Anything Is Possible

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MAGGIE:
(LAUGHING)

Okay, okay, okay.

NATHAN:
Mom!

Okay. Okay, fine.

Mom!

My favorite... What?

Mom, this isn't funny.

Seriously.

Okay, my favorite thing

about your father is...

Ow! That hurt.

Uh...

Oh, that he likes to do his own laundry.

That's pretty much it.

NATHAN:
Oh, uh, well.

I don't like to do

my own laundry.

Seriously, Mom, please answer the question.

Come on!

Well, that's all I've got.

That's it.

That's all she...

See how she treats me?

Yeah. That's all I get is,

"I like to do my own laundry"? Really?

Yeah, what else?

Don't tickle, you know I don't like that.

Just like I love doing my own laundry.

(LAUGHING)

Okay! Okay, fine!

My favorite thing,

my favorite thing is that he never forgets,

uh, birthdays, or anniversaries.

Or anniversaries!

Okay fine, I will be more profound.

Okay.

Uh, my favorite thing

about your father

is that he loves you

as much as I do.

(SCREAMING)

(LAUGHING)

(SPITS)

Oh, and, uh, don't forget

the caterpillar eyebrows.

Oh, well, I mean,

how could you forget about those?

First of all, I do not have

caterpillar eyebrows!

Second of all, I am going...

You better run!

You better run!

You better run! Run!

(LAUGHS)

I love you guys.

Aw!

Aw! We love you.

I love you too much!

I love you more than that!

Look at our kid.

This is Joyce Miner,

WKRC in Detroit,

reporting on the devastan

that has hit Japan.

The level of damage over such a

vast area is hard to comprehend

Soldiers from all over the world,

including our own troops,

poke their way through the

wreckage of entire towns

hoping for a noise or cr.

In truth, it's remarkable

that more people didn't.

In the most

difficult-to-reach places,

the most badly hit

by the tsunami,

they're still looking

for survivors.

The United States military has deployed

units to help with the rescue

and to bring supplies

to the victims.

It's pretty hopeless in these

freezing and miserable conditions.

They have no food,

water, electricity or gas.

The loss is breathtaking.

Thousands have died

over there

but 300,000 are left

holding on to there

as authorities struggle to deal with

the magnitude of this situation.

Our local troops,

from all over the Detroit area,

have been arriving daily to

help with this grave disaster.

This is Joyce Miner

from WKRC, Detroit.

(TOY PIANO PLAYING

CLASSICAL MUSIC)

Huh?

Ta-da!

Whoo! Aw,

that was great, sweetie!

I know, I keep telling him

practice makes perfect. Right?

I miss you, Mom.

I miss you too but before you know

it I'll be back to tuck you in.

Nobody tucks me in

like you do.

Hey! Thanks a lot, buddy.

No offense, Dad, but, uh, "Lights outs,

soldier!" isn't exactly Mom's style.

(LAUGHS) Okay, well, you know what?

I'll tell you what.

Tonight, after lights out,

I want you to look up

at the sky.

You look up at the sky and you know that

we are both looking at the same moon.

Okay?

I'll do that, Mom.

Can I go play now?

Hey! I saw that!

Let him go, he's a kid.

I think one recital

is enough for the night.

Mom, you're the best!

Okay, you can go but I want

you back by 6:
00, okay?

I'm making you

an extra special dinner.

NATHAN:
You got it, Dad.

GEORGE:
No soldier left behind!

I love you, Mom.

I love you to.

You spoil him too much.

It's 'cause I love him

too much.

Hey, so what's this

special dinner?

I am making

frozen chicken enchiladas.

Oh, so you've mastered

the microwave oven?

Hey, nobody can nuke it

like I can, huh?

(CHUCKLES)

How's it going over there?

Oh, it's just been non-stop

since we got to Tokyo.

There's thousands of tsunami victims

relocating to higher ground.

What about the aftershocks?

It's nature's best

wake-up call.

I woke up three times

last night.

Uh, we're on our way up to Iwaki

City to set up refugee camps.

It's just been crazy,

I mean really crazy, non-stop

but we're doing a really good thing

for the Japanese people, so...

I'm really sorry.

For what?

I should be the one

over there, not you.

If I wasn't

on medical leave...

No, don't, don't, don't beat yourself up.

It's not your fault.

Nathan needs you here,

Maggie.

I know.

But he's lucky to have you.

I don't really know about that.

I mean, if we're not careful

the kid's going to turn into the

poster child for frozen dinners.

(LAUGHS) No, I'm sure he'll be fine.

He's got a great dad.

Now, the frozen foods,

I would do just about anything

for a delicious frozen meal

right now.

Okay, well, I'll keep that

in mind when you get back.

Don't...

Don't try to be a hero.

Just be safe over there.

I know.

No man left behind.

(ALARMS BLARING)

(RUMBLING)

Maggie?

All right, here's the house.

This would be us.

We'll throw the rocks here. Got it?

Hey, guys,

can I play?

I don't know, you guys,

you think Nathan has what it

takes to run around with us?

ALL:
No!

I have what it takes

to run around with anyone.

Oh, yeah?

This is your ticket

to become one of us.

Come on.

You wanna be one of us

or what?

Come on, let's go.

He's in the house,

let's go.

One, two, three.

MAN:
What the hell?

It's those damn kids again!

Get up, you wimp!

(GRUNTS)

(DOGS BARKING)

(SIGHS)

What were you thinking, kid?

Why did you do that?

I don't know.

You broke my window.

I'm sorry.

Sorry?

Sorry is not going to pay

for my window. Now, is it?

No, sir.

Do the right thing, kid.

Now get out of here

and go home.

(SIGHS)

Hey, buddy! What's up?

You're just in time for dinner.

I'm not hungry.

But I made your favorite,

Chicken a la Georgie!

Hey, hey, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa,

whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down.

What's wrong? Park it.

Okay, somehow I feel there's a little

something behind that "nothing."

Spill it.

Why aren't I big

and strong like you?

Um, because you're 10.

Jimmy's ten

and he's big and strong.

Well, Jimmy doesn't have

what you have.

A heart?

Yes.

Duh, everyone has one

of those, Dad.

Yeah, I know

everyone has a heart.

But a heart is so much more

than just that. Okay?

And yours...

Yours is very special.

How is that?

Remember when you had

heart surgery?

Dad, please, I was three.

Yeah, okay, well,

when the doctors fixed you up

they said that your recovery

was going to depend

on the strength of your character

and that is when I knew.

Knew what?

That you were going to be okay.

See, these days,

science, you can

put a new heart in someone

and make them get real big

and strong

but what they can't give you is the

character that comes along with that heart.

What's character?

Character is something that everyone

possesses but very few put to good use.

A lot like common sense?

Exactly like common sense.

Nathan,

the value of a human being is not based

on their bones or how big and strong

they are or how tall they are,

it's based on the conviction

of their character.

And you,

you have enough

for an entire brigade, buddy.

So you hungry now?

Yes, but I gotta do

something first.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

This character thing

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