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00:08:53 How'd you like to take in a Raiders game with me this Sunday?
00:08:56 Guess not.
00:09:02 I got a treat.
00:09:05 Yeah, so what?
00:09:07 Well, I was thinking maybe we could get down to decorations and trim it later on.
00:09:13 Maybe make some popcorn and string it up like we used to.
00:09:15 You mean like me and Mom used to?
00:09:18 You and me don't even need a Christmas tree 'cause you ain't even gonna be here!
00:09:22 Yes, I will. I'm not going on the road this year.
00:09:26 Yeah? Then why not?
00:09:28 Well, maybe so you and I can spend Christmas together. How about that?
00:09:31 Oh, there's a through.
00:09:33 [LAUGHS]
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00:09:50 [LAUGHS]
00:09:51 [GROANS]
00:09:53 So...
00:09:57 You're still not gonna tell me what's up in the front of the load, huh?
00:10:00 Well, I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.
00:10:03 First time you go to sleep, I'm gonna climb back here and check it out.
00:10:06 No, you won't.
00:10:08 You're too lazy to move all that other stuff out of the way.
00:10:12 Leave any room for my bike?
00:10:17 Great!
00:10:19 [CHATTER]
00:10:22 Why don't you ride with him, Mrs. Al?
00:10:34 I'm coming along. And hold this old fool's hand.
00:10:37 Sorry, ma'am. We can't allow that.
00:10:38 Oh, yes, you can.
00:10:40 [SIREN]
00:10:49 [SIREN]
00:10:52 Doggone. How am I supposed to drive?
00:10:59 You aren't. Now just relax.
00:11:02 Ellen, this is the most important thing I've ever done in my life.
00:11:08 That load's gotta roll out of here tomorrow.
00:11:11 Okay.
00:11:16 [MUSIC]
00:11:19 Until Overland Lumber makes a decision to come here,
00:11:22 maybe we can go to Washington for some disaster relief.
00:11:25 Economic depression isn't a disaster.
00:11:27 Well, it is to me and my family.
00:11:29 Yeah, me too.
00:11:31 We should never have closed the cannery.
00:11:33 Doggone it.
00:11:36 The firm took away the operation and the orchard contract
00:11:40 and left Willow Creek with an empty building.
00:11:42 Don't you think we tried to keep them here?
00:11:44 Willow Creek's a wide spot in the road in the middle of nowhere.
00:11:48 Nobody's gonna bring in a new business here.
00:11:51 Dadgummit. Can't you people talk about nothing but the death of this town?
00:11:57 Christmas is coming.
00:11:58 Ah, shut up, Homer.
00:12:00 You're taking being Santa Claus far too seriously.
00:12:03 This is economic reality we are discussing here.
00:12:05 It's got nothing to do with Christmas.
00:12:07 Mayor, there ain't nothing in this town right now
00:12:11 that doesn't have to do with Christmas.
00:12:13 Willow Creek is gonna live or die depending on this Christmas.
00:12:19 You mark my words.
00:12:25 Well?
00:12:36 Look, I love you, Annelle. You know that.
00:12:39 But I can't do it.
00:12:41 But I can't go.
00:12:43 Can't you bury the hatchet with Ray?
00:12:45 After all, you never were married to Jesse.
00:12:49 Just leave Jesse out of it.
00:12:50 Besides, Ray isn't the main reason. I can handle him.
00:12:54 The thing is, I promised Mike that I'd spend Christmas with him.
00:12:57 Well, take him along.
00:12:59 I'd have to handcuff him to the truck.
00:13:02 Pete, getting that load to Willow Creek is the most important thing in Al's life.
00:13:07 The doctor said this was just a warning and he's okay now.
00:13:11 But I'm telling you, it'd kill him if that truck didn't get there.
00:13:14 It's got to be there by Christmas and Ray's got to be with it.
00:13:18 Why?
00:13:20 Al's got his reasons.
00:13:21 And if it's that important to Al, it's got to be that important to the people who love him.
00:13:25 Pete, you know that no one but you can control Ray for that long a trip.
00:13:31 Al knows that, too.
00:13:33 You're the only one he can depend on.
00:13:35 I suppose one more missed Christmas isn't gonna make that much difference.
00:13:40 Oh, Pete.
00:13:42 Yeah, so what are you telling me for, huh?
00:13:45 What do I care?
00:13:46 I'm telling you because I said we'd spend Christmas together, that's why.
00:13:52 Mike, I want you to understand that it would take something this important for me to break my promise to you.
00:14:01 You could come along.
00:14:05 No way.
00:14:07 I could spend Christmas with my friends now.
00:14:11 Yeah.
00:14:12 Yeah.
00:14:21 Hello, this is the Van Nuys Police Department, Juvenile Division.
00:14:23 What?
00:14:25 It was just an arrest.
00:14:32 Destruction of private property.
00:14:34 What the hell is the matter with you?
00:14:38 You want to go to jail? You want to be a criminal?
00:14:40 What do you want me to do?
00:14:43 Thank you very much.
00:14:45 And what have you got in the ice chest?
00:14:52 Would you see me off? Don't worry, it's not beer.
00:14:55 It's enough of my famous chili to last me for four days.
00:14:57 Or maybe lunch and dinner for two.
00:15:00 What?
00:15:02 What are you talking about?
00:15:05 [HONKING]
00:15:06 Oh, terrific. What's he doing here?
00:15:10 Oh, now, hold on just a second. This isn't fair.
00:15:14 I'm not going anywhere with you.
00:15:16 Shut up and unhook it.
00:15:18 Is that Mikey up there?
00:15:19 Yeah, we're spending Christmas together.
00:15:23 [CAR ENGINE]
00:15:25 Get in the back.
00:15:40 Do it.
00:15:42 Get in the truck, Ray.
00:15:51 I said get in, Ray.
00:15:53 Hey, man, don't tell me what to do.
00:15:57 Ray, get in.
00:16:03 Take care now.
00:16:14 You're a good man, Peter.
00:16:18 I ain't that good, Al. I'm just trying to be fair.
00:16:21 We'll get her there for you.
00:16:23 Thanks.
00:16:24 You bet.
00:16:26 Merry Christmas.
00:16:27 Same to you. Bye now.
00:16:29 Bye, Pete.
00:16:30 [CAR ENGINE]
00:16:46 [ENGINE REVVING]
00:16:48 I sure hope those two guys will be okay together.
00:16:56 What an exciting prospect.
00:17:02 A road trip with Mr. Personality.
00:17:05 I know you, man.
00:17:08 22 hours, 4 minutes and 6 seconds to Seattle or bust.
00:17:11 You gonna stop every now and then so we can go to the bathroom?
00:17:15 Get out right now if you want to.
00:17:16 Hey, I'd do it in a second.
00:17:18 All right, do it now. I'll pull over right here.
00:17:21 Keep driving.
00:17:23 Just say the word. I said keep driving, all right?
00:17:25 I don't need you to tell me to keep driving.
00:17:27 La-dee-dah.
00:17:29 Merry Christmas, one and all.
00:17:31 Hey, Sharda! Get out here!
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00:17:43 Here comes Sharda.
00:17:49 Oh, hi, Tar. What in the blue place are you doing up there?
00:17:53 I'm waiting for the spirit of Christmas to come back to Willow Creek.
00:17:59 And I ain't coming down till it's here.
00:18:02 Get out.
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00:18:09 [SIREN]
00:18:11 Oh, joy. We get to listen to fat people sing.
00:18:14 The Porker Parade.
00:18:16 Hedwig Stromberg, huh?
00:18:25 This her?
00:18:28 Yeah.
00:18:30 Hey, I'm a son of a gun, man.
00:18:34 She's a dead ringer for Chuck Connors. Look at that job.
00:18:37 I agree.
00:18:38 No, I mean it. Wait a second. Here.
00:18:41 Yeah.
00:18:46 Hedwig Stromberg, warbling the title role,
00:18:50 is best known to TV fans as the Rifleman.
00:18:55 How about that?
00:18:58 So what's your story, Slim?
00:19:05 You were painting something green, decided to use your head as a paintbrush?
00:19:08 Uh-huh.
00:19:10 A year ago, you had hair down to his shoulders.
00:19:15 A year ago?
00:19:16 Man, I can't even remember that far back.
00:19:19 Yeah, well, time flies when you're having fun.
00:19:22 Hi.
00:19:28 Hi.
00:19:29 So, what brings you in here?
00:19:31 Who's on my way?
00:19:34 Paul, what can I get for you?
00:19:36 Wait, let me take a wild stab in the dark.
00:19:38 Coffee.
00:19:40 Coffee's fine.
00:19:41 Thought so.
00:19:43 So, are they keeping you busy around here?
00:19:52 Not all that busy.
00:19:53 Here you go.
00:19:55 When do you mean?
00:19:58 When do you mean?
00:20:02 I don't know.
00:20:03 I was thinking maybe evenings?
00:20:07 You finally did it.
00:20:11 What?
00:20:16 You've only been coming in here every other day for the past two months,
00:20:19 sitting at the same table, ordering the same thing, coffee, from me.
00:20:24 You know, you're just about the shyest man I think I've ever met.
00:20:31 You divorced?
00:20:32 Yeah.
00:20:35 Thought so.
00:20:37 Got any kids?
00:20:38 Yeah.
00:20:40 I'm raising my teenage son.
00:20:42 Well, you're real sweet too. I'd love to go out with you.
00:20:45 You would?
00:20:47 Great.
00:20:50 Welcome to beautiful downtown Bakersfield.
00:20:53 Well, Mike, you've never seen this part of California before. What do you think?
00:20:57 It's junk.
00:20:59 What a fun trip so far.
00:21:04 What's wrong with you two?
00:21:05 Are we going to have any Christmas, Charlotte?
00:21:08 Well, of course we are, Sabrina. Christmas is a great time.
00:21:12 I'm sure you'll have a great time.
00:21:14 I'm sure you'll have a great time.
00:21:16 I'm sure you'll have a great time.
00:21:18 I'm sure you'll have a great time.
00:21:20 I'm sure you'll have a great time.
00:21:22 I'm sure you'll have a great time.
00:21:24 I'm sure you'll have a great time.
00:21:26 I'm sure you'll have a great time.
00:21:28 I'm sure you'll have a great time.
00:21:30 I'm sure you'll have a great time.
00:21:33 Christmas is coming, kids.
00:21:35 The best Christmas this town ever had is on its way.
00:21:40 You made a call back there.
00:21:48 Who'd you call?
00:21:49 I didn't call anybody. I washed up.
00:21:51 Washed up, huh?
00:21:53 Are you sure you weren't talking to my wife?
00:21:55 Ray, I have no intention of ever calling and talking to your wife.
00:21:59 Well, you better not.
00:22:01 'Cause you're on this trip for one reason and one reason only.
00:22:04 What are you talking about?
00:22:05 Oh, come on, man. We're going through Vancouver.
00:22:07 And you know who lives in Vancouver now.
00:22:09 I don't.
00:22:11 Come on, man.
00:22:12 You know and you just want me to say.
00:22:14 Well, I'm not gonna say 'cause that would suit your purposes fine, wouldn't it?
00:22:17 'Cause you know.
00:22:18 And you know that I know that you know 'cause that's why you're here.
00:22:21 What's so damn funny?
00:22:28 Jesse's in Vancouver.
00:22:29 Is that what this is all about?
00:22:31 All right, so you knew it the whole time.
00:22:32 Jesse lives in Vancouver. Well, that's it, pal.
00:22:34 We're settling this right here and now.
00:22:36 We're pulling off the side of the road.
00:22:37 All right, get out of there.
00:22:52 Come on, Pete. Get out of there and fight me real good.
00:22:55 Get back in the truck, Ray.
00:22:57 Come on out of here.
00:22:59 Look, you're the one who stole Jesse from me.
00:23:01 I'm the one who should want to fight.
00:23:03 Well, then go right ahead. It's your lucky day.
00:23:04 Free shot, brother.
00:23:06 Get back in the truck, Ray.
00:23:08 No. What's the matter? You scared?
00:23:10 Are you scared? Is that what it is?
00:23:12 Get back in the truck.
00:23:13 Knock it off.
00:23:15 Hey, you!
00:23:16 Hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:23:22 Let go of me.
00:23:23 You're trying to steal my car.
00:23:25 I'm calling the police.
00:23:26 Now, just hold on a second.
00:23:28 Get!
00:23:29 Look, I'm sorry about all this.
00:23:33 It's my son. We're having some problems, you know?
00:23:35 I wish there would have been some blood.
00:23:37 What were those two fighting about anyway?
00:23:39 They always fight.
00:23:41 That one there?
00:23:44 That's my dad.
00:23:46 Well, solve your problems, why don't you?
00:23:48 Get in the truck.
00:23:52 The other guy's my uncle.
00:23:54 Don't leave the keys in your car anymore.
00:23:58 They're brothers.
00:23:59 Hey!
00:24:01 Homer!
00:24:15 Ain't there anything we could do to get you to come down from there?
00:24:19 God darn it, Charlotte, I don't know.
00:24:21 Leave me alone.
00:24:23 He's crazy is what I think.
00:24:26 Either he's crazy or he's right.
00:24:28 No, sir.
00:24:30 He's wrong.
00:24:32 He is dead wrong.
00:24:35 4 a.m. on whole wheat, four cheeseburgers with the works.
00:24:49 Keep an eye on him, Ray. I'll be right back.
00:24:52 I'm gonna wash up.
00:24:54 [car door slams]
00:24:55 So what'd you do anyway?
00:25:04 I got busted.
00:25:07 My friends and I were just having some fun, right?
00:25:11 And, uh, we ended up breaking a few grocery store windows.
00:25:15 The cops came, my buddies took off.
00:25:18 I got caught.
00:25:20 Then I talked some trash to the cops.
00:25:23 Big deal, right?
00:25:24 Right.
00:25:26 [rock music]
00:25:32 That's it. We follow I-5 all the way up to Vancouver.
00:25:41 We cut across to Hope and pick up Canada Route 1.
00:25:44 You see it? Yeah.
00:25:46 Oh, and there's Willow Creek just over the border of Alaska.
00:25:49 [rock music]
00:25:51 This chili is radical, Ray.
00:25:56 Well, it ought to be.
00:25:58 Came in second two years running in the Coast to Coast Chili Cook-Off.
00:26:01 Yeah? Yeah.
00:26:03 Everybody's gotta have one hit in town, right?
00:26:06 You know, playing with this map is kind of interesting.
00:26:10 Well, it's not that much unlike schoolwork.
00:26:14 That could be interesting, too, if you get a half a chance.
00:26:17 [laughs]
00:26:18 Ray.
00:26:20 Oh, come on, man. You're slaying me.
00:26:22 You know, it's not that much unlike schoolwork.
00:26:24 That could be interesting, too, if you get a half a chance.
00:26:26 [laughs]
00:26:28 You know what he used to do in school?
00:26:30 He used to sit in the back of English class and about every two--
00:26:32 Ray, knock it off. I mean it.
00:26:34 Oh, I suppose I can't say anything about how you and Chester and Featherstone
00:26:37 blew the plumbing out of the gym, either, can I?
00:26:40 Ray.
00:26:41 Man, I tell you, Mikey, the old man wanted to kill him.
00:26:44 He really blew the plumbing out of the gym?
00:26:46 -He wouldn't do it-- -Ray, look.
00:26:48 I am trying to talk to my kid, okay? Will you just stay out of it?
00:26:50 Or what?
00:26:52 What are you gonna do, huh?
00:26:54 You wanna know what your problem is, brother?
00:26:56 Your problem is you want your kid to be just like you,
00:26:58 only you mean just like you are now.
00:27:00 You were a half-decent guy when you were a kid.
00:27:04 Where'd you go, man?
00:27:05 I didn't steal Jesse from you. You bored her to death.
00:27:10 And if that don't make you wanna fight,
00:27:12 meet her in the hill with me.
00:27:13 I wanna get some sleep.
00:27:16 Look out.
00:27:17 You're hopeless.
00:27:20 You're just about the shyest man I think I ever met.
00:27:29 I'd love to go out with you.
00:27:31 I didn't steal Jesse from you.
00:27:33 Nah, you bored her to death.
00:27:35 Have you heard the one about--
00:27:37 -You know where-- -I don't think you better tell anymore.
00:27:39 Don't. You know where you find a turtle with no legs?
00:27:41 -No. Where? -The same place you put him down.
00:27:45 (laughing)
00:27:46 -Double cheeseburger. -It's right here, ma'am.
00:27:52 And potato skins.
00:27:54 Steak sandwich for Pete.
00:27:58 And the chicken sandwich must be yours.
00:28:00 Yeah.
00:28:01 Manuel didn't wanna cut the crusts off.
00:28:03 I think it offended his manhood or something.
00:28:05 Oh, ouch. Tell him thanks.
00:28:07 Yeah.
00:28:08 Stick out your little finger.
00:28:16 What?
00:28:18 Stick out your living.
00:28:20 All right.
00:28:22 Hello. I am from Mars.
00:28:28 Martians are like Earth people in every respect,
00:28:31 except that their reproductive systems are different.
00:28:35 Except that their reproductive systems are contained
00:28:37 in their little fingers.
00:28:39 We've just made love.
00:28:41 You're so bad.
00:28:43 You're so bad.
00:28:45 Come on, Pete. Lighten up.
00:28:47 Such a party pooper. Jeez.
00:28:49 Hey, Mikey.
00:28:55 What do you say, huh?
00:28:58 Oh.
00:29:00 Uh-oh.
00:29:03 We're almost 80 miles out of our way.
00:29:05 Heat freak.
00:29:09 All right.
00:29:16 Hey!
00:29:27 Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
00:29:32 Homer, ain't this swell?
00:29:33 Doesn't this just make you wanna bust your buttons
00:29:36 for the spirit of Christmas?
00:29:38 Cecil, don't do this.
00:29:47 As soon as that pub meet gets built,
00:29:49 everybody gets back to work.
00:29:51 We don't have a dime left to our name.
00:29:53 Couldn't you wait a few more days till Christmas?
00:29:56 I got a feeling.
00:29:58 Daddy, please.
00:30:01 All right. We'll leave after Christmas.
00:30:04 You are depressing everyone in this town!
00:30:17 Just send me up a pub tent.
00:30:20 Looks like I might be here for a long time.
00:30:23 Homer, just shut up.
00:30:26 Jingle bells, jingle bells...
00:30:28 What the hell is he doing?
00:30:33 What's going on?
00:30:35 Take a look at this guy.
00:30:37 Pull her over.
00:30:54 Mikey, there's a box of flares in the side compartment.
00:30:56 Get out of half a dozen.
00:30:58 Breaker, breaker, we got a hit-and-run
00:31:01 going east on I-80,
00:31:03 about five miles outside of Reno.
00:31:05 Forget it. We got a smoky on the scene.
00:31:07 Appreciate it. We're gone.
00:31:09 You okay?
00:31:11 Watch your head.
00:31:13 Easy.
00:31:15 You sure you're all right?
00:31:17 Nevada?
00:31:19 Where the hell are we?
00:31:23 Just outside Reno.
00:31:24 You drove this truck to Reno?
00:31:30 Don't you know we're on a tight schedule?
00:31:32 Don't you ever think of anything but yourself?
00:31:34 What's going on? What's happening here?
00:31:37 Lighten up, man.
00:31:40 Besides, I think something in your pretty truck
00:31:42 might be broken.
00:31:44 I think it's something in the hydraulics, Red.
00:31:48 I can get to it in a couple hours, Pete.
00:31:52 That's the best you can do.
00:31:53 Sorry, that's it.
00:31:55 All right, Red.
00:31:57 Toss me down my bag.
00:32:09 Look, we're gonna be here a while,
00:32:19 so I'm gonna get a shower.
00:32:21 I want you to stay in the truck.
00:32:23 Both of you.
00:32:25 Pete.
00:32:27 Listen, uh...
00:32:29 I've been thinking about what you said.
00:32:32 You're right. I'm a selfish guy, and I'm sorry.
00:32:35 I really mean it.
00:32:39 I'm sorry.
00:32:40 Look...
00:32:53 No truck driver wants to be seen in Reno
00:32:57 with a kid with green hair.
00:32:59 I got something for you in my bag, all right?
00:33:05 Rock it.
00:33:07 To the max.
00:33:09 Now, that's something.
00:33:21 What's the matter, cowboy?
00:33:23 Don't you like Santa Claus?
00:33:25 No, not especially.
00:33:27 I'm gonna design her water for me
00:33:29 and a soda pop for my father.
00:33:31 Pete, you're a real man.
00:33:33 Pete.
00:33:35 Let's give it all to me in twenties.
00:33:55 I like a nice, big, fat roll of bills.
00:33:59 [ Sighs ]
00:34:00 Jesse.
00:34:08 Hey, Uncle.
00:34:10 Yeah?
00:34:12 Did you like my grandfather?
00:34:14 I mean, my dad talks about him like you was a god or something.
00:34:17 He had Pete and I pegged from the time we were babies.
00:34:20 Good boy, bad boy.
00:34:25 [ Sighs ]
00:34:27 Yep, our father made a, uh, adult
00:34:33 out of your father by the time he was 12.
00:34:36 Guess he just figured I was a screw-up, so...
00:34:40 Well, I guess I didn't disappoint him anyhow.
00:34:44 I guess that's why you and me get along so good.
00:34:49 We've got father trouble.
00:34:51 [ Sighs ]
00:34:54 Yeah, well,
00:34:55 father trouble usually has two sides to it.
00:34:58 What's yours?
00:35:00 He doesn't care about me.
00:35:02 That's all. That's all.
00:35:05 He didn't care about my mom either,
00:35:07 and that's how come she went away.
00:35:09 What's his side of the story?
00:35:14 How should I know? He's never even home most of the time.
00:35:17 I hate him, and he hates me.
00:35:23 [ Laughing ]
00:35:25 Well, what do you know about that?
00:35:38 The guy from the hit-and-run.
00:35:40 Excuse me, but, uh,
00:35:51 do either of you gentlemen
00:35:53 happen to drive a gray Lincoln?
00:35:56 Who wants to know?
00:36:04 ♪ Three is my lucky number ♪
00:36:12 ♪ Somehow I know this one's right ♪
00:36:19 ♪ Three is my lucky number ♪
00:36:23 ♪ Her kiss won me so last night ♪
00:36:28 ♪ Three is my lucky number ♪
00:36:33 ♪ Two bridges I have crossed ♪
00:36:39 ♪ Three is my lucky number ♪
00:36:44 ♪ Two times before I have lost ♪
00:36:50 ♪ Met her last Sunday ♪
00:36:52 ♪ Tried hard to forget her ♪
00:36:55 ♪ But I'd get her out of my mind ♪
00:36:59 ♪ All my friends they want me ♪
00:37:03 ♪ But they never met her ♪
00:37:06 ♪ If they ever did, they'd know why ♪
00:37:09 Good night.
00:37:11 ♪ Three is my lucky number ♪
00:37:18 ♪ Three is my lucky number ♪
00:37:21 ♪ Three is my lucky number ♪
00:37:26 That all checks out.
00:37:37 We found paint from the hit-and-run and the Lincoln.
00:37:40 Great. Terrific.
00:37:42 Now will you let him go?
00:37:45 So you can bring Christmas to the frozen north?
00:37:47 - Have I got that right? - Yeah.
00:37:49 "Heap on more wood, the wind is chill, but let it whistle as it will,
00:37:55 we'll keep our Christmas merry still."
00:37:57 Ain't he a pistol.
00:37:59 Sir Walter Scott made that up.
00:38:01 Harv, shuffle these tough guys out the door.
00:38:05 And don't jack around in my precinct anymore.
00:38:09 I made that up.
00:38:15 I'm sorry.
00:38:17 Get in the truck.
00:38:31 Tie your darn fool brother to the fender if you have to.
00:38:41 I don't know if we can make it there by Christmas Eve.
00:38:43 Pete, you're the only one who can do this for me. I'm counting on you.
00:38:46 You know I'll do everything I can, Al. It's just more lost time.
00:38:50 The question is, how are you?
00:38:52 You sound weak. Of course I'm weak. They won't even let me get out of bed.
00:38:56 They're right. You stay there. Listen to them.
00:38:59 Take care of yourself, Al.
00:39:02 I'll talk to you. Bye.
00:39:04 - Mr. Benzinger? - Yeah?
00:39:09 - Are you related to those two? - Not really, Turtle.
00:39:12 Ray and Pete's dad was my first partner when I came here from Alaska.
00:39:17 He was also the best friend I ever had.
00:39:20 Ever had?
00:39:22 The old Jim died when the boys were teenagers.
00:39:26 He did a pretty good job of bringing up Pete.
00:39:28 But he really didn't have any idea what to do with Ray.
00:39:31 He knew Pete was gonna be all right, but Ray...
00:39:33 He couldn't get him to sit still for two minutes.
00:39:36 Anyway, I promised him that I'd do my best with Ray to help him grow up to be a good man.
00:39:43 That's about it, Turtle.
00:39:44 What's in that truck, anyway?
00:39:46 Uh-uh-uh. Don't you know that curiosity killed the cat?
00:39:51 What happened to your hair?
00:40:06 Don't get your hopes up.
00:40:08 I'm dying of purple as soon as we get to Willow Creek.
00:40:11 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:13 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:15 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:17 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:19 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:21 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:23 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:25 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:27 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:29 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:31 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:33 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:35 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:37 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:39 I'm gonna be a good man.
00:40:41 You know, buddy,
00:40:42 you can't just find the right person and be happy.
00:40:45 What does that mean?
00:40:47 I told myself that what I needed was a strong, sweet guy in my life.
00:40:52 You know?
00:40:54 The kind of guy you are.
00:40:56 That's what I told myself.
00:41:00 You shouldn't fall in love with me, Pete.
00:41:05 I'm already in love with you, Jessie.
00:41:10 What are you trying to tell me?
00:41:12 I like you. I mean...
00:41:14 Maybe I even love you. I'm just... I'm not in love with you.
00:41:18 I'm just... I'm not in love with you.
00:41:20 I'm not in love with you.
00:41:22 Not in love with you.
00:41:24 Not in love with you.
00:41:25 [rain falling]
00:41:27 [music playing]
00:41:49 [music playing]
00:41:51 [music playing]
00:42:20 Come on, Mayor.
00:42:22 You're supposed to keep smiling.
00:42:25 Let the rest of us be depressed.
00:42:28 I wonder if Homer knew somehow.
00:42:32 Knew what?
00:42:36 It's from Overland Lumber.
00:42:48 I was going to announce it at the meeting today, but I didn't have the heart.
00:42:51 Mayor...
00:42:59 You've got a week till...
00:43:02 after Christmas to tell the people.
00:43:05 They were our last hope, Charlotte.
00:43:15 Guess there isn't much left for a series there.
00:43:17 Can I ask you a question?
00:43:44 Ask away.
00:43:46 How come you liked your father and Ray didn't?
00:43:50 I guess...
00:43:56 I guess I understood how he wanted us to turn out.
00:43:58 You mean like you?
00:44:00 Well, he's got you there, Ace.
00:44:02 Because there's only one good father I can think of.
00:44:09 And he ain't even a father.
00:44:13 Yeah, who's that?
00:44:15 You.
00:44:16 What?
00:44:18 Are you out of your tiny little mind?
00:44:22 Listen, I'm not anybody's father and I don't want to be anybody's father.
00:44:27 All right? That's your father.
00:44:29 If you don't like him, that's just too damn bad.
00:44:31 What are you doing?
00:44:42 (crash)
00:44:43 Pete.
00:44:49 Oh, come on, man.
00:44:53 Pete, for crying out loud.
00:44:58 Where in the hell are you going? Come on, get back in the truck.
00:45:01 What is the matter with you?
00:45:06 What is your problem?
00:45:09 Al says that load's got to be there by Christmas.
00:45:11 For some reason, you've got to be there with it.
00:45:14 Now my kid wants you for his father.
00:45:16 Well, damn it all, Ray.
00:45:19 It's all yours, whether you want it or not.
00:45:21 I quit.
00:45:24 (music)
00:45:26 Well, what are we going to do, Uncle Ray?
00:45:47 Hang out.
00:45:49 But he quit.
00:45:53 Well, aren't we going to make him come back?
00:45:55 It's a free country, isn't it?
00:45:57 Yeah, well, isn't this stuff supposed to get to Willow Creek?
00:46:01 Do you care?
00:46:04 No.
00:46:08 Well, there you go.
00:46:10 There I go what?
00:46:12 He's the one that wants the load to get there by Christmas.
00:46:15 Now you don't care and I don't care. He's the only one who does care.
00:46:18 He knows that and we know that.
00:46:20 So sooner or later he'll get up off that log, hop in a truck and finish his job.
00:46:25 He always does.
00:46:30 He always does.
00:46:32 So, uh...
00:46:59 What, are you going to get me to marry you?
00:47:01 Hi.
00:47:07 Oh, hey.
00:47:10 Where's Pete?
00:47:12 I don't know.
00:47:14 You don't know?
00:47:16 I broke up with him.
00:47:18 So you, uh, come out to this joint hoping to find some lucky guy tonight, huh?
00:47:25 Maybe.
00:47:28 Maybe.
00:47:29 You know, if I had any sense, I'd get Pete to marry me.
00:47:45 He loves me and he's real safe.
00:47:48 Oh, and what, I'm dangerous, huh?
00:47:53 Yeah. Yes.
00:47:55 Yeah.
00:47:57 But there are some things your brain says, "Uh-uh, don't do it."
00:48:03 Your heart says, "Go for it."
00:48:06 Yeah.
00:48:08 Sometimes that hurts nice people.
00:48:11 So, uh...
00:48:16 What, are you going to get me to marry you?
00:48:19 Maybe.
00:48:23 You're serious, aren't you?
00:48:25 Maybe.
00:48:27 I don't want to hear one damn word.
00:48:33 Right there, Breitner. Any of you 18-wheelers heading north, got your ears on?
00:48:46 You got the wild man here.
00:48:49 The truck is up awful early this morning.
00:48:51 They're setting up portable scales just over the state line.
00:48:54 Got a lot of trucks over there two miles long, so, uh, you got a long way.
00:48:58 I ain't lying. Better bring your lunch or your girlfriend.
00:49:01 I'm gone.
00:49:03 Good morning, L.A. What a way to start the day, huh?
00:49:06 They're still trying to clear up that fight-banger over on the Eastbound Hollywood,
00:49:09 very slow going all the way up to the interchange.
00:49:11 And it looks like an even bigger mess on both sides of the Ventura.
00:49:14 Maybe they're using it for a parking lot for last-minute Christmas shopping.
00:49:17 Only two more shopping days till Christmas.
00:49:19 KXLY, come to watch.
00:49:21 (music)
00:49:24 (music)
00:49:26 (music)
00:49:29 (music)
00:49:31 (music)
00:49:34 (music)
00:49:36 I gotcha.
00:50:03 What?
00:50:04 Tapping your foot. You were just tapping your foot to my music just now.
00:50:06 I was not.
00:50:08 Well, you were, too.
00:50:09 I was not.
00:50:11 You're lying.
00:50:12 Hey! Stop that. We are not going anywhere with you.
00:50:24 A couple of college girls doing research on the cowboy mentality.
00:50:29 Honey, a part of the cowboy mentality is the cold of the West.
00:50:33 That means that if we buy you breakfast, we get something in return.
00:50:38 We shouldn't have even approached you. Come on, Lori.
00:50:41 Excuse me, ladies. Are these two pinheads bothering you?
00:50:48 Yes.
00:50:49 You calling pinheads?
00:50:51 You're stepping outside.
00:50:53 Get him, Uncle Ray.
00:50:55 Get him, Uncle Ray.
00:50:57 Get him, Uncle Ray.
00:50:59 Get him, Uncle Ray.
00:51:00 (laughter)
00:51:02 (laughter)
00:51:29 Here, I'll buy you breakfast.
00:51:31 Let your girls be a little more selective who you take up with.
00:51:35 Take care.
00:51:38 You wouldn't have done that in a million years.
00:51:51 I'm through talking to you.
00:51:55 I'm through talking to you.
00:51:57 Hello?
00:52:06 Hello?
00:52:08 Jessie?
00:52:09 Jessie, am I glad you answered the phone.
00:52:14 I've been so worried about you, baby.
00:52:16 What do you want, Ray?
00:52:18 What do I want?
00:52:20 Well, I'm your husband. What do you think I...
00:52:24 Look, I just want to talk to you, baby.
00:52:27 You doing all right?
00:52:30 Don't call me again.
00:52:32 J...
00:52:36 Lord, what makes me so restless?
00:52:46 Why can't I stay where I belong?
00:52:51 I kissed her goodbye at breakfast
00:52:56 Tonight I'll be dining alone
00:53:02 I'm rolling like a tumbleweed
00:53:06 Ain't got no roots to hold me back
00:53:08 I'm rolling like a tumbleweed
00:53:11 Moving on
00:53:17 Staying in love, it's not easy
00:53:22 When I get this feeling inside
00:53:28 Everything she does is to please me
00:53:34 But it's so hard to stay satisfied
00:53:39 I'm rolling like a tumbleweed
00:53:46 I'm rolling like a tumbleweed
00:53:49 Well, are you or aren't you?
00:53:52 I think maybe you better sit down.
00:53:57 Yeah.
00:54:14 Is it that terrible a prospect?
00:54:16 Look, um...
00:54:19 Jessie, I'm...
00:54:22 Look, baby, I'm a million miles away from...
00:54:25 from being an adult myself, you know?
00:54:29 And what am I going to do with a kid?
00:54:33 Look, I said when we first got married...
00:54:41 I said that I didn't want kids, right?
00:54:43 I said, "Jessie, I...
00:54:45 I don't want any kids."
00:54:48 Yeah, you did, didn't you?
00:54:52 Wait a minute. What are you doing?
00:54:59 What does it look like?
00:55:01 What? You're going to have a baby somewhere else?
00:55:05 Who said I was going to have a baby?
00:55:06 Well, you did!
00:55:08 No, I didn't. I just said you better sit down, that's all.
00:55:12 So wait a minute. You're...
00:55:14 You're not going to have a baby?
00:55:16 You mean you're not pregnant?
00:55:20 Well, baby, that's just great.
00:55:22 You had me scared.
00:55:24 Jessie, what are you doing? Why are you still packing?
00:55:30 I don't want to be with you anymore.
00:55:32 Why?
00:55:34 Let's just say we made a mistake, okay?
00:55:36 Let's just say we made a mistake?
00:55:40 Jessie, now wait just a second.
00:55:42 Would you think about this? We're crying out loud.
00:55:45 You can't do this to me.
00:55:47 Gosh, do you want kids that bad?
00:55:58 No. No.
00:55:59 No, I don't. I'm not with you. I don't.
00:56:01 All right, fine, fine. Fine.
00:56:08 Fine.
00:56:09 You do whatever you want.
00:56:12 You just go wherever you want.
00:56:15 You go ahead. You just go wherever you want to.
00:56:25 Yeah.
00:56:36 You just can't stay up there, Dark Connett.
00:56:39 Yes, I can. And I'm gonna.
00:56:42 All right, Sheriff.
00:56:44 Do your duty.
00:56:45 All right, Homer Hightower, you come down from there right now, in the name of the law.
00:56:56 No!
00:56:58 Homer, all right for you.
00:57:04 I'm arresting you for disturbing the peace.
00:57:07 You go sit in your hat.
00:57:10 I did my job.
00:57:31 Homer, did you ever stop to think that if we've got problems, you're only making them worse?
00:57:38 A town Santa's gotta do what he's gotta do.
00:57:42 [music]
00:57:45 Hey, guys, can we listen to some music here?
00:58:04 We're just outside of Vancouver. We stopped to get a bite to eat.
00:58:08 Pete, that's great. You're gonna get there. You're gonna make it before Christmas.
00:58:11 We got more than a thousand miles of frozen north to cover, you know that.
00:58:14 Well, Helen called the weather bureau, and you're looking at three inches at the most in the Yukon.
00:58:19 Listen, we'll give you a buzz when we get into Willow Creek. You take care. Talk to you later.
00:58:23 All right. Adios.
00:58:25 Yeah, I'd like four ham on whole wheat, four roast beef on rye, and four cheeseburgers.
00:58:35 Is that it?
00:58:40 No. Let me have four more sandwiches, chicken on white bread, and cut the crust off.
00:58:50 Are you serious? Cut the crust off?
00:58:53 Yeah.
00:58:55 I'm getting my bike.
00:59:00 Hey, where are you going? What's wrong?
00:59:04 I'm going to see Jessie.
00:59:05 We got no time for that, Ray.
00:59:07 You can see her on the way back.
00:59:09 Look, man, I talked to her yesterday, and she was there. She was on the phone.
00:59:12 And now the damn thing's disconnected. You do whatever you gotta do. I'm going.
00:59:15 Ray. Ray.
00:59:22 Come on.
00:59:29 Yeah.
00:59:33 ♪ I'm rolling like a wheel ♪
00:59:35 ♪ Ain't got no roots to hold me down ♪
00:59:38 ♪ I'm rolling like a wheel ♪
00:59:41 ♪ Moving on ♪
00:59:44 ♪ A bee has to stay by his honey ♪
00:59:51 ♪ Can't stray very far from his home ♪
00:59:57 ♪ It's the same with possessions and money ♪
01:00:03 ♪ To keep them, they keep you at home ♪
01:00:07 Jessie?
01:00:18 Ray?
01:00:21 Oh, God.
01:00:30 Oh, baby, am I glad to see you.
01:00:33 Oh, man, what are you doing here?
01:00:37 I'm on a run up north. My, uh...
01:00:40 My partner's outside in the truck.
01:00:44 Come on, I'm gonna take you with me.
01:00:46 No, please, just...
01:00:48 Just go away. I'm fine. I'll be all right, all right?
01:00:51 Are you crazy? You're all alone in this frozen outhouse, and you got a gun, and you say you're fine.
01:00:56 Well, I'm sorry. I'm taking you with me now.
01:00:59 Come on, let's go. Ray, come on, just take me. No, let's just go. Come on.
01:01:03 You're pregnant.
01:01:11 Well, I see your mama didn't have any dumb kids.
01:01:14 That baby's mine, right? Shut up, Ray.
01:01:20 If you're gonna rescue me, let's just get it over with.
01:01:25 Okay, what are we gonna do with the gun?
01:01:27 Eat it. It's licorice.
01:01:29 Oh, wow.
01:01:43 Would you look at her?
01:01:45 Uh, there's a little detail I forgot to mention.
01:01:51 My partner's Pete.
01:01:54 I'll put your stuff in the truck.
01:01:56 I really thought I could make it, but I...
01:02:13 I got sick, and then I had to quit my job, and...
01:02:17 Well, that was that. There was three days' rent left on the house.
01:02:21 Jessie, when you left, you said that you weren't pregnant.
01:02:26 I lied.
01:02:28 So that's my baby, right?
01:02:32 What do you care?
01:02:34 What do I care?
01:02:36 Oh, come off it for just a second, would you?
01:02:38 You tell me, is that or is that not my baby?
01:02:41 I'll tell you whose baby this is, Ray. It's mine.
01:02:44 So shut up about it.
01:02:47 I'm hungry.
01:02:49 It's yours, huh? Don't you think I have a right to know a little...
01:02:52 I'm not talking about it. I'm not talking about it.
01:02:54 Fine.
01:02:56 You know what I would love? I would love a chicken sandwich right now.
01:03:00 What do you have back there?
01:03:07 Chicken on white bread?
01:03:14 Chicken on white bread?
01:03:16 The crusts are cut off.
01:03:20 Guess I must have bought 'em for you.
01:03:23 At four o'clock this morning, my wife woke me to say,
01:03:40 "Billy, get me to the doctor. Our son's on his way."
01:03:45 Well, I didn't have no gas in my old car.
01:03:50 All my paycheck had gone for drinkin'.
01:03:53 She had my son on the kitchen floor, and that's what got me thinkin'.
01:04:00 Bar stools and babies don't mix.
01:04:07 It's time to give up my old tricks.
01:04:11 Babies need love, and when food starts to shove,
01:04:19 Bar stools and babies don't mix.
01:04:24 To my old barroom buddies, I'm sayin' goodbye.
01:04:32 From now on, I'm singin' a new lullaby.
01:04:38 Singin' rock-a-bye, baby, don't need rock and ride.
01:04:44 I don't mean just maybe. Baby, don't cry.
01:04:52 Bar stools and babies don't mix.
01:04:59 From now on, I'm home before six.
01:05:03 Babies need love, sure as heaven's above.
01:05:11 Bar stools and babies don't mix.
01:05:16 To my old barroom buddies, I'm sayin' goodbye.
01:05:24 From now on, I'm singin' a new lullaby.
01:05:30 Singin' rock-a-bye, baby, don't need rock and ride.
01:05:36 And I don't mean just maybe. Baby, don't cry.
01:05:44 Bar stools and babies don't mix.
01:05:51 From now on, I'm home before six.
01:05:55 Babies need love, sure as heaven's above.
01:06:03 Bar stools and babies don't mix.
01:06:18 Homer!
01:06:21 There's, uh, somethin' I think I oughta tell you, Homer.
01:06:24 You know all them things the kids told you they wanted for Christmas?
01:06:28 Well, uh, they're gonna be here tonight.
01:06:31 In a truck my cousin Al's sendin' up from California.
01:06:34 Is that so?
01:06:36 Oh, well, that's somethin', I guess.
01:06:39 I knew that would make you happy.
01:06:41 Uh, so you'll come down and give 'em out, eh?
01:06:43 Nope.
01:06:44 Well, why not?
01:06:46 Well, something else has gotta happen.
01:06:49 Well, what?
01:06:51 I haven't the faintest idea, but when it happens, I'll know.
01:06:56 Homer, you're nuts!
01:06:59 Guess what.
01:07:01 There's gonna be a blizzard.
01:07:05 [ Thunder ]
01:07:08 [ Gasps ]
01:07:17 You all right, Jess?
01:07:19 You're not takin' obstetrics in school, are you, Mikey?
01:07:21 No, I'm good, Chuck.
01:07:23 Jesse, don't be silly. It couldn't be that.
01:07:27 No, not in here.
01:07:29 Hey, what are you guys talkin' about?
01:07:31 This is Mama Bear in Willow Creek.
01:07:33 Yellowbird, you got your ears on?
01:07:35 You got the yellow bird, Mama Bear.
01:07:37 Boy, are we glad to hear your voice.
01:07:39 I don't think we're more than 20 miles from you.
01:07:41 All right.
01:07:42 Where in the devil did this snow come from?
01:07:44 It shouldn't build up much more, Yellowbird.
01:07:47 Well, let's hope not. We got a lady on board,
01:07:49 and she is in labor even as we speak.
01:07:51 My stars and garters, Yellowbird.
01:07:53 We got an old Sawbones here who's just dyin' to deliver a baby.
01:07:57 We'll be waitin' with bells on. I'm out.
01:08:00 You're gone, too, Mama Bear.
01:08:02 Charlotte.
01:08:04 What?
01:08:06 I can hardly see across the street.
01:08:12 Hey, thanks, Charlotte. Let me know what happens, okay?
01:08:15 All right, bye.
01:08:17 I don't suppose you'd mind if I said a little prayer, would you?
01:08:25 Nope. I can use all the help I can get right now.
01:08:30 [ Engine Starts ]
01:08:32 I can't even see the road, man.
01:08:37 [ Gasps ] Guys, my contractions are comin' faster.
01:08:40 I'm drivin' as fast as I can, Jessie. I can't even see the road.
01:08:43 I can't have the baby here.
01:08:45 You're not gonna have it here. It's not gonna happen.
01:08:47 Just be calm, hey?
01:08:49 We're on ice.
01:08:53 Try to return. I got it.
01:08:57 [ Gasps ]
01:08:59 Jessie, lay off that. Hold on a second.
01:09:03 Watch out for the snowbank. We're goin' right into it.
01:09:16 We're gonna die. We're on ice.
01:09:19 We're heading up.
01:09:21 [ Gasps ]
01:09:24 [ Gasping ]
01:09:26 We stopped.
01:09:28 We're stopped. We're okay.
01:09:31 Why can't we see out?
01:09:41 We're in a snowbank.
01:09:43 But everything's all right. We're okay.
01:09:46 Breaker, breaker. This is the Yellow Bird.
01:09:49 We got a mayday in Wolf Pass. Come back here.
01:09:52 We got a mayday in Wolf Pass. Come back.
01:09:55 Repeat. This is the Yellow Bird.
01:09:58 We got a mayday in Wolf Pass. Come back, please.
01:10:01 Nothing. We must have broke the antenna off when we hit.
01:10:08 I think my water just broke.
01:10:10 What does that mean?
01:10:12 It means I'm gonna have my baby here. That's what it means.
01:10:15 Oh, fine. Fine. The engine died.
01:10:20 Try it.
01:10:22 Come on, baby.
01:10:25 Come in, Yellow Bird.
01:10:28 Nothing.
01:10:32 They're in Wolf Pass. I know it.
01:10:34 [ Gasps ]
01:10:37 There's gotta be a house around here somewhere. I'm gonna go check it out.
01:10:40 I'm scared. Just take deep breaths.
01:10:43 Okay.
01:10:45 That's it. Deep breaths.
01:10:47 [ Dog Barking ]
01:10:49 Pete?
01:10:55 Roll the window down.
01:11:01 Buenos noches.
01:11:07 My name is Domingo.
01:11:09 I am a shepherd.
01:11:11 I think, senora, you need a midwife.
01:11:17 Venga, ustedes.
01:11:19 Come with me.
01:11:21 Come.
01:11:27 Come on, baby.
01:11:30 You're all right. We'll give you a hand.
01:11:34 [ Whirring ]
01:11:37 [ Whirring Continues ]
01:12:03 [ Whispering ]
01:12:06 It's okay.
01:12:08 Easy. Easy.
01:12:10 All right. Now, where's this midwife you were talking about?
01:12:16 [ Gasping ]
01:12:18 The midwife, senor, is me.
01:12:21 Hold on a second. I don't think that's what we had in mind.
01:12:25 Amida. Amida.
01:12:27 With these hands, I've brought into the world a thousand lambs.
01:12:32 [ Gasping ]
01:12:34 I'm here, baby.
01:12:36 It is better if I have someone to stroke the yoke and speak softly to her
01:12:41 while I am bringing out the lambs.
01:12:44 I can do that. I'm the father.
01:12:46 Senor, not you.
01:12:49 Not you. Not you.
01:12:58 He would hit me.
01:13:01 Yeah.
01:13:09 All of us.
01:13:11 Baby, I don't know about this.
01:13:15 Go. Go. Go.
01:13:17 Please, go.
01:13:19 [ Breathing Heavily ]
01:13:27 [ Breathing Heavily ]
01:13:29 Hang on tight, Mikey. Hang on tight.
01:13:33 [ Screams ]
01:13:40 Now, please go.
01:13:42 And leave the midwife to his work.
01:13:44 We will soon have a new lamb.
01:13:47 [ Breathing Heavily ]
01:13:50 [ Breathing Heavily ]
01:13:52 Man, I had a bee in there, you know it?
01:14:04 Her baby.
01:14:08 That gets me.
01:14:10 Why should that bother you? You don't want it.
01:14:13 Oh, don't go telling me what I do and don't want.
01:14:16 I know what you're thinking. You're thinking just maybe that baby is yours.
01:14:20 Well, let me tell you something. It's not. That baby is mine.
01:14:23 I never said it wasn't, Ray.
01:14:25 And you think that maybe because your stupid brother Ray doesn't want his baby...
01:14:30 that just maybe you can get Jesse back. Isn't that right?
01:14:34 That's not true.
01:14:36 Yeah, well, I got news for you, pal.
01:14:38 Jesse don't love you.
01:14:40 I know that, Ray.
01:14:44 I'll tell you what I would do.
01:14:46 I'd take that baby and I'd raise it if she wanted me to.
01:14:50 I'd take care of her, too.
01:14:52 [ Chuckling ]
01:14:54 Man, you're crazy. You know that?
01:14:59 - No, you would do that, wouldn't you? - You're damn right I would.
01:15:04 You'd do that because that's the kind of guy you are-- Mr. Responsible.
01:15:09 Oh, that's right. You are the grown-up around here, aren't you, Pete?
01:15:13 Damn you. Why don't you just love the kid you got?
01:15:16 - Very soon. - Hang on tight, Mikey.
01:15:22 Look, man, uh--
01:15:29 What'd you do that for?
01:15:34 'Cause you're right.
01:15:41 That's for never giving me the satisfaction of fighting me.
01:15:44 That's because you've been having it coming for a long time.
01:15:49 That's for never-- never getting mad at me for stealing Jesse.
01:15:53 And that's for stealing Jesse.
01:16:00 [ Coughing ]
01:16:02 [ Coughing ]
01:16:07 [ Laughing ]
01:16:11 - You all right? - Yeah, you kidding?
01:16:19 [ Baby Crying ]
01:16:27 Come on. Come on.
01:16:30 Little boy.
01:16:35 [ Speaking Spanish ]
01:16:47 Oh, my God.
01:16:53 Me-- Me and Domingo did it, Uncle Ray.
01:16:57 [ Baby Crying ]
01:16:59 [ Baby Crying ]
01:17:15 [ Baby Crying ]
01:17:17 He's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
01:17:26 He's so little.
01:17:30 Jesse, the whole time you were away, I--
01:17:39 All I could think about was how much I wanted to have you back.
01:17:42 [ Baby Crying ]
01:17:44 I'm a-- I'm a screw-up, Jesse.
01:17:50 I guess I always will be.
01:17:54 But I love you more than anything, and I want you back.
01:18:09 I want that-- that little baby.
01:18:12 I want both of you.
01:18:18 Will you come back?
01:18:26 - You really and truly want the baby? - Yes.
01:18:30 I do.
01:18:33 Yes.
01:18:38 Oh.
01:18:40 Come here.
01:18:42 - [ Baby Crying ] - Oh.
01:18:48 [ Baby Crying ]
01:18:50 [ Baby Crying ]
01:18:52 It's-- It's back.
01:19:17 Oh. It's back.
01:19:20 It's back. It's back.
01:19:25 - It's back. It's back. - Honey, come on.
01:19:29 - It's back. - I don't know.
01:19:31 The spirit of Christmas is back.
01:19:33 - It's back. - It's back.
01:19:35 - It's back. - What are you all about now?
01:19:37 The spirit of Christmas is back.
01:19:39 - Oh, he's a-- - He's a--
01:19:41 - Oh, my God. - Oh, my God.
01:19:43 - What happened? - I don't know.
01:19:46 But something did.
01:19:48 [ All Laughing ]
01:19:50 Oh, quit hugging me, Charlotte.
01:19:53 Hey, Homer.
01:19:55 Hey, come on. We gotta get that Christmas truck out of Wolf Pass.
01:19:58 And deliver a baby.
01:20:00 They're in that snowdrift.
01:20:12 I hope they're okay.
01:20:14 [ Horn Blowing ]
01:20:16 Yeah, that's Al's truck, all right.
01:20:22 - Oh, yeah. - All right.
01:20:24 Now, come on. Dig.
01:20:26 Come on. We gotta get them out of there.
01:20:28 Hold on. Here it comes.
01:20:30 There we go.
01:20:32 - Oh. - Oh.
01:20:34 Merry Christmas, and welcome to Willow Creek.
01:20:38 I'm Charlotte Kemper, and you're in a snowdrift.
01:20:43 [ All Laughing ]
01:20:45 Oh, where will you look at that baby?
01:20:50 Let me hold him.
01:20:52 Oh, it can't be more than an hour old.
01:20:55 Young lady, did you have the baby in this truck?
01:20:58 No, no, in a little house.
01:21:01 Well, we were stuck in this storm, and a shepherd found us.
01:21:04 Domingo, that was his name. He delivered our baby.
01:21:06 What little house, for goodness' sake?
01:21:08 It couldn't have been more than 100 yards off that way, through the--
01:21:12 [ Sighs ]
01:21:14 - Woods. - Are you sure this happened around here?
01:21:18 Well, it was, uh--
01:21:20 It was snowing pretty hard. We couldn't see a whole heck of a lot.
01:21:23 - There were sheep. Lots of sheep. - Sheep?
01:21:25 Sure it wasn't a caribou you saw?
01:21:27 No, sir. It was sheep.
01:21:30 Well, the important thing is, whoever delivered it, the little tyke's healthy.
01:21:34 All right, duck.
01:21:37 Now, you folks can come along with us.
01:21:40 The rest of you, get back to work, digging out this Christmas truck.
01:21:45 - Here, right underneath there. - Charlie, give me a hand over here.
01:21:51 All right, I'm coming.
01:21:53 It was here, wasn't it?
01:22:08 It was all here.
01:22:11 This is weird.
01:22:14 [ All Chattering ]
01:22:19 We're here, in Willow Creek.
01:22:34 Pete, you did it! You got there!
01:22:38 Ho, ho, ho! Where's Sabrina?
01:22:42 Here I am. I'm here.
01:22:45 Merry Christmas.
01:22:49 Thank you, Santa. Thank you.
01:22:53 - It's the I.O.L. - She got her G.I. Joe's.
01:22:57 - Have they unloaded the biggie yet? - I don't think so.
01:23:01 Well, get out there, partner, 'cause I don't want you to miss it.
01:23:05 What is it, Thurgood?
01:23:08 What is it?
01:23:11 - It's a robot truck. - Thank you, Santa.
01:23:17 [ All Cheering ]
01:23:20 - I wonder what it is. - Hey, what's going on?
01:23:23 - It's over here! - Right over here!
01:23:26 - Right over here! - What's this?
01:23:31 "Merry Christmas to Ray and my Willow Creek family. Love, Al."
01:23:36 Well, young lady, you're perfect.
01:23:44 And so is this little boy.
01:23:47 Son, you and your brother did an amazing job.
01:23:50 Couldn't have done any better myself.
01:23:52 Of course, there is this umbilical knot.
01:23:54 It ain't the kind of knot an obstetrician ties.
01:23:58 It's the sort a vet uses on goats and...
01:24:01 sheep.
01:24:04 Hey, Ray, Jesse, you gotta come quick!
01:24:08 Well, what it looks like to me...
01:24:16 is enough stuff so you can make about...
01:24:23 ten tons of chili.
01:24:25 What's that got to do with you, Ray?
01:24:28 What in tarnation has it got to do with Willow Creek?
01:24:31 I know what it has to do with Ray. He makes great chili.
01:24:34 He won the coast-to-coast chili cook-off with it.
01:24:37 - Run her up, little buddy. Just run her up. - I can't.
01:24:40 Hey, don't you folks see?
01:24:43 This fella knows how to make chili.
01:24:46 We got a whole truck full of chili makings...
01:24:49 and what we got is an idle...
01:24:52 doggone cannery!
01:24:55 Hey, everybody!
01:24:58 We're gonna re-open the cannery. We're gonna make chili!
01:25:02 Harrison's tons and tons of the stuff to make it with...
01:25:07 and he sent us Ray to tell us how to do it.
01:25:10 Thank you very much.
01:25:14 This is as much of a surprise to me as it is to them.
01:25:21 You know, Al's been trying to make me do something with my life...
01:25:26 for as long as I can remember.
01:25:29 I just never gave two cents about it till now.
01:25:32 'Cause now I have you...
01:25:35 and I have the baby.
01:25:38 What would you think about maybe staying in Willow Creek...
01:25:48 for just a little while?
01:25:51 You'd be giving this chili business a shot.
01:25:55 Well, I always figured home is where the people you love are.
01:26:01 So if Willow Creek is where you want to be...
01:26:05 I guess we're home.
01:26:08 Yeah? - Yeah.
01:26:16 On the road, everybody wave a hand!
01:26:19 Hey, hit it for us!
01:26:23 Now, listen to me, I'm a realist. Get up here.
01:26:32 This is your Christmas present.
01:26:35 Orange is what I'm talking about.
01:26:44 Fatherhood.
01:26:47 Man, it's a funny thing, you know.
01:26:50 I speak from experience.
01:26:53 I want my kid to be like you.
01:27:03 That way I won't have so much trouble raising him, you know?
01:27:07 You got yourself a real chore. You've got a kid just like me.
01:27:13 How'd you get to be so smart all of a sudden?
01:27:16 I don't know. Maybe it's all that long-haired music you've been exposing me to.
01:27:21 Hey, I want you to admit to one thing. - What's that?
01:27:26 Back there, you were tapping your foot to my music, weren't you?
01:27:32 All right, I'll admit it.
01:27:36 Forgive and forget.
01:27:42 You got it. - Oh, man.
01:27:45 Hey, uh, Merry...
01:27:53 Merry Christmas.
01:28:09 You believe he's my cousin, right? - Yeah, he sure is.
01:28:13 Every time I see him from now on, I...
01:28:19 I can tell him I helped bring him into the world.
01:28:22 I never did anything...
01:28:29 important before, you know?
01:28:32 Come on.
01:28:37 Come on.
01:28:40 You know, when your mom went away,
01:28:45 it took something out of you that I've never been able to put back.
01:28:49 I guess so.
01:28:51 I want you to know that it took something out of me, too.
01:28:55 It did? - Yeah, it did.
01:28:58 I guess maybe we should have let each other know how much we were hurting, but...
01:29:07 we were both too busy acting like jerks.
01:29:11 I apologize for that. - Me, too, Dad.
01:29:16 Well, maybe I can start making it up to you a little bit.
01:29:22 Al just offered me a partnership in a business.
01:29:25 I guess he figures it's time for him to start taking it a little easy.
01:29:29 Anyway, if I take it,
01:29:32 it'll mean I won't be going out on the road anymore.
01:29:36 I'll retire as a yellowbird.
01:29:39 What do you think about that?
01:29:41 I think it'd be great.
01:29:44 There's something else I ought to tell you.
01:29:48 You see, when we decided to blow the plumbing out of the gym,
01:29:53 Groves and Feathers still wanted to use one cherry bomb.
01:29:56 I figured it would take at least ten to make any noise.
01:29:58 We blew the toilet clean through the floor of the basketball court.
01:30:02 I can't believe you did that.
01:30:05 We got expelled. The old man wailed on me. I couldn't sit for a week.
01:30:09 I love you, Dad.
01:30:12 And then, in English class, I sat way in the back.
01:30:17 I love you, too, son.
01:30:22 In about every ten minutes, I come out with these frog noises.
01:30:27 [frog croaking]
01:30:30 [TV playing]
01:30:33 Is that guy next door mowing his lawn on Christmas?
01:30:41 I don't think so.
01:30:44 Telegram goes with it.
01:30:46 With what?
01:30:48 What is this?
01:30:54 "Dear Al, thanks for the help. Love, Santa.
01:30:58 "P.S. There's a little something for you outside."
01:31:02 Ella, you better tell me what's going on.
01:31:06 What are you grinning at?
01:31:23 What is this?
01:31:25 This, my darling, is your own personal white Christmas
01:31:29 from everybody at Willow Creek.
01:31:32 Well, I'll be. Snow!
01:31:34 It's not snow. It's love.
01:31:37 Well, I hope it packs down, 'cause I haven't thrown a snowball in 20 years.
01:31:52 Hey!
01:31:54 You California kids don't know nothing about this.
01:31:57 Gather around and watch a pro.
01:31:59 You got 'em jacket tight, jacket, that's a secret.
01:32:04 Away you go.
01:32:06 Oh, okay, wise guy. You ask for it.
01:32:11 (cheering)
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