1 00:00:02,945 --> 00:00:06,171 [gentle music] 2 00:01:39,708 --> 00:01:43,227 [upbeat music] 3 00:01:46,673 --> 00:01:47,931 You sure it's all right, my stopping off 4 00:01:47,942 --> 00:01:49,641 and seeing Scotty and Diane? 5 00:01:49,718 --> 00:01:51,410 I told you, no problem. 6 00:01:51,486 --> 00:01:53,353 Yeah, but we're supposed to start this new assignment. 7 00:01:53,430 --> 00:01:54,604 Yeah, I'll stop off at the hospital. 8 00:01:54,681 --> 00:01:56,148 I'll get all the information for us. 9 00:01:56,158 --> 00:01:57,307 Hospital? 10 00:01:57,384 --> 00:01:57,983 I thought we were going to be coaches. 11 00:01:58,059 --> 00:01:58,692 We are. 12 00:01:58,768 --> 00:01:59,818 Oh, great. 13 00:01:59,895 --> 00:02:01,577 Boy, that's right up my alley. 14 00:02:01,655 --> 00:02:04,072 Did I ever tell you that I was on the All City Police squad 15 00:02:04,149 --> 00:02:04,781 for-- 16 00:02:04,858 --> 00:02:05,699 Two years in a row. 17 00:02:05,775 --> 00:02:06,916 --two years in a row. 18 00:02:06,794 --> 00:02:07,826 You know what they called me? 19 00:02:07,903 --> 00:02:09,661 Magic Fingers Gordon. 20 00:02:09,738 --> 00:02:11,163 Must have mentioned that before, huh? 21 00:02:11,239 --> 00:02:13,498 About 372 times since we first met. 22 00:02:13,575 --> 00:02:16,334 I think your record was seven times during the Super Bowl 23 00:02:16,411 --> 00:02:17,635 last year. 24 00:02:17,713 --> 00:02:19,087 But we're not coaching football. 25 00:02:19,164 --> 00:02:20,255 It's track and field. - Track and field? 26 00:02:20,332 --> 00:02:21,365 That's great. 27 00:02:21,441 --> 00:02:22,465 Do you know that I ran the 110-- 28 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:24,426 10.9. 29 00:02:24,502 --> 00:02:25,510 I must have mentioned that, too. 30 00:02:25,587 --> 00:02:26,553 Mm-hmm. 31 00:02:26,630 --> 00:02:27,512 You know what they called me? 32 00:02:27,589 --> 00:02:28,513 Express Train Gordon. 33 00:02:28,590 --> 00:02:29,431 [imitates train whistle] 34 00:02:29,507 --> 00:02:30,607 [laughing] 35 00:02:30,684 --> 00:02:31,817 Track and field. 36 00:02:31,894 --> 00:02:33,318 That's right up my alley. 37 00:02:33,395 --> 00:02:34,603 I hope we get some good material. 38 00:02:34,679 --> 00:02:36,271 You know, some kids are special. 39 00:02:36,348 --> 00:02:37,414 Well, all of these kids are. 40 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:39,065 We're coaching Special Olympics. 41 00:02:39,142 --> 00:02:40,233 Special Olympics? 42 00:02:40,310 --> 00:02:41,743 Mm-hmm. 43 00:02:41,820 --> 00:02:43,862 Oh, I don't know if I'm cut out for something like that. 44 00:02:43,939 --> 00:02:45,572 Well, you just said it was right up your alley. 45 00:02:45,649 --> 00:02:46,748 I know, I know, but I thought you 46 00:02:46,825 --> 00:02:47,991 were talking about normal kids. 47 00:02:48,068 --> 00:02:51,203 These kids are-- well, you know. 48 00:02:51,213 --> 00:02:52,078 Retarded. 49 00:02:52,155 --> 00:02:53,288 Yeah. 50 00:02:53,299 --> 00:02:54,873 I mean, what can they do? 51 00:02:54,950 --> 00:02:57,042 You know, it's-- it's sort of sad. 52 00:02:57,118 --> 00:02:58,418 Why? 53 00:02:58,495 --> 00:02:59,669 Because they're not as smart as you and I? 54 00:02:59,746 --> 00:03:03,048 Well, yeah. 55 00:03:03,124 --> 00:03:04,633 All right, compared to Albert Einstein, 56 00:03:04,709 --> 00:03:05,884 you and I are retarded. 57 00:03:05,961 --> 00:03:09,512 Feel particularly sad about that, too? 58 00:03:09,589 --> 00:03:10,597 I guess you're right. 59 00:03:10,674 --> 00:03:11,773 [chuckles] 60 00:03:12,968 --> 00:03:15,060 The hospital's right up there. 61 00:03:15,136 --> 00:03:18,238 [gentle music] 62 00:03:19,641 --> 00:03:21,274 I'll see you over at Dan's. 63 00:03:21,351 --> 00:03:22,576 Right. 64 00:03:22,653 --> 00:03:23,735 Drive carefully. 65 00:03:23,812 --> 00:03:24,653 Oh, yeah. 66 00:03:24,729 --> 00:03:27,915 [gentle music] 67 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:44,297 Here are your coaches' manuals. 68 00:03:44,374 --> 00:03:45,857 Oh, thanks very much. 69 00:03:45,934 --> 00:03:47,676 I'm sure you and your friend will work out just fine. 70 00:03:47,752 --> 00:03:49,177 Where is Mark anyway? 71 00:03:49,254 --> 00:03:51,721 Oh, he stopped off to see his cousin. 72 00:03:51,798 --> 00:03:53,682 To tell you the truth, I think he's a little afraid 73 00:03:53,758 --> 00:03:54,933 about coaching these kids. 74 00:03:55,010 --> 00:03:57,686 [chuckles] Let me tell you something. 75 00:03:57,762 --> 00:03:59,237 That's the best kind. 76 00:03:59,314 --> 00:04:00,855 He'll spend some time with these kids. 77 00:04:00,932 --> 00:04:03,650 And, well, we kind of have an inside joke 78 00:04:03,727 --> 00:04:05,777 when we get a new coach that's afraid like that. 79 00:04:05,854 --> 00:04:07,946 They spend one afternoon with our athletes, 80 00:04:08,023 --> 00:04:09,189 and we go like this. 81 00:04:09,265 --> 00:04:11,157 [laughs] They're Hooked You know? 82 00:04:11,234 --> 00:04:12,917 I'm sure that's the way it'll be with Mark. 83 00:04:12,795 --> 00:04:14,244 It's just going to take a little time. 84 00:04:14,321 --> 00:04:15,537 That's all. - Yeah. 85 00:04:15,613 --> 00:04:17,831 Speaking of time, I've got a class. 86 00:04:17,907 --> 00:04:19,316 We'll get in touch with you tomorrow. 87 00:04:19,393 --> 00:04:20,625 You'll go through our training school 88 00:04:20,702 --> 00:04:21,626 and then you'll jump right in. 89 00:04:21,703 --> 00:04:22,552 Thanks. 90 00:04:22,629 --> 00:04:23,837 Sounds good. 91 00:04:23,913 --> 00:04:25,463 You, uh, have the games every four 92 00:04:25,540 --> 00:04:26,840 years just like the Olympics? 93 00:04:26,916 --> 00:04:28,967 We do have international games every four years, 94 00:04:29,044 --> 00:04:32,062 but Special Olympics is a year-round sports program with 95 00:04:32,139 --> 00:04:34,514 training and competition in 22 different 96 00:04:34,591 --> 00:04:36,066 summer and winter sports. 97 00:04:36,143 --> 00:04:38,051 You're going to be amazed. 98 00:04:38,128 --> 00:04:41,813 People always are when they see the skill and courage of people 99 00:04:41,890 --> 00:04:43,148 with mental retardation. 100 00:04:43,224 --> 00:04:44,490 Oh, I know. 101 00:04:44,568 --> 00:04:46,651 One of the saddest things is you'll-- 102 00:04:46,728 --> 00:04:48,428 you'll see somebody. 103 00:04:48,038 --> 00:04:49,821 A kid that's worked really hard in school and gets 104 00:04:49,898 --> 00:04:52,907 placed in a regular class with non-handicapped kids, 105 00:04:52,984 --> 00:04:54,626 they're able to do the class work. 106 00:04:54,703 --> 00:04:56,161 Down on the playground, they're the ones 107 00:04:56,237 --> 00:04:59,205 standing alone with no friends or sitting on a bench 108 00:04:59,282 --> 00:05:01,708 all by themselves. 109 00:05:01,785 --> 00:05:03,385 There's a kid named Todd then I would 110 00:05:03,462 --> 00:05:04,919 love to get into the program. 111 00:05:04,996 --> 00:05:06,671 We got a referral from his teacher, 112 00:05:06,748 --> 00:05:09,558 and I've tried a couple of times. 113 00:05:09,634 --> 00:05:10,884 Maybe you could give it a try. 114 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:12,102 Hey, I'd be happy to. 115 00:05:12,179 --> 00:05:13,553 Well, I've got to be going. 116 00:05:13,630 --> 00:05:14,796 It was nice meeting you. 117 00:05:14,872 --> 00:05:15,847 And I'll get you Todd's address. 118 00:05:15,924 --> 00:05:17,632 Thanks very much. 119 00:05:17,709 --> 00:05:20,852 HOSPITAL ANNOUNCER: Dr. Lanigan, please report to emergency. 120 00:05:20,929 --> 00:05:23,989 Dr. Lanigan, report to emergency. 121 00:05:30,072 --> 00:05:32,238 Hey, Scotty, you old ambulance chaser. 122 00:05:32,315 --> 00:05:33,565 How are you doing? 123 00:05:33,641 --> 00:05:35,058 Jonathan, what are you doing down here? 124 00:05:35,135 --> 00:05:36,701 Well, Mark and I got to work around here for a while. 125 00:05:36,778 --> 00:05:38,361 What are you doing here? 126 00:05:38,439 --> 00:05:41,706 Seeing the doc about my test results, sperm count and such. 127 00:05:41,783 --> 00:05:43,875 I'm nervous as hell. 128 00:05:43,952 --> 00:05:45,335 You want some company? 129 00:05:45,412 --> 00:05:46,344 You bet. 130 00:05:46,422 --> 00:05:48,713 I'm heading thataway. 131 00:05:48,790 --> 00:05:51,383 You got it. 132 00:05:51,459 --> 00:05:52,834 How's the law business? 133 00:05:52,911 --> 00:05:54,386 Hey, I'm Perry Mason on wheels. 134 00:05:54,462 --> 00:05:55,437 What can I tell you? 135 00:05:55,514 --> 00:05:56,763 How's Diane doing? 136 00:05:56,840 --> 00:05:57,722 She's. 137 00:05:57,799 --> 00:05:59,424 Great too great. 138 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:01,351 I wish we could get a little morning sickness going here, 139 00:06:01,428 --> 00:06:03,127 you know? 140 00:06:03,205 --> 00:06:04,979 I mean, I guess you already know about it from Mark. 141 00:06:05,056 --> 00:06:07,232 I think Diane's mother puts out a newsletter. 142 00:06:07,308 --> 00:06:09,359 Nah, you and Diane haven't been trying for that long, 143 00:06:09,436 --> 00:06:10,576 have you? - No. 144 00:06:10,654 --> 00:06:11,861 But you know, when you're in a chair, 145 00:06:11,938 --> 00:06:13,905 you kind of wonder what other parts 146 00:06:13,982 --> 00:06:15,556 don't work the way they should. 147 00:06:15,634 --> 00:06:18,284 Oh, you and Diane are going to make great parents. 148 00:06:18,361 --> 00:06:21,380 If there's any problem, there's all kinds of alternatives. 149 00:06:21,456 --> 00:06:22,756 Yeah, yeah, I know. 150 00:06:22,833 --> 00:06:25,917 But it's like the old commercial, "Mother, please. 151 00:06:25,994 --> 00:06:28,545 I'd rather do it myself." 152 00:06:28,621 --> 00:06:29,471 Ah, here we are. 153 00:06:32,834 --> 00:06:35,718 Ah, well, here you go. 154 00:06:35,795 --> 00:06:38,888 Cross your fingers for me. 155 00:06:38,965 --> 00:06:40,023 You got it, buddy. 156 00:06:43,553 --> 00:06:44,436 Here's some hot coffee. 157 00:06:44,512 --> 00:06:45,362 Ah, thank you. 158 00:06:47,599 --> 00:06:48,440 What time is it? 159 00:06:48,516 --> 00:06:49,816 Mm. 160 00:06:49,893 --> 00:06:50,951 4:45. 161 00:06:56,316 --> 00:06:58,616 I'm worried about Scotty. 162 00:06:58,693 --> 00:06:59,784 Why? 163 00:06:59,861 --> 00:07:01,286 I mean, he's feeling OK, isn't he? 164 00:07:01,362 --> 00:07:02,170 Oh, he's fine. 165 00:07:04,791 --> 00:07:06,207 I'm just worried about how he's going 166 00:07:06,284 --> 00:07:07,959 to feel if the tests show he's got a problem 167 00:07:08,036 --> 00:07:10,220 and he can't have any kids. 168 00:07:10,297 --> 00:07:11,871 Yeah. 169 00:07:11,948 --> 00:07:13,339 But you know, today with artificial insemination, 170 00:07:13,416 --> 00:07:15,925 you can almost pick the kind of kid you want. 171 00:07:16,002 --> 00:07:17,469 Yeah. 172 00:07:17,545 --> 00:07:19,637 But the kind of kid he wants is a little Scotty, 173 00:07:19,714 --> 00:07:20,680 and that's what I want, too. 174 00:07:20,757 --> 00:07:23,141 [chuckles] Oh, Mark. 175 00:07:23,218 --> 00:07:24,392 It just doesn't seem fair. 176 00:07:24,469 --> 00:07:26,603 I mean, he's been through so much already. 177 00:07:26,679 --> 00:07:31,158 [sighs] Why can't God give him a break this time? 178 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,820 Eh, maybe he will. 179 00:07:35,897 --> 00:07:36,738 Yeah. 180 00:07:36,814 --> 00:07:38,698 Yeah, maybe. 181 00:07:38,775 --> 00:07:39,991 (SINGING) Ya, da de, de, de, de. 182 00:07:40,068 --> 00:07:41,201 De, de, de, de, de, de. 183 00:07:41,277 --> 00:07:43,503 Ya, de, de, de, de, de, da, da. 184 00:07:43,580 --> 00:07:44,454 Scotty, what? 185 00:07:44,531 --> 00:07:46,915 Look who I found. 186 00:07:46,991 --> 00:07:47,957 Hello! 187 00:07:48,034 --> 00:07:49,542 Jonathan, hi! 188 00:07:49,619 --> 00:07:50,668 - Diane, how are you? - Good. 189 00:07:50,679 --> 00:07:51,761 Oh, it's good to see you. 190 00:07:51,838 --> 00:07:52,754 Oh. 191 00:07:52,831 --> 00:07:54,464 Oh, it's good to see you. 192 00:07:54,541 --> 00:07:55,465 Well, where have you been? 193 00:07:55,542 --> 00:07:56,799 I was getting worried. 194 00:07:56,876 --> 00:07:57,767 Wrong question. 195 00:08:01,422 --> 00:08:03,306 What's the right question? 196 00:08:03,383 --> 00:08:04,849 How are you? 197 00:08:04,926 --> 00:08:06,100 Fine. 198 00:08:06,177 --> 00:08:07,227 No, no, my dear. 199 00:08:07,303 --> 00:08:10,480 "How are you?" is what you ask me? 200 00:08:10,557 --> 00:08:11,940 How are you? 201 00:08:12,016 --> 00:08:14,017 All in good time. 202 00:08:13,660 --> 00:08:16,569 And now, let's see what Jonathan has behind door number one. 203 00:08:16,646 --> 00:08:21,074 Well, let's see right behind door number one, we have-- 204 00:08:21,150 --> 00:08:22,784 [laughs] 205 00:08:22,861 --> 00:08:25,119 And just to show that I'm not a sexist, chauvinist pig, 206 00:08:25,196 --> 00:08:27,455 you hit it, Johnny boy. 207 00:08:27,532 --> 00:08:28,540 Ta-da. 208 00:08:28,616 --> 00:08:30,800 Now ask me how I am again. 209 00:08:35,623 --> 00:08:37,399 You mean? 210 00:08:37,475 --> 00:08:39,425 Yes, ma'am, I'm potent, brimming over with virility, 211 00:08:39,502 --> 00:08:42,303 a veritable stallion on wheels. 212 00:08:42,314 --> 00:08:45,232 The bottom line is we can make a baby, baby. 213 00:08:55,351 --> 00:08:58,069 Scotty, [laughs] a baby. 214 00:08:58,146 --> 00:09:01,998 [chattering] 215 00:09:06,821 --> 00:09:08,213 Oh, boy. 216 00:09:08,290 --> 00:09:09,130 A little nervous, huh? 217 00:09:09,207 --> 00:09:10,123 Yeah a little. 218 00:09:10,199 --> 00:09:10,790 It'll pass. 219 00:09:10,867 --> 00:09:12,292 Believe me. 220 00:09:12,368 --> 00:09:13,710 They're great kids. 221 00:09:13,786 --> 00:09:15,461 You're going to love them. 222 00:09:15,538 --> 00:09:16,546 OK, everybody, listen up. 223 00:09:16,623 --> 00:09:18,673 This is Mark Gordon, your coach. 224 00:09:18,750 --> 00:09:21,050 Let's give him a big hi, Mark! 225 00:09:21,127 --> 00:09:24,104 Hi, Mark! 226 00:09:24,180 --> 00:09:25,471 OK, Coach. 227 00:09:25,548 --> 00:09:26,439 You're on your own. 228 00:09:30,762 --> 00:09:32,228 Hi, guys. 229 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:33,897 Now, listen. 230 00:09:33,973 --> 00:09:36,032 When I call your name, you just-- uh, you stay here, OK? 231 00:09:38,686 --> 00:09:40,069 Ah. 232 00:09:40,146 --> 00:09:41,112 Jimmy? 233 00:09:41,189 --> 00:09:42,372 Here. 234 00:09:42,449 --> 00:09:43,665 Uh, Mary Beth? 235 00:09:43,742 --> 00:09:45,083 I am here. 236 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:46,284 [laughs] 237 00:09:46,361 --> 00:09:48,620 And Kyle? 238 00:09:48,696 --> 00:09:49,829 Kyle? 239 00:09:49,906 --> 00:09:50,814 All right. 240 00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:51,706 Kyle-- Kyle's not here. 241 00:09:51,783 --> 00:09:55,251 Kyle, right over here. 242 00:09:55,328 --> 00:09:59,222 Kyle, when I call your name, you say here, OK? 243 00:09:59,299 --> 00:10:01,758 Kyle, when I call your name, you answer up, OK? 244 00:10:01,834 --> 00:10:03,018 He can't speak any. 245 00:10:06,547 --> 00:10:07,388 Right. 246 00:10:07,465 --> 00:10:10,016 OK. 247 00:10:10,093 --> 00:10:11,776 Do you have to go to the bathroom? 248 00:10:14,522 --> 00:10:16,022 Uh, why do you ask me that? 249 00:10:16,099 --> 00:10:18,033 You can't stand still. 250 00:10:20,561 --> 00:10:21,361 Oh, well. That? 251 00:10:21,437 --> 00:10:22,487 I get it. 252 00:10:22,564 --> 00:10:23,488 I'm just a little nervous. 253 00:10:23,564 --> 00:10:24,572 I don't have to go to bathroom. 254 00:10:28,277 --> 00:10:30,787 How come? 255 00:10:30,863 --> 00:10:32,914 How come what? 256 00:10:32,990 --> 00:10:36,501 How come you're very nervous? 257 00:10:36,577 --> 00:10:37,627 [sighs] Well, I'm-- 258 00:10:37,704 --> 00:10:40,755 I'm just nervous, you know, that I 259 00:10:40,832 --> 00:10:42,965 won't be a good coach for you. 260 00:10:43,042 --> 00:10:44,634 Actually, I'm scared to death I won't 261 00:10:44,711 --> 00:10:47,553 be a good coach for you guys. 262 00:10:47,630 --> 00:10:48,563 Do you know that you're old? 263 00:10:51,401 --> 00:10:53,184 What, old? 264 00:10:53,261 --> 00:10:55,153 That's what we say in Special Olympics. 265 00:10:58,015 --> 00:11:00,274 "Let me win. 266 00:11:00,351 --> 00:11:08,199 But if I cannot win, let me be brave in my attempt." 267 00:11:08,276 --> 00:11:10,017 Oh, yeah. 268 00:11:10,095 --> 00:11:11,953 I should have remembered that from the trading school. 269 00:11:12,029 --> 00:11:13,579 That's OK. 270 00:11:13,656 --> 00:11:16,299 We learn slow, too. 271 00:11:16,376 --> 00:11:18,051 You have to try, so. 272 00:11:22,498 --> 00:11:23,381 Yeah, you're right. 273 00:11:23,458 --> 00:11:26,676 You're right, and I will. 274 00:11:26,753 --> 00:11:29,095 I'll try. 275 00:11:29,172 --> 00:11:32,941 [upbeat music, cheering] 276 00:11:40,725 --> 00:11:41,649 Way to go! 277 00:11:41,726 --> 00:11:44,953 [upbeat music] 278 00:11:45,730 --> 00:11:46,612 [gun bangs] 279 00:11:46,689 --> 00:11:50,032 [upbeat music] 280 00:11:50,109 --> 00:11:51,242 [whistle blows] 281 00:11:51,319 --> 00:11:52,118 Ah! 282 00:11:51,962 --> 00:11:55,213 [upbeat music] 283 00:11:59,660 --> 00:12:00,960 OK, who's next? 284 00:12:01,037 --> 00:12:04,597 [applauding] 285 00:12:05,625 --> 00:12:07,550 [cheering] 286 00:12:07,627 --> 00:12:08,551 Way to go! 287 00:12:08,562 --> 00:12:09,469 [gun bangs] 288 00:12:09,545 --> 00:12:12,522 [upbeat music] 289 00:12:15,009 --> 00:12:15,933 [whistle blows] 290 00:12:16,010 --> 00:12:19,487 [upbeat music] 291 00:12:24,936 --> 00:12:28,488 [cheering] 292 00:12:28,564 --> 00:12:32,041 [upbeat music] 293 00:12:33,986 --> 00:12:34,827 OK. 294 00:12:34,838 --> 00:12:36,004 Here we go. 295 00:12:38,842 --> 00:12:42,385 [cheering] 296 00:12:45,873 --> 00:12:47,173 Come on! 297 00:12:47,250 --> 00:12:49,934 [laughs] Come on. 298 00:12:50,011 --> 00:12:50,885 You're going to get it. 299 00:12:50,962 --> 00:12:51,886 Come on! 300 00:12:51,963 --> 00:12:55,482 [upbeat music] 301 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:00,394 [whistle blows] 302 00:13:00,471 --> 00:13:04,032 [upbeat music] 303 00:13:09,814 --> 00:13:11,739 Ah, that's right. 304 00:13:11,816 --> 00:13:13,115 That's right. 305 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:16,711 [upbeat music] 306 00:13:18,781 --> 00:13:20,489 [laughing] 307 00:13:24,161 --> 00:13:25,169 I'm sorry, Diane. 308 00:13:25,246 --> 00:13:26,554 I wish I had better news. 309 00:13:30,084 --> 00:13:31,926 All this time we thought-- 310 00:13:32,003 --> 00:13:33,761 well, I thought it was Scotty. 311 00:13:36,799 --> 00:13:42,562 Isn't there something I can do, some kind of operation? 312 00:13:42,638 --> 00:13:48,943 Some-- some thing? 313 00:13:49,020 --> 00:13:51,237 You could get a second opinion, 314 00:13:51,314 --> 00:13:54,866 but I think the answer will still be the same. 315 00:13:54,942 --> 00:13:55,992 I can't-- 316 00:13:56,069 --> 00:13:59,671 I can't ever have a baby? 317 00:13:59,747 --> 00:14:00,588 I'm sorry. 318 00:14:13,469 --> 00:14:15,177 [door opens] 319 00:14:15,254 --> 00:14:18,097 [door closes] 320 00:14:18,174 --> 00:14:21,651 [toy beeps melodically] 321 00:14:24,647 --> 00:14:27,356 It's my turn, Scott. 322 00:14:27,433 --> 00:14:28,441 Not it. 323 00:14:28,517 --> 00:14:30,151 I want a turn. 324 00:14:30,227 --> 00:14:32,069 You won't get one. 325 00:14:32,146 --> 00:14:35,990 You always cheat. 326 00:14:36,067 --> 00:14:38,668 You're a bad sport, Mary Beth. 327 00:14:41,072 --> 00:14:41,954 Excuse me. 328 00:14:42,031 --> 00:14:42,830 Are you Mrs. Burke? 329 00:14:42,907 --> 00:14:43,931 Yes. 330 00:14:44,008 --> 00:14:44,790 My name is Jonathan Smith. 331 00:14:44,867 --> 00:14:45,791 I'm with Special Olympics. 332 00:14:45,868 --> 00:14:46,792 Oh! 333 00:14:46,869 --> 00:14:48,210 Nice to meet you, Mr. Smith. 334 00:14:48,287 --> 00:14:49,462 You're here about Todd. 335 00:14:49,538 --> 00:14:50,597 Right. 336 00:14:50,673 --> 00:14:52,365 Yeah, we got a referral from his teacher. 337 00:14:52,442 --> 00:14:54,467 She said she thought he could get a lot of Special Olympics. 338 00:14:54,543 --> 00:14:55,735 She's. 339 00:14:55,811 --> 00:14:57,261 Right if you can get him in that program, 340 00:14:57,338 --> 00:14:59,263 it would be the best thing for them. 341 00:14:59,340 --> 00:15:01,641 But-- and an awful big if-- 342 00:15:01,717 --> 00:15:04,477 Matt Roarke was out here several times. 343 00:15:04,553 --> 00:15:09,357 Tommy just don't want anything to do with it. 344 00:15:09,433 --> 00:15:13,069 Tommy doesn't want anything to do with anything right now. 345 00:15:13,145 --> 00:15:14,362 What's he like to you? 346 00:15:14,438 --> 00:15:17,448 He'll get his way, watch TV all day long. 347 00:15:17,459 --> 00:15:19,408 Sounds like a lot of other kids. 348 00:15:19,485 --> 00:15:20,584 Well. 349 00:15:20,662 --> 00:15:21,494 it's more than that with Todd. 350 00:15:21,571 --> 00:15:23,162 It's his way of escape. 351 00:15:23,239 --> 00:15:25,623 Thirteen's a difficult age for any kid, 352 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:29,335 but for one who's mentally retarded, 353 00:15:29,412 --> 00:15:32,380 it's even harder, especially with his peers, 354 00:15:32,456 --> 00:15:34,548 the other kids in the school. 355 00:15:34,625 --> 00:15:36,175 I thought that'd be all the more reason they 356 00:15:36,252 --> 00:15:38,344 want to be in special needs. 357 00:15:38,421 --> 00:15:39,804 It'd be a chance to prove to himself 358 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,847 he can do it, plus make friends. 359 00:15:41,924 --> 00:15:43,808 You don't have to convince me. 360 00:15:43,884 --> 00:15:46,394 You gotta convince Todd. 361 00:15:46,470 --> 00:15:48,738 What about his parents? 362 00:15:48,815 --> 00:15:53,025 Well they gave him up to foster care years ago. 363 00:15:53,102 --> 00:15:55,945 That's what they were encouraged to do. 364 00:15:56,022 --> 00:16:00,866 They pay his bills, but they haven't seen him in years. 365 00:16:00,943 --> 00:16:02,284 Today, it's different. 366 00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:04,370 We encourage families not to give up 367 00:16:04,447 --> 00:16:06,288 their retarded children, and that's 368 00:16:06,365 --> 00:16:08,416 what's good about the Special Olympics, 369 00:16:08,492 --> 00:16:10,126 what it does to the families. 370 00:16:10,202 --> 00:16:12,378 It gives them such a sense of pride. 371 00:16:12,455 --> 00:16:15,515 Whereas before maybe there was only despair. 372 00:16:15,591 --> 00:16:16,882 Why me? 373 00:16:16,959 --> 00:16:18,009 JONATHAN: Oh. 374 00:16:18,085 --> 00:16:19,393 Come on. 375 00:16:19,470 --> 00:16:20,728 Let me take you up to Tommy's room. 376 00:16:32,641 --> 00:16:33,491 Hi. 377 00:16:37,021 --> 00:16:38,904 It's free time. 378 00:16:38,981 --> 00:16:41,657 I-I don't have to do anything. 379 00:16:41,734 --> 00:16:44,702 Miss Burke said so. 380 00:16:44,779 --> 00:16:46,245 Yeah, that's fine with me, Todd. 381 00:16:46,256 --> 00:16:48,164 I just wanted to talk to you. 382 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:49,832 My name is Jonathan. 383 00:16:49,909 --> 00:16:50,800 I don't want to talk! 384 00:17:04,182 --> 00:17:07,767 [clicks tongue] Can I come in? 385 00:17:07,843 --> 00:17:10,394 No. 386 00:17:10,471 --> 00:17:13,773 [clicks tongue] Anybody home? 387 00:17:13,849 --> 00:17:15,575 No. 388 00:17:15,651 --> 00:17:19,070 Well, then who keeps saying no? 389 00:17:19,146 --> 00:17:21,072 N-n-nobody. 390 00:17:21,148 --> 00:17:22,214 Well, I'll bet it's not nobody. 391 00:17:22,291 --> 00:17:25,868 I'll bet it's somebody. 392 00:17:25,945 --> 00:17:28,079 Go-- go away. 393 00:17:28,155 --> 00:17:29,172 How come? 394 00:17:32,451 --> 00:17:34,210 'C-cause I'm mean. 395 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:35,845 Well, I bet you're not as mean as me. 396 00:17:39,458 --> 00:17:40,800 I-I-I am, too. 397 00:17:40,876 --> 00:17:41,675 Yeah? 398 00:17:41,752 --> 00:17:43,803 How mean? 399 00:17:43,879 --> 00:17:45,930 Real mean. 400 00:17:46,006 --> 00:17:47,873 Show me how mean you are. 401 00:17:47,951 --> 00:17:49,192 I mean, can you-- can you make a mean face or something? 402 00:17:52,138 --> 00:17:53,145 Oh, come on. 403 00:17:53,222 --> 00:17:54,105 That's not mean. 404 00:17:54,181 --> 00:17:56,023 I'll show you mean, huh? 405 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:56,982 Look at this. 406 00:17:57,059 --> 00:17:57,950 [growls] 407 00:17:58,894 --> 00:18:00,653 Oh-- oh-- oh, yeah? 408 00:18:00,729 --> 00:18:03,239 Look at this. 409 00:18:03,315 --> 00:18:05,157 Oh, yeah? 410 00:18:05,234 --> 00:18:06,492 Look at this. 411 00:18:06,569 --> 00:18:08,786 Mm? 412 00:18:08,863 --> 00:18:10,037 O-oh, yeah? 413 00:18:10,114 --> 00:18:10,963 L-look at this. 414 00:18:13,701 --> 00:18:14,834 Ew, OK. 415 00:18:14,910 --> 00:18:15,751 All right, you're right. 416 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:17,035 You win. 417 00:18:17,113 --> 00:18:18,437 That's the meanest face I ever saw in my life. 418 00:18:18,514 --> 00:18:22,800 [chuckles] You're pretty good at that. 419 00:18:22,877 --> 00:18:26,512 But I'd bet there's a lot of things you're good at. 420 00:18:26,589 --> 00:18:27,847 Look, I'm a Special Olympics coach. 421 00:18:27,923 --> 00:18:29,448 We'd sure like to have you come down 422 00:18:29,525 --> 00:18:32,276 and find out some other things you're good at. 423 00:18:35,055 --> 00:18:38,065 I-I-I'm not good at nothing. 424 00:18:38,142 --> 00:18:39,316 I'm done. 425 00:18:39,393 --> 00:18:40,276 Oh, man. 426 00:18:40,352 --> 00:18:43,487 I don't think you're dumb. 427 00:18:43,564 --> 00:18:45,197 Then you're dumb. 428 00:18:45,274 --> 00:18:46,365 I haven't been mean to you, Todd. 429 00:18:46,442 --> 00:18:48,058 Please don't be mean to me. 430 00:18:51,447 --> 00:18:55,040 Then-- then go away. 431 00:18:55,117 --> 00:18:58,919 I-I don't want to do nothing. 432 00:18:58,930 --> 00:19:02,849 I can't do nothing, a-and you can't make me. 433 00:19:06,170 --> 00:19:07,511 Well, you're right about that, son. 434 00:19:07,588 --> 00:19:09,054 I can't make you. 435 00:19:09,131 --> 00:19:11,223 You have to want to. 436 00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:15,728 W-w-well, I don't. 437 00:19:15,804 --> 00:19:17,271 [somber music] 438 00:19:17,348 --> 00:19:18,656 G-go away. 439 00:19:21,977 --> 00:19:22,818 OK. 440 00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:26,414 [somber music] 441 00:19:42,831 --> 00:19:44,423 I hope this roast isn't too burned. 442 00:19:44,434 --> 00:19:45,341 Are you kidding? 443 00:19:45,417 --> 00:19:47,000 I love it. 444 00:19:47,077 --> 00:19:48,427 It's like that Cajun style when they seer everything. 445 00:19:48,438 --> 00:19:49,345 What do you call that? 446 00:19:49,421 --> 00:19:50,262 Burnt roast? 447 00:19:50,339 --> 00:19:51,622 JONATHAN: [laughs] 448 00:19:51,699 --> 00:19:53,224 MARK: Very funny, very funny. 449 00:19:53,300 --> 00:19:54,709 Listen, I was thinking. 450 00:19:54,785 --> 00:19:56,727 Now you guys said if you had a kid, if it was a boy, 451 00:19:56,804 --> 00:19:58,270 you were going to name it after me. 452 00:19:58,347 --> 00:20:00,272 But what if it's a girl? 453 00:20:00,349 --> 00:20:02,191 So I said to myself, what do we do then? 454 00:20:02,268 --> 00:20:07,029 So I thought of the best name in the world for a little girl. 455 00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:07,947 Marquette. 456 00:20:08,023 --> 00:20:08,906 Huh? 457 00:20:08,983 --> 00:20:09,715 Huh? 458 00:20:09,792 --> 00:20:11,784 What do you think? 459 00:20:11,860 --> 00:20:13,002 Marquette. 460 00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:15,004 That sounds like a place where you buy groceries. 461 00:20:15,081 --> 00:20:18,299 [laughs] He's right. 462 00:20:18,376 --> 00:20:20,626 Mark, if it's a boy, you'll be the namesake. 463 00:20:20,637 --> 00:20:23,254 But you better leave the naming of the girl up to Diane. 464 00:20:23,330 --> 00:20:24,672 MARK: OK, OK. 465 00:20:24,748 --> 00:20:25,965 So what have you picked? 466 00:20:26,041 --> 00:20:31,512 I hope it at least starts with an M. Diane? 467 00:20:31,588 --> 00:20:32,747 mean, what's wrong? 468 00:20:36,510 --> 00:20:38,894 We aren't going to have any children. 469 00:20:38,971 --> 00:20:41,480 We can't. 470 00:20:41,557 --> 00:20:42,848 What are you talking about? 471 00:20:42,492 --> 00:20:45,234 All my tests came out fine. 472 00:20:45,311 --> 00:20:46,235 It's not you, Scotty. 473 00:20:46,312 --> 00:20:47,194 It's me. 474 00:20:47,271 --> 00:20:49,162 I can't have any children. 475 00:20:52,576 --> 00:20:55,911 Is this some kind of joke or what? 476 00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:58,047 Does-- does this sound like a joke? 477 00:21:04,121 --> 00:21:05,921 When did you find out? 478 00:21:05,998 --> 00:21:07,506 Today. 479 00:21:07,583 --> 00:21:08,424 I'm sorry. 480 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:11,218 Me and my big mouth. 481 00:21:11,295 --> 00:21:13,262 I'm sorry. 482 00:21:13,339 --> 00:21:18,934 Well, it's a tough break, but it's not the end of the world. 483 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:20,870 What? 484 00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:23,522 "It's a tough break, but it's not the end of the world," 485 00:21:23,599 --> 00:21:25,524 like this is no big deal? 486 00:21:25,601 --> 00:21:27,735 I didn't mean it that way and you know it. 487 00:21:27,811 --> 00:21:29,570 Well, you thought it was a pretty big deal when you 488 00:21:29,646 --> 00:21:31,405 couldn't have kids, wasn't it? 489 00:21:31,482 --> 00:21:32,448 Wasn't it a big deal? 490 00:21:32,524 --> 00:21:34,066 All right. 491 00:21:34,143 --> 00:21:35,067 It is a big deal, but it's not my fault. 492 00:21:35,144 --> 00:21:35,993 Why are you taking it out-- - That's right. 493 00:21:36,070 --> 00:21:37,311 That's right. 494 00:21:37,388 --> 00:21:39,088 It's not your fault, so it's not your problem. 495 00:21:39,165 --> 00:21:41,165 Right? 496 00:21:41,241 --> 00:21:42,374 Well, it is my problem, Scotty. 497 00:21:42,385 --> 00:21:45,094 It's very much my problem! 498 00:21:45,171 --> 00:21:47,463 [tense music] 499 00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:49,598 [door slams] 500 00:21:52,419 --> 00:21:55,220 Um, I'm sorry, but you better go. 501 00:21:55,297 --> 00:21:56,147 Yeah. 502 00:22:02,054 --> 00:22:03,069 Mark? 503 00:22:06,576 --> 00:22:08,025 Take that baby stuff with you. 504 00:22:08,102 --> 00:22:11,579 [somber music] 505 00:22:31,809 --> 00:22:34,977 [gentle music] 506 00:22:36,380 --> 00:22:37,346 Well, just give it some time. 507 00:22:37,423 --> 00:22:38,597 He'll come around. 508 00:22:38,674 --> 00:22:39,899 Look, Diane. 509 00:22:39,975 --> 00:22:43,102 You knew he was stubborn when you married him. 510 00:22:43,178 --> 00:22:44,520 Yeah, OK. 511 00:22:44,596 --> 00:22:47,147 I'll call you later. 512 00:22:47,224 --> 00:22:48,065 [sighs] 513 00:22:48,142 --> 00:22:50,275 How's she doing? 514 00:22:50,352 --> 00:22:51,735 She's down. 515 00:22:51,812 --> 00:22:53,153 I can't say I blame her. 516 00:22:53,230 --> 00:22:55,456 They really got into it last night after we left. 517 00:22:55,533 --> 00:22:56,957 She mentioned adoption. 518 00:22:57,034 --> 00:22:58,367 Scotty went through the ceiling. 519 00:22:58,444 --> 00:22:59,744 Hey, come on. 520 00:22:59,820 --> 00:23:01,211 Don't blame it all on Scotty. 521 00:23:00,755 --> 00:23:02,195 You saw the way she got on his case last night. 522 00:23:02,273 --> 00:23:04,832 She's feeling a lot of guilt. They're both talking, 523 00:23:04,908 --> 00:23:06,208 but nobody's listening. 524 00:23:06,285 --> 00:23:07,584 Yeah. 525 00:23:07,661 --> 00:23:08,836 Man, but why do things like this have 526 00:23:08,912 --> 00:23:10,595 to happen to people like them? 527 00:23:10,673 --> 00:23:13,382 I mean, I know couples who spit out babies like BBs. 528 00:23:13,459 --> 00:23:14,883 They don't give a damn about them. 529 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,636 Here are two people dying to have a kid and they can't. 530 00:23:17,713 --> 00:23:18,846 If they want a child bad enough, 531 00:23:18,922 --> 00:23:20,731 they're going to have one. 532 00:23:20,808 --> 00:23:22,391 Well I hope so. 533 00:23:22,468 --> 00:23:23,559 Come on. We better go. 534 00:23:23,635 --> 00:23:24,693 Yeah. 535 00:23:30,058 --> 00:23:31,733 Why don't you head on over to the practice field? 536 00:23:31,810 --> 00:23:32,693 I'll meet you there later. 537 00:23:32,769 --> 00:23:34,303 What's up? 538 00:23:34,380 --> 00:23:36,321 Ah, I just want to stop by Scotty's office for a moment. 539 00:23:36,332 --> 00:23:37,489 You want me to go along? 540 00:23:37,566 --> 00:23:38,907 No. 541 00:23:38,751 --> 00:23:40,050 You know how sometimes it's easy to talk 542 00:23:40,127 --> 00:23:41,251 without a relative in the room? 543 00:23:41,329 --> 00:23:42,703 No matter what you say, Scotty's going to think 544 00:23:42,713 --> 00:23:44,246 you're siding with Diane. 545 00:23:44,323 --> 00:23:45,172 I'll see you at practice. 546 00:23:45,249 --> 00:23:46,090 All right. 547 00:23:51,955 --> 00:23:55,424 JONATHAN: They pay you $100 an hour to look out the window? 548 00:23:55,501 --> 00:23:56,809 Where's Mark? 549 00:23:56,886 --> 00:23:59,094 I figured Diane would send all the troops in force. 550 00:23:59,171 --> 00:24:01,346 Diane doesn't even know I'm here. 551 00:24:01,423 --> 00:24:03,524 But you've talked to her. 552 00:24:03,601 --> 00:24:05,225 Mark did. 553 00:24:05,302 --> 00:24:07,060 Well what I told her last night is final. 554 00:24:07,137 --> 00:24:09,530 We're not going to adopt, and that's it. 555 00:24:09,607 --> 00:24:11,607 Oh, your decision is final? 556 00:24:11,683 --> 00:24:14,026 That's right. 557 00:24:14,102 --> 00:24:17,571 Hey, it must be good to be king. 558 00:24:17,582 --> 00:24:19,490 What happens if Diane disagrees with you? 559 00:24:19,566 --> 00:24:21,333 You just drop her head off or what? 560 00:24:21,410 --> 00:24:25,787 I'm not in the mood for your humor right now, OK? 561 00:24:25,864 --> 00:24:28,040 Why did you want to have a child in the first place? 562 00:24:28,116 --> 00:24:29,875 For the same reason anyone wants to have kids. 563 00:24:29,952 --> 00:24:31,418 I'm no different. 564 00:24:31,495 --> 00:24:32,336 Ah, but you are different. 565 00:24:32,412 --> 00:24:33,837 You're in a wheelchair. 566 00:24:33,914 --> 00:24:35,964 What are you getting at? 567 00:24:36,041 --> 00:24:37,883 Just that maybe you wanted to have a child that looked 568 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,594 exactly like you, a little Scotty 569 00:24:40,671 --> 00:24:43,889 who could run and play and do all the things you couldn't do. 570 00:24:43,966 --> 00:24:45,891 Yeah I wanted to have a kid who could do all those things. 571 00:24:45,968 --> 00:24:46,859 What's wrong with that? 572 00:24:46,936 --> 00:24:48,635 JONATHAN: Nothing. 573 00:24:48,712 --> 00:24:52,231 The child doesn't have to look like you to do those things. 574 00:24:52,307 --> 00:24:53,565 I don't want to adopt, and that's 575 00:24:53,642 --> 00:24:55,192 really all there is to it. 576 00:24:55,269 --> 00:24:57,110 Why not? 577 00:24:57,187 --> 00:24:58,862 Hey, I don't owe you an explanation. 578 00:24:58,939 --> 00:25:00,239 No, you don't know me one. 579 00:25:00,315 --> 00:25:01,865 But what about Diane? 580 00:25:01,942 --> 00:25:04,701 That's our business and not yours. 581 00:25:04,712 --> 00:25:07,704 Hey, I'm sorry to question you, King. 582 00:25:07,781 --> 00:25:08,881 I think you better go. 583 00:25:11,660 --> 00:25:12,960 Fine. 584 00:25:13,036 --> 00:25:14,711 It's a good thing you asked me to leave. 585 00:25:14,788 --> 00:25:16,296 If we'd have kept talking, you might 586 00:25:16,373 --> 00:25:19,841 have to tell me the truth about why you don't want to adopt. 587 00:25:19,918 --> 00:25:21,677 You might have to tell me that you're filled with pain 588 00:25:21,753 --> 00:25:23,387 and anger and you blame Diane. 589 00:25:23,464 --> 00:25:25,606 It's all her fault. And this is a great way to get even, 590 00:25:25,683 --> 00:25:27,015 isn't it? 591 00:25:27,092 --> 00:25:28,475 You don't know a damn thing. 592 00:25:28,552 --> 00:25:29,685 You know that? 593 00:25:29,761 --> 00:25:31,645 Really? 594 00:25:31,722 --> 00:25:33,021 If the shoe was on the other foot 595 00:25:33,098 --> 00:25:35,941 and you were the one that couldn't have children, 596 00:25:36,018 --> 00:25:37,159 would you have adopted then? 597 00:25:46,528 --> 00:25:47,461 [door closes] 598 00:25:53,452 --> 00:25:56,971 [vacuum humming] 599 00:26:13,096 --> 00:26:17,866 [sighs] This carpet needs a good shampooing. 600 00:26:29,529 --> 00:26:30,379 Diane? 601 00:26:32,699 --> 00:26:35,375 One of the problems I have is that when we have a fight, 602 00:26:35,452 --> 00:26:40,672 I can't play the big love scene like they do in the movies 603 00:26:40,749 --> 00:26:45,510 and gently take you in my arms and turn your face to me. 604 00:26:45,521 --> 00:26:46,437 Please look at me. 605 00:26:51,134 --> 00:26:54,519 I hurt you last night, and-- 606 00:26:54,596 --> 00:26:58,023 and-- and-- and I wanted to. 607 00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:01,151 You see, I fell into that damn trap of feeling that no one 608 00:27:01,228 --> 00:27:03,737 could suffer as much as I do. 609 00:27:03,814 --> 00:27:10,911 And I wanted you to because inside, oh, hell, I don't know. 610 00:27:10,987 --> 00:27:14,206 I guess I'm just a damn jerk. 611 00:27:14,282 --> 00:27:18,752 But I want to live my life with you, grow old with you, 612 00:27:18,829 --> 00:27:21,380 raise children with you. 613 00:27:21,456 --> 00:27:23,090 And if we can't have a child of your womb, 614 00:27:23,166 --> 00:27:25,517 then let's have a child of our heart. 615 00:27:28,672 --> 00:27:32,599 You mean adopt? 616 00:27:32,676 --> 00:27:33,567 Yeah. 617 00:27:36,513 --> 00:27:37,363 Oh. 618 00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:46,071 Scotty, I love you. 619 00:27:46,148 --> 00:27:48,198 I love you, too. 620 00:27:48,275 --> 00:27:49,208 [chuckles] 621 00:27:50,026 --> 00:27:51,018 [gun bangs] 622 00:27:51,094 --> 00:27:54,546 [chattering] 623 00:27:58,919 --> 00:28:02,471 [cheering] 624 00:28:03,874 --> 00:28:06,633 Hey, I think you're getting faster than your old man, huh? 625 00:28:06,710 --> 00:28:07,843 Oh, he already is. 626 00:28:07,919 --> 00:28:09,177 I guarantee it. 627 00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:10,512 Your kid's doing great, isn't he? 628 00:28:10,589 --> 00:28:12,272 Yeah, he sure is. 629 00:28:12,149 --> 00:28:13,974 All right, your stay you this lane, get faster all the time. 630 00:28:14,050 --> 00:28:15,767 He's really proud of himself. 631 00:28:15,844 --> 00:28:17,936 We're proud of him, too. 632 00:28:18,013 --> 00:28:19,020 Roarke, get your stuff. 633 00:28:19,097 --> 00:28:20,981 That's all for today. 634 00:28:21,057 --> 00:28:22,482 What a sweet kid. 635 00:28:22,559 --> 00:28:24,168 Yeah, I know. 636 00:28:24,244 --> 00:28:26,236 Has he, uh, has he been able to say anything? 637 00:28:26,313 --> 00:28:28,572 I mean, have you heard him say anything at all? 638 00:28:28,648 --> 00:28:29,598 Well, no, nothing yet. 639 00:28:29,675 --> 00:28:30,490 But he's trying real hard. 640 00:28:30,567 --> 00:28:31,433 That's the main thing. 641 00:28:31,510 --> 00:28:33,118 He'll talk one of these days. 642 00:28:33,195 --> 00:28:34,786 One of these days, the light will go on. 643 00:28:34,863 --> 00:28:36,329 And he'll say Mama. 644 00:28:36,406 --> 00:28:37,914 I just know it. 645 00:28:37,991 --> 00:28:39,249 [chuckles] Hey! 646 00:28:39,326 --> 00:28:40,000 Hey! 647 00:28:40,076 --> 00:28:41,168 You all set? 648 00:28:41,244 --> 00:28:43,303 Oh, bye, Mark, and thanks. 649 00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:44,605 No, no, no. 650 00:28:44,181 --> 00:28:45,839 That's the other way around. 651 00:28:45,916 --> 00:28:48,759 Thank you for letting me know your kid. 652 00:28:48,769 --> 00:28:50,343 We'll see ya. 653 00:28:50,354 --> 00:28:51,486 Come on, honey. 654 00:28:51,397 --> 00:28:52,971 That was a great-- Take care now! 655 00:28:53,048 --> 00:28:54,106 Bye-bye! 656 00:28:57,177 --> 00:28:59,269 Well, how's it going, Coach? 657 00:28:59,346 --> 00:29:02,364 As a matter of fact, It is going great! 658 00:29:02,441 --> 00:29:03,398 [laughs] 659 00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:05,776 Hey, take a look. 660 00:29:05,852 --> 00:29:06,994 Hey, it's Scotty and Diane. 661 00:29:12,192 --> 00:29:13,575 What are you two doing down here? 662 00:29:13,652 --> 00:29:15,285 We came down to see thanks. 663 00:29:15,296 --> 00:29:16,745 For what? 664 00:29:16,822 --> 00:29:17,954 We've just come back from the adoption agency. 665 00:29:18,031 --> 00:29:18,872 That's great! 666 00:29:18,949 --> 00:29:20,373 [laughs] Oh! 667 00:29:20,450 --> 00:29:22,000 They have a list of forms to fill out there 668 00:29:22,011 --> 00:29:23,293 that you wouldn't believe. 669 00:29:23,370 --> 00:29:24,720 Well, how long will it take? 670 00:29:24,797 --> 00:29:26,671 Oh, it's hard to say because there's such a long wait 671 00:29:26,748 --> 00:29:27,923 for healthy newborns. 672 00:29:27,999 --> 00:29:29,716 They said, what, about three years? 673 00:29:29,793 --> 00:29:31,968 Hey, if I was a kid and I needed a family, I'd say you 674 00:29:32,045 --> 00:29:34,221 two are worth waiting for. 675 00:29:34,231 --> 00:29:36,306 Well, like I said, I just wanted to thank 676 00:29:36,383 --> 00:29:38,391 you for that talk you gave me. 677 00:29:38,402 --> 00:29:40,519 Yeah, my advice is just0 like yours, Counselor. 678 00:29:40,595 --> 00:29:42,145 It comes with a price. 679 00:29:42,222 --> 00:29:43,447 You name it. 680 00:29:43,524 --> 00:29:44,722 All right. 681 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:45,982 Diane, if you don't mind, I want to borrow 682 00:29:45,993 --> 00:29:47,108 your husband for a few hours. - Sure. 683 00:29:47,185 --> 00:29:48,401 Uh, can you drop me off at home? 684 00:29:48,478 --> 00:29:49,277 You got it. 685 00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:50,378 OK. 686 00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:51,696 Let's go, Counselor. - Hey, hey. 687 00:29:51,773 --> 00:29:52,723 What's the hat for? 688 00:29:52,799 --> 00:29:54,082 I'll tell you on the way. 689 00:29:57,153 --> 00:30:00,956 I am so happy! 690 00:30:01,032 --> 00:30:02,582 Oh! 691 00:30:02,659 --> 00:30:03,509 That's great! 692 00:30:10,117 --> 00:30:13,143 [upbeat music] 693 00:30:24,598 --> 00:30:26,940 Hi, Todd. 694 00:30:27,017 --> 00:30:28,617 Who are you? 695 00:30:28,694 --> 00:30:30,235 My name's Scotty. 696 00:30:30,312 --> 00:30:32,320 A friend of mine asked me to come and see you. 697 00:30:32,397 --> 00:30:33,897 His name is Jonathan. 698 00:30:33,973 --> 00:30:35,490 He's a coach at the Special Olympics. 699 00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:36,783 Remember? 700 00:30:36,794 --> 00:30:37,809 Yeah. 701 00:30:41,072 --> 00:30:43,498 What is that thing? 702 00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:45,292 It's a control that makes my wheelchair 703 00:30:45,368 --> 00:30:47,335 go forward when I want it to. 704 00:30:47,412 --> 00:30:49,963 It helps me get around. 705 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,424 W-what do you need it for? 706 00:30:52,500 --> 00:30:54,351 Because I can't move my arms or legs. 707 00:30:57,797 --> 00:30:59,556 Does it hurt? 708 00:30:59,633 --> 00:31:01,224 What? 709 00:31:01,301 --> 00:31:02,893 Your arms and legs? 710 00:31:02,969 --> 00:31:05,186 No, they just don't work. 711 00:31:05,263 --> 00:31:06,488 I hear you told Jonathan you don't 712 00:31:06,565 --> 00:31:10,191 want to be in Special Olympics. 713 00:31:10,268 --> 00:31:15,614 I'm not going to, either, and you can't make me. 714 00:31:15,690 --> 00:31:18,074 I hear you told him you don't want to be in Special Olympics 715 00:31:18,151 --> 00:31:20,702 because you said you can't do anything. 716 00:31:20,779 --> 00:31:21,670 Is that right? 717 00:31:24,675 --> 00:31:26,207 Y-yeah. 718 00:31:26,284 --> 00:31:29,386 You see this baseball cap on my head? 719 00:31:32,624 --> 00:31:33,681 Yeah. 720 00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:36,718 It's pretty nice, isn't it? 721 00:31:36,795 --> 00:31:38,086 Yeah. 722 00:31:38,163 --> 00:31:41,181 Why don't you take it off my head and try it on? 723 00:31:41,257 --> 00:31:42,274 Come on. 724 00:31:50,976 --> 00:31:51,867 Yeah, it fits great. 725 00:31:51,944 --> 00:31:54,486 You keep it. 726 00:31:54,562 --> 00:31:56,087 Thanks. 727 00:31:56,164 --> 00:31:57,497 How come you don't want to be in Special Olympics? 728 00:32:00,652 --> 00:32:03,078 Because kids make fun of me. 729 00:32:03,088 --> 00:32:04,645 Oh, yeah? 730 00:32:04,723 --> 00:32:07,958 I've had some kids make fun of me in my life. 731 00:32:07,968 --> 00:32:09,000 Why? 732 00:32:09,077 --> 00:32:10,043 Because I'm in this chair. 733 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,796 Kids can be mean. 734 00:32:12,872 --> 00:32:14,589 Yeah, they can. 735 00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:16,091 But I'll tell you something. 736 00:32:16,167 --> 00:32:18,343 The kids in Special Olympics aren't mean. 737 00:32:18,420 --> 00:32:20,178 You know why? 738 00:32:20,255 --> 00:32:23,807 Because everybody's training to do their best. 739 00:32:23,883 --> 00:32:25,266 Everyone is important. 740 00:32:25,343 --> 00:32:27,861 Everyone is special like you. 741 00:32:30,515 --> 00:32:31,648 Are-- are you special? 742 00:32:31,725 --> 00:32:32,891 Yeah. 743 00:32:32,967 --> 00:32:35,944 [chuckles] Yeah, I guess I am. 744 00:32:36,021 --> 00:32:37,237 We both special. 745 00:32:37,313 --> 00:32:38,646 Right. 746 00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:40,615 That's why we have to stick together. 747 00:32:40,692 --> 00:32:42,993 See, Todd, I bought that cap when I thought I 748 00:32:43,069 --> 00:32:44,995 was going to have a little boy. 749 00:32:45,072 --> 00:32:47,497 And I was going to save that cap until the little boy was 750 00:32:47,574 --> 00:32:50,875 old enough to be able to run and jump and play. 751 00:32:50,952 --> 00:32:54,170 And then I was going to give the cap to that little boy. 752 00:32:54,247 --> 00:32:56,798 You know why? 753 00:32:56,875 --> 00:32:58,216 Why? 754 00:32:58,293 --> 00:32:59,801 So I could watch him. 755 00:32:59,878 --> 00:33:01,886 So I could watch that little boy when he ran, 756 00:33:01,897 --> 00:33:04,264 and when he jumped, and when he played, and it would 757 00:33:04,340 --> 00:33:05,974 be almost like I was out there running, 758 00:33:06,051 --> 00:33:07,559 and jumping, and playing. 759 00:33:07,635 --> 00:33:10,645 And he'd probably be able to run twice as fast because he'd 760 00:33:10,722 --> 00:33:14,149 be running for both of us then. 761 00:33:14,225 --> 00:33:16,568 What happened to the little boy? 762 00:33:16,644 --> 00:33:19,154 Well, he was never born, and he never 763 00:33:19,230 --> 00:33:21,239 will be born because my wife and I 764 00:33:21,316 --> 00:33:23,500 can't have children of our own. 765 00:33:23,577 --> 00:33:26,953 So I want to ask you to do something for me. 766 00:33:27,030 --> 00:33:28,955 What? 767 00:33:29,032 --> 00:33:30,698 I want you to take that cap. 768 00:33:30,776 --> 00:33:33,001 And I want you to go down to Special Olympics 769 00:33:33,078 --> 00:33:37,672 and put that cap on and run just as fast as you can, 770 00:33:37,749 --> 00:33:40,800 so fast you'll feel the wind whip past your ears. 771 00:33:40,877 --> 00:33:42,886 So fast those mean kids who made fun of you 772 00:33:42,962 --> 00:33:45,388 and me won't even be able to see you. 773 00:33:45,465 --> 00:33:48,016 They'll just see a blur go whizzing by. 774 00:33:48,093 --> 00:33:49,742 But I'll be able to see you. 775 00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:52,353 I'll be up in those stands, and I'll see you with that cap on. 776 00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:55,023 It'll be almost like seeing me run down there. 777 00:33:55,100 --> 00:34:00,153 And I'll be shouting just as loud as I can, come on, Todd! 778 00:34:00,230 --> 00:34:01,796 And when it's over, you'll tell me 779 00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:04,616 what it's like, what it's like to run that fast and hear 780 00:34:04,692 --> 00:34:06,668 a-- a whole stadium full of people 781 00:34:06,745 --> 00:34:10,205 cheering and calling your name because that's something 782 00:34:10,281 --> 00:34:11,623 I'll never be able to do. 783 00:34:11,699 --> 00:34:14,584 But that's something that you can do. 784 00:34:14,661 --> 00:34:17,837 All you have to do is we want it and try. 785 00:34:17,914 --> 00:34:20,965 Can you do that, Todd? 786 00:34:21,042 --> 00:34:23,802 I could do that. 787 00:34:23,878 --> 00:34:26,179 OK. 788 00:34:26,256 --> 00:34:27,105 All right. 789 00:34:27,182 --> 00:34:28,056 Off we go then! 790 00:34:28,133 --> 00:34:31,318 [cheering] 791 00:34:31,862 --> 00:34:32,360 Here we go! 792 00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:33,561 [applauding] 793 00:34:33,638 --> 00:34:34,938 Go. 794 00:34:35,014 --> 00:34:35,855 CHILD: Come on, Sam! 795 00:34:35,932 --> 00:34:38,775 [cheering] 796 00:34:38,852 --> 00:34:39,692 Come on. 797 00:34:39,769 --> 00:34:41,369 Go fast! 798 00:34:41,446 --> 00:34:43,113 Hi, Kyle. 799 00:34:43,123 --> 00:34:44,631 Hi. 800 00:34:44,707 --> 00:34:46,124 Look, there's somebody I want you to meet. 801 00:34:46,201 --> 00:34:47,542 This is Todd. 802 00:34:47,619 --> 00:34:48,502 Hi. 803 00:34:53,032 --> 00:34:54,382 Can't you talk? 804 00:34:54,459 --> 00:34:56,376 Well, you see, uh, Kyle hasn't learned to talk yet, 805 00:34:56,452 --> 00:34:58,178 but he's working really hard on it 806 00:34:58,255 --> 00:35:00,505 like you're going to be learning about running, you know? 807 00:35:00,582 --> 00:35:01,965 Kyle already knows that. 808 00:35:02,042 --> 00:35:03,675 He knows about the-- the starting position, 809 00:35:03,751 --> 00:35:05,519 how to stay in his own lane, how to break the tape 810 00:35:05,595 --> 00:35:07,070 at the end of the race. 811 00:35:07,146 --> 00:35:08,855 So I'll tell you what we're going to do from now on. 812 00:35:08,932 --> 00:35:10,265 What we're going to do is we're going 813 00:35:10,341 --> 00:35:11,599 to use the buddy system here. 814 00:35:11,676 --> 00:35:13,518 You guys know what that is? 815 00:35:13,529 --> 00:35:15,353 Well, that means you're going to be buddies, you know? 816 00:35:15,430 --> 00:35:16,655 You're going to be friends. 817 00:35:16,731 --> 00:35:18,273 I mean, each of you has got something 818 00:35:18,349 --> 00:35:20,650 the other one needs to learn, so you can teach each other. 819 00:35:20,661 --> 00:35:21,943 You can help Kyle with his words. 820 00:35:22,020 --> 00:35:25,196 Kyle can help you with the track stuff, OK? 821 00:35:25,273 --> 00:35:26,081 OK. 822 00:35:26,158 --> 00:35:27,581 OK. 823 00:35:27,659 --> 00:35:28,616 What do you say we have a little race now, find 824 00:35:28,693 --> 00:35:29,617 out what kind of speed you got? 825 00:35:29,694 --> 00:35:30,827 All right, come on, Kyle. 826 00:35:30,904 --> 00:35:31,962 Let's show him the starting position. 827 00:35:34,875 --> 00:35:35,815 All right. 828 00:35:35,892 --> 00:35:39,127 On your mark-- get down there. 829 00:35:39,204 --> 00:35:40,795 Down, down, down. 830 00:35:40,872 --> 00:35:42,255 Gets set. 831 00:35:42,332 --> 00:35:43,715 Bring it up. 832 00:35:43,725 --> 00:35:45,091 All right, Todd. Come on. 833 00:35:45,168 --> 00:35:46,050 You try it. 834 00:35:46,127 --> 00:35:46,977 Come on! 835 00:35:51,141 --> 00:35:52,015 All right. 836 00:35:52,091 --> 00:35:56,978 On your mark, set-- 837 00:35:57,055 --> 00:35:58,947 Todd, get your head up. 838 00:35:59,024 --> 00:36:00,273 Go! 839 00:36:00,350 --> 00:36:02,909 [upbeat music] 840 00:36:02,986 --> 00:36:03,860 WOMAN: Go, Todd! 841 00:36:03,937 --> 00:36:04,786 Let's go! 842 00:36:04,863 --> 00:36:05,570 Come on! 843 00:36:05,647 --> 00:36:06,821 You got the boy. 844 00:36:06,898 --> 00:36:07,780 Whoo! 845 00:36:07,857 --> 00:36:09,224 Hey! 846 00:36:09,301 --> 00:36:11,409 Is that your son out there, the one with the cap? 847 00:36:11,486 --> 00:36:12,619 Well, the cap is mine. 848 00:36:12,695 --> 00:36:13,578 The boy is just a friend. 849 00:36:13,655 --> 00:36:17,382 [upbeat music] 850 00:36:23,623 --> 00:36:26,549 [laughs] Way to run, guys! 851 00:36:26,626 --> 00:36:27,550 Way to run! 852 00:36:27,627 --> 00:36:31,146 [upbeat music] 853 00:36:46,187 --> 00:36:47,746 All right, everybody out! 854 00:36:53,069 --> 00:36:54,494 Thank you, Jonathan. 855 00:36:54,504 --> 00:36:56,463 My pleasure, Mary Beth. 856 00:36:59,659 --> 00:37:03,011 Sc-scotty is going to be my dad. 857 00:37:03,088 --> 00:37:04,587 What? 858 00:37:04,664 --> 00:37:06,756 Scotty and Diane. 859 00:37:06,767 --> 00:37:09,259 They're going to be my family. 860 00:37:09,335 --> 00:37:11,094 They're going to come and take me to their home, 861 00:37:11,170 --> 00:37:15,414 and I'm going to live with them a-and be their little boy. 862 00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:22,146 Yeah, well, Todd, did Scotty tell you that? 863 00:37:22,157 --> 00:37:25,733 He said he wanted to have a little boy. 864 00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:26,901 Well, Todd, I know what he said. 865 00:37:26,978 --> 00:37:30,113 He-- he gave me his cap because he 866 00:37:30,189 --> 00:37:33,032 doesn't have a little boy. 867 00:37:33,109 --> 00:37:38,079 So he gave me the cap, a-and I'll be his little boy. 868 00:37:38,156 --> 00:37:38,997 Oh. 869 00:37:39,073 --> 00:37:39,914 Now, look, Todd. 870 00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:42,175 It's not that simple. 871 00:37:42,252 --> 00:37:43,501 Yes it is. 872 00:37:43,578 --> 00:37:44,585 I-it's simple. 873 00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:46,045 No, it isn't. 874 00:37:46,122 --> 00:37:47,279 Now, look. 875 00:37:46,890 --> 00:37:47,939 Scotty likes you very much. 876 00:37:48,015 --> 00:37:48,965 He wants to be your friend. 877 00:37:49,042 --> 00:37:51,342 So does Diane. 878 00:37:51,419 --> 00:37:58,391 B-but they want a little boy, a-and I'm a little boy. 879 00:37:58,468 --> 00:38:01,102 And me and Scotty are special. 880 00:38:01,179 --> 00:38:02,070 He said so. 881 00:38:07,643 --> 00:38:09,077 Yeah, you're special, all right. 882 00:38:11,981 --> 00:38:14,115 Pick you up for practice tomorrow, OK? 883 00:38:14,192 --> 00:38:15,207 OK. 884 00:38:18,413 --> 00:38:21,080 Hey, Todd? 885 00:38:21,157 --> 00:38:21,965 You did great today. 886 00:38:24,660 --> 00:38:26,002 Because I'm running for Scotty, too. 887 00:38:26,079 --> 00:38:29,597 [gentle music] 888 00:38:50,395 --> 00:38:52,070 Dr. Bryant? 889 00:38:52,146 --> 00:38:52,862 Yes? 890 00:38:52,939 --> 00:38:55,281 My name is Jonathan Smith. 891 00:38:55,358 --> 00:38:57,533 Smith. 892 00:38:57,610 --> 00:38:59,077 You're the new patient, aren't you? 893 00:38:59,153 --> 00:39:00,236 Oh, no. No, sir. 894 00:39:00,313 --> 00:39:01,913 I'm with Special Olympics. 895 00:39:01,989 --> 00:39:02,689 Oh. 896 00:39:02,765 --> 00:39:04,298 Oh, I see. 897 00:39:04,376 --> 00:39:06,217 Uh, well, if you can leave, uh, some literature 898 00:39:06,294 --> 00:39:08,544 and some envelopes, I'm sure we can make some sort of donation. 899 00:39:08,621 --> 00:39:09,812 No. 900 00:39:09,889 --> 00:39:11,089 Uh, that's very kind of you, Doctor. 901 00:39:10,766 --> 00:39:12,148 But I'm not here for a donation. 902 00:39:12,225 --> 00:39:13,116 I'm here because your son has just 903 00:39:13,193 --> 00:39:14,768 enrolled in Special Olympics, and we 904 00:39:14,844 --> 00:39:18,513 try to encourage as much family participation as possible. 905 00:39:18,589 --> 00:39:22,350 I. See How-- how is he doing? 906 00:39:22,427 --> 00:39:25,144 Well, today was his first day, but I think he's doing fine. 907 00:39:25,221 --> 00:39:29,023 He just needs a lot of encouragement, you know? 908 00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:30,525 Well, they're-- they're very good 909 00:39:30,601 --> 00:39:32,151 at the group foster care home. 910 00:39:32,228 --> 00:39:33,686 I know. 911 00:39:33,763 --> 00:39:34,946 But I was kind of hoping you and your wife 912 00:39:35,022 --> 00:39:37,281 could come out and watch him run in practice a little bit 913 00:39:37,358 --> 00:39:39,292 or at least same race in Special Olympics. 914 00:39:42,339 --> 00:39:46,457 I, uh, appreciate you coming down here, Mr. Smith. 915 00:39:46,534 --> 00:39:52,880 Uh, and I'm glad that-- that Todd is able to participate. 916 00:39:52,957 --> 00:39:57,093 I'm sure it'll be very good for him. 917 00:39:57,170 --> 00:40:02,557 The truth is is that we haven't seen Todd in a number of years. 918 00:40:02,633 --> 00:40:05,977 And I don't think it would be good for him to pop back 919 00:40:06,053 --> 00:40:08,896 into his life for a track meet. 920 00:40:08,973 --> 00:40:10,898 I-I understand that, Doctor. 921 00:40:10,975 --> 00:40:12,826 Let me-- let me finish, Mr. Smith. 922 00:40:12,902 --> 00:40:15,278 We have, uh, two other children. 923 00:40:15,354 --> 00:40:21,325 And when we found out that Todd was retarded, we-- 924 00:40:21,402 --> 00:40:25,204 we consulted the best people in the field. 925 00:40:25,281 --> 00:40:31,428 If there was any hope that something could be done, it-- 926 00:40:31,504 --> 00:40:34,422 but there isn't any hope. 927 00:40:34,499 --> 00:40:37,133 He's retarded, and that's that. 928 00:40:37,210 --> 00:40:40,845 [somber music] 929 00:40:44,258 --> 00:40:48,478 We, uh, [sighs] we can't take care of him as well as they 930 00:40:48,554 --> 00:40:49,879 can. 931 00:40:49,956 --> 00:40:52,315 I mean, that's what they told us, the doctors. 932 00:40:52,391 --> 00:40:54,358 We tried. 933 00:40:54,435 --> 00:40:57,987 We have two other children who need us, too, so it-- 934 00:40:58,064 --> 00:41:03,409 it just wasn't fair to them, and it wasn't fair to him. 935 00:41:03,486 --> 00:41:07,997 So, uh, we placed him in a foster care home, 936 00:41:08,074 --> 00:41:12,844 but it wasn't an easy decision, Mr. Smith. 937 00:41:15,206 --> 00:41:17,173 I'm sure it wasn't, Doctor. 938 00:41:17,250 --> 00:41:22,428 We did what was best for our family and best for him. 939 00:41:22,505 --> 00:41:28,434 Now I-- I won't upset that and reopen a lot of old wounds. 940 00:41:28,511 --> 00:41:33,773 I-- it wouldn't be good for him, and it-- it 941 00:41:33,849 --> 00:41:34,908 wouldn't be good for us. 942 00:41:37,270 --> 00:41:38,069 Excuse me. 943 00:41:38,146 --> 00:41:41,498 [gentle music] 944 00:41:45,778 --> 00:41:50,507 Mr. Smith, thank you for what you're doing for the boy. 945 00:41:50,583 --> 00:41:55,002 I mean, I'm glad that he's able to get some joy out 946 00:41:55,079 --> 00:41:56,262 of his life at least. 947 00:42:03,796 --> 00:42:04,595 Goodbye, Doctor. 948 00:42:04,672 --> 00:42:08,149 [gentle music] 949 00:42:14,932 --> 00:42:15,773 Great. 950 00:42:15,850 --> 00:42:16,691 Just great. 951 00:42:16,767 --> 00:42:17,975 Just what I needed. 952 00:42:18,053 --> 00:42:19,819 Well, I just thought you ought to know 953 00:42:19,896 --> 00:42:20,653 what he's been thinking, so the next time you see him-- 954 00:42:20,730 --> 00:42:22,071 The next time I see him? 955 00:42:22,148 --> 00:42:23,781 There isn't going to be a next time. 956 00:42:23,858 --> 00:42:26,576 Scotty, you just can't drop the kid like that. 957 00:42:26,652 --> 00:42:28,119 That's the only thing I can do. 958 00:42:28,195 --> 00:42:29,870 I know what disappointments are all about. 959 00:42:29,947 --> 00:42:31,539 I'm not going to build the kid up for something 960 00:42:31,616 --> 00:42:33,833 that can't possibly happen. 961 00:42:33,909 --> 00:42:36,002 Well, maybe it can happen. 962 00:42:36,078 --> 00:42:37,587 What are you talking about? 963 00:42:37,663 --> 00:42:40,172 Well, you know, he's-- he's such a sweet kid. 964 00:42:40,249 --> 00:42:42,341 And, well, I've been thinking. 965 00:42:42,418 --> 00:42:44,635 There-- there are so many different kinds of parents 966 00:42:44,712 --> 00:42:46,211 waiting to adopt a healthy newborn. 967 00:42:46,289 --> 00:42:50,567 And a boy like Todd really needs someone. 968 00:42:50,643 --> 00:42:53,644 Yeah, but we don't need him. 969 00:42:53,721 --> 00:42:55,104 Maybe you do. 970 00:42:55,181 --> 00:42:57,481 Don't get serious, Jonathan, and you, too, Diane. 971 00:42:57,558 --> 00:42:58,941 His own family gave him up. 972 00:42:59,018 --> 00:43:00,151 The child is retarded. 973 00:43:00,227 --> 00:43:02,111 How would we take care of him? 974 00:43:02,188 --> 00:43:03,988 Well, nothing is more dependent than an infant. 975 00:43:04,065 --> 00:43:06,115 How would we take care of an infant? 976 00:43:06,192 --> 00:43:09,452 Well, an infant grows up. 977 00:43:09,528 --> 00:43:11,429 Oh. 978 00:43:11,006 --> 00:43:12,872 Well, if that's what you want, why don't we adopt an adult? 979 00:43:12,948 --> 00:43:14,165 We could always adopt Mark. 980 00:43:14,241 --> 00:43:15,758 You can't afford to feed him. 981 00:43:15,835 --> 00:43:16,667 Very funny. 982 00:43:16,678 --> 00:43:18,127 I am serious here. 983 00:43:18,204 --> 00:43:20,546 There is no way we can adopt that kid. 984 00:43:20,623 --> 00:43:21,922 We don't even know him. 985 00:43:21,999 --> 00:43:23,841 Honestly, Diane. 986 00:43:23,918 --> 00:43:26,302 You see a kid and two seconds later, you want to adopt him. 987 00:43:26,379 --> 00:43:28,471 I just have a special feeling about him. 988 00:43:28,547 --> 00:43:29,930 That's all. 989 00:43:30,007 --> 00:43:31,641 Well, your feeling doesn't seem to take 990 00:43:31,717 --> 00:43:33,559 into consideration the facts. 991 00:43:33,636 --> 00:43:36,395 There are practical considerations here. 992 00:43:36,472 --> 00:43:39,690 Scotty, there were practical considerations when 993 00:43:39,767 --> 00:43:42,485 I fell in love with you, too. 994 00:43:42,561 --> 00:43:44,370 I'm not saying that we should jump into this, 995 00:43:44,447 --> 00:43:48,282 but well, I was thinking, maybe we 996 00:43:48,359 --> 00:43:52,328 could have him over for a weekend and get to know him. 997 00:43:52,339 --> 00:43:54,038 I don't want to get to know him. 998 00:43:54,115 --> 00:43:56,332 I don't want to hurt him, and I don't want to hurt us. 999 00:43:56,409 --> 00:43:58,626 Jonathan, you asked me why I wanted to have a kid, 1000 00:43:58,703 --> 00:44:00,169 and you were right. 1001 00:44:00,246 --> 00:44:02,922 Part of it was to see him do all the things I can't, but part 1002 00:44:02,998 --> 00:44:05,299 of it was to share whatever I have with him. 1003 00:44:05,376 --> 00:44:06,967 I can't share my body with a kid. 1004 00:44:07,044 --> 00:44:09,178 I can't go out and chuck the ball around with him, 1005 00:44:09,255 --> 00:44:10,930 but I can sure in my mind. 1006 00:44:11,006 --> 00:44:12,264 I have a championship mind. 1007 00:44:12,275 --> 00:44:13,808 That's what I have to give. 1008 00:44:13,818 --> 00:44:15,351 That's all I have. 1009 00:44:15,428 --> 00:44:17,195 What could I give to a kid like Todd? 1010 00:44:20,433 --> 00:44:22,566 Love. 1011 00:44:22,643 --> 00:44:24,568 Everything in life can't be answered 1012 00:44:24,645 --> 00:44:26,862 by that one word, Jonathan. 1013 00:44:26,939 --> 00:44:29,865 It was for me, Scotty. 1014 00:44:29,942 --> 00:44:31,158 He is mentally handicapped. 1015 00:44:31,235 --> 00:44:33,202 I am physically handicapped. 1016 00:44:33,279 --> 00:44:35,162 Why can't you see that? 1017 00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:36,497 Look, I don't want to hurt the kid. 1018 00:44:36,574 --> 00:44:38,332 You tell him I'll go to the big track meet, 1019 00:44:38,409 --> 00:44:40,042 the Special Olympics, whatever it 1020 00:44:40,119 --> 00:44:43,379 is, when he runs his race as a friend, as a buddy, 1021 00:44:43,456 --> 00:44:45,164 and that's all. 1022 00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:47,007 I am not going to pick him up and show up at practice and all 1023 00:44:47,018 --> 00:44:48,267 the rest of what he wants. 1024 00:44:51,130 --> 00:44:53,931 Well, I am. 1025 00:44:54,008 --> 00:44:55,558 What? 1026 00:44:55,634 --> 00:44:56,475 You heard me. 1027 00:44:56,552 --> 00:44:57,560 I am. 1028 00:44:57,636 --> 00:44:58,603 Yeah? 1029 00:44:58,679 --> 00:45:00,020 Well, I say you're not. 1030 00:45:00,097 --> 00:45:01,772 Scotty, ever since I've known you, 1031 00:45:01,849 --> 00:45:05,818 you've wanted to be considered the same as any man. 1032 00:45:05,895 --> 00:45:08,112 What's that got to do with anything? 1033 00:45:08,189 --> 00:45:11,198 Well, tonight you've achieved your goal. 1034 00:45:11,275 --> 00:45:13,284 You are as much of a chauvinist jerk 1035 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:15,327 as any man I've ever known. 1036 00:45:15,404 --> 00:45:19,749 I love you Scotty, but I won't take your macho junk any more 1037 00:45:19,825 --> 00:45:22,885 than I would some other man's. 1038 00:45:22,962 --> 00:45:24,095 Goodnight. 1039 00:45:28,501 --> 00:45:29,434 [door slams] 1040 00:45:31,504 --> 00:45:32,428 [sighs] 1041 00:45:32,505 --> 00:45:33,179 Todd, come on! 1042 00:45:33,189 --> 00:45:34,388 [whistle blows] 1043 00:45:34,399 --> 00:45:37,775 [chattering] 1044 00:45:43,766 --> 00:45:46,650 Todd, come on! 1045 00:45:46,727 --> 00:45:47,660 [sniffles] 1046 00:45:52,858 --> 00:45:58,996 W-w-why doesn't Scotty ever come down to practice? 1047 00:45:59,073 --> 00:46:00,131 Oh, Todd. 1048 00:46:05,371 --> 00:46:08,973 Todd, he doesn't want to build you up to think 1049 00:46:09,050 --> 00:46:10,382 that he's going to be your dad. 1050 00:46:10,459 --> 00:46:13,469 He just wants to be your friend. 1051 00:46:13,546 --> 00:46:16,555 But why doesn't he want to be my dad? 1052 00:46:16,632 --> 00:46:17,473 Oh. 1053 00:46:17,550 --> 00:46:18,933 But w-why? 1054 00:46:19,009 --> 00:46:20,485 I, uh, I think he's scared. 1055 00:46:23,072 --> 00:46:26,732 I-i-i-it's-- it's because I'm dumb. 1056 00:46:26,809 --> 00:46:29,527 I-i-it's because-- because I'm dumb, isn't it? 1057 00:46:29,603 --> 00:46:30,528 Todd, no. 1058 00:46:30,604 --> 00:46:32,029 It isn't. 1059 00:46:32,106 --> 00:46:34,907 Listen to me. 1060 00:46:34,984 --> 00:46:39,370 I think he's scared that, uh, that if we adopt you, 1061 00:46:39,446 --> 00:46:41,497 he'll lose me on the way. 1062 00:46:41,574 --> 00:46:44,458 I-- I really think that's a big part of it. 1063 00:46:44,535 --> 00:46:47,336 He's afraid that I won't have enough time left for him. 1064 00:46:47,413 --> 00:46:49,263 And it's not just because he's in a wheelchair 1065 00:46:49,340 --> 00:46:52,183 and I have to do a lot of things for him. 1066 00:46:52,260 --> 00:46:54,844 I think that's what any man feels whenever a new child 1067 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:55,803 comes into the family. 1068 00:46:58,632 --> 00:47:03,978 B-but I-I wouldn't be any trouble. 1069 00:47:04,054 --> 00:47:06,480 I promise. 1070 00:47:06,557 --> 00:47:14,071 I-I can make my bed, I-- and I wouldn't leave my toys out. 1071 00:47:14,148 --> 00:47:19,785 He-- he could even ask Mrs. Burke at the home. 1072 00:47:19,862 --> 00:47:21,245 I-I can make my bed. 1073 00:47:21,322 --> 00:47:23,205 Oh, I know you wouldn't be any trouble. 1074 00:47:23,282 --> 00:47:25,958 And I'm sure you'd help out at home, but-- 1075 00:47:26,035 --> 00:47:27,326 but-- 1076 00:47:27,136 --> 00:47:31,380 I-I got a show that I can do stuff. 1077 00:47:31,457 --> 00:47:35,801 I got-- I got to show him I wouldn't be any trouble. 1078 00:47:35,878 --> 00:47:38,220 T-Todd, it isn't that simple. 1079 00:47:38,297 --> 00:47:40,431 Yes, it is. 1080 00:47:40,507 --> 00:47:41,690 It is. 1081 00:47:41,768 --> 00:47:46,312 Simple if I win the race, he'll know. 1082 00:47:46,388 --> 00:47:52,151 He'll see me with his hat, and then you'll know. 1083 00:47:52,227 --> 00:47:53,402 Todd, where are you going? 1084 00:47:53,479 --> 00:47:55,779 I-I got to go back and practice some 1085 00:47:55,790 --> 00:47:57,907 more so I can win the race. 1086 00:47:57,983 --> 00:47:59,700 Th-then he'll know. 1087 00:47:59,711 --> 00:48:00,718 Todd! 1088 00:48:00,628 --> 00:48:02,712 [gentle music] 1089 00:48:19,430 --> 00:48:21,689 [upbeat music] 1090 00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:51,969 [chiming]