1 00:00:12,310 --> 00:00:17,780 ♪ I bet we've been together for a million years ♪ 2 00:00:17,810 --> 00:00:23,450 ♪ and I'll bet we'll be together for a million more ♪ 3 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:25,980 ♪ oh, it's like I started breathing ♪ 4 00:00:26,010 --> 00:00:28,780 ♪ on the night we kissed 5 00:00:28,810 --> 00:00:34,010 ♪ and I can't remember what I ever did before ♪ 6 00:00:34,050 --> 00:00:37,180 ♪ what would we do, baby 7 00:00:37,210 --> 00:00:39,880 ♪ without us? 8 00:00:39,910 --> 00:00:42,550 ♪ what would we do, baby 9 00:00:42,580 --> 00:00:45,210 ♪ without us? 10 00:00:45,250 --> 00:00:47,880 ♪ and there ain't no nothin' ♪ 11 00:00:47,910 --> 00:00:49,880 ♪ we can't love each other through ♪ 12 00:00:49,910 --> 00:00:51,350 ♪ ooh-hoo 13 00:00:51,380 --> 00:00:54,210 ♪ what would we do, baby 14 00:00:54,250 --> 00:00:57,080 ♪ without us? 15 00:00:57,110 --> 00:01:00,610 ♪ sha-la-la-la 16 00:01:05,060 --> 00:01:06,400 Where's Mallory? 17 00:01:06,430 --> 00:01:08,100 Ah, she's still getting dressed. 18 00:01:08,130 --> 00:01:10,030 What's taking her so long? 19 00:01:10,060 --> 00:01:12,530 Jeff is gonna be here any minute. 20 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,960 That's what's taking her so long. 21 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Look, Jennifer, let me explain to you a few things 22 00:01:17,030 --> 00:01:18,994 about the female of the species. 23 00:01:19,050 --> 00:01:21,750 This ought to be good for a laugh. 24 00:01:21,780 --> 00:01:23,250 You see, the most important weapon 25 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:24,680 that... that any female possesses 26 00:01:24,710 --> 00:01:27,680 is her ability to attract the male. 27 00:01:27,710 --> 00:01:30,180 For example, the, uh, the female Blue Jay 28 00:01:30,210 --> 00:01:31,910 has her decorative plumage. 29 00:01:31,950 --> 00:01:35,280 Thus, right now Mallory is upstairs 30 00:01:35,310 --> 00:01:38,780 putting on her feathers and snapping on her beak. 31 00:01:38,810 --> 00:01:41,580 Alex, it is the male Blue Jay 32 00:01:41,610 --> 00:01:43,850 that has the pretty feathers. 33 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,150 Okay, okay. 34 00:01:45,180 --> 00:01:49,650 Occasionally, you'll find a deviant Jay or two, but... 35 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,150 As a rule, most birds play it straight. 36 00:01:53,180 --> 00:01:56,250 Give it up, Alex. 37 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,280 Well, what do you think? 38 00:02:01,310 --> 00:02:03,610 Did Jennifer say you could borrow that? 39 00:02:05,410 --> 00:02:07,710 This happens to be what all the college girls 40 00:02:07,750 --> 00:02:09,150 are wearing this year. 41 00:02:09,180 --> 00:02:10,950 You like it, don't you, Jen? 42 00:02:10,980 --> 00:02:12,050 Yeah. 43 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,210 You look... 44 00:02:14,250 --> 00:02:15,710 Cute. 45 00:02:15,750 --> 00:02:18,150 Cute! I don't want to look cute. 46 00:02:18,180 --> 00:02:20,250 I want to look sophisticated. 47 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,680 Maybe you should put on a false mustache. 48 00:02:23,950 --> 00:02:26,010 Mallory, why are you so nervous? 49 00:02:26,050 --> 00:02:27,750 Jeff is crazy about you. 50 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:30,850 He was crazy about me before he went off to college. 51 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,910 I'm just nervous that he's changed. 52 00:02:32,950 --> 00:02:34,680 Alex, you got to help me out. 53 00:02:34,710 --> 00:02:36,410 What do you think I could do 54 00:02:36,450 --> 00:02:38,510 to be more interesting to a college man? 55 00:02:38,550 --> 00:02:41,050 Buy a car. 56 00:02:42,580 --> 00:02:44,510 Look, let's face it, Mallory. 57 00:02:44,550 --> 00:02:46,550 You have always been... 58 00:02:46,580 --> 00:02:49,850 Borderline interesting at best. 59 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,110 Jeff has been away at Princeton. 60 00:02:52,150 --> 00:02:54,350 He... he's mingling with people of the world, 61 00:02:54,380 --> 00:02:56,450 with jet setters and cover girls. 62 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,210 Nice of you to cheer her up, Alex. 63 00:03:00,250 --> 00:03:03,310 Okay, okay, Mallory, I'll help you out. 64 00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:04,880 A few pointers to get you in tune 65 00:03:04,910 --> 00:03:06,480 with the way a college man thinks. 66 00:03:06,510 --> 00:03:07,710 Great. Go ahead. 67 00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:10,210 Okay, let me see. Uh, books. 68 00:03:10,250 --> 00:03:11,280 Just discuss books. 69 00:03:11,310 --> 00:03:12,380 Okay. 70 00:03:12,410 --> 00:03:15,080 Uh, have you read, uh, "The Scarlet Pimpernel"? 71 00:03:17,910 --> 00:03:19,250 "Wuthering Heights"? 72 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,450 Uh, "The Sound and the Fury"? 73 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,980 I saw "The Sound of Music." 74 00:03:27,050 --> 00:03:28,450 Now, wait a minute. 75 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:29,850 What am I worried about? 76 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:31,450 I know Jeff still likes me. 77 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,150 I'm sure of it. 78 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:34,980 Listen to these letters. 79 00:03:36,180 --> 00:03:38,380 "Mallory." That's me. 80 00:03:39,950 --> 00:03:43,050 "The cafeteria food is worse than I imagined, 81 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,610 "and as I sit here 82 00:03:44,650 --> 00:03:47,410 "looking at the corn in cream sauce, 83 00:03:47,450 --> 00:03:49,280 I think of you." 84 00:03:50,910 --> 00:03:52,650 "Your pal, Jeff." 85 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,310 Can you believe how romantic he is? 86 00:03:56,350 --> 00:03:57,810 I don't know, Mallory. 87 00:03:57,850 --> 00:04:00,110 Uh, I may be a little jaded, 88 00:04:00,150 --> 00:04:03,350 but, uh, that doesn't sound all that romantic to me. 89 00:04:03,380 --> 00:04:04,680 That's because you don't know how 90 00:04:04,710 --> 00:04:06,010 to read a love letter. 91 00:04:06,050 --> 00:04:08,280 You got to read between the lines. 92 00:04:08,310 --> 00:04:10,310 Like when he says the food stinks, 93 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:12,810 he means, "I miss you." 94 00:04:12,850 --> 00:04:15,450 So if he really meant the food stinks, 95 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:16,450 w-what would he say? 96 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,150 "Be my love"? 97 00:04:18,180 --> 00:04:20,110 Elyse: Okay. 98 00:04:20,150 --> 00:04:22,550 Dinner is set. I hope Jeff likes lasagna. 99 00:04:22,580 --> 00:04:24,450 I hope he likes me. 100 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,210 Mallory, stop worrying. Jeff is crazy about you. 101 00:04:28,580 --> 00:04:30,480 What if he's all different now? 102 00:04:30,510 --> 00:04:34,210 What if he's not shy? What if he's not sweet? 103 00:04:34,250 --> 00:04:36,380 What if he just doesn't like me anymore? 104 00:04:36,410 --> 00:04:37,810 Of course he still likes you. 105 00:04:37,850 --> 00:04:39,850 Why else do you think he's coming for dinner tonight? 106 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,780 You think it's just for the lasagna? 107 00:04:41,810 --> 00:04:45,080 Well, he did write me how awful the food was at college. 108 00:04:45,110 --> 00:04:47,380 Oh, come on, honey, that was just his way 109 00:04:47,410 --> 00:04:49,250 of telling you he missed you. 110 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:52,250 See, Alex? 111 00:04:53,580 --> 00:04:54,610 Oh, I'll get it. 112 00:04:54,650 --> 00:04:56,410 Wait. Don't answer it! It could be Jeff. 113 00:04:58,110 --> 00:04:59,850 Maybe I should change. 114 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:02,910 No. You look cute in Jennifer's outfit. 115 00:05:04,350 --> 00:05:05,480 Oh. 116 00:05:05,510 --> 00:05:07,280 Honey, you look fine. 117 00:05:07,310 --> 00:05:08,310 Really. 118 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:11,980 Hey, Jeff, welcome home. Hi. 119 00:05:12,010 --> 00:05:15,050 How are you? Hi, Jen. Hi. Hey, Alex. 120 00:05:17,750 --> 00:05:19,150 And who's this? 121 00:05:19,180 --> 00:05:21,780 Jeff, it's me, Mallory. 122 00:05:23,510 --> 00:05:24,580 I know it's you. 123 00:05:24,610 --> 00:05:26,150 What happened to your sense of humor? 124 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,650 Oh, that's clever. Very clever. 125 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:31,910 "Boola boola." 126 00:05:33,910 --> 00:05:36,150 Mallory, did you make these cookies? They're great. 127 00:05:36,180 --> 00:05:37,950 Well, I-i kind of helped. 128 00:05:37,980 --> 00:05:41,810 Mallory's the one that set the oven on 375. 129 00:05:41,850 --> 00:05:44,210 We're all pretty darn proud of her. 130 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:47,780 So, Jeff, tell me, 131 00:05:47,810 --> 00:05:50,910 have you read "The Withering Pimpernel"? 132 00:05:54,510 --> 00:05:56,350 You know, Jeff, everyone was very impressed 133 00:05:56,380 --> 00:05:57,580 when you got that scholarship. 134 00:05:57,610 --> 00:05:59,480 Whole town's very proud. 135 00:05:59,510 --> 00:06:00,480 I am, too. 136 00:06:00,510 --> 00:06:01,880 I'm truly delighted 137 00:06:01,910 --> 00:06:03,610 that things are going so well for you 138 00:06:03,650 --> 00:06:05,410 there at the, uh, league of Ivy. 139 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,250 Well, I think I'll go change for our date. 140 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:10,710 What's wrong with what you're wearing? 141 00:06:10,750 --> 00:06:14,080 Don't be silly, papa. 142 00:06:14,110 --> 00:06:15,780 This outfit is simply for dining, 143 00:06:15,810 --> 00:06:18,350 not for an evening on the town. 144 00:06:18,380 --> 00:06:21,750 My apologies, ma petite. 145 00:06:21,780 --> 00:06:24,510 He's so amusing, isn't he, Jeff? 146 00:06:24,550 --> 00:06:27,910 Oh, Mrs. Keaton, could Alex and I do that? 147 00:06:27,950 --> 00:06:30,250 Huh? 148 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:33,010 Being at college, I never get to clear the table anymore. 149 00:06:33,050 --> 00:06:34,580 I kind of miss it. 150 00:06:34,610 --> 00:06:38,180 I don't think I want to go to college. 151 00:06:38,210 --> 00:06:39,580 Okay. Have fun. 152 00:06:39,610 --> 00:06:42,450 If you really want to have a good time, mop the floor. 153 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,210 Alex, I have a confession to make. 154 00:06:48,250 --> 00:06:49,980 I really didn't want to clear the table. 155 00:06:50,010 --> 00:06:51,280 Well, neither do I. 156 00:06:51,310 --> 00:06:54,310 There's the back door. Let's make a run for it. 157 00:06:54,350 --> 00:06:56,850 I'm serious. I have to talk to you. 158 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,380 All right, Jeff, go ahead. 159 00:06:59,410 --> 00:07:01,480 Alex, college is terrible. 160 00:07:01,510 --> 00:07:03,410 I'm homesick. I'm confused. 161 00:07:03,450 --> 00:07:04,650 I don't want to be at Princeton. 162 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:05,950 I hate it there. 163 00:07:07,410 --> 00:07:10,580 Ah, you had me going for a minute, 164 00:07:10,610 --> 00:07:11,910 you kidder, you. 165 00:07:11,950 --> 00:07:13,080 I know what this is. 166 00:07:13,110 --> 00:07:15,950 This is a fraternity prank, right? 167 00:07:15,980 --> 00:07:17,550 No. I-I'm not kidding. 168 00:07:17,580 --> 00:07:19,110 You know how in high school, 169 00:07:19,150 --> 00:07:20,850 you're one of the smartest kids? 170 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,210 Yeah. It's one of my favorite things. 171 00:07:24,250 --> 00:07:25,750 Well, at college, all the kids 172 00:07:25,780 --> 00:07:27,850 were the smartest kids in their high schools. 173 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,450 I'm just average there. 174 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,610 Just average? 175 00:07:31,650 --> 00:07:34,080 I don't think I could tolerate that. 176 00:07:34,110 --> 00:07:36,250 I'm disoriented. I-I'm nervous. 177 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,010 There's too much pressure. I'm not happy. 178 00:07:40,180 --> 00:07:42,580 So, what are you two chaps talking about? 179 00:07:42,610 --> 00:07:44,080 Jeff was just telling me... 180 00:07:44,110 --> 00:07:46,350 About the great college days I'm having. 181 00:07:46,380 --> 00:07:48,050 Did... did I tell you, in a few weeks, 182 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,010 we go against Yale in Polo? 183 00:07:50,050 --> 00:07:52,750 No. What will they be wearing? 184 00:08:06,150 --> 00:08:07,980 Did you like the movie? 185 00:08:08,010 --> 00:08:10,480 Yeah, I did. It was great. 186 00:08:10,510 --> 00:08:12,780 Why? Didn't I act like I liked it? 187 00:08:12,810 --> 00:08:14,850 You did. You did. 188 00:08:15,910 --> 00:08:18,650 This is nice, too. Just relaxing. 189 00:08:21,350 --> 00:08:22,510 Mallory... 190 00:08:24,380 --> 00:08:25,880 I don't know how to say this. 191 00:08:25,910 --> 00:08:28,350 I knew it! You don't want to see me anymore. 192 00:08:28,380 --> 00:08:30,250 No, that's not it. 193 00:08:32,310 --> 00:08:34,050 Will you go steady with me? 194 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,650 You don't have to answer right away. 195 00:08:38,750 --> 00:08:40,110 Yes! 196 00:08:40,150 --> 00:08:42,310 You hesitated. Does that mean you're not sure? 197 00:08:42,350 --> 00:08:43,980 No! I'm sure! I'm thrilled! 198 00:08:45,610 --> 00:08:46,750 You don't like it. 199 00:08:46,780 --> 00:08:49,050 I love it! It's your French Club pin! 200 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,050 Oh, I want you to pin it on me! 201 00:08:53,610 --> 00:08:54,750 Where? 202 00:08:54,780 --> 00:08:56,550 On my sweater. 203 00:09:05,950 --> 00:09:10,050 Jeff, it's traditional to pin it closer to the heart. 204 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:11,880 There. How does that look? 205 00:09:11,910 --> 00:09:13,910 Great. Oh. 206 00:09:13,950 --> 00:09:15,180 I just have one question. 207 00:09:15,210 --> 00:09:17,880 How can we go steady if you're at Princeton? 208 00:09:17,910 --> 00:09:19,710 You mean, how can I go to Princeton 209 00:09:19,750 --> 00:09:21,050 if we're going steady? 210 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:22,910 Either way. 211 00:09:22,950 --> 00:09:24,710 I've given this a lot of thought, 212 00:09:24,750 --> 00:09:26,450 and the best thing would be for me to transfer 213 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:27,650 to school here in town. 214 00:09:29,180 --> 00:09:30,850 Are you serious? 215 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:32,380 Sure. Why not? 216 00:09:32,410 --> 00:09:34,980 I didn't know how much you meant to me until I went away. 217 00:09:35,010 --> 00:09:37,080 I guess you could tell that from my letters. 218 00:09:37,110 --> 00:09:40,550 Any fool could tell from those letters. 219 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:42,850 Sure, if I graduated from Princeton, 220 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,510 I could probably do anything I want with my life. 221 00:09:45,550 --> 00:09:47,580 But right now, you're what I want. 222 00:09:47,610 --> 00:09:52,250 I don't know how I could be somewhere where you're... Not. 223 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,710 Jeff, I didn't know you felt this way. 224 00:09:54,750 --> 00:09:56,110 You probably haven't noticed this, 225 00:09:56,150 --> 00:10:00,210 but I'm a "keep it inside" kind of guy. 226 00:10:00,250 --> 00:10:02,980 It's great that nothing's changed between us, isn't it? 227 00:10:03,010 --> 00:10:05,410 Nothing's changed, and nothing's going to change. 228 00:10:06,510 --> 00:10:08,010 Ow! 229 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,830 Nothing like unwinding on a Saturday morning, huh, Alex? 230 00:10:17,860 --> 00:10:21,030 I like to stay wound, dad. 231 00:10:21,060 --> 00:10:23,460 It's what gives me my edge. 232 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:26,300 I-I'll relax tonight at the homecoming dance. 233 00:10:26,330 --> 00:10:29,100 Who are you going with? Oh, you don't know her. 234 00:10:29,130 --> 00:10:31,530 I don't know her, either. 235 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:32,730 You're too selective, Alex. 236 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,230 You've got to lower your standards a little. 237 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:38,230 I thought you had a strict policy against blind dates. 238 00:10:38,260 --> 00:10:40,430 Oh, I do. I do. This isn't a blind date. 239 00:10:40,460 --> 00:10:42,160 I've seen her yearbook picture. 240 00:10:43,460 --> 00:10:45,760 She's on page 157. 241 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:47,930 So all you know about this girl is what she looks like 242 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,160 and what page she's on? 243 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,230 I know her name, I mean... 244 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:54,660 Couldn't forget that. 245 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:56,060 It's Inga... 246 00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:57,260 Something. 247 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:00,400 And I know she... She's chock-full of pep, 248 00:11:00,430 --> 00:11:03,100 she speaks fluent Latvian, and best of all, 249 00:11:03,130 --> 00:11:06,300 she's a member of the Future Farmers of America. 250 00:11:06,330 --> 00:11:08,530 Don't let her get away, Alex. 251 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:12,300 Morning, Mallory. 252 00:11:12,330 --> 00:11:13,600 Oh, yes, hi. 253 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:18,630 I've got an announcement to make. 254 00:11:18,660 --> 00:11:20,130 It's really important. 255 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,030 You found a new eye shadow. 256 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:24,860 Alex. 257 00:11:28,100 --> 00:11:30,860 Jeff and I are going steady. 258 00:11:32,530 --> 00:11:35,430 I was stunned, too. 259 00:11:35,460 --> 00:11:36,730 You're what? 260 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:38,730 Oh, he just asked me last night. 261 00:11:40,860 --> 00:11:43,200 I don't know if I like the idea of you going steady. 262 00:11:43,230 --> 00:11:45,660 Why not? I thought you liked Jeff. 263 00:11:45,700 --> 00:11:47,260 Well, I do, uh, but as terrific as Jeff is, 264 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:49,030 I think you're too young to restrict yourself 265 00:11:49,060 --> 00:11:50,360 to one person. 266 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,360 Steven: You don't want to miss out on your youth. 267 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,360 If going steady at 15 is okay, 268 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,630 when is it okay to get engaged... 18? 269 00:11:56,660 --> 00:11:59,100 Then what... Married at 20? 270 00:11:59,130 --> 00:12:01,760 Isn't that the way you and mommy did it? 271 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,700 We're not gonna forbid you to go steady, 272 00:12:04,730 --> 00:12:06,900 but we don't think it's a good idea. 273 00:12:06,930 --> 00:12:09,500 I think it's a wonderful idea. 274 00:12:09,530 --> 00:12:11,000 He gave me this. 275 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:13,000 It's his French Club pin. 276 00:12:13,030 --> 00:12:15,300 It means l'amour. 277 00:12:15,330 --> 00:12:16,930 Sure it doesn't... 278 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:18,400 Sure it doesn't mean 279 00:12:18,430 --> 00:12:21,530 he didn't want to spring for real jewelry? 280 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:24,260 You have to make fun of everything, don't you, Alex? 281 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:26,200 I feel sorry for you. 282 00:12:29,030 --> 00:12:31,700 You feel sorry for me? 283 00:12:31,730 --> 00:12:33,360 That's right. 284 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,000 It's too bad you've never felt the love 285 00:12:35,030 --> 00:12:37,500 for another person that I feel for Jeff. 286 00:12:37,530 --> 00:12:40,860 I've felt love, Mallory. 287 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,930 Love is a sacred thing. 288 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,400 I just like to keep it in perspective. 289 00:12:47,430 --> 00:12:48,900 Mallory, this doesn't make sense. 290 00:12:48,930 --> 00:12:50,960 How can you go steady with someone 291 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,630 who's going to school so far away? 292 00:12:52,660 --> 00:12:55,530 That's the best part, mom. He's coming home. 293 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:57,760 He's gonna go to Grant college. 294 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,930 Grant college? 295 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:02,830 That's not a real school. 296 00:13:02,860 --> 00:13:05,500 You could get into Grant college. 297 00:13:07,230 --> 00:13:09,830 That is enough out of you, Alex. 298 00:13:09,860 --> 00:13:13,130 Jennifer, could you help me pick out an outfit 299 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:14,530 for the dance tonight? 300 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:17,030 But we only have 10 hours. 301 00:13:17,060 --> 00:13:20,030 That's cutting it close, but I'm game. 302 00:13:20,060 --> 00:13:22,960 Some people search their whole lives 303 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,330 for the right person. 304 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,630 I'm so lucky I didn't have to wait. 305 00:13:26,660 --> 00:13:29,230 I can be happy from now on. 306 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,400 You know, I knew Jeff was unhappy at Princeton, 307 00:13:35,430 --> 00:13:38,460 but, uh, not this unhappy. 308 00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:40,830 What makes you think Jeff was unhappy at Princeton? 309 00:13:40,860 --> 00:13:42,700 Oh, he told me last night. 310 00:13:42,730 --> 00:13:46,260 He... he went on and on about how he couldn't handle it there, 311 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:47,730 how he didn't fit in. 312 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,560 I thought that I'd convinced him to stay, give it a chance, 313 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,460 but then he goes and he pulls a stunt like this. 314 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:54,900 I don't like it, Steven. 315 00:13:54,930 --> 00:13:57,630 I don't either, Elyse, but let's, uh, give it some time 316 00:13:57,660 --> 00:13:59,130 and see how serious they get. 317 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:04,200 Hello? 318 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:07,530 Yeah, uh, just a minute. 319 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:09,660 Alex, it's for you. 320 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:11,130 Inga. Ah. 321 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:12,900 The future farmer. 322 00:14:14,460 --> 00:14:16,100 Hi. How you doing? 323 00:14:17,130 --> 00:14:19,360 Hey-hey, congratulations! 324 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,500 Her pig had a baby. 325 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:26,360 What? 326 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,130 Uh, well... Well, I-i don't know. 327 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:31,760 I mean, if you want me to. 328 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,260 Uh, put her on. 329 00:14:37,900 --> 00:14:39,530 Sooey! 330 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:41,860 Sooey! 331 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:43,860 It's a pig. 332 00:14:58,030 --> 00:14:59,860 No, no, Inga... 333 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:01,860 I got to take a break. 334 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:05,330 My legs are buckling. 335 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,860 I don't do the plowing that you do. 336 00:15:12,630 --> 00:15:14,700 Inga likes to dance, huh? 337 00:15:14,730 --> 00:15:16,660 Well, she threatened to hog-tie the band 338 00:15:16,700 --> 00:15:18,260 if they took a break. 339 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:21,660 Man: And one more time, boys. And a one and a two... 340 00:15:25,130 --> 00:15:28,160 Whoa. Got out of there just in time. 341 00:15:29,530 --> 00:15:32,060 I'm glad someone's dancing, anyway. 342 00:15:32,100 --> 00:15:34,500 Mallory, what's the matter? 343 00:15:34,530 --> 00:15:36,730 Where's Jeff? 344 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,300 Alex, we haven't danced once. 345 00:15:39,330 --> 00:15:40,660 This whole evening has been... 346 00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:42,960 Has been a stroll down memory lane. 347 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,330 We visited the cafeteria. 348 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,000 We... we looked up his favorite books 349 00:15:47,030 --> 00:15:48,860 in the card catalog. 350 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:50,330 We went to the chem lab 351 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,330 and took pictures of his old Bunsen burner. 352 00:15:54,530 --> 00:15:56,260 Well, that's, uh... 353 00:15:56,300 --> 00:15:58,330 That's natural. 354 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,200 I mean... I mean, after all, it is his first time home. 355 00:16:01,230 --> 00:16:03,730 He probably just wants to see some of the things he missed 356 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,060 while he was away, that's all. 357 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:08,860 I know. It's just that I thought that I was one of 'em. 358 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:14,230 Inga: Sooey! Sooey! 359 00:16:15,830 --> 00:16:18,030 Uh, that's for me. 360 00:16:20,830 --> 00:16:21,830 Inga, wait... 361 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,800 Mallory, you should have gone with me. 362 00:16:24,830 --> 00:16:27,000 That window in my homeroom is still broken. 363 00:16:27,030 --> 00:16:29,500 It was great. 364 00:16:29,530 --> 00:16:30,900 Jeff, when are we gonna dance? 365 00:16:30,930 --> 00:16:33,660 Soon. I just want to see my old locker. 366 00:16:33,700 --> 00:16:35,500 253. 367 00:16:35,530 --> 00:16:37,000 What a locker. 368 00:16:37,030 --> 00:16:39,300 This will be one for the album. 369 00:16:42,060 --> 00:16:43,830 It's just like the old days. 370 00:16:43,860 --> 00:16:45,760 Same girl, same locker. 371 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:47,000 Jeff, I don't understand 372 00:16:47,030 --> 00:16:48,730 why you even brought me here tonight. 373 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:50,500 You might as well be here by yourself. 374 00:16:50,530 --> 00:16:53,100 Mallory, I haven't been in this school for four months. 375 00:16:53,130 --> 00:16:55,500 It's not the same for you. You're here every day. 376 00:16:55,530 --> 00:16:57,500 What are you talking about? 377 00:16:57,530 --> 00:16:59,930 I-it's hard to be away from home. 378 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:03,230 I-I'm scared. I'm confused. I-I get homesick. 379 00:17:03,260 --> 00:17:05,400 You don't know what I'm going through right now. 380 00:17:05,430 --> 00:17:08,230 What you're going through? What about me? 381 00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:09,360 I'm out with someone 382 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,260 I was supposed to be going steady with. 383 00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:13,000 You know, "going steady." 384 00:17:13,030 --> 00:17:16,060 That means two people... A girl and a boy, 385 00:17:16,100 --> 00:17:19,100 not a girl and a boy and his locker. 386 00:17:19,130 --> 00:17:21,200 Mr. Needham! 387 00:17:21,230 --> 00:17:22,560 Remember me? 388 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:24,060 Oh, well, how could I forget? 389 00:17:24,100 --> 00:17:25,730 Roger. Jeff. 390 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,360 Mendoza. Wakefield. 391 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:28,760 Right, right. 392 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,100 You still working at the firestone plant? 393 00:17:31,130 --> 00:17:32,360 Uh, no, I went to Princeton. 394 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,308 How is it? I'm dropping out. 395 00:17:34,330 --> 00:17:36,230 Good for you. 396 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,360 I love that man. 397 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,360 Jeff, this has been a ridiculous evening. 398 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:43,560 Take me home. 399 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,360 Why? I thought everything was going so well. 400 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,700 Say, uh, Don, could you give me a hand here? 401 00:17:48,730 --> 00:17:50,460 Uh, someone spilled some punch. 402 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:52,060 Sure. 403 00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:53,560 The school needs me. 404 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,660 Just like the old days. 405 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,130 How's it going, Alex? 406 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:10,300 Great. 407 00:18:11,660 --> 00:18:13,130 Great. 408 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,800 Boy, can that girl bale hay. 409 00:18:18,330 --> 00:18:21,300 I'm glad someone's having a good time, anyway. 410 00:18:21,330 --> 00:18:23,400 Didn't Jeff come back? 411 00:18:23,430 --> 00:18:25,200 Yeah, he came back. 412 00:18:25,230 --> 00:18:27,730 Took a few snapshots of his favorite locker. 413 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:29,300 And now he's off mopping up punch 414 00:18:29,330 --> 00:18:31,230 with his favorite teacher. 415 00:18:31,260 --> 00:18:33,860 We haven't danced once all night. 416 00:18:36,330 --> 00:18:38,430 Oh, great. That's my favorite song. 417 00:18:41,260 --> 00:18:43,160 Uh, you want to da... 418 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,460 You want to dance? 419 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,860 I'd love to. 420 00:18:50,900 --> 00:18:52,400 Really? 421 00:18:59,030 --> 00:19:00,430 You're a hard guy to figure, Alex. 422 00:19:00,460 --> 00:19:03,230 I never thought you'd go for a farm girl. 423 00:19:03,260 --> 00:19:05,000 Call it... 424 00:19:05,030 --> 00:19:06,700 Animal magnetism. 425 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,700 What do you possibly have in common with this girl? 426 00:19:10,730 --> 00:19:12,760 Oh, the land, dad. 427 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,630 The land. 428 00:19:14,660 --> 00:19:16,000 She's special. 429 00:19:16,030 --> 00:19:19,660 She's contributing to the breadbasket of America. 430 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:22,130 She's got dirt under her fingernails. 431 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,730 That's a nice quality in a date. 432 00:19:27,030 --> 00:19:29,760 Well, hi, Mal. How was the dance? 433 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,630 Mom, I'd like to speak to you alone. 434 00:19:31,660 --> 00:19:32,860 Come on, Alex. 435 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:35,830 Let's continue this up in the bunkhouse. 436 00:19:36,830 --> 00:19:39,060 She was at one with nature, dad. 437 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:40,560 It was thrilling. 438 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,730 Stray ducks followed us home. 439 00:19:47,260 --> 00:19:49,560 Aw, Mallory, what happened tonight? 440 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,900 Nothing. That's the problem. 441 00:19:51,930 --> 00:19:53,800 Jeff hardly knew I was there. 442 00:19:55,730 --> 00:19:58,030 Mallory, have you asked yourself 443 00:19:58,060 --> 00:19:59,830 why Jeff wants to come back home? 444 00:19:59,860 --> 00:20:01,800 I know why he wants to come back home. 445 00:20:01,830 --> 00:20:03,130 He wants to be with me. 446 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,630 Well, I know... I know that's part of it, 447 00:20:04,660 --> 00:20:07,760 but... but Jeff's been very unhappy at school. 448 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,130 You know, the first year of college 449 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,300 can be a very frustrating experience. 450 00:20:11,330 --> 00:20:14,800 Okay, I admit Jeff is homesick. 451 00:20:14,830 --> 00:20:16,900 He's confused and scared. 452 00:20:16,930 --> 00:20:19,160 Doesn't mean he doesn't care about me, does it? 453 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:20,800 Of course he cares about you, Mal, 454 00:20:20,830 --> 00:20:22,760 but that's not the point. 455 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,060 You see, I-i think it's hard for him 456 00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:26,730 to admit that he's scared, 457 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,160 that he might not be good enough, 458 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:30,460 and it's nicer to think 459 00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:33,560 that there's this... this wonderful girl back home 460 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,660 that he just can't live without. 461 00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:38,860 Mom, Jeff is the sweetest guy I know. 462 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:40,130 He makes me feel 463 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,900 like I'm the most special person in the world. 464 00:20:41,930 --> 00:20:45,400 No one else does that. I don't want to lose him. 465 00:20:45,430 --> 00:20:49,500 Oh, honey, sometimes when you love someone, 466 00:20:49,530 --> 00:20:52,360 the best way to hold on to him is just to let him go. 467 00:20:55,660 --> 00:20:57,930 Oh. Sounds like Jeff. 468 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:59,830 Probably wants to look at our door once more, 469 00:20:59,860 --> 00:21:01,800 for old time's sake. 470 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:06,830 Oh... Hi. 471 00:21:06,860 --> 00:21:08,660 I hope I didn't wake anybody. 472 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:10,100 No, Jeff. 473 00:21:10,130 --> 00:21:12,130 Normally we don't sleep this close to the door. 474 00:21:13,660 --> 00:21:14,930 Good point. 475 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,030 Good night. There she is. 476 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:21,500 You know, it's crazy. 477 00:21:21,530 --> 00:21:22,660 These past two months, 478 00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:24,760 all I've wanted to do is be with you. 479 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,500 Tonight I could have been, and I was, but I wasn't. 480 00:21:28,530 --> 00:21:30,630 Is this what you looked like tonight? 481 00:21:31,860 --> 00:21:33,200 Pretty much. 482 00:21:33,230 --> 00:21:34,660 And I didn't notice you? 483 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:36,660 Well, it's kind of tough to compete against 484 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:40,130 a great-looking locker like old 235. 485 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,260 253. 486 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:44,030 235 was Biff Duggan's. 487 00:21:44,060 --> 00:21:46,200 Jeff, we need to talk. 488 00:21:46,230 --> 00:21:48,030 I know. 489 00:21:48,060 --> 00:21:49,400 You want to go first? 490 00:21:49,430 --> 00:21:50,730 No, you go ahead. 491 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,030 Mallory, you know, the first year of college can be a... 492 00:21:53,060 --> 00:21:55,360 Jeff, I thought I was gonna go first. 493 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:56,960 I'm sorry. Go ahead. 494 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,800 Well, Jeff, you know, the first year at college 495 00:21:58,830 --> 00:21:59,900 can be a very frustrating... 496 00:21:59,930 --> 00:22:01,260 Experience. 497 00:22:01,300 --> 00:22:02,260 Right. 498 00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:04,030 Go on. 499 00:22:04,060 --> 00:22:06,400 And it might seem like the easiest thing to do 500 00:22:06,430 --> 00:22:07,760 would be to just... 501 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:08,930 Come home. 502 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,200 Exactly. This is good. 503 00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:14,400 Jeff, you know you mean a lot to me. 504 00:22:14,430 --> 00:22:15,730 And you mean a lot to me. 505 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,030 And sometimes when you care about someone, 506 00:22:19,060 --> 00:22:21,030 the best way to hold on to them 507 00:22:21,060 --> 00:22:22,860 is to let them go. 508 00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:26,530 I think I should go back to Princeton, Mallory. 509 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,100 You do? So do I. 510 00:22:28,130 --> 00:22:29,800 You do? 511 00:22:29,830 --> 00:22:34,000 I was hoping for a little, "Jeff, please don't go." 512 00:22:34,030 --> 00:22:35,860 Well, I was kind of hoping for a little, 513 00:22:35,900 --> 00:22:38,360 "but, Mallory, I can't leave you." 514 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,700 It is gonna be hard to leave you. 515 00:22:40,730 --> 00:22:43,700 It's gonna be hard to see you go. 516 00:22:43,730 --> 00:22:46,400 What's gonna happen to us? 517 00:22:46,430 --> 00:22:48,530 No girl's ever liked me like you before. 518 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,330 I'm afraid of losing you. 519 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:53,400 I am, too, but I'm glad we're afraid. 520 00:22:53,430 --> 00:22:55,600 That must mean we really care. 521 00:22:55,630 --> 00:22:57,560 Do you think we can still go steady 522 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,360 on weekends and holidays? 523 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,900 Weekends are tough. Princeton's so far away. 524 00:23:02,930 --> 00:23:05,160 Okay, just holidays, then. 525 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,260 What are you doing on Lincoln's Birthday? 526 00:23:08,300 --> 00:23:10,530 Jeff, let's just play it by ear. 527 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,660 It's worked out pretty well for us so far. 528 00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:15,800 I guess it'd be wrong for you to keep the pin. 529 00:23:15,830 --> 00:23:19,830 We don't need a pin to say how much we care for each other. 530 00:23:19,860 --> 00:23:21,360 No, we don't. 531 00:23:26,060 --> 00:23:28,100 Are you busy Groundhog Day?