- 6/23/2025
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00:00:00When people hassle me about actually liking airplane or cafeteria food, I try to explain
00:00:10to them.
00:00:11I grew up with a divorced, working mom who never had the time or patience for anything
00:00:16fresh.
00:00:18Frozen or package was what I was weaned on, except for when she made her one dish, disguised
00:00:24a hundred different ways, chicken, chicken cacciatore, chicken florentine, Hawaiian chicken.
00:00:37Then mom had it with working in the single parent gig and moved us from New York to California
00:00:43with this swell guy she married, Marty Swell.
00:00:50At one time the name must have been Swellstein or Swellavitz, but somehow back at Ellis Island
00:01:00someone must have gotten lazy, or impatient, or inspired, and entered my step grandad into
00:01:09the US of A as just plain old swell.
00:01:13Marty!
00:01:14At least they had the decency not to add another L to make it a synonym for wonderful.
00:01:23I remember my summer vacation home after my first year away at college.
00:01:30I'd gone back to New York to study creative writing at NYU, so I was eager to show off my
00:01:34new sophisticated persona, and at the same time probe my roots.
00:01:39My plan was to write a book, my story, and return to the Big Apple with the definitive
00:01:44tale of the dysfunctional family, and launch my literary career.
00:01:48I was only 19, but I saw myself as someone distant and apart, an able observer to dissect
00:01:55and expose the key to what makes a family tick, or in this case, twist.
00:01:59I'd only been gone nine months, but that household seemed like a million light years away.
00:02:06It was until I stepped off the plane.
00:02:13Welcome aboard flight 584, departing New York, JFK International Airport, Los Angeles.
00:02:19Our flight time will be 5 hours and 49 minutes.
00:02:22Wendy!
00:02:23Wendy!
00:02:24Wendy!
00:02:25Wendy!
00:02:26Wendy!
00:02:27Wendy!
00:02:28Mom, hi!
00:02:29Hi!
00:02:30Oh, darling.
00:02:31Oh, my goodness.
00:02:32Let me look at you.
00:02:33Can you get one of those New York haircuts?
00:02:35Yes, it's adorable.
00:02:36It's adorable.
00:02:37I'm so glad to see you, my darling.
00:02:39I've missed you so much.
00:02:40I can't believe it's been a whole year.
00:02:42Okay.
00:02:43Mom, all right, wait.
00:02:44I gotta get my luggage.
00:02:45Is that you bought that?
00:03:00No, that's not mine.
00:03:02Wait, no, I think that's it over there.
00:03:04Uh, sir, could you help us?
00:03:06Thank you so much.
00:03:07You're such a fine person.
00:03:08I'm sorry.
00:03:09It's okay.
00:03:10No, no, you're Elena.
00:03:13You should let a nice gentleman take your baggage.
00:03:16Thank you so much.
00:03:17That's okay, I'll take it, thanks.
00:03:26Can we go?
00:03:27Of course, honey.
00:03:28I need the keys to open the trunk.
00:03:29All right.
00:03:30Okay, it's just down this aisle, I'm sure of it.
00:03:32Okay, yeah, that's it.
00:03:33That's the car right there.
00:03:34Remember this car?
00:03:35Yeah, I remember it.
00:03:37What is that?
00:03:38A ticket?
00:03:39A ticket?
00:03:44How could they give me a ticket?
00:03:46How can they give anybody a ticket around here?
00:03:48Oh, I'm gonna fight this.
00:03:49It's a meter.
00:03:50You didn't put enough change in the meter.
00:03:51Of course I put enough change in the meter.
00:03:53What?
00:03:54I put...
00:03:55I loaded it up with change.
00:03:56It took me for like a half an hour.
00:04:00Oh, could there be traffic on the 405 at 7.30 in the morning?
00:04:03There must be.
00:04:04L.A., Mom, there's always traffic.
00:04:06That's why it's so great in New York.
00:04:07You don't even need a car.
00:04:10Wishy, you know I've been talking to Marty about getting one of these car phones.
00:04:13Oh, my.
00:04:14That's so Hollywood.
00:04:15They're very expensive.
00:04:16You should see the bills we've been racking up lately.
00:04:17Marty is on the phone all the time.
00:04:19Fire!
00:04:20Fire!
00:04:21Fire!
00:04:22Fire!
00:04:23Fire!
00:04:24Fire!
00:04:25Fire!
00:04:26Fire!
00:04:27Fire!
00:04:28Fire!
00:04:29Fire!
00:04:30Fire!
00:04:31Fire!
00:04:32Fire!
00:04:33Fire!
00:04:34Fire!
00:04:35Fire!
00:04:36Fire!
00:04:37My half-sister.
00:04:38Although I'd get a smack if I ever called her half to her face.
00:04:40Do you remember the dose of Tracy almost set the goddamn house on fire?
00:04:41I was making pizza!
00:04:42Look!
00:04:43More fire!
00:04:44The housekeeper's daughter.
00:04:45A tidbit of normality.
00:04:46You're right, kid.
00:04:47You're right.
00:04:48Hand me that baking soda.
00:04:49Here, Daddy.
00:04:50He's not your daddy.
00:04:51You don't have one.
00:04:52Where you been, huh?
00:04:53I've been here waiting for you.
00:04:54Don't aggravate me.
00:04:55The traffic was murder.
00:04:56Yeah, well the kids almost burned the house to the ground for Christ's sake.
00:04:57I mean, I leave for one hour and you can't take care of them.
00:04:58Mommy!
00:04:59Well, honey, Estelle's supposed to be here.
00:05:03She's been gone all morning.
00:05:04Come on!
00:05:05Marty.
00:05:06Estelle, the housekeeper.
00:05:07Will she ever have the guts to leave?
00:05:09Stop barking!
00:05:10They leave for one hour, and you can't take care of them.
00:05:13Mommy!
00:05:14Well, hon, Estelle's supposed to be here.
00:05:16She's been gone all morning.
00:05:19Estelle, the housekeeper.
00:05:21Will she ever have the guts to leave?
00:05:25Stop barking!
00:05:26Mom!
00:05:27Oh, stop it, Tracy! You're driving me!
00:05:29Your skin looks good. Real good.
00:05:32You only got a few of them left.
00:05:34A real piece of work.
00:05:36And he always knew where to hit.
00:05:37Man-for-man swap, the Yankees said...
00:05:40Stand still!
00:05:41The door wasn't even locked. I can't believe you just leave it open.
00:05:45You silly, it's for a day light. Marnie's here.
00:05:49So?
00:05:50What the killers do now is they get rid of the men first,
00:05:53and then they rape and kill the women.
00:05:55Or they kill them, and then they rape them.
00:05:58Can we please not talk about such things?
00:06:01I can't believe you don't know all this.
00:06:03You live in L.A. Don't you read the paper?
00:06:05Did you take my paper?
00:06:08How could I take your paper? I just got here.
00:06:10What's right, Mommy?
00:06:12You see? You see the ideas you're giving your little sister?
00:06:15How do you tell your mother she's in denial,
00:06:18when her only response is,
00:06:19I am not?
00:06:21I'm not giving them to her. They exist.
00:06:25Mr. Park, my friend, I was just gonna call you.
00:06:28No! My wife, she tell me, call you!
00:06:30Don't you?
00:06:31Go get ready for the party.
00:06:36What party?
00:06:37Your Aunt Sherry's birthday.
00:06:39I just got off a plane. I'm exhausted.
00:06:41How come no one told me about this?
00:06:43Now, you no understand, my friend.
00:06:45You no sell fruit juice, huh?
00:06:48You sell soda and cigarettes, huh?
00:06:51No! My wife, she say, buy fruit juice machine.
00:06:54Where is that little bitch?
00:06:55Hey, watch that language.
00:06:57God, where is it?
00:06:58My blood sister gone bad.
00:07:02You know, I'm just gonna let you see for yourselves
00:07:03how the whole mess played out that day.
00:07:08God damn it!
00:07:10No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:07:12The kids, they come, they see the fruit juice,
00:07:14they go to the 7-Eleven Mini Mall,
00:07:16and they buy soda and cigarettes.
00:07:18That breath steals my makeup
00:07:23that I saved my allowance for, for months.
00:07:25And all you have to say is watch that language.
00:07:28Quiet.
00:07:29She talks like a truck driver.
00:07:31If I would have talked like that when I was her age,
00:07:33I would have been grounded for a month.
00:07:35But no, not her.
00:07:36She's your daughter.
00:07:38Have you cleaned the pool yet?
00:07:40Mr. Swell.
00:07:41Huh?
00:07:43I have to clean the pool.
00:07:44I have to wash the cars.
00:07:45Why can't Estelle do it?
00:07:46She's the maid.
00:07:47She ain't the maid.
00:07:48She is the housekeeper.
00:07:50Yeah, right.
00:07:51Mr. Swell.
00:07:52Okay, wiseass.
00:07:53Now you're not going to the party.
00:07:55Go to your room.
00:08:00Mr. Swell.
00:08:03Mr. Park.
00:08:05Fifteen.
00:08:06It's the age.
00:08:06She's like a firecracker about to explode.
00:08:09Go get ready.
00:08:09You give kids what they want, Mr. Park.
00:08:39They pay money.
00:08:41No, we don't make money.
00:08:42We lose money.
00:08:48It reeks of weed, you know?
00:08:50Who cares?
00:08:51I can walk down the hall with the needles sticking out of my arm.
00:08:54You think they'd notice?
00:08:55I can walk down the hall with the needles.
00:08:58Oh, my God.
00:08:58Here's my mother's shit.
00:09:00And Mr. Swell have to come to your store and wheel away machine.
00:09:05Marty, get off.
00:09:05We have to get going.
00:09:07Then you know be happy, Mr. Park.
00:09:08I can walk down the hallway.
00:09:09I can walk down the hall with the needles.
00:09:15Let's go.
00:09:16Oh, my God.
00:09:20Oh, my God.
00:09:24What?
00:09:25Oh, my God.
00:09:25Oh, my God.
00:09:26Oh, my God.
00:09:29Oh, my God.
00:09:30Oh, my God.
00:09:31Oh, my God.
00:09:31The effects of neglect.
00:09:47Are you two ready?
00:09:49I'm not going.
00:09:50I'm grounded.
00:09:52Don't be silly.
00:09:53This is family.
00:09:55I'm not one of you.
00:09:56That's just biological.
00:09:58Oh, that's real nice.
00:10:00What am I going to tell your Aunt Sherry?
00:10:02Mommy, Mommy, Mommy.
00:10:04Hi, honey.
00:10:05I love you, Mommy.
00:10:07I love you too, sweetheart.
00:10:09Can I go swimming, Mommy?
00:10:10No, we're going to Aunt Sherry's birthday.
00:10:17Oh, Tracy.
00:10:19Oh, you've been tracking it all over the house.
00:10:23It smells.
00:10:25Estelle.
00:10:26Here I am, Miss Isuel.
00:10:28We were looking everywhere for you.
00:10:32Well, have you been?
00:10:34I was jogging.
00:10:36Oh, Tracy stepped in poo-poo.
00:10:38Hi, come here, Tracy.
00:10:39What is this dog doing in the house?
00:10:41I'm sorry, Mrs. Swell.
00:10:42I put him in my room.
00:10:44Come on, dog.
00:10:45Estelle, you don't have to put them in your room.
00:10:48I'll see you next week.
00:10:50Mr. Swell will see you next week, huh?
00:10:53Bye-bye, Mr. Park.
00:10:54Bye-bye.
00:10:55What going on?
00:10:57Marty.
00:10:58I'm talking to a client.
00:10:59We are supposed to be at the party already.
00:11:01You're not even dressed.
00:11:02I'm trying to make some money.
00:11:04Party?
00:11:05Party?
00:11:05What's this about a party?
00:11:07Oh, hi, Pop.
00:11:08Good morning.
00:11:09Did I hear you say good morning, young lady?
00:11:12Good morning, Dad.
00:11:14Now, what's all this about a party?
00:11:16I've been asking you all week if you wanted to come.
00:11:19You told me no.
00:11:19Nobody told me anything about a party.
00:11:29Well, well, well.
00:11:30Look who's here.
00:11:31It's Wilma.
00:11:34Wendy.
00:11:35Did I hear you say good morning?
00:11:39Oh, thank you.
00:11:40Off me, Mrs. Swell.
00:11:42Oh, ssh.
00:11:43Oh.
00:11:45Hey, get off of my jacket, Tracy.
00:11:47Tracy, off the jacket.
00:11:50Aren't you coming?
00:11:51Me?
00:11:52Yes, you and Chrissy are part of the family.
00:11:54The air, pregnant with chaos.
00:12:18You're hurting me.
00:12:20Say it.
00:12:21Ow.
00:12:22Ow.
00:12:24Oh, Wendy, hand me that cake, will you?
00:12:35Mom, can't you redecorate or something?
00:12:37This place looks like 1970.
00:12:39What if I have the time?
00:12:41Dad, you coming?
00:12:42I wasn't invited.
00:12:48What?
00:12:49Nothing.
00:12:50Let's go.
00:12:50You're even stupid.
00:12:51A cell's coming too?
00:12:52Um, Sherry, can you use some help in the kitchen?
00:12:56Uh, lock up, Dad.
00:13:04Mom, does he have to smoke that thing?
00:13:07Marty?
00:13:08No, I like cigars, senor Swell.
00:13:09All right, all right.
00:13:11Pipe down, jeez.
00:13:12Don't say his name in vain.
00:13:14I did, and I say cheese, like cheese.
00:13:18Price is still, you're making my kid into a fanatic.
00:13:20Let's go, the machine will pick up.
00:13:23My dad might answer, not know what he's saying.
00:13:27Could be a client.
00:13:28They call all day and night.
00:13:30Could be a deal.
00:13:31Go get it, then.
00:13:32You go.
00:13:33Whoop, sick on me.
00:13:42See?
00:13:43We've got some of it back for a one-two.
00:13:50Hello?
00:13:51Hello?
00:13:52Hello?
00:13:53Hello?
00:13:55Hello?
00:13:56Hello?
00:13:57Gracie has to go tinkle.
00:14:03Hello?
00:14:04Hello?
00:14:07Hello?
00:14:12They hung up.
00:14:14So?
00:14:15It was that crazy friend of yours, that drunken Peggy person.
00:14:19So what do you want me to do?
00:14:21You expect me to believe that she's a client.
00:14:24Oh, Marty.
00:14:29Hey, I told you.
00:14:30She gives me a lease.
00:14:31I've got to be nice to her.
00:14:32Oh, you're so nice.
00:14:34You are nicer to her than you are your own family.
00:14:38Come on, girls.
00:14:39We go pick lemons.
00:14:41Is that the only time you're nice?
00:14:43When you're with your little horde?
00:14:44Hey, hey, watch your mouth.
00:14:52The Familiar Isolation.
00:14:54I'll be the mommy picking lemons for my family.
00:15:00I want to.
00:15:02Mommies have blonde hair like me.
00:15:04Gracie, you let Tracy be the mommy this time.
00:15:06You be it next time.
00:15:07Don't give in to her, Estelle.
00:15:08She's a spoiled little brat.
00:15:10Fuck you.
00:15:12Oh, Mr. Big Shot Nice Guy.
00:15:15Oh, yeah.
00:15:15What do you think?
00:15:16You should take me for an idiot.
00:15:18You think I'm stupid?
00:15:19Like your first wife?
00:15:20Like Sheila you used to lock in the closet?
00:15:23I'm like no one in the closet.
00:15:25What are you talking about, huh?
00:15:26Yeah, that's not what someone told me.
00:15:29I heard about you and your filthy ways.
00:15:32Your hair's cute.
00:15:33You think?
00:15:35It's the new wave look.
00:15:37Looks good on skinny girls with no tits.
00:15:40My finger.
00:15:45You're pissed.
00:15:47She comes after you with a nutcracker.
00:15:49The woman is loony, psycho.
00:15:51Keep it down in there, will you?
00:15:53The car is still running.
00:15:55Well, turn it off then.
00:15:56I thought we were going.
00:15:58I will go by myself.
00:16:01Kevin, oh, we're out of my way.
00:16:06Oh, God.
00:16:09Poor little baby.
00:16:11What does she do to you, huh?
00:16:13Oh, could you, could you, you sweet little thing.
00:16:16You want some love, huh?
00:16:18How about Daddy make you some eggs?
00:16:20Some eggs or cheese, huh?
00:16:22We try to bring him with the neighbor's dog,
00:16:24but this one won't give her the time of the day
00:16:26that your mother thinks she's a homo.
00:16:29Here you go, sweetheart.
00:16:32So, uh, you hungry?
00:16:35No, I ate on the plane.
00:16:37Okay.
00:16:40Now, let's see what we got.
00:16:44Hey, uh, Marty?
00:16:47I asked my mom to ask you.
00:16:50Ask me what?
00:16:52Well, then I guess she didn't.
00:16:53Ask me what?
00:16:56Well, I was telling Mommy that my friend Malcolm
00:16:59is coming from New York for the summer.
00:17:01You know, his parents wanted to get him out of the city and...
00:17:04You want some Jack or you want some Jeff?
00:17:06Huh?
00:17:09Anyway, um...
00:17:13You know, his family has treated me like their own daughter,
00:17:16and I was wondering, you know,
00:17:17if we move a mattress into the den, could he stay?
00:17:19Absolutely not.
00:17:20No boys stay in the house.
00:17:23Huh?
00:17:24I'm almost 20 years old.
00:17:26My mother said it was all right.
00:17:28Look, I make the rules around here.
00:17:30No boys in the house, and that is it.
00:17:37Oh, come again, my boy.
00:17:39Oh, come here, my boy.
00:17:41Why does he always have to do this when it's my family?
00:17:44You said you were going to ask him.
00:17:45About what?
00:17:46About Malcolm.
00:17:47Oh, I did ask him.
00:17:50He said he'd have to think about it.
00:17:54What do you want me to do?
00:17:56He's only coming tonight, Ma.
00:18:06Look, Marty, he's my best friend.
00:18:08He's coming 3,000 miles.
00:18:09I don't care if he comes from Kalamazoo.
00:18:12He can stay in a hotel.
00:18:14He can come here to swim.
00:18:20Look, the truth is, he's gay.
00:18:22We're like sisters.
00:18:24Well, now he's not swimming here.
00:18:26No fairies in my pool.
00:18:29Fairies?
00:18:30Are you from the Ice Age?
00:18:32They're called gay.
00:18:33Gay, get it?
00:18:34Because they're happy?
00:18:36Happy fairies.
00:18:38Oh, God.
00:18:39I knew you would say no.
00:18:41Certainly I'm going to say no.
00:18:42He is not staying in my house.
00:18:46Your house.
00:18:48Your pool.
00:18:49Your kingdom, Mr. Big Authority.
00:18:51As it so happens, it is my mother's house,
00:18:53and it was her parents'.
00:18:55You know you better quit while you're ahead.
00:18:59That's just swell.
00:19:00My best friend can't come and stay for one summer,
00:19:04but your mistresses can call all day long.
00:19:07You are just lucky my mother's in denial.
00:19:09She only sees what she wants to.
00:19:11The rest of us knows you, scum.
00:19:13I hope one morning you never wake up.
00:19:19Wendy?
00:19:21Why did you have to marry him?
00:19:23We were fine before.
00:19:26She's done.
00:19:28She's home from college for the summer.
00:19:30I don't want any trouble.
00:19:33I'm going.
00:19:35Now you're going.
00:19:36Like that?
00:19:38I'm going for the grunt.
00:19:39There's nothing to eat in this house.
00:19:41You look like a ghoul.
00:19:43I think I look good.
00:19:45Now what are boys going to say
00:19:46when they see you walking around like that?
00:19:48Well, they'll think that she comes from the circus.
00:19:50Bozo.
00:19:51If anyone looks like a circus performer, it's you.
00:19:55And plus, that's not my aim in life, to have a boyfriend.
00:19:59I hate men.
00:20:00You're such a beautiful girl.
00:20:03I don't know why you have to mess yourself up.
00:20:05Beauty sucks.
00:20:06Don't say that word.
00:20:08It's an onomatopoeia.
00:20:10Sounds like it means sucks.
00:20:13Watch it.
00:20:13Can we just go?
00:20:15Kenji!
00:20:16Kenji!
00:20:16Tracy, sit in front with me.
00:20:33I want to sit with you, Mom.
00:20:35You'll sit in front with me.
00:20:37I'm your mother.
00:20:38Come on.
00:20:43In the air, I can't breathe.
00:20:46Hold your horses.
00:20:48Mom, I'm gonna barf.
00:20:50Shit.
00:20:51What now?
00:20:51I forgot the cake.
00:20:56Now you can have a permer fanny
00:20:58with the fanny-sizer from Barbco.
00:21:01Just shake, shake, shake...
00:21:02The hell is it?
00:21:06Mita, I don't see the ivy's been watered.
00:21:08Why don't you do it yourself?
00:21:11You're lazy, Senor Suel.
00:21:13Oh, you'd be sad when you see you're no more lazy.
00:21:15then no more work
00:21:17then you and Chrissy
00:21:18no more home
00:21:19then back to El Casa
00:21:20in Miracle
00:21:21party
00:21:23move over
00:21:40I am
00:21:41Mark
00:21:42where is it
00:21:45Marty
00:21:53is my sister's cake
00:21:56in there
00:21:57we're leaving as soon as I find it
00:22:02shit
00:22:15honey
00:22:28you gotta stop calling me here
00:22:29Marty
00:22:30let me call you
00:22:32you said you were gonna take me to Palm Springs today
00:22:36you promised
00:22:38a government bill to crack down on laboratory experiments
00:22:44here make me some eat huh
00:22:46poppy wants a kicker's
00:22:48no
00:22:49I've had my breakfast son
00:22:50it's almost lunchtime
00:22:52I don't want to be in any trouble
00:22:53ah no trouble pop
00:22:55right meter
00:22:56no problem
00:22:57no problem
00:22:57out of girl
00:22:5814 people are dead including 3 children
00:23:044 others
00:23:05Ernie
00:23:06baby you're back
00:23:08how you doing man
00:23:10it is good to see you
00:23:12did they let you out of the slam
00:23:13lovely as ever
00:23:16she sure is
00:23:17Pammy's grown since the last time you've seen her
00:23:20she's a big girl now
00:23:22big
00:23:23not out of the bottle
00:23:27it makes me feel like I'm in a commercial
00:23:29yeah well I don't care how it makes you feel
00:23:31not out of the bottle
00:23:32it's disgusting
00:23:33excellent kicker's meter
00:23:43excellent
00:23:44hello Ernie
00:23:46I'm gonna call Sherry and tell her we'll be there for dessert
00:23:50okay we have to
00:23:51we're bringing the cake
00:23:52if I ever find the goddamn thing
00:23:59hey Sherry
00:24:01are you coming
00:24:02I had the cake
00:24:04we're coming
00:24:05why are you doing this to me
00:24:07why does everything have to be about you
00:24:12oh well
00:24:13I'm your baby sister
00:24:15I need you here
00:24:17enter p.m.'s all-american twin steaks
00:24:20with a grocery purchase of $50 or more
00:24:23and win two round trip tickets to our nation
00:24:25Philadelphia
00:24:26what do you want me to say
00:24:29I can't get any cooperation around here
00:24:31Maren off the phone huh
00:24:32uh honey
00:24:33I'm gonna have to call you back
00:24:35are you ever gonna bring me my cake
00:24:37what do you want to go there for
00:24:39you said we were going to Europe in the fall
00:24:42breaking the chain
00:24:52that's not it
00:24:56what are you doing this is my stuff
00:25:08I told you not to talk to my stuff
00:25:09get out of here you little brat
00:25:11get out of my bathroom
00:25:13we can go to Europe anytime
00:25:16in Philly we can stay with Sally and the kids
00:25:18I am not staying with your sister
00:25:21there's no vacation for me
00:25:22I'm still recovering from when they were here at Christmas
00:25:25so am I recovering in my wallet
00:25:32Disneyland Knott's Berry Farm Vegas the money just goes like water
00:25:41the first number the first number would be
00:25:43I see a finger up there
00:25:45it must be the number one
00:25:46that is correct
00:25:47it is the number one on our way to 10
00:25:50and the
00:25:51that's why I'm thinking honey
00:25:52we should take advantage of this
00:25:55don't you want to see someplace new
00:25:58my daughter has been to Europe twice already
00:26:02and I've never been
00:26:03honey
00:26:04we're gonna come home broke
00:26:06okay
00:26:06I mean I hear the food is lousy
00:26:08they make these tiny little sandwiches
00:26:10and all that walking you gotta do
00:26:12that's a fortune of loving shoes
00:26:13don't you have any sense of appreciation
00:26:25of beauty
00:26:26the only time that I've been out of the country
00:26:29is when I went to Canada with Ted
00:26:31look where beauty got him
00:26:33in the poor house
00:26:34what are you complaining about huh
00:26:41you have a house
00:26:43a pool
00:26:43a fancy car
00:26:45it's always in the shop
00:26:46so it's in the shop
00:26:47it's still yours
00:26:48it's got a license
00:26:49it reads swell too
00:26:50huh
00:26:51look what do you want now
00:26:53what else
00:26:54what do you want
00:26:54what what
00:26:55look I'm not saying
00:26:56that Ted is a better man than you
00:26:58he's a bum
00:26:59don't you call my father a bum
00:27:02look any man don't support his kid is a bum
00:27:04give me that
00:27:05hey hey hey hey
00:27:07what do you think you're doing
00:27:09cut it out
00:27:10what do you think you're doing
00:27:12you little buggers
00:27:13give me that remote
00:27:15grandpa
00:27:15what are you wearing those crosses for
00:27:18you're a little jewish girl
00:27:20didn't you know that
00:27:20dear reverend tom
00:27:28you and only you
00:27:30have helped me to see the way each day
00:27:32even in my saddest times
00:27:37when i feel like
00:27:39the little meatball
00:27:41that's first to be eaten on a plate of spaghetti
00:27:44i know the work of god is being done
00:27:48and i become happy
00:27:51accepting myself for exactly who i am
00:27:55i know that evil will get it just doing this world
00:27:59but it's hard waking up to it each day
00:28:03i am sending you another fifty dollars
00:28:08so that you can keep on helping people like me
00:28:11i love you very much
00:28:13hugs and kisses
00:28:15Estelle Rodriguez
00:28:18freeze
00:28:24oh na na na na
00:28:32oh na na na
00:28:38Qu'est-ce que c'est?
00:28:56I said I'm going to turn that music down young lady.
00:29:08I didn't know it was bothering anyone.
00:29:19Don't you take a minute to clean this thing out before you go sunbathing?
00:29:24Well, I thought it would be okay to relax for a few minutes. I only slept an hour on the plane.
00:29:32Your sister's been cleaning up out here all year.
00:29:34Am I supposed to feel guilty because I've been away at school?
00:29:39Don't be ridiculous. I'm just saying you're going to have to help out around here this summer.
00:29:44Who said I wouldn't help? It's just...
00:29:47I came home to try to get some writing done.
00:29:49Not about all the commotion.
00:29:51I don't know how you could forget.
00:29:56I thought you said you were going to work.
00:30:00That is work, Mom.
00:30:04I only paid for my own ticket.
00:30:10Look, you had a job at the university.
00:30:13When I was your age, I never took a vacation.
00:30:17When you were my age, you were married and pregnant with me.
00:30:20No difference.
00:30:21There is a difference. It's a different world, Mom.
00:30:26God, you would just never let me be because I didn't work at Sparky Shoe Repair for ten bucks a week when I was thirteen.
00:30:32My father wanted me to learn the value of a dollar.
00:30:35I never expected to live off of them when I was grown up.
00:30:42Don't worry. I don't expect anything from you.
00:30:47Besides, look who's talking.
00:30:50You live in your parents' house and your husband hardly has a job.
00:30:52He is a responsible man. He brings in a good living.
00:30:56More than your own father.
00:31:03Hey, I know that guy.
00:31:05Fact or fiction?
00:31:07You need a reason to sue somebody.
00:31:09Fiction.
00:31:10Fact or fiction?
00:31:11You need substantial evidence or a reliable eyewitness to prove a crime.
00:31:17Fiction again.
00:31:19Fact or fiction?
00:31:20You don't need lots of money to take legal action.
00:31:25Fact.
00:31:27He got Barry a lot of money when he sued Pansford Law.
00:31:31Why'd he sue him?
00:31:32He made it look like he tripped on the hangar, and then he made it look like it was there for him.
00:31:37This guy got him a lot of money.
00:31:39Ha, ha, ha.
00:31:40Lewis, Lewis, Lewis, and Clark.
00:31:43Four fellas you can trust.
00:31:44That's 1-800-G-E-T-T-H-E-F.
00:31:52Don't be a wimp.
00:31:53Send your kid to college.
00:32:07You must be Marty.
00:32:11I'm the handyman.
00:32:12Hold on.
00:32:27Marty?
00:32:30Yeah, yeah, I'm Marty.
00:32:32Malcolm.
00:32:33Hi.
00:32:34You met Ernest here?
00:32:36Ernest.
00:32:39English?
00:32:40That's right, born and raised.
00:32:42But I, uh, live in Manhattan now, though.
00:32:47I always thought moms and dads were supposed to love each other.
00:32:56Wendy, someone at the door for you.
00:32:58For me?
00:33:02Oh, this is Malcolm here, Papa.
00:33:04He's from Great Britain.
00:33:05What are you studying this year, mija?
00:33:13Literature, philosophy.
00:33:16Well, that sounds interesting.
00:33:25It is.
00:33:27Your hair is so pretty.
00:33:29You know, you should think about college one day, Estelle.
00:33:46Oh, really, I mean it.
00:33:52You're only four years older than me.
00:33:55Come on.
00:33:56Let's go.
00:34:01Well, I meant to get you a present for your birthday, but I forgot.
00:34:04I promise I'm gonna get you one this summer.
00:34:06Don't be silly.
00:34:07I came here in 1921.
00:34:10My parents packed me away in a pot-bellied stove.
00:34:17What are you doing here?
00:34:20Caught an early flight on standby.
00:34:23Been up all night.
00:34:25Too much coke.
00:34:27You look smart.
00:34:28Could use a swim myself.
00:34:30Can you believe these dogs?
00:34:37Always the same story.
00:34:39Mom, this is Malcolm.
00:34:41Hello.
00:34:43Hello.
00:34:44I must say, beauty certainly does run in the family.
00:34:48Oh.
00:34:49I just wanted to show them your bathroom, Mom.
00:34:51Oh.
00:34:52It's a trip.
00:34:53Oh, I hope Marty didn't leave it in a mess.
00:34:55Oh.
00:35:00Oh.
00:35:10Fuck.
00:35:12Marty, what am I gonna do with you?
00:35:14You're so fucking slut.
00:35:18It's...
00:35:18Oh, I'm doing such a...
00:35:20It's, um...
00:35:21It's...
00:35:23Absolutely fabulous.
00:35:28Oh.
00:35:30There's that damn cake.
00:35:32Oh, jeez.
00:35:34That...
00:35:34That kid...
00:35:35English, you know.
00:35:37What?
00:35:38You know.
00:35:40Him?
00:35:42Nah.
00:35:43Not him.
00:35:44No, I'm telling you, Ernie.
00:35:46Wendy told me.
00:35:47I've known plenty of them where I've been.
00:35:50I ain't like them.
00:35:51Hey, this is the more refined kind.
00:35:53Different kind of breed.
00:35:54I saw the way I looked at Wendy back there.
00:35:58It's time to be wrong, man.
00:36:00I found it!
00:36:02Let's go.
00:36:05This is my grandparents' house.
00:36:08You know, all the best memories I have of being a kid were here.
00:36:11Oh, look, the waterfall's working.
00:36:13I love the waterfall.
00:36:15Do you see this rock garden?
00:36:17I love the rock garden.
00:36:18And my grandpa built this for me.
00:36:20Well, I helped him.
00:36:21I helped him pick out all the little people and little animals.
00:36:24There's the goose.
00:36:26There's the bunny.
00:36:27Chipper, the bunny.
00:36:28I call him Chipper because he looks so chipper.
00:36:31And there's the turtle.
00:36:32And this is the princess.
00:36:35Oh, and the elf.
00:36:36I love the elf.
00:36:37He's my favorite.
00:36:38He's just been hours sitting next to that elf.
00:36:40Any chance of a little drinky?
00:36:46So, what are we waiting for?
00:36:48I can't leave right now, doll.
00:36:50Ernie's here.
00:36:51Hey, don't mind me.
00:36:53No, I can't leave my right-hand man all alone
00:36:55while I'm having a ball at the party.
00:37:00Maybe you want to come?
00:37:01Uh, Marty, could I talk to you for a second?
00:37:05All right, Ernie.
00:37:06All right, all right, all right.
00:37:07All right.
00:37:10I'm not taking him to Sherry's.
00:37:12He's a thief.
00:37:12He just got out of jail.
00:37:14How many times I got to tell you, he didn't do it.
00:37:17He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
00:37:19You know, Ernie, he's not too bright.
00:37:22I mean, he didn't know how to defend himself.
00:37:24Why do you always have to make things so difficult for me?
00:37:28Your father lives here.
00:37:30Grandma, sit down.
00:37:35I'm getting on.
00:37:36No, I want to.
00:37:37It's my house.
00:37:38I can't swim.
00:37:39Go buy one.
00:37:47Marty distributes to vending machines.
00:37:50But a use to stock hotel bars.
00:37:54Wow.
00:37:55The whole closet's full of this stuff.
00:37:58It's just sitting around collecting dust.
00:38:00Nobody touches it.
00:38:01Where'd you get this?
00:38:19Scored a QP in Washington Square.
00:38:21What can I say, Ernie?
00:38:24She can't go anywhere without me.
00:38:26Don't worry about it.
00:38:27See you, Marilyn.
00:38:28We're going!
00:38:29Get!
00:38:29Oh, you're such a degenerate.
00:38:38Oh, God.
00:38:39Maybe you could pay me for half of that.
00:38:49See as you're smoking it, too.
00:38:51I'm serious.
00:39:01Just one more hit.
00:39:05Bitch!
00:39:17Mom!
00:39:18Mom!
00:39:18Mom!
00:39:18Mom!
00:39:19Help!
00:39:20Mom!
00:39:21Help!
00:39:22Mom!
00:39:23Mom!
00:39:23Help!
00:39:23Mom!
00:39:24Mom!
00:39:26Mom!
00:39:29Help! Mom!
00:39:47Help!
00:39:48I don't like the sound of it.
00:39:53Look at that!
00:40:03I can't believe it!
00:40:08Gracie!
00:40:09You're a little hero!
00:40:13What is going on?
00:40:19My little hero!
00:40:21Marilyn, call the papers.
00:40:23What are you, crazy?
00:40:24I happen to be serious, this is a big news item.
00:40:26You get caught, saved by Tyke.
00:40:27I like that.
00:40:29Go get me the towel.
00:40:30I'm telling you, Marilyn, they're gonna eat this thing up by tomorrow.
00:40:33The phone is gonna be ringing off the hook.
00:40:35Oh, just what we need.
00:40:36We need.
00:40:55Focus.
00:40:58Focus.
00:40:59I call you a little girl.
00:41:00You get caught.
00:41:04Come on.
00:41:06What?
00:41:07I'm like, what a fool.
00:41:09I don't know if it is a better person.
00:41:11I've got to know if it's a better person.
00:41:13I'm like, oh, I'll be going to your house.
00:41:15This wasn't bad.
00:41:16I don't know if it's a better person.
00:41:17I can't.
00:41:18Why don't you come over here and sit next to me
00:41:48Do you remember all the fun we had at the G-Spot?
00:42:18I was totally blasted
00:42:20So was I
00:42:22Wendy, if you don't get off me I'm gonna fuck your lights out and it won't be sweet
00:42:42I should call Brian
00:42:48What for?
00:42:50He's out here, comes from L.A. He said he'd take me clubbing
00:42:58We'll go to clubs, we'll do all kinds of cool things
00:43:00Don't get sarcastic with me, I'm just so sick and tired of doing these crappy little stupid stories
00:43:04Put the camera over there
00:43:08Wendy, there's paparazzi out here
00:43:10Get the keys
00:43:12What do you think they want?
00:43:14I don't know
00:43:16Some famous athlete moved in across the street, there's always shit going on
00:43:20Right this way boys, come on in
00:43:30Channel 81
00:43:34Channel 81
00:43:40Okay, okay
00:43:42You stand right here, are you family?
00:43:44How about you?
00:43:46How about you?
00:43:48Okay
00:43:50Of course you're a family, we know that
00:43:55Hi, I'm Pam
00:43:56Hi
00:43:57Nice camera
00:43:58I'm the neglected middle child
00:44:00I'm the neglected middle child
00:44:04What the?
00:44:05Heart saved by kike
00:44:06That was my idea
00:44:07For the record, Tracy, she's my half-sister
00:44:11Do you think you could spit some water out of your mouth?
00:44:15Oh, must be the times
00:44:16Are you family?
00:44:18God no
00:44:19How?
00:44:20Uh, but I live here
00:44:21Let's just get a shot over here, alright?
00:44:23You're the first aid to the relatives
00:44:26You're the first aid to the relatives
00:44:27You're the first aid to get a shot
00:44:28Hello?
00:44:33Marty, would you get that first aid kit?
00:44:48My name's Steve and this is Rafia
00:44:49We're from the Helping Hands program
00:44:51We're asking for donations from the community
00:44:53To help send inner city kids like Rafia to summer camp
00:44:57Oh
00:44:58Uh, will you take a check?
00:45:01Sure
00:45:02Okay, just a minute
00:45:06What a babe
00:45:10Will you take cash?
00:45:11No problem
00:45:13Okay
00:45:14Ernie, smile for the camera
00:45:19I'm the boss, sir
00:45:20I'm the boss
00:45:21Can we take pictures here of me and my two girls?
00:45:23I'm directing the show
00:45:25Get back, get back here
00:45:26We need her
00:45:27Marty, will you give me ten bucks?
00:45:30The water man's here
00:45:31What water man? We don't get no water
00:45:33Mom ordered it
00:45:34The tap's disgusting
00:45:36It's true
00:45:37Tap water is very unhealthy
00:45:39They only give us filter and he's slimy
00:45:42Yeah, well I just don't like her ordering things without informing me
00:45:46I'm sure it wasn't oversight
00:45:47Just give me ten bucks, Marty
00:45:49Well tell me, wait, I'm busy here
00:45:55Don't get smart with me
00:45:57Okay
00:45:58What would that woman want?
00:45:59She could've at least come in with a close up
00:46:01I mean, nice tight shot of the kid
00:46:02Stop
00:46:03Do you have ten bucks?
00:46:04What's a what?
00:46:05It's for a good cause
00:46:07Let me see
00:46:21Brian!
00:46:23Dude
00:46:25Malky
00:46:26You're here
00:46:28Life preserver maybe?
00:46:29Yeah
00:46:30Yeah
00:46:31Yeah, I'm here
00:46:32Aren't you going to the freaking party?
00:46:34Welcome to smelly, baby
00:46:45Shit
00:46:47I know mom keeps a hundred bucks in here somewhere for emergencies
00:46:52I'm sorry, Pammy
00:46:53I'm just going to have to wait until your mommy pays me next
00:46:57Dang Estelle, why do you have to give all your money to that stupid preacher?
00:47:06Guys, look, you've got to put your camera right about here
00:47:09Where are you?
00:47:10In the valley?
00:47:12Nah, it sucks
00:47:14With Wendy?
00:47:16That wench?
00:47:17How good?
00:47:18How good?
00:47:21You do want to see me, don't you?
00:47:24Don't you?
00:47:25Yeah
00:47:26Yeah
00:47:27With so much, so much stuff that we're going to do
00:47:29Like on Friday we're going to get a cherry
00:47:31And then
00:47:32It'll work out
00:47:33It's the best way to do it
00:47:34Thank you
00:47:36Watch out for the shadow
00:47:38Why don't you get that pretty little butt of yours up here and join the party?
00:47:43Huh?
00:47:44No, I'm coming
00:47:45I'm coming
00:47:46I'm coming
00:47:47Trust me
00:47:49Mom, the water man
00:47:50You're stuck with your story about the water man
00:47:52I am not giving you money for drugs
00:47:57What's all the racket?
00:47:58We're going to be their news
00:47:59Mom
00:48:00Mom, do you help?
00:48:01It's Grandpa
00:48:02Grandpa moves swell to you
00:48:03I'm in hell
00:48:04I'm in hell
00:48:05I'm in...
00:48:06I'm in...
00:48:07I'm in...
00:48:08I'm in...
00:48:09I'm in...
00:48:10I'm in swell hell
00:48:11And then we're going to go on Saturday
00:48:12We're going to go to...
00:48:13Please, try the door
00:48:14Will you get the door?
00:48:15For the house
00:48:16Oh, not now, Dad
00:48:18I've got my hands full
00:48:21Go ahead, Ernie
00:48:22Get him
00:48:23Get the door
00:48:24Okay, let's do a rehearsal
00:48:25Look right into the camera
00:48:26And tell us what happened
00:48:27I was trying to help her get the raft out of the pool
00:48:31And then she fell in
00:48:32I yelled for help, but no one heard me
00:48:34They had the TV on
00:48:36Don't say that, Tracy
00:48:37I mean...
00:48:40Ow!
00:48:41Jesus, Pop
00:48:42What is it?
00:48:43Over the house
00:48:47Well, that's really sweet of you, Pop
00:48:49Look here, Ernie
00:48:50Pop's contributing
00:48:52You see this, Marilyn?
00:48:53Huh?
00:48:54It's a very thoughtful gesture
00:48:56Where did you get these, Pop?
00:48:59I'm sick of this, you know
00:49:00Carl's Jr.
00:49:02Carl's Jr.
00:49:03No kidding
00:49:05Hey, you'll never guess who I saw while I was there
00:49:09Cary Grant
00:49:11Cary Grant's dead, Pop
00:49:12No, no, no
00:49:13It was Cary Grant
00:49:15Handsome devil
00:49:16But I kept saying to myself
00:49:17What is Cary Grant doing in Carl's Jr.?
00:49:21This will be fun
00:49:22Let me see the face, let me see the face
00:49:35Perfect, perfect, okay, hold that, okay?
00:49:38It's the best I can do
00:49:39I don't think you understand
00:49:40We need funds to help send the kids to the summer camp
00:49:41This is...
00:49:42To help the kids
00:49:43You mean you don't want it?
00:49:44Fine, you don't want it
00:49:45I hate this house
00:49:47This is not what I expected
00:49:48It's nothing like what I expected
00:49:49What did you expect?
00:49:50I mean what did I expect?
00:49:51Yeah, what did you expect?
00:49:52A little bit more than this shit
00:50:15Bunch of weirdos
00:50:16bunch of weirdos. Hey, Stell, want to go to church? Hey, Stell, you want to come to church
00:50:33with me? Fuck sucks! Why can't you drive me to Brian's? You were supposed to come here
00:50:45see me. We were supposed to be together. Brian's parents are gone for the summer. He's all alone
00:50:51in some huge mansion in Bel Air. Brian's a creep. He's okay, company, if you're not sober.
00:51:01Well, give me 20 bucks. I'll take a camp. I blew all my money coming back from duty-free.
00:51:21That'll wire me some more cash tomorrow. I don't have 20 bucks.
00:51:24Ask your mother. You are so pathetic. You are the most selfish, immature, narcissist.
00:51:37At least I'm not some pretentious, suburban wannabe like you.
00:51:45Leave. Leave if you want. Fine. I guess I'll just have to call Brian then, won't I? Ask him
00:51:53to come and pick me up.
00:52:02Daddy. Yes!
00:52:13Look at that son. Let's get that son. Let's get that iron with the hairy chest, okay? Let's bring him in.
00:52:18Excuse me, sir. Mr. Swell. Mr. Swell, please come over here. Yes. Um, we want to interview you and ask you what happened.
00:52:27Okay. Okay.
00:52:30Kind of like Lauren Swell, kind of.
00:52:32A little bit.
00:52:36Okay.
00:52:38How have you been?
00:52:39Oh, fine. How are you?
00:52:41I'm good.
00:52:42Okay.
00:52:43You look great.
00:52:44Well, if I didn't say anything, you would look at...
00:52:49You're welcome.
00:52:51Do you want to... do you want to go to church sometime?
00:52:56You go to church?
00:52:57Yeah.
00:52:58Really? I didn't think of you as a church man, really.
00:53:03I'm a church man. St. Christopher.
00:53:05Oh, that's beautiful.
00:53:07Yeah.
00:53:14You know, like, so, so what?
00:53:31So we can get to the party.
00:53:33So what?
00:53:33Big deal.
00:53:34We can always go to that party.
00:53:35I mean, how many times do we get to be on the news, huh?
00:53:38On full color and then TV and everyone's going to watch it.
00:53:42You, you, your family priests might see it back in, you know, New York.
00:53:46Who knows? New Jersey.
00:53:48This is really great.
00:53:50We can't, uh, we can't blow this one, Marilyn.
00:53:51We've got to have this one.
00:53:54What a day, all this excitement.
00:53:57No different from any other day.
00:53:59Right, hon?
00:53:59You know, I've had it with these backyard stories.
00:54:08I want to do hard news.
00:54:25Thanks so much for the hospitality.
00:54:27Oh, you're most welcome.
00:54:29Any time, Judy.
00:54:32Any time, Judy.
00:54:48Randy?
00:54:52All right?
00:54:54Leave me alone.
00:54:55Leave me alone.
00:55:01I know, I know your friend left and you're upset about it.
00:55:08You don't understand.
00:55:10Well, he seemed to take it very well.
00:55:17What is it, honey?
00:55:19Honey?
00:55:20What is it?
00:55:21Oh, what is it, Casanova?
00:55:27What is it?
00:55:34I'm in love with him.
00:55:38Oh.
00:55:40Well, he seemed to be a very nice young man.
00:55:42He said he was coming here to see me.
00:55:52He just ended up using me for his own pathetic purposes.
00:55:54Have you been intimate?
00:56:12Yes.
00:56:16And then he just pretended like it didn't even happen.
00:56:20I hate men.
00:56:21And I hate Marty.
00:56:27Him and that disgusting convict chased him away.
00:56:30No, you don't know that.
00:56:32I do.
00:56:35You're so low class.
00:56:38You know, nobody even understands why you married that pig.
00:56:43Wendy, please.
00:56:44Why did you marry him?
00:56:53Well, he used to be really nice to me.
00:56:55Now, there's a little kind of a business matter I've been meaning to talk to you about.
00:57:16Oh, no.
00:57:18I ain't done my time.
00:57:20No, wait, wait.
00:57:21Ernie, baby, that was not my fault, okay?
00:57:24I mean, I just told him the machine.
00:57:27How was I supposed to know that these bums are going to put an alarm on it?
00:57:30I mean, who ever heard of such a thing, huh?
00:57:31A lock, maybe, but not an alarm.
00:57:38I'll try to get you out of there.
00:57:39I'll try to get you out of there.
00:57:41I'll try to get you out of there.
00:57:41I'll try to get you out of there.
00:57:42Yeah?
00:57:43Mm-hmm.
00:57:45Well, thanks for coming to visit.
00:57:48And the cookies.
00:57:51Hey, the least I can do for my partner, huh?
00:57:55Mm-hmm.
00:57:59Now, look, this situation.
00:58:02No risk, huh?
00:58:07Marilyn's got this coat.
00:58:09Mean coat, huh?
00:58:11She don't use it no more because it's a gift I got her, you know, about 10 years ago when we were dating.
00:58:18We keep her insurance on it, you know.
00:58:22So the coat is still worth a lot.
00:58:25Get my drift?
00:58:26Yeah.
00:58:27Okay.
00:58:28I think.
00:58:29Good.
00:58:30What I'm suggesting is take a look at the coat, huh?
00:58:35It's in the closet in the study, in Estelle's room.
00:58:40Estelle ain't there at night because she's up there watching that preacher man she's so much in love with, you know?
00:58:45What I want you to do is examine the merchandise, okay?
00:58:50Take the coat with you and then see if you can find us a buyer.
00:58:53And we make an insurance claim on it like it's been stolen.
00:58:57And Marilyn, she buys herself a new coat.
00:59:01Hey, she's going to be a lot more happier.
00:59:04And we keep the money.
00:59:07Exactly, yeah.
00:59:0850-50 this time.
00:59:11Partner.
00:59:16Oh, hey, hold, hold.
00:59:18Let Estelle get it.
00:59:19She's the maid.
00:59:20Estelle, the doorbell.
00:59:22Oh, hi, Mike.
00:59:30Is Wendy here?
00:59:31She's in her room.
00:59:33You could go on back.
00:59:36Hey, hi, Mike.
00:59:38How's school?
00:59:39Good, Mr. Swell.
00:59:41Real good.
00:59:45I'm joining the college track team this fall.
00:59:48Important for a man to be able to run, huh?
00:59:49Hello.
01:00:04It's for you.
01:00:06Marty Swell.
01:00:14Peggy.
01:00:15Shove at you, lying prick.
01:00:17You have lied to me since the day we met.
01:00:20Peggy, calm down.
01:00:21Take it easy.
01:00:22Wendy?
01:00:35Wendy?
01:00:39Mike?
01:00:41I heard you were home.
01:00:47I wish there was a place that felt like home.
01:01:02Tell me about it. I've been home a week. My parents are already driving me nuts.
01:01:17I'm headed back to Berkeley tonight. Tonight? How am I going to hang out with all summer?
01:01:34You want to do a bong hit? Why not? Fuck reality.
01:01:47I can just see you in New York, sitting in the back of a cab, going down Fifth Avenue, smoking a doobie.
01:02:03Why don't you come and visit? Yeah.
01:02:17You should come to Berkeley if you want to get away.
01:02:33I'll make you bed on the dorm floor.
01:02:41You should come to Berkeley if you want to get away.
01:02:45I'll make you bed on the dorm floor.
01:02:49Sometimes I just fantasize about never coming back.
01:03:09Mike? Did you see a car here when you drove up?
01:03:13Your mom's car?
01:03:15No. Marty's. The caddy. My mom's is in the shop.
01:03:20No, I don't think so.
01:03:31Oh, God.
01:03:33What's wrong?
01:03:34What's wrong?
01:03:35No, no, no, no, no.
01:03:36No, no, no.
01:03:37No, he couldn't have done that to me.
01:03:38No, that's just, that's just way too fucked.
01:03:41That's just way too fucked.
01:03:44What's going on?
01:03:49Okay, maybe they went.
01:03:52Maybe Mom went alone.
01:03:53Maybe Marty left with that jerk.
01:03:56Is there something I can do?
01:03:57Listen, Mike.
01:03:58I think something really bad has gone down.
01:04:00I mean, really bad.
01:04:01Are you sure you're not just being paranoid?
01:04:05I don't know, maybe.
01:04:07Oh, God, I hope so.
01:04:09I think.
01:04:10I'm not sure.
01:04:11Listen.
01:04:12Can you just hang out a second?
01:04:14You just might be witness to a murder.
01:04:17Mine.
01:04:18I don't know.
01:04:19If you want to write a prayer.
01:04:20Oh, God.
01:04:21Oh, God.
01:04:27Oh, God.
01:04:28I don't know.
01:04:29We've got four and a half,
01:04:30plenty of sunshine through today with seasonal temperatures.
01:04:31We should reach our normal high of about 82 degrees by this afternoon.
01:04:35Clear skies tonight, with the low to 70.
01:04:37Increasing cloudiness tomorrow, sticky and dew it with a high of 97.
01:04:41with a high amount of sex.
01:04:42Amen.
01:05:05Oh, you scared me.
01:05:07What is it?
01:05:09Um, nothing.
01:05:10I thought maybe you went to the party.
01:05:12After today?
01:05:14Forget it.
01:05:14I'm pooped.
01:05:16We'll take Sherry for breakfast this week.
01:05:18For her birthday.
01:05:20Uh, dinner.
01:05:21Well, maybe we'll get takeout, huh?
01:05:22Maybe Thai?
01:05:24Delivery?
01:05:25Yeah, I'll have it delivered.
01:05:26I'm not going anywhere.
01:05:29Okay, that's a good idea, Mom.
01:05:30You look tired.
01:05:31You rest, okay?
01:05:34Okay.
01:05:40You get sick when you're old and, you know, especially for the folks in the old folks' home.
01:05:46I mean, you know, here and there, my God.
01:05:54Hello?
01:05:55Hi.
01:05:56Uh, Mrs. Thomas?
01:05:58Yeah, hi.
01:05:59This is, uh, Wendy.
01:06:01Wendy?
01:06:02Wendy Schumann.
01:06:02You know, uh, Malcolm's friend?
01:06:04You were here for dinner last week, weren't you?
01:06:07We had lamb?
01:06:09Yeah, right, right.
01:06:10Oh, Malcolm's on his way out to see you, isn't he?
01:06:13Has he arrived yet?
01:06:15No.
01:06:16No, he's, he's not here yet.
01:06:18No, I'm expecting him later.
01:06:21Yeah.
01:06:22Um, listen, the reason I'm calling is, um, I just, I just want to know, do you happen
01:06:26to know Malcolm's friend, Brian?
01:06:28Brian?
01:06:28Brian?
01:06:30No, I don't think I ever recall a Brian having dinner here.
01:06:33No, he, he lives out here in L.A., in Bel Air.
01:06:36I was wondering if, if maybe you knew his number.
01:06:38And why don't you try 4-1-1?
01:06:41I don't know his last name.
01:06:49Yeah, well, see, um, I was thinking, you know, since Malcolm's coming out to L.A. and
01:06:54everything, um, that maybe I could get together some of his friends he knew from
01:06:57school and maybe we could have a little welcome to L.A. party for him.
01:07:01Oh.
01:07:01Yes, I'm sure he'd adore that.
01:07:04Yeah.
01:07:05I know how he likes parties.
01:07:08Look, I'm sorry, dear.
01:07:09I really can't help you, but I just don't recall a Brian.
01:07:13No, no, no, that, that's okay.
01:07:15I think I have to go now.
01:07:17Bye-bye, dear.
01:07:18Yeah.
01:07:19Okay.
01:07:19Bye.
01:07:23Bye.
01:07:26Fuck.
01:07:27What's going on?
01:07:31Something really awful.
01:07:33Come on.
01:07:35You don't understand.
01:07:37I'm talking about Grand Theft Auto here.
01:07:40Huh?
01:07:41All right, look.
01:07:42This friend of mine came from New York for a visit.
01:07:45And he stole the car.
01:07:48Kind of my ex-boyfriend.
01:07:50Your boyfriend?
01:07:51Oh, yeah.
01:07:52It's a long, idiotic story, but this is not just going to blow over.
01:07:56Oh, God.
01:07:57Do you know where he went?
01:07:59Yeah.
01:07:59To the palace of some queen named Brian in Bel Air.
01:08:02Can't you call his parents?
01:08:07I tried.
01:08:09Believe me, they don't know anything about Brian.
01:08:15Look, if you know it's in Bel Air, the cops are going to track it down.
01:08:19I can't believe he did this to me.
01:08:21Oh.
01:08:26It's on vacation.
01:08:28It's not your fault.
01:08:30It is.
01:08:31He was my friend, and of course, it has to be Marty's car.
01:08:36I just want to disappear and die.
01:08:57Hey, here it is.
01:08:59That's me.
01:08:59That's me.
01:09:00Hey, too.
01:09:01I helped her get the raft out of the pool, and then she fell in.
01:09:05I jumped in, and then I put my arm around her neck, and then I carried her to shore.
01:09:10Great.
01:09:11You carried her to shore?
01:09:12Yes.
01:09:13Excuse me, are you with the family?
01:09:14Right.
01:09:16You are with the family.
01:09:18And were you here when she dropped?
01:09:20Yeah, hot safe by Kite.
01:09:22Yeah, hot safe by Kite.
01:09:25We have two little stars right here at the table.
01:09:27Yeah, and one of them nearly had to drown to get there.
01:09:30Why do you always have to be so negative?
01:09:33Tracy, eat your meat crumb.
01:09:34I don't want to.
01:09:35It's good.
01:09:36It tastes like candy.
01:09:37I want candy for dinner.
01:09:38Where's Wendy?
01:09:40Um, probably in her room, sleeping or crying.
01:09:43I'm gonna go tell her we're eating.
01:09:44Why do I have to eat?
01:09:53Yo, bitch!
01:10:02She's not there, Ma.
01:10:04Maybe she went out.
01:10:05Well, she'd better not take in her car.
01:10:06She's not insured.
01:10:08I thought you said you were gonna take care of that for the summer.
01:10:11Not in my car.
01:10:12She can drive yours when it gets out of the shop.
01:10:14Mm, this calls for a celebration.
01:10:16For the hero.
01:10:17Woo!
01:10:18The re, yeah!
01:10:19And the hearie!
01:10:20Right.
01:10:21Woo!
01:10:23Don't we get a danish or something for a candle?
01:10:25My sister's cake.
01:10:27There you go.
01:10:28We might as well use it.
01:10:29Mm-hmm.
01:10:34Sometimes I envy Estelle.
01:10:37Having something to belong to.
01:10:40Something to believe in.
01:10:44For they are jolly good fellows.
01:10:47But they are jolly good fellows.
01:10:47And nobody can deny.
01:10:50Ha, ha.
01:10:50Which nobody can deny.
01:10:53And nobody can deny.
01:10:56For they are jolly good fellows.
01:10:58For they are jolly good fellows.
01:11:00But they are double-developed
01:11:04Which nobody can deny
01:11:08Just less than a few hours ago,
01:11:17I still thought someday I'd have a little flat with Malcolm.
01:11:21Maybe a family.
01:11:24Fantasies.
01:11:26How much they fulfill.
01:11:29The true sense of the word, they fill you up.
01:11:34When you've been away a while,
01:11:36you think your family has the potential to be the Brady Bunch,
01:11:39and it's just your bad attitude that's causing the rupture.
01:11:43But then you get home,
01:11:45and you realize that it's much more than that.
01:11:49That you never felt connected in the first place.
01:11:53And if you ever did,
01:11:57it was a long time ago.
01:12:10Why do we need to connect?
01:12:12The highest good we can strive for is to live with happiness and contentment.
01:12:22Webster's Dictionary defines contentment as the ability to be happy with what one has or is.
01:12:31not desiring something more or different to be satisfied.
01:12:36The Bible tells us to bless those who persecute you.
01:12:40You needed anything, Pop?
01:12:45It's drafty in here.
01:12:47I'll get you some extra blankets, huh?
01:12:50Why can't we just get by alone?
01:12:55Why can't we just get by alone?
01:12:59In our own little bubbles?
01:13:01The Bible tells us to be defeated.
01:13:02The Bible tells us to be damaged,
01:13:03and so on.
01:13:04The Bible tells us to believe that it's possible that it's possible to find their own Emeralds.
01:13:05The Bible tells us to be defeated and hence each other,
01:13:06and that is to be defeated,
01:13:07and that is to be defeated.
01:13:08Connections.
01:13:33They seem so fleeting.
01:13:38They come and go, but we want to hold on to them.
01:14:07Monty, slow down.
01:14:09Life obviously involves a lot more alone time than it does together time.
01:14:27Even though together is what we seem to strive for.
01:14:43We seem to strive for.
01:14:45I love you.
01:14:47I love you.
01:14:59I love you.
01:15:01I love you.
01:15:03I love you.
01:15:05I love you.
01:15:07I love you.
01:15:09I love you.
01:15:11I love you.
01:15:15I love you.
01:15:17I love you.
01:15:19I love you.
01:15:21I love you.
01:15:23I love you.
01:15:25You scared me.
01:15:27You scared the shit out of me.
01:15:28What are you doing?
01:15:29I'm hiding.
01:15:31Don't tell.
01:15:33Why?
01:15:35Malcolm stole the car.
01:15:42No way.
01:15:45Are we going to bust him?
01:15:47I'm going to be back in New York.
01:15:49I'm leaving Mom a full electronic explanation.
01:15:54Do you ever see Dad in New York?
01:15:59Sometimes.
01:16:00Sometimes.
01:16:01On holidays.
01:16:02He sent me a stuffed walrus last Christmas.
01:16:04Remember how I used to love walruses?
01:16:06When I was six.
01:16:07Yeah, well, I guess that's where he kind of left off.
01:16:10You're so lucky.
01:16:11I mean, you can just go.
01:16:12I'm still in prison.
01:16:13You'll be out soon.
01:16:14When I'm in New York.
01:16:15I'm in New York.
01:16:16I'm in New York.
01:16:17I'm in New York.
01:16:18I'm in New York.
01:16:19I'm in New York.
01:16:20I'm in New York.
01:16:21I'm in New York.
01:16:22I'm in New York.
01:16:23I'm in New York.
01:16:24I'm in New York.
01:16:25I'm in New York.
01:16:26I'm in New York.
01:16:27And I'm in New York.
01:16:28I'm in New York soon.
01:16:29When I get older, I'm gonna be a singer in a really cool band.
01:16:35I'm gonna blow everyone away.
01:16:37You watch.
01:16:38And I'm gonna go on tour all around the world.
01:16:41And my picture's gonna be plastered everywhere.
01:16:48And when they wanna see me, they're gonna have to pay.
01:16:53Big time.
01:16:57Good night.
01:17:04I love you.
01:17:09I love you too, sis.
01:17:27You can just drop me off at SFO, I'll wait for the next flight.
01:17:57You sure you don't want to come across a bay?
01:18:00You can crash at my place for a while.
01:18:05No.
01:18:07I gotta get back to New York, you know?
01:18:09I recruit for the summer.
01:18:15I can get my old job back at school.
01:18:19Oh, I need the drive, though, you know?
01:18:22Clear my head.
01:18:24Clear out.
01:18:27Mike?
01:18:31Do you ever wonder what your kids will be like?
01:18:34I wonder if they'll have buck teeth like me.
01:18:38They'll have buck teeth.
01:18:43No.
01:18:43I mean, are they going to hate us as much as we hate our parents?
01:18:50We've got the same screwed up relationships.
01:18:54Don't know.
01:18:57They say you end up just like your folks.
01:19:00Sorry.
01:19:18Sorry.
01:19:18Sorry.
01:19:20Bong water.
01:19:21Mike.
01:19:27Go over.
01:19:28I think I need air.
01:19:29I'm over.
01:19:59What's wrong?
01:20:23I just gotta know.
01:20:24Things will be different.
01:20:25There's, there's gotta be a chance.
01:20:31Things will change.
01:20:33I mean, things will be different for us.
01:20:40They will be, when we have our own families, right?
01:20:49Come on.
01:20:50Come on.
01:20:50You can sleep in the car.
01:20:57I'll wake you when we get there.
01:20:58That was my last summer home.
01:21:06For a long time, anyway.
01:21:08I thought I'd walk away with all the answers, but...
01:21:12I only ended up with more questions.
01:21:14I never did finish my book.
01:21:20Maybe it'll take a lifetime to get it right.
01:21:23Because the more I wonder, the more I write.
01:21:27The more I write.
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