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goes trick-or-treating.

- What's that?

- It's what they do here for Halloween.

What do you mean?

Like, help the Halloween party?

No, not help the Halloween party.

You don't ask for help in America.

You demand it.

Trick or treat -

you don't ask, you threaten.

- You can't do that on our street.

- Why not?

Because you can't threaten drug addicts

and transvestites, that's why.

What are transvestites?

A man who dresses up as a woman.

- For Halloween?

- No. All the time. All the time.

Come on.

- Why?

- It's just what they do here, OK?

We were allowed to go

trick-or-treating in our stupid building.

Trick or treat!

Trick or treat!

- Trick or treat!

- Dad, get out of here.

Trick or treat!

Come on, let's try another door.

Trick or treat!

Trick or treat!

Trick or treat!

- Trick or treat!

- Answer the stupid door.

Trick or treat! Trick or tr...

- Why won't they answer?

- Maybe they're afraid.

Trick or treat!

- Trick or treat!

- Let us in!

Hey, mister, we're nice kids, so let us in!

- How many doors is that?

- Four.

Trick or treat!

Why am I so anxious?

Trick or treat!

It's the stairs, Johnny.

- That says "Keep away. "

- I don't care. Come on, Christy.

Trick or treat!

Trick or treat!

Trick or treat!

Trick or treat!

Who's there?

Tr...

- Someone's in there.

- Come on.

Trick or treat!

Trick or treat!

Trick or treat!

A otra puerta!

...treat!

No drugs here! Other door!

Knock again, I dare you.

- Trick or treat!

- Who's...

Trick or treat!

Trick or treat!

Go away!

Trick or treat!

Trick or treat!

What?

Hello.

You're the kids from upstairs?

Yeah.

- Is this Halloween?

- Yeah.

Hm.

- Where are you from?

- Ireland.

You came all the way to America

to trick-or-treat?

Yeah.

Come in.

Are there only two of you?

Two girls.

Are they all right in there?

- Are they all right in there?

- Mm-hm. They'll be fine.

What's your name?

Mateo. What's yours?

Ariel. Hello.

- My name's Christy.

- Hi, Christy.

- Is that our building?

- Yes, it is.

It looks like a haunted house.

It is haunted.

But it's not scary.

It's a magic house.

Frankie believed in magic.

- Who's that?

- Frankie, our brother. He died.

He fell down the stairs when he was two.

We thought he was OK,

but there was something in his brain.

A brain tumor.

And for three years

it got bigger and bigger.

It was malignant.

Are you crying?

Are you?

It's OK. He's in heaven now.

Is that your hand?

Ah, yes.

Is that blood?

Spaghetti sauce.

Come here!

I better treat you or you'll trick me.

Am I right?

- Yeah!

- OK. Let's find something.

Let's see, uh...

So, what's in the fridge?

Nothing. Nothing, nothing,

nothing, nothing, nothing.

Uh...

Oops. How about this?

- How much is in it?

- A lot.

- Mateo's fortune.

- It's too much.

No, it's not. When luck comes knocking

on your door, you can't turn it away.

- Happy Halloween!

- OK. Happy Halloween. Bye.

Hi, Dad!

We're going to show Ma what we got, OK?

Rumba makela.

Happy Halloween.

Happy Halloween, Mateo.

He was really nice

and he gave us lots of money.

How much does it add up to, Christy?

240 pennies,

12 nickels and two dimes.

How much is that altogether?

Three dollars twenty.

Wow.

- And he had nothing in his fridge?

- Just medicine.

- We should invite him over.

- No way.

He gives me the heebie-jeebies.

- What is it?

- It's called colcannon.

- It's potatoes mixed with curly kale.

- Hm.

Plates, please.

Thank you.

Hm.

Whoo!

Wow!

That means you're gonna be rich.

Halloween is called the Day of Ancestors,

when the dead come back

and we hear their voices.

How do you hear them?

You hear their voices

through the men dancing.

What do they say?

Uh...

They complain.

"You don't pay attention to me. "

"You don't feed me. "

"I'm hungry. "

Are they ever happy?

When they're happy,

you never hear from them.

Oh.

You're magic.

You're winning everything.

That means you're gonna get married.

Christy!

Who's there?

You see that?

OK.

Do you not think I'm bad, or are you

just saying that I'm good 'cause...

You are.

- Am I doing the wings right?

- You're doing great.

- Really?

- Yes.

I thought I was bad.

You're doing great.

Is that you on the pictures?

Yeah.

So you were rich?

Is that why the angel has blue blood?

You know, in the Irish language,

the word for "black man" is fer gorm.

But that really means "blue man. "

The word for "black man" is fer dubh,

and that means "the devil. "

You have us figured out, huh?

They can't wipe us out.

They can't lick us.

We'll go on forever, Pa,

'cause we're the people.

Johnny, come to bed.

It's late. Come on.

Put the script down.

- You're happy.

- I am.

It's something Mateo said.

What's he say?

- He said everything's gonna be all right.

- Uh-huh.

And the baby

will bring its own luck.

The baby will bring its own luck.

That's it, there. You see?

I could be wrong but I haven't felt

the baby move for a couple of weeks.

It's serious.

This baby will not go full-term.

And if it did, it would be

extremely dangerous to your health.

If you decide to go ahead with this,

you'll have to be a very brave woman.

But I thought the doctors said

you couldn't have any more babies.

Well, sometimes, Ariel, doctors are wrong.

There!

It just kicked.

Oh, my God.

Johnny, feel it.

I remember the first time

you kicked, Christy.

It was in one of your dad's plays.

Every time he spoke, you kicked.

Like you were applauding him.

- Did I ever kick?

- You?

You kicked like a mule, night and day.

There it is again.

Johnny, did you feel it?

I can't feel anything.

Do you want me to lie?

You're the only actor in the world

who can't lie, Johnny.

- Not even for the sake of your kids.

- What does that mean?

If you can't touch somebody you created,

how can you create somebody

that'll touch anybody?

- What are you going on about?

- Acting, Johnny.

And bringing something to life,

it's the same thing.

That's why you can't get a job acting,

Johnny, because you can't feel anything.

This baby's not Frankie, Sarah.

Look at me.

Look at me.

Why don't you look at me?

You've gotten over him.

I've had to get over him, Johnny,

for the sake of the kids.

So you're gonna put your life on the line

for the sake of the kids?

- And that's protecting them?

- Yes.

- That's a total contradiction.

- How?

You know what the doctors said.

I don't care what they said.

What do they know about us?

And my baby?

I gotta bleeding get outta here.

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

This is real! Right?

This is real.

It's not a play!

- What are you talking about?

- Just let me get out, huh?

No.

You'll upset the kids!

I'll be back in a minute.

Johnny! Johnny, come back.

Johnny, where are you goin'? Johnny!

Johnny! Johnny, you're scaring me.

Come back. Just come back.

Johnny, please.

Johnny!

All right?

Everything all right?

The baby'll bring its own luck, will it?

I'll tell you the luck the baby'll bring.

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