Fear

Nicole, save some hot water for your dad!

- Mr. Walker. - Larry.

I've eaten meaner dogs than you for breakfast, you wimp!

Did you get the tickets yesterday?

- The Pier? James Taylor? - Shit!

I'll have Eddie get 'em today.

- What? - Nothin'.

Dad, you're looking at me like you didn't know who I was or something.

No, no, no. I was just thinking that maybe you'd...

like Laura to take you to buy new clothes.

What she's got on is brand-new.

- This is new? - Yeah. Why? What's wrong with it?

It looks like something you wore when you were 12.

- Yeah, so? - Look.

All I'm saying is that it's... it's...

What? I'm not allowed to have an opinion?

No, Dad, you're allowed to do whatever you want to do.

I'm the one who has to ask permission to breathe.

Can I go to school now, Father?

Have a nice day, Nicole.

Does that count as quality time?

- Good boy, Kaiser. - Drink all your juice, sweetheart.

- Congratulations. I heard you won your game last night. - Spanked 'em.

- I bet that made your dad happy. - He doesn't really watch the games.

He's too busy trying to pick up chicks.

I gotta go.

Could you drop me off at school?

The Mustang's way cooler than Mom's car.

Please, Dad.

- Okay, hurry up. Get your stuff. - All right!

He called me "Dad."

Morning, Eddie.

The Sweikert project went to the bad guys last night.

- You're shittin' me. - Wish I were.

We're on thin ice here, pal. Vancouver or bust.

Show me the drafts we got. I'll create the presentation myself.

- That's what I wanted to hear. - We shouldn't be doing this.

We're just gonna have to turn around and come back the second we get there.

Yes, but we can say we were there. Factor in the residual coolness.

Sorry. Mr. Keheela had to stare at my boobs for 10 minutes...

before he'd give me an extension.

We should just get something to go, guys.

Nicole, chill. What do you want to remember five years from now?

Being on time for English Lit or having a life?

Well, let me see. English Lit, life.

- English Lit. - Shut up, Gary.

Come along and take a ride.

With the one that's got a life.

Just leave your cares behind.

Right now it's party time.

Come along and take a ride.

With the one that's got a life.

Just leave your cares behind.

- Right now it's party time. - Yo, get up, stand up Put your hands up.

In the air like you just don't care You can put down your gun.

Yes?

- Smoked turkey and gouda on a roll. - To go.

So pretty? Davey, you see me hole that?

God, stop being so obvious. What do you wanna eat?

Just some chocolate cake, please.

- To go. - To go.

Swing and a miss. You're outta here, buddy. Batter up, Davey.

Come along and take a ride.

With the one that's got a life.

Just leave your cares behind.

Right now it's party time.

Winning is a good thing, man.

This is what we're gonna do.

We'll leave the guns and the knives at home.

We'll only get busy on the microphone with no static.

- "King and Occidental"? - I'm there.

- Down by the docks? - Yeah. So?

- Better bring your Uzi. - That's $8.75.

- I got it. - Come with me.

I can't. I've got a family outing. James Taylor at the Pier.

- Yikes! Isn't he bald? - Probably.

Gotta go, guys.

Margo, come on.

All right, all right.

It won't stop It won't ever quit.

'Cause wild-ass kids are for the bids.

Sick and tired of killin' one another.

Each man teachin' one that we'll all be brothers.

- God, I'd bet it'd be a rush. - You wouldn't really do it.

Why not?

Who wouldn't want millions of guys fantasizing about them?

- It's power. - It's nuts.

What, it doesn't feel good to be wanted?

Hey, what about Jason Fuller? He wants you bad.

He doesn't want me. He just...

I don't really know what he wants.

Every time I go out with him, I feel like I should be paid for baby-sitting.

Come with me tonight. There's sure to be something going on down there.

I told you, I gotta do this family thing.

I'm leaving now. There's food in the fridge and money on the counter.

If you need to reach me, I'll be at the St. Francis under Vince's name, okay?

- Okay, Mom. - Be good. Love you.

- Who's Vince? - Some old coot in San Francisco...

with a potbelly and a lotta dough.

He promised her a Mercedes.

Which means I get the Rabbit. Don't you just love life?

Nicole? Your father's here to pick you up.

Oh, yeah. Life's just great.

- Dad? - Daughter.

Is it absolutely mandatory that I see James Taylor again?

When did you ever see a James Taylor concert?

You, me, Mom, summer of '85.

- Does that ring any bells? - '85?

- You'd have been... - Six.

That doesn't count. I'm surprised you even remember it.

I don't think there's a thing that's ever happened...

or not happened, for that matter... that I don't remember.

You're the one who blocks out the past.

Nicole, I don't block out anything.

It just takes longer to sort through 40 years of data...

than it does 16.

Maybe you oughta consider upgrading to a faster chip.

You know, sometimes you're pretty funny.

- I have my moments. - It'll be fun tonight.

You, me, Laura. Toby.

Old memories, new adventures... It'll be like real life.

Okay, my little sugar plum?

Okay, my little nectarine.

- Hey, Laura. - Hey.

Want me to help with anything?

Yeah. There's fruit in the refrigerator.

- Why don't you get that out? Thanks. - Okay.

Get outta there!

I gotta change and jump in the shower.

Call Eddie first. He was looking for you.

Come on. Not even a nice, schmoozy conference call? Please.

All right.

What choice do I have? I'll see you at the airport.

She's got this little chain she hooks through it and wraps around her waist.

- What would Dad do if I got one? - You know exactly what he would do.

- Bullet to the brain. - Toby.

What?

I can't go to the concert. I gotta go to Vancouver.

- Now? - I have to meet the client for dinner in three hours.

Oh, Jesus, Steven. We've been planning this for weeks.

- The whole thing was your idea. - Honey, nobody wanted to go more than me.

- What would you like me to do about it? - Keep your word to your family.

Oh, yeah? Then we can just all starve to death.

- Spare me the melodrama. Nobody's starving. - You were right, Dad.

It's just like real life.

Margo.

King and Occidental? I'm with ya.

There's that guy from Largo!

Let's go say hi.

Nah, I think I'll just be over here, okay?

Hey.

Hi.

You're not dancing.

I know.

You aren't either.

- How come? - How come what?

How come you're not dancing?

Well, because nobody's asked me.

Come on!

Hey, come on. Let's get outta here.

Logan!

Logan, come on!

Are you all right?

Yeah. How we gonna get down?

I'll figure somethin' out.

Hold on.

Come on.

Come on.

I promise. It'll be okay. It's safe. Come on.

Margo!

I'll see ya later! Come on!

Go ahead. Just let go.

It's safe. Come on.

Isn't this the car they stopped making 'cause it, I don't know, blows up or something?

I guess that's why I got her.

I saw her sittin' there all alone, cold in the junkyard.

You know, it's not her fault they didn't put her together right.

You just said that like you really meant it.

I did.

I stayed with my real mom in L.A. After my dad moved up here.

I was nine years old.

It was just the two of us, all alone in this big house.

She was so sad most of the time that I felt like I was the one taking care of her.

Must've been tough.

Yeah.

How 'bout your dad? You get along with him okay?

I don't know. I only moved up here about a year ago.

It's not like we even know each other that well.

Yeah.

How 'bout you? You have parents?

- I mean, that you see and stuff. - Yeah.

They're back East, but I talk to them all the time.

Are they still together?

They're weird, though.

I mean, they're totally cool, totally together.

It's just that they've never had a disagreement about anything more serious...

than whether it's gonna be mashed or Stove-Top, or tea or coffee.

Kinda crazy.

- What? - Nothing.

That was not "nothing" going on behind those beautiful eyes of yours.