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-You wanna go?
-Yeah, okay.

Sure. Yeah, I´ll go.

You have done some ludicrous,
asinine things in your lifetime

but working for this man. Oh,
that takes the cake, mother.

Move it or lose it, Junior.

-D´you have a death wish?
-No. I have your new choker.

Give it back.

I will, after you return
what´s mine.

You need a friend,
just as much as I do.

His pop died two years ago. I
got rehitched soon thereafter.

Junior thought it was
affecting his business.

Not to mention, he was never
too crazy about the new Bo.

-How soon did you remarry?
-Two months.

-Let´s get you to school.
-I´m riding my bike.

-Why? I can drive you.
-Appreciate the offer

but it´s about ten years
too late.

IRV:
It may not seem so
at first glance

but a lot changes
in small towns.

Take, for instance,
Everwood´s first local bank.

It burned down in ´66
and they never rebuilt it.

Everwood´s first gas station
was Sinclair Pump and Engine.

We have a Mobil now,
and you pump your own gas.

And, of course, y´all know what
happened to the train depot.

Which brings me to this bridge.

Legend has it,
the bridge was built

by a young man and woman...

...who lived on opposite sides
of the river.

The two fell in love
and constructed the bridge...

...so they could meet
in the middle

and share what would be
their first kiss.

From that day on, it was known,
appropriately enough...

...as the Kissing Bridge.

Now, if people
had just stuck to kissing...

...Dr. Brown may have been able
to avoid one heck of a crisis.

But I´m getting
ahead of myself.

The point is,
Everwood´s gone through

a whole lot of changes,
both inside and out...

...but the Kissing Bridge
has stood the test of time.

Evidence, I guess, that some
things are built to last...

...and some things aren´t.

[theme music]

ANDY:
How does that feel?

You´re not to fall
through a bridge.

That´d point
to a design flaw

in the structure, yes,
but you lucked out.

I fractured my arm
in three places.

If I was luckier,
I´d be dead.

Hey, it was just your arm.

I once treated a man
who fell through his own floor.

It was a three-story brownstone
in Greenwich Village.

The wood was rotten
and he crashed right through.

He broke his arms and suffered
multiple cranial contusions.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

-Make you feel any better?
-Much.

Sorry to interrupt. The Clarks
are in the next room.

ANDY:
Thanks, Edna.

Avoid using that arm
for few days...

...and, uh, just to be safe,
why don´t

you avoid using bridges as well?

-Will do, doc.
-Atta boy.

-How you feeling today, Susie?
-Pretty good.

The antibiotics you prescribed
really seem

to be doing the trick.

Well, we may have jumped the gun
on that prescription, Mrs. Clark

which is why I called you in.

The lab reports on Susie´s
culture came back...

...and it looks like
she doesn´t have strep throat.

-So it´s just a regular cold?
-Not exactly.

Uh, perhaps Susie and I
should talk alone first.

Why would you need
to do that?

-Yeah, I don´t care.
-Okay, then.

It looks like you might have
contracted an STD, Susie.

-A what?
-A sexually transmitted disease.

But how is that possible?
I´ve never even had sex.

I´m, like, a total virgin.

-Are you sure?
-Of course she´s sure.

Good Lord.
What kind of question is that?

As her doctor, I have to ask.

I don´t mean to make anyone
uncomfortable.

Well, I believe she answered
your question.

She´s never had sex.
She´s a virgin.

Well, I hate to henpeck,
Mrs. Clark,

but, uh, I still
have a diagnosis...

...which contends
that your daughter...

...has, in fact, engaged
in some sort of sexual activity.

Well, I´ve never done anything
that can get me pregnant...

...and that´s what sex is,
right, Mom?

Feel free to call me
if you have any more questions.

[DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES]

I never would´ve thought little
Susie Clark had it in her.

It´s always the quiet ones.

That´s the second girl
I´ve seen this week...

...and with the same
misguided information.

It´s like they´ve never heard
the term "safe sex."

Educating these kids get
about sex is how to spell it.

Some can´t even do that right.

Any idea what the schools
are teaching?

I´m not sure. But whatever they
don´t cover, HBO does.

Fred Slaughter´s
in the examining room.

More bowel trouble.

-Oh, joy.
-Heh.

WENDELL:
I´ll have it around by 2.

Let me guess,
another one of your dealings...

...in the student-favor cartel.

That was my mom´s mechanic.

You´ll find my reach far beyond
our high-school walls, Brown.

Just out of curiosity...

...when do you find time
for things like

I don´t know, homework?

An abundance of riches.

Why do you have pieces
of nature hanging here?

Are you aware of the fall dance
that´s coming up?

-I´ve seen some posters.
-The fall dance is special.

It´s the dance
where the girls ask the boys.

The way they ask us is sort of a
tradition around here.

Once the they´ve chosen an item,
they tie a ribbon around

sign their names, place it on
your locker as a way

of inviting you.
Check your locker.

That´s okay. I think I´ll pass.

It´s official, they´re tearing
down the Kissing Bridge.

It even made the front page
of the Pine Cone.

Let me see that.

They´d to push Ms. Cartwright´s
wedding announcement to Page 3.

She´s gonna be pitching a fit,
I guarantee it.

-I´ll be damned.
-Are they really gonna do that?

Bulldozers are coming in
next week.

Well, I for one
say it´s about time.

That thing has just been
a safety hazard for years.

Your mouth is a bigger safety
hazard than that...

...and nobody´s torn you down.
Yet.

Think they´d try to fix it
before calling a wrecking crew.

It´s laziness, is all. Bunch of
sluggards run the world.

People would rather destroy
a historical monument...

...than patch a damned hole!

You okay, honey?

I take it
she had the chili again.

Yes, I see you´re trying
to pawn off your Baldwins...

...as Macouns again, Reginald.

-Tell me that´s not dessert.
-The nightmare continues.

I have a modest proposal,
doctor.

You are donating your body
to science...

...to further the medical
understanding

of the North American dimwit.

Close.

I suggest, we trade diagnoses
of the local yokels.

For what purpose?

On the chance we notice a
pattern of sickness or disease

developing in the community.
Sound good? I´ll go first.

Treated anyone for gonorrhea
of the throat lately?

May have come in
looking like strep.

I´m familiar with
gonorrhea of the throat.

-Not personally, I hope.
-Listen here, Dr. Cocoa Puffs.

If I treated anyone for
anything, I wouldn´t tell you.

There´s this little rule called
doctor-patient confidentiality.

Perhaps you´ve heard of it.

Hypothetical, if a few cases
of the same STD

came into your office,
what´d you do?

Being a doctor,
I suppose I´d

oh, I don´t know, treat them?

What if the patients
didn´t understand

how they got the disease?

-How could they not understand?
-In their mind...

...a sexually transmitted
disease

can only be transmitted
via sex...

...and in their mind, sex is....

Intercourse.

I wanna talk to the parents.

Maybe talk to the kids
too about this.

-About what?
-How to protect themselves.

People in this town need to be
educated about few things.

People in this town need to be
educated about lots of things

including how to parallel park.

Luckily, I´m not here to teach
them. Neither are you.

Isn´t part of being a doctor
teaching people...

...how to avoid getting sick,
especially young people?

Why are you interested in this?

I´ve a son who goes to that
school. So do you.

Don´t you want them to have all
the information that we have?

So give it to him.
Who´s stopping you?

-What about the other kids?
-Let their parents worry.

News flash: You´re not here
to save the world, Dr. Brown.

Just to annoy it.

Hi.

Hi, did you have a nice lunch?

-No.
-Oh.

Well, okay.

-The Thompkins are in.
-It´s the wrong file.

Uh, Louise, call my tennis
instructor

tell him to change
5:00 to 6:00.

Call Rose, tell her
I´ll be an late.

Why is there no coffee
in the coffee pot?

-We ran out of coffee.
-Forgot where the market is?

Well, Francine,
your culture came back

and as I suspected, you--

You do not have strep throat.

-Hey, Ephram, what´s up?
-I just wanted to ask you--

FYI, only the girls are supposed
to give the pine cones.

Yeah, I´m aware of that, Kayla.

Somebody left this for me
on my locker.

Who?

[GIGGLING]

I don´t know.

Ephram, you didn´t think
that I--

No, no, no,
I was just confirming.

I guess
I overestimated you, dude.

Thought you´d come up with a new
way of messing with me.

Oh, why bother, dude? You keep
falling for the same joke, man.

[CHUCKLES]

I wanna apologize
for my brother.

I know he´s a jerk sometimes--

-Try all the time.
-If it makes you feel better...

...I didn´t ask because I´m not
going with anyone.

-I´m not even going myself.
-Fine. Whatever.

It´d be weird.
Last year I asked Colin--

I said fine. Look, don´t you--
I don´t care.

I don´t need to hear about your
boyfriend every time. I get it.

Okay? I get it.

What?

What? What´s it? Are you moving
us to Zimbabwe or something?

No, no, it´s nothing
like that. It´s--

I was just thinking
about something.

It´s funny, actually.

Well, it´s not
so much funny "ha-ha" as--

You see, the thing is...

...I don´t know whether or not
you´ve ever had sex.

Heh. And you never will.

Okay, then. Good talking to you.

DELIA:
My penguin hat! Dad!

-What´s wrong?
-Look at my hat.

-Looks clean to me.
-You did something wrong.

I put it in the machine
like you said.

-Then?
-Then I put it in the dryer.

Now we´re getting somewhere.

I shouldn´t have put it
in the dryer?

Mom always washed it
in the dishwasher.

Well, you didn´t tell me
that last night.

I didn´t think
it would come to this.

Just wear
one of your other hats.

I can´t. This is the best one.

-Says who?
-Never mind, I can make it fit.

[PHONE RINGING]

[SIGHS]

I need a Pop-Tart.

Hello?

Hello, Dr. Abbott.

Finally taking me up
on my carpooling offer?

Sure. I can be there
in 20 minutes.

Alright.

As mayor, I now adjourn
this city-council meeting.

We will now take
a short recess to allow

the school board to come
into session.

School board is now in session.

You´re lucky. The school board´s
nicer than city council.

Good afternoon, doctors.

I admit, never thought
I´d see the day

where you two joined forces.

Dear, don´t start.

-"Dear"? Are you two--?
-Wedded, yes.

Is there anybody here who is
not related to one another?

I understand we have
a nasty little STD...

...floating around County High,
is that right?

Right. We´re here to prevent
more of it from spreading.

How are you gonna do that?
Are we talking vaccines?

There are no vaccines
for gonorrhea.

Nor are there any
for Chlamydia, Syphilis or HIV.

What we can do
is educate our children

which is the best preventative
medicine I know of.

I have prepared a memo...

...which both advises parents
as to the situation at hand...

...and advises them
to talk to their children.

I´ll call the superintendent
to look at it.

We don´t think that memo
is enough.

-We don´t?
-No.

We´d like you to talk
to the superintendent...

...and ask him to change
the school curriculum.

The program that we have
is approved and paid for...

...by the Government
of the United States.

Yes, I´m aware of the program.
It teaches abstinence only.

It´s antiquated and doesn´t
provide enough information.

What are you suggesting, doctor,
we hand out condoms in homeroom?

That would be a good start.

This is not New York City,
doctor, nor is it California.

What Dr. Brown means to say--

What I mean to say is...

...that one in 10 kids will have
sex before the age of 13.

One in four will get
a sexually transmitted disease.

Like it or not,
our children are having sex.

We can either teach them
how to be safe

so they don´t die,
or we can stay in our cocoons...

...wax poetic
about the good old days

and pretend it isn´t happening.

I say we go on.
What´s next?

Heh. Are you serious?

We don´t have the authority
or funding...

...to change the current
program, Dr. Brown. I´m sorry.

That´s alright.

-We appreciate your taking--
-Then don´t change it.

In response to the epidemic

offer a privately
funded assembly.

Given by the two doctors
of this community.

We´ll teach them a few basic
preventative measures.

-Answer any questions they have.
-"We"?

-An assembly. I like it.
-"We"?

The super would have to approve
and the principal.

I´m sure they´d get you
to separate the boys and girls.

I´ll take the girls
and he´ll take the boys.

Excuse me,
do I have any say in this?

And we´ll issue a memo...

...so that any parents who don´t
want this...

-...can keep them out.
-Don´t humor me.

[GAVEL BANGS]

Next docket.

Cool wife. Does she ever let you
play with the gavel?

Did you see how Brett totally
annihilated Beth yesterday...

...when she tried to give him
a pine cone?

It was so sad.

MAGILLA:
Okay?

MAGILLA & BOY:
One, two, three, four,
I declare a thumb war.

Hi, Magilla.

You´re not allowed
to move your wrist.

-Shut up, I´m not.
-Can I play next?

No way.

-Why not?
-Not with some stupid girl.

This is the thumb-war
championship game.

-So?
-So you suck your thumb.

I do not!

Get lost, penguin.

-I thought you liked penguins.
-I never said that. Take a hike.

BOY:
Yeah, take a hike.

Yes, I won.

Hey, bought you
a chicken parmesan.

-Thought you might be hungry.
-Well, watch it, now.

You´re spilling tomato sauce
over my drill bits.

I´ll just set it
over here for you.

Guess what?

Looks like they may not
be tearing down

the Kissing Bridge after all.

Why wouldn´t they tear it down?

Because I went down
to the city-council meeting

and asked them not to.

Why would you do a thing
like that?

Has your brain gone AWOL? I
don´t know what you want--

I don´t want anything.

I can´t believe you,
going to a city-council meeting.

-Who do you think you are?
-Your husband.

And the last time I checked...

...it was within
a husband´s rights

to try to cheer up
his grouchy wife.

In the first place,
if I needed cheering up

I would rent Terminator
like I always do.

Second, I don´t give a damn
about that old bridge.

You certainly acted
like you cared the other day.

And now you´ve busted out
your toolkit.

I know something´s bugging you.

You don´t know diddlysquat.

-Where are you going now?
-To the video store.

Have you decided
who you´re asking

to the fall dance
this year, Amy?

It´s not funny, jackass.

Amy, language.

What´s the big deal?
Not like you´re gonna ask him.

You don´t know that.

Oh, so you would´ve asked him?
Well...

...you better thank me then,
because I saved your reputation.

Asked who?
What are we talking about?

Nothing. I´m not asking anybody
to the dance

Okay? Let´s just change
the subject.

Colin wouldn´t want you
to sit home alone--

Can we just drop it, please?

Well, uh,
I have an announcement to make.

Due to your mother´s
warped sense of humor...

...I´m going to be hosting
a sex-education assembly...

...at your high school
this week.

I realize this maybe a bit
uncomfortable for both of you...

...especially considering the
highly sensitive subject matter

so, I wanted to open it up
to a family discussion.

Any thoughts?

-Amy?
-Is this because Susie got VD?

[HARRY COUGHING]

ROSE: How do you know
about Susie?

-Everybody knows.
-I didn´t know.

How could you not know,
you dated her.

Like, a million years ago.
Back when

Francy was still in the picture.

Francy? Francy who?

Francine Thompkins.
She´s one of your patients.

-Oh.
-The one with the tattoo.

What´s the big deal
about gonorrhea?

It´s completely curable.

Unlike the herp,
which never goes away, right?

I think your father
will be covering

all of this at the assembly.

Now, would anybody like dessert?

I´d no idea
this would bother you.

Well, now you know.

You can go back and tell them
you changed your mind.

-This bread is hurting my teeth.
-Can´t do that.

Your mom always used to go
to PTA meetings

and was a member of the school
board. You never minded that.

Mom made banana bread
for the bake sales.

She didn´t frontline
sex assemblies.

You´ve seen my cooking,
I can´t do bake sales.

-I´m serious.
-What is it you want from me?

I want you not to do this.

If you do, it´s gonna make my
life more unbearable

which is, like,
not even humanly possible.

If it´s not even possible
for your life to get any worse.

then what´s the problem?

-Yeah.
-Just shut up.

ANDY: I think you´re being
just a little bit melodramatic.

It´s not like
I´m trying to ruin your life.

You don´t have to try.
You do it pretty naturally.

What is it that I´m doing
that´s so terrible?

Everyone in school
is gonna go around

saying Dr. Brown
is a big sex expert...

...and how his loser son
can´t even get a date.

What dance?
What are you talking about?

Nothing, forget it.

Is that the reason
you don´t want me to come?

Because you want to go
to a dance? I´m confused.

Why do I even need a reason?

Why can´t you just be a father
instead of a doctor for once?

When I was in neurosurgery,
I could never help people

before they got sick. I couldn´t
prevent their sickness.

I can do that now.

So if you miss this assembly...

...kids all over town are gonna
drop from having unsafe sex?

Well, it´s a good thing you´re
there for them, Dr. Brown.

One day I´ll know what it´s like
for you to be here for me.

-Hey.
-Back to greeting each other?

I am if you are.

-I was never mad at you, Ephram.
-Well, you should have been.

I said some pretty stupid things
the other day. I´m sorry.

Why don´t we stop with
the back-and-forth apologies...

...and just assume we´re both,
like, sorry forever?

Yeah. Okay. Deal.

Can you believe our dads
are coming to school today?

Must be the end of the world.

Bad enough I´ve to see him
every morning and night.

-Afternoons are my time off.
-Know what you mean.

-I hate my parents these days.
-Really?

You seem like such
a well-adjusted family unit.

Sure, my father´s OCD
and my brother´s ADD...

...and my mother
is just plain crazy.

Oh, yeah? And what are you?

I´m tired and this dance
is just making me feel worse.

And my mom keeps bugging me
about it. It´s like...

...no one understands
why this is hard for me.

I just wanted to ask him,
you know?

Like last year.

I just wanna feel normal again,
just for one second.

Instead of how I feel now.

If that´s what you wanna do,
then you should do it.

-What are you talking about?
-Ask Colin to the dance.

He´s three hours away
from here, four by bus.

If we wanna make it back by
dinner, we have to leave.

-Ephram.
-I´m serious, Amy.

I´d give anything to be able
to talk to mom again.

It wouldn´t matter to me
if she could answer.

I´d just be happy to see her.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

Because he´s not gonna be here
this afternoon, that´s why.

So you can either reschedule...

...or you can keep your
appointment and let me treat.

I´d be happy to shove
a tongue depressor right--

-Edna?
-Uh, I´ll call you back, Pearl.

Is there something
you´d like to talk about?

Nope, why?

Because you´re scaring the sick
people away and we don´t charge.

Doc...

...I think I´m depressed.

I didn´t think you
got depressed.

Well, the cat´s out of the bag.

Apparently I got feelings.

It´s got to do with my first
husband, Hal Senior.

I´ve been thinking about him
a lot lately.

-Any particular reason why?
-Particulars aren´t important.

I just know I wanna stop
thinking about him.

Now, how do I do that?

It depends.
How do you deal with grief?

I´ve served two tours in Nam.

-Denial, then?
-Pretty much.

-So, what do you do?
-Let´s see.

I uproot my family,
move them to nowhere

Open up a free clinic.

But hey, that´s just me.

Husbands aren´t as easy
to wrangle as kids.

For one thing, they´re heavier.

What does Irv think
about all this?

I haven´t exactly told him.

Well, I think
that´s your first step.

Now, I hate to dispense advice
and run, Edna

but I´m late for school.

So hand me some condoms
and wish me luck.

My mom said you could
come over tomorrow after school

if you want.

Are your ears broken
or something?

I thought you didn´t like me.

Don´t be dumb.
I talk, don´t I?

-Do you wanna come over or not?
-I guess so.

-You brought visual aids?
-Naturally. Didn´t you?

-I brought condoms.
-Good luck, doctor.

When you go over the symptoms
of gonorrhea, talk slowly.

Odds are, there´s at least one
kid in your assembly who has it.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Thank you.

HARRY:
Yes, thank you.

Hello. Ahem.

My name is Dr. Harold Abbott.

Uh, let´s, uh..

Let´s start off
with some basics.

[WOLF WHISTLE AND LAUGHTER]

Please know that my presence
here today is in no way....

AMY:
Kim Einhorn asked David Lee...

...which no one ever thought
she´d have the nerve to do.

Ever since
she got her braces off

she´s like this
totally different person.

And he said yes,
which was so cool.

Oh, and the decorating committee
is going all out this year.

Ali´s mom wants to turn the gym
into a magical forest.

I know it sounds bizarre,
but Ali says her mom...

...is practically a professional
at this stuff...

...so it should look amazing.

I guess now the only thing
that´s missing is you and me.

Which is why I´m here.

I know it´s last-minute
and everything...

...but would you go
to the dance with me?

You can say yes anytime, Colin.

Just open your eyes and say yes.

Just open your eyes,
Colin, please.

And the question-and-answer
session went great.

I have no idea who Dr. Drew is,
but apparently I kick his butt.

That´s great, Dad.

You seem upset, kiddo.

Is something wrong?

-It´s Magilla.
-The bully?

-Is he bothering you again?
-Not exactly.

You see, when it´s just me and
him, he´s nice to me.

But when other people are
around, he says I´m diseased.

Yeah.

So you like him?

I sit behind him
in Miss Violet´s class.

And sometimes I just wanna
put my hands on his shoulders.

Um...

...maybe we should see
if Nina´s home.

I don´t understand. Why doesn´t
he want anyone to know?

I want to tell the whole world.

Well, you know, honey, boys
and girls are very different.

Not just how they look
on the outside...

...but how they work things out
on the inside.

For instance, uh, when you wanna
be friends with a boy...

...you might wanna
bake him cookies.

Or touch his shoulders?

Right.

Okay.

But if a boy
wants to be friends with you...

...he might punch you.

-As a sign of friendship.
-Really? He did flick my cap.

He did?

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello?

He wasn´t?

All of his classes?

No. No, I haven´t.

Ephram?

Ephram?

Well, thank you, yes.
No, I appreciate the call.

Oh, I´ll be sure to talk to him.

Thank you.

If he ever comes home.

Hey, take it easy.
You don´t have to inhale it.

I´m so starving, I had no idea.

Thank you for coming
with me, Ephram.

It´s cool.
I was pretty hungry too.

No, I mean for coming
all the way out here...

...to Denver, and the hospital
and everything.

It means a lot to me.

Yeah, well, I didn´t really
wanna be in school today.

What with my dad
being porn king.

Was it this bad in New York?

Mean, was I this big
a geek back home?

-I didn´t mean it like that.
-Ah, it´s okay.

I almost went to one dance
at my old school.

The winter semi-formal.

I asked Catherine Adams to go.

She wasn´t
the most popular girl in school

but she was the prettiest.

She had this whole punk,
Gwen Stefani look going on...

...which most girls
in high school can´t pull off

but she did.

Anyway, my friends dared me
to ask her.

I did, and she
actually said yes

which was, like,
a total shock.

The day of the dance,
Catherine calls.

She´s sick, she can´t go.

Now, I can´t tell my mom this

because she´s so excited
for me.

I don´t want her to know
what a loser her son is.

So I get dressed up
in my suit

grab the corsage and leave...

...like I´m gonna
go pick up Catherine.

Except, of course, I don´t.

Instead, I go see Rush Hour 2.

Which actually
is a pretty decent movie.

I take it Catherine
wasn´t really sick?

It turns out she was.

She had mono and was out
the rest of the semester.

See, you weren´t geeky at all.

Gwen Stefani was gonna take you.

Is that the right time?

-We missed our bus.
-Yeah? We´ll catch the next one.

There is no next one.

Well, that could be a problem.

You think I should call the
police, or is that crazy?

It´s too soon to call the
police, don´t you think?

How could he get lost?

And why wasn´t he in school?

Did he get lost
on his way to school?

Dad, you´ve gotta get a grip.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Wait here, Delia.

Wondering where
your little hoodlum is?

You know where Ephram is?

Grab your coat.
We´re going to Denver.

I wouldn´t have pegged you
for a vanilla guy. Lemon, maybe.

-It´s my wife´s car.
-Ah.

That explains the
My Best Friend´s Wedding CD.

The CD is mine,
I collect soundtracks.

Don´t-- Don´t sing.

You know, I was thinking, we
should ask the infected girls...

...to offer a list
of recent sexual partners.

-Maybe cross-reference it.
-Why?

Because I don´t think
the assembly´ll be enough.

We should make a stab at finding
who Patient Zero is.

I agree. However, now that
the students are informed...

...perhaps the infected teenager
will come forward willingly.

We should give him a day or so
to do the right thing.

Yeah, you´re probably right.

[ANDY SIGHS]

So, what are you
gonna say to Amy?

I´m going to ground her,
obviously.

Really, ground her?

Aren´t you
going to ground Ephram?

Hadn´t thought about it yet.

I´m just so relieved
that he´s alright.

Oh, for God´s sake,
don´t tell him that.

If they knew we were concerned,
they´d eat us alive.

Teenagers, they can smell
weakness. They´re like dogs.

I´m not gonna hide anything.

We´re trying to build
a relationship

based on honesty and trust.

Really? How is that working out?

[ANDY SIGHS]

Well, it just takes time,
that´s all. We´ll get there.

Listen.

I know you wanna be
your son´s friend.

But he doesn´t need a friend
now. He needs a parent.

-How do you know what he wants?
-He´s 15, he´s testing you.

You are failing the test.

What am I supposed to do?

He cut class, you punish him.
Take away phone privileges...

...don´t allow him to pierce
anything for the next 6 months.

But do something.

Be his father.

My dad is gonna kill me.

I´m sure he´ll understand
when you tell him why you went.

That´s not the way
it works in my house.

How does it work?

He yells, I apologize.
There´s a sentencing.

Then I bargain with my mother
until the sentence gets reduced.

In my house it´s more like I
yell, he yells, both yell.

And eventually
someone gets tired.

Sounds good to me.

Amy.

Dad, uh..

I´ll be in the car.

HARRY: Why didn´t
you call sooner?

AMY: I´m so sorry
I worried you, Dad.

HARRY: As long as
you´re alright

that´s all that matters.

WOMAN: Goodnight.
MAN: Night.

You avoiding me?

Maybe.

You were right
about that bridge.

I do have feelings about it.

Truth is, I was proposed to
on that bridge...

...and not by you.

I see.

The whole thing
just pissed me off.

I thought I´d dealt
with that stuff...

...and now I´m thinking
maybe I didn´t

because this whole past week...

...well...

...I´ve been missing him, Irv.

And maybe I should´ve told you
from the get-go.

-But it just didn´t feel right.
-Well, why not?

Because you´re not supposed
to make me feel better...

...about missing the husband
I had before you.

That´s just bass ackwards.

Edna, I love you.

You wouldn´t be you
without Hal Senior.

You wouldn´t even be you without
that Nutter Butter son of yours.

Who I know
means the world to you.

-Pfft.
-I don´t need you to pretend...

...that you didn´t
have a life before me.

I just need to be able to put my
arms around you when you´re sad.

Even if you are sad
over someone else.

I guess you can do that.

Okay.

I guess I will, then.

Bright.

Is there anything you want
to talk to me about?

I am so sorry, Dad.

It´s just a scratched bumper,
and it´s not even my fault.

I´m pulling out
and this lady comes flying--

No, let me put it another way.

Is there anything you need
to be tested for, medically?

Can I get something
from a scratched bumper?

Concerning the STD
at your school.

Alright, Dad,
I´m gonna let you in

on something that may
blow your mind.

-Do you think you can handle it?
-I doubt it, but try me.

Okay.

You remember Elka from The Real
World, the "Boston" one?

I must have missed "Boston."

Well, Elka was supremely hot.

But she never sealed the deal
with her boyfriend...

...because she had all these,
like, religious beliefs.

Uh-huh.

Well...

...I´m kind of like Elka.

In that I´m very attractive
but I haven´t, you know

done anything.

-You know.
-Oh.

Except my reasons
have less to do with religion...

...more with the fact that
my girlfriends won´t.

Which is why I´m done
with freshmen.

Uh.

Anyway, I didn´t want you
worrying about me anymore.

But if you could keep
this info between us

you know what I´m saying?

Well, son, this is the best talk
we´ve ever had.

You scratched the bumper.

I feel bored.

I beat you, like,
7000 times on this game.

Yeah, I know.
It´s not too fun for me, either.

-Wanna play something better?
-Okay.

Help me push it out.

Which one do I get?

I´ll pick one for you.

I´m sorry I worried you
last night.

What makes you think
I was worried?

Okay, I was worried.

Well, I´m sorry.
I´ll call you next time.

There won´t be a next time.

You´re grounded
for the next two weeks.

That means no TV, no phone,
no going out.

Is that all?

If I ever hear
that you cut class again

it´ll be for a month.
Understood?

Yeah.

-Understood.
-Good.

So, you missed the assembly.

Look, I already know
about safe sex, okay?

Mom covered it with me.

Maybe she did, but I haven´t.

When I was first working
in New York...

...I had to perform
a lumbar puncture--

It´s basically
like a spinal tap.

--on this kid
who´d been brought in.

Couldn´t have been
more than 17 years old.

Good-looking, clean-cut,
well-to-do family.

His name was Alfie.

I remember that
because it was so unusual.

Anyway, I did the LP...

...assessed that
there was no meningitis

and went about my rounds.

But I couldn´t stop thinking
about Alfie all night.

I found out later
that the doctors

were performing
all sorts of tests.

Few days later,
I went to his Alfie´s room

just to check him out...

...thinking maybe
I could figure out what he had.

But Alfie was already dead.

Seventeen years old.

Six months and thousands
of Alfies later...

...his sickness
finally got a name.

AIDS.

I needed you to know why I had
to come to your school, Ephram.

I needed you to hear that story

because I want you
always to be careful.

I can´t afford to lose
another person I love.

Why didn´t you tell me
that before?

I have no idea how to get
your attention, Ephram.

What´s that supposed to mean?

It means I don´t know
what to say to you.

One day, you seem to hate me,
the next day you still hate me

and other days you just hate me.

I mean, that´s not
a lot to work with.

So if you could let me know
when I say the right thing...

...I´ll make a note of it
and I´ll do it more often, okay?

Yeah. Sure, I mean,
I can maybe do that.

Great.

Thanks.

-You´re still grounded.
-I know.

Did I mention I had only three
hours of sleep last night?

About a hundred times now.

I swear, you yammer on
like an old woman.

Besides, we´re almost there.

Almost where? We´re in the
middle of forest oblivion.

If I didn´t know you better,
I´d think you

brought me out here
to knock me off.

-On second thought--
-Come on.

You see that?

The Kissing Bridge,
yes, of course

I see it, Mother.
Why in the world--?

Your pops and I shared
our first kiss on that bridge.

He proposed to me
on that bridge.

And the day I found out
I was pregnant with you...

...I took him down here
and told him.

I know you think
I got on with things

too quick after he was gone.

I probably did.

But your father´s death,
Harold...

...is what made me realize
more than ever...

...just how valuable
our one shot at life is...

...and I didn´t wanna miss
a second more of it.

Anyway, I loved him very much.

I wanted you to know that.

Mother, what in the hell
are you doing?

Grieving.

IRV:
That evening
was the last time...

...anyone saw the Kissing
Bridge in its full glory.

And even though Everwood´s
symbol of innocence

is no longer with it...

...people still tell its story
to their children

and their grand children.

Only now when they do...

...the ending is
a lot more exciting.