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Listen, don't be upset.

E.T.'s gone to heaven.

- But they said he went home.

- Well, that's the same thing.

No.

It's not.

I miss things.

What do you miss?

Things.

I have no one to play with.

- You have your sister to play with.

- No. She plays with her camcorder.

And I've no one to tell my secrets to.

Christy tells them to her camcorder.

And she won't let me

hear what she says.

And you don't play with us anymore.

- I do play with youse.

- Not like you used to.

Here you go!

Dad! Dad!

Dad, you can win E. T! You can win E. T!

It's a game of chance.

It's as simple as pie.

It's a game of chance. It's simple as pie.

All you have to do is throw the ball through

the hoop seven times and you win E. T!

- Seven times? Is that all?

- Yeah.

- Can adults play?

- Sure.

- Simple as pie.

- That's $2.

You can keep throwing

as long as you double up your dollars.

If you win, you get every dollar back

and any prize you like.

You get all your money back if you win?

You get all your money back

and any doll you like.

All right.

- Whoo!

- Yes!

- That's one in there.

- Come on, Johnny.

That's two.

Whoo!

- Two down, five to go. $4.

- Come on. We'll get there.

- We'll get there.

- Come on, Dad.

- You're excellent. You're brilliant.

- All right. Don't worry, I'll get it.

- Mom, is Dad going to win?

- Of course he is.

Come on, Dad.

Yes! Yes! Yay!

Three, four, five. Very good.

Only two to go.

$8.

Game of chance. Simple as pie.

You can keep throwing

as long as you double up your dollars.

Shh...

Number five.

Two to go. $16.

Come on, Dad.

Only two more to go.

All right, all right, we'll get this.

$32. We got $32 over here.

- I don't need a crowd.

- Well, you're the main attraction.

Game of chance. Simple as pie.

One to go, one to go!

One more throw.

One more for the big

doll for the little girl!

Are we finished, sir?

I got 55.

- Here. I have another five.

- I just need four more.

- Dad, it doesn't matter.

- Ah, no.

Just take it, Johnny.

$1 change for the big girl.

Only one to go.

One ball to go over here. One ball to go

for the big doll for the little girl.

Don't let him break your concentration,

Johnny, yeah?

- Give me the rent money.

- What?

Give me the rent money.

Johnny, please don't do this to me tonight.

I can't lose in front of

the kids again, Sarah.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

We got $128 over here.

We're finished now, sir.

Leave it, please.

Wow! Go for it, man.

We can't blow all our money.

I believe in you and the kids believe in you

and you can win that doll.

- Go on.

- Dad, you're gonna win. I just know it.

And then I used all my

will power to quieten the crowd.

But it didn't work.

Every cent of every

penny we owned

was down for an

E. T. doll worth $30.

So I said:

"Frankie, I have to ask you

for a second wish. "

And to this day, my dad still believes

it was him who won the E. T. doll.

Thank you. Thank God.

Great! Oh, my God!

Fee,

fi,

fo,

fum!

I smell the blood of an Irishwoman!

Give me a bite of ya!

Give me a bite of ya!

Come on, Christy! Come on!

Ah! Help!

Fee,

fi,

fo,

fum!

I smell the blood of an Irishwoman.

Christy, hurry up!

Fee,

fi, fo, fum!

I smell the blood...

- Run, E. T! Run, E. T! It's the monster!

- Fee,

fi,

fo,

fum.

I smell the blood of an Irishman!

Johnny, what's wrong?

I was looking for him.

I was looking for Frankie.

Just play with the kids, Johnny.

I couldn't find him.

Am I going insane?

Just act, Johnny. Just act.

Go on, love.

Fee,

fi,

fo,

fum!

I still smell the blood...

of an Irishwoman!

Christy, I'll save you!

Johnny.

Johnny.

You didn't find me.

I wasn't looking for you.

Exactly.

You weren't looking for me.

There's nowhere you could hide

I wouldn't find ya.

Fee,

fi,

fo,

fum.

- Girls.

- I still smell the blood of an Irishwoman.

Take the bag. Take the money.

Go to Heaven. Marina will look after you.

I smell the blood of an Irishwoman.

- Oh, hi, you two.

- How you doing, girls?

You're a little later than usual.

Where's your mom?

My mom is playing with Dad on her own.

Fee,

fi,

fo,

fum.

I smell the blood of an Irishwoman.

Fee,

fi,

fo,

fum.

I still smell the blood... of an Irishwoman.

- Where are the kids?

- Leave it on.

It's all right.

It's OK.

- Ah, where are the kids?

- They're fine.

They're in Heaven.

Marina's looking after them.

Come on to me. Come on.

- No! No.

- Go on!

And that was the moment

the baby was conceived.

What's wrong?

Was it that good?

Was it that bad?

Look at me, Sarah.

You all right?

What's wrong?

- Come here to me.

- I can't.

- Come here to me. Hey.

- I can't.

Look at me and tell me the truth.

Frankie had your eyes, Johnny.

Say something.

You blame me.

I should have been there to catch him

when he fell down the stairs.

It's my fault.

I don't blame you.

- Oh, sh*t! Oh, sh*t!

- Hurry, get inside.

We had to go to a Catholic

school, so my dad took a night job.

Ariel was worried about

a blind man called Jos.

Everybody smile and say "Cheese!"

Cheese!

Christy, why can Jos not see?

It's not "Jos. " It's:

I helped too.

Fill the bag with leaves like that,

yellow ones.

OK.

Statue of Liberty, nation,

friends and caring,

so now we are all together.

I'm hungry!

Right, keep your eye on the meter.

And get in the cab and keep your ear

on the radio, all right? I won't be long.

And lock the doors.

401 to base.

If you can hear me, come in.

Hello, base here.

Hey, where's your dad, girls?

- He's in his audition.

- Oh.

- Where are you?

- I'm not positive.

Christy, do you know where you are?

- No.

- Oh.

- Are you on Broadway?

- Yeah, I think so.

- Near where?

- Near...

- Near the audition.

- Yeah. Very good.

Is my baby all right?

- How are you feeling?

- Fine.

Little bit tired,

but other than that I'm OK.

Mom, do you think

Dad will know who I am?

Wow, youse look great.

You'll knock 'em out.

- Can you guess what they are?

- Ariel's an angel.

Uh-huh.

- Christy's a forest.

- She's autumn.

- No, fall.

- Fall?

Yeah. That's what they call it

here in America - fall. Like, leaves fall.

Oh, you guys look great. They look great.

Irish. Irish. Spare a quarter, please?

Please, please.

- I got a quarter.

- You're the best.

- All right.

- He gave me a quarter, Angela.

- He gave me a quarter.

- There you go.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you. Thank you.

Who are they?

That's the Irish.

What's wrong?

What's wrong?

Everyone else

has bought their costumes.

We look stupid.

No, you don't.

Come on, sweetie.

And, last but not least, a special prize

this year for the best homemade costume

goes to the Sullivan sisters.

Ah, you can't throw away your prize -

best homemade costume.

- They made it up 'cause they pity us.

- You got it 'cause you're different.

We don't want to be different. We want

to be the same as everybody else.

Why would youse wanna be

the same as everybody else?

'Cause everybody else

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