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once a week for a year or so.

Maybe do a couple hundred hours of volunteer work

at a community center.

That what you had in mind?

- Something like that, yes.

- Not gonna happen, but thanks for playin'.

Gentlemen !

I don't know what your lawyers told you,

but this is pretty serious stuff.

A probation walk was fine

for the other boys, the ones in the cars with you,

but you two were the cowboys

behind the wheel.

We're gonna have to do

something different with you.

I understand Mr. Arnold has been

contracted to rebuild Mable's.

Yes, that's right, Your Honor.

We'd like to make another suggestion,

with the court's permission.

- Shoot.

- Mr. Morse has graciously offered to pay...

for the restaurant,

as long as all charges against his son are dropped.

- That sounds nice, huh?

- We thought it appropriate.

Not in my court.

In my court, you fix what you broke.

So here it is. I'd be willing

to dismiss all charges in this case...

if the boys volunteer

for community service...

working with the crew

rebuilding Mable's Table.

It's a chance to put back

what you took,

and maybe, just maybe,

it'll not only result

in the building of a restaurant,

but in the building

of character as well.

You can have some time

to talk it over with your attorneys.

That's okay, Judge.

We'll take the deal.

Your Honor, that's completely impractical for Calvin.

Where would he live?

Even if Rallston would take him,

the dorms are closed for the summer.

The nearest motel is 30 miles away, Your Honor,

and his driver's license

has been revoked.

Actually, we have a room

above our garage.

The boy could pay rent.

[JUDGE]:
It works for me.

How about you, Counselor?

[VIN]:
That's acceptable to us as well, Your Honor.

Another Rallston boy takes a bite out of

the Cavanaugh family.

I had nothing to do with this one.

I wasn't even here. Exactly.

You... Nobody's blaming anybody.

It would have been nice if one of you'd called me

when the trouble first started.

[JO]:
I remember when Jesse

and Alice carved this.

Mom, remember what you said

to me so many times?

As long as we're all alive,

it's nothing more than a bad day. Right?

Yeah. We can beat a bad day. Right?

[Sighs]

Right.

They're here! They're here!

That's because he doesn't like

the percentage we're offering.

Then he's gonna have to

come up with a better deal.

It's a matter... Yeah. I gotta go.

Listen, I worked everything out with these people,

including your meals.

So all you're gonna need is some spending money.

This should last you for a while,

but if you need some more,

you just call my office.

- I'm gonna be a little hard to reach for the next few weeks.

- Okay.

- [Betsy]:
Hello there.

- [John]:
Good afternoon.

Hey. I'm running a little late,

and I have a flight to catch,

so I assume there's nothing

else we need to discuss.

No. I think we're good.

Your room's right above the garage if you want to go up.

Now, you remember what I told you.

Keep your eyes forward on the important things.

Yes, sir.

[Robin]:
That's Ralph.

He lives here too.

Perfect.

Maybe I should take him up a plate.

Honey, we offered.

When he gets hungry, he'll come down.

[Jasper]:
Let him starve.

After everything he did.

How many cars were

in that race, anyway?

- Two.

- Was he driving both of them?

I think he's hot.

[Choking]

My dad's already got me

fixing fence posts till I'm 90.

Plus the work at Mable's.

I got enough problems without you being mad at me.

I just think you could have been

the bigger man. That's all.

All right. Okay.

Well. Is everything

still okay with us?

[Whistles]

God, we haven't done that

in about a hundred years.

- [Sputtering]

- [Laughing]

You were never very good at that.

Ah, but I'm the one that taught you.

- I'm the one that mastered it.

- [Sputtering]

[Both Laughing]

[Whistles]

[Pounding]

Time to get up, Richie.

Gotta evacuate the cows.

Is there a gas leak or something?

Evacuating.

You're out of your mind if you think

I'm touchin' that thing.

[Betsy]:
Well, good morning.

- Can I fix you something?

- Breakfast is served after morning chores.

I don't eat breakfast.

I was just coming in to find out when we leave for work.

Be at the truck in 20 minutes.

-[Jasper]:
Not getting tired, are you, Richie?

-[Kelley]:
No.

-[Kelley]:
Got an extra hour's sleep

while you were fondling your cows.

[Malcolm]:
That's lunch!

Break time, guys.

Food and drink's in the cooler.

I'll get my own lunch.

[Malcolm]:
Suit yourself.

Lunch! Let's go.

Okay, I'm outta here.

- [Kiss]

- Good to be your father.

Good to be your daughter.

- Do you know what I was thinking about last night, Mom?

- What?

They're giving us all this money

to rebuild. Right?

So we can start all over from scratch and have fun.

We can go to antique stores...

and flea markets

and get funky furniture.

We could do that.

We could stop on the way back from Dr. Falco's.

[Sighs]

I completely forgot about Dr. Falco.

That's a good sign.

I guess your knee hasn't been bothering you.

Mom, my knee's fine.

- So can I cancel Dr. Falco?

- No.

- Oh, I hate this.

- I know.

He's just making sure everything's still okay.

My knee's fine.

Why do we have to keep coming here?

- Because the doctor said so.

- [Nurse]:
Samantha?

[Pastor]:
When something is taken away

from us so violently,

like the recent fire at Mable's Table,

we are forced to ask questions.

Was it simply a terrible accident?

Atoms colliding at random?

A result of young people

making poor choices?

Or was it the hand of God...

a part of a larger plan

that He might have for us?

[Pete]:
Hey, Jasper. Where's

your new pal Kelley today?

[Jasper]:
Oh, he's at your house, getting busy with your mom.

[Pete]:
Really? 'Cause last night when I was with your mom,

she said he was kind of cute.

It made me jealous.

- Enough with the mother thing already.

- I second that.

- Excuse me.

What? I'm just saying

enough's enough. I like your mom.

Hey, guys. We're goin'

skinny dipping tonight. Wanna come?

- Dad's making me work.

- My man looks good naked.

- [Giggles]

- Yeah, I'm like Tarzan.

- See you later?

- Mm-hmm.

[Crowd Applauding Nearby]

[Kelley]:
Good afternoon,

classmates and invited guests.

Today we mark the end

of our infancy,

the end of our childhood,

the end of our beginning.

As new graduates we look forward

with hope to the future,

and then the future

becomes the past.

At what point in our lives do we begin thinking about

the past and the future?

I know when I was a child

I never gave them much thought.

I miss those days.

Robert Frost once wrote about his carefree youth,

climbing the branches of birch trees.

He wrote, "So I was once myself

a swinger of birches,

and so I dream of going back to be."

So do I, Mr. Frost.

So do I.

[Applause]

[Malcolm]:
Let's go. You ready?

I'm not hungry.

We'll be right up.

These folks are being very gracious,

don't you think?

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