Death Valley

Checkmate.

What news of marathon?

Will Greece be saved?

The Persian sun will pass.

My brave heart.

Stop it, Daddy, stop it.

Hey, Dad, come on upstairs and we can play

my new electronic game I bought.

Billy, Billy, Billy, Billy.

Oh, come on.

I don't think that's a good idea.

- Why not? - Well, I just don't.

Mom could play with us.

Um, I don't think she would.

Why not?

Well, you see, it's like plants.

There's a time and a season for things to grow and bloom

and then they fade and die away.

Your mother and I have, uh,

been through a lot of seasons together.

You mean you just don't like each other.

No, no, no, no, I don't mean that.

Well, you don't.

No, we don't.

Why not?

I'm not the man that she wanted me to be.

And she's not the woman I fell in love with.

We both fell in love with a picture--

in our heads.

Not with each other.

Am I just a picture in your head?

No, no, no, no.

You're the only thing I love in this world.

I don't want to go.

I know.

Do I have to?

Well, it'll be a great vacation for you.

Yeah, who wants to go out west?

Oh, what do you mean?

Arizona, Death Valley--

all those horses and cowboys and Indians.

Yeah, bang, bang-- great.

Your mother's got a friend out there.

She told me.

You might like him.

Well, you might.

Billy, she's lonely.

She's doing the best she can. I--

We're doing-- I--

Daddy?

I love you, Daddy.

Oh, I love you too.

Listen, will you write me a postcard?

Sure.

Continental Airlines

announces the arrival of flight 51,

service from New York to Chicago.

Passengers now deplaning at gate 24.

Enjoy your stay.

Thanks, had a great flight.

Enjoy your stay in Phoenix.

Mom, he's here.

Be careful, Billy.

Are you sure we're going to see Death Valley?

Yes, I'm sure.

Hi.

Mmm. Man, I missed you.

I missed you too.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Well, how was your flight?

Uh, it was okay, it was okay. I just wanted to get here, though.

Oh, Billy, Billy, this is Mike.

Mike, this is Billy.

Hi there, Billy, how ya doing?

Glad to meet you. I heard a lot about you.

Oh, here.

I'll take it, it's my mom's.

Okay.

Well, uh, how was your trip?

Fine.

Uh, did ya sit by the window?

Yeah.

Billy, tell Mike what you saw.

I don't know, a bunch of clouds.

Billy, come on, you saw the Grand Canyon.

Hey, hey, you saw the Grand Canyon?

We're going to see the Grand Canyon from the ground, up close.

Really, it's one of the most spectacular sights in the whole world.

So is Central Park.

Are we going to spend our whole vacation here?

No, I'm with you, come on.

Wait 'til you see the trip I got planned for us.

- You're going to love it. - I hope so.

Listen to me, I'm telling you this city has grown

a whole lot since you've left here.

- I can tell, it's amazing. - Oh, yeah.

I sell some lots, you know.

I sold some parcels out here.

I've contributed to its growth.

- Really? - Oh, yeah.

- Big, big lots? - Oh, yeah, oh, huge.

Say, uh, hey, Billy, look up there.

See that building up there?

That's where your mother and I went to high school.

Do you see it, Billy? Remember, I told you those stories?

Yeah.

Hey, well my dad's a professor at Princeton.

Oh, yeah, great.

Well, he's not exactly a full professor.

Anyway, I really wanted to go to New york.

And then after I was there a while,

I don't know, I kind of wanted to come home again.

Even when I went to New York to visit you, I missed it.

It's not that I didn't have a good time, but, uh,

this is really home.

I know exactly what you mean.

Like, do you remem-- well, you probably don't remember

when I won that silly contest, Miss, um--

oh, what was the-- miss Orange Blossom?

Yeah, um, Orange Growers Association.

How did you remember the name of that contest?

Listen, I took your picture for the paper, remember?

As a matter of fact, that's when I started to fall in love with you.

You look terrific, Billy.

Yeah, a real cowboy.

Right, mom?

Very funny, get in the car.

You're hard to please.

Try to be nice to him, Billy.

Okay, I'll try.

That's my pal.

Here you go.

We're going into gold mine country, full of claim jumpers.

You're going to need that.

That's the same kind of gun that William H. Bonney,

better known as Billy the Kid, used in 1875

when he shot it out with the James Boys.

The James Boys didn't have anything to do with Billy the Kid.

And this model didn't come out until ten years

after Billy the Kid was gunned down by Pat Garrett.

You're welcome,

Billy.

Sunny skies again today

here in Death Valley.

Bringing you the tops in country favorites--

Hey Billy, see these hills here?

This used to be gold mine country.

And, um, abandoned mine shafts all up and down here.

How did you know all about this?

How about it, Billy, you want to see a gold mine?

What do you say, Billy?

Billy, what do you say?

Sure.

There's no gold here.

It's just a lot of junk.

Come on, let's go have some lunch, and get out of here.

Donny, you hungry?

I thought you were tired.

Here's Mo Mitchell and her recipe of the day.

Donnie!

No. Please, no.

Well, here we are.

Gold mine country.

- Mom? - Yeah.

Can I go look around?

Um, I don't know, Mike, what do you think, is it safe?

Yeah, it's all right, go ahead.

But don't go too far.

Thanks.

Bye.

Anybody home?

You know, you just can't come walking in to somebody's motorhome like this.

Sorry, Mike.

Mom?

Yeah.

Hey, what's the matter, Billy?

Never mind.

Is it mike?

Do you like him more than Dad?

Billy, I like them both in different ways.

I'll always have strong feelings for your dad

'cause he gave me you, didn't he?

Yeah, well, Dad's better looking,