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Episode 37
Thanksgiving
PART I
1 OUTSIDE THE FARMHOUSE—DAY
2 Michael’s car drives up and stops at Great Brook Farm. Michael, Peggy, and their girls get out. There is much greeting
3 and hugging and introducing.
4 MICHAEL 	Hi, Mom.
5 ANNE	How ya doin’?
6 MICHAEL Good. How are you? (to Brendan) Hi, Dad, good to see ya. (turning to his cousins) You must
7	be cousin Kevin. Hi. I’m Michael. Rebecca, nice to meet you.
8 Michael puts out his hand, and Kevin and he shake hands.
9 BRENDAN And this is Peggy. . . and this is Erin. . . and this is Katie!
10 Michael and Peggy’s children are introduced to Rebecca and Kevin. The children are delighted to meet their new cousins.
11 MICHAEL And these kids are hungry!
12 They all laugh and begin entering the house.
13 FARMHOUSE, KITCHEN
14 All the adults help prepare the Thanksgiving dinner, which includes vegetables, fruit, the turkey, potatoes, rolls, and is pies. Peggy cuts vegetables, and Anne checks the turkey.
16 REBECCA	Anne, I’m gonna check on the squash.
17 ANNE	Mm-hm. Check on those green beans too, OK?
18 MICHAEL	Mom, where are the girls?
19 ANNE	They’re outside playing with Kevin.
20 OUTSIDE THE FARMHOUSE
21 Kevin plays soccer with Michael’s young daughters.
22 FARMHOUSE
23 Hallway. Brendan and Anne have a quiet conversation.
24 Living room. Kevin, Brendan, and Michael are watching a football game on TV.
25 BRENDAN (disgusted with the game) Bah..
26 KEVIN	That’s a tough league..
27 MICHAEL They used to be able to win...
28 BRENDAN Yes...
29 MICHAEL Remember those days?
30 REBECCA What’s the score?
31 MICHAEL Green Bay 21, ‘da Bears,’ 17. Hey, I understand my, uh, dad has you working the cow
32	barn already, shoveling cow manure. Welcome to the Casey farm.
33 BRENDAN He’s doing a darn good job.
34 MICHAEL (leaning over to Kevin) Hold out for health benefits.
35 BRENDAN (pointing to Michael) Yeah, he never worked the barn. Wanted to do computers as soon as
36	possible.
37 They all laugh.
38 FARMHOUSE, DINING ROOM
39 The family is seated at the Thanksgiving table. Anne carries in the turkey.
40 PEGGY 	Oh, that looks wonderful.
41 ERIN 	How much does it weigh?
42 PEGGY 	That’s about twenty pounds!
43 ERIN	(speaking to her sister) That’s almost heavier than you!
44 Everyone laughs.
45 The Thanksgiving feast. Brendan sits at the head of the table, Anne at the foot, the others along the sides. They all join
46 hands for the prayer of thanks.
47 BRENDAN (with bowed head) I would like to say a word of thanks before we enjoy this feast. Recently,
48	You have taken away one of our family members, Patrick.. . But, in return, You have
49	brought us Kevin and Rebecca. Thank You for reuniting our family and for this delicious
50	meal we are about to share with our grandchildren and our children. Amen.
51 There are murmurs of approval.
52 REBECCA I’d also like to say a word of thanks. I wanna thank all of you for being so kind and
53	welcoming at a time when we needed it most.
54 ANNE	 Before we begin eating, I would like to say that we have a very special reason for being
55		thankful today.
56 KEViN 	Uncle Brendan and Aunt Anne have agreed to let me stay and help out on the farm.
57 BRENDAN Kevin has decided to put up with us. . . so that his sister can go back to college in San
58		Francisco.
59 REBECCA Oh.. . Kevin! Thank you!
60 Rebecca hugs Kevin.
61 MICHAEL (to Rebecca) Give us a hug. . . that’s great!
62 Rebecca hugs Michael.
63 	MICHAEL	I would like to propose a toast to our new cousins from Boston to welcome them.. . And
64		although I could go on and on.. . and have, I think I will turn it over to our darling
65		daughter Kate, who is never at a loss for words.. . Honey, would you like to lead us in a
66		little Thanksgiving prayer?
67 KATE	Yes.. . Good bread, good meat, Good lord. . . Let’s eat!
68 Laughter and applause. The meal and conversation begin.
PART 2
69 FARMHOUSE
70 The family is sitting together.
71 PEGGY Anne tells me that you’re going to the San Francisco College of Music.
72 REBECCA I was. . . until my father passed away.
73 ANNE	Well, now you can go ahead with your plans.
74 PEGGY	So, you’re a musician?
75 REBECCA I really hope to write music and, maybe, perform.
76 PEGGY	(to Anne) So, Anne, do we have a star in the family?
77 ANNE We might. But I’ve never heard Rebecca sing. (addressing Rebecca) But Brendan tells me
78	you have a beautiful voice. Would you sing for us?
79 PEGGY	Oh, please do.
80 With a little persuasion, Rebecca agrees and goes to get her guitar.
81 REBECCA OK, lemme get my guitar.
82 She exits the room. Michael and Kevin are talking in another part of the room.
83 KEVIN Your dad tells me you teach a computer course.
84 MICHAEL Yeah. I teach at the community college in town.
85 KEVIN	I’m into computers.
86 MICHAEL Good for you. It’s a great field—something new happening all the time.
87 KEVIN	Oh, yeah, there’s a lot to learn.
88 MICHAEL Oh yeah. Hey, maybe you could enroll in my class...
89 KEVIN	Why not? I’ll be staying here for a while.
90 MICHAEL Good.
91 Rebecca walks by with her guitar.
92 KEVIN	Maybe she’ll sing...
93 MICHAEL	Let’s go.
94 Rebecca enters and the room waits in anticipation.
95 REBECCA You’ll have to excuse me. I’m a little rusty. Uh. . . lemme see. . . I’ll sing an old folk
96	song, a Shaker song. It’s called’ ‘Tis a Gift to Be Simple.’
97 She begins to play the guitar and then to sing. Anne and Brendan listen to Rebecca, surprised and impressed. The two
98 children are mesmerized. Kevin seems very proud of his sister’s singing.
99 REBECCA	(singing) ‘Tis a gift to be simple, ‘tis a gift to be free,
100	‘Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be.
101	And when we are in the place just right,
102	We’ll be in the valley of love and delight...
103	When true simplicity is gained,
104	To bow and to bend we will not be ashamed.
105	 To turn, to turn will be our delight,
106 	‘TIl by turning, turning, we come ‘round right...
107 FARM, AT THE POND—DAY
108 Kevin and Rebecca are walking alone near the pond, saying goodbye.
109 KEVIN I talked to Michael about his computer classes. They start up again after the first of the
110	year.
111 REBECCA The insurance money should be in by that time. You’ll have no trouble paying for the
112	course.
113 KEVIN	Yeah. Kind of hard to imagine, huh? Me being on a farm...
114 REBECCA You seem to like it...
115 KEVIN	I do... it’s kind of weird.
FARMHOUSE BARN--DAY
117 They walk near the barn.
118 REBECCA It’s been quite a year.
119 KEVIN	Yeah. I had a dream about Dad.
120 REBECCA Oh?
121 KEVIN	I was this little kid... and I was holding onto this blanket...
122 REBECCA You had a blanket . . . You carried it around with you all the time... You called it your
123	 ‘brankie.’
124 KEVIN	I don’t remember.
125 REBECCA Mom used to use all kinds of tricks to pry it away from you so she could wash it.
126 KEVIN	I don’t remember it at all.
127 FARMHOUSE BARN
128 Kevin rolls something into the barn. They enter. Rebecca waits in the doorway.
129 REBECCA It all slips away so fast.. . . the memories...
130 KEVIN	I guess so...
131 REBECCA Promise me you’ll take care of yourself...
132 KEVIN	 Hey, Sis... I’m not a kid anymore.
133 REBECCA I’m sorry.
134 Rebecca talks quietly but with intensity to her brother, realizing she is about to leave.
135 REBECCA I’ll call you every day. We’ll talk.
136 KEVIN You don’t have to call me every day.
137 REBECCA All right. Every week. Hey, we’re all the family we got, right?
138 Kevin nods his head “yes.”
139 REBECCA We’ve got to try and remember everything.., the happy moments....
140 We see scenes of happiertimes. We see Rebecca and her father at Kevin’s graduation, Thanksgiving dinner, Rebecca
141 and her new car.
142 REBECCA We have to remember the sad ones too. . . We have to remember it all...
143 We see scenes of sad times. We see Mr. Casey at the hospital, Kevin walking alone, Kevin standing up to Jack, the
144 funeral.
145 REBECCA I guess it’s time.
146 KEVIN	I guess so.
147 REBECCA We never talk about Mom, do we? It’s like she never existed. Why?
148 KEVIN	I don’t know.
149 REBECCA I remember everything. . . little things. I miss her combing my hair and the way she’d
150	tuck me in at night. The lullaby she wrote.
151 KEVIN	I don’t remember any of it.
152 REBECCA You were too young. I tried. I even sang it to you when you were little.
153 Rebecca sings the first verse of a lullaby.
154 REBECCA (singing) Go to sleep,
155	The stars are shining brightly. Go to sleep,
156	The moon is on the rise...
157 KEVIN	Maybe I remember the lullaby.
158 The two exchange warm smiles.
159 REBECCA Could I have a hug, please?
160 They hug in the barn. It’s the hug of two kids whose parent has died, leaving them alone. Somehow being together
161 makes it seem better.
162 KEVIN	Have a terrific life in San Francisco.
163 REBECCA Thanks. I’ll give it a shot.
PART 3
164 FARM—DAY
165 Rebecca gets into the truck with Brendan, and Anne and Kevin wave to her as the truck drives away.
166 ANNE	Bye-bye. (to Brendan) You take care of her. . . Drive slowly.
167 The truck drives off.
168 ANNE	Take care!
169 INSIDE THE PICKUP TRUCK
170 Brendan and Rebecca ride toward the airport.
171 BRENDAN So. . . are you excited about going back to San Francisco?
172 REBECCA Yes.
173 They ride for a moment in silence.
174 REBECCA Can I ask you something personal?
175 BRENDAN Sure. . . go ahead.
176 REBECCA Why didn’t you and my father talk for so many years? What happened?
177 BRENDAN Your father never told you?
178 Rebecca shakes her head “no.” Brendan stops the truck.
179 BRENDAN (looks at her closely) Are you sure you want to know?
180 REBECCA Yes.
181 BRENDAN Well. . . When we were young and both living in Boston, your father and I had a lot of
182	friends in common. . . When the Korean War broke out, I got drafted. But before I left,
183	I asked Patrick to keep an eye on my new girlfriend. And your father said he would
184	and he did. You know, absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. I got a letter from
185	each of them, saying they had fallen in love.
186 REBECCA It was my mother, wasn’t it?
187 Brendan nods “yes.”
188 BRENDAN Things never were the same between your father and me. . . They got married, and then
189	Lady Luck smiled and I met my Anne. You know the rest of story...
190 REBECCA Thank God you got to the hospital in time.
191 BRENDAN I’m sorry it took your father’s illness to bring us together. . . Well, now you know.
192	(He puts on his glasses.) We’d better get you on that plane to San Francisco.
193 We see the truck on the way to the airport.