All language subtitles for The Waltons s04e25 The Collision.eng

JOHN-BOY: Though the early
years of the Depression

were difficult on
Walton's Mountain,

we still felt a sense of
security in our isolation

from a troubled world.

The building turmoil of
the times, it seemed,

lay beyond the mountains
and across a distant ocean.

Then, in 1936, we became aware
of Hitler in Germany

and Mussolini in Italy.

A war was being fought
in Spain.

Historic events, yet all of
them were overshadowed

by my acquisition of
an old printing press

and the prospect of publishing
my own small-town newspaper.

(HORSE NEIGHING)

What'd you
think you're doing?

Enjoying myself.
Ever tried it, John-Boy?

-Selena Linville?
-Lady Godiva.

I might've known it'd have been
you, crazy riding like that.

-You look different.
-Some people change, some don't.

-What are you doing around here?
-Well, I'm home from Vassar.

You married one of those
backwoods beauties yet?

Oh, well, I always figured
I was saving myself for you.

(CHUCKLES) I suppose you're
one of Boatwright's brightest.

-I'm enjoying it.
-Oh, that's too bad.

-Why's that?
-Well, if you didn't,

-there might be some hope.
-Boatwright's a fine school.

It isn't just Boatwright.
It's what you're doing

with your life.

Hiding away in these
backwoods hollers.

I'm not hiding away anyplace.
I'm studying writing.

Oh, "What I Did
On My Summer Vacation"?

Oh, wait a minute.
You don't understand.

I'm gonna have a newspaper.
I bought a printing press.

I'm gonna be a publisher soon.

Oh, covering spelling bees
and church socials. Wake up!

Nothing that matters ever
happens here. Nothing ever will.

Do you know where Ernest
Hemingway is right now?

With the Republican Army
in Spain.

And Martha Gellhorn's
right there with him.

Two real artists
sharing everything together.

But Boatwright and Rockfish
suit you just fine.

Well, I admit I'm not
Ernest Hemingway.

-How long you gonna be around?
-For a few days.

-Grandfather isn't feeling well.
-Well, I'm sorry to hear that.

-I'd like to see you.
-Alright.

-Come to dinner. Tomorrow night.
-Alright. I'll be there.

And you be careful.

-(CHUCKLING) So red!
-She had it coming to her.

-She sure did, for a week now.
-I'm glad she got it.

-Elizabeth.
-ELIZABETH: Coming.

Why do you keep turning around?

Well, I wanted to see
if Ariel could catch up.

-She sure is a peculiar child.
-She only talks to you.

Well, making friends
isn't that easy.

Neither is changing schools
in the middle of the year.

-ARIEL: Elizabeth!
-Hold it.

-Hi.
-Hi.

I had to talk to Mrs. Fordwick.

Oh. Well, I got my
sewing project back.

Made aprons, one for my grandma
and one for my mama.

They're pretty. I guess
they'll like them.

-ERIN: Elizabeth.
-I'm coming!

I wish you could see the aprons
I made for my mother.

-Well, I'd like to.
-I edged it with lace,

and Mother was so pleased,
there were tears in her eyes.

-I hope I can see it someday.
-I hope so, too.

Well, I'll be waiting for
you here in the morning.

-ERIN: Elizabeth!
-Coming.

(SIGHS)

(CHATTERING)

BEN: (EXCLAIMING)
I won!

Jason, you've to do Ben's
chores for a week.

-I demand a rematch.
-That's the way it goes.

It's just the way it goes.

-You're moving up in the world?
-What do you mean?

Having supper with
the Linvilles.

Wait a minute.
You know Selena as well as I do.

It's likely that
I'll show up there

and she'll have forgotten
all about it.

If you don't wanna have supper
at Selena Linville's, don't go.

Mama, I wanna go. I just don't
wanna go and feel like a fool.

This is a kitchen
and not a playground.

You boys go on outside.
And no more of that gambling.

-Stop that.
-We're not, we're just playing.

You know what I'm talking about?
She's just that kinda girl.

I might show up and she'll say,
"What you doing here?"

-Hi, Daddy.
-Howdy, Daddy.

Hi, Son. How are you, Son?

I found these band of hens
just dawdling along.

Dawdling? Elizabeth dawdles.

I spend half my life telling
her to hurry up.

Yeah, and the other half
telling me to slow down.

Mary Ellen, here.

-Grandma!
-Put those in your...

Put them in your
brother's room.

Elizabeth, aren't you
forgetting something?

The surprise.

Mrs. Fordwick had us
do this special sewing project.

And, well, I made these.

Aprons?

Grandma? This one is yours,
if you want it.

-If I want it?

Imagine you going to all that
trouble for me. Thank you.

(GIGGLING)

-Mama, this one's yours.
-That's nice.

Why, Elizabeth, that is
just beautiful. Thank you.

Look at the beautiful work
that child has done.

Well, that's real pretty, honey.

You know, maybe if I could
learn how to embroider,

I could put some
flowers on yours

and some birds on yours,
Grandma.

-I like it just the way it is.
-See, it's a perfect fit.

We'll have company over
and show them off.

-It's not that pretty, Daddy.
-I wouldn't change a thing.

That's real nice of you, honey.
I tell you what.

I'm gonna take a ride over
the ridge to Staunton.

-You wanna go along?
-Oh, can I?

Yeah. We might even stop at
the park and feed the deer.

(CHUCKLING)

Maybe they'd look prettier if
I had some better lace.

Elizabeth, I think they're just
perfect the way they are.

Well, I make nice daughters,
don't I?

(LAUGHING)

(SNIFFLES)

-John-Boy!
-Vesper.

-Come in, come in.
-Thank you very much.

I was happy to hear
you'll be here this evening.

Thank you, Vesper.

That girl's been with those
northern boys too long.

Needs somebody like you
to straighten her out.

-Thank you very much.
-Come on.

-Colonel?
-COLONEL: Yes?

Your guest is here.

-Excuse me, won't you?
-Of course, of course.

-John Walton.
-Oh, Colonel.

-Nice to see you again.
-Thank you very much.

It's good to be here. You've
a beautiful home, and...

Well, this clock
belonged to my grandfather.

-Oh.
-Came over from England.

-Really?
-Please, please, please.

Thank you.

Selena will join us shortly.

Last-minute primping.

I don't have to tell
you about the ladies.

No, no.

Bourbon, rye, sherry?

Sherry will be fine, thank you.

I believe Selena tol
me you attend

the Boatwright University?

-Yes, sir.
-Fine school.

Thank you very much. Yes, I find
my work there very challenging.

I listen to Selena talk
about her school.

With all the meetings
and forums and rallies,

I wonder when they find
time to go to class.

SELENA: John.

You did remember.

-Good evening.
-Good evening.

Selena, isn't that a rather
bizarre costume for dinner?

This is a copy of the uniform
worn by the members of

the Lincoln Brigade in Spain,
Grandfather.

Highly useful for
fighting a war,

but not for
entertaining guests.

-I see you're a sherry drinker.
-Well, yes, for tonight I am.

I'm glad. The national drink
of Spain, you know.

Oh. No, I didn't.

We were just talking about
John's work at the university.

-Yes, I was just...
-Gentlemen, a toast.

To Spain. To her brave
Republicans, fighting for

democracy and freedom.

To the Lincoln Brigade,
fighting the common enemy

while most of us hide
in our hollers.

Cheers.

Everybody knows the Italian
Fascists and the German Nazis

are pouring money, men
and weapons into Spain

to support Franco's
Nationalists.

-Your soup's getting cold.
-I don't want any more, Vesper.

The Fascists and the Nazis
are testing bombs,

planes and guns.

It's a dress rehearsal for
something a whole lot bigger.

Thank you very much, Vesper.

But aren't the Communists
doing the same thing?

Aren't the Russians
just doing the same thing

-for the other side?
-That isn't the point.

Seems like a very
good point to me.

Grandfather, the Republicans
have to take

whatever help is offered,
whoever offers it.

It should be us, not the
Russians, because they're

fighting for what we're
supposed to believe in,

(SELENA BANGS TABLE)
free speech and free press.

Well, certainly it's not
that simple, Selena.

It is.

(DOOR OPENING)

Oh, Vesper, they look divine!

Oh, they're as nice as
any I've ever seen.

-Wonderful.
-Oh, you like?

-I hope you like lobster, John.
-Here you are.

Grandfather, everyone
likes lobster.

They're perfect, Vesper.

I had them brought in
specially as a surprise.

I'll bet you never expected
anything like this, John.

No, I never did.

(CLEARING THROAT)

Thank you very much.

-Enjoy yourselves.
-Thank you.

(CUTLERY CLINKING)

So, you say the situation
in Spain isn't as simple

as I make it sound?

You're one of those people
who insists on taking

a perfectly simple situation

and complicating it
in order to avoid taking action.

I don't wanna take
action and find out

I've done the wrong thing.

Oh, so while you sit there
juggling right and wrong,

this and that, the doers are
in there getting the job done.

This is no world for
the timid, John-Boy.

You've got to be aggressive.

Make your move.

Attack. That's the key.

And the first time you're pushed
back, attack again and again.

It's better to go down
fighting than to

waste your life on the
sidelines.

Aren't there times when you've
to admit that you're licked?

Not me.

Oh.

Can I have
the rolls, please?

Thank you.

I've checked into ways of
getting to Spain.

There are still some ships
going into the smaller ports,

despite the blockade.

And when do you
plan to leave?

Soon.

(GROANS)

(SIGHS)

Grandfather.

(CHUCKLING)

I hope you young folks
will excuse me.

-Oh, certainly.
-I...

I have some accounts
to go over.

-Oh. I understand.
-Happy you could be with us.

Thank you. It was my
pleasure, sir.

Next time we'll have
soft-shelled crab

or lobster Newburg.

(LAUGHING) Alright. Alright.

I'll come in to say good night
just before I go to bed, okay?

(CLOCK CHIMING)

He's gotten so different.

Just in the last few months
since I've been here.

So much older.

-Well, people do get older.
-Not me.

My life's going to be
one smashing adventure.

It's not how long you live,
it's how you live.

There's a great deal to be said
for how long you live.

My grandma and my grandpa have
lived long and they still enjoy

-living each new day.
-John.

You...

You don't understand.

-What you do here isn't living.
-We think it is.

You have a brain and talent
and you staying here

is like using my thoroughbred
to pull a wagon.

I see. So the answer
is to run away to Spain, is it?

Yes. Look at the great
American writers.

E.E. cummings, Dos Passos,
Hemingway, Stephen Crane...

Stephen Crane?
He wasn't even born during

the war between the states. That
didn't keep him from writing

-The Red Badge of Courage.
-Forget Stephen Crane.

I wouldn't be telling you this
if I didn't care,

if I didn't feel you've
so much to offer.

The writers now, they're not
hiding in the hollers.

They've all gone out in the
world to experience war,

death and passion!

You've been practicing since
the last time.

Well...

-Not bad.
-What do you mean, "not bad"?

A little reminiscent of Post
Office and Spin the Bottle,

-but...
-Oh, yeah?

(MOANS)

I've been practicing my
sketching since the last time.

-I think I've gotten better.
-Oh, I see.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

I've been thinking.

Wouldn't it be fantastic
to go to Spain together?

What?

Go to Spain?
Well, that's impossible.

Just think.

You could do the writing.
I could do the illustrations.

Imagine.

Jonathan Walton
and Selena Linville reporting

from Valencia, Barcelona...

All the important magazines
would be interested,

- Harper's and Atlantic.
-Oh, that's nonsense.

-I couldn't do that.
-Why not?

Well, I can't just run away
from school.

I've got a newspaper
to get started.

I've gotta pay up on
my printing press...

Every day you spend here
is another link in the chain

that holds you
to being a backwoods nonentity

for the rest of your life!

However, you have
to make up your own mind.

Stay in the sidelines, but don't
expect me to keep you company.

You're not leaving tomorrow
or tonight, are you?

It's getting late. I want
to check with Grandfather.

Oh. Well, I'd like
to see you again.

Is there any point?

-Of course, there's a point.
- Alright.

-Would you like to go riding?
-Yes. Tomorrow?

I don't know. I'll have to let
you know. Good night, John.

Good night.

Mama and Grandma seemed to
like the aprons I gave them.

I told you they would.

I just wish I could've made
them more like yours.

Well, anyway, my daddy's taking
me on a trip to Staunton anyhow.

It's fun to go places
with your parents.

-Do you that much?
-Hm-mm.

My favorite trip
was when we went to Europe.

You went on a ship?

We sailed for days and days.
We played games on the deck.

At night, there was music.

Mother and Father danced,
and once he danced with me.

You just quit!
He is so excited.

Well, you can't blame him. He's
got a date with a thoroughbred.

-Doesn't make any difference.
-That's right.

I saw Selena

riding the other day, and that
she was a beautiful horse.

-Yeah?
-Don't you wish

we had a horse like that, Blue?

You don't wanna
hurt his feelings?

Hey, here comes Daddy.

-Hey, Daddy.
-Hey, Daddy.

-Hey, Daddy, how are you?
-Hiya, Son.

-Have a good time?
-Alright.

Where you off to?

Oh, I got a riding
date with Selena.

Hear about her grandfather
giving an auction in Staunton?

Something about it.
I'll ask her about it.

-Alright.
-See you later, John-Boy.

-See you later, fellas.
-Have fun.

(LAUGHING)

-Thank you, Daddy. It was good.
-I'm glad, honey.

Well, Elizabeth.

-Had a good time in Staunton?
-It was okay.

-Good.
-Daddy bought me a Fairy Stone.

-Pretty.
-Yeah.

Did you and Elizabeth
enjoy yourselves?

Well, I did. I'm
not so sure about her.

She mention a girl
named Ariel, to you?

She's new. Elizabeth
seems to think a lot of her.

-What do you know about her?
-Not much. Why?

I just get this feeling
we're being compared to Ariel's

parents and we're
not coming off too well.

Come on, Blue.

Come on.

You're gonna break your
neck riding like that.

You look about 65 years old when
you shake and frown like that.

-Oh, yeah?
-Yes.

How do you
feel about old?

Play it safe. That's your
motto and your epitaph.

I see.

Before I die and you set up
my tombstone, how about this?

For an older man, you've
a lot of young ideas.

-Which I hope you share.
-Wait!

I think we've
established the fact

that you're attracted to me
and I'm attracted to you.

-You are? Really?
-That's exciting.

-Yes.
-Temporarily.

Only I'm looking for a lot more
than just the physical.

Well, so am I, of course.

Ideally, a man and a woman
should share on every level.

Well, I agree with you 100%.

-Thought any more about Spain?
-Of course I have.

I've read everything
I can get my hands on.

In the magazines,
the books, everything.

Well, you don't have to settle
for secondhand experience.

I've been on the phone to New Y,

and we can be in Spain
by the end of the month.

You really got it all arranged,?

We leave on a freighter
a week from Thursday,

and once we're there and given
contacts to get to Barcelona,

and I know someone who
will introduce us to Heming.

(LAUGHING)
I suppose all this is a free ride?

$200 will cover it.

$200? I haven't got $200!

Well, sell your car, your books.

Borrow, whatever.
I'll lend you the difference.

You can pay me back when we
start selling our stories.

What about your grandfather?
How does he feel about all this?

I haven't told him yet.

Oh, he'll be upset for a while,

but he seems to be living
in the past these days.

We've got to live now,
for this moment.

Well, what about
the future, Selena?

Well, we'll be shaping it.

We'll be the ones making history
instead of studying it.

Oh, it'd be wonderful
to do it all alone, of course,

but to share it with someone
who feels the same way.

Oh, that's crazy!
I can't do that.

I can't go running
away from home

for $200, which I don't have.

I've got commitments, Selena.

The only commitment that matters
is to yourself, as a writer.

I can't. I'm sorry.

You're afraid.

You're one of the world's
frightened rabbits,

-hiding in your little briar pa.
-Hey, now wait a minute.

You haven't the courage
to go out and meet life.

Alright. Stay here.

And let the men and women
who have the courage

go out and do your fighting for.

Well, Selena, wait a minute. I..

Now... What are you doing?

You just wait!

Careful, careful.

That clock is four times
your combined age,

so please be careful.

SELENA: Grandfather.

What's going on?

Selena, forgive me.

I meant to tell
you the first day,

but I kept putting it off.

Has something happened?

The...

The house and the land
has been sold by the bank,

and there will be
an auction only for the rest.

Everything?

Everything in the house?

Everything but the tenant farm,

and that's where
we'll be living.

We lost it all. I'm sorry.

(CRYING)

JOHN-BOY: Selena?

-I wanna talk to you right now.
-Get out.

Get off this property.

What do you mean,
"Get off this property"?

Selena! Now, you listen to me.

You've had your say,
and I wanna have mine.

Get out of here!

John-Boy, I think
it's best that you leave.

Seems a little upset to me.

-Did you enjoy your ride?
-The ride was fine.

John-Boy, did Selena say
anything about the auction?

Daddy, I would rather not
talk about Selena Linville now.

It's your business, Son.

I don't understand why anybody
should have that kind of a view

of the world all the time.

She acts as though nothing
has happened in the state

of Virginia and
nothing ever will.

There have been wars fought
in Virginia, too. You know?

We've had our share, Son.

And Ernest Hemingway
may be off in Spain

being a hero and a great writer,

but John Steinbeck
is in California,

and Robert Frost
is in New Hampshire,

and William Faulkner
is in Mississippi, right?

If you say so.

Reminds me of me when I was 20.

I didn't know you ever
let girls upset you.

Only one.

Are you comparing me to Selena?

It was my salvation
you were after.

You were worried about whether
I was gonna spend eternity

in heaven. I was worried
about the next half hour.

I guess we did
have a few set-tos.

Sure am glad
you decided to marry me then

and try to save me later.

I'm still trying.

JOHN-BOY: Courage is
to feel the daily daggers

of relentless steel
and go on living.

Recklessness, a mask
labeled labeled courage

to hide the lack
of true courage.

So, from her point
of view, I'm coward.

I don't have
to accept her definition.

I'm a fool to be touched
by it for one minute.

Who is Selena Linville
to tell me

what I am or what I should be?

Philosopher? Saint?

An understanding
and caring friend?

None of the above. She's
spoiled, selfish, limited,

and it's ridiculous
to waste one second

caring what she thinks of me.

I care.

As I was saying, Elizabeth,
I got this consolation prize,

and I just don't know
what I'm gonna do with it.

It's right in here.

Here. Isn't that pretty?

-Never saw anything like it.
-Well, it sure is nice.

You can put enough pencils in it
to keep you all the way through.

-It's just beautiful.
-Yeah, it is nice.

But it reminds me
too much of school.

I think I'm just
gonna give it away.

-Well, I'd sure like to have it.
-Okay, it's yours.

-Do you really mean it?
-Sure, it's yours.

For keeps?

-I'm gonna go show the girls.
-Okay.

(CHUCKLES)

-Hello, Ike.
-Hello, Elizabeth.

-I need a pencil.
-Oh! Excuse me, Curtis.

You need a pencil?

If you need a pencil,
you'll make some mistakes.

And so, better sell you
a pencil with an eraser, huh?

Well, of course.

-Okay.
-It's for this.

What a nice pencil box.
Where'd you get that?

Ben gave it to me.

-Oh, what a nice brother he is.
-Hi.

Erin told me
I could find you here.

Well, I missed you at recess.

ARIEL: Mrs. Fordwick was
helping me with my schoolwork.

I wanted to show you something.
My brother gave it to me.

Your brother gave you this? Why?

-Just 'cause he likes me.
-ARIEL: It certainly is big.

You see, there's
a special place

for the erasers
and the crayons.

I've got a place for
rulers and compasses,

and lots of room for pencils.

It's almost like
the one I have at home.

Same kind?

Mine was imported
from Switzerland.

My father gave it
to me for my birthday.

It has beautiful
flowers painted on it.

Oh.

I guess you and I have the
nicest pencil boxes in school.

I guess so.

Elizabeth, you gonna
take your pencil?

No, thanks, Ike.

Maybe I can sell you a pencil
for your pretty pencil box, huh?

No, I already
have enough at home.

-It must be nice to be rich.
-Yeah. Bye.

Bye.

Alright.

-Here we go.
-I got it.

(JOHN-BOY GRUNTS)

Thank you, Son.

It's good I can do something
without getting criticism.

What's got into you, John-Boy?

That face on you
would curdle Chance's milk.

I'm sorry. I haven't been a real
pleasure to live with lately.

We haven't gone
so far as to say that.

Won't deny it.
I'm hot under the collar.

Been called "one of
the scared rabbits of the world,

"afraid to leave my briar patch"
'cause I won't go to Spain.

This war she's talking
about over there,

is it something that endangers
the things you believe in

and the folks that
you hold dear?

It seems awful far
away to me, Grandpa.

'Course, things were different
down in Cuba in '98.

There were no ifs,
ands or maybes.

My best friend over at
Schuylery Way had been blown up

in the battleship Maine,
right there in the harbor,

and I was just itching to take .

In '17, when I was called up,

it seemed the whole
world was at war.

If we didn't stop
the Kaiser, he'd be here.

Sure.

The men in our family don't
go off looking for a fight.

But if the cause is clear,
I guess we're right in there.

Well, of course.

No reason to think
you'll be an exception, Son.

It's good to know that there is
somebody who feels that way.

Maybe you're just taking
this whole thing too serious.

No, she got me to asking myself
some important questions.

What is courage?
What makes a man a coward?

I think I came up
with some good answers, myself.

-Well, what are they?
-I don't like being called

a coward because I don't
wanna go fight in a war

which is basically
somebody else.

See, it seems to me that the
true test of a man's courage,

the true test of what a man
is, comes in the little ways.

You know, those day-to-day,
hand-to-hand skirmishes of life.

There's plenty
skirmishes around here.

GRANDPA: Yes, plenty to
go on right around here.

Of course, you can't come back
to newspaper headlines and bands

and cheering crowds.

Only the man knows for sure, and
maybe the people close to him,

whether he stands his ground
or turns and runs.

That makes sense to me.
Think it'll make sense to her?

No.

(ELIZABETH HUMMING)

Elizabeth, is something
troubling you?

No, Mama.

(HUMMING)

Your daddy took you
on a nice trip to Staunton

and you didn't seem
to enjoy it at all.

Oh, I thanked Daddy.

And now Ben tells me that he
gave you a beautiful pencil box

and you set it on a shelf,

you don't even take it
to school anymore.

I wanna keep it nice.

Does any of this
have something to do

with your new friend, Ariel?

-You wanna tell me about it?
-I don't know.

She just seems...

Whenever I do something,
Ariel does something better.

Even her name is prettier.

Elizabeth, you're gonna find a
lot of people like that around,

who seem to have it better than.

You just have to live with it.

(SIGHS)

You know, I bet she
doesn't have a Fairy Stone.

I used to have
a Fairy Stone like that

when I was a little girl.

You know, I bet she's never
even seen a Fairy Stone.

Well, just make sure
you don't brag on it

when you show it to her.

I won't.

-Are you alright?
-Yes.

Are you sure you're alright?

Alright.

VESPER: Now, be
careful with that piece.

Take it on over there, past
that. It's open over there.

Don't scratch
that on the bushes.

Vesper?

I don't know why she wouldn't
tell something like that.

She didn't know.
And Selena's proud.

I begged the Colonel
to tell her.

You don't know
how many times I begged him.

We had no idea
he was that bad off.

We knew there was an
auction over in Staunton,

but we thought that was just
to get rid of a few extra thing.

"Extra things."

They went a long time ago.

After tomorrow, there'll just
be that farm and some furniture

and a few personal things
he's managed to hold onto.

How's he taking it?

Oh, he's fine.
More relieved than hurt.

This has been coming
on for so long,

and he's been
under such a strain.

When this is all over, maybe
he'll enjoy a little peace.

I hope so. What about you?

(CHUCKLES) Me?
I'm not going nowhere.

Seems like all my life, I've
been working for the Colonel.

Besides, they're
all the family I've got.

True, he won't be
able to pay me no more,

but that's how
it is with families.

We gotta stick together.

I'm just worried
about that girl.

Don't worry about Selena.

She's gonna finish
her schooling.

The Colonel took care
of that a long time ago.

You know how he is about Selena.

Vesper, you don't
think you could

get her to see me, now do you?

She's hurt, embarrassed,
all mixed up inside.

She doesn't know
how to take this.

She doesn't have to be
embarrassed around me.

You know that. She knows that.

When Selena sets her mind,
no one can out-stubborn her,

and you know that.

We'll see. Maybe I'm the one
who can out-stubborn her.

'Cause I wanna see that girl.

You tell her for me, I'm gonna
wait here until I see her.

I'm gonna camp right here
till kingdom come if I have to,

but I'm gonna see her.

Yes?

-Does Ariel live here?
-You mean Effie?

No, ma'am, I mean Ariel.

Effie sometimes calls
herself that. You come on in.

-Are you the little Walton girl?
-Yes, ma'am. I'm Elizabeth.

Oh, well, Effie'll be so glad t.

Are you her mother?

Her mama and her daddy are gone.

I'm her aunt.

Oh. Her mama
and daddy go on a trip?

Died.

Her mama last year
and her daddy the year before.

Oh.

Effie's in there
with her catalogs.

Well, go on in, honey.

ARIEL: Of course I'll come
to your party, Jenny-Ann.

I have a new dress all bought
for it. It's this one here.

All white, with
little roses all over.

Ariel?

I don't live here.
I'm just visiting.

Your aunt told me.

Ever seen a Fairy Stone?
They're very rare.

Looks like a cross.

You can only find them in one
place in the whole wide world.

-It's pretty.
-Would you like to have it?

-Thank you.
-You're welcome.

I was going to have
a pretend tea party.

(SNIFFLES)

I used to have lots of them.

It's more fun with
a real person.

Do you want to pour
or do you want me to?

You can. It's your party.

I baked some nice cookies.

Here.

It's hot.

I wanted to be sure
these personal things

went to the little house

before the auction tomorrow.

Must be a hard thing
to do, Colonel.

Well, I look at
it this way, John-Boy.

I've had a lot
of good things in my life.

With the way things are going
for most people these days,

I'm not bad off.

Selena must be worried
about you, though.

Oh, I'm alright. It's easier
for me than she thinks.

She has it in her mind
that I live for my money.

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

Oh, I enjoyed it.
I don't deny that.

But losing it?
Not the end of the world.

I hope you two work
out your differences..

So do I.

I'm trying.

You gentlemen take
this load down to the farm,

then come back for the rest.

I wouldn't go along with her
on this Spain deal, Colonel.

I just couldn't.
She got upset about that.

Then this hard
luck hit you folks.

Well, I know Selena.
She'll be alright in a while.

It takes her a little time
to change her mind about things.

(HORSE SNUFFLING)

COLONEL: Selena!

Excuse me, Colonel.

Go on.

Selena?

Selena.

Selena?

-Are you alright?
-Yes.

(PANTING)

I thought maybe
you'd taken a fall.

Disappointed?

Oh, don't be crazy. I've been
needing to talk to you.

Alright. Get it over with.
Tell me all about myself.

-It doesn't matter now.
-I think it matters.

You called me a coward because
I wouldn't go fight in some war

-that you picked out for me.
-That I picked out?

The survival of the free world

could depend on what
happens in Spain.

Oh, it could.
It very well could.

Survival can depend
on a lot of things, Selena.

There are people
in this country right

now who are fighting a war.

Somebody decided to
call it a depression,

but it's a war all the same.

People are fighting
for food, for shelter,

to hang on to
simple human dignity.

I'm in that war with my family,
and so are you now.

And the question for you
and the question for me

is exactly the same thing,
"Are we gonna survive?"

And you haven't
won that war yet.

So I try to enlist you
in my war in Spain

and now I'm supposed
to join yours?

Selena, for someone who cares,

there are a lot of battles a lot
closer home than Barcelona.

Just look around. People are
fighting for a decent wage.

They're fighting for
a clean place to live.

They're fighting for the vote.

I don't have to run away
from college and borrow $200

and travel 3,000
miles to volunteer.

There's plenty of battlefields
right here at home.

-Are you finished?
-No.

I'm not finished.

A coward is a person
who finds himself

on the battlefield, under fire,

and runs away from the people
who are depending on him or her.

Then, nobody
better depend on me,

because I wasn't
just running from you.

I was running from
all those empty rooms,

everything that I cared for.

I couldn't stand the pain
on my grandfather's face.

He needs you now, Selena.

He's a strong man,
but he needs you now.

He'll be relieved not to have me
around, making him feel guilty.

Oh, you don't believe that.
You're saying that

so you can run off to
that school up north

and pretend none
of this ever happened.

-I hate the idea of going back!
-You're never going back.

And you know you're
never going back.

And you're not going
to Spain, either.

Stay here. Please.

You can transfer to Boatwright.

You can help Vesper take
care of your grandfather.

He'd never allow that.

He'd allow it if he thought
that's what you really wanted.

-I don't know.
-Selena, you're a fighter.

You got something worth
fightin' for right now.

-You make it sound so simple.
-Oh, I see.

So you're one of those people

who insists on complicating
a perfectly simple situation

in order to avoid taking action.

Is that it?

Using my own weapons against me?
That isn't fair, John.

-Selena, all's fair.
-In love and war?

You said it, not me.

-Do you want me to stay?
-Yes.

You might regret it.

I probably will.

JOHN-BOY:
Selena did stay with her grandfather,

did transfer to Boatwright,

and, as she predicted, there
were times I regretted it.

But mostly after
the collisions,

when we had picked
ourselves up,

got our bearings, we found ours
headed in the same direction

and grateful to have
each other's company.

-ELIZABETH: John-Boy?
-Yes, Elizabeth?

Are you gonna marry
Selena Linville?

That's a silly question.

-JIM-BOB: It sure is.
-JASON: Oh, it sure is.

JOHN-BOY: Fellas! Wait a minute.
Fellas, it's not that silly.

ELIZABETH: Well, John-Boy,
you've got plenty of time to de.

Thank you, Elizabeth.

-Goodnight.
-Goodnight.

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