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I bet we've been together for a million years.

And I bet we'll be together for a million more.

Oh, it's like I started breathing on the night we kissed.

And I can't remember what I ever did before.

What would we do, baby, without her?

What would we do?

Okay, Skip, take a look around. What do you see?

I see the gym.

A place where I routinely hurt myself.

The gym?

Skip, the gym? That's all you see?

See, that's why I'm chairman of the prom committee and you're prom garbage

captain. This isn't the gym?

Well, yeah, today it's the gym, but in one week it's gonna be transformed into

magnificent Civil War plantation.

It'll just smell like a gym.

Sounds great. Oh, it's gonna be great. Skip, we're gonna have a magnolia grove

back here. And this, this is gonna be...

The Mason -Dixon line.

And back here, the girls' locker room. You know what that's going to be?

Heaven?

No, Skip, that's where we're going to put the mansion.

Come on, we've got a lot of work to do. Can you start by getting the trees?

Right away, boss.

Hi, Alec. How's it going?

Oh, Rachel, it's going great. You know, this is going to be the best prom in the

school's history.

Oh, great idea you had for the theme, Gone with the Wind.

Oh, well, thank you. But I liked your idea, Sunset on Wall Street.

Yeah, I guess it was just too romantic for this crowd.

Everything's under control.

So, Alex, do you have a tuxedo for the prom yet?

Yeah, sure.

How about a date?

Huh? Who?

I mean, do you have a date yet?

Well, no, no, not yet.

As a matter of fact, I was planning to ask Jocelyn Clark.

Oh, Jocelyn.

Jocelyn, she's nice.

That's nice.

Yeah, I know, but I have to admit I'm a little nervous about it. Why, Alex, I

think any girl would be thrilled to go with you.

Well, I know that.

I mean, I know, but Jocelyn, Jocelyn is just so special, you know?

I'm merely extraordinary.

I don't know. Sometimes extraordinary is enough.

Thanks, Rach.

You know, You're okay.

Whoa. Rach, there she is.

Jocelyn Clark.

Excuse me for a minute.

Wish me luck, Rach.

Good luck, Alec.

Jocelyn.

So, you're really gonna go with this dumb gone -with -the -wind theme, huh?

Well, it wasn't my idea, but I'm just one guy, you know?

Uh, Jocelyn, you know, speaking of the prom, I was wondering, uh, well, since

I'm gonna be there and I assume that you're gonna be there, um, why don't we

there together?

What a cute idea.

Thank you.

But I can't. Brad Hamilton asked me yesterday.

Sorry, Alex.

I guess, uh, I guess I just asked you too late, huh?

No. I would have waited for Brad.

Alex, I just want you to know that I saw the entire thing, and if I were her, I

would have said yes.

Let's hope it doesn't come to that, Skip.

Guess what, Mom? Today Mrs. Anderson read my poem in front of the whole

Oh, that's wonderful, honey.

We'd love to hear it.

Ah, speak for yourself, Dad.

Come on, Jennifer, let's hear it.

by Jennifer Keaton.

We live in a shadow of nuclear bomb.

One day we're here, the next we're gone.

So how was your day, Alex?

I think the poem pretty well sums it up.

I know why Alex is depressed.

He asked Jocelyn Clark to the prom today and she said no, it's all over school.

Who would believe it? President of the prom committee and I can't get a date.

I'd go with you, Alex, but I already have a date. Who?

You're just kidding.

Even the chaperones have dates.

Don't look at me.

To make matters worse, Rachel Miller's on her way over here right now to work

prom plans. How am I supposed to get my heart into this now?

Don't feel so bad, Alex.

I bet a lot of unpopular guys don't have dates.

Ah, there she is now. I'll get it.

Oh, Rach.

Hi. Hi, Rachel.

Good to see you. Hi, Rachel.

We don't have much left to do, but we have to pick the music. Now, I brought

some tapes here of a few bands.

We have Bloody Awful, Return of the Dead, and Liver Damage.

Why don't we go upstairs and let Rachel and Alex get some work done?

Wow, this is great.

I wish I had liver damage.

It can be arranged.

Come on, Alex. Let's listen to the tape.

Terrific. Just what I'm in the mood for.

What's the matter?

Jocelyn turned me down.

I'm depressed.

I'm saddened. I'm crushed.

I know. I heard. I'm sorry.

How could that happen? You know, we were so sure she was going to say yes.

You know, it's torture when you want something so bad and you just can't have

it. You know what I mean?

Yeah, I do.

Ah, there I go.

Crying on your shoulder again. Why do I always do that? No, it's okay. I don't

mind.

Enough of this blubbering. Let's listen to these tapes. The prom must go on.

Okay. I think we have some good stuff here.

Hey, that's not bad.

That's bloody awful.

I don't know. I kind of like it.

That's the name of the group.

I know. It was a joke. I was joking.

Oh, that's funny.

Hey, you want to see if this stuff's danceable?

Oh, no. I'm a really bad dancer.

Rach, trust me. So am I.

Boy, you were kidding.

But that's okay. We dance badly well together.

You know, Rachel, it's kind of nice.

I never thought of you as someone that I could dance with.

Ow, ow.

You know,

I just had a crazy thought.

Why don't we go to the prom together?

You mean you and me?

Yeah.

Well, I would love to go.

Great.

Yo, this is wonderful. Not only do I get to go to the prom now, but with you,

the nicest guy I know.

Oh, uh... Maybe, uh...

Maybe we could stop dancing now. This could get painful.

I can stand it if you can.

Sure.

Ow!

Ow.

You asked Rachel to the prom?

That's a brilliant idea.

Why didn't we think of it sooner?

I don't know, Skip. You know, sometimes in life there are things that should be

so clear to us, yet we're oblivious.

Huh?

Never mind. Listen, we've got a lot of work to do. I need you to climb up here

and hang this half moon. You got it.

Hey, Jocelyn, how you doing?

Fine, just fine. Everything is going great here. You know, we're going to run

another Magnolia Grove right along there by the bleachers.

Oh, Alex.

Okay, we're not locked into it.

Jocelyn, what's wrong?

Well, Brad and I, we had a fight.

He broke our date for the prom. What am I going to do, Alex?

I don't know, Jocelyn.

Oh, Alex.

I'm so sorry that I said no to you yesterday.

Peter are nicer than Brad is.

I am?

I mean, I do my best.

I don't suppose... You don't suppose what?

That you would still want to take me?

I think that we would have a fabulous time together.

You, me, us.

What do you think?

Yeah, I think... I think you're right. I'd love to go with you. But, Alex, you

can't do that. Excuse me.

Wait a minute. What are you doing?

Do you mean it, Alex?

I do, of course. I'd love to go with you.

Oh, thank you so much, Alex. You know, I hope you're not... Alex, you're not...

Oh,

I'm not. I'm not. Jocelyn, believe me. What about the other... I think we're

going to have a really good time.

This is incredible.

I cannot believe this. I have waited for years to go out with her.

Alec, can you believe this?

Aren't you forgetting about something?

What?

Rachel? The girl you asked out yesterday?

Rachel? I forgot about Rachel. How do I get myself into these things, Skip?

Just lucky, I guess.

Here she comes now, boss.

This isn't going to be easy, Skippy.

Hi, Alex.

Hi, Skippy.

Listen, uh, Rachel, I have to talk to you.

Oh, I have something. You can keep that.

Uh, what is it?

It's a swatch of my prom dress.

I'm making it myself.

I was so excited, I stayed up all night sewing.

Anyway, I thought you'd want to know what color it is to match the corsage.

Yes.

Yes, indeed, I do. You know, I've been waiting for this in your prom my whole

life.

I don't know, I didn't think I was going to get to go, but when you asked me,

I...

I'm just so glad we're going together.

So am I.

Anyway, I have to run. I have a lot of sewing to do.

Okay, bye.

Alex, I hate to be the one to point this out to you, but you've got two dates

for the prom.

I'm aware of that, Skip.

And if I calculate correctly, that's one date too many.

Now, Skip, that's one me too few.

One man, one prom, two dates.

Each date ignorant of the other's existence.

You know, we're going to make history, Skip. We have an appointment with

destiny. Well, cancel it, Alex. I'm scared.

All right, Skip.

Okay, let's go over the plan once more. Now, the north end of the gym is now

called Area A.

Okay, at no point is Rachel to enter area A prior to A57.

Got it.

Okay, now areas B and D are free zones, which means... Either girl may enter,

provided the band is not on a break at the time.

Very good. Okay, now remember, when I'm with Rachel, I'm going to be wearing the

blue boutonniere.

When I'm with Jocelyn, the red one.

Uh, Rachel, Jocelyn, red, blue. Got it.

Okay, now, there are emergency exits at either end of the gymnasium.

The master switch box is behind the blue wrestling mat.

This will allow you to switch off the lights, lower the backboards, and in

of an emergency, open the floor over the swimming pool.

Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

If I'm ever in this situation with two dates for a prom, Will you do the same

thing for me?

Skipper, let's cross that bridge when we come to it.

Uh -oh.

Mallory, you'll never guess what Alex did.

Ah, Skip, that's a secret.

What's a secret?

I'm sorry, but I swore to Alex I wouldn't tell, and I'm not going to

that sacred oath.

Tell me, Skippy.

Alex has two dates for the prom.

Skippy. I'm sorry, Alex, but she broke me down.

I'm only human.

What's going on here?

Alex asked out both Rachel and Jocelyn.

How could you have two dates?

Well, come on, Mallory. Mom and Dad have always encouraged us to go out with

more than one person.

Alex, are you crazy? You're not going to pull this off?

Sure we will. Tonight, Alex and I have an appointment with dentistry.

Destiny. Skip Destiny.

Having fun?

Wonderful. I'm so glad you asked me. I'm glad you said yes.

Remember our prom?

Oh, like it was yesterday.

I remember the band played Our Day Will Come and...

Wait a minute.

You know the way kids dance today, they never stay with their partner.

he's not a shy boy.

What? I'm exhausted. Let's get the rest of this dance out.

Oh, I'm sorry I carried you out.

Oh, Rach, it wasn't you. It was me.

Uh, I overdanced.

You know, this is wonderful. It's so romantic. I feel like I'm in the old

with all its old glory.

It looks great.

We did a great job.

I can practically smell the magnolias blossoming.

And immense julep -ing.

Listen, um... Rachel, have I told you how good you look tonight?

No.

I'll be right back, and I'll tell you.

So, Rachel, are you having a good time?

Great time.

Yep. He's quite a guy.

You don't know the happiness.

Well, I still think it's a dumb theme for a prom.

Well, Jocelyn, you have to use your imagination.

You know, picture the South in all its glory.

Magnolias blossoming.

Mince julepings.

Mince julepings?

Hi. Having fun?

Uh, yeah. Mom and Dad, uh, this is Jocelyn.

My... Date.

Yeah.

Prom chairman.

Attention. Prom chairman. Please report to area A.

Please report to the bandstand.

Excuse me.

Skippy, that was a serious breach of protocol.

Alex, I'm sorry, but Rachel started asking questions. She wanted to know why

were spending so much time with Jocelyn.

Oh, no. What did you tell her?

That you were tutoring her in math.

Good thinking, Skippy.

Look out.

Rachel at four o 'clock.

Bye.

Bye, Alex. I requested our song.

Ah, that's bloody awful.

No, I like it.

That was a joke.

I know.

I'm glad all our hard work paid off.

It's going to be an evening I will never forget.

Me neither.

Alex, I've got to talk to you.

Not now, Skippy. It's important.

Well, can't I wait? No, I'm sorry, Rachel. Official prom business.

You're really jeopardizing the plan here. You're supposed to be with

I'm having a good time with Rachel over here. Alex, this is the prom. It's no

time to enjoy yourself.

Look, go over to Jocelyn Stoller.

She has been giving me the eye.

Maybe she's taken with me.

Excuse me, Jocelyn, would you like to dance?

With you?

Don't be silly. We'll find you somebody else.

You having a good time, Rachel? Yeah, great time.

I like this quite a date.

That seems to be the consensus.

May I have your attention, please?

I'd like to thank all of you for coming tonight.

You've been a great class, and it's going to be sad to see you go.

And if you believe that, I've got some old textbooks I'd like to sell you.

But seriously.

Aside from thanking all of you, I think we should all thank one of you, the

chairman of the prom committee, the man who made Sunset at Terra a reality,

Alex P. Keaton.

Thank you, everybody. Thank you very much.

And now, Alex, I think it's only appropriate that you and your date begin

will be the last dance of the 1984 Pride.

Care to dance?

See,

it began simply enough. I asked you, Jocelyn, to the prom because, uh, well,

I've always... Adored you from afar, and you've always ignored me.

I knew what I was doing.

Then I asked Rachel, and she said yes.

And then you asked me, and I said yes.

Look, we're all familiar with the classic one boy, one girl date. This is

simple variation.

I don't want to sit here and listen to any more of this.

You did a horrible thing, Alex, and that's all there is to it.

I'm sorry, Jocelyn.

Guess you feel the same way, huh?

Alex, I wish you never invited me to this prom.

If you preferred Jocelyn to me, you should have just told me.

I don't prefer her to you, Rachel.

Then why did you take her to the prom when we already had a date?

I thought that I preferred her to you. You know, I thought she was everything

that I ever wanted in a prom date.

Oh, that makes me feel great.

But I gotta tell you, Rachel, it didn't turn out that way.

You know, through all the madness and the deception and the running around

girl to girl, one thought kept recurring in my mind.

You wish you'd worn roller skates?

That, too.

No, it became more and more clear to me that it was you, not

Jocelyn, that I wanted to be with.

Now, why should I believe that?

You're right.

There is absolutely no good reason for you to believe that.

I admit, my credibility is a bit suspect right now.

Take off one of the carnations and maybe I'll listen.

Which one was yours?

Alex? Look, Rachel, what's important here is not the flowers.

It's that we like each other a lot. And we shouldn't let that slip away just

because I did one stupid thing.

I do like you, but I'm mad at you, and I'm more mad at myself for not being

mad at you.

Yeah, but not as mad as I am at myself for doing what I did to make you mad at

me.

And you.

Alex, this was my senior prom.

I wanted this to be really special.

This is not the way I envisioned it.

Rachel, look on the bright side.

You're never going to forget it.

The blue one's mine.

I'm sorry I did this to you tonight, Rachel.

You know, if I'd only realized sooner how much I like you, this never would

happened.

Can you forgive me?

Well, it's gonna take some time.

I can wait.

Come on, let's go home.

Sit, Ubu, sit.

Good dog.