220 00:24:41,430 --> 00:24:46,527 Thursday. Mum made cream corn for dinner. lt's the worst. lt looks like... 221 00:24:47,836 --> 00:24:50,737 Mary chipped a tooth acting like an idiot. 222 00:24:50,906 --> 00:24:53,966 She made a scene and had to get her tooth capped. 223 00:24:54,142 --> 00:24:56,406 - lt looks normal. - Give me that. 224 00:24:58,113 --> 00:25:00,343 l said she had a capped tooth. 225 00:25:05,454 --> 00:25:09,788 Elm trees! How many pages can you write about dying trees? 226 00:25:11,293 --> 00:25:13,727 Here's something about Dominic. 227 00:25:15,530 --> 00:25:19,261 Palazzolo jumped off the roof today over that rich bitch, Porter. 228 00:25:19,468 --> 00:25:22,335 How stupid can you be? 229 00:25:23,405 --> 00:25:27,967 Today we went out on the boat. lt was cold. We saw a couple of whales. 230 00:25:28,143 --> 00:25:31,579 Lux stroked the whale. l didn't think they'd stink so much. 231 00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:34,374 lt's the kelp in their bellies rotting. 232 00:25:34,549 --> 00:25:36,813 l hope we can go again some time. 233 00:25:36,985 --> 00:25:38,816 Let's read that. 234 00:25:38,987 --> 00:25:43,424 Lux lusted over Kevin... ls it ''Heinz''? The garbage man. 235 00:25:43,625 --> 00:25:46,890 Lux lusted over Kevin Haines, the garbage man. 236 00:25:47,028 --> 00:25:50,964 She'd wake up at 5am and hang out on the front steps. 237 00:25:51,133 --> 00:25:53,294 Like it wasn't completely obvious! 238 00:25:53,468 --> 00:25:56,096 She wrote his name on all her underwear. 239 00:25:56,271 --> 00:25:59,001 Mum found them and bleached out all the Kevins. 240 00:25:59,174 --> 00:26:01,972 Lux is crying on her bed all day. 241 00:26:09,851 --> 00:26:12,911 ''The trees, like lungs filling with air 242 00:26:13,088 --> 00:26:16,421 ''My sister, the mean one, pulling my hair'' 243 00:26:21,963 --> 00:26:25,262 And so we started to learn about their lives. 244 00:26:26,368 --> 00:26:29,997 Coming to hold the memories of times we hadn't experienced. 245 00:26:30,172 --> 00:26:33,198 We felt the imprisonment of being a girl. 246 00:26:33,375 --> 00:26:36,071 How it made your mind active and dreamy. 247 00:26:36,278 --> 00:26:39,975 And how you learnt what colors went together. 248 00:26:40,148 --> 00:26:42,582 We knew that the girls were really women in disguise. 249 00:26:42,817 --> 00:26:45,285 They understood love and even death. 250 00:26:45,453 --> 00:26:48,911 Our job was to create the noise that fascinated them. 251 00:26:50,425 --> 00:26:54,953 They knew everything about us, but we couldn't fathom them at all. 252 00:27:09,878 --> 00:27:14,144 Hi. Mrs Lisbon, l'm Lydia Perl. l'm putting together... 253 00:27:14,749 --> 00:27:18,014 - Oh! - Hi, l'm Bonnie. This is Mary. 254 00:27:18,186 --> 00:27:23,453 Hello, girls. l'm here to ask you a couple of questions... 255 00:27:23,658 --> 00:27:25,717 about Cecilia. 256 00:27:27,095 --> 00:27:30,394 - Yeah? - Great. Um... 257 00:27:30,565 --> 00:27:34,729 Maybe you could tell me a little bit about her? 258 00:27:36,171 --> 00:27:39,231 Did she have any special interests or hobbies? 259 00:27:39,407 --> 00:27:42,672 She liked writing her journal a lot. 260 00:27:42,844 --> 00:27:45,472 That is great. 261 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,773 OK. Did she... 262 00:27:47,949 --> 00:27:50,417 Did she ever talk about ending her life? 263 00:27:50,619 --> 00:27:53,144 What's going on here? 264 00:27:53,321 --> 00:27:55,585 You must be Mrs Lisbon. 265 00:27:55,824 --> 00:27:58,486 l'm Lydia Perl. l'm doing a piece for Channel Two. 266 00:27:58,660 --> 00:28:01,026 You have to leave now, Miss Perl. 267 00:28:02,097 --> 00:28:08,127 The suicide of a teenager last summer has increased the awareness of a crisis. 268 00:28:08,303 --> 00:28:11,397 l'm at the home where Cecilia Lisbon... 269 00:28:11,473 --> 00:28:13,737 Why don't they let her rest in peace? 270 00:28:13,775 --> 00:28:17,404 ..tragically put an end to her life. 271 00:28:17,579 --> 00:28:19,945 Psychologists agree that adolescence today 272 00:28:20,115 --> 00:28:24,415 is more fraught by pressures and complexities than in years past. 273 00:28:24,586 --> 00:28:29,216 Doctors say that frustration can lead to acts of violence 274 00:28:29,391 --> 00:28:34,954 whose reality the adolescent cannot separate from its intended drama. 275 00:28:35,764 --> 00:28:38,255 l baked a pie full of rat poison. 276 00:28:38,900 --> 00:28:42,996 l thought l could eat it without it being suspicious. 277 00:28:45,273 --> 00:28:48,401 My nana, who was 86... 278 00:28:51,613 --> 00:28:54,411 She really likes sweets. 279 00:28:55,850 --> 00:28:58,512 She had three pieces. 280 00:29:04,125 --> 00:29:06,093 l'm sorriest for the mother. 281 00:29:06,261 --> 00:29:09,628 You'd always wonder what you could have done. 282 00:29:09,831 --> 00:29:13,323 - l gotta go. See you later. - All right. Bye-bye. 283 00:29:13,501 --> 00:29:15,401 Bye-bye. 284 00:30:16,631 --> 00:30:18,826 Don't worry. 285 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,764 They took the fence out. 286 00:30:42,757 --> 00:30:45,317 God, you snore loud. 287 00:31:30,338 --> 00:31:32,863 Those girls have a bright future ahead. 288 00:31:33,041 --> 00:31:36,442 The other one was just going to end up a cook. 289 00:31:36,644 --> 00:31:41,411 We didn't see the girls together as a group until September 7th. 290 00:31:41,583 --> 00:31:45,110 Mary, Lux, Bonnie and Therese, 291 00:31:45,286 --> 00:31:48,153 came to school as though nothing had happened. 292 00:31:48,323 --> 00:31:54,228 We felt if we looked hard, we'd understand their feelings and who they were. 293 00:31:54,395 --> 00:31:58,764 All right. These are Venn diagrams, as you remember. 294 00:31:58,933 --> 00:32:04,803 lf we have ''A'' and ''B'' intersecting. And ''A'' and ''B''. 295 00:32:04,973 --> 00:32:08,465 lf ''A'' intersects ''B'', we have this area. 296 00:32:08,676 --> 00:32:13,613 And if ''A'' is the union with ''B'', we have all of the circle plus the intersection. 297 00:32:13,815 --> 00:32:19,776 These are the laws of intersection and union. OK? 298 00:32:30,598 --> 00:32:33,294 How's it going? 299 00:32:34,102 --> 00:32:36,297 Not bad. 300 00:32:39,574 --> 00:32:43,840 OK. ''Do a character sketch on the following characters from Portrait Of A Lady...'' 301 00:32:44,045 --> 00:32:46,980 The first one is... Ralph. 302 00:32:47,181 --> 00:32:50,446 Um... He was nice. 303 00:32:50,652 --> 00:32:53,314 lt was really sad when he died. 304 00:32:55,323 --> 00:32:58,156 Oh, my gosh. l can't believe l just said that. 305 00:32:58,326 --> 00:33:00,624 l am so sorry. 306 00:33:12,540 --> 00:33:15,475 Reading about the alarming suicide rate, 307 00:33:15,677 --> 00:33:20,205 l talked to Mr Woodhouse and some of the teachers here 308 00:33:20,381 --> 00:33:25,614 and realized that nothing about this serious matter has been discussed at this school. 309 00:33:25,820 --> 00:33:28,983 And quickly thereafter green pamphlets were distributed. 310 00:33:29,157 --> 00:33:32,888 We felt green was cheerful, but not too cheerful. 311 00:33:33,094 --> 00:33:35,619 Certainly better than red. 312 00:33:36,364 --> 00:33:41,165 The pamphlets said there were 80 suicides a day in America - 30,000 a year. 313 00:33:41,336 --> 00:33:42,598 Cheese! 314 00:33:42,837 --> 00:33:45,362 lt alerted us to danger signals we couldn't help but look for. 315 00:33:45,540 --> 00:33:48,202 Were the Lisbon girls' pupils dilated? 316 00:33:48,376 --> 00:33:52,813 Had they lost interest in school activities and sports and hobbies? 317 00:33:52,981 --> 00:33:55,347 Had they withdrawn from their peers? 318 00:33:57,118 --> 00:33:59,211 Hi, l'm Chase. 319 00:34:01,556 --> 00:34:03,990 l know who you are. 320 00:34:04,559 --> 00:34:07,585 l've only been going to this school my whole life. 321 00:34:08,796 --> 00:34:11,196 You don't have to talk to me. 322 00:34:20,675 --> 00:34:24,475 So, we have two different types of economics. 323 00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:30,140 Of these different types the first one is called macroeconomics. 324 00:34:30,318 --> 00:34:31,751 Look. 325 00:34:31,919 --> 00:34:34,217 She's laughing. 326 00:34:35,523 --> 00:34:40,187 He made her laugh. You never heard him say anything remotely intelligent! 327 00:34:41,896 --> 00:34:47,528 The boys who talked with Lux were always stupid and terrible sources of information. 328 00:34:47,735 --> 00:34:50,203 ..squeezebox. She's all right. 329 00:34:50,371 --> 00:34:53,568 Let me tell you, she's the hottest girl in school. 330 00:34:53,775 --> 00:34:57,541 You want to know what happened? Smell my fingers, man. 331 00:34:57,779 --> 00:35:00,543 No, she didn't talk about Cecilia. 332 00:35:00,748 --> 00:35:03,740 We weren't exactly talking, if you know what l mean. 333 00:35:03,918 --> 00:35:10,255 The only reliable boy who got to know Lux was Trip Fontaine. 334 00:35:11,893 --> 00:35:17,354 Who had recently lost his baby fat to the delight of girls and mothers alike. 335 00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:21,034 l'm late again. 336 00:35:24,172 --> 00:35:26,436 Oh, come on! 337 00:35:35,383 --> 00:35:37,248 Thank you. 338 00:36:47,321 --> 00:36:50,757 All the girls at our school are in love with Trip. 339 00:36:51,926 --> 00:36:54,156 All the girls, except Lux. 340 00:36:54,929 --> 00:37:00,390 Trip said his passion for Lux began when he went into the wrong History class. 341 00:37:01,702 --> 00:37:05,536 As was his custom, he went out to smoke the marijuana 342 00:37:05,740 --> 00:37:09,540 he took as regularly as a diabetic kid takes lnsulin. 343 00:37:15,783 --> 00:37:20,220 On this particular day, he avoided Mr Woodhouse by ducking into a class. 344 00:37:35,336 --> 00:37:37,964 She was the still point of the turning world. 345 00:37:39,507 --> 00:37:42,340 l never got over that girl. Never. 346 00:37:44,612 --> 00:37:49,311 l've loved a lot of ladies, but not like that... That was real. 347 00:37:49,483 --> 00:37:53,214 l'll never forget the first time l saw her. 348 00:37:53,421 --> 00:37:58,085 l didn't know what had hit me. l didn't know what to do. 349 00:37:59,493 --> 00:38:04,556 Because it was so easy with all the other girls, but she wouldn't look at me. 350 00:38:04,732 --> 00:38:09,601 l... l was never the kind to pursue. lf you know what l mean. 351 00:38:13,774 --> 00:38:16,208 That girl drove me crazy, man. 352 00:38:31,158 --> 00:38:33,353 Mmm, yummy. 353 00:38:33,995 --> 00:38:35,860 Lux? 354 00:38:36,063 --> 00:38:37,997 Hey. 355 00:38:41,736 --> 00:38:44,864 Look at it. lt's just meat on bread rolls. 356 00:38:46,941 --> 00:38:49,102 Thanks, Mum. 357 00:38:56,684 --> 00:38:59,278 Trip's dad was little help. 358 00:39:02,623 --> 00:39:06,354 Well, first off, don't call her on the phone. 359 00:39:06,527 --> 00:39:09,360 lt's all... lt's all subtlety. 360 00:39:09,530 --> 00:39:11,589 lt's all nuance. 361 00:39:11,766 --> 00:39:14,758 Yeah. You just need to talk to her at school. 362 00:39:14,936 --> 00:39:19,168 About anything. About the weather, or... school assignments. 363 00:39:19,340 --> 00:39:25,404 Anything for the chance to communicate with the language of eye contact. 364 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,781 And project confidence. 365 00:39:29,650 --> 00:39:32,710 And keep the hair out of your eyes. 366 00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:36,219 Feel the vibe. 367 00:39:43,064 --> 00:39:45,396 - Just do your stuff. - Yeah. 368 00:39:49,203 --> 00:39:54,072 The word ''hurricane'' was the name given to Nature's strongest storm. 369 00:39:54,275 --> 00:39:57,073 A hurricane occurs when high-pressure 370 00:39:57,278 --> 00:40:01,544 and low-pressure masses of air come into contact with one another. 371 00:40:01,716 --> 00:40:05,982 There is often a significant difference in temperature between the two masses. 372 00:40:07,822 --> 00:40:11,451 One mass is warm, while the other is cold. 373 00:40:12,093 --> 00:40:16,291 The warmer air rises and the cooler air falls. 374 00:40:17,498 --> 00:40:22,265 Likewise, the low-pressure area slides down the sides of the high-pressure area. 375 00:40:22,436 --> 00:40:24,768 They swirl around one another, 376 00:40:24,939 --> 00:40:27,965 creating the beginnings of the storm. 377 00:40:29,810 --> 00:40:34,042 With this footage, taken from US Navy weather patrol aircraft, 378 00:40:34,215 --> 00:40:40,950 we can observe the high and low-pressure masses coming in contact with each other. 379 00:40:44,692 --> 00:40:47,422 The result is a surging storm of tremendous strength 380 00:40:47,595 --> 00:40:50,462 that strikes with forceful determination. 381 00:40:57,605 --> 00:41:01,541 Even though the hurricane is the most powerful storm known to us 382 00:41:02,143 --> 00:41:06,546 it strikes large land areas such as continents or large islands. 383 00:41:06,747 --> 00:41:08,578 and slowly dies. 384 00:41:08,783 --> 00:41:12,446 Mr Montgomery, his ass is grass. 385 00:41:18,092 --> 00:41:20,287 l want to ask you out. 386 00:41:22,596 --> 00:41:24,655 Fat chance. 387 00:41:28,102 --> 00:41:32,163 First, l'll go over to your house and watch the tube. 388 00:41:32,339 --> 00:41:34,671 And then l'm gonna ask you out. 389 00:41:43,451 --> 00:41:45,919 You're the stone fox. 390 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:52,259 The hurricane. One of the most awesome and spectacular stories Nature has to offer. 391 00:42:00,067 --> 00:42:02,865 - What channel is this? - Five. 392 00:42:03,070 --> 00:42:05,231 Oh. Let's see... 393 00:42:05,406 --> 00:42:10,639 ''Animals ln The Wild. Journey through the African Kalahari 394 00:42:10,878 --> 00:42:13,847 ''and see animals in their natural habitat.'' 395 00:42:13,981 --> 00:42:17,644 l think that sounds nice, don't you? 396 00:42:17,885 --> 00:42:23,084 This huge rainforest eventually gives way to grasslands 397 00:42:23,290 --> 00:42:27,989 that stretch to the horizon in all directions - this is the Kalahari. 398 00:42:29,830 --> 00:42:33,960 - Do you want some more pop? - Yeah, sure. Thank you. 399 00:42:40,141 --> 00:42:42,200 Thanks. 400 00:42:46,147 --> 00:42:50,106 The wildlife spectacle played out on these grasslands, 401 00:42:50,284 --> 00:42:54,914 and in recesses of the rainforest, is unparalleled anywhere on Earth. 402 00:43:04,365 --> 00:43:06,629 Lux, put your feet down, honey. 403 00:43:12,006 --> 00:43:17,000 The Kalahari and its vast open sky provide a theatre for the life and death drama 404 00:43:17,178 --> 00:43:20,875 played out by the herds 405 00:43:21,081 --> 00:43:24,380 and the great hunting cats that play on them. 406 00:43:24,552 --> 00:43:26,417 Oh, my! 407 00:43:26,587 --> 00:43:29,454 lt's getting so late. Honey...? 408 00:43:33,294 --> 00:43:38,231 - l said it's getting late. - Oh. Well, let's hit the TV button. 409 00:43:40,568 --> 00:43:42,536 Right. Er... 410 00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,801 - OK. - Thank you. 411 00:43:49,043 --> 00:43:52,444 - lt was nice to meet you Mrs Lisbon. - Yes. 412 00:43:53,714 --> 00:43:56,239 - Good night. - See you. 413 00:44:17,338 --> 00:44:19,272 Bye. 414 00:44:24,678 --> 00:44:26,805 Goodbye. 415 00:45:34,114 --> 00:45:36,173 l've got to get back. 416 00:46:02,142 --> 00:46:05,509 This is fourth period, l don't have you until fifth, do l? 417 00:46:05,713 --> 00:46:08,580 l know. l'm not here for math today, sir. 418 00:46:12,486 --> 00:46:16,946 l'm here to tell you that my intentions for your daughter are entirely honorable. 419 00:46:19,259 --> 00:46:24,925 - What might those intentions be? - To ask Lux to the Homecoming Dance. 420 00:46:27,935 --> 00:46:30,597 Trip, why don't you sit down for a minute? 421 00:46:34,942 --> 00:46:38,070 You see, my wife and l have certain rules. 422 00:46:38,212 --> 00:46:43,309 They were the rules for the older girls. l can't change them for the younger ones. 423 00:46:43,484 --> 00:46:46,920 Even if l wanted to, the wife wouldn't let me. 424 00:46:47,087 --> 00:46:52,684 So, if you want to come over and watch television again, that would be fine. 425 00:46:52,860 --> 00:46:56,921 But you cannot take Lux out. Especially not in a car. 426 00:46:57,097 --> 00:47:00,692 So l'm sorry, son, that's just our policy. 427 00:47:02,936 --> 00:47:09,102 OK, sir. What if a bunch of us guys took all your daughters out in a group 428 00:47:09,276 --> 00:47:12,370 and had them back by the time you said? 429 00:47:12,546 --> 00:47:16,004 - Are you on the football squad, son? - Yes, sir. 430 00:47:16,183 --> 00:47:19,118 - What position? - Defence quarterback. 431 00:47:19,253 --> 00:47:21,187 Ah, good. 432 00:47:21,355 --> 00:47:24,722 l was a... l was a safety in my day. 433 00:47:24,892 --> 00:47:27,156 Well, that's a crucial position, sir. 434 00:47:27,327 --> 00:47:30,194 - Nothing between you and the goal line. - Exactly! 435 00:47:31,298 --> 00:47:34,131 - Oh, well. - So the thing is, sir. 436 00:47:34,301 --> 00:47:39,204 We've got the big game and then afterwards we've got the dance. 437 00:47:39,373 --> 00:47:41,807 All the other guys are taking dates. 438 00:47:42,009 --> 00:47:45,775 You're good-looking. Lots of girls would go with you. 439 00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:50,140 l'm not interested in lots of girls, sir. 440 00:47:56,857 --> 00:48:00,816 l'll take it up with the wife, Trip. Do what l can. 441 00:48:01,762 --> 00:48:04,026 Thank you, sir. 442 00:48:05,566 --> 00:48:08,034 - lt's a craft. - Oh. 443 00:48:16,844 --> 00:48:21,781 Trip Fontaine and some of the boys in the football squad 444 00:48:21,949 --> 00:48:25,214 have asked to take the girls to the Homecoming Dance. 445 00:48:25,385 --> 00:48:27,945 You know how l feel about that sort of thing. 446 00:48:28,121 --> 00:48:31,113 - l'm a chaperone at the dance. - Oh, please! 447 00:48:33,327 --> 00:48:36,728 Your father and l will discuss it later. 448 00:48:38,565 --> 00:48:41,363 Mr Fontaine, may l speak with you, please? 449 00:48:42,269 --> 00:48:47,332 My wife and l have come to a decision about your request... 450 00:49:01,688 --> 00:49:03,553 Yes! 451 00:49:08,161 --> 00:49:10,493 l'm taking Lux Lisbon to Homecoming. 452 00:49:10,697 --> 00:49:13,325 l need three guys to take the other girls. 453 00:49:20,974 --> 00:49:25,411 - l'll give you three joints, Trip. - Pick me. We can take my dad's Caddy. 454 00:49:26,146 --> 00:49:28,774 You gotta pick me, Tripster. 455 00:49:29,449 --> 00:49:32,145 Trip, man. You owe me. 456 00:49:32,319 --> 00:49:34,810 l saved your ass with Woodhouse that time. 457 00:49:35,055 --> 00:49:38,218 - Thanks, Dad. - Who are the other boys? 458 00:49:38,392 --> 00:49:43,125 Let's see. Parker Denton, Jake Conley - he's a good student, dear - 459 00:49:44,064 --> 00:49:46,225 and Kevin Head. 460 00:49:46,366 --> 00:49:50,860 - Who's taking who? - They're going to raffle us off. 461 00:49:52,406 --> 00:49:56,740 lt didn't make any difference which dress the girls chose. 462 00:49:56,910 --> 00:50:01,176 Mrs Lisbon added an inch to the bust line and two to the waist and hems. 463 00:50:02,316 --> 00:50:04,876 The dresses became four identical sacks. 464 00:50:05,085 --> 00:50:07,986 - Everybody decent? - Yeah. 465 00:50:09,022 --> 00:50:11,490 OK. Come on. 466 00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:15,824 Oh, l'm sorry. Here we go. 467 00:50:15,996 --> 00:50:18,294 Come on. Together. 468 00:50:18,498 --> 00:50:20,557 And cheddar cheese. 469 00:50:25,138 --> 00:50:27,368 Oh, it's so exciting! 470 00:50:47,661 --> 00:50:51,427 - Are we ready? - Ready, man. 471 00:50:51,598 --> 00:50:54,066 Let's do it. 472 00:50:57,804 --> 00:51:00,830 ln the end Parkie won because of the Cadillac, 473 00:51:01,008 --> 00:51:03,806 Kevin Head, because he had the killer weed, 474 00:51:03,977 --> 00:51:06,969 and Joe Hill Conley because he won all the school prizes - 475 00:51:07,147 --> 00:51:09,980 which Trip thought would impress Mr and Mrs Lisbon. 476 00:51:11,918 --> 00:51:15,183 - Hello, boys. - Hello, Mrs Lisbon. 477 00:51:15,355 --> 00:51:17,983 - Come in. - Thank you. 478 00:51:31,204 --> 00:51:34,298 - Who's driving? - l am. 479 00:51:34,508 --> 00:51:39,639 - How long have you had your license? - Two months. l was a learner for a year. 480 00:51:39,846 --> 00:51:43,441 The girls almost never go out in cars. 481 00:51:43,650 --> 00:51:48,451 - There's so many accidents. Be careful. - Oh, yes, ma'am. 482 00:51:48,655 --> 00:51:51,249 OK. The third degree's over. 483 00:51:51,792 --> 00:51:53,783 Girls! 484 00:51:55,662 --> 00:51:58,995 - l'd better go. See you at the dance. - See you there, Mr Lisbon. 485 00:51:59,900 --> 00:52:02,061 Bye, dear. 486 00:52:08,675 --> 00:52:11,439 Girls. Come on down. 487 00:52:11,611 --> 00:52:13,977 The boys are here. 488 00:52:38,138 --> 00:52:42,404 We got white ones. We didn't know what you were wearing 489 00:52:42,576 --> 00:52:47,536 and the flower guy said that white would go with anything. 490 00:52:48,648 --> 00:52:51,208 l'm glad you got white. 491 00:52:52,486 --> 00:52:54,750 Why don't you pin them on? 492 00:53:22,182 --> 00:53:25,276 - There we go. - All right, let's do it. 493 00:53:25,485 --> 00:53:26,884 Great. 494 00:53:27,087 --> 00:53:29,385 Bye, Mum. 495 00:53:39,633 --> 00:53:42,500 Oh, gosh, look! The car's there again! 496 00:53:42,736 --> 00:53:47,799 l'm sure Mr Lea's having an affair with her. He followed her into the laundry room. 497 00:53:47,974 --> 00:53:52,308 - He's so sad with that red nose. - Probably an alcoholic. 498 00:53:52,479 --> 00:53:56,313 - The Hesses are Nazis. - They're Nazi sympathizers. 499 00:53:56,483 --> 00:54:00,715 They had a fit when Miss Schwartz tried to join the tennis club. 500 00:54:00,887 --> 00:54:05,051 Nice aluminum siding! Do they really think that looks OK? 501 00:54:05,792 --> 00:54:10,752 - Mr Peters ordered that from TV. - lt's a Baldinos barbecue tree stump. 502 00:54:10,931 --> 00:54:13,729 l have never seen a barbecue on that thing! 503 00:54:13,900 --> 00:54:16,960 Actually, it's an escape tunnel for the Shark. 504 00:54:17,137 --> 00:54:19,605 lt leads to the river and his speedboat. 505 00:54:19,873 --> 00:54:24,435 Paul often goes there. He can get into anyone's basement through the sewers. 506 00:54:24,611 --> 00:54:26,670 - No way! - Yeah. 507 00:54:41,728 --> 00:54:45,926 - Dad'll smell it on you. - No, l got mints. 508 00:54:46,099 --> 00:54:50,502 - He'll smell it on your clothes. - l'll say they were smoking in the toilets. 509 00:54:53,573 --> 00:54:56,406 - Don't let it die a virgin. - That's gross. 510 00:54:56,576 --> 00:54:59,136 Yeah, grow up, Conley. 511 00:55:55,035 --> 00:55:57,697 - Do you want to dance? - Sure. 512 00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:01,439 Dance? 513 00:56:23,530 --> 00:56:27,022 We've been having such lovely weather, don't you think? 514 00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:30,169 Yeah, we have... Nice. 515 00:56:38,511 --> 00:56:42,072 Good evening. Could l have your attention for a moment? 516 00:56:42,248 --> 00:56:45,740 l hope you're having a good time. lt sure looks like it. 517 00:56:45,919 --> 00:56:50,015 The dance committee really outdid themselves this time. 518 00:56:50,223 --> 00:56:54,216 l'd like to open the voting for Homecoming King and Queen. 519 00:56:54,427 --> 00:56:58,158 The ballot box is over there, so please vote. 520 00:56:58,331 --> 00:57:02,427 And we'll make the announcement in a little while. Thank you. 521 00:57:04,971 --> 00:57:08,338 - Did anybody see you come in? - No. 522 00:57:08,508 --> 00:57:10,999 - What about you? - No. 523 00:57:15,315 --> 00:57:17,783 You'll love it. 524 00:57:23,323 --> 00:57:25,723 Peach schnapps. 525 00:57:26,126 --> 00:57:28,424 Babes love it. 526 00:57:44,310 --> 00:57:47,302 That stuff tastes really good. 527 00:57:48,248 --> 00:57:51,149 l don't want any, thanks. 528 00:57:51,317 --> 00:57:54,286 Go on, just a taste. A tiny taste. 529 00:57:54,454 --> 00:57:57,218 Don't be such a goody-goody. 530 00:58:01,361 --> 00:58:03,921 Don't swallow it. 531 00:58:56,749 --> 00:58:58,808 Can l have everyone's attention? 532 00:58:59,018 --> 00:59:02,784 l'd like you to put your hands together for this year's Kind and Queen... 533 00:59:04,357 --> 00:59:06,723 Trip Fontaine and Lux Lisbon. 534 01:00:35,114 --> 01:00:38,106 l'm having the best time! 535 01:00:53,600 --> 01:00:55,761 Let's go for a walk. 536 01:00:55,935 --> 01:01:00,167 l'd better not. l've got to go back in a minute. 537 01:01:00,340 --> 01:01:04,367 We can keep an eye on the car. They won't leave without us. 538 01:01:05,578 --> 01:01:07,876 My dad... 539 01:01:08,081 --> 01:01:11,380 Tell him you're putting the crown in your locker. 540 01:01:13,519 --> 01:01:15,783 - See that divot there? - Uh-huh? 541 01:01:15,955 --> 01:01:18,253 That's where l reamed this guy today. 542 01:01:18,424 --> 01:01:20,949 - A cross body-block. - Really? 543 01:01:24,130 --> 01:01:28,066 - Maybe they went home with your dad? - l doubt it. 544 01:01:29,769 --> 01:01:32,966 - We're cooked. - Luxy is, we're not. 545 01:01:50,890 --> 01:01:53,358 Does anyone have any mints? 546 01:01:53,526 --> 01:01:55,960 - Sorry. - No. 547 01:02:00,300 --> 01:02:02,530 Bye, Parkie. 548 01:02:04,404 --> 01:02:07,965 - We'll walk you to the door. - No, don't. 549 01:02:08,675 --> 01:02:12,441 - Why not? - Just don't. 550 01:02:14,580 --> 01:02:16,013 OK. 551 01:02:17,150 --> 01:02:19,175 Will you call me? 552 01:02:19,352 --> 01:02:21,252 Absolutely! 553 01:02:25,925 --> 01:02:27,358 Bye. 554 01:02:27,527 --> 01:02:30,360 - Bye. - Bye. 555 01:05:06,252 --> 01:05:11,121 - Are you OK? - Where have you been? 556 01:05:11,290 --> 01:05:16,250 Look at the state of you! Get in the house! 557 01:05:26,539 --> 01:05:31,567 l walked home alone that night. l didn't care how she got home. lt was weird. 558 01:05:32,211 --> 01:05:36,875 l mean, l liked her. l liked her a lot. But out there on the field... 559 01:05:39,752 --> 01:05:42,380 lt was just different then. 560 01:05:44,757 --> 01:05:47,191 That was the last time l saw her. 561 01:05:50,129 --> 01:05:54,156 You know, most people will never taste that kind of love. 562 01:05:54,333 --> 01:05:57,302 But at least l tasted it once, right? 563 01:06:02,174 --> 01:06:05,337 lt's time for your six o'clock group meeting. 564 01:06:20,059 --> 01:06:24,860 Given Lux's failure to make curfew, everyone expected a crackdown. 565 01:06:26,599 --> 01:06:30,126 But few anticipated it would be so drastic. 566 01:06:30,970 --> 01:06:34,963 The girls were taken out of school and Mrs Lisbon shut the house 567 01:06:35,141 --> 01:06:37,666 in maximum-security isolation. 568 01:06:38,678 --> 01:06:41,670 She did more than taking the girls out of school. 569 01:06:41,847 --> 01:06:44,907 That Sunday, after a spirited church sermon. 570 01:06:45,084 --> 01:06:48,417 Mrs Lisbon made Lux destroy her records. 571 01:06:48,621 --> 01:06:50,020 Now! 572 01:06:50,222 --> 01:06:52,156 But, Mum... 573 01:06:52,291 --> 01:06:54,782 This is final, Luxy. 574 01:06:54,961 --> 01:06:58,158 - That's not fair. - l said now. 575 01:07:15,648 --> 01:07:18,014 Now, Luxy! 576 01:07:31,130 --> 01:07:33,064 Come on. 577 01:07:37,470 --> 01:07:41,099 Kiss. Please don't make me do this. 578 01:07:41,273 --> 01:07:43,173 Burn it. 579 01:07:55,554 --> 01:07:59,820 Oh, Mum, Aerosmith! Come on, please don't make me burn this. 580 01:08:00,026 --> 01:08:01,994 Please... 581 01:08:02,161 --> 01:08:04,561 What's that smell? 582 01:08:05,965 --> 01:08:10,527 All right, that'll do for now. Give me these... Give me these. 583 01:08:10,736 --> 01:08:13,034 l'll put them in the trash. 584 01:08:50,509 --> 01:08:55,378 This was when we began seeing Lux making love on the roof with random men. 585 01:08:55,548 --> 01:08:58,881 - ls she naked? - You can't tell. 586 01:08:59,051 --> 01:09:01,349 Get it focused. 587 01:09:01,520 --> 01:09:05,012 - Will you stop? Wait your turn. - What are they doing? 588 01:09:05,224 --> 01:09:07,624 They're rolling around up there. 589 01:09:09,562 --> 01:09:13,521 Hold on. She's on him. He's rubbing his hands through her hair. 590 01:09:13,733 --> 01:09:17,533 - Let me look. - No. No, it's my telescope, Chase. 591 01:09:19,638 --> 01:09:24,371 - Yes and what else? - That man's in a burger chalet uniform. 592 01:09:24,543 --> 01:09:26,170 Let me see. 593 01:09:27,980 --> 01:09:31,643 Yeah. You never think that those guys ever get lucky. 594 01:09:31,851 --> 01:09:35,252 Then she asks me if what we'd just done was dirty. 595 01:09:35,454 --> 01:09:37,820 l knew what to say. l said no. 596 01:09:37,990 --> 01:09:40,823 Then she goes, ''You like me, don't you?'' 597 01:09:40,993 --> 01:09:44,759 l didn't say anything. lt's best to keep chicks guessing. 598 01:09:44,930 --> 01:09:49,367 Chase, honey. Come practice your violin before dinner. 599 01:09:51,270 --> 01:09:55,764 You're not going to believe it. Lux is on the roof again tonight! 600 01:09:55,941 --> 01:09:59,399 - Her hands are moving down. - l gotta see this. 601 01:09:59,545 --> 01:10:03,072 - This is beautiful. - Now she's on top of him. 602 01:10:04,016 --> 01:10:07,417 - What's she doing, man? - Wait. 603 01:10:07,553 --> 01:10:10,420 Now they're done. He's getting up. 604 01:10:12,424 --> 01:10:15,951 - That's it? - That was quick. 605 01:10:23,936 --> 01:10:29,704 ...plus one. And if the exponential is time, then you'd have as you approach... 606 01:10:29,909 --> 01:10:36,212 Oh, good morning. Have we photosynthesized our breakfast today? 607 01:10:47,293 --> 01:10:50,660 - Hello, Ronald. - Hi, Harry. 608 01:10:51,931 --> 01:10:55,128 Your daughters haven't been at school for over two weeks. 609 01:10:57,369 --> 01:10:59,963 Have you checked out back? 610 01:11:04,410 --> 01:11:06,674 They've found a new Math teacher. 611 01:11:06,879 --> 01:11:10,440 - He'll have to get another job. - l know. 612 01:11:12,751 --> 01:11:16,778 How long can those girls be cooped up like that? 613 01:11:34,773 --> 01:11:37,503 Go away. This is our tree. 614 01:11:37,643 --> 01:11:42,580 Girls, girls... lt's a little late. This tree is dead. 615 01:11:42,781 --> 01:11:46,308 - Why don't you leave it up to Nature? - lf we did, there'd be no trees left. 616 01:11:46,485 --> 01:11:49,147 That's what it's going to be like anyway. 617 01:11:49,321 --> 01:11:52,757 lf they didn't bring the fungus from Europe, this wouldn't have happened. 618 01:11:52,925 --> 01:11:55,359 OK. Let's go. 619 01:11:57,062 --> 01:11:58,461 No? 620 01:11:58,597 --> 01:12:02,727 That's it. l have an order to cut down your elm tree, 621 01:12:02,902 --> 01:12:05,200 but your kids won't let us. 622 01:12:05,371 --> 01:12:10,536 - How do you know it's sick. - Believe me, it's dead for Christsake. 623 01:12:10,676 --> 01:12:14,612 - Arbotect is a less aggressive therapy. - lt doesn't work. 624 01:12:14,813 --> 01:12:19,580 - l leave that tree there, they'll all go. - They could anyway. 625 01:12:19,785 --> 01:12:21,980 Look, l don't want to call the police. 626 01:12:22,154 --> 01:12:27,091 Our daughters are standing on our lawn. Since when is that a crime? 627 01:12:42,107 --> 01:12:46,567 Clive. See those girls in their nighties? That's the shot that l want. 628 01:12:46,779 --> 01:12:51,580 Honey, you'll have to move forward. l want those girls in their nighties. 629 01:12:51,784 --> 01:12:55,845 - Let's back up. - Give me some more slack. 630 01:12:56,055 --> 01:12:59,752 - There you go. ls that good? - Great. 631 01:12:59,925 --> 01:13:02,018 Four sisters of Cecilia Lisbon, 632 01:13:02,194 --> 01:13:07,359 the teenager whose suicide last summer focused awareness on a national problem, 633 01:13:07,533 --> 01:13:13,472 put their own lives in jeopardy by trying to protect the elm that Cecilia so dearly loved. 634 01:14:01,086 --> 01:14:06,524 The circles under your eyes come out when it's overcast, so you need to wear... 635 01:14:06,725 --> 01:14:11,355 For the next few weeks we hardly saw the girls at all. 636 01:14:11,530 --> 01:14:14,328 Joe didn't call Therese as he had promised. 637 01:14:20,005 --> 01:14:23,941 And Lux never spoke to Trip again. 638 01:14:25,811 --> 01:14:28,371 You're the stone fox. 639 01:14:33,318 --> 01:14:37,778 The girls' only contact with the world was through the catalogues they ordered. 640 01:14:37,956 --> 01:14:42,086 lt filled their mailbox with pictures of high-end fashions 641 01:14:42,261 --> 01:14:45,196 and brochures for exotic vacations. 642 01:14:46,265 --> 01:14:51,430 Unable to go anywhere, they travelled in their imaginations to Siamese temples, 643 01:14:51,637 --> 01:14:57,371 or past an old man with a leaf broom tidying a moss-carpeted speck of Japan. 644 01:14:59,878 --> 01:15:05,373 We ordered the same catalogues and hiked through dusty passes with the girls. 645 01:15:06,251 --> 01:15:10,551 Stopping every now and then to help them with their backpacks. 646 01:15:10,756 --> 01:15:13,816 Placing our hands on their warm, moist shoulders, 647 01:15:13,992 --> 01:15:17,758 and gazing off at the fire sunsets. 648 01:15:17,996 --> 01:15:21,397 We drank tea with them in a water pavilion. 649 01:15:21,934 --> 01:15:24,528 We did whatever we wanted. 650 01:15:25,404 --> 01:15:29,340 Cecilia hadn't died. She was a bride in Calcutta. 651 01:15:32,277 --> 01:15:37,374 The only way we felt close to the girls was through these impossible excursions 652 01:15:37,549 --> 01:15:39,881 which have scared us forever, 653 01:15:40,085 --> 01:15:43,885 making us happier with dreams than wives. 654 01:15:45,557 --> 01:15:50,517 Collecting everything we could of theirs, the Lisbon girls wouldn't leave our minds, 655 01:15:50,729 --> 01:15:53,027 but they were slipping away. 656 01:15:53,232 --> 01:15:58,226 The colors of their eyes faded along with the exact location of their dimples. 657 01:15:58,437 --> 01:16:02,999 From five they had become four, and they were all living in the dead... 658 01:16:03,575 --> 01:16:05,941 becoming shadows. 659 01:16:06,111 --> 01:16:09,410 We were losing them when the girls contacted us. 660 01:16:09,581 --> 01:16:13,711 One long. Two short. 661 01:16:14,553 --> 01:16:17,021 One long. Have you got that? 662 01:16:17,723 --> 01:16:20,453 - That's it. - OK. 663 01:16:21,994 --> 01:16:23,859 Help. 664 01:16:24,530 --> 01:16:26,395 Send. 665 01:16:27,766 --> 01:16:30,963 Bo... Bo. 666 01:16:33,305 --> 01:16:37,332 - Bobo? - Bobo. That's it... Bobo. 667 01:16:37,509 --> 01:16:42,105 ''Help. Send Bobo.'' l thought you knew Morse code! 668 01:17:10,475 --> 01:17:12,773 There's something here for you. 669 01:17:20,452 --> 01:17:22,579 l got one, too. 670 01:17:24,990 --> 01:17:27,823 We racked our brains for a way of contacting them. 671 01:17:27,993 --> 01:17:32,123 Tom suggested we fly a kite with a message alongside the house. 672 01:17:32,297 --> 01:17:34,788 But that had logistical problems. 673 01:17:34,933 --> 01:17:40,428 ln the end, the answer was simple - we called them on the telephone. 674 01:17:40,539 --> 01:17:43,770 727 8221 . 675 01:17:45,510 --> 01:17:47,774 Get ready. 676 01:17:50,215 --> 01:17:53,673 - Hello? - Go! 677 01:18:05,330 --> 01:18:08,026 Call us. 727 0487. 678 01:18:14,139 --> 01:18:16,300 Shit. lt's them. 679 01:19:30,082 --> 01:19:34,018 - l'm going home. See you tomorrow. - See you later. 680 01:19:37,789 --> 01:19:40,451 - We're suffocating. - Lux, you're safe here. 681 01:19:40,692 --> 01:19:42,353 l can't breathe. 682 01:19:45,263 --> 01:19:47,424 No answer. 683 01:20:09,788 --> 01:20:12,552 - What time is it? - Any time now. 684 01:20:12,758 --> 01:20:15,625 - Guys, there it is. - What? 685 01:20:18,997 --> 01:20:21,158 Yeah, it's them. 686 01:20:22,401 --> 01:20:24,596 Let's go. 687 01:20:35,447 --> 01:20:38,780 l've got the keys to my mum's car. 688 01:21:02,174 --> 01:21:04,438 Maybe we should knock. 689 01:21:10,715 --> 01:21:13,183 We're here. 690 01:21:21,793 --> 01:21:26,423 lt's about time. We've been waiting for you guys. 691 01:21:26,598 --> 01:21:30,056 We've got a car. We'll take you anywhere you want to go. 692 01:21:30,235 --> 01:21:32,396 lt's a Cougar. lt's got a big trunk. 693 01:21:33,505 --> 01:21:37,566 - Can l sit up front? - Sure. 694 01:21:40,345 --> 01:21:43,439 Which one of you is going to sit next to me? 695 01:21:44,883 --> 01:21:48,910 - Where are your parents? - Asleep. 696 01:21:49,087 --> 01:21:52,386 - What about your sisters? - They're coming. 697 01:21:53,325 --> 01:21:55,725 Come on. lt's late. 698 01:21:57,162 --> 01:22:01,326 Wait five minutes. We have to wait until my parents are asleep. 699 01:22:01,500 --> 01:22:05,834 They take forever. My mum's an insomniac. 700 01:22:09,007 --> 01:22:12,807 We'd better take our car, there's more room. 701 01:22:13,812 --> 01:22:19,614 - Think you can handle a station wagon? - Sure. lt's not a stick, is it? 702 01:22:19,818 --> 01:22:22,378 - No. - Yeah, no problem. 703 01:22:22,554 --> 01:22:26,012 - Will you let me steer? - Sure. 704 01:22:26,191 --> 01:22:29,649 We should go. l just heard something. lt could be your mum. 705 01:22:30,562 --> 01:22:33,395 Come on in. 706 01:22:42,440 --> 01:22:46,638 l'll go wait in the car. You guys wait here for my sisters. 707 01:23:42,701 --> 01:23:46,637 These girls make me crazy. lf l just felt one of them once! 708 01:23:50,375 --> 01:23:52,206 What? 709 01:24:09,361 --> 01:24:12,455 We would never be sure about the sequence of events. 710 01:24:13,198 --> 01:24:15,723 We argue about it still. 711 01:24:18,470 --> 01:24:22,566 Most likely, Bonnie had died while we were waiting in the living room 712 01:24:22,774 --> 01:24:25,334 dreaming of highways. 713 01:24:25,510 --> 01:24:29,276 Mary put her head in the oven shortly thereafter. 714 01:24:29,481 --> 01:24:34,043 Therese, stuffed with sleeping pills, was gone by the time we got there. 715 01:24:35,420 --> 01:24:37,888 Lux was the last to go. 716 01:24:46,564 --> 01:24:50,762 lt's four o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Do you know where your children are? 717 01:24:50,935 --> 01:24:54,564 Bonnie, the younger Lisbon sister... 718 01:24:54,773 --> 01:24:59,437 Therese Lisbon, a horse-lover, has written to... 719 01:24:59,644 --> 01:25:02,772 Mary wanted to be a cheerleader, but her mother wouldn't let her. 720 01:25:02,947 --> 01:25:05,313 ..suicide in their house... 721 01:25:05,483 --> 01:25:10,318 - l wasn't able to express the anger l felt. - ..Lydia Perl, Channel Eight News. 722 01:25:19,564 --> 01:25:23,466 None of my daughters lacked for any love. 723 01:25:24,703 --> 01:25:27,797 There was plenty of love in our house. 724 01:25:29,140 --> 01:25:31,734 l never understood why. 725 01:26:03,441 --> 01:26:08,640 After the suicides, Mr and Mrs Lisbon gave up any attempt to lead a normal life. 726 01:26:11,382 --> 01:26:14,112 They had Mr Hadley pack up the house, 727 01:26:14,285 --> 01:26:17,345 and sell the furniture in a garage sale. 728 01:26:19,858 --> 01:26:23,954 Mr Lisbon sold the house to a young couple from Boston. 729 01:26:26,331 --> 01:26:31,530 We, of course, took the family photos that were put out with the trash. 730 01:26:33,004 --> 01:26:37,805 ln the end, we had pieces of the puzzle, but gaps still remained. 731 01:26:37,976 --> 01:26:42,106 Oddly-shaped emptiness, mapped by what surrounded them, 732 01:26:42,280 --> 01:26:44,976 like countries we couldn't name. 733 01:26:48,119 --> 01:26:50,587 What lingered after them was not life, 734 01:26:51,723 --> 01:26:55,523 but the most trivial list of mundane facts - 735 01:26:57,295 --> 01:27:00,025 a clock ticking on the wall, 736 01:27:01,099 --> 01:27:03,431 a room dim at noon, 737 01:27:04,702 --> 01:27:09,401 the outrageousness of a human being thinking only of herself. 738 01:27:13,978 --> 01:27:18,745 We began the impossible process of trying to forget them. 739 01:27:24,455 --> 01:27:27,219 Our parents were able to do this, 740 01:27:27,892 --> 01:27:34,229 returning to their tennis foursomes and cocktails as though they'd seen it all before. 741 01:27:34,399 --> 01:27:36,867 lt was full-fledged summer again - 742 01:27:37,068 --> 01:27:42,165 over a year after Cecilia had slit her wrists spreading the poison in the air. 743 01:27:42,340 --> 01:27:46,936 A spill at the plant increased the lake's phosphates and produced algae 744 01:27:47,111 --> 01:27:52,879 so that the swamp's smell filled the air infiltrating the genteel mansions. 745 01:27:54,152 --> 01:27:59,351 Debutantes cried at coming out in a season remembered for its bad smell. 746 01:28:01,092 --> 01:28:03,959 The O'Connors ingeniously made 747 01:28:04,128 --> 01:28:09,430 the theme of their daughter Alice's debutante party ''Asphyxiation''. 748 01:28:09,667 --> 01:28:14,764 Like everyone else, we went to forget about the Lisbon girls. 749 01:28:14,939 --> 01:28:17,703 She'll give him a heart attack. 750 01:29:02,053 --> 01:29:04,146 Hi, Parkie. 751 01:29:08,359 --> 01:29:12,318 How about the acting bug? 752 01:29:12,497 --> 01:29:14,795 l caught it from Kinky. 753 01:29:16,134 --> 01:29:22,232 And l want to announce tonight that next fall Alice is going to school in Newhaven. 754 01:29:25,310 --> 01:29:28,768 l hear they have a great grammar school up there. 755 01:29:28,947 --> 01:29:31,745 ln fact, Sam's father built it, didn't he? 756 01:29:31,916 --> 01:29:34,646 The hospital, Paul. 757 01:29:34,852 --> 01:29:38,447 We're so proud of Alice. We couldn't be prouder. 758 01:29:38,589 --> 01:29:41,183 Here's to her. 759 01:29:46,764 --> 01:29:50,530 l've had it. Goodbye cruel world. 760 01:29:57,375 --> 01:30:02,574 No, no, no! You don't understand me. l'm a teenager, l got problems. 761 01:30:14,025 --> 01:30:18,860 So much has been said about the girls over the years, 762 01:30:19,030 --> 01:30:22,158 but we have never found an answer. 763 01:30:24,202 --> 01:30:27,831 lt didn't matter how old they had been, 764 01:30:29,040 --> 01:30:31,440 or that they were girls, 765 01:30:33,411 --> 01:30:36,642 but only that we had loved them. 766 01:30:36,848 --> 01:30:41,547 And that they still do not hear us calling them out of those rooms 767 01:30:43,187 --> 01:30:46,554 where they went to be alone for all time. 768 01:30:47,592 --> 01:30:51,392 We will never find the pieces to put them back together.