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Out here in the middle,
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fall means a lot of things...
Crunchy leaves, hayrides,
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and, most importantly,
homecoming.
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It's the one day of the year...
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the whole town
stops watching football inside...
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and starts watching it outside.
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And this year promised
to be extra special.
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Axl made varsity.
How 'bout this kid?
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Oh, my gosh. Axl!
Oh, I'm so proud of you.
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Uh, gross. You know the rules.
Christmas and birthdays only.
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Fine. I'll hug your dad.
Still gross.
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Truth is,
I wasn't just happy for axl.
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You see,
when your son's on varsi,
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you get to escort him
onto the field...
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before the big homecoming game,
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and it makes all the other crap
you go through worthwhile,
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'cause no matter
how smart-mouthy and horrible...
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your k is
every other day of the year,
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for one shining moment you've
got everyone watching you,
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wondering...
What did she do right?
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And you're
the only one who knows.
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Nothing.
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Look, just try not
to embarrass me, okay?
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Yep, warm mother-son moments
with axl...
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were few and far between
these days,
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and I was sure as hell gonna
enjoy this one.
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Okay. I need your vote.
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Which one should I wear
to homecoming?
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Which one's cheaper?
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Mike, this is homecoming. I'm
not gonna worry about money.
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I'll tuck the price tag in and
return it the next day. Thattagirl.
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I can't tell. Until it's
filled up, it's just clothes.
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Besides, it's not gonna matter
what you decide to wear anyway,
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'cause all eyes are gonna be on this.
Oh, is that right?
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'Fraid so. Well, it may be competing
with cleavage, so good luck.
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Mm. Oh, look at that.
I gotta get somebody...
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out there wi rake. Well, axl's at
football, and sue's at cross-country.
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Oh, but I hed Molly donahue has...
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a little leaf-raking business going.
Why would I pay someone else's kid...
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when I got a perfectly good
free one over there,
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sitting under our roof, eating our food,
using our last name? Have you met Brick?
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He's not ready for leaf-raking.
He can't even blow his nose.
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No.
You're... you're sucking in.
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Out. Out. Blow out.
No. Wait. Close your mouth.
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Gotta get some pressure
going there. Ooh.
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This is nuts.
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When I was 8, my dad had me
drivin' a tractor,
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tarrin' a roof, trimmin'
a tree with a chainsaw.
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And remember, we were gonna
try and do better.
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I'm just sayin', Brick's
been playing the baby card...
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for a little too long.
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Chores are part of being a man.
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Brick, congratulations.
You've been called up.
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You're going to the show.
Because I don't know what that means,
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I'm gonna assume it's some kind
of sports expression.
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I got a job for you, son.
I want you to go out there...
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and rake all the leaves in the backyard. Oh...
I don't think I'm ready for leaf-raking,
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but thanks for your confidence.
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Confidence.
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Come on. Let's go.
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All right. Rake works better if you
flip it around.
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There ya go. He's got it.
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Look
what I got at practice today...
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My cross-country phone tree,
my cross-country schedule,
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and my cross-country
sportsmanship agreement,
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which I have to sign
and return.
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Wow. There's so many papers
to sign when you're on a sport.
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You just stick that schedule
up on the cupboard, girl.
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I finally have something
to put on the cupboard...
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besides my braces tightening
schedule.
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I guess I'll just have to move
axl's football schedule over.
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After all,
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we do have two athletes
in the family now.
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First meet is on the 2nd.
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How can sue's first meet be
on the same day as homecoming?
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What kind of team
schedules something...
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the same day as homecoming?
It doesn't make any sense.
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Right? I mean, come on.
Axl finally makes varsity.
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Sue finally makes...
Anything!
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And they're both
at the same time?
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Why does the universe
do this to us?
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The universe took a look at als...
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and had to take us down a peg.
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Yeah, well...
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We got two events, two parents.
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We'll just have to divide
and conquer, I guess.
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Ugh. All right.
I'll take football.
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Wh... no way.
Why do you get football?
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I'm a guy. Oh, come on.
Cross-country's a sport, too.
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Is it? They run into the woods
and come out two hours later.
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Lost dogs do the same thing.
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I want homecoming!
It's a huge deal.
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I bought a new dress
and everything.
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Well, technically you didn't.
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Oh, no way, Mike. No way.
Let's shoot for it.
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Rock, paper, scissors. Come on.
Rock... I'm not gonna shoot you for it.
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Rock, paper, scissors.
Ready?
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Rock, paper, scissors. Come... wrong.
Rock, paper, scissors. No. All right. Hold on.
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Come on. We're being silly.
Homecoming is the bigger deal.
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We're expected to walk axl
out on the field.
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We have a job.
That's our job.
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Sue has a whole season of meets
we can go to. She'll be fine.
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And it's her first meet. I don't
want to miss her first meet.
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Well, then I guess
we have our answer.
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No, we do not have our answer.
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I want to walk axl out
on the field.
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Ohh. I want to do both.
Oh, God. I feel sick.
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Okay, stop beatin' yourself up.
Sue!
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She's a big girl.
She'll understand. Sue!
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Yeah?
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I'm sorry, but your first meet
is at the same time...
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as the big homecoming game,
so...
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Oh. That's okay. You don't
have to come to my meet.
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I mean...
Mom'll be there.
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Brick.
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Use the rake.
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The rake, Brick.
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So while Mike was dealing
with Brick,
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i was trying to forget
about homecoming,
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which, for some reason,
was not easy.
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How do I look, Bob?
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Actually, sir, I think
you're supposed to drive,
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and the homecoming queen
sits back there.
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Does the homecoming queen
own a car dealership...
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and two pawnshops?
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I'm the big dog around here!
I can sit wherever I want.
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Wow. Homecoming, huh?
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It's a pretty big deal.
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I know. Huge.
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Yeah.
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I'm a little worried
about axl, though, you know?
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I mean, this is
a big deal for him,
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and I'll be with you instead.
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Oh, don't worry
about axl, mom.
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He understands
things are different...
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now that
I'm on cross-country.
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I mean, you've gone
to hundreds of his events,
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and you've never gone to
a single one of mine ever...
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And now you get to.
Aah!
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That is so true! Aah!
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Mom, it means a lot to me
that I can finally be...
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the one to make you proud.
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Are those tears of joy
in your eyes?
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Tears are tears.
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We don't have to define them.
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...
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Ow! ...
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So, listen,
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I'm really sorry I'm gonna
have to miss homecoming.
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Whatevs.
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Are you okay?
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'Cause if you're upset
about this,
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maybe you should tell sue.
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Just, you know,
tell her how you wanted me...
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to walk you onto that field
your whole life...
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and you'll be
really disappointed...
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if you have to go out there
without me.
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Okay. Well, first of all,
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maybe you're right
that I'll be disappointed,
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but I don't think so,
and, second of all, no.
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Well, why don't you just
get up off the couch...
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and yell something, like,
"my, God, mom!
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"It would break my heart
that my very own mother...
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won't be at
the biggest day of my life!"...
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Then storm into your room, and I'll do the rest.
Ugh.
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Okay, you don't have
to say "disappointed."
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You can put it
in your own words.
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"Crushed," "bogus," "lame-o"...
Whatever feels comfortable.
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What's that smirk about?
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I got you an ely birthday gift.
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Well, you didn't get me
anything last year,
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so technically it's late,
but what do you got?
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I took care of it.
I talked to sue's coach...
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and got him
to move cross-country...
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a half-hour earlier so you can do both.
You're welcome. Oh, my God! Mike! How?
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There's not much you can't
accomplish in this town...
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with a case of beer
and a wheel of cheese.
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Oh, seriously? I can do both?
I can really do both?
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Oh! You are a hero.
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At's the word I was gonna use.
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See, I'm a doer, Frankie.
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While you talk, talk, talk,
I get it done.
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Talker. Doer. Just like
this thing with Brick.
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I put him outside
and told him to work.
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That out there is
a man in the making.
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Yeah, well,
your man in the making...
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just climbed into a trash bag.
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Jeez. Brick!
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Come on. Get out of there.
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Thattaboy. He's out.
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And so Brick continued
to rake the leaves...
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day after day after day.
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He organized them by color.
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He made sure he got every one.
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It's almost ready!
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He did his job...
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with extraordinary attention
to detail.
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This one doesn't match
any of our trees.
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I'll return it
to the neighbors.
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And just when Mike had
about given up...
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I finished.
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Really?
Yep.
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Oh.
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You did it.
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Took you 11 days to do a job
that should take an hour,
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but you did it. All by yourself.
Doesn't it feel good? It really does.
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You're growing up fast,
Brick. Really fast.
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I know.
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Can you tie my shoe?
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At last, the big day arrived.
Homecoming was our super bowl.
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Actually, the super bowl was
our super bowl,
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but homecoming was
a close second.
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Ah, ya flooded it,
you dizzy broad.
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Now we're screwed.
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Well, don't just sit there.
Get out and push.
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B-e a-g-g-r-e-s-s-I-v-e!
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Aggressive! B-e aggressive!
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Whoo!
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Hey!
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Mike.
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Brickster.
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Oh, Bob.
Ah.
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You found us.
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Great game, huh?
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Yeah, we're gonna crush them
to smithereens.
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Orson rules!
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Yeah!
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Ah-ooh-gah! Ow! Ow!
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Yeah, baby! Whoo!
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You're really going
to town there, huh?
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Oh. Sorry about that.
That's okay.
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Yeah, you know,
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big weekend for an alum.
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Gettin' fired up.
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Gettin' psyched. Ah!
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Oh, the times I had here.
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You didn't go here.
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No. I was homeschooled.
Where's Frankie?
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Um...
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Where was I?
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I was at a place...
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that people from the boonies
refer to as the sticks.
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Runners, on your mark.
244
00:11:35,430 --> 00:11:36,829
Go, sue! Whoo!
245
00:11:36,864 --> 00:11:38,247
Go, sue! Yeah!
246
00:11:38,282 --> 00:11:40,715
Go, sue!
247
00:11:42,818 --> 00:11:45,418
Have you er seen
such pageantry?
248
00:11:45,453 --> 00:11:47,737
And the thundering hens
drill rifle-ettes are up next,
249
00:11:47,772 --> 00:11:50,038
as soon as we get
the stalled car moved...
250
00:11:50,073 --> 00:11:51,522
off the field.
251
00:11:51,556 --> 00:11:53,940
Uh, yeah, sorry... the stalled
car from ehlert motors!
252
00:11:53,975 --> 00:11:56,326
So when you think of quality,
think ehlert motors!
253
00:11:57,861 --> 00:11:59,794
Yeah!
Go, thundering hens!
254
00:11:59,829 --> 00:12:01,763
Whoo!
255
00:12:01,797 --> 00:12:03,630
Bob, when they say
"yards rushing,"...
256
00:12:03,665 --> 00:12:05,399
what does that mean?
257
00:12:05,433 --> 00:12:07,784
Well, football's a really
fascinating game, Brick.
258
00:12:07,818 --> 00:12:10,268
It's hard to explain
all the particular nuances.
259
00:12:10,303 --> 00:12:13,003
You don't know, do you?
I just cheer when everyone else does.
260
00:12:14,473 --> 00:12:16,406
Dad, then can I ask you
a question?
261
00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,208
Kinda wondering why you didn't.
262
00:12:19,242 --> 00:12:21,909
Okay. Where do the leaves go,
you know, after the raking?
263
00:12:21,944 --> 00:12:24,511
You ask Bob about football
and I get leaves?
264
00:12:24,529 --> 00:12:27,613
Well? Well, we'll take 'em down
to the dump, and they'll put 'em...
265
00:12:27,647 --> 00:12:31,416
in the incinerator. What?!
You never said they were gonna burn 'em!
266
00:12:31,450 --> 00:12:33,917
Well, what did you think was gonna happen?
I thought maybe we'd take them into the forest...
267
00:12:33,951 --> 00:12:35,384
and set them free.
268
00:12:35,419 --> 00:12:37,336
Will all varsity parents
please report to the field?
269
00:12:37,371 --> 00:12:39,254
Okay. Look, Brick, I don't
have time to talk to you...
270
00:12:39,288 --> 00:12:41,189
about this now. They're calling
the parents down onto the field.
271
00:12:41,223 --> 00:12:43,624
Hey, Bob. Keep an eye on him till I get back.
No problem, Mike.
272
00:12:43,658 --> 00:12:46,025
He's safe with me. I'm going
for a corn dog. Save my seat.
273
00:12:46,060 --> 00:12:48,360
In just a short time,
we'll begin the parade...
274
00:12:48,394 --> 00:12:50,578
...Of
the Orson varsity families.
275
00:12:50,612 --> 00:12:53,430
I think it's safe to assume
at least some of these parents...
276
00:12:53,464 --> 00:12:56,132
had sons
expressly for this purpose.
277
00:12:56,166 --> 00:12:59,767
Hi. I'm sue heck's mom, and
she hasn't come in yet. Who?
278
00:12:59,785 --> 00:13:01,769
Never mind. I was just
wondering if you know...
279
00:13:01,837 --> 00:13:03,770
when this'll be wrapping up,
280
00:13:03,805 --> 00:13:05,771
because I need
to get to homecoming.
281
00:13:05,789 --> 00:13:08,874
It's kind of a big deal,
'cause my son's on varsity.
282
00:13:08,908 --> 00:13:12,610
Ah, football. Everyone loves
the sports with balls.
283
00:13:12,644 --> 00:13:16,312
Look, everyone else is in,
so I guess it'll be over...
284
00:13:16,347 --> 00:13:18,747
when your daughter crosses
over the finish line.
285
00:13:18,781 --> 00:13:20,281
Okay.
286
00:13:23,651 --> 00:13:27,887
Where is she?
287
00:13:31,890 --> 00:13:33,340
Oh, my God.
288
00:13:33,391 --> 00:13:36,058
I don't see anyone
in front of me.
289
00:13:36,093 --> 00:13:39,211
Oh!
I think I'm first!
290
00:13:42,881 --> 00:13:44,853
Hey, sue. Lookin' good.
291
00:13:44,887 --> 00:13:47,159
Mom.
What are you doing here?
292
00:13:47,192 --> 00:13:49,149
How's my time?
Am I winning?
293
00:13:49,182 --> 00:13:52,167
Oh. Not exactly. The other
runners have all come in.
294
00:13:52,202 --> 00:13:55,069
Oh, really? Well, I lost
some time in the woods.
295
00:13:55,103 --> 00:13:58,005
An angry raccoon wouldn't
let me stay on the path,
296
00:13:58,039 --> 00:14:00,742
and I fell into a pricker bush,
and it took a while to get out.
297
00:14:00,775 --> 00:14:02,715
And then I threw up a little.
298
00:14:02,749 --> 00:14:05,601
But I think I'm on a runner's high now.
Hey, listen, sue.
299
00:14:05,635 --> 00:14:08,502
Why don't you hop in? I'll
drive you to the finish line.
300
00:14:08,553 --> 00:14:11,405
What?! I can't do that.
That's cheating. It's not cheating.
301
00:14:11,439 --> 00:14:13,777
You'll still get last place.
You'll just get it sooner.
302
00:14:13,811 --> 00:14:16,314
It's time, mom.
They record your time.
303
00:14:16,349 --> 00:14:18,703
No, honey, but see,
the... the timekeeper left.
304
00:14:18,737 --> 00:14:20,162
She went to homecoming.
305
00:14:20,196 --> 00:14:22,152
They all went
to hecoming.
306
00:14:22,186 --> 00:14:25,021
I'm sorry, but I want
to cross that finish l...
307
00:14:25,055 --> 00:14:27,924
sue heck does not give up.
And that is what I love about you. I really do.
308
00:14:27,958 --> 00:14:30,809
Just not when I have
15 minutes to get to homecoming...
309
00:14:30,843 --> 00:14:33,695
and walk your brother out
onto that field!
310
00:14:35,553 --> 00:14:38,769
I knew it. I knew you'd rather
be at axl's thing than with me.
311
00:14:40,794 --> 00:14:43,779
Okay, you know what, sue?
You got me.
312
00:14:43,812 --> 00:14:46,233
Yes, I want to go
to axl's thing.
313
00:14:46,267 --> 00:14:48,156
I want to wear
a pretty, returnable dress...
314
00:14:48,191 --> 00:14:50,114
and walk your brother
down the field,
315
00:14:50,148 --> 00:14:53,000
but not because I don't want to
be here with you, because I do.
316
00:14:53,033 --> 00:14:55,885
And I was! It's just that
I get no affection from axl.
317
00:14:55,919 --> 00:14:58,771
I mean, you're a girl,
and you still love to hug...
318
00:14:58,805 --> 00:15:00,960
and cuddle with me,
but your brother is just...
319
00:15:00,994 --> 00:15:03,381
this miserable, smart-mouthed
pain in the butt...
320
00:15:03,416 --> 00:15:05,770
who won't let me
anywhere near him,
321
00:15:05,803 --> 00:15:08,356
and if I can have one moment
where he'll let me...
322
00:15:08,391 --> 00:15:11,242
walk arm in arm with him
out onto that field...
323
00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:14,128
and kiss him on the cheek,
and he can't wipe it off,
324
00:15:14,163 --> 00:15:16,881
then yes!
I wanted to do that!
325
00:15:22,322 --> 00:15:25,140
Okay.
Let's go get your moment.
326
00:15:28,325 --> 00:15:30,198
You gotta love daughters.
327
00:15:30,233 --> 00:15:33,798
We even found a way for sue
to cross the finish line.
328
00:15:33,832 --> 00:15:36,766
Aah!
329
00:15:40,018 --> 00:15:41,924
I can't get ahold of her.
330
00:15:41,958 --> 00:15:43,499
...And number 32,
331
00:15:43,534 --> 00:15:46,634
escorted
by frances and Michael heck.
332
00:15:46,668 --> 00:15:48,541
I'm here. I'm here.
333
00:15:48,576 --> 00:15:51,493
Oh, thank God. Mom, I was afraid
you weren't gonna make it.
334
00:15:51,527 --> 00:15:53,484
Here.
335
00:15:53,534 --> 00:15:55,457
Yeah, here's
what really happened.
336
00:15:55,492 --> 00:15:58,343
...
And now each boy will pin his mother...
337
00:15:58,376 --> 00:16:01,030
with the traditional
homecoming corsage.
338
00:16:01,063 --> 00:16:03,650
The corsages were donated
by al's hardware,
339
00:16:03,684 --> 00:16:05,574
your discount snow shovel
destination!
340
00:16:05,607 --> 00:16:08,758
Al's hardware...
Where the sale never ends!
341
00:16:08,792 --> 00:16:10,234
Sale ends Friday.
342
00:16:11,976 --> 00:16:13,402
Here.
343
00:16:13,436 --> 00:16:15,358
Oh. Yeah, okay.
344
00:16:19,074 --> 00:16:22,307
And so that was it.
I had missed the big moment.
345
00:16:22,359 --> 00:16:26,023
I missed it all... the pageantry,
the walk, the corsage.
346
00:16:26,074 --> 00:16:27,996
But then,
347
00:16:28,030 --> 00:16:31,180
almost as if axl wanted
to make it up to me,
348
00:16:31,198 --> 00:16:33,187
he pulled off
the greatest play of the year.
349
00:16:37,217 --> 00:16:39,588
What's happening?
I don't know!
350
00:16:41,331 --> 00:16:43,801
Whoo, axl!
Yes!
351
00:16:48,147 --> 00:16:50,916
We have a time-out
on the field...
352
00:16:50,950 --> 00:16:53,288
with number 32 down
at the 11 yard line.
353
00:16:53,321 --> 00:16:56,621
He's okay. Hjust got
the wind knocked out of him.
354
00:16:56,656 --> 00:16:58,030
Frankie?
355
00:17:02,791 --> 00:17:06,041
Frankie, no!
356
00:17:06,074 --> 00:17:07,733
Dude, your mom's here.
357
00:17:07,766 --> 00:17:10,668
Good evening, Mrs. heck.
Lovely dress.
358
00:17:10,702 --> 00:17:13,670
Axl, sweetie, are you okay?
359
00:17:13,704 --> 00:17:16,191
Please tell me I'm dead.
360
00:17:23,788 --> 00:17:25,942
God, I can't
believe she just did that.
361
00:17:25,977 --> 00:17:28,596
The good news is, I did get
to walk arm in arm on the field...
362
00:17:28,913 --> 00:17:32,316
with my son, but it wasn't
exactly how I had pictured it.
363
00:17:34,149 --> 00:17:35,980
Well, if you wanted
to wait 16 years...
364
00:17:36,014 --> 00:17:37,980
until the perfect moment
to completely destroy my life...
365
00:17:38,016 --> 00:17:40,788
so I can never show my face
outside this house again,
366
00:17:40,822 --> 00:17:42,890
congratulations, mom!
Your evil plan worked! Axl.
367
00:17:42,941 --> 00:17:45,294
Okay, I'm sorry.
I still don't understand.
368
00:17:45,328 --> 00:17:47,849
Where is it written
that a mother cannot run...
369
00:17:47,883 --> 00:17:51,043
out onto a football field if
she thinks her son is injured?
370
00:17:51,077 --> 00:17:53,094
It's not written anywhere,
Frankie,
371
00:17:53,112 --> 00:17:54,977
'cause everyone
in the world agreed...
372
00:17:55,012 --> 00:17:58,137
it was too obvious to write down.
Well, I think axl is being a baby.
373
00:17:58,155 --> 00:18:00,340
Embarrassment is
an important part of sports.
374
00:18:00,375 --> 00:18:02,862
My coach told me that.
375
00:18:02,897 --> 00:18:04,460
Dad?
What, Brick?
376
00:18:04,494 --> 00:18:06,477
If we can't set the leaves
free,
377
00:18:06,545 --> 00:18:08,561
can I at least keep them
in my room?
378
00:18:08,596 --> 00:18:11,521
They won't take up much space.
Space.
379
00:18:11,555 --> 00:18:13,571
No, Brick. You're not
settin' 'em free,
380
00:18:13,605 --> 00:18:15,555
you're not keeping 'em
in your room,
381
00:18:15,590 --> 00:18:18,009
and you're not reading to 'em.
382
00:18:18,044 --> 00:18:20,195
They'r not your friends, Brick.
383
00:18:20,230 --> 00:18:23,658
They're leaves.
Dead leaves. You got it?
384
00:18:26,652 --> 00:18:29,744
I just don't get it.
When's that kid gonna grow up?
385
00:18:29,779 --> 00:18:32,737
Why are you in such a hurry
for him to grow up?
386
00:18:32,771 --> 00:18:34,787
So he can, quick,
be a teenager like axl...
387
00:18:34,839 --> 00:18:36,738
and have nothing to do with us?
388
00:18:36,773 --> 00:18:40,167
Don't wish the time away, Mike.
389
00:18:50,323 --> 00:18:52,743
Hey.
390
00:18:52,777 --> 00:18:55,735
Brought you an ice pack
for your shoulder.
391
00:18:58,426 --> 00:18:59,838
Just...
392
00:18:59,872 --> 00:19:01,888
Keep it there for 20 minutes.
393
00:19:01,923 --> 00:19:03,939
But don't fall asleep
with it on, 'cause...
394
00:19:03,974 --> 00:19:05,453
I'm sorry. Sorry.
395
00:19:05,487 --> 00:19:07,167
It's just...
396
00:19:07,202 --> 00:19:09,588
Hard to stop being a mom.
397
00:19:11,069 --> 00:19:13,287
Listen, I know
you're growing up,
398
00:19:13,305 --> 00:19:15,641
and... and you want me
out of your life,
399
00:19:15,675 --> 00:19:17,153
and I'm trying, axl.
400
00:19:17,188 --> 00:19:18,632
I really am.
401
00:19:18,668 --> 00:19:22,247
It's just that it's gone
so darn fast, you know?
402
00:19:22,298 --> 00:19:24,013
Like warp speed.
403
00:19:24,048 --> 00:19:27,039
A minute ago,
you were hanging on my leg,
404
00:19:27,073 --> 00:19:29,089
begging me not to leave you
at preschool,
405
00:19:29,107 --> 00:19:31,073
and now I realize,
I shouldn't have.
406
00:19:31,109 --> 00:19:33,797
I should've just
snatched you and ran.
407
00:19:35,311 --> 00:19:37,765
And, you know,
all I'm trying to say...
408
00:19:37,799 --> 00:19:39,782
is that if I embarrassed you...
409
00:19:39,816 --> 00:19:41,799
by running out
onto that football field...
410
00:19:41,834 --> 00:19:45,162
Which I still don't see
why it's so wrong, ut I'm...
411
00:19:45,196 --> 00:19:47,044
Then...
412
00:19:48,592 --> 00:19:50,374
I'm sorry.
413
00:19:54,023 --> 00:19:56,846
Good night.
414
00:19:56,881 --> 00:19:59,788
Don't have to stop.
415
00:19:59,823 --> 00:20:01,267
What?
416
00:20:01,302 --> 00:20:02,713
I-I mean,
417
00:20:02,748 --> 00:20:05,336
he hit me really hard,
you know.
418
00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:08,783
It kinda hurts.
419
00:20:08,817 --> 00:20:11,960
I guess that's the thing
about being a mom.
420
00:20:11,978 --> 00:20:13,859
You never really have to stop.
421
00:20:13,911 --> 00:20:16,970
You just have to start learning
to do it in private,
422
00:20:17,004 --> 00:20:18,382
but that's okay.
423
00:20:18,416 --> 00:20:21,441
In the end, it's not about
those big, public moments.
424
00:20:21,477 --> 00:20:24,737
It's the little moments...
The ones that sneak up on you.
425
00:20:24,755 --> 00:20:27,326
Those are the ones
you remember.
426
00:20:28,991 --> 00:20:30,974
Ah.
427
00:20:40,810 --> 00:20:44,003
This is
harder than I thought.
428
00:20:44,038 --> 00:20:46,020
I know.
429
00:20:46,070 --> 00:20:50,620
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