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: My friends on the mainland think just because I live in Hawaii, I live in paradise. Like a permanent vacation. Were all just out here sipping Mai Tais, shaking our hips, and catching waves. Are they insane? Do they think were immune to life? How can they possibly think our families are less screwed up, our cancers less fatal, our heartaches less painful? Hell, I havent been on a surfboard in 15 years. For the last 23 days, Ive been living in a paradise of IVs and urine bags and tracheal tubes. Paradise? Paradise can go fuck itself. This is Elizabeth Thorson King, my wife. Twenty three days ago she was launched from a powerboat during a race and hit her head. Almost drowned. When I heard about the accident and about the coma, I wasnt even in town. I was on Maui, on business, and we hadnt spoken in three days. In a way, we hadnt really spoken in months. If youre doing this to get my attention, Liz, its working. Im ready now. Im ready to talk. Im ready to change. Im ready to be a real husband and a real father. Just wake up. Please, Liz, just wake up. (On the phone) Hey, Noe. Whats up?

Noe Matt Counselor

: (Over phone) Matt, Scotties teachers on the phone. She says its urgent. : Okay, put her on. : We dont think that these photographs are appropriate for Scottie to be sharing with her classmates. Some of them went home quite disturbed, and we got some angry calls from parents. : Yeah, shes kind of been going to town on this whole picture-taking thing. I had no idea. : Mr. King, we see this every day. Children acting out in school when something is wrong at home. And your family is facing a devastating crisis. Have you been engaging Scottie in really talking about everything thats going on? : Yes, yes, absolutely. : Encouraging her to express her feelings? Thats crucial. : Mm-hm. I understand.

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: Whats the matter with you, showing those pictures of Mom for your art project? : Im a photographer, Dad, a real photographer. : No. Youre overdoing it, is what youre doing.

Scottie

: I saw it in a book. Some famous photographer lady took pictures of her mom in the hospital while she was dying, and theyre considered art. Thats what Im doing. : First of all, your mother is very sick, but she isnt dying. And second of all, we dont share personal stuff with strangers. Whats going on with your mom is private. : Im hungry. Can we get burgers? : No. : But I wanna eat now, not in an hour. : The last time I took care of Scottie by myself was when she was 3. Now, shes 10, and I have no idea what to do with her. And with Elizabeth in the hospital, shes testing me. Im the back-up parent, the understudy.

Matt

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: (on the phone) This is Matt King. Im returning your call. How can I help you? : (over phone) Its your daughter, Scottie. Shes been texting some awful things to my daughter, Lani, and Id like her to stop. : Huh. : Heres the latest one : We all know you grew pubes over the summer. I mean my daughter cant help it if shes developing a little early for her age. You thinks thats nice? : Well, thats not like her at all. Shes usually very sweet. As you may know, her mother isnt well. Maybe this is how shes dealing with it. : Im very sorry about your family situation, Mr. King, but my daughter comes home from school in tears. : Yeah, no, I get it. Im sorry. : Scotties the one who should be sorry. I want her to come over and apologize and I dont ever want her to text my daughter again. If she doesnt apologize, Ill take it up with the dean. You cant buy your way out of this. : Can you give me an address?

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: Thank you for coming by. I forgot to mention Scottie said she didnt wanna be Lanis partner at the rock wall because she didnt wanna fall into my daughters butt crack. That doesnt even make sense. : Ah. Scottie, you have something you wanna say to Lani? : Sorry. : Its okay. : Great. Well, it was nice meeting you both. Lani, you should come over for a swim or a hike or something, okay? : I dont think shes sorry at all. Shes gonna keep on doing it, I can tell. : No, she wont. Look, Scottie, youre gonna stop, right? And youre really, really sorry, right? : Oh, and, Mr. King? : Yeah? : Good luck with the sale. They say your decision will have a major impact on Hawaiis real estate world. Not to mention the whole landscape of Kauai. Hundreds of millions of dollars, yeah? : Yeah. Its a big decision. : My husbands familys from Kauai. Hanapepe, born and bred. They hope you dont sell. : You dont say. : All that traffic its gonna make.

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: As if Lizs coma werent enough already, the whole goddamn state is following my decision on whose gonna buy 25,000 pristine acres on Kauai that my family has owned since the 1860s. A lot of my cousins are broke, and the sale will make us all very, very rich. My family meets in six days to approve a buyer. But ever since my father died, Im the sole trustee, which means I alone hold all the cards. My great-great-grandmother was Princess Margaret Kealohilani, one of the last direct descendants of King Kamehameha. She was originally supposed to marry her cousin, but she fell in love with Edward King, her haole banker, whose parents had been missionaries. Between his land

deals and her huge inheritance, generations of their descendants, all of us, have watched the past unfurl millions into our laps through leases and sales. Now, something called the rule against perpetuities is forcing us to dissolve the trust, and were selling our last huge parcel of virgin Hawaiian land. Unlike a lot of my cousins, I havent blown my share of the trust money. Just like my father before me, I live only on the income from my law practice. I dont want my daughters growing up spoiled and entitled. Liz always accuses me of stinginess, but I agree with my father. You give your children enough money to do something, but not enough to do nothing. Noe Matt : Matt, your cousins are here. : Not only am I the sole trustee, but I specialize in real-estate transaction law, so a few of the more involved cousins have been meeting with me regularly to analyze bids. Cousin Hal, Cousin Milo, Cousin Stan, Cousin Six, Cousin Wink, Cousin Connie and Cousin Dave, both of whom oppose the sale entirely. Dont be fooled by appearances. In Hawaii, some of the most powerful people look like bums and stuntmen. The proposals are virtually the same. Hotels, shopping centers, condos, and golf courses. A Chicago group is offering half a billion dollars. But were learning towards a lower bid from a guy named Don Holitzer. Hes actually from Kauai. Made a fortune in Silicon Valley. Old Cousin Hugh is pushing us in that direction, and I say, why not? The money would come from Hawaii and stay in Hawaii. Elizabeths gonna make it out okay. I know it. Its not her time yet. Shell wake up. Scottie and Alexandra will have their mother back. And well talk about our marriage. I know I can make things right. Ill sell the land, quit my practice, and buy her whatever she wants. A big boat. A house in France. Well take a trip around the world, just the two of us. Well get close again, like the early days. : I wish I had better news, Matthew. But Dr. Chun and Dr. Mueller and I agree that her condition its deteriorating. She has no eye movement, she has no pupilary responses, she has no brain-stem reflexes whatsoever. I mean, the machines can keep her alive, but the quality of her life would be so poor. Basically the way it is now. Shell never be the way she was, Matt. Never. We know that now. Look, uh I cant tell you how sorry I am to tell you this. And you do have your daughters. Theres just nothing more that we can do. Matt Johnston Matt Johnston : So if we do go ahead and take her off the machines : No, theres no if. Its when. I have a legal obligation. You know that. : How long will she last? : Well, its hard to say. It could be a few days, it could be a couple of weeks. For planning purposes, I think you should work off the shortest possible scenario. I know Ive gotta get the ball rolling on the organ donations right away. Matt, Elizabeth has

Johnston

many friends. She has a big life. If youre gonna let everybody know to say goodbye which is the typical protocol for these situations, you start now. Then when the last day comes theyll feel more ready. Or as ready as they can feel for something like this. Im so sorry, Matt.

Kai Matt Kai

: Hey, hows it going? : Whats going on? : She was looking a little pale lately, all cooped up here. I know shed be mortified if nobody helped her out with some lipstick and blush. I know shell grill me. : Of course, Kais getting her caught up on the latest gossip. : Well, I dont wanna start from scratch later. Oh, and, Matt, uh, on the way here we stopped by and put some meals in your fridge, all ready to nuke. : Thanks. : So, whats the latest, anyway, Matt? Any updates? : Just more of the same. Just keeping the kidneys and other vital organs working and hoping for the best.

Mark Kai

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Scottie Matt Scottie Matt Scottie

: The food at the club is so good. : Yeah, they do a good job here. Come here. : Why is it called a jellyfish? Its not a fish, its not jelly. : I have no idea. You ask good question, Scottie. Youre getting too smart for me. : Im gonna ask Mom when she wakes up. Do you think shes gonna know everything she used to? : I dont know. : Hi, Matt. Hi, Scottie. : Troy. : So, whats going on? I mean, hows Elizabeth doing?

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: The same. : Well, you know, I went and visited her last week and, uh, I thought she looked pretty good. : Then whyd you ask? : I dont know. I guess I just wanted to know what the latest is. You know, Ive been praying for her every day, you guys, really hard, seriously. And well, what I meant to say was when I was there, I talked to her and she moved her hand. And then I was, like I was encouraged. I thought that that was an encouraging sign. : Thats enough. : I really think she heard me. : Look, Troy, go to your friends. Theres no hard feelings. Lets just leave it alone. : I told you, Matt. The water that day was so choppy. Ive told you a hundred times. What happened to her couldve happened to me. I mean, the ocean was brutal that day. You can ask anybody. : You werent supposed to be driving. She was supposed to be driving. : She wanted me to drive. Shes the one that told me to pass the other boat before the turn. You know, its just your whole attitude towards me. I didnt You know, I feel terrible about it. Plus, I almost drowned myself when the boat caps : (leave) : Scottie! Hey, Scottie! Scottie! Hey, listen. Dont pay any attention to that guy. That guys a dope. : I hate him. : Yeah, I know. Hey, lets do something crazy. Lets drive to the airport, well hop over to the Big Island and well surprise your sister. What do you say? : Right now? : Yeah. Itll be fun. Shes not expecting us. And we can bring her home. I think she should be with us, dont you? Dont you miss her? I miss her. : Yeah. I mean, Im out of school. She should be too. : There you go. Okay. Lets go. Come on. : Hey, Troy! (fuck)

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: Somehow it feels natural to find a daughter of mine on a different island. A family seems exactly like an archipelago. All part of the same whole but still separate and alone and always drifting slowly apart. : Wake up your roommate, please. : Shes not here. : Where is she? : I think shes somewhere outside. : Where outside?

Supervisor Girl Supervisor Girl Supervisor

Friend Alexandra Friend Alexandra Supervisor Alexandra Friend Scottie Matt Alexandra Supervisor Alexandra Matt Alexandra Supervisor

: Hit that way. : No, between there. Fuckhead. : Why are you hitting it that way? : Youre supposed to be going through. Haha, dude. : Hey, girls! What do you guys think youre doing? : Oh, shit. Here. : Run! : Hey, Alex! Its me, Scottie! : I pay $35,000 a year for this kind of crap not to happen. Alex! : Dad? My fucking dad is here. : You need to watch your language. This is unacceptable behavior. : (Laughing) Whats up , Dad? Whats happening? : You need to come home and see your mom. : Fuck Mom. : Really, what did I just say about the language? You could get expelled for all of this.

Matt

: What is it that makes the women in my life wanna destroy themselves? Elizabeth with her motorcycles and speedboats and drinking. Alexandra with her drugs and older guys. And Scottie, with Elizabeth gone, what kind of a chance will she have with just me? : All right. There we go. : I dont like eggs. : Why you didnt tell me before I made them? : I thought they were for you. : (Alexandra coming) Good morning. How you feeling? Hung over? Why am I not surprised? I thought you were supposed to be getting your act together.

Matt Scottie Matt Scottie Matt

Alexandra

: I have gotten my act together, I was just drinking. Ive been doing really well, actually. Nobody ever seems to notice that. Grades are better. I was in that stupid play that you guys didnt even bother to see. Do you even remember the name of it? Thats what I thought. So what? What if I got drunk on the one night you happened to stop by? So fucking what? : Hey, hey, watch your language around Scottie. : I dont care. : Hh Anyway.. listen, its nice to see you. Welcome home. Here. You want some eggs? : (Leave)

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Alexandra Matt Alexandra Matt Alexandra Matt Alexandra

: (on the phone) I cant believe that. What? Heh. Oh, my God. Uh-huh. : Hey, Alex? : (on the phone) Well, whatd she say? (Chuckles) : Can I talk to you for a minute? : Uh, the pools really dirty. (on the phone) Uh-huh. Wait what? : Hey, I really need to talk to you. : (on the phone) She didnt say She didnt say anything to me. Uh-huh, ha-ha. Oh, my God, I cant believe she Hey, uh.. Yeah, yeah, I gotta go. Okay, Ill see you later.

Mm, what day does the pool guy come? Matt Alexandra Matt Alexandra Matt Alexandra Matt Alexandra Scottie Alexandra Matt Scottie Matt Scottie Matt Alexandra Matt : He comes you know, I dont know when he comes. : Awesome. Sids coming over. : Whos Sid? : A really good friend from Punahou. We were in school together for years. : Oh. Okay. : He wants to be here for me with all this shit happening. : Do I know his parents? : Nope. He might stay over, too. Is that cool? : Hey, Alex, over here. : What the fuck? Get out of my underwear, you freak. : Hey, no, no, no. : Dont I look divine? : Back inside. Put on a swimsuit. : Why? : Now. : Real good job youre doing. : Thats part of why I brought you here. You have to help me. I dont know what to do with her. : Maybe if you spent more time with her, she wouldnt act like such a complete spaz. Get her out of town. Go camp on Kauai. Thats what Mom used to do with me whenever I was losing it. : Hey,listen. No, listen. Listen to me. Your mothers not well. : Yeah, obviously. : No. They just told me shes not gonna wake up. We know for sure now. The doctors are gonna stop caring for her. Your mother wanted it this way. She has this She has this will, see, that says that we have to do it this way. We both do. You understand what Im saying? Thats why I got you. Honey, were letting her go.

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: (Crying) Why did you have to tell me in the goddamn pool? : Alex, Alex. : (Crying) What? What do you want? (Leave)

Matt

: I just found out yesterday. We have to go through this thing together, you and Scottie and me. And I have to go around and tell people whats happening. Family and a few close friends. Sometimes Im gonna need you to come with me. Sometimes I need you to watch Scottie. : You want me to go around with you and tell people that Moms gonna die? Whats the point of that? Breaking the news, watching them cry, dealing with their emotions? How depressing is that gonna be? Just call them. : Alex, nobody wants to do any of this. But we have to tell your grandpa and Tutu and a few friends. They have the right to know, and they have the right to say goodbye. : I dont wanna talk about Mom with anyone. : Look, whatever you two fought about over Christmas, you have to drop it. Grow up. You love your mother, your mother loves you. : I cant drop it. : You have to. : You really dont have a clue, do you? Dad Dad, Mom was cheating on you. That is what we fought about. When I was home at Christmas, I caught her with a guy. It made me sick to see her near you. I went back to school thinking that that was it, that I was just done with her. I was gonna call and tell you everything and and then the accident happened and I was waiting until she woke up, I guess. You didnt even suspect, right? Right? It disgusted me, too. Youre always so busy.

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: Caught her with a guy what does that mean? : I was on my way to swim in the Black Point Pool with Brandy and suddenly I see Mom and some douche bag walking into a house. His house, I guess. : Just some guy, it could be anybody. : No, he had his hand on her ass. It was gross.

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: Then what? : Then nothing. Then they went into the house. A few days later, I told her I knew what she was doing. : And? : And first, she acted like she had no idea what I was talking about. Like Im fucking blind. And then she got, like, super mad and yelled and denied it. That was when I decided that I didnt want anything more to do with her. : Who is he? : I dont know, some guy. : Whats he look like? : Dark hair. : Oh. Watch your sister.

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: Hello? : Hello? : Its me, Its Matt. : Oh, hey, Matt. : Is this a bad time? : Uh, no-no, were just fighting. Uh, come on in. You want some coffee? You want something to drink? : No, thanks. : Oh, shit. Matt, is everything okay? Is there any news? : In fact, there is. Ill tell you about it in a minute. Who is he? Does she love him? Who is he? : Matt : Im sorry to put you in that position, but Im not really the one who put you there, am I? Id like to know who is the guy that my wife was seeing.

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: Matt, youre angry. : You have a very keen powers of observation. : You know what? I think we should talk about this later. : You need to cool it. : Is it Troy? That fucking Neanderthal. : You dont know him. : Mark, dont you even. Shame on you. Youre supposed to be her friend. : Well, guess what. Im Matts friend, too, okay? And this is unique and dramatic situation, and I would wanna know. : Yeah, well, dont betray her when shes not even here to defend herself. Matt, look, you might not be able to hear this right now. But its not her fault. Your marriage was not Just She was lonely.

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: So youre gonna talk to me in a clichs about women? Nothing is ever a womans fault. Was it still going on when she had the accident? : Yeah, but I stayed out of it. Any time Kai would bring it up, I would walk away. : You what? Probably egged her on. Add a little drama in your life without any actual risk. What do you think youre protecting, Kai? She doesnt need your protection. Its over. Shes gonna die. : Dont say that : Its true. I was gonna tell you yesterday. Shes never gonna wake up. You hear me? Do you understand what Im saying? Shes gone. Were pulling the plug. You were putting lipstick on a corpse. : (Crying) : Come on, Matt. Thats a little intense. : Does she love him? : How can you ask about him when shes gonna die? Who cares? Yes, she loves him. Loved him, whatever. She was crazy about him. She was gonna She was gonna ask you for a divorce. : You still havent told me who he is. I guess it doesnt matter.

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: Matt. Matt. Brian Speer. His names Brian Speer, with two Es.

Scottie Alexandra Matt Sid Matt

: Hi, Daddy. : Dad, this is, uh, Sid. : Hello, Sid. : Whats up, bro? (Hug) : Dont ever do that to me again. Were gonna see your grandparents. And Scottie, Auntie Esthers gonna come watch you. : Dad, Sids coming with us, okay? : Yeah, listen, Sid, uh whats going on this week is a family matter, you understand? Sids not gonna be interested in meeting your grandparents. Hes gonna be a bored stiff. : Dad, I told you that he was gonna be with me. Ill be a lot more civil with him around. : What can I say?

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: Its like reading Korean. : Scott, if you want to, I can walk you through it. : Jibber-jabber. : Its basically her instructions on what procedures she wants. In this case : I know goddamn well what it says. Says she doesnt want us sitting around watching her spoil like milk. Says if theres nothing the doctors can do, shed rather just get on with it. Elizabeth had a good sense to write this thing here. She was always a thoughtful girl, a strong girl. Hell of a lot stronger than her brother, Barry Whines, his way through life. Might even be a homosexual, for all I know. : Yeah, Scott, I dont think so. : And shes stronger than you, Matt. She lived more in a year than you lived in a decade, sitting in that office, hoarding all your cash. All that money you refuse to use.

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What the hell good is it? Now you and your family are getting ready to cash in your chips. What the hell for? Maybe if you let my baby have her own boat, bought her safe equipment, maybe let her go on those shopping sprees women like, maybe she wouldnt have gone in for those thrill sports. Maybe if youd provided more thrills at home. And you, Alexandra. Putting your mother through hell when all she was trying to do in still sense and drive in you. Shame on you. Shame on you. You should try to be more like her. She was a good girl. She was a good girl. Matt Tutu Alexandra Scott : Hi, Alice. Its me, Matt. Its good to see you. : Good to see you, too. : Hey, Tutu. : Thats Alexandra. Thats your granddaughter. Thats your son-in-law, Matt. This is your family. Well, except for that kid over there. I dont know who the hell he is. Who are you? What are you doing here? : Hes my friend. : Good afternoon. : Alice, were going to Queens Hospital this afternoon and see Elizabeth. : We are? : Yes. She needs us, just like when she was a little girl. We need to see her in the hospital. So think about what she might wanna have in her room and well take it to her and put it next to her bed. : Queen Elizabeth? Thats wonderful. I have to put on a nice dress. : (Laughing) Is she serious? : Shut up, kid! : Ive never met a queen before. : (Laughing) Im sorry, man. I was just laughing. Its funny. I mean, I think she knows shes being funny. : Im gonna hit you.

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: That was unreal. I mean, how often do old people just haul off and fucking coldcock you like that? : Hes hit me a couple of times over the years. And watch your language. : Can I see it? Oh, shit. : Hey, could you two just cool it when youre around me? Just stop touching each other? : Whoa, man. Maybe thats why your wife cheated on you, if youre so against touching. : You little fuck. Do you get hit a lot? : I dont know. Ive had my share. : Your friend is completely retarded, you know that? : Hey, man, my little brothers retarded. Dont use that word in derogatory fashion. : Oh. : Psych, I dont have a retarded brother (laughing) : Sid, you suck. : Speaking of retarded, do you ever wish that, like retarded people or old people would just hurry up? Like sometimes Im waiting for them to cross the street and Im like, Come on, already. But then I feel bad. : Dad? : What? : Dont forget that I know where he lives. : Get in the front seat.

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: So you dont know anything else about him like what he does or if hes married or anything? : Just his name. Brian Speer. : Why didnt you ask Kai and Mark?

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: I just didnt. : Why not? : I dont wanna get into it, thats all. : Well Google him later. All right. Um Were almost Thats it, thats it, thats the one. Stop. The one with the turtle.

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: That one? : Yeah, yeah. : There? He lives there? : I cant say for sure that he lives there, but thats where I saw them. Should I ring the bell? : No. This is stupid. This is stalking or something. I Okay, its We came, we saw. Thats enough. Lets go. : Well, its not like were stalking him exactly. What would you do if you saw him anyway? Talk to him? Punch him? What? : I guess I just wanna see him.

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: Dad, Dad,Dad, stop, stop, stop. : What, what? : Go back, go back. : What? : Just go back. Look, look. : What? : Look, there he is. (Sighs) At least now we know what he looks like.

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: (On recording) Hi, this is Brian Speer of Gold Coast Realty. Sorry I missed your call. Leave a message with your name, number, and time that you called, and Ill get back to you as soon as I can. Mahalo. : Hi, Brian. My names Herb Fitzmorris, and Im interested in your house on Koloa Street the one with the cool fence and gate. Im at 645-2796. Thank you.

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: Girls, let me go in for just a quick moment alone first. Ill be right out. (Talk to Liz) You were gonna ask for a divorce so you could be with some fucking fuckhead, Brian Speer? Are you kidding me? Who are you? The only thing I know for sure is youre a goddamn liar. So, what do you have to say for yourself? Why dont you go ahead and make a little joke and tell me that I got it all wrong? Tell me again that Im too out of touch with my feelings and I need to go to therapy. Isnt it the idea of marriage to make your partners way in life a little easier? For me, it was always harder with you, and youre still making it harder. Lying there on a ventilator and fucking up my life. You are relentless. You know what? I was gonna ask you for a divorce someday. Daddys little girl. Im gonna bring your daughters in now. Alex is home from school. Try to be nice, okay? All right, here we go.

Scottie

: Hi, Mom. Look whos here. Say something, Alex. Tell her how you were drunk the other night. Tell her how maybe youre an alcoholic.

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: Girls, be serious. : Hi, Mom. Sorry for being bad. Sorry for wasting your money on expensive private schools. Money you could have been using on facials and massages and sports equipment. Sorry for everything. : All right. : Im sorry thet we werent good enough for you, especially Dad. : Stop it. Thats out of line. : Or what? You gonna ground me? Ship me off to another boarding school? Give me a time-out? : Ill tell you what, goddamn it. (Spank)

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: You got served! : Scottie, go in the hall. : Shes the one that out of line. : Go find Sid. : Hes smoking. I shouldnt be around second-hand smoke. : Go, lets go. Now, now, now, go. : Did you spank me? : You have no right to talk to your mother that way. Shes gonna die. What if those were your last words? : I have every right to speak to her that way. Im angry at her. How can you be so forgiving? : Ill be angry later. Right now, lets just think about the good parts. Dont say that stuff in front of your sister. Dont spoil her for Scottie. Say something different. : (Sighs) Look, Mom. I know that we fought a lot. I just I always wanted to be like you. I am like you. Im exactly like you. : You are like her. Mostly in good ways. Maybe some bad ways. Remains to be seen.

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: Dad, this is Reina. Reina, this is my sister and Sid. And thats my mom on the bed. : Hi, everybody. : Hello. : Hi. : So this is your mother? I guess its true. Should I shake her hand? : If you want. : No, thanks. : So, uh, Reina, I understand that your grandmothers not feeling well?

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: Yeah, its pretty bad. She got her stomach operated on and then got some sort of stupid infection or something. Its pretty gross. : Hmm. Well, Reina, thank you for stopping by. Scottie, let me give you some money, and you two can get some ice cream. : Too many carbs. : Too many carbs? Well, you could go down to the cafeteria and get some lettuce. : Thats okay. Im done. (talk to Scottie) You arent a liar after all. : Dont you wanna hang out? : No, I should go. See you at the club. Hope your mom gets better. Bye, everybody. : Scottie, what did she mean by You arent a liar after all? What did she think you were lying about? : She didnt believe Mom was sleeping. : So you had to prove to that twat that Moms in a coma? What the fuck is in your skull? A bunch of stupid pills? : Shut up, you motherless whore! : Whoa, whoa. Easy there, half-pipe. : Whered you learn to talk like that? : (pointing Alexandra)

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(Incoming call : Gold Coast Realty) Alexandra : (picking up) Hello? No, this is the right number. No, no. Im his assistant, Sharon. How may I help you? : Who is it? : Shh, shh. : Uh-huh. Oh. All right. All right, so one or the other? Okay, Ill tell him. Mahalo. That was Bonnie Tanaka, a realtor. She says that Mr. Speer is going to be on Kauai for the next week but shed be happy to show you the house or you can stop by by the open house on Sunday.

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: Youve all asked questions about Elizabeth, and Ive given vague answers. But I asked you all here today to tell you that her coma is permanent. Shes not gonna make it. So this week, tomorrow, in fact, as per her wishes we are going to unhook her from life support. You all know Elizabeth. She has to do everything on her own. I wanted to tell you all in person because you are all our dear friends. Youre our best friends. The girls and I so much appreciate everything you have done for us in the last few weeks. Bringing food and calling. : Can we go see her? : Yes, yes, for Gods sakes, yes. Thats the whole point. Go see her as soon as possible. Thats what I wanna tell you. All of you. It should be now, not after. Everyone who loves Elizabeth deserves a chance to say goodbye.

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: Youve lost your mind. You mean him? Tell him to come say goodbye? : Ill be gone a day or so. Ill leave in the morning. Ill be back tomorrow night. If it takes another day, fine. Ill give it two days. If I dont find him, at least I tried. : Just drop it, Dad. Youve got way bigger fish to fry than confronting fucking Brian Speer. Youre recording this? : Im summarizing a deposition. : How can you work at a time like this? : How can you go to a movie? : To get Scottie out of the house. And you actually wanna tell him to come back and see Mom? : I I just think shed want him to know. : Just call his office and tell him its an emergency. : No. On the phone, he can escape. In person, hes got nowhere to go. I wanna see his face. : I wanna go, too. : No, youre gonna stay here with Scottie. : Fuck that. Lets all get out of town.

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: Yo, Matt King! : Hey, Ralph. : Hey. Yeah, hows it? Great to see you. : Good. You remember your cousin Ralph. : Yeah. Hey. Good to see you. : Oh, yeah. Hi. : What you guys doing here? : Came over for a day or two. : I just got back from Kahoolawe. : Yeah? : Business over there. So you here to talk to the cousins? Make sure everybodys happy with your choice? Pay your respect to Cousin Hugh? : No, just a little holoholo, get the kids out of town. : But it is Holitzer, right? We all know its Holitzer. Cousin Hugh wants him. They go away back. I got my misgivings, though, Matt. Theres an argument to be made to max it out. You know, we only do this once in a lifetime. : I wanna work with you guys, I really do. Whatever the majority decides after the poll, Ill go along with it. Lets just get it over with, you know? : All right. Hows Elizabeth doing? She gonna be okay? : The same. : Well, shes a tough gal, Matt. Shell be okay, yeah? : Yeah. : Where are you guys going? Hanalei? : Princeville. : Come on, Ill give you a ride. : Yeah? : Yeah.

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: Come on, kids. : Where are we going? : Cousin Ralphs gonna give us a ride. Hey, Ralph.

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: Yeah? : Turn off over here. Lets go see the land. : Take a last look, huh? : You got time? : I got nothing but time. I think this is where the golf course is gonna go. They want a golf course to rival Pebble Beach. You know, bring in the big boys.

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: Scottie, come on, sweetheart. : Careful, Scottie. Careful. : I got it. : Hey, look. Sometimes if you look out at the coast, you can see whales. : Are you shitting me? You guys own all this land? : Not personally. It belongs to a trust. But, yeah. Its ours for a few more days. : Big resort there on that point. Commercial area there. Houses all through there. Part of me agrees with the cousins that dont wanna sell. Theyre gonna make stink at the meeting. : Yeah, but we have to. The trust dissolves in seven years. If we dont sell, its just gonna be a train wreck. : But its a shame, yeah? : Yeah. : On the other hand, hey, its just sitting there. No ones using it. This way the whole world will be able to enjoy it. : Take a good look, girls. This is part of your great-great-great-grandmothers inheritance going all the way back to Kamehameha I.

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: Down there is where Mom and I would camp. : We all did, all our lives. Lots of memories. Everything has its time. : What about me? I wanna camp.