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My foot.

The world is a scary place.

You hear that? I mean, just take a look at the headlines sometimes.

You got your serial killers, your flesh -eating viruses, your wild packs of

carnivorous coyotes roaming the countryside.

You never know what's going to pop out of the dark.

Hey,

don't worry. I'm not here to hurt you. Who are you?

Never mind that. Your father's on the way.

Why? Why?

He's coming for you, pal.

So what? That guy doesn't even know me. Oh, that's good, because he's bringing a

Louisville slugger with him.

I gotta go.

Pat, wait.

Oh, my God.

That's him. See you, Jennifer.

Call me tomorrow.

Yeah, right.

All right, who is he?

He's really angry.

Can you help me?

I'm 20 years old. My father's in that case. Please.

Who's this?

He's my date.

What's his name?

I don't know.

You didn't even tell her your name.

Oh, what's that?

Sometimes the scariest things out there are the things you simply don't

understand.

Take, for example, a guy who gets tomorrow's newspaper today.

What's scarier than that?

Yeah, good morning.

Wake up.

Come on, buddy. It's me.

Yeah, open up.

Good morning. What's so good about it?

You look gorgeous.

Why'd you get up on the wrong side of the bed?

No, I never went to bed.

Oh, yeah?

And where did you spend the night?

In a swamp.

Any particular reason you spent the evening in a swamp?

This. It leads, I follow.

Well, I hope it was worth it.

Did anybody say thank you at least?

What do you think?

You want my advice?

You need help.

What kind of help do you suggest?

You need someone that you can talk to.

Someone that'd help you lighten the load a little bit.

Well, I thought that was you.

Someone you can trust.

Maybe you should tell your folks.

Yeah.

I mean, look at you. You're pale.

You're not having very much fun.

Why don't you invite him down for the weekend? Have him take care of you. You

can bond.

I definitely think you should tell your folks.

What I think... I think out of all the advice that you've given me, Chuck, that

that is the worst.

My parents here in Chicago, you've got to be joking.

In all this time, you've never breathed a word to them, dropped even a slight

hint? You got it?

It's a big secret to keep from the people that changed your diapers.

What do you expect me to do, go home and say, gee, Mom, Dad, I forgot to tell

you, but I get tomorrow's paper today, that'd be great. And my dad, can you

imagine him?

First thing he'd want to do is help, and you know what that means.

There it is.

All right.

Remember the paper route to seventh grade? Or how about that explosive

project? We'd like to get out of there alive.

Yeah, well, let's just get out of here alive, okay?

Hey, anybody in there?

All right, nobody's in here. Put this thing out. Let's go.

I know this is true. Yeah, come on. Let's go. This thing is going to blow.

I know that smell.

Yeah, come on, now.

Huh? I'll get the door. Go!

What is that smell?

Nolke.

Oh, no, you're not going to believe this.

It's time.

No, you're not.

Oh, yes, I am.

What's going on here?

Chucky, is that you?

There's my boy!

Yeah!

See ya!

Is it a joke you guys are playing a joke on me? No, your trailer's on fire.

Really?

So this is it, huh?

Well, let's have a look around.

Yeah, make yourself at home, Mr. Hobbs. Not much in the way of furnishings,

but... Wow, look at this view.

Fantastic.

Yes, sir, Dad. Hey, how'd you find this place?

Back of a matchbook.

Whoa!

Chucko, silly old jokester, huh? That's me.

How's the stock market business?

Well, you know, it has its ups and it has its downs.

Good to see you guys. How long's it been?

Well, over a year, right? Yeah, well, we've been busy, you know, saving the

world. Yeah, I take that. Listen, so what are you doing here? Since when does

guy need an excuse to come and see his kid, huh?

It's just in the traffic out there.

Hey, I gotta wash up. How about some coffee? You guys got any coffee? Yeah,

in the pantry.

You call this a pantry? Look at it.

You're that, buddy.

Look, I got to go back to the office and take care of some very important

business. Good luck.

Let's see what we got here.

Filters, cups, coffee.

You all right?

Want to have a little coffee with me?

Come on, you didn't answer me. You got me worried here. What's wrong?

Why does something always have to be wrong?

I felt like taking a little trip.

You've had that trailer locked up for ten years in mothballs.

I talked to you the other day. You're out in your shed building cabinets. You

don't mention anything about visiting. Now all of a sudden, here you are.

going on?

She threw me out.

What? Who threw you out?

Your mother.

She threw me out.

When did that happen?

Last Tuesday.

You've been driving around for a week?

I took the scenic route. Did a little fishing.

What are you doing? What am I doing? I'm calling Mom.

Are you kidding me?

She packed those bags with her own little hands. Set them out on the porch,

closed the door, and said, see ya.

Dad, after 35 years, what do you do to make her so mad?

You got me.

Dad.

Okay.

I retired.

That's it?

Well, that's my point, isn't it? Exactly.

You spend your whole life on your job, and then all of a sudden, bam, that's

You're finished. Out of there.

Well, not me.

I got a lot to do.

Like what?

You sound just like her. It's exactly what she said. Like what?

Well, and then what did you say?

I said I am too young to spend the rest of my life building shells for your

China.

You said that to Mom?

I said that to Mom. That's when she threw me out.

She said, come back when you've found whatever it is you're looking for. So, I

hooked up the trailer.

I went up to Yellowstone. I saw Old Faithful. Hey...

I fished the Lower Madison, I fished the Upper Madison, then I fished the

Clearwater, then I fished the Yellowstone, and then I got real tired

So I circled around, I headed down to the Grand Canyon, spit in there, and

I came here.

Yeah, you came here. Now you're going to go home. Really?

Mom.

Hey, how you doing?

Listen, Mom.

Yeah, I'm eating fine.

Listen, is there anything that you want to tell me?

Yeah, no.

Mom, Dad's here.

Huh? No, Mom. Mom.

I know. I love you, too.

Okay.

Well,

I guess it's just the two of us, pal.

Which closet's mine?

So he's staying, huh? No.

Just long enough for Mom to calm down, then he's going home.

Hey, you got any gnocchi?

What's gnocchi?

Never mind. Just give me two fingers of scotch and a glass of water with some

lime. Okay.

Has this ever happened before?

No. I mean, that guy's always been the Rock of Gibraltar, huh?

Well, it looks like the Rock is starting to roll.

Well, I think he's pretty charming.

I mean, maybe it'll be good for you, you know, like a father -son bond.

Is that what they teach you in psychology?

Oh, come on, Gary. He loves you.

Don't be so hard on him. I'm not being hard on him. I love him. He's my father.

I'm just being practical. He's got his life and I've got mine.

Not to mention a newspaper at your doorstep. Yeah, if you listen to me, you

don't mention anything about that, do you understand?

You can't keep it a secret.

I mean, he's going to be living in your house. For a couple of days and that's

it. And then?

Go ahead and then I'll talk to him. He'll listen. I'll just have to be tough

him. Marissa?

Yeah? Listen, Dad. Old friends and new. Before you do that, I want... Here's to

new adventures.

Come what may.

Son, you're not toasting.

Well, that's because... Here's to finding ourselves, Chuck.

Right behind you, Bernie.

Okay. Finally, the ones who love you, the ones who pull your fat from the

the ones who stand by you when you have no place else to go.

You don't mind me being here, do you?

No, what are you talking about?

I'm just worried about you and Mom, that's all.

I appreciate that.

So what's up for tomorrow?

I have no idea.

Make a breakfast. Scrambled okay?

Yep.

Hell of a day out there, son. People all over the place, like roaches.

Did you turn my alarm clock off? Yeah, I did. Went off at 6 .30.

You were sounding like an 18 -wheeler with a Jake brake on, so I figured, what

the hell?

Kid doesn't have a job.

We'll let him sleep in.

Hey, you mind if I ask you a question?

Why? What do you do with yourself all day?

Oh, um, well, I, you know, I do, uh, not much. Not

much?

That doesn't sound like you, Gar.

Well, I... Did

you get the paper today?

Yeah, I did.

Did you read the paper?

Of course I read it. That's what papers are for.

And?

The funnies weren't funny, if that's what you mean. Why?

Hey, by the way, you can't find anything in this kitchen.

What you need are some more shelves, you know? Your mother always used to say

that... Never mind. You want some coffee?

Yeah.

Listen, Dad, maybe you ought to calm down today, huh?

Your mother was right.

She was?

Yeah, throw me out.

She had every reason to.

She did?

For one thing, I insulted her china.

For another thing, a man ain't worth diddly squat unless he's got some

direction. I need to find my direction.

How are you going to do that?

No idea.

But it'll come to me.

Like that time we got stuck in a treehouse, you remember that?

We couldn't get down.

The rope ladder broke and there we were, no way down.

You thought we'd be stuck there forever till we starved to death. Of course, I

agreed, but I couldn't say so.

So I'm thinking, what's the worst that could happen? Broken leg, broken neck.

took me a while, but I figured it out.

This is today's.

Of course, it's today's paper. I went down and got it fresh from the

What happened to the one that the other... Oh, I got rid of it.

You what? There was something wrong with that, you know. It was concomitant.

Had the wrong headline, had the wrong date on it. What'd you do with it?

I told you, I got rid of it.

Where?

I gave it away.

That to who?

Some old guy was pushing a shopping cart.

I don't believe this.

Are you out of your mind?

Fifty bucks for a newspaper. That's pretty steep, even at home.

Yeah.

Well, what's the deal? You a collector or what?

Oh, something like that, yeah.

Kind of a hobby, huh?

Maybe that's what I need, a hobby.

Electric trains or something.

Maybe I could go in on this with you.

Oh, yeah.

No, we can't go in. We're not going out.

Don't you think you ought to call Mom for that?

Can't do that, Gar.

I made my break.

Bullets out of the gun.

No going back now.

Dad, I gotta go.

What? What's the rush? Why don't we get something to eat? I bet you we could

find some gnocchi around here. I'd like to, but I can't do that. I gotta go.

Are you sick, son? No, I'm not sick. Just, I got something I gotta do.

Okay, I'll go with you.

No, no, no, no, absolutely not. Look, you just, you, uh, you do, you know, why

don't you, I'll meet you back at the apartment. I gotta go, okay?

I'll talk to you later.

Hey, Gar, wait up.

What else am I gonna do, go shopping?

Listen, I gotta do this alone, all right? Fine, I won't say a word. I'm

invisible.

All right, look.

All right, here we are.

Yeah.

I've got an appointment.

Job interview?

Huh? A job interview? Why didn't you tell me you had a job interview? I can't

to a job interview with you. I'm your father. They'll think you're nuts. Of

course they will.

That's why I think you should get a cup of coffee.

Good idea.

Good luck, sir.

Hey, look, I'll be right back, all right? Just stay here. Okay.

Okay,

you ready?

Are you sure this is a good idea?

Of course it's a good idea. I thought of it, didn't I?

But why do I have to go? Because.

Because what? Because who's going to hold the rope?

Hey, don't do that.

Who are you?

It doesn't matter. You're going to fall. What are you doing?

That's great, but it's not going to work, kid.

Ignore him. Come on. Hey!

Now listen to me. Listen to me, Derek and Jimmy.

Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to come up there and I'm going to tell

your mother.

No, I'm not going to tell your mother because your mother's not home, is she?

So listen to me. I'll tell you what I'm going to do. We dropped our dad's

baseball.

Your what? His Willie Mays baseball.

It's in there.

Well, why don't you come down and get it?

Look, just stay there, all right? Don't do anything. I'll get the baseball.

I got your ball.

What the hell's going on here?

Oh, I, uh... What's that?

Willie Mays.

You're in trouble, aren't you? I said no, I'm not in any trouble.

Here's what I see, okay?

I see a guy who buys a newspaper from a bum.

I see a guy who's in a dumpster up to his keister in Orangefields. I see a guy

who's in trouble and who's also hiding something from me.

Um, I know you, don't I?

You're the man from the woods last night, the one who snuck up on my car.

I just want you to know that I'm sorry for how I behaved, but, uh, you were

great.

It's just my father, you know, he's like some sort of madman. He follows me

everywhere.

I think he trusts his own daughter, huh?

How did she behave?

Anyway, whatever you saw in that paper, thanks for rescuing me.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Thanks.

Bye.

Hey, what are you doing?

Look at this.

You don't have to let your trains and everything. Well, that's your hobby and

this is mine. That's all it is. Yeah, but this is some hobby.

Hey, now, look.

We've got something back for you.

Yeah? Huh?

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

I don't

believe...

Tomorrow's newspaper, today, comes in the morning with a can.

So, you read a story in the paper, then you run out into the city and you save

somebody's life, and then just like that, the story is gone?

Uh, something like that.

Well, how do they do that?

Some kind of special ink?

I'm not sure. I bet it's the ink.

Disappearing ink.

The Army was working on a project like that when I was at Fort Briggs.

Top secret stuff.

Look, Dad.

I really didn't mean for you to find out about this.

You don't even have to say it.

Something like this gets out, it could cause a lot of trouble.

Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me.

Good. I'm very relieved to hear that.

Hell, I'm your old man. If I can't help, who can?

Yeah.

What do you mean, help?

With this.

We're in this together, right?

Oh, no. No, we... There's nothing... Gary, hear me out on this, will you?

for the offer, but the answer's no.

Seems to me that you're not thinking straight.

Everyone needs a leg up once in a while.

Yeah, well, that's great, but my legs, they're fine.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

I'm using your VCR. Mine's busted.

X -files are on tonight.

So, uh, how's it going with you two, huh?

Did you know he gets tomorrow's paper?

That was fast.

Son, this is too much responsibility for one man. How long has this been going

on? About a year.

No wonder you look so tired. You're carrying the whole world around on your

back. Where are you going?

I'm going to call Mom.

Oh, put the phone down. Come on, put the phone down, will you?

You want to know what I'm thinking here?

I'm remembering that summer we went camping. You were around 10 years old,

remember? And you wanted to sleep outside in your sleeping bag. I wanted

stay in the tent. But you wanted to do what you wanted to do by yourself.

So about 11 o 'clock, I get this feeling. I go out to see how you're

there you are in your sleeping bag, shaking like a leaf scared out of your

But you didn't want to go back in.

So I came out and I stayed with you.

Now, I'm not saying that I believe in ESPN or anything like that. ESP.

What? ESP.

That's what I said, ESP.

Yes,

it is. Chuck, I know what I said. I know what I said. That's what I said.

You said ESPN. Guys, look.

All I'm saying is, maybe there's a reason I'm here.

A reason besides your mother's China.

Maybe I can be of some help.

Come on, give your old man a chance, will you?

You won't regret it.

You should have been there. It was such a trip.

So you like this save the world stuff, huh?

You know, I can't remember ever having so much fun.

Fun?

That's something we don't hear very much.

What is this stuff?

I don't know.

It's not gnocchi.

What's gnocchi?

Well, hasn't anyone in this town ever heard of gnocchi? Yeah. Hey, it's your

show. Oh.

I made chocolate.

So, uh, have a go.

That looked good.

No one got hurt, nothing got blown up.

So, you're thinking you're out of the woods, huh?

Yeah,

I don't want to say anything. None of my business, but I think you're headed for

trouble.

The rate you're going, you're going to end up with a permanent partner.

What are you talking about?

I've known your old man almost as long as you have.

Look at him.

Playing with fire.

He's a good guy. Yeah.

Look at those eyes.

Look at those eyes looking at that paper.

Well, he's... Dad, listen.

I was just... Yeah, I know. Dad, look.

You don't think this is going to be a permanent thing? I mean, it's working

together. Hell no!

Are you kidding me?

In the first place, it's a waste of manpower. Two guys come from the same

That's nuts.

Tomorrow we split it up.

Yeah, I know I'm new at this, but I really think I'm getting a feeling for

The first thing I need is a very good watch.

Then I figure, you take page one, I take page two. No, Dad, Dad, listen.

What? I'm glad you had a good time and all, but I don't want your help.

Okay, okay, that's how you feel.

I just thought we might try to... Look, no more.

I was only going to suggest... Look, Dad, I need you to promise me something.

That you'll keep away from the paper, all right?

Oh, Gar... Dad, come on.

Look, it's nothing to fool with. Believe me, I know.

I need you to give me your word.

All right, I promise.

Thank you.

Good night.

Good night.

Come on, buddy.

Dad,

I told you not to turn the alarm clock off.

Dad.

Hey, Dad?

I got this whole block here now.

Give me the phone. Hey, come on.

Oh, no.

What do you want? Who's in there?

I was hoping you could tell me.

I wouldn't have to be a guy that grudges a gun with hostages in there, would I?

We got someone on the line.

Some nut with a grudge? Not the nut. Some guy named Hobbs.

That might be my father.

What, are there two of you? He says they're coming out.

Really? Really? Here they are.

I know it.

It's okay.

It's okay. It's no trouble.

Everything's fine.

Hey, Gar, what are you doing here?

Dad, what are you doing? You promised me. Oh, when you weren't up this

you turned off the alarm clock. You were sound asleep. I figured I could handle

it. Dad, you promised me. Oh, what's the big deal, Gar? Everything worked out

great.

You know, I think I got an act for this.

Hey, listen up. What happened to his gun?

And he just gave it to you just like that?

Oh, I sweet -talked him out of it.

What'd you say to him?

I said, what good is a gun gonna do you?

If you want people to listen to you, you've got to think bigger than a gun.

So he handed me the gun, threw his laundry down, and we came out.

What laundry?

I don't know, some laundry he had wrapped in some paper, you know, Chinese

or something.

Everybody get down! Everybody get down!

What do you say we go get some gnocchi?

Does this guy know I was a volunteer fireman for six years?

Put the lid on him, would you? I'm just trying to get the ball rolling.

Bernie.

It is Bernie.

Actually, it's Bernard, but my friends call me Bernie.

Oh, Bernard, I have three choices here.

One, I can arrest you for interfering with police activity.

Two, I can recommend you for a medal for saving all those lives.

Or three, I can throw the two of you out here on your ear.

I kind of like the medal. Three.

Three.

Don't say anything.

I don't want an explanation.

I thought I could help.

You thought you could help? You blew up a video store. Let me ask something.

What would Mom think about that, huh?

Well, she wouldn't like it.

No, she wouldn't like that very much, would she? Listen, son, I just want you

know, for what it's worth, I think I learned my lesson here.

This thing is nothing to be fooling around with. I'm glad to hear that. It

happen again. Good. From now on, you should do the life -saving stuff, and

back you up. All right. Remember when you were about nine, we were playing

softball at one of the picnics? You were pitching, I was backing... No more.

Do you understand?

No more!

Gar. Hey, Gar, wait up.

Gar.

Gar, wait up.

Where are we going? Home.

Ray. I'm going to pack your bags and I'm going to put them in the trailer.

Why? Because you're leaving. Not tomorrow, today. And I don't want any

stories about when I was six years old, all right? You remember that birthday

party we went to the circus? You know what?

Mom was right.

You're trying to find yourself. That's fine. But let me tell you something.

Don't try to find yourself in me, okay?

Is that how you feel?

Yes, that's how I feel.

Alright, fine.

I'll pack my own bag.

Hudson? Yeah. I know you?

No. But you know my daughter.

Oh, you're, uh... That's right, sonny.

How about we take a little ride?

Now.

So where are we going?

None of your business.

Maybe I should leave.

You know what's wrong with the world today?

People don't have any respect for their parents.

Look, Mr.

See what I mean?

You're after my daughter and you don't even know her last name.

I don't even know your daughter.

Oh, is that why you were in the woods together two nights ago?

No, no, no. That wasn't me. I mean, it was me, but I wasn't in the woods with

your daughter. Look, I wasn't there because I liked your daughter.

I mean, I... You know, you're not helping your case in here, you know

No, I'm not.

Right.

Lost again.

Thanks, pal.

What do we got here, a stowaway?

You're not coming with me for a ball.

You're going back to the hotel.

talk this over no i've tried that i she doesn't listen to me i tell her no

dating until she's 21 but she dates anyway so the time to talk is over it's

to show by example what do you need me for you're gonna be the example

Don't make me put you in the trunk.

He's in trouble, isn't he?

Hang on, son.

I'm coming.

Look, Nick.

It's Nick. You sure you want to do this? Because I know I don't want to do this.

Well, you should have thought about that before you snuck around behind my back

with Jennifer.

Nick, you can't spend the rest of your life trying to kill your daughter's

boyfriend, Nick.

And why is that?

Well, because no matter how many of them you kill, you know, there's always

going to be more of them.

What?

Let me rephrase that.

I'm coming, son. Hold on.

What's with that guy?

That would be my dad.

Yeah, what does he want?

Well, I think he wants you to stop, Nick. I have a chance.

Persistent bastard.

You have no idea.

There's no escape in the great ghost.

Right on my tail.

Can't get away from me.

Locked him.

Not quite.

You all right?

No, he's not.

Who are you? What do you want with my kid? What does he want with my daughter?

asked first. Yeah, well, I'm older.

Are you sure about that? I've got the gun.

You're right. You're first.

I caught them together in the woods.

The paper?

Not that late.

Look, whatever your name is, will you let me handle this?

What is your name?

Nick.

Oh, Nick, what's she like, your daughter?

What's... She drives me crazy.

All I want is what's best for her, but she won't listen to me. They do that,

don't they?

How old is she? She's just 20.

I remember when he was 20.

Wouldn't listen to anything I had to say.

Then I figured it out.

Somewhere along the line, he learned what I was trying to tell him.

Remember when she was a baby?

All those cries?

One meant that she was hungry. One meant that she was tired.

You figured it out, right?

Yeah. Yeah, we'll see. It's no different now. She's grown up, yeah, but she's

still your kid.

You gotta listen to her. She'll tell you what she needs.

And she'll tell you what they don't need.

And what about me?

Same as me.

We're still their fathers.

You hungry?

What do you say we go grab something to eat and talk this over?

Yeah, there's a place up the road.

They serve gnocchi.

Really? Is it any good?

Not like mine, but it'll do.

Great. Why don't you drive? I never rode one of these things. You like this?

Yeah, they're the best. Yeah.

Dad.

You want some company?

I thought you'd never ask.

Follow us in my rig.

You gotta fall in here and everything.

They say that no one can

teach you to be a father.

But it's not really true.

Because every father would want somebody's son.

It was such a pleasure to meet you, Marissa. Thank you, Mr. Hopkins.

Oh, you can call me Bernie.

Bernie. Bernie!

Care of yourself, Jekko.

Because nobody else will. Well, you're right.

Oh, what's wrong? You got indigestion?

Something I ate, I think, huh?

There aren't any cats in there, are there? No.

Hey, Dad, look, you want to stick around, I'm telling you. Nah, it's time.

Not enough time saving your bacon.

Besides, I talked to your mother this morning.

She misses me.

What did you tell her?

I told her it was all your fault.

Oh.

Lexon, I know this is not easy for you.

I've got a big job to do here. I've got a lot of time to handle it.

I'm proud of you, son.

Hey, Bernie.

You sure you're not going to miss saving the world?

I've got better things to do. I've got shelves to build.

Hey, Dad.

Come back any time, okay? There's always tomorrow.

Hey.

Take care.

Thank you.

You don't get to pick your parents.

No one automatically gets the father they want.

No one.

Sometimes, however, if you're lucky, and if you're blessed, you get the father

you need.

That's the best you can hope for.

And really, it's more than enough.