08x04 - I Wasn't Expecting That!

[bunniefuu]

Cardiac team is on
the way. Clear the way.

Bay four.

Clear the way, please.

Kinkirk! Kevin Kinkirk!

Why is it so hard to find?

Luce...

I'm sorry. I didn't
mean to yell at you.

You're probably
a very nice person,

but they brought
him in an hour ago.

He's a police officer.

He was on some kind

of domestic dispute
call and he got hurt.

He's my husband
and I love him and...

Oh, God, maybe he couldn't
talk when he was admitted.

Maybe he couldn't
give them his name.

Try - - - - .

That's his badge number.

Luce, Kevin's okay.

When they phoned they
said it wasn't life-threatening.

Oh, sure they said that.
What are they going to say...

Your husband has a
b*llet hole in his forehead

and if you look really
close you can see the sky?

What are you looking at?!

Why aren't you
looking at your screen?

Why aren't you scrolling
down using a search engine

too... Googling! Something!

Kevin!

I'm fine.

Everything's okay. Don't worry.

I'm not worried.

I just love you
so much. (groans)

I'm okay.

The ribs are a little
bruised, that's all.

Nothing's broken.

Doesn't he look
cute in stitches?

Oh, your poor eye...

(groans) The
shoulder... it popped out.

They popped it
back in. I'm fine.

I don't know what to kiss first.

While you're deciding,
I'll go pull the car up.

Don't worry, I won't
touch anything.

I'm just glad you're okay.

LUCY: Oh! Thanks.

Dad had to drive
me. I was a wreck.

So what happened?

What... never mind.
I don't want to know.

You told me once
that with your job

there's some thing's
I just shouldn't know.

It was partly my fault.

It wasn't your fault.

I shouldn't have let the
husband get so close to her.

It was one of those
stupid domestic calls.

I was talking to the husband,

Kevin was restraining...
Let's leave it.

No, you were great.

If he didn't hold her
back as much as he did,

she would have
destroyed her husband.

I mean, look what
she did to Kevin.

Wait? She?

A woman did this to you?

♪ th Heaven ♪

♪ When I see their happy faces ♪

♪ Smiling back at me ♪

♪ th Heaven ♪

♪ I know there's
no greater feeling ♪

♪ Than the love of family ♪

♪ Where can you go ♪

♪ When the world
don't treat you right? ♪

♪ The answer is home ♪

♪ That's the one
place that you'll find ♪

♪ th Heaven ♪

♪ Mmm, th Heaven ♪

♪ th Heaven. ♪

(barks)

♪ ♪

I still don't understand it.

Out of all the
projects on that list,

you had to volunteer
us to build a coal mine?

A working coal mine.

It's an important part
of U.S. labor history.

Couldn't we have just performed

a scene from How
Green Was My Valley?

Why a working coal mine?

If we start now and work
through the weekend,

we just might finish by Monday.

Might.

(door closing)

Were you saying that
I'm overemotional?

No, Dad, I'm not saying
that you're overemotional.

I'm just saying the situation,
could get out of control,

with me leaving and all.

So what are you
afraid will happen?

That I'll throw
myself on your legs

and make a scene
at the bus station?

Dad, I'm not worried
about you making a scene.

But you do sometimes get this...

moist look in the
corner of your eye.

And that bothers
you... My moistness?

No, but it's liable to
be just the kind of thing

that sets everyone off.

Mom will see it
and she'll fall apart.

And then everyone will go,

and it'll be like an
emotional house of cards.

You know, speaking of your
mother, I have to call her.

She's coming home tomorrow
from your grandfather's

and it's none too soon.

Mom doesn't have
to worry about me.

She knows that, even
though I'll be away at college,

she can always call me...

Speaking of which,
I'd better call her

before the day
gets away from me.

Anytime she wants.

♪ ♪

(doorbell chimes)

Rabbi Glass, come in.

Thank you, Simon.

I hope I'm not... bothering you.

No. No, of course not.

You're not bothering anyone.

I was just about to start
organizing my things for college.

I don't know if you knew,
but I'm going away to college...

Oh, great, that's great.

I just dropped by for a
second to talk to your dad.

Then I'll be out of your
hair, his hair, everyone's hair.

And listen, whoever
has hair, I'll be out of it.

Well, my dad's in his office.

Are-Are you sure you're okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Well, I had a little
bit of an accident

at the building fund meeting
this morning at the Temple.

It was a little crazy.

But I happen to
love sponge cake.

You know, me and Mrs. Tupperman,

you know, we both went
for it at the same time,

and... it wasn't pretty.

Okay.

Well, you know where
his office is, right?

Yeah, I do. Th-Thanks a lot.

You're a good guy, Simon.

I don't need any help.

I'm... I'm fine.

Sam and David are
fine. We're all fine.

(knocking on glass)

Come in.

Richard.

Oh, I'm sorry...
I'm interrupting.

No, no, no, come in.
I'm talking to Annie.

Oh, listen,

please say hello to your
lovely, loyal wife, Annie,

for me, will you please?

You're a very lucky man, Eric.

Don't ever forget that.

Annie, Richard just walked in.

He says hello.

Why is he there?

Is something wrong
with Matt and Sarah?

How are Matt and Sarah?

Who?

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Fine.

They're fine.

Well, he's there
for some reason.

I'll find out and call you back.

Should I hold?

No. I-I love you.

I'll... I'll call you back.

Richard, it's good to see you.

Have a seat.

A seat? Why
should I have a seat?

You know, having a
seat seems to imply

that we're going to have a
conversation that is so lengthy

that it's going to
require someone... me...

Taking the seated position.

Why would you think that?

Are you okay, Richard?

Why do people
keep asking me that?

Can't a guy just come over
and sh**t the breeze with a pal?

Yeah, it's just that you look...

terrible.

Like you slept in your clothes.

It was a nap.

And I knew, I just knew,

I just knew that
this... this shmata,

this-this material, it
wouldn't hold a crease.

Oh, hi.

One of Simon's
friends from school?

I'm Martin.

I'm Ruthie.

Those are fresh oatmeal cookies

my dad picked up from
the bakery this morning.

He says he bought them for us,

but I know it's because
my mom's at my grandpa's

and he knows he can
sneak a few without her here.

Thanks.

Is this silence supposed to
be telling me something, Kevin?

No.

I'm just not in
the talking mood.

Doesn't mean anything.

Honey, I know you're bummed out

about being out on medical
leave, but it's just for a week.

Yep, just a week.

And we are so lucky.

Things could have
been so much worse.

Sometimes I think these
kind of things are blessings.

Reminders that life is fragile,

and life is to be cherished.

And I cherish my life
with you, and I always will.

I'm going for a walk.

Do you want me to go with you?

Hey, it's just a walk.

I promise I won't fall over.

I can handle it, okay?

Okay.

(sighs)

O-kay.

Sam, you can't take that.

It's my car.

I know it's your little car,
but we're using it to haul coal.

We'll give it back to you.

When?

Yeah, when?

When?

When we're finished
with this dumb thing,

and we take it back to
school and get a failing grade,

face certain humiliation

and have to fight our way
through the school yard.

That's when.

I want some licorice.

We're using the black
licorice to represent coal.

You can't eat our coal.

Licorice.

(sighs)

Do you have a better idea of
something to represent coal?

Yeah. How about coal?

You know coal's hard to find.

And we didn't want
to waste valuable time.

And the licorice, it
shows imagination,

which is what Miss Hadgraft
said she was looking for.

But if you want
out of this project,

just, now is the time
to say something.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, okay?

I know I've been
a negative pill.

And I really like
your optimistic nature.

It's actually an
attractive quality,

and I'd like to
develop it myself.

Okay?

Okay.

(Happy barking)

Hey.

Hey.

Hi.

Hi.

Sorry.

No problem.

(whines)

An office, you know,

you can tell a lot about
a man by his office.

Well, this is it.

Ah... ah.

Nice.

You know, Mark Twain used
to have a pool table in his office?

Really.

I mean, it was, you know,

when he got like
bogged down, you know,

he used to, like, just
grab his cue, you know,

and then just, you know,
bang some balls around.

Sounds therapeutic.

Oh, I don't know what it was.

But, you know, his
output was unbelievable.

I mean, this whole
country is richer

because we had
Twain and his pool table.

Richard, I think
we should, um...

A pool table.

Isn't that something?

Remember that great
song from the Music Man?

"Oh, we got trouble...

right here in River City."

"With a capital 'T' and
that rhymes with 'P' and..."

Richard, come on.

What?

Get it out.

Whatever it is
can't be that bad.

Ah.

You're right.

It's not... that bad.

I mean, actually,
it's a sort of a tiny blip

by comparison to
the rest of the world's,

you know, real problems...

Wars, and famines, and floods,

and pestilence, and,
and locusts, and frogs...

And feel free to stop me now

otherwise I'll go through
the entire Passover seder.

(sighs)

Ready?

(whispering): Okay.

Rosina and I split up.

Ha, you know, that's all.

I know it's no pestilence.

But, uh...

it hurts, you know what I mean?

It hurts.

I'm sorry.

I'm just...

I'm sorry, Richard.

I-I don't seem to have
the words right now.

I know. I know. I know. I know.

I mean, I, I wouldn't
have the words either.

You and Rosina?

It's just too hard to believe.

I wouldn't have
believed it myself

if I didn't see it
with my own eyes.

I walk into my office, you
know, down at the Temple,

and there's Rosina

and Cantor Sperling, kissing.

It's good thing that I
didn't have a pool table...

They'd be on it.

You know, maybe we
shouldn't jump to conclusions.

Uh, couldn't... maybe
there's a reason,

you know, some possible,
maybe crazy reason that...

Oh, oh, please, don't.

Eric, do me a favor, don't go
down that path, really, come on.

We're two men...

we've seen this kind of
stuff happen all the time.

It can happen to anybody.

But my wife and my cantor.

You know how hard it is these
days to find a good cantor?

(chuckles)

(crying)

Whew!

(mumbling)

Now look what you've done.

Hey, it's not my fault.

Yes, it is. No, it's not.

What's going on?

Our school project was ruined

because Peter wasn't
paying attention.

It's not my fault.

I can't keep watch and
build at the same time.

Why didn't you watch
Sam and David?

Because it was your job.

I don't see a disaster
here. It's supposed to be

a coal mine, right? PETER:
Sam and David ate the coal.

I like coal.

Me, too.

I'm gonna be a miner.

You can't blame Peter.

You know they're fast
when they want something.

See?

Is there something you wanted?

I just wanted to
check in with you guys

and, you know,
see if I could help.

I want to spend
some time with you

since I'm leaving for college in
a day and a half and counting.

Well, if you want to help, you
could get the twins cleaned up.

Come on, you two.

RUTHIE: And you could go
to the store and buy some coal.

You know, since we don't drive.

Okay.

So, what's for dinner?

You guys gonna miss me?

Can we have your room?

What about you?

Can we go to the store with you?

Well, at least
someone's getting it.

You want to spend
as much time with me

as you possibly can, huh, David?

I just want some coal.

(sighs)

(man talking indistinctly on TV)

Hi.

I don't, I don't
think we've met.

I'm-I'm Eric, Simon's dad.

I'm Martin.

Simon's friend?

Yeah.

Where is Simon?

He's upstairs.

I was just watching
some TV till he gets down.

Oh.

Did you want to watch something?

No, no, it's okay.

I should, uh, get
back to my office.

(groans)

Did you know Simon has a friend?

I mean, before you
saw this Martin guy?

No. why?

Noting. I'm just
happy he has a friend.

Hello.

Hello.

Simon went to the
store with the twins.

Oh.

You could help Peter and me
with our History project if you like.

Until Simon gets back.

We're building a coal mine.

Oh, okay.

I could probably do that.

Are you staying for dinner?

Uh, I don't know.

Lucy's picking up pizza.

We can eat whenever we want.

Pizza sounds good.

Mmm, Dad,

I was thinking about
what to take to college.

And since there are
actual seasons there,

I'm going to have to
box my entire closet.

Mmm, yeah, maybe
you should pack light.

We can always send
you anything you need.

Hey, Simon, could I
give you a little advice?

And remember I'm a professional.

Look, you're gonna be going away

and gonna be meeting
a lot of new people.

A lot of girls.

And one day you're gonna meet...

that very special girl.

And your heart's
gonna feel like...

like it's never felt before.

It's gonna be unbelievable.

And you know what you're
gonna do when that happens?

Transfer.

Because she's gonna
rip your heart out

like it's a lab experiment.

I-I-I... Guys, I'm sorry.

I'm-I'm... Oh, man.

I'm-I'm... Look, I'm going
through a rough time,

and I'm-I'm just not myself

and everyone's been
so wonderful to me here,

and I'm-I'm... I-I, just...

Oh, man.

I'm gonna let you guys talk.

I better check on the boys.

Oh. No, sit down I got it.

Oh, no, come on,
I'm finished, really.

Let me help you.

It's the least I can do.

Thanks.

(sighs)

I thought you were
going to call me back?

What is going on?

I know there's something wrong.

He's never here unless
there's something wrong.

Oh.

I'll, I'll, I'll, uh,

I'll let Richard tell you

while I go up and
do something else.

Are you all right?

(sniffing)

Ah!

Lemony dishwasher stuff.

It's-It's the same
dishwasher soap

that she always used.

She loved it.

I mean, she loved it.

It was like practically
part of her scent.

Hmm?

She?

Rosina.

I caught her
kissing another man.

(sighs)

It-It's a long story.

Don't ask.

I'm sure that

this is a big misunderstanding.

Annie,

he kissed her.

I thought you said
she kissed him.

It doesn't matter

who-who started it.

I'm telling you my wife
was kissing my cantor.

This is the biggest catastrophe

that's ever happened
to me in my entire life.

Well, the-the kiss, it
could have been harmless.

Harmless?

Do you call this harmless?

Huh? Oh!

(mumbling)

(mumbling)

What was I doing?

I'm... what was I thinking?

I couldn't have been thinking.

I'm deranged.

You know,

really, maybe, maybe I have
that, that mad cow disease.

Or that-that... what's that?

That-that monkey pox thing
that made me act so insane, huh?

Not that you're not a very
attractive woman, you know.

Thank you.

You're-You're not deranged.

You're just a little distressed.

And, you know, I-I understand.

But, you know, we
both have to know that

that kiss didn't mean anything.

Absolutely.

I-I'm just distressed.

I just don't know
what I'm doing.

It didn't mean a thing. Yeah.

I think the best thing
for both of us to do

is just forget it ever happened.

You're right. Yeah.

How was it, by the way?

Well, I-I-I mean, I was
thinking that, you know,

maybe Rosina was kissing
that other guy because, uh...

maybe I've, uh,
you know, lost it.

I got the lights
to work, Ruthie.

I said I got the lights to work.

Are you okay?

Sure.

Why wouldn't I be?

I am really turned on by
the fact that you're a cop

and you're so strong and
so handsome and so...

I think I've had enough pizza

and whatever else
you're trying to feed me.

I'm serious.

I love that you feel that
you have to protect women.

Roxanne, me even.

What are you talking about?

And what's that weird
voice you're using?

(knocking)

What?!

SIMON: Uh, it's me.

What do you want?

Hey, guys, I just wanted to, uh,

see if I can exchange
suitcases with you.

Since I'm going away to college,

I'm gonna need
a bigger suitcase.

If now is not a good time,
I can get the suitcase later.

What is with you moping
around, trying to get attention?

Just because you're
going away to college?

What is your problem?

You're not the first person
to ever go away to college.

People do it all the time.

The colleges are full of 'em.

Where were we?

Don't you think you were
a little rough on Simon?

He ruined the
moment. What moment?

I was trying to take
advantage of the fact

that you enjoy being a man
and I enjoy being a woman,

and you're the type of
man who wants a woman

that feels that she needs a man,

like when you tried
to protect Roxanne.

That's my job; she's my partner.

Your woman partner,
as you pointed out.

(both sigh)

I saw Rabbi Glass
kissing my mom.

That wasn't something
I was expecting.

I still can't believe it.

My poor father, a cuckold.

Cuckold?

English lit?

Shakespeare, vocabulary?

Sometimes proper usage
of a new word in a sentence

isn't as satisfying as
it's cracked up to be.

Maybe it's a Jewish custom.

What?

Maybe they just finished dinner

and maybe it's a custom
to kiss the hostess.

The Jewish people are
very affectionate people.

So are the Russian people.

My uncle kisses everyone...
And I mean everyone...

When he says hello
or good-bye to them.

On the lips.

I saw what I saw.

Hey, there.

I just stopped by to
check in on my partner,

see how he's healing
physically and mentally.

What do you mean by mentally?

I don't know.

That's not something
you would say.

Sounds like something
you would say.

Have you two been talking?

Well, what do you
mean by talking?

Like talking about my
mental and physical health?

Well, we may have
talked a little bit.

I think it's sweet that you
think I'm the weaker partner,

especially after what happened.

It shows your ego is
back stronger than ever.

But evidently not
your sense of humor.

(keys jingling)

(chuckles)

MAN (over television):
How long do you

reckon it'll take to move
your boat overland?

(sighs)

So you'll be going to the
same college as Simon, huh?

Uh, no.

You married?

No.

Ah, that's too bad.

I thought I might be able
to ask you for some advice.

No.

You ever have a girlfriend?

Yeah.

Huh?

Oh.

You ever catch her
kissing someone else?

No.

Do you know what a cantor is?

No.

Do you always
answer every question

with either a yes or a no?

Yes.

Huh.

You must have a lot of problems

with multiple-choice
questions, huh?

Yeah.

Hmm.

(doorbell chimes)

Excuse me.

(sighs)

I just spoke with
Simon's friend Martin.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, d-don't worry, I didn't,

I didn't mention, you know,

the thing with your wife.

Oh.

Chandler, come on in.

Hi, Chandler.

Rabbi Glass, good to see you.

Uh, Eric, I hope...
If you don't mind,

I was hoping you could give
me some notes on my sermon,

you know, since you
picked the subject.

I'd be happy to.

Go easy on me.

Ah, you always do a great
job, even if it's my idea.

Hey, Chandler.

I saw your car pull up.

I thought you might
want to join me

at the pool hall for a beer.

Sure, a few rounds of billiards

might get my mind
off this sermon.

That is the best idea I've
heard in a long time... a beer.

I'm single.

I should be able to go
out with the guys and...

get a beer.

I should be with guys.

Well, then you guys go
out and have a great time.

Why don't you
join us, even us up?

Two against two then.

Uh... no, go ahead.

I'm happy to spend a
quiet evening at home.

ANNIE: Go!

Always cranky

when she gets home
from her little trips.

Looks like a foursome.

Why do you call me
sweetie or honey?

I call all the women in
my life sweetie or honey.

And who are all the
women in your life?

You and my mom.

I'll let myself out.

Good night.

Hi, I was just on my
way to say good night.

Good night or good-bye?

Ruthie.

Ruthie.

Were you really at Grandpa's?

What? Are you and
Dad having problems?

Are you leaving us?

You know I was at Grandpa's...

(sighs)

and your father and I are
not having any problems,

which is why I
feel that I, I can go

back and forth to
Grandpa's when I need to,

and I will never
leave this family.

I saw you kissing Rabbi Glass.

(chuckles)

Rabbi Glass is a
very emotional man.

He thought he saw his
wife kissing someone else,

so he-he's out of
his mind about it,

so out of his mind that if
your father had been there,

he would have kissed him.

I wouldn't be
telling you this, but...

I think you're growing up and
adult enough to know the truth.

Wow.

Thanks.

But do you think
Dad is adult enough

to know that you two kissed?

Did you tell him? He knows.

He's, he's at the pool
hall now with Rabbi Glass.

I'm hoping he'll talk to him
and get him to go home.

Hey, Simon.

Hey, Cecilia.

Well, that was
really nice of you.

You didn't have to come
all the way over here

just to say good-bye.

I didn't.

I came to borrow a
pair of boots from Lucy.

Well, Lucy's in the
garage apartment.

What do you, what do
you need the boots for?

I'm going on a hike on
Sunday with some friends.

You're... going on
a hike on Sunday?

That's, that's the day I leave.

If you want me to cancel
the hike and come down

to the bus station and
say good-bye, I will.

It's okay.

Okay.

It's not like it's really
good-bye anyway.

You'll be back...
summers, holidays.

It's "see you around,"

not good-bye.

Yeah, it is.

It's good-bye.

(phone rings)

Hello?

Hello, are you
Mrs. Rosina Glass?

Yes, this is she.

I'm calling from the pool hall,

and I have to inform you that
your husband's down here...

making a fool of himself.

(chuckles)

Um, are you sure you
have the right person?

Positive, ma'am.

You should come and
drive your husband home

and keep him there
where he belongs.

(dial tone)

(groans)

Hey, Eric, come on.

Come on, get another one.

Get, get two of them.

It'll make me feel
better; it's on me.

Get, get a pitcher.

Go, ge-get, get those,
those chips and dip, come on.

Would you stop? It's okay.

What's okay?
Richard kissed Annie.

What's wrong with you?

It meant nothing.

Annie understands, I understand.

(chuckles)

I saw that.

Saw what?

That, that, uh, smirk.

Yeah, I saw it, too.

So I gather that you don't think

this is too serious,
young minister man?

Oh, no. I'm sure it's...

I'm sure it's very serious.

I'll say it's serious.

I was demonstrating how my
wife kissed a cantor to Annie.

Okay, yeah, whatever.

ROSINA: Richard?

Let's go home.

Home?

How dare you call the place
that we're living at now home.

And what would you call it?

I'd call it a museum.

You know, a place
that-that holds the artifacts

of, uh, of a couple that once
loved each other very much.

Till the wife kissed the cantor.

Oh.

What-What's with the look now?

Seriously. I mean,
what-what are you here,

to say that... that it...
that it didn't happen?

What, was I,
like, hallucinating,

that the guy just grabbed
you and kissed you?

Yeah, that one.

They guy is going
through a terrible divorce.

I made the mistake

of putting my hand
on his shoulder

to comfort him, and
he... and he snapped.

It was nothing.

It meant nothing.

Well, you know, I...

I can, you know, sort
of understand that.

You know, before
I couldn't, but...

Let's go home.

Did you just do the dishes?

Mm-hmm. I made latkes.

Very greasy.

Lots of scrubbing.

(sighs)

Fun evening, I take it.

Oh, not just the evening,
but most of the day, as well.

(sighs)

You okay?

Lucy and I haven't had sex since
I got pummeled by that woman.

Good night.

I don't think you two
are that close yet.

I don't think you're ever
going to be that close,

where you can talk about
having sex with his daughter.

I know it's stupid,
but I don't think

Lucy thinks about
me in the same way.

And no wonder. I don't think
of myself in the same way.

I don't feel like the
same man, the same cop.

As far as Lucy goes,

if you think she's measuring you

over your ability to
restrain some irate wife,

I seriously doubt it.

Maybe you're right.

What about Roxanne?

Well, you know Roxanne.

You still waiting to see my dad?

Oh, no. I saw him.

He told me I could hang out
until I was ready to go home,

and, uh, I'm just about ready.

You know I'm leaving for
college day after tomorrow.

Yeah, I heard.

Scared?

Terrified.

It's always tough
leaving your family.

Yeah, I-I thought
it would be, too,

but, you know, they
don't seem to really care,

so, hey, why should I?

So, you don't know?

About the surprise party?

Surprise party?

Tomorrow night?

I never said a word, though.

You know, I should have known.

I should have known that
even with everything going on,

they wouldn't just let me walk
out of here without something.

Yeah, well, I better go.

It's getting late. And really,

don't say anything.

I'll be surprised.

How'd you make out
with the coal mine?

You finish it?

No. Destroyed it.

I sketched out a little
something for you.

And... I guarantee

this will be easier to build
than what you were going for.

Thanks.

No problem.

Good-bye.

I don't know who you are,

but thanks.

Hello.

Oh. Hi.

How was, uh, the pool hall?

I didn't really get to play.

Oh. That's too bad.

But I know Annie will be
happy you're home early.

She's, uh, exhausted
from her trip.

If you need Lucy,
she's in her apartment

with, uh... uh...

Roxanne? Roxanne,
and the other one, Cecilia.

And the boys have
been in bed for hours,

and Ruthie's just on her way
up, and Simon's in the living room.

Oh, by the way, uh,

I hope you won't think
I'm interfering or anything,

but, uh, you and your wife have

to throw him a surprise
going-away party tomorrow night.

Uh, I told him you would.

He was feeling
like no one cared.

So, uh, I guess I'll
be going home now.

Not until you tell
me who you are.

I'm Simon's friend.

Maybe now, but who were
you when you came over here?

I'm sorry.

It was just one of those things.

I promised my dad I'd get out

and try to meet
some of the neighbors.

And, well, I could
have gone over there,

but I came over here.

And I take it your
dad wasn't around

to go with you to decide
over there or over here?

No. He's at work.

Work?

Where does he work?

Ah, it's a long way from here.

Overseas.

Iraq.

You know, Iraq in
the Middle East?

So your dad's in the m*llitary?

Yeah. Marine Corps.

My dad retired as a
colonel in the Marine Corps.

He's a very lucky man, your dad.

To have lived long
enough to retire.

He is.

Where's your mom?

She's, uh... how
do you say it...

Uh, passed away.

A few years ago. Cancer.

So who are you living with?

I had to move in with my aunt,
or deal with social services.

I'm , I was trying to make it
on my own until my dad got back,

but he's, uh, been gone
a lot longer than expected.

Come here.

Where does your aunt live?

Across the street, next to
the guy with the chimpanzee.

Eisenhower.

The chimp's name is Eisenhower.

I didn't know.

So, how's living
with your aunt going?

It's just like living on my
own, just like I was doing.

Only now I have to
do it at a new school

in a new neighborhood.

At least until my dad gets home.

Why didn't you tell me all this
when I saw you this afternoon?

I was kind of embarrassed.

I had followed Ruthie and Peter,

thinking I'd strike up a
conversation with them,

but then I had second thoughts,

'cause I'm older than they
are, and they didn't know me.

Besides, I couldn't
get up the nerve.

Then I kind of just came
into your house on a whim,

and every time I thought

I'd strike up a
conversation with someone,

it just didn't happen, and...

It was just nice,

being here... with a family.

Seeing how the
rest of America lives.

The rest of America...

You mean...?

I mean, the ones who don't
have family in the m*llitary, in Iraq.

I see.

It must seem to you that...

we don't care

about those of you
who have family in Iraq,

or that we've forgotten

they're even over there.

Haven't you?

I guess they're not in
our thoughts and prayers

like they were when
we first sent troops there.

It stinks, you know...

fighting in Iraq.

My dad can get
k*lled any second.

A guy he was on patrol
with last week got sh*t.

At least he got to come home.

And yet, I get it. I...

I get that everyone in America

should be going
about their business

like you and your family.

I guess, that's what you
civilian types want, right?

Having the freedom

to live a life,

pursue your own happiness,

work, take care of your family.

And we forget

that it's a privilege.

And that without our men
and women in uniform...

it could be taken away from us.

We also tend to forget

what a sacrifice
their families make.

You should go call your dad,

tell him thanks.

Maybe I will.

So, are you coming to the, uh,

surprise party tomorrow night?

Uh, I don't know. Is it
just going to be family?

Well, no. I mean, as long
as we're having a party,

might as well have a big one.

Family, friends, neighbors.

Maybe I'll think about it.

Hey.

Come back anytime.

And, uh...

I'll be praying for your dad.