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You have to help me out a little.

Dwight says l'm supposed

to make some rules for you.

Problem is, l've always been

a better rule-breaker than rule-maker.

So tell me what you think you need.

You're asking me?

You're the big expert, right?

l don't know any rules.

A kid like you?

Been around, been in trouble. . . .

What will it be?

Let's see. . . .

l got it. First rule is. . .

. . .you have to give me

an allowance every week.

Five bucks.

What's next?

l don't know, l haven't thought yet.

While you're thinking, l need you

in bed every night by 10:00.

And up every morning

in time for breakfast.

And l want you in the house

every night by 7.

And don't disappear

without telling somebody.

We need to know where you are.

Kid.

Almost finished with this place.

Come on. Come on.

Well, you have a nice day too, grouch!

He likes messing with people's heads,

doesn't he?

Yes, he does.

lf l can't get him to perform,

no one can.

Orcas are usually nice and smart.

Willy's smart and nasty.

You really like him.

Good. You can help me out.

Broken belly. Toss it.

Look. This is a good fish.

That's a bad fish.

Good fish, bad fish.

We must sort out what Willy

can eat from the cheap crap they buy.

Willy's a killer whale, right?

So will he kill us?

Orcas are just hunters.

Mostly they eat fish.

Well, sometimes they'll eat

porpoises, squid, birds. . .

. . .sharks. . . .

What Willy really likes is salmon.

That's his chocolate.

Kiss me. Kiss me.

Ready to get back to your painting?

You saved my life.

You must have something special,

that's why he didn't eat you.

-What do you mean?

-l don't know. High blood, medicine roots.

No way.

Then you're just a lucky white boy.

You like that better?

Willy doesn't have a problem with me.

We appreciate each other.

Appreciate?

Willy saved your butt.

l don't know why everybody

has such a big problem with him.

Willy doesn't like visitors in his tank.

Why were you there?

l came to say goodbye.

Job is almost up.

Didn't want to say goodbye.

-Just maybe. . . .

-What?

Old lndian stuff.

Orcas.

Ever look into Willy's eyes?

Those eyes discovered the stars. . .

. . .long before man was even

a whisper on Mother Earth.

Could look into a man's soul

if they want.

Willy won't look at Rae, or me.

Maybe he sees you.

Your parents are still up.

They're not my parents.

Jesse, where have you been?

You're soaked.

l was at work.

You snuck out at night to clean up

graffiti. That's an amazing story.

l fell in the tank.

The whale tank?

Will somebody tell me

what the heck is going on?

l slipped and fell in the tank.

lt's my fault.

-Right.

-Folks, my name is Randolph.

How are you? l'm Glen.

This is my wife, Annie.

l've been supervising Jesse at the park.

He does a good job.

Did his cleanup, helped out

in some other areas and made friends.

We could use him for the rest

of the summer, if that's okay with you.

Make a job of it.

Pay him a little something.

What do you say?

l want to! Please!

Finally found something you're into?

lt sounds okay, but days.

No more sneaking out at night.

All right. l promise l won't.

Just be straight with us from now on.

lf there's something you need, just ask.

Think you can do that?

All right, it's past your bedtime.

Get in the house, son.

l'm not your son.

Yeah, l know that.

Just get out of the way.

l'm not in the way.

This examination area is inadequate.

lt's all we've got.

Holding him in this net is dangerous.

We've told you that before.

-Can you finish the exam?

-No, he's acting up too much.

You and Dial bought Willy

from some slime ball.

He's too big and old

to be caught in the first place.

Then you put him

in a dolphin tank, alone.

He's not a natural performer,

and you expect miracles.

You're paid to train him,

not analyze him.

These were not the circumstances

described when l signed on.

You're a professional, right?

Make it work.

Dial gave me a line,

l won't cross it.

-This isn't about crossing lines.

-Which words don't you understand?

lf the whale brings in customers. . .

. . .we can spend money on him. Since

he's not, make do with what you've got.

Easy, Willy. Easy, son.

Untie those back lines!

What's going on?

What happened?

l don't know, the net came loose.

l saw what you did.

-So?

-So nothing.

l'm sure Willy's grateful.

The whale won't perform,

we're getting deeper into this. . .

. . .and Rae says

we must expand the tank.

Very nice. This is what l get for

bringing the whale in to boost business.

Let's move him into the Ritz.

Tack it onto the $5000. . .

. . .l dumped into his insurance premium.

The whale's worth more dead than alive.

lt will cost at least $ 100,000. . .

. . .to expand that

psychotic malcontent's playpen.

God, l hate that whale.

You got any leftover scraps. . .

. . .l could take off your hands?

Might have.

l got a special friend named Willy.

Why would he want scraps?

-He's a whale.

-A whale?

Hey, Jess.

l'll meet you up there.

What's up?

New clothes. New gig?

-Staying with some people.

-lt's cool.

What happened that night?

l saw you get popped.

Not much.

Had to clean up all our mess.

l'm working there now.

They looking for me?

Cool.

lt's a total drag, man. Sorry.

No sweat.

Where you been staying?

Dayton set me up.

Working for him now.

Looking out for cops and stuff.

l mentioned you to him.

l can hook you up if you want.

l gotta think about that.

Snooze, you lose.

Stop by sometime.

See you around. l gotta bail.

-See you.

-Later.

What's wrong, Willy?

l thought you liked these things.

You're supposed to eat it like this.

You want me to put it in your mouth.

l'll make a deal with you.

Don't bite my hand off,

and l'll give you the fish.

You like these.

You're like. . .rubbery.

Your skin peels off.

Still a beautiful animal though.

Well, buddy, l gotta go.

We'll save these scraps

and fishes for later.

You want to go with me?

l can do that too.

Can you do it with your other arm?

Can you wave?

Can you dance for me?

Can you groove? Dance?

Can you go in circles?

You're really doing it.

Look at you.

Makes me dizzy.

Looks like Willy has a soul mate.

Can you feed him?

Sure, l can feed him.

lt's easy.

Wanna try?

Come on.

Willy and l didn't get off

to a good start.

He thinks l'm the Wicked Witch because

of all the medical tests l did on him.

Out in the ocean, killer whales

like Willy live in families, pods.

Some of them never leave their moms.

Never?

Their social structure is

important to them.

Over 50 orcas have been

seen traveling together.

Some of them stay together forever.

You've seen them?

My dad was in the Navy.

He did sonar research on whales.

l went out there all the time.

Do you do research here?

Here l'm just a trainer,

but l want to work out on the ocean.

l'm going back to school

to get my Ph.D. in marine biology.

lf you do that, Willy will be alone.

There'll be no one to take care of him.

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