02x22 - Finding the Words

[bunniefuu]

Hi, Carl.

- What's the magic word?
- Out.

[LAUGHS THEN SNORTS]

Carl, you're the
king of brevity.

[LAUGHS]

Say, what are you doing?

Ooh, oh, oh.

I'm wrapping a crystal
vase for Harriette.

- Oh, birthday?
- No.

It's just an "I Love You
So Much I'm Willing

To Spend More Than
I Can Afford" present.

Take away love and
our earth is but a tomb.

Robert Browning.

Don't please your wife and you'll
end up in a tomb. Carl Winslow.

[LAUGHS THEN SNORTS]

[RATTLING]

Oops.

Well, see you.

Wait a minute, Steve, put
your finger there, please.

Hmm.

Thank you.

[SINGING] Tie a yellow
ribbon Around the old oak tree

Around the old oak
tree [HUMMING]

Okay.

Oh.

- I'm sorry, let me untie it.
- Oh, no, I got it.

- No, no, I got it. No, don't, Steve.
- No...

Did I do that?

One.

[GRUNTS]

Two.

Three.

[GRUNTS]

Ten.

[GRUNTS]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[GROANING]

[PANTING]

[SIGHS]

Carl.

- Yeah?
- Carl Winslow.

- Yeah, yeah?
- Oh.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

How you doing, you big
old piece of business?

- I'm fine.
- Well, you're looking great.

Oh, thank you. I work out.

[CHUCKLES]

You don't remember me, do you?

Oh, don't be ridiculous.

[LAUGHS]

Can you give me a hint?

- I'm Jimmy Holmes.
- Jimmy Holmes.

Lee Hoxie Holmes' father.

Lee Hoxie Holmes' father.

- From the old neighborhood.
- Yeah.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Well, come on in,
come on. Further, further.

[LAUGHS]

[SIGHS]

[CHUCKLES]

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Oh, boy.

- Can I get you anything to drink?
- You know, I'd love something.

- Okay, what will it be?
- I tell you what.

Why don't you bring me what you and Lee
used to guzzle down when you were kids.

Right.

- Harriette? HARRIETTE: Mm.

There is a guy on our couch who
says I remember him, but I don't.

- So tell him you don't remember him.
- Well, I can't tell him.

Because I already told
him I do remember him.

If I tell him I don't
remember him, I'll look

like a jerk and I still
won't remember him.

Well, if he remembers you, he's
used to you looking like a jerk.

Oh, you're funny, Harriette.

But listen, come
out there with me.

He doesn't know you, so you
can ask him some questions.

Oh, Carl.

Uh, Jimmy, this is
my wife, Harriette.

- Hello. - This... [SIGHS]

This is a real pleasure.

[LAUGHING]

- Nice to meet you.
- Ha, ha.

You are such a beautiful lady.

I like him.

- Please have a seat.
- Oh, thank you.

[BOTH WHISPERING]

Um, so, uh, what
brings you to Chicago?

I'm a bush pilot. I'm in town
to buy a new float plane.

Oh, you're a bush pilot?

[CARL LAUGHS]

Yeah.

See, I fly fishermen into
remote areas of Alaska.

There's some of the greatest
fishing in the world up there.

Hmm.

- Yes?
- What?

You were staring at me.

Oh, I'm sorry, um...

It's just that this
room is so lovely.

I was wondering if you
decorated it yourself.

- Yes, I did.
- Oh, you're also very talented.

Thank you.

I picked out that red thing.

What is it?

Nobody knows.

- Hi, everybody.
HARRIETTE: Hi, hon.

Sorry, we have company.

Uh, uh, Rachel, this
is Jimmy Holmes.

Well, it's nice to meet you.

Hey, I hope everybody's hungry.

Osso Buco Night at Rachel's
Place was a buco bust.

What is Osso...? Ossobooboo?

[LAUGHS]

Osso buco is a
wonderful veal stew, and...

Ooh, that smells delicious.

I like him.

Here, let me help you with
that. Where are my manners?

Thank you, but only
if you stay for dinner.

- It's a deal.
- Hey, the kitchen's this way, come on.

Who the hell is that guy?

Uh, there I was, in the middle
of the Alaskan wilderness.

My leg's busted and about 30
kilometers from the nearest town.

Eighteen-point-six-four miles.

Yeah, right. Ha-ha-ha.

Well, I cut myself a crutch. I started
limping back towards civilization.

- I had gotten about 8 kilometers...
- Oh, 5.33 miles.

Ow.

JIMMY: Right.

All of a sudden, I heard
a noise behind me.

I turned around...

I turned around, and there,
10 feet tall, was a grizzly bear.

[ALL GASP]

Wow, an ursus arctos horribilis.

Yeah, one of those, yeah.

Well, he lunged at me.

I whipped out my bowie
Kn*fe and I stabbed him.

[ALL GASP]

Well, that bear
just grinned at me.

He pulled out that 8-inch hunk of steel and
tossed it aside like it was a toothpick.

He picked me up and he... He...

- What? What?
- He ate me.

[LAUGHING]

- Now, there's a real
man. JIMMY: Thank you.

That was a great story,
Jimmy. Got any more?

Oh, yeah, but we'll have to
file them under "next time."

I gotta hit the dusty trail.

ALL: Aww.

- Hey, Jimmy.
- Yeah?

- Where are you staying?
- Oh, I'll find a motel.

Oh, no, you won't either.

Not when you have friends in Chicago.
You can sleep here on our couch.

- I wouldn't wanna put anybody out.
- You'll be the one who'd be suffering.

That couch is like granite.

Ha-ha-ha. How would
you know that, Carl?

Well...

Harriette made me sleep on it
the night I bought that red thing.

[ALL LAUGH]

Oh, the floor's got
to be softer than this.

- Hey, Jimmy.
- Yeah?

There's pie in the
kitchen. Want some?

Oh, no, thank you, Carl.

- Oh, Carl.
- Yeah?

Uh, can I ask you something?

Yeah, it's banana cream.

[CHUCKLES]

No, it's not that, uh...

You really don't
remember me, do you?

Oh, of course I do.

- Hmm?
- Well, sort of.

Okay, not at all.

Well, you see, there's,
uh, there's a reason for that.

Oh?

See, I haven't been
totally honest with you.

Um, my name isn't, uh,
Jimmy Holmes, and...

And I don't have a son.

I don't get it.

[SIGHS]

Carl.

I'm Harriette and
Rachel's father.

CARL: Come on,
let's go. JIMMY: Wait.

Look, uh, come on, uh-uh.

I don't know who you are or what
you want, but this game is over.

I'm telling you the
truth. I'm their father.

News flash, buddy
boy. Their father is dead.

- He was k*lled in the Korean w*r.
- That's right, I was.

- All right, you're out of here, come on.
- No, Carl, listen to me.

I can prove that
I'm their father.

I'm waiting.

Um, Harriette's favorite
cookies are chocolate chip.

- Whose wasn't?
- Uh...

Rachel had a pet
goldfish named Chubby.

- Lucky guess.
- Their mother's name was Darlene.

Harriette and Rachel were both
delivered at Regis Memorial Hospital...

by Dr. Thomas Bradshaw.

Harriette has a small scar above her
left knee from when she fell off her...

- Tricycle.
- Tricycle.

Oh, uh, um...

Wait a minute,
wait a minute, uh...

[SIGHS]

Let's say for the
sake of argument...

that somehow, you are
Harriette and Rachel's father.

Why do they think
that you're dead?

I was, uh...

I was only 18 when
I married Darlene...

and, man, we had
problems from the get-go.

She thought it might
help if we had kids.

But in lots of ways, it
just made things worse.

I stuck it out for five years...

but when Harriette was
3 and Rachel was 1, I...

I bailed out.

You abandoned them?

I sent money, and I called.

But one day, Darlene
told me to stop calling.

She said she had told
Harriette and Rachel...

that their father had been
sh*t down over Korea.

Well, why did she do that?

She said she didn't want her
little girls to grow up thinking...

that their father
had run out on them.

Man, and that hurt.

I mean, that...

[SIGHS]

Well, you know, it's tough for
me to sympathize with you, Jimmy.

I mean, no marriage is easy. There were
times when I wanted to pull my hair out.

I can see that.

I'm sorry, Carl. I'm a little
nervous here, you know?

- I...
- Well, the point is, I didn't run away.

And for what it's worth,
Carl, I wish I hadn't, either.

[SIGHS]

Well, why are you here now?

[LAUGHS]

I wanted to see my kids.

I wanted to give my
grandson a piggyback ride.

I wanted...

Well, I'll be leaving tomorrow,
and I won't bother you ever again.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

You mean you're not
gonna tell them who you are?

[SIGHS]

- Carl, I can't.
- But...

I want them to remember
me as a hero instead of a heel.

I see.

But you know, Jimmy, it seems to me that
you're still only thinking about yourself.

[SINGING] Money, money,
money, money Money

Money, money, money,
mon... [SCREAMS]

Greetings, my little gummi bear.

Got any honey, honey?

Uh, Steve, why are
you wearing a bear rug?

Well...

Less than an hour ago, I was
riding my bike down Oak Street.

And suddenly, I heard
a noise behind me.

Oh, I turned around and right there,
next to the Zuckermans' rose bush...

was a grizzly bear.

Uh, Steve, why are you
trying to copy Jimmy?

Well, I couldn't help but notice that
every time you looked at Jimmy...

your face was filled with admiration,
and I want you to look at me like that too.

So I thought I'd show you that
I too can walk on the wild side.

It would really impress
me if you just walk home.

Okay.

Uh, but don't forget this.

Ooh.

Uh, ooh.

[WHINNYING]

- Uh-oh, uh-oh.
- What? What? What?

Well, we've come to a river.
You have to lead me across that.

[PANTING]

[LAUGHING]

Oh.

[NEIGHS]

Richie, please leave
poor Mr. Holmes alone.

- We're having fun, right?
- Right, partner.

But I'm afraid it's time for old
Silver to gallop off into the sunset.

Oh, come on, maybe I'll
mosey back this way again.

I'm gonna miss you.

I'm gonna miss you too.

[SIGHS]

[JIMMY SIGHS]

Hey, now, come on.

Get along little doggy. Go on.

A taxi just pulled up.

Well, that's for me.

Harriette, Rachel, I wanna thank
you for making me feel so welcome.

- Oh, Jimmy, you are welcome.
- Ha-ha-ha.

Oh, come on, can't you
stay just one more night?

This family's gonna be
heartbroken if you leave.

I really wish I could.

[SIGHS]

Last chance, Jimmy.

Harriette. Rachel.

My name isn't Jimmy Holmes.

It's Jimmy Baines.

Baines?

I'm your father.

Harriette.

Are you okay?

Are you?

No.

He dumped us, Rach.

Now he comes waltzing
back into our lives.

What does he want from us?

I think he wants
us to forgive him.

Well, I can't forgive.

I feel cheated.

So many times I've watched Laura and
Carl, and I've wished, with all my heart...

that I could have had those
kind of moments with my father.

Harriette, he shouldn't
have walked out on us...

but he's here trying to
make amends for that now.

And if we don't
meet him halfway...

then we'll be making
the same mistake he did.

I know.

But the thing that bothers me the most is
how could the man just leave like that...

and never give us
another thought?

I thought about you.

I thought about you
every day of my life.

Harriette, I know what I did was
wrong, and I hate myself for it.

So I can understand
if you hate me too.

[SIGHS]

What I want you to know...

No, what I need
for you to know...

is that even though we weren't
together, I've never stopped loving you.

Here.

Heh.

You remember this?

You gave this to me
when you were 3 years old.

"Happy Valentine's Day, Dady."

D-A-D-Y.

"I love you always."

Always.

Well, it's nice
that you kept that.

But the bottom line is, you
weren't there when we needed you.

I'm here now.

And I wanna be a
part of your lives.

So I'm asking you,
please, will you let me?

I don't know if I can.

We can try.

[SIGHS]

We could try.

Oh.

Daddy.