text: Mr. Hillyer believes she is lying about being pregnant and the Hillyers take her to a doctor where they learn that while she is showing signs of being pregnant she actually has an ovarian cyst and is sterile because of untreated gonorrhea contracted when she was 15. The doctor recommends a radical full hysterectomy, involving the removal of the womb and both ovaries, potentially resulting in a less feminine appearance and reduced sexual drive, as it would reduce Rose's promiscuous behaviour. While Mr. Hillyer initially agrees to the operation, Mrs. Hillyer argues against it and eventually persuades the two men. Rose is treated for her cyst and returns home where she eventually marries the policeman whose finger she bit. Returning to the 1971 reflection, Buddy reveals that Rose married three more times and was eventually happy with and faithful to her last husband with whom she lived for 25 years. He goes to talk to his father who tells him that Rose died the previous week. When Buddy begins crying Mr. Hillyer tells him that Rose is a person who will never really die as she will live on forever in their hearts.
  Cast
  Laura Dern as Rose, an orphan who comes to work for the Hillyer family
  Diane Ladd as Mrs. Hillyer
  Robert Duvall as Mr. Hillyer
  Lukas Haas as Willcox "Buddy" Hillyer
  John Heard as adult Buddy Hillyer
  Lisa Jakub as Frances "Dolly" Hillyer
  Evan Lockwood as Warren "Waski" Hillyer
  Kevin Conway as Dr. Martinson
  Robert John Burke as Dave Wilkie, Rose's first husband