Everybody's Fine Page #2

against the rain, the moisture, heat,

stuff like that.

So, what you actually see

is not the wire. It's my PVC coating.

I ran 1,000 miles of wire a week,

non-stop.

Non-stop.

If you just think for a minute,

all the conversations

that have taken place over that wire.

Breaking good news and bad news.

Yeah.

-I'll show you something.

-Sure.

These are my children.

Robert, the conductor.

David, the artist. Rosie, the dancer.

Amy, very high up in advertising.

A million feet of wire

to get them where they are today.

-It's a nice picture.

-Thank you.

Million feet of wire

to get them where they are today.

-Rocks?

-Yeah, right. That's right. Rocks.

They were all...

They were all supposed to visit me,

and we were gonna have

a family reunion,

and instead they all canceled on me

at the last minute.

You lock yourself out, honey?

No, I didn't lock myself out.

My son lives here.

I'm just waiting for him.

You can come wait with me if you want.

I know a place.

Thank you.

That's nice of you, though.

-You sure?

-Thank you.

You wanna see my leg?

You wanna see mine?

-Come on.

-Are we here?

Man.

-Dude, I can't believe you, man.

-What?

I can't believe you, all night...

David.

What are you gonna do

when you grow up?

I wanna be a painter

and do my pictures.

No, not a painter.

Christ, painters paint walls,

and dogs pee on walls.

You're gonna be an artist.

Artists paint pictures

that change people's lives.

-So what are you gonna be?

-An artist.

That's right, an artist.

So, you gonna work hard?

Yes, Dad.

You gonna make me proud?

I'm trying, Dad.

Unfortunately, it's going to be

on top of the coast sometime tomorrow.

Right now, Hurricane Alice is packing

winds of 165 miles per hour.

We've got a Category 5 hurricane.

The pressure...

Looks like a bad storm.

A bad storm.

I'm 94.

-I keep away from the doctors.

-Boy.

I have 3 children, 6 grandchildren.

They're busy.

They're too busy to talk to me.

I gotta make an appointment.

They got lost someplace.

They don't need anybody.

People changed, life is changed.

Today, you shake hands

with somebody,

you gotta count your fingers

to make sure you got 5 fingers back.

-Hi.

-Hi.

-Can I help you?

-Do the bells work?

Yeah.

My son lives in apartment 9.

I'm not sure if he's home.

-All right.

-Thank you.

David?

Through my sleepless days

I found

That in my dreamless sleep I'm bound

To one night hear the sound

Of you calling

Do not stumble through tonight

Have no fear of falling

We won't stumble through tonight

Drowning in their laughter

Amy, it's Rosie.

-Dad's not answering his phone.

-Well, don't call him.

Not till we know what's going on

with David.

-Is there any more news?

-No.

I just had that one call from Mexico

saying he'd been arrested.

I keep leaving messages,

but no one's calling back.

I think we should tell Dad.

Not until we know what's going on.

Just avoid talking to him

for a couple of days

-till we know the facts, okay?

-Okay.

-My God!

-Surprise.

Yeah, definitely. Come on in, Grandpa.

-Man, does Mom know?

-No, I hope not.

Well, hey, look at you.

I thought you were supposed to be

in bed with a fever.

-I don't know, am I?

-That's what she told me.

Yeah, I think I was...

-It's got a handle.

-Of course it's got a handle.

-I didn't know that.

-It's got wheels.

-Yeah. Look how big you got.

-I know, right?

-Gee.

-Hey, listen. I'm online.

-I'll be back in a minute.

-All right. You do your thing.

-Mom's out back.

-Okay, good.

No, I need to get down there. Yeah.

Can you check out some flights

and see what's available?

Amy!

Dad?

What are you doing here?

What do you mean,

what am I doing here?

Everybody didn't show up for the visit.

So I said, "If you don't come to me,

I'm gonna go to you."

You crazy man.

Look at you. You haven't been well.

You shouldn't be traveling.

-Did you check with the doctor?

-I checked with the doctor.

-You checked with him?

-Of course I checked with the doctor.

-Jeff home?

-No, not yet.

Let me find out

when he's coming back.

So everybody dropped out of the visit?

I didn't realize. I had no idea.

How did you get here?

-You didn't fly, did you?

-No, of course I didn't fly.

I took a train to New York to see David,

and he wasn't there

so I took a bus here.

-You took a bus? To Chicago?

-Yeah. All by myself.

-My God. I can't believe it!

-Yeah. Jack got better fast.

Yeah, no, he did.

Definitely, it was a 24-hour thing.

I like the house.

-Yeah? But you've seen pictures.

-I've seen pictures.

I haven't seen the house,

not the real thing.

-Hey, everyone.

-Hey, Jack.

-How's it going?

-Good.

Jack, why don't you take Grandpa

outside and show him your golf?

-You play golf?

-Sure, I'm a natural.

-Yeah, I'd like to see that.

-You wanna see that?

-Where are you hitting it?

-To that flag over there.

All the way out there?

Oh, boy. Okay.

-My record's 3.

-3?

I'll believe that when I see it.

Come on, let's go.

-You watch.

-Okay.

Not bad.

-Beat that.

-I'll beat that, easily, but...

All right.

Now I'll just have to show you

a few things.

Yeah, that was good,

but not good enough. Frank, the pro.

-Come on, Tiger Woods.

-You ready?

-Take your time.

-Okay, ready? Yeah.

-Sh*t! Sorry.

-What was that?

Shot that...

That was just a practice shot.

Give me another one of those.

I'm going after this.

Here we go.

Sh*t! Christ! Sorry.

-You hit the spice garden.

-One more. Come on.

This is the last one. Come on. This is...

I'm your guest. One more. Let's go.

Come on. One more. One more.

Let's go.

-This is my last one.

-One more.

-Don't lose this one, too.

-Give me another ball.

Put it down. Be a sport.

-I wanna watch this baby fly.

-Ready?

-Ready?

-Impress me.

Sh*t. Damn. F***ing Christ.

Sorry. Sorry.

Can you just...

Yes, Chinese food would be fine.

No, of course not.

No, he doesn't know anything.

So, I hear you're doing

very well at school.

-Nah, not really.

-What do you mean "not really"?

Your mother says

you're at the top of your class.

-Does she?

-Yeah.

-You have to work hard at school.

-Yeah, I know.

I'll tell you what I used to tell

your mother when she was your age.

About being the best

and getting to the top?

-That's right.

-Yeah, she warned me about that.

-Jeff's home.

-Okay.

-Hey, Frank.

-Hi, Jeff.

What's all this? Come here, come here.

-Surprise.

-Big surprise. Big surprise.

-Look at you. You're looking so well.

-You, too.

It's good to see you.

My God! What a day!

You don't wanna know.

I'm sorry I'm so late.

-Can you believe this?

-Can I believe it?

Well, nothing surprises me

about this guy.

Well, the place

was really crowded today.

I can't believe

I was able to get out of there alive.

Don't just eat your rice.

Make sure you eat your chicken.

Okay?

Let me get you a fork.

You don't know how to use chopsticks?

Yeah, I can use them.

I can use them to beat you at golf,

that's how well I can use them.

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