The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 1, Episode 4 - Angel - full transcript
Kevin's older sister Karen doesn't communicate with her parents anymore, and it's all because of her new boyfriend, Louis. And things are only made worse when Louis comes to dinner. Kevin finds out that Louis is cheating on Karen, but suspects that Karen already knows and is fine with it. Only, she doesn't know, and when finds out, she's not fine with it.
-♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪
♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪
♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪
♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪
♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M
GONNA GET HIGHER ♪
-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
- ♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA, YEAH ♪
- ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
[NAT KING COLE'S "(I LOVE YOU)
FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS" PLAYS]
-♪ I LOVE YOU ♪
[SLIDE PROJECTOR CLICKING]
♪ FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS ♪
♪ I HOPE YOU DO BELIEVE ME ♪
-WHEN MY PARENTS
STARTED OUT TOGETHER,
EVERYBODY STILL LISTENED
TO THE ANDREW SISTERS...
EVERYBODY WAS HAVING
BABIES, AND EVERYBODY LIKED IKE.
EVERYBODY KNEW THAT IF
THEY JUST WORKED HARD...
-♪ I LOVE YOU ♪
- AND DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS,
A SORT OF PARADISE OF
FAMILY LIFE LAY AHEAD.
-♪ AND YOU KNOW YOU
WERE MEANT FOR ME ♪
♪ PLEASE GIVE YOUR
LOVING HEART TO ME ♪
[LOUD ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]
-I GUESS "PARADISE" IS A
RELATIVE KIND OF WORD.
-TURN THAT NOISE DOWN!
-THAT "NOISE" IS THE BEST
GUITARIST IN THE WHOLE WORLD!
-YES, AND I'M THE BEST
COOK IN THE WORLD!
NOW TURN THAT DOWN BEFORE
YOU CAUSE US ALL BRAIN DAMAGE!
-YOU KNOW, MOM,
I LIVE HERE, TOO.
AND IF I WANT TO
LISTEN TO MY MUSIC...
-MOM TOLD YOU TO TURN IT
DOWN! NOW TURN IT DOWN!
-I KNOW WHAT SHE TOLD ME.
-YOU WANT TO LIVE HERE,
YOU'LL LIVE BY THESE RULES.
[INDISTINCT ARGUING]
-MY SISTER, THAT SWEET,
LITTLE BLOND-HAIRED ANGEL,
HAD TURNED INTO SOMETHING
STRANGER TO MY PARENTS
THAN AN ALIEN FROM SPACE.
THE ONLY THING THEY AGREED ON
WAS THAT THE BEST
FORM OF COMMUNICATION
WAS YELLING AT THE
TOP OF THEIR LUNGS
AND THAT THE BEST
FORM OF LISTENING WAS...
ALSO YELLING AT THE
TOP OF THEIR LUNGS.
-VALUES.
LITERATURE VERY OFTEN
IS BUT A CONFLICT OF...
- VALUES.
- VALUES.
-NOW...
WHERE DO WE GET OUR VALUES?
WINNIE.
-FROM SCHOOL?
-Yes.
ANYWHERE ELSE?
KEVIN.
-FROM OUR PARENTS.
-YES, OKAY. VERY GOOD, KEVIN.
PARENTS.
ANYWHERE ELSE?
-THE BEATLES?
[LAUGHTER]
-YES, THAT IS VERY GOOD.
WE DO GET A LOT OF OUR TASTES
AND OUR VALUES FROM OUR...
CULTURAL HEROES.
NOW...
IS THERE...
ANYWHERE ELSE...
THAT WE MIGHT GET OUR VALUES?
HMM?
-TV!
-HOW ABOUT... BOOKS?
- OHH.
- OH, BOOKS.
-NOW...
DO WE ALWAYS AGREE ON...
ON WHAT VALUES SHOULD BE?
-THAT WAS JOEY SANTANO.
HE'D ALWAYS WAIT FOR MISS WHITE
TO ASK A REALLY EASY
RHETORICAL QUESTION.
-YES.
-AND THEN HE'D GET IT WRONG.
-ANYBODY ELSE?
YES, MR. PFEIFFER.
-NO.
-GOOD!
NOW...
DO VALUES CHANGE THROUGH TIME?
SAY, FROM GENERATION
TO GENERATION?
-CHRISTINE HANSEN...
SHE ALWAYS GAVE
THESE THOUGHTFUL, COMPLETE,
DOWNRIGHT INSPIRED ANSWERS.
SHE MADE US ALL SICK,
BUT TEACHERS LOVED HER.
-YES, MISS WHITE.
SOME VALUES CHANGE FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION.
BUT I THINK THE
REALLY IMPORTANT ONES
ARE THE HEARTFELT HUMAN VALUES,
AND THEY STAY THE SAME
THROUGHOUT THE AGES.
-THAT IS VERY GOOD,
CHRISTINE. OKAY.
What a pain in the ass.
OKAY, NOW, AS WE READ,
AS WE EVALUATE THOSE
CHARACTERS THAT WE MEET,
HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH
VALUES SHOULD CHANGE
AND WHICH VALUES ARE,
AS CHRISTINE SO
ELOQUENTLY PUT IT,
HEARTFELT AND TIMELESS?
-THAT WAS A TOUGH
QUESTION IN ANY TIME.
BUT IN 1968...
-YES, CHRISTINE?
-CAN I GO TO THE BATHROOM?
-IN 1968, EVEN CHRISTINE HANSEN
COULDN'T ANSWER THAT ONE.
-♪ THE ANSWER IS
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND ♪
♪ HOW MANY ROADS
MUST A MAN WALK DOWN... ♪
-AND YET, IN 1968,
MAYBE MORE THAN EVER,
THE QUESTION KEPT COMING UP.
TAKE THAT WHOLE INCIDENT
WITH MY SISTER, KAREN,
- AND LOUIS.
- ♪ YES, AND HOW MANY SEAS... ♪
-FOR TWO WEEKS, ALL WE HEARD
ABOUT WAS "LOUIS SAYS THIS"
AND "LOUIS SAYS THAT."
-♪ BEFORE SHE CAN
SLEEP IN THE SAND? ♪
-AND THEN ONE DAY...
WE ALL GOT TO MEET HIM.
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
[GUITAR PLAYING]
THIS WAS LOUIS.
-♪ YES, AND HOW MANY TIMES... ♪
-HE WAS A JUNIOR AT
THE STATE UNIVERSITY,
AN HONOR STUDENT IN
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY,
ACTIVE IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT
AND VARIOUS NON-PROFIT
SOCIAL CAUSES.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
[MUSIC STOPS]
ALL I KNEW WAS THAT HE WAS ON
MY SISTER LIKE MOLD ON CHEESE.
-WOW.
-PAUL, SHE'S MY SISTER!
-SO WHAT? SHE'S NOT MY SISTER.
-FOR ALL KAREN'S REBELLIOUSNESS
AND INDEPENDENCE,
OR MAYBE BECAUSE OF IT,
I COULDN'T HELP FEELING
SHE NEEDED MY PROTECTION.
-GO OUT.
[GUITAR TWANGS]
SORRY!
[DOORS CLOSE, ENGINE TURNS OVER]
-I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
ABOUT LOUIS THAT I DIDN'T LIKE.
GUESS THERE WAS SOMETHING
ABOUT HIM I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND...
SOMETHING THAT WAS TAKING
MY SISTER AWAY FROM US.
-GET OUT OF HERE.
LEAVE MY WIFE ALONE.
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
-STEVE!
-BETWEEN IT BEING AT THE COLLEGE
AND IT BEING A WEEKNIGHT
AND MY PARENTS, I MEAN...
[SIGHS]
IT'S JUST GONNA
BE SUCH A HASSLE.
-WELL, I KNOW A FEW
VIETNAMESE PEASANTS
WHO PROBABLY FEEL THAT
IT'S WORTH THE HASSLE.
-COME HERE, YOU.
-OH, I DON'T THINK I CAN
MARCH... NOT TONIGHT.
-OKAY.
-MM.
ICED TEA OKAY?
-YEAH, SURE.
CAN I MAKE A PHONE CALL?
-SURE.
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS LOUDLY]
KEVIN? CAN YOU TURN
THAT STUPID THING DOWN?
-I WAS HERE FIRST!
-IT'S OKAY, KAREN.
I SORT OF LIKE WATCHING
THESE OLD FASCIST FILMS.
THEY'RE LIKE PARODIES
OF THEMSELVES BY NOW.
[TELEPHONE DIALING]
HI. IT'S ME.
YEAH, SURE I HAD FUN, MARISSA.
-MARISSA? DID HE SAY
HE HAD FUN WITH MARISSA?
-LISTEN, UH, TONIGHT, 7:30, WE'RE
MARCHING FROM JENKINS HALL
TO THE ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING, AND...
WHAT?
OF COURSE YOU CAN
CRASH AT MY PLACE.
-AND THAT SHE COULD
CRASH AT HIS PLACE?
-OKAY. GOOD.
I LOVE YOU, TOO.
- AND THAT HE LOVED HER?
- NO, NO, NO...
-I COULDN'T BELIEVE
IT. WHAT A SICKO.
IT WASN'T ENOUGH THAT THIS
GUY WAS ALL OVER MY SISTER
LIKE A FUNGUS IN
A DAMP BASEMENT.
NO, HE WAS A
MULTI-BASEMENT KIND OF GUY.
I WAS OUTRAGED.
-OKAY, SO, I'LL PICK
YOU UP AT 7:00. BYE-BYE.
[RECEIVER CLICKS]
-[Imitating hero in
a Western] LOUIS...
I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK
YOU TO STEP OUTSIDE.
-WH-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
-I'M ONTO YOU, LOUIS.
-I-I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
-TAKE THAT, YOU LOWDOWN,
SNAKE-BELLIED,
LILY-LIVERED WEIRDO.
-[GASPING]
-[Normal voice] SORRY,
SIS. HE WAS NO GOOD.
-[GASPS] OH, KEVIN!
I'M SO GLAD I HAVE
A BROTHER LIKE YOU.
I'M GONNA MAKE YOUR
BED FOR YOU FROM NOW ON.
MM! MMM!
-CAN I HELP YOU?
-WHO'S MARISSA?
-A FRIEND.
-WHAT KIND OF FRIEND?
-ARE YOU ASKING
IF SHE'S MY LOVER?
-[ SHUDDERS] DID HE
HAVE TO USE THAT WORD?
-YOU MUST BE KEVIN, HUH?
YOU MUST HAVE HEARD ME
TALKING ON THE PHONE WITH MARISSA.
YOU WANT TO PUNCH ME?
DO SOMETHING VIOLENT?
-[SIGHS]
-KEVIN, YOUR... YOUR SISTER
AND I... WE LOVE EACH OTHER,
BUT IT'S AN... IT'S AN OPEN
AND A TRUSTING LOVE.
WE DON'T OWN ONE ANOTHER
LIKE A FARMER OWNS A COW.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
-[Thinking] YEAH.
YOU'RE SAYING IF IT WEREN'T
FOR CATTLE-RUSTLING LAWS,
YOU'D HAVE COWS SLEEPING
OVER AT YOUR PLACE, TOO.
-KEVIN, I CAN SHARE
LOVE WITH YOUR SISTER,
AND SHE CAN SHARE LOVE WITH ME.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T
SHARE LOVE WITH MARISSA, TOO.
-SOUNDED LIKE A LOT
OF SHARING TO ME.
I HAD A HUNCH EVERYBODY WAS
GETTING PRETTY SMALL PORTIONS.
-DOES KAREN KNOW ABOUT THIS?
-LOUIS, IS HE BUGGING YOU?
KEVIN, DO YOU THINK THAT MAYBE
YOU COULD PLAY SOMEWHERE ELSE?
-OH, KAREN, HE'S FINE.
WE WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS.
[CHUCKLES]
I TALKED TO MARISSA.
SHE CAN MAKE IT TONIGHT.
-OH, GOOD. THAT MAKES ME
FEEL A LITTLE LESS GUILTY.
-SHE REALLY DID
KNOW ABOUT MARISSA.
OKAY, NOW I WAS
OFFICIALLY CONFUSED.
I FELT LIKE I HAD
TO TAKE ACTION...
TO MAKE A STAND,
TO DO SOMETHING.
BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT.
-KEVIN, ARE YOU JUST
GONNA STAND THERE?
-YES.
-[CHUCKLES]
-I WATCHED LOUIS AND MY SISTER
MAKE OUT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
AFTER A WHILE, I STARTED
FEELING LIKE A THIRD WHEEL.
FORTUNATELY, MY
SUBCONSCIOUS HAD A PLAN.
-LOUIS IS HERE.
-OH?
-YEAH, HE'S IN
THE LIVING ROOM...
WITH KAREN.
-HMM.
-WELL, DON'T YOU
WANT TO MEET HIM?
-I'M SURE IF YOUR SISTER
WANTS ME TO MEET LOUIS,
SHE'LL INTRODUCE HIM.
I DON'T WANT TO
INTERFERE IN HER LIFE.
-OH, REALLY?
WOULD IT HELP YOU TO KNOW
THAT THIS GUY IS SCREWING AROUND
WITH HALF THE STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM?
-WHAT'S HE LIKE?
-BINGO.
-DISTURBING.
-WHAT?
[Laughing] KEVIN!
WHAT KIND OF A WORD
IS THAT FOR YOU TO USE?
-I DON'T KNOW.
-WELL, WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN... "DISTURBING"?
KEVIN?!
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
-OKAY! DON'T GET MAD AT ME!
-HEH-HEH-HEH.
IF I COULDN'T STOP
THIS GUY MYSELF,
I COULD AT LEAST GET
THE TROOPS FIRED UP.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
-MOM, THIS IS LOUIS.
LOUIS, THIS IS MY MOM.
-WELL, HI, LOUIS. IT'S
NICE TO MEET YOU.
-MOM, DO WE HAVE ANY CARROTS?
-YES, HONEY, WE HAVE CARROTS,
BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE NICE
IF I SAID HELLO
TO YOUR... FRIEND.
-IT'S REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU.
-SO, UH, I'M MAKING
DINNER NOW, LOUIS.
THERE'S PLENTY OF CHICKEN
IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAY.
-THAT'S VERY NICE OF
YOU, BUT, ACTUALLY, UM...
-LOUIS DOESN'T EAT MEAT, MOM.
-[CHUCKLES] IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
I JUST HAVE SOME QUALMS ABOUT
THE WAY LIVESTOCK'S RAISED.
THAT'S ALL.
-SURE, SLEEPING WITH IT'S
NO PROBLEM, BUT EATING IT...
-WELL, YOU'RE MORE
THAN WELCOME TO STAY
AND FILL UP ON SALAD AND
VEGETABLES IF YOU LIKE.
-WELL, THANKS. MAYBE, UH...
MAYBE I'LL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.
-SO...
YOU DON'T EAT ANY MEAT?
-NO, I REALLY DON'T.
-HA!
MY MOTHER WAS GONNA EXPOSE
THIS GUY FOR THE WEIRDO HE WAS.
-SO, MRS. ARNOLD,
WHAT DO YOU DO?
-I BEG YOUR PARDON?
-I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FOR A LIVING?
-[Laughing] OH, OF
COURSE. RIGHT.
FOR A LIVING.
NOTHING.
I MEAN... I'M A HOUSEWIFE.
-OH, THAT'S... THAT'S
CERTAINLY NOT NOTHING.
-[Laughing] NO, YOU'RE
RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
GOD KNOWS IT'S
DEMANDING AT TIMES.
-I'LL BET.
YOU FIND IT FULFILLING?
-FULFILLING?
[LAUGHS]
-WHO THE HELL DID
THIS GUY THINK HE WAS?
ASKING MY MOTHER IF
HER LIFE WAS FULFILLING?
-I GUESS I'VE NEVER REALLY
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
-MAYBE YOU SHOULD, MOM.
-YIKES.
-DID YOU GO TO
COLLEGE, MRS. ARNOLD?
-OH, YES, I WAS A HISTORY
MAJOR IN COLLEGE.
BUT I MET KAREN'S FATHER
IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR,
SO I-I NEVER FINISHED.
-YOU REGRET NOT FINISHING?
-[Laughing] OH, NO!
-WOW. THAT'S GREAT.
I MEAN, A LOT OF WOMEN
FIND IT DEMEANING,
SPENDING THEIR LIVES SERVING
THEIR HUSBANDS AND CHILDREN.
-OKAY, LOOK OUT.
MOM IS GONNA NAIL THIS GUY NOW.
-[GASPS] OH, MY GOD!
OH, I AM SO SORRY!
OH, AND YOUR BEING A
VEGETARIAN AND EVERYTHING.
I'M SORRY. I AM SUCH A KLUTZ.
-I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. WHY
WAS SHE APOLOGIZING TO HIM?
-MY MOM LIKES SERVING US!
THIS LOUIS GUY IS
A MAJOR BUTTHEAD!
-OKAY, HISTORICALLY, WAYNE
WAS NOT THE GUY I TURNED TO
IN TIMES OF CRISIS.
BUT BOTTOM LINE... THE
WAYNER WAS MY BROTHER,
AND WHEN IT CAME TO
PROTECTING OUR KINFOLK,
I KNEW WE STOOD AS ONE.
-SO HE'S A BUTTHEAD.
IT'S JUST KAREN.
-SO, HE SAID STUFF TO MOM.
-SO?
-AND HE'S A RADICAL... YOU
KNOW, LIKE AT COLLEGE?
-SO?
-AND HE AND KAREN ARE LOVERS.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF
KAREN KNOWS ABOUT THIS,
BUT HE'S GOT ANOTHER
LOVER... NAMED MARISSA.
-WHOA!
TWO LOVERS?
YOU KNOW, I BET THEY
DO IT IN THE MICROBUS.
I MEAN, I SWEAR I SAW IT
ROCKING BACK AND FORTH BEFORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO?
WE COULD DRILL A HOLE
IN IT AND SET UP A CAMERA.
YOU KNOW, I BET SOMETIMES,
WHEN HE'S DOING IT WITH KAREN,
HE SHOUTS, "OH, GOD, MARISSA!
OH, GOD! OH! [SMOOCHING]
MARISSA! MARISSA!"
-WELL, THERE WAS ONE MORE HOPE.
-HI, LOUIS. NICE TO MEET YOU.
-AND IT WAS NO SMALL HOPE.
IT WAS DAD, THE MAGINOT
LINE OF FAMILY RESISTANCE.
THINGS WERE GONNA BE OKAY.
DAD WOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS GUY.
NOW THE ARNOLD MEN
WOULD STAND TOGETHER.
- "OH, GOD, MARISSA! MARISSA!"
-WELL, SOME OF THE ARNOLD MEN.
-NO CHICKEN?
-LOUIS DOESN'T EAT MEAT, DAD.
-HEY, JUST THOUGHT
I'D MENTION IT.
-NO MEAT, LOUIS?
-NO, MEAT, UH... MEAT JUST
DOESN'T TURN ME ON, REALLY.
-YEAH, THAT'S NOT
WHAT I HEARD, PAL.
-[SCOFFS]
-NO MEAT, HUH?
IMAGINE THAT.
-I KNEW IT.
DAD WOULD CARVE THROUGH THIS GUY
LIKE A BUTCHER CARVES
THROUGH A PORK LOIN.
-OH, I HEARD, HONEY,
WHY THE VANDOVERS DIDN'T
GO TO BRIAN'S FUNERAL.
THEY WERE IN CHICAGO.
DICK'S MOTHER HAD A STROKE.
-OH.
-ONE OF THE BOYS ON OUR
BLOCK WAS KILLED IN VIETNAM
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
-OH, I-I KNOW. I MEAN,
UH, KAREN TOLD ME.
ANOTHER MEANINGLESS DEATH.
-I BEG YOUR PARDON?
-I-I JUST MEANT THAT...
IT'S SUCH A SHAME, UH,
A KID HAS TO DIE FOR
BASICALLY NO REASON.
-MORE BROCCOLI, ANYONE?
-I DON'T THINK IT'S MEANINGLESS
WHEN A YOUNG MAN DIES FOR
FREEDOM AND FOR HIS COUNTRY.
-I JUST HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE
JUSTIFYING DYING
FOR A GOVERNMENT
THAT SYSTEMATICALLY
REPRESSES ITS CITIZENS.
-OH, HONEY, TRY THE POTATOES.
I PUT GRATED CHEESE ON THEM.
-WHAT THE HELL IS THAT
SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
-IT MEANS THAT THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE OPPRESSION
OF BLACKS, WOMEN, FREE SPEECH.
-WELL, PERHAPS, LITTLE LADY,
YOU'D LIKE TO GO LIVE IN
RUSSIA FOR A WHILE, HUH?
-OH, UH, I-I THINK WHAT
KAREN'S SAYING IS THAT, UH...
-LOOK, BUSTER...
I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE THAT
FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY
HAVE CERTAIN ADVANTAGES THAT
COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIPS DON'T,
AND THAT IS WHAT
VIETNAM IS ALL ABOUT!
-NO, MAN, THAT'S WHAT
THEY BRAINWASH YOU
TO BELIEVE IT'S ALL ABOUT.
THEY [SCOFFS] THEY TURN
PEOPLE INTO BRAINWASHED MORONS.
-MY HUNCH WAS THAT MY
FATHER WOULD NOT LET
BEING CALLED A "BRAINWASHED
MORON" AT HIS DINNER TABLE
GO BY UNREMARKED.
-SO...
YOU THINK I'VE BEEN
BRAINWASHED, DO YOU, LOUIS?
-NO. NO.
LOOK, I THINK ANYONE
WHO SUPPORTS THE AMERICAN
WAR EFFORT IN VIETNAM
IS HAVING THE WOOL
PULLED OVER HIS EYES.
-I SEE.
-JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH KOREA.
-WHAT THE HELL DO
YOU KNOW ABOUT KOREA?
I WAS IN KOREA.
I LOST A LOT OF
GOOD FRIENDS THERE.
-DADDY, THAT DOESN'T
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
-AND THEY WEREN'T BRAINWASHED!
THEY WERE BRAVE MEN
WHO WEREN'T AFRAID TO FIGHT
FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN.
NOW, IF YOU'RE AFRAID TO FIGHT,
WHY DON'T YOU JUST SAY SO?
WHY DON'T YOU JUST ADMIT
THAT YOU'RE CHICKEN?!
-YOU'RE DAMN
RIGHT! I AM CHICKEN.
I DON'T WANT TO DIE
LIKE YOUR FRIENDS!
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT YOU
ACHIEVED OVER THERE, HMM?
DO YOU THINK THAT
THOSE PEOPLE ARE FREE?
THEY'RE NOT FREE, MAN.
EXCEPT TO BUY COCA-COLA
AND, UH, NESTLé'S QUIK,
GET LOANS FROM
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK.
- THAT'S CRAP!
- YOU WERE USED, MAN,
AND YOUR FRIENDS WERE USED.
- THAT'S CRAP!
-DADDY, YOU NEVER
LISTEN TO WHAT WE SAY!
SOME OF WHAT WE SAY IS TRUE!
-DON'T ACCEPT ALL THIS
DEATH AND THEN JUSTIFY IT.
IT IS WRONG!
-YOUR FRIENDS SHOULD BE ALIVE.
THEY SHOULD BE ENJOYING DINNER
AND ARGUING WITH THEIR KIDS,
JUST LIKE YOU ARE.
-WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?
WHO THE HELL ARE
YOU TO SAY THAT?!
-YOU SEE THIS, MAN?
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
THIS IS MY DRAFT NOTICE.
IN TWO WEEKS, I
CAN GO TO JAIL...
I CAN GO TO CANADA...
OR I CAN GO GET
SHOT FULL OF HOLES
LIKE YOUR FRIEND BRIAN COOPER.
YOU KEEP THINKING THE
WAY YOU DO, MR. ARNOLD...
AND THESE TWO WILL BE NEXT.
AND I JUST HOPE
THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.
EXCUSE ME.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
-AND SO AFTER ALL,
KAREN LEFT WITH LOUIS.
[DOOR CLOSES]
AND DAD AND MOM AND I
WERE LEFT WITH OUR THOUGHTS.
-CAN I HAVE HER POTATOES?
-AND WAYNE WAS
LEFT WITH HIMSELF.
WHO WAS RIGHT, AND
WHO WAS WRONG?
-♪ I LOVE YOU ♪
-WELL, I'M SUPPOSED
TO BE AN ADULT NOW,
AND I STILL CAN'T COMPLETELY
FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.
-♪ FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS ♪
-BUT AT SOME POINT,
LATE AT NIGHT, NEAR SLEEP,
THE IDEAS AND THE
DISAGREEMENTS SORT OF DISSOLVE,
AND YOU'RE JUST
LEFT WITH THE PEOPLE.
-♪ I'LL GIVE YOU MY HEART ♪
-AND PEOPLE WERE NO DIFFERENT
THEN THAN THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN
AND ALWAYS WILL BE.
-♪ I LOVE YOU ♪
-[Crying] YOU TOLD
ME YOU LOVED HER.
YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU
WERE SLEEPING WITH HER.
-♪ AND YOU ALONE
WERE MEANT FOR ME ♪
[DOOR SLAMS]
♪ PLEASE GIVE YOUR
LOVING HEART TO ME ♪
♪ AND SAY WE'LL NEVER PART ♪
-YOUNG GIRLS GET
THEIR HEARTS BROKEN.
-♪ I THINK OF YOU
EVERY MORNING ♪
-MEN AND WOMEN SUFFER ALONE
OVER THE CHOICES THEY'VE MADE.
-♪ DREAM OF YOU EVERY NIGHT ♪
-[SNORING]
-AND YOUNG BOYS, FULL OF
CONFUSION, FULL OF FEAR,
FULL OF LOVE AND COURAGE...
-♪ ...WHENEVER
YOU ARE IN SIGHT ♪
- GROW UP STEALTHILY
IN THEIR SLEEP.
-♪ I LOVE YOU ♪
♪ FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS ♪
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪
♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪
♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪
♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪
♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M
GONNA GET HIGHER ♪
-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
- ♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA, YEAH ♪
- ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
[NAT KING COLE'S "(I LOVE YOU)
FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS" PLAYS]
-♪ I LOVE YOU ♪
[SLIDE PROJECTOR CLICKING]
♪ FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS ♪
♪ I HOPE YOU DO BELIEVE ME ♪
-WHEN MY PARENTS
STARTED OUT TOGETHER,
EVERYBODY STILL LISTENED
TO THE ANDREW SISTERS...
EVERYBODY WAS HAVING
BABIES, AND EVERYBODY LIKED IKE.
EVERYBODY KNEW THAT IF
THEY JUST WORKED HARD...
-♪ I LOVE YOU ♪
- AND DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS,
A SORT OF PARADISE OF
FAMILY LIFE LAY AHEAD.
-♪ AND YOU KNOW YOU
WERE MEANT FOR ME ♪
♪ PLEASE GIVE YOUR
LOVING HEART TO ME ♪
[LOUD ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]
-I GUESS "PARADISE" IS A
RELATIVE KIND OF WORD.
-TURN THAT NOISE DOWN!
-THAT "NOISE" IS THE BEST
GUITARIST IN THE WHOLE WORLD!
-YES, AND I'M THE BEST
COOK IN THE WORLD!
NOW TURN THAT DOWN BEFORE
YOU CAUSE US ALL BRAIN DAMAGE!
-YOU KNOW, MOM,
I LIVE HERE, TOO.
AND IF I WANT TO
LISTEN TO MY MUSIC...
-MOM TOLD YOU TO TURN IT
DOWN! NOW TURN IT DOWN!
-I KNOW WHAT SHE TOLD ME.
-YOU WANT TO LIVE HERE,
YOU'LL LIVE BY THESE RULES.
[INDISTINCT ARGUING]
-MY SISTER, THAT SWEET,
LITTLE BLOND-HAIRED ANGEL,
HAD TURNED INTO SOMETHING
STRANGER TO MY PARENTS
THAN AN ALIEN FROM SPACE.
THE ONLY THING THEY AGREED ON
WAS THAT THE BEST
FORM OF COMMUNICATION
WAS YELLING AT THE
TOP OF THEIR LUNGS
AND THAT THE BEST
FORM OF LISTENING WAS...
ALSO YELLING AT THE
TOP OF THEIR LUNGS.
-VALUES.
LITERATURE VERY OFTEN
IS BUT A CONFLICT OF...
- VALUES.
- VALUES.
-NOW...
WHERE DO WE GET OUR VALUES?
WINNIE.
-FROM SCHOOL?
-Yes.
ANYWHERE ELSE?
KEVIN.
-FROM OUR PARENTS.
-YES, OKAY. VERY GOOD, KEVIN.
PARENTS.
ANYWHERE ELSE?
-THE BEATLES?
[LAUGHTER]
-YES, THAT IS VERY GOOD.
WE DO GET A LOT OF OUR TASTES
AND OUR VALUES FROM OUR...
CULTURAL HEROES.
NOW...
IS THERE...
ANYWHERE ELSE...
THAT WE MIGHT GET OUR VALUES?
HMM?
-TV!
-HOW ABOUT... BOOKS?
- OHH.
- OH, BOOKS.
-NOW...
DO WE ALWAYS AGREE ON...
ON WHAT VALUES SHOULD BE?
-THAT WAS JOEY SANTANO.
HE'D ALWAYS WAIT FOR MISS WHITE
TO ASK A REALLY EASY
RHETORICAL QUESTION.
-YES.
-AND THEN HE'D GET IT WRONG.
-ANYBODY ELSE?
YES, MR. PFEIFFER.
-NO.
-GOOD!
NOW...
DO VALUES CHANGE THROUGH TIME?
SAY, FROM GENERATION
TO GENERATION?
-CHRISTINE HANSEN...
SHE ALWAYS GAVE
THESE THOUGHTFUL, COMPLETE,
DOWNRIGHT INSPIRED ANSWERS.
SHE MADE US ALL SICK,
BUT TEACHERS LOVED HER.
-YES, MISS WHITE.
SOME VALUES CHANGE FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION.
BUT I THINK THE
REALLY IMPORTANT ONES
ARE THE HEARTFELT HUMAN VALUES,
AND THEY STAY THE SAME
THROUGHOUT THE AGES.
-THAT IS VERY GOOD,
CHRISTINE. OKAY.
What a pain in the ass.
OKAY, NOW, AS WE READ,
AS WE EVALUATE THOSE
CHARACTERS THAT WE MEET,
HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH
VALUES SHOULD CHANGE
AND WHICH VALUES ARE,
AS CHRISTINE SO
ELOQUENTLY PUT IT,
HEARTFELT AND TIMELESS?
-THAT WAS A TOUGH
QUESTION IN ANY TIME.
BUT IN 1968...
-YES, CHRISTINE?
-CAN I GO TO THE BATHROOM?
-IN 1968, EVEN CHRISTINE HANSEN
COULDN'T ANSWER THAT ONE.
-♪ THE ANSWER IS
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND ♪
♪ HOW MANY ROADS
MUST A MAN WALK DOWN... ♪
-AND YET, IN 1968,
MAYBE MORE THAN EVER,
THE QUESTION KEPT COMING UP.
TAKE THAT WHOLE INCIDENT
WITH MY SISTER, KAREN,
- AND LOUIS.
- ♪ YES, AND HOW MANY SEAS... ♪
-FOR TWO WEEKS, ALL WE HEARD
ABOUT WAS "LOUIS SAYS THIS"
AND "LOUIS SAYS THAT."
-♪ BEFORE SHE CAN
SLEEP IN THE SAND? ♪
-AND THEN ONE DAY...
WE ALL GOT TO MEET HIM.
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
[GUITAR PLAYING]
THIS WAS LOUIS.
-♪ YES, AND HOW MANY TIMES... ♪
-HE WAS A JUNIOR AT
THE STATE UNIVERSITY,
AN HONOR STUDENT IN
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY,
ACTIVE IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT
AND VARIOUS NON-PROFIT
SOCIAL CAUSES.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
[MUSIC STOPS]
ALL I KNEW WAS THAT HE WAS ON
MY SISTER LIKE MOLD ON CHEESE.
-WOW.
-PAUL, SHE'S MY SISTER!
-SO WHAT? SHE'S NOT MY SISTER.
-FOR ALL KAREN'S REBELLIOUSNESS
AND INDEPENDENCE,
OR MAYBE BECAUSE OF IT,
I COULDN'T HELP FEELING
SHE NEEDED MY PROTECTION.
-GO OUT.
[GUITAR TWANGS]
SORRY!
[DOORS CLOSE, ENGINE TURNS OVER]
-I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
ABOUT LOUIS THAT I DIDN'T LIKE.
GUESS THERE WAS SOMETHING
ABOUT HIM I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND...
SOMETHING THAT WAS TAKING
MY SISTER AWAY FROM US.
-GET OUT OF HERE.
LEAVE MY WIFE ALONE.
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
-STEVE!
-BETWEEN IT BEING AT THE COLLEGE
AND IT BEING A WEEKNIGHT
AND MY PARENTS, I MEAN...
[SIGHS]
IT'S JUST GONNA
BE SUCH A HASSLE.
-WELL, I KNOW A FEW
VIETNAMESE PEASANTS
WHO PROBABLY FEEL THAT
IT'S WORTH THE HASSLE.
-COME HERE, YOU.
-OH, I DON'T THINK I CAN
MARCH... NOT TONIGHT.
-OKAY.
-MM.
ICED TEA OKAY?
-YEAH, SURE.
CAN I MAKE A PHONE CALL?
-SURE.
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS LOUDLY]
KEVIN? CAN YOU TURN
THAT STUPID THING DOWN?
-I WAS HERE FIRST!
-IT'S OKAY, KAREN.
I SORT OF LIKE WATCHING
THESE OLD FASCIST FILMS.
THEY'RE LIKE PARODIES
OF THEMSELVES BY NOW.
[TELEPHONE DIALING]
HI. IT'S ME.
YEAH, SURE I HAD FUN, MARISSA.
-MARISSA? DID HE SAY
HE HAD FUN WITH MARISSA?
-LISTEN, UH, TONIGHT, 7:30, WE'RE
MARCHING FROM JENKINS HALL
TO THE ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING, AND...
WHAT?
OF COURSE YOU CAN
CRASH AT MY PLACE.
-AND THAT SHE COULD
CRASH AT HIS PLACE?
-OKAY. GOOD.
I LOVE YOU, TOO.
- AND THAT HE LOVED HER?
- NO, NO, NO...
-I COULDN'T BELIEVE
IT. WHAT A SICKO.
IT WASN'T ENOUGH THAT THIS
GUY WAS ALL OVER MY SISTER
LIKE A FUNGUS IN
A DAMP BASEMENT.
NO, HE WAS A
MULTI-BASEMENT KIND OF GUY.
I WAS OUTRAGED.
-OKAY, SO, I'LL PICK
YOU UP AT 7:00. BYE-BYE.
[RECEIVER CLICKS]
-[Imitating hero in
a Western] LOUIS...
I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK
YOU TO STEP OUTSIDE.
-WH-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
-I'M ONTO YOU, LOUIS.
-I-I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
-TAKE THAT, YOU LOWDOWN,
SNAKE-BELLIED,
LILY-LIVERED WEIRDO.
-[GASPING]
-[Normal voice] SORRY,
SIS. HE WAS NO GOOD.
-[GASPS] OH, KEVIN!
I'M SO GLAD I HAVE
A BROTHER LIKE YOU.
I'M GONNA MAKE YOUR
BED FOR YOU FROM NOW ON.
MM! MMM!
-CAN I HELP YOU?
-WHO'S MARISSA?
-A FRIEND.
-WHAT KIND OF FRIEND?
-ARE YOU ASKING
IF SHE'S MY LOVER?
-[ SHUDDERS] DID HE
HAVE TO USE THAT WORD?
-YOU MUST BE KEVIN, HUH?
YOU MUST HAVE HEARD ME
TALKING ON THE PHONE WITH MARISSA.
YOU WANT TO PUNCH ME?
DO SOMETHING VIOLENT?
-[SIGHS]
-KEVIN, YOUR... YOUR SISTER
AND I... WE LOVE EACH OTHER,
BUT IT'S AN... IT'S AN OPEN
AND A TRUSTING LOVE.
WE DON'T OWN ONE ANOTHER
LIKE A FARMER OWNS A COW.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
-[Thinking] YEAH.
YOU'RE SAYING IF IT WEREN'T
FOR CATTLE-RUSTLING LAWS,
YOU'D HAVE COWS SLEEPING
OVER AT YOUR PLACE, TOO.
-KEVIN, I CAN SHARE
LOVE WITH YOUR SISTER,
AND SHE CAN SHARE LOVE WITH ME.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T
SHARE LOVE WITH MARISSA, TOO.
-SOUNDED LIKE A LOT
OF SHARING TO ME.
I HAD A HUNCH EVERYBODY WAS
GETTING PRETTY SMALL PORTIONS.
-DOES KAREN KNOW ABOUT THIS?
-LOUIS, IS HE BUGGING YOU?
KEVIN, DO YOU THINK THAT MAYBE
YOU COULD PLAY SOMEWHERE ELSE?
-OH, KAREN, HE'S FINE.
WE WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS.
[CHUCKLES]
I TALKED TO MARISSA.
SHE CAN MAKE IT TONIGHT.
-OH, GOOD. THAT MAKES ME
FEEL A LITTLE LESS GUILTY.
-SHE REALLY DID
KNOW ABOUT MARISSA.
OKAY, NOW I WAS
OFFICIALLY CONFUSED.
I FELT LIKE I HAD
TO TAKE ACTION...
TO MAKE A STAND,
TO DO SOMETHING.
BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT.
-KEVIN, ARE YOU JUST
GONNA STAND THERE?
-YES.
-[CHUCKLES]
-I WATCHED LOUIS AND MY SISTER
MAKE OUT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
AFTER A WHILE, I STARTED
FEELING LIKE A THIRD WHEEL.
FORTUNATELY, MY
SUBCONSCIOUS HAD A PLAN.
-LOUIS IS HERE.
-OH?
-YEAH, HE'S IN
THE LIVING ROOM...
WITH KAREN.
-HMM.
-WELL, DON'T YOU
WANT TO MEET HIM?
-I'M SURE IF YOUR SISTER
WANTS ME TO MEET LOUIS,
SHE'LL INTRODUCE HIM.
I DON'T WANT TO
INTERFERE IN HER LIFE.
-OH, REALLY?
WOULD IT HELP YOU TO KNOW
THAT THIS GUY IS SCREWING AROUND
WITH HALF THE STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM?
-WHAT'S HE LIKE?
-BINGO.
-DISTURBING.
-WHAT?
[Laughing] KEVIN!
WHAT KIND OF A WORD
IS THAT FOR YOU TO USE?
-I DON'T KNOW.
-WELL, WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN... "DISTURBING"?
KEVIN?!
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
-OKAY! DON'T GET MAD AT ME!
-HEH-HEH-HEH.
IF I COULDN'T STOP
THIS GUY MYSELF,
I COULD AT LEAST GET
THE TROOPS FIRED UP.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
-MOM, THIS IS LOUIS.
LOUIS, THIS IS MY MOM.
-WELL, HI, LOUIS. IT'S
NICE TO MEET YOU.
-MOM, DO WE HAVE ANY CARROTS?
-YES, HONEY, WE HAVE CARROTS,
BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE NICE
IF I SAID HELLO
TO YOUR... FRIEND.
-IT'S REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU.
-SO, UH, I'M MAKING
DINNER NOW, LOUIS.
THERE'S PLENTY OF CHICKEN
IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAY.
-THAT'S VERY NICE OF
YOU, BUT, ACTUALLY, UM...
-LOUIS DOESN'T EAT MEAT, MOM.
-[CHUCKLES] IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
I JUST HAVE SOME QUALMS ABOUT
THE WAY LIVESTOCK'S RAISED.
THAT'S ALL.
-SURE, SLEEPING WITH IT'S
NO PROBLEM, BUT EATING IT...
-WELL, YOU'RE MORE
THAN WELCOME TO STAY
AND FILL UP ON SALAD AND
VEGETABLES IF YOU LIKE.
-WELL, THANKS. MAYBE, UH...
MAYBE I'LL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.
-SO...
YOU DON'T EAT ANY MEAT?
-NO, I REALLY DON'T.
-HA!
MY MOTHER WAS GONNA EXPOSE
THIS GUY FOR THE WEIRDO HE WAS.
-SO, MRS. ARNOLD,
WHAT DO YOU DO?
-I BEG YOUR PARDON?
-I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FOR A LIVING?
-[Laughing] OH, OF
COURSE. RIGHT.
FOR A LIVING.
NOTHING.
I MEAN... I'M A HOUSEWIFE.
-OH, THAT'S... THAT'S
CERTAINLY NOT NOTHING.
-[Laughing] NO, YOU'RE
RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
GOD KNOWS IT'S
DEMANDING AT TIMES.
-I'LL BET.
YOU FIND IT FULFILLING?
-FULFILLING?
[LAUGHS]
-WHO THE HELL DID
THIS GUY THINK HE WAS?
ASKING MY MOTHER IF
HER LIFE WAS FULFILLING?
-I GUESS I'VE NEVER REALLY
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
-MAYBE YOU SHOULD, MOM.
-YIKES.
-DID YOU GO TO
COLLEGE, MRS. ARNOLD?
-OH, YES, I WAS A HISTORY
MAJOR IN COLLEGE.
BUT I MET KAREN'S FATHER
IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR,
SO I-I NEVER FINISHED.
-YOU REGRET NOT FINISHING?
-[Laughing] OH, NO!
-WOW. THAT'S GREAT.
I MEAN, A LOT OF WOMEN
FIND IT DEMEANING,
SPENDING THEIR LIVES SERVING
THEIR HUSBANDS AND CHILDREN.
-OKAY, LOOK OUT.
MOM IS GONNA NAIL THIS GUY NOW.
-[GASPS] OH, MY GOD!
OH, I AM SO SORRY!
OH, AND YOUR BEING A
VEGETARIAN AND EVERYTHING.
I'M SORRY. I AM SUCH A KLUTZ.
-I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. WHY
WAS SHE APOLOGIZING TO HIM?
-MY MOM LIKES SERVING US!
THIS LOUIS GUY IS
A MAJOR BUTTHEAD!
-OKAY, HISTORICALLY, WAYNE
WAS NOT THE GUY I TURNED TO
IN TIMES OF CRISIS.
BUT BOTTOM LINE... THE
WAYNER WAS MY BROTHER,
AND WHEN IT CAME TO
PROTECTING OUR KINFOLK,
I KNEW WE STOOD AS ONE.
-SO HE'S A BUTTHEAD.
IT'S JUST KAREN.
-SO, HE SAID STUFF TO MOM.
-SO?
-AND HE'S A RADICAL... YOU
KNOW, LIKE AT COLLEGE?
-SO?
-AND HE AND KAREN ARE LOVERS.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF
KAREN KNOWS ABOUT THIS,
BUT HE'S GOT ANOTHER
LOVER... NAMED MARISSA.
-WHOA!
TWO LOVERS?
YOU KNOW, I BET THEY
DO IT IN THE MICROBUS.
I MEAN, I SWEAR I SAW IT
ROCKING BACK AND FORTH BEFORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO?
WE COULD DRILL A HOLE
IN IT AND SET UP A CAMERA.
YOU KNOW, I BET SOMETIMES,
WHEN HE'S DOING IT WITH KAREN,
HE SHOUTS, "OH, GOD, MARISSA!
OH, GOD! OH! [SMOOCHING]
MARISSA! MARISSA!"
-WELL, THERE WAS ONE MORE HOPE.
-HI, LOUIS. NICE TO MEET YOU.
-AND IT WAS NO SMALL HOPE.
IT WAS DAD, THE MAGINOT
LINE OF FAMILY RESISTANCE.
THINGS WERE GONNA BE OKAY.
DAD WOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS GUY.
NOW THE ARNOLD MEN
WOULD STAND TOGETHER.
- "OH, GOD, MARISSA! MARISSA!"
-WELL, SOME OF THE ARNOLD MEN.
-NO CHICKEN?
-LOUIS DOESN'T EAT MEAT, DAD.
-HEY, JUST THOUGHT
I'D MENTION IT.
-NO MEAT, LOUIS?
-NO, MEAT, UH... MEAT JUST
DOESN'T TURN ME ON, REALLY.
-YEAH, THAT'S NOT
WHAT I HEARD, PAL.
-[SCOFFS]
-NO MEAT, HUH?
IMAGINE THAT.
-I KNEW IT.
DAD WOULD CARVE THROUGH THIS GUY
LIKE A BUTCHER CARVES
THROUGH A PORK LOIN.
-OH, I HEARD, HONEY,
WHY THE VANDOVERS DIDN'T
GO TO BRIAN'S FUNERAL.
THEY WERE IN CHICAGO.
DICK'S MOTHER HAD A STROKE.
-OH.
-ONE OF THE BOYS ON OUR
BLOCK WAS KILLED IN VIETNAM
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
-OH, I-I KNOW. I MEAN,
UH, KAREN TOLD ME.
ANOTHER MEANINGLESS DEATH.
-I BEG YOUR PARDON?
-I-I JUST MEANT THAT...
IT'S SUCH A SHAME, UH,
A KID HAS TO DIE FOR
BASICALLY NO REASON.
-MORE BROCCOLI, ANYONE?
-I DON'T THINK IT'S MEANINGLESS
WHEN A YOUNG MAN DIES FOR
FREEDOM AND FOR HIS COUNTRY.
-I JUST HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE
JUSTIFYING DYING
FOR A GOVERNMENT
THAT SYSTEMATICALLY
REPRESSES ITS CITIZENS.
-OH, HONEY, TRY THE POTATOES.
I PUT GRATED CHEESE ON THEM.
-WHAT THE HELL IS THAT
SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
-IT MEANS THAT THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE OPPRESSION
OF BLACKS, WOMEN, FREE SPEECH.
-WELL, PERHAPS, LITTLE LADY,
YOU'D LIKE TO GO LIVE IN
RUSSIA FOR A WHILE, HUH?
-OH, UH, I-I THINK WHAT
KAREN'S SAYING IS THAT, UH...
-LOOK, BUSTER...
I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE THAT
FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY
HAVE CERTAIN ADVANTAGES THAT
COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIPS DON'T,
AND THAT IS WHAT
VIETNAM IS ALL ABOUT!
-NO, MAN, THAT'S WHAT
THEY BRAINWASH YOU
TO BELIEVE IT'S ALL ABOUT.
THEY [SCOFFS] THEY TURN
PEOPLE INTO BRAINWASHED MORONS.
-MY HUNCH WAS THAT MY
FATHER WOULD NOT LET
BEING CALLED A "BRAINWASHED
MORON" AT HIS DINNER TABLE
GO BY UNREMARKED.
-SO...
YOU THINK I'VE BEEN
BRAINWASHED, DO YOU, LOUIS?
-NO. NO.
LOOK, I THINK ANYONE
WHO SUPPORTS THE AMERICAN
WAR EFFORT IN VIETNAM
IS HAVING THE WOOL
PULLED OVER HIS EYES.
-I SEE.
-JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH KOREA.
-WHAT THE HELL DO
YOU KNOW ABOUT KOREA?
I WAS IN KOREA.
I LOST A LOT OF
GOOD FRIENDS THERE.
-DADDY, THAT DOESN'T
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
-AND THEY WEREN'T BRAINWASHED!
THEY WERE BRAVE MEN
WHO WEREN'T AFRAID TO FIGHT
FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN.
NOW, IF YOU'RE AFRAID TO FIGHT,
WHY DON'T YOU JUST SAY SO?
WHY DON'T YOU JUST ADMIT
THAT YOU'RE CHICKEN?!
-YOU'RE DAMN
RIGHT! I AM CHICKEN.
I DON'T WANT TO DIE
LIKE YOUR FRIENDS!
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT YOU
ACHIEVED OVER THERE, HMM?
DO YOU THINK THAT
THOSE PEOPLE ARE FREE?
THEY'RE NOT FREE, MAN.
EXCEPT TO BUY COCA-COLA
AND, UH, NESTLé'S QUIK,
GET LOANS FROM
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK.
- THAT'S CRAP!
- YOU WERE USED, MAN,
AND YOUR FRIENDS WERE USED.
- THAT'S CRAP!
-DADDY, YOU NEVER
LISTEN TO WHAT WE SAY!
SOME OF WHAT WE SAY IS TRUE!
-DON'T ACCEPT ALL THIS
DEATH AND THEN JUSTIFY IT.
IT IS WRONG!
-YOUR FRIENDS SHOULD BE ALIVE.
THEY SHOULD BE ENJOYING DINNER
AND ARGUING WITH THEIR KIDS,
JUST LIKE YOU ARE.
-WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?
WHO THE HELL ARE
YOU TO SAY THAT?!
-YOU SEE THIS, MAN?
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
THIS IS MY DRAFT NOTICE.
IN TWO WEEKS, I
CAN GO TO JAIL...
I CAN GO TO CANADA...
OR I CAN GO GET
SHOT FULL OF HOLES
LIKE YOUR FRIEND BRIAN COOPER.
YOU KEEP THINKING THE
WAY YOU DO, MR. ARNOLD...
AND THESE TWO WILL BE NEXT.
AND I JUST HOPE
THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.
EXCUSE ME.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
-AND SO AFTER ALL,
KAREN LEFT WITH LOUIS.
[DOOR CLOSES]
AND DAD AND MOM AND I
WERE LEFT WITH OUR THOUGHTS.
-CAN I HAVE HER POTATOES?
-AND WAYNE WAS
LEFT WITH HIMSELF.
WHO WAS RIGHT, AND
WHO WAS WRONG?
-♪ I LOVE YOU ♪
-WELL, I'M SUPPOSED
TO BE AN ADULT NOW,
AND I STILL CAN'T COMPLETELY
FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.
-♪ FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS ♪
-BUT AT SOME POINT,
LATE AT NIGHT, NEAR SLEEP,
THE IDEAS AND THE
DISAGREEMENTS SORT OF DISSOLVE,
AND YOU'RE JUST
LEFT WITH THE PEOPLE.
-♪ I'LL GIVE YOU MY HEART ♪
-AND PEOPLE WERE NO DIFFERENT
THEN THAN THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN
AND ALWAYS WILL BE.
-♪ I LOVE YOU ♪
-[Crying] YOU TOLD
ME YOU LOVED HER.
YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU
WERE SLEEPING WITH HER.
-♪ AND YOU ALONE
WERE MEANT FOR ME ♪
[DOOR SLAMS]
♪ PLEASE GIVE YOUR
LOVING HEART TO ME ♪
♪ AND SAY WE'LL NEVER PART ♪
-YOUNG GIRLS GET
THEIR HEARTS BROKEN.
-♪ I THINK OF YOU
EVERY MORNING ♪
-MEN AND WOMEN SUFFER ALONE
OVER THE CHOICES THEY'VE MADE.
-♪ DREAM OF YOU EVERY NIGHT ♪
-[SNORING]
-AND YOUNG BOYS, FULL OF
CONFUSION, FULL OF FEAR,
FULL OF LOVE AND COURAGE...
-♪ ...WHENEVER
YOU ARE IN SIGHT ♪
- GROW UP STEALTHILY
IN THEIR SLEEP.
-♪ I LOVE YOU ♪
♪ FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS ♪