Julie Darling

Julie that's enough.

You have two in there already.

All that chocolate isn't good for you.

She's OK.

Oh, that damned snake.

I hate it.

Julie, it isn't funny.

You know I'm scared to death of that thing.

Mother, Petey won't hurt you.

I don't care.

I've told you repeatedly I won't allow that thing

to run loose in this house.

Well, your mother is right, Julie.

Now, please put the Petey back in the terrarium

and see that he stays there.

All right, Daddy.

You never should have given it to her in the first place.

What kind of a pet is that for a young girl, anyway?

Calm down, Irene.

The snake is harmless.

Calm down.

Sure, it's harmless.

See?

Get it out of here now.

Get it out, Julie.

Julie, go on. Take him out.

Go on.

Go on.

Why does she do this to me?

She knows how terrified I am of that thing.

Irene, it was an accident.

You're always defending her.

And I'm always in the wrong.

I didn't say that, Irene.

I didn't say that.

Now, look.

Why don't you just let that be?

Just let it be.

Julie will clean it up.

I Won't live in a filthy house.

Besides, since when does Julie do anything around here?

She has absolutely no consideration for me.

She's just at a very difficult age.

That's all.

Oh, and that excuses everything.

No, no, it doesn't excuse anything.

It's just a consideration.

That's all.

Now, look, Irene, can't a day go by without an argument?

Do you think I enjoy it any more than you?

Now, we-- we can't continue like this, Irene.

We have to resolve our situation somehow.

Consider what we're doing to Julie.

I am, Harold That's why I wish you would agree to send her

to Merriwether next semester.

Don't you think she's a little

too young for boarding school?

She's just the right age.

She needs to begin acting like a young lady.

She needs to become more social and start

making friends, instead of staying up in her room

like a hermit.

It might be good for her.

This isn't exactly the best environment.

Is it my fault?

Why don't we discuss it later when we've all calmed down?

We were happy together once.

And we can be again, if we both try.

I'll get it

Hi, Dr. Wilding.

Hi, Michelle. How are you?

Oh, I'm fine.

Is Julie home? - Yup.

She's up in her room.

Thanks.

Yes?

Hi, Julie.

Hi.

I'm brought your sweater back.

Thanks.

Now, listen, Julie, you're just going

to freak when you hear this.

Guess who's got a crush on you.

Tommy Shaw.

It's true, Julie.

Tommy told his best friend Larry, and he told Kathy,

and Kathy told me.

Tommy Shaw is so cute.

I'd give anything if he'd like me.

Kathy said they'd all be at the roller rink tomorrow morning.

I'm going hunting with my father.

You'd rather do that instead of being with Tommy Shaw?

I mean, you can be with your father any time.

I almost forgot to give Petey his breakfast.

Want to watch?

Ew, it's alive?

You're going to feed it to him when it's alive?

Well, he won't eat anything dead.

It's really neat how he dislocates his jaw to swallow.

Then he swells up like a big balloon,

and you can see the rat squirming around inside of him.

And then, after a couple of days,

it's completely dissolved.

Then he barfs, and nothing but bones come out.

Julie, I gotta get home.

Bye.

I got it, Daddy.

Good shot, Julie.

Let's go get it.

Yeah.

Daddy.

Yeah?

Do you love me?

Of course, I love you.

What kind of a question is that?

Then why do you want to send me to boarding school?

Well, Julie, your--

your mother and I only want what's best for you, darling.

But I want to be with you.

We're not going to abandon you.

We'll visit you every weekend that we can.

And you'll come home on holidays.

You know, being away from home just

may not be as bad as you think--

new surroundings, new friends.

All right, look.

You can try it for one semester, and if you don't like it,

we'll see what can be done.

It's because Mommy and you aren't happy together,

isn't it?

We're not unhappy.

I've heard you arguing.

Well, Julia sometimes arguments

are a part of marriages.

Daddy, I never want to get married.

I just always want to be with you.

You know, just about the nicest compliment

I've had in ages.

Mwah.

Let's go.

Just a minute.

Who is it?

Groceries.

Hi. Hi.

Where's Tony?

Oh, he's off for the day.

I'm just filling in.

Just set it down over there.

That's fine, thank you.

My pleasure.

Is there, uh, anything else I can do for you?

As a matter of fact, there is something.

Last week, Tony brought a case of the regular Pepsi

instead of the diet.

Would you exchange it for me?

Sure thing.

But you don't look like you got to worry about your figure.

Well, dieting is what keeps a woman's figure.

Oh, yeah?

Excuse me.

I just want to check.

I wonder, would you do me a favor?

Just name it and you got it.

Let me show you.

Nice place you got here.

Thank you.

Yeah, real nice.

This way.

This is my daughter's room.

Are you afraid of snakes?

No, why?

Would you mind taking it out somewhere and turning it loose?

No problem.

OK.

Daddy?

Yeah?

Will you tuck me in?

Oh, of course I will.

I'm going to put you right to bed.

Come on, honey.

Just a few more steps, and we're there.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

That's it.

Good night, Julie.

Sleep tight, huh?

Sit down for a second, Daddy.

Mm-hm, what is it, honey?

Tomorrow's a school holiday.

Can I come to the office?

I'm sorry, Julie.

But I'm going to be at the hospital all day tomorrow.

Then I can watch you operate.

No, no, perhaps when you're older.

But I'm old enough already.

Well, I tell what, Julie.

Later, if you still plan to be a doctor,

I promise you can watch me operate, OK?

OK.

But how can I watch you operate if I'm away at boarding school?

You might not be in boarding school by then?