All language subtitles for The.Wonder.Years.S06E18.DVDRip.x264-DEiMOS_track3_[und]

[ joe cocker's "With a little
Help from my friends" plays ]

-♪ baby ♪

-♪ high with a little help
From my friends ♪

-♪ said I'm gonna make it
With my friends ♪

-♪ try with a little help
From my friends ♪

-♪ oh, oh,
I'm gonna keep on tryin' ♪

-♪ get by with a little help
From my friends ♪

-♪ I'm gonna keep on tryin',
Now, babe ♪

-♪ ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

-♪ when I grow up to be a man ♪

-if there's one way
to describe adolescence,

it might be this --

it's a gamble.

-♪ that turn me on as a kid? ♪

-an adventure
into the unexpected.

a step into the unknown.

-♪ that I wish I hadn't done
What I did? ♪

-it's a time of life
that pits hope against fear

and logic against prayer.

a game of luck and opportunity.

not unlike, say,
for instance...

poker.

All right, I call.

A pair of queens.

So let's see 'em.

-two 2s.

-nothin' but ace-high.

-two pair.

9s and 4s.

-the bi-monthly, friday-night
high-stakes poker game.

Jeff?

junior year, it was ritual.

-three kings.

Don't worry, guys.

It's going to a good cause.
Me.

-of course, it was more than
just a rotating tournament,

depending on whose parents
were out for the evening.

and it was about more
than just cold, hard cash.

-okay. Nickel ante.

-this game was defined
by personality.

ours.

-okay, boys.

How about
A little night baseball, huh?

9s are wild.
3s are wild.

Any picture card
With facial hair -- wild.

-there was
the overenthusiastic...

-straight poker.

-...And the all-american.

-paul, your bet.

-there was the cautious...

-I don't know.
Let me think for a second.

-paul...While we're still young.

...And the impatient...

-okay.

Three cents.

-...And, of course,
the supremely confident.

-a...Quarter.

-a quarter?

That's kind of steep, isn't it?

-quarter.

-and despite
our different styles,

we maintained the easy
give-and-take of friendship

that I knew would endure
well into the future.

Don't put the glass
Right on the table.

My father will kill me
If he sees a stain.

-ooh.

I'm -- I'm fairly certain
These chairs of yours

Are aggravating my prostate.

-this hand's an all-time beaut.

You should frame it.

Hang it on the wall.

-okay, then.
Who needs cards?

-give me four.
-anyone else?

-three.

-uh, give me two.

Uh, um, no,
Wait, um...

Better make that three.

Jeff?

-none.

-none? You sure?

-I fold.

-I fold.

-well, then...

Guess I'm the lucky winner.

-still, we weren't old men yet.

we were teenage boys --

innocent.
uncomplicated.

-so, is anyone hungry?

-hungry.
-let's go.

-I got chips.
-the 8:00 snack break.

a chance to mix
simple pleasantries

with complex carbohydrates
and starch.

-I can't believe it.

Do you guys have any idea

What you're putting
Into your bodies?

-what do you mean --
This isn't healthy?

-I'd hate to see your
Digestive tract in 10 years.

-tell you what -- you don't ask,

And I won't offer, all right?

-kev, don't you have any fruit
In this house?

-yeah.
It's on the bottom.

-no. All I see here
Is an apple pie.

-right.
Apple's a fruit.

[ laughter ]

-forget it.

I got an orange in my car.

Least I plan ahead.

-boy, he doesn't quit, does he?

-what do you mean?

-well, it's just
That he's kind of like, um...

How shall I say it?

Not fun.

-a major downer.

-what are you guys
Talking about?

-uh, kev...

About the ski trip
Over spring vacation...

-yeah, we're all still going,
Right?

-see, the thing is...

We don't think we're
Gonna have room for pfeiffer.

-well, what do you mean?

I thought all of us were going.

-well, it's not paul so much.

It's just that, uh...

Chuck's car
Only -- only fits four people.

-you can check the manual.

-and my uncle's cabin
Only has four beds.

-so, what are you guys
Trying to say?

even though
it was pretty clear.

[ door opens ]
-[ clears throat ]

So, what did I miss?

-now, paul pfeiffer

had been my best friend
for 17 years.

I'd always told him everything.

Nothing.

Really.

No, we were just, uh...Talking.

-well, come on, guys.

Let's get back to the game.

-after all,
paul was just being himself...

-want an orange?

-no, thanks.
Come on.

...As opposed, to, say...

some of the rest of us.

-chuck, the bet is a quarter.

You threw in a nickel.

-uh...

Right.

Quarter.

-by 8:30, chuck coleman's
natural ebullience

was fading fast.

So, chuck,
What's wrong with you?

-nothing! I just have
Some stuff on my mind.

-what kind of stuff?

-uh, you know...

Eh...Me and alice.

-what, are you guys
Fighting again?

-no.
It's nothing like that.

-well, if you're not fighting,
What are you two doing?

[ romantic music plays ]

-there are moments in life
that alter history

and change the course
of human events.

You didn't.

this was one of them.

-[ chuckles ]

-all right, chuck!

-way to go, coleman.

-it was a stirring revelation

that merited only one response.

-you know, I hope you used
Some kind of protection.

[ music stops ]

-huh?

-I said, "I hope
You used protection."

-of course I did, pfeiffer.

I mean, what kind of stooge
Do you take me for?

-ask an idiotic question...

-look, are we gonna play cards
Or not?

-no, I'm out.
-me too.

-yeah, me too.

-and speaking of idiotic...

-oh, you're not gonna smoke
That thing, are you?

Do you have any idea what
It's gonna do to your lungs?

Not to mention my sweater?

I don't believe it.
He's actually lighting it.

-[ blows ]

-paul, come on.
It's only a cigar.

-look, I have
Some air freshener in my car.

I'll be right back.

-I guess you could say
paul's consistency

was getting
a little too consistent.

-uh...Brother.

-and so maybe it was time

to have a little talk
with old paul...

I'll be back in a minute.

...To clue him in
to public opinion...

delicately, diplomatically.

Paul, you're being a real pain.

-what?
What's that supposed to mean?

-well...You just got
To lighten up a little.

-lighten up about what?

-well, for starters,

You can forget
About the air freshener.

-do you know how much
It smells in there?

-paul, who cares?

It's just the guys,
And we're playin' poker.

I mean, don't make
Such a big deal out of it, okay?

Okay?

-okay.

Yeah.

-great.

great.

-straight.

-that's not a straight.

-of course it is.
Look.

2-3-4-5-6.

-2-3-4-5-9.

Do you know what 2-3-4-5-9 is?

Nothing.

-boy, randy, maybe you
Should be studying your math.

-yeah, really funny.

-which, of course, it was.

to us, anyway.

-hey, will you guys
Just shut up?

For your information,

I failed my last three
Trigonometry tests.

When I flunk out, I bet
It'll be really hilarious.

-oh, come on.
You're not gonna flunk out.

-oh, yeah?

My guidance counselor says
If I don't pass,

I'm not gonna graduate.

What do you say to that?

-and, of course, there was
only one thing to say.

-three kings.

-[ sobs ]

-of course, some of us
were taking the news

harder than others.

-chuck, it'll be okay.

I still have a chance to pass.

If I apply myself --
-who cares about you?

-what's the matter, chuck?
You can't beat three kings?

-I think alice is pregnant.

-here, congratulations.
Have a cigar.

-I knew it.

I knew it.
-shut up, paul.

-look,
I was just trying to help.

-yeah, well, don't.

it's been said sobering news
travels in bunches.

and after 90 minutes of poker,

there was no shortage
of sobering news.

-how could I be so stupid?

-chuck was on the brink
of fatherhood.

-well, at least
You're passing trig.

-randy was on the brink
of repeating the 11th grade.

-[ blows ]

-and I was on the brink
of hating my best friend.

-knock it off, pfeiffer.

-not till you put
That thing out.

-but in addition to it all,

in addition to the
gut-wrenching teenage melodrama

playing out before us,

one other thing
seemed slightly amiss.

-he started it.

-hey.

You cheated.

we were in the presence
of a crook.

okay.
now, where were we?

after an hour and a half

of our monthly rotating
friday-night poker game,

this guy's cheating...

this guy's flunking school...

this guy might be a father...

this guy is annoying
everyone...

and this guy?

well...

You cheated.

-I did not!

My fingers were greasy
From the potato chips.

I-I-I'm sure a card, you know,

Just shot right out of my hands.

All right, all right.

Then ask yourselves this --

Why would I possibly cheat
At cards?

-well, the way I see it,
Your motive is greed.

-excuse me, lieutenant columbo.

Maybe I'm just a better
Card player than all you guys.

You ever think of that?

-I can't take this anymore.

This is insane!

-[ blows ]

-and somehow I couldn't avoid
the thought

maybe chuck was right.

You okay?

-listen, I-I know
What you're thinking...

That my life would be over.

-no.

-no.
I-I know how it sounds.

But it wouldn't be that bad,
Really.

I mean, alice and I --

We could live
In my parents' attic

Until we graduate high school.

And after that,
We could move into the garage.

-chuck, why don't you wait
Until you find out for sure?

I mean, it's not like
You're a doctor or anything.

-you think so?

-yeah.

Yeah, I mean...

How much do you really know
About biology, anyway?

apparently just enough
to be dangerous.

-excuse me.
I got to make a phone call.

-paul...

-yeah?

-we were in here.

You know, chuck and I.

-right.
And now chuck left.

And I'm gonna make a phone call.

-and I don't know.
-hello?

-maybe because
of what the guys had said

or maybe because of the way
he was acting,

but suddenly I was beginning to
see paul in a whole new light.

-I mean, my dad expects me to go
To some great college.

I don't know how to tell him

I might not even graduate
From high school.

-I would suggest
Doing it over a nice dessert.

-thanks.

-hey, I'm watching you,
Billings.

So hang on to your cards
This time.

-okay. I'm back.

-oh, were you gone?

-and so, there we were --

five friends playing poker.

-hey. Maybe if you dealt
A little slower,

My cards wouldn't end up
In the cheese puffs.

-five friends
arguing and sniping,

carping and whining.

taking umbrage
at even the pettiest offense.

-yeah, well, maybe
If you learned how to shuffle,

You could deal
Once in a while, huh?

-you call that dealing?

-suffer.

-five friends
who couldn't agree on a thing.

-hey.
We're out of food.

-except one thing.

-yeah, someone should run out
And get more.

So, who wants to go?

Kev?

-what, and leave you guys
With all the cards?

-all right, fine.
I'll go.

-no way. He'll just go out
And get another deck.

-all right, I'll go.

But I'll take the deck
Of cards with me.

-of course, kev, how do
We know you won't cheat?

-me?

so, naturally,
there was only one solution.

we did what
any five petty, squabbling,

distrustful best friends
would do.

God, why does it take
Five guys to go get food?

-because we're hungry.

-because we're morons.

-hey, who you calling a moron?

-hey, figure it out, sherlock.

-hey, look, can you guys

Maybe quit picking
On each other?

-I'm gonna go get
The stuff, okay?

-no. You go,
And you'll come back

With 12 pounds of fruit.

whoops.

-stupid.

-what did you say, paul?

-nothing.

-no, 'cause I heard you
Say something.

-I didn't say anything.

-well, here's what I say.

Maybe you're a moron,
But let me tell you something.

Stewart and irene coleman
Did not raise any morons.

-no, you deserve
All the credit for that, right?

-I'm out of here.

-me too.

-no, not those.

They're bad for you.

-god, paul,
What is your problem?

-what problem?

-I'm not sure
if I was angry at paul

or if I was angry at myself

for suddenly hating
my best friend, but...

You know, it used to be fun
To hang around with you.

And I don't know what it is now,

But being with you
Is like being...

-what?

-I don't know.

I just think...

but what I didn't want to say
was that paul had changed.

-you know, kev, you've changed.

-what?

Hey!
What's that supposed to mean?

-I mean, you hang around
With those guys,

And all you care about
Is being cool in front of them.

-I do not.

And besides,
They're your friends, too.

-no.
They were your friends first.

We were friends,
So I just came along.

-what, so I can't have any other
Friends other than you?

That's ridiculous.

You know, I call you
When the guys get together.

I invite you
To the poker games. I --

-yeah, and that ski trip
Over spring break --

I bet you were gonna invite me
To that, too, right?

That's what I thought.

-hey, I can't even sit
In the car with you morons.

-shut up, chuck.

You know,
I wouldn't have be here

If it wasn't for your cheating.

-hey, mr. Math whiz,

Don't you have some studying
To do or something?

-look, shut up
About my math already.

At least I don't cheat.

-maybe you should.

You haven't won a hand
In three months.

-why don't you both take a hike?

You sound like you're married.

-I don't believe you guys.

You know, you make me sick?

-oh, yeah?

Well, what are
You gonna do about it?

-what am I gonna do about it?

What are you gonna do about it?

and, of course,
there was only one answer.

Gentlemen...The ante is $1.

the last hand of the night.

Cards?

-two.

-the play was intense...

the conversation at a minimum.

-two.

-what had begun three hours ago

as a simple game
among friends...

-three.

-...Had, by 10:30,

developed into
an all-out grudge match.

-one.

-I'll take two.

suddenly, we were no longer
boys playing a man's game.

we were men.

men at war.

defending our turf...

standing our ground.

-all right.

I bet 20 cents.

-30.

-35.

-and I'll raise you 50.

-51.

it was time to show no mercy...

take no prisoners.

the bets were down.

Pair of jacks.

-a straight.

Almost.

-two pair -- jacks and 9s.

-three 7s.

-it's up to you, jeff.

and then...

-I fold.

I got nothin'.

-you mean I win?

-you win.

-I won.

I can't believe it.
I won.

-at the very brink of
disillusionment and despair,

randy mitchell,
the perpetual loser,

finally won a hand.

[ telephone rings ]

I'll get it.

Hello?

Yeah.
Yeah, hang on.

Chuck, it's alice.

-[ breathes heavily ]

Alice?

That's great.

Uh, that -- that's great.

Yeah.

Me too.

I'll call you when I get home.

Okay. Bye.

She's not pregnant.

-and there you had it --

fortune in men's lives.

face it...

in poker and friendship,

anything could happen.

and anything usually did.

See you later, guys.

-thanks, kev.

Guess I'll go hit the books.

-see ya.

-boy, I will never
Have sex again.

Hey, wait up!

-hey, jeff.
Sorry about that last hand.

-well, he deserved to win one.

See you monday, man.

-bye.

-hey, coleman.
You still owe me 7 bucks.

-I do not.
-I want an iou.

-the funny thing is,
that night, cleaning up,

I kept thinking
about that last hand.

the one that had turned things
around for randy...

for all of us.

the one jeff had lost.

Wait a minute.

Jeff won.

I felt pretty foolish having
questioned the guy's integrity,

his honesty.

the fact that this deck
had five kings.

[ door opens ]

-the door was open.

I forgot my jacket.

-oh.

I guess
that silence said it all...

that things had changed
between paul and me...

that the unspoken ease of our
friendship was slipping away.

-so, I guess
I'll see you in school.

-yeah.

Paul?

Uh...

I just wanted to say
That, uh...

but there was no way to say it.

those 17 years...

he knew what I meant.

-thanks.

-after all, standing there
on the edge of adulthood,

we knew that the problems
of men were not easily solved,

that life was a risk...

that growing up was a gamble...

that the time for bluffing
had passed.

-come on, paul.
Let's see what you got.

-uh, is this a 3 or an 8?

-an 8.

-oh.

After 40 years,

I should think you could
Afford a new deck of cards.

-still, you never knew.

Jeff, what's that
Under your sleeve?

-my cuff link.

-yeah?

Well, that cuff link

Better not be able to beat
Three queens.

-never mind.

-with a little luck, things
just might turn out okay.

-what you got?

-I got bubkes.

-so, anyone hungry?