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(organ playing upbeat tune)

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(dog barking)

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(dog barking)

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SIMON:
This is our house...

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only it's not our house

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because it belongs
to the church.

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My dad is a Protestant minister.

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Because my dad and mom
moved here

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shortly after they were married

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with my dad's first big
assignment,

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we all grew up here.

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Or we're growing up here...

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in this house
that really isn't ours.

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Most of the time,
that doesn't bother me, but...

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you know, sometimes it does.

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Maybe someday
I'll become rich enough

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to buy it from the church,
so we can keep it in the family.

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It's not impossible.

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I've always been known
as the Bank of Simon.

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I'm good with money.

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When I was ten,
I begged my dad for a dog.

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And when that didn't work,
I went to a higher authority.

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I was certain that a dog would
just appear out of the ether,

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but... (chuckles)
Dad wasn't so sure.

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"Simon, if by some great
cosmic coincidence,

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"a dog happens to come to you
here at the house, fine,

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"but you don't go out
looking for a dog,

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and you don't trick one
into coming into the yard."

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Fortunately,
in addition to delivering

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many heartfelt prayers,
I also begged my mom for a dog,

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and she stopped by the pound
and rescued one--

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this one, Happy.

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So, I believed
my prayers were answered.

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Dad let me keep her,

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even though we found out
she was having puppies.

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(barking)

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The curly-haired one is Ruthie.

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She's my youngest sister.

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We shared a room at one time

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for a long time,

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and that's probably why
I still feel closest to her.

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We've been through a lot
together--

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that and the fact
that she's saner

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than my two older sisters.

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Lucy is 21.

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She's been married
about six months to Kevin.

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He's a cop.

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Lucy wants to follow

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in my father's footsteps
and become a minister.

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And evidently, Mary has decided

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to follow
in my mother's footsteps

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because she's 22
and she's gonna have a baby

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with her husband, Carlos.

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They got married the week
after Lucy and Kevin...

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only, no one knew.

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They just told us when they
found out they were pregnant.

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This is my older brother, Matt.

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He's 24 now.

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Second year of medical school.

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He's married, too, to Sarah.

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She's also 24 and in her
second year of medical school.

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They've all married young,

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but what are we supposed to do?

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It's get married and have sex

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or don't get married
and don't have sex.

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And of course, we've all
wrestled with the other choices.

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Although she better not
be wrestling

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with anyone anytime soon,

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especially him.

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He better not even think
about coming anywhere near her.

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Oh, that's... that's Peter,
Ruthie's boyfriend.

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And these two are Sam and David,
my youngest brothers.

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They're four.

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They're twins.

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Right, four-year-old twins.

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Matt's 24.

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Uh, here's the family.

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Mary's 22.

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Lucy's 21.

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I'm 17.

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Ruthie's 13.

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And then Sam and David
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We were all surprised

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when Mom and Dad decided
to have more children...

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and happy.

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We were happy--

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happy and surprised.

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But... we shouldn't have been.

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My mom and dad have always
been hot for each other.

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I can't think of a better way
to describe them.

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I think they're the reason
Matt, Mary and Lucy got married.

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They want that.

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We all want that.

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It's like...
being in seventh heaven

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permanently.

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♪ 7th Heaven ♪

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♪ When I see
their happy faces ♪

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♪ Smiling back at me 

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♪ 7th Heaven ♪

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♪ I know there's
no greater feeling ♪

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♪ Than the love of family

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♪ Where can you go 

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♪ When the world
don't treat you right? ♪

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♪ The answer is home 

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♪ That's the one place
that you'll find ♪

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♪ 7th Heaven ♪

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♪ Mmm, 7th Heaven ♪

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♪ 7th Heaven. ♪

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SIMON:
It takes a lot of work
to get that kind

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of relationship
and keep it going,

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and no one's tried harder
than Lucy.

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She got off to a bad start.

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Jimmy Moon,
Lucy's first true love.

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True loser.

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I thought she'd never
get rid of him.

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But, as her luck would have it,
he got rid of her.

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All because she went blonde.

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And I take full credit.

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I thought it was a good idea.

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Jimmy didn't.

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Jimmy Moon was busted for pot.

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He served time
as a high school narc,

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and then just when we thought
he'd gone straight,

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Lucy ran into him
when she was on jury duty.

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He was the defendant.

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And that's the short story.

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From Jimmy,
Lucy moved on to Rod.

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Then back to Jimmy.

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Then Jimmy and Rod.

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Eventually, someone had
to make a decision.

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They became the best of friends,
Jimmy and Rod.

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Lucy was left out in the cold,
but not for long.

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She bounced around
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and a Frenchman named Guy.

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Then she met Kenny.

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She thought he was too good
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Then Stevie...

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followed by Joe.

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He and Lucy took on Mary
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in a make-out competition.

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Briefly after that was Tyler,
and that brings us to...

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Andrew Nayloss.

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It was another on-again,
off-again relationship

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that ended when Andrew's dad
sent him to Europe one summer

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to get him away from Lucy.

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He returned to announce,

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"I did a really stupid thing.

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"I... I met a girl.

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"We got pregnant, and I'm going
back to France to live."

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Lucy bounced back eventually,

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hooking up with Mike Pierce,
a guy who had tried

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to commit suicide, reconsidered
the selfishness of it all

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and put his heart
into living again.

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A winner, her first real winner.

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Unfortunately,
they had no chemistry.

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Mike introduced her to Jeremy.

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They had chemistry.

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Lucy asked him to marry her.

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He said yes.

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She moved in with him
and his family in New York

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so they could start college
and their life together.

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She broke it off
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his pothead musician parents
thought she was no fun.

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The next time out,
Lucy waited for the proposal.

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And waited... and waited.

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But when he finally asked her
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Kevin did it right.

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And she said yes.

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She was on her way to this.

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This is Mary.

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Her first kiss
was with Matt's friend, Jeff.

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Her first love, however,
was Wilson West.

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17, widower, teen father--

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not the kind of guy who deserved

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an on-again, off-again
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but there's just something
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After Wilson
was a Jim and a Brad

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and a Jay and a George,

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but the next real love
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Robbie Palmer.

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They met while performing
community service.

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Mary loved him.

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My parents hated him.

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Then Mary hated him,
and my parents loved him.

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Then Mary loved him.

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Then hated him.

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Then my parents,
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took him in
because he was homeless

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and probably because Mary
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of 3,000 miles away
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in Buffalo, New York.

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They got her.

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We got him.

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Robbie became
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and another son to Mom and Dad,
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he moved to Florida
to be a brother

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to his real brothers
and a son to his real mother.

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But he's probably stayed away
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At least, we hope so.

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But back to Mary.

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Meanwhile, in Buffalo,
Mary got back with Wilson,

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but threw it all away
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Ben.

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Then changed her mind
and went back to Wilson,

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but changed her mind again
and went back to Ben.

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Ben is Kevin's brother,

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but Lucy met Kevin
after Mary had dumped Ben again.

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She was confused.

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They were confused.

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We were all confused.

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And then we met...

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Jack, a man my father's age.

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Then we were shocked...
and amused

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and appalled,

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but just when we thought
she'd end up with this old man,

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she threw us a curve
and got married... to Carlos,

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and as I mentioned,
they're gonna have a baby,

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and as I didn't mention,

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this all happened months
after they were married,

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not months
before they were married,

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although I'm sure
that's the rumor at church.

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Sidebar: the story of Mary
and Lucy would be incomplete

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if I didn't mention
the loves they've shared.

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Jordan Johansen.

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Jordan, aka Big Lips.

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Lucy caught him; Mary stole him,

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but threw him back to Lucy,
who eventually dumped him.

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Candidate
if we skip the fight

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over the French foreign student.

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Mary broke up with Robbie.

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Lucy broke up with Jeremy,
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Lucy and Robbie
found themselves making out,

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which wasn't too surprising

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because Lucy is the queen
of making out.

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Before Robbie, she had made out
with his brother.

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And before that brother,
she made out

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with another one
of his brothers.

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That's right.

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Lucy made out
with all three Palmer brothers.

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But Lucy and Mary
briefly shared only the one.

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Hopefully, Florida will
be better to him than Glenoak.

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But let's move on
to my older brother, Matt.

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I told you
about Mary and Lucy first

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because I know more about
their relationships than his.

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I know he loved Heather.

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I thought he'd marry her.

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He almost did...

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a couple of times,
but who knows?

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Maybe he loved them all.

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Matt dated a lot of women.

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I don't remember
all their names,

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but I found pictures
of a couple of them.

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Here's Dr. Laroe...

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his English lit teacher.

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He thought she
was sending him signals,

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so he tried to kiss her.

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This is Jenny.

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Matt met her one Christmas

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when he was working
as a mall Santa Claus.

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But here's
an interesting woman, Sheryl.

261
00:10:16,934 --> 00:10:19,400
We first heard about her
when Mary found out Robbie

262
00:10:19,434 --> 00:10:22,467
was seeing her the same time
he was seeing Mary.

263
00:10:22,501 --> 00:10:25,434
Then she came back into our
lives when she and Robbie

264
00:10:25,467 --> 00:10:27,701
thought they were pregnant
and wanted to get married.

265
00:10:27,734 --> 00:10:29,534
They weren't, and they didn't.

266
00:10:29,567 --> 00:10:31,501
And then somehow
Matt hooked up with her.

267
00:10:31,534 --> 00:10:34,968
Now, I find it hard to believe
they never... you know.

268
00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,434
Look at her. She's gorgeous.

269
00:10:37,467 --> 00:10:39,200
Of all the girls
he loved before,

270
00:10:39,234 --> 00:10:41,901
no one compares to Sarah Glass,

271
00:10:41,934 --> 00:10:43,567
now Sarah Camden,

272
00:10:43,601 --> 00:10:46,501
the rabbi's daughter
and my brother's wife.

273
00:10:46,534 --> 00:10:49,167
He asked her to marry him
on the first date.

274
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Love at first sight.

275
00:10:50,968 --> 00:10:53,300
But can they achieve this?

276
00:10:53,334 --> 00:10:54,334
Who knows?

277
00:10:54,367 --> 00:10:55,701
Can any of them?

278
00:10:55,734 --> 00:10:57,467
He has family money,

279
00:10:57,501 --> 00:11:00,067
and yet, they're living
in an apartment over the garage.

280
00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:01,267
Why?

281
00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:03,300
Does he love us, the family,
more than her?

282
00:11:03,334 --> 00:11:06,067
And do they love each other
enough to start a family

283
00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:08,901
six months after bumping
into each other in New York?

284
00:11:08,934 --> 00:11:10,601
Let's ask the expert.
(phone rings)

285
00:11:10,634 --> 00:11:14,100
Ruthie says whether or not
they make it isn't the question.

286
00:11:14,133 --> 00:11:17,133
The question is whether or not
they'll enjoy the journey

287
00:11:17,167 --> 00:11:18,501
and learn from it.

288
00:11:18,534 --> 00:11:21,100
She's only 13, but I think
she's already found it.

289
00:11:21,133 --> 00:11:23,100
Peter Petrowski.

290
00:11:23,133 --> 00:11:25,434
I know I don't want him
anywhere near her,

291
00:11:25,467 --> 00:11:28,033
but I do think
she's made a good choice,

292
00:11:28,067 --> 00:11:30,133
a winner
first time out of the gate.

293
00:11:30,167 --> 00:11:33,534
Ruthie is smarter than any
of us, smarter than me anyway.

294
00:11:33,567 --> 00:11:36,901
Deena, Carole, and Sue;
Sally, Maria...

295
00:11:36,934 --> 00:11:40,868
and others,
like Marsha and Sasha.

296
00:11:40,901 --> 00:11:44,634
That's the brief and tumultuous
journey that's brought me here.

297
00:11:44,667 --> 00:11:46,767
Cecilia.

298
00:11:46,801 --> 00:11:50,200
I'm in love with Cecilia,
but I'm not ready to be in love.

299
00:11:50,234 --> 00:11:53,200
I'm only 17;
I'm ready to see the world...

300
00:11:53,234 --> 00:11:55,434
at least a world
that doesn't have me following

301
00:11:55,467 --> 00:11:59,267
in Matt's and Mary's and Lucy's
footsteps to the altar.

302
00:11:59,300 --> 00:12:02,734
Because before I get
what they have,

303
00:12:02,767 --> 00:12:05,267
I want to know who I am.

304
00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,501
I don't know if I've ever had
a normal friend.

305
00:12:19,534 --> 00:12:20,934
Now that I think of it,

306
00:12:20,968 --> 00:12:23,701
none of us have ever had
a normal friend.

307
00:12:23,734 --> 00:12:26,000
As Ruthie says, "Believe me,

308
00:12:26,033 --> 00:12:28,133
"almost every friend
we've ever had in this house

309
00:12:28,167 --> 00:12:29,968
has something wrong with them."

310
00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,868
We might as well look
at Matt's friends first,

311
00:12:31,901 --> 00:12:34,033
since he's the oldest.
(siren wailing)

312
00:12:36,734 --> 00:12:37,734
Mrs. Bink.

313
00:12:37,767 --> 00:12:38,767
Matt helped her run errands.

314
00:12:38,801 --> 00:12:41,133
She helped him quit smoking.

315
00:12:41,167 --> 00:12:44,067
He also helped her with a doctor
that was giving her a hard time.

316
00:12:44,100 --> 00:12:45,067
Renee was pregnant.

317
00:12:45,100 --> 00:12:46,133
Everyone was relieved

318
00:12:46,167 --> 00:12:48,334
to find out
Matt wasn't the father.

319
00:12:48,367 --> 00:12:51,501
He was just trying to help her,
and help her he did.

320
00:12:51,534 --> 00:12:53,367
He may not have been there
for the conception,

321
00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,100
but he was there a thousand
percent for the delivery.

322
00:12:56,133 --> 00:12:59,000
Maybe this is where his interest
in gynecology and obstetrics

323
00:12:59,033 --> 00:13:00,234
actually began.

324
00:13:00,267 --> 00:13:03,267
Steve was a ten-year-old
with a terminal diagnosis,

325
00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:07,033
who wanted to get out of
the hospital and play baseball.

326
00:13:07,067 --> 00:13:09,667
Matt smuggled him out
and made his dreams come true.

327
00:13:09,701 --> 00:13:11,968
Emma Hooten worked
at the hardware store

328
00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,501
and was wearing
my mom's wedding ring

329
00:13:13,534 --> 00:13:15,133
that was stolen at a robbery.

330
00:13:15,167 --> 00:13:17,400
Matt tried to tell George
to dump out his beer

331
00:13:17,434 --> 00:13:19,701
at Matt's party,
but he wouldn't listen.

332
00:13:19,734 --> 00:13:21,601
Leonard, the editor
of the school paper,

333
00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:23,868
tried to use Matt
to increase circulation.

334
00:13:23,901 --> 00:13:25,901
Matt showed up just in time
to save Kevin,

335
00:13:25,934 --> 00:13:29,033
who had sucked down
so much booze he almost died.

336
00:13:29,067 --> 00:13:30,367
Mason was going to marry Heather

337
00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,968
until Matt found out
he was cheating on her.

338
00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,100
Teresa stole Matt's car.

339
00:13:35,133 --> 00:13:37,100
She was another pregnant woman
on the run

340
00:13:37,133 --> 00:13:39,234
who Matt had stopped to help.
(tires screeching)

341
00:13:39,267 --> 00:13:42,567
James was the son
of the richest guy in Glenoak.

342
00:13:42,601 --> 00:13:43,701
Matt agreed to tutor him,

343
00:13:43,734 --> 00:13:45,234
but James wanted
more help than that.

344
00:13:45,267 --> 00:13:46,501
He cheated off Matt's test.

345
00:13:46,534 --> 00:13:49,334
They both got busted
and James finally confessed.

346
00:13:49,367 --> 00:13:52,300
Cheryl was traumatized
by her mother's boyfriend,

347
00:13:52,334 --> 00:13:54,534
who always called her
a dumb blonde.

348
00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:55,767
Matt was working at the clinic

349
00:13:55,801 --> 00:13:58,567
when Gina Miller came in
with chronic stomach pain

350
00:13:58,601 --> 00:14:00,501
and could have died
if Matt didn't help her.

351
00:14:00,534 --> 00:14:03,467
(basketball bouncing)

352
00:14:03,501 --> 00:14:05,834
Mary, who has often needed
help herself,

353
00:14:05,868 --> 00:14:08,501
has also found time
to help others.

354
00:14:08,534 --> 00:14:11,400
Denise was being teased at
school for the way she dressed.

355
00:14:11,434 --> 00:14:13,567
Mary played basketball
with Diane and was there

356
00:14:13,601 --> 00:14:17,267
to dial 911 when Diane
almost overdosed on ephedrine.

357
00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:19,534
Coach Koper was
Mary's basketball coach,

358
00:14:19,567 --> 00:14:21,400
a very bad man.

359
00:14:21,434 --> 00:14:23,033
Cory was another girl
on the basketball team.

360
00:14:23,067 --> 00:14:26,033
She had her all-sports award
yanked when people found out

361
00:14:26,067 --> 00:14:28,834
she was the unwed mother
of a five-year-old.

362
00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:31,767
Mary handed over the award
and got Cory a lot of respect.

363
00:14:31,801 --> 00:14:32,767
Molly.

364
00:14:32,801 --> 00:14:34,067
Mary coached her team

365
00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:37,400
of developmentally challenged
basketball players.

366
00:14:37,434 --> 00:14:39,534
It was Mary who got Dad
to help Lisa.

367
00:14:39,567 --> 00:14:41,567
She was abused
by her mother's boyfriend.

368
00:14:41,601 --> 00:14:44,133
Jill and Barb were trying to get
Lucy to drink with them...

369
00:14:44,167 --> 00:14:45,968
until Mary showed up.

370
00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,334
She met Frankie and Johnny
at Pete's Pizza.

371
00:14:48,367 --> 00:14:50,300
They were beyond Mary's help.

372
00:14:50,334 --> 00:14:51,767
After getting Mary
to drink and drive,

373
00:14:51,801 --> 00:14:53,767
they brought her into
their troubled married life,

374
00:14:53,801 --> 00:14:56,434
which included a baby
and a lot of pot,

375
00:14:56,467 --> 00:14:58,567
but Mary tried to help them.

376
00:14:58,601 --> 00:15:01,367
(phone rings)

377
00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,400
Let's move on to Lucy,
who has the longest list.

378
00:15:04,434 --> 00:15:06,100
This is our neighbor Mike.

379
00:15:06,133 --> 00:15:09,234
Lucy befriended him
when no one else would.

380
00:15:09,267 --> 00:15:10,501
That was a fun Halloween.

381
00:15:10,534 --> 00:15:12,834
Lucy helped Mike win
the pumpkin-carving contest,

382
00:15:12,868 --> 00:15:16,400
although she did steal a couple
of pumpkins from him first.

383
00:15:16,434 --> 00:15:18,234
She got dad to help Suzanne.

384
00:15:18,267 --> 00:15:19,934
She and her mother
were victims of a guy

385
00:15:19,968 --> 00:15:21,901
who refused
to pay child support.

386
00:15:21,934 --> 00:15:23,133
Her friend Shelby
was embarrassed

387
00:15:23,167 --> 00:15:24,133
about where she lived.

388
00:15:24,167 --> 00:15:26,667
Her mom's welfare was cut off.

389
00:15:26,701 --> 00:15:28,801
Lucy got help
for her friend Laurie,

390
00:15:28,834 --> 00:15:30,701
who was verbally abused
by her mother,

391
00:15:30,734 --> 00:15:32,834
who was verbally abused
by her mother.

392
00:15:32,868 --> 00:15:35,667
How hard is it to say
"I love you" to your kid?

393
00:15:35,701 --> 00:15:37,100
Lucy got them help, too.

394
00:15:37,133 --> 00:15:39,267
When Rod's mom died

395
00:15:39,300 --> 00:15:40,501
and he couldn't face his father,

396
00:15:40,534 --> 00:15:42,067
Lucy helped him get through it

397
00:15:42,100 --> 00:15:44,067
while she hid him in her closet.

398
00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:46,100
Nicole, a cutter,

399
00:15:46,133 --> 00:15:49,100
abused herself
by cutting her legs and arms.

400
00:15:49,133 --> 00:15:51,434
It's a self-abuse problem
I'd never heard of.

401
00:15:51,467 --> 00:15:53,434
Lucy helped Ashley,
a girl at school.

402
00:15:53,467 --> 00:15:56,133
Her mother wanted
to be her best friend,

403
00:15:56,167 --> 00:15:59,234
robbing Ashley of having
a real mother and a childhood.

404
00:15:59,267 --> 00:16:01,801
Mike Pierce asked Lucy
to set him up with Elaina Casey,

405
00:16:01,834 --> 00:16:05,634
who had acne and thought
Lucy was playing a prank on her.

406
00:16:05,667 --> 00:16:07,467
When the garage apartment
needed finishing,

407
00:16:07,501 --> 00:16:10,601
Lucy brought home Ray,
the out-of-work carpenter.

408
00:16:10,634 --> 00:16:12,467
He staged a fall
and tried to sue us.

409
00:16:12,501 --> 00:16:14,033
Paul.

410
00:16:14,067 --> 00:16:15,300
Lucy helped him talk his family

411
00:16:15,334 --> 00:16:17,300
into allowing him
to pursue his dreams

412
00:16:17,334 --> 00:16:19,634
of performing
with The Famous People Players.

413
00:16:19,667 --> 00:16:23,267
Christine-- ex-hooker,
houseguest, heart of gold.

414
00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:25,067
Who wouldn't help her?

415
00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:27,801
(horse galloping, neighing)

416
00:16:27,834 --> 00:16:29,834
Ah, now we're getting
to Ruthie's friends.

417
00:16:29,868 --> 00:16:31,200
This is Eisenhower.

418
00:16:31,234 --> 00:16:33,434
He needed a mate.

419
00:16:33,467 --> 00:16:35,133
This is where
Ruthie's friend Ben lived.

420
00:16:35,167 --> 00:16:37,868
His parents invested everything
into Y2K.

421
00:16:37,901 --> 00:16:39,334
Remember that scare?

422
00:16:39,367 --> 00:16:42,334
Ruthie had a great idea
for her class story contest

423
00:16:42,367 --> 00:16:44,734
until her friend Chrissy tried
to steal it.

424
00:16:44,767 --> 00:16:46,968
Her teacher Miss Riddle
called Ruthie stupid.

425
00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,167
She had some anger issues
to resolve.

426
00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,734
Ruthie switched schools
and met Julia,

427
00:16:51,767 --> 00:16:54,701
whose mother lost her job
and couldn't afford groceries.

428
00:16:54,734 --> 00:16:56,400
Yasmine-- a moderate Muslim

429
00:16:56,434 --> 00:17:00,234
just trying to get to school and
back without getting harassed.

430
00:17:00,267 --> 00:17:02,234
Ruthie met Caitlin
at the stables.

431
00:17:02,267 --> 00:17:04,067
She's a competitive
steeplechase jockey

432
00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:07,300
who faces the challenge
of living with cystic fibrosis.

433
00:17:07,334 --> 00:17:08,734
Actually,
she probably helped Ruthie

434
00:17:08,767 --> 00:17:09,767
more than Ruthie helped her.

435
00:17:09,801 --> 00:17:11,801
(horse galloping, neighing)

436
00:17:11,834 --> 00:17:13,901
(buzzing)

437
00:17:13,934 --> 00:17:15,701
MAN:
Quiet on the set.

438
00:17:15,734 --> 00:17:17,734
SIMON:
I have friends of my own,
of course.

439
00:17:17,767 --> 00:17:20,567
I once stood up for Nigel
when some jerk on the playground

440
00:17:20,601 --> 00:17:22,834
called him the "N" word.

441
00:17:22,868 --> 00:17:24,934
Another time at school, a bully
named Mark was teasing me.

442
00:17:24,968 --> 00:17:28,033
When he ripped his pants,
I lent him my jacket to cover up

443
00:17:28,067 --> 00:17:30,234
so the other kids
would stop making fun of him.

444
00:17:30,267 --> 00:17:32,968
My friend Stan
was having trouble sleeping.

445
00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,167
His sister Karen had joined
a gang and couldn't get out.

446
00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:39,701
Larry's dad had told him
that the Holocaust was a hoax.

447
00:17:39,734 --> 00:17:41,133
I found a little girl
named Sarah

448
00:17:41,167 --> 00:17:42,133
on the street near our house.

449
00:17:42,167 --> 00:17:43,767
(Happy barking)
Her alcoholic dad

450
00:17:43,801 --> 00:17:45,200
had left her there.

451
00:17:45,234 --> 00:17:47,734
Marie and Joan approached me
at school,

452
00:17:47,767 --> 00:17:49,701
wanting me to go to their party.

453
00:17:49,734 --> 00:17:51,300
They actually just wanted me
to bring Lucy.

454
00:17:51,334 --> 00:17:53,300
It wasn't long
after I started high school

455
00:17:53,334 --> 00:17:56,634
that suddenly it seemed
like everybody was on drugs.

456
00:17:56,667 --> 00:17:59,267
I signed up to help out
with the audio-visual club

457
00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:01,767
and found out that every one
of them was huffing paint.

458
00:18:01,801 --> 00:18:03,801
My friend Lee had
a drug problem, too.

459
00:18:03,834 --> 00:18:05,901
His dad just couldn't quit
smoking pot.

460
00:18:05,934 --> 00:18:07,167
Bobby suffers from Tourette's

461
00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,033
and was being tortured
at school.

462
00:18:10,067 --> 00:18:13,000
Nick was mentally unstable
and carried a gun.

463
00:18:13,033 --> 00:18:15,934
Luckily, the authorities
seized it before he used it.

464
00:18:15,968 --> 00:18:19,100
We weren't quite as lucky with
Deena's ex-boyfriend Johnny,

465
00:18:19,133 --> 00:18:20,167
who shot my dad.

466
00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,934
(gunshot)

467
00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:24,400
It's no surprise I couldn't find
a picture of my friend Luke.

468
00:18:24,434 --> 00:18:26,400
He was like the invisible man.

469
00:18:26,434 --> 00:18:29,767
Nobody believed any of the
funny stories I told about Luke

470
00:18:29,801 --> 00:18:32,434
or that he even existed...
until they met him.

471
00:18:32,467 --> 00:18:34,501
Later that year, I helped Sasha
end a bad relationship

472
00:18:34,534 --> 00:18:35,501
with a guy named Larry.

473
00:18:35,534 --> 00:18:36,767
There was also Claire.

474
00:18:36,801 --> 00:18:38,801
She had a problem
I still can't talk about,

475
00:18:38,834 --> 00:18:41,067
let alone show you her picture.

476
00:18:41,100 --> 00:18:43,601
I don't know
where we find these people.

477
00:18:43,634 --> 00:18:45,334
Oh, no, no, wait.

478
00:18:45,367 --> 00:18:47,434
I do know.

479
00:18:47,467 --> 00:18:50,767
They find us,
and many more find him.

480
00:18:50,801 --> 00:18:52,501
(church bell ringing)

481
00:18:52,534 --> 00:18:54,100
(organ playing)

482
00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:56,334
Whose favorite saying is:

483
00:18:56,367 --> 00:18:59,601
"Forget trying to help people
and just try to be harmless."

484
00:18:59,634 --> 00:19:01,501
Here are a few people
he was harmless to.

485
00:19:01,534 --> 00:19:03,934
Reverend Morgan Hamilton's
church was burned down

486
00:19:03,968 --> 00:19:06,133
and my dad insisted
his entire family

487
00:19:06,167 --> 00:19:08,100
come stay with us
and that they were welcome

488
00:19:08,133 --> 00:19:09,868
at our church.

489
00:19:09,901 --> 00:19:12,100
Steve and Susan needed
more than counseling.

490
00:19:12,133 --> 00:19:14,300
Steve had never divorced
his first wife.

491
00:19:14,334 --> 00:19:15,467
Terry was a drug addict

492
00:19:15,501 --> 00:19:17,567
that stumbled upon our doorstep
for help.

493
00:19:17,601 --> 00:19:18,834
Abbey Morris had been abused

494
00:19:18,868 --> 00:19:22,167
by her husband for years
and was too afraid to leave him.

495
00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,133
Dad helped her get away from him
and get help.

496
00:19:25,167 --> 00:19:27,467
There was also Steve Cunningham,

497
00:19:27,501 --> 00:19:30,434
who was out of work and living
in a van with his family.

498
00:19:30,467 --> 00:19:32,067
Aunt Julie was an alcoholic.

499
00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:35,434
Dad helped her to admit to it
and get treatment.

500
00:19:35,467 --> 00:19:37,167
This young minister suffered

501
00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,400
from epilepsy.

502
00:19:38,434 --> 00:19:40,467
Dad helped him get back
to his job at the church,

503
00:19:40,501 --> 00:19:42,567
then helped Mrs. Hinkle get out
of her job

504
00:19:42,601 --> 00:19:44,534
at the church when she wanted
to retire as church organist.

505
00:19:44,567 --> 00:19:47,534
Dad later helped her
get her house back.

506
00:19:47,567 --> 00:19:51,400
He got Pam Sander's ex-husband
Bill to pay child support.

507
00:19:51,434 --> 00:19:54,334
He counseled Bob and Ellen
Jackson when they were divorcing

508
00:19:54,367 --> 00:19:56,300
and had forgotten
about their daughter Tia.

509
00:19:56,334 --> 00:19:58,234
Dad went with Nora Chambers
to confront

510
00:19:58,267 --> 00:20:01,133
her husband's murderer so she
could move on with her life.

511
00:20:01,167 --> 00:20:03,734
Will Grayson had just come out
of witness protection

512
00:20:03,767 --> 00:20:06,400
and needed to reconnect
with his son.

513
00:20:06,434 --> 00:20:07,667
Ron Kramer was an ex-con.

514
00:20:07,701 --> 00:20:09,868
He couldn't get work.

515
00:20:09,901 --> 00:20:11,234
Lou Dalton needed to find

516
00:20:11,267 --> 00:20:13,934
an affordable care
for his autistic son Lewis.

517
00:20:13,968 --> 00:20:15,901
A lot of women must be attracted
to men of the cloth.

518
00:20:15,934 --> 00:20:19,400
Over the years there were
several that came after my dad,

519
00:20:19,434 --> 00:20:20,567
including
recently divorced Nancy

520
00:20:20,601 --> 00:20:24,234
and also Serena,
who just needed counseling;

521
00:20:24,267 --> 00:20:26,100
my teacher Mr. Lane

522
00:20:26,133 --> 00:20:27,234
was going to lose his job

523
00:20:27,267 --> 00:20:29,734
for protecting a student
from his abusive father.

524
00:20:29,767 --> 00:20:33,067
They always call in my dad when
something happens in Glenoak.

525
00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:34,701
Peter McKinley was going
to jump off a roof

526
00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:37,968
over the cheap jeans
his mother bought for him.

527
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,133
Jack Brenner, the President
of Crawford University,

528
00:20:40,167 --> 00:20:43,534
created a scandal
when he cheated on his wife

529
00:20:43,567 --> 00:20:45,033
with a graduate student.

530
00:20:45,067 --> 00:20:48,133
Dad got George
into anger management classes.

531
00:20:48,167 --> 00:20:49,868
He had been slapped around
his whole life by his mother

532
00:20:49,901 --> 00:20:52,367
and was starting
to get abusive himself.

533
00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,434
He made a trip down to the IRS
when he met Clarence.

534
00:20:55,467 --> 00:20:56,801
Clarence and his mom
had been stuck

535
00:20:56,834 --> 00:20:58,467
with her ex-husband's tax debt.

536
00:20:58,501 --> 00:21:01,467
Elizabeth Brown lost
her son Alan

537
00:21:01,501 --> 00:21:03,868
and couldn't recover
from her loss.

538
00:21:03,901 --> 00:21:06,334
Everyone thought school janitor
Rudy Steineger was crazy

539
00:21:06,367 --> 00:21:08,767
when he said
he was talking to God.

540
00:21:08,801 --> 00:21:10,801
Dad helped his fellow jurors

541
00:21:10,834 --> 00:21:14,334
on trial overcome their
prejudices and rule fairly.

542
00:21:14,367 --> 00:21:16,100
He does a lot
of relationship counseling.

543
00:21:16,133 --> 00:21:17,501
He helped Jessica and Ryan.

544
00:21:17,534 --> 00:21:18,734
He was a control freak

545
00:21:18,767 --> 00:21:20,501
and wouldn't let her do anything
on her own.

546
00:21:20,534 --> 00:21:21,901
And Ted,
who had a drinking problem

547
00:21:21,934 --> 00:21:26,000
that was leading to divorce
and nearly killed Lucy and Mary.

548
00:21:26,033 --> 00:21:27,701
Dad helped the Carberrys,

549
00:21:27,734 --> 00:21:30,100
who couldn't see their dog
through to the end.

550
00:21:30,133 --> 00:21:31,801
James Carver had lost his wife

551
00:21:31,834 --> 00:21:34,334
and thought he had a crush
on my mom.

552
00:21:34,367 --> 00:21:35,934
Bird needed help forgiving
her dead father

553
00:21:35,968 --> 00:21:37,934
for verbally abusing her.

554
00:21:37,968 --> 00:21:40,367
Sachiko was a Japanese-American

555
00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,400
who had been
in an internment camp.

556
00:21:42,434 --> 00:21:45,300
Someone once wrote anonymously
to my dad at church.

557
00:21:45,334 --> 00:21:47,634
All this kid wanted was
a prayer to end violence

558
00:21:47,667 --> 00:21:50,000
and to comfort all those

559
00:21:50,033 --> 00:21:51,701
whose lives had been affected
by violence.

560
00:21:51,734 --> 00:21:54,100
Dad also visits a lot
of sick people at the hospital.

561
00:21:54,133 --> 00:21:55,334
(siren wailing)

562
00:21:55,367 --> 00:21:56,367
That's where he met Harold,

563
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,300
who needed the courage to live

564
00:21:58,334 --> 00:22:00,300
despite the fact he had
a terminal diagnosis.

565
00:22:00,334 --> 00:22:01,801
Tim came to see him
at his office.

566
00:22:01,834 --> 00:22:05,000
He was missing an arm,
literally.

567
00:22:05,033 --> 00:22:06,534
Ramon Reyes' son
had been kidnapped

568
00:22:06,567 --> 00:22:09,801
by a jealous ex-girlfriend.

569
00:22:09,834 --> 00:22:12,000
Yasmine's father Mr. Halawi

570
00:22:12,033 --> 00:22:13,167
was sick and needed help

571
00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,367
to get his printing shop
up and running again.

572
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,033
Dad was there when Kevin
and Dr. Gibson confronted

573
00:22:18,067 --> 00:22:19,467
Paris Petrowski's boyfriend

574
00:22:19,501 --> 00:22:21,701
about his abusive past.

575
00:22:21,734 --> 00:22:23,334
My dad learned a lesson
about himself

576
00:22:23,367 --> 00:22:24,868
while helping the Tallridges.

577
00:22:24,901 --> 00:22:27,501
They wouldn't let their grown
son, Jerry, live his own life.

578
00:22:27,534 --> 00:22:29,167
This guy pretended
to be Andrew Hampton,

579
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,200
who was dying from lung cancer
and hiding out,

580
00:22:32,234 --> 00:22:35,067
refusing to make peace
with his son, Chandler.

581
00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:37,200
And the list goes on and on

582
00:22:37,234 --> 00:22:39,234
forever and ever
for all eternity.

583
00:22:39,267 --> 00:22:41,367
My dad just can't help
helping people,

584
00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,467
and now that I think of it,

585
00:22:43,501 --> 00:22:45,367
my mother's right
in there with him.

586
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:46,734
(laughter)

587
00:22:46,767 --> 00:22:47,901
Mom.

588
00:22:47,934 --> 00:22:49,067
She helped Richard.

589
00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:50,767
He was almost out
of high school,

590
00:22:50,801 --> 00:22:52,667
and couldn't read
until she hooked him up

591
00:22:52,701 --> 00:22:54,033
with a friend of hers.

592
00:22:54,067 --> 00:22:56,934
Lou and the church vestry
were going through a rocky time

593
00:22:56,968 --> 00:22:59,300
when Mom stepped in
to help them through it.

594
00:22:59,334 --> 00:23:01,601
After Judy Calloway's husband
committed suicide,

595
00:23:01,634 --> 00:23:03,100
Mom helped comfort her

596
00:23:03,133 --> 00:23:05,167
and got her
to come to church again.

597
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,767
She helped her friend,
Rachel Grewe,

598
00:23:06,801 --> 00:23:08,601
who was struggling
with a recent divorce.

599
00:23:08,634 --> 00:23:10,601
Mrs. Beeker just seemed
like a nosy neighbor.

600
00:23:10,634 --> 00:23:13,033
Mom figured out she was really
just lonely and wanted

601
00:23:13,067 --> 00:23:15,167
to help out, so we let her.

602
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,000
There was the young married's
counseling group

603
00:23:17,033 --> 00:23:18,267
she did at the church.

604
00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:19,968
Millard was a homeless veteran

605
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,968
that Mom came across
outside the supermarket.

606
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,133
Mom introduced Donovan
to the twins

607
00:23:26,167 --> 00:23:27,300
when he became angry

608
00:23:27,334 --> 00:23:28,968
that his parents
were having another baby.

609
00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,501
Robin was an obnoxious

610
00:23:30,534 --> 00:23:33,734
motivational speaker
that Mom dated in high school.

611
00:23:33,767 --> 00:23:35,100
(doorbell ringing)

612
00:23:35,133 --> 00:23:37,534
People came over to our house
for Mom's help, too.

613
00:23:37,567 --> 00:23:40,601
There was Cassandra and Barbara
from birthing class, and Rita,

614
00:23:40,634 --> 00:23:43,734
who had no idea how to talk
to her daughter about sex.

615
00:23:43,767 --> 00:23:46,200
My mom was a teacher at Ruthie's
school for a while, too.

616
00:23:46,234 --> 00:23:48,501
That's where she met Christy,
the student whose parents

617
00:23:48,534 --> 00:23:50,334
just couldn't quit arguing.

618
00:23:50,367 --> 00:23:52,501
But more than any
of these people,

619
00:23:52,534 --> 00:23:54,334
my parents have helped all of us

620
00:23:54,367 --> 00:23:56,534
when we've been in trouble
along the way.

621
00:23:56,567 --> 00:23:58,267
And we've been in trouble.

622
00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:02,100
Lots and lots of trouble.

623
00:24:12,801 --> 00:24:15,133
As PKs, we've hit a few bumps,

624
00:24:15,167 --> 00:24:17,801
and run into some brick walls
along the way.

625
00:24:17,834 --> 00:24:20,267
We've all made our share
of mistakes.

626
00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:22,000
Even the twins.

627
00:24:22,033 --> 00:24:23,701
They helped themselves
to everyone's money

628
00:24:23,734 --> 00:24:25,267
so they could make
a contribution

629
00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:26,934
to fixing the church roof.

630
00:24:26,968 --> 00:24:28,901
And they once stole
this guy's hat,

631
00:24:28,934 --> 00:24:30,334
but they're just four.

632
00:24:30,367 --> 00:24:31,868
Let's go to the oldest.

633
00:24:31,901 --> 00:24:33,434
The first time I can remember

634
00:24:33,467 --> 00:24:35,267
Matt getting
into a lot of trouble,

635
00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:37,701
not counting his brief stint
as a smoker,

636
00:24:37,734 --> 00:24:40,067
was when he wrecked the church's
Meals on Wheels van,

637
00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:42,167
which he had borrowed
for some hot date,

638
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:43,834
who spilled beer all over him

639
00:24:43,868 --> 00:24:45,868
while he backed
into a police car.

640
00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:48,534
When my dad caught him
sneaking in at 5:00 a.m.,

641
00:24:48,567 --> 00:24:50,567
saying he just fell asleep
at a girl's house,

642
00:24:50,601 --> 00:24:52,033
he got grounded for three weeks.

643
00:24:52,067 --> 00:24:53,267
He once forged Dad's signature

644
00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:54,767
on one of Mary's
detention slips.

645
00:24:54,801 --> 00:24:56,033
(loud crowd chatter)

646
00:24:56,067 --> 00:24:57,534
Everyone has to have a party

647
00:24:57,567 --> 00:24:59,234
when their parents
are out of town.

648
00:24:59,267 --> 00:25:02,501
Matt and Mary took on
that tradition with a vengeance.

649
00:25:02,534 --> 00:25:04,501
Unfortunately,
Happy escaped the premises

650
00:25:04,534 --> 00:25:06,501
and got sideswiped by a car.

651
00:25:06,534 --> 00:25:07,968
(car brakes screeching)

652
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,501
But fortunately recovered.

653
00:25:09,534 --> 00:25:12,100
When Michael Towner
ran over Mary with his car,

654
00:25:12,133 --> 00:25:13,734
Matt punched his lights out.

655
00:25:13,767 --> 00:25:15,868
Another time Matt
and Mary took a joyride,

656
00:25:15,901 --> 00:25:18,200
and ended up with a flat tire,

657
00:25:18,234 --> 00:25:20,767
a speeding ticket
and a very long lecture.

658
00:25:20,801 --> 00:25:23,000
My dad once found a joint
in the house.

659
00:25:23,033 --> 00:25:24,234
Actually, he-he didn't find it.

660
00:25:24,267 --> 00:25:25,434
(barking)
Happy brought it to him.

661
00:25:25,467 --> 00:25:27,234
And Dad thought
it was Matt's, and it was.

662
00:25:27,267 --> 00:25:28,868
A friend had given it to him.

663
00:25:28,901 --> 00:25:31,467
It seems like it shouldn't
have been such a big deal

664
00:25:31,501 --> 00:25:33,834
since it obviously hadn't been
smoked, but you know parents.

665
00:25:33,868 --> 00:25:35,734
He once ran away
to Philadelphia chasing Heather,

666
00:25:35,767 --> 00:25:38,601
only to end up meeting her new
boyfriend when he got there.

667
00:25:38,634 --> 00:25:40,133
Matt had trouble keeping jobs.

668
00:25:40,167 --> 00:25:43,400
He got fired from his
delivery job at the Dairy Shack

669
00:25:43,434 --> 00:25:45,267
after Happy ate
the customers' orders.

670
00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:48,300
When he was pre-med, he almost
failed organic chemistry

671
00:25:48,334 --> 00:25:50,400
because he wouldn't admit
that he needed help.

672
00:25:50,434 --> 00:25:52,133
But all this stuff
is pretty minor.

673
00:25:52,167 --> 00:25:53,801
Matt set the bar pretty high.

674
00:25:53,834 --> 00:25:55,701
He didn't smoke.
He didn't drink.

675
00:25:55,734 --> 00:25:56,968
But if you ask me,

676
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,200
he was keeping his sex life
quiet for a reason,

677
00:25:59,234 --> 00:26:01,868
because, hey, I don't have
any photos, so why bring it up?

678
00:26:01,901 --> 00:26:04,133
I don't know
why I didn't start with her.

679
00:26:04,167 --> 00:26:05,701
Mary's been in far more trouble

680
00:26:05,734 --> 00:26:07,767
than the rest of us
ever dreamed about.

681
00:26:07,801 --> 00:26:09,767
There was the time
she and Camille,

682
00:26:09,801 --> 00:26:11,234
a friend from detention,

683
00:26:11,267 --> 00:26:12,400
went to a frat party.

684
00:26:12,434 --> 00:26:13,567
It turned out to be just

685
00:26:13,601 --> 00:26:15,133
the two of them
and two older guys.

686
00:26:15,167 --> 00:26:17,801
I think that was just before
Mary slipped out of the house

687
00:26:17,834 --> 00:26:20,267
to go to a co-ed sleep-over
that Matt busted her for.

688
00:26:20,300 --> 00:26:22,300
She stole a glass
from the Varsity

689
00:26:22,334 --> 00:26:23,734
that landed Matt in court.

690
00:26:23,767 --> 00:26:25,334
She vandalized the school gym

691
00:26:25,367 --> 00:26:27,934
with her teammates
and got arrested.

692
00:26:27,968 --> 00:26:31,767
Had to do community service
with Robbie Palmer, remember?

693
00:26:31,801 --> 00:26:34,334
She got a job
at the pool hall, decided

694
00:26:34,367 --> 00:26:36,601
she could buy a sports car,
bought one, and then

695
00:26:36,634 --> 00:26:38,133
got fired from the pool hall.
(glass breaking)

696
00:26:38,167 --> 00:26:39,901
Then she went
to work at Pete's Pizza,

697
00:26:39,934 --> 00:26:41,868
where she met Frankie
and Johnny, had a beer,

698
00:26:41,901 --> 00:26:44,267
and then got pulled over,
but left off with a warning

699
00:26:44,300 --> 00:26:45,968
because the cop recognized her.

700
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,133
She may or may not
have tried marijuana.

701
00:26:48,167 --> 00:26:50,901
But she's definitely taken money
from all of us.
(coin clinking)

702
00:26:50,934 --> 00:26:52,834
Can you believe
we all helped her

703
00:26:52,868 --> 00:26:54,234
rob the twin's piggy banks?

704
00:26:54,267 --> 00:26:55,868
She also lied.

705
00:26:55,901 --> 00:26:58,234
And cheated, and yet,

706
00:26:58,267 --> 00:27:00,567
you can't help but love her.

707
00:27:00,601 --> 00:27:03,367
Lucy's troubles can mostly
be attributed to the fact

708
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,601
that she's extremely emotional.

709
00:27:05,634 --> 00:27:06,968
She just can't help

710
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,067
letting her emotions
get the best of her.

711
00:27:09,100 --> 00:27:11,601
(blows landing)
There was the cat fight
she had with Mary

712
00:27:11,634 --> 00:27:13,467
at Mom and Dad's second wedding.

713
00:27:13,501 --> 00:27:16,501
And the time
she fought Mary over Robbie.

714
00:27:16,534 --> 00:27:18,334
After seeing
 Gone With the Wind,

715
00:27:18,367 --> 00:27:20,968
Lucy thought it would be
romantic to slap Jordan.

716
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,767
Her teacher didn't think so.

717
00:27:22,801 --> 00:27:24,801
Mary once gave Lucy a black eye.

718
00:27:24,834 --> 00:27:26,100
But it was an accident.

719
00:27:26,133 --> 00:27:27,934
At least, well,
that's what Mary says.

720
00:27:27,968 --> 00:27:30,334
If Lucy ever gave anyone
a black eye,

721
00:27:30,367 --> 00:27:32,701
it would probably be Roxanne.

722
00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:34,634
Although supposedly,
they're all friends now.

723
00:27:34,667 --> 00:27:35,868
Whatever.

724
00:27:35,901 --> 00:27:37,601
Let's go on to Ruthie.

725
00:27:37,634 --> 00:27:39,100
When she was six,

726
00:27:39,133 --> 00:27:41,467
the two of us decided
to play private investigator,

727
00:27:41,501 --> 00:27:43,701
and tailed the postman,
Mr. Jeffries.

728
00:27:43,734 --> 00:27:45,901
We got lost.

729
00:27:45,934 --> 00:27:48,100
And Sergeant Michaels
ended up bringing us home.
(barking)

730
00:27:48,133 --> 00:27:50,167
Then there was the time
we found $50,

731
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,234
and used it
to buy black market ferrets

732
00:27:52,267 --> 00:27:54,033
from some guy
outside a pet shop.

733
00:27:54,067 --> 00:27:56,834
I once hid in my room
to avoid a doctor visit,

734
00:27:56,868 --> 00:27:58,334
claiming that I was locked in.

735
00:27:58,367 --> 00:28:00,133
(touch tones beeping)
Ruthie called 911,

736
00:28:00,167 --> 00:28:02,467
and two nice
police officers showed up.

737
00:28:02,501 --> 00:28:03,634
Then there was the time

738
00:28:03,667 --> 00:28:05,434
Happy got a credit card
in the mail,

739
00:28:05,467 --> 00:28:08,000
and we used it to make
catalogue purchases ourselves.

740
00:28:08,033 --> 00:28:10,567
And the time she tied me
to the banisters.
(Ruthie giggling)

741
00:28:10,601 --> 00:28:12,667
Then put her head
through a couple of railings

742
00:28:12,701 --> 00:28:13,834
and got stuck there.

743
00:28:13,868 --> 00:28:15,734
Yeah, I know. My name has often
been linked

744
00:28:15,767 --> 00:28:17,000
with her bad behavior,
but sometimes,

745
00:28:17,033 --> 00:28:18,501
she's done things
all on her own.

746
00:28:18,534 --> 00:28:20,100
Like the time
a camera crew showed up

747
00:28:20,133 --> 00:28:21,701
to tape one
of my dad's church services,

748
00:28:21,734 --> 00:28:23,300
and Ruthie jammed a mint
up her nose

749
00:28:23,334 --> 00:28:24,868
(siren blaring)
in the middle of the sermon,

750
00:28:24,901 --> 00:28:26,467
and had to be rushed
to the hospital.

751
00:28:26,501 --> 00:28:29,534
Ruthie once pulled a boy's hair,
and got sent home from school

752
00:28:29,567 --> 00:28:32,300
because she wanted
to go to the beach with my mom.

753
00:28:32,334 --> 00:28:33,534
She also got grounded

754
00:28:33,567 --> 00:28:35,300
for giving another friend
a haircut at school.

755
00:28:35,334 --> 00:28:36,701
Or the time she conned Matt

756
00:28:36,734 --> 00:28:38,801
into letting her buy makeup
she wasn't supposed to have.

757
00:28:38,834 --> 00:28:42,300
Or the time she surprised
her boyfriend, and Mom,

758
00:28:42,334 --> 00:28:45,234
with how sexy
she could look... at 12.

759
00:28:45,267 --> 00:28:46,467
Mom was pretty upset

760
00:28:46,501 --> 00:28:47,901
when Sam and David started
calling Ruthie Mama.

761
00:28:47,934 --> 00:28:49,300
Mama.

762
00:28:49,334 --> 00:28:51,334
It was only because she had
been bribing them with cookies.

763
00:28:51,367 --> 00:28:53,367
To make my dad feeling needed,
Ruthie lied

764
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,400
and said her friend, Alice Brand
was being abused by her parents.

765
00:28:56,434 --> 00:28:58,234
My mom once put Ruthie
on restriction

766
00:28:58,267 --> 00:29:00,334
after she walked in
on her slow dancing

767
00:29:00,367 --> 00:29:02,200
with Jake Davis
in our living room.

768
00:29:02,234 --> 00:29:04,834
Or the time she and Peter
volunteered to watch Carson,

769
00:29:04,868 --> 00:29:06,434
the rescue dog, but lost him.

770
00:29:06,467 --> 00:29:08,901
She's been in plenty of trouble
on her own.

771
00:29:08,934 --> 00:29:11,167
But then again, so have I.

772
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,501
I took up golf,
and drove a ball

773
00:29:13,534 --> 00:29:14,801
right through
Lou Dalton's windshield.

774
00:29:14,834 --> 00:29:16,200
(glass breaking)

775
00:29:16,234 --> 00:29:17,601
(more glass breaking)

776
00:29:17,634 --> 00:29:20,534
But it took a second window
before I learned my lesson.

777
00:29:20,567 --> 00:29:23,434
I got caught giving the finger
to some kid at school.

778
00:29:23,467 --> 00:29:25,334
I got caught
toilet-papering a house.

779
00:29:25,367 --> 00:29:26,801
A word of advice.

780
00:29:26,834 --> 00:29:29,267
Never commit a crime with
an accomplice who can't run.

781
00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:31,868
Jim and I decided
we needed to do something manly,

782
00:29:31,901 --> 00:29:33,968
so we decided
to get our ears pierced.

783
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,767
Nigel and I did a school project
on teen smoking

784
00:29:36,801 --> 00:29:39,434
that got out of control
when we decided to light up.

785
00:29:39,467 --> 00:29:42,734
I once told Ruthie, the squeaky
wheel gets the grease,

786
00:29:42,767 --> 00:29:44,434
so she started
blowing math tests

787
00:29:44,467 --> 00:29:47,334
to get more attention from Mom.

788
00:29:47,367 --> 00:29:49,701
I got caught shoplifting
and sneaking into the movies,

789
00:29:49,734 --> 00:29:51,667
but I really didn't mean to,
I swear.

790
00:29:51,701 --> 00:29:55,667
It was Luke's idea
to go out with the Murphy twins.

791
00:29:55,701 --> 00:29:57,234
Sometimes I've simply
made bad decisions,

792
00:29:57,267 --> 00:29:59,834
as to who
I should hang out with.

793
00:29:59,868 --> 00:30:01,968
Or who I should drive with.
(siren blaring,
helicopter whirring)

794
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,634
Grandpa got me involved
in a low-speed car chase.

795
00:30:04,667 --> 00:30:06,200
But I take full responsibility

796
00:30:06,234 --> 00:30:09,334
for the night I talked Morris
into taking me to a party.

797
00:30:09,367 --> 00:30:10,901
I thought
the punch tasted funny,

798
00:30:10,934 --> 00:30:12,534
but I just kept drinking it.

799
00:30:12,567 --> 00:30:15,501
It went down a lot easier
than it came back up.

800
00:30:15,534 --> 00:30:18,067
It was my last drink forever.

801
00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:20,968
I got busted for running
a high school escort service.

802
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,200
Honestly, I learned my lesson
with that.

803
00:30:23,234 --> 00:30:24,801
(Happy growling)

804
00:30:24,834 --> 00:30:27,200
I can't blame all our troubles
on being preacher's kids,

805
00:30:27,234 --> 00:30:28,734
but come on.

806
00:30:28,767 --> 00:30:31,033
Does it sound as if
we've all had normal friends,

807
00:30:31,067 --> 00:30:32,467
or even halfway normal lives?

808
00:30:32,501 --> 00:30:35,868
Being a PK is not a role
I chose.

809
00:30:35,901 --> 00:30:38,934
It's the one that was given
to me, and frankly,

810
00:30:38,968 --> 00:30:42,000
there are a lot of times
I'd like to give it back.

811
00:30:42,033 --> 00:30:43,367
Like now, for instance.

812
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,667
I just want
to be a regular guy.

813
00:30:45,701 --> 00:30:49,200
Out there trying to find myself,
and making my own mistakes,

814
00:30:49,234 --> 00:30:52,534
that have much more to do
with the fact that I'm 17

815
00:30:52,567 --> 00:30:54,234
than I'm a preacher's kid.

816
00:30:54,267 --> 00:30:57,300
I just want to escape the shadow
of everyone else's expectations,

817
00:30:57,334 --> 00:30:59,133
and start living up to my own.

818
00:30:59,167 --> 00:31:01,234
I may not know who I am yet.

819
00:31:01,267 --> 00:31:03,868
I think I know my strengths
and my weaknesses.

820
00:31:03,901 --> 00:31:06,334
I've had a lot of experience
with badly-behaving children.

821
00:31:06,367 --> 00:31:08,234
And I'm also very good
with money.
(baby laughing)

822
00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:11,567
Experienced with badly-behaving
children, and good with money.

823
00:31:11,601 --> 00:31:14,701
So where would the logical place
for me be?

824
00:31:14,734 --> 00:31:16,734
I want a be a producer,

825
00:31:16,767 --> 00:31:19,734
a film producer,
or even a television producer.

826
00:31:19,767 --> 00:31:22,667
Maybe I could even be
like this guy someday.

827
00:31:22,701 --> 00:31:25,300
I assume you're familiar
with his record.

828
00:31:25,334 --> 00:31:26,667
But don't get me wrong.

829
00:31:26,701 --> 00:31:28,234
I'm willing to work at it.

830
00:31:28,267 --> 00:31:30,067
I want to learn everything I can

831
00:31:30,100 --> 00:31:32,934
about acting and-and writing
and-and producing.

832
00:31:32,968 --> 00:31:34,767
And I want to learn it all

833
00:31:34,801 --> 00:31:36,701
at California School
of the Arts.

834
00:31:36,734 --> 00:31:40,067
Although my hometown of Glenoak
has some top-notch schools,

835
00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:41,834
chances are slim

836
00:31:41,868 --> 00:31:44,534
that Crawford University will
start hosting a film festival

837
00:31:44,567 --> 00:31:46,634
at any time in the near future.

838
00:31:46,667 --> 00:31:48,434
I need to get into CSA.

839
00:31:48,467 --> 00:31:51,501
And I can't wait until
next semester or next fall.

840
00:31:51,534 --> 00:31:53,934
I need immediate admittance.

841
00:31:53,968 --> 00:31:55,567
I have a high grade average.

842
00:31:55,601 --> 00:31:57,934
My SAT scores are
in the top ten percent.

843
00:31:57,968 --> 00:32:00,133
And although I haven't graduated
from high school,

844
00:32:00,167 --> 00:32:02,801
my CHPE test scores
should be in your hands

845
00:32:02,834 --> 00:32:04,234
within a few weeks.

846
00:32:04,267 --> 00:32:06,901
I'm hoping that you'll accept me
on a conditional basis

847
00:32:06,934 --> 00:32:08,000
until I've proven myself.

848
00:32:08,033 --> 00:32:10,968
My future is in your hands.

849
00:32:14,033 --> 00:32:15,601
ROBERT EVANS:
 Is that it, kid?

850
00:32:15,634 --> 00:32:17,133
 That's all you've got to say?

851
00:32:17,167 --> 00:32:19,534
 You ought to put a little
more effort into it.

852
00:32:19,567 --> 00:32:21,200
 You ought
 to give them the reason

853
00:32:21,234 --> 00:32:23,133
 you need to get into college
 so quickly.

854
00:32:23,167 --> 00:32:25,133
 Come on, dig in a little more.

855
00:32:25,167 --> 00:32:26,667
 Dig in deeper.

856
00:32:26,701 --> 00:32:28,467
 I mean,
 this is all very interesting

857
00:32:28,501 --> 00:32:30,567
 as a family history,
 but where are you?

858
00:32:30,601 --> 00:32:32,267
 You want
 to make a good picture?

859
00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:34,868
 You got to put your heart
 and your soul into it.

860
00:32:34,901 --> 00:32:36,834
 This picture
 isn't done yet, kid.

861
00:32:40,067 --> 00:32:42,868
I killed someone.

862
00:32:42,901 --> 00:32:45,667
Not someone,
his, his name is Paul.

863
00:32:45,701 --> 00:32:47,834
And he was only 13 years old.

864
00:32:49,067 --> 00:32:50,601
I had a lot to deal with.

865
00:32:50,634 --> 00:32:52,767
But now I have this.

866
00:32:52,801 --> 00:32:55,200
I can't deal with it
in the spotlight.

867
00:32:55,234 --> 00:32:57,033
I just can't.

868
00:32:57,067 --> 00:32:58,267
I don't want you to think

869
00:32:58,300 --> 00:32:59,634
that I'm running away
from my problems.

870
00:32:59,667 --> 00:33:01,300
I swear to you, I'm not.

871
00:33:01,334 --> 00:33:03,400
I'd just rather work through
this in a new environment

872
00:33:03,434 --> 00:33:05,100
where people don't know me.

873
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:07,634
Paul's older brother,
Justin,

874
00:33:07,667 --> 00:33:09,934
is in my class at school.

875
00:33:09,968 --> 00:33:11,501
His parents asked my parents

876
00:33:11,534 --> 00:33:13,734
to have me transferred
to another school,

877
00:33:13,767 --> 00:33:17,067
just in case Justin decides
to do something stupid,

878
00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:20,167
like come after me.

879
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,467
Truthfully, sometimes
I wish he would.

880
00:33:24,767 --> 00:33:26,834
Sometimes, I wish
he'd even kill me,

881
00:33:26,868 --> 00:33:29,300
just because I feel
so guilty about living.

882
00:33:30,868 --> 00:33:32,133
Now, I would never do that.

883
00:33:32,167 --> 00:33:33,667
I would never kill myself.

884
00:33:33,701 --> 00:33:36,501
I'm not the type of guy that
would, that would kill himself.

885
00:33:36,534 --> 00:33:39,601
I'm, I'm just saying I feel
guilty about living,

886
00:33:39,634 --> 00:33:42,367
so don't anyone panic.

887
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,701
It's just that even with all
the help from my parents

888
00:33:45,734 --> 00:33:49,801
and counseling
and the therapy...

889
00:33:49,834 --> 00:33:51,767
I'm in a lot of pain.

890
00:33:53,067 --> 00:33:55,434
And I'm having a hard time
living my life

891
00:33:55,467 --> 00:33:58,400
as if this accident
never happened.

892
00:34:00,167 --> 00:34:02,367
It was an accident.

893
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:03,901
A car accident.

894
00:34:05,367 --> 00:34:08,234
I was supposed to meet my family
at the pool hall for pizza.

895
00:34:08,267 --> 00:34:10,300
I was on my way
to pick up Cecilia.

896
00:34:10,334 --> 00:34:13,667
The music was on;
the window was down...

897
00:34:13,701 --> 00:34:16,501
I don't know, I thought
I was paying attention.

898
00:34:16,534 --> 00:34:18,434
I wasn't going
over the speed limit

899
00:34:18,467 --> 00:34:20,400
or doing anything dangerous.

900
00:34:21,701 --> 00:34:23,634
But it still happened.

901
00:34:25,701 --> 00:34:27,300
He came out of nowhere.

902
00:34:28,801 --> 00:34:30,734
I slammed on my brakes, but...

903
00:34:32,701 --> 00:34:34,167
It's all a blur.

904
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,834
I can't get the sounds
out of my head.

905
00:34:37,868 --> 00:34:41,200
I get sick just at the sight
of a kid on a bicycle.

906
00:34:41,234 --> 00:34:44,501
My heart starts beating;
my, my palms start sweating.

907
00:34:46,067 --> 00:34:49,334
I try to avoid streets
near parks and schools, but...

908
00:34:50,734 --> 00:34:53,701
I mean, I... I'll learn
how to live with this.

909
00:34:53,734 --> 00:34:55,701
I don't know how,
but it'll happen.

910
00:34:55,734 --> 00:34:57,734
Slowly, over time.

911
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,601
At least that's what people
are telling me,

912
00:35:00,634 --> 00:35:04,467
and I'm, I'm choosing
to trust them.

913
00:35:04,501 --> 00:35:07,300
Because I don't want to stay
in a community

914
00:35:07,334 --> 00:35:08,834
where my dad
is the preacher

915
00:35:08,868 --> 00:35:12,300
and I'm the preacher's son.

916
00:35:12,334 --> 00:35:15,934
If I'm going to get better
slowly over time,

917
00:35:15,968 --> 00:35:19,667
I'd rather it be
somewhere far,

918
00:35:19,701 --> 00:35:22,667
away from here.

919
00:35:22,701 --> 00:35:25,634
Of course,
I'm going to miss my family.

920
00:35:27,534 --> 00:35:30,167
He's only been in New York
a little over a year,

921
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:31,801
but I still miss him.

922
00:35:31,834 --> 00:35:34,667
Matt's about the best
big brother anyone can have.

923
00:35:34,701 --> 00:35:35,968
He was always there for me,

924
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,200
and he's still there for me,

925
00:35:38,234 --> 00:35:40,901
even though he's away
in medical school.

926
00:35:40,934 --> 00:35:42,901
I still call him on the phone.

927
00:35:42,934 --> 00:35:45,667
No matter how busy he is
or how tired he is,

928
00:35:45,701 --> 00:35:47,033
he still calls me back.

929
00:35:47,067 --> 00:35:49,067
We had an interesting
discussion

930
00:35:49,100 --> 00:35:51,133
about the nature of accidents.

931
00:35:51,167 --> 00:35:53,267
Matt's theory is
that God looks after us

932
00:35:53,300 --> 00:35:55,000
through our own consciousness.

933
00:35:55,033 --> 00:35:56,601
In those moments
when we're not

934
00:35:56,634 --> 00:35:59,167
watching ourselves
going through life,

935
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,567
random acts occur,
accidents occur.

936
00:36:01,601 --> 00:36:03,400
There's no reason for them,
they're just there.

937
00:36:03,434 --> 00:36:06,400
A single, unwatched
moment of life.

938
00:36:06,434 --> 00:36:08,701
And we're not capable
of watching ourselves

939
00:36:08,734 --> 00:36:10,901
every moment,
so accidents happen.

940
00:36:10,934 --> 00:36:12,901
It's a good theory.

941
00:36:12,934 --> 00:36:14,868
It's the first thing that
anyone's said to me after

942
00:36:14,901 --> 00:36:16,667
the accident that made
any sense or allowed me

943
00:36:16,701 --> 00:36:18,834
a moment of not feeling
horrible.

944
00:36:20,334 --> 00:36:22,667
She left only shortly
before Matt did.

945
00:36:22,701 --> 00:36:24,601
But Mary's still there
for me, too.

946
00:36:25,901 --> 00:36:27,667
We haven't had a serious
moment since we all

947
00:36:27,701 --> 00:36:30,200
banded together and had her
kicked out of the house.

948
00:36:30,234 --> 00:36:32,434
It's hard to have
a serious moment with her.

949
00:36:32,467 --> 00:36:34,501
She's so wonderfully...

950
00:36:34,534 --> 00:36:36,467
Oh, what's the word?

951
00:36:36,501 --> 00:36:38,133
I'll go with "carefree."

952
00:36:38,167 --> 00:36:39,767
She doesn't have
a care in the world

953
00:36:39,801 --> 00:36:41,801
even though she can't keep a job
to save her life.

954
00:36:41,834 --> 00:36:43,734
And she's broken
a million hearts,

955
00:36:43,767 --> 00:36:45,601
and she's married a guy

956
00:36:45,634 --> 00:36:46,834
that she hardly knows.

957
00:36:46,868 --> 00:36:49,434
And now she's having a baby.

958
00:36:49,467 --> 00:36:51,300
She's about the happiest
person I know.

959
00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:53,000
And you know why?

960
00:36:53,033 --> 00:36:55,868
She trusts life in every moment
of every day.

961
00:36:55,901 --> 00:36:58,868
Her theory is that if you fall
off the edge of the Earth,

962
00:36:58,901 --> 00:37:00,868
just keep falling.

963
00:37:00,901 --> 00:37:03,067
And eventually,
the universe will embrace you,

964
00:37:03,100 --> 00:37:04,300
and lift you up again.

965
00:37:04,334 --> 00:37:06,467
I understand
why she thinks that.

966
00:37:06,501 --> 00:37:08,100
That's been her experience.

967
00:37:09,534 --> 00:37:12,400
I couldn't get Lucy
out of my life if I wanted to.

968
00:37:12,434 --> 00:37:13,801
She loves me.

969
00:37:13,834 --> 00:37:16,234
She'll be the sister who writes
me at school, sends me

970
00:37:16,267 --> 00:37:19,234
brownies and tells me everything
that's going on in the house.

971
00:37:19,267 --> 00:37:21,934
Even the stuff
that I don't want to know.

972
00:37:21,968 --> 00:37:24,133
Lucy really does care about me
and everyone

973
00:37:24,167 --> 00:37:25,467
in our family.

974
00:37:25,501 --> 00:37:27,467
And she would do
anything for us,

975
00:37:27,501 --> 00:37:29,934
as well as anything
for anyone in need.

976
00:37:29,968 --> 00:37:32,300
Despite the fact that her head
doesn't always seem to be

977
00:37:32,334 --> 00:37:35,868
screwed on tight and she's often
completely irrational.

978
00:37:35,901 --> 00:37:38,000
Her craziness is really
all about her passion

979
00:37:38,033 --> 00:37:39,834
for life and the people
in her life.

980
00:37:39,868 --> 00:37:41,300
While at first glance,
she may seem like

981
00:37:41,334 --> 00:37:42,501
just an ordinary person,

982
00:37:42,534 --> 00:37:46,100
she extraordinarily touching
and funny.

983
00:37:46,133 --> 00:37:47,801
She was the first one
to say out loud

984
00:37:47,834 --> 00:37:49,834
that she was angry with Paul.

985
00:37:49,868 --> 00:37:52,100
And that allowed me to be angry.

986
00:37:52,133 --> 00:37:54,501
And the way Lucy explained it,
sometimes anger just gets

987
00:37:54,534 --> 00:37:56,801
your mood up
so you can move on.

988
00:37:56,834 --> 00:37:59,100
She helped me take me
take my first little step.

989
00:38:00,667 --> 00:38:02,667
I love these guys.

990
00:38:02,701 --> 00:38:05,033
And because they're too young
to realize what happened

991
00:38:05,067 --> 00:38:07,167
this summer and the impact
it's had on my life,

992
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:08,968
I've relied on them
as an escape

993
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,968
from my circumstances
and depression.

994
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,300
They're a constant reminder
that life goes on.

995
00:38:13,334 --> 00:38:15,300
And we have to do our best,
because those we love

996
00:38:15,334 --> 00:38:16,667
are coming along in this world,

997
00:38:16,701 --> 00:38:18,400
and in this house
behind us.

998
00:38:18,434 --> 00:38:21,334
I can't tell you the number
of times I've felt overwhelmed

999
00:38:21,367 --> 00:38:23,434
by sadness or anger
this past summer,

1000
00:38:23,467 --> 00:38:25,734
only to have the two of them
do something silly,

1001
00:38:25,767 --> 00:38:28,334
or say something funny
and bring me back to the reality

1002
00:38:28,367 --> 00:38:32,067
of how lucky I am to be alive
and be in this family.

1003
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:33,934
I'd feel bad about missing
the opportunity

1004
00:38:33,968 --> 00:38:36,000
to help look after them
over the next few years.

1005
00:38:36,033 --> 00:38:38,000
But I know I'm leaving them
with someone

1006
00:38:38,033 --> 00:38:40,100
who's going to protect them,
and teach them,

1007
00:38:40,133 --> 00:38:43,801
and share the miseries
and joy of being a PK.

1008
00:38:45,334 --> 00:38:47,901
She's going to be the hardest
to leave, and the hardest

1009
00:38:47,934 --> 00:38:50,501
to hang on to, because
she's Ruthie and she's 13,

1010
00:38:50,534 --> 00:38:52,400
and she's got a boyfriend.

1011
00:38:52,434 --> 00:38:53,968
And while she understands
that I want to leave

1012
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,367
the rest of the family,

1013
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,868
she doesn't understand
how I could leave her.

1014
00:38:57,901 --> 00:38:59,734
But I don't think
she'll hold it against me.

1015
00:38:59,767 --> 00:39:02,000
She won't have the time
to hold it against me.

1016
00:39:02,033 --> 00:39:03,367
She's emerging from childhood
to adulthood,

1017
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,100
full speed ahead
with thoughtful intelligence,

1018
00:39:06,133 --> 00:39:09,434
a great sense of humor
and a high self-esteem.

1019
00:39:09,467 --> 00:39:11,501
I'd like to think
that I had something to do

1020
00:39:11,534 --> 00:39:13,567
with how great
she's turned out so far,

1021
00:39:13,601 --> 00:39:16,234
and I hope to remain a positive
influence in her life.

1022
00:39:16,267 --> 00:39:19,467
But here's the thing:
I know she feels my pain.

1023
00:39:19,501 --> 00:39:21,300
We're that close.

1024
00:39:21,334 --> 00:39:23,234
And as hard as it is,

1025
00:39:23,267 --> 00:39:24,534
I really do think it's best

1026
00:39:24,567 --> 00:39:26,467
to put a little distance
between us right now.

1027
00:39:26,501 --> 00:39:29,100
Because I would
never forgive myself

1028
00:39:29,133 --> 00:39:30,934
if I put any rain
on Ruthie's parade.

1029
00:39:30,968 --> 00:39:32,801
And truthfully,

1030
00:39:32,834 --> 00:39:35,267
I know she'll be
just fine without me.

1031
00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:38,334
And that brings me to them.

1032
00:39:38,367 --> 00:39:41,367
My parents, my mom and dad.

1033
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,267
They both think I'm too young
to go away to school.

1034
00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:45,434
Yet, in their heart of hearts,

1035
00:39:45,467 --> 00:39:46,767
they know I'm ready.

1036
00:39:46,801 --> 00:39:48,067
As the saying goes,

1037
00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:49,567
"They raised me right."

1038
00:39:49,601 --> 00:39:51,234
They're not sending
a boy into the world,

1039
00:39:51,267 --> 00:39:52,334
they're sending a man.

1040
00:39:52,367 --> 00:39:54,334
This might be happening
a year earlier

1041
00:39:54,367 --> 00:39:56,834
than they planned,
but I grew up this summer.

1042
00:39:56,868 --> 00:39:58,701
I had to.

1043
00:39:58,734 --> 00:40:00,734
And I'm man enough
to work through the tragedy

1044
00:40:00,767 --> 00:40:02,834
of an accident that
took that life of a boy

1045
00:40:02,868 --> 00:40:04,467
who was reckless with his life.

1046
00:40:05,667 --> 00:40:07,834
You see, Paul was only 13,

1047
00:40:07,868 --> 00:40:10,067
but he was already
into drugs.

1048
00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:12,267
And he was high
that night he came

1049
00:40:12,300 --> 00:40:14,667
speeding down the hill
on his bicycle,

1050
00:40:14,701 --> 00:40:17,434
the wind in his hair and without
a helmet on his head.

1051
00:40:17,467 --> 00:40:20,834
His older brother, Justin,
wanted to blame me.

1052
00:40:22,067 --> 00:40:23,868
Now, he's having
to wrestle his own demons

1053
00:40:23,901 --> 00:40:26,334
because Justin smokes pot.

1054
00:40:26,367 --> 00:40:29,968
The parents want
to blame themselves.

1055
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,934
They think that they did
something wrong.

1056
00:40:32,968 --> 00:40:34,400
That they didn't
try hard enough.

1057
00:40:34,434 --> 00:40:36,834
That they didn't parent
well enough.

1058
00:40:38,901 --> 00:40:40,868
And I want to blame myself.

1059
00:40:40,901 --> 00:40:43,334
Because, after all,
I was the one driving the car.

1060
00:40:44,834 --> 00:40:48,300
But all that blaming
isn't going to change anything.

1061
00:40:49,367 --> 00:40:50,968
It isn't going to help anything.

1062
00:40:53,434 --> 00:40:54,901
He may have been only 13,

1063
00:40:54,934 --> 00:40:57,067
but Paul was responsible
for getting high.

1064
00:40:57,100 --> 00:40:59,334
Sure, his brother
may have set a bad example,

1065
00:40:59,367 --> 00:41:01,667
maybe even gave him the pot.

1066
00:41:01,701 --> 00:41:03,133
But he didn't make him smoke.

1067
00:41:04,868 --> 00:41:08,000
He didn't make him
ride his bike.

1068
00:41:08,033 --> 00:41:10,133
And he didn't tell him
not to wear a helmet.

1069
00:41:12,033 --> 00:41:14,667
The parents made
their best efforts with Paul.

1070
00:41:14,701 --> 00:41:17,234
I really believe that.

1071
00:41:17,267 --> 00:41:20,033
Because now they're making
their best efforts with Justin.

1072
00:41:21,300 --> 00:41:22,701
And they're doing that

1073
00:41:22,734 --> 00:41:24,734
by asking me not to be
at school with him.

1074
00:41:26,734 --> 00:41:29,367
I'm ready to go,

1075
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:33,167
because my mom and dad prepared
me from day one of my life.

1076
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,200
They taught me all the basics:

1077
00:41:35,234 --> 00:41:36,901
be polite, be considerate,

1078
00:41:36,934 --> 00:41:38,868
treat others as you would
want to be treated,

1079
00:41:38,901 --> 00:41:40,534
love one another.

1080
00:41:40,567 --> 00:41:43,033
More specifically,
say "please" and "thank you."

1081
00:41:43,067 --> 00:41:44,400
Say "good morning"
and "good night."

1082
00:41:44,434 --> 00:41:46,701
Tell people you love
that you love them.

1083
00:41:46,734 --> 00:41:48,367
If you don't have
anything nice to say,

1084
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:49,534
say nothing at all.

1085
00:41:49,567 --> 00:41:50,767
Take a shower every day.

1086
00:41:50,801 --> 00:41:52,434
Clean up after yourself.

1087
00:41:52,467 --> 00:41:54,534
Wash your face and hands
before dinner.

1088
00:41:54,567 --> 00:41:55,634
Be on time.

1089
00:41:55,667 --> 00:41:56,868
Eat your vegetables.

1090
00:41:56,901 --> 00:41:58,000
Wear your helmet.

1091
00:41:58,033 --> 00:41:59,300
Don't do drugs.

1092
00:41:59,334 --> 00:42:00,968
Don't drink and drive.

1093
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:04,434
And then, there are the more
esoteric teachings, like:

1094
00:42:04,467 --> 00:42:06,234
everyone is doing
the best they can

1095
00:42:06,267 --> 00:42:08,000
for who they are at the time.

1096
00:42:08,033 --> 00:42:09,868
My parents have always
been there for me,

1097
00:42:09,901 --> 00:42:11,767
through all the rough times.

1098
00:42:11,801 --> 00:42:13,300
Through all my mistakes.

1099
00:42:13,334 --> 00:42:15,167
Every time I missed the mark,

1100
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,667
they have been relentless
in their insistence

1101
00:42:17,701 --> 00:42:19,734
that I must always try to do
the right thing,

1102
00:42:19,767 --> 00:42:21,767
and when I don't,
apologize,

1103
00:42:21,801 --> 00:42:24,167
make amends and move on.

1104
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:26,267
They taught me
about the love of a family.

1105
00:42:26,300 --> 00:42:28,234
And maybe even
more importantly,

1106
00:42:28,267 --> 00:42:29,868
they taught me
about respect.

1107
00:42:29,901 --> 00:42:32,434
They have taught us all
to respect them,

1108
00:42:32,467 --> 00:42:33,934
to respect each other,

1109
00:42:33,968 --> 00:42:37,367
to respect other people
and to respect life itself.

1110
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:40,434
Their goodness and their faith
and their kindness

1111
00:42:40,467 --> 00:42:41,868
comes from their beliefs.

1112
00:42:41,901 --> 00:42:44,534
And while I struggle to resist
being who they are

1113
00:42:44,567 --> 00:42:46,267
and question
what they believe,

1114
00:42:46,300 --> 00:42:48,167
I am the son of a preacher man.

1115
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,767
And when I leave this house,
I will have the strength

1116
00:42:50,801 --> 00:42:52,467
and the courage
to do the right thing

1117
00:42:52,501 --> 00:42:54,234
no matter what
the circumstances are,

1118
00:42:54,267 --> 00:42:56,367
or the challenges
I'm faced with.

1119
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,167
Because this is the family
I come from.

1120
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,534
And these are the two people
who brought me here.

1121
00:43:02,567 --> 00:43:05,701
And someday,
I will have what they have.

1122
00:43:14,367 --> 00:43:17,033
Because as I promised
my father in church,

1123
00:43:17,067 --> 00:43:19,167
I will finish high school.

1124
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:22,501
I will finish college
and get my degree.

1125
00:43:22,534 --> 00:43:24,767
I'll start my career.

1126
00:43:24,801 --> 00:43:27,868
I will marry someone I love
and respect.

1127
00:43:27,901 --> 00:43:30,901
And we will raise our children
to be responsible,

1128
00:43:30,934 --> 00:43:33,901
and to make a contribution
to this world.

1129
00:43:33,934 --> 00:43:36,868
And I will do those things
in that order.