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This is Bob.

My parents had different ideas when it came to success.

My father believed you set a goal, you stick with it, never give up.

My mother took a simpler view. You do your best, and if it doesn't work out,

something else. No point in driving yourself nuts.

Mom and Dad used to fight a lot.

How sweet it is.

See that, Darren?

Hustled by my own brother.

Huh? Yeah, yeah, terrific.

Hey, Darren.

Vanna Smith's playing at the drive -in.

Already seen it.

So, uh... Everyone tells me I have Suzanne Plachette's

body.

Boy, I bet she hated to give that up.

I'll let you be the judge of that.

I'll take a rain check.

You can hold me to it.

Looks to me like you broke that poor little girl's heart, Barry.

The way she puts the food away, my pockets are empty as it is.

Just promise her a shake and don't go through with it.

Payday, boys. Breaks on your own tail.

So you want to be mixing with guys like us?

Yeah, your power plant buddies might get jealous.

Hey, just because I'm rolling the floor doesn't mean I forget about my old pal.

Pitching pipes, nine to five. Oh, yeah, yeah, real big -time operator.

Beats the hell out of Rupert.

Man, look at all that cash.

Boy, it's going from nowhere to a fat city overnight.

It's going to get even fatter, too, once that contract comes through.

Union takes care of its own, right, boys? Yeah.

Yeah, you can say that. Guzzle up. That's my money you're drinking.

No, thanks. It hasn't been

his month.

Sorry, pal. I didn't know work was freezing up on you.

Freezing up, pal?

I'm retiring to Florida and taking up golf.

There'll be a spot in the power plant in two weeks.

Put in a good word for you.

A couple of weeks and they'll cut it. Hey, Shepard.

Come here.

I got all your name on it.

I'll be there in a minute.

Well, if you need something to tide you over, man, just let me know. I'll

manage.

Thanks. It's the same.

How was that? I heard about a drink.

You got a drink.

Cheers. Take it.

Come on, baby. Don't just stand there.

Go for the curtain.

Buyers, dummy.

Will you forget the 800 TV dinners behind the curtain? That's the ticket.

This damn thing's been on French for a week.

So do what the Trojans do.

Take it to the fishing shop.

It's the Romans, pal. The fishing shop's close money. You know, Jake, it

wouldn't hurt you if you got up here and helped me.

Hey, you lay a buck on me, I'll lay a roof for you.

Till then, it's me and old Monty Hall.

Being out of work's not gonna last forever.

You said that forever ago. Hey, what do you want from my life? I've been

bouncing off the walls here. I haven't seen a dime in a month.

Well, if you haven't seen a dime, I haven't seen a nickel.

Look,

I'm not complaining.

I mean, to me, it's a vacation.

To an old lady, it's panic time.

Pregnant women, man.

I got no sense of humor.

gentlemen. Addison?

What?

Would you mind explaining this to me?

A flunk kind of explains itself, doesn't it?

I don't like your attitude, kid.

And neither does your English teacher.

I can handle Miss Rogers. Yeah? Yeah.

Well, your grade level just dropped below a C.

Hey, you want to be kicked off this team?

You plunk that makeup test and I guarantee it. Barnes, fall out.

Where is your athletic supporter?

No excuses, Barnes.

That'll cost you 50. Hit it.

What makeup test?

The one I conned Miss Rogers into.

Curtis, fall out.

You're a hot shot in English.

Your buddy Addison here needs a tutor.

Okay.

Fine, it's settled.

Now either Roger sees a bee, or you kiss your spikes goodbye.

All right.

Let's air it out. Five miles, gentlemen.

And no slouching.

English?

I thought you aced English.

So, uh, when do you want to start?

This afternoon?

Tonight? Tomorrow?

When? You know something, TC?

What? I got my bachelor pad. I'll figure it out.

Like the man from Uncle?

Seen that one?

Quick button blind?

They go around bad like a can opener? Work.

You moving your mouth? You moving pipe?

Hey, Joe, give the kid a break.

Imagine the dreams.

You're here to work? Work.

You're going to take a walk then? Wait a minute. What are you talking about,

walk?

Let's not play games, okay?

Nobody's playing games.

Get a lot of noise, get a fair wage is all.

Contract's locked, Mr. Gordon. No, nothing's locked yet.

Not what money's concerned.

Look, I'll tell you what. You guys finish loading that last pile. I'll cut

a little early today, and I'll treat you all to a couple of cool ones, huh?

Hey, D, D, what's the word from the union, huh? Everything smoothed over or

what?

Lay them down, boys.

We're walking out.

Just like that?

What do you want, an engraved invitation? We're on strike.

I guess I bought my own beer. Wait a minute, boys. Wait a minute. Look, we

work this out, huh?

Think about your families.

Shepard, you're last on the list of seniority.

What about that bachelor pad?

I think twice.

Is that a threat?

It's a fact.

You go now, you may not be back.

Look, Mr. Thornton, you know what a scab is?

Well, it's not me.

Groceries $12 .50, phone company $15, utilities $10, not to mention a saw bug

for an electrician.

Fuck, I am swimming in quicksand.

You think you got problems? Brett Hardwick there owes the Gotham Bank a

meal. And to top it off, he's messing with the chairman's wife.

Chairman's wife?

Yeah. At least he's got a love life.

I've been out of work for so long, a big day for me is drinking beer and talking

to soap operas.

What? He's bred out Tom Catten again.

Look at him. No gas money and grinning like a Cheshire cat.

I got reasons, pal.

So do you.

We got ourselves a job.

Get out of here.

I'm serious.

It ain't roofing, but it's job.

Doing what?

I don't know.

Hauling stuff. Who cares?

As long as it gets Bernice off my back.

Truck leaves in 15 minutes. You in or not?

Brad Hardwick would.

in Ponca City.

What happened? You run out of banks around?

First, these guys are from out of state.

What brings them down this way?

Same as you and me.

Money.

Looks could kill.

Those boys would be on death row.

Don't worry about them. Just concentrate on the fight.

I never tried working with 30 pairs of eyes drilling in my back.

You got us into this. You should have thought of that before.

Hey, man, what did I know?

The man said a job.

He didn't say nothing about scabbing.

And so do I.

Those friends don't understand.

Would you?

Hey, is your candy apple of mine giving me a little less chatter and a little

more work?

Who are you calling a candy apple?

What's a candy apple?

Look, I gave it a job to do an hour ago.

Those union boys could have had it piled 15 minutes back.

Well, catch your stride. Yeah, well, catch it faster. You don't blow.

I got a schedule to meet.

Don't make it.

Son of a bitch.

Those scabs want to get out of here alive. They better be able to run real

when they run out of this gate.

Well, we got a little simmering to do before we put that in, bud.

Listen up!

Some of those boys are local yokels.

Anybody knows them, I want names and addresses.

Yeah, I know that scab on the right there, D.

I've seen him around before.

Down at Buck.

Name?

I'm not sure.

I do.

A friend of mine.

Oh, not anymore, he ain't.

Write him down.

Name, address, anything else you know about him.

Do it.

Is Randy here?

I'm a friend of his from school.

Ponyboy Curtis?

This is the Addison house, isn't it?

Randy, the pool boy, is here.

If you step any closer, I'm going to have to frisk you.

It's true what they say.

Grass really is greener.

Only because we pay someone the water.

Mind telling me what you're doing here?

I called. Didn't you get my message? Didn't you get mine?

Look, maybe I better go. Why?

I mean, you're already here.

Coach told me you'd tutor me, so go ahead and tutor me.

Come on, we'll stay in here.

Come on.

I've never seen one of these before.

It's like a pool.

What's it take?

Diamonds or quarters?

No. A new kind of currency. Guilt money.

Seven ball side pocket.

You know, I still can't figure how you flunked the test.

The book's a cinch. Easy to read.

Hustler doesn't read, man.

Paul Newman's the coolest.

His manager's pushing him to win, win, win.

You know what he does?

He beats a fat man. Hangs up his pool cue.

Waterpocket. You know, I want you to be straight with me, Randy.

Why did you fail?

I didn't fail.

I just didn't pass.

Ape all over by you.

Hey, Buck.

What? I put the rootbears in the machine, but the colas won't fit.

We're going to stick them under the sink in the john like we always do.

Here you go, boys.

Five cool drafts for five hotheads.

Man, that was the first decent job I had in years.

Hell, my whole life.

Them damn scabs are going to try and steal it away from me.

Forcing our families to go without.

I got a baby home that needs medicine.

How am I going to pay for that?

Bet you're going to crack somebody's head, doesn't it, Armin? That's mighty

smart talk from a man on parole.

Of course, now that you're a union boy, I guess the judge will be extra sweet,

won't he?

Talk like that will lose you business, Buck.

Really, if you boys want to go down to O 'Fallon's and hold your powwows, that's

fine with me, but first pay your tab. What do you want now?

You sit under the sink.

That's where you put the rat poison.

We'll put it someplace else. You got a head on your shoulders, don't you? Use

it. Hey, Buck, you're getting a little hard on your believer, aren't you?

Words like that send a man straight to a union.

Well, this boy's not in the union.

He works for me.

Ain't that right, Soda?

Ain't that right, Soda? No.

All I know is, if someone came in here and stole my job, I'd be pretty ticked

off plenty.

There ain't nothing worse in the whole world than a scab.

Yeah, just ask your brother. He ought to know about that.

You know, Randy doesn't really

appreciate what he's got.

A pool table, two -color TV, swimming pool, and even hand -painted

eggs from China.

I never do.

What are you doing?

Putting bread in the oven. You told me not to use the toaster.

It's fixed, okay?

That's right, we're in the chips. Now Darryl's got himself a job.

Hey, all right.

Some kind of labor work, right, Darryl?

Oh, yeah, it's labor work.

Down at the power plant. Isn't that right, Darryl?

That's right.

Making union wages, too.

Of course, he's got to drive past a bunch of hardheads every morning like

seem dead.

Give me that soda.

You know what else?

Tim's one of those hard heads. But hey, he's just a friend.

You can't steal from your friends. Who can't you steal from? What would Dad say

about that, huh?

You know what he'd say? He'd say, put the food on his head more and he'd be

right.

You come looking for a ride, you come to the wrong place.

I figure I owe you an explanation.

You don't know me to spit, man.

If I could have found another job, I'd have taken it.

You want a job?

Looking for work?

Be here at 6 a .m. tomorrow morning. I'll get you a job. I'm up in the

I got three mouths to feed.

You think you got it bad?

Those guys in the line got it off much worse than you, Derry.

I didn't ask them to go on strike.

No, you didn't.

But you're the one that's keeping them there.

Since when are you so concerned about the other guy, huh?

I can remember a time when all you cared about was treadling your tires in a

full tank of gas.

Back then, that's all I had.

Till the power plant came along.

Gave me a chance.

A chance to be somebody, to work.

To feel responsible.

To make people proud of me, man.

To do something clean for a change.

For the first time in my life.

And now you and them scavengers want to try and take that away from me?

Uh -uh.

I don't like it.

I don't like it any more than you do. Quit.

I can't do that.

He can't, but he won't.

Well, now we know why they call him Horseboy.

It's Ponyboy, Grandma.

Same difference.

He's obviously raised in a stable.

Ignore her. She's down to her last marble.

That was your mother at the store.

She said she'll call back when she's spent all my money.

So, Ponyboy, what is it you two are studying again?

The Old Man and the Sea.

Right. Terrific stuff.

One of my favorites.

Really, Dad? I didn't realize you'd read it.

I saw the movie.

Spencer Tracy fighting that fish.

Wonderful story.

You know why?

Because he never gave up.

He was a winner.

Tell you something about my son, Ponyboy.

He's got it all.

Legs like springs.

Runs the hundred in 9 .9.

But his attitude, it stinks.

I love when he talks about me in the third person.

See what I mean?

We fixed that attitude and we're looking at the state finals.

Of course, we have to get through English first.

Oh, he'll get there, sir.

So, funny boy, Randy tells me you want to be a writer?

Trying to be.

I have a friend in publishing.

Maybe one day you'll let me read one of your stories.

I'd like that.

In the meantime, you get Randy to the finish line. I'm counting on you.

Must be your mother again.

I'll tell her Ponyboy has everything under control.

Great guy.

Coming down here.

Is there any chance I can get a beer here,

Buck? Your money's as good as anybody's.

Where's your buddy Jake?

I promised him I'd keep him up to speed on the soaps.

I ain't quitting in the middle of the shift.

He said his wife was on his case.

Being pregnant and all, she wanted him in one piece.

Man, gets you the job and then he bails it out.

Ain't I any swell?

Hey, what's shaking, Joanne?

I hear there's a special tonight over at the beach. Are you interested?

The lady's a little too high class for you.

She doesn't hang out with scabs.

Come on, honey. You didn't finish your drink yet.

That's my very drink of the day.

Come on.

Fuck. T .C.

Come on, you guys. Cut it out.

Oh, T .C.

Right?

I'm sorry.

What are you going to do that for, Derek? I had no choice.

I'm sorry, okay?

Yeah, you never do.

I'm sorry.

You should have seen it, boy. Even a special fork for the salad. Different

too. I love that.

If it isn't logical, you've got to wash and dry twice as much.

We even had artichokes to start.

And the baked ham, it was juicy.

Not burnt like soda's meatloaf.

You don't like it? You cook it.

Randy's dad, he said I can come to dinner there anytime I want. I'm gonna

him up on it, too.

Ugh, the milk smells funny.

So don't drink it. The fridge went out on us last night.

Oh, and Randy's folks, they even got one that makes its own ice cubes. And man,

do they keep it packed.

Would you shut up about that house already? We don't have their money. We

have their fancy painted eggs. All we have is what you see. Don't you forget

that. Does anyone have forgotten where they belong? It's you, Darry.

You're the one siding with your own.

Talking for yourself or is that Tim I'm hearing? Talking for us. This family.

How do you think I feel hearing those union guys spitting on my brother?

Calling him every name in the book.

Most of all, calling him a thief.

Hey, Soda, come on. You tell them they can take care of their families and I'll

take care of mine.

Are you going to sit there and argue with me or are you going to help me fix

this outlet?

Fix yourself.

I'm on strike.

I'm being caught, man. Go ahead, man.

This cop is itching to gun you down. And where will that get you, huh?

But there's that baronet.

This is John.

Dave.

Nice of you to come.

How's he doing?

Hospital said there was nothing left they could do.

Except charges for the room.

I brought him home to his own bed.

Might live, might die.

No one can say.

Police said it was his fault.

He worked for that company 15 years.

Plant's all he knows.

Only thing he ever cared about besides family.

His fault.

Doesn't seem fair.

Fair.

I'm 38 years old and I never met fair.

Expect I ever will.

You look tired boy.

Why don't you go home?

Tomorrow's a big day, huh?

What's your prediction? Pass or fail?

Well, we've gone over the book cover to cover.

Brandy ought to skate through it.

No problem. Atta boy.

I knew you could do it.

Um, Mr. Addison?

I, uh, I brought over one of my stories.

It's about my father and this horse he once owned.

I'd, um, I'd really like to hear what you think of it.

Excellent pony boy.

Can't wait to read it.

All right, fellas.

Now, how are we going to solve this? We have some proposals, sir.

Yes, sir. I've run up a perspective.

All right. Good.

So you're starting with your old dad, huh?

Think he's going to read it?

Said he would.

And you believe him?

Sure, I believed him.

Why shouldn't I believe him?

He's using you.

Can you see that?

I mean, he would have said anything to keep you here.

Because he wants you to pass the test. What's wrong with that?

What he wants? Well, what about what I want?

Doesn't that count at all?

Well, sure it does, but he's your father.

Yeah, right. He's my father. You know, the only thing he cares about is

to his drinking buddies about how I'm going to be on the Olympics.

Oh, come on. He just wants you to do well.

Hey, what's the crime in passing English?

You still don't get it, do you?

And I failed that test on purpose.

How else was I going to get kicked off the track team?

But I thought you loved running.

I do.

It's the only thing that I have in my life that's mine.

Until my father got a hold of it. Now it's not even about running anymore.

There has to be a way to make him understand.

I mean, something easier.

My father has his heart set on me becoming a trophy, you know.

And once he's got his heart set on something...

To hell with it, you know. I'm tired of running anyway.

Doesn't matter.

What happened?

Um, we had a little accident.

I busted it.

You've got a terrific tutor there, Randy.

Still think there's an easier way?

What are you thinking about?

I've done a lot of damage.

So you wouldn't rather go dancing?

Sounds real tempting.

Well, then?

Never try to give me the temptation.

I don't have willpower.

Hey, Steph, come on out and play.

We're waiting on you.

Oh, my God, it's not my father.

No, that's not your father.

Go. What? Go ahead, go. Get on out the back.

I don't want any trouble.

There's not going to be any trouble, kid.

No trouble at all.

Soda soda, is that you?

Yeah What the hell happened you

You had some visitors diary

told me you weren't home

You're up early.

I'd say the same about you.

I wanted to get in the shower, but first Soda used up all the hot water.

How's he doing?

Huh?

He's still on logs, as usual.

Did he say anything last night?

Oh, come on, you know Soda.

Claims it only hurts when he laughs.

Sam, that's all the time.

I really blew it that night.

So busy trying to keep this family together, I wound up tearing it apart.

Come on, Derry.

This family's solid.

He might think different.

He knows it.

Same as me.

Deep down.

How deep?

Right now, pretty deep.

But he knows, Jerry.

He knows.

Listen up, boys.

I've been steering you wrong.

Doing nothing's gotten us exactly that.

Nothing.

Well, I say it's time for action. I say we go down there and we bust some heads.

Do it for TC.

We ain't going to take this crap no more.

Scabs didn't put TC in the hospital, man. He did it to himself.

What's gotten into you, Shepard?

I thought you was just burning to crack some heads.

It's not gonna get us our jobs back, Deke.

Yeah, you got a better idea?

Yes, I do.

Sit tight and let them know they can't do our jobs.

Listen up, Shepard.

You're either for us or you're against us. There ain't no in -between.

You're ready to crack their heads, now you're ready to crack mine?

Is that it, Deke?

That's clear thinking, man.

Our union's in deep trouble.

You worried about your parole?

That's one thing.

If you're scared, that's another.

Yeah, Deke, I'm scared.

I'm shaking in my boots.

What's this?

It's my father's way of saying thank you.

For what?

Yeah, I passed the test, didn't I?

You didn't need me for that.

You did that on your own.

What made you change your mind?

You know, getting kicked off the team, I mean, that was the easy way out.

I had to do it my own way, like the hustler. So I passed the test and I quit

team.

You're kidding.

You actually quit?

Yeah, my father couldn't care less about English. I mean, they don't give

trophies away for book reports.

That ought to prick up his ears, huh?

What do you think he's going to do when he finds out?

I don't know. Torture me?

Disown me?

Understand me?

Thanks.

What happened to TC makes no sense.

Ain't no job worth dying for.

Can't help feel I'm the cause of it.

It's funny, I feel the same way.

I should have stopped him, man.

I could have, too.

Change of heart?

I don't know.

What's going on?

Contract talks.

The union and the management's in there right now trying to cut a deal.

Which one's which?

Take your pick.

How do you watch this trash, Buck?

The soaps?

A man can learn a lot by observing the human situation.

Yeah, I've been learning a lot lately.

Mostly on the downside.

You did the right thing, man.

She's not like me.

Turn down a fight.

Tell him when it's working man against working man, everybody loses.

Soda Pop, what happened to you? It looks like somebody chewed you up and spit

you out.

Came after the diary.

Told me any Curtis would do.

Might beat the crap out of him.

There's a good thing Derrick quit when he did.

None too soon, either. He's down there picking up his check right now.

Right now?

Yeah.

Yeah, you picked a hell of a time to quit your job. It's not my job. It's

job.

The strike was over within a week.

Both sides claimed victory.

Buck says that means neither one got what they wanted.

My father believed that once you take a stand, you never back down.

No matter what.

My mother thought that was fool's talk.

Said you can be proud to a point.

And after that, you're either stupid or dead.

Can't really say which one was right.

The only thing I'm sure of is...

You can't be sure of anything.

Tomorrow night on 21 Jump Street, Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise in their most

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dangerous job, but someone's got to do it. Stay tuned now for a special

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