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There's a time for love and a time for living. Take a chance and face the wind.

Open road and a road that's hidden.

Friendly life around the bend.

There were times I lost a dream or two.

Found a trail and at the end was you.

There's a path you take and a path not taken.

The choice is up to you, my friend.

Not so long, but you might awaken to a brand new life.

Brand new life. A brand new life both round the bend.

I don't know why I read the paper.

Everything's so depressing.

It's acid rain, government scandal, Central America.

Oh, you think that's bad?

Mr. Dithers is about to fire Dagwood.

Mr. Dithers? Is he still alive?

He must be over a hundred. Yeah, and not a wrinkle.

You want some more coffee?

Oh, yeah, I'll get it. No, no. This is your day off. I wouldn't think of

interrupting your mindless pursuit.

Oh, well, thank you, Angela.

You're welcome, Tony.

Well, let me make myself comfy here, huh?

Ooh, boy, this Brenda Starr, she's a looker.

I'll get it!

Oh, good.

Ooh, major textile.

Knife, pearl, accent.

Trey, preppy.

It should be great. You know what it cost me?

Practically nothing.

So, what's the big news? Tell us, tell us. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,

wait. What later? What news?

It's no biggie, Dad. I'm just going to the library.

Oh, decked out like that?

It's a study date.

With who, Calvin Klein?

Samantha, since when do you want study dates?

Dad, I'm a high school freshman now. My time is very limited. I have to combine

activities whenever I can.

Oh, good, good. You could smile when you take out the garbage.

You have to take out the garbage?

Our housekeeper does that.

Whoops. Sorry, Mr. Messiah.

Okay, Sam, who is this young scholar anyway? And why haven't you mentioned

before? And how come I haven't met him? Dad, can we continue this in the

kitchen, please? Oh, I'd be delighted.

Excuse us.

Why can't parents just give you money and leave you alone?

Dad,

look, if you haven't noticed, I'm growing up. Yeah, yeah, I noticed. Any

I could talk you out of that?

Dad, I'm in high school now and I need more independence.

You can't ask me about every little thing. You're right. Who is this guy?

He's someone you don't know. Well, why don't I know him?

Because I don't know him too well either.

Well, then how can you go out with a guy you barely know?

Well, I... Now,

I don't know about this, Samantha. I mean, we had an agreement. Before you go

out with him, I get to meet him. Come on, Dad. Loosen up.

Yeah. Yeah, Dad, chill out, man.

I think what Samantha and Mother are trying to say is that every young girl

needs a little privacy.

I mean, what's the problem if you know who she's going to be with, where she's

going, and what time she's coming back?

Mason Library, 530.

I guess.

Dad,

I'm pleased.

No more third degree, okay?

Okay. Thank you.

Hmm.

to get to meet this guy?

Meet him?

Uh, well, he's kind of busy.

Well, doesn't he have some free time?

Sure, but even his free time is busy. You know how it is in college.

Oh, yeah.

Come on, guys. Walk me to the bus. Okay.

Hey, bye, Dad.

Okay, Samantha. Look, have a good time and don't strain your eyes.

Oh, Julie, that reminds me. I gotta give your mother that recipe for Grandma's

eggplant parmesan.

But, Dad, I've gotta go.

Go ahead. I'll catch up with you.

Bye -bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.

Oh, Julia.

Sam's got a hot date, huh? Oh, yeah. He's really hot.

How hot?

Well, he's... Wait a minute.

I know what you're trying to do, Mr. Maselli, but it won't work.

Oh, you're sharp, Julia. Oh, you're sharp. Wow.

You know, we can use people like you in the CIA, and I think they do.

Let's see, where is that recipe?

Let's see.

Oh, hey, but Julia, that's enough. You mean to tell me you're not even going to

go down there and check this guy out?

Nah, you need ID.

ID? No, I don't think you need an ID to get in a library.

Sure you do.

No, no, no you don't.

Sometimes you do. Oh, like when? Like when it's a college.

Aha!

We work well together, Julia.

Samantha, I reserved a table off in the corner where it's quiet and we can be

alone.

Alone? You know, Mason, it's hard for me to concentrate when it's too quiet.

Let's just stay out here where the action is.

Whatever you say.

Thank you.

So, how do you like my library?

Nice.

Lots of books?

Actually, the section on thermonuclear physics is pretty thin.

Serious bummage.

Good word. You know, you certainly have your finger on the pulse of American

slang.

I try.

You know, Sam, I've been thinking a lot about today.

Me too.

Hey, where does the cheerleader sit?

You covered the world from such an interesting angle.

Thanks.

So, where do they sit?

Oh, I'm sorry. The cheerleaders don't come here. Only the football players.

Football players?

Here? Sure. They come to see me.

It's a symbiotic relationship.

I help them pass their courses. They let me use their weight room.

But I guess it's kind of obvious.

Oh, yeah.

Wow. Since this is a study date, I guess we should study.

Right. I need some periodicals. I have to get an article on fiber optics and

superconductivity. Hey, do you have to have a copy of Vogue?

Hey, babe.

Hi.

Skeeter? Skeeter Barnes?

How'd you recognize me out of uniform?

It's me.

Where's Mason? He's supposed to tutor me in marriage and family.

You know, if I flunk, are they going to make me give back the Mercedes?

You're kidding.

Boy, life just isn't fair.

Tell me about it. Like this Sunday, I block this punt, you know, I scoop it

I take the ball the length of the field for a touchdown.

They call it back?

They don't put my picture in the paper.

Excuse me, sir. Yeah. Are you a student?

No, no, I never was. Good athlete, though.

I'm looking for my daughter. She's got brown hair, brown eyes, and a beautiful

smile. Well, that narrows it down to 50 % of the girls on campus.

Yeah, yeah. Well, I'll tell you what. Picture me in a dress, only younger and

smaller.

Oh, her.

Reading room.

Oh, by the way, you do have a beautiful smile.

Oh, thanks.

I use a whitener and a brightener.

Careful, a person here.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

My daughter's here on a study date with some guy, and when I find her, I'm going

to wring his neck.

What does your daughter look like?

Like that.

Oh, no.

What? Nothing.

Then I break the tackle. I head around the outside here. It was beautiful. I

wide open. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Oh, no.

I can't believe it. How'd you know I was here?

I have my ways.

Julia is dog meat.

Do you have any idea how old she is, you cradle robber?

Dad, you've got it all wrong.

I've got it all wrong? Let me tell you something, Mason.

She is nothing but a freshman in high school. She's a kid.

Dad, will you listen to me? Hey, pal.

You messed up my story about the three broken tackles, and I ain't Mason.

Oh.

Skeeter.

Before he gets around.

That's what I've been trying to tell you. Okay, okay.

If he's not Mason, that's all right. Because I am not leaving this and nobody

else is leaving until I find this Mason guy. Where is he?

Thanks, everybody.

You're Mason?

How do you do?

What are you doing up there?

I'm losing my grip.

Samantha?

He can't be over 15.

I can if you let me live.

What are you doing in college?

Majoring in abnormal psychology, minoring in kinetic physics.

Well, what are you doing in college?

I'm being humiliated by my father.

Samantha, you come back here.

How could you do this to me?

One more level and this will be the highest house of cards ever built.

You think I can do it, Grandma?

No way.

Mother, that is a terrible way to talk to a child.

Haven't you ever heard of positive reinforcement?

Are you getting a double chin?

Hi. Don't slam the door!

Well, look who is here.

The spy.

who came in from the library.

I guess Sam is back.

And she told us everything.

And you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

If you weren't the cook, I would send you to your room with no dinner.

Oh, sure, sure. Go ahead.

Take her side in this. She probably blew the whole thing out of proportion.

What did she tell you? She said you stormed in there, you yelled at a star

football player, you pulled a young, innocent boy off a ladder, and you

her a kid in front of the entire library.

Oh, no way, no way. That kid fell off the ladder. I didn't pull him.

Well, that changes everything.

Well, let me just tell you something.

A college library is no place for a 14 -year -old.

Almost 15. I don't care if she's almost 16.

And anyway, all she had to do was level with me, you know.

I am not an unreasonable father.

I am a very open -minded parent.

Double.

Don't make a draft.

Isn't this a bitter irony?

He's your type.

He's Sam's type.

Sam's type? What makes you think that?

Tony, all the signs are there.

The new sweater, the new skirt, the pearl.

She came back brokenhearted.

I'm telling you, she's hurting.

The first cut is the deepest.

Angela, things are bad enough without quoting Rod Stewart.

All right, all right, all right.

I broke her heart. I'm going to have to go mend it. It's not going to be easy.

How can you mend a broken heart?

Now to BGs, Angela.

What is this, name that tune?

I'm sorry, I'll let it be.

Where are you going?

Well, it's not too late yet. I'm going to go find Mason and get those two kids

back together again.

How can you make...

Yeah, he is.

Come on down here.

How are you feeling?

Yeah. Angela,

I've got major father problems.

I know the feeling.

You do? I thought I was your mother.

Yeah, I thought that too.

Sam, when I was about your age, my father was very protective of me.

And when I had my first high school dance, he didn't trust my date, so he

volunteered to be a chaperone.

Oh, Angela, that's so embarrassing.

No, embarrassing was when everyone else was doing the frug, and my father

started a conga line.

I can't believe it. You actually did the frug?

That's not really the point of the story, Sam.

The point is, sometimes fathers have a hard time letting their little

girls grow up.

Tell me about it. So you've got to be patient.

And you've got to give him room to grow.

Angela, you're making it hard for me to stay mad.

I'm sorry about that.

And I know something that's going to make it a lot harder.

Do you know where your father is right now?

At the mall buying me a new outfit?

No.

No, it's much better than that.

Yeah? Yeah.

He's bringing Mason over here so you two can get back together.

You mean that's not what you want?

Angela, Mason is shy, awkward, and innocent. Everything I'm not looking for

guy.

Oh, dear.

Sam, you're never going to guess.

You couldn't find him.

Here he is.

Your boy genius and mine.

Mason Peters.

Hey, babe.

Hey, I taught him that.

Dad, can I speak to you for a minute?

Anytime, sweetheart. Hey, you stay right here, Mace.

We're on a first syllable basis.

So, Mace, I, uh...

I understand you're majoring in psychology.

That must really prepare you for life's little setbacks.

Not really.

Not when you're as vulnerable as I am.

Oh.

Dad, what is he doing here?

Well, look, honey, I thought about it and I realized that I went crazy again

I made a minor scene and this is my way of saying I'm sorry.

You really blew it.

Huh? Dad, I don't like Mason.

I mean, not in that way.

Well, what were you doing with him in the library then?

I wanted to see what the college scene was like.

The college scene?

Sweetheart, you just got into the high school scene. What's the rush?

Dad, you don't understand.

Yes, I do. I understand.

I mean, you wanted to feel grown up. I wanted to feel grown up when I was a

Oh. Dad, please, not another when I was a kid story.

Samantha, you know, being a kid is a special time, and you really got to

it. Because before you know it, you'll be telling your own kid when I was a kid

stories.

Never. I'll just smack him around. It'll be a lot kinder.

Speaking of kindness, there's a shy, awkward kid out there who thinks you

like him.

What's going to happen when he finds out you don't?

You're right.

I didn't think of that.

Well, you're just going to have to tell him that you won't let me date a college

guy. Oh, well, sorry, Sam, but this one you're going to have to handle yourself.

Okay.

I'll tell him that you won't let me date a college guy.

That's not good enough, Sam. You know, being grown up is more than wearing

preppy clothes and sneaking into libraries.

If you want me to treat you like a grown -up, there's a good chance for you to

act like one.

And it's interesting.

Even though Pavlov has given most of the credit, you know, for the theory of

behavioral conditioning, you've really got to tip your hat to Harlow and his

monkeys.

Amazing. I never knew that height of it.

Would you mind if I... Not at all.

I'm looking so forward to reading your thesis.

Excuse me.

Lovely woman.

She didn't understand a word I said.

Mason,

I don't know how to tell you this.

You don't have to.

Your dad filled me in.

I'm crazy about you, too.

Right, he's right in the next room.

Mason, there might have been a slight misunderstanding here.

Sometimes people go out with people for the wrong reasons.

I went out with you because you're in college.

And I wanted to hang out there to impress my friends and feel grown up.

And I didn't stop to think that you might get hurt.

Mason, say something.

I'm hurt.

Anything but that.

Is there anything I could do to make you feel better?

Nah.

Yeah.

Come with me to my homecoming dance.

It'd be great to walk in there with a babe like you on my arm.

But then you'd be using me.

Yeah. Okay.

If my dad lets me.

Okay, Dad, you can come out now.

How's it going?

Great. I'm going to the homecoming dance with Mason. Is that okay with you?

That means you didn't tell him what... Oh, yes, she dumped me, Mr. Methelli,

she did it with such panache.

She'd get that from me, you know.

So, can I go without a parental chaperone?

Uh, how about parental transportation to and from?

The best deal you're going to get.

I'll take it. Oh, my girl. Oh, Mason.

Come

on,

it will be fun.

Oh, no way, Angela.

Okay, everybody.

One, two, three, let's go.

Stay tuned for an episode of The Cosby Show featuring Rudy at her most

No, wait, it's Olivia at her most adorable.

Okay, so we don't know exactly which episode is next, but someone in it is

to be at their most adorable.

So keep watching.