Everwood s01e12 Episode Script

Previously on Everwood: Maybe it wasn´t just the fireworks.
l was just thinking about us watching them go off last year with your hand just touching mine.
Colin came through very well.
l want you to know we´ve done everything possible to help your son.
How long will it take before he does remember? He may have to start from scratch.
A lot of these patients do.
When you think about the rich bounty of flora and fauna that populate this once-barren rock of ours it´s hard to believe it didn´t have some guiding hand.
Even setting aside all the creatures that crawl and swim and fly around us one has to marvel at the sheer variety and utility of plants.
They satisfy our hunger, provide us with shelter, and lift our spirits.
Hard to imagine life without God´s most alluring foot soldiers.
Luckily, Everwood never had to go without, thanks to Irma´s Flower Mart.
Irma Ferdonia opened it the week after they bombed Pearl Harbor.
""The world needs more beauty now, "" she said.
Nothing of importance ever happened around here without Irma´s fragrant touch.
Until now.
Thank you for coming.
We didn´t want to call an ambulance just to pronounce her.
l wish l could´ve done something.
l didn´t know she was sick.
-Neither did we.
-She called both of us this morning asked us to come right over, said she wasn´t feeling well.
-We found her here.
-She seemed like a lovely woman.
l´m sorry l didn´t get to know her better.
She only came to my office once.
She was healthy right up to the end.
We worried about her living alone all these last years.
-Your father passed away? -Cancer, four years ago.
They were married 63 years.
That´s a great run.
l´ll call the funeral home if you like, let them know to come.
Even at the worst of times Irma´s green thumb could lift people´s spirits.
Turns out some spirits were lifted a little higher than others.
Somewhere Jerry Garcia is weeping.
l just don´t know what lrma was doing with all this marijuana.
l can guess what she was doing with some of it.
-This is certainly a shock to us, mayor.
-This can´t be hers.
-What should we do with these? -l´ll get a baggie from the kitchen.
What about the rest of it? We could burn it out at Tom Conley´s place.
Better hold it at the station until we figure this out.
You´ve been to the station, Rose.
Our evidence room is a box with an E on it.
l´m pretty sure this won´t fit.
Well, isn´t there an official storage space, an impound lot or something? You´re the grand Pooh-Bah, mayor.
We´ll take it wherever you say but it´s got to get locked up somewhere.
This is our home, for God´s sake, not Willie Nelson´s dressing room.
This is totally great.
The dudes at school are not gonna believe this.
No, this will be long gone before the dudes hear anything about it.
Now shoo! Go on, shoo! This is government business.
Listen, l am not exactly thrilled about this either, Harold, but Bud and Lily want an investigation.
That poor woman can´t die with her reputation sullied.
l don´t care if lrma Ferdonia was held hostage by a Colombian drug cartel.
We have two impressionable children living under this roof.
Now, the prospect of having the county supply of an illicit narcotic under our floor? lt´s unacceptable.
That´s the last of it, Rose.
Oh, l almost forgot.
Now, don´t smoke them all in one place, doc.
lnappropriate humor for the head of Everwood´s law enforcement -don´t you think, Roger? -Thanks again.
l´ll work from home today.
Let me know if you find out anything.
No, you cannot stay home alone here with all of this stuff in the house.
l will be fine, Harold.
No.
Absolutely not.
l´m calling Louise.
She can reschedule my appointments.
l´m staying with you.
Amy? -What is it? -The Harts just called.
Colin´s coming home.
Well, l could be there in about three hours.
No, no.
That´s terrific.
l guess l´ll see for myself today.
All right, great.
Thank you.
That was one of the doctors from the Denver team.
-Colin has finished his basic rehabilitation.
-So he´s coming home.
A little too soon if you ask me.
l´m going down there today.
-The Harts want my seal of approval.
-Well, make sure and tell him hi for me.
You know, Ephram, l know this hasn´t been easy for you.
At least they got him back alive, right? Freeze in there.
You´re surrounded.
Heard you´re working narcotics, Detective Friday.
The speed at which word of mouth travels in this town defies the time-space continuum.
l´m friends with lrma´s daughter Lily, and she is freaking out.
l would be too if l found out my mother was growing more weed than Cheech and Chong combined.
l don´t think Delia´s ready yet.
Actually, l came over early because l wanted to ask your advice about something about Sam.
His preschool wants me to come in, and they think -that l should put him on Ritalin.
-Ritalin? Why? We haven´t been around that much, Andy, and he´s been acting out lately.
He´s a little boy, Nina.
lt comes with the Y chromosome.
You met my son, Ephram? ln the past couple months, he´s getting much more hyper and they said that if l don´t do something they might not let him come back.
They´re threatening to kick him out if you don´t medicate him? l don´t know what to do.
They may be right.
Maybe medicine would help.
Yeah, if he needs it.
But even if it does help the long-term effects are far less clear.
ln addition to potentially altering gene expression in the brain, it can cause weight loss, insomnia, rashes, and a reduction in social interaction.
Are you aware that it´s classified as a schedule-2 stimulant just like cocaine? -l am now.
-l´m sorry.
l didn´t mean to scare you.
Look, l´ll get you information on Ritalin, but that´s not enough.
l´d like to come with you.
-You don´t have to.
-l know but l´d like to if it´s okay with you.
Who bought balloons? lf you can´t bring signs or make banners talk to Kayla about food.
She´s got a list of goods requested.
Paige is gonna get there by 5 to help set up, so if you have questions, you can ask her.
-What´s that about? -There´s a welcome-home party for Colin.
-Of course there is.
-Bro, your dad rocks.
He does good work.
Out with the new, in with the old.
Nice not getting to know you.
-And what about you? -l´ll bring the cake.
His recovery is simply extraordinary.
He was barely more alive than Lazarus for months and now he´s progressed beyond any expectation.
Typically at this point, speech would have been impressive rudimentary motor skills, some hand-eye coordination.
But excepting slight paralysis in his right arm and some transient aphasia, he´s practically a normal teenage boy.
lt´s fair to say that you performed something of a miracle here, Dr.
Brown.
-Well, let´s not categorize this today.
-Whatever you want to call it but l´ve never seen anything like it in 20 years.
Dr.
Brown, thank you again.
Well, we´re just.
We don´t know what to say.
Well, Colin, l think we´ve both seen enough of this place.
You ready to go home? Yeah, l guess so.
No, no.
They couldn´t help me either.
Well, if it´s not your jurisdiction DEA or ATF? Okay.
Yes.
lt´s amazing government works at all.
-What exactly are you looking for? -Trouble.
With a capital T, which rhymes with P, and that stands for pot? Oh, joke away, my dear.
Once word gets around, you can bet every dope fiend and pothead within 50 miles will come sniffing around this house.
And doing what? Rolling around on the front lawn stoned? lt´s not catnip, Harold.
Stop right there, young man.
-Where do you think you´re going? -To the kitchen to get a beverage.
Sure, sure.
Forget it.
Kitchen´s closed down until this whole mess blows over.
Come on.
l may not be up on the latest rap, ´´Doggy,´´ but l wasn´t born yesterday.
Dad, really, get a grip.
Pot´s only supposed to make you paranoid after you smoke it.
That better be hearsay, young lady.
You! Hey! What do you want? Nothing.
l heard Cole Stock broke up with Lori Treadwell.
Couldn´t have happened to a nicer girl.
What are you wearing to Colin´s? Clothes.
lt´s pretty wild, huh? Him coming home and everything? ´´Wild´´ isn´t exactly the word l´d choose.
The Harts said l should meet them at the park early.
We´re riding together.
What do you think about this? He´s supposedly your best friend, or did you forget? l didn´t forget.
l´m just a little worried.
Worried he´s gonna be pissed about the accident? l´m not worried about me, okay? Maybe you should just chill a little, just dial down the -whole wacky girlfriend switch or-- -Why are you such a jerk? l can´t believe you´re trying to ruin this for me.
His condition sucks, Amy.
They say he´s got low memory.
He´s not a laptop.
l get his condition, okay? Temporary memory loss -is standard following a stage-4 coma-- -Whatever.
-l´m just saying-- -What do you suggest, anyway l not celebrate the return of my boyfriend? Yes? The police chief sent us here.
-Look, if you´re with the press-- -We´re here for our cannabis.
-Thanks for coming, Mr.
and Mrs.
Feeney.
-Oh, we´re not really married.
-l see.
-Nina asked me for advice, Ms.
Wilkins.
-l´m her physician.
-Excellent, then you´ve been able to explain the medication´s benefits? Before we get to that, with all due respect, l´d like to express my concern that preschool teachers are effectively practicing medicine.
Not me, doctor.
We have a school physician.
lt was his recommendation to place Sam on Ritalin.
He did an evaluation.
l wasn´t aware of any medical evaluation.
-Can l speak with him? -He´ll be back next month.
He works with a lot of preschools.
l could get you his number.
Do you have the results of these evaluations? We´ve seen real results with managing impulsive behavior and lack of focus.
These students are calmer, more productive, less aggressive.
-lt´s win-win.
-Sam isn´t aggressive.
No, but he´s certainly fidgety.
Ms.
Wilkins, these results are marginal at best.
Based on this, medicating Sam at this point would be pre-emptive.
Certainly not necessary.
-Did you have much input on the results? -l spend the most time with the kids.
So the doctor interviewed you and then spent maybe, what 1 0 minutes observing Sam? Did the doctor mention to you that most experts agree 5 is too young for this kind of diagnosis? l have to deal with two dozen highly active children every day, Dr.
Brown.
l understand that, l do, and l appreciate the challenge but l also know something about brain chemistry and l worry about long-term side effects that are still unclear.
-Perhaps you should speak to our doctor.
-l will.
And if at some point it´s clear that Sam really does have a treatable medical condition l will write the prescription myself.
But until then, my recommendation to Mrs.
Feeney is to hold off.
And unless this school has an extraordinary lawyer, l´d recommend you tell them not to think about expelling Sam any time soon.
Come on, Sam.
We gotta hurry.
Andy, thanks again.
That was really something.
-What´s the rush? -l had to swap shifts with Jackie to do this.
l´m on for a double.
-Gotta drop Sam off at the sitter´s.
-Don´t be silly.
l´ll watch him.
As much as you help with Delia, it´s the least l can do.
l should spend some time with him before l speak with the doctor.
-Are you sure? -Absolutely.
Delia will love it.
-And we´ll have fun, won´t we, Sam? -Okay.
Just remember, you asked for it.
All right.
We have dog and sippy cup.
Can´t forget the truck.
Blankets.
-Oh, gotta have those.
-Oh, right.
And, it´s the law.
All right, bye, Sam.
Okay, you ready to have some fun, Sam? Sam? Sam? Sam! l want to drive! lrma started out growing just a few plants to help her husband.
Oh, now, hold on.
l was Dixon Ferdonia´s physician for years even during his unfortunate battle with cancer.
-He never said anything to me.
-That´s not surprising.
Many patients are uncomfortable discussing it with traditional practitioners.
l´m sure you did all you could to help him.
-What are you implying? -Nothing, but what would you -have done for him that he hadn´t tried? -So you´re saying lrma´s been growing this herb for years.
Until this morning.
Some of the best stuff east of Humboldt County, California.
She became more and more active in the last couple of years.
She helped a lot of patients who rely upon our medical services.
Medical services? That´s rich.
You hand out doobies, sir.
We´ll talk about your medical services when you´ve completed four arduous years of medical school, followed by a grueling residency.
l went to Franklin $ Marshall undergrad, then John Hopkins med then Brigham and Women´s for my residency.
l´ve been a general practitioner for -with full privileges at U of C, Boulder.
-lt´s against the law.
ln Colorado, medicinal cannabis is legal with a prescription from a doctor.
Well, tell that to the Supreme Court of these United States.
This is still the United States, isn´t it, or did we suddenly pass into some other country down this rabbit hole? Listen, you seem quite sincere, and l have no reason to doubt anything that you´ve told us but since the federal and state laws conflict -l really only have one choice.
-That´s right, Rose.
Given that the plants were grown in Everwood Everwood will decide what to do with them.
Hey, we´re watching James and the Giant Peach.
Care to join us? Enticing, but no.
Why you doing that lingering thing you do sometimes? l don´t mean to force a conversation, Ephram-- That would be a first.
Okay, forget it.
Wait.
Sorry.
-What? -l was wondering how Amy was doing regarding Colin coming home.
She´s the most popular girl in school again the love of her life is back and she´s throwing a party.
She´s doing pretty good.
A party? -Whose idea was that? -lt wasn´t mine, believe me.
But l guess the Harts are cool with it.
Half the school´s gonna be there.
Well, l don´t know if Colin is ready for a party.
That could be overwhelming.
Yeah, try telling Amy that.
Colin´s a strong kid to be doing this well, but he´s not the same as he was.
-You might need to be there for Amy.
-l don´t think so.
Amy and l aren´t talking too much right now.
-You aren´t? When did that happen? -A while ago.
-How´d l miss it? -You were busy being clueless.
Oh, that´s my job.
So, what happened? Did you two kiss or something? l´m not that clueless.
l don´t know what happened.
One day she´s kissing me then l make the mistake of giving her this mix CD and then she´s acting like l´m Yakumo and she´s Shiva the Destroyer.
Manga reference.
Well, l´d go to the party.
-Why? -Well, because whatever you and Yakumo have going isn´t gonna work itself out right away.
ln the meantime, just because she stopped being your friend doesn´t mean you have to stop being hers.
Because trust me she´s gonna need one right now.
Daddy! -What is it? -You need to come right away! l tried to stop him, l swear.
Like a sandbox.
Hi.
Can l? Yeah.
l missed you so much.
l missed you too, Amy.
How you feeling? l mean, you´re probably tired, right? You must be really, really tired, coming home and everything.
-How long was the trip home? -lt wasn´t long.
You look great.
So do you.
Thanks for coming to see me at the hospital.
l would have come more.
l wanted to, but school stuff, you know.
How´s Bright? Okay.
l mean, he´s still Bright, but other than that, he´s fine.
l´m sure you´ll see him tonight.
ls Mrs.
McGee still teaching English? Yes.
Can you believe it? My God, she must be, like, 60.
Remember when we stole her keys? -Sure.
-How could you forget that, right? She had to walk all the way home.
You all right? l´m sorry.
Sometimes l just need some help.
lt´s okay.
Me too.
l´m sorry.
lt´s.
l´m sorry.
You don´t remember me at all.
We should get going.
Got it.
7:00.
l´ll be there.
Okay, kids, grab your coats! We´re gonna go see democracy in action! Democracy in action! Delia, you were supposed to find him some clothes.
-l thought you guys were playing.
-That kid just wears me out.
All right.
All those in favor of burning, say ´´aye´´ -and we can all get over to the Harts´ .
-Aye.
We have a long-standing tradition of hearing arguments before voting.
What say we uphold that tradition.
Mayor, this is one thing the town can agree on.
Let´s just get it over with.
Please, at least hear us out first.
We can brush up on the propaganda when the next issue of High Times arrives.
Think what you will about us, but you knew lrma, and you knew her husband.
-Were they bad people? -Look, we´re not a bunch of reactionaries.
This is about what kind of community we want to be.
And l don´t want to be a part of one that´s known for pot harvesting.
l just.
You can´t deny that cannabis can mitigate pain.
No, but l can name you 20 other drugs that can do just the same.
-That´s not entirely true.
-Oh, here it comes.
Brace yourselves for the liberal contrarian.
Delia, could you ask Sam to go outside for a second? Look let´s forget about politics for a moment and remember what´s at stake here human suffering and pain.
Every medicine has its own nuance.
Now, THC can alleviate pain in a controlled manner at the discretion of the user without debilitating side effects, all while stimulating the appetite.
What a sick person does in the privacy of their own home is one thing, but this is a public decision.
lf we don´t destroy this stuff, the message we´d be sending - to our children is unacceptable.
-You know l´m hearing a lot of worry about the children.
We are living in a time when our children are put on Ritalin by the busload.
How can we demonize one curative measure while we willingly put our kids on far more dangerous prescription drugs without batting an eye? Why is the laboratory better than the garden? lt´s not.
You and l both know a rational argument could be made for the legalization of any drug that alleviates even a second of human suffering.
But where do we draw the line? Heroin, cocaine medicinal Ecstasy.
That one was created in a lab.
lf lrma had a greenhouse full of that stuff, what would this town do with it? Drugs have wreaked havoc on our culture, and we would be remiss to ignore what marijuana has become.
The least offensive drug in a class of highly destructive ones but a member nonetheless.
lrma didn´t grow that pot in her front yard because she knew better.
Well, it´s in our front yard now, and l´m sorry but we have to do the right thing.
We have to draw the line.
You talk to him? -Not recently.
-Cool, huh? Back from the dead to resume the throne of glory.
Lucky guy.
Ephram.
What are you doing here? Apparently, attending a party uninvited.
l didn´t mean it like that.
l´m glad you came, l just didn´t think you would.
What, and miss the biggest party of the winter? l have a reputation to maintain.
So shouldn´t you be inside being ecstatic or something? l mean didn´t you Martha Stewart this whole thing? lt hasn´t exactly gone like l planned.
Colin´s back, Amy.
From where l´m standing, it looks like you´ve gotten everything you ever wanted since l met you.
You should get back inside.
l should really take off.
Hey.
Can l come? All right, people, anyone else before we vote? Now, l know most of you, and you know me.
l´ve been to your ball games and to your weddings.
You´ve all been to my home at one time or another.
You all know that l´m fighting pancreatic cancer, but what you don´t know because l just found out about it last week, is that l´m losing this fight.
Now, l´m a lot of things.
Husband father brand-new grandfather.
Semiretired teacher full-time fisherman but drug addict sure as hell isn´t one of them.
And then, as it turns out, marijuana is the only thing that kept me going this year.
-Earl, l´ve been treating you-- -They stopped doing the trick, doc.
l can´t keep them down anymore.
l tried to tell you that.
Now, like you, l´ve had my thoughts on the ills of marijuana and then it kept me alive.
l.
l got maybe a month left, six weeks tops.
l just want to spend some of that time with Laura and with the girls without throwing up all the time.
Without wishing to God l was dead already.
Pot weed, legal, illegal.
You call it what you want.
To me, it´s time.
Okay, l think that´s it.
Let´s call it to a vote.
All in favor of destroying lrma´s marijuana, please raise your hands.
l´m sorry, Earl.
l gotta go with Doc Abbott on this one.
Hey.
Bright.
Yeah.
How you doing? This must be pretty weird for you, but we´re all just really glad you´re back, dude, you know? The last few months, it was totally lame without you.
lt was like you didn´t miss anything except for everybody missing you which is kind of confusing, but, you know what l´m saying, right? Not really.
Sorry, l´m kind of freaked at talking to you.
l´ve been thinking about what to say to you for so long.
Everything l came up with sounded about as stupid as whatever the hell l just said.
-l don´t really know where to start.
-They told me what happened.
-lt´s okay if you hate me.
-l don´t hate you.
l cannot tell you how sorry l am.
You know, four months, you were out cold.
That was four months l wished it was me.
l can´t forgive you either.
-That´s cool.
You know, l get it.
-You don´t get it.
l can´t forgive what l can´t remember.
l don´t remember that day.
l don´t remember the accident.
l don´t even remember you.
l know you from a picture.
You´re Bright Abbott.
You´re 6´2´´ .
We met in fourth grade, and we´ve been best friends ever since.
You´re the brother of Amy Abbott.
She´s got a pretty face, brown eyes ballet dancer, used to be annoying until we started going out one year before l smashed my head into a dashboard.
lt´s all part of the rehab.
l´ve got a list of facts on just about everybody.
Everything else.
So this party sucks for you.
l thought it would help seeing a bunch of people´s faces l´m supposed to know.
Man, you are alive.
That is huge.
That´s what everyone keeps saying.
-ls not.
-ls too.
-ls not.
-ls too.
-ls not! -My dad´s the best.
He´s the best basketball player in Everwood ever and he´s gonna teach me to dunk.
-Your dad doesn´t even live with you.
-Yes, he does.
-Delia.
-Sorry.
Here.
Have some of mine.
-l bet your dad´s pretty cool, huh, Sam? -Next time he comes home -he´s gonna take me fishing.
-Really? -Yeah, he said.
-You see him a lot? Yeah, all the time, except sometimes.
-You must miss him.
-Next time he comes home we´re gonna go to the park.
He pushes me on the swing.
But you can´t come because it´s just gonna be me and him.
We might get ice cream.
l don´t know.
lt depends.
Me and him like pizza, so we might get pizza and ice cream.
And we´re gonna have snowball fights.
Been wondering how you´ve been.
l mean, since before the party and all.
You mean since before you disappeared and were a crappy friend because Colin was coming home and you couldn´t deal? Yeah, since then.
Been all right.
l mean, about the same.
Found a few new people to have lunch with.
You know we have a non-English-speaking foreign exchange student named Norbert from Germany? Or is it Prague? So you want to tell me what happened? Everyone told me it would be hard seeing Colin.
No matter how many times l heard it, l had no idea that it would be this hard.
He seemed okay.
You didn´t know him.
And now he doesn´t know me.
lt´s like he really did die in that accident.
How sad is that? l can remember what he wore on our first date Abercrombie rugby with his jeans with the bleached splotch.
He doesn´t even know who l am.
l built my whole life around memories of us and he can´t even remember my name without-- Hey, my dad said it just takes a while.
l mean, he´ll remember eventually.
You just gotta stick it out.
lt´s been six months, Ephram.
When do l run out? -When do l just give up? -You don´t.
That´s what devotion is, Amy.
l mean, l thought you loved him.
That´s all l´ve heard about for the last, l don´t know, forever.
And what, the first day, you just wanna throw in the towel? The truth is, you couldn´t give up on him right now even if you wanted to because since the day l met you, you´ve been loyal to Colin and when you´re loyal to someone, you can´t help it.
-How come you´re so smart? -l´m not, believe me.
lf l was, l would be wearing a warmer jacket right now.
And l wouldn´t be telling you to go back to your boyfriend.
-Ephram-- -l wish it was different.
l do.
l wish l was here first, but l wasn´t.
And the truth is, he needs you.
He needs your help to get better.
Guess l should probably get back there -shouldn´t l? -Yeah, yeah.
Definitely.
You wanna come with me? l don´t think so.
Okay.
-Hey.
-So how was he? Well, l´d love to say that he was a little angel -but there are too many witnesses.
-Oh, boy.
No, no.
lt was okay.
l learned how to make a cape and how to unclog a toilet and how to get a chewy cookie out of a VCR.
Oh, l´m so sorry.
And l had a chance to think about his condition.
Condition? So you made a diagnosis? -l have.
-l should have just put him on the pills and saved you the headache.
He doesn´t need drugs, Nina.
Don´t get me wrong, he´s-- A terror.
l was gonna say a handful.
You know, when Ephram was about 5 l used to take him to the South Street Seaport.
They had all these video games, but all he wanted to do was play pinball.
He was too small to reach both of the flippers so l´d work the right flipper and he the left.
Used to make me take him every Saturday.
Rain shine, blizzard.
And l was happy to do it.
l´m glad to know you two weren´t always at war.
About a year later, l started my practice and l missed our first trip to the arcade.
l promised him l´d take him the following Saturday, and somehow l missed that one too.
And then l just lost track.
Couple of months later, l felt so bad that l bought him his own pinball machine.
But when l showed it to him, he didn´t want to play it.
He said he didn´t like pinball anymore.
Somewhere between the arcade and the playroom l lost Ephram.
And it wasn´t because he needed medication.
He needed his dad.
l think Sam just misses his father, Nina.
He´s figured out that the wilder he acts, the more attention he gets.
That´s not ADD, that´s just smart.
Oh, and by the way, keep him away from sugar.
-Well, l should get him home.
-No.
No, no, no, no.
Please don´t wake him up.
l don´t think l could take it.
-l´ll get him first thing in the morning.
-Yes.
Yes, you will.
--and finally drops down at the -Amy.
-Hi, Mrs.
Hart.
l was just wondering-- -He´s very tired.
-Please.
Just for a minute.
Okay, just a minute.
First and 1 0 at the 48.
Working on a blitz.
They pick him up, but Keaton goes down in the arms of Sorder for a loss of-- Hi.
l´m sorry.
lt´s okay.
And you don´t have to fake it anymore.
l know you don´t remember me.
l tried.
-l wanted to.
-l know.
But l think you´ll like me if you get to know me again.
Hi.
l´m Amy.
l´m Colin.
-Dr.
Abbott.
-How are you, Earl? Been better.
Anything you need? The family? No, we´re okay, doc.
-You want to come in? -No.
No, thank you.
Only l wanted to -apologize.
-For what? For failing you as a physician.
Listen you´ve been a good doctor to me for a long time.
lt´s all right.
No, no.
No, it´s not all right.
And l´m not so sure that l didn´t fail you again last night as a friend.
Well at least the doctor part l can try to make up for.
Take these for the pain.
They´re new, and from what l hear, they´re quite powerful.
So.
l´ll be damned.
No, l want to play the gun game first, and l get to be the red guy! Remind me again how l got roped into this.
Well, Nina wanted to take Sam, and Delia made big eyes.
Right.
Only a quarter for Time Crisis ll.
lt´s $ 1 back home.
See? There are advantages to small-town living.
Shoot that other screen, okay? -You want to play something? -That´s all right.
l´m working up to a corn dog.
So did you hear that Everwood is now officially dope-free? Bright moved? They took it to the edge of town and burned it.
Well, that would explain the rush on Ding Dongs and Doritos at the local stop n´ shop.
ls it okay if l ask you how the party went? lt was weird.
-How´s the Amy situation? -What Amy situation? -Oh, that good, huh? -Oh, it´s fantastic.
l´m a very important friend.
Well, it´s like Freud said, ´´Women schwomen.
´´ Of course, he said it in German, which was vimmen schvimmen.
-So, what do you think? -What? -A little pinball action with the old man? -Pinball was never really my game.
Of course, if you´re scared, l´d understand.
l´m sorry, did you just say something, old man? You must have heard too many stories about your father´s miraculous hands.
Long as you think you can play with that skirt on.
-Nice catch.
-Tough talk, huh? -Good throw.
-Even in small towns like ours things change, and not always for the better.
People die, people forget, frivolous pursuits become cause for alarm.
Fortunately, some things do stay the same like the scent of jasmine that still lingers outside lrma´s Flower Mart or the vermilion tones of the jewel orchids she once sold me or the thrill of beating the high score on an old pinball machine.