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2. Previously on ER...Copy !req
3. Ah, my dad died.Copy !req
4. What? What happend?Copy !req
5. It was a car wreck or something.
They weren't clear on the details.Copy !req
6. But I gotta go claim the body
and... stuff like that. So...Copy !req
7. I'm sorry.Copy !req
8. "Fathers and Sons"Copy !req
9. How much farther?Copy !req
10. About 20 minutes or so.Copy !req
11. A subcompact?Copy !req
12. That's all they had.Copy !req
13. - What is it? 110 degrees out here?
- They didn't have a midsize.Copy !req
14. The air conditioning doesn't work.Copy !req
15. It's November. Who asks?Copy !req
16. Next time you get the luggage.
I'll get the car.Copy !req
17. All right.Copy !req
18. - How much longer?
- About 30 seconds since you last asked.Copy !req
19. You always this tough to travel with?Copy !req
20. My knees are-Copy !req
21. Seventeen miles. We got
17 miles till we get there.Copy !req
22. Every summer, no matter
where we were...Copy !req
23. we'd have to pile in the car and go
see some godforsaken national park.Copy !req
24. Or go see some distant relative
someplace.Copy !req
25. Weeks on end. I hated it.
Every minute, I hated it.Copy !req
26. Seventeen miles?
Is that what you said?Copy !req
27. Sixteen and a half.Copy !req
28. Doug.Copy !req
29. Thanks.Copy !req
30. The highway patrol is down the road
to the left. We can't miss it.Copy !req
31. What was your dad doing here?Copy !req
32. He was probably
heading up to Tahoe or Vegas.Copy !req
33. - He liked to gamble?
- Yeah, you might say that.Copy !req
34. - Got you a present.
- Thanks.Copy !req
35. - You okay?
- I'm fine.Copy !req
36. Listen, we don't have to do this.Copy !req
37. We could find some air conditioning,
get something to drink.Copy !req
38. We're in no hurry.Copy !req
39. Let's get this over with.Copy !req
40. When his name showed up
in the paper...Copy !req
41. a woman called from Barstow.
He was renting a room there.Copy !req
42. - Found you in his address book.
- Barstow?Copy !req
43. He was in a motel.Copy !req
44. You weren't in touch?Copy !req
45. No. No, no.Copy !req
46. We got the stuff from the trunk
in the evidence locker.Copy !req
47. I couldn't tell what was his
and what was hers.Copy !req
48. Hers?Copy !req
49. Yeah. A Sherry Fox.Copy !req
50. We're having trouble locating
her next of kin.Copy !req
51. I was hoping you could help me
with that.Copy !req
52. Was she killed?Copy !req
53. Your father ran a stop sign
two nights ago, doing 120.Copy !req
54. Hit a pickup truck.Copy !req
55. Killed himself, Miss Fox,
the driver of the pickup...Copy !req
56. a Pedro Lopez, father of six.Copy !req
57. Blood alcohol level was. 33.
Four times the legal limit.Copy !req
58. What a place to die.Copy !req
59. He never drove less than 70 miles
an hour his entire life.Copy !req
60. He used to think it was funny
to drive with his knees.Copy !req
61. With his eyes closed. He thought
it was some sort of game.Copy !req
62. Idiot. He can't even
kill himself right. He has to...Copy !req
63. take other people with him.Copy !req
64. Leave me to clean up the mess.Copy !req
65. I don't think your dad planned
on dying out here.Copy !req
66. He never planned anything
his entire life.Copy !req
67. He never planned to lose our TV
in a poker game.Copy !req
68. He never planned to be gone for more
than a couple of days.Copy !req
69. He never planned to hurt anybody
in his whole life.Copy !req
70. Your dad lost your TV in
a poker game?Copy !req
71. I should've killed him myself.Copy !req
72. Saved everybody the trouble.Copy !req
73. He was paid up through Thanksgiving.Copy !req
74. So I figured I should leave everything
where it was until...Copy !req
75. the rent ran out or somebody
showed up.Copy !req
76. Bathroom's in here.Copy !req
77. You're the doctor, aren't you?Copy !req
78. He talked about you all the time.Copy !req
79. So he wasn't here by himself?Copy !req
80. Oh, no, honey.
He had his wife with him.Copy !req
81. Y'all want to stay in here tonight?
I'll get some clean sheets and-Copy !req
82. No, thank you. But if you
have a couple extra rooms?Copy !req
83. - Adjoining?
- Fine.Copy !req
84. Such a nice couple.
Terrible, what happened.Copy !req
85. - Wife?
- I doubt it.Copy !req
86. Who's that?Copy !req
87. I have no idea.Copy !req
88. - Is that you?
- Yeah.Copy !req
89. Yeah. That's high school.Copy !req
90. Look at that hair. Played varsity?Copy !req
91. We went to state that year.Copy !req
92. I played JV. I wasn't very good.Copy !req
93. Oh, man.Copy !req
94. Your mom?Copy !req
95. Yeah.Copy !req
96. For a guy who didn't care, he sure had
a lot of photos of you guys around.Copy !req
97. You hungry? Want something to eat?
There's a taco stand.Copy !req
98. No, I'm not hungry.
You go ahead.Copy !req
99. I found this in the closet.
Home movies or something.Copy !req
100. I didn't find much to tell us
about the wife.Copy !req
101. Just some clothes, cosmetics...Copy !req
102. No letters or mail or anything.Copy !req
103. She was probably a hooker
or a cocktail waitress.Copy !req
104. - Any money in here?
- No. Just a couple of pawn tickets.Copy !req
105. Well, there it is.
There's my inheritance.Copy !req
106. Some women's clothes, a couple of
half-empty liquor bottles...Copy !req
107. and two pawn tickets.
Sounds like my dad.Copy !req
108. Well, here you are.Copy !req
109. Thirteen.Copy !req
110. Fourteen. Oh, honey!Copy !req
111. Down on the corner, huh?
Away from the highway noise.Copy !req
112. Oh, I forgot to tell you earlier.Copy !req
113. Your daddy's car is parked
around back.Copy !req
114. He didn't wreck it?Copy !req
115. No. It must've been her car.
His car's still here.Copy !req
116. The son of a bitch.Copy !req
117. He kept it.Copy !req
118. He was always out here polishing it.
Said he'd had it for years.Copy !req
119. Since the '70s.Copy !req
120. It's a beauty!Copy !req
121. Maybe the keys are with your dad's
stuff. That envelope's in the car.Copy !req
122. Pull the garage door shut and lock it
when you're finished. All right?Copy !req
123. Yeah.Copy !req
124. - I learned to drive in this car.
- Yeah?Copy !req
125. My dad, we wouldn't see him
for months...Copy !req
126. and then he'd just show up.
He'd just...Copy !req
127. bring my mom a present, and he'd
bring me a signed football from...Copy !req
128. Joe Namath, Bob Griese,
somebody like that.Copy !req
129. Then he'd gather me up...Copy !req
130. and tell my mom we were going
to a ball game.Copy !req
131. And then we would just hit the road.
We'd disappear for days.Copy !req
132. We'd be driving to Vegas. Sometimes
we'd drive to Atlantic City.Copy !req
133. It was back before my mom remarried.Copy !req
134. So we were still living in
Kentucky at the time.Copy !req
135. I was maybe 13, 12, I think.Copy !req
136. We'd be in Oklahoma or Indiana,
middle of the night.Copy !req
137. My dad would wake me up and say,
"Okay, you're driving. "Copy !req
138. We'd get off on some side road...Copy !req
139. and I'd slide in behind the wheel.Copy !req
140. Just floor it, you know?Copy !req
141. Just feel those 426 horses
and just...Copy !req
142. I just felt like...Copy !req
143. I was flying.Copy !req
144. Sounds pretty great.Copy !req
145. He had his moments.Copy !req
146. - Gas?
- We got a quarter of a tank.Copy !req
147. What?Copy !req
148. Hang on a minute.Copy !req
149. Now what?Copy !req
150. My dad used to keep a gas can
in the trunk.Copy !req
151. You usually don't see that much baby
stuff all in one place.Copy !req
152. No gas.Copy !req
153. I'm doing fine. Looks like you
had a long night, though.Copy !req
154. Sure this is the right place?Copy !req
155. I don't know about that last left.Copy !req
156. Hello!Copy !req
157. Maybe everybody's working.Copy !req
158. Hello? Anybody here?Copy !req
159. Hey!Copy !req
160. Hey! How are you doing?Copy !req
161. - You're a Broncos fan, huh?
- Dallas.Copy !req
162. Dallas? I'm looking for
the Lopez family.Copy !req
163. Which one? We got two of them.Copy !req
164. Pedro Lopez. Died in a car accident.
We're trying to find his family.Copy !req
165. Not here.Copy !req
166. Not here as in he doesn't live here?Copy !req
167. Or not here like he's
not here right now?Copy !req
168. Who are you?Copy !req
169. I'm Doug. Listen, do me a favor.Copy !req
170. Will you stop that
for a second?Copy !req
171. Where are they?Copy !req
172. Everybody's at the funeral.
They're burying Mr. Lopez today.Copy !req
173. Saints of God, come to his aid.Copy !req
174. Hasten to meet him, angels of
the Lord.Copy !req
175. Eternal rest grant him, O Lord.Copy !req
176. To You, our Lord, we commend the soul
of Pedro, your servant.Copy !req
177. In the sight of this world
he is dead.Copy !req
178. In your sight, may he live forever.Copy !req
179. Forgive whatever sins he may have
committed through human weakness.Copy !req
180. And in your goodness,
grant him eternal life.Copy !req
181. We ask this through Christ our Lord.Copy !req
182. Amen.Copy !req
183. In peace, let us take our brother
to his place to rest.Copy !req
184. You want to say something
to the family?Copy !req
185. I don't know what I'd say.Copy !req
186. We could find a florist.
Send some flowers.Copy !req
187. Doug, it's not your fault.Copy !req
188. It's tragic, but it had nothing
to do with you.Copy !req
189. - You were thousands of miles away.
- I know...Copy !req
190. You know, I just...Copy !req
191. - Excuse me.
- Yeah?Copy !req
192. Were you planning on joining us
for the internment?Copy !req
193. No. Thank you, Father.Copy !req
194. Did you know Pedro or the family?Copy !req
195. No.Copy !req
196. - I didn't think-
- My father was the drunk...Copy !req
197. that ran the stop sign
and killed him.Copy !req
198. But you came.Copy !req
199. It doesn't change things.Copy !req
200. It shows that you loved your father.Copy !req
201. - I have to go now. Take care.
- Thank you.Copy !req
202. Come on.Copy !req
203. I always wanted a pocket watch.Copy !req
204. I don't know if I'd use it,
but I like the idea of it.Copy !req
205. An heirloom to pass on
from generation to generation.Copy !req
206. I don't think Rachel would be
excited about it.Copy !req
207. Well, not for Rachel.
But for a son it would be great.Copy !req
208. - Do you have something to tell me?
- I don't have a son, but...Copy !req
209. If I had my great-great-grandfather's
pocket watch, that would be cool.Copy !req
210. My family's only heirloom is my
grandfather's fraternity beer stein.Copy !req
211. This must be it. It's got
the right tag number.Copy !req
212. What is it?Copy !req
213. - It's a movie projector.
- Hope you didn't pay much.Copy !req
214. Ten bucks. I didn't even want it,
but I figured, what the hell?Copy !req
215. - How much is this?
- I'll be right back.Copy !req
216. - Which one?
- That one.Copy !req
217. - You gotta be kidding me.
- Shut up!Copy !req
218. - It's a real diamond?
- Sure, they're real.Copy !req
219. Which one you looking at?Copy !req
220. Let's see. That's 75 bucks.Copy !req
221. - "Cynthia"?
- Yeah. I think she'd like it.Copy !req
222. You buy that, you're walking back.Copy !req
223. Here we go. We got a Rolex.Copy !req
224. That's nice.Copy !req
225. My dad loved this. He'd brush
his teeth first...Copy !req
226. and then use the toothbrush
to clean the watch at night.Copy !req
227. Pinky ring.Copy !req
228. That is a big one.Copy !req
229. Three and a half carats.Copy !req
230. He talked her into giving it up.
They kept their wedding rings.Copy !req
231. Wouldn't even think about
giving them up.Copy !req
232. Carol, it's Doug. I was hoping
to catch you before work.Copy !req
233. We're here in Barstow,
and still we're cleaning up.Copy !req
234. I was just thinking about you...Copy !req
235. and wishing you were here.Copy !req
236. I just miss you.Copy !req
237. I just wish you were here, is all.Copy !req
238. So I'll call you tomorrow.
Okay, bye.Copy !req
239. - Hey!
- Who was that?Copy !req
240. Somebody I've been seeing
the last couple months.Copy !req
241. Sounds serious.Copy !req
242. You want any of these ties?Copy !req
243. I only wear ties at work.
Is it anybody I know?Copy !req
244. Got an Armani. I believe
it's double-breasted.Copy !req
245. You won't tell me who it is?Copy !req
246. He had a set of clubs somewhere.Copy !req
247. Why don't you want to tell me?Copy !req
248. Because I don't.Copy !req
249. - It's not my ex-wife, is it?
- No. It's not Jennifer.Copy !req
250. Cynthia? You're not, are you?Copy !req
251. No. And neither should you.Copy !req
252. Jeanie? Chuny? Anna?Copy !req
253. Are you planning on naming everybody
who works in the hospital?Copy !req
254. She doesn't work in the hospital?Copy !req
255. It's Carol.Copy !req
256. - What?
- Carol Hathaway.Copy !req
257. Your mouth's open.Copy !req
258. - I'm speechless.
- Well, I'm relieved.Copy !req
259. You're back together?Copy !req
260. She didn't want me talking about it.
She didn't want it out at work.Copy !req
261. All right. Now, you are sworn
to secrecy.Copy !req
262. She swore she'd never get back
together with you after last time.Copy !req
263. - Things change.
- Wow!Copy !req
264. You know, it's not that amazing.Copy !req
265. Wow!Copy !req
266. You can stop saying "Wow! "Copy !req
267. I can't believe it.Copy !req
268. - You've said that.
- I'm happy for you. That's great.Copy !req
269. Good. Thanks, buddy.Copy !req
270. It's just that after what happened
last time, I can't believe it.Copy !req
271. Yeah. Well, thanks.Copy !req
272. Does she make you take
a lie detector test every week?Copy !req
273. Have you tried the beer?
It's good!Copy !req
274. No! Hey, now that's not fair!Copy !req
275. Son of a bitch!Copy !req
276. - Give me that!
- Mother of God!Copy !req
277. Get off me!Copy !req
278. Any more beer?Copy !req
279. You can squeeze something
out of the drapes.Copy !req
280. Smells like a brewery in here.Copy !req
281. Are you finding out anything about
the mystery stepmom in there?Copy !req
282. She had a nice body
and wore kinky lingerie.Copy !req
283. Lucky dad.Copy !req
284. Spent a lot of time in Laughlin,
Flagstaff and Vegas.Copy !req
285. My dad collected these matchbooks.Copy !req
286. That's how we'd keep account of him.
Matchbooks.Copy !req
287. Look at this.Copy !req
288. I think that's her. Look at the ring.Copy !req
289. Yeah.Copy !req
290. I found this at the bottom of
her suitcase.Copy !req
291. A Christmas card with
a return address to Long Beach.Copy !req
292. Now look at this.Copy !req
293. She had a baby.Copy !req
294. Almost every photo,
it's her, the baby...Copy !req
295. and look, there's my dad.Copy !req
296. Think the baby was his?Copy !req
297. I don't know. Maybe.Copy !req
298. That'd be kind of weird, huh?Copy !req
299. Where do you think the baby is now?Copy !req
300. I don't know.
Maybe grandparents, friends.Copy !req
301. In a bassinet outside a convent.
Knowing my dad it could be...Copy !req
302. The hard part is that...Copy !req
303. there was this power that
he held over us.Copy !req
304. I would be so happy when he
would come home.Copy !req
305. And I would tell myself
that I wouldn't be.Copy !req
306. Then he'd come home and tell
a story, give you a present.Copy !req
307. We would all be sitting there
like we were some kind of...Copy !req
308. a normal family.Copy !req
309. I just never...Copy !req
310. told him.Copy !req
311. I just figured that there would be
a right time.Copy !req
312. Son of a bitch even got
control of that.Copy !req
313. Want to watch this?Copy !req
314. - What? What's that?
- The home movies.Copy !req
315. - Come on.
- No!Copy !req
316. My chance to see you in diapers.Copy !req
317. Again?Copy !req
318. You know, my dad and I,
we barely even speak.Copy !req
319. If I call the house
and he picks up the phone...Copy !req
320. he just says, "Hang on.
Let me get your mother. "Copy !req
321. He put in 30 years, and for what?Copy !req
322. He still retired as a captain.
He just kept getting passed over.Copy !req
323. I mean, he did every crappy assignment
that the Navy wanted him to do.Copy !req
324. And it didn't matter.Copy !req
325. - He never got the nod.
- Why not?Copy !req
326. Probably...Copy !req
327. because of his winning personality.Copy !req
328. All right.Copy !req
329. Now all we need is popcorn.Copy !req
330. - You ready?
- No!Copy !req
331. You hit this and you hit that.Copy !req
332. Is that you?Copy !req
333. Yep.Copy !req
334. Your mom.Copy !req
335. Yeah.Copy !req
336. "1877. Alma Rodriguez Ruiz.Copy !req
337. 1846 to 1849. "
She was only 3 years old.Copy !req
338. What are you thinking about, Doug?Copy !req
339. Carol.Copy !req
340. I'm in love with her.Copy !req
341. I used to think I knew what love was.Copy !req
342. I cared about women. I just don't
think I've ever really been in love.Copy !req
343. I think about her all the time.
I don't like it when I'm not with her.Copy !req
344. I don't want to be with anybody else.
That's love, isn't it?Copy !req
345. Yeah. That's love.Copy !req
346. Yeah.Copy !req
347. It'll be hot today, huh?Copy !req
348. It's November. Can you believe it?Copy !req
349. That's what I liked about living
in California.Copy !req
350. You lived here?Copy !req
351. San Diego. My parents
still live there.Copy !req
352. In San Diego?Copy !req
353. Yeah. A lot of retired Navy
down there.Copy !req
354. It's four hours from here.
We could be there at lunchtime.Copy !req
355. No, thanks.Copy !req
356. - When's the last time you saw them?
- 18 months.Copy !req
357. Eighteen months? Okay, we're going.Copy !req
358. No, no. We got to see
that funeral director.Copy !req
359. That can wait.Copy !req
360. I made an appointment for today.Copy !req
361. My dad's not going anyplace, Mark.
Come on.Copy !req
362. - Nice!
- Let's go to the movies instead.Copy !req
363. We'll be in and out in a couple hours.Copy !req
364. Are you kidding? There's no such
thing as a quick visit with my mom.Copy !req
365. She's gonna insist that we
stay for dinner.Copy !req
366. - Probably something fried.
- Sounds great.Copy !req
367. Don't drink her ice tea. You'll
risk lapsing into insulin shock.Copy !req
368. - I like sugar in my tea.
- Want to get on her good side?Copy !req
369. - Admire her Hummels.
- Hummels?Copy !req
370. Believe me, you'll know what it is.Copy !req
371. Still have time for a clean getaway.Copy !req
372. That's Jake. He doesn't bite.Copy !req
373. - Hey, Jake.
- Hush, Jake! Quiet!Copy !req
374. Oh, my God!Copy !req
375. What are you doing here?Copy !req
376. - We were just in the neighborhood.
- You were not!Copy !req
377. - Come on in.
- Hi.Copy !req
378. My friend Doug Ross.Copy !req
379. - Hello, Doug.
- How are you doing?Copy !req
380. I got it. Jake, come in.Copy !req
381. Oh, my God! Look at you.
You're so skinny.Copy !req
382. I'm running again every day.Copy !req
383. - What are you doing here?
- Well, Doug-Copy !req
384. Why didn't you tell us
you were coming?Copy !req
385. Doug's father passed away suddenly,
and so I came out with him.Copy !req
386. - You poor thing. I'm so sorry.
- Well, thank you.Copy !req
387. Well, sit. Sit.Copy !req
388. I was just going through the mail.
All these catalogs.Copy !req
389. I always promise myself that I'm
not gonna look at them, but I do.Copy !req
390. You get on these lists
and you just can't get off.Copy !req
391. You two must be thirsty.Copy !req
392. Can I get you a drink?
I was having iced tea.Copy !req
393. - Water for me, Mom.
- I'd love iced tea.Copy !req
394. - When did you get in?
- Yesterday.Copy !req
395. - Yesterday?
- I'm gonna go.Copy !req
396. - And you didn't call?
- You stay here.Copy !req
397. Where you staying?Copy !req
398. - Barstow. In a motel.
- Is this a Hummel?Copy !req
399. Not tonight you're not.
You' re gonna stay right here.Copy !req
400. Thanks, that sounds great,
if we' re not putting you out at all.Copy !req
401. Oh, absolutely.Copy !req
402. We have two guest rooms
and never any guests.Copy !req
403. Too much sugar? Mark kids me
about adding too much sugar.Copy !req
404. No. It's perfect.Copy !req
405. Oh, honey!Copy !req
406. How is my lovely Rachel?Copy !req
407. She's wonderful. And she misses you.Copy !req
408. You're a good liar. I bet she
barely remembers me.Copy !req
409. My son always says that they'll visit.
But I know...Copy !req
410. that if I want to see my
only granddaughter...Copy !req
411. I've gotta get on a plane
and go to Chicago.Copy !req
412. What's with the oxygen, Mom?Copy !req
413. It's your father.
He's still smoking, you know?Copy !req
414. Doctor says he's gotta stop,
but he just won't.Copy !req
415. Maybe you can talk some
sense into him.Copy !req
416. You know the military.
Everybody smokes.Copy !req
417. They used to give cigarettes
out in C rations.Copy !req
418. Is it emphysema, Mom?Copy !req
419. Yeah. Well, the doctor
says something like that.Copy !req
420. But it hasn't
slowed him down an inch.Copy !req
421. Let me get another one.
This is too sweet.Copy !req
422. I'm gonna run some errands.
I'll be back.Copy !req
423. You're leaving already?Copy !req
424. Yes. I'll be back for dinner if
the offer still stands?Copy !req
425. - Of course.
- You're going?Copy !req
426. Yes. Thank you for the iced tea.
And the Hummels are beautiful.Copy !req
427. - Oh, thanks!
- Beautiful.Copy !req
428. Okay, bye.Copy !req
429. He's a lovely boy.Copy !req
430. Where's Dad?Copy !req
431. Dad?Copy !req
432. Hello, Dad!Copy !req
433. Mark.Copy !req
434. What the hell are you doing here?Copy !req
435. Came by with a friend.Copy !req
436. You look good.Copy !req
437. Thank you.Copy !req
438. - House looks great.
- Yeah.Copy !req
439. Keeps me busy.Copy !req
440. I repainted the trim
a couple days ago.Copy !req
441. Looks nice.Copy !req
442. There's no wind.Copy !req
443. What?Copy !req
444. You're cupping your hand.
There's no wind.Copy !req
445. Too many years on deck.Copy !req
446. Hard habit to break.Copy !req
447. You should quit smoking.Copy !req
448. That's another hard habit to break.Copy !req
449. - Emphysema?
- You've seen your mother-Copy !req
450. You're on oxygen?Copy !req
451. I need help living my life, Mark,
you'll be the first person I call.Copy !req
452. - Woodworking?
- Yeah.Copy !req
453. I needed a hobby.Copy !req
454. Tried gardening for a while,
but it was too slow, you know?Copy !req
455. Waiting around for things to grow.
So I decided to try furniture.Copy !req
456. - Nice work.
- Making a dining set for your mother.Copy !req
457. - For Christmas.
- I'm sure she'll like it.Copy !req
458. Rachel's great.Copy !req
459. She's gotten bigger.Copy !req
460. She's smarter than me.
Or at least she thinks she is.Copy !req
461. That's kids for you.Copy !req
462. Well...Copy !req
463. I better get back.Copy !req
464. Yeah, right.Copy !req
465. Dad doesn't look good.Copy !req
466. Well, we're all getting older.Copy !req
467. When was he diagnosed
with emphysema?Copy !req
468. Here, honey.Copy !req
469. Make yourself useful.Copy !req
470. He's gotta start taking better
care of himself, Mom.Copy !req
471. You know your father.Copy !req
472. How high is his blood pressure?Copy !req
473. He doesn't have high blood pressure.Copy !req
474. Mom, I saw the medications
in the bathroom.Copy !req
475. Those are my pills, Mr. Nosey.Copy !req
476. When did you get
high blood pressure?Copy !req
477. Last year. I'm fine now.Copy !req
478. 130/90. I took it yesterday
at the commissary.Copy !req
479. At the base?Copy !req
480. Yeah. On one of those
little machines.Copy !req
481. I check it every time I go shopping.Copy !req
482. Do you have your potassium checked?Copy !req
483. I'm sure I do.Copy !req
484. It's very important, and it's
not something that you check...Copy !req
485. at the base supermarket.Copy !req
486. I appreciate this, but
I have a doctor.Copy !req
487. Has your doctor talked to you about
controlling your salt intake?Copy !req
488. Your father won't eat bland food.Copy !req
489. Dad can live a lot longer without
salt than he can without you.Copy !req
490. Mark, we are both fine.Copy !req
491. I take my walks. I watch what I eat.Copy !req
492. Now, stop being a doctor
and finish shucking those peas.Copy !req
493. - Mom, Mom, Mom!
- Not a word!Copy !req
494. I'm sorry your friend wasn't
back in time for dinner.Copy !req
495. I don't think he realized we'd be
eating in midafternoon.Copy !req
496. I'll put a plate in the fridge
for him.Copy !req
497. You remember the Orkins?
Bruce and Christina?Copy !req
498. They live here now.Copy !req
499. They had two boys about your age
when we were in Pensacola.Copy !req
500. I don't think so.Copy !req
501. Bruce was in Intelligence, wasn't he?Copy !req
502. Communications.Copy !req
503. Their oldest boy, Carl,
is a flier now.Copy !req
504. A lieutenant commander,
stationed up at Whidbey.Copy !req
505. Has three little girls of his own.Copy !req
506. Well, say hello to him for me.Copy !req
507. You two busy tonight?Copy !req
508. I was thinking we'd go buy
some ice cream.Copy !req
509. That place on Mission Bay,
is it still there?Copy !req
510. I don't know. I haven't been
there in years.Copy !req
511. I have to go to the club tonight.Copy !req
512. - You could go tomorrow night.
- I'm meeting Frank and Harry.Copy !req
513. You can call them.Copy !req
514. It's Thursday.
We always meet on Thursdays.Copy !req
515. Well, this week you'll meet on Friday.Copy !req
516. It's no big deal.
We'll do it another time.Copy !req
517. You two go.Copy !req
518. Have a good time.Copy !req
519. You go to the club with your dad.Copy !req
520. Mark wouldn't be comfortable.Copy !req
521. You should spend time together.
You'd really enjoy it.Copy !req
522. - You need the inhaler?
- I'm fine.Copy !req
523. - Albuterol? I know where it is.
- I'll get it.Copy !req
524. No!Copy !req
525. He doesn't like to be helped.
You know that.Copy !req
526. He'll be all right in a few minutes.Copy !req
527. I'll make him some hot tea.
It makes him feel better.Copy !req
528. The blaze near Lake Hodges destroyed
two homes and 1200 acres.Copy !req
529. It is completely out tonight, but
firefighters are still on the lines.Copy !req
530. Fire officials say they want new
homes built without wood roofs...Copy !req
531. and without landscaping
within 100 feet.Copy !req
532. Arson investigators hope
a $ 10,000 reward leads them to...Copy !req
533. I'm quitting tonight.
I promise.Copy !req
534. Good.Copy !req
535. You used to smoke.Copy !req
536. Yes.Copy !req
537. Until someone I know hounded me
into giving it up.Copy !req
538. You were what? Seven or eight?Copy !req
539. We were living down in
Kings Bay, in Georgia.Copy !req
540. Every time I'd come home with a pack,
you'd flush it down the toilet.Copy !req
541. I was doing you a favor.Copy !req
542. You were ruthless.
You wouldn't even lie to me.Copy !req
543. You'd just march right in
and tell me you'd done it.Copy !req
544. I could've killed you!Copy !req
545. He's asleep in there,
in front of the TV.Copy !req
546. You'd better wake him if he's
gonna make his club.Copy !req
547. Well...Copy !req
548. he only makes it about
half the time anymore anyway.Copy !req
549. His friends are worse.Copy !req
550. Usually he goes down there and he's
back home in less than an hour...Copy !req
551. because nobody he knows shows up.Copy !req
552. You still like living near the base?Copy !req
553. It's convenient.Copy !req
554. All our friends live nearby.
Your father's got the club.Copy !req
555. It's a nice life.Copy !req
556. I know you never liked it,
but we do.Copy !req
557. He misses you. He'd never say so,
but he does.Copy !req
558. He'd like to see you more often.
You and Rachel.Copy !req
559. I love you, Mom.Copy !req
560. And I know you feel like you
have to defend him.Copy !req
561. But Dad doesn't think about
me or Rachel.Copy !req
562. Your father loves you very much, Mark.Copy !req
563. He may not show it in the way
that you want him to, but he does.Copy !req
564. I've never seen him show it at all.Copy !req
565. He's just not built that way.
You have to work harder with him.Copy !req
566. - I have to work harder?
- Yes.Copy !req
567. Of course, Mom.
Dad doesn't have to do anything.Copy !req
568. You've got some wonderful traits, Mark.Copy !req
569. But you always assume that you
know more about everybody...Copy !req
570. and everything than you
actually do.Copy !req
571. I've got vanilla ice cream
and some fresh strawberries...Copy !req
572. if you still feel like dessert.Copy !req
573. Hey!Copy !req
574. You missed dinner.Copy !req
575. Drove up to Long Beach.
Checked out that return address.Copy !req
576. Anything?Copy !req
577. Yeah. It's not my dad's kid.Copy !req
578. He's living in Arizona with
the ex-husband.Copy !req
579. How's family life?Copy !req
580. My dad's got emphysema.Copy !req
581. I thought he was gonna cough himself
to death over the fried chicken.Copy !req
582. Is he okay?Copy !req
583. He's on an inhaler, oxygen.
He seemed all right.Copy !req
584. - Is he getting decent care?
- I'm sure it's fine.Copy !req
585. So why don't you stay here
for a while?Copy !req
586. I'll go back up to Barstow,
and you spend some time with him.Copy !req
587. Why bother?Copy !req
588. You didn't miss much, not having your
father around when you were growing up.Copy !req
589. Believe me.Copy !req
590. That's kind of a crappy thing
to say, isn't it?Copy !req
591. It wasn't my idea to come down here.Copy !req
592. Don't stay.Copy !req
593. Don't worry. I won't.Copy !req
594. I'm confused. Your father's still
alive? Still with your mother?Copy !req
595. So that's the criteria for a good
father? Longevity?Copy !req
596. Did he smack you around?
Did he smack your mom around?Copy !req
597. - Poor Doug.
- Wait. "Poor Doug"?Copy !req
598. Did your father
throw up on your bed and pass out?Copy !req
599. Did he leave you in
a hallway in Atlantic City...Copy !req
600. while he screwed some hatcheck
girl? Did he do that?Copy !req
601. Did he do that, Mark?Copy !req
602. Your father was there for you
every night, and that's love.Copy !req
603. Whether it's the way you
want it or not...Copy !req
604. it's love, Mark!Copy !req
605. You grew up in Ozzie and Harriet
land. Get your head out of your ass!Copy !req
606. I wrote Carol a note this afternoon.Copy !req
607. It's a card that reminded me of her.
Will you give it to her for me?Copy !req
608. You' re not going back with me?Copy !req
609. No. That woman in Long Beach gave me
an address in Flagstaff.Copy !req
610. I think I'm gonna head over there...Copy !req
611. look up my dad's wife's relatives
and let them know what happened.Copy !req
612. And the kid.Copy !req
613. We should've stayed the night.Copy !req
614. It wasn't right to leave
the way we did.Copy !req
615. I had no right to just
lose it like that.Copy !req
616. No.Copy !req
617. You were right about me.Copy !req
618. I have been acting like a victim,
feeling sorry for myself.Copy !req
619. Self-pity isn't one of my more
attractive personality traits.Copy !req
620. Don't sell yourself short.
You're very good at it.Copy !req
621. I've spent my whole life
holding my breath...Copy !req
622. afraid that something was gonna
spin out of control.Copy !req
623. I think that's why I got into medicine.
I wanted to have power over chaos.Copy !req
624. I was always terrified that something
awful was gonna happen.Copy !req
625. And then last spring, it did.Copy !req
626. I don't know who I am, Doug.Copy !req
627. That person who I was
died in that bathroom.Copy !req
628. And I don't know what's gonna
take his place.Copy !req
629. I'm beat!Copy !req
630. You want to grab some breakfast?
Maybe a few hours of sleep...Copy !req
631. before we have to go
to that funeral home?Copy !req
632. Doug, you want to do that?Copy !req
633. This is it.Copy !req
634. Good. I don't want to climb
any more damn hills.Copy !req
635. Doug, it's beautiful!Copy !req
636. Want to say something?Copy !req
637. A prayer?Copy !req
638. No.Copy !req
639. I hated the son of a bitch...Copy !req
640. and I loved him.Copy !req
641. Never simple, is it?Copy !req