The Good Son (1993)
Jacqueline Brookes: Alice
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Quotes
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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.
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[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.