marches back into the house before asking Dicey to join her. Inside, she questions Dicey about her thoughts on death and other such morbid things. Upon realizing she needs to just get up and leave, Abigail tells Dicey that Eunice wrote to warn her the children would be coming, and that she knows who Dicey is. However, she will not let the children stay. Dicey fires back, stating she doesn't want to stay. In the midst of the fierce conversation that ensues, Abigail begins to laugh and softens Dicey's mood a little. Abigail and Dicey take her boat to pick up the other children, and Dicey is scared when she doesn't see her siblings. Eventually, Dicey and Abigail find Sammy, who says James and Maybeth wanted to meet Abigail themselves and have already left. They return to Abigail's to find James and Maybeth just arriving. Over the next few days, the children help their grandmother around the farm and with the cooking, and Abigail begins to warm toward them. However, Abigail tells Dicey she can't let the children stay with her; she is too old, has no money and fears making the same mistakes she made with her own children. One day while they stay over, Abigail receives a letter from Eunice discovering that Liza is found from the police and is discovered she has gone mentally insane, with a photo for evidence. Liza is put in a mental institution and is suffering from catatonia, closely enough to being schizophrenic. The people of the mental institution deem she will not be cured. Later on during their stay, Abigail insists the children must go back to Bridgeport and arranges for them to take the morning bus. As they wait for the bus, defeated, Abigail realizes she wants the children to stay after all. Cast Kimberlee Peterson as Dicey Tillerman Trever O'Brien as James Tillerman Hanna R. Hall as Maybeth Tillerman William Greenblatt as Sammy Tillerman Anne Bancroft as Abigail Tillerman Anna Louise Richardson as Liza Tillerman (Momma) Scott Michael Campbell as Windy Bonnie Bedelia as Eunice Logan Notes External links Homecoming full movie on Youtube 1996 television films 1996 drama films 1996 films Films set in Connecticut Showtime (TV network) films American drama television films Films directed by Mark Jean 1990s American films