My Generation (2010) s01e02 Episode Script
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Followed nine students through their senior year at Greenbelt high school.
Now it's 2010, and we decided to go back and see what these children had made of their lives.
A lot can change in ten years.
Life takes unexpected turns.
But for this nine young men and women, the last ten years were just the beginning.
My dad Wants me to go to law school, but I'm thinking maybe medical school.
But who knows? Maybe I'll do both - doctor and lawyer.
- Well, that way you can defend - your own malpractice suits.
- Well, all I'm saying is aim higher, don't settle for just good enough.
Whatever I do, I'm gonna be a superstar.
And what if you're not? I have to be.
Why is that? I just have to be.
And so Class of 2000, I say to you, this is our moment.
Nothing can stop us now.
Is this Steven Foster from Greenbelt high? Yeah.
Hi.
Who is this? It's Caroline chung from high school.
Um, we have a son Tom.
He's 9.
What? So You gonna look for a job? I told you, I don't know really how long I'm gonna be here, - so - Your father would like it if you visited.
- Mom - What? It's only about two hours away.
- You could be there by lunch.
- Okay, well, that's not really why I'm here.
Well, what are you gonna do? Are you gonna Hate him for the rest of your life? Hey, mom, do you think I'd be a good dad? - Relax.
- What? What?! No.
Hypothetically.
Hypothetically? There's no such thing as a hypothetical child.
Just promise me that you won't have children until after you grow up.
Hey, it's Caroline.
I'm not here right now, so leave a message.
Hey, Caroline.
It's Steven, again.
Sorry to bug you, but I-I really do want to see you and Tom, my, uh, son.
- Um, so, yeah, just give me a call back.
- Steven? Oh, hey.
What's up? Um hey.
Um I'm taking Tom to the Zilker playground at 3:00.
Do you wanna come? Yes.
Yes, absolutely.
I'll be there.
That's great.
Okay, great.
Um, I'll tell Tom.
Okay.
Thanks.
Uh, bye.
Bye.
Put it in the oven at 350 for about 40 minutes.
And that's how you roast a chicken.
Easy.
Oh, um, you know, I don't really I don't really cook.
- My husband's the chef in the family.
- Oh.
Last night he made beef bourguignonne, and, uh, for dessert, he made a pear tart.
Oh, he sounds like a keeper.
Mm-hmm.
How's the equipment? What do you mean? You know, the equipment.
Brenda? Oh, my God.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Wow! - Wow! Uh - Oh.
- How are you? How are you? Oh, my God.
What are you doing here? Um, well, uh, my mom had a stroke.
- Yeah.
No, it - I'm so sorry.
She's okay.
Um, it was the left side, but but she has her speech Oh, that's good.
So yeah.
So how are you? - I'm really good.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- I-I heard you married Anders.
I-is that I mean, how how is that? Well, he's great.
I-I mean, I don't have to tell you.
I mean, you guys were together longer than us, so Ooh.
In check.
This is who I'm gonna marry.
Yeah.
Well, that was a long time ago.
Yeah.
Um, so I-I guess I should, um Oh, no, absolutely.
I-I-I hope your mom is okay.
Yeah.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- What's the patient's name? Oh, okay.
Uh, he's in room 2010.
Defense! Defense! Hey, baby.
I figured I'd introduce you to the camp and, uh, take you on a tour, meet some of the guys.
It's, uh, Saturday, I think.
Doesn't matter.
All right, so this is where we rack.
Of course, I'm on top.
You know.
And best thing about this is, is your beautiful face.
So that's the last thing I see at night and the first thing I see when I wake up.
All right, so we're up in the mountains, yeah.
Cool.
And I can't say Exactly where, but, uh, it gets pretty cold here at night, even though it feels like Kenya right now.
This is riggs.
Riggs here has a problem with authority, which is why he's our F.
F.
E.
Fecal fire expert.
Isn't that right, riggs? (Bleep) you.
What's that, soldier? (Bleep), sir! These guys are our very own news crew from Amsterdam Arjan and Bastiaan.
Am I saying that right? Yep.
Bastiaan? Bastiaan.
All right.
Yeah, we spend most of our time trying to make sure these guys don't get killed.
This is the mess hall.
This is the rest of the guys.
This is Charley company.
Otherwise known as the big hurt! Say somethin', boys! Hi, mom.
Well That's it.
Not too much to it, huh? Um I-I just I can't believe that I'm not there for you right now, for this, for the birth, you know? I just, uh The pictures that you sent they're amazing, and thank you for that.
The guys are sick of 'em.
Um And I pray every night that you and the baby are ok.
And I know that God is gonna find a way for me to be there when she's born.
Ok? Uhm - And I just, uh - Hello, hello, hello? - I love you, baby.
- Oh, hey.
There you are.
I was calling you.
Him? His name's Kenneth.
I've actually been dating him for, like, three weeks.
Oh, hey, don't forget we have that hypnobirthing class tomorrow.
Ugh! Are you kidding me? No.
Mrs.
Douglas, the, uh You know, the art teacher for "k" through five, I guess she found it really helpful, and it's pretty cool.
It's all about finding your own personal happy place, and then going there when you're in labor.
Yeah, well, my happy place is called a needle in me spine.
Uh, right.
Oh, hey.
Also, I'm putting together a call list - for when the baby comes.
- Yeah? So who who do you want on there? Well, my brother Vincent, of course.
And - I mean, falcon, I guess.
- Right.
- I don't know.
- Rolly better be here by then.
- By then.
- Yeah.
And what what about, uhm We haven't talked about your mom.
Dude, no.
Well, I mean, I know.
It's just She I-I mean, y-you are gonna have a baby, so technically, she is gonna be a grandmother.
Seriously? If you call that woman, I will never speak to you again.
Ok.
I mean, I-I won't.
I-I just - I'm fucking serious, Kenneth.
- Ok.
- Let him rest.
- Come on, Steven.
Even a bad pitch, you gotta hit it.
Oh! Strike three! Good swing, buddy.
Steven.
I don't want to talk to you about this again.
Do you wanna be in little league or not? - Yes, I do! - All right, so what you gonna do about it? - I'm gonna try.
- You're not trying hard enough.
- I've shown you this a thousand times.
- Dad.
- You gotta do it.
- I just - dad, ease up.
- I just I can't get it.
Right? - Dad, come on.
Just let him try.
- Come on, pal.
- Yes, sir.
- It's not that hard.
All right? - Thank you for seeing me.
- Thank you.
Um, well, we'll just get right to it.
So we're rolling.
Would you like to introduce yourself? My name is Michael Foster.
And what is your relation to Steven? I'm his he's my son.
How long have you been in prison? I have been in Huntsville prison for 4 years 3 months, and 11 days.
Not that I counting.
Can you tell us what you're in for? I was a high-level employee at Enron.
And you were convicted on seven counts of conspiracy and fraud.
Any idea when you'll be released? I have a parole hearing in three weeks.
And I am um.
Cautiously optimistic.
So, mr Foster, when's the last time you saw your son? April 2005.
- Five years ago.
- That's right have you had any contact with him since? On the phone or anything? Uh, I write to him, but, uh, he does not write me back.
Hmm.
Why do you think that is? I don't know.
But I will say this um, if R.
J.
Were still with us, he would have visited.
That boy would never have abandoned his father.
I'm sorry.
Who's R.
J.
? You've been following Steven for how long? And he never told you about R.
J.
? Mr Foster, are you trying to tell me that you have another son? That Steven has a brother? You need to talk to Steven.
He's not telling you everything.
Uh, excuse me.
Can I talk to you for a minute? - Um, you go to Greenbelt high, right? - Me? Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm actually doing a documentary, following some seniors from there.
Do you mind if I, uh, shoot you for my documentary? Um - What's going on? - I have no idea.
They're shooting a documentary.
Oh! Y'all gotta shoot me.
- I'm the one you wanna shoot.
- They shoot you, too.
I mean I guess.
You'll be perfect.
Well, uh, how about we're rolling, so why don't you just introduce yourself? I'm Vincent.
I'm Her brother.
- Hi, Vincent.
- And I'm I'm I'm Dawn.
Dawn Barbuso.
- What's your name? - This is my boy falcon.
- Hi, falcon.
- What's up? - How old are you, Vincent? - Uh, 13.
And do you get along with your sister? - She's kind of a bitch.
- Hey! - It's like an interview going on.
- See? Hey! No, it's true.
I am.
I'm totally a bitch.
Ok, you know, I can't wait for your mother any longer.
You were caught leaving school again early today, miss Barbuso.
You know, that plus 11 unexplained absences this year puts you in danger of not graduating in may.
I-I just I wanna ask you Do you wanna make something of yourself? No.
No, I'm good.
Can I go now? I expect your mother to call me - Miss Barbuso.
- She works a lot.
- Ok, well, then your father.
- Yeah, right.
Well, whatever.
I mean, he just says that I won't graduate.
Plenty of strippers only got G.
E.
D.
s.
Hey, shut up! You can hand out free samples at the supermarket.
Hey, do you want a beating? Hey.
Whoa.
He got good ideas, woman.
- Gotta make some money somehow.
- Hey.
Jeez.
Back up on the stripper thing.
- I will not back up.
- How much do strippers make? Are you kidding? Ridiculous money.
- Because I could be a stripper.
- Can you, now? You hear this? Oh.
Yeah.
You cannot be a stripper.
- Hey! Shake that booty! Oh, my! - Get off the boxes! What do you think? Goodness.
- I think I love you.
Ooh.
- Please, that is gross.
Stop.
- I'm not telling her to stop.
- Damn, girl! We're closed.
- You look open to me.
- Caught you being all slutty.
I gotta make a phone call, Falc.
- Who is that? - That's Dawn Barbuso.
- Dawn Barbuso.
- What, you like her? Mm.
Yes, principal crowder, please.
Hi, Mr.
crowder? Hello.
Hi, this is Robin Barbuso, Dawn's mother.
Might be mister and missus, dude.
Give you a chance.
Listen, I want I want you to know that I appreciate your patience with Dawn.
It has been very rough on her and her brother since her father left.
And me alone, a single mom.
All right, Mr.
crowder.
I'll make sure Dawn is there pretty early Monday morning.
Good-bye.
- If you use any of this, I will kill you.
- Who you talking to? In 1981, Dawn's mother, Robin summers, met a guitar player named Lane Barbuso in Camden, New Jersey.
Lane played in a band called sleeper hold.
He was from Irvine, California.
Robin was 18 years old.
Lane and Robin got married that December.
She was three months pregnant.
A U.
S.
air force helicopter crashed late Thursday in Afghanistan southeast, killing at least four people and wounding - Hi.
- Hi.
I'm sorry.
It's just, uh, some days - you just can't get out of a door, you know? - Yeah, no problem.
Uh, these are for you.
- Oh.
Thanks.
- Hey, buddy! What's up? I got this for ya.
I already have this one.
Don't be rude.
Say, "thank you.
" - Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Okay.
Do you want okay.
What? - I'm sorry.
- No, he's cute.
So should we Yeah, sure.
Let's.
Uh Thanks again for doing this.
I'm, uh, I, uh, hate what happened last week, - running into you guys like that.
- Uh, yeah.
No, it's fine.
Just Tom was really excited to meet you.
I know.
Yeah.
So anyway, Tom's doing great.
- He goes to barton elementary.
- Mm-hmm.
And Kenneth actually is his teacher.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
He's amazing Kenneth.
He's such a good teacher, and Tom loves him.
I'm sorry.
Do you see him? I don't see where he is.
Oh, he's over by the jungle gym.
Oh.
Okay, good.
- Mommy radar.
- Wow, that's you're good.
So do you know how long you're staying? No.
Um, I-I took some time off from work.
Mm.
So just wanted to visit with you guys, and, uh, I, uh, got this stuff with my dad.
Oh, yeah, right.
Um Ok.
So I sort of feel like I just need to ask you this.
Uh, are you sure that he's mine? Are you you're sure? I-I don't I'm sorry.
I know that's, like no, no, no, it's let's see.
Uh, I was a virgin.
Okay.
Um, we had sex, I got pregnant, and the next time I had sex was in 2004.
Okay.
All right.
Okay.
I mean That's great.
- Mom! - Uh-oh.
Mom! - Um, why don't you go? - Really? - Mom! - Gotta jump in sometime.
- Uh, okay.
- Mom! Hey, guys.
What's going on? What's up? You wanna play, too? Uh-oh.
What happened? Oh, his foot fell off.
That's so gross! You just broke his leg.
Do you realize that? Now he's got no feet! Oh! Do you think they smell good? Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
You're slippin', man.
- You're slippin'.
Faster! - Good job, Steven.
- Michael! - Faster! Come on.
You're stopping at the tree.
- You can't stop at the tree.
- Dad.
Dad, come on.
Get to the tree, you anticipate it, you spin, and you take off.
- Okay? Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
- Come on, buddy.
This is no good.
R.
J.
, you sound like a 2-year-old.
- Michael, go easy on him, ok? - Give him a break.
He's just a little kid, ok? Get in there and show him how it's done.
Look, come here.
He's learning.
- Michael, honey.
- Come here.
Come here.
We're gonna stand over here, and we're gonna watch your brother do it.
- Bye.
Yeah.
- Bye! That was really nice.
Yeah.
Yeah, he's a cool kid.
So I guess you're feeling good about fatherhood.
Uh you know, yeah.
I mean, it's one playdate.
I wouldn't, you know, say I have a lock on the whole fatherhood thing yet, but yeah.
You know, I went to see your father yesterday.
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
He looks good, healthy.
He wanted me to say "hi.
" That's "hi"? That's really what he wanted no, actually, we, um, we talked about R.
J.
He said R.
J.
was your brother and that something happened to him.
Steven, what happened? Why why didn't you ever tell me you had an older brother? I'm These are pri this is family, private stuff.
Okay? Stev - here it is.
- Wow.
The salad has wildflowers in it.
It looks amazing.
Yeah.
Oh, make sure you try some mint jelly with the lamb.
It is homemade.
You know, honey, uh, you really don't have to cook like this every night.
I mean, we could just, um, have pizza.
That's a great idea.
I'll buy a pizza stone, and we can install a od-burning oven outside.
- That's not what I what I meant by - Oh, hold on.
Let me get a picture.
Okay.
So I had lunch with my dad today.
He says he missed you at dinner the other night.
- He sends his best.
- Mm.
He wanted to know if we thought any more about Having kids.
- Honey - I told him we were thinking about it.
I'm not ready yet.
Yeah, I know.
But we're gonna be well, you're gonna be 30 soon, and, uh, I just think we should maybe talk about it.
- Oh.
- Mmm.
I saw Brenda today.
At the hospital.
Brenda.
Her mother had a stroke, so she's back in town.
That's awful.
Is is she okay? Her mother is her mother uh, well, she can still talk, apparently, which is good, but her left side is pretty messed up.
And Brenda seemed pretty upset about it, but you know, that's obvious.
Oh, can you pass the peas? Hmm.
Hello, everybody.
It's Wednesday, April 21, 2010.
Um, no, I don't I don't think you should let them put that language in there.
It's yeah.
Okay.
Call you later.
Hey, should I get dad? Uh, no.
Let him sleep.
You know, he was at the hospital till midnight.
Well, you had quite a day.
I decided last night - You should move back to Austin.
- I can't just move back.
You know, I have a career in D.
C.
You know, mom's been sick for a while.
- Dad said we weren't allowed to tell you.
- Are you kidding? Mom says the only thing that she wants before she dies - is to see you get married.
- Oh, my God.
Please just don't talk like that, okay? Hey! Be nice.
Jackie Vachs? You know who she's married to, right? Anders holt, the love of our life.
- Our life? - Don't be selfish.
Oh, my God, that hair and those eyes.
Mmm! You're terrible.
You know, he married her Like, a month after their dads went into business together? It's not even a real marriage.
It's like an a.
T.
M.
machine.
- Put the card in, take your cash out.
- Okay, stop.
I'm sure that, you know, they're very happy together Mnh-mnh.
Not as happy as he'd be with us.
You know I'm right.
Mornin'.
There he is.
So, Steven, your father's parole hearing is coming up next month.
Your mother and I were hoping you would testify on his behalf, make a statement as to his character, how much you miss him, et cetera.
Yeah, uh, well, I don't really feel comfortable doing that.
- Steven.
- What? He's It's a white-collar crime.
He's gonna get out anyway, right? Given the, uh, current economic climate the recession financial crimes are viewed with a harsh eye, as far as disposition.
Okay, well, - just, uh, let me think about it.
- What if he wrote a letter? A letter would help, certainly.
I'd take a letter.
- What's this doing out here? - Uh, your father asked me to pull out tapes.
Mr.
Charles thought they might help.
Family tragedy.
We make a small movie, add a sad song.
I'm surprised your father's trial lawyer didn't do it.
It might have shortened his sentence.
Steven, you're being ridic - I don't care.
You don't get this.
- You're being ridiculous.
Honey - Have a good day.
Enjoy.
- Yeah, yeah, come back and see me anytime.
Got a little boonky.
- You know, this song is about your panties? - Oh, do you know that you're gross? - Hey, Dawn.
- Yeah? - How do you spell "isosceles"? - Uh, I don't know.
Why are you talking to me in a foreign language? No, no.
It's a type of a triangle.
"Isosceles" means Well, well.
Whoa! Miss Barbuso, we missed you at school again today.
I, um, I called your your mother's work, and they that, um, she'd taken a leave of absence? Oh, um My grandmother has been really sick.
Uh-huh.
Sick grandmother, huh? Yeah, we think she has lupus.
That's unfortunate.
Oh, man.
Here, dude.
This is on the house.
And just remember me at christmastime, man.
Honestly, no, no, no.
You don't have to do it.
No, no.
It's all good.
No, you have to take it.
Dawn, I'm serious.
I expect you and your mother in my office first thing in the morning.
What a Oh, do you have room for these? Yeah, I think.
- Yes! - So Dawn seems pretty comfortable around you.
Uh, yeah.
I mean, sure.
We are friends.
Does it bother you when she undresses in front of you? No, you know, it's no big deal.
She does it all the time, so it's like Gotta get used to it, but it, you know, 'cause I don't think about her that way, like, at all.
Even though you guys used to date? Do you ever worry what Rolly might think if he saw some of this footage? What? I mean, it's, like, not we're Okay, how do I explain it? Betw okay, between you and me, she we're not I-I, like, I go I-I date a lot.
And, um, she and I we're not like that.
So you're you're not gonna show this to him, right? You know the M.
R.
E.
s, those little crackers in M.
R.
E.
s? I can eat them in two minutes.
- Come on, man.
- I'm telling you.
I ate a whole pound of almonds in ten minutes.
Almonds.
You know, I um, you know, I'm not a big almond man.
What about you, son? I don't like almonds.
I'm gonna get you those crackers so you can prove yourself sir, stay down! You've been shot! I'm okay, okay, all right.
I'm okay! Where's my weapon? Where's my weapon? - Bring 'em in! I'm coming in! - You shot me, (bleep)! Welcome.
Find a spot.
We'll start at ten after.
- Hi.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
I'm Judy.
- Hi.
I'm Bob.
Hey, I'm Kenneth.
Uh, this is Dawn.
- Hi, guys.
- Hi.
So can we smoke in here? - You're smoking? - No, no, no.
She's she's kidding.
I really could use a beer, though.
I get it.
She's funny.
- So when are you guys due? - Uh, well, it's not my baby, actually, but, you see, um, Dawn's husband is a soldier.
He's in Afghanistan, so Oh, you poor thing.
- Totally.
So poor.
You have no idea.
- Okay.
- Mom.
- Hi, honey.
This is s Kenneth and Dawn.
Dawn's husband is a soldier in Afghanistan.
Isn't that amazing? My mom's here for the birth.
I don't know what I would do without her.
My mom's amazing.
She helped me through the whole pregnancy.
- You know what (bleep) - No, no, no.
No.
- Dawn.
- Yep.
- You look pretty good there.
- Yeah.
Yeah, it's gonna leave a mark.
- Turned 'em to cream cheese.
- That's what I'm talking 'bout.
- Yeah, touchdown.
- That's what I'm talking about.
Let's do it.
- Good job on getting all - Good job.
You okay, sir? - So how are you feeling today? - I feel good.
How are you? I'm good.
So Tom had his first visit with his dad yesterday.
Yeah.
- How'd that go? - It it was great.
Tom was really excited, and he Actually couldn't stop talking about it.
It was Very much "my dad this" and "my dad that.
" It was it was really nice to see him so happy.
Have you thought about what it means for you guys? - Who? - You and Steven, how you're gonna work this out.
Um, n-nothing.
I mean, I'm not really looking for anything.
And I just thought that Tom should meet his father.
Yeah.
No, uh, for I'm talking about visitation.
Will Tom go to Hawaii or Steven come here? Well, I I don't know.
We haven't really talked about that.
So it doesn't worry you that Steven might want to formalize this relationship, file for visitation rights? Surely, you've thought about all this.
Hey, buttwipe.
You probably won't see this tape for a while, but I got you somethin'.
Have fun at college.
He always calls.
He didn't call.
He's been gone all day.
This is a boy who has never once left the house without telling either of us where he's going.
Never in 15 years.
Do you understand? - Yes, I understand.
- This is so unlike him.
There's something is wrong.
The rule is, he has to be missing for 24 hours before a report can be filed.
No, he is only 15.
You have to find him.
Steven, turn that camera off and get back upstairs.
- Dawn, you wanna tell us where you're going? - School.
Is your mom gonna meet you here? I doubt it.
Where's your mother? What do you wanna hear from me? I-I would really like to know that.
I mean, do you wanna know that my mom left? That she that she (bleep) ditched us, and I've missed 11 days of school because somebody has to pay the rent? - What about your dad? - Let me just tell you something.
They're not gonna take my brother away.
I'm almost 18 th-three more weeks.
Like, whatever it takes, you know, like, I'm gonna make it work.
It's fine.
I don't care if I graduate .
I'm a big girl.
By the time Dawn's brother Vincent was born, the couple was fighting all the time.
Lane, on tour with sleeper hold, was on the road for most of the year.
Then, the day after Dawn's 6th birthday, her father moved out for good.
During this time, Dawn's mother would fly high for weeks at a time then she would crash, taken to bed for days.
At the start of Dawn's senior year, Dawn's mother checked herself into a mental health clinic.
She was suffering from severe depression.
So what happened in there? Nothing.
I dropped out of school.
You dropped out of school? It's fine.
He's kind of a (bleep) anyways.
I just feel like if I would have told him the truth he would have called social services or something.
I can always get my G.
E.
D.
What are you gonna do now? Start looking for jobs.
Save up for college.
Okay, I'm confused.
How can you go to college when you just dropped out of high school? Because it's not for me.
It's for my brother Vincent.
Hi.
Oh, hey.
I need to I need to talk to you Yeah.
Because I'm really sorry about yesterday, - about the class.
- Oh, yeah.
No, it's fine.
I-I It's totally fine.
- It was kind of a dumb idea anyway, you know? - No, it wasn't.
It was really sweet.
And I'm just I don't know.
It just wasn't supposed to be like this, you know I just I swore I swore to myself that when I had kids, that I-I wouldn't I wouldn't be one of these, you know, crazy moms who can't You know, I just want her to have, like, a home And a father and stability.
Well Well, uh She has a home.
Kenneth I'm unemployed, I got kicked out of my apartment, and Rolly is in a (bleep) war.
I swore that when I had kids, I would be, like, that "June cleaver mom.
" I would have dinner at 6:00, and I would cut the crusts off the bread.
I mean, kids deserve that, you know? They deserve to have a mom that they can count on.
Okay.
"Okay" what? Okay, come here.
- Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
- What? No.
No.
No.
Where are we going? Come on.
Sit over here.
- What are we doing? - It is 6:00, so we're gonna have dinner.
Yeah, except for we don't have any food.
- Aha.
- I was supposed to go grocery shopping - And I can't even do that.
- We have peanut butter and we have bread.
You want me to cut off the crusts? No.
I like the crusts.
All right.
So every night at 6:00, we're gonna have dinner.
What else? I don't I don't know.
Well, if you think of anything else, you just, uh, ask Uncle Kenneth.
Eat your sandwich.
I'm gonna make me one, now.
It's six o'clock.
- Steven, hi.
- Hey.
I was, just - Can I talk to you, for a second? - Yeah, of course.
- Do you wanna - No, no, it's fine.
Suck.
All I want to say is that Tom and I We have a really good balance and Uhm if you're willing to I would love for you to to Get to know Tom.
But we're Not looking for anything.
I mean, that's not the reason why I called.
We're not missing anything.
Does any of this make any sense? Not really.
We're doing fine, is my point great, actually And so Don't feel like you have to stay.
Wait.
You called me, - okay? I was living my life.
- I know.
Well, I I didn't I'm sorry if I'm not Like, what you - No.
L-look.
I didn't come here to fight.
- What, it's not like I'm the pathetic loser.
- No, that's not what I - I could be pissed at you, you know? You didn't- nine years.
That's not who does that? - Okay, this was a mistake.
- W - you know what? I'm just gonna - Oh, come on.
- Yeah, uh, this was a mistake.
- Don't just Best case scenario is that the blowout preventer efforts - Hey.
- Hey.
Did you eat? Yeah, I'm fine.
Just watching the news.
This oil rig disaster's awful.
Our focus, in particular, today is looking very carefully at the preventive booming that's occurring using the I have a son.
Working in conjunction with no scientific What? Uh, I have a son.
His name is Tom.
He's 9.
- Where? - Here.
His his his mother is a girl that I went to high school with.
I-I just found this out.
And ever since I found out, I I can't stop thinking about R.
J.
, what happened, and, uh, if something happens to Tom.
- How do you even deal with that? - This is, uh Why don't we Why don't we talk about this In the morning, okay? Oh, okay.
Yeah.
I'm just - Tired.
.
- Sure.
It's been a long day.
Don't stay up too late.
So being the detective on the case, what what did that mean? What did you do? Well, we put out flyers and interviewed the neighbors.
Uh, there was one witness that reported seeing a teenager getting into a green vehicle, but it turned out to be a-a different child.
What do you think happened to R.
J.
? Ma'am, I firmly believe that he ran away.
And in talking to the Fosters' neighbors and Family friends, we learned that the father, Michael Foster, did not have a good relationship with his son.
So you think R.
J.
wanted to get away from his fatather.
I had conversations with Michael Foster, and I think We, to be quite honest, I just did not get a good feeling from him.
And clearly, uh, given what happened later with the Enron Mess and all, I believe that feeling was right.
Mr.
Foster, your son R.
J.
was accepted at college at age 15.
His brother Steven was class president, valedictorian.
Do you think you pushed your sons a little too hard to succeed? I wouldn't say that I pushed them.
I Simply wanted to make sure that those boys reached their full potential, and they did.
The police believe that R.
J.
ran away from home.
- What do you think about that? - I think they don't know what they're talking about.
Well, I know that you haven't spoken to Steven in a while.
Are you aware that he dropped out of college? He's a bartender now, surfs all day.
How's that make you feel? I'd like to go back to my cell.
- You don't want to answer my questions then? - No, I don't.
All I'm saying is aim higher, don't settle for just good enough.
Whatever I do, I'm gonna be a superstar.
And what if you're not? I have to be.
Why is that? I just have to be.
Hey, sweetie.
How are you? How's the peanut? And don't sweat this.
I, uh, cut myself shaving yesterday.
I'm so clumsy.
Listen, I just wanna tell you something.
I'm going to come home.
I'm coming home, no matter what Because I'm alive, and I have a purpose And I got things I wanna do, things I have to do, like be your husband Be a father.
So I don't care How hard they make this for me.
I don't care what they do to me.
I'm coming home.
Peace.
Where's the Anders.
Oh, my God.
Smell.
- Isn't that good? - Good.
Yeah.
Let's do it! Can you be my
Now it's 2010, and we decided to go back and see what these children had made of their lives.
A lot can change in ten years.
Life takes unexpected turns.
But for this nine young men and women, the last ten years were just the beginning.
My dad Wants me to go to law school, but I'm thinking maybe medical school.
But who knows? Maybe I'll do both - doctor and lawyer.
- Well, that way you can defend - your own malpractice suits.
- Well, all I'm saying is aim higher, don't settle for just good enough.
Whatever I do, I'm gonna be a superstar.
And what if you're not? I have to be.
Why is that? I just have to be.
And so Class of 2000, I say to you, this is our moment.
Nothing can stop us now.
Is this Steven Foster from Greenbelt high? Yeah.
Hi.
Who is this? It's Caroline chung from high school.
Um, we have a son Tom.
He's 9.
What? So You gonna look for a job? I told you, I don't know really how long I'm gonna be here, - so - Your father would like it if you visited.
- Mom - What? It's only about two hours away.
- You could be there by lunch.
- Okay, well, that's not really why I'm here.
Well, what are you gonna do? Are you gonna Hate him for the rest of your life? Hey, mom, do you think I'd be a good dad? - Relax.
- What? What?! No.
Hypothetically.
Hypothetically? There's no such thing as a hypothetical child.
Just promise me that you won't have children until after you grow up.
Hey, it's Caroline.
I'm not here right now, so leave a message.
Hey, Caroline.
It's Steven, again.
Sorry to bug you, but I-I really do want to see you and Tom, my, uh, son.
- Um, so, yeah, just give me a call back.
- Steven? Oh, hey.
What's up? Um hey.
Um I'm taking Tom to the Zilker playground at 3:00.
Do you wanna come? Yes.
Yes, absolutely.
I'll be there.
That's great.
Okay, great.
Um, I'll tell Tom.
Okay.
Thanks.
Uh, bye.
Bye.
Put it in the oven at 350 for about 40 minutes.
And that's how you roast a chicken.
Easy.
Oh, um, you know, I don't really I don't really cook.
- My husband's the chef in the family.
- Oh.
Last night he made beef bourguignonne, and, uh, for dessert, he made a pear tart.
Oh, he sounds like a keeper.
Mm-hmm.
How's the equipment? What do you mean? You know, the equipment.
Brenda? Oh, my God.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Wow! - Wow! Uh - Oh.
- How are you? How are you? Oh, my God.
What are you doing here? Um, well, uh, my mom had a stroke.
- Yeah.
No, it - I'm so sorry.
She's okay.
Um, it was the left side, but but she has her speech Oh, that's good.
So yeah.
So how are you? - I'm really good.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- I-I heard you married Anders.
I-is that I mean, how how is that? Well, he's great.
I-I mean, I don't have to tell you.
I mean, you guys were together longer than us, so Ooh.
In check.
This is who I'm gonna marry.
Yeah.
Well, that was a long time ago.
Yeah.
Um, so I-I guess I should, um Oh, no, absolutely.
I-I-I hope your mom is okay.
Yeah.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- What's the patient's name? Oh, okay.
Uh, he's in room 2010.
Defense! Defense! Hey, baby.
I figured I'd introduce you to the camp and, uh, take you on a tour, meet some of the guys.
It's, uh, Saturday, I think.
Doesn't matter.
All right, so this is where we rack.
Of course, I'm on top.
You know.
And best thing about this is, is your beautiful face.
So that's the last thing I see at night and the first thing I see when I wake up.
All right, so we're up in the mountains, yeah.
Cool.
And I can't say Exactly where, but, uh, it gets pretty cold here at night, even though it feels like Kenya right now.
This is riggs.
Riggs here has a problem with authority, which is why he's our F.
F.
E.
Fecal fire expert.
Isn't that right, riggs? (Bleep) you.
What's that, soldier? (Bleep), sir! These guys are our very own news crew from Amsterdam Arjan and Bastiaan.
Am I saying that right? Yep.
Bastiaan? Bastiaan.
All right.
Yeah, we spend most of our time trying to make sure these guys don't get killed.
This is the mess hall.
This is the rest of the guys.
This is Charley company.
Otherwise known as the big hurt! Say somethin', boys! Hi, mom.
Well That's it.
Not too much to it, huh? Um I-I just I can't believe that I'm not there for you right now, for this, for the birth, you know? I just, uh The pictures that you sent they're amazing, and thank you for that.
The guys are sick of 'em.
Um And I pray every night that you and the baby are ok.
And I know that God is gonna find a way for me to be there when she's born.
Ok? Uhm - And I just, uh - Hello, hello, hello? - I love you, baby.
- Oh, hey.
There you are.
I was calling you.
Him? His name's Kenneth.
I've actually been dating him for, like, three weeks.
Oh, hey, don't forget we have that hypnobirthing class tomorrow.
Ugh! Are you kidding me? No.
Mrs.
Douglas, the, uh You know, the art teacher for "k" through five, I guess she found it really helpful, and it's pretty cool.
It's all about finding your own personal happy place, and then going there when you're in labor.
Yeah, well, my happy place is called a needle in me spine.
Uh, right.
Oh, hey.
Also, I'm putting together a call list - for when the baby comes.
- Yeah? So who who do you want on there? Well, my brother Vincent, of course.
And - I mean, falcon, I guess.
- Right.
- I don't know.
- Rolly better be here by then.
- By then.
- Yeah.
And what what about, uhm We haven't talked about your mom.
Dude, no.
Well, I mean, I know.
It's just She I-I mean, y-you are gonna have a baby, so technically, she is gonna be a grandmother.
Seriously? If you call that woman, I will never speak to you again.
Ok.
I mean, I-I won't.
I-I just - I'm fucking serious, Kenneth.
- Ok.
- Let him rest.
- Come on, Steven.
Even a bad pitch, you gotta hit it.
Oh! Strike three! Good swing, buddy.
Steven.
I don't want to talk to you about this again.
Do you wanna be in little league or not? - Yes, I do! - All right, so what you gonna do about it? - I'm gonna try.
- You're not trying hard enough.
- I've shown you this a thousand times.
- Dad.
- You gotta do it.
- I just - dad, ease up.
- I just I can't get it.
Right? - Dad, come on.
Just let him try.
- Come on, pal.
- Yes, sir.
- It's not that hard.
All right? - Thank you for seeing me.
- Thank you.
Um, well, we'll just get right to it.
So we're rolling.
Would you like to introduce yourself? My name is Michael Foster.
And what is your relation to Steven? I'm his he's my son.
How long have you been in prison? I have been in Huntsville prison for 4 years 3 months, and 11 days.
Not that I counting.
Can you tell us what you're in for? I was a high-level employee at Enron.
And you were convicted on seven counts of conspiracy and fraud.
Any idea when you'll be released? I have a parole hearing in three weeks.
And I am um.
Cautiously optimistic.
So, mr Foster, when's the last time you saw your son? April 2005.
- Five years ago.
- That's right have you had any contact with him since? On the phone or anything? Uh, I write to him, but, uh, he does not write me back.
Hmm.
Why do you think that is? I don't know.
But I will say this um, if R.
J.
Were still with us, he would have visited.
That boy would never have abandoned his father.
I'm sorry.
Who's R.
J.
? You've been following Steven for how long? And he never told you about R.
J.
? Mr Foster, are you trying to tell me that you have another son? That Steven has a brother? You need to talk to Steven.
He's not telling you everything.
Uh, excuse me.
Can I talk to you for a minute? - Um, you go to Greenbelt high, right? - Me? Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm actually doing a documentary, following some seniors from there.
Do you mind if I, uh, shoot you for my documentary? Um - What's going on? - I have no idea.
They're shooting a documentary.
Oh! Y'all gotta shoot me.
- I'm the one you wanna shoot.
- They shoot you, too.
I mean I guess.
You'll be perfect.
Well, uh, how about we're rolling, so why don't you just introduce yourself? I'm Vincent.
I'm Her brother.
- Hi, Vincent.
- And I'm I'm I'm Dawn.
Dawn Barbuso.
- What's your name? - This is my boy falcon.
- Hi, falcon.
- What's up? - How old are you, Vincent? - Uh, 13.
And do you get along with your sister? - She's kind of a bitch.
- Hey! - It's like an interview going on.
- See? Hey! No, it's true.
I am.
I'm totally a bitch.
Ok, you know, I can't wait for your mother any longer.
You were caught leaving school again early today, miss Barbuso.
You know, that plus 11 unexplained absences this year puts you in danger of not graduating in may.
I-I just I wanna ask you Do you wanna make something of yourself? No.
No, I'm good.
Can I go now? I expect your mother to call me - Miss Barbuso.
- She works a lot.
- Ok, well, then your father.
- Yeah, right.
Well, whatever.
I mean, he just says that I won't graduate.
Plenty of strippers only got G.
E.
D.
s.
Hey, shut up! You can hand out free samples at the supermarket.
Hey, do you want a beating? Hey.
Whoa.
He got good ideas, woman.
- Gotta make some money somehow.
- Hey.
Jeez.
Back up on the stripper thing.
- I will not back up.
- How much do strippers make? Are you kidding? Ridiculous money.
- Because I could be a stripper.
- Can you, now? You hear this? Oh.
Yeah.
You cannot be a stripper.
- Hey! Shake that booty! Oh, my! - Get off the boxes! What do you think? Goodness.
- I think I love you.
Ooh.
- Please, that is gross.
Stop.
- I'm not telling her to stop.
- Damn, girl! We're closed.
- You look open to me.
- Caught you being all slutty.
I gotta make a phone call, Falc.
- Who is that? - That's Dawn Barbuso.
- Dawn Barbuso.
- What, you like her? Mm.
Yes, principal crowder, please.
Hi, Mr.
crowder? Hello.
Hi, this is Robin Barbuso, Dawn's mother.
Might be mister and missus, dude.
Give you a chance.
Listen, I want I want you to know that I appreciate your patience with Dawn.
It has been very rough on her and her brother since her father left.
And me alone, a single mom.
All right, Mr.
crowder.
I'll make sure Dawn is there pretty early Monday morning.
Good-bye.
- If you use any of this, I will kill you.
- Who you talking to? In 1981, Dawn's mother, Robin summers, met a guitar player named Lane Barbuso in Camden, New Jersey.
Lane played in a band called sleeper hold.
He was from Irvine, California.
Robin was 18 years old.
Lane and Robin got married that December.
She was three months pregnant.
A U.
S.
air force helicopter crashed late Thursday in Afghanistan southeast, killing at least four people and wounding - Hi.
- Hi.
I'm sorry.
It's just, uh, some days - you just can't get out of a door, you know? - Yeah, no problem.
Uh, these are for you.
- Oh.
Thanks.
- Hey, buddy! What's up? I got this for ya.
I already have this one.
Don't be rude.
Say, "thank you.
" - Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Okay.
Do you want okay.
What? - I'm sorry.
- No, he's cute.
So should we Yeah, sure.
Let's.
Uh Thanks again for doing this.
I'm, uh, I, uh, hate what happened last week, - running into you guys like that.
- Uh, yeah.
No, it's fine.
Just Tom was really excited to meet you.
I know.
Yeah.
So anyway, Tom's doing great.
- He goes to barton elementary.
- Mm-hmm.
And Kenneth actually is his teacher.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
He's amazing Kenneth.
He's such a good teacher, and Tom loves him.
I'm sorry.
Do you see him? I don't see where he is.
Oh, he's over by the jungle gym.
Oh.
Okay, good.
- Mommy radar.
- Wow, that's you're good.
So do you know how long you're staying? No.
Um, I-I took some time off from work.
Mm.
So just wanted to visit with you guys, and, uh, I, uh, got this stuff with my dad.
Oh, yeah, right.
Um Ok.
So I sort of feel like I just need to ask you this.
Uh, are you sure that he's mine? Are you you're sure? I-I don't I'm sorry.
I know that's, like no, no, no, it's let's see.
Uh, I was a virgin.
Okay.
Um, we had sex, I got pregnant, and the next time I had sex was in 2004.
Okay.
All right.
Okay.
I mean That's great.
- Mom! - Uh-oh.
Mom! - Um, why don't you go? - Really? - Mom! - Gotta jump in sometime.
- Uh, okay.
- Mom! Hey, guys.
What's going on? What's up? You wanna play, too? Uh-oh.
What happened? Oh, his foot fell off.
That's so gross! You just broke his leg.
Do you realize that? Now he's got no feet! Oh! Do you think they smell good? Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
You're slippin', man.
- You're slippin'.
Faster! - Good job, Steven.
- Michael! - Faster! Come on.
You're stopping at the tree.
- You can't stop at the tree.
- Dad.
Dad, come on.
Get to the tree, you anticipate it, you spin, and you take off.
- Okay? Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
- Come on, buddy.
This is no good.
R.
J.
, you sound like a 2-year-old.
- Michael, go easy on him, ok? - Give him a break.
He's just a little kid, ok? Get in there and show him how it's done.
Look, come here.
He's learning.
- Michael, honey.
- Come here.
Come here.
We're gonna stand over here, and we're gonna watch your brother do it.
- Bye.
Yeah.
- Bye! That was really nice.
Yeah.
Yeah, he's a cool kid.
So I guess you're feeling good about fatherhood.
Uh you know, yeah.
I mean, it's one playdate.
I wouldn't, you know, say I have a lock on the whole fatherhood thing yet, but yeah.
You know, I went to see your father yesterday.
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
He looks good, healthy.
He wanted me to say "hi.
" That's "hi"? That's really what he wanted no, actually, we, um, we talked about R.
J.
He said R.
J.
was your brother and that something happened to him.
Steven, what happened? Why why didn't you ever tell me you had an older brother? I'm These are pri this is family, private stuff.
Okay? Stev - here it is.
- Wow.
The salad has wildflowers in it.
It looks amazing.
Yeah.
Oh, make sure you try some mint jelly with the lamb.
It is homemade.
You know, honey, uh, you really don't have to cook like this every night.
I mean, we could just, um, have pizza.
That's a great idea.
I'll buy a pizza stone, and we can install a od-burning oven outside.
- That's not what I what I meant by - Oh, hold on.
Let me get a picture.
Okay.
So I had lunch with my dad today.
He says he missed you at dinner the other night.
- He sends his best.
- Mm.
He wanted to know if we thought any more about Having kids.
- Honey - I told him we were thinking about it.
I'm not ready yet.
Yeah, I know.
But we're gonna be well, you're gonna be 30 soon, and, uh, I just think we should maybe talk about it.
- Oh.
- Mmm.
I saw Brenda today.
At the hospital.
Brenda.
Her mother had a stroke, so she's back in town.
That's awful.
Is is she okay? Her mother is her mother uh, well, she can still talk, apparently, which is good, but her left side is pretty messed up.
And Brenda seemed pretty upset about it, but you know, that's obvious.
Oh, can you pass the peas? Hmm.
Hello, everybody.
It's Wednesday, April 21, 2010.
Um, no, I don't I don't think you should let them put that language in there.
It's yeah.
Okay.
Call you later.
Hey, should I get dad? Uh, no.
Let him sleep.
You know, he was at the hospital till midnight.
Well, you had quite a day.
I decided last night - You should move back to Austin.
- I can't just move back.
You know, I have a career in D.
C.
You know, mom's been sick for a while.
- Dad said we weren't allowed to tell you.
- Are you kidding? Mom says the only thing that she wants before she dies - is to see you get married.
- Oh, my God.
Please just don't talk like that, okay? Hey! Be nice.
Jackie Vachs? You know who she's married to, right? Anders holt, the love of our life.
- Our life? - Don't be selfish.
Oh, my God, that hair and those eyes.
Mmm! You're terrible.
You know, he married her Like, a month after their dads went into business together? It's not even a real marriage.
It's like an a.
T.
M.
machine.
- Put the card in, take your cash out.
- Okay, stop.
I'm sure that, you know, they're very happy together Mnh-mnh.
Not as happy as he'd be with us.
You know I'm right.
Mornin'.
There he is.
So, Steven, your father's parole hearing is coming up next month.
Your mother and I were hoping you would testify on his behalf, make a statement as to his character, how much you miss him, et cetera.
Yeah, uh, well, I don't really feel comfortable doing that.
- Steven.
- What? He's It's a white-collar crime.
He's gonna get out anyway, right? Given the, uh, current economic climate the recession financial crimes are viewed with a harsh eye, as far as disposition.
Okay, well, - just, uh, let me think about it.
- What if he wrote a letter? A letter would help, certainly.
I'd take a letter.
- What's this doing out here? - Uh, your father asked me to pull out tapes.
Mr.
Charles thought they might help.
Family tragedy.
We make a small movie, add a sad song.
I'm surprised your father's trial lawyer didn't do it.
It might have shortened his sentence.
Steven, you're being ridic - I don't care.
You don't get this.
- You're being ridiculous.
Honey - Have a good day.
Enjoy.
- Yeah, yeah, come back and see me anytime.
Got a little boonky.
- You know, this song is about your panties? - Oh, do you know that you're gross? - Hey, Dawn.
- Yeah? - How do you spell "isosceles"? - Uh, I don't know.
Why are you talking to me in a foreign language? No, no.
It's a type of a triangle.
"Isosceles" means Well, well.
Whoa! Miss Barbuso, we missed you at school again today.
I, um, I called your your mother's work, and they that, um, she'd taken a leave of absence? Oh, um My grandmother has been really sick.
Uh-huh.
Sick grandmother, huh? Yeah, we think she has lupus.
That's unfortunate.
Oh, man.
Here, dude.
This is on the house.
And just remember me at christmastime, man.
Honestly, no, no, no.
You don't have to do it.
No, no.
It's all good.
No, you have to take it.
Dawn, I'm serious.
I expect you and your mother in my office first thing in the morning.
What a Oh, do you have room for these? Yeah, I think.
- Yes! - So Dawn seems pretty comfortable around you.
Uh, yeah.
I mean, sure.
We are friends.
Does it bother you when she undresses in front of you? No, you know, it's no big deal.
She does it all the time, so it's like Gotta get used to it, but it, you know, 'cause I don't think about her that way, like, at all.
Even though you guys used to date? Do you ever worry what Rolly might think if he saw some of this footage? What? I mean, it's, like, not we're Okay, how do I explain it? Betw okay, between you and me, she we're not I-I, like, I go I-I date a lot.
And, um, she and I we're not like that.
So you're you're not gonna show this to him, right? You know the M.
R.
E.
s, those little crackers in M.
R.
E.
s? I can eat them in two minutes.
- Come on, man.
- I'm telling you.
I ate a whole pound of almonds in ten minutes.
Almonds.
You know, I um, you know, I'm not a big almond man.
What about you, son? I don't like almonds.
I'm gonna get you those crackers so you can prove yourself sir, stay down! You've been shot! I'm okay, okay, all right.
I'm okay! Where's my weapon? Where's my weapon? - Bring 'em in! I'm coming in! - You shot me, (bleep)! Welcome.
Find a spot.
We'll start at ten after.
- Hi.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
I'm Judy.
- Hi.
I'm Bob.
Hey, I'm Kenneth.
Uh, this is Dawn.
- Hi, guys.
- Hi.
So can we smoke in here? - You're smoking? - No, no, no.
She's she's kidding.
I really could use a beer, though.
I get it.
She's funny.
- So when are you guys due? - Uh, well, it's not my baby, actually, but, you see, um, Dawn's husband is a soldier.
He's in Afghanistan, so Oh, you poor thing.
- Totally.
So poor.
You have no idea.
- Okay.
- Mom.
- Hi, honey.
This is s Kenneth and Dawn.
Dawn's husband is a soldier in Afghanistan.
Isn't that amazing? My mom's here for the birth.
I don't know what I would do without her.
My mom's amazing.
She helped me through the whole pregnancy.
- You know what (bleep) - No, no, no.
No.
- Dawn.
- Yep.
- You look pretty good there.
- Yeah.
Yeah, it's gonna leave a mark.
- Turned 'em to cream cheese.
- That's what I'm talking 'bout.
- Yeah, touchdown.
- That's what I'm talking about.
Let's do it.
- Good job on getting all - Good job.
You okay, sir? - So how are you feeling today? - I feel good.
How are you? I'm good.
So Tom had his first visit with his dad yesterday.
Yeah.
- How'd that go? - It it was great.
Tom was really excited, and he Actually couldn't stop talking about it.
It was Very much "my dad this" and "my dad that.
" It was it was really nice to see him so happy.
Have you thought about what it means for you guys? - Who? - You and Steven, how you're gonna work this out.
Um, n-nothing.
I mean, I'm not really looking for anything.
And I just thought that Tom should meet his father.
Yeah.
No, uh, for I'm talking about visitation.
Will Tom go to Hawaii or Steven come here? Well, I I don't know.
We haven't really talked about that.
So it doesn't worry you that Steven might want to formalize this relationship, file for visitation rights? Surely, you've thought about all this.
Hey, buttwipe.
You probably won't see this tape for a while, but I got you somethin'.
Have fun at college.
He always calls.
He didn't call.
He's been gone all day.
This is a boy who has never once left the house without telling either of us where he's going.
Never in 15 years.
Do you understand? - Yes, I understand.
- This is so unlike him.
There's something is wrong.
The rule is, he has to be missing for 24 hours before a report can be filed.
No, he is only 15.
You have to find him.
Steven, turn that camera off and get back upstairs.
- Dawn, you wanna tell us where you're going? - School.
Is your mom gonna meet you here? I doubt it.
Where's your mother? What do you wanna hear from me? I-I would really like to know that.
I mean, do you wanna know that my mom left? That she that she (bleep) ditched us, and I've missed 11 days of school because somebody has to pay the rent? - What about your dad? - Let me just tell you something.
They're not gonna take my brother away.
I'm almost 18 th-three more weeks.
Like, whatever it takes, you know, like, I'm gonna make it work.
It's fine.
I don't care if I graduate .
I'm a big girl.
By the time Dawn's brother Vincent was born, the couple was fighting all the time.
Lane, on tour with sleeper hold, was on the road for most of the year.
Then, the day after Dawn's 6th birthday, her father moved out for good.
During this time, Dawn's mother would fly high for weeks at a time then she would crash, taken to bed for days.
At the start of Dawn's senior year, Dawn's mother checked herself into a mental health clinic.
She was suffering from severe depression.
So what happened in there? Nothing.
I dropped out of school.
You dropped out of school? It's fine.
He's kind of a (bleep) anyways.
I just feel like if I would have told him the truth he would have called social services or something.
I can always get my G.
E.
D.
What are you gonna do now? Start looking for jobs.
Save up for college.
Okay, I'm confused.
How can you go to college when you just dropped out of high school? Because it's not for me.
It's for my brother Vincent.
Hi.
Oh, hey.
I need to I need to talk to you Yeah.
Because I'm really sorry about yesterday, - about the class.
- Oh, yeah.
No, it's fine.
I-I It's totally fine.
- It was kind of a dumb idea anyway, you know? - No, it wasn't.
It was really sweet.
And I'm just I don't know.
It just wasn't supposed to be like this, you know I just I swore I swore to myself that when I had kids, that I-I wouldn't I wouldn't be one of these, you know, crazy moms who can't You know, I just want her to have, like, a home And a father and stability.
Well Well, uh She has a home.
Kenneth I'm unemployed, I got kicked out of my apartment, and Rolly is in a (bleep) war.
I swore that when I had kids, I would be, like, that "June cleaver mom.
" I would have dinner at 6:00, and I would cut the crusts off the bread.
I mean, kids deserve that, you know? They deserve to have a mom that they can count on.
Okay.
"Okay" what? Okay, come here.
- Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
- What? No.
No.
No.
Where are we going? Come on.
Sit over here.
- What are we doing? - It is 6:00, so we're gonna have dinner.
Yeah, except for we don't have any food.
- Aha.
- I was supposed to go grocery shopping - And I can't even do that.
- We have peanut butter and we have bread.
You want me to cut off the crusts? No.
I like the crusts.
All right.
So every night at 6:00, we're gonna have dinner.
What else? I don't I don't know.
Well, if you think of anything else, you just, uh, ask Uncle Kenneth.
Eat your sandwich.
I'm gonna make me one, now.
It's six o'clock.
- Steven, hi.
- Hey.
I was, just - Can I talk to you, for a second? - Yeah, of course.
- Do you wanna - No, no, it's fine.
Suck.
All I want to say is that Tom and I We have a really good balance and Uhm if you're willing to I would love for you to to Get to know Tom.
But we're Not looking for anything.
I mean, that's not the reason why I called.
We're not missing anything.
Does any of this make any sense? Not really.
We're doing fine, is my point great, actually And so Don't feel like you have to stay.
Wait.
You called me, - okay? I was living my life.
- I know.
Well, I I didn't I'm sorry if I'm not Like, what you - No.
L-look.
I didn't come here to fight.
- What, it's not like I'm the pathetic loser.
- No, that's not what I - I could be pissed at you, you know? You didn't- nine years.
That's not who does that? - Okay, this was a mistake.
- W - you know what? I'm just gonna - Oh, come on.
- Yeah, uh, this was a mistake.
- Don't just Best case scenario is that the blowout preventer efforts - Hey.
- Hey.
Did you eat? Yeah, I'm fine.
Just watching the news.
This oil rig disaster's awful.
Our focus, in particular, today is looking very carefully at the preventive booming that's occurring using the I have a son.
Working in conjunction with no scientific What? Uh, I have a son.
His name is Tom.
He's 9.
- Where? - Here.
His his his mother is a girl that I went to high school with.
I-I just found this out.
And ever since I found out, I I can't stop thinking about R.
J.
, what happened, and, uh, if something happens to Tom.
- How do you even deal with that? - This is, uh Why don't we Why don't we talk about this In the morning, okay? Oh, okay.
Yeah.
I'm just - Tired.
.
- Sure.
It's been a long day.
Don't stay up too late.
So being the detective on the case, what what did that mean? What did you do? Well, we put out flyers and interviewed the neighbors.
Uh, there was one witness that reported seeing a teenager getting into a green vehicle, but it turned out to be a-a different child.
What do you think happened to R.
J.
? Ma'am, I firmly believe that he ran away.
And in talking to the Fosters' neighbors and Family friends, we learned that the father, Michael Foster, did not have a good relationship with his son.
So you think R.
J.
wanted to get away from his fatather.
I had conversations with Michael Foster, and I think We, to be quite honest, I just did not get a good feeling from him.
And clearly, uh, given what happened later with the Enron Mess and all, I believe that feeling was right.
Mr.
Foster, your son R.
J.
was accepted at college at age 15.
His brother Steven was class president, valedictorian.
Do you think you pushed your sons a little too hard to succeed? I wouldn't say that I pushed them.
I Simply wanted to make sure that those boys reached their full potential, and they did.
The police believe that R.
J.
ran away from home.
- What do you think about that? - I think they don't know what they're talking about.
Well, I know that you haven't spoken to Steven in a while.
Are you aware that he dropped out of college? He's a bartender now, surfs all day.
How's that make you feel? I'd like to go back to my cell.
- You don't want to answer my questions then? - No, I don't.
All I'm saying is aim higher, don't settle for just good enough.
Whatever I do, I'm gonna be a superstar.
And what if you're not? I have to be.
Why is that? I just have to be.
Hey, sweetie.
How are you? How's the peanut? And don't sweat this.
I, uh, cut myself shaving yesterday.
I'm so clumsy.
Listen, I just wanna tell you something.
I'm going to come home.
I'm coming home, no matter what Because I'm alive, and I have a purpose And I got things I wanna do, things I have to do, like be your husband Be a father.
So I don't care How hard they make this for me.
I don't care what they do to me.
I'm coming home.
Peace.
Where's the Anders.
Oh, my God.
Smell.
- Isn't that good? - Good.
Yeah.
Let's do it! Can you be my