Step by Step (1991–1998): Season 3, Episode 13 - Bad Girls - full transcript

Man, this is
an awesome movie.

Dude, this is
my favorite part.

This is the part where
the alien's going to

drink the milk
and his head's
going to explode.

[LAUGHS]

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

Whoa.

Dude, I don't remember
the special effects
being this realistic.

Cody, our TV
just blew up.

Oh, man, now I'm not
going to get to see
the end of the movie.

Ah, don't worry,
little cuz.



Hey, you remember
that movie
Gone With The Wind?

Well, this one ends
just like that one

except at the end,
it's an alien that gets to
carry the chick up the stairs.

Oh, my God.
What's wrong
with the TV?

Ah, honey, it just blew up.

Now I'm gonna have to
take it to the shop.

Oh, no.

Last time we took it in,
it was gone for two weeks.

That means no sports,
no movies
and no Baywatch!

No way!

Dude, this week,
the Baywatch babes

are going to mud wrestle
to raise money
to heal the bay.

Oh, man.

Well, now wait a minute.
That's an environmental issue.



Let's go down
and rent a TV.

ALL: Yeah.

Hey, hey,
wait a minute.

We are not
renting a TV.

I think this could be
a golden opportunity.

This family never
talks anymore
or spends time together.

And now we're going to.

We're going to do
what families did
before there was TV.

What? Run from dinosaurs?

[THEME SONG PLAYING]

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[SCREAMING]

♪ The dream got broken
Seemed like all was lost

♪ What would be the future
Could you pay the cost

♪ You wonder

♪ Will there ever be
A second time around?

♪ Woah-oh, woah-oh

♪ When the tears are over
And the moment has come

♪ Say "My lord,
I think I found someone"

♪ And no one would be better

♪ To be putting it together
For the second time around

♪ Step by step
Day by day

♪ Day by day

♪ A fresh start over
A different hand to play

♪ The deeper we fall
The stronger we stay

♪ And we'll be better
The second time around

♪ Step by step
Day by day

♪ We'll be better
The second time around ♪

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

Sorry, Dad.

I just had a really
bad day at school.

No problem, pal.
It's easy to fix.

So, uh, what's up?

The guys I play
basketball with
at lunch

have decided to make
the game boys only.

Not only that,

they don't want to play
tackle football
with me anymore, either.

Well, I'm sure they're
still gonna wanna
tackle you, Al,

just not in the same way.

Come on, face it,
your relationship
with boys is changing.

I know that.

Just cause they want
to play tonsil hockey

doesn't mean
we can't play real hockey.

Well, I... I'm afraid
sometimes it does.

Listen, why don't you

think about making friends
with some of the girls
in your class, huh?

I don't have anything
in common with girls.

All they care about
is makeup,
shopping and clothes.

Well, I think you're being
a little unfair.

I mean, they have
a lot of other interests

if you just
give them a chance.

Okay, you guys.

I need your help
and this is
really important.

With the hat?
Without the hat?

With the hat?
Without the hat?

With.

Thanks. [GIGGLES]

With the brain?
Without the brain?

With the brain?
Without the brain?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Hey, guys.

I heard Ronny Miller
is sick and you're
a player short

Want me to fill in?

No thanks.

We're just going to
play three on three.

Later, Al.

Hey, Al, if you're looking
for a place to eat lunch,

there's always room
at the chess club.

Thanks, Mark, uh,
but, I think I'm gonna
go sit by myself.

Hey.

You're Al Lambert,
aren't you?

Who wants to know?

I'm Jackie Campbell.
This is Helen and Tanya.

Oh, yeah. I've
seen you guys around.

Mostly in
the principal's office.

That's us.

Mind if we sit down?

It's a free country.

[CLICKS FINGER]

You know, Al, you've got
quite a reputation
around here.

In fact, you've been
kind of a hero to us

ever since you
punched out that guy who
opened that door for you.

Thanks.

How'd you like to be
part of our group?

Well, I don't know.
What do you guys do?

Nothing much. Just hang out,
go to the record store,
hassle the cheerleaders.

Hey, sounds like
a good time to me.

Count me in.

Not so fast.

First, you have to
take an initiation test.

Who do you like better:
Axl Rose or, Michael Bolton?

Axl Rose.

Okay. If you had a choice
between watching
Blossomor, Cops,

what would you watch?

Who's Blossom?

You're in.

[PLAYING THE GUITAR]

Hey, JT.
Hey, Cody.

Dude, you sound
pretty bummed.

Is it emotional

or did Uncle Frank
take away your
Victoria's Secretcatalog?

No man, I'm just bummed
'cause we don't have a TV.

I mean, how am I supposed
to keep in touch with what's
going on in the world, today?

Well, do what I do.
Read the New York Times.

Man, I'm so desperate
for the tube,

I'd kill for
just five minutes
of the Facts Of Life.

Wow, you need
a Tootie fix?

Man, you got it bad.

Tell me about it.

Well, there's only one thing
left to do
when you've got the blues.

Sing the blues.

[PLAYING GUITAR]

♪ He's got the blues
♪ I got the blues

♪ He's got the blues
♪ I got the blues

♪ He's got the
"TV's busted

♪ "So, he's really bummed out And he's got nothing to do

♪ "But, sit around
And think about watching
The Tootie blues"

♪ He's got the blues
♪ I got the blues

♪ He's got the blues
♪ I got the blues ♪

Hey, guys.

CODY: Whoa.

Dude, that camouflage thing
works pretty good.

I didn't see you
'til you were that close.

I'm Jackie.
A friend of Al's.

Well, I'm Cody,
a cousin of Al's.

This is JT,
a brother of Al's.

Hi. Al's probably
up in her room.

Cool.

Nice guitar.

Nice dog collar.

Mom, will you toss me
that potholder?

Sure.

I don't believe this.
Somebody stapled the
potholder to the wall.

That JT.

Yeah, I'll talk
to him, honey.

[CHUCKLES]
What a bonehead.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Hey. I'm Jackie.

Where's Al?

Oh, you're here
to see Al.

Look, Frank,
there's a young lady

dressed in fatigues
here to see Al.

Well, I'm Al's father
and this is my wife, Carol,

and her daughter, Dana.

DANA: Hi.

Uh, Al's upstairs
in her bedroom.

Just go on up,
it's the second door
to the left.

Cool.
Check you later, dudes.

"Check you later, dudes"?

You guys aren't gonna
let Al hang out
with her, are you?

Well, Dana, just because
she looks a little different,

doesn't mean
she's a bad person.

Jackie was...nice
for a commando.

I'm not going by her looks.
I'm going by her reputation.

She cuts class,
she smokes,

and she shaved
the school mascot.

Blinky?

How do you shave a mule?

I'm telling you,
you shouldn't let Al
hang out with her.

Well, let me tell you
something about
being a parent, Dana.

First time you tell
your kid to stay away
from somebody,

that's exactly
who they're gonna
wanna hang out with.

Now, Al is her own person.

She's not going to be
influenced by
a girl like Jackie.

Hey, guys

Uh, we're going to
get something to eat
and go to the movies.

Check you later, dudes.

Well, look at it
this way, Frank.

You're not losing a daughter,
you're gaining
a soldier of fortune.

[SIGHS]

Frank, come on,

put down the remote
and stop looking
so pathetic.

I promise, this is going to be
much more fun
than watching TV.

That's what you said
about folk dancing.

Kids, come on down.
It's family fun time.

I've got dominoes.

I've got
Chinese Checkers.

I got a new TV.

Yeah, turn on Studs,
turn on Studs.

Hey, where's the tube?

There is no tube.

It was just a cruel
and ugly lie to
get you in the room.

Why?

I don't know,
but, if I have to be here,
so do you.

Come on, sit down.

Oh, look,
family fun time.

See ya.

Hey, hey, hey,
get back here, you two.

Mom, please don't
make me stay for this.

It'll make me whiny
and I'm not attractive
when I'm whiny.

Oh, Karen, now sit down.
I promise, this will be fun.

That's what you said
about folk dancing.

Okay.

Now, uh, let's pick
a game that
we can all play together.

Now, speak up when
I find one that you like.
All right?

First, we have,
uh, Bingo?

All right.
Uh, Backgammon?

Okay. Uh, Trivia Teasers?

Ooh, Trivia Teasers.

That's right up
my alley.

How'd you like a foot
up your alley?

All right, you two,
settle down.

Okay? Settle down.

I guess it's up to me
to pick a game.

All right, okay, let's see.

How about, um, Charades?

Ooh, Charades.
I don't know, Mom.

I may be too stimulated
to sleep tonight.

[MIMICKING DANA]
I may be too stimulated
to sleep tonight.

Oh, shut up, Greaseball.

Hey, don't call
my brother names.

Butt out, Shorty.

I'm not short.
Yeah, you are.

[KIDS SHOUTING]

All right, that's it!

I spent the whole day
planning a wonderful
family evening

with games to play
and topics to discuss.

but, obviously, you guys
do not want to cooperate.

Well, if that is the way
you feel about one another
or us as a family,

why don't you all
just get up and leave?

ALL: Okay.

Well, you got them
to do something
as a family.

Hey, I'm going
to meet Jackie.

We're going to hang out
at the record store.

Yeah, Al, Al, can I
talk to you
for a second, huh?

Ah, sure, Dad,
but, can we make it quick?

I'm kinda late.
Yeah.

Yeah, I see you've
added something
to your wardrobe.

A little
babushka thingy.

Dad, Jackie's
waiting for me.

Yeah, well, that's what
I wanted to talk
to you about, Al.

You see, I've heard
some things about Jackie
that aren't quite so cool.

You know,
she smokes cigarettes,
she cuts school,

she shaved Blinky.

You heard this
from Dana, right?

Well, it's not just that.
It's, uh...

Every time
you go out with her,

you're late
for your 9 o'clock curfew.

Now, first, it was 15 minutes,
then it was half an hour.

I know. I've been late
a couple of times.

I promise I won't
be late again.

Now can I go?

Sure.
See you later.

Yeah, 9:00 o'clock.

Sure, Dad.

Frank, pacing is not
going to bring Al
back home any sooner.

Now, why don't you
just have some tea?

It is 11:00 o'clock.

She knows she's supposed
to be back here by 9:00.

Now, she never started
acting like this

until she was hanging out
with that Jackie kid.

Okay, now, just don't yell.
It doesn't do any good to yell.

I'm not going to yell.

AL: See you
tomorrow, Jackie.

Where the hell
have you been?

I know.
I'm a little late.

Try two hours late.

Now, where have you been?

At the record store.

I called them, Al.
They closed an hour ago.

Okay, so we decided
to hang out at
the arcade for a while.

What's the big deal?

The big deal is
it's two hours
past your curfew.

Well, I don't think
I should have
a curfew, anyway.

Jackie doesn't
have a curfew.

Jackie's not my kid,
you are.

And you're grounded
for the next two Saturdays.

Dad, what's going on?

You've never come down
on me like this before.

You've never behaved
like this before.

Come on, Dad.
Chill.

"Chill?"

All right, that's it.

I don't like the influence
this girl is having on you.

And I don't want you
hanging out
with her anymore.

But, she's my friend.

Find another friend.

How easy do you think
it is for me to find friends?

First, you tell me
to start hanging
around girls,

and then when I do,
you tell me I can't
be friends with them.

Al, I don't like this girl.

Dad, you can tell me
what time to be home.

You can tell me
how to dress.
You can even ground me.

But, you can't tell me
who I can be friends with.

[HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC STOPS]

Hmm.

Music to rob
a convenience store by.

Good luck on
America's Most Wanted.

Hey, we should start
our own heavy metal band.

We can sing
and I'm willing
to pierce my cheek.

I'm not, but, I've got
a set of drums.

And I've got a keyboard.

And I know where
we can get a guitar.

Where?

Right over there
in Cody's van.

We can hide it at my house.
He'll never even know
we have it.

You're going to steal
Cody's guitar?

No. You are.

Hey, wait a minute.
I can't do that.

That's not right.

Do you want to be
in a band or, not?

Well, yeah, but, can't I
just ask him
if we can borrow it?

[EXHALES]
If you're too scared,
then just say so.

Well, it's not that
I'm scared,

it's just that, um,

Cody locks his van.

Must be our lucky day.

Look, I don't know
about this.

I mean, he's my cousin.

Al, if you don't want
to be part of our group,
then just forget it.

I thought we were friends,

but, I guess I was wrong.

Okay. I'll get the guitar.

Great. Al, this is
going to be so cool.
You'll see.

Hey, little dudettes.
What's happening?

Hey, Cody.

Um, we were thinking

of starting
an all girl band

and we had everything
except a guitar.

So, I was thinking
of borrowing yours.

No, hey, no problem.

You keep it as long
as you want. Okay?

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Cody, I need to
talk to you.

I wasn't going to
borrow your guitar.

I was going to steal it.

Yeah, I know.

You did? How?

Well, when a person can't
look you in the eye,

usually means
they're lying to you.

Either that or, you've got
something gnarly on your face

and they don't know
how to tell you.

[LAUGHS]

Hey, I don't got
something gnarly
on my face, do I?

No.

Cody, I didn't
want to steal it,

but, I didn't know how to
say no to my friends.

Oh, you mean those girls
who just like ditched you

and left you hanging out
to dry? Those friends?

I know they do
some stuff they shouldn't,

but, they make me feel
like I'm part of a group.

They're the only friends
I have right now.

Al, you know
what your problem is?

You're just too cool
for the ninth grade.

[CHUCKLES]

I mean, that's why you feel
like you don't fit in.

I, myself, didn't fit into
the ninth grade,

or tenth grade either.

Matter of fact,
I don't fit in right now.

Anyway, the point is that

I know sometimes it's hard
for you to make friends.

But, that doesn't mean
you gotta hang out
with people

whose idea of a good time
is ripping people off, either.

Yeah.

That must be
what my dad was
trying to tell me.

But, we got in a big fight
and he got mad
at me last night.

Al, he only got mad at you
'cause he loves you,
and he's your father.

I mean, sometimes
he's going to say something
that's gonna get you mad.

But, I'm sure he thinks
it's for your own good.

Anyway, it's all part
of being a parent.

Hello, Cody,

Al.

Hey, Dad.

Whoa.

Awkward family moment.

[LAUGHS]

Yeah, I think we're
one Lambert over
the limit here.

Dad, you were right
about Jackie.

I'm not gonna
hang out with her.

I think that's a good idea.

And I'm sorry
we got in a big fight
last night.

Me, too.

Al, I only got mad at you
because I love you.

What'd I tell you?

Keep talking, Uncle Frank.
You're doing a great job.

Al, I'm your father.

Sometimes I say things
that are gonna
make you mad,

but, it's for your own good.

It's a part
of being a parent.

Am I channeling
this dude, or, what?

Sorry. Carry on.

Listen,

I know you're going through
a real hard time right now,

trying to make new friends
and trying to figure out
where you fit in.

I'm sure somebody
as great as you

is going to make
a lot of friends
sooner or, later.

I hope it's sooner.

Well, me, too.

But, I promise
it's going to happen.

Thanks, Dad.

Any time.

Whoa.

Tender father daughter
moment.

[LAUGHING]
And I saw that, too.

[POLICE SIRENS WAILING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]

[GUNSHOT]

Oh, goodness.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Hello?

[TV SWITCHES OFF]

Dad, Dad, wake up.

What?
What's the matter?

The TV's busted again.

That's impossible.

[MUSIC PLAYING OVER TV]

Baywatch.

[ALL SIGH]