The Visit Page #5

to stop by on Saturday,

but they never showed.

I know Mrs. Jamison hadn't

been feeling herself,

so I thought I'd just

stop by and check in on 'em.

They hear

all that scuttlebutt

down at Maple Shade?

Uh, I don't think so.

BECCA:

Stacey, it's okay.

Just be natural.

I'm just-- I'm just getting

portraits of everybody.

Just be natural.

Okay. Never mind.

Pop Pop?

(whispers)

Pop Pop?

(screams)

(gasps)

We're even.

(Becca laughs)

Been editing montages

with music,

but I need some

everyday footage

of our grandparents,

so I've decided to spend

Thursday afternoon

following them around.

(Nana laughs)

(woman singing

in foreign language)

Hear that?

She's laughing

as she's watching TV.

Maybe Mom and her

watch the same shows.

(laughs louder)

(laughing continues)

Nana?

Nana, are you okay?

Good afternoon.

I heard you laughing.

I have the deep darkies.

Nana? Nana!

Nana, Nana, Nana, stop!

Nana, stop!

(continues)

Nana,

what's happening?

You have to laugh

to keep the deep darkies

in a cave.

(panting)

BECCA:

Pop Pop.

(shotgun hammer c*cks)

Pop Pop,

I think Nana's--

I was just cleaning it.

What is that?

You want somethin'?

I was just

cleaning it, really.

I th-- I think

Nana's not feeling well.

Thank you, Becca.

I'll check on her.

BECCA:

We're putting

the camera out tonight.

(whispers)

What do you think?

(wind howling)

(Hip-hop beat)

Whoo-hoo!

Ladies!

MIGUEL:

That's right.

I'm bad. I'm bad.

She seems like she's

better off without us.

Side to side.

Here we go.

We're doing this

so Mom can have a life, dummy.

Now roll. Now roll.

Give me some real

Doug E. Fresh now, people.

Here we go.

From the top.

Here we go.

(clock chiming)

BECCA:

Good night!

POP POP:

Is everything

okay?

BECCA:

We're fine.

You sure?

You both seem

to be acting funny.

We're terrific.

Just terrific.

Thanks for asking.

Okay.

BECCA:

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

What am I gonna do?

What happened?

Th-There aren't

any tissues left

in the bathroom

and I had to touch

the toilet handle.

There's something

on my hand though.

Let me see.

You can't see it,

but I can feel it!

Shh, shh, shh.

Tyler. Tyler.

It's disgusting.

Nothing's com--

Nothing's coming off.

Let me have a look.

I can feel it.

There's no tissues left, Becca.

Tyler, there are tissues

underneath the sink.

Where? What?

It's okay.

It's too late. It's--

No, it's not gonna come off.

I think it is.

Rubbing it isn't gonna

make it come off!

Shh, shh, shh. It's okay.

It's all right.

I can feel it though.

I'm definitely

getting at it. Look.

(sighs)

It's-- It's

definitely coming off.

You sure?

There.

See?

Yeah.

So look next time,

all right?

It's okay.

I didn't know

they were there.

(sighs)

(slamming)

(rapid footsteps)

(shrieks, growls)

(panting)

(clicking)

(door slams)

Becca?

(doorknob rattling)

Stay in bed.

(slams)

Mom will be home

late this afternoon.

We're ending

this trip tonight.

We stay away from them

unless I say.

Pack your bags.

I still need them

to give Mom the elixir.

Becca,

what's the elixir?

BECCA:

Just pretend

like you're playing.

Is everything

all right?

We're just playing.

Uh, do you wanna do

the interview?

TYLER:

What? What are you doing?

I thought we were staying

away from them, Becca.

You're gonna interview him?

Mom told me you worked

in the coal industry

for a long time.

I did work in a factory.

I know.

Worked at night.

Saw a white thing

running around.

A white thing?

Yeah, it used to run around

the factory at night.

Only I saw it.

I started to tell people

about it and they--

they didn't believe me.

Had yellow eyes.

Then they fired me.

And nobody

talked to me.

Mom didn't tell me that.

Oh, she doesn't know.

Happened after she left.

Pop Pop,

you seem down.

Well, it's just, uh,

the end of your trip.

I know it's all

coming to an end.

Why don't you just ask Mom

if you can visit?

Are you really

still angry?

(sighs)

She can't get over this.

She still thinks

you're mad at her.

TYLER:

That whole "white thing" story--

the hairs on my arm stood up.

It's definitely some sort

of late onset schizophrenia.

They're both in bad shape.

Great.

(thumps)

Our Pop Pop

has schizophrenia

and our Nana

becomes Michael Myers

when the sun goes down.

(wind howling)

That's Stacey.

(chattering, faint)

TYLER:

What? Why is she angry?

She must be telling them

that they need to get help.

(chattering)

POP POP:

Come in the back.

(horse nickers)

I got it all off.

I didn't see

Stacey leave.

Did you?

Nana said okay.

BECCA:

Thanks for doing this.

We're leaving soon,

Nana.

I'm sad it's all over.

This is the last time

I'll get to ask you questions.

It's like-- It's like

the big end to my film,

and like you said,

"You're the star."

Oh.

(chuckles)

Tell me anything.

Whatever you wanna talk about.

I know a story.

It's about water.

Great.

There is a pond

that has

little creatures in it.

These creatures

are from another planet,

but no one realizes it.

These creatures spit

into the water all day long.

Their spit

can make you sleep,

but not die.

When people go underwater

in the pond,

they go

into a deep sleep.

A really beautiful sleep.

The creatures

from another planet

have many people

at the bottom of the pond,

storing them up.

They are going

to take them back

to their planet

of Sinmorfitellia one day.

That's just a made-up story.

It's not real.

Wow. That's--

That's some story.

And the creatures

have antennas,

but they are

invisible antennas.

Can we talk about Mom?

You don't ever

wanna see her?

No. Never.

On the day she left,

she must have done something.

(sobs, whimpers)

Okay, okay.

Let's-- Let's pretend

we're telling another story.

And the story

concerns a young girl...

who thinks she's in love

with an older man,

and they decide

to run off together.

Now, the parents of the girl

warn her that this won't work

and they refuse to let her go.

And then one day, the girl gets

into a horrible fight with them

and leaves forever.

Now, the parents

in this story don't know it,

but she misses them a lot

and she suffers greatly.

And then

the worst thing happens.

The man, he breaks

the girl's heart

(voice cracks)

and leaves forever

and leaves their

two small children behind.

(sniffles)

So, Nana--

Nana, in this story,

what do you hope

will happen to the girl?

In this story,

is she very sad?

She's inconsolable

at times.

She tries everything

to be happy.

Medications, and goes

to therapy for four years,

but still remains a little sad.

I don't like this story.

What do you think the parents

in this story should do

if they saw the girl again?

Nana. Nana, pretend you

were in this story

and she was your daughter

and she left.

What would you say

when you finally

saw her again?

I would tell her...

"I forgive you,

little girl."

(sniffles)

(sobs)

"I forgive you,

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