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OPENING AND CREDIT SEQUENCE. VIEW OF RIVER WITH MEN IN HARD HATS AND WADERS STANDING IN IT, HIP-DEEP WATER. CREDITS PETER FALK, GENA ROWLANDS, FRED DRAPER, a WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

VIEW OF RURAL ROAD WITH TELEPHONE POLES. TRUCK COMES TOWARDS CAMERA, OPEN TRUCK WITH WORKMEN RIDING IN THE BACK STANDING UP. TRUCK PULLS OVER AND STOPS

INTERIOR BAR. DIVE BAR. MEN CLINK GLASSES OF BEER. BLACK MAN WALKS OVER TO JUKEBOX. WORKING MEN IN BAR. MAN CAN BE HEARD ON PHONE

FACES OF WORKMEN AT BAR WHILE MAN TALKS ON PHONE. HE SAYS THEY HAVE TO WORK ALL NIGHT. GROANS FROM MEN IN BAR

FRONT OF SUBURBAN HOME. CHILDREN TWO BOYS AND A GIRL COME RUNNING OUT OF HOUSE. WOMAN - THE CHILDREN'S GRANDMOTHER - COMES OUT AFTER THEM CARRYING THEIR JACKETS

MOTHER HOPPING AROUND ON THE LAWN ON ONE SHOE GETTING THE CHILDREN READY TO GO, AS THE CAR IS BEING PACKED. PUTS HER SHOE BACK ON AND GOES BACK INSIDE

GRANDMOTHER BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE CAR WITH CHILDREN HANGING ALL OVER HER. MOTHER TELLS HER TO CALL FOR ANY REASON AT ALL. CHILDREN STAYING WITH GRANDMOTHER FOR THE NIGHT. MOTHER IS APPARENTLY PARANOID, HARSHLY TELLING GRANDMOTHER TO CALL IF SHE NEEDS TO NO MATTER WHAT. GRANDMOTHER BACKS OUT OF DRIVEWAY

GRANDMOTHER DRIVING OLD 1970s CAR WITH CHILDREN DRIVES AWAY. MOTHER WAVES, CHILDREN WAVE. MOTHER IS CLEARLY NERVOUS

INT SUBURBAN HOME. FRONT DOOR OPENS AND WOMAN COMES INSIDE WALKS AROUND AS THOUGH SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING. WALKS DOWN HALLWAY

INT LIVING ROOM. WOMAN WALKS OVER AND PICKS UP CLOCK (?) FROM TABLE AND LOOKS AT IT. OPERA MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND. WOMAN WALKS BACK DOWN HALLWAY TO FRONT DOOR, STANDS WAITING

WORK SITE ON CITY STREET AT NIGHT. MAN DIRECTS TRAFFIC. HUGE TRUCK FULL OF WORKMEN PULLS UP. MEN IN PROTECTIVE GEAR GET OUT AND START WORKING

WIFE AT HOME WITH HER FEET ON THE TABLE LOOKING MISERABLE. SMOKES CIGARETTE. STANDS UP WITH EMPTY GLASS. EMPTY SIX PACK ON THE TABLE. PHONE RINGS.

WIFE AT HOME HANGS UP ANGRILY. SMOKES CIGARETTE, OBVIOUSLY DRUNK. SHE STANDS UP

INT BAR AT NIGHT. WOMAN WALKS IN. DIMLY LIT DIVE BAR. SAD PLACE, WATERING HOLE. ONLY ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AT THE BAR. DISCO BALL SLOWLY SPINS

INT BAR. NICER PLACE. WOMAN WALKS IN NICELY LIT BAR. LOTS OF MEN AT THE BAR DRINKING. FACES OF BARFLIES. SHE SITS DOWN NEXT TO MAN FLICKING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AS HE PLAYS WITH STRAW

CU WOMAN SWIGS DOWN ENTIRE GLASS OF LIQUOR. SLAMS GLASS BACK ONTO BAR. HEAVY DRINKER PROBLEM DRINKER

EXT STREET AT NIGHT. NEON LIGHTS IN DISTANCE. HEADLIGHTS OF CAR LURCHING DOWN THE STREET. CONVERTIBLE WITH MAN AND WOMAN PULLS UP. HE BACKS CAR INTO DRIVEWAY. HER HEAD IS LEANING AGAINST HIM.

INT FRONT HALLWAY OF HOUSE. MAN AND WOMAN STAGGER INSIDE, KISSING. GOOD ESTABLISHING OF ONE NIGHT STAND. DRUNK WOMAN IS STAGGERING AROUND, CAN BARELY STAND. THEY START DANCING AROUND HALLWAY

MAN AND WOMAN TUMBLE TO THE GROUND IN THE DARK. SHE TRIES TO FIGHT HIM OFF, STANDS UP AND HITS HIM WITH HER PURSE. WORKS VERY WELL FOR ASSAULT OR DATE RAPE SCENE.

WOMAN IN BED IN WHITE BLANKETS AND SHEETS, STRETCHING, WAKING UP. STARTS TO CRY

WOMAN IN BED STRETCHING IN THE MORNING

WOMAN CRYING IN BED CALLS OUT HUSBAND'S NAME "NICK!"

CU WOMAN IN BED LOOKS HORRIFIED AND REGRETFUL, FALLS BACK ON PILLOW

MAN TRIES LOCKED DOOR, DOOR LABELED PRIVATE. TALKS THROUGH DOOR TO WOMAN YELLING ABOUT THE NIGHT BEFORE. MAN WALKS OVER AND SITS ON BED. WOMAN STORMS OUT OF DOOR IN BATHROBE AFTER HAVING TAKEN SHOWER. FAKES PUNCHING MAN. MAN SLIPS BY HER TO LEAVE

WOMAN STARTS TALKING TO "MAMA" WHO ISN'T THERE THEN RUNS THROUGH THE HOUSE IN A PANIC LOOKING FOR HER KIDS

MAN GETTING OUT OF VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. GROUP OF MEN COWORKERS ALL GETTING OUT OF CARS IN MAN'S DRIVEWAY. HARDHAT MEN GOOFING OFF SINGING AS THEY TROOP INTO MAN'S HOUSE

DOOR MARKED PRIVATE OPENS AND MAN COMES INSIDE. WOMAN ON THE BED. MAN AND WOMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE MABEL AND NICK TALK. SHE PLAYS WITH HIS HAT, ECCENTRIC BEHAVIOR, SHE STANDS UP AND GOES INTO PRIVATE DOOR

VIEW THROUGH DOOR OF KITCHEN. MAN WHO GOT A DRINK OF WATER SITTING ON COUNTER WOMAN MABEL YELLS AT HIM AND KICKS HIM

VIEW THROUGH DOORWAY OF KITCHEN. MABEL YELLS AT MAN TO GET OUT AS HE HUGS HER AND PATS HER BUTT. SHE ASKS IF HE WANTS SPAGHETTI

INT KITCHEN NICK HOLDS POT OF SAUCE. MEN WANDERING AROUND KITCHEN GETTING FOOD READY. MEN IN THE KITCHEN. NICK WALKS SAUCE OVER THE SINK. MABEL WANDERING AROUND IN APRON AS EVERYONE COOKS THE SPAGHETTI TOGETHER IN KITCHEN

TABLE SET FOR SPAGHETTI DINNER. MABEL AT END OF TABLE. ALL OF THE MEN SEATED AROUND THE TABLE APPLAUD FOR ONE MAN WHO MADE THE SPAGHETTI. EVERYONE STARTS EATING. WINE, GARLIC BREAD. MABEL SOLE WOMAN AT END OF TABLE SITS WITH FAKE STEPFORD SMILE. POLISHES SPOON ON HER DRESS. SMILES AS EVERYONE PASSES FOOD AROUND

MABEL WAVES FINGER IN AIR GESTURING AS THOUGH SHE WANTS FOOD

MABEL SITS IN APRON NOT ABLE TO GET A WORD IN MAKING STRANGE EXPRESSIONS. ASKS MAN WHAT HIS NAME IS. INTRODUCES HERSELF TO HIM AS THEY ALL SIT AROUND THE TABLE EATING. ASKS WHO'S NEXT TO HIM. SHE INTRODUCES HERSELF AND SEEMS VERY OFF. WEIRD BEHAVIOR. WOMAN ACTING OFF, UNPREDICTABLE. MEN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES

MABEL WITH STRANGE EXPRESSION ON FACE. NICK LOOKS AT HER FROM ACROSS THE TABLE. THEY TALK ABOUT THE KIDS. HE WINKS AT HER

TABLE FULL OF PEOPLE CLAPPING

MABEL AND EVERYONE CLAPPING

MOOD OF THE TABLE SHIFTS AND BECOMES STRANGE. NICK TELLS MABEL TO STOP. SHE STARTS TALKING AND NICK YELLS AT HER TO SIT DOWN. EVERYTHING IS QUIET AND UNCOMFORTABLE. AWKWARD EXPRESSIONS ON MEN AT TABLE

MABEL SITS AT TABLE GESTURING STRANGELY WHILE MEN LOOK ON UNCOMFORTABLY

WOMAN MABEL PICKING UP AND PLAYING WITH SILVERWARE WHILE MEN SLOWLY WALK PAST HER IN BACKGROUND

MABEL SITTING AT TABLE WITH SOUR LOOK ON HER FACE. MAN GETS UP TO LEAVE AND KISSES HER ON THE CHEEK. SHE ARRANGES SILVERWARE AND BALANCES SALT SHAKER

MABEL IS SITTING AT TABLE. NICK SITS DOWN AT FAR END OF TABLE

MAN NICK PUTS HIS FACE DOWN INTO HIS HANDS AS HE SITS AT TABLE

NICK IN FOREGROUND BACK TO CAMERA. MABEL AT FAR END OF TABLE. LONG TABLE WITH EMPTY PLACE SETTINGS. THEY ARGUE

MABEL MAKING STRANGE GESTURES AND NOISES

NICK YELLS "I KNOW THAT!"

NICK GESTURING TALKING ABOUT HIS FRIENDS, YELLING IN BLUE-COLLAR ARTICULATION "HE DON'T KNOW YOU DON'T MEAN IT"

MED SHOT NICK, MED SHOT MABEL. BACK AND FORTH AS THEY EXCHANGE GLANCES. SHE ASKS HIM "HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO BE?"

INT BEDROOM. OPERA MUSIC CONTINUES MABEL FLOPS DOWN FACE-FIRST ONTO BED. NICK ENTERS BEDROOM. LAYS DOWN BESIDE HER ON THE BED AND HOLDS HER. ROMANTIC SENSUAL SCENE OPERA MUSIC PLAYING. NICK KISSES MABEL. SCREEN GOES DARK

VIEW OF DRIVEWAY LOOKING DOWN TOWARDS SUBURBAN STREET. WHITE CAR TURNS INTO DRIVEWAY TOWARDS CAMERA AND STOPS. CAR DOORS OPEN AND THE CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDMOTHER GET OUT

MAN AND WOMAN NICK AND MABEL IN BED. MABEL SITS UP AND YELLS AT HER SON. VIEW OF BED FROM BEHIND NICK WITH HAND ON MABEL'S ARM TRYING TO KEEP HER CALM. VIEW FROM END OF BED. BOY STANDS THERE TALKING AS MABEL SCOOTS DOWN TO THE END OF THE BED AND GETS UP

FATHER AND SON IN BEDROOM. NICK LYING IN BED. CALLS SON OVER PULLS HIS HEAD DOWN AND GIVES HIM A KISS ON HIS CHEEK. BOY SMILES AND LEAVES. NICK LIES IN BED IN HIS BATHROBE LISTENING TO EVERYONE COME INTO THE HOUSE. BOY IN BACKGROUND RUNS UP THE STAIRS

MABEL ENTERS THROUGH THE DOOR MARKED PRIVATE. TALKS TO GRANDMOTHER, YELLING AT HER FOR COMING BACK. GRANDMOTHER LOOKS NERVOUS, WOMAN ANGRY. NICK PIPES UP. FAMILY SQUABBLE IN BEDROOM, FAMILY MEMBERS ARGUING. NICK SITTING UP IN BED SAYING HE NEEDS TO GET SOME SLEEP

MS LITTLE BOY TRIES TO DEMONSTRATE WHISTLING FOR HIS FATHER, JUST BLOWING AIR. PUTS FINGERS INN HIS MOUTH TO WHISTLE, BUT CAN'T DO THAT EITHER

MS BOY ON BED STRETCHING HIS NECK MOVING HIS HEAD, ASKS HIS FATHER NICK ABOUT WHISTLING. MAN HOLDING DAUGHTER WHISTLES AS BOY TRIES TO JOIN IN. MOTHER MABEL ENTERS AND YELLS AT EVERYONE THAT THE KIDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN SCHOOL. ANGRY MOTHER BREAKS UP FAMILY MOMENT. SHE PULLS THE KIDS AWAY. NICK LYING IN BED PROTESTS AND CALLS MABEL "MA". MABEL IN BEDROOM HUSTLING CHILDREN OUT THE DOOR YELLS AT HIM. NICK TELLS HER TO GET BACK IN BED, TELLS EVERYONE TO GET BACK IN BED

GRANDMOTHER WALKS INTO BEDROOM. FULL SHOT OF BEDROOM NICK GETS UP AND PULLS HER INTO BED, FORCES HER TO LIE DOWN.

MAN NICK LYING IN BED. TELEPHONE RINGS

VIEW OF NICK IN BED. MABEL REPEATS HIS WORDS INTO TELEPHONE, THEN JUMPS INTO THE BED WITH NICK. THEY GIGGLE AND KISS. MARRIED COUPLE EMBRACE IN BED

VIEW OF THE BED IN BEDROOM. MABEL EDGES TO END OF BED GETS UP, SAYS SHE CAN'T WAIT FOR KIDS TO GET HOME AND WALKS OUT OF BEDROOM. WALKS INTO HALLWAY AND STARES OUT FRONT WINDOW

MABEL ON SIDEWALK. TRACKING SHOT WOMAN WALKS DOWN CITY SIDEWALK. LOOKS DISTURBED AND DISORIENTED. ASKS IF SOMEONE HAS THE TIME, STARTS YELLING AT WOMAN WHO JUST WALKS BY, VERBALLY ACCOSTING WOMAN

MABEL STANDS AND YELLS, IMITATES WALK OF CAREER WOMAN, CRAZY WOMAN ON SIDEWALK

WOMAN MABEL WALKS DOWN SIDE OF BUSY CITY STREET, COULD PASS FOR DOWN AND OUT WOMAN HITCHHIKING, CARS PASSING BY

WS SIDEWALK IN SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. WOMAN RUNS DOWN SIDEWALK WITH HER CHILDREN LAUGHING LIKE A CHILD. MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN RACE HOME FROM BUS STOP. SHE HUGS HER SON AS SHE CATCHES HER BREATH

CU MABEL AS SHE GETS HER SHOULDERS RUBS BY HER SON. SHE ASKS HER KIDS WHAT THEY THINK OF HER. WOMAN FISHING FOR COMPLIMENTS FROM HER CHILDREN, INSECURITY. HER SON SAYS SHE'S SMART AND PRETTY AND NERVOUS. SHE HUGS HER SMILING SON

FRONT VESTIBULE OF HOUSE. DOOR OPENS CHILDREN RUN IN FOLLOWED BY THEIR MOTHER MABEL. HOME FROM SCHOOL. KIDS TAKE OFF THEIR COATS. THEY ALL RUN TO THE FRONT DOOR AGAIN AND STARE OUT THE WINDOW. WOMAN AND CHILDREN LOOKING OUT FRONT OF HOUSE. THEY HIDE AS MAN APPROACHES. KNOCK ON DOOR, THEY FLING OPEN THE DOOR AND TRY TO SURPRISE HIM SHOUTING "HELLO" WACKY FAMILY PRANKS. MAN IS NOT SURPRISED, INTRODUCES HIMSELF. SHE INVITES HIM IN. MAN AND THREE CHILDREN COME INSIDE OF VESTIBULE HALLWAY

SCENE OF CHILDREN'S PARTY. BACK DOOR OF SUBURBAN HOUSE AND LITTLE GIRL RUNS OUT. BALLOONS IN THE YARD. OTHER CHILDREN FOLLOW ALONG CARRYING CAKE WITH MABEL AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE HALLWAY. PARTY, BACKYARD PARTY, COULD PASS FOR BIRTHDAY PARTY. CHILDREN PUTTING ON PARTY HATS. CAKE AND BALLOONS. MABEL ASKS MAN IF HE LIKES TO DANCE, TELLS CHILDREN IT'S TIME TO DANCE. MOTHER HAVING PARTY ACTING NERVOUS AND A LITTLE BIT STRANGE.

MABEL DRAGS MAN IN SUIT OVER. WHILE HOLDING RED BALLOON AND RADIO TRIES TO GET EVERYONE TO DANCE. HOUSEWIFE TRYING TO DANCE BALLET

LITTLE BOY IN KITCHEN ON TELEPHONE. SAYS HE'LL GET HIS MOTHER. SAYS "I LOVE YOU". PUTS PHONE RECEIVER DOWN ON STOVE AND GOES INTO BACKYARD

BOY STANDS HOLDING DOOR OPEN YELLING TO HIS MOTHER

CU MABEL AS SHE STARES AT DEAD PHONE. HANGS UP ANGRILY. STARTS TALKING TO CHILDREN WHILE CONTORTING HER FACE. WOMAN SPEAKS STRANGELY

HOUSEWIFE STANDING IN KITCHEN, SUGGESTS MAKING COSTUMES. CHILDREN JUMP UP AND DOWN HAPPY CHILDREN. MABEL STARTS DIRECTING CHILDREN TO GO DRESS UP. THEY LEAVE HAPPILY. SHE RAISES HER ARMS AND WALKS AWAY

MAN IN SUIT SHAKES HIS HEAD

MAN IN SUIT MAKES VERY CONCERNED FACE. OBVIOUSLY UNCOMFORTABLE

IN HOUSE. MAN IN SUIT LOOKS AT EMPTY BOXES OF CLOTHES. "WHO DID THIS?"

MAN IN SUIT GETS ANGRY AT HIS DAUGHTER, GIRL ON THE FLOOR. STARTS YELLING AT HER, AND PULLING THE BORROWED CLOTHES OFF OF HER. RUNS OFF LOOKING FOR HIS SON

LITTLE BOY IN PIRATE HEADSCARF AND UNDERWEAR RUNS DOWN STAIRS. NICK AND HIS MOTHER ENTER THE FRONT DOOR AT THAT MOMENT. FATHER COMES HOME TO FIND CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND. LITTLE NAKED GIRL GOES RUNNING DOWN HALLWAY. NICK AND HIS MOTHER TRY TO CATCH HER. NAKED LITTLE GIRL WITH MAKEUP ON. "WHO TOOK OFF YOUR CLOTHES?" SHE ANSWERS "MAMA" WHILE HUGGING HER GRANDMOTHER

INT STAIRWAY. NICK GOES BOLTING UP STAIRS AHEAD OF GRANDMOTHER AND HIS DAUGHTER. RUNS INTO BEDROOM WHERE MAN IN SUIT IS TRYING TO GET MABEL TO LEAVE HIS DAUGHTER ALONE. NICK YELLS "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?"

MABEL HAS CONCERNED LOOK ON FACE, STANDS UP TO TALK TO NICK. NICK SLAPS HER ACROSS THE FACE. MAN HITTING WIFE. DOMESTIC ABUSE. NICK SLAPS MABEL WHILE MAN HAS HIS DAUGHTER ON HIS LAP. CLASSIC LINE "SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO?" NICK THROWN MAN IN SUIT OUT. MAN CARRIES HIS DAUGHTER AWAY

CONFRONTATION BETWEEN TWO MEN. CU BACK AND FORTH AS NICK AND MAN IN SUIT YELL AT EACH OTHER ABOUT CRAZY HOUSEWIFE MABEL. ARGUMENT, BEING THROWN OUT OF HOUSE. THE TWO MEN GRAPPLE AND FIGHT. FISTFIGHT IN SUBURBAN HOME SHOT CLOSE UP. MAN IN SUIT PUNCHES NICK WHO FALLS ONTO COUCH

HALLWAY VESTIBULE. MAN IN SUIT AND HIS CHILDREN ENTER HALLWAY. NICK CHASES THEM YELLING "GET OUT OF HERE!" ARGUMENT IN SUBURBAN HOME, GETTING THROWN OUT. "I'LL KILL YOU AND YOUR KIDS!" THREATENING ASSAULT

NICK, MAN ON PHONE YELLING INTO PHONE TRYING TO GET SOMEONE TO COME TO THE HOUSE. SLAMS PHONE DOWN

MABEL. CU WOMAN'S FACE AS SHE TALKS. CU NICK, MAN AT THE END OF HIS ROPE. BACK AND FORTH AS SHE TALKS. A MARRIAGE IN CRISIS, DOMESTIC PROBLEMS. SHE TRIES TO TALK HIM OUT OF IT. HE SHAKES FINGER AT HER. RAISED VOICES. SHE HOLDS UP FINGERS TO SHOW HOW CLOSE THEY ARE. HE SAYS "I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE" GOOD SCENE OF INTERVENTION FOR MENTAL ILLNESS OR DRUG ABUSE . TOSSES UP HIS HAND IN RESIGNATION. BLOODY NOSE. SHOUTS "SHUT UP" AT HER. WALKS OVER TO HER AND STANDS OVER HER VAGUELY THREATENING. KNOCK AT THE DOOR

MAN IN GLASSES AT DOOR, DOCTOR, POINTS AT HIS HEAD TO INDICATE CRAZY. HUSBAND NICK TELLS DOCTOR NOT THE WORRY THAT IT'S ALL OVER. WIFE MABEL LOOKS CURIOUS. DOCTOR CALLS OUT TO HER AND COMES IN ANYWAY. DOCTOR COMES INTO HOUSE, BLOWS MABEL A KISS SAYS HELLO TO GRANDMOTHER. MABEL STANDS THERE LOOKING SHOCKED

MAN TRYING TO COMFORT HIS WIFE, TALKING CALMLY TO HER. TELLS GRANDMOTHER TO BE QUIET. MAN AND WIFE TALKING TO EACH OTHER. NICK COMFORTS MABEL. FAMILY IN CRISIS. "DO YOU LOVE ME NICK?"

MABEL LOOKS NERVOUS AND CRAZY. HOLDS OUT HER HAND A FEW TIMES, SHIFTING AROUND. WOMAN IS HIDING SOMETHING. TRIES TO EXPLAIN, GESTURING WITH HANDS. NICK AND DOCTOR WATCH MABEL TALK. WOMAN HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN GOING CRAZY

DOCTOR FILLING SYRINGE. NICK HOLDS MABEL. NICK THREATENS DOCTOR WHEN HE COMES TOO CLOSE. MAN PULLS UP HIS GLASSES AND WIPES HIS BROW. NICK COMFORTING MABEL. DOCTOR SAYS HE'S GIVING HER A SEDATIVE. SHE HOLDS UP CROSS WITH FINGERS TO WARD HIM OFF. DOCTOR SAYS "I WON'T HURT YOU." SCENE OF INTERVENTION, GETTING WOMAN SEDATED TO TAKE HER AWAY. WOMAN RANTING AND RAVING CRAZY HOUSEWIFE. WORRIED ABOUT CHILDREN TALKING CRAZY-TALK. HUSBAND NICK HOLDS HER AND YELLS "I LOVE YOU" AT HER. MABEL HOLDS UP FISTS TO DOCTOR AND TO NICK. CRAZY WOMAN THREATENING. MURMURS AND RUNS AWAY UP THE STAIRCASE

NICK IS UPSET. MAN LOOKS LIKE HE'S ABOUT TO CRY, WALKS OVER TO STAIRCASE WHERE THERE IS SHOUTING AND GOES UPSTAIRS. WE HEAR A LOT OF OFFSCREEN SHOUTING, WOMAN BEING SUBDUED SEDATED

WORKSITE. MAN IN CONSTRUCTION HELMET. TRUCKS DRIVING AROUND. DUMP TRUCKS. PICKUP TRUCK PULLS IN. MAN ON BULLDOZER ASKS NICK WHAT'S GOING ON AT HOME. NICK LEANS OUT WINDOW OF PICKUP TRUCK AND POINTS FINGER AT HIM GETTING DEFENSIVE. WORK FRIENDS LOOK DOWN AND APOLOGIZE. NICK DRIVES OFF IN PICKUP TRUCK

MAN LEANS ON PICKUP TRUCK SMOKING CIGARETTE WHEN NICK PULLS UP. NICK WALKS PAST HIM TO WHERE OTHER WORKMEN SIT. ONE ASKS ABOUT MABEL BEING IN A "NUTHOUSE". NICK YELLS AT HIM. ASHAMED TO DISCUSS IT. STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS. MEN GET UP AND WALK AWAY

BLUE COLLAR WORKMEN CARRYING TOOLS WALKING, DRIVING HEAVY MACHINERY AROUND WORKSITE. CONSTRUCTION SITE. MAN SINGS OPERA. MEN JOKING ABOUT MABEL. ROAD CREW WALKING, GREAT SHOTS OF CONSTRUCTION CREW ON SITE. ROAD GRADER HEAVY EQUIPMENT. NICK AND OTHER MAN WALKING.

MAN FALLS ROLLING DOWN ROCKY HILL. WORK HAZARD, MAN FALLING

VIEW OF SIDE OF HILL WITH CONSTRUCTION CREW AT TOP. MAN RAPPELS DOWN LOWERS HIMSELF DOWN WITH ROPE. OTHER MEN FOLLOW. SOME MEN AT TOP OF HILL WATCHING. MEN AT BOTTOM OF HILL IN PIT, RUN TO FALLEN CONSTRUCTION WORKER. WORK RELATED INJURY. WORKPLACE HAZARDS, DANGEROUS JOBS

SCHOOLYARD. NICK AND HIS KIDS AND THE TEACHER HOLDING KIDS BY THE HAND. CU NICK AS HE NERVOUSLY TALKS TO TEACHER, ALL BUT YELLS AT HER. SCHOOLYARD WITH MONKEY BARS, OTHER SON COMES WALKING OVER WITH TEACHER. MAN PICKING KIDS UP FROM SCHOOL WITH TRUCK. LOADS KIDS INTO BACK OF TRUCK. OPEN BACK OF TRUCK, KIDS CLIMBING IN. TEACHER ASKS QUESTION AND NICK SNAPS AT HER, WOMAN IS TAKEN ABACK

IN DARK STAIRWELL. MAN WALKS UP STAIRS

RED TRUCK WITH CHILDREN IN THE OPEN BACK PULLS UP. NICK AND HIS FRIEND READY FOR THE BEACH GET OUT AND UNLOCK THE BACK. LIFTING CHILDREN OUT OF TRUCK

MAN WALKING ALONG BEACH HOLDING HANDS OF HIS CHILDREN. DAUGHTER BREAKS AWAY AND RUNS AWAY. GIRL RUNNING DOWN THE BEACH. NICK CHASES HIS DAUGHTER PICKS HER UP THE START WALKING AGAIN

BOY CLIMBING INTO BACK OF TRUCK, HIS FATHER NICK HELPS PUSH HIM IN. FRIEND IN CAB OF TRUCK OFFERS NICK A BEER. NICK CLIMBS UP IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. FRIEND STATS DRIVING, SINGS OPERA AS HE DRIVES

RED WORK TRUCK PULLS INTO DRIVEWAY. FATHER AND CHILDREN IN THE BACK. NICK LIFTS WOODEN SIDE OF TRUCK UP AND THEN HELPS LIFT HIS CHILDREN DOWN. CHILDREN STUMBLE AROUND FROM THE BEER. DRUNK CHILDREN, BAD PARENTING. FRONT YARD WITH CHILDREN RUNNING ALL AROUND. FATHER HOLDING THEIR STUFF FROM THE BEACH TRIES TO PICK UP HIS DAUGHTER WHO KEEPS FALLING OVER

KIDS ENTER BEDROOM AND FALL ON BED. NICK CARIES HIS SON TO BED. LITTLE BOY ON BED SHAKES HIS HEAD. LOOKS SICK. FATHER TRIES TO GET HIM TO EAT. NICK KISSES HIS SON ON THE FOREHEAD

CU LITTLE GIRL LYING IN BED WITH TEDDY BEAR, CLOSES EYES

TITLE CARD "SIX MONTHS LATER"

THREE MEN IN SUITS AND ONE HARD HAT STAND. ONE MAN SMOKES CIGAR LIKE BIGWIG. THEY ALL START TO CLAP AND APPLAUD

CU MAN WHO WAS INJURED ON THE JOB SMOKING A CIGARETTE, GRIZZLED LOOKING MAN SMOKES

RED TRUCK ON CONSTRUCTION SITE. MEN JUMP OUT OF BACK WHILE MEN IN SUITS CHEER THEM

LS THREE WORKMEN STAND AND SIT IN OPEN BACK OF BIG RIG TRUCK

CARS PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY. RED TRUCK PARKED ACROSS THE STREET PEOPLE ALL GETTING OUT OF CARS AND VEHICLES. ARRIVING AT SUBURBAN HOUSE FOR PARTY. MEN AND WOMEN ALL DRESSED UP MEN FORM THE WORK SITE AND THEIR WIVES ALL GET OUT OF CAR. JOYOUS OCCASION. NICK GETTING EVERYONE OVER TO HIS HOUSE, GREETING EVERYONE . PEOPLE ARRIVING AT HOUSE FOR PARTY

INT SUBURBAN HOME. PARTY IS STARTING. EVERYONE IS ARRIVING. HAPPY PEOPLE GREET EACH OTHER. NICK SHAKES EVERYONE'S HANDS WOMAN CALLS NICK OVER AND INTRODUCES HERSELF. SHE GRABS HIM AND KISSES HIM LONG ON THE LIPS. TELLS HIM HE SHOULD HAVE SOME ALCOHOL AT THE PARTY

INT DINING ROOM. NICK WALKS IN. TABLE IS ALL SET UP WITH PRESENTS. OLDER GENTLEMAN IS IN ROOM. NICK SHAKES HIS HAND. WOMAN COMES IN AND KISSES NICK, SAYS SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR HIM WITH A MESSAGE

NICK WALKS ACROSS ROOM TO WOMAN AND SAYS HELLO. PAN OVER TO WOMAN. NICK AND WOMAN TALK ABOUT PARTY. UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION. SHE CALLS HIM A SHIT AND HE WALKS AWAY

NICK ON FRONT WALK. MAN STANDS YELLING IN THE RAIN. TWO WOMEN COME UP TO HIM UNDER UMBRELLA. GRANDMOTHER TELLS NICK THE PEOPLE CAN'T STAY THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE. HE YELLS, NICK LOSES HIS TEMPER YET AGAIN. SHOUTING IN FRONT OF HOUSE WHILE IT'S RAINING. WOMEN GO BACK INSIDE

HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF FRONT OF HOUSE FROM UPPER WINDOW OF HOUSE. PEOPLE LEAVE SUBURBAN HOUSE IN THE RAIN. LEAVING PARTY, PEOPLE HOLD UMBRELLAS. CARS START PULLING AWAY, RED TRUCK PULLS AWAY

POV DRIVING DOWN SUBURBAN STREET IN THE RAIN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS

VIEW FROM FRONT PORCH AS CAR PULLS UP IN THE RAIN. PEOPLE GET OFF PORCH TO GO GREET MABEL COMING BACK FROM HOSPITAL

NICK SLOWLY WALKS OFF PORCH INTO RAIN, MAN LOOKS NERVOUS AND CAGEY

FRONT HALLWAY VESTIBULE. MAN STANDS AT FRONT DOOR. MABEL AND NICK AND EVERYONE CAN BE SEEN THROUGH THE GLASS OF THE FRONT DOOR AS THEY APPROACH . FRONT DOOR OPENS AND MABEL AND NICK COME INSIDE. GRANDMOTHER HUGS AND KISSES HER. MABEL DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING, LOOKS NERVOUS, AND JUST NODS. WELCOME HOME. WOMAN HUGS MABEL, TALKS TO HER. MABEL LOOKS UPSET. GOES OVER TO NICK AND SPEAKS SOFTLY, WANTS TO SEE THE CHILDREN. MABEL WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA

ECU WOMAN COMES IN THROUGH CURTAIN. STARTS CRYING. CHILDREN ARE HEARD ASKING IF SHE'S OKAY. MABEL CRIES, WALKS AWAY. TURNS AROUND. BENDS DOWN AND KISSES CHILDREN

MABEL, CRYING WOMAN ASKS HER DAUGHTER TO COME TO HER IF SHE WANTS. BACK AND FORTH REVERSE SHOT WITH DAUGHTER. GIRL STAYS WHERE SHE IS. MABEL LOOKS SAD. REJECTION BY CHILD. CHILD SCARED OF HER MOTHER

CU LITTLE GIRL'S FACE. WOMAN PLACES HANDS ON HER CHEEKS. MOTHER BENDS DOWN AND KISSES DAUGHTER'S FOREHEAD

CU LITTLE BOY TURNS AWAY

CHILDREN CROWD AROUND THEIR MOTHER AND KISS HER HAND. CU MABEL CRIES

MABEL STANDING WITH BACK TO CAMERA. WOMAN CLOSES SLIDING GLASS DOOR. SILHOUETTES OF CHILDREN CAN BE SEEN THROUGH THE GLASS AND CURTAIN. WONDERFUL SAD SHOT AS WOMAN TURNS AND WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA. WOMAN TAKES OFF COAT

OPPOSITE ANGLE OF 1970s LIVING ROOM WITH MABEL COMING IN. EERIE SHOT OF PEOPLE GATHERED AND STARING

CU MAN WITH WOMAN KISSING HIS FOREHEAD. MABEL KISSES HER FATHER, HUGS HIM

CU WOMAN NUZZLING MAN. MABEL NUZZLING HER FATHER IS A STRANGELY TENDER WAY. HE TELLS HER TO GO TO HER MOTHER

DARKENED ROOM. SHADOWS OF NICK AND MABEL. MAN AND WOMAN TALK IN SILHOUETTE. NICK YELLS AND MABEL CRIES. THEY KISS IN SHADOW

MAN SITTING IN EASY CHAIR LOOKING AWKWARD AND UNCOMFORTABLE

NICK AND MABEL COME INTO FRONT HALLWAYS FROM STAIRWAY. HUSBAND AND WIFE HOLD HANDS. WOMAN LOOKS ABOUT TO CRY. MAN CLAPS HANDS, STARTS ORDERING PEOPLE TO HAVE DINNER TOGETHER, SHOUTING, NOT AWARE OF WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE. USHERS HIS RETICENT FAMILY TOWARDS THE DINING ROOM

MAN AND WOMAN NICK AND MABEL. HE IS BOMBASTIC, SHE IS TIMID AND ABOUT TO CRY.

MABEL SMILES AWKWARDLY. STRANGE STEPFORD-WIFE-TYPE SMILE. HOUSEWIFE ASKS FOR CUP OF TEA

CU OLD WOMAN NICK'S MOTHER, LOOKS AROUND UNCOMFORTABLY

CU OLD MAN MABEL'S FATHER

FAMILY GATHERED AROUND DINING ROOM TABLE. MABEL IS SHOUTING ABOUT TINA'S ASS FROM OFFSCREEN. EVERYONE LOOKS UNCOMFORTABLE. MABLE COMES BACK INTO THE ROOM WITH TINA AND OTHER WOMAN FOLLOWING HER CARRYING FOOD. MABEL IS RANTING ABOUT "TINA'S FAT ASS" VERY AWKWARD. EVERYONE SITS DOWN AND PRETENDS IT'S NORMAL. EVERYONE STAYS CALM, TALKS ABOUT ASSES

FAMILY GATHERED AROUND DINING ROOM TABLE. THEY TRY AND CALM MABEL DOWN FROM TALKING ABOUT SEX. WOMAN BRINGS FLOWERS INTO THE ROOM. MABEL SAYS HELLO TO EVERYONE

EVERYONE SITTING AT TABLE. MABEL STANDS UP. WOMAN MAKING SCENE AT DINNER PARTY. EVERYONE TELLS HER TO CALM DOWN, TRYING TO DIFFUSE SITUATION. MABEL TRIES TO TELL JOKE, AWKWARD VIBE. WOMAN TELLING JOKE AT DINNER TABLE IS INTERRUPTED. CU NICK AS HE LISTENS. MAN AND WOMAN KISS. GROUP AROUND TABLE TRYING TO EAT AND CELEBRATE

CU OLD MAN, MABEL'S FATHER

CU NICK AND MABEL KISS, SHE NODS NERVOUSLY

FAMILY SITTING AT DINNER TABLE CLAPS. THREE CHILDREN SONS AND DAUGHTER STAND ON CHAIRS AT DINNER TABLE AND MAKE SILLY NOISES. FATHER NICK STAND SUP AND MAKES THEM SIT DOWN

CHILDREN SIT DOWN, EVERYONE LOOKS UNCOMFORTABLE. PAN ACROSS DINNER TABLE. GRANDMOTHER STARTS ARGUING WITH HER SON NICK

MS CHILDREN AT THE TABLE LISTENING TO THEIR MOTHER TALK. MABEL CAN BE HEARD TALKING ABOUT THE HOSPITAL. DAUGHTER MAKES FACES WHILE LISTENING

CU NICK, MABEL IN FOREGROUND. NICK TRIES TO BULLY HER WHILE TELLING HER "BE YOURSELF". SHOT RESOLVES INTO CU ON MABEL. CU WOMAN'S FACE. MABEL ASKS HER FATHER "DAD, WILL YOU STAND UP FOR ME?" NICK'S FACE LINGER SIN THE BACKGROUND. SLIGHT PAN OVER TO NICK

CU MABEL, WOMAN WITH BIZARRE ANGRY LOOK ON FACE

GRANDFATHER STANDING, GRANDMOTHER STANDS UP. PARENTS OF GROWN WOMAN. MAN GETS ANGRY, TELLS HIS WIFE TO SIT DOWN

CU OLD WOMAN MABEL'S MOTHER LOOKING CONCERNED

PEOPLE LEAVING DINING ROOM, FAMILY AT END OF PARTY WALKING AWAY

OLD MAN MABEL'S FATHER SITTING AT TABLE GETS ANGRY STANDS UP AND YELLS AT NICK. MAN HAS FINALLY HAD ENOUGH. "LEAVE MY DAUGHTER ALONE." FATHER TO THE RESCUE

NICK TRIES TO HUSTLE EVERYONE OUT THE DOOR IN THE DINING ROOM, USHERING THEM OUT THE DOOR. MABEL CAN BE HEARD SINGING. AWKWARD SITUATION. DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY

MABEL RUNS THROUGH HOUSE WITH NICK CHASING HER. WOMAN RUNNING AWAY FROM MAN, HUSBAND CHASING WIFE. CAN READ AS DOMESTIC ABUSE. WOMAN SLAMS DOOR TO BATHROOM CLOSES HERSELF INSIDE. HUSBAND TRYING TO OPEN DOOR. CHILDREN FOLLOW BEHIND. INT. BATHROOM. WOMAN STANDS AT SINK HUNCHED OVER CUTTING HERSELF. SUICIDE ATTEMPT. HUSBAND COMES BURSTING IN DOOR. CHILDREN SCREAMING. HUSBAND GRABS WIFE'S ARM. MAN STOPPING WOMAN FROM CUTTING HERSELF WHILE CHILDREN GRAB ONTO HIM. READS WELL FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE SPOUSAL ABUSE WIFE BEATER, PROTESTING CHILDREN, DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY. GRAPPLING COUPLE, SCREAMING CHILDREN. MOTHER RUNS AWAY. WOMAN WITH BLOODY HAND RUNNING THROUGH HOUSE. CHILDREN CHASING AFTER THEIR MOTHER, CRAZY MOTHER. CRAZY FATHER.

NICK COMES WALKING INTO ROOM, MAN LOOKS DOWN DEJECTEDLY

MABEL DANCING. PAN UP WOMAN DANCING WITH ARMS, BLEEDING BADLY FROM HER HAND, LOOKS WOOZY OR DRUGGED

FRONT HALLWAY. CHILDREN RUN IN FROM STAIRWELL. THEIR FATHER NICK COMES DOWNSTAIRS. CHILDREN PUSHING AGAINST THEIR FATHER, TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR MOTHER. ABUSIVE HOUSEHOLD

VIEW OF LIVING ROOM FROM HALLWAY. WOMAN FALLS DOWN. MOTHER HAVING FALLEN ON GROUND, HUSBAND AND CHILDREN GATHER AROUND HER. HE SAYS "I'LL KILL YOU" ABUSIVE HUSBAND. CU MABEL LYING ON GROUND. CU FACES OF CHILDREN WHO JUST SAW THEIR FATHER HIT THEIR MOTHER. CHILDHOOD TRAUMA. NICK SHOUTS THAT HE'LL KILL HIS KIDS, CHILDREN RUN AWAY. SCARED OF ABUSIVE FATHER. CHILD ABUSE. MABEL LYING ON GROUND. CHILDREN LOOK SCARED.

NICK PICKS UP SONS AND CARRIES THEM UPSTAIRS. LITTLE GIRL FOLLOWS. VIEW OF STAIRCASE WITH NICK BRINGING CHILDREN UPSTAIRS. KIDS WRIGGLE AND STRUGGLE AS NICK TRIES TO SHOVE THEM INTO BED. MABEL STANDS UP WOOZY, BEATEN WIFE. CHILDREN RUN PAST THEIR FATHER AND DOWN THE STAIRS. VIEW FROM TOP OF STAIRS OF THE KIDS RUNNING DOWN. NICK CHASES AFTER THEM

VIEW FROM TOP OF STAIRS AS FAMILY COMES UP THE STAIRS. BEDTIME. FAMILY GOING UPSTAIRS MOTHER FATHER AND CHILDREN. PAN OVER TO CHILDREN'S BEDROOM. THEY STAND THERE. SMILING MABEL. HAPPY FAMILY. "YOU KNOW YOU LOOK JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER" WINKING DAD. MOOD WHIPLASH. MOTHER LAYS HER HEAD ON PILLOW NEXT TO SON. HE SAYS "I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU" REASSURING MOTHER TELLS SON SHE'S FINE. BOY KISSES MOTHER ON THE LIPS. BEDTIME FOR CHILDREN. MABEL SITS DOWN NEXT TO OTHER SON. HE SAYS "I LOVE YOU." ASKS HER TO LIE DOWN. MOTHER LIES DOWN WITH HER SON. REASSURING AND COMFORTING MOTHER. NICK PACES AROUND SON KISSES MOTHER'S NOSE AND MOUTH. HOLDS UP FIST TO NICK. NICK NODS, APPROVING FATHER. NICK PUTS DAUGHTER TO BED AND KISSES HER. HAPPY FAMILY. NICK STARTS TALKING ABOUT LOVE AND HOW TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER. NICK LEAVES THE ROOM AND STARTS SHOUTING THAT HE NEEDS TO BE OBEYED BECAUSE HE'S THE FATHER. MABEL LEAVES THE LIGHTS ON FOR THE CHILDREN

INT KITCHEN. NICK AND MABEL ENTER KITCHEN. SHE TRIES TO EXPLAIN IT AWAY. HE BANDAGES HER HAND. CU SINK HUSBAND WASHES OFF WIFE'S BLOODY HAND. TENDER MOMENT. SHE ASKS IF HE LOVES HER AND HE MUMBLES WHAT MIGHT BE "YEAH" THEY LEAVE THE KITCHEN TO CLEAN EVERYTHING UP

CREDITS ROLL. SCENE CONTINUES UNDERNEATH CREDITS. NICK AND MABEL GETTING READY FOR BED, LAYING OUT FOLDING COUCH, PUTTING EVERYTHING AWAY. PHONE RINGS AND NO ONE ANSWERS. CHEERY WACKY KAZOO MUSIC PLAYING. NICK UNBOTTONS BACK OF MABEL'S OUTFIT AND TAKES HIS JACKET OFF. BLACKOUT