1 00:00:01,126 --> 00:00:03,420 ( intro music plays ) 2 00:00:03,503 --> 00:00:06,256 ( film projector running ) 3 00:00:18,143 --> 00:00:20,562 NARRATOR: Does this young fellow look familiar? 4 00:00:20,645 --> 00:00:22,272 He ought to. 5 00:00:22,355 --> 00:00:25,108 The sad truth is 6 00:00:25,191 --> 00:00:28,403 there are boys like him all across our nation. 7 00:00:28,486 --> 00:00:31,489 They're the ones who just can't seem to fit in. 8 00:00:31,573 --> 00:00:35,326 There could be a boy just like him living in your town. 9 00:00:35,410 --> 00:00:38,455 Right on your block, even going to your school. 10 00:00:38,538 --> 00:00:41,791 You might not even be aware of it. 11 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:43,626 Would you know what to look for? 12 00:00:50,216 --> 00:00:54,304 The outsider may have stopped applying himself in class. 13 00:00:54,387 --> 00:00:57,599 He's probably given up trying to make friends. 14 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:00,310 Rightly or wrongly, 15 00:01:00,393 --> 00:01:04,647 the outsider has come to feel that everyone is against him. 16 00:01:07,108 --> 00:01:09,319 On the surface, he looks much like 17 00:01:09,402 --> 00:01:11,196 any other boy on the block. 18 00:01:11,279 --> 00:01:15,325 But inside, the outsider is eaten away with resentment 19 00:01:15,408 --> 00:01:18,745 and a desperate urge to get even. 20 00:01:24,626 --> 00:01:27,170 If enough of these feelings accumulate, 21 00:01:27,253 --> 00:01:30,840 he may be tempted to act out. 22 00:01:30,924 --> 00:01:32,425 Acting out can take many forms-- 23 00:01:32,509 --> 00:01:33,676 ( screaming ) 24 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:38,181 antisocial behavior, rejection of one's peers... 25 00:01:38,264 --> 00:01:40,600 ( gunshots ) 26 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:46,022 ...even, in extreme cases... 27 00:01:46,105 --> 00:01:47,774 CHILD'S VOICE: Mommy. 28 00:01:47,857 --> 00:01:49,692 ..mouthing off to authority figures. 29 00:01:49,776 --> 00:01:51,194 CHILD'S VOICE: Mommy. 30 00:01:57,909 --> 00:01:59,536 JOE: What's going on? 31 00:01:59,619 --> 00:02:01,538 Did you have a bad dream? 32 00:02:01,621 --> 00:02:03,540 Mommy... 33 00:02:07,460 --> 00:02:10,672 Oh, my goodness. 34 00:02:10,755 --> 00:02:13,132 This is a bad dream. 35 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:01,264 JOE: I'm just saying that, you know, 36 00:03:01,347 --> 00:03:02,932 she got out once, she'll do it again. 37 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:04,142 We don't know that. 38 00:03:04,225 --> 00:03:05,310 I think I overslept. 39 00:03:05,393 --> 00:03:07,145 Morning, sweetie. Morning, Mommy. 40 00:03:07,228 --> 00:03:08,730 Morning, Daddy. 41 00:03:08,813 --> 00:03:11,441 No, but we've been to this picnic a couple times before. 42 00:03:11,524 --> 00:03:13,443 You know, history would seem to suggest 43 00:03:13,526 --> 00:03:16,487 that once they figure out how to get over that wall, 44 00:03:16,571 --> 00:03:17,447 then that's that. 45 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:18,781 What are you guys talking about? 46 00:03:18,865 --> 00:03:20,241 Nothing. 47 00:03:20,325 --> 00:03:21,743 You know what, I'll just go to the store 48 00:03:21,826 --> 00:03:23,453 and get some kind of safety bars or something. 49 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:26,497 I don't know, I think maybe we should just bite the bullet 50 00:03:26,581 --> 00:03:28,291 and buy Houdini here a big-girl bed. 51 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:29,626 I think she's ready. 52 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:32,295 How about it, sweetheart? Huh? 53 00:03:32,378 --> 00:03:33,630 You want a big-girl bed? 54 00:03:33,713 --> 00:03:34,797 Well, wait a second. 55 00:03:34,881 --> 00:03:36,674 Why can't she just take my bed? 56 00:03:36,758 --> 00:03:39,469 I could move into her room. 57 00:03:39,552 --> 00:03:41,304 I'm almost 13. 58 00:03:41,387 --> 00:03:43,348 I'm old enough to have my own room. 59 00:03:43,431 --> 00:03:46,142 Well, this is a conversation we should have 60 00:03:46,225 --> 00:03:48,603 when we have more time because everybody's got to get ready 61 00:03:48,686 --> 00:03:51,314 for work, for school. 62 00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:52,440 But why? It's simple. 63 00:03:52,523 --> 00:03:55,777 Marie can move in with Bridgette and I can take her room. 64 00:03:55,860 --> 00:03:57,820 Wait a second, what about me? 65 00:03:57,904 --> 00:03:58,988 What do I get? 66 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:01,532 You get the top bunk. 67 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:23,513 What do I owe the pleasure? 68 00:04:23,596 --> 00:04:24,514 Is this a bad time? 69 00:04:24,597 --> 00:04:27,308 Not for me. 70 00:04:27,392 --> 00:04:28,810 Those two are in some kind of hell. 71 00:04:28,893 --> 00:04:31,521 It's good, they need a minute alone. 72 00:04:31,604 --> 00:04:32,563 What's up? 73 00:04:32,647 --> 00:04:35,525 You ever heard of a high school called Claymore? 74 00:04:35,608 --> 00:04:38,361 Could be a private school, definitely co-ed. 75 00:04:38,444 --> 00:04:40,363 Not off the top of my head. Why? 76 00:04:40,446 --> 00:04:42,490 I don't know, I just, I had this strange... 77 00:04:42,573 --> 00:04:44,534 A hunch. 78 00:04:44,617 --> 00:04:46,369 You could say that. 79 00:04:46,452 --> 00:04:48,496 Anyway, I forgot about it and then something told me 80 00:04:48,579 --> 00:04:50,206 this morning that I should come by here, 81 00:04:50,289 --> 00:04:52,834 run it by you, that you might be able to shed some light. 82 00:04:52,917 --> 00:04:54,544 Not me. 83 00:04:54,627 --> 00:04:55,503 No light here. 84 00:04:55,586 --> 00:04:56,838 Not a flicker. 85 00:04:56,921 --> 00:04:58,506 But I'd be happy to find any 86 00:04:58,589 --> 00:05:00,550 Claymore Highs if they're out there. 87 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:02,760 Right now I got to get back and, uh... 88 00:05:04,679 --> 00:05:06,556 Unless you want to return the favor. 89 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:09,225 What do you mean? 90 00:05:09,308 --> 00:05:12,353 They woke up this morning, their seven-year-old was gone. 91 00:05:12,437 --> 00:05:14,689 Window lock was forced open, but there's no ransom note. 92 00:05:14,772 --> 00:05:17,567 I was about to run out there. 93 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:19,736 Wouldn't mind another set of eyes. 94 00:05:31,831 --> 00:05:33,875 MAN: Tyler's room is right down here. 95 00:05:40,465 --> 00:05:41,591 Sorry it's such a mess. 96 00:05:41,674 --> 00:05:44,761 They, uh, asked us not to touch anything. 97 00:05:44,844 --> 00:05:47,555 That's all right, Mr. Downey. 98 00:05:47,638 --> 00:05:49,724 Were any of your son's things taken? 99 00:05:49,807 --> 00:05:51,434 No. 100 00:05:51,517 --> 00:05:53,436 I... I don't think so. 101 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:54,937 Would you like me to ask my wife? 102 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:56,439 She would know better than me. 103 00:05:56,522 --> 00:05:58,107 SCANLON: Oh, no, that's okay. 104 00:05:58,191 --> 00:06:00,985 We'll, uh, we'll just be here a few minutes. 105 00:06:01,069 --> 00:06:03,905 WOMAN: We thought about putting up bars. 106 00:06:09,702 --> 00:06:11,788 You know, those... 107 00:06:11,871 --> 00:06:13,956 window guards? 108 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:18,503 Some people in the neighborhood have them, some don't. 109 00:06:18,586 --> 00:06:21,631 When we bought this place, 110 00:06:21,714 --> 00:06:26,636 Paul and I researched how much it would cost to put them on. 111 00:06:26,719 --> 00:06:29,972 But I hated the way they looked. 112 00:06:31,182 --> 00:06:33,518 ( wood cracking, motor hums ) 113 00:06:48,866 --> 00:06:51,661 SCANLON ( clears throat): That number there 114 00:06:51,744 --> 00:06:55,957 will get you directly to me 24 hours a day. 115 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,458 We're also monitoring your phone. 116 00:06:57,542 --> 00:06:59,502 And I'd like to keep a detective in your home 117 00:06:59,585 --> 00:07:03,589 for a day or so in case we do find a note or get a call. 118 00:07:09,971 --> 00:07:13,599 Do you know how many dump sites there are within 50 miles? 119 00:07:13,683 --> 00:07:14,851 Um... a lot? 120 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:16,561 More than a lot. 121 00:07:16,644 --> 00:07:18,521 They wouldn't even give me a number. 122 00:07:18,604 --> 00:07:20,523 Do you know how many bloodhounds 123 00:07:20,606 --> 00:07:21,858 are at the city's disposal? 124 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:23,609 Um, not a lot? 125 00:07:23,693 --> 00:07:25,528 Six. 126 00:07:25,611 --> 00:07:27,864 Well, Allison, it's a start. 127 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:30,032 You may not have found the needle, 128 00:07:30,116 --> 00:07:31,951 but at least you found the haystack. 129 00:07:32,034 --> 00:07:33,536 I'm not so sure. 130 00:07:33,619 --> 00:07:35,705 Maybe his body hasn't been dumped yet. 131 00:07:35,788 --> 00:07:39,625 How do I even know what I saw has happened already? 132 00:07:41,752 --> 00:07:44,589 I forgot to go to the store 133 00:07:44,672 --> 00:07:46,549 and get what I needed for Marie's crib. 134 00:07:46,632 --> 00:07:49,552 Oh, good. 135 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:52,221 I've decided to join 136 00:07:52,305 --> 00:07:55,850 the Let's Give Ariel Her Own Room campaign. 137 00:07:57,852 --> 00:07:58,895 Really? 138 00:07:58,978 --> 00:08:00,563 Yeah. 139 00:08:00,646 --> 00:08:02,565 I figure she's going to need a place to stew 140 00:08:02,648 --> 00:08:04,901 once she figures out she hates us. 141 00:08:04,984 --> 00:08:07,612 Think so, huh? 142 00:08:07,695 --> 00:08:10,740 I do. 143 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:12,074 I do, too. 144 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:15,578 Okay, well, great. 145 00:08:15,661 --> 00:08:18,581 Let's swing by the furniture store tomorrow 146 00:08:18,664 --> 00:08:20,750 and pick up a bed. 147 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:22,752 If I get home from work early enough, 148 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:25,463 maybe I can even take apart the crib. 149 00:08:25,546 --> 00:08:27,590 Call my sister, she if she wants to pick it up. 150 00:08:27,673 --> 00:08:30,635 Why do we have to get rid of it? Why can't we just... 151 00:08:30,718 --> 00:08:33,261 put it in the garage? 152 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:35,431 As what? 153 00:08:35,514 --> 00:08:39,519 A shrine to our child-bearing years? 154 00:09:08,589 --> 00:09:12,551 ( breathing ) 155 00:09:19,225 --> 00:09:20,559 ( gasps ) 156 00:09:30,820 --> 00:09:31,862 How is he? 157 00:09:31,946 --> 00:09:33,489 Is he going to be all right? 158 00:09:33,572 --> 00:09:34,407 They think he'll get there. 159 00:09:34,490 --> 00:09:35,992 Apparently, somebody drugged him, shot him 160 00:09:36,075 --> 00:09:37,285 and drove him to that dump site. 161 00:09:37,368 --> 00:09:39,662 Oh, my God, and he survived. 162 00:09:39,745 --> 00:09:41,872 The bullet glanced off the skull without penetrating. 163 00:09:41,956 --> 00:09:44,292 It happens sometimes with small caliber weapons. 164 00:09:44,375 --> 00:09:46,002 Leaves a hell of an ugly wound, 165 00:09:46,085 --> 00:09:48,170 but it doesn't actually reach the gray matter. 166 00:09:48,254 --> 00:09:49,839 Hopefully, when he wakes up, 167 00:09:49,922 --> 00:09:51,966 he'll be able to describe the guy who took him. 168 00:09:52,049 --> 00:09:52,967 How soon will that be? 169 00:09:53,050 --> 00:09:54,010 Couple hours. Come on. 170 00:09:54,093 --> 00:09:55,720 The doctors are going. Let's go. 171 00:09:57,930 --> 00:09:59,098 ( knocking on door ) 172 00:10:05,104 --> 00:10:06,689 Hi. 173 00:10:06,772 --> 00:10:08,190 I think we're both still in 174 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:10,860 a state of shock, you know? I mean... 175 00:10:10,943 --> 00:10:13,070 happy shock, but still shock. 176 00:10:13,154 --> 00:10:15,197 It's a miracle. It's nothing less than a miracle. 177 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:18,200 And a lot of solid police work, I'm sure. 178 00:10:18,284 --> 00:10:19,952 We're both incredibly grateful. 179 00:10:21,037 --> 00:10:22,997 Oh, you know, 180 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,041 there are some friends of ours from the parish. 181 00:10:25,124 --> 00:10:27,209 Can you just excuse us for just a moment? 182 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:28,669 Oh, no problem. 183 00:10:29,962 --> 00:10:31,088 Excuse me. 184 00:10:32,131 --> 00:10:33,049 I should step outside. 185 00:10:33,132 --> 00:10:35,051 I got a couple calls to make. 186 00:10:35,134 --> 00:10:36,218 Okay. Um... 187 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:38,387 I'll just stay here in case he wakes up. 188 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:39,805 Okay. 189 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:36,695 Tyler. Tyler. Are you awake? 190 00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:43,702 Is this hell? 191 00:11:45,204 --> 00:11:46,414 You're in a hospital. 192 00:11:46,497 --> 00:11:50,167 You were hurt, but you're gonna be okay. 193 00:11:52,878 --> 00:11:55,923 You swear this isn't hell? 194 00:11:57,341 --> 00:12:01,345 Absolutely, I swear. 195 00:12:01,429 --> 00:12:03,013 But why would you think that? 196 00:12:03,097 --> 00:12:06,934 Because I'm bad. 197 00:12:07,017 --> 00:12:09,812 That's where the bad kids go. 198 00:12:09,895 --> 00:12:10,896 DOWNEY: Tyler? 199 00:12:10,980 --> 00:12:12,148 MRS. DOWNEY: My God! Hey! 200 00:12:12,231 --> 00:12:14,984 Hey, you're awake? 201 00:12:15,067 --> 00:12:17,736 Hey, hi. 202 00:12:22,074 --> 00:12:24,493 ARIEL: The closet might be a bit of a problem. 203 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:26,787 I'm gonna have a lot of my own stuff, 204 00:12:26,871 --> 00:12:28,998 so maybe we can get, like, uh, three more shelves. 205 00:12:29,081 --> 00:12:30,166 Just three shelves? 206 00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:33,169 Hi, Mom! 207 00:12:33,252 --> 00:12:36,338 I love this room so much. 208 00:12:36,422 --> 00:12:38,007 I'm glad, sweetie. 209 00:12:38,090 --> 00:12:39,675 You're going to knock, right? 210 00:12:39,758 --> 00:12:42,386 'Cause I mean, the new rule, right, privacy? 211 00:12:45,264 --> 00:12:47,725 Do you remember when Saturday used to be our day? 212 00:12:47,808 --> 00:12:49,477 Vaguely. 213 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:51,270 MARIE: Mommy! 214 00:12:53,355 --> 00:12:54,356 ARIEL: I don't know. 215 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:59,153 It still feels sort of... empty. 216 00:13:01,489 --> 00:13:03,073 Can we go to the furniture store tomorrow 217 00:13:03,157 --> 00:13:04,033 and get some furniture? 218 00:13:04,116 --> 00:13:05,910 Maybe a lava lamp and some beanbag chairs? 219 00:13:05,993 --> 00:13:08,370 Hey, you know, if you're really so desperate for furniture 220 00:13:08,454 --> 00:13:10,372 maybe I could put that crib back together again. 221 00:13:10,456 --> 00:13:11,874 That's not funny, Daddy. 222 00:13:11,957 --> 00:13:12,750 That's not funny, Daddy. 223 00:13:12,833 --> 00:13:14,251 Yeah, well, we still got to figure out 224 00:13:14,335 --> 00:13:16,170 what to do with it, so what do you say? 225 00:13:16,253 --> 00:13:18,380 We give it to the thrift store or we call my sister? 226 00:13:18,464 --> 00:13:21,050 Do we really have to decide right now? 227 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:24,094 I just didn't think it was that big of a question. 228 00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:27,473 I just want a little time, okay? 229 00:13:32,978 --> 00:13:34,063 JOE: It's funny. 230 00:13:34,146 --> 00:13:36,398 I thought you'd be in a better mood, 231 00:13:36,482 --> 00:13:39,193 what with saving a child's life and all. 232 00:13:39,276 --> 00:13:42,071 I'm in a fine mood. 233 00:13:47,326 --> 00:13:49,078 He said the damndest thing to me 234 00:13:49,161 --> 00:13:50,162 when he first woke up 235 00:13:50,246 --> 00:13:53,332 and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. 236 00:13:59,463 --> 00:14:03,092 He asked me if he was in hell. 237 00:14:03,175 --> 00:14:08,556 Well, in the kid's defense, he did have a pretty lousy day. 238 00:14:08,639 --> 00:14:09,598 No, that's not what he meant. 239 00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:13,102 He thought he was actually in hell. 240 00:14:13,185 --> 00:14:18,107 That he had died and been sent somewhere to be punished 241 00:14:18,190 --> 00:14:24,947 because... he was a bad person. 242 00:14:25,030 --> 00:14:29,952 And I know how this is going to sound, but... 243 00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:34,456 I got the distinct impression that he thought he deserved it. 244 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:40,129 That that's where he was supposed to be. 245 00:14:40,212 --> 00:14:42,923 And I can't help but wonder... 246 00:14:43,007 --> 00:14:46,969 how does a terrible thought like that 247 00:14:47,052 --> 00:14:50,222 get into a little boy's head? 248 00:15:23,380 --> 00:15:25,507 You belong to your father the devil 249 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:29,011 and you want to carry out your father's desire. 250 00:15:29,094 --> 00:15:31,055 He was a murderer from the beginning, 251 00:15:31,138 --> 00:15:34,475 not holding to the truth for there is no truth in him. 252 00:15:34,558 --> 00:15:38,062 And when he lies, he speaks his native language 253 00:15:38,145 --> 00:15:42,107 for he is a liar and the father of lies. 254 00:15:46,028 --> 00:15:46,904 ( gunshot ) 255 00:15:46,987 --> 00:15:48,614 ( gasps ) 256 00:15:57,289 --> 00:15:58,916 Thank you for coming in on a Sunday, 257 00:15:58,999 --> 00:16:00,084 Mr. and Mrs. Downey. 258 00:16:00,167 --> 00:16:01,210 No, anything to help. 259 00:16:01,293 --> 00:16:02,544 How long is this going to take? 260 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:04,046 Our son's asleep and we'd like 261 00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:06,090 to be back at his bedside when he wakes up. 262 00:16:06,173 --> 00:16:07,549 We just need to ask a few questions. 263 00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:09,134 Hopefully, rule a few things out. 264 00:16:14,515 --> 00:16:16,892 Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Downey. 265 00:16:16,975 --> 00:16:19,561 Detective. 266 00:16:19,645 --> 00:16:21,230 Ah, I'm sorry. 267 00:16:21,313 --> 00:16:23,732 Allison. Allison Dubois. 268 00:16:26,318 --> 00:16:27,403 How's Tyler doing? 269 00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:29,071 He's much better, thank you. 270 00:16:29,154 --> 00:16:31,532 He's awake for long stretches. 271 00:16:31,615 --> 00:16:33,534 Even asked for his crayons this morning. 272 00:16:33,617 --> 00:16:35,327 Mr. and Mrs. Downey, 273 00:16:35,411 --> 00:16:37,579 as part of our investigation into your son's abduction, 274 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:39,957 our lab conducted a toxin screen, 275 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:41,625 an analysis of your son's blood. 276 00:16:41,709 --> 00:16:43,293 Okay. 277 00:16:43,377 --> 00:16:45,462 And test results seem to indicate 278 00:16:45,546 --> 00:16:48,257 that on the night your son was taken, 279 00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:49,591 he was given a massive dose 280 00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:52,094 of a prescription sleep aid. 281 00:16:52,177 --> 00:16:53,095 What? 282 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:54,138 No, no, it's important. 283 00:16:54,221 --> 00:16:56,098 It's important that we hear all this. 284 00:16:56,181 --> 00:16:57,558 Just out of curiosity, 285 00:16:57,641 --> 00:17:00,185 do either of you use sleeping pills? 286 00:17:04,189 --> 00:17:07,651 I'm sorry, did I miss some...? 287 00:17:07,734 --> 00:17:10,154 Are you asking if my wife and I...? 288 00:17:10,237 --> 00:17:13,323 That is what you're asking, isn't it? 289 00:17:13,406 --> 00:17:14,407 Please, don't be offended. 290 00:17:14,491 --> 00:17:17,618 In any abduction case, it's routine to eliminate 291 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:19,621 those closest to the child first. 292 00:17:19,704 --> 00:17:22,290 Mrs. Downey? 293 00:17:22,374 --> 00:17:25,294 Yes, I do, actually. 294 00:17:25,377 --> 00:17:26,795 I have two prescriptions at the moment. 295 00:17:26,878 --> 00:17:30,632 Would one of them be Zolpidem? 296 00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:32,593 I have no idea. 297 00:17:32,676 --> 00:17:35,137 I don't really know the names. 298 00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:38,348 I just sort of hand the slips of paper over to the pharmacist. 299 00:17:38,432 --> 00:17:40,142 Of course. You'll check for us? 300 00:17:40,225 --> 00:17:41,310 Oh, sure. 301 00:17:41,393 --> 00:17:43,353 How about you, Mr. Downey,? 302 00:17:43,437 --> 00:17:44,563 Ever take sleeping pills? 303 00:17:44,646 --> 00:17:47,649 I'll take one of Marilyn's occasionally. 304 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:50,652 Not often. 305 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:53,155 Rarely. 306 00:17:53,238 --> 00:17:54,156 Is this really necessary? 307 00:17:54,239 --> 00:17:56,325 Uh, according to your statement, 308 00:17:56,408 --> 00:17:58,702 you said that the night your son was abducted, 309 00:17:58,786 --> 00:18:00,329 you slept through the night. 310 00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:01,330 Is that correct? 311 00:18:01,413 --> 00:18:04,333 Yes, obviously. 312 00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:07,086 You don't remember hearing anything? 313 00:18:07,169 --> 00:18:09,505 Not even when Tyler's window was being pried open 314 00:18:09,588 --> 00:18:10,506 with a crowbar? 315 00:18:10,589 --> 00:18:12,341 Isn't all this in my statement? 316 00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:13,634 Would you be willing to allow us 317 00:18:13,717 --> 00:18:15,344 to draw a sample of your blood? 318 00:18:15,427 --> 00:18:17,429 SCANLON: It'd have to be within the next several hours 319 00:18:17,513 --> 00:18:19,139 to actually tell us anything. 320 00:18:19,223 --> 00:18:22,142 I mean, if what we're trying to do is, uh... 321 00:18:22,226 --> 00:18:24,520 eliminate possibilities. 322 00:18:24,603 --> 00:18:25,687 DOWNEY: What possibilities? 323 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:28,649 Why do you need to test my blood? 324 00:18:28,732 --> 00:18:31,693 To see if there's any of my prescription in there, Paul. 325 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:34,196 Isn't that right, Detective? 326 00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:37,699 Mr. District Attorney? 327 00:18:37,783 --> 00:18:39,535 You folks serious? 328 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:41,203 I mean, do you really think that my wife 329 00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:42,663 would hurt our son? 330 00:18:42,746 --> 00:18:44,081 No one 331 00:18:44,164 --> 00:18:47,751 is making any formal accusations against anyone. 332 00:18:47,835 --> 00:18:51,046 Again, we're simply asking for a sample of your blood 333 00:18:51,129 --> 00:18:52,256 in the hopes of eliminating... 334 00:18:52,339 --> 00:18:55,259 Well, you can't have any blood. 335 00:18:55,342 --> 00:18:58,720 This is insane and it's hurtful. 336 00:18:58,804 --> 00:19:01,181 You mean to say, if I happened 337 00:19:01,265 --> 00:19:03,600 to have taken a sleeping pill that night... 338 00:19:03,684 --> 00:19:06,520 What kind of request is that? 339 00:19:06,603 --> 00:19:07,729 What kind of a theory is that? 340 00:19:07,813 --> 00:19:09,231 We don't mean to offend you. 341 00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:10,691 We're simply hoping for your cooperation, sir. 342 00:19:10,774 --> 00:19:11,692 My cooperation? 343 00:19:11,775 --> 00:19:13,569 Why? So you can put off looking 344 00:19:13,652 --> 00:19:16,572 for the real maniac who took my son? 345 00:19:16,655 --> 00:19:19,575 No, I'm not doing it. 346 00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:21,285 I'm not going to give you an excuse 347 00:19:21,368 --> 00:19:22,411 not to stop that animal 348 00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:24,580 before he has a chance to strike again. 349 00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:27,541 And I want you to apologize to my wife. 350 00:19:27,624 --> 00:19:29,293 MRS. DOWNEY: It doesn't matter. 351 00:19:34,673 --> 00:19:37,467 Okay, fine. 352 00:19:37,551 --> 00:19:39,261 Don't. 353 00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:40,679 You call us away 354 00:19:40,762 --> 00:19:41,597 from our son's sickbed 355 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,600 to level these absurd accusations at us? 356 00:19:44,683 --> 00:19:47,311 Shame on all of you. 357 00:19:47,394 --> 00:19:48,604 Come on, Marilyn. 358 00:19:48,687 --> 00:19:50,564 I think we need to find an attorney. 359 00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:54,735 You belong to your father 360 00:19:54,818 --> 00:19:57,446 the devil. 361 00:19:57,529 --> 00:20:00,532 And you want to carry out your father's desire. 362 00:20:02,826 --> 00:20:05,829 What did you say? 363 00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:09,791 It's from the Book of John. 364 00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:11,376 Does that ring a bell? 365 00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:15,756 Marilyn, come on. 366 00:20:31,021 --> 00:20:33,440 Pardon me. 367 00:20:33,523 --> 00:20:35,275 I've been waiting for the District Attorney, 368 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:36,485 but I guess you'll do. 369 00:20:38,445 --> 00:20:39,613 I just came from the hospital. 370 00:20:39,696 --> 00:20:41,657 What have you people told them? 371 00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:45,911 Why won't they let me see my son, take him home? 372 00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:50,499 What, you have no answer for that? 373 00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:53,627 Why am I surprised? 374 00:20:53,710 --> 00:20:55,963 You plucked that scripture out of my head. 375 00:20:56,046 --> 00:20:57,464 I knew right then who you were, 376 00:20:57,547 --> 00:20:58,507 who you worked for. 377 00:20:58,590 --> 00:21:01,843 I work for the District Attorney. 378 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:05,806 And he finds it, we all find it 379 00:21:05,889 --> 00:21:08,976 extremely peculiar that you and your husband 380 00:21:09,059 --> 00:21:11,478 don't want to cooperate, don't want to help us 381 00:21:11,561 --> 00:21:12,980 get to the bottom of this. 382 00:21:13,063 --> 00:21:16,650 You are his parents, he is your child. 383 00:21:16,733 --> 00:21:21,697 You people don't know anything about me or my child. 384 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:23,031 No, I think we do. 385 00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:24,366 Really? 386 00:21:24,449 --> 00:21:26,827 How well do you know evil? 387 00:21:26,910 --> 00:21:29,454 I know it when I see it. 388 00:21:29,538 --> 00:21:30,497 Do you? 389 00:21:30,580 --> 00:21:31,999 Do you know how it works? 390 00:21:32,082 --> 00:21:34,668 Do you know how it grows? 391 00:21:34,751 --> 00:21:36,795 If you carried it inside you, 392 00:21:36,878 --> 00:21:40,007 if you took it to your breast, lived with it every day, 393 00:21:40,090 --> 00:21:40,716 had it inside your house... 394 00:21:40,799 --> 00:21:43,427 You are talking about a child. 395 00:21:43,510 --> 00:21:45,846 My child. 396 00:21:45,929 --> 00:21:49,891 And keeping me from him is a mistake, Mrs. Dubois. 397 00:21:49,975 --> 00:21:52,519 I need to bring him home. 398 00:21:52,602 --> 00:21:55,897 And if you truly understood that piece of scripture you quoted, 399 00:21:55,981 --> 00:21:58,525 you would recognize the truth of that. 400 00:21:58,608 --> 00:22:01,862 I recognize that you are someone in the midst of a crisis, 401 00:22:01,945 --> 00:22:03,822 that you need help, 402 00:22:03,905 --> 00:22:05,907 that the evil you think is inside your son 403 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:08,535 is actually inside your head. 404 00:22:08,618 --> 00:22:10,078 And until I am convinced otherwise, 405 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:12,914 I will do everything I can to be sure 406 00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:15,667 that you are nowhere near Tyler. 407 00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:33,643 ( tires squeal ) 408 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:41,109 What's terrifying-- no, what's tragic-- 409 00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:45,238 her sense of conviction is so strong, it's... 410 00:22:45,322 --> 00:22:48,241 so absolute. 411 00:22:48,325 --> 00:22:50,619 I keep thinking about all these couples 412 00:22:50,702 --> 00:22:53,205 who are desperate to have a child of their own, 413 00:22:53,288 --> 00:22:55,248 and here's this woman... 414 00:22:55,332 --> 00:22:58,960 completely convinced that her son must die, 415 00:22:59,044 --> 00:23:01,463 that he's the embodiment of evil. 416 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:04,007 It makes me want to cry. 417 00:23:05,926 --> 00:23:08,595 So what happens now? 418 00:23:08,678 --> 00:23:11,640 I don't know, we can only compel the hospital 419 00:23:11,723 --> 00:23:15,644 to keep him in protective custody for so long. 420 00:23:15,727 --> 00:23:18,605 ( groans ): The father is blind to it all. 421 00:23:18,688 --> 00:23:21,817 I don't know what we can prove in court. 422 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:25,612 All I know is, I have to do everything I can 423 00:23:25,695 --> 00:23:29,199 to keep that woman away from her son. 424 00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:35,288 How old did you say he was? 425 00:23:37,749 --> 00:23:40,627 I don't know, he's, like... 426 00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:42,921 six or seven, maybe. 427 00:23:43,004 --> 00:23:45,882 Sweet. 428 00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:49,803 God, he seemed so sweet. 429 00:23:49,886 --> 00:23:53,974 Tyler. His name's Tyler. 430 00:23:54,057 --> 00:23:56,143 Tyler. 431 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:09,573 ( sighs, kisses ) 432 00:24:13,118 --> 00:24:14,578 ( sighs ) 433 00:24:14,661 --> 00:24:16,997 ( music plays ) 434 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:18,999 ( screaming ) Run! 435 00:24:19,082 --> 00:24:21,042 NARRATOR: In situations like this one, 436 00:24:21,126 --> 00:24:24,546 it's useful to ask oneself... 437 00:24:24,629 --> 00:24:26,047 ( gunshot ) 438 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:28,008 ...would you know how to spot 439 00:24:28,091 --> 00:24:30,552 the seeds of resentment before they blossom 440 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:33,889 into the rotten fruit of bad behavior? 441 00:24:33,972 --> 00:24:36,016 ( girl whimpers ) 442 00:24:36,099 --> 00:24:39,561 BOY: Tyler, don't. Tyler, please, 443 00:24:39,644 --> 00:24:41,229 why-why are you doing this? 444 00:24:42,272 --> 00:24:44,900 I don't know. 445 00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:47,861 Because I'm mad. 446 00:24:47,944 --> 00:24:49,112 ( gunshot ) 447 00:24:49,196 --> 00:24:51,198 ( gasps ) 448 00:24:51,281 --> 00:24:53,283 Tyler. 449 00:24:57,037 --> 00:24:59,039 He killed them all, Joe. 450 00:24:59,122 --> 00:25:00,916 He was so unrepentant. 451 00:25:00,999 --> 00:25:04,586 It was like all the sweetness, all the innocence I saw in him, 452 00:25:04,669 --> 00:25:07,088 it was just... gone. 453 00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:10,634 Is what I'm saying making any kind of sense to you? 454 00:25:10,717 --> 00:25:12,761 Uh, I don't know, maybe. 455 00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:14,888 It's 2:45 in the morning-- 456 00:25:14,971 --> 00:25:18,099 nothing much makes sense to me at 2:45 in the morning. 457 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:20,060 Well, forget it. 458 00:25:20,143 --> 00:25:22,938 I'm sorry, it was selfish of me to wake you. 459 00:25:23,021 --> 00:25:24,940 No, no, I'm sorry, all right? 460 00:25:25,023 --> 00:25:26,900 Let me just try and focus. 461 00:25:26,983 --> 00:25:28,944 Why don't you start from the beginning. 462 00:25:29,027 --> 00:25:33,073 Yesterday... I dreamt that Marilyn Downey 463 00:25:33,156 --> 00:25:35,242 was shooting her son in the head. 464 00:25:35,325 --> 00:25:36,910 Now today, I'm dreaming about Tyler, 465 00:25:36,993 --> 00:25:39,955 and he's in high school, and he's killing people, 466 00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:41,957 dozens of them. 467 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,292 He took out a gun, and he was just slaughtering them. 468 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:46,962 I-In the future? 469 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:49,047 In the future. 470 00:25:50,966 --> 00:25:55,011 Well, maybe this kid's supposed to be a long-term project. 471 00:25:55,095 --> 00:25:56,972 Maybe you're supposed to help him out 472 00:25:57,055 --> 00:25:59,140 even after you lock his mother up. 473 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:03,353 Or maybe I'm not supposed to help him at all. 474 00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:09,109 You can't be serious. 475 00:26:09,192 --> 00:26:10,235 I don't know. 476 00:26:10,318 --> 00:26:13,822 Maybe his mother has a touch of what I have. 477 00:26:13,905 --> 00:26:16,199 Maybe she's seen what I just saw. 478 00:26:16,283 --> 00:26:19,286 I mean, then it would make some kind of crazy sense. 479 00:26:19,369 --> 00:26:22,289 Then you could almost understand why she would do it, 480 00:26:22,372 --> 00:26:25,959 why she would feel compelled to try again. 481 00:26:26,042 --> 00:26:28,211 Maybe I'm not supposed to stop her. 482 00:26:28,295 --> 00:26:30,005 Maybe she's just crazy. 483 00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:32,299 Maybe what you're seeing when you dream 484 00:26:32,382 --> 00:26:34,968 are the dreams of a crazy woman. 485 00:26:35,051 --> 00:26:37,470 Maybe, but how do I know? How can I be sure? 486 00:26:37,554 --> 00:26:39,472 I don't want to do the wrong thing. 487 00:26:39,556 --> 00:26:41,182 I don't want to make the wrong decision. 488 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:42,851 The wrong decision? 489 00:26:42,934 --> 00:26:44,811 Allison, you're not seriously suggesting 490 00:26:44,894 --> 00:26:47,981 that sending this kid home with his homicidal mother 491 00:26:48,064 --> 00:26:49,107 is an option, are you? 492 00:26:49,190 --> 00:26:50,859 I'm not suggesting anything. 493 00:26:50,942 --> 00:26:52,861 I'm just trying to figure it out. 494 00:26:52,944 --> 00:26:54,279 But there's nothing to figure out. 495 00:26:54,362 --> 00:26:57,282 This kid is in danger. 496 00:26:57,365 --> 00:26:59,868 He's seven years old, and he needs your help. 497 00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:02,370 That's all you need to know. 498 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:06,499 Of course. 499 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,962 You're right. 500 00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:16,468 You're right. 501 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:20,972 Glad to be of assistance. 502 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:27,896 Joe Dubois: husband, father, moral compass. 503 00:27:27,979 --> 00:27:30,065 We never close. 504 00:27:44,829 --> 00:27:46,831 ( gunshot ) 505 00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:07,060 ( gasps ) 506 00:28:08,061 --> 00:28:10,230 You have a moment, sir? 507 00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:13,108 Allison. Sure. Come in. 508 00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:16,903 Hypothetically, what would you say 509 00:28:16,986 --> 00:28:20,240 if I told you I came across a piece of evidence 510 00:28:20,323 --> 00:28:22,409 that might help us nail Marilyn Downey 511 00:28:22,492 --> 00:28:24,994 for the attempted murder of her son? 512 00:28:27,497 --> 00:28:30,959 Hypothetically, I'd tell you that I'm a very happy man. 513 00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:33,795 What would you say if I told you I'd been having dreams 514 00:28:33,878 --> 00:28:35,588 about the little boy we're trying to save? 515 00:28:35,672 --> 00:28:38,007 What if I told you that he may grow up 516 00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:39,926 to become one of the most evil human beings 517 00:28:40,009 --> 00:28:41,177 you or I have ever known, 518 00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:44,431 and that by stopping his mother from committing an atrocity 519 00:28:44,514 --> 00:28:47,434 in the present, we may very well be setting the stage 520 00:28:47,517 --> 00:28:50,979 for an even greater atrocity in the future? 521 00:28:51,062 --> 00:28:53,440 What would you say then? 522 00:28:58,528 --> 00:29:00,113 ( sighs ) 523 00:29:00,196 --> 00:29:03,283 I'd tell you that you're giving me more information 524 00:29:03,366 --> 00:29:05,994 than I need to do my job. 525 00:29:06,077 --> 00:29:08,037 I'd tell you that we have a responsibility 526 00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:10,999 to take care of the case that's right in front of us: 527 00:29:11,082 --> 00:29:13,209 saving this child from his very deranged parent. 528 00:29:13,293 --> 00:29:16,171 What if this child grows up to hurt other children? 529 00:29:16,254 --> 00:29:17,964 What if he becomes a killer? 530 00:29:18,047 --> 00:29:19,632 I'd remind you that we have 531 00:29:19,716 --> 00:29:22,302 almost a decade to try and stop him. 532 00:29:22,385 --> 00:29:25,221 Let's first worry about 533 00:29:25,305 --> 00:29:27,307 protecting Tyler Downey from his mother. 534 00:29:27,390 --> 00:29:28,183 Then we'll figure out 535 00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:30,435 a way to protect society from Tyler Downey. 536 00:29:46,951 --> 00:29:47,952 Tell me! 537 00:29:48,036 --> 00:29:49,871 Tell you what? 538 00:29:49,954 --> 00:29:52,874 Tell me how high you're gonna put that sign on the door. 539 00:29:52,957 --> 00:29:55,960 And I asked you, how tall are you? 540 00:29:56,044 --> 00:29:58,046 Mom! Tell her she can't keep me 541 00:29:58,129 --> 00:30:01,549 out of her room just because I'm littler than she is! 542 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:05,303 There are no height requirements in the Dubois house, Ariel. 543 00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:10,141 ( quietly ): I'm still putting it on my door. 544 00:30:12,060 --> 00:30:14,062 ( phone plays electronic melody ) 545 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:20,902 Hello? 546 00:30:20,985 --> 00:30:22,070 DEVALOS: It's me, Allison. 547 00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:25,031 Just wanted to let you know that I heard from forensics. 548 00:30:25,114 --> 00:30:26,241 And? 549 00:30:26,324 --> 00:30:28,243 While the gun you found was unmistakably 550 00:30:28,326 --> 00:30:30,203 the one used to shoot Tyler Downey, 551 00:30:30,286 --> 00:30:33,039 it's never been registered, and was thoroughly cleaned 552 00:30:33,122 --> 00:30:35,375 before it was left at that dump site. 553 00:30:35,458 --> 00:30:39,379 There simply are no prints or DNA evidence. 554 00:30:39,462 --> 00:30:42,090 So there's no way to trace it back to Marilyn. 555 00:30:42,173 --> 00:30:45,093 I'm afraid that's not the worst of it. 556 00:30:45,176 --> 00:30:47,387 The Downeys went back to court this morning, 557 00:30:47,470 --> 00:30:51,099 and the judge ruled that as soon as Tyler is feeling up to it, 558 00:30:51,182 --> 00:30:53,560 he's to be released into his parents' care. 559 00:30:53,643 --> 00:30:58,064 They left the hospital together at 5:20 this afternoon. 560 00:30:58,147 --> 00:31:00,400 So how long do you think it'll be 561 00:31:00,483 --> 00:31:03,278 till we get the call that she finally killed him? 562 00:31:03,361 --> 00:31:07,991 Allison, I think we've made it abundantly clear to Mrs. Downey 563 00:31:08,074 --> 00:31:11,411 that we're watching her, that we'll always be watching her. 564 00:31:11,494 --> 00:31:13,288 Well, that's fine and good, sir... 565 00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:14,998 But? 566 00:31:15,081 --> 00:31:19,252 I just don't know how much that means to a crazy person. 567 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:34,350 ( film projector whirring, music playing ) 568 00:31:35,518 --> 00:31:38,438 NARRATOR: Where do the leaders of tomorrow come from? 569 00:31:38,521 --> 00:31:42,108 The seeds of their success are sown here 570 00:31:42,191 --> 00:31:46,279 in the halls of high schools all across America. 571 00:31:46,362 --> 00:31:50,366 Let's listen in on one such success story. 572 00:31:50,450 --> 00:31:51,200 ( applause ) 573 00:31:51,284 --> 00:31:54,329 And before we award you your diplomas, 574 00:31:54,412 --> 00:31:57,332 let's hear a word from our valedictorian, 575 00:31:57,415 --> 00:31:59,000 Tyler Downey. 576 00:31:59,083 --> 00:32:02,420 ( applause ) 577 00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:10,428 ( clears throat ) 578 00:32:12,263 --> 00:32:13,514 ( exhales ) 579 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:16,684 In the days leading up to graduation, 580 00:32:16,768 --> 00:32:19,646 a number of people have asked me: 581 00:32:19,729 --> 00:32:23,358 "Is there one person or one event 582 00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:27,111 that has inspired you through your high school career?" 583 00:32:27,195 --> 00:32:30,531 For me, the person who made the biggest difference 584 00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:33,159 was my mom. 585 00:32:35,286 --> 00:32:36,537 Wow. 586 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:40,541 JOE: Hmm? 587 00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:42,335 You okay? 588 00:32:42,418 --> 00:32:44,337 Yeah. 589 00:32:44,420 --> 00:32:48,341 Actually I am okay. 590 00:32:48,424 --> 00:32:52,220 And I think everything's gonna be okay. 591 00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:55,431 ( Joe moans softly ) 592 00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:05,191 I didn't... Good morning. I didn't mean to frighten you. 593 00:33:05,274 --> 00:33:08,361 I was just wondering if... if I could have a word. 594 00:33:08,444 --> 00:33:10,363 "A word"? 595 00:33:10,446 --> 00:33:12,156 Talk? 596 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:13,783 Is that really necessary? 597 00:33:13,866 --> 00:33:16,202 Isn't a talk really beside the point? 598 00:33:16,285 --> 00:33:17,787 I don't think so. 599 00:33:17,870 --> 00:33:20,540 For one thing, I am not who you think I am. 600 00:33:20,623 --> 00:33:24,627 In fact, I am probably much more like you than you think. 601 00:33:24,711 --> 00:33:27,380 What do you mean? 602 00:33:27,463 --> 00:33:31,217 You have had dreams about Tyler. 603 00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:33,469 About his future. 604 00:33:33,553 --> 00:33:35,680 So have I. 605 00:33:35,763 --> 00:33:39,434 I don't believe you. 606 00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:40,435 It's true. 607 00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:43,229 That's how I knew about you, about the dump. 608 00:33:43,312 --> 00:33:45,440 That's how I knew about the Scripture that you quoted, 609 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:47,150 right before you shot him. 610 00:33:47,233 --> 00:33:50,653 John. Chapter eight. Verse 44. 611 00:33:50,737 --> 00:33:52,405 I dreamt it. 612 00:33:52,488 --> 00:33:56,117 I dreamt the other dreams that you had about Tyler growing up, 613 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,618 about high school... 614 00:33:57,702 --> 00:34:00,204 about the killings. 615 00:34:02,665 --> 00:34:06,586 I came here... this morning, to tell you 616 00:34:06,669 --> 00:34:08,463 your dreams are wrong. 617 00:34:08,545 --> 00:34:11,466 Tyler doesn't have to grow up to be a killer. 618 00:34:11,549 --> 00:34:14,469 He can be a... an incredible boy, 619 00:34:14,552 --> 00:34:16,471 an incredible man. 620 00:34:16,554 --> 00:34:21,309 The key... is you. 621 00:34:21,391 --> 00:34:24,312 You are the one 622 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:25,438 that makes it possible. 623 00:34:25,521 --> 00:34:28,274 I have seen it. 624 00:34:30,693 --> 00:34:32,445 No. 625 00:34:32,527 --> 00:34:35,447 No. 626 00:34:35,531 --> 00:34:37,617 I know what I know. 627 00:34:37,699 --> 00:34:40,703 I know what I feel. 628 00:34:40,786 --> 00:34:43,289 This is a trick. 629 00:34:43,371 --> 00:34:46,793 You are a demon, and this is a trick. 630 00:34:46,876 --> 00:34:50,505 No, I am no demon. 631 00:34:50,588 --> 00:34:54,675 And there is no trick. 632 00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:57,261 This is a miracle. 633 00:34:57,345 --> 00:34:59,847 This is a second chance, 634 00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:02,350 and they come very rarely. 635 00:35:02,433 --> 00:35:04,685 Look. 636 00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:06,854 I know what you did in that dump. 637 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,022 But you know what? 638 00:35:08,105 --> 00:35:12,485 No one else does. No one else in the whole wide world. 639 00:35:12,568 --> 00:35:16,489 Most especially, not your son. 640 00:35:16,572 --> 00:35:22,495 Just you, me and God. 641 00:35:24,622 --> 00:35:27,625 So I guess why I was sent here, why I'm here is 642 00:35:27,708 --> 00:35:31,546 to tell you none of it matters. 643 00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:39,011 It can all be wiped away right here, right now, 644 00:35:39,095 --> 00:35:42,223 if you choose it, 645 00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:44,851 if you believe it, 646 00:35:44,934 --> 00:35:50,022 if you can see Tyler for the incredible boy he really is. 647 00:35:52,608 --> 00:35:57,530 ( soft gasp ) 648 00:35:57,613 --> 00:35:59,699 Oh... 649 00:35:59,782 --> 00:36:02,368 Oh, my God. 650 00:36:02,451 --> 00:36:04,871 You're an angel, aren't you? 651 00:36:04,954 --> 00:36:07,373 No. 652 00:36:07,456 --> 00:36:12,962 I'm just a woman who knows about something horrible 653 00:36:13,045 --> 00:36:18,009 and who is willing to forget about it. 654 00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:23,764 If you're willing. 655 00:36:36,652 --> 00:36:40,448 She looks awfully comfortable, doesn't she? 656 00:36:40,531 --> 00:36:41,908 ( soft chuckle ) 657 00:36:43,993 --> 00:36:48,789 House is all locked up. 658 00:36:48,873 --> 00:36:51,459 Ariel finally turned her light out. 659 00:36:51,542 --> 00:36:52,710 ( soft chuckle ) 660 00:36:54,045 --> 00:36:57,423 It's like she's slept there her whole life. 661 00:37:00,676 --> 00:37:03,304 Well, I guess she was getting a little big 662 00:37:03,387 --> 00:37:05,014 for that crib, wasn't she? 663 00:37:05,097 --> 00:37:07,350 Maybe just a hair. 664 00:37:10,561 --> 00:37:12,563 You ready for bed? 665 00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:16,943 We're lucky, aren't we? 666 00:37:17,026 --> 00:37:19,779 Three amazing kids. 667 00:37:19,862 --> 00:37:22,323 We did all right. 668 00:37:22,406 --> 00:37:24,659 "Did"? As in past tense? 669 00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:27,370 Hmm? As in we're done? 670 00:37:27,453 --> 00:37:30,456 ( moans ): Mm... 671 00:37:30,539 --> 00:37:31,958 The truth is, I don't know. 672 00:37:32,041 --> 00:37:33,960 What's that expression? 673 00:37:34,043 --> 00:37:36,629 "It ain't over till it's over "? 674 00:37:38,547 --> 00:37:41,509 ( phone ringing ) 675 00:37:41,592 --> 00:37:42,843 ( Joe groans ) 676 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:45,346 Shh... Hello? 677 00:37:45,429 --> 00:37:46,973 DEVALOS: Allison, I'm sorry to wake you. 678 00:37:47,056 --> 00:37:49,725 It's okay. What's the matter? 679 00:37:49,809 --> 00:37:50,726 What's... what's up? 680 00:37:50,810 --> 00:37:53,646 I just got a call from the chief of police. 681 00:37:53,729 --> 00:37:55,815 Sometime around 11:00 this evening, 682 00:37:55,898 --> 00:37:58,693 Marilyn Downey swallowed two fistfuls of sleeping pills. 683 00:37:58,776 --> 00:38:01,487 She was pronounced dead about half an hour ago. 684 00:38:01,570 --> 00:38:03,531 No, no. 685 00:38:03,614 --> 00:38:05,992 No, that... that's, that's wrong. 686 00:38:06,075 --> 00:38:07,493 I had a dream. 687 00:38:07,576 --> 00:38:10,371 He turned out to be a really great kid, 688 00:38:10,454 --> 00:38:12,164 and she was a big part of that. 689 00:38:12,248 --> 00:38:13,416 He mentioned her... 690 00:38:13,499 --> 00:38:17,670 I, uh... I don't know what to tell you. 691 00:38:17,753 --> 00:38:19,672 I don't really know what you're talking about. 692 00:38:19,755 --> 00:38:21,882 Marilyn Downey is dead. 693 00:38:21,966 --> 00:38:24,051 Just thought you'd want to know. 694 00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:27,471 I actually thought that you'd be relieved. 695 00:38:27,555 --> 00:38:29,432 I mean... ( sighs ) 696 00:38:29,515 --> 00:38:31,517 This may be a horrible thing to say, 697 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:33,853 but at least the boy is safe now. 698 00:38:33,936 --> 00:38:35,855 Allison? 699 00:38:35,938 --> 00:38:40,526 It's okay. I-I just thought... 700 00:38:40,609 --> 00:38:47,867 I guess I hoped... that things would turn out differently. 701 00:38:49,952 --> 00:38:52,747 I guess I'll see you in the morning. 702 00:38:52,830 --> 00:38:54,540 See you in the morning. 703 00:38:57,835 --> 00:39:00,755 TYLER: In the days leading up to graduation, 704 00:39:00,838 --> 00:39:03,883 a number of people have asked me: 705 00:39:03,966 --> 00:39:07,595 "Is there one person or one event 706 00:39:07,678 --> 00:39:11,599 that has inspired you through your high school career?" 707 00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:15,519 For me, the person who made the biggest difference 708 00:39:15,603 --> 00:39:16,896 was my mom. 709 00:39:21,567 --> 00:39:25,446 My dad likes to tell me how devoted she was to me. 710 00:39:25,529 --> 00:39:28,574 Actually, "obsessed" is the word he often uses to describe it. 711 00:39:28,657 --> 00:39:30,618 ( audience laughs ) 712 00:39:30,701 --> 00:39:37,750 We don't talk about it much, but when I was seven, 713 00:39:37,833 --> 00:39:42,463 a stranger came into my bedroom and drugged me and shot me 714 00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:44,590 and left me for dead. 715 00:39:44,673 --> 00:39:47,802 I barely remember the experience, 716 00:39:47,885 --> 00:39:51,472 but, apparently, my mother was devastated by it 717 00:39:51,555 --> 00:39:54,058 and felt somehow responsible. 718 00:39:56,018 --> 00:39:57,728 ( Tyler sighs ) 719 00:39:57,812 --> 00:39:59,647 She never forgave herself 720 00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:03,526 and apparently consumed by guilt and depression, 721 00:40:03,609 --> 00:40:07,822 she took her own life shortly thereafter. 722 00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:12,159 ( sighs ) 723 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:15,204 I do remember how badly people felt for me, 724 00:40:15,287 --> 00:40:18,040 how concerned everyone was 725 00:40:18,124 --> 00:40:20,501 that I would grow up without a mother. 726 00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:24,213 But I'm here to tell you that not a day goes by 727 00:40:24,296 --> 00:40:26,507 that I don't think of her, 728 00:40:26,590 --> 00:40:28,092 not a day goes by... 729 00:40:28,175 --> 00:40:29,552 ( sniffles ) 730 00:40:29,635 --> 00:40:31,846 that I don't feel her here with me. 731 00:40:34,807 --> 00:40:37,893 And not a day goes by that I'm not reminded 732 00:40:37,977 --> 00:40:39,520 of how fleeting life is, 733 00:40:39,603 --> 00:40:43,315 how much it is that we have to get done 734 00:40:43,399 --> 00:40:47,528 and how important it is that we do it well. 735 00:40:47,611 --> 00:40:49,321 TYLER: Thanks, Mom. 736 00:40:49,405 --> 00:40:51,824 I've tried to make you proud. 737 00:40:51,907 --> 00:40:55,870 ( applause ) 738 00:41:18,851 --> 00:41:20,978 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org