Jack the Bear Page #5

- I feel like I'm raising three children and not two.

I'm a child, is that it?

I don't provide for this family?

- I don't bring my money home?

- You're not listening to me!

I don't give you a good life here? Huh?

What are you talking about?

- I can't take it.

- You can't take it anymore? Then get the hell out!

Hello

Yes, this is Mr Leary

An accident?

Is she okay?

Where is she?

Is she... Is she okay?

Well, tell me if she's okay.

Is she okay?

Tell me if my wife is okay!

Is she okay?

Is she okay?

Jack! Jack!

They found Dylan He's alive

Excuse me! Excuse me

I'm looking for my son

He was lost, he was found, he's small

He's down that way

to your right, Mr Leary

Buddy Hi, buddy

Are we allowed

to kiss him?

Yeah Kiss him

They found him

in the woods by the Piedmont Reservoir.

Not molested, the doctor said.

Just abandoned,

left to die in the mud by a creek.

I, myself,

would have died of terror...

alone in the woods,

in the night, in the rain...

with monsters all around.

Norman had disappeared

off the face of the Earth...

and Dylan had stopped talking...

From the trauma, they said.

After three days

and still no words...

the doctors decided

maybe he should come home...

where familiar objects

might give him security.

We're home

- Hi

- Hey, partner

Oh! Look at that

- Well, here I am Where cookies?

- Here are the cookies!

Who's that? Is that Big Bird? No.

Who's that? Is that Cookie Monster?

Me want cookie!

Is that Cookie, huh, Dylan?

And now observe as I...

I don't wanna call you Vince! I feel like

you're a teacher if I call you Mr Buccini!

You have every right

to be upset, Jack

Then please just leave me alone,

and stop persecuting me!

I couldn't get back

into the whole school thing.

The place is a mental institution.

But what I didn't understand

is how could a person like me...

who's always been loved,

hate so much?

John

- I'm so sorry, John

- Yeah

- Are you okay?

- I'm okay.

How's the baby?

Hi, sweetheart

You remember Grandma?

We've been sleeping

together in here

It broke

That oughta do it

Goddamn it

Goddamn it!

Dylan, I'm not mad at you, honey

I'm mad at the bed

- Don't make him afraid of his own bed, John

- Shut up!

Dylan Come to Daddy

John!

John.

Come on.

That's not gonna solve anything.

Where is he?

Where is your son?

- Where is he?

- For God's sake, John!

They're responsible!

They raised him! They're guilty!

Go out of here! He's gone away

He's gone somewhere else

Jackie

My heart's beginning to beat

with the monster's heart

Everything in L.A.

Was big and bright, except their house.

It was small and dark,

and Grandpa smelled like it...

or it smelled like him.

Now, tell me why you did that

- To get away from your bishop

- Ah, but look

You have to be on your guard

every minute, Jack

The other guy always has a trick

up his sleeve

Checkmate

Tell me why you did that.

You don't know why?

You just moved

without thinking?

Maybe you should

let me win once

Let you win? Why?

What would that accomplish?

I don't know

I'll teach you to win, Jack

I won't let you win

That would be wrong

You'd regret that later on

You know,

what you moved into

is called the Devil's Crossroads

I would take this piece,

and you've got yourself blocked here...

Dad would let me win!

I'm sure he would

He wouldn't be obvious about it,

but I'd probably know he was doing it

He'd make a big deal out of it

He'd protest the game

He'd yell and moan about it

He'd tell everyone he was robbed

and demand a rematch

It would go on for days

Then I'd like to play chess

and I would have learned

the Devil's Crossroads because of him

I'm sorry, Elizabeth

Just tell me

what I gotta do, Gordon

Just tell me

what you want me to do, and I'll do it

You want to change the show, we'll change it.

We'll make it a kiddie show.

- No

- We'll make it light We'll make it bright

- No No!

- Why not?

- We'll make it a talk show

- No!

- We'll show cartoons

- John, no

- I'll make it a cooking show

- No!

- Why not?

- Because I don't trust you, that's why

- You have to trust me

- Why?

Because I can't lose my kids

Can he pick up the ticket

at the airport?

Yes, he's flown before

That's right

L- E-A-R-Y One way

Dylan, I'm going to Dad

I'm gonna get him

I'm gonna come back for you, okay?

You'll be okay here

while I'm gone

Okay?

- Thanks

- No problem

Dad!

Growling]

Sh*t

Dad?

Jack? You in there?

Jackie?

Jackie?

- Hmm?

- Jack, you in there?

Home run, Jack

Jack

- No, no! No!

- I just want to talk to you

Oh! No!

Help! Somebody help!

Where are you going, Jack?

I just want to talk to you

Don't you want to talk to me?

Get the f*** away from him now!

You touch my son, and I'll kill you!

You hear me?

- Okay

- Dad! Daddy!

Jackie!

Jack!

No! No!

Jack

Better get this in writing

What am I doing?

I don't know

I kept wondering

what Mom would say if she saw Dad...

cleaning up the house and trying to make

things great for Dylan's homecoming...

but I didn't have much faith

in what he could do anymore.

Mmm

Mmm

And now we return

to those kings of horror

Abbott and Costello

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch...

Chick!

- Chick!

Even though he was doing better...

- Chick!

- It's just that I knew now...

there was more than one kind

of monster in the world.

- Hi, Mr Leary

- Hey, Dylan Come on

- Hi

- When's the monster coming out?

There's no such things as monsters

You all know that

We know

They're only in our hearts

They don't

actually come out into the world.

Not unless a metal light

appears in the sky, right?

No, not even then

We'll think of a new game, okay?

Okay?

"Once there was a little bunny

who wanted to run away

"So he said to his mother,

'I am running away'

'If you run away, '

said his mother... '

"Run away, 'said his mother.

"I will run after you

for you are my little bunny. '

"If you run after me, '

said the little bunny...

"I will become a rock...

'on the mountain

high above you. '

"If you become a rock

on the mountain, 'said his mother...

"'I'll become a mountain climber

and climb to where you are'

- "'Lf you become a mountain

climber and climb to me'

"said the little bunny

"'I will be a bird

"and fly away from you'

"'If you become a bird

and fly away from me'

"said his mother

'I will be a tree

that you can come home to"'

What's the name

of that song, Dylan?

She sang it to us

every night

Don't you remember?

Tell me the name

of Mommy's favorite song, Dylan

He doesn't remember, Jack.

It was too long ago

He was too little

- I miss Mommy

- I know

I miss her so much

Me too

And I don't know

what's gonna happen to us

- We're gonna be all right

- No, we're not!

Nothing's all right!

Then we're gonna

make it all right

Shh, shh, shh

Shh Daddy's here

Daddy's here

Shh, shh

Cry for your mother, Jackie

Cry for her

Jack the Bear?

Dylan Dylan

Say it again

What did you say? Say it again

- Say it again

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