The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 5, Episode 8 - Dinner Out - full transcript
For Jack's 43rd birthday, Norma decides to try and repair his relationship with Karen by having them meet at a restaurant. Her plan begins to backfire when Jack continues to begrudge Karen's live-in boyfriend Michael.
-♪ 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 ♪
-MY DAD WAS ALWAYS A
SUCKER FOR BIRTHDAYS.
EVERY YEAR, HE LOVED THE RITUAL,
THE ATTENTION, THE CAKE.
HECK, WE ALL LOVED THE CAKE.
BUT MOST OF ALL,
DAD LOVED OUR GIFTS.
NO MATTER WHAT WE GAVE HIM,
IT WAS HIS MOMENT OF
GLORY, HIS TIME IN THE SUN,
HIS CHANCE TO BE KING FOR A DAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, BY
BIRTHDAY TIME 1971,
THE KING WASN'T LOOKING SO...
- [BURPS]
- KINGLY.
-SORRY. [CHUCKLES]
-MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE HE
WAS ABOUT TO TURN 43 IN A WEEK.
MAYBE IT WAS THE
DAY-TO-DAY IRRITATIONS.
MAYBE IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
-JACK, I SPOKE TO KAREN TODAY.
-I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
-WELL, SHE JUST WANTED TO
KNOW HOW WE'RE ALL DOING.
-WE'RE DOING FINE.
-AND SHE MENTIONED
THAT SHE AND...
-I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
-FACE IT... FOR THE
PAST SIX MONTHS,
EVER SINCE HE'D
FOUND OUT MY SISTER
WAS COHABITATING
WITHOUT BENEFIT OF CLERGY,
DAD HAD BECOME KIND
OF... MONOSYLLABIC.
-[SIGHS]
-WE, OF COURSE, DID OUR
BEST TO HUMOR THE BIG GUY.
-SO, DAD...
WHO DO YOU THINK'S GONNA BE
IN THE SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR?
-I DON'T GET IT.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
JUST BECAUSE SHE'S
SHACKING UP WITH SOME GUY...
-[GROANS]
-WELL, JACK, MAYBE IF
YOU JUST TALK TO HER...
-BUT NO MATTER
HOW HARD WE TRIED,
THERE WAS JUST NO MENDING
THE HOLE IN OUR FAMILY.
-I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
-I DON'T WANT TO
TALK ABOUT IT. OKAY?
-AH, WELL. LIKE
DAD, LIKE DAUGHTER.
-HONEY, HE IS YOUR FATHER.
-MOM, DID YOU REALLY COME ALL
THE WAY UP HERE TO TELL ME THAT?
-NO. I CAME TO BRING
YOU GROCERIES.
-EVERY TWO WEEKS,
MY MOTHER WOULD
INVENT SOME SUBTERFUGE
TO SNEAK BEHIND ENEMY LINES
AND ATTEMPT TO RE-ESTABLISH
COMMUNICATIONS...
-WE DO HAVE STORES
AROUND HERE, YOU KNOW.
- WITH VARYING SUCCESS.
-HEY, YOU GOT THAT OKAY?
-YEAH. I'M FINE.
-YOUR MOM KNOWS THERE'S
ONLY TWO OF US, RIGHT?
-I THINK SO.
-THAT WOULD BE MICHAEL,
KAREN'S BOYFRIEND,
OR LIVE-IN, OR
SIGNIFICANT OTHER...
WHATEVER.
-SO, UH, HOW'S YOUR DAD?
-YOU KNOW, HE'S ABOUT THE SAME.
- ONLY WORSE?
- YOU GOT IT.
-THING IS,
EVEN THOUGH I WAS
SUPPOSED TO HATE THE GUY,
I DIDN'T... NOT THAT
THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
-WELL, WE LIVE TOGETHER.
WE SLEEP TOGETHER.
WE ARE TOGETHER.
-THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
-WE KNOW THAT, HONEY.
-NO, NO, NO, MAYBE YOU KNOW
THAT. DAD DOESN'T KNOW THAT.
-WELL, YOU JUST HAVE
TO GIVE HIM SOME TIME.
-I MEAN, HE... HE'S
STUBBORN, PIGHEADED.
ISN'T HE, KEVIN?
-UH...
-NOW, DON'T TALK ABOUT
YOUR FATHER LIKE THAT.
-SO, UH,
WHO DO YOU THINK'S GONNA BE
IN THE SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR?
-GUESS LIFE HERE WAS ABOUT
THE SAME AS AT OUR HOUSE.
-NEVER MIND.
-KAREN, YOU'RE NOT BEING FAIR.
JUST COME TALK TO HIM.
-MOM, I'D LOVE TO.
-WELL, GOOD, THEN.
-BUT NOT WITHOUT MICHAEL.
-[SIGHS]
-AND WE WERE BACK
WHERE WE STARTED.
-YOU KNOW, MAYBE
IT WOULDN'T HURT
FOR YOU TO, YOU KNOW,
SIT DOWN TOGETHER.
I MEAN, HE'S YOUR FATHER, RIGHT?
AND, WELL, HE'S PAYING FOR
ALL THE GROCERIES, RIGHT?
I THINK THERE'S
ANOTHER BAG IN THE CAR.
RIGHT?
-RIGHT.
-AND THERE YOU HAD IT.
-HONEY.
-THERE'S NOTHING MORE
TO TALK ABOUT, MOM.
-WE WERE TRAPPED BETWEEN
THE ROCK AND THE HARD PLACE...
WITH NO PLACE TO GO, BUT...
SHOPPING.
-"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING OLDER.
THAT WOULD BE
IMPOSSIBLE." [LAUGHS]
-COME ON, YOU DON'T
WANT TO GET HIM THAT.
-WHY NOT? MOM SAID WE CAN
GET HIM ANYTHING WE WANT.
-WHICH, FOR MY BROTHER,
MEANT ANYTHING UNDER A BUCK.
ME, I'D BEEN WORKING ALL SUMMER,
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST
TIME IN MY LIFE I COULD AFFORD
TO SPEND MORE THAN $2
FOR MY FATHER'S BIRTHDAY.
TROUBLE WAS I HAD ABSOLUTELY
NO IDEA WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
-MAY I HELP YOU?
-UH, YEAH, I'M LOOKING
FOR A GIFT FOR MY DAD.
-[GASPS] I KNOW JUST THE THING.
-GREAT. A LITTLE
PROFESSIONAL ADVICE.
-SOCKS.
- SOCKS.
- THEY'RE DACRON POLYESTER.
-WELL, NO. YOU SEE,
I WANTED TO GET HIM
SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BETTER.
-WELL, THAT
SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARD.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM?
-WELL, HE'S MY DAD, AND, UH...
-LET'S SEE NOW.
-WELL, HE'S SORT OF...
HE'S KIND OF LIKE...
-TROUBLE WAS, HOW COULD YOU
PUT A MAN LIKE THAT INTO WORDS?
[METAL CLANGS]
-DAMN!
-THAT WOULD BE ONE WAY.
- DAD?
- WHAT?
-WHAT DO YOU WANT
FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
-FIGURED MAYBE I'D
GET AN INSIGHT, HERE.
-SCREWDRIVER.
-OR MAYBE NOT.
-I MEAN, IS THERE SOMETHING
YOU MIGHT REALLY NEED,
BUT NO ONE EVER GOT YOU?
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING REALLY...
-NO!
-OH.
-[GROANS]
GREAT. IT'S ALL I NEEDED.
WHOLE PLACE IS COMING
APART IN MY HANDS.
-THE THING IS, I'D NEVER SEEN
THE GUY SO DOWN IN THE DUMPS.
SOMEONE WAS GONNA HAVE
TO DO SOMETHING, AND FAST.
-UM, JACK?
-HUH?
-AND THEN MY MOTHER DID.
-I'VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT YOUR PARTY.
-I DON'T WANT A PARTY.
-OH, FINE, THEN. IT
WON'T BE A PARTY.
IT'LL BE MORE LIKE A...
FAMILY GET-TOGETHER.
-BUT IF MOM THOUGHT
SHE WAS GONNA LEAD
THIS HORSE TO WATER,
SHE PICKED THE WRONG HORSE.
-FORGET IT, NORMA.
-YEAH, COME ON,
MOM. HE DOESN'T...
-I KNOW THAT KAREN
WOULD LOVE TO COME.
-SHE WOULD?
-I TALKED TO HER THIS MORNING.
-AND SHE SAID THAT,
THAT SHE'D LIKE TO COME?
-MM-HMM.
-IT WAS THE FIRST
GLIMMER OF A SMILE
I'D SEEN ON THE GUY IN WEEKS.
-SHE AND MICHAEL
SPOKE, AND THEY THOUGHT
THEY'D DRIVE DOWN
HERE ON SATURDAY, AND...
-WHAT?! OVER MY DEAD BODY.
[METAL CLANGS]
- BUT, HONEY.
- NO!
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!
-LISTEN TO ME, JACK!
SHE'S OUR DAUGHTER!
HOW CAN YOU TREAT HER LIKE THIS?
-WHAT ABOUT HER?
SHE'S THE ONE WHO
MOVED IN WITH THAT...
- HMM.
- THAT...
-CAD? CRADLE ROBBER?
-SHE WANTS TO COME
TO YOUR BIRTHDAY, JACK.
-NOT WITH THAT GUY,
NOT IN MY HOUSE!
-AND THERE IT WAS...
DAD'S FINAL PROCLAMATION.
END OF DISCUSSION.
THERE WAS NOTHING
LEFT TO SAY, EXCEPT...
-THEN WHY DON'T WE
GO SOMEPLACE ELSE?
-HUH?
-IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE
MOST INSPIRED MOMENT
OF WAYNE'S LONG AND
ABYSMAL ADOLESCENCE.
-WELL, YEAH, YOU KNOW,
LIKE A... A RESTAURANT.
-A RESTAURANT.
-AND SUDDENLY DAD HAD
BEEN CAUGHT DEAD TO RIGHTS.
-WHAT DO YOU THINK, HONEY?
-IN ONE FELL SWOOP,
THE GREAT WALL OF
PROTOCOL HAD BEEN SMASHED.
WHAT ELSE COULD THE
OLD MAN SAY, OTHER THAN...
-WHO GETS TO PICK
THE RESTAURANT?
- YOU.
- YOU DO.
-OH.
-AND SO, AT LONG LAST, THE
ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE.
-HERE YOU GO, GENTLEMEN.
-THE STAGE WAS SET
FOR THE GREAT ARNOLD
SATURDAY-NIGHT PEACE CONFERENCE
OF 1971.
THE BRIARCLIFF LODGE... OUR
VERY OWN DEMILITARIZED ZONE.
-NOT BAD.
-AS FOR ME,
I'D DECIDED ON A
SURPRISE GIFT FOR DAD.
I WAS GONNA BLOW THE
PROCEEDS OF MY SUMMER
ON DINNER FOR
THE WHOLE FAMILY...
ASSUMING IT DIDN'T GET STOLEN.
- GET OUT OF HERE!
- [LAUGHS]
-WELL, SHALL WE GO IN?
-YEP, ALL THAT REMAINED
WAS TO AWAIT THE ARRIVAL
OF LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS...
OR THE HELL'S ANGELS,
WHICHEVER CAME FIRST.
-HI. SORRY WE'RE LATE.
-THEY COULDN'T COME IN A CAR?
-THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR.
-HI, DAD.
-MM.
-HEY, MR. ARNOLD.
-HI, MICHAEL.
-LOOKING BACK, IT WAS QUITE
A MOMENT... HISTORIC, REALLY.
AFTER ALL, WE WERE
CROSSING THE RUBICON HERE.
-SO, YOU'RE THE GUY
WHO'S SLEEPING
WITH MY SISTER, HUH?
-AND THERE WAS
NOTHING TO DO BUT...
SWIM FOR OUR LIVES.
-GOOD EVENING. MAY I HELP YOU?
-YES. ARNOLD, PARTY OF SIX.
-LET ME CHECK.
-DINNER AT THE LAST
CHANCE RESTAURANT...
THINGS HADN'T EXACTLY
STARTED OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
STILL, AT LEAST EVERYONE
WAS STILL TALKING.
-I'M SORRY.
MIGHT THE RESERVATION
BE UNDER ANOTHER NAME?
-I DON'T THINK SO.
I CALLED MYSELF.
-I SEE NOTHING HERE.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL,
WE'RE QUITE BUSY.
AH, DR. COOK.
-HMM, SEEMED PRETTY CLEAR
THIS BOZO WAS PLAYING
MOM FOR ALL SHE WAS WORTH.
AND THE BIRTHDAY BOY
WAS GETTING ANTSY.
-[CLEARS THROAT]
THERE A PROBLEM, NORMA?
-UH, NO, HONEY.
EVERYTHING'S FINE.
-OKAY, THEN.
SINCE I WAS GONNA BE
PAYING FOR THIS FIASCO...
-LISTEN.
- MAC.
-TODAY'S MY FATHER'S BIRTHDAY.
SO THIS DINNER'S, UH,
KIND OF IMPORTANT.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN GET US A TABLE.
[ CHUCKLES]
-I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
-LIKE THEY SAY, MONEY TALKS.
NOBODY WALKS.
YEAH, IT WAS ALL JUST A MATTER
OF DROPPING A FEW
PESOS IN THE RIGHT POCKET.
-THIS IS LOVELY.
-WELL, YES. YOUR
TABLE IS OVER HERE.
-ON THE OTHER HAND,
MAYBE THE PESO DIDN'T
GO AS FAR AS IT USED TO.
-ENJOY.
-WELL, THIS IS... NICE.
- YEAH.
- YEAH.
-SO, WHERE DO WE SIT?
-WELL, LET ME SEE.
UH... HOW ABOUT...
BOY, GIRL, BOY, GIRL?
-THERE. SOUND THINKING.
WHAT A PLAN...
BOY...
GIRL...
BOY...
GIRL...
BOY...
BOY...
WHOA, BOY...
LEADING TO ONE
UNMISTAKABLE CONCLUSION.
-GUESS WE RAN OUT OF GIRLS, HUH?
-YEAH. THAT WOULD BE IT.
-AND HOW ARE WE
ALL THIS EVENING?
-IF ONLY SHE KNEW.
-CAN I GET YOU FOLKS A DRINK?
-UH, YEAH. I'LL HAVE A DOUBLE
SCOTCH, ROCKS, WITH A TWIST.
-FOR HIM, NATCH.
-OH.
-IF WE COULD JUST
SEE THE MENUS, PLEASE.
-OH, OUR SPECIAL TONIGHT
IS A 16-OUNCE PRIME RIB.
-PRIME RIB, HUH?
-ALL RIGHT, THIS WAS THE TICKET.
MELLOW THE GUY OUT WITH A
GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED HUNK OF...
-DEAD COW.
-UH, KAREN.
-WELL, THAT'S WHAT
PRIME RIB IS, ISN'T IT?
COW FLESH?
HOW MANY INNOCENT BEASTS
HAD TO BE SLAUGHTERED
SO WE COULD HAVE THIS MEAL?
-I DON'T KNOW, HONEY.
I JUST WORK HERE.
I'LL BE BACK TO
TAKE YOUR ORDERS.
-WHO CHOSE THIS PLACE, ANYWAY?
-DAD DID.
-WHICH LEFT US ABOUT,
OH, FIVE SECONDS
FROM MELTDOWN.
-SO, UH, MR. ARNOLD,
HOW ARE THINGS AT...
NORPLANT?
NORCORP. NORFLEET.
NOR...
[ CLOCK TICKING]
COM! [ DING!]
NORCOM!
THAT'S... THAT'S WHERE
YOU WORK, RIGHT?
HOW ARE THINGS THERE?
-WORK'S WORK.
-AND BACK TO ME.
-WELL, UH, I HAVE TO
GO TO THE BATHROOM.
-YEAH, ME TOO.
NORCOM! I KNEW IT WAS NORCOM.
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH ME?
-LOOK, IT WASN'T SO BAD, REALLY.
-RIGHT. I JUST MADE A
COMPLETE FOOL OF MYSELF.
-WELL, SOMETIMES MY DAD
CAN DO THAT TO PEOPLE.
-MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST STAY
IN HERE FOR A WHILE, YOU THINK?
-OBVIOUSLY THIS GUY NEEDED HELP.
-LOOK, YOU'LL BE FINE.
IT JUST GETS AWKWARD
WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW...
-SLEEPING WITH
SOMEONE'S DAUGHTER?
- THE NEW PERSON.
-YOU MEAN 'CAUSE I'M
SLEEPING WITH HIS DAUGHTER?
-WELL, THERE'S THAT.
-IF I COULD JUST FIGURE
OUT HOW TO TALK TO THE GUY.
WHAT'S HE INTERESTED IN...
I MEAN, BESIDES MURDER?
-SO I SEARCHED MY BRAIN
FOR THAT ONE ELUSIVE,
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
THAT COULD SOMEHOW
FORGE A BOND BETWEEN MEN.
-WHAT ABOUT GOLF?
-GOLF?
-SURE. DAD LOVED GOLF.
-UH-HUH.
-MY SHORT GAME'S CRAP,
MY PUTTING'S GONE TO POT,
AND LAST WEEKEND I LOST 12
BUCKS ON A THREE-MAN NASSAU.
I HATE GOLF.
-EXCUSE ME.
-IT'S ALL YOU CAN EAT, BUTTHEAD,
NOT ALL YOU CAN CARRY.
-YEAH.
POW.
-AND SO, FROM THE FAR-FLUNG
CORNERS OF THE SALAD BAR,
WE CAME TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN,
BASKING IN THE WARM GLOW
OF FAMILIAL COMPANIONSHIP,
CHATTING UP A STORM.
-I HAVE AN IDEA.
WHY DON'T WE ALL GIVE
YOUR FATHER HIS GIFTS?
-AH, NORMA, I DON'T...
-DON'T BE SILLY, JACK.
IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE PRESENTS.
-WELL, IT WAS WORTH
A TRY, ANYWAY.
-SORRY I DIDN'T
HAVE TIME TO WRAP IT,
BUT, UH, IT'S REALLY COOL, HUH?
-THANKS.
-FORTUNATELY, AS IT TURNED
OUT, THE EVENING DIDN'T HINGE
ON WAYNE'S TASTE
IN HABERDASHERY.
-GO ON. OPEN IT.
NOVEMBER 6, 1927...
43 YEARS AGO TODAY.
-WHERE'D YOU GET THIS?
-I ASKED YOUR FATHER IF HE
HAD ANY OLD PICTURES OF YOU,
AND HE GAVE ME A BOX YOUR
MOTHER LEFT IN THE ATTIC.
-MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE?
LOOK AT THE TINY
LITTLE FOOTPRINTS.
[CHUCKLES] THEY'RE
SMALLER THAN MY THUMBS.
SEE?
-AND THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED.
FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT NIGHT,
YOU COULD FEEL
SOMETHING BETWEEN US...
SOMETHING REAL.
-HERE YOU ARE AT YOUR
COLLEGE GRADUATION.
AND HERE YOU ARE,
LEAVING FOR KOREA.
AIN'T HE HANDSOME
IN HIS UNIFORM?
[LAUGHTER]
OH, LOOK AT ME. I'M
AS BIG AS A HOUSE.
THAT WAS A WEEK
BEFORE KAREN WAS BORN.
YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID TO ME
WHEN I CALLED YOU
FROM THE HOSPITAL?
-YEAH. I REMEMBER.
I SAID, "I HOPE IT'S A GIRL."
-IN THAT MOMENT, ALMOST
FROM OUT OF NOWHERE,
WE WERE DRAWN TOGETHER AGAIN.
-OH. HERE'S THE WHOLE FAMILY.
THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, HUH?
-IT WAS THE FAMILY
WE REMEMBERED,
THE FAMILY WE LOVED,
THE FAMILY WE'D ONCE BEEN.
-HERE. OPEN MINE NEXT, DADDY.
-OH. [CLEARS THROAT]
-[GASPS]
-A RATCHET SET. I
COULD REALLY USE THIS.
-I'M GLAD.
IT WAS MICHAEL'S IDEA.
-GUESS YOU COULD SAY IT
WAS KIND OF THE HIGH POINT
OF THE EVENING.
-THANKS.
[CLEARS THROAT]
-WELL, GEE, DAD. DON'T
GET ALL CHOKED UP ABOUT IT.
-I SAID THANK YOU.
-DID YOU SEE WHAT HE JUST
DID? MOM, DID YOU JUST SEE?
-HONEY.
-COME ON, KAREN, GIVE THE
GUY A BREAK. IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY.
-HEY, WHEN I NEED YOUR
HELP, I'LL ASK FOR IT.
-LOOK, I WAS JUST
TRYING TO EASE THE...
-YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH, DAMN IT.
-THAT'S IT. I'M LEAVING.
-KAREN!
-YOU KNOW, I DON'T
KNOW WHY I THOUGHT
TONIGHT WOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT.
COME ON, MICHAEL.
WE'RE OUT OF HERE.
-NO. YOU'RE NOT OUT OF HERE.
WE'RE OUT OF HERE.
WHERE'S THE CHECK?
-IT WAS HORRIBLE.
-WAIT A MINUTE, DAD.
I WAS GONNA PAY.
-JACK, PLEASE.
-YOU GONNA EAT THIS?
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
-THAT NIGHT, I SAT AND LOOKED
AT OLD PHOTOS OF MY DAD...
THE THINGS HE'D DONE,
HIS LIFE AND TIMES.
MAYBE I WAS SEARCHING FOR
SOME WAY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.
BUT SOMEHOW I KNEW...
IT WASN'T UP TO ME
TO SET THIS RIGHT.
[MOTORCYCLE APPROACHES]
-HI.
-[SIGHS]
-DADDY, CAN WE TALK?
-I THINK I'D LIKE THAT.
YOU COMING IN?
-I-I CAN'T STAY.
-I KNOW.
-NOT FOR LONG, ANYWAY.
-I KNOW.
-[CHUCKLES]
ONLY WHERE TO BEGIN?
-I COULDN'T HEAR
EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID.
BUT, WATCHING THEM,
I FINALLY KNEW WHAT MY FATHER
NEEDED FOR HIS BIRTHDAY...
NOT A FUNNY TIE OR A $47 MEAL
OR EVEN A RATCHET SET.
WHAT HE NEEDED WAS...
-HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
- WAS TO KNOW, DEEP DOWN,
THAT SHE REMEMBERED
WHAT HE REMEMBERED,
AND TO FEEL, EVEN FOR
THAT BRIEFEST MOMENT...
LIKE KING FOR A DAY.
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 ♪
-MY DAD WAS ALWAYS A
SUCKER FOR BIRTHDAYS.
EVERY YEAR, HE LOVED THE RITUAL,
THE ATTENTION, THE CAKE.
HECK, WE ALL LOVED THE CAKE.
BUT MOST OF ALL,
DAD LOVED OUR GIFTS.
NO MATTER WHAT WE GAVE HIM,
IT WAS HIS MOMENT OF
GLORY, HIS TIME IN THE SUN,
HIS CHANCE TO BE KING FOR A DAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, BY
BIRTHDAY TIME 1971,
THE KING WASN'T LOOKING SO...
- [BURPS]
- KINGLY.
-SORRY. [CHUCKLES]
-MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE HE
WAS ABOUT TO TURN 43 IN A WEEK.
MAYBE IT WAS THE
DAY-TO-DAY IRRITATIONS.
MAYBE IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
-JACK, I SPOKE TO KAREN TODAY.
-I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
-WELL, SHE JUST WANTED TO
KNOW HOW WE'RE ALL DOING.
-WE'RE DOING FINE.
-AND SHE MENTIONED
THAT SHE AND...
-I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
-FACE IT... FOR THE
PAST SIX MONTHS,
EVER SINCE HE'D
FOUND OUT MY SISTER
WAS COHABITATING
WITHOUT BENEFIT OF CLERGY,
DAD HAD BECOME KIND
OF... MONOSYLLABIC.
-[SIGHS]
-WE, OF COURSE, DID OUR
BEST TO HUMOR THE BIG GUY.
-SO, DAD...
WHO DO YOU THINK'S GONNA BE
IN THE SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR?
-I DON'T GET IT.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
JUST BECAUSE SHE'S
SHACKING UP WITH SOME GUY...
-[GROANS]
-WELL, JACK, MAYBE IF
YOU JUST TALK TO HER...
-BUT NO MATTER
HOW HARD WE TRIED,
THERE WAS JUST NO MENDING
THE HOLE IN OUR FAMILY.
-I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
-I DON'T WANT TO
TALK ABOUT IT. OKAY?
-AH, WELL. LIKE
DAD, LIKE DAUGHTER.
-HONEY, HE IS YOUR FATHER.
-MOM, DID YOU REALLY COME ALL
THE WAY UP HERE TO TELL ME THAT?
-NO. I CAME TO BRING
YOU GROCERIES.
-EVERY TWO WEEKS,
MY MOTHER WOULD
INVENT SOME SUBTERFUGE
TO SNEAK BEHIND ENEMY LINES
AND ATTEMPT TO RE-ESTABLISH
COMMUNICATIONS...
-WE DO HAVE STORES
AROUND HERE, YOU KNOW.
- WITH VARYING SUCCESS.
-HEY, YOU GOT THAT OKAY?
-YEAH. I'M FINE.
-YOUR MOM KNOWS THERE'S
ONLY TWO OF US, RIGHT?
-I THINK SO.
-THAT WOULD BE MICHAEL,
KAREN'S BOYFRIEND,
OR LIVE-IN, OR
SIGNIFICANT OTHER...
WHATEVER.
-SO, UH, HOW'S YOUR DAD?
-YOU KNOW, HE'S ABOUT THE SAME.
- ONLY WORSE?
- YOU GOT IT.
-THING IS,
EVEN THOUGH I WAS
SUPPOSED TO HATE THE GUY,
I DIDN'T... NOT THAT
THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
-WELL, WE LIVE TOGETHER.
WE SLEEP TOGETHER.
WE ARE TOGETHER.
-THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
-WE KNOW THAT, HONEY.
-NO, NO, NO, MAYBE YOU KNOW
THAT. DAD DOESN'T KNOW THAT.
-WELL, YOU JUST HAVE
TO GIVE HIM SOME TIME.
-I MEAN, HE... HE'S
STUBBORN, PIGHEADED.
ISN'T HE, KEVIN?
-UH...
-NOW, DON'T TALK ABOUT
YOUR FATHER LIKE THAT.
-SO, UH,
WHO DO YOU THINK'S GONNA BE
IN THE SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR?
-GUESS LIFE HERE WAS ABOUT
THE SAME AS AT OUR HOUSE.
-NEVER MIND.
-KAREN, YOU'RE NOT BEING FAIR.
JUST COME TALK TO HIM.
-MOM, I'D LOVE TO.
-WELL, GOOD, THEN.
-BUT NOT WITHOUT MICHAEL.
-[SIGHS]
-AND WE WERE BACK
WHERE WE STARTED.
-YOU KNOW, MAYBE
IT WOULDN'T HURT
FOR YOU TO, YOU KNOW,
SIT DOWN TOGETHER.
I MEAN, HE'S YOUR FATHER, RIGHT?
AND, WELL, HE'S PAYING FOR
ALL THE GROCERIES, RIGHT?
I THINK THERE'S
ANOTHER BAG IN THE CAR.
RIGHT?
-RIGHT.
-AND THERE YOU HAD IT.
-HONEY.
-THERE'S NOTHING MORE
TO TALK ABOUT, MOM.
-WE WERE TRAPPED BETWEEN
THE ROCK AND THE HARD PLACE...
WITH NO PLACE TO GO, BUT...
SHOPPING.
-"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING OLDER.
THAT WOULD BE
IMPOSSIBLE." [LAUGHS]
-COME ON, YOU DON'T
WANT TO GET HIM THAT.
-WHY NOT? MOM SAID WE CAN
GET HIM ANYTHING WE WANT.
-WHICH, FOR MY BROTHER,
MEANT ANYTHING UNDER A BUCK.
ME, I'D BEEN WORKING ALL SUMMER,
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST
TIME IN MY LIFE I COULD AFFORD
TO SPEND MORE THAN $2
FOR MY FATHER'S BIRTHDAY.
TROUBLE WAS I HAD ABSOLUTELY
NO IDEA WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
-MAY I HELP YOU?
-UH, YEAH, I'M LOOKING
FOR A GIFT FOR MY DAD.
-[GASPS] I KNOW JUST THE THING.
-GREAT. A LITTLE
PROFESSIONAL ADVICE.
-SOCKS.
- SOCKS.
- THEY'RE DACRON POLYESTER.
-WELL, NO. YOU SEE,
I WANTED TO GET HIM
SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BETTER.
-WELL, THAT
SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARD.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM?
-WELL, HE'S MY DAD, AND, UH...
-LET'S SEE NOW.
-WELL, HE'S SORT OF...
HE'S KIND OF LIKE...
-TROUBLE WAS, HOW COULD YOU
PUT A MAN LIKE THAT INTO WORDS?
[METAL CLANGS]
-DAMN!
-THAT WOULD BE ONE WAY.
- DAD?
- WHAT?
-WHAT DO YOU WANT
FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
-FIGURED MAYBE I'D
GET AN INSIGHT, HERE.
-SCREWDRIVER.
-OR MAYBE NOT.
-I MEAN, IS THERE SOMETHING
YOU MIGHT REALLY NEED,
BUT NO ONE EVER GOT YOU?
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING REALLY...
-NO!
-OH.
-[GROANS]
GREAT. IT'S ALL I NEEDED.
WHOLE PLACE IS COMING
APART IN MY HANDS.
-THE THING IS, I'D NEVER SEEN
THE GUY SO DOWN IN THE DUMPS.
SOMEONE WAS GONNA HAVE
TO DO SOMETHING, AND FAST.
-UM, JACK?
-HUH?
-AND THEN MY MOTHER DID.
-I'VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT YOUR PARTY.
-I DON'T WANT A PARTY.
-OH, FINE, THEN. IT
WON'T BE A PARTY.
IT'LL BE MORE LIKE A...
FAMILY GET-TOGETHER.
-BUT IF MOM THOUGHT
SHE WAS GONNA LEAD
THIS HORSE TO WATER,
SHE PICKED THE WRONG HORSE.
-FORGET IT, NORMA.
-YEAH, COME ON,
MOM. HE DOESN'T...
-I KNOW THAT KAREN
WOULD LOVE TO COME.
-SHE WOULD?
-I TALKED TO HER THIS MORNING.
-AND SHE SAID THAT,
THAT SHE'D LIKE TO COME?
-MM-HMM.
-IT WAS THE FIRST
GLIMMER OF A SMILE
I'D SEEN ON THE GUY IN WEEKS.
-SHE AND MICHAEL
SPOKE, AND THEY THOUGHT
THEY'D DRIVE DOWN
HERE ON SATURDAY, AND...
-WHAT?! OVER MY DEAD BODY.
[METAL CLANGS]
- BUT, HONEY.
- NO!
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!
-LISTEN TO ME, JACK!
SHE'S OUR DAUGHTER!
HOW CAN YOU TREAT HER LIKE THIS?
-WHAT ABOUT HER?
SHE'S THE ONE WHO
MOVED IN WITH THAT...
- HMM.
- THAT...
-CAD? CRADLE ROBBER?
-SHE WANTS TO COME
TO YOUR BIRTHDAY, JACK.
-NOT WITH THAT GUY,
NOT IN MY HOUSE!
-AND THERE IT WAS...
DAD'S FINAL PROCLAMATION.
END OF DISCUSSION.
THERE WAS NOTHING
LEFT TO SAY, EXCEPT...
-THEN WHY DON'T WE
GO SOMEPLACE ELSE?
-HUH?
-IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE
MOST INSPIRED MOMENT
OF WAYNE'S LONG AND
ABYSMAL ADOLESCENCE.
-WELL, YEAH, YOU KNOW,
LIKE A... A RESTAURANT.
-A RESTAURANT.
-AND SUDDENLY DAD HAD
BEEN CAUGHT DEAD TO RIGHTS.
-WHAT DO YOU THINK, HONEY?
-IN ONE FELL SWOOP,
THE GREAT WALL OF
PROTOCOL HAD BEEN SMASHED.
WHAT ELSE COULD THE
OLD MAN SAY, OTHER THAN...
-WHO GETS TO PICK
THE RESTAURANT?
- YOU.
- YOU DO.
-OH.
-AND SO, AT LONG LAST, THE
ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE.
-HERE YOU GO, GENTLEMEN.
-THE STAGE WAS SET
FOR THE GREAT ARNOLD
SATURDAY-NIGHT PEACE CONFERENCE
OF 1971.
THE BRIARCLIFF LODGE... OUR
VERY OWN DEMILITARIZED ZONE.
-NOT BAD.
-AS FOR ME,
I'D DECIDED ON A
SURPRISE GIFT FOR DAD.
I WAS GONNA BLOW THE
PROCEEDS OF MY SUMMER
ON DINNER FOR
THE WHOLE FAMILY...
ASSUMING IT DIDN'T GET STOLEN.
- GET OUT OF HERE!
- [LAUGHS]
-WELL, SHALL WE GO IN?
-YEP, ALL THAT REMAINED
WAS TO AWAIT THE ARRIVAL
OF LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS...
OR THE HELL'S ANGELS,
WHICHEVER CAME FIRST.
-HI. SORRY WE'RE LATE.
-THEY COULDN'T COME IN A CAR?
-THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR.
-HI, DAD.
-MM.
-HEY, MR. ARNOLD.
-HI, MICHAEL.
-LOOKING BACK, IT WAS QUITE
A MOMENT... HISTORIC, REALLY.
AFTER ALL, WE WERE
CROSSING THE RUBICON HERE.
-SO, YOU'RE THE GUY
WHO'S SLEEPING
WITH MY SISTER, HUH?
-AND THERE WAS
NOTHING TO DO BUT...
SWIM FOR OUR LIVES.
-GOOD EVENING. MAY I HELP YOU?
-YES. ARNOLD, PARTY OF SIX.
-LET ME CHECK.
-DINNER AT THE LAST
CHANCE RESTAURANT...
THINGS HADN'T EXACTLY
STARTED OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
STILL, AT LEAST EVERYONE
WAS STILL TALKING.
-I'M SORRY.
MIGHT THE RESERVATION
BE UNDER ANOTHER NAME?
-I DON'T THINK SO.
I CALLED MYSELF.
-I SEE NOTHING HERE.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL,
WE'RE QUITE BUSY.
AH, DR. COOK.
-HMM, SEEMED PRETTY CLEAR
THIS BOZO WAS PLAYING
MOM FOR ALL SHE WAS WORTH.
AND THE BIRTHDAY BOY
WAS GETTING ANTSY.
-[CLEARS THROAT]
THERE A PROBLEM, NORMA?
-UH, NO, HONEY.
EVERYTHING'S FINE.
-OKAY, THEN.
SINCE I WAS GONNA BE
PAYING FOR THIS FIASCO...
-LISTEN.
- MAC.
-TODAY'S MY FATHER'S BIRTHDAY.
SO THIS DINNER'S, UH,
KIND OF IMPORTANT.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN GET US A TABLE.
[ CHUCKLES]
-I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
-LIKE THEY SAY, MONEY TALKS.
NOBODY WALKS.
YEAH, IT WAS ALL JUST A MATTER
OF DROPPING A FEW
PESOS IN THE RIGHT POCKET.
-THIS IS LOVELY.
-WELL, YES. YOUR
TABLE IS OVER HERE.
-ON THE OTHER HAND,
MAYBE THE PESO DIDN'T
GO AS FAR AS IT USED TO.
-ENJOY.
-WELL, THIS IS... NICE.
- YEAH.
- YEAH.
-SO, WHERE DO WE SIT?
-WELL, LET ME SEE.
UH... HOW ABOUT...
BOY, GIRL, BOY, GIRL?
-THERE. SOUND THINKING.
WHAT A PLAN...
BOY...
GIRL...
BOY...
GIRL...
BOY...
BOY...
WHOA, BOY...
LEADING TO ONE
UNMISTAKABLE CONCLUSION.
-GUESS WE RAN OUT OF GIRLS, HUH?
-YEAH. THAT WOULD BE IT.
-AND HOW ARE WE
ALL THIS EVENING?
-IF ONLY SHE KNEW.
-CAN I GET YOU FOLKS A DRINK?
-UH, YEAH. I'LL HAVE A DOUBLE
SCOTCH, ROCKS, WITH A TWIST.
-FOR HIM, NATCH.
-OH.
-IF WE COULD JUST
SEE THE MENUS, PLEASE.
-OH, OUR SPECIAL TONIGHT
IS A 16-OUNCE PRIME RIB.
-PRIME RIB, HUH?
-ALL RIGHT, THIS WAS THE TICKET.
MELLOW THE GUY OUT WITH A
GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED HUNK OF...
-DEAD COW.
-UH, KAREN.
-WELL, THAT'S WHAT
PRIME RIB IS, ISN'T IT?
COW FLESH?
HOW MANY INNOCENT BEASTS
HAD TO BE SLAUGHTERED
SO WE COULD HAVE THIS MEAL?
-I DON'T KNOW, HONEY.
I JUST WORK HERE.
I'LL BE BACK TO
TAKE YOUR ORDERS.
-WHO CHOSE THIS PLACE, ANYWAY?
-DAD DID.
-WHICH LEFT US ABOUT,
OH, FIVE SECONDS
FROM MELTDOWN.
-SO, UH, MR. ARNOLD,
HOW ARE THINGS AT...
NORPLANT?
NORCORP. NORFLEET.
NOR...
[ CLOCK TICKING]
COM! [ DING!]
NORCOM!
THAT'S... THAT'S WHERE
YOU WORK, RIGHT?
HOW ARE THINGS THERE?
-WORK'S WORK.
-AND BACK TO ME.
-WELL, UH, I HAVE TO
GO TO THE BATHROOM.
-YEAH, ME TOO.
NORCOM! I KNEW IT WAS NORCOM.
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH ME?
-LOOK, IT WASN'T SO BAD, REALLY.
-RIGHT. I JUST MADE A
COMPLETE FOOL OF MYSELF.
-WELL, SOMETIMES MY DAD
CAN DO THAT TO PEOPLE.
-MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST STAY
IN HERE FOR A WHILE, YOU THINK?
-OBVIOUSLY THIS GUY NEEDED HELP.
-LOOK, YOU'LL BE FINE.
IT JUST GETS AWKWARD
WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW...
-SLEEPING WITH
SOMEONE'S DAUGHTER?
- THE NEW PERSON.
-YOU MEAN 'CAUSE I'M
SLEEPING WITH HIS DAUGHTER?
-WELL, THERE'S THAT.
-IF I COULD JUST FIGURE
OUT HOW TO TALK TO THE GUY.
WHAT'S HE INTERESTED IN...
I MEAN, BESIDES MURDER?
-SO I SEARCHED MY BRAIN
FOR THAT ONE ELUSIVE,
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
THAT COULD SOMEHOW
FORGE A BOND BETWEEN MEN.
-WHAT ABOUT GOLF?
-GOLF?
-SURE. DAD LOVED GOLF.
-UH-HUH.
-MY SHORT GAME'S CRAP,
MY PUTTING'S GONE TO POT,
AND LAST WEEKEND I LOST 12
BUCKS ON A THREE-MAN NASSAU.
I HATE GOLF.
-EXCUSE ME.
-IT'S ALL YOU CAN EAT, BUTTHEAD,
NOT ALL YOU CAN CARRY.
-YEAH.
POW.
-AND SO, FROM THE FAR-FLUNG
CORNERS OF THE SALAD BAR,
WE CAME TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN,
BASKING IN THE WARM GLOW
OF FAMILIAL COMPANIONSHIP,
CHATTING UP A STORM.
-I HAVE AN IDEA.
WHY DON'T WE ALL GIVE
YOUR FATHER HIS GIFTS?
-AH, NORMA, I DON'T...
-DON'T BE SILLY, JACK.
IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE PRESENTS.
-WELL, IT WAS WORTH
A TRY, ANYWAY.
-SORRY I DIDN'T
HAVE TIME TO WRAP IT,
BUT, UH, IT'S REALLY COOL, HUH?
-THANKS.
-FORTUNATELY, AS IT TURNED
OUT, THE EVENING DIDN'T HINGE
ON WAYNE'S TASTE
IN HABERDASHERY.
-GO ON. OPEN IT.
NOVEMBER 6, 1927...
43 YEARS AGO TODAY.
-WHERE'D YOU GET THIS?
-I ASKED YOUR FATHER IF HE
HAD ANY OLD PICTURES OF YOU,
AND HE GAVE ME A BOX YOUR
MOTHER LEFT IN THE ATTIC.
-MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE?
LOOK AT THE TINY
LITTLE FOOTPRINTS.
[CHUCKLES] THEY'RE
SMALLER THAN MY THUMBS.
SEE?
-AND THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED.
FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT NIGHT,
YOU COULD FEEL
SOMETHING BETWEEN US...
SOMETHING REAL.
-HERE YOU ARE AT YOUR
COLLEGE GRADUATION.
AND HERE YOU ARE,
LEAVING FOR KOREA.
AIN'T HE HANDSOME
IN HIS UNIFORM?
[LAUGHTER]
OH, LOOK AT ME. I'M
AS BIG AS A HOUSE.
THAT WAS A WEEK
BEFORE KAREN WAS BORN.
YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID TO ME
WHEN I CALLED YOU
FROM THE HOSPITAL?
-YEAH. I REMEMBER.
I SAID, "I HOPE IT'S A GIRL."
-IN THAT MOMENT, ALMOST
FROM OUT OF NOWHERE,
WE WERE DRAWN TOGETHER AGAIN.
-OH. HERE'S THE WHOLE FAMILY.
THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, HUH?
-IT WAS THE FAMILY
WE REMEMBERED,
THE FAMILY WE LOVED,
THE FAMILY WE'D ONCE BEEN.
-HERE. OPEN MINE NEXT, DADDY.
-OH. [CLEARS THROAT]
-[GASPS]
-A RATCHET SET. I
COULD REALLY USE THIS.
-I'M GLAD.
IT WAS MICHAEL'S IDEA.
-GUESS YOU COULD SAY IT
WAS KIND OF THE HIGH POINT
OF THE EVENING.
-THANKS.
[CLEARS THROAT]
-WELL, GEE, DAD. DON'T
GET ALL CHOKED UP ABOUT IT.
-I SAID THANK YOU.
-DID YOU SEE WHAT HE JUST
DID? MOM, DID YOU JUST SEE?
-HONEY.
-COME ON, KAREN, GIVE THE
GUY A BREAK. IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY.
-HEY, WHEN I NEED YOUR
HELP, I'LL ASK FOR IT.
-LOOK, I WAS JUST
TRYING TO EASE THE...
-YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH, DAMN IT.
-THAT'S IT. I'M LEAVING.
-KAREN!
-YOU KNOW, I DON'T
KNOW WHY I THOUGHT
TONIGHT WOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT.
COME ON, MICHAEL.
WE'RE OUT OF HERE.
-NO. YOU'RE NOT OUT OF HERE.
WE'RE OUT OF HERE.
WHERE'S THE CHECK?
-IT WAS HORRIBLE.
-WAIT A MINUTE, DAD.
I WAS GONNA PAY.
-JACK, PLEASE.
-YOU GONNA EAT THIS?
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
-THAT NIGHT, I SAT AND LOOKED
AT OLD PHOTOS OF MY DAD...
THE THINGS HE'D DONE,
HIS LIFE AND TIMES.
MAYBE I WAS SEARCHING FOR
SOME WAY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.
BUT SOMEHOW I KNEW...
IT WASN'T UP TO ME
TO SET THIS RIGHT.
[MOTORCYCLE APPROACHES]
-HI.
-[SIGHS]
-DADDY, CAN WE TALK?
-I THINK I'D LIKE THAT.
YOU COMING IN?
-I-I CAN'T STAY.
-I KNOW.
-NOT FOR LONG, ANYWAY.
-I KNOW.
-[CHUCKLES]
ONLY WHERE TO BEGIN?
-I COULDN'T HEAR
EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID.
BUT, WATCHING THEM,
I FINALLY KNEW WHAT MY FATHER
NEEDED FOR HIS BIRTHDAY...
NOT A FUNNY TIE OR A $47 MEAL
OR EVEN A RATCHET SET.
WHAT HE NEEDED WAS...
-HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
- WAS TO KNOW, DEEP DOWN,
THAT SHE REMEMBERED
WHAT HE REMEMBERED,
AND TO FEEL, EVEN FOR
THAT BRIEFEST MOMENT...
LIKE KING FOR A DAY.