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Daddy, I know where he is. He's here. I know where he works. I don't care where

he is. He's out of our lives.

It's obvious.

Our lives are spent trying to impress those who have impressed us the most.

That was my first ballet teacher. She can't come to this recital. She can't

this production.

You didn't think I could get him to open up to you, did you? No, not really.

Well, I did, and I don't care if you're tired. I want this to happen.

Mr.

Bates?

Mr. Bates, is that you?

Oh, Miss Grant?

Oh, Mr. Bates. Now, you know I'd be the last person to rush you and your men,

but y 'all did tell me y 'all'd have those lights in by Tuesday. Yeah,

absolutely right, Miss Grant. A couple of parts we needed got shipped in late.

We'll be out of here by tomorrow, that's a promise.

All right, Mr. Bates. I appreciate it. That's what I wanted to hear.

Thanks.

Hey, Schwartz!

You call me?

Marty, yeah. Do me a favor, will you? Give me a junction box off of the truck.

Sure thing. Okay.

I got the lead!

What'd you get, Doris?

Look, it's not a bad part.

Yeah, but it's not the part I wanted.

I don't want you to be upset.

Julie, nobody wants to be upset.

What I want to be is tall, thin, gorgeous, with enormous breasts, no

a very promising career.

What I am, however, is upset.

Take what you can get.

Hey, Schwartz!

Over here!

You're not Schwartz.

Do I need this?

I'm looking for Schwartz, the lighting guy. Do I look like Schwartz, the

lighting guy?

As a matter of fact, you do kind of. Never mind, I'll find him.

Hey, Schwartz! Yeah?

Not again.

Hey, what do you mean, not again? I haven't borrowed money from you in...

it's been a while, anyway.

Who said money was tight?

Is he you?

I'm going to hug you.

I have a choice.

What?

You can't hug your big brother. Who can you hug?

Walk him.

Okay.

How long have you been back?

Not long.

Good to see you.

Does Mom and Dad know you're here?

No. Can I tell them?

I'd rather you didn't.

Why not?

Because nothing's changed, Doris.

He's not going to apologize, and neither am I.

It's been four years, Marty.

Tell me about it.

Four years. A lot of things can change.

Sometimes a lot of things don't change.

I've got to go.

Where are you living?

I'm in a youth village. Good, I'll come see you. It wasn't a question, dummy. I

said I'll come see you. Hey, Schwartz!

Where's that junction box for crying out loud? It's coming. Oh, come on!

You're still a pushy kid, you know that?

Now let me see a show of hands of those who'd like to do a classical piece for

the recital.

All right, now I'd like to see a show of hands of those who'd like to do a jazz

piece for the recital.

Close. Very close.

But I think jazz has got it.

I can't believe what I just saw.

What's that, Leroy?

Well, you're letting us decide what dance we're going to do.

You'll learn about it in history class.

Excuse me?

Well, you see, every queen must remember to throw an occasional tidbit of

freedom to the masses.

Keep them smiling.

Why, Your Highness.

Get to the bar. Come on, let's get started with the play.

Martelli, give me a tip on here.

Give me two demi -plié, one grand plié.

Go over all the way. Over, up, and back.

Let me get this straight. You do or you do not have an older brother?

Letter E, all of the above.

Hey, look, if this is none of my business, I'll shut up.

How can you have a brother all these years and me not know about it? I

you said you were going to shut up.

I said I'd shut up if it were none of my business. This is my business.

How do you figure?

Okay, you haven't talked to your brother in four years.

It's probably something you ought to talk about.

That's what friends are for.

And I'm a friend.

And that's how I figured.

It's a long story.

My favorite kind.

About ten years ago, my brother Marty was invited to go to Vietnam.

He declined the invitation and went to Canada and stayed.

Doesn't that make him a deserter or something? Hey, we weren't there, Danny,

were we? Hey, Schwartz, it was just a question, and that's all, all right? So

get off my case.

Look, I don't know whether what he did was right or wrong or somewhere in

between.

All I know is that he's back again.

What do you mean, again?

He came home four years ago during the amnesty.

And he and our dad didn't work it out too well.

And that was the last we heard from him until now.

Sounds like the two of you are pretty close.

We used to be.

Four years is a long time.

Excuse me, uh, Doris, are you going to eat that Waldorf salad?

The trickle -down theory of nutrition.

Hello, Miss Burr. Hello, Miss Grant.

Yes, Mrs. Burns.

Here is your address book. I made all the calls. And several people were just

tickled pink to be invited to the dance production.

Several? There were only four people you were supposed to call, Mrs. Burns.

Four? Yeah.

Oh, there must have been more than four.

Took me all afternoon.

I'm sure there were more than four.

Well, you only called the names that were underlined, right, Mrs. Berg? Yes,

that's right.

Oh, good.

But they were all underlined.

Mrs. Berg, these lines are printed on the paper.

I make my lines with a red pen.

Oh, my.

You didn't call my Uncle Stephen, did you?

Louisa Stefanovich?

You didn't invite Louisa Stefanovich? She was a tough one. She'd move four

times, but I finally managed to track her down. Oh, no, Mrs. Berg.

That was my first ballet teacher. She can't come to this recital. She can't

this production.

Well, I'm sorry if I've caused any inconvenience, and I have a feeling that

have, but...

I certainly do apologize.

No, Mrs. Berg, it was an honest mistake. I mean, anyone could have...

It was an honest mistake.

Honey, I'm home.

What's for dinner?

do is what?

Go sit at the table and close your eyes.

It smells delicious.

Last time I got a meal like this, it cost me 16 bucks as a Girl Scout

Well, it isn't going to cost you anything.

Except maybe a little pride, so dig in. I better see if I can afford it. Pride

is expensive these days.

Dad,

do you know what Saturday is?

Anybody knows that. Saturday is the light at the end of the tunnel.

She means, do you know what the date is Saturday?

It's the 18th. So what?

You're not going to make this easy for us, are you? Did he make it easy for me?

So it's his birthday. So what?

Daddy, I know where he is. He's here. I know where he works. I don't care where

he is. He's out of our lives.

Why can't we try letting him back into our lives?

You and Mom split up for a while. You got back together. Are you sorry that

did that?

Of course I'm not sorry. But your mother is not a coward. I don't think your son

is a coward either. Well, you're entitled to your opinion. I'm entitled

the family I've got.

We tried it, Doris. Remember?

I'm not going to put any of us through that again.

That was a long time ago.

Maybe... maybe it was too soon.

Well, some things don't change.

Like right and wrong. Not in four and a half years, not in 400.

He really doesn't care, does he? Of course he does.

Then how could he say... He knew it was four and a half years, didn't he?

He knew it was four and a half years since Marty left.

A part of him counts every day that they're apart.

So of course he cares.

I guess we have to get to that part.

I think we gotta try.

Look, it's no big deal. Look at me in the eyes and say that. Mr. Reardon, I

haven't had a brother for four years. I'm used to it. It just didn't work out,

that's all.

Yeah, now that I think about it, you're probably right.

Trying to patch things up now would just be more trouble than it's worth.

Yeah, so I'm just going to keep doing exactly what I've been doing.

And I won't have to worry about Doris Schwartz anymore.

That's good, that's good, you see, because I've got a whole lot of students

that's a whole lot of worrying.

Yeah, well, you can stop worrying about me.

Only one problem.

What?

I happen to like worrying about Doris Schwartz because I happen to care about

her.

Yeah, well, she got herself real stuck this time.

Mm -hmm.

Can I offer some advice?

Isn't that why they call you guys teachers?

The advice?

Don't give up.

You sound like a bumper sticker.

Doesn't mean wrong.

Doesn't mean you're right.

It's tough.

Of course it's tough.

No, I mean really tough.

Look, Doris.

If tough's a problem for you, let me know right now and we'll switch your

because it doesn't get any tougher than the theater, believe me. I said it was

tough. I didn't say I couldn't handle it.

I think.

I bet you can.

You think so?

No, sir.

I'm the teacher.

Thanks.

I gotta go.

Hang in there.

Do you know she invited Luisa Stefanovich to the dance recital?

Not Louisa Stefanovich. Did she say Louisa Stefanovich? I'm afraid so.

So who is Louisa Stefanovich?

Louisa Stefanovich, Madame Louisa Stefanovich, was my first ballet

The one who gave me an opportunity to study when there was none.

She worked me to the bone. She was the best. She was so tough.

So why wouldn't you want her to see the dance production?

Did I miss something?

Because, Benjamin, I already promised the kids they could do a light, jazzy

number.

Not the kind of stuff to impress a ballet teacher, I suppose.

Well, not only that, but David has got some of my best dances in his drama

production.

My sympathies are with you. If my harmony professor from the University of

Heidelberg walked into my room and found my tele -synthesizer, he would simply

plop.

You know, maybe I could add some ballet motifs and fluff it up that way.

Yeah, they would never know.

I could just implement a move here and there.

And before you know it, Boogie would be ballet, and they'd all be happy as a

clan. I always hear Americans say that.

What do clans have to be happy about?

I bet Mrs. Berg would know.

Who is it?

Who is it?

gonna see if Godzilla Eats Cleveland was playing anywhere. Care to tag along?

Godzilla didn't eat Cleveland.

He didn't? No.

The son of Godzilla ate Cleveland.

Well, it's some security building you got here.

I don't get it.

Door's wide open. I still can't get into the apartment.

Don't you see?

If you're there when he walks in, he'll have to talk to you.

He doesn't have to do anything.

Yeah, but I know he will.

I mean, it's your birthday.

I think you should talk to him about this first.

Feel him out.

I have.

And he's open to it.

I just think he needs you to make the first step.

What makes you think I want back into that house?

Four years is a long time without family.

Dad made up his mind a long time ago that I'm 100 % wrong and he's 100 %

So what?

It's my life. That's so what. I mean, who cares if you're right and he's wrong

or he's right and you're wrong? What's the difference?

We're still a family.

We still need each other.

We can still be there for each other.

Or am I the only person who wants this family back together again?

Two and three, four and five, arm six, arm seven, arm eight. Look at one. Keep

going out.

And this move, give me saute.

Saute, step, step, double pirouette. Run to John Hall.

And then we'll try it. Keep going. Miss Graham, those are ballet moves.

I know that.

But I thought we were doing a jazz piece.

This is a jazz piece.

A little saute, double pirouette isn't going to hurt anybody.

You got it, Michael? But you're switching up on her.

You said you were going to let us pick.

The queen giveth and the queen taketh away.

Don't mess with the queen.

You're breaking your word, Miss Grant.

Look, just give me a break, okay? I'm just trying something, people, okay?

bear with me.

Come on, Michael. Y 'all got it?

And the take, step, step, preparation, double turn, ronchon, hold.

Happy birthday, Marty.

Hi, Dad.

You healthy?

Yeah.

You working?

Yeah.

Happy birthday.

Goodbye. Get him out of here.

Jack! Did you come back here to apologize?

I came back because Dara said there was a chance that we could be a family

again. You still think what you did was right? Yes, I do.

We have nothing to say to each other.

Daddy, it's his birthday.

I know. I wished him.

Please, Jack, try.

Doris is the actor here, not me.

It's all my fault. It's not your fault.

I want it.

You wanted all the right things, Doris.

All the right things.

I want you to stay.

No, his kids have to.

Grown -ups get to make a choice.

It seems Dad and I are making the same choice, that's all.

I wish you hadn't lied to me, telling me he was ready to talk in Lutheran.

Did you write that?

Yeah. It's not very good, is it?

Thank you for sharing.

I mean, it's probably not finished yet. Just... Dwight?

Phone home.

Are you okay?

Sounds like a wounded animal in here.

I'm fine. It's this piece of music that's begging to be put out of its

Can I help?

I don't know what to do.

I wrote it for Miss Grant's dance recital.

It was fine before, then she asked me to put these classical figures to it. I

don't think she knows what she wants.

Miss Grant, now I understand.

You feel up to explaining it to me?

It's obvious.

Our lives are spent trying to impress those who have impressed us the most.

Mr. Sharofsky, it's been a long day.

It's only second period.

Never mind.

Scooch over. Let me futz with it.

Futz with it?

That's advanced musical terminology.

You'll get it next semester.

Martelli, make this thing sound like a piano or I'm leaving.

Boy, can't take you anywhere.

I guess not.

Marty, I'm sorry I screwed up your birthday.

It wasn't your fault.

You had good intentions.

Is that it?

You saw what happened.

Is there any chance of getting you back there?

Not likely.

Is there any chance of getting you back at all?

Doris, I am back.

For you.

There's no reason he should come between us.

I know that, and that means a lot to me.

But I just don't want to take sides.

I mean, that's not what a family's about.

It should be us against the bad guys, not against each other.

Sometimes things just don't work out that way.

Yeah, well, I think there's agreement all the way around that things didn't

out that way. I'm talking about making them work out that way.

Doris, what more can I do?

Just don't close the door yet.

Leave it open. Just a crack. Let me see what I can do.

Even if you can do it, I'm not so sure I'm up to it anymore.

One bridge at a time.

besides i'm not asking for your approval i'm just bringing you up to date

You're kidding.

Leroy, do you remember the last time I was kidding in this classroom?

You got a good memory. Get back in place.

Miss Grant, it's not one style or another. It's kind of like... Michael, I

that, okay? Just bear with me, people. Trust me. I'm trying something new.

A little combo plate like steak and lobster.

More like liver and squash.

All right, Martelli, let's go again.

Let's do it half time this time, okay?

Bye.

Two, three, strike four. Step five, turn around, rond de jambe.

Eight. And pique, releve.

Pique, releve.

Soudanou, preparation, forte.

All right, class. All right, all right.

Dismissed.

Well, Mittenberg, what do you think? You got me into all this trouble.

Miss Grant, we're talking sizzle.

Mrs. Berg, you are one in a million.

Oh, at least.

That about wraps up news on the National.

Upcoming, the local news with a special report on crime in the city.

For two weeks, our news team went undercover to follow the trail of one of

most dangerous gangs in our city.

Can't sleep?

Me neither.

What are you watching?

Nothing. The news.

Can't sleep. You turn on the tube, they show you stuff that'll keep you awake

for weeks. A crazy world.

You mad at me?

A little.

I believe in things, Doris.

If you take those beliefs away from someone, there's really nothing left.

Nobody wants to take those things away from you.

Marty has things he believes in, too.

And he doesn't want to give them up. I know.

Is it too much to ask that you have your beliefs and Marty has his beliefs and

we just try and be a family again?

Is that too much to ask?

What are you thinking about?

I'm thinking it's tough having a daughter that's smarter than I am.

I'm not so smart.

You're smart enough to know what's important.

Just know what I need.

That's smart.

I need a family.

Yeah.

I was thinking I need one of those, too.

I don't want to push my luck.

But if I tried to get Marty back here again, would you give it another try?

I don't know what we'd say to each other.

Maybe you don't say anything.

I just know how it used to be with us.

I think maybe if you just let him be here and see what happens, maybe we'll

back there again.

Yeah. I'll give it a try.

Suppose if I started screaming and yelling and jumping up and down, I'd

the whole neighborhood.

Not to mention scaring the hell out of your mother.

Okay, then I won't. Ah, come on now. You go to bed.

Okay.

Daddy? What?

I love you.

Jump in the air.

Martelli, would you play it like you mean it?

Out of your system.

I hope not.

All right, Johnson.

People know your place is from the top of the phrase, and I'm not joking.

That's Johnson.

Doris, where do you think you're going?

Um, I, uh... Listen, Dwight, I know you got a tough gig. Everybody's always

handing you a line of bull, but I just called my brother at his apartment, and

it's very important that I go over there and talk to him. Very important.

More important than school?

More important than school.

True story.

You dropped a couple of pounds, didn't you?

Yes, I did.

Looks good.

Real good.

Marty, please.

Listen, Doris.

When I went to Canada, I went because I thought it was the right thing to do. I

still think that.

But don't think for a minute that I didn't fight my own war up there.

Every day I'd wake up saying, today's the day that I fit in up here. The day

that it feels right.

And every night I'd go to bed saying, today wasn't that day.

The thought of fighting that, of hassling, of arguing, it's just too

I'm tired.

You didn't think I could get him to open up to you, did you? No, not really.

Well, I did, and I don't care if you're tired. I want this to happen. You want?

What about what I want?

Look at this place.

Look at this crap.

I was supposed to be the hottest lighting director in town by now.

Remember? So your life isn't right on schedule. Well, welcome to the club.

There is no good time for this. It's painful and it's messy and it's worth

I can't.

There's just too much hurt in that house. We can change that. We can...

you tried.

Don't want to give up.

I have.

Dart! Am I interrupting something?

Did I forget a rehearsal?

No.

I'll go make some popcorn.

I don't want any, Mr. Martelli.

I hate popcorn.

Like I said, I'll go make some popcorn.

Can I ask you a favor?

Name it.

Is it okay if I stay here tonight?

Sure. You want to talk about it?

I just want to say one thing.

I think you should know how lucky you are to have what you have with the guy

upstairs making popcorn.

I know it's just the two of you, but you're a family.

I think this

might help.

Are you...

Right beside you Knowing there was distance in between

So much unsaid life inside you

Never took much to cause me

Neither one would listen

It's too proud to come

fighting we came out friends

never

used to share my problem now I look to

you for help

The more I find myself.

Anytime I'm hurting.

You can always.

We went in fighting.

We came out.

Boy, do I ever love that song.

He wrote that for me.

I know.

How about I get us something to drink, huh? No, Pop, you stay put. I'll go get

it.

I remember when he wrote that song.

Such a fight we were in.

You two?

Oh, the worst.

Both of us walking around, not saying a word to each other.

Silly. What was the fight about?

Who remembers?

I just remember drinking my coffee black for a week because I wouldn't even ask

him to pass the milk.

Somebody had to do something.

He came down here, wrote that song, cut through all that other stuff.

But you did something, too.

I did?

You listened.

Yeah.

Yes, I did.

I was at home.

You okay?

If I asked you to give me a hug, a fatherly hug, what would you say?

I wouldn't say a thing.

And one, kick.

Four, five, kick. That's right. Keep that energy up. Two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight. Go. One, two, three.

Arms on that, so take her. Get back to the center. Remember that.

Okay, I think we're going to be okay next week. I think you're all going to

proud of yourselves.

Dr.

Reynolds. Hello, Lydia.

What are you doing here?

Well, Mrs.

Berg called and invited me to your dance recital.

It isn't today.

The recital isn't until next week.

Well, this Mrs. Berg was pretty emphatic about.

I mean, it's not that big a deal. I'm sure I can reschedule.

But I don't know about all the others.

All the righteous way people.

It's wonderful they all came.

Come on, boys. Help me set up the bed.

Hi.

How are you doing?

That makes a good sound.

You didn't get to be very big, did you?

No, madame, I didn't.

Did you get to be very good?

I don't know.

Let's go find out.

Lad, come here. Let me talk to you all for a minute.

Yeah?

I know I have not been exactly fair to you all about... Is that the woman over

there who used to be your teacher?

How did you know that?

Well, she looks tough enough.

Looks tough?

You think I'm tough?

She was tough.

Hmm. So that's where you learned all your stuff from, huh?

I suppose.

Well, come on, gang, let's do this.

Oh, Leroy, wait a minute.

Oh, Miss Grant, quit worrying. Everything's going to be fine.

Look, you made it happen, remember?

Steak and lobster.

Oh, steak and lobster.

I mean, at first I thought it couldn't happen, but it can.

Because of you. You did it.

So, why don't you just go head over there with them and let us dance for

After all, we do have a teacher that we love, too.

All right. Y 'all be fierce.

Can I come in?

Yeah, sure.

Have a seat.

That's okay.

Marty Doris didn't come home last night. It's all right. She called us and told

us where she was, but today she didn't show up in school. I was hoping maybe

would be here.

No. I mean, she was here, but she left.

We had an argument.

About what?

About you.

Oh. She wanted me to come home.

She thought that if we talked, there was a chance you'd understand why I did

what I did.

Well, she was wrong. I don't think I'll ever understand that part of you.

That's what I told her.

I told her that you felt one way about things and that I felt another.

And that's fine.

We're all adults now.

Sometimes people just have to go their own way.

What did she say to that?

I bet that you do.

She said that was okay.

Except that families are bigger than that.

That they were more important than their differences.

Is that how you feel?

I'm not sure.

Yes or no? I don't know.

Well, I'll go see if I can find Doris. If you hear anything, let me know.

Don't go.

I don't care if we never understand each other.

You're still my father and I'm still your son.

And not so long ago, that meant a lot to the both of us.

And I think we've both chickened out about this long enough.

Now, if it takes a sister who can't leave well enough alone to bring the two

us together, then I say we're cowards if we don't give us another chance.

What do you say?

I say four and a half years of missing somebody is long enough.

When they've been there all the time.

Let's go find your sister.

Where do we look first?

First, you open the door.

And then you hug me.

How long have you been out there?

A while.

Do you hear us?

Music to my ears.

Music to my ears.