Careful What You Wish For

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When you're a kid, you don't

think about consequences.

You're invincible.

Of course, they tell you all

kinds of things to scare you.

"Nothing comes easy." "There

is no pleasure without pain."

But, there's something about the Summer,

the promise that anything can happen.

And in my case... it did.

- You got enough books there, Dougie?

- What?

I said, "You think you got enough books there?"

You gotta get some sun, meet some girls.

Good, thanks. You guys gonna

be my directors all Summer?

- Yes!

- Something like that.

Thanks, mom.

Yeah. You gotta live a little, Dougie! You got

the rest of your life to be responsible.

Ahoy, Martin!

Speaking of social directors. Looks

like Carson beat us to the lake.

I need your son, Douglas, for...

for urgent work matters!

Don't worry. I've already done

some preliminary scouting, and

I've gotta say, the talent down

here, this Summer, it's ridiculous.

- Ridiculous.

- Yeah, it looks that way.

- You just gotta dive in.

- Nah, I don't know...

Hey. Look, man...

OK. Say you get turned down nine out of ten times,

do the math, you'll still getting

laid every week and a half.

So, to get to the tenth, we just gotta

hurry up and get through our nine "no"s.

- Hey!

- Well, alright, never mind.

There's one.

Except, odds don't work that way, Carson.

- Hey, don't geek out on me.

- Oh, I geek out?

Yeah!

Like the one time you explained to Tina Mengacchi

about series circuit resistance in physics?

- OK. Who doesn't know that?

- Mmm.

- Girls worth having sex with don't.

- That's true.

Hey!

Who wants to hear some real music?

Come on, Jack!

Hey, y'all ought to be givin' me some applause.

I could be down there arrestin' underage drinkers.

- That's more like it.

- Boo! New Sheriff!

Hey, Gordon. So nice of you to offer to buy

a round for all of my diehard fans, here.

I didn't.

You want them two parking tickets to go away?

You, uh... throw in a third...

you got yourself a deal.

Alright, folks. Look! Drinks on me. Let's go!

Make that a whiskey, Gordon.

Summer has officially commenced.

Hey, I'm home.

Sure ain't much, but this property's available.

First year it's, uh... been on the market.

Gardener's included.

- There you go.

- Think you'll see it's real cozy inside.

Well, let's go.

I'm sure you'll be satisfied.

All current, the latest state of the art.

Watch your step.

A real entertainer's delight.

Radiant light, open kitchen.

And the view is to die for.

You're humpin' the wrong leg, Richard.

I stopped listening three houses ago.

You've got lake access, private pier.

You'd be hard pressed to

find anything more peaceful.

- Hey Dougie, starting the floor.

- I'm coming!

We'll take it.

I knew you'd love it.

I guess that's why you show it last.

- Shall we, uh... take care of a little paperwork?

- Absolutely.

OK.

- Signature there.

- Mm-hm.

And initial right there.

- Yep.

- That'll do it.

Thanks, Elliot.

It's just like your stupid

molecualr math books, man.

There's a-a formula. You gotta

engage and then you ignore.

- They come right to you.

- Awesome.

Watch out.

Yeah, I've tried. That doesn't work for me, buddy.

Well, you got the ignoring part

down, you just never engage.

You know how many chicks we're gonna meet

this Summer, workin' at the Rudder?

Mucho.

- Right here?

- Mm-hm.

This thing's gonna be worn out.

Yeah. "Come with me a half a mile up the

lake where no one can hear you scream?"

Screams of pleasure, my friend.

Screams of pleasure.

I'm gonna... store some reserve beers in here...

in case you need 'em.

- Put me down!

- Females!

Alright!

I'm gonna make sure that you have

a really great Summer, Doug. OK?

Suck it back.

Oh, hey, Dougie! Dougie, over here!

- Hey.

- Hey!

- What's goin' on?

- Not much. C'mon in.

This's Mr. Harper. He's our new neighbor.

He's from Raleigh.

- By way of New York.

- Oh, really?

Dougie's looking at New York, for college.

Columbia is actually on his short list.

Yup.

Wow, I didn't have the grades for Columbia.

Well, where did you go?

- To work.

- Oh.

Well, it looks like that panned out OK for you.

- Yeah. Hey, I'm Elliot. Uh, Dougie, is it?

- Uh... Doug's better.

Your dad says you know a thing

or two about sailboats?

- Yeah.

- Just picked up a vintage Pearson 33.

Yeah! It's, uh... old Russ Springer's boat, huh?

Yeah.

Yeah, well, your man, Russ,

let it get pretty ragged.

I'm havin' the mast lined out at the boatyard,

right now. It's a hell of a project.

Um, not that I mind...

I always like findin' the diamond

in the rough, shine it up.

- Needs a lot of work.

- It's a 1983.

Yeah, the uh, the... rudder shaft and the bearings

are usually the first thing to go on those.

He and his grandpa could take apart

an engine block blindfolded.

Somehow, that talent skipped a generation.

Well, how about you come over tomorrow and

take a look at it. Maybe I'll hire you.

- Great.

- Better than mowin' lawns.

Yeah, that would be good.

Not bad, huh, Doug? Did you check her out?

- Uh... I...

- The boat. what do you think?

Oh, the, um... the rudder looks good, actually.

The bearings are kinda rusty. I haven't checked out

the engine yet, but, it's mostly just cosmetic.

- Might need a new top coat?

- Alright.

Well, what do you say we tagteam? You make her

look good, and I'll fiddle with the rudder.

I'll have her delivered to the boatyard.

Get you set up

for tomorrow morning, before

I have to catch a plane.

We'll see how much you get done over the weekend.

If you need me I'll be at the San Francisco Ritz.

- Try not need me.

- Good.

So, how's, uh, ten bucks an hour sound?

Fourteen sounds better.

Or twelve... twelve could work, too...

eith-either way.

I would have paid you twenty.

Get off me! Don't touch me!

Get off me! No, get off me!

Well, OK.

See your later.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

- Really?

I'm sorry, sir. You don't have the

appropriate sticker for this lot.

I just rented a slip here.

Well, there should be no problem

for me to confirm your ID.

Just doin' my job here.

Sorry, that guy's a bit of a joke around here.

He takes his job a little too seriously.

Hey, I'll tell you what, I prefer that over lazy.

- Sign that for me.

- Mm-hm.

As the Captain of the Lake Lure

Emergency Security Detail...

I'd like to welcome you to the waterfront, sir.

Thank you, Captain.

Take the slack out.

Alright.

- Can I ask you a question?

- Yeah.

- How'd you get all this?

- What?

- I don't know, the house, the Jag...

- The wife?

Money and good looks. Come on!

Yeah. You know, it's simple.

It all comes down to risk.

When other investors don't have the stones to buy,

say, a... I don't know, a high risk property, or

or a company... I do.

Yeah.

In fact, when you feel your

pulse, really start to race...

that's when you gotta step up.

Know what I mean?

- Are you alright?

- It's there. Just there.

Can you please just take care of it?

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