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00:00:00When people hassle me about actually liking airplane or cafeteria food, I try to explain
00:00:10to them.
00:00:11I grew up with a divorced, working mom who never had the time or patience for anything
00:00:16fresh.
00:00:17Frozen or packaged was what I was weaned on, except for when she made her one dish, disguised
00:00:24a hundred different ways.
00:00:26Chicken.
00:00:27Chicken cacciatore.
00:00:29Chicken Florentine.
00:00:30Hawaiian chicken.
00:00:37Then mom had it with working and the single parent gig, and moved us from New York to
00:00:42California with this swell guy she married.
00:00:49Marty Swell.
00:00:50At one time, the name must have been Swellstein or Svelovitz, but somehow, back at Ellis Island,
00:01:00someone must have gotten lazy, or impatient, or inspired, and entered my step-granddad
00:01:09into the U.S. of A as just plain old Swell.
00:01:13Marty!
00:01:14At least they had the decency not to add another L to make it a synonym for wonderful.
00:01:23I remember my summer vacation home after my first year away at college.
00:01:30I'd gone back to New York to study creative writing at NYU, so I was eager to show off
00:01:34my new, sophisticated persona, but at the same time, probe my roots.
00:01:39My plan was to write a book, my story, and return to the Big Apple with a definitive
00:01:44tale of the dysfunctional family, and launch my literary career.
00:01:48I was only 19, but I saw myself as someone distant and apart, an able observer to dissect
00:01:55and expose the key to what makes a family tick, or in this case, twist.
00:01:59I'd only been gone nine months, but that household seemed like a million light years away.
00:02:06That was, until I stepped off the plane.
00:02:09Welcome aboard flight 584 departing New York's JFK International Airport for Los Angeles.
00:02:20Our flight time will be five hours and forty-nine minutes.
00:02:23Wendy!
00:02:24Wendy?
00:02:25Wendy!
00:02:26Mom, hi!
00:02:27Hi!
00:02:28Oh, darling!
00:02:29Oh my goodness!
00:02:30Let me look at you!
00:02:31Did you get one of those New York haircuts?
00:02:32Yes, of course.
00:02:34I'm so glad to see you, my darling!
00:02:38I've missed you so much!
00:02:41It's been a whole year!
00:02:43Okay!
00:02:44I gotta get my luggage.
00:02:59Is that your locket?
00:03:00No, that's not mine.
00:03:02Wait, no, I think that's for you.
00:03:03No, I think that's it over there.
00:03:05Sir, could you help us?
00:03:06Thank you so much.
00:03:07You're such a kind person.
00:03:09Oh, no, no, no, no.
00:03:10It's OK.
00:03:10It's OK.
00:03:12No, no, you're a lady.
00:03:13You should let a nice gentleman take your baggage.
00:03:16Thank you so much.
00:03:17Thanks.
00:03:18Here we go?
00:03:27Of course, honey.
00:03:28I need the keys to open the trunk.
00:03:30All right.
00:03:31OK, it's just down this aisle, I'm sure of it.
00:03:33Yeah, that's it.
00:03:33That's the car right there.
00:03:34Remember this car?
00:03:35Yeah, I remember it.
00:03:37What is that on?
00:03:38A ticket?
00:03:44How could they give me a ticket?
00:03:46How can they give anybody a ticket around here?
00:03:48Oh, I'm going to fight this.
00:03:49You need to put enough change in the meter.
00:03:51Of course I put enough change in the meter.
00:03:53What?
00:03:54I loaded it up with change.
00:03:55I've been waiting for like a half an hour.
00:04:00Could there be traffic on the 405?
00:04:02It's 7.30 in the morning.
00:04:04There must be.
00:04:05There's always traffic.
00:04:06That's why it's so great in New York.
00:04:07You don't even need a car.
00:04:11Well, you know, I've been talking to Marty
00:04:12about getting one of these car phones.
00:04:13Oh, mother, that's so Hollywood.
00:04:15They're very expensive.
00:04:16You should see the bills we've been racking up lately.
00:04:18Marty is on the phone all the time.
00:04:23Fire!
00:04:24Fire!
00:04:25Fire!
00:04:27Fire!
00:04:29The Canadians got past the flames.
00:04:32Fire!
00:04:35Fire!
00:04:36Fire!
00:04:38My half sister, although I'd get a smack if I ever
00:04:41called her half to her face.
00:04:44Tracy almost set that got damn house on fire.
00:04:46I was making pizza.
00:04:48Look, more fire!
00:04:50The housekeeper's daughter, a tidbit of normality.
00:04:56You're right, kid.
00:04:56You're right.
00:04:57Give me that baking soda.
00:04:58Here, Daddy.
00:04:59He's not your daddy.
00:05:00You don't have one.
00:05:02Where you been, huh?
00:05:03I've been here waiting for you.
00:05:04Don't aggravate me.
00:05:05The traffic was murder.
00:05:06Yeah, well, the kids, they almost burned the house to the ground, for Christ's sake.
00:05:08I mean...
00:05:09I leave for one hour, and you can't take care of them.
00:05:12Mommy!
00:05:13Well, hon, Estelle's supposed to be here.
00:05:15She's been gone all morning.
00:05:17Oh, Marty.
00:05:19Estelle, the housekeeper.
00:05:21Will she ever have the guts to leave?
00:05:24Stop barking!
00:05:26Mom!
00:05:27Oh, stop it, Tracy!
00:05:28You're driving me nuts!
00:05:29Your skin looks good.
00:05:30Real good.
00:05:31You only got a few of them left.
00:05:33A real piece of work.
00:05:35And he always knew where to hit.
00:05:40Stand still!
00:05:41Door wasn't even locked.
00:05:42I can't believe you just leave it open.
00:05:44Silly, it's broad daylight.
00:05:46Marty's here.
00:05:48So?
00:05:49What the killers do now is they get rid of the men first,
00:05:52and then they rape and kill the women.
00:05:55Or they kill them, and then they rape them.
00:05:58Can we please not talk about such things?
00:06:01I can't believe you don't know all this.
00:06:03You live in L.A. Don't you read the paper?
00:06:05Did you take my paper?
00:06:07How could I take your paper?
00:06:09I just got here.
00:06:10What's rape, Mommy?
00:06:12You see?
00:06:13You see the ideas you're giving your little sister?
00:06:15How do you tell your mother she's in denial
00:06:17when her only response is,
00:06:19I am not.
00:06:21I'm not giving them to her.
00:06:23They exist.
00:06:24Mr. Park, my friend.
00:06:26I was just going to call you.
00:06:28No, my wife, she tell me call you.
00:06:34Go get ready for the party.
00:06:36What party?
00:06:37Your Aunt Sherry's birthday.
00:06:39I just got off a plane.
00:06:40I'm exhausted.
00:06:41How come no one told me about this?
00:06:43You no understand, my friend.
00:06:45You no sell fruit juice, huh?
00:06:48You sell soda and cigarettes, huh?
00:06:50No, my wife, she say buy fruit juice machine.
00:06:53Where is that little bitch?
00:06:55Hey, watch that language.
00:06:57God, where is it?
00:06:58My blood sister gone bad.
00:07:01You know, I'm just going to let you see for yourselves
00:07:03how the whole mess played out that day.
00:07:08God damn it.
00:07:10No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:07:11The kids, they come.
00:07:12They see the fruit juice.
00:07:14They go to the 7-Eleven mini mall
00:07:16and they buy soda and cigarettes.
00:07:19Hey.
00:07:20No.
00:07:21That bread still is my makeup
00:07:22that I saved my allowance for, for months.
00:07:25And all you have to say is watch that language.
00:07:28Quiet.
00:07:29She talks like a truck driver.
00:07:31If I would have talked like that when I was her age,
00:07:33I would have been grounded for a month.
00:07:35But no, not her.
00:07:36She's your daughter.
00:07:38Have you cleaned the pool yet?
00:07:40Mr. Swell.
00:07:41Huh?
00:07:42I have to clean the pool.
00:07:44I have to wash the cars.
00:07:45Why can't Estelle do it?
00:07:46She's the maid.
00:07:47She ain't the maid.
00:07:48She is the housekeeper.
00:07:49Yeah, right.
00:07:51Mr. Swell.
00:07:52Okay, wise-ass, now you're not going to the party.
00:07:54Go to your room.
00:08:00Mr. Swell.
00:08:02Mr. Park.
00:08:04Fifteen.
00:08:05It's the age.
00:08:06She's like a firecracker about to explode.
00:08:08Go get ready.
00:08:20No!
00:08:34You give kids what they want, Mr. Park.
00:08:37They pay money.
00:08:38No, we don't make money.
00:08:40We lose money.
00:08:45It reeks of weed, you know.
00:08:47It reeks of weed, you know.
00:08:49Who cares?
00:08:50I can walk down the hall with a needle sticking out of my arm.
00:08:53You'd think they'd notice.
00:08:59And Mr. Swell had to come to your store and wheel away machines.
00:09:04Marty, get on.
00:09:05We have to get going.
00:09:06Then you know be happy, Mr. Park.
00:09:17No!
00:09:41The effects of neglect.
00:09:47Are you two ready?
00:09:49I'm not going.
00:09:50I'm grounded.
00:09:52Don't be silly.
00:09:53This is family.
00:09:54I'm not one of you.
00:09:56That's just biological.
00:09:58Oh, that's real nice.
00:10:00What am I going to tell your Aunt Sherry?
00:10:02Mommy, Mommy, Mommy.
00:10:03Hi, honey.
00:10:04I love you, Mommy.
00:10:06I love you too, sweetheart.
00:10:08Can I go swimming, Mommy?
00:10:09No, we're going to Aunt Sherry's birthday.
00:10:17Oh, Tracy.
00:10:19Hello.
00:10:20You've been tracking it all over the house.
00:10:23It smells.
00:10:24Estelle.
00:10:26Here I am, Mrs. Swell.
00:10:29We were looking everywhere for you.
00:10:32Have you been?
00:10:34I was jogging.
00:10:36Tracy stepped in poopoo.
00:10:38Come here, Tracy.
00:10:39What is this dog doing in the house?
00:10:41I'm sorry, Mrs. Swell.
00:10:42I put him in my room.
00:10:43Come on, dog.
00:10:44Estelle, you don't have to put them in your room.
00:10:48I'll see you next week.
00:10:50Mr. Swell will see you next week.
00:10:52Bye-bye, Mr. Park.
00:10:54Bye-bye.
00:10:57Marty.
00:10:58I'm talking to a client.
00:10:59We are supposed to be at the party already.
00:11:01You're not even dressed.
00:11:02I'm trying to make some money.
00:11:03Party?
00:11:04Party?
00:11:05What's this about a party?
00:11:06Oh, hi, Pop.
00:11:07Good morning.
00:11:09Did I hear you say good morning, young lady?
00:11:12Good morning, Dad.
00:11:13Now, what's all this about a party?
00:11:16I've been asking you all week if you wanted to come.
00:11:18You told me no.
00:11:19Nobody told me anything about a party.
00:11:29Well, well, well.
00:11:30Look who's here.
00:11:31It's Wilma.
00:11:34Wendy.
00:11:35Did I hear you say good morning?
00:11:40Hey, get off of my jacket, Tracy.
00:11:46Tracy, off the jacket.
00:11:48Aren't you coming?
00:11:50Me?
00:11:51Yes, you and Chrissy are part of the family.
00:11:54The heir pregnant with chaos.
00:12:16You're hurting me, say it.
00:12:21Oh, Wendy, hand me that cake, will you?
00:12:35Mom, can't you redecorate or something?
00:12:37This place looks like 1970.
00:12:39If I have the time.
00:12:40Dad, you coming?
00:12:42I wasn't invited.
00:12:48What?
00:12:49Nothing.
00:12:50You're stupider. You're even stupider.
00:12:52So it's coming too?
00:12:53Sherry can use some help in the kitchen.
00:12:56Lock up, Dad.
00:13:05Mom, does he have to smoke that thing?
00:13:07Marty?
00:13:08No, I like cigars in your sweat.
00:13:10All right, all right. Pipe down, geez.
00:13:13Don't say his name in vain.
00:13:15I didn't. I said, geez, like cheese.
00:13:18You know, you're making my kid into a fanatic.
00:13:20Let's go. The machine will pick up.
00:13:23My dad might answer. Not know what he's saying.
00:13:27Could be a client.
00:13:28They call all day and night.
00:13:30Could be a deal.
00:13:31Go get it, then.
00:13:32You go.
00:13:40See?
00:13:43Got some of it back there once again.
00:13:50Hello?
00:13:51Hello?
00:13:55Hello?
00:13:56Hello?
00:13:57Hello?
00:14:00Hello?
00:14:04Hello?
00:14:06Hello?
00:14:12They hung up.
00:14:14So?
00:14:15It was that crazy friend of yours, that drunken Peggy person.
00:14:19So what do you want me to do?
00:14:21You expect me to believe that she's a client.
00:14:26Oh, Marty.
00:14:28Hey, I told you. She gives me leans. I gotta be nice to her.
00:14:32Oh, you're so nice. You are nicer to her than you are your own family.
00:14:38Come on, girls. We go pick lemons.
00:14:41Is that the only time you're nice? When you're with your little whore?
00:14:44Hey, hey. Watch your mouth.
00:14:52The familiar isolation.
00:14:57I'll be the mommy picking lemons for my family.
00:15:00I want to.
00:15:01Mommies have blonde hair like me.
00:15:03Chrissy, you let Tracy be the mommy this time. You be it next time.
00:15:06Don't give in to her, Estelle. She's a spoiled little brat.
00:15:10Fuck you.
00:15:11Oh, Mr. Big Shot Nice Guy. Oh, yeah.
00:15:15What do you think? You want to take me for an idiot?
00:15:17You think I'm stupid? Like your first wife? Like Sheila you used to lock in the closet?
00:15:22I'm like no one in the closet. What are you talking about?
00:15:25Yeah, that's not what someone told me.
00:15:28I heard about you and your filthy ways.
00:15:31Your hair's cute.
00:15:33You think?
00:15:35It's the new wave look.
00:15:37Looks good on skinny girls with no tits.
00:15:42My finger. You beast.
00:15:46She comes after you with a nutcracker. The woman is loony. Psycho.
00:15:50Keep it down in there, will you?
00:15:52The car is still running.
00:15:54Well, turn it off then.
00:15:55I thought we were going.
00:15:57I will go by myself.
00:16:03Get out of my way.
00:16:05Oh, God.
00:16:08Poor little baby.
00:16:10What did she do to you, huh?
00:16:12Oh, could you, could you, you sweet little thing?
00:16:15You want some love, huh?
00:16:17How about Daddy make you some eggs? Some eggs with cheese, huh?
00:16:21We try to bring them with the neighbor's dog, but this one won't give her the time of the day.
00:16:26Your mother thinks she's a homo, huh?
00:16:29Here you go, sweetheart.
00:16:32So, uh, you hungry?
00:16:35No, I ate on the plane.
00:16:37Okay.
00:16:40Now, let's see what we got.
00:16:44Hey, uh, Marty?
00:16:47I asked my mom to ask you...
00:16:49Ask me what?
00:16:51Well, then I guess she didn't. Um...
00:16:54Ask me what?
00:16:56Well, I was telling Mommy that my friend Malcolm is coming from New York for the summer.
00:17:00You know, his parents wanted to get him out of the city, and...
00:17:03You want some Jack or you want some chair, huh?
00:17:09Anyway, um...
00:17:12You know, his family has treated me like their own daughter,
00:17:15and I was wondering, you know, if we move a mattress into the den, could he stay?
00:17:19Absolutely not. No boys stay in the house.
00:17:24I'm almost 20 years old. My mother said it was all right.
00:17:28Look, I make the rules around here. No boys in the house, and that is it.
00:17:40Why does he always have to do this when it's my family?
00:17:43You said you were going to ask him.
00:17:45About what?
00:17:46About Malcolm.
00:17:48Oh, I did ask him. He said he'd have to think about it.
00:17:54What do you want me to do?
00:17:56He's only coming tonight, Ma.
00:18:05Look, Marty, he's my best friend. He's coming 3,000 miles.
00:18:09I don't care if he comes from Kalamazoo. He can stay in a hotel.
00:18:13He can come here to swim.
00:18:17Look, the truth is, he's gay. We're like sisters.
00:18:21Well, now he's not swimming here. No fairies in my pool.
00:18:25Fairies? Are you from the Ice Age? They're called gay.
00:18:30Gay, get it? Because they're happy.
00:18:32Happy fairies.
00:18:34I knew you would say no.
00:18:37Certainly I'm going to say no. He is not staying in my house.
00:18:41Your house. Your pool. Your kingdom, Mr. Big Authority.
00:18:46As it so happens, it is my mother's house, and it was her parents'.
00:18:49You know you better quit while you're ahead.
00:18:52That's just swell.
00:18:55My best friend can't come and stay for one summer,
00:18:58but your mistresses can call all day long.
00:19:01You were just lucky my mother's in denial.
00:19:03She only sees what she wants to. The rest of us know that.
00:19:06Wendy?
00:19:08Why did you have to marry him? We were fine before.
00:19:12She's done.
00:19:15She's home from college for the summer. I don't want any trouble.
00:19:19I'm going.
00:19:22Now you're going, like a good girl.
00:19:25I'm not going.
00:19:27I'm not going.
00:19:29I'm not going.
00:19:31I'm not going.
00:19:33I'm going.
00:19:35Now you're going, like that?
00:19:38I'm going for the grub. There's nothing to eat in this house.
00:19:41You look like a ghoul.
00:19:43I think I look good.
00:19:45Now what are boys going to say when they see you walking around like that?
00:19:48Well, they'll think that she comes from the circus. Bozo.
00:19:52If anyone looks like a circus performer, it's you.
00:19:55And plus, that's not my aim in life, to have a boyfriend.
00:19:59I hate men.
00:20:01You're a beautiful girl. I don't know why you have to mess yourself up.
00:20:05Beauty sucks.
00:20:07Don't say that word.
00:20:09It's an onomatopoeia. Sounds like it means sucks.
00:20:13Watch it.
00:20:15Can we just go?
00:20:17Wendy!
00:20:31Tracy, sit in front with me.
00:20:33I want to sit with you, Mom.
00:20:35You'll sit in front with me. I'm your mother. Come on.
00:20:43Call me air. I can't breathe.
00:20:46Hold your horses.
00:20:48Mom, I'm going to barf.
00:20:50Shit. What now?
00:20:52I forgot the cake.
00:20:55Now you can have a firmer fanny with the Fanny Sizer from Farm Co.
00:21:00Just shake, shake...
00:21:02What the hell is it?
00:21:05Mira, I don't see the ivy's been watered.
00:21:08Why don't you do it yourself?
00:21:10You're lazy, Senor Swell.
00:21:12You'd be sad when you see you're no more lazy.
00:21:15Then no more work.
00:21:17Then you and Chrissy no more home.
00:21:19Then back to El Casa y Médico.
00:21:22Heidi!
00:21:39Move over!
00:21:41I am.
00:21:42More!
00:21:44Where is it?
00:21:47Try to let her, Missy Swell.
00:21:49Marty!
00:21:51Is my sister's cake in there?
00:21:57We're leaving as soon as I find it.
00:22:12Shit.
00:22:14Shit.
00:22:26Honey, you gotta stop calling me here.
00:22:29Marty...
00:22:31Let me call you.
00:22:33You said you were going to take me to Palm Springs today.
00:22:36You promised!
00:22:44Mira, make me some meat, huh?
00:22:46Papi, want some kippers?
00:22:48No, I've had my breakfast, son.
00:22:50It's almost lunchtime.
00:22:52I don't want to be any trouble.
00:22:54No trouble, Bob. Right, Mira?
00:22:56No problem.
00:23:05Ernie! Baby, you're back!
00:23:08How you doing, man?
00:23:10It is good to see you.
00:23:12Is that you out of the slammer?
00:23:14Hey, Pamela. Lovely as ever.
00:23:16She sure is.
00:23:18Pammy's grown since the last time you seen her, Ernie.
00:23:20She's a big girl now.
00:23:22Big.
00:23:25Not out of the bottle.
00:23:27It makes me feel like I'm in a commercial.
00:23:29I don't care how it makes you feel.
00:23:31Not out of the bottle. It's disgusting.
00:23:34Cleanup is expected to complete in two days.
00:23:36Damage to homes and property is pegged at three.
00:23:40Excellent kippers, Mira. Excellent.
00:23:44Hello, Ernie.
00:23:47I'm going to call Sherry and tell her we'll be there for dessert, okay?
00:23:50We have to. We're bringing the cake.
00:23:56If I ever find the goddamn thing.
00:23:59Hey, Sherry! Are you coming?
00:24:03I have the cake. We're coming.
00:24:05Why are you doing this to me?
00:24:07Why does everything have to be about you?
00:24:12Oh, well...
00:24:14I'm your baby sister. I need you here.
00:24:27What do you want me to say?
00:24:29I can't get any cooperation around here.
00:24:32Honey, I'm going to have to call you back.
00:24:34Are you ever going to bring me my cake?
00:24:37What do you want to go there for?
00:24:39You said we were going to Europe in the fall.
00:24:50Breaking the chain.
00:24:54That's not it.
00:25:02Everybody outside.
00:25:03It's mine.
00:25:04Everybody outside.
00:25:05No.
00:25:06What are you doing? This is my stuff.
00:25:07I told you not to touch my stuff.
00:25:09Get out of here, you little brat.
00:25:11Get out of my bathroom.
00:25:14We can go to Europe any time.
00:25:16In Philly, we can stay with Sally and the kids.
00:25:18I am not staying with your sister.
00:25:20There's no vacation for me.
00:25:22I'm still recovering from when they were here at Christmas.
00:25:26So am I recovering.
00:25:28In my wallet.
00:25:34Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Vegas.
00:25:36The money just goes like water.
00:25:41I see a finger up there.
00:25:42It must be the number one.
00:25:44That is correct.
00:25:45It is the number one on our way to ten.
00:25:48That's why I'm thinking, honey.
00:25:50We should take advantage of this.
00:25:52Don't you want to see someplace new?
00:25:54My daughter has been to Europe twice already.
00:25:57And I've never been.
00:25:59Honey, we're going to come home broke.
00:26:01Okay?
00:26:02I mean, I hear the food is lousy.
00:26:04They make these tiny little sandwiches.
00:26:06And all that walking you got to do it.
00:26:08That's a fortune of love and shoes.
00:26:22Don't you have any sense of appreciation of beauty?
00:26:26The only time that I've been out of the country
00:26:29is when I went to Canada with Ted.
00:26:31Yeah.
00:26:32Look where beauty got him, huh?
00:26:33In the poorhouse.
00:26:39What are you complaining about, huh?
00:26:41You have a house, a pool, a fancy car.
00:26:44It's always in the shop.
00:26:46So it's in the shop. It's still yours.
00:26:48It's got a license that reads Swell too, huh?
00:26:52Look, what do you want now? What else?
00:26:53What do you want? What? What?
00:26:54Look, I'm not saying that Ted is a better man than you.
00:26:58He's a bum.
00:26:59Don't you call my father a bum.
00:27:01Look, any man who doesn't support his kid is a bum.
00:27:04Give me that.
00:27:06Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:27:08What do you think you're doing?
00:27:09Cut it out.
00:27:11What do you think you're doing, you little buggers?
00:27:13Give me the remote.
00:27:14Grandpa!
00:27:15What are you wearing those crosses for?
00:27:18You're a little Jewish girl.
00:27:19Didn't you know that?
00:27:26Dear Reverend Tom,
00:27:28you and only you have helped me to see the way each day.
00:27:35Even in my saddest times,
00:27:37when I feel like the little meatball
00:27:41that's first to be eaten on a plate of spaghetti,
00:27:45I know the work of God is being done.
00:27:49And I become happy,
00:27:52accepting myself for exactly who I am.
00:27:56I know that evil will get its just due in this world,
00:28:00but it's hard waking up to it each day.
00:28:05I am sending you another $50
00:28:08so that you can keep on helping people like me.
00:28:11I love you very much.
00:28:14Hugs and kisses,
00:28:16Estelle Rodriguez.
00:28:19Freeze!
00:28:50What did you say?
00:28:52I said I'm going to turn that music down, young lady.
00:29:13I didn't know it was bothering anyone.
00:29:15It should take a minute or two.
00:29:17I'm not bothering anyone.
00:29:18It should take a minute to clean this thing out
00:29:20before you go sunbathing.
00:29:24Well, I thought it would be okay to relax for a few minutes.
00:29:27I only slept an hour on the plane.
00:29:32Your sister's been cleaning up out here all year.
00:29:36Am I supposed to feel guilty because I've been away at school?
00:29:39Don't be ridiculous.
00:29:40I'm just saying you're going to have to help out around here this summer.
00:29:44Who said I wouldn't help?
00:29:45It's just...
00:29:47I came home to try to get some writing done.
00:29:49Not about all the promotion.
00:29:51I don't know how you could forget.
00:29:56I thought you said you were going to work.
00:30:00That is work, Mom.
00:30:06I only paid for my own ticket.
00:30:10Look, you had a job at the university.
00:30:13When I was your age, I never took a vacation.
00:30:17When you were my age, you were married and pregnant with me.
00:30:20No difference.
00:30:22There is a difference.
00:30:23It's a different world, Mom.
00:30:26God, you will just never let me be
00:30:27because I didn't work at Sparky Shoe Repair for 10 bucks a week when I was 13.
00:30:32My father wanted me to learn the value of a dollar.
00:30:38I never expected to live off of them when I was grown up.
00:30:41Don't worry.
00:30:42I don't expect anything from you.
00:30:47Besides, look who's talking.
00:30:49You live in your parents' house and your husband hardly has a job.
00:30:52He is a responsible man.
00:30:54He brings in a good living.
00:30:56More than your own father.
00:31:03Hey, I know that guy.
00:31:05Factor fiction.
00:31:06You need a reason to sue somebody.
00:31:09Fiction.
00:31:10Factor fiction.
00:31:11You need substantial evidence or a reliable eyewitness to prove a crime.
00:31:17Fiction again.
00:31:18Factor fiction.
00:31:20You don't need lots of money to take legal action.
00:31:25Fact.
00:31:27He got Barry a lot of money when he sued Pansky Law.
00:31:31Why'd he sue him?
00:31:32He made it look like he tripped on the hanger
00:31:34and then made it look like it was their fault.
00:31:37This guy got him a lot of money.
00:31:40Lewis, Lewis, Lewis and Clark.
00:31:42Four fellas you can trust.
00:31:45That's 1-800-G-E-T-H-E-F.
00:31:52Don't be a wimp.
00:31:53Send your kid to college.
00:31:56You must be Marty.
00:31:58I'm the handyman.
00:32:01Hold on.
00:32:11Oh, hello.
00:32:13Hello.
00:32:15Hello.
00:32:17Hello.
00:32:19Hello.
00:32:21Hello.
00:32:22Hello.
00:32:23Hello.
00:32:25Hello.
00:32:27Marty?
00:32:30Yeah, I'm Marty.
00:32:32Malcolm.
00:32:33Hi.
00:32:34You met Ernest here?
00:32:36Ernest.
00:32:38Huh.
00:32:39English?
00:32:40That's right. Born and raised.
00:32:42But I live in Manhattan now, though.
00:32:47I always thought moms and dads were supposed to love each other.
00:32:55Wendy, someone at the door for you.
00:32:58For me?
00:33:01Oh, this is Malcolm here, Papa.
00:33:03He's from Great Britain.
00:33:08What you studying this year, mija?
00:33:13Literature, philosophy.
00:33:15Well, that sounds interesting.
00:33:25It is.
00:33:27Your hair's so pretty.
00:33:35You're all grown up.
00:33:38Oh, yeah.
00:33:42You know, you should think about college one day, Estelle.
00:33:50No, really, I mean it.
00:33:52You're only four years older than me.
00:33:55Come on, let's go.
00:34:01I meant to get you a present for your birthday, but I forgot.
00:34:03I promise I'm going to get you one this summer.
00:34:05Don't be silly.
00:34:07I came here in 1921.
00:34:09My parents packed me away in a pot-bellied stove.
00:34:18What are you doing here?
00:34:20I caught an early flight on standby.
00:34:22Been up all night.
00:34:24Too much coke.
00:34:26You look smart.
00:34:28Could use a swim myself.
00:34:35Can you believe these dogs?
00:34:37Always the same story.
00:34:39Mom, this is Malcolm.
00:34:41Hello.
00:34:43Hello.
00:34:44I must say, beauty certainly does run in the family.
00:34:47Oh.
00:34:48I just wanted to show him your bathroom, Mom.
00:34:50Oh.
00:34:51It's a trip.
00:34:52Oh, I hope Marty didn't leave it in the mess.
00:35:09Fuck.
00:35:11Marty, what am I going to do with you?
00:35:13You are such a slob.
00:35:16It's...
00:35:19It's...
00:35:22It's...
00:35:25Absolutely fabulous.
00:35:29There's the damn cake.
00:35:33That kid...
00:35:34English, you know?
00:35:36What?
00:35:37You know...
00:35:39Him?
00:35:41Nah.
00:35:42Not him.
00:35:43Not him.
00:35:44No, I'm telling you, Ernie.
00:35:46Wendy told me.
00:35:47I've known plenty of them where I've been.
00:35:49You ain't like them.
00:35:51Hey, this is the more refined kind.
00:35:53Different kind of breed.
00:35:55I saw the way you looked at Wendy back there.
00:35:58It's time to be Mom again.
00:36:00I found it!
00:36:02Let's go.
00:36:05This is my grandparents' house.
00:36:07You know, all the best memories I have of being a kid were here.
00:36:10Oh, look, the waterfall's working.
00:36:12I love the waterfall.
00:36:14Do you see this rock garden?
00:36:16I love the rock garden.
00:36:18My grandpa built this for me.
00:36:20Well, I helped him.
00:36:21I helped him pick out all the little people and little animals.
00:36:24There's the goose.
00:36:25There's the bunny.
00:36:26Chipper the bunny.
00:36:27I call him Chipper because he looks so chipper.
00:36:30And there's the turtle.
00:36:32And this is the princess.
00:36:34Oh, and the elf.
00:36:36I love the elf.
00:36:37He's my favorite.
00:36:38I used to spend hours sitting next to that elf.
00:36:40I need to challenge her a little drinking.
00:36:46So what are we waiting for?
00:36:48I can't leave right now, doll.
00:36:50Ernie's here.
00:36:51Hey, don't mind me.
00:36:53No, I can't leave my right-hand man all alone while I'm having a ball at the party.
00:36:59Maybe you want to come?
00:37:01Uh, Marty, could I talk to you for a second?
00:37:04All right, Ernie, all right, all right, all right.
00:37:07Help me!
00:37:09I'm not taking him to Sherry's.
00:37:11He's a thief.
00:37:12He just got out of jail.
00:37:13How many times do I have to tell you?
00:37:15He didn't do it.
00:37:16He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
00:37:19You know Ernie.
00:37:20He's not too bright.
00:37:21I mean, he didn't know how to defend himself.
00:37:24Why do you always have to make things so difficult for me?
00:37:27Your father lives here to grab the slack, doll.
00:37:34I'm getting on.
00:37:35No, I want to.
00:37:36It's my house.
00:37:37I can't swim.
00:37:38Go buy one.
00:37:46Marty distributes to vending machines.
00:37:50But he used to stock hotel bars.
00:37:53Wow.
00:37:55The whole closet's full of his stuff.
00:37:57It's just sitting around collecting dust.
00:37:59Nobody touches it.
00:38:06Cool.
00:38:14Did you get this?
00:38:19Scored a Q.P. in Washington Square.
00:38:23What can I say, Ernie?
00:38:24You can't go anywhere without me.
00:38:25Don't worry about it.
00:38:26Hey, Marilyn.
00:38:27We're going!
00:38:28Shit!
00:38:36You're such a degenerate.
00:38:46Maybe you could pay me for half of that.
00:38:48See, you're smoking it too.
00:38:55I'm serious.
00:39:03Just one more hit.
00:39:06Ugh.
00:39:22Bitch!
00:39:24Mom!
00:39:26Mom!
00:39:29Help! Mom!
00:39:36Help!
00:39:47Help!
00:39:48I don't like the sound of that.
00:40:02Will you look at that?
00:40:03I can't believe it.
00:40:07Gracie!
00:40:09Hey, little hero.
00:40:11Gracie, what's going on?
00:40:13What is going on?
00:40:16What's going on?
00:40:17It's a lie.
00:40:18She lied to me.
00:40:20My little hero.
00:40:22Marilyn, call the papers.
00:40:23What, are you crazy?
00:40:24I happen to be serious.
00:40:25This is big news item.
00:40:26Caught.
00:40:27Saved by Tyke.
00:40:28I like that.
00:40:29Honey, go get me the towel.
00:40:31I'm telling you, Marilyn.
00:40:32They're going to eat this thing up by tomorrow.
00:40:33The phone is going to be ringing off the hook.
00:40:35Oh, just what we need.
00:40:55Focus.
00:40:58Focus.
00:41:05Oh, my God.
00:41:35Why don't you come on over here and sit next to me?
00:42:06Ha ha.
00:42:14Do you remember all the fun we had at the G-spot last week?
00:42:19I was totally blasted.
00:42:21So was I.
00:42:36Wendy.
00:42:39If you don't get off me, I'm going to fuck your lights out.
00:42:41And it won't be sweet.
00:42:46I should call Brian.
00:42:48What for?
00:42:50He's out here.
00:42:51Comes from L.A.
00:42:56He said he'd take me clubbing.
00:42:58We'll go to clubs.
00:42:59We'll do all kinds of cool things.
00:43:01Don't get sarcastic with me.
00:43:02I'm just so sick and tired of doing this crappy little stupid story.
00:43:06Put the camera over there.
00:43:08Wendy, there's paparazzi out here.
00:43:11Do you have the keys?
00:43:12What do you think they want?
00:43:15I don't know.
00:43:17Some famous athlete moved in across the street.
00:43:19There's always shit going on.
00:43:26Right this way, boys.
00:43:28Come on in.
00:43:30Channel 81.
00:43:36Okay, okay.
00:43:38You stand right here.
00:43:39Are you family?
00:43:42All right, you.
00:43:45Okay.
00:43:46Of course, we're family.
00:43:47We know that.
00:43:52Hi, I'm Pam.
00:43:53Hi.
00:43:54Nice camera.
00:43:56Pam.
00:43:57Hi.
00:43:58Nice camera.
00:44:00I'm the neglected middle child.
00:44:04What the?
00:44:05Caught.
00:44:06Saved by Tyke.
00:44:07That was my idea.
00:44:09For the record, Tracy, she's my half-sister.
00:44:12Think you could spit some water out of your mouth?
00:44:15Oh, must be the times.
00:44:17Are you family?
00:44:18God, no.
00:44:21But I live here.
00:44:22Let's just get a shot over here, all right?
00:44:28Hello?
00:44:48My name's Steve, and this is Rafael.
00:44:49We're from the Helping Hands program.
00:44:51We're asking for donations from the community to help send inner-city kids like Rafael to summer camp.
00:44:57Oh.
00:44:59Will you take a check?
00:45:01Sure.
00:45:02Okay, just a minute.
00:45:06What a babe.
00:45:11Will you take cash?
00:45:12No problem.
00:45:14Okay.
00:45:19I'm the boss, sir.
00:45:20I'm the boss.
00:45:21Can we take pictures here of me and my two girls?
00:45:23I'm directing the show.
00:45:25Get that kid back.
00:45:26We need her.
00:45:27Marty, will you give me ten bucks?
00:45:29The water man's here.
00:45:31What water man? We don't get no water.
00:45:33Mom ordered it.
00:45:34The tap's disgusting.
00:45:36It's true.
00:45:37Tap water is very unhealthy.
00:45:40They only give us filter in this climate.
00:45:43Yeah, well, I just don't like her ordering things without informing me.
00:45:46I'm sure it wasn't oversight.
00:45:47Just give me ten bucks, Marty.
00:45:49Well, tell him to wait. I'm busy here.
00:45:52Don't get smart with me.
00:45:54Okay.
00:45:55Which would that woman if she could have at least come in with a close-up?
00:45:57I mean, nice tight shot of the kid.
00:45:59So, do you have ten bucks?
00:46:01What's the what?
00:46:02It's for a good cause.
00:46:04Let me see.
00:46:10Wendy!
00:46:12Can we get this patio furniture out of here?
00:46:14You know, we need to get the patio furniture out.
00:46:16Create some space.
00:46:17No, you need it out completely.
00:46:19Brian!
00:46:21Dude!
00:46:23Malky!
00:46:25You're here!
00:46:28Yeah!
00:46:30Yeah, I'm here.
00:46:31Aren't you going to the freaking party?
00:46:33Welcome to Smelly, baby.
00:46:44Shit.
00:46:45Shit.
00:46:47I know mom keeps a hundred bucks in here somewhere for emergencies.
00:46:52I'm sorry, Pammy.
00:46:53I'm just going to have to wait until your mommy pays me next.
00:46:58Dang, Estelle!
00:46:59Why do you have to give all your money to that stupid preacher?
00:47:09Where are you?
00:47:10In the valley.
00:47:12Nah, it sucks.
00:47:14With Wendy?
00:47:15That wench?
00:47:17How gross.
00:47:21You do want to see me, don't you?
00:47:24Yeah.
00:47:26Yeah.
00:47:38Why don't you get that pretty little butt of yours up here and join the party?
00:47:43Huh?
00:47:44No, I'm coming.
00:47:45I'm coming.
00:47:46Trust me.
00:47:48Mom, the water man.
00:47:50I'm stuck with your story about that water man.
00:47:53I am not giving you money for drugs.
00:47:57What's all the racket?
00:47:58We're going to be in the news, Pop.
00:48:00It's Grandpa.
00:48:01Grandpa won't swell to you.
00:48:03I'm in hell.
00:48:04I'm in hell.
00:48:05I'm in, I'm in, I'm in...
00:48:06Order help.
00:48:08Okay, I'm checking.
00:48:09I'm in swell hell.
00:48:11Then we're going to go on Saturday.
00:48:12We're going to go to a date.
00:48:13Yeah, that's out.
00:48:15For the house.
00:48:16Oh, not now, Dad.
00:48:18I've got my hands full.
00:48:21Go ahead, Ernie.
00:48:22Get him.
00:48:23Get the dog.
00:48:24Okay, let's do a rehearsal.
00:48:25Look right into the camera and tell us what happened.
00:48:29I was trying to help her get the raft out of the pool, and then she fell in.
00:48:33I yelled for help, but no one heard me.
00:48:35They had the TV on.
00:48:36Don't say that, Tracy.
00:48:37I mean...
00:48:42Jesus, Pop.
00:48:43What is it?
00:48:44Over the house.
00:48:48Well, that's really sweet of you, Pop.
00:48:50Look here, Ernie.
00:48:51Pop's contributing.
00:48:52You see this, Marilyn?
00:48:54It's a very thoughtful gesture.
00:48:56Where did you get these, Pop?
00:48:59Carl's Jr.
00:49:02Carl's Jr.?
00:49:03No kidding.
00:49:05You'll never guess who I saw while I was there.
00:49:08Terry Grant.
00:49:11Terry Grant's dead, Pop.
00:49:12No, no, no.
00:49:13It was Terry Grant.
00:49:15Handsome devil.
00:49:16But I kept saying to myself,
00:49:18what is Terry Grant doing in Carl's Jr.?
00:49:34Let me see that face.
00:49:35Let me see that face.
00:49:36Perfect.
00:49:37Perfect.
00:49:38Okay.
00:49:39Hold that, okay?
00:49:42It's the best I can do.
00:49:44I don't think you understand, Mary.
00:49:45We need funds to help send the kids to the summer camp.
00:49:48This is...
00:49:49You mean you don't want it?
00:49:53Fine, you don't want it.
00:49:59I hate this house.
00:50:06This is not what I expected.
00:50:08It's nothing like what I expected.
00:50:10What did you expect?
00:50:12What did I expect?
00:50:13Yeah, what did you expect?
00:50:14A little bit more than this shit.
00:50:16A bunch of weirdos.
00:50:18I need a bathroom.
00:50:19Do you have a bathroom?
00:50:21Hey, Stell.
00:50:23Want to go to church?
00:50:30Hey, Stell.
00:50:31You want to come to church with me?
00:50:36Fuck.
00:50:37Sucks!
00:50:41Why can't you drive me to Brian's?
00:50:43You were supposed to come here to see me.
00:50:45We were supposed to be together.
00:50:47Brian's parents are gone for the summer.
00:50:50He's all alone in some huge mansion in Bel-Air.
00:50:53Brian's a creep.
00:50:58He's okay company if you're not sober.
00:51:10Well, give me 20 bucks.
00:51:13I'll take a cab.
00:51:17I blew all my money coming back from duty free.
00:51:20Dad will wire me some more cash tomorrow.
00:51:23I don't have 20 bucks.
00:51:27Ask your mother.
00:51:31You are so pathetic.
00:51:33You are the most selfish, immature narcissist.
00:51:37At least I'm not some pretentious suburban wannabe like you.
00:51:45Leave! Leave if you want!
00:51:47Fine.
00:51:49I guess I'll just have to call Brian then, won't I?
00:51:52Ask him to come and pick me up.
00:52:07Hello.
00:52:20Excuse me, sir. Mr. Swell.
00:52:22Mr. Swell, could you please come over here?
00:52:24Yes. We want to interview you and ask you what happened.
00:52:27Okay.
00:52:28Okay.
00:52:30Kinda like Lawrence Welk, huh?
00:52:32A little bit.
00:52:34Okay.
00:52:36How have you been?
00:52:37Oh, fine.
00:52:39How are you?
00:52:40I'm good.
00:52:41Okay.
00:52:42You look great.
00:52:47Welcome.
00:52:50Do you wanna...
00:52:52Do you wanna go to church sometime?
00:52:55You go to church?
00:52:56Yeah.
00:52:57Really?
00:52:58I didn't think of you as a church man, really.
00:53:01I'm a church man. St. Christopher.
00:53:04Oh, that's beautiful.
00:53:06That's beautiful.
00:53:36How many times do we get to be on the news, huh?
00:53:38On full color and TV and everyone's gonna watch you.
00:53:42Your family priest might see you back in, you know, New York.
00:53:46Who knows? New Jersey.
00:53:48This is really great.
00:53:49We can't blow this one, Marilyn.
00:53:51We gotta have this one.
00:53:54What a day! All this excitement!
00:53:56No different from any other day.
00:53:58Right, hon?
00:54:03I've had it with these backyard stories!
00:54:07I want to do hard news!
00:54:24Thanks so much for the hospitality.
00:54:26Oh, you're most welcome.
00:54:31Anytime, Judy.
00:54:36Bye.
00:54:48Randy?
00:54:52You all right?
00:54:54Leave me alone.
00:54:59Leave me alone.
00:55:01Look, I know, I know your friend left and you're upset about it.
00:55:08You don't understand.
00:55:10Well, he seemed to take it very well.
00:55:18What is it, honey?
00:55:20What is it?
00:55:25What is it, Casanova?
00:55:27What is it?
00:55:31I'm in love with him.
00:55:36Oh.
00:55:37Well, he seemed to be a very nice young man.
00:55:42He's not.
00:55:46He said he was coming here to see me.
00:55:49He just ended up using me for his own pathetic purposes.
00:56:01Have you two been intimate?
00:56:06Yes.
00:56:10And then he just pretended like it didn't even happen.
00:56:14I hate men.
00:56:19And I hate Marty.
00:56:21Him and that disgusting convict chased him away.
00:56:24No.
00:56:25And I hate Marty.
00:56:26Him and that disgusting convict chased him away.
00:56:29No.
00:56:30You don't know that.
00:56:32I do.
00:56:35And you're so low class.
00:56:37You know, nobody even understands why you married that pig.
00:56:42Wendy, please.
00:56:44Why did you marry him?
00:56:47Well, he used to be really nice to me.
00:57:02Now, there's a little kind of a business matter I've been meaning to talk to you about.
00:57:08What is it?
00:57:10Well, I've been thinking about it.
00:57:12There's a little kind of a business matter I've been meaning to talk to you about.
00:57:17Oh, no.
00:57:19I ain't done my time.
00:57:21No, wait, wait. Ernie, baby, that was not my fault, okay?
00:57:25I mean, I just sold him the machine.
00:57:27How was I supposed to know that these bums were going to put an alarm on it?
00:57:30I mean, who ever heard of such a thing, huh?
00:57:32A lock, maybe, but not an alarm.
00:57:38I'll try to get you out of there.
00:57:42Yeah?
00:57:45Well, thanks for coming to visit.
00:57:48And the cookies.
00:57:51Hey, the least I can do for my partner, huh?
00:57:59Now, look, this situation, no risk.
00:58:06Marilyn's got this coat.
00:58:09Mint coat.
00:58:10Huh?
00:58:11She don't use it no more because it's a gift I got her, you know, about ten years ago when we were dating.
00:58:18We keep her insurance on it.
00:58:21So the coat is still worth a lot.
00:58:24Get my drift?
00:58:25Yeah.
00:58:26Okay.
00:58:28I think.
00:58:29Good.
00:58:30What I'm suggesting is, take a look at the coat, huh?
00:58:35It's in the closet in the study, in Estelle's room.
00:58:39Estelle ain't there at night because she's up there watching that preacher man she's so much in love with, you know?
00:58:44What I want you to do is, examine the merchandise, okay?
00:58:49Take the coat with you and then see if you can find us a buyer.
00:58:54We make an insurance claim on it like it's been stolen.
00:58:57And Marilyn, she buys herself a new coat.
00:59:01Hey, she's going to be a lot more happier.
00:59:04And we keep the money.
00:59:06Exactly, yeah.
00:59:0850-50 this time.
00:59:11Partner.
00:59:16Wait, hold, hold.
00:59:17Let Estelle get it.
00:59:18She's the maid.
00:59:20Estelle, the doorbell.
00:59:28Oh, hi Mike.
00:59:29Is Wendy here?
00:59:31She's in her room.
00:59:33You could go on back.
00:59:36Hey, hi Mike.
00:59:37How's school?
00:59:39Good, Mr. Swell.
00:59:40Real good.
00:59:45I'm joining the college track team this fall.
00:59:47Important for a man to be able to run, huh?
00:59:57Hello.
01:00:04It's for you.
01:00:11Marty Swell.
01:00:14Peggy.
01:00:15Shut it, you lying prick.
01:00:16You have lied to me since the day we met.
01:00:19Peggy, calm down.
01:00:20Take it easy.
01:00:36Wendy?
01:00:40Mike?
01:00:45I heard you were home.
01:00:51Home.
01:00:53God, I wish it was a place that felt like home.
01:01:01Tell me about it.
01:01:02I've been home a week.
01:01:03My parents are already driving me nuts.
01:01:06I know.
01:01:29I'm headed back to Berkeley tonight.
01:01:31Tonight?
01:01:32What am I going to hang out with all summer?
01:01:34You want to do a bong hit?
01:01:37Why not?
01:01:40Fuck reality.
01:01:54I can just see you in New York.
01:01:56Sitting in the back of a cab.
01:01:58Going down Fifth Avenue.
01:02:00Smoking a doobie.
01:02:02Why don't you come and visit?
01:02:04Yeah.
01:02:33You should come to Berkeley if you want to get away.
01:02:37I'll make you bed on the dorm floor.
01:03:02Sometimes I just fantasize about never coming back.
01:03:09Mike?
01:03:11Did you see a car here when you drove up?
01:03:13Your mom's car?
01:03:15No.
01:03:16Marty's.
01:03:17The Caddy.
01:03:18My mom's is in the shop.
01:03:20No, I don't think so.
01:03:23Oh, God.
01:03:25What's wrong?
01:03:26No, no.
01:03:27No, no.
01:03:28No.
01:03:29No, he couldn't have done that to me.
01:03:30No, that's just...
01:03:31That's just way too fucked.
01:03:33That's just way too fucked.
01:03:36What's going on?
01:03:41Okay, maybe they went.
01:03:43Maybe Mom saw us.
01:03:45Maybe Mom saw us.
01:03:46Maybe Mom saw us.
01:03:47Maybe Mom saw us.
01:03:48Maybe Mom saw us.
01:03:49Maybe Mom saw us.
01:03:50Maybe Mom saw us.
01:03:51Maybe Mom went alone.
01:03:53Maybe Marty left with that jerk.
01:03:55Is there something I can do?
01:03:57Listen, Mike.
01:03:58I think something really bad has gone down.
01:04:00I mean, really bad.
01:04:02Are you sure you're not just being paranoid?
01:04:05I don't know, maybe.
01:04:07Oh, God, I hope so.
01:04:09I think.
01:04:10I'm not sure.
01:04:11Listen, can you just hang out a second?
01:04:14You just might be witness to a murder.
01:04:16Mine.
01:04:21Mine.
01:04:52Oh.
01:04:54You scared me.
01:04:55What is it?
01:04:57Um, nothing.
01:04:58I thought maybe you went to the party.
01:05:00After today?
01:05:01Forget it.
01:05:02I'm pooped.
01:05:03I'll take Sherry for breakfast this week.
01:05:06For her birthday.
01:05:07Oh, dinner.
01:05:08Well, maybe I'll have dinner with you.
01:05:10Oh, dinner.
01:05:11Well, maybe I'll have dinner with you.
01:05:12After today?
01:05:13Forget it.
01:05:14I'm pooped.
01:05:15I'll take Sherry for breakfast this week.
01:05:17For her birthday.
01:05:18Oh, dinner.
01:05:19Well, maybe I'll have dinner with you.
01:05:20Oh, dinner.
01:05:21Well, maybe we'll get takeout, huh?
01:05:22Maybe Ty?
01:05:24Delivery?
01:05:25Yeah, I'll have it delivered.
01:05:26I'm not going anywhere.
01:05:28Okay, that's a good idea, Mom.
01:05:29You look tired.
01:05:31You rest, okay?
01:05:33Okay.
01:05:35Hmm.
01:05:53Hello?
01:05:55Hi, uh, Mrs. Thomas?
01:05:57Yeah, hi, this is, uh, Wendy.
01:06:00Wendy?
01:06:01Wendy Schumann, you know, uh, Malcolm's friend?
01:06:03You were here for dinner last week, weren't you?
01:06:06We had lamb.
01:06:08Yeah, right, right.
01:06:09Oh, Malcolm's on his way out to see you, isn't he?
01:06:13Has he arrived yet?
01:06:14No.
01:06:15No, he's, he's not here yet.
01:06:17No, I'm expecting him later.
01:06:20Yeah.
01:06:21Um, listen, the reason I'm calling is, um,
01:06:24I just, I just want to know,
01:06:25do you happen to know Malcolm's friend, Brian?
01:06:27Brian?
01:06:29No, I don't think I ever recall Brian having dinner here.
01:06:33No, he, he lives out here in L.A., in Bel Air.
01:06:35I was wondering if, if maybe you knew his number.
01:06:38And why don't you try 411?
01:06:40I don't know his last name.
01:06:49Yeah, well, see, um,
01:06:50I was thinking, you know, since Malcolm's coming out to L.A. and everything, um,
01:06:54that maybe I could get together some of his friends he knew from school,
01:06:57and maybe we could have a little welcome to L.A. party for him.
01:07:00Oh.
01:07:01Yes, I'm sure he'd adore that.
01:07:04Yeah.
01:07:05I know how he likes parties.
01:07:08Look, I'm sorry, dear, I really can't help you,
01:07:10but I just don't recall a Brian.
01:07:13No, no, no, that's okay.
01:07:14I think I have to go now.
01:07:17Bye-bye, dear.
01:07:18Yeah, okay.
01:07:19Bye.
01:07:23Bye.
01:07:26Fuck.
01:07:29What's going on?
01:07:30Something really awful.
01:07:32Come on.
01:07:35You don't understand.
01:07:36I'm talking about Grand Theft Auto here.
01:07:39Huh?
01:07:40All right, look.
01:07:42This friend of mine came from New York for a visit,
01:07:44and he stole the car.
01:07:47Kind of my ex-boyfriend.
01:07:50Your boyfriend?
01:07:51Oh, yeah, it's a long, idiotic story,
01:07:53but this is not just gonna blow over.
01:07:56Oh, God.
01:07:57Do you know where he went?
01:07:58Yeah, to the palace of some queen named Brian in Bel-Air.
01:08:05Can't you call his parents?
01:08:07I tried.
01:08:09Believe me, they don't know anything about Brian.
01:08:15Look, if you know it's in Bel-Air,
01:08:16the cops are gonna track it down.
01:08:19I can't believe he did this to me.
01:08:26Some vacation.
01:08:28It's not your fault.
01:08:30It is.
01:08:31He was my friend, and of course it has to be Marty's car.
01:08:36I just want to disappear and die.
01:08:38Marty?
01:08:57Hey, here it is!
01:08:58That's me, that's me!
01:08:59He too!
01:09:01I helped her get the wrap in the pool, and then she fell in.
01:09:04I jumped in and then I put my arm around her neck and then I carried her to shore.
01:09:10Right. You carried her to shore.
01:09:11Yes.
01:09:12Excuse me, are you with the family?
01:09:14What?
01:09:15Yes.
01:09:16You are with the family? And were you here when she drowned?
01:09:21Yes. I was caught safe by tight.
01:09:24We have two little stars right here at the table.
01:09:27Yeah, and one of them nearly had to drown to get there.
01:09:30Why do you always have to be so negative?
01:09:32Tracy, eat your macaron.
01:09:33I don't want to.
01:09:35It's good. It tastes like candy.
01:09:36I don't want candy for dinner.
01:09:38Where's Wendy?
01:09:39Um, probably in her room, sleeping or crying.
01:09:43I'm going to go tell her we're eating.
01:09:47Why do I have to?
01:09:52Yo, bitch!
01:10:02She's not there, Mom. Maybe she went out.
01:10:04Well, she better not take in the car. She's not insured.
01:10:07I thought you said you were going to take care of that for the summer.
01:10:10Not in my car. She'll drive yours when she gets out of the shop.
01:10:13This calls for a celebration.
01:10:15For the hero.
01:10:17Hooray, yeah!
01:10:18And the heary.
01:10:22Don't we got a danish or something for a candle?
01:10:24My sister's cake.
01:10:26There you go.
01:10:27We might as well use it.
01:10:33Sometimes I envy Estelle.
01:10:36Having something to belong to.
01:10:39Something to believe in.
01:10:41But they are jolly good fellows
01:10:43But they are jolly good fellows
01:10:46And nobody can deny
01:10:49And nobody can deny
01:10:52And nobody can deny
01:10:55But they are jolly good fellows
01:10:57But they are jolly good fellows
01:11:00But they are jolly good fellows
01:11:03Which nobody can deny
01:11:08Warm out! Warm out!
01:11:14Just less than a few hours ago,
01:11:16I still thought someday I'd have a little flat with Malcolm.
01:11:20Maybe a family.
01:11:24Fantasies.
01:11:26How much they fulfill
01:11:29The true sense of the word, they fill you up.
01:11:34When you've been away a while,
01:11:36You think your family has the potential to be the Brady Bunch
01:11:39And it's just your bad attitude that's causing the rupture.
01:11:44But then you get home,
01:11:46And you realize that it's much more than that.
01:11:50That you never felt connected in the first place.
01:11:54If you ever did,
01:11:58It was a long time ago.
01:12:11Why do we need to connect?
01:12:15The highest good we can strive for
01:12:18Is to live with happiness and contentment.
01:12:21Webster's Dictionary defines contentment
01:12:25As the ability to be happy with what one has or is,
01:12:31Not desiring something more or different to be satisfied.
01:12:36The Bible tells us to bless those who persecute you.
01:12:44You needed anything, Pop?
01:12:46It's drafty in here.
01:12:49I'll get you some extra blankets, huh?
01:12:55Why can't we just get by alone?
01:12:59In our own little bubbles.
01:13:26Connections.
01:13:29They seem so fleeting.
01:13:35They come and go,
01:13:37But we want to hold on to them.
01:13:55What?
01:14:08Monty, slow down!
01:14:11Life, obviously, involves a lot more alone time
01:14:15Than it does together time.
01:14:29Even if we're not together,
01:14:31We're still connected.
01:14:34We're connected.
01:14:36We're connected.
01:14:39Even though together
01:14:41Is what we seem to strive for.
01:14:58Oh my God!
01:15:00Oh my God!
01:15:05Oh my God!
01:15:07Give me a hug, please.
01:15:23I thought I heard something.
01:15:25You scared me.
01:15:27You scared the shit out of me. What are you doing?
01:15:30I'm hiding.
01:15:32Don't tell.
01:15:35Why?
01:15:39Malcolm stole the car.
01:15:42No way!
01:15:45Are we gonna bust him?
01:15:48I'm gonna be back in New York.
01:15:50Here.
01:15:53I'm leaving Mom a full electronic explanation.
01:15:58Do you ever see Dad in New York?
01:16:01Sometimes.
01:16:03On holidays.
01:16:05He sent me to stuff walruses last Christmas.
01:16:08Remember how he used to love walruses?
01:16:11When I was six.
01:16:13Yeah, well,
01:16:15I guess that's where he kind of left off.
01:16:19You're so lucky.
01:16:21I mean, you can just go.
01:16:23I'm still in prison.
01:16:25You'll be out soon.
01:16:28When I get older,
01:16:30I'm gonna be a singer
01:16:32in a really cool band.
01:16:34I'm gonna blow everyone away, you watch.
01:16:38And I'm gonna go on tour all around the world.
01:16:43And my picture's gonna be plastered everywhere.
01:16:48And when they wanna see me,
01:16:50they're gonna have to pay.
01:16:52Big time.
01:16:56Good night.
01:17:01I love you.
01:17:05I love you too, sis.
01:17:25I love you too.
01:17:27I love you too.
01:17:53You can just drop me off at SFO.
01:17:55For the next flight.
01:17:57You sure you don't wanna come across the bay?
01:18:00You can crash at my place for a while.
01:18:04No.
01:18:07I gotta get back to New York, you know?
01:18:09Recruit for the summer.
01:18:14I bet I can get my old job back at school.
01:18:19Oh, I need the drive though, you know.
01:18:21Clear my head.
01:18:24Clear out.
01:18:28Mike.
01:18:31Do you ever wonder what your kids will be like?
01:18:34I wonder if they'll have buck teeth like me.
01:18:38If they'll have buck teeth.
01:18:42No.
01:18:44I mean, are they gonna hate us as much as we hate our parents?
01:18:49Have you had the same screwed up relationships?
01:18:54Don't know.
01:18:57They say you end up just like your folks.
01:19:00Come on.
01:19:18Sorry.
01:19:20Bong water.
01:19:22Come on.
01:19:26Mike.
01:19:28I think I need air.
01:19:59What's wrong?
01:20:09I just gotta know. Things'll be different.
01:20:15I'm sorry.
01:20:17I'm sorry.
01:20:19I'm sorry.
01:20:21I'm sorry.
01:20:23I'm sorry.
01:20:25I'm sorry.
01:20:28There's gotta be a chance. Things'll change.
01:20:33I mean, things will be different for us.
01:20:39They will be, when we have our own families, right?
01:20:49Come on.
01:20:54You can sleep in the car.
01:20:56I'll wake you when we get there.
01:21:02That was my last summer home.
01:21:05For a long time, anyway.
01:21:08I thought I'd walk away with all the answers, but...
01:21:12I only ended up with more questions.
01:21:16Never did finish my book.
01:21:19Maybe it'll take a lifetime to get it right.
01:21:22Because the more I wonder...
01:21:25the more I write.
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