All language subtitles for Highway To Heaven s02e23 Childrens Children.eng

[theme music]

I can't believe it.

A 12-year-old girl drops out of
school because she's pregnant

and her classmates
are making fun of her.

I mean, 12-years-old.

What's going on with kids today?

It's just a
different world today.

Sex is being thrown at them all
the time, movies, television.

Their bodies just get
ahead of their minds.

They know what's
going on, all right.

I mean, you don't get
pregnant from eating candy.

Oh, come on, how much
did you know about sex

when you were 11 or 12?

Come on, how much did you know?

Well, things were
different when I was a kid.

We didn't talk about sex, let
alone see it on television

every time you turned around.

I thought that's
what I just said.

Where we going anyway?

To see some of those kids
you were just reading about.

They look like babies.

They are babies.

No, I don't mean the babies.

I mean the mothers.

They look like babies.

Hello.

I'm Joyce Blair.
- Hi.

I'm Jonathan Smith.

This is Mark Gordon.

Oh, we're not used to
having men on the premises.

But now that it looks like the
new wing is going to be built,

it's time we get used
to a few men around.

You could not have called
at a better time, Mr. Smith.

You mentioned on the phone
something about clearing brush

and so on.

The whole place
is a little rundown.

We've been too busy
planning the new wing

and running the day care
center to clean up outside.

You run a daycare center?

Yeah, we started a few years
ago when the high schools

became very concerned about
the horrendous dropout

rate among teenage mothers.

So many of the girls want
to keep their babies,

but keeping a baby
and going to school,

it's not easy, especially when
there's little family support.

So what we do is if a girl
wants to stay in high school,

we take care of her
baby, and if possible,

even get her
transportation to school.

Joyce?

What is it, Sandy?

John is running
a little fever.

Does his glands
feel swollen to you?

Let me see.

Let me see.

Sandy's one of our mothers
who lives here in the home.

She's our prize student.

She's up for a
scholarship to college.

Congratulations.

Well, I haven't
got anything yet.

But whatever happens, I owe
it to Joyce and this place.

If it weren't for them,
I wonder where we'd be.

I think he's OK.

Did you give him
something for his fever?

Yeah.

Just keep an eye on his
fever, and I'll look in on you

later, OK?

Thanks.

OK, come on, let me
show you around the place.

All right.

[baby crying]

The worst is right over here.

Honey.

Oh, come here, darling.

Yeah, honey.

Here we go.

Oh.

Andrea?

She won't stop crying.

And I had to do my
nails for class tonight.

Do you think this is
a good color for me?

Babies need attention.

They're not dolls
you put in the corner

when you're finished playing.

I've told you before,
Andrea, Pemberton

is not a place for party girls.

It's a place where young mothers
learn to be good mothers.

Now take her to the nursery.

She needs to be changed.

You think I was too
hard on her, Mr. Gordon?

I mean, they're so young.

She's almost 19 years old.

Compared to the rest of
the girls around here,

she's an old woman.

She's restless.

She thinks only about herself.

She acts like a baby.

The difference is she
happens to be a mother.

Well, if you'll start clearing
along the side of the house

here and work your
way to the back.

There's a television newsman
coming out to interview me

today about the new
wing, and I want

the old place looking good.

And there's some rakes
and things in the shed.

The girls started a
garden, but they stopped it

last year when it
looked as if the place

might be foreclosed on.

Why would anybody want to
foreclose on a place like this?

Real estate developer
wanted to build condominiums.

If the community hadn't
come to the rescue,

half the babies
you saw today would

be in foster homes or worse.

Well, I'll let you get started.

OK.

Oh, and good luck
with your interview.

Oh, thanks.

I'll need it.

Try not to be nervous.

All right, everybody, quiet.

Let's keep it down.

How many mothers do you have
here at Pemberton, Ms. Blair?

With the new wing,
we'll be licensed for 25,

and there's a waiting list.

What is it that
you and the others

here want to accomplish
with these girls?

Well, we make sure that
the young women realize

that their baby is a
person, a human being

just like themselves, who need
to be loved and looked after.

And then we teach them parenting
skills to show them how to love

and look after their children.

We also have sex education,
so that the young women won't

make the same mistakes again.

We try to teach
them that sex is not

a sport or a game and that the
consequences can be very real.

Well, this is primarily
a residential neighborhood,

how do you get along
with your neighbors?

It wasn't easy for
the first year or two.

When Mrs. Pemberton
left us the house,

I think some of the
neighbors thought that she

was taking revenge on them.

But over the past
few years, some

of our largest contributors
are from this area.

As the home's director, you're
also in charge of fundraising,

aren't you?

Yes, I am.

And you're also in
charge of the construction

for the new wing, aren't you?

Yes, along with the board.

Isn't it true, Ms.
Blair, that recently you've

been dating a Mr. Clint
Wheeler, owner of Wheeler

Construction, the
same firm that you

chose to build the new wing?

I could hardly call it dating.

Well, have you or have
you not been out with Mr.

Wheeler in the evening?

Yes, to discuss
the construction.

Ms. Blair, isn't
it true that you were

once arrested for grand theft?

What?

Well, I have here a
copy of a police report.

It says that you stole
$450 from a social agency

you once worked for.

That was a mistake.

I didn't steal that money.

I borrowed it.

I didn't have time
to get a voucher.

Under the
circumstances, Ms. Blair,

don't you think it would
be better if you stepped

down and let someone else
be in charge of fundraising

here at Pemberton?

That would be up to
the board of directors.

From the Pemberton
Home for Young Mothers,

this is Dan Rivers,
channel 11 News.

Charlie, that's it.

Thanks for your time, Ms. Blair.

Well, have you or have
you not been out with Mr.

Wheeler in the evening?

Yes, to discuss
the construction.

Ms. Blair, isn't
it true that you were

once arrested for grand theft?

What?

Well, I have here a
copy of a police report.

It says that you stole
$450 from a social agency

you once worked for.

She didn't have
a chance once I

pulled out that arrest report.

You're terrific, Dan.

Got to always keep the subject
off balance and on camera.

Mr. Rivers?

How did you get in here?

It doesn't matter.

Look, Joyce Blair
would like to clarify

a couple of her answers.

That's why I came down here, to
find out if you could come back

out to the home, or Joyce could
come in here to the studio

if you'd like.

Well, I'm sorry, pal,
the television news

isn't like a movie.

You only get one take here.

Is that why you're in here
dubbing over your questions?

Nobody's perfect.

Shut up, Charlie.

All right, all right,
what's the game here?

There's no game.

Joyce Blair spent most
of her life helping

the people in her community.

She deserves a chance
to defend herself.

Look, all she did was
borrow the money to help

a couple of starving families.

She paid it right back,
charges were dropped.

This is a news station.

It's not a public
relations firm.

Now the lady ran a large
charity in this community,

she was arrested
for grand theft,

she dated the contractor,
and I think the public has

a right to know these facts.

That's why we have the First
Amendment in this country.

No, no, the First
Amendment guarantees freedom

of the press, not
freedom to report gossip

and half truths as facts.

Well, I've been
sued before, usually

by lawyers, not gardeners.

The good news is that I have
yet to back off a story.

All she is asking is the
right to tell her side of it.

Another day can't make any
difference, except to the girls

at Pemberton.

I told you, she's
had her chance.

The story runs tonight.

Now, please, why don't
you get out of here?

[video squeaking]

[baby crying]

Will you be quiet?

Oh, honey.

Who are you seeing tonight?

A friend.

Someone fun, not like
this nunnery here.

What about Yolanda?

She'll cry herself
to sleep soon enough.

I thought maybe you
could watch her for me?

Yeah?

OK.

Thanks.

Hm, not bad for
an old lady, huh?

Andrea, what would you do
if you didn't have Yolanda?

Well, I wouldn't be
hanging with those losers

at night school.

How about you?

What would you do if
you didn't have Johnny?

Oh, I'd be going to parties,
worrying about what to wear,

fighting with my mom.

It seems so long ago.

I love Johnny so much.

I should be back by
10:00, unless I get lucky.

Be careful.

What difference
does it make now?

Kind of late to be
going to school, isn't it?

I have a pass.

Just asked.

I'm going to
vocational school.

I'm going to be the world's
fastest court reporter.

Oh, court reporters
make good money.

Who watches Yolanda
while you're in school?

She mostly sleeps.

There's a counselor there, and
I have friends check up on her.

[honking]

Come on, girl, let's go.

We're running out of time.

There's my tutor.

I'll see you later, Mr. Gordon.

Ms. Blair, isn't
it true that you were

once arrested for grand theft?

What?

Well, I have here a
copy of a police report.

It says that you stole
$450 from a social agency

you once worked for.

That was a mistake.

I didn't steal that money.

I borrowed it.

I didn't have time
to get a voucher.

Under the
circumstances, Ms. Blair,

don't you think it would
be better if you step down

and let someone else be
in charge of fundraising

here at Pemberton?

That would be up to
the board of directors.

From the Pemberton
Home for Young Mothers,

this is Dan Rivers,
Channel 11 News.

[phone ringing]

Well, here we go.

Hello?

Yes, Mrs. Hiller.

But the charges were dropped.

Yes, I understand,
Mrs. Hiller, but--

I'm sorry, too,
Mrs. Hiller, but--

That was Mrs.
Pemberton's sister.

She's withdrawing
her contribution

from the building fund.

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Hello, Clint.

Look, I know that's not
why you went out with me.

Look, I know you're married.

What are you yelling at me for?

It's my reputation, too.

[phone ringing]

I think I better
take that in my office.

Mrs. Willens, would
you tell the staff

there's going to be an emergency
board meeting tomorrow?

What's going to
happen, Mr. Smith?

Is the home going to close?

I don't know, Sandy.

I just don't know.

How are you doing, Tim?

Do I know you?

No, not really.

My name is Jonathan Smith.

I work out at the
Pemberton Home.

Pemberton?

Oh, that's the home for
young mothers, right?

That's right.

I like to speak to your dad
for a minute, if I could.

I'm sorry, Mr. Smith, my
father doesn't like to be

disturbed on the weekends.

Well, this is pretty
important, son, you tell him

it can't wait, OK?

What's this?

It's a man from Pemberton.

Pemberton?

Who are you?

This is Jonathan Smith.

Timmy, I told you I
had some work to do.

It wasn't the boy's fault.
I told him it was urgent.

Oh, you did, huh?

Run along, Timmy.

I said I'd take
care of it, Timmy.

Well, now that
you've interrupted

me, Mr. Smith, what is it you
want that seems so urgent?

I want you to see to it that
the Pemberton Home stays open.

What makes you think I can
do that, even if I wanted to?

Because you control the
mortgage on the property.

Who told you that?

I have sources in
very high places.

You do, huh?

Well, if your
sources are so good,

you must also know
that I've been

trying to develop that piece
for the last two years.

And from what I heard on
television last night,

I'm finally going
to get my chance.

Oh, come on, don't
you think there

are some things in this
world more one than money?

Name one.

Family.

That's why I make
money, Mr. Smith,

to provide for my
family, and believe me,

I take very good care of them.

There's a lot of girls
in that home who don't have

a family to take care of them.

I'm in the real estate
business, Mister,

not the family business.

We're all in the family
business, Mr. Brent.

We're getting no place,
and I've got work to do.

Since when are you so
interested in my affairs?

No answer, huh?

I want you to show Mr.
Smith out right now.

There was a girl
from our school

who I think went to Pemberton.

Her name is Sandy.

Sandy Clark.

Oh, sure, Sandy,
she's doing fine.

She's one of Pemberton's
best students.

She always was smart.

And she's got a
beautiful baby boy.

His name is Johnny.

Must be growing pretty fast.

Why don't you go out
and see for yourself?

I'm sure Sandy would like to
see an old friend from school.

I'd like to.

It would be nice to
see her and the baby.

Timmy, if you want to
go to that ball game,

you get in here right now
and finish your homework.

I know she'd love it if
you came out to see her.

I'll try.

Maybe next week.

I got to go.

Here you are, Mark.

Thank you.

Are they still in
the board meeting?

Yeah, been in there
for over an hour.

[interposing voices]

What happened?

The board is going to do
its best to keep Pemberton.

What about you?

Are you all right?

I'm going to be stepping
down as its director.

You can't leave us, Ms. Blair.

I'll still see you,
but I can't stay here.

Now if we're going to stand
a chance of saving Pemberton,

it can't be with
me as its director.

Excuse me.

I saw a friend of yours today.

Tim Brent.

He said he wanted to
come out and see you.

Tim says a lot of things.

How's he doing?

Oh, he's doing just fine.

I went out there to
talk to his father.

He controls the mortgage
on this property.

Mr. Brent controls a lot
of things, including Tim.

Tim seems like a nice guy.

I suppose.

Joyce is a good person.

That Rivers shouldn't
have done that to her.

He shouldn't be allowed
to do things like that

and get away with it.
They should have to pay.

So the guy says, I got
a great new hearing aid.

He says, what kind is it?

11:30, he says.

Hey, there's my drink.

Well, well, if it
isn't the gardener.

I just came down
to tell you Joyce

Blair resigned this morning.

I'm glad to hear Pemberton's
board shares my opinion

of her qualifications.

Well, the board doesn't, but
a lot of the community donors

do now.

Pemberton lost about half
of their financial support

after your story ran last night.

Hey, wait a minute, friend.

Dan reported the facts.

He's a reporter.

That's his job.

Oh, come on, he reported
a tip from a developer

who wanted the home closed so
he could build some condos.

It looks like that developer
is going to get his wish now,

and 25 unwed mothers are
going to be out on the street.

I thought you told me the
tip on the Pemberton lady

was on the level.

It was.

I checked it with the
police department myself.

If you check with
the police department,

then you also know that all
the charges against Joyce

were dropped.

But where there's
smoke, there's fire.

You knew the
charges were dropped?

Yeah, I knew.

Why wasn't that in the story?

Come on, Harvey, you keep on
screaming at me about ratings.

I'm giving your
ratings, so don't you

start giving me ethics.

Hey, little mother,
what are you doing?

Saving the home.

How are you going to do that?

You'll find out.

Oh, would you look
after Johnny for me?

I thought you might
like to see this, Dan?

Came in this morning's mail.

Copies have been sent to
every station in town.

What's it say, Charlie?

It says the Danny boy
here has a young friend

out at the Pemberton Home.

Seems he gave a lecture
at her high school

and invited her down to
the station for a tour.

Evidently, she was
very impressed.

You don't really believe
that I'm the father

of this girl's child, do you?

Come on, it's obvious that
the director of Pemberton

put her up to this.

You've been known to have your
share of pretty young admirers.

Oh, I wouldn't miss
that press conference

for all the names in your
little black book, Rivers.

You guys aren't really going
to go out there, are you?

You'd do the same
for us, wouldn't you?

Come on, guys, I
mean, this is a phony.

You know it is.

Our job is to inform
the people, no matter

how distasteful the story.

See you out there, Dan.

Don't tell me I can't see her.

I said, I'm going to talk to
her, I'm going to talk to her.

You're the one behind this.

Behind what?

Don't play games with me.

Now where is that girl Sandy?

- Sandy Clark?
- That's right.

That's right.

I invited her down
to the station.

Now she's trying
to ruin my career.

What are you talking about?

This, and don't tell me you
don't know what this is about.

Oh my God.

That's right, it's on all
the radio and TV stations.

Now, I demand, I demand to
see that girl before her press

conference this afternoon.

Jonathan, I have
to talk to Sandy.

Would you please escort Mr.
Rivers off the property?

You know, you won't get
away with this, Smith.

I'll take a blood test.

I'll prove I'm innocent.

Come on.

Mr. Rivers.

You of all people ought
to know how difficult

it is to prove your
innocence once the press has

found you guilty.

Jonathan, she's not in a room.

Do you think she's
telling the truth?

No, I think she's doing
this to hurt Dan Rivers.

Somehow she thinks it's
going to save the home.

We have to find her.

We have to stop her
from doing this.

I'll look for her.

Why don't you stay here
just in case she comes back?

What you're doing isn't going
to save the home, you know?

It's not going to get
Joyce her job back either.

It's going to hurt
Dan Rivers, all right,

but is it really worth
it just to get revenge?

What I said in
those letters is true.

Dan Rivers is the
father of my baby

and he deserves to be hurt.

Come on, that's a
lie, and you know it.

Come on, Sandy, listen to me.

Think about what that lie
is going to do to you,

to your baby, to your parents.

My parents.

When I told my parents
I was pregnant,

they worried more about
what the neighbors would

think than they did about me.

They want me to
have an abortion.

When I told them I wouldn't,
they sent me to Pemberton,

and they told people I was
away at boarding school.

I can't defend your parents.

They're going to have to
do that for themselves.

All I'm saying is
that hurt and anger

are no excuse for
what you're doing.

When Johnny was
born, they didn't even

come to the hospital until
the third day, nobody did.

If it weren't for
Joyce and the people

here, if Pemberton
closed, Mr. Smith,

there's no place for us to go.

But to accuse an
innocent man, no matter

how guilty he is
of other things,

that just isn't the answer.

What if there is no answer?

Oh, come on, Sandy,
you're a good student.

The answers in life are
not that much different

from the answers on a test.

You work and you study
hard and you learn.

If you cheat and you give
up, every test after that

is that much harder.

Please, don't do this.

I appreciate what
you're saying, Mr. Smith,

but I'm meeting those
reporters at 5 o'clock.

What I make of the county
records and your records,

there's a good chance
you're not the father.

You see, I told you I wasn't.

But there's a slight
chance that you might be.

Yeah, but a slight chance
isn't good enough here.

That's the first intelligent
thing you've said all day.

Look, Boss, I admit I did
offer to drive her home,

but I swear to you,
I did not touch her.

Half hour ago, you said
you thought she was older.

Well, she was.

I mean, I mean, I--

I thought she was.

Look, I don't know
what I think anymore.

What I think is you
better get this mess

cleared up by 6 o'clock or
you're going to be out of here.

But, wait, I'm innocent.

Dammit, you can't condemn
someone who's innocent.

Never stopped you.

Hey, Tim?

Mr. Smith.

They're having a big
press conference later

this afternoon at Pemberton.

Sandy's going to name Dan Rivers
as the father of her baby.

What?

She thinks is the only
way to save the home.

She feels she has no
other place to go.

That's crazy.

If you care about her, Tim,
you better get over there

before that press conference.

Of course, I care about her.

I always have.

She knows that.

Saying you care about
someone is easy, son.

Showing you care takes
a little more effort.

I know that.

It's just that my father,
if he ever found out.

Hey, don't you think
it's a little late

to be worrying about
what your father thinks?

You're a father now, too, son.

Hey, Tim, you coming, bud?

I got to go.

I'll see you.

Why do you keep
asking me that?

I told you before, I
was afraid to tell you.

You damn well should be.

I've given you everything,
everything you ever wanted,

and I asked for one
thing in return,

that you respect this family.

Dad, I love her.

Well, if you love her so much,
why did you get her pregnant?

Look, son, you know
what she's trying to do?

She's trying to get
you to step forward

and say you're the father.

She's trying to put
the squeeze on you.

Besides, how do you
know this Dan Rivers

isn't really the father, huh?

You really have people
pegged, don't you, Dad?

Well, let me tell you something.

I am the father.

Because neither one of us
had been with anyone before.

And, yeah, we made a mistake,
and, yeah, I can walk away

from this just like you said.

But you know what?

I'm not going to.

Well, don't you
expect any help from me.

You got yourself into this.

You want to know something else?

There's going to be
no college this fall.

You're going to be
working your butt off

in some little job
just to pay the rent

for you, you and your bastard.

You're right.

You better believe it.

You're right, just
like you always are, Dad.

Except for one thing.

I'm going to work my
butt off for my son,

and no matter what he does
with his life, no matter what

mistakes he makes,
he's not going to be

afraid to come to his father.

He's not going to be afraid.

He won't be afraid.

He hasn't shown up yet, huh?

No, no sign of him.

How's Sandy doing?

She's up in a
room with Andrea.

What time is it?

It's about five of.

Why are you doing this?

You know why.

You're crazy, you know that?

I mean, everything's
going great for you,

and now you're
going to go blow it.

And what for?

How do you know it's going to
save the school or Joyce's job?

I don't know, but he's not
going to get away with it.

He's hurt a nice person,
the only person that

ever really cared about me.

But he's not the father.

They're going to find that out.

How do you know he's not?

Because I know, that's all.

He isn't your type.

Oh, really, what's my type?

I am.

He's beautiful.

He looks just like you.

Oh, I don't think so.

I think he looks more like you.

Oh, come on, look at him.

He's got the same mouth,
same beautiful face.

He's a spitting image of you.

Maybe a little.

Maybe a lot.

She's lucky.

He loves her.

Hell, I don't blame him.

She's a good person.

She's real.

She deserves to be happy.

Doesn't everyone?

No, I don't.

Why not?

Because I am who I am.

It's never too late to change.

You got your whole
life ahead of you.

So does your baby.

He said he loved me.

He said he didn't think
of me as a little girl.

I thought I was so grown
up, a man loved me.

Then he found that
I was pregnant,

and I just want
anybody to love me.

Anybody.

Somebody does love you.

Yeah, who?

God.

God loves you, Andrea.

Jonathan?

Yeah?

Would you tell
them I apologize,

that it was all a mistake?

Tell them I'm sorry.

You bet I will.

Thank you.

Andrea, I'm getting married.

I'm so happy for you.

Sandy?

[baby crying]

Sandy?

Fathers.

Hello, Dan.

What the hell are you doing
calling a press conference?

I didn't.

Come on, Sandy, what
do you mean you didn't?

Sandy?

You don't even know my name.

I'm Andrea.

Do you think I want the world
to know you're my baby's father?

She deserves better
than you, and so do I.

That means you're not
going to say anything?

That depends on you, Dan.

Look, Andrea,
I made a mistake.

I know how you feel.

I'll set up a trust
fund for the kid.

I mean, I'll take care of him.

Her.

Her.

And don't you worry,
I'll take care of her.

I never want you near her.

What do you want?

I want you to go
up there and publicly

apologized to Joyce Blair.

I want you to tell them
that you knew all along

that she was innocent.

You just did it to score
points for yourself.

Andrea, come on, I
mean, look, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry it
happened, right but--

May I have your
attention, please?

Let me have your attention.

The press conference
has been canceled.

[interposing voices]

I'm sorry for
the inconvenience,

but I can't answer
any questions.

Thank you.

[interposing voices]

Go up there now,
or I swear I'll

get up there and tell them.

Andrea, give me
a break, will you?

You're history, Dan.

OK.

OK.

Will everybody hold it a minute?

I've got something
I want to say.

Nobody wants to hear
I told you, Danny boy.

That's not what I'm
up here to say, Charlie.

I want to apologize
to Joyce Blair.

I did an interview on
the news with Ms. Blair

where I accused
her of wrongdoing.

At the time of the interview,
I knew she was innocent.

I did it--

I mean, I did it because
I thought it would make

it more sensational interview.

For that, I'm--

I'm deeply sorry.

[applause]

[knocking]

Come in.

Hi.

Hi.

Is she sleep?

No, but at least
she's not crying.

Oh, she sure is a cutie.

How come you're not downstairs?

Big celebration
going on, you know?

Yeah, I know.

I'm kind of far
behind in my work.

I've been goofing off
a little, but no more.

You knew it was Dan, didn't you?

Yeah, I knew.

You know, all this time
I thought I was nothing.

Like I wasn't good enough for
him because he threw me away

like that, and when I
talked to him today,

I realized it wasn't me
who wasn't good enough.

Oh, I was stupid, and I was
wrong, but I was good enough.

I am good enough.

Someday, the right
guy will come along,

but until then,
I'm going to make

the best mother and
best courtroom reporter

you ever saw.

Because you were right.

Somebody does love me.

Somebody very special.

I'll see in court, Mom.

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