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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.
00:02:33Yes, it's adorable.
00:02:34It's adorable.
00:02:35I'm so glad to see you, my darling.
00:02:38I've missed you so much.
00:02:39I can't believe it's been a whole year!
00:02:40Okay.
00:02:41I'm going to get my luggage.
00:02:42Is that your backpack?
00:02:43No, that's not mine.
00:02:44Wait, no, I think that's my suitcase.
00:02:45No, no, it's my suitcase.
00:02:46No, that's not mine.
00:03:01Wait, no, I think that's it over there.
00:03:04Sir, could you help us?
00:03:06Thank you so much.
00:03:07You're such a kind person.
00:03:09I'm sorry.
00:03:10It's okay.
00:03:11No, no, you're a lady.
00:03:13You should let a nice gentleman take your baggage.
00:03:15Thank you so much.
00:03:25Can we go?
00:03:26Of course, honey.
00:03:27I need the keys to open the trunk.
00:03:29All right.
00:03:30Okay, it's just down this aisle.
00:03:31I'm sure of it.
00:03:32Yeah, that's it.
00:03:33That's the car right there.
00:03:34Remember this car?
00:03:35Yeah, I remember it.
00:03:36What is that?
00:03:37A ticket?
00:03:39How could they give me a ticket?
00:03:45How can they give anybody a ticket around here?
00:03:48I'm going to fight this.
00:03:49You didn't put enough change in the meter.
00:03:51Of course I put enough change in the meter.
00:03:53I loaded it up with change.
00:03:55I've been waiting for like a half an hour.
00:03:59How could there be traffic on the 405 at 730 in the morning?
00:04:03LA, Mom, there's always traffic.
00:04:06That's why it's so great in New York.
00:04:07I don't even need a car.
00:04:10You know, I've been talking to Marty about getting one of these car phones.
00:04:13Oh, Mom, that's so Hollywood.
00:04:14They're very expensive.
00:04:15You should see the bills we've been racking up lately.
00:04:17Marty is on the phone all the time.
00:04:23Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
00:04:32Fire!
00:04:34Fire! Fire!
00:04:37My half-sister.
00:04:39Although I'd get a smack if I ever called her half to her face.
00:04:42You ruined the toast and Tracy almost set the goddamn house on fire.
00:04:46I was making pizza.
00:04:47Look, more fire.
00:04:50The housekeeper's daughter.
00:04:52A tidbit of normality.
00:04:55You're right, kid, you're right. Hand me that baking soda.
00:04:58Here, Daddy.
00:04:59Pizza, you're Daddy. You don't have one.
00:05:02Where you been, huh? I've been here waiting for you.
00:05:04Don't aggravate me. The traffic was murder.
00:05:06Yeah, well, the kids 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. You're driving me nuts.
00:05:29Your skin looks good. Real 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. I can't believe you just leave it open.
00:05:44Silly, it's broad daylight. Marty'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? I just got here.
00:06:10What's rape, Mommy?
00:06:12You see? You 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. They exist.
00:06:24Mr. Park, my friend, I was just gonna call you.
00:06:27No, my wife, she tell me call you.
00:06:33Go get ready for the party.
00:06:35What party?
00:06:37Your Aunt Sherry's birthday.
00:06:39I just got off a plane. I'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?
00:06:47You 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?
00:06:59My blood sister gone bad.
00:07:01You know, I'm just gonna 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.
00:07:12The kids, they come, they see the fruit juice,
00:07:14they go to the 7-Eleven mini-mall,
00:07:16and they buy soda and cigarettes.
00:07:18Hey!
00:07:20No!
00:07:22That's my makeup that 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. She's your daughter.
00:07:38Have you cleaned the pool yet?
00:07:40Mr. Swell.
00:07:42Huh?
00:07:43I have to clean the pool. I have to wash the cars.
00:07:45Why can't Estelle do it? She's the maid.
00:07:47She ain't the maid. She 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. It's the age.
00:08:06She's like a firecracker about to explode.
00:08:08Go get ready.
00:08:22No!
00:08:35You give kids what they want, Mr. Park.
00:08:38They pay money.
00:08:40No, we don't make money. We lose money.
00:08:47It reeks of weed, you know?
00:08:49Who cares?
00:08:51I can walk down the hall with a needle sticking out of my arm.
00:08:53You think they'd notice?
00:08:57Here's my brother's shit.
00:08:59And Mr. Swell had to come to your store and wheel away machine.
00:09:04Marty, get on. We have to get going.
00:09:06Then you know be happy, Mr. Park.
00:09:20Oh!
00:09:40The effects of neglect.
00:09:44Are you two ready?
00:09:46I'm not going. I'm grounded.
00:09:49Don't be silly. This is family.
00:09:51I'm not one of you. That's just biological.
00:09:55Oh, that's real nice.
00:09:57What am I going to tell your Aunt Sherry?
00:09:59Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!
00:10:01Hi, honey.
00:10:02I love you, Mommy.
00:10:04I love you, too, sweetheart.
00:10:06Can I go swimming, Mommy?
00:10:08No, we're going to Aunt Sherry's birthday.
00:10:11Oh, Tracy!
00:10:13Oh, you've been tracking it all over the house.
00:10:17It smells.
00:10:18Estelle!
00:10:20Here I am, Mrs. Swell.
00:10:23We were looking everywhere for you.
00:10:26Where have you been?
00:10:28I was jogging.
00:10:30Oh, Tracy stepped in poopoo.
00:10:32Hi. Come here, Tracy.
00:10:34What is this dog doing?
00:10:36I'm sorry, Mrs. Swell. I put him in my room.
00:10:39Come on, dog.
00:10:40Estelle, you don't have to put them in your room.
00:10:43I'll see you next week.
00:10:45Mr. Swell will see you next week, huh?
00:10:48Bye-bye, Mr. Park. Bye-bye.
00:10:51Marty.
00:10:53I'm talking to a client.
00:10:55We are supposed to be at the party already.
00:10:57You're not even dressed.
00:10:58I'm trying to make some money.
00:11:00Party? Party? What's this about a party?
00:11:03Good morning.
00:11:05Did I hear you say good morning, young lady?
00:11:08Good morning, Dad.
00:11:10Now, what's all this about a party?
00:11:12I've been asking you all week.
00:11:14If you wanted to come, you told me no.
00:11:16Nobody told me anything about a party.
00:11:25Well, well, well, look who's here.
00:11:28It's Wilma.
00:11:30Wendy.
00:11:31Did I hear you say good morning?
00:11:34Oh, thank you.
00:11:36Oh, please, Mrs. Swell.
00:11:40Hey, get off of my jacket, Tracy.
00:11:42Tracy, off the jacket.
00:11:45Aren't you coming?
00:11:47Me?
00:11:48Yes, you and Chrissy are part of the family.
00:11:51Me?
00:11:52You and Chrissy are part of the family.
00:12:13The heir, pregnant with chaos.
00:12:17You're hurting me.
00:12:19Say it.
00:12:21No.
00:12:33Wendy, 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.
00:12:41Dad, you coming?
00:12:43I wasn't invited.
00:12:46What?
00:12:48Nothing. Let's go.
00:12:50A salt's coming too?
00:12:52Um, Sherry can use some help in the kitchen.
00:12:55Lock up, Dad.
00:13:03Mom, does he have to smoke that thing?
00:13:06Marty?
00:13:07No, I like cigars, senor Swell.
00:13:09All right, all right. Pipe down, geez.
00:13:12Don't say his name in vain.
00:13:14I didn't. I said, geez, like cheese.
00:13:17Prices tell you I'm making my kid into a fanatic.
00:13:19Let's go. The machine will pick up.
00:13:22My dad might answer. Not know what he's saying.
00:13:25Could be a client.
00:13:27They call all day and night.
00:13:29Could be a deal.
00:13:30Go get it then.
00:13:31You go.
00:13:44Hello?
00:13:46Hello?
00:13:48Hello?
00:13:50Hello?
00:13:52Hello?
00:13:54Hello?
00:13:56Hello?
00:13:58Hello?
00:14:00Hello?
00:14:02Hello?
00:14:04Hello?
00:14:06Hello?
00:14:09They hung up.
00:14:11So?
00:14:13It was that crazy friend of yours, that drunken Peggy person.
00:14:17So what do you want me to do?
00:14:19You expect me to believe that she's a client.
00:14:22Oh, Marty.
00:14:25Hey, I told you. She gives me leans.
00:14:28I gotta be nice to her.
00:14:30Oh, you're so nice.
00:14:32You are nicer to her than you are your own family.
00:14:35Come on, girls. We go pick lemons.
00:14:38Is that the only time you're nice? When you're with your little whore?
00:14:41Hey, hey. Watch your mouth.
00:14:49The familiar isolation.
00:14:54I'll be the mommy picking lemons for my family.
00:14:57I want to.
00:14:59Mommies have blonde hair like me.
00:15:01Chrissy, you let Tracy be the mommy this time.
00:15:03You be it next time.
00:15:05Don't give in to her, Estelle. She's a spoiled little brat.
00:15:08Fuck you!
00:15:10Oh, Mr. Big Shot Nice Guy. Oh, yeah.
00:15:13What do you think? You want to take me for an idiot?
00:15:16You think I'm stupid? Like your first wife?
00:15:18Like Sheila you used to lock in the closet?
00:15:21I'm like no one in the closet. What are you talking about?
00:15:24Yeah, that's not what someone told me.
00:15:26I heard about you and your filthy ways.
00:15:29Your hair's cute.
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.
00:15:49The woman is loony, psycho.
00:15:51Keep it down in there, will ya?
00:15:53The car is still running.
00:15:55Well, turn it off then!
00:15:56I thought we were going!
00:15:58Goodbye, 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, sweet little thing?
00:16:15You want some love, huh?
00:16:17How about Daddy make you some eggs?
00:16:19Some eggs with cheese, huh?
00:16:21We try to bring them with the neighbor's dog,
00:16:24but this one won't give her the time of the day.
00:16:26Your mother thinks she's a homo.
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
00:16:58is 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?
00:17:08Anyway, um...
00:17:12You know, his family has treated me like their own daughter,
00:17:15and I was wondering, you know,
00:17:17if 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.
00:17:27Look, I make the rules around here.
00:17:29No 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.
00:17:52What do you want me to do?
00:17:54He's only coming tonight, Ma.
00:18:04Look, Marty, he's my best friend.
00:18:06He's coming 3,000 miles.
00:18:08I don't care if he comes from Kalamazoo.
00:18:10He can stay in a hotel.
00:18:12He can come here to swim.
00:18:14Look, the truth is, he's gay.
00:18:17We're like sisters.
00:18:19Well, now he's not swimming here.
00:18:21No fairies in my pool.
00:18:23Fairies?
00:18:25Are you from the Ice Age?
00:18:27They're called gay.
00:18:29Gay, get it? Because they're happy.
00:18:31Happy fairies.
00:18:33I knew you would say no.
00:18:36Certainly I'm going to say no.
00:18:38He is not staying in my house.
00:18:40Your house.
00:18:42Your pool.
00:18:43Your kingdom, Mr. Big Authority.
00:18:45As it so happens, it is my mother's house,
00:18:47and it was her parents'.
00:18:49You know you better quit while you're ahead.
00:18:53That'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 see.
00:19:05She wants to see you.
00:19:07You were just lucky my mother's in denial.
00:19:09She only sees what she wants to see.
00:19:11The rest of us knows, you scum.
00:19:13I hope one morning you never wake up.
00:19:19Wendy?
00:19:21Why did you have to marry him?
00:19:23We were fine before.
00:19:26She's done.
00:19:28She's home from college for the summer.
00:19:30I don't want any trouble.
00:19:33I'm going.
00:19:35Where do you think you're going? Like that?
00:19:37I'm going for the grub.
00:19:39There'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.
00:19:50Bozo.
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 such a beautiful girl.
00:20:03You have to mess yourself up.
00:20:05Beauty sucks.
00:20:07Don't say that word.
00:20:09It's an onomatopoeia.
00:20:11Sounds like it means sucks.
00:20:13Watch it.
00:20:15Can we just go?
00:20:17Wendy!
00:20:20Tracy, sit in front with me.
00:20:22I want to sit with you, Mom.
00:20:24You'll sit in front with me. I'm your mother.
00:20:27Come on.
00:20:33Let me air. I can't breathe.
00:20:35Hold your horses.
00:20:37Mom, I'm going to barf.
00:20:39I'm going to barf.
00:20:41I'm going to barf.
00:20:43I'm going to barf.
00:20:45I'm going to barf.
00:20:47Mom, I'm going to barf.
00:20:49Shit.
00:20:50What now?
00:20:51I forgot the cake.
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 Suel.
00:21:12You'll 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 Miracle.
00:21:22Arnie!
00:21:39Move over!
00:21:41I am.
00:21:42More!
00:21:44Shit!
00:21:52Martin!
00:21:54Is my sister's cake in there?
00:22:00We're leaving as soon as I find it.
00:22:14Shit!
00:22:27Honey, you gotta stop calling me here.
00:22:29Marty!
00:22:31Let me call you.
00:22:32You 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.
00:22:51I don't want to be any trouble.
00:22:53No trouble, Bob.
00:22:55Right, Mira?
00:22:56No problem.
00:22:57Attagirl.
00:23:05Ernie!
00:23:06Baby, you're back!
00:23:08How you doing, man?
00:23:10It is good to see you.
00:23:11Did they let you out of the sling?
00:23:13You okay, Pamela?
00:23:15Lovely 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.
00:23:32It's disgusting.
00:23:34Cleanup is expected in at least two days.
00:23:36Damage to homes and property is pegged at three.
00:23:41Excellent kippers, Mira.
00:23:43Excellent.
00:23:45Hello, Ernie.
00:23:48I'm gonna call Sherry and tell her we'll be there for dessert, okay?
00:23:50We have to.
00:23:51We're bringing the cake.
00:23:57If I ever find the goddamn thing.
00:24:00Hey, Sherry!
00:24:01Are you coming?
00:24:03I have the cake.
00:24:04We'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.
00:24:13I'm your baby sister.
00:24:15I need you here.
00:24:27What do you want me to say?
00:24:28I can't get any cooperation around here.
00:24:30Mara, I'm off the phone, huh?
00:24:32Honey, I'm gonna have to call you back.
00:24:34Are you ever gonna 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.
00:25:03Everybody outside.
00:25:04It's mine.
00:25:05Everybody outside.
00:25:06No.
00:25:07What are you doing?
00:25:08This is my stuff.
00:25:09I told you not to touch my stuff.
00:25:10Get out of here, you little brat.
00:25:11Get out of my bathroom.
00:25:14We can go to Europe anytime.
00:25:16In Philly, we can stay with Sally and the kids.
00:25:19I am not staying with your sister.
00:25:21There's no vacation for me.
00:25:23I'm still recovering from when they were here at Christmas.
00:25:29So am I recovering.
00:25:31In my wallet.
00:25:37Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Vegas,
00:25:39the money just goes like water.
00:25:51That's why I'm thinking, honey,
00:25:53we should take advantage of this, okay?
00:25:56Don't you want to see someplace new?
00:25:59My daughter has been to Europe twice already,
00:26:01and I've never been.
00:26:03Honey, we're going to come home broke, okay?
00:26:06I mean, I hear the food is lousy,
00:26:08they make these tiny little sandwiches,
00:26:10and all that walking you've got to do,
00:26:12that'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.
00:26:31Look 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 II, huh?
00:26:51Look, what do you want now, what else?
00:26:53What do you want, what, what?
00:26:55I'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.
00:27:04Get me down at the...
00:27:06Hey, hey, hey, hey, what do you think you're doing?
00:27:09Cut it out.
00:27:11What do you think you're doing, you little buggers?
00:27:14Grandpa!
00:27:16What are you wearing those crosses for?
00:27:18You're a little Jewish girl, didn'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,
00:27:38when 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 peoples like me.
00:28:11I love you very much.
00:28:14Hugs and kisses,
00:28:16Estelle Rodriguez.
00:28:22Freeze!
00:28:53Qu'est-ce que c'est?
00:28:55I said, I'm going to turn that music down, young lady.
00:29:15I didn't know it was bothering anyone.
00:29:18It should take a minute to clean this thing out
00:29:20before you go sunbathing.
00:29:23Well, I thought it would be okay to relax for a few minutes.
00:29:27I only slept an hour on the plane.
00:29:31Your sister's been cleaning up out here all year.
00:29:35Am 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.
00:29:43Who 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. It's a different world, Mom.
00:30:25God, 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.
00:30:42Don't worry. I 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. He brings in a good living.
00:30:56More than your own father.
00:31:03Hey, I know that guy.
00:31:05Factor Fiction. You need a reason to sue somebody.
00:31:09Fiction. Factor Fiction.
00:31:11You need substantial evidence or a reliable eyewitness to prove a crime.
00:31:16Fiction again. Factor 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 Pants Galore.
00:31:30Why'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. Send your kid to college.
00:32:08You must be Marty.
00:32:10I'm the handyman.
00:32:13Hold on.
00:32:26Marty?
00:32:29Yeah, I'm Marty.
00:32:31Malcolm.
00:32:33You met Ernest here?
00:32:36Ernest.
00:32:38English?
00:32:40That's right. Born and raised.
00:32:42But I live in Manhattan now.
00:32:47I always thought moms and dads were supposed to love each other.
00:32:56Wendy, 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.
00:33:07What you studying this year, mija?
00:33:12Literature, philosophy.
00:33:15Well, that sounds interesting.
00:33:24It is.
00:33:26Your hair's so pretty.
00:33:36You'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.
00:34:00I 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?
00:34:20Coronelly 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.
00:34:48Oh.
00:34:49I just wanted to show him your bathroom, Mom.
00:34:51Oh, it's a trip.
00:34:53Oh, I hope Marty didn't leave it in the mess.
00:34:59Fuck.
00:35:01Marty, what am I going to do with you?
00:35:06It's...
00:35:08Do it.
00:35:10It's, um...
00:35:12It's...
00:35:16Absolutely fabulous.
00:35:18Oh.
00:35:20Oh.
00:35:22Oh.
00:35:24Oh.
00:35:26Absolutely fabulous.
00:35:28Oh.
00:35:30There's the damn cake.
00:35:32Oh, Jesus.
00:35:34That kid, English, you know?
00:35:37What?
00:35:38You know...
00:35:40Him?
00:35:42Nah, not 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.
00:35:50They ain't like him.
00:35:51Hey, this is the more refined kind.
00:35:53Different kind of breed.
00:35:55I saw the way he looked at Wendy back there.
00:35:58It's time to go, man.
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.
00:36:15Do you see this rock garden?
00:36:17I love the rock garden.
00:36:18My grandpa built this for me.
00:36:20Well, I helped him with it.
00:36:21I helped him pick out all the little people and little animals.
00:36:24There's the goose.
00:36:26There's the bunny.
00:36:27Chipper, the bunny.
00:36:28I call him Chipper because he looks so Chipper.
00:36:31And there's the turtle.
00:36:32And this is the princess.
00:36:35Oh, 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.
00:36:41I need y'all to have a little drink here.
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.
00:36:53I 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?
00:37:01Marty, could I talk to you for a second?
00:37:04All right, Ernie.
00:37:05All right, all right, all right.
00:37:10I'm not taking him to Sherry's.
00:37:11He's a thief.
00:37:12He just got out of jail.
00:37:14How many times do I got to tell you?
00:37:15He didn't do it.
00:37:17He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
00:37:19You know Ernie.
00:37:20He's not too bright.
00:37:22He 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, Grace.
00:37:30Shut it down.
00:37:34I'm getting on.
00:37:35No, I want to.
00:37:36It's my house.
00:37:37I can't swim.
00:37:39Go buy one.
00:37:46Marty distributes to vending machines.
00:37:50But he used to stock hotel bars.
00:37:54Wow.
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.
00:38:26Don't worry about it.
00:38:27We're going.
00:38:29Idiot.
00:38:36You're such a degenerate.
00:38:46Maybe you could pay me for half of that.
00:38:49See, he's just smoking it, too.
00:38:56I'm serious.
00:39:03Just one more hit.
00:39:20Bitch!
00:39:23Mom!
00:39:25Mom!
00:39:28Help! Mom!
00:39:46I don't like the sound of that.
00:39:48I don't like the sound of that.
00:40:02Will you look at that.
00:40:03I can't believe it.
00:40:08Gracie!
00:40:09Hey, little hero.
00:40:11Gracie, what happened?
00:40:13What is going on?
00:40:16What happened, honey?
00:40:17It's a lie.
00:40:18She lied to me.
00:40:20My little hero.
00:40:22Marilyn, call the papers.
00:40:24What, are you crazy?
00:40:25I happen to be serious.
00:40:26This is big news item.
00:40:27Hot, saved by Tyke.
00:40:28I like that.
00:40:30Go get me the towel.
00:40:31I'm telling you, Marilyn,
00:40:32they're going to eat this thing up by tomorrow.
00:40:34The phone is going to be ringing off the hook.
00:40:36Oh, just what we need.
00:40:47Oh.
00:40:55Focus.
00:40:58Focus.
00:41:17Hmm.
00:41:39Why don't you come on over here and sit next to me?
00:41:43Come on.
00:41:47Come on.
00:41:49Come on.
00:42:14Do you remember all the fun
00:42:16we 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,
00:42:40I'm going to fuck your lights out,
00:42:41and it won't be sweet.
00:42:44I should call Brian.
00:42:47What for?
00:42:49He's out here.
00:42:50Comes from L.A.
00:42:55He said he'd take me clubbing.
00:42:57We'll go to clubs.
00:42:58We'll do all kinds of cool things.
00:43:00Don't get sarcastic with me.
00:43:01I'm just so sick and tired of doing
00:43:02these crappy little stupid stories.
00:43:05Put the camera over there.
00:43:07Wendy, there's paparazzi out here.
00:43:10Do 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.
00:43:34Channel 81.
00:43:40Okay, okay.
00:43:42You stand right here.
00:43:43Are you family?
00:43:48Okay.
00:43:50Of course we're family.
00:43:51We know that.
00:43:55Hi, I'm Pam.
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.
00:44:08For the record, Tracy,
00:44:10she's my half-sister.
00:44:11Think you could spit some water out of your mouth?
00:44:15Oh, must be the times.
00:44:16Are you family?
00:44:18God, no.
00:44:20But I live here.
00:44:22Let's just get a shot over here, all right?
00:44:28Hello?
00:44:41My name's Steve, and this is Raphael.
00:44:43We're from the Helping Hands program.
00:44:45We're asking for donations from the community
00:44:47to help send inner-city kids like Raphael to summer camp.
00:44:51Oh.
00:44:52Uh, will you take a check?
00:44:55Sure.
00:44:56Okay, just a minute.
00:45:00Oh, what a babe.
00:45:04Will you take cash?
00:45:05No problem.
00:45:07Okay.
00:45:11Hey, smile for the camera.
00:45:12I'm the boss, sir.
00:45:13I'm the boss.
00:45:14Can we take pictures here of me and my two girls?
00:45:16I'm directing the show.
00:45:18Get that kid back here.
00:45:19We need her.
00:45:20Marty, will you give me ten bucks?
00:45:22The water man's here.
00:45:24What water man?
00:45:25We don't get no water.
00:45:26You know what?
00:45:27I don't care.
00:45:28I don't care.
00:45:29I don't care.
00:45:30I don't care.
00:45:31What water man?
00:45:32We 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.
00:45:48Just give me ten bucks, Marty.
00:45:50Well, tell him to wait.
00:45:51I'm busy here.
00:45:56Don't get smart with me.
00:45:57Okay.
00:45:58Which would that woman be?
00:45:59She could have at least come in with a close-up.
00:46:01I mean, a nice tight shot of the kid.
00:46:02So, do you have ten bucks?
00:46:04What's the what?
00:46:05It's for a good cause.
00:46:07Let me see.
00:46:13Wendy!
00:46:14Can we get this patio furniture out of here?
00:46:17You know, we need to get the patio furniture out.
00:46:18It's space.
00:46:19You need it out completely.
00:46:21Brian!
00:46:22Dude.
00:46:24Malky!
00:46:26You're here!
00:46:29Yeah.
00:46:30Yeah, I'm here.
00:46:32Aren't you going to the freaking party?
00:46:34Welcome to Smelly, baby.
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?
00:47:25Yeah.
00:47:26Yeah.
00:47:28Look, there's so much stuff that we're going to do.
00:47:30Like on Friday, we're going to get a cherry.
00:47:32And then it's West Hollywood.
00:47:33And after that, we're going to have this really, really good after-hours club that I love.
00:47:36Watch out for the shadow.
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.
00:47:49Mom, the water man.
00:47:50I'm stuck with your story about the water man.
00:47:53I am not giving you money for drugs.
00:47:56What's all the racket?
00:47:58We're going to be in the news, Pop.
00:48:00It's Grandpa.
00:48:01Grandpa Moe 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.
00:48:07I'm checking.
00:48:08Okay, I'm checking.
00:48:09I'm in swell hell.
00:48:10And then we're going to go on Saturday.
00:48:12We're going to go to a date.
00:48:13Yeah.
00:48:14For the house.
00:48:16Oh, not now, Dad.
00:48:17I'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,
00:48:31and 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.
00:48:38I mean...
00:48:41Ow, ow.
00:48:42Jesus, Pop, what is it?
00:48:43Over the house.
00:48:48Well, that's really sweet of you, Pop.
00:48:50Hey, look here, Ernie.
00:48:51Pop's contributing.
00:48:52You see this, Marilyn, huh?
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.
00:49:08Cary Grant.
00:49:10Cary Grant's dead, Pop.
00:49:12No, no, no.
00:49:13It was Cary Grant.
00:49:14Handsome devil.
00:49:16But I kept saying to myself,
00:49:18what is Cary Grant doing in Carl's Jr.?
00:49:23Let me see that face.
00:49:24Let me see that face.
00:49:25Perfect.
00:49:26Perfect.
00:49:27Okay.
00:49:28Hold that, okay?
00:49:32It's the best I can do.
00:49:34I don't think you understand, Marie.
00:49:35We need funds to help send the kids to the summer camp.
00:49:38This is...
00:49:39You mean you don't want it?
00:49:43No.
00:49:44No.
00:49:45No.
00:49:46No.
00:49:47No.
00:49:48No.
00:49:49No.
00:49:50No.
00:49:52Fine, you don't want it.
00:49:58I hate this house.
00:50:05This is not what I expected.
00:50:07It's nothing like what I expected.
00:50:09What did you expect?
00:50:11What did I expect?
00:50:12Yeah, what did you expect?
00:50:13A little bit more than this shit.
00:50:15And a bunch of weirdos.
00:50:17I need a bathroom.
00:50:18Do you have a bathroom?
00:50:21Hey, Stell.
00:50:23Wanna go to church?
00:50:30Hey, Stell.
00:50:31You wanna come to church with me?
00:50:36Fuck.
00:50:37Sucks!
00:50:42Why can't you drive me to Brian's?
00:50:44You were supposed to come here to see me.
00:50:46We 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 twenty 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 twenty 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.
00:51:44Leave. 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.
00:52:13Look at that son.
00:52:14Let's get that son.
00:52:15Let's get that guy to go with the hairy chest, okay?
00:52:17Let's bring him in.
00:52:20Excuse me, sir.
00:52:21Mr. Swell.
00:52:22Mr. Swell, could you please come over here?
00:52:24Yes.
00:52:25We 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.
00:52:35Okay.
00:52:37How have you been?
00:52:38Oh, fine.
00:52:40How are you?
00:52:41I'm good.
00:52:43You look great.
00:52:48You're welcome.
00:52:51Do you wanna...
00:52:53Do you wanna go to church sometime?
00:52:56You go to church?
00:52:57Yeah.
00:52:58Really?
00:52:59I didn't think of you as a church man, really.
00:53:02I'm a church man.
00:53:04Saint Christopher.
00:53:05Oh, that's beautiful.
00:53:13Oh, sweet.
00:53:28You know, like, so what?
00:53:29So we can get to the party.
00:53:31So what?
00:53:32Big deal.
00:53:33We could always go to that party.
00:53:34I mean, how many times do we get to be on the news, huh?
00:53:37On the phone calling and TV,
00:53:39and everyone's gonna watch it.
00:53:41Your family priest might see it back in, you know, New York.
00:53:45Who knows?
00:53:46New Jersey.
00:53:47This is really great.
00:53:48We can't blow this one, Marilyn.
00:53:50We gotta have this one.
00:53:53What a day, all this excitement.
00:53:55No different from any other day.
00:53:57Right, hon?
00:54:02You know, I've had it with these backyard stories.
00:54:06I want to do hard news.
00:54:09I want to do hard news.
00:54:26Thanks so much for the hospitality.
00:54:27Oh, you're most welcome.
00:54:32Any time, Judy.
00:54:39Randy?
00:54:43What?
00:54:45Leave me alone.
00:54:50Leave me alone.
00:54:52Look, I know, I know your friend left and you're upset about it.
00:55:00It's all right.
00:55:01It's all right.
00:55:03It's all right.
00:55:05It's all right.
00:55:06It's all right.
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?
00:55:34I'm in love with him.
00:55:38Oh.
00:55:39Well, he seemed to be a very nice young man.
00:55:44He's not.
00:55:48He said he was coming here to see me.
00:55:51He just ended up using me for his own pathetic purposes.
00:56:07Have you two been intimate?
00:56:11Yes.
00:56:15And then he just pretended like it didn't even happen.
00:56:19I hate men.
00:56:25And I hate Marty.
00:56:26Him and that disgusting convict chased him away.
00:56:29No, you don't know that.
00:56:32I do.
00:56:34You'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?
00:56:52Well, he used to be really nice to me.
00:57:04Now, there's a little kind of a business matter I've been meaning to talk to you about.
00:57:11Oh, no.
00:57:13I ain't done my time.
00:57:15No, wait, wait. Ernie, baby, that was not my fault, okay?
00:57:19I mean, I just sold them the machine.
00:57:22How was I supposed to know that these bums were going to put an alarm on it?
00:57:25I mean, who ever heard of such a thing, huh?
00:57:27A lock, maybe, but not a lock.
00:57:29I mean, it's a machine.
00:57:30Who ever heard of such a thing, huh?
00:57:31A lock, maybe, but not an alarm.
00:57:37I'll try to get you out of there.
00:57:41Yeah?
00:57:45Well, thanks for coming to visit.
00:57:47And the cookies.
00:57:50Hey, the least I can do for my partner, huh?
00:57:53Now, look, this situation, no risk, huh?
00:58:01Marilyn's got this coat.
00:58:04Mink coat, huh?
00:58:06She don't use it no more because it's a gift I got her, you know, about ten years ago when we were dating.
00:58:12We keep her insurance on it, you know?
00:58:16So the coat is still worth a lot of money.
00:58:18Get my drift?
00:58:19Yeah.
00:58:20Okay.
00:58:22What do you think?
00:58:23Good.
00:58:24What I'm suggesting is, take a look at the coat, huh?
00:58:29It's in the closet in the study, in Estelle's room.
00:58:33Estelle ain't there at night because she's up there watching that preacher man she's so much in love with, you know?
00:58:38What I want you to do is examine the merchandise.
00:58:41Okay?
00:58:42Take the coat with you and then see if you can find us a buyer.
00:58:46We make an insurance claim on it like it's been stolen.
00:58:49And Marilyn, she buys herself a new coat.
00:58:53Hey, she's going to be a lot more happier.
00:58:57And we keep the money.
00:58:59Exactly, yeah.
00:59:01Fifty-fifty this time.
00:59:04You know what?
00:59:05We keep the money.
00:59:06Exactly, yeah.
00:59:08Fifty-fifty this time.
00:59:11Partner.
00:59:16Wait, hold, hold.
00:59:18Let Estelle get it.
00:59:19She's the maid.
00:59:20Estelle, the doorbell.
00:59:28Oh, hi Mike.
00:59:30Is Wendy here?
00:59:31She's in her room.
00:59:33You could go on back.
00:59:36Hey, hey, 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?
00:59:58Hello.
00:59:59Mike.
01:00:05It's for you.
01:00:11Marty Swell.
01:00:14Peggy.
01:00:15Shut it, you lying prick.
01:00:17You have lied to me since the day we met.
01:00:20Peggy, calm down.
01:00:21Take it easy.
01:00:30Wendy?
01:00:34Mike?
01:00:39I heard you were home.
01:00:44Home.
01:00:46God, I wish there was a place that felt like home.
01:00:54Wendy?
01:00:56Wendy?
01:00:58Tell me about it.
01:00:59I've been home a week.
01:01:00My parents are already driving me nuts.
01:01:28I'm headed back to Berkeley tonight.
01:01:30Tonight?
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.
01:02:26Okay.
01:02:42You should come to Berkeley if you want to get away.
01:02:46I'll make you bed on the dorm floor.
01:02:57Sometimes I just fantasize about never coming back.
01:03:04Mike?
01:03:06Did you see a car here when you drove up?
01:03:08Your mom's car?
01:03:10No.
01:03:11Marty's.
01:03:12The Caddy.
01:03:13My mom's is in the shop.
01:03:16No, I don't think so.
01:03:26Oh, God.
01:03:28What's wrong?
01:03:29No, no, no.
01:03:30No, no, no.
01:03:31No, he couldn't have done that to me.
01:03:33No, that's just way too fucked.
01:03:35That's just way too fucked.
01:03:38What's going on?
01:03:43Okay, maybe they went.
01:03:45Maybe Mom went alone.
01:03:47Maybe Marty left with that jerk.
01:03:49Is there something wrong?
01:03:51No.
01:03:52No.
01:03:53No.
01:03:54No.
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.
01:04:26The forecast, plenty of sunshine through today.
01:04:29With seasonal temperatures, we should reach our normal high of about 82 degrees by this afternoon.
01:04:34Clear skies tonight with a low near 70.
01:04:37Increasing cloudiness tomorrow.
01:04:39Sticky and humid with a high of 96.
01:04:42In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
01:04:46Amen.
01:04:56...meeting up here as we discuss the role of the elderly in our society.
01:05:00Obviously, we're living in a very young world today.
01:05:03But for Grandma and Grandpa...
01:05:05You scared me.
01:05:07What is it?
01:05:08Um, nothing.
01:05:10I thought maybe you went to the party.
01:05:12After today?
01:05:13Forget it.
01:05:14I'm pooped.
01:05:15We'll take Sherry for breakfast this week.
01:05:18For her birthday.
01:05:19Oh, dinner.
01:05:20Well, maybe we'll get takeout, huh?
01:05:22Maybe Thai?
01:05:23Delivery?
01:05:24Yeah, 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.
01:05:35Ahem.
01:05:53Hello?
01:05:54Hi.
01:05:55Uh, Mrs. Thomas?
01:05:57Yeah, hi.
01:05:58This is, uh, Wendy.
01:06:00Wendy?
01:06:01Wendy Schuman.
01:06:02You know, 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 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 want to know, do you happen to know Malcolm's friend, Brian?
01:06:27Brian?
01:06:29No, I don't think I ever recall a Brian having dinner here.
01:06:32No, he lives out here in L.A., in Bel Air.
01:06:35I was wondering if maybe you knew his number.
01:06:37And why don't you try 411?
01:06:40I don't know his last name.
01:06:48Yeah, well, see, um, I was thinking, you know,
01:06:51since Malcolm's coming out to L.A. and everything,
01:06:53um, that 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.
01:07:15I think I have to go now.
01:07:17Bye-bye, dear.
01:07:18Yeah, okay.
01:07:19Bye.
01:07:23Bye.
01:07:26Fuck.
01:07:28What'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.
01:07:49Your boyfriend?
01:07:51Oh, yeah, it's a long, idiotic story,
01:07:53but this is not just gonna blow over.
01:07:56Do you know where he went?
01:07:58Yeah, to the palace of some queen named Brian in Bel-Air.
01:08:04Can't you call his parents?
01:08:06I tried.
01:08:08Believe me, they don't know anything about Brian.
01:08:14Look, if you know it's in Bel-Air,
01:08:16the cops are gonna track it down.
01:08:18I 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.
01:08:56Hey, here it is.
01:08:58That's me, that's me!
01:09:00Me, too!
01:09:01I helped her get the raft out of the pool,
01:09:03and then she fell in.
01:09:05I jumped in, and then I put my arm around her neck,
01:09:08and then I carried her to shore.
01:09:10Right, you carried her to shore.
01:09:12Yes.
01:09:13Excuse me, are you with the family?
01:09:15What?
01:09:16You are with the family.
01:09:18And were you here when she drowned?
01:09:22Yes, uh, caught, saved by a kite.
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 want candy for dinner.
01:09:38Where's Wendy?
01:09:39Um, probably in her room, sleeping or crying.
01:09:43I'm gonna go tell her we're eating.
01:09:47Why do I have to?
01:09:50Yo, bitch.
01:10:00She's not there, Mom.
01:10:02Maybe she went out.
01:10:03Well, she better not take in the car.
01:10:05She's not insured.
01:10:06I thought you said you were gonna take care of that for the summer.
01:10:09Not in my car.
01:10:10She'll drive yours when she gets out of the shop.
01:10:12This calls for a celebration.
01:10:14For the hero.
01:10:16Hooray, yeah.
01:10:17Hooray, yeah.
01:10:18And the heary.
01:10:23Don't we got a danish or something for a candle?
01:10:25My sister's cake.
01:10:27There you go.
01:10:28We might as well use it.
01:10:34Sometimes I envy Estelle.
01:10:37Having something to belong to.
01:10:40Something to believe in.
01:10:43They are jolly good fellows, which nobody can deny.
01:10:50Which nobody can deny.
01:10:52Which nobody can deny.
01:10:55For they are jolly good fellows, which nobody can deny.
01:11:07Warm up, warm up.
01:11:12There's less than a few hours ago, I still thought someday I'd have a little flat with
01:11:20Malcolm, maybe a family.
01:11:25Fantasies, how much they fulfill, the true sense of the word, they fill you up.
01:11:32When you've been away a while, you 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 and 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, it was a long time ago.
01:12:09Why do we need to connect?
01:12:15The highest good we can strive for is to live with happiness and contentment.
01:12:22Webster's Dictionary defines contentment as 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 that blessed wounds 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?
01:13:00In our own little bubbles.
01:13:05I don't know.
01:13:20Connections.
01:13:34They seem so fleeting.
01:13:41They come and go, but we want to hold on to them.
01:13:50Uh!
01:14:08Marty, slow down!
01:14:19Life obviously involves a lot more alone time than it does together time.
01:14:40Even though together is what we seem to strive for.
01:15:10I thought I heard something.
01:15:25You scared me.
01:15:26You scared the shit out of me. What are you doing?
01:15:29I'm hiding. Don't tell.
01:15:32Why?
01:15:35Okay.
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. Here.
01:15:53I'm leaving mom a full electronic explanation.
01:15:59Do you ever see dad in New York?
01:16:02Sometimes.
01:16:05He sent me to stuff walrus last Christmas.
01:16:09Remember how I used to love walruses?
01:16:12When I was six.
01:16:14Yeah, well, I guess that's where he kind of left off.
01:16:20You're so lucky. I mean you can just go.
01:16:23I'm still in prison.
01:16:26You'll be out soon.
01:16:29When I get older, I'm gonna be a singer.
01:16:33In a really cool band.
01:16:36I'm gonna blow everyone away. You watch.
01:16:39And I'm gonna go on tour all around the world.
01:16:44And my picture's gonna be plastered everywhere.
01:16:49And when they want to see me, they're gonna have to pay.
01:16:53Big time.
01:16:59Good night.
01:17:04I love you.
01:17:09I love you too, sis.
01:17:29I love you too.
01:17:53You can just drop me off at SFO. I'll wait for the next flight.
01:17:57You sure you don't want to 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 can get my old job back at school.
01:18:19Oh, I need the drive though, you know.
01:18:22Clear 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?
01:18:50Same screwed up relationships?
01:18:54Don't know.
01:18:57They say you end up just like your folks.
01:19:04Sorry.
01:19:07Bong water.
01:19:10Come on.
01:19:13Mike?
01:19:16Pull over, I think I need air.
01:20:04What's wrong?
01:20:17I just gotta know. Things'll be different.
01:20:22There's gotta be a chance. Things'll change.
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.
01:20:57We'll wake you when we get there.
01:21:02That was my last summer home.
01:21:06For a long time, anyway.
01:21:09I thought I'd walk away with all the answers, but I only ended up with more questions.
01:21:17Never did finish my book.
01:21:20Maybe it'll take a lifetime to get it right.
01:21:23Because the more I wonder, the more I write.
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