All language subtitles for Welcome.Home.Roxy.Carmichael.1990.1080p.WEBRip.x264-RARBG2_English

( gentle instrumental music )

( baby whimpers )

Denton:
Roxy?

I'm back.

What are you doing?

Roxy:
What's it look like?

I'm packing.

Denton:
What do you mean,
where are you going?

- Places, I'm going places.
- ( baby whimpers )

I'm never going to see
you again, am I?

Roxy:
Depends.

Take the baby without me.

We could keep it,
we could raise it.

Roxy:
With what, our lunch money?

We've talked about this.

It's so tiny.

Take it to somebody who
knows about this stuff.

( baby coos )

See you when I'm famous.

♪ You can try, I don't care ♪

♪ Forcing circles
into squares ♪

♪ You can spend precious time ♪

♪ Marching your perfect line ♪

♪ But I don't hear that drum ♪

♪ I'm looking for
something else ♪

♪ And if you don't like
what you see ♪

♪ You don't have to
look at me ♪

♪ If you don't like
what I say ♪

♪ You can turn the other way ♪

♪ If you don't like
what you see ♪

♪ Then don't look at me ♪

♪ Don't look at me ♪

♪ Don't look at me ♪

♪ If you don't like
what you see ♪

- ♪ Don't look at me ♪
- ♪ Don't look at me ♪

♪ If you don't like
what you see ♪

You may have been
wondering why it is

we let school out early today,

now that there was some concern
from parents about this,

which I can understand,
well, uh.

I'm here to tell you
without any further ado,

it's because it's a special day

and the start of a special week,

and being that here in Clyde,

we honor the dead
and the living,

especially if we haven't seen
them in 15 years. ( chuckles )

( audience member coughs )

I hereby proclaim this
Roxy Carmichael Week!

( audience cheers and applauds )

Man:
All right, Roxy!

Now, now, I'm going to
turn the microphone over

to Louise Garweski,

the official chairwoman of the
Welcome home, Roxy Committee.

Let's give Louise a nice,
warm round of applause.

( audience applauds )

Thank you, Mayor Klepler.

Well, our patience would
not be rewarded.

Dinky Bossetti's here.
( chuckles )

Jesus, Dinky, do
something with yourself.

Louise:
Could it be, yes it could.

What are you looking at?

Louise:
Someone's coming.

Someone good.

And I know that's how
we all feel.

Don't sweat it, Howells.

She won't be around for long.

Louise:
Roxy Carmichael Center

for Cosmetology and Drama.

What do you mean?

Louise:
Moving along as scheduled,

I am also thrilled to
report that we've acquired

a wonderful band for
the Roxy Ball.

G. Wiliker and the Gee Wilikers
will be our entertainment.

( audience applauds and cheers )

We got 'em. We got 'em.

And as an extra added treat,

our very own Miriam
Tenalia will be joining G.

( audience cheers )

Starting tomorrow, there
will be hourly tours

of Roxy Carmichael's birthplace.

You'll see where Roxy
slept and where she ate

during her wonder years.

You'll also see pictures of
her beloved dog, Bonkers.

She loved that dog.

She used to ride him.

Man:
It was a big dog.

Louise:
Look-alike contest
has been canceled

by an almost unanimous vote
at the PTA meeting last night.

And we urge all those who so
painstakingly worked on it

to find another committee
to put your energies into.

And we thank all the
preliminary participants.

I just can't wait to see

whether Roxy's been able
to keep her weight down.

Mm, she developed so fast.

Too fast, if you ask me.

Louise:
Cosmetology and Drama
is nearing completion,

and we could use anybody's
extra time and energy

in getting the place in
tiptop shape for Friday night.

Man:
She bought her underwear

through a special catalog
from Hollywood.

Man:
What are you talking about?

She never even wore underwear.

♪ But I don't hear that drum ♪

♪ I'm looking for
something else ♪

♪ And if you don't like
what you see ♪

♪ You don't have to
look at me ♪

♪ If you don't like
what you see ♪

♪ Then don't look at me ♪

- ( pig grunts )
- ♪ Don't look at me ♪

( goat bleats )

Hello there, Cliff.

( dog barks )

That's a good boy,
that's a good boy.

Dave, Dave, how you doin', Dave?

Attaboy, how you doing?

- Hello, Melvin, hello.
- ( goat bleats )

( turtle thuds )

- ( dog barks )
- ( rooster crows )

( cheerful instrumental music )

( woman moans )

What's the matter?

Oh, I guess I'm not awake yet.

( woman sighs )

It's because of Roxy,
isn't it?

No, it's not because of Roxy.

Man:
Bring it on down.

Keep it coming, keep it coming.

Yeah, I got it.

Man:
A little more!

Man 2:
Yeah, it'll fit in there.

Yeah, you know, this is
the very first job I ever had

where I was paid before I
started to work.

They can say what they want,

that Roxy Carmichael is a
damn good businesswoman.

Shrewd.

Must have cost her a
damn fortune.

A least half a mil.

Oh, hell, no.

She can afford it, she's famous.

What's she famous for?

Man:
Hey, Denton.

It's about time.

Bet you can't wait to see her,
huh?

Yeah, I hear she looks
the same way she did

when you two used to go
around together.

I'm going to go plant
some out front.

Hey, did you know
Roxy Carmichael?

Yeah.

Personally?

Yeah, real personally.

( gate clatters )

These are Roxy's
favorite flowers.

Dandelions, don't ask me why.

Why?

Well, said they were
wild and free

and didn't give a shit
where they lived.

She used to say they
were smart for flowers.

You're Les Bossetti's kid,
aren't you?

How did you know
Roxy Carmichael?

You don't know?

Nobody talks to me.

Roxy was my girlfriend.

Oh, hell, she was my wife.
( chuckles )

You were married?

Yeah.

We got married on her
10th birthday.

Dinky:
Why?

Roxy wanted it that way.

Told me she wanted to get
it over with. ( chuckles )

I didn't care, you know.

I'd have got married to
her when she was five.

That's when we first met.

God, these are ugly flowers.

Well, how long were
you married?

Would've been...

twenty years ago Saturday.

Hell, we were kids, you know,
it didn't mean anything.

Was she pretty?

( equipment hums )

( workers chatter )

Worker:
Break it up, break it up!

Watch your back there, Louie!

( gentle electronic music )

( water splashes )

The campus is located in a
beautiful pastoral setting.

We just totally
remodeled the facility.

We're very proud of the fact

that we have an
Olympic-size pool

and an ultramodern
recreation center.

I've put together a
financial package

that I think will enable us to--

I want her to have
her own room.

Oh, of course.

It's not that we
don't love Dinky.

Man:
Of course.

I caught her trying to
barbwire her room last week.

It isn't funny, Les.

I want to have a normal family.

The doctor thinks I can
conceive now,

and Les would like to
have a child of his own,

one that will let him be
a real father.

Dinky never would.

Of course, I
understand completely.

You've made a brave decision.

And if, Dinky, is it?

Turns out to be as right a
candidate for Lancer as we
think,

we'll have her tucked away
by the weekend.

I mean, it's the best
thing for Dinky.

It's the very best thing.

- ( goat bleats )
- Here you go, Cliff.

Here you go.

Oh, you're hungry, aren't you?

Hey, Melvin.

Dave!

Dave, don't be such a cliché.

Dave, try to be a cut above.

Show some manners.

- ( dog growls )
- Dave!

Hey, Dave, get over here on
your own piece of carpet.

You know the rules.

Now, let's all try and
have a nice family meal.

( dog whines )

You don't have a name yet,
do you?

What about Wheaton?

I think it has dignity.

What do you think? ( chuckles )

( cheerful instrumental music )

I cannot believe I waited
this long to find a dress.

You look stunning.

It's an original.

Do you think it's
too revealing?

Honey, if I had your figure,

I'd show it off as
much as possible.

I'm sure Roxy will
be dressed to the hilt.

Don't you think so?

Guess what?

Barbie Webb just walked in.

Come on, Denny.

Woman:
This is my size.

Hi, Barbie.

Hello, Evelyn.

Evelyn:
Hiya, big guy.

How are you, huh?

Child:
Mama.

( Evelyn giggles )

So, Barbie.

How you been?

I'm fine, Evelyn.

Listen, Barbie,
I took psychology

at Lorain Business School,

and I am aware of how
hard this must be for you,

what with Roxy coming
back to town and all.

Evelyn, if you don't mind,

I really don't want to
talk about it.

Oh, I understand.

I mean, I know I
couldn't handle it.

Knowing that my husband's
true love was coming home.

I mean, well, everyone
thinking she was his true love.

But, I mean, he married you,
didn't he?

Yes, he did, didn't he?

Come on.

Boy:
What's wrong with that lady,
Mom?

Go on.

( midtempo instrumental music )

Hey, Dinky Bossetti,

when you going to get
your stink test, huh?

Boy:
Yeah, when you going
back to the funny farm?

Boy 2:
I want that bike for
my junk collection.

The house was built in
1927 by Roxy's grandfather,

Carl Michael Carmichael,
a noted dermatologist

and a rumored vaudevillian,

and it was at that time
that he had a dream

about a young woman named Roxy.

Well, he had seven sons,
much to Carl's dismay,

but his first grandchild
was a little girl

who would only eat pink
food, and he named her Roxy,

and she was his pride and joy.

Man:
I'll bet.

Now, as you can see,
we have simulated life

just as it was when
Roxy lived here.

And this is the
actual dining room

where Roxy Carmichael
ate her meals

with her beloved mother,
Caroline.

- May she rest in peace.
- Amen.

Now, if you'll just follow
me this way, please, hm?

As we enter the kitchen,

imagine with me for a moment,
if you will,

how it might have been as
Caroline reached

for some of Roxy's
favorite foods,

the Cheetos and the M&Ms and,
of course, Roxy's favorite,

the pink-packaged almond Rocas.

You will notice, however,

that they have been
sprayed with a lacquer,

thereby insuring that no bugs

or other household pests
get into them.

As a matter of fact, it
was in this very room

that Roxy first
dreamt of creating

a center for
cosmetology and drama

while chipping a tooth
on a piece of rock candy

right before the ninth
grade production.

( gentle instrumental music )

( lock clicks )

( sighs ) Now.

Oh, how odd.

( woman knocks )

Dinky Bossetti, I know
that's you in there.

( woman knocks )

Don't you know this is a
historic site?

( officer knocks )

This is the Clyde
Police Department.

Open up in there or
we'll tear the door down.

Dinky:
No, you won't,
it's a historical site.

Dinky, honey.

Les:
God damn it, Dinky.

( objects clatter )

( buttons beep )

We have a sale on outdoor
Weatherweave next week.

Do you know how bad this
is for public relations?

Hell, I'll be lucky if I
sell five bolts.

Gloria Sikes was there

and she is gonna tell
everybody about this.

Don't you have anything to say?

About the carpet sale
or Gloria Sikes?

( Les chuckles )

Don't you dare laugh at her.

Dinky Dean Bossetti,

is that the yellow sweater
I bought for you last week?

That was a 32 dollar sweater,
missy,

and you dyed it black,
didn't you?

After you promised me
you wouldn't.

Correction.

I didn't promise I wouldn't,
I said I'd try not to.

( locks clatter )

( Les knocks )

Les:
Dinky, what would
make you do such a thing

as to lock yourself in
Roxy Carmichael's room

and then get into her bed?

To be closer to her.

But why?

I don't know.

( gentle electronic music )

In the second act
of King Lear.

Now, we have four more of your
original poems to hear today

before we finish.

David Skism, Dinky Bossetti,

Maureen Mikulski,
and Timmy Roth.

Any volunteers?

All right, David?

( students giggle )

Um. ( clears throat )

A cow knows not what
its tail is worth

until it's lost it and says ow.

( students laugh )

Stunning.

Dinky Bossetti?

From a deep, immaculate kiss

she spread her two ripe,
dripping limbs

and then I happened.

I beg your pardon?

And the moon throbbed and
fought with an angry sun

all that day and all that night

until it forced me out.

Teacher:
Dinky.

Now I scald here, alone.

Touch me with your white
words and your dead hands.

Now, before I freeze.

That will be enough!

And become one of you.

Teacher:
Dinky!

You interrupted me.

Beth:
I write, too, you know.

Dinky:
No kidding.

Beth:
I don't share that with
very many people.

Gee, I can't tell you how
privileged you make me feel.

I do my best.

You married?

Beth:
No.

Ever been?

No.

You?

( Dinky chuckles )

It's nice to meet you, Dinky.

I've been watching you
ever since I moved here.

Why would you do
something like that?

Watch you?

Why would somebody move
to Clyde, Ohio,

to become a guidance counselor?

Why not?

Care for an M&M?

( candies clatter )

I love these.

Roxy Carmichael loved these,
too.

She did?

Yes.

She's coming home, you know.

How could anyone not know?

Well.

This has helped a lot.

( cheerful electronic music )

Jesus, Dinky!

God, you scared me.

I scare everybody.

( engine rumbles )

Hey!

Is it true that Roxy Carmichael

bought that cotton candy
machine when she was eight?

No, she didn't exactly
buy it, she...

She stole it from the
Cleveland Zoo

after they kicked her out
for riding a pig

at the kiddy farm.

She loved that kiddy farm.

She loved animals.

( engine revs )

Denton.

( tires screech )

How come she left?

It wasn't 'cause of me.

I'll tell you that right now.

She left.

She left 'cause
something happened.

What?

What happened?

Roxy was going to have a baby.

( door thuds )

She was?

Yeah, our baby.

Your baby?

Yeah.

Your child?

Mine and Roxy's.

What do you mean was?

I mean, didn't Roxy
have the baby?

Oh, yeah, she had it,
all right.

Just three months early,
that's all.

Three months?

Yeah.

You mean it was premature?

I mean, it was real premature.

See, Roxy wasn't any
good at math,

even though she did win
the Hubert Hammerman award

for excellence in algebra
in the eighth grade.

- So did I.
- Yeah?

Still, I think the baby
had to have been

seven months and 12 days old

instead of six months
and 12 days old.

I mean, you know, it
looked normal to me.

You mean you saw it?

Yeah, of course I saw it.

What kind of father do
you think I am?

I wouldn't know.

What's that supposed to mean?

It was a girl, wasn't it?

Yeah, it was.

It was this perfect,
beautiful little girl.

It was beautiful?

Oh, God, hell, yes.

What happened to it?

God, you love to ask
questions, don't you?

What happened to it?

( birds chirp )

I put it outside the
hospital emergency

with a sign that said
premature on it.

They probably figured
that out for themselves.

I sat and I waited until they
took it away in an ambulance

to the preemie center
over in Cleveland.

And I prayed as I watched
them drive away

that God would bless it.

But it never really
had a chance.

If it was part
Roxy Carmichael,

it had at least half a chance.

( Denton chuckles )

Yeah.

- ( slap smacks )
- Jesus!

- ( slap smacks )
- Hey, hey!

What did you do that for?

Huh?

Geez.

That's a strange kid.

♪ Head, shoulders, knees
and toes, knees and toes ♪

That's daddy's truck!

That's daddy's truck!

No, it isn't, honey.

That sure looks like
daddy's truck.

( gentle electronic music )

( train whistles )

- ( dog barks )
- ( goat bleats )

Jesus, Dinky,
what are you doing?

Woman:
They could print this and.
( giggles )

So we just don't know
what to do about her.

Can you make this
hold till Friday?

Oh, sure.

I love that kid, you know.
I really do.

Of course you do, honey.

It's just that I feel like

we adopted a baby from
Mars or something.

She just is not like us at all.

Do you want the part
on the right or the left?

Left.

I don't know, Charmaine.

I wanted to give Dinky
everything I never had.

She was gonna be our
little doll,

but she never wanted
any of that.

I just don't think she
likes me, us, very much.

Oh, sure she does, Rochelle.

I think we're gonna
have to send her

to a special place again.

We just sent her back to that
high school and everything.

What kind of special place?

Well, it's a school for
gifted children.

It's very beautiful.

Well, as beautiful as a
place like that can be.

You know, very clean,
immaculate,

and it's got an
Olympic-size swimming pool.

Oh, does Dinky swim?

No.

Yes. ( sighs )

Well, I really don't know.

Can you give me some fringe
bangs or something here?

- Sure beats your office.
- I know.

Waiter:
There you go, ladies.

My parents were in the process

of opening their carpet
store when they acquired me.

So I guess it was sort of
a natural thing for them

to think of me as another
piece of carpet.

( Beth chuckles )

You know, some sort of remnant.

What?

Beth:
That's a funny analogy.

Dinky:
I'm here to amuse.

Ever tried to talk to
them about it?

- Yeah.
- When?

Once.

Once?

Once when I was six
and a quarter,

Mrs. Bossetti and I
sat down and we talked.

You don't want to know.

Yes, I do.

Well, I told her that I
preferred books to dolls,

boots to ballet slippers,

and that my idea of a
family vacation

was to go and work on the
Alaska pipelines for the summer.

( laughs ) And?

I was only six-and-a-quarter.

I can't remember everything.

Huh.

You really want to
know this stuff?

Well, she cried for three days.

She told everybody she felt
like I was Rosemary's Baby.

She had a thing
about that movie.

And then she stopped trying,

and so did I.

That's too bad, Dinky.

That's really too bad.

She can't help the
way she feels.

Neither can I, I mean.

There isn't anything
wrong with that.

It's not like I have some
romantic notion

about how I'm suffering
because my parents,

people, for that matter,
don't understand me.

I mean, so what?

Who understands anybody, really?
Who wants to?

It's hard enough trying to
understand yourself, you know?

We just don't fit.

It happens.

It's not going to matter
after Friday anyway.

Beth:
Why, because Roxy Carmichael's
coming home?

Because my mother's
coming to get me.

Your mother?

Wait a minute, Dinky,
I don't think I understand.

It's not for you to
understand, really.

Dinky, what do you
say we comb your hair?

( gentle electronic music )

( scissors snip )

( boy hums )

Denny, don't do that
with your potatoes.

( Denny hums )

Ham's real good.

Would you, come on.

( fork clatters )

Don't do that to him.

Why not?

Because I said so.

Don't talk to me like that.

I'll do whatever I want.

Just like you.

What's that supposed to mean?

You promised.

I promised what?

You know what!

I drove by her house, so what?

- ( girl cries )
- You son of a bitch.

Hey, don't you got
better things to do

than to check up on me?

She never loved you, Denton.

She didn't like you, even.

She won't even as much as
say hello to you on Friday

because she won't
remember who you are!

( dishes clatter )

( child sobs )

Girl:
Mama.

( uptempo dance music )

♪ I've been here too long ♪

Hey, sweetie.

I was thinking,
instead of a suit,

I'm going to rent a tux
with a pink cummerbund.

You know, I really don't
see what the big deal is.

I mean, well, I really don't.

Well, it's just not every day

that a legend returns to Clyde.

Roxy was the first
girl to have actual sex

before she was 10 that
I ever met in my life.

She had a definite
cheapness about her,

but she was not cheap.

Oh, yes, she was.

I was her best friend,
I should know.

I want to see those legs.

Roxy Carmichael had the
greatest thighs I've ever seen.

Oh, and those stockings
she used to wear.

Nyah!

You've got to admit, she
definitely had a sense of style.

Mm-hm, well, I'd have
a sense of style, too,

if I stole as much
shit as she did.

Now, Evelyn, you don't
know that for a fact.

Who are you in love with,
anyway?

Me or Roxy Carmichael?

( dishes clatter )

I'm going to throw all that
pizza up, I can just tell.

- ( traffic hums )
- ( horn honks )

Mike:
This is Mike Corezdi on WCPZ,

bringing you Melissa
Etheridge's rendition

of Jack Slater's classic,
In Roxy's Eyes.

♪ So you walked with me
for a while ♪

♪ And shared your naked soul ♪

♪ And you told me
of your plan ♪

♪ How you would never
let them know ♪

♪ In the morning of the night ♪

♪ You cried a long lost child ♪

♪ And I tried oh I
tried to hold you ♪

♪ But you were young and
you were wild ♪

♪ But I, I will never
be the same ♪

♪ Oh I, I will never
be the same ♪

♪ Caught in your eyes ♪

- Hi.
- ♪ Lost in your name ♪

Um.

I'm really sorry about
the other day in class

if I embarrassed you.

I guess I sort of got carried
away on account of that poem.

( Dinky laughs )

What are you doing, Howells?

We got to get going if.

♪ Placed upon the
highest shelf ♪

You embarrassed yourself.

♪ In the morning of the night ♪

♪ When I woke to
find you gone ♪

I'm going to laugh at you
someday, Gerald Howells.

♪ Must be draggin' you along ♪

( Beannie sniffs )

♪ I will never be the same ♪

- ( alarm beeps )
- ♪ Oh I ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ Caught in your eyes ♪

♪ Lost in your name ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ You swore that you
were bound for glory ♪

♪ And for wanting you
had no shame ♪

♪ But I loved you and
then I lost you ♪

♪ And I will never
be the same ♪

♪ I, I will never be the same ♪

You don't know dick
about building stuff,

Dinky Bossetti.

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ Caught in your eyes ♪

♪ Lost in your name ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ Oh I, I will never
be the same ♪

♪ Caught in your eyes ♪

♪ Lost in your name ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

- ( crickets chirp )
- ( frogs croak )

( engine rumbles )

Girl:
What is that?

Girl 2:
I don't know and I don't care.

I heard Roxy killed her mom.

She didn't kill her mom.

Her mom killed herself, Beannie.

Well, Roxy was the reason
her mom killed herself,

so Roxy killed her mom.

Shut up, I'm trying to sleep.

Well, I heard that Roxy's
mom spontaneously combusted

when she heard Roxy
wasn't coming back,

and that's how she died.

( can hisses )

- Oh!
- ( students laugh )

I love it.
Nice one, Beannie.

Hey, Dinky Bossetti,
what happened to your bike?

Did you trade it in for
that new bow you're wearing?

( students laugh )

( gear clacks )

( Dinky groans )

( students laugh )

Let me off.

Let me off.

Driver:
What?

Let me off!

( brakes squeal and hiss )

Girl:
She's serious.

Dinky!

Dinky!

Dinky, Dinky, stop!

( Dinky groans )

( Dinky pants )

Here's your bow.

Yeah, that's it, all right.

Dinky, I gotta talk to you.

Why?

Well, because.

Just say it, Gerald.

'Cause you're smarter
than anyone I know.

You've even got a
sense of humor.

Ever since I moved here,
I've thought so.

Go on.

But you got to take more
of an interest in yourself.

I mean, how you look, you know?

What for?

So you could be my girlfriend.

What makes you think that
I want to be your girlfriend?

Well, 'cause I like you.

I thought maybe you
liked me, too.

I decided last week

that I'm going to follow
in my dad's footsteps

and become a dentist.

So you don't have to worry
about a lot of stuff.

Well, are you planning
on going to the same school

your dad went?

Yeah, Wooster, why?

Dinky:
I wouldn't.

Why not?

Well, your dad probably
works on your teeth, right?

Yeah, so?

So why hasn't he
fixed your gaps?

I don't have any gaps.

Yes, you do.

It gives me character.

( Dinky laughs )

( birds chirp )

God, I want to kiss you
so bad right now, Dinky.

It's good to want things.

Bummer.

( students chatter )

Man:
Meet me after practice, Dave.

All right?

- Ooh!
- ( students laugh )

Are you guys going to
the Roxy thing?

Are you excited about it?

Ooh, yeah.

Student:
Down court, and he shoots.

- He scores!
- ( woman giggles )

And she just sits
there alone all the time?

Teacher:
Mm-hm.

How long has this
been going on?

On and off.

Since the seventh grade.

That is, when she's here.

And she's how old now?

I'd say she's about 15.

15 and a half.

Oh, Beth, this is
Ronald Reems.

Ronald this is Elizabeth Zaks.

- Hi.
- How do you do?

Ronald's from the
Lancer school.

Lancer school?

Yes, it's a private,
semi-rehabilitative school

for socially inappropriate
children in Lancaster County.

Well, actually it's more

than just for socially
inappropriate students.

Ronald's here to
evaluate Dinky Bossetti.

What for?

It's our understanding

that Dinky may have a
learning problem.

Dinky's an excellent student.

Perhaps.

Not perhaps.

She's maintained
practically an A average

ever since elementary school.

That goes for every school

she's been yanked in
and out of since then.

Yes, but at the expense
of the other students.

At the expense of what
other students?

How's that hamburger gravy,
hm?

Good, huh?

I brought Ellen Dimeski over
here when I became principal.

She's a good caterer, too.

Look at her.

They're throwing food at her.

What would be a normal reaction?

If she threw the food
back at them?

You might have a point,

but my understanding is
her problem goes far beyond

the occasional
food-throwing incident.

It is, huh?

Well, let me ask you this,
Mr. Reems.

Have you ever talked to
Dinky Bossetti?

Not yet, but I.

But you're willing to take
someone else's word for it,
right?

Beth, I think that's enough.

I don't think so.

Who sent you here?

( students chatter )

( gentle instrumental music )

( birds chirp )

( engine rumbles )

( door thuds )

Daddy!

Hey, what's going on, Barbie?

Barb, come on, I think
we should talk.

We've been talking
for eight years, Denton.

Not to each other, but then,

you can't have everything,
now, can you?

( dog barks )

Barbie, I love you
and the kids.

Come on.

I know you do.

Barb.

We have, we have a good
thing here, Barbie.

We have a really good thing.

Say goodbye to them.

Denny:
Goodbye!

Oh, God.

Say something, Denton.

Say something.

Uh, you need any money?

No.

No, here, take it.

No, take it.

I said no!

( Denton thuds )

What did she do that was
so great, huh?

( sobs ) Oh, God.

I mean, what was it about her?

I want to know what it
was about Roxy Carmichael

that made you not give a
shit about anything else?

I didn't know, I didn't know.

I swore, I swear to God I just,

I thought it was over.

I thought it was over.

No, you can't have it
both ways, Denton.

I can't let you.

( somber instrumental music )

( engine rumbles )

( tires screech )

You want to know what
she calls a penis?

Guess.

Beth:
I don't know.

Oh, come on, guess.

A hoo-hoo.

Uh-huh. ( laughs )

You wouldn't believe
what she calls a vagina.

Do you generally give out
this kind of information

about your mother?

She's not my mother.

Oh, right.

And I don't generally give
out information to anybody.

Gee, I can't tell you how
privileged you've made me feel.

( Dinky chuckles )

It's not like anybody asks.

Listen, I don't like the way
some people treat you, but.

You don't help them out, Dinky.

I mean, believe it or not,
these are not all bad people.

I mean, it's not like the
world against Dinky Bossetti.

Bye.

See?

You don't risk anything, Dinky,

and that's why you
don't get anything back.

It's easier this way.

No, it's not.

( Dinky sighs )

Dinky, don't shut me out.

I'm just trying to help.

Why?

Why are you so interested
in my crummy life?

And don't tell me it's your job.

Because I've seen what can
happen with people like you.

You have, huh?

Anybody we know?

( birds chirp )

- ( box clatters )
- ( fist pounds )

( objects clatter )

( match clicks )

( gentle electronic music )

( birds chirp )

Well?

Well, what, Libby?

You know.

It was fine, Libby.

But I'm not Roxy, am I?

No.

No, you're not Roxy.

( students chatter )

Man:
See ya later!

Wait, Dinky.

I saw what happened in
the cafeteria today.

I feel sorry for you, Dinky.

Yeah, well, don't.

Don't feel sorry for me
because I'm glad they hate me.

Let them.

They hated Roxy Carmichael, too.

Look at her.

Besides, I'm leaving
this place tomorrow anyway.

What are you going to
do, sail away on your ark?

What do you know about my ark?

Nothing.

You fixed the roof,
didn't you?

I forget.

Hey.

You're not really going
to go away, are you?

Well, I don't really
have much of a choice, my.

My real mother wants me back,
and I have to go with her.

Real mother?

Roxy Carmichael.

Roxy Carmichael's your mother?

How do you know?

She's my mother and
that's that.

She's coming back
here to get me,

and we're gonna have fun.

We're gonna have some
kind of fun.

( goat bleats )

And don't you worry about
a thing 'cause as soon as,

as soon as we get settled,

I'm going to send
for all of you.

Wheaton?

Wheaton?

Wheaton!

Oh, my God.

Wheaton!

Oh, Jesus, you don't know
your name yet, do you?

Wheaton!

Oh, God.

Wheaton?

- Oh!
- ( Wheaton whimpers )

What are you doing, huh?

I told you about those
cracks, didn't I, huh?

I told you about those cracks.

What you need is your
own territory,

a piece of carpet that's
yours and yours alone.

Okay, stay, stay.

Watch him.

♪ Look at me ♪

♪ I'm as helpless as a
kitten up a tree ♪

♪ And I feel like
I'm clinging ♪

( carpet thuds )

♪ I can't understand ♪

♪ I get misty just
holding your hand ♪

I like what you did with
your hair, there, Chelle.

The part's on the left.

♪ A thousand violins
begin to play ♪

♪ For it might be the
sound of your hello ♪

Now, come on now, Les.

She'll be coming 'round
the mountain when she comes.

I'm trying to straighten
up, let go. ( giggles )

Les:
She'll be coming.

- ( keys thud )
- Oh.

Now look what you made me do.

♪ You can say ♪

♪ That you're
leading me on ♪

♪ But it's just what I
want you to do ♪

Not on the plush.

It'll show every mark.

( train whistles )

- ( Rochelle moans )
- She'll be comin'.

Here she comes.

- ( Rochelle pants )
- Here she comes.

( Les and Rochelle groan )

Dinky, honey.

It's all right.

She couldn't help it, Chelle.

( uptempo electronic music )

( horn honks )

Dinky:
Ah!

( tires screech )

My God.

Dinky, are you okay?

Are you all right?

You're okay?

Jesus.

What happened?

What were you thinking of?

( hairdresser sneezes )

Oh, I don't know.

Do you think I should go blonde?

I would if I were you.

I mean, if you were me.

Yes.

If I were you, I would.

Evelyn:
You would?

Gotta go.

Think she'll be blonde?

It's hard to tell with Roxy.

Not that it matters.

Peroxide's oxidizing, Evelyn.

( sighs )

I would if I were you.

It's just that I'd hate
to take a chance, you know,

and have it turn out bad.

Roxy Carmichael always
took a chance.

I am not Roxy Carmichael,

and I could care less
what she would do.

Go for it.

Is there any particular reason

why you're looking at
me like that?

Come on, you haven't
said a word.

What's she famous for?

Did you ever hear that
song, In Roxy's Eyes?

Dinky:
Jack Slater song?

Heard it last night.

Right, first hit he ever had,
right?

She was the girl in that song.

And, and that's it?

She was in a song and
that's why she's so famous?

I mean, she didn't save a

country or invent
something great

or murder someone?

Do you know how hard it is
to get yourself in a song?

Jesus.

You going to eat the
rest of those?

How could a song make
her a legend?

She'd have been a legend

with or without that
goddamn song,

or the album he devoted to her,

or all those interviews
he did about her.

You know, he gave her every
cent he made on that song,

and it played for 23 weeks.

She owns the rights.

I hear she's set for life.

Still makes money off
it whenever it plays.

Hell, I even heard a
wimpy version of it

in the elevator the other day.
( chuckles )

So why did she leave him?

Because she's smart.

She knew that if she left him
while they were still in love,

it would make them
more of a legend.

You know, like Romeo and Juliet.

Or me and her.

What about the baby?

I mean, did anybody else know
about her being pregnant?

No, no one.

She hid it real well.

So you mean I'm the only
other person who knows.

Yeah, I guess you are.

Did she love it?

I mean, did she love that baby?

Yes, she did.

She said, while it was
growing inside her,

that it was a real
special child.

Well, what about you?

I mean, don't you ever
wonder about that baby?

Don't you?

What kind of father are you,
anyway?

Don't you ever wonder what
happened to your first born?

( gentle electronic music )

( locks click )

Judy:
It's 7:15 a.m.

Good morning, Clyde,

This is Judy Duran
coming to you

on the day our Roxy returns.

( Rochelle knocks )

Dinky, are you awake?

No.

Rochelle:
May I come in?

I'm doing stuff, really.

There are some things we're
going to have to work out

if this house is going
to hold the three of us.

Look, I'm late for school.

Then we'll talk about it
tonight, missy?

( suitcase thuds )

The name's Dinky.

( midtempo instrumental music )

What's the matter, hm?

Is it something about us?

Nobody on the faculty knows.

Nobody.

Beth:
No, I don't care about that.

It's, well...

What?

You can tell me.

It's Dinky.

( Scotty sighs )

You never thought so before.

( Beth giggles )

Look, Beth.

I want to know where
we're going.

I mean, we've been together
for almost half a fiscal year.

I'd just like to know what
direction we're headed in.

You want to think about it?

( Dinky knocks )

Dinky.

I need a favor.

Beth:
A favor?

Yes, please.

( uptempo music )

You know, I really
appreciate this.

I haven't been
shopping in years.

I guess that's kind of obvious,
huh?

Cleveland would have been
a very expensive cab ride.

And you told your
parents about this, right?

Right.

Well, I didn't tell mine.

What do you say we
make a day of it?

Just as long as we're
back in time for my mother.

She's going to get
there at nine.

Right.

Well, I don't think I
can make it.

I'm not big on parties.

So, you want to talk about
you and Scotty Sandholtzer?

No, Dinky, I don't.

You want to talk about
you and Gerald Howells?

I'm beyond men.

- ( traffic hums )
- ( horn honks )

So you were a counselor

when you lived in New
York, too, then, huh?

No, I just took a rest
from that for a while.

Mother of the bride.

Why don't you try something on?

I'm working on it.

Well, I burnt out in New York,
too.

Then, one day, I just packed
up everything and I left.

Well, how did you
end up in Clyde?

You want to know the truth?

It's usually the best thing.

I got tired of driving.

This is not me.

How do you know?

Beth:
You think I should try it?

Yeah.

They're nice.

Who?

Them.

Oh.

Thank you.

Well, I guess I'm going
to try my stuff on now.

Okay, Dinky.

Yeah. ( clears throat )

Think mine will be as
nice as yours someday?

I think they're as
nice as mine right now.

Yeah.

You're the first person
who's ever seen them.

( cheerful electronic music )

I just don't understand

how something like this
could have happened.

Straighten your head.

My father thinks that
I should sue,

but I said, no, I'll just wait
and see if she can fix it.

- Thank you, Evelyn.
- Ow!

Pardon me.

Care for some fiddle faddle?

No, thank you.

Announcer: We are one
hour and 15 away

from matching a lucky
member with a chance

of winning $5,000.

That was the high school.

Dinky never showed up
there today.

Um.

Look, here's a thought.

Why don't I come back in a
couple of weeks

and we can re-evaluate the
situation then.

She'll be back, won't she,
Les?

This isn't like Dinky.
It's not normal for her.

Well, there's nothing
normal when it comes to Dinky.

She's just different,
Chelle, that's all.

That doesn't have to
be a bad thing.

There you go
defending her again.

I'm calling the
police right now.

( train hums )

You're kidding about Dinky,
right?

You're not serious, right?

I don't know, she's got
a real good sense of humor.

Well, so does
Rodney Dangerfield,

but I wouldn't marry him.

What's everyone got
against Dinky, anyway?

Well, for one thing,
she's new, kind of.

I mean.

She's been here in the
summers and all

but she's always getting
sent off somewhere

on account of her weirdness.

So you know how when
someone's new in school,

you gotta make fun of
them for a while

to break them in?

Well, with Dinky Bossetti, you
really got to make fun of her

'cause she's Dinky.

Furthermore, she stinks.

Gerald:
She doesn't stink.

Well, she did the other day.

Furthermore, she's ugly.

She's not ugly!

Well, she ain't beautiful
like Laura Collier,

who likes you and would wear
your ring again in a minute.

( siren wails )

Dispatcher:
Unit 218, Unit 218.

Hello, Gerald.

Hi, Mr. Billings.

Officer Billings.

Yeah, right. Beannie, look.

Oh, hi, Dad.

Come on, your mom
wants you home.

She's making
macaroni and cheese.

With Swiss or Velveeta?

I guess it doesn't matter.

Put that goddamn candy away.

By the way, you haven't
seen Dinky Bossetti around,
have you?

No, why?

She's missing.

( suspenseful electronic music )

Hey, Gerald, you want a ride?

Officer Billings:
Beannie, get your goddamn
skateboard.

Beannie:
Gerald?

( bike clicks )

Dispatcher:
Roger 217.

I wouldn't worry
about it too much.

After all, she's just a kid.

They usually turn up.

Well, I'm very worried,
thank you.

Can't you do anything?

Les, tell him to do something.

I'm really sorry,
I have to be going.

No, no, I just made
a fresh pot of coffee.

Les, please tell
Mr. Reems to stay.

Les, where are you going?

Out to look for Dinky.

But why, I mean, what for?

Because she's our daughter.

( birds chirp )

( brakes squeal )

Um, we close at four today.

The Roxy Ball.

I got time.

Not a lot.

And my boyfriend's gonna
be here any minute.

And he's got this thing
about me being there for him.

I mean, he's really possessive.

Don't tell him I said that,
okay?

This is nice, isn't it?

Don't tell my boyfriend
I said that, okay?

( engine rumbles )

( dramatic opera music )

Can you have these
hemmed by tonight?

We are officially closed,
you know?

Yeah, but I can have
them by tonight, right?

All right, I'll pin them,
but I won't hem them, okay?

( dramatic opera music )

( horn honks )

Come on, babycakes, let's go!

No, you gotta.

Well, I'll try, okay?

I'm begging you, please!

Here, how's this?

Are you going to wear
these shoes with it?

No.

Promise me, okay?

Oh.

( dramatic opera music )

You really should have
thought of this earlier.

Denton:
Promise me, please,
you got to do this.

I'll do my best, okay?

It is extra for the hurry.

All right.

Here, here, here, here.

Extra.

Denton: Okay?

All right, go.

- ( door clatters )
- Jim!

- ( punch thuds )
- ( woman screams )

Not again.

- ( Jim groans )
- ( woman giggles )

Hi, Denton.

Gerald.

You wanna talk?

About what?

Women.

- ( pig grunts )
- ( goat bleats )

Beth:
Where do they all come from?

Well, nobody else wanted them,

except for Dave here,

he was on his way to
becoming a bologna sandwich.

( Beth and Dinky giggle )

( goat bleats )

We got kind of a family
thing going here.

We argue sometimes, but
basically, we respect each
other.

So, you're gonna do this for me,
right?

You're gonna come here after
school and feed them for me?

Dinky, are you sure?

I mean, are you absolutely
sure that Roxy's.

Yes.

I am.

Uncurtained Window, huh?

You know, I think it
would be a big mistake

if you stopped writing.

Where did you get that?

Clyde library.

I had a tough time finding it,
though,

'cause they put it under the
home improvement section.

( chuckles ) Congratulations.

You're one of the five
people who ever read it.

I liked it.

Well, it was a
complete disaster.

Is that why you're
hiding out in Clyde?

I lost it.

I don't want to write anymore.

That's a disaster.

I've tried.

Once?

( Beth laughs )

This is a good talk we had.

Yeah.

Goodbye, Elizabeth.

Goodbye, Dinky.

( Beth giggles )

Gerald:
And I know I'll never
ever meet anyone

like her again.

Oh man, you sound
just like I did.

You only fall in love the
first time once.

She reminds me a lot of Roxy,
you know.

Did people hate Roxy
like they hate Dinky?

Pretty close.

They both scare people
in the same way, I guess.

Like aliens.

I think it's got a lot to do

with the fact that
Dinky's adopted.

No, listen, I got to go.

I got to get ready for tonight.

You need a ride?

She keeps saying she's
leaving today.

She keeps saying her
mom's coming to get her.

Her mom?

Who's her mom?

She says her mother is
Roxy Carmichael.

What, she what?

Wait a minute.

She thinks Roxy is her mother?

Yeah.

( suspenseful instrumental
music )

What?

No, it's between me and Dinky.

If it's got something
to do with Dinky,

I wanna know.

You really care about Dinky?

Yeah, more than anything.

Okay.

You go out and you do
something real special for her.

Buy her some flowers.

Buy her a box of candy.

Something.

'Cause she's gonna
need something.

( engine rumbles )

( airplane hums )

( door knocks )

Les:
Dinky?

I saw your bike outside, Dinky.

I'm glad you're home.

I was worried about you, Dinky.

You were?

Les:
Yeah.

Do you like the carpet?

It's black.

I laid it this morning.

I had to bring it in
through the window.

( gentle instrumental music )

( locks clatter )

Let's party!

- ( uptempo dance music )
- ( crowd applauds )

♪ Get your motor running ♪

♪ Head out on the highway ♪

♪ Lookin' for adventure ♪

♪ And whatever comes our way ♪

♪ Yeah darlin' gonna
make it happen ♪

♪ Take the world in a
love embrace ♪

♪ Fire all of our
guns at once ♪

♪ And explode into space ♪

Oh, yes!

♪ It's like smoke
and lightning ♪

♪ Heavy metal thunder ♪

♪ Racing in the wind ♪

♪ And feelin' that I'm under ♪

Thanks.

♪ Yeah darlin' gonna
make it happen ♪

Take these?

My dad said that you
were taken to the station
to get questioned.

Shit!

He told me that you told him
that you spy on Dinky Bossetti

all the time.

Shit!

Yeah, I do.

Gerald Howells, what happened?

What's it look like?

I got braces.

Why?

Well, I have gaps.

My dad's been trying to put
them on me for a long time,

so I let him.

It only took an hour-and-a-half.

Think Dinky will like 'em?

You look really ugly!

I know.

( engine hums )

♪ And all winter subside ♪

♪ She finds it all so amusing ♪

♪ To think she did all that ♪

♪ And she will say ♪

♪ Not in a shy way ♪

♪ Oh no, oh not her ♪

♪ She did it her way ♪

♪ Oh what is a woman ♪

i♪ What has she got ♪

♪ If not herself ♪

♪ Then she has naught ♪

♪ To say the things ♪

Did you find her?

No, I went everywhere I
could think of.

It almost made me late for this.

- Me, too.
- Yeah.

You've got braces.

Yeah.

For Dinky.

♪ And did it her way ♪

( audience applauds and cheers )

Thanks.

So good, so, woo!

Oh, people, people!

She's here!

( crowd clamors excitedly )

( suspenseful orchestral music )

Man:
Limo!

Limo!

All:
Roxy, Roxy, Roxy, Roxy!

Roxy, Roxy, Roxy, Roxy, Roxy,
Roxy!

Roxy, Roxy, Roxy, Roxy, Roxy!

Roxy, Roxy, Roxy, Roxy, Roxy!

Roxy, Roxy, Roxy!

( drum rolls )

Roxy, Roxy, Roxy, Roxy, Roxy!

( crowd cheers )

( crowd chatters )

Woman:
Roxy, where is Roxy?

What is going on here?

Man:
Where is she?

Woman:
What is going on?

Uh.

Roxy Carmichael will not
be able to attend

her very own ball and
dedication services

due to circumstances
beyond her control,

I knew it.

She has, however,
sent a dedication plaque

and requests that we enjoy
the evening without her.

( crowd murmurs )

I'm never going to see
you again, am I?

( crowd chatters )

Dinky, Dinky!

Wait, I got to tell you--

I got to go.

She's going to leave without me!

- Listen to me.
- Dinky, no, stop.

- Let go, you're not her father!
- Yes, he is.

No, I'm not, and Roxy's
not your mother.

Dinky:
Yes, she is.

- No, she's not, Dinky.
- Yes, she is.

Roxy Carmichael is my mother.
Don't you get it?

I was that baby!

You're too stupid to
figure it out.

That was me.

I was that baby.

That baby died, Dinky.

It died.

It did?

I went back to the hospital.

And I saw her.

And I buried her.

( engine rumbles )

( candy clatters )

I'm sorry, Dinky.

Don't be.

No, I am, I didn't know.

I didn't know she was
that real for you.

She's no more real for
me than she is for you.

Dinky!

Wait.

I'm so stupid.

I lied to myself.

Yeah, you did, so what?

Dinky, don't use this to
run away again.

Please.

You only thought you needed her,
Dinky.

I don't have to listen to you.

Who the hell is
Roxy Carmichael?

Who the hell cares?

She's not here, look around.

There are real people
right here in your life

who care about you, Dinky.

Save it for your lecture
series, Gerald.

Okay.

You don't understand!

I wanted this.

I really did.

It's good to want things.

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ Oh I, I will never
be the same ♪

♪ Caught in your eyes ♪

♪ Lost in your name ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ And you swore that you
were bound for glory ♪

♪ And for wanting you
had no shame ♪

♪ But I loved you ♪

♪ And then I lost you ♪

♪ And I will never
be the same ♪

♪ Oh I ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ Oh I ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ Caught in your eyes ♪

♪ Lost in your name ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ I, I will never be the same ♪

♪ Oh I, I will never
be the same ♪

♪ Caught in your eyes ♪

♪ Lost in your name ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

( chimp chatters )

( birds chirp )

( chimps chatter )

You've got braces.

I'm hungry.

I'm going to kiss you now,
Gerald.

You gotta close your eyes now.

I guess it's going to
take a little time, huh?

Yeah.

Watch it, Gerald.

It's not that easy.

You've got a lot of work to do.

So do I. ( laughs )

Welcome home, Dinky Bossetti.

♪ You can try, I don't care ♪

♪ Forcing circles
into squares ♪

♪ You can spend precious time ♪

♪ Marching in your
perfect line ♪

♪ But I don't hear that drum ♪

♪ I'm looking for
something else ♪

♪ And if you don't like
what you see ♪

♪ You don't have to
look at me ♪

♪ If you don't like
what I say ♪

♪ You can turn the other way ♪

♪ If you don't like
what you see ♪

♪ Then don't look at me ♪

♪ Add it up, count me out ♪

♪ I'm taking a
different route ♪

♪ I didn't mean to offend ♪

♪ Before I broke I
chose to bend ♪

♪ So I'll be on my way ♪

♪ I have nothing left to say ♪

♪ But if you don't like
what you see ♪

♪ You don't have to
look at me ♪

♪ If you don't like
what I say ♪

♪ You can turn the other way ♪

♪ If you don't like
what you see ♪

♪ Then don't look at me ♪

♪ Don't look at me ♪

♪ Don't look at me ♪

♪ Oh if you don't like
what you see ♪

♪ You don't have to
look at me ♪

♪ Mm, ah-ah-ah, oh ♪

♪ If you don't, if you
don't, if you don't ♪

♪ If you don't like
what you see ♪

♪ Then you don't have
to look at me ♪

♪ Uh-Uh, oh-oh ♪

♪ You don't have to
look at me ♪

♪ No no no no no ♪

♪ If you don't like, if you
don't like, if you don't like ♪

♪ You don't have to
look at me ♪

♪ Uh-oh, uh-uh ♪

♪ And you swore that you
were bound for glory ♪

♪ And for wanting you
had no shame ♪

♪ But I loved you ♪

♪ And then I lost you ♪

♪ And I will never
be the same ♪

♪ Oh I ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ Oh I ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ Caught in your eyes ♪

♪ Lost in your name ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ I, I will never be the same ♪

♪ Oh I ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪

♪ Caught in your eyes ♪

♪ Lost in your name ♪

♪ I will never be the same ♪