A touching family tale that follows little Billy as he sets out on a mission to speak with his mother in the afterlife while he is still coming to terms with her passing.
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00:02:20Dad?
00:02:33Hey guys. What's up?
00:02:35Well...
00:02:45What's on your minds?
00:02:47Pop Pop.
00:02:52Yeah, okay.
00:02:54Uh, what about him?
00:02:56It's just, I miss him, Dad.
00:02:59Like a lot.
00:03:01It's okay to miss him?
00:03:04I miss him too.
00:03:08Me too.
00:03:11Yeah.
00:03:18It's uh, it's hard losing someone that we love, isn't it?
00:03:25It's just I wish we could still talk to him.
00:03:30Just because he isn't here doesn't mean you can't talk to him anymore.
00:03:33Really?
00:03:34Really.
00:03:38You see, you know, when I was about your age, I lost my mom.
00:03:44You mean Grammy?
00:03:46Yes. Yes, your Grammy was my mother.
00:03:50And uh, when she passed away, I...
00:03:57Really, I didn't know how to live my life without her.
00:04:02What did you do?
00:04:06Well, about a year after she passed away, between the ages of 12 and 13...
00:04:13That's how old Charlie is.
00:04:15Yes, she is.
00:04:17Which is why I thought this story would help.
00:04:21See, well, it was the fall, and school had just started.
00:04:29Which was always a tough time of the year for me anyway.
00:04:33But it was also the year that I would meet the man who would change my life forever.
00:04:48See, I was sitting out on my porch one day with my dog,
00:04:54having ourselves a little pity party, looking at pictures of my mom.
00:04:59Oh, I was missing her so much.
00:05:02I just, I didn't know what to do without her. I was lost.
00:05:06I just wished so badly that I could talk to her one more time.
00:05:14Even if it meant it was just one more time.
00:05:32What's up, Billy?
00:05:34Oh, hey guys, what's up?
00:05:36Gonna go hang at the court, you coming?
00:05:39Yeah, sure.
00:05:41Come on.
00:06:02Come on, Billy.
00:06:04Oh!
00:06:31Gotcha!
00:06:33All right!
00:06:34Yes, I did.
00:06:35Didn't.
00:06:36Did.
00:06:37Didn't.
00:06:38Did.
00:06:39Didn't.
00:06:40Yes, I did.
00:06:41Nope.
00:06:42Yes.
00:06:43Nope.
00:06:44Yes.
00:06:45Nope.
00:06:46Billy, didn't I get this kid?
00:06:47Yeah, sure.
00:06:49He wasn't even looking.
00:06:50You weren't even looking.
00:06:52Got him!
00:06:53It doesn't even make any sense.
00:06:55Of course it makes sense.
00:06:57Oh.
00:06:59Um, are you doing all right?
00:07:02Yeah, I'm good.
00:07:04You totally got him.
00:07:06You mean Mike got me.
00:07:08Yeah, sure.
00:07:10Whatever.
00:07:12You all right, man?
00:07:18You say something.
00:07:19You say something.
00:07:20I just said something.
00:07:21You say something.
00:07:22No, you say something now.
00:07:25No, you say something.
00:07:26I just said something.
00:07:27You say something.
00:07:28Guys, I'm good.
00:07:29Neither of you have to say anything.
00:07:31I just miss her.
00:07:33Well...
00:07:35Yeah.
00:07:36It's just really weird,
00:07:38and she used to do everything around here,
00:07:40and now my dad just sits around doing nothing,
00:07:44and it's just really weird without her here.
00:07:47I saw this thing online about how to talk to a spielwit.
00:07:50Shut up.
00:07:52But I did.
00:07:53Shut up, man.
00:07:54That's totally insensitive.
00:07:56Don't say that kind of stuff.
00:07:58You really think I could talk to her?
00:08:01Well, it's worth a shot.
00:08:03I mean, he has read it.
00:08:05It's worth a shot, I guess.
00:08:07How's it work?
00:08:10Well, basically, this video will explain everything.
00:08:14Jake would spend the next hour explaining what he read on the Internet
00:08:17and how it might actually work if we do it right.
00:08:20I wasn't sure it would work.
00:08:21I had questions,
00:08:23and we were going to need to do some more research before we could be sure.
00:08:27When I needed to think through a problem,
00:08:29I would go home and play fetch with my dog.
00:08:32It helped me work through problems just sitting and tossing a ball to him.
00:08:39Greg, come back.
00:08:40Come on.
00:08:41Come back.
00:08:42Greg!
00:08:43Come over here.
00:08:45Come back.
00:08:47Good boy.
00:08:51Billy, I have to run to the office.
00:08:53You going to be okay for a little while?
00:08:55Sure.
00:08:56Okay.
00:08:57Dad?
00:08:59Yeah?
00:09:00Do you think I could find a way to talk to Mom?
00:09:09I don't think that's the way it works, buddy.
00:09:13Well, Jake was saying that he saw this thing online and...
00:09:17No offense to your friend, Billy,
00:09:19but I don't think Jake's known for being the brains of any operation.
00:09:23Dad.
00:09:26Look, I know you miss your mom.
00:09:28I miss her too.
00:09:30Trust me.
00:09:34I wish I could find a way to talk to her too.
00:09:38Unfortunately, that just isn't the way the world works.
00:09:42Why did she have to die?
00:09:46I'll die eventually.
00:09:49Well, it's not fair.
00:09:51No, it isn't.
00:09:54Feed the dog, please.
00:10:02He's wrong.
00:10:03I'm going to prove it.
00:10:05I remember it like it was yesterday.
00:10:07It was pouring out, but we didn't care.
00:10:09We had to make a plan.
00:10:11We just knew that this would work.
00:10:13So that's the plan then, huh?
00:10:15Whoa, whoa, whoa, look who's here.
00:10:17Did daycare let out early?
00:10:18Yeah, did daycare let out early?
00:10:20Well, it must have, because why else would you guys be here?
00:10:23Oh, you got jokes.
00:10:25Yeah, you got jokes.
00:10:26The only jokes I see are the ones standing in front of me.
00:10:28That's so funny.
00:10:29I'm going to die of laughter.
00:10:32Is that how your mom died?
00:10:33Did she die laughing from your funny jokes?
00:10:37It's okay, you can cry.
00:10:39Go ahead, cry.
00:10:41It's okay.
00:10:42Yeah, cry.
00:10:43Go eat shit, bitches.
00:10:45How about we beat the shit out of you two?
00:10:48Go, go, go!
00:10:54Nice.
00:11:04You okay, man?
00:11:05Yeah.
00:11:06Go get those leaves with Billy.
00:11:09Should have punched him right in his face.
00:11:12Okay, but the thing is, he would have punched you back right in yours,
00:11:16and you're already pretty hard to look at.
00:11:31The bike I really want is really expensive.
00:11:33I think I can swipe my mom's credit card without her noticing,
00:11:36but it's a little risky.
00:11:38That's not smart.
00:11:40I don't have a money plan.
00:11:41Hey, isn't that Emma?
00:11:42Oh, my God, Will.
00:11:44She's such a pick-me girl.
00:11:48I mean, I don't really think so.
00:11:51Yeah, I don't think she is.
00:11:53You like her.
00:11:54No.
00:11:57You legit like her.
00:11:59Do not.
00:12:00I feel like you do.
00:12:01Shut up.
00:12:03Hey, Billy.
00:12:04Hey, Emma.
00:12:06That's it?
00:12:07That's all you're going to say?
00:12:09That's all she said.
00:12:11You got to say more than that.
00:12:12If you really like her, you got to say more than just,
00:12:15Hi, Emma, derp.
00:12:17Hey, you derp.
00:12:19Emma.
00:12:20Hey, Emma.
00:12:21Yeah?
00:12:22Billy has something to say.
00:12:24Yeah?
00:12:25Yeah.
00:12:30What's that?
00:12:32Well, spit it out, Billy.
00:12:34We don't have all day.
00:12:35Yeah, come on, Billy.
00:12:36Spit it out already.
00:12:37Can we just go, Emma?
00:12:39Just a sec.
00:12:40Do you actually like this weirdo?
00:12:42No.
00:12:43Then let's go.
00:12:45Well, I was, I was, like, I was just, like,
00:12:49OMG, is this for real, though?
00:12:52Literally, though.
00:12:53I was wondering if, like, I was wondering if, like,
00:12:57when you're not busy, like, I mean, it's fine if you are busy,
00:13:00but, like, when you're not busy, like, I mean, if you are busy,
00:13:03but then maybe, like, after you're busy, like, maybe.
00:13:07Oh, my God.
00:13:09Abby.
00:13:11I'm sorry.
00:13:13You're probably busy.
00:13:14I'll, just forget it.
00:13:16Maybe that's for the best.
00:13:18Come on in.
00:13:20Hey.
00:13:21Hey.
00:13:24Would you like to come to the cemetery with us?
00:13:28The cemetery?
00:13:30Are you serious?
00:13:32You're such a weirdo.
00:13:35No, I mean, well, I probably am, but, I mean,
00:13:38we saw something online that I might be able to talk to my mom.
00:13:42It's so weird.
00:13:44It's definitely just a little different.
00:13:46It's so weird.
00:13:49It's so weird.
00:13:51It's definitely just a little different.
00:13:53Well, maybe it is and maybe it isn't, but he wasn't asking either of you,
00:13:56so stop being so extra.
00:13:58Whatever.
00:14:03So, would you?
00:14:13Phone.
00:14:19Text me.
00:14:22Is this your number?
00:14:24Just text me.
00:14:27Hey, Billy.
00:14:28Billy, are you there?
00:14:29Billy.
00:14:30What you got there?
00:14:34Amber Porter's number.
00:14:36Oh, wow, you got her number?
00:14:38I didn't hear anything about that.
00:14:40Well, Abby is 100% a pickpickle.
00:14:43That we can agree on.
00:14:45100% a pickpickle.
00:14:47That we can agree on.
00:14:49Yep.
00:14:50I got Amber Porter's number, like the Amber Porter from school.
00:14:54Yeah, you did.
00:14:57Hey, like them happens.
00:15:02Wait, who is Amber?
00:15:05Amber Porter?
00:15:07Oh, well, only the prettiest girl in school.
00:15:11What does any of this have to do with Papa?
00:15:14Everything.
00:15:15Doesn't feel like it.
00:15:20The next day...
00:15:25Got it.
00:15:33Nice.
00:15:38From what I was reading online,
00:15:40we need something important to connect to the spirits.
00:15:43Something that is important to the spirits for connecting to.
00:15:46Like what?
00:15:49Um, got it.
00:15:50Nice.
00:15:51Probably, um, I don't know.
00:15:53Billy, what were some of your mom's favorite things?
00:15:56Well, she had lots of favorite things.
00:16:00Jewelry?
00:16:02She didn't really wear lots of jewelry.
00:16:05Clothing?
00:16:06Not that I could think of.
00:16:09Food?
00:16:11Got it.
00:16:13Um, weren't you guys always doing those crossword puzzle things?
00:16:19Crosswords?
00:16:20That's what it was, crosswords.
00:16:22Maybe that's it.
00:16:25Do you guys have a crossword book that you guys always worked on together?
00:16:30For sure.
00:16:31Perfect, let's start there.
00:16:33I'll go grab it.
00:16:41Got it.
00:16:42Perfect, let's go.
00:16:45Whoa, whoa, whoa, where are you boys rushing off to?
00:16:47We're going to go to the cemetery.
00:16:49Cemetery?
00:16:50Cemeteries are not playgrounds.
00:16:52Uh, did he say cemetery?
00:16:54He meant the park past the cemetery, not the cemetery.
00:16:59Which park?
00:17:00Uh...
00:17:01We're just going to go take our bikes and run around.
00:17:05What's that?
00:17:06What?
00:17:07In your hand.
00:17:08Nothing.
00:17:09Other hand.
00:17:10This?
00:17:13Is that Mom's crossword?
00:17:15Yeah.
00:17:16Three middle school boys riding their bikes to the park to do crosswords.
00:17:22Yeah, it doesn't seem fishy at all.
00:17:25I don't know.
00:17:26I don't know.
00:17:27I don't know.
00:17:28I don't know.
00:17:29I don't know.
00:17:30I don't know.
00:17:31I don't know.
00:17:32I don't know.
00:17:33I don't know.
00:17:35Look, I gotta head out soon.
00:17:38Behave yourselves.
00:17:39If you can't behave yourselves, don't get caught.
00:18:05Wait, wait, wait.
00:18:07So, where's the best spot?
00:18:09Uh, I'd say probably near the back.
00:18:13Of course.
00:18:14You want to go to the scariest spot.
00:18:16It's not even that scary, wimp.
00:18:18Come on!
00:18:34I don't know.
00:18:35I don't know.
00:18:36I don't know.
00:18:37I don't know.
00:18:38I don't know.
00:18:39I don't know.
00:18:40I don't know.
00:18:41I don't know.
00:18:42I don't know.
00:18:43I don't know.
00:18:44I don't know.
00:18:45I don't know.
00:18:46I don't know.
00:18:47I don't know.
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00:18:51I don't know.
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00:18:53I don't know.
00:18:54I don't know.
00:18:55I don't know.
00:18:56I don't know.
00:18:57I don't know.
00:18:58I don't know.
00:18:59I don't know.
00:19:00I don't know.
00:19:01I don't know.
00:19:02I don't know.
00:19:04We need to find some rocks to make a circle.
00:19:06A circle?
00:19:07Yeah, a circle so we can put the object in the center of the circle.
00:19:11Alright.
00:19:12Spread out.
00:19:13Come back with as many rocks as you can find.
00:19:15Perfect.
00:19:18Perfect.
00:19:19Now sit.
00:19:22Now what?
00:19:23Now, put the book in the center.
00:19:30Perfect.
00:19:31Perfect.
00:19:32Now just focus.
00:19:34Focus on what?
00:19:35The energy around us.
00:19:37Like a Jedi?
00:19:39Sure, Jake.
00:19:40Like a Jedi.
00:19:42Dope.
00:19:44Billy, you have to talk to the spirit around us.
00:19:49How?
00:19:50Just say something, anything.
00:19:53Try to connect to your mom.
00:19:54Ask them.
00:19:56Hello?
00:19:58Keep going.
00:20:00Hello, spirits?
00:20:04It's Billy.
00:20:05Billy Russo.
00:20:08I was wondering if there's anybody out there.
00:20:14This is stupid.
00:20:15No, it's not.
00:20:16Keep going.
00:20:17You got this.
00:20:18It's not going to work.
00:20:19It will.
00:20:20Don't worry.
00:20:21Hello, spirit world.
00:20:22I am Jake.
00:20:23My friend Billy is very sad.
00:20:25He misses his mom.
00:20:27And we were hoping that you could help us contact her.
00:20:33Hey, what are you boys doing over there?
00:20:34Crap.
00:20:35What?
00:20:36Run.
00:20:37What are you kids doing?
00:20:38Go, go.
00:20:40Hey, hey.
00:20:41What are you doing?
00:20:42Billy, come on.
00:20:44Run, let's go.
00:20:46Come on, Billy.
00:20:47Go.
00:20:50We couldn't get out of there fast enough.
00:20:52I don't know if I've ever ridden faster than I rode that day.
00:20:55I don't know if we were doing anything wrong,
00:20:57but it sure felt like we didn't want to get caught doing it.
00:21:25Let's go.
00:21:40That was close.
00:21:42Too close.
00:21:44Yeah, it was.
00:21:45That was crazy.
00:21:47You said we wanted to know what's out of there.
00:21:50What kind of place hangs out in a cemetery like that?
00:21:54It feels like it is, though, because we were at the cemetery hanging out.
00:22:01No.
00:22:03Yes.
00:22:04No.
00:22:05Yes.
00:22:06No.
00:22:07Yes, actually.
00:22:08No, actually.
00:22:10Billy, what were we doing?
00:22:11Wasting time.
00:22:17You okay, man?
00:22:19I'm fine.
00:22:21You know, I'm sorry it didn't go as planned.
00:22:24It doesn't matter.
00:22:28We can go back.
00:22:29What's the point?
00:22:32We must have just missed a step.
00:22:33That's all, Billy.
00:22:34Don't worry.
00:22:35Maybe.
00:22:37We will go back.
00:22:39You don't have to.
00:22:40But we will.
00:22:55Great.
00:22:56Just what I needed today.
00:23:01Where are you going, Bobby?
00:23:03Billy.
00:23:04Lance.
00:23:05What?
00:23:06Your name is Lance.
00:23:07He called you Billy.
00:23:08Who called me Billy?
00:23:09Bobby did.
00:23:10Billy.
00:23:11See, he did it again.
00:23:12He called me Billy because my name is Lance.
00:23:13Yeah, his name is Lance.
00:23:14Yeah, and my name is Billy.
00:23:16Who cares what your name is?
00:23:17Yeah, who cares what your name is?
00:23:19I do.
00:23:20He thinks he's tough.
00:23:22Whatever.
00:23:23Just get out of my way.
00:23:24That's not very polite.
00:23:25You should ask politely if you want something.
00:23:26Yeah, ask nicely.
00:23:28You guys are being pretty mid right now.
00:23:29For real.
00:23:31We're being mid?
00:23:32Is this kid for real?
00:23:33Yeah, are you for real?
00:23:34Just move.
00:23:36Please.
00:23:37Now he says please.
00:23:39It's too late.
00:23:40You got to pay tax.
00:23:41Tax?
00:23:42I don't think so.
00:23:43Give me that back.
00:23:44Hey.
00:23:45Go with me.
00:23:47Go with me.
00:23:48Go with me.
00:23:51Do you want this?
00:23:53Give me that back.
00:23:54Cry.
00:23:55Go ahead, cry.
00:23:58Colin, get off of him.
00:23:59Mind your own business.
00:24:01Lance, tell your troll to back off.
00:24:03Or what?
00:24:05Or I'll tell everyone that you still sleep with your snuggie poodle that night and suck your thumb.
00:24:08There we go.
00:24:12What is this?
00:24:13Boyfriend or something?
00:24:15Lance, give the book back.
00:24:18Everyone, I'll tell everyone.
00:24:29It's too bad.
00:24:30My little sister won't be there to save you every time.
00:24:35That Lance kid seems like a real jerk.
00:24:38Yeah, he pretty much was.
00:24:40Can we get back to the story?
00:24:42Oh, right.
00:24:43Yes.
00:24:45You good?
00:24:46I'm fine.
00:24:49For what?
00:24:51The words you were looking for are thank you.
00:24:53Thanks.
00:24:55I had it under control with those two idiots.
00:24:57Yeah, I saw.
00:24:59Whatever.
00:25:01Just because they were jerks to you doesn't give you the right to be one to me.
00:25:04Your brother's a jerk.
00:25:06Yeah, I know.
00:25:07He sucks.
00:25:08I was just trying to help.
00:25:09I won't anymore.
00:25:10That's my bad.
00:25:12I'm sorry.
00:25:14Yeah, for what?
00:25:16I'm sorry for being a jerk.
00:25:17Today just sucked.
00:25:19It's not just him.
00:25:21I'm sorry for being a jerk.
00:25:23I'm sorry.
00:25:30You want to talk about it?
00:25:32Not really.
00:25:36So, that afternoon, Emma walked me all the way home.
00:25:41And we didn't say one word to each other the entire walk to my house.
00:25:59You know, you didn't have to walk me home.
00:26:02It would be weird if I had to.
00:26:03I wanted to.
00:26:06Really?
00:26:07You wanted to?
00:26:08Why?
00:26:09Just felt like it, I guess.
00:26:11All right, then.
00:26:13All right.
00:26:20Where are you going?
00:26:22Well, what kind of a man would I be if I let you walk home alone?
00:26:25A man that knows a woman doesn't need a man to walk her home.
00:26:28All right, then. I guess I'll stay home.
00:26:33I like the company.
00:26:34I like the company.
00:26:39So, are you ready to talk about what was getting you so worked up earlier?
00:26:45Well, um, well, we tried to talk to my mom and it didn't work.
00:26:50What?
00:26:52So, basically, Jake, Mike, and I saw this thing online and it didn't work.
00:27:00And then this crazy old man changed the cemetery.
00:27:01Wait, start over. Crazy old man, cemetery?
00:27:04What?
00:27:06So, it was a whole thing.
00:27:08So, basically, what happened was we started to do research on it and we made our way to the cemetery.
00:27:16So, apparently, we were supposed to make this, like, circle thing.
00:27:19And we tried to put the book in the center and all that fancy, smashy stuff.
00:27:25And, well, it didn't work.
00:27:29So, like a cult?
00:27:32Well, I mean, um, you could put it that way. No, no, you just...
00:27:38And on the way back to her house, I explained everything.
00:27:41The stuff that Jake saw on the internet, the old man, the crosswords.
00:27:46You really walked her all the way back to her own house?
00:27:49I sure did.
00:27:51So weird. So, what did she say?
00:27:53We have to try again.
00:27:55What?
00:27:57Tomorrow. We have to try again with all of us. I think it'll work.
00:27:58Alright, then, go to the basketball court tomorrow. We'll go from there.
00:28:02Alright, bye.
00:28:04Alright. Bye.
00:28:19She's not coming.
00:28:21She is.
00:28:23She won't.
00:28:25She will.
00:28:26Shut up. She's right there.
00:28:29Told ya.
00:28:31You didn't say Hopper was coming?
00:28:33I didn't know she was.
00:28:35And Abby.
00:28:37Shut up. It's cool. Don't be mad.
00:28:39I'm mad. Seriously, I'm mad.
00:28:41You're overdoing it.
00:28:43Hey. Hey. Hey.
00:28:46Hey.
00:28:48So, what are we doing exactly? Talking to ghosts or whatever?
00:28:51What?
00:28:53Not ghosts. Billy's mom.
00:28:54Really?
00:28:56So, what's the plan here?
00:28:58So, basically, we're going to walk over to Cedar Hill and see if we can get to work this time.
00:29:03That's the plan?
00:29:05More or less.
00:29:07Well, it better be more because less is not cutting it.
00:29:10Shut up.
00:29:12Whatever.
00:29:16I honestly didn't know that she was going to be bringing her friends.
00:29:19But I wasn't mad that she did either.
00:29:21It made me feel better when my friends were around.
00:29:22They were a great distraction from what I was feeling.
00:29:29We all walked from our neighborhood to the cemetery together.
00:29:32We had a plan and we were ready to execute it.
00:29:35Emma was so confident that this was going to work with all of us there, but I wasn't so sure.
00:29:41Does anyone else think this is weird or is it just me?
00:29:44It's just you.
00:29:46Your opinion does not count.
00:29:48I was talking to the non-weird members of the group.
00:29:51I'm not weird.
00:29:53You're a little weird.
00:29:55I'm not.
00:29:57Bro, you're kind of weird, but that's what we like about you.
00:29:59I don't think that's true.
00:30:01I'm not weird.
00:30:03You're a little weird.
00:30:05I'm not.
00:30:07Bro, you're kind of weird, but that's what we like about you.
00:30:08I don't think that's true.
00:30:10I'm not weird.
00:30:12Too bad, you know, I kind of like weird.
00:30:16I can be weird.
00:30:18I'm definitely a little weird.
00:30:19I'm definitely a little weird.
00:30:37Now what?
00:30:39Now we just all need to concentrate.
00:30:41Concentrate on something we remember of Billy's mom.
00:30:45What are we going to do next? Hold her hands?
00:30:47I mean, it's not the worst idea. Combine our energy as one.
00:30:57I'm not holding his hands.
00:31:00Abby, just do it. Everything is about you.
00:31:02Ouch, that had to sting.
00:31:04Guys, concentrate and close your eyes. Billy?
00:31:08Hello, spirits.
00:31:10It's Billy again. Billy Russo.
00:31:14I know we were here before, but we're back.
00:31:18I really need to talk to my mom.
00:31:22It'd mean a lot if I could talk to her again.
00:31:26Please?
00:31:38Well, that didn't work.
00:31:40Abby?
00:31:41No, she's right.
00:31:53You good?
00:31:55Yeah, I'm fine.
00:31:57Sorry about Abby.
00:32:00It's fine.
00:32:02She's right. This is stupid.
00:32:04It's not stupid to want to talk to your mom again.
00:32:07I feel stupid.
00:32:08You shouldn't. It takes a lot of guts to go out and do that in front of your friends.
00:32:13Not that it matters, because it obviously didn't work.
00:32:16Well, maybe, but it was worth a shot.
00:32:20You all right, man?
00:32:22Yeah, I'm good. You guys can head out. I'm just going to sit for a bit.
00:32:26You sure?
00:32:28Yeah.
00:32:30You know, we can stay here and hang out with you for a bit.
00:32:32No, I just want to be alone for a little bit.
00:32:35Okay.
00:32:36Text me if you want me to come back or anything.
00:32:47Come on, guys. He wants to be alone right now.
00:32:51I think he'll get his crossword book.
00:33:07After it didn't work, I just wanted to crawl into a hole.
00:33:12It was so embarrassing.
00:33:14I was so angry that it still wasn't working.
00:33:18So it didn't work?
00:33:21As far as I could tell, nothing was happening.
00:33:26You just sat in the cemetery all alone?
00:33:31Sort of.
00:33:32I miss you so much.
00:33:37Missing people is hard.
00:33:39Where did you come from?
00:33:41That is a hard question to answer. Where do any of us come from, really?
00:33:46Listen, I'm not supposed to talk to strangers, so...
00:33:49That seems reasonable. Solid advice. There's a lot of weirdos out there.
00:33:53I probably shouldn't talk to you either.
00:33:55You're not supposed to talk to strangers.
00:33:58You're not supposed to talk to strangers.
00:34:00I'm not supposed to talk to you either.
00:34:02You're not helping your case.
00:34:04Was I making a case?
00:34:06I don't know what you were doing.
00:34:08That makes two of us.
00:34:10I'm just going to go.
00:34:13I enjoyed this moment in time and I look forward to more just like it.
00:34:17Whatever you say, man.
00:34:21Funny. Real funny.
00:34:24What a freaking weirdo.
00:34:31You guys would not believe what happened at the cemetery when he left.
00:34:37Did he conjure up some ghosts or something?
00:34:40Yeah, what happened, Billy?
00:34:42No ghosts, but I did meet this creepy old man.
00:34:45Only a creepy old man?
00:34:47Did he give you a cursed amulet?
00:34:49Nah, nothing like that. But it was just strange.
00:34:52Strange how?
00:34:54Well, I don't know.
00:34:56Strange how?
00:34:58Well, he just kept talking about missing people and I don't know like weird stuff like enjoying time together. Just strange.
00:35:12Enjoying time together?
00:35:14Bro, you don't even know each other.
00:35:16Well, that's what I'm saying, but get this. The second I turned around, he was gone.
00:35:21That's bizarre.
00:35:23Maybe the Fats Walker or something. You never know.
00:35:26No, like literally. One second he was there, the next, poof, like magic.
00:35:32Maybe he has a teleportation device.
00:35:35Teleportation? Bro, like come on, Mike. Really?
00:35:39Never know.
00:35:41I don't know, but come on. That's strange, right? Strange?
00:35:44I guess.
00:35:46I want to go back.
00:35:48What?
00:35:50Seriously, Billy?
00:35:51Again?
00:35:53Yeah, I'm going to side with Jake here. I don't think you should go back.
00:35:58Well, I just can't shake this feeling that I could connect with my mom again.
00:36:05Billy, maybe we did it wrong, maybe we didn't, but we tried twice and it didn't work. Maybe everything on the internet isn't real.
00:36:18I just have this feeling that something's happening and I just don't know what or why it is, but...
00:36:27Now you're talking about some weird old man, right?
00:36:30Well, then I don't care. This time we'll just avoid him.
00:36:35Billy, we went there twice. We failed twice. There's some old man now. It doesn't make sense to go back. Can we just all agree not to go back?
00:36:47Agreed.
00:36:49Billy?
00:36:51Sure. Agreed.
00:36:58So you never went back after that?
00:37:01Are you going to keep interrupting the story?
00:37:02Yeah, stop interrupting the story.
00:37:04Okay, okay, sorry.
00:37:06Yes, and so the next day I went back to the graveyard.
00:37:11I knew you went back to the graveyard.
00:37:13You're very smart.
00:37:17I really need to talk to you. Dad's not doing too well and I just don't know what to do.
00:37:24Well, well, if it isn't our young world weary wanderer, his self.
00:37:28I told you I'm not supposed to talk to strangers.
00:37:30You're absolutely right. Talking with strangers isn't something one should do.
00:37:37However, we're all just strangers in this vast land, aren't we?
00:37:41What do you mean?
00:37:43In the grand tapestry of existence, we're all just wandering souls, like travelers in a foreign land.
00:37:48And the only familiarity we can find is in the connections we make along the way.
00:37:52So we're all strangers.
00:37:54Indeed. And in our shared strangeness, we can find common ground.
00:37:58We can find common ground.
00:38:00We're all on this journey together, just wandering through life, trying to make sense of it.
00:38:05Maybe you're right. I mean, maybe, maybe being a stranger isn't so bad.
00:38:10Every stranger isn't a villain or a monster, but you are right to be aware of the dangers.
00:38:18I mean, as long as you don't try to be a creep or do anything too weird, it's okay.
00:38:23Fair.
00:38:25You're a wise one, kid.
00:38:27Billy.
00:38:29Billy.
00:38:31Leonard.
00:38:33Nice to meet you.
00:38:35Nice to meet you too, I guess.
00:38:36You know, Billy, this place holds so many stories.
00:38:40Some long forgotten and some still fresh in the memories of those who visit.
00:38:46Well, I can see that, but why are you here?
00:38:49Ah, well, someone very special.
00:38:52My dad was a soldier.
00:38:54He was a soldier.
00:38:56He was a soldier.
00:38:58He was a soldier.
00:39:00He was a soldier.
00:39:02He was a soldier.
00:39:04He was a soldier.
00:39:06And so was my dear wife, Margaret.
00:39:08We shared a love of crossword puzzles.
00:39:10It's kind of our little tradition.
00:39:12Crosswords.
00:39:14I mean, me and my mom loved to do crosswords together.
00:39:18She thought they were really fun.
00:39:20They are fun, but it was so much more than that.
00:39:22It was a connection.
00:39:24It was a way for us to challenge each other's minds and bond over words.
00:39:29Margaret, she had a way with words.
00:39:31She was quick-witted, and she had a knack for always finding just the right ones.
00:39:34just the right ones.
00:39:36No, I'm sorry for your loss, Lennon.
00:39:39I miss her every day, you know?
00:39:42And after she passed,
00:39:43I was hoping to reconnect with her somehow,
00:39:46even in this strange and unfamiliar realm.
00:39:51How do you plan on doing that?
00:39:52Well, you know, they say in the language of symbols
00:39:54and in the memories of those we cherish
00:39:57and in the love we hold in our hearts,
00:39:58that can help us find a way to stay close to those we lost.
00:40:02So you're saying, even though we're all strangers,
00:40:05we can still connect with people we love.
00:40:07Precisely.
00:40:10We may be all strangers in this crazy world,
00:40:13but the bonds we share with those that we love
00:40:16are stronger than any distance.
00:40:18Love transcends all boundaries,
00:40:20even the boundaries of life and death.
00:40:23This life is full of mysteries, Billy,
00:40:25and we may not have all the answers,
00:40:28but you'll realize sometimes it's in the seeking
00:40:33that we find solace.
00:40:35Well, I miss my mom.
00:40:38She died a while ago, but I still think of her every day.
00:40:43I just, I mean, that's why I'm here.
00:40:47I'm sorry to hear about that, Billy.
00:40:48Losing someone we love, it's never easy.
00:40:51I just wish I could talk to her one more time.
00:40:54Well, sometimes the most profound conversations
00:40:56happen in our hearts.
00:40:58You know, like silent dialogues with those that we've lost.
00:41:02What if I could find a way, like you were saying,
00:41:04to talk to them one more time?
00:41:07If you believe in the power of the connection, Billy,
00:41:09who's to say what's possible?
00:41:11You keep your heart open.
00:41:13You just might find the answers you seek.
00:41:17Well, maybe someday I'll find a way
00:41:19to connect with her again.
00:41:21Maybe.
00:41:23I should probably head home now.
00:41:27All right, you take care now, Billy.
00:41:29Don't be a stranger to those around you
00:41:32or to the mysteries of life.
00:41:35You're so weird.
00:41:40Why do you keep doing that?
00:41:42I don't know.
00:41:57You know, something kind of interesting happened today.
00:41:59What happened?
00:42:02Well, I met this old guy named Leonard
00:42:05and we talked about a bunch of stuff.
00:42:07Leonard who?
00:42:09The guy I was telling you about.
00:42:11That's kind of quirky, but cool.
00:42:13Talks about how we're all strangers,
00:42:15but through memories we can connect
00:42:18to the people we've lost.
00:42:20What does that even mean?
00:42:21Even though we're all different,
00:42:22what does that even mean?
00:42:23Even though we're all different
00:42:25in that we can be strangers to each other sometimes,
00:42:29we'll find common ground.
00:42:30And just like when we're,
00:42:35just like how we make memories with the people we've lost
00:42:37and those keep us connected.
00:42:39It's like, even when they're gone,
00:42:41they're not really gone because we remember them.
00:42:43Losing somebody you love must be really hard.
00:42:45Yeah, it really is.
00:42:47I'm sorry you have to go through that too.
00:42:50And he was saying that he was trying
00:42:52to find a way to reconnect with her like I am with my mom.
00:42:55Do you think he'll find a way?
00:42:56Yeah, I think he'll find a way.
00:42:58Just like I think I'll find a way to talk to my mom again.
00:43:01Maybe you and Leonard can help each other
00:43:03keep those two spirits alive in your hearts.
00:43:06Yeah.
00:43:09Maybe.
00:43:14Well, I gotta get going.
00:43:19I have something I wanna talk to you about.
00:43:22Yeah?
00:43:25So, I just feel really like comfortable around you.
00:43:30Like it feels-
00:43:31Different?
00:43:33Yeah, different.
00:43:34Different how?
00:43:35Well, it's like more than friends, whatever that means.
00:43:41All right, well, we should probably get going.
00:43:46Right.
00:43:48Would you like to come meet Leonard at the cemetery?
00:43:52Sure.
00:44:06Hey, dad, do you think you can connect
00:44:10with the people you love even when they're gone?
00:44:15Connect?
00:44:17How do you mean?
00:44:19Well, like talk to them and keep them a part of your life.
00:44:26Talking about mom again.
00:44:29Leonard said we should try to connect
00:44:31with the people we've lost.
00:44:33Leonard?
00:44:36He's this old guy I met at the cemetery.
00:44:39What are you doing playing in the cemetery?
00:44:41I wasn't playing in the cemetery,
00:44:42I was there because I miss mom.
00:44:44I know you miss your mom, we all do.
00:44:47Going to the cemetery is not the right way to cope.
00:44:49Well, Leonard was saying we might be able
00:44:50to find a way to reconnect with mom,
00:44:53like even though she's not there anymore.
00:44:56I understand you're hurting,
00:44:58but talking to mom like that, it's not realistic.
00:45:03She's gone, son, and she's not coming back.
00:45:06Well, you obviously don't understand.
00:45:08You don't know what it's like to lose her.
00:45:10I'm not just gonna forget about her.
00:45:11I didn't mean it that way.
00:45:13I just worry about you spending so much time
00:45:16fantasizing about something that isn't going to happen.
00:45:18Well, I'm not gonna stop, dad.
00:45:20I'm going to find a way to talk to her,
00:45:21even if this is the only way.
00:45:23You're just being silly.
00:45:24Look, that isn't the way reality works.
00:45:28You're being childish.
00:45:30Maybe I'm not the one being unrealistic.
00:45:31Ever considered that?
00:45:33♪♪♪
00:45:39♪♪♪
00:45:46Emma really was a pretty big factor
00:45:48in how many times I ended up at the cemetery.
00:45:51It felt like she really wanted me
00:45:52to be able to connect with my mom,
00:45:54and she really wanted to understand who Leonard was
00:45:57and why I just kept talking about him.
00:45:59Yeah, I was really hoping
00:46:01that you'd be able to meet Leonard today.
00:46:04I think you really like him.
00:46:06Well, where is he?
00:46:08I don't know. He's usually around here somewhere.
00:46:11Is he playing hide-and-seek or something?
00:46:13No, he's not playing hide-and-seek.
00:46:15He's just...
00:46:17He's just unpredictable.
00:46:19What's so special about this guy, anyway?
00:46:22It's just the way he explains things
00:46:24and about connecting with people through time and space.
00:46:28That's some deep stuff.
00:46:31Yeah, I mean, it's just he helps me
00:46:35think of things differently, you know,
00:46:37and especially about my mom.
00:46:41Well, I'm looking forward to meeting him.
00:46:44I'm excited for you to meet him, too.
00:47:00I don't know. It's just he's always right here.
00:47:03Well, should we call his name or something?
00:47:07No, I mean, he's probably deaf by now.
00:47:09I don't know.
00:47:12No, that's not how it works, but I don't know.
00:47:17It's just really weird.
00:47:18Normally, I see him around here.
00:47:20Yeah, well, it doesn't look like he's here.
00:47:23I know that, but it's just weird
00:47:27that he always shows up eventually.
00:47:30Yeah, well, he's not really showing up.
00:47:35What does your dad think about all this?
00:47:37I don't think he'll ever understand.
00:47:40I'm sorry. It must be really hard to deal with.
00:47:43Yeah, I just wish I could get him to understand, though, you know?
00:47:46I'm sorry. I really got to go. My mom's expecting me.
00:47:49Are you sure you can't stay a little longer?
00:47:50I really wanted you to be able to meet Leonard.
00:47:52Yeah, me, too, but I really have to go.
00:47:55Just maybe a little longer.
00:47:59I'm sorry. I got to go.
00:48:04I was really excited for Emma to meet Leonard,
00:48:07but I knew she couldn't sit around waiting all day for him to show up.
00:48:11That didn't mean I wasn't going to wait.
00:48:13I don't remember exactly how long I would sit there waiting to talk to Leonard,
00:48:18but time didn't seem to matter much.
00:48:21I just knew Leonard seemed to be the only one that understood how I was feeling.
00:48:25Having someone that really understood what I was struggling with
00:48:28made it seem like there was hope.
00:48:30Hope that I would be able to talk to my mother again.
00:48:34So, I would wait for as long as it took.
00:48:43Hello there, Billy.
00:48:45Leonard, you would not believe who was just here.
00:48:49My friend Emma. I really wanted you to meet her, but she had to leave.
00:48:52Oh, I'm sorry. I missed her.
00:48:54Would have loved to have met your friend. Mind if I join you?
00:48:57Go ahead.
00:49:00Tell me about her.
00:49:03Emma's incredible. She's smart, kind, pretty, strong.
00:49:07She's pretty strong?
00:49:09No, she's pretty and strong, but now that I think about it, she's pretty strong too.
00:49:13But definitely pretty.
00:49:16Well, she sounds like a remarkable young lady.
00:49:18She has this great sense of humor and always knows how to make me laugh.
00:49:23She even stands up to her older brother, Lance, even when he's being a real jerk.
00:49:27Fool. Well, she sounds like a really special person.
00:49:31You're lucky to have her as a friend.
00:49:33I am. She's the legit best.
00:49:35I mean, Jake and Mike are awesome, but Emma's just different.
00:49:38Hmm.
00:49:41Oh, wow. You know, even though I missed seeing her today, I could tell.
00:49:46It's clear she's had a nice positive impact on your life.
00:49:50And that's what life is all about, right? Connecting with others, just like we talked about.
00:49:54I didn't even think about that.
00:49:55Yeah. You know, listening to you talk about Emma reminds me of someone I hold very dear.
00:50:03Who's that? My wife, Margaret.
00:50:07She was quite something. Just like your Emma, by the sounds of it.
00:50:11How? Margaret was the light of my life, just like Emma sounds like to you.
00:50:17She had this incredible quality of making everyone around her feel special.
00:50:21Just with a smile or a kind word. That's exactly what Emma is, Leonard.
00:50:26When I'm with her, I feel like the luckiest man in the world.
00:50:31Oh, Margaret had this infectious laughter that could brighten up even the darkest days.
00:50:36She would say, life's too short to be sad all the time, my love.
00:50:41My mom used to say that life is always better when you're laughing.
00:50:45I think that's what I like most about Emma. My Margaret and I, we used to do everything together.
00:50:50We'd go on long walks, try to solve those crossword puzzles.
00:50:54We'd just sit quietly, feeling each other's presence.
00:50:57Me and Emma have been spending lots more time together.
00:51:00She even asked me to text her later.
00:51:05You cherish every moment you have with Emma, Billy.
00:51:09That connection is a gift, just like I had with my Margaret. Friendship like that is rare.
00:51:14A lot of people go through their entire lives without ever finding it.
00:51:18Really? Yes, really.
00:51:21I can't imagine life without friends. Me either.
00:51:25My dad doesn't think I should keep trying to connect with mom. He thinks I should just move on.
00:51:53Well, I can understand why your dad might feel that way, Billy.
00:51:56Losing someone you love is never easy, and everyone copes differently.
00:52:00Well, I just hate the feeling of my mom thinking that I've forgotten about her.
00:52:06You know, it's beautiful that you want to honor your mom's memory, Billy.
00:52:10Perhaps you can help your dad understand why it's important to you.
00:52:16Well, how can I do that?
00:52:17Well, you can start by having an honest conversation with him.
00:52:21Share your feelings and explain to him that connecting with your mom is a way to feel closer to her.
00:52:28I've tried, but he just doesn't listen.
00:52:30Well, sometimes it takes people time to see things from our perspective.
00:52:36I just don't know what else to do.
00:52:38You can try to bring back the laughter and the fun like you and your mom had when she was alive.
00:52:44Well, how do I do that?
00:52:46Well, hey, think of the things that made you and your mom laugh.
00:52:49The places you visited, the games you played, and recreate those memories and share them with your dad.
00:52:56I can do that.
00:52:57I'll find a way to help my dad remember the fun times we had with mom.
00:53:02Yes! Friendship and laughter and fun.
00:53:05They have a great way of healing and connecting people.
00:53:09You keep those memories alive and your dad may begin to see things differently.
00:53:14Hey, did you ever gleek?
00:53:16What?
00:53:17Oh, yeah. Gleek.
00:53:18Shoot spit out of your mouth on purpose.
00:53:20You can hit people. Your pets freak them out.
00:53:23Teachers will go nuts.
00:53:24No, I don't have that life skill.
00:53:35So, Billy, you've been talking to Emma a lot recently.
00:53:39What's up with that?
00:53:40We're just hanging out, talking and stuff.
00:53:44Come on, man. Just spill the beans already.
00:53:46Is it world domination? Is it a romantic love novel?
00:53:49Like, just tell us. We're dying to know.
00:53:53No, we're not in no way in a romance novel and definitely not planning world domination.
00:54:01Just help me pass time.
00:54:04What's going on?
00:54:06Friends don't make secrets and secrets don't make friends.
00:54:08Just tell us already.
00:54:13We already know what's going on.
00:54:14Just say it.
00:54:15We won't judge.
00:54:16Well, maybe a little.
00:54:20We talk about everything and nothing, like friends do, like just what I do with you two doofuses.
00:54:26Takes one to know one.
00:54:28OK, guys, don't let's not resort to name calling.
00:54:31Let's just not push it.
00:54:35OK?
00:54:36Appreciate it.
00:54:39But you can't just say I'm talking to Emma without like, like you're just leaving us all wet at this point.
00:54:48Jake, let's, I said leave it just not to escalate it.
00:54:53But does your heart race when you see her?
00:54:58Me and Emma just, um, we already know it.
00:55:01Just say it.
00:55:02Nothing to say.
00:55:03Nothing at all on the topic of Emma.
00:55:06Nothing.
00:55:06Not even your undying love for each other.
00:55:09It's not like that.
00:55:10Bull.
00:55:10Yeah, bull.
00:55:12All right.
00:55:12All right.
00:55:14I like Emma, but like more than friends, whatever that means.
00:55:19Knew it.
00:55:21So now that we know, you're going to tell us everything.
00:55:23And when are you going to ask her out?
00:55:25I haven't gotten to that yet.
00:55:27I'm figuring it out.
00:55:28Well, what are you thinking?
00:55:30I don't know.
00:55:31What do you even say?
00:55:32That's how you do it, Billy.
00:55:34You gotta whistle up like, hey, babe, you and me,
00:55:38that's what it is now.
00:55:39Mwah.
00:55:42There's zero chance you're doing that.
00:55:44How would you do it?
00:55:46Here's what you gotta do.
00:55:47You gotta go up to her.
00:55:47Wait, wait, wait.
00:55:48No, this is how you really do it.
00:55:52You're no longer single.
00:55:53Let that sink in.
00:56:00What are you even talking about?
00:56:02What?
00:56:04What you gotta do is you gotta go up to her.
00:56:06You know what?
00:56:06No, no, no.
00:56:08You gotta be like, whoa, Emma, your hand, it looks so heavy.
00:56:15Do you want me to hold it?
00:56:17Mwah.
00:56:19That's how you do it.
00:56:21You're an idiot.
00:56:23Don't say any of that, none of that, none of that at all.
00:56:27Not going to.
00:56:28You're going to do something, though.
00:56:30You know what?
00:56:31This is how you really should do it.
00:56:35Feel that?
00:56:37And when she goes to feel it, you say, you know what that is?
00:56:39Boyfriend material.
00:56:41Boom, mic drop.
00:56:46You're going to say something other than that, though, right?
00:56:49Yeah.
00:56:51Well, maybe.
00:56:52I don't know.
00:56:54Probably not.
00:56:55Well, that clears it up.
00:57:02What are you guys up to?
00:57:03Not much.
00:57:04Well, is your friend Leonard?
00:57:06Yeah, but he showed up like right after you left.
00:57:08Really?
00:57:09I mean, well, that's great.
00:57:11I mean, I guess, but I really wanted you to meet him.
00:57:14Well, maybe he's there now.
00:57:17Maybe.
00:57:19What are you guys talking about?
00:57:21Leonard.
00:57:22Leonard, Leonard.
00:57:24Oh, the old guy you keep on talking about.
00:57:26Yeah.
00:57:27Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:57:29You keep on talking about.
00:57:30Yeah.
00:57:31What about him?
00:57:32Well, did you guys meet him yet?
00:57:34No.
00:57:35Nope.
00:57:35Well, maybe he's there now.
00:57:37He might be.
00:57:38So let's go.
00:57:39The cemetery again?
00:57:42I mean, I'm down.
00:57:45That's what I was saying, like the cemetery again.
00:57:47Let's go.
00:57:57Hey, wait.
00:57:58It's tough when you feel that.
00:58:00Boyfriend material, boom.
00:58:12I could have sworn he was here the last time.
00:58:16Are you sure this Leonard guy is even real?
00:58:19Yeah, we've been here for a while, and he's not here.
00:58:22Yeah, are you sure you weren't just like talking to yourself?
00:58:25I don't talk to myself.
00:58:26Oh, you have an imaginary friend.
00:58:29No, Leonard's real.
00:58:30I've talked to him here before.
00:58:33Guys, let's not make this a big deal and just go back, OK?
00:58:38I just still can't believe we could
00:58:39have been chasing someone who might not even be real.
00:58:42Yeah, are you sure you weren't just imagining the whole thing?
00:58:45Why would I imagine an old man and have
00:58:47a whole conversation with him?
00:58:49You might.
00:58:49Why would I do that, Abby?
00:58:50That doesn't even make sense.
00:58:52I don't know.
00:58:53You might.
00:58:53I wouldn't.
00:58:54Guys, Billy said he saw this guy, so he saw this guy, OK?
00:58:58Come on, Mike.
00:58:59He probably just made up this whole story
00:59:00just to get attention.
00:59:02What are you trying to say?
00:59:03Ever since we encouraged you to connect with your mom,
00:59:06you've been looking for more and more attention.
00:59:08Abby.
00:59:10Tell me I'm wrong.
00:59:12Well, it's just hard to believe in something
00:59:14we've never actually seen.
00:59:17Guys, I know it sounds crazy, but Leonard's real.
00:59:20He has to be around here somewhere,
00:59:21or maybe he just shows up at different times or something.
00:59:25Jake, Mike, you know the first time, remember?
00:59:28When you said that the guy who was chasing us?
00:59:31He wasn't chasing us.
00:59:32Well, I thought he was, but.
00:59:33But we didn't see him.
00:59:36You said once, so we ran.
00:59:38Yeah, we believed you.
00:59:39We ran.
00:59:41Billy, this may sound harsh or whatever,
00:59:43but I think this whole obsession with talking with your mom
00:59:48is just time to let it go.
00:59:50You have to move on.
00:59:52It's not an obsession.
00:59:54What else should I do?
00:59:55Just forget about my mom?
00:59:57Billy, no one's saying you should forget your mom.
00:59:59My dad is.
01:00:00Now Harper, Jake, and even you.
01:00:02What about the rest of you?
01:00:03You think I should just forget about her too?
01:00:05No one is saying.
01:00:07We already heard what you think, Jake.
01:00:09Mike?
01:00:12Abby?
01:00:15Emma?
01:00:16That's not what we're trying to say.
01:00:17We're just saying maybe it's time to move on.
01:00:19I thought you guys were my friends.
01:00:20I thought you understood.
01:00:21Billy.
01:00:22Just forget it.
01:00:23Who needs you anyways?
01:00:25Billy, wait.
01:00:26Just leave me alone.
01:00:37Your friends weren't being very good friends.
01:00:40I don't know if that's entirely true.
01:00:42They didn't even believe you.
01:00:44Friends aren't supposed to trust each other.
01:00:46Well, yes, of course they are, but I mean,
01:00:48you can't even expect even your closest friends to believe
01:00:51something they can't see, right?
01:00:53Maybe not, but if my friends treated me like that,
01:00:55I'd be pretty mad at them.
01:00:57I'm mad I was.
01:01:19Billy, you OK?
01:01:20You look upset.
01:01:22Am I OK?
01:01:23No, I'm not OK.
01:01:24Where have you been?
01:01:26I'm here now.
01:01:28You always show up when nobody else is around.
01:01:30Every time I try to introduce you to my friends,
01:01:32you just disappear.
01:01:34Now they think I'm crazy.
01:01:36I'm sorry if I've embarrassed you.
01:01:38I didn't mean to.
01:01:39Sorry?
01:01:40You're sorry.
01:01:41Sorry doesn't explain anything.
01:01:43Why are you only there when I'm not?
01:01:45I'm not there when you're not.
01:01:47Why are you only there when it's just me?
01:01:50Billy, that isn't really the way the universe works.
01:01:53People can't always be there when we want them to be.
01:01:56I need someone to be there when it's
01:01:57not just convenient for them.
01:02:00Billy, you sure this is about me?
01:02:03Who else would it be about?
01:02:04You're the only one who makes me look crazy
01:02:06in front of all my friends.
01:02:08Maybe I am crazy.
01:02:10The world is full of crazy things,
01:02:13crazy, unimaginable things that we can't possibly
01:02:15understand or explain.
01:02:18I don't need the whole universe to explain to me.
01:02:20I need to know why nobody is there for me when
01:02:22I need them to be there.
01:02:24Maybe we don't know when we need people to be there
01:02:27and when we don't need them to be there.
01:02:28Maybe people are just there when they're supposed to be.
01:02:31They're supposed to be there when you need them.
01:02:34Maybe you needed me here now.
01:02:37I needed you here when my friends were here
01:02:39so they wouldn't act like I'm crazy.
01:02:41What is crazy anyway?
01:02:42I'm crazy for thinking that you were my friend.
01:02:44No, uh-uh, no.
01:02:46That's not crazy.
01:02:47And I'm delighted you think we're friends.
01:02:49If we were friends, explain to me why you're only here
01:02:51when nobody else is around.
01:02:54I can't explain what I don't know myself.
01:02:57What does that even mean?
01:03:00It means that I can't explain why something is happening
01:03:02the way it is when I don't know why that thing is happening.
01:03:10Maybe I am crazy.
01:03:11And then what?
01:03:12What if you are?
01:03:13What if I'm what?
01:03:14What if you're crazy?
01:03:15And then what?
01:03:15I don't know.
01:03:16Well, then the part of you that thinks you're crazy
01:03:19and doesn't think and know that you're amazing
01:03:23and you're capable of wonderful things is an idiot.
01:03:27And you should stop listening to it.
01:03:32I should stop listening to everybody
01:03:34because nobody cares anyways.
01:03:45You know what?
01:03:48I hate you!
01:03:49I hate that you do this.
01:03:51You always just disappear.
01:03:54Everybody just leaves me.
01:03:59And it was stupid.
01:04:00It was stupid to think that you'd want to talk to me again.
01:04:02Dad was right.
01:04:03There's no point.
01:04:05You're gone and that's that.
01:04:07That was it.
01:04:10I was finished with trying to talk to her.
01:04:12She obviously didn't want to talk to me.
01:04:14I had never felt so angry in my entire life as I did then.
01:04:18And as much as I wanted to go somewhere,
01:04:20there was nowhere for me to go.
01:04:21I was afraid to say anything.
01:04:27I couldn't believe what I was thinking.
01:04:30I just wanted you to be happy, but I couldn't.
01:04:32I just didn't want you to be have to feel like a fool
01:04:35There was nowhere for me to go.
01:04:38I couldn't go home and be around my dad.
01:04:40I couldn't go to the court and risk seeing my friends.
01:04:43So I just sat there stewing.
01:04:55Billy.
01:04:56What are you doing here?
01:04:58I was worried about you.
01:05:00I thought you wanted someone to talk to.
01:05:02You never want to talk about mom.
01:05:03You think I just forget about her and move on.
01:05:05I was just trying to help you.
01:05:07I don't want you dwelling on something that can't be changed.
01:05:10But I miss her dad.
01:05:11I thought talking to her would make me feel closer to her again.
01:05:14I just want what's best for you.
01:05:16I feel alone like nobody understands.
01:05:18You're not alone.
01:05:19I'm here for you.
01:05:21Then explain to me why you don't care about mom anymore.
01:05:25It's not that I don't care about your mom.
01:05:27I miss her too.
01:05:29What you're doing?
01:05:30Trying to talk to her?
01:05:32It's illogical.
01:05:33It's not going to bring her back.
01:05:35So I just forget about her?
01:05:37Like she never existed?
01:05:38Is that what you want?
01:05:39No, of course not.
01:05:41But I'm worried that holding on to the past is making it hard for you to move on.
01:05:44To live your life.
01:05:45Live my life?
01:05:46Mom was our life.
01:05:47She was the one that made me laugh.
01:05:48She was the one that made me feel safe.
01:05:49I know that.
01:05:51But I want you to find some happiness in the present.
01:05:53Your mom wouldn't want you stuck in the past.
01:05:55You don't know what mom would want.
01:05:57You don't care about anything anymore.
01:05:59Billy!
01:06:00Leave me alone!
01:06:27I'm sorry.
01:06:57Hey Bobby, it's funny running into you here.
01:07:17Just leave me alone, Lance.
01:07:19You feeling tough?
01:07:21I'm not in the mood.
01:07:23Did you hear that, Colin?
01:07:24He's not in the mood.
01:07:25I heard.
01:07:26Well, I'm in the mood.
01:07:27Yeah, he's in the mood.
01:07:28Get your breath out of my face and go away.
01:07:32Too bad my baby sister's not here to save you this time.
01:07:34Go away, Lance!
01:07:36Or what?
01:07:40Get off of him!
01:07:41Bobby, stop!
01:07:42Stop!
01:07:43Stop!
01:07:44Bobby, stop!
01:07:45Get off of him!
01:07:46Bobby, stop!
01:07:48My name's Billy.
01:07:50Asshole.
01:07:51Asshole.
01:07:55You actually did that?
01:07:57Well, I didn't say I was proud of it, but that is what happened.
01:08:01He deserved it.
01:08:03Yeah, maybe.
01:08:22I see you found a treasure there.
01:08:26You know about this book, too?
01:08:29Well, not that one specifically, but those puzzles bring back memories of my own wife, Margaret.
01:08:35She'd sit there and wrestle with those crossword puzzles for hours.
01:08:40Margaret, you say?
01:08:42Yeah, I'm Leonard.
01:08:44I'm Leonard.
01:08:46I'm Leonard.
01:08:48I'm Leonard.
01:08:49I'm Leonard.
01:08:52Charles.
01:08:54She must have been quite a woman.
01:08:55Oh, she was the love of my life.
01:08:57She had a knack for those crossword puzzles, even the tough ones.
01:09:00Made me laugh every time she got an answer wrong.
01:09:04Yeah.
01:09:05What is it about wives that make us love them in a way that we want to laugh at them?
01:09:10You know, life's full of mysteries.
01:09:12Sometimes the answers are right in front of us, hidden in little moments.
01:09:17I loved hearing my wife laugh.
01:09:20Even when she got frustrated with her crosswords, she did crosswords just like your wife.
01:09:27Her laughter was infectious.
01:09:30Margaret had the most contagious laugh.
01:09:32I'd sit there and just listen to her chuckle while she tried to figure out those silly puzzles.
01:09:37It's funny how something as simple as a crossword puzzle can bring so much joy and frustration.
01:09:43I admired Margaret's determination.
01:09:45She never gave up, no matter how tricky the puzzle was.
01:09:48Sarah was just the same.
01:09:50Stubborn in the best way.
01:09:52We were lucky to have such incredible women in our lives.
01:09:56Yes, we were.
01:09:59You know, Billy's determination to figure out how to talk to his mother
01:10:03reminds me a lot of how you're describing your wife's determination to finish those crossword puzzles.
01:10:09Billy is just like his mother in all the best ways.
01:10:16Sarah must be so proud of the young man Billy's becoming.
01:10:20I hope so, Leonard.
01:10:23I miss her every day.
01:10:29I'm sure she's watching over both of you with a smile.
01:10:34I'm sure she's watching over both of you with a smile.
01:10:40I don't think she'd be smiling if she could see how I've been acting lately.
01:10:44Well, you're doing what you believe is best for him.
01:10:46As long as you're doing that through love, I'm sure she's smiling.
01:10:50That's just it. I think I've been doing it out of fear.
01:10:55Fear and love. Powerful and dangerous combination.
01:11:03I have to go, Leonard.
01:11:10Thanks for...
01:11:14Strange man. Nice. Strange.
01:11:19So what happened?
01:11:20To what?
01:11:21To you.
01:11:22Oh, right. Well, honestly, at that point I kind of felt like it was me against the world.
01:11:28You know? Me and my friends had left me. Leonard made me look crazy.
01:11:32And Pop-Poppy didn't understand a thing I was trying to tell him, so...
01:11:37Honestly, it's probably the loneliest I've ever felt.
01:11:54Hey, I'm sorry for making you feel crazy. I shouldn't have doubted you.
01:11:59It's not just that. It's about everything.
01:12:03Ever since my mom, I miss her every day, and now I feel like I'm losing my dad, too.
01:12:08He doesn't understand why I want to connect her there again.
01:12:13I'm sorry. I can't imagine how that must feel.
01:12:15Yeah, and now I feel like I'm losing my friends, too. You guys think I'm crazy, and that hurts.
01:12:20And now it feels like everything's falling apart.
01:12:23I'm sorry. Is there any way I can help?
01:12:25I don't think you can help without my mom, but it means a lot that you're trying to understand.
01:12:33If you want to go back and talk to our friends, we can tell them how you're feeling, or at least try to explain.
01:12:39I mean, I guess that could help if they understood what was happening.
01:12:45And if you want to go back to the cemetery, I'll go. We can figure out this Leonard guy or try to talk to your mom again.
01:12:56You're doing all right, Billy.
01:12:58I'm okay, I guess.
01:13:00You know we're your boys, right?
01:13:02We're like a family. We got your back.
01:13:05It's just lately, it feels like everything's falling apart around me.
01:13:09And ever since my mom died, it felt really lost.
01:13:13That's got to be really hard.
01:13:15Yeah, that's got to be super hard. Not feeling noticed by anyone.
01:13:18I mean, obviously, it's hard, but it's hard.
01:13:20That's got to be really hard.
01:13:22Yeah, that's got to be super hard. Not feeling noticed by anyone.
01:13:25I mean, obviously, I don't have that problem because everyone sees me.
01:13:28But I don't think you're feeling noticed because you're having this whole conversation with us.
01:13:33Maybe you are feeling noticed, and maybe I'm just not seeing it.
01:13:37But you're probably not going to want to tell us that because...
01:13:39Abby, I think you're missing the point.
01:13:41Really?
01:13:43Yeah, really.
01:13:45You get what I'm trying to say, right?
01:13:47Sure, Abby. Totally.
01:13:48That's what I would do if I lost my mom.
01:13:50I appreciate it, but it's not just about my mom. It's my dad, too.
01:13:53Ever since my mom died, he's been really distant. It's been really hard.
01:13:58Well, maybe we can try to find a way for you and your dad to connect better.
01:14:02Yeah, like you two could play a game you both enjoy or do something you both like.
01:14:05Maybe you could do that crossword puzzle you were talking about earlier.
01:14:08Oh, shoot. I think I really messed up.
01:14:11What happened?
01:14:13I threw the crossword book in the cemetery earlier.
01:14:15You threw it in the cemetery?
01:14:16Yeah, I was really upset earlier and nobody was listening to me and I was really angry, so I just threw it.
01:14:22Then let's go get it.
01:14:23Let's go get it.
01:14:45I don't know where else to look.
01:14:47Don't worry, we'll find it.
01:14:49Billy.
01:14:50Billy.
01:14:52Oh my god, you found it. Thank you.
01:14:57Jake, Mike, girls. How y'all doing?
01:15:00You know what it is, Mr. R.
01:15:02No, I don't believe I do.
01:15:05You do, though.
01:15:07Hey, Mr. R.
01:15:09What's up, Mike?
01:15:11Billy, I met Leonard.
01:15:13You did?
01:15:14Yeah. Interesting man.
01:15:16I know, right?
01:15:17We got to talking and he was chatting about his wife Margaret and how she loved crossword puzzles.
01:15:22Crosswords like the ones that your mom used to do?
01:15:25Yeah, the very same.
01:15:27Margaret loved to do crosswords just like Sarah loved to do crosswords.
01:15:30And we were talking about the joy they both found in doing the puzzles.
01:15:33Wait, Margaret did crossword puzzles here in a cemetery alone?
01:15:37Uh, I don't know. Maybe.
01:15:40Why would someone do puzzles here?
01:15:42What do you mean?
01:15:43Why would someone come to a cemetery just to do crossword puzzles alone?
01:15:47I suppose to spend time with someone they loved and lost.
01:15:51Exactly.
01:15:53Wait, Billy, are you thinking that like that like...
01:15:56That's exactly what I'm thinking.
01:15:58Wait, what are we thinking?
01:16:00If Leonard's wife did puzzles here, maybe Leonard didn't lose his wife.
01:16:03Maybe his wife lost him.
01:16:05Exactly. That's why when we did the ritual from the internet, we connected with Leonard because of the crosswords.
01:16:10My mind is officially blown.
01:16:13For real.
01:16:15So, you're saying Leonard...
01:16:18Is a ghost, yes. That's why he only shows up on specific times and places.
01:16:22So if he's looking for her and can't find her...
01:16:25Then his wife is looking for him on the other side. We need to go find Leonard.
01:16:29Wait, Billy, don't you think that we should stay behind?
01:16:33Every time we tried to find him, he never showed up for us.
01:16:36Good idea. I'll be right back.
01:16:39Dad.
01:16:40What? I already met him. He'll come out if I'm there.
01:16:43Mike.
01:16:45Yeah, that checks out.
01:16:47Alright.
01:16:50Leonard is a ghost? Like an actual ghost?
01:16:53Are you gonna let me finish the story?
01:16:56Holy crap. Does that mean the ritual actually works? We can actually talk to Pop-Pop?
01:17:02So...
01:17:04Pop-Pop and I went off to find Leonard.
01:17:06And we knew we had to be close because Pop-Pop had literally just spoken with him not that long.
01:17:10I can't believe it actually works.
01:17:12Leonard.
01:17:14We've got to tell you something.
01:17:16Yeah, there's no easy way to say this, so I'm just gonna say it.
01:17:20Okay. Let's have it.
01:17:22Okay. Well, the thing is...
01:17:24You're a ghost. Like an actual ghost.
01:17:26Yeah.
01:17:28I see.
01:17:30Hmm. I prefer spirit, I think.
01:17:33What?
01:17:34Yeah, spirit. You know, assuming I am, in fact, from the other side, I prefer spirit to ghost.
01:17:40Really? Why?
01:17:42Yeah, ghost. It's more, like, haunting and scary. And spirit means, like, you know, mystical and maybe wise.
01:17:49That's kind of presumptuous to think you're wise and magical.
01:17:53Dad, stop.
01:17:55I'm just saying.
01:17:57So you're a spirit?
01:17:59Huh. You know, I always suspected something was different about me.
01:18:01However, that's not exactly what it is.
01:18:04No, you are, though.
01:18:07Like, we, my friends, did this ritual from the internet because I really miss my mom, so I tried to connect with her.
01:18:13But instead of connecting with her, we connected with you because you and Margaret's love for crosswords.
01:18:18Ah, I see.
01:18:22And as exciting as it would be for that to be what is happening here, it just isn't, buddy.
01:18:28What? Every time we see you, you just appear and vanish.
01:18:32Yeah, explain that. It happened when we spoke.
01:18:35Well, I never enter through the front of the cemetery because my house is over there, through that trail.
01:18:41And I walk through that trail a couple times a day to visit Margaret's grave.
01:18:45Not the same time every day, just when the mood strikes me.
01:18:48Actually, that makes sense.
01:18:51Well, how come every time we talk, you just vanish?
01:18:54I don't just vanish.
01:18:55Really?
01:18:57Really.
01:18:59Did neither of you two come back and look around for me when I vanished?
01:19:03Well, no.
01:19:05Actually, now that you mention it.
01:19:25Holy shit, he's real.
01:19:29I'm very happy to see both of you here together, believing in magic and connecting with those that you lost in love.
01:19:37I guess it just took a little believing in magic to get me out of my own way.
01:19:42Yes, figuring out how to get out of one's own way is important.
01:19:46I myself have struggled with that from time to time over the years.
01:19:49Wait, if you're not a ghost...
01:19:51Spirit.
01:19:52If I'm not a spirit, then does that mean I can't connect with my mom and talk to her?
01:19:56No, that's not what that means at all.
01:19:59It means you're always talking with your mom, no matter what you're doing.
01:20:03No matter who you're with or where you go, as long as you remember always to follow your heart.
01:20:08That's your mom with you everywhere you go.
01:20:11Really?
01:20:13Yes, really.
01:20:15Every time you remember the things she said or what you did or things she taught you and you do those things,
01:20:20that's your mom living on here in you.
01:20:26Really?
01:20:28Yes, really.
01:20:30And you, don't forget to believe in magic.
01:20:33And don't forget to laugh.
01:20:35And most important, don't forget that the most important parts of Sarah are right here in your boy.
01:20:43Yeah, they are.
01:20:45Thanks, Leonard.
01:20:47Now, who is all this riff-raff lingering over there?
01:20:51Oh, yeah, those are my friends. Come on, I really want you to meet them.
01:20:55Alright, sounds good, kid.
01:20:57Hey, which one's Emma?
01:20:59The cute one.
01:21:01Of course. Dog.
01:21:07He's not dead.
01:21:09No, bud. Leonard wasn't a ghost.
01:21:13But he was my friend.
01:21:15And he helped me to understand that just because my mom wasn't there, doesn't mean that she's not here.
01:21:22And just because Pop-Pop is gone, doesn't mean he isn't here with us.
01:21:26Exactly, Charlie.
01:21:27Leonard helped me live my life in a way that helped me remember my mom and everything that I do.
01:21:33Is that why you always do crossword puzzles? To feel like she's closer to you?
01:21:38It is.
01:21:40And if you do the things that you used to do with Pop-Pop, he will feel like he's right here with you, too.
01:21:49Thanks, Dad.
01:21:51You're welcome.
01:21:52He will feel like he's right here with you, too.
01:21:56Thanks, Dad.
01:21:58Hey, where are you going?
01:22:00Outside.
01:22:02Okay. Hey.
01:22:04Yeah?
01:22:06I love you guys.
01:22:08Love you too, Dad.
01:22:12Hey!
01:22:14What?
01:22:16You two behave yourselves. If you can't behave yourselves, don't get caught.
01:22:20Okay.
01:22:50I love you.
01:23:20I love you.
01:23:50Forest for the trees are the melody in my soul.
01:23:58If I could see beyond the clouds, I'd see the gray skies were gone.
01:24:07The gray skies were gone.
01:24:20And in the times, I wonder why I had to go through that.
01:24:26Why I got so low.
01:24:31To someone else, it's in that place.
01:24:34I can't say you're not alone.
01:24:41I know we can't see the forest for the trees are the melody in your soul.
01:24:51If you could just see beyond the clouds, you'd see the gray skies were gone.
01:25:00Gray skies were gone.