All language subtitles for The.Wonder.Years.S06E21.DVDRip.x264-DEiMOS_track3_[und]

-I guess things never turn out
exactly the way you planned.

I know they didn't with me.

still, like my dad
used to say --

traffic's traffic.

you go where life takes you.

I remember a time. A place.
a particular fourth of july.

the things I saw in that decade
of war and change.

I remember how it was,
growing up,

among people and places
I loved.

most of all, I remember
how it was...To leave.

[ joe cocker's "With a little
Help from my friends" plays ]

-♪ baby ♪

-♪ by with a little help
From my friends ♪

-♪ said I'm gonna make it
With my friends ♪

-♪ try with a little help
From my friends ♪

-♪ oh, I'm gonna
Keep on trying ♪

-♪ high with a little help
From my friends ♪

♪ I'm gonna keep on trying now,
Baby ♪

-♪ ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

-♪ I'm'a gonna raise a fuss... ♪
-summer of 1973 was a time
of restless energy.

the first generation
to grow up on "Sgt. Pepper"

was heading out
into the world...

searching for truth,
looking to find themselves...

-♪ but there ain't no cure
For the summertime blues ♪
-having a blast.

[ machinery whirring ]

me?

that july, I was working
in my dad's furniture factory,

sanding the edges off about
500,000 pieces of wood per day

-hey, scrote!
Pick up the slack, will you?

-shut up, wayne.

-that's no way to talk
To your supervisor!

-you're not my supervisor.

-if I'm not your supervisor,

Why am I wearing
A jacket and a tie?

-[ scoffs ] got me.

-uh-huh.

-in what had to rank

as the dumbest career move
in history,

I'd traded my job
at chong's chinese

for a future in sawdust.

-kevin!

Your checking the machine
After every load, right?

-right, dad.

And you're being careful?

-yeah, dad!

-the worst part was,
for some inexplicable reason,

everything my father did
irritated the heck out of me.

-dad, what are you doing?

-checking the machine.

-I just told you. I checked it!
-I heard you.

-and vice versa.

-so why'd you ask me
In the first place?

-what'd you say?

-I didn't say anything!

-all right!
Let's just get back to work!

Pay attention
To what you're doing!

-I always pay attention.

[ grinds loudly ]

-uh-huh.

-face it.

nothing was going right --
my job, my future, my family...

not to mention the last night
I'd spent with my girl.

-♪ sealed with a kiss ♪

-this song is really stupid.

I mean, what is someone
Gonna do --

Kiss an envelope or something?

-yeah, I guess so.

-winnie, are you sure
You want to do this?

-well, it's a good job.

-what, being a lifeguard
At some stupid resort?

-kevin, my uncle went through

A lot of trouble
To get me this job.

Besides, what's wrong
With being a lifeguard?

-w-- nothing.

Just...

[ sighs ]
You're gonna be so far away.

And...

-course, what I wanted to say
was how much I'd miss her.

-it's gonna be just...

So inconvenient.

-inconvenient?

-whose stupid idea
Was this, anyway?

-I think it was yours.

-mine?

-you were the one who said

That we should spend the summer
Finding ourselves.

-no, I didn't say that.

What I meant was
We should find ourselves,

But, you know,
Still be together.

Uh, keep our space, only...

...Not really.

-yeah, that was it
in a nutshell.

-kevin, do we have to argue?
This is our last night together.

I'll think about you
Every minute.

-and, well,
putting it that way...

-me too.

-what was I worried about?

we'd think about each other
every minute.

-I have to start looking
For bathing suits.

[ clattering, screeching ]

-kevin!

Kevin, I told you
To pay attention!

[ machine stops ]

-safe hands make a safe factory.

-yeah.
-shut up, butthead.

-oh, well.

so my plans for summer
had turned to carpenter's glue.

at least I still had
my loyal friends.

-we're leaving.

-what?

-we're driving cross-country.

We take off in three days.

-you're kidding.

We're going to new york,
Then new orleans,

And then san francisco.

-this town is closing in on us.

-great.

-I guess it's just me and you
This summer.

-yeah, except, uh,
I'm gonna be busy

With advanced
Summer-school courses.

-oh, yeah,
I was gonna do that, too,

But I decided to have a life.

-terrific.
What am I supposed to do now?

-well, why don't you
Come with us?

-yeah. What do you say, kev?

-oh, come on, man.
We'll -- we'll be on the road!

-living by our wits.

-we'll go
Wherever we want to go.

-do what we want to do.

-if we want to wake up
In kansas city...

-we'll wake up in kansas city.

-and faced with the call
to the open road,

the song of the highway,

the lure of total
irresponsibility...

-you're dreaming.

Your parents are never gonna
Let you go.

-...There was really
only one reply.

-I'm in.

-you're out.

-what do you mean?
It'll be a great trip.

-now, where are they going
Exactly?

-new york, new orleans,
San francisco.

-san francisco?

-don't forget to put
Some flowers in your hair.

-look, dad, I just don't think
You understand.

I mean, this trip will be good
For me.

I'll be out on my own.

-forget it.

-why?

-you wouldn't survive
Two seconds on your own.

-oh, yeah?

-what are you gonna live on?

-hey, I got money saved up.

And besides,
We'll be living on our wits.

-[ laughs ]

-oh, brother.

-you know, honey,
Karen's gonna be flying in

On the fourth of july weekend,

And I thought it would be
A good chance

For all of us to be together.

-look, there's no sense
Discussing this any further.

You're not going,
And that's final.

-geez, what was this --
a family or a firing squad?

-okay.

See, I don't know
Why I asked you anyway.

This is my life,
And it's my decision.

Okay?

And I'm gonna do
What I have to do.

-and so, three days later,
I got up at dawn...

-hey, thanks for letting us use
Your sleeping bag.

-no problem.

-...To say goodbye
to my friends.

-hey. We'll send you a postcard
From new orleans.

-you're gonna have a great time.

-nah, come on.
It won't be that good.

Yes, it will.
-yes, it will.

[ both laugh ]

I keep thinking were gonna meet
These two girls,

And they're both gonna fall
In love with me.

-hmm.

-good luck.

-we're not eating
Till st. Louis.

[ engine revs ]

See ya!

[ engine backfires, horn honks ]

[ machinery whirring ]

-it came down to this --
I'd been stranded,

buried in the blue-collar
brigade.

-winnie.

-kevin. Is everything okay?

-yeah.

Yeah.
I just wanted to talk to you.

I really miss you.

-well, I really miss you, too.

[ up-tempo music playing ]

-you do?

-of course I do.
-winnie!

-yeah.
that's what I needed.

a loving voice.
a sympathetic ear.

-how's the job?

-great.

-it is?

-well, it's pretty good.

You know, there's a lot to do
Over here.

-oh. That's good.

I'm really happy for you.

-so how are things with you?

-well...
-hey, winnie! [ laughs ]

-...You know, working for my dad
Isn't exactly --

-[ laughing ] stop it!
Cut it out!

-come on! [ laughs ]

-winnie?

-come on. Stop splashing.
[ laughs ]

-what's going on?
-oh, it's nothing, kevin.

But I got to get back
To my job, okay?

-oh, uh, yeah. Sure.

Work.

-I'll talk to you soon.

-well, sure. I just --

[ dial tone ]

[ machinery whirring ]

Great.

Just great.

-and I don't know.

maybe it was winnie
or the noise or the heat,

but at that moment, I felt like
I was gonna burst.

-I don't believe it.
What are you doing here?

-I was just making a phone call.

-you're supposed to be
Out there working.

I can't leave you
For one minute.

-what's your problem?
-what was that?

-dad, get off my back!

-what?

-you're on top of me
Every second,

Telling me how to run my life.

"Do this," "Don't do that."

I hate this job!

-what's going on here?

-you know what your problem is?

-yeah. I can't stand it here.

-unh-unh.

You think you're too good
For this job.

-and that's when it happened.

I looked at those guys,
and all I saw was mediocrity

and hard work

and being chained down
the rest of your life.

-yeah. That's right.

That's right.

'cause maybe this job
Is good enough for you,

But it's not good enough for me.

-fine.

You don't want to work here,
I don't want you here.

-and after 17 years of living
under my father's thumb...

-okay.

I quit.

I'm out of here.

-...That next morning I took
my life savings of 130 bucks

and packed my bag.

-honey?
I wish you wouldn't do this.

-I got to go.

-no, you really don't, you know.

You could just
Put that bag away --

-I got to be on my own.

I got to find myself.

-I know, but you can
Find yourself here.

People don't realize it,

But there's lots of places
You can find yourself.

I mean...

You can go into a restaurant,
Lost,

Not knowing what you're doing.

And all of a sudden...

You can find yourself.

-it was wise and touching
and kind all at once.

-it can happen anywhere.

-it came from the heart
of the woman who'd loved me

and raised me.

and I could only think of
one thing to say.

-mom, I got to get going.

I'll call when I get someplace.

[ engine turns over ]

-all I knew was I was 17
and on my way.

I was gone.

and I didn't look back.

[ creedence clearwater revival's
"Up around the bend" plays ]

-♪ there's a place up ahead
And I'm goin'... ♪

-freedom.

it was more
than just a full tank of gas

and a highway under my wheels.

it was me on my own,

with no one to answer to
but the call of summer.

and fun.

-♪ come on the rising wind ♪

-not that I'd taken off
without a plan.

I knew where I was going.

-welcome to the cascades.
Will you be staying?

-take care of my car.

-yeah. It's a classic.

-never mind that.

this was perfect -- fresh air,
sunshine, and, of course...

[ laughter ]

-winnie!

Winnie.

-kevin?

I can't believe you're here.

-yeah. Me neither.

-I mean, you just got in your
Car and drove all this way?

-well, yeah.

I wanted to see you.

-it was what you might call
a hero's welcome.

-oh.

-almost.

-well, I mean,
You're happy to see me, right?

-of course I'm happy to see you.
I'm very happy to see you.

-good.

-I just can't believe
You're here, that's all.

-yeah, well,
Things kind of blew up at home.

I, uh, I had a fight
With my dad, and...

Kind of quit my job.

-you did?

-yeah.

-[ chuckles ]

-kevin, that's awful.

-[ chuckles weakly ]

-well...Not exactly.

I mean...

You know, I thought this way
We could be together.

And, you know, maybe I could get
A job here and --

-here?

-well, yeah.

Maybe you could put a word in
For me or something.

-well, maybe,
But I don't really know anybody.

-hi, winnie.
-how you doing?

-see you at the pool.

-hello, winnie!

-hmm.

-listen, winnie,
If you don't want to do this --

-no. Of course I do.

Maybe I could help.

What kind of a job
Would you want?

-it doesn't matter.

You know, I could be a lifeguard
Or a caddie

Or an assistant tennis coach
Or -- you name it.

Whatever.

Hey, watch it.

-tennis, anyone?

in another dazzling
career move,

I'd gone from sweatshop lackey
to bottom-of-the-barrel busboy.

-hey!

-mr. Arnold.
You ready to get to work?

-yes, sir.

-you have to set up
All these tables.

Got it?

-butthead.

-what'd you say?

-butter.
I brought some butter.

-needleman.

Can't you do something
About your uniform?

-my tux is in the cleaners.

Welcome to the cascades resort
And tennis club.

-thrilled.

-you should always bring out
Three extra baskets of rolls.

These people are like locusts.

-really?

-hey, busboy.

My coffee's cold.

-needleman!

You are batting zero today,
Buddy.

-okay.

clearly,
this wasn't gonna work.

so maybe it was time to present
my full résumé.

-listen, mr. Dexter?

-yes, arnold?

-this job isn't exactly
What I had in mind.

-well, they're digging
A new septic tank out back.

How are you with a shovel?

-on the other hand...

-never mind.

-...Maybe it was best
to let sleeping dogs lie.

after all,
I hadn't come up here

to investigate the wonders
of plumbing.

I'd come up here
for just one reason.

that would be it.

-[ laughs ]

-hmm.

not that I was concerned
or anything.

-winnie. Hi.

-oh.

Hi, kevin.

Kevin, this is eric.
He's the head lifeguard here.

-hi.

I'm the new golf pro.

-oh, that's a joke, right?

-yeah.

-I'm gonna go for a swim, okay?

-I'll watch the pool.

-and, uh, don't forget
To take off your sunglasses.

-gotcha.

-yeah.

ten-four.

-so...

This is the pool, huh?

[ whistle blows ]

-great.
a woman with a whistle.

-listen, kevin?

Employees aren't really allowed
Around here during the day.

-sorry.

[ clears throat ]

But, uh, I'll still see you
Tonight, right?

-sure.

-great.

-except...

The lifeguards are kind of
Having this meeting by the lake.

And I kind of promised
That I'd --

-winnie...Is it just
My imagination,

Or am I spoiling your plans
Or something?

-what are you talking about?

-you know, I came all the way
Up here to see you,

And now I'm...Not gonna see you.

You know, I just feel like
I'm getting in the way here.

-no, it's not that.

-well, then, what is it?

-I was just really surprised
To see you.

And it's really busy
Around here.

You just
Got to give me a chance to...

Get used to it.

-and of course,
the way she said it,

it sounded reasonable enough.

-okay. Sure.

-thanks. I really appreciate it.

-yeah. Well, you know,
I got to unpack tonight anyway.

So, uh, I'll just...
Hang out with the busboys, okay?

-[ sniffs ]
[ fly buzzing ]

-so I hung out with the guys.

-howie, you mind
Moving your feet a little?

-yeah. No problem.

[ fly buzzing ]

-and what a crew they were.

-you guys think I look a little
Like steve mcqueen?

What do you think?

-oh, yeah. I'm always
Getting you two mixed up.

[ laughter ]

-yeah, this was some fun.

kind of like living in a zoo.

-hey, what do you guys do
Around here for fun?

-well, there's lots of things
To do.

-needleman's got a pile
Of magazines.

-is there anything else?

-well, yeah. You know,
There's poker with the band.

-but you don't want to
Play poker with the band.

-no. You definitely don't want
To play poker with the band.

[ men speaking spanish ]

-[ exhales sharply ]
Mind if I sit in?

[ laughter ]

-you got money?

-yeah. Sure.

-then make yourself comfortable.

-oh, here we go.

-you want a pepsi?

[ laughter ]

-no, thanks.

-you know what you're doing?
This is the band.

-yeah.
These guys play for big stakes.

-yeah, yeah. Don't worry.

-10 bucks.

-I mean, hey,

who'd these jokers think
they were dealing with here?

besides a chump
with a pair of 2s?

-oh, man.

-I'm in.

-[ speaking spanish ]

-I raise you 20.

-oh, geez.

-obviously the merengue
business was booming.

-that's 20 to you, kid.

-20 to you.

-I know, howie.

-okay.

my manhood was on the line --
such as it was.

so...

-I'm in.

-okay, kevin.

-cuatro.
-tres.

-how many?
-give me three.

-he's taking three.

-after all, I knew a little bit
about cards.

-dame tres.

-one lucky draw,
you're in the chips.

or...

-10 bucks.

-...I could bluff.

-I'll raise you 20.

-[ speaks spanish ]

I fold.

-el foldo.

I fold.

-and I raise you 20.

What's it gonna be, kid?
You in or out?

-like they say --
when the going gets tough,

the tough get going.

-I'll raise you 20 back.

-I fold.

-well, what do you know?

The pot is mine.

-[ laughs ] okay, kevin!

[ laughter ]

-way to go, kev.

-I won! Ha!

Yes.

-and my dad said
I couldn't survive.

well, I was surviving
just fine, thank you.

I was on my own
and doing all right.

there was just one more thing

that could make this night
perfect.

-excuse me.

Excuse me.
-huh?

-have you seen winnie cooper?

-winnie cooper? Yeah.

I think she's with eric, right?

-um, yeah. Winnie and eric
Are right over there.

-thanks.

-♪ if she is bad,
He can't see it ♪

♪ she can do no wrong ♪

♪ turn his back
On his best friend ♪

♪ if he put her down ♪

♪ when a man loves a woman ♪

♪ spend his very last dime ♪

♪ tryin' to hold on ♪

♪ to what he needs ♪

♪ he'd give up
All his comforts ♪

♪ and sleep out in the rain... ♪