1 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,100 Welcome to the Toni Post show. I am your host Toni Post. 2 00:00:27,301 --> 00:00:30,102 We love life. I love life. 3 00:00:30,103 --> 00:00:32,403 I love life. I love my job. 4 00:00:32,504 --> 00:00:34,003 You know why I love my job? 5 00:00:34,104 --> 00:00:36,404 Caus' I get to wake up each morning and spend it with you. 6 00:00:36,405 --> 00:00:40,106 That's right. And I mean that. 7 00:00:41,407 --> 00:00:44,707 We're going to talk about real things today. We're going to talk about real people. 8 00:00:44,911 --> 00:00:45,978 We're going to get down and dirty. 9 00:00:45,979 --> 00:00:47,380 And that's what makes it different. 10 00:00:47,781 --> 00:00:50,413 All right, let's start with our first guest. 11 00:00:50,549 --> 00:00:53,245 - Connie Phillips from Chicago. - Hi. 12 00:00:53,385 --> 00:00:56,412 We want to ask you how you feel... 13 00:00:56,556 --> 00:00:58,922 about this friend we've heard so much about. 14 00:00:59,025 --> 00:01:03,928 I'd walk through fire for her. She's my best friend, you know? 15 00:01:04,097 --> 00:01:05,565 Best friend. 16 00:01:05,698 --> 00:01:09,634 And how long have you been having sex with her husband? 17 00:01:09,769 --> 00:01:11,100 A little over a year. 18 00:01:13,239 --> 00:01:15,367 Well, he doesn't love her. He loves me. 19 00:01:15,476 --> 00:01:18,001 Does she know why she's appearing on our show? 20 00:01:19,613 --> 00:01:21,808 She thinks she's here for a makeover. 21 00:01:23,784 --> 00:01:25,979 Ouch. That's got to hurt. 22 00:01:26,153 --> 00:01:29,213 I'm sure we're all wondering why you chose... 23 00:01:29,356 --> 00:01:32,349 to reveal this to her on national television. 24 00:01:32,494 --> 00:01:35,486 Because I want her to hear my point of view. 25 00:01:35,630 --> 00:01:38,689 I really want her to hear me, you know? 26 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:40,824 Fair enough. Let's bring her out. 27 00:01:40,969 --> 00:01:43,563 Let's bring out Birdee. Give Birdee a hand. 28 00:01:47,308 --> 00:01:48,240 Hi, Birdee. 29 00:01:51,981 --> 00:01:56,940 - So tell us, how do you feel? - I'm delightful, thank you. 30 00:01:57,118 --> 00:02:02,682 Do you recognize the voice of the person sitting next to you? 31 00:02:02,791 --> 00:02:05,351 - Hi, Birdee. - Connie? 32 00:02:05,528 --> 00:02:07,724 My... my best friend Connie? 33 00:02:07,831 --> 00:02:10,322 Absolutely correct. Take off your blindfold. 34 00:02:11,467 --> 00:02:13,901 Oh, my God! Hi! 35 00:02:14,069 --> 00:02:16,937 Birdee, Connie is your best friend? 36 00:02:17,073 --> 00:02:18,131 Yes, she is. 37 00:02:18,241 --> 00:02:20,607 She says she loves you very much. 38 00:02:20,744 --> 00:02:23,804 Yeah. I love you, too. 39 00:02:23,947 --> 00:02:26,973 The last thing she wants to do is hurt you. 40 00:02:30,553 --> 00:02:32,646 - Connie? - Birdee... 41 00:02:35,559 --> 00:02:37,857 Billy and I are having an affair. 42 00:02:37,961 --> 00:02:41,021 He doesn't love you anymore. He wants to marry me. 43 00:02:51,909 --> 00:02:52,933 What? I... 44 00:02:53,110 --> 00:02:56,443 Your friendship is very important to Connie. 45 00:02:56,547 --> 00:02:58,344 She loves you very much, Birdee. 46 00:03:00,384 --> 00:03:04,912 - You've been sleeping with him? - Well, yeah. 47 00:03:05,056 --> 00:03:08,548 Actually, Connie told us she had sex with Bill... 48 00:03:08,659 --> 00:03:10,821 in your home on your living room floor. 49 00:03:14,299 --> 00:03:17,734 I want to hear what Bill has to say. Do you? 50 00:03:17,868 --> 00:03:21,270 All right. Let's bring Bill in. Come in, Bill. Join us. 51 00:03:23,542 --> 00:03:24,702 That's right. 52 00:03:26,511 --> 00:03:29,140 Come on, come on, come on. 53 00:03:29,315 --> 00:03:32,910 Bill, thank you for appearing on the Toni Post Show. 54 00:03:33,052 --> 00:03:36,111 - Thank you, ma'am. - Take off your blindfold. 55 00:03:41,461 --> 00:03:45,296 Bill, are you having an affair with your wife's best friend? 56 00:03:58,145 --> 00:03:59,305 Yes, ma'am. 57 00:04:02,348 --> 00:04:05,716 All right. That's it. We've got to take a break. 58 00:04:05,853 --> 00:04:09,720 We'll be back with some more sizzle on the Toni Post Show. 59 00:04:29,777 --> 00:04:33,305 Bernice, did you get my suitcase in the car? 60 00:04:33,448 --> 00:04:34,745 Yes. Yeah, Mama. 61 00:04:34,883 --> 00:04:36,578 We'll be there in a few days. 62 00:04:40,455 --> 00:04:44,516 Well, if it's not an... inconvenience. 63 00:04:50,933 --> 00:04:52,127 Oh... 64 00:04:54,103 --> 00:04:57,698 All right. Me, too. Bye-bye. 65 00:05:23,668 --> 00:05:26,728 Don't look back, sweetheart. It's bad luck. 66 00:05:26,838 --> 00:05:29,931 Turn around. Put on your seat belt. 67 00:05:42,653 --> 00:05:43,984 Take the wheel. 68 00:05:47,290 --> 00:05:50,624 Bernice, don't be a baby. Just take the wheel. 69 00:05:50,728 --> 00:05:52,525 Come on. Come here. 70 00:05:55,533 --> 00:05:57,398 OK... thank you. 71 00:05:58,403 --> 00:05:59,632 Here we go. 72 00:06:07,378 --> 00:06:09,540 "Dear Princess, 73 00:06:09,681 --> 00:06:12,081 "I know you're confused now, and I don't blame you. 74 00:06:12,217 --> 00:06:14,811 "None of this is your fault. 75 00:06:14,953 --> 00:06:17,047 "This is between your mom and me. 76 00:06:17,223 --> 00:06:19,918 "Not a day will pass when I won't think about you... 77 00:06:20,058 --> 00:06:21,423 "and wish you were with me. 78 00:06:21,527 --> 00:06:24,325 "I love you, honey. Be nice to your mom. 79 00:06:24,496 --> 00:06:25,930 All my heart. Daddy." 80 00:07:32,367 --> 00:07:34,494 What's that funny smell? 81 00:07:34,636 --> 00:07:35,898 Cows. 82 00:07:36,037 --> 00:07:39,166 Is this where you were Cream of Corn? 83 00:07:39,308 --> 00:07:42,640 Queen of Corn, honey, three years running. 84 00:07:43,578 --> 00:07:46,012 A feat unsurpassed in the history of Smithville. 85 00:07:46,147 --> 00:07:47,308 Oh. 86 00:07:48,351 --> 00:07:53,414 Maybe that was a long time ago, but believe me, honey, 87 00:07:53,556 --> 00:07:56,492 once upon a time, your mama knew what it meant to shine. 88 00:08:11,241 --> 00:08:15,837 Oh, you're here! You're actually here! 89 00:08:15,946 --> 00:08:19,143 Oh, my baby. My babies! 90 00:08:19,316 --> 00:08:20,681 Bernice. Look at me. 91 00:08:20,817 --> 00:08:24,151 You are so pretty! Oh... 92 00:08:26,691 --> 00:08:29,319 You look just like my mama, you know that? 93 00:08:29,460 --> 00:08:30,859 - And Bird... - Hey, Mama. 94 00:08:32,163 --> 00:08:36,122 - Birdee, you take up drinkin'? - No, I have not. Go inside. 95 00:08:36,267 --> 00:08:39,600 You mean you're stone sober? You look just awful. 96 00:08:39,704 --> 00:08:44,267 - Well, I... feel awful, Mama. - Well, you look it. 97 00:08:45,277 --> 00:08:46,608 Well, I feel it. 98 00:08:47,445 --> 00:08:50,108 Well... you look it. 99 00:08:50,915 --> 00:08:52,348 Let me take one of those. 100 00:08:52,517 --> 00:08:54,883 I got a present for you. Come on. 101 00:08:55,053 --> 00:08:56,918 Here, Mom. Can't believe you're here. 102 00:08:58,090 --> 00:09:00,957 OK. Now... Oh, oh, oh, oh! 103 00:09:02,094 --> 00:09:05,893 OK, that's a present from your Grandpa and me. 104 00:09:06,799 --> 00:09:08,858 - How is Daddy? - He's fine. 105 00:09:09,034 --> 00:09:12,162 He has a cold this week. We can't see him till Saturday, 106 00:09:12,304 --> 00:09:15,741 but... he's, uh... you know, he's fine. 107 00:09:15,842 --> 00:09:18,572 Good. It's a bunny purse! 108 00:09:19,678 --> 00:09:21,373 You don't like stuffed animals? 109 00:09:21,513 --> 00:09:23,777 That's all right. We'll get you settled first. 110 00:09:23,882 --> 00:09:27,819 But be very quiet. We don't want to wake up Travis. 111 00:09:28,021 --> 00:09:29,613 You remember your cousin, don't you? 112 00:09:29,723 --> 00:09:32,248 He got so excited waitin' for y'all to arrive, 113 00:09:32,392 --> 00:09:33,655 he just pooped out. 114 00:09:37,163 --> 00:09:38,391 You see those? 115 00:09:39,599 --> 00:09:42,398 They're Scaredy-Cats. You get it? 116 00:09:47,842 --> 00:09:50,777 Your Grandpa and I made a fortune off of them. 117 00:09:50,911 --> 00:09:53,402 Birdee, lock the door. You want to be murdered? 118 00:09:55,816 --> 00:09:58,944 Don't worry. If they bite you, they got rubber teeth. 119 00:09:59,086 --> 00:10:02,955 - Did Grandma kill them herself? - No. They come already dead. 120 00:10:05,661 --> 00:10:07,822 This way, they live forever. 121 00:10:07,963 --> 00:10:10,693 Scaredy-Cats. Yeah, Scaredy-Cats. 122 00:10:14,536 --> 00:10:16,060 It's a nice room, isn't it? 123 00:10:17,873 --> 00:10:22,038 See that door? Leads right into mine. Is that neat? 124 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,443 OK... that about does it. Oh... 125 00:10:29,918 --> 00:10:31,283 Got a surprise for you. 126 00:10:34,723 --> 00:10:36,658 So you don't bump into doors at night. 127 00:10:41,631 --> 00:10:46,091 - OK. Feet in. Arms in or out? - Out. 128 00:10:46,269 --> 00:10:48,396 Oh. There you go. 129 00:10:51,441 --> 00:10:55,037 Snug as a bug in a rug. Good night, baby. 130 00:12:14,661 --> 00:12:16,686 Bad dog, Huckleby! Bad dog! 131 00:12:18,331 --> 00:12:21,299 Bad dog. 132 00:12:21,433 --> 00:12:23,265 No. 133 00:12:24,571 --> 00:12:25,765 No, no. 134 00:12:29,075 --> 00:12:32,603 What a sweet dog, Mama! You didn't say you had a pet. 135 00:12:32,713 --> 00:12:34,806 Hey, Travis. How are you? 136 00:12:36,117 --> 00:12:37,879 All right, you're a boy again. 137 00:12:37,984 --> 00:12:39,815 Sit at the table and eat breakfast. 138 00:12:39,953 --> 00:12:42,980 Better do what she says. 139 00:12:43,157 --> 00:12:46,752 Grandma stuffs bad little dogs. Any calls? 140 00:12:46,894 --> 00:12:49,989 Any messages we get will be on that bulletin board. 141 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:53,358 All right, dig in here. 142 00:12:55,269 --> 00:12:57,760 There. Bernice, this is Travis. 143 00:12:57,872 --> 00:13:00,137 He visited us in Chicago... what was it? 144 00:13:01,376 --> 00:13:04,243 Two Christmases ago? 145 00:13:04,413 --> 00:13:06,278 He chewed my Little House On the Prairie. 146 00:13:07,617 --> 00:13:09,414 Where's Aunt Desiree? 147 00:13:09,552 --> 00:13:14,011 Aunt Desiree's living in Hollywood now. Right, Travis? 148 00:13:18,127 --> 00:13:21,722 - She's doing a pilot. - Oh, really? And what's he like? 149 00:13:22,999 --> 00:13:25,867 - That's a show for television. - Oh. 150 00:13:26,070 --> 00:13:28,401 Aunt Desiree's gonna be on television? 151 00:13:28,504 --> 00:13:31,735 I was on TV, too. Fat lot of good it did me. 152 00:13:31,875 --> 00:13:34,436 I am proud of both of my television daughters. 153 00:13:36,580 --> 00:13:39,879 Birdee, you looked so beautiful on that TV. 154 00:13:41,351 --> 00:13:43,876 - Everybody thought so. - Who's everybody? 155 00:13:45,121 --> 00:13:47,487 Everybody in Smithville, that's for sure. 156 00:13:49,225 --> 00:13:51,625 Honey, if you don't want people to see you, 157 00:13:51,761 --> 00:13:53,320 why'd you go on television? 158 00:13:53,464 --> 00:13:58,527 Because I wanted a free makeover, that's all. 159 00:13:58,669 --> 00:14:01,467 You got one. Just a different kind, that's all. 160 00:14:03,841 --> 00:14:08,244 So, Bernice, what are your plans? Stop that, Travis. 161 00:14:09,346 --> 00:14:12,908 - My name is Aunt Birdee. - Well, stop that, Aunt Birdee. 162 00:14:13,051 --> 00:14:16,417 I don't know. You should make some. 163 00:14:16,553 --> 00:14:19,079 You're starting a whole new life here. 164 00:14:19,224 --> 00:14:21,021 Anything you wish is possible. 165 00:14:24,663 --> 00:14:25,891 Is that marmalade over there? 166 00:14:26,064 --> 00:14:28,124 Oh, no... excuse me. 167 00:14:30,169 --> 00:14:31,568 Travis, I said stop it. 168 00:14:32,471 --> 00:14:35,337 If anything's possible, like Grandma says, 169 00:14:35,507 --> 00:14:37,135 then I want more friends. 170 00:14:37,276 --> 00:14:38,868 What if they don't like me? 171 00:14:39,946 --> 00:14:46,284 Oh, Bernice, don't worry. You're a likable girl. 172 00:14:46,420 --> 00:14:51,015 You are. You want more friends? Is that what you're wishing for? 173 00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:52,885 Yeah, yeah... granted. 174 00:14:55,662 --> 00:14:57,493 Bernice, telephone. 175 00:15:04,605 --> 00:15:06,731 Bernice? Hey, Daddy. 176 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:08,273 I miss you so much. 177 00:15:21,889 --> 00:15:25,051 Daddy says hi. He really misses me. 178 00:15:27,561 --> 00:15:28,994 I'm sure he does, sweetheart. 179 00:15:43,511 --> 00:15:45,672 I'm glad you only missed six weeks here. 180 00:15:47,081 --> 00:15:49,607 I'm sure the Chicago schools are way ahead of here. 181 00:15:49,718 --> 00:15:51,686 Keep it up! Keep it up! 182 00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:55,653 Keep that Tiger spirit up! Say keep... it... up! 183 00:15:56,891 --> 00:15:59,861 Sure you don't want me to pick you up after school? 184 00:15:59,995 --> 00:16:01,724 - I'll walk home with Travis. - OK. 185 00:16:02,631 --> 00:16:05,099 Say keep... it... up! 186 00:16:05,968 --> 00:16:09,700 Keep it up! Keep it up! Keep that Tiger spirit up! 187 00:16:09,839 --> 00:16:11,999 Say keep... it... up! 188 00:16:26,690 --> 00:16:29,556 It smells the same way... peanut butter and paste. 189 00:16:29,692 --> 00:16:32,058 Can you smell it? Huh? 190 00:16:32,228 --> 00:16:35,096 All right, you look perfect. You ready? 191 00:16:37,468 --> 00:16:39,800 Maybe I could go in alone. 192 00:16:39,904 --> 00:16:43,432 Hmm. Show 'em you're the independent type, huh? 193 00:16:44,708 --> 00:16:47,939 Yeah. You're gonna do great. 194 00:16:48,079 --> 00:16:50,547 - Mm-hmm. - Go knock 'em dead. 195 00:16:50,682 --> 00:16:51,808 - OK. - OK? 196 00:16:51,950 --> 00:16:53,576 - Bye, Mom. - Hey. 197 00:16:53,717 --> 00:16:56,117 Come back here. What's the matter with you? 198 00:16:56,253 --> 00:16:57,550 - Bye, Mom. - Bye, Baby. 199 00:17:00,958 --> 00:17:03,449 Yes, that's correct, Harry. 200 00:17:03,594 --> 00:17:05,687 "Gave me a turtle." 201 00:17:05,830 --> 00:17:08,857 OK, "He drunk that water fast." Brandy. 202 00:17:09,034 --> 00:17:10,831 "He drank that water fast." 203 00:17:10,936 --> 00:17:16,169 Very good. "He drank that water fast." 204 00:17:16,341 --> 00:17:18,707 That's the correct answer. Very good. 205 00:17:18,844 --> 00:17:22,245 OK, Bernice. Class, this is Bernice Pruitt. 206 00:17:22,380 --> 00:17:24,245 Bernice comes to us from Chicago. 207 00:17:26,519 --> 00:17:30,387 Take the desk next to Kirsten. That'll be your seat. Kirsten? 208 00:17:31,491 --> 00:17:33,083 Go on, honey. 209 00:17:33,259 --> 00:17:38,458 Class, let's open up your books to page 76, chapter three. 210 00:17:38,564 --> 00:17:41,124 Pay attention, 'cause there's a quiz on Monday. 211 00:17:41,300 --> 00:17:43,268 She's got pop-eyes. 212 00:17:45,239 --> 00:17:48,606 Bernice, follow along with Kirsten, OK? 213 00:17:53,413 --> 00:17:56,940 I didn't do anything. Why is it always my fault? 214 00:17:57,818 --> 00:17:59,285 I didn't say anything about fault. 215 00:17:59,419 --> 00:18:02,014 I just asked what you did, that's all. 216 00:18:02,157 --> 00:18:05,752 Nothing. People fall in love, they fall right back out. 217 00:18:05,894 --> 00:18:07,827 Happens all the time. 218 00:18:07,961 --> 00:18:10,429 You never told me you were having trouble. 219 00:18:12,433 --> 00:18:14,901 Maybe I didn't want to hear, "I told you so." 220 00:18:17,105 --> 00:18:19,130 Besides, how could we have trouble? 221 00:18:20,676 --> 00:18:24,076 Prom queen. Quarterback. Pride of Smithville. 222 00:18:24,212 --> 00:18:25,907 Practically left town on a float. 223 00:18:28,449 --> 00:18:29,973 Maybe you were special. 224 00:18:30,118 --> 00:18:34,418 Then again, maybe you're just like the rest of us, 225 00:18:34,556 --> 00:18:38,323 except you were riding around on flowers made of toilet paper. 226 00:18:39,595 --> 00:18:43,325 - You just never liked Bill. - I like all of God's creatures. 227 00:18:43,464 --> 00:18:46,399 I just like some of them better stuffed, and he's one of 'em. 228 00:18:47,469 --> 00:18:51,064 Just cut to the part where he started fooling around. 229 00:18:57,379 --> 00:19:00,314 Well, at cocktail parties, 230 00:19:00,449 --> 00:19:05,387 the women that Bill worked with would never look at me. 231 00:19:07,591 --> 00:19:09,252 Their eyes were always surveying the room, 232 00:19:09,392 --> 00:19:11,986 looking for somebody better to talk to. 233 00:19:15,332 --> 00:19:18,392 I was just a beauty queen from Smithville. I was a joke. 234 00:19:18,535 --> 00:19:22,027 - That's it. - No. You were never a joke. 235 00:19:24,775 --> 00:19:26,106 Yeah, I was, Mama. 236 00:19:27,378 --> 00:19:29,675 You could see it in his eyes. 237 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:45,791 Honey, crying over it won't make it clean. 238 00:19:47,698 --> 00:19:51,294 Life just goes on, and you got to move along with it. 239 00:19:52,671 --> 00:19:53,535 Yeah. 240 00:19:58,544 --> 00:19:59,977 - Bud. - Weiser. 241 00:20:01,514 --> 00:20:03,811 - How's your dinner, Kermit? - Good. 242 00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:07,719 We seem to be the only ones enjoying it. 243 00:20:08,353 --> 00:20:10,082 You ever see two such mopes? 244 00:20:10,222 --> 00:20:13,089 That's a mope, and that's a mope. 245 00:20:13,258 --> 00:20:15,783 - All right, Mama. - No, it isn't all right. 246 00:20:15,928 --> 00:20:21,194 Look at me. My life has no big meaning or direction or purpose, 247 00:20:21,366 --> 00:20:22,526 and I'm happy. 248 00:20:23,769 --> 00:20:27,638 Look at Kermit here. You think it's easy being green? 249 00:20:30,209 --> 00:20:31,073 Ribbit. 250 00:20:32,545 --> 00:20:35,070 I saw that, Bernice. That smile means there's hope for you. 251 00:20:36,449 --> 00:20:37,040 I saw that, Bernice. That smile means there's hope for you. 252 00:20:38,418 --> 00:20:39,680 I got it! 253 00:20:42,790 --> 00:20:44,553 You expecting someone? 254 00:20:44,692 --> 00:20:47,684 No. I mean, it might be Justin Matisse. 255 00:20:47,828 --> 00:20:50,820 He said he might drop over after his day job. 256 00:20:50,964 --> 00:20:53,228 He's helping me fix the porch. 257 00:20:53,367 --> 00:20:55,927 I don't want to see him. Hi, Travis. 258 00:20:56,070 --> 00:20:57,935 Why? 'Cause your hair's not fixed? 259 00:20:58,138 --> 00:21:00,835 - He's back from California. - So what? 260 00:21:00,942 --> 00:21:03,308 - And... Justin, come on in! - Mama. 261 00:21:10,618 --> 00:21:12,609 Hey... Justin. 262 00:21:12,754 --> 00:21:16,986 Well, well, well, if it ain't Birdee Calvert. 263 00:21:17,125 --> 00:21:20,220 - It's Pruitt. Birdee Pruitt. - Sorry. 264 00:21:21,997 --> 00:21:23,021 It's all right. 265 00:21:24,399 --> 00:21:25,991 Birdee, Birdee, Birdee. 266 00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:31,469 - Move on to something else. - I heard you'd come back. 267 00:21:32,875 --> 00:21:34,137 Wonder how. 268 00:21:36,112 --> 00:21:40,777 - This is my daughter Bernice. - Bernice, Bernice, Bernice. 269 00:21:41,917 --> 00:21:42,974 That's funny. 270 00:21:43,885 --> 00:21:47,083 - You smell delicious, Justin. - Thanks. 271 00:21:47,256 --> 00:21:49,952 - You wearing cologne? - No, that's... 272 00:21:51,026 --> 00:21:53,893 A little paint thinner with sweat mixed in with it. 273 00:21:54,064 --> 00:21:57,794 Ha ha! It sure smells good, doesn't it, Birdee? 274 00:21:59,034 --> 00:22:02,800 Go out on the porch, and Birdee will bring you some iced tea. 275 00:22:02,938 --> 00:22:04,804 That sounds great. Thank you. 276 00:22:04,975 --> 00:22:06,237 Bye, y'all. Bye. 277 00:22:06,410 --> 00:22:08,537 Bye, Bernice-Bernice-Bernice. 278 00:22:08,645 --> 00:22:11,307 Great to see you, Birdee. You look good. 279 00:22:20,690 --> 00:22:21,851 Here. 280 00:22:23,528 --> 00:22:24,688 Oh, hey, Bernice. 281 00:22:26,264 --> 00:22:27,424 Thank you. 282 00:22:28,466 --> 00:22:30,832 There's no glass for your mother. 283 00:22:30,968 --> 00:22:32,492 She went upstairs. 284 00:22:32,637 --> 00:22:35,470 My daddy usually calls for one of his daily chats, 285 00:22:35,606 --> 00:22:36,971 and then we all turn in. 286 00:22:37,141 --> 00:22:41,545 I see. So, how do you like it down here in Smithville? 287 00:22:41,647 --> 00:22:44,810 It wasn't on any maps until we got to Texas. 288 00:22:46,618 --> 00:22:49,382 We like to keep it a secret. 289 00:22:49,521 --> 00:22:51,386 That way, it doesn't get overrun with people. 290 00:22:51,557 --> 00:22:53,047 Seems to be working. 291 00:22:55,127 --> 00:22:59,929 - Your mother and I go way back. - I know. You must. 292 00:23:01,935 --> 00:23:06,668 Back home, we had a pet skunk. Mom called it Justin Matisse. 293 00:23:06,806 --> 00:23:08,273 You think that's a coincidence? 294 00:23:09,976 --> 00:23:13,742 All day long, Mom would scream, "You stink, Justin Matisse!" 295 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,281 Finally, she just picked up a club and killed it. 296 00:23:17,885 --> 00:23:20,044 That's a sad story. 297 00:23:20,219 --> 00:23:23,211 If you liked the skunk, which we didn't. 298 00:23:23,356 --> 00:23:25,847 She still has that club in her purse upstairs. 299 00:23:27,861 --> 00:23:30,329 I guess that means she's not coming down. 300 00:23:30,463 --> 00:23:31,862 Not until you leave. 301 00:23:34,435 --> 00:23:38,962 Guess I better go, then. Thanks for packing up my stuff. 302 00:23:40,507 --> 00:23:44,274 I'll see you around. That's what's great about a small town. 303 00:23:57,691 --> 00:23:58,749 Birdee! 304 00:24:01,296 --> 00:24:05,027 What, Mama? Can you give me a hand? 305 00:24:20,082 --> 00:24:22,448 Huh? What? Ma... Mama. 306 00:24:22,585 --> 00:24:25,712 Oh, honey, are you still in here? 307 00:24:25,821 --> 00:24:27,448 I had no idea. 308 00:24:28,925 --> 00:24:31,860 It's a beautiful day out. Take a look at it. 309 00:24:31,994 --> 00:24:34,224 - Oh... - Go on. 310 00:24:34,397 --> 00:24:37,492 Get out there. Get the stink blown off ya. 311 00:24:37,634 --> 00:24:40,762 - I always hated that expression. - Don't make me use it, then. 312 00:24:40,904 --> 00:24:43,064 I'm gonna turn the shower on for you. 313 00:24:43,239 --> 00:24:45,674 I'm going shopping later, if you want to get out. 314 00:25:13,671 --> 00:25:14,763 Mama! 315 00:25:16,073 --> 00:25:17,438 Mama! 316 00:25:18,575 --> 00:25:23,707 Mama, can't this... Mama! Mama! Mother! Justin. Hey. 317 00:25:25,483 --> 00:25:28,145 - What are you doing up here? - Building shelves. 318 00:25:29,488 --> 00:25:33,150 You look terrible. You been drinkin', huh? 319 00:25:34,392 --> 00:25:36,826 Why does everybody keep asking me that? 320 00:25:36,928 --> 00:25:41,628 Is there a coaster stuck to my butt or something? 321 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,200 - How long will this take? - A couple hours. 322 00:25:46,139 --> 00:25:48,106 Go down and get dressed. You'll feel better. 323 00:25:49,241 --> 00:25:51,072 You must feel depressed, looking like that. 324 00:25:52,811 --> 00:25:56,373 Do you always say what's on your mind, or is this my lucky day? 325 00:25:56,516 --> 00:25:58,643 I won't do you any favors by lying. 326 00:25:58,785 --> 00:26:02,551 I don't need your favors. All right? 327 00:26:02,689 --> 00:26:06,022 - I just need... something. - Is that an invitation? 328 00:26:08,194 --> 00:26:09,718 Bye. Bye. 329 00:26:17,138 --> 00:26:19,003 Remember the blue beetle? 330 00:26:19,140 --> 00:26:20,834 It promised us a long, happy life. 331 00:26:35,423 --> 00:26:36,549 Forget it. 332 00:26:41,162 --> 00:26:43,653 Hansel and Gretel's mom was terrible. 333 00:26:43,798 --> 00:26:48,292 Why didn't the witch eat her? You didn't tell the story right. 334 00:26:48,436 --> 00:26:53,272 Your mama's gonna come get you as soon as she can. I promise. 335 00:26:53,442 --> 00:26:56,501 And stop pickin' at that doll's eyes. That makes me nervous. 336 00:26:56,644 --> 00:26:57,805 Bernice! 337 00:26:59,281 --> 00:27:01,749 Bernice! Come here. 338 00:27:01,850 --> 00:27:04,717 What do you think you're doing? Do you think I'm stupid? 339 00:27:04,853 --> 00:27:05,979 What's the matter? 340 00:27:06,154 --> 00:27:07,918 What do you think you're doing? 341 00:27:08,057 --> 00:27:09,217 What did I do? 342 00:27:09,358 --> 00:27:11,120 If you have something to say, 343 00:27:11,259 --> 00:27:13,921 say it flat out, don't say it behind my back! 344 00:27:14,696 --> 00:27:16,494 - You have something to tell me? - No. 345 00:27:16,632 --> 00:27:18,327 - Tell me! - What should I say? 346 00:27:18,468 --> 00:27:21,198 Stop playing innocent! I know what you told him! 347 00:27:21,337 --> 00:27:22,804 - Told who? - Your father, Bernice! 348 00:27:22,939 --> 00:27:25,340 I just got off the phone with him. 349 00:27:25,476 --> 00:27:27,773 He said, "I'm sorry you're taking this so hard. 350 00:27:27,910 --> 00:27:31,311 Sorry you can't get out of bed, but we have a daughter." 351 00:27:31,447 --> 00:27:33,916 - What did you say to him? - Nothing. It wasn't bad. 352 00:27:34,084 --> 00:27:36,279 I just said you were sad. We both are. 353 00:27:36,420 --> 00:27:39,082 That is our business! That's not his business! 354 00:27:39,223 --> 00:27:40,952 We're not sad! We're fine! 355 00:27:41,091 --> 00:27:43,924 We're not! You don't care about me, don't ask me about school. 356 00:27:44,027 --> 00:27:47,155 You don't make breakfast for me. You said you'd take care of me! 357 00:27:47,331 --> 00:27:50,596 I promised Daddy? Daddy promised me the world, 358 00:27:50,734 --> 00:27:52,600 and Daddy didn't honor his promise, 359 00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:55,137 and I will break every promise I make to him! 360 00:27:55,273 --> 00:27:57,241 Birdee, stop it! That's enough, now. 361 00:27:58,810 --> 00:28:01,802 It is not a crime to tell the truth... not in this house. 362 00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:04,414 - Don't yell at her! - She's my daughter. 363 00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:08,542 I'll yell at her all I want. Just take a look at yourself. 364 00:28:08,686 --> 00:28:12,178 Wandering around night and day in your bathrobe? 365 00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:14,655 You're hiding out. You're scared. 366 00:28:14,759 --> 00:28:16,248 Lord, what happened to you? 367 00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:23,157 - You used to be so pleasing. - I had to be pleasing, Mama. 368 00:28:24,302 --> 00:28:26,965 With the town joke as a mother, I had to be. 369 00:28:27,106 --> 00:28:31,304 When you'd flounce into school with your road-kill hat... 370 00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:35,276 and your freshly skinned bag, I learned how to be pleasing. 371 00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:38,713 You're pleasing nobody. You're miserable yourself. 372 00:28:38,851 --> 00:28:42,480 And I've never been unhappy, so the joke is on you, honey. 373 00:28:43,489 --> 00:28:46,550 - Don't yell at her! - I'm finished, believe me. 374 00:28:47,894 --> 00:28:49,861 Come on out here, Travis. 375 00:29:11,218 --> 00:29:12,948 I didn't hurt you, did I? 376 00:29:18,392 --> 00:29:20,827 'Cause I wouldn't hurt you for anything in the world. 377 00:29:26,968 --> 00:29:30,200 - That's OK. Night, Travis. - Good night. 378 00:29:59,234 --> 00:30:02,101 We got a beautiful day going in the Austin area, 379 00:30:02,237 --> 00:30:05,366 and all your favorites on your oldies station, 380 00:30:05,508 --> 00:30:06,941 playing all the good ones. 381 00:30:07,110 --> 00:30:09,510 Excuse me. You'll like this one. 382 00:30:09,612 --> 00:30:13,411 Birdee! Birdee Calvert! Oh! 383 00:30:14,450 --> 00:30:18,045 - I heard you were back in town! - Hello. 384 00:30:18,187 --> 00:30:19,677 Debbie. Debbie Reissen. 385 00:30:21,591 --> 00:30:24,425 - Debbie Reissen! - How are you? 386 00:30:24,561 --> 00:30:28,155 - How are you? - Did you come to see Dot? 387 00:30:28,298 --> 00:30:30,732 - Dot? - She runs the whole office now. 388 00:30:31,567 --> 00:30:33,900 Oh, yeah, I came to see Dot. 389 00:30:34,004 --> 00:30:36,495 - She'll be so tickled! - Oh, great. 390 00:30:38,442 --> 00:30:41,503 Dottie, in a million years, you'll never guess who came... 391 00:30:41,646 --> 00:30:44,614 all the way from Chicago to see you! 392 00:30:44,748 --> 00:30:46,340 Take me off the intercom. 393 00:30:52,424 --> 00:30:55,689 She guessed. Would you like to have a seat? 394 00:30:56,628 --> 00:30:58,824 - Great. Thank you. - She'll be right with you. 395 00:31:05,704 --> 00:31:09,163 - I saw you on television. - Really? 396 00:31:09,308 --> 00:31:12,368 - I taped it. - Yeah. 397 00:31:20,286 --> 00:31:22,150 Birdee, come on in. 398 00:31:23,288 --> 00:31:25,017 No calls, Deborah. 399 00:31:25,156 --> 00:31:26,556 - Hi. - Hi. 400 00:31:33,865 --> 00:31:36,562 - I didn't keep you too long? - It's fine, thank you. 401 00:31:38,704 --> 00:31:41,832 You look beautiful. Same old Birdee. 402 00:31:43,643 --> 00:31:44,940 Same old Dot. 403 00:31:50,316 --> 00:31:52,842 You have no idea who I am, do you? 404 00:31:55,322 --> 00:31:59,122 - No. Sorry. I don't. - It's all right. 405 00:32:00,962 --> 00:32:03,192 When I knew you, I was five inches shorter... 406 00:32:03,364 --> 00:32:05,025 and 70 pounds heavier. 407 00:32:06,434 --> 00:32:08,264 We didn't eat at the same table. 408 00:32:09,469 --> 00:32:10,767 Polka Dot? 409 00:32:10,905 --> 00:32:14,466 Oh! Is that right? 410 00:32:14,609 --> 00:32:18,910 Yeah. Nobody's called me that in a long time. 411 00:32:19,048 --> 00:32:23,347 - Oh, my God! You look fantastic! - Thank you. 412 00:32:23,484 --> 00:32:25,247 - You're welcome. - Have a seat. 413 00:32:26,854 --> 00:32:30,188 Oh, my God! I mean, it's remarkable. 414 00:32:30,359 --> 00:32:32,327 Was I really that terrible before? 415 00:32:32,461 --> 00:32:35,658 - Oh, no, no, I just meant... - I know what you meant. 416 00:32:36,733 --> 00:32:39,724 People change. We get better as we get older. 417 00:32:39,868 --> 00:32:43,497 - Yeah. - You look exactly the same. 418 00:32:45,507 --> 00:32:47,999 - Well, no. Actually, I have a... - Oh, I know. 419 00:32:48,144 --> 00:32:50,704 - I heard about you and Bill. - Yeah. 420 00:32:50,847 --> 00:32:52,678 He always was a ladies' man. 421 00:32:55,152 --> 00:32:58,984 - You all right? - I'm fine. I'm fine. 422 00:32:59,088 --> 00:33:05,426 So much of that's staged for TV. For ratings and... yeah. 423 00:33:08,398 --> 00:33:13,199 So... you need a job. What sort of work have you been doing? 424 00:33:13,336 --> 00:33:17,500 Um, housework. Bill worked, and he didn't want... 425 00:33:18,308 --> 00:33:20,742 We have a daughter, so I took care of her. 426 00:33:21,912 --> 00:33:27,441 - OK. How fast do you type? - Don't type. 427 00:33:30,588 --> 00:33:33,113 OK. Computer skills? 428 00:33:34,992 --> 00:33:36,220 Don't compute. 429 00:33:37,795 --> 00:33:40,458 Oh, goodness. You'll have to give me... 430 00:33:40,632 --> 00:33:42,793 some sort of idea of what you're looking for, 431 00:33:42,901 --> 00:33:45,767 'cause I'm not likely to find a listing for prom queen. 432 00:33:47,938 --> 00:33:53,036 Well... I used to take pictures. I was good at that. 433 00:33:53,211 --> 00:33:56,408 So maybe I could get a job at the newspaper... 434 00:33:56,548 --> 00:33:59,518 or Jackson's portrait studio. 435 00:33:59,652 --> 00:34:02,779 It's closed down, and the newspaper's not hiring. 436 00:34:02,921 --> 00:34:04,946 - I can tell you that right now. - OK. 437 00:34:06,459 --> 00:34:12,921 - So... hmm. - Dot, I would really like a job. 438 00:34:14,935 --> 00:34:17,233 One that I could like myself for. 439 00:34:18,372 --> 00:34:20,999 Even if it's just for a little while. 440 00:34:21,140 --> 00:34:22,437 - Birdee... - Dot... 441 00:34:26,180 --> 00:34:29,581 I don't know how I treated you in high school. 442 00:34:32,654 --> 00:34:36,486 I'm guessing it was pretty bad, 443 00:34:36,622 --> 00:34:40,558 seeing how you're hell-bent on putting me in my place. 444 00:34:42,362 --> 00:34:43,590 And that's OK. 445 00:34:45,332 --> 00:34:50,862 Just, um... just put me in a job, too. 446 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:55,831 I would really be grateful. 447 00:35:02,917 --> 00:35:04,145 Well... 448 00:35:09,290 --> 00:35:11,224 Shoot some pictures over the weekend. 449 00:35:11,359 --> 00:35:13,554 - OK. Great. - I'll look 'em over. 450 00:35:13,695 --> 00:35:15,458 - Great. - I'll do what I can. 451 00:35:16,764 --> 00:35:18,289 Thank you. Thank you. 452 00:35:29,778 --> 00:35:32,042 - Enjoy your food, honey. - Thanks. 453 00:35:37,020 --> 00:35:40,887 It's not for sissies, you know... dining alone. 454 00:35:44,394 --> 00:35:47,227 Got to be made of some stern stuff to do that. 455 00:35:47,397 --> 00:35:48,489 Really. 456 00:35:49,666 --> 00:35:51,600 The trick is to seem mysterious. 457 00:35:54,305 --> 00:35:55,738 Like the choice is yours. 458 00:36:02,813 --> 00:36:06,749 - Impressive. - Well, you pick these things up. 459 00:36:14,357 --> 00:36:15,654 Care to join me? 460 00:36:20,531 --> 00:36:24,228 Can't do that. That'd be cheating. 461 00:36:24,402 --> 00:36:27,565 - Oh. - Besides, I'd rather wait. 462 00:36:32,276 --> 00:36:33,800 Well, I got to go. 463 00:36:35,413 --> 00:36:37,848 Remember, mysterious. That's the key. 464 00:36:37,949 --> 00:36:39,712 - OK. - Oh... 465 00:36:41,453 --> 00:36:45,583 Maybe, um... order some dessert just to spite 'em. 466 00:36:47,192 --> 00:36:48,853 - All right. - Make me proud. 467 00:37:04,076 --> 00:37:05,942 - Keep the change. Thank you. - Thank you. 468 00:38:01,503 --> 00:38:03,528 These are good. Really? 469 00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:10,368 - Really. - Can you find something for me? 470 00:38:13,681 --> 00:38:16,150 - Think I can. - Oh... 471 00:38:17,653 --> 00:38:18,881 Great. Thanks. 472 00:38:20,156 --> 00:38:22,181 Then you take the film, like so, 473 00:38:22,324 --> 00:38:24,725 and you run it through here. 474 00:38:25,928 --> 00:38:29,056 - Make sure this is shut tight. - OK. 475 00:38:29,231 --> 00:38:31,324 Then you just follow it along, like so. 476 00:38:32,401 --> 00:38:36,634 Then it comes out here, like so. Then you separate it. 477 00:38:36,773 --> 00:38:38,638 - Like... so. - That's right. 478 00:38:39,743 --> 00:38:43,270 Everyone's film has to be developed in less than an hour. 479 00:38:43,447 --> 00:38:44,812 Otherwise, it's free. 480 00:38:44,915 --> 00:38:46,906 - Any questions? - Nope. 481 00:38:48,285 --> 00:38:52,484 Occasionally, we get pictures of a somewhat questionable nature. 482 00:38:53,491 --> 00:38:56,187 - Naked pictures? - We never comment on them. 483 00:38:56,327 --> 00:38:59,193 We just hand them over as if we hadn't seen a thing. 484 00:39:00,063 --> 00:39:01,258 I understand, Mr. Davis. 485 00:39:01,399 --> 00:39:05,358 But first, we make a copy. We put them under the counter. 486 00:39:06,137 --> 00:39:10,268 You can have a look anytime you want, just don't take them home. 487 00:39:10,409 --> 00:39:13,071 - All right. - You can sit down right there. 488 00:39:14,146 --> 00:39:16,773 - OK. - Birdee Calvert! 489 00:39:18,149 --> 00:39:22,450 I bet the customers will stand in line to see you again! 490 00:39:39,605 --> 00:39:42,233 We have a full range of arts and crafts... 491 00:39:42,407 --> 00:39:44,272 to keep our loved ones happy. 492 00:39:44,409 --> 00:39:48,675 It's like summer camp, only it's all year round. Lucky them. 493 00:39:50,148 --> 00:39:52,378 Charlie, let's go... Here we are. 494 00:39:52,518 --> 00:39:54,885 Harry... Look who's here! 495 00:39:54,988 --> 00:39:57,354 Told you she was coming. All these visitors! 496 00:39:57,524 --> 00:40:01,517 - Oh... so good to see you. - Well, enjoy. 497 00:40:03,264 --> 00:40:07,029 Oh... How you keepin', Daddy? 498 00:40:08,167 --> 00:40:11,762 - What's wrong with him? - It's just a stroke. 499 00:40:11,872 --> 00:40:15,364 And a little old-timers. She means Alzheimer's. 500 00:40:15,509 --> 00:40:16,908 I know what I mean. 501 00:40:18,379 --> 00:40:21,746 You know exactly what's going on, Daddy. Yeah. 502 00:40:23,017 --> 00:40:26,748 - Thank him for the bunny. - He doesn't even know who I am. 503 00:40:26,887 --> 00:40:30,824 Sure he does. It's just hard for him to show it. 504 00:40:30,959 --> 00:40:32,950 - Say hello. - Uh-uh. 505 00:40:33,094 --> 00:40:34,356 Sure, go ahead. 506 00:40:36,364 --> 00:40:38,297 Travis, you want to kiss your grandpa? 507 00:40:41,570 --> 00:40:44,539 I think we need a little ice cream. 508 00:40:44,673 --> 00:40:45,901 That's a great idea. 509 00:40:46,041 --> 00:40:48,567 Let's let Mama and Grandpa have some time together. 510 00:40:48,711 --> 00:40:50,975 - We'll be in the cafeteria. - You'll be OK? 511 00:40:51,113 --> 00:40:52,273 We're fine. 512 00:40:53,782 --> 00:40:54,840 So... 513 00:40:58,321 --> 00:41:02,222 I'll tell you one thing, I won't sit here and tell you... 514 00:41:02,357 --> 00:41:05,759 what a nice place we got you in or how good you look. 515 00:41:08,664 --> 00:41:10,494 'Cause we're adults, right? 516 00:41:11,833 --> 00:41:13,095 At least, you are. 517 00:41:15,972 --> 00:41:19,135 Mama says you do that blinking thing with your eyes. 518 00:41:19,308 --> 00:41:22,243 One blink for yes, two for no. Can you do that? 519 00:41:23,647 --> 00:41:24,739 Hmm? 520 00:41:25,949 --> 00:41:28,382 Just on your good day, huh? I get it. 521 00:41:34,324 --> 00:41:35,689 That was Bernice, Daddy. 522 00:41:37,294 --> 00:41:39,159 You remember Bernice? 523 00:41:44,801 --> 00:41:46,166 Hmm... there it is. 524 00:41:51,109 --> 00:41:52,599 That's Bernice, Daddy. 525 00:41:57,949 --> 00:42:00,747 She's the best thing I ever did. 526 00:42:00,885 --> 00:42:03,012 I wish Bill could be here, 527 00:42:03,187 --> 00:42:07,123 but, um... we're having a little bit of trouble. 528 00:42:11,263 --> 00:42:12,525 But enough of that. 529 00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:18,329 I'm going to write her name right down here... 530 00:42:19,471 --> 00:42:20,870 ...on the bottom of her picture. 531 00:42:23,208 --> 00:42:27,145 When she comes back here, maybe you could recognize her... 532 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,477 and give her a little sign or something. 533 00:42:30,583 --> 00:42:32,278 She could use one, you know? 534 00:42:38,157 --> 00:42:39,317 What, Daddy? 535 00:43:51,334 --> 00:43:52,995 You don't have a daddy, either. 536 00:43:55,204 --> 00:43:57,138 Don't break that. I've had it forever. 537 00:43:59,108 --> 00:44:00,302 Come on. It's late. 538 00:44:04,381 --> 00:44:05,575 There you go. 539 00:44:07,050 --> 00:44:11,214 My little burrito baby. Snug as a bug in a rug. 540 00:44:11,387 --> 00:44:13,481 You're out of luck if your nose itches. 541 00:44:13,590 --> 00:44:14,954 - Good night. - Night, Mom. 542 00:44:26,703 --> 00:44:29,762 Well, if it isn't Birdee Calvert. 543 00:44:29,906 --> 00:44:32,102 Bobbi-Claire Akins. 544 00:44:32,242 --> 00:44:34,710 - Patterson now. - Oh, great! 545 00:44:34,845 --> 00:44:38,645 How are you? I heard about your sad news. 546 00:44:38,782 --> 00:44:41,377 How Bill could humiliate you like that... 547 00:44:41,519 --> 00:44:44,851 in front of the entire world is just beyond me. 548 00:44:44,988 --> 00:44:48,823 We have a satellite dish, so we got to see it twice. 549 00:44:48,993 --> 00:44:51,791 - You poor thing. - What can I do for you? 550 00:44:51,930 --> 00:44:57,368 Anyway, I brought you these. My sister's wedding reception. 551 00:44:57,536 --> 00:45:00,130 Triple prints, please. I'll come back after my hair's done. 552 00:45:01,806 --> 00:45:04,104 I love this thing you're doing with your hair. 553 00:45:04,242 --> 00:45:08,577 It's so... down-to-earth and natural-like. 554 00:45:08,714 --> 00:45:10,875 I wish I could be more like that. 555 00:45:12,251 --> 00:45:13,878 I'm fearless that way. 556 00:45:34,241 --> 00:45:36,175 Oh... no! 557 00:45:36,309 --> 00:45:37,571 No, no, no! 558 00:45:38,745 --> 00:45:43,206 No! No! What's the matter with you, you piece of crap? 559 00:45:43,351 --> 00:45:44,477 Oh, crap. 560 00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:47,046 Mr. Davis! 561 00:45:48,322 --> 00:45:51,916 - I'm sorry, Bobbi-Claire. - Sorry? 562 00:45:52,058 --> 00:45:55,550 You think that does it? These pictures were irreplaceable! 563 00:45:55,695 --> 00:45:59,791 - When I was loading the paper... - Look! There's nothin'! 564 00:45:59,934 --> 00:46:02,528 There's not a blur, not a face with red eyes! 565 00:46:02,670 --> 00:46:04,535 You think Debbie-Lynn gets married every day? 566 00:46:04,705 --> 00:46:07,104 Debbie-Lynn? Isn't this her fourth or... 567 00:46:07,274 --> 00:46:10,073 It is her fifth, Miss High-and-Mighty, 568 00:46:10,211 --> 00:46:12,645 but they each had very different themes. 569 00:46:12,780 --> 00:46:14,475 Now there's nothing to show for it! 570 00:46:15,416 --> 00:46:18,853 At least I caught it before the other ones got ruined. 571 00:46:18,987 --> 00:46:22,354 Oh, yes. You are just little Miss Employee of the Month. 572 00:46:22,491 --> 00:46:26,426 Mr. Davis, I hope you make sure that this never happens again, 573 00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:28,529 and I believe you know what I mean. 574 00:46:31,033 --> 00:46:32,159 What? 575 00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:39,402 Oh, dear. Am I gonna have to fire you? 576 00:46:40,309 --> 00:46:41,503 She'll cool off. 577 00:46:41,643 --> 00:46:44,977 It must be hard carrying around all that hair, you know? 578 00:46:46,683 --> 00:46:51,086 Well, if she sends a bill, I'll have to dock you, Birdee, 579 00:46:51,220 --> 00:46:52,687 for at least half. 580 00:46:52,822 --> 00:46:54,484 - I'm sorry. - Come on. 581 00:46:54,625 --> 00:46:56,387 Let's get this back on-line. 582 00:46:57,927 --> 00:47:00,452 - Go get back on-line. - Shut up. 583 00:47:04,168 --> 00:47:06,728 You were the first girl I ever kissed. 584 00:47:06,837 --> 00:47:08,065 I knew that. 585 00:47:08,238 --> 00:47:10,706 Playing spin-the-bottle. Yep. 586 00:47:10,808 --> 00:47:13,140 And you stuck your tongue in my mouth. 587 00:47:13,310 --> 00:47:16,711 I didn't know you were supposed to do that. I was mortified. 588 00:47:16,847 --> 00:47:18,405 Thought you were an epileptic, 589 00:47:18,549 --> 00:47:19,880 so I went home and told Mama you had a seizure in my mouth. 590 00:47:23,455 --> 00:47:25,855 I was over the moon for you back then, Birdee. 591 00:47:26,858 --> 00:47:29,121 - You knew that. - No, I didn't. 592 00:47:31,795 --> 00:47:34,389 - Why didn't you say anything? - Coward. 593 00:47:34,531 --> 00:47:37,329 - Chicken? - Chicken, pure and simple. 594 00:47:38,370 --> 00:47:41,498 You and Bill were up here. I was somewhere else. 595 00:47:42,741 --> 00:47:44,572 What if I'd asked you out? 596 00:47:47,312 --> 00:47:49,337 I don't know what I would have said. 597 00:47:49,481 --> 00:47:51,711 I'm not the same person I was back then. 598 00:47:53,785 --> 00:47:55,480 What if I asked you out now? 599 00:47:59,759 --> 00:48:01,056 Is that what you're doin'? 600 00:48:02,794 --> 00:48:04,056 That's what I'm doin'. 601 00:48:09,135 --> 00:48:10,693 I would have to say no. 602 00:48:16,343 --> 00:48:19,539 I'm a married woman. What's the matter with you? 603 00:48:19,678 --> 00:48:23,012 Not on a date, though. Just dinner. 604 00:48:24,618 --> 00:48:28,247 - Married people eat, right? - I don't know. I don't know. 605 00:48:28,388 --> 00:48:31,050 What about I take you out for a great fish dinner? 606 00:48:34,961 --> 00:48:37,054 I'm glad we're not having steak. 607 00:48:37,230 --> 00:48:39,460 I'm a little rusty at roping steer. 608 00:48:39,566 --> 00:48:41,558 You're not so hot at this, either. 609 00:48:43,704 --> 00:48:44,898 Relax, Birdee. 610 00:48:47,341 --> 00:48:50,778 Just sit back and let the fish come to you. 611 00:48:52,213 --> 00:48:53,805 You know who'd love this? Bernice. 612 00:48:53,915 --> 00:48:56,440 Hey... breathe. 613 00:48:57,385 --> 00:48:58,614 I'm breathing. 614 00:49:00,022 --> 00:49:01,114 Just listen. 615 00:49:09,297 --> 00:49:12,789 - So what have you been doing... - It kills you to be quiet. 616 00:49:15,770 --> 00:49:18,001 It kills you to answer a personal question. 617 00:49:22,611 --> 00:49:23,873 I went to California. 618 00:49:31,253 --> 00:49:32,550 You didn't like it? 619 00:49:36,793 --> 00:49:38,158 I'm here, ain't I? 620 00:49:40,230 --> 00:49:42,459 Yes, you are. Yes, I am. 621 00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:53,032 You know those people who publish calendars? 622 00:49:53,210 --> 00:49:56,668 - Uh-huh. - They'd love your pictures. 623 00:49:59,883 --> 00:50:03,718 So I like pretty pictures. That's who I am. 624 00:50:05,089 --> 00:50:07,421 You don't get voted most popular and best smile... 625 00:50:07,591 --> 00:50:09,456 if you have an edge. 626 00:50:09,593 --> 00:50:11,061 You do have a great smile. 627 00:50:16,267 --> 00:50:17,234 Don't show it to me. 628 00:50:21,506 --> 00:50:22,666 Come here. 629 00:50:25,744 --> 00:50:29,203 Hey. Come sit by me. 630 00:50:37,490 --> 00:50:38,923 - Want to help? - Nope. 631 00:50:41,526 --> 00:50:43,118 - Don't smile, now. - I'm not. 632 00:50:46,365 --> 00:50:49,663 Let's see his smile. He's got a great smile. 633 00:50:49,801 --> 00:50:50,995 Hold on. 634 00:50:52,671 --> 00:50:54,833 He won best smile in his school. Get it? 635 00:51:02,648 --> 00:51:04,047 Hit the ball, Popeye. 636 00:51:19,732 --> 00:51:21,462 Big Dolores! 637 00:51:29,776 --> 00:51:32,974 Can't you do this in the backyard? It's embarrassing. 638 00:51:33,114 --> 00:51:37,277 Ha ha! Honey, they're dead. How can they be embarrassed? 639 00:51:38,885 --> 00:51:41,286 I hated this when I was your age. 640 00:51:41,456 --> 00:51:43,549 One day, all this will be yours. 641 00:51:44,692 --> 00:51:47,320 Hey, what's wrong? How was school? 642 00:51:48,564 --> 00:51:50,031 Fine. Nah-ah! 643 00:51:50,199 --> 00:51:52,326 Big Dolores is gonna murder Bernice. 644 00:51:53,501 --> 00:51:56,299 - Quiet, Travis. - Who's Big Dolores? 645 00:51:56,437 --> 00:51:59,635 She's the meanest, dumbest girl in school, 646 00:51:59,775 --> 00:52:03,939 but she keeps passing 'cause even teachers are afraid of her. 647 00:52:04,079 --> 00:52:08,346 She has her own gang, too. It's called... Big Dolores. 648 00:52:10,085 --> 00:52:11,643 What's she got against Bernice? 649 00:52:11,787 --> 00:52:15,155 Bernice hit her in the face with a volleyball... 650 00:52:15,325 --> 00:52:17,588 in front of the whole school. 651 00:52:17,726 --> 00:52:19,956 Now Bernice is gonna die. 652 00:52:20,062 --> 00:52:22,860 Did you hit somebody in the face with a volleyball? 653 00:52:23,032 --> 00:52:25,466 - It was an accident. - Did you say you were sorry? 654 00:52:26,602 --> 00:52:28,331 She'll kill me anyway. 655 00:52:28,470 --> 00:52:32,099 That whole family's no good. I think it's glandular. 656 00:52:32,274 --> 00:52:34,835 Whatever gland produces meanness, they got it. 657 00:52:34,944 --> 00:52:36,878 Mama, nobody's gonna kill anybody. 658 00:52:37,013 --> 00:52:39,573 I'll just have a talk with her mother, 659 00:52:39,716 --> 00:52:41,081 and we'll iron everything out. 660 00:52:41,251 --> 00:52:44,049 Don't talk with her mother. I'd rather die. 661 00:52:44,187 --> 00:52:46,985 - Don't worry. You will. - Travis? 662 00:52:47,090 --> 00:52:49,456 Travis, come down here and be a tree. 663 00:52:49,626 --> 00:52:52,596 Travis, come here. Go be a tree. 664 00:52:52,730 --> 00:52:55,597 Mom, promise me you won't have a talk with her mother. 665 00:52:55,733 --> 00:52:57,860 They'd really have it in for me after that. 666 00:52:58,002 --> 00:53:00,562 Don't be so dramatic. Nothing's gonna happen. 667 00:53:01,639 --> 00:53:04,039 You're right, Mom. It'll be a normal day. 668 00:53:04,208 --> 00:53:05,732 Oh, yes. 669 00:53:09,614 --> 00:53:11,707 Old Man Linton's make-out spot. 670 00:53:11,850 --> 00:53:13,977 I thought we were going out for ice cream. 671 00:53:14,152 --> 00:53:16,016 What would your mother say? 672 00:53:16,187 --> 00:53:18,588 She'd probably say, "Way to go, Justin." 673 00:53:18,724 --> 00:53:20,021 Really. Yeah. 674 00:53:20,158 --> 00:53:21,318 Uh-huh. 675 00:53:36,075 --> 00:53:39,670 - What an incredible night. - Mm-hmm. 676 00:53:41,514 --> 00:53:43,243 Place sure hasn't changed much, has it? 677 00:53:43,416 --> 00:53:44,782 No. Not at all. 678 00:53:45,819 --> 00:53:49,049 - Not that I came here much. - No. Of course not. 679 00:53:49,222 --> 00:53:52,248 Bill was always in training. He said it put him off his game. 680 00:53:52,392 --> 00:53:55,088 - Hmm. I see. - Got riled up the night before. 681 00:53:55,228 --> 00:53:57,253 He didn't look so happy on TV, either. 682 00:53:57,397 --> 00:54:02,836 Oh, God! Doesn't anybody watch public television anymore? 683 00:54:02,970 --> 00:54:04,960 I couldn't keep my eyes off of you. 684 00:54:06,973 --> 00:54:08,304 Which part captivated you more? 685 00:54:08,441 --> 00:54:10,842 Was it the part where... let's see... 686 00:54:10,978 --> 00:54:14,277 where I appeared downtrodden and pitiful, 687 00:54:14,448 --> 00:54:18,646 or was it the part where I looked stricken and grotesque? 688 00:54:18,752 --> 00:54:23,121 I personally prefer the part where I looked pathetic. 689 00:54:23,290 --> 00:54:24,518 I liked that one. 690 00:54:24,658 --> 00:54:27,286 I preferred the part where you appeared available. 691 00:54:29,597 --> 00:54:31,963 - Grow up. - Don't you feel young over here? 692 00:54:32,066 --> 00:54:33,931 Just sitting in this truck? 693 00:54:35,637 --> 00:54:37,696 At Old Man Linton's? God! 694 00:54:41,609 --> 00:54:43,406 I feel like I'm 16 again. 695 00:54:48,284 --> 00:54:50,081 Oh, get real, Justin. 696 00:55:20,150 --> 00:55:23,018 I never kissed a man before Bill. 697 00:55:27,224 --> 00:55:28,657 Who said anything about kissin'? 698 00:55:30,626 --> 00:55:32,026 Did I say that? 699 00:55:55,887 --> 00:55:59,584 But I still love to dance 700 00:55:59,724 --> 00:56:05,492 You know we used to dance the night away 701 00:56:07,866 --> 00:56:09,094 Birdee Calvert. 702 00:56:09,268 --> 00:56:13,466 Back when we were beautiful 703 00:56:19,878 --> 00:56:23,871 Please, Daddy, come and get me before it's too late. 704 00:56:33,225 --> 00:56:37,663 - I don't feel so good, Grandma. - Ohh... 705 00:56:39,666 --> 00:56:43,467 - You're going to school, Rocky. - Man, it's not fair! 706 00:56:56,817 --> 00:56:58,045 Come on, Travis. 707 00:57:48,404 --> 00:57:49,530 Four-eyes. 708 00:57:50,973 --> 00:57:53,840 Bookworm. Popeye. 709 00:58:21,172 --> 00:58:22,537 Fight! Fight! Fight! 710 00:59:11,957 --> 00:59:14,825 Hey. How was school? 711 00:59:16,529 --> 00:59:17,620 Huh? 712 00:59:19,231 --> 00:59:20,755 - Hey, weasel. - Fine. 713 00:59:23,136 --> 00:59:24,763 - What happened? - She lived. 714 01:01:11,416 --> 01:01:14,509 Mr. And Mrs. Whitehead were 100 years old when I knew 'em. 715 01:01:24,996 --> 01:01:26,486 Uh... hi. Hi. 716 01:01:29,500 --> 01:01:30,797 Miss Ramona. 717 01:01:33,671 --> 01:01:36,971 - Did you want to dance with me? - Oh, no. 718 01:01:37,076 --> 01:01:42,480 You go dance with someone your own age. I never! 719 01:01:42,648 --> 01:01:45,673 - Sorry I bothered you. - Well, all right, then. 720 01:01:47,152 --> 01:01:48,141 Excuse us, honey. 721 01:01:50,089 --> 01:01:53,718 Birdee? Birdee Pruitt? It's me... Suzy. 722 01:01:53,859 --> 01:01:55,918 - Oh, my God! Hi! - Hi! 723 01:01:56,061 --> 01:01:58,791 - How are you? - Well... ha ha! 724 01:01:58,931 --> 01:02:00,796 - Oh, my God! - Baby's due in six weeks. 725 01:02:00,933 --> 01:02:05,393 I can see that. I thought you'd moved to Houston. 726 01:02:05,571 --> 01:02:08,802 I'm just in for the weekend. Your mama said you were in town. 727 01:02:08,908 --> 01:02:11,877 - Yep, I'm here. - You look wonderful. 728 01:02:12,011 --> 01:02:13,707 - Oh... - Seriously. 729 01:02:13,880 --> 01:02:16,314 - Well, thank you. - Aren't you clever? 730 01:02:16,449 --> 01:02:19,144 That's the way to get Bill to come crawling back. 731 01:02:19,285 --> 01:02:21,446 Oh, I don't... that's... 732 01:02:22,589 --> 01:02:26,184 Would you look at Polka Dot? The doughnut's best friend. 733 01:02:27,560 --> 01:02:30,324 Oh, look. There's Justin Matisse. 734 01:02:31,065 --> 01:02:34,523 He lost that job in California. Wouldn't work fast enough. 735 01:02:35,468 --> 01:02:36,935 Oops, he's headed this way. 736 01:02:39,540 --> 01:02:41,974 - Hey. - Hey. 737 01:02:43,811 --> 01:02:45,005 Honor me? 738 01:02:46,347 --> 01:02:48,543 - What? - I want to dance with you. 739 01:02:51,219 --> 01:02:53,982 - Justin, I can't. - Excuse us. 740 01:02:56,557 --> 01:02:59,186 Justin, I can't dance anymore. 741 01:02:59,328 --> 01:03:03,458 Dancing's just a conversation between two people. Talk to me. 742 01:03:25,455 --> 01:03:26,820 You can do it, now. 743 01:03:32,996 --> 01:03:33,985 Whoo! 744 01:03:34,897 --> 01:03:35,921 Wow. 745 01:03:42,939 --> 01:03:44,372 Oh, we got it now. 746 01:03:50,246 --> 01:03:52,613 Come on, now. Come on, Birdee. 747 01:04:16,240 --> 01:04:17,400 Whoo-hoo! 748 01:04:43,402 --> 01:04:45,268 Thank you very much, folks. 749 01:04:45,872 --> 01:04:48,601 We're gonna take a short break now, 750 01:04:48,741 --> 01:04:52,438 but we'll leave you with some fine tunes on the jukebox. 751 01:04:52,611 --> 01:04:55,342 - Thanks for the dance. - Hey, hey, hey. 752 01:04:56,616 --> 01:04:57,480 What? 753 01:06:10,225 --> 01:06:11,522 Hey, be kind. 754 01:06:13,362 --> 01:06:15,160 It's a work in progress. 755 01:06:20,336 --> 01:06:21,860 It's beautiful. 756 01:06:27,177 --> 01:06:28,337 It's a door. 757 01:06:31,181 --> 01:06:32,479 Come on in. 758 01:06:40,926 --> 01:06:42,119 This is it. 759 01:07:17,662 --> 01:07:19,527 Nineteenth-century Texas pine. 760 01:07:23,902 --> 01:07:25,131 Love that smell. 761 01:07:28,975 --> 01:07:30,033 Feel this. 762 01:07:35,047 --> 01:07:35,979 It's tongue and groove. 763 01:07:38,117 --> 01:07:39,345 Excuse me? 764 01:07:43,323 --> 01:07:46,417 They're cut and matched perfect to fit together. 765 01:07:49,362 --> 01:07:53,299 You, um... want to see the porch? 766 01:07:59,339 --> 01:08:00,499 It's this way. 767 01:08:05,379 --> 01:08:07,677 It'll have a great view when the trailer's gone. 768 01:08:11,586 --> 01:08:13,451 This will wrap all around the house. 769 01:08:23,163 --> 01:08:25,723 This is nice. They call that a swing. 770 01:08:25,866 --> 01:08:27,231 Maybe you could hang it. 771 01:08:30,972 --> 01:08:35,534 Yeah, I could. This is from Mom and Dad's old place. 772 01:08:35,677 --> 01:08:36,872 - Yeah? - Mm-hmm. 773 01:08:38,946 --> 01:08:40,538 Uh-huh. Uh-huh. 774 01:08:43,751 --> 01:08:45,686 - It's comfy, huh? - Yeah. 775 01:08:45,821 --> 01:08:51,020 This'll be a nice house, Justin. Who was your architect? 776 01:08:51,193 --> 01:08:52,683 You kiddin', huh? 777 01:08:55,731 --> 01:08:57,892 That's half the fun. 778 01:08:58,000 --> 01:08:59,695 You go around Smithville painting houses, 779 01:08:59,868 --> 01:09:01,130 and you can do this? 780 01:09:02,371 --> 01:09:05,637 - Yep. - You could do so much more. 781 01:09:07,344 --> 01:09:10,574 - I guess so, huh. - You know what I meant. 782 01:09:10,713 --> 01:09:14,411 I know exactly what you meant. The American Dream. 783 01:09:17,187 --> 01:09:20,748 You find something you love, then you twist and torture it... 784 01:09:22,326 --> 01:09:25,090 Trying to find a way to make money at it. 785 01:09:25,229 --> 01:09:26,593 Spend a lifetime doing that. 786 01:09:28,998 --> 01:09:32,230 At the end, there's not a trace of what you started out lovin'. 787 01:09:34,805 --> 01:09:36,204 What did you start out lovin'? 788 01:09:41,880 --> 01:09:43,244 Don't remember. 789 01:09:43,381 --> 01:09:46,612 For me, it was doing things right, that's all. 790 01:09:48,120 --> 01:09:51,647 That's why I came back, so I could live the way I wanted. 791 01:09:51,790 --> 01:09:55,419 I figured out of everybody, you'd understand that. 792 01:10:05,002 --> 01:10:06,129 I do. 793 01:10:07,606 --> 01:10:08,971 I envy you. 794 01:10:09,107 --> 01:10:12,702 Everything you love... is right here. 795 01:10:17,716 --> 01:10:18,978 Not everything, Birdee. 796 01:10:23,422 --> 01:10:24,617 Hey, hey. 797 01:10:26,526 --> 01:10:28,289 - Justin, I can't... - Shh. 798 01:10:47,581 --> 01:10:49,138 You are so beautiful. 799 01:12:33,858 --> 01:12:35,826 I'll talk to you later. Bye. 800 01:12:49,174 --> 01:12:50,903 Mama? Kitchen! 801 01:12:52,044 --> 01:12:54,740 - Where's Bernice? - They ate hours ago. 802 01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:57,975 She had a face on her like a bucket of worms. 803 01:12:58,117 --> 01:13:01,643 - I don't know what's going on. - What's this? 804 01:13:01,820 --> 01:13:04,255 Nothing. I just invited Justin over for dinner. 805 01:13:04,390 --> 01:13:06,381 He sounded like he needed some cheering up. 806 01:13:06,526 --> 01:13:10,360 - I don't want to see Justin. - Justin is my friend. 807 01:13:10,496 --> 01:13:14,296 If he's down in the dumps, and I feel like cheering him up, 808 01:13:14,434 --> 01:13:15,628 that's my business. 809 01:13:15,768 --> 01:13:18,565 This is not the time for your matchmaking stunts. 810 01:13:18,704 --> 01:13:21,172 Matchmaking? What an imagination. 811 01:13:21,340 --> 01:13:24,799 Oh, come on, Birdee. Come on. Join us. 812 01:13:25,712 --> 01:13:28,738 You don't have to say anything. You could just sit there. 813 01:13:28,881 --> 01:13:32,340 Maybe you could quietly chew or something. 814 01:13:34,387 --> 01:13:36,878 There's nothing you can do about it, sweetie. 815 01:13:36,990 --> 01:13:39,356 I'm going upstairs to sleep. 816 01:13:41,128 --> 01:13:44,586 All right. Birdee, this has never been a rude house. 817 01:13:44,765 --> 01:13:46,858 Strange, perhaps, but never rude. 818 01:13:47,001 --> 01:13:49,436 I would like you to welcome our guest. 819 01:13:51,338 --> 01:13:53,101 I'm still your mama. Move it! 820 01:13:59,481 --> 01:14:00,641 Hello, Bernice. 821 01:14:02,984 --> 01:14:05,384 - These are for you. - Thanks, but I'm allergic. 822 01:14:05,553 --> 01:14:08,579 - Hey, Miss Calvert. - Hey, Justin, glad to see you. 823 01:14:08,723 --> 01:14:10,054 - How you doin'? - Good. 824 01:14:10,191 --> 01:14:12,056 I don't want these. Bernice. 825 01:14:12,193 --> 01:14:13,717 Thanks, anyway. 826 01:14:13,862 --> 01:14:15,329 - Hey, what's goin' on? - Hey, Justin. 827 01:14:16,065 --> 01:14:19,523 Oh, my goodness! You've been cookin', Miss Calvert. 828 01:14:19,669 --> 01:14:22,661 I hope you enjoy it. Yes, indeed. 829 01:14:22,805 --> 01:14:26,332 Come on, let's all sit down here now. That's fine. 830 01:14:31,814 --> 01:14:32,940 You're not joining us? 831 01:14:33,082 --> 01:14:36,541 I forgot I ate earlier with the children. 832 01:14:36,720 --> 01:14:39,586 This memory's really goin'. 833 01:14:44,828 --> 01:14:46,295 Oh... 834 01:14:49,865 --> 01:14:51,059 Hmm... 835 01:14:53,837 --> 01:14:57,602 - Sorry about last night. - I'm sorry about this morning. 836 01:15:02,045 --> 01:15:04,445 - I know you have a crush on me. - A crush? 837 01:15:06,883 --> 01:15:10,581 - Birdee, this ain't high school. - You know what I mean, Bill. 838 01:15:13,557 --> 01:15:14,683 Justin. 839 01:15:17,894 --> 01:15:19,556 - What? - My name is Justin. 840 01:15:21,032 --> 01:15:22,192 It ain't Bill. 841 01:15:27,539 --> 01:15:30,473 - I'm sorry. - You know, Birdee... 842 01:15:30,608 --> 01:15:32,599 You used to be so... 843 01:15:34,779 --> 01:15:35,940 I don't know... 844 01:15:37,616 --> 01:15:40,016 Audacious. Bold. 845 01:15:40,152 --> 01:15:42,518 People would stop to watch you come down the street. 846 01:15:42,688 --> 01:15:44,622 "Here comes that Birdee Calvert." 847 01:15:44,757 --> 01:15:47,248 Their eyes would light up. You could see it on their faces. 848 01:15:48,227 --> 01:15:49,421 Look at me. 849 01:15:50,596 --> 01:15:53,828 You think you've lost that. I can still see it. 850 01:15:55,769 --> 01:16:00,069 - Bill can't see that. - You know nothing about Bill. 851 01:16:00,173 --> 01:16:03,506 I know that Bill could let you go. Damn, Birdee! 852 01:16:03,610 --> 01:16:06,977 When are you gonna face the fact that he ain't comin' back? 853 01:16:07,113 --> 01:16:09,479 Get out of here! My daddy is coming back! 854 01:16:09,616 --> 01:16:11,481 He loves me, and he wants my mother. 855 01:16:11,619 --> 01:16:13,587 He'll kill you if you come around here. 856 01:16:13,721 --> 01:16:15,245 - Tell him! - Be quiet. 857 01:16:19,359 --> 01:16:21,419 - You better go. - Yep. 858 01:16:21,562 --> 01:16:26,396 Why don't both of you go out? Bernice and I will stay here. 859 01:16:26,533 --> 01:16:29,935 That's all right. When you're tired of waiting, call me. 860 01:16:30,070 --> 01:16:32,402 I hope I'm still around. Thanks, Miss Calvert. 861 01:16:37,110 --> 01:16:40,046 You just amaze me, Birdee. 862 01:16:40,214 --> 01:16:43,274 Your love life has always been a disaster area. 863 01:16:43,417 --> 01:16:46,250 They ought to have big orange cones all around you. 864 01:16:47,722 --> 01:16:51,418 What can I say? I'm my own crown of thorns. 865 01:16:51,559 --> 01:16:54,426 Hey, you think life goes on forever? 866 01:16:55,663 --> 01:16:59,430 You think behind every chance there's another one? 867 01:17:00,235 --> 01:17:03,466 It's the worst kind of extravagance, spending chances. 868 01:17:04,973 --> 01:17:06,839 Get out of here, Don't come back! 869 01:17:07,009 --> 01:17:08,134 Bernice! 870 01:17:13,481 --> 01:17:16,918 Bernice, stop it! What's the matter with you? 871 01:17:17,053 --> 01:17:19,521 Why didn't you tell him he loves us? 872 01:17:19,655 --> 01:17:21,623 Oh, God, Bernice, because I don't know. 873 01:17:21,757 --> 01:17:24,692 I don't know if Daddy loves us or if he's coming back. 874 01:17:24,827 --> 01:17:27,819 He loves me, even if he doesn't love you! 875 01:17:27,964 --> 01:17:30,694 Oh, I just sent him away. What more do you want? 876 01:17:30,867 --> 01:17:34,702 I want my Daddy. He left because you didn't love him enough. 877 01:17:34,838 --> 01:17:36,703 No, Bernice, your daddy didn't love me enough. 878 01:17:36,874 --> 01:17:38,569 You know this is all your fault. 879 01:17:46,283 --> 01:17:48,410 Whoa... whoa, whoa, whoa! 880 01:17:50,521 --> 01:17:51,852 Aunt Birdee, help! Please? 881 01:17:53,358 --> 01:17:56,225 Somebody? I've fallen over, and I can't get up! Help! 882 01:17:56,628 --> 01:17:58,892 You know, that is the prettiest one. 883 01:18:03,500 --> 01:18:05,297 Birdee Calvert. 884 01:18:06,003 --> 01:18:08,165 She looks like she belongs in a bar. 885 01:18:08,339 --> 01:18:11,433 Hello, Birdee. It's about time you said hi. 886 01:18:11,576 --> 01:18:13,668 - Hey, Mike. - You being good? 887 01:18:14,678 --> 01:18:18,080 I'm trying to be, but it doesn't seem to be working out that way. 888 01:18:19,784 --> 01:18:22,776 Uh, can I get a vodka tonic, extra lime, please? 889 01:18:22,921 --> 01:18:24,252 - Sure, you may. - Thanks. 890 01:18:24,422 --> 01:18:27,358 Senior citizens in a convalescent home. 891 01:18:27,493 --> 01:18:29,984 Raquel, what do you want to say to Damius? 892 01:18:30,094 --> 01:18:32,722 You know how I get calls really late? 893 01:18:34,900 --> 01:18:37,368 Just say it. What? When they call me... 894 01:18:37,536 --> 01:18:40,004 It's on me. They call me to dance. 895 01:18:40,973 --> 01:18:45,308 I'm really an exotic dancer. 896 01:18:46,046 --> 01:18:50,175 Raquel... you shouldn't have done this on TV. 897 01:18:59,059 --> 01:19:02,689 I mean, "Birdee." What kind of name is... what... 898 01:19:02,830 --> 01:19:04,319 You know what happens to birdies? 899 01:19:04,497 --> 01:19:07,489 They're cat food or target practice. 900 01:19:07,634 --> 01:19:09,625 Birdee. Birdee. Birdee! 901 01:19:09,769 --> 01:19:15,606 It's a good name. Have some coffee. Pace yourself. 902 01:19:15,743 --> 01:19:17,973 - I'm fine. I'm gonna go home. - You sure? 903 01:19:18,112 --> 01:19:19,841 - Mm-hmm. - OK. 904 01:19:19,981 --> 01:19:24,008 Don't let me get like that, for God's sakes! 905 01:19:27,054 --> 01:19:30,149 Pretty pathetic, huh? Uh-huh! 906 01:19:30,325 --> 01:19:33,852 Poor woman. Husband leaves her on national television. 907 01:19:33,962 --> 01:19:35,361 I know. We cried. 908 01:19:36,864 --> 01:19:39,492 Do not believe everything you see, all right? 909 01:19:40,434 --> 01:19:43,995 If I believed everything I saw down at the photo shop... 910 01:19:45,406 --> 01:19:49,400 I'd believe Miss Bobbi-Claire got herself some new titties. 911 01:19:53,681 --> 01:19:57,209 I got one word for y'all: Polaroids. 912 01:19:57,386 --> 01:20:03,052 Polaroid... oh, come on! Bobbi-Claire, don't leave. 913 01:20:03,158 --> 01:20:06,788 - Come on! You won! - Take it easy, Birdee. 914 01:20:06,929 --> 01:20:09,226 Que sera, sera, people. 915 01:20:16,773 --> 01:20:19,207 Birdee, are you OK? 916 01:20:21,411 --> 01:20:24,677 Whatever you do, please don't say anything. 917 01:20:24,815 --> 01:20:29,342 Don't be clever, don't be smart, 'cause I can't take it tonight. 918 01:20:30,420 --> 01:20:31,649 Sit on that. 919 01:20:34,191 --> 01:20:36,591 The tiles are always so cold in this bathroom. 920 01:20:40,432 --> 01:20:43,059 Everything's so wrong without Bill. 921 01:20:44,768 --> 01:20:48,432 I know. I miss him so much. 922 01:20:48,573 --> 01:20:50,734 He used to call me "baby." 923 01:20:50,875 --> 01:20:56,973 I never thought I'd like that, but I did... with him. 924 01:20:57,115 --> 01:20:58,377 Sure, you do. 925 01:21:00,218 --> 01:21:01,583 I miss his hands. 926 01:21:03,421 --> 01:21:08,860 I miss the way he would put them on the small of my back... 927 01:21:08,961 --> 01:21:11,054 and lead me into a room. 928 01:21:12,498 --> 01:21:14,089 It made me feel so safe. 929 01:21:16,768 --> 01:21:18,702 I miss all that. 930 01:21:18,837 --> 01:21:20,930 - Of course you do. - Uh-huh. 931 01:21:22,073 --> 01:21:27,512 You know, it's so easy to believe him, but you know what? 932 01:21:27,680 --> 01:21:31,171 I think it's me. I do, because... 933 01:21:32,717 --> 01:21:37,417 He used to look at me, and I'd see myself in his eyes, 934 01:21:37,556 --> 01:21:39,421 and it was like he saw me. 935 01:21:40,559 --> 01:21:45,964 And I was audacious, Mama. I was. And then... 936 01:21:47,400 --> 01:21:49,959 Things started to change. 937 01:21:50,069 --> 01:21:53,369 The harder I'd try to be what he wanted me to be, 938 01:21:53,540 --> 01:21:55,701 the less I saw myself in his eyes. 939 01:21:57,444 --> 01:22:01,142 One day I looked, and I was gone. 940 01:22:04,117 --> 01:22:07,314 - I still see her. - No, Mama, no. 941 01:22:07,454 --> 01:22:09,980 No, it's happening with Bernice, too. 942 01:22:10,124 --> 01:22:12,092 It's happening with Bernice. 943 01:22:12,260 --> 01:22:14,592 She doesn't look at me the same way. 944 01:22:15,663 --> 01:22:19,225 It's like there's a wall between us. 945 01:22:19,401 --> 01:22:21,664 There's a wall, and it's killing me, 946 01:22:21,769 --> 01:22:25,330 'cause the one thing I said when I grow up, 947 01:22:25,506 --> 01:22:27,737 if I ever had a daughter of my own, 948 01:22:27,876 --> 01:22:31,437 she would know her mother loved her, and I would hug her, 949 01:22:31,580 --> 01:22:33,980 and I would tell her nice things, 950 01:22:34,116 --> 01:22:37,483 and I wouldn't just let the daddy do all the hugging. 951 01:22:49,065 --> 01:22:53,297 And I know. I realize that it doesn't matter... 952 01:22:54,870 --> 01:23:00,365 ...who or what or when or where the hugging happens. 953 01:23:01,610 --> 01:23:03,203 Sometimes you just need a hug. 954 01:23:04,814 --> 01:23:07,408 And it just hasn't worked out that way. 955 01:23:07,550 --> 01:23:08,983 You know, I... 956 01:23:12,422 --> 01:23:13,980 I've seen you hug your daughter. 957 01:23:20,698 --> 01:23:22,097 She knows you love her. 958 01:23:25,369 --> 01:23:28,132 Yeah, mothers love their daughters. 959 01:23:30,441 --> 01:23:32,409 Even if they show it poorly. 960 01:24:09,815 --> 01:24:12,306 Hi, Julia. Here's the talent show list. 961 01:24:13,654 --> 01:24:16,247 It's up! The audition list is up! 962 01:24:16,389 --> 01:24:19,517 I hope I'm near the beginning. I'm so nervous. 963 01:24:20,593 --> 01:24:21,651 Bernice! 964 01:24:30,036 --> 01:24:31,664 Ber... Bernice! 965 01:24:32,571 --> 01:24:36,803 I was gonna do a poem. They don't like too many poems. 966 01:24:36,909 --> 01:24:38,274 Hey... Hey, Birdee. 967 01:24:38,444 --> 01:24:41,505 - Hey, Chris. How are you? - Fine. What's up? 968 01:24:41,648 --> 01:24:44,640 I was wondering if you could... Bernice! 969 01:24:45,719 --> 01:24:48,654 - Bernice, honey! - Isn't that your mom? 970 01:24:53,860 --> 01:24:55,293 Sweetheart! 971 01:24:59,567 --> 01:25:00,363 Let's go. 972 01:25:08,776 --> 01:25:10,903 Could you give this to her? She forgot it. 973 01:25:11,045 --> 01:25:14,481 - I'll make sure she gets it. - Thanks. Good to see you again. 974 01:26:27,892 --> 01:26:29,086 Hey, Daddy. 975 01:26:36,468 --> 01:26:39,198 - Do you remember who I am? - Hello. 976 01:26:40,939 --> 01:26:42,065 Hi. 977 01:26:44,542 --> 01:26:45,840 Isn't she beautiful? 978 01:26:49,748 --> 01:26:54,185 - Yes, sir, she sure is. - That's my daughter... Birdee. 979 01:26:55,354 --> 01:26:59,723 - She's marked for happiness. - How do you know that? 980 01:26:59,826 --> 01:27:02,817 If you'll look at her, child, you'll see it. 981 01:27:07,567 --> 01:27:08,898 By God, you're right. 982 01:27:11,204 --> 01:27:12,365 I see it. 983 01:27:25,953 --> 01:27:28,751 Hey, honey, your mom called a while ago. 984 01:27:28,889 --> 01:27:32,417 She said she'd be home soon. You want me to tuck you in? 985 01:27:33,527 --> 01:27:37,258 - Yep? How tight? - Tight. 986 01:27:37,397 --> 01:27:42,391 OK. Snug as a bug in a rug. 987 01:27:43,837 --> 01:27:44,997 You're just like your mama. 988 01:27:45,105 --> 01:27:48,269 She used to love me to tuck her in real tight. 989 01:27:50,177 --> 01:27:53,806 I'm not like her. We're different. 990 01:27:53,981 --> 01:27:55,846 It's like we're not even relatives. 991 01:27:55,983 --> 01:28:00,751 Ah, well... yeah. Yeah. I know what you mean. 992 01:28:02,390 --> 01:28:05,188 Relatives are trouble. I couldn't agree more. 993 01:28:06,328 --> 01:28:10,491 I ever tell you about Walter, my brother? No? Well... 994 01:28:11,666 --> 01:28:14,830 What you have to go through with your mama, the suffering, 995 01:28:14,937 --> 01:28:17,030 that's what I had to suffer with Walter. 996 01:28:17,940 --> 01:28:20,807 One day, we were playing down by the river, 997 01:28:20,976 --> 01:28:25,811 and we came across the most beautiful anthill you ever saw. 998 01:28:26,949 --> 01:28:30,180 And bein' Walter, he immediately kicked it... 999 01:28:30,352 --> 01:28:34,187 and stomped on it, just scattering it to the four winds. 1000 01:28:34,357 --> 01:28:35,824 I just started howling. 1001 01:28:35,926 --> 01:28:38,417 I was just... I yelled for my mama. 1002 01:28:38,595 --> 01:28:40,755 I grabbed her and dragged her down there, 1003 01:28:40,863 --> 01:28:42,263 just crying and carrying on. 1004 01:28:43,466 --> 01:28:47,425 Anyway, my mama was trying to calm me down, so she said, 1005 01:28:47,571 --> 01:28:51,838 "Wait, wait. They're not finished, not by a long shot." 1006 01:28:51,976 --> 01:28:55,377 And we waited and waited, and sure enough, 1007 01:28:55,513 --> 01:29:01,076 those little black specks started scurrying everywhere, 1008 01:29:01,252 --> 01:29:04,346 just working hard to build their home back. 1009 01:29:05,256 --> 01:29:08,090 And I said, "Why did they do it? I'd just give up. 1010 01:29:08,226 --> 01:29:09,921 I mean, it's hopeless." 1011 01:29:10,963 --> 01:29:15,422 And my mama said, "Yeah, if there was just one ant. 1012 01:29:15,600 --> 01:29:17,261 "But there's lots of ants down there. 1013 01:29:17,401 --> 01:29:19,801 "They're all relatives. 1014 01:29:19,904 --> 01:29:22,498 They're family, just like we are." 1015 01:29:23,608 --> 01:29:26,476 Well, that's what families are for. 1016 01:29:26,645 --> 01:29:28,908 That's why they invented families... 1017 01:29:29,046 --> 01:29:31,310 so "hopeless" didn't get the last word. 1018 01:29:32,450 --> 01:29:36,148 So if ants can do it, I figure we can do it. 1019 01:29:40,459 --> 01:29:45,090 You know, my Birdee has a lot more strength than she knows. 1020 01:29:46,431 --> 01:29:49,889 And... one of these days, she's going to realize that. 1021 01:29:55,475 --> 01:29:59,935 - I love you, Grandma. - Oh... oh, honey. Honey. 1022 01:30:02,882 --> 01:30:04,213 My cup runneth over. 1023 01:30:13,193 --> 01:30:16,651 Say, haven't you got a birthday comin' up pretty soon? 1024 01:30:17,665 --> 01:30:19,530 Want to tell Grandma what you wish for? 1025 01:30:20,567 --> 01:30:22,057 - No? - No. 1026 01:30:22,169 --> 01:30:23,193 No? 1027 01:30:23,370 --> 01:30:26,897 Well, never mind. I'll figure that out. 1028 01:30:27,007 --> 01:30:30,034 I have my magic ways. 1029 01:30:32,180 --> 01:30:34,011 - Good night, honey. - Good night. 1030 01:30:45,493 --> 01:30:49,430 Oh, Birdee! When did you get home? 1031 01:30:49,565 --> 01:30:54,523 Oh, a while ago. I went to go see Daddy. 1032 01:30:54,668 --> 01:30:56,500 - That's nice. - Yeah. 1033 01:30:57,372 --> 01:30:58,805 You were always Daddy's girl. 1034 01:31:01,876 --> 01:31:03,343 Not just his, Mama. 1035 01:31:06,148 --> 01:31:07,240 Thank you. 1036 01:31:11,286 --> 01:31:14,415 Well... you're most welcome. 1037 01:31:19,662 --> 01:31:21,961 I'm gonna get some tea. You want some? 1038 01:31:22,099 --> 01:31:23,566 No, I'm OK. Thanks. 1039 01:32:05,476 --> 01:32:08,139 - Grandma? Grandma? - Mama? 1040 01:32:10,182 --> 01:32:11,979 - Grandma! - Mama. 1041 01:32:12,885 --> 01:32:15,752 Mama? Mama, what's up? What's wrong, Mama? 1042 01:32:16,722 --> 01:32:20,988 Oh, God, Mama. Bernice, go dial 911. 1043 01:32:21,126 --> 01:32:22,787 Mama... this isn't happening to me. 1044 01:32:22,928 --> 01:32:26,023 Come on. Not now, Mama. Don't do this to me now. 1045 01:32:26,166 --> 01:32:30,362 Don't do this to me now. Wake up, Mama. Mama, wake up! 1046 01:32:30,535 --> 01:32:33,334 Wake up! Mama. Mama, please! 1047 01:32:33,472 --> 01:32:40,310 Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God. No, no, no, no... 1048 01:34:13,509 --> 01:34:16,501 Privileged to have known Ramona Calvert all my life. 1049 01:34:17,647 --> 01:34:20,708 She doesn't need to be idealized in death... 1050 01:34:20,851 --> 01:34:22,546 beyond what she was in life. 1051 01:34:23,954 --> 01:34:28,583 A complicated woman and a generous one, proud, 1052 01:34:28,724 --> 01:34:33,424 and yet humble enough to help many of her neighbors quietly. 1053 01:34:34,731 --> 01:34:37,199 The mother of two fine daughters, 1054 01:34:37,367 --> 01:34:39,563 and the wife of one good man. 1055 01:34:39,671 --> 01:34:44,300 She doesn't require any fancy words from the likes of me. 1056 01:34:44,474 --> 01:34:48,571 All I need to say is, we'll all miss her. 1057 01:34:49,614 --> 01:34:53,072 And I know, even seated next to our father... 1058 01:34:53,184 --> 01:34:56,677 Daddy came back for us! He came back. 1059 01:34:56,855 --> 01:34:59,823 Thank you, Grandma. May she rest in peace. 1060 01:35:01,025 --> 01:35:04,461 In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit... 1061 01:35:04,629 --> 01:35:06,495 Amen. May God be with you. 1062 01:35:06,632 --> 01:35:08,827 And also with you. 1063 01:35:16,475 --> 01:35:18,636 Daddy, I knew you'd come back! I knew it! 1064 01:35:19,511 --> 01:35:21,945 Take it easy. You're chokin' me. 1065 01:35:22,047 --> 01:35:23,572 Let's get a look at you. 1066 01:35:28,989 --> 01:35:31,388 - What are you doing? - Taking it home. 1067 01:35:31,557 --> 01:35:35,392 - OK. Hey. - You doin' all right? 1068 01:35:35,528 --> 01:35:36,654 Yeah. 1069 01:35:37,697 --> 01:35:38,755 Thanks. 1070 01:35:41,268 --> 01:35:42,598 Want to see Mama? 1071 01:36:07,027 --> 01:36:07,995 Hey, Travis. 1072 01:36:11,932 --> 01:36:13,456 Mind if I sit down? 1073 01:36:28,083 --> 01:36:30,950 Birdee, why don't you sit down? That can wait. 1074 01:36:31,086 --> 01:36:32,246 OK. 1075 01:36:34,690 --> 01:36:37,249 Would you like any sugar or cream with that? 1076 01:36:37,392 --> 01:36:38,586 I'm fine. 1077 01:36:40,796 --> 01:36:42,354 Want anything, sweetheart? 1078 01:36:42,497 --> 01:36:44,090 - I'm good. - Yeah? OK. 1079 01:36:49,505 --> 01:36:50,802 You got a telegram. 1080 01:36:54,911 --> 01:36:56,640 I waited my whole life to get one. 1081 01:36:58,314 --> 01:36:59,576 Still ain't had one. 1082 01:37:04,288 --> 01:37:05,550 It's from your mom. 1083 01:37:09,426 --> 01:37:12,759 She must care about you a lot to send you a telegram. 1084 01:37:15,065 --> 01:37:16,327 It's for Aunt Birdee. 1085 01:37:20,104 --> 01:37:21,230 Even so. 1086 01:37:24,942 --> 01:37:26,204 What you thinkin' about? 1087 01:37:28,512 --> 01:37:29,877 Whether Aunt Birdee wants me. 1088 01:37:33,984 --> 01:37:35,144 Yeah, she does. 1089 01:37:40,058 --> 01:37:41,252 My grandma's dead. 1090 01:37:49,033 --> 01:37:50,159 I know. 1091 01:37:53,004 --> 01:37:54,973 Birdee, don't make me feel bad about this. 1092 01:37:56,542 --> 01:37:58,305 Only thing I'm guilty of is falling in love. 1093 01:37:59,145 --> 01:38:02,045 I didn't want it to happen. I didn't seek it out, Birdee. 1094 01:38:02,213 --> 01:38:04,079 - It just happened. - Oh, I'm sorry. 1095 01:38:04,250 --> 01:38:05,877 Are you talking about me or Connie? 1096 01:38:05,985 --> 01:38:10,012 You seem to fall in love easily, so it's natural to be confused. 1097 01:38:12,158 --> 01:38:14,992 - Here you go, Daddy. - I told you to play outside. 1098 01:38:16,028 --> 01:38:19,020 - I will when you stop fighting. - We're not fightin'. 1099 01:38:19,165 --> 01:38:23,125 - Nobody's fightin' here. - Nope. Never did, did you? 1100 01:38:23,303 --> 01:38:26,272 Lies always came really easy to you, didn't they. Real easy. 1101 01:38:27,274 --> 01:38:31,302 Almost as easy as discarding your wife and child. 1102 01:38:31,412 --> 01:38:33,777 Kind of like a to-do list. 1103 01:38:33,914 --> 01:38:37,645 Wife's gone... check. Daughter's gone... check, check. 1104 01:38:37,784 --> 01:38:40,310 - Birdee, you left. Remember? - No. 1105 01:38:41,589 --> 01:38:43,921 You left long before I left you. 1106 01:38:44,025 --> 01:38:46,050 This isn't about who left first, Birdee. 1107 01:38:47,295 --> 01:38:48,819 We're not in love anymore. 1108 01:38:49,897 --> 01:38:51,330 You said you weren't gonna fight. 1109 01:38:52,300 --> 01:38:55,462 Bernice, if you don't get out of this house, you'll wish you had. 1110 01:38:56,570 --> 01:38:57,970 Don't you ruin anything! 1111 01:39:00,141 --> 01:39:02,632 Look, if you fell out of love with me, 1112 01:39:02,777 --> 01:39:04,142 you should've left long ago... 1113 01:39:04,312 --> 01:39:06,041 instead of skirtin' around behind my back. 1114 01:39:08,482 --> 01:39:09,881 Maybe I'll go there one day. 1115 01:39:12,853 --> 01:39:15,687 - Where's that? - California. 1116 01:39:17,292 --> 01:39:18,554 To see my mom. 1117 01:39:21,630 --> 01:39:23,062 I'm sure she'd like that. 1118 01:39:25,167 --> 01:39:26,225 Yeah. 1119 01:39:30,606 --> 01:39:32,631 How come you're out here all by yourself? 1120 01:39:35,011 --> 01:39:38,844 - Where's that crazy Bernice? - She's inside with her father. 1121 01:39:43,019 --> 01:39:45,510 - Everything's OK, right? - Yeah. 1122 01:39:47,023 --> 01:39:48,388 What you feel like doin'? 1123 01:39:49,959 --> 01:39:53,418 - Want to go for a walk? - Aren't you going to say hi? 1124 01:39:56,366 --> 01:39:57,560 Don't you know? 1125 01:39:59,335 --> 01:40:02,430 - I came over to say hi to you. - Hi. 1126 01:40:03,173 --> 01:40:06,267 God, I would've stayed with you forever. 1127 01:40:08,145 --> 01:40:11,979 I would've turned myself inside out for you. 1128 01:40:12,116 --> 01:40:13,777 Birdee, I wouldn't have let you. 1129 01:40:15,953 --> 01:40:18,946 People grow. They change. They have to. 1130 01:40:19,090 --> 01:40:20,489 You don't think I know that? 1131 01:40:23,662 --> 01:40:26,791 I know that I'm not what I once was. 1132 01:40:27,932 --> 01:40:29,092 I know that. 1133 01:40:30,635 --> 01:40:32,158 But neither are you. 1134 01:40:33,103 --> 01:40:38,731 You're sad, you're weak, and you're... you're shorter, 1135 01:40:39,044 --> 01:40:40,477 if you want to know the truth. 1136 01:40:40,879 --> 01:40:46,044 But I haven't changed so much that I'd lie to someone I loved. 1137 01:40:46,184 --> 01:40:51,349 I'd walk through fire before I'd let them feel they were nothin'. 1138 01:40:53,492 --> 01:40:56,620 And I would never break up anybody's home. 1139 01:40:57,596 --> 01:41:01,497 Because I am not a quitter. I care about my family. 1140 01:41:02,401 --> 01:41:03,766 I'm in love with Connie. 1141 01:41:06,038 --> 01:41:09,906 This is my chance for a fresh start, and I'm takin' it. 1142 01:41:10,076 --> 01:41:11,476 Then you should take it. 1143 01:41:13,747 --> 01:41:15,408 If that's your chance, then you should take it. 1144 01:41:16,817 --> 01:41:19,148 You're right. You and Connie deserve each other. 1145 01:41:20,287 --> 01:41:24,519 You were lucky to have me. But you know what? 1146 01:41:24,624 --> 01:41:27,855 I think I already got the best part of you. 1147 01:41:31,466 --> 01:41:35,128 She's standing right out there, and she's waitin' for me. 1148 01:41:36,303 --> 01:41:40,764 What's left over doesn't look so good anymore. 1149 01:41:42,643 --> 01:41:47,206 So why'd you come back? You want my permission? 1150 01:41:49,485 --> 01:41:53,750 You want my condolences? Why'd you come back? 1151 01:41:55,991 --> 01:41:59,859 I didn't want to do this today, but I want a divorce, Birdee. 1152 01:42:03,198 --> 01:42:04,564 I'm coming with you, Daddy! 1153 01:42:32,695 --> 01:42:34,822 Bernice? I'm going with Daddy. 1154 01:42:40,770 --> 01:42:43,295 Bernice, what do you think you're doin'? 1155 01:42:43,473 --> 01:42:46,670 - I'm going with you. - Honey, that's impossible. 1156 01:42:47,744 --> 01:42:50,805 - But I'm going with you. - You gotta stay with your mama. 1157 01:42:51,882 --> 01:42:53,372 Birdee, you gonna help me out? 1158 01:42:54,752 --> 01:42:57,481 You told me you wanted me with you, remember? 1159 01:42:57,620 --> 01:42:59,680 Listen, honey, I've got to go. 1160 01:43:01,192 --> 01:43:05,219 Don't do this to yourself, OK? Don't make a scene. 1161 01:43:05,396 --> 01:43:06,954 Go on back inside. Go ahead. 1162 01:43:20,178 --> 01:43:21,475 Stop it, Daddy! 1163 01:43:22,514 --> 01:43:26,246 Bernice, you know I'd take you with me if I could. 1164 01:43:26,385 --> 01:43:28,546 - You can! - Try to understand, baby. 1165 01:43:29,621 --> 01:43:33,318 Connie and I need this time to ourselves, to make a go of it. 1166 01:43:33,458 --> 01:43:36,917 Then I'll come back for you. I promise, I promise! 1167 01:43:37,063 --> 01:43:38,690 Now, go on inside, please! 1168 01:43:42,301 --> 01:43:44,736 You want me! You wrote it in a letter! 1169 01:43:44,837 --> 01:43:48,397 Please... let me in! You want me! 1170 01:43:48,573 --> 01:43:52,101 I'll always want you, Bernice. You're my little princess. 1171 01:43:52,211 --> 01:43:54,702 - No. - But your mama needs you. 1172 01:43:54,847 --> 01:43:56,474 - No! - And you need her. 1173 01:43:56,649 --> 01:43:59,846 No, I don't! I need you! 1174 01:43:59,952 --> 01:44:01,477 - I love you, princess. - Please! 1175 01:44:01,655 --> 01:44:04,122 - I gotta go. - No! No! 1176 01:44:05,758 --> 01:44:10,355 Daddy! Daddy! Please! Daddy! 1177 01:44:10,497 --> 01:44:15,958 Daddy! Daddy! 1178 01:44:29,651 --> 01:44:31,619 I want my daddy! 1179 01:44:45,099 --> 01:44:47,432 Why did you pretend that letter was from Daddy? 1180 01:44:49,538 --> 01:44:50,971 What an imagination you have. 1181 01:44:54,810 --> 01:45:01,841 You know, I always thought that I was going to be... special. 1182 01:45:03,053 --> 01:45:09,082 But I'm not. I'm just... just an ordinary person. 1183 01:45:11,360 --> 01:45:12,623 And that's OK. 1184 01:45:15,031 --> 01:45:18,194 Because you make me special. 1185 01:45:21,571 --> 01:45:22,833 Don't you know that? 1186 01:45:25,007 --> 01:45:28,204 Don't you know you are everything in this world to me? 1187 01:45:31,915 --> 01:45:37,080 And we'll make it through this because... we are a team. 1188 01:45:39,857 --> 01:45:43,917 Birdee and Bernice, the coolest chicks in Smithville. 1189 01:45:48,799 --> 01:45:50,858 Don't ever think about leaving me again. 1190 01:45:54,472 --> 01:45:55,769 Because I need you. 1191 01:46:00,478 --> 01:46:01,536 I love you. 1192 01:46:03,848 --> 01:46:06,147 - Me, too. - Good. 1193 01:46:25,413 --> 01:46:29,613 Bad dog! Very bad dog! 1194 01:46:40,820 --> 01:46:43,654 Anything interesting come in while I was at lunch? 1195 01:46:43,824 --> 01:46:44,984 No, sir. 1196 01:46:48,027 --> 01:46:51,225 Oh! Oh, no! Look at these. 1197 01:46:51,398 --> 01:46:53,332 - Birdee? - No! 1198 01:46:53,467 --> 01:46:57,960 What's wrong with this stupid machine? God, I tell you, I'd... 1199 01:47:22,919 --> 01:47:28,420 OK, mama, stop pushing. 1200 01:48:31,969 --> 01:48:32,993 Y'all ready? 1201 01:48:33,104 --> 01:48:36,197 Go ahead. I want to talk to Bernice for a second. 1202 01:48:36,373 --> 01:48:39,309 Aah! Vroom! 1203 01:48:39,443 --> 01:48:41,377 You're stuck with us now, buddy. 1204 01:48:43,814 --> 01:48:45,076 What are you lookin' at? 1205 01:48:48,578 --> 01:48:51,078 My cup runneth over. 1206 01:48:57,480 --> 01:48:59,079 - Mom? - What? 1207 01:48:59,080 --> 01:49:00,880 Are you gonna marry Justin Matisse? 1208 01:49:01,481 --> 01:49:04,382 Oh honey, I don't think I'm gonna get married for quite some time. 1209 01:49:05,283 --> 01:49:06,283 Why? You don't like Justin? 1210 01:49:06,784 --> 01:49:11,084 It's not that. It's just... 1211 01:49:11,485 --> 01:49:12,485 What is it? 1212 01:49:14,986 --> 01:49:16,086 You can be honest with me. Tell me. 1213 01:49:16,987 --> 01:49:19,987 I just don't want to be known as Bernice Mathisse. 1214 01:49:21,989 --> 01:49:26,789 Oh God Bernice. You are a fun girl, you know that? 1215 01:49:27,390 --> 01:49:28,990 I never said any different. 1216 01:49:32,291 --> 01:49:36,191 My dad says that childhood is the happiest time of my life. 1217 01:49:36,792 --> 01:49:40,293 But I think he is wrong. I think my mom's right. 1218 01:49:40,294 --> 01:49:45,694 She says that: 'Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome'. 1219 01:49:46,795 --> 01:49:49,195 That's what momma used to say. 1220 01:49:49,196 --> 01:49:55,196 She said: 'Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most'. 1221 01:49:55,597 --> 01:49:58,498 You need to remember that when you find yourself at the beginning. 1222 01:49:59,399 --> 01:50:00,899 Just give hope as chance to float up. 1223 01:50:02,000 --> 01:50:03,100 And it will too.