The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 6, Episode 20 - Reunion - full transcript

The Arnolds travel back to where Jack and Norma grew up to celebrate their high school reunion. But while Norma's parents are thrilled to see Norma, Kevin and Wayne, their enthusiasm for Jack isn't so pronounced.

[JOE COCKER'S "WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS" PLAYS]

-♪ BABY ♪

-♪ HIGH 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, OH, I'M GONNA
KEEP ON TRYIN' ♪

-♪ GET BY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ I'M GONNA KEEP
ON TRYIN', NOW, BABE ♪

-♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪

-CHICAGO IS...

-IN THE SPRING OF 1973,



THE ARNOLD FAMILY
TOOK TO THE SKIES.

ARMED WITH FOUR COACH TICKETS

AND ENOUGH LUGGAGE
TO SINK A BATTLESHIP,

WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO A
WEEKEND OF HIGH ADVENTURE.

CAN I GET SOME MORE
PEANUTS, PLEASE?

- SURE.
- THANKS.

THAT YEAR HAD SEEN
A LOT OF CHANGE.

I WAS PRACTICALLY A SENIOR...
ONCE I GOT THROUGH EXAMS.

MOM HAD JOINED THE
RANKS OF WORKING WOMEN,

WHETHER WE LIKED IT OR NOT.

DAD'S FURNITURE
BUSINESS WAS THRIVING,

ALTHOUGH HE WASN'T
AT THE MOMENT.

STILL, ALL IN ALL, THINGS WERE
PRETTY MUCH SMOOTH SAILING.

-[PANTING] DID YOU FEEL THAT?



-YEP.

HOPE IT WASN'T THE ENGINE.

-OOH.

-NOT THAT WE'D VENTURED
INTO THE FRIENDLY SKIES

WITHOUT A REASON.

WE WERE ON OUR WAY HOME.

WELL, MOM'S HOME, ANYWAY.

-LOOK, JACK!

SYLVIA MILLER'S CHAIRING
THE REUNION COMMITTEE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN HER IN 25 YEARS!

-YOU GOT IT... MY MOTHER'S
HIGH-SCHOOL REUNION.

-OH, AND LOOK, HONEY. THERE'S
GONNA BE A PICNIC ON SATURDAY

AND A PIE-EATING CONTEST!

-NORMA, PLEASE.

[RATTLING]

-HEY... WASN'T THAT THE WING?
[CHUCKLES]

YEAH, IT WAS GONNA BE SOME FUN.

-IT'LL BE FINE.

-LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...

-YEAH.

-AFTER ALL, THIS WAS MORE
THAN JUST A TRIP BACK IN TIME.

WE WERE HEADED HOME TO FAMILY.

-ARE WE THERE YET?

-MOM'S FAMILY.

FOR BETTER...

[DOORBELL RINGS]

OR WORSE.

-MOTHER!

-WELCOME HOME!

-LOOK AT THE TWO OF YOU!

-HOW'S MY LITTLE GIRL?

OH, LOOK AT THOSE
FINE GRANDSONS OF MINE!

-I ALMOST DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THEM!

-HI, GRANDMA.

-OH, KEVIN, YOU'VE
CERTAINLY GROWN

SINCE I SAW YOU THE LAST TIME.

-WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S
BEEN A LONG TIME, GRANDMA.

HOMECOMING AT THE GRANDPARENTS'.

-OH, WAYNE...

-WE SAW THEM, OH, ABOUT
ONCE EVERY CENTURY.

[LAUGHTER]

-HI!

HOW'S EVERYBODY?

-MAYBE THERE WAS A REASON.

-WELL, WHY DON'T
WE COME ON INSIDE?

YOU MUST BE EXHAUSTED
FROM YOUR TRIP.

COME ON. COME ON.

-MAYBE IT WAS DAD.

-WELL, BETTER GET
THAT LUGGAGE INSIDE

BEFORE SOME OF THE
LOCAL KIDS MAKE OFF WITH IT.

-YEAH.

-OH, JUST LOOK AT ALL THIS!

IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME!

[INHALES DEEPLY]
THE SMELL, EVEN.

-YOUR MOTHER'S BEEN
COOKING FOR DAYS.

-NOTHING'S TOO GOOD
FOR MY LITTLE GIRL.

-OH, MOM.

-SAY THIS FOR THE OLDSTERS...

THEY LOVE THEIR ONLY DAUGHTER...

[DOOR SLAMS]

IF NOT THEIR ONLY SON-IN-LAW.

-HERE WE ARE.

-WELL, HOW WAS THE TRIP?

-UH, IT WAS... OKAY.

-EXCEPT DAD GOT A LITTLE SICK.

-WELL, UH, IT'S JUST THE
FLIGHT WAS A LITTLE BUMPY, MOM.

-YOU'RE NOT GONNA
GET SICK AGAIN, ARE YOU?

-NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

-BECAUSE ROGER GAVE
US THIS GREAT ANTACID.

IT'S GOOD FOR DIARRHEA, TOO.

-NO, REALLY. I'M JUST...

-ROGER'S A DOCTOR, YOU KNOW.

-[Laughing] MOTHER...

ROGER'S BEEN A DOCTOR
FOR 15 YEARS NOW.

-AND A DARNED GOOD ONE.

-HE'S JUST BEEN
NAMED CHIEF OF STAFF

AT COUNTY GENERAL!

ISN'T THAT IMPRESSIVE?

-AND, OF COURSE, IT
WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

-[SIGHS]

-JUST ONE LITTLE QUESTION HERE.

WHO'S ROGER?

-[GASPS] OH, A LONG TIME AGO...

-MOTHER...

WE DON'T HAVE TO GET
INTO THIS RIGHT NOW, DO WE?

-I SUPPOSE NOT.

-BESIDES, WE SHOULD PROBABLY
UNPACK BEFORE DINNER.

DON'T YOU THINK, HONEY?

-YEAH. SURE.

-SO, JACK, UH...

BEEN WORKING ON YOUR GIN GAME?

-YEAH. SURE.

-GOOD.

'CAUSE I THOUGHT, AFTER DINNER,

YOU AND I MIGHT HAVE
A FRIENDLY LITTLE GAME.

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

-FINE, KARL. FINE.

-YEAH. YOU HAD
TO HAND IT TO DAD.

NO MATTER HOW COLD THE SHOULDER,

HE HUNG IN THERE,

LIKE A MAN AT THE GALLOWS.

-[SIGHS] WHERE DO I PUT THESE?

-WHY, IN NORMA'S
OLD ROOM, OF COURSE.

[LAUGHS]

JUST WAIT TILL YOU SEE IT!

[LAUGHS]

DADDY AND I HAVEN'T
CHANGED IT ONE BIT!

-THIS WAS FUN, SORT OF
LIKE VISITING A MUSEUM.

-LOOK!

-THE NORMA GUSTAFSON
MEMORIAL SHRINE.

-MOTHER, I CAN'T
BELIEVE YOU KEPT THESE!

OH, JACK, LOOK!

MY 6th-GRADE CITIZENSHIP RIBBON.

-I WAS PROUD OF
MY LITTLE GIRL...

STILL AM.

-YOU SHOULD HEAR HIM
BRAG TO THE BOYS IN KIWANIS

ABOUT THAT NEW JOB.

-ALWAYS KNEW SHE'D END UP
BEING SOMETHING IMPORTANT,

NO MATTER WHAT GOT IN HER WAY.

-ALL IN ALL, KIND OF REMINDED
YOU OF THE WALTONS.

[SQUEAKS]

-I HOPE YOU TWO ARE GONNA
BE COMFORTABLE HERE.

WE ONLY HAVE THE ONE BED.

[SQUEAKS]

-[CLEARS THROAT] SO, UH...

WHERE DO WE SLEEP, GRANDMA?

-DOWN THE HALL
IN THE GUEST ROOM.

JUST, UH, RIGHT DOWN
THE HALL AND TO THE LEFT.

-GREAT.

AFTER ALL, NO SENSE HANGING
AROUND ALL THAT HOSTILITY.

[DOG GROWLS]

[BARKS]

-OH, THERE SHE IS.

BOYS, I'D LIKE YOU
TO MEET PRINCESS.

SHE'S A LITTLE SHY
AROUND NEW FOLK.

AREN'T YOU, GIRL?

[GROWLING]

-NICE DOGGIE.

-ISN'T THIS CUTE?

THERE'S NOTHING SO
SWEET AS A BOY AND HIS DOG.

[LAUGHS]

[GROWLING, SNARLING]

-AND SO, HERE WE WERE,

ONE BIG, HAPPY FAMILY...

[GROWLS]

PLUS BEAST,

EAGERLY CATCHING UP
ON ONE ANOTHER'S LIVES.

-FURNITURE, HUH?

-WHAT?

-OH, I WAS JUST TELLING DADDY

HOW WELL YOUR FURNITURE
BUSINESS IS DOING, HONEY.

-UH, YEAH. WE'VE BEEN
PRETTY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.

-I DON'T HOLD MUCH
TRUCK WITH THIS NEW STUFF.

IN MY DAY, PEOPLE KNEW
HOW TO BUILD FURNITURE.

NOW, TAKE THIS TABLE.

[BANGING]

SOLID. MADE TO LAST.

HAD IT SINCE WE WERE MARRIED.

IT'LL BE HERE FOR YOU
BOYS WHEN I'M GONE.

-[GULPS]

-WHOOPS.

-WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN?

-OH, DADDY, DON'T
TALK LIKE THAT.

-WELL, IT'S TRUE.

YOU BOYS WILL BE GETTING
THIS PLACE ONE DAY.

-REALLY?

Y-YOU MEAN, THIS HOUSE?

-YEAH. AND EVERYTHING IN IT.

HELL, I GOT TO
LEAVE IT TO SOMEONE.

AND I'M NOT GONNA BE
AROUND FOREVER, YOU KNOW.

[ CASH REGISTER DINGS]

-THANKS, GRAMPS.
YOU'RE THE BEST.

-NOW, NOW, SWEETHEART.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT DADDY,

NOT AS LONG AS HE HAS
ROGER AS HIS DOCTOR.

-HE'S QUITE A GUY.

-HE CERTAINLY IS.

-AND THERE IT WAS. ROGER AGAIN.

-MOTHER, WE DON'T HAVE
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT ROGER.

DO WE?

-OF COURSE NOT, DEAR.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

THERE HE IS NOW.

HE CAN TELL YOU HIMSELF.

-OH...

GOOD.

-THOSE WERE REALLY SOME
GREAT TIMES WE HAD, NORMA.

I STILL REMEMBER THE
LOOK ON YOUR FACE

WHEN I GAVE YOU MY CLASS RING.

-ROGER BALDWIN, IN THE FLESH.

-DO YOU REMEMBER HOW
JEALOUS JERRY YOST WAS

WHEN HE SAW YOU WEARING
IT FOR THE FIRST TIME?

-JERRY YOST?

I HAVEN'T THOUGHT
ABOUT HIM IN YEARS!

-OH, HERE IT IS.

THE PROM PICTURE.

-[CHUCKLES]

[GROWLS]

-THAT EVENING WAS LIKE
THE TEA PARTY FROM HELL.

-KEVIN, WEREN'T THEY
A STRIKING COUPLE?

-GRANDMA PLAYED MATCHMAKER,

ROGER PLAYED BIGSHOT,

WHILE MY BROTHER PLAYED...

-THAT'S A NICE FRAME, GRANDMA.

WHAT IS THAT... PEWTER?

-GIN! [LAUGHS]

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE
DOWN ANOTHER 40 POINTS, JACK.

[LAUGHS]

-AS FOR DAD...

-HONEY, EVERYBODY'S
GONNA BE SO THRILLED

TO SEE YOU TWO AT
THE PICNIC TOMORROW.

-JACK AND I WOULDN'T
MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.

-I MEANT YOU AND ROGER, DEAR.

-YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I WONDER
WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED

IF I HADN'T GONE AWAY
TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.

[FIST THUDS, DISHES CLATTER]

-OKAY.
[CLEARS THROAT]

-IT WAS CLEAR THE BIG GUY HAD
HAD HIS FILL OF THIS MALARKEY.

-[YAWNS]

I'M GOIN' TO BED.

-NIGHT, HONEY. GET SOME REST.

-GOOD NIGHT, JACK.

-YEAH.

-AND THERE YOU HAD IT.

WHAT HAD BEGUN AS
A SIMPLE TRIP HOME

WAS SUDDENLY TURNING INTO...

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

NIGHTMARE ON GUSTAFSON STREET.

[BOTH LAUGH]

AND THE WORST PART WAS,

I WAS THE ONLY ONE
WHO SEEMED TO NOTICE.

-UH, BUTTHEAD, THIS
PLACE IS A GOLD MINE.

I MEAN, YOU SHOULD SEE THE STUFF
THEY GOT STASHED IN THE ATTIC...

GENUINE ANTIQUES.

WE'RE GONNA BE RICH!

[LAUGHS]

-MAYBE SO, MAYBE NOT.

-YOU'RE VERY SWEET, ROGER.

-GREAT.

ALL I KNEW WAS, STANDING THERE,

WATCHING MOM SPOON WITH
HER HIGH-SCHOOL SWEETHEART,

HEARING DAD SNORE
IN THE NEXT ROOM,

LISTENING TO WAYNE
COUNT HIS TAX BREAKS,

SUDDENLY, ONE THING WAS CLEAR.

[GROWLS]

I...

[BARKS]

WAS GONNA SLEEP ON THE FLOOR.

-AND LET'S GIVE A SPECIAL
WELCOME TO THE WILDCATTER

WHO TRAVELED THE GREATEST
DISTANCE TO BE WITH US TODAY...

FROM 5,500 MILES
AWAY, JILL PRITCHARD!

-THE NEXT DAY, AMID POM-POMS
AND HAIRSPRAY AND OLD MEMORIES,

THE CLASS OF '48 GATHERED.

-REMEMBER WHEN WE JUST
SAT THERE ON THAT FLOAT

WHILE THE PARADE
WENT BY WITHOUT US?

[LAUGHTER]

-IT WAS ALL PRETTY... FESTIVE.

-NOW, NORMA, WEREN'T YOU THE ONE
THAT CONVINCED THOSE POLICEMAN

TO TOW US THE REST OF THE WAY?

-YEAH. I THINK I WAS.

-BUT WHILE MOM WAS HAVING
THE TIME OF HER TEENAGE LIFE,

THE ARNOLD MEN WERE
GETTING OLD... FAST.

-THIS IS A LOT OF FUN.

[SCOFFS]

CAN I BORROW THE CAR?
- WHAT? WHY?

-WELL, I THINK I SHOULD SPEND
MORE TIME WITH GRANDPA.

HE WON'T BE AROUND
FOREVER, YOU KNOW.

HE SAID SO HIMSELF.

-WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
DO... COUNT THE SILVERWARE?

-[LAUGHS] I'M ON TO THE CHINA.

-I WANT YOU BACK IN TWO HOURS.

-NO PROBLEM. YES!

-WHICH PRETTY MUCH NARROWED
IT DOWN TO THE TWO OF US.

-HEY, FELLAS.

-ROGER.

-HI.

-GREAT TURNOUT.

-YEAH.

-THAT CONTEST SHOULD
BE STARTING SOON.

YOU GAME?

- I THINK I'LL PASS.
- RIGHT.

CAN'T SAY AS I BLAME YOU.

IF I DIDN'T WORK
OUT LIKE A MADMAN,

I WOULDN'T DARE ENTER MYSELF.

-NO COMMENT.

-SO, THIS, UM, FURNITURE
BUSINESS OF YOURS.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S
HANDCRAFTED WORK.

-YEAH.

WE USE, UH, HARDWOOD FRAMES,

DOWELS IN ALL THE JOINTS.

-SO, WHAT'D YOU
HAVE TO DO FOR THAT...

GO TO, UM, FURNITURE SCHOOL?

[LAUGHS]

-[LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY]

-HA HA HA.

-I'M GETTING A BEER.

-GREAT.

HE GETS A COLD BREW.

I GET TO SCHMOOZE
WITH DR. WONDERFUL.

-[LAUGHS]

-THAT IS ONE EXCEPTIONAL
LADY, YOUR MOTHER.

YOU GOT TO WONDER
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

WHO KNOWS?

A FEW DIFFERENT
TURNS IN THE ROAD,

AND YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN MY SON.

-KIND OF MADE YOU
WANT TO RECONSIDER

THE WHOLE SCIENCE OF GENETICS.

[BELL DINGING]
- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

UH, PLEASE TAKE YOUR POSITIONS
FOR THE START OF THE SACK RACE.

-AND SPEAKING OF POTATOES...

-COME ON, DAD!

-GO, JACK!

-[SIGHS]

-IT SEEMED THE OLD MAN HADN'T
COMPLETELY ABANDONED THE FIELD.

-NEED A BIGGER SACK THERE, JACK?

-AFTER ALL, WHEN
PUSH CAME TO SHOVE...

-THIS'LL DO FINE.

- DAD WAS NEVER ONE TO
TURN DOWN A CHALLENGE,

NO MATTER HOW STUPID.

[CROWD CHEERING]

[BOING! BOING! BOING!]

- GO, JACK!
- COME ON, DAD!

AND SO BEGAN THE GREAT
BURLAP GRUDGE MATCH

OF 1973.

-BE CAREFUL, JACK!

-IT WAS A BATTLE FOR
HONOR, REPUTATION, GLORY,

A FIGHT TO THE FINISH.

IT WAS THE STUFF OF LEGENDS.

YEAH! GO, DAD! COME ON!

AND IN THE END, IT ALL
HINGED ON ONE THING...

-OOH!

[GROANS]

- MY FATHER'S BAD BACK.

- DOES THAT HURT?
- AAH!

[GROANS]

-THOUGHT IT MIGHT.

A LITTLE DOCTOR HUMOR.

-YEAH, THANKS.

-WELL, I'M AFRAID THIS
MEANS NO DANCING TONIGHT.

-OHH. THAT'S TOO BAD.

-ANYWAY, I'LL CALL YOU
TOMORROW, SEE HOW HE'S FEELING.

- THANKS, ROGER.
- SURE.

-AND THERE YOU HAD IT...

AN INGLORIOUS END TO AN
EVEN MORE INGLORIOUS WEEKEND.

-BYE!

-NOT THAT I WAS
PARTICULARLY SORRY

TO SEE THIS WHOLE
CHARADE OVER WITH.

-ISN'T THIS ALWAYS THE WAY?

-W-WHAT DO YOU MEAN, MOTHER?

-WELL, YOU TRAVEL
ALL THE WAY OUT HERE.

AND JUST WHEN THE
GOOD TIMES BEGIN,

SOMEBODY RUINS IT.

OUR POOR LITTLE GIRL'S
GONNA MISS HER BIG EVENING.

-[CHUCKLES]

-IT'S A SHAME, ALL RIGHT.

-[SCOFFS]

GEEZ. TALK ABOUT COMPASSION.

LOOK, IT'S JUST A DANCE, RIGHT?

I MEAN, IF HE CAN'T
GO, HE CAN'T GO.

RIGHT, DAD?

-NORMA, I THINK YOU SHOULD GO.

-[Chuckling] JACK,
YOU CAN'T EVEN MOVE.

-YOUR MOTHER'S RIGHT.
IT'S YOUR BIG NIGHT.

YOU CAME ALL THIS WAY.

[SIGHS]

YOU SHOULDN'T MISS
IT BECAUSE OF ME.

YOU SHOULD GO.

-ABSOLUTELY NOT.

-[SIGHS]

MAYBE ROGER COULD TAKE YOU.

-WHAT?!

-THAT'S A GOOD IDEA!

-AND WITH THAT, THE
WHEELS CAME OFF.

-♪ A WHITE SPORT COAT ♪

-THE DATE WAS MADE.

[HORN HONKS]

-OKAY, THERE HE IS.

WELL, I GUESS IT'S
TIME FOR ME TO GO.

-THAT EVENING, WHILE THE
REST OF US STAYED HOME...

-NOW, HONEY, YOU'RE
SURE THAT THIS IS OKAY?

-ABSOLUTELY.

-ALL RIGHT, THEN. BYE.

[SMOOCHES]

-DON'T BE TOO LATE.

-[CHUCKLES]

- I WATCHED MY MOTHER
WALTZ OUT THE DOOR

FOR THE NIGHT OF HER LIFE.

-[LAUGHS] GIN! GIN!

-[SIGHS]

-AND FOR ALL THAT, DAD'S
ONLY RESPONSE WAS...

-[CHUCKLES]

YOUR DEAL OR MINE?

-FACE IT. NOTHING MADE SENSE.

SUDDENLY, EVERYTHING
SEEMED... UP FOR GRABS.

-HEY, SCROTE, IS PEWTER
WORTH ANYTHING?

-I DON'T KNOW.

HEY, CAN YOU STOP THE
INVENTORY FOR A MINUTE?

-WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?

-BUT IT WASN'T GONNA BE
EASY TO PUT INTO WORDS.

YOU THINK MOM'S
HAPPY SHE MARRIED DAD?

-YEAH. OF... OF COURSE.
[SCOFFS]

-REALLY?

-YEAH.

OTHERWISE, SHE
COULDN'T HAVE HAD ME.

[LAUGHS]

-[SIGHS] FORGET IT.

-HEY, DO ME A FAVOR?
SEE WHAT'S IN THE GARAGE.

-YEAH. I'LL DO THAT.

AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT,

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL
SPRING EVENING...

AND I COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER

IF ROMANCE WASN'T IN THE AIR.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

-LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THE KING AND QUEEN OF
THE SWEETHEART BALL...

ROGER AND NORMA.

[SPECTATORS "AWW"]

[DOG GROWLING]

-OKAY. THIS WAS THE LAST STRAW.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD JUST
ABOUT ENOUGH OF YOU.

I MEAN YOU'RE ALL
BARK AND NO BITE.

YOU'RE A FAKE.

YOU DON'T SCARE
ANYONE. YOU KNOW THAT?

[WHIMPERS]

THAT'S BETTER.

[SIGHS]

AT LEAST I HAD ONE
VICTORY ON THIS LOUSY TRIP.

[GROWLING]

[BARKS]

WHOA, GIRL.

[BARKING, SNARLING]

[CLATTER]

[BARKING]

HELP!

6 PICKET FENCES,
14 GARBAGE CANS,

AND 32 BACKYARDS
LATER, IT WAS OFFICIAL.

THIS TRIP WAS A BUST.

-HEY, BUTTHEAD!

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

-THE DOG AND I TOOK A THREE-HOUR
TOUR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

-[LAUGHS] GIN! THAT'S
THREE STRAIGHT HANDS!

[LAUGHS]

-YEAH, YOU GOT ME AGAIN, KARL.

-MY MOTHER WAS AWOL,

MY FATHER HAD TURNED
INTO A PUNCHING BAG...

-WELL, I BETTER TURN IN.

I HAVEN'T BEEN FEELING
QUITE UP TO PAR LATELY.

[GRUNTS]

- AND MY BROTHER...

-GEE, GRAMPS. I HOPE
IT'S NOTHING SERIOUS.

- HAD BECOME A GHOUL.

-OH, I WOULDN'T WORRY, WAYNE.

US GUSTAFSONS ARE
MADE OF STRONG STUFF.

-[GRUNTS]

-HADN'T BEEN A ONE OF US
DIDN'T LIVE TO AT LEAST 95.

-WHAT?

-YEP.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL PUT
THAT CALCULATOR AWAY.

[LAUGHS]

NIGHT, ALL. [LAUGHING]

-95.

REALLY? SO, HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW?

-[SCOFFS]

PERFECT.

THIS IS PERFECT.

-WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

-AND THAT JUST ABOUT DID IT.

ME?!

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?!

IT WAS TIME TO TELL
HIM EXACTLY HOW I FELT,

ABOUT HIM, ABOUT MOM,

ABOUT THE STUPID GIN GAMES

AND THE DUMB BOYFRIENDS
AND THE IDIOTIC DOG.

I HATE THIS PLACE!

YEAH. THAT WAS
IT... IN A NUTSHELL.

-[CHUCKLES]

-WHAT'S SO FUNNY?

-YOU'RE STARTING TO SOUND
JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER.

-WHAT?!

-YOU HEARD ME.

-YEAH, BUT MOM LOVES THIS PLACE.

-YEAH, FOR A DAY OR TWO, MAYBE.

TRUST ME.

21 YEARS AGO, SHE
COULDN'T WAIT TO GET OUT.

-YOU'RE KIDDING.

-NAH.

YOUR MOTHER WANTED
A LOT MORE FROM LIFE

THAN A SMALL TOWN
LIKE THIS HAD TO OFFER.

-SO WHY DIDN'T SHE TELL
GRANDMA AND GRANDPA ABOUT IT?

SHE NEVER SAYS A WORD.

-SHE USED TO.

THEY COULDN'T HEAR HER.

PARENTS ARE LIKE THAT SOMETIMES.

-AND I GUESS RIGHT ABOUT THEN,

A FEW THINGS STARTED
TO FALL INTO PLACE.

[DOOR OPENS]

-HI!

-YOU'RE HOME EARLY.

-YEAH.

I KNOW.

-HOW WAS IT?

-UH, I-IT WAS... FINE.

BUT WHEN THE INVITATION
COMES FOR MY 30th REUNION...

-YEAH?

- LET'S TEAR IT UP.

[BOTH LAUGH]

-MAYBE A LOT OF THINGS.

-HOW WAS ROGER?

-ROGER...

ROGER'S THE SAME OLD
JERK HE ALWAYS WAS.

[BOTH LAUGH]

-OW.

-[Laughing] OOH, HONEY, SORRY!

-SO, HOW WAS THE DANCE?

-ACTUALLY...

IT WAS A LITTLE BORING.

-BUT YOU HAD A GOOD TIME.

-YEAH. I DID.

-AFTER ALL, MAYBE THERE
ARE SOME THINGS IN LIFE

THAT JUST CAN'T BE CHANGED...

A CHILD'S HOPES, A
PARENT'S DREAMS.

-WELL, GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.

-NIGHT.

SO... DID YOU LET DAD BEAT YOU?

-JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM HAPPY.

[CHUCKLES]
- THANKS.

-AND, MAYBE, WHEN
IT COMES TO FAMILIES,

THAT'S ALL FOR THE BEST.

-WHY DON'T WE
TAKE A LITTLE WALK?

-OH, OH, JACK. WHAT
ABOUT YOUR BACK?

-WELL, I'M DOWN,
BUT I'M NOT OUT.

[GROANS]

-NO, I'LL BET YOU'RE NOT.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

-♪ IT'S VERY CLEAR ♪

-NIGHT, SON.

[GROANS]

-♪ OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY ♪

-LIKE THEY SAY...

GROWING UP ISN'T EASY,

NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE.

IT'S ALL A MATTER
OF TIME AND LUCK.

AND IF YOU'RE VERY LUCKY...

[BOTH LAUGHING]

MAYBE LOVE.

-♪ IN TIME, THE
ROCKIES MAY CRUMBLE ♪

-ALL I KNEW WAS, THAT
NIGHT IN THAT OLD HOUSE,

I FELT PART OF
SOMETHING LASTING...

[WHIMPERS]

FAMILY...

-♪ BUT OUR LOVE IS HERE ♪

- FOR BETTER OR WORSE.

-♪ TO STAY ♪

-GOOD NIGHT.

[SIGHS]

[WHIMPERS]

YOU'RE NOT GONNA SNORE, ARE YOU?

[BARKING, SNARLING]