Original subtitles

? Oh, say can you see? ?

? By the dawn's early lights ?

? What so proudly we hailed ?

? Through the twilight's last gleaming! ?

? Whose broad stripes and bright stars ?

? Through the perilous fight ?

? O'er the ramparts we watched ?

? Were so gallantly streaming ?

? And the rockets' red glare ?

? The bombs bursting in air ?

? Gave proof through the... ?

I wish Katie were here.

She's the one who got me to play again.

If everybody needs somebody to remind them who they are,

Katie Chandler was that for me.

Six months ago, I was as far away from baseball as I could get.

Things weren't exactly happening for me.

I was living in a motel with some cocktail waitress.

I was as lost as lost could be.

Billy, we have to have a talk.

Listen to me!

What?

Hi, Dani.

Billy, you have a phone call.

- It's your mom. - Look, uh...

Dani, tell her um...

I�m at work, okay? I'll call her back.

Billy, it's your mother.

Hi.

Bill...

I have some terrible news.

Katie Chandler died yesterday.

How?

She shot herself at Seasmoke.

Oh, my God.

She left a will.

You're responsible for her ashes.

What?

You're responsible for her ashes.

She said that you were the only person

who would know what to do with them.

Come home, Billy.

I'll leave tonight.

Katie was so wild.

And she hated rules.

That's why she was the greatest babysitter of all time.

Katie!

Katie!

I'll put the blanket up front.

Katie, listen. We should be back early.

If we're not, there's some leftovers in the fridge.

All you need to do is warm them up.

Oh, yes, Billy can stay up and watch Gunsmoke,

but then, he should go to bed.

- Bye. - Have fun.

Sam!

- Play ball! - Sam?

We're all waiting!

Hang on! I'll be right there!

Just trying to find my wallet.

Get going here with Tony Taylor steps up to the plate.

Here's the first pitch of the day.

- Memorial Day game. - All right, Billy.

Taylor swings.

It's hit! It's gone!

Cubs lead, one-nothing.

We're in trouble.

- Well, Taylor didn't... - I hate them.

- Sam! - Nah-ah.

You got to have a little faith there, buddy.

They're gonna bounce back. It's only the first inning.

I got very good feeling.

And even if they do lose,

tomorrow, I'm gonna give you that double-header.

- Cool! - All right?

Here.

See you.

Alvin Dark swings.

It's hit! It's gone!

Cubs lead, two-nothing.

Katie?

- Stop it! - Relax, Mom.

Can I drive Daddy's Caddy, hmm?

No.

You can't.

- Let's go. - Uh-huh.

Sam, did you find your wallet?

Oh, yeah. It was behind my dresser.

Ah-uh.

- What have we here? - I don't know.

Sam, you are not getting out of this one.

You are a liar!

We're down two-nothing, but we're coming back!

- Bye-bye. - Bye!

Hey, what's the score?

Eight to nothing, Cubs.

Top of the third.

Maybe, they'll rally.

No, they won't. They never rally.

They stink.

I hate the phillies.

You know, I forgot your birthday.

Sorry.

I bought you a present, though.

? Da da da da! ?

- It's a baseball. - Hmm.

Now, when things get confusing, and believe me, they will...

this is to remind you that you're a ball player.

- Hmm. - Thanks.

Is it too homo to wear around my neck?

No.

It'll drive the girls crazy.

All of them. Trust me.

There you go. Looking sharp.

Cool.

I'm bored. Let's blow this pop stand, huh?

Where?

All right. Just get your swim suit. Meet me downstairs in five minutes.

Come on, get up.

? You shake my nerves ? ? And you rattle my brains... ?

Where are we going?

To the shore!

But, that's so far.

What are you? 80?

It's a piece of cake. Get in the car.

No, we'll get in trouble.

No, we won't.

You always say we won't get in trouble,

and then you always get in trouble.

Your mother said that I was in charge,

and you have to do what I say, right?

- Yeah. - Get in the car.

? Great balls of fire ?

? You kissed me, baby ?

? Wooo ?

Wait a minute. Do you have your license?

No.

- Have you ever driven a car? - Yeah, once.

Where?

In my parents' driveway.

- Oh, god! - Relax.

? Got to tell this world ?

? That you're mine, mine, mine, mine ?

? I chew my nails and then ?

- ? I twiddle my thumbs ? - Thank you, Daddy!

- ? I'm really nervous but it sure is fun ? - Aha!

? Come on, baby, you drive me crazy ?

? Goodness gracious, great balls of fire ?

Hey, Billy, you know what? We're gonna talk about girls.

Because in a couple years, that's all you're gonna be able to think about.

Believe me.

But, I'll tell you what girls like.

Girls like guys who make them laugh.

Right?

And um...

girls like guys who talk about something other than themselves.

And girls like guys who don't break their heart.

Oh, you know what else?

Girls like guys who smoke.

Let's smoke.

Hold the wheel.

- Me? - Now!

These cigarettes are weird.

Yeah, I know.

They're grace's. They're menthols.

They're still weird.

I tell you what? On the way home,

we'll pick up some real cool cigarettes.

Hey, remember that guy I was telling you about? Robert?

- Yeah. - I broke up with him.

He had bad breath.

There's this lifeguard I like down here.

He likes me.

I think I'm gonna go out with him this summer.

He's got perfect breath.

How's your breath? Let's see.

That's good. Keep it that way.

Last one in has to french-kiss my grandfather!

- It's not gonna be me! - Woo hoo!

Woo!

? Dream ?

? Dream, dream, dream ?

? Dream ?

? Dream, dream, dream ?

? When I want you ?

? In my arms ?

? When I want you ?

? And all your charms ?

? Whenever I... ?

Why are you doing that?

I don't know.

Well, don't.

Hey.

Hey!

You're 10. I'm almost 16.

It would never work, believe me.

Our deal is to be best friends, huh?

? Whenever I want you ?

? All I have to do ?

? Is dream ?

What's that?

That's "The Wonderful Diving Horse".

You know, the first time Hank brought me here when I was little kid,

I was so excited.

I said, "the horse is gonna fly!, is gonna fly, is gonna fly," right?

And then um...

All they did was drag this poor horse up to this platform

and pushed him off into a cold tank of water.

Everybody laughed and they clapped.

They thought it was really funny.

I cried.

I thought it was mean.

Let's go!

? Bo Diddley buy his baby a diamond ring ?

? If that diamond ring don't shine ?

Yee-ha!

? He gonna take it to a private eye ?

? If that private eye can't see ?

? He better not take the ring from me ?

? Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley, have you heard ?

Oh, no! Hank! Hank!

It's Katie.

She took the car.

Hey, Billy, pull over!

Katie, this is not funny!

- Pull over. - What do we do?

Wave.

I couldn't believe it. Katie left me her ashes.

I mean, why me?

Boy, I wanted to bail out.

But, Katie kept pulling me home.

Carlton!

Next stop, Carlton!

Carlton!

Next stop, Carlton!

Bottom of the ninth.

Tie game.

We'll go into extra innings.

We're not gonna make that train, Bill.

Hey, relax, Appleby.

No, Bill, we're not gonna make that train

That means, we're not going home for the weekend.

That means, you're not gonna talk to Robin Parks,

and that means, I don't have a prom date.

I can't believe this.

I'm taking care of it, Appleby.

- Relax. - Yeah.

Come on, we got another game.

We're not gonna make it.

Next up for Carlton Academy, number 9, Billy Wyatt.

- Yay! - Yay!

Come on, Billy!

Come on, Billy!

Come on, Billy!

Hit it!

Play ball!

Wyatt!

Go, Billy.

Come on, Billy!

Come on, Billy!

Hit it, Wyatt!

Come on, Billy!

All right, Billy!

You got one!

Good going!

- Way to go, Bill! - Be quiet.

Next up, number 13, Alan Appleby.

- Come on, Appleby! - Come on, Alan!

- Go, Billy, go home! - All right, Wyatt!

Safe!

Ap! Ap!

Hey, wait up, Ap!

Come on.

Wyatt!

Bud Scott.

- Nice game. - Thank you, sir.

Wyatt, what are you doing this summer?

I don't know, sir.

How'd you like to come to my instructional camp?

Are you kidding?

I didn't come all the way from Florida to watch you play just for a joke.

Listen, I'm uh, making you an offer, son.

- I gotta talk to my dad. - Oh, you do that.

And, uh...

here's my card.

You have your daddy call me.

Thanks a lot, sir.

Bud Scott. I can't believe it!

- Can you believe that? - Do not stop to the train station.

Thank you!

Whoa!

- Hey, who won? - We did!

Billy broke up a tie in the bottom of the ninth when he stole home.

- No! - Yeah!

Whoa!

Hey, Alan, you know how to work one of these?

- Oh, yeah. - All right.

I want to make a little movie here of Billy and me driving along.

You know, the Dink has one of these.

- Who's the Dink? - It's Appleby's stepfather.

I'm sorry, Mr. Wyatt, but he is a dink.

He wears black socks, sandals, Bermuda shorts,

smokes Parliaments and drives a Lark.

It's killing me, Mr. Wyatt.

Appleby.

Ginny...

I have never loved you more than I do right now.

Appleby!

Thanks for the ride, Mr. Wyatt.

All right, Alan. See you soon.

Here you go.

Uh, Bill?

Uh, can I talk to you for a sec?

Let us review the Robin Parks situation.

Appleby, I'm tired of talking about...

- Robin Parks. - A: You know her.

B: I don't. C: I'm in love with her.

D: I'm a virgin. E: I'm desperate.

Now, Bill, A plus B plus C

plus D plus E equals, potentially, the big "F" for me at the prom

if you come through for me tonight.

Bill, be my friend.

I will. I promise.

You will? You promise?

- I promise? - Bill?

- I got it! - I mean it.

Sincerely.

Be my friend.

I got it, Aps.

Bill!

Be...

my...

friend!

- Is school going OK? - Yeah.

Yeah?

How'd you do on that trig test?

C.

Yeah.

Listen, Billy. Your mother and I had a talk, and we think...

maybe, you should take one of those six-week SAT prep course this summer.

I don't want to do that. I want to play ball this summer.

Yeah, but I know. But, Billy, you can't get into a good college

without high SATs. Yours are little low.

I don't care that much about college.

- All I want, just to play in the majors. - I know. But, college is important.

It gives you something to fall back on.

I don't need anything to fall back on.

Yeah. Besides, a lot of major-league ballplayers come out of the college ranks.

But, I'll have to wait until I'm 22 to play for the Phillies.

Well, I'm sorry. That's the way it is.

Bud Scott wants me to play for him this summer, Dad.

You're supposed to call him, I guess.

- Bud Scott? - Mmm-hmm.

You're kidding.

Uh-uh.

Billy, do you know what this means?

Means, no SATs this summer?

Damn right! It means, no SATs!

It means, you're going to play for the Phillies!

Now, relax, Dad. We, we just...

- God, you'll look good - Hold it!

in a Phillies uniform!

You're gonna play center field for the Phillies!

Clemente hits a long drive.

Wyatt! He's going deep!

Wyatt's up against the warning path!

Amazing over-the-shoulder catch!

Hauls it in.

The crowd goes wild.

Throws it in.

And you tip your hat to Mom and me on the stand.

Where's your mother? We gotta tell your mother.

- Dad, relax. Wait... - Come on. Ginny!

Dad, come on. Hold on, Dad!

- We gotta tell your mother. - Dad, relax.

- Ginny! - Dad, hold on.

- Oh, oh, Billy! - Dad, relax!

- Billy, I gotta call Bud Scott! - Relax.

No! No! Dad, you gotta be much cooler with Bud Scott!

Oh, oh, oh. I know it!

- Ginny! - Hi.

- Ginny! - Hi. Who won?

- We did! - Oh, great.

Billy stole home to win it!

Oh, my god! That's wonderful!

But listen to this. Bud Scott,

- the Phillies' top scout, - Yes.

comes to see Billy play.

He wants him to play for him this summer.

No! Oh, my...

Oh... oh.

- Oh, I'm so proud of you. - Hey, Mom, what's for dinner?

Uh, roast beef, mashed potatoes, and peas.

Hmm!

- Come on, one more. - There we go.

Nice!

All right. That's good to center.

- Now, one to the left. - Dad?

Sure you're OK out there?

- One to the left. - Sure.

- Come on, one to left! - All right.

Yeah!

Whoa!

Yeah! Nice!

One more.

- Yeah! - Yeah!

All right!

- Yeah. - Up against the wall!

All right, wait a minute. World series.

Phillies and the Yanks.

Phillies up by one.

Bunning... takes the mound.

- 3-2 count. - Bases loaded.

Bottom of the ninth!

Checks third.

The wind-up.

Strike three! Yes!

Go! The Phillies win the Series!

- Yeah, yeah! All right, yeah! - First time in history!

- Yeah! All right! - First time in history!

- All right. All right. - Give Dalrymple that game ball!

Whoa!

First time ever.

Listen, I gotta drive out to Long Island tomorrow, on business.

You want to come?

I promised Appleby I'd play golf with him.

Can I come with you next time?

Yeah, sure.

Oh, hi.

Night-night.

- Billy, hi. - Hi, Robin.

Come on in.

Can I get you something to drink?

Uh, sure. Uh, Pepsi?

Hello, Billy.

Hello, Mrs. Parks.

I'd like to come down and say hi, but I look a mess.

That's okay.

- Thanks. - Mmm-hmm.

So, how's it going?

All right. How's school?

It's okay.

You look great.

Yeah?

Yeah.

So do you.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Listen, uh...

you know Alan Appleby, right?

Yeah.

- How about a drink? - I got one.

I mean, a rum drink.

Billy, honey, if you're hungry,

I think there's some leftover meat loaf in the fridge.

Oh, that's okay, Mrs. Parks. I've already eaten.

Well, how about something to drink?

Well, I think Robin's taking care of that.

Thank you.

Welcome home.

You want to hear some music?

Sure, I guess.

Listen, um...

I got to talk to you about Alan Appleby

because he asked me to come over here

and uh, ask you

if you wanted to go to the Carlton prom with him.

Did you know I've been in love with you since third grade?

Really?

Yeah.

Hmm.

? Sha la la la la ?

? It's not the way you smile ?

? That touched my heart ?

? Sha la la la la ?

? It's not the way you kiss ?

? That tears me apart ?

? Oh, oh, oh ?

? Many, many nights roll by ?

? I sit alone at home and cry ?

? Over you ?

? What can I do? ?

? I can't help myself ?

- ? When, baby, it's you ? - Come here.

? Baby, it's you ?

? Sha la la la la ?

? Sha la la la la ?

? Sha la la la la ?

Honey, the record is stuck.

Sorry.

? Sha la la la la ?

Jesus, your mother can come down here any minute.

Don't worry about my mother.

And besides, I came over to get Alan a date.

I don't want to talk about Alan anymore.

Okay.

? Sha la la la la ?

? It's not the way you smile ?

? That touched my heart ?

? Sha la la la la ?

? It's not the way you kiss ?

? That tears me apart ?

? Oh, oh, oh ?

? Many, many nights roll by ?

? I sit alone at home and cry ?

? Over you ?

? What can I do? ?

? I can't help myself ?

? When baby, it's you ?

? Baby, it's you ?

? Sha la la la la ?

? You should hear ?

- ? What they say... ? - Robin?

I'm so mad.

- Holy shit, here she comes. - Do you know where the newspaper is?

Uh, it's on the breakfast table.

I'm going to call that boy and complaint.

We, we got to stop. We got to stop.

We... Jesus!

Jesus! We got to...

I put it out to dry, and I don't know where it is.

Maybe, I was in here.

I think it was out on the porch.

Let's see. No, wait, it is down here...

Oh, wait a minute. Here it is!

It's on the telephone table. Honestly.

If my head wasn't attached, I'd lose that, too.

Well.

Okay. Good night, you two.

Good night, Mrs. Parks!

? Sha la la la la ?

It's a cool pendant.

Can I have it?

Sure.

Am I going to see you again?

Yeah.

I mean, uh, sure.

What are you doing this summer?

Nothing. Just hanging around.

What are you doing?

I'm playing pro ball down in Florida.

Great.

Well, uh...

Thanks for the Pepsis.

And everything.

Whoa!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Hey, Bill!

Hey, Bill.

Dead... center. Perfect.

- Sorry, I'm late. - Didn't matter.

- How are you doing? - Good.

Good.

See Robin last night?

- Oh, yeah. - Oh, yeah.

- And? - And what?

- Did you mention the prom? - Uh...

No.

- And did you mention me at all? - Alan, I couldn't.

- Coz her mother was in the house. - And you had sex with her.

- You had sex with my prom date. - Appleby! God!

Appleby, I didn't... I'll talk, talk to her tonight.

Why talk to her, Bill?

Why don't you just go over there and have some more sex?

Appleby, I didn't touch her.

Don't lie to me, Bill.

Appleby, you're being ridiculous.

- Appleby, I told you I didn't touch her. - I asked you to do me

- one little favor, Bill. - Aps, Aps, hold on.

And now you lie to me.

- Aps, I'm not lying! - You had sex...

- with my prom date. - All right, how would you know?

You... had...

- You're being ridiculous. - sex...

- with... - Alan?

my...

prom date!

Oh, my God!

What's wrong?

Your father's been in a car accident.

He's dead, isn't he?

I remember, it's literally pouring outside.

And Sam, in a panic,

he pulls the car over and he leaps up...

and he sprints...

uh, to this church.

He's holding the seat of his pants.

And he disappears behind the church.

- And there was no toilet paper, right? - Right.

Right. And now,

all the people are screaming out of the church, right?

And sam yells at the top of his lungs,

"Do you have any toilet paper, or kleenex, or anything?"

Ginny yells back,

"No, darling.

"Why don't you use some of those wet New England leaves

you dragged us up here to see?"

I don't know.

You know, Sam and I go to the Pierre every year.

Did you know that's where we first met?

I was 18.

I was staying with my parents.

Oh...

God, he was a charmer.

He was good-looking and funny.

The best-dressed man I had ever seen.

We had our honeymoon night there.

And every year since, we always go back.

Going to the Pierre every year is just something that we always do.

Let's go for a ride.

You know, when I was a little girl,

I used to love to go swimming in my grandfather's pool.

But, I was scared of the deep end, you know.

So, once when I was about uh, I don't know, 8 or 9 or something,...

I went over to the pool...

and I dove right in. I went all the way to the bottom.

I touched the drain, and it was all...

slimy and green with moss, you know?

I was scared because I figured that...

that it would just suck me in, you know?

But, it didn't.

And um...

I swam all the way up to the top...

broke clean out of the water. I felt great.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Every time something bad would happen, you know, I...

lose a dog or...

I'd get in a fight with Grace or

you know, I got kicked out of school...

I'd go over to the pool...

and I'd touch the drain.

And it always made me feel better, you know?

Want to touch the drain?

When?

Now.

Listen, you have to keep it down a little bit.

Just stay quiet, Okay?

Why?

Oh, my grandfather doesn't live here anymore.

Whose pool is this?

I don't know.

Come on, kiddo.

Ah ha!

Yakety yak, yak, yak, yak, yak, yak!

Feel better?

I guess.

Mom?

Hey, Mom! Hope!

Well, there you are.

- Hi. - Look at my baby sister.

When's the baby due?

Two months.

Where are you gonna live?

Here, on the third floor.

You're kidding.

- That's perfect. - Hmm.

- Mom, can I move in here with you? - Oh, okay.

No, if you move in, I'm moving out.

That must be Hank and Grace.

- Hi. - Hi.

Hank,...

good to see you.

Watch out. Thank you.

Hank.

Hi.

Hi, Billy.

- Hank. - It's been a while, huh?

Why don't we uh, go into the living room?

Yeah.

Grace wasn't up to coming over.

Uh, can I get you something?

Fine, I'm fine.

Billy?

Um...

Katie left a will.

She uh...

She wanted her body to be cremated,

and she wanted you to be responsible for her ashes.

Did she say what she wanted me to do with them?

Well, no. I...

guess she just thought you'd know.

I don't.

Well, if it's any help...

to you,...

uh, Grace and I would like a memorial service at St. Thomas'...

and we would like her ashes buried there.

When uh...

When Katie came back from Europe

after her second marriage had failed,

I knew, I knew she wasn't...

she wasn't a happy woman.

But, I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to help.

And she and Grace started fighting again.

So, she got in her old Volkswagen, and she drove down to Seasmoke,

and decided to live there year-round.

I wanted to see how she was and to see how she was doing.

So last Sunday, I drove down there and uh...

I walked in the house.

And I called her name, but she didn't answer.

And I...

I thought she was out taking a walk or something.

And then, I poured myself a drink and I wandered around the house.

And then I went into the bedroom.

And there she was,...

lying on the bed, all curled up like a little girl.

Mmm.

I thought she was asleep.

Well,...

uh,...

I gotta get back to Grace.

Billy, think about St. Thomas', okay?

Yeah.

Okay.

Jesus.

- Mom. - Mmm?

Hey.

What?

I'm leaving.

But, you just got home.

Yeah.

I know. But, I gotta go.

Well, what about Katie?

Katie?

Yeah. Right.

Well, that's what I wanted to talk to you about.

See, I left her urn in my closet,...

and I was wondering if you...

maybe, uh...

could take care of it for me.

Look, Katie wanted you to do that.

Yeah, I know. But uh...

I mean, does it really matter who buries her?

You, me, I mean...

Come on.

She's dead, right? It's just ashes.

No, of course, it matters.

It's Katie�s ashes.

Well, what am I supposed to do with her?

I don't know.

I do know...

she left her ashes to you.

Not to Hank,...

not to Grace, not to anybody else.

Bill,...

you can't walk away from this.

Mmm-hmm.

Great.

- Where are you going? - I don't know.

For a drive, I guess.

And you're coming back?

Yeah.

That summer after Dad died,

we stayed down at Seasmoke.

Hey, Bill.

Tomorrow's the 4th of July.

We need dates.

Because it is a well-known fact that

women tend to put out more on the 4th of July

than on any other night of the year.

Speaking of dates, Bill,...

I'm gonna ask you one last time.

Did you or did you not have sex with my prom date?

Aps, she was never your prom date.

That's because you had sex with her, Bill.

Listen, you're not the only guy who's got feeling for Robin Parks.

Feelings for?

My God! You just admitted it.

You just admitted it, you had sex with her.

You had sex with my prom date!

Aps, would you calm down?

I'm not admitting anything.

Who's that woman?

I don't know.

I think that's the lady who's renting the Chandler cottage.

No, I think that's the lady who's gonna bear my children.

Aps, she's way out of your league.

- Out of my league? - Yeah.

Eat my dust, pal.

Why rush it?

I'm gonna make her beg.

I want a date with one of those Jersey girls, Bill.

I love Jersey girls.

They wear black pointy bras and white lipstick.

When they french kiss you,

I bet they put their bubble gum in your mouth.

These are naughty girls, Bill.

They'll let us do stuff, like sniff them all over.

You know what I mean?

Aps, you've got a big problem.

Yeah, Bill, I do.

Bill...

Her lights are on.

There she is.

Oh, God!

Oh, my God!

She is so beautiful.

Damn it.

Come on, let's go, Aps. It's over.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think I'm just gonna kind of stick around here for a bit.

Appleby...

you are so sick.

I know that.

Mmm.

Don't leave yet.

Okay.

Mmm.

What's his name?

Doobie Epstein.

Doobie Epstein is his name?

- Yeah. - Are you kidding?

I'm not kidding.

He's the most complex man I've ever met.

Grace hates him, of course,

because he's doing something creative

and not being a lawyer or banker

or something so practical and nauseating

you just want to slash your wrists.

Anyway...

I'm gonna meet him in New York in a couple days...

and we're gonna elope and move to Europe.

Wait a minute. What do you mean? You're getting married?

- Yeah. - Why?

Why not?

What are you gonna do after you get married?

Hmm, I'm gonna go everywhere.

We're gonna do everything. We're gonna...

go to pamplona and run with the bulls.

We're gonna go to Paris,

smoke lots of hash and go to the opera.

Hang out at the Left Bank, you know,

talk about existentialism and revolution.

Who cares?

It's gonna be great. I'm so in love with him!

You mean like you uh...

like you fell in love with that guy

just because he looked like Montgomery Clift?

He didn't look anything like Montgomery Clift.

Or the music professor at bar who wanted to take you to Tibet

- to hear those chimes. - I didn't go, did I?

- Did I go? - Or how about the...

- But, I didn't go. - All right, all right. Was nothig...

Like, like, like, like the lifeguard who had really great breath.

Shut up!

- Remember him? - He's different.

This guy's different.

He's different?

Great! That's great.

Hey...

You Okay?

It's like everything's all normal, except uh...

I don't give a shit about any of it.

You know what I mean?

Well, welcome to the club, kiddo.

Hey...

Where's your pendant?

Oh, I gave it to some girl.

You gave... Who?

- Robin Parks. - Robin Parks.

Why'd you give it to her, Bill?

- Because she asked me for it. - She asked you for it.

Huh! That's great.

- Were you dating her? - No.

- Is she your girlfriend or something? - No.

- No! No. - What's the scoop, Billy?

- No! - Come on, spit it out.

I went over to her house to get,

to get a date for Appleby for the prom, all right?

And she asked me for it, so I just gave it to her.

Just gave it to her.

Well, I thank you, Billy. Thank you very much.

You just gave it to some girl you barely even know?

You're getting married to some guy you barely know.

This is different.

I gave you that pendant for the rest of your life, goddamn it.

Well, this is, this is different too.

Yeah, how?

I lost my virginity to her.

Way to go, Billy! Way to go!

You still shouldn't have given it to her, though.

I know.

How was it? Hmm?

- It was great. - Yeah?

I don't know. I mean, I'd never done it before, actually.

You know, I probably wasn't like good old...

Doobie.

Hmm, probably not.

Oh, no.

Oh, yes.

Oh, I love you.

Oh, no.

Please, God.

Turn the light back on.

? Hey, Mr. Postman ?

That's it. That's twist.

- You're doing it. - Oh.

You know what I think you need now?

- Uh, more Martinis. - Right. Exactly.

- Yes! - Exactly!

Just twist on over to the bar.

No, wait, now. Hey.

Wait, show me one more time.

I think I can't get the hips right.

You got it. You got it.

You got the hips.

There you go.

See, you got it.

? Poison Ivy ?

? Poison Ivy ?

? Late at night while you're sleepin' ?

? Poison Ivy come a-creepin' around ?�

? She's as pretty as a daisy ?

? Bum ba bum ba bum ?

? But look out, man, she's crazy ?

? Bum ba bum ba bum ?

? She'll really do you in ?

? Bum ba bum ba bum ?

? If you let her get under your skin ?

? Poison Ivy ?

? Poison Ivy ?

? Please, Mr. Postman... ?

Today, I get stuck with this.

Ah. Ah!

Oh!

Men, welcome home!

Yeah!

Oh, now, look. Look, look, look, look, look, look.

Katie, Katie...

has had a disastrous effect

- No, I haven't. - On your poor, dear innocent mother.

- Katie... - Is it true?

Actually, actually, I adore her innocent.

And had taught me...

the twist. Yeah.

- Oh, my. - Look at that!

- Alan. Alan! - I'll twist with you.

Alan Appleby.

Now listen Alan, I've gotta ask you...

- a, a question. - Okay.

- Have you ever had a Martini? - Martini. Never had a Martini.

Never? Oh, my boy, this is the moment.

- We have to get him one. - Okay.

- Can I have one of those moments? - And I wanna smoke. I wanna smoke.

- Billy, can I have a cigarette? - Mom, come on. I don't smoke.

Get me a cigarette.

I want to smoke.

Now, my little twisters...

- home movies. - Oh, no, what are we gonna see?

You know, I don't know.

There was just some film left in the camera,

and I had it developed.

You think it's a train, maybe?

- Maybe? - Long train.

- A very long train. - Now, where was this?

Maybe it'll stop soon.

- I doubt it. - It's stopping.

Oh, no. There's a beautiful woman.

Think you're little obsessed or something?

Oh, I know what this is.

Bill, this is the day we beat Whitney and, and you stole home, remember?

Right, right, right.

We just made that train.

Ah, now, there's a couple of studs for you.

Aw, look.

Hello! Hello.

I shot this!

Those girls loved me.

Yeah, in your dreams.

Oh, thank you, Katie.

They look like they're really good at tennis, too. I tell you that.

You certainly shot enough film of them, Alan.

? Sherry ?

? Sherry, baby ?

? Sherry ?

She's a goddess.

Go talk to her.

I can't.

You better.

Tomorrow, we're leaving.

I know.

I can't believe I have to go back and work for the Dink.

What a nightmare!

So, you gonna play for Bud Scott this summer or what?

Nah.

I'm through with baseball.

Hey.

She's looking at you.

She is?

Go ahead, Alan. Make your move.

She wants you.

- Really? - Yeah.

I'm a woman. I know these things.

? To my twist party ?

Oh, boy.

? Where the bright moon shines ?

? Come on ?

? We'll dance the night away ?

? I'm gonna make you mi-I-ine ?

? Sherry ?

Hi.

Hi.

I'm, uh,...

I'm Alan Appleby.

You have peanut butter on the corner of your mouth,

Alan Appleby.

Oh, God.

You're the boy who watches me every night.

- No. No. I... - It's all right.

- I like it. - You do?

I missed you last night.

But I was there, really.

I know.

I was only kidding.

Ho, ho, ho!

Kidding.

Can you make it tonight?

Tonight?

Um, let me see what my plans are.

Yeah. I can make it tonight.

Yeah, yeah. I, I can make it tonight.

- Sure. - Great.

I'll make it special.

Special.

- ? Babe, you make me lose my mind ? - Oh, my God!

- ? Sherry ? - Bye.

Bye.

? Sherry, baby ?

? Sherry ?

? Can you come out tonight? ?

? Come, come... ?

Hello?

It's me.

Alan Appleby.

Hello.

Come on in.

I guess I could have used the door.

- Hi. - Hi.

Come here.

Right.

Oh. For you.

Thank you.

How sweet!

Sit down.

- Would you do me a favor? - Yeah.

Would you put some of this on my shoulders?

- because I, I can't reach. - Sure.

I'd, uh,...

I'd love to do that.

Hmm.

Is that about what you had in mind, ma'am?

Mmm.

It's lovely.

I don't even know your name.

Leslie.

Leslie.

Leslie Jordan.

It's, uh...

Very nice to meet you,...

Leslie Jordan.

Oh, boy.

This is...

This is... Oh, God!

You know, I, I was talking to my friend, Bill Wyatt,

just the other day that...

if I could do what...

I'm doing right now, I'd be happy.

Yeah.

This definitely makes my summer.

Then this should make your whole year.

Oh, my God.

- What's Hope doing up? - Where have you been?

- Oh, uh, we went to the store. - So, you were going to shopping?

- That was two hours ago. - No, I know. We just stopped for a drink.

- You're drunk. - No, I'm not drunk.

- Bullshit. - I need...

Hey, don't talk to me like that.

- Who's this guy? - Uh, it's Frank.

Mom, you're picking up guys in bars?

Hey, listen!

- You stop it, right now. - Get out.

I'll leave when I'm ready to leave, all right?

- Leave now! Right... - Billy.

- Billy! - Oh!

Billy, stop it!

- Billy... - Stop it, guys!

Stop...

Katie, do something! Stop it!

Is that all you got? Come on!

No, Billy! Don't...

- Shut up, Billy! - Billy, stop it!

Come on!

Just stop it!

Billy.

Billy!

Billy, are you all right? Huh?

Get out of here! You make me sick!

- I make you sick? - Yeah!

My dad's been dead for two months,

you take Mom out to bars, you get her drunk

and you pick up a guy and you bring him home.

- Are you crazy? - Seasmoke is my house.

I'll bring home anybody I want to.

Wha? Do you think you're the only kid who ever lost his father?

And wake up, Billy.

She lost her husband, for chrissake!

If I can give her a laugh, that's what I'm gonna do.

Then go make her another drink, then!

- Fuck you. - Fuck you, Katie!

Mom?

Hmm?

Uh, I'm not gonna go home today.

Oh, uh, um, what are you gonna do?

Stay with Katie, I guess.

Oh.

Is it because of last night?

No.

I...

I'm so sorry about what happened.

I...

I had too much to drink.

What I did was wrong.

But, I want you to know something.

I would never hurt you, never hurt this family.

It's you and me and Hope now.

That is all we have.

But, we're gonna be okay.

Okay?

I just keep thinking Dad's away on a business trip.

He's gonna come back.

Hmm.

I know.

Mmm.

What can I say, William?

I came here a boy, and I'm leaving a man.

- I'm happy for you, Aps. - Oh, be patient, Bill.

Your time will come.

And believe me, it's well worth the wait.

- Bye, Bill. - Bye, Aps.

No, no, no, no.

I've got to meet with Sam's lawyer, tomorrow morning.

We'll be back in the afternoon. All right.

It's all right about Billy staying?

- Yeah. - Okay.

Oh, there you go. Bye, Hope.

- Bye. - Hmm, have fun.

- Bye, Billy. - Bye, Mom.

? Can you go back in time ?

? To a place in your mind? ?

? To the one who knew ?

? A part of you ?

? That you just couldn't find ?

? If you ask me to choose ?

? Between a memory or two ?

? When it's said and done ?

? I'll take the one ?

? Whose love I had to lose ?

? 'Cause when ?

? She danced ?

? I lost my innocence ?

? I loved her then ?

? I always will ?

? She left ?

? It's still with me ?

? A burnin' memory ?

? She took with her ?

? Part of me ?

? Can you go back in time ?

? To a place in your mind? ?

? To the one who knew ?

? A part of you ?

? That you just couldn't find ?

? Lookin' back, I'm not sure ?

? If I won or lost the war ?

? When she danced with me ?

? Our hearts were free ?

? As far as I could see ?

? When she danced with me ?

? Our hearts were free ?

? As far as I could see ?

I got to go.

Promise me something, huh?

What?

You're gonna call up Bud Scott

and you're gonna start playing again.

You're a ball player. That's who you are.

What's gonna happen to you?

I don't know. Don't worry about me.

Get my pendant back.

I will.

I love you, Billy boy.

That's the last time I ever saw her.

Appleby!

Bill!

Hey, Bill.

Hey, Ap.

How you doing?

Hah.

Heard about Katie, huh?

Yeah.

Unbelievable.

Want to get drunk?

Sure.

? Comes a-creepin' all around ?

? Well, measles make you jumpy ?

? The mumps will make you lumpy ?

? And chicken pox will make you jump and twitch ?

? Doo doo doo doo doo ?

? The whooping cough will cool you ?

? The common cold will fool you ?

? But poison ivy, Lord, will make you itch ?

? You're gonna need an ocean ?

? Bum ba bum ba ba ?

? Of calamine lotion ?

? Bum ba bum ba ba ?

? You'll be scratching like a hound ?

? Bum ba bum ba ba ?

? The minute you start to mess around ?

? Poison Ivy ?

? Poison Ivy ?

You see that, Bill?

You know, I'm a Pan kind of guy myself.

Not that hairy in the haunches, but...

that could be me.

That could definitely be me.

Women just flat-out adore me.

No, they don't.

Bill, they do. They do.

Now, granted, all right. I'm married.

I'm a faithful kind of guy,

but, I've been all over the world,

I get women, and women get me.

That is pathetic, Appleby.

I'm trying to help you.

All right, take New York women, for instance.

Much too tough.

Much too pushy.

Too hard for you, Billy.

You're way too sweet for them. Forget them, forget them.

Parisian women, on the other hand,

very sophisticated,

they understand the whole wife-mistress thing,

and the necessity of it.

But, let's face it.

I don't speak French.

They don't speak English.

Who knows what the hell they're talking about?

Frankly, Bill. Who cares, okay?

What about...

English women?

Good question. You're paying attention.

English women,...

much too cool.

Too cool, they do not have lust.

Lust is an essential ingredient in a relationship.

I know this from experience because...

my marriage has not a speck of lust left, not a bit.

Will you look at the butt on this nymph?

Bill, I'm so lonely.

Be my friend.

Please, don't leave town again.

God, Appleby.

Appleby,...

I got a great idea.

Let's get drunk?

We did that already.

Let's play some ball.

Play ball.

But first,...

we got to get into our uniforms.

Uniforms.

? You're sleepin' ?

? Poison Ivy comes a-creepin' all around ?

You know...

- What's this? - Katie.

- What do you mean, "Katie"? - Well, it's her ashes, anyway.

She put in her will that I'm responsible for them.

I got to figure out where to bury her.

- You're kidding. - Nah-ah.

Oh, we're definitely getting into a weird area here, Bill.

A: We're riding around in Katie's car.

B: You've got her remains in a jar.

And C: You're in your Carlton uniform.

- And you're not. - Well, that would be impossible, Bill.

It's 2:30 in the morning, and my uniform's at the Dink's house.

Appleby, I'm gonna take care of everything.

Ah!

Hello, Mrs. Appleby.

It's me. Billy Wyatt.

What?

What the hell is going on?

Hi, Mr. Appleby.

Billy Wyatt, sir. Good to see you.

Wyatt? What time is it?

Oh, it's late, sir. Sorry.

It's 3 o'clock in the goddamn morning.

It's hardly a stylish hour for a social visit.

How's your mother?

Oh, very well, ma'am.

- Thank you for asking. - Good.

Wyatt, you're wearing your Carlton uniform?

Uh, yes, sir, I am.

This is totally insane.

Billy, how can we help you?

Ma'am, do you know where Alan's Carlton baseball uniform is?

I believe it's in the hall closet.

What are you, a maniac?

You came in here in the middle of the night looking for Alan's uniform?

This is totally unacceptable.

Sir, I'm as disgusted with my behavior as you are.

- Alan said it was Okay. - He did?

- How is Alan, dear? - Oh, he's just fine.

Good. Why...

Why don't I help you find that uniform?

Oh, oh, thank you, ma'am.

He uses us Laura.

Will you stop acting as if we're at the cricket club on the veranda

having frozen daiquiris.

Oh, man.

I don't believe this.

Nice seeing you both.

Good night, Mrs. Appleby.

Good night, Billy.

Good night, Dink.

Dink?

Just what is that supposed to mean?

Oh, Nathan, for...

heaven sakes.

People have been calling you the Dink for years.

They have?

You found my uniform.

I don't even want to know how.

Piece of cake.

Let's play ball.

Uh, Bill, it's the middle of the night.

You're right, Appleby. We need a field with lights.

Bill, be my friend. Don't make me do this.

Aps, don't worry about it.

No, you don't understand. This is breaking and entering.

This is like a major felony.

That may not matter to you because...

I know you're doing this lost generation,

Jack Kerouac ideality that kind of thing,

but it matters to me.

You see, I'm an upstanding member of this community.

I've got kids, Bill.

I cannot afford to go to jail.

Appleby, just do it.

Okay.

Play ball!

Now pitching,...

38-year-old rookie out of Carlton Academy,...

Alan...

"The Horse"

Appleby.

Billy Wyatt, ladies and gentlemen.

Rookie phenom for the Philadelphia Phils.

What a shot!

You still got it, Bill.

No, I don't, Appleby.

I'm way out of shape.

You just hit it out of the park.

Ah-hah, look who was pitching.

Thank you, Bill.

Could we pick up the pace?

I think the police should be here any second now.

Appleby!

I'm hungry!

All right. Breakfast on me at Bob's.

There's something I wanted to ask you for a long time.

What?

One minute, you're this hot-shot.

You're playing double-A, you're on your way up.

Next thing, you just drop out of sight completely.

What happened?

Forget it, Appleby.

No, I'm not gonna forget it.

I've been wanting to ask you this for 14 years.

No, we are not leaving this diner until you tell me.

So, what is it?

Fine.

I mean...

I'm at Reading.

Phillies send their brass up

to take a good look at me and Schmidt.

I mean, one of us is going to the bigs.

Ninth inning,...

guy hits a lazy fly ball out to me in center,

the kind of ball I'd caught a thousand times.

I dropped it. We lost the game.

I went to the locker room after the game,

everybody looks at me like I'm a loser.

So I figured I was, and I quit.

That's it?

That's it.

You remember the last time I wore this uniform?

No.

The day I stole home.

To make the train.

Then my dad died, and...

I quit baseball.

Today, down at Seasmoke,

I realized it was Katie who got me to play again.

When I quit in the minors, she wasn't around to bring me back.

I remember when I was 10, she gave me this pendant.

A silver baseball on a chain.

Told me to wear it to remind me that I was a ball player.

See?

She knew better than anybody, especially me.

When I wasn't playing the game, I was lost.

And let me tell you something, Aps.

For the past 14 years, boy...

I've been one lost son of a bitch.

The thing is, if that were me,...

she'd have found out what to do by now and would have done it.

Don't worry. You'll figure it out.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Where's the pendant?

I gave it to Robin Parks.

Why'd you do that, Bill?

- 'Cause I lost my virginity to her. - I knew it.

I knew it 20 years ago on the golf course.

You had sex with my prom date.

Appleby, she was never your prom date.

Not after you had sex with her.

- Well, how was she? - What? You kidding?

- No. - She was great.

- Well, how great? - Hot.

A little hot? Medium hot?

- Extremely hot? - Extremely hot.

Ah well, extremely hot.

Well, that's it. I...

I'll just kill myself.

- I'm sorry, Appleby. - No, you're not.

Because, see, you don't understand, Bill.

Robin parks still lives here in the same house she grew up in.

And she's divorced.

Which means she's available, Bill.

And I have been biding my time,

waiting for the right moment to leave Trippi and the kids.

But not anymore...

because from this moment on, as far as I'm concerned,...

Robin Parks is a complete slut!

Okay? There, I've said it.

I'm free of her. She's all yours, Bill.

- You're completely forgiven. - Thank you, Appleby.

Nice.

I got it.

I got it. I know what to do with her ashes.

You see, right down here is Grandfather Chandler's pool.

Whenever Katie was feeling bad,

she'd dive in this pool, swim down, touch the drain.

It always made her feel better.

I'll scatter her ashes here.

It's perfect.

It's gone.

Go home. Get some sleep.

I got to go to work.

You'll get it.

What about burying her at Seasmoke?

No, I already thought of that.

It's wrong.

That's where she killed herself.

I'll come by later. We'll figure it out.

It's okay.

I know what to do.

Hi, Hank.

Billy.

Can I talk to you?

Yeah. Come on in.

Hank was upstairs getting Grace.

I was about to give Katie's ashes back to her parents.

The last place she wanted to go.

All they did was drag this poor horse up to this platform...

and they pushed him off into a cold tank of water.

Everybody laughed and they clapped.

They thought it was really funny.

I cried.

I thought it was mean.

Let's go!

See, that's all I really want to do, Billy boy.

I want to leap off this pier and fly high in the air...

and hang out with the...

wind and drift with the clouds.

And at night, with the moon full

and the sea wild...

I'd meet my lover high on a cliff,...

and we'd...

we'd swoop down into the ocean,

swim all the way and touch the bottom,

up through the dark water, and...

break the surface,...

and then we'd fly to Jamaica for Pina Coladas.

Yeah, I wish I could do that.

Hello, Billy.

Hi, Grace.

How are you?

Um...

I know what to do with Katie's ashes.

What about St. Thomas'?

I'm sorry, Grace.

But, St. Thomas' is wrong.

Katie never went to church.

I'm gonna take care of her, Grace.

Trust me.

Hank, I'm legally responsible for her.

Thanks.

Does Robin Parks live here?

You mean my mom?

Is she home?

Well, I think she's upstairs.

Yeah, I'm an old friend. It's okay.

Robin?

Hi. It's me.

Billy Wyatt.

Billy.

What are you doing home?

I can't tell you right now.

Uh, do you have my pendant?

What pendant?

My baseball pendant.

I gave it to you.

That night.

Remember?

Oh, that.

I don't know if I still have it.

That was years ago.

Uh, if I do, it would be in here.

But, I'm not...

Sure.

This?

Yeah.

Can I have it back?

Sure.

You look great.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

So do you.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Listen, uh...

I'm in sort of a rush right now.

But, can I...

call you some time?

Sure.

Great.

Wyatt!

Wyatt!

Grandpa!

Wyatt!

Put your hands off me.

You're pinch-hitting.

Now!

Billy.

One run wins it.

Come on, play ball.

All right!

Now pinch-hitting for Costner, number nine, Billy Wyatt.

Okay, Bill!

Go, Bill!

Play ball!

Robin, let me ask you something.

When we were 16, did Bill ever mention

that I wanted to take you to the Carlton prom?

No, I don't think so.

That's interesting.

Go, Bill.

Nice hit! Go, Bill!

Great! Go! Go! Go!

Safe!

Way to go, Bill.

Atta boy, Wyatt.

Now batting for the Spirits,

number 8, Garret Finley.

Safe!

Safe! All right! All right!

Bill...

is back.

Great game, Bill.

just great.

You know, I was talking to Robin in the stands just before you stole home.

She said you never ever

mentioned that I wanted to take her to the prom.

I don't remember.

I did, Appleby.

I asked her. Trust me.

I don't trust you, Bill.

? Whoa! ?

? She comes on like a rose ?

? Dum da dum da dum ?

? But everybody knows ?

? Dum da dum da dum ?

? She'll get you in dutch ?

? Dum da dum da dum ?

? Well, you can look, but you better not touch ?

? Poison Ivy ?

? Poison Ivy ?

? Well, late at night when you're sleepin' ?

? Poison Ivy comes a-creepin' all around ?

? She's as pretty as a daisy ?

? Dum da dum da dum ?

? But look out man, she's crazy ?

? Dum da dum da dum ?

? She'll really do you in ?

? Dum da dum da dum ?

? If you let her get under your skin ?

? Poison Ivy ?

? Poison Ivy ?

? Well, late at night when you're sleepin' ?

? Poison Ivy comes a-creepin' all around ?

? Measles make you bumpy ?

? The mumps will make you lumpy ?

? And chicken pox will make you jump and twitch ?

? Whoa! ?

? A common cold will fool you ?

? And whooping cough can cool you ?

? But Poison Ivy, Lord, will make you go ?

? 'Cause, I didn't know ?

? Poison Ivy, Lord, will make you itch ?

? You're gonna need an ocean ?

? Dum da dum da dum ?

? Of calamine lotion ?

? Dum da dum da dum ?

? You'll be scratchin' like a hound ?

? Dum da dum da dum ?

? The minute you start to mess around ?

? With Poison Ivy ?

? Poison Ivy ?

? Oh, late at night when you're sleepin' ?

? Poison Ivy comes a-creepin' all around ?

? Late at night when you're sleepin' ?

? Poison Ivy comes a-creepin' all around ?

? Whoa! ?

? Na na na na na ?

? Oh oh oh ?

? Na na na na na na ?

? Oh oh oh ?

? Na na na na na na ?

? Oh oh oh ?

? Na na na na na na ?

? Oh oh oh ?

? Na na na na na na ?

? Oh oh oh ?

? Na na na na na na ?

? Oh oh oh ?

? Na na na na na na ?