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that there´s only one right thing to say.

But as humans, each with our own idiosyncrasies

we may not always respond the way the universe

or, say, our parents want or expect us to.

It is at moments such as these that we realize

that the truth has a distinct cost

that can´t be bargained down.

And in these moments, we must choose

whether to pay the price.

- There she blows. - You can say that again.

- Emphasis on blows. - Well, it was my first choice.

Didn´t have to go to Denver.

Phil happened to have one in stock.

- ´Talk about luck.´ - Yeah.

- Voted, "Safest.. - Boat in the Navy?

...car on the road" 1988 and ´89

´by the Association of Car Consumers and Retailers.´

Yeah, it´s got heavy steel-gauge doors

independent steel frames.

´Weighs 4000 pounds.´

So, what do you think of your new wheels, Ephram?

I think it´s really awesome you getting me a car, dad. It´s ju--

Oh, yeah, yeah. Go on. Hop in.

Take a ride. Delia and I can start the paperwork.

- I was just thinking-- - Don´t worry about us.

Go on. Go ahead. Get acquainted.

Thanks, Phil.

Not what you imagined, huh?

No, it´s two of what I imagined.

Painted a color called "ugly."

She ain´t much to look at, that´s true.

- But your girl will like her. - Well, I don´t have a girl.

I don´t think I´ll be getting one with this thing.

No offense but this kinda a mojo killer and I don´t any to spare.

If the girl that´s right for you, she´ll like this car.

What? Some kind of weed-out?

Thanks, but my face has that covered.

No, there´s a girl, who you like, who likes you.

She likes the car.

A specific girl..

...who likes this car?

You...don´t listen to me.

What´s a guy with grease under his nails know about romance?

Here, hop in. Your future awaits.

If this is my future, even my past is starting to look good.

[engine starts]

[theme music]

[music continues]

[people chattering]

[car honking]

(Andy) ´It may keep you outta school for a day at the outside.´

What you have, Lester, is an official

card-carrying case of influenza normalis.

The common flu.

- Are you certain? - It sure looks that way.

I have no records of you and Lester coming in for shots.

Well, the flue clinic conflicted with his oboe recital.

Ah, the sacrifices we make for our art.

Listen, take him home, wrap him up, give him some Tylenol.

Give him lotsa fluids and electrolytes.

It could be meningitis.

Meningitis? Why? Has he been exposed?

No, it´s just, that´s what Phil said he had.

- Who´s Phil? Another doctor? - The mechanic.

- The guy who sold the Lincoln? - He´s got the sight.

Well, hearing, actually. He hears things.

What kind of things? Like voices?

He might wanna come in and see me himself.

He was pretty certain about Lester having meningitis

and, I´d just feel a whole lot better if you could do a test.

Okay. We aim to please.

Let´s have a look here, Lester.

Nope.

- You have any pain there? - Uh-uh.

Nope. I gotta tell you, Mrs. Thompson

Lester´s exhibiting absolutely no signs of meningitis.

Could you do a blood test?

We´d do a spinal tap. You´d need to drive to Denver.

- I´ve no kit. - Give me the address, I´ll go.

I really don´t think he has meningitis.

I´ve seen hundreds of cases of the common flu.

- That´s what he´s got. - If you won´t test him.

I´ll find a doctor who will. Phil´s never wrong.

Okay. I´ll call the hospital.

(Edna) ´Phil Drebbles, Marcus Welby of the paranormal.´

Phil´s just your average guy, has a repair shop.

Sells a few cars here and there.

Some years back, word gets out

´he has predicted Sam and Jenny Hess´

´will have a male child before the year´s out.´

Only, everyone knows Jenny can´t get pregnant

on account of her ovaries were malformed at birth.

By Saint Patrick´s Day, Jenny knew she was pregnant.

And around Halloween, Baxter was born.

Well, you can imagine

the whole town beat a path to Phil´s repair shop.

Finally, about eight months or so later

he makes the mother of all predictions.

A flood is gonna hit Everwood.

Well, by now, his word is golden.

Everybody packs up, evacuates the town.

And?

- No flood. - Not a drop.

Drought that year, as I recall.

[humming]

♫ O-o-o ♫

♫ Oh-h ho-o ♫

[rock music]

♫ When you said you were afraid of drowning.. ♫

- What are you doing here? - I brought you your jacket.

I´m not cold.

- How´d know where we were? - Madison left a note.

Yeah, for dad.

She finally let me watch and now she might change her mind.

♫ You were pulled under ♫♫

(Madison) ´Okay. Take five.´

- ´That was pretty tight.´ - Ephram.

Left the house? Was it on fire?

Delia forgot her jacket.

- So, what´d you think? - Um, uh..

No, I mean, I think it´s good.

- Really? - Yeah, yeah.

Maybe, if we could get that hook not to sound like ass.

- Be right back. Smoke break. - Don´t go too far.

I wanna do that one again.

If you could slow down as we head outta the verse.

- It´s starting to sound punk. - That´s what makes it cool.

Can we try it that way once?

I joined this band because you gave me the impression

it was gonna be collaborative.

- It is collaborative. - No, it isn´t.

We spoke what we both thought. Now, we´re doing it your way.

- ´Only if it´s better.´ - ´According to you.´

According to the band. That´s how it works.

It works for you. For me, it doesn´t work.

- I´m gone. - Chuck´s here only for an hour.

No. You have him for an hour. I quit.

Hang out here with Ephram while I talk to my friend, huh?

- It´s okay. I´ll take her home. - Thanks, Ephram. I owe you one.

So do I have to ride in your car?

(Louise) "The proliferation of 15-minute coffee breaks

"to include more than three per day.

"or the extension of breaks to encompass

"greater than 20 minutes of downtime

"in the span of a three-hour period

should be avoided."

Thank you, Louise.

Moving on to this month´s management topics..

There´s something left uncovered in the

October Management Summit of 2003?

I´m stunned.

It´s a shame you inherited your sense of humor from our mother.

Excuse me.

Hello?

Amy?

You at school?

What?

Where are you now?

Oh, my God. Alright.

I´m coming right away. Just stay right where you´re at.

´Right near that phone. In fact, give me that number.´

Don´t move. Anyone approaches you, you call 911.

I´ll be there as soon as I can.

I´ve gotta go get Amy and I need you to take me.

- So I can drive her back. - Why? Where is she?

Wyoming.

This isn´t the first time Jay´s walked out. He loves drama.

How long´s he been with the band?

He came in few months ago to replace Kip

who moved to Oregon to find himself.

How 1978.

- If he´s not coming back-- - Then the band sounds okay?

He was so off. He was like, "You need to change the tempo"?

It was him. He plays like he´s on speed. He´s holding you down.

Down? I thought you said we sounded good.

Well, you do sound good. I was...I just...I just mean..

What did you mean, Ephram?

He´s just not as good as you guys, that´s all.

And how good is that, exactly?

So, what culinary delight are you preparing for us, Madison?

No, it´s fine. Ephram, I want you to tell me the truth.

Well, I think you guys need a better guitarist.

- And? - And..

And a better sound and better songs and..

Doctor, casserole´s in the oven. It´ll be ready in ten minutes.

The vegetables should be done by then.

Rice is on the stove. Check it. See you tomorrow.

You might wanna work on your bedside manner.

- You cleared the room. - I noticed. Thank you.

Set the table, doofus, if you can even do that.

[phone ringing]

Andy Brown.

´Oh, really?´

Bacterial or viral?

´So you have him quarantined there?´

Alright, thank you. I´ll check in again tomorrow.

- What is it, dad? - Oh, nothing.

A patient I diagnosed with the flu

has life-threatening meningitis.

And Phil, the mechanic, is psychic.

Here.

- I´m not cold. - I know. Put it on anyway.

Got here as fast as we could, which wasn´t very fast.

You realize we´re no longer in Colorado

we´re in another state.

What are we doing here, Amy?

I don´t..

I don´t know.

I left my practice for a day, so did your aunt Linda

to rescue you from this little excursion

so you might wanna give it some thought.

I was going to school, and..

I was watching all of the kids going inside it.

The day starting.

Only I was outside... like watching them

and I couldn´t imagine myself inside it. So..

...I just kept driving.

What is happening to you, Amy? Are you angry with us?

- Are you trying to hurt us? - No.

- Do you need more attention? - No.

Then what´s going on?

Come on.

If you could tell me what´s going on.

Tell me what you´re feeling.

´Well..´

Come on.

Let´s go home.

Come on.

[slow music]

[pleasant music]

I see kids´ flu symptoms aren´t the only things you fix.

Hey, doc. How´s your boy liking that car?

Just loves it. Couldn´t be happier.

Glad to hear it.

Listen, Phil, about the Thompson kid.

I don´t know what I´m thanking you for exactly, but, um..

...you were right.

´He had meningitis.´

He was completely asymptomatic. Five hours later, he was

´at a hospital in Denver with his neck really stiff.´

They diagnosed it before they did the tap.

´So I guess you could say you averted an epidemic.´

Glad to hear it.

So I just wanted to..

...to thank you for...whatever.

The nurse at school was very grateful when I told her.

You told Hazel?

Great. There´ll be a mob here by lunch.

So, listen... how did you do it?

Is it some kind of perception thing?

- Or do you read body language? - Clairaudient.

Always have been, pretty much.

- Clairaudient? What is that? - Hear things.

Just words, phrases.

- Stuff that´s gonna happen. - But all the time or just?

I mean, do you have to make an effort like going online?

Well, it´s like hearing a voice in your head

telling you things you know are true.

Well, what kind of things? I mean..

...can you hear things about me right now?

You don´t wanna get into this, right?

No, I mean, I´m just curious. From a scientific standpoint.

- I´m not a sideshow, doc. - Come on, there´s no pressure.

Just-just give it the old college try.

You´re gonna get a kiss you´ve been waiting for.

From who?

What are you talking about? What kind of kiss?

You mean like a kiss-kiss?

And you´ll break a promise.

I mean, this is it? This is like fortune cookies.

Are you sure about this stuff?

And watch out for that file folder.

Something like that could take your head off.

- What are you guys playing? - Spit.

Go ahead, tell her how much she sucks at it.

Look, last night, what I said, I...I-I didn´t-I mean..

I think you´re a great singer and I shouldn´t have said that.

I´m sorry.

Was that an apology?

- It was supposed to be. Yeah. - Not great.

A rough draft. I was gonna polish it a give it later.

It´s okay, Ephram.

I´m just sensitive about my music

because I really want it to be good, you know?

And I guess I thought like every other

garage band from Podunk, U.S.A.

that I could use it to get me outta here.

I understand that.

Yeah, but with piano, you can take that

and you can use it a million different ways. I need a band..

...and with Jay gone..

Well, maybe I could help out.

I could sit in on a session or something.

That´s cool of you to offer but--

No, I could rearrange stuff, whatever.

He´s better than you think.

Are you sure you´re up for this?

Well, I don´t know if it´s gonna help but..

You know what? We could use all the help we get.

I´ll call the guys. Thanks, Ephram.

Be right back, Delia. No cheating.

What?

Boys are so obvious.

(Harold) ´Rose thinks we should try anti-depressants.´

They´re working for Laynie Hart.

I think Amy´s different.

I believe that her depression is situational.

´We set the precedent of medicating her´

´outta every rough spot, then how´d she develop those´

coping skills that she needs to get by in life?

Lin, I feel like we´re losing her.

I´d like to try to help her.

With all due respect, because I´m sure..

...that there are some people, maybe, that do get something

out of the tea and the energy.

Harry, I know you don´t believe in this

but you believe in me, right?

Would you at least let me try?

♫ I was sure when meant you feared the weight of water ♫

♫ For you I´d cast myself-- ♫♫

[guitar solo]

´Jay.´

Jay!

What? It´s boring.

´I´m just trying to... I don´t know, do something.´

It´s not boring, it´s just not good.

(Jay) ´We sound like every wannabe band from here to Boulder.´

Yeah, except some of them sound like they practice.

Take ten, everybody.

[band members chattering]

Well, thank God the mad genius is back.

You guys can really use a visionary like him.

He likes his presence being felt.

Oh, believe me, I´m feeling it.

You still think you can help us?

Well, right now you´re going like this.

But why not try repeating the four chord

after the five chord before going back to the one.

More like..

[piano music]

...that.

The chorus, repeat the chords.

Try making the bass line interesting.

Maybe a G chord with a B bass?

Which would be like that.

[piano music]

Why didn´t you tell me you were some kind of prodigy?

Well, prodigy would imply youth while I´m actually an old soul.

At least, somebody once told me that.

So..

[piano music]

...you like it?

Yeah.

[piano music continues]

Hey. Hi, mom. Could I grab the keys?

- I need the truck tonight. - Again?

Moving may be the worst idea I´ve ever had.

Was it ever a good idea? To anyone?

Sure you wouldn´t take Irv´s rifle?

Don´t tempt me.

You know, I´ve actually never been through a major move.

Julia moved us to the apartment in New York.

And then when we moved here, I hired a moving company.

They packed up our stuff and drove it here and unpacked it

and, eh...we were moved.

I-I gotta go.

- What was that for? - Your wake-up call, bozo.

What´re you waiting for, her to toss a glass slipper?

What?

Look, you like Linda.

She likes you.

You both are nincompoops who do nothing about it.

What should I do? I offered to help her, she didn´t want it.

You´re a grown man with a post-graduate degree.

Figure it out.

Well, the thing is, I..

I promised Delia I wouldn´t go out with her.

You also promised Delia a horse.

I don´t see Mr. Ed galloping around here.

Besides, you know, I think you might be overestimating

Linda´s..

I know that girl. I know how she looks

when she´s excited about something.

For reasons unknown, given your complete incompetence

in the dating arena

she´s excited about you.

- You really think so? - Oh, for Pete´s sake.

The idea behind meditation is that great rewards

can come from stillness.

The act of doing nothing.

- I keep thinking about stuff. - That´s okay.

Whenever a thought pops into your head

you just recognize it as a thought

and then you just let it go.

Okay, so do you wanna set an intention before we start?

Is it okay if...what I want is nothing?

You don´t feel like you´re gonna get anything out of it?

No, I mean, if my goal is to feel nothing.

I´ll tell you what. Why don´t we just..

...start and explore.

So, put your hands on your knees, palms up.

Close your eyes

and just gently focus on your breath.

How long is it supposed to take?

I have an idea. I have some music that I found in India

that might make this more fun.

I´ll see if I can dig it out. I´ll be right back.

[slow music]

- The moving party is here? - You´re not Irv.

You know, your powers of perception are amazing, doctor.

´When he told me he was tempting fate´

doing your heavy lifting, I said I´d fill in.

- Hope you don´t mind. - Sure.

- You up for manual labor? - Yeah, I´m pretty handy.

Is this the last of it? I´m getting off pretty easy.

Eh...not quite.

So when you said you travel light, you meant?

Well, that I keep it all in storage.

I tried to embrace the Buddhist live simply thing

but then I started collecting Buddhas.

Yeah, enlightenment requires a lot of props.

- You still up for it? - Oh, yeah.

I´m so up for it.

When Phil said take it off, I think he meant cancer.

He meant the bunion, take off the bunion. Come back Tuesday.

What if it´s a malignant growth?

It´s a bunion. Now, get out of here.

Make room for the next fraud-loving crazy on the list.

- ´Who´s next, Louise?´ - Doctor, I have to see you.

Before the pharmacy closes.

I need erythromycin for a rash I´m about to get

which will be like hives and very painful

and contagious, according to Phil.

- Oh, fine. That´s it. - Oh, dear.

Louise, Louise, I´m having a premonition.

I´m seeing the rest of today´s appointments being cancelled.

You can all go home. Just leave me alone.

You´re all fine. You´ll all recover unfortunately.

´Excuse me. Gullibility police. Stand aside.´

Yes, real doctor coming through.

Listen, Phil.

Phil. Excuse me. I don´t know who died

and made you C. Everett Koop

but the panic you are arousing in my patients

and other hapless members of this community

it has to stop.

It wasn´t my intention to worry anyone.

Did you think that fraudulently diagnosing them

with everything from gout to terminal illness is soothing?

You´re whipping people into a frenzy for no reason

thereby wasting my time and their resources.

But the things I tell them are true.

Yes, in your mind, they are true but you´re not a doctor.

You are a mechanic. You may have special insights with regards

to exhaust and cooling systems

but when it comes to the human anatomy and physiolo--

Hello, Phil? Are you listening? I am conversing with you.

Someone very close to you is sick.

What? Wha--

Of course they are. That´s a statistical inevitability.

Unless you´re a hermit or an orphan. How dare you--

[phone ringing]

Yeah, yeah, Dr. Abbott here.

Yeah, how can I help you?

What? No, I´m sorry. What prescription? For whom?

No, well, are you sure that it´s Amy Abbott?

Because I did not write any such prescription

nor did Dr. Linda Abbott.

Well, yes, I am sure, no one else.

Uh..

Let me get back to you.

[soft rock music]

♫ When you said you were afraid of drowning ♫

♫ I was sure you meant you feared ♫

♫ The weight of water ♫

♫ For you I´d cast myself to sea ♫

♫ I´ll let the waves devour me ♫

♫ But I had lost what I believed ♫

♫ You were pulled under ♫

♫ You were pulled under ♫♫

[crowd cheering]

That was great. That was so great.

That was pretty cool.

God, Ephram, your song, your song was the best.

It was your song, I just tweaked it a bit.

No, yours was the best. You´re working on "Joker" with me.

Sure. What are you doing now? You wanna a Coke or something?

That was great, babe. You coming over?

Yeah, after I help these guys pack up.

I guess I better get going, I´ll see you tomorrow.

Why didn´t you tell me Jay was your boyfriend?

He´s not my boyfriend. We just hang out sometimes.

Like now? When his tongue is so far down your throat

that I thought I was gonna have to give you oxygen?

And tell you why?

I wouldn´t have talked about him before you.

Jay can be a jerk. You know, I talk about him too.

No, that´s different. Besides, you should´ve told me because--

Because what?

Because at the DMV, I kissed you.

I mean, that meant something.

Ephram..

...maybe it did to you.

It can´t mean anything.

Anything real, anything more than what it was.

You should´ve told me. You lied to me.

I didn´t lie to you. I just didn´t mention it.

´You know, we´re not friends that way.´

´You´re older than your sister but you´re still young enough´

´to be somebody I look after.´

You have a crush, okay, that´s what this is.

That´s what you have when you´re 16.

- ´You understand?´ - Perfectly.

(Harold) ´I got a call today from the Cloverton Pharmacy.´

They wanted to know if they could substitute a generic

for Amy Abbott´s anti-depressant prescription.

Which they said Dr. Linda Abbott had written.

- Dad, I-- - What were you thinking?

Do you realize that by forging a prescription in her name

you could´ve been responsible for her losing her license?

- Did you think about that? - Did she?

- We haven´t told Linda. - Because it would´ve upset her.

It would´ve disgusted her. She is one of the few bridges

that you haven´t burned recently.

- I didn´t think that-- - Yeah, what did you think?

You think about anyone? Think about anybody but yourself?

I am shocked at this behavior, even for you recently, it´s..

´It´s gone from irresponsible to criminal.´

- I´m sorry. - "I´m sorry"?

- You have gotta be kidding me. - Let her speak.

I wanted to feel better. Like Laynie.

That stuff Aunt Linda was doing wasn´t working.

You could have asked. You could have talked to us.

- I did ask. You said no. - ´Well, so it´s our fault?´

Of course, you don´t take any responsibility for your actions.

You blame other people. You blame...Colin.

You blame Dr. Brown, you blame us.

No. Now, I just blame you.

Fine. Fine, I´ll write you a prescription.

Harold.

What? What else do you want me to do?

´You´re tired of doing nothing. Amy´s tired of doing nothing.´

And I am completely out of ideas.

If this is what will make this whole thing go away..

´...then fine. Fine. Let´s make it go away.´

Yeah. Here. A prescription for Amy Abbott.

Amy Abbott, not my daughter, wherever she is.

She would never have done this.

Mom.

(Andy) ´When people moved me´

´it was like little elves working while I slept.´

One minute I was in New York and the next I´m here.

´And not a single box did I see.´

Well, I probably won´t move again for another year.

You mean, I gotta do this again in 12 months?

I don´t have a tendency to stay in one place for very long.

Is that why I´m drinking outta a mug?

You´re lucky it´s not Styrofoam.

Um..

See this?

It´s the only thing I had with me the whole time I was away.

- What is it? - Keepsakes.

Things that mean something to me, as much as I could carry.

Don´t keep me in suspense. What made the list?

Oh, it´s just junk.

It has no value to anybody but me.

Come on. Show me. I mean, if you want to.

- ´It´s my favorite book.´ - The Little Prince.

- A good one. - Had it in French too.

But I gave it to this kid in Guinea.

Little con artist but I couldn´t turn him down.

And this is the four of us, when Harry and I were young.

- He looked like Alfalfa. - Yeah, looks.

And let´s see, this is..

Was a..

A friend, a friend that I lost.

I´ve lost a lot of people.

That´s how it works in places like that. You move so much

it´s like chunks of your life just fall away.

This would be so much more daunting if you weren´t here.

Thank you.

I do what I can.

You´re a kind man.

No, I´m not. I´m...just..

I am gonna refill your wine glass. You´re nearly empty.

Hey, Phil? Phil.

- I´m not available. - As psychic or mechanic?

- You got car trouble? - No.

One of those things you said actually came true.

- No kidding. - So, I tried the second--

- What do you mean you tried? - Well, I followed your advice.

I don´t give advice.

Okay, look.

When I took the steps that would likely lead me along the path

that you predicted, it didn´t work.

That kiss that I was supposed to get?

Never showed up. You got it right with the meningitis thing.

How come I got gypped on the kiss?

This is why I hate telling people stuff.

You know, sometimes I think it just screws it all up.

I never wanted to get back into this racket.

I knew that kid was sick. I had to say something.

Why couldn´t it just end there?

Well...the thing is

if people think you know some truth about them

they´re gonna wanna know what it is.

People wanna know the truth

about what happened to their long-lost brother

or why their kid hates them or if their wife is cheating

but knowing only makes them unhappy.

They don´t really want the truth.

They just want good news.

I don´t know. I just wanna fix cars.

Maybe I ought to move.

Been thinking a lot about Arizona.

Nobody knows me in Tucson.

Well, what happened last time? When you predicted that flood?

I heard it clear as a bell.

And nothing happened?

Oh, no, it happened.

In Houston.

It´s too bad you can´t just predict another one.

Well, it seems like that´d lack credibility.

But what if it were something different?

For instance, say..

...an avalanche?

Avalanche.

Whoa, looks like a tornado rolled through here.

I´m still not finished unpacking.

Say that again. Here. I brought you a housewarming.

- It´s not wrapped. - How´d you know?

- It´s just what I needed. - Yeah, yeah.

´Listen, I´m not gonna beat around the bush´

mainly because I don´t know how. But..

You and Andy Brown could have a good thing going

if you would wake up and smell the coffee.

- Beg your pardon? - Irv thinks you´re lonely.

So, if that´s true

the solution´s right in front of your face.

- I don´t think so. - I do.

He likes you. You like him.

Any blockhead can see it.

- It´s not that simple. - Sure it is.

Why does everybody make things so complicated these days?

´They´re not. I liked the looks of Irv.´

He liked the looks of me. We´re hitched.

- Well, you were lucky. - ´No, we weren´t neurotic.´

We didn´t put up roadblocks and then stumble around them.

I´m not putting up my own roadblocks.

You sure as hell aren´t taking any down.

You don´t know anything about it.

Well, then tell me.

I have a disease.

Is that what this is all about?

Hep A couldn´t kill a flea.

Besides, you´re not gonna give it to Andy.

It´s not hep A.

It´s HIV.

I contracted it while I was working in Africa

but I went on the cocktail right away.

And my counts are good. I may never be symptomatic.

But still, I can´t bring Andy into this.

I can´t bring anyone in.

- Why didn´t you tell me? - There´s nothing anyone can do.

I don´t want the town to know me as the once who´s sick.

I´m not the whole town.

I didn´t wanna worry you.

To most people, it still sounds like a death sentence.

But I´m fine. I´m really fine.

I´m your mother.

You don´t say things because you think I´ll solve your problems.

You tell me because you need someone to tell.

For three years, you´ve lived alone with this?

See? I knew you would worry.

- I´m okay. - You don´t have to be okay.

But I am. I´m fine. I´m home. I´m doing great.

You don´t have to be strong.

You´re not alone with this anymore.

She´ll never be much to look at, I´m afraid.

Thanks for the encouragement.

You know, it doesn´t matter, though.

A car like this, it´s not what´s on the outside that counts.

The thing about big cars is they´ve gotta a lot of room

which is good for friends and movies.

Road trips.

You can fit a whole lotta life into this car.

That´s what makes her cool.

I´m sorry, that I upset you, Ephram.

Especially after you were so cool about the band and all.

I handled it wrong. I should´ve told you.

So why didn´t you?

´Cause here´s the thing. You´re awesome.

You´ve got it all, all the stuff that girls are looking for.

But?

But you´re 16

and I work for you dad and I take care of your sister

- And I´m responsible for you. - No, you´re not.

Yeah, I am..

...in a way.

Can you just see where I´m coming from?

You´re younger than me..

...and no matter how mature you are for your age

or how much of an old soul you may be

´some maturity just comes with time.´

Ephram, you don´t even know me.

Well, I might not know everything about you

but I do know some things.

You´re the only person that makes my little sister think

it´s okay to be a girl.

I know how you feel..

...when you sing because it´s how I feel when I play.

All you really want from Jay is for him to get you

and he never will. The thing he´s interested is himself.

All this stuff about me being young is just you being afraid.

It´s easier for you to say I´m young than to risk something

that´s not what you thought you wanted.

But most of all, I know that..

...ever since I kissed you at the DMV

every time I´ve seen you, I´ve wanted to kiss you again.

And I don´t know for sure

but I´m pretty certain that...you have too.

Thought so.

- ´Keep moving.´ - ´We´ve gotta get out of here.´

(Andy) I´ll be right back, you guys. Hold on.

[people chattering]

The things you´ve gotta do to keep a mechanic.

Just when you thought it was safe to unpack your boxes.

- Good help´s hard to find. - Yeah.

How far do you think they´ll get before they realize?

Conservatively, Montana.

- I gotta get going. - You gotta beat the traffic.

Listen, Linda..

...the thing is I like you.

That´s really all there is to it.

I´m sorry if last night was awkward.

Maybe, it took you by surprise.

It kind of took me by surprise because I..

I never thought I´d feel this stuff again

or anything like it.

- That part of my life-- - I think that--

Let me finish, alright?

You may not know how you feel or maybe you do

and have reservations and if that is the case

then whatever those reservations are

I respect them.

Or maybe you just don´t feel the same way.

But I know how I feel.

So I had to tell you.

And I hope that´s alright.

[Beth Orton singing "Ooh Child´]

♫ Ooh child ♫

♫ Things are going to get easier ♫

♫ Ooh child.. ♫

(Ephram) ´What was that all about?´

Oh, you know, work stuff.

♫ Ooh child ♫

♫ Things are going to get easier ♫

♫ Ooh child ♫

♫ Things´ll get brighter ♫

♫ Someday yeah.. ♫

That you, honey?

´You´re late.´

´Long day at the office?´

What happened, sweetheart?

´What´s wrong, honey? What is it?´

It´s alright. It´s alright. It´s alright.

I´m here.

It´s alright.

♫ Things will be brighter ♫♫

[theme music]