Quints Page #6

You Were So Beautiful.

We Were So Thrilled.

You Know,

You Were Everything

We Ever Dreamed Of.

I Was Just A Baby.

[Laughs]

That's Not Really

How It Works.

You Know,

You Were Our Baby.

You Were So

Beautiful And Perfect.

Your Mother And I,

You Know,

We Vowed To Give You

Anything You Would

Ever Need.

I Think We've Done That

Up To This Point.

I Know We've Loved Doing

Every Minute Of It.

You Know, But The 5--

I--I Don't Have A Plan,

You Know?

I Don't Know

What I'm Doing.

Just Love 'Em, Dad.

Love 'Em Like You Love Me.

I Will.

You Know What?

I Think That I Love You

As Much Today As I Did

The Day You Were Born.

Maybe More.

[Laughs]

Ok. Ha Ha.

Jamie:
Over The Next

Month Or So,

Dad Really Did Try.

He Tried So Hard,

In Fact,

That He Got Sucked Into

As For Me,

I Decided It Was Time

To Focus On The New Me.

Yes, Me As An Individual.

So,

You Gonna Tell 'Em?

Jamie:
I Even Vowed

To Let Mom And Dad

In On The Changes...

Slowly, Of Course.

Oh, Hi, Jamie.

I Can't Make

Dinner Tonight,

But We're Still On

For The Parent-Teacher

Conferences Tomorrow.

Your Dad And I

Are Very Excited.

Albert:
You Know,

I Really Like This One.

I Mean,

I Like The Two-Tone.

Let's Compare It

Against The Strollers.

So, Mom, I, Uh,

I Wanted To Tell You

About Science...Fair.

I'm Not Entering

This Year, Ok?

Great.

You're My Witness,

Zoe.

I Told Her.

I'll Back You Up,

Jamesy.

That's What Friends

Are For.

Unless She's Mad.

Then You're

On Your Own.

Gee, Thanks.

Come On.

Let's Go Up To My Room

And Listen To That Cd.

Jamie:
For Once,

Mom Didn't Seem To Care

If I Won

A Blue Ribbon Or Not.

I Liked That New Attitude.

I Was Even Starting To Think

That Parent-Teacher

Conferences Wouldn't

Be So Bad.

Mr. Blackmer:

Oh, The Grovers.

What A Pleasure.

I Have Heard

So Much About You.

Mr. Blackmer,

How Ya Doin'?

Good, Good.

I Can Barely Contain

Myself Another Second.

I Must Tell You,

Jamie Is Such

A Special Talent.

In Fact, She's Getting

An A-Plus In My Class.

Ohh, Ohh,

My Little Girl,

An A-Plus.

It's The Happiest

Day Of My Life.

Oh, We Have To

Celebrate!

A Party.

Yes, A Party.

All This

For Me?

Yes, For You.

You Deserve It.

You Got

An A-Plus!

[Band Plays]

You're Not Buying This,

Are You?

Good, 'Cause If You Thought

This Was What Really Happened,

You Weren't

Paying Attention.

Now, Go To Detention.

You Wanna Know

What Really Happened?

Face It, Jamie.

You Been Stood Up.

I Just...

I Mean,

We Knew Your Parents

Wouldn't Come,

But This Is My Mom And

Dad We're Talking About.

I Mean, Why Would I Work

So Hard At School For Them

If They Don't Even Care?

The Grades Are For You.

Where Would I Be If

I Did It For My Folks?

It's Different

For You.

You're A Genius.

It's Not Different.

I'm Happy

When I Do Well.

You Should Be, Too.

Yeah, Well,

They Still Should

Have Been Here.

Yeah, I Agree,

But Go Tell Them, Jamie.

Don't Tell Me.

Jamie:
Wacky, Huh?

Here I Was About

To Yell At My Parents

For Not Paying Attention.

Once Again, The Thing

I Thought Would Solve

All My Problems Hadn't.

Man, Life Sure Is Tricky.

Did All Of Our

Baby-Sitters Quit?

I Hope Not.

No Surprise Disasters

While I Been Gone?

What Are You

Talking About, Jamie?

What Am I

Talking About?

Hello?

Parent-Teacher

Conferences.

Oh, No, Honey.

Did We...

That Was Tonight, Honey?

I'm So Sorry.

I Know I Wrote It

In My Planner.

So?

What Happened?

I Had To Work

Overtime.

And Tomorrow's

Such A Big Day, Honey.

I Got Caught Up.

Tomorrow's Big?

You Know, Today Was

Kind Of Key.

I Know, I Know,

But The Quints Have

Their First National

Commercial Tomorrow.

It's The Big Time,

Jamie.

But, Honey,

You Have Every Right

To Be Mad At Us.

Do You Know What

Could Make This Better?

Turning Back Time?

Nancy:
I Can't Do That,

But You Know What Might Help?

I Could Talk To Albert

About Getting You

Into The Commercial.

That's Not Gonna

Make It Better.

Look, I Know We've Been

Way Too Focused

On The Quints,

And I'm Sorry...

But This Way, You Could

Be Part Of That With Us.

Really?

All Of Us, Together?

Yeah, You Know What?

That Is A Great Idea.

Tomorrow Can Start

The New Beginning

Of A Whole New

Way Of Life For

This Entire Family.

Uh, Whatever.

Albert's Not

Gonna Go For It.

Uh, Do You Guys

Have A Second?

Jamie Wants To Be

In The Commercial.

Yeah, And We Think

It's A Great Idea.

Sure, By All Means.

Now, Can I Talk To You

About Thursday?

Hey, Huh?

Jamie:
Believe It Or Not,

That's For Real.

It Was A Shock To Me, Too.

It Was Good, Though.

I Needed To Rejoin

The Family.

Action.

The Grover Quints

Use Cutie Pants

Diapers.

Jim! I--I Need

To Speak To You.

What? Huh?

So, Jamie Won't Come

Out Of The Truck.

What?

She Won't Come Out

Of The Truck.

Why Not?

She Has To Be Ready

In 5 Minutes.

She Won't Come Out

Of The Truck.

Look, Albert,

It's Gonna Be Fine.

I'll Handle It, Ok?

It'll Be Fine.

Breathe, Buddy.

Breathe, Breathe, Breathe.

Hey, Uh...

[Knock Knock]

Honey, Come On Out.

Jamie:
No.

You See?

Honey, It's Daddy.

Everything's Fine.

Come On Out.

Come On.

Jamie:
No, I'm Not

Gonna Do This.

Jamie,

You Get To Be Part Of

The Grover-Quints Magic.

You Can Do It.

[Laughs]

I Want A Different Part.

Now...There Are

Actors Out There

Who Would Be Grateful

To Wear That Diaper.

Then Call One Of Them.

Albert:
No, Wait.

Jamie, Wait.

[Laughing]

Nancy:
I Know.

That Was Great!

Oh, Jamie,

I Can't Believe

You Missed It.

The Quints

Were Fantastic.

Yeah, Whatever.

I'm Sorry Things

Didn't Work Out, Jamie.

You Know, It Would

Have Been Really Great

Having You Dancing

Alongside Your Brothers

And Sisters.

Of Course,

They Would Have Been

Front And Center

As We've Agreed,

But You Could Have Been

Part Of The Magic. Ha.

Oh, It Just Would

Have Been Nice

If You Had Been

There With Them,

You Know?

Remember, Jamie,

To Help The Family,

We All Need

To Think Quints.

So, It's All About

The Quints, Huh?

What About Me?

Well, You're Still

Our Jamie, Honey.

That Hasn't Changed.

No, Of Course It Hasn't,

But The Quints

As A Marketing Unit

Are Already

Running Out Of Steam.

I Mean, We Need To Keep

Pushing Them Out There,

And We Need

To Refresh The Story

In A Noncommercial Way.

We Need News,

And Now Is Not The Time

For Any Of Us To Be Selfish.

Here's Another

Little Life Lesson.

Sometimes When Someone

Tells You Not To Be Selfish,

It's Because

They Are Selfish.

So, What's Up?

Big Problems

At Home?

Yeah,

It's Quints This,

Quints That.

It's Like

I've Disappeared.

Maybe You Should

Run Around Naked

And Pee On People.

That Always Gets Laughs.

That's Cuter From A Baby,

Not From An Invisible Child.

But I Thought

That's What You Wanted.

You Were So Happy When

They Had The Quints.

Ok, So, I Was Wrong.

Is That What

You Wanted To Hear?

No, I Want To Hear

That You're Going

To Make Them

Pay Attention To You!

Whoa, Angry Brat.

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