Stitch

I want you to enter death.

Here we are, just like I promised.

Let's do this.

Hi.

I'm Marsden, we talked on the phone.

I know who you are.

You're late.

Sorry, we, uh,

we made a wrong turn about 100 miles back.

Tried to call you.

There's no reception out here.

That explains it then.

No, it doesn't.

Look...

I don't know what to tell you.

I have been standing in the blazing heat

for more than an hour,

a minor pain in the grand scheme of things.

The pain of your birth hunts you down in the end.

Okay, maybe it's time to unpack now.

Yeah. Okay.

The rules are simple.

No smoking on the premises,

no pets,

and no moving of any furniture.

See you later.

Oh, no, baby, I got it.

It's good.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

I'll be in there.

Excuse me, excuse me.

You know how you said

you were waiting out in the hot sun all day?

Yes.

Why didn't you go inside the house?

I don't go in there.

Crazy, crazy bitch.

Oh, man.

Pirino, seriously?

I warned you.

You know this place is a disaster.

Look, me and Colline,

we're gonna take the master bedroom, all right?

And why is that?

Because I'm me.

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

Dick.

How?

How did we let Pirino get us into this mess?

He means well.

I guess.

Are you okay?

Yeah. I'm fine.

You got this on your own?

Yeah.

Okay. I'll see you out there, okay?

Okay.

When Pirino said we were roughing it, he was not joking, was he?

Yeah.

It's okay though, Maybe it'll help with the ritual.

Listen to you, man.

I made some changes, you know.

Besides, we're camping, right?

This is like the Taj Mahal of camping tents.

Yeah, right.

This old lady's got some strange taste.

Yeah, seriously.

It's kind of weird though,

I feel like, I don't know,

like I've seen this shit somewhere before.

Yeah. You know what I mean?

Yeah, yeah, remember when we first came to L.A.,

we stopped at that bed and breakfast?

Yeah, Joshua Tree. Remember?

Oh, yeah.

Hey, look, it's an antique.

Oh, God.

Oh, do you remember

when your dad taught us the waltz?

There you go.

Why do you want to waltz? You know.

I know, we hated it, huh?

One, two, three.

One, two...

You still suck. I'm a better waltzer than you.

Yeah, well...

I make up for it in style.

You're not gonna leave me?

I'm not making that mistake again.

I promise.

I'm here for you.

For me?

You know, Lilly was a part of both of us.

You really got to be there for her, too.

Of course.

Of course.

And your son. Maybe this isn't just my deal.

We have to do this together.

100%, I promise.

100%.

Hey, I'm putting my faith in Pirino.

Pirino of all people, come on.

I trust Pirino.

Well, you're crazy.

Shut up.

I trust you too.

You do?

Yeah.

I'm gonna go unpack.

Okay.

Don't lose yourself in here and keep me lonely.

Fuck.

Someone down there?

Okay.

Oh, shit.

Is anyone in there?

Hey, thinking about her, huh?

Yeah.

Come on.

It's time for a huggy-hug.

Huggy-hug. Jesus.

I was a good mom, you know?

Yeah. You are.

Hey, forget about that.

Come help me with this stuff,

I can't do this in my condition.

Your condition? Jesus.

It's not even pea-sized yet.

Yeah. Best to be cautious.

Remember when we were younger,

we talked about having our kids

and watching them grow up together?

Yeah.

We can still do it.

Yeah.

Hey, Colline.

Yeah.

When Marsden stayed with you guys...

did he ever talk about me or Lilly?

I'm sure he was thinking about you, Sera.

Wow.

Mars,

you did good, man.

This is perfect.

You said you wanted death effigy, right?

It's beautiful.

Hey, you know,

I've been meaning to give this to you.

What's this?

Remember that week you and Serafina went to Paris,

Lilly stayed with us?

Yeah.

Why didn't you tell me about this?

I just found it recently,

it was under the rug in the guest room.

I miss her, man.

You know, when she passed,

it broke us all up.

You know that, right?

Yeah.

She's gonna take time, right?

Time is now, man.

It's tonight.

Huh?

Throw that energy around.

You wanna put this up? Let's raise it.

Yeah, let's see what happens to it.

Yeah, I got it.

One, two, three.

Breathe in and out, deeply from the abdomen.

You can do this,

you can do this.

We each brought an object that holds Lilly's energy.

These are attachments to a life that is no more.

We have to die to these attachments

in order to set ourselves free.

I can't do this. You can do it.

You have more toys at home,

you have more pictures at home,

you can do this.

That's good. That's good.

I want you guys to start breathing.

Rapidly.

Fast, tight breathing.

Equal amounts of air

in and out through your nostrils.

Elevating your consciousness out of your bodies.

I want you to face death, enter death,

don't be afraid of death.

Without the awareness of death,

life is ordinary and trivial.

It's only because death stalks us

that life comes alive.

I want you to face the mysteries of death,

face it in a way others dare not tread.

I want you to forget your religion.

I want you to leave behind your spiritual beliefs.

Any preconception you have of what death is.