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I'm wrapping a crystal vase for Harriet.

Oh, birthday?

No. It's just an I love you so much I'm willing to spend more than I can afford

present.

Take away love and our earth is but a tomb.

Robert Browning.

Don't please your wife and you'll end up in a tomb. Carl Winslow.

Oops.

Well, see ya.

Wait a minute, Steve.

Put your finger there, please.

Conditions?

business. I'm fine.

Well, you're looking great. Oh, thank you. I work out.

You don't remember me, do you?

Oh, don't be ridiculous.

Can you give me a hint?

I'm Jimmy Holmes.

Jimmy Holmes. Lee Hoxie Holmes' father.

Can I get you anything to drink? You know, I'd love something.

Well, the thing, I tell you what, why don't you bring me what you and me used

guzzle down when you were kids?

Right.

Harry, there is a guy on our couch who says I remember him, but I don't

him. So tell him you don't remember him. Well, I can't tell him I don't remember

him because I already told him I do remember him. So if I tell him I don't

remember him, I look like a jerk and I still won't remember him.

He's used to you looking like a jerk.

You're funny, Harriet.

But listen, come out there with me. He doesn't know you, so you can ask him

questions. Oh, Carl.

Uh, Jimmy, this is my wife, Harriet.

Hello.

This... This is a real pleasure.

Nice to meet you.

You are such a...

Beautiful lady.

I like him.

But please, have a seat. Oh, thank you.

Um, so, uh, what brings you to Chicago?

I'm a bush pilot. I'm in town to buy a new float plane.

fishermen into remote areas of Alaska. Man, it's some of the greatest fishing

the world up there.

Yes?

What? You were staring at me.

Oh, I'm sorry.

It's just that this room is so lovely. I was wondering if you decorated it

yourself. Yes, I did.

You're also very talented.

Thank you.

I picked up that red thing.

What is it?

Nobody knows.

Hi, everybody.

Sorry, we have company.

Uh, uh, Rachel, this is Jimmy Holm.

Well, it's nice to meet you. Hey, I hope everybody's hungry.

I sold buco night at Rachel's place was a buco bust.

What is I sold? I sold boo -boo.

Our Sobuko is a wonderful beer steward.

Ooh, that smells delicious.

I like him.

Here, let me help you with that. Where are my manners?

Thank you, but only if you stay for dinner.

It's a deal.

The kitchen's this way. Come on.

Who the hell is that guy?

was in the middle of the alaskan wilderness my legs busted all of a

heard a noise behind me i turned around and there 10 feet

tall was a grizzly bear he lunged at me i whipped out my boy

knife and i stabbed him well that bear just grinned at me he pulled out that

eight -inch hunk of steel and toss it aside like it was a toothpick. He picked

me up and he... What, what?

He ate me!

Now there's a real man.

That was a great story, Jimmy. Got any more?

Oh, yeah, but we'll have to file them on the next time. I gotta hit the dusty

trail.

Hey,

Jimmy. Yeah?

Where are you staying?

Oh, I'll find a motel.

Oh, no, you won't either. Not when you have friends in Chicago.

You can sleep here on our couch.

Well, I wouldn't want to put anybody out.

Believe me, you'll be the one who'll be suffering.

That couch is like granite.

How would you know that, Carl?

Well... Harriet made me sleep on it the night I bought that red thing.

Uh -oh. The floor has got to be softer than this.

Hey, Jimmy.

Yeah, there's a half a pie in the kitchen. You want some?

Oh, no, thank you, Carl.

Carl? Yeah?

Can I ask you something?

Yeah, it's banana cream.

No, it's not that.

You really don't remember me, do you?

Oh, of course I do.

Hmm? Well, sort of.

Okay, not at all.

Well, you see, there's a... There's a reason for that.

Oh?

See, I haven't been totally honest with you.

My name isn't Jimmy Holmes, and I don't have a son.

I don't get it.

Carl, I'm Harriet and Rachel's father.

Come on, let's go. Carl, wait.

Look, come on. I don't know who you are or what you want, but this game is over.

I'm telling you the truth. I'm their father.

Newsflash, buddy boy. Their father is dead. He was killed in the Korean War.

That's right. I was.

All right, you're out of here. Come on. No, Carl.

Listen to me. I can prove that I'm their father.

I'm waiting.

Um, Harriet's favorite cookies are chocolate chip.

Whose wasn't?

Uh... Rachel had a pet goldfish named Chubby.

Lucky guess. Their mother's name was Darlene.

Harriet and Rachel were both delivered at Regis Memorial Hospital by Dr. Thomas

Bradshaw. Harriet has a small scar above her left knee from when she fell off

her tricycle.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Let's say for the sake of argument that somehow you are Harriet and Rachel's

father.

Why do they think that you're dead?

I was... I was only 18 when I married Darlene, and we had

problems from the get -go.

She thought it might help if we had kids, but in lots of ways, it just made

things worse.

I stuck it out for five years, but when Harriet was three and Rachel was one, I

bailed out.

You abandoned them.

You said money, and I called.

And one day, Darlene told me to stop calling.

She said she had told Harriet and Rachel that their father had been shot down

over Korea.

But why does she do that?

She said she didn't want her little girls to grow up thinking that their

had run out on them.

And that hurt. I mean, that... Well, you know,

it's tough for me to sympathize with you, Jimmy.

I mean, no marriage is easy.

I mean, there were times I wanted to pull my hair out. I can see that.

I'm sorry, Carl. I'm a little nervous here, you know.

Well, the point is, I didn't run away.

And for what it's worth, Carl, I wish I hadn't either.

Well, why are you here now?

I wanted to see my kids. I wanted to give my grandson a piggyback ride. I

wanted... Well, I'll be leaving tomorrow, and I won't bother you ever

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

You mean you're not going to tell them who you are?

I want them to remember me as a hero instead of a heel.

I see.

But you know, Jimmy, it seems to me that you're still only thinking about

yourself.

I noticed that every time you looked at Jimmy, your face was filled with

admiration.

And I want you to look at me like that, too.

So I thought I'd show you that I, too, can walk in the wild.

It would really impress me if you

just walk home.

Okay. Oh, but don't forget this.

across that.

Richie, please leave poor Mr. Holmes alone.

We're having fun, right?

Right, partner.

But I'm afraid it's time for old Silver to gallop off into the sunset.

Oh, come on. Maybe I'll mosey back this way again.

I'm gonna miss you.

I'm going to miss you, too.

Hey, now, come on.

Get along, little doggie. Go on.

Taxi just pulled up.

Well, that's for me.

Harriet, Rachel, I want to thank you for making me feel so welcome.

Oh, Jimmy, you are welcome.

Oh, come on. Can't you stay just one more night? This family's gonna be hard

-broken if you leave.

I really wish I could.

Last chance, Jimmy.

My name isn't Jimmy Holmes.

It's Jimmy Baines.

Baines?

I'm your father.

Are you okay?

Are you?

He dumped us rich.

Now he comes waltzing back into our lives.

What does he want from us?

I think he wants us to forgive him.

Well, I can't forgive.

I feel cheated.

So many times I've watched Laura and Carl, and I've wished with all my heart

that I could have had those kind of moments with my father.

Harriet, he shouldn't have walked out on us.

But he's here trying to make amends for that now.

And if we don't meet him halfway, then we'll be making the same mistake.

Me too.

I know.

But the thing that bothers me the most is how could the man just leave like

and never give us another thought?

I thought about you.

I thought about you every day of my life.

Harriet, I know what I did was wrong.

And I hate myself for it. So I can understand.

If you hate me too.

What I want you to know, don't... What I need for you to know

is that even though we weren't together, I never stopped loving you.

Yeah.

Okay.

You remember this?

You gave this to me.

When you were three years old.

Happy Valentine's Day, Daddy.

D -A -D -Y.

I love you always.

Always.

Well, it's nice that you kept that.

But the bottom line is, you weren't there when we needed you.

I'm here now.

And I want to be a part of your lives.

That's all I'm asking you.

Please.

Will you let me?

I don't know if I can.

We could try.

We could try.

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