1 00:00:03,228 --> 00:00:07,548 [theme music] 2 00:01:39,883 --> 00:01:41,934 We aren't going to have any children. 3 00:01:42,010 --> 00:01:45,095 We can't. 4 00:01:45,172 --> 00:01:46,096 What are you talking about? 5 00:01:46,173 --> 00:01:48,765 All my tests came off fine. 6 00:01:48,842 --> 00:01:49,808 It's not you, Scotty. 7 00:01:49,885 --> 00:01:51,034 It's me. 8 00:01:51,111 --> 00:01:54,271 I can't have any children. 9 00:01:54,347 --> 00:01:55,605 I'm a Special Olympics coach. 10 00:01:55,682 --> 00:01:57,190 We'd sure like to have you come out 11 00:01:57,267 --> 00:02:00,152 and find out some of the other things you're good at. 12 00:02:00,228 --> 00:02:03,071 I'm not good at nothing. 13 00:02:03,148 --> 00:02:04,823 I'm dumb. 14 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:06,950 I don't think it dumb. 15 00:02:07,027 --> 00:02:09,494 Then you're dumb. 16 00:02:09,571 --> 00:02:12,414 I don't want to do nothing. 17 00:02:12,490 --> 00:02:16,301 I can't do nothing and you can't make me. 18 00:02:25,104 --> 00:02:27,512 Hey, I think you're getting faster than your old man. 19 00:02:27,589 --> 00:02:30,390 Oh, he already is, I guarantee it. 20 00:02:30,467 --> 00:02:31,391 Kid's doing great, isn't he? 21 00:02:31,468 --> 00:02:33,076 Yeah, he sure is. 22 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:35,103 He's staying in his lane, he's getting faster all the time. 23 00:02:35,180 --> 00:02:36,646 He's really proud of himself. 24 00:02:36,657 --> 00:02:39,107 We're proud of him, too. 25 00:02:39,184 --> 00:02:40,108 All right, get your stuff. 26 00:02:40,185 --> 00:02:42,068 That's all for today. 27 00:02:42,145 --> 00:02:43,361 What a sweet kid. 28 00:02:43,438 --> 00:02:44,787 Yeah, I know. 29 00:02:44,865 --> 00:02:47,324 Has he, has he been able to say anything? 30 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,451 I mean, have you heard him say anything at all? 31 00:02:49,461 --> 00:02:51,336 Well, no, not yet, but he's trying real hard. 32 00:02:51,413 --> 00:02:52,512 That's the main thing. 33 00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:54,130 He'll talk one of these days. 34 00:02:54,208 --> 00:02:57,209 One of these days, the light will go on and he'll say Mama. 35 00:02:57,285 --> 00:02:58,835 I want you to take that cap and I 36 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:00,879 want you to go down to Special Olympics 37 00:03:00,956 --> 00:03:05,383 and put that cap on and run just as fast as you can. 38 00:03:05,460 --> 00:03:08,470 So fast you'll feel the wind whip past your ears, 39 00:03:08,546 --> 00:03:10,555 so fast those mean kids who made fun of you 40 00:03:10,632 --> 00:03:12,891 and me won't even be able to see you. 41 00:03:12,968 --> 00:03:15,518 They'll just see a blur go whizzing by, 42 00:03:15,529 --> 00:03:17,303 but I'll be able to see you. 43 00:03:17,380 --> 00:03:19,773 I'll be up in those stands, and I'll see you with that cap on, 44 00:03:19,849 --> 00:03:23,151 and it'll be almost like seeing me run down there. 45 00:03:23,228 --> 00:03:26,279 Can you do that, Todd? 46 00:03:26,356 --> 00:03:27,864 I could do that. 47 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:30,575 Well, you know, he's such a sweet kid, 48 00:03:30,652 --> 00:03:32,994 and, well, I've been thinking. 49 00:03:33,071 --> 00:03:34,913 There are so many different kinds of parents 50 00:03:34,990 --> 00:03:39,084 waiting to adopt a healthy newborn, and a boy like Todd 51 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,086 really needs someone. 52 00:03:41,162 --> 00:03:43,421 Yeah, but we don't need him. 53 00:03:43,498 --> 00:03:44,806 Maybe you do. 54 00:03:44,883 --> 00:03:47,142 OK, get serious, Jonathan, and you too, Diane. 55 00:03:47,219 --> 00:03:49,094 His own family gave him up. 56 00:03:49,170 --> 00:03:50,262 The child is retarded. 57 00:03:50,338 --> 00:03:52,514 How would we take care of him? 58 00:03:52,590 --> 00:03:55,433 I wouldn't be any trouble. 59 00:03:55,510 --> 00:03:58,436 I promise. 60 00:03:58,513 --> 00:03:59,780 I can make my bed. 61 00:04:02,684 --> 00:04:06,027 I wouldn't leave my toys out. 62 00:04:06,104 --> 00:04:11,199 He could even ask Mrs. Burke at the room. 63 00:04:11,276 --> 00:04:13,451 I can make my bed. 64 00:04:13,528 --> 00:04:15,912 Todd, it isn't that simple. 65 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:18,206 Yes, it is. 66 00:04:18,283 --> 00:04:20,625 It is simple. 67 00:04:20,702 --> 00:04:23,628 If I win the race, he'll know. 68 00:04:23,705 --> 00:04:27,766 He'll see me with this hat, and then you'll know. 69 00:04:35,592 --> 00:04:40,112 [music playing] 70 00:05:49,791 --> 00:05:52,851 All right, you guys, your race starts any minute now. 71 00:05:52,928 --> 00:05:55,062 I can't see Scotty, Jonathan. 72 00:05:57,590 --> 00:05:59,516 Don't worry, he's up there. 73 00:05:59,592 --> 00:06:01,559 But I can't see him. 74 00:06:01,636 --> 00:06:04,071 Hey, come on, you got his hat. 75 00:06:04,147 --> 00:06:05,605 He can see you. 76 00:06:05,682 --> 00:06:09,359 But I need to know he's there. 77 00:06:09,370 --> 00:06:10,485 I got to see him. 78 00:06:10,562 --> 00:06:11,861 Oh, he'll be there. 79 00:06:11,938 --> 00:06:14,989 He'll be right down there at the finish line. 80 00:06:15,066 --> 00:06:16,491 He will? 81 00:06:16,568 --> 00:06:17,584 He will. 82 00:06:20,530 --> 00:06:21,588 He will. 83 00:06:37,338 --> 00:06:39,556 Scotty, the boy needs to see you. 84 00:06:39,566 --> 00:06:41,858 I'm not going down there, Jonathan. 85 00:06:41,935 --> 00:06:43,435 I don't know what you two have picked up, 86 00:06:43,445 --> 00:06:45,770 but I'm not going down there. 87 00:06:45,847 --> 00:06:48,064 Come on, we haven't cooked up anything, Scotty. 88 00:06:48,141 --> 00:06:49,858 You're the one that told that kid he was going to be 89 00:06:49,934 --> 00:06:51,568 running for the both of you. 90 00:06:51,644 --> 00:06:54,070 Scotty, he's worked so hard for this moment. 91 00:06:54,147 --> 00:06:55,163 Don't rob him of it. 92 00:06:58,401 --> 00:07:02,412 All right, I'll go down there, but we are not adopting him. 93 00:07:02,489 --> 00:07:03,613 Fine. 94 00:07:03,690 --> 00:07:05,757 But you tell him that after the race. 95 00:07:09,796 --> 00:07:12,305 All right, runners hit the starting line. 96 00:07:28,139 --> 00:07:28,989 All right. 97 00:07:34,354 --> 00:07:41,001 Take your mark, set. 98 00:07:54,975 --> 00:07:55,965 Come on. 99 00:07:56,042 --> 00:07:57,759 Come on. 100 00:07:57,835 --> 00:07:59,352 Run, run, run. 101 00:08:58,989 --> 00:09:01,781 Here's your hat back. 102 00:09:01,858 --> 00:09:04,742 Hey, it's yours. 103 00:09:04,819 --> 00:09:05,919 No, it isn't. 104 00:09:08,331 --> 00:09:09,214 I didn't win. 105 00:09:11,826 --> 00:09:14,060 I wanted to show you that I could do stuff. 106 00:09:17,724 --> 00:09:21,009 Because I wanted you to be my dad. 107 00:09:21,019 --> 00:09:22,877 Hey, what happened to the oath, 108 00:09:22,954 --> 00:09:28,224 let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt? 109 00:09:28,301 --> 00:09:29,642 Look, this is one race. 110 00:09:29,719 --> 00:09:31,194 There will be lots of others. 111 00:09:34,807 --> 00:09:39,786 But I wanted you to see. 112 00:09:39,863 --> 00:09:41,220 I will see them. 113 00:09:44,567 --> 00:09:46,576 You will? 114 00:09:46,653 --> 00:09:49,120 Yeah, I will. 115 00:09:49,197 --> 00:09:51,873 Will you try? 116 00:09:51,949 --> 00:09:53,875 If you're there, I will. 117 00:09:53,951 --> 00:09:58,796 Todd, I don't know if I'm special enough to be your dad, 118 00:09:58,873 --> 00:10:00,965 but I'm not going to quit either. 119 00:10:01,042 --> 00:10:02,684 I'm going to try, just like you. 120 00:10:05,004 --> 00:10:06,804 Would you come home with Diane and me for a weekend 121 00:10:06,881 --> 00:10:07,897 so we could all try? 122 00:10:11,969 --> 00:10:13,478 Do you mean that? 123 00:10:13,554 --> 00:10:14,696 Yes, I do. 124 00:10:17,058 --> 00:10:20,327 Todd, one of the problems I have is that I can't hug you, 125 00:10:20,403 --> 00:10:23,163 but if I could, I sure would want to right now. 126 00:10:25,942 --> 00:10:28,409 I could do that. 127 00:10:28,486 --> 00:10:29,419 I'm great at hugging. 128 00:10:35,594 --> 00:10:37,168 You sure are, son. 129 00:10:37,245 --> 00:10:39,796 You sure are. 130 00:10:39,872 --> 00:10:43,383 The bronze metal goes to Paul Gardner. 131 00:10:43,459 --> 00:10:47,812 [applause] 132 00:10:52,885 --> 00:10:56,521 The silver metal goes to Larry Dexter. 133 00:10:56,597 --> 00:10:59,449 [applause] 134 00:11:02,270 --> 00:11:08,157 And the gold metal in the 100 yard dash goes to Kyle Davis. 135 00:11:08,234 --> 00:11:10,201 Yeah, Kyle. 136 00:11:10,278 --> 00:11:11,127 Woo. 137 00:11:23,791 --> 00:11:25,675 Mom, I won! 138 00:11:25,752 --> 00:11:27,677 He talked. 139 00:11:27,754 --> 00:11:30,346 Steve, he talked. 140 00:11:30,423 --> 00:11:31,231 He talked. 141 00:12:02,288 --> 00:12:03,596 [doorbell] 142 00:12:06,667 --> 00:12:07,892 Hi, you two. Come on in. 143 00:12:07,969 --> 00:12:09,185 All right, how are you doing? 144 00:12:09,262 --> 00:12:09,927 Great. 145 00:12:10,004 --> 00:12:12,472 Just great. 146 00:12:12,548 --> 00:12:13,998 Can I get you anything? 147 00:12:14,075 --> 00:12:15,224 No, no, he just finished one of his famous two hour 148 00:12:15,301 --> 00:12:16,033 breakfasts. 149 00:12:16,110 --> 00:12:16,893 I didn't have dessert. 150 00:12:16,969 --> 00:12:18,686 Oh, poor boy. 151 00:12:18,763 --> 00:12:21,189 I think there's a piece of cake left from last night. 152 00:12:21,265 --> 00:12:23,199 Oh, Todd and Scotty should be back any minute. 153 00:12:25,537 --> 00:12:26,444 Look at this stuff. 154 00:12:26,455 --> 00:12:27,853 Isn't it great? 155 00:12:27,931 --> 00:12:30,373 They've had Todd, for what, six weekends already? 156 00:12:30,450 --> 00:12:32,959 I mean, they turned this whole place into a school. 157 00:12:33,036 --> 00:12:36,329 And I bet they're loving it, too. 158 00:12:36,405 --> 00:12:38,122 Here we go. 159 00:12:38,133 --> 00:12:39,582 Oh, this is wonderful. 160 00:12:39,659 --> 00:12:40,892 Oh, well, it's not homemade. 161 00:12:40,968 --> 00:12:41,959 I don't have time to bake any more. 162 00:12:42,036 --> 00:12:43,594 No, no, I don't mean the cake. 163 00:12:43,672 --> 00:12:44,712 I'm talking about what you and Scotty have done here, 164 00:12:44,789 --> 00:12:45,989 all these signs and everything. 165 00:12:46,065 --> 00:12:47,507 Well, that's Scotty's project. 166 00:12:47,583 --> 00:12:49,634 He's determined to teach Todd how to read, 167 00:12:49,710 --> 00:12:52,804 and you know how Scotty is once he set his mind to something. 168 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,096 Total immersion. 169 00:12:54,173 --> 00:12:56,724 That's the password around here. 170 00:12:56,801 --> 00:12:58,476 So how you two getting along with Todd? 171 00:12:58,487 --> 00:12:59,519 Oh, great. 172 00:12:59,595 --> 00:13:00,928 Oh, Jonathan, I just love him. 173 00:13:01,006 --> 00:13:04,023 Well, we both do, but he's such a sweet boy. 174 00:13:04,100 --> 00:13:06,984 And he just loves to be cuddled, so starved for it. 175 00:13:07,061 --> 00:13:08,619 And he really tries very hard. 176 00:13:08,497 --> 00:13:10,154 Yeah, well, with you and Scotty teaching him, 177 00:13:10,231 --> 00:13:11,781 I bet he'll be reading in no time at all. 178 00:13:11,858 --> 00:13:13,449 Well, if Scotty has his way, he will. 179 00:13:13,526 --> 00:13:15,576 Me, I'm a softie. 180 00:13:15,653 --> 00:13:16,828 I'm the cuddler. 181 00:13:16,904 --> 00:13:18,212 Where are those two anyway? 182 00:13:18,289 --> 00:13:19,631 They're out on a nature walk. 183 00:13:19,707 --> 00:13:22,500 They go out on these walks and Scotty teaches Todd 184 00:13:22,511 --> 00:13:25,670 the names of the flowers and the birds and the trees. 185 00:13:25,746 --> 00:13:27,638 He's learning all that stuff? 186 00:13:27,715 --> 00:13:29,257 Well, some, but mostly he just likes being with Scotty. 187 00:13:29,267 --> 00:13:31,851 And he loves to look at things, you know, 188 00:13:31,928 --> 00:13:34,178 small things that you or I wouldn't even see, 189 00:13:34,255 --> 00:13:37,056 like a wild flower growing in somebody's 190 00:13:37,133 --> 00:13:39,517 lawn or a caterpillar. 191 00:13:39,594 --> 00:13:42,687 You know, it's nice moving at his pace, very slowly, 192 00:13:42,763 --> 00:13:44,605 seeing all the things that you or I wouldn't even 193 00:13:44,682 --> 00:13:45,573 take time to notice. 194 00:13:49,821 --> 00:13:50,945 Hi, Coach. 195 00:13:51,022 --> 00:13:51,863 Hey, kiddo. 196 00:13:51,939 --> 00:13:53,748 How was the nature walk? 197 00:13:53,825 --> 00:13:57,118 Oh, it was good. 198 00:13:57,194 --> 00:14:00,079 We seen these bugs with these long legs. 199 00:14:00,156 --> 00:14:01,047 What do you call that bug? 200 00:14:01,124 --> 00:14:03,374 What's its name? 201 00:14:03,451 --> 00:14:04,542 I don't know. 202 00:14:04,553 --> 00:14:06,043 Praying-- 203 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,504 Yeah, praying bugs. 204 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:11,716 And we seen these flowers, real fuzzy flowers. 205 00:14:11,792 --> 00:14:13,718 Praying mantis? 206 00:14:13,794 --> 00:14:15,469 Yeah. 207 00:14:15,546 --> 00:14:19,724 And and I blew the fuzzy flower, and all the fuzzy stuff 208 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,559 went in the air. 209 00:14:21,636 --> 00:14:23,570 Wow, what a neat walk. 210 00:14:26,307 --> 00:14:27,732 Do I have to go back tomorrow? 211 00:14:27,808 --> 00:14:28,649 Well, it's Monday. 212 00:14:28,726 --> 00:14:31,235 You've got school. 213 00:14:31,312 --> 00:14:33,371 But I want to stay here another day. 214 00:14:44,533 --> 00:14:46,250 Todd, if Scotty and I could fix 215 00:14:46,327 --> 00:14:49,512 it so you could stay here all the time, would you like that? 216 00:14:52,917 --> 00:14:54,926 Forever and ever? 217 00:14:55,002 --> 00:14:56,102 Forever and ever. 218 00:14:59,382 --> 00:15:01,515 We want you to be our son, Todd. 219 00:15:01,592 --> 00:15:04,101 We love you. 220 00:15:04,178 --> 00:15:05,937 - And you'll be my mom and dad? - Yes. 221 00:15:06,013 --> 00:15:07,071 Yes. 222 00:15:12,061 --> 00:15:14,528 Todd, what are you doing? 223 00:15:14,605 --> 00:15:15,455 Wait. 224 00:15:25,324 --> 00:15:27,375 But I don't understand, Mrs. Gettys. 225 00:15:27,385 --> 00:15:29,877 We filled out all of the forms, we've 226 00:15:29,954 --> 00:15:33,130 met all of the criteria your agency has for adoptive parents 227 00:15:33,207 --> 00:15:34,382 because you said so yourself. 228 00:15:34,458 --> 00:15:36,100 I know that, Mrs. Wilson. 229 00:15:36,177 --> 00:15:38,302 Everything you're saying is true, 230 00:15:38,379 --> 00:15:43,474 but Todd's natural parents never gave him up for adoption. 231 00:15:43,551 --> 00:15:45,851 But they haven't seen him in years. 232 00:15:45,928 --> 00:15:47,478 I know that. 233 00:15:47,555 --> 00:15:50,940 We approached the Bryants and apprised them of the situation 234 00:15:51,017 --> 00:15:53,776 and of your desire to adopt Todd. 235 00:15:53,853 --> 00:15:57,196 I didn't think there would be any problem. 236 00:15:57,273 --> 00:15:58,522 There shouldn't have been. 237 00:15:58,600 --> 00:15:59,991 They don't care what happens to them. 238 00:16:00,067 --> 00:16:01,867 They all but abandoned him. 239 00:16:01,944 --> 00:16:03,494 They didn't abandon him. 240 00:16:03,571 --> 00:16:07,423 They put him in foster care, and they have paid all his expenses 241 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,125 at the group foster care home. 242 00:16:09,201 --> 00:16:10,134 But they don't love him. 243 00:16:10,211 --> 00:16:12,878 They have no moral right. 244 00:16:12,955 --> 00:16:15,297 They have a legal right. 245 00:16:15,374 --> 00:16:18,342 Mr. Wilson, I shouldn't have to tell you that. 246 00:16:18,419 --> 00:16:22,513 You're an attorney, and they are his parents. 247 00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:24,682 And they have made it very clear that they 248 00:16:24,693 --> 00:16:31,397 will not under any circumstances allow you to adopt their son. 249 00:16:31,474 --> 00:16:34,075 Maybe if we could just meet them, talk with them, 250 00:16:34,152 --> 00:16:38,362 make them see that we love the boy, that we'd be good parents. 251 00:16:38,439 --> 00:16:41,198 They saw your file, Mr. Wilson. 252 00:16:41,275 --> 00:16:44,160 It's no reflection on either of you, 253 00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:47,705 but they don't want to meet you. 254 00:16:47,782 --> 00:16:50,416 They were as firm about that as they were about not 255 00:16:50,493 --> 00:16:52,176 giving Todd up for adoption. 256 00:16:54,622 --> 00:16:59,216 I'm so sorry, but there's just nothing to do about it. 257 00:16:59,293 --> 00:17:01,886 They are his parents. 258 00:17:01,962 --> 00:17:03,304 No, they're not. 259 00:17:03,380 --> 00:17:05,306 It takes love to be a parent. 260 00:17:05,382 --> 00:17:06,724 We love the boy. 261 00:17:06,801 --> 00:17:10,394 All they've got on their side is the law. 262 00:17:10,471 --> 00:17:12,405 I'm afraid that's all they need. 263 00:17:32,835 --> 00:17:35,044 But they haven't seen him since he was three years old, 264 00:17:35,121 --> 00:17:36,754 not once. 265 00:17:36,831 --> 00:17:38,890 Well, isn't there anything you can do legally, Scotty? 266 00:17:38,966 --> 00:17:40,174 I mean, isn't there something? 267 00:17:40,251 --> 00:17:41,133 I don't know. 268 00:17:41,210 --> 00:17:42,868 I'm researching it now. 269 00:17:42,945 --> 00:17:45,012 We could petition the court to appoint a conservatorship 270 00:17:45,089 --> 00:17:46,555 for Todd with us as conservators, 271 00:17:46,632 --> 00:17:48,849 but the odds are so much against it. 272 00:17:48,926 --> 00:17:50,275 These people have money. 273 00:17:50,353 --> 00:17:51,410 They can fight us and they'd win. 274 00:17:51,487 --> 00:17:52,686 But they don't want to be his parents. 275 00:17:52,763 --> 00:17:55,314 They're not fit to be his parents. 276 00:17:55,391 --> 00:17:57,316 That's not the way a court would see it. 277 00:17:57,393 --> 00:17:58,884 They didn't abandon him. 278 00:17:58,961 --> 00:18:00,319 They put him in a fine group foster care home. 279 00:18:00,396 --> 00:18:01,662 They paid all his bills. 280 00:18:01,739 --> 00:18:03,656 But they've never been there for him. 281 00:18:03,733 --> 00:18:05,825 They haven't-- they haven't held him or laughed with him. 282 00:18:05,901 --> 00:18:08,452 They haven't comforted him when he's cried. 283 00:18:08,529 --> 00:18:11,372 The law doesn't give too many points for cuddling. 284 00:18:11,448 --> 00:18:13,290 Then the law stinks. 285 00:18:13,367 --> 00:18:16,001 In the eyes of the law, they're not unfit parents. 286 00:18:16,078 --> 00:18:18,963 They did exactly what their doctors advised them to do. 287 00:18:19,039 --> 00:18:21,048 Everything except love him. 288 00:18:21,125 --> 00:18:22,508 You don't know that. 289 00:18:22,585 --> 00:18:24,009 Jonathan, what are you talking about? 290 00:18:24,086 --> 00:18:25,519 They gave up the kid. 291 00:18:25,596 --> 00:18:26,920 Mark, if they gave up the boy because they 292 00:18:26,998 --> 00:18:28,347 thought it was the best thing for him, 293 00:18:28,424 --> 00:18:30,307 then it was an act of love. 294 00:18:30,384 --> 00:18:32,518 Whose side are you on anyway? 295 00:18:32,529 --> 00:18:35,146 Oh, come on, Diane, it's not a matter of sides, is it? 296 00:18:35,222 --> 00:18:36,647 And the fact of the matter is they 297 00:18:36,724 --> 00:18:37,698 won't give the child up for adoption, 298 00:18:37,775 --> 00:18:40,025 then there has to be a reason. 299 00:18:40,102 --> 00:18:42,954 You told Todd yet? 300 00:18:43,030 --> 00:18:44,088 No. 301 00:18:44,164 --> 00:18:45,489 How could we tell him, Mark? 302 00:18:45,566 --> 00:18:47,625 He's so excited about finally having a family. 303 00:18:47,702 --> 00:18:51,579 He's already planning our first Christmas together. 304 00:18:51,655 --> 00:18:53,873 So what have you told him? 305 00:18:53,949 --> 00:18:57,585 We just said these things take time and he has to be patient. 306 00:18:57,661 --> 00:18:59,545 I don't believe this is happening. 307 00:18:59,622 --> 00:19:01,839 What kind of people would prevent 308 00:19:01,916 --> 00:19:04,392 their child from having parents who want him, 309 00:19:04,468 --> 00:19:07,970 and who really love him? 310 00:19:08,047 --> 00:19:09,054 Dr. Bryant? 311 00:19:09,131 --> 00:19:10,014 Yeah. 312 00:19:10,090 --> 00:19:11,365 I'm Jonathan Smith. 313 00:19:11,442 --> 00:19:12,683 We met in your office a few months ago. 314 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:14,518 I'm with Special Olympics. 315 00:19:14,595 --> 00:19:16,061 Oh, yes, of course. 316 00:19:16,138 --> 00:19:18,814 I wondered if I could talk to you for a few minutes? 317 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:20,900 Oh, well, we're just finishing up dinner. 318 00:19:20,976 --> 00:19:23,319 Oh, I'm sorry, but I'll wait if it's all right. 319 00:19:23,395 --> 00:19:26,113 It's about your son Todd. 320 00:19:26,190 --> 00:19:27,323 Well, I think we've already had 321 00:19:27,399 --> 00:19:29,241 this conversation, Mr. Smith. 322 00:19:29,318 --> 00:19:31,577 I mean, I think it's great that Todd's in the Special Olympics, 323 00:19:31,654 --> 00:19:34,496 but we really don't think it's right to come back to his life 324 00:19:34,573 --> 00:19:35,414 just to cheer him on. 325 00:19:35,491 --> 00:19:36,691 And frankly-- 326 00:19:36,767 --> 00:19:38,216 This is not about Special Olympics. 327 00:19:38,294 --> 00:19:41,378 It's-- it's about the couple that wants to adopt him. 328 00:19:41,455 --> 00:19:43,839 You mean, m brother? 329 00:19:43,916 --> 00:19:47,259 Josh, Jennifer, do me a favor, go to your rooms, please? 330 00:19:47,336 --> 00:19:48,594 But why? 331 00:19:48,671 --> 00:19:52,056 Just do as I say, please? 332 00:19:52,132 --> 00:19:56,185 Look, if you want to use the car, go to your rooms, OK? 333 00:19:56,262 --> 00:19:57,111 Thank you. 334 00:20:02,118 --> 00:20:03,108 What's going on here? 335 00:20:03,185 --> 00:20:04,719 That's what I'd like to know. 336 00:20:04,795 --> 00:20:06,862 I'm a friend of the Wilsons, the couple that wants-- 337 00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:09,615 I know who they are, and I know what they want, 338 00:20:09,692 --> 00:20:11,116 and the answer is no. 339 00:20:11,193 --> 00:20:13,244 Dr. Bryant, the Wilsons are both professional people. 340 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:14,828 They're fine people. 341 00:20:14,905 --> 00:20:17,039 They make a good living, and they love Todd, 342 00:20:17,050 --> 00:20:18,374 and he loves them. 343 00:20:18,451 --> 00:20:19,959 They'd be wonderful parents for him. 344 00:20:20,035 --> 00:20:21,961 And you think there's something wrong with the kind 345 00:20:22,037 --> 00:20:23,963 of parents we are? 346 00:20:24,039 --> 00:20:25,531 We don't have to talk to him, Lauren. 347 00:20:25,608 --> 00:20:27,258 No, no, I want to know what he thinks of us. 348 00:20:27,334 --> 00:20:28,175 It doesn't matter. 349 00:20:28,252 --> 00:20:29,927 It matters to me. 350 00:20:30,004 --> 00:20:32,846 You see, I don't like people judging me. 351 00:20:32,923 --> 00:20:35,182 I didn't come here to judge you, Mrs. Bryant. 352 00:20:35,259 --> 00:20:36,225 Oh? 353 00:20:36,302 --> 00:20:37,268 They love him. 354 00:20:37,344 --> 00:20:38,952 They'd make wonderful parents. 355 00:20:39,029 --> 00:20:42,314 Well, if that isn't judging, I don't know what is. 356 00:20:42,391 --> 00:20:44,033 Do you have a retarded child, Mr. Smith? 357 00:20:47,396 --> 00:20:48,946 No, I don't. 358 00:20:49,023 --> 00:20:51,031 Well, we do. 359 00:20:50,541 --> 00:20:52,825 And we can tell you all about the heartache of watching him 360 00:20:52,901 --> 00:20:55,077 with other children and knowing that there is something 361 00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:57,371 wrong with that beautiful baby. 362 00:20:57,448 --> 00:20:59,114 And not admitting it to yourself, 363 00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:02,668 even though all the other babies are walking and talking. 364 00:21:02,745 --> 00:21:05,170 We can tell you all about the lies that you tell yourself 365 00:21:05,247 --> 00:21:09,100 and the praying to God that it just isn't true. 366 00:21:09,176 --> 00:21:13,637 Do you know what it is like for a mother to give her baby away 367 00:21:13,714 --> 00:21:16,307 to strangers and to turn her back on him 368 00:21:16,383 --> 00:21:18,142 and to hear him screaming and yelling? 369 00:21:18,218 --> 00:21:20,311 Do you know what that feels like? 370 00:21:20,387 --> 00:21:22,104 Calm down, Lauren. 371 00:21:22,181 --> 00:21:25,024 No, I want him to know. 372 00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:28,736 Now, the doctors advised us to do this and our minister 373 00:21:28,812 --> 00:21:30,070 counseled us to do this. 374 00:21:30,147 --> 00:21:31,947 I've already explained that to Mr. Smith. 375 00:21:32,024 --> 00:21:33,874 You don't have to go through this again. 376 00:21:33,951 --> 00:21:36,493 You know, we went to see him once, 377 00:21:36,570 --> 00:21:39,538 and he cried so hysterically that I had to-- 378 00:21:39,615 --> 00:21:44,293 I had-- I had to pry his hands off my body. 379 00:21:44,370 --> 00:21:47,638 Do you know what a mother feels like that to do that? 380 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:56,722 Believe me, I didn't come here to judge you, Mrs. Bryant. 381 00:21:56,799 --> 00:21:59,224 I know you've done what you thought was best for your boy. 382 00:21:59,301 --> 00:22:03,812 He's in a fine home and he's done very well there. 383 00:22:03,889 --> 00:22:07,733 But as fine a place as that is, it isn't the same 384 00:22:07,810 --> 00:22:09,118 as having a mother and father. 385 00:22:12,147 --> 00:22:14,239 The Wilsons are willing to take any kind of a test you want 386 00:22:14,316 --> 00:22:16,617 them to take to prove what kind of people they are 387 00:22:16,693 --> 00:22:19,328 and what kind of home they can give to Todd. 388 00:22:19,405 --> 00:22:21,789 No. 389 00:22:21,865 --> 00:22:23,399 No. 390 00:22:23,476 --> 00:22:27,127 We are Todd's parents, and we'll decide what's best for him. 391 00:22:27,204 --> 00:22:29,630 And to be blunt, Mr. Smith, which is evidently the only way 392 00:22:29,706 --> 00:22:33,133 to be with you, this Mr. Wilson you're talking about 393 00:22:33,210 --> 00:22:35,552 is a quadriplegic. 394 00:22:35,629 --> 00:22:38,639 Now, I want you to tell me what kind of guardian 395 00:22:38,649 --> 00:22:42,601 he's going to be for a boy who is mentally incompetent. 396 00:22:42,678 --> 00:22:45,771 It's completely out of the question. 397 00:22:45,848 --> 00:22:47,731 We've taken everything into consideration, 398 00:22:47,808 --> 00:22:49,257 and we made our decision. 399 00:22:49,335 --> 00:22:50,767 I think there's something you haven't taken 400 00:22:50,844 --> 00:22:52,486 into consideration, and that's how Todd feels 401 00:22:52,563 --> 00:22:53,829 and what he thinks. 402 00:22:53,906 --> 00:22:55,739 It is irrelevant what Todd thinks. 403 00:22:55,816 --> 00:22:56,907 The boy is retarded. 404 00:22:56,984 --> 00:22:58,117 Just stop it, both of you. 405 00:22:58,193 --> 00:22:59,552 Just get out of here. 406 00:22:59,628 --> 00:23:00,478 Just get out of our house and tell 407 00:23:00,554 --> 00:23:01,854 those people to stop bothering us 408 00:23:01,931 --> 00:23:04,581 and just stay away from my son. 409 00:23:04,658 --> 00:23:07,167 I think you better leave now, Mr. Smith. 410 00:23:07,244 --> 00:23:09,002 I'm sorry, I didn't come here to upset you. 411 00:23:09,079 --> 00:23:09,970 I'm sorry. 412 00:23:22,509 --> 00:23:23,475 There you go, Kyle. 413 00:23:23,552 --> 00:23:24,568 Thanks. 414 00:23:29,057 --> 00:23:30,783 Let's see some good jumping, Kyle. 415 00:23:39,485 --> 00:23:42,494 Excuse me, I'm looking for Mr. And Mrs. Scott Wilson. 416 00:23:42,571 --> 00:23:44,204 Oh, yeah, sitting right down there. 417 00:23:44,281 --> 00:23:45,172 Thanks. 418 00:23:50,412 --> 00:23:51,670 Go, go, go. 419 00:23:51,747 --> 00:23:54,131 Stay in your lane. 420 00:23:54,142 --> 00:23:54,840 Mr. Wilson? 421 00:23:54,917 --> 00:23:56,884 Yeah, that's me. 422 00:23:56,894 --> 00:24:00,888 I'm sorry, but I just get paid to serve the paper. 423 00:24:00,964 --> 00:24:02,473 Here. 424 00:24:02,483 --> 00:24:03,974 What is this? 425 00:24:04,051 --> 00:24:04,859 I'm sorry. 426 00:24:09,598 --> 00:24:10,847 What is it, Diane? 427 00:24:10,925 --> 00:24:13,066 I don't understand all this legal mumbo jumbo. 428 00:24:13,143 --> 00:24:14,785 Hey, I'm the lawyer, let me see. 429 00:24:19,566 --> 00:24:21,116 - Damn. - What? 430 00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:22,001 What is it? 431 00:24:22,077 --> 00:24:23,594 The Bryants. 432 00:24:23,670 --> 00:24:25,370 This is a notice advising us that they filed a request 433 00:24:25,447 --> 00:24:27,372 with the court to issue a temporary restraining 434 00:24:27,449 --> 00:24:30,292 order to bar us from having any further contact with their son 435 00:24:30,369 --> 00:24:31,218 Todd. 436 00:24:41,672 --> 00:24:42,554 Hi, Mom. 437 00:24:42,631 --> 00:24:43,713 Hi, Hon. 438 00:24:47,261 --> 00:24:48,368 See any mail come in? 439 00:24:48,445 --> 00:24:50,729 You're home from practice kind of early. 440 00:24:50,806 --> 00:24:52,740 Yeah, the coach had to go somewhere. 441 00:24:56,436 --> 00:24:57,694 What's this? 442 00:24:57,771 --> 00:24:59,238 Oh, it's just some legal papers. 443 00:24:59,248 --> 00:25:00,906 Nothing for you. 444 00:25:00,983 --> 00:25:02,908 Nothing from Susan, if that's what you're after. 445 00:25:02,985 --> 00:25:04,276 Are we suing somebody? 446 00:25:04,353 --> 00:25:06,119 Oh, well, if we are, I don't see what business 447 00:25:06,196 --> 00:25:08,288 it is of yours. 448 00:25:08,365 --> 00:25:09,331 This is about Todd, Mom. 449 00:25:09,342 --> 00:25:11,049 What is this? 450 00:25:11,127 --> 00:25:13,627 What is the sudden interest in our legal affairs? 451 00:25:13,704 --> 00:25:15,629 I just asked a question. 452 00:25:15,706 --> 00:25:18,090 I mean, is there a problem with Todd? 453 00:25:18,166 --> 00:25:20,267 Someone is trying to interfere with his care and your father 454 00:25:20,344 --> 00:25:22,469 and I are being forced to hire a lawyer to stop them. 455 00:25:22,546 --> 00:25:24,162 Good enough? 456 00:25:23,940 --> 00:25:25,597 Does this have anything to do with that man who 457 00:25:25,674 --> 00:25:26,932 came here about adopting Todd? 458 00:25:27,009 --> 00:25:28,142 That is our business. 459 00:25:28,218 --> 00:25:29,184 Your father's and mine. 460 00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:31,103 Hey, I just asked a question. 461 00:25:31,179 --> 00:25:32,863 Well, you got your answer. 462 00:25:46,778 --> 00:25:48,003 Can he do stuff at all? 463 00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:53,208 Who? 464 00:25:53,285 --> 00:25:54,284 My brother. 465 00:25:54,362 --> 00:25:56,336 Can he walk or talk or do anything, 466 00:25:56,413 --> 00:25:57,796 or does he just lie there? 467 00:25:57,873 --> 00:25:59,590 What's going on here? 468 00:25:59,666 --> 00:26:00,890 What's going on with you, Ma? 469 00:26:00,968 --> 00:26:03,635 I just asked a simple question. 470 00:26:03,712 --> 00:26:05,371 I mean, Mom, it was you who always told us 471 00:26:05,447 --> 00:26:07,806 the reason we can never visit him is he wouldn't 472 00:26:07,883 --> 00:26:09,191 recognize us anyway, right? 473 00:26:12,638 --> 00:26:15,814 Your brother is retarded. 474 00:26:15,891 --> 00:26:18,525 He is one of the tragedies of my life. 475 00:26:18,602 --> 00:26:19,943 He is not getting better. 476 00:26:20,020 --> 00:26:21,612 He will never get better. 477 00:26:21,688 --> 00:26:23,989 He is retarded, OK? 478 00:26:24,066 --> 00:26:24,873 OK. 479 00:26:45,045 --> 00:26:46,762 Do you ever go and see him? 480 00:26:46,838 --> 00:26:47,679 Just you and-- 481 00:26:47,756 --> 00:26:49,414 That is enough. 482 00:26:49,025 --> 00:26:50,482 I will not be cross-examined in my own house. 483 00:27:11,613 --> 00:27:19,044 Your brother is in one of the finest facilities in the state, 484 00:27:19,121 --> 00:27:23,965 and he is getting the best of care, far better 485 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:28,345 than any cripple could give him, and far better than 486 00:27:28,422 --> 00:27:31,098 if he had to compete for our love and attention 487 00:27:31,174 --> 00:27:35,727 with two self-centered teenagers like you and your sister. 488 00:27:35,804 --> 00:27:37,562 Mom, I didn't mean to upset you. 489 00:27:37,639 --> 00:27:38,947 Just leave me alone. 490 00:27:41,977 --> 00:27:46,113 Just-- just go up to your room, drive your car, 491 00:27:46,123 --> 00:27:47,539 whatever it is that you do. 492 00:27:50,694 --> 00:27:52,544 Oh, God, just leave me alone. 493 00:28:30,901 --> 00:28:32,325 How's she doing? 494 00:28:32,402 --> 00:28:34,503 She finally cried herself to sleep. 495 00:28:39,910 --> 00:28:43,303 I'll never forget that little guy's face today when I told 496 00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:45,380 him I couldn't see him anymore. 497 00:28:47,918 --> 00:28:53,305 I tried to explain it to him, but I could hear him crying 498 00:28:53,315 --> 00:28:56,266 all the way back to the van. 499 00:28:56,343 --> 00:28:59,394 I wish Mrs. Bryant could have heard you say that. 500 00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:00,612 Why? 501 00:29:00,689 --> 00:29:01,530 What difference would it make to her? 502 00:29:03,934 --> 00:29:05,225 She told me that's exactly what happened 503 00:29:05,302 --> 00:29:08,111 when she had to leave Todd. 504 00:29:08,188 --> 00:29:09,863 She didn't have to leave Todd. 505 00:29:09,940 --> 00:29:12,073 She did it because she wanted to. 506 00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:13,492 I did it because she forced me to. 507 00:29:13,568 --> 00:29:16,036 So spare me the stories about what she felt. 508 00:29:16,112 --> 00:29:17,329 Hey, hey hey, come on. 509 00:29:17,405 --> 00:29:18,955 None of this is helping us figure a way 510 00:29:19,032 --> 00:29:21,124 to beat that restraining order. 511 00:29:21,201 --> 00:29:22,709 This isn't going to be solved in court. 512 00:29:22,786 --> 00:29:25,045 There's more here than just law. 513 00:29:25,121 --> 00:29:26,880 Maybe so, Jonathan, but right now the law 514 00:29:26,957 --> 00:29:28,456 is the only thing we've got. 515 00:29:28,534 --> 00:29:30,392 So if you can't help, just stay out of it. 516 00:29:39,803 --> 00:29:42,062 I'm sorry. 517 00:29:42,072 --> 00:29:45,607 I'm just so damn angry. 518 00:29:45,684 --> 00:29:46,617 It's so unfair. 519 00:29:46,693 --> 00:29:49,903 There's not a thing we can do. 520 00:29:49,980 --> 00:29:51,822 They're the natural parents. 521 00:29:51,898 --> 00:29:53,373 They've got all the rights. 522 00:29:53,450 --> 00:29:55,659 So what about Todd, doesn't he have any rights? 523 00:29:55,735 --> 00:29:58,086 Every kid has a right to sue his parents. 524 00:29:58,163 --> 00:30:00,080 He can sue them to sever his ties with them. 525 00:30:00,090 --> 00:30:02,999 He can become-- what do they call it? 526 00:30:03,076 --> 00:30:03,950 Emancipated. 527 00:30:04,028 --> 00:30:06,419 Emancipated. 528 00:30:06,496 --> 00:30:08,213 Well, that's an established point of law, 529 00:30:08,290 --> 00:30:10,966 but we're not just talking about a minor, 530 00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:12,759 we're talking about a retarded minor. 531 00:30:12,836 --> 00:30:15,637 Well, don't the retarded have any rights under the law? 532 00:30:15,714 --> 00:30:21,142 Well, sure, they do, but on this one, I don't know. 533 00:30:21,219 --> 00:30:22,435 Well, he has a right to an attorney. 534 00:30:22,512 --> 00:30:24,312 Everybody has a right to an attorney. 535 00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:26,773 Now they may be able to keep him from seeing you, Scotty, 536 00:30:26,850 --> 00:30:29,201 but can they keep him from seeing his own lawyer? 537 00:30:39,112 --> 00:30:40,170 Hi, kiddo. 538 00:30:45,911 --> 00:30:47,135 I don't want to go practice. 539 00:30:49,664 --> 00:30:50,514 Yeah, I know. 540 00:30:56,597 --> 00:30:59,648 It's because Scotty and Diane can't come and see you, huh? 541 00:31:02,152 --> 00:31:03,360 They don't want it. 542 00:31:03,437 --> 00:31:05,812 Ah, come on, they explained to you why 543 00:31:05,889 --> 00:31:09,149 they can't come and see you. 544 00:31:09,225 --> 00:31:10,826 They could if they really wanted to. 545 00:31:13,688 --> 00:31:15,289 They could if they really love me. 546 00:31:18,318 --> 00:31:20,785 Todd, what you're doing right now 547 00:31:20,862 --> 00:31:22,579 is you're being a little boy. 548 00:31:22,656 --> 00:31:25,332 Now, if you want Scotty and Diane for your family, 549 00:31:25,408 --> 00:31:27,751 you're going to have to act like a big boy now. 550 00:31:27,827 --> 00:31:29,544 You're going to have to try to understand 551 00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:35,675 what's going on so you can fight for what you want and get it. 552 00:31:35,752 --> 00:31:38,345 But I can't do nothing. 553 00:31:38,421 --> 00:31:40,055 How can I do something? 554 00:31:40,131 --> 00:31:43,099 That's what I'm going to tell you. 555 00:31:43,176 --> 00:31:45,977 You know what a judge is? 556 00:31:46,054 --> 00:31:47,020 Like on TV? 557 00:31:47,097 --> 00:31:48,155 Right, like on TV. 558 00:31:50,475 --> 00:31:56,196 He's the guy that sits there and puts the bad guys in jail. 559 00:31:56,272 --> 00:31:57,364 Well it's not always a question 560 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,049 of putting a bad guy in jail. 561 00:31:59,125 --> 00:32:03,620 You see, sometimes when people have a disagreement, they-- 562 00:32:03,697 --> 00:32:04,862 here. 563 00:32:04,940 --> 00:32:07,082 Suppose you and your best friend both wanted 564 00:32:07,158 --> 00:32:08,833 to play with the same toy. 565 00:32:08,910 --> 00:32:11,628 What would you do? 566 00:32:11,705 --> 00:32:12,912 Ask Mrs. Burke. 567 00:32:12,990 --> 00:32:15,590 All right, well, a judge is like Mrs. Burke. 568 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:17,601 See, when grownups have a disagreement, 569 00:32:17,678 --> 00:32:20,428 they go to a judge and the judge decides what's 570 00:32:20,505 --> 00:32:23,848 right according to the law. 571 00:32:23,925 --> 00:32:24,891 What law? 572 00:32:24,968 --> 00:32:26,667 The rules. 573 00:32:26,745 --> 00:32:29,312 Like, if you were in a race and you ran out of your lane, 574 00:32:29,389 --> 00:32:31,982 what would happen? 575 00:32:32,058 --> 00:32:33,191 I don't win. 576 00:32:33,268 --> 00:32:35,193 Right, because those are the rules. 577 00:32:35,270 --> 00:32:37,371 Well, in life there are rules, too, 578 00:32:37,447 --> 00:32:41,282 and a judge knows what they are. 579 00:32:41,293 --> 00:32:45,120 But the judge won't let Scotty and Diane see me. 580 00:32:45,196 --> 00:32:47,789 It's only because he hasn't heard you yet. 581 00:32:47,866 --> 00:32:51,001 Todd, would you be willing to stand up in front of a judge 582 00:32:51,077 --> 00:32:54,254 and tell him what you want? 583 00:32:54,330 --> 00:32:57,966 And he'd let me live with Scotty and Diane? 584 00:32:58,043 --> 00:32:59,050 Maybe. 585 00:32:59,127 --> 00:32:59,935 There's a chance. 586 00:33:00,012 --> 00:33:02,929 It won't be easy. 587 00:33:03,006 --> 00:33:05,056 Nothing's easy. 588 00:33:05,133 --> 00:33:07,100 I'll tell a judge. 589 00:33:07,177 --> 00:33:09,436 You take me to a judge, Coach. 590 00:33:09,446 --> 00:33:11,938 I want to tell him. 591 00:33:12,015 --> 00:33:13,139 Now, wait a minute. 592 00:33:13,217 --> 00:33:14,607 You don't just go and see a judge, 593 00:33:14,684 --> 00:33:16,284 You see, you've got to have an attorney. 594 00:33:19,105 --> 00:33:21,248 But I don't have no attorney. 595 00:33:21,324 --> 00:33:24,200 You want one? 596 00:33:24,211 --> 00:33:26,244 Sure. 597 00:33:26,321 --> 00:33:27,746 All right, kiddo, you got one now. 598 00:33:27,822 --> 00:33:28,630 Come on. 599 00:33:34,204 --> 00:33:35,262 Hiya, kid. 600 00:33:41,419 --> 00:33:44,137 I missed you. 601 00:33:44,214 --> 00:33:45,538 I missed you, too. 602 00:33:49,094 --> 00:33:51,478 Mr. Wilson. 603 00:33:51,554 --> 00:33:54,147 I'm sorry, but I've got orders to call 604 00:33:54,224 --> 00:33:56,316 the police if you come here. 605 00:33:56,326 --> 00:33:58,902 There's an injunction against your seeing Toddy. 606 00:33:58,978 --> 00:34:00,286 You know that. 607 00:34:00,364 --> 00:34:01,980 That's where you're wrong, Mrs. Burke. 608 00:34:02,056 --> 00:34:05,408 There is a temporary restraining order against Scotty Wilson. 609 00:34:05,485 --> 00:34:07,327 I'm not here as Scotty Wilson. 610 00:34:07,403 --> 00:34:09,337 I'm here as an attorney seeing my client. 611 00:34:18,891 --> 00:34:20,432 He got himself a lawyer. 612 00:34:23,169 --> 00:34:24,577 His attorney? 613 00:34:24,354 --> 00:34:26,429 Your Honor, this is preposterous. 614 00:34:26,506 --> 00:34:28,640 Mr. Park, you know these proceedings are being held 615 00:34:28,716 --> 00:34:31,017 in my chambers so they can be a little less formal, 616 00:34:31,094 --> 00:34:32,560 but I'd appreciate it if you would 617 00:34:32,637 --> 00:34:35,522 refrain from the theatrics. 618 00:34:35,598 --> 00:34:37,357 Sorry, Your Honor. 619 00:34:37,433 --> 00:34:39,526 It's all right, son. 620 00:34:39,602 --> 00:34:43,571 Your Honor, Mr. Wilson is himself the object 621 00:34:43,648 --> 00:34:45,365 of the restraining order. 622 00:34:45,441 --> 00:34:48,034 His client, as he calls him, is a minor 623 00:34:48,111 --> 00:34:51,204 of diminished mental capacities whose guardians are the ones 624 00:34:51,281 --> 00:34:56,000 who sought the restraining order to protect him from Mr. Wilson. 625 00:34:56,077 --> 00:34:56,927 So this is absurd. 626 00:34:59,956 --> 00:35:01,756 Mr. Wilson? 627 00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:04,259 Your honor, I am an attorney licensed by the bar 628 00:35:04,335 --> 00:35:06,328 to practice law in this state. 629 00:35:06,404 --> 00:35:08,939 The minor in question is also the object of this restraining 630 00:35:09,015 --> 00:35:11,691 order and has requested me to act on his behalf 631 00:35:11,768 --> 00:35:14,394 in the matter now pending before this court. 632 00:35:14,404 --> 00:35:16,479 And on his behalf, I am requesting the court 633 00:35:16,556 --> 00:35:19,649 to set aside ruling on whether the temporary restraining 634 00:35:19,726 --> 00:35:22,068 order should be made permanent until Your Honor has 635 00:35:22,145 --> 00:35:24,779 had a chance to consider my client's petitions. 636 00:35:24,856 --> 00:35:26,431 What petitions? 637 00:35:26,508 --> 00:35:31,911 Mr. Parker, the guy on my side of the desk asks the questions. 638 00:35:31,988 --> 00:35:32,754 Sorry. 639 00:35:32,831 --> 00:35:36,374 Sorry, Your Honor. 640 00:35:36,451 --> 00:35:38,918 What petitions? 641 00:35:38,995 --> 00:35:39,845 Mark? 642 00:35:48,713 --> 00:35:50,847 The first is my client's opposition 643 00:35:50,924 --> 00:35:52,765 to the request for a permanent restraining 644 00:35:52,842 --> 00:35:55,059 order barring my client from seeing 645 00:35:55,136 --> 00:35:56,895 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wilson. 646 00:35:56,971 --> 00:35:59,397 The second is a petition asking the court 647 00:35:59,474 --> 00:36:02,817 to appoint guardians ad litem, temporary guardians 648 00:36:02,894 --> 00:36:05,111 for my client, and that those guardians 649 00:36:05,188 --> 00:36:06,788 be Mr. And Mrs. Scott Wilson. 650 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,452 Guardians ad litem, your client 651 00:36:12,462 --> 00:36:16,497 must be entertaining some litigation of his own. 652 00:36:16,574 --> 00:36:17,916 That's correct, Your Honor. 653 00:36:17,992 --> 00:36:19,876 It is my client's intent to take whatever steps are 654 00:36:19,953 --> 00:36:23,421 necessary to sever his legal ties from his natural parents, 655 00:36:23,498 --> 00:36:25,715 Richard and Lauren Bryant so that he will 656 00:36:25,792 --> 00:36:27,717 be free to be adopted by Mr. and Mrs. 657 00:36:27,794 --> 00:36:30,720 Scott Wilson, who love him. 658 00:36:30,797 --> 00:36:34,390 Your Honor, I must protest. 659 00:36:34,467 --> 00:36:37,268 Yes, well, I kind of figured you would. 660 00:36:37,345 --> 00:36:40,605 I mean, come on, Mr. Wilson, who are you trying to kid? 661 00:36:40,682 --> 00:36:43,983 Your Honor, we are talking about a retarded boy who could 662 00:36:44,060 --> 00:36:46,736 no sooner pronounce the words in those petitions, let alone 663 00:36:46,813 --> 00:36:47,946 understand what they meant. 664 00:36:48,022 --> 00:36:49,789 Your Honor, we love the boy, and we 665 00:36:49,866 --> 00:36:51,349 want to make a home for him. 666 00:36:50,959 --> 00:36:52,784 And he loves us, and he knows very 667 00:36:52,860 --> 00:36:54,452 well what those words mean. 668 00:36:54,529 --> 00:36:56,788 The boy is a mental incompetent, 669 00:36:56,864 --> 00:36:58,581 and this man is making a mockery of-- 670 00:36:58,658 --> 00:37:02,710 Mr. Parker, I'm going to decide who is 671 00:37:02,787 --> 00:37:04,337 and who is not competent. 672 00:37:04,414 --> 00:37:07,215 Not you. 673 00:37:07,292 --> 00:37:08,391 Yes, Your Honor. 674 00:37:11,212 --> 00:37:15,306 Mr. Wilson, I'm going to have to insist on a competency 675 00:37:15,383 --> 00:37:17,392 hearing for the minor in question 676 00:37:17,468 --> 00:37:19,352 to determine whether he understands 677 00:37:19,429 --> 00:37:22,272 the nature of the proceedings. 678 00:37:22,348 --> 00:37:26,192 If I find that he does, then I will 679 00:37:26,269 --> 00:37:33,658 accept you as his counselor, and I will entertain your motion. 680 00:37:33,735 --> 00:37:34,742 Thank you, Your Honor. 681 00:37:34,819 --> 00:37:37,662 Not so fast, Mister. 682 00:37:37,739 --> 00:37:41,207 If I find out that the young man in question 683 00:37:41,284 --> 00:37:44,460 does not understand what's going on, that you, in fact, have 684 00:37:44,537 --> 00:37:48,423 manipulated him and the law and I've 685 00:37:48,499 --> 00:37:51,217 attempted to manipulate this court, 686 00:37:51,294 --> 00:37:53,928 I'm going to hold you in contempt. 687 00:37:54,005 --> 00:37:55,855 And you're going to have a lot more to worry about 688 00:37:55,932 --> 00:37:58,182 than just a restraining order. 689 00:37:58,259 --> 00:37:59,559 Is that clear? 690 00:37:59,635 --> 00:38:00,735 Yes, Your Honor. 691 00:38:04,682 --> 00:38:07,650 All right, I'll have the clerk set aside 692 00:38:07,727 --> 00:38:15,616 the 23rd of this month on the hearing phase 693 00:38:15,693 --> 00:38:18,086 in the case of Bryant versus Bryant. 694 00:38:21,133 --> 00:38:22,716 Coach, I can't thank you enough for bringing 695 00:38:22,792 --> 00:38:24,584 your team down here to work out with our athletes. 696 00:38:24,660 --> 00:38:26,303 I'm delighted that you asked. 697 00:38:26,379 --> 00:38:28,421 It'll be a great experience for our guys. 698 00:38:28,498 --> 00:38:30,289 They'll learn more about track by teaching it 699 00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:33,259 and more about life working with your Special Olympians. 700 00:38:33,336 --> 00:38:37,055 OK, you guys, Mr. Smith here has divided his athletes up 701 00:38:37,131 --> 00:38:38,806 into groups of five, and I've done the same 702 00:38:38,883 --> 00:38:40,683 to you, so that each one of you will 703 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,435 have one group to work with. 704 00:38:42,512 --> 00:38:43,987 OK, let's get to it. 705 00:39:00,029 --> 00:39:03,164 OK, my name's Josh, and I'm going to be working with you 706 00:39:03,175 --> 00:39:04,248 today, OK? 707 00:39:04,325 --> 00:39:06,000 Hi, Josh. 708 00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:07,402 Hi. 709 00:39:07,479 --> 00:39:09,295 When I call up your names, I want you to answer up 710 00:39:09,372 --> 00:39:11,339 loud and clear, OK? 711 00:39:11,416 --> 00:39:13,466 All right. 712 00:39:13,543 --> 00:39:15,018 All right. 713 00:39:15,095 --> 00:39:16,302 Kyle Davis. 714 00:39:16,379 --> 00:39:19,055 Hi, Josh. 715 00:39:19,066 --> 00:39:20,139 Good. 716 00:39:20,216 --> 00:39:21,391 Marybeth Wilkerson? 717 00:39:21,467 --> 00:39:22,475 I am here. 718 00:39:22,552 --> 00:39:25,144 OK. 719 00:39:25,221 --> 00:39:31,359 Todd-- Todd Bryant. 720 00:39:31,436 --> 00:39:32,327 Here. 721 00:39:45,908 --> 00:39:49,928 Todd, where do you live? 722 00:39:52,290 --> 00:39:58,886 At the group foster care home with Mrs. Burke. 723 00:39:58,963 --> 00:40:02,941 Toddy, I'm Josh Bryant. 724 00:40:05,595 --> 00:40:06,653 I'm your brother. 725 00:40:11,767 --> 00:40:13,901 My-- my brother? 726 00:40:13,978 --> 00:40:14,828 Yeah. 727 00:40:19,817 --> 00:40:20,875 My brother. 728 00:40:23,654 --> 00:40:24,796 My brother. 729 00:40:31,454 --> 00:40:32,595 My brother. 730 00:40:35,341 --> 00:40:36,266 My brother. 731 00:40:48,221 --> 00:40:50,271 You lied to me and to Jennifer. 732 00:40:50,348 --> 00:40:53,024 All these years, all you did was lie. 733 00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:54,233 Josh, we didn't lie to you. 734 00:40:54,310 --> 00:40:56,110 Yes, you did. 735 00:40:56,187 --> 00:40:57,653 You said that he wouldn't know us, 736 00:40:57,730 --> 00:40:59,447 that he couldn't do anything. 737 00:40:59,524 --> 00:41:00,873 I mean, he's my brother. 738 00:41:00,950 --> 00:41:03,117 Why didn't you ever take me to visit him? 739 00:41:03,194 --> 00:41:05,495 Josh, because it was too painful for us. 740 00:41:05,571 --> 00:41:06,421 Can't you understand that? 741 00:41:06,498 --> 00:41:08,255 No. 742 00:41:08,333 --> 00:41:12,168 Josh, once he was in the home and well taken care of, 743 00:41:12,245 --> 00:41:13,878 we had to put him out of our mind. 744 00:41:13,955 --> 00:41:17,298 Josh, there was nothing we could do for him then, 745 00:41:17,375 --> 00:41:19,383 and we had to get our lives back to normal. 746 00:41:19,460 --> 00:41:21,928 Josh, we gave him up because the doctors 747 00:41:22,004 --> 00:41:24,096 and all the experts told us to. 748 00:41:24,173 --> 00:41:26,641 They said that he was going to be better off. 749 00:41:26,717 --> 00:41:28,976 Believe me, he is better off. 750 00:41:29,053 --> 00:41:30,811 He's not a part of our lives now, 751 00:41:30,888 --> 00:41:32,063 and we are not part of his. 752 00:41:32,139 --> 00:41:34,357 No, maybe you're not, but I am. 753 00:41:34,433 --> 00:41:37,318 He's my brother, and I'm going to visit him again. 754 00:41:37,395 --> 00:41:39,779 Oh, Josh, I don't think that's a good idea. 755 00:41:39,855 --> 00:41:41,155 I don't care what you think. 756 00:41:41,232 --> 00:41:43,115 Now, wait a minute, don't smart 757 00:41:43,126 --> 00:41:44,867 mouth your mother, all right? 758 00:41:44,944 --> 00:41:47,495 Now we'll decide what's best for this family. 759 00:41:47,572 --> 00:41:48,663 What are you going to do, Dad? 760 00:41:48,739 --> 00:41:50,340 Get an injunction against me too? 761 00:42:00,185 --> 00:42:01,467 Josh? 762 00:42:01,544 --> 00:42:02,393 Let him go. 763 00:42:20,771 --> 00:42:24,949 Richard, maybe we should think about what we're doing. 764 00:42:25,026 --> 00:42:27,535 Maybe we should meet with those people. 765 00:42:27,546 --> 00:42:28,619 No. 766 00:42:28,696 --> 00:42:30,705 Damn it, Lauren, these people are 767 00:42:30,781 --> 00:42:32,873 responsible for all of this. 768 00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:35,468 The Wilsons, Smith, all of them. 769 00:42:50,301 --> 00:42:57,106 This family was doing fine, and so was Todd until they 770 00:42:57,183 --> 00:42:59,900 started butting into our lives. 771 00:42:59,977 --> 00:43:01,435 Tomorrow we're going to go down to court 772 00:43:01,513 --> 00:43:03,696 and we're going to nail this thing shut once and for all. 773 00:43:03,773 --> 00:43:04,831 OK? 774 00:43:22,041 --> 00:43:24,258 How are you doing, Todd? 775 00:43:24,335 --> 00:43:25,209 OK. 776 00:43:25,286 --> 00:43:27,470 A little nervous? 777 00:43:27,546 --> 00:43:28,679 Uh-huh. 778 00:43:28,756 --> 00:43:30,297 That's OK. 779 00:43:30,374 --> 00:43:32,433 Toddy, do you know why we're here today? 780 00:43:32,510 --> 00:43:33,318 Uh-huh. 781 00:43:33,394 --> 00:43:35,645 Why? 782 00:43:35,721 --> 00:43:37,188 To talk to the judge. 783 00:43:37,264 --> 00:43:40,566 And what's he going to do? 784 00:43:40,577 --> 00:43:42,943 He's going to say what's good. 785 00:43:43,020 --> 00:43:46,947 He knows what's good because he knows the rules. 786 00:43:47,024 --> 00:43:48,833 And do you understand what your parents want? 787 00:43:51,237 --> 00:43:54,580 They don't want me to see you and Diane anymore. 788 00:43:54,657 --> 00:43:55,831 Todd, where do you live? 789 00:43:55,908 --> 00:43:57,833 TODD: You know. 790 00:43:57,344 --> 00:44:00,294 SCOTTY: Yeah, but the judge needs to hear it from you. 791 00:44:00,371 --> 00:44:03,798 At the group home with Mrs. Burke. 792 00:44:03,874 --> 00:44:04,932 You like it there? 793 00:44:07,503 --> 00:44:08,928 It's OK. 794 00:44:09,004 --> 00:44:11,597 Are they mean to you? 795 00:44:11,674 --> 00:44:13,474 No. 796 00:44:13,551 --> 00:44:14,725 They're OK. 797 00:44:14,802 --> 00:44:16,519 SCOTTY: Where do you want to live? 798 00:44:16,595 --> 00:44:18,312 TODD: With you and Diane. 799 00:44:18,389 --> 00:44:20,731 SCOTTY: Why? 800 00:44:20,808 --> 00:44:22,942 Because I don't have a mom and dad. 801 00:44:23,018 --> 00:44:24,077 SCOTTY: But you do, Todd. 802 00:44:24,153 --> 00:44:26,612 You have a real mom and dad. 803 00:44:26,623 --> 00:44:28,364 TODD: But I don't know them. 804 00:44:28,441 --> 00:44:30,083 SCOTTY: Do you love your real mom and dad? 805 00:44:32,820 --> 00:44:34,787 I don't know them. 806 00:44:34,864 --> 00:44:36,747 I know Joshy, though. 807 00:44:36,824 --> 00:44:39,583 He's my brother. 808 00:44:39,660 --> 00:44:44,296 Todd, is there anything you want to tell the judge? 809 00:44:44,373 --> 00:44:45,923 Uh-huh. 810 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,040 SCOTTY: Go ahead then. 811 00:44:47,118 --> 00:44:48,184 Tell him whatever you want. 812 00:44:51,422 --> 00:44:54,306 I got to go to the bathroom. 813 00:44:54,383 --> 00:44:57,685 I think that's very sensible, son. 814 00:44:57,762 --> 00:45:00,604 You can go to the bathroom. 815 00:45:00,615 --> 00:45:03,449 Would someone please accompany this young man? 816 00:45:05,728 --> 00:45:08,446 This court will now take a 10 minute recess. 817 00:45:08,522 --> 00:45:10,448 I think that should be time enough. 818 00:45:10,524 --> 00:45:11,416 Did I do good? 819 00:45:11,492 --> 00:45:14,660 You did very good. 820 00:45:14,671 --> 00:45:15,703 I'll take him. 821 00:45:15,780 --> 00:45:16,629 Come on. 822 00:45:19,742 --> 00:45:24,378 Oh, Judge, I forgot to tell you something. 823 00:45:24,455 --> 00:45:27,923 Well, you can tell when you come back, son. 824 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:31,719 TODD: No, I might forget. 825 00:45:31,796 --> 00:45:34,972 OK, what? 826 00:45:35,049 --> 00:45:37,266 TODD: I love Scotty and Diane. 827 00:45:37,343 --> 00:45:39,852 Is that in the rules? 828 00:45:39,929 --> 00:45:43,814 Well, we make allowances for that. 829 00:45:43,891 --> 00:45:48,152 I don't get no allowance, but it ought to be in the rules. 830 00:45:48,163 --> 00:45:50,571 It's important. 831 00:45:50,648 --> 00:45:52,039 Yes, it is. 832 00:46:01,283 --> 00:46:06,295 Your Hon-- Your Honor, could I see you in your chambers, 833 00:46:06,372 --> 00:46:09,298 please, and the Wilsons? 834 00:46:09,375 --> 00:46:13,135 Dr. Bryant, this court is now in recess. 835 00:46:13,212 --> 00:46:14,845 If you have anything to say, you should really 836 00:46:14,922 --> 00:46:17,932 do it through your attorney. 837 00:46:18,008 --> 00:46:20,976 We don't need an attorney, Your Honor. 838 00:46:21,053 --> 00:46:22,111 Well, all right then. 839 00:46:30,479 --> 00:46:34,073 Dr. and Mrs. Bryant, you know once you've made this decision, 840 00:46:34,149 --> 00:46:36,992 it cannot be reversed. 841 00:46:37,069 --> 00:46:38,828 We know, Your Honor. 842 00:46:38,904 --> 00:46:42,423 And you're both sure about this? 843 00:46:45,452 --> 00:46:46,302 Yes. 844 00:46:49,415 --> 00:46:51,465 Yes. 845 00:46:51,542 --> 00:46:57,972 And, I'll tell you why, Your Honor, because it's 846 00:46:58,048 --> 00:47:02,434 the first time since we put him in that home 847 00:47:02,511 --> 00:47:08,449 that I haven't felt guilty. 848 00:47:11,020 --> 00:47:20,369 I know he'll be happy now, and I know he won't be crying 849 00:47:20,446 --> 00:47:21,546 when we leave him this time. 850 00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:38,729 Thank you. 851 00:47:44,896 --> 00:47:46,195 We love him very much. 852 00:47:48,900 --> 00:47:49,782 So do we. 853 00:47:54,906 --> 00:47:55,830 I know. 854 00:48:17,419 --> 00:48:18,585 What's going on? 855 00:48:18,662 --> 00:48:20,179 I just saw the Bryants leave. 856 00:48:20,255 --> 00:48:23,223 It's all over, Mark. 857 00:48:23,300 --> 00:48:26,560 The judge said what was good? 858 00:48:26,637 --> 00:48:30,439 No, Todd, your mom and dad did. 859 00:48:30,516 --> 00:48:32,408 You ready to go home with your new parents? 860 00:48:48,951 --> 00:48:50,209 I get to live with you. 861 00:48:50,285 --> 00:48:52,345 Forever and ever. 862 00:48:52,421 --> 00:48:56,223 Hey, Todd, what about me? 863 00:48:56,300 --> 00:48:57,850 Your attorney has to get paid, you know? 864 00:49:04,091 --> 00:49:05,265 I love you. 865 00:49:05,342 --> 00:49:06,609 I love you, too. 866 00:49:09,221 --> 00:49:10,404 Let's go home, son. 867 00:49:38,175 --> 00:49:42,311 [theme music]