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03x10 - Time to Pay the Price

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Home Movies". Aired: September 2, 2001 – April 4, 2004.*
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Centers on an eight-year-old aspiring filmmaker, also named Brendon Small, who makes homemade film productions in his spare time with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis.

03x10 - Time to Pay the Price

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How long before we can get the chopper?
Two, maybe three days.

Too long. Need it quicker.
Don't you have the fuel?

The "gazolane"?
Yeah, the "gazolane."

It's in a safe place.
Where?

It's... I dug a hole.

Good. Who'd you
steal it from?

A bazooka mama
from quadrant four.

Bazooka mama?
She's tough as dingoes.

She'll skin us alive
if she finds out.
She won't.

Maybe she will.

It's too late, boys.
Bazooka mama, that's me.
Already found out.

Now prepare yourselves.
I have a feeling
this'll be uncomfortable.

Me too.
Isn't there
anything we can do?

No, there isn't.
It's time to pay the price.

Can I cut?
What?

I just can't
keep it going.

Are you afraid
you're gonna laugh?
I don't understand.

No, that's fine.
No cuts.

Really?
It's like I have
nerve damage.

Hey. This is a saturday,
folks. No school.

Which means
you're trespassing
on school grounds.

Mr. Pendlehurst, we didn't
know. We just came here
to make a movie.

We didn't know,
did we, guys?
No, we didn't.

No. See?
Honest.

Yeah, we sort of did.

Oh, really? Well, it's time
you learned about rules.

You three are spending
the next week with me
in detention. Got it?

No. I've never had
detention, ever.

What's detention?
It's when they make you sit
in a room and...

That's about it.

So, it's like therapy?
Kind of.

Hey. You watch your mouth
there, pal.

What did I say?
I know you've never
dealt with me before,

So let me explain
how I work.

I used to work at a prison
as a guard.

You don't wanna get on
the wrong side of me!

I am hard,
but I am fair.

If you keep your mouth open,
I will shut it.

You keep screwin' around,
and I'll take you to the prison

And show you what happens
to little smart-mouths
who never learn the rules.

All right, all right.
Gosh.
Eesh.

Geez.
Whoosh.

Hey. Could we get
one more take of
that last scene?

You kind of screwed it up
when you yelled.

How'd it go?
Not great.

Did you get me
out of detention?
What makes you think I was?

I don't know.
I had to practically get
myself out of detention.

That pendleton guy
is scary.

Pendlehurst?
Pendlehurst.

I know. He's very scary.
I was...

I was this close to crying
back at school,

So I fake laughed
to hide it, you know.

Like I did one of the...

That's what I did
on the phone.
I did one of those.

He's intimidating.
Yeah, I know.

But you shouldn't
have been trespassing,
brendon.

He's right about that.
Anything could've
happened to you.

Yeah.
Maybe you could use
a little disciplining.

Hey. You mind setting the table?
Dinner's gonna be ready soon.

Can I do it
after dinner?
Sure.

Look, just go
to the detention thing
and stay out of trouble

Because this pendlehurst guy
means business.

Well, you happen to be
talking to a business man.

And besides, you're not
as charming as you think.

Ahh, you're wrong.

So, what do we do
about the movie?

We can't use the location
because it's trespassing,

And we can't film
during the day because
we can't close off the set.

Well, um, we could
rebuild the set in the basement.

I don't know. I don't think
it's in the budget.

What's the budget?
Well, we had a dollar, but
then we bought the binder.

Why did we buy
the binder?
To keep the budget inside.

That's idiotic.
You just spent all the money
for the movie

On the binder for the budget
of the movie.

Yeah. Don't tell brendon.

Why did you do that?
'Cause I wanted to look
professional.

Let me see the binder.
Here.

It's nice.
It is nice.
It's a nice binder.

Worth a dollar.

Well,
guys.

Maybe we can make a movie
about the binder.
Hey, brendon.

How's it goin'?
Hi.

Hey, that's a nice binder.
Thanks.

I want you to come
to my house.

I discovered something amazing
that I want you both to see.

This is what I was
talking about.

Wow. Weird coat.
Wow. How many movies
did we make?

Thousands, melissa.
Thousands.

Where'd you get that coat?
You want us to help you
put them back in the closet?

No, no. There's a reason
they're out here on the floor
in front of us.

We have to watch these movies
and figure out where we're
going and what we're doing.

We never watch these movies.

Um, so these are videotapes
of the movies we made?

Yeah, the videos of...
They're movies, jason.

We were taping
those movies?
Yeah.

Well, let's burn 'em.
No, let's watch 'em.

Right. It's like
discovering a hu...
You guys get the picture.

I thought it was
gonna be something good,
like a dead body.

Look at these.
Do you remember these titles?
I don't even...

What movie is this?
The hand that wasn't there?

I kind of remember that one.
I don't.

I was the hand,
remember?
Oh, yeah.

Right.
How about this?
Jesus-zilla?

I do remember that one.
I wore a beard and a tail.
Right.

What about this right here?
The magic ba*ls.

Yeah, I wasn't there
that day.

How about this one?
The box bots?

Remember we wore
cardboard boxes,
and we talked like robots.

Right.
Oh, yeah.

Box bot 1050,
I thought you perished.

No, box bot 1022.
Still alive am i.

I too have somehow
survived miraculously.
Boop-bop-doo!

Did anyone find
the boop-beep-beep secret plans
that we are hiding?

Boop-boop, boop-boop.
Negative. They are hidden
in my memory bank.

Someone will have to get
a cosigner to withdraw
the memory banks.

Good. Beep-bop-boop-beep.

Bop-boop-boop-beep-bop.

Oh, no. We've been found.
Beep-boop.

Tell my girlfriend
that I will miss her.

I can't.
We're all being caught.

Tell me that
you'll miss me then.

I'm going to miss you.
Here they come.

It's time to pay the price.

I think I remember this one.
This is the environmental one.

- Ohh.
- Right.

- You went all green on us.
- Yeah.

I'm gonna chop
you down, tree.

Well, okay, but, um, don't.
Because what about
the environment?

Hello, I'm a skunk.
Hello.

Hey. Um, I mean,
don't chop down the forest.

Okay. I won't chop down
the forest. Just this tree.

But I'm a tree.
And I'm a house for
birds and chipmunks

And cats and dogs.

And I can be useful
for people too!

I can be made into wood.
Oh, man.

Chop it down.
I'm with you, skunk.

Hey, you guys suck.
Lumberjack?

Yup?
Pass me that ax.

It hurts!
You can't shut
this one up.

Hope you learned
your lesson, tree.

It's time to pay the price.

Brendon, this is the one
that you ripped off
the verdict.

I didn't rip off the verdict.
We ripped off the verdict.

Isn't it true that
you are lying?
No!

Isn't true that you are lying?
No! I'm telling
the truth!

I do work at that hospital,
and those are my initials,
but the time was altered!

How on earth do you explain
the time was altered?
I can't!

I can't explain!

Then who on earth
altered the time?

That man!

Ohh.

Are you sure it's that man?
I'm almost positive.

Are you sure it wasn't
that man over there?
The defendant?

Yes. I meant to point
more to the right.

That man!

The bailiff?
No. To the left.

Order in the court.
Order in the court.

You... It's time to pay
the price.

We will have quiet in here.

"We will have quiet in here."

You think it's funny, huh?
Huh?
Huh?

Listen. I used to be
a prison guard, pal.

And I'd love to take a trip
back there and show you
what real discipline is.

I'd like to show all of you.
You understand?
Yes.

I'm sorry. What did you say?

Yes, sir?

Again.
Yes-yes, sir.

Now, keep your little
mouth shut. Got it?

That isn't loaded, is it?

What did you say?

Your finger, it's really,
really close to my face.

I'm having intimacy issues
with it.

Stand up right now.

I will be back shortly.

I trust that all of you
will behave.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Man, pendlehurst
is a real jerk.

Hey, you guys wanna
check somethin' out
that's cool?

Yeah, it's pretty cool,
but we gotta check it out now
while pendlehurst is gone.

But won't he
be back soon?
Yeah.

Nah, he went across
the street for a coffee.
Always does that.

You guys comin' or what?
No way, guys. We'll
get in so much trouble.

Oh. He's early.

There's no way
we'll make it back in time.
Screw it. Let's hide.

We have to try to make it
back to the class.
Let's go now!

Uh, not a good runner.

Ow. Ow.

Come on.

Brendon, you have
to carry jason.
Ow. Ow.

Okay, come on.
One leg.

That was close.

Oh, mister,
you are in trouble.

You poured sugar in
pendlehurst's gas tank?

No, some other kids did,
but we ended up getting caught.

So what's the punishment?
He's making us do
this scared-straight thing

At the prison
he used to work at.

Scared straight?
You're already straight.
I'm already scared.

I've been to the can
a few times, brendon.

That's what we call it...
The can.
Yeah.

So when you're there,
you call it the can,
all right?

What do you call
cans in prison?
Actual cans?

Yeah.
Like food?
Cans of food?

Yeah.
Those are still cans.

Okay.
Here's another thing.

You gotta be
the craziest one there.
Right.

You act like you're insane
and people will leave you alone.

Like what? Unstable?
Well, yeah, but more.

Like overreact to something.
Like what?

Here's an example.
Come up and brush against me.
Like walk by. Ready?

All right.
How do you do?
No!

No, man!
No, man! No!

I don't think so!
I don't think so!

All right?
All right.

Is it?
Yes.

- Is it?
- See what I mean?

That was good.
Freaks you out.

Feel my heart.
It's pounding.
Yeah.

And here's another thing.
Make a shiv.

Yeah? How do you do that?
I don't know. You find
stuff. You make it.

You can stab someone
with anything.
Yeah.

You wear glasses?
No.

You wear contacts?
No.

Make a knife
out of contacts.
Really?

That's what I learned.
Wow.

I k*lled a man
with contacts.
In the can?

Yeah.
Wow.

And the other thing is
you can make a knife
out of tags from t-shirts.

Like the cloth tags?
Yeah, 'cause they're a little
harder than the material.

And that's enough to...
To penetrate skin.

Just gotta find
the right spot.
Wow.

You know what
I'm gonna do?
What?

I'll give you a tattoo.
What?

That would help you.
Please don't.

You have a pen?

Are you a good artist?
Well, what kind of design
do you want?

I don't know.

I can do a moon.
Hmm.

I could do a smiley face.
Yeah.

I'm gonna put one
right under your eye.

Three tear drops.
No one will touch you.

How many movies
have they made?

This is the mess hall.
This is where prisoners eat.

You might be made to cook
or clean up.

Lots of fights start here.

Pendlehurst?
Is that you?

Oh, my god!

It is!
He's back!

Look.
Pendlehurst is back.

I thought you weren't
comin' back.

Hey, pendlehurst
is back.

Hey, pendlehurst!
Hey, hey.
Who am i?

Pendlehurst.
Hey, pendlehurst!

Okay, let's keep moving.

You kids don't wanna
come here.
No, you don't.

White-collar criminals.
Don't get too close
to the cages.

Save your receipts
when you file your return.

Check references
of accountants.
Always check references!

Be a great place for a movie.
Doesn't look so bad.

Is that a wet bar?

These gentlemen are
all convicted felons.

They're here today
to talk to you.

They just call those guys
"gentlemen"?

You kids think there
are no consequences

For the problems you cause, huh?

You come from families?
Uh, yes.
I come from a family.

I came from a broken home.
Nobody cared what I did.

Next thing I know,
I'm in a g*ng.

Got put in jail for
petty crimes, just to
get out and steal again.

Well, at least
the system works.

Is that what you wanna do
with your life? Huh?

Uh... No. Not really.

You have families.
What are you throwing
everything away for?

Can't reach these kids!
Cannot reach these kids.

I'll take it, craig!

You think there ain't
no consequences for what
you do? Huh?

Your family loves you!
You wanna be like me?

I'm in jail, man!

I'm in jail, man!

Look at me!
Look at me...

In the eyes!

Get off the stage.

You're not my friend.
Listen to me, starboy.

I wouldn't be telling you
this if I didn't care about you.

Oh, you're stupid,
captain of outer space.

But what I say is true,
starboy.

The woman you love is a ghost
who's trying to k*ll you.

You lie!
You jealous liar!
Whoo! Whoo!

What's that noise?

You blew my cover,
captain of outer space.

I told you, starboy.

I'm sorry,
captain of outer space.

From now on,
I'll believe you.
Little late for that.

Hey, ghost lady!
I'm breaking it off with you.

I didn't realize at first
that you were a ghost
who was trying to k*ll me.

Had I known that up front,
I probably wouldn't have
dated you.

Maybe I would have.
I don't know.

But that's definitely
something you should have
told me up front.

Nobody breaks up
with ghost lady.

It's time to pay the price.

Boo!

Boo! Boo-ooo!

Uh, I think this guy's
actually trying to
scare us straight.

I come from a broken home!
Here we go.

I got put in jail
for robbin' a bank!

But before that... Okay, wait.

Oh, no! I was in a bank!

Okay, let me start over!

I was in a g*ng,
and then I got put in prison

And then I robbed a bank!

No, wait a second!
I robbed the bank first!

Okay, bear with me, people!
I've gotta look at some notes!

Okay, I got it!
I worked at a bank!

Then I robbed it!
Then I came to prison!
Gong.

You're going in a cell now
for six hours.

See it what's it like
as a prisoner.

What do you guys wanna do?
We have six hours to k*ll.

Okay, second word.

It's only one word.
All right. Uh, jaws.

You already guessed that.
I know.

Um... It's definitely
like a shark.
Mmm!

No, he's running.
Right.

Brendon,
what are you doing?

Hmm.
You give up?
I give up.

Marathon man.

You said one word, brendon.
I know.

Marathon man is two words.

It is?
Yeah.

Okay. Whose turn is it?

Mine.
Mine.

♪ Da-dum, da-dum,
da-dum, da-dum ♪

Jaws?
Yes.

What's going on
in there?

Chh-charades?
Shh!

Oh.

This isn't a time for games.

Small, wipe that smirk
off your face!

You think this is funny?

Wipe..that...

Smirk... Off...

Your... Face!

Now!

All right, mister.
Congratulations.

Your weekend is gone!

You just bought yourself
another day in the can.

Here's your receipt.
You are now canned goods!

Pendlehurst!
What do you think
you're doin' here?

I-i... I was cleared
for this, sir.

I don't care what
you were cleared for!

This is my prison!

You know you're not
allowed back here.

Now get outta here
before I put you
in one of the cells.

Uh, sir. They're my students.
They are... They're...
They... I...

Go! Now!

Um, are you the warden?

Better conditions
for prisoners now.

Better conditions
for prisoners now!

Better conditions
for prisoners now!

Better conditions
for prisoners now!

♪ We shall overcome ♪

♪ We shall overcome ♪
stop.

Stop.
♪ We shall ♪

Stop.
♪ Overcome ♪
we shall over...

Now listen, guys.

I'd appreciate it if, uh,
you didn't mention this...

You know, whole thing
to anyone at school.

You know. Please.

It can be
our little secret.

Look, mr. Pendlehurst,
we promise not to tell anybody,

But we need to know
why you're not
a prison guard anymore.

So wait.
Pendlehurst was fired?

Yeah, it's like
a minimum-security prison,

So one day he leaves
the door open on, like,
one of the cells,

And couple of the white-collar
criminals get out.
Right.

They go straight to the warden,
and they tell on pendlehurst.
Uh-huh.

So that's that.

Wait. He took you to
a minimum-security prison?
Right.

Well, that's not scary at all.
Those place are, like, nice.

It was really nice.
It was fun.

I know.
They're like condos.

Rooms with
nice furniture and...
Couple people had yards.

Really?
Yeah. Digital cable.

Was there a pool?
There was.

Yeah. Those places are better
than where I live, brendon.
Yeah.

White-collar prison is better
than where I live.

That's one of the saddest things
I've ever heard.

But, coach, you'd still be,
like, confined,

And you'd still be, uh,
not allowed to do anything,
you know.

Well, brendon,
what do I do anyway?

I leave my house,
I come here.
Then I go home.

I don't know. Sometimes
I think that we're in the prison
and the prisoners are not.

Right.
That's weird.

It's like the walls
are keepin' us out.
Yeah.

Know what I mean?
Kind of.

We all live in
our own prisons, brendon.
Yeah.

We're all trapped
in these bodies.
Yeah.

You have to go to school.
That's a prison.
That is a prison.

I have to be a soccer coach.
That's a prison.

This conversation...
Is a prison.

It's a prison.
Can't get out of it.

Hey, I've been watching
that huge stack of movies
you left out.

You have?
Yeah.

Huh.
You know,
they were really good.

Thanks.
I wanted to ask you though,

Is there a reason
you end all your movies
the same way?

No. How do I end them all?

"It's time to pay the price."

It is?
No. That's the line you use
to end every movie.

"It's time to pay
the price."

No, I don't.
Yeah. Yeah, you do.

I just watched them all.
I don't.

All my movies
are different.
"It's time to pay the price."

They're all
the same ending, brendon.

You probably mistakenly
watched the same movie,
like, twice or something.

No. Every movie ended
with that line.
No, it didn't.

That was the last line
of every movie.
No, it wasn't.

I don't think I've ever
used that stupid line to...
What?

Husband, did we get
all the groceries that we need?
Yes, wife.

That will be $1,000.
Oh, man.
It's time to pay the price.

Oh, it's time to pay
the price.

It's time to pay the price!

It's time to pay
the price.

It's time to pay
the price.

It's...
Time...

To...
Pay...

The...
Price.

It's time to pay the price.
♪ The "t" to the "p" ♪

♪ To the "p" ♪

♪ The "p" to the "a"
to the "y" ♪

♪ It's time to pay
the price today ♪

♪ Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh ♪

♪ It's time to pay the price ♪

Huh. I, uh...

You didn't realize it?
No.

I thought you were doing
it on purpose. Like that
was your-your-your style.

Your signature.
Right.

No.
It wasn't?

I don't know.

Maybe I guess I'll try
to end them differently
from now on.

Well, we've done
a lot of bad things.
Right, guys?

Yes, we have.
Yes, we have.

But now we're here
in jail.

Yes, we are.
We're here
bein' punished.

And we hate it!
But what can we do?
We did wrong.

We can't do anything.
Justice has been done.

It's time to pop-it-pop.

Yeah.
You speak the truth,
my brother.

- It is time to...
- Time for that.

It's time to pa...

Pay the...

What time is it
actually?
It's 2:30.

Oh. I gotta go home.
Okay.

Fade to black.
The end.

Huh. We tried.

♪ Joshua fought the battle
of jericho ♪

♪ Jericho, jericho ♪
come on.

♪ Joshua fought the battle
of jericho ♪

♪ And the walls a-come
a-tumblin' down ♪