Original subtitles

♪

[crows cawing]

[motor running]

[birds tweeting]

[river gurgling]

[birds squawking]

- ALL RIGHT. [sighs]

NOW, YOU KNOW THE DRILL. LOOK IN THE LIGHT.

FOLLOW MY FINGER HERE.

UP.

YOUR EYES ARE MUCH WORSE, TULA.

- ISN'T THAT TO BE EXPECTED?

- YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO BOULDER.

YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THE SPECIALIST THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT,

AND YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT NOW.

YOU MIGHT BE GOING BLIND.

- WHY DON'T YOU JUST SAY IT? IT'S INEVITABLE.

IT'S A BITTER PILL, BUT IT HAS TO BE SWALLOWED.

- HOW DO YOU KNOW THATIF YOU WON'T SEE A SPECIALIST?

THERE'S A CHANCE.

- IF I DON'T GO, HOW LONG WILL IT BE?

[birds tweeting]

[river gurgling]

25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,

31, 32, 33,

34, 35, 36...

39...40.

[whispering]

AW.

[sighs]

SPECIAL.

[smacks lips]

[bird flutters and screeches]

[squawking]

[sighs] AW, SO BEAUTIFUL.

AH! OOH! [sighs]

[sighs]

[car horn]

[bird flutters and calls]

- AUNT TULA! ANYONE HOME?

- DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS?

- NO. - NO, OF COURSE YOU DON'T.

THAT WAS THE GREAT BLUE HERON.

HERE ON MY PROPERTY.

A WELCOME GUEST.

INVITED, UNLIKE SOME.

- [sighs]

- AUNT TULA!

- THE OGLALA SIOUX BELIEVED

THAT THE HERON WAS AN OMEN,

A HARBINGER OF CHANGE.

PERHAPS DEATH.

WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING HERE?

- BILLIE AND DAVID HAVE BEENTRYING TO CALL FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

THEY THOUGHT PERHAPS YOU WERE--

- DEAD? OH, NO SUCH LUCK.

I TURNED OFF THE RINGER ON THE PHONE,

AND IT'S PERFECT NOW.

I CAN MAKE ALL THE CALLS THAT I WANT

AND STILL REMAIN UNDISTURBED

OR SO I THOUGHT.

- THIS IS MY JOB, MRS. JEETERS.

IT'S WHAT A SOCIAL WORKER DOES.

YOUR NIECE AND NEPHEW WERE WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

SO THEY ASKED ME TO COME HEREAND CHECK ON YOU.

- [laughs]

THEY'RE NOT WORRIED. THEY'RE WAITING.

- AUNT TULA, WE JUST WANTED TO COME VISIT, YOU KNOW.

ISN'T THAT WHAT FAMILIES ARE SUPPOSED TO DO?

- WE WORRY ABOUT YOU, AUNT TULA.

LIVING OUT HERE ALL ALONE.

- IT'S HER JOB TO BE NOSY. WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE?

- IF IT'S A MATTER OF PAYING THE PHONE BILL...

- CAN YOU JUST GO AND CHECK THE PHONE, PLEASE?

- SHE NEEDS HELP.

- BILLIE, I JUST STARTED TO EVALUATE TULA.

I HAVE TO SEE THAT SHE IS INCAPABLE

OF PROPERLY CARING FOR HERSELF

BEFORE I CAN MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS

ABOUT MOVING HER INTO A RETIREMENT HOME

OR ASSISTED LIVING.

- THE PHONE'S FINE, PERFECTLY FINE.

YOU MUST HAVE DIALED THE WRONG NUMBER.

- AREN'T YOU GOING TO INVITE US IN?

WE CAME ALL THIS WAY OUT HERETO VISIT WITH YOU.

- NO!

DON'T RUN OVER MY ROSES WHEN YOU LEAVE!

- DON'T YOU SEE?

TULA CAN'T POSSIBLY SAVE THIS PLACE.

I MEAN, IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY

AND A LOT OF HARD WORK TO PRESERVE THIS SORT OF TREASURE.

- I'LL LOOK INTO IT, BILLIE.

- [sighs]

I DO SO ENJOY YOUR FAMILY'S LITTLE VISITS.

I FIND THEM SO...

STIMULATING.

[sniffling]

[crying]

♪

[engine sputtering]

- HERE WE GO AGAIN. NOW WHAT?

I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS FIXED.

- IT WAS. THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

- THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID LAST TIME, HANK.

- WOULD YOU STOP CALLING ME HANK?

WHAT HAPPENED TO DADDY OR POP OR FATHER?

YOU'RE WEARING LIPSTICK AGAIN,AREN'T YOU?

- BEEN WEARING IT SINCE NEW MEXICO,

AND YOU DIDN'T NOTICE.

IF I PUT IT ON IN NEW MEXICO

AND YOU'RE JUST NOW NOTICING IT IN COLORADO,

I TRULY DO NOT SEE WHAT--

[steam bursts] - [yells]

- I TOLD YOU SO!

[sighs]

[water boiling]

- THIS LOOKS REAL NICE.

BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR, OKAY?

BACK! IT WORKS BETTER WHEN I DO IT.

[knocking]

HELLO IN THERE!

[water spraying]

MY NAME IS CALIFORNIA FORD, CALI FOR SHORT.

I'M HAVING SOME TROUBLE,

AND I COULD USE THE ASSISTANCEOF A KINDLY-HEARTED PERSON.

MY DEAR OLD DAD INJURED HIMSELF

WHILE TRYING TO REPAIR OUR CAR.

THAT'S MY DEAR OLD DAD.

HE BURNED HIS HAND REAL BAD ON THE CAR'S RADIATOR.

WE NEED SOMETHING TO KEEP IT FROM BLISTERING.

- ALOE VERA.

- UH, MA'AM?

TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,

I'VE GOT TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.

MY GRANDMA SAYS A LADY NEVER GOES IN THE BUSHES.

CAN I POSSIBLY...?

- ALL RIGHT.

- THANK YOU.

- TO THE LEFT.

DON'T LEAVE THE LIGHT ON.

ALOE VERA.

THIS PLANT RIGHT OVER HERE WITH THE POINTED LEAF?

JUST BREAK ONE OF THE LEAVES OFF.

- SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, MA'AM.

- OH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKES. HERE.

[sighs]

- I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF BORROWING YOUR PHONE, MA'AM.

DON'T WORRY. I CALLED COLLECT.

I TOLD MAMA THAT THE CAR WASAS DEAD AS A DOORNAIL, DADDY,

AND THAT WE WOULDN'T BE HOME FOR SOME TIME.

- AND WHAT DID YOUR MOTHER SAY?

- SHE SAID SHE LOVED US, LIKE ALWAYS.

DADDY, I'M HUNGRY.

- WELL, I GUESS I BETTER GET THIS LITTLE LADY

SOMETHING TO EAT,

GET THAT CAR WORKING.

THEY DIDN'T NAME ME HENRY FORD FOR NOTHING.

[door squeaks shut]

SHOULDN'T LIE LIKE THAT ABOUT CALLING YOUR MOTHER.

- SHE'S ONE TOUGH OLD NUT TO CRACK, RIGHT?

HERE, HAVE A TOMATO.

[night birds tweeting]

[scattered conversations]

- WELL, MR. MAYOR, I THINK EVERYONE HERE

KNOWS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THESE GRAND PLANS

THAT HAVE BEEN BEFORE US FOR THE PAST MONTH OR SO.

GOLF COURSES, MINI MALLS AND THE LIKE.

AND I KNOW I'M IN THE MINORITY. [crowd murmurs]

BUT I WILL NOT GIVE UP RAISING MY VOICE

AGAINST THESE PLANS.

- THANK YOU, CLYDE. BILLIE?

- NOW, OUR TOWN NEEDS TO GROWIN ORDER TO SURVIVE.

WE'VE GOT LOTS OF REASONABLY PRICED LAND.

WE'VE GOT GOOD SCHOOLS, LOW PROPERTY TAXES,

LAKE FRONTAGE.

BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO MOVE SOMEWHERE,

THEY HAVE TO HAVE PLACES TO GO AND SHOP AND EAT

AND RECRTE. [crowd grumbling]

NOW, SUMMERSVILLE DOWN THE ROAD

IS ALREADY WAY AHEAD OF US.

THEY HAVE TWO HOTELS, FOUR MOVIE SCREENS,

AND THREE NEW RESTAURANTS.

- AND TRAFFIC!

THEY GOT TRAFFIC.

- OUR TOWN IS IN THE PERFECT POSITION FOR US TO GROW

AND TO PROSPER.

- SEEMS THAT YOU AND DAVE HEREHAVE THIS ALL FIGURED OUT.

MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST DISBAND THE CITY COUNCIL

AND MAKE YOU TWO DICTATORS FOR LIFE.

- CLYDE, WHETHER YOU UNDERSTAND IT OR NOT,

CUMBERLAND NEEDS NEW JOBS, NEW HOUSING, MALLS,

A GOLF COURSE.

- NOBODY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME

EVER NEEDED A GOLF COURSE.

- AMEN!

- I THINK WE'D ALL BE BETTER OF WITH ONE LESS MALL

IN THIS COUNTRY.

YOU'RE ALL SHEEP!

CAN'T YOU SEE YOU'RE BEING LED.

THE JEETERS HAVE MORE TO GAINTHAN ANY OF US.

THEY STAND TO MAKE A FORTUNE.

[crowd grumbling and arguing]

- WELL, IT SEEMS THAT EVERYBODY

THINKS YOU'RE JUST GOING TO UP AND SIGN OVER YOUR HOUSE

TO BILLIE AND DAVE.

- IS THAT SO? - YEAH.

OF COURSE, CLYDE GAVE THEMA LITTLE WHAT-FOR LAST NIGHT,

FOR A WHILE ANYWAY.

- OH, GOOD OLD CLYDE.

- BUT...

THAT DIDN'T KEEP 'EM FROM VOTINGOVERWHELMINGLY

TO GO AHEAD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS

THAT BILLIE AND DAVE PUT BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

- COUNTING THEIR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY'RE HATCHED.

- YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT BY THE WAY

THEY CARRIED ON THERE LAST NIGHT.

I'M TELLING, TULA, NOW LISTEN TO ME.

NOW, YOUR NIECE AND YOUR NEPHEW ARE DETERMINED

TO GET YOUR HOUSE AND YOUR LAND.

- FIRST OF ALL, THEY ARE NOT MY NIECE AND NEPHEW.

THEY ARE THE CAPTAIN'S.

AND THEY HAVE TO COMETHROUGH ME FIRST, DON'T THEY?

I SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD

IS WAITING FOR ME TO DIE

OR BECOME HELPLESS OR GO CRAZY.

AND I'M NOT ABOUT TO OBLIGE THEM.

- DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE READYFOR ME TO CALL THAT SPECIALIST?

[country music playing]

[bar patrons chatting]

[drops pool cue]

- COME ON, HANK. IT'S YOUR BREAK.

- I THINK I'VE TAKEN ENOUGH OFYOUR MONEY FOR ONE DAY.

[dog barking] [kids playing]

[crack] - [screams]

[sighs]

WELL, AREN'T YOU THE GENTLEMAN?

BILLIE JEETERS.

- NO DOUBT THE QUEEN OF REAL ESTATE AROUND HERE.

HENRY FORD. MY FRIENDS CALL ME HANK.

- JUST PASSING THROUGH?

- AREN'T WE ALL?

- YOU STAYING AROUND HERE OR IN SUMMERSVILLE?

- I'M JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN.

SORT OF TRYING ON THE PLACE FOR SIZE.

- SEEN ANYTHING YOU LIKE SO FAR?

- I LIKE THE VISION I'M HAVING RIGHT NOW.

YOU DON'T EXACTLY SEEM TO FITTHE CUMBERLAND MOLD.

- [laughs] NOW WHAT WOULD THAT BE?

- COUNTRY, BUT IN A GOOD WAY.

SLOW SUMMER DAYS,

SKINNY DIPPING AT THE WATERING HOLE.

DANCES AT THE VFW HALL ON CHILLY WINTER NIGHTS.

YOU STRIKE ME AS MORE SOPHISTICATED

THAN LIFE A TOWN LIKE THIS WOULD OFFER.

- [laughs lightly]

SO TELL ME, HANK...

YOU GOT ANY PLANS THE REST OF THE DAY?

- NONE THAT COME TO MIND.

- MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T MINDLETTING A SOPHISTICATED WOMAN

LIKE MYSELF TAKE YOU FOR A DRIVE.

- I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK YOU

FOR A RIDE TO THAT SWIMMING HOLE.

- YEAH, GET IN!

I'LL SEE IF I CAN DO YOU BETTER THAN THAT.

[shears clipping]

- [clears throat]

- SORRY IF I STARTLED YOU.

HANK IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD WITH MOTORS,

BUT WE NEED SOME PARTS,

AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO BUY 'EM.

I'M HERE TO SEE IF I CAN DO SOME WORK OR SOMETHING

TO MAKE SOME MONEY.

- MAYBE YOU SHOULD CALL YOUR MOTHER AGAIN

AND TELL HER ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL DELAY.

- WELL, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,

I KIND OF LIED.

I DIDN'T CALL HER AT ALL YESTERDAY.

IN FACT, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS.

SHE LEFT A LONG TIME AGO.

I TOSSED AND TURNED ALL NIGHTOVER IT.

OF COURSE, IT MIGHT HAVE BEENTHE MOSQUITOES.

- WHERE DID YOU SLEEP?

- IN THE CAR. WE DO THAT SOMETIMES.

- WELL, I THINK MAYBE I COULDFIND SOME

PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY IN THE CUPBOARD.

WHY DON'T YOU FOLLOW ME AND HELP ME FIND IT, ALL RIGHT?

OH, HERE'S ALOE VERA.VERY GOOD FOR MOSQUITO BITES.

- GOSH, DOES THIS STUFF WORK ON, LIKE, EVERYTHING?

- YOU KNOW,

I KNEW ALL ALONG THAT YOU DIDN'T CALL YOUR MOTHER.

- [sighs]

YEAH, HANK WASN'T HAPPY WITH ME LYING TO YOU AND ALL.

- WHY DO YOU CALL YOUR FATHER HANK?

- THEY JUST ASKED ME TO SEE IF YOU WOULD BE

INTERESTED IN SELLING THE PLACE.

DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER.

TULA, I'M NOT ON ANYONE'S SIDE HERE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO DO MY JOB.

- HOW OLD ARE YOU?

- 28.

- I'VE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE

LONGER THAN YOUR ENTIRE LIFETIME.

SHE'S BEGINNING TO HURT A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE

LIKE ME.

BUT SHE IS SOUND AND SOLID. [sighs]

- THIS PLACE IS TOO BIG TO CARE FOR ALL BY YOURSELF.

- WELL, I COULD TAKE AN AD IN THE PAPER FOR A BOARDER,

SOMEONE TO HELP ME OUT AROUND THE PROPERTY,

DO THE THINGS THAT I CAN'T GET TO.

- YOU SURE A STRANGER LIVING WITH YOU IS A GOOD IDEA?

- OH, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE HERE.

THERE IS A GUEST HOUSE.

I THINK I SEE THE TWO PERFECT STRANGERS

FOR THE JOB.

[car trunk slams]

[birds whistling]

ALL RIGHT, YOU MAY STAY HERE UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

I WANT YOU TO EVALUATE THIS CAR

AND ADVISE ME IN DETAIL

WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET IT RUNNING AGAIN.

ROOM AND BOARD, $100 CASH.

- THAT SOUNDS FAIR ENOUGH.

- THEY DIDN'T NAME HIM HENRY FORD FOR NOTHING.

- HOW LONG'S IT BEEN SINCE YOUSTARTED THIS OLD RELIC?

- UH, WINTER BEFORE LAST.

- HE CAN EASILY DO IT.

- ALL RIGHT, I WILL SHOW YOU WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO STAY.

- IS IT IN THE HOUSE?

- NO. IF THINGS WORK OUT,

I'M WILLING TO PAY AN EXTRA $40 A DAY

FOR HELP WITH ODD JOBS.

[footsteps in leaves]

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE ARE.

[keys clinking]

OKAY.

[door squeaks]

ALL RIGHT. BREAKFAST IS AT 7:00 A.M. SHARP.

GOODNIGHT. - GOODNIGHT.

- GOODNIGHT! [door slams]

- YOU HEAR THAT, CALI?

WE'VE GOT A PLACE TO STAY FOR A BIT.

HUNDRED BUCKS FOR THE CAR.

FORTY A DAY FOR WHATEVER ELSESHE HAS IN MIND.

I KNOW IT'S NOT MUCH,

BUT AT LEAST WE GOT A PLACE TO STAY FOR SOME TIME.

SOME TIME! SOME TIME INDEED!

BREAKFAST AT SEVEN, MY LADY! - [laughing]

- THIS WOULD MAKE THE PERFECTPLACE FOR YOUR WOMEN'S CENTER.

IT'S BEEN FOR SALE FOR AGES.

I'LL EXPLAIN TO THE OWNERS HOW THE TAX WRITE-OFF WORKS,

AND I JUST KNOW WE CAN GET IT DONATED.

- I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THIS WOULD MEAN.

- OH, IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO.

IT'S JUST SO HARD TO SEE THOSE WOMEN OUT THERE

WITHOUT A PLACE OF THEIR OWN,ESPECIALLY THE OLDER ONES.

- SO HOW DID IT GO WITH TULA?

- WE HAD A NICE VISIT I THINK.

SHE'S GETTING HER CAR FIXED.

- WHY DOES SHE NEED HER CAR FIXED?

[laughs] CAN SHE EVEN DRIVE?

- WELL, SHE'S DECIDED TO TAKE ON BOARDERS,

A MAN AND HIS LITTLE GIRL.

- BOARDERS?

- HENRY AND CALI FORD?

- WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HANK FORD?

- EVER SINCE HER HUSBAND PASSED,

TULA'S HAD A HARD TIME KEEPING UP WITH THE PLACE.

I THINK THIS COULD BE A GREATWAY FOR HER TO GET SOME HELP.

- HELP?

- SHE'S DETERMINED TO GIVE IT A GO.

I WILL KEEP AN EYE ON HER UNTIL THE END OF MY EVALUATION.

SO, LET ME KNOW ABOUTTHE PROPERTY AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

AND I WILL GET STARTEDRAISING THE REMODELING MONEY.

- OKAY. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING DOWN.

- THANK YOU. [car horn honks]

- [sighs] SO...

YOU KNOW THIS HANK FELLA?

- I MET HIM IN TOWN THE OTHER DAY.

- YOU MET HIM?

- HE WAS HELPING ME PUT UP A FOR SALE SIGN.

SO I GAVE HIM A RIDE TO SHOW HIM THE TOWN.

- SIGHTSEEING WITH A DRIFTER,HUH? NICE.

- MY PERSONAL BUSINESS IS EXACTLY THAT.

- TULA THINKS HAVING SOME DRIFTER AND HIS KID

BUNKING UP WITH HER IS GOING TO STOP ME,

SHE COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG.

[pot lid clinking]

- CALI?

- ARE YOU UP?

- YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YOU.

- ALL RIGHT, THIS IS A SMALL BONUS

FOR A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

YOU NOW KNOW HOW TO CAN TOMATOES.

- THANK YOU.

- YOU READY?

[laughs lightly]

♪

ALWAYS REMEMBER, CALI,IT PAYS MORE TO USE YOUR BRAIN

THAN TO BUST YOUR HUMP.

AT LEAST, I MADE MINE LEGAL.

- NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING SKILLS, GIRL.

- SHOOTING POOL IS NOT A SKILL, HANK.

IT'S A GAME.

- GAMES DON'T PAY THIS MUCH. SKILLS DO.

- HOW MUCH DO THE PARTS COST?

HUH? - FOR THE CAR?

- I THINK WE MIGHT WANT TO STAY HERE FOR A WHILE.

[shears crunching]

- [gasps]

[doorbell rings]

- TULA?

ARE YOU HOME?

IS TULA AROUND?

- SHE'S OUT THERE PUTTING OUTSOMETHING FOR THE BLUEBERRIES,

BLUE JAYS, BLUE SOMETHING.

CAN I BE OF ASSISTANCE?

- UH, COULD YOU TELL HER THAT JAN KYLES CAME BY.

I...NEED TO TALK TO HER ABOUT HER NIECE AND NEPHEW.

- JAN KYLES?

- [laughs]

YOU SURE HAVE A PECULIAR WAY OF HANDLING YOURSELF, MR. FORD.

- HOW'S THAT? - A GROWN MAN LIKE YOURSELF,

FLIRTING LIKE A SCHOOL BOY.

BUT THEN FROM WHAT I HEAR

SCHOOL BOYS DON'T OFTEN DRIVEAIMLESSLY AROUND AMERICA

WITH THEIR TEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTERS.

- NO, I GUESS THEY DON'T, DO THEY?

BUT THEN AGAIN THE SCHOOL GIRLS I KNEW WHEN I WAS A BOY

NEVER QUITE LOOKED AS GOOD AS YOU DO NOW.

I'LL TELL HER YOU CAME BY TO SEE HER.

MS. KYLES, YOU DO KNOW YOU CAN COME BY TO SEE ME

ANYTIME YOU LIKE?

- YOU HAVE A NICE SMILE, HANK,

BUT DON'T FLATTER YOURSELF.

- "NEVER QUITE LOOKED AS GOOD AS YOU"?

- WHAT? THEY DIDN'T.

- YOU BETTER FIND ANOTHER GAMEWITH THAT ONE.

SHE'S A WHOLE LOT SMARTER THAN MOST.

- WELL, MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD THING.

[crickets chirping] [distant chatter]

- EIGHT BALL, CORNER POCKET.

- EVERY MAN CAN HAVE A BAD DAY.

- YOU UP OR YOU WANT TOFORK OVER THE CASH YOU OWE ME?

[sighs]

- EVENING, BOYS.

- BILLIE.

BEER!

- [laughs] YOU CERTAINLY KNOWHOW TO PUSH HIS BUTTONS.

- YOU MEN REALLY AREN'T THAT HARD TO FIGURE OUT.

- IS THAT SO?

- WHY DON'T YOU ASK YOUR EIGHT BALL BUDDY.

- IS THERE SOMETHING BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU

I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?

- THE PAST IS EXACTLY THAT, HANK.

- WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE,

YOU THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ANOTHER DRIVE?

- A ONE-TRACK MINDWON'T GET YOU FAR IN THIS WORLD.

- DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE DONE YOU WRONG.

- CUTE.

BUT I HAVE A MEETING TONIGHT.

[whispers]

- [laughs]

- MORNING.

- HEY, HEY. GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL DAY, ISN'T IT?

HEY, LISTEN, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I THANK YOU KINDLY. I'LL GET IT FROM HERE.

- WILL YOU LOOK AT THIS?

- [laughs] YEAH, SHE'S A REALBEAUTY, ISN'T SHE?

- WELL, I NEVER. WOW.

IS THIS A BEAUT OR WHAT?

HEY, HENRY FORD. YOU CAN CALL ME HANK.

- [laughs] DR. DOUGLAS HAMILTON.

CALL ME DOC.

- WHERE DID MRS. JEETERS COME UP WITH THIS?

- BELIEVE ME,

TULA HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LIKES OF THIS.

NO, THAT WAS TOTALLY THE CAPTAIN,

HER DEARLY DEPARTED HUSBAND'SUNDERTAKING.

- HELLO!

MR. FORD? MR. FORD.

I SAID THAT BREAKFAST WAS AT SEVEN.

YOU'RE LATE.

- DOESN'T SEEM TO BE IN THAT BAD A SHAPE.

- WELL, IT SHOULDN'T BE.

MOST OF OUR RETIREMENT FUNDS ARE POURED INTO IT.

IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME

HOW GROWN MEN GET SO EXCITEDABOUT SOME--SOME ROTTING WOOD.

HE KEPT SAYING THAT HE WAS JUST ONE BREATH AWAY

FROM SAILING AROUND THE WORLD.

AND THEN ONE DAY HE JUST QUIT BREATHING.

- SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOUR HUSBANDWAS A MAN OF VISION.

- HE WAS A FOOL, MR. FORD.

WASTING ALL OF HIS TIME WORKING ON THIS BOAT.

BREAKFAST IS SERVED.

- [sighs] DON'T LET HER KID YOU.

SHE WORSHIPPED THE GROUND THE MAN WALKED ON,

AND HE FELT THE SAME WAY ABOUT HER.

YOU EVER FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT A WOMAN, HANK?

WELL, NOTHING IS THE SAME ONCE YOU DO.

- SHERIFF, CAN YOU COME HERE FOR A SECOND?

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS?

- YOUR AUNT?

- NO, NO. THE FELLA WITH HER.

FIND OUT ALL YOU CAN ABOUT HIMFOR ME, WILL YOU?

- SOMETHING WRONG?

- NO, NOT YET. BUT I SMELL TROUBLE.

- GIVE ME A DAY OR TWO.

- ASSUMING THIS GUY IS TROUBLE,

IT WON'T BE TOO HARD FOR YOU TO FIND OUT, NOW WILL IT?

- WON'T BE TOO HARD TO FIND OUT.

WON'T BE TOO HARD TO TAKE CARE OF.

- THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

[counting quietly]

- [clears throat] [knocks]

- COME IN.

THAT WAS JUST A GAME.

YOU KNOW, ADULTS PLAY GAMES, TOO.

- THE OTHER DAY WHEN I SAID I TALKED TO MY GRANDMA,

I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW I DIDN'T CALL HER COLLECT.

IN FACT...

I DIDN'T CALL HER AT ALL.

IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A GAME, TOO.

SHE DIED.

BUT I DO TALK TO HER, YOU KNOW.

IN FACT, I DO IT ALL THE TIME.

HANK SAYS IT'S QUITE NORMAL TO TALK TO A DEAD PERSON.

I'VE SEEN YOU DO IT WITH THE CAPTAIN BEFORE.

TULA, WE SHARE SOMETHING.

WE TALK TO DEAD PEOPLE WE LOVE.

- WELL, I FIND THAT TALKING TO THE CAPTAIN

NOW SINCE HE'S GONE

IT'S JUST MORE REWARDING THAN ITEVER WAS WHEN HE WAS ALIVE.

IN FACT, I HAVEN'T LOST AN ARGUMENT WITH HIM

FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS.

BESIDES, I DON'T SO MUCH TALK TO THE CAPTAIN AS I--

- VENT? - YES.

- VENTING IS GOOD.

WELL, I TALK TO MY GRANDMA WHENI HAVE THINGS THAT TROUBLE ME.

SOMETIMES, I JUST NEED SOMEBODY TO TALK TO.

- YOU MIGHT TRY THE MAN UPSTAIRS.

HE ACTUALLY LISTENS.

YOU KNOW, PRAY.

- HANK!

HANK.

- [laughs]

IT IS SO SIMPLE.

I'VE GOT EVERYTHING I NEED TOGET HER SHIPSHAPE RIGHT HERE.

- I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T GOING TO CUSS, HANK.

- DO YOU HAVE TO KEEP CALLING ME THAT?

- DO GROWN-UPS PLAY GAMES WHEN THEY'RE ALONE?

- YOU MEAN, LIKE SOLITAIRE?

- NO. LIKE...

LIKE BLIND MAN'S BLUFF.

- WELL, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHYANYBODY WOULD WANT TO DO THAT.

- TULA DOES.

- IT'S PROBABLY JUST YOUR IMAGINATION.

- [sighs]

- WHAT'S THIS?

- THE NUMBER OF DAYS WE WERE AT EACH PLACE,

GIVE OR TAKE A FEW--SOMETIMES I FORGOT TO MARK IT.

- [sighs]

YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DO YOU?

WITH ME?

JUST TAGGING ALONG.

- YOU KNOW, CALI,

WE'RE BOTH DOING THE BEST WE KNOW HOW.

SOMETIMES THAT'S ALL THERE IS.

- I THINK TULA'S IN TROUBLE.

I THINK WE NEED TO STAY HERE.

CAN WE? DADDY?

- SURE. SURE.

- YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT.

YOU SAID WE'D SETTLE DOWN, SEE.

RICHMOND, ATLANTA, NEW ORLEANS, BILOXI,

ST. LOUIS, OKLAHOMA CITY, TULSA, FORT WORTH.

- YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

- NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

YOU SHOULDN'T SAY ONE THING AND DO ANOTHER.

- WE GO WHERE THE MONEY IS. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

- AND I JUST GET DRAGGED ALONG.

[footsteps running away]

- MAKE SURE YOU'RE ONLY PULLING WEEDS.

WHAT'S WRONG?

- [sniffs] DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE

TO FEEL COMPLETELY ALONE IN THE WORLD?

THE FEELING WHEN ONE PERSON IN THE WORLD

WHO'S SUPPOSED TO LOVE YOU THE MOST DOESN'T?

- OH, CALI. YOU'RE NOT ALONE.

YOUR FATHER-- - MY FATHER DOESN'T WANT ME.

- DON'T SAY THAT.

- WHEREVER WE GO I'M AFRAID TO GO TO SLEEP

BECAUSE IF I DO, HE MAY NOT BE THERE WHEN I WAKE UP.

I STAY AWAKE WHEN HE'S AT POOL HALLS, BARS,

EVEN WHEN HE'S IN THE NEXT BED.

THE ONLY TIME I CAN SLEEP IN PEACE

IS WHEN WE'RE ON THE ROAD.

IF I'M IN THE CAR... [sniffles]

THERE'S NO WAY HE CAN LEAVE ME.

TULA! - OH! OH.

OH, DEAR.

YOU KNOW, LOVE AND LIFE CAN BE

THE MOST WONDERFUL ANDAWFUL THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.

YOU'VE JUST GOT TO TRY TO MAKE THE BEST OF BOTH, OKAY?

- THANK YOU, TULA.

- [laughs] OH, BABY. OH.

[night birds whooping]

[muted country music]

[running footsteps]

- SHE JOGS IN BEAUTY LIKE THE NIGHT.

both: [laugh]

- I SEE YOU FOUND THE LOW POINTOF CUMBERLAND'S SOCIAL SCENE,

THE POOL HALL.

- WELL, SOME FOLKS THINK OF ITLIKE THAT.

I LIKE TO THINK OF ITAS A WAY TO MAKE SOME FAST CASH.

WHEN YOU GOT A KID AND ALL, BOY,

YOU NEED ALL THE CASH YOU CAN GET.

[light switch clicks]

- I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

THIS IS WHAT THEY USED TO CALLA HOPE CHEST.

SILLY OLD RELIC OF THE PAST.

ASKING YOU TO TAKE EVERYTHINGTHAT MAKES UP WHO YOU ARE

AND PUT IT AWAY IN HOPES OF FINDING A MAN.

AND YOU GET LOST IN HIS IDENTITY

UNTIL THE DAY HE DIES,

AND THEN YOU'RE LEFT ALONE AGAIN.

- OH MY GOSH, THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL DRESS.

MY GRANDMA WAS WEARING A DRESS JUST LIKE THAT.

- WELL, BELIEVE ME,

I WAS BURIED IN THIS ONE, TOO.

IT'S MY WEDDING DRESS.

- YOU DON'T REALLY MEAN THAT,DO YOU, TULA?

- NO, NOT ALWAYS.

TRUTH IS, WE WERE A FINE MATCH.

I JUST GAVE UP TOO MUCH, THAT'S ALL.

- YOUR DAUGHTER IS SOMETHING SPECIAL.

DO YOU KNOW THAT IT TOOK ME SIX MONTHS

BEFORE TULA LET ME INSIDE HER HOUSE?

BEFORE THAT I HAD TO TALK TO HERTHROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW.

- YEAH, CALI'S ONE TOUGH COOKIE.

SHE WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.

- WELL, NO ISN'T AN EASY CONCEPTFOR A KID TO UNDERSTAND.

- I LOVE MY LITTLE GIRL, BUT...

- YOU CAN'T RUN FOREVER.

THAT LITTLE GIRL OF YOURS IS GOING

TO GROW UP BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

- SO HERE IT COMES, THE SPEECH ABOUT SETTLING DOWN.

- HANK, YOU CAN'T FORCE SOMEONE TO BE TIED TO A PLACE.

YOU CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THEY LIKETHE PEOPLE THERE ENOUGH

TO PUT DOWN SOME ROOTS.

- [sighs]

I ALWAYS WANTED TO BELIEVEWHEN I GOT TO THE RIGHT PLACE,

I'D KNOW IT.

- YOU'LL KNOW IT.

I'VE GOT TO FINISH MY RUN.

- YOURS?

- MM-HMM.

- I HAD A DOLL ONCE.

WE LIVED IN SANTA FE.

I HAD TO LEAVE IN A HURRY.

SHE GOT LEFT BEHIND BY ACCIDENT.

- WHY DON'T YOU TAKE HER.

SHE'S NOT DOING ANYBODY ANY GOOD IN THIS OLD TRUNK.

- OH, THANK YOU, TULA.

I PROMISE I'LL NEVER LEAVE HER.

- YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY, COME ON.

LET'S LEAVE THIS OLD ATTIC AND DO SOMETHING FUN.

[birds whooping]

- SO ON A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN,

WOULD YOU SAY YOU AND THE CAPTAIN'S MARRIAGE

RATED A SIX?

- I THOUGHT WE WEREDOING MY HAIR, NOT 20 QUESTIONS.

- JUST RELAX.

THINK OF IT AS BEAUTY PARLOR TALK.

- ALL RIGHT.

- WHATEVER GETS SAID HERE STAYS HERE.

SO, NOT EVEN A SIX, HUH?

SO, YOU FELL OUT OF LOVE WITH THE CAPTAIN?

- OH NEVER, NEVER.

IT'S JUST THAT HE KEPT CHASING ONE DREAM AFTER ANOTHER

TILL, AFTER A WHILE, I JUST FELT LEFT BEHIND.

- I KNOW HOW THAT FEELS.

ABSOLUTE WORST.

[sighs] IT'S HANK. HE'S HOME EARLY.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

I'M GOING TO GO TALK SOME TURKEY.

- WHY DON'T YOU LET ME TALK TURKEY

WITH YOUR FATHER THIS TIME.

[wolf howls]

[door squeaks]

- MR. FORD?

WE HAD AN AGREEMENT, MR. FORD.

FOR ROOM AND BOARD AND $40 A DAY,

YOU HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH CERTAIN THINGS.

- I'M JUST WAITING FOR--

- YES, I KNOW THAT YOU'REWAITING FOR PARTS FOR THE CAR.

BUT THAT SHOULDN'T HOLD YOU BACK

FROM TACKLING SOME OFTHE OTHER THINGS I REQUESTED,

NONE OF WHICH INVOLVE YOU AND THAT--THAT BOAT.

- WELL, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, I WILL--

- OH, EXCUSES, EXCUSES.

LET'S TALK TURKEY, MR. FORD.

SEE, FIRST OF ALL, THE MAILBOXNEEDS TO BE PAINTED.

THE WOOD NEEDS TO BE CUT AND SPLIT.

AND THAT IS JUST THE BEGINNING

OF THE LIST OF THINGS THAT I ASKED YOU TO DO THE DAY BEFORE.

IF I WERE YOU,

I WOULD GET CRACKING BEFORE BREAKFAST

BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO HAVEA VERY LONG DAY.

♪

[lawnmower motor]

- YOU REALLY SEEM TO HAVE HANK WORKING AWAY.

- OH, IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN GET DONE

WHEN YOU TALK TURKEY TO SOMEBODY.

[clink]

- HOW LONG'S HE BEEN AT IT?

- SINCE THE SUN CAME UP.

HE DIDN'T EVEN STOP FOR LUNCH.

- [laughs]

- I'M NOT SO SURE I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU RIGHT NOW.

- YEAH, WHY IS THAT?

- I DON'T THINK THE WARDEN AND HER ASSISTANT

WOULD BE TOO HAPPY TO SEE ME YAPPING AND NOT WORKING.

- [laughs] THEY ARE QUITE A PAIR.

- YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.

- THEY TOLD ME YOU DIDN'T EVEN STOP FOR LUNCH.

- I WAS AFRAID TO. - YOU MUST BE STARVING THEN.

- BEYOND.

- WHY DON'T YOU WASH UP, COME BY MY PLACE,

AND WE CAN GRAB A BITE TO EAT.

- YOU ASKING ME OUT ON A DATE?

- NO. NOT REALLY.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT YOU MIGHTWANT A GOOD MEAL

AND A CHANCE TO ESCAPE THEM FOR A WHILE.

- [breathes heavily]

YOU GOT YOURSELF A DEAL. I'LL EVEN PAY.

- NO, HANK, I DID THE INVITING. SO I'LL DO THE PAYING.

- I LIKE A FREE-SPENDING WOMAN.

- [laughs] I'LL SEE YOU AT EIGHT.

- SO, YOU DIDN'T COME ALL THE WAY OUT HERE

TO CHECK THE HOUSEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS

OR FRATERNIZE WITH THE HELP.

COME ON, SPILL IT.

- BILLIE WANTS TO COME BY TOMORROW

AND MAKE A PERSONAL PLEAABOUT THE HOUSE AND THE LAND.

- OKAY, FINE.

YOU JUST BRING HER ON. I'M READY.

IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT I PUT AN END TO ALL THAT NONSENSE.

COME ON, CALI. - MS. KYLES?

- YEAH. - BE CAREFUL OF HANK.

HE SAYS A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE DOESN'T MEAN.

- I THINK I CAN HANDLE HIM, CALI.

- THAT'S WHAT I KEEP ON TELLING MYSELF,

AND LOOK WHERE IT'S GOTTEN ME.

[waterfalls gurgling]

- YOUR HAIR LOOKS LOVELY TODAY.

- THANK YOU. I DECIDED TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

- WELL, I LIKE IT.

- [laughs]

- WHOA. [laughs]

SLIPPERY LITTLE DEVILS, AREN'T THEY?

- OH, NOW WHERE DID THAT BLASTED LEMON GO?

- HOLD IT, HOLD IT. WAIT A MINUTE.

[sighs] THERE, YOU ALMOSTSTEPPED ON THE LITTLE BUGGER.

LOOK, I DON'T MEAN TO BE A PEST,

BUT HAVE YOU GIVEN ANY THOUGHT

TO THAT SPECIALIST IN BOULDER?

- WHAT GOOD WOULD THAT DO?

WE'RE ONLY DELAYING THE INEVITABLE.

- OH, TULA.

NOW, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE SOME DAY.

WHY DON'T WE GO UP TO THE ROOFRIGHT NOW

AND JUMP OFF HEADFIRST AND GET IT OVER WITH?

I JUST GET SO TIRED OF HEARING SOMEONE

THAT I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT

BEING SO CAVALIER ABOUT--OH.

I KNOW THAT YOU LOVED YOUR HUSBAND.

BUT IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS, TULA.

MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT OFF MY CHEST BEFORE NOW.

- I HAD NO IDEA THAT YOU FELT THAT WAY ABOUT ME.

- THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH...

BEING A GENTLEMAN.

CONGENIAL COMPLIMENTS, THE ONES FROM THE HEART,

KIND OF GET ALL JUMBLED UP.

- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS.

- YOU MAKE OF IT WHAT YOU WISH, TULA.

THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL.

I'M GOING TO TAKE A RAIN CHECKON THAT LEMONADE.

[birds tweeting]

- SO THIS IS THE DINNER RUSH,HUH?

- I'M SURE BY NOW YOU'VE REALIZED THAT CUMBERLAND

HAS NO MYSTERIES.

- WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT.

IT'S A MYSTERY WHY YOU ASKED ME TO DINNER.

[laughs]

- WELL, SOMETIMES IT'S BEST NOT TO ASK QUESTIONS

AND JUST GO WITH THE FLOW.

- WITH THE FLOW?

- YEAH, THE FLOW. [laughs]

- SO WHERE WOULD THIS FLOW BE TAKING ME?

- I CAN TELL YOU WHERE IT'S NOT TAKING YOU.

- AND WHERE WOULD THAT BE? - BACK TO MY PLACE.

- [gulps] - [laughs]

AT LEAST NOT TONIGHT.

- WHY DO I HAVE THE FEELING IHAVE NO SAY IN ANY OF THIS FLOW?

- [laughs] SEE, HANK, YOU AREA VERY PERCEPTIVE MAN.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGSI LIKE ABOUT YOU.

- SO YOU REALLY LIKE SOMETHING ABOUT ME?

- YOU'RE GOOD LOOKING,

AND YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER,

ALBEIT IN THE ROUNDABOUT WAY THAT ME CARE ABOUT THINGS.

BUT...

- BUT WHAT?

- WELL, YOU'RE A BIT OF A PLAYER.

AND I WANT TO SEE IF I CAN TRUST YOU.

- AND YOU THINK I CAN GIVE YOU...

- MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.

BUT IT'S HARD FOR A SMALL TOWN GAL LIKE MYSELF

TO RESIST A DANGEROUS STRANGER.

- SO I'M DANGEROUS, TOO.

- ANY MAN THAT A WOMAN WOULD LET INTO HER HEART

WHO CAN JUST UP AND TAKE OFF ONE DAY IS DANGEROUS.

BUT THAT IS THE RISK WE RUN.

- I WONDER WHAT YOU WOULD THINK OF ME NOW, CAPTAIN.

EIGHT YEARS, AND NOT ONE BIT RICHER OR WISER.

A LITTLE MORE BROKEN DOWN.

A LITTLE FURTHER FROM OUR DREAM.

BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO CHANGE THAT.

I'VE GOT A MAN CHASING ME.

[sighs]

SO DON'T YOU EVEN THINK OF BEING JEALOUS

WHEN I GET MY NEW LOOK.

I'M TIRED OF LIVING IN THE PAST.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE HAPPY FOR ME.

[kissing sound]

- WELL, WELL.

- YOU'VE GOT THIS PLACELOOKING LIKE A MILLION BUCKS.

- HELLO!

- HELLO, HANK. - [laughs]

JAN?

HUH.

- WELL, WHEN YOU FINISH WITH YOUR WORK,

WHY DON'T WE GO FOR ANOTHER SWIM?

HANK JUST LOVES TO GO DOWN TO THAT OLD SWIMMIN' HOLE.

SO, TULA REALLY WANTED YOU HERE TODAY?

- YES.

AND WHEN WE'RE DONE HANK AND I HAVE A DATE.

WE'RE PUTTING OUT BIRD FEEDERSFOR TULA BY THE RIVER.

YOU KNOW THAT LITTLESECLUDED SPOT WITH THE TREES?

- IS THAT RIGHT, HANK,

THAT LITTLE SECLUDED SPOT DOWN BY THE RIVER?

- [clears throat] THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT.

- WELL...

YOU TWO HAVE A LOVELY TIME.

- THE WATERING HOLE, HUH?

[snorts]

- TULA SAID TO THANK YOU FOR COMING.

SHE HAS NOW AGREED TO SEE YOU.

- WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? THE QUEEN?

[laughs]

[footsteps]

- DOESN'T SHE LOOK LOVELY?

- [laughs lightly]

- WE EXPERIMENTED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT STYLES.

- LOVELY.

- I'VE ASKED YOU BOTH TO COME HERE TODAY

TO TALK TURKEY.

THERE COMES A POINT IN LIFE

WHERE YOU HAVE TO QUIT LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER

AND LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD.

AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT DR. PHIL SAYS.

I'VE CHOSEN TO LIVE PRIVATELYIN MY LIFE FOR A REASON.

BUT THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE.

I AM NOT SELLING MY HOUSE.

I'M NOT LETTING ANYONE FORCE ME OUT OF MY HOUSE

WHILE I'M STILL ALIVE.

I HAVE MY OWN PLANS FOR MY HOUSE.

AND I INTEND TO HAVE MR. FORDAND HIS DAUGHTER HELP ME.

SO...

YOU CAN TELL YOUR BROTHER,

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

THE GOLF COURSE PLANNING COMMITTEE.

WOULD YOU DO THAT FOR ME?

AND...

I'M NOT WILLING IT TO YOU EITHER.

TRY NOT TO HAVE A COW.

- [laughs]

- [snickers]

- [clears throat] THIS NEWFOUND INDEPENDENCE

MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR FAMILY MEMBERS

AND FRIENDS TO ACCEPT.

I WOULD SUGGEST WATCHING OPRAH.

[whispers] IT HELPS.

[birds tweeting]

- JUST ABOUT GOT IT.

THESE THINGS TEND TO BE TRICKY.

[cork pops]

- [screams and laughs]

YOU WASTED HALF OF IT.

[laughs]

- TO UM...

TO GOING WITH THE FLOW.

- [laughs]

- I HOPE THIS IS A BEGINNING.

- HOW ABOUT A CHOICE. [laughs]

[thunder sikes]

[rain pattering]

- [sighs] I HATE IT WHEN YOU SMOKE.

YOU COULD BURN THE WHOLE PLACE DOWN.

- THE WHOLE PLACE IS BURNING DOWN.

DON'T YOU GET IT, DAVE?

ALL OUR DREAMS ARE BURNING DOWN AROUND US.

- TULA'S ALWAYS BEEN DIFFICULT, OKAY. NOTHING'S CHANGED.

- OH, PLENTY'S CHANGED.

SHE'S GOT A LITTLE SUPPORT GROUPAROUND HER NOW.

JUST GET 'EM IN WITH US OR OUT OF HERE.

- WHO? - HANK FORD.

JUST GET HIM IN OR GET HIM OUT.

- LOOK, BILLIE, HE'S NOTHING BUT A DRIFTER, OKAY.

EVENTUALLY, HE'LL JUST MOVE ON.

- YOU THINK SO? - YEAH.

- HAVE YOU SEEN THE HOUSE? IT LOOKS GREAT.

HE'S EVEN DATING THE COUNTY SOCIAL WORKER.

THIS GOES ON A FEW MORE WEEKS,

AND WE'LL NEVER GET HER OFF THAT LAND.

- [laughs] OKAY.

[dialing phone]

CARLA? DAVE JEETERS HERE.

IS THE SHERIFF IN?

[pen scratching]

- THAT'S IT?

- FOR NOW, YES.

YOU HAVE PROVEN THAT YOU ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE

OF CARING FOR YOURSELF

AND PROVIDING FOR THE UPKEEP OF YOUR HOME.

THE COUNTY ISN'T IN A POSITIONTO DEEM YOU OTHERWISE.

- I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE

FOR BEING SO HARD ON YOU BEFORE.

I REALIZE THAT YOU WERE DOING YOUR JOB,

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT NOW.

- I DO THIS JOB, TULA,BECAUSE I LIKE HELPING PEOPLE.

SOME JUST MAKE IT HARDER THAN OTHERS.

- I'M SO SORRY.

- [laughs]I MEANT YOUR NIECE AND NEPHEW.

YOU WERE FEISTY ALL RIGHT, BUT I DON'T BLAME YOU.

I'D FIGHT FOR WHAT WAS MINE.

I'VE GOT TO RUN.

[muted conversations]

- SHERIFF?

- HOW MUCH THAT DRIFTER TAKE YOU FOR ANYWAY?

- A COUPLE OF BUCKS.

- YOU, UH, INTERESTED IN MAKING IT BACK

BY HELPING ME OUT WITH SOMETHING?

- I'M LISTENING.

[knocking]

- HEY! - HELLO.

- I'M GLAD YOU TWO CAME BY TODAY.

I JUST GOT APPROVAL FROM MY BOSS

TO THROW A CHARITY AUCTION FOR THE WOMEN'S CENTER.

I PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF DONORS

WHO HAVE GIVEN GENEROUSLYTO DRIVES LIKE THIS IN THE PAST.

SOMETHING WRONG?

- [clears throat]

- WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?

I JUST TURNED THIS REPORT IN THIS MORNING.

WHERE AND HOW IS NOT IMPORTANT, MS. KYLES.

- DO YOU ACTUALLY EXPECT US TO SIT BACK

WHILE YOU AND YOUR DRIFTER BOYFRIEND

GET IN THE WAY OF US TAKING WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY OURS?

- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME OR HANK.

THIS IS ABOUT TULA,

AND I SEE NO REASON WHY SHESHOULD BE MOVED OUT OF HER HOME.

- THIS REPORT CAME RIGHT OUT OF YOUR BOSS'S OFFICE.

YOU WANT TO PLAY HARDBALL, FINE.

IT WOULD BE VERY EASY FOR ME TO PICK UP THE PHONE

AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT A QUOTE

"WONDERFUL JOB" YOU'VE BEEN DOING.

- LIKE LETTING A MAN AND AN UNDER-AGED GIRL

WHO OBVIOUSLY HASN'T BEEN IN AFORMAL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

HER ENTIRE LIFE

SQUAT AT AN ELDERLY WOMAN'S HOME?

- FIRST, IT'S SUMMER.

SO CALI WOULDN'T BE IN SCHOOL ANYWAY.

AND, SECOND, YOU KNOW NOTHINGABOUT HANK OR CALI'S PAST.

- [laughs] IS THAT SO?

- WHAT'S TO ARGUE?

THEY WERE LIVING OUT OF THEIR CAR

BEFORE THEY CONNED MY AUNT TULA

INTO LETTING THEM STAY IN HER GUESTHOUSE.

- THERE WAS NO CONNING GOING ON.

TULA INVITED THEM IN.

- LOOK AT HIS RECORD.

- WE'LL GIVE YOU A FEW DAYS TO THINK IT OVER, MS. KYLES.

AFTER THAT, DAVE WILL START MAKING HIS CALLS.

[birds tweeting]

- SO YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO MOVE UP TO TULA'S HOUSE?

- SURE, WHY NOT?

- WEREN'T YOU THE ONE THAT SAID YOU DIDN'T LIKE THIS PLACE

AND WE SHOULD MOVE ON?

- IT'S GROWN ON ME.

- GROWN ON YOU?

- HANK, DON'T POUT.

- I'M YOUR FATHER. START TREATING ME AS SUCH!

- THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START ACTING LIKE ONE.

♪

- BROUGHT YOU A MESS OF TROUT.

- [sighs]

[unlatches door]

OH, ONLY FOUR.

- [laughs]

EXCUSE ME. I THOUGHT I'D START SMALL

AND SEE WHERE IT GOT ME.

- I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.

DOUGLAS, YOU'RE A SMART MAN.

COULD YOU TELL ME SOMETHING?

WHY IS IT THAT FIRST THE CAPTAINAND NOW THIS--THIS HANK...

WHAT IS ITWITH THIS--THIS BLASTED BOAT?

[tap squeaks off]

- OH, I DON'T KNOW.

SOMETIMES I THINK A PERSON CAN GET ALL CAUGHT UP

IN THE FEAR OF FAILING.

SO THEY PUT ALL THEIR TIME AND EFFORT

INTO THINGS THAT JUST DON'T MATTER.

LIKE FIXING UP AN OLD BOAT.

PUTTERING ON A CAR, FISHING.

- IS THAT WHY THE WORLD IS SO FULL OF DREAMERS?

- WHY THE WORLD IS SO FULL OF FOLKS

WHO ARE JUST ONE STEP AWAY FROM HAVING EVERYTHING THEY WANT.

- THAT WAS THE CAPTAIN.

HE JUST COULDN'T RISK FAILURE

IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE HIS DREAM.

- WE ALL HAVE OUR DREAMS, TULA.

I'VE WATCHED YOU FOR 30 YEARS,

AND LATELY YOU'VE JUST BEEN HANGING ON,

JUST KEEPING OUT THE WORLD.

LOOK, YOU CAN PRETEND AS THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE A DREAM,

BUT I KNOW DIFFERENT.

INSTEAD OF JUST HANGING ON,

WHY DON'T YOU JUST LET GO?

JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND JUST THIS ONCE...

GO FOR IT.

- OH, GO WASH UP.

[country music plays]

- EXCUSE ME, WILL YA?

- I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THAT OR NOT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, SHERIFF? CAN I DO THAT OR NOT?

- I MAKE IT A POINT TO KNOW EVERYONE IN MY TOWN,

HENRY CLINTON ALOYSIUS FORD.

CLINTON ALOYSIUS.

- WELL, MY MOTHER, SHE HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR, OKAY.

- WELL, I DON'T.

FORD, YOU'VE BEEN ON THE EDGEOF TROUBLE FOR TEN YEARS NOW.

MANAGED TO CUT A SWATH OF COMPLICATIONS

ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

- NOTHING TOO SERIOUS.

- THIS IS MY TOWN.

AND THE FOLKS HERE EXPECT METO KEEP IT NICE AND PEACEFUL.

PERSONALLY, I THINK YOU'D BESAVING US A WHOLE LOT OF TROUBLE

IF YOU JUST PICK UP AND GET OUT OF HERE,

BUT BILLIE AND DAVE JEETERS HAVE SOMETHING

HAVE SOMETHING WANT TO SAY TO YOUR FIRST,

AND I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU HEAR IT.

- [sighs] THAT WAS FUN.

THIS ROUND'S ON ME.

[cracks]

[birds tweeting]

[traffic passing]

- HAVE A SEAT. [laughs]

THANK YOU FOR COMING, MR. FORD.

- [laughs]

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE.

[scrubbing]

- TULA SAYS IF YOU SPEND AS MUCH TIME

DOING THE WORK SHE GIVES YOU

AS YOU DO PLAYING EIGHT BALL OR WORKING ON THIS OLD BOAT

THIS PLACE WOULD LOOK LIKE A NATIONAL PARK BY NOW.

- WHAT ARE YOU GRIPING ABOUT?

THOUGHT YOU LIKED STAYING HERE,

ESPECIALLY NOW THAT YOU'RE UP AT THE HOUSE.

- I'M NOT GRIPING.

JUST PASSING A MESSAGE ALONG.

- FIRST YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY HERE.

NOW, I SWEAR IT'S LIKE YOU'RE LITTLE TULA

NAGGING ME ALL THE TIME. [grunts]

I MIGHT WANT TO LEAVE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

- I DON'T WANT TO STAY HERE, HANK.

I WANT TO LIVE HERE.

- WELL, I GUESS YOU DON'T NEED ME THEN.

YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU WANT RIGHT HERE.

YOU GOT A PLACE TO STAY.

YOU GOT SOMEBODY TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.

- DON'T SAY THAT.

- WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT I SAY OR DO?

YOU WANT TO STAY HERE?

WE BOTH KNOW YOU'D BE BETTER OFF IF YOU DID.

- BUT, HANK, WHAT ABOUT--- YOU CAN'T EVEN CALL ME DAD!

[drops wrench] - GOSH DARN IT!

WHY CAN'T YOU ALL JUST LEAVE ME ALONE?!

[seagulls squawking]

- HELLO, UP THERE.

I'M HAVING SOME TROUBLE.

I COULD REALLY USE THE ASSISTANCE

OF A KINDLY-HEARTED PERSON.

- SHERIFF. - DOC.

- SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND?

- DOC, THE DRIFTER AND HIS KIDHAVE GOT TO GO.

- WHY WOULD THAT BE, SHERIFF?

- I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU COULD REASON WITH TULA SOME.

- REASON WITH HER?

YOU MEAN, TELL HER TO KICK 'EM OUT

SO BILLIE AND DAVE CAN SWOOP RIGHT IN?

- DOC, DON'T MAKE THIS HARDER THAN IT HAS TO BE.

- DON'T TRY TO TALK TO ME LIKE WE'RE FRIENDS.

YOU JUST GO ON BACK AND TELL THOSE TWO VULTURES

THAT THINGS ARE CHANGINGFOR THE BETTER IN TULA'S LIFE,

AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT, THAT'S ALL.

- ALL RIGHT, HAVE IT YOUR WAY.

BUT DON'T SAY I DIDN'T GIVE YOUTHE CHANCE TO MAKE IT EASIER.

- IS THAT A THREAT, SHERIFF?

- [laughs] NO, DOC, IT'S NOT A THREAT.

- GOOD.

[sighs]

[jazz music playing]

- YOU'RE LATE, BUT AT LEAST YOU CAME.

NOW, ISN'T THIS NICE?

WE CAN FINALLY HAVE SOME TIME TOGETHER.

- [laughs] - YOU'VE BEEN SO BUSY.

- [sighs]

- THINGS COULD BESO MUCH BETTER FOR YOU, HANK.

- YOU GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT BETTER?

- MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.

- YOU KNOW, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, BILLIE,

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I CAME HERE TONIGHT.

- BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS IS THAT YOU'RE HERE, RIGHT?

DID YOU HAVE TO SNEAK OUTBEHIND THE SOCIAL WORKER'S BACK?

- [sighs]

- OH. YOU DID.

SO THAT'S WHAT HAS YOU SO TENSE.

- THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

SO LET'S DROP IT.

- AWFULLY TOUCHY FOR IT NOT TO BE.

BUT, OKAY, IT'S DROPPED.

- I JUST CAME TO TELL YOU

I CAN'T AND I WON'T BE BOUGHT.

I'LL MOVE ON WHEN I'M READY TO.

IT MIGHT BE A WEEK. IT MIGHT BE A YEAR.

BUT IT WILL BE ON MY TERMS.

- [sighs] DON'T BE A FOOL, HANK.

YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT THINK YOU'VE GOT IT MADE

AT OLD AUNT TULA'S, BUT YOU BETTER THINK TWICE.

SHE'S PROBABLY GOT YOU WORKING LIKE A DOG,

DOESN'T TREAT YOU MUCH BETTERTHAN A MANGY ONE.

- YOU DON'T KNOW. - OKAY, SHE DIES IN A WEEK

OR A YEAR, AND YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK.

IT'S JUST MORE TIME SPENT WITHNOTHING TO SHOW FOR YOUR EFFORT.

- PROBABLY.

BUT AT LEAST I'LL HAVE THAT MEMORY

OF ME AND YOU AT THE SWIMMING HOLE

TO KEEP ME WARM AT NIGHT.

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I HAVE TO GO HAVE DINNER WITH JAN.

- [sighs]

- HEY. HOW'S YOUR BOYFRIEND?

- HE'S NOT WITH YOU. SO I MUST BE JUST FINE.

- HE WAS JUST WITH ME.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK HIM ABOUT US.

- I DON'T REALLY CARE TO KNOW.

- [laughs] WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO KID?

- MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF THE SAME QUESTION.

BESIDES, HOW IS MY RELATIONSHIPWITH HANK ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS?

- [laughs]

YOU, I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT.

HANK, ON THE OTHER HAND--

- DON'T LIKE LOSING OUT TO LESSER COMPETITION?

IS THAT IT? - YOU SAID IT, NOT ME.

- YOU KNOW, BILLIE,

YOU MAY THINK THAT YOU HAVE LIFEAND MEN ALL FIGURED OUT.

BUT UNDERNEATH IT ALL,

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE JUST BITTER AND LONELY.

AND ALL OF THIS DOESN'T ADD UP TO MUCH.

- YOU'RE JUST MAD BECAUSETHAT'S THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE.

ALWAYS SECOND PLACE, SECOND CHOICE,

AND A SECOND THOUGHT TO MEN.

- AND WHAT ARE YOU?

A GOOD TIME AND A STORY WITH THEIR BUDDIES OVER A BEER?

OH, YEAH, BILLIE,

I'M REALLY JEALOUS OF YOUR POWER OVER MEN.

HAVE A FUN NIGHT.

[dog barks]

[night birds whooping]

[muted country music]

- [screams] [thud]

- YOU HAD A CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

[punch] - [groans]

- SHERIFF, BILLIE, DAVE GAVE YOU EVERY CHANCE.

NOW, LOOK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME DO.

- [yells and groans]

- AND DON'T THINK I'M NOT ENJOYING THIS.

I NEVER SEEN WHAT BILLIE SAW IN YOU.

[thud] - [groans]

[coughs]

[groans]

[breathes heavily]

♪

[knocking]

- WELL, WHAT WAS IT TONIGHT, MR. FORD?

ROAD PARTS OR CAR PARTS?

- NEITHER ONE, MRS. JEETERS.

- COME INSIDE. SIT DOWN.

- [sighs]

[faucet running]

[groans] YOU DON'T THINK TOOMUCH OF ME DO YOU, MRS. JEETERS?

- AH, THREE MAYBE, FOUR ON A GOOD DAY.

MUCH MORE POTENTIAL, HOWEVER.

- THAT'S A MATTER OF OPINION.

WHERE IS SHE?

- SHE'S IN THE NEXT ROOM.

SHE--SHE FELL ASLEEP SAYING

THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE ON.

WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? HMM?

- [gasps]

- WOULD YOU CARE TO TELL US WHO DID THIS TO YOU?

- AH...

- DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD.

- DON'T TELL HER ABOUT THIS, OKAY?

- OH, I DON'T THINK YOU COULD HIDE THAT.

GOODNIGHT, MR. FORD.

[snapping buttons]

[grunts]

[birds tweeting]

- GOOD MORNING.

- MORNING.

- CALI, WOULD YOU GO INSIDE FOR A SECOND?

I WANT TO TALK TO YOUR DAD.

- GO GET ME SOMETHING COLD TO DRINK, CALI.

COME ON. GET GOING.

GO.

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK.

HI.

COME ON, JAN. DON'T DO THAT.

- HANK, I WAS HONEST WITH YOUFROM THE BEGINNING.

I TOLD YOU I WOULD NEVER GET INVOLVED WITH YOU

IF YOU CONTINUED TO ACT LIKE THIS.

- YOU'RE JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS.I DIDN'T--

- NO, HANK. DON'T! STOP!

CALI TOLD ME WHAT YOU SAID TO HER THE OTHER DAY.

- HMM.

- TULA'S DECIDED TO LET CALI STAY HERE IF SHE WANTS.

AND YOU CAN RUN OFF LIKETHE SCARED LITTLE BOY YOU ARE.

DAVID AND BILLIE THREATENED MY JOB THE OTHER DAY.

IF I DIDN'T REVERSE MY REPORT ON TULA,

THEY'D CALL MY SUPERVISOR ANDTELL THEM ALL ABOUT YOU AND ME.

THAT MEANS ALL ABOUT YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER, HANK.

DON'T YOU SEE THAT THEY'RE PLAYING ALL THE ANGLES?

THEY CAME AFTER ME BECAUSE OF YOU,

AND THEY CAME AFTER YOU BECAUSE THEY FIGURED

YOU COULD BOUGHT, BRIBED, OR SCARED INTO LEAVING.

- WHAT'S THAT?

- DAVE HAD THE SHERIFFDO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON YOU.

DIG UP SOME DIRT. - JAN--

- NO, DON'T, HANK.

EVEN AFTER READING THAT,

I WAS STILL WILLING TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE.

BUT NOW WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE,RIGHT?

- RIGHT.

- RIGHT.

♪

- I AM SO PROUD OF YOU.

I NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D TAKE THE EYE EXAM,

LET ALONE MAKE AN APPOINTMENTFOR A PROCEDURE.

- OH, I COULDN'T TAKE THE CHANCEOF MISSING ALL THE SUNRISES,

THE SUNSETS, MY FLOWERS.

YOUR FACE. NO WAY.

- THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO CLEAR UP MY SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK

SO I CAN BE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

- MMM.

[bell ringing]

- HOW YOU FEELING TODAY?

- I'VE BEEN BETTER.

BEEN A WHOLE LOT WORSE.

- YOU KNOW, I WAS WONDERING,

WOULD YOU MIND TAKING A LOOK AT MY CAR?

AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE IN TOWN

WHO ARE INTERESTED, TOO.

- DO YOU MIND?

- YOU KNOW, HANK,

YOU COULD MAKE A GOOD LIVING

SETTLING DOWN HERE.

IN CUMBERLAND, I MEAN.

HELPING TULA WOULD JUST BE THE START OF IT.

I GOT A BUILDING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.

YEARS AGO, IT USED TO BE A GARAGE.

IT COULD BE AGAIN.

- THEY PUT YOU UP TO THIS? - NO.

BUT I HEARD ABOUT YOUR BLOW UP THIS MORNING.

- MY BLOW UP?

- LOOK, ALL I'M TRYING TO DO

IS TO SHOW YOU SOME ALTERNATIVESFOR YOUR FUTURE, THAT'S ALL.

- IT'S A NICE THOUGHT, DOC.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE MUCH OF A FUTURE HERE.

- LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

A MAN DOESN'T HAND ANOTHER ONEA BEATING LIKE THAT

UNLESS HE'S AFRAID OF HIM.

- WELL, YOU WEREN'T ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT BEATING.

- WELL, THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH.

WELL, IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND,YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.

- DO YOU THINK HE'LL JUST UP AND LEAVE HER

IF HE GETS THE CHANCE?

- HE ALREADY HAS THE CHANCE.

I JUST HOPE HE DOESN'T TAKE IT.

- YOU REALLY LIKE HIM, DON'T YOU?

- [sighs] OH, TULA...

I HAVE CHASED MORE MENIN MY LIFE WHO WERE BAD FOR ME

THAN I CARE TO REMEMBER.

I JUST THOUGHT I COULD CHANGE THIS ONE.

I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING.

- WELL, IF YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW SOMETHING,

THEN IT MUST BE THERE.

GOODNESS KNOWS,

CALI KEEPS BELIEVING, SO IT MUST BE TRUE.

- SO ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO DOTHIS BED AND BREAKFAST THING?

- DOC AND I ARE GOING TO TRY IT.

- DOC AND YOU?

- MM-HMM. DOC AND ME.

- TULA, YOU NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME.

- HANK!

[door creaks open]

[bed squeaks]

[waves lapping at shore]

[door creaks open]

[dog barking in the distance]

- TULA!

TULA! HE'S GONE!

THE CAR'S GONE, AND HIS STUFF IS MISSING.

- OH.

I'M SO SORRY.

YOU OKAY? OH...

♪

[tires squealing]

- OKAY.

SO?

- WELL, ONE OF THE BOYS THAT I HAD POSTED

OUT BY TULA'S PLACE

CAUGHT HIM SNEAKING OUT AT THE CRACK OF DAWN.

MR. FORD IS GONE FOR GOOD.

all: [laughing]

- OR AT LEAST HE MADE A WONDERFUL SHOW OF IT.

- OH, THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

- SURE. - OKAY.

- THANK YOU SO MUCH. - OBLIGED, BILLIE.

- SEE YA.- WE'LL BE SEEING YOU AROUND.

[laughs]

- PHEW! - [sighs]

- I THINK WE SHOULD PAY A VISIT TO OUR AUNT TULA.

- SHALL WE?

[laughs]

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

YOU ARE NOT WELCOME.

JAN TOLD ME HOW YOU THREATENED HER.

- OH, CAN THE TOUGH GIRL ROUTINE, AUNT TULA.

WE KNOW YOUR HOUSEBOY HAS TAKEN OFF.

- SO?

- SO...

HOW LONG DOES SHE THINK SHE CAN KEEP UP THIS PLACE

WITHOUT HIS HELP?

- AH, GIVE IT A FEW MONTHS.

THE PLACE WILL LOOK WORSE THAN IT DID BEFORE HE GOT HERE.

- OH, I WOULDN'T BE TOO SURE ABOUT THAT.

- AND, MS. KYLES,

IF YOU THOUGHT WE WERE THREATENING YOU BEFORE,

I WONDER WHAT YOURCOUNTY SUPERVISOR WOULD THINK

OF YOU TURNING A BLIND EYE TO A MINOR LIVING HERE

WHO'S BEEN ABANDONED BY HER FATHER?

- ESPECIALLY ONE WHO LIVES WITH A WOMAN

WHO WILL SOON BE UNABLE TO CARE FOR HERSELF.

- YOU WISH.

- NOPE.

I THINK THE GAMES

AND THE FLIGHTS OF FANCY ARE OVER WITH.

- DADDY.

[car door slams]

- WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED TO SEEYOU TWO BUZZARDS HERE SO SOON?

- OH, BRAVO. THERE HERO RETURNS.

- TOO BAD HE'S A BUM.

- IT'S TOO BAD YOU'RE A TRAMP.

- DADDY! - HEY, HEY.

- I KNEW YOU'D COME BACK, DADDY.

- THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT THESE.

DOC, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED

IN ME HAVING A LOOK AT THAT CAR IN THAT GARAGE?

- IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE.

- ALL RIGHT, YOU TWO.

HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU

THAT I DON'T WANT YOU HERE.

- YOU'RE ALL MAKING A HUGE MISTAKE HERE.

- GET OUT.

- WE'LL END UP GETTING WHAT WE WANT

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

- OH, NO YOU WON'T.

SEE, NEXT WEEK I'M HAVING EYE SURGERY,

AND AFTER THAT, YOU JUST TRY

AND TAKE MY HOUSE AWAY FROM ME AND DOC.

- NOW, SHOO!

[engine starts]

- OH, AND MR. FORD?

TONS OF POTENTIAL.

- I KNEW YOU'D COME BACK, DADDY.

I WAS JUST AFRAID TO SAY IT IN CASE I JINXED IT.

- TAKE A LOT MORE THAN A JINXTO GET RID OF ME.

[kissing sounds]

both: [laughing]

- I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SO HARD ON YOU.

- NO, YOU DON'T. YOU WERE RIGHT.

I'M MORE SCARED THAN I'VE EVER BEEN.

- WELL, MAYBE I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.

- MAYBE.

- OH, MR. FORD? - YES, MA'AM?

- IS THAT BOAT SEAWORTHY?

- YES, MA'AM, I BELIEVE IT IS.

- WELL, GOOD.

WHEN DOC AND I GET BACK FROM BOULDER,

THEN WHY DON'T WE ALL TAKE A RIDE AROUND THE LAKE?

MR. FORD, PLEASE DON'T "YES MA'AM" ME.

MY NAME IS TULA.

LIFE IS SO FULL OF SURPRISES.

AFTER THE CAPTAIN DIED,

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I COULDFIND LOVE OR HAPPINESS AGAIN.

EVERY DAY WAS THE SAME,

AND THE NEXT HELDNO MORE PROMISE THAN THE LAST.

BUT THEN THESE TWO PEOPLE ENTERED MY LIFE,

AND THEY WERE EVEN MORE LOST IN THIS WORLD THAN I WAS.

WHERE I THOUGHT THAT I COULDN'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE AGAIN,

MY WORLD WAS SUDDENLY OPENED TO A NEW LOVE,

LIFE, AND FAMILY.

MY EYE OPERATION WAS A SUCCESS.

AND WHAT I NOW SEE

IS OPPORTUNITY TO CHASE MY DREAMS.

AND ALONG THE WAY I HOPE TO MAKE SURE

THAT HANK AND CALI FINALLY

HAVE A PLACE THAT THEY CAN CALL HOME.