Still\Born

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(SOFT MUSIC FADES UP)

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

(NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE)

(MUSIC STOPS)

(ADAM BABBLING)

He won't eat.

They said it's not always easy.

(ADAM CRYING OVER MONITOR)

(CRYING CONTINUES)

(HUMMING LULLABY)

(CONTINUES HUMMING)

(STOPS HUMMING)

I could not find a spatula

anywhere...

so I had to use a fork and

I don't know, it didn't go well.

- Here, can you take him?

- Oh, yeah.

- Here you go. You sure?

- I got him. I got him, baby.

- How you feeling?

- Sore.

Hello! Mm-mm!

Oh, yeah.

It sucks you're going

back already.

I know, I know.

- Mm...

- [JACK] What?

No good?

Oh, no, did I... did I not cook

them all the way through?

- [JACK] I'm so sorry.

- Don't worry about it, babe.

You're perfect.

(SIGHS)

Are you forgetting something?

No, no, I don't think so.

I got my keys, my briefcase...

I'm good.

Okay, okay, get away from me,

you weirdo!

You guys have fun today.

Try not to get lost in there.

Babe, your butt looks cute

in those pants.

[JACK]

Not as cute as yours!

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

(SIGHS)

Oh, for Christ's sakes.

How do you still have anything

left in you?

- She's adorable.

- Oh, thank you.

She's a "he" actually.

Oh, uh, I'm so sorry, I...

Oh God, who cares. You can't

tell anything at this age.

How old is he... she...?

He, uh, he's almost a week.

He's so tiny.

Yeah, well, he didn't feel

tiny coming out.

Hey, did you move in

to the big yellow house?

Yeah, yeah, that's us.

Oh, sh*t, I feel like such

a bad neighbor...

we saw the moving trucks...

and we never came to introduce

ourselves. I'm Rachel.

Uh, Mary... so you live

next door?

Yeah, to the, uh, right, yeah.

That's great.

- (BABY CRYING)

- Awesome.

I should get him back.

He's gotta eat and I'm pretty

sure he just sh*t himself.

We should totally set up

a play date.

Yeah, yeah, I would like that.

All right, well, I will be

in touch.

- Bye!

- Bye.

Here... just give him

one of these.

No, not yet.

Babe, you can try again

tomorrow. He's gotta eat.

He's done it before.

Here, come on.

Just give him to me.

Okay.

Give this a try.

There you go.

Good job, buddy. Look at that!

Hungry guy.

(DEVICE BUZZING)

(DISTANT AIR APPROACHING)

Bye, sweetheart!

(DEVICE BEEPING)

(ADAM CRYING OVER MONITOR)

(CRYING INTENSIFIES)

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

(CRYING CONTINUES)

(TWO BABIES CRYING)

(CRYING CONTINUES)

Ssh... ssh.

(CRYING STOPS)

Ssh... ssh.

(SMOKE ALARM BLARING)

Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!

Mm, this is good.

I think the baby monitor's

broken.

Really? I just bought that.

We need a new one.

All right, I'll pick one

up tomorrow.

You feeling okay?

I'm just tired.

Do you want me to take him

tonight?

No, it's fine, you got work.

I'll be okay.

So, listen, I've been

thinking...

we should probably, you know,

take down that other crib.

No.

Come on, Mary...

[MARY] This is amazing.

I'm not going to lie,

this thing is terrifying.

Looks like a little demon baby.

Jaaaacckkkk.

Stop it, you're such a dork.

- Good night.

- Good night.

(ADAM CRYING OVER MONITOR)

[WOMAN'S VOICE]

Wor...

Mommy's got you.

Ssh... ssh.

It's just me. It's just me.

- Babe...

- It's okay.

There's something in here.

What?

- Someone's in here.

- It's okay, come here.

No, there's something in here.

There's something in here.

- It was just me, sweetheart.

- There's something...

It was just me. I'm sorry.

Ssh, ssh.

Well, you know, it's just

night terrors, hun.

I mean, what do you expect...

after everything that's

happened?

Are you getting enough sleep?

You look tired.

No, Mom, clearly I'm not.

Well, you know, just try

and sleep when he sleeps.

I guess it's probably a good

thing there's only one.

Mary!

I'm sorry... I don't know why

I said that.

It's okay, you've been

through a lot.

Have you gone for a check-up?

Oh, we've got an appointment

soon.

No, I mean for you.

You know, Jack offered to fly

me out there...

to help you out for a few

weeks.

You and Jack spoke?

He's worried about you.

I don't know why you had to

have kids so young.

I'm fine...

Richard's got a small dick,

so he has to make up for it...

in other ways, like getting

this giant house.

What about you? How do you

become a Stepford housewife?

Well, Jack became partner

at the firm.

So, I guess we can afford things

like this now.

You'll get used to it.

One a week...

I'm allowed one a week.

Oh, no, I'm good, thanks.

You're missing out.

Okay, screw it.

- Sorry.

- Thanks.

You've had?

To mothers of the year.

(BABY CRYING OVER MONITOR)

(BABY CRYING OVER MONITOR)

Pretty cool, right?

Yeah, we have the same one.

I think our signals are getting

crossed.

Oh, really? I thought something

screwy was going on with it.

They look cute together.

So they're sending me

to Pittsburgh next week.

I'm closing the Weller account.

Come on, this is huge!

You remember, we were still in

that dump on East 3rd...

when I started it.

I loved that place.

Come on, Mary, what's up?

Nothing.

You're a bad liar.

I'll make you a deal.

Once I close it, we'll go to

Hawaii for a few weeks.

Just me, you and the baby.

Yeah?

Okay.

(DISTANT AIR APPROACHING)

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

[JACK] Yeah, yeah, hi.

- Rachel.

- Rachel.

Yeah, I live...

Oh, you guys are in

that colonial.

How was your day?

- Good.

- Good?

Oof! Oh God, it smells like

somebody sh*t himself.

Oh, uh, yeah, I'm sorry. I was

just trying to get dinner ready.

Yeah, it's okay, I got it.

Come on.

All right, here we go.

I can do this, right? Yeah.

No problem. Okay, let's see

what we got here.

That's a big poop. That's

aman-sized poop.

Good work.

Put this on.

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

(ADAM CRYING OVER MONITOR)

(CRYING CONTINUES)

Ssh... ssh.

Quiet down, sweetie, ssh.

Mommy's here... ssh.

(SECOND BABY LAUGHING)

(GASPS)

(SECOND BABY CRIES)

(SECOND BABY FUSSING)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC STOPS)

(SULLEN MUSIC PLAYING)

Everything okay?

Yeah... I'm fine.

When a child is brought

into this world...

it often arrives with a whole

host of challenges.

You have a brand-new life that

you're entirely responsible for.

Now in your situation, where the

mother has lost a child...

at birth, it can put her in a

state of perpetual fear...

where you have the fear that

you're going to lose...

the other child as well.

This is totally natural with

postpartum depression.

So what does that mean,

what can we do?

Jack, would you mind if I talked

to your wife alone?

Yeah, yeah, of course.

[DR. NEILSON] Thank you.

I'm sorry about that...

but I need to ask you some

questions...

and I want you to be absolutely

honest with me.

Have you been having any

hallucinations?

Auditory, visual, anything

like that?

No. None.

Good, good, good... excellent.

I'm going to prescribe some

medication...

some antidepressants.

Just until you get your feet

under you...

and get your self back onto

the road of recovery...

nothing permanent, just

temporary.

Until you find your bearings.

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