The Good Son (1993)

Jacqueline Brookes: Alice

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• [Alice finds Mark sitting at the park] 

  Alice : Susan told me you were here. I guess you forgot our appointment.

  Mark : I just didn't feel like talking.

  Alice : Talking helps. It helped the last time, didn't it?

  Mark : You're a doctor. You know things.

  Alice : Well, some things.

  Mark : What do you think? What makes people evil?

  Alice : Evil is a word people use when they've given up trying to understand someone. There's a reason for everything if we could just find it.

  Mark : What if there isn't a reason? What if something just is?

  Alice : Why, Mark? Do you think you're evil? 'Cause you let your mother die? You know that's not true.

  Mark : What if there was this boy and he did these terrible things because he liked doing them? Wouldn't you say he was evil?

  Alice : I don't believe in evil.

  Mark : You should.

• [Mark heads to the family counselor Alice, where he talks about his feelings] 

  Alice : You know, this is a nice change. Most of my patients... All they want to do is talk.

  Mark : Well, I just don't have anything else to say.

  Alice : Your dad thinks you do.

  Mark : He wants me to talk about my mom.

  Alice : Sometimes it helps.

  Mark : I can handle it.

  Alice : You can?

  Mark : I have to.

  Alice : Why?

  Mark : Because when you make a promise... when something's your fault...

  Alice : What did you do?

  Mark : I let someone die.