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2. What's this?Copy !req
3. - I'm putting in a hoop for Jack.
- What's going on here?Copy !req
4. What?Copy !req
5. What are you doing?Copy !req
6. I'm putting in a hoop for Jack.Copy !req
7. Today?Copy !req
8. Yeah, it was the only day
Mike was available.Copy !req
9. It wasn't supposed to be today.
You have to tell me these things.Copy !req
10. Oh, God, look at it.Copy !req
11. Oh! What? Why did you...Copy !req
12. - Because this is the only spot it can go.
- Oh, that's not the only spot.Copy !req
13. Oh, this is ridiculous.Copy !req
14. I mean, oh, I don't believe it.Copy !req
15. He's gonna love it.Copy !req
16. - This is it.
- You know what, this is the last time.Copy !req
17. But the roses have black
spot already, I'll spray.Copy !req
18. No, not with the, oh,
dammit, leave me alone.Copy !req
19. Leave me alone.Copy !req
20. Do you ever look at your family
and wonder who they are?Copy !req
21. Those are my parents.Copy !req
22. They're not my roses,
they're the house's roses.Copy !req
23. At least they used to be.Copy !req
24. How's the boat building?Copy !req
25. Are we going to the movies?Copy !req
26. I have to move some stuff.Copy !req
27. But it's Saturday,Copy !req
28. and we always go to
the movies on Saturday.Copy !req
29. Jack wants to go to the movie.Copy !req
30. I thought I'd drop the stuff off,
then maybe take him.Copy !req
31. You're not taking him anywhere.Copy !req
32. You're acting extreme, Anne.Copy !req
33. Don't tell me how I'm acting.Copy !req
34. Okay.Copy !req
35. Sorry, no movie today, Jack.Copy !req
36. Why not?Copy !req
37. Because I say so.Copy !req
38. But we always go to
the movies on Saturday.Copy !req
39. Anne.Copy !req
40. To be honest, I didn't give
a damn about the movie,Copy !req
41. but there was
something going on,Copy !req
42. and I didn't know what it was,
and I didn't know what to do,Copy !req
43. except act normal.Copy !req
44. Tell Jack I'll call him later.Copy !req
45. It's like you had a hero,
and all of a sudden he's gone.Copy !req
46. When you're a kid and you've got a father
who reminds you of Superman,Copy !req
47. who seems like
he can do anything.Copy !req
48. A father who's the kind of guy that climbs
on the roof to rescue your dweeby G.I. JoeCopy !req
49. when it's caught up there
in some idiotic experiment.Copy !req
50. And then, one day, he's gone.Copy !req
51. Disappeared into a million
different green plastic garbage bags.Copy !req
52. No explanations offered.Copy !req
53. Nothing anyone says later
makes a bit of difference.Copy !req
54. Shot of the green?Copy !req
55. No thanks.Copy !req
56. Listen, I was thinking, I could just stay
at my place tonight, if you like.Copy !req
57. Whatever makes you happy.Copy !req
58. Look, if you want me here, I'm here.
I just never know what you're thinking.Copy !req
59. Why don't you let him
move in already?Copy !req
60. He practically lives here anyway,
so what's the big deal?Copy !req
61. Oh come on, he's living out
of a duffel bag.Copy !req
62. You should at least
give him a drawer.Copy !req
63. I don't wanna rush things.Copy !req
64. It's Wednesday, so don't forget,
dinner with Dad.Copy !req
65. Okay.Copy !req
66. - Want a ride?
- Sure.Copy !req
67. See ya tonight.Copy !req
68. Wednesdays are very intense.Copy !req
69. Yeah, it's the dinner
with the dad thing.Copy !req
70. You know, when he first left,
I wasn't allowed to see him at all.Copy !req
71. Then she felt guilty, so she started
the Dinner with Dad program.Copy !req
72. You're lucky you missed the bit
where she tried to be like my replacement dad.Copy !req
73. Oh, was that the
basketball stuff?Copy !req
74. Mm-hmm, and she's
actually gotten pretty good.Copy !req
75. It's just a little weird.Copy !req
76. Especially the time she tried
to take me to the father-son team dinner.Copy !req
77. Yeah...Copy !req
78. so are your parents
still married?Copy !req
79. Yeah, 43 years.Copy !req
80. You know, it's amazing to think of spending
your whole life with the one person.Copy !req
81. Yeah...Copy !req
82. equally amazing to watch
your whole family fall apart.Copy !req
83. For five bucks, name the guidance counselor
I spied shoplifting at K-Mart.Copy !req
84. Wagstaff.Copy !req
85. Laydon! I saw her slip
a stapler into her purse,Copy !req
86. and then some Tootsie Rolls.Copy !req
87. All right, listen up.
We're gonna start with some drills.Copy !req
88. Four lines, go, go.Copy !req
89. One passes to three.Copy !req
90. Two passes to four.Copy !req
91. A braid, you guys,
like a smooth strand of DNA.Copy !req
92. From one side of the
gym to the other, let's go.Copy !req
93. Come on, synchronize,
guys, synchronize.Copy !req
94. Know where the other men are,
anticipate the next move.Copy !req
95. You're walking through it, guys,
you look like a buncha pansies, come on.Copy !req
96. You know,Copy !req
97. my dad showed
up again yesterday.Copy !req
98. Oh yeah, what did
you do this time?Copy !req
99. He put a basketball
hoop out front.Copy !req
100. Oh really?Copy !req
101. That's great.Copy !req
102. Yeah, except last night,Copy !req
103. I kinda lost my mind
and attacked it.Copy !req
104. I tried to knock it down,
and now it's just a wee bit tilted.Copy !req
105. Tilting adds character.Copy !req
106. Maybe.Copy !req
107. When Mrs. Burka smiled at me,Copy !req
108. I think I turned beet red.Copy !req
109. I woulda stared at her,Copy !req
110. if only I could've figured out
how to do it without getting caught.Copy !req
111. You want an apple?Copy !req
112. No thanks.Copy !req
113. Hey, Samster Hamster boy,
how you doing?Copy !req
114. - Good.
- Want some milk?Copy !req
115. No, we don't want milk, all right.
We don't wanna talk, either.Copy !req
116. You staying for
dinner tonight, Jack?Copy !req
117. No, not tonight.Copy !req
118. Okay.Copy !req
119. I like your mom. She always
wants to know everything...Copy !req
120. No, my mom needs
to get a life, okay?Copy !req
121. Every day I come home, she's like,
"Do you wanna talk?"Copy !req
122. She's thoroughly bored.Copy !req
123. See what I just did?Copy !req
124. So, you gonna drop
a bomb or what?Copy !req
125. No, Max,Copy !req
126. I outgrew the impulse to blow
things up about two years ago.Copy !req
127. I'm just waiting
for you to catch up.Copy !req
128. Napalm!Copy !req
129. Daddy's home!Copy !req
130. Daddy's home, Daddy's home!Copy !req
131. Hey, hey, monster man.Copy !req
132. Hey, hon, how was your day?Copy !req
133. - Good.
- Yeah?Copy !req
134. Good, really good.Copy !req
135. I scored a new client today.Copy !req
136. It's gonna mean extra work, but uh,
that's what I'm here for, right?Copy !req
137. Oh, no... here.Copy !req
138. - Do you want a beer or something?
- Yes, please.Copy !req
139. - Great.
- Thank you.Copy !req
140. Maxie,Copy !req
141. go deep.Copy !req
142. Head's up!Copy !req
143. Honey...Copy !req
144. why are the trashcans
still here?Copy !req
145. How many times have I told you
to take them out back?Copy !req
146. I better go.
It's dinner with Dad.Copy !req
147. How is your dad?
I haven't seen him for a while.Copy !req
148. He's good.Copy !req
149. What I didn't tell Mr. B.Copy !req
150. is that every Wednesday
night, my father and ICopy !req
151. played a weird game
where we got all dressed upCopy !req
152. and he took me to some
totally expensive restaurantCopy !req
153. and talked to me about
incredibly serious stuff,Copy !req
154. like the meaning of life,Copy !req
155. while I was busy worrying about
whether I was using the right fork.Copy !req
156. What can I get you tonight?Copy !req
157. I'll have the tuna.Copy !req
158. Rare please.Copy !req
159. Okay, and what would you like?Copy !req
160. And chicken for me.Copy !req
161. And can I get french fries
instead of scalloped potatoes, please?Copy !req
162. Sure, honey.Copy !req
163. Look, Jack...Copy !req
164. I've been spending a lotta time
trying to figure things out.Copy !req
165. Now I don't know if this is gonna
make any sense to you, but...Copy !req
166. you're at an age now, that...Copy !req
167. People love to do things, right?Copy !req
168. Some people love to read,Copy !req
169. some people love
to go to the movies.Copy !req
170. Your mom loves
reading the newspaper.Copy !req
171. You love basketball.Copy !req
172. What I'm trying to say is that there
are many different kinds of love.Copy !req
173. How we love...
no, not how we love.Copy !req
174. What...Copy !req
175. What we allow
ourselves to feel...Copy !req
176. is very complicated.Copy !req
177. And, and...Copy !req
178. sometimes love
doesn't have any limits.Copy !req
179. What do you think about
when you think about love?Copy !req
180. Nothing.Copy !req
181. I think nothing.Copy !req
182. Nothing, you think nothing.Copy !req
183. So basically this dinner
was a waste of time?Copy !req
184. Pretty much.Copy !req
185. Do you remember when we
went on that huge Ferris wheel?Copy !req
186. I think I was three.Copy !req
187. Why is it that parents always do things with
kids when they're too young to remember?Copy !req
188. You enjoyed it very much.Copy !req
189. Look, you're always
asking me to remember.Copy !req
190. It's like a constant walk
down Memory Lane.Copy !req
191. Do you remember when
everything used to be normal?Copy !req
192. Do you remember when
you still lived at our house?Copy !req
193. Come on, can we just stay
in the present, here and now?Copy !req
194. I was just thinking
about things.Copy !req
195. Duh!Copy !req
196. Here, try the calamari.Copy !req
197. Tastes like a
deep-friend rubber band.Copy !req
198. So what's calamari?Copy !req
199. It's Italian for
deep-fried rubber band.Copy !req
200. It's squid.Copy !req
201. Wanna try the portobello?Copy !req
202. What is it?Copy !req
203. Mushroom.Copy !req
204. How about I pick the
restaurant the next time?Copy !req
205. Might be a good idea.Copy !req
206. How was dinner with your father?Copy !req
207. Good.Copy !req
208. What did you eat?Copy !req
209. Creepy stuff.Copy !req
210. What did you talk about?Copy !req
211. I have no idea.Copy !req
212. Shall we hang this?Copy !req
213. Okay.Copy !req
214. You know, I got a hammer downstairs,
if you need one?Copy !req
215. No, no, it's not a big hole.Copy !req
216. Okay.Copy !req
217. Listen, they're coming around to collect
stuff for the homeless shelter tomorrow,Copy !req
218. so anything you don't need
would be a bounty for the poor.Copy !req
219. - Sure.
- Oh, very nice.Copy !req
220. It's stuff I've been saving.Copy !req
221. Historical artifacts
of my entire life,Copy !req
222. in case the Smithsonian ever
needs to do an exhibit on me,Copy !req
223. the American boy.Copy !req
224. Aha.Copy !req
225. There are a few key elementsCopy !req
226. in case I ever get amnesia and
need to be reminded of who I am.Copy !req
227. Right.Copy !req
228. Thank you.Copy !req
229. And listen, I meant to ask you.Copy !req
230. How would you feel if I built a Zendo in the backyard?Copy !req
231. What's a Zendo?Copy !req
232. It's like a meditation room.Copy !req
233. You could use it too
whenever you need a moment.Copy !req
234. It'd be great.Copy !req
235. Our friends thank you.Copy !req
236. Shoot a few?Copy !req
237. Mom...Copy !req
238. you're embarrassing me.Copy !req
239. Oh come on,Copy !req
240. You know, I could get good at this.
Maybe I should join a team.Copy !req
241. Oh, come on, try again.Copy !req
242. Okay.Copy !req
243. Come on, be a good sport,
you should be proud.Copy !req
244. How many kids can say
their moms can play basketball?Copy !req
245. Yes!Copy !req
246. It's gonna be okay, you know?Copy !req
247. That's it!Copy !req
248. - That's it.
- Yeah.Copy !req
249. Oh, come on!Copy !req
250. Come on.Copy !req
251. Aren't you excited?Copy !req
252. Hi, Mr. Bailey.Copy !req
253. Mrs. Stanford.Copy !req
254. Go on.Copy !req
255. Go on!Copy !req
256. New drivers pass through levels.Copy !req
257. Each level offers
more responsibility,Copy !req
258. freedom from restrictions.Copy !req
259. What's this?Copy !req
260. - Rear bumper.
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
261. Teenagers pick up
their parents' driving habits.Copy !req
262. - Trunk.
- Correct.Copy !req
263. How do your parents drive?Copy !req
264. Do they put it in reverse
without looking behind?Copy !req
265. Do they pull out too fast?Copy !req
266. The more crashes
the parents have had,Copy !req
267. the greater the likelihood
the teen will crash.Copy !req
268. Get in the driver's seat.Copy !req
269. Have your parents crashed?Copy !req
270. I don't know, they're divorced.Copy !req
271. Put on your seat belt.Copy !req
272. Start her up.Copy !req
273. And drive it very,
very slowly down the street.Copy !req
274. Okay.Copy !req
275. Sorry.Copy !req
276. - I have only one neck, smoothly.
- Sorry, sorry.Copy !req
277. - Slowly, slowly.
- Sorry.Copy !req
278. Seeing is believing.Copy !req
279. Think about your blind spots.Copy !req
280. You can't ever forget...Copy !req
281. there's always something
you cannot see.Copy !req
282. Yeah, that I know already.Copy !req
283. Time passed.Copy !req
284. It wasn't like I got over it,
but life went on.Copy !req
285. Except for now, my mom let
my dad take me on Saturdays too.Copy !req
286. I was finally growing more
hair on my legs than my mom,Copy !req
287. and things were
pretty much things.Copy !req
288. So, what's new?Copy !req
289. Not much.Copy !req
290. Are you okay?Copy !req
291. Yeah.Copy !req
292. You just have that look.Copy !req
293. What look?Copy !req
294. Hmh, the one where you're
about to say somethingCopy !req
295. that's gonna make
me lose my lunch.Copy !req
296. Or the one where you
pause for a really long timeCopy !req
297. and you say something
like, Grandma's sick,Copy !req
298. which means she's already
dead or something like that.Copy !req
299. Well, Grandma's fine.Copy !req
300. But we need to talk.Copy !req
301. See?Copy !req
302. Look, Jack, I...Copy !req
303. I don't know if you can understand,
but I'm gonna tell you.Copy !req
304. I have been running away
from myself...Copy !req
305. all these years, and, and...Copy !req
306. a person can't do that forever.Copy !req
307. It catches up.Copy !req
308. A while ago, I realized that...Copy !req
309. that I would be happier...Copy !req
310. if I did not live
with your mother.Copy !req
311. Hey...Copy !req
312. I love her.Copy !req
313. I always did, I always will...Copy !req
314. and I still do, but...Copy !req
315. Do you remember Bob?
My friend Bob?Copy !req
316. Yeah, the guy you went
on the trip with?Copy !req
317. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
318. Bob and I are lovers.Copy !req
319. I wanna go home.Copy !req
320. Jack!Copy !req
321. Jack!Copy !req
322. Jack!Copy !req
323. Jack?Copy !req
324. Get in the car,
I'll give you a ride.Copy !req
325. I'll walk, thanks.Copy !req
326. Get in the car!
You're gonna get pneumonia.Copy !req
327. - I'll walk.
- Jack, don't do this.Copy !req
328. Do what?Copy !req
329. You're the one who's doing it.Copy !req
330. I told you because I thought
you should know.Copy !req
331. Nothing has changed.Copy !req
332. I'm exactly the same person
I was 20 minutes ago.Copy !req
333. Jack, I'm still your father.Copy !req
334. No you're not.Copy !req
335. He never even told you?Copy !req
336. Elaine.Copy !req
337. Okay.Copy !req
338. Yeah, I'll see you
tomorrow, bye.Copy !req
339. What happened?Copy !req
340. Well, other than my father
telling me he was gay,Copy !req
341. I went for a swim.Copy !req
342. How can this...
I shoulda seen it coming.Copy !req
343. I shoulda been smarter.Copy !req
344. I shoulda been...Copy !req
345. paying attention to what he was trying to
tell me over all that lobster and calamari.Copy !req
346. - Your father loves you very much.
- He's not my father.Copy !req
347. Yes, he is! He's your
father and you're his son.Copy !req
348. No.Copy !req
349. Mom, no.Copy !req
350. No. He's a stranger.
He's a person I don't know.Copy !req
351. He's got a whole other life.Copy !req
352. He's got a boyfriend.Copy !req
353. How can this even be happening?Copy !req
354. Did you know?Copy !req
355. Oh well, how did he tell you?Copy !req
356. Did he take you out
in a rowboat too?Copy !req
357. He doesn't like keeping secrets.Copy !req
358. Well he shoulda kept that one.Copy !req
359. He and Bob are getting an apartment together.
Did he tell you that?Copy !req
360. No, but he was probably
about to when I jumped.Copy !req
361. Mom...Copy !req
362. I don't wanna see him anymore.Copy !req
363. If you wanna talk,
you gotta dig.Copy !req
364. And what's to talk about?Copy !req
365. All of a sudden,
my father is a fairy queen.Copy !req
366. Is that why he left us?Copy !req
367. He's a fairy?Copy !req
368. Don't use that word!Copy !req
369. What word should I use?Copy !req
370. Your father and I separated
because we couldn't get along.Copy !req
371. We couldn't live together.
You remember how we were always fighting.Copy !req
372. Yeah, because it turns out
Dad's a big old fag.Copy !req
373. How can he be a homo
and have me as his kid?Copy !req
374. Homos don't get married,
and homos don't have kids.Copy !req
375. Was he always a homo?Copy !req
376. Your father was always
going through phases.Copy !req
377. Gardening, music, car repairs.Copy !req
378. It was always something.Copy !req
379. I actually thought
this was one of his phases.Copy !req
380. Why is he doing this to me?Copy !req
381. No one is doing anything to you!Copy !req
382. He was telling you who
he was, about his life.Copy !req
383. And he wanted to
make you part of his life.Copy !req
384. Well...Copy !req
385. if he's a homo,Copy !req
386. what does that make me?Copy !req
387. Am I homo too now?Copy !req
388. Because maybe that's it,
maybe I'm a homo and I don't even know it.Copy !req
389. Jack, you're two
separate people.Copy !req
390. He is who he is, and...Copy !req
391. you're gonna figure out
who you are.Copy !req
392. When he first left...Copy !req
393. I thought it was my fault.Copy !req
394. I was too boring,Copy !req
395. I wasn't enough of a movie freak,Copy !req
396. I wasn't fast
enough at baseball.Copy !req
397. Life is complicated.Copy !req
398. You think I didn't
wonder what happened?Copy !req
399. He's your father,
but he was my husband.Copy !req
400. Maybe it was me, Jack.Copy !req
401. Maybe it was something I did.Copy !req
402. I wasn't a good enough wife.Copy !req
403. I wasn't a good enough mother.Copy !req
404. I never made breakfast.Copy !req
405. I smoke.Copy !req
406. I hate cleaning the house.Copy !req
407. No!Copy !req
408. No, no...Copy !req
409. no, it's not you!Copy !req
410. It's Dad, it's his fault.Copy !req
411. Mom...Copy !req
412. I hate him.Copy !req
413. I hate him, I hate him,
I hate him!Copy !req
414. - Shh. Shh!
- I hate him! I hate him!Copy !req
415. My father called
about 20 times a dayCopy !req
416. trying to get me to let
him be my father again.Copy !req
417. He would drive over
and just sit outside,Copy !req
418. not moving, like a statue.Copy !req
419. I refused to talk to him,
and even that didn't work.Copy !req
420. You ever just wanna go up to a girl
and plant one on her?Copy !req
421. Like, I bet I can get
that girl to kiss me.Copy !req
422. You don't even know her.Copy !req
423. So?Copy !req
424. What's the deal with you?Copy !req
425. Suddenly, you're Mr. Hormonal.Copy !req
426. You have to kiss a girl
or you're gonna die or something.Copy !req
427. Okay, just pick a girl
and I bet I can get her to kiss me.Copy !req
428. Fine.Copy !req
429. And what about her?Copy !req
430. Can't you at least pick someone
who's human?Copy !req
431. Maggie Rogers?Copy !req
432. No, the degree of difficulty on her
is just a big too high.Copy !req
433. Well, you can't just go
up and kiss somebody.Copy !req
434. You'll get arrested.Copy !req
435. Okay, remember that
kindergartener who got expelled?Copy !req
436. You have to ask first.Copy !req
437. Is this where you're
supposed to be?Copy !req
438. Uh, yeah, yeah it is,
for the moment,Copy !req
439. this is, uh...Copy !req
440. this is exactly where
I'm supposed to be.Copy !req
441. Okay...Copy !req
442. how did you do that?Copy !req
443. Did you give her money?Copy !req
444. Did you offer to do
her homework, what?Copy !req
445. No, I just...Copy !req
446. I said I thought she was really pretty
and that I wanted to kiss her.Copy !req
447. I said I felt
compelled to kiss her.Copy !req
448. And that worked?Copy !req
449. Yep.Copy !req
450. Wow!Copy !req
451. Your first kiss.Copy !req
452. Nah, not my first.Copy !req
453. Maryann Miller in the second
grade used to kiss me all the time,Copy !req
454. and she was in the third grade.Copy !req
455. - An older woman.
- Yeah.Copy !req
456. End of drill!Copy !req
457. Come on, everyone back to class!Copy !req
458. Hey.Copy !req
459. Hey.Copy !req
460. Thanks for meeting me.Copy !req
461. It's fine.Copy !req
462. Where's The Bob?Copy !req
463. His name is Bob, not The Bob!Copy !req
464. And he had a meeting
at the last minute.Copy !req
465. Oh.Copy !req
466. Okay.Copy !req
467. New bookcase?Copy !req
468. Oh yeah, yeah.Copy !req
469. Actually, that's
how I met Michael.Copy !req
470. I hired him to build
me a bookcase.Copy !req
471. Jack still doesn't wanna see me?Copy !req
472. No.Copy !req
473. He's 15.Copy !req
474. He's trying to grow up.Copy !req
475. You deserted him in more ways
than one, you know.Copy !req
476. Bob and I being together
doesn't mean I'm deserting Jack.Copy !req
477. Really?Copy !req
478. I'll try telling him that.Copy !req
479. You were his hero.Copy !req
480. Life isn't as simple for Jack
as it is for you.Copy !req
481. Annie, with all due respect,Copy !req
482. you have no idea
what's simple for me.Copy !req
483. What do you want?Copy !req
484. For everything to be okay.Copy !req
485. What furniture do you want?Copy !req
486. I'll take the chair.Copy !req
487. What, that chair?Copy !req
488. - No, no, no.
- It's my chair.Copy !req
489. No, no, I like that chair.Copy !req
490. Jack likes that chair.
Take that chair.Copy !req
491. That chair... I hate that chair.
I've always hated that chair, you know that.Copy !req
492. Couch?Copy !req
493. Watch, watch.Copy !req
494. I got it, I got it, I got it.Copy !req
495. - Okay?
- Here, wait a minute.Copy !req
496. One, two, three.Copy !req
497. Okay, here.Copy !req
498. What?Copy !req
499. Come on, it's better
to break up like that.Copy !req
500. Oh please.Copy !req
501. Do you remember how we met?Copy !req
502. Yeah, summer camp.
I was nine, you were seven.Copy !req
503. Oh no, not you.Copy !req
504. How kind you were, dear.Copy !req
505. Come on, seriously.Copy !req
506. Anne. Annie!Copy !req
507. No, I remember.Copy !req
508. Here.Copy !req
509. Here.Copy !req
510. You spilled coffee in
my book and lied about it.Copy !req
511. I didn't lie.Copy !req
512. It was an accident.Copy !req
513. I was nervous.Copy !req
514. I was so in love with you.Copy !req
515. This is yours.Copy !req
516. Annie, I need you
to know something.Copy !req
517. This has nothing to do with you.Copy !req
518. This has everything
to do with me.Copy !req
519. It's my life,
and you messed it up.Copy !req
520. No, no, no, no,
you don't get to do that.Copy !req
521. You don't dump on somebody
and then comfort them.Copy !req
522. It's just against the rules.Copy !req
523. Appreciate your helping out with Jack.
I know it's not easy.Copy !req
524. It's worse than that.Copy !req
525. I keep defending you,Copy !req
526. and all I wanna do
is strangle you.Copy !req
527. Hi, Jack.Copy !req
528. I came by to pick up
a few things for the apartment.Copy !req
529. Look, I know you don't wanna
spend time with me right now, so...Copy !req
530. instead of dinner, I thought
maybe we could go bowling.Copy !req
531. You know, a group
activity might be better.Copy !req
532. - No thanks.
- We can bring Max if you want.Copy !req
533. There's also somebody
I'd like to introduce you to.Copy !req
534. The daughter of a friend mine,
Maggie Rogers.Copy !req
535. The Maggie Rogers?Copy !req
536. Well, I don't know if
it's The Maggie Rogers.Copy !req
537. But I think she
goes to your school.Copy !req
538. Anyway...Copy !req
539. I thought we'd bowl
a few rounds.Copy !req
540. Okay.Copy !req
541. And it's games!Copy !req
542. You bowl games,Copy !req
543. not rounds.Copy !req
544. As much as I hated the ideaCopy !req
545. of being around my
father and The Bob...Copy !req
546. it was Maggie
that made me do it.Copy !req
547. Hey, Jack.Copy !req
548. Hey.Copy !req
549. Max.Copy !req
550. Uh, five and a half, please.Copy !req
551. Full sizes only.Copy !req
552. Okay, six.Copy !req
553. No sixes.Copy !req
554. Make it a seven.Copy !req
555. The minute I saw her,
I turned green.Copy !req
556. The only thing missing
was the yearbook photographer.Copy !req
557. What size for you?Copy !req
558. Oh, I bowl in socks,
it gives me more slide.Copy !req
559. Right.Copy !req
560. So are you like
alone here or what?Copy !req
561. Um, no, that's my father.Copy !req
562. Who's the other guy?Copy !req
563. Why did I bring you?Copy !req
564. Because you like me,
you like me very much.Copy !req
565. Okay, everyone, let's take a practice round
and then we'll start.Copy !req
566. Burpa, that's what they
call him, Max Burpa.Copy !req
567. - Wow!
- That's my girl.Copy !req
568. Go, Maggie, yeah!Copy !req
569. Okay, Jack, you're up.Copy !req
570. Way to go, Jack, make potholes,
confuse everyone.Copy !req
571. Jack, next time try to
keep your wrist straight.Copy !req
572. Um, Bob, no advice, thanks.Copy !req
573. Isn't Maggie great?Copy !req
574. Great is an understatement.Copy !req
575. You've already had a hot dog,
nachos and a soda, and what else?Copy !req
576. I don't know, some Tootsie Rolls,
if you're counting.Copy !req
577. I can definitely
go for ice cream.Copy !req
578. Speaking of which,
guess who's here.Copy !req
579. No idea.Copy !req
580. Okay, I'll rephrase.Copy !req
581. For $200...Copy !req
582. guess which one of our schoolmates
bowls in a league.Copy !req
583. Eddie Hayes?Copy !req
584. Oh, no way, that's so queer.Copy !req
585. He's in a league?Copy !req
586. Hey, we're going to the opera.Copy !req
587. - Well, what are you seeing?
- Carmen.Copy !req
588. Carmen.Copy !req
589. How'd you get tickets?
I thought it was sold out.Copy !req
590. It was, but you know John
when he sets his mind to something.Copy !req
591. Do you have a medical problem?Copy !req
592. Hmm?Copy !req
593. You know, they have drugs
for people who are hyper.Copy !req
594. Yeah, you see, they thought he was hyper
but the tests came back normal.Copy !req
595. Maybe they should
get him tested again.Copy !req
596. I am taking Jim to Provincetown
for Memorial Day.Copy !req
597. - Why?
- He's never been.Copy !req
598. Never?Copy !req
599. I was remembering the
first time I met The Bob.Copy !req
600. About nine months
after he moved out,Copy !req
601. my dad and I were going
on one of our adventures.Copy !req
602. A boat trip to St. Michael's Island.Copy !req
603. And my dad asked
if he could bring a friend.Copy !req
604. Had I known then what I
know now, I woulda said no.Copy !req
605. Okay, anybody have any shoes
they haven't returned?Copy !req
606. Yeah.Copy !req
607. I took mine back already.Copy !req
608. Okay, I'll see you
guys at the car.Copy !req
609. - See you, guys.
- See you outside.Copy !req
610. Oh my God.Copy !req
611. Oh, gross.Copy !req
612. Am I seeing what
I think I'm seeing?Copy !req
613. Gross, totally gross!Copy !req
614. Okay...Copy !req
615. was that artificial
respiration or something?Copy !req
616. Was there a reason
for that, can you tell me?Copy !req
617. Shut up, just shut up!Copy !req
618. Can you ever just not talk?Copy !req
619. He kissed the guy
right on the mouth, okay.Copy !req
620. Not on the cheek.Copy !req
621. Why do they have
to make out in public?Copy !req
622. Do your parents
make out in public?Copy !req
623. No, no, actually my parents
avoid touching at all times.Copy !req
624. This was the
beginning of the end.Copy !req
625. Look, it's nothing to
go insane about, okay?Copy !req
626. You can use my locker
'til it wears off.Copy !req
627. It's goddam black magic marker!Copy !req
628. It's permanent!
It doesn't wear off!Copy !req
629. Did you do this?Copy !req
630. No, I didn't do it.Copy !req
631. But, uh,
but maybe I accidentally...Copy !req
632. mentioned a bit about two guys
kissing to a couple people.Copy !req
633. Well, it freaked me out, okay?Copy !req
634. I'm over it now.Copy !req
635. I mean I get it.
It's a disease, okay, like a sickness.Copy !req
636. Same as guys who chop people up,Copy !req
637. put the pieces outta the house.Copy !req
638. You're completely mentally ill.Copy !req
639. You know that?Copy !req
640. No!Copy !req
641. Don't polish it!Copy !req
642. Charming, at this rate, there will be
a whole novel up there by the end of the year.Copy !req
643. Talk to your girlfriend,
fag baby.Copy !req
644. I don't know who
you think you are.Copy !req
645. I go bowling with you and
your rodent friend as a favor,Copy !req
646. and this is what happens?Copy !req
647. What is what happens?Copy !req
648. I mean, I stupidly agree to go bowling
with you and your queer bait father,Copy !req
649. and they write fag baby
on my locker.Copy !req
650. Look, this is my life,Copy !req
651. and you and your friend
are like kamikazes.Copy !req
652. I have no idea what
you're talking about.Copy !req
653. Ask the rodent.Copy !req
654. Okay, Maggie won't speak to me
and she says you know why.Copy !req
655. There's been a small
letter-writing accident, okay.Copy !req
656. What are you talking about?Copy !req
657. Someone circulated
like a chain letterCopy !req
658. to the whole school
about the bowling alley.Copy !req
659. Someone other than you?Copy !req
660. Yeah.Copy !req
661. Eddie Hayes?Copy !req
662. Okay, show me.Copy !req
663. $25 to the one
who first identifiesCopy !req
664. which beautiful babe and star of
the basketball court I spotted last nightCopy !req
665. at a homosexual soiree
at the local 10-pin Lanes.Copy !req
666. Post your answers on
the bulletin board in hall.Copy !req
667. - Name names, and receive money.
- Look...Copy !req
668. it'll be fine.
Okay, no one's gonna post anything.Copy !req
669. They wrote fag baby
on my locker.Copy !req
670. You don't think they'll
write a name for money?Copy !req
671. Yeah, well, they should've
written it on Maggie's locker, right?Copy !req
672. Because her dad's
one of the fags.Copy !req
673. But she's too cool.Copy !req
674. Oh, yeah, that makes me feel a lot better
except for one little thing.Copy !req
675. Turns out my dad's a fag too.Copy !req
676. - What?
- Shut up.Copy !req
677. Shut up!Copy !req
678. I feel sick.Copy !req
679. Don't worry, okay, it's the tater tots.
They're hard to digest.Copy !req
680. And how do you know
your dad is...Copy !req
681. you know...Copy !req
682. a fagola?Copy !req
683. He told me, okay?Copy !req
684. In a canoe.Copy !req
685. And don't call him that.Copy !req
686. And if you tell anyone,
I'm gonna torture you,Copy !req
687. starting with your fingernails.Copy !req
688. Okay, all right.Copy !req
689. I have to go home.Copy !req
690. You have a fever?Copy !req
691. Are you gonna faint?Copy !req
692. No, I just,
I've had this before.Copy !req
693. I just need to call my mom.Copy !req
694. Okay.Copy !req
695. Hello.Copy !req
696. Mrs. Stanford,
this is Miss Morgan.Copy !req
697. I'm the school
nurse at Rolling Hills.Copy !req
698. I have Jack here in the office.Copy !req
699. And he's not feeling well.Copy !req
700. Dizzy and nauseated.Copy !req
701. Is he okay?Copy !req
702. Shall I put him on?Copy !req
703. You have to pick me up.Copy !req
704. What... are you really sick?Copy !req
705. Right now, Mom!
You have to pick me up!Copy !req
706. Jack?Copy !req
707. So shall we call this a
mental health moment?Copy !req
708. Call it whatever you want.Copy !req
709. I hate children.Copy !req
710. Look, you can't
go home, all right.Copy !req
711. Don't leave me
alone in this place.Copy !req
712. Yeah, you're right.Copy !req
713. I don't need to go home.Copy !req
714. I can move,
like to another country.Copy !req
715. So what if your dad's queer?Copy !req
716. I don't care.Copy !req
717. He sleeps with Bob.Copy !req
718. They're lovers.Copy !req
719. So?Copy !req
720. I sleep with my dog.Copy !req
721. It's not the same thing.Copy !req
722. Can I ask you a question?Copy !req
723. No!Copy !req
724. What do you think they do?Copy !req
725. Look, I don't know
and I don't wanna know.Copy !req
726. Look, maybe it's
just a phase, okay.Copy !req
727. He hasn't tried to make
you queer, has he?Copy !req
728. Max, it's not a phase, okay.Copy !req
729. And you can't make
a person queer.Copy !req
730. They either are or they aren't.Copy !req
731. What's going on here?Copy !req
732. I'm waiting for my mom.Copy !req
733. And you?Copy !req
734. Waiting for his mom.Copy !req
735. He's sick, I didn't
wanna leave him alone.Copy !req
736. In case he loses consciousness.Copy !req
737. Five minutes from now,
I don't wanna see you here.Copy !req
738. You all right?Copy !req
739. You got a sore throat?Copy !req
740. Did something happen?Copy !req
741. Your father called this morning.Copy !req
742. Next Wednesday, instead of going out to dinner,
he wants you to come to the apartment.Copy !req
743. No.Copy !req
744. I told him you would.Copy !req
745. Mom, I've had enough
of the whole Dad thing.Copy !req
746. I'm about two minutes away
from losing my mindCopy !req
747. because they wrote
fag baby on my locker.Copy !req
748. Kids are idiots.Copy !req
749. Boy, you need a haircut.Copy !req
750. Both hands on the wheel, please.Copy !req
751. You have hair
just like your father's.Copy !req
752. No matter what you do to it,
it wants to do something else.Copy !req
753. No, Mom,
I am not like my father!Copy !req
754. There is nothing about me
that is like my father.Copy !req
755. I don't wanna have
dinner with him,Copy !req
756. or see his apartment,Copy !req
757. or spend quality time
with his boyfriend.Copy !req
758. Got it?Copy !req
759. Maggie's gonna be there.Copy !req
760. We're not speaking.Copy !req
761. Jack, I know the
situation isn't easy.Copy !req
762. Sometimes you have to wrestle
with things to make them fit.Copy !req
763. Your father is not
something to be ashamed of.Copy !req
764. He realized things
weren't working out,Copy !req
765. and he did what he had to do.Copy !req
766. Sometimes people spend their whole lives
trying to figure out what makes them happy.Copy !req
767. So are you happy?Copy !req
768. I might not be happy
even if I were happy.Copy !req
769. He took a risk.Copy !req
770. Maybe you should be
proud of him.Copy !req
771. Oh come on, you don't even
believe what you just said.Copy !req
772. He wrecked everything.Copy !req
773. It's not okay.Copy !req
774. I know.Copy !req
775. What do you say
we get some Ring Dings?Copy !req
776. Hit her?Copy !req
777. - What?
- Hit her.Copy !req
778. Stop that.Copy !req
779. I'm not talking to you.Copy !req
780. Hi.Copy !req
781. I'm Anne, Jack's mom.Copy !req
782. - Hi, Maggie, Maggie Rogers.
- Come on in.Copy !req
783. Mom, hello?Copy !req
784. I'm sorry I was harsh before.Copy !req
785. Max is a total rodent, but,Copy !req
786. about the other stuff,
the letters and the locker...Copy !req
787. I'm sorry.Copy !req
788. But why me, it was your father
that was kissing the guy.Copy !req
789. I know, I overreacted
and I'm sorry.Copy !req
790. Unfortunately, I'm sorry
doesn't remove magic marker.Copy !req
791. I can't control everything.Copy !req
792. So do your friends
know about your dad?Copy !req
793. Did he take you out in a rowboat
and confess too?Copy !req
794. Nope.Copy !req
795. One day, there was just
some guy sleeping over.Copy !req
796. My dad moved into the guestroom,
and then he moved out.Copy !req
797. And I thought it was insomnia,Copy !req
798. because he always had insomnia.Copy !req
799. But one Saturday morning,Copy !req
800. he just took all this stuff
and started packing it in Hefty bags.Copy !req
801. And all I kept saying was,
"Are we going to the movies?"Copy !req
802. "Are we going to the movies?"Copy !req
803. Because we always used to go
to the movies on Saturday.Copy !req
804. And I knew something horrible was happening.
I just didn't know what.Copy !req
805. So, uh...Copy !req
806. is this gonna be
something special?Copy !req
807. Yeah, it's gonna be a Zendo.Copy !req
808. Cool.Copy !req
809. Zendo, I've never seen one
in someone's backyard before.Copy !req
810. You don't even know
what a Zendo is.Copy !req
811. Yes I do.Copy !req
812. It's a place where people...Copy !req
813. It's a place where people, like...Copy !req
814. Jack, what do
people do in a Zendo?Copy !req
815. They meditate.Copy !req
816. Yeah, it's a place
where people meditate.Copy !req
817. Cool.Copy !req
818. Yeah.Copy !req
819. So are you like the poster childCopy !req
820. for the well-adjusted
gay dad club?Copy !req
821. It's not really like
I have a choice.Copy !req
822. Are you going to your dad's house
for dinner next week?Copy !req
823. I don't know.Copy !req
824. I'll go if you go.Copy !req
825. Okay.Copy !req
826. Sure.Copy !req
827. Do you wanna go to a movie?Copy !req
828. - Now?
- No, like on Friday or something.Copy !req
829. Um, sure.Copy !req
830. Yeah, okay, I guess I could go.Copy !req
831. Uh, do we dare
be seen in public?Copy !req
832. Don't worry, I'll protect you.Copy !req
833. Jack, you'll get used to it.Copy !req
834. I did.Copy !req
835. No, I don't think I will.Copy !req
836. Elaine, look,
can I call you back?Copy !req
837. Great, bye-bye.Copy !req
838. I'm going,
but I'm not gonna eat.Copy !req
839. Is that what you're wearing?Copy !req
840. It's what I wear to school.Copy !req
841. Don't you wanna get dressed up
for your father and Maggie?Copy !req
842. Maggie, yes, my father, no.Copy !req
843. Hey, what about meeting The Bob?Copy !req
844. Mom, I already met The Bob when we
went bowling and once a long time ago.Copy !req
845. When a long time ago?Copy !req
846. Uh, when we went to
St. Michael's Island with Dad.Copy !req
847. Bob came along.Copy !req
848. Really? Bob was there?Copy !req
849. I thought they just met.Copy !req
850. No, he's known him for a while.Copy !req
851. So do I have to change?Copy !req
852. I don't care,
wear whatever you want.Copy !req
853. I was at his apartment,Copy !req
854. and all I kept thinking about
was him being gayCopy !req
855. and this being the place
that he and The Bob lived in together.Copy !req
856. I wanted to puke.Copy !req
857. That is, until I
thought about Maggie.Copy !req
858. Hey, hi ya.Copy !req
859. Welcome.Copy !req
860. Dining room. Bob, Jack's here.Copy !req
861. That's the kitchen.
Let me show you this.Copy !req
862. With a view.Copy !req
863. Sofa looks pretty
good here, doesn't it?Copy !req
864. Yeah.Copy !req
865. Is that the chair that used
to be in the living room?Copy !req
866. That's the chair that used
to be in the living room.Copy !req
867. That's the coffee table
that I built you when you were little.Copy !req
868. You've heard that story before.Copy !req
869. Hi, Jack.Copy !req
870. Nice slippers.Copy !req
871. Oh, thanks.Copy !req
872. I picked them up
at an antique fair.Copy !req
873. I think they may have
belonged to Greta Garbo.Copy !req
874. At least that's what
the guy told me.Copy !req
875. I'll go check the oven.Copy !req
876. Come on,
I wanna show you the view.Copy !req
877. Not bad, huh?Copy !req
878. Listen, Jack, I was hoping I could
come to your game, if that's okay.Copy !req
879. Okay, where's Maggie?Copy !req
880. She should be here any minute.Copy !req
881. There you go.Copy !req
882. Hi, hi, hi.Copy !req
883. Come on in, Maggie.Copy !req
884. You look wonderful.Copy !req
885. - John.
- Nice to see you.Copy !req
886. - Hi.
- Hi.Copy !req
887. Jack, we'll only be able
to stay a minute.Copy !req
888. Hey, how are you?Copy !req
889. Hello, dear, how are you?
Come in, come. Please.Copy !req
890. Dinner's just about ready, guys.Copy !req
891. Okay.Copy !req
892. I'm not hungry,
I'd like to go home.Copy !req
893. Bob worked very hard on this dinner.
You'll hurt his feelings.Copy !req
894. I don't care about his feelings.Copy !req
895. I don't even know him.Copy !req
896. I mean, shouldn't you care
more about my feelings than his?Copy !req
897. Didn't I come first?Copy !req
898. You know I care
about your feelings.Copy !req
899. Then why are you
doing this to me?Copy !req
900. I'm not doing anything to you.Copy !req
901. Well then who
are you doing it to?Copy !req
902. Jack...Copy !req
903. who I am...Copy !req
904. and who I love...Copy !req
905. is about me.Copy !req
906. It is not about you.Copy !req
907. Well then how come they
call me fag baby at school?Copy !req
908. Do you want me to talk to them?Copy !req
909. Like what, have a
school assembly?Copy !req
910. Okay, everybody, Jack's father
is here to talk about homosexualityCopy !req
911. and why we shouldn't call
his son fag baby.Copy !req
912. Come on.Copy !req
913. Okay, you're right.Copy !req
914. You have every
right to be upset.Copy !req
915. Is there anything
I can do to help?Copy !req
916. You can help me
by not being gay.Copy !req
917. I wish I could do that, but I...Copy !req
918. You know, it would
make my life easier too.Copy !req
919. Well then just do it.
Do it for me.Copy !req
920. I can't do that, Jack.Copy !req
921. Then I'd like to go home.Copy !req
922. Hey, dinner's ready.Copy !req
923. Bob, Jack's not feeling that well.
I'm gonna drive him home.Copy !req
924. - Oh.
- I feel fine.Copy !req
925. I just don't wanna be here
with the two of you.Copy !req
926. You were incredibly
rude to Bob tonight.Copy !req
927. You know better than that.Copy !req
928. Wasn't right.Copy !req
929. You go and do this thing of yours,
you find yourself or whatever,Copy !req
930. and then...Copy !req
931. you expect everybody to knock
themselves out understanding you.Copy !req
932. None of that is right.Copy !req
933. Jack.Copy !req
934. Jack!Copy !req
935. What happened?Copy !req
936. He's mad about me,
he's mad about Bob. He's...Copy !req
937. I don't know what to do.Copy !req
938. Can you blame him?Copy !req
939. What happened to
my great defender?Copy !req
940. She quit.Copy !req
941. - Hey, hi guys.
- Hi.Copy !req
942. - Where's Steve?
- He's working late, new client.Copy !req
943. Hi, Michael, how's it going?Copy !req
944. Oh, it goes and I go with it.Copy !req
945. Why do I think
everyone's looking at me?Copy !req
946. You may think that they are all
looking at you, but they are not.Copy !req
947. I know, I know, I know.Copy !req
948. Oh my God, he showed up.Copy !req
949. Hi.Copy !req
950. - They're not gonna sit with us, are they?
- No, they're not gonna sit with us.Copy !req
951. It's your foot?Copy !req
952. Yeah.Copy !req
953. Do you think
you can stand on it?Copy !req
954. I'm not sure.Copy !req
955. I'll have to take a look.Copy !req
956. Ow, ow.Copy !req
957. Life is funny.Copy !req
958. One minute, I was running
to the cheers of the crowd,Copy !req
959. and the next I was
being wheeled down a hallCopy !req
960. on a gurney by my
parents and their boyfriends.Copy !req
961. You were playing beautifully.Copy !req
962. Who belongs to who?Copy !req
963. We can't have a thousand people
back here, immediate family only.Copy !req
964. We're the parents.Copy !req
965. Pick any two, the rest can
stay in the waiting room.Copy !req
966. Who's in charge here?Copy !req
967. Well, there's, uh...Copy !req
968. nothing broken...Copy !req
969. but you do have
a very bad sprain.Copy !req
970. I'd like to have an air cast
and crutches, please.Copy !req
971. Now...Copy !req
972. I'd like you to keep
this elevated tonightCopy !req
973. and all day tomorrow.Copy !req
974. I want you to have ice on it
30 minutes out of every hour.Copy !req
975. Any problems, give me a call.Copy !req
976. What about basketball?Copy !req
977. Well, I think you better
learn to walk before you run.Copy !req
978. Maybe we shouldn't
have all gone to the game.Copy !req
979. Maybe it ruined
your concentration.Copy !req
980. It's not your fault.Copy !req
981. My leg just got tangled
with the other guy's.Copy !req
982. That's it.Copy !req
983. Hey, kiddo, you got messages.Copy !req
984. Your coach, Maggie, and Elaine.Copy !req
985. She said she'll come over
during the day tomorrowCopy !req
986. and hang out with you
while everyone's at work.Copy !req
987. Oh, that's so nice.Copy !req
988. She adores you.Copy !req
989. She thinks you're very special.Copy !req
990. - I am very special.
- I know.Copy !req
991. But it's nice when someone else
agrees with you.Copy !req
992. Mom?Copy !req
993. Mm?Copy !req
994. What's it mean when your father
picks a boring boyfriend?Copy !req
995. That he had a lapse
in judgment after us.Copy !req
996. That's what I thought.Copy !req
997. - Enough?
- Thank you.Copy !req
998. You're welcome.Copy !req
999. You look very pale.Copy !req
1000. I feel very pale.Copy !req
1001. Do you want another pill?Copy !req
1002. No thanks.Copy !req
1003. If she hadn't been Mrs. Burka,
Max's mother,Copy !req
1004. I would have asked her to do that
to my whole body for hours on end.Copy !req
1005. I wondered if she knew
how she was making me feel.Copy !req
1006. That feels good.Copy !req
1007. Well...Copy !req
1008. I better run.Copy !req
1009. I told Steve I'd be home, and...Copy !req
1010. you know how he gets
if everything isn't perfect.Copy !req
1011. You rest a while longer, okay?
Your mom's gonna be home soon.Copy !req
1012. Oh, hey.Copy !req
1013. So, are you like down
for the count or what?Copy !req
1014. Down, but not out!Copy !req
1015. Hey, well, I brought
you a present.Copy !req
1016. Yeah, what, homework?Copy !req
1017. Ta-da.Copy !req
1018. Hi.Copy !req
1019. Hi.Copy !req
1020. I hope you're not out.Copy !req
1021. I'm really looking
forward to Friday.Copy !req
1022. I assume you're still free?Copy !req
1023. Free but crippled.Copy !req
1024. Well, what's happening Friday?Copy !req
1025. We have a date.Copy !req
1026. Really?Copy !req
1027. Well, uh, can I come?Copy !req
1028. No, Max, because then
it wouldn't be a date.Copy !req
1029. Anyways, uhm...Copy !req
1030. I'm gonna be late,
piano lesson day.Copy !req
1031. Did you see that?Copy !req
1032. She just kissed you.Copy !req
1033. That's like the second time
in recent history.Copy !req
1034. Well this is better than TV.Copy !req
1035. I'm watching you
go through puberty.Copy !req
1036. So, uh...Copy !req
1037. what do you do in a Zendo?Copy !req
1038. Just sit and wait?Copy !req
1039. No waiting, just sitting.Copy !req
1040. And then what?Copy !req
1041. Nothing.Copy !req
1042. I don't get it.Copy !req
1043. Well there's nothing to get,
nothing happens.Copy !req
1044. But if you do it enough,
you get yourself.Copy !req
1045. Okay.Copy !req
1046. So how many times
have you seen that film?Copy !req
1047. Like two million.Copy !req
1048. Yeah.Copy !req
1049. My dad used to take me to
the movies every Saturday.Copy !req
1050. Mine did too, maybe it's like a...Copy !req
1051. a gay dad thing or something.Copy !req
1052. I'm kidding.Copy !req
1053. So is it better or worse to be
a girl or a guy with a gay dad?Copy !req
1054. I think it's worse for a guy.Copy !req
1055. It's more threatening or
something, I don't know.Copy !req
1056. Yeah, I have to say,
when he first told me,Copy !req
1057. I kept thinking,
"Does that mean I'm gay too?"Copy !req
1058. And now?Copy !req
1059. Oh,Copy !req
1060. now I'm sure I'm not gay.Copy !req
1061. So how come you never
talk about your mom?Copy !req
1062. Because she's not around.Copy !req
1063. Is she dead?Copy !req
1064. No, she lives in Virginia.Copy !req
1065. Three years ago, she...Copy !req
1066. invited me to come and visit.Copy !req
1067. And...Copy !req
1068. I remember I spent the whole summer
baby-sitting her two new kids whileCopy !req
1069. she went off with her friends
and got her nails done.Copy !req
1070. She's got a new life...Copy !req
1071. a new husband, and...Copy !req
1072. as far as she's concerned, my dad and I
are just mistakes she made a long time ago.Copy !req
1073. But she's your mom, right?Copy !req
1074. Yeah.Copy !req
1075. Then she got annoyed about something,
threw her stuff in the back of a car and...Copy !req
1076. never came back.Copy !req
1077. How old were you?Copy !req
1078. Six.Copy !req
1079. And I remember...Copy !req
1080. I thought it was my fault,Copy !req
1081. like I thought I had done
something wrong.Copy !req
1082. Yeah, I thought
I was too boring.Copy !req
1083. Good night.Copy !req
1084. - Can you get out?
- I can try.Copy !req
1085. - Thank you.
- Welcome.Copy !req
1086. Hey.Copy !req
1087. Sorry about that,
we just started talking.Copy !req
1088. Oh, that's all right.Copy !req
1089. So you want me to drive
you guys somewhereCopy !req
1090. where you can make out
or something?Copy !req
1091. Michael, it's our
first date, okay?Copy !req
1092. Geez! Kids today, you're damned
if you do, damned if you don't.Copy !req
1093. - Sorry about that.
- Okay.Copy !req
1094. - Thank you.
- You're welcome.Copy !req
1095. So, um...Copy !req
1096. I guess I'll phone you tomorrow.Copy !req
1097. - Okay.
- Okay.Copy !req
1098. - Thank you.
- Bye.Copy !req
1099. Bye.Copy !req
1100. So?Copy !req
1101. Well, if I'd known
dating was that easy,Copy !req
1102. I woulda started
when I was like two.Copy !req
1103. We watched the film.Copy !req
1104. I held her hand.Copy !req
1105. And her hand was sweaty.Copy !req
1106. My hand was sweaty.Copy !req
1107. And our sweat
just kind of mixed.Copy !req
1108. And then we had ice cream.Copy !req
1109. And the vanilla melted
with the chocolate. And...Copy !req
1110. it was all just
kind of fantastic.Copy !req
1111. Yeah, I'll bet it was.Copy !req
1112. - You got enough warm clothes?
- Yeah.Copy !req
1113. - You got money?
- Yep.Copy !req
1114. It was very nice of
Elaine to invite you.Copy !req
1115. Yeah, I know,
I'm Max's entertainment.Copy !req
1116. Have a good time.Copy !req
1117. Bye.Copy !req
1118. Bye.Copy !req
1119. If someone could read the signs,
we'd know where to get off.Copy !req
1120. Steve, this is not my fault.
You're driving the car.Copy !req
1121. That's what you say.Copy !req
1122. Something about
Mr. Burka swerving...Copy !req
1123. made me think of Mr. Bailey.Copy !req
1124. Swerving on a highway was
definitely not a Mr. Bailey thing to do.Copy !req
1125. Made me think of him asking,Copy !req
1126. "Had my parents crashed?"Copy !req
1127. Dinner with Uncle Morris
and Aunt Mary is 7:30,Copy !req
1128. and they're looking
forward to seeing you.Copy !req
1129. Did they write "seeing you"
or "soaking you?"Copy !req
1130. Every time we go out to dinner
with them, I have to pay the check.Copy !req
1131. So just decide that
this time you won't.Copy !req
1132. I grew up on this lake.
I bet you didn't know that, Jack.Copy !req
1133. Almost drowned in
this bad boy once.Copy !req
1134. Every year, he tells us about
how he almost drowned.Copy !req
1135. You know, it means something
to have a place to come back to.Copy !req
1136. People always feel the need
to confess on a lake.Copy !req
1137. I myself don't like
lakes anymore.Copy !req
1138. They're overrated.Copy !req
1139. Boy, this is the life, huh?Copy !req
1140. Million miles away
from everything.Copy !req
1141. Million years away.Copy !req
1142. No littering please.Copy !req
1143. Feeding the fish.Copy !req
1144. Hey, Captain,
toss me those chips.Copy !req
1145. What's a lake made out of?Copy !req
1146. Oh, a lake's like
a really big puddle.Copy !req
1147. Well, what's a mountain
made out of?Copy !req
1148. Mountain's like a big rock.Copy !req
1149. Do rocks grow?Copy !req
1150. Only in your head.Copy !req
1151. Max.Copy !req
1152. Uh, could I have
some more ketchup?Copy !req
1153. Hey, Honey,
can I get a refill here?Copy !req
1154. Thanks.Copy !req
1155. Any time of day.Copy !req
1156. We've called him on emergencies.Copy !req
1157. So, how goes it in the market?Copy !req
1158. Any tips?Copy !req
1159. No tips.Copy !req
1160. Only top-secret insight
I'm not privy to share.Copy !req
1161. What do I owe you
for Mary and myself?Copy !req
1162. It's okay, Morris,
we'll split it 50-50.Copy !req
1163. But they've got
three extra people.Copy !req
1164. In the morning, I want you
all to come down to the house,Copy !req
1165. and I'll make you up
a nice big breakfast.Copy !req
1166. You know, I got this.Copy !req
1167. Whole, half,
what's the difference?Copy !req
1168. What pleases you
pleases the court.Copy !req
1169. Maybe next time, Morris.Copy !req
1170. - Next time.
- Uh, Sweetie...Copy !req
1171. thank you for everything.Copy !req
1172. It's very old-fashioned.Copy !req
1173. Yeah, like prison.Copy !req
1174. No, I like it.Copy !req
1175. Well you boys sleep well.Copy !req
1176. Is everything okay?Copy !req
1177. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
1178. Good night, Jack.Copy !req
1179. I love you.Copy !req
1180. What was that, "I love you?"Copy !req
1181. I don't know, it just
kinda slipped out.Copy !req
1182. Only top-secret insight
I am not privy to.Copy !req
1183. What an ass.Copy !req
1184. Honey, you could
have split the check.Copy !req
1185. What are you always on me for?
This is my vacation.Copy !req
1186. Why can't I relax
for 10 seconds?Copy !req
1187. So what if I pick up the check?Copy !req
1188. Well, you're the one who said
you were always getting soaked.Copy !req
1189. Can't I complain without
you throwing it my face?Copy !req
1190. You know what,
no, you know what?Copy !req
1191. Maybe the problem is you.Copy !req
1192. We should get pneumonia
not to hear them?Copy !req
1193. Is this normal?Copy !req
1194. It may not be normal, but...Copy !req
1195. they do it all the time.Copy !req
1196. I am so sick of
being criticized.Copy !req
1197. Not one thing I do is right,
according to you.Copy !req
1198. No, no, shut up,
Elaine, just shut up!Copy !req
1199. We can hear you!Copy !req
1200. Even the clanking of the fan
couldn't get their voices outta my head.Copy !req
1201. I closed my eyes,
trying to think of something else.Copy !req
1202. Anything else.Copy !req
1203. I told you he was sleeping.Copy !req
1204. Pack up, we're outta here.Copy !req
1205. We're leaving, get up.Copy !req
1206. Where are we going?Copy !req
1207. Home.Copy !req
1208. My father beat up my mom, okay.Copy !req
1209. He hauled off and slugged her.Copy !req
1210. Well, my dad once threw
a box of donuts at my mom,Copy !req
1211. and they went flying everywhere.Copy !req
1212. Pack, you idiot.Copy !req
1213. Where's Dad?Copy !req
1214. What an asshole.Copy !req
1215. This isn't the first time,
you know.Copy !req
1216. I want my dad.Copy !req
1217. Okay, so we have everything?Copy !req
1218. Where's my dad?Copy !req
1219. He went for a walk
with your uncle.Copy !req
1220. I'll put the stuff in the car.Copy !req
1221. Okay.Copy !req
1222. It was nothing like when
my dad threw the donuts.Copy !req
1223. It was 1,000 times worse.Copy !req
1224. Everything that had
happened to my familyCopy !req
1225. and everything that I'd
ever felt about the BurkasCopy !req
1226. or anyone else was
spilling out all over the place,Copy !req
1227. and I didn't know
how to stop it.Copy !req
1228. Here...Copy !req
1229. you boys go and get
yourself something, okay?Copy !req
1230. I had this image of myself
as a grown-up,Copy !req
1231. sitting in the car with her,Copy !req
1232. while the kids
were in the store.Copy !req
1233. I guess I just didn't think
she should be alone.Copy !req
1234. I guess I wanted to protect her.Copy !req
1235. Why don't you go on inside,
see if something catches your eye?Copy !req
1236. I don't know what to say.Copy !req
1237. You don't have to say anything.Copy !req
1238. To place a collect call,
press two.Copy !req
1239. Please state your name.Copy !req
1240. Jack.Copy !req
1241. We're not home right now,Copy !req
1242. but leave your name and number,
we'll call you back.Copy !req
1243. Will you accept charges,
press one. Now...Copy !req
1244. To place a collect call,
press two.Copy !req
1245. Please state your name.Copy !req
1246. Jack.Copy !req
1247. You have a collect
call from Jack.Copy !req
1248. - Will you accept charges, press one.
- Jack?Copy !req
1249. Yeah, Dad, press one.Copy !req
1250. - Jack, hello.
- Dad?Copy !req
1251. Jack?Copy !req
1252. Is everything all right?Copy !req
1253. Mr. Burka hit Mrs. Burka.Copy !req
1254. What do you mean, Jack?Copy !req
1255. Hit her, you know,Copy !req
1256. hit her, like in a boxing match
only without a ring.Copy !req
1257. Oh, is Elaine all right?Copy !req
1258. I don't know, it means
she's driving, but...Copy !req
1259. her face looks like a hamburger.Copy !req
1260. I'll meet you at the Burkas.Copy !req
1261. Just keep it together
until you get there, okay?Copy !req
1262. Okay.Copy !req
1263. Dad?Copy !req
1264. Yeah, yeah.Copy !req
1265. Promise you'll pick me up.Copy !req
1266. I promise, I'll be there.Copy !req
1267. I realized at that momentCopy !req
1268. that there were only three people
in the world that I could turn to.Copy !req
1269. Mrs. Burka, who couldn't
help anyone right now.Copy !req
1270. My mother, who wasn't home.Copy !req
1271. And my father, who was.Copy !req
1272. Hey.Copy !req
1273. Did you guys get
everything you wanted?Copy !req
1274. Yeah, yeah, we're fine,
let's just go.Copy !req
1275. Okay?Copy !req
1276. I...Copy !req
1277. I got you a present.Copy !req
1278. Thank you, Jack.Copy !req
1279. How come he's here?Copy !req
1280. Because I called him.Copy !req
1281. What did you do,
send smoke signals?Copy !req
1282. Are you all right?Copy !req
1283. Yeah, I'm okay.Copy !req
1284. Did you call the police?Copy !req
1285. He didn't mean it,
he just, he gets angry.Copy !req
1286. Help them out with the bags.Copy !req
1287. Are you expecting
him back today?Copy !req
1288. I don't know, I think he's gonna
stay with his family for a few days.Copy !req
1289. Come on, let's put some ice on that.
Do you think anything's broken?Copy !req
1290. - No, it's...
- Are you sure?Copy !req
1291. It's fine, it's just...Copy !req
1292. it's bruised, not broken.Copy !req
1293. If you mention one word
of this to anyone,Copy !req
1294. I will have you taken care of.Copy !req
1295. - Taken care of?
- Yeah, I will kill you, okay?Copy !req
1296. I will have you killed.Copy !req
1297. Max, hello, it's me, Jack.Copy !req
1298. Jack, your best friend.Copy !req
1299. Okay, first of all,
you're scaring me.Copy !req
1300. Second of all,
you're acting demented.Copy !req
1301. And third of all, if you don't
start acting nicer to your own momCopy !req
1302. I'm gonna kill you.Copy !req
1303. I keep trying to imagine
Mr. Burka hitting Mrs. Burka.Copy !req
1304. And every time I come close to the
moment when something bad happens,Copy !req
1305. my mind just freezes.Copy !req
1306. Mr. B hitting Mrs. B.Copy !req
1307. Pretty scary.Copy !req
1308. I imagine myself older...Copy !req
1309. bigger...Copy !req
1310. blocking Mr. Burka's
punch with one arm,Copy !req
1311. knocking him out with the other.Copy !req
1312. Hey, Max.Copy !req
1313. Hey.Copy !req
1314. How's your mom doing?Copy !req
1315. She looks like she got
her face put in a Cuisinart.Copy !req
1316. Look, Bob and I are having some
people over next Saturday for brunch,Copy !req
1317. why don't you two come?Copy !req
1318. Look, I may have called you,Copy !req
1319. but I still don't wanna
hang out with you.Copy !req
1320. Oh, I know you don't
wanna hang out with me.Copy !req
1321. But Maggie Rogers
was coming, so I...Copy !req
1322. Sure, for how long,
five minutes?Copy !req
1323. No, for the whole thing.Copy !req
1324. That's not fair.Copy !req
1325. Come on, that's
flat-out bribery.Copy !req
1326. You know I'm weak
when it comes to her.Copy !req
1327. So, are you coming or not?Copy !req
1328. - Yeah.
- Good.Copy !req
1329. Max, you?Copy !req
1330. Little football?Copy !req
1331. Come on, here we go.Copy !req
1332. - No, no, my leg, I can't.
- Okay. Come on!Copy !req
1333. Gannon, to Rice.Copy !req
1334. What am I gonna do?Copy !req
1335. You're gonna take care of yourself for once.
That's what you're gonna do.Copy !req
1336. What about the kids?Copy !req
1337. The kids don't wanna
see you get hit anymore.Copy !req
1338. Jack gave me this.Copy !req
1339. He just...Copy !req
1340. Anne, I'm so scared.Copy !req
1341. You must be Jack.Copy !req
1342. You look just like your father.Copy !req
1343. How's school?
I hear so much about you.Copy !req
1344. Um, actually I'm Max.Copy !req
1345. That's Jack right there.Copy !req
1346. Let's go!Copy !req
1347. I think that woman who
cornered Max is Bob's shrink.Copy !req
1348. I didn't know that
Bob had a shrink.Copy !req
1349. Yeah, my Dad took me
to see him a couple times.Copy !req
1350. Did I mention that I
hate my dad's boyfriend?Copy !req
1351. Okay, he clips his toenails
and then he eats the pieces.Copy !req
1352. I caught him doing it when
he thought no one was looking.Copy !req
1353. Isn't that disgusting?Copy !req
1354. - Yeah.
- Ugh.Copy !req
1355. Don't you wish your dad
would just find some girl,Copy !req
1356. get married and then
all this would stop?Copy !req
1357. No, I'd be totally jealous.Copy !req
1358. Oh.Copy !req
1359. So, can I kiss you?Copy !req
1360. No!Copy !req
1361. - Why not?
- Because you kiss everyone.Copy !req
1362. I do not!Copy !req
1363. Come on, I saw you with Jenny.Copy !req
1364. Yeah, but that was different.Copy !req
1365. Oh.Copy !req
1366. It was.Copy !req
1367. And besides, you kissed me the other day,
so that's where I got the idea.Copy !req
1368. Yeah, but you were injured.Copy !req
1369. And you've gotta wait til you earn
my trust, and then you can kiss me.Copy !req
1370. Okay.Copy !req
1371. Okay.Copy !req
1372. Yeah.Copy !req
1373. Hey, do you think Max is okay?Copy !req
1374. No.Copy !req
1375. Max?Copy !req
1376. Max!Copy !req
1377. What?Copy !req
1378. Ew, are you stuck?Copy !req
1379. No.Copy !req
1380. Hey, are you okay?Copy !req
1381. Why are you throwing up into a trash chute
instead of a restroom like a normal person?Copy !req
1382. Um, can we get you
some seltzer or something?Copy !req
1383. Yeah, that'd be great.Copy !req
1384. Why don't you go get it?Copy !req
1385. Okay.Copy !req
1386. What is wrong with you?Copy !req
1387. Okay, why do I feel like I'm seeing
tomorrow's headlines:Copy !req
1388. "Teenager Dies at
Homosexual Brunch?"Copy !req
1389. This is totally pathetic, Max.Copy !req
1390. Oh, what are you gonna do,
you're gonna hit me?Copy !req
1391. Look...Copy !req
1392. just leave me alone, okay.Copy !req
1393. I'm not doing anything,
it's none of your business.Copy !req
1394. Oh, it's none of my business,Copy !req
1395. and that's why you're doing it at my dad's
apartment instead of your own goddam house.Copy !req
1396. There's no one at my
house, asshole, remember?Copy !req
1397. You're driving me crazy, Max.Copy !req
1398. No, no, no, no,
you're driving me crazy.Copy !req
1399. Okay, look, your life
is a complete messCopy !req
1400. but you don't have to make it a
bigger drama than it already is.Copy !req
1401. Look who's talking, okay,
you have no idea.Copy !req
1402. Have you ever seen
your parents fight?Copy !req
1403. Huh?Copy !req
1404. Literally haul off
and punch each other?Copy !req
1405. If you ever heard the kinds of things
my parents say to each other, you'd die.Copy !req
1406. I mean, they hate
each other, okay.Copy !req
1407. And right now,Copy !req
1408. I hate both of them.Copy !req
1409. How do you think
that makes me feel?Copy !req
1410. Look, Max...Copy !req
1411. you're not your father.Copy !req
1412. You're not your mother.Copy !req
1413. You're you.Copy !req
1414. And you have to
take care of yourself.Copy !req
1415. And you have to
protect yourself.Copy !req
1416. And you have to find
a way through this.Copy !req
1417. And, okay, you can't fix it,Copy !req
1418. but it doesn't mean you
should wreck your own life either.Copy !req
1419. This coming from someone
who hates his own father.Copy !req
1420. I'd trade my dad with
yours in a second.Copy !req
1421. No, Max, you can't do that.Copy !req
1422. You don't trade one set
of problems for another.Copy !req
1423. Who says?Copy !req
1424. What are you, the pope
or something?Copy !req
1425. Okay, I don't know what to do.Copy !req
1426. Max, I don't know what to do.Copy !req
1427. Nothing I say is the right thing,
and you're scaring me, okay.Copy !req
1428. I mean, I already watched
my whole family fall apart,Copy !req
1429. and the truth is that I thoughtCopy !req
1430. your family was
the perfect family.Copy !req
1431. Now look...Copy !req
1432. both our families are nuts.Copy !req
1433. God, it stinks in here.Copy !req
1434. Sorry.Copy !req
1435. Um, this is all I could find.Copy !req
1436. He's completely drunk.Copy !req
1437. Okay, Max,
let's take a little walk.Copy !req
1438. Hello.Copy !req
1439. Hi.Copy !req
1440. Mom?Copy !req
1441. Jack?Copy !req
1442. Um...Copy !req
1443. Max went a little crazy
at dad's party today.Copy !req
1444. I mean, everything's fine,
everything's under control.Copy !req
1445. But I think Max and I are
gonna stay here tonight.Copy !req
1446. Do you want me to come and get you?
I can be there in two minutes.Copy !req
1447. You sure you're not
being held hostage?Copy !req
1448. No, Mom, everything's okay.
There's no hostage situation.Copy !req
1449. Okay, bye.Copy !req
1450. Bye.Copy !req
1451. You know, Max is really lucky
to have you as a friend.Copy !req
1452. I spoke with Elaine.Copy !req
1453. She said Steve is getting help,Copy !req
1454. and they're going to therapy.Copy !req
1455. Is he gonna move back in?Copy !req
1456. Uh,Copy !req
1457. don't know, but it is
never over until it is over.Copy !req
1458. That's true.Copy !req
1459. - Hey, Dad.
- Yeah.Copy !req
1460. Do you remember when we went
to St. Michael's with Bob?Copy !req
1461. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
1462. Well...Copy !req
1463. were you and him together then?Copy !req
1464. No, we were just friends then.Copy !req
1465. Yeah, that's what I thought.Copy !req
1466. We'll come back for that.Copy !req
1467. Okay, let's try it again,
be careful.Copy !req
1468. You know, we don't
have to do this in the rain.Copy !req
1469. I can wait and get my
license when I'm 30.Copy !req
1470. It's no problem.Copy !req
1471. Okay great, come on,
let's go, cut the wheel.Copy !req
1472. Come on.Copy !req
1473. Cut!Copy !req
1474. Cut a little more.Copy !req
1475. Cut it more.Copy !req
1476. Look, you're doing fine.Copy !req
1477. Stop!Copy !req
1478. What happened?Copy !req
1479. Did you do that on purpose?Copy !req
1480. No, are you okay?Copy !req
1481. Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine.Copy !req
1482. Why don't we call it
a day today, okay?Copy !req
1483. Okay.Copy !req
1484. God, a car is not a car,
it's a machine.Copy !req
1485. When you're ready, I'd like to
take you for your driver's test.Copy !req
1486. It's okay, Michael
said he would.Copy !req
1487. I know, but I'd like to,
if you don't mind.Copy !req
1488. Yeah, sure.Copy !req
1489. Are you gonna hate me forever?Copy !req
1490. I don't know.Copy !req
1491. Hard to believe.Copy !req
1492. You are turning 16.Copy !req
1493. Yeah, it kinda creeps up on you.Copy !req
1494. Yeah.Copy !req
1495. Maybe we should
do something special.Copy !req
1496. Do you remember when
we went to the circus?Copy !req
1497. Yeah, I was six.Copy !req
1498. You took 10 of my friends,
we had front-row seats,Copy !req
1499. and then the lion bit
the head off the monkey,Copy !req
1500. and we all had nightmares
for about a week.Copy !req
1501. Well, Mom's baking a cake.
I think that should be good enough.Copy !req
1502. Okay.Copy !req
1503. When you're a kid, everyone
makes a big deal outta your birthday.Copy !req
1504. You get presents, your mom
brings cupcakes to your school.Copy !req
1505. It's like a national holiday.Copy !req
1506. The fact is, when you're 16,
you're not 15 anymore.Copy !req
1507. You wake up, you look at yourself,
and there you are.Copy !req
1508. Your hopes, dreams and
fantasies starting right at you.Copy !req
1509. At a certain point, you stop
waiting for your life to begin.Copy !req
1510. You realize this is your life,
right here, right now.Copy !req
1511. Make of it what you will,Copy !req
1512. what you can.Copy !req
1513. Hey.Copy !req
1514. So what, when I graduate,
is somebody gonna writeCopy !req
1515. fag baby grows up in big
letters on the school roof?Copy !req
1516. Maybe?Copy !req
1517. - Happy birthday.
- Thanks.Copy !req
1518. What is it, a pipe bomb, a gun?Copy !req
1519. No.Copy !req
1520. Okay.Copy !req
1521. Condoms?Copy !req
1522. You got me condoms
for my birthday?Copy !req
1523. Yeah.Copy !req
1524. Okay, well thanks for thinking of me
in such a weirdly personal way.Copy !req
1525. I'll treasure them.Copy !req
1526. And then I'll use them when I'm
like 50 and married or something.Copy !req
1527. So...Copy !req
1528. your papers are due next week.Copy !req
1529. And all papers are due.Copy !req
1530. No exceptions.Copy !req
1531. The thing about people
is that they're human.Copy !req
1532. As obvious as that is,
we have to remember it.Copy !req
1533. People are who they are.Copy !req
1534. And once you realize that...Copy !req
1535. you'll end up less disappointed.Copy !req
1536. And then sometimes
they'll surprise you.Copy !req
1537. Jack.Copy !req
1538. Jack?Copy !req
1539. Are you with us?Copy !req
1540. Not really.Copy !req
1541. So, uh...Copy !req
1542. see your cake?Copy !req
1543. Yeah...Copy !req
1544. it's fantastic.Copy !req
1545. I got these guys, um...Copy !req
1546. but, uh...Copy !req
1547. I thought I better
ask you first.Copy !req
1548. Um...Copy !req
1549. do we actually have
to put them on the cake?Copy !req
1550. I just think I'm a little
too old for decorations.Copy !req
1551. I think you're right.Copy !req
1552. What is that?Copy !req
1553. It's a Zendo.Copy !req
1554. - A Zendo.
- Yeah, a long story.Copy !req
1555. It's a Zendo.Copy !req
1556. So, this is where
I had my garden.Copy !req
1557. And this is where
I used to play with Jack.Copy !req
1558. It's not a historical landmark,
we still live here.Copy !req
1559. I know, I know,
I'm just showing Bob around.Copy !req
1560. Okay.Copy !req
1561. Is Mom feeding the holly?Copy !req
1562. I don't know.Copy !req
1563. Anne.Copy !req
1564. What?Copy !req
1565. Are you feeding the holly?Copy !req
1566. Am I feeding the hungry?Copy !req
1567. The holly.Copy !req
1568. The holly, uh, yeah, um,
go ahead and do what you want.Copy !req
1569. I mean, feed the holly, clip the forsythia,
deadhead the roses, be my guest.Copy !req
1570. She's not feeding the holly.Copy !req
1571. Oh, who wants sprouts?Copy !req
1572. Yes, please.Copy !req
1573. Hi, Jack, sorry I'm late.Copy !req
1574. Hi, Maggie.Copy !req
1575. That Maggie did that,Copy !req
1576. in front of everyone,
was rather impressive.Copy !req
1577. I was also hoping Mrs. Burka
was just a teeny bit jealous.Copy !req
1578. Mom and I worked
together on that one.Copy !req
1579. Thank you.Copy !req
1580. Oh, it's beautiful.Copy !req
1581. - Did you make that?
- I did.Copy !req
1582. I bet you did.Copy !req
1583. - Thank you.
- Oh you're welcome, I hope it fits.Copy !req
1584. I have one, it'll fit.Copy !req
1585. There we go.Copy !req
1586. Here, open mine next.Copy !req
1587. That's my favorite.Copy !req
1588. See?Copy !req
1589. Now I know.Copy !req
1590. - Thank you.
- You're welcome.Copy !req
1591. I wanted to thank everyone,Copy !req
1592. but really I didn't.Copy !req
1593. Because thank you is
such an overused word.Copy !req
1594. It means too many things,
and at the same time...Copy !req
1595. it means nothing.Copy !req
1596. But one thing I did know...Copy !req
1597. was that I wanted to sit there until
I became old enough to understand my life.Copy !req
1598. Well, I think that
went very well.Copy !req
1599. Yes, well, nothing fell on any one
and no one choked,Copy !req
1600. so they all seemed
to have a good time.Copy !req
1601. Oh, my baby's 16 years old.Copy !req
1602. 16, that makes me an old woman.Copy !req
1603. - Can I go for a walk?
- Go, go, go.Copy !req
1604. Watch the leg.Copy !req
1605. - Who says you're old?
- I do.Copy !req
1606. So are you.Copy !req
1607. I walked through
the night alone,Copy !req
1608. Jack singular.Copy !req
1609. I'd always be my mother's Jack,Copy !req
1610. and my father's Jack,Copy !req
1611. and the Jack with
the gay dad and Bob,Copy !req
1612. and Michael and Max and Mrs. B.Copy !req
1613. I'd always be all that,Copy !req
1614. but more than that,
I was myself.Copy !req
1615. Jack, no strings attached.Copy !req
1616. Whatever my family was or wasn't
seemed to be getting less important.Copy !req
1617. My life was my own now,Copy !req
1618. and my job was to make it
what I wanted it to be.Copy !req
1619. I only wished I'd known
that a couple of years ago.Copy !req
1620. I was Jack,Copy !req
1621. plain Jack,Copy !req
1622. Jack out there all by myself.Copy !req
1623. "Jack takes the pass."Copy !req
1624. The announcer's voice
boomed in my head.Copy !req
1625. I ran unevenly across the court,Copy !req
1626. wondering if my leg
would ever be normal again.Copy !req
1627. Or if my life would
ever be normal again.Copy !req
1628. "Fast Jack is coming in low."Copy !req
1629. I crouched down,
dancing in and out.Copy !req
1630. My leg felt like I was
stepping on pushpins.Copy !req
1631. "He's up! Fast Jack is up!"Copy !req
1632. I pushed through the pain.Copy !req
1633. As the crowd roared,Copy !req
1634. my leg didn't hurt.Copy !req
1635. Nothing hurt.Copy !req
1636. My mind was flowing.Copy !req
1637. I was Fast Jack, and
I knew I would make it.Copy !req
1638. And that everything
would be okay.Copy !req
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