The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 5, Episode 1 - The Lake - full transcript
The Arnolds and the Pfeiffers take their annual summer fishing trip to Lake Winnihacci. While on the trip, Kevin meets and falls in love with a local girl who seems to have a lot in common with him.
-HEY!
IF YOU'RE AROUND
TOMORROW NIGHT...
I'LL BE HERE.
-SOME THINGS CHANGE
YOUR LIFE FOREVER.
WHEN I WAS 15, THOSE WERE
THE THINGS I WENT SEARCHING FOR.
-♪ 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 ♪
-♪ OH, OH, OH, OH ♪
-♪ SOMEBODY WHO
KNOWS QUITE SURE ♪
♪ BABY ♪
-♪ BY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ SAID I'M GONNA MAKE
IT WITH MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ OH, I'M GONNA
KEEP ON TRYING ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KEEP ON
TRYING NOW, BABY ♪
-♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
-LAKE WENNAHATCHEE.
FOR ONE WEEK THAT
SUMMER OF 1971,
MY FAMILY AND PAUL PFEIFFER'S
RENTED SIDE-BY-SIDE CABINS
ALONG ITS PLACID SHORES.
-DAMN IT!
-IT WAS A PLACE TO GET AWAY
FROM THE AGGRAVATIONS
OF MODERN SUBURBAN LIFE...
-I GOT ONE!
- ESCAPE FROM THE PETTY,
EVERYDAY COMPETITION.
-JACK? HONEY?
HOT DOGS OR
HAMBURGERS FOR DINNER?
-WE'RE GONNA HAVE FISH, DAMN IT!
-THE KIND OF PARADISE
THAT MADE YOU WISH
YOU COULD STAY FOREVER.
PAUL, LET'S GO!
-I'M COMING! I'M
PUTTING ON BUG SPRAY!
-WELL, HURRY UP!
THAT WAS ME... KEVIN ARNOLD.
AND THAT AUGUST,
THERE WAS PRETTY MUCH
ONE THING ON MY MIND.
PAUL, COME ON! LET'S
GET OUT OF HERE!
-HI, KEVIN.
-HI, DEB.
PAUL, COME ON!
- MOVE!
-WHERE YOU GUYS GOING?
-NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
-WHERE WE WENT DIDN'T MATTER.
GETTING AWAY WAS
ALL THAT COUNTED.
-SAY, YOU BOYS WANT
TO DO SOME FISHING?
-NO, THANKS, DAD.
-AFTER ALL, WE HAD MORE
IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO.
- SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
- GOT ME.
-I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS PLACE?
USED TO BE GREAT.
NOW, LOOK.
SNORESVILLE.
-OVER THE SUMMER, MY BEST
FRIEND HAD GAINED TWO THINGS...
A NEW SET OF CONTACT LENSES
AND A NEW SET OF HORMONES.
-YOU KNOW, I COULD
BE HOME RIGHT NOW,
MAKING TIME WITH JULIE ZELLER.
YOU'RE DREAMING, PAL.
-I'D PROBABLY HAVE GOTTEN
TO SECOND BASE BY NOW.
-OH, RIGHT. LIKE YOU'D
EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I KNOW WHAT TO DO.
-GIVE ME A BREAK.
-YEAH? LISTEN.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS,
I GOT A CERTAIN 25-CENT
LITTLE INSURANCE POLICY, HUH?
-THE FAMOUS PFEIFFER CONDOM.
PAUL HAD BEEN BRAGGING ABOUT
IT EVER SINCE HE GOT IT IN JULY.
PAUL, NOT AGAIN.
IT WAS KIND OF
HIS RABBIT'S FOOT.
-YOU KNOW DOUGGIE SHERMAN?
WELL...
HE PICKED UP ABOUT TWO
DOZEN OF THESE THINGS
IN A MEN'S ROOM NEAR ST. LOUIS.
I GOT MINE OFF
HIM FOR 50 CENTS...
-BUT SUDDENLY, I WASN'T
LISTENING ANYMORE.
- WHICH IS KIND OF A GOOD
DEAL, IF YOU CONSIDER THE...
-♪ OH, YEAH ♪
♪ OH, YEAH ♪
♪ EVERYTHING GONNA BE
ALL RIGHT THIS MORNING ♪
♪ NOW, WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY ♪
♪ AT THE AGE OF 5 ♪
♪ MY MOTHER SAID I'D BE ♪
♪ THE GREATEST MAN ALIVE ♪
-HERE IT IS... THE
RED CHIEF SPECIAL.
-PAUL, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO RUB IT IN MY NOSE!
-WHOO!
-COME ON. LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
FACT...
-SORRY.
- AFTER THREE AND A
HALF DAYS OF HANGING OUT,
EVEN MY BEST FRIEND WAS
STARTING TO GET ON MY NERVES.
-I WISH YOU WOULDN'T PUT
THE TOP ON SO TIGHT, HONEY!
-NOT TO MENTION MY FOLKS.
-RATHER HAVE PICKLE JUICE
ON YOUR BACK SEAT, NORMA?
-THAT SUMMER, I'D HAD
THE PROFOUND REVELATION
THAT MY PARENTS HAD SUDDENLY
BECOME BLITHERING IDIOTS.
-THING'S ON TIGHTER
THAN I THOUGHT.
-WELL, MAYBE IF WE BEAT
IT AGAINST THE TABLE.
-SOMETIMES IT WAS AS
IF THEY WERE SPEAKING
A WHOLE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.
-HEY, YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT
SOME OF MY TROUT, JACK, HUH?
PLENTY OF IT.
-HAMBURGER'S FINE, THANK YOU.
-TOMORROW, I'LL SHOW YOU
HOW TO CATCH SOME REAL FISH.
-RIGHT, KEV?
-WHATEVER.
ALL THIS FAMILY TOGETHERNESS
WAS MORE THAN MY
ADOLESCENT SOUL COULD TAKE.
WHAT I NEEDED WAS...
A SAVIOR.
-♪ A-BREAKIN' ROCKS
IN THE HOT SUN ♪
-SORRY WE'RE LATE.
-YOU GUYS WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE HERE THREE HOURS AGO.
-YEAH, WELL, WE, UM,
TOOK THE SCENIC ROUTE.
TELL HIM, WART.
WE TOOK THE SCENIC ROUTE.
-THAT WAS WAYNE'S
BUDDY DAVE WIRTSCHAFTER.
EVERYBODY CALLED HIM WART.
HARD GUY TO LOOK AT.
-SAY, I HAVE A FUN
THOUGHT FOR TONIGHT.
HOW ABOUT A CAMPFIRE?
-SOUNDS GOOD TO ME, MOM.
-OH, NO.
-SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO
BE AT THE DRIVE-IN TONIGHT.
-BUT, HANG ON. DID HE SAY...
-YEAH. AT THE DRIVE-IN.
"PLANET OF THE APES."
-GREAT. WE'LL COME WITH YOU.
-YOU MUST BE JOKING.
-OKAY, SO IT COST
US 15 BUCKS PLUS GAS.
AT LEAST WE'D FOUND A PLACE
TO HIDE OUT FOR THE NIGHT.
-GET OUT.
TELL 'EM, WART!
-GET OUT!
-AND THERE YOU HAD
IT. WE'D HIT BOTTOM.
-OKAY. WE'RE HERE TO STAY.
-WE WERE STRANDED AT A DRIVE-IN
WITH NO CAR, 50
CENTS IN OUR POCKETS,
AND NO PLACE TO GO
BUT... "PLANET OF THE APES."
AND THEN IT HAPPENED.
I KNEW THAT TRUCK.
I KNEW THAT GIRL.
AND I KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO.
LET'S GO TALK TO HER.
-ARE YOU CRAZY?
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HER!
-GREAT.
MR. CONDOM-IN-HIS-WALLET
WAS AFRAID OF LOCALS.
LOOK, PAUL, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO
SAID YOU WANTED TO MEET GIRLS.
OKAY.
-WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE HAPPENED?
-AIR LEAK. SHE
DIED IN HER SLEEP.
-YOU DON'T SEEM
VERY CUT-UP ABOUT IT.
-IT'S A LITTLE LATE FOR A WAKE.
SHE'S BEEN DEAD NEARLY A YEAR.
-THAT MEANS WE'VE BEEN AWAY
FROM EARTH FOR 18 MONTHS.
-OUR TIME.
-OKAY. ALL I NEEDED
WAS A SNAPPY OPENING.
YOU, UH... GOT
ANOTHER CIGARETTE?
-SORRY. BUMMED THIS ONE MYSELF.
-OH.
-BEEN AWAY FROM
EARTH FOR 2,000 YEARS.
-YOU CAN HAVE A DRAG
OF MINE IF YOU WANT.
-STILL CAN'T ACCEPT IT.
TIME'S WIPED OUT
EVERYTHING YOU EVER...
-MY GOAL WAS TO APPEAR
LIKE I'D BEEN DOING
THIS MY WHOLE LIFE.
- WE CAN'T GET BACK.
IT'S STILL JUST A THEORY.
-YOU DON'T SMOKE, DO YOU?
-NOTHING WILL GROW HERE.
-OH. UH, SOMETIMES.
-YOU SHOULDN'T. IT
DOESN'T FLATTER YOU.
-OH? WHAT ABOUT YOU?
-I SHOULDN'T, EITHER.
-THE THING IS, FOR SOME REASON,
I COULDN'T BREATHE.
SO... WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
-HERE.
-WHERE... THE DRIVE-IN?
ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM HERE.
-I'M KEVIN.
AND THIS IS PAUL.
-HI.
-HEY. CARA.
-HEY, CARA.
YOU WANT TO HANG
OUT, OR YOU WANT TO GO?
-WHATEVER.
I THINK MY BROTHER
WANTS TO SPLIT.
-WELL, IT WAS NICE
TALKING TO YOU, CARA.
-YEAH.
-AND MAYBE WE'LL SEE YOU AROUND.
YEAH. MAYBE.
-AND THAT WAS IT.
EXCEPT THAT IN THAT
BRIEF WRINKLE OF TIME,
I KNEW BEYOND A DOUBT THAT
SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED...
SOMETHING BIG.
-HEY!
IF YOU'RE AROUND
TOMORROW NIGHT...
I'LL BE HERE.
-I GUESS SHE KNEW IT, TOO.
THE NEXT DAY SEEMED TO
LAST ABOUT 11 CENTURIES.
-KEV, YOU WANT ME TO
BAIT A HOOK FOR YOU?
-NO, THANKS, DAD.
NO MATTER HOW I TRIED,
I COULDN'T GET THAT
GIRL OFF MY MIND.
WE'RE GOING BACK TONIGHT.
-WHAT?
YOU DON'T THINK I'M ACTUALLY
GONNA GO BACK THERE, DO YOU?
-COME ON. WE'LL ALL HANG OUT.
-YEAH, RIGHT.
MAYBE SHE HAS A FRIEND.
-A FRIEND?
-SURE, IT WAS UNDERHANDED,
BUT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...
CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
-HEY!
-HI, CARA!
-HOW'S IT GOING?
-ALL RIGHT.
-UH, MY BROTHER
AND A BUNCH OF US
WERE THINKING ABOUT
GOING DOWN TO THE LAKE
TO HANG OUT.
YOU WANT TO COME?
-SURE. SOUNDS GREAT.
-OH.
YOU THINK YOU HAVE
A... A FRIEND OR SOMEONE
WHO MAYBE WANTS TO COME ALONG?
-YEAH.
MAYBE LORI.
-LORI? THAT'S GREAT!
-SURE. LOVE TO GO.
-WELL, FOLKS, ONLY FIVE
MINUTES TILL SHOWTIME.
LET ONE OF OUR FRIENDLY
SNACK-BAR PERSONNEL
SERVICE YOU...
-FANTASTIC.
-I'LL MEET YOU OUT BACK.
-IF I COULD JUST
GRAB MY ASSOCIATE
FOR ONE QUICK SECOND HERE.
-SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
-I'M NOT GOING. NO WAY ON EARTH.
KEV, I'M YOUR BEST FRIEND.
I'LL DO ANYTHING
YOU WANT ME TO DO.
BUT, PLEASE, DON'T ASK
ME TO DO THIS FOR YOU.
-IT WAS THE HEARTFELT CRY
OF A DEAR AND TRUSTED FRIEND,
SO I REALLY HAD NO CHOICE.
SEE YA!
-NIGHT, PAUL.
-IT WAS TRUE I HARDLY
KNEW THESE KIDS
AND I'D JUST MET THIS GIRL
AND I HAD NO IDEA
WHERE I WAS GOING.
SEEMED TO ME, THAT
WAS EXACTLY THE POINT.
NICE NIGHT.
-YEAH.
-THAT NIGHT, I FELT
A MILLION MILES
FROM EVERYTHING
I'D KNOWN BEFORE.
-I'M STARTING HIGH
SCHOOL IN THE FALL.
-ME TOO.
-STINKS.
-YEAH.
-MAYBE THING WILL PICK
UP WHEN I GET MY LICENSE.
-THAT'S WHAT I'M
HOPING... A LITTLE MOBILITY.
YOU SHOULD COME UP AND VISIT ME.
-I'D LIKE THAT.
-THE THING IS, EVEN THOUGH
I'D JUST MET THIS WOMAN,
I FELT LIKE I'D KNOWN
HER MY WHOLE LIFE.
-HEY, CARA!
YOU WANT TO GO, OR YOU
WANT TO HANG OUT AWHILE?
-LEAVE US ALONE, BILLY.
-HE WATCHES OUT FOR YOU, HUH?
-THE GUYS AROUND HERE
ARE IDIOTS, YOU KNOW?
-YEAH.
-AND THE SUMMER GUYS...
YOU LEARN PRETTY
MUCH TO STAY AWAY FROM.
-OH.
-MY BROTHER HATES THAT I SMOKE.
-DO YOUR PARENTS KNOW?
-SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE THEY'RE
SPEAKING A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.
YOU KNOW?
-YEAH. I KNOW.
WE WERE SO MUCH LIKE EACH OTHER.
I COULD FEEL MYSELF MISSING HER
EVEN WHILE I WAS WITH HER.
-I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO
TRUST YOU, YOU KNOW.
-SO... DO YOU?
-YEAH.
-LET ME.
-I THOUGHT YOU WERE
GONNA LIGHT MY CIGARETTE.
NICE NIGHT.
-YEAH.
AND IT WAS.
-♪ IMAGINE ME AND YOU, I DO ♪
♪ I THINK ABOUT
YOU DAY AND NIGHT ♪
♪ IT'S ONLY RIGHT
TO THINK ABOUT... ♪
-OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS, I DID MY BEST
TO BE A GOOD SON TO
MY DAD, TO MY FAMILY.
-HEY, KEVIN!
-♪ IF I SHOULD CALL
YOU UP, INVEST A DIME ♪
-BUT SOMEHOW, SOMETHING
KEPT CALLING ME AWAY.
I GOT TO GO, DAD.
-♪ IMAGINE HOW THE WORLD
COULD BE SO VERY FINE ♪
♪ SO HAPPY TOGETHER ♪
♪ I CAN'T SEE ME LOVING... ♪
-CARA AND I HAD FOUND SOMETHING
NO TWO PEOPLE HAD
EVER FOUND BEFORE...
EACH OTHER.
-♪ BABY, THE SKIES
WILL BE BLUE ♪
♪ FOR ALL MY LIFE ♪
-WE TALKED ABOUT
EVERYTHING... ALMOST EVERYTHING.
-WILL I SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT?
-SURE!
-♪ THE ONLY ONE FOR ME
IS YOU AND YOU FOR ME ♪
-OF COURSE.
-♪ SO HAPPY TOGETHER ♪
-TROUBLE WAS, I WAS RUNNING
OUT OF NIGHTS, AND FAST.
-♪ HOW IS THE WEATHER? ♪
♪ SO HAPPY TOGETHER ♪
-I GUESS SOMEHOW, I JUST KEPT
HOPING SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN.
AND THEN IT DID.
-LOOK. ALVIN.
ALVIN, LOOK AT THIS.
WHAT IS THIS?
WHAT IS THIS? LOOK
WHAT YOUR SON HAS.
- OH, MY GOSH! MY WALLET!
- WHERE DID YOU GET THIS FROM?
WHAT IS THIS?!
-I GOT ONE!
-GUESS YOU COULD
CALL IT A RED-LETTER DAY.
-I GOT ONE! HUH?!
HERE WE GO!
EAT UP.
-THE FISH SMELLS GREAT, HONEY.
AREN'T YOU ALL PROUD
OF YOUR FATHER?
YEAH. WE'VE GOT FISH FOR DAYS.
-YEAH. WE'VE GOT FISH FOR DAYS.
-OF COURSE, I WAS MORE THAN GLAD
TO BE THERE FOR DAD'S
MOMENT OF TRIUMPH.
WELL, I GOT TO RUN.
-HONEY? RUN WHERE?
-TO THE DRIVE-IN.
YOU KNOW, WITH PAUL.
-AFRAID NOT, HONEYBUNCH.
THE PFEIFFSTER'S
NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
MR. RUBBERHEAD'S
GROUNDED FOR LIFE.
WAYNE!
-LOOK, MOM, I JUST HAVE
SOMETHING I HAVE TO DO, OKAY?
-WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU KNOW WHY I BROUGHT
THE WHOLE FAMILY UP HERE?
BECAUSE I THOUGHT
IT MIGHT BE NICE
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME...
TOGETHER.
I CAUGHT THAT FISH SO
WE COULD ALL ENJOY IT...
TOGETHER.
AND SINCE THIS
IS OUR LAST NIGHT,
I THOUGHT WE'D SPEND
IT WITH EACH OTHER...
TOGETHER.
- BUT, DAD...
- KEV!
I MEAN IT.
-PART OF ME KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
BUT ANOTHER PART OF
ME KNEW SOMETHING MORE.
I CAN'T STAY, DAD.
- KEVIN, SIT DOWN!
- WHY?
-BECAUSE I SAY SO,
AND I'M YOUR FATHER.
-THERE IT WAS.
MY WHOLE LIFE, THEY'D
BEEN HIS FINAL WORDS.
I'M SORRY.
I'M GOING.
THAT NIGHT, HUDDLED IN THAT CAB,
WE PUT THE WHOLE
WORLD BEHIND US.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN WHEN I GOT HOME.
IT DIDN'T MATTER.
-YOU LIKE THIS?
-SURE. WHATEVER.
-♪ ...IN THE TALL GRASS
WHERE THE SHADOWS FELL ♪
-I HAD TO BE WITH
CARA. I HAD TO HOLD HER.
I JUST COULDN'T BRING
MYSELF TO TELL HER...
I WAS LEAVING.
SO... WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO TONIGHT?
-♪ THE EVENING BELL ♪
♪ JAMAICA, SAY YOU WILL ♪
-YOU'RE LEAVING, AREN'T YOU?
- ♪ HELP ME FIND A WAY ♪
- YEAH.
-♪ TO FILL THESE EMPTY HOURS ♪
-THAT'S TOO BAD.
-♪ AND SAY YOU WILL ♪
-I'LL MISS YOU.
-♪ COME AGAIN TOMORROW ♪
♪ THE DAUGHTER OF... ♪
-WHAT'S WRONG?
-NOTHING'S WRONG.
I'LL MISS YOU, TOO.
LOOK...
WE CAN STILL SEE EACH OTHER.
I MEAN... I GET MY
LICENSE IN A FEW MONTHS.
I COULD... YOU KNOW...
DRIVE UP...
- YEAH.
- ON WEEKENDS.
-YEAH.
-♪ JAMAICA, SAY YOU WILL ♪
-I THINK I GOT TO HANG OUT
WITH MY BROTHER TONIGHT.
-I WAS LOSING HER.
I GUESS I KNEW I HAD TO, BUT...
DON'T BE LIKE THAT!
-SORRY.
-♪ AND STAY UNTIL ♪
-LOOK, I WANT TO
STAY. YOU KNOW THAT.
YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW
THAT... MORE THAN ANYTHING!
BUT THERE WAS NOTHING
MORE I COULD SAY
EXCEPT...
I'M SORRY.
-I'M NOT.
-♪ JAMAICA WAS A
SWEET YOUNG ONE ♪
♪ I LOVED HER TRUE ♪
♪ SHE WAS A COMFORT AND A
MERCY THROUGH AND THROUGH ♪
♪ HIDING FROM THIS
WORLD TOGETHER ♪
♪ NEXT THING I KNEW ♪
♪ THEY HAD BROUGHT HER
THINGS DOWN TO THE BAY ♪
♪ WHAT COULD I DO? ♪
♪ JAMAICA, SAY YOU WILL ♪
♪ HELP ME FIND A WAY ♪
♪ TO FILL THESE SAILS ♪
♪ AND WE'LL SAIL UNTIL ♪
-I WANTED TO STAY
THERE IN THAT NIGHT
MORE THAN ANYTHING
I'D WANTED BEFORE.
BUT I KNEW I COULDN'T.
I WAS 15.
I SLEPT UNDER A ROOF
MY FATHER OWNED
IN A BED MY FATHER BOUGHT.
NOTHING WAS MINE...
EXCEPT MY HEART
AND MY FEARS
AND MY GROWING KNOWLEDGE
THAT NOT EVERY ROAD WAS
GOING TO LEAD HOME ANYMORE.
-♪ ...OUR WATERS HAVE RUN DRY ♪
IF YOU'RE AROUND
TOMORROW NIGHT...
I'LL BE HERE.
-SOME THINGS CHANGE
YOUR LIFE FOREVER.
WHEN I WAS 15, THOSE WERE
THE THINGS I WENT SEARCHING FOR.
-♪ 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 ♪
-♪ OH, OH, OH, OH ♪
-♪ SOMEBODY WHO
KNOWS QUITE SURE ♪
♪ BABY ♪
-♪ BY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ SAID I'M GONNA MAKE
IT WITH MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ OH, I'M GONNA
KEEP ON TRYING ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KEEP ON
TRYING NOW, BABY ♪
-♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
-LAKE WENNAHATCHEE.
FOR ONE WEEK THAT
SUMMER OF 1971,
MY FAMILY AND PAUL PFEIFFER'S
RENTED SIDE-BY-SIDE CABINS
ALONG ITS PLACID SHORES.
-DAMN IT!
-IT WAS A PLACE TO GET AWAY
FROM THE AGGRAVATIONS
OF MODERN SUBURBAN LIFE...
-I GOT ONE!
- ESCAPE FROM THE PETTY,
EVERYDAY COMPETITION.
-JACK? HONEY?
HOT DOGS OR
HAMBURGERS FOR DINNER?
-WE'RE GONNA HAVE FISH, DAMN IT!
-THE KIND OF PARADISE
THAT MADE YOU WISH
YOU COULD STAY FOREVER.
PAUL, LET'S GO!
-I'M COMING! I'M
PUTTING ON BUG SPRAY!
-WELL, HURRY UP!
THAT WAS ME... KEVIN ARNOLD.
AND THAT AUGUST,
THERE WAS PRETTY MUCH
ONE THING ON MY MIND.
PAUL, COME ON! LET'S
GET OUT OF HERE!
-HI, KEVIN.
-HI, DEB.
PAUL, COME ON!
- MOVE!
-WHERE YOU GUYS GOING?
-NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
-WHERE WE WENT DIDN'T MATTER.
GETTING AWAY WAS
ALL THAT COUNTED.
-SAY, YOU BOYS WANT
TO DO SOME FISHING?
-NO, THANKS, DAD.
-AFTER ALL, WE HAD MORE
IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO.
- SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
- GOT ME.
-I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS PLACE?
USED TO BE GREAT.
NOW, LOOK.
SNORESVILLE.
-OVER THE SUMMER, MY BEST
FRIEND HAD GAINED TWO THINGS...
A NEW SET OF CONTACT LENSES
AND A NEW SET OF HORMONES.
-YOU KNOW, I COULD
BE HOME RIGHT NOW,
MAKING TIME WITH JULIE ZELLER.
YOU'RE DREAMING, PAL.
-I'D PROBABLY HAVE GOTTEN
TO SECOND BASE BY NOW.
-OH, RIGHT. LIKE YOU'D
EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I KNOW WHAT TO DO.
-GIVE ME A BREAK.
-YEAH? LISTEN.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS,
I GOT A CERTAIN 25-CENT
LITTLE INSURANCE POLICY, HUH?
-THE FAMOUS PFEIFFER CONDOM.
PAUL HAD BEEN BRAGGING ABOUT
IT EVER SINCE HE GOT IT IN JULY.
PAUL, NOT AGAIN.
IT WAS KIND OF
HIS RABBIT'S FOOT.
-YOU KNOW DOUGGIE SHERMAN?
WELL...
HE PICKED UP ABOUT TWO
DOZEN OF THESE THINGS
IN A MEN'S ROOM NEAR ST. LOUIS.
I GOT MINE OFF
HIM FOR 50 CENTS...
-BUT SUDDENLY, I WASN'T
LISTENING ANYMORE.
- WHICH IS KIND OF A GOOD
DEAL, IF YOU CONSIDER THE...
-♪ OH, YEAH ♪
♪ OH, YEAH ♪
♪ EVERYTHING GONNA BE
ALL RIGHT THIS MORNING ♪
♪ NOW, WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY ♪
♪ AT THE AGE OF 5 ♪
♪ MY MOTHER SAID I'D BE ♪
♪ THE GREATEST MAN ALIVE ♪
-HERE IT IS... THE
RED CHIEF SPECIAL.
-PAUL, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO RUB IT IN MY NOSE!
-WHOO!
-COME ON. LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
FACT...
-SORRY.
- AFTER THREE AND A
HALF DAYS OF HANGING OUT,
EVEN MY BEST FRIEND WAS
STARTING TO GET ON MY NERVES.
-I WISH YOU WOULDN'T PUT
THE TOP ON SO TIGHT, HONEY!
-NOT TO MENTION MY FOLKS.
-RATHER HAVE PICKLE JUICE
ON YOUR BACK SEAT, NORMA?
-THAT SUMMER, I'D HAD
THE PROFOUND REVELATION
THAT MY PARENTS HAD SUDDENLY
BECOME BLITHERING IDIOTS.
-THING'S ON TIGHTER
THAN I THOUGHT.
-WELL, MAYBE IF WE BEAT
IT AGAINST THE TABLE.
-SOMETIMES IT WAS AS
IF THEY WERE SPEAKING
A WHOLE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.
-HEY, YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT
SOME OF MY TROUT, JACK, HUH?
PLENTY OF IT.
-HAMBURGER'S FINE, THANK YOU.
-TOMORROW, I'LL SHOW YOU
HOW TO CATCH SOME REAL FISH.
-RIGHT, KEV?
-WHATEVER.
ALL THIS FAMILY TOGETHERNESS
WAS MORE THAN MY
ADOLESCENT SOUL COULD TAKE.
WHAT I NEEDED WAS...
A SAVIOR.
-♪ A-BREAKIN' ROCKS
IN THE HOT SUN ♪
-SORRY WE'RE LATE.
-YOU GUYS WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE HERE THREE HOURS AGO.
-YEAH, WELL, WE, UM,
TOOK THE SCENIC ROUTE.
TELL HIM, WART.
WE TOOK THE SCENIC ROUTE.
-THAT WAS WAYNE'S
BUDDY DAVE WIRTSCHAFTER.
EVERYBODY CALLED HIM WART.
HARD GUY TO LOOK AT.
-SAY, I HAVE A FUN
THOUGHT FOR TONIGHT.
HOW ABOUT A CAMPFIRE?
-SOUNDS GOOD TO ME, MOM.
-OH, NO.
-SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO
BE AT THE DRIVE-IN TONIGHT.
-BUT, HANG ON. DID HE SAY...
-YEAH. AT THE DRIVE-IN.
"PLANET OF THE APES."
-GREAT. WE'LL COME WITH YOU.
-YOU MUST BE JOKING.
-OKAY, SO IT COST
US 15 BUCKS PLUS GAS.
AT LEAST WE'D FOUND A PLACE
TO HIDE OUT FOR THE NIGHT.
-GET OUT.
TELL 'EM, WART!
-GET OUT!
-AND THERE YOU HAD
IT. WE'D HIT BOTTOM.
-OKAY. WE'RE HERE TO STAY.
-WE WERE STRANDED AT A DRIVE-IN
WITH NO CAR, 50
CENTS IN OUR POCKETS,
AND NO PLACE TO GO
BUT... "PLANET OF THE APES."
AND THEN IT HAPPENED.
I KNEW THAT TRUCK.
I KNEW THAT GIRL.
AND I KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO.
LET'S GO TALK TO HER.
-ARE YOU CRAZY?
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HER!
-GREAT.
MR. CONDOM-IN-HIS-WALLET
WAS AFRAID OF LOCALS.
LOOK, PAUL, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO
SAID YOU WANTED TO MEET GIRLS.
OKAY.
-WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE HAPPENED?
-AIR LEAK. SHE
DIED IN HER SLEEP.
-YOU DON'T SEEM
VERY CUT-UP ABOUT IT.
-IT'S A LITTLE LATE FOR A WAKE.
SHE'S BEEN DEAD NEARLY A YEAR.
-THAT MEANS WE'VE BEEN AWAY
FROM EARTH FOR 18 MONTHS.
-OUR TIME.
-OKAY. ALL I NEEDED
WAS A SNAPPY OPENING.
YOU, UH... GOT
ANOTHER CIGARETTE?
-SORRY. BUMMED THIS ONE MYSELF.
-OH.
-BEEN AWAY FROM
EARTH FOR 2,000 YEARS.
-YOU CAN HAVE A DRAG
OF MINE IF YOU WANT.
-STILL CAN'T ACCEPT IT.
TIME'S WIPED OUT
EVERYTHING YOU EVER...
-MY GOAL WAS TO APPEAR
LIKE I'D BEEN DOING
THIS MY WHOLE LIFE.
- WE CAN'T GET BACK.
IT'S STILL JUST A THEORY.
-YOU DON'T SMOKE, DO YOU?
-NOTHING WILL GROW HERE.
-OH. UH, SOMETIMES.
-YOU SHOULDN'T. IT
DOESN'T FLATTER YOU.
-OH? WHAT ABOUT YOU?
-I SHOULDN'T, EITHER.
-THE THING IS, FOR SOME REASON,
I COULDN'T BREATHE.
SO... WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
-HERE.
-WHERE... THE DRIVE-IN?
ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM HERE.
-I'M KEVIN.
AND THIS IS PAUL.
-HI.
-HEY. CARA.
-HEY, CARA.
YOU WANT TO HANG
OUT, OR YOU WANT TO GO?
-WHATEVER.
I THINK MY BROTHER
WANTS TO SPLIT.
-WELL, IT WAS NICE
TALKING TO YOU, CARA.
-YEAH.
-AND MAYBE WE'LL SEE YOU AROUND.
YEAH. MAYBE.
-AND THAT WAS IT.
EXCEPT THAT IN THAT
BRIEF WRINKLE OF TIME,
I KNEW BEYOND A DOUBT THAT
SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED...
SOMETHING BIG.
-HEY!
IF YOU'RE AROUND
TOMORROW NIGHT...
I'LL BE HERE.
-I GUESS SHE KNEW IT, TOO.
THE NEXT DAY SEEMED TO
LAST ABOUT 11 CENTURIES.
-KEV, YOU WANT ME TO
BAIT A HOOK FOR YOU?
-NO, THANKS, DAD.
NO MATTER HOW I TRIED,
I COULDN'T GET THAT
GIRL OFF MY MIND.
WE'RE GOING BACK TONIGHT.
-WHAT?
YOU DON'T THINK I'M ACTUALLY
GONNA GO BACK THERE, DO YOU?
-COME ON. WE'LL ALL HANG OUT.
-YEAH, RIGHT.
MAYBE SHE HAS A FRIEND.
-A FRIEND?
-SURE, IT WAS UNDERHANDED,
BUT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...
CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
-HEY!
-HI, CARA!
-HOW'S IT GOING?
-ALL RIGHT.
-UH, MY BROTHER
AND A BUNCH OF US
WERE THINKING ABOUT
GOING DOWN TO THE LAKE
TO HANG OUT.
YOU WANT TO COME?
-SURE. SOUNDS GREAT.
-OH.
YOU THINK YOU HAVE
A... A FRIEND OR SOMEONE
WHO MAYBE WANTS TO COME ALONG?
-YEAH.
MAYBE LORI.
-LORI? THAT'S GREAT!
-SURE. LOVE TO GO.
-WELL, FOLKS, ONLY FIVE
MINUTES TILL SHOWTIME.
LET ONE OF OUR FRIENDLY
SNACK-BAR PERSONNEL
SERVICE YOU...
-FANTASTIC.
-I'LL MEET YOU OUT BACK.
-IF I COULD JUST
GRAB MY ASSOCIATE
FOR ONE QUICK SECOND HERE.
-SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
-I'M NOT GOING. NO WAY ON EARTH.
KEV, I'M YOUR BEST FRIEND.
I'LL DO ANYTHING
YOU WANT ME TO DO.
BUT, PLEASE, DON'T ASK
ME TO DO THIS FOR YOU.
-IT WAS THE HEARTFELT CRY
OF A DEAR AND TRUSTED FRIEND,
SO I REALLY HAD NO CHOICE.
SEE YA!
-NIGHT, PAUL.
-IT WAS TRUE I HARDLY
KNEW THESE KIDS
AND I'D JUST MET THIS GIRL
AND I HAD NO IDEA
WHERE I WAS GOING.
SEEMED TO ME, THAT
WAS EXACTLY THE POINT.
NICE NIGHT.
-YEAH.
-THAT NIGHT, I FELT
A MILLION MILES
FROM EVERYTHING
I'D KNOWN BEFORE.
-I'M STARTING HIGH
SCHOOL IN THE FALL.
-ME TOO.
-STINKS.
-YEAH.
-MAYBE THING WILL PICK
UP WHEN I GET MY LICENSE.
-THAT'S WHAT I'M
HOPING... A LITTLE MOBILITY.
YOU SHOULD COME UP AND VISIT ME.
-I'D LIKE THAT.
-THE THING IS, EVEN THOUGH
I'D JUST MET THIS WOMAN,
I FELT LIKE I'D KNOWN
HER MY WHOLE LIFE.
-HEY, CARA!
YOU WANT TO GO, OR YOU
WANT TO HANG OUT AWHILE?
-LEAVE US ALONE, BILLY.
-HE WATCHES OUT FOR YOU, HUH?
-THE GUYS AROUND HERE
ARE IDIOTS, YOU KNOW?
-YEAH.
-AND THE SUMMER GUYS...
YOU LEARN PRETTY
MUCH TO STAY AWAY FROM.
-OH.
-MY BROTHER HATES THAT I SMOKE.
-DO YOUR PARENTS KNOW?
-SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE THEY'RE
SPEAKING A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.
YOU KNOW?
-YEAH. I KNOW.
WE WERE SO MUCH LIKE EACH OTHER.
I COULD FEEL MYSELF MISSING HER
EVEN WHILE I WAS WITH HER.
-I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO
TRUST YOU, YOU KNOW.
-SO... DO YOU?
-YEAH.
-LET ME.
-I THOUGHT YOU WERE
GONNA LIGHT MY CIGARETTE.
NICE NIGHT.
-YEAH.
AND IT WAS.
-♪ IMAGINE ME AND YOU, I DO ♪
♪ I THINK ABOUT
YOU DAY AND NIGHT ♪
♪ IT'S ONLY RIGHT
TO THINK ABOUT... ♪
-OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS, I DID MY BEST
TO BE A GOOD SON TO
MY DAD, TO MY FAMILY.
-HEY, KEVIN!
-♪ IF I SHOULD CALL
YOU UP, INVEST A DIME ♪
-BUT SOMEHOW, SOMETHING
KEPT CALLING ME AWAY.
I GOT TO GO, DAD.
-♪ IMAGINE HOW THE WORLD
COULD BE SO VERY FINE ♪
♪ SO HAPPY TOGETHER ♪
♪ I CAN'T SEE ME LOVING... ♪
-CARA AND I HAD FOUND SOMETHING
NO TWO PEOPLE HAD
EVER FOUND BEFORE...
EACH OTHER.
-♪ BABY, THE SKIES
WILL BE BLUE ♪
♪ FOR ALL MY LIFE ♪
-WE TALKED ABOUT
EVERYTHING... ALMOST EVERYTHING.
-WILL I SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT?
-SURE!
-♪ THE ONLY ONE FOR ME
IS YOU AND YOU FOR ME ♪
-OF COURSE.
-♪ SO HAPPY TOGETHER ♪
-TROUBLE WAS, I WAS RUNNING
OUT OF NIGHTS, AND FAST.
-♪ HOW IS THE WEATHER? ♪
♪ SO HAPPY TOGETHER ♪
-I GUESS SOMEHOW, I JUST KEPT
HOPING SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN.
AND THEN IT DID.
-LOOK. ALVIN.
ALVIN, LOOK AT THIS.
WHAT IS THIS?
WHAT IS THIS? LOOK
WHAT YOUR SON HAS.
- OH, MY GOSH! MY WALLET!
- WHERE DID YOU GET THIS FROM?
WHAT IS THIS?!
-I GOT ONE!
-GUESS YOU COULD
CALL IT A RED-LETTER DAY.
-I GOT ONE! HUH?!
HERE WE GO!
EAT UP.
-THE FISH SMELLS GREAT, HONEY.
AREN'T YOU ALL PROUD
OF YOUR FATHER?
YEAH. WE'VE GOT FISH FOR DAYS.
-YEAH. WE'VE GOT FISH FOR DAYS.
-OF COURSE, I WAS MORE THAN GLAD
TO BE THERE FOR DAD'S
MOMENT OF TRIUMPH.
WELL, I GOT TO RUN.
-HONEY? RUN WHERE?
-TO THE DRIVE-IN.
YOU KNOW, WITH PAUL.
-AFRAID NOT, HONEYBUNCH.
THE PFEIFFSTER'S
NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
MR. RUBBERHEAD'S
GROUNDED FOR LIFE.
WAYNE!
-LOOK, MOM, I JUST HAVE
SOMETHING I HAVE TO DO, OKAY?
-WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU KNOW WHY I BROUGHT
THE WHOLE FAMILY UP HERE?
BECAUSE I THOUGHT
IT MIGHT BE NICE
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME...
TOGETHER.
I CAUGHT THAT FISH SO
WE COULD ALL ENJOY IT...
TOGETHER.
AND SINCE THIS
IS OUR LAST NIGHT,
I THOUGHT WE'D SPEND
IT WITH EACH OTHER...
TOGETHER.
- BUT, DAD...
- KEV!
I MEAN IT.
-PART OF ME KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
BUT ANOTHER PART OF
ME KNEW SOMETHING MORE.
I CAN'T STAY, DAD.
- KEVIN, SIT DOWN!
- WHY?
-BECAUSE I SAY SO,
AND I'M YOUR FATHER.
-THERE IT WAS.
MY WHOLE LIFE, THEY'D
BEEN HIS FINAL WORDS.
I'M SORRY.
I'M GOING.
THAT NIGHT, HUDDLED IN THAT CAB,
WE PUT THE WHOLE
WORLD BEHIND US.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN WHEN I GOT HOME.
IT DIDN'T MATTER.
-YOU LIKE THIS?
-SURE. WHATEVER.
-♪ ...IN THE TALL GRASS
WHERE THE SHADOWS FELL ♪
-I HAD TO BE WITH
CARA. I HAD TO HOLD HER.
I JUST COULDN'T BRING
MYSELF TO TELL HER...
I WAS LEAVING.
SO... WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO TONIGHT?
-♪ THE EVENING BELL ♪
♪ JAMAICA, SAY YOU WILL ♪
-YOU'RE LEAVING, AREN'T YOU?
- ♪ HELP ME FIND A WAY ♪
- YEAH.
-♪ TO FILL THESE EMPTY HOURS ♪
-THAT'S TOO BAD.
-♪ AND SAY YOU WILL ♪
-I'LL MISS YOU.
-♪ COME AGAIN TOMORROW ♪
♪ THE DAUGHTER OF... ♪
-WHAT'S WRONG?
-NOTHING'S WRONG.
I'LL MISS YOU, TOO.
LOOK...
WE CAN STILL SEE EACH OTHER.
I MEAN... I GET MY
LICENSE IN A FEW MONTHS.
I COULD... YOU KNOW...
DRIVE UP...
- YEAH.
- ON WEEKENDS.
-YEAH.
-♪ JAMAICA, SAY YOU WILL ♪
-I THINK I GOT TO HANG OUT
WITH MY BROTHER TONIGHT.
-I WAS LOSING HER.
I GUESS I KNEW I HAD TO, BUT...
DON'T BE LIKE THAT!
-SORRY.
-♪ AND STAY UNTIL ♪
-LOOK, I WANT TO
STAY. YOU KNOW THAT.
YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW
THAT... MORE THAN ANYTHING!
BUT THERE WAS NOTHING
MORE I COULD SAY
EXCEPT...
I'M SORRY.
-I'M NOT.
-♪ JAMAICA WAS A
SWEET YOUNG ONE ♪
♪ I LOVED HER TRUE ♪
♪ SHE WAS A COMFORT AND A
MERCY THROUGH AND THROUGH ♪
♪ HIDING FROM THIS
WORLD TOGETHER ♪
♪ NEXT THING I KNEW ♪
♪ THEY HAD BROUGHT HER
THINGS DOWN TO THE BAY ♪
♪ WHAT COULD I DO? ♪
♪ JAMAICA, SAY YOU WILL ♪
♪ HELP ME FIND A WAY ♪
♪ TO FILL THESE SAILS ♪
♪ AND WE'LL SAIL UNTIL ♪
-I WANTED TO STAY
THERE IN THAT NIGHT
MORE THAN ANYTHING
I'D WANTED BEFORE.
BUT I KNEW I COULDN'T.
I WAS 15.
I SLEPT UNDER A ROOF
MY FATHER OWNED
IN A BED MY FATHER BOUGHT.
NOTHING WAS MINE...
EXCEPT MY HEART
AND MY FEARS
AND MY GROWING KNOWLEDGE
THAT NOT EVERY ROAD WAS
GOING TO LEAD HOME ANYMORE.
-♪ ...OUR WATERS HAVE RUN DRY ♪