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I keep thinking this is just
another three-day pass,

and then it's back
to Camp Rockfish.

How long are you
planning on staying?

Until I move in with you.

Jason, how long have you
known about Toni?

Quite a while.

Then why have you
been hiding it from us?

I wasn't hiding anything.

I just didn't think
it was such a big deal.

Do you know Jason Walton?

Just.

I'm in love with him.

His family and I do alright.

Kid, light and easy,
until he told them I was Jewish.

I just didn't
want to lose a brother.

I asked her to marry me.

She turned me down

because she didn't want to come
between me and my family.

JOHN-BOY: The pattern of our
lives was broken by the war,

and the old ways
of the past became

less a part of us
when we returned home.

So long as our
mother and grandmother

were there to shepherd us,

the church was central
to our lives.

But without them on the scene,

some of the family
found it easy to backslide

and, as interest
in the church slipped away,

it didn't seem possible
that events would join

to bring them back again.

(BELL RINGING)

Ben! Ben, it's the church bells!

What time is it?

After 3:00.

What do you think is happening?

Nothing good.

Take care of John Curtis
for me, Rose.

What could be wrong
at the church?

We'll find out.

Good idea. Stay home.

It's probably a fire.

You women will
just get in the way.

I hope, whatever the emergency,

it warrants this ear-splitting
sound in the dead of the night!

Corabeth, you don't
have to come.

Oh, I've never liked bells,

and I shall never rest
until I know what is going on.

It does seem clearer down here.

Church bell, do you think?

Yes, Sister.

Perhaps the war is over. Again.

-Hey, who are you?
-What are you doing?

Calling the faithful
to their church.

In the middle of the night?

Yeah. Surprised
you found your way.

But as long as you're here,
why don't you take a look?

Take a good look.

You've got some nerve,
breaking into a church.

Wasn't very difficult.

Why'd you do it?

Your house of God's in a pretty
sorry state, wouldn't you say?

Our church is none
of your business.

Maybe he's the vandal
we've been after.

I'm your new minister.

I don't believe it,
not for a minute.

No ordained minister
would indulge

in this kind of behavior.

MARSHALL: This is supposed
to be a house of worship.

The state of decay
is inexcusable.

This man claims
to be a minister.

A minister wouldn't
lie, Corabeth.

My name is Tom Marshall.

I will be putting
this church in order.

I'll need your help.

You found your way here tonight.

I'll expect to see you all
here tomorrow.

Come along, Sister. Let's come
back when it's warmer.

Do you always
start out like this?

I don't know.

It's my first church.

We haven't had a real minister
here for a long time.

The congregation has had
to go to Rockfish for services

ever since those vandals broke
in and tore the place apart.

Well, you've got a minister now.

Army chaplain?

Yeah.

I spent most of my time
in the 107th, in Europe.

I was in the 72nd.
I'm Jason Walton.

There's a lot of work
to be done, Jason Walton.

I was ashamed
at the condition of the church,

and then I realized how long
it's been since I was there.

Rose and Elizabeth do most
of the church-going around here.

It was worth getting up to see
the look on Corabeth's face.

Boy, was she mad as hell.

Mama would wash your mouth out
with soap for that, Jim-Bob.

Thank you, Mary Ellen.

The language is getting
a little lax around here.

You know, I've been
thinking about Ginny.

Do you realize that
I haven't been to church

more than six times
since she was born?

That's a terrible example
to be setting for your children.

It'll change,
now that we have a new minister.

I wonder
what's keeping Elizabeth.

You didn't have to go ringing
the church bell

in the middle of the night.

Well, I'd call it an awakening.

Every member of this church
needed it.

Some people kept
coming to church,

even when we didn't have
our own minister.

We'd end up reading
the Bible to ourselves.

Did you come every Sunday?

Well, it got hard sometimes.

I mean, Mama and Daddy
are in Arizona.

Grandpa's gone.
Grandma's not well.

God's here, Elizabeth.

God's everywhere, isn't he?

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Oh, you'd better go, Sister.

Oh, my, come in!

Good morning.
We're a little early.

-Good morning.
-Good morning.

-We were just...
-Jason.

We were just on our way out.
I hope you'll excuse us.

You can go right upstairs
to the room.

Make yourselves at home.

You both are so kind
to do this for me.

MISS EMILY: We're doing it
for Jason, too.

I don't deserve it.

We'll be back posthaste.

Do have Jason tell you about
the tintinnabulation

of last evening.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

It's a strange Mountain ritual.
You wouldn't like it much.

I can think of one I would.
How about a kiss for a veteran?

Okay. From one veteran
to another.

I keep thinking this is just
another three-day pass,

and then it's back
to Camp Rockfish.

How long are you
planning on staying?

Until I move in with you.

I never should have let you
establish a beachhead.

Tom. Tom Marshall,
if that is indeed his real name.

Yes. Yes, I'll wait.

Corabeth, the people
in the church office in Richmond

have got something
better to do.

Oh, I doubt that, Mr. Godsey.

I believe that
we are being victimized,

that this man is a hoax.

Hoax?

Why on Earth would somebody want
to pretend to be a minister

when he wasn't?

Well, perhaps the stress of war
was too great for him.

I mean, his behavior
last night was outrageous.

No minister would ever...

What?

Oh!

Well, what divinity school
was that?

Excuse me.

-Excuse me. Excuse me.
-With honors?

Uh-huh.

Oh, no. No, his war decorations
are not in question.

The Purple Heart?

The Silver Star for gallantry?
How many clusters?

(CHUCKLING) Some hoax.

Uh-huh. Alright. Thank you.

Thank you so much.
You've been most kind.

Mmm-hmm. Goodbye.

Corabeth, sometimes
you're just so sure of things.

He sounds extra special to me.

Well...

Well, perhaps he just needs
someone to show him our ways.

Excuse me. Coming through.

(DOOR OPENING)

Oh, here's the reverend.

Hello. I'm Tom Marshall.

Yes, we know.
We were here last night.

We answered your bell,
so to speak.

I'm Miss Mamie Baldwin,

and this is my sister,
Miss Emily.

Ladies.

Neither of us have ever married,

although there have been
opportunities, don't you know.

I'm sure.

-I hope that's for me.
-Oh, it's Mamie's best recipe.

-But not the Recipe.
-Oh, no.

Hello, ladies.

Elizabeth, I was about
to ask where all the help was.

Well, nobody's here yet.

Elizabeth thinks I might have
frightened everybody away

by waking them up
in the middle of the night.

Oh, nonsense. We all
needed a good stirring up.

I thought
it was rather exciting.

We're not often awake
at that time of night.

We know our friends here
on the Mountain,

Reverend Marshall,

and they'll come to help in
their own time.

Now, young lady,
suppose you lead me to the work.

Sister has sent away
for a special gift for me.

Oh, is that so?

If I tell you what it is,
you won't tell?

It's a secret.

It's a bird.

Morning.

Morning, uh, Ben, right?

Right. Gonna go get started
on that altar rail.

Okay, thank you.

-Hey, Reverend.
-Hey, Jason.

-I'm ready to work.
-Tom, please, okay?

-Tom, okay.
-Help yourself.

JASON: Morning, ladies.

MISS EMILY: Good morning.
MISS MAMIE: Good morning.

Hello, Reverend.
My name is Ike Godsey.

I run the local store.

Yes, I remember you
from last night.

I noticed the bell rope
is frayed, so I brought one.

I figured you could always
use some paint.

Thanks a lot, Ike.

-Can I borrow your ladder?
-You bet. Help yourself.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Well, it's true,
isn't it, Reverend?

The Lord helps those
who help themselves.

Well.

It's a beginning.

I'll give you a hand, Toni.

Oh, I can handle it, thanks.

I happen to excel
in most domestic jobs.

I can cook and sew
and wash and iron

and paint the house and mow
the lawn and trim the trees.

I'd make someone
a marvelous wife.

And she's modest, too.

(ALL LAUGHING)

I think you'd better
listen to her, Jason.

She's volunteering
for an awful lot of work.

It's not lawful
to own slaves anymore.

Unless you call it marriage.

(ALL LAUGHING)

I don't know, Jason,
I'm getting used to her.

You could have done worse.

You're coming along
just fine, Jim-Bob.

Alright, all of you.

Come and sit down while
it's nice and hot.

Well, everything looks
so good, Rose.

Smells good, too.

I wouldn't rush
into anything, Toni.

You haven't met
the new minister yet.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Maybe Jason will
introduce her to him.

Not on your life.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Alright, now, shh. Jason?

Heavenly father, we ask your
blessing on our family,

on this food before us,

and on this strange woman
in our midst. Amen.

ALL: Amen.

Now, that was not at all
necessary, young man.

He's wild for me, Rose.

He'd never pray for me if he
wasn't madly in love with me.

I think Elizabeth is right.

I think we should have you
meet Tom Marshall.

He's awfully good-looking, Toni.

I don't think I'm his type.

You won't know that
until you meet him.

A minister wouldn't be
interested in her. She's Jewish.

Well, now, let's get the salad
traveling around here.

Why don't we go back about a
minute? Want to pass the salad?

And pretend Jason
never said anything.

There's nothing wrong
with what I said.

You just took us
by surprise, that's all.

I mean, we just never
would have known.

Well, now you do.

I mean, it's not like
there's anything wrong, honest.

You had that good buddy
at Camp Rockfish.

What was his name? Uh, Ted...

Ted Lapinsky.

I thought he was
a real great guy.

He was nice.

I remember him.

He was nice.

I had a brother with two heads,

which made him
twice as smart as...

Never had a brother, honest.

Toni, wait.

Sorry, friend, I can't
handle this right now.

They didn't mean anything.
They were just surprised.

So was I.
I was really surprised.

You never told them
I was Jewish before?

I didn't think it mattered.

They obviously did.

Nobody meant to upset Toni.

I told her that.

I wish it hadn't happened.
I'm sorry.

Everything was going great
until you, uh...

Until I said she was Jewish.

I don't think that
should change things.

Jason, how long have you
known about Toni?

Quite a while.

Then why have you been
hiding it from us?

I wasn't hiding anything.

I just didn't think
it was such a big deal.

You could have saved us
a lot of embarrassment

if you'd told us
about it earlier.

Embarrassment from what?

It's not like she has
diphtheria or something.

Jason, it was quite a surprise.

I mean, you put us all
in an uncomfortable situation.

You only have yourself
to blame for that, Ben.

How'd you like to be the only
Baptist at a table of Jews?

You, uh... You the new rabbi?

Well, I guess you could say
that, yeah. Who are you?

I'll tell you one thing. I'm not
a Baptist, that's for sure.

I hear they're clannish.
Keep to themselves, you know?

That's a new one on me.

You let one
in the neighborhood,

you might as well
open up the floodgates.

They just sweep in
and take over.

I hear they eat funny, too.

Now, do you want to just
sit in there and yell at me,

or could you come out
where we can discuss this?

Oh, no, not today. I'm not
discussing anything today.

Today, I yell.

Well, I'll be here tomorrow.

You know something?

You're not that good-looking.

(EXCLAIMS)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

MISS MAMIE: Toni, you
have a visitor.

I know you said
you wanted to be alone,

but I thought you'd make an
exception for Jason.

And I hope, whatever your
quarrel is about,

that you'll settle it.

She hasn't had a bite of food.

Thank you, Miss Mamie.

I don't know what to do

if you're not going
to stay and fight.

Me either.

I feel like a fool, but I don't
know what to do about it.

There's nothing you should do.

No?

The big exit, the big anger?

Pretty bad.

I came to apologize
for my family, for me.

Don't. Look at Germany.
Look at the war.

That's all the more reason.

It just hit wrong, their
silence, then their words.

I was surprised
at my reaction, too.

I never even
studied the religion.

Your family didn't, either?

Maybe when I was very little,
but I wouldn't remember it.

When my parents were killed,

my grandfather refused to have
anything to do with religion.

He never took me to temple,
never even talked about it.

If you never practice the faith,
what makes you a Jew?

That's a good question.

I don't know.
The heritage, maybe?

The culture through the ages?

What makes you a Baptist?

I was baptized. Immersed.
I remember that.

It was a joyous time
for Mama and Grandma.

And you?

It was then, yeah.

This last while,
the war, the separations.

I haven't done much about it.

I wonder why.

So do I.

It shouldn't matter
that Toni's Jewish, should it?

No.

Then why wouldn't
Jason have said something?

One of my best friends
was a Baptist,

and she married a Catholic boy.

It split those families
right down the middle.

They ended up getting a divorce.

That'd never happen
to Jason and Toni.

I thought my friend had
the most perfect marriage,

and now she's raising
two kids all by herself.

She won't even speak
to her mother.

She blames the families
for the breakup.

What about the husband?

He moved as far away
as he could get.

Dare I ask, Ike? Has it come?

Yes, Miss Mamie, it's come.
But just a minute.

I've got a letter
for you, Tom.

Miss Mamie, how are you?

I'm almost beside myself,
Reverend. I don't see it, Ike.

It's tied outside.
Oh, here it is.

What's tied outside?

Oh, the most delightful
surprise for Sister.

Came bright and early
this morning.

Uh, did it fly in?

Uh, no, it came by truck.

Come on. I'll show you.

(EXCLAIMS)

Oh, my, what
a beautiful animal you are!

And friendly, too.

The truck driver almost
didn't want to leave her.

I'd love to have her myself,
if it weren't for Corabeth.

That isn't a bird.

No, it isn't a bird.

No, but she was... Never mind.

Won't Sister be delighted?

Well, she was expecting a bird.

Oh, that's ridiculous. Sister
wasn't expecting anything.

Won't you come along
and help me surprise her?

Wouldn't miss this
for the world.

Now, if he's going to live
in the church

instead of the parsonage,

the least we can do
is make it homey.

Now, of course, I don't want
to take on this thing myself...

What's outside, Miss Emily?

Nothing.

Now, I don't know
if you heard me.

I was talking about that room
in back of the pulpit

where the young reverend
has taken up residence.

Nothing yet, anyway.

Did I tell you Sister smiled
all through breakfast?

No. No, you didn't.

She could hardly wait
to go on her mysterious errand.

You must help me decide
where to put the cage.

Now, he'll want light,
don't you think?

What cage, Miss Emily?

For my bird. We can't just
let it fly about.

Oh, you mean, Miss Mamie's
giving you a bird?

I can't tell you how long

I've wanted something
of my own to love.

Something... Something cheerful.

With a touch of color, perhaps.

A canary.

Lovebirds, a pair!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(DOG BARKING)

Surprise, Sister!

Sister! What have you done?

I've brought you the pet
that we discussed.

Well, she's not a canary,
but she loves you.

Well, I think she is a he, Rose.

Well, I guess you won't be
needing to hang his cage here.

Now, Rose, that's silly.

It wouldn't have been silly
if she'd been a bird.

Well, now, Sister,
we've been all through that.

We decided that we wanted a pet
who could protect us.

I remember pointing out
there are some very large birds.

Well, I... I think she'll be
a wonderful pet for you.

(STAMMERING)
I mean that
he'll be a wonderful...

I wanted a bird,
Reverend Marshall. A bird.

I already had his name
picked out. Dickie.

Oh, I think
he likes that, Sister.

"Faith is not alone
what we believe,

but what we apply
of what we believe..."

We do... Do with...
With what we...

Do with...

"Our faith is not alone
what we believe,

but what we do
with what we believe.

"Our faith is not part of our
life. Our faith is our life,

"and as such must be fed and
nourished by thought and..."

That's stuffy. Come on.

I think it sounds nice.

Hello.

I remember you.

I yell a lot when I'm angry.

That's funny.
That's not what I saw.

I find I need your forgiveness.

I saw hurt.

You were hurt,
not so much angry.

You do well with words.

You practice what you preach?

Well, yeah.

I listen, too.

Do you know Jason Walton?

Just.

I'm in love with him.

His family and I do alright.

Kid, light and easy,
until he told them I was Jewish.

Say something.

-Why?
-Because they didn't.

They just sat and looked like
they'd been hit with something.

Well, they had.

When they did start
to speak, finally,

it just got worse,
and I had to get out of there.

To come here and yell at me?

I apologize for that.

I call myself a Jew.

Shouldn't I know
what that means?

He wrote this when he was
in the service?

No, before.

He told me about it
on the troop ship going over.

"Rabbi Nathan Levitt."

We crossed paths
all over Europe.

And we talked everywhere,
foxholes, cafes, hospitals.

We still have a date
to tour the Vatican together.

The Baptist minister
and the rabbi.

There's always
something to learn.

I'll return it soon.

You read it, and read it again.

You know, there's instruction
you can take about Judaism,

and I'll find out
where the nearest temple is.

One of the larger cities
in Virginia must have one.

Hold it a minute, Reverend.
One step at a time.

Hello, dear. How are you?

Good, thanks, Corabeth.

I won't forget this.

Neither will I.

I understand we're
to be neighbors. Come see me!

Isn't she a lovely girl? Lovely.

And so spirited, too. She was
in the service, you know.

No, I didn't.

And she is simply wild
about Jason Walton.

-Or was.
-All I did was lend her a book.

Reverend, I want to talk
to you privately.

Like you, Reverend Marshall,
I, too, am an educated person,

and as such, I feel that you
should be told...

Oh, dear, I don't believe
you're listening.

I'm sorry. I'm just thinking
about my sermon.

Precisely why I am here.

As I was saying, I am an
educated person,

and I feel that
I can give you insight

into the ways of administering
to the needs

of the Baptists here
on Walton's Mountain.

Excuse me. Let me just look
at this for just a moment.

You see, I have lived among
them, and I know their ways.

Par example,

bell-ringing in the middle
of night is frowned upon.

It tends to breed rancor.

Well, I guess I'm just a bell
ringer at heart, Miss Godsey.

There comes a time when bell
ringing is the only answer.

Oh, dear. Well, let us hope
that, that's over and done with.

Now, I can get on to the gist
of my additional suggestions.

Hi.

A gentleman caller,
with flowers?

Oh, they're lovely. Thank you.

Why do I think these are
the first you've ever brought?

How soon we forget.

Your new minister and Rabbi
Levitt were chaplains together.

How do you know Tom Marshall?

I went by to see
if he really was good-looking.

Finding answers, are you?

Some.

There are several ways
that you can be a Jew.

You can accept the faith,

or the culture,
ethics, heritage,

or you can just
call yourself a Jew.

That's you?

It was.

Something's changed?

It's like... It's like a hunger
I've never felt before.

All I know is
I want to know more.

And I'm searching, and I'm
really enjoying the search.

Like thinking
you were an orphan,

and finding out
you were part of a family.

This is your night
for surprises.

Why was this kiss so different
from all the others?

I don't know.

I guess the last couple of days
I've seen a side of you

I'd never seen before.

Just don't feel sorry for me,
Jason, or I'll break your neck.

(CHUCKLES)

Come along, Sister.

No, I want to stay with Dickie.
He gets lonesome.

Now, you're too
permissive, Sister.

You must be more
assertive with him.

Mamie's bark is worse
than her bite.

Now, let's see. This is Rover's
Dog Meal, is that right?

Rover's Big Boy Dog Meal.
It says to specify Big Boy.

Big Boy. And you want a case?

Oh, several.
Dickie eats like a...

Like a big boy.

What are you going to feed her
until we get this order in?

Uh, everything.
He has an enormous appetite.

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

We decided to come in.

We can't have that dog in here.

He has become devoted to Sister,

and I'm inclined to be
a little bit jealous.

Mr. Godsey, now don't
befriend it.

I'd steal her if I could.

She's a he, Ike.

Corabeth, you look
a little piqued.

Well,

I'm afraid I'm not taking
the news about Toni very well.

What news?

Oh, she's not ill.
We saw her at breakfast.

Well, I suppose it's best that
you hear it from an old friend.

Ladies, Toni is a Jewess.

Yes, we know. Like Rebecca.

Yes, we've had some very
interesting

theological discussions.

No, no. I'm afraid
you don't understand.

She is of the faith
of the Old Testament.

Solomon, Moses, those people.

(BARKING)

Mr. Godsey, that beast!

(CHURCH ORGAN PLAYING)

Good morning, and welcome.

Everyone is welcome here.

This morning, I'd like to share
a few thoughts on our faith.

Our faith is not alone
what we believe,

but what we do
with what we believe.

The apostle James asks
in Chapter 2, Verse 20,

"Wilt thou know, O vain man,

that faith without
works is dead?"

We speak often
of the grace of God...

(ALL LAUGHING)

Well, I said everyone
was welcome here.

(ALL LAUGHING)

MARSHALL: We do speak often
of the grace of God,

but how are we
to achieve his grace

if we don't exercise our faith?

The English philosopher,
John Locke,

described our faith well
when he said,

"The Baptists were the first
propounders of absolute liberty,

"just and true liberty,
equal and impartial liberty."

Now, that's a belief
to take pride in,

for it says that Baptists are
not merely tolerant of others,

but they accept liberty
in its broadest, truest sense.

They demand unrestricted
religious liberty for themselves

and for all others,

be they Catholic, Hindu,
Muslim, Jew, or Pagan,

be they atheist, agnostic,
or questioning seeker.

MISS EMILY: Thank you, Reverend,
for being so understanding.

Dickie meant no harm. He just
doesn't like to be tied up.

And your sermon was about
freedom, so that's alright.

MARSHALL: It's quite alright.
I was delighted to see him.

Once Dickie came, I knew nobody
would fall asleep during sermon.

(LADIES LAUGHING)

Oh, thank you, Reverend.

My pleasure. Nice to see you.

-Thank you.
-Bye.

Thanks for coming, Steve.

Mary, I look forward to dinner
on Wednesday, right?

Bye, Amber. See you then, okay?

Interesting sermon.

Thank you very much.

-Nice. Good to see you.
-Good to see you, Cindy.

Glad to see you, Toni.

Glad to see you, Elizabeth.

I hope you'll come to dinner
this afternoon. We all do.

Thank you. That sounds nice.

We've got plans, Elizabeth.

Well, we always have
a lot of food. You know.

I know.

See you later, Elizabeth.

Good to see you, folks.

Thank you for coming.
We'll see you next Sunday.

Well, how's my Judaic scholar?

Learning a lot, thank you.

Well, Nate's a good teacher.

Your sermon,
it was a revelation.

There's so much I didn't know.

Well, even when
you already know,

sometimes you need
to hear it said again.

We all need affirmation.

I wonder if they'll
ever hear you.

Sometimes they only hear
what they want to.

I never heard that
John Locke quote before.

It's what I've always
wanted to believe.

Made me proud to be a Baptist.

Don't forget that part about
practicing your faith every day.

Now that's the key.

Still, I've never heard it
all put quite that way.

Ben, you're not eating a thing.

Did you notice the way
Jason ignored us at church?

He's been that way for days.

I don't think
it meant anything at all.

Well, the way Reverend Marshall
was talking,

we gave Toni
a hard time for nothing.

When Jason said she was a Jew,

a good Baptist would have
stood up and cheered her.

For what?
Breaking up our family?

(SIGHING)

Drink in the view. Then maybe
you won't mind the food.

I can't believe it,

the view, and the fact
that you've brought me here.

Didn't I tell you one day I'd
show you the top of the world?

No.

I thought it was you.

(LAUGHING)

I'm convinced you made
the sandwiches.

Well, you can't be
good at everything.

And you're not.

Cream soda?

Mmm. And nicely warm.

(LAUGHING)

Oh, this is great. I knew
everything would be better here.

You know why?

Because we're here.

And our problems are down there.

We don't have any problems.

What about your family?

Maybe they have problems.
We don't.

You don't know how much
I've envied you and your family.

So many of you,
so full of love for each other.

I wouldn't come between you
and them for anything.

They've come between you and me.

You see you and me
against the world,

and since people seem to be
against me, you're all for me.

Dear, gentle Jason
and the underdog.

Come on. Something important.

Every one of us came to him
when we were in trouble.

I still do.

When I listen,
I can still hear my grandfather.

I heard Grandpa all the way
through the sermon this morning,

strong, fair, decent.

I wish he'd been sitting at the
table when I told you're Jewish.

But he wasn't.

He'd have loved you,
and you'd have loved him.

My friend, Ted Lapinsky,

said the Kaddish right here
over his grave.

I wish I knew your grandfather.

What a lovely place to rest.

I love you.

I want you to marry me.

You don't know how long
I've waited to hear those words.

But not now! Don't even ask me!

Why not? I mean it. I love you.

(SOFTLY) I love you.

(PLAYING SLOW MUSIC)

Jason.

I'm surprised you're here.

You left the family.
I though maybe you'd left town.

Left my family?

Sure. When you sat
with Toni in church,

and you stood
with her afterwards.

You let everyone know
you had made your choice.

You made your choice, remember?

And without letting
any of us know.

Cindy came into the family.

She didn't try
to take me away from it.

Will you let up?

I didn't come home
to Sunday dinner.

You know who worried
about that most? Toni.

I don't believe it.

Stay here.
I want to talk to you.

I'm sorry, Ben.

I'm sorry, too.

Guess I had it coming.

I just didn't want
to lose a brother.

I asked her to marry me.

She turned me down because she
didn't want to come between

me and my family.

I love her.
She's got to believe that.

JASON: Toni? Toni!

I don't know all the answers.

I just know we'll
find them together.

Oh! Oh, Jason!

Oh, Jason, I want to.
I want to.

(RINGING)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Hey! Hey! What's going on here?

I hope we woke you up!

Well, you did.

She said yes!
She's gonna marry me!

Are you sure?

Absolutely.

JOHN-BOY: It was a joyous night
for Jason and Toni.

The problems which
they faced together

were made smoother
by the family,

and by old friends who grew
more interested in the things

that brought them together

than those that might
separate them.

Truly, it was a beginning.

JIM-BOB: That's the last
bell-ringing I'm going to.

You all got that?

MARY ELLEN: Sure, Jim-Bob.
Go to sleep.

JIM-BOB: I keep thinking
the British are coming.

It kind of gives me a headache.

MARY ELLEN: Take an aspirin.

JIM-BOB: Just remember,
no more bells.

(ALARM RINGING)

ELIZABETH: What's that?

JIM-BOB: My alarm clock.

MARY ELLEN: Good morning!
ELIZABETH: Good morning!