"Ariel, what's going on in there?" "Did you fall in or something?" "Seriously!" "You're going to make us late for school!" "ARIEL:" "I told you, go away." "Hey, hey." "Take it easy." "25." "Why aren't you guys dressed?" "We would be..." "If Ariel would get out of the bathroom!" "She's been in there for, like, 20 minutes." "Okay, okay." "Ariel, you all right in there?" "Just go away, dad." "Just go... go use me and mom's bathroom." "But my toothbrush is in this bathroom." "All right, just your finger." "Go on, go on." "Ariel." "Whatever it is, we'll figure it out, okay?" "No!" "You can't figure this out." "You want me to go get mom?" "No!" "Mom can't help me." "No one can." "Ariel, come on, now!" "All right, open the door." "I'm serious." "You want me to go get the key?" "Ariel?" "Help me, daddy." "What's wrong with me, daddy?" "What's happening to me?" "Oh, no." "Ariel, honey, what are you doing up?" "It's 3.58 in the morning." "You promised me you weren't going to study past 12:00." "Uh, I..." "I wasn't planning to." "I just took a practice quiz and realized I had a lot more studying to do." "What are you doing up?" "Weird dream." "Thought I'd get a glass of milk." "Do you want one?" "Mom, I'm trying to stay awake." "Honey, come on." "You know I don't like you pulling these all-nighters." "You're not going to learn anything new" " 58 in the morning." " I know." "I know." "I just..." "I need, like, ten more minutes." "And that glass of milk sounds really nice, actually." "While I'm young, mom." "Right." "While you're still young." "Medium 620" "Hey, you can't have soda for breakfast." "Hey, I'm pretty sure I can." "Soda, Ariel, really?" "I think it's a little early in the morning for caffeine and sugar, don't you?" "Told ya." "But I need sugar and caffeine because I need something to keep me awake for my AP Chem. exam." "More like you need something to keep you awake for your new boyfriend." "Did I just hear the "B" word?" "Yeah, he's got a name." "Liam McManus." "Never heard of him." " Should I have heard of him?" " Nope." "Nothing to hear about." "He's just a friend, and he took AP Chem. last year." "So, he lent me his old notes." "What kind of person keeps their old notes" " from a high school class?" " What are you talking about?" "A got a whole box full of notes from college." "In the garage." "There's nothing wrong with that." "What?" " That sounds smart to me." " Okay." "Well, Liam is smart." "Uh, and if he keeps a 4.0 this year, he gets a full scholarship to Stanford." "Hey, can I have some of that coffee?" "'Cause that doesn't have sugar." "You know what?" "I don't like the way your eyes look." "I know I told you that you could take the car today, but..." "I don't think I want you behind the wheel." "Not on a couple hours sleep." "No, but I-I need the car." "I'm babysitting Brendan for the Kerrigans tonight." "I need to get there before you get home." "Don't worry about it." "Come on, we'll work it out." "But I'm going to give you a ride to school." "But..." "All right, everyone, pencils down and pass your answer sheets forward." "Brutal." "Yeah." "Ariel." "That was a... that was a tough one." "You look a little tired, Ariel." "Are you sure you're going to be able to babysit Brendan tonight?" "Uh, absolutely." "30, right?" "Thanks again for coming on such short notice." "It's always hard for me to get out of the house when my husband's out of town." "I'm grateful, really." "Was there something else?" "No." "Sorry, I'll..." "I'll see you at 6:30." "She's lost it." "I'm sorry, I mean, I know you like her, and I know you babysit for her, but that test was cruel and unusual." "I'm worried about her." "Worried about her?" "Worry about me." "I'm the one on the verge of flunking." "Seems like she's changed a lot since last year." "I mean, I don't know." "She just seemed happy." "I guess." "She was the yearbook advisor, and she chaperoned all the field trips, and now she just teaches." "And she doesn't seem to like that very much either." "Well... she did just have a baby." "After my mom had my little sister, she couldn't go ten minutes without crying for, like, three months." "Speaking of beautiful babies... hottie at 11:00." "Here he comes." "And here I go." "No, no, no, where?" "Where are you going?" "Ariel, come on, you're into this guy." "And I've got about four days of freedom before my parents find out how I did on that exam." "I'm not going to waste them being a third wheel." "I don't..." "I don't like him like that." "Right." "You know, denial is such an ugly shade on you." "Dubois." "Hey, Liam." "Hey." "How'd your big test go?" "Well, if I did even halfway decently, it's totally thanks to you." "And if I didn't, it's 'cause I stayed up all night studying." "Hmm." "Yeah, well, you got to pace yourself." "Is that how you get a full ride to Stanford?" "Well, I kind of wish you would've told me that a little sooner." "I have a Spanish presentation sixth period, and I'm starting to worry" "I might doze off right in the middle of." "Um..." "Well, I don't recommend a steady diet of all-nighters, although I've pulled one or two in my day." "But, uh, if you're really wiped," "I think I got just the thing for you." "Hold out your hand." "Come on." "Okay." "There." "Your keys." "Yeah, th-the big one in the middle is for my car." "Wait, I don't get it." "You want me to drive your car around" " so that I stay awake during Spanish?" " No." "It's a station wagon." "If you fold the seats down, it's actually a pretty good place to take a nap." "It's been my secret exam weapon ever since my mom gave me the keys." "You sleep in your car during school?" "Oh, yeah, sure, as long as I have a free period that day." "How else do you think I keep up my GPA?" "But I don't know." "What if somebody finds me out there?" "That's never happened to me." "You want me to wake you up after fifth period?" "Um..." "Thanks for the offer, but I don't..." "Hola, senorita." "Ready to give that presentation?" "What?" "Sixth period bell just rang." "Nap time is over." "Um...?" "I don't understand." "How did... how did I get here?" "Wow." "You really were wiped, huh?" "No, no, you don't understand." "I really don't remember how I got here." "The last thing I remember was..." "You and me were on the quad, and you-you offered me your keys." "And now I'm here." "I mean, in between, nothing." "You know what I mean?" "It happened again." "Hey, Brendan." "Hey." "Hi." "No, it's okay." "Oh, oh, oh, I know." "I know." "Shh, shh." "You want your mommy?" "Yeah?" "Yeah, you want your mommy?" "I think I want my mommy, too." "Okay, okay, okay." "Let's see if we can get them on the phone first, okay?" "Okay." "Come on." "Miss Dubois." "You ready to give your statement now?" "Statement about what?" "What..." "Uh, wha-what's happening to me?" "Where-where did all the cars come from?" "How did I get here?" "You called 911." "I was the first officer on the scene, remember?" "No, actually, I don't." "Um..." "What time is it right now?" "It's about 8:30." "Why?" "It happened again." " Oh, I'm sorry, what happened again?" " Ariel!" "It's okay, I'm here." "Your father's on his way." "Everything's gonna be okay." "It's not okay." "Okay, something is wrong with me." "Something is happening to me." "Honey, what are you talking about?" "I keep losing time." "In one second, I am one place, the next, I am someplace else." "They are asking me to give a statement about what happened to Mrs. Kerrigan, and I don't remember anything." "I don't remember calling 911." "Sweetie, look at me." "It's okay." "Whatever it is, we are going to figure it out." "It's okay, I promise." "Ariel." "You okay?" "Sarah Bishop." "Ms. Bishop." "From down the street." "We just moved in a few doors down from you." "We met last weekend, remember?" "I'm sorry, I don't feel well." "I need to call my mom and dad." "I need to get home." "Your mom and dad?" "Okay." "I just finished up my last class." "If you're sick, I can take you home." "Feeling any better?" "Uh, no." "Sorry, I just really want to get home." "Well... good news." "We're here." "I thought you said you knew where I lived." "I do." "Isn't this your house?" "MAN :" "Hey." "You're home early." "Hey there, neighbor." "You and Bob finally get all your stuff unpacked?" "Hola, senorita." "Ready to give that presentation?" "Liam, what are you doing here?" "I left you a message." "Didn't you get it?" "My meeting got pushed, so..." "I came home a little early." "Uh... what... what are you talking about... "Home"?" "This isn't your home." "I've seen your home." "What's going on?" "There's nothing going on, and this is my home." "It's your home, too." "We live here... you, me, and Anna." "Who's Anna?" "Uh, three-foot-eight, likes birthday cake and drawing on the wall in permanent marker, came out of your womb, like, five years ago?" "Any of that ring a bell?" "Mommy!" "You're home!" "It was six years ago, right after you got your master's." "Bridgette was your maid of honor." "My dad was the best man." "You really don't remember, do you?" "No." "When I woke up this morning, I was a teenager, okay, and now apparently, the last ten years of my life have disappeared." "I'm... married." "I have a child." "Honey..." "Please don't call me that." "I'm not your honey, I'm not your wife." "Okay, I-I can't be." "I'm in high school." "You teach high school, Ariel, the same as our neighbor Sarah." "Okay, I know," "I know, you told me that, and I, and I know that you're just trying to help me," "but I don't belong here." "Okay, I..." "I need to go home, I need to go to my real home." "Okay, I need to talk to my parents." "Okay." " Okay?" " Sure." "Why not?" "Maybe they can figure out what this is all about." "They always have a much better handle on this kind of stuff than I do." "Wait, you know?" "You know about me, you know about my mom?" "Ariel, we're married." "Okay, so then, then you think maybe these gaps in my memory, all this time that I've lost, you think it might have something to do with that?" "I don't know, but let's go ask the experts." "Shall we?" "Honey, what is it?" "You look like you've been crying." "Mom." "Mom." "Oh, slow down." "I don't recognize her." "I don't know who she is." "I mean, Liam keeps telling me that she's mine, but... for that matter, I barely know Liam." "And he's supposed to be my husband?" "Mom, the last ten years of my life are gone, okay, and I don't know, I was just hoping that maybe you could help me get them back." "So the last thing you remember is the night that Mrs. Kerrigan died?" "Um, I was with mom outside her house." "There were police everywhere, and they said that I was, was inside when Mrs. Kerrigan was shot, but I don't remember that." "Okay, I don't remember anything except for finding the body." "I mean, I still don't know what happened to her." "Well, no one does, not really." "All the police could figure out for certain was that it was an execution." "The killer didn't steal anything, didn't assault her in any way." "Just went in and shot her and left." "The police questioned her husband, her ex-boyfriends, even a student that she failed, but no one could ever figure out who did it." "Do you think maybe that-that's why I'm here?" "Maybe I'm supposed to help them find the person who did it." "What are you talking about?" "You're here because this is your life." "You're here because you've always been here." "You keep saying that." "You believe that, but I am telling you, to me, I just woke up in this place." "I don't know, may... maybe I'm ill, okay?" "Maybe there is something wrong with my brain." "Maybe there has been something wrong with my brain for the last ten years of my life." "Listen, the night that Mrs. Kerrigan died, you told your mom that you were having some problems with your memory, and we took you to see a specialist, a neurologist, and he did every test." "He ran every test he could and he didn't find anything wrong." "And you've been fine ever since... no blackouts till today." "I-I suppose we could run some more tests." "I'm sorry, okay?" "It's just, I am so scared." "So much time has gone by." "I have lost so many memories already, and I just..." "I don't..." "I don't want to lose anymore." "First thing tomorrow, we'll take you to another doctor, but in the meantime, just remember, you are surrounded by people who love you... me, daddy, Liam, Anna." "Come on, you... there you go, oh." "Oh..." "I don't want to go home with them." "I want to stay here tonight." "This is, this is my home." "You are my family." "Ariel, whether you remember her or not, you have a child now." "We have a grandchild." "Imagine how frightening this must be for her." "Don't you think your place should be with her right now?" "All right." "All right, oh!" "Daddy told me you're having trouble remembering stuff today." "You still remember me, right?" "Of course, sweetie." "How could anyone forget you?" "Good night, darling." "You mean "Good night, Panda Bear," don't you?" "Panda Bear, isn't that what I said?" "Panda Bear?" "Good night, Panda Bear." "I'll see you in the morning." "All right." "She's so beautiful." "Yeah, well, she kind of takes after her mother that way." "What?" "Do you want me to cover up?" "Maybe I'll just..." "I'll cover up." "Sorry, I just..." "I have a lot of getting used to." "What?" "So..." "let me ask you something." "Um, wow, how do I put this?" "Are, are you here... right now?" "I mean, am I having this moment, making this memory all by myself?" "No, I'm here right now, I promise." "Good... good, because I'm here, too, for you, whatever you need." "So, another crazy question:" "um, you and me... as far as you're concerned, we never, um..." "No." "No, I may be the only woman who has a child but can't remember losing her virginity." "My cousin the priest would probably say you're the second." "So what do you do for a living?" "I manage a hedge fund..." "And I'm pretty good at it." "Do you remember how we...?" "Um, it was right after Mrs. Kerrigan died, and you were pretty shaken up" "and I took you to this restaurant and you started crying right in the middle of dinner," "and then I felt so bad for you." "But then we just ended up going to my car and... and just talking for a really long time..." "And I'm pretty sure that was the night I decided" "I was never going to let you out of my life." "And you don't even remember." "No." "But, uh, what I... what I do remember is, when we were in high school, and you let me take a nap in your car, and you had that orange key chain, and... you put it on my wrist like it was a bracelet." "And our hands touched, and I... guess it just hit me" "that you were the one I wanted to be with." "Okay, so, uh, sleeping arrangements." "We should probably make a plan." "If you want, I will stay here with you, but I'm also happy to go crash in the guest room." "Guest room it is." "I love you, Ariel." "It's okay." "You don't have to say it." "You just have to know it." "I'll see you in the morning." "Oh, my God!" "It's you." "Did you honestly think" "I wouldn't recognize you behind that mask?" "No, you can't." "You wouldn't." "Not to the mother of your own son." "You don't remember any of this?" "Mrs. Kerrigan's husband told the police he was in the Army Reserves." "He was training at a base a hundred miles away that night." "He's lying." "I don't know." "His alibi's good." "That sounds pretty solid." "I'm telling you, Liam." "He shot Mrs. Kerrigan, and he was wearing a mask, but she knew it was him." "He said it right before he shot her." "So, he-he was wearing a mask, but she still knew it was her husband?" "You... saw that?" "She called him the father of her child." "And don't you see?" "Maybe this is why all this is happening to me." "Maybe if I prove that Mr. Kerrigan killed his wife, then all of this..." "Memory thing, this time-skipping thing... it'll just stop." "I mean, that's how it worked for my mom." "Okay." "But how do you prove that this guy's lying?" "I mean, that was a long time ago." "Does my mom still work for the district attorney?" "For the district attorney?" "No." "Not exactly." "Mr. Kerrigan." "Thanks for coming in." "It's, it's been a while." "Mr. Chief of Police." "Yes." "I was surprised to hear from you." "You already know our district attorney, Allison Dubois." "And, of course, Manny Devalos was the D.A." "during the investigation." "Mr. Mayor, nice to see you again." "Please." "So, uh, don't keep me in suspense here." "What's going on?" "As you know, my daughter Ariel was actually there that night." "It's been our mutual frustration that's she's never been able to remember anything at all about it." "Yes, of course, I remember." "How is Ariel, by the way?" "She was always my son's favorite babysitter." "Oh, she's fine, thank you." "As a matter of fact, she's finally starting to recover memories from that night." "Are you serious?" "Well, that's... that's amazing." "Does she..." "Does she know who killed Lisa?" "Actually, she does." "In light of that, we thought it might be productive to talk to you, see if there was any chance you would like to revisit your account of where you were on the night in question." "What do you mean?" "Why would I want to do that?" "With all due respect, Mr. Kerrigan, your, uh, alibi was never exactly airtight." "I was in the Army Reserves." "I was stationed 130 miles away that night." "Is Ariel seriously saying that I killed Lisa?" "We're all aware that you supposed to be sleeping at the base that night, but the sergeant in charge noted here that you weren't at that afternoon's marksmanship drill." "You also missed final bed check that night." "I was doing extra..." " phys..." " Extra physical training." "By yourself in the middle of the night." "We remember your deposition." "But that leaves an awfully big hole in your day." "A man could get a lot of driving done in that time." "What the hell is going on here?" "What, are you two up for reelection or something?" "Are you trying to grab some headlines?" "What's going on is, we're offering you a chance to cooperate with us." "You tell us the truth, you can expect a little leniency." "But either way, my office is going to pursue this theory of investigation to its conclusion." "I can't believe you people are making me do this." "You're right." "I didn't tell the truth about where I was that night." "I was seeing someone near the base, a woman." "We met when I first joined the Army Reserves, and every time I went up there, I..." "I made sure I got the chance to see her." "Even if it meant slipping a 20 to the guard on post so that I could slip off base for a while." "I never told you because I didn't think I had to." "I didn't think I had to because I didn't kill my wife, and because I had hoped to spare her family the knowledge that I was sleeping with another woman on the night she was murdered." "This woman you were seeing, can she confirm that?" "Yes." "Her name's Rebecca Moore." "I haven't seen her since I left the Reserves, and we didn't exactly leave it on good terms, but I don't think she wants to see me go away for murder." "Ariel?" "You don't remember me?" "Brendan Kerrigan." "You used to babysit for me." "Oh, uh, of course I-I remember." "I just, um..." "I don't understand why you're doing this to me." "Either you are a very confused or a very malicious, young lady." "Why are you mad at Ariel, dad?" "Because she made a mistake." "A terrible, hurtful mistake." "Come on, son." " Surprise!" "MAN:" " Happy birthday!" "Oh, your twenty-fifth." "It was a fun night." " Happy birthday." "WOMAN:" " Happy birthday." "Well, I'll have to take your word for it." "I was just kind of hoping that some old movies would jog my memory, but..." "Nothing?" "It's weird." "These people are my friends." " You know, they..." " Yeah." "... know me, I know them, but I couldn't tell you one of their names." "You know what you need?" "Wine." "I know you're only 16, sort of, but the 26-year-old you has a glass of Merlot when she can't sleep." "Trust me." "Works every time." "Got a bottle I've been holding on to for a special occasion." "Does amnesia count as a special occasion?" "Thank you." "Oh, my gosh, we're at dinner, and she's, like, "Oh, I'm so tired."" "I'm, like, "What, tired?" "You can't be tired!"" "You're the one who said you had to work." "Ariel?" "Hey." "Your mom's on the phone." "Oh, I'll take it in here." "Hello?" "Sweetie, I know it's late." "I need you to come over here right now." "Can you do that, please?" "Hey, mom, what's going on?" "You okay?" "I'm fine, but I need you here." "I need to speak to you in person." "But-but why?" "I just had a dream, Ariel." "I know what's going on." "Everything that's happened to you, everything you've gone through, I think I understand it now." "It's about Brendan Kerrigan." "It was always about Brendan Kerrigan." "Wait." "I don't understand what you're saying to me." "What's about Brendan?" "I know who killed his mother, Ariel." "I know who killed Mrs. Kerrigan." "But I need to explain it to you in person." "I need to..." "Mom?" "Can we go now?" "Anna, is that you?" "Mom, who else would I be?" "What is it?" "You look like you're gonna be sick or something." "I was just at home, and I was about to go see Grandma." "We did go see Grandma." "She's right there." "Hey." "Where is she?" "Inside." "What's wrong with her, daddy?" "Seven years." "My mother's been dead for seven years." "She was murdered." "My dad was out of town on business." "Burglar came in the house and shot her in the back of the head." "Never caught him." "I know." "I didn't." "Apparently, it happened the night she called to tell me about her dream." "She said she knew what all this was about." "Everything that was happening to me." "She was just about to tell me, and... then I was in the cemetery." "With Anna seven years later just like that." "I don't know if I could go through this again, Ariel." "The last time this happened, you never got your memories back." "And you and me... we... we had to start over." "I know you don't remember, but... it was... tough." "You sound angry with me..." "I'm not angry, Ariel." "I'm not." "I'm just tired." "Okay, so who killed Mrs. Kerrigan?" "When my mother called, she said she knew who killed her, and then, I just blanked out." "We never finished our conversation, but that doesn't mean it wasn't finished." "Your mother wanted to speak to you in person, so you left." "By the time you got to her house, she was dead." "You were the one who found her body." "Okay, uh, the last thing that she said to me was that everything was because of Brendan Kerrigan." "That-that it's all about him." "So maybe he knows something." "Maybe he, uh..." "Maybe he learned something about what happened to his mom." "I have to talk to him, or I may-may never find out." "My God, Ariel, do you really want to upset those poor people all over again?" "Those poor people." "What about us?" "What about me?" "Ariel." "Please... just let it go." "Let it go and stay with me." "Stay with Anna." "I'm begging you, for the sake of our family." "I..." "I can't." "Ariel." "What do you want?" "I know I'm the last person you want to see, but I wouldn't have come unless it was really important." "I need to speak to your son." "And what could you and Brendan possibly have to discuss?" "I'm not sure, not exactly, but I think it has to do with what happened to Mrs. Kerrigan." "The last thing that my mom said to me before she died was that Brendan was the key to everything, that he had always been the key to everything." "Really?" "Ariel, your mom was killed seven years ago." "Why are you coming here now?" "I need to talk to your son, please." "I think you should go." "Dad?" "Is everything okay?" "MRS. KERRIGAN:" "It's you." "You wouldn't." "Not to the mother of your own son." "My God." "Are you okay, Ariel?" "What are you doing here?" "MR. KERRIGAN:" "She was just leaving, Brendan." "You talked to Brendan?" "I didn't have to." "I just had to look at him." "Brendan's your son." "You were sleeping with Mrs. Kerrigan." "You killed her." "I had to." "She was pregnant." "I was 18." "She wanted to tell everybody what we were doing." "She kept saying that she loved me, that she wanted to be with me, that she wanted Brendan to be with me." "I was going into college." "I was planning a life." "I couldn't let her take that away from me." "Or my mother." "I always knew there was a chance one of you would get to the truth." "That's what I bought into when I married into your family." "When she called that night," "I listened in on the extension." "I knew she was about to tell you everything, so I drove over to her house." "I beat you there by a couple of minutes." "We're a family, Ariel." "I had to fight to protect what we have." "We don't have anything." "I barely know you." "You lost that time, not me." "You might not know who I am." "I know you." "You're the love of my life, Ariel." "Stop it!" "You killed... my mother." "You told Brendan everything, right?" "You didn't?" "No." "Why would I?" "Because" "I followed you here tonight, Ariel." "I knew that if I wanted to keep what we have," "I couldn't let you see Brendan, and the only way to keep you from seeing him was to take away everything that we have." "Oh, God, please." "Please don't." "Couldn't bring myself to do it before you walked in there." "I love you way too much." "But now I had time to think." "Now I know I have to for Anna." "I have to protect Anna." "No!" "Please!" "Hola, senorita." "Ready to give that presentation?" "Dubois." "What gives?" "Hey, what...?" "Don't ever touch me." "I just got the call." "It's done." "And he went to the house?" "With the gun?" "It was his father's." "He told the police that he was afraid he was going to lose his scholarship." "That he didn't know what else to do." "And Mrs. Kerrigan?" "She's fine." "I mean, just shaken, but she's fine." "You know, she's gonna lose her job over this." "I know." "Honey, you did the right thing." "You saved a life." "Mom?" "Yeah." "Will you call me Panda Bear?" "Oh, I love you, Panda Bear." "I love you, mom."