05x07 - This Ain't No Summer Camp

[bunniefuu]

[water babbling]

Come on, keep it up!

How are you people
ever going to evolve

into grown-ups if
you can't handle

a simple hike on the woods?

Come on, let's go.

What's your problem, Stowe?

I can't go any further.

Can't?

Did I hear you say can't?

Yeah.

Yes, sir!

Yes, sir.

I can't.

You don't know what
you can and can't do.

That's why your parents sent
you here, so I could teach you.

Now, I will tell
you when you can't

go any further,
because you're not

equipped to make that judgment.

Do you understand?

Yes, sir.

I can't hear you!

Yes, sir!

Good.

Well, what do you
say, Mr. Brickman?

Do these low-lifes
merit a break?

No.

But we'll give them one anyway.

Be grateful to Mr.
Brickman, people.

He's much kinder than I am.

Five minutes.

Five minutes.

Thanks, buddy.

That was perfect
I'm out of here.

Why can't you
wait till next week?

I'm not taking another
minute of Ohanian's crap.

Take me with you, Scott.

Uh-uh.

I'll see you on the outside.

Hey, man.

Take my canteen.

It's full.

Thanks, Tucker.

You'll take care of Diane?

Count on it.

OK.

See you guys back in the world.

All right, people.

Back to business.

Where's Scott?

I asked a question.

I want an answer.

Where is he?

Hey, I saw the contract
my parents signed.

It said no physical abuse.

Well, let me
clue you in, sonny.

Your parents have
spent a lot of money

trying to get you shaped up.

And when I send you back
to them, housebroken,

they're not going to ask how
often I had to spank you.

Now, where is he?

He's gone.

And you'll never catch him.

He can't get out of here.

I've told you all, you
can't get out of here.

[distant screaming]

Brickman!

Oh, my god.

The bridge collapsed.

Oh, no!

Oh, my god.

[sobbing]

[chatter]

[theme music]

THEME SONG: We never
thought of finding

the place where we belong.

Don't have to stand alone.

We'll never let you fall.

Don't need permission to
decide what you believe.

I said, jump!

Down on Jump Street.

Go.

Down on Jump Street.

Your friends will be there
when your back is to the wall.

You'll find you'll
need us because there's

no one else to call.

When it was hopeless, a
decision's what you need.

You better be ready
to-- be ready to jump.

Jump Street.

Now, I want all you people
who've been here for a while

to welcome your new neighbors.

Now, you can save
them a lot of grief

by letting them know
this isn't a summer camp,

and I'm not your
social coordinator.

I am also not your
friend, your shrink,

or your health club instructor.

Now, we're all here for
one reason and one reason

only, because you
kids failed out there.

We're going to correct that.

We're going to teach
you the meaning

of discipline and respect.

And we're going to drill
that lesson into you

for as long as it takes,
until you've earned

the right to return home.

Guess your parents
let the little boy

pack his own bag, right?

Buzz off.

Kyle Brickman,
meet Doug McQuade.

Doug's had some real-life
experience that I think

these kids would benefit from.

Call me Brick.

'Nam, ranger, '.

Joliet, B&E, '.

Is he coming or going?

He's new.

Punk thought he could walk
in here with cigarettes.

Don't you know that smoking
is bad for your health?

Yeah, it says so
right on the side.

Would you care for a pack?

You and me are going
to have a lot of fun.

The only thing you're
going to see smoking

is the soles of your boots
when I run your tail off.

Do your worst, doughboy.

Mind if I start now?

No time like the present.

OK, move it, monkey.
Move it.

Move it, monkey.

Come on, get on it.

Get on it.

Get on it.

Move, move, move, move.

Move!

What do you think of Ohanian?

What do I think?

I think that he could give
Freddy Kruger nightmares.

And the other guy,
Brickman, I think he bites

the heads off of live chickens.

That's good.

You're supposed to
act intimidated.

Right.
Like I'm really acting.

And what's with you?

The soles of your boots
are going to be smoking.

You sound like lurch.

I gotta impress the boss.

Oh.

Well, why don't you
rip my arms off?

That would impress him.

Oh, come on.

He's not that bad.

Oh, no?

The local police tagged the
Arbogast death as an accident.

But the state's got enough
questions to send us in here.

To observe.

Ohanian's not
guilty of anything.

Maybe not.

But he hasn't been brought up
on four child abuse charges

because he spikes the bug juice.

I'm just saying he's
innocent until proven guilty.

The guy starts a private
program , kids go through.

% come out rehabilitated.

Except one dies.

Maybe we should get out of here.

Give me .

I didn't bring any money.

Not bucks, push-ups.

Come on.
OHANIAN: Move!

Come on, men.
- You gotta be kidding.

Come on, they're looking.
Get down there.

Come on, they're looking.

This is stupid.

All right.

Hurry up.

One, two, three--

Did you ever wonder why
it is I'm doing the push-ups

and you're doing the counting?

Why you're the counselor
and I'm the camper?

Did you ever wonder that?

No.

- Take a wild guess.
- I don't know.

Because I'm bigger than you.

That's a stupid answer.

It's a good answer.

Survey said, ding,
, number one answer.

Now give me those push-ups.

Four, five, six, seven--

They told me to
take this bunk.

Be my guest.

The name's Tucker.

Joey Deacons.

Here.

Let me help you with this.

What are you in for?

Last year or so,
my parents have

been really getting on my case.

Finally started
hassling them about it.

House turned into
kind of a w*r zone.

I guess this is their
way of getting a truce.

What are you doing?

Making the bed.

This is Scott's bed.

They told me I could
take this bunk.

Stay the hell off that bad.

OK, kids.

Come on.

Let's break it up now.

Stowe!

Can't you go for a minute
without getting in trouble?

What's the problem here?

No problem I can't handle.

Stowe, give me .

Now!

Now, you Deacons, being
new here doesn't give

you license to act stupidly.

From now on, everything you
say to me better end in sir,

and don't speak unless
you're spoken to.

Got it?

Yes, sir.

Sir.

Drop and give me .

Maybe you'll be smarter
than Stowe here.

And learn your lesson
the first time.

The thing of it is, Scott
was never bad, just headstrong.

Sometimes rash.

I'm embarrassed to say he came
by those traits quite honestly.

Mr. Arbogast, you two have
been divorced for five years,

right?

Yes.

Rosalie got the
house, and we agreed

to share custody of Scott.

Did he have any problems
with the divorce at all?

No, he handled it as
well as can be expected.

Considering it came just
as he started his teens.

But you still felt the need
to send him to Survival Search.

Well, he was staying with
me for the last few months.

He was supposed to be
staying with his father.

I'd had some
business emergencies.

They took me out of the country.

We agreed, Rosalie and I,
I'd keep Scott for a longer

time when I got back, to make up
for the time I'd lost with him.

Maybe he resented
Edward leaving.

Scott and I just seemed to
be fighting all the time.

I didn't like the
hours he was keeping.

When I'd mention it, he
said his father allowed him

to keep any hours he wanted.

I trusted him.

I didn't need to know
where he was every minute.

Mr. Arbogast,
we realize this is

a very difficult time for you.

What I did need to
know was that she was

sending him off to
be m*rder*d in some

high-priced concentration camp.

You weren't here.

You don't know how
difficult he was becoming.

Mr. Arbogast, do you have any
knowledge that your son's death

was anything but an accident?

No.

But you two wouldn't be here if
you didn't suspect something.

Well, we've been asked
to make an investigation.

And we'll appreciate
any help you can give us,

especially if you can
find something specific.

If I find something that
proves Ohanian k*lled my boy,

I'll make sure he never
hurts anyone again.

[grunting]

Stowe, were you paying
attention when I demonstrated

how to build a wall?

Yes.

I don't think so.

What are you staring at?

That wall looked
pretty good to me, sir.

Somebody make you an
architect when I wasn't looking?

You can help him rebuild it.

Looks like you'll have to work
through dinner to get it done.

Thanks for trying to help.

Forget it.

McQuade.

Sir.

What'd you think
of this afternoon?

Didn't think I was being
paid for my opinions.

You're not.

But give it to me anyway.

Well, these kids--

well, none of them
are here because they

won awards in citizenship.

The thing is, how do you
know how far to push them?

Experience.

There's no substitute for it.

You got any kids?

You read my record.

My wife divorced me
when I was in Joliet.

Well, my boy was
a decorated Marine.

Everybody always
told me how lucky

I was, how well he turned out.

Well, luck had
nothing to do with it.

It was the same methods
that I'm using here.

Not all kids are the same.

Close enough.

Wait till the day comes when
these kids are shaped up

and I get to hand them
back over to their parents.

You have never seen
anything like it.

It's a beautiful
thing to behold.

I'll bet it is.

Welcome aboard, McQuade.

[shouting]

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Can I help?

No.

I'll be OK, just--

leave me alone.

Is that all right?

So, just because
this guy mouths

off about getting
Ohanian, we have

to come watch his interview?

He says it once,
he's mouthing off.

But if he repeats it, maybe
we should take him seriously.

Well, why don't we just go
home and watch it on the tube?

Because McCann,
interviews get edited.

I knew that.

And action.

How did you feel when
you learned your son had

been sent to Survival Search?

I felt betrayed.

And did you ever get
to talk to him again?

No.

Mr. Arbogast, had
Scott ever been arrested?

What?

Is it true Scott
had been brought up

on misdemeanor charges,
charges that you

had taken off the books?

It most certainly is not true.

Our sources say it is true.

My son is dead.

And I don't intend to put up
with this for another minute.

Mr. Arbogast--

I have nothing to
say to you people.

Please, direct any
questions to my attorney.

A little over-reactive,
wouldn't you say?

Yes, I would.

Come on.

Let's go.

OHANIAN: Wilson, get over here.

Now!

Joey, right?

Right.

You look like you
know what you're doing.

Don't believe
everything you see.

I'm Diane.

This place seems to
be agreeing with you.

Don't believe
everything you see.

Ohanian on your back too?

Not really.

I do just enough to make sure
he thinks I'm shaping up.

Do you think I need shaping up?

No, I-- I think
you look just fine.

Glad to hear it.

How much longer
do you have to do?

Another three weeks.

It would have been less
if I could have talked

Scott into taking me with him.

Scott.

Is that the kid who got k*lled?

He hated it from
the day he got here.

Kept talking about he
was going to get out.

Who else knew?

All of us.

Jeremy helped him do it.

They were really close.

Hey, Deacons--

Just a minute, OK?

I mean now.

Excuse me.

Mm-hmm.

That girl looked pretty
healthy back there.

Serious hormonal imbalance.

I mean, serious.

Did you get any information?

I was, till I got
interrupted by some dimwit.

I gotta grab you
whenever I can.

This is where Scott d*ed.

Does that look right to you?

What do I know?

What am I, a rope expert?

Ohanian said all the kids knew
this bridge was off limits.

Scott wasn't thinking
about being off limits.

He was trying to escape.

Maybe.

According to
Diane, he had been

pushed to the breaking point.

What is she, a
part-time shrink?

Come on, Doug.

You've seen what Ohanian
is doing to that Stowe kid.

He's having nightmares.

Like the man said, this
ain't no summer camp.

Yeah, but how far do we
let him push these kids?

Having nightmares is a far cry
from just breaking wide open.

You hope.

Yeah, I hope.

Stowe!

Stowe, get over here.

What for?

This isn't optional, Stowe.

Move over here.

Bring that over here.

You know how to mix cement?

I'm not going to do it.

All of a sudden you're going
to tell me what you won't do?

As if a lousy sign is going
to make everything all right,

after what happened to Scott.

Don't worry, Jeremy.

I'll help you out.

I'm not doing it.

Stowe, you're going
to mix that cement,

you're going to put
it in those tires,

and you're going to make
me a couple of signposts.

Now, you can complain.

That's your privilege.

But you're gonna do it.

What's the point?

It's not as if anybody can
get out of here anyway.

Brickman.

He'll come around to our way
of thinking sooner or later.

Deacons.

Mr. Brickman's
got a job for you.

Nice-looking girl.

You two been going
out a long time?

She's my sister.

You got any brothers?

Nope.

Just her.

Her and my mom are
my whole family.

What about you?

I got a brother.

That's it.

You close?

Getting there.

What got you into
this place anyway?

I've got to get some sleep.

[eerie music]

Stay out of this, Deacons.
STOWE: What are you doing?

One way or another,
Stowe, you're

going to get with the program.

STOWE: Let me go!

McQuade, open that flat.

STOWE: Let me go.

Let me go!

Stop it.

You do this a lot?

Define a lot.

Oh, once every couple of groups.

Kind of a last
resort, isn't it?

No, not even close.

There's nothing too rigorous
about Stowe being out there.

Oh, you lose a night's sleep.

Not the worst thing that
can happen to a youngster.

Call it my version of
solitary confinement.

I knew a lot of guys
who were sent to the hole.

It didn't always do
them a lot of good.

Oh, he'll be all right.

Besides I check on
him once an hour.

Best thing for a man, to
be alone with his thoughts.

Or the worst.

[twig snapping]

Who's there?

It's Joey.

You all right, man?

Can you breathe?

Yeah, I can breathe.

Good.

Keep your head down so
they can't see us talking.

I'm scared.

I know.

But I'm here with you now, OK?

I'll be here till sunrise.

Tell me about your family.

What's your sister's name?

Peggy.

Peggy?

You two close?

It's just her and me.

Your mom?

She smiles a lot.

She's good at that.

And what about your dad?

Who knows?

He sends a postcard once a year.

Kind of a-- all-in-one birthday,
Christmas, Easter card.

He's a real prince.

Feels the same way about
kids as Ohanian does.

But at least dad lets us alone.

Yeah.

But your mom must care.

Otherwise she wouldn't
have spent all

this money to send you here.

Yeah, I guess she cares.

You're going to
stay here all night?

Yeah.

Thank you.

I don't know what Edward's
trying to protect anymore.

When Scott was
alive, at the time,

it made sense to call the judge.

Anyone would have done that
for their child if they could.

And that was how soon
after the incident?

Oh, Edward made the call
from the station right

after the girl
made her statement.

He didn't hurt her.

He didn't hurt anyone.

Is that what the girl said?

Oh, her story matched
my son's exactly.

Scott shoplifted a few items
from the convenience store

and then talked the
girl into going with him

while he stole the car.

For a joyride.

Well, it's not as though
she was a hostage or anything.

She was just shaken up from
being stopped by the police.

That's all.

And that's when you decided to
send Scott to Survival Search,

right?

Yes.

Did he agree?

No, not at all.

He laughed in my face
when I suggested it.

Said he couldn't wait to tell
his father what I tried to do.

And how did he--

For an additional
fee, Survival Search

will send people to
take your child away,

whether he wants to go or not.

I sat in this very room
one morning when they

pulled Scott out of the house.

He wasn't laughing anymore.

He always seemed so strong.

I never thought
he'd try and run.

Mrs. Arbogast, you were trying
to do what was best for Scott.

Oh, no, no.

You don't understand.

The time he spent
at Survival Search

was the time he was supposed
to be with his father.

I wasn't doing it
for Scott's good.

I was-- doing it
to punish Edward.

Now my son's dead.

Hi, honey.

How you doing?

Oh, Dougie.

You're turning me on, baby.

DOUG (ON PHONE):
Oh, I miss you too.

So what's going on around there?

Listen, Doug.

Scott Arbogast was
arrested for joyriding,

shoplifting, and endangering
a minor three months ago.

There's no priors, no one hurt.

That judge who was in
tight with his father wiped

the slate clean in return
for a stiff fine and full

restitution, so--

What minor-- uh, thing
are we talking about?

A girl by the name of
Corera, Margaret Corera.

Apparently she was in a
convenience store hanging out

and then went off with
Scott when he stole a car.

Now, witnesses say
she went voluntarily,

looking for a good time.

Oh, that's--
that's really great.

Yeah, we've been having
a lot of fun up here too.

Can you nail Ohanian
on the abuse charges?

DOUG (ON PHONE): No, I
don't think I can do that.

MAN: Come on, McQuade.

Your three minutes is up.

There's one more thing.

There's a kid up here Jeremy
Stowe who's kind of freaked

out about Arbogast's death.

I think there might
be a connection.

Oh, stop it.

Come on, cut it out.

You know how that makes me nuts.

No, I'm not going to say it.

You say it, and
then I'll say it.

All right.

Yeah, I love you too.

All right.

Bye bye.

I think he likes me.

Hey, there's better ways of
working up a sweat, you know.

Yeah.

Like laying by the pool
with a beer in my hand.

That isn't what I mean.

Oh.

So how about it?

It's what makes the
great outdoors great.

Diane, is it a must?

I mean, do you have to come
on to every guy you see?

Now you're starting
to sound like Ohanian.

He's always telling me to
find some value inside myself.

Well, I have.

And I plan on sharing
it every chance I get.

You think that's going
to make people like you?

Why not?

Works for my mom.

She's always got
some guy around.

Any of those guys special?

I don't know.

Ask her sometime.

Was Scott special?

He might have been.

Look, it doesn't matter.

He left.

They all leave.

Diane.

Ohanian's right.

About you finding something.

Because it's there.

Did you have a good night?

I got through it.

Good.

That's a step in
the right direction.

Do you get any thinking done?

Yes, sir.

You going to get
with the program?

I've been trying.

Well, you're going
to have to try harder.

Have you got it in
you to try harder?

I don't know.

Well, we're going to find out.

I'm making you my pet
project from now on.

You are going to get
lots of my attention.

And when you leave
here, you're going to be

the best graduate I ever had.

Even if it puts both of us away.

Do you understand?

- Yes, sir.
- Good.

Now go back to work.

I brought the day's reports.

Mr. Ohanian, what
happened to your son?

What makes you think
anything happened to my son?

You don't build shrines to
people who are still alive.

Prison didn't dull
your perception, did it?

When I came back
from Vietnam, I had

had enough of the
m*llitary to last

me for the rest of my life.

I certainly didn't
want it for my son.

I wanted him to have freedom.

I gave him his head.

I left him alone.

Too much alone.

I didn't even know that he
had started doing dr*gs.

And by the time I found
out, he was beyond help.

In and out of institutions,
and nothing helped.

And one day he overdosed.

But before that happened,
every once in a while

his mind would clear.

And he would tell
me that I would

be better off without him.

I'm not.

So this camp is--

My atonement, my penance.

It could be your
deliverance if you let it be.

Maybe.

Good night, McQuade.

Good night, sir.

Here we go.

Thank you.

Well, we really
appreciate you coming by.

Oh, it's no problem.
It's right on my way from work.

Au Naturel, the beauty
shop over on rd.

Oh, is that place yours?

I've driven by there
a couple of times.

Mine?
No, I just work there.

I'm the receptionist.

I suppose you want to
know how Peggy is doing.

Peggy?

Margaret.

Margaret Corera.

Oh, I know.

It's confusing.

She kept my first
husband's name.

Anyway, she's--
she's doing fine.

The social services people
say that she is coming out

of the depression, even though
we still don't have any idea

why she tried to k*ll herself.

It all started after
she went joyriding

with that Arbogast boy.

But she told me
nothing had happened.

So why should she
have been depressed?

Uh, Mrs. Stowe, do you
have a son named Jeremy?

Yes, Peggy's
brother, of course.

He had a hard time handling
what happened to his sister.

That's why we thought
it would be a good time

for him to go on the dig.

The dig?

It's an archaeological
dig in New Mexico.

Jeremy's been saving up
for years to go on it.

Uh, excuse me, ma'am.

Have you ever heard
of an organization

called Survival Search?

No.

Why?

McCann, you better get
Penhall on the phone right away.

He's gone.

Any ideas?

I'll head for the ridge.

You get Ohanian and
meet me up there.

Jeremy.

What are you trying
to pull here, man?

Stay the hell back, Deacons.

My real name's Penhall.

I'm a police officer.

I was wondering about
that Boy Scout act of yours.

You've been onto me
all along, haven't you?

No, Jeremy.

We were here to
investigate Ohanian.

I was really trying to help you.

No help to be had.

Not anymore.

This is about Peggy, isn't it?

You want to know what
he did to my sister?

You want to know?

Yes.

He r*ped Peggy and then
told her if she said anything,

he'd k*ll her.

So when she got pregnant,
she didn't know what to do.

So she tried to commit su1c1de.

Then when you
discovered he was here,

you decided to
come in after him?

I got in tight with him.

I knew he was going to
use the bridge to escape.

So the night before,
I cut the rope.

I k*lled him, OK?

That good enough for you?

I k*lled him.

Only problem was,
once you did it,

you found out you
couldn't live with it.

That's why you're
coming apart, man.

Yeah.

All I had to do was put in my
time and then walk out of here.

But I couldn't do that.

This is going
to save you, man.

No.

That's what's going to save me.

Down there.

Just like Scott.

What about your
sister and your mom?

They're better off without me.

Wrong.

My son thought that.

He was wrong too.

So why don't you bring
him here, run his tail off.

Jeremy, I wish I had.

So you could show him how to
save the world with discipline.

No.

No, to show him somebody
cares enough to make

you take responsibility
for your own actions.

That's what I'm going to do.

That's just running
away from them.

Let us help you.

Just stay away.

Jeremy, don't do this.

It's the only way.

Doug!

It's all right, Jeremy.

Hang on.

Hang on.

[sobbing]

It's all right.

It's all right, son.

It's gonna be all right.

Aw!

Oh, look, mother.

There's our boys now.

So Wally, Theodore, you boys
learn any new outdoor skills?

This place ain't
no summer camp.

What's happening with Jeremy?

He was in psychiatric
evaluation when we left him.

And when his sister
corroborates his story,

he might get a lenient sentence.

So what's happening up here?

Social service is making
some noise about closing

this place down temporarily.

They feel the screening
process needs to be examined.

Maybe so.

But it ain't all bad.

Not all bad.

[theme music]