Lois Bernard at 2015-06-03 09:40:41:
The Sixth Sense
M. Night Shyamalan
Lynn looks over slowly. She doesn't see anything outside his
window. She eyes Cole.
LYNN
Cole, you're scaring me.
COLE
They scare me too sometimes.
LYNN
They?
COLE
Dead people.
LYNN
Dead people?
COLE
Ghosts.
Beat.
LYNN
You see ghosts, Cole?
COLE
They want me to do things for them.
LYNN
They talk to you?
Cole nods, "Yes."
LYNN
They tell you to do things?
Cole nods "Yes" again. Lynn becomes upset. She nods with
grave understanding. Cole watches her.
COLE
What are you thinking, Momma?
LYNN
...I don't know.
COLE
You think I'm a freak?
Lynn's eyes moves to Cole.
LYNN
Look at my face.
Cole gazes at her intense expression.
LYNN
I would never think that about you...
ever... Got it?
COLE
Got it.
BEAT. Cole smiles a tiny smile. Lynn glances down.
LYNN
Just let me think for a second.
She drowns in her thoughts. Beat.
COLE
Grandma says hi.
Lynn looks up sharply.
COLE
She says she's sorry for taking the
bumble bee pendant. She just likes
it a lot.
LYNN
What?
COLE
Grandma comes to visit me sometimes.
Lynn becomes still. Her face is unreadable. When she speaks,
her words are extremely controlled.
LYNN
Cole, that's very wrong. Grandma's
gone. You know that.
COLE
I know.
Beat.
COLE
She wanted me to tell you--
LYNN
(soft)
Cole, please stop.
COLE
She wanted me to tell you, she saw
you dance.
Lynn's eyes lock on Cole's.
COLE
She said when you were little, you
and her had a fight right before
your dance recital. You thought she
didn't come to see you dance. She
did.
Lynn brings her hands to her mouth.
COLE
She hid in the back so you wouldn't
see... She said you were like an
angel.
Lynn begins to cry.
COLE
She said, you came to her where they
buried her. Asked her a question...
She said the answer is "Everyday."
Lynn covers her face with her hands. The tears roll out
through her fingers.
COLE
(whispers)
What did you ask?
Beat. Lynn looks at her son. She barely gets the words out.
LYNN
(crying)
Do I make her proud?
Cole moves closer to Lynn. She cradles him in her arms.
Mother and son hold each other tight.
https://youtu.be/3qqVQcZxpqA
This scene never fails to touch me, probably because of my own grandmother.