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I'm going to be a dentist.

I'm going to be a dentist.

Dad?

Ready for school.

Did you eat?

Yeah.

Dad come home?

No, tomorrow.

Can I go with Bobby?

Not till your dad gets home.

Well, I'm going.

Why?

What?

School, I'm going.

Wake your sister before you go.

Be careful.

I thought Dad was coming.

What?

Yeah, okay, I'll wake her up.

I wanted to talk to Dad.

Get up, Myrna.

Get up.

So long, Mom, Sis.

There's a vulture out here eating a bear.

Freddy, Joey, wait up.

Come on, hurry up.

We're going to the beach.

I can't.

I gotta wait for my father to get

home.

Tough luck.

Yeah, tough.

You can do better than that.

Dumb dog, what a dumb dog.

Don't tire her out, Johnny.

Tire her out?

She never does anything.

How could I tire her out?

How about a frankfurter, honeycomb?

Use the open package on the bottom shelf.

Okay.

Come on, honeycomb.

Hello?

Oh, hello, Robert.

Yes, he's here.

I'll call him.

Oh, how's your mother?

I'm glad to hear that.

Hold on now.

Johnny!

Johnny, telephone!

I got it, Mom.

Hi, Bobby.

I told you I couldn't go.

I was waiting for my father to get

home.

Huh?

No, he called to say he won't be

here until like 4 a.m. or some

dumb thing.

Yeah, I know, but I couldn't help it.

Did he have fun?

Boy, I'll bet.

In the morning?

I thought you weren't leaving until next week.

Oh, God, oh, no.

Listen, Bobby, I can't talk now.

Honeycomb?

Honeycomb?

Take it easy, honeycomb.

Don't.

Hey, Mom!

Mom!

Mom?

Mom?

Honeycomb, that's her closet.

Come here!

I'll be there.

Calm down or you'll wake your sister.

She's dead, Mom.

Dead.

All honeycombs is dead.

Are you sure, Johnny?

Let me see.

Johnny, I'm so sorry.

How could she die just like that?

It's really better for her this way.

She was old and suffering.

Don't say dumb things like that.

She wasn't suffering.

She was just eating a frankfurter.

Just eating a frankfurter.

There was nothing wrong with her.

That's dumb.

Dumb.

I hate it.

Why?

Why?

It always happens to me.

I hate it.

Dumb.

She's calling Dad.

He won't even care.

No, I'm calling to get the number for

the animal shelter.

What for?

They have to be notified where to pick

up the body.

I don't want anybody picking up her body.

But they have to, Johnny.

It's the law.

I don't care about the law.

They don't have to know she's dead.

I know you're hurt, Johnny.

But it has to be disposed of.

Disposed of?

Gee, Topper, Kenny, what daughter should be taken

out?

You know I don't feel that way.

But I don't know what else to do.

Maybe we should wait for your father to

come home.

No, no.

He'll call him.

I know he will.

But then, Johnny...

We'll have a funeral for her right here

in the backyard.

I don't...

I know exactly what to do.

When it comes to the license, we'll say

she ran away.

I know you're hurt, Johnny, but...

Please, Mom.

Please.

I always couldn't think of her being taken

away like that.

She's my dog, Mom.

You've got to have some responsibility for her.

Mom, I loved her.

It's all right, Johnny.

It's all right.

It's terrible, Johnny.

A lousy piece of art.

$79.65. You ready?

And all it is is a little relay

switch.

If I'd have known that, I could have

fixed it myself for $2.50. Oh, you're

so right, Sean.

You know, every time I come home, I

take a look around to see what's broken

down or worn out, and everything has.

Everything except you, Will.

All these years, you're looking great.

Thank you.

Keep the change.

It's $11 now, Will.

It is?

Only nine last month.

I know.

Ain't it awful?

Getting so, I'm almost ashamed to take the

tip.

Oh.

I said almost.

You son of a bitch.

Here, come on.

No, no, you're entitled.

OK, if you say so.

I say so.

I'll see you Friday.

Flight 309, right?

That's right.

Can you make it?

Hey, does the snake have hips?

I'm home.

Is that you, Will?

Yeah, God, I'm beat.

Rough trip?

Yeah, it sure was.

Fix me a big stiff drink, will you?

Would you like to hear about my day?

No, no, I don't want to hear about

any problems until mañana.

I just want a big stiff drink, a

hot shower, and off to bed.

Unless there was a catastrophe.

No catastrophe.

Good.

Wake up.

It's Johnny.

I hear him prowling around.

I hope it's Johnny.

Don't look.

It's 6 o'clock.

That's right.

He woke me up and told me it's

6 o'clock.

No, it's Johnny.

He's prowling around.

So what?

The kids are creeped.

Go back to sleep.

Well, it's probably the dog.

No, you're right.

The dog's a creep.

No, I mean Johnny probably can't sleep because

of the dog.

He got in so late last night, I

forgot to tell you.

Honeycomb died.

Another heart attack, huh?

Yes, we buried her.

Where?

In the backyard.

What?

In the backyard?

Damn it, I knew it.

That's illegal.

Make a fuss.

Johnny wanted to.

Oh, boy.

You and that kid.

Mom, Dad,

can I come in?

Come in.

Morning paper.

That does it.

I'm going to go take a shower.

Is he going to muck around like that

all day?

Well, I guess he just can't accept the

fact that the dog is dead.

Isn't she dead?

Your father means Johnny hurts inside.

Why?

Because he loves Honeycomb.

Well, I loved Honeycomb, but I don't hurt.

That's because you're strong.

Johnny's stronger than me.

No, Jimmy, you're not that kind of strong,

Amanda.

What kind?

Strong.

Well, like when you want something and you

can't have it and you cry.

No, dear, when you don't cry.

Does Johnny cry?

No, I don't think so.

I guess he's just thinking hard.

Like Frank.

Yes, that's right.

Or Honeycomb.

Yes, dear.

You don't praise the dog.

Dogs don't have a soul.

You better hurry up.

You'll be late for Sunday school.

I'm finished.

May I leave now?

Yes.

Are you going with Victor?

Yeah.

That's the one, I think.

Don't say anything to anybody.

Why not?

This is home talking.

Right, Mom?

Yes, that's right.

Well, I've got to go.

Bye.

She's going to blab it all over.

All she does is blab.

Johnny, sit down.

We have to talk about this.

I don't want to talk about it.

It just makes me feel worse.

I know how you feel, Johnny.

But you'll feel better when you know that

this is the natural way of things.

I know everybody does, but they get sick

first.

They get hit by a car or something

like that.

Johnny, the dog was sick.

No, she wasn't.

You're never here, Dad.

She was playing real good, wasn't she, Mom?

Johnny, she wasn't jumping.

Not until I showed you school, I know

that.

But not sick.

She had a heart attack a couple of

weeks ago and one before that.

When?

You never told me, Mom.

We didn't want to worry you.

Then why didn't you have any medicine for

her?

There's very little you can do in cases

like this.

And you didn't even take her to a

doctor?

Why, did he tell you not to?

No, we both decided.

You're all sick.

No doctor, no medicine.

You just didn't want her to live.

What do I do about that?

I guess I screwed up someplace along the

way, but I don't know where.

What do I say to him?

Well, he's hurt and disturbed about the dog.

Oh, for Christ's sake, Beth, I know that.

I'm not some kind of an idiot.

Just that I don't know how to handle

it, that's all.

Those stupid articles and lectures on what to

do when he masturbates are not one damn

word on what to say to him when

his dog dies.

Well, I guess because most people have had

experiences with animals dying.

But I never had.

Well, I didn't.

Believe me, none of it applies here.

I had a cat.

The damn thing ate the parakeet one day.

Jesus, there were feathers all over the place.

Not only that, I thought it was funny

the way the cat ate stuff in the

air.

Funny?

Yeah, funny.

Now, what am I going to do?

Go out there and tell that kid how

funny it was when my cat ate the

parakeet?

Well, hardly.

Well, if he only had a friend he

could talk to.

Yeah, Bob.

What about Bobby?

Bobby and his family left this morning.

They'll be gone for about two weeks.

You know, I tried to be a buddy

to him, Beth.

I mean, I took him to the Indian

Scouts, remember?

Pub Scouts.

Well, Christ, I'd join the Girl Scouts if

I thought he went that way.

But he's no help, you know.

I mean, that kid's a loner.

Well, I sometimes think he thinks you talk

at him instead of to him.

Maybe.

Somebody has to start the conversation.

Otherwise, I forget how to talk.

I'm going to go out there and talk

to him.

God, I wish I knew what I was

going to say.

Johnny?

Johnny, where are you?

Here in the workroom.

Well, Johnny.

What are you up to?

Nothing.

I mean, what are you making there?

Oh, this?

I thought I'd make a box.

A box?

Yes, sir.

For my rock collection.

Rock collection?

I didn't know you had a rock collection.

When did that start?

Last week when you were in Detroit.

I was in Detroit two weeks ago.

Last week was St. Louis.

Oh.

Yeah, it doesn't matter.

Look, I got a miter box around here

somewhere.

I think I...

One thing I can say without fear of

equivocation.

Cigarettes are not good for you.

What does equivocation mean?

Oh, to mislead.

To confuse.

Oh, your mother's right.

What?

Oh, sometimes I'm a horse's.

Look, Johnny.

What I really want to know is...

Why were you smoking?

And why did you try to hide it

from me?

I don't know, sir.

Did I ever tell you you couldn't smoke?

No, sir.

You know, I used to smoke.

Did you know that?

No, sir.

Yeah, the doctor told me it was bad

for me, so I quit.

Johnny, why do you always call me sir?

I don't know, sir.

Are you afraid of me?

Yes, sometimes.

Why?

You yell at me.

You make me feel stupid like saying equivocation

just now.

Touche.

What?

Oh, it doesn't matter.

If there's any bloodhounds after, they'll think you

disappeared at the door.

You see your footprints stop out there.

Can't be too careful.

Wow.

Hey, man, cool it.

There's no reason for it.

I'd just do it, that's all.

I dig it.

This is it?

Yeah, there's been a drought.

Boy, you got a lot of stuff around

here.

Yeah, maybe your old man can sell it

for us.

You sell this?

Not much of it, but that's the idea.

You make this stuff, Johnny.

You do?

Yeah, well, everybody's got to do something to

pay for their stash.

There's no freebies in this world.

But my dad seems to...

Listen, I'll help you with that box.

I'll get the miter box, and there's a

pencil and a ruler up there.

And how big do you want to make

the box?

Oh, it should have a bunch of little

holes in it.

We use a router.

We will just rule off and we'll mark

off some places, you know, so that the

pieces can fit in together.

We got that all...

That's what we use a router for.

That's a special kind of tool.

Maybe I could just use egg cartons.

Yeah, I guess you could.

Or would you rather do something else?

You want to talk about the dog?

No, sir.

Johnny, do I ever get through to you?

What do you mean?

Well, has anything I ever said to you

made any impression at all?

Have I ever taught you anything?

Yeah, you showed me how to eat ice

cream from the cone without the tip falling.

What?

Remember, you put your upper lip over your

front teeth so they don't get cold.

Then you push down with your lip while

you look up on the ice cream.

See?

Hi.

Oh, hi.

Hi, Mom.

I'm going to change my clothes and play

with the kids.

Johnny, hey, Johnny.

I see him there.

Come on, open the door.

What do you want?

Isn't that all?

No.

She's still in there.

She's still not home.

I saw her come home.

Oh, then she's here.

Oh, hi, sister.

How come Johnny didn't know you were home?

Well, his dog died, and he's feeling really

funny inside.

Yes?

Mom?

Come in.

I got nothing to do.

I thought you were watching TV.

No.

Can I go out?

Where?

Get some rock samples.

Get home before dinner.

Okay.

Put on your jeans.

Stop, kids.

Watch where you're going.

Where are you going?

None of your business.

Give us a pull.

No.

I know where you're going.

You're going in that dumb rock pile.

A lot you know.

I know about you, old rock picker.

Here's some rocks for you.

What'd you do that for?

I was just throwing rocks at Johnny like

you.

He's not your brother.

Hey!

What did I tell you?

Good, huh?

Okay.

What's up there?

I think I'll just stick it to you

right now.

Come on, Frank.

Cut it out.

What's up there?

Grass!

Acres of it.

I planted it.

Eric Grassy.

Just like Johnny Applesbee.

Can't you just see it now?

Just past that last stop sign.

Beyond that final stretch of paved highway.

Acapulco Gold.

It grows 80 feet tall!

And it weighs a kilo a week.

That's what's up there.

Hey, Signey.

Got my letter?

With some matches?

I told you I didn't have it.

What the hell's this?

My dietary.

I can't take the pill.

You know, blood clots.

Jesus, you're big.

Thanks, Shorty.

Hi.

I don't know.

You always scare me, creeping up like that.

I got some matches.

Oh, hey, thanks, dude.

I was all in a sweat.

Keep them.

Anyway, you scared me down the road.

Oh, Eric.

See what you did?

Poor baby.

What a bummer.

Is that you down there, ma'am?

I'm sorry about that.

What are you doing down there, anyway?

Hunting for rocks.

Oh, an anthropologist.

Huh?

Yeah.

Here.

You smoke a pea stick.

We commune with great spirit.

Peace to the world.

Time for that.

See, we're not so bad.

Picnic time.

Come on, sit down.

Let's get our heads together.

Why do you always do that?

I don't know.

Just like to drink when I smoke.

Want a swig?

Well, I don't drink.

I shouldn't even be doing this.

That's just it.

The wine kills the tobacco smell, and the

tobacco kills the wine smell.

That way nobody knows you've had either one.

I didn't know that, but...

Oh, yeah, I thought everybody knew that.

Yeah, but I don't want to get drunk.

Oh, no way.

No way.

We'll watch you.

Okay.

You know, really, I've tasted wine before.

A couple of times when they had a

party.

Hey, man, when you're drinking smoke, to really

get them together like we said, you've got

to hold the smoke in longer.

Don't blow it out.

That way it neutralizes the wine, like we

told you.

See?

Like this.

Just hold your breath for a few seconds.

Gee, nothing came out.

What'd I tell you?

The wine neutralizes the tobacco.

Tastes better, too.

Doesn't burn.

Only for that seeds or stems.

Oh, no.

One swig of the wine goes for about

each two hits.

Otherwise, you'll polarize and neutralize her.

Oh, well, thanks.

Polarize.

Neutralize.

Scrutinize.

Equalize.

Seedlize.

Evilize.

Brutalize.

Brutalize.

Bugize.

Come on, baby, let's scandalize.

Out of sight, the kid can watch.

Automation.

Mind the truck, dude.

It's fawn time.

Where to?

Juju land, mini bird, acid fountains, 31 flavors

of uppers and no downers.

Oh, no, what's wrong?

Ah, that's right.

Ah, they're all purple pushers.

Purple

pushers.

Oh.

Is he okay?

Oh.

Nothing's broken.

He's just crashed, that's all.

He's knotted out.

Hey, what do we do?

Split.

What else?

Just leave him here?

Dude will come out of it.

What do you want?

Just don't.

Okay, Mother Earth, what do you suggest?

I don't know.

Let's take him to the Boulevard.

Yeah, let's lift him up.

Go on, Johnny.

All right.

I have to fix dinner.

Oh, rats.

Try me tonight.

We'd better.

Why?

Well, I gotta go to preschool in the

morning.

Tomorrow?

But you just got home.

How long?

Just till Saturday.

Then I'm home for a month.

I wish you weren't going.

Did you talk to Johnny?

Oh, I tried.

What did you talk about?

I don't know.

Ice cream.

Ice cream?

Oh, I forgot to take the dessert out

of the freezer.

He doesn't look too good.

He doesn't look too bad, either.

But it's swelling up.

Yeah, good God, the kid's doomed.

He's coming out of it?

Come on.

I don't want contributing too added to my

record.

But he's still out of it.

Well, some guys have all the luck.

Come on.

Unless you want to stay with him.

Oh, all right.

Can't take my bike.

R39182.

R39182.

R39182.

Hey, doll.

Look out the back, will you?

Yeah.

What do you see?

Nothing.

Car, street, boy.

That's it?

Yeah.

What about the kid?

What?

Oh, we forgot his bike.

Oh, wow.

I thought he was gaining on us.

You're so...

Yeah, what a freaky feeling.

Followed by a bike.

Yeah, well, we better get the bike back

to him.

Right.

Wow, I thought he was gaining on us,

you know.

Somebody's picking the kid up.

So what?

Cool it.

It's a pig.

What?

Oh, how do you know?

It might be a fag.

Oh, no, no, I know him.

It's a juvie fuzz man.

He took me up once back in my

glue sniffing days.

Let's go.

Wow.

What a day, man.

What a day.

The fuzz.

Think the kid'll talk?

What can he say?

He doesn't know us.

What about his bike?

Man, I don't know.

Oh, I don't know.

Wow.

Life is complicated.

I know.

I'm terribly sorry it took me so long

to get here.

I just know how to thank you, Officer

Marty...

Sorry, who?

Marty Gopalos.

Marty Gopalos?

Oh, never mind.

Just call me Marty.

Oh, Marty, I'm terribly sorry about being late.

Oh, that's all right.

This your car?

Yeah.

You all right, Johnny?

Yes, sir.

Here's your knapsack.

Oh, Mr. Lockwood.

There's a couple of things I'd like to

discuss with you.

Now, look, none of this is official.

I'm off duty now.

Has he ever done this before?

Pot rocks, yeah.

No, no, that's not what I meant.

Well, first of all, that boy had a

lot of wine to drink.

Wine?

That I'm sure of.

He vomited on the way over here in

the ambulance.

Oh, my God.

Look, I'm not concerned about that.

I'm not positive, but I think that boy

got ahold of some pot today.

What?

I'll...

Hey, wait a minute.

I said I'm not positive.

Don't panic.

Stay calm, stay cool.

It's a problem, but it's not a catastrophe,

right?

Yeah, I guess.

All right, here.

You talk to him.

Softly, calmly, coolly.

Find out what you can.

If you learn anything, you call me.

Okay.

All right?

Now, here's my card.

Thanks.

Oh, where's his bike?

He didn't mention anything about a bike.

Hey, psst, psst.

Hey, Johnny.

We were wondering about your bike.

That's how I got hurt.

I fell and the bike went over the

edge into a creek bed.

Where?

Off to Payne Canyon someplace.

This side of Mulholland?

Well, that's great.

That's my territory.

No, I mean the other side.

What were you doing way over there?

I mean the other side of Topanga.

Hey, uh, it's okay.

It's kind of easy to get confused up

there, especially after the kind of fall you

took.

Look, I gave your father my card.

Now, if you can remember where it was,

or if there's somewhere special you want me

to look for it, you call me, okay?

You, uh, got the license number?

What license number?

The bike.

You had it registered, didn't you?

Sure, last summer.

You remember.

Well, that's great.

Now, if somebody else finds it and turns

it in, we'll know whose it is, right?

I think it'll be pretty hard to find.

Well, you can never tell.

There may have been somebody around there.

No, there wasn't.

Well, we can be sure, can't we?

No, sir.

Okay.

You better get home and get some rest.

You must be pretty sore.

You take it easy, huh?

Mr. Lockwood, good night.

We got a lot to talk about, haven't

we, Johnny?

Is it them?

Is it them?

Go to bed, Myrna.

We'll talk about it in the morning.

Are the police with him?

Did they arrest him?

What are you doing up, Myrna?

Is he all right?

Yeah, he's just got a slight concussion.

He'll be okay.

Did he fight with the police?

Will you get out of here?

Will you get a nice nap?

Why can't I stay?

You heard me.

Boy, Johnny gets arrested.

I get slapped.

He didn't get arrested.

You have to tell me about it, Johnny.

What?

Well, start with the bike.

How'd you lose it?

I told you.

When I fell, it went over the edge

into a creek bed.

You don't remember where?

No, sir.

Now, don't start that sir stuff with me

again, Johnny.

I was unconscious.

Believe me, I know what you think.

What do you think I think?

Nothing.

I'll tell you what I think.

I think you mixed up with something or

somebody way over your head and you don't

know how to handle it, right?

Right?

The cop believed me.

No chance, Johnny.

No chance.

He said he'd look for the bike.

And he will.

In bicycle shops, schoolyards, like that.

He didn't say that.

Yeah, but he's no dummy.

He thinks you sold the bike.

Why would I sell my bike?

I don't know, maybe to get money.

For marijuana.

I never sold it.

And wine.

That was Mom's cooking wine.

Yeah, where'd the marijuana come from, the backyard?

What marijuana?

You know, with your friends.

I wasn't with anybody.

Oh, all alone, huh?

Yes.

Smoking alone?

No, sir.

I better get an ice pack for that.

You think about it, Johnny.

We're not finished talking yet.

Marijuana.

Yeah, that's what Marty thought.

Marty?

That's the cop that picked him up.

How does he know?

Well, he's not sure.

But he is sure of one thing.

The kid had a lot of wine to

drink because he got sick and threw up

in a police ambulance.

What are we going to do?

I don't know.

He said it was your wine, your cooking

wine.

Johnny didn't have any wine with him when

he went out.

I saw him go.

I would have seen it if he had

something like that.

In his knapsack?

No, you wouldn't.

And get to bed, Myrna.

This is none of your business.

Well, okay, Mr. Smart.

Get to bed, Myrna, or I'll take away

your broom.

Here, you better put this in that lump

for a while.

Well?

Yes, sir.

You still don't have anything to tell me?

I feel lots better now.

You'd like your bike back, wouldn't you?

Yes, sir.

Well, then tell me about it.

Then I can help.

Otherwise, nobody can help you.

I already told you.

No, no, Johnny.

I don't buy that.

You never...

No, now be quiet.

And listen to me.

You lied to me, and that really teased

me off.

Now, we know you were drinking.

We're pretty sure you had some pot.

And you're lying about what happened to your

bike, to cover up something.

What?

That you sold it?

Maybe.

That you're so stoned you don't remember where

it's at?

Could be.

Now, you were at a bus stop, which

may mean that somebody put you there.

But if they did, they couldn't have been

friends of yours.

Otherwise, they would have known you didn't have

any money.

Now, you see what I mean, Johnny?

Sooner or later, we're going to figure it

out.

And when we do, it's going to go

a lot harder on you than if you

told us right from the beginning.

That way, we can help.

Otherwise, we have to punish.

Now, what's it going to be?

Help or punish?

It's up to you.

Now, you sleep on it.

In the morning, you let me know, huh?

Feeling better, Johnny?

Yeah, he's feeling better.

Well, you'd better see the doctor in the

morning.

But I'm feeling better.

It's just to make sure.

Let him sleep.

See you in the morning.

You'll have to take him to the doctor

in the morning.

I've got other reports to fill out before

I go.

Did you find out anything?

Only that he's lying and hiding something from

me.

Do you really think he's on dope?

Oh, marijuana's not dope.

It's against the law, isn't it?

Yeah, but it's not dope.

Not habit-forming.

Will it lead to those things?

Oh, for Christ's sake, no more than liquor

does.

Kids have been fooling around with booze and

cigarettes for years.

Now it's marijuana.

I'm fine.

Would you like me to put that on

my shopping list?

Two pounds of coffee?

One package of marijuana?

I would like you to do something rational.

Well, what's the rational thing to do, Dr.

Spock?

Just get his confidence.

Maybe you could if you were home once

in a while.

For Christ's sake, Beth.

I've got a living to make.

I'm a sales rep.

I've got a territory.

Well, what about the golf course?

Fishing?

I never go fishing.

I hate fishing.

That's just what I mean.

You never take him fishing or any place.

Where do you take him?

Don't blame it on me.

I can't do everything.

He was fine.

Nothing happened until you came home.

Well, great.

Maybe I ought to stay away then.

You might just as well, for all the

good you do.

What the hell does that mean?

It means that your son is taking drugs

and you don't care.

That's what it means.

How the hell am I going to get

it through that dickhead of yours?

That's exactly what I'm trying to find out

is where he got those drugs and who

he got those drugs from.

I'd like to see every damn last one

of them thrown in jail for life.

Every pusher, every seller, whatever.

Thrown in jail for life.

Oh, how did he suppose he got mixed

up with people like that?

Oh, God, I don't know.

He just talked to me.

Leveled with me.

I could straighten this thing out.

No.

No.

No, no.

Get it.

No.

Get it.

No.

Get it out.

Let me go.

No.

Did it kill you?

Get it!

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Get it.

Get it.

No.

No.

Look out!

Look out!

No.

No.

No!

No!

No!

Did I say that?

Oh, no, man.

Nope.

You don't get me in no police station.

What are we gonna do, then?

Just dump it?

No.

I'll phone it in.

Yeah, that's Officer Marty...

Mar...

M-A-R-T...

That's right, Marty.

Yes.

Oh, I see.

Well, would you please tell him that Earl

Lockwood called?

That's 788-1923.

I'd appreciate it if he'd call me.

Yes, I'll be here for, oh, about a

half an hour.

Thank you.

Hey, out of sight.

The fuzz gave me the Rock Freak's address.

Ensign will drive.

Rich honkeys.

Well, how'd it go?

Is he okay?

He's fine.

The doctor said he should take it easy

for a few days.

No school.

Hey, not so bad, huh, Johnny?

Get to get school for a couple of

days?

I feel okay.

Can I watch TV?

What'd the doctor say?

No, he has to go to bed today.

Tomorrow he can get up and poke around.

Oh, you're crying out loud.

Oh, wait a minute now.

I'll bring the portable TV into your room.

How's that?

Okay, I might as well be in school.

Hey, listen, I'll be through in San Francisco

on Friday.

Why doesn't the whole family drive up there,

huh?

Oh, that would be fun, wouldn't it, Johnny?

Yeah, I guess.

Did you finish your paperwork?

Yeah.

You dug up the grave!

No, Johnny, really, listen, take it easy.

You weren't wearing any clothes!

No, I didn't!

Yes, you did!

I can see!

You covered it up and you left the

stains!

Johnny, it wasn't me.

It was a man from the health department.

You called him!

You told him to!

Johnny, we couldn't take a chance.

The dog made that rabies!

We just couldn't take a chance!

That's why you need a doctor!

Oh, I didn't know anything about it!

Sweetie!

A cheat!

He's alive!

Marty!

This is Johnny's father.

You remember the boy you...

Yes, that's right.

No.

No, he hasn't.

Well, actually, what happened was...

his dog died...

and I reported it to the animal shelter

people.

Yes, he's very upset.

Look, Marty, what I called is...

I had the registration number of the boy's

bicycle.

Oh, I see.

Yes, I'll call him right away.

Oh, would you?

Oh, I'd appreciate that very much.

Yes.

It's...

473...

672...

J.

72...

J.

I don't know...

I don't know why you want to cover

up for him.

He hates me.

I'm not the one covering up, Johnny.

You are.

Why won't you tell us the truth about

what happened yesterday?

Sooner or later we'll find out, and then

what?

I know what.

You'll have me put in jail.

In jail?

What for?

I don't know for what.

I heard you last night.

You said he didn't like me.

That he wanted to see me thrown in

jail.

You just didn't hear all of the conversation.

I heard enough.

Probably told the police I buried Honeycomb.

Yes.

Yes, of course I know it's just a

hunch.

But somebody must have left him at the

bus stop.

I see.

Yes, I'll try.

Well, it's something to go on.

Thank you.

Who's that?

Marty.

The cop who picked him up.

Did he find Johnny's bicycle?

No, it's not his job.

Then why did he call?

He was returning my call.

I wanted to give him the registration number

on Johnny's bike.

I think the bike was stolen, and so

does Marty.

The thing we can't figure out is why

Johnny's lying about it.

Maybe because he's mixed up with the people

who stole it.

How?

I don't know.

God, I wish I didn't have to go.

Is Johnny coming with us to the airport?

I don't think so.

He's very upset about all this.

Oh, don't forget the TV.

You awake, Johnny?

I brought the TV in.

I've got to go now.

I'm sorry, Johnny.

I'd like to stay and talk.

See if we couldn't get things straight between

us.

Look, you're coming to San Francisco on Friday.

You can stay for a couple of days,

and we'll drive down to the Redwood country.

What do you say, Johnny?

Good idea?

Yes, yes.

Great.

That's settled, then.

Oh, we'd better go.

We'd better go if we don't want to

miss your plane.

Oh.

Johnny, I gave Marty your bicycle registration number.

You know, just in case they find it.

Her cab driver stole it, right?

Isn't that what you think?

Well, whatever.

I'll see you Friday.

Okay, Eddie, let's hear it again.

Where'd you get them?

Oh, Johnny.

What?

Come on, speak up.

I told you not!

In an empty lot between Lindy and Wild,

right?

Right on.

On Ventura Boulevard, next to the liquor store,

right?

Right on.

Right on.

You know, Shirley, this is the third bottle

of reds Eddie's found.

You're a regular little Redbird dog, aren't you,

Eddie?

I can't help it.

Well, a girl's mother's here.

Maybe you can help that.

What girl's mother?

Don't get smart, Eddie.

I'm not.

I found Eddie.

Yeah, just a minute.

Marty, it's for you.

Marty Opulus, juvenile division.

Yeah, possible stolen bike registered to Johnny Lockwood.

What, did you get the name?

Damn.

No, no, no, it's not your fault.

I should have called you sooner.

Oh, probably not.

I was just working on a hunch anyway.

Thanks a lot.

Any luck?

No.

Somebody called registration.

Said they found a kid's bike on their

lawn.

Registration gave them the kid's name and address.

What did they do that for?

You know what it's like down there.

300 stolen bikes a week.

They don't have the men to follow it

up.

Can I go now?

No, you can't.

The first time you came in here, I

gave you the benefit of the doubt.

Second time, a coincidence.

Third time, you're pushing your luck, Eddie, and

your luck just ran out.

What are you going to do, hold me?

Right on.

Okay, this is it.

4650 must be on the left.

Yeah, can you give me a number for

the laundry room for the car, please?

Hello.

Hi.

Boy, I'm glad to see you.

Johnny.

How's your bike, ma'am?

Wow, you're all bandaged up.

How do you feel?

Oh, I'm okay.

This is their idea.

Taking the bike was a mistake.

I mean, we didn't intend to.

Yeah, I was kind of out of it,

you know.

Yeah, I understand.

So was I.

We started back and we found out, but

then we saw the bull.

Bull?

Yeah, the fuzz, the heat, the cop, you

know.

Oh, Ma-Ma-Mario?

Mario?

That's right, that's him.

I was right.

I recognized him.

He's a juvie.

Yeah.

What did he do?

I mean, you know, what happened?

He took me to the hospital.

He didn't bust you?

Hey, we better split before his folks come

out here.

Well, they're not home.

My mom took my dad to the airport

and my sister to school.

Yeah, well, we better get going anyway.

Get our heads in the mud.

Gee, maybe I could go with you.

Yeah?

I've got a lot to tell you.

My mom won't be back for a while.

And I could ride back on my bike.

You wouldn't have to bring me.

What do you think?

Hey, man, better than standing around here.

You have 20 minutes.

Oh.

I don't know.

I'm thinking.

About what?

I can't do it.

I just can't do it.

Do what?

What's the matter, Earl?

I just got this terrible feeling that the

kid's in awful trouble.

You know what I mean?

I'm not going to go.

Go where?

You mean to work?

That's right.

I'm not going to go.

Well, what will happen if you don't go?

I don't know.

I never did it before.

Can you do that?

I think I can.

I'll just phone in.

I'll phone and I'm sick.

That's all.

What the hell difference does it make?

I mean, really.

I don't know.

What will they say?

What will they say?

Why are you so damn worried about me

losing a few days' work?

I'm not.

It's fine with me.

Really?

Yes.

OK, then.

We're agreed, right?

Right.

Good.

Well, go home.

You're better already.

Last call.

I waited all day and I waited all

night, too, and then when he came home,

I found out he turned me in for

bearing Honeycomb and I knew he really hates

me.

No, really.

Why would he do a thing like that?

I don't know.

He stole it!

I told him I lost it, but he

didn't believe me, see?

Well, I degenerated a little bit.

But it wasn't stolen.

Oh, you didn't know that.

I told you it wasn't.

Well, you didn't know that either.

Yes.

Here it is.

The capitol.

Did you two just get married?

Married?

Us?

He carried you across the...

the...

The...

He always does that.

It's got nothing to do with being married.

Look.

Look at the curve on that one.

Neat, huh?

How does he say it?

Hmm?

Oh, I don't know.

He says a lot of stuff about a

grasshopper and...

Storing up for the winter.

Crazy stuff like that.

Yeah, that's keen.

I like this.

I like all of this.

Say, you know, I'd like to do stuff

like this too.

I've got a rock collection in the tumbler

I saved for.

What do you think?

Huh?

I mean, how about me working here with

you?

I could make the rough cuts and polishing

stuff like that for you while I learned.

You wouldn't have to pay me.

I don't know.

You...

No wine for me.

It made me sick, you know.

I threw up in the police ambulance.

I wasn't going to give you any.

We're sorry about what happened.

Yeah, bad scene.

Well, it was my fault.

I was trying to act big.

I never had that before.

I never would have given you any, but

I was kind of spaced out.

Eric?

What's spaced out mean?

Well, when men get loaded on grass or

something for a long time and you start

to get kind of dingy.

You know, out of it.

Are you spaced out now?

No, no, I'm together.

Spaced out.

Is that like being hooked?

No, man, no.

We's not habit forming.

Hey, man, we've never taken any hard stuff.

A few pills, some uppers, downers.

A little acid sometimes, but never any hard

stuff.

Yeah, that's not the problem.

The thing is, we just get to partying

and balling and no work.

It's not enough just to make this stuff.

You got to sell it, too.

It's a rough world out there, son.

It's dog eat dog.

You got to have your product and then

your market, the people.

You got to get your product to the

people to keep the bucks flowing in.

So I got to cool it, keep my

head together, and get cracking in the sales

department.

Oh, I thought you'd never stop talking.

Ha ha ha!

Well, they'll be surprised.

Oh, look out!

What happened?

What happened?

We cut off his damn telephone cord.

That's what happened.

Are you all right?

Am I all right?

Who put this damn thing here?

Johnny!

Johnny!

Don't yell.

I'll go get him.

If you yell at him, I'll kill him!

Earl!

Earl!

Yeah?

He's not there!

He's gone!

Is there a note?

Nothing.

Are you sure?

Yes.

What's that?

I don't know.

Looks like a code of some kind.

He must have made a phone call, but

it doesn't look like a phone number.

Did you look all over?

Yes.

His clothes are gone.

He got up and dressed.

Got up, got dressed, made a phone call,

but why did he leave the phone over

there?

Well, he must have answered the door while

he was on the phone.

Yeah.

Then he for sure went out.

Was the door unlocked?

I don't know.

I just opened the door automatically.

He went out with somebody, all right, but

who?

Earl, I'm worried.

Don't be.

This has got to mean something.

Listen, I'm going to phone Marty.

It's an Indian water pipe.

What's it for?

You'll lose your head.

Hey!

Hey!

Man!

Earl!

We're here.

What'd you expect, boobie?

All right.

Hey, man.

How's the trip?

Oh, it's incredible.

Incredible.

Here, have a hit.

Oh, no.

Hey, where's his head at?

Ooh, masculine.

Hmm?

Hmm, masculine.

Gimme, gimme, gimme.

Mmm, what a treat.

The wild child.

Oh, no, you don't.

Well, I guess I'd better go now.

You've got company.

Well, goodbye.

Had a nice time.

Thanks for bringing my bike back.

Yeah, we'll see ya.

Say goodbye to Eric.

Oh, man, this waiting is going to drive

me up the wall.

Did he say how long it would take?

It depends upon how busy they are at

the Motor Vehicle Bureau in Sacramento.

He's sure it was a license number?

Yeah, I sure hope he's right.

My God.

For God's sake!

What is it?

What's the matter?

It's Johnny!

Big as life!

Oh, it is!

It is!

Johnny!

Johnny, I've been worried sick!

Where have you been?

Are you all right?

Some people found my bike and I took

a ride.

What people, Johnny?

I thought you went to San Diego.

San Francisco.

And I didn't go.

What people, Johnny?

What people what?

You know what I mean.

Who found your bike?

I don't know their names.

They just brought it to the house and

left.

And you just took a ride, huh?

Yes, sir.

And you didn't write down the license number?

You didn't make a phone call and try

to trace the license number?

No, sir.

Then who wrote this down on a piece

of paper?

And who left the telephone over here after

we left this morning?

Don't lie, Johnny.

We know all about it.

About what?

Johnny, Johnny, don't give me that!

Now, I want the truth and I want

all of it.

We're going to find out anyway.

I gave this license number to Marty, the

juvenile officer.

Now, he's going to trace it out.

He's going to find out who those people

are and where they live and all about

them.

And when he does, they're in big trouble.

Now, I don't give a damn about that.

But I am concerned about you.

I haven't done anything.

They haven't done anything.

The hell they haven't.

Now, they either gave you or sold you

marijuana.

That's illegal.

You smoked it.

That's illegal.

I want to know if there's any more

of it around here.

Please tell us, Johnny.

You don't want to go to jail, do

you?

You don't want to go to jail.

You don't want to go to jail.

I don't want anybody to go to jail.

Well, you will if the police find any

marijuana around here.

You do have some, don't you, Johnny?

Well, all right.

Okay, now you just tell me where it

is.

I hid it in the cellar.

Oh, you hid it in the cellar.

Johnny!

No, no, no, no.

Oh, it's okay.

I said it was okay.

There.

It's better you told us.

Now we can get rid of it.

You're all right now, Betty.

He's telling us the truth.

Oh, there.

Up over the Christmas tree line.

Oh, all right.

I'll go get a box or something.

No, no, no, that's all right.

I think I can get it.

Johnny?

I can't seem to find them.

Are they in a bag in here?

Johnny?

Johnny?

Johnny!

Johnny!

What the hell was that?

Johnny!

Johnny?

Johnny!

Johnny, open this door!

Johnny!

Johnny!

Johnny!

Everybody here!

Johnny, open this door!

Oh, no, Bobby, I'll walk away and hate

you.

Well, you know, I'm sure we'll lock you

in here, too, you know.

We'll just have to wait for Johnny to

get home from school.

Oh, no, we won't.

How will we get out of here?

Well, I can crawl out underneath there.

That comes out right under our bedroom someplace.

Here, hold this.

Oh, how will you see?

I'll use those Christmas tree lights.

Oh, good.

Now, just think that line out to me

slowly.

And Beth, don't let that cord come unplugged.

Okay, don't get electrocuted.

I won't.

I'll catch that damn kid.

Read the line out to me!

Give me that!

What is it?

What is it?

My God, the size of that lizard.

Are you all right?

Yeah, just PCK.

Oh, my God.

I'm almost there, Beth.

Oh, the phone's ringing.

Maybe it's Marty.

I hear it, I hear it.

I'm there, Beth.

I'll have you out in a minute.

I'm there.

I'll be right with you.

Hello.

Hello.

Yes.

Speaking.

Yeah.

No, I'm just out of breath.

You have?

Yes.

Here.

Yes, I have.

What is it?

2-0-4.

I have that.

I'll be there.

Yes, I'm sure he went there.

Well, he locked us in the cellar and

ran out of the house.

Yes.

Hurry.

Hurry, will you please?

That was Marty on the phone.

What did he say?

He's got the address.

He went over there.

I'm going to.

There's a wild child.

Signe, the police are coming here.

Where's Eric?

The man's coming.

Oh, incredible.

Signe, where's Eric?

He's got to get out of here.

He's in the bedroom, Sophie.

Hey, come on.

Let's go.

You want to get busted?

Look, the man is coming.

We'll see the man tomorrow.

No, no, you wait here.

I'll go alone.

I'll call you just as soon as he's

safe.

What will they do to him?

Oh, I don't think they'll do very much.

He's just being a foolish kid.

Are you sure?

Yes, I'm sure.

He'll be all right.

Signe, hurry.

Come on, help me.

There's some people laying all over him.

I can't get him off.

No time, man.

No time.

The phones are on the way.

Come on, Signe, please.

I can't do it alone.

Come on.

Hey.

Hey, we've got to get up.

We've got to get Eric out of here.

The police are coming.

The police are coming.

Wow, what a start.

Come on, grab this phone.

We can both come up and get him

out of here.

Hey, Wolfman, the police are coming.

What for?

Come on, let's get out of here.

Get out of here.

Eric.

He's in the closet.

Eric.

Oh, shit.

Eric.

Eric, wake up.

Eric.

Come on, Eric.

Where's the keys to the pickup?

Hey, Signe, I can't hold him alone.

All right, Johnny, you better sit, too.

Come on, Eric.

Get over here.

Hey, Johnny.

Hey.

Wow.

Wow.

What a trip.

Eric.

Eric.

I'm free.

Yes, I'm free.

I'm flying free.

Mega.

I'm free.

Free.

I'm free.

I'm flying free.

I'm free.

I'm free.

I'm flying.

Lift off.

Lift off.

All right, I'll lift off.

Eric!

Eric!

Eric, I'm sorry.

Eric, I'm sorry.

I couldn't stop you.

Are you all right?

Eric!

Are you all right?

Eric, say something.

Are you okay?

You all right, Johnny?

Yes, sir, but I don't know about Eric.

Well, don't let anybody move him.

I'm gonna call an ambulance.

They're inside.

I'm calling an ambulance.

They, they all left him, Dad.

Even Signe, they, they just left.

I tried to get him out.

He didn't steal the bike, Dad.

That was a mistake.

I know.

I know.

What are you gonna do to him?

Well, first I gotta get him to a

hospital.

He's not gonna die, is he?

Well, I don't know, Johnny.

I don't know what he's taking.

Do you?

No, sir.

I heard.

I think it was mescaline.

So do I.

Thanks a lot, Johnny.

You better get him home before the police

ambulance gets here.

I'm not going to jail?

Well, no, but I wanna see you tomorrow

morning.

Bring him in about ten, okay?

Yes, we'll be there.

Thank you, Marty.

Right.

Come on, Johnny.

Here, take the keys and open the trunk.

I'll put your bike in.

Dad?

Huh?

Can I ride back home on my bike?

Yeah, okay.

Chris?

Beth?

Let me talk to him for a couple

of minutes alone, will you please?

Don't be too hard on him, Earl.

Remember, he's still a child.

I'm sorry I locked you in the cellar.

So am I.

I didn't know what else to do, and

now I don't know why I did it.

You didn't go to San Francisco?

Well, it seemed more important to stay here.

It's like the way I felt when I

went over to Eric's.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's right.

That's it.

Hey, Johnny.

Do you like to fish?

No, sir.

Why?

Well, you must...

Just an idea.

What I'd really like to be is an

anthropologist.

An anthropologist?

Really?

I didn't know that.

Gee, that's great.

What are the police gonna do to him?

Well, I guess they'll help him if you

let them.

Some sort of custody?

No friends.

They all left him.

Well, you didn't leave him, Johnny.

Terrible.

He ran all around the room like a

bird.

He tried to fly.

And he fell down the stairs.

And I laughed.

Why did I do that?

Why did I laugh?

I don't know.

I don't know, Johnny.

I don't know.

Hey, you know, one day when I was

your age, I had a cat and a

parakeet.

Well, one day, that bad cat reached out...

And I...

And I...

And I...

And I...

And I...

And I...

And I...

And

I...