1 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:07,340 Yeah, I know what you mean, Peggy. It's like she couldn't care less about him. 2 00:00:08,940 --> 00:00:12,340 Oh, I don't know. I think she really likes him, though. I mean, he is kind of 3 00:00:12,340 --> 00:00:14,000 cute in a little boyish manner. 4 00:00:14,740 --> 00:00:16,880 You just want to mother him to death, you know what I mean? 5 00:00:17,740 --> 00:00:18,740 Yeah. 6 00:00:18,820 --> 00:00:20,500 Oh, yeah, yeah, Dave's a real fox. 7 00:00:22,020 --> 00:00:23,640 Yeah? How did you know? 8 00:00:24,020 --> 00:00:25,420 Is it really that obvious? 9 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:31,420 Well, do you think you know who I am? I smiled at him Thursday in study hall. I 10 00:00:31,420 --> 00:00:32,860 think you smiled back, too. 11 00:00:33,140 --> 00:00:37,420 Of course, I can't be sure, but, oh, guys, those big baby blue eyes. Have you 12 00:00:37,420 --> 00:00:39,020 ever seen eyes like those before? 13 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:41,740 Don't they just destroy you? 14 00:00:43,380 --> 00:00:44,840 Oh. Oh, sure. 15 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:47,180 Okay, I'll let you know. Bye -bye. 16 00:00:49,580 --> 00:00:52,060 Those big baby blue eyes. 17 00:01:00,220 --> 00:01:02,240 Nicholas, you weren't. 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:03,980 I sure was. 19 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:07,840 Nicholas? And boy, was it boring. 20 00:01:08,220 --> 00:01:09,220 Nicholas! 21 00:01:32,430 --> 00:01:39,130 It's a portrait of the happiness that we 22 00:01:39,130 --> 00:01:41,710 feel and always will. 23 00:01:42,390 --> 00:01:48,170 Oh, it is enough to fill our lives with love. 24 00:01:50,470 --> 00:01:56,550 Oh, we spend our days like bright and shiny new dyes. 25 00:02:27,559 --> 00:02:31,680 And she wants me to take her American literature class for three weeks. 26 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,960 I didn't think that you'd be interested in a classroom situation. Oh, I think 27 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,160 it'd be fun for a change of pace, you know, and because my license is current, 28 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:42,000 and Anne wants someone who'll do something more than just take attendance 29 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,120 keep them quiet, you know, someone who'll teach them something. 30 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:48,040 Oh, high school American literature? Yes, Moby Dick, to be specific. Well, 31 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,200 you're very excited. Yes, I am very excited. That's wonderful. I'm happy for 32 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:55,120 you. Well, we'll celebrate tonight, but first I want to go over to David's. I'm 33 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,400 going to offer him that dresser that we don't use anymore. You want to come with 34 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,740 me? Oh, no, I have to reread Moby Dick. 35 00:03:03,340 --> 00:03:03,899 Oh, Abby. 36 00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:05,960 What? The whale did it. 37 00:03:09,180 --> 00:03:10,180 Cute. 38 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,480 Oh. Hi. 39 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:28,980 Oh, hi. I guess nobody's home. 40 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,140 Oh, well, gee, maybe not. 41 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:32,640 Can I help you? 42 00:03:33,150 --> 00:03:34,150 Oh, are you the landlord? 43 00:03:34,170 --> 00:03:37,810 No, no, no. The young man who lives here is my son. 44 00:03:38,130 --> 00:03:42,850 Hey, Tom Bradford. Well, I certainly wanted to meet you. 45 00:03:43,150 --> 00:03:47,710 Oh, well, gee, thank you. Well, you work with David? Oh, no, no, no, no. 46 00:03:47,730 --> 00:03:51,710 Actually, the young woman that lives with your son is my daughter. 47 00:03:52,070 --> 00:03:53,310 I'm George MacArthur. 48 00:03:54,049 --> 00:03:56,190 Oh, well, yeah, how do you do? 49 00:03:56,430 --> 00:03:58,330 Boy, isn't this some coincidence? 50 00:03:58,790 --> 00:04:03,170 I was just saying to Sylvia the other day, we've got to get together with the 51 00:04:03,170 --> 00:04:07,090 Bradfords. Right, yes, I was just saying to Abby the same thing. 52 00:04:07,310 --> 00:04:09,230 Oh, sure, you know, it's only natural. 53 00:04:09,730 --> 00:04:12,010 It's not as though we don't have anything in common, huh? 54 00:04:13,350 --> 00:04:14,690 Oh, yes, absolutely. 55 00:04:15,290 --> 00:04:19,250 Oh, my gosh, look at them. Did you know what time it is? You'll have to excuse 56 00:04:19,250 --> 00:04:20,990 me. I was just on my way. 57 00:04:21,660 --> 00:04:25,640 I think I'll hang around, see if my little girl comes home. I don't get much 58 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:26,860 a chance to see her these days. 59 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:28,940 Yes, yes, I know how that can be. 60 00:04:29,180 --> 00:04:32,180 Oh, and remember now, you know, I meant what I said, right? Let's get together, 61 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:34,320 just the four of us, all right? You bet, yeah. 62 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:35,800 Pleasure to meet you. 63 00:04:36,860 --> 00:04:37,860 No kidding, Mrs. 64 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:40,800 Cavallucci's class? American Lit. Yeah, what do you think? I think I'll switch 65 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:41,800 English classes. 66 00:04:41,820 --> 00:04:42,820 It wouldn't do you any good. 67 00:04:43,230 --> 00:04:46,630 Well, why not? You've already infiltrated the enemy. Now you've got 68 00:04:46,630 --> 00:04:49,530 vital information that could be passed on to us younger Bradfords. 69 00:04:49,750 --> 00:04:51,390 Yeah, and you can sneak out tests. 70 00:04:51,850 --> 00:04:53,590 Why bother? Just grab the grade book. 71 00:04:53,810 --> 00:04:55,810 Yeah, an arrangement like that could get me back in school. 72 00:04:56,190 --> 00:04:57,470 Character begins at home. 73 00:04:58,010 --> 00:05:00,050 Tommy, Elizabeth, we could carpool to school. 74 00:05:00,290 --> 00:05:01,109 In the van? 75 00:05:01,110 --> 00:05:04,290 Mm -mm. I'll pay half the gas. You mean you'd show up for your first day of 76 00:05:04,290 --> 00:05:05,310 school in Tommy's van? 77 00:05:05,650 --> 00:05:06,650 Why not? 78 00:05:06,810 --> 00:05:10,930 Yeah, Abby, I mean, uh, don't you think, you know, being a teacher in a high 79 00:05:10,930 --> 00:05:12,130 school, you ought to have a little dignity? 80 00:05:14,370 --> 00:05:16,370 Joanie you've seen your last ride in my van 81 00:05:16,370 --> 00:05:34,790 Okay, 82 00:05:34,790 --> 00:05:37,210 we're gonna park it we'll see you later 83 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:02,160 Um, 84 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:11,720 hello, uh, my name is Abby Bradford, and as you know, Ann Cavalluzzi will be out 85 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,560 for three weeks, so I'm filling in for her. 86 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:21,120 Um, yeah, well, now for the good news. Ann tells me that you're expecting this, 87 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:22,220 uh, little test. 88 00:06:23,060 --> 00:06:24,060 Oh, 89 00:06:25,260 --> 00:06:27,140 see, I knew we'd hit it off. 90 00:06:28,330 --> 00:06:29,330 Here you go. 91 00:06:30,430 --> 00:06:31,790 Just do the best you can. 92 00:06:32,690 --> 00:06:35,330 Take your books off the desk, please. This is the test. 93 00:06:38,330 --> 00:06:45,210 Excuse me, are you in this class? 94 00:06:51,230 --> 00:06:52,750 You're almost ten minutes late. 95 00:06:53,770 --> 00:06:55,450 I got hung up. Sorry. 96 00:07:03,210 --> 00:07:04,210 This is a test. 97 00:07:04,650 --> 00:07:07,070 That's right, and I suggest you get right to it. 98 00:07:08,230 --> 00:07:10,050 Yeah, sure, ma 'am. 99 00:07:17,210 --> 00:07:18,210 She's got to be kidding. 100 00:07:24,710 --> 00:07:27,890 Okay, name the four basic types of tissue in the human body. 101 00:07:28,430 --> 00:07:29,430 All right. 102 00:07:29,590 --> 00:07:31,870 Number one, epithelial tissue. 103 00:07:33,969 --> 00:07:35,250 Good. You're here. 104 00:07:35,510 --> 00:07:36,830 Two, connective tissue. 105 00:07:37,090 --> 00:07:38,990 Where's my pink cashmere sweater? 106 00:07:39,510 --> 00:07:41,390 Three, nervous tissue. 107 00:07:41,650 --> 00:07:43,670 The one you borrowed from me ages ago? 108 00:07:43,950 --> 00:07:45,150 Four, muscular tissue. 109 00:07:45,510 --> 00:07:48,490 Mary! Frequently used when striking another person. 110 00:07:48,770 --> 00:07:51,870 Look, you have no right to be angry at me. You stole my sweater. 111 00:07:52,130 --> 00:07:56,350 Look, Nancy, I didn't steal anything, okay? I just borrowed it. Yeah, and you 112 00:07:56,350 --> 00:07:57,229 never gave it back. 113 00:07:57,230 --> 00:08:00,670 Look, I had to have it cleaned, didn't I? I took it to the cleaners. 114 00:08:01,170 --> 00:08:02,610 Oh, I'm sorry, Mary. 115 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,220 Thanks. Bye, next question. 116 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:07,100 Where's the ticket? 117 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:08,860 I meant her next question. 118 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,900 Okay, Nancy, look, I lost the little ticket. I don't have it. You lost the 119 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:16,720 ticket? Better the ticket than the sweater. 120 00:08:16,940 --> 00:08:19,920 Just go down to Lawson's Cleaners and pick it up. See and explain. Everything 121 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:20,920 will be fine. 122 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:24,880 People have no sense of humor. 123 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:26,800 Real soon? 124 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,000 Real soon. Those were his exact words. 125 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:30,900 And what did you say? 126 00:08:31,260 --> 00:08:35,120 I mumbled. I stood there and I mumbled. I mean, what do you say to the man whose 127 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:36,659 little girl is living with your son? 128 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:38,100 Little girl? 129 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:40,940 That's what he said. He said, I never get a chance to see my little girl 130 00:08:40,940 --> 00:08:43,460 anymore. Why don't we just invite them over to dinner? 131 00:08:43,860 --> 00:08:44,920 Oh, no, please. 132 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:46,460 What will we talk about? 133 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,720 I mean, I find this whole situation extremely awkward. 134 00:08:50,060 --> 00:08:53,140 The only thing that we have in common is a subject that I'd like to avoid. 135 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:55,420 Oh, well, apparently he doesn't feel the same way. 136 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:57,360 I don't know about that. 137 00:08:57,860 --> 00:08:58,880 He's very friendly. 138 00:08:59,370 --> 00:09:02,850 Almost too friendly. Do you know the way people are when they overcompensate 139 00:09:02,850 --> 00:09:04,370 because they're embarrassed about something? 140 00:09:04,690 --> 00:09:06,270 Tom, I think you're just projecting. 141 00:09:06,890 --> 00:09:10,730 He probably was just looking for some conversation going, Mr. MacArthur. 142 00:09:11,030 --> 00:09:12,030 No, George. 143 00:09:12,410 --> 00:09:14,370 George. His name is George. 144 00:09:14,570 --> 00:09:19,150 George and Shirley or something. 145 00:09:20,350 --> 00:09:21,350 Oh, gosh. 146 00:09:22,190 --> 00:09:25,590 Why couldn't David have just eloped like a normal child? 147 00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:33,360 So you see, our friend Melville really did have something deeper in mind than 148 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,620 simply depicting life on a 19th century whaling boat. 149 00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:40,740 Okay, now be sure and read up to chapter four by tomorrow and read the 150 00:09:40,740 --> 00:09:41,860 digressions. They're really fun. 151 00:09:59,510 --> 00:10:02,730 37 is really not a very gratifying grade, is it? 152 00:10:03,350 --> 00:10:05,210 Didn't anybody tell you? Tell me what? 153 00:10:05,870 --> 00:10:06,870 Who I am. 154 00:10:07,490 --> 00:10:10,590 I know your name is Henry Dixon, and I think you have a lot of work to do in 155 00:10:10,590 --> 00:10:11,590 this class. 156 00:10:12,850 --> 00:10:14,210 You really don't know, do you? 157 00:10:15,250 --> 00:10:18,930 Ms. Bradford, I'm the leading scorer on this school's basketball team. 158 00:10:20,070 --> 00:10:24,570 Well, 37 points on a basketball court is outstanding, but 37 points in my class 159 00:10:24,570 --> 00:10:25,549 is a fail. 160 00:10:25,550 --> 00:10:26,550 Exactly. 161 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,120 And as long as I'm failing this course, I'm on academic restriction, which means 162 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,140 I can't play basketball. 163 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,540 And at the moment, we're two games away from the city finals. 164 00:10:35,620 --> 00:10:40,640 Well, Henry, if you'd like some extra help, I'll... Look, you're new here. 165 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,380 Talk to the other teachers here about me. They'll explain. 166 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,240 Are you implying what I think you're implying? 167 00:10:47,940 --> 00:10:48,940 You got it. 168 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,440 I don't believe this. This is high school. 169 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:55,860 Yeah, well, truth is stranger than fiction. 170 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:57,400 Ain't it? 171 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,980 I don't like your attitude, Mr. Dixon, so you better get this straight. You 172 00:11:00,980 --> 00:11:02,440 don't get a free ride in my class. 173 00:11:02,700 --> 00:11:03,700 Do you understand that? 174 00:11:08,180 --> 00:11:09,720 Hi, Dixon. 175 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:14,879 What's wrong with him? 176 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,700 A difference of opinion. He thought 37 points was a passing grade, and I 177 00:11:18,820 --> 00:11:20,260 You mean you flunked Dick? 178 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:21,700 I certainly did. 179 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,160 Well, that means he's not going to be able to play in the city finals. 180 00:11:24,420 --> 00:11:25,420 So I've been told. 181 00:11:26,140 --> 00:11:29,280 Don't look so shocked, Tommy. There are things more important to life than 182 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:30,280 basketball. 183 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:43,940 Of all the guys, she has to pick the flunk. She's got a flunk, Dixon. 184 00:11:44,340 --> 00:11:45,540 Did you know who he was? 185 00:11:45,980 --> 00:11:49,040 Oh, come on. You just take one look at the guy and you know he's a jock. 186 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,860 Well, maybe Abby doesn't understand these things. 187 00:11:52,220 --> 00:11:55,320 Yeah, well, you know who's going to catch all the guff about this. You and 188 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,920 I don't know. My friends really aren't into basketball that much. It's more of 189 00:11:58,920 --> 00:11:59,920 social thing with us. 190 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,480 Yeah, well, my friends take it a lot more seriously. 191 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,420 I just hope they realize she's only my stepmother. 192 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:07,620 Oh, Tommy, you didn't really mean that, did you? 193 00:12:10,940 --> 00:12:12,960 What's the matter? You're really letting this thing get to you. 194 00:12:14,180 --> 00:12:15,200 Yeah, you're right. 195 00:12:15,980 --> 00:12:19,400 I mean, it's not my problem, right? 196 00:12:27,470 --> 00:12:28,470 Yeah, that's right. 197 00:12:28,590 --> 00:12:33,890 It's the pink cashmere cardigan sweater, and it costs an arm and a leg, and 198 00:12:33,890 --> 00:12:35,070 maybe even a head. 199 00:12:35,550 --> 00:12:37,170 Mary's... Oh, never mind. 200 00:12:37,630 --> 00:12:39,770 So you'll look for it? Oh, terrific. 201 00:12:40,210 --> 00:12:41,470 I'll pick it up this afternoon. 202 00:12:41,770 --> 00:12:43,370 Thanks a lot. Bye -bye. 203 00:12:44,530 --> 00:12:48,450 Nicholas, what are you doing? Why can't you walk down the stairs one at a time 204 00:12:48,450 --> 00:12:49,510 like a normal human being? 205 00:12:50,630 --> 00:12:55,490 Well, I could see, but if I did that, I wouldn't be a paratrooper jumping out of 206 00:12:55,490 --> 00:12:56,490 an airplane. 207 00:13:07,780 --> 00:13:08,780 Bradford. Oh. 208 00:13:10,900 --> 00:13:11,900 What do you say, Dix? 209 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:13,980 I don't know. You got any ideas? 210 00:13:14,620 --> 00:13:17,620 What? You related to that substitute teacher, right? 211 00:13:18,940 --> 00:13:19,940 Yeah. 212 00:13:20,340 --> 00:13:21,340 Tell me something. 213 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:22,920 Why is she on my case? 214 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,860 Hey, look, Dix, you got a 37 on that test. 215 00:13:26,330 --> 00:13:27,670 I know what I got on the test. 216 00:13:28,170 --> 00:13:30,710 Problem is, what are we going to do about it? We? 217 00:13:31,530 --> 00:13:33,610 Hey, I don't think this is any of my business. 218 00:13:34,010 --> 00:13:36,670 I think you could make it your business if you wanted to. 219 00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:40,350 Look, Dix, I really don't think there's anything I can do. 220 00:13:40,750 --> 00:13:43,390 Hey, Bradford, do you want me to play basketball for this school? 221 00:13:44,070 --> 00:13:45,130 Yeah, sure, Dix. 222 00:13:45,550 --> 00:13:46,670 Then think of something. 223 00:14:09,900 --> 00:14:11,660 Hello. See, they're keeping you busy. 224 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,600 Yeah, paperwork, mountains of it. 225 00:14:16,740 --> 00:14:17,800 I'm Bud Pollard. 226 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:19,800 Oh, Abby Bradford. 227 00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:21,380 Coach Pollard, actually. 228 00:14:22,340 --> 00:14:24,180 Oh, don't tell me you coach basketball. 229 00:14:30,380 --> 00:14:33,580 So, uh, you're replacing Ann Cavaluzzi. 230 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:34,800 Mm -hmm. 231 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:36,560 Yeah, 232 00:14:37,380 --> 00:14:38,380 Ann's, uh... 233 00:14:38,780 --> 00:14:40,080 Ann's quite a basketball fan. 234 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:42,440 She loves to come down and root for the kids. 235 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,640 As opposed to other hard -nosed types of failure star players. 236 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:49,160 Yeah. 237 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:50,600 That's one way of looking at it. 238 00:14:50,940 --> 00:14:53,740 Another way of looking at it is that someday Henry Dixon has to learn that 239 00:14:53,740 --> 00:14:54,920 there's more to life than basketball. 240 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:57,680 For you and me, maybe. 241 00:15:03,260 --> 00:15:07,060 Look, ten months out of the year, I try to do something with these kids. 242 00:15:08,690 --> 00:15:10,370 Basketball is my way of doing something. 243 00:15:10,610 --> 00:15:12,050 It gives them a sense of achievement. 244 00:15:13,250 --> 00:15:15,090 A sense of being able to do something well. 245 00:15:16,770 --> 00:15:21,530 Yes, but what does it do for them when they're trying to support a large family 246 00:15:21,530 --> 00:15:24,190 but they don't have a good job because they don't have a decent education? 247 00:15:24,790 --> 00:15:25,790 Education? 248 00:15:27,150 --> 00:15:31,390 Listen, Mrs. Bradford, Yale isn't exactly banging down Hank Dixon's door. 249 00:15:31,710 --> 00:15:34,450 The only shot he has at college is a basketball scholarship. 250 00:15:34,870 --> 00:15:35,870 Then what? 251 00:15:36,450 --> 00:15:37,450 Then... 252 00:15:38,079 --> 00:15:39,079 Maybe the pros. 253 00:15:39,300 --> 00:15:40,960 What happens if he doesn't make the pros? 254 00:15:41,220 --> 00:15:43,600 What happens when he's an illiterate? Now, wait, hold it. 255 00:15:44,380 --> 00:15:45,500 He's not illiterate. 256 00:15:45,980 --> 00:15:51,740 Okay, then what happens when he's a pampered, catered to, unmotivated 21 257 00:15:51,740 --> 00:15:54,400 -old who can't do anything in life but sink a ball in a basket? 258 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:57,360 At least he has a shot. 259 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,360 Oh, 500 to one shot. 260 00:16:00,140 --> 00:16:01,140 Look, Mr. 261 00:16:01,660 --> 00:16:07,100 Coach Pollard, you better hope for this boy's sake that if you fail, I don't. 262 00:16:29,390 --> 00:16:30,390 Hi, Julie. 263 00:16:31,570 --> 00:16:32,570 Oh, hi. 264 00:16:32,890 --> 00:16:33,890 How you doing? 265 00:16:34,150 --> 00:16:35,150 Okay. 266 00:16:35,750 --> 00:16:38,610 Are we still going to the pep rally tomorrow afternoon, you and me? 267 00:16:44,490 --> 00:16:46,210 I don't think so, Tommy. 268 00:16:48,050 --> 00:16:49,990 Listen, I gotta go. I'm late for my ride. 269 00:16:54,530 --> 00:16:55,530 Sure thing, Julie. 270 00:16:57,770 --> 00:17:01,650 Oh, I don't remember this being so heavy. Must have gained weight, sitting 271 00:17:01,650 --> 00:17:02,870 around here for 15 years. 272 00:17:03,110 --> 00:17:04,110 How's your back, Dad? 273 00:17:04,270 --> 00:17:06,290 You'll know in a moment when you hear it snap. 274 00:17:06,710 --> 00:17:09,270 I hope you don't have any trouble with the stairs leading to my apartment. 275 00:17:10,010 --> 00:17:11,230 You got it? Yeah. 276 00:17:12,089 --> 00:17:14,589 Nicholas, would you get the keys out of my right pocket? 277 00:17:15,250 --> 00:17:16,990 There's nothing there but a pack of gum. 278 00:17:17,290 --> 00:17:19,089 The other pocket, Nicholas, quick. 279 00:17:21,010 --> 00:17:23,109 Hurry up, get up here and give me a hand. 280 00:17:24,109 --> 00:17:25,109 There, I got it. 281 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,420 Well, hello, Mr. Bradford. Hi, Nicholas. 282 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:39,060 What are you doing here? 283 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:40,440 I live here, remember? 284 00:17:40,740 --> 00:17:42,660 And I got out of my seminar class early. 285 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,460 Hey, that looks like a terrific dresser. It will look a little more terrific 286 00:17:46,460 --> 00:17:47,460 inside. 287 00:17:47,980 --> 00:17:50,540 Right. Oh, by the way, guess what? 288 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:52,180 My parents are here. 289 00:17:56,699 --> 00:18:02,060 So, I think the least we can do is to keep our thermostat down to 65. 290 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,200 Oh, yeah, that's a very good point. 291 00:18:07,180 --> 00:18:09,220 Oh, my gosh, look at the time. 292 00:18:10,140 --> 00:18:13,280 David, do you mind running us back? Nicholas and I have to get home. 293 00:18:13,580 --> 00:18:14,580 How come? 294 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,280 It's dinner time. They're all waiting for us. 295 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:19,100 Nice seeing you again, George. 296 00:18:19,860 --> 00:18:21,280 Nice meeting you, Sylvia. 297 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,820 Oh, now, we're looking forward to getting together with you and, uh, Abby. 298 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,500 Oh, yes, yes, we are, too. Real soon. 299 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:30,880 Real soon. 300 00:18:30,940 --> 00:18:31,940 When? 301 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:33,680 When? 302 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:36,440 Well, how about tomorrow night? 303 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,980 Tomorrow night, uh... That'd be great. 304 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:41,760 Wonderfrog's not on on Wednesday. 305 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:46,840 Tomorrow night, uh... Do we have anything on tomorrow night, Sylvia? 306 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,680 night, I just can't... Think of anything offhand. 307 00:18:50,300 --> 00:18:52,600 Well, then I guess tomorrow night's fine with us then. 308 00:18:54,460 --> 00:18:55,460 Us too. 309 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:56,560 Eight o 'clock okay? 310 00:18:57,220 --> 00:18:58,240 Eight o 'clock is fine. 311 00:18:59,100 --> 00:19:00,100 Come on, Nicholas. 312 00:19:01,180 --> 00:19:03,440 I'll be right back. I'll walk you guys to the car. 313 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,340 How was I supposed to know the kid was going to say when? 314 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,560 Oh, who knew Nicholas was going to say when? 315 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,660 Out of the mouths of babes. I'm afraid so. 316 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:21,780 Anyway, they're coming here tomorrow night. 317 00:19:22,300 --> 00:19:26,360 Oh, come on. We'll live through it. Oh, yeah, sure. We'll live through it if we 318 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:27,319 can stay awake. 319 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,560 Oh, come on. They can't be that bad. You spent a half hour with them. What did 320 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:31,560 you talk about? 321 00:19:33,020 --> 00:19:34,020 Thermostats. 322 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:37,940 Thermostats? Oh, if only this wasn't so important to David. 323 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:42,260 I couldn't care less. 324 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,280 I fear the gentleman doth protest too much. 325 00:19:46,740 --> 00:19:48,700 All right. Let me put it this way. 326 00:19:49,260 --> 00:19:52,720 I think they ought to get together if they want to, but not on account of us. 327 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,160 Well, your father's already met my parents. 328 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,820 And it was... Deadly. 329 00:20:00,940 --> 00:20:03,360 It was worse than deadly. It was disastrous. 330 00:20:04,820 --> 00:20:08,280 Did you ever see three people in a room that had less to say to one another? 331 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:12,460 Never. I mean, they didn't even dislike each other enough to generate any spark. 332 00:20:12,750 --> 00:20:13,970 That was terrible. 333 00:20:14,970 --> 00:20:19,070 I think all thermostats should be set at 65. 334 00:20:19,810 --> 00:20:21,790 I think you have a point there, George. 335 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:47,920 Quite a slam. 336 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:49,720 Hello. 337 00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:53,180 I thought you were going to the pep rally this afternoon. 338 00:21:53,820 --> 00:21:55,980 Oh, really? What gave you that idea? 339 00:21:56,820 --> 00:21:59,060 Well, it's your team, it's your school. 340 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:02,020 Oh, gosh, I thought maybe you'd forgotten. 341 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:09,540 Look, Tommy, I'd like you to understand that I'm only trying to do what's best 342 00:22:09,540 --> 00:22:10,479 for Hank Dixon. 343 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:14,860 Oh, oh, I get it. You're going to change his entire life in three weeks. 344 00:22:15,310 --> 00:22:16,810 Well, I'm going to try to do something. 345 00:22:17,950 --> 00:22:19,450 This is great. This is terrific. 346 00:22:19,790 --> 00:22:23,190 You get to play teacher for three weeks, and I get to lose all of my friends. 347 00:22:23,290 --> 00:22:24,930 Come on, what's Hank Dixon to you? 348 00:22:25,990 --> 00:22:27,210 Oh, he's a student. 349 00:22:27,590 --> 00:22:29,250 His future is important to me. 350 00:22:29,470 --> 00:22:33,270 Oh, more than your own son's present. Or should I say stepson? 351 00:22:34,210 --> 00:22:39,110 That was uncalled for. Oh, was it? You're leaving in three weeks. I'm not. 352 00:22:39,110 --> 00:22:41,510 got to go back there every day for the next two years. 353 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:47,360 Look, Tommy, it's my job to try to help him. Then do it! Go ahead, be a terrific 354 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:50,180 substitute teacher, because I'll tell you one thing, you're not much of a 355 00:22:50,180 --> 00:22:51,180 substitute mother. 356 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,520 Dad, are Jada's parents our relatives? 357 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,720 No, just think of them as our guests. 358 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:14,640 Hopefully the kind that leave early. 359 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,600 Do I have to kiss them when they walk in? No, no, no. They'd have to be 360 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:19,219 for that. 361 00:23:19,220 --> 00:23:21,620 You mean Janet's parents aren't married either? 362 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:23,500 Yes, of course they're married. 363 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:28,720 Look, David is very fond of Janet, so he's having her parents over here so 364 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:30,240 we can get to know them better. You understand? 365 00:23:31,020 --> 00:23:33,100 Because Wonderfrog isn't on tonight. 366 00:23:39,980 --> 00:23:41,780 Look, aren't you getting ready for Janet's parents? 367 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,080 Can I meet them some other time? I had a heavy day, and I just want to sack out 368 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,080 and do my homework. 369 00:23:47,140 --> 00:23:49,220 Oh, you're not coming down with anything, are you? 370 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:51,460 Maybe Abby should take your temperature. 371 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:53,940 No, she's done enough for me in one day. 372 00:23:54,420 --> 00:23:55,460 Oh, that's not... 373 00:23:55,460 --> 00:24:02,420 Don't let him get to you. 374 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:03,520 You know Tommy. 375 00:24:03,580 --> 00:24:05,000 I thought I knew Tommy. 376 00:24:05,420 --> 00:24:08,320 Look, by tomorrow morning, he won't remember he even said it. 377 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:09,520 He'll remember. 378 00:24:09,690 --> 00:24:10,690 And so will I. 379 00:24:12,910 --> 00:24:15,310 Abby, if you're that hurt, maybe you ought to tell Dad. 380 00:24:16,070 --> 00:24:18,890 I don't want this to turn into a disaster. 381 00:24:19,890 --> 00:24:24,430 Tom will think he has to defend me, and then he'll jump all over Tommy, and then 382 00:24:24,430 --> 00:24:30,190 that'll just prove Tommy's point that I'm a bad mother and a big troublemaker. 383 00:24:30,430 --> 00:24:32,790 You were just doing your job. One of my jobs. 384 00:24:33,770 --> 00:24:36,770 Well, are you all ready for the MacArthur's? 385 00:24:37,030 --> 00:24:38,009 Sure am, Dad. 386 00:24:38,010 --> 00:24:39,010 How about you, Abby? 387 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:41,300 I'll be ready in about 20 minutes. 388 00:24:41,540 --> 00:24:42,600 You're not smiling. 389 00:24:43,740 --> 00:24:44,740 Neither are you. 390 00:24:45,140 --> 00:24:49,320 Well, I have an excuse. I know how boring they are. But don't worry. 391 00:24:49,540 --> 00:24:54,060 Cheer up. I have a feeling that this evening is going to pass by in a mere 10 392 00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:55,060 ,000 years. 393 00:25:13,450 --> 00:25:15,890 property. Stolen property? What are you talking about? 394 00:25:16,170 --> 00:25:20,790 Oh, you know perfectly well what I'm talking about. My pink cashmere sweater. 395 00:25:20,990 --> 00:25:23,790 Your pink cashmere sweater? I want to wear it tonight. 396 00:25:24,030 --> 00:25:28,050 And the man at the cleaners told me a Bradford girl picked it up. A girl with 397 00:25:28,050 --> 00:25:33,490 script under her arm. Oh, boy, that is a classic. On that one flimsy piece of 398 00:25:33,490 --> 00:25:35,610 evidence, you accuse me of the crime. 399 00:25:36,030 --> 00:25:37,030 Well, I'm innocent, Nan. 400 00:25:37,890 --> 00:25:38,890 Totally innocent. 401 00:25:40,070 --> 00:25:42,990 You mean it wasn't you at the cleaners? No, no. 402 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,980 was me at the cleaners, I went to pick it up as a favor. 403 00:25:46,780 --> 00:25:47,780 To Susan. 404 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,320 To Susan? 405 00:25:49,620 --> 00:25:51,820 Oh, wait till I get my hands on her. 406 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,260 Don't you think your hands belong somewhere else, Nancy? 407 00:25:55,640 --> 00:26:01,620 Huh? If you value your life, Nancy Bradford, you will turn around and go 408 00:26:01,620 --> 00:26:05,240 those clothes and pick them up and put them back neatly where they belong. 409 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:11,320 Don't tell me you're angry. I'm the injured party. No, about to be injured. 410 00:26:19,430 --> 00:26:20,430 Thank you. 411 00:26:23,870 --> 00:26:25,850 These cookies aren't too impressive, dear. 412 00:26:26,050 --> 00:26:28,830 Please, don't worry about it. They're not going to be as stale as George 413 00:26:28,830 --> 00:26:29,910 MacArthur's jokes. 414 00:26:31,050 --> 00:26:34,730 Oh, if I were fast on my feet, I would have come up with an excuse to get out 415 00:26:34,730 --> 00:26:35,810 this ridiculous evening. 416 00:26:36,090 --> 00:26:39,770 Let's see. We could say that there was a malaria epidemic sweeping the house. 417 00:26:39,870 --> 00:26:44,730 No, no, no. It has to be very subtle. Something like, uh... I have it. I have 418 00:26:44,730 --> 00:26:46,830 it. I could tell him that I threw my back out. 419 00:26:47,090 --> 00:26:48,090 Your back? 420 00:26:48,410 --> 00:26:51,550 Dad, you always use that excuse, and it is so obvious. 421 00:26:51,950 --> 00:26:53,330 It is obvious? Totally. 422 00:26:55,190 --> 00:26:56,190 Oh. 423 00:26:58,590 --> 00:27:01,870 Hello? Oh, hi, Mr. MacArthur. 424 00:27:02,710 --> 00:27:04,850 Oh, are you sure? 425 00:27:05,510 --> 00:27:07,910 But David and Janet aren't even married yet. 426 00:27:09,450 --> 00:27:11,750 Okay, Uncle George. 427 00:27:12,810 --> 00:27:14,610 Dad, he wants me to go. 428 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:22,540 What can I do for you, Uncle George? 429 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,160 No, it's me, Tom Bradford. 430 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:27,500 Right. 431 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:30,880 Oh, that's all right. 432 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:32,900 Oh, sure, I understand. 433 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:36,300 Please, don't worry about it. We'll do it some other evening, real soon. 434 00:27:37,660 --> 00:27:38,740 No, it's all right. 435 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,880 Please, George, I've had the same problem with my back. 436 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:44,400 Right. 437 00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:45,580 Bye -bye now. 438 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:47,500 His back? 439 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,520 You're right. It is too obvious. 440 00:27:57,130 --> 00:27:59,090 I'm really surprised you're backing off like this. 441 00:28:00,390 --> 00:28:01,630 I'm not backing off. 442 00:28:02,570 --> 00:28:06,890 Look, Coach, Ann Cavaluzzi tells me that Hank Dixon is perfectly capable of 443 00:28:06,890 --> 00:28:10,550 doing good work, but he's using his basketball stardom as an excuse not to. 444 00:28:10,790 --> 00:28:14,050 Now, wait just a minute. If you had a player who could think 30 -footers and 445 00:28:14,050 --> 00:28:15,770 only settled for layups, what would you do? 446 00:28:16,890 --> 00:28:20,770 Ann tells me that school procedure permits me to give him a makeup test, so 447 00:28:20,770 --> 00:28:25,050 that's what I'll do. I'll give him a makeup test, but Hank has got to stop. 448 00:28:25,340 --> 00:28:27,320 fooling around and live up to his full potential. 449 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:29,840 Fair enough. 450 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:31,500 I tell Dick the good news? 451 00:28:31,980 --> 00:28:35,340 If you both understand one thing, it's only good news if he passes. 452 00:28:35,860 --> 00:28:36,860 Okay. 453 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:38,240 I'll make sure he knows that. 454 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:39,480 Bye, 455 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,220 Coach Pollard. 456 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,340 Nice to see you. Thanks for dropping in. 457 00:28:56,620 --> 00:28:57,620 Hey, Bradford. 458 00:28:58,180 --> 00:28:59,180 Yeah? 459 00:28:59,580 --> 00:29:01,100 Dix would like to talk with you. 460 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:02,560 In his office. 461 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,420 Hi, Dix. I just want you to know that I talked to my stepmother about the 462 00:29:24,420 --> 00:29:25,760 situation. Yeah, I know. 463 00:29:26,220 --> 00:29:28,160 Coach just told me. Thanks, Bradford. 464 00:29:30,260 --> 00:29:33,460 Thanks? I really appreciate you talking to her and giving me a makeup test. 465 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:35,440 Uh, yeah. 466 00:29:35,780 --> 00:29:39,340 It was my pleasure. At first she didn't want to, and then I explained the 467 00:29:39,340 --> 00:29:43,340 situation to her, and she understands totally now. I'm glad I could help. 468 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:44,960 I'm glad you feel that way. 469 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,000 Because you can do me another favor. 470 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:49,019 I can? 471 00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:53,120 Yeah. You talked her into the makeup test, and I appreciate it. The only 472 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,460 is with practice, and I don't have time to study for it. 473 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:01,180 Yeah, that, uh, it is a problem. That's why I'm counting on you to get me a copy 474 00:30:01,180 --> 00:30:02,180 of the test. 475 00:30:02,620 --> 00:30:04,880 Dicks, I couldn't. You live in the same house? 476 00:30:05,180 --> 00:30:08,480 Well, yeah, but I... You found a way to talk her into the test, you'll find a 477 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:09,480 way to get the questions. 478 00:30:09,900 --> 00:30:11,000 I can't. 479 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,460 Yeah, Bradford, you can. 480 00:30:34,570 --> 00:30:35,570 You look awful. 481 00:30:36,130 --> 00:30:37,130 Yeah, I know. 482 00:30:37,770 --> 00:30:40,250 What's the matter? You have a romantic tiff with Linda Himes? 483 00:30:41,110 --> 00:30:42,310 Who's Linda Himes? 484 00:30:42,850 --> 00:30:45,170 Hey, there really is something wrong. What is it? 485 00:30:46,670 --> 00:30:48,830 Dix and some of his friends are hassling me. 486 00:30:49,110 --> 00:30:49,749 Well, hi. 487 00:30:49,750 --> 00:30:52,950 Marcy Collins told Nadine Morris, and Nadine told me that Abby's letting him 488 00:30:52,950 --> 00:30:53,909 make up the test. 489 00:30:53,910 --> 00:30:57,730 Well, didn't Marcy Collins tell Nadine Morris that Dix expects me to steal an 490 00:30:57,730 --> 00:31:00,250 advanced copy of the test? Are you kidding me? 491 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,140 I wouldn't kid you about my two broken arms. 492 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,020 Oh, Tommy, they are not going to hurt you. Are you kidding? 493 00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:09,240 They could make my life seem miserable. I'd have to leave school. 494 00:31:10,140 --> 00:31:12,240 I don't believe that. I just don't believe it. 495 00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:15,320 Tell me about it when I'm in the hospital. 496 00:31:26,780 --> 00:31:28,280 So how is George's back? 497 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:30,120 Who's back? 498 00:31:30,929 --> 00:31:31,929 No, George. 499 00:31:32,810 --> 00:31:34,850 The father of your friend. 500 00:31:35,290 --> 00:31:36,290 Your roommate. 501 00:31:36,630 --> 00:31:40,930 Oh, oh, oh, you mean Janet's father. Yes, Janet's father has his back. 502 00:31:41,610 --> 00:31:42,990 Was there something wrong with his back? 503 00:31:43,830 --> 00:31:46,150 Remember, you asked. I was too polite. 504 00:31:47,630 --> 00:31:48,870 Dad, what are we talking about? 505 00:31:49,470 --> 00:31:53,630 I am merely talking about the allegedly unexpected and untimely injury which 506 00:31:53,630 --> 00:31:57,270 unfortunately has caused the delay of our first meeting, but which I 507 00:31:57,270 --> 00:32:01,150 and sympathize with because I have suffered from the same injury on similar 508 00:32:01,150 --> 00:32:02,150 occasions. 509 00:32:02,610 --> 00:32:04,930 Oh, you mean the MacArthur's didn't come to the house last night? 510 00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:09,910 But we are going to remedy the situation as soon as possible. No, Dad, don't put 511 00:32:09,910 --> 00:32:10,910 yourself out. 512 00:32:11,070 --> 00:32:14,930 I'm not putting myself out. I'm just doing a decent thing. You know, a little 513 00:32:14,930 --> 00:32:17,950 coffee and cookies and stimulating conversation. 514 00:32:19,660 --> 00:32:20,740 Do you come here often? 515 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:22,700 Yes, why? What's wrong with the food? 516 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:24,100 You call this food? 517 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,240 Now, look, do not insult the Jalisco hot dog pit. I've been coming here for 518 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:29,560 almost ten years. 519 00:32:30,220 --> 00:32:33,680 In fact, I planned to bring George here for lunch. 520 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:35,520 Oh, good. Well, then you'll have something in common. 521 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:37,320 Heartburn. 522 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:40,359 Where's Tommy? 523 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:41,740 Um, he said he'd meet us at the van. 524 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,900 Oh, I've got some good news. I decided to give Hank Dixon a makeup test. It's 525 00:32:45,900 --> 00:32:49,180 cool, huh? I know. It's all over the school. Oh, I wonder... to tell Tommy 526 00:32:49,180 --> 00:32:50,159 myself. 527 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,280 I've got a little making up of my own to do, you know. 528 00:32:52,620 --> 00:32:55,860 Yeah, I don't think Tommy's in the mood for making up. Hank Dixon wants him to 529 00:32:55,860 --> 00:32:56,960 steal the test answers from you. 530 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,640 What? Ask Tommy. They've really got him scared. 531 00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:01,980 He says they're threatening him. 532 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:03,660 I don't believe that. 533 00:33:04,260 --> 00:33:05,840 I tried to tell him it's only a bluff. 534 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:07,259 That's good. 535 00:33:07,260 --> 00:33:08,260 That's good. 536 00:33:08,300 --> 00:33:09,760 He didn't buy it. He didn't? 537 00:33:10,340 --> 00:33:11,340 Uh -uh. 538 00:33:11,780 --> 00:33:12,780 I'll talk to him. 539 00:33:25,580 --> 00:33:26,580 Tommy, what's wrong? 540 00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:40,020 Tommy, I, um... Well, Tommy, your van. 541 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:44,720 Tommy, I'm sorry. 542 00:34:10,370 --> 00:34:13,610 Dad, do I have to buy Uncle George a Christmas present? 543 00:34:14,270 --> 00:34:15,270 No, Nicholas. 544 00:34:15,770 --> 00:34:17,130 Well, is he going to get me one? 545 00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:19,110 I wouldn't count on it. 546 00:34:19,489 --> 00:34:22,489 Well, what if David and Janet are married before Christmas? 547 00:34:24,090 --> 00:34:25,550 Then I'll buy you a present. 548 00:34:28,230 --> 00:34:29,230 Thanks, Anne. 549 00:34:29,670 --> 00:34:31,270 I appreciate your advice. 550 00:34:32,730 --> 00:34:35,429 Right, well, I'll let you know what I decide. 551 00:34:35,710 --> 00:34:36,710 Bye -bye. 552 00:34:37,590 --> 00:34:38,590 What did she say? 553 00:34:39,219 --> 00:34:42,400 Ann says that I could take it to the principal, but that there's not much he 554 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:43,480 could do without real proof. 555 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,699 You didn't see a mess up Tommy's van. 556 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,920 Ann also says that if I accuse Hank Dixon and don't make it stick, then 557 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:52,239 will be in worse trouble with him. 558 00:34:52,460 --> 00:34:53,560 Then drop it, Abby. 559 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:55,320 You're a substitute teacher. 560 00:34:55,620 --> 00:34:56,960 You'll be gone in a few weeks. 561 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:01,620 Look, if Ann Cavaluzzi and the school administration can't solve the problem, 562 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,860 well, then how do you expect to breeze in for a few days and set it right? 563 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:06,280 Somebody should. 564 00:35:07,150 --> 00:35:09,010 And somebody has to think about Tommy. 565 00:35:14,090 --> 00:35:16,510 Well, Daddy didn't say anything to me about his back going out. 566 00:35:17,870 --> 00:35:20,010 I didn't want to say anything to my father. 567 00:35:20,770 --> 00:35:24,390 But a back going out is a pretty standard excuse for getting out of 568 00:35:24,390 --> 00:35:26,010 commitments. I've used it myself. 569 00:35:27,610 --> 00:35:29,070 Are you saying that my father lied? 570 00:35:30,270 --> 00:35:31,410 Lying is a pretty strong word. 571 00:35:32,050 --> 00:35:34,970 I'm just saying that maybe your parents didn't really want to get to know my 572 00:35:34,970 --> 00:35:36,450 parents as much as they claimed. 573 00:35:38,020 --> 00:35:40,240 Now both my parents are liars. What about yours? 574 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,800 Oh, no. You see how they do it? I mean, they don't mean to do it, but they do 575 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:44,800 it. Do what? 576 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,620 We're arguing about our parents. We're having in -law problems, and we're not 577 00:35:47,620 --> 00:35:48,620 even married. 578 00:35:50,020 --> 00:35:51,400 Well, that's true. 579 00:35:52,060 --> 00:35:53,800 A week ago, it was just me and thee. 580 00:35:54,180 --> 00:35:55,400 Now it's me, thee, and they. 581 00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:58,360 Yeah. 582 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:00,320 I know the problem. 583 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,040 We're letting them handle this themselves. 584 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,380 I was just thinking the same thing. 585 00:36:04,990 --> 00:36:08,870 You know, from all indications, it's time to intercede and manipulate. 586 00:36:11,170 --> 00:36:13,070 But let's start with your parents. 587 00:36:13,350 --> 00:36:14,350 Why not yours? 588 00:36:15,830 --> 00:36:16,830 Why not both? 589 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:34,720 to return my sweater. Oh, come on, Nancy. I told you I didn't know anything 590 00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:36,500 about it. Then I don't know you. 591 00:36:36,740 --> 00:36:39,060 Hey, sure you do. I'm the one who wants to borrow your new blouse. 592 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:41,520 Of all the nerve. 593 00:36:42,260 --> 00:36:44,900 First you see to it that my favorite sweater disappears. 594 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,360 Now you want to crack at my new blouse. Oh, come on, Nancy. It really brings out 595 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:49,540 the color of my hair. What do you say? 596 00:36:49,980 --> 00:36:52,260 That blouse is unavailable, Susan. 597 00:36:52,580 --> 00:36:54,860 I bet. I bet it's right over here. I bet you're lying. 598 00:36:55,180 --> 00:36:56,220 Get out of my closet! 599 00:37:01,230 --> 00:37:02,370 Hey, Nancy, what's this? 600 00:37:04,750 --> 00:37:07,070 It looks a lot like my missing sweater. 601 00:37:07,530 --> 00:37:10,130 Doesn't it? You mean you didn't even look in your own closet. 602 00:37:10,410 --> 00:37:11,410 Why should I? 603 00:37:11,450 --> 00:37:13,310 None of my things are ever in there. 604 00:37:15,610 --> 00:37:16,610 Well, 605 00:37:16,930 --> 00:37:20,410 I guess this is kind of what you call an embarrassing situation, huh? All the 606 00:37:20,410 --> 00:37:23,690 people that you yelled at, all the insulting things that you said. I bet 607 00:37:23,690 --> 00:37:26,490 sure would like to discover where it really was all this time. 608 00:37:27,610 --> 00:37:30,850 Susan Bradford, are you proposing blackmail, huh? 609 00:37:31,230 --> 00:37:32,790 Only because I look terrific in black. 610 00:37:33,290 --> 00:37:39,010 So, I will borrow your black skirt, your black pants, and your black shoes. 611 00:37:40,910 --> 00:37:43,270 How would you like a nice black eye? 612 00:38:01,550 --> 00:38:02,750 Hey, Dad. Hi, Tommy. 613 00:38:04,390 --> 00:38:06,210 How long were you in Korea? 614 00:38:06,710 --> 00:38:08,190 Oh, 11 months. 615 00:38:08,910 --> 00:38:12,310 Oh, please, don't tell me you're reading about that in ancient history now. 616 00:38:12,850 --> 00:38:13,970 No, I'm just curious. 617 00:38:14,990 --> 00:38:16,310 What was it like in combat? 618 00:38:16,910 --> 00:38:20,850 Oh, well, you know the war movies on television? 619 00:38:21,670 --> 00:38:22,890 It's nothing like that. 620 00:38:23,390 --> 00:38:26,790 It starts out miserable, and it gets worse. 621 00:38:27,010 --> 00:38:30,030 And I didn't even carry a rifle. I just wrote about the men who did. 622 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:33,810 Were you scared? 623 00:38:34,370 --> 00:38:36,890 Um, constantly. 624 00:38:38,510 --> 00:38:39,730 What did you do about it? 625 00:38:40,250 --> 00:38:43,450 Nothing, just tried to act like I wasn't. But I wasn't fooling anybody. 626 00:38:44,030 --> 00:38:45,410 I wasn't even fooling myself. 627 00:38:46,350 --> 00:38:48,910 Why, you're not considering a military career, are you? 628 00:38:50,370 --> 00:38:51,790 No way, I'm a coward. 629 00:38:54,170 --> 00:38:55,170 Why do you say that? 630 00:38:56,650 --> 00:38:57,529 No reason. 631 00:38:57,530 --> 00:39:00,590 Come on, something must make you say a thing like that. What is it? 632 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:05,040 All right, there's some guys at school that are hassling me. 633 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:07,040 I saw your van. 634 00:39:08,620 --> 00:39:10,060 Is there anything I can do? 635 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:12,700 No, there's nothing anyone can do. 636 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:14,560 I know what you mean. 637 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:19,880 I had a similar experience when I was in high school. 638 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:25,760 And I solved it by getting the mumps. 639 00:39:26,740 --> 00:39:27,740 The mumps? 640 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:30,460 Well, not the real mumps. It was my father's suggestion. 641 00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:35,940 I just went around and told everybody that I had them, and it kept me out of 642 00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:38,640 school on the day that I was supposed to fight the biggest kid on the football 643 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,440 team. You mean you chickened out? 644 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:45,680 Well, I prefer to think of it as mumping out. 645 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,240 It was a lousy thing to do, though. 646 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,920 I tell you, I've been thinking about that kid every day since I was 17 years 647 00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:57,300 old. Every day, I wish that I had just stood up to him. 648 00:39:58,820 --> 00:40:00,020 That's easy to say now. 649 00:40:00,490 --> 00:40:03,650 No, it's very difficult, because now I realize that the worst thing that he 650 00:40:03,650 --> 00:40:06,230 could have done to me was to make me hurt for a week. 651 00:40:06,450 --> 00:40:09,190 Now that kid's been on my back every day for 30 years. 652 00:40:10,450 --> 00:40:11,450 He has? 653 00:40:11,590 --> 00:40:12,590 Yes. 654 00:40:12,790 --> 00:40:16,810 And every day for 30 years, I've had to ask myself a very painful question. 655 00:40:18,450 --> 00:40:23,610 What if that big guy was just as scared as I was? 656 00:40:25,190 --> 00:40:26,190 Was he? 657 00:40:30,620 --> 00:40:31,680 Everybody's scared, Tommy. 658 00:40:33,220 --> 00:40:39,440 But if we can overcome our own fear, then our enemy's fear conquers him for 659 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,500 Tom? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you. 660 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,120 It's okay. I wasn't sleeping. 661 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:00,140 Were you working? 662 00:41:00,540 --> 00:41:02,740 No, no. I was father confessing. 663 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,440 Tommy? That's right. How did you guess? 664 00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:08,500 I've never seen him this upset about anything. 665 00:41:08,980 --> 00:41:10,400 Did he tell you it was my fault? 666 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:12,700 How could it be your fault? 667 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:16,560 Didn't he tell you? No, your name was never even mentioned. Abby, why didn't 668 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:17,238 tell me? 669 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:20,220 Because I thought it would just complicate things and because I thought 670 00:41:20,220 --> 00:41:21,220 handle it myself. 671 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:24,540 Well, I wish I'd never taken this teaching job. 672 00:41:24,940 --> 00:41:26,720 Well, that's very important to you. 673 00:41:27,820 --> 00:41:29,380 Yeah, but Tommy's more important. 674 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:31,760 What advice did you give him? 675 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,180 I told him to stand his ground. 676 00:41:35,180 --> 00:41:40,000 Tommy didn't. Have you seen Hank Dixon? He and his buddies outweigh Tommy by I 677 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,340 don't even know how much. Then what do you suggest? 678 00:41:58,870 --> 00:42:01,970 Um, Elizabeth, could you excuse me for a minute? I have to talk to Tommy and 679 00:42:01,970 --> 00:42:03,730 Mom. What's up? Elizabeth, please. 680 00:42:08,690 --> 00:42:09,950 Now, what'd you do that for? 681 00:42:10,270 --> 00:42:11,770 This is just between us, Tommy. 682 00:42:12,450 --> 00:42:14,630 You know, I don't think there's anything between us anymore. 683 00:42:16,170 --> 00:42:18,250 I know you feel that way, but I feel differently. 684 00:42:22,730 --> 00:42:23,730 What's this? 685 00:42:24,370 --> 00:42:26,990 Hank Dixon's advanced copy of the makeup test. 686 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:30,160 Just like that? 687 00:42:31,740 --> 00:42:33,980 But isn't this going to get you into trouble? 688 00:42:34,540 --> 00:42:35,580 Isn't it going to get you out? 689 00:43:08,430 --> 00:43:09,530 I'm worried that you might be late. 690 00:43:10,350 --> 00:43:12,790 I just hope for your sake, Bradford, that you came through. 691 00:43:20,990 --> 00:43:22,830 You guys 692 00:43:22,830 --> 00:43:29,550 got him? 693 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:38,560 Wait here. 694 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:41,540 Dix is waiting for you Bradford. 695 00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:55,300 Hi Dix. 696 00:43:55,980 --> 00:43:57,220 Come on Bradford. 697 00:43:57,740 --> 00:43:58,960 I don't have all day. 698 00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:03,240 Bradford. 699 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:08,560 Did you get it? 700 00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:10,640 Yeah, I got it. 701 00:44:11,940 --> 00:44:13,400 You got more brains than I figured. 702 00:44:13,740 --> 00:44:14,740 Hand it over. 703 00:44:17,060 --> 00:44:18,060 No. 704 00:44:18,260 --> 00:44:19,260 What? 705 00:44:19,460 --> 00:44:20,460 I can't. 706 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:23,980 You're not listening, Bradford. 707 00:44:24,500 --> 00:44:25,580 I want that test. 708 00:44:29,660 --> 00:44:30,760 Then you've got it. 709 00:44:37,070 --> 00:44:38,070 That's it, man. You blew it. 710 00:44:38,690 --> 00:44:39,690 Go ahead, Dix. 711 00:44:40,630 --> 00:44:42,030 Break me up. Is it gonna help? 712 00:44:47,130 --> 00:44:48,130 Why, Bradford? 713 00:44:49,070 --> 00:44:50,190 Why did you do that to me? 714 00:44:52,450 --> 00:44:53,450 Don't you get it? 715 00:44:53,790 --> 00:44:55,730 No. Don't you know what you're doing to me? 716 00:44:57,450 --> 00:44:59,770 Look, Dix, you gotta understand. I'm doing this for me. 717 00:45:02,550 --> 00:45:04,150 I could still waste you. 718 00:45:05,610 --> 00:45:06,610 Yeah, you could. 719 00:45:26,380 --> 00:45:27,380 Are you kidding? 720 00:45:27,940 --> 00:45:29,140 Candy from a baby. 721 00:47:02,820 --> 00:47:09,100 So I said, listen, bartender, if you don't teach that man to tango, I will. 722 00:47:09,860 --> 00:47:16,860 It just goes to show you, Tom, I had no idea 723 00:47:16,860 --> 00:47:18,360 this evening was going to go so well. 724 00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:22,800 Yes, it certainly is going unbelievably well. 725 00:47:24,260 --> 00:47:26,460 But look how great everything's turned out. 726 00:47:26,740 --> 00:47:29,160 Just four people having a... 727 00:47:29,370 --> 00:47:32,890 good time together good time 728 00:47:32,890 --> 00:47:36,410 it 729 00:47:36,410 --> 00:47:51,830 was 730 00:47:51,830 --> 00:47:55,650 really a wonderful of david and janet to set this whole thing up wasn't it 731 00:47:56,970 --> 00:47:59,490 Oh, speaking of Janet and David, shouldn't they be here by now? 732 00:48:00,090 --> 00:48:02,010 Yeah, yeah, where are they, David and Janet? 733 00:48:04,090 --> 00:48:08,510 George, dear, why don't you tell them that terrific story about the dill 734 00:48:08,510 --> 00:48:11,270 peddler who was always late for his appointment? Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. 735 00:48:11,770 --> 00:48:15,510 Oh, that terrific... Oh, you're going to love this one. The terrific story. 736 00:48:15,810 --> 00:48:18,910 You'll really love it. Tell it, tell it. Hurry up. Wait, let me just answer the 737 00:48:18,910 --> 00:48:22,070 telephone first, all right? Oh, you go right ahead, Tom. 738 00:48:22,350 --> 00:48:23,350 I'll tell it to Abby. 739 00:48:23,590 --> 00:48:25,230 No, that's all right, really. I can wait. 740 00:48:28,810 --> 00:48:31,510 Oh, Nicholas, please. I'm trying to answer the telephone. 741 00:48:31,730 --> 00:48:32,669 Oh, I already did. 742 00:48:32,670 --> 00:48:33,890 Oh. It was David. 743 00:48:34,150 --> 00:48:35,810 Oh, what did he say? Are they coming? 744 00:48:36,090 --> 00:48:38,250 Nope, he can't. He hurt his back. 745 00:48:40,110 --> 00:48:41,110 Back? 746 00:48:41,650 --> 00:48:42,650 His back?