The Astronaut Farmer Page #2

- Here, Grandpa will walk you over, okay?

Boy, you've made real progress.

Yep.

It's gonna take a hell of a lot

more than gunpowder...

...to get this particular aircraft in the air.

Yep.

I never knew it was this big.

Well, you got yourself

some mighty pricey metal here, bud.

Yeah, well, you gotta

have the good stuff.

I'd have more than a carpet burn on my ass

if I didn't protect it.

Farmer?

Hey, Karl. How you doing, man?

I'm gonna need your autograph

for this letter.

Goddamn, it certainly gets my attention.

- Appreciate it. I'll see you later, buddy.

- See you.

What--?

- Farmer!

- You want my house...

- ...I'll give it to you brick by brick.

- It was procedure, Farmer.

I didn't have a choice.

The bank wouldn't stand for it

a day longer, and neither would I.

You're way too overextended.

You're just a banker.

A friend wouldn't do what you did.

If I didn't care about you, I wouldn't

have sent it in. You got 30 days.

Open your eyes. Look at this as

a wake-up call, because the dream is over.

It's gotta stop now,

before you lose everything.

Farmer.

What's up, Chopper? How's your daddy?

Waiting for you. Want a ride?

No, it's all right. Follow me.

What'd you do, Arnie?

How much does he owe the bank,

Arnold?

- Over 600,000 dollars.

- 600,000 dollars?

He's dangerous. He threw a brick at me.

That's enough, Arnold. That's enough.

Will the bank take an apology?

- Well?

- I guess...

Farmer, give the bank an apology.

Say you're sorry.

- Arnold, I'm sorry.

- Great.

Now, Arnold, I'm going to administer

Farmer's spanking in private.

Chopper, could you

see Arnold out for me?

Assume the position.

You're not really gonna whack me

with that thing, are you?

Come on. I've known you all your life.

But I do see you putting your family

and yourself at serious risk.

One day it's a brick,

the next day it's a bullet.

Men have been known

to do desperate things...

...when they're losing their ranches.

I'm gonna ask you to get...

...a psychiatric evaluation.

Before Arnold and me are comfortable

with you in society, you gotta see a shrink.

Go over to the school, see Nurse Goode

over there, and talk to her.

Bring it back to me.

What'd they get you for?

Sleeping in class.

How about you?

I broke a window.

So, what do you wanna be

when you get out of here?

I don't know.

- What do you mean, you don't know?

- I don't know.

Well, let me tell you something...

...you better know what you wanna do

before somebody knows it for you.

Trust me.

Farmer. Nurse Goode can see you now.

Okay.

Well, good luck.

Charlie Farmer.

Hey, Beth. I was supposed to

give you this, the judge said.

Thank you. Okay.

Don't you think that they're a little late

in labeling you crazy?

Jumping off a bridge is crazy.

- Oh, and building a rocket isn't.

- I threw a brick through a window.

That's why I'm here.

Well, how would you like it if we discussed

your desire to leave the planet?

- Not particularly.

- Oh, Charlie.

I don't expect you to open up

and start talking in our very first session.

Session? There's sessions?

We're all onions, Charlie.

We have many, many,

many layers to get through.

See what I'm saying? And, just like...

...well, when you peel an onion,

there may be tears as we come--

Beth, please stop it, okay?

Listen, my daddy never told me

that he loved me.

And, you know, I'm pretty sure

that your daddy never did either.

The resentment that you feel

towards your parents...

...is not going to fuel your rocket.

- Are you done?

- Well, you're not getting it.

The rocket is not going to bring you

a happy childhood.

We all just have to grow up

and just take responsibility.

Remember during our high school prom,

I asked you go to the moon with me?

Well, shoot, Charlie,

that was just about getting laid.

Well, I'm still going.

We're not done, Charlie.

Is this considered another session?

Have you ever thought

of going into teaching?

What the hell would I teach?

What not to do?

No. Charlie, you could inspire

some young kid to do what you can't.

But I can, and I will, Beth.

I hate to be the one breaking it to you,

but you are not an astronaut.

It didn't happen, and that's okay.

You know,

the military's not for everyone...

...but we all just still love you,

and you didn't fail...

- ...and don't look at it that way.

- Oh, I don't.

- Oh, my God, do you need help.

- Yes, you're right, I do need help.

I need to find Shepard

because I gotta launch in 30 days.

You have to find a way

to channel your anger...

...or else it will manifest itself

into something...

...like, you know, a rocket ship.

Charlie Farmer.

Ms. Graham, I'm here to inspire a kid.

I could use an engineer

such as yourself at the house.

Why don't you get your things,

and let's go.

Excuse me, but we're in the middle

of a history lesson.

I apologize, Ms. Graham, but you're

teaching him how to read history...

...and I'm gonna show him how to make it.

You have a good day, hon.

- Where are we going?

- Home.

Home? Do we see the--?

Where's the house?

I don't see it anywhere.

Well, it's a long ways to home.

Every one of you is now part

of the Farmer space program.

If anyone feels that he or she is not fit

to be in the Farmer space program...

...then you should say your piece now.

Does that mean we don't

have to go to school?

Correct.

But every morning,

we're gonna hold class...

...and study your regular subjects...

...so when you return to school,

you won't be behind.

- Yes, sir.

- Any questions?

- Is that all?

- No, honey, not yet.

How big is it?

- It's big.

- Big?

- So you've seen it?

- Of course I have.

And you think that he'll let me see it?

- Depends.

- Depends? On what?

It's not like I'm gonna go

running all over town, "I've seen it."

I'm telling. You told.

Hey. You and Phyllis been out playing?

What's going on?

Why aren't the children in school?

I'll address your issues after the briefing.

We're not quite finished.

Charles, you need to answer my question.

What's going on?

Oh, hey, Hal. You wanna

be part of the program?

- Sir?

- The space program.

- Charles. Bye, Phyllis.

- You guys are released, okay?

I want you here tomorrow morning

at 0500 sharp, okay?

Now, go back to the house. All right.

They're going back to school tomorrow.

It's five weeks maximum,

and they're back at school, I promise you.

You know that they're never gonna

get the kind of education at school...

...that they can get here.

They don't even teach science

in these schools anymore.

You know what Shepard's science teacher

said to him? I mean, get this.

She said, "Science isn't sexy."

I mean, do you want your girls to grow up

only knowing when Mercury's in retrograde?

- You know?

- What the hell happened to you?

It's five weeks maximum, and then

they're back in school, I promise. Okay?

Unit 4-0 to Central.

Do we know how many entrances

there are to this property?

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