1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,032 (I "Arabian Dance" by Tchaikovsky) 2 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,629 (clock strikes midnight) 3 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:58,076 Merry Christmas! Ho ho ho ho ho! 4 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,674 Thank you, sir. Merry Christmas. 5 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,671 A train! 6 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,751 Stay! 7 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,837 - Hi, Dad. This is Jordan. - Hi, honey. 8 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:45,233 When you come to my Christmas pageant today, I'm the angel that starts the show 9 00:01:45,320 --> 00:01:48,153 and tells Mary she's going to have a baby. 10 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,800 You are really gonna like what I got you. 11 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,918 Mommy says I can come over to your house after Mass tonight. 12 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,595 Call he! To tell he! You got this message, OK? 13 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:58,909 Yeah, yeah. 14 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,673 - Is that it? - (Catherine) Yes. 15 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:06,312 (Jordan) That's it. The pageant is at three o'clock. OK, Merry Christmas! Bye! 16 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:07,549 (end-of-message beep) 17 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:09,631 (man's voice) Uh, Frank? 18 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,151 Frank? 19 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,477 (sighs) Ah. You're not there. 20 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:25,193 I hope I got the right number. I was wondering if you got the picture I sent. 21 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:46,553 (phone rings) 22 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:51,157 (cacophony of bleeps and chimes) 23 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,031 (urgent bleeping) 24 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:06,400 (letterbox opens) 25 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,039 (r "0 Holy Night" played on violin) 26 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:52,792 (doorbell) 27 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,991 - Hey! - Hey! 28 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,550 - I didn't know you'd be here. - I'm glad to see you. Merry Christmas. 29 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:11,510 I was consulting on a case in Vancouver, so Peter invited me. 30 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,890 I'm still not sure this is his house, because 31 00:05:14,902 --> 00:05:17,599 I haven't seen him. So I'm so glad you're here. 32 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,958 I was sure all these people were looking at me like "Who is that woman over there?" 33 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,111 - You're in the right place. - Oh, good. 34 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:28,671 - Do you have any plans with your family? - No. You? 35 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,515 Yeah, I gotta go to my daughter's pageant. She's playing an angel. 36 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,592 Too many angels this time of year. 37 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,233 - Are you OK? - Yeah. You know. 38 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,550 (doorbell) 39 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,636 (inaudible) 40 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,472 Not a very cordial host. 41 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,870 - (knock at door) - Come. 42 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,031 Hi. 43 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,799 - Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas, Lara. 44 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,871 Frank brought this for you. 45 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:21,352 That's for Chelsea. We've been hiding gifts in here for years. 46 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:24,354 Taylor outgrew bicycles last year. 47 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,431 It's not cool for a girl her age. 48 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,512 The wind plays havoc with your hair. It's... 49 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,877 She's already talking about what kind of car she wants. 50 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,316 And Erin is off to college in two years. 51 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,558 (sighs) Something about this time of year always makes me consider time. 52 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:47,193 (Pours drink) 53 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:49,191 Wouldn't it be wonderful if, in life, 54 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:52,318 you could pick the speed at which you experienced time? 55 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:56,109 I'd have it take forever for these kids to grow up. Even if they didn't like it. 56 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:01,036 I'd have autumn go much slower, winter go a little faster. 57 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:07,234 And the time that I was experiencing regret I'd have go... slower, actually, 58 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:11,871 so I could fix and leave the situation without regret. 59 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,988 I'd like to know how much time I have left. 60 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,230 That's part of the fun of it, Peter. 61 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,225 For almost the entire history of Western 62 00:07:22,237 --> 00:07:24,994 civilisation, this month has been a holy time. 63 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,312 The Druids, winter solstice, Hanukkah. 64 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,313 The Romans converted Saturnalia into Christmas. 65 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:37,600 Christ wasn't even born on this day, maybe not even 1,997 years ago. 66 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:43,430 So no one knows for sure when the millennium really begins. 67 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,355 Ends. How much time is left. 68 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:52,229 - Not even the Group? - It's the midnight of the century. 69 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:59,636 - Will there be a dawn? - We're working to assure there will be. 70 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:08,153 Possible futures exist, like branches on a tree. 71 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:14,839 Most of us only see the path we're on, but some, the gifted ones, see those branches. 72 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,591 To the midnight of the century. 73 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:43,233 (caller rings “Jingle Bells“ on doorbell) 74 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,510 Ho ho ho, Sir Black! Just came by to download some upgrades. 75 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,477 Roedecker, it's Christmas Eve. 76 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:52,552 Really? That would explain all the lords a-leaping. 77 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:57,120 - Can't it wait? - Mr Watts told me he wanted it done today. 78 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,798 Hey, wow! You've gone all out. Martha Stewart would be green with envy. 79 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,953 Just be fast or I'll have you stringing Christmas lights. 80 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,554 Mr Black, here's another reason I came over. Merry Christmas. 81 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,916 - Roedecker, you shouldn't have. - (scoffs) 82 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,560 I haven't wrapped yours yet. 83 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:20,429 There's never enough time for anything, is there? 84 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,871 Well, come on, open it! 85 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,829 Black Christmas and Silent Night, Deadly Night. No Miracle on 34th Street? 86 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:38,359 Nothing will put you more in the mood for the holidays than a serial-killing Santa! 87 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,397 This is a spree killer. 88 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,235 The sexual repression and signature makes him an organised serial killer. 89 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:49,838 The triggering stressor would be that they forced him to wear that Santa outfit. 90 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:54,520 - It says "serial killer" on the box. - (doorbell) 91 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,513 It's the thought that counts. Thank you. 92 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,553 - Hi. Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas, sweetie. 93 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:06,999 - We were on our way to Jordan's pageant... - That's my friend Brian. My daughter. 94 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:09,358 - Hi. - Hello! 95 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,556 - Want to see a present I got? - Sure! 96 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,154 What's up? 97 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:18,234 I know this is a rough time of year for you because of your mother. 98 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:24,032 But your father sent a picture over to the old house for Jordan. Of himself. 99 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,430 - He did? - Yeah. 100 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,673 And I was thinking, maybe you should invite your father to Jordan's pageant. 101 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,798 - He only thinks of himself. - Isn't that what you're doing? 102 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,349 - Oh, please. I can't believe... - Frank! 103 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,671 Jordan shouldn't be kept from her grandfather. 104 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,573 Daddy, look! Isn't this the coolest thing? 105 00:10:42,585 --> 00:10:43,355 (bleeping) 106 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,317 Look. You can feed it, walk it. 107 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,914 And if it gets too annoying, you can reset it. 108 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,038 That is so cool! I'd love one of those! 109 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,033 - That's nice. Where'd you get it? - My mother got it for her. 110 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:00,114 - Your mother? - Mommy says it's the circle of life. 111 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,111 Who can argue with that? 112 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:05,149 Well, we'd better go. 113 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,038 - Bye, Dad. See you tomorrow. - Bye! Merry Christmas! 114 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:10,918 See you later! 115 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,991 (murmuring to himself) 116 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:18,635 Merry Christmas, Roedecker. 117 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,793 Aha! Cool! 118 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,675 Last year, you said you would get it for me this year. 119 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,957 I'm sorry, Frank. Maybe tomorrow. 120 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:57,875 It'll be too late. Tomorrow's Christmas. 121 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,635 Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow... 122 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:09,111 (shouting and bustle) 123 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:10,998 Excuse me! Out of the way. 124 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,394 Thank you for shopping at McGrain's. 125 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,076 A Danny Dinosaur or a Cabbage Patch Doll. 126 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:21,719 - Child's age? - Six. 127 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,473 - Gender? - Female. 128 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:25,073 - Can't do it. - Sorry. 129 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:26,070 - You're out? - No. 130 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,710 - We just can't sell you a toy... - That your little girl's gonna hate. 131 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,950 - She loves dolls! - Not last year's doll. 132 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,077 We've got just the thing. 133 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,151 Uh... Stop with the hard sell. 134 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,878 - A Danny Dinosaur. - Trust us, she won't like it. 135 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:44,193 Look, just buy something. I've got a turkey to get in the oven. 136 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,511 A Danny Dinosaur. Now. 137 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,716 Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. 138 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,472 (I "The First Noel" played on flute) 139 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:15,584 Frank, I'm sorry. 140 00:14:15,596 --> 00:14:18,474 I'll find a seat somewhere. I'll see you after. 141 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,470 (music stops) 142 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:48,199 Once upon a time, there was... Uh... 143 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:53,038 Uh... (prompter whispers) 144 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,875 A child born in the town of Bethlehem, and it was Jesus! 145 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,875 (man's voice) Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. 146 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,349 "(I" The First Noel') 147 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,196 Legend has it ghosts walk in churchyards on Christmas Eve. 148 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,271 Actually, I misspoke myself. 149 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,876 They're not ghosts, precisely. They're fetches. 150 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,474 Souls of those destined to die in the coming year, 151 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,837 in search of those who will soon be their companions. 152 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,515 - It usually happens at midnight. - Who are you? 153 00:15:55,600 --> 00:16:00,629 But those blessed with a special perception might not have to wait till nightfall. 154 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,389 Why would that concern me? 155 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,954 There's no telling whose face you might see. 156 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:12,113 Why put off till tomorrow what should be done today? 157 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:16,194 It is, after all, the midnight of the century. 158 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,389 (applause) 159 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,512 (I "We Three Kings" on piano) 160 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,590 Hark! A star beckons over yonder manger. 161 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,035 Our Saviour is born tonight. 162 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,311 Go get him. 163 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,549 - Daddy! Daddy! Did you see me? - Are you kidding? You were great! 164 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,439 - Thank you. - A new present? 165 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,034 A Danny Dinosaur? 166 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,431 - You don't like it? - I got one of these last year! 167 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,590 I hear you. 168 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:18,074 How come you're dressed as a shepherd? I thought you wanted to be an angel. 169 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:22,358 Mom made me be a shepherd. She doesn't like angels any more. 170 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,676 Sorry about the seating mix-up. 171 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,752 What's going on with the shepherd costume? 172 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,549 Um... Sweetie, could you wait in the car a minute? I'll be right there. 173 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,709 Jordan gave me this this morning. 174 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,914 She told me her grandmother helped her draw it. 175 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,320 So? 176 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,916 Not my mother, Frank. Yours. 177 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:55,317 I asked her to tell me she'd drawn it herself, but she just stood there, 178 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,391 with her arms folded, staring at me. 179 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,151 You're just a kid. You didn't see nothin'. It's all in your head! 180 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:07,440 - She wouldn't back down. - You know Jordan. She's... sensitive. 181 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,484 Telling me she colours with her dead 182 00:18:09,496 --> 00:18:11,912 grandmother is a little more than sensitive. 183 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,994 Come on. You know Jordan. She's got a gift. You can't suppress it. 184 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,993 Your "gift" gave you a nervous breakdown. 185 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,271 This "gift" makes you see horrible images. 186 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,565 It's turned you away from your family, from 187 00:18:26,577 --> 00:18:29,114 your daughter, toward the Millennium Group. 188 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:35,230 Frank, you never even consider that this gift that you have could be lying to you. 189 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:41,396 You don't see yourself withdrawing from your family, hiding behind your ability. 190 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,950 If this has happened to you, what is it gonna do to Jordan? 191 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:52,558 I want her to have a choice. I want a childhood free from this. 192 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,180 I want her to know she has some place to 193 00:18:55,192 --> 00:18:57,999 turn other than just within herself, like... 194 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,913 Like me. Right? 195 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,990 It is what it is. 196 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,879 There is nothing we can do to fix it. 197 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:16,069 - I know that things are changing for us. - Yeah. 198 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:20,791 Time's running out. Frank, I want you to be happy. 199 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:27,676 But Jordan is my first priority, her safety and her wellbeing. 200 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,354 And I won't let anything jeopardise that. 201 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,431 No. 202 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,150 You're a great mother. 203 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:40,831 Come here. 204 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,394 - Will I see you tonight? - You bet. 205 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,152 I have less than 12 hours to find a present for my daughter. 206 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,481 (clerk) That's the problem with Christmas. 207 00:19:53,493 --> 00:19:55,234 It used to have meaning, giving. 208 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,517 She likes stuffed animals. Give me a dog, a chicken, anything. 209 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,956 - Mm-hm. Going for the traditional. - Staid and unimaginative. 210 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,920 She likes stuffed animals, she even likes dolls. But no angels. 211 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,276 (sighs) Upstairs. 212 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,752 She's gotta like that. 213 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,072 (I "Arabian Dance" by Tchaikovsky) 214 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:57,831 (doorbell) 215 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,310 - Hi. Thanks for coming over. - No problem. 216 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,199 I brought some pumpkin bread, some cranberry bread, 217 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,079 and some very excellent fat-free eggnog. 218 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,356 - You think I need to lose weight? - No! The bread's not fat-free. 219 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:18,115 You look great. But you can eat something 220 00:22:18,127 --> 00:22:21,355 fat-free that tastes great and have seconds. 221 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:25,559 OK. Then I'll get four glasses and a knife to cut the bread. 222 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:40,192 You found them. 223 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:44,592 You're right. I can't tell them apart. They're very powerful. 224 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:50,594 Yeah. My mother helped me draw this one, Christmas Eve morning, 1946. 225 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,431 That night she died. 226 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,749 Locked in her room, alone. 227 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:04,071 My mother was there to help me draw this. Maybe she was there to help Jordan, also. 228 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:10,473 I see instinctively, intuitively, kind of intensely, 229 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:15,077 it's getting stronger on another plane since I started working with the Group. 230 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:19,552 Lara, I think Jordan sees the way you do. 231 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,793 I know that we can't somehow just wish it away, 232 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,235 that we can't stop her from seeing. 233 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:30,473 What I need to know is: what is going to happen to my daughter? 234 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,075 Here's my thing. 235 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,269 This is a tough time of year for me. 236 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:45,434 - Angels are everywhere. - I know. I've been seeing them myself. 237 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:51,232 Yeah, cute, cuddly, flapping their wings, blowing their horns all over the place. 238 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,049 Wings on angels are something the Church 239 00:23:54,061 --> 00:23:57,077 took from Egyptian gods cos people liked it. 240 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,589 So these drawings are not true depictions? 241 00:23:59,601 --> 00:24:01,154 Well, it's not what I see. 242 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:06,713 But from them I get the same feeling as when "he" appears. 243 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,417 That's how it all started when I was a kid. I 244 00:24:09,429 --> 00:24:12,000 just felt them. I felt a presence around me. 245 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,312 And then one day a man came over to our house. 246 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,792 And he was just an out-of-town business associate of my father's. 247 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,119 They were talking in the living room and... there he was, 248 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,477 standing - well, not standing - behind this man. 249 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,995 Just an intense, beautiful light. 250 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,912 I was overwhelmed with this horrible sensation. 251 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,836 And I went and I told my mother that this man was gonna die today. 252 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:46,118 She got so mad at me for saying such a thing. 253 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,989 But he did. He had a coronary in his hotel room that afternoon. 254 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,196 And you've seen and felt him ever since? 255 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,057 Yeah, but I didn't talk about it till Peter 256 00:24:55,069 --> 00:24:58,117 Watts approached me about the Millennium Group. 257 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:03,392 See, I figured everyone saw them. 258 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,110 But I got very clued in when my mother took me to see Father Espisito, 259 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:11,831 who angrily insisted that if I kept "seeing things", I'd have to become a nun, 260 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:16,869 which, although a noble calling, is a serious setback in boys' interest in you. 261 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,247 I don't know how you can prepare her, Frank. 262 00:25:23,259 --> 00:25:25,832 You're right, they won't just go away. 263 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,195 And for me it only gets more intense as I get older. 264 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:36,033 He only appears to warn me of imminent danger, 265 00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:39,272 or to point me in the direction of evil's presence. 266 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:44,556 When he appears, all my senses are heightened. 267 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:50,675 Everything is clear and uncluttered in my mind and in my heart. 268 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:56,720 I feel like nothing can stand in my way, but I would've done anything - anything - 269 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,553 not to have this in my life. 270 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:04,193 Look, Frank, look. 271 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,517 At least she's got a father that understands, and that's... 272 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,069 That will really help her. 273 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,869 And if there's anything I can do, ever, any time... 274 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,314 Thank you. 275 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,633 But there is one thing, Frank. 276 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,360 In the Bible, and to me, they're messengers. 277 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:31,718 This was brought to your attention. And you said you've seen angels all day. 278 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:36,158 So my immediate concern isn't for Jordan, but for you. 279 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,360 You may not be able to see them, 280 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:44,389 but I feel that something is trying to be communicated to you. 281 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:51,080 And there's only one place to find the answer. 282 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,353 Oh, great. Another angel just got its wings. 283 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,071 Mom! 284 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:13,920 (banging on door) 285 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,991 (dog barking) 286 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,200 (man) Quiet! You'll raise the dead! 287 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,318 - Who's there? - Frank. 288 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,994 - My son Frank? - Yeah. 289 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,711 Well, get in. You'll catch your death of cold. 290 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,831 Mom? 291 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,391 Mom. 292 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:02,639 Mom. 293 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,234 - Are you hungry? - No. 294 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,191 Oh, yeah, yeah. 295 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,079 Did you get the one that I sent you? 296 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,595 - Yeah. - Did Jordan? 297 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:30,680 Mm-hm. 298 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,752 Did she know who it was? Did she know it was me? 299 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,400 Yeah. I need to see her room. 300 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,955 Take off your coat and stay a while. We got a lot of years to talk over. 301 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,395 I don't think we do. 302 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,318 Where's the key? 303 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,673 Well, that's a kick, isn't it? 304 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,678 I thought you came here to wish me a Merry Christmas, 305 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,949 show me pictures of my little granddaughter. 306 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,676 Where's the key? 307 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:18,074 You know you're not supposed to go up there! You're not allowed up there! 308 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,318 You know that! 309 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,917 (I "Arabian Dance" by Tchaikovsky) 310 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,514 They're not coming back, Henry. 311 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,591 They're gone forever. 312 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,351 (clock chimes) 313 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,509 What you just saw pushed us away from each other. 314 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:41,720 - Even though nothing made us sadder. - Sad enough to let her die alone? 315 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:52,030 See that star? The gold star? 316 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,114 That was hung in windows 317 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:01,353 by a family who'd lost a loved one in the service overseas. 318 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:06,435 Your mother hung that for her brother, Joe, your Uncle Joe. 319 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,794 You didn't know that, did you? 320 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,310 Joe was stationed in England, 321 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:17,633 and we all knew he was going to be a part of the Allied invasion. 322 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,793 We didn't know, of course. Nobody knew for sure. Guessed. 323 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:25,953 It was a big secret, maybe the biggest secret in the 20th century, 324 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:30,079 what date D-Day would begin. 325 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,316 Sit. 326 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:41,469 Oh, it was... June 5th, 1944. 327 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,633 It was about 8.30 at night. We were all 328 00:33:44,645 --> 00:33:47,269 sitting around here, listening to the radio. 329 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:53,436 And suddenly your mother jumped up and blurted out "The Allies are attacking!" 330 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,756 We all looked at her like she'd gone nuts. 331 00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:01,232 And then suddenly she burst into tears, 332 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:06,235 huge, weeping tears, and ran upstairs to that room. 333 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,594 Well, she was right. She was right. 334 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:14,151 Joe died in the first wave on the beachhead at Normandy. 335 00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:17,234 She knew about Uncle Joe before he died? 336 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:21,760 Yeah, yeah, but I didn't know that for a long time. 337 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:26,232 After that night, she took to that room. 338 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:31,270 She moved out of our bedroom, out of my bed. 339 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,269 And she started drawing those little angels. 340 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:40,079 She told me about Joe, 341 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:44,233 that she had had... a vision 342 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,831 that he was going to die on D-Day. 343 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:56,793 Well, I believed her but it, uh... it scared me to death. 344 00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:02,876 Because, in those days, people who saw things or who had visions, 345 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:05,600 that was the first ticket right to the nuthouse. 346 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:09,310 So I was afraid. I was afraid for both of us. I was afraid for you. 347 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,669 I mean, you... 348 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,957 No, no. You didn't see things quite the way your mother did, 349 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,047 but it was clear that there was a 350 00:35:18,059 --> 00:35:20,750 difference... a different sense that you had 351 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:22,797 that others didn't. 352 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:28,398 And so there was this ability that your mother had and that you had, 353 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,475 and that she couldn't turn away from. 354 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:35,190 And I understood that, I sympathised with that. 355 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:39,797 But it was taking my family away. 356 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,396 It was taking my wife away, 357 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:47,360 the woman I loved more than anything else in this whole world. 358 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,590 I loved her so much, so much. 359 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:54,110 I don't know, Frank, if you can understand 360 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:57,750 how that can happen between a man and a wife. 361 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,038 I know too well. 362 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,909 So she told me... No, she had been told... 363 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,435 No, she had seen... 364 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,153 that she was about to die. 365 00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:16,156 Well, that was the last straw. "You... You don't see nothin', Linda!" 366 00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:20,393 "Nothin'! It's in your mind! You don't see a damn thing!" 367 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,951 I said that to you, too! "You saw nothing!" 368 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,789 Do you remember Blue Rose tea? 369 00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:35,674 Yeah. 370 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:41,636 They used to have those little angel things you could send away for. 371 00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:44,249 Your mother wanted one in the worst way and 372 00:36:44,261 --> 00:36:46,920 I wouldn't have the damn things in the house. 373 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:53,558 51 years ago tonight she gave in. To ease my mind, I now know, but she gave in. 374 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:57,679 She said that she wasn't seeing angels any more. Any more. 375 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,438 The last picture she made was with you. 376 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,591 And that scared me. That scared me, Frank. 377 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,115 That scared me enough that I gave in. 378 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:12,990 I wanted to find one of those little Blue Rose angels. 379 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:18,029 I looked high and low and lfinally found one down at the Woolwolths. 380 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:22,114 When I gave it to her, she was so touched. 381 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:29,799 We made a pact over that, your mother and I. 382 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:35,432 I told her that I would love her forever. 383 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:44,839 And she said that she would move the figurine, 384 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,753 to show that she was waiting for me on the other side, 385 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,960 where I, too, could see the angels. 386 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:55,598 And where we could be... 387 00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:01,351 finally... forever... 388 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:04,755 together. 389 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:11,109 51 years ago tonight, Tchaikovsky on the radio, 390 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:17,114 she kissed me goodbye, 391 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:24,150 and then moved to you kids, hugged you and kissed you. 392 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:30,797 Then she rose, and with the most serene smile on her face, 393 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:37,711 she walked up to that room alone, as she wanted. 394 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:43,911 It was the only way it could've been, Frank. 395 00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:52,311 And that figurine didn't move an inch 396 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,518 in 51 years. 397 00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:11,189 Jordan drew this. 398 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,072 - I can't. - No, no. 399 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:34,313 You have your mother's gift. She'd want you to have it. So do I. 400 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,756 - What about the sign? - Oh, I got it, I received it. 401 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,229 - The drawing? - No, no. 402 00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:43,959 She brought you to me. 403 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:50,359 - Why don't you come to church with me? - No, no. 404 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:54,229 No, I have to listen to the music. 405 00:39:55,320 --> 00:40:00,235 But I do want a photograph of my granddaughter some day. 406 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,759 Well, she's just beautiful! 407 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:20,911 Oh, why did it take so long? 408 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:27,513 - Well, Merry Christmas, son. - The same to you, Pop. I'll see you soon. 409 00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,194 - OK. - Bye. 410 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,913 Look! It's Daddy! 411 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,509 - Merry Christmas, honey. - Merry Christmas, Daddy. 412 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,432 - You look beautiful. - Thank you. 413 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:43,070 - Wait, look. - Is this my present, Daddy? 414 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,790 I know how unhappy you were about that angel thing. 415 00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:48,871 Grandma wants me to have it. 416 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:54,990 - She would have loved you very much. - I know. 417 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,834 Jordan? Sweetie? The church is filling up. 418 00:41:57,846 --> 00:41:58,914 We'll be there. 419 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:02,309 Can I have a big hug? 420 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,194 Look. 421 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:15,993 Who are those people? 422 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:35,916 (sighs) Mom is waiting. 423 00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:18,996 Visiontext Subtitles: Paul Webster 424 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:37,991 (child) I made this! 425 00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,591 ENGLISH SDH