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MAN: That´s it, get back. Get back.

IRV: For the town of Everwood, basketball is like kindling.

What happens on the court may be small, insignificant to...

...most but it fuels a much larger fire.

The Peak County Miners take their game seriously.

They´ve been district champions twice and for one...

...glorious season 25 years ago, they ruled the state.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

Alright, ladies, I can watch all of you in slo-mo

on the highlights tape.

Let´s get up to speed here. Not grandma speed...

...I want Cyprus speed. Start them up, coach.

IRV: But whether or not a title was at stake,

they always come to play.

Their fans demand it. Their fans thrive on it.

Let´s face it. In the dead of winter,

their fans have little else to cling to.

Time.

MAN: Come on, pick it up. Let´s go, move it.

Chest pass, Abbott.

-This is not baseball. -I´m on it.

COACH: Keep playing like this you might make the girls´ team.

[WHISTLES]

MAN: Let´s see some hustle.

Time.

Give me 25 laps around this place, then hit the lockers.

We´ll watch some clips on Cyprus from last year.

Good work today, Hart. You´ve been a big help.

-Be back here tomorrow at 3. -Yeah. Sure thing, coach.

IRV: For players and fans alike,

the game is a crucible for our dreams.

Both those that are realized...

...and those that go inexplicably awry.

[YELLING]

Dad, what´s riboflav?

It´s riboflavin, honey, it´s a vitamin. Vitamin B-2, actually.

Its primary function is the regeneration of glutathione.

Good answer.

It helps you grow.

EPHRAM: Agatha Schnitzler.

Are you setting me up? She sounds hot.

She´s a piano teacher.

Stop this. You´re messing up the resale value on my manga.

I could use e-mail or instant messaging.

-Please, don´t. -She comes highly recommended.

By Gus from the body shop, or that salesman who gave pens?

-Give me a little credit. -I´m not gonna call some woman

...who owns a metronome.

I´d like a piano teacher who can remember the difference...

...between black keys and white.

-Play less and that´d be you. -I´ve been playing.

You haven´t been playing, you´ve been playing around.

You´re not taking it seriously.

-I´m not gonna force you. -Good.

-When are you gonna be home? -Usual time.

Unless the schoolyard pusher has some good stuff.

Did you get my Miners hat yet?

Honey, I promise you, your head will be adorned in crimson

and gold at the appointed time.

[CAR HORN HONKS]

-Gotta go. -Okay.

Here we go.

-Problems? MAN: No, no.

Just installing some heat tape, should have been done ages ago.

Heat tape?

I don´t even know what that is, but I´m from New York.

I never did much maintenance myself.

NINA: Coffee´s ready. -I should consider heat tape.

What do you charge for the whole shebang?

Oh, Andy, hi.

-I see you´ve met Carl. -Actually, I haven´t.

Carl Feeney, I´ve heard about you.

Andy Brown, nice to meet you. Disregard the last question.

No, I was trying to figure out what discount to give you.

I asked him to work on my gutters.

Hands off, Andy.

He´s not home often and I´ve got a list of things he needs to do.

I need to run inside, get my work gloves.

-So that´s Carl. -Yeah, I should´ve told you.

I was so excited about the trip I didn´t wanna jinx it, talking.

No, no, it´s fine. You and Sam must be very happy he´s back.

Yeah, it´s great.

Uh, well, I should go. But I´ll talk to you later, Andy.

Okay.

Gerrymandering. Who can tell me what it is?

Mr. Hart, what can you tell us?

[CLEARS THROAT] Voting...

...uh....

Uh--

It´s alright, Colin.

-Anybody else wanna--? -Just give me a second.

I read this stuff.

It´s the-- It was the--

[STAMMERING] They wanted to win--

[BELL RINGS]

TEACHER: People, don´t forget the test on Thursday.

Be here and be prepared or suffer the consequences.

You´re doing just fine, Colin.

Remember, you´re just expected to observe now.

-Yeah, well, I knew the answer. -I´m sure you did.

We´ll see you tomorrow.

That sucked.

Yeah, I don´t even know what I´m doing here, just wasting time.

-She should have let you finish. -Period´s only 50 minutes long.

Well, she´s just trying to make it easier for you.

Yeah, she´s not. None of them are. They treat me like a freak.

And why shouldn´t they?

I can´t even remember my own locker combination.

You could tattoo stuff over your body like that movie Memento.

Your locker number on your left arm,

your teacher´s name on your right ankle.

Not helping much, am I?

You know, maybe you could help. Help me study for the test.

Maybe she can see that I can actually do the work.

-And treat you like crap again? -Exactly.

See, it gives me something to look forward to.

I mean, if you got time.

I mean, yeah, I´m not exactly acing the class either.

Hey, it´s all relative.

Hey, Colin.

-Hey, Ephram. -Hi.

-Can I talk to you for a second? -Yeah, what is it?

Alone.

KAYLA: Oh, my God. PAGE: Amy, Amy.

You got Homecoming King and Queen.

They´ve never elected sophomores

and Krissy Beauchamp didn´t make court.

-I just found out. -Wait a minute. How did we win?

-You pulled the sympathy vote-- PAGE: But who cares? It´s like--

-You guys are the bomb. -Yeah, heh. Totally.

You hear that, Ephram? We´re the bomb.

Congratulations.

HARRY: Met Carl, did you? - Mm-hm.

He was sort of Everwood´s version of Tom Cruise.

-Really? -Mm.

Hey.

I suppose that sort appeals to a woman, you know the type.

Rugged, athletic, young.

Why don´t you ask him out, Harold?

Hey, Carl.

-Looking forward to the game? -I wouldn´t miss it.

Haven´t missed one in 19 years.

-God, that´s a long time. HARRY: Yeah.

Carl won the district championship for us back in ´84.

-Took us all the way to state. -I had a little help.

Yeah, the most miraculous sporting moment I have seen.

-Good game, was it? -Oh.

-Tell him. HARRY: Come on.

Oh, come on, tell him.

We´re down by 4 with 58 seconds to go.

The crowd´s losing faith.

But I know we´re gonna win, like a premonition.

Off a rebound, I drive to the baseline.

I get the ball to Jaxon Lang. He´s wide open.

Jaxon couldn´t hit the ocean from a rowboat.

CARL: Sadly, Jaxon couldn´t hit the ocean from a rowboat.

But he´s all I got.

Jaxon shoots, the ball clangs off the rim...

...but the rebound comes out long and I catch it.

-I put up a soft 10-footer. -Nothing but net.

Nothing but net, and we´re down by 2.

Cyprus gets the ball back, the Cyclops is unnerved.

-He throws up this wild shot-- -No dice.

No dice. And we head back up the floor.

I do a crossover that Kobe would envy, break free,

drive to the hole. We´re tied!

Five seconds left on the clock, looks like we´re going to o.t.

Cyprus inbounds, I steal the ball. I can´t tell you how.

Everyone is shocked, I´m shocked.

There´s only 1 sec left, I´m out of range, but I have to shoot.

The ball sails through the air...

...and everyone everywhere in the gym is silent.

Till...

...it´s in.

It´s in.

It´s in. And then everyone´s screaming.

And you´re there.

Running up to me, jumping into my arms.

We won.

That was it. We were going to state.

I missed you.

Well, this is all very encouraging, Colin.

No indications of any ICP issues...

...your vision is good, no headaches to speak of...

...and your right-side weakness is subsiding.

Tell that to my right side.

This is where medicine becomes more of an art than a science.

So far, your brain´s been able to reroute...

...the pathways you used for walking and talking.

I don´t know which repairs will take place next.

You´re the best there is, and you can´t tell me?

Colin. He´s a little frustrated.

-How have your moods been? -Fine.

At first he wasn´t laughing much, but--

My moods have been fine.

Your next full workup will be in Denver in a few weeks.

-You´ll be there for few days. -Can´t we stop these trips?

We sprung you from the hospital earlier than we normally would.

You´re in school already, which is unusual...

...for someone who´s undergone the surgery you had.

So going back to Denver is non-negotiable.

Why don´t you give me a minute with your mom, okay?

Sure.

Is there a problem?

You know, my sense is that school is too

much for Colin to process at this point.

The social pressures...

...the demands on his memory, relearning old skills.

I mean, that´s a lot for a kid to handle.

Of course. There´s a period of adjustment.

But it´s no different than, say, we moved to...

...another state and he had to start new.

The differences between that scenario

and Colin´s situation are profound.

Right now, Colin needs to get on with his life.

Okay. We´ll see you in two weeks.

Alright.

It´s important that you extend your right arm out, gentlemen.

Ladies, you hold with the left. Right for boys, left for girls.

Write down the part about how much this thing sucks.

COLIN: I can remember that.

So Haines is gonna have some people after for pool and Xbox.

Promised his hottie stepmom´s gonna be there.

-I can´t go. -You have therapy tonight?

-I can call your parents-- -Hey.

Oh, hey, just in time.

Look, Ephram´s gonna take me to, study for the history test.

Oh, uh--

Well, I could help too if you wanted.

You know what, it´s cool. Tell Miss R. what my deal is?

-Sure. COACH: Pick up the pace.

-Let´s go. COACH: Forward. Good.

Remember when the three of us used to hang out?

AMY: Mm-hm.

-I thought it´d be like that. -Me too.

Stop.

Okay, go ahead, Sam. Go ahead. Okay.

Oh, God, sorry.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

-Alright. You ready? -I think so.

You sure you´re ready?

You´re scaring me. Are we in a meat locker?

Do you want me to give you the tour?

That depends. Are you gonna keep your hand there?

Concentrate.

Daddy, Daddy, this place is so big.

This...

...is the checkout counter and the cash register.

This is where you see the state-of-the-art outdoor gear...

...from North Face, Patagonia, all the top brands.

And this is where the ski equipment goes.

-Oh, my God. -The store.

-How? -Surrogacy money and savings.

I´ve been looking into small-business loans.

So we could open the store here, so you could be here.

The first time we talked about it, we were thinking--

"There should be a real outdoor-gear store."

-For sporting goods. -Top of the line.

We made it.

Come see the best part.

Did you rent this or buy it?

Uh, rent. Bud and Lily wanna hold on to the property...

...but they´re willing to give us a long-term lease.

-Put down a deposit? -Told em´ I´d give them a check.

-So you´ve still got the 20,000? -Plus a few months´ interest.

I´m just thinking.

What if we got a bigger place, with a showroom.

Maybe even have a rock gym in there like a prototype...

...of a new kind of sporting and outdoor store.

Like the one in Portland that has bike trails--

-We don´t have enough for that. -Not yet.

We could hold on to the money a little longer.

Maybe leverage some of it, make a few investments. Who knows?

-Then we could buy a place. -We could make this happen now.

Of course we can, just not the best possible way.

What you´re talking about is years off.

What about Sam, about the problems he´s having?

I know you´re worried about him, but he seems fine.

Years from now, he´s gonna thank me.

-You sure of that? -I am.

Besides, we gotta plan this out, Nin.

-This is our shot. -This is our chance together.

If it was a shack and we just sold one soccer ball a year...

...I would love it because you would be here.

Hey, little man.

-How about a sundae? -Yeah.

Yeah. Heh.

While this one is devouring the entire dairy production of...

... the county we can talk about this thing.

Design it, plan it, make it our dream store.

How about that?

That´s it. Hit the showers.

Abbott, see me first.

-We need to talk. -Okay.

First, I know you´ve been through a lot this past year

and I´m sympathetic.

I have to be honest, your game is suspect right now.

I know.

Just taking me a little while to get back into the groove.

I can´t let you start, not the first game.

-That´s not fair. -You´re forcing shots.

Not playing within our offense, turning the ball over.

I´m trying. I just need to get my rhythm back without--

I just need to find my rhythm.

We all miss Colin. He´s a good player with a lot of heart.

But he´s not playing this year.

We´re running a new offense. I hate to say it...

...but right now, you´re throwing us off.

-You wanna keep talking? -No.

If you do, you know where to find me.

Yeah.

COLIN: What´s that?

This is my father´s idea of being clever. Matthew Lansing.

That sound like the name of a good piano teacher?

How should I know?

Alright, the way I get a handle on dates.

I make a list in chronological order...

...then I memorize the list and kind of visualize it.

If you were in a coma, you would have done great in rehab.

There´s a chronology at the front of the chapter.

Just copy down everything between 1860 and 1900.

-You okay? -Yeah, um....

I´m just a little tired.

-Well, you wanna take a break? -We haven´t done anything yet.

Alright. We´ll work for 15 minutes...

...and reward ourselves with cold pizza.

-Cold pizza, that´s horrible. -Try the warm stuff, it´s worse.

ANDY: Hey, Ephram. -Coming.

-Be right back. -Well, what should I do?

Uh, start writing down those dates.

-What are you doing? -Oh, roof and gutter stuff.

-What kind of stuff? -Maintenance stuff.

Hand me some things while I´m up on the ladder.

-You sure that´s wise? -Just humor me.

-Colin, I´ll be right back. -Colin´s here?

-Yeah, you wanna say hi? -Uh, in just a minute.

-So how do you think he´s doing? -I´m his friend, not his shrink.

-I´m just helping him study. -A test?

We have history class together.

Ephram, Colin hasn´t progressed in his rehab to take tests.

He needs lists to remember the names of family and friends.

-He wants to take it. -It´s a bad idea.

He asked me to help him.

Okay, but for what it´s worth...

...I don´t think helping him study is gonna do any good.

He shouldn´t be in school.

What should I do? Tell him to forget it?

Tell him to give up, not try? Everyones got bad news for him.

He wants to do this. He wants to take a stupid test,

so I´m gonna help him.

Okay.

How those lists coming?

[CLEARS THROAT]

Mr. Brown, keep going like this, you could

give average a run for its money.

Thanks.

A fine effort, Mr. Hart. Nice job.

Nice one, dude. Next time you´re gonna have to help me out.

Yeah.

Hey, will you check yours against mine?

Okay. I´m an idiot.

No, you´re not.

HARRY: Almost ready, Bright? BRIGHT: For what?

The big game starts in less than an hour.

They don´t care what time the non-playing players get there.

Well, the bench is an integral part of the team.

Yeah, the part the other team makes fun of.

I will still cheer for you just as much if you score coming

...in off the bench as if you started.

If I score.

Since Colin´s been gone, I´ve sucked.

That what you think?

Colin´s there, I´m starting. Colin´s not, I´m on the bench.

-You miss him. -We´re like our own team.

Michael and Scottie. Except we´re shorter.

-And whiter. -Yeah, well...

...if Michael fouled out, Scottie didn´t stop playing!

-Hmm? -I guess not.

You know, it´s okay for you to be good without him.

-Yeah, I know. -Yeah.

Difficult transition to make.

Things´ll be better as soon as he gets back to his old self.

And thus, grab your coat. Let´s go. Come on.

-Hi, Dad. -Honey, you scared me. You okay?

I just wanted some milk.

-Milk? -And maybe a cookie or two.

You´re gonna eat at the game.

I know, but I wanna get there fully stocked.

We might not eat till halftime.

Another piano teacher?

It´s not going well, getting Ephram to call piano teachers.

-Why don´t you make him do it? -Because kids resent that.

-Mom would have yelled at him. -No way.

-Mom yelled at Ephram? -All the time.

-Did she yell at you too? -No, I´m easier to handle.

Cookie?

Don´t mind if I do.

I´m not asking you to commit to anything.

It sounds like it.

I just think we should talk about it before you leave.

-We did talk about it. NINA: So that´s it?

-You don´t want the store? -I do want the store.

I just wanna wait.

I´m not asking if you want the store two years from now.

I´m asking you, do you want it now?

I don´t think now is the right time.

I sold over 200 software packages last month, Nina.

That´s 20 percent more than anyone. I´m hitting my stride.

You never wanted to be a sales man. You said it´s temporary.

I never thought I´d be this good at it.

Sam, why don´t you go upstairs? Try and find your red sweater.

I don´t know how much longer I can raise Sam by myself.

Some nights I want you back here so badly, I just-- I weep.

I miss you like you were at war or in a foreign country.

You could be home if you wanted to.

When we got married, we made a deal.

When we got married, we didn´t have Sam.

We didn´t know the effects our decisions would have.

This isn´t about Sam, this is between us. We made a deal.

You didn´t wanna leave, you wanted us here.

I said I´d go out and I´d make things happen.

And then I´d come back when I had something to offer.

Carl, it´s not happening.

-We´re where we were years ago. -I´m where I was six years ago.

Is that what you mean? Yes, you fell in love with some--

I fell in love with you. I still love you.

You fell in love with Carl, who everybody wanted to be.

Who was supposed to do something incredible...

...because he was better than this place.

Well, maybe you´re not. And what´s so wrong with that?

They offered me a permanent position.

If you´d let me go to Phoenix--

I didn´t keep you from moving. Don´t throw that at me.

-You wouldn´t move. -I didn´t want to, nor did you.

How´d you know what I want? You only hear what you want.

I´m only what you want me to be.

You´re not anything I want you to be, you´re never here!

We gotta get to the game.

Sam, let´s go, buddy.

We can talk about this later.

ANNOUNCER: And now, ladies and gentlemen...

...your Peak County Miners.

-Miners! -Whoo!

-Let´s go, Miners! -Go, Bright! Go, Bright!

-Hey, Carl. -Carl, come on down.

I got seats.

Scoot over, make room for the champ, would you?

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

-Thanks, Andy. -Big game, huh?

Yeah, Carl´s enjoying it.

-One, two, three, Miners. ALL: Miners!

Let´s go, first team. Let´s go, let´s go, let´s go.

-Hustle. -Let´s go, Miners.

Here we go. Let´s go, Miners!

[WHISTLES]

MAN: Yeah, alright.

CHEERLEADERS [CHANTING]: Let´s go, let´s go, L-E-T-S, G-O.

Let´s go!

COACH: Defense, defense. Let´s go.

Let´s go, Miners.

Ephram, why is the Abbott kid waving at you?

He´s not.

Yo, Brown. Get over here.

Probably needs help counting the points.

CROWD: Defense, defense, defense.

-Where´s Colin? -How should I know?

You´re his best friend now, you don´t know?

You´re his best friend, and you don´t know?

Whatever, just go find him.

The Homecoming starts at the half. It´s like five minutes.

-Amy´s gonna freak out. -Why don´t you find him?

Because I´m on the team.

Oh, is that what they call this wooden plank?

Just go find him, Nutless.

Haines said she saw him come in. He´s around somewhere. Go now.

COACH: Alright, excellent.

[CROWD CHEERING]

You alright, man? It´s freezing out here.

-I´m fine. -What are you doing?

Nothing.

Well, your big moment is minutes away.

It´s not my moment.

You know, in rehab, there´s this other TBI named Bob.

-What´s T--? -Traumatic Brain Injury patient.

And he insists that everyone calls him Bob the Second.

He keeps saying that everyone´s talking to him like

he´s some guy named Bob...

...which he isn´t.

So he wanted another name.

But then decided it´d be easier on his friends and family...

...which were all strangers to him...

...to call him Bob the Second.

-I hated it. -We should get back inside.

You know, I do remember one or two things.

It´s not from last year.

It´s from when I was younger.

When I was 5, we had this apartment.

We had one of those garbage chutes that you send your...

...trash down outside in the hallway.

My mom used to let me put the trash in it.

We had one of those in New York.

For days after I got home, I looked for that trash chute.

I couldn´t find it.

I didn´t know if I´d made it up or if I´d dreamed it.

-It´s gonna get better. -You don´t know that.

Why don´t you just walk through the ceremony and leave after?

Go hang out somewhere?

Can´t find my list.

-What list? -The list of things to do.

Which side I´m supposed to stand on, when to leave

the floor, where to sit.

-Amy´ll help you. -I don´t want help.

Okay.

I had the list. It was in my pocket, I lost it.

So I came out here to look for it in the truck.

-We´ll find it, put the light-- -Don´t.

What happened?

It was locked. I couldn´t get in.

I´ll get my dad.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first game...

...of the Mighty Miners´ 2003 basketball season.

[CROWD CHEERING]

-What if something happened? -Nothing happened.

Well, then where is he?

I now have the honor of presenting our...

... Homecoming King and Queen and their court.

Elected by their peers, our Homecoming King and Queen...

...share your values as a class.

And you have chosen well.

Let me say, on a personal note...

...that the courage and the firm of this year´s couple...

...could be used as an example for us all.

Without further delay, I am proud to present to you...

...County High´s Homecoming Couple 2003...

...Amy Abbott and Colin Hart.

Amy!

-What are you doing? -Standing in.

-I can´t go without Colin. -It´s okay, we´re together.

Yeah, it was weird, you know.

I was just jimmying the lock and the window just shattered.

Most cars have shatterproof glass these days.

I don´t know, maybe it was the cold.

Lucky for me, Ephram was out in the parking lot.

Not taking up smoking, are you?

If you are, could you tell me next week?

Just out for some air.

-Okay, all set. How´s it feel? -Fine.

Come by my office, I´ll take another look.

If it bothers you tonight, call me.

Thanks, doc.

Little easier than the last time you stitched me up, huh?

Little bit.

Well, I´d better get back.

I´m sure my queen must think her king´s been kidnapped.

-Thanks again, doc. -You´re welcome.

So, what happened really?

I came outside, he already cut himself. Went and got you.

How have his moods been when you´ve been with him?

-Okay. -With an injury like Colin´s...

...patients can behave unpredictably sometimes.

He´s not my patient, Dad.

You´re right. Let´s get back to the game.

-Maybe we could just go home? -Your sister´s into the game.

I think you´d have to pry that foam finger from her dead hands.

You go, I´ll meet you in the parking lot afterwards.

-You okay, Ephram? -Yeah.

It´s just basketball´s not really my thing.

-I´ll catch up with you later. -Okay.

Two. Two zone, two zone, match up.

Oh, come on.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

Boo! Bad call.

Abbott, let´s see what you´ve got. You´re in for Haines.

Bright. Get in there, Bright.

ANNOUNCER [ON INTERCOM]: Substituting for Haines...

...Number 10, Bright Abbott.

[CHANTING] Bright Abbott, he´s our man.

Let´s give him a great big hand.

COACH: Motion, motion, motion, motion.

Take it easy, take your time. Set it up.

BRIGHT: Nice shot. -Not bad for an old man, huh?

I was gonna say nerd, but....

-You made me proud tonight. -Yeah, my game´s a bit better.

I meant what you did for your little sister.

What was I gonna do?

So how was it, being out there again without Colin?

It felt good, you know.

I was able to get into the game.

For a few minutes there, I even forgot about him.

-Is that just messed up? -No, no.

When he was gone, I totally missed him, you know?

Now´s he back, and....

-You miss him still. -Yeah.

Yeah, Amy too, I suspect.

-I wanna punch him for that. -It´s not Colin´s fault.

Nor is it Amy´s, nor yours.

I´m not saying that you shouldn´t stay close to Colin

but things have changed.

You and Amy are gonna have to figure this out.

-Think fast. -Oh, oh, oh!

-Oh. Oh! -Ooh.

Yeah, like I said, the old guy´s still got it.

Yeah. Wrenched the back.

Wrenched the back. Ach.

Here, Sam, eat your breakfast.

But I wanna draw more pictures for Daddy.

When you´re done.

I wish I had another day.

I´m gonna get home as soon as I can. You know that, don´t you?

And as soon as we can do it...

...we´re gonna open that store.

And I´ll be here full time. You know that, right?

I never lost faith in you, Carl.

I just miss you more every day that you´re gone, it aches.

Do you need me that way?

Please, tell me that you still need me that way.

Of course I do.

-How´s your hand? -Eh.

-It´s just scratched. -I was really worried.

I know, I´m sorry.

It´s not your fault you were hurt.

Ephram, your dad was awesome last night.

I was just telling Amy how he stitched me up in no time.

-I appreciate what you did. -No worries.

Gotta go blow something up in chem class.

I should probably thank you too.

For what? All I did was take him to the nurse´s office.

You can call off the Nobel committee.

What?

It´s just weird to think that he could hurt himself, you know?

Kind of makes you wonder if maybe...?

It was an accident, alright? My dad stitched him up, he´s fine.

He´s gonna be fine. It won´t happen again.

And the king and queen can continue their reign.

-All that stuff is so dumb. -Is it?

Come on, it´s the 21st century.

It´s tradition.

People like traditions. It makes them feel safe, you know?

Think that some things don´t change.

See you.

See you.

-I´m going up to my room. -Nope, your plans have changed.

I´m not in the mood to work on our father-son communications.

Me neither, so this´ll be a one-way conversation.

Your new piano teacher is in the living room.

I want you to go in there, sit down...

...and get reacquainted with that instrument.

-I told you I-- -Ah-ah-ah, one way.

Now, he´s Juilliard educated and he lives halfway

between here and Denver.

He called your old teacher and based upon that talk...

...plus a few additional bucks I decided to throw in...

...he has agreed to drive here once a week.

Now, you have a gift, and you have been letting it atrophy.

I´m not gonna stand by and let that happen anymore.

What gives you the right to lecture me about my gift?

-You left yours in New York. -Maybe.

But this conversation isn´t about me.

You´re too young to be responsible for your talent.

If I can help you without hurting you, I´m gonna do that.

That´s what fathers do, I think.

And if in a few years you come to me...

...and say "piano´s not my thing," then fine, you can quit.

But I hope you won´t.

If you choose not to respond to my parental authority...

...I have mind-altering drugs in the other room and I´m not

afraid to use them.

[NOTES PLAYING ON PIANO]

Matthew Lansing.

Ephram Brown.

-Play something for me, Ephram. -Like what?

Whatever you want. Ought to tell me what I need to know.

[PLAYING BACH´S "PRELUDE NO. 23"]

That music sounds wonderful.

Ephram´s playing never ceases to amaze me. It´s, uh....

It´s like a sunset.

So Carl´s gone?

Yeah, he left early this morning.

-He´s coming back next month. -Oh, that´s good.

Yeah, he thinks he can get an extra day next time, so....

How´s Sam taking it?

He´ll be okay.

Well, I guess I should go start his dinner.

-See you, Nina. -Bye, Andy.

IRV: There are no certainties where dreams are concerned.

Some are achieved, but just as many sputter and die.

When they do, it´s tempting to wonder why

you ever dreamed at all.