All language subtitles for Highway to Heaven S03E02 A Special Love (2)_Subtitles01.ENG

[theme music]

We aren't going to
have any children.

We can't.

What are you talking about?

All my tests came off fine.

It's not you, Scotty.

It's me.

I can't have any children.

I'm a Special Olympics coach.

We'd sure like to
have you come out

and find out some of the
other things you're good at.

I'm not good at nothing.

I'm dumb.

I don't think it dumb.

Then you're dumb.

I don't want to do nothing.

I can't do nothing
and you can't make me.

Hey, I think you're getting
faster than your old man.

Oh, he already
is, I guarantee it.

Kid's doing great, isn't he?

Yeah, he sure is.

He's staying in his lane, he's
getting faster all the time.

He's really proud of himself.

We're proud of him, too.

All right, get your stuff.

That's all for today.

What a sweet kid.

Yeah, I know.

Has he, has he been
able to say anything?

I mean, have you heard
him say anything at all?

Well, no, not yet, but
he's trying real hard.

That's the main thing.

He'll talk one of these days.

One of these days, the light
will go on and he'll say Mama.

I want you to
take that cap and I

want you to go down
to Special Olympics

and put that cap on and run
just as fast as you can.

So fast you'll feel the
wind whip past your ears,

so fast those mean kids
who made fun of you

and me won't even
be able to see you.

They'll just see a
blur go whizzing by,

but I'll be able to see you.

I'll be up in those stands, and
I'll see you with that cap on,

and it'll be almost like
seeing me run down there.

Can you do that, Todd?

I could do that.

Well, you know,
he's such a sweet kid,

and, well, I've been thinking.

There are so many
different kinds of parents

waiting to adopt a healthy
newborn, and a boy like Todd

really needs someone.

Yeah, but we don't need him.

Maybe you do.

OK, get serious, Jonathan,
and you too, Diane.

His own family gave him up.

The child is retarded.

How would we take care of him?

I wouldn't be any trouble.

I promise.

I can make my bed.

I wouldn't leave my toys out.

He could even ask Mrs.
Burke at the room.

I can make my bed.

Todd, it isn't that simple.

Yes, it is.

It is simple.

If I win the race, he'll know.

He'll see me with this
hat, and then you'll know.

[music playing]

All right, you guys, your
race starts any minute now.

I can't see Scotty, Jonathan.

Don't worry, he's up there.

But I can't see him.

Hey, come on, you got his hat.

He can see you.

But I need to know he's there.

I got to see him.

Oh, he'll be there.

He'll be right down
there at the finish line.

He will?

He will.

He will.

Scotty, the boy
needs to see you.

I'm not going down
there, Jonathan.

I don't know what you
two have picked up,

but I'm not going down there.

Come on, we haven't
cooked up anything, Scotty.

You're the one that told
that kid he was going to be

running for the both of you.

Scotty, he's worked
so hard for this moment.

Don't rob him of it.

All right, I'll go down there,
but we are not adopting him.

Fine.

But you tell him
that after the race.

All right, runners
hit the starting line.

All right.

Take your mark, set.

Come on.

Come on.

Run, run, run.

Here's your hat back.

Hey, it's yours.

No, it isn't.

I didn't win.

I wanted to show you
that I could do stuff.

Because I wanted
you to be my dad.

Hey, what happened
to the oath,

let me win, but if I cannot win,
let me be brave in the attempt?

Look, this is one race.

There will be lots of others.

But I wanted you to see.

I will see them.

You will?

Yeah, I will.

Will you try?

If you're there, I will.

Todd, I don't know if I'm
special enough to be your dad,

but I'm not going
to quit either.

I'm going to try, just like you.

Would you come home with
Diane and me for a weekend

so we could all try?

Do you mean that?

Yes, I do.

Todd, one of the problems I
have is that I can't hug you,

but if I could, I sure
would want to right now.

I could do that.

I'm great at hugging.

You sure are, son.

You sure are.

The bronze metal
goes to Paul Gardner.

[applause]

The silver metal
goes to Larry Dexter.

[applause]

And the gold metal in the 100
yard dash goes to Kyle Davis.

Yeah, Kyle.

Woo.

Mom, I won!

He talked.

Steve, he talked.

He talked.

[doorbell]

Hi, you two.
Come on in.

All right, how are you doing?

Great.

Just great.

Can I get you anything?

No, no, he just finished
one of his famous two hour

breakfasts.

I didn't have dessert.

Oh, poor boy.

I think there's a piece of
cake left from last night.

Oh, Todd and Scotty
should be back any minute.

Look at this stuff.

Isn't it great?

They've had Todd, for
what, six weekends already?

I mean, they turned this
whole place into a school.

And I bet they're
loving it, too.

Here we go.

Oh, this is wonderful.

Oh, well, it's not homemade.

I don't have time
to bake any more.

No, no, I don't mean the cake.

I'm talking about what you
and Scotty have done here,

all these signs and everything.

Well, that's Scotty's project.

He's determined to
teach Todd how to read,

and you know how Scotty is once
he set his mind to something.

Total immersion.

That's the password around here.

So how you two
getting along with Todd?

Oh, great.

Oh, Jonathan, I just love him.

Well, we both do, but
he's such a sweet boy.

And he just loves to be
cuddled, so starved for it.

And he really tries very hard.

Yeah, well, with you
and Scotty teaching him,

I bet he'll be reading
in no time at all.

Well, if Scotty
has his way, he will.

Me, I'm a softie.

I'm the cuddler.

Where are those two anyway?

They're out on a nature walk.

They go out on these walks
and Scotty teaches Todd

the names of the flowers
and the birds and the trees.

He's learning all that stuff?

Well, some, but mostly he
just likes being with Scotty.

And he loves to look
at things, you know,

small things that you
or I wouldn't even see,

like a wild flower
growing in somebody's

lawn or a caterpillar.

You know, it's nice moving
at his pace, very slowly,

seeing all the things that
you or I wouldn't even

take time to notice.

Hi, Coach.

Hey, kiddo.

How was the nature walk?

Oh, it was good.

We seen these bugs
with these long legs.

What do you call that bug?

What's its name?

I don't know.

Praying--

Yeah, praying bugs.

And we seen these flowers,
real fuzzy flowers.

Praying mantis?

Yeah.

And and I blew the fuzzy
flower, and all the fuzzy stuff

went in the air.

Wow, what a neat walk.

Do I have to go back tomorrow?

Well, it's Monday.

You've got school.

But I want to stay
here another day.

Todd, if Scotty
and I could fix

it so you could stay here all
the time, would you like that?

Forever and ever?

Forever and ever.

We want you to
be our son, Todd.

We love you.

- And you'll be my mom and dad?
- Yes.

Yes.

Todd, what are you doing?

Wait.

But I don't
understand, Mrs. Gettys.

We filled out all
of the forms, we've

met all of the criteria your
agency has for adoptive parents

because you said so yourself.

I know that, Mrs. Wilson.

Everything you're
saying is true,

but Todd's natural parents
never gave him up for adoption.

But they haven't
seen him in years.

I know that.

We approached the Bryants and
apprised them of the situation

and of your desire
to adopt Todd.

I didn't think there
would be any problem.

There shouldn't have been.

They don't care what
happens to them.

They all but abandoned him.

They didn't abandon him.

They put him in foster care, and
they have paid all his expenses

at the group foster care home.

But they don't love him.

They have no moral right.

They have a legal right.

Mr. Wilson, I shouldn't
have to tell you that.

You're an attorney, and
they are his parents.

And they have made it
very clear that they

will not under any circumstances
allow you to adopt their son.

Maybe if we could just
meet them, talk with them,

make them see that we love the
boy, that we'd be good parents.

They saw your
file, Mr. Wilson.

It's no reflection
on either of you,

but they don't want to meet you.

They were as firm about
that as they were about not

giving Todd up for adoption.

I'm so sorry, but there's
just nothing to do about it.

They are his parents.

No, they're not.

It takes love to be a parent.

We love the boy.

All they've got on
their side is the law.

I'm afraid that's
all they need.

But they haven't seen him
since he was three years old,

not once.

Well, isn't there anything
you can do legally, Scotty?

I mean, isn't there something?

I don't know.

I'm researching it now.

We could petition the court
to appoint a conservatorship

for Todd with us
as conservators,

but the odds are
so much against it.

These people have money.

They can fight us
and they'd win.

But they don't want
to be his parents.

They're not fit
to be his parents.

That's not the way
a court would see it.

They didn't abandon him.

They put him in a fine
group foster care home.

They paid all his bills.

But they've never
been there for him.

They haven't-- they haven't
held him or laughed with him.

They haven't comforted
him when he's cried.

The law doesn't give too
many points for cuddling.

Then the law stinks.

In the eyes of the law,
they're not unfit parents.

They did exactly what their
doctors advised them to do.

Everything except love him.

You don't know that.

Jonathan, what are
you talking about?

They gave up the kid.

Mark, if they gave
up the boy because they

thought it was the
best thing for him,

then it was an act of love.

Whose side are you on anyway?

Oh, come on, Diane, it's
not a matter of sides, is it?

And the fact of
the matter is they

won't give the child
up for adoption,

then there has to be a reason.

You told Todd yet?

No.

How could we tell him, Mark?

He's so excited about
finally having a family.

He's already planning our
first Christmas together.

So what have you told him?

We just said these things take
time and he has to be patient.

I don't believe
this is happening.

What kind of people
would prevent

their child from having
parents who want him,

and who really love him?

Dr. Bryant?

Yeah.

I'm Jonathan Smith.

We met in your office
a few months ago.

I'm with Special Olympics.

Oh, yes, of course.

I wondered if I could talk
to you for a few minutes?

Oh, well, we're just
finishing up dinner.

Oh, I'm sorry, but I'll
wait if it's all right.

It's about your son Todd.

Well, I think
we've already had

this conversation, Mr. Smith.

I mean, I think it's great that
Todd's in the Special Olympics,

but we really don't think it's
right to come back to his life

just to cheer him on.

And frankly--

This is not about
Special Olympics.

It's-- it's about the couple
that wants to adopt him.

You mean, m brother?

Josh, Jennifer, do me a
favor, go to your rooms, please?

But why?

Just do as I say, please?

Look, if you want to use the
car, go to your rooms, OK?

Thank you.

What's going on here?

That's what I'd like to know.

I'm a friend of the Wilsons,
the couple that wants--

I know who they are,
and I know what they want,

and the answer is no.

Dr. Bryant, the Wilsons
are both professional people.

They're fine people.

They make a good living,
and they love Todd,

and he loves them.

They'd be wonderful
parents for him.

And you think there's
something wrong with the kind

of parents we are?

We don't have to
talk to him, Lauren.

No, no, I want to know
what he thinks of us.

It doesn't matter.

It matters to me.

You see, I don't like
people judging me.

I didn't come here to
judge you, Mrs. Bryant.

Oh?

They love him.

They'd make wonderful parents.

Well, if that isn't judging,
I don't know what is.

Do you have a retarded
child, Mr. Smith?

No, I don't.

Well, we do.

And we can tell you all about
the heartache of watching him

with other children and
knowing that there is something

wrong with that beautiful baby.

And not admitting
it to yourself,

even though all the other
babies are walking and talking.

We can tell you all about the
lies that you tell yourself

and the praying to God
that it just isn't true.

Do you know what it is like for
a mother to give her baby away

to strangers and to
turn her back on him

and to hear him
screaming and yelling?

Do you know what
that feels like?

Calm down, Lauren.

No, I want him to know.

Now, the doctors advised us
to do this and our minister

counseled us to do this.

I've already explained
that to Mr. Smith.

You don't have to go
through this again.

You know, we went
to see him once,

and he cried so
hysterically that I had to--

I had-- I had to pry
his hands off my body.

Do you know what a mother
feels like that to do that?

Believe me, I didn't come
here to judge you, Mrs. Bryant.

I know you've done what you
thought was best for your boy.

He's in a fine home and
he's done very well there.

But as fine a place as
that is, it isn't the same

as having a mother and father.

The Wilsons are willing to take
any kind of a test you want

them to take to prove what
kind of people they are

and what kind of home
they can give to Todd.

No.

No.

We are Todd's parents, and we'll
decide what's best for him.

And to be blunt, Mr. Smith,
which is evidently the only way

to be with you, this Mr.
Wilson you're talking about

is a quadriplegic.

Now, I want you to tell
me what kind of guardian

he's going to be for a boy
who is mentally incompetent.

It's completely out
of the question.

We've taken everything
into consideration,

and we made our decision.

I think there's
something you haven't taken

into consideration, and
that's how Todd feels

and what he thinks.

It is irrelevant
what Todd thinks.

The boy is retarded.

Just stop it, both of you.

Just get out of here.

Just get out of
our house and tell

those people to
stop bothering us

and just stay away from my son.

I think you better
leave now, Mr. Smith.

I'm sorry, I didn't
come here to upset you.

I'm sorry.

There you go, Kyle.

Thanks.

Let's see some
good jumping, Kyle.

Excuse me, I'm looking for
Mr. And Mrs. Scott Wilson.

Oh, yeah, sitting
right down there.

Thanks.

Go, go, go.

Stay in your lane.

Mr. Wilson?

Yeah, that's me.

I'm sorry, but I just get
paid to serve the paper.

Here.

What is this?

I'm sorry.

What is it, Diane?

I don't understand all
this legal mumbo jumbo.

Hey, I'm the
lawyer, let me see.

- Damn.
- What?

What is it?

The Bryants.

This is a notice advising
us that they filed a request

with the court to issue
a temporary restraining

order to bar us from having any
further contact with their son

Todd.

Hi, Mom.

Hi, Hon.

See any mail come in?

You're home from
practice kind of early.

Yeah, the coach
had to go somewhere.

What's this?

Oh, it's just
some legal papers.

Nothing for you.

Nothing from Susan, if
that's what you're after.

Are we suing somebody?

Oh, well, if we are, I
don't see what business

it is of yours.

This is about Todd, Mom.

What is this?

What is the sudden interest
in our legal affairs?

I just asked a question.

I mean, is there a
problem with Todd?

Someone is trying to interfere
with his care and your father

and I are being forced to
hire a lawyer to stop them.

Good enough?

Does this have anything
to do with that man who

came here about adopting Todd?

That is our business.

Your father's and mine.

Hey, I just asked a question.

Well, you got your answer.

Can he do stuff at all?

Who?

My brother.

Can he walk or talk
or do anything,

or does he just lie there?

What's going on here?

What's going on with you, Ma?

I just asked a simple question.

I mean, Mom, it was
you who always told us

the reason we can never
visit him is he wouldn't

recognize us anyway, right?

Your brother is retarded.

He is one of the
tragedies of my life.

He is not getting better.

He will never get better.

He is retarded, OK?

OK.

Do you ever go and see him?

Just you and--

That is enough.

I will not be cross-examined
in my own house.

Your brother is in one of the
finest facilities in the state,

and he is getting the
best of care, far better

than any cripple could give
him, and far better than

if he had to compete for
our love and attention

with two self-centered teenagers
like you and your sister.

Mom, I didn't
mean to upset you.

Just leave me alone.

Just-- just go up to your
room, drive your car,

whatever it is that you do.

Oh, God, just leave me alone.

How's she doing?

She finally cried
herself to sleep.

I'll never forget that little
guy's face today when I told

him I couldn't see him anymore.

I tried to explain it to him,
but I could hear him crying

all the way back to the van.

I wish Mrs. Bryant could
have heard you say that.

Why?

What difference
would it make to her?

She told me that's
exactly what happened

when she had to leave Todd.

She didn't have to leave Todd.

She did it because
she wanted to.

I did it because
she forced me to.

So spare me the stories
about what she felt.

Hey, hey hey, come on.

None of this is
helping us figure a way

to beat that restraining order.

This isn't going to
be solved in court.

There's more here than just law.

Maybe so, Jonathan,
but right now the law

is the only thing we've got.

So if you can't help,
just stay out of it.

I'm sorry.

I'm just so damn angry.

It's so unfair.

There's not a thing we can do.

They're the natural parents.

They've got all the rights.

So what about Todd,
doesn't he have any rights?

Every kid has a right
to sue his parents.

He can sue them to sever
his ties with them.

He can become-- what
do they call it?

Emancipated.

Emancipated.

Well, that's an
established point of law,

but we're not just
talking about a minor,

we're talking about
a retarded minor.

Well, don't the retarded
have any rights under the law?

Well, sure, they do, but
on this one, I don't know.

Well, he has a
right to an attorney.

Everybody has a
right to an attorney.

Now they may be able to keep
him from seeing you, Scotty,

but can they keep him from
seeing his own lawyer?

Hi, kiddo.

I don't want to go practice.

Yeah, I know.

It's because Scotty and Diane
can't come and see you, huh?

They don't want it.

Ah, come on, they
explained to you why

they can't come and see you.

They could if they
really wanted to.

They could if they
really love me.

Todd, what you're
doing right now

is you're being a little boy.

Now, if you want Scotty
and Diane for your family,

you're going to have to
act like a big boy now.

You're going to have
to try to understand

what's going on so you can fight
for what you want and get it.

But I can't do nothing.

How can I do something?

That's what I'm
going to tell you.

You know what a judge is?

Like on TV?

Right, like on TV.

He's the guy that sits there
and puts the bad guys in jail.

Well it's not
always a question

of putting a bad guy in jail.

You see, sometimes when people
have a disagreement, they--

here.

Suppose you and your
best friend both wanted

to play with the same toy.

What would you do?

Ask Mrs. Burke.

All right, well, a
judge is like Mrs. Burke.

See, when grownups
have a disagreement,

they go to a judge and
the judge decides what's

right according to the law.

What law?

The rules.

Like, if you were in a race
and you ran out of your lane,

what would happen?

I don't win.

Right, because
those are the rules.

Well, in life there
are rules, too,

and a judge knows what they are.

But the judge won't let
Scotty and Diane see me.

It's only because he
hasn't heard you yet.

Todd, would you be willing to
stand up in front of a judge

and tell him what you want?

And he'd let me live
with Scotty and Diane?

Maybe.

There's a chance.

It won't be easy.

Nothing's easy.

I'll tell a judge.

You take me to a judge, Coach.

I want to tell him.

Now, wait a minute.

You don't just go
and see a judge,

You see, you've got
to have an attorney.

But I don't have no attorney.

You want one?

Sure.

All right, kiddo,
you got one now.

Come on.

Hiya, kid.

I missed you.

I missed you, too.

Mr. Wilson.

I'm sorry, but I've
got orders to call

the police if you come here.

There's an injunction
against your seeing Toddy.

You know that.

That's where you're
wrong, Mrs. Burke.

There is a temporary restraining
order against Scotty Wilson.

I'm not here as Scotty Wilson.

I'm here as an attorney
seeing my client.

He got himself a lawyer.

His attorney?

Your Honor, this
is preposterous.

Mr. Park, you know these
proceedings are being held

in my chambers so they can
be a little less formal,

but I'd appreciate
it if you would

refrain from the theatrics.

Sorry, Your Honor.

It's all right, son.

Your Honor, Mr. Wilson
is himself the object

of the restraining order.

His client, as he
calls him, is a minor

of diminished mental capacities
whose guardians are the ones

who sought the restraining order
to protect him from Mr. Wilson.

So this is absurd.

Mr. Wilson?

Your honor, I am an
attorney licensed by the bar

to practice law in this state.

The minor in question is also
the object of this restraining

order and has requested
me to act on his behalf

in the matter now pending
before this court.

And on his behalf, I
am requesting the court

to set aside ruling on whether
the temporary restraining

order should be made
permanent until Your Honor has

had a chance to consider
my client's petitions.

What petitions?

Mr. Parker, the guy on my side
of the desk asks the questions.

Sorry.

Sorry, Your Honor.

What petitions?

Mark?

The first is my
client's opposition

to the request for a
permanent restraining

order barring my
client from seeing

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wilson.

The second is a petition
asking the court

to appoint guardians ad
litem, temporary guardians

for my client, and
that those guardians

be Mr. And Mrs. Scott Wilson.

Guardians ad
litem, your client

must be entertaining some
litigation of his own.

That's correct, Your Honor.

It is my client's intent
to take whatever steps are

necessary to sever his legal
ties from his natural parents,

Richard and Lauren
Bryant so that he will

be free to be adopted
by Mr. and Mrs.

Scott Wilson, who love him.

Your Honor, I must protest.

Yes, well, I kind
of figured you would.

I mean, come on, Mr. Wilson,
who are you trying to kid?

Your Honor, we are talking
about a retarded boy who could

no sooner pronounce the words
in those petitions, let alone

understand what they meant.

Your Honor, we
love the boy, and we

want to make a home for him.

And he loves us,
and he knows very

well what those words mean.

The boy is a
mental incompetent,

and this man is
making a mockery of--

Mr. Parker, I'm
going to decide who is

and who is not competent.

Not you.

Yes, Your Honor.

Mr. Wilson, I'm going to
have to insist on a competency

hearing for the
minor in question

to determine whether
he understands

the nature of the proceedings.

If I find that he
does, then I will

accept you as his counselor, and
I will entertain your motion.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Not so fast, Mister.

If I find out that the
young man in question

does not understand what's going
on, that you, in fact, have

manipulated him and
the law and I've

attempted to
manipulate this court,

I'm going to hold
you in contempt.

And you're going to have
a lot more to worry about

than just a restraining order.

Is that clear?

Yes, Your Honor.

All right, I'll have
the clerk set aside

the 23rd of this month
on the hearing phase

in the case of
Bryant versus Bryant.

Coach, I can't thank
you enough for bringing

your team down here to
work out with our athletes.

I'm delighted that you asked.

It'll be a great
experience for our guys.

They'll learn more about
track by teaching it

and more about life working
with your Special Olympians.

OK, you guys, Mr. Smith here
has divided his athletes up

into groups of five,
and I've done the same

to you, so that
each one of you will

have one group to work with.

OK, let's get to it.

OK, my name's Josh, and I'm
going to be working with you

today, OK?

Hi, Josh.

Hi.

When I call up your names,
I want you to answer up

loud and clear, OK?

All right.

All right.

Kyle Davis.

Hi, Josh.

Good.

Marybeth Wilkerson?

I am here.

OK.

Todd-- Todd Bryant.

Here.

Todd, where do you live?

At the group foster
care home with Mrs. Burke.

Toddy, I'm Josh Bryant.

I'm your brother.

My-- my brother?

Yeah.

My brother.

My brother.

My brother.

My brother.

You lied to me
and to Jennifer.

All these years,
all you did was lie.

Josh, we didn't lie to you.

Yes, you did.

You said that he
wouldn't know us,

that he couldn't do anything.

I mean, he's my brother.

Why didn't you ever
take me to visit him?

Josh, because it was
too painful for us.

Can't you understand that?

No.

Josh, once he was in the
home and well taken care of,

we had to put him
out of our mind.

Josh, there was nothing
we could do for him then,

and we had to get our
lives back to normal.

Josh, we gave him
up because the doctors

and all the experts told us to.

They said that he was
going to be better off.

Believe me, he is better off.

He's not a part
of our lives now,

and we are not part of his.

No, maybe you're
not, but I am.

He's my brother, and I'm
going to visit him again.

Oh, Josh, I don't
think that's a good idea.

I don't care what you think.

Now, wait a
minute, don't smart

mouth your mother, all right?

Now we'll decide what's
best for this family.

What are you going to do, Dad?

Get an injunction
against me too?

Josh?

Let him go.

Richard, maybe we should
think about what we're doing.

Maybe we should meet
with those people.

No.

Damn it, Lauren,
these people are

responsible for all of this.

The Wilsons, Smith, all of them.

This family was doing fine,
and so was Todd until they

started butting into our lives.

Tomorrow we're going
to go down to court

and we're going to nail this
thing shut once and for all.

OK?

How are you doing, Todd?

OK.

A little nervous?

Uh-huh.

That's OK.

Toddy, do you know
why we're here today?

Uh-huh.

Why?

To talk to the judge.

And what's he going to do?

He's going to say what's good.

He knows what's good
because he knows the rules.

And do you understand
what your parents want?

They don't want me to
see you and Diane anymore.

Todd, where do you live?

TODD: You know.

SCOTTY: Yeah, but the judge
needs to hear it from you.

At the group home
with Mrs. Burke.

You like it there?

It's OK.

Are they mean to you?

No.

They're OK.

SCOTTY: Where do
you want to live?

TODD: With you and Diane.

SCOTTY: Why?

Because I don't
have a mom and dad.

SCOTTY: But you do, Todd.

You have a real mom and dad.

TODD: But I don't know them.

SCOTTY: Do you love
your real mom and dad?

I don't know them.

I know Joshy, though.

He's my brother.

Todd, is there anything
you want to tell the judge?

Uh-huh.

SCOTTY: Go ahead then.

Tell him whatever you want.

I got to go to the bathroom.

I think that's
very sensible, son.

You can go to the bathroom.

Would someone please
accompany this young man?

This court will now
take a 10 minute recess.

I think that should
be time enough.

Did I do good?

You did very good.

I'll take him.

Come on.

Oh, Judge, I forgot
to tell you something.

Well, you can tell
when you come back, son.

TODD: No, I might forget.

OK, what?

TODD: I love Scotty and Diane.

Is that in the rules?

Well, we make
allowances for that.

I don't get no allowance, but
it ought to be in the rules.

It's important.

Yes, it is.

Your Hon-- Your Honor, could
I see you in your chambers,

please, and the Wilsons?

Dr. Bryant, this
court is now in recess.

If you have anything to
say, you should really

do it through your attorney.

We don't need an
attorney, Your Honor.

Well, all right then.

Dr. and Mrs. Bryant, you know
once you've made this decision,

it cannot be reversed.

We know, Your Honor.

And you're both
sure about this?

Yes.

Yes.

And, I'll tell you why,
Your Honor, because it's

the first time since
we put him in that home

that I haven't felt guilty.

I know he'll be happy now,
and I know he won't be crying

when we leave him this time.

Thank you.

We love him very much.

So do we.

I know.

What's going on?

I just saw the Bryants leave.

It's all over, Mark.

The judge said what was good?

No, Todd, your
mom and dad did.

You ready to go home
with your new parents?

I get to live with you.

Forever and ever.

Hey, Todd, what about me?

Your attorney has to
get paid, you know?

I love you.

I love you, too.

Let's go home, son.

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