A Soldier's Love Story (2010) - full transcript
Ten year old Jared Marshall's life crumbled down after his parents' divorce a year ago. Not only does his dad put his job first since, mother uproots him from Iowa by moving in with her ma so she can take a job in California. When Jared's class writes letters to US troops in Bosnia from the nearest base, kindhearted Sergeant First Class Vince Carerra, who grew up fatherless and got divorced because his wife wasn't faithful while he was on tour of duty, takes to the kid and starts a correspondence with 'fatherly' advice. Once his unit returns to Fort Sebastian, Vince calls on Jared's home, warmly welcomed. Vince becomes Jared's personal baseball coach and after some Cupid encouragement, his mother's boyfriend, but on an understanding not to commit because he's likely to be redeployed.
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- OOH.
- HEY, MOM.
- HI, GRANDMA.
GRANDMA!
- IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU!
OH, JARED, I'LL BET
YOU HAVE GROWN A FOOT.
HOW WAS THE TRIP, HONEY?
- OH, IT WAS LONG.
- LOTS OF TRAFFIC?
- MM-HMM.
- YOU LOOK EXHAUSTED.
- GEE, THANKS.
- OH, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT.
YOU KNOW THAT.
- OH, BALLOONS AND SIGNS.
MOM, YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO DO THAT.
- OF COURSE I DID.
NOW COME INSIDE.
YOU NEED SOME REST.
JARED!
OH, HONEY, LEAVE ALL OF THAT.WE'LL UNPACK LATER.
- HE'S SURE THAT WE LEFTALL HIS ACTION FIGURES BEHIND.
HONEY, I TOLD YOU,
THEY'RE IN THE BOX
UNDERNEATH YOUR BAG.
YOU KNOW, HE'S DYING
TO SEE HIS ROOM.
HE'LL FEEL AT HOME ONCE
WE GET HIS STUFF UNPACKED.
- OH, SURE.
THEN I'D BETTER HELP HIM.
TAH-DAH!
- IT'S PINK!
- WELL, OF COURSE IT'S PINK.
IT'S MY ROOM.
WE'LL PAINT IT BLUE.
IS THAT OKAY, MOM?
- YES, BLUE.
- WE CAN PAINT IT
WHATEVER COLOR YOU LIKE.
I SUPPOSE I SHOULD HAVE GOTTENRID OF ALL THIS STUFF
A LONG TIME AGO, BUT I WASN'TSURE WHAT YOU'D WANT TO KEEP.
- HEY, UH, MOM, CAN I GO ANDTELL DAD THAT WE GOT HERE OKAY?
- OH, YEAH, SURE,
OF COURSE YOU CAN.
- USE THE PHONE DOWNSTAIRS.
- OKAY.
- THE ONE
IN THE LIVING ROOM.
- 1,600 MILES IN TWO DAYS,
HALFWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I AM SO HAPPY
NOT TO BE DRIVING ANYMORE.
- HI, DAD.
- I'M NOT ABLE TO PICK UP
THE PHONE RIGHT NOW.
LEAVE A MESSAGE, AND I'LL GETRIGHT BACK TO YOU.
- HI, DAD.
THIS IS JARED.
WE'RE HERE.
WE'RE AT GRANDMA'S.
BYE.
WILL WE EVER SEE THEM AGAIN?
- MAYBE WE'LL GO BACK
FOR A VISIT.
THIS IS THE HOME THAT
WE BROUGHT YOU BACK TO
AFTER YOU WERE BORN.
I THOUGHT WE'D NEVER LEAVE.
- WE WOULDN'T HAVE
IF YOU AND DAD HADN'T
GOTTEN DIVORCED.
- YOU KNOW SOMETHING,
JARED?
SOMETIMES THINGS WE'RE NOT
READY FOR HAPPEN ANYWAY.
WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE LIFE
AS IT COMES.
SO WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
TO BE GRATEFUL FOR TONIGHT?
OH, I KNOW.
HOW ABOUT US
GETTING HERE SAFELY
AND NOT GOING
OVER THE EDGE
ON THAT CURLY BIT
THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN?
OR HOW ABOUT
BEING THANKFUL
FOR GRANDMA HAVING A BIG ENOUGHHOUSE FOR ALL OF US?
AND FOR ME FINDING A JOB
CLOSE BY
AND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE
STARTING NEXT WEEK?
- I MISS MY FRIENDS, MOM.
- WELL THEN, HOW ABOUT
BEING GRATEFUL
FOR ALL THE NEW FRIENDS
YOU'RE GONNA MAKE? HMM?
AND FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGSGOD HAS IN STORE FOR US.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THESE
AND ALL OUR OTHER BLESSINGS,
AND GUARD US THROUGH
THIS NIGHT, AMEN.
- OKAY, GOOD NIGHT.
I LOVE YOU.
- GOOD NIGHT, MOM.
HOW FAR IS FLORIDA
FROM HERE?
- HMM.
ABOUT 2,500 MILES.
- WILL DAD COME AND VISIT?
- HE SAID HE WOULD.
- HE SAID I'D GO SEE HIM
IN PENSACOLA.
HE SAID WE'D GO CAMPING,
BUT WE DIDN'T.
- WELL, MAYBE HIS WORK
WILL BRING HIM OUT HERE
AND THEN YOU'LL BE SURE
TO SEE HIM.
- DOES DAD STILL LOVE ME?
- YES, JARED, OF COURSE
YOUR DAD STILL LOVES YOU.
NOW GET SOME SLEEP, OKAY?
THANK YOU
FOR LETTING US STAY, MOM.
- OH, DON'T BE SILLY.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HOME.
HOW'S JARED DOING?
- WELL, LET'S SEE.
IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS
HIS DAD AND I GOT DIVORCED,
GIL TOOK OFF AND MOVED HALFWAYACROSS THE COUNTRY
IN ONE DIRECTION,
AND NOW I'VE SOLD
THE ONLY HOME
HE'S EVER KNOWN,
UPROOTED HIM
FROM HIS FRIENDS,
AND MOVED HIM HALFWAY
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
THAT, AND THE FACT
THAT HIS DAD
DOESN'T RETURN
HIS PHONE CALLS
AND JARED THINKS HE DOESN'T
LOVE HIM ANYMORE,
AND I WOULD SAY
IT HASN'T BEEN
THE BEST YEAR
HE'S EVER HAD.
- WELL, JARED WILL JUST HAVE TOMAKE THIS HIS NEW HOME.
I TELL YOU WHAT.
I WILL BUY HIM A BICYCLE,
AND THEN WITHIN
A WEEK OR TWO, HE WILL KNOW
EVERY KID WITHIN FIVE MILES
OF HERE.
NOW TAKE OUT THE TRASH.
- HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED?
- OH, YEAH.
I'M GOOD, MOM, THANKS.
- YOU KNOW,
WHEN I PRAY TO GOD,
I DON'T TELL HIM
WHAT TO DO.
I TELL HIM
WHAT MY PROBLEMS ARE.
AND THEN I LET HIM
COME UP WITH SOMETHING
TO SURPRISE ME.
YOU SEE, HE HAS A PLAN
FOR EACH OF US.
YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE
FAITH.
GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT, MOM.
- OKAY, YOU GOT YOUR, UH, BACKPACK, YOUR LUNCH. YOU READY?
WHAT'S WRONG?
- I DON'T KNOW ANYONE.
WHAT IF THE OTHER KIDS
DON'T LIKE ME?
- ARE YOU KIDDING?
THEY'RE GONNA LOVE YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
DURING RECESS,
GO OUT ON THE YARD
AND PLAY HANDBALL.
THAT'S A GREAT WAY
TO MAKE FRIENDS,
AMD BEFORE LONG,
YOU'RE GONNA KNOW EVERYONE.
COME ON, LET'S GO MEET
YOUR TEACHER.
LET'S GO.
- CLASS, THIS IS
JARED MARSHALL.
HE JUST MOVED HERE
FROM IOWA,
AND HE'S GOING TO BE
IN OUR CLASS.
JARED, YOU'LL BE SITTING...
YOU'LL BE SITTING HERE.
I ORDERED
ALL OF YOUR TEXTBOOKS.
I'M SURE AT RECESS, YOU'LL GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY.
SO DID EVERYBODY HAVE
A GOOD SPRING BREAK?
YES.
- GOOD.
- GUYS.
GUYS.
THIS IS DANA MARSHALL.
- HI, DANA.
- SHE'LL BE JOINING US TODAY, AS I TOLD YOU,
TAKING OVER FROM PENNY.
AND THIS--
THIS WILL BE YOUR STATION.
NOW MARTHA OVER HERE,
SHE'S OUR GO-TO GAL
FOR SOFTWARE,
AND ANYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOWABOUT PROTEAN CADS,
SHE IS YOUR GURU, AND I THINKALSO YOUR SATURDAY PARTNER.
I TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT,
RIGHT?
EACH TEAM MEMBER WORKS
ONE SATURDAY EACH MONTH.
AH! I'VE GOT TO TAKE THIS.
DEREK, I MAY NEED YOU.
MARTHA, YOU TOO.
JUST MAKE YOURSELF
COMFORTABLE.
DEREK WILL GET YOU STARTEDONCE WE'RE THROUGH WITH THIS.
YEAH, JACK.
- OKAY.
YEAH. HEY,
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
- LOOK OUT, HAMMER!
- OH!
- WOW!
MUST HAVE MISREAD MY SIGN.
THAT WAS A SINKER.
- HOW COME I NEVER LEARN.
- THAT WAS GOOD CUT THOUGH.
- THANKS.
- WHOA, GOTTA GO, MAN.
- LET'S GO!
KAMINSKI. SARATOGA.
- GUYS, WE WERE WINNING.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
- JUST 'CAUSE NOBODY EVERWRITES YOU, SERGEANT CARRERA,
DOESN'T MEAN THE REST OFTHE GUYS DON'T WANT THEIR MAIL.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE.
SERGEANT MCKAY.
- THERE WE GO.
- HARTMAN.
- YO!
- OKAY, TODAY WE'RE GOING
TO DO SOMETHING NEW.
WE'RE EACH GOING TO
WRITE A LETTER,
BUT WE AREN'T GOING TO WRITE
TO ANYONE THAT WE KNOW.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW
WHAT FORT SEBASTIAN IS?
- I DO.
- GOOD. WHAT IS IT, WYATT?
- IT'S WHERE THE SOLDIERS LIVE.- THAT'S RIGHT.
IT IS A U.S. ARMY BASE.
RIGHT NOW, THE SOLDIERS
FROM FORT SEBASTIAN
ARE IN BOSNIA.
- WHERE'S THAT?
- THERE, SEE? BOSNIA.
THEY'RE ON
A PEACEKEEPING MISSION.
THEY'RE HELPING TO KEEP
EVERYONE CALM AND HAPPY.
TODAY, EACH OF US
IS GOING TO WRITE A LETTER
TO A SOLDIER
FROM FORT SEBASTIAN
WHO IS AWAY FROM HOME,
AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY,
KEEPING THE WORLD SAFE
FOR US.
THE NAME OF THE SOLDIER
YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE TO
IS ON THE LETTER CARD
THAT I JUST GAVE YOU.
- DEAR SERGEANT CARRERA,
MY NAME IS JARED MARSHALL,
AND I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.
I'M IN FOURTH GRADE,
AND OUR WHOLE CLASS
IS WRITING TO ARMY SOLDIERS
IN BOSNIA.
MY TEACHER TOLD US
HOW HARD YOUR JOB IS
AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING
IN BOSNIA.
- LANNY.
- HEY.
- HOW ARE YOU DOING,
MY BROTHER?
- 181 DAYS DOWN,
16 TO GO.
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET HOME.
- I HEARD THAT.
HOW'S LIZ DOING?
- EH, SHE'S DOING ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS
IS ALWAYS THE TOUGHEST.
- I DON'T KNOW HOW
SHE DOES IT.
- HAVE YOU DECIDED WHERE
YOU'RE GOING FOR YOUR LEAVE?
- HMM, STILL NO PLANS,
BUT REST IS GOOD AS CHANGE.
- YEAH.
- JARED, HEY, I'VE GOT
A SURPRISE FOR YOU.
TAH-DAH! I SIGNED YOU UP
FOR BASEBALL.
- OH!
- WHAT'S WRONG?
YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO PLAY BASEBALL.
- I SUCK AT BASEBALL.
- WELL, THAT'S WHAT COACHES
ARE FOR.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
HERE, TRY IT ON.
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN
A SIZE TOO BIG.
- I'M DOING MY HOMEWORK.
- OH. OH, OKAY. WELL,
WE'LL TRY IT ON LATER.
WELL, THAT WENT OVER
LIKE A LEAD BALLOON.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREATWAY FOR HIM TO MAKE FRIENDS.
- DIDN'T GIL EVER TAKE HIM
TO T-BALL?
- YEAH, FOR ABOUT A WEEK
WHEN JARED WAS FIVE,
AND THEN HE WAS TOO BUSYAND JARED WOULDN'T GO WITH ME.
- OKAY, EVERYBODY,
COME ON IN.
SO GUYS, WELCOME TOLINCOLN PARK JUNIOR BASEBALL.
I'M JACK HANLEY.
I'M ONE OF THE COACHES.
THE TRYOUTS TODAY ARE TO PUTALL
YOU GUYS THROUGH YOUR PACES
SO WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT LEVEL
YOUR GAME IS AT.
LET'S GO. HIT THE FIELD.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
- ♪ COULD YOU FIND IT
IN YOU ♪
♪ TO BE PART OF
THE COVER-UP AGAIN ♪
♪ AND SO YOU ASK ME
♪ TOGETHER, WALKIN'
♪ WE ALL STAND ALONE
IN THIS DEAL ♪
♪ NEVER SHININ' FOR REAL
♪ YOU HAVE ALREADY CHOSEN
YOUR OWN ♪
- SO HOW DID IT GO?
- YOU SAW. I SUCKED.
- YOU'RE GOOD AT CATCHING.
- OH, MY GOSH,
HE THROWS LIKE A GIRL.
- OH! NO, NO, NO.
NO. WE'LL JUST PRACTICE.
- SERGEANT MCKAY.
- HEY.
- WHAT IS THIS?
WONDERS WILL NEVER CEASE.
SERGEANT FIRST CLASS
VINCENT CARRERA.
- WHOA!
- HEY!
- OH!
- MAYBE IT'S HIS EX-WIFE
TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHY HE HAVEN'T
GOTTEN HIMSELF KILLED YET.
- O'CONNELL, SARATOGA.
- HERE.
- HERE.
- "DEAR SERGEANT CARRERA,
"MY NAME IS JARED MARSHALL,
AND I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.
"I'M IN FOURTH GRADE,
AND OUR WHOLE CLASS
"IS WRITING TO ARMY SOLDIERS
IN BOSNIA.
"MY TEACHER TOLD US
HOW HARD YOUR JOB IS
AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING
IN BOSNIA."
- OF COURSE HE THROWS
LIKE A GIRL.
I'M THE ONLY ONE
HE'S EVER THROWN WITH.
ALL THOSE BOYS HAVE BEEN
PLAYING BASEBALL
SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE.
I REALLY LET HIM DOWN.
I'M JUST NOT GOOD AT BEING
MOM AND DAD.
- WILL YOU STOP THAT?
YOU CANNOT BE ALL THINGS
TO JARED. HE WILL LEARN.
AND YOU, YOU NEED TO STARTTAKING SOME TIME FOR YOURSELF.
MAYBE GO OUT ON A DATE?
SOMETHING?
- YOU KNOW,
FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS,
WHENEVER I'VE
THOUGHT ABOUT ME,
IT'S ALWAYS GIL AND ME.
I DREAM ABOUT BEING
IN A RELATIONSHIP AGAIN.
I EVEN DREAM ABOUT
BEING BACK TOGETHER WITH GIL
AGAIN SOMETIMES.
DON'T WORRY, I GET OVER
THAT ONE REAL FAST.
BUT THE TRUTH IS, I'M NOT
READY TO START DATING.
I'M NOT EVEN INTERESTED.
- WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHEN GOD MIGHT SNEAK UP
AND TAKE YOU BY SURPRISE.
YOU SEE, GOD HAS A PLAN
FOR EACH OF US,
AND YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN
TO WHATEVER HE SENDS YOU,
WHETHER YOU THINK YOU'RE
READY FOR IT OR NOT.
OH, AND BY THE WAY,
JARED CALLED HIS FATHER
TODAY AND LEFT A MESSAGE.
OF COURSE, GIL NEVER
CALLED HIM BACK.
OH. JARED!
JARED, DINNER'S READY.
- HEY, LANNY, WHAT ARE YOU,
ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD
WHEN YOU'RE IN
THE FOURTH GRADE?
- ABOUT THAT. WHY?
- THAT LETTER I GOT TODAY,
IT WAS A "DEAR G.I" LETTER
FROM A KID IN ROWENSFIELD.
ISN'T ROWENSFIELD
NEAR FORT SEBASTIAN?
- YOU NEED TO GET OFF
THE BASE A LITTLE MORE.
IT'S ABOUT 25 MILES
DOWN THE INTERSTATE.
- I GOTTA TELL YOU,
THAT LETTER REALLY HIT HOME.
REMINDED ME
OF WHEN I WAS A KID.
- BEEN THERE, DONE THAT?- GOT THE T-SHIRT TO PROVE IT.
- DO YOU MIND IF I BORROW
THAT PAPER AND PEN?
- WHAT, ARE YOU GONNA
WRITE HIM BACK?
- I WISH I HAD SOMEONE WRITE
WHEN I WAS HIS AGE.
THANK YOU.
- KNOCK YOURSELF OUT.
- "DEAR JARED, IT WAS REAL NICETO GET YOUR LETTER,
"AND AWFUL NICE
OF YOU TO WRITE.
"YOU DIDN'T TELL ME
HOW OLD YOU ARE.
"BUT YOU'RE IN
THE FOURTH GRADE,
"SO I GUESS
YOU'RE ABOUT TEN.
"YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT
IT'S TOUGH GROWING UP
IN A DIFFERENT PLACE
THAN YOUR DAD."
- BUT THE VERSION OF PROTEAN CADTHEY'RE USING IS 6.2.
THE LAST ONE I USED
WAS 2.7.
I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
- THAT MEANS
I'M TEN YEARS OUT OF DATE.
- WELL, YOU KNEW THAT
GOING IN.
YOU'LL GET UP TO SPEED.
- MOM, EVERYONE IS TEN YEARS
YOUNGER THAN ME.
- SO? THEY'LL TAKE A BREAK,
HAVE KIDS,
AND BE THE SAME AGE
YOU ARE.
- THE MEN TOO?
- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
- YEAH, WELL, I HAVE TO WORK ONESATURDAY OUT OF THE MONTH.
THEY DIDN'T BOTHER TELLING METHAT DURING THE INTERVIEW.
I MEAN, WHAT AM I GONNA DO
WITH JARED?
HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS.I CAN'T SET UP ANY PLAYDATES.
- WELL, I'LL TAKE CARE
OF HIM.
WE CAN HAVE SOME
QUALITY BONDING TIME.
LOOK, THE WAY I SEE IT,
YOU HAVE JUST HAD
YOUR FIRST DAY BACK AT WORK
IN TEN YEARS AND SURVIVED.
NOW QUIT UNDERESTIMATING
YOURSELF.
- BUT MOM--
- BUT YOU DO INTEND TO GO BACKTOMORROW, DON'T YOU?
- YES.
- WELL, THEN THAT
IS THE ONLY BUT
THAT COUNTS.
JARED, YOU'VE GOT SOME MAIL
ON THE TABLE.
- IS IT FROM DAD?- ONLY IF HE JOINED THE ARMY.
- IT'S FROM THAT SOLDIER
I WROTE TO.
- "DEAR JARED, IT WAS REAL NICETO GET YOUR LETTER,
"AND AWFUL NICE
OF YOU TO WRITE.
"YOU DIDN'T TELL ME
HOW OLD YOU ARE.
"BUT YOU'RE IN
THE FOURTH GRADE,
"SO I GUESS
YOU'RE ABOUT TEN.
"YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT
IT'S TOUGH GROWING UP
"IN A DIFFERENT PLACE
THAN YOUR DAD. I KNOW.
"I WAS YOUR AGE WHEN MY DAD
LEFT MY MOM AND WE MOVED.
"I REMEMBER THINKING,'I'LL NEVER MAKE NEW FRIENDS.
"NOT GOOD ONES
LIKE I HAD BEFORE.'
BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
I DID."
- THERE HE IS,
THERE HE IS!
- JUST THE MAN
I WAS LOOKING FOR.
- HEY, WHAT UP, MAN?
- LAST CHANCE TO COME DOWN
TO SAN DIEGO WITH US.
- THANKS, BUT NO THANKS.
I'M ALL RIGHT.
- COME ON, VINCE.
YOU'RE ON LEAVE.
- YOU CAN'T SPEND IT ALONE
ON THE BASE.
- MAN, I LIKE THE BASE
WHEN IT'S EMPTY.
- YOU'VE BEEN DIVORCED
THREE YEARS, RIGHT?
COME ON, LIZ GOT A WHOLE LISTOF WOMEN TO FIX YOU UP WITH.
- THE LAST THING I NEED
IN MY LIFE
IS A WOMAN RIGHT NOW.
THE ARMY AND WOMEN
DON'T MIX WITH ME,
ESPECIALLY WHEN
WE'RE OVERSEAS.
- THREE YEARS.
- I APPRECIATE IT.
- ALL RIGHT,
YOU KNOW WHAT? I GIVE UP.
I SAW THE MAIL CLERK PUT
A LETTER IN YOUR BOX.
IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND,
GIVE ME A CALL.
- I WILL.
HAVE FUN.
- "DEAR SERGEANT CARRERA,
"MY MOM SAYS I HAVE TO PLAY
BASEBALL.
"SHE SAYS IT WILL
HELP ME MAKE FRIENDS,
"BUT WHO WANTS TO BE FRIENDS
WITH THE KID
"WHO THROWS LIKE A GIRL?
"WE HAD TRYOUTS ON MONDAY.
"I WAS TERRIBLE.
I COULDN'T HIT THE BALL.
"I WAS THE SLOWEST KID
ON THE FIELD.
"I HAVEN'T MADE
ANY FRIENDS YET,
"AND I DON'T THINK
I'LL BE PLAYING BASEBALL.
"MAYBE I SHOULD JUST
FORGET IT.
"ANYWAY, I HOPE EVERYTHING
IS GOOD OVER THERE.
"WE ARE THINKING ABOUT YOU
AND HOPE YOU ARE HOME SOON.
YOUR FRIEND,
JARED MARSHALL."
- DEAR JARED, I GOT
YOUR LETTER ABOUT BASEBALL.
YOUR MOM'S RIGHT.
IT'S A GREAT WAY
TO MAKE FRIENDS.
THE KEY...
- JARED, I'M HOME.
- CAN I HELP YOU?
- YES, MA'AM.
DOES JARED MARSHALL
LIVE HERE?
- YES.
- I'M VINCE CARRERA.
UH, THE SOLDIER
HE'S BEEN WRITING TO.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
IT'S SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
WELL, YOU MUST BE
JARED'S MOM.
- YES, I AM.
- WELL, IF THE LETTERS SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR BOY,
HE'S QUITE THE YOUNG MAN.
- THANK YOU.
- YOU KNOW, I AM SO SORRY
TO BARGE IN LIKE THIS.
I'LL BE ON MY WAY.
- YOU KNOW, I JUST--I THOUGHTYOU WERE IN BOSNIA.
- OH, I WAS. I GOT BACK
A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
I'M STATIONED UP
AT FORT SEBASTIAN. IT'S--
IT'S ABOUT 25 MILES
UP THE INTERSTATE.
- I'M DANA.
- UM, HI, MRS. MARSHALL.
- OH, DANA.
- OKAY.
- JARED IS REALLY GONNA
WANT TO MEET YOU.
HE'S GONNA BE SO EXCITED.
WOULD YOU EXCUSE ME
FOR ONE SECOND?
- SURE.
- SORRY.
- IT'S OKAY. I GOT IT.
- OH, SORRY.
JARED. JARED.
HEY, JARED, COME HERE QUICK.
THERE'S SOMEONE
WHO WANTS TO MEET YOU.
HURRY.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
JARED, UH, THIS IS
SERGEANT VINCE CARRERA,
THE SOLDIER YOU'VE BEEN
WRITING TO.
HE'S HOME FROM BOSNIA.
- NICE TO MEET YOU
IN PERSON, JARED.
HEY, REMEMBER
THAT LAST LETTER,
HOW YOU WERE SAYING YOU
WERE HAVING A HARD TIME
GETTING STARTED
WITH BASEBALL?
WELL, BESIDES BEING
A PRETTY GOOD SOLDIER,
I'M PRETTY GOOD
AT BASEBALL TOO.
AND I WAS HOPING THAT,
UH, OF COURSE,
IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOUR MOM,
THAT I GET TO COACH YOU
A LITTLE BIT.
- PLEASE, MOM, PLEASE?
- AND MOM
WOULD HAVE TO COME,
BECAUSE WE NEED FIELDERS,
RIGHT?
- WELL, HOW COULD I REFUSE?
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S PLAY
SOME BASEBALL.
ALL RIGHT, JARED.
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE MOSTIMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT BASEBALL?
- NO.
- IT'S FUN. COME ON.
LET'S GO.
THAT'S IT.
YOU READY?
GET THAT.
THROW IT BACK.
WOW.
WOW, ALL RIGHT.
JUST GET IN FRONT OF THE BALLLIKE YOU'RE DOING, ALL RIGHT?
NICE, MAN.
NICE CATCH, MAN.
OH, WOW, MAN.
WELL, YOU'VE GOT A GOOD,
NATURAL EYE FOR CATCHING,
THAT'S FOR SURE.YOUR HITTING'S ALL RIGHT TOO.
NOW YOUR THROWING,
WE'LL WORK ON.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST
STARTED PLAYING BASEBALL
WHEN I WAS A KID,
I WASN'T MUCH GOOD.
BUT LIKE YOU,
I COULD CATCH,
SO I BECAME A CATCHER.
THAT WAY, WHEN I LEARNED
HOW TO THROW,
I COULD STILL
HELP MY TEAM OUT.
DO YOU KNOW IF THEY PICKED
A CATCHER FOR THE TEAM YET?
- I THINK THEY'RE GONNA DECIDEAFTER THE FIRST PRACTICE.
- WELL, ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MAKE YOU A CATCHER.
PITCH TO ME.
- OH.
- COME ON.
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
- I'M GONNA STAND HERE.
- FIRST THINGS FIRST.
FEET SHOULDER-WIDTH,
SQUARIN' THEM UP
WITH YOUR BODY, ALL RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- GET DOWN THERE,
CROUCHED DOWN.
- I CROUCH?
- GIVE THE PITCHER
A BIG OLD TARGET.
- JARED, WATCH OUT.
- AH.
THE KEY TO CATCHING,
ALWAYS GET
IN FRONT OF THE BALL.
YOU DON'T WANT TO LET IT GET
TO THE BACKSTOP,
ALL RIGHT?
'CAUSE THEY'LL STEAL A BASE.
YOU READY TO TRY IT?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT,
GET OVER THERE.
THAT'S IT.
GOOD.
WAY TO MEASURE IT UP.
- THEN CROUCH AND TARGET.
- LOOK AT YOU.YOU'RE A CATCHER ALREADY, MAN.
- NICE THROW, LADY.
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
- YEAH.
- IT'S COMING AT YOU.
ALL RIGHT, WAY TO STAY
IN FRONT OF THE BALL.
THAT WAS GOOD.
WELL, WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT, WAY TO GET
IN FRONT OF THE BALL.
THAT'S WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
- SO WERE YOU GOOD AT BASEBALLWHEN YOU WERE YOUNG?
- WHOA, MAN,
YOU SAYIN' I'M OLD?
- NO, YOU'RE NOT OLD OLD.
YOU'RE LIKE, UM,
OLD LIKE, UM,
MY MOM'S OLD.
- WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE.
ARE YOU SAYING
THAT I'M OLD?
- NO, YOU'RE NOT OLD.
YOU'RE--
NO, I DIDN'T MEAN IT.
UHH!
- IT'S OKAY.
WE KNOW WHAT YOU MEANT.
- SO WERE YOU GOOD
AT BASEBALL?
- I WAS PRETTY GOOD
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAD LOADS OF FUN,
I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
- WILL YOU COME
TO COACH ME AGAIN?
- OH, JARED,
I AM SURE THAT, UH,
SERGEANT CARRERA HAS, UH,
A LOT OF OTHER THINGS
HE NEEDS TO BE DOING.
- ACTUALLY, MY BATTALION'S
ON LEAVE RIGHT NOW,
SO I HAVE NOTHING BUT TIME.
I'D LOVE TO COACH JARED AGAIN, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU.
- WELL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WHY DON'T WE WAIT AND SEE HOWHE DOES AT HIS NEXT PRACTICE?
- ALL RIGHT.
JUST LET ME KNOW.
NOW YOU PROMISE
YOU'RE GONNA ASK THE COACH
ABOUT THE CATCHER,
RIGHT?
- YES, SIR,
SERGEANT--VINCE.
- THANK YOU.
IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU.
- LIKEWISE, MA'AM.
DANA.
LIKEWISE.
- HE HAS GOOGLED
EVERY CATCHER
SINCE ABNER DOUBLEDAY
INVENTED THE GAME.
THAT SERGEANT REALLY LEFT
A BIG IMPRESSION ON JARED.
- I COULD HAVE NEVER TAUGHT HIMEVERYTHING HE TAUGHT HIM.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HOW PATIENTHE WAS WITH JARED.
HE WAS TOTALLY THERE
JUST FOR HIM.
- GOD WORKS
IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS.
IS HE CUTE?
- I DIDN'T NOTICE.
- I KNOW,
BUT IF YOU HAD NOTICED.
- YES, YOU WOULD SAY
HE WAS CUTE,
AND I AM NOT READY
TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
- OKAY, YOU GUYS,
ARE YOU READY?
- GO ON.
ASK HIM.
- ASK ME WHAT?
- CAN I TRY OUT
FOR CATCHER, PLEASE?
- HAVE YOU EVER
SUITED UP BEFORE?
- NO, BUT SERGEANT CARRERA SAYSI'M GOOD AT CATCHING.
- AND WHO IS
SERGEANT CARRERA?
IT DOESN'T MATTER. SURE YOU
CAN TRY OUT FOR CATCHER.
SUIT UP,
AND YOU CAN DO IT
WHILE THE OTHERS
HAVE BATTING PRACTICE.
GO ON.
COME ON, EVERYBODY.
TAKE THE FIELD.
LET'S GO.
BATTING PRACTICE.
YOU'RE UP.
YOU'RE ON DECK.
GOOD CATCH, JARED.
- WHOO! GOOD ONE!
- OH, WOULD YOU ANSWER THAT?
- OH, SURE.
HELLO.
- IS THIS
JARED MARSHALL'S MOTHER?
- YES, IT IS.
- THIS IS COACH HANLEY.
I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW
THAT JARED WILL BE PLAYING
FOR THE CHARGERS.
- IS HE THE CATCHER?
- DEFINITELY.
- YES!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
YOU ARE THE CATCHER
FOR THE CHARGERS!
- YES!
- WHOO!
BINGO!
- YAY!
- YES!
- YOU READY TO DO THIS?
UHH! HERE WE GO.
YOU READY?
ALL RIGHT.
- HEY, WE'RE GOING OUT
FOR HAMBURGERS AFTER THIS.
DO YOU WANT TO COME?
- OH, UH, JARED,
VINCE HAS SPENT MOST OF
THE AFTERNOON WITH US.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD QUIT
WHILE WE'RE AHEAD.
- PLEASE, MOM?
- WELL, IT'S NOT UP TO ME,
BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO JOIN US,
YOU'D BE MORE THAN WELCOME.
- YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T MIND
JOINING YOU,
ON ONE CONDITION.
MY TREAT.
- OH, NO, WE--
WE COULDN'T.
- I DON'T THINK
I COULD MAKE IT THEN.
- OKAY, AT TIMES LIKE THIS,
MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME
TO GIVE IN GRACIOUSLY
AND SAY THANK YOU.
- MY PLEASURE.
SO DID YOU GET
YOUR CATCHER'S GEAR YET?
- MM, HE GETS IT
NEXT WEEK.
THE TEAM SUPPLIES IT
THIS YEAR,
AND THEN WE HAVE TO BUY IT
FOR HIM NEXT YEAR.
- OH, THAT MEANS
HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU
A NEW CATCHER'S MITT.
IT'S GONNA BE ALL STIFF
AS A BOARD.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT,
THOUGH.
SO I GOT YOU THIS.
IT'S WHAT THEY USE
IN THE MAJORS.
SOFTEN THAT MITT
RIGHT UP.
- WOW.
- WHAT DO YOU SAY, JARED?
- THANKS.
- YOU'RE WELCOME.
- THAT WAS REALLY
THOUGHTFUL OF YOU.
YOU KNOW, I GOT THE FEELING
THAT WHEN YOU SAID
YOU HAD A LOT OF FUN PLAYING
BASEBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL
THAT YOU WERE BEING MODEST.
- WELL, I WAS OFFERED A TRIPLE-ACONTRACT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL,
BUT YOU KNOW, ALL I EVER WANTEDTO DO WAS BE IN THE ARMY,
SO I DIDN'T SIGN IT.
PLUS I COULDN'T
HIT A CURVE BALL,
SO THE MAJOR LEAGUES
WERE A LONG-SHOT.
- YOU COULD HAVE GONE PRO.
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP
AT THIS HOUR?
- I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSEOF SOME NEW SOFTWARE,
CAD SOFTWARE THEY USE
AT THE OFFICE.
- I CAN'T HELP YOU THERE.
IT TOOK ME THREE WHOLE NIGHT
COURSES AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
JUST TO LEARN HOW TO EMAIL
AND GOOGLE.
- OH, I JUST--
I FEEL SO OVERWHELMED.
EVERYTHING'S CHANGED
SO MUCH.
I'M AFRAID I'M NEVER
GOING TO CATCH UP.
AND I'M ON PROBATION UNTIL
MY FIRST EVALUATION.
- AND THEN THEY WILL REALIZE
HOW LUCKY THEY ARE
TO HAVE YOU.
- I KNOW. I KNOW THAT I AM
37 YEARS OLD,
BUT I FEEL LIKE I AM SEVEN,
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU
TO WAVE YOUR MAGIC MOM WAND
LIKE YOU DID
WHEN I WAS A CHILD
AND MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY
AGAIN.
- THE NICE THING
ABOUT GROWING UP
IS THAT YOU GET TO WAVE
YOUR OWN WAND.
YOU'RE WORKING HARD ENOUGH.
ALL YOU NEED IS SOME FAITH
IN YOURSELF.
MMM.
THAT POPCORN SMELLS GOOD.
- OH, IT'S SO GOOD.
MMM.
I'M GONNA HAVE
SOME OF THAT.
- HEY, VINCE.
- YO.
- HOLD UP.
HEY, LISTEN, ARE YOU AVAILABLEFOR DINNER TONIGHT?
I WANT TO INVITE YOU OVER,
BUT I THINK LIZ WANT
TO INTERROGATE YOU
TO MAKE SURE I WAS
ON MY Ps AND Qs
WHEN WE WAS OVER IN BOSNIA.
- THAT'S REAL KIND, BUT I
GOTTA TAKE A RAIN CHECK.
TELL LIZ THANKS, THOUGH.
- WAIT A MINUTE.
ARE YOU GOING ON A DATE TONIGHT, YOU SLY DOG?
- NAH, IT'S NOT A DATE.
REMEMBER THAT KID WHO WAS
WRITING THOSE LETTERS
OVER IN BOSNIA?
- YEAH, YEAH.
- I'M COACHING HIM
IN BASEBALL NOW.
- OKAY, OKAY,
THAT'S A RELIEF.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DATING AGAIN, YOU KNOW,
LIZ HAS GOT A WHOLE ROLODEX
FULL OF WOMEN
SHE WANT TO HOOK YOU UP
WITH.
IS THE BOY'S MOM
AT LEAST CUTE?
- LET ME ASK YOU
A QUESTION.
WHAT PART OF "I'M NOT LOOKING"DID YOU NOT GET?
- THE "N"? NO, NO, NO.
IT WAS THE "O," RIGHT?
MAYBE THE "T"?
NOW I'M NOT LOOKING,
I'M NOT INTERESTED.
BUT TELL LIZ THANKS
ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT?
YOU GOT IT.
- OH, JARED, LOOK.
- HEY.
- HI.
VINCE, THIS IS MY MOM,
LOUISE METCALF.
MOM, THIS IS
SERGEANT VINCE CARRERA.
- A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU,
MA'AM.
- WELL, IT'S A PLEASURE
TO MEET YOU TOO.
MY GRANDSON TELLS ME
THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO LEAP TALLBUILDINGS IN A SINGLE BOUND.
- OH, YEAH?
WELL, ONLY SMALL ONES.
NOTHING OVER 20 STORIES.
ARE YOU READY, BUD?
- YES, SIR.
- ALL RIGHT, GRAB THIS BAT.
LET'S GO PLAY.
- I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY.
HE IS CUTE.
- MOM.
- WELL.
I'M JUST TRYING,
YOU KNOW.
- ALL RIGHT, WATCH THE BALLRIGHT INTO THE BAT, ALL RIGHT?
- HEY, OUR FIRST GAME IS THIS
WEDNESDAY. WILL YOU COME?
- YOU CAN COUNT ON IT.
- EACH AND EVERY
PIECE OF EQUIPMENT
YOUR PLATOONS
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
MUST BE THOROUGHLY
EXAMINED,
AND ALL DAMAGE AND/OR
LOSS THAT OCCURS
WHILE THEY ARE IN TRANSIT
MUST BE REPORTED
TO THE QM ON THE 2404s
WITHIN 14 DAYS
OF THE BATTALION RETURNING
FROM LOCKLEIGH.
BUT WHEN THOSE 14 DAYS
ARE UP,
YOU NEED TO GET ON THAT.
OKAY.
- HIS CAR'S NOT HERE.
- OH, YE OF LITTLE FAITH.
VINCE WILL BE HERE.
HE'S A MAN OF HIS WORD.
- I'M LEAVING THIS
TO THE FIRE TEAM.
THE LEADER
IS BILL'S LEADERSHIP.
- SO...
- THAT KID I'VE BEEN COACHINGIN BASEBALL,
HIS FIRST GAME
IS AT 15:30 HOURS.
- SHOOT.
WELL, IS HIS MOM
GONNA BE THERE?
- MM-HMM.
- SO THIS IS A DATE.
- IT AIN'T A DATE.
- SERGEANT MAJOR.
- YES, SERGEANT.
- SERGEANT CARRERA
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
HOW MUCH LONGER
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE
BECAUSE HE HAS A DATE.
- YOU'RE GOING
ON A DATE, SERGEANT?
- NO, SERGEANT MAJOR,
IT'S MORE LIKE WE--
- LET'S GO, LET'S GO.
- YOU CAN GO, MAN.
YOU CAN GO.
- LET'S GO!
- MOM, IT'S OKAY
IF VINCE DOESN'T COME.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES MEN CAN'T DOTHINGS THEY SAID THEY WOULD
BECAUSE THEY'RE BUSY
AT WORK.
- WELL, LOOK WHO'S HERE.
WHAT DID I SAY?
- HEY.
- WHEW! SORRY I'M LATE.
I GOT HELD UP
AT A MEETING.
- WHAT'S UP?
- GO GET 'EM!
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
- I TOLD YOU
I'D SHOW UP.
GO GET 'EM, BUD!
- HOW LONG BEFORE JARED
COMES UP TO BAT AGAIN?
- OH, I THINK HE'S UP FIFTH.
- I FEEL LIKE
AN ICE CREAM CONE.
HOW ABOUT THE TWO OF YOU?
- OOH, I WOULD LOVE
A VANILLA CONE.
- GOOD, GOOD.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
LET ME GET THAT.
- NO, NO, NO.
YOU SIT DOWN.
THIS IS MY TREAT.
- YEAH, DON'T ARGUE WITH HER.YOU WON'T WIN.
- OKAY. IN THAT CASE, I'LL TAKEA VANILLA CONE TOO.
- YOU'VE GOT IT.
- THANK YOU.
- GOOD LUCK, JARED.
I HAVE TO THANK YOU FOREVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR HIM.
YOU'VE MADE
SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE.
- OH, PLEASE, I AM HAVING
SUCH A GOOD TIME.
- MAMA'S PROUD.
YEAH, MAMA'S PROUD!
- LET'S GO, LET'S GO!
- NICE.
COME ON, COME ON,
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!
- IT'S HARD TO GROW UP
WITH AN ABSENTEE DAD.
- YEAH, FLORIDA'S
A LONG WAY AWAY.
- YEAH, WELL, GIL WASN'T ANYCLOSER WHEN HE LIVED WITH US.
- I KNOW HOW THAT FEELS.
SEE, MY DADDY
WORKED ON OIL RIGS
AND NOT MUCH ROOM FOR A FAMILYON THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN WHEN HE WASN'T
ON THE RIG,
WELL, YOU KNOW, HOME WAS THE
LAST PLACE HE WANTED TO BE.
IT WAS LIKE ME AND MY MOM
WEREN'T EVEN THERE.
HE WAS JUST MARKIN' TIME
TO GET BACK OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, MOM TRIED.
SHE WOULD MOVE US AROUND
EVERY COUPLE YEARS,
FIND SOMEPLACE THAT YOU COULDHOPEFULLY SETTLE DOWN,
BUT NOT SO MUCH.
OH, OKAY, OKAY.
NICE, NICE!
- HAVE YOU EVER
BEEN MARRIED?
- ONCE.
YOU KNOW,
FOR SOME REASON,
I JUST COULDN'T--
I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF HER
WHEN I WAS OVERSEAS.
SO SHE FOUND SOMEONE
TO TAKE CARE OF HER.
- I'M SORRY.
- NO, DON'T BE.
IT WAS, LIKE,
THREE YEARS AGO.
I'M SO OVER THAT.
NICE CUT, THOUGH.
NICE CUT.
- LET'S GO!
- HOW LONG SINCE
YOU'VE BEEN DIVORCED?
- UM, ME?
ABOUT A YEAR.
- STILL A LITTLE RAW?
- NO. NOT NOW.
- HMM.
NICE THROW. GOOD JOB.
- SO NOW I'M WORKING ON
BEING A SINGLE MOM
AND WHAT I WANT TO DO
WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU ARE DOING A DARN GOOD JOBWITH JARED.
IF YOU DO HALF AS GOOD
A JOB ON YOURSELF,
YOU'RE GONNA BE JUST FINE,
DANA.
- HEY, BATTER, BATTER!
HEY, BATTER!
I THOUGHT YOU SAID HE WASN'TGONNA BE UP TO BAT FOR A WHILE.
OH, I'M SORRY.
- GOOD EYE. GOOD EYE, JARED.
GOOD EYE, JARED.
YOU PLAYED A GOOD GAME
TODAY, BUD.
- I STRUCK OUT TWICE.
- YOU WERE ONE FOR THREE.
THAT'S
A 3.33 BATTING AVERAGE.
MOST PROS DON'T DO
THAT WELL.
- WE STILL LOST.
- YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A GOOD PLAYER
AND A GREAT PLAYER?
HOW QUICK THEY BOUNCE BACK,
ALL RIGHT?
HEY, UM, THIS SATURDAY,
IS GUEST DAY AT THE BASE,
AND I WAS HOPING THAT Y'ALL
COULD BE MY GUESTS.
- CAN WE, PLEASE?
- UM, YOU KNOW,
THAT SOUNDS REALLY NICE,
BUT IT'S THIS SATURDAY?
- YEAH.
- I'M WORKING THIS SATURDAY.
- OH, ALL RIGHT.
- MOM, PLEASE.
- HONEY, I'M NEW
AT THIS COMPANY,
AND I CAN'T GO CHANGING THINGSLIKE THAT JUST YET.
- WELL, I COULD TAKE HIM.
- YES!
- ALL RIGHT.
- HEY, DANA.
- YES, SIR.
- I, UH, TOOK A LOOK
AT THE PLANS
YOU DID FOR THE GENERAL
ARCHITECT PEOPLE.
IT'S GOOD STUFF.
- THANK YOU.
- ARE YOU STILL ON
YOUR TRIAL PERIOD WITH US?
- YES.
- NOT NOW.
FROM NOW ON,
YOU'RE PERMANENT.
JARED,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- HE'S IRONING EVERYTHING HE'SGONNA WEAR TO THE BASE TODAY.
- OH!
- IT'S JUST MY WAY, I GUESS.
OH.
- HI, THIS IS LOUISE.
- HEY, LOUISE,
CAN I SPEAK TO JARED?
- ALL RIGHT,
I'LL GET HIM FOR YOU.
JARED, IT'S YOUR FATHER.
- HI, DAD.
- HEY, BIG FELLA.
HOW'S MY BOY?- WHEN CAN I COME AND SEE YOU?
- THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING.
I'M IN THE AREA.
I WANT TO COME SEE YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE THAT?
- TODAY?
DOES IT HAVE TO BE TODAY?
- TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY
I CAN DO IT.
- BUT LISTEN, IF YOU'VE GOT
OTHER PLANS--
- NO, NO, DAD,
I WANT TO SEE YOU.
- OKAY. I'LL SEE YOU
AT 11:00, THEN.
- HI, DANA.
YOU GUYS ON YOUR WAY?
- HEY, VINCE.
LOOK, I'M AFRAID WE HAVE
A LITTLE PROBLEM TODAY.
UM, JARED'S FATHER CAME
INTO TOWN UNEXPECTEDLY,
AND HE WANTS TO SEE HIM,
AND TODAY'S THE ONLY DAY
HE CAN DO IT.
- NO SWEAT. THERE'LL BE
OTHER GUEST DAYS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
- ARE YOU SURE?
- YEAH. HE'S GOTTA SEE
HIS DAD, RIGHT?
- THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR UNDERSTANDING.
- ALL RIGHT. BYE.
- GRANDMA, IT'S DAD!
- HI, THIS IS LOUISE.
- HI, LOUISE,
IT'S GIL.
- JARED,
IT'S YOUR FATHER.
- HI, DAD.
ARE YOU COMING?
- I'M SORRY, KID.
I'M TIED UP WORKING.
I CAN'T GET AWAY. LISTEN, YOUKNOW WHAT BUSINESS CAN BE LIKE.
- YEAH.
- I'LL MAKE IT UP TO YOU
NEXT TIME, OKAY?
I LOVE YOU.
- WELL, GUESS WHAT HAPPENED?
GIL NEVER SHOWED UP.
HE JUST CALLED AND CANCELED.
- OH, NO. WHY AM I NOT
SURPRISED? WHERE'S JARED?
- HE'S IN HIS ROOM.
- I HEARD ABOUT YOUR DAD.
- HE'S BUSY.
- I KNOW. I'M SORRY.
HEY, BUT NOW WE CAN GO
TO VINCE'S GUEST DAY.
- WE ALREADY TOLD HIM
WE CAN'T GO.
- WELL, I'LL CALL HIM.
- IS THERE STILL TIME?
I'M SURE THERE IS.
THERE'S THAT SMILE.
LET ME SEE THAT SMILE.
- I'M SO GLAD Y'ALL MADE IT,
MAN.
- WOW.
- RIGHT ON.
SO MY BARRACKS
ARE OVER HERE.
- COOL.- AND WE LIKE TO MAKE IT SPIFFY
ON VISITORS' WELCOME DAY,
DAY ONE.
- HERE ARE THE GUYS.
COOL, HUH, JARED?
- DO YOU LIKE IT?
- YEAH.
- RIGHT ON.
- WELL, WHAT--WHAT--WHO?
WHAT'S THAT?
AH, AH, AH, AH, AH.
- UH!
DANA, THESE ARE
MY TWO BEST FRIENDS,
LANNY AND LIZ MCKAY.
- OH, YOU'RE DANA.
IT'S SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
- IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.
- AND THIS IS JARED.
- OH, THE BASEBALL PLAYER.
HEARD YOU'RE A PRETTY GOOD
CATCHER THERE.
- HECK YEAH, HE IS.
YOU WANT A SODA OR SOMETHING?- ICED TEA.
- OOPS, YOU GUYS
LET ME GET IT.
YOU TAKE JARED
ON THE TEN-CENT TOUR
AND DO ALL THE BOY STUFF
BEFORE IT CLOSES.
I'M SURE DANA COULD USE
THE QUIET AND R&R
AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK,
AND THEN WE'LL MEET BACK FOR
DINNER WHEN YOU GET BACK.
- IF IT'S ALL RIGHT
WITH DANA.
- IT SOUNDS GREAT.
- ALL RIGHT.
HEY, BUD, GUESS WHAT?
I GOT AN ARMORED HUMVEE
WITH YOUR NAME ON IT.
YOU WANT TO TAKE A RIDE?
- SWEET! AN ARMORED HUMVEE?
- AND THEN WE CAN GO LOOK
AT THE HELICOPTERS.
- CAREFUL.
- YOU WATCH HIM!
SO WHAT DO YOU TAKE,
AN ICED TEA SWEET?
- OH, I CAN GET IT.
- NO, NO, YOU SIT.YOU CHILL. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
- THANK YOU.
- HEY!
- WOW!
- SLOW DOWN!
- HE'S QUICK.
- LOOK AT HIM.
- TODAY WAS NEARLY A DISASTER, BUT YOU SAVED IT.
- I'M JUST GLAD
IT ALL WORKED OUT.
- THANK YOU.
- HEY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT
GOING CAMPING THIS WEEKEND.
YOU THINK JARED
WOULD LIKE TO COME?
- OH, HE WOULD LOVE TO GO.
- YOU COME TOO?
- ABSOLUTELY.
SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN IN THE ARMY?
- WELL, MY MOM'S
A MACINTYRE,
AND MACINTYRES HAVE BEEN
IN THE ARMY
EVERY GENERATION SINCE,
SHOOT,
BACK BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR.
DO YOU DANCE,
MS. MARSHALL?
I HAVEN'T DANCED
IN A VERY LONG TIME.
- NEITHER HAVE I.
I THINK IT'S TIME WE START.
MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE?
YES, MA'AM.
- ♪ I'VE BEEN DYING
TO SEE YOU ♪
♪ DRIVING THROUGH
THE NIGHT ♪
♪ AND ONCE
THE CITY'S BURNED ♪
♪ BY CANDLELIGHT
♪ I KNOW
THE WATER'S RISING ♪
♪ THROUGH YOUR DOOR
♪ BUT I WON'T
LEAVE YOU HERE ♪
♪ WITH NOTHING
BUT A GOLD... ♪
- KEEP YOUR ELBOW UP.
THERE YOU GO.
GOOD CUT.
KEEP YOUR WEIGHT ON
YOUR BACK LEG, ALL RIGHT?
OKAY.
TRY AGAIN.
- HEY, MOM,
DO YOU HAVE ANY WATER?
- OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, THERE'S A DRINKING FOUNTAINRIGHT OVER THERE.
CAN I TRY?
- SURE.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
HMM.
- WHOA!
- OH, OOH!
- AH, NO.
I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD.
- SORRY.
- THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK WE NEEDTO START WITH THE BASICS.
- OKAY.
- OKAY. COME HERE.
RAISE YOUR BAT
TO THE BALL.
PUT IT RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
- OKAY.
- THERE YOU GO.
PUT IT UP LIKE THAT.
NOW SEE, YOU'RE A LITTLE
TOO CLOSE TO THE PLATE.
NOW BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
OKAY, THAT'S THE SWEET SPOT
RIGHT THERE.
SEE THAT?
- OKAY.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- CENTERED
ON THE CENTER OF THE PLATE.
OKAY.
RAISE UP THE BAT.
ELBOW UP.
THERE YOU GO.
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
GO FOR IT.
NICE. VERY NICE. SEE?
- THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THESE
AND ALL OUR OTHER BLESSINGS,
AND GUIDE US
THROUGH THIS NIGHT, AMEN.
- YOU SLEEP WELL.
MWAH. I LOVE YOU.
- MOM?
- HMM?
- IF YOU MARRIED VINCE,
WOULD HE BECOME MY DAD?
- WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?
I'M NOT MARRYING VINCE,
AND YOU ALREADY HAVE A DAD.
- DAD IGNORES ME
AND VINCE DOESN'T.
AND HE IS YOUR BOYFRIEND.
- NO, HE ISN'T.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT?
- WELL, HE TREATS YOU LIKE
YOU'RE HIS GIRLFRIEND,
AND YOU LOOK AT HIM LIKE
HE'S YOUR BOYFRIEND.
- OH, HONEY, THE TRUTH IS,
RIGHT NOW
I WOULD MAKE
A LOUSY GIRLFRIEND.
AND ANYWAY, I ONLY HAVE ROOM
FOR ONE GUY IN MY LIFE,
AND THAT IS YOU.
- BUT YOU SAID
SOMETIMES THINGS WE'RE NOT
READY FOR HAPPEN ANYWAY.
WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE LIFE
AS IT COMES.
AND GRANDMA SAID GOD SOMETIMESGIVES US ANSWERS
TO QUESTIONS WE AREN'T READY
TO EVEN ASK YET.
- WELL, THIS ISN'T ONE
OF THOSE THINGS.
NOW GO TO SLEEP.
- WOW, IT IS
SO BEAUTIFUL HERE.
YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB
SETTING UP THE TENTS.
I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE
LET ME HELP.
- NAH, THAT WAS STRICTLY
A JARED AND VINCE THING,
RIGHT, BUD?
- YEP.
WHAT'S THAT?
- THAT IS SHISH KEBOB.
- THAT'S MEAT
COOKED ON A SKEWER
WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS
AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
- MM-HMM.
YOU EVER HAD
MIDDLE-EASTERN FOOD, JARED?
- I DON'T THINK SO.
- AH, YOU'VE GOT TO TRY
FOREIGN FOOD.
IT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND
THE PEOPLE.
HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
A NEW MOROCCAN RESTAURANT
JUST OPENED UP BY THE BASE.
WE SHOULD GO THERE SOMETIME.
- IT SOUNDS LIKE
GROWNUP FOOD.
MAYBE YOU TWO SHOULD GO
ON YOUR OWN.
- WELL, YOU CAN'T SAY YOU DON'TLIKE IT IF YOU DON'T TRY IT.
- OH, HE'S TEN YEARS OLD.
HE LIKES HOT DOGS
AND HAMBURGERS,
AND PASTA WITH KETCHUP,
RIGHT?
DON'T WORRY.'VE GOT YOU
COVERED, BUD.
HOW'S YOUR HOT CHOCOLATE?
- IT'S SO GOOD.
- HEY, JARED,
YOU WANT ANOTHER S'MORES?
- JARED, ARE YOU ASLEEP?
- NO.
I THINK IT'S TIME FOR BED.
- WHAT TIME IS IT?
- BEDTIME.
- OH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'LL GET THIS.
PUT HIM TO BED BEFORE HE FALLSASLEEP OUT HERE AGAIN.
- THANKS. OKAY,
COME ON, HONEY.
- I WASN'T ASLEEP.
- OH, NO, I KNOW.
YOU WERE JUST RESTING
YOUR EYES.
- GOOD NIGHT, BUDDY.
- COME ON.
HOP ON IN.
THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT.
NOPE.
NOPE.
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- MAN, I HAVE A PLACE
FOR EVERYTHING,
AND EVERYTHING HAS A PLACE,
AND I CAN'T FIND
MY OVERALLS.
- WELL, LOOK.
LIZ ASKED ME
TO GIVE THAT TO YOU.
- OH, HEY, MAN,
THAT'S A GOOD PICTURE.
- YEAH, IT IS.
- TELL LIZ THANKS.
- YOU GOT IT.
WHAT YOU NEED
YOUR OVERALLS FOR?
- OH, I'M HELPING DANA
PAINT A ROOM.
- AH, SHE GOT YOU DOING
HER HONEY-DOS ALREADY, HUH?
- NO, I'M HELPING HER
PAINT JARED'S ROOM, MAN.
- HMM. THERE'S A LOT MORE
GOING ON THAN JUST PAINTING.
- WHEN ARE YOU GONNA UNDERSTANDTHAT
WE'RE JUST FRIENDS, MAN?
- MOST NEWLYWEDS
DON'T LOOK AT EACH OTHER
THE WAY YOU TWO DO.
LOOK, WHY DON'T YOU JUST
ADMIT IT? YOU LIKE HER.
- MAYBE I LIKE HER.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE GET REDEPLOYED?
I MEAN, YOU KNEW THAT
WHEN KARA LEFT.
I COULDN'T TAKE OF THEM WHEN
WE'RE IN EUROPE, YOU KNOW?
I WAS 8,000 MILES AWAY,
AND I COULDN'T STOP HER
FROM LEAVING.
MAN, I CAN'T GO THROUGH THAT
AGAIN.
- HEY, VINCE,
WHEN ARE YOU
GONNA GET IT THROUGH
THAT THICK SKULL OF YOURS?
IT WASN'T YOU.
IT WAS HER.
LOOK, YOU WERE PERFECT,
MAN.
I MEAN, YOU WROTE
HER EVERY DAY,
AND YOU CALLED HER
EVERY CHANCE YOU GOT.
YOU DIDN'T DO A THING WRONG,
OKAY?
SHE JUST COULDN'T HANDLE
THE SEPARATION.
SHE WASN'T STRONG ENOUGH.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU
TO MARRY DANA,
BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE HEROUT, JUST THE TWO OF YOU.
THERE'S A FIREWORKS SHOW
AT THE MARINA THIS WEEKEND.
- I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
THANKS, BUDDY.
FORGET THE OVERALLS.
- HEY, MOM,
WHERE'S MY MITT?
- OH, IT'S UNDER THE TARP
IN THE DRAWER.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
- HEY, SO THERE'S
A FIREWORKS DISPLAY
AT THE MARINA
THIS SATURDAY.
LANNY AND LIZ
ARE BRINGING THEIR TRAILER
UP TO BLUFFER'S POINT,
AND THEY WANT TO KNOW
IF WE'D LIKE TO JOIN THEM.
- WELL, THAT SOUNDS
LIKE FUN.
HEY, JARED,
DO YOU WANT TO GO?
- SURE.
- COOL.
- THIS IS LOOKING
REALLY GOOD.
- I KIND OF LIKED
THE PINK.
- OKAY. OKAY.
YEAH, I'LL TELL HER.
- AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BEGETTING READY FOR THE FIREWORKS?
WHO WAS THAT ON THE PHONE?
- OH, SOMEONE WHO SAID
TO TELL YOU
THAT SHE CAN'T DO
SOMETHING TONIGHT.
- WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME?
- I DIDN'T KNOW
YOU WERE HOME.
- I'M LOOKING AFTER YOU.
WHERE ELSE WOULD I BE?
NOW LET'S GET A LITTLE BIT
MORE SPECIFIC.
WAS IT MY FRIEND PEGGY?
I'LL CALL HER.
- WAIT. UH, SHE SAID
SHE'S NOT GONNA BE HOME
AND SHE'S GONNA CALL YOU
TOMORROW TO EXPLAIN.
- TOMORROW?
WHAT IS IT, HONEY?
- MY STOMACH
DOESN'T FEEL WEL
- JARED!
HEY, BUDDY,
WE'VE GOT TO GET GOING!
OH, HEY, ARE YOU ALMOST READY? WE'VE GOT TO GO.
- HE HAS A VERY BAD
UPSET STOMACH.
- OH, NO, WHERE DOES IT HURT?- EVERYWHERE.
- IT MUST HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING HE ATE
OR SOME KIND OF A BUG.
- IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I'LL JUST CALL VINCE AND
TELL HIM WE CAN'T MAKE IT.
- NO, MOM,
YOU'VE GOT TO GO.
- HONEY, I HAVE TO STAY HERE
AND TAKE CARE OF YOU.
- WHY CAN'T GRANDMA?
- WELL, GRANDMA'S GOING OUT.
- NO, HER MEETING
GOT CANCELED.
YOU CAN'T LET VINCE DOWN.
- OKAY, I'LL GO.
- OH!
OOH, THAT'S GOOD.
- OH, YEAH.
- OH, WOW.
- UM, I'M REAL SORRY JARED
WASN'T FEELING WELL.
HE WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS.
- OH, HE WOULD HAVE.
BUT I'VE FORGOTTEN HOW NICE
IT IS TO HAVE ADULT TIME.
WELL, WITH SOMEONE
OTHER THAN MY MOTHER.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST
NIGHT I'VE BEEN OUT
WITHOUT JARED
IN ALMOST A YEAR.
- HOW DOES IT FEEL?
- GOOD.
REALLY GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT MOROCCAN RESTAURANT
I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT?
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE DINNER THEREWITH ME SOMETIME?
- ARE YOU ASKING ME OUT
ON A DATE?
- I THINK I AM.
- A DATE DATE?
- MM-HMM.
OUR FIRST DATE.
- WELL, WHEN SHOULD WE GO
ON THIS DATE?
- TUESDAY.
- WHAT TIME?
- 8:00.
- OH, NO.
SOME THINGS ARE JUST
GONNA HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL OUR DATE AT 8:00
ON TUESDAY.
- IT'S ABOUT TIME.
WELL, WHAT MADE YOU
FINALLY SEE SENSE?
- WELL, I THINK BECAUSE THERE'SA BUILT-IN ENDING.
EVENTUALLY,
HE'LL SHIP OUT
AND IT'LL BE OVER.
DOES THAT SOUND TERRIBLE?
- NO, NOT AT ALL.
ANYWAY, WHO CARES WHAT HAPPENSTWO MONTHS FROM NOW?
THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT
YOU ARE GOING OUT ON A DATE.
OOH, THANK YOU.
- YEAH.
- WHAT'S THIS?
- IT'S COLOGNE LIZ BUYS ME.
SHE SAYS WEAR IT, BUT DON'T
USE AS MUCH AS I DO.
- IF YOU IRON THE CREASE
ONE MORE TIME,
YOU'RE GONNA CUT YOURSELF
ON IT.
SO YOU READY TO TAKE
THE PLUNGE, HUH?
- LIVING TODAY TODAY.
MAN, I FINALLY GOT
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT TOMORROW.
THANKS, LANNY.
- HEY, THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS
ARE FOR.
YOU GOTTA LIVE
IN THE MOMENT.
- MAN, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING.
I'M SERIOUS, MAN.
I WAS RUDE THE OTHER NIGHT.
I'M SO CLUMSY.
I TRIED TO KISS HER, MAN.
I CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT I'M SO STUPID.
- LOOK, SHE'S STILL
GOING OUT WITH YOU, RIGHT?
- WELL, YEAH.
- OKAY.
'CAUSE LOOK, DATING IS LIKE
RIDING A BIKE.
YOU WOBBLE A BIT
WHEN YOU FIRST GET BACK ON,
BUT YOU NEVER FORGET HOW.
- MAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT A BIKE LOOKS LIKE.
- LOOK, WILL YOU QUIT
IRONING THOSE PANTS
AND GET INTO 'EM?
OR YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE,
AND THAT'S WAY TOO BIT
OF A WOBBLE
FOR A FIRST DATE.
- OH, HEY.
YOU'RE WRINKLING THEM.
- PUT 'EM ON.
- ALL RIGHT.
- SO?
- IT'S FABULOUS, AGAIN.
- I LIKED THE ONE BEFORE
THE LAST ONE BETTER.
- NO, YOU'RE GOING
OUT TO DINNER.
THIS ONE HAS MORE, UM,
BREATHING ROOM.
- YOU MUST LIKE HIM
AN AWFUL LOT
IF YOU'RE MAKING THIS MUCH FUSSABOUT WHAT YOU WEAR.
- YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE
ANOTHER OPTION.
I HAVE A SKIRT
AND A REALLY CUTE BLOUSE.
- TOO LATE NOW.WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.
AND YOU LOOK--
- DY-NO-MITE!
UHH!
THANK YOU.
I'LL GET THE DOOR.
- YOU LOOK NICE.
- YOU LOOK... STUNNING.
- THANK YOU.
- ARE THOSE FOR ME?
- OH!
YEAH. I'M SORRY.
THANK YOU.
- HEY, VINCE.
- HEY, BUD.
- HEY.
- WOW, THESE ARE
REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
HEY, WILL YOU DO ME A FAVOR
AND PUT THESE IN WATER?
AND MAKE SURE YOU LISTEN
TO GRANDMA
AND THAT YOU ARE IN BED
BY 9:00.
- OKAY.
- OKAY.
- MWAH.
- HAVE FUN.
- I LOVE YOU.
- BYE, BUD.
- BYE.
- I THINK HE'LL BE GOOD
FOR HER.
SO DO I.
- THE COUSCOUS WITH VEGETABLESAND CHICKEN.
- WHAT WAS THAT DISH
THAT COMES WITH...
- WOW, IT ALL SOUNDS
SO GOOD.
WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND?
- WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE?
- I HAVE NO IDEA.
OKAY.
UM, HOW ABOUT I ORDERFOR BOTH OF US AND WE'LL SHARE?
- PLEASE.
- OKAY.
WE'LL START WITH THE HARIRA
WITH DATES.
THAT'S A SOUP.
AND THEN THE METZI,
THE MATCHUI,
AND THE CHICKEN
WITH THE TATCHOUKA.
AND A LITTLE COUSCOUS.
THANK YOU.
- ARE YOU ORDERING ENOUGH
TO FEED THE WHOLE BATTALION?
NO, JUST THE PLATOON.
WHAT?
- OH.
YOU JUST LOOK
REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
SO TELL ME EVERYTHING
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU.
- EVERYTHING?
- YEAH.
I WANT TO KNOW
ALL YOUR SECRETS.
- OH, DO YOU KNOW
HOW LONG IT'S BEEN
SINCE I'VE BEEN
ON A DATE?
ALMOST 14 YEARS.
- WOW.
LIZ TRIED TO SET ME UP
ON A BLIND DATE
WHEN ME AND MY EX
JUST SPLIT UP.
I WAS SO NOT READY.
I CHICKENED OUT.
- I WAS SO NERVOUS ABOUT GOINGON MY FIRST DATE.
- SO WAS I.
THANKS FOR MAKING IT
SO EASY.
- OH, I'M HAVING
SO MUCH FUN.
- GOOD.
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
SHOULD WE DO THIS AGAIN?
- OH, YOU MEAN, UH,
JUST THE TWO OF US
GO ON A DATE?
- YEAH.
- HEY, UM...
WHERE DOES JARED FIT
INTO ALL OF THIS?
- WHAT JARED AND I HAVE,
IT'S--IT'S SEPARATE.
I MEAN, HE'S MY BUDDY.
I'M GONNA BE THERE
FOR JARED
AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME,
OKAY?
- AND WHAT HAPPENS TO US
WHEN YOU GO OVERSEAS AGAIN?
- HEY, DANA, THAT'S--
THAT'S--
THAT'S MONTHS AWAY.
I MEAN...
LET'S JUMP OFF THAT BRIDGEWHEN WE GET TO IT, ALL RIGHT?
- FOR NOW, WE'LL TAKE IT
ONE DATE AT A TIME.
- ONE DATE AT A TIME.
I LIKE THE WAY THAT SOUNDS.
- GOOD.
THEN YES, I THINK WE SHOULD
DO THIS AGAIN.
- SO?
- SO WHAT?
- HOW DID IT GO?
- IT WENT OKAY.
- HOW OKAY? ARE YOU
GONNA SEE HER AGAIN?
- OH, YEAH, I'M GONNA
SEE HER AGAIN.
AT JARED'S BASEBALL GAME.
- LOOK, QUIT DODGING
THE QUESTION.
ARE YOU GONNA
SEE HER AGAIN?
- YEAH, MAN, I'M GONNA
SEE HER AGAIN.
WE'RE GOING OUT
TOGETHER.
- ALL RIGHT.
NOW SHE'S THE ONLY GIRL
YOU WANT TO SEE
AT THE MOMENT, RIGHT?
'CAUSE IF NOT,
SINCE YOU'RE DATING,
YOU'RE GONNA BE GOING
ON BLIND DATES
FROM NOW UNTIL CHRISTMAS.
- SHE'S THE ONLY ONE
I WANT TO SEE.
- ALL RIGHT, GOOD.
NOW SINCE YOU TWO
ARE DATING,
YOU ARE DOUBLE DATING
WITH US FRIDAY NIGHT.
NO EXCUSES.
- OKAY.
- HEY, SLEEPYHEAD.
- SO, HOW DID IT GO?
- HOW DID WHAT GO?
WELL, WE ATE
MIDDLE-EASTERN FOOD
AND IT WAS DELICIOUS.
- AND?
- AND WHAT?
- DO YOU LIKE HIM,
YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT?
IS HE YOUR BOYFRIEND?
- OKAY, THAT IS NOT
AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION
FOR A SON TO ASK
HIS MOTHER,
ESPECIALLY
MY TEN-YEAR-OLD SON.
- UH, JARED,
UH, TAKE YOUR BREAKFAST
INTO THE LIVING ROOM.
SO, HOW DID IT GO?
- IT WAS GREAT.
AND WE AGREED THAT
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS,
VINCE AND JARED
WILL BE BUDDIES.
- AND DO YOU LIKE HIM?
YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT?
- YEAH, I-I THINK I DO.
I MEAN, IT'S SCARY,
BUT YEAH.
- GOOD.
IT'S ABOUT TIME
YOU GOT THAT PART OF YOUR HEARTWORKING AGAIN.
- HANG ON, DANA!
THERE YOU GO!
- OH, YEAH.
- WHOO!
OH, MAN!
WHOO, THAT WAS FUN.
THERE YOU GO.
CHAMP!
- THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
BOY, OH, BOY, I AM GONNA BE
STIFF TOMORROW.
YOU ARE.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- HEY, LIZ.
YOU GOT ONE FOR ME?
- OF COURSE.
- HEY, DANA, YOU KNOW CATHY?
CATHY, DANA.
- HI.
- HI.
- CATHY'S MARRIEDTO JOSH BORGUNNER OVER THERE.
- AH.
- SO DO YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE?
A GIRL OR A BOY?
- NOPE, AND I DON'T WANT TO.
AS LONG AS HE OR SHE'S
GOT TWO GOOD ARMS
AND TWO GOOD LEGS AND FIVE
FINGERS AND FIVE TOES
ON EACH SIDE, I DON'T CARE
WHAT'S IN THE MIDDLE.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- SO WHEN ARE YOU DUE?
- JULY.
- WELL, LET'S HOPE
THAT THEY'LL BE HOME THEN.
- WHAT DO YOU WANT
ON YOUR BURGER, BABY?
- I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO HIM
FOR 15 YEARS,
AND HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT I WANT ON MY BURGER.
BEING AN ARMY MOM IS TOUGH,
BUT YOU'VE GOT WHAT
IT TAKES.
- DO YOU REALLY THINK
THEY COULD BE GONE BY JULY?
- NO WAY. NO. LIZ IS JUST
BEING A WORRYWART.
THEY'LL BE HOME
TILL AT LEAST CHRISTMAS.
- SORRY, BABE.
I'M LATE AGAIN.
- OH.
I KNEW YOU'D BE HERE.
AND YOU'RE NOT LATE.
THE GAME DIDN'T EVEN START.
- OH, SWEET!
- SO MUCH BETTER.
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT, BUD.
GO GET 'EM!
- ALL RIGHT, BLUE, LET'S GO!
- COME ON!
THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE
TO FOLLOW.
NICE ONE!
NICE SWING.
NICE CUT, NICE CUT!
NICE HIT, NICE HIT.
NICE CUT, NICE CUT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, THAT WAS QUICK.
THAT WAS A QUICK OUT.
QUICK OUT.
YEAH, NICE PITCH.
NICE PITCH, MAN.
COME ON, THROW IT TO HOME!
THROW IT TO HOME!
THROW IT HOME!
YEAH!
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, JARED!
- YEAH!
- WAY TO BLOCK THE PLATE!
- AND SO HOW ABOUT BEINGTHANKFUL I WON THE GAME TODAY?
- DEFINITELY.
YOU WERE FANTASTIC.
SEE, I TOLD YOU YOU COULD
PLAY BASEBALL.
- AND FOR YOU SMILING
SO MUCH NOW.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN "NOW"?
I ALWAYS SMILE.
- NOT LIKE YOU ARE NOW.
AND THANK YOU, GOD,
FOR BRINGING VINCENT
INTO OUR LIVES.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING
MY MOM TO LOVE AGAIN.
OKAY.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THESEAND ALL OUR OTHER BLESSINGS
AND GUARD US THROUGH THIS NIGHT, AMEN.
- ALL RIGHT.
YOU LAY DOWN.
GET SOME SLEEP.
I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU TOO.
- WHAT?
- NOTHING.
- MM.
- DANA.
- HMM?
- OPEN UP THE HERMOSA
ARCHITECTS FILE, PLEASE.
- SOMETHING WRONG?
- OKAY, GO TO THE ROOF PLANS.
WHOA. STOP.
HOW'D YOU DO THAT?
- WHAT?
- HOW'D YOU DO THAT IN 3-D?
WHY DIDN'T YOU HAVE TO DO
THE WHOLE ELEMENT?
- WELL, YOU DO A BOX SELECT,
YOU DRAG AND DROP IT
ONTO ITS PAGE,
AND THEN YOU HIT "3-D"
IN THE TOOLBAR.
- WOW.
MAKE SURE MARTHA KNOWS
ABOUT THIS, OKAY?
- OKAY.
- WELL DONE.
- I'VE DECIDED TO KIDNAP JAREDON SATURDAY.
I WANT TO TAKE HIM TO THE ZOO.
WE NEED SOME ONE-ON-ONE
QUALITY TIME TOGETHER.
- WELL, THAT'S GREAT, BUT WE HAVE PLANS ON SATURDAY.
- WHAT?
- GOING FOR A BIKE RIDE
WITH VINCE.
- OH, WELL THEN YOU AND VINCEWILL JUST HAVE
TO GO ON THAT BIKE RIDE
ON YOUR OWN, WON'T YOU?
- ♪ FOUND SOMEONE
NEW TO LOVE ♪
♪ FOUND SOMEONE
THAT I REALLY NEED ♪
♪ FOUND SOMEONE WHO MAKES ME
FEEL EVERYTHING ♪
♪ FOUND SOMEONE NEW TO LOVE
♪ FOUND SOMEONE
THAT I REALLY NEED ♪
♪ FOUND SOMEONE WHO MAKES ME
FEEL EVERYTHING ♪
♪ SOMETIMES I'M LONELY
AND I FEEL I CAN'T GO ON ♪
♪ SOMETIMES I'M SAD
♪ I SIT AT HOME ALONE
♪ BUT WHEN YOU'RE NEAR ME
♪ I SEE THIS RAY OF LIGHT
♪ COMING IN TO GUIDE ME
♪ AND I DO THINGS RIGHT
♪ OH, BABY, YEAH
♪ FOUND SOMEONE NEW
TO LOVE ♪
- I DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE GOINGTO MAKE IT.
- OH.
- YOU OKAY?
- YEAH, THERE WAS A RUSH JOB
AT WORK
THAT THE SO-CALLED"COMPUTER GAL" COULDN'T HANDLE,
SO I HAD TO.
OH, THANK GOODNESS.
24 HOURS UNTIL THE WEEKEND
AND THEN TWO WHOLE DAYS OFF.
THOUGHT YOU LIKED YOUR JOB.
- YOU KNOW, IT WAS CHALLENGINGWHILE I WAS TRYING TO CATCH UP
THE DECADE I TOOK OFF,
BUT NOW I REMEMBER
WHY I DIDN'T MIND QUITTING
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IT WAS RELIABLE WHEN I WAS
PUTTING MY
EX-HUSBAND THROUGH SCHOOL,
AND IT WAS PORTABLE,
SO I COULD FIND A JOB
WHEREVER HIS WORK TOOK HIM.
- LUCKY MAN.
- YEAH, EXCEPT NOW I'M RID
OF HIM
BUT I'M STUCK WITH THE JOB
AND IT IS BORING.
- AW.
- COME ON, LET'S GO!
- ALL RIGHT.
- NOW MAKE A WISH.
- YOU MAKE THE FIRST CUT.
- THAT'S FOR LUCK.
- VERY GOOD.
GOOD JOB.
OKAY, WHO WANTS A PIECE?
I DO.
- OH, OKAY.
MM.
HEY, WAIT. WHOA, WHOA.
SLOW DOWN.
OPEN THE CARD.
SEE WHO IT'S FROM.
- DAD.
- WELL, LET'S SEE
WHAT HE GAVE YOU.
- OH, A CHARGERS HAT.
- HOW DID DAD KNOW
OUR TEAM'S THE CHARGERS?
- UH, MAYBE A LUCKY GUESS.
FITS PERFECTLY.
- MM-HMM.
- LOOKS COOL.
- ALL RIGHT.HERE'S THIS BIG ONE DOWN HERE.
OH!
HERE WE GO.
HERE'S THE CARD.
WHO'S IT FROM?
- VINCE.
WHOA.
- COOL.
- OH, LOOK AT THAT.
- I GOT IT A LITTLE BIGGER
SO IT'LL FIT YOU NEXT YEAR.
- THANKS.
- YOU'RE WELCOME.
- GOOD NIGHT.
I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU TOO.
THAT WAS NICE OF GRANDMA.
- WHAT?
- PRETENDING DAD REMEMBERED
MY BIRTHDAY.
- DAD DOESN'T SIGN HIS CARDS
"DAD."
HE JUST PUTS "D."
- YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK PRETTY COOLIN THAT CATCHER'S MASK.
YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BEA PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER?
- MAYBE.
I KINDA WANT TO BE A SOLDIER.
WOULD YOU MIND?
- WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
I WOULD MISS YOU.
BUT WE HAVE A FEW YEARS BEFOREWE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
WE'LL JUMP OFF THAT BRIDGE
WHEN WE GET TO IT.
- WHAT'S UP?
- NOTHING.
I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU TOO.
- GOOD NIGHT.
HEY.
- HOW'S HE DOING?
- HE IS FALLING ASLEEPWITH A SMILE FROM EAR TO EAR.
- BIRTHDAY WAS A BIG DAY.
- EXACTLY WHEN DID YOU BUY
THAT CATCHER'S MASK?
- A FEW WEEKS AGO.
- THAT'S AMAZING.
YOU REMEMBERED HIS BIRTHDAY
A FEW WEEKS AGO
AND HIS OWN FATHER COULDN'T EVENREMEMBER TO CALL HIM TODAY.
- HOW'S WORK GOING?
- OH, DON'T ASK.
THE EASIER THE SOFTWARE BECOMESTHE MORE BORED I GET.
- SO WHY KEEP DOING IT?
- WELL, JARED'S GOT TO EAT.
SO DO I.
- YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T JUST QUITBASEBALL
'CAUSE I COULDN'T HIT
A CURVE BALL.
I MEAN, EVEN IF I WOULD'VE MADETHE MAJORS,
MOST PLAYERS DON'T LAST
PAST FOUR YEARS.
COURSE I WOULD'VE BEEN RICH.
BUT WHAT'S THAT REALLY GOING
TO GET ME?
WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THE RESTOF MY LIFE?
LIVE OFF THE MEMORIES?
SEE, THAT'S WHAT I GET OUT OFTHE ARMY.
A LIFETIME OF DOING
WHAT I LOVE TO DO.
YOU DESERVE THAT, DANA.
WASN'T THE WHOLE POINT OF YOUMOVING IN HERE WITH LOUISE
SO YOU COULD FIND OUT
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?
- YEAH, I--
I SUPPOSE IT WAS.
- OKAY, WELL, IF NOT DRAFTING, WHAT?
- WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL,
I WANTED TO BE AN ARCHITECT.
YOU KNOW, DESIGN BEAUTIFUL HOMESFOR PEOPLE.
BUT DRAFTING WAS THE BEST
PLAN "B" AVAILABLE.
- WELL, I SAY GO BACK
TO PLAN "A" THEN.
YOU KNOW, GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
BECOME AN ARCHITECT.
THEY HAVE NIGHT SCHOOL,
THEY HAVE PART-TIME.
WHATEVER IT TAKES.
AND WHERE THERE'S A WILL...
WE'RE ONLY ON THIS EARTH
ONCE SO...
WE MIGHT AS WELL DO WHAT GOD
PUT US HERE TO DO, RIGHT?
- THANK YOU.
OKAY, I'M GONNA GO.
- ALL RIGHT, DANA.
GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT.
- DID VINCE LEAVE?
- YES.
MOM, WHAT WOULD THINK ABOUT MEGOING TO NIGHT SCHOOL?
- TO DO WHAT?
- ARCHITECTURE.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE ALWAYS
WANTED TO DO.
- I WOULD KEEP MY DAY JOB,
BUT WOULD NEED HELP WITH JAREDAT NIGHT,
AND IT MIGHT MEAN US LIVING HERELONGER THAN WE THOUGHT.
IS THAT OKAY?
- OOH.
I DON'T KNOW.
THE WAY I SEE IT,
I WIN ON ALL FRONTS.
- THANK YOU!
OH, THANK YOU.
I'M EXCITED.
- YOU'LL DO GREAT.
OH, I KNOW.
- FINALLY, SERGEANTS,
AN ORDER I KNOW YOU'VE ALL BEENLOOKING FORWARD TO,
AS THE FIRST OF A DEPLOYMENT
READINESS ASSESSMENT...
- WE'RE SHIPPING OUT.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE.
- THE COLONEL HAS ORDERED
THAT WE DO A FULL INVENTORY
OF ALL EQUIPMENT, STORES,
UNIFORMS, ET CETERA.
IF IT BREATHES, SALUTE IT.
IF IT DOESN'T,
PUT IT ON THE LIST.
WHAT IS IT, SERGEANT?
- ANY IDEA WHEN WE'RE SHIPPINGOUT, SERGEANT MAJOR?
- SERGEANTS, ALL I KNOW IS
THE COMMANDER HAS REQUESTED
A FULL D.R.A.
WHY, WHEN, WHERE, AND EVEN IFWE'RE GOING,
YOU'LL KNOW WHEN I KNOW.
- DUDE, YOUR MOVE.
COME ON.
- OH, I'M SORRY, BUD.
UH, LET'S SEE.
THERE YOU GO.
- ARE YOU SURE YOU WANNA
DO THAT?
- YEAH.
- OKAY.
KING ME.
- NICE MOVE, BUD.
- THANKS.
- ARE YOU OKAY?
YOU'VE BEEN SOMEWHERE ELSE
ALL EVENING.
- OH, YEAH.
I'M SORRY.
I'M JUST--
I'M JUST TIRED,
THAT'S ALL.
WOULD YOU MIND IF I CALLED ITAN EARLY NIGHT TONIGHT?
- GO HOME AND GET SOME SLEEP.
- THANKS.
- GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT.
WE'RE DOING OUR D.R.A.
THAT'S DEPLOYMENT READINESS
ASSESSMENT.
I'M BEING REDEPLOYED.
- ISN'T THAT SOONER
THAN YOU EXPECTED?
- YEAH.
- WHEN DO YOU LEAVE?
- THEY HAVEN'T TOLD US YET.
- GOOD NIGHT.
I LOVE YOU.
- MOM?
- HEY, I THOUGHT
YOU WERE ASLEEP.
- ARE YOU OKAY?
YOU SOUND KINDA SAD.
- I DO?
I'M SORRY.
VINCE'S UNIT IS GETTING READYTO SHIP OUT AGAIN.
- WHEN?
- HE DOESN'T KNOW YET.
- I'LL MISS HIM.
- ME TOO.
- WHAT'LL HAPPEN?
- WELL, YOU'LL WRITE EACH OTHER.
- NO, WHAT'LL HAPPEN...
TO YOU AND HIM?
- I DON'T KNOW.
GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT.
- BOY, YOU'VE GOTTA BE STRONG
TO BE A SOLDIER'S WIFE.
- WHAT BROUGHT THAT ON?
VINCE HASN'T ASKED YOU
TO MARRY HIM HAS HE?
NO.
I WAS JUST THINKING.
- UH-HUH.
- THEY'RE GETTING READY
TO GO OVERSEAS AGAIN SOON.
- REALLY?
I THOUGHT THEY WERE STAYING
UNTIL CHRISTMAS.
- MM.
- WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
TO THE TWO OF YOU?
- WELL, WE ALWAYS SAID
WE WOULD CROSS THAT BRIDGE
WHEN WE CAME TO IT.
THE TRUTH IS IT'S ALWAYS BEENTHERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US
LIKE A TIME LIMIT.
JUST KEPT US FROM MAKING ANY
OTHER PERMANENT DECISIONS.
BUT...
NOW THAT BRIDGE--WELL, WE'RE
GETTING READY TO CROSS IT.
- WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAPPEN?
- I DON'T KNOW, MOM.
VINCE'S WIFE LEFT HIM
WHEN HE WAS OVERSEAS.
HE WAS THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAYAND THE WOMAN HE LOVED
RAN OFF WITH SOMEBODY ELSE
AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING
HE COULD DO ABOUT IT.
SO NO MATTER HOW WE FEEL
ABOUT EACH OTHER,
I JUST DON'T THINK HE'LL RISKTHAT HAPPENING AGAIN.
I'LL MISS HIM.
- DO YOU LOVE HIM?
- YEAH.
I THINK I DO.
- HAVE YOU TOLD HIM?
- NO. I DON'T WANT TO PUTTHAT KIND OF PRESSURE ON HIM.
NO.
- ALL RIGHT, LANNY.
I'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO,
WE SAID IT WAS OVER AS SOON
AS I GOT REDEPLOYED.
WE BOTH UNDERSTOOD THAT.
- RIGHT, BUT THAT WAS ONLY WHENWE WERE GONNA BE HERE
TILL CHRISTMAS.
WE'VE ONLY BEEN HERE
FOUR MONTHS, VINCE.
- AND THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
I'M THE FIRST PERSON SHE'S DATEDSINCE SHE'S BEEN DIVORCED.
SHE'S STILL GETTING BACK
ON HER FEET.
I CAN'T ASK HER TO WAIT A YEARFOR ME, MAN.
LOOK.
SHE'S INTELLIGENT,
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
SHE'S FUN TO BE WITH.SHE NEEDS TO DATE OTHER GUYS.
- LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
DO YOU LOVE HER?
- I THINK I DO.
BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING...
NO, I HAVEN'T TOLD HER.
LOOK, LANNY,
YOU NEVER BEEN DIVORCED
AND I PRAY YOU NEVER ARE.
LIZ, SHE'S--WELL, SHE'S ONE IN A MILLION.
BUT THE LAST THING DANA NEEDS
RIGHT NOW IS TO BE TIED DOWN
TO SOMEONE WHO'S
A THOUSAND MILES AWAY
WHILE SHE'S TRYING TO FIGURE
OUTWHO SHE IS AND WHAT SHE WANTS
TO DO THE REST OF HER LIFE.
ALL RIGHT?
SO WE STILL ON FOR THE BBQ
ON FRIDAY?
- I HOPE SO.
THANK YOU.
- FOR WHAT?
- THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
SOME OF THE BEST TIMES
I CAN REMEMBER.
- OH, BABY,
WHERE'D THAT COME FROM?
- JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW.
- DANA...
- SHH.
- THE JTF MISSION IN
CAMP LEMONIER DJIBOUTI
HAS BEEN STRETCHED THIN
BY THE FLOODS IN ETHIOPIA.
COMMANDER HAS DECIDED TO EXPANDIT BY DETACHMENT,
AND THAT DETACHMENT IS US.
SERGEANTS, WE ARE GOING TO HELP.
WE'RE SHIPPING OUT IN TEN DAYS.
WILL WE BE READY?
YES, SERGEANT MAJOR.
- SO LET'S GET DOWN TO DETAILS.
EACH PLATOON WILL BE TRAVELINGBY ITS OWN BUS
TO LOS ANGELES AIRPORT
WHERE IT WILL THEN TAKE CIVILIANAIRCRAFT TO THE FLORIDA BASE.
- WELL, IT'S RIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING.
YOU'LL BE HELPING PEOPLE
WHO NEED IT.
IT'S WHY YOU JOINED THE ARMY.
- YEAH.
- WILL YOU BE GONE ABOUT A YEAR?
- UP TO.
- WELL... I'LL MISS YOU.
- I'LL MISS YOU TOO.
SO, UM, WOW.
I GUESS THIS IS IT.
- YEAH, I KNOW.
IT'S KINDA HARD TO BELIEVE
WE'RE BREAKING UP.
BUT I GUESS IT'S WHAT WE NEEDTO DO.
IT'S WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO.
- YEAH, I GET ON THE PLANE,
YOU DON'T.
- YEAH, I MEAN,
THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED TO.
- YEAH.
IT'S FOR THE BEST, RIGHT?
- YEAH, FOR BOTH OF US.
YEAH.
- IT'S OKAY IF I STILL WRITE
JARED?
- OH, NO, PLEASE.
YOU SAID YOU WOULD.
SO, NO. YEAH.
- GOOD.
DO YOU MIND IF WE TELL HIM
TOGETHER?
ABSOLUTELY.
- OKAY.
- HEY, UH, JARED, CAN YOU
COME DOWN HERE FOR A SECOND?
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT?
- WELL, IT'S--IT'SWHAT WE BOTH AGREED ON, RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- YEAH.
- YEAH.
- IT'S GOOD.
- YEAH, IT'S--YEAH.
JARED...
HEY, BABY, CAN WE TALK TO YOU? COME ON.
- I CAME BY TO TELL YOU THAT
I'M SHIPPING OUT.
- WHEN ARE YOU LEAVING?
- TEN DAYS.
- CAN WE COME AND SAY GOOD-BYEWHEN YOU LEAVE?
- I GUESS YOU'D HAVE TO ASK
YOUR MOM ABOUT THAT.
- WELL, THE THING IS,
JARED, IS, UM...
VINCE AND I ARE NO LONGER
DATING.
- WHY?
- WELL...
- WELL,
OUR TIME TOGETHER, IT...
IT RAN OUT.
- DID I DO ANYTHING WRONG?
- NO.
NO.
- NO.
- YOU DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.
- CAN I STILL WRITE TO YOU?
- YOU BETTER.
AND I'LL WRITE YOU BACK TOO.
I PROMISE.
I'LL WRITE YOU ABOUT BASEBALLAND WHAT COUNTRIES I'VE BEEN IN
AND ALL THE FOREIGN FOOD.
ANYTHING YOU WANT.
YOU KNOW I'LL ALWAYS BE THEREFOR YOU, RIGHT, BUD?
WELL...
I GUESS I'LL BE GOING.
OKAY.
BYE.
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.
HEY, LISTEN.
IT'S OKAY.
- HOW'S JARED DOING?
- HE'S SAD.
- AND HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- WELL, I KNEW IT WAS COMING, BUT I'M SAD TOO.
I MEAN, I'LL MISS VINCE, BUTIT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
- OH, THAT IS COMPLETE BOLOGNA.
YOU TWO ARE PERFECT FOR ONE
ANOTHER.
YOU LOVE HIM, HE LOVES YOU.
IT IS AS PLAIN AS THE NOSE
ON MY FACE.
- MOM, CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING
AWAY FROM HOME AND OVERSEAS,
AND YOU WRITE THE PERSON
YOU LOVE EVERY DAY
AND YOU CALL HER
EVERY CHANCE YOU GET.
AND SURE, AT FIRST, SHE WRITES BACK JUST AS OFTEN.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
HER LETTERS START COMING
EVERY OTHER DAY AND THEN EVERYTHIRD
DAY AND THEN ONCE A WEEK.
AND THEN NOT AT ALL.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET A CHANCETO CALL HER, SHE'S NOT HOME.
AND THERE'S NOTHING
YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU FINALLY DO
RETURN HOME, SHE'S GONE.
SEE, IF I WERE VINCE,
I WOULDN'T RISK THAT HAPPENINGAGAIN EITHER.
- BUT YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT
TO HIM.
- HOW DO I KNOW?
MAYBE SHE DIDN'T THINK
SHE COULD EITHER.
- YOU WOULDN'T
BECAUSE YOU ARE STRONG.
- MOM, DON'T YOU GET IT?
IT DOESN'T MATTER.I DIDN'T WANT US TO BREAK UP.
IT'S WHAT VINCE WANTS.
IT'S WHAT HE NEEDS.
- LOOK, L I CAN SAY ISI THINK YOU'RE CRAZY, ALL RIGHT?
ONLY THE ONE'S
WITH THE ZL STAMPS.
LOOK, YOU WANT TO KNOW
SOMETHING?
IF EVER THERE WAS A WOMAN THATYOU
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT,
IT'S DANA.
ALL RIGHT, SHE'S STRONG,
SHE'S INDEPENDENT.
SHE CAN TAKE CARE OF HERSELF.YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
- THANK YOU, DR. PHIL.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I AGREE.
I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE
I CAN MAKE IT WORK WITH.
BUT YOU'RE MISSING THE DARN
POINT, LANNY.
I DIDN'T WANT THIS.
LOOK, FROM DAY ONE,
WE SET A DEADLINE ONWHEN THE RELATIONSHIP WOULD END.
AND SHE WANTED TO KEEP IT.
IT WAS HER DECISION, MAN.
IT WAS HER DECISION.
- ♪ I'LL BE THE STONE
♪ THE ONE THAT YOU PICK UP
AND THROW ♪
♪ ACROSS THE WATER
♪ WISH YOU HAD IT BACK
SO YOU DO IT ALL AGAIN ♪
♪ BUT NOW IT'S GONE
♪ UNDER THE BLUE
♪ THE WALL THAT YOU JUST CAN'TSEE THROUGH ♪
♪ DOWN TO THE BOTTOM
♪ WHERE I LIE ALONE AGAIN
LIKE ALWAYS ♪
♪ PATIENTLY OUT OF THE WAY
♪ SHOW ME
♪ WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN
♪ 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN GUESSING
♪ FOR SO MANY NIGHTS
♪ IF YOU'RE GONE SAY GOOD-BYE
♪ JUST DON'T LEAVE LOVE BEHIND
♪ TAKE WHAT YOU GAVE AWAY
♪ BY NOW YOU'VE SAID
♪ ALL THE BLANK WORDS
THAT BURDEN YOUR HEAD ♪
♪ FELL FROM YOUR LIPS
♪ LIKE A LANDSLIDE
♪ A LOVE SONG TO YOUR WORST
ENEMY ♪
♪ AND YOU
♪ YOU'RE JUST THE SAME
♪ AS YOU WERE WHEN
YOU WHISPERED MY NAME ♪
♪ UNDER YOUR BREATH
- MOM.
- IF THE TIME HAD RUN OUT ONYOU AND VINCE BEING TOGETHER,
HOW COME YOU MISS HIM SO MUCH?
- WELL, SOMETIMES THE TIME
RUNS OUT FOR ONE PERSON
MORE THAN IT DOES THE OTHER.
- WOULD YOU MISS HIM AS MUCH
IF HE WAS AWAY
AND YOU HADN'T BROKEN UP?
- HOW DID YOU GET TO BE
SO SMART?
NO, I WOULDN'T...
BECAUSE I WOULD KNOW
THAT HE'S COMING BACK TO US.
- "DEAR VINCE,
MY MOM IS VERY SAD.
"SHE MISSES YOU SO MUCH
AND I THINK YOU MISS HER.
"YOU SAID YOUR TIME TOGETHER
RAN OUT.
"SO WHY ARE BOTH SO SAD?
"I DON'T THINK IT'S TIME FOR YOUTO STOP SEEING MOM.
"I THINK YOU BOTH STILL WANT
TO BE TOGETHER.
LOVE, JARED."
- HI.
- HI.
- I'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH.
- I'VE MISSED YOU TOO.
- LOOK, I THOUGHT BREAKING UPWAS WHAT YOU NEEDED.
- NO, I THOUGHT IT WAS
WHAT YOU NEEDED.
I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T WANT
TO RISK WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
HAPPENING AGAIN.
BUT THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN
WITH YOU.
YOU'RE SO STRONG AND
INDEPENDENT.
YOU COULD TAKE CARE OF YOURSELFWHEN I'M AWAY.
- I KNOW, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THATYOU KNEW THAT.
- I DON'T WANT TO BREAK UP.
- NEITHER DO I.
HOW COULD WE BE SO STUPID?
- I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
- I LOVE YOU TOO.
- COME HERE.
♪
- YES! HA HA!
- WHOOPS!
- HERE, BUD.
- WILL YOU WRITE?
- OF COURSE I'LL WRITE.
I'LL WRITE, I'LL CALL,
I'LL EMAIL.
I'LL EVEN VIDEO CHAT.
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW I'M GONE.
OKAY?
GIMME A HUG.
I LOVE YOU, BUDDY.
- I LOVE YOU TOO.
- I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU.
- I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU.
YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT.
- I KNOW.
I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU TOO.
BYE.
- OOH.
- HEY, MOM.
- HI, GRANDMA.
GRANDMA!
- IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU!
OH, JARED, I'LL BET
YOU HAVE GROWN A FOOT.
HOW WAS THE TRIP, HONEY?
- OH, IT WAS LONG.
- LOTS OF TRAFFIC?
- MM-HMM.
- YOU LOOK EXHAUSTED.
- GEE, THANKS.
- OH, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT.
YOU KNOW THAT.
- OH, BALLOONS AND SIGNS.
MOM, YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO DO THAT.
- OF COURSE I DID.
NOW COME INSIDE.
YOU NEED SOME REST.
JARED!
OH, HONEY, LEAVE ALL OF THAT.WE'LL UNPACK LATER.
- HE'S SURE THAT WE LEFTALL HIS ACTION FIGURES BEHIND.
HONEY, I TOLD YOU,
THEY'RE IN THE BOX
UNDERNEATH YOUR BAG.
YOU KNOW, HE'S DYING
TO SEE HIS ROOM.
HE'LL FEEL AT HOME ONCE
WE GET HIS STUFF UNPACKED.
- OH, SURE.
THEN I'D BETTER HELP HIM.
TAH-DAH!
- IT'S PINK!
- WELL, OF COURSE IT'S PINK.
IT'S MY ROOM.
WE'LL PAINT IT BLUE.
IS THAT OKAY, MOM?
- YES, BLUE.
- WE CAN PAINT IT
WHATEVER COLOR YOU LIKE.
I SUPPOSE I SHOULD HAVE GOTTENRID OF ALL THIS STUFF
A LONG TIME AGO, BUT I WASN'TSURE WHAT YOU'D WANT TO KEEP.
- HEY, UH, MOM, CAN I GO ANDTELL DAD THAT WE GOT HERE OKAY?
- OH, YEAH, SURE,
OF COURSE YOU CAN.
- USE THE PHONE DOWNSTAIRS.
- OKAY.
- THE ONE
IN THE LIVING ROOM.
- 1,600 MILES IN TWO DAYS,
HALFWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I AM SO HAPPY
NOT TO BE DRIVING ANYMORE.
- HI, DAD.
- I'M NOT ABLE TO PICK UP
THE PHONE RIGHT NOW.
LEAVE A MESSAGE, AND I'LL GETRIGHT BACK TO YOU.
- HI, DAD.
THIS IS JARED.
WE'RE HERE.
WE'RE AT GRANDMA'S.
BYE.
WILL WE EVER SEE THEM AGAIN?
- MAYBE WE'LL GO BACK
FOR A VISIT.
THIS IS THE HOME THAT
WE BROUGHT YOU BACK TO
AFTER YOU WERE BORN.
I THOUGHT WE'D NEVER LEAVE.
- WE WOULDN'T HAVE
IF YOU AND DAD HADN'T
GOTTEN DIVORCED.
- YOU KNOW SOMETHING,
JARED?
SOMETIMES THINGS WE'RE NOT
READY FOR HAPPEN ANYWAY.
WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE LIFE
AS IT COMES.
SO WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
TO BE GRATEFUL FOR TONIGHT?
OH, I KNOW.
HOW ABOUT US
GETTING HERE SAFELY
AND NOT GOING
OVER THE EDGE
ON THAT CURLY BIT
THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN?
OR HOW ABOUT
BEING THANKFUL
FOR GRANDMA HAVING A BIG ENOUGHHOUSE FOR ALL OF US?
AND FOR ME FINDING A JOB
CLOSE BY
AND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE
STARTING NEXT WEEK?
- I MISS MY FRIENDS, MOM.
- WELL THEN, HOW ABOUT
BEING GRATEFUL
FOR ALL THE NEW FRIENDS
YOU'RE GONNA MAKE? HMM?
AND FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGSGOD HAS IN STORE FOR US.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THESE
AND ALL OUR OTHER BLESSINGS,
AND GUARD US THROUGH
THIS NIGHT, AMEN.
- OKAY, GOOD NIGHT.
I LOVE YOU.
- GOOD NIGHT, MOM.
HOW FAR IS FLORIDA
FROM HERE?
- HMM.
ABOUT 2,500 MILES.
- WILL DAD COME AND VISIT?
- HE SAID HE WOULD.
- HE SAID I'D GO SEE HIM
IN PENSACOLA.
HE SAID WE'D GO CAMPING,
BUT WE DIDN'T.
- WELL, MAYBE HIS WORK
WILL BRING HIM OUT HERE
AND THEN YOU'LL BE SURE
TO SEE HIM.
- DOES DAD STILL LOVE ME?
- YES, JARED, OF COURSE
YOUR DAD STILL LOVES YOU.
NOW GET SOME SLEEP, OKAY?
THANK YOU
FOR LETTING US STAY, MOM.
- OH, DON'T BE SILLY.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HOME.
HOW'S JARED DOING?
- WELL, LET'S SEE.
IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS
HIS DAD AND I GOT DIVORCED,
GIL TOOK OFF AND MOVED HALFWAYACROSS THE COUNTRY
IN ONE DIRECTION,
AND NOW I'VE SOLD
THE ONLY HOME
HE'S EVER KNOWN,
UPROOTED HIM
FROM HIS FRIENDS,
AND MOVED HIM HALFWAY
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
THAT, AND THE FACT
THAT HIS DAD
DOESN'T RETURN
HIS PHONE CALLS
AND JARED THINKS HE DOESN'T
LOVE HIM ANYMORE,
AND I WOULD SAY
IT HASN'T BEEN
THE BEST YEAR
HE'S EVER HAD.
- WELL, JARED WILL JUST HAVE TOMAKE THIS HIS NEW HOME.
I TELL YOU WHAT.
I WILL BUY HIM A BICYCLE,
AND THEN WITHIN
A WEEK OR TWO, HE WILL KNOW
EVERY KID WITHIN FIVE MILES
OF HERE.
NOW TAKE OUT THE TRASH.
- HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED?
- OH, YEAH.
I'M GOOD, MOM, THANKS.
- YOU KNOW,
WHEN I PRAY TO GOD,
I DON'T TELL HIM
WHAT TO DO.
I TELL HIM
WHAT MY PROBLEMS ARE.
AND THEN I LET HIM
COME UP WITH SOMETHING
TO SURPRISE ME.
YOU SEE, HE HAS A PLAN
FOR EACH OF US.
YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE
FAITH.
GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT, MOM.
- OKAY, YOU GOT YOUR, UH, BACKPACK, YOUR LUNCH. YOU READY?
WHAT'S WRONG?
- I DON'T KNOW ANYONE.
WHAT IF THE OTHER KIDS
DON'T LIKE ME?
- ARE YOU KIDDING?
THEY'RE GONNA LOVE YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
DURING RECESS,
GO OUT ON THE YARD
AND PLAY HANDBALL.
THAT'S A GREAT WAY
TO MAKE FRIENDS,
AMD BEFORE LONG,
YOU'RE GONNA KNOW EVERYONE.
COME ON, LET'S GO MEET
YOUR TEACHER.
LET'S GO.
- CLASS, THIS IS
JARED MARSHALL.
HE JUST MOVED HERE
FROM IOWA,
AND HE'S GOING TO BE
IN OUR CLASS.
JARED, YOU'LL BE SITTING...
YOU'LL BE SITTING HERE.
I ORDERED
ALL OF YOUR TEXTBOOKS.
I'M SURE AT RECESS, YOU'LL GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY.
SO DID EVERYBODY HAVE
A GOOD SPRING BREAK?
YES.
- GOOD.
- GUYS.
GUYS.
THIS IS DANA MARSHALL.
- HI, DANA.
- SHE'LL BE JOINING US TODAY, AS I TOLD YOU,
TAKING OVER FROM PENNY.
AND THIS--
THIS WILL BE YOUR STATION.
NOW MARTHA OVER HERE,
SHE'S OUR GO-TO GAL
FOR SOFTWARE,
AND ANYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOWABOUT PROTEAN CADS,
SHE IS YOUR GURU, AND I THINKALSO YOUR SATURDAY PARTNER.
I TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT,
RIGHT?
EACH TEAM MEMBER WORKS
ONE SATURDAY EACH MONTH.
AH! I'VE GOT TO TAKE THIS.
DEREK, I MAY NEED YOU.
MARTHA, YOU TOO.
JUST MAKE YOURSELF
COMFORTABLE.
DEREK WILL GET YOU STARTEDONCE WE'RE THROUGH WITH THIS.
YEAH, JACK.
- OKAY.
YEAH. HEY,
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
- LOOK OUT, HAMMER!
- OH!
- WOW!
MUST HAVE MISREAD MY SIGN.
THAT WAS A SINKER.
- HOW COME I NEVER LEARN.
- THAT WAS GOOD CUT THOUGH.
- THANKS.
- WHOA, GOTTA GO, MAN.
- LET'S GO!
KAMINSKI. SARATOGA.
- GUYS, WE WERE WINNING.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
- JUST 'CAUSE NOBODY EVERWRITES YOU, SERGEANT CARRERA,
DOESN'T MEAN THE REST OFTHE GUYS DON'T WANT THEIR MAIL.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE.
SERGEANT MCKAY.
- THERE WE GO.
- HARTMAN.
- YO!
- OKAY, TODAY WE'RE GOING
TO DO SOMETHING NEW.
WE'RE EACH GOING TO
WRITE A LETTER,
BUT WE AREN'T GOING TO WRITE
TO ANYONE THAT WE KNOW.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW
WHAT FORT SEBASTIAN IS?
- I DO.
- GOOD. WHAT IS IT, WYATT?
- IT'S WHERE THE SOLDIERS LIVE.- THAT'S RIGHT.
IT IS A U.S. ARMY BASE.
RIGHT NOW, THE SOLDIERS
FROM FORT SEBASTIAN
ARE IN BOSNIA.
- WHERE'S THAT?
- THERE, SEE? BOSNIA.
THEY'RE ON
A PEACEKEEPING MISSION.
THEY'RE HELPING TO KEEP
EVERYONE CALM AND HAPPY.
TODAY, EACH OF US
IS GOING TO WRITE A LETTER
TO A SOLDIER
FROM FORT SEBASTIAN
WHO IS AWAY FROM HOME,
AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY,
KEEPING THE WORLD SAFE
FOR US.
THE NAME OF THE SOLDIER
YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE TO
IS ON THE LETTER CARD
THAT I JUST GAVE YOU.
- DEAR SERGEANT CARRERA,
MY NAME IS JARED MARSHALL,
AND I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.
I'M IN FOURTH GRADE,
AND OUR WHOLE CLASS
IS WRITING TO ARMY SOLDIERS
IN BOSNIA.
MY TEACHER TOLD US
HOW HARD YOUR JOB IS
AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING
IN BOSNIA.
- LANNY.
- HEY.
- HOW ARE YOU DOING,
MY BROTHER?
- 181 DAYS DOWN,
16 TO GO.
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET HOME.
- I HEARD THAT.
HOW'S LIZ DOING?
- EH, SHE'S DOING ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS
IS ALWAYS THE TOUGHEST.
- I DON'T KNOW HOW
SHE DOES IT.
- HAVE YOU DECIDED WHERE
YOU'RE GOING FOR YOUR LEAVE?
- HMM, STILL NO PLANS,
BUT REST IS GOOD AS CHANGE.
- YEAH.
- JARED, HEY, I'VE GOT
A SURPRISE FOR YOU.
TAH-DAH! I SIGNED YOU UP
FOR BASEBALL.
- OH!
- WHAT'S WRONG?
YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO PLAY BASEBALL.
- I SUCK AT BASEBALL.
- WELL, THAT'S WHAT COACHES
ARE FOR.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
HERE, TRY IT ON.
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN
A SIZE TOO BIG.
- I'M DOING MY HOMEWORK.
- OH. OH, OKAY. WELL,
WE'LL TRY IT ON LATER.
WELL, THAT WENT OVER
LIKE A LEAD BALLOON.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREATWAY FOR HIM TO MAKE FRIENDS.
- DIDN'T GIL EVER TAKE HIM
TO T-BALL?
- YEAH, FOR ABOUT A WEEK
WHEN JARED WAS FIVE,
AND THEN HE WAS TOO BUSYAND JARED WOULDN'T GO WITH ME.
- OKAY, EVERYBODY,
COME ON IN.
SO GUYS, WELCOME TOLINCOLN PARK JUNIOR BASEBALL.
I'M JACK HANLEY.
I'M ONE OF THE COACHES.
THE TRYOUTS TODAY ARE TO PUTALL
YOU GUYS THROUGH YOUR PACES
SO WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT LEVEL
YOUR GAME IS AT.
LET'S GO. HIT THE FIELD.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
- ♪ COULD YOU FIND IT
IN YOU ♪
♪ TO BE PART OF
THE COVER-UP AGAIN ♪
♪ AND SO YOU ASK ME
♪ TOGETHER, WALKIN'
♪ WE ALL STAND ALONE
IN THIS DEAL ♪
♪ NEVER SHININ' FOR REAL
♪ YOU HAVE ALREADY CHOSEN
YOUR OWN ♪
- SO HOW DID IT GO?
- YOU SAW. I SUCKED.
- YOU'RE GOOD AT CATCHING.
- OH, MY GOSH,
HE THROWS LIKE A GIRL.
- OH! NO, NO, NO.
NO. WE'LL JUST PRACTICE.
- SERGEANT MCKAY.
- HEY.
- WHAT IS THIS?
WONDERS WILL NEVER CEASE.
SERGEANT FIRST CLASS
VINCENT CARRERA.
- WHOA!
- HEY!
- OH!
- MAYBE IT'S HIS EX-WIFE
TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHY HE HAVEN'T
GOTTEN HIMSELF KILLED YET.
- O'CONNELL, SARATOGA.
- HERE.
- HERE.
- "DEAR SERGEANT CARRERA,
"MY NAME IS JARED MARSHALL,
AND I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.
"I'M IN FOURTH GRADE,
AND OUR WHOLE CLASS
"IS WRITING TO ARMY SOLDIERS
IN BOSNIA.
"MY TEACHER TOLD US
HOW HARD YOUR JOB IS
AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING
IN BOSNIA."
- OF COURSE HE THROWS
LIKE A GIRL.
I'M THE ONLY ONE
HE'S EVER THROWN WITH.
ALL THOSE BOYS HAVE BEEN
PLAYING BASEBALL
SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE.
I REALLY LET HIM DOWN.
I'M JUST NOT GOOD AT BEING
MOM AND DAD.
- WILL YOU STOP THAT?
YOU CANNOT BE ALL THINGS
TO JARED. HE WILL LEARN.
AND YOU, YOU NEED TO STARTTAKING SOME TIME FOR YOURSELF.
MAYBE GO OUT ON A DATE?
SOMETHING?
- YOU KNOW,
FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS,
WHENEVER I'VE
THOUGHT ABOUT ME,
IT'S ALWAYS GIL AND ME.
I DREAM ABOUT BEING
IN A RELATIONSHIP AGAIN.
I EVEN DREAM ABOUT
BEING BACK TOGETHER WITH GIL
AGAIN SOMETIMES.
DON'T WORRY, I GET OVER
THAT ONE REAL FAST.
BUT THE TRUTH IS, I'M NOT
READY TO START DATING.
I'M NOT EVEN INTERESTED.
- WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHEN GOD MIGHT SNEAK UP
AND TAKE YOU BY SURPRISE.
YOU SEE, GOD HAS A PLAN
FOR EACH OF US,
AND YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN
TO WHATEVER HE SENDS YOU,
WHETHER YOU THINK YOU'RE
READY FOR IT OR NOT.
OH, AND BY THE WAY,
JARED CALLED HIS FATHER
TODAY AND LEFT A MESSAGE.
OF COURSE, GIL NEVER
CALLED HIM BACK.
OH. JARED!
JARED, DINNER'S READY.
- HEY, LANNY, WHAT ARE YOU,
ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD
WHEN YOU'RE IN
THE FOURTH GRADE?
- ABOUT THAT. WHY?
- THAT LETTER I GOT TODAY,
IT WAS A "DEAR G.I" LETTER
FROM A KID IN ROWENSFIELD.
ISN'T ROWENSFIELD
NEAR FORT SEBASTIAN?
- YOU NEED TO GET OFF
THE BASE A LITTLE MORE.
IT'S ABOUT 25 MILES
DOWN THE INTERSTATE.
- I GOTTA TELL YOU,
THAT LETTER REALLY HIT HOME.
REMINDED ME
OF WHEN I WAS A KID.
- BEEN THERE, DONE THAT?- GOT THE T-SHIRT TO PROVE IT.
- DO YOU MIND IF I BORROW
THAT PAPER AND PEN?
- WHAT, ARE YOU GONNA
WRITE HIM BACK?
- I WISH I HAD SOMEONE WRITE
WHEN I WAS HIS AGE.
THANK YOU.
- KNOCK YOURSELF OUT.
- "DEAR JARED, IT WAS REAL NICETO GET YOUR LETTER,
"AND AWFUL NICE
OF YOU TO WRITE.
"YOU DIDN'T TELL ME
HOW OLD YOU ARE.
"BUT YOU'RE IN
THE FOURTH GRADE,
"SO I GUESS
YOU'RE ABOUT TEN.
"YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT
IT'S TOUGH GROWING UP
IN A DIFFERENT PLACE
THAN YOUR DAD."
- BUT THE VERSION OF PROTEAN CADTHEY'RE USING IS 6.2.
THE LAST ONE I USED
WAS 2.7.
I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
- THAT MEANS
I'M TEN YEARS OUT OF DATE.
- WELL, YOU KNEW THAT
GOING IN.
YOU'LL GET UP TO SPEED.
- MOM, EVERYONE IS TEN YEARS
YOUNGER THAN ME.
- SO? THEY'LL TAKE A BREAK,
HAVE KIDS,
AND BE THE SAME AGE
YOU ARE.
- THE MEN TOO?
- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
- YEAH, WELL, I HAVE TO WORK ONESATURDAY OUT OF THE MONTH.
THEY DIDN'T BOTHER TELLING METHAT DURING THE INTERVIEW.
I MEAN, WHAT AM I GONNA DO
WITH JARED?
HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS.I CAN'T SET UP ANY PLAYDATES.
- WELL, I'LL TAKE CARE
OF HIM.
WE CAN HAVE SOME
QUALITY BONDING TIME.
LOOK, THE WAY I SEE IT,
YOU HAVE JUST HAD
YOUR FIRST DAY BACK AT WORK
IN TEN YEARS AND SURVIVED.
NOW QUIT UNDERESTIMATING
YOURSELF.
- BUT MOM--
- BUT YOU DO INTEND TO GO BACKTOMORROW, DON'T YOU?
- YES.
- WELL, THEN THAT
IS THE ONLY BUT
THAT COUNTS.
JARED, YOU'VE GOT SOME MAIL
ON THE TABLE.
- IS IT FROM DAD?- ONLY IF HE JOINED THE ARMY.
- IT'S FROM THAT SOLDIER
I WROTE TO.
- "DEAR JARED, IT WAS REAL NICETO GET YOUR LETTER,
"AND AWFUL NICE
OF YOU TO WRITE.
"YOU DIDN'T TELL ME
HOW OLD YOU ARE.
"BUT YOU'RE IN
THE FOURTH GRADE,
"SO I GUESS
YOU'RE ABOUT TEN.
"YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT
IT'S TOUGH GROWING UP
"IN A DIFFERENT PLACE
THAN YOUR DAD. I KNOW.
"I WAS YOUR AGE WHEN MY DAD
LEFT MY MOM AND WE MOVED.
"I REMEMBER THINKING,'I'LL NEVER MAKE NEW FRIENDS.
"NOT GOOD ONES
LIKE I HAD BEFORE.'
BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
I DID."
- THERE HE IS,
THERE HE IS!
- JUST THE MAN
I WAS LOOKING FOR.
- HEY, WHAT UP, MAN?
- LAST CHANCE TO COME DOWN
TO SAN DIEGO WITH US.
- THANKS, BUT NO THANKS.
I'M ALL RIGHT.
- COME ON, VINCE.
YOU'RE ON LEAVE.
- YOU CAN'T SPEND IT ALONE
ON THE BASE.
- MAN, I LIKE THE BASE
WHEN IT'S EMPTY.
- YOU'VE BEEN DIVORCED
THREE YEARS, RIGHT?
COME ON, LIZ GOT A WHOLE LISTOF WOMEN TO FIX YOU UP WITH.
- THE LAST THING I NEED
IN MY LIFE
IS A WOMAN RIGHT NOW.
THE ARMY AND WOMEN
DON'T MIX WITH ME,
ESPECIALLY WHEN
WE'RE OVERSEAS.
- THREE YEARS.
- I APPRECIATE IT.
- ALL RIGHT,
YOU KNOW WHAT? I GIVE UP.
I SAW THE MAIL CLERK PUT
A LETTER IN YOUR BOX.
IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND,
GIVE ME A CALL.
- I WILL.
HAVE FUN.
- "DEAR SERGEANT CARRERA,
"MY MOM SAYS I HAVE TO PLAY
BASEBALL.
"SHE SAYS IT WILL
HELP ME MAKE FRIENDS,
"BUT WHO WANTS TO BE FRIENDS
WITH THE KID
"WHO THROWS LIKE A GIRL?
"WE HAD TRYOUTS ON MONDAY.
"I WAS TERRIBLE.
I COULDN'T HIT THE BALL.
"I WAS THE SLOWEST KID
ON THE FIELD.
"I HAVEN'T MADE
ANY FRIENDS YET,
"AND I DON'T THINK
I'LL BE PLAYING BASEBALL.
"MAYBE I SHOULD JUST
FORGET IT.
"ANYWAY, I HOPE EVERYTHING
IS GOOD OVER THERE.
"WE ARE THINKING ABOUT YOU
AND HOPE YOU ARE HOME SOON.
YOUR FRIEND,
JARED MARSHALL."
- DEAR JARED, I GOT
YOUR LETTER ABOUT BASEBALL.
YOUR MOM'S RIGHT.
IT'S A GREAT WAY
TO MAKE FRIENDS.
THE KEY...
- JARED, I'M HOME.
- CAN I HELP YOU?
- YES, MA'AM.
DOES JARED MARSHALL
LIVE HERE?
- YES.
- I'M VINCE CARRERA.
UH, THE SOLDIER
HE'S BEEN WRITING TO.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
IT'S SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
WELL, YOU MUST BE
JARED'S MOM.
- YES, I AM.
- WELL, IF THE LETTERS SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR BOY,
HE'S QUITE THE YOUNG MAN.
- THANK YOU.
- YOU KNOW, I AM SO SORRY
TO BARGE IN LIKE THIS.
I'LL BE ON MY WAY.
- YOU KNOW, I JUST--I THOUGHTYOU WERE IN BOSNIA.
- OH, I WAS. I GOT BACK
A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
I'M STATIONED UP
AT FORT SEBASTIAN. IT'S--
IT'S ABOUT 25 MILES
UP THE INTERSTATE.
- I'M DANA.
- UM, HI, MRS. MARSHALL.
- OH, DANA.
- OKAY.
- JARED IS REALLY GONNA
WANT TO MEET YOU.
HE'S GONNA BE SO EXCITED.
WOULD YOU EXCUSE ME
FOR ONE SECOND?
- SURE.
- SORRY.
- IT'S OKAY. I GOT IT.
- OH, SORRY.
JARED. JARED.
HEY, JARED, COME HERE QUICK.
THERE'S SOMEONE
WHO WANTS TO MEET YOU.
HURRY.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
JARED, UH, THIS IS
SERGEANT VINCE CARRERA,
THE SOLDIER YOU'VE BEEN
WRITING TO.
HE'S HOME FROM BOSNIA.
- NICE TO MEET YOU
IN PERSON, JARED.
HEY, REMEMBER
THAT LAST LETTER,
HOW YOU WERE SAYING YOU
WERE HAVING A HARD TIME
GETTING STARTED
WITH BASEBALL?
WELL, BESIDES BEING
A PRETTY GOOD SOLDIER,
I'M PRETTY GOOD
AT BASEBALL TOO.
AND I WAS HOPING THAT,
UH, OF COURSE,
IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOUR MOM,
THAT I GET TO COACH YOU
A LITTLE BIT.
- PLEASE, MOM, PLEASE?
- AND MOM
WOULD HAVE TO COME,
BECAUSE WE NEED FIELDERS,
RIGHT?
- WELL, HOW COULD I REFUSE?
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S PLAY
SOME BASEBALL.
ALL RIGHT, JARED.
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE MOSTIMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT BASEBALL?
- NO.
- IT'S FUN. COME ON.
LET'S GO.
THAT'S IT.
YOU READY?
GET THAT.
THROW IT BACK.
WOW.
WOW, ALL RIGHT.
JUST GET IN FRONT OF THE BALLLIKE YOU'RE DOING, ALL RIGHT?
NICE, MAN.
NICE CATCH, MAN.
OH, WOW, MAN.
WELL, YOU'VE GOT A GOOD,
NATURAL EYE FOR CATCHING,
THAT'S FOR SURE.YOUR HITTING'S ALL RIGHT TOO.
NOW YOUR THROWING,
WE'LL WORK ON.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST
STARTED PLAYING BASEBALL
WHEN I WAS A KID,
I WASN'T MUCH GOOD.
BUT LIKE YOU,
I COULD CATCH,
SO I BECAME A CATCHER.
THAT WAY, WHEN I LEARNED
HOW TO THROW,
I COULD STILL
HELP MY TEAM OUT.
DO YOU KNOW IF THEY PICKED
A CATCHER FOR THE TEAM YET?
- I THINK THEY'RE GONNA DECIDEAFTER THE FIRST PRACTICE.
- WELL, ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MAKE YOU A CATCHER.
PITCH TO ME.
- OH.
- COME ON.
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
- I'M GONNA STAND HERE.
- FIRST THINGS FIRST.
FEET SHOULDER-WIDTH,
SQUARIN' THEM UP
WITH YOUR BODY, ALL RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- GET DOWN THERE,
CROUCHED DOWN.
- I CROUCH?
- GIVE THE PITCHER
A BIG OLD TARGET.
- JARED, WATCH OUT.
- AH.
THE KEY TO CATCHING,
ALWAYS GET
IN FRONT OF THE BALL.
YOU DON'T WANT TO LET IT GET
TO THE BACKSTOP,
ALL RIGHT?
'CAUSE THEY'LL STEAL A BASE.
YOU READY TO TRY IT?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT,
GET OVER THERE.
THAT'S IT.
GOOD.
WAY TO MEASURE IT UP.
- THEN CROUCH AND TARGET.
- LOOK AT YOU.YOU'RE A CATCHER ALREADY, MAN.
- NICE THROW, LADY.
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
- YEAH.
- IT'S COMING AT YOU.
ALL RIGHT, WAY TO STAY
IN FRONT OF THE BALL.
THAT WAS GOOD.
WELL, WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT, WAY TO GET
IN FRONT OF THE BALL.
THAT'S WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
- SO WERE YOU GOOD AT BASEBALLWHEN YOU WERE YOUNG?
- WHOA, MAN,
YOU SAYIN' I'M OLD?
- NO, YOU'RE NOT OLD OLD.
YOU'RE LIKE, UM,
OLD LIKE, UM,
MY MOM'S OLD.
- WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE.
ARE YOU SAYING
THAT I'M OLD?
- NO, YOU'RE NOT OLD.
YOU'RE--
NO, I DIDN'T MEAN IT.
UHH!
- IT'S OKAY.
WE KNOW WHAT YOU MEANT.
- SO WERE YOU GOOD
AT BASEBALL?
- I WAS PRETTY GOOD
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAD LOADS OF FUN,
I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
- WILL YOU COME
TO COACH ME AGAIN?
- OH, JARED,
I AM SURE THAT, UH,
SERGEANT CARRERA HAS, UH,
A LOT OF OTHER THINGS
HE NEEDS TO BE DOING.
- ACTUALLY, MY BATTALION'S
ON LEAVE RIGHT NOW,
SO I HAVE NOTHING BUT TIME.
I'D LOVE TO COACH JARED AGAIN, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU.
- WELL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WHY DON'T WE WAIT AND SEE HOWHE DOES AT HIS NEXT PRACTICE?
- ALL RIGHT.
JUST LET ME KNOW.
NOW YOU PROMISE
YOU'RE GONNA ASK THE COACH
ABOUT THE CATCHER,
RIGHT?
- YES, SIR,
SERGEANT--VINCE.
- THANK YOU.
IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU.
- LIKEWISE, MA'AM.
DANA.
LIKEWISE.
- HE HAS GOOGLED
EVERY CATCHER
SINCE ABNER DOUBLEDAY
INVENTED THE GAME.
THAT SERGEANT REALLY LEFT
A BIG IMPRESSION ON JARED.
- I COULD HAVE NEVER TAUGHT HIMEVERYTHING HE TAUGHT HIM.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HOW PATIENTHE WAS WITH JARED.
HE WAS TOTALLY THERE
JUST FOR HIM.
- GOD WORKS
IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS.
IS HE CUTE?
- I DIDN'T NOTICE.
- I KNOW,
BUT IF YOU HAD NOTICED.
- YES, YOU WOULD SAY
HE WAS CUTE,
AND I AM NOT READY
TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
- OKAY, YOU GUYS,
ARE YOU READY?
- GO ON.
ASK HIM.
- ASK ME WHAT?
- CAN I TRY OUT
FOR CATCHER, PLEASE?
- HAVE YOU EVER
SUITED UP BEFORE?
- NO, BUT SERGEANT CARRERA SAYSI'M GOOD AT CATCHING.
- AND WHO IS
SERGEANT CARRERA?
IT DOESN'T MATTER. SURE YOU
CAN TRY OUT FOR CATCHER.
SUIT UP,
AND YOU CAN DO IT
WHILE THE OTHERS
HAVE BATTING PRACTICE.
GO ON.
COME ON, EVERYBODY.
TAKE THE FIELD.
LET'S GO.
BATTING PRACTICE.
YOU'RE UP.
YOU'RE ON DECK.
GOOD CATCH, JARED.
- WHOO! GOOD ONE!
- OH, WOULD YOU ANSWER THAT?
- OH, SURE.
HELLO.
- IS THIS
JARED MARSHALL'S MOTHER?
- YES, IT IS.
- THIS IS COACH HANLEY.
I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW
THAT JARED WILL BE PLAYING
FOR THE CHARGERS.
- IS HE THE CATCHER?
- DEFINITELY.
- YES!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
YOU ARE THE CATCHER
FOR THE CHARGERS!
- YES!
- WHOO!
BINGO!
- YAY!
- YES!
- YOU READY TO DO THIS?
UHH! HERE WE GO.
YOU READY?
ALL RIGHT.
- HEY, WE'RE GOING OUT
FOR HAMBURGERS AFTER THIS.
DO YOU WANT TO COME?
- OH, UH, JARED,
VINCE HAS SPENT MOST OF
THE AFTERNOON WITH US.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD QUIT
WHILE WE'RE AHEAD.
- PLEASE, MOM?
- WELL, IT'S NOT UP TO ME,
BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO JOIN US,
YOU'D BE MORE THAN WELCOME.
- YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T MIND
JOINING YOU,
ON ONE CONDITION.
MY TREAT.
- OH, NO, WE--
WE COULDN'T.
- I DON'T THINK
I COULD MAKE IT THEN.
- OKAY, AT TIMES LIKE THIS,
MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME
TO GIVE IN GRACIOUSLY
AND SAY THANK YOU.
- MY PLEASURE.
SO DID YOU GET
YOUR CATCHER'S GEAR YET?
- MM, HE GETS IT
NEXT WEEK.
THE TEAM SUPPLIES IT
THIS YEAR,
AND THEN WE HAVE TO BUY IT
FOR HIM NEXT YEAR.
- OH, THAT MEANS
HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU
A NEW CATCHER'S MITT.
IT'S GONNA BE ALL STIFF
AS A BOARD.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT,
THOUGH.
SO I GOT YOU THIS.
IT'S WHAT THEY USE
IN THE MAJORS.
SOFTEN THAT MITT
RIGHT UP.
- WOW.
- WHAT DO YOU SAY, JARED?
- THANKS.
- YOU'RE WELCOME.
- THAT WAS REALLY
THOUGHTFUL OF YOU.
YOU KNOW, I GOT THE FEELING
THAT WHEN YOU SAID
YOU HAD A LOT OF FUN PLAYING
BASEBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL
THAT YOU WERE BEING MODEST.
- WELL, I WAS OFFERED A TRIPLE-ACONTRACT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL,
BUT YOU KNOW, ALL I EVER WANTEDTO DO WAS BE IN THE ARMY,
SO I DIDN'T SIGN IT.
PLUS I COULDN'T
HIT A CURVE BALL,
SO THE MAJOR LEAGUES
WERE A LONG-SHOT.
- YOU COULD HAVE GONE PRO.
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP
AT THIS HOUR?
- I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSEOF SOME NEW SOFTWARE,
CAD SOFTWARE THEY USE
AT THE OFFICE.
- I CAN'T HELP YOU THERE.
IT TOOK ME THREE WHOLE NIGHT
COURSES AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
JUST TO LEARN HOW TO EMAIL
AND GOOGLE.
- OH, I JUST--
I FEEL SO OVERWHELMED.
EVERYTHING'S CHANGED
SO MUCH.
I'M AFRAID I'M NEVER
GOING TO CATCH UP.
AND I'M ON PROBATION UNTIL
MY FIRST EVALUATION.
- AND THEN THEY WILL REALIZE
HOW LUCKY THEY ARE
TO HAVE YOU.
- I KNOW. I KNOW THAT I AM
37 YEARS OLD,
BUT I FEEL LIKE I AM SEVEN,
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU
TO WAVE YOUR MAGIC MOM WAND
LIKE YOU DID
WHEN I WAS A CHILD
AND MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY
AGAIN.
- THE NICE THING
ABOUT GROWING UP
IS THAT YOU GET TO WAVE
YOUR OWN WAND.
YOU'RE WORKING HARD ENOUGH.
ALL YOU NEED IS SOME FAITH
IN YOURSELF.
MMM.
THAT POPCORN SMELLS GOOD.
- OH, IT'S SO GOOD.
MMM.
I'M GONNA HAVE
SOME OF THAT.
- HEY, VINCE.
- YO.
- HOLD UP.
HEY, LISTEN, ARE YOU AVAILABLEFOR DINNER TONIGHT?
I WANT TO INVITE YOU OVER,
BUT I THINK LIZ WANT
TO INTERROGATE YOU
TO MAKE SURE I WAS
ON MY Ps AND Qs
WHEN WE WAS OVER IN BOSNIA.
- THAT'S REAL KIND, BUT I
GOTTA TAKE A RAIN CHECK.
TELL LIZ THANKS, THOUGH.
- WAIT A MINUTE.
ARE YOU GOING ON A DATE TONIGHT, YOU SLY DOG?
- NAH, IT'S NOT A DATE.
REMEMBER THAT KID WHO WAS
WRITING THOSE LETTERS
OVER IN BOSNIA?
- YEAH, YEAH.
- I'M COACHING HIM
IN BASEBALL NOW.
- OKAY, OKAY,
THAT'S A RELIEF.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DATING AGAIN, YOU KNOW,
LIZ HAS GOT A WHOLE ROLODEX
FULL OF WOMEN
SHE WANT TO HOOK YOU UP
WITH.
IS THE BOY'S MOM
AT LEAST CUTE?
- LET ME ASK YOU
A QUESTION.
WHAT PART OF "I'M NOT LOOKING"DID YOU NOT GET?
- THE "N"? NO, NO, NO.
IT WAS THE "O," RIGHT?
MAYBE THE "T"?
NOW I'M NOT LOOKING,
I'M NOT INTERESTED.
BUT TELL LIZ THANKS
ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT?
YOU GOT IT.
- OH, JARED, LOOK.
- HEY.
- HI.
VINCE, THIS IS MY MOM,
LOUISE METCALF.
MOM, THIS IS
SERGEANT VINCE CARRERA.
- A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU,
MA'AM.
- WELL, IT'S A PLEASURE
TO MEET YOU TOO.
MY GRANDSON TELLS ME
THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO LEAP TALLBUILDINGS IN A SINGLE BOUND.
- OH, YEAH?
WELL, ONLY SMALL ONES.
NOTHING OVER 20 STORIES.
ARE YOU READY, BUD?
- YES, SIR.
- ALL RIGHT, GRAB THIS BAT.
LET'S GO PLAY.
- I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY.
HE IS CUTE.
- MOM.
- WELL.
I'M JUST TRYING,
YOU KNOW.
- ALL RIGHT, WATCH THE BALLRIGHT INTO THE BAT, ALL RIGHT?
- HEY, OUR FIRST GAME IS THIS
WEDNESDAY. WILL YOU COME?
- YOU CAN COUNT ON IT.
- EACH AND EVERY
PIECE OF EQUIPMENT
YOUR PLATOONS
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
MUST BE THOROUGHLY
EXAMINED,
AND ALL DAMAGE AND/OR
LOSS THAT OCCURS
WHILE THEY ARE IN TRANSIT
MUST BE REPORTED
TO THE QM ON THE 2404s
WITHIN 14 DAYS
OF THE BATTALION RETURNING
FROM LOCKLEIGH.
BUT WHEN THOSE 14 DAYS
ARE UP,
YOU NEED TO GET ON THAT.
OKAY.
- HIS CAR'S NOT HERE.
- OH, YE OF LITTLE FAITH.
VINCE WILL BE HERE.
HE'S A MAN OF HIS WORD.
- I'M LEAVING THIS
TO THE FIRE TEAM.
THE LEADER
IS BILL'S LEADERSHIP.
- SO...
- THAT KID I'VE BEEN COACHINGIN BASEBALL,
HIS FIRST GAME
IS AT 15:30 HOURS.
- SHOOT.
WELL, IS HIS MOM
GONNA BE THERE?
- MM-HMM.
- SO THIS IS A DATE.
- IT AIN'T A DATE.
- SERGEANT MAJOR.
- YES, SERGEANT.
- SERGEANT CARRERA
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
HOW MUCH LONGER
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE
BECAUSE HE HAS A DATE.
- YOU'RE GOING
ON A DATE, SERGEANT?
- NO, SERGEANT MAJOR,
IT'S MORE LIKE WE--
- LET'S GO, LET'S GO.
- YOU CAN GO, MAN.
YOU CAN GO.
- LET'S GO!
- MOM, IT'S OKAY
IF VINCE DOESN'T COME.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES MEN CAN'T DOTHINGS THEY SAID THEY WOULD
BECAUSE THEY'RE BUSY
AT WORK.
- WELL, LOOK WHO'S HERE.
WHAT DID I SAY?
- HEY.
- WHEW! SORRY I'M LATE.
I GOT HELD UP
AT A MEETING.
- WHAT'S UP?
- GO GET 'EM!
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
- I TOLD YOU
I'D SHOW UP.
GO GET 'EM, BUD!
- HOW LONG BEFORE JARED
COMES UP TO BAT AGAIN?
- OH, I THINK HE'S UP FIFTH.
- I FEEL LIKE
AN ICE CREAM CONE.
HOW ABOUT THE TWO OF YOU?
- OOH, I WOULD LOVE
A VANILLA CONE.
- GOOD, GOOD.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
LET ME GET THAT.
- NO, NO, NO.
YOU SIT DOWN.
THIS IS MY TREAT.
- YEAH, DON'T ARGUE WITH HER.YOU WON'T WIN.
- OKAY. IN THAT CASE, I'LL TAKEA VANILLA CONE TOO.
- YOU'VE GOT IT.
- THANK YOU.
- GOOD LUCK, JARED.
I HAVE TO THANK YOU FOREVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR HIM.
YOU'VE MADE
SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE.
- OH, PLEASE, I AM HAVING
SUCH A GOOD TIME.
- MAMA'S PROUD.
YEAH, MAMA'S PROUD!
- LET'S GO, LET'S GO!
- NICE.
COME ON, COME ON,
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!
- IT'S HARD TO GROW UP
WITH AN ABSENTEE DAD.
- YEAH, FLORIDA'S
A LONG WAY AWAY.
- YEAH, WELL, GIL WASN'T ANYCLOSER WHEN HE LIVED WITH US.
- I KNOW HOW THAT FEELS.
SEE, MY DADDY
WORKED ON OIL RIGS
AND NOT MUCH ROOM FOR A FAMILYON THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN WHEN HE WASN'T
ON THE RIG,
WELL, YOU KNOW, HOME WAS THE
LAST PLACE HE WANTED TO BE.
IT WAS LIKE ME AND MY MOM
WEREN'T EVEN THERE.
HE WAS JUST MARKIN' TIME
TO GET BACK OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, MOM TRIED.
SHE WOULD MOVE US AROUND
EVERY COUPLE YEARS,
FIND SOMEPLACE THAT YOU COULDHOPEFULLY SETTLE DOWN,
BUT NOT SO MUCH.
OH, OKAY, OKAY.
NICE, NICE!
- HAVE YOU EVER
BEEN MARRIED?
- ONCE.
YOU KNOW,
FOR SOME REASON,
I JUST COULDN'T--
I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF HER
WHEN I WAS OVERSEAS.
SO SHE FOUND SOMEONE
TO TAKE CARE OF HER.
- I'M SORRY.
- NO, DON'T BE.
IT WAS, LIKE,
THREE YEARS AGO.
I'M SO OVER THAT.
NICE CUT, THOUGH.
NICE CUT.
- LET'S GO!
- HOW LONG SINCE
YOU'VE BEEN DIVORCED?
- UM, ME?
ABOUT A YEAR.
- STILL A LITTLE RAW?
- NO. NOT NOW.
- HMM.
NICE THROW. GOOD JOB.
- SO NOW I'M WORKING ON
BEING A SINGLE MOM
AND WHAT I WANT TO DO
WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU ARE DOING A DARN GOOD JOBWITH JARED.
IF YOU DO HALF AS GOOD
A JOB ON YOURSELF,
YOU'RE GONNA BE JUST FINE,
DANA.
- HEY, BATTER, BATTER!
HEY, BATTER!
I THOUGHT YOU SAID HE WASN'TGONNA BE UP TO BAT FOR A WHILE.
OH, I'M SORRY.
- GOOD EYE. GOOD EYE, JARED.
GOOD EYE, JARED.
YOU PLAYED A GOOD GAME
TODAY, BUD.
- I STRUCK OUT TWICE.
- YOU WERE ONE FOR THREE.
THAT'S
A 3.33 BATTING AVERAGE.
MOST PROS DON'T DO
THAT WELL.
- WE STILL LOST.
- YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A GOOD PLAYER
AND A GREAT PLAYER?
HOW QUICK THEY BOUNCE BACK,
ALL RIGHT?
HEY, UM, THIS SATURDAY,
IS GUEST DAY AT THE BASE,
AND I WAS HOPING THAT Y'ALL
COULD BE MY GUESTS.
- CAN WE, PLEASE?
- UM, YOU KNOW,
THAT SOUNDS REALLY NICE,
BUT IT'S THIS SATURDAY?
- YEAH.
- I'M WORKING THIS SATURDAY.
- OH, ALL RIGHT.
- MOM, PLEASE.
- HONEY, I'M NEW
AT THIS COMPANY,
AND I CAN'T GO CHANGING THINGSLIKE THAT JUST YET.
- WELL, I COULD TAKE HIM.
- YES!
- ALL RIGHT.
- HEY, DANA.
- YES, SIR.
- I, UH, TOOK A LOOK
AT THE PLANS
YOU DID FOR THE GENERAL
ARCHITECT PEOPLE.
IT'S GOOD STUFF.
- THANK YOU.
- ARE YOU STILL ON
YOUR TRIAL PERIOD WITH US?
- YES.
- NOT NOW.
FROM NOW ON,
YOU'RE PERMANENT.
JARED,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- HE'S IRONING EVERYTHING HE'SGONNA WEAR TO THE BASE TODAY.
- OH!
- IT'S JUST MY WAY, I GUESS.
OH.
- HI, THIS IS LOUISE.
- HEY, LOUISE,
CAN I SPEAK TO JARED?
- ALL RIGHT,
I'LL GET HIM FOR YOU.
JARED, IT'S YOUR FATHER.
- HI, DAD.
- HEY, BIG FELLA.
HOW'S MY BOY?- WHEN CAN I COME AND SEE YOU?
- THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING.
I'M IN THE AREA.
I WANT TO COME SEE YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE THAT?
- TODAY?
DOES IT HAVE TO BE TODAY?
- TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY
I CAN DO IT.
- BUT LISTEN, IF YOU'VE GOT
OTHER PLANS--
- NO, NO, DAD,
I WANT TO SEE YOU.
- OKAY. I'LL SEE YOU
AT 11:00, THEN.
- HI, DANA.
YOU GUYS ON YOUR WAY?
- HEY, VINCE.
LOOK, I'M AFRAID WE HAVE
A LITTLE PROBLEM TODAY.
UM, JARED'S FATHER CAME
INTO TOWN UNEXPECTEDLY,
AND HE WANTS TO SEE HIM,
AND TODAY'S THE ONLY DAY
HE CAN DO IT.
- NO SWEAT. THERE'LL BE
OTHER GUEST DAYS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
- ARE YOU SURE?
- YEAH. HE'S GOTTA SEE
HIS DAD, RIGHT?
- THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR UNDERSTANDING.
- ALL RIGHT. BYE.
- GRANDMA, IT'S DAD!
- HI, THIS IS LOUISE.
- HI, LOUISE,
IT'S GIL.
- JARED,
IT'S YOUR FATHER.
- HI, DAD.
ARE YOU COMING?
- I'M SORRY, KID.
I'M TIED UP WORKING.
I CAN'T GET AWAY. LISTEN, YOUKNOW WHAT BUSINESS CAN BE LIKE.
- YEAH.
- I'LL MAKE IT UP TO YOU
NEXT TIME, OKAY?
I LOVE YOU.
- WELL, GUESS WHAT HAPPENED?
GIL NEVER SHOWED UP.
HE JUST CALLED AND CANCELED.
- OH, NO. WHY AM I NOT
SURPRISED? WHERE'S JARED?
- HE'S IN HIS ROOM.
- I HEARD ABOUT YOUR DAD.
- HE'S BUSY.
- I KNOW. I'M SORRY.
HEY, BUT NOW WE CAN GO
TO VINCE'S GUEST DAY.
- WE ALREADY TOLD HIM
WE CAN'T GO.
- WELL, I'LL CALL HIM.
- IS THERE STILL TIME?
I'M SURE THERE IS.
THERE'S THAT SMILE.
LET ME SEE THAT SMILE.
- I'M SO GLAD Y'ALL MADE IT,
MAN.
- WOW.
- RIGHT ON.
SO MY BARRACKS
ARE OVER HERE.
- COOL.- AND WE LIKE TO MAKE IT SPIFFY
ON VISITORS' WELCOME DAY,
DAY ONE.
- HERE ARE THE GUYS.
COOL, HUH, JARED?
- DO YOU LIKE IT?
- YEAH.
- RIGHT ON.
- WELL, WHAT--WHAT--WHO?
WHAT'S THAT?
AH, AH, AH, AH, AH.
- UH!
DANA, THESE ARE
MY TWO BEST FRIENDS,
LANNY AND LIZ MCKAY.
- OH, YOU'RE DANA.
IT'S SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
- IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.
- AND THIS IS JARED.
- OH, THE BASEBALL PLAYER.
HEARD YOU'RE A PRETTY GOOD
CATCHER THERE.
- HECK YEAH, HE IS.
YOU WANT A SODA OR SOMETHING?- ICED TEA.
- OOPS, YOU GUYS
LET ME GET IT.
YOU TAKE JARED
ON THE TEN-CENT TOUR
AND DO ALL THE BOY STUFF
BEFORE IT CLOSES.
I'M SURE DANA COULD USE
THE QUIET AND R&R
AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK,
AND THEN WE'LL MEET BACK FOR
DINNER WHEN YOU GET BACK.
- IF IT'S ALL RIGHT
WITH DANA.
- IT SOUNDS GREAT.
- ALL RIGHT.
HEY, BUD, GUESS WHAT?
I GOT AN ARMORED HUMVEE
WITH YOUR NAME ON IT.
YOU WANT TO TAKE A RIDE?
- SWEET! AN ARMORED HUMVEE?
- AND THEN WE CAN GO LOOK
AT THE HELICOPTERS.
- CAREFUL.
- YOU WATCH HIM!
SO WHAT DO YOU TAKE,
AN ICED TEA SWEET?
- OH, I CAN GET IT.
- NO, NO, YOU SIT.YOU CHILL. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
- THANK YOU.
- HEY!
- WOW!
- SLOW DOWN!
- HE'S QUICK.
- LOOK AT HIM.
- TODAY WAS NEARLY A DISASTER, BUT YOU SAVED IT.
- I'M JUST GLAD
IT ALL WORKED OUT.
- THANK YOU.
- HEY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT
GOING CAMPING THIS WEEKEND.
YOU THINK JARED
WOULD LIKE TO COME?
- OH, HE WOULD LOVE TO GO.
- YOU COME TOO?
- ABSOLUTELY.
SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN IN THE ARMY?
- WELL, MY MOM'S
A MACINTYRE,
AND MACINTYRES HAVE BEEN
IN THE ARMY
EVERY GENERATION SINCE,
SHOOT,
BACK BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR.
DO YOU DANCE,
MS. MARSHALL?
I HAVEN'T DANCED
IN A VERY LONG TIME.
- NEITHER HAVE I.
I THINK IT'S TIME WE START.
MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE?
YES, MA'AM.
- ♪ I'VE BEEN DYING
TO SEE YOU ♪
♪ DRIVING THROUGH
THE NIGHT ♪
♪ AND ONCE
THE CITY'S BURNED ♪
♪ BY CANDLELIGHT
♪ I KNOW
THE WATER'S RISING ♪
♪ THROUGH YOUR DOOR
♪ BUT I WON'T
LEAVE YOU HERE ♪
♪ WITH NOTHING
BUT A GOLD... ♪
- KEEP YOUR ELBOW UP.
THERE YOU GO.
GOOD CUT.
KEEP YOUR WEIGHT ON
YOUR BACK LEG, ALL RIGHT?
OKAY.
TRY AGAIN.
- HEY, MOM,
DO YOU HAVE ANY WATER?
- OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, THERE'S A DRINKING FOUNTAINRIGHT OVER THERE.
CAN I TRY?
- SURE.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
HMM.
- WHOA!
- OH, OOH!
- AH, NO.
I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD.
- SORRY.
- THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK WE NEEDTO START WITH THE BASICS.
- OKAY.
- OKAY. COME HERE.
RAISE YOUR BAT
TO THE BALL.
PUT IT RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
- OKAY.
- THERE YOU GO.
PUT IT UP LIKE THAT.
NOW SEE, YOU'RE A LITTLE
TOO CLOSE TO THE PLATE.
NOW BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
OKAY, THAT'S THE SWEET SPOT
RIGHT THERE.
SEE THAT?
- OKAY.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- CENTERED
ON THE CENTER OF THE PLATE.
OKAY.
RAISE UP THE BAT.
ELBOW UP.
THERE YOU GO.
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
GO FOR IT.
NICE. VERY NICE. SEE?
- THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THESE
AND ALL OUR OTHER BLESSINGS,
AND GUIDE US
THROUGH THIS NIGHT, AMEN.
- YOU SLEEP WELL.
MWAH. I LOVE YOU.
- MOM?
- HMM?
- IF YOU MARRIED VINCE,
WOULD HE BECOME MY DAD?
- WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?
I'M NOT MARRYING VINCE,
AND YOU ALREADY HAVE A DAD.
- DAD IGNORES ME
AND VINCE DOESN'T.
AND HE IS YOUR BOYFRIEND.
- NO, HE ISN'T.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT?
- WELL, HE TREATS YOU LIKE
YOU'RE HIS GIRLFRIEND,
AND YOU LOOK AT HIM LIKE
HE'S YOUR BOYFRIEND.
- OH, HONEY, THE TRUTH IS,
RIGHT NOW
I WOULD MAKE
A LOUSY GIRLFRIEND.
AND ANYWAY, I ONLY HAVE ROOM
FOR ONE GUY IN MY LIFE,
AND THAT IS YOU.
- BUT YOU SAID
SOMETIMES THINGS WE'RE NOT
READY FOR HAPPEN ANYWAY.
WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE LIFE
AS IT COMES.
AND GRANDMA SAID GOD SOMETIMESGIVES US ANSWERS
TO QUESTIONS WE AREN'T READY
TO EVEN ASK YET.
- WELL, THIS ISN'T ONE
OF THOSE THINGS.
NOW GO TO SLEEP.
- WOW, IT IS
SO BEAUTIFUL HERE.
YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB
SETTING UP THE TENTS.
I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE
LET ME HELP.
- NAH, THAT WAS STRICTLY
A JARED AND VINCE THING,
RIGHT, BUD?
- YEP.
WHAT'S THAT?
- THAT IS SHISH KEBOB.
- THAT'S MEAT
COOKED ON A SKEWER
WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS
AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
- MM-HMM.
YOU EVER HAD
MIDDLE-EASTERN FOOD, JARED?
- I DON'T THINK SO.
- AH, YOU'VE GOT TO TRY
FOREIGN FOOD.
IT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND
THE PEOPLE.
HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
A NEW MOROCCAN RESTAURANT
JUST OPENED UP BY THE BASE.
WE SHOULD GO THERE SOMETIME.
- IT SOUNDS LIKE
GROWNUP FOOD.
MAYBE YOU TWO SHOULD GO
ON YOUR OWN.
- WELL, YOU CAN'T SAY YOU DON'TLIKE IT IF YOU DON'T TRY IT.
- OH, HE'S TEN YEARS OLD.
HE LIKES HOT DOGS
AND HAMBURGERS,
AND PASTA WITH KETCHUP,
RIGHT?
DON'T WORRY.'VE GOT YOU
COVERED, BUD.
HOW'S YOUR HOT CHOCOLATE?
- IT'S SO GOOD.
- HEY, JARED,
YOU WANT ANOTHER S'MORES?
- JARED, ARE YOU ASLEEP?
- NO.
I THINK IT'S TIME FOR BED.
- WHAT TIME IS IT?
- BEDTIME.
- OH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'LL GET THIS.
PUT HIM TO BED BEFORE HE FALLSASLEEP OUT HERE AGAIN.
- THANKS. OKAY,
COME ON, HONEY.
- I WASN'T ASLEEP.
- OH, NO, I KNOW.
YOU WERE JUST RESTING
YOUR EYES.
- GOOD NIGHT, BUDDY.
- COME ON.
HOP ON IN.
THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT.
NOPE.
NOPE.
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- MAN, I HAVE A PLACE
FOR EVERYTHING,
AND EVERYTHING HAS A PLACE,
AND I CAN'T FIND
MY OVERALLS.
- WELL, LOOK.
LIZ ASKED ME
TO GIVE THAT TO YOU.
- OH, HEY, MAN,
THAT'S A GOOD PICTURE.
- YEAH, IT IS.
- TELL LIZ THANKS.
- YOU GOT IT.
WHAT YOU NEED
YOUR OVERALLS FOR?
- OH, I'M HELPING DANA
PAINT A ROOM.
- AH, SHE GOT YOU DOING
HER HONEY-DOS ALREADY, HUH?
- NO, I'M HELPING HER
PAINT JARED'S ROOM, MAN.
- HMM. THERE'S A LOT MORE
GOING ON THAN JUST PAINTING.
- WHEN ARE YOU GONNA UNDERSTANDTHAT
WE'RE JUST FRIENDS, MAN?
- MOST NEWLYWEDS
DON'T LOOK AT EACH OTHER
THE WAY YOU TWO DO.
LOOK, WHY DON'T YOU JUST
ADMIT IT? YOU LIKE HER.
- MAYBE I LIKE HER.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE GET REDEPLOYED?
I MEAN, YOU KNEW THAT
WHEN KARA LEFT.
I COULDN'T TAKE OF THEM WHEN
WE'RE IN EUROPE, YOU KNOW?
I WAS 8,000 MILES AWAY,
AND I COULDN'T STOP HER
FROM LEAVING.
MAN, I CAN'T GO THROUGH THAT
AGAIN.
- HEY, VINCE,
WHEN ARE YOU
GONNA GET IT THROUGH
THAT THICK SKULL OF YOURS?
IT WASN'T YOU.
IT WAS HER.
LOOK, YOU WERE PERFECT,
MAN.
I MEAN, YOU WROTE
HER EVERY DAY,
AND YOU CALLED HER
EVERY CHANCE YOU GOT.
YOU DIDN'T DO A THING WRONG,
OKAY?
SHE JUST COULDN'T HANDLE
THE SEPARATION.
SHE WASN'T STRONG ENOUGH.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU
TO MARRY DANA,
BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE HEROUT, JUST THE TWO OF YOU.
THERE'S A FIREWORKS SHOW
AT THE MARINA THIS WEEKEND.
- I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
THANKS, BUDDY.
FORGET THE OVERALLS.
- HEY, MOM,
WHERE'S MY MITT?
- OH, IT'S UNDER THE TARP
IN THE DRAWER.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
- HEY, SO THERE'S
A FIREWORKS DISPLAY
AT THE MARINA
THIS SATURDAY.
LANNY AND LIZ
ARE BRINGING THEIR TRAILER
UP TO BLUFFER'S POINT,
AND THEY WANT TO KNOW
IF WE'D LIKE TO JOIN THEM.
- WELL, THAT SOUNDS
LIKE FUN.
HEY, JARED,
DO YOU WANT TO GO?
- SURE.
- COOL.
- THIS IS LOOKING
REALLY GOOD.
- I KIND OF LIKED
THE PINK.
- OKAY. OKAY.
YEAH, I'LL TELL HER.
- AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BEGETTING READY FOR THE FIREWORKS?
WHO WAS THAT ON THE PHONE?
- OH, SOMEONE WHO SAID
TO TELL YOU
THAT SHE CAN'T DO
SOMETHING TONIGHT.
- WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME?
- I DIDN'T KNOW
YOU WERE HOME.
- I'M LOOKING AFTER YOU.
WHERE ELSE WOULD I BE?
NOW LET'S GET A LITTLE BIT
MORE SPECIFIC.
WAS IT MY FRIEND PEGGY?
I'LL CALL HER.
- WAIT. UH, SHE SAID
SHE'S NOT GONNA BE HOME
AND SHE'S GONNA CALL YOU
TOMORROW TO EXPLAIN.
- TOMORROW?
WHAT IS IT, HONEY?
- MY STOMACH
DOESN'T FEEL WEL
- JARED!
HEY, BUDDY,
WE'VE GOT TO GET GOING!
OH, HEY, ARE YOU ALMOST READY? WE'VE GOT TO GO.
- HE HAS A VERY BAD
UPSET STOMACH.
- OH, NO, WHERE DOES IT HURT?- EVERYWHERE.
- IT MUST HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING HE ATE
OR SOME KIND OF A BUG.
- IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I'LL JUST CALL VINCE AND
TELL HIM WE CAN'T MAKE IT.
- NO, MOM,
YOU'VE GOT TO GO.
- HONEY, I HAVE TO STAY HERE
AND TAKE CARE OF YOU.
- WHY CAN'T GRANDMA?
- WELL, GRANDMA'S GOING OUT.
- NO, HER MEETING
GOT CANCELED.
YOU CAN'T LET VINCE DOWN.
- OKAY, I'LL GO.
- OH!
OOH, THAT'S GOOD.
- OH, YEAH.
- OH, WOW.
- UM, I'M REAL SORRY JARED
WASN'T FEELING WELL.
HE WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS.
- OH, HE WOULD HAVE.
BUT I'VE FORGOTTEN HOW NICE
IT IS TO HAVE ADULT TIME.
WELL, WITH SOMEONE
OTHER THAN MY MOTHER.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST
NIGHT I'VE BEEN OUT
WITHOUT JARED
IN ALMOST A YEAR.
- HOW DOES IT FEEL?
- GOOD.
REALLY GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT MOROCCAN RESTAURANT
I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT?
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE DINNER THEREWITH ME SOMETIME?
- ARE YOU ASKING ME OUT
ON A DATE?
- I THINK I AM.
- A DATE DATE?
- MM-HMM.
OUR FIRST DATE.
- WELL, WHEN SHOULD WE GO
ON THIS DATE?
- TUESDAY.
- WHAT TIME?
- 8:00.
- OH, NO.
SOME THINGS ARE JUST
GONNA HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL OUR DATE AT 8:00
ON TUESDAY.
- IT'S ABOUT TIME.
WELL, WHAT MADE YOU
FINALLY SEE SENSE?
- WELL, I THINK BECAUSE THERE'SA BUILT-IN ENDING.
EVENTUALLY,
HE'LL SHIP OUT
AND IT'LL BE OVER.
DOES THAT SOUND TERRIBLE?
- NO, NOT AT ALL.
ANYWAY, WHO CARES WHAT HAPPENSTWO MONTHS FROM NOW?
THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT
YOU ARE GOING OUT ON A DATE.
OOH, THANK YOU.
- YEAH.
- WHAT'S THIS?
- IT'S COLOGNE LIZ BUYS ME.
SHE SAYS WEAR IT, BUT DON'T
USE AS MUCH AS I DO.
- IF YOU IRON THE CREASE
ONE MORE TIME,
YOU'RE GONNA CUT YOURSELF
ON IT.
SO YOU READY TO TAKE
THE PLUNGE, HUH?
- LIVING TODAY TODAY.
MAN, I FINALLY GOT
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT TOMORROW.
THANKS, LANNY.
- HEY, THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS
ARE FOR.
YOU GOTTA LIVE
IN THE MOMENT.
- MAN, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING.
I'M SERIOUS, MAN.
I WAS RUDE THE OTHER NIGHT.
I'M SO CLUMSY.
I TRIED TO KISS HER, MAN.
I CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT I'M SO STUPID.
- LOOK, SHE'S STILL
GOING OUT WITH YOU, RIGHT?
- WELL, YEAH.
- OKAY.
'CAUSE LOOK, DATING IS LIKE
RIDING A BIKE.
YOU WOBBLE A BIT
WHEN YOU FIRST GET BACK ON,
BUT YOU NEVER FORGET HOW.
- MAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT A BIKE LOOKS LIKE.
- LOOK, WILL YOU QUIT
IRONING THOSE PANTS
AND GET INTO 'EM?
OR YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE,
AND THAT'S WAY TOO BIT
OF A WOBBLE
FOR A FIRST DATE.
- OH, HEY.
YOU'RE WRINKLING THEM.
- PUT 'EM ON.
- ALL RIGHT.
- SO?
- IT'S FABULOUS, AGAIN.
- I LIKED THE ONE BEFORE
THE LAST ONE BETTER.
- NO, YOU'RE GOING
OUT TO DINNER.
THIS ONE HAS MORE, UM,
BREATHING ROOM.
- YOU MUST LIKE HIM
AN AWFUL LOT
IF YOU'RE MAKING THIS MUCH FUSSABOUT WHAT YOU WEAR.
- YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE
ANOTHER OPTION.
I HAVE A SKIRT
AND A REALLY CUTE BLOUSE.
- TOO LATE NOW.WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.
AND YOU LOOK--
- DY-NO-MITE!
UHH!
THANK YOU.
I'LL GET THE DOOR.
- YOU LOOK NICE.
- YOU LOOK... STUNNING.
- THANK YOU.
- ARE THOSE FOR ME?
- OH!
YEAH. I'M SORRY.
THANK YOU.
- HEY, VINCE.
- HEY, BUD.
- HEY.
- WOW, THESE ARE
REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
HEY, WILL YOU DO ME A FAVOR
AND PUT THESE IN WATER?
AND MAKE SURE YOU LISTEN
TO GRANDMA
AND THAT YOU ARE IN BED
BY 9:00.
- OKAY.
- OKAY.
- MWAH.
- HAVE FUN.
- I LOVE YOU.
- BYE, BUD.
- BYE.
- I THINK HE'LL BE GOOD
FOR HER.
SO DO I.
- THE COUSCOUS WITH VEGETABLESAND CHICKEN.
- WHAT WAS THAT DISH
THAT COMES WITH...
- WOW, IT ALL SOUNDS
SO GOOD.
WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND?
- WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE?
- I HAVE NO IDEA.
OKAY.
UM, HOW ABOUT I ORDERFOR BOTH OF US AND WE'LL SHARE?
- PLEASE.
- OKAY.
WE'LL START WITH THE HARIRA
WITH DATES.
THAT'S A SOUP.
AND THEN THE METZI,
THE MATCHUI,
AND THE CHICKEN
WITH THE TATCHOUKA.
AND A LITTLE COUSCOUS.
THANK YOU.
- ARE YOU ORDERING ENOUGH
TO FEED THE WHOLE BATTALION?
NO, JUST THE PLATOON.
WHAT?
- OH.
YOU JUST LOOK
REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
SO TELL ME EVERYTHING
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU.
- EVERYTHING?
- YEAH.
I WANT TO KNOW
ALL YOUR SECRETS.
- OH, DO YOU KNOW
HOW LONG IT'S BEEN
SINCE I'VE BEEN
ON A DATE?
ALMOST 14 YEARS.
- WOW.
LIZ TRIED TO SET ME UP
ON A BLIND DATE
WHEN ME AND MY EX
JUST SPLIT UP.
I WAS SO NOT READY.
I CHICKENED OUT.
- I WAS SO NERVOUS ABOUT GOINGON MY FIRST DATE.
- SO WAS I.
THANKS FOR MAKING IT
SO EASY.
- OH, I'M HAVING
SO MUCH FUN.
- GOOD.
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
SHOULD WE DO THIS AGAIN?
- OH, YOU MEAN, UH,
JUST THE TWO OF US
GO ON A DATE?
- YEAH.
- HEY, UM...
WHERE DOES JARED FIT
INTO ALL OF THIS?
- WHAT JARED AND I HAVE,
IT'S--IT'S SEPARATE.
I MEAN, HE'S MY BUDDY.
I'M GONNA BE THERE
FOR JARED
AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME,
OKAY?
- AND WHAT HAPPENS TO US
WHEN YOU GO OVERSEAS AGAIN?
- HEY, DANA, THAT'S--
THAT'S--
THAT'S MONTHS AWAY.
I MEAN...
LET'S JUMP OFF THAT BRIDGEWHEN WE GET TO IT, ALL RIGHT?
- FOR NOW, WE'LL TAKE IT
ONE DATE AT A TIME.
- ONE DATE AT A TIME.
I LIKE THE WAY THAT SOUNDS.
- GOOD.
THEN YES, I THINK WE SHOULD
DO THIS AGAIN.
- SO?
- SO WHAT?
- HOW DID IT GO?
- IT WENT OKAY.
- HOW OKAY? ARE YOU
GONNA SEE HER AGAIN?
- OH, YEAH, I'M GONNA
SEE HER AGAIN.
AT JARED'S BASEBALL GAME.
- LOOK, QUIT DODGING
THE QUESTION.
ARE YOU GONNA
SEE HER AGAIN?
- YEAH, MAN, I'M GONNA
SEE HER AGAIN.
WE'RE GOING OUT
TOGETHER.
- ALL RIGHT.
NOW SHE'S THE ONLY GIRL
YOU WANT TO SEE
AT THE MOMENT, RIGHT?
'CAUSE IF NOT,
SINCE YOU'RE DATING,
YOU'RE GONNA BE GOING
ON BLIND DATES
FROM NOW UNTIL CHRISTMAS.
- SHE'S THE ONLY ONE
I WANT TO SEE.
- ALL RIGHT, GOOD.
NOW SINCE YOU TWO
ARE DATING,
YOU ARE DOUBLE DATING
WITH US FRIDAY NIGHT.
NO EXCUSES.
- OKAY.
- HEY, SLEEPYHEAD.
- SO, HOW DID IT GO?
- HOW DID WHAT GO?
WELL, WE ATE
MIDDLE-EASTERN FOOD
AND IT WAS DELICIOUS.
- AND?
- AND WHAT?
- DO YOU LIKE HIM,
YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT?
IS HE YOUR BOYFRIEND?
- OKAY, THAT IS NOT
AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION
FOR A SON TO ASK
HIS MOTHER,
ESPECIALLY
MY TEN-YEAR-OLD SON.
- UH, JARED,
UH, TAKE YOUR BREAKFAST
INTO THE LIVING ROOM.
SO, HOW DID IT GO?
- IT WAS GREAT.
AND WE AGREED THAT
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS,
VINCE AND JARED
WILL BE BUDDIES.
- AND DO YOU LIKE HIM?
YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT?
- YEAH, I-I THINK I DO.
I MEAN, IT'S SCARY,
BUT YEAH.
- GOOD.
IT'S ABOUT TIME
YOU GOT THAT PART OF YOUR HEARTWORKING AGAIN.
- HANG ON, DANA!
THERE YOU GO!
- OH, YEAH.
- WHOO!
OH, MAN!
WHOO, THAT WAS FUN.
THERE YOU GO.
CHAMP!
- THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
BOY, OH, BOY, I AM GONNA BE
STIFF TOMORROW.
YOU ARE.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- HEY, LIZ.
YOU GOT ONE FOR ME?
- OF COURSE.
- HEY, DANA, YOU KNOW CATHY?
CATHY, DANA.
- HI.
- HI.
- CATHY'S MARRIEDTO JOSH BORGUNNER OVER THERE.
- AH.
- SO DO YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE?
A GIRL OR A BOY?
- NOPE, AND I DON'T WANT TO.
AS LONG AS HE OR SHE'S
GOT TWO GOOD ARMS
AND TWO GOOD LEGS AND FIVE
FINGERS AND FIVE TOES
ON EACH SIDE, I DON'T CARE
WHAT'S IN THE MIDDLE.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- SO WHEN ARE YOU DUE?
- JULY.
- WELL, LET'S HOPE
THAT THEY'LL BE HOME THEN.
- WHAT DO YOU WANT
ON YOUR BURGER, BABY?
- I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO HIM
FOR 15 YEARS,
AND HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT I WANT ON MY BURGER.
BEING AN ARMY MOM IS TOUGH,
BUT YOU'VE GOT WHAT
IT TAKES.
- DO YOU REALLY THINK
THEY COULD BE GONE BY JULY?
- NO WAY. NO. LIZ IS JUST
BEING A WORRYWART.
THEY'LL BE HOME
TILL AT LEAST CHRISTMAS.
- SORRY, BABE.
I'M LATE AGAIN.
- OH.
I KNEW YOU'D BE HERE.
AND YOU'RE NOT LATE.
THE GAME DIDN'T EVEN START.
- OH, SWEET!
- SO MUCH BETTER.
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT, BUD.
GO GET 'EM!
- ALL RIGHT, BLUE, LET'S GO!
- COME ON!
THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE
TO FOLLOW.
NICE ONE!
NICE SWING.
NICE CUT, NICE CUT!
NICE HIT, NICE HIT.
NICE CUT, NICE CUT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, THAT WAS QUICK.
THAT WAS A QUICK OUT.
QUICK OUT.
YEAH, NICE PITCH.
NICE PITCH, MAN.
COME ON, THROW IT TO HOME!
THROW IT TO HOME!
THROW IT HOME!
YEAH!
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, JARED!
- YEAH!
- WAY TO BLOCK THE PLATE!
- AND SO HOW ABOUT BEINGTHANKFUL I WON THE GAME TODAY?
- DEFINITELY.
YOU WERE FANTASTIC.
SEE, I TOLD YOU YOU COULD
PLAY BASEBALL.
- AND FOR YOU SMILING
SO MUCH NOW.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN "NOW"?
I ALWAYS SMILE.
- NOT LIKE YOU ARE NOW.
AND THANK YOU, GOD,
FOR BRINGING VINCENT
INTO OUR LIVES.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING
MY MOM TO LOVE AGAIN.
OKAY.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THESEAND ALL OUR OTHER BLESSINGS
AND GUARD US THROUGH THIS NIGHT, AMEN.
- ALL RIGHT.
YOU LAY DOWN.
GET SOME SLEEP.
I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU TOO.
- WHAT?
- NOTHING.
- MM.
- DANA.
- HMM?
- OPEN UP THE HERMOSA
ARCHITECTS FILE, PLEASE.
- SOMETHING WRONG?
- OKAY, GO TO THE ROOF PLANS.
WHOA. STOP.
HOW'D YOU DO THAT?
- WHAT?
- HOW'D YOU DO THAT IN 3-D?
WHY DIDN'T YOU HAVE TO DO
THE WHOLE ELEMENT?
- WELL, YOU DO A BOX SELECT,
YOU DRAG AND DROP IT
ONTO ITS PAGE,
AND THEN YOU HIT "3-D"
IN THE TOOLBAR.
- WOW.
MAKE SURE MARTHA KNOWS
ABOUT THIS, OKAY?
- OKAY.
- WELL DONE.
- I'VE DECIDED TO KIDNAP JAREDON SATURDAY.
I WANT TO TAKE HIM TO THE ZOO.
WE NEED SOME ONE-ON-ONE
QUALITY TIME TOGETHER.
- WELL, THAT'S GREAT, BUT WE HAVE PLANS ON SATURDAY.
- WHAT?
- GOING FOR A BIKE RIDE
WITH VINCE.
- OH, WELL THEN YOU AND VINCEWILL JUST HAVE
TO GO ON THAT BIKE RIDE
ON YOUR OWN, WON'T YOU?
- ♪ FOUND SOMEONE
NEW TO LOVE ♪
♪ FOUND SOMEONE
THAT I REALLY NEED ♪
♪ FOUND SOMEONE WHO MAKES ME
FEEL EVERYTHING ♪
♪ FOUND SOMEONE NEW TO LOVE
♪ FOUND SOMEONE
THAT I REALLY NEED ♪
♪ FOUND SOMEONE WHO MAKES ME
FEEL EVERYTHING ♪
♪ SOMETIMES I'M LONELY
AND I FEEL I CAN'T GO ON ♪
♪ SOMETIMES I'M SAD
♪ I SIT AT HOME ALONE
♪ BUT WHEN YOU'RE NEAR ME
♪ I SEE THIS RAY OF LIGHT
♪ COMING IN TO GUIDE ME
♪ AND I DO THINGS RIGHT
♪ OH, BABY, YEAH
♪ FOUND SOMEONE NEW
TO LOVE ♪
- I DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE GOINGTO MAKE IT.
- OH.
- YOU OKAY?
- YEAH, THERE WAS A RUSH JOB
AT WORK
THAT THE SO-CALLED"COMPUTER GAL" COULDN'T HANDLE,
SO I HAD TO.
OH, THANK GOODNESS.
24 HOURS UNTIL THE WEEKEND
AND THEN TWO WHOLE DAYS OFF.
THOUGHT YOU LIKED YOUR JOB.
- YOU KNOW, IT WAS CHALLENGINGWHILE I WAS TRYING TO CATCH UP
THE DECADE I TOOK OFF,
BUT NOW I REMEMBER
WHY I DIDN'T MIND QUITTING
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IT WAS RELIABLE WHEN I WAS
PUTTING MY
EX-HUSBAND THROUGH SCHOOL,
AND IT WAS PORTABLE,
SO I COULD FIND A JOB
WHEREVER HIS WORK TOOK HIM.
- LUCKY MAN.
- YEAH, EXCEPT NOW I'M RID
OF HIM
BUT I'M STUCK WITH THE JOB
AND IT IS BORING.
- AW.
- COME ON, LET'S GO!
- ALL RIGHT.
- NOW MAKE A WISH.
- YOU MAKE THE FIRST CUT.
- THAT'S FOR LUCK.
- VERY GOOD.
GOOD JOB.
OKAY, WHO WANTS A PIECE?
I DO.
- OH, OKAY.
MM.
HEY, WAIT. WHOA, WHOA.
SLOW DOWN.
OPEN THE CARD.
SEE WHO IT'S FROM.
- DAD.
- WELL, LET'S SEE
WHAT HE GAVE YOU.
- OH, A CHARGERS HAT.
- HOW DID DAD KNOW
OUR TEAM'S THE CHARGERS?
- UH, MAYBE A LUCKY GUESS.
FITS PERFECTLY.
- MM-HMM.
- LOOKS COOL.
- ALL RIGHT.HERE'S THIS BIG ONE DOWN HERE.
OH!
HERE WE GO.
HERE'S THE CARD.
WHO'S IT FROM?
- VINCE.
WHOA.
- COOL.
- OH, LOOK AT THAT.
- I GOT IT A LITTLE BIGGER
SO IT'LL FIT YOU NEXT YEAR.
- THANKS.
- YOU'RE WELCOME.
- GOOD NIGHT.
I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU TOO.
THAT WAS NICE OF GRANDMA.
- WHAT?
- PRETENDING DAD REMEMBERED
MY BIRTHDAY.
- DAD DOESN'T SIGN HIS CARDS
"DAD."
HE JUST PUTS "D."
- YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK PRETTY COOLIN THAT CATCHER'S MASK.
YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BEA PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER?
- MAYBE.
I KINDA WANT TO BE A SOLDIER.
WOULD YOU MIND?
- WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
I WOULD MISS YOU.
BUT WE HAVE A FEW YEARS BEFOREWE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
WE'LL JUMP OFF THAT BRIDGE
WHEN WE GET TO IT.
- WHAT'S UP?
- NOTHING.
I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU TOO.
- GOOD NIGHT.
HEY.
- HOW'S HE DOING?
- HE IS FALLING ASLEEPWITH A SMILE FROM EAR TO EAR.
- BIRTHDAY WAS A BIG DAY.
- EXACTLY WHEN DID YOU BUY
THAT CATCHER'S MASK?
- A FEW WEEKS AGO.
- THAT'S AMAZING.
YOU REMEMBERED HIS BIRTHDAY
A FEW WEEKS AGO
AND HIS OWN FATHER COULDN'T EVENREMEMBER TO CALL HIM TODAY.
- HOW'S WORK GOING?
- OH, DON'T ASK.
THE EASIER THE SOFTWARE BECOMESTHE MORE BORED I GET.
- SO WHY KEEP DOING IT?
- WELL, JARED'S GOT TO EAT.
SO DO I.
- YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T JUST QUITBASEBALL
'CAUSE I COULDN'T HIT
A CURVE BALL.
I MEAN, EVEN IF I WOULD'VE MADETHE MAJORS,
MOST PLAYERS DON'T LAST
PAST FOUR YEARS.
COURSE I WOULD'VE BEEN RICH.
BUT WHAT'S THAT REALLY GOING
TO GET ME?
WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THE RESTOF MY LIFE?
LIVE OFF THE MEMORIES?
SEE, THAT'S WHAT I GET OUT OFTHE ARMY.
A LIFETIME OF DOING
WHAT I LOVE TO DO.
YOU DESERVE THAT, DANA.
WASN'T THE WHOLE POINT OF YOUMOVING IN HERE WITH LOUISE
SO YOU COULD FIND OUT
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?
- YEAH, I--
I SUPPOSE IT WAS.
- OKAY, WELL, IF NOT DRAFTING, WHAT?
- WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL,
I WANTED TO BE AN ARCHITECT.
YOU KNOW, DESIGN BEAUTIFUL HOMESFOR PEOPLE.
BUT DRAFTING WAS THE BEST
PLAN "B" AVAILABLE.
- WELL, I SAY GO BACK
TO PLAN "A" THEN.
YOU KNOW, GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
BECOME AN ARCHITECT.
THEY HAVE NIGHT SCHOOL,
THEY HAVE PART-TIME.
WHATEVER IT TAKES.
AND WHERE THERE'S A WILL...
WE'RE ONLY ON THIS EARTH
ONCE SO...
WE MIGHT AS WELL DO WHAT GOD
PUT US HERE TO DO, RIGHT?
- THANK YOU.
OKAY, I'M GONNA GO.
- ALL RIGHT, DANA.
GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT.
- DID VINCE LEAVE?
- YES.
MOM, WHAT WOULD THINK ABOUT MEGOING TO NIGHT SCHOOL?
- TO DO WHAT?
- ARCHITECTURE.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE ALWAYS
WANTED TO DO.
- I WOULD KEEP MY DAY JOB,
BUT WOULD NEED HELP WITH JAREDAT NIGHT,
AND IT MIGHT MEAN US LIVING HERELONGER THAN WE THOUGHT.
IS THAT OKAY?
- OOH.
I DON'T KNOW.
THE WAY I SEE IT,
I WIN ON ALL FRONTS.
- THANK YOU!
OH, THANK YOU.
I'M EXCITED.
- YOU'LL DO GREAT.
OH, I KNOW.
- FINALLY, SERGEANTS,
AN ORDER I KNOW YOU'VE ALL BEENLOOKING FORWARD TO,
AS THE FIRST OF A DEPLOYMENT
READINESS ASSESSMENT...
- WE'RE SHIPPING OUT.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE.
- THE COLONEL HAS ORDERED
THAT WE DO A FULL INVENTORY
OF ALL EQUIPMENT, STORES,
UNIFORMS, ET CETERA.
IF IT BREATHES, SALUTE IT.
IF IT DOESN'T,
PUT IT ON THE LIST.
WHAT IS IT, SERGEANT?
- ANY IDEA WHEN WE'RE SHIPPINGOUT, SERGEANT MAJOR?
- SERGEANTS, ALL I KNOW IS
THE COMMANDER HAS REQUESTED
A FULL D.R.A.
WHY, WHEN, WHERE, AND EVEN IFWE'RE GOING,
YOU'LL KNOW WHEN I KNOW.
- DUDE, YOUR MOVE.
COME ON.
- OH, I'M SORRY, BUD.
UH, LET'S SEE.
THERE YOU GO.
- ARE YOU SURE YOU WANNA
DO THAT?
- YEAH.
- OKAY.
KING ME.
- NICE MOVE, BUD.
- THANKS.
- ARE YOU OKAY?
YOU'VE BEEN SOMEWHERE ELSE
ALL EVENING.
- OH, YEAH.
I'M SORRY.
I'M JUST--
I'M JUST TIRED,
THAT'S ALL.
WOULD YOU MIND IF I CALLED ITAN EARLY NIGHT TONIGHT?
- GO HOME AND GET SOME SLEEP.
- THANKS.
- GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT.
WE'RE DOING OUR D.R.A.
THAT'S DEPLOYMENT READINESS
ASSESSMENT.
I'M BEING REDEPLOYED.
- ISN'T THAT SOONER
THAN YOU EXPECTED?
- YEAH.
- WHEN DO YOU LEAVE?
- THEY HAVEN'T TOLD US YET.
- GOOD NIGHT.
I LOVE YOU.
- MOM?
- HEY, I THOUGHT
YOU WERE ASLEEP.
- ARE YOU OKAY?
YOU SOUND KINDA SAD.
- I DO?
I'M SORRY.
VINCE'S UNIT IS GETTING READYTO SHIP OUT AGAIN.
- WHEN?
- HE DOESN'T KNOW YET.
- I'LL MISS HIM.
- ME TOO.
- WHAT'LL HAPPEN?
- WELL, YOU'LL WRITE EACH OTHER.
- NO, WHAT'LL HAPPEN...
TO YOU AND HIM?
- I DON'T KNOW.
GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT.
- BOY, YOU'VE GOTTA BE STRONG
TO BE A SOLDIER'S WIFE.
- WHAT BROUGHT THAT ON?
VINCE HASN'T ASKED YOU
TO MARRY HIM HAS HE?
NO.
I WAS JUST THINKING.
- UH-HUH.
- THEY'RE GETTING READY
TO GO OVERSEAS AGAIN SOON.
- REALLY?
I THOUGHT THEY WERE STAYING
UNTIL CHRISTMAS.
- MM.
- WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
TO THE TWO OF YOU?
- WELL, WE ALWAYS SAID
WE WOULD CROSS THAT BRIDGE
WHEN WE CAME TO IT.
THE TRUTH IS IT'S ALWAYS BEENTHERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US
LIKE A TIME LIMIT.
JUST KEPT US FROM MAKING ANY
OTHER PERMANENT DECISIONS.
BUT...
NOW THAT BRIDGE--WELL, WE'RE
GETTING READY TO CROSS IT.
- WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAPPEN?
- I DON'T KNOW, MOM.
VINCE'S WIFE LEFT HIM
WHEN HE WAS OVERSEAS.
HE WAS THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAYAND THE WOMAN HE LOVED
RAN OFF WITH SOMEBODY ELSE
AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING
HE COULD DO ABOUT IT.
SO NO MATTER HOW WE FEEL
ABOUT EACH OTHER,
I JUST DON'T THINK HE'LL RISKTHAT HAPPENING AGAIN.
I'LL MISS HIM.
- DO YOU LOVE HIM?
- YEAH.
I THINK I DO.
- HAVE YOU TOLD HIM?
- NO. I DON'T WANT TO PUTTHAT KIND OF PRESSURE ON HIM.
NO.
- ALL RIGHT, LANNY.
I'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO,
WE SAID IT WAS OVER AS SOON
AS I GOT REDEPLOYED.
WE BOTH UNDERSTOOD THAT.
- RIGHT, BUT THAT WAS ONLY WHENWE WERE GONNA BE HERE
TILL CHRISTMAS.
WE'VE ONLY BEEN HERE
FOUR MONTHS, VINCE.
- AND THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
I'M THE FIRST PERSON SHE'S DATEDSINCE SHE'S BEEN DIVORCED.
SHE'S STILL GETTING BACK
ON HER FEET.
I CAN'T ASK HER TO WAIT A YEARFOR ME, MAN.
LOOK.
SHE'S INTELLIGENT,
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
SHE'S FUN TO BE WITH.SHE NEEDS TO DATE OTHER GUYS.
- LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
DO YOU LOVE HER?
- I THINK I DO.
BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING...
NO, I HAVEN'T TOLD HER.
LOOK, LANNY,
YOU NEVER BEEN DIVORCED
AND I PRAY YOU NEVER ARE.
LIZ, SHE'S--WELL, SHE'S ONE IN A MILLION.
BUT THE LAST THING DANA NEEDS
RIGHT NOW IS TO BE TIED DOWN
TO SOMEONE WHO'S
A THOUSAND MILES AWAY
WHILE SHE'S TRYING TO FIGURE
OUTWHO SHE IS AND WHAT SHE WANTS
TO DO THE REST OF HER LIFE.
ALL RIGHT?
SO WE STILL ON FOR THE BBQ
ON FRIDAY?
- I HOPE SO.
THANK YOU.
- FOR WHAT?
- THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
SOME OF THE BEST TIMES
I CAN REMEMBER.
- OH, BABY,
WHERE'D THAT COME FROM?
- JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW.
- DANA...
- SHH.
- THE JTF MISSION IN
CAMP LEMONIER DJIBOUTI
HAS BEEN STRETCHED THIN
BY THE FLOODS IN ETHIOPIA.
COMMANDER HAS DECIDED TO EXPANDIT BY DETACHMENT,
AND THAT DETACHMENT IS US.
SERGEANTS, WE ARE GOING TO HELP.
WE'RE SHIPPING OUT IN TEN DAYS.
WILL WE BE READY?
YES, SERGEANT MAJOR.
- SO LET'S GET DOWN TO DETAILS.
EACH PLATOON WILL BE TRAVELINGBY ITS OWN BUS
TO LOS ANGELES AIRPORT
WHERE IT WILL THEN TAKE CIVILIANAIRCRAFT TO THE FLORIDA BASE.
- WELL, IT'S RIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING.
YOU'LL BE HELPING PEOPLE
WHO NEED IT.
IT'S WHY YOU JOINED THE ARMY.
- YEAH.
- WILL YOU BE GONE ABOUT A YEAR?
- UP TO.
- WELL... I'LL MISS YOU.
- I'LL MISS YOU TOO.
SO, UM, WOW.
I GUESS THIS IS IT.
- YEAH, I KNOW.
IT'S KINDA HARD TO BELIEVE
WE'RE BREAKING UP.
BUT I GUESS IT'S WHAT WE NEEDTO DO.
IT'S WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO.
- YEAH, I GET ON THE PLANE,
YOU DON'T.
- YEAH, I MEAN,
THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED TO.
- YEAH.
IT'S FOR THE BEST, RIGHT?
- YEAH, FOR BOTH OF US.
YEAH.
- IT'S OKAY IF I STILL WRITE
JARED?
- OH, NO, PLEASE.
YOU SAID YOU WOULD.
SO, NO. YEAH.
- GOOD.
DO YOU MIND IF WE TELL HIM
TOGETHER?
ABSOLUTELY.
- OKAY.
- HEY, UH, JARED, CAN YOU
COME DOWN HERE FOR A SECOND?
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT?
- WELL, IT'S--IT'SWHAT WE BOTH AGREED ON, RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- YEAH.
- YEAH.
- IT'S GOOD.
- YEAH, IT'S--YEAH.
JARED...
HEY, BABY, CAN WE TALK TO YOU? COME ON.
- I CAME BY TO TELL YOU THAT
I'M SHIPPING OUT.
- WHEN ARE YOU LEAVING?
- TEN DAYS.
- CAN WE COME AND SAY GOOD-BYEWHEN YOU LEAVE?
- I GUESS YOU'D HAVE TO ASK
YOUR MOM ABOUT THAT.
- WELL, THE THING IS,
JARED, IS, UM...
VINCE AND I ARE NO LONGER
DATING.
- WHY?
- WELL...
- WELL,
OUR TIME TOGETHER, IT...
IT RAN OUT.
- DID I DO ANYTHING WRONG?
- NO.
NO.
- NO.
- YOU DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.
- CAN I STILL WRITE TO YOU?
- YOU BETTER.
AND I'LL WRITE YOU BACK TOO.
I PROMISE.
I'LL WRITE YOU ABOUT BASEBALLAND WHAT COUNTRIES I'VE BEEN IN
AND ALL THE FOREIGN FOOD.
ANYTHING YOU WANT.
YOU KNOW I'LL ALWAYS BE THEREFOR YOU, RIGHT, BUD?
WELL...
I GUESS I'LL BE GOING.
OKAY.
BYE.
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.
HEY, LISTEN.
IT'S OKAY.
- HOW'S JARED DOING?
- HE'S SAD.
- AND HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- WELL, I KNEW IT WAS COMING, BUT I'M SAD TOO.
I MEAN, I'LL MISS VINCE, BUTIT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
- OH, THAT IS COMPLETE BOLOGNA.
YOU TWO ARE PERFECT FOR ONE
ANOTHER.
YOU LOVE HIM, HE LOVES YOU.
IT IS AS PLAIN AS THE NOSE
ON MY FACE.
- MOM, CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING
AWAY FROM HOME AND OVERSEAS,
AND YOU WRITE THE PERSON
YOU LOVE EVERY DAY
AND YOU CALL HER
EVERY CHANCE YOU GET.
AND SURE, AT FIRST, SHE WRITES BACK JUST AS OFTEN.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
HER LETTERS START COMING
EVERY OTHER DAY AND THEN EVERYTHIRD
DAY AND THEN ONCE A WEEK.
AND THEN NOT AT ALL.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET A CHANCETO CALL HER, SHE'S NOT HOME.
AND THERE'S NOTHING
YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU FINALLY DO
RETURN HOME, SHE'S GONE.
SEE, IF I WERE VINCE,
I WOULDN'T RISK THAT HAPPENINGAGAIN EITHER.
- BUT YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT
TO HIM.
- HOW DO I KNOW?
MAYBE SHE DIDN'T THINK
SHE COULD EITHER.
- YOU WOULDN'T
BECAUSE YOU ARE STRONG.
- MOM, DON'T YOU GET IT?
IT DOESN'T MATTER.I DIDN'T WANT US TO BREAK UP.
IT'S WHAT VINCE WANTS.
IT'S WHAT HE NEEDS.
- LOOK, L I CAN SAY ISI THINK YOU'RE CRAZY, ALL RIGHT?
ONLY THE ONE'S
WITH THE ZL STAMPS.
LOOK, YOU WANT TO KNOW
SOMETHING?
IF EVER THERE WAS A WOMAN THATYOU
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT,
IT'S DANA.
ALL RIGHT, SHE'S STRONG,
SHE'S INDEPENDENT.
SHE CAN TAKE CARE OF HERSELF.YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
- THANK YOU, DR. PHIL.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I AGREE.
I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE
I CAN MAKE IT WORK WITH.
BUT YOU'RE MISSING THE DARN
POINT, LANNY.
I DIDN'T WANT THIS.
LOOK, FROM DAY ONE,
WE SET A DEADLINE ONWHEN THE RELATIONSHIP WOULD END.
AND SHE WANTED TO KEEP IT.
IT WAS HER DECISION, MAN.
IT WAS HER DECISION.
- ♪ I'LL BE THE STONE
♪ THE ONE THAT YOU PICK UP
AND THROW ♪
♪ ACROSS THE WATER
♪ WISH YOU HAD IT BACK
SO YOU DO IT ALL AGAIN ♪
♪ BUT NOW IT'S GONE
♪ UNDER THE BLUE
♪ THE WALL THAT YOU JUST CAN'TSEE THROUGH ♪
♪ DOWN TO THE BOTTOM
♪ WHERE I LIE ALONE AGAIN
LIKE ALWAYS ♪
♪ PATIENTLY OUT OF THE WAY
♪ SHOW ME
♪ WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN
♪ 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN GUESSING
♪ FOR SO MANY NIGHTS
♪ IF YOU'RE GONE SAY GOOD-BYE
♪ JUST DON'T LEAVE LOVE BEHIND
♪ TAKE WHAT YOU GAVE AWAY
♪ BY NOW YOU'VE SAID
♪ ALL THE BLANK WORDS
THAT BURDEN YOUR HEAD ♪
♪ FELL FROM YOUR LIPS
♪ LIKE A LANDSLIDE
♪ A LOVE SONG TO YOUR WORST
ENEMY ♪
♪ AND YOU
♪ YOU'RE JUST THE SAME
♪ AS YOU WERE WHEN
YOU WHISPERED MY NAME ♪
♪ UNDER YOUR BREATH
- MOM.
- IF THE TIME HAD RUN OUT ONYOU AND VINCE BEING TOGETHER,
HOW COME YOU MISS HIM SO MUCH?
- WELL, SOMETIMES THE TIME
RUNS OUT FOR ONE PERSON
MORE THAN IT DOES THE OTHER.
- WOULD YOU MISS HIM AS MUCH
IF HE WAS AWAY
AND YOU HADN'T BROKEN UP?
- HOW DID YOU GET TO BE
SO SMART?
NO, I WOULDN'T...
BECAUSE I WOULD KNOW
THAT HE'S COMING BACK TO US.
- "DEAR VINCE,
MY MOM IS VERY SAD.
"SHE MISSES YOU SO MUCH
AND I THINK YOU MISS HER.
"YOU SAID YOUR TIME TOGETHER
RAN OUT.
"SO WHY ARE BOTH SO SAD?
"I DON'T THINK IT'S TIME FOR YOUTO STOP SEEING MOM.
"I THINK YOU BOTH STILL WANT
TO BE TOGETHER.
LOVE, JARED."
- HI.
- HI.
- I'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH.
- I'VE MISSED YOU TOO.
- LOOK, I THOUGHT BREAKING UPWAS WHAT YOU NEEDED.
- NO, I THOUGHT IT WAS
WHAT YOU NEEDED.
I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T WANT
TO RISK WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
HAPPENING AGAIN.
BUT THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN
WITH YOU.
YOU'RE SO STRONG AND
INDEPENDENT.
YOU COULD TAKE CARE OF YOURSELFWHEN I'M AWAY.
- I KNOW, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THATYOU KNEW THAT.
- I DON'T WANT TO BREAK UP.
- NEITHER DO I.
HOW COULD WE BE SO STUPID?
- I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
- I LOVE YOU TOO.
- COME HERE.
♪
- YES! HA HA!
- WHOOPS!
- HERE, BUD.
- WILL YOU WRITE?
- OF COURSE I'LL WRITE.
I'LL WRITE, I'LL CALL,
I'LL EMAIL.
I'LL EVEN VIDEO CHAT.
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW I'M GONE.
OKAY?
GIMME A HUG.
I LOVE YOU, BUDDY.
- I LOVE YOU TOO.
- I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU.
- I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU.
YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT.
- I KNOW.
I LOVE YOU.
- I LOVE YOU TOO.
BYE.