Liz rejects the information because the police were not involved. Doc meets with Liz and Jeff to discuss the information he found. Welford tells Doc that Joanna killed her baby. Welford acknowledges that she fostered Joanna some years ago, and issues a strong warning to Doc to send her to someone else, and to stay away from her, or otherwise he'll regret it. Welford pretending to be Joanna's doctor. Doc heads to visit an address, presumably obtained from the file. The clerk returns and informs Doc that they are not able to help him anymore Doc thanks him and walks away. Doc is able to sneakily peruse the file and quickly jot down some important information. The clerk steps away from the counter for a moment, leaving Joanna's file on the counter. A clerk at the counter refuses to give Doc the information because Joanna at 18, is past the age to be considered a child. Meanwhile, Doc continues his investigation into Joanna's background by going to The Department of Social Services. Joanna suggests she should leave, but stays at Liz's insistence. The next day, Joanna tells Liz that Jeff had come into her bedroom when he came home from the party.
She attempts to seduce Jeff, but he asks her to leave. Back at home, Joanna is waiting for Jeff in the master bedroom. Jeff leaves her at Doc's house during a party. Liz's drinking quickly spirals out of control. Joanna suggests that there is no harm in having a drink. She explains that she has not had a drink in a year. She is convinced that Jeff has a mistress in Seattle. Liz still is overly stressed and begins to confide in Joanna. Doc begins his own quiet investigation into Joanna's background and finds it almost impossible to recreate where she has lived, because of the many foster homes where she had lived and the fact that she is legally an adult.
He points out to Jeff that this story does not match the one that she had told Liz. At a party, he overhears Joanna tell his grandson Scotty that she had lived in Seattle prior to working for the Benedicts. The Benedicts' neighbor Doc Lindquist watches Joanna warily one day as she pushes Tara to exhaust herself swimming.
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She weans Tara off of TV and engages her in outdoor activities. Without consulting her husband, Liz hires Joanna as a live-in nanny. She happens to meet an 18-year-old girl named Joanna Redwine. Liz feels that she needs some help with childcare and housekeeping. Jeff Benedict and his wife Liz have relocated to Seattle from Chicago.
The film is rated M in New Zealand for violence, horror, drug use and sex scenes.ĭr. The film originally premiered as The ABC Friday Night Movie on November 28, 1980. The Babysitter is a 1980 American made-for-television drama horror thriller film directed by Peter Medak and starring Patty Duke Astin, William Shatner and Stephanie Zimbalist about a young girl hired as a live-in nanny who infiltrates and tries to destroy a suburban Seattle family.
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