The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 2, Episode 6 - Pottery Will Get You Nowhere - full transcript

Norma begins taking a pottery class and receives support from everyone except Jack.

-♪ 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 ♪

-IN ALL THE YEARS I SPENT

GROWING UP IN MY PARENTS' HOUSE,



I DON'T THINK I EVER HEARD THEM
USE THE WORD "RELATIONSHIP."

NOT ONCE.

-DAMN TAXES ARE
GIVIN' ME INDIGESTION.

-"INDIGESTION,"
"TAXES," "DAMN"...

THESE WERE WORDS
YOU HEARD A LOT.

I GUESS MY MOM JUST EXPECTED
MY DAD TO BE A GOOD MAN...

HONEST, LOYAL, A
GOOD PROVIDER...

HOPEFULLY POSSESSED
OF GOOD TABLE MANNERS.

EXCUSE ME.

-AND MY DAD EXPECTED MY
MOM TO BE A GOOD WOMAN...

HONEST, LOYAL, A GOOD MOTHER...

-WHAT IS THIS?

-TUNA TETRAZZINI.

- AND, HOPEFULLY, A GOOD COOK.



-AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT.

BUT IF MY PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW
MUCH ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS,

THEY KNEW A LOT
ABOUT MARRIAGE...

LIKE HOW TO MAKE
A JOINT DECISION.

MOM WOULD CHOOSE
WHAT SHE LIKED...

DAD WOULD CHOOSE
WHAT HE LIKED...

THEN THEY'D SETTLE
ON SOMETHING...

NO ONE OF OUR
SPECIES COULD LIKE.

THEY COULD COMPLETELY
DISAGREE ABOUT SOMETHING

WITHOUT DIRECTLY
CONTRADICTING EACH OTHER.

-THAT WAS 29.

-I TOLD YOU... I'M STAYIN'
ON 17 UNTIL ABBOTSVILLE.

-♪ IT'S NOT UNUSUAL
TO HAVE FUN... ♪

-YOU THINK I SHOULD
HAVE TAKEN 29.

-I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

YOU CAN STAY ON 17.

-THANK YOU.

-♪ IT'S NOT UNUSUAL... ♪

-BUT THAT WAS 29.

-THE ONE THING MY PARENTS
WOULD NEVER, EVER DO...

-♪ IT'S NOT UNUSUAL... ♪

- IS YELL AT EACH OTHER
IN FRONT OF THE KIDS.
- OW!

- KEVIN! WAYNE! I TOLD YOU TO KNOCK IT OFF!
- BOYS, THAT IS ENOUGH!

-COURSE, THEY HAD NO
PROBLEM YELLING AT THE KIDS

IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER.

-♪ WHEN I FALL IN LOVE ♪

♪ IT WILL BE FOREVER ♪

♪ OR I'LL NEVER FALL ♪

♪ IN LOVE ♪

♪ IN A RESTLESS
WORLD LIKE THIS IS... ♪

-I GUESS I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT
OF MY PARENTS AS BEING IN LOVE.

BUT MAYBE THAT'S THE
BEST THING FOR A KID...

TO NEVER HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.

IT'S JUST ALWAYS THERE...

LIKE THE GROUND YOU WALK ON.

-THE SURFACE OF THE
EARTH MAY LOOK STABLE,

BUT IT'S IN CONSTANT MOTION,
SHIFTED BY MOLTEN FORCES BELOW.

THE SHAPES OF OUR CONTINENTS,

SO FAMILIAR TO US TODAY,

WILL SHIFT AND RE-FORM
LIKE SO MUCH POND SCUM.

-MR. CANTWELL HAD
SUCH A ROSY VIEW

OF THE MIRACLES OF SCIENCE.

-FOR EXAMPLE,

SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE THAT
IN A MERE 2 MILLION YEARS,

THE UNITED STATES,

WHICH NOW LOOKS LIKE THIS...

WILL LOOK LIKE THIS.

-IT WAS A HORRIFYING THOUGHT...

OUR ONCE-PROUD NATION, SHAPED...

LIKE A WIENER DOG.

-LIGHTS UP.

TOMORROW, SECTION 6
OF "OUR CHANGING PLANET...

"EARTHQUAKE AND CATACLYSM...

MAN'S DALLIANCE WITH DEATH."

HAVE A NICE DAY.

-PAUL, ARE YOU COMING?

-WHY DOES OUR PLANET
HAVE TO CHANGE?

-WHAT?

-WHY DOES OUR PLANET
HAVE TO CHANGE?

I LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS.

-PAUL HAD A WAY OF TAKING THINGS

A LITTLE TOO MUCH TO HEART.

-DID YOU FEEL SOMETHING?!

I THINK I JUST FELT SOMETHING.

- PAUL...
- I SWEAR I FELT SOMETHING!

-PAUL, IT'S NOT GONNA
HAPPEN FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT
LIKE THE WORLD'S

GONNA TURN UPSIDE DOWN
OVERNIGHT OR SOMETHING.

-OH, KEVIN? WILL YOU
LOOK AT THIS BOWL?

-YEAH?

-YOU THINK IT'S BIG ENOUGH
FOR THE SWEDISH MEATBALLS?

- 88 SQUARE MILES OF NORTH
VIETNAMESE TERRITORY.

-SURE.

-OH, WAYNE? YOU SEE THAT BOWL?

- YEAH.
- WILL YOU TAKE IT OVER
TO THE TABLE?

-SURE.

-OH, NOT THERE. KAREN...

THAT BOWL THERE?
- THIS ONE?

-YEAH. WILL YOU PUT THAT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TABLE?

-OKAY.

-WELL, I GUESS
THAT'S EVERYTHING.

OH, UH, JACK, WOULD
YOU LIFT UP THAT BOWL?

-SOMETHING ABOUT A BOWL HERE?

- MORE THAN 300
AMERICAN AIRMEN...

WHOSE PLANES WERE SHOT
DOWN OVER NORTH VIETNAM.

-WHAT?

-NOTICE ANYTHING DIFFERENT?

-YOU CHANGED YOUR HAIR.

-I CHANGED MY HAIR
THREE WEEKS AGO.

-THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.
THREE WEEKS AGO.

NO!

THE BOWL!

DIDN'T ANYBODY
NOTICE THE NEW BOWL?

I MADE IT!

- OH.
- OH.
- OH! COOL, MOM!

-WOW.

-HOW'D YOU MAKE IT?

-WELL, I SIGNED UP FOR
THIS CERAMICS COURSE

AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

I NEVER WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT OF DOING THAT,

BUT JOYCE MITSEDAKIS
WAS SIGNING UP,

AND SHE SAID IT
SOUNDED REALLY NEAT,

AND I THOUGHT...

WHY NOT?

SO, I DIDN'T TELL ANYONE

'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF
I'D BE REALLY GOOD AT IT.

I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S
NOT REALLY GOOD,

BUT IT'S JUST MY FIRST ONE.

-IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LOPSIDED?

-WELL, NO. I TRIED TO...

-I THINK IT'S COOL
THAT IT'S LOPSIDED.

I MEAN, IT'S, LIKE, MORE
NATURAL-LOOKING.

-IT REALLY IS KIND
OF NEAT, YOU KNOW?

YOU PUT THIS PIECE OF
CLAY ON THE POTTER'S WHEEL.

YOU FLIP THE SWITCH,
POKE YOUR FINGERS INTO IT,

AND IT JUST TURNS
INTO A BOWL, LIKE MAGIC.

IT'S AMAZING TO THINK
OF ALL THE THINGS

YOU COULD DO WITH THIS.
I MEAN, YOU COULD MAKE...

-MOM! THAT'S FASCINATING.

MAYBE WE COULD TALK
ABOUT IT OVER DINNER.

-I COULD TELL MY MOTHER
WAS WAITING FOR SOMETHING,

ALTHOUGH SHE WASN'T GOING TO
COME RIGHT OUT AND ASK FOR IT.

SHE WANTED MY FATHER
TO SAY HE LIKED THE BOWL.

AND I'M SURE HE KNEW SHE WANTED
HIM TO SAY HE LIKED THE BOWL.

AND SHE KNEW HE
KNEW SHE WANTED HIM

TO SAY HE LIKED THE BOWL,
BUT FOR SOME REASON

THAT I DON'T THINK ANY
OF US UNDERSTOOD...

- HE WASN'T SAYING IT.

-SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, HONEY?

-A DIRECT QUESTION.

THIS WAS A BOLD AND
UNEXPECTED MOVE.

-SMELLS GREAT.

LET'S EAT.

-LISTEN TO THIS.

"THE ENTIRE SUBCONTINENT
OF INDIA WAS ONCE AN ISLAND.

IN THE EARLY TERTIARY PERIOD,
IT BEGAN MOVING TOWARD ASIA,

AND EVENTUALLY THE TWO COLLIDED,

FORCING THE HIMALAYAS
VIOLENTLY UPWARD."

-PAUL, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS
NAME FOUR MAJOR FAULT LINES,

AND THEN WE'LL BE DONE.

-WHERE IS INDIA GOING?!

ASIA'S NOT GONNA BUDGE.

IT'S CRAZY!

-COME ON, PAUL. FAULT LINES.

-OH, YOU WANT FAULT LINES?
THERE'S MILLIONS OF 'EM.

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!

-LOOK, I DON'T CARE ABOUT
MILLIONS OF FAULT LINES.

WE ONLY NEED FOUR.

-THERE COULD BE ONE RUNNING
RIGHT UNDER THIS HOUSE.

IT COULD BLOW ANY TIME.

-PAUL!

-OKAY, UM...

WHERE'S THE MAP?

-BUT PAUL WAS
STARTING TO GET TO ME.

I KEPT THINKING OF THE TIME
WE CUT OPEN THE GOLF BALL.

ALL NICE AND SMOOTH
ON THE OUTSIDE,

AND ON THE INSIDE...

ALL THAT WOUND-UP, WORMY RUBBER.

IT WAS CREEPY!

AND THEN I STARTED
TO THINK, WHAT IF...

-KEVIN?

-HUH?

-W-WHAT IS THIS?

-I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK IT'S A...
CANDLE-HOLDER OR SOMETHING.

-IT'S WEIRD.

-NO, IT'S NOT WEIRD.
MY MOM MADE IT.

SHE'S TAKING A POTTERY CLASS.

-HOW COME?

-I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE SHE FIGURED
WE NEEDED... POTS.

-WHERE'S MY CUP?!

WHERE THE HELL IS MY CUP?

-OH, I THINK KEVIN USED IT.

-I DID NOT.

-I'M SORRY, BUT IN A
SITUATION LIKE THIS,

WE MUST EXPLORE ALL AVENUES.

-NORMA?!

WHERE'S MY CUP?!

-I GUESS I SHOULD MENTION
HERE THAT MY DAD HAD THIS CUP.

IT HAD A PICTURE OF
FISH PLAYING POKER ON IT,

AND IT SAID, "GREETINGS
FROM INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI."

HE LOVED THAT CUP.

-IT APPEARS THAT WASHINGTON
IS CALLING ALL THE SHOTS.

-WHAT WAS IT DOIN'
WAY BACK THERE?

-I MADE YOU A NEW ONE.

- OH.
- FRAGILE STABILITY

THAT HE HAS BROUGHT
TO VIETNAMESE POLITICS...

-SEE? I MADE THE HANDLE
BIGGER SO IT'S EASIER TO USE.

-OH.

-OH, I JUST THOUGHT, THIS
ONE'S ALL STAINED AND CHIPPED,

AND I WANTED YOU TO HAVE A
NICE, NEW CUP FOR A CHANGE.

-BUT I DON'T WANT TO
CHANGE. I LIKE MY OLD CUP.

-HONEY, IF YOU DON'T
LIKE THE CUP I MADE,

YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT.

-OH, OKAY. ALL
RIGHT. I'LL USE IT.

-NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO!

I DON'T WANT YOU TO USE
IT IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, JACK!

-I WANT TO USE IT!

-YOU NOTICE HE
DIDN'T SAY HE LIKED IT.

-WELL, MAYBE YOU COULD
USE BOTH CUPS, DAD.

SEE, THAT WAY, YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE TO...

GET UP AND...

POUR YOURSELF A...

SECOND CUP.

- MINOR ITEMS THEY MAY
SEEM TO AMERICANS...

-THIS IS NICE, MOM.

-YEAH? YOU REALLY THINK SO?

-YEAH. YEAH, I DO.

I... I THINK IT'S
REALLY INTERESTING.

-RICHARD SAID IT HAD A
REAL FEELING OF TEXTURALITY,

OR TEXTUALITY, OR SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW...

-DAD'S GRUNT MEANT
"WHO IS THIS RICHARD,

AND WHY IS HE TALKING TO
MY WIFE ABOUT TEXTUALITY?"

-RICHARD HAD TO
TEACH A BLIND MAN ONCE

HOW TO THROW POTS,

SO HE TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW
TO DO IT WITH HIS EYES CLOSED.

-THAT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL!

-AND THAT MEANT "I WONDER
HOW FAR I COULD THROW THIS GUY

WITH MY EYES CLOSED."

-NOW RICHARD'S TEACHING
HIMSELF TO POT WITH HIS FEET,

BECAUSE THERE'S THIS
MAN WITH NO HANDS...

-HMM.

-THAT NIGHT AT DINNER,
THINGS WERE QUIET...

TOO QUIET.

I COULDN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT

WHAT MY PARENTS
WERE SO MAD ABOUT.

I JUST WISHED THEY'D
SAY SOMETHING...

ANYTHING.

I WOULDN'T EVEN MIND
IF THEY YELLED AT ME.

AT LEAST IT WOULD BE SOMETHING
THEY COULD DO TOGETHER.

THAT WAS IT!

IF I JUST DID SOMETHING
REALLY, REALLY BAD,

THEN DAD WOULD YELL AT ME,

AND MOM WOULD YELL AT ME,

AND THEY'D BOTH
BE YELLING AT ME,

AND BEFORE YOU KNEW IT

THEY'D BE THINKING
AND FEELING AS ONE!

-KEVIN, WHAT THE
HELL ARE YOU DOIN'?!

-OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.

NOW, MOM...

-TONIGHT, WHILE YOU SLEEP, PAL!

-WHOOPS.

-TOKYO EARTHQUAKE, 1923.

300,000 BUILDINGS
COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED.

140,000 PEOPLE CRUSHED
OR BURNT TO DEATH.

ONE MINUTE... A
THRIVING METROPOLIS.

THE NEXT MINUTE... BINGO...

A HELLISH NIGHTMARE OF
DEATH AND DEVASTATION.

BODIES TWISTED AND
BROKEN BEYOND RECOGNITION.

KEVIN?

-THAT KIND OF THING COULDN'T
HAPPEN HERE, COULD IT?

-OH, IT COULDN'T, HMM?

THAT WOULD BE A COMFORTING
THOUGHT, WOULDN'T IT?

BUT IS IT ACCURATE?
IS IT SCIENTIFIC?

HMM?

WHO CAN TELL ME WHERE THE
MOST DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE

IN THE LAST 200 YEARS
TOOK PLACE, HMM?

1811, MISSOURI.

ONE MINUTE... A PEACEFUL PLAIN

OF SMALL TOWNS AND
ROLLING FARMLAND.

THE NEXT MINUTE... BINGO...

A HELLISH NIGHTMARE OF
DEATH AND DEVASTATION.

BODIES TWISTED AND
BROKEN BEYOND RECOGNITION.

-I GLUED IT TOGETHER!

SO IT WORKS NOW.

SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO
USE IT, IT'LL BE RIGHT HERE.

UNLESS IT... GETS
UP AND WALKS AWAY.

-I THOUGHT I'D
CLOSE WITH A JOKE.

DON'T WE HAVE ANY PEPSI?

-NO, WE'RE OUT.

-OH.

YOU GOIN' TO THE STORE?

-I HADN'T PLANNED TO.

-WHERE ARE YOU GOIN'?

-CLASS.

-I THOUGHT YOU HAD
CLASS ON WEDNESDAY.

-I HAVE TO TAKE MY
VASE OUT OF THE KILN.

-WELL, YOU GONNA STOP AT
THE STORE ON YOUR WAY HOME?

-IF YOU WANT ME TO.

-I DIDN'T SAY I WANTED YOU TO...

- OKAY.
- BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO,

YOU CAN GET ME SOME PEPSI.

-YOU WANT PEPSI?
I'LL GET YOU PEPSI.

-NAH, FORGET IT. I'LL
DRINK THE FRESCA.

-NO, I SAID I'LL GET
YOU SOME PEPSI.

-NAH, FORGET IT.

-I SAID I'LL GET IT! OKAY?!

-OKAY!

-FINE.

-FINE!

-THIS WAS GETTIN' WEIRD!

I'D NEVER SEEN MY
PARENTS LIKE THIS.

THE TENSION WAS
BECOMING UNBEARABLE.

WE ALL FELT IT.

EACH IN OUR OWN WAY.

- INTO THE SECONDARY,

AND IT LOOKS LIKE
HE'LL GO ALL THE WAY.

HOWEVER, HE'S TRIPPED
UP AT THE 40-YARD LINE...

-FOURTH DOWN. THINK
THEY'LL GO FOR IT?

THEY WERE IN THE SAME
SITUATION LAST WEEK,

AND THEY WENT FOR IT, REMEMBER?

- 5,000 FANS ON HAND FOR
A PERFECT AFTERNOON...

-YEAH, THAT WAS REALLY STUPID.
ALMOST COST THEM THE GAME.

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK
THEY'LL GO WITH, THEN?

- ON FOURTH DOWN.

-A DRAW PLAY.

THINK THAT'LL BE
THEIR BEST SHOT, HUH?

- ALREADY GOING TO A BOWL GAME,

BUT WHICH ONE DEPENDS ON
THE OUTCOME OF THIS CONTEST

THIS AFTERNOON.

-WHAT IS THIS?

-IT'S AN ASHTRAY.

-DOESN'T LOOK LIKE AN ASHTRAY.

-WELL, UH, I THINK, UM...

THESE ARE WHERE THE
CIGARETTES GO, AND...

THE ASHES FALL DOWN HERE.

SEE?

-WHAT DOES SHE THINK?

WE'RE GONNA HAVE 200
PEOPLE SMOKING HERE AT ONCE?

-IF THEY WIN...

-I DON'T KNOW.

-WHY CAN'T SHE MAKE AN ASHTRAY
THAT LOOKS LIKE AN ASHTRAY?

- GREAT DEAL OF SUCCESS
IN THEIR LAST FOUR MEETINGS.

-I DON'T KNOW.

-I DIDN'T KNOW.

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
WHY IT MATTERED

WHAT HER ASHTRAY LOOKED LIKE,

BUT SOMETHING HERE
OBVIOUSLY MATTERED.

-SO, DAD.

-HMM?

-DID YOU KNOW THAT INDIA
USED TO BE AN ISLAND?

-HMM.

- ONCE AGAIN.

-HI, MOM!

YOU MADE THAT?

-MM-HMM.

-THAT'S REALLY NICE!

I LIKE THAT!

-MOM, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

LOOK AT THIS.

-YEAH, THAT ONE DIDN'T
TURN OUT TOO BAD, DID IT?

-NO. IT'S REALLY GOOD!

-YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS ONE.

RICHARD TOLD US TO
KEEP OUR EYES CLOSED,

AND WHEN HE
SHUT HIS... I PEEKED.

-YOU ARE TURNING
INTO SUCH A REBEL.

I MEAN, TOMORROW
WE'RE GONNA COME HOME

AND FIND YOU BURNING YOUR BRAS.

-KAREN!

-YOU KNOW, MOM, YOU SHOULD
MAKE MORE LIKE THIS ONE.

I MEAN, I BET YOU COULD SELL 'EM

AT THE LITTLE CRAFT STORE
DOWN BY THE MOVIE THEATER.

-YOU REALLY THINK SO?

YEAH!

-DID YOU GET THE PEPSI?

-OH. I FORGOT.

-GREAT.

-WELL, I'M SORRY. I JUST FORGOT.

-I KNOW.

-I'M SORRY.

DON'T GET UPSET. I'LL
JUST GO GET IT NOW.

-I'M NOT UPSET.

IT'S JUST THAT YOU SAID YOU
WERE GONNA GET THE PEPSI.

IF I HAD KNOWN YOU WEREN'T GONNA GET
THE PEPSI, I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT MYSELF.

I MEAN, YOU SHOULDN'T SAY

YOU'RE GONNA GET
PEPSI FOR SOMEONE

IF YOU'RE JUST GONNA
FORGET TO GET IT.

-OH, I SEE.

I'M SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHEN
I'M GONNA FORGET SOMETHING?

-SURE.

I KNEW YOU WERE GONNA FORGET.

-TIME TO CHECK THE SCORE
ON THE OLD BALLGAME.

THERE REALLY WASN'T
MUCH I COULD ADD

TO THE CONVERSATION.

-YOU KNOW, DAD...

SOMETIMES YOU CAN BE
SUCH A MALE CHAUVINIST PIG.

-KAREN, ON THE OTHER HAND,

SOMEHOW KNEW JUST
THE RIGHT THING TO SAY.

-WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

-I BETTER GET YOUR PEPSI

WHILE IT'S STILL
FRESH ON MY MIND.

-DON'T BOTHER. I'LL GET IT.

-NO, THAT'S OKAY,
JACK. I'LL GET IT.

-I SAID I'LL GET IT.

DON'T BREAK IT!

-I'M NOT GONNA BREAK IT, NORMA!

-LOOK, JUST BECAUSE
YOU HATE MY POTTERY

IS NO REASON TO
SMASH IT TO PIECES!

-I DON'T HATE YOUR POTTERY!

-NOTICE HE DIDN'T
SAY HE LIKED IT.

-WELL, YOU CERTAINLY
ACT LIKE YOU HATE IT.

-AND WHAT'S THAT
SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

-IT MEANS THAT FROM THE
MOMENT I STARTED DOING THIS,

YOU HAVEN'T HAD
ONE NICE THING TO SAY!

-WELL, MAYBE I'M
NOT BIG ON POTTERY!

SO SUE ME!

-WELL, YOU CERTAINLY SEEM FOND

OF YOUR STUPID LITTLE FISH CUP!

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE
SO ATTACHED TO ANYTHING

SINCE KEVIN HAD TO
GIVE UP HIS BLANKIE!

-I DON'T WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THIS!

-WELL, MAYBE I DO,
JACK. IT'S NOT FAIR.

YOU'RE MAKING ME FEEL LIKE
I'M DOING SOMETHING WRONG!

-YOU'RE CRAZY! I'M NOT
MAKING YOU FEEL ANYTHING!

-OH, SURE. YOU'VE BEEN
A REGULAR MR. SUNSHINE.

YOU KNOW, JACK, THE KIDS
ALL SAY, "THAT'S NICE, MOM."

MY FRIENDS SAY,
"THAT'S NICE, NORMA."

MY TEACHER SAYS, "VERY
GOOD, MRS. ARNOLD."

AND YOU SAY,
"WHERE'S THE PEPSI?"

-I REALLY DON'T
HAVE TIME FOR THIS.

-I SPEND MY TIME TRYING
TO MAKE SOMETHING NICE

FOR THE FAMILY,

AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE
THE COMMON COURTESY

TO SAY YOU LIKE IT!

-DON'T GIVE ME THAT, NORMA!

THIS FAMILY DOESN'T NEED
AN ASHTRAY FOR 200 PEOPLE!

THIS FAMILY NEEDS PEPSI!

-THAT IS THE STUPIDEST THING
I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!

JACK, YOU SHOULD
LISTEN TO YOURSELF...

"I WANT MY PEPSI!
I WANT MY CUP!"

YOU SOUND LIKE AN INFANT!

-DON'T YOU EVER... EVER...

SPEAK TO ME IN
THAT TONE OF VOICE!

-I'LL SPEAK THE WAY I WANT TO.

-FINE.

DON'T EXPECT ME TO LISTEN TO IT.

-THE SILENCE THAT FILLED
OUR HOUSE THAT NIGHT

WAS LIKE ICE.

MY DAD DIDN'T COME
HOME UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

-OW! DAMN.

-I KNOW IT SOUNDS STRANGE,
BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME

I'D EVER SEEN MY
PARENTS ALONE TOGETHER.

-DID YOU BURN YOURSELF?

MM-HMM.

-IS IT OKAY?

-YEAH.

That's good.

-I GUESS SOMETIMES THE GROUND
CAN SHIFT BENEATH YOUR FEET.

SOMETIMES YOUR FOOTING
SLIPS... YOU STUMBLE.

AND SOMETIMES YOU GRAB
WHAT'S CLOSEST TO YOU...

AND HOLD ON... AS
TIGHT AS YOU CAN.

-♪ WHEN I FALL IN LOVE ♪

♪ IT WILL BE FOREVER ♪

♪ OR I'LL NEVER FALL ♪

♪ IN LOVE ♪

♪ IN A RESTLESS WORLD ♪

♪ LIKE THIS IS ♪

♪ LOVE IS ENDED
BEFORE IT'S BEGUN ♪

♪ AND TOO MANY
MOONLIGHT KISSES ♪

♪ SEEM TO COOL IN THE
WARMTH OF THE SUN ♪