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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.
00:02:34Adorable.
00:02:35I'm so glad to see you, my darling.
00:02:39I've missed you so much, I can't believe it's been a whole year...
00:02:43Okay, I'm gonna get my luggage!
00:02:59Is that your backpack?
00:03:00No, that's not mine.
00:03:02What?
00:03:03Wait, no, I think that's it over there.
00:03:05Sir, could you help us?
00:03:06Thank you so much.
00:03:07You're such a kind person.
00:03:09Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:03:10It's OK.
00:03:12No, no, you're a lady.
00:03:13You should let a nice gentleman take your baggage.
00:03:16Thank you so much.
00:03:17That's OK, I'll take it.
00:03:18Thanks.
00:03:19Here we go?
00:03:27Of course, honey.
00:03:28I need the keys to open the trunk.
00:03:30All right.
00:03:31OK, it's just down this aisle, I'm sure of it.
00:03:32OK, yeah, 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 on?
00:03:37A ticket?
00:03:38How could they give me a ticket?
00:03:39How can they give anybody a ticket around here?
00:03:40Oh, good, I'm going to fight this.
00:03:41It's a meter.
00:03:42You need to put enough change in the meter.
00:03:43Of course I put enough change in the meter.
00:03:44What?
00:03:45I put, I loaded it up with change.
00:03:46I've been waiting for like a half an hour.
00:03:47Oh, could there be traffic on the 405?
00:03:48It's 730.
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00:06:24Mr. Park, my friend, I was just going to call you.
00:06:27No, my wife, she tell me call you.
00:06:33Go get ready for the party.
00:06:35What party?
00:06:36Your Aunt Sherry's birthday.
00:06:38I just got off a plane. I'm exhausted. How come no one told me about this?
00:06:42You no understand, my friend. You no sell fruit juice, huh? You 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.
00:06:56God, where is it?
00:06:58My blood sister gone bad.
00:07:01You know, I'm just going to let you see for yourselves how the whole mess played out that day.
00:07:07God damn it.
00:07:10No, no, no, no, no, no. The kids, they come. They see the fruit juice.
00:07:13They go to the 7-Eleven mini mall and they buy soda and cigarettes.
00:07:18Hey.
00:07:20No.
00:07:24Mr. Park.
00:07:27Quiet.
00:07:29Listen to me.
00:07:37Have you cleaned the pool yet?
00:07:41Huh?
00:07:42I have to clean the pool. I have to wash the cars. Why can't Estelle do it? She's the maid.
00:07:46She ain't the maid. She is the housekeeper.
00:07:49Yeah, right.
00:07:50Mr. Swell.
00:07:51Okay, wise-ass. Now you're not going to the party. Go to your room.
00:07:59Mr. Swell.
00:08:02Mr. Park.
00:08:04Fifteen. It's the age. She's like a firecracker about to explode. Go get ready.
00:08:12Okay.
00:08:36You give kids what they want, Mr. Park. They 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? I can walk down the hall with the needle sticking out of my arm. You think they'd notice?
00:08:59And Mr. Swell has to come to your store and wheel away machines.
00:09:04Marty, get on. We have to get going.
00:09:06Then you know be happy, Mr. Park.
00:09:10I love you.
00:09:41The effects of neglect.
00:09:47Are you two ready?
00:09:48I'm not going. I'm grounded.
00:09:51Don't be silly. This is family.
00:09:54I'm not one of you. That's just biological.
00:09:57Oh, that's real nice. What am I going to tell your Aunt Sherry?
00:10:01Mommy, Mommy, Mommy.
00:10:03Hi, honey.
00:10:04I love you, Mommy.
00:10:06I love you too, sweetheart.
00:10:08Can I go swimming, Mommy?
00:10:09No, we're going to Aunt Sherry's birthday.
00:10:16Oh, Tracy.
00:10:18Oh, you've been tracking it all over the house.
00:10:22It smells.
00:10:23Estelle.
00:10:25Here I am, Mrs. Swell.
00:10:28We were looking everywhere for you.
00:10:31Have you been?
00:10:33I was jogging.
00:10:35Tracy stepped in poopoo.
00:10:37Hi. Come here, Tracy.
00:10:38What is this dog doing in the house?
00:10:40I'm sorry, Mrs. Swell. I put him in my room.
00:10:43Come on, dog.
00:10:44Estelle, you don't have to put them in your room.
00:10:47I'll see you next week.
00:10:49Mr. Swell will see you next week.
00:10:51Bye-bye, Mr. Park. Bye-bye.
00:10:56Marty.
00:10:57I'm talking to a client.
00:10:58We are supposed to be at the party already. You're not even dressed.
00:11:01I'm trying to make some money.
00:11:03Party? Party? What's this about a party?
00:11:06Oh, hi, Pop.
00:11:07Good morning.
00:11:09Did I hear you say good morning, young lady?
00:11:11Good morning, Dad.
00:11:13Now, what's all this about a party?
00:11:16I've been asking you all week if you wanted to come. You told me no.
00:11:19Nobody told me anything about a party.
00:11:28Well, well, well. Look who's here. It's Wilma.
00:11:33Wendy.
00:11:34Did I hear you say good morning?
00:11:38Okay.
00:11:39All clean, Mrs. Swell.
00:11:44Hey, get off of my jacket, Tracy.
00:11:46Tracy, off the jacket.
00:11:49Aren't you coming?
00:11:50Me?
00:11:51Yes, you and Chrissy are part of the family.
00:12:05The air. Pregnant with chaos.
00:12:09You're hurting me. Say it!
00:12:12Ow!
00:12:24Wendy, hand me that cake.
00:12:26Okay.
00:12:27I'll be right back.
00:12:28Okay.
00:12:29I'll be right back.
00:12:30Okay.
00:12:31Okay.
00:12:33Wendy, hand me that cake, will you?
00:12:35Mom, can't you redecorate or something? This place looks like 1970.
00:12:39If I have the time.
00:12:41Dad, you coming?
00:12:42I wasn't invited.
00:12:48What?
00:12:49Nothing. Let's go.
00:12:50You're even stupider.
00:12:51Cell's coming, too?
00:12:52Sherry can use some help in the kitchen.
00:12:56Lock up, Dad.
00:13:03Mom, does he have to smoke that thing?
00:13:05Marty?
00:13:06No, I like cigars, Senor Swell.
00:13:08All right, all right. Pipe down, geez.
00:13:11Don't say his name in vain.
00:13:13I didn't. I said, geez, like cheese.
00:13:16The prices tell you I'm making my kid into a fanatic.
00:13:18Let's go. The machine will pick up.
00:13:21My dad might answer. Not know what he's saying.
00:13:25Could be a client.
00:13:26They call all day and night.
00:13:28Could be a deal.
00:13:29Go get it, then.
00:13:30You go.
00:13:31You go.
00:13:48Hello?
00:13:49Hello?
00:13:51Hello?
00:13:52Hello?
00:13:53Hello?
00:13:54Hello?
00:13:56Hello?
00:13:57Hello?
00:14:02Hello?
00:14:04Hello?
00:14:06Hello?
00:14:11They hung up.
00:14:13So?
00:14:14It was that crazy friend of yours, that drunken Peggy person.
00:14:18So what do you want me to do?
00:14:20You expect me to believe that she's a client.
00:14:24Oh, Marty.
00:14:26Hey, I told you. She gives me leans.
00:14:28I got to be nice to her.
00:14:30Oh, you're so nice.
00:14:31You are nicer to her than you are your own family.
00:14:36Come on, girls. We go pick lemons.
00:14:38Is that the only time you're nice?
00:14:40When you're with your little whore?
00:14:42Hey, hey, watch your mouth.
00:14:49The familiar isolation.
00:14:51The familiar isolation.
00:14:56I'll be the mommy picking lemons for my family.
00:14:59I want to.
00:15:01Mommies have blonde hair like me.
00:15:03Chrissy, you let Tracy be the mommy this time.
00:15:05You be it next time.
00:15:06Don't give in to her, Estelle.
00:15:08She's a spoiled little brat.
00:15:10Fuck you.
00:15:11Oh, Mr. Big Shot Nice Guy.
00:15:14Oh, yeah.
00:15:15What do you think?
00:15:16You want to take me for an idiot?
00:15:17You think I'm stupid?
00:15:19Like your first wife?
00:15:20Like Sheila you used to lock in the closet?
00:15:22I'm like no one in the closet.
00:15:24What are you talking about?
00:15:25Yeah, that's not what someone told me.
00:15:28I heard about you and your filthy ways.
00:15:31Your hair's cute.
00:15:33You think?
00:15:35It's the new wave look.
00:15:37Looks good on skinny girls with no tits.
00:15:42My finger.
00:15:44You beast.
00:15:46She comes after you with a nutcracker.
00:15:48The woman is loony.
00:15:49Psycho.
00:15:50Keep it down in there, will ya?
00:15:52The car is still running.
00:15:54Well, turn it off then.
00:15:55I thought we were going.
00:15:57I will go by myself.
00:16:03Casanova, out of my way.
00:16:05Oh, God.
00:16:08Poor little baby.
00:16:10What'd she do to you, huh?
00:16:12Oh, could you, could you, you sweet little thing.
00:16:15You want some love, huh?
00:16:17How about Daddy make you some eggs?
00:16:19Some eggs with cheese, huh?
00:16:22We 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?
00:16:46I asked my mom to ask you...
00:16:49Ask me what?
00:16:51Well, then I guess she didn't.
00:16:53Um...
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?
00:17:09Anyway, 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.
00:17:26My mother said it was all right.
00:17:28Look, I make the rules around here.
00:17:30No boys in the house and that is it.
00:17:40Why does he always have to do this when it's my family?
00:17:43You said you were going to ask him.
00:17:45About what?
00:17:46About Malcolm.
00:17:48Oh, I did ask him. He said he'd have to think about it.
00:17:54What do you want me to do?
00:17:56He's only coming tonight, Ma.
00:18:05Look, Marty, he's my best friend.
00:18:07He's coming 3,000 miles.
00:18:09I don't care if he comes from Kalamazoo.
00:18:11He can stay in a hotel.
00:18:13He can come here to swim.
00:18:19Look, the truth is, he's gay.
00:18:22We're like sisters.
00:18:24Well, now he's not swimming here.
00:18:26No fairies in my pool.
00:18:28Fairies?
00:18:30Are you from the Ice Age? They're called gay.
00:18:33Gay, get it? Because they're happy.
00:18:35Happy fairies?
00:18:37Oh, God, I knew you would say no.
00:18:40Certainly I'm going to say no.
00:18:42He is not staying in my house.
00:18:46Your house?
00:18:47Your pool?
00:18:49Your kingdom, Mr. Big Authority?
00:18:51As it so happens, it is my mother's house, and it was her parents'.
00:18:54You know you better quit while you're ahead.
00:18:58That's just swell.
00:19:00My best friend can't come and stay for one summer,
00:19:03but your mistresses can call all day long.
00:19:06You are just lucky my mother's in denial.
00:19:08She only sees what she wants to.
00:19:10The rest of us knows, you scum.
00:19:12I hope one morning you never wake up.
00:19:18Wendy?
00:19:20Why did you have to marry him?
00:19:22We were fine before.
00:19:25She's done.
00:19:27She's home from college for the summer.
00:19:29I don't want any trouble.
00:19:32I'm going.
00:19:34Now 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.
00:20:03I don't know why you have to mess yourself up.
00:20:05She sucks.
00:20:06Don't say that word.
00:20:08It's an onomatopoeia.
00:20:10Sounds like it means sucks.
00:20:12Watch it.
00:20:13Can we just go?
00:20:15Wendy!
00:20:31Tracy, sit in front with me.
00:20:33I want to sit with you, Mom.
00:20:35You'll sit in front with me. I'm your mother.
00:20:37Come on.
00:20:43Let me air. I can't breathe.
00:20:45Hold your horses.
00:20:47Mom, I'm going to barf.
00:20:49Shit.
00:20:50What now?
00:20:51I forgot the cake.
00:20:54Now you can have a firmer fanny with the fanny-sizer from Farm Co.
00:20:59Just shake, shake...
00:21:01What the hell is it?
00:21:04Mira, I don't see the ivy's been watered.
00:21:07Why don't you do it yourself?
00:21:09You're lazy, Senor Suel.
00:21:11You'd be sad when you see you're no more lazy.
00:21:14Then no more work.
00:21:16Then you and Chrissy no more home.
00:21:18Then back to El Casa y Médico.
00:21:21Marty!
00:21:38Move over!
00:21:40I am.
00:21:41More!
00:21:43Where is it?
00:21:45I don't know.
00:21:51Try to let her, Missy Sue.
00:21:53Marty!
00:21:55Is my sister's cake in there?
00:22:00We're leaving as soon as I find it.
00:22:04Shit.
00:22:19Honey, you've got to stop calling me here.
00:22:22Marty!
00:22:23Let me call you.
00:22:25You said you were going to tell me what to do.
00:22:28Call me here.
00:22:29Marty!
00:22:30Let 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, Pop.
00:22:55Right, Mira?
00:22:56No problem.
00:22:57What a girl.
00:23:05Ernie!
00:23:06Baby, you're back!
00:23:08How you doing, man?
00:23:10It's good to see you, too.
00:23:12Did they let you out of the sling?
00:23:14Hey, Pamela.
00:23:15Lovely as ever.
00:23:16She sure is.
00:23:18Papi's grown since the last time he's seen her.
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.
00:23:41Excellent kippers, Mira.
00:23:43Excellent.
00:23:45Hello, Ernie.
00:23:48I'm going to call Sherry and tell her we'll be there for dessert.
00:23:50We have to.
00:23:51We're bringing the cake.
00:23:55If I ever find the goddamn thing.
00:23:58Hey, Sherry.
00:24:00Are you coming?
00:24:02I 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?
00:24:11Oh, well...
00:24:13I'm your baby sister.
00:24:15I need you here.
00:24:18Enter PJ's All-American Shrimp Steaks
00:24:20with a grocery purchase of $50 or more
00:24:22and win two round-trip tickets
00:24:24to our native rural capital, Philadelphia.
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 going to have to call you back.
00:24:35You ever going to bring me my cake?
00:24:37What do you want to go there for?
00:24:39You said we were going to Europe in the fall.
00:24:48Breaking the chain.
00:24:52That's not it.
00:25:01It's mine!
00:25:03What are you doing?
00:25:04This is my stuff!
00:25:05I told you not to touch my stuff!
00:25:07Get out of here, you little brat!
00:25:09Get out of my bedroom!
00:25:11We can go to Europe any time.
00:25:13In Philly, we can stay with Sally
00:25:14and the kids.
00:25:15I am not staying with your sister.
00:25:17There's no vacation for me.
00:25:19I'm still recovering
00:25:20from when they were here at Christmas.
00:25:26So am I recovering.
00:25:28In my wallet.
00:25:34Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Vegas.
00:25:36The money just goes like water.
00:25:39That's why I'm thinking, honey,
00:25:41we should take advantage of this, okay?
00:25:44Don't you want to see someplace new?
00:25:47My daughter has been to Europe twice already
00:25:50and I've never been!
00:25:52Honey, we're going to come home broke, okay?
00:25:55I mean, I hear the food is lousy,
00:25:57they make a lot of money,
00:25:58but we're going to come home broke, okay?
00:26:01I mean, I hear the food is lousy,
00:26:03they make a lot of money,
00:26:04but we're going to come home broke, okay?
00:26:07I mean, I hear the food is lousy,
00:26:08they make these tiny little sandwiches,
00:26:10and all that walking you got to do it,
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 ballhouse.
00:26:38What are you complaining about, huh?
00:26:41You have a house, a pool, a fancy car?
00:26:44It's always in the shop!
00:26:45So it's in the shop, it's still yours,
00:26:47it's got a license, it reads Swell too, huh?
00:26:51Look, what do you want now, what else?
00:26:53What do you want, what, what?
00:26:54Look, I'm not saying that Ted is a better man than you.
00:26:58He's a bum!
00:26:59Don't you call my father a bum!
00:27:01Look, any man who don't support his kid is a bum!
00:27:04Give me that, it's mine!
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!
00:27:15What 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.
00:27:34Even in my saddest times,
00:27:37when I feel like the little meatball
00:27:41that's first to be eaten on a plate of spaghetti,
00:27:44I know the work of God is being done.
00:27:48And I become happy,
00:27:51accepting myself for exactly who I am.
00:27:55I know that evil will get its just due in this world,
00:27:59but it's hard waking up to it each day.
00:28:05I am sending you another $50
00:28:07so that you can keep on helping people like me.
00:28:11I love you very much.
00:28:13Hugs and kisses,
00:28:15Estelle Rodriguez.
00:28:22Freeze!
00:28:29Oh la la la
00:28:35Oh la la la
00:28:42Oh la la la
00:28:46Oh la la la
00:28:53What did you say?
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.
00:29:26I 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?
00:29:38Don'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...
00:29:46I 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.
00:29:59That is work, Mom.
00:30:05I only paid for my own ticket.
00:30:09Look, you had a job at the university.
00:30:12When I was your age, I never took a vacation.
00:30:16When you were my age, you were married and pregnant with me.
00:30:19No difference.
00:30:21There 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.
00:30:31My father wanted me to learn the value of a dollar.
00:30:37I never expected to live off of them when I was grown up.
00:30:41Don't worry. I don't expect anything from you.
00:30:45Besides, look who's talking.
00:30:47You live in your parents' house and your husband hardly has a job.
00:30:50He is a responsible man. He brings in a good living.
00:30:54More than your own father.
00:31:01Hey, I know that guy.
00:31:03Factor of fiction. You need a reason to sue somebody.
00:31:07Fiction. Factor of fiction.
00:31:10Factor of fiction. You need substantial evidence
00:31:13or a reliable eyewitness to prove a crime.
00:31:16Fiction again. Factor of fiction.
00:31:20You don't need lots of money to take legal action.
00:31:24Fact.
00:31:26He 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.
00:31:39Lewis, Lewis, Lewis and Clark.
00:31:42Four fellas you can trust.
00:31:44That's 1-800-G-E-T-H-E-F.
00:31:51Don't be a wimp. Send your kid to college.
00:32:02Oh yeah, my glory, that's a beautiful lap story.
00:32:09You must be Marty.
00:32:11I'm the handyman.
00:32:14Hold on.
00:32:27Marty?
00:32:30Yeah, yeah, I'm Marty.
00:32:32Malcolm.
00:32:34You met Ernest here?
00:32:36Ernest?
00:32:38English?
00:32:39That's right. Born and raised.
00:32:42But I live in Manhattan now though.
00:32:47I always thought moms and dads were supposed to love each other.
00:32:56Wendy, someone at the door for you.
00:32:58For me?
00:33:02Oh, this is Malcolm here, Papa. He's from Great Britain.
00:33:08What are you studying this year, mija?
00:33:13Literature, philosophy.
00:33:16Well, that sounds interesting.
00:33:25It is.
00:33:27Your hair's so pretty.
00:33:35You're all grown up.
00:33:38Yeah.
00:33:42You know, you should think about college one day, Estelle.
00:33:49No, 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 Hunt standby.
00:34:22Been up all night.
00:34:24Too much coke.
00:34:26You look smart.
00:34:28Could use a swim myself.
00:34:31Can you believe these dogs? Always the same story.
00:34:35Mom, this is Malcolm.
00:34:37Hello.
00:34:39Hello.
00:34:41I must say, beauty certainly does run in the family.
00:34:44Oh.
00:34:46I just wanted to show him your bathroom, Mom.
00:34:48Oh, it's a trip.
00:34:50Oh, I hope Marty didn't leave it in the mud.
00:34:54Fuck.
00:34:56Marty, what am I going to do with you?
00:34:59You are such a slob.
00:35:02It's...
00:35:04Do it.
00:35:06It's...
00:35:08It's...
00:35:10It's...
00:35:12It's...
00:35:14It's...
00:35:16It's...
00:35:18It's...
00:35:20It's...
00:35:22It's...
00:35:25Absolutely fabulous.
00:35:29There's the damn cake.
00:35:32Oh, Jesus.
00:35:34That kid, English, you know?
00:35:36What?
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.
00:35:49They ain't like him.
00:35:51He's a 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.
00:36:20I helped him.
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.
00:36:34Oh, and the elf.
00:36:36I love the elf.
00:36:37He's my favorite.
00:36:38I used to spend hours sitting next to that elf.
00:36:40I need to tell him it's a little drinky.
00:36:46So what are we waiting for?
00:36:48I can't leave right now, doll.
00:36:49Ernie's here.
00:36:50Okay, don't mind me.
00:36:52No, I can't leave my right-hand man all alone while I'm having a ball at the party.
00:36:59Maybe you want to come?
00:37:01Marty, could I talk to you for a second?
00:37:04All right, Ernie.
00:37:05All right, all right, all right.
00:37:09I'm not taking him to Sherry's.
00:37:11He's a thief.
00:37:12He just got out of jail.
00:37:13How many times do I have to tell you?
00:37:15He didn't do it.
00:37:16He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
00:37:18You know Ernie.
00:37:19He's not too bright.
00:37:21I mean, he didn't know how to defend himself.
00:37:24Why do you always have to make things so difficult for me?
00:37:27Your father lives here to grab the slack, doll.
00:37:34I'm getting on.
00:37:35No, I want to.
00:37:36It's my house.
00:37:37I can't swim.
00:37:38Go buy one.
00:37:41Phew.
00:37:46Marty distributes to vending machines.
00:37:50But he used to stock hotel bars.
00:37:53Wow.
00:37:55The whole closet's full of his stuff.
00:37:57It's just sitting around collecting dust.
00:37:59Nobody touches it.
00:38:06Cool.
00:38:11Did you get this?
00:38:16Scored a Q.P. in Washington Square.
00:38:20What can I say, Ernie?
00:38:21You can't go anywhere without me.
00:38:23Don't worry about it.
00:38:24Hey, Marilyn.
00:38:25We're going.
00:38:26Give me it.
00:38:33You're such a degenerate.
00:38:36You're such a degenerate.
00:38:46Maybe you could pay me for half of that.
00:38:48See, you're smoking it too.
00:38:55I'm serious.
00:39:03Just one more hit.
00:39:05No.
00:39:22Bitch!
00:39:24Mom!
00:39:26Mom!
00:39:29Help! Mom!
00:39:36Help!
00:39:47I don't like the sound of that.
00:40:02Will you look at that?
00:40:03I can't believe it.
00:40:07Gracie!
00:40:08Hey, little hero.
00:40:13What is going on?
00:40:19My little hero.
00:40:21Marilyn, call the papers.
00:40:23What, are you crazy?
00:40:24I happen to be serious.
00:40:25This is big news item.
00:40:26Caught, saved by Tyke.
00:40:27I like that.
00:40:29Go get me the towel.
00:40:30I'm telling you, Marilyn.
00:40:31They're going to eat this thing up.
00:40:32By tomorrow, the phone is going to be ringing off the hook.
00:40:34Oh, just what we need.
00:40:54Focus.
00:40:57Focus.
00:41:03Come here.
00:41:05Come here.
00:41:32Come here.
00:41:40Why don't you come on over here and sit next to me?
00:42:03Yes!
00:42:14Do you remember all the fun we had at the G-Spot last week?
00:42:19I was totally blasted.
00:42:21So was I.
00:42:33Wendy.
00:42:35If you don't get off me, I'm going to fuck your lights out,
00:42:37and it won't be sweet.
00:42:42I should call Brian.
00:42:44What for?
00:42:46He's out here.
00:42:47Comes from L.A.
00:42:52He said he'd take me clubbing.
00:42:54We'll go to clubs.
00:42:55We'll do all kinds of cool things.
00:42:57Don't get sarcastic with me.
00:42:58I'm just saying.
00:43:00Put the camera over there.
00:43:02Wendy.
00:43:03There's paparazzi out here.
00:43:07What do you think they want?
00:43:09I don't know.
00:43:11Some famous athlete moved in across the street.
00:43:13There's always shit going on.
00:43:20Right this way, boys.
00:43:21Come on in.
00:43:23Channel 81.
00:43:29Okay, okay.
00:43:31You stand right here.
00:43:32Are you family?
00:43:33Yeah, family.
00:43:35All right, you?
00:43:37Okay.
00:43:39Of course we're family.
00:43:40We know that.
00:43:42You're family.
00:43:43I'm family.
00:43:44You're family.
00:43:45You're family.
00:43:47You're family.
00:43:48You're family.
00:43:49You're family.
00:43:50You're family.
00:43:51Hi, I'm Pam.
00:43:56Hi.
00:43:57Nice camera.
00:43:58I'm the neglected middle child.
00:44:01What the?
00:44:04Caught. Saved by Tyke. That was my idea.
00:44:07For the record, Tracy, she's my half-sister.
00:44:11Think you could spit some water out of your mouth?
00:44:13Oh, must be the times.
00:44:16Are you family?
00:44:17God, no.
00:44:20But I live here.
00:44:22Let's just get a shot over here, all right?
00:44:28Hello?
00:44:29Marty, would you get that first aid kit?
00:44:47My name's Steve, and this is Rafael.
00:44:49We're from the Helping Hands program.
00:44:51We're asking for donations from the community to help send inner-city kids like Rafael to summer camp.
00:44:56Oh. Will you take a check?
00:45:00Sure.
00:45:01Okay, just a minute.
00:45:05Oh, what a babe.
00:45:10Will you take cash?
00:45:11No problem.
00:45:13Okay.
00:45:18I'm the boss, sir. I'm the boss.
00:45:20Can we take pictures here of me and my two girls?
00:45:23I'm directing the show.
00:45:24Get that kit back. We need her.
00:45:26Marty, will you give me ten bucks?
00:45:28The water man's here.
00:45:30What water man? We don't get no water.
00:45:32Mom ordered it. The tap's disgusting.
00:45:35It's true. Tap water is very unhealthy.
00:45:39They only give us filter in this climate.
00:45:42Yeah, well, I just don't like her ordering things without informing me.
00:45:45I'm sure it wasn't oversight. Just give me ten bucks, Marty.
00:45:49Well, tell him to wait. I'm busy here.
00:45:55Don't get smart with me.
00:45:57Okay.
00:45:58She could have at least come in with a close-up. I mean, nice tight shot of the kid.
00:46:02Do you have ten bucks?
00:46:04It's for a good cause.
00:46:06Let me see.
00:46:12Wendy!
00:46:14Can we get this patio furniture out of here?
00:46:17We need to get the patio furniture out, create some space.
00:46:19You need it out completely.
00:46:21Brian!
00:46:22Dude.
00:46:23Malky, you're here.
00:46:28Yeah. Yeah, I'm here.
00:46:31Aren't you going to the freaking party?
00:46:33Welcome to Smelly, baby.
00:46:44Shit.
00:46:46I know Mom keeps a hundred bucks in here somewhere for emergencies.
00:46:51I'm sorry, Pammy.
00:46:53I'm just going to have to wait until your mommy pays me next.
00:46:57Dang, Estelle! Why do you have to give all your money to that stupid preacher?
00:47:08Where are you?
00:47:10In the valley.
00:47:12Nah, it sucks.
00:47:14With Wendy? That wench?
00:47:17How gross.
00:47:21You do want to see me, don't you?
00:47:24Yeah. Yeah.
00:47:38Why don't you get that pretty little butt of yours up here and join the party?
00:47:44No, I'm coming. I'm coming. Trust me.
00:47:48Mom, 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.
00:47:57What's all the rackety? We're going to be in the news, Pop.
00:48:00It's Grandpa. Grandpa Moe Swell to you.
00:48:04I'm in hell. I'm in hell. I'm in... I'm in... I'm in...
00:48:07Order help. I'm checking. I'm in swell hell.
00:48:11Then we're going to go on Saturday. We're going to go to...
00:48:15For the house.
00:48:17Oh, not now, Dad. I've got my hands full.
00:48:22Go ahead, Ernie. Get him. Get the dog.
00:48:24Okay, let's do a rehearsal. Look right into the camera and tell us what happened.
00:48:29I was trying to help her get the raft out of the pool, and then she fell in.
00:48:33I yelled for help, but no one heard me. They had the TV on.
00:48:36Don't say that, Tracy. I mean...
00:48:41Oh, Jesus, Pop. What is it?
00:48:43For the house.
00:48:47Well, that's really sweet of you, Pop.
00:48:49And look here, Ernie. Pop'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.
00:49:01Carl's Jr.? No kidding.
00:49:05You'll never guess who I saw while I was there.
00:49:08Terry Grant.
00:49:10Terry Grant's dead, Pop.
00:49:12No, no, no. It was Terry Grant.
00:49:14Handsome devil.
00:49:16But I kept saying to myself,
00:49:18what is Terry Grant doing in Carl's Jr.?
00:49:33Let me see that face. Let me see that face.
00:49:35Perfect. Perfect.
00:49:37Okay. Hold that, okay?
00:49:41It's the best I can do.
00:49:43I don't think you understand, Mary.
00:49:45We need funds to help send the kids to the summer camp.
00:49:48You mean you don't want it?
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. Do you have a bathroom?
00:50:20Hey, Stell.
00:50:22Want to go to church?
00:50:29Hey, Stell.
00:50:31You want to come to church with me?
00:50:35Fuck.
00:50:36Sucks!
00:50:40Why can't you drive me to Brian's?
00:50:42You were supposed to come here to see me.
00:50:44We were supposed to be together.
00:50:46Brian's parents are gone for the summer.
00:50:49He's all alone in some huge mansion in Bel-Air.
00:50:52Brian's a creep.
00:50:57He's okay company if you're not sober.
00:51:10Well, give me 20 bucks.
00:51:13I'll take a cab.
00:51:17I blew all my money coming back from duty free.
00:51:20Dad will wire me some more cash tomorrow.
00:51:23I don't have 20 bucks.
00:51:27Ask your mother.
00:51:31You are so pathetic.
00:51:33You are the most selfish, immature narcissist.
00:51:37At least I'm not some pretentious suburban wannabe.
00:51:41Like you.
00:51:45Leave. Leave if you want.
00:51:47Fine.
00:51:49I guess I'll just have to call Brian then, won't I?
00:51:52Ask him to come and pick me up.
00:52:07Fuck.
00:52:27Stop it.
00:52:28Okay.
00:52:30Kinda like Lawrence Welk, huh?
00:52:32A little bit.
00:52:35Okay.
00:52:37How've you been?
00:52:38Oh, fine.
00:52:40How are you?
00:52:41I'm good.
00:52:42Okay.
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.
00:53:07Yeah.
00:53:32This party's so a big deal.
00:53:33We could always go to that party.
00:53:35I mean, how many times do we get to be on the news, huh?
00:53:38On full color and TV and everyone's gonna watch you.
00:53:42Your family priest might see you back in, you know, New York.
00:53:45Who knows? New Jersey.
00:53:47This is really great.
00:53:49We can't blow this one, Marilyn.
00:53:51We gotta have this one.
00:53:53What a day.
00:53:55All this excitement.
00:53:56No different from any other day.
00:53:58Right, hon?
00:54:03You know, I've had it with these backyard stories.
00:54:07I want to do hard news.
00:54:24Thanks so much for the hospitality.
00:54:26Oh, you're most welcome.
00:54:29Anytime, Judy.
00:54:46Randy?
00:54:50You all right?
00:54:52Leave me alone.
00:54:58Leave me alone.
00:55:00I know, I know your friend left and you're upset about it.
00:55:07You don't understand.
00:55:09Well, he seemed to take it very well.
00:55:17What is it, honey?
00:55:19What is it?
00:55:24What is it, Casanova?
00:55:26What is it?
00:55:33I'm in love with him.
00:55:37Oh.
00:55:39Well, he seemed to be a very nice young man.
00:55:43He'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.
00:55:57Oh.
00:56:06Have you two been intimate?
00:56:11Yes.
00:56:15And then he just pretended like it didn't even happen.
00:56:20I hate men.
00:56:23And I hate Marty.
00:56:25Him and that disgusting convict chased him away.
00:56:28No, you don't know that.
00:56:30I do.
00:56:34And you're so low class.
00:56:36You know, nobody even understands why you married that pig.
00:56:40Wendy, please.
00:56:43Why did you marry him?
00:56:53Well, he used to be really nice to me.
00:57:09Now, there's a little kind of a business matter I've been meaning to talk to you about.
00:57:16Oh, no.
00:57:18I ain't done my time.
00:57:20Anyway, Ernie, baby, that was not my fault, okay?
00:57:24I mean, I just sold him the machine.
00:57:26How was I supposed to know that these bums were going to put an alarm on it?
00:57:29I mean, who 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?
00:57:58Now, look, this situation, no risk.
00:58:06Marilyn's got this coat.
00:58:09Mint coat.
00:58:11She don't use it no more because it's a gift I got her, you know, about ten years ago when we were dating.
00:58:17We keep insurance on it, you know, so the coat is still worth a lot.
00:58:24Get my drift?
00:58:25Yeah.
00:58:26Okay.
00:58:27What do you think?
00:58:28Good.
00:58:29What I'm suggesting is take a look at the coat, huh?
00:58:34It's in the closet in Estelle's room.
00:58:38Estelle ain't there at night because she's up there watching that preacher man she's so much in love with, you know?
00:58:44What I want you to do is examine the merchandise, okay?
00:58:49Take the coat with you and then see if you can find us a buyer.
00:58:54We make an insurance claim on it like it's been stolen.
00:58:57And Marilyn, she buys herself a new coat.
00:59:01Hey, she's gonna be a lot more happier.
00:59:04And we keep the money.
00:59:06Exactly, yeah.
00:59:08Fifty-fifty this time.
00:59:11Partner.
00:59:16Wait, hold, hold.
00:59:17Let Estelle get it.
00:59:19She's the maid.
00:59:20Estelle, the doorbell.
00:59:28Oh, hi Mike.
00:59:29Is Wendy here?
00:59:31She's in her room.
00:59:33You could go on back.
00:59:36Hey, hi Mike.
00:59:37How's school?
00:59:39Good, Mr. Swell.
00:59:40Real good.
00:59:45I'm joining the college track team this fall.
00:59:47Important for a man to be able to run, huh?
00:59:57Hello.
01:00:04It's for you.
01:00:09Marty Swell.
01:00:13Peggy.
01:00:14Shut it, you lying prick.
01:00:16You have lied to me since the day we met.
01:00:19Peggy, calm down.
01:00:20Take it easy.
01:00:35Wendy?
01:00:39Mike?
01:00:44I heard you were home.
01:00:49Home.
01:00:51God, I wish there was a place that felt like home.
01:01:00Tell me about it.
01:01:01I've been home a week.
01:01:02My parents are already driving me nuts.
01:01:09What?
01:01:28I'm headed back to Berkeley tonight.
01:01:30Tonight?
01:01:31What am I going to hang out with all summer?
01:01:34You want to do a bong hit?
01:01:36Why not?
01:01:39Fuck reality.
01:01:53I can just see you in New York,
01:01:55sitting in the back of a cab,
01:01:57going down Fifth Avenue,
01:01:59smoking a doobie.
01:02:01Why don't you come and visit?
01:02:03Yeah.
01:02:08Okay.
01:02:39You should come to Berkeley if you want to get away.
01:02:44I'll make you bed on the dorm floor.
01:03:00Sometimes I just fantasize about never coming back.
01:03:09Mike?
01:03:11Did you see a car here when you drove up?
01:03:13Your mom's car?
01:03:15No. Marty's. The Caddy.
01:03:16My mom's is in the shop.
01:03:20No, I don't think so.
01:03:31Oh, God.
01:03:33What's wrong?
01:03:34No, no, no.
01:03:35No, no.
01:03:36No.
01:03:37You shouldn't have done that to me.
01:03:38No, that's just way too fucked.
01:03:40That's just way too fucked.
01:03:44What's going on?
01:03:49Okay, maybe they went.
01:03:51Maybe Mom went alone.
01:03:53Maybe Marty left with that jerk.
01:03:55Is there something I can do?
01:03:57Listen, Mike,
01:03:58I think something really bad has gone down.
01:04:00I mean, really bad.
01:04:02Are you sure you're not just being paranoid?
01:04:05I don't know. Maybe.
01:04:07Oh, God, I hope so.
01:04:09I think. I'm not sure.
01:04:10Listen, can you just hang out a second?
01:04:13You just might be witness to a murder.
01:04:16Mine.
01:04:37Increasing cloudiness tomorrow.
01:04:39Sticky and humid with a high of 96.
01:04:46Amen.
01:04:57As 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,
01:05:06You scared me.
01:05:07What is it?
01:05:09Um, nothing.
01:05:10I thought maybe you went to the party.
01:05:12After today?
01:05:13Forget it. I'm pooped.
01:05:15I'll take Sherry for breakfast this week.
01:05:18For her birthday.
01:05:20Oh, dinner.
01:05:21Well, maybe we'll get takeout, huh?
01:05:22Maybe Thai?
01:05:24Delivery?
01:05:25Yeah, I'll have it delivered.
01:05:26I'm not going anywhere.
01:05:28Okay, that's a good idea, Mom.
01:05:30You look tired.
01:05:31You rest, okay?
01:05:33Okay.
01:05:35Okay.
01:05:54Hello?
01:05:55Hi.
01:05:56Mrs. Thomas?
01:05:58Yeah, hi, this is Wendy.
01:06:00Wendy?
01:06:01Wendy Schuman, you know Malcolm's friend?
01:06:04You were here for dinner last week, weren't you?
01:06:07We had lamb.
01:06:08Yeah, right, right.
01:06:10Oh, Malcolm's on his way out to see you, isn't he?
01:06:13Has he arrived yet?
01:06:15No.
01:06:16No, he's not here yet.
01:06:18No, I'm expecting him later.
01:06:21Yeah.
01:06:22Um, listen, the reason I'm calling is, um,
01:06:25I just want to know, do you happen to know Malcolm's friend Brian?
01:06:28Brian?
01:06:30No, I don't think I ever recall a Brian having dinner here.
01:06:33He lives out here in L.A., in Bel Air.
01:06:35I was wondering if maybe you knew his number.
01:06:38Why 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,
01:06:54that maybe I could get together some of his friends he knew from school
01:06:57and maybe we could have a little welcome to L.A. party for him.
01:07:00Oh.
01:07:01Yes, I'm sure he'd adore that.
01:07:04Yeah.
01:07:05I know how he likes parties.
01:07:08Look, I'm sorry, dear, I really can't help you,
01:07:10but I just don't recall a Brian.
01:07:13No, no, no, that's okay.
01:07:15I 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.
01:07:34You don't understand.
01:07:36I'm talking about grand theft auto here.
01:07:39Huh?
01:07:40All right, look, this 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.
01:07:55Oh, God.
01:07:56Do you know where he went?
01:07:58Yeah, to the palace of some queen named Brian in Bel-Air.
01:08:05Can't you call his parents?
01:08:07I tried.
01:08:08Believe me, they don't know anything about Brian.
01:08:15Look, if you know it's in Bel-Air, the cops are gonna track it down.
01:08:19I can't believe he did this to me.
01:08:21Huh.
01:08:25Some vacation.
01:08:27It's not your fault.
01:08:29It 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.
01:08:52Hey, here it is.
01:08:54That's me, that's me.
01:08:56Me, too.
01:08:57I helped her get the raft out of the pool, and then she fell in.
01:09:00I jumped in, and then I put my arm around her neck,
01:09:04and then I carried her to shore.
01:09:06Right, you carried her to shore.
01:09:08Yes.
01:09:09Excuse me, are you with the family?
01:09:11What?
01:09:12Yes.
01:09:13You are with the family.
01:09:15And were you here when she drowned?
01:09:17And were you here when she drowned?
01:09:21Yes.
01:09:22Caught safe by pike.
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 macarons.
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?
01:09:52Yo, bitch.
01:10:01She's not there, Mom.
01:10:03Maybe she went out.
01:10:04Well, she better not take in the car.
01:10:06She's not insured.
01:10:07I thought you said you were gonna take care of that for the summer.
01:10:10Not in my car.
01:10:11She'll drive yours when she gets out of the shop.
01:10:13This calls for a celebration.
01:10:16For the hero.
01:10:18And the heery.
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.
01:10:46And nobody can deny.
01:10:49Which nobody can deny.
01:10:52And nobody can deny.
01:10:55They are jolly good fellows.
01:10:57They are jolly good fellows.
01:11:00Which nobody can deny.
01:11:08Warm up, warm up.
01:11:10There's less than a few hours ago, I still thought someday I'd have a little flat with
01:11:20Malcolm. Maybe a family. Fantasies. How much they fulfill. The true sense of the word they
01:11:31fill you up. When you've been away a while, you think your family has the potential to
01:11:38be the Brady Bunch and it's just your bad attitude that's causing the rupture. But then
01:11:44you get home and you realize that it's much more than that. You never felt connected in
01:11:51the first place. If you ever did, it was a long time ago.
01:12:08Why do we need to connect? The highest good we can strive for is to live with happiness
01:12:20and contentment. Webster's Dictionary defines contentment as the ability to be happy with
01:12:28what one has or is, not desiring something more or different to be satisfied. The Bible
01:12:37tells us to bless those who persecute you. You needed anything, Pop? It's drafty in here.
01:12:48I'll get you some extra blankets, huh? Why can't we just get by alone? In our own little
01:13:31connections. They seem so fleeting.
01:13:41They come and go, but we want to hold on to them.
01:14:01Marty, slow down!
01:14:22Life obviously involves a lot more alone time than it does together time.
01:14:31Even though together is what we seem to strive for.
01:14:45Oh, my God!
01:14:52Oh, my God. Give me a hug, please.
01:14:59Oh, my God.
01:15:05Oh, my God. Give me a hug, please.
01:15:09Oh, my God.
01:15:25I thought I heard something.
01:15:27You scared me.
01:15:29You scared the shit out of me. What are you doing?
01:15:31I'm hiding. Don't tell.
01:15:35Why?
01:15:37Malcolm stole the car.
01:15:39No way.
01:15:41Are we going to bust him?
01:15:43I'm going to be back in New York.
01:15:45Here.
01:15:47I'm leaving Mom a full electronic explanation.
01:15:49Do you ever see Dad in New York?
01:15:51Sometimes.
01:15:53On holidays.
01:15:55He sent me a letter.
01:15:57He said he'd be back in a few days.
01:15:59He said he'd be back in a few days.
01:16:01He said he'd be back in a few days.
01:16:03He said he'd be back in a few days.
01:16:05He sent me to stuff walruses last Christmas.
01:16:07He sent me to stuff walruses last Christmas.
01:16:09Remember how I used to love walruses?
01:16:11When I was six.
01:16:13Yeah, well...
01:16:15I guess that's where he kind of left off.
01:16:17I guess that's where he kind of left off.
01:16:19You're so lucky.
01:16:21I mean, you can just go.
01:16:23I'm still in prison.
01:16:25You'll be out soon.
01:16:27When I get older...
01:16:29I'm going to be a singer...
01:16:31I'm going to be a singer...
01:16:34I'm going to be in a really cool band.
01:16:36I'm going to blow everyone away.
01:16:38You watch.
01:16:40I'm going to go on tour all around the world.
01:16:42I'm going to go on tour all around the world.
01:16:44And my picture's going to be plastered everywhere.
01:16:46And my picture's going to be plastered everywhere.
01:16:48And when they want to see me...
01:16:50And when they want to see me...
01:16:52They're going to have to pay.
01:16:54Big time.
01:16:56Big time.
01:16:58Good night.
01:17:00Good night.
01:17:04I love you.
01:17:10I love you too, sis.
01:17:34I love you too, sis.
01:17:53You can just drop me off at SFO.
01:17:55I'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.
01:18:03No. I gotta get back to New York, you know? Recruit for the summer.
01:18:14I bet I can get my old job back at school.
01:18:19Oh, I need the drive though, you know. Clear my head. Clear out.
01:18:26Mike, do you ever wonder what your kids will be like?
01:18:33I wonder if they'll have buck teeth like me.
01:18:37Damn, if they'll have buck teeth.
01:18:41No. I mean, are they gonna hate us as much as we hate our parents?
01:18:48We have the same screwed up relationships.
01:18:52Don't know. They say you end up just like your folks.
01:18:59Heh heh heh.
01:19:17Sorry. Bong water.
01:19:21Come on.
01:19:23Ugh, Mike. Pull over. I think I need the air.
01:19:53What's wrong?
01:20:14I just gotta know. Things'll be different.
01:20:26There's gotta be a chance. Things'll change.
01:20:32I mean, things will be different for us.
01:20:38They will be, when we have our own families, right?
01:20:44Yeah.
01:20:50Come on.
01:20:54You can sleep in the car. I'll wake you when we get there.
01:21:02That was my last summer home.
01:21:06For a long time, anyway.
01:21:08I thought I'd walk away with all the answers, but I only ended up with more questions.
01:21:16Never 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.
01:21:38The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:22:08The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:22:38The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:22:42The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:22:46The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:22:50The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:22:54The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:22:58The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:02The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:06The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:10The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:14The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:18The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:22The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:26The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:29The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:33The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:37The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:41The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:45The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:49The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:53The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:23:56The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:00The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:04The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:08The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:12The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:16The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:20The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:23The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:27The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:31The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:35The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:39The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:43The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:47The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:50The more I wonder, the more I write.
01:24:54The more I wonder, the more I write.