"Miz Kelty?" "Miz Kelty?" "You don't need me, Mr. Baring." "Just wasting my time again" "You know where I am." "No square dancing!" "Do you reckon he ought to be in the hospital?" "No, ma'am." "My advice is don't go near those places unless they pay you a heap of money" "Your father's eighty-seven years old, Janet." "Just be there for him" "Don't worry, I ain't a-gonna go nowhere" "Been looking for you all over, Jerry" " Take care" " See ya" " Thanks for seeing Papa" " Sure" "Billy Fisher found her." "He delivers the groceries out there" "I guess she's what you'd call a hermit" "She talked kinda funny, too." "She kinda like, uh, "Durr yurr mmm... "" "Only one side of her face was working" "You try talking out of one side of your face" "Oh, so you seen her then?" "Just the once." "When I first moved out here" "It seemed to me she was doing okay" "Oh, sure now, she lived her own life" "I didn't know there were folks living this far out" "Well, there aren't." "Just ol' Miz Kelty" "God" "It's beautiful" "Well, look at that" "Just laid herself down..." "folded up her arms and died" "Don't look like she's been gone long" "No..." "In this heat, you'd know if she'd been dead more than a day" "Well... anything I should be concerned about?" "Not that I can see" "I guess she hasn't been outside in a long time" "Well, that figures." "The last time I seen her in town was more'n a year back" "Is this for real?" "No electricity, no phone..." "no running water" "She lived here all alone, huh?" "Well, that's what hermits do, lovell" "They live alone and they die alone" "Peterson to Robbinsville base" "Okay-ay-ay, we're outta here!" "Let's get back to civilization" "Billy Fisher found her when he delivered the groceries?" "Yeah, that's right" "I'll catch up with you" "Hi there" "It's okay, I won't hurt you" " Stay back!" " Well, what the hell is it?" " Stay back!" " What the hell is it, Jerry?" " Put the gun away." "Leave her alone" " Don't touch my gun, Jerry" " Come on, let's go." "Come on" " What the hell is it?" " Get out." "She's scared" " She's scared?" "Holy shit!" "What...?" "Good God Almighty" "You ever heard of anyone else living out here?" "No, never" " Are you all right?" "Did you get hurt?" " Fine." "Fine" " Okay" " Jesus" "Let's take this one step at a time." "Stay here." "I'm gonna go back inside" "Jerry, I can't let you go back in there." "We don't even know what that thing is" "It's a human being." "And she's frightened" "Well, what are you gonna do?" "Talk to her." "If I can" "Please... don't be afraid" "The Lord led you here, stranger." "Guard my Nell." "Nell" "Good child. the Lord care you" "Man, did you see this?" "That crazy old woman owned half of this damn woods" "What kind a deal is this?" "The first stranger who finds her is supposed to look after her?" " Well, that means you, Jer" " Oh, sure." "Just what I need" "Well, "the Lord led you here"." "There you go" "You led me here" "Well, you want the Lord to take care of you or not?" "The last time I saw the Lord was in church on my wedding day." "And look how that turned out." "Come on" "Well, she's definitely over age" "So I guess we notify the Adult Protective Service" "She doesn't need a social worker." "She needs a padded call" "That is one seriously disturbed lady" "Well, I'm afraid that's gonna be your territory, Jerry" "Thanks" "Well, "the Lord led you here, stranger"" "It's okay." "It's okay." "It's all right, just calm yourself down." "It's okay" "Calm down, calm down" "It's all right calm down." "No!" "Whackie!" "No." "Calm down" "Come in" "Nicole, you want to sing "Open/Shut" then?" "Doctor Olsen?" "Could you close the door, please?" "Thanks" "They said it was fine to drop by" "I'm Jerry Lovell." "I've got a family practice over in Robbinsville" "Hi" "This is my assistant, Diane" "So what can I do for you?" "Well..." "I could use some advice" "This, uh, this woman speaks an unknown language?" "Her mother was paralysed down one side." "Apparently a series of strokes" "It's possible the girl picked up the speech distortions" "Speech distortion's not an unknown language" "I know." "It's more than that" "Well, I want to see her right away" "How about first thing in the morning?" "Nine?" "Thanks." "If you're not too busy" "Well, no known living next of kin" "Violet Kelty was just about as lone as a soul can get in this world" " Hmm." "Except she wasn't" " Sheriff's Department" "Well, now officially that "creature" does not exist" "Todd?" "There, see what you make of that" "Right here?" "Perterson" "Yeah, hey, Sally, what..." "Where is she now?" "I'll be right over." "Yeah, thanks, Sally, I appreciate your trouble" "You think that's how she got pregnant?" "Rape?" "I have to go" " Mary, huh?" " Yeah" "My Mary" "You'll be all right now, honey." "He's on his way." "He's a-coming" "Thanks, Sally" "It's okay, sweetheart." "It's okay." "I'm here now" "Why'd you get upset?" "Hey!" "Come on... come on." "There you go" "Okay, folks, the show's over" " You guys okay?" " Yeah, yeah." "We've been here before" "Hi" "You found me" "Early" "Yeah, I'm always early" "Not a bad day" "What happened to her?" "Nothing and everything" "It hits her once in a while" " Is there any obvious cause?" " You want a list?" "Life's touch" "But she's luckier than some." "She's got a good husband there" "Ready to head for the woods?" "The things people do to their kids." "Jesus" "She's not like that when she's on her own" "Strangers scare her" "How do you know?" "I've been watching her" "She's been, uh, completely isolated." "Almost certainly mentally retarded" "A blood test will pick up childhood disease, any kind of metabolic disorder" "Oh, you carry a blood kit?" "You think she's gonna sit there and let me stick a needle in her?" "I'll hold her" "It's okay, darling." "It's okay" "Do it" "Do it" "Shh... shh." "It's okay" "If you're right... a big if... if she's never left this cabin or this part of the forest never known anybody but her mother... never encountered any of the images of the modern world, never seen a car, a television a gun, a Hershey bar... never heard rock'n'roll music or But now you said she can talk" "Yeah, but it's some kinda language of her own" "Well, we haven't had a true wild child in this country for sixty years" "She's not a wild child" "It's just a shorthand term, Dr. Lovell" "She's not a child" "No." "That's what makes this case so unique" "This is not your field, I know" "Bur let me tell you what we're dealing with here" "Some pretty fundamental issues" "How was the personality formed?" "We don't know" "How much is innate, how much is learned?" "We don't know" "Where do gender roles come from?" "We don't know" "Because you can't take a baby and have it grow up in a lab..." " and monitor and control every influence..." " You want to have her grow up in a lab?" "Grow up in a lab?" "No" "Dr. Lovell thinks you're gonna do a Frankenstein number on her, Al" "Oh, well, uh... all right..." "Let me ask you this, Dr. Lovell" "Can she survive on her own?" "Well" "I don't know" "Yeah, well, all right, suppose she cannot" "Who's gonna look after her?" "You?" "Me?" "Why me?" "All right, so who's volunteering?" "I can tell you this much" "It's gonna be somebody with an ulterior motive" "Everybody who cares for someone has an ulterior motive" "Even Mother Teresa" "She wants to know that her life has been of some use to others" "And so do I" "Excuse me" "Oh, shit" "Yeah, I'm on my way" "Well, Lovell, did I wake you up?" "Hey, Todd, it's okay." "I overslept." "What's up?" "I'm looking at a commitment order that's just been issued for Nell" "What does that mean?" "Well, it means they're gonna take her away" "It's a court order, Jerry." "I have to enforce it" "When, now?" "Well, that's what it says" "Can you give me some time?" " I guess I could hold off till after lunch" " Try and make it a long lunch, will ya?" "Well, what do you say there, Don?" "Not fishing today?" "Todd" "Sorry about this, Jerry?" "Hi" "Well, we've..." "come to pick Nell up" "Yeah, I heard" "I've got the court order" "You do know it's in her own best interests right?" "Did you ask her?" "Well, you know that's impossible" "Tell 'em, Don" "Well, I have a court order here that says... if you don't get Nell's informed consent, you're violating' her rights" "And if you do that, I'm gonna sue you all the way to the Supreme Court" "How can she give her informed consent?" "She doesn't even speak English!" "If she doesn't speak English, she has to give her consent through an interpreter" "What interpreter?" "This is crazy!" "There isn't anybody who speaks her language!" "Then I guess somebody's gonna have to learn" "Dr. Lovell's view seems to be that this woman's natural habitat is... a primitive cabin in the heart of the forest." "Well, I take a different view" "I see... a victim of abuse... and neglect..." "I see a mature woman who's been robbed of half her life" "Her mother never gave her a choice." "Isn't Dr. Lovell doing the same thing?" "Hiding her away as his own private pet in the woods?" "We all know what happens to these freak cases, Your Honor" "They get a year of celebrity" "A starring role in a few academic papers" "Then they get to spend the rest of their lives in a state institution... abandoned... by the very doctors and scientists who claimed to be helping them" "Nell has a home." "She has a life." "She's not asking for any help" "So just be sure she needs care..." "before she gets cared to death" "If she's ever gonna leave that cabin she's gonna need skills she doesn't presently possess" "How do you know she wants to leave the cabin?" "You think that's the best life we can give her?" "I don't think her life is ours to give" "People can help each other, Dr. Lovell." "We don't have to do everything on our own" "Okay, I think I'm getting the picture" "Here's what I'm gonna do" "I'm gonna defer my decision for three months" "This time to be used for the proposed of observation and assessment" "And I hope that by the end of this period, this court is better informed" "Hey" "You sure you can make it, roughing it like this?" "I don't see an air conditioning unit" "You okay about breathing raw air?" "Wow, who's paying for this floating palace?" "My department." "This project has very high priority" "Oh, I bet it does" "So how long are you staying?" "Three months" "Don't you have a life?" "It can wait" "How long're you staying?" "I don't know" "Well, won't your, uh, patient miss you?" "I've got someone to cover for me." "Everybody's replaceable so I guess you'll make full professor on the back of this case, huh?" "Sure, why not?" "Look, I'm here to do ajob." "Anything that helps me do thatjob is fine by me" "If you want to be a Boy Scout, go ahead... but I'd appreciate it if you could do your best not to screw it up" "What's all this?" "What's it look like?" "You never said anything about video cameras to me" "Well, it's the least intrusive method of observation" "Well, how'd you rig this up?" "Well, she was asleep." "She sleeps most of the day" "Mind if I dress?" "Hi" "I'm Jerry" "You're Nell." "I'm Jerry" "Me" "Me." "That's right." "Jerry" "You're Nell" "That's right." "That's right" "That's right" "She has an objective self and a subjective self that I" "I've never seen such a perfect projection before" "That's, that's "me"..." "me... in the mirror" "You'd think it would be the other way around" "But that's "me" out there." "almost like she's displacing herself" "Have you run any tests?" "Only blood works, and no abnormalities there" "We'll have to run competency tests before the court hearing, but..." "I'd say it's still too soon" "I want you to hear this language she speaks" "What is this gesture about?" "I don't know." "It's some kind of self comforting" "She did it when she was saying "me"" "You should explain the speech degradation is misleading" "That's right." "the mother was aphasic but the idiosyncratic word forms... you tell me" "Incredible" "You mind if I talk?" "I like it here" "It's a quiet place" "You've got the right idea, Nell" "You live with people, you get problems" "First they screw you up... then they leave you, right?" "You ever get lonely, Nell?" "I never had any brothers and sisters either" ""Very unusual for an Irish family, Dr. Lovell"" "Oh, sure, you better believe it." "God, there was a family lived next door." "The Connors." "The Connors..." "They had seven kids." "Seven" "Always yelling and screaming, having a good time" "Me watching... over a fence, through a window" "I heard music." "A band" "This parade was coming down the street" "I'm on our front steps" "Jamie Connor grabs me pulling me into the street" ""No, no, no, no, no" My heart's going ba-boom, ba- boom, ba-boom" "The band's going bum-bum-bum, bam, bam-bam-bam, bam." "Oh, but I was so excited." "Jamie's got me by my hand" "We're doing this." "Some kid's got my other hand, the band right behind us" "You get close to a band." "you know about it" "I'm marching, I'm with the other kids." "I wasn't alone" "You know what I'm saying?" "We weren't talking" "Just... just... enjoying this wonderful spirit" "Did you see that?" " Yeah, I saw it" " Did you see it?" " Yeah, I saw it" " She talked!" "To me!" " I know" " Hold out your hand" " I didn't ask for that." "She did" " I know" " You know what it means?" " No!" "Okay, so here's what I've been thinking." "Nell speaks English" "English?" "Oh, come on" "Yeah, most of the time anyway." "Look" "Come here." "Take a look at this." ""Af'ah I done go, ga'inja come" There's only one word of pure Nellish there" "Sounds like language analysis to me" " Dr. Olsen" " All right, o- okay" ""Spee"... speak. "Af'ah"... after." "She's droppin' consonants" "Yeah, but... what does "chickabee" mean?" "She says, "Missa chickabee. " What's "missa"?" "I don't know" "When she's scared she says. "Tata, tata" Wh-what's that?" "I don't know yet" "Where is she?" "Look at that" " We shouldn't be watching this" " Why not?" "She's naked" "So?" "I think she's beautiful" "You think I'm planning to abuse the doctor patient relationship?" " Are you?" " No" "Just because I think she's beautiful doesn't mean I want to have sex with her" "I mean, I think you're beautiful, but..." "Oh, thanks" "You know what I mean" "That's okay" " No, look, I didn't mean it that..." " It's okay." "I'm a big girl" "What is it with you and Nell?" "It's like... there's no one else in the world" "Like she doesn't... need anybody" "Can you live your whole life that way or... does it drive you crazy in the end?" "I don't understand, Nell." "What, what's "missa"?" "Oh, I've got it! "Missa"..." "little" "Little. "Erna"... big." "Huh?" "So, so what's "t'ee"?" ""T'ee"... tree. "Tree in the wind!" You're a tree in the wind!" "Hey, Nell, Nell." "Show me "t'ee"" "Come on, show me "t'ee. " Show me the trees" "Come on, Nell, it'll be fun" "Come on, we'll have fun" " Tata!" " Tata?" "Tata!" "Tata." "What...?" "Tata?" "You're afraid?" "What are you afraid of, Nell?" "What's "eva'dur"?" "You okay?" ""Missa"..." "little" ""Erna"... big" ""Tata"... potato." "Just kidding" "Frightened... "tata"..." "frightened. "T'ee"... "tree"" "Hey" "Well, how long has she been there?" "Turn if off" "Turn that thing off!" "What the hell do you think you're doing?" "She's never heard music before in her life" " Hey sometimes people just do things!" " Did you think of that?" "It's called impulse" " It's called doing what you want..." " You ought to try it some time!" "whenever you want to and not giving a shit about anyone else!" "And I grew out of it around about the age of six!" "What the fuck is that?" "What's wrong?" "What... what's gone away?" "Ah... word of the Lord." "I'll get it." "I'll get it!" "It's safe" "I'm sorry." "We shouldn't have taken it away" "You want... you want me to read it to you, huh?" "a people..." "laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers children that are corrupters... they have forsaken the Lord" "They have provoked the..." "Eva'dur..." "A seed of evildoers" "Nell" "Nell" "Show me "eva'dur. "" "Nell" "Nell." "Nell" "Show me "eva'dur. " Show me" "Show me "eva'dur. "" "It's okay" "Nell, Nell... the "eva'dur" hits you like this, huh?" "Skoo'? "Skoo" in the belly?" "Skoo'!" "Skoo'?" "Well, suppose your only close encounter with men was terrifying violence?" "Rape." "You'd tell your daughter they were monsters." "Evil-doers" " "Eva'dur. "" " My God, of course!" "You'd want to warn her what they do." "I think Violet told Nell about rape" "Sure. but how?" ""Skoo' inna belly. " Knife in the belly." "Pardon me" "Skewer" " Nell told you that?" " Yep" "Well, that could be all that's keeping her from coming out in the daytime" "A deliberately-implanted phobia" "And why is she more likely to be raped in the daytime?" "Well, she isn't, but she's more likely to be seen in the daytime" "And..." "Violet didn't want anyone to see Nell" "Yep." "I buy that" "So... what do we do with phobics?" "Get them to face what they're afraid of" "Neutralize their fear" "We could do that" "Hey." "Uh-uh. not so fast" " You're a man." "You're an "eva'dur"" " Wait a minute, no, I'm not" "Ye-yes, I'm a, I'm a man." "I'm g-, I'm "ga'inja"!" "Ga'inja" "Guardian angel!" "I'm her guardian angel!" "Well, that's great." "Now you have to help" "Je'y!" "Come on." "I want you right here beside me" " You want a chaperone?" " For the record." "Come on" "Okay" "Okay" "Now's as good a time as any" " Do I warn her, or what?" " Just do it." "Act like it's no big deal" "Believe me, it's no big deal" "Turn around" "He won't hurt you" "Who's Tirzah?" "Good, huh?" "Je'y!" "What, Nell?" "These?" "Come and get it" "Come on" " Je'y!" " What, Nell?" "Well, come on nobody's gonna hurt you" "Come and get some" "See?" "No evil-doers." "Just me" "Come on. scaredy." "Come on!" "Well, what was you doing back in that barn?" "The Wild Woman of Lake Coweeta!" " Well, what kind of wild?" " She was like an animal" " She ain't got no clothes on?" " Butt fucking naked!" "And she does like a dog" "Hey, how are you doing?" "What's going on?" "You say you was sawing the wild woman in the wood" "And what if I did?" " Well, I'd be interested" " Well, I'd be interested" "What's it called?" "Pop what?" " Popcorn, Je'y" " Popcorn" " What are you doing?" " Getting her out in the daytime" " She's not a dog, for crissakes" " It works, doesn't it?" " Well, yeah, but..." " She's having a good time" "She's discovered popcorn Now she can go to the movies!" "Nell?" "Nay tata." "Reckon?" "Oh, I knew she'd like it" "T'ee... t'ee in the way!" "T'ee... t'ee in the way!" "Whoops" "Nell!" "Nell!" "Damn it!" "Je'y?" "Come loo' Mi'i!" "Where is "Mi'i", Nell?" "Mi'i inna missa feliss" "Missa feliss?" "Come on" "Nell" "Oh, my God" "Mi'i!" "Mi'i?" ""Mi'i" walks with the Lord" ""Mi'i" walks with the Lord" "The Lord!" "Lor-d" "That's it" "Reckon" "She's the survivor of a pair of identical twins" "That's where the private language comes from." "It's twin-speech" " And this repetitive gesture?" " You got it" "So, how long ago did the twin die?" "Well, I'd guess the age of between six and ten." "We're looking at twenty years at least" "We want her in here, Paulajust as soon as the court hearing's over" "Jerry thinks she should be left where she is" " Jerry?" " Dr. Lovell" "You know, Al, Nell has her own way of doing things" "I'd say she can probably handle it on her own" "Let me give you a little, uh, peek into the future, Paula" "One day soon some... hiker or fisherman is gonna come walking... out of those woods with a story about a wild woman" "And, uh, that'll bring the news reporters." "The news reports will bring the crowds" "The crowds will bring the talk show hosts." "Nell will find she's hired a lawyer... an agent, a manager, and three bodyguards" "You think she can handle that?" "Hello?" "Anybody home?" "Hello?" "Anybody home?" "Hi" "Mike Ibarra." "I'm ajournalist." "Charlotte Tribune" "Um..." "I heard you were living up here" "Well, I, I hope you don't mind me coming by" "Look, is, uh... it okay if I..." "I take a picture?" "Have you ever seen one of these before?" "It, It's called a camera, see, and... um, uhh, I look at you... through this little window here, see?" "Now..." "I'm looking at you through this..." "window, and, uh..." "Hey, no, come on, it's okay." "Really." "It's okay..." "You hurt her, you're dead, buddy!" "Look, I never touched her!" "All I did was take her picture" "You press?" "Charlotte Tribune" "Okay." "I'm sorry." "I guess I overreacted" "Look, I'm her doctor." "Do me a favor, will ya?" "Forget you ever met her" "Mike Ibarra" "Lovell" "Well, it's like this, Dr. Lovell" "I'm a newsman" "Yeah, well find some other news." "You saw how you scared her" "Nell?" "You okay?" " Nell?" " She's called Nell?" "She's called Nell?" "She's called Nell?" "!" "Why can't she just be left alone to live as she damn well pleases?" "You know why." "Once word gets out, we might as well start selling tickets" "So what do we do, huh?" "Build a wall around the woods?" "Well, maybe she's gonna have to go somewhere else" " Like where?" " Somewhere where she can be protected" "Like a psychiatric unit, maybe?" "So what's your suggestion?" "Check her into a Holiday Inn?" "Al Paley's the best man in the field" "Great." "Let him stay in his field." "Nell doesn't need him" " So who does she need?" "You?" " She could do worse" "Well, what have you got to offer?" "What's your big plan for Nell?" "I don't make plans." "That's your game." "Yours and Al's" "Go play it somewhere else, and leave us out of it" "Oh, it's "us" now, is it?" "Jerry and Nell, the happy couple?" "What would you know about happy couples?" "Well, what would you know about Nell?" "I've spent more time with her than you have" "Oh, yeah, I noticed" "What's that supposed to mean?" "You ever ask yourself why you like hanging around Nell so much?" " Great!" "Here we go again!" " She's not exactly a grown woman, is she?" " Not exactly a threat." "Doesn't make any demands." " You want to know what you problem is?" " I'll tell you what your problem is" " Just what every man wants!" " You're the big expert on men, right?" " You're not a man" " You're just a blob!" " What'd you do, read a book about it?" "God!" "Okay, Nell." "It's okay" "Nell, Nell, Nell." "It's okay, it's okay." "Nell" "Say something." "Make her feel it's okay" "Mommy loves Daddy, really" "Whatever I said back there..." "I'm sorry, I was just sounding off" " It's okay" " What do I know?" "So what are we gonna do about Nell?" "She's gonna have to take some kinda competency test before a court hearing" "Those tests don't prove a..." "I know" "It's time to show her the big bad world and see how she handles it" "Okay." "Hold still" "Loo', Je'y." "Jus' like Pau'" "Slow down" "It's all right." "It's noisy, though" "Mommy" "This is it, Nell" " Well, what do you say, Jerry?" " Hi, Todd" "You know Doctor Olsen" " Oh, yeah." "Hi" " Hey, how you doing?" " Well, look at this" " Nell this is Sheriff Peterson" "Uh, welcome to Robbinsville" "So how are you guys doing, Todd?" "Okay?" " Ah, well quiet." "Uh, I've known worse" " Hi, Mary?" "Hi." "All this is kinda new to her" "You scared?" "You scared?" "Well, you sleeping pretty good up there in the mountains?" "I'm not as young as I used to be" "Well, we better get on home." "Uh, looks like you're doing good work there, Jerry" "Just starting" "I'm not getting her this" "She hasn't eaten junk like this yet, and I'm not having her start now" "Don't you remember eating candy as a kid?" "Saturday mornings, tearing the wrapper off a Milky Way?" "The first explosion of total sweetness?" "Life doesn't get any better" " Right, Hazel?" " Yes" " You still got all your own teeth?" " Yeah, mostly" "Wher2's Nell?" "Nell?" "Nell?" "Nell?" "Nell?" "Jim!" "We got us a wild woman" "Flesh and blood" "Well, what does she want anyway?" "Well, I tell ya, I believe she wants a little action" "Get going, Billy" "Hi there, baby" "Anything I can do ya for?" "Now, you'll have to excuse me." "Just correct me if I'm wrong here" "Miss..." "Miss Wild Thing, but you you don't understand a word I'm saying, do you?" "That's right" "You don't understand a word that I'm saying, do you?" "That's right" "And it's getting a little bit hot in here, Jim" "Why don't you just light my fire?" "You light my fire darling, that's right Oh, that's it" "You want, you wanna show me something?" "You, you want to show me them tit...?" "Them are titties." "Can you say "titties"?" "Tit-, titties?" "Titties?" "That's right, shake 'em up." "That's right, turn all about, right" "That's a girl." "Turn all around, do the titty dance" "That's right." "Hey!" "I got an idea." "You want to see my body?" "What you want?" "Whoo, titties!" "Titties!" "Let's do the titty dance!" "You put your left titty..." "Put your right titty..." "No, no..." "Put your right titty in..." "Nell?" "Nell!" "What's going on here?" "What'd you do to her?" "!" "What'd you do to her?" "!" "There don't have to be no ass-whupping." "You just take a look right over here" "She's just crazy." "Nell, come on." "Shh-shh-shh, Nell." "Shh." "Come on. let's go, let's go" " She still looking at it?" " Yeah" "Did your parents do this for you?" "You gotta be kidding me." "My mother'd die before she'd give me a book like that" "No way." "Uh-uh" "So how'd you learn?" "Go on." "Tell Dr. Lovell" "Girlfriends at school" "So what about you?" " Well" " Come on, don't be shy." "Come on" "Bathroom walls" " Bathroom walls?" " Je'y?" "Nell?" "How yo' caw this?" "Well making love" " Je'y?" " Well, not exactly" "Pau'?" "Yeah, that's right." "That's Jerry and Paula" "Making love" "It has to help Nell if we look on as if we're getting along" "That's why I let her identify us with the pictures." "I hope you don't mind" "Nope" "Research shows that children who perceive their parents as having a good sex life... grow up to make far better sexual relationships themselves" "Is that so?" "Yeah, that's so" "Did your parents have a good sex life?" "Three guesses" "What went wrong?" "My daddy left home when I was thirteen" "My mom still doesn't know why" "She was always laughing and smiling" "We were all supposed to be having such a good time" "My dad liked happy people, and so she was happy for him" "She was so hurt." "Shit" "You know what I hate?" "The way we're all we're all trapped in these cycles, going around and around" "I doesn't seem to me like you're repeating the same pattern" "Oh, sure." "I'm just playing the flip side, right?" "Nobody's gonna hurt me, so... so I don't..." "I don't feel that much" "Even when I want to" "Shit!" "Nell, wha...?" "Is anything the matter?" "An'thin' a' matter?" "An'thin' a' matter?" "Donana kee" "I'm not, I'm not crying" "Oh, hell." "Yes, I am" "Paula?" "Paula?" "You okay?" "Fine" "You wanna come?" "Well, it's a pretty walk" "I just saw a T.V. news outfit in town." "It's not gonna take 'em long" "Listen to this" ""The wild woman never spent a dollar in her life, but she's worth millions"" "Where do they get this shit?" "We have to get her outta here" "The hospital" "You know it's the only place where they can't get to her" "Get away!" "Get those cameras the hell outta here!" "Get away!" "Let her go, Mary." "We have to go" "Nell, listen to me, Listen to me, Nell." "We have to leave!" "Just for a while" "Nell." "I know you're scared... but I'll be with you, I'll keep you safe." "I promise" "Nell..." "Jerry ga'inja" " Je'y ga'inja" " That's right." "Come on," "Come on, we have to leave" "Okay?" "All right" "Hold on" "Excuse me" "Almost there." "We're almost there" "Nell." "Nell." "Nell." "It's okay." "Nell" "You'll have to carry her" "It's gonna be all right." "It's gonna be all right..." "It's all right... it's all right, Nell" "It's all right..." "Nell" "Nell!" "All right, all right, now let us take her." "Easy, easy, easy" "Hey, hey, hey, hey!" "Hey, easy, wait!" "Come on..." "Back off!" "Back off!" " Settle down, everybody, quiet!" " No sedatives" "We don't... want to set the whole ward off here" "You can go in to see her just as soon as you're... quiet" "Come on, Nell, It's Jerry" "This is not her normal behavior" "She hasn't freaked out like on this for weeks, Al." "You saw the damn tapes" "I'm not happy about this, Paula" "She's out of her familiar environment" "You've had almost three months" "I want her in here, so we can begin what we should have been doing from the start" "I must have been out of my mind to bring her here" "She needs time, Al, that's all" "Come on" "Well, we've got the weekend" "Maybe by Monday I'll feel happier" "Maybe not" "They'll shut you away!" "Show them how you really are!" "Please" "My beloved is gone down into his garden to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens" "and to gather lilies." "I am my beloved and my beloved is mine he feedeth among the lilies" ""Thou art beautiful, O my love..." ""... as Tirzah..." "This isn't, uh, lower level autism, that's for sure" "I want to take her out of here, Paula" "We can't." "One more day, that's all" "You think the judge is gonna say he knows better than Al Paley?" " I'm taking her out" " Jerry!" "Come on, come on." "You're gonna walk." "You're gonna walk." "Here we go" "Come on." "I'm talking you out of here." "I'm taking you out" "Hey, wait a second!" " Move!" " Sorry" "No, not a word" "Yeah, I know" "Days Inn" "Six-oh-one North Tryon." "Room two-two-one" "No, we're not going anyplace" "I never meant it to be like this, Nell" "I'm not your guardian angel." "Sorry" "But..." "Je'y feliss aw tye wi' Nell" "But I guess all that's over now" "Thou au beau'fu', o ma love, as Tirzah" "How long she been like this?" "She's been out for over an hour now." "Just laid herself down and went to sleep" "Why here?" "I didn't know where else to go" "So what are we gonna do now?" "I'm gonna have to take her to court tomorrow morning?" "Yes" "So that's it" "Shit" "I could... take it if she'd say something to me." "Anything but this silence" "Nell is on the threshold of a hazardous journey" "We can guide her on thatjourney but what we can't do is turn the clock back." "She can never be a child again" "But, uh, we're not here to choose between her new life and old life" "Her new life has already begun" "Our task here today is to determine how we can best help her... as she takes her first steps into a wilder world" "And in your opinion, Professor..." "... Nell does need help?" "I don't think that's in doubt" "You don't think she's capable of looking after herself?" "No, I do not" "What do you think she's been doing for the last three months?" "It's my impression for the past three months she's made no progress at all" "Your counsel will have the opportunity to put questions to the profes..." "What do you call progress?" "Turning into someone like you?" " No need to be personal here, Dr. Lovell" " I happen to like Nell, Professor" "What you do to her is personal to me, okay?" "!" "Counsel, you want to control your client?" "You and Dr. Olsen have become emotionally involved with your patient" "She is not my patient!" "She is not sick!" "She throws fits." "She bangs her head against the wall" "Oh, for God..." "It was a glass wall!" "She didn't see it!" "Dr. Lovell, you will take your seat." "She displays many of the symptoms of..." "Asberger's Syndrome..." "Oh, bullshit!" "She just doesn't want to talk to you!" "Does she want to talk to you, Dr. Lovell?" "Dr. Lovell, sit down!" "I..." "I'm sorry?" "Dr. Lovell?" "Je'y?" "Spee' fo Nell" "She says, since her mother died, she's been alone" "She's been afraid" "Everyone's frightened, everywhere" "The sweet Lord soothes our tears" "Our many tears" "Our world has... many people in it, Nell." "People who can be your friends." "But you have many things to learn" "Don't you want that?" "You have big things" "You know big things" "But... you don't look into each other's eyes" "And you're... hungry for quietness" "I've lived a small life" "I know small things" "I know... loved ones" "I know everyone goes" "Everyone goes away" "Yeah..." "I guess so" "Don't be frightened for Nell" "Don't weep for her" "I have no... greater sorrows than you" "Yo'kay?" "Yo'kay?" "Is Ruthie still asleep?" "Yep" "Almost there" "Well, has everybody got everything they need?" "Hey!" "What'd I tell you?" "You just start eating and they'll show up." "It never fails" "We finally made it!" "I don't believe it!" "Happy birthday, Nell!" "Happy birthday" "Bass ain't hitting this stickbait today" "Well, it ain't gonna hit nothing if you don't hush up" "What you using, Don?" "Old spinner." "You know Mister Bass can't resist that" "I can't tell you how many times I seen Myrtle Jean and Clara and the little baby..." "See that?" "And to think I was the big shot who was gonna change her life" "You're not the only one" "But you did." "Didn't you know?" "You were the first" "The first what?" "To need her" "You remember that"