TV Channel 50 FoxFamily, Fri, February 11, 2000, "What Remains."
Written by Craig Volk, Directed By David Straiton.

Sometimes it just seems like things aren't getting any better. And I keep feeling the same way over and over. Juliette, things get better. You came to us six months ago, and I've seen you every day since, and I can tell you, you've changed. You've got tools you've never had before. Think graduation. I'll be out of here in three months. There's light at the end of the tunnel. Yeah, I'll try to remember that.

( Hannah ) Thought any more about your plans? I was just gonna talk to you about that. I was thinking of spending the summer as an intern here at horizon. As a counselor? Yeah. Great. Come talk to me.

This is a day hike, guys. Just up and back. Unless you want to be coming down in the dark, I'd keep up pace. Don't look at me. Talk to her.

I don't think I can do this today. Juliette, you were fine five minutes ago. Well, I'm not fine now. Did you eat breakfast? Yes, everything. I did. I ate. She's not lying. I saw her. You look kind of pale. Stomach cramps? Hey. This is for real, right? Maybe she just needs her daily barf. I'm not faking. Okay. Katherine, I want you to take juliette back down to campus, get her to Dr. Gibbs. You know, I have this shooting pain -- Hey, Jules. Stay cool, huh? What?

( Juliette ) Hey, what's ourhurry? I have better things to do. Like what? Like not getting sucked into your little deception. I'm really not feeling well. Then let's get you to the doctor. Come on, juliette. I can't do this right now. Kate, I'm really sick. Do you want me to and get help? Do whatever you want. I'll take that as a yes. Take it however you want it. All right. Just stay put. Wait by that tree and don't move. Got it? I got it. I'll be right back. Hey, don't hurry on my account.

Ow...Ow. I just want to get back to my bed. If I never see another tree... ( Screaming )

[moaning]

Help! Help! Ow! Get me out of here! I'm down here! Down here! Can somebody hear me? Hannah! Somebody hear me?

This isn't happening! This isn't happening! What am I supposed to do? Um, I'm supposed to... Assess myself. Blood. Not bad blood. Wrists and ankle hurt. Sprained, I think -- only sprained. At least my cramps are gone. Okay. Assess opportunities for rescue. There's got to be another... [screaming]

Juliette! Are you sure you left her here? Yes. I'm not sure. I don't know. I -- I thought it was. I -- I thought I passed right down there. Did you take your bearings off anything? You should have. How was she acting? She was upset. About? Things. Her stomach, having to walk... Why didn't she just listen to me? Maybe she had an escape plan. Not Juliette. She's not a runner. Can't rule out she might have been abducted. Did you see or hear anyone around here? [Kat nodded.] Doesn't mean they weren't here. Doesn't mean they were. Bear or mountain lion might have dragged her off. It has happened before. Curtis, let's just assume for now she wandered off. I should have listened to her. Tried to carry her or something. And here I am talking to Hannah about being a counselor.


You did the right thing going for help.

( Hannah ) Please, just stop moaning about it.

What's happened? We can't find juliette. Peter. You're kidding, right? What -- what do you mean you can't find her? She just vanished? Come on, she's got to be around here somewhere. All right. Settle. Wherever she is, she couldn't have gone far. Okay? Sun's going down. We can't keep searching for her in the dark. It's too dangerous. We got to get off this mountain. I'm staying. Okay. Me too. I'm not leaving without her. Yeah, me too. Yeah, I'll hang out. No. We're all going down together. Juliette knows to stay close. If she wanders back, Hannah will be here. I'm staying. All right, she's gonna freak out there. She won't remember a thing. No. We're all going down. Now come on.

What are you looking at? Just observing.

( Hannah ) Juliette! Juliette! Look at me. Just go. Hannah, look at me. It's going to be okay. It is. Juliette! ( Echoing ) Juliette...Juliette... Juliette...

Why is this happening? Please, I don't want to be in the dark. Some people say I'm too thin. Look at you.

Juliette!

Juliette. Juliette, turn off that light. Mom? I want you bright and sunny tomorrow. Nauils done, Ebrows plucked, the works. Daniel's coming over. Daniel. The new one. The only one. I'm not feeling well today. Then eat breakfast, but don't overdo it because we're having lunch at Pinot's, and I want you ordering and eating. I thought this was my weekend to be with daddy. I cancelled it. I wanted to see him. This is not about what you want. Your father's history. Your stepfather's history. Daniel is your future. Why does she always make me feel like this? ( Animal howling )

There's a canyon there and a canyon there and a river to the north. She couldn't have wandered off far. Unless she fell or got dragged off by a wild animal. Curtis, enough of the lions-and-bears thing. How about a glimmer of hope here? Hey, Parks department's got a new trainer in our field office. Supposed to be an expert on tracking. How's that for a glimmer? Call him.

Going to be a long night for Hannah out there. it's going to be a long night for all of us.

( Auggie ) man, this sucks. ( Scott ) so she didn't say anything to you? ( Katherine ) Not much. So where was her head at? Yeah. Was she like "juliette whiney or Juliette pissed"? What did you do that for? Just don't dis on her. I wasn't. Knowing her mood of the moment is part of the clue here. Now, was she pouting or was she tripping? Both. Not Good. Curtis says she could have been abducted. That's great. So some hillbilly with a rifle rack makes off with her? Aliens. Can never rule them out. Nobody jacked her, all right? Wasn't nobody up there except us. I always felt so safe up here. Protected. Not like back at home. Home... Where the heart wasn't.

Well, look who's here. Hey, how about we cut the gloom and doom, campers? Look, we all know juliette is a drama queen who loves lapping up attention. My guess is that she's gone into seclusion until it's time for her to make her grand re-entrance. What? What did I say?

Juliette? Brought you a sleeping bag, some soup, and some company. I'm not sleepy and I'm not hungry. Company I could definitely use. Peter, I shouldn't have left her with katherine. She wasn't feeling well. Juliette's been known to cry wolf. You couldn't know for sure. It was real. I could see it in her eyes. You didn't do anything wrong. I would have done the same thing.

Listen, you really don't have to stay here tonight. No sense both of us getting a miserable night's sleep. I'm staying. I want to be here. Besides, I'm your boss, unless you forget. I can do anything I please. Tell that to the kids, too? No, just my, uh, stubborn coworkers. Me, stubborn? What about you? Okay, we're both stubborn. I'm glad you're here. Left side or right side of the fire? Left. Hannah? Yeah? Can't stare a hole into the darkness. Why don't you try and get some sleep? Yeah, later.

No one found you in here, did they? Is that what's gonna happen to me?

Juliette! ( Echoing ) Juliette... She's got to be out here somewhere. If she is. I'll have her back by lunch. I can't imagine what's going through her mind right now.

What? What's so funny? You're right. Why would I eat now? We're gonna be down here forever. You know that, don't you?

So what's taking search and rescue so long? They're professionals. Give me a double pepperoni pizza and a barf bag and I'll have juliette back in an hour. Shelby, how about you shut your pie-hole, huh? Don't say I didn't tell you. What makes you so sure? She's psychically charged. Yeah, right. How'd you like me to turn you into a dung heap?

Which one of you is search and which one's rescue? I'm Aaron Reifel. This is Hank Farris. Aren't you a little young for a smoky suit, Hank? Where's Sheriff Swan? He's inside. I'll show you. ( Clearing throat ) you're drooling. And you could be bleeding.

She was last seen approximately here. I saw her last. I'm not exactly sure where I left her. Can you at least get close to where you split up? Yes. That's all I'll need. I'll get a bead on her from there. Hope you're right. Finding her is the easy part. You see, the rock platform contains pockets of limestone, and water channels turn those into sinkholes. We might not find her above ground.

Peter. They're here. Where's your other men? He didn't want them just yet. Says the fewer tramping around up here the better. Katherine, can you come here? Hank, you too. You know, maybe I should get the rest of my men up here. No, let the man do his work. You sure it was here and not up there? It could have been.

[screaming out] You know what's so funny about pain? It's all mine. I can start it and stop it. It's all mine. I own it. You know what I mean?

Are you cutting yourself again? Are you? No. What about your calorie count? It's what we agreed to. I want my diet pills back. You promised me you wouldn't get this way again. I didn't mean to. You want me to put you back in the hospital, do you? No. You want them to shove that tube back down your throat and be force-fed again? No. You're making Daniel really nervous. Are you trying to blow this for us? Are you listening to me? Yes!

Jule! You sure she's down there? More of it will give way if we get closer. I'll go down on a rope. I'll do it.

I despise you when you get this way.

Use your tools.

I have given you everything I know how to give. Make her stop! Time and time again you challenge me. You hate me.

Use the tools hannah taught you.

You make me feel like my life is all but unbearable. I won't listen to this! Why do I have to put up with this from my own daughter, why? Why?

Take Control.

You have no right! Your behavior is unacceptable.

Don't give her the power to hurt you.

I will not be made to pay the price for your pathetic acts of defiance. I'm not defiant.

Tell her, tell her the truth.

I'm sick! Then you need to be taken care of. Put away up on that mountain. Out of my sight. Yes, send me there. Away from you and your abuse! You have no right, and I won't allow it!

Good. You took control. She can't hurt you anymore. You're free. Thank you. Thank you.

Juliette. I got her!

i was afraid. I mean... I was lost down there and it was getting dark. Never fear the dark. Then my mother... My mother and all her attacks on me. It started...It started coming back down there. I saw her down there.



I did. Your mother. Juliette, we're all really proud of you. Yep. You did exactly what we taught you. Now I want you to eat and spend the rest of the day recuperating in your dorm, okay?

Where is she? Where's who? The girl with the shawl. You mean the bones? Dr. Gibbs is taking a look at them. Coroner's off the mountain, so he's kind of pinch-hitting. Those bones must have really spooked you out, huh, jule? No. She was with me. She helped me. She stood up for me.

All right, let's let Juliette finish eating and the rest of you, off to class. No way. Way. I do think we've already put in a full day. Entitles us to some free time. At least till... Lunch. Grumble, grumble. Go to class now. Glad you're back, Jules.

Juliette, you really do need to eat something. Where did Dr. Gibbs take her? To the science lab. She saved me, you know. Sweetie, do you want to talk about this? I just did. Okay, well, just, um... Just finish up then. And back to the dorm, okay?

What do you think? Well, obviously she's been traumatized. Give her time to settle. I got to let Frank know.

You hanging around? Well, only till we hear about the bones' status. It's amazing what Aaron did. Yeah, he can see the world a different way. I kind of wish I could. Are we having a moment? By the way, I'm Shelby. And if I fall into a hole, you promise to come after me? Well, I can't make any promises. Not the promising type. Careful, Kat.

You're not gonna leave her in there, are you? Oh, just for transport. Somebody has to do a more thorough pathology report. You were right, by the way -- it is a she. That much I am sure of. And she was probably around your age when she died, which I am guessing was probably around a hundred years ago. And what's gonna happen to her now? That is for somebody else to decide.

That's -- that's all I know, for sure. This is trader's cloth. Means your hundred years sound about right. Probably also means that she was indian. I'll notify the local tribe. And what will they do? I call it grave-robbing in the name of history. The law says if discovered human remains are less than 500 years old, they go the closest tribe in the area. But the 500 years verification comes first. And who does that? Well, you got your state anthropologists, your federal anthropologists, your second, third, and fourth closest tribes, not to mention your news teams, your christian groups, your pagan protectorary groups, they all generally get in the mix too. All laying claim, huh? Trying to. Just like packs of dogs, each pack snarling for a bone. Would have been more humane just to have left them down there. Yeah, but we didn't do that, did we?

Juliette. How come you're not in your dorm? I'm not leaving her. Juliette. I'm not going until I find out what's going to happen to her. I don't know. They have to examine the remains. There may be some type of historical significance. No, no, there's nothing like that. She fell in a hole and couldn't get out. She crawled up in a corner and waited to die. What's the history in that? They have to establish legal rights. Legal rights? You can't let them mess with her, screw her up like my mother did to me. Like she tried to do to me again down there. You can't let them do that. Jule, my hands are tied. No, no, you're always talking about trust and about consequence for our actions. Well, I'm trusting you to do what's right. She took care of me and now it's my turn to take care of her. We have to -- it's only fair! It's only fair!

Where is she now? Hannah's got her settled back in the dorm. She sedated? Hannah didn't feel it was necessary. Tell me, how do you feel? I hope she's right. Peter, you know we've been down this road before. You know, if there's a clear crisis, we need to intervene. Juliette isn't violent or dangerous to herself or others. Her file says she has a history of cutting herself. She hasn't done any of that since she's been here, Frank. She just made it through a major crisis. It might actually be a good thing. "It might be." Ahhh! Peter, it is not a failure on our part if professional psychiatric help is warranted. Just give us a little time. I think we can help her. 24 hours. And I need to see some improvement. You will. Thanks. Peter. Uh-huh? If there's anything I can do... There will be.

Psst. How's she doing? Umm, sleeping, I hope. Frank's right. If we don't see some improvement, this is going to be out of our hands. Well, maybe after she gets some sleep her head will start to clear. I hope so.

Nice ride. Gets me down the road. How did you find us up here? You're not the only one with tracking skills. How the saplings doing? Looks like they're taking just fine. You know, I hear that the new-growth forests are handling pollution in stride, actually thriving on increased carbon dioxide. You come all the way up here to share that NPR Science Report? You heard about that, huh?

Remember what they said about pines? The most active growth is right around 15 years old, like teenagers reaching towards the sun. Okay, what's your message here? It's Juliette. You helped save her once. I'd just like you to try it again. If i can, sure. How can I accomplish that? What if we were to bury the bones? Too much red tape. How about if we don't notify anyone else? I can't do that. How about if you listen to my "what if" proposition? I'm listening. What if we perform a ceremony, an honorable internment? We bury the bones in the cave. It doesn't matter who's entitled to the remains. What -- you listen -- listen to me. I am listening, but I'm also bound by my job and my people to follow procedures. Follow procedures? It doesn't matter if you're indian or anglo, the right thing to do here is to give this girl a proper resting place, Just like we would one of our own. To pray for her and to honor her memory, I think that's what she deserves. I think he's right.

I hate kitchen cleanup. Gee, thanks. I don't suppose you'd be interested in... In your dreams, dreamer. How's Juliette? Resting. Oh, yeah, she was pretty toasted around the edges. It was uh -- it was scary. Is she going to be okay? She just needs a little time to recover. Can I see her? Not right now. Is there anything we can do? Yeah, stick to your duties. In hell they must have pots and pans. Ugh. She even sweeps creepy.

I need to talk to you. Look, if this is about my attitude, I'd really prefer not to talk about it right now, if you don't mind. It's not about your attitude. It's about Juliette. Her? How is she? Needing a friend. If she needs a shoulder to cry on, I volunteer Kate. Actually, I think the call on this one is for tough love. Done with real sensitivity. That you know I don't do. You do it in group all the time, Shelby. You seem to have a talent for pushing exactly the right buttons.

I am outta here. Oh, uh, this is called group cleanup. You can't leave. Not till we're done. Guys, guys, guys. I'm on a rescue mission. You may resume whining once I'm out of sight. Oh, and save me some ice cream. I'll be back. Jeez.

( Clearing throat ) cut the act -- you're not sleeping. I said, you're not sleeping. Want a smoke? No. Good. They're bad for you. So what's this all about, anyway? Finally met your match in the "be thin to win" competition? I don't want to talk about it. Two words -- "get a grip." Okay, make that three. You don't understand. So enlighten me. Something happened to me. Was it a good thing or a bad thing? A life-altering thing. Great. So your life's altered. Like I can really see some improvement here. You're acting like the same old "poor me" twig you always do. They're going to take her away. "They" who, "she" who? The girl i found. My friend. Your...Friend. Listen, jule -- I've seen the dead. Trust me, once they're dead, they're no longer your friend. You don't understand. Just go away and leave me alone. Uh-uh. There it is -- the new life-altered Juliette. Why are you in my face? Because I take joy in provoking people. Call it a vice. Call it a virtue. I'm a mess. Why am I a mess? Good question. That's why we're here. Things could always get worse, like turning into a size 14.

How's Juliette doing? Um... Shelby's in talking to her. Shelby. That's like shock therapy, isn't it? Well, under the circumstances I thought it would be the best thing. Well? Well? Got a glare out of her and a smile. I've had worse therapy sessions.

Shhhhhh. How'd it go? She's cool. Hmm, I'm just way too good for you guys. Oh, gee, sorry, guys. I guess I missed cleanup, huh? Oh, is this chocolate sauce? Chocolate. Chocolate-soy sauce. Not bad. I've never tried it with soy sauce before. That's disgusting.

Jerry. Peter. What are you doing here? Door was open. I'm supposed to meet Hannah. Here? Yeah. She didn't tell you? Didn't tell me what? I'll wait for you outside. Yeah.

What? I'm leaving Horizon, Peter. Hannah, we've been through this. You're needed here. You're wanted here. Jerry and I have decided to give our marriage another chance. In Seattle. He wants to make it work, Peter. He wants to have kids. So do I. Kids. After all you two have been through? It's just one of those risks I want to take. I know, but, Hannah-- No, don't. Just let me finish, okay? Sure.

Your heart is with those kids, Peter. It always will be. Healing them, it somehow heals you. It makes you whole. It's not like that for me, Peter. Their pain becomes my pain, and I carry it with me. And...I can't do that anymore. You need someone, Peter, someone to share this with, share your life with. It's not me. We both know that. You've been a wonderful friend to me, Peter. It's something I will always cherish. Can I hug you? Yeah. You made the right choice, Hannah.

( Aaron ) The tradition of smudging goes back many, many generations. Let the fragrant smoke of the four sacred herbs -- sage, sweetgrass, cedar, and tobacco -- wash over you and cleanse you physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually so that your thoughts are pure and your hearts are free.

Chief Seattle believed that the dead spirits would remain among the living watching over them, protecting them. This girl, be she ancestor or friend, is one of those protectors. We have returned her to her resting place and we bless her.

We also remember that she was someone's child, lost to her mother and to her father. I'm sure they looked for her and mourned for her. Their loved one gone but not forgotten. Today we remember her and them and the continuation of life's mystery.

Hannah found this for me. It's from Mark Twain. He wrote it for his daughter when she died. "Warm summer sun, "shine kindly here. "Warm southern wind, blow softly here. "Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear heart, good night."

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