Mockingbird

ONCE UPON A TIME IN 1995

Hello?

Mom?

Dad?

Is that you?

Who's there?

Hello?

Stay away from me!

Please!

Please!

Just leave!

I did what you said!

I have the camera!

Get out!

Leave!

I never stopped filming!

I didn't call anyone.

Go away!

Go away!

Leave!

I did everything you said!

I never stopped filming!

THE FAMILY

What the hell?

Hey, handsome.

Would you turn that off?

I'm not gonna turn it off. This was left on our doorstep.

Come on, you guys. Come on. Help me out.

Why do we have to get off the bed?

No, this is their version of helping.

- This is our room... - Come on.

So, as much as I hate saying I was wrong and you were right,

this, I believe is one of those contests.

Excuse me. What did you just say?

I said... I said I was wrong and you were right.

- Feels good, right? It feels good. - That was amazing. That was amazing.

- My kids don't listen to me. It's great. - And not... That's new.

Can you please help me?

Um, why don't I just sit here...

All right, so where did this kind of camera come from?

Okay. This was a red box sitting on our doorstep and it had a card.

It said, "Congratulations."

And I do believe it was from a...

One of the contests that you entered.

- Mom won a contest. - And, uh...

- Mom won a contest. - And you won.

- No way. - Yeah. This was free.

- I... You know what? - Which is my favorite price.

- Did you really? - I gave you two children.

I am so nice to you. Why would you mess with me like...

- Look at me. - I'm not... I'm not lying.

Why would I lie about this? I've already

admitted to you that I was wrong

and I'm glad that you filled out that stupid thing.

'Cause I like free stuff as much as the next guy.

Let me see that. Let me... Come here. Let me see it.

I told you.

- Look. - No, it's the one at the mall.

- Yes. Yes. - I mean I filled one out.

- I mean... - Yes.

You think this is it?

Wait. More cleaning and less running around.

- Where's your sister? - How'd you win? How'd you win?

Your uncle's gonna be here any second.

Hey, did you put pajamas in here?

- Did you guys pack? - Megan.

I did not put my pajamas in here.

You each get to pick one toy to bring with Gary.

- I did not pick pajamas. - Okay. Yes you can. Okay.

Get it, get it, get it.

- I can jump from bed to bed. - If you wanna take it...

I'm not gonna do this by myself. You guys help me out.

One...

Two...

- Ah! Oh, my God! - Three...

- If I get to five, I will eat you. - Okay. Right here.

- What? - Four...

No!

Five...

Mommy! He's gonna eat you.

We're on the boat. We're on the boat.

We can't... You can't get us. We're on the boat.

Well, luckily I'm a shark with legs.

Uh-oh! I'm gonna eat her!

He's on the boat!

THE WOMAN

What's this?

Did I win you?

Where did you come from?

Hello.

Shall we take a tour of the place?

Let's go.

Ladies and gentlemen, we're entering the kitchen.

This is the kitchen. Mmm-hmm.

This is the refrigerator.

Hello.

There's my girls.

I remember when I used to have the time to sit and read books on these couches.

And now...

Now... Not so much.

We refuse to let the children eat with us.

They're forced to sit in the corner of this kitchen where we feed them only gruel.

But that's okay. It's cheap labor and...

I figure... Oh, crap!

Welcome to my expensive dining room set.

This is my work.

And this is all the stuff that keeps me from my work.

I, end up doing all my children's homework for them,

and yet somehow they still get B's.

So what does that say about me?

Tadpole's about 10.

Wow.

She's an old baby.

- He's a big girl. - Yeah.

- He's a big, big girl. - Do you see his soft paws?

He's older than both of you guys.

You're the best, best little baby.

He loves that.

Bridge made of diamonds.

And then we go to the queen's,

castle. And then we go to...

Is the queen a nice queen or is she a mean queen?

A nice. And then we go over here.

- Yeah? - To the trees.

- Mmm-hmm. - And then we get to the "X."

Hello?

Hi, Mom.

I've never won anything before.

I don't know.

No, I... I don't know.

From one of those millions of things that I fill out on campus.

You know, for like the...

Credit cards and water bottles and shit.

Boring.

It says, "Keep filming. You're a star."

Yeah.

I don't know.

At least somebody knows I'm a star.

Yes, I'm sure I'll make friends when I start school.

I know.

Thank you. I think I'm very lovable, too.

No. I'm not gonna call Eric.

You know what, Mom? I don't really wanna talk about this right now.

Tonight I am most likely doing...

This.

Yeah.

Probably talking on the phone with you.

And playing with my camera.

Yo, a free camera.

- I got it. I got it. - Oh, shit. All right.

- Did you see the camera? - Yeah. I saw the camera.

- It's really weird. - Hi.

Thanks, Gare, appreciate it.

- You won it in a, a sweepstakes? - Sweepstakes.

Yeah. I just signed a... I signed up for it in a mall.

Did you give 'em your credit card number?

No.

If you guys need anything, you call me, okay.

- Bye, Mommy. - Bye, sweetie.

We're gonna have fun. We're gonna go roller-skating tonight.

- Dad told us. - Yay!

Dad...

Get out. Get out. Go. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

We already know that. Daddy told us.

- Before I get in trouble. - Have, have fun with that camera, you freak.

- Oh, we got so busted. - All right, here we go. Let's go, guys.

- Bye! - Bye!

- Bye. - Love you.

Come on. Enough.

All right.

I want you all to myself.

Not covered in Cheerios.

It's so quiet.

Let's make some noise.

Okay.

Put the camera down.

I wanna do it with the camera.

Look at that butt. Look at that butt. Oh, yeah!

That's what I'm talking about.

Hey, you know what?

I can make you a video of my day.

Yeah, of campus and...

And I can show you the guesthouse and all that.

No, they're gone for the week.

Yeah. It's music, Mom.

I hear it, too.

Creepy.

Maybe there's someone there.

I live in their guesthouse.

They don't tell me what they're doing.

What?

No. It won't turn off.

Oh, man!

I don't know. It won't turn off.

I think I broke it.

I don't know.

No, it's just not turning off.

- How does that thing turn off? - I don't know.

- This button? - There's usually like a button on the top.

How did you turn it on?