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response. You don't have to think

about it. Mick Jagger wrote a song

about... Oh, when they call your

name, I salivate like a Pavlov dog.

Class laughs.

BILL (CONT'D)

Thank you very much. Class dismissed.

Students leave, as Mason and Mom approach the professor.

MOM (O.S.)

Doctor Welbrock, this is my son Mason.

BILL:

Ohh.

MOM:

Mason, this is Dr. Welbrock.

BILL:

Your son. Now see, I thought this

was a boy genius who was taking my

college course.

Mason laughs. He and Bill shake hands.

MOM:

He wasn't feeling well today, so I

thought I'd bring him with me.

Bill touches Mason's forehead.

31.

BILL:

Ah! No fever. It's a con job. I

can tell because I have a nine year

old son, he pulls this all the time.

Same kind of deal. Hey, you play

soccer?

MASON:

Mm, no.

BILL:

Neither does my boy. He hates soccer.

He likes computers. My 11-year-old

daughter, loves soccer. Who can

figure? Hey, maybe we can get all

you guys together sometime, huh?

MOM:

Maybe, yeah. Well, you ready to go?

MASON:

Yeah.

BILL:

Nice to meet you, Mason.

MASON:

Nice to meet you, too.

BILL:

And thanks for coming to my class.

Mason walks ahead of them as Olivia and Bill speak a little

more intimately. It's clear that they have more than just a

professor-student relationship. Mason notices a bit of this

and looks on, confused.

BILL (CONT'D)

Olivia.

MOM:

Hm?

BILL:

Nice kid.

MOM:

Thanks.

BILL:

So you think, uh, Grandma might be

available for a little baby-sitting?

32.

MOM (O.S.)

(giggles)

Maybe.

BILL:

Really? Well, great.

EXT. BACKYARD - DAY

Mason and Samantha play an outdoor trampoline game with Randy

and Mindy, their new stepbrother and stepsister. They are

in the big backyard of their new home, where Dr. Welbrock

and his children have lived.

GRANDMA:

Hey kids, they're here!

KIDS:

Oh, they're home, they're home!

GRANDMA:

Hurry! Hurry!

They all scramble inside and quickly assemble for a big

welcome home ceremony in the front entryway. A sign reads,

"Welcome Home Honeymooners, We Love You Mom & Dad". Olivia

and Bill open the door to enter the house.

MOM:

Hey!

KIDS:

Mom! Daddy!

BILL:

Oh! We're here! Hey, we've returned!

Hugs all around. The family talks over one another. Bill

notices the "Welcome Home" sign the kids made.

SAMANTHA AND MASON

Hi Dad!

BILL:

Samantha, Mason, look -- Thank you.

That's very nice.

MOM:

(to Randy and Mindy)

Hey guys!

The group all speaks at once.

33.

BILL:

(To Grandma)

Hi, Mom. How are you?

SAMANTHA (O.S.)

Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom! Look at the

sign we made!

BILL:

(To Grandma)

They give you any trouble?

MINDY:

Samantha and I made it all ourselves.

BILL (O.S.)

I know the boys helped you with that

a lot.

MINDY:

No, not at all!

The group continues to speak at once.

BILL:

That's good... Oh, pass out the

goodies.

Mom passes out a bag of presents to each of the kids.

MOM:

This is for the girls, this is for

the girls...

BILL:

(to Grandma)

Don't worry, we got you some absinthe

or something.

GRANDMA:

Oh, let's pour it.

INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT

The family sits around the table, swapping fun stories and

pictures from their time apart.

MOM:

You take this big elevator up, and

when we got to the top, we flew a

paper airplane off.

RANDY (O.S.)

And what happened?

34.

MOM (O.S.)

It flew!

BILL (O.S.)

It flew away. It went for miles.

Went onto the Arctic Trail.

They laugh.

SAMANTHA:

Oh, did you guys kiss under the Bridge

of Sighs?

MOM:

Yes.

BILL:

Yes, we did.

Bill leans in to kiss Olivia.

MINDY:

Hey, Mom, can we see your wedding

ring?

MOM (O.S.)

Oh, sure.

Mom hands over her wedding ring. The boys look at a 20

Questions game.

MINDY (O.S.)

(Eyeing the ring)

Wow.

SAMANTHA (O.S.)

(Holding the ring)

Technically that's a fancy step cut

surrounded by miniature brilliant.

MASON:

I wish we could've gone to Europe.

RANDY:

Yeah.

BILL:

Yeah, we'll go as a family next time.

But you didn't miss much, really.

We just stayed in the hotel room the

whole time playing video games.

Mom laughs.

35.

MASON:

Really?

BILL:

And the hotels are really small and

really old. Squeaky.

The WAITER comes over.

WAITER:

Can I get you anything else? Would

you like to see a dessert menu?

BILL:

(To Randy)

Listen, I told you to put that away.

(To Mom)

Would you put that in your purse,

please? Computer games at the table.

(To Waiter)

Yes, uh, please, another bottle of

wine.

MASON:

(to Waiter)

Um, Coke.

MOM:

Um, you know what? Mason, you're

okay with water. No more Cokes.

(to Waiter)

Thank you.

BILL (O.S.)

(To Randy)

Now how 'bout you? Did you finish

your science project?

RANDY:

Not quite yet.

BILL:

Well, did you work on it? I mean,

did you build anything, or plan

anything, or..?

RANDY:

A little.

BILL:

(to Mindy)

Did he work on it at all, Mindy?

MINDY:

No.

36.

BILL:

(to Mindy)

Did he sit around playing video games

with Mason the whole time?

MINDY:

(laughs)

Yeah.

BILL:

Mm. You were supposed to finish

that by the time I got back.

Remember? Hey.

EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD STREET - DAY

Our gang of kids, plus two more (NEIGHBORHOOD BOY and

NEIGHBORHOOD GIRL) walk home from school together. The boys

walk in a pack slightly in front of the girls.

NEIGHBORHOOD BOY

Grievous is the best, man.

MASON:

Yoda! Yoda, man.

RANDY:

No, Yoda is!

MASON AND RANDY:

Yoda!

NEIGHBORHOOD BOY

He has four arms.

MASON:

Yoda! Represent.

MINDY:

I hate Ms. Billingsly. Everybody's

been saying she's lesbian.

NEIGHBORHOOD GIRL

She is. She hit on Stacy.

MINDY:

Man, that's gross.

SAMANTHA:

Think it's true?

NEIGHBORHOOD GIRL

She's always walking in the locker

room.

37.

RANDY:

I think I still have a couple of

those-

PAUL, overly large/mentally impaired neighborhood teen they

seem familiar with, walks by awkwardly bouncing a basketball.

NEIGHBORHOOD BOY (O.S.)

Hey, Paul. Tell us a joke.

PAUL:

Damn. F***. Go to hell. Ass.

The kids look at him quizzically and keep walking.

INT. BEDROOM - LATER

Mason and Randy are playing a video game.

MASON:

Uh! Blew you up.

RANDY:

Aw heck, man. That was not fair.

MASON:

No, actually it was. That's like

the fairest thing ever.

RANDY:

Ugh.

MASON:

Oh, once again I take you down.

INT. FAMILY ROOM - DAY

Samantha and Mindy sit with Mom on the sofa, laughing, while

Mason and Randy sit opposite them. Bill is up first, as the

whole family plays charades.

MASON:

Three Musketeers?

RANDY (O.S.)

First word.

MASON AND RANDY:

Chicken? Bird?

Mom and the girls laugh.

BOYS:

Second word.

38.

RANDY:

Um... hood?

MASON:

Big hair? Uh. Robin Hood!

BILL:

(tapping his nose)

Ah!

Mom applauds.

BILL (CONT'D)

Brilliant child!

Samantha stands to take her turn.

MOM AND MINDY (O.S.)

Second word.

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