1 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:04,096 (bluesy rock music playing over car stereo) 2 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:12,813 (music stops) 3 00:00:12,813 --> 00:00:14,781 I think that was it. 4 00:00:14,781 --> 00:00:16,717 Well, that can't be it. 5 00:00:16,717 --> 00:00:17,985 There wasn't a church. 6 00:00:17,985 --> 00:00:20,888 That's 13 miles past the turnoff. 7 00:00:20,888 --> 00:00:22,049 I think that's it. 8 00:00:35,536 --> 00:00:37,371 What's it? 9 00:00:37,371 --> 00:00:38,805 Th-This can't be it. 10 00:00:38,805 --> 00:00:40,000 There's no church. 11 00:00:41,942 --> 00:00:43,110 Reverend Kinkirk? 12 00:00:43,110 --> 00:00:46,046 Uh, yeah, that-that's me. 13 00:00:46,046 --> 00:00:47,848 Welcome to Crossroads. 14 00:00:47,848 --> 00:00:48,949 Thank you. 15 00:00:48,949 --> 00:00:50,884 Um, this is my husband, Kevin. 16 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:52,019 Nice to meet you. 17 00:00:52,019 --> 00:00:53,720 Hi, Kevin. Thomas Khan. 18 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,522 Or some people call me Dr. Khan. 19 00:00:55,522 --> 00:00:56,557 Nice to meet you, too. 20 00:00:56,557 --> 00:00:57,624 Dr. Khan. 21 00:00:57,624 --> 00:00:58,792 Did you need to fill up, 22 00:00:58,792 --> 00:01:00,327 or did you want to see the church? 23 00:01:00,327 --> 00:01:01,662 Oh. Did we pass it? 24 00:01:01,662 --> 00:01:02,796 No. 25 00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:03,864 It's right here. 26 00:01:03,864 --> 00:01:05,165 Crossroads Bar and Motel. 27 00:01:05,165 --> 00:01:06,667 Oh. I see. 28 00:01:06,667 --> 00:01:08,302 Um, where's the church? 29 00:01:08,302 --> 00:01:09,202 In the bar. 30 00:01:09,202 --> 00:01:11,071 The church is in the bar? 31 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:12,205 Yeah. 32 00:01:12,205 --> 00:01:14,141 And if you ever need a doctor, my office 33 00:01:14,141 --> 00:01:15,409 is here at the gas station. 34 00:01:15,409 --> 00:01:17,544 But I'm only here one week out of the month. 35 00:01:17,544 --> 00:01:20,080 Fortunately, no need for me to be here any more than that. 36 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,648 And who pumps the gas when you're not here? 37 00:01:21,648 --> 00:01:22,749 My dad. 38 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:23,917 That's how I got through med school. 39 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:25,752 That's a lot of gas. 40 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:27,220 Oh, it's a grocery store, too. 41 00:01:27,220 --> 00:01:28,221 Just the basics. 42 00:01:28,221 --> 00:01:29,723 Okay, I-I'm sorry. 43 00:01:29,723 --> 00:01:31,458 Um, back to the church. 44 00:01:31,458 --> 00:01:32,993 The church is at the bar? 45 00:01:32,993 --> 00:01:33,994 Yeah. 46 00:01:33,994 --> 00:01:35,529 Oh, but they don't serve alcohol 47 00:01:35,529 --> 00:01:38,198 during services, other than communion. 48 00:01:38,198 --> 00:01:39,566 Course you can do whatever you want 49 00:01:39,566 --> 00:01:40,601 if you take the job. 50 00:01:40,601 --> 00:01:41,728 Whatever makes you happy. 51 00:01:45,505 --> 00:01:47,708 Okay, well, nice meeting you. 52 00:01:47,708 --> 00:01:49,472 Good luck. 53 00:01:51,311 --> 00:01:53,246 The church is in the bar? 54 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:55,306 Maybe I would like to move here. 55 00:01:57,384 --> 00:01:59,114 (engine starts) 56 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:14,801 ♪ 7th Heaven ♪ 57 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:17,871 ♪ When I see their happy faces ♪ 58 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:21,074 ♪ Smiling back at me ♪ 59 00:02:21,074 --> 00:02:22,943 ♪ 7th Heaven ♪ 60 00:02:22,943 --> 00:02:25,612 ♪ I know there's no greater feeling ♪ 61 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:29,216 ♪ Than the love of family ♪ 62 00:02:29,216 --> 00:02:33,754 ♪ Where can you go ♪ 63 00:02:33,754 --> 00:02:37,257 ♪ When the world don't treat you right? ♪ 64 00:02:37,257 --> 00:02:42,029 ♪ The answer is home ♪ 65 00:02:42,029 --> 00:02:45,766 ♪ That's the one place that you'll find ♪ 66 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:48,568 ♪ 7th Heaven ♪ 67 00:02:48,568 --> 00:02:52,027 ♪ Mmm, 7th Heaven ♪ 68 00:02:54,041 --> 00:02:56,033 ♪ 7th Heaven. ♪ 69 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:17,698 Hold it. 70 00:03:17,698 --> 00:03:19,189 Good. 71 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:41,210 (sighs): Okay. 72 00:03:42,222 --> 00:03:43,890 Let's see. 73 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:46,159 (chuckles): Oh. 74 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:47,861 All right, you ready? 75 00:03:47,861 --> 00:03:50,464 Ta-da. 76 00:03:50,464 --> 00:03:51,989 Awesome. 77 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:55,335 - And... - Cool. 78 00:03:56,336 --> 00:03:59,473 Mm-hmm. 79 00:03:59,473 --> 00:04:02,209 And... 80 00:04:02,209 --> 00:04:03,710 What do you think of that? 81 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:06,213 - It's cool, isn't it? - Cool! 82 00:04:06,213 --> 00:04:07,214 (chuckles) 83 00:04:07,214 --> 00:04:08,515 - You like it? - Awesome. 84 00:04:08,515 --> 00:04:10,006 (Happy barks) 85 00:04:10,984 --> 00:04:12,686 Ah... (chuckles) 86 00:04:12,686 --> 00:04:14,755 And a flag. 87 00:04:14,755 --> 00:04:16,957 I don't see why the guy who tattooed me 88 00:04:16,957 --> 00:04:18,625 isn't responsible for the tattoo. 89 00:04:18,625 --> 00:04:20,527 Well, I imagine you lied about your age. 90 00:04:20,527 --> 00:04:23,230 Don't you think he knew that I was lying? 91 00:04:23,230 --> 00:04:25,332 Well, maybe, maybe not. 92 00:04:25,332 --> 00:04:26,767 - I don't look 18. - I don't know about that. 93 00:04:26,767 --> 00:04:28,935 - Sometimes you do. - Why can't they just let 94 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:30,270 the tattoo artist take off the tattoos? 95 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:31,972 I mean, why does it have to be doctors? 96 00:04:31,972 --> 00:04:33,073 Well, obviously, it's harder 97 00:04:33,073 --> 00:04:34,608 taking them off than putting it on. 98 00:04:34,608 --> 00:04:35,675 Surely you knew that. 99 00:04:35,675 --> 00:04:37,611 Well, it's not like I researched it. 100 00:04:37,611 --> 00:04:38,979 Well, it doesn't take someone researching 101 00:04:38,979 --> 00:04:40,614 to know that a tattoo is permanent. 102 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:42,616 Well, but it's not. 103 00:04:42,616 --> 00:04:45,252 I mean, the doctor said it would just turn white, 104 00:04:45,252 --> 00:04:46,920 and then eventually it would fade, 105 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,856 and then some day it would become almost unnoticeable. 106 00:04:49,856 --> 00:04:52,526 Then if you can afford to, have the doctor take it off. 107 00:04:52,526 --> 00:04:53,827 Mom, please. 108 00:04:53,827 --> 00:04:58,031 Ruthie, please, please, don't make stupid mistakes 109 00:04:58,031 --> 00:05:00,700 and then think that I can step in and make it all better. 110 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:02,869 There are some things you can't undo. 111 00:05:02,869 --> 00:05:04,104 Not even I can undo. 112 00:05:04,104 --> 00:05:05,472 And this is one of them. 113 00:05:05,472 --> 00:05:07,107 But you can; you can undo it, 114 00:05:07,107 --> 00:05:08,542 if you'll just give me the money. 115 00:05:08,542 --> 00:05:10,744 But I won't. I won't just give you the money. 116 00:05:10,744 --> 00:05:13,446 This is a mistake that you are going to have to live with. 117 00:05:13,446 --> 00:05:15,415 And in order to be happy in life, you're gonna 118 00:05:15,415 --> 00:05:16,950 have to learn to live with your mistakes. 119 00:05:16,950 --> 00:05:19,252 Now, if you want to get a job and earn the money 120 00:05:19,252 --> 00:05:21,755 and pay for this tattoo to be removed, then you should do it. 121 00:05:21,755 --> 00:05:23,990 How am I ever gonna be able to make that kind of money? 122 00:05:23,990 --> 00:05:26,626 Hmm, let's see, you could get a job that pays minimum wage 123 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:28,562 and work as many hours a week as you can work 124 00:05:28,562 --> 00:05:32,332 and save everything you make, and then, in a few years, 125 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:35,135 you can pay to get rid of "T Bone" forever. 126 00:05:35,135 --> 00:05:36,403 Sorry. 127 00:05:36,403 --> 00:05:37,637 I heard that. 128 00:05:37,637 --> 00:05:39,439 Hi, T Bone. 129 00:05:39,439 --> 00:05:41,067 I'll just let the two of you talk. 130 00:05:43,510 --> 00:05:45,846 I looked for you after school today 131 00:05:45,846 --> 00:05:47,080 for about an hour. 132 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,683 Then I just decided to take the bus home. 133 00:05:49,683 --> 00:05:51,017 Sorry, I forgot. 134 00:05:51,017 --> 00:05:52,152 I had a doctor's appointment. 135 00:05:52,152 --> 00:05:53,286 You okay? 136 00:05:53,286 --> 00:05:54,421 Yeah. 137 00:05:54,421 --> 00:05:56,156 Doctor's appointment? 138 00:05:56,156 --> 00:05:57,357 Plastic surgeon. 139 00:05:57,357 --> 00:05:58,825 Tattoo removal. 140 00:05:58,825 --> 00:06:01,995 You're not really gonna have "T Bone" removed forever, are you? 141 00:06:01,995 --> 00:06:03,463 Thought you liked it. 142 00:06:03,463 --> 00:06:05,699 No, I don't. 143 00:06:05,699 --> 00:06:07,467 Oh. 144 00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:09,135 But taking it off is way too expensive, 145 00:06:09,135 --> 00:06:11,471 and my mom thinks that I should pay for it myself. 146 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:12,772 So... 147 00:06:12,772 --> 00:06:14,608 if your mom and dad would pay for it, 148 00:06:14,608 --> 00:06:15,809 you would have my name removed? 149 00:06:15,809 --> 00:06:17,277 Is there a message in that? 150 00:06:17,277 --> 00:06:19,279 No, I just don't want the tattoo. 151 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:20,804 Okay. 152 00:06:31,524 --> 00:06:35,428 Oh, Daddy, I'm so glad you're home! 153 00:06:35,428 --> 00:06:37,731 I went to the doctor's today, and they said 154 00:06:37,731 --> 00:06:39,065 that they could remove the tattoo, 155 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:41,234 but I don't have enough money to pay for it. 156 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:42,969 So can you help me, Daddy? 157 00:06:42,969 --> 00:06:44,070 Please? 158 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:45,305 It was stupid. 159 00:06:45,305 --> 00:06:47,707 It was a really, really stupid thing to do. 160 00:06:47,707 --> 00:06:49,643 S-So can you, Daddy? 161 00:06:49,643 --> 00:06:50,977 Can you help me? 162 00:06:50,977 --> 00:06:52,379 Sure I can, Princess. 163 00:06:52,379 --> 00:06:53,413 Really? 164 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:56,178 I can help you get a job. 165 00:06:59,219 --> 00:07:00,387 Your mother called me. 166 00:07:00,387 --> 00:07:02,389 That is one expensive process, tattoo removal. 167 00:07:02,389 --> 00:07:03,516 Ooh. 168 00:07:04,891 --> 00:07:07,554 You need to work on that crying thing. 169 00:07:12,365 --> 00:07:14,197 (Margaret giggling) 170 00:07:15,568 --> 00:07:18,038 I thought if they liked fake tattoos enough, 171 00:07:18,038 --> 00:07:19,370 they'd never want to get a real one. 172 00:07:21,408 --> 00:07:22,676 (chuckles) That may be true. 173 00:07:22,676 --> 00:07:24,844 Or not. Hi, guys. 174 00:07:24,844 --> 00:07:26,913 Hi, Dad. You like our tattoos? 175 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:29,282 The Colonel sent them to us in the mail. 176 00:07:29,282 --> 00:07:32,852 Doesn't my dad just always find the most wonderful things 177 00:07:32,852 --> 00:07:34,220 for children to play with? 178 00:07:34,220 --> 00:07:35,422 Well, hmm. 179 00:07:35,422 --> 00:07:37,290 Yeah. 180 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:40,460 You know, as-as long as you can wash them off, I love them. 181 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:41,928 Oh, they wash off. I swear. 182 00:07:41,928 --> 00:07:43,263 And I have to get going. 183 00:07:43,263 --> 00:07:44,431 I have to get to the library. 184 00:07:44,431 --> 00:07:45,565 I need to use their computer. 185 00:07:45,565 --> 00:07:46,566 I'm writing something. 186 00:07:46,566 --> 00:07:47,701 You can borrow my computer 187 00:07:47,701 --> 00:07:48,935 for the night, if you want. 188 00:07:48,935 --> 00:07:50,303 - Really? - Sure. 189 00:07:50,303 --> 00:07:51,604 What are you writing? 190 00:07:51,604 --> 00:07:53,073 Oh, it's nothing. 191 00:07:53,073 --> 00:07:55,775 It's just a chapter in a book. 192 00:07:55,775 --> 00:07:57,944 Isn't that usually an assignment 193 00:07:57,944 --> 00:08:00,313 in an upper-level English lit class? 194 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:01,915 Yeah, it is. I'm just... 195 00:08:01,915 --> 00:08:03,383 I'm helping Mac out a little. 196 00:08:03,383 --> 00:08:05,618 Ah. Maybe you should go to college yourself. 197 00:08:05,618 --> 00:08:07,420 No, really. 198 00:08:07,420 --> 00:08:09,322 I'm not smart enough. 199 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:11,725 And even if I am, I don't think I am. 200 00:08:11,725 --> 00:08:13,717 Hmm. All right. 201 00:08:14,761 --> 00:08:17,297 Thank you. I really appreciate it. 202 00:08:17,297 --> 00:08:19,065 - Let me pay you for babysitting. - No. 203 00:08:19,065 --> 00:08:20,767 Not after everything you've done for me. 204 00:08:20,767 --> 00:08:22,902 I'm happy to help anytime you need me. 205 00:08:22,902 --> 00:08:25,271 And I'll drop this off first thing in the morning. 206 00:08:25,271 --> 00:08:26,261 Okay. 207 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,943 You guys, will you keep an eye on Savannah? 208 00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:31,434 - Okay. - Okay. 209 00:08:42,489 --> 00:08:44,524 Working out some of your frustration with Ruthie? 210 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:46,026 (sighs) 211 00:08:46,026 --> 00:08:49,829 She faked crying to get me to pay for her tattoo removal. 212 00:08:49,829 --> 00:08:51,564 You know, we paid for the doctor's appointment, 213 00:08:51,564 --> 00:08:52,599 and that's it. 214 00:08:52,599 --> 00:08:53,967 I-I agree. 215 00:08:53,967 --> 00:08:55,035 I completely agree. 216 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:56,269 Well, she doesn't agree. 217 00:08:56,269 --> 00:08:58,271 I am really tired of talking to her about this. 218 00:08:58,271 --> 00:08:59,873 Me, too. Maybe Lucy can talk to her. 219 00:08:59,873 --> 00:09:01,241 Have we heard from Lucy? 220 00:09:01,241 --> 00:09:03,643 I tried to call her on her cell, but I couldn't hear. 221 00:09:03,643 --> 00:09:04,878 The reception was bad. 222 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:06,546 I couldn't find Crossroads on a map. 223 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:08,481 - I couldn't, either. - It's a teeny, 224 00:09:08,481 --> 00:09:10,116 tiny unincorporated area 225 00:09:10,116 --> 00:09:11,751 somewhere between here and Tahoe. 226 00:09:11,751 --> 00:09:13,185 Or at least that's what Lucy said. 227 00:09:14,487 --> 00:09:15,822 It's not going to be anything. 228 00:09:15,822 --> 00:09:17,090 She's not going to leave Glenoak 229 00:09:17,090 --> 00:09:18,725 to go off to the middle of nowhere. 230 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:19,749 Not that she couldn't. 231 00:09:21,061 --> 00:09:22,796 She doesn't have to stay here for me. 232 00:09:22,796 --> 00:09:24,064 I'm fine. 233 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:25,432 Yes, you are. 234 00:09:25,432 --> 00:09:27,667 And if Lucy wants to leave, then... 235 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:29,502 Then she decides to leave. 236 00:09:29,502 --> 00:09:32,972 And we have to let her go, if that's what she wants to do. 237 00:09:32,972 --> 00:09:35,375 Otherwise, she might always regret it. 238 00:09:35,375 --> 00:09:36,709 I know, but shouldn't we have told her 239 00:09:36,709 --> 00:09:38,044 that we really don't want her to go? 240 00:09:38,044 --> 00:09:39,112 I don't think so. 241 00:09:39,112 --> 00:09:40,580 It's her decision. 242 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:43,383 And I think I-I have to start letting people, 243 00:09:43,383 --> 00:09:46,052 even our people, 244 00:09:46,052 --> 00:09:48,755 live their lives, 'cause I have a life of my own to live. 245 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:51,424 (quietly): Yeah. 246 00:09:51,424 --> 00:09:56,029 I just have this feeling that things are about to change. 247 00:09:56,029 --> 00:09:57,190 What things? 248 00:10:04,204 --> 00:10:07,474 Last minister we had ran off with the choir director, 249 00:10:07,474 --> 00:10:10,009 and now we don't have a minister or a choir director. 250 00:10:10,009 --> 00:10:11,177 Or a sheriff. 251 00:10:11,177 --> 00:10:13,213 Uh, well, I-I'm not a choir director, 252 00:10:13,213 --> 00:10:16,416 but I could possibly put a music program together. 253 00:10:16,416 --> 00:10:18,852 Well, I think you could do anything, I really do. 254 00:10:18,852 --> 00:10:20,787 You sound like my dad. 255 00:10:20,787 --> 00:10:22,689 No sheriff? 256 00:10:22,689 --> 00:10:24,958 No, we have a highway patrol. 257 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:26,192 Used to have a sheriff. 258 00:10:26,192 --> 00:10:28,128 I used to be a cop in Buffalo, New York. 259 00:10:28,128 --> 00:10:30,029 But then I met Lucy and moved to Glenoak 260 00:10:30,029 --> 00:10:31,798 to be with her and join the force there. 261 00:10:31,798 --> 00:10:33,099 We heard you almost got shot. 262 00:10:33,099 --> 00:10:34,734 - You missed a bullet, huh? - Yeah. 263 00:10:34,734 --> 00:10:36,035 And our daughter Savannah 264 00:10:36,035 --> 00:10:37,904 was just a couple months old at the time, 265 00:10:37,904 --> 00:10:39,973 so I decided I'd rather stay home safe with her 266 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:41,307 and let Lucy pursue her career. 267 00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:42,609 Good decision. 268 00:10:42,609 --> 00:10:45,478 Nice if one of the parents is able to stay home. 269 00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:48,114 Doesn't happen often in today's economic climate. 270 00:10:48,114 --> 00:10:51,451 Course everyone in Crossroads works at least one job. 271 00:10:51,451 --> 00:10:54,521 Uh, you know, Kevin, I'm not just one of the deacons 272 00:10:54,521 --> 00:10:56,689 of our little barroom church here, 273 00:10:56,689 --> 00:10:58,324 I'm also kind of the mayor. 274 00:10:58,324 --> 00:11:00,293 Any chance I could get you interested 275 00:11:00,293 --> 00:11:02,195 in law enforcement again? 276 00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:03,563 We'd love to have a sheriff. 277 00:11:03,563 --> 00:11:05,131 Got money in the budget for it. 278 00:11:05,131 --> 00:11:07,467 I don't know, I haven't really thought about it. 279 00:11:07,467 --> 00:11:08,801 Maybe. 280 00:11:08,801 --> 00:11:12,071 Um, and we're planning on having another child. 281 00:11:12,071 --> 00:11:13,573 Just so you know. 282 00:11:13,573 --> 00:11:14,741 I don't want you to hire 283 00:11:14,741 --> 00:11:16,276 either one of us without you knowing that. 284 00:11:16,276 --> 00:11:19,045 You know, some employers like to know those sort of things. 285 00:11:19,045 --> 00:11:20,113 "Maybe"? 286 00:11:20,113 --> 00:11:22,582 Well, congratulations. 287 00:11:22,582 --> 00:11:24,017 I think that's just wonderful. 288 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:26,553 Good for you, the both of you. 289 00:11:26,553 --> 00:11:28,188 We'd be pleased to have a baby here. 290 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:29,689 What is your population? 291 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:31,024 I-I didn't see it posted. 292 00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:33,426 Oh, it changes all the time. 293 00:11:33,426 --> 00:11:36,262 Currently, about 27, I'd say. 294 00:11:36,262 --> 00:11:40,133 Yeah, so, Kevin, how hard could it be to wrangle 27 people, huh? 295 00:11:40,133 --> 00:11:41,467 (chuckles) 296 00:11:41,467 --> 00:11:44,571 But Kevin's been really happy as a stay-at-home dad. 297 00:11:44,571 --> 00:11:45,939 Haven't you, Kevin? 298 00:11:45,939 --> 00:11:47,807 Well... 299 00:11:47,807 --> 00:11:50,343 Most of the 27 are under 18. 300 00:11:50,343 --> 00:11:51,678 And we boast of having 301 00:11:51,678 --> 00:11:54,814 100% college graduates in the area. 302 00:11:54,814 --> 00:11:57,150 If you live in Crossroads, you will complete high school 303 00:11:57,150 --> 00:11:59,485 and you will go to college. 304 00:11:59,485 --> 00:12:01,854 Then I should tell you that I don't have a college degree. 305 00:12:01,854 --> 00:12:03,389 Never too late to get one. 306 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:05,124 Ever considered going to law school? 307 00:12:05,124 --> 00:12:08,127 Law school? I don't know if I'm cut out for that. 308 00:12:08,127 --> 00:12:11,898 That sounds like a good subject to discuss over target shooting. 309 00:12:11,898 --> 00:12:13,299 Why don't we go over to the quarry 310 00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:14,494 and shoot a few rounds? 311 00:12:15,702 --> 00:12:18,471 Oh, I don't shoot guns. 312 00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:20,907 I'm a little afraid of them, in fact. 313 00:12:20,907 --> 00:12:23,643 Well, you just wait here then, and make yourself at home. 314 00:12:23,643 --> 00:12:26,272 My wife Christine will be here soon to start supper. 315 00:12:28,648 --> 00:12:30,650 Okay, yeah, sure, go guys. 316 00:12:30,650 --> 00:12:32,243 You go play with your guns. 317 00:12:39,859 --> 00:12:43,318 Yeah, I'll just sit here and interview myself. 318 00:12:54,741 --> 00:12:56,509 What are you doing? 319 00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:58,945 I'm just waiting for T Bone to leave for work. 320 00:12:58,945 --> 00:13:00,113 He's late. 321 00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:02,548 Oh. Well, I decided to let him use my car, 322 00:13:02,548 --> 00:13:04,450 you know, instead of taking the bus. 323 00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:07,020 That way he can have a few minutes to do some homework. 324 00:13:07,020 --> 00:13:09,756 Oh, that was nice of you, to help T Bone. 325 00:13:09,756 --> 00:13:12,592 Even if you don't want to help me. 326 00:13:12,592 --> 00:13:14,527 Oh, well, you know, I also thought maybe 327 00:13:14,527 --> 00:13:17,664 you could get a ride in with him to work. 328 00:13:17,664 --> 00:13:19,399 You know, if you felt like 329 00:13:19,399 --> 00:13:21,301 filling in at the Dairy Shack tonight. 330 00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:22,302 If I did what? 331 00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:23,636 I heard that Margaret has 332 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:25,905 the night off, so I thought they might be 333 00:13:25,905 --> 00:13:28,641 a little shorthanded, so I called the owner, my friend. 334 00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:30,343 He said if you wanted to, you could come down 335 00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:32,145 and work tonight. 336 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:34,447 And that could lead to your getting a job after school, 337 00:13:34,447 --> 00:13:36,316 and that could lead to your saving up some money 338 00:13:36,316 --> 00:13:37,750 so you can get your-your tattoo removed, 339 00:13:37,750 --> 00:13:38,951 if that's what'll make you happy. 340 00:13:38,951 --> 00:13:40,086 So you just decided 341 00:13:40,086 --> 00:13:42,822 to get me a job, whether I wanted one or not? 342 00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:44,490 No, I'm not going to get you the job. 343 00:13:44,490 --> 00:13:45,858 You're going to get the job yourself. 344 00:13:45,858 --> 00:13:47,460 I just sort of asked for the opportunity 345 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:48,695 for you to fill in. 346 00:13:48,695 --> 00:13:51,164 Might be nice if the two of us both had a job. 347 00:13:51,164 --> 00:13:53,466 I mean, uh, we could ride in together. 348 00:13:53,466 --> 00:13:56,035 If I wanted to get a job, I would have gotten one. 349 00:13:56,035 --> 00:13:57,170 Are you on her side? 350 00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:58,571 Hey, there are no sides here. 351 00:13:58,571 --> 00:14:00,239 I'm not a side; I'm your mother. 352 00:14:00,239 --> 00:14:02,175 And I'm just trying to help you help yourself. 353 00:14:02,175 --> 00:14:04,344 'Cause your dad and I are not going to help you. 354 00:14:04,344 --> 00:14:05,378 We're not going to spend 355 00:14:05,378 --> 00:14:06,713 our money to get your tattoo removed. 356 00:14:06,713 --> 00:14:09,315 We don't think that is something that we should do. 357 00:14:09,315 --> 00:14:12,018 I don't think you should do that either, Mrs. Camden. 358 00:14:12,018 --> 00:14:13,519 Would you just stay out of this? 359 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:15,355 I wish I could. 360 00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:17,423 I may not be responsible 361 00:14:17,423 --> 00:14:19,792 for your getting a gigantic tattoo of my name, 362 00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:21,728 but I feel responsible. 363 00:14:21,728 --> 00:14:23,529 So... 364 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:26,866 I'd like to offer to take financial responsibility. 365 00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:29,869 If you don't feel like getting a job, Ruthie, or you can't 366 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:31,571 find a job you want, 367 00:14:31,571 --> 00:14:35,007 then I would like to pay to have the tattoo removed. 368 00:14:35,007 --> 00:14:38,378 I can't pay for it right away, but maybe the doctor's office 369 00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:40,480 can set up some sort of payment plan. 370 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,516 Or I can get a microloan from a Third World country. 371 00:14:43,516 --> 00:14:45,585 Something. I don't know. 372 00:14:45,585 --> 00:14:46,853 But I will pay for it. 373 00:14:46,853 --> 00:14:48,654 I should pay for it. 374 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:50,890 Yeah, I think you should. 375 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:53,259 You think he should what? 376 00:14:53,259 --> 00:14:54,360 Ruthie? 377 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,496 It was your tattoo, it was your idea. 378 00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:59,065 You alone decided to put his name 379 00:14:59,065 --> 00:15:01,067 in big letters across your back. 380 00:15:01,067 --> 00:15:02,402 So? 381 00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:05,471 So T Bone is saving up his money for college. 382 00:15:05,471 --> 00:15:07,607 He needs every little bit of money that he makes. 383 00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:09,108 He pays for his clothes, his school supplies 384 00:15:09,108 --> 00:15:10,943 and anything else that he needs. 385 00:15:10,943 --> 00:15:13,780 You're really going to take money away from T Bone? 386 00:15:13,780 --> 00:15:15,481 So? You use the money that Dad earns. 387 00:15:15,481 --> 00:15:16,540 It's the same thing. 388 00:15:17,850 --> 00:15:20,853 Oh, your dad and I have been married for 30 years. 389 00:15:20,853 --> 00:15:23,189 We are a married couple. 390 00:15:23,189 --> 00:15:25,358 Something that you and T Bone are not. 391 00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:26,959 And-And we share everything. 392 00:15:26,959 --> 00:15:29,629 He works outside the home, I work inside the home. 393 00:15:29,629 --> 00:15:31,397 He makes the money, I manage the money. 394 00:15:31,397 --> 00:15:33,499 And I manage it with great respect 395 00:15:33,499 --> 00:15:35,535 for the hard work that goes into getting it. 396 00:15:35,535 --> 00:15:37,203 Not that I need to justify 397 00:15:37,203 --> 00:15:39,539 my staying home to you or anybody else. 398 00:15:39,539 --> 00:15:41,374 You don't have to justify it. 399 00:15:41,374 --> 00:15:43,876 It's just that it's a promise ring. 400 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:45,478 T Bone has promised to marry me. 401 00:15:45,478 --> 00:15:46,946 And we're going to be married 402 00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:49,115 for 30 years, just like you and Dad. 403 00:15:49,115 --> 00:15:52,018 And although I do intend to work outside the home, 404 00:15:52,018 --> 00:15:53,853 we're still going to share our money. 405 00:15:53,853 --> 00:15:55,988 So why can't he share his money with me now? 406 00:15:55,988 --> 00:15:57,323 And who knows, 407 00:15:57,323 --> 00:15:59,392 he may need to borrow money from me at some point. 408 00:15:59,392 --> 00:16:01,327 But we're going to be together forever. 409 00:16:01,327 --> 00:16:02,829 So this can't be the only time 410 00:16:02,829 --> 00:16:05,097 that one of us may need the other's help. 411 00:16:05,097 --> 00:16:06,899 Why do you want the tattoo taken off so badly 412 00:16:06,899 --> 00:16:09,266 if you think you and T Bone are going to be married forever? 413 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,809 I'm asking you that question, too. 414 00:16:25,785 --> 00:16:26,786 Oh. 415 00:16:26,786 --> 00:16:28,454 What do you think, Mom? 416 00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:30,523 We cleaned the bathroom. 417 00:16:30,523 --> 00:16:33,359 I think you did a wonderful job. 418 00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:35,761 You don't have to pay us, 'cause we live here. 419 00:16:35,761 --> 00:16:37,563 And we can wash off our tattoos. 420 00:16:37,563 --> 00:16:38,764 For nothing. 421 00:16:38,764 --> 00:16:40,666 That's good. 422 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:41,801 Thank you for helping out. 423 00:16:41,801 --> 00:16:46,000 I appreciate it, more than you know. 424 00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:50,176 She's still not happy. 425 00:16:50,176 --> 00:16:52,111 No, she is not. 426 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:55,411 - I'm happy. - Me, too. 427 00:17:00,253 --> 00:17:02,688 Sorry, I thought I'd try Lucy and Kevin 428 00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:04,290 from a landline instead of a cell phone and... 429 00:17:04,290 --> 00:17:05,725 You know what needs to change around here? 430 00:17:05,725 --> 00:17:07,293 The way I deal with Ruthie. 431 00:17:07,293 --> 00:17:08,861 - What happened? - Nothing. 432 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:10,062 Nothing, nothing! 433 00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:11,497 I'm fine. 434 00:17:11,497 --> 00:17:12,632 And I-I don't want to kill you, 435 00:17:12,632 --> 00:17:14,000 so just give me some time to calm down. 436 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,935 You're not going to kill me, and we're a team. 437 00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:17,096 I'll help you deal with Ruthie. 438 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,040 How much? 439 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,343 I know it's a lot, but it's really important to me. 440 00:17:24,343 --> 00:17:25,411 And you're important to me. 441 00:17:25,411 --> 00:17:26,779 Well, you're important to me. 442 00:17:26,779 --> 00:17:28,714 Which is why I bought you the promise ring 443 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:29,782 and promised to marry you. 444 00:17:29,782 --> 00:17:31,217 But you would have gotten me 445 00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:34,287 the promise ring and promised to marry me anyways, right? 446 00:17:34,287 --> 00:17:35,988 Even if I didn't have the tattoo? 447 00:17:35,988 --> 00:17:37,723 Bye, T Bone. Take the car. 448 00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:39,851 We'll see you when you get home. 449 00:17:43,496 --> 00:17:44,555 What? 450 00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:48,334 Dad, your heart. 451 00:17:48,334 --> 00:17:49,468 Eh, forget my heart. 452 00:17:49,468 --> 00:17:51,704 You are sometimes just incredibly selfish 453 00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:55,441 and irresponsible and disrespectful, and I'm... 454 00:17:55,441 --> 00:17:56,943 I'm not going to allow that. 455 00:17:56,943 --> 00:17:57,944 Is that understood? 456 00:17:57,944 --> 00:17:59,412 No, you know, 457 00:17:59,412 --> 00:18:01,380 I don't think it is, so I'm going to explain it. 458 00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:02,748 I am not going to allow you 459 00:18:02,748 --> 00:18:05,017 to be disrespectful of your mother, no matter how much 460 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:06,419 you don't like living 461 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:07,820 with that tattoo, because you know what, 462 00:18:07,820 --> 00:18:09,488 that's exactly what you're going to have to do, 463 00:18:09,488 --> 00:18:11,457 is live with that tattoo until you, and only you, 464 00:18:11,457 --> 00:18:12,692 pay to have it removed. 465 00:18:12,692 --> 00:18:14,527 I'm not letting you take any money from T Bone. 466 00:18:14,527 --> 00:18:15,895 And you know what else? 467 00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:17,697 You're getting a job, whether you want one or not. 468 00:18:17,697 --> 00:18:18,798 So start looking. 469 00:18:18,798 --> 00:18:20,199 All right, I will. 470 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:21,601 I promise. 471 00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:23,135 May I be excused? 472 00:18:23,135 --> 00:18:26,038 Yes, you may be excused to go and apologize to your mother. 473 00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:29,275 Where do you get off implying that your mother 474 00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:31,644 takes the money that I earn? 475 00:18:31,644 --> 00:18:33,112 There isn't enough money in the world 476 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:35,681 to pay your mother for what she does, for all of us. 477 00:18:35,681 --> 00:18:37,483 And don't say, "In Scotland..." 478 00:18:37,483 --> 00:18:39,819 because I am tired of "In Scotland." 479 00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:40,987 It isn't any different in Scotland 480 00:18:40,987 --> 00:18:42,154 or anywhere else in the world. 481 00:18:42,154 --> 00:18:44,156 There is no culture that allows children 482 00:18:44,156 --> 00:18:46,092 to be disrespectful to their parents. 483 00:18:46,092 --> 00:18:47,093 You got it? 484 00:18:47,093 --> 00:18:49,562 Yeah, I got it. 485 00:18:49,562 --> 00:18:50,997 Really. I mean it. 486 00:18:50,997 --> 00:18:52,598 I guess I just needed a reminder. 487 00:18:52,598 --> 00:18:54,500 I'll go apologize right now. 488 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:56,068 And tomorrow, 489 00:18:56,068 --> 00:18:59,338 I'll go out and look for a job, and if the best that I can find 490 00:18:59,338 --> 00:19:01,774 is at The Dairy Shack, then I'll work there. 491 00:19:01,774 --> 00:19:03,175 I promise. 492 00:19:03,175 --> 00:19:05,077 Now, you're not just saying that because you think...? 493 00:19:05,077 --> 00:19:06,078 No. 494 00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:09,348 No, I forgot about that, honest. 495 00:19:09,348 --> 00:19:11,350 It's not like I don't listen to you. 496 00:19:11,350 --> 00:19:14,720 It's just that you haven't been saying anything to me. 497 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,523 You didn't even yell at me when I got my tattoo. 498 00:19:17,523 --> 00:19:20,860 So I guess now you're yelling at me, you really are fine. 499 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:23,557 Ruthie, tell me the truth. 500 00:19:25,231 --> 00:19:27,266 Do you want to get rid of the tattoo 501 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:29,602 because you don't want the tattoo 502 00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:32,800 or because you don't want T Bone? 503 00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:46,585 Hey, we're going to be late for work. 504 00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:48,154 Where have you been? 505 00:19:48,154 --> 00:19:50,056 Babysitting for the Camdens. 506 00:19:50,056 --> 00:19:52,725 And I needed a disk for the computer. 507 00:19:52,725 --> 00:19:54,827 Oh, well, grab your Shack shirt and let's go. 508 00:19:54,827 --> 00:19:56,295 I'm off tonight. 509 00:19:56,295 --> 00:19:58,364 That-That's why I borrowed the computer and got the disk 510 00:19:58,364 --> 00:19:59,765 and everything I just told you. 511 00:19:59,765 --> 00:20:01,567 - You can't be off tonight. - Yes, I can. 512 00:20:01,567 --> 00:20:03,402 I asked off tonight. 513 00:20:03,402 --> 00:20:06,305 I have a paper due. 514 00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:08,708 What do you mean you have a paper due? What paper? 515 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:12,845 I... told Mac I'd help him with his paper. 516 00:20:12,845 --> 00:20:14,370 Why would you do that? 517 00:20:15,915 --> 00:20:20,119 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 518 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,188 - What? - Mac?! 519 00:20:22,188 --> 00:20:24,390 You don't "like him" like him, do you? 520 00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:25,858 No. (chuckles) 521 00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:27,993 You do. 522 00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:30,096 You like him. 523 00:20:30,096 --> 00:20:31,564 What are you talking about? 524 00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:33,065 - (chuckles) - Okay, Margaret, 525 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:35,234 answer this very carefully. 526 00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:37,203 Do you think that he likes you, 527 00:20:37,203 --> 00:20:39,271 or do you think that he's just taking advantage 528 00:20:39,271 --> 00:20:41,774 of your friendship by asking you to write his paper? 529 00:20:41,774 --> 00:20:44,076 I don't care if he "likes me" likes me. 530 00:20:44,076 --> 00:20:45,678 I just want to write the paper. 531 00:20:45,678 --> 00:20:47,379 Because you "like him" like him. 532 00:20:47,379 --> 00:20:49,949 You don't like him, do you? 533 00:20:49,949 --> 00:20:50,950 No, I don't like him. 534 00:20:50,950 --> 00:20:52,351 What makes you think I like him? 535 00:20:52,351 --> 00:20:53,519 Well, why are you so dressed up 536 00:20:53,519 --> 00:20:54,887 to go to work at The Dairy Shack? 537 00:20:54,887 --> 00:20:56,856 I'm not dressed up. 538 00:20:56,856 --> 00:20:57,923 Yes, you are. 539 00:20:57,923 --> 00:21:00,659 You have makeup on, and your hair's different. 540 00:21:00,659 --> 00:21:01,861 You're wearing perfume. 541 00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:03,625 (gasps) Oh, no. 542 00:21:04,463 --> 00:21:05,798 You're not seeing Martin? 543 00:21:05,798 --> 00:21:07,800 So what if I am? You're not my mother. 544 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:08,801 And you're not my mother. 545 00:21:08,801 --> 00:21:10,636 What does that mean? 546 00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:12,271 That means we don't have mothers. 547 00:21:12,271 --> 00:21:14,106 And so we can do anything we want. 548 00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:15,841 And I want to write Mac's paper, 549 00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:17,537 and that's what I'm going to do. 550 00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:33,292 Hi. 551 00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:34,527 No boyfriend today? 552 00:21:34,527 --> 00:21:37,496 No. He's working. 553 00:21:37,496 --> 00:21:38,831 Seems like a nice guy. 554 00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:39,932 Yeah, he is. 555 00:21:39,932 --> 00:21:41,167 So what, did you quit school? 556 00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:42,635 You're down here all the time. 557 00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:44,503 No, I'm down here to get credit at school 558 00:21:44,503 --> 00:21:46,505 for working with Lucy and Reverend Camden. 559 00:21:46,505 --> 00:21:48,574 And I taught Lucy's class today by myself. 560 00:21:48,574 --> 00:21:50,276 Lucy and Kevin took the day off together. 561 00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:52,912 Yeah, I know all about the job offer--everybody does. 562 00:21:52,912 --> 00:21:55,181 So what do you chicks talk about in that class, anyway? 563 00:21:55,181 --> 00:21:56,315 Chick stuff. 564 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:57,516 I thought so. 565 00:21:57,516 --> 00:21:58,784 Then you thought right. 566 00:21:58,784 --> 00:22:01,153 So I thought, if you were gonna get off work soon, 567 00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:02,922 we could go grab a bite to eat 568 00:22:02,922 --> 00:22:05,191 or get a cup of coffee or just take a walk. 569 00:22:05,191 --> 00:22:06,425 I wanted to talk to you. 570 00:22:06,425 --> 00:22:08,928 And not about chick stuff, about guy stuff. 571 00:22:08,928 --> 00:22:10,763 Well, not guy stuff, but my guy. 572 00:22:10,763 --> 00:22:12,264 I just want us to be friends, 573 00:22:12,264 --> 00:22:13,732 and I don't want another awkward situation 574 00:22:13,732 --> 00:22:14,767 like when you met Jonathan. 575 00:22:14,767 --> 00:22:15,768 I don't know. 576 00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:17,002 Martin might not like that. 577 00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:18,637 You should probably grab a burger with Martin 578 00:22:18,637 --> 00:22:20,272 and ask him if we can be friends-- 579 00:22:20,272 --> 00:22:22,107 you, me and your boyfriend. 580 00:22:22,107 --> 00:22:24,376 But Martin has nothing to do with this. 581 00:22:24,376 --> 00:22:26,478 And Martin's not around to talk today; he has a game. 582 00:22:26,478 --> 00:22:28,280 A baseball game? 583 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,748 Yeah, he was supposed to babysit, 584 00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:31,884 but he forgot he had a game, so I had 585 00:22:31,884 --> 00:22:34,115 - to take Aaron with me. - He didn't have a game today. 586 00:22:36,956 --> 00:22:38,357 Why did I say that? 587 00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:40,292 I don't know. Why did you say that? 588 00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:41,760 I don't know. It just came out. 589 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,129 I don't even know his schedule or anything. 590 00:22:44,129 --> 00:22:45,965 Honest. I swear. 591 00:22:45,965 --> 00:22:46,966 Okay. 592 00:22:46,966 --> 00:22:47,967 I believe you. 593 00:22:47,967 --> 00:22:49,134 I think. 594 00:22:49,134 --> 00:22:50,636 I wish we could have dinner. 595 00:22:50,636 --> 00:22:51,704 And talk. 596 00:22:51,704 --> 00:22:53,172 I like to talk. 597 00:22:53,172 --> 00:22:55,507 Even though I really don't even have anything to tell you 598 00:22:55,507 --> 00:22:56,809 and we're not even really friends. 599 00:22:56,809 --> 00:22:59,345 But I have this paper due tomorrow. 600 00:22:59,345 --> 00:23:01,780 And it's not just any paper, it's a whole chapter in a book. 601 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:03,482 See, I have to write the first chapter 602 00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:04,984 of this novel for this English class, 603 00:23:04,984 --> 00:23:06,585 and I have to leave the instant 604 00:23:06,585 --> 00:23:08,986 T Bone gets here-- and there he is. 605 00:23:11,557 --> 00:23:12,992 Bye, Sandy. 606 00:23:12,992 --> 00:23:14,793 Bye. 607 00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:15,817 Hi. 608 00:23:17,129 --> 00:23:18,330 You don't look happy. 609 00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:19,398 What's wrong? 610 00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:20,900 You don't look that happy, either. 611 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,601 I'm happy. 612 00:23:22,601 --> 00:23:24,937 I'm very happy. 613 00:23:24,937 --> 00:23:26,071 Most of the time. 614 00:23:26,071 --> 00:23:28,974 So am I, most of the time. 615 00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:32,311 How would I find out if Martin had a baseball game today? 616 00:23:32,311 --> 00:23:34,613 Guess you could call his school. 617 00:23:34,613 --> 00:23:36,482 I think Martin lied to me. 618 00:23:36,482 --> 00:23:40,112 I think he told me he had a game so he didn't have to babysit. 619 00:23:41,387 --> 00:23:42,621 What's wrong with you? 620 00:23:42,621 --> 00:23:45,190 How did I get committed for the rest of my life 621 00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:46,659 before I'm even out of high school? 622 00:23:46,659 --> 00:23:48,327 Do you mean committed to Ruthie? 623 00:23:48,327 --> 00:23:49,662 I don't know what happened. 624 00:23:49,662 --> 00:23:52,197 When did making out lead to getting a tattoo? 625 00:23:52,197 --> 00:23:55,000 It could lead to things that are more life-altering 626 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,002 than getting a tattoo. 627 00:23:57,002 --> 00:23:58,470 It is just a tattoo. 628 00:23:58,470 --> 00:23:59,805 No, it's not. 629 00:23:59,805 --> 00:24:02,908 It's her new reason for not being happy in America. 630 00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:04,610 I'm living with her family. 631 00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:06,612 I can't get out of this. 632 00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:08,280 I mean, not that I want to. 633 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,516 Do you want to? 634 00:24:10,516 --> 00:24:12,618 I don't know. 635 00:24:12,618 --> 00:24:15,788 So instead, I offered to pay to have her tattoo removed. 636 00:24:15,788 --> 00:24:19,591 So I can either pay Ruthie to have her tattoo removed, 637 00:24:19,591 --> 00:24:21,593 or I can go to college. 638 00:24:21,593 --> 00:24:23,462 I'm an idiot. 639 00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:24,930 Yeah. 640 00:24:29,935 --> 00:24:30,936 Jane. 641 00:24:30,936 --> 00:24:31,937 Hide. 642 00:24:31,937 --> 00:24:33,172 From? 643 00:24:33,172 --> 00:24:34,239 Sandy's here with the baby. 644 00:24:34,239 --> 00:24:35,674 She thinks Martin had a game today. 645 00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:37,176 Oh. 646 00:24:37,176 --> 00:24:38,177 Exactly. 647 00:24:38,177 --> 00:24:39,645 Okay, well, 648 00:24:39,645 --> 00:24:43,949 before I hide, or not, um, let me ask you something. 649 00:24:43,949 --> 00:24:45,451 Do you like Margaret? 650 00:24:45,451 --> 00:24:47,353 Of course I like Margaret. 651 00:24:47,353 --> 00:24:48,520 "Like" like her? 652 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,723 Or are you just using her to write your paper? 653 00:24:50,723 --> 00:24:52,091 What are you, my mother? 654 00:24:52,091 --> 00:24:54,560 If she wants to write my paper, she can write my paper. 655 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,129 She volunteered to write my paper. 656 00:24:57,129 --> 00:24:59,198 She wants to be a writer, so I presented her 657 00:24:59,198 --> 00:25:00,399 - with an opportunity. - What? 658 00:25:00,399 --> 00:25:02,001 Was your mother an idiot? 659 00:25:02,001 --> 00:25:03,502 Would she have believed something like that? 660 00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:05,004 Did you call my mother an idiot? 661 00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:06,005 No. 662 00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:07,139 Good. 663 00:25:07,139 --> 00:25:08,774 I-I know that she really didn't want 664 00:25:08,774 --> 00:25:10,309 to get back with my dad, but... 665 00:25:10,309 --> 00:25:13,412 Look, I think that Margaret likes you. 666 00:25:13,412 --> 00:25:14,847 No, she doesn't like me. 667 00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:16,816 She doesn't "like" like me, either. 668 00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:20,910 Mm-mm. 669 00:25:24,256 --> 00:25:25,257 Are you okay? 670 00:25:25,257 --> 00:25:27,593 Oh, I'm... I'm fine. 671 00:25:27,593 --> 00:25:28,927 I'm very much alive and well. 672 00:25:28,927 --> 00:25:30,262 Thank you. How about you? 673 00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:31,363 Did you get an apology? 674 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:32,931 I did. 675 00:25:32,931 --> 00:25:34,900 Mm. 676 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:36,168 Was it a sincere apology? 677 00:25:36,168 --> 00:25:39,271 Yes. And a promise from Ruthie 678 00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:40,839 to start looking for a job. 679 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,841 Yeah, that's what she said to me. 680 00:25:42,841 --> 00:25:45,333 It was a pretty heated confrontation. 681 00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:48,847 Yeah... but I'm fine. 682 00:25:48,847 --> 00:25:50,682 - Yeah, I can see that. - Yeah. 683 00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:52,885 It-It did me good to get upset. 684 00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:54,286 Maybe. 685 00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:56,355 I've been trying to enjoy my life and be happy, 686 00:25:56,355 --> 00:25:58,457 and I forgot that what makes me happy is work. 687 00:25:58,457 --> 00:26:00,759 - Oh. -Being a parent is... it's hard work. 688 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:02,428 It is. 689 00:26:02,428 --> 00:26:04,229 Maybe you should take a little break, 690 00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:06,165 go lie down, take a nap. 691 00:26:06,165 --> 00:26:07,433 I'll start dinner. 692 00:26:07,433 --> 00:26:09,601 Ah, I was thinking just the opposite. 693 00:26:09,601 --> 00:26:11,503 It felt really good to be out of control. 694 00:26:11,503 --> 00:26:13,372 Really good. Like, invigorating. 695 00:26:13,372 --> 00:26:15,107 Well, you know, maybe it's that tea. 696 00:26:15,107 --> 00:26:16,442 Green tea is caffeinated. 697 00:26:16,442 --> 00:26:17,776 Mm. Yeah, I'm going out. 698 00:26:17,776 --> 00:26:20,045 - Out? - Yeah. 699 00:26:20,045 --> 00:26:21,513 You did say earlier that people should 700 00:26:21,513 --> 00:26:22,915 make their own decisions. 701 00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:24,247 - Yeah. - Yeah. 702 00:26:38,564 --> 00:26:39,862 You didn't have a game. 703 00:26:41,733 --> 00:26:44,002 You didn't have a game. You lied to me. 704 00:26:44,002 --> 00:26:45,704 Uh... oh. 705 00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:47,372 I-I did. 706 00:26:47,372 --> 00:26:49,908 Um, but the other team-- they-they forfeited. 707 00:26:49,908 --> 00:26:50,909 Oh. 708 00:26:50,909 --> 00:26:52,444 No, they didn't. 709 00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:54,279 But they should have forfeited yesterday 710 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:56,976 when you beat them 9-3... yesterday. 711 00:26:59,184 --> 00:27:01,244 Okay, look. Uh... 712 00:27:02,488 --> 00:27:04,957 Hey, Aaron. 713 00:27:04,957 --> 00:27:06,391 Hey. 714 00:27:07,593 --> 00:27:09,228 He's, uh, such a happy baby. 715 00:27:09,228 --> 00:27:11,296 Let's keep him that way by having happy parents. 716 00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:14,733 Look... I'm happy. 717 00:27:14,733 --> 00:27:16,235 You're the one who isn't happy. 718 00:27:16,235 --> 00:27:18,003 Yeah, because you lied to me. 719 00:27:18,003 --> 00:27:19,571 I had things to do today, 720 00:27:19,571 --> 00:27:21,907 and you were supposed to babysit and you... 721 00:27:21,907 --> 00:27:23,809 And why'd you even come down here? 722 00:27:23,809 --> 00:27:25,677 Mac's home. He has a paper to write. 723 00:27:25,677 --> 00:27:27,579 So you didn't come here to hang out with Mac. 724 00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:28,847 He has a paper to write? 725 00:27:28,847 --> 00:27:31,150 After I drove all the way down here to hang out. 726 00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:33,452 That's, uh... What a waste. 727 00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:35,751 Well, now you can hang out with Aaron and me. 728 00:27:36,855 --> 00:27:38,323 Except you're lying. 729 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:40,759 You came down here to see Jane, didn't you? 730 00:27:40,759 --> 00:27:41,960 Jane? 731 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,763 Really, Martin, you're the worst liar. 732 00:27:44,763 --> 00:27:45,931 The worst. 733 00:27:45,931 --> 00:27:47,599 Why can't you just tell me the truth? 734 00:27:47,599 --> 00:27:49,101 All right. 735 00:27:49,101 --> 00:27:51,970 We didn't have a game today, and I thought it would be safe 736 00:27:51,970 --> 00:27:53,138 to drive down here and see Jane 737 00:27:53,138 --> 00:27:54,339 because you would be driving back home 738 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:55,807 right after class if you had Aaron with you. 739 00:27:55,807 --> 00:27:57,509 Shouldn't you be on the road by now? 740 00:27:57,509 --> 00:27:59,378 So it's more important to come and see Jane 741 00:27:59,378 --> 00:28:00,479 than to babysit your son? 742 00:28:00,479 --> 00:28:02,047 I babysit all the time. 743 00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:03,382 Okay? And I go to school. 744 00:28:03,382 --> 00:28:04,850 And I'm on a baseball scholarship. 745 00:28:04,850 --> 00:28:05,984 And I work part-time. 746 00:28:05,984 --> 00:28:08,220 So sometimes, yes, it is important to me 747 00:28:08,220 --> 00:28:10,189 to do something fun, like seeing Jane. 748 00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:12,324 Okay. Well, I work and I go to school, 749 00:28:12,324 --> 00:28:15,027 and I volunteer my time at the teen mothers' home, 750 00:28:15,027 --> 00:28:17,829 and I'm a mother, and I have Aaron 24 hours a day, 751 00:28:17,829 --> 00:28:20,032 and it's important for me to have fun, too, you know. 752 00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:22,067 Well, you've been having plenty of fun lately, haven't you? 753 00:28:22,067 --> 00:28:24,403 Yeah, I have. 754 00:28:24,403 --> 00:28:25,666 Then you'd think you'd be happy. 755 00:28:31,877 --> 00:28:33,573 Are you happy? 756 00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:37,205 - Hi. - Hi. 757 00:28:39,651 --> 00:28:41,954 I thought you were driving home after class. 758 00:28:41,954 --> 00:28:44,323 Yeah, I was, and then I decided to stop 759 00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:45,557 and get dinner. 760 00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:47,993 And I had a feeling that Martin would show up here, 761 00:28:47,993 --> 00:28:50,462 because I knew he lied to me about having a game today, 762 00:28:50,462 --> 00:28:53,031 and I also had a feeling that he's been calling Jane 763 00:28:53,031 --> 00:28:54,600 and the two of them are dating or something. 764 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,134 I see. 765 00:28:56,134 --> 00:28:57,569 How's the rest of your life going? 766 00:28:57,569 --> 00:28:58,870 Rest of my life? 767 00:28:58,870 --> 00:29:01,240 Well, I didn't get a chance to ask you 768 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,275 when you came by the office for your class, 769 00:29:03,275 --> 00:29:04,509 but, you know, how's school? 770 00:29:04,509 --> 00:29:06,912 How are you liking the change in your classes? 771 00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:08,380 You still want to be a minister? 772 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:10,015 I don't know. 773 00:29:10,015 --> 00:29:13,585 Well, maybe you'd like to just go up to one person at a time 774 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:15,587 and tell them what you think of them, 775 00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:17,222 - on an informal basis, - (laughs) 776 00:29:17,222 --> 00:29:18,890 kind of a hobby. 777 00:29:18,890 --> 00:29:20,325 I don't know why I did that. 778 00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:21,760 I don't know why I waited around 779 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,395 just so Martin would know that I knew 780 00:29:23,395 --> 00:29:25,397 that he was lying to me about babysitting. 781 00:29:25,397 --> 00:29:27,599 Because not being the eternal victim 782 00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:30,202 requires a lot of conscious thought. 783 00:29:30,202 --> 00:29:31,803 A lot of work. 784 00:29:31,803 --> 00:29:34,706 Every day, you have to decide who you are. 785 00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:37,276 You're right. 786 00:29:37,276 --> 00:29:39,945 And yet I still fall back on who I used to be. 787 00:29:39,945 --> 00:29:41,446 You know, it's easy to be 788 00:29:41,446 --> 00:29:43,615 angry and think Martin ruined my life, 789 00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:46,585 instead of thinking that I'm happy being who I am. 790 00:29:46,585 --> 00:29:48,453 You know, my life is really nice. 791 00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:50,319 I'm very lucky. 792 00:29:57,229 --> 00:29:59,425 Uh, I'll have a burger. 793 00:30:03,068 --> 00:30:05,003 Did you want a kiss with that? 794 00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:08,106 Come on. I know you didn't drive 795 00:30:08,106 --> 00:30:10,242 all the way from school for a burger. 796 00:30:10,242 --> 00:30:12,144 Well, not from this place, anyway. 797 00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:16,048 It was just pointed out to me that I'm not a very good liar. 798 00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:19,815 Uh, so I'll admit that, yes, I was hoping to kiss you. 799 00:30:22,187 --> 00:30:23,755 Now? 800 00:30:23,755 --> 00:30:24,923 You're late. 801 00:30:24,923 --> 00:30:26,058 I had my break already. 802 00:30:26,058 --> 00:30:27,559 I don't get another one. 803 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:29,926 So it's now or never. 804 00:30:40,272 --> 00:30:42,207 I'm sorry. Did you want fries with that? 805 00:30:48,547 --> 00:30:51,149 Really, Christine, can't I help you with something? 806 00:30:51,149 --> 00:30:54,553 Oh, you can help with plenty, but not with dinner. 807 00:30:54,553 --> 00:30:56,188 Go sit down. 808 00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:58,290 Get out of my way. 809 00:30:58,290 --> 00:30:59,858 Oh, I called Don. 810 00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:03,128 They're still giving Kevin the tour, but he'll be back. 811 00:31:03,128 --> 00:31:05,564 Well, if I can't help, then... 812 00:31:05,564 --> 00:31:07,157 You can't help. 813 00:31:09,234 --> 00:31:10,429 Okay. 814 00:31:13,338 --> 00:31:14,567 Hi. 815 00:31:17,542 --> 00:31:19,067 (sighs) 816 00:31:23,482 --> 00:31:25,150 - Oh, hi! - Okay. 817 00:31:25,150 --> 00:31:27,152 I'm taking off to the airport. Want a ride? 818 00:31:27,152 --> 00:31:29,020 Oh, no, thank you, Doctor. 819 00:31:29,020 --> 00:31:30,389 Hey, good sign. 820 00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:32,424 Oh, I'm just waiting for Kevin. 821 00:31:32,424 --> 00:31:34,052 We'll be going to the airport together. 822 00:31:37,696 --> 00:31:39,030 (sighs) 823 00:31:39,030 --> 00:31:40,031 So? 824 00:31:40,031 --> 00:31:41,833 - What do you think? - About? 825 00:31:41,833 --> 00:31:44,069 The church, the bar, the school. 826 00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:46,104 You use this as a school, too? 827 00:31:46,104 --> 00:31:47,572 Oh. 828 00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:50,375 Well, uh, it's certainly an interesting place, 829 00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:51,843 this Crossroads. 830 00:31:51,843 --> 00:31:54,513 Um, how many people do you say come on Sundays? 831 00:31:54,513 --> 00:31:56,982 I'd say 75, a hundred maybe. 832 00:31:56,982 --> 00:31:59,017 Maybe more on Christmas and Easter. 833 00:31:59,017 --> 00:32:01,653 75 or a hundred people... in here? 834 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:02,687 Yeah. 835 00:32:02,687 --> 00:32:04,723 Four different counties worship here. 836 00:32:04,723 --> 00:32:05,724 What? 837 00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:06,858 Yeah, there used to be 838 00:32:06,858 --> 00:32:08,960 quite a few churches in the general area, 839 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,362 but one by one they've all fallen off, 840 00:32:10,362 --> 00:32:11,730 and everyone just comes here. 841 00:32:11,730 --> 00:32:13,231 There are Baptists, 842 00:32:13,231 --> 00:32:15,200 Methodists, Presbyterians, atheists, agnostics. 843 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,601 You name it, we got it. 844 00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:18,437 My parents were Buddhists-- 845 00:32:18,437 --> 00:32:20,806 are Buddhists-- and they come occasionally, 846 00:32:20,806 --> 00:32:22,307 depending on who's speaking about what. 847 00:32:22,307 --> 00:32:23,775 There's a Hindu gardener 848 00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:25,777 who has a nursery a couple hours from here. 849 00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:27,579 He's been known to show up on occasion, too. 850 00:32:27,579 --> 00:32:29,781 - And a retired rabbi. - But it seems... 851 00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:33,652 There's not many people here, mostly just teenagers. 852 00:32:33,652 --> 00:32:34,920 Oh, they're just getting off work. 853 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:35,921 Dinner's at 8:00. 854 00:32:35,921 --> 00:32:37,622 D-Didn't the guys tell you? 855 00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:39,724 If you live in Crossroads, you have to work. 856 00:32:39,724 --> 00:32:41,760 They didn't mention it. 857 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:42,761 Work where? 858 00:32:42,761 --> 00:32:43,795 Anywhere. 859 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:45,230 And you have to go to school. 860 00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:46,898 Or be in the process of learning something-- 861 00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:48,266 anything. 862 00:32:48,266 --> 00:32:50,268 Uh, so if I came here... 863 00:32:50,268 --> 00:32:51,736 You'd work as the minister 864 00:32:51,736 --> 00:32:54,139 and you could explore any new field you want. 865 00:32:54,139 --> 00:32:56,274 Or advance your studies in theology, 866 00:32:56,274 --> 00:32:58,643 take up a new hobby, learn to two-step, sing a song. 867 00:32:58,643 --> 00:33:00,011 Million different options. 868 00:33:00,011 --> 00:33:01,780 So when you say that everyone has 869 00:33:01,780 --> 00:33:05,016 to work and go to school, by "has to," you mean...? 870 00:33:05,016 --> 00:33:07,152 Town ordinance. You have to work 871 00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:09,354 and be involved in some learning process, 872 00:33:09,354 --> 00:33:10,720 or you can't live here. 873 00:33:12,257 --> 00:33:14,659 The usual, Doc, to go? 874 00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:16,127 Yes, thank you. 875 00:33:16,127 --> 00:33:18,196 So I guess that's why 876 00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:19,998 there's so few people that live here. 877 00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:22,501 They just don't want to work and go to school. 878 00:33:22,501 --> 00:33:25,103 Well, it's a growing community. 879 00:33:25,103 --> 00:33:27,706 Uh, why do I get the feeling that I'm missing 880 00:33:27,706 --> 00:33:29,407 a big piece of information? 881 00:33:29,407 --> 00:33:30,709 I don't know. 882 00:33:30,709 --> 00:33:32,878 Did anyone tell you that this is a town 883 00:33:32,878 --> 00:33:34,946 where all the children are foster children 884 00:33:34,946 --> 00:33:36,815 and all the parents are foster parents? 885 00:33:36,815 --> 00:33:39,417 Uh... no. 886 00:33:39,417 --> 00:33:40,685 Yeah. 887 00:33:40,685 --> 00:33:42,387 And their parents are...? 888 00:33:42,387 --> 00:33:43,685 In prison. 889 00:33:45,824 --> 00:33:47,588 Ah. 890 00:33:55,233 --> 00:33:57,602 Well, of course it's romantic. 891 00:33:57,602 --> 00:33:59,337 What's wrong with that? 892 00:33:59,337 --> 00:34:00,939 I-I don't know. 893 00:34:00,939 --> 00:34:03,775 I-I just didn't picture myself writing a romantic novel. 894 00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:05,277 Are you kidding? 895 00:34:05,277 --> 00:34:07,178 You're totally romantic. 896 00:34:07,178 --> 00:34:08,346 I am? 897 00:34:08,346 --> 00:34:10,008 You could have written this. 898 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:13,184 Y-You think? 899 00:34:13,184 --> 00:34:15,120 Sure. 900 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:16,521 I don't know. 901 00:34:16,521 --> 00:34:18,523 I don't even know how to cook. 902 00:34:18,523 --> 00:34:19,925 Oh, you should learn. 903 00:34:19,925 --> 00:34:23,562 Women find that very romantic when guys cook for them. 904 00:34:23,562 --> 00:34:24,629 They do? 905 00:34:24,629 --> 00:34:26,231 Of course. 906 00:34:26,231 --> 00:34:27,832 I don't know. 907 00:34:27,832 --> 00:34:29,334 You eat a big, heavy meal, 908 00:34:29,334 --> 00:34:32,103 and you try to seduce someone with food between your teeth, 909 00:34:32,103 --> 00:34:33,104 and you're all full. 910 00:34:33,104 --> 00:34:34,272 I-I think it should just be 911 00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:35,607 the other way around, you know? 912 00:34:35,607 --> 00:34:38,443 You have dinner after you do whatever it is 913 00:34:38,443 --> 00:34:39,711 that you're gonna do, 914 00:34:39,711 --> 00:34:42,280 and then you can just relax and enjoy the food. 915 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:43,982 Yeah. 916 00:34:43,982 --> 00:34:45,483 You may have a point. 917 00:34:45,483 --> 00:34:47,475 Should we change it? 918 00:34:49,688 --> 00:34:50,712 Change? 919 00:34:53,625 --> 00:34:55,355 The chapter we wrote. 920 00:34:56,394 --> 00:34:59,531 I don't know. Maybe. 921 00:34:59,531 --> 00:35:03,627 Maybe we could... see which way is best. 922 00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:10,475 You mean, write from experience, as opposed to imagination? 923 00:35:10,475 --> 00:35:12,978 That's what I mean, yeah. 924 00:35:12,978 --> 00:35:15,213 (knocking) 925 00:35:15,213 --> 00:35:16,748 ERIC: Hey, anybody home? 926 00:35:16,748 --> 00:35:18,950 It's me. 927 00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:21,052 Eric. 928 00:35:21,052 --> 00:35:22,287 Eric Camden. 929 00:35:22,287 --> 00:35:24,119 No one's here! 930 00:35:33,832 --> 00:35:35,767 (door opens) 931 00:35:40,105 --> 00:35:41,740 Talk to them, will you? 932 00:35:41,740 --> 00:35:44,266 I can't do anything with them. 933 00:35:47,946 --> 00:35:49,180 How's that English assignment going? 934 00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:51,716 Margaret's been a big help. 935 00:35:51,716 --> 00:35:53,952 Did you come over here just to keep anything from happening 936 00:35:53,952 --> 00:35:54,942 between the two of us? 937 00:35:56,988 --> 00:35:58,356 We're-We're just writing. 938 00:35:58,356 --> 00:36:01,726 I came by because I wanted to tell you 939 00:36:01,726 --> 00:36:05,530 that I really think that you should try to go to college. 940 00:36:05,530 --> 00:36:07,899 I think you can do anything you set your mind to, Margaret. 941 00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:09,234 Do you? 942 00:36:09,234 --> 00:36:11,036 Yeah, I do. 943 00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:13,238 And you drove all the way over here to tell me that? 944 00:36:13,238 --> 00:36:17,208 And to remind you that it's difficult for men and women 945 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:19,644 to share an apartment without being tempted 946 00:36:19,644 --> 00:36:22,414 to get involved with each other. 947 00:36:22,414 --> 00:36:23,648 Right. 948 00:36:23,648 --> 00:36:25,116 Let's never speak of this again. 949 00:36:27,252 --> 00:36:28,253 See ya. 950 00:36:28,253 --> 00:36:30,522 Wait, uh... what were you saying 951 00:36:30,522 --> 00:36:32,223 in regards to the writing assignment? 952 00:36:32,223 --> 00:36:34,025 I'm saying that, uh, 953 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:37,429 you have ten hours to write a chapter in a book. 954 00:36:37,429 --> 00:36:40,165 You know, I-I have parents. 955 00:36:40,165 --> 00:36:42,200 I know, but Margaret doesn't. 956 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:43,668 Good night. 957 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,310 Reverend Camden thinks I could go to college. 958 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:54,279 I think you could, too. 959 00:36:54,279 --> 00:36:57,782 And you know what else I think? 960 00:36:57,782 --> 00:37:01,844 I think I "like" like you. 961 00:37:04,289 --> 00:37:08,192 I think you just "like" like my writing. 962 00:37:11,396 --> 00:37:12,931 I love this place. 963 00:37:12,931 --> 00:37:16,401 Kevin, it's really just a group home 964 00:37:16,401 --> 00:37:18,403 spread over the entire town. 965 00:37:18,403 --> 00:37:20,538 Not that there is much of a town. 966 00:37:20,538 --> 00:37:21,973 I know. I love it. 967 00:37:21,973 --> 00:37:24,309 We would have to work and go to school 968 00:37:24,309 --> 00:37:27,078 and be parents to all the teenagers who live here. 969 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:28,880 I know. I love it. 970 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,383 Well, I mean, it's an interesting place, I'll admit, 971 00:37:32,383 --> 00:37:34,452 and it is a little tempting, 972 00:37:34,452 --> 00:37:37,489 but I think it's too big of a challenge for us. 973 00:37:37,489 --> 00:37:40,291 We've got to raise Savannah, we want to have more children. 974 00:37:40,291 --> 00:37:42,761 And I know that these children didn't do anything wrong, 975 00:37:42,761 --> 00:37:45,997 but it's not, it's not an ordinary community. 976 00:37:45,997 --> 00:37:47,632 That's why I love it. 977 00:37:47,632 --> 00:37:50,268 You'd really be willing to move here? 978 00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:51,402 I would. 979 00:37:51,402 --> 00:37:52,937 But you'd want to think about it 980 00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:55,073 for a while, uh, a long while? 981 00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:56,908 I don't have to think about it at all. 982 00:37:56,908 --> 00:37:58,743 I'm ready to go. You just say the word. 983 00:37:58,743 --> 00:38:00,145 I can't just say the word. 984 00:38:00,145 --> 00:38:02,714 I mean, this is a-a life-altering decision. 985 00:38:02,714 --> 00:38:07,352 And it's really so much more than I was ever expecting. 986 00:38:07,352 --> 00:38:08,752 Your dad's fine. 987 00:38:09,788 --> 00:38:11,389 (sighs) 988 00:38:11,389 --> 00:38:12,652 I know. 989 00:38:22,767 --> 00:38:23,768 (door closes) 990 00:38:23,768 --> 00:38:26,538 He's a great shot. 991 00:38:26,538 --> 00:38:30,008 And a solid citizen. 992 00:38:30,008 --> 00:38:32,577 And they both appear to be very healthy. 993 00:38:32,577 --> 00:38:36,047 And I think they'd make good group parents. 994 00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:37,248 I don't know. 995 00:38:37,248 --> 00:38:39,683 She seems slightly unstable. 996 00:38:42,620 --> 00:38:43,815 In a good way. 997 00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:57,635 Oh, hi. 998 00:38:57,635 --> 00:39:01,272 I thought you'd all be in bed by now. 999 00:39:01,272 --> 00:39:02,974 It's so hard to sleep 1000 00:39:02,974 --> 00:39:05,705 when a teenager has the keys to your wife's car. 1001 00:39:08,279 --> 00:39:11,015 I was, uh, looking for a gas station. 1002 00:39:11,015 --> 00:39:12,917 Didn't want to bring the car back without any gas in it. 1003 00:39:12,917 --> 00:39:14,285 I see. 1004 00:39:14,285 --> 00:39:17,121 Uh, thought maybe you might not want to come back at all. 1005 00:39:17,121 --> 00:39:18,356 What? 1006 00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:21,993 Can't be easy promising a young woman 1007 00:39:21,993 --> 00:39:24,195 that you'll marry her when you're only 17. 1008 00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:26,564 You got your whole life in front of you. 1009 00:39:26,564 --> 00:39:29,200 Only now, you have a girlfriend with a tattoo of your name 1010 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:32,470 on her back and a diamond ring on her finger 1011 00:39:32,470 --> 00:39:35,607 and a promise that you'll marry her 1012 00:39:35,607 --> 00:39:38,877 and be with her for the rest of your life. 1013 00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:42,714 There are times when, uh, it's not easy. 1014 00:39:42,714 --> 00:39:44,215 This being one of those times? 1015 00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:45,416 I was, uh, 1016 00:39:45,416 --> 00:39:49,251 riding around thinking about Ruthie and me. 1017 00:39:50,955 --> 00:39:54,125 Yeah, I kind of figured. 1018 00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:55,593 I love her. 1019 00:39:55,593 --> 00:39:57,829 I mean, I do. 1020 00:39:57,829 --> 00:40:00,298 But? 1021 00:40:00,298 --> 00:40:03,868 But I can't seem to make her happy. 1022 00:40:03,868 --> 00:40:06,571 I mean, I seem to be the source of her unhappiness. 1023 00:40:06,571 --> 00:40:09,240 Old habit, I imagine. 1024 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:11,709 You were told for most of your life 1025 00:40:11,709 --> 00:40:14,045 that you were the source of your mother's unhappiness. 1026 00:40:14,045 --> 00:40:15,280 By my mother. 1027 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,216 Your mother is the source of her own unhappiness. 1028 00:40:18,216 --> 00:40:19,784 And the same thing goes for Ruthie. 1029 00:40:19,784 --> 00:40:22,720 Yeah, but Ruthie is nothing like my mother. 1030 00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:24,622 Ruthie is the same as any person 1031 00:40:24,622 --> 00:40:27,258 who blames everyone else when she's unhappy. 1032 00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:30,728 Is there a cure for that, other than breaking up? 1033 00:40:30,728 --> 00:40:31,963 I believe there is. 1034 00:40:31,963 --> 00:40:33,464 It's called a job. 1035 00:40:33,464 --> 00:40:35,233 You didn't do anything wrong, son. 1036 00:40:35,233 --> 00:40:36,234 Ruthie wanted a tattoo. 1037 00:40:36,234 --> 00:40:37,602 Now she doesn't want a tattoo. 1038 00:40:37,602 --> 00:40:40,004 You're under no obligation to 1039 00:40:40,004 --> 00:40:42,607 remain in this relationship if you don't want to. 1040 00:40:42,607 --> 00:40:45,009 You can change your mind at any time. 1041 00:40:45,009 --> 00:40:46,811 You can take that ring back. 1042 00:40:46,811 --> 00:40:47,979 You can let Ruthie 1043 00:40:47,979 --> 00:40:50,315 worry about the tattoo, because you're not 1044 00:40:50,315 --> 00:40:52,717 responsible for another person's happiness. 1045 00:40:52,717 --> 00:40:54,686 You're only responsible for yourself. 1046 00:40:54,686 --> 00:40:56,187 But she's your daughter. 1047 00:40:56,187 --> 00:40:59,023 And you took me in off the streets. 1048 00:40:59,023 --> 00:41:01,025 Do you... 1049 00:41:01,025 --> 00:41:05,656 really want to be with Ruthie for the rest of your life? 1050 00:41:07,999 --> 00:41:10,902 Look, no matter what you decide, 1051 00:41:10,902 --> 00:41:14,168 everything's gonna be fine... eventually.