05x08 - Chasing Angela (2)

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(THEME SONG PLAYING)

SHAWN: Previously on
Boy Meets World...

Hey, look.
Somebody left their purse.

(LAUGHS) Shakespeare,
I hear he's good.

Notice the bookmark.

A ticket stub to
a Van Damme movie.

Only the greatest
actor ever made.

Okay, so what we got here is a
purse-losing, lips-protecting,

poetry-reading,
Van Damme-loving gal.

Wow. I'd give
her two weeks.

I went there, okay? I put
my heart on the line.

She's got a boyfriend, Cory, and
do you know what I feel now?

Pain.

It's like my heart's been
ripped out and stepped on!

So just
do me a favor

and stay out of my
personal life, okay?

Give me a "T"! Give me an "E"!
Give me an "R"!

Shawn Hunter!

See? I can make
a cheer about anything.

And they wouldn't let you
on the cheerleading squad.

Do you wanna make out?

So, Angela,
the coach says, "Scooter!"

That's what he
calls me, Scooter.

"Go in there
and save the day."

Gee, what happened, Scooter?

Well, I saved the day.

You wanna make out?

I got to tell him.

Shawn told you not to interfere
in his personal life.

Yeah, but, Topanga, this is
the woman of his dreams, okay?

The woman he could spend
the rest of his life with.

I don't
consider that personal.

Shawn, Shawn,
let the nice lady breathe.

I need to talk to
you about Angela.

This better be important.

Well, do you consider
the purse girl important?

Yes.
Listen.

Everything that was
in that purse, okay?

The book of poetry, the Vivaldi,
the Van Damme ticket stub,

it was all her.
Who?

Angela. All that
stuff belongs to Angela.

The purse belonged to Beth.

No, Angela borrowed
Beth's purse.

But that's none of our
business now, is it, Cory?

No, it's not
our business at all.

What are you going to
do about it, mister?

Nothing. Angela and I
went out for two weeks.

If I was in love with her,
you don't think I'd know it?

Shawn, listen.
Angela's everything

you've ever
wanted in a girl, okay?

But you don't know it because you
haven't looked into her eyes yet.

Look into her eyes.

Hey, Shawn.

Hey.

Is this...
Is this a book of sonnets?

Yes.

(GIGGLING)

Why are you giggling?

Am I?

What's the matter with you?

Look into her eyes.

Shawn, why are you
looking at me like that?

Because I never have before.

I...

It's Angela.

Cory!

Hey, Shawnie's in love.
You call her?

No. I'm way too nervous. I
wouldn't know where to start.

Well, how about
starting by saying hello?

That's too risky, Cory.
It would probably come out,

"I want to have
your children."

(LAUGHS) I can't believe this is Shawn
Hunter, man of a thousand dates,

and he's afraid
to call a girl.

How dare you?

My family comes from Cossacks.
I fear nothing!

Good.

Here she comes.

Hi, Angela.

Hi, Cory.

Uh, Shawn's in the closet.

Hey, Shawn.

SHAWN: Angela!
You smell nice.

(MOUTHING)

Hey, Topanga.

Hey, Angela.

Hey, Cory, these balloons just
arrived from Balloon-atics.

It says, "Happy anniversary.
Love, Norman."

I'm pretty sure I said Cory.

And I also made us
reservations at Barelli's.

Wasn't it our
anniversary last month?

No, no, no, we were just
doubling with my parents.

It was their anniversary.

Okay, wait, so, when's ours?

SHAWN: It's Wednesday.

How come Janitor Bud
knows our anniversary?

Oh, no, no, that's Shawn.
He's hiding from Angela.

Oh, that is so sweet.

It's like everything
I have ever known about girls

has been completely
erased from my brain.

Hello, sir.

See? I know that was wrong.

Shawn, listen, you got to
pull yourself together.

All my life,
I have never worried about

whether a girl
likes me or not.

But with Angela,
it matters.

I really want her
to like me.

That is so cute.

Personally,
I worship the man.

It's a little sad.

Well, here she comes again.
Why don't you talk to her?

I can't!
I don't think so.

Hey, Shawn.

Hi.

Do you want to go out and
get something to eat later?

I'd like that.

I saw this and I
thought of you.

See ya.

What'd she give you?

It's a little seashell.

Do you like seashells?

I like this one.

Yes, Mother,
I completely understand.

Have fun on your cruise.

Love to Dad. Bye.

Eric, looks like I'm going to
be alone for Thanksgiving.

Yeah, it's kind of sad.

Maybe I could join you and
your family for Thanksgiving.

No.

Well, it's just, you know,

I don't know if
they want to chance

inviting anybody else
over after last year.

We had Feeny over.

He ate all the white meat.

I guess I'll just stay here and
order a pizza or something.

That's great.
So you're covered.

Eric!

I'm kidding.
I love needling you.

Jackie, what if we
have Thanksgiving here?

Eric, it's us.

We could ruin Thanksgiving
for a lot of people.

(SCOFFS) Man! Am I glad
you weren't at Plymouth Rock.

"Ooh, I'm hungry.
Let's go back to Sweden."

My gosh!

Is that...
Yes.

My black book.
Early ' s edition.

Wow. May I look?

No, no, no.
There are some names in here

that may upset you
and your parents.

Shawn, that's
the old you, though.

I mean, there's a girl
out there who likes you,

who asked you out.

I know, but I started thinking
that if I got into a relationship,

I'd be giving up all this.

It's not what
you're giving up,

it's what you're gaining.

No offense, Cory, but you have
no idea what I'd be giving up.

You know, if you can
find one girl in there

that you actually care
about, then call her.

"A," Angela.

She's the first
name in my book.

She's the one I want.

But a real relationship?

That is so new to me.

Do you remember
that airplane movie

where the nun had
to fly the plane

and the air traffic controller
had to talk her down?

I'm going to be your
air traffic controller.

So that means all
I have to do is...

Yes. Be the nun.

Come on,
you big chunk of ice,

be a turkey!

Be a big turkey. Gobble,
gobble, block of ice!

It's three days
till Thanksgiving.

Aren't you
afraid it might melt?

That's why I'm
making it bigger.

(TIMER DINGS)

All right,
my pumpkin pies are ready.

Ahhh!

Here, try this, man.

Mmm!

Look at that.
It looks terrific.

Let me try this here.

So?

Is pumpkin pie
supposed to have bones?

That's it.
I'm calling the caterers.

Your parents are expecting
some traditional feast.

My parents? Come on.

Thanksgiving's like the least
important day of the year to them.

They don't even
exchange gifts.

(BANGING ON DOOR)

Hi, Jack. Eric.
Hey.

Hey, I know you guys are busy, so
I'm going to get right to this.

Thanksgiving is the most
important day of the year to me.

I'm sure Eric
told you that.

No, no, he didn't.

Yeah, I did, Dad. He hears
what he wants to hear.

Thirty years ago,

I sat down to Thanksgiving
dinner with my Grandpa Charlie.

We feasted on turkey, stuffing,
cranberries, yams and pie.

Then we sat down. I watched
my first football game on TV,

sitting on
my grandpa's knee.

He gave me this watch.

And then he went upstairs
to take a little nap

and d*ed in his sleep.

Daddy, I miss
Grandpa Charlie.

Three days till turkey.

You make better pies.

(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
I love that.

So do I.

It's so beautiful.

If you close your eyes, you can
actually see the seasons change.

I said that.
I said the exact same thing.

You know, I really
like hanging out with you.

Maybe we could see a movie
later on this week.

I hear there's a new
Van Damme movie opening.

I love Van Damme.

I know.

So, how about Friday night?

Oh. I have plans
with Ted that night.

You're still
going out with Ted?

Yeah.

Oh.

I'd better go
check on our food.

She's still
going out with Ted.

Yeah, I know.
He's a two-weeker, okay?

He means nothing.
Just a name in her book.

Tell her how you feel, okay?
Speak from your heart.

Are you sure?

Hey, who's
flying the plane?

Cory is.

Well, here we go.

Great.

Can I ask you something?

You can ask me anything.

What do you think
of Cory and Topanga?

I think they're
a great couple.

Maybe we can
have what they have.

Shawn, we're
not even dating.

What do you call
what we're doing right now?

You asked me out
on a date, right?

I asked you to go
get something to eat.

You gave me a seashell.

Sometimes a seashell
is just a seashell.

Look, Angela,

I want to be with you more than
anybody in this entire world.

Why can't we be
Cory and Topanga?

I'm sorry.
I got to go.

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

Shawn!

Cory, you should have seen it.

Crash and burn. Nuns should
never fly airplanes.

I'm just going to go back
to the way things were.

No. No, you don't, okay?

You can't go back to this.

This will never
make you happy.

(SCREAMS) My aunt!

Look, I gave it
a sh*t, okay?

I opened myself
up and I got hurt.

Obviously Angela
doesn't want what I want.

No, she doesn't know
what she wants, okay?

I know what she wants.

Here, I want to
tell you a story.

Now, years ago, Shawn,

I was in
the sandbox with Topanga,

and then she started
going after Joey Hutchinson.

I don't have to tell you
how that made me feel.

You were four.

Well, you don't have to be
five to have feelings.

Anyway, I could have
given up, right?

I mean, the sandbox
was filled with pretty babies,

but I didn't give up.

So I told Joey
that he could fly,

and I pointed to
the monkey bars.

And for that brief moment
that Joey was airborne,

I told Topanga she had beautiful
lips and I kissed her.

Wait a minute.
When you were four,

you told Topanga she
had beautiful lips?

And a very cute tush.

I want what you have.

Then go get it.

Angela, hear me out.
It will just take a minute.

You don't mind, do you?

(MUMBLING) You want a fry?

Look, I read
the same books as you,

I listen to the same music,
and I go to the same movies.

So when I tell you
how I feel,

it is not just words.

Hunter, I'm on a date here.
Come on.

Why are you doing this?

We went out.

You told me it was only
going to be for two weeks

and then it was
going to be over.

I know that
you're scared, okay?

I'm scared, too.

We both love Vivaldi,
and we're both scared.

I'm scared, too.

Shawn, you've never been in a
relationship for longer than two weeks

and neither have I.

We wouldn't know what to do.

You know what? This is
getting too heavy for me,

so I'm taking my
fries and I'm leaving.

Ted!

I paid for these fries.

Give me a chance.

I just want to see you.

Well, Dad, it's another anniversary
night for me and Topanga.

What says "I love you" more,
a fern or a ficus?

Cory, how long have you and
Topanga been together?

Why?

Well, sometimes
it seems like

you've been together
longer than me and your mom.

Isn't it great?

Cory, I told her this was
a very casual evening.

Yeah, well, that's
my casual suit.

Why is he wearing your suit?

Well, Dad, because tonight
romance and love fill the air.

You're !

All right, now, listen,

you and Angela have :
reservations at Barelli's.

Barelli's? I don't really see
Angela and me in a place like that.

Shawn, you said you want to be
like me and Topanga.

Well, me and
Topanga go to Barelli's

because Barelli's is the place
where dreams come true.

I mean,
it says so on the menu.

Shawn, this is really fancy.

You think this is fancy?

I don't think
it's that fancy.

Topanga, why are you angry with me?
I mean, was it the fern?

Because for the extra $ , I'll
happily change it for the ficus.

Cory, it wasn't the fern.

This isn't about the fern!

Okay, then, what's it about?

Look, let's just try to get
through the evening, okay?

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

Signor Cory.
Signora Topanga.

How many years you
been married now, huh?

The kids, they good, no?

We are not married
and we do not have kids.

Eduardo, she's
a little angry at me.

Here's a fiver.

Why don't you put an extra
shrimp on her cocktail?

Si. Come.
Okay.

(EXCLAIMS)
Shawn and Angela!

What a surprise, huh?

Hi, guys.

Talk about coincidences.

Of all the restaurants
in the town.

Yeah, and all the suits.

Enjoy.

I have come to
take your order.

You no touch the pate.
It's not good?

I really don't
know what it is.

It's...
Come si dice? Goose liver.

You requested it when you
telephoned this afternoon.

When I called, did I sound like
I had curly hair and was ?

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

Cory? You're looking at them
more than you're looking at me.

Ah, look at those two.

I mean, it's us years ago.

Cory, what's happening to us?

What... What do you mean,
what's happening to us?

We're out celebrating another one
of our delightful occasions.

Who talks like that?

Shawn, you said
you knew me.

If you really knew me,
why would you bring me here?

Because I have no
idea what I'm doing.

I don't know how to
be myself around you.

I really want you
to like me, Angela.

I do like you. If I didn't,
I wouldn't be here.

So, then why is this
so hard?

I've never had
a serious relationship either.

Every time I got
close to someone,

I just figured it was best to get
away before we hurt each other.

Is someone going to
get hurt here, Shawn?

No.

No, not if we're ourselves.

Hey, Eduardo.
(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

Could you get rid of this and just
bring us a couple of burgers?

You no like?
No.

We like burgers.

Barelli's is a place where
all your dreams come true.

Two burgers!

Fries.

Oh, yeah,
and get some ketchup, too.

Hmm!

Do you mind if I
take this tie off?

Oh, please, never wear
a tie again, okay?

Why do you have that thing anyway?
It can't be yours.

Well, you know, I'm not one
to give up any names, but...

Cory.
All of this was Cory.

He's a good guy.

He just wants us to have
what he and Topanga have.

That's it!
That's it! I have had it!

I don't want to put
the Sweet'N Low in my purse!

(SHUSHING)

You're going to get us
in trouble in our place.

I don't want this
to be our place.

You're ruining
our anniversary.

What anniversary
is this anyway?

Is this the first time we kissed?
The first time we went out?

The first time we met?
What? What is it?

It's the anniversary of the
first time we ate at Barelli's.

How could you forget?

Because I hate Barelli's.

I am years away
from going to Barelli's.

Can't we just go downtown and
grab a pretzel from a cart?

Fine. I'm not
making you happy? Go!

You think you're going to find
somebody else at your age?

Signora Topanga, I must request
that you keep your voice down.

(GROWLING)

Thank you so much.

This is what scares me.

You get close to someone, and
you end up hating each other.

Angela, there's
nothing to be scared of.

When two people are truly,
truly in love,

there's no way they can
end up hating each other.

Cory, look at us!
I am yelling at you,

and you're not even
getting mad at me.

(GROWLING HALF-HEARTEDLY)

You call that a growl?
That was pathetic.

Well, I could never
really get mad at you.

Cory, I just don't want to
celebrate any more occasions.

I was just doing it 'cause I
thought that's what you wanted.

No. I just want to be .

Me too.

(EDUARDO SCREAMS)

Shawn?

Angela?

I want what they have.

It's Thanksgiving
and all we have

is an Easter
basket and Santa Claus.

My dad's going to k*ll you.

I told you we'd ruin
Thanksgiving for everybody.

It's all right.
I got it.

I spend a few
nights in the hospital,

they'll forget
about the whole thing.

Hit me.
What?

Hit me. Bust me in the nose.
cr*ck a rib. Come on.

Eric, that's a stupid idea.

You know something, you're right.
I'll hit you.

What the...
Come on, come on.

Face or gut?

(BANGING ON DOOR)

Just a second.

I am sorry, buddy.

Come in!

Hey! Look, Jack,
they found our turkey.

Did you two actually believe that we
thought you could pull this off, huh?

You guys can't make toast.

Eric, do you at least
have some clean dishes?

No.

I'll carve the bird.

Now, everybody
wants dark meat, right?

ALL: No!

Cory, this is so nice, us all
being together on Thanksgiving.

You know, I want to
tell you something.

I'm so glad I'm here, Shawn.

Um, before we sit down,
I'd like to say thanks

for all the good things
that have happened to us.

And to me.

ALL: Happy Thanksgiving,
everyone.