05x02 - Starting Over

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♪ I bet we've been together ♪

♪ For a million years ♪

♪ And I bet we'll be together ♪

♪ For a million more ♪

♪ Oh, it's like I
started breathing ♪

♪ On the night we kissed ♪

♪ And I can't remember ♪

♪ What I ever did before ♪

♪ What would we do, baby ♪

♪ Without us ♪

♪ What would we do, baby ♪

♪ Without us ♪

♪ And there ain't no nothing ♪

♪ We can't love each other
through ♪ ♪ ooh, ohh ♪

♪ What would we do, baby ♪

♪ Without us ♪

♪ Sha la la la ♪♪

[Clears throat]

Well, hi there, alex.

Well, hey there, mom.

How's it going, son?

Oh, just fine, dad.
Top of the world.

Who are you kidding, alex?

We've been out for over an hour,

And you haven't
moved from this table.

I moved. I moved
while you were out.

You didn't see me.

Alex, I cannot stand watching
you pine away like this.

You have had more
than enough time

To absorb the fact
that ellen is gone.

And you should be happy for her.

She won a dance
scholarship! Good!

She's gone to paris. Great!

Now is the time for alex
keaton to get on with his life.

Look, I am getting
on with my life.

I'm doing a fine job of
getting on with my life.

Honey, you haven't left
the house in almost a month.

I like it here.

It's cozy.

You're not sleeping, and you
look so thin. You're not eating.

Ok, ok. I haven't been sleeping,

But I have been eating.

I just had a corn flake.

Alex, i... I just want to
take you and shake you.

Please don't. I just ate.

Oh, alex, it's good to see
you finally out of your room.

Good for you.

All right. All right. Ok, look.

Will everybody stop talking
to me like I'm a flood victim?

Now, I am fine.

Ellen's... Gone. That's true.

And it's over. And
that's true, too.

But, uh, when I'm good
and ready, I'm gonna get up,

I'm gonna pick another
ellen off the girl tree

And live happily ever after.

Girl tree?

Sorry, mom.

The woman tree.

Where does he get these ideas?

Don't look at me. I told
him we met under a tree.

He must have...

He misunderstood. I...

You know, I could
fix you up, alex.

There's one of my friends I don't like
very much. She'd be perfect for you.

Thanks, mal. That's sweet.

But any girl I date has to be able
to speak in complete sentences.

Oh. Then she's wrong for you.

[Indistinct chattering]

Ohh.

Hey, hey, alex.
Alex. Hey, come here.

He-hey. Come over here.

Boy. Where have you been hiding?

You know, I haven't seen
you since ellen dumped you...

Uh, I mean... I mean,
since she left.

Yeah. Well, I haven't had a
whole lot of free time, you know?

I've been busy...
School, work, clubs.

Mallory said you were locked in
your room crying your eyes out.

Yeah. That had nothing
to do with ellen.

The stock market dropped
two points... Went to pieces.

Come on, alex. We've
known you for a long time.

You can be open with
us. We're your friends.

We're here for you.

And we're going
to be here for you.

All right. All right.

I mean, I guess it's about time I
talked to somebody about this.

See, the truth is, I
never loved anybody

As much as I loved ellen.

Sorry, alex. We got to go.

Well, thanks for letting me
get that off my chest, guys.

Haven't opened up
like that in a long time.

Girls, you know alex keaton.

Alex keaton... You're the one

Whose girlfriend
dumped you, right?

I'm sorry. Have we met?

I'm reenie crawford,
and this is margie hanley.

Hi. We haven't been
formally introduced,

But I heard about the dumping.

We'll see you, alex. Bye.

♪ What did you think ♪

♪ I would do at
this moment... ♪♪

Hi, alex. What's it going to be?

Oh. Hi, sharon.

Uh, nothing. Thanks.

I'm... Ahem. Just gonna
lean here, if that's ok.

Haven't seen you
around here in a while.

Oh, that's because I've been
too busy getting dumped.

Yeah, I heard about that.

Who hasn't?

Attention, all leland students.

Alex p. Keaton has
been officially dumped.

We know. We know. We know.

You know, ellen and I were in
a couple of classes together.

I used to watch you two in
here. You were a great couple.

Yeah. Well, I'm not the kind
of guy to dwell on the past.

No, sir. No. I got my
whole life ahead of me.

My whole... Lonely,
miserable life.

Alex, you know what I do
when I'm really depressed?

I put on my pajamas, I turn on
some really head-banging music,

And I scream at the top of my lungs
till the cops break down the door.

No kidding?

That's exactly what I do.

No. You?

I never pictured you as a
head-banging kind of a guy.

Aw, come on.

Constant headache.

I would've pegged you

As more a big lover
of elevator music.

I like it.

Well, I know around
here, I might appear like,

You know, a pretty
clean-cut guy.

But at home, forget
about it... Complete lunatic.

Heh heh heh!

You're a kick, alex.
You're really funny.

I guess I always just
thought of you as a customer...

You know, burger, fries, shake,

Receipt for tax purposes.

You know, I guess I always
thought of you as just a waitress...

Take the order, bring it out,

Smile in hopes of
getting a big tip.

It never quite worked
with you, though, did it?

I don't know, sharon.
I'm always up there...

, %.

You know, you're a
really interesting girl.

And... And you're very hip.

You're almost, uh,
almost as hip as I am.

How come we've never had
this conversation before?

You were always
in here with ellen.

Well, we got rid
of her, didn't we?

Oh. This is a
great-looking room.

Well, thanks. I, uh,
decorated it myself.

This is where I like to
do all my head-banging

And, uh, dancing and screaming.

Why don't you get some of
those records you promised?

We can do some head-banging
and screaming right now.

You're on, little girl.

I'm hep to your jive.

[Humming]

Oh, hello.

I'm, uh, steven keaton.

Hi, I'm sharon mcelroy,
a friend of alex's.

Well, isn't that nice?

I'm very pleased to meet you.

Oh, elyse, uh, this
is sharon mcelroy,

A friend of alex's.

And a girl.

Hi.

Hello. I'm... I'm very
pleased to meet you.

You're right,
steven. She's a girl.

[Chuckling] yay!

Well, I see we met.

Yes, we have.

And now your mother and I are
going to leave you two alone,

And, we're going to go into that
kitchen and make ourselves some, uh...

Soup!

Soup!

Right you are, madame.

Soup it is.

Give this woman the
ladle of her choice.

Ha ha ha!

Yeah. Ok.

They seem very happy.

They might quite
possibly be senile.

But I love them,

And I'll never
put them in a home.

Listen. My sister's
room was locked,

So I couldn't get any of my
favorite heavy metal platters,

But, uh, these should
put us in the mood.

Alex, these are
learn-to-type records.

What do we care? We'll
be so busy screaming.

You're right, dad. She's a girl.

Does your family get out much?

Not enough.

Listen, uh, sharon,
I was wondering

If, um, you'd like to go out
with me tomorrow night?

Sounds like fun.

How does, uh, tomorrow
night at : sound?

Perfect. Listen,
I've got to get going.

Oh. Oh. Yeah. Great. See
you tomorrow night?

Um, till then.

Ok! All right!

The dream lives on.

She's very nice! Oh, yeah!

Ha ha! Whoa!

You won't believe
it. I asked her out,

She said yes. Whoa!

I can't believe it.
I am in love again.

That didn't take long at all.

This is it! This is it.
I know the feeling.

I've been here before.
She's exactly like ellen.

Ellen liked art, this one likes
music. What's the difference?

I'm in love again! Whoo!

What... What was I
so worried about?

This is a snap. I could
teach a course in this.

I'm happy for you, too, honey.

Hey, mom, what did I tell
you about the girl tree?

Come on, mom. The
girl tree is in bloom.

And it's full of ripe,
beautiful, shiny girls.

In fact, girl tree
is a misnomer.

Mom, there's a girl
orchard out there.

And, mom, it's harvest time.

Hey, honey. Sweetheart.
Hi, sweetheart.

Where is everybody?

Well, andy was tired,
so I put him to bed early.

And the girls are upstairs

Helping alex get ready
for his big date with sharon.

Yes! Tonight's the night!
Our boy goes out again.

I tell you, it's nice to
see him so excited again.

He has that warm glow

Like he gets after a
reagan press conference.

Ooh. Sounds serious. Mm-hmm.

They said it couldn't be
done... Not in our lifetime.

But ladies and gentlemen,
the keaton sisters productions

Proudly presents the
king of hipness himself,

Alex p. Keaton! Alex p. Keaton!

What it is.

Check it out.

I've lost my mind.

Why, alex, this is fabulous!

It's... It's rad...

Or schmad...

Or... Just plain bad.

Whatever means
groovy these days.

But why the drastic
change in style?

Well, it's simple,
dad. I mean, uh,

Sharon is a very hip girl.

I got to get out there

And be hip, too. Right.

Alex, show them the walk.

God, I look good.

Yeah!

I... I think it looks great.

It's good to see you so
enthusiastic and so hip.

We've been worried
about you, alex.

You haven't been yourself.

Oh, those, uh...

Those days are over, dad.

I'm through feeling
sorry for myself.

I am ready to rock and roll.

That's my boy!

Hey, dad, dad, have you, uh,

Have you seen the
body on sharon?

Oh, yes!

No!

No.

No, i... I must have missed it.

Uh, did... Did she have a body?

You know, it's amazing
when you think about it.

She's been under my
nose this whole time...

My perfect female,
my ideal match.

She, uh, she's
hip. i'm, uh, hip.

It's unbelievable.

Unbelievable.

And to top it off, we both
love heavy metal music.

You don't love
heavy metal music.

For her... I love it for her.

Well, personally, I hate it, but
she doesn't have to know that.

The old alex is back.

I'm hip, I'm cool,

I'm a happenin' fool.

You, uh, you look very
beautiful tonight, sharon.

Thank you.

When... When you smile
like that, I get goose bumps

Up and down the back of my neck.

I'm glad.

Thanks. Uh, sharon,
do me a favor.

Uh, let your hair down.

I'm trying to be as open
with you as I can, alex.

No. I mean your actual hair.

Let... Let it kind of fall
down over your shoulders.

Ok.

If you like.

Great. Great. Good. Your
hair looks great like that.

Thank you.

Sharon, uh, listen.

Would you mind putting
on these glasses?

Alex, please.

Stop. I know what you're doing.

What? What am I doing?

You're trying to make
me look like ellen.

Oh, nothing could be
further from the truth.

I just wanted to see how
you looked in those glasses.

Well, I don't need glasses.
I have perfect vision.

Sure, now. But as you get
older, your eyesight fails.

And I wanted you to
have these glasses ready.

It was a surprise, but
now you've ruined it.

Hey, alex, ellen.

You're not ellen.

No, she's better than
ellen. She's sharon.

Oh. You know, if you
put those glasses on,

You could be ellen.

Leave her alone. She's
got a thing about it.

I'll have the chicken pizzaiola,

And the veal
florentine for the lady.

Um, I don't really like veal.

I think I'll have the
chicken pizzaiola, too.

Is something wrong?

We're both having chicken.

Is that so terrible?

Well, we just... We won't
be able to share, that's all.

I mean, that was always my,
uh, favorite part of the meal.

See, I'd order the chicken,
and ellen would order the veal.

And then halfway through,
we'd shout out, "change plates."

And we'd switch.

We could still do that.

What would be the point?
We're both having chicken.

God. I feel like the grinch
who stole christmas.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Look, let's just forget
about all that, ok?

We're here to have a good time.

I'm for that.

[Sniffing]

What's that you're wearing?

Oh, it's just some perfume.
It's nothing special.

Try this.

Ooh, alex! I know
what you're doing.

You're trying to make
me smell like ellen.

Jeez, sharon, are you
always this sensitive?

You know, with that
smell, you could be ellen.

Don't you see what's
going on here, alex?

You've just come off
a very successful,

Longstanding
relationship with a woman.

And you're looking for
someone to replace her...

Someone to talk like her
and dress like her and be her.

You're right. You're right.

So, are you up for it?

When you're interested
in me, give me a call.

You're home early.

Boy, was I wrong about sharon.

She is not at all who
I thought she was.

Oh, no. We were doing so well.

She seemed so right for us.

She didn't look right.
She didn't act right.

She didn't order right.
It was nothing at all

Like the dates I used
to have with ellen.

Well, let's face it, alex.
Uh, sharon is not ellen.

Why didn't she tell
me that before?

How could she
lead us on like that?

Maybe some of this
is our fault, alex.

Maybe we were pushing you into
dating before you were really ready.

We just wanted you
to be happy... You know,

Or at least get up from
the breakfast table.

There ought to be a store...

A store you can just walk in,

And they got women
in different categories,

And you can just
pick the one you want.

Well, there are such places,

But they're
illegal in this state.

How could she leave me?

I mean, we really
loved each other.

We were a team.

I sat through
foreign films for her.

I went to poetry
readings for her.

I sat through foreign films
about poetry readings for her.

Nobody knew me
like she did. Nobody.

Honey...

Finding someone and having
a true, loving relationship

Is so rare. [Sighs]

It's just something to
be looked at with awe,

Because so few people
find it. Do you understand?

It doesn't happen as
conveniently as you'd like it to.

So, don't rush, ok?

Take your time,

And feel good about the
good things about yourself.

Because you are
really something.

I am.

I really am.

Well, come on. Let's, uh,

Let's go up, huh?

Yeah, I'll be up in
a minute. All right.

Thanks.

♪ what did you think ♪

♪ I would do at this moment ♪

♪ when you're
standin' before me ♪

♪ with tears in your eyes ♪

♪ tryin' to tell me that you ♪

♪ found you another ♪

♪ and you just don't
love me no more ♪♪

dear ellen, how was europe?

actually, I don't want to know.

i'm not talking to europe.

what I want you to
know is that I loved you

as much as I could love anyone

and that I was lying when I said

it was fine with me for
us to see other people.

but I realize now
it was for the best.

i can't live in the past,

and so I've started
dating again,

and it's gone incredibly well.

i'm moving on, ellen,

but I know I came out
of our relationship

richer for the experience.

when I say "richer," I
don't mean financially.

i hope it was the same for you.

i wish you well.

don't eat too many croissants.

i hope you become

the greatest
dancer in the world.

your pal...

no.

your son.

no.

love, alex.

♪ I'd fall down on my knees ♪

♪ and I would kiss the ground
that you walk on, baby ♪

♪ if I could just
hold you again ♪♪

Sit, ubu, sit.

Good dog. [Woof]