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This is Bob.

Thank you.

Our minister says hard work is good for the soul.

Jesus may have been a carpenter, but at least he could work standing up.

Our minister also said, no matter how bad I haven't, there's plenty of others

worse off.

Now, I can't argue with that.

There's something about working on your knees.

How it steals a person's dignity.

I mean, how is that good for anyone's soul?

Thank you. All right. Thank you.

Don't look in here.

Don't look in here.

Hey, Jim.

Hey, pony boy. How's the part -time railroad worker?

Oh, just helping out with the rent.

No gas.

Damn carburetor.

Took my last dollar. This old bomb's eating me alive.

Well, that's the price you have to pay for cool.

Don't pay for cool.

Just damn.

Well, well, what do you know? Little Miss America, the good Samaritan.

Right on time.

Hey, pony boy.

You boys having car trouble?

No, we're here for the scenery.

What scenery?

We was misled.

What's his problem?

No gas.

Is that all?

Shoot, that happens to everybody.

You need a lift to the station?

Greaser in a soz car?

Somebody might see me.

Four miles, that's a pretty good walk.

It's all right. Working on my tan.

What's up? No gas money?

What'd you say?

I'm sorry, I just... Look, I may live next to a stable, darling, but I pick up

few oats here and there.

No money.

That's rich.

Two million. Come on, show us what you got.

Look.

It is four miles.

But since the top is down, and it is such a bright and sunny day,

I'll give you the privilege.

I'm truly honored.

Hey, you coming, pony boy?

No, thanks. I gotta get home.

Okay.

Come on, Derry. Give him a chance to explain.

Ponyboy, where's the rest of your day's pay?

I said I don't have it.

We were counting on that.

Look, I gave it to a friend, okay? What friend?

A guy who needed it more than we did.

Great. Just great.

Look, I'm sorry, Derry.

It says he's sorry.

Look, I'll tell the landlord we can't make the rent, but my brother's really

sorry.

What's the big deal?

As soon as Pony gets paid, he's going to get his butt down to that roof you're

fixing. Isn't that right, Pony?

Right. This time, no friend.

Hey, sports fans, anyone up for a beer?

Have a beer.

What the hell are you watching, man? Football game's on.

Hey, Soda. Hey, Tim. How are you, boy?

Want a beer?

No, but I'll put them on ice.

All right.

That's what the hard looks, man.

There's a little change left over, all right?

I'll pay you back.

Hold it there, guys. Move it. Come on. Hang on, kids.

You want to crawl down in there?

Hold on.

Time over.

Hold on. Hang on to the shirt. Stop there, Bob.

Step back.

Hold on to the speed. He's going to flip over.

Easy.

Look at this.

He's got it. All right.

I think he's got it. All right. Now we got it.

You all

right,

sir?

He's tough.

Okay. I said get back to work, you dog!

Yeah, I heard the news this morning. They shot one of them convicts.

They're gonna be after them boys with guns and dogs.

Bad temper.

One of dead or alive usually means dead.

Or it is they stole a gun from a prison guard.

Mothers lock up their daughters tonight.

You about the jailbreak, Derry?

What jailbreak?

On the radio this morning, two chain gangers escaped.

Man, I wish I was there to see them.

Better not let the fuzz hear you say that. They think you want to let them

figure. I got nothing to hide. Not according to your parole officer.

You guys seen Soder around?

Yeah, he's around there someplace.

So what's the dude, Tim? You think he's going to make it?

I don't know.

What they did takes guts, man.

You got to respect that.

Your type of respect.

Not mine.

Put this on over for you outside.

Darryl, kid, you tell me you're going to do something. You best do it.

Darryl, just let me explain. I thought I promised mess up in this family.

Well, hey, man, I got the money. No, it's too late.

See, the landlord gave me help coming up short.

Darryl, just let me explain.

You can't get work. You better keep it.

All right.

Give me my money.

Just say so.

Forget it. Let him go.

You don't understand, Derry. He's a screw -up so that he can't be trusted.

got it all wrong.

You stop defending him.

Derry, Tony was almost killed today.

That's the thing about Derry.

If I'd have gotten him the money on time, he would have chatted me for being

minute late.

If I'd have been a minute early, he'd have given me grief for edging in on his

time.

It's tough when people don't take up for you.

Especially your own brother.

You don't think I'll do it.

You're wrong.

Take my hand away.

You scream and I'll hurt you.

Understand?

What a way to thank you for that drink of water.

So, you're a swimmer, huh?

Me?

I hate the water.

Anybody know you're here?

You weren't following, were you?

I swear.

Must seem like a pretty bad man to you, huh?

Can't say.

I don't know you as well as he did.

Babe Doyle wasn't much of a human being, but I didn't whack him.

One of those guards have to live with that.

What's your name, son?

Ponyboy.

Live in these parts?

With my two brothers.

Well, Ponyboy.

They're looking for you.

Sooner or later, they're going to find me.

Of course.

If I had a file, it would be a hell of a lot less conspicuous.

I can't. I mean, I'd like to and all.

See, me and my brothers, we've got the state on our backs as it is. Look, I

understand.

family myself.

I have to let you go.

I swear I won't tell.

Hey, look.

I gave you the water, didn't I?

All right, kid.

Get out of here.

What are you going to do?

Not your problem.

Get going.

You'll have to get going.

Did he get in yet?

20 minutes ago.

Did he say anything?

Wouldn't talk.

At least not to me.

Thanks a lot, pony.

You knew I had a date with Sue Ann Spence tonight.

And here I am looking all over the countryside for you.

Sure, sure.

Always does.

Yeah, but now I got a sweet talker for half an hour.

He'll figure something out.

Look, Pony, if it makes you feel any better, Dyer's eating himself up over

he treated you.

He's only trying to do what's right, Pony.

And it comes out wrong sometimes.

Well, how can something be right and wrong at the same time?

What do you mean?

Like, it's right to help people.

What about helping someone when it means going against family?

You mean like that guy you lent that money to?

No.

Stick with how you feel, pony.

You're a smart kid.

Remember that.

Can't go wrong.

What is this, corn oil?

Sorry, you doofus!

I gotta get to school, Derry. I'll see you tonight. No, listen.

I've been coming down on you lately.

Hey, man, that's okay.

No, it's not okay.

I mean, I said some things.

I'm just trying to do what's right, that's all.

We all are.

Used to figure people concerned with the trouble they got.

Then I saw Derry having to work so hard.

He's starting to look old, and he's only 20.

Yeah, well, hard times will put the miles on, that's for sure.

What makes the guy tough and so bitter?

Underneath, he's probably scared of us all.

Just hides it real good.

You know, you gotta trust and heart, pony boy.

And that's a liability in this world.

I know

what you're thinking.

What was I in for, huh?

Somebody was holding up liquor stores.

Cops didn't even break out of sweat pinning it on me.

Why you?

You hang out with a bunch of guys?

Yeah. And you know when the cops decide that they don't like somebody, huh?

Friend of mine, Tim Shepard.

They really got it in for him.

And he's gonna lose, just like I did.

You got a wife and child, they're gonna lose too.

Hey, them's the cards, kid.

You play what you're dealt.

Well, the cards stink.

You know, you took a big chance coming back here.

Oh, with your brothers and all.

I'd like to ask you a favor.

Say no, and I'll understand.

I need a place to lay low, just so I can jump a train.

And also some street clothes.

No.

You could be a big hero for turning me in.

The train's two miles east of here.

When you see the creek, follow it to an old abandoned barn.

Dead batter will do it to you every time.

Maybe you're out of gas.

I've got plenty of gas.

If you've been out of oil for a while, you could lose your whole engine.

I check my oil every day, at least every week.

Tell that to the guy who drives the wrecking truck. He just loves a sob

Oh, great.

Oh, just, that's just swell.

I've got two exams, an essay due, and to top it off, detention.

Detention? Ooh, serious business.

Wouldn't want you to fall into a life of crime.

Maybe I ought to give you a lift.

Unless, of course, you're afraid to be seen with me.

Okay, but no detours.

Yesterday we stopped at every package store in the county.

I go straight to school.

Fine, no sweat.

I got work today myself, you know.

We'll just stop and go.

You said you were going to school, and then you didn't show up.

I was there, just a little late. A little late, like half of the day,

to your homeroom teacher.

Yeah, like you never did school, right?

Look, you want to follow in my footsteps, huh, and spend the rest of

working on roofs, huh?

Talk to me.

I can't. Why can't you? What's going on, pony?

Where do you think you're going, huh?

You walk out that door, he don't come back, you understand me?

I'm going to have hell to pay come school tomorrow.

Aren't you glad we stopped for gum?

Sure we stopped for gum. That was six hours ago.

Yeah.

A day like today sure beats detention.

I bet you know a lot about that.

Beautiful here.

What are you thinking about?

My kid.

Can't seem to get him out of my head.

What kid?

The one at the package store.

Crippled kid.

The way he was trying to hang up that calendar.

All he had to do was slip that little string on that nail.

Stretching and pushing.

Finally he slipped it on.

Victory.

He turned around and saw me grinning at him.

You know what he did?

He grinned back at me.

Honey, I didn't notice.

Well, you probably didn't look.

So you're going against them, huh?

That's my shirt you're packing there.

It's the one with the patch.

You said you hated it. Honey boy, don't do this. You run away now, there may not

be anything to come back to.

I'm not running away.

This has nothing to do with Derry.

You're the one who said somebody needs help, I gotta do right by him. Yeah, I

said that.

But only if he's one of our own.

Ponyboy, what are you trying to tell me? A guy I know, he's desperate.

Well, can't it wait until tomorrow? No!

Derry will be cooled off by then.

This guy needs help, fast. And if I can't do it, someone else will have to.

You talking about Tim again?

No, man.

Tim.

Someone wears off.

body, big jerky fall.

All right.

Let's go.

John Wayne never flinched when he took a pill.

What a crock.

It's going to be okay, Soda.

We're here, man.

What

I

want to know is what Bill Soda was doing out there.

In a phone booth?

He's probably making a call, Daryl.

In the middle of Route 5?

Just look at it this way. At least he was near a phone when he needed one.

It says here, wanted, nurse's aide.

No experience necessary.

Tell me what you guys think.

If I get a hold of him, I'll kill him. I'll kill him. Hey, you don't know it

them.

It could have been anybody.

Why don't you smell what you're shoveling?

Who's going to shoot Sona and leave him out there for dead, huh? Whoa.

Buzz, 10 o 'clock.

Garrett the parrot.

Look what we got here, boys.

I got a present for you, Curtis.

Straight from your brother's shoulder.

That's great.

Why don't you go find the stuff she kind of belongs to, Officer Jarrett?

Bullets, copper tip, .38 caliber.

Prison guard issue?

It's the same model that escaped convict made off with.

Is it so to say anything?

No. He's playing delirious.

You greasers, you really take it up for one another, don't you?

That's right.

Soil.

Sticks like glue.

Want some?

Jared, if you have something to say, say it.

My brother's laying in there shot.

Yeah, and who do you think you've got to thank for that?

None other than your good buddy, Tim Shepard.

What are you talking about?

That escapee had somebody local helping him.

Now, who but a con would help another con? That's cop logic. Yeah, maybe.

And maybe Shepard right now is driving that killer across the state line. He

killed somebody?

Ponyboy, you don't get sent up on manslaughter for crossing against the

Two beers, please.

Is she a friend of yours?

Doreen? Shoot, I barely know her.

Her eyes say different.

Well, don't sweat it, darling. You're just standing out is all.

Your buddy Jarrett was by looking for you.

Yeah, what else does he mean?

Jarrett's always looking for me.

Look,

we came here to get a tow truck.

Relax, darling.

What's the rush?

What you need is a little nerve loosener.

No, that's okay.

God, what am I doing in this place?

Seeing how the other half lives.

Ain't she even curious?

Why did you bring me here?

Did you think you were going to humiliate me? Is that it?

Can you beat that?

Try and show a girl a good time and she can't cut it.

I was having a good time before we came here.

You know, Tim, when we were alone before, you were different.

Was I?

I can't seem to remember.

Come on.

What are you hiding?

Did you think you could bring me in here and show me off?

Like one of your little trophies?

Maybe this is the real me.

Then I'm in the wrong place with the wrong guy.

This here sawdust is my turf, darling. If you can't cut it, that's your loss.

for me, pony boy?

You gonna shoot me like you did my brother?

I'm not proud of that.

You shot him down like a dog. Ain't the way it happened. Liar!

You've been lying to me all along.

You weren't just in it for robbery.

It was murder!

I'm not proud of that either.

Walked in on my wife.

Found her with a man.

He drew on me. I dropped him first. It was him or me.

I trusted you.

Warned you about trusting people.

I thought you were different.

One of us.

Hell, you ain't even worth it.

Kid, if you're thinking about going to the cops, I'd think again.

They'd catch me.

And I'll tell them who helped me.

It can cost you bad, maybe even your whole family.

Now, there's something you're going to do for me, and this time I ain't asking.

I'm telling.

I need a car, and I need one fast.

Sort of got shot tonight.

Doreen, go powder your nose.

How'd it happen?

That escape con you like so much.

Are you saying you didn't know?

Of course I didn't know.

See, I doesn't think so.

Am I hearing you right?

You're taking a...

Cop for it over mine?

I find out you had anything to do with my brother being shot.

And I'll get you.

I'll get you good.

Gary?

What are you doing here?

Do you know what time it is?

Yeah, well, uh... I couldn't sleep.

Soda's gonna be okay. Everything's fine. Why don't you go on home?

I'm sorry, Gary.

Sorry?

You don't have anything to be sorry about.

All that talk Tim did about wanting to help that convict, I figured that's what

it was.

Just talk.

I've known him since we were 12 years old.

I thought I did.

Damn it.

You're wrong about Tim.

He didn't have anything to do with it.

I'm the one who helped the convict.

I'm the one who got Soda shot.

Okay, this is how it's going to be.

There's a gas station five miles west.

It's open till 2 a .m.

There's an old junker in the back.

Keys? Under the mat.

An old junker, huh?

Ain't good enough.

Then you walk out of the state.

You take it or leave it.

You're right, pony boy.

He looks a lot more than 20.

Cut to just folk rap.

I'm doing this just to keep my family safe.

Can't blame you for that.

Guys like us, family's all we got.

What are you kidding?

You've got no feeling for anybody but yourself.

You're not one of us.

You never were.

I was.

Once.

Just got off on the wrong exit.

What are you doing here?

It's late. My folks are asleep.

Those pedals almost broke my window.

Cherry, I gotta talk to you.

We've got nothing to talk about. Look, I didn't come here to argue.

Soda Curtis got shot tonight.

What? Yeah.

And Jared's trying to tie me into it.

And I need you to tell him that we spent the whole day together.

Okay?

You're gonna try and nail me for it.

Oh, I get it.

I get the picture.

Better I go to jail than your daddy find out you've been hanging out with the

greaser. You know, Tim, I can't figure you out.

Two hours ago, you were trying to make a fool out of me.

And now you want my help.

Is that fair?

You're talking about sending me to jail. You're talking about fair.

I just need time to think.

Think about what?

Jerry, you just do what you have to do.

Okay?

How's Soda?

He's okay.

Sleeping.

Bought him some hot rod mags.

Every year old, but what the hell?

Tim, I know you didn't help that convict.

What changed your mind?

Let's just say I'm sorry. Leave it at that.

You know, Derek, I'd like to get my hands on that ex -con myself.

After what he did to Soda Pop.

You and me, we know the back road's pretty good.

We ought to go after him ourselves.

Morning, Curtis.

I hope I didn't wake you.

Oh, you did.

You did.

Something on your mind?

Could be.

Could be that escaped convict is on my mind.

You see, Ponyboy was working down at the bridge the day those cons took off.

You didn't tell me that, Ponyboy.

I believe he also liked to visit a certain swimming hole.

It's just where he found the other chain ganger.

A dead one.

Then so to get shot by the escaped convict's gun.

It's a hell of a coincidence.

Don't you agree?

You're blowing smoke, Jerry.

You lie to me or you withhold evidence.

You can bet your bottom dollar you're gonna get hurt.

You got something to tell me, Ponyboy?

You seem to be shivering, Ponyboy.

On a warm morning like this.

You just remember I gave you a chance.

Get his butt up here!

Don't you just love reunions?

Hey, boy.

Mean -looking, isn't he?

Now, this old boy...

knows he's in a lot of trouble.

He also knows his life's gonna get a lot easier as soon as he tells us which one

of you helped him.

All right?

Which one of them was it?

I've never seen him before.

Maybe you better take another look, boy. I said, I've never seen him before.

Did battery after all that?

Listen, I was up all night last night.

I thought about what I felt.

Well?

I just want you to know I went to the police earlier this morning and I told

them that you were with me.

Why was it so hard, wasn't it?

No. No, it wasn't.

Well, it's too late.

I found the guy that shot Soda.

I'll see you home.

Kitchen must be a mess, what with you and Derry doing all the cooking.

You'll be back there soon enough.

Save me from Darius Flapjacks.

I'm gonna say what's on my mind about you.

I always thought losing our folks was the very worst that could ever happen

to us.

I never thought about losing a brother.

I never thought we could come so close.

What if he hadn't have dragged you to the phone booth?

What if he hadn't called an ambulance?

You and me are a phone call away from losing a brother.

Because of something that started with me.

I guess I'm always thinking with my heart instead of my head.

Which doesn't excuse you for doing something so damn stupid.

Not to mention how far you went in breaking the law.

Everybody makes mistakes, Pony.

It's the smart ones who learn from them.

One of the fellows learned from his.

We'll probably never find out.

He's just a guy running from the law.

All they wanted was a second chance.

Here's the grease, sir.

Only old.

You know what I could go for right now?

Crafty flapjacks.

Next Sunday.

I think she's giving me the eye. She's drooling over you. When a friend drops a

baby in their laps, the Curtis brothers will go through a lot of changes.

All we got is some fizzies and half a can of sardines. Think you should go for

it? What flavor fizzies? The Outsiders, an all -new episode next Sunday.

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