Family Weekend Page #7

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Good night, Mr. Toad.

And good night to you.

Well...

would you look at that?

Ohh.

You should probably

let them go soon.

Go away.

It's Kat.

Great. Then go

further away.

So that's it?

After all that?

Just gonna quit and go

back to the way it was?

Yeah. And why

do you care?

We're not even friends anymore,

remember?

I just think

it's a waste.

Well, in case

you haven't noticed,

it's been a total disaster.

I can think of several

other adjectives

that might apply.

Awesome, brave.

I think it's

totally ballsy.

You're kinda my new

freaking hero.

That is why

you cannot give up.

I mean, not yet.

But you gotta

chillax a little.

I mean, maybe you

didn't notice earlier,

but in between

head butts with your mom

was, like, a real breakthrough

with your dad.

Yeah, I guess.

More than my mom.

She's so, like...

Much like you?

Yeah, I noticed.

That may not seem like

a compliment to you,

but it is.

I mean, come on.

Your mom is...

is intense, smart.

She's kind of

hard-core.

Parents are people, too,

which means sometimes

they suck big hairy ass,

with, like,

toilet paper...

Okay, eww. Okay.

Point made.

Kids grow up thinking their parents

were, like, perfect.

They feed you

and protect you,

and they're supposed

to have all the answers.

You end up

thinking they're,

like, superheroes

or something.

But then one day,

you... you find out

they just worked

at the Daily Planet.

Thanks.

Hey.

I'm sorry I sprayed you in

the face with air freshener.

Are you gonna

say anything?

What do you

want me to say?

Something nice.

I'd love to.

I've been

bound and tied,

and we are going on

hour God knows what,

so I don't know why I would say

something nice.

Because I don't remember

the last time you did.

I know what I did

was really messed up.

Yes.

And I know I'm

in a lot of trouble.

Yes.

But I'd do it

all over again,

if I'd thought

that it would help.

I'm not crazy.

I'm not.

I just... I miss the way

you used to be.

Do you remember

when I was little...

and there'd be, like,

a thunderstorm or something

and... or, like, a really

mean boy at school,

and I would get so upset

and just run in my room,

and I would hide.

And you'd come in,

and you'd lay down

next to me,

and you... you would wrap your

arms around me, and you'd sing.

I miss her.

I really need her.

Anyway...

if you want to escape...

you can.

But you're gonna

have to do it together.

As for me,

I have a competition

to go win.

Hey.

Oh, my God.

You painted us.

Look at us.

We're beautiful.

Duncan...

hand me the knife.

Heh.

I'm sorry.

That's it.

Ah. Got it.

Oh, my God.

Baby, undo it.

Give it to me.

Okay. Here.

Wow.

Maybe just

a little bit longer.

If you could see

yourself right now.

Take her down!

Emily Smith-Dungy?

Sergeant Ellis

and Deputy Tyler,

Macomb County Sheriff's Department.

Mm-hmm.

Are your parents around?

Um, I'm kind of

in a hurry.

Could you maybe

come back later?

Afraid not.

We received

several reports

that there may be a potentially

criminal situation

taking place

here in your home.

Uh, here? No.

There's no criminal nothing.

Well, maybe you've heard

about some videos

that have been posted

on the Internet.

Hey, Emily!

Smile!

I think, uh, we saw

some people tied up

in jump-rope and tape?

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Jump-rope.

No. That's crazy.

May we enter

the premises, please?

Can I say no?

Actually,

you can say no.

I'm sorry. I'm just...

But then we'd be forced to

come back with a warrant.

I have a really

important competition

to be at in less

than one hour.

Okay, well, you may

have to be a little late.

But it's the State's.

I can't be late.

We just want

to ask a couple

of questions,

come inside...

What... Now...

Step aside, ma'am.

Step aside, ma'am.

Who else is

on the premises?

Um...

just, uh, my sister

and my two brothers.

Who's at the door, honey?

Oh. Good morning, officer.

And my parents.

Duncan, we have some police

officers at the door.

What a surprise.

Yeah. We just...

We're getting ready

for our usual

Sunday brunch.

Come on, kids!

Get up, sleepyheads!

Brunch time!

Heh.

Heh heh.

Jump-rope.

Yeah, it's fun.

Yeah.

Athletic guy?

Yeah.

I'm a maniac.

Oh, he is.

So we got the entire

family on the premises?

Yes.

Uh-huh.

Yes.

Ohh. Thank you.

Uh, do you have

a knife anywhere,

maybe, that we could use to

cut these little ropes free?

No? No, not a good idea?

Okay, you like money?

I'll give you 100 bucks,

you get me some aspirin,

'cause my head and my shoulder

are killing me.

Yeah? Okay. Okay.

Okay, you freak.

Yesterday afternoon,

we got a few calls

from some

very concerned parents

after they found some disturbing

texts on their kids' cellphones.

Oh, no.

Really?

Yeah, yeah. Then we saw some

videos posted on the Internet

by someone named

Kataclysm.

We saw some pretty serious

offenses in those videos.

That's... No, not us.

Aggravated assault,

drugs, and kidnapping.

Holy crap.

Heh.

Hey, buddy.

Oh, my man.

My man.

Thank you.

What are you...

That money...

No, no, wait.

We said 100. Hey.

For right now, we just need

an explanation.

Uh...

School project.

School project.

That's what it was.

Yeah, we were making a public

service announcement.

Yeah, we may have made it

too realistic.

You guys. Ha!

You can't teach talent.

Emily, have you

watched my DVD yet?

Okay, now,

who is this guy?

I need to know

if you watched it.

Chris, it's really not a

good time right now.

But it's never a good time

in this house.

And I made you a second copy in case

you lost the first one,

and I just

really want you...

Chris, the boyfriend.

Heh heh.

Okay.

Chris, the DVD.

We were just

gonna watch it.

Sir, if we could just

finish a few questions.

But you won't

want to miss this.

It's competitive jump.

Okay, but we need to finish

up a few questions first.

Chris, come in.

Join us.

Listen, we don't...

we don't really need

to watch this

right now.

Yeah, we do.

So exciting.

Emily Smith-Dungy!

...this Sunday

at 10 A.M.

# I

# I see you jumping there

# Your rope cutting

So sweet.

# Through the air

# Your light

shining everywhere #

# And I

# I wish

that you were mine #

He likes you, honey.

Yeah.

# I'd jump with you

any time #

Please put

the camera down.

Yeah, sorry. Sorry.

It's fine. Shh.

# You and me side by side

It's just stupid.

That's... You know.

It's just for her.

It wasn't meant

for everyone

to see, that's all.

Yeah, we're going

to get going now, folks.

Yeah, and we better

get going, too.

Go on.

Okay.

Officers, thank you

so much for coming.

Uh, Chris,

I'll watch the rest

later, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

See you, buddy.

My wife and I, we're...

we're great donators

to the Police

Benevolent Fund...

All right.

give every year.

That's good.

Thank you very much.

Officers! Officers,

I got something very important

I gotta tell you.

Well, thank you very much.

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