The Best of Me

All hands on deck.

Be advised.

All good. All good.

How'd you pull that off, Cole'?

Just a roughneck who got lucky.

I see that.

Hey, Mom. What are you doing?

Thinking. Avoiding the dishes...

- Nice out.

- Ifs beautiful.

Yeah, it is.

How are you doing?

Just thinking about next fall.

About leaving.

What's gonna happen to me.

Just the rest of my life. No big deal.

You know, there are whole civilizations

that used to believe

they could see their destiny

in the stars.

You feel that kick?

Mom, are you OK'?

Man that ramp!

Blowout preventer!

Hit the blowout preventer!

Hey, buddy! Hey, come here.

We're gonna get you out of here.

Hey! Hey!

Get him up the deck.

Go!

That's an...

You're the company's

hero, Mr. Cole.

Those two men you saved

are gonna bejust fine.

If your vitals stay stable,

you can go home tonight.

It's incredible. You were in the

water almost four hours.

No evidence of hypothermia.

The fall alone should have killed you.

It's a miracle

that you're alive, Mr. Cole.

There's just no other

word for it.

Is there anyone we can call

to come get you or...?

Uh, no. l'm good.

When I was young,

I looked for a shape to things.

A reason or a design.

So much of what happened to me,

though, felt like an accident.

So I guess I lost faith

in all that.

When I survived my fall,

I began to wonder

if there wasn't some purpose to

my life.

Maybe I was on a

destined path...

maven if I couldn't

see it yet.

G0, go, go, go, go!

You're looking good

in there, Michael Phelps.

Hey, hey, have you

decided on a major yet?

- Not really.

- He's thinking about finance.

- What?

- I didn't say anything.

Look, it's tough out there

and it's getting tougher.

Finance makes the most sense.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, grab me a Bud?

- Yeah.

All I said was he's thinking

about it.

Here.

You know, Pop, honestly the only thing

l'm thinking about is the beach

and what girls on the beach will

or will not be wearing this summer.

- Reynolds' residence.

- MAN." Amanda Collier, please.

Amanda Reynolds now,

but Amanda Collier.

Yeah, you found her.

Amanda,

my name is Morgan Dupree

and I'm the estate attorney

for Tuck Hostetler.

Oh, God.

- Hello?

- Dawson Cole, please.

Yeah, this is he.

My name is Morgan Dupree.

I'm the estate attorney

for Tuck Hostetler.

I'm afraid I have some bad news.

Mr. Hostetler died

in his sleep last night.

He was 92.

Look, I'm sorry about

your friend. I really am.

But we've got stuff

going on here.

I got to be at Tulane on Saturday

for the Sigma Nu thing.

Monday night we've got the dinner

with the guy from Chase and his wife.

Next time someone I know dies,

I'll call your secretary first.

L'm sorry.

Yeah.

Amanda?

Dawson'?

Hey, Amanda.

Hi.

Man, l'm sorry l'm all

messed up.

How did you find out'?

I got a call from a lawyer.

Something in Tuck's will.

I'm supposed to meet

with him tomorrow.

- 10:
00am'?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, me too.

- Oh.

It's been a longtime.

Twenty years.

Well, 21, but I mean,

who's counting?

You look amazing.

I gotta go. I'm late.

Meeting my mom.

l'm gonna meet her.

- Oh, all right.

- At her house.

Yeah.

- Good to see you.

- Yeah, you too.

- L'll see you tomorrow.

- Tomorrow?

- Yeah, the lawyer.

- The lawyer.

It's 10:
00am.

That's right. OK.

"All I Want")

Hey, Dawson.

Hey, Dawson?

- Foods here.

- Thanks, April.

- How you feeling?

- She was throwing up a lot.

But l'm not now, so that's good.

- She's so preity.

- She sure is.

You OK'?

It's going to be tough, but...

her parents are really good to us.

They don't judge us.

Theyjust want a Bible name

for the kid.

What do you

think about Aaron?

I think it's better than Moses.

I know it's crazy

and we're young, but...

the other day when I felt

that little heartbeat...

I don't know. It made

me feel happy.

That's good, Bobby.

Thafs real good.

It wouldjust start I think...

But it's not...

Just try again.

Try again.

- l'm sorry. Tell them l'm sorry.

- April, it's fine, OK?

Put it in neutral. We'll push you

out of the way. Come on, Bobby.

What's the matter?

You forget how to drive'?

Your dad take your

leamefs permit?

Come on! Move your car!

You guys wanna get out

and help us push

or you just gonna sit there

and keep honking?

- It won't happen again.

- Yeah, sorry.

Thank you. Ma'am.

- Hey, we could be friends.

- What? Let's go!

Will you boys grow HP!

Where are you going?

Over to the right, April.

Hi.

All right. Good.

OK.

- Should I call a tow truck'?

- No, it's all right. I got it.

L'm sorry about my friends.

They tn/ to be funny but only

succeed at being idiots.

- Amanda, let's go.

- Yeah, come on, let's get out of here.

- OK!

- Come on!

- Amanda.

- Seriously.

It's all right.

You don't have to wait around.

Oh. OK.

- Thanks for your help.

- Yeah. Anytime.

Amanda! You're wasting

your time.

Thank you.

Later!

I don't want you

to take this the wrong way

'cause you're my cousin and I

love you, but you are a jackass.

Did you not see the beautiful girl who

just pushed a car to try to talk to you?

She was being nice, all right'?

She's nice.

- Yeah, she is. She's also hot.

- She is hot.

Start her up.

She'll be fine now.

- Thanks, Dawson.

- Go on. It's all right.

See you later.

I turn the key and

nothing happens.

What do you think?

Karmic payback for being

party to the honking'?

I think the universe

dispenses swift justice.

He speaks.

He's sort of funny.

- Hey, Amanda.

- Hey.

- Try it now.

- OK.

Thank you.

Your battery got disconnected.

It's not major. It happens.

All right.

Are you actually

about to say something else?

My cousin thinks you were trying

to talk to me the other day.

I was.

- He thinks I blew it.

- You did.

You don't know how to flirt,

do you?

Guess not.

Well, what are you gonna do

about it?

OK. This isn't working.

OK, l'll tell you what. Uh...

I want you to think about it

and, uh...

...meet me at Squeals

Saturday night at 6:00... maybe?

- Is that a yes?

- Yeah.

OK. Maybe you'll figure out

how to flirt with me by then.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

"Into Your Arms")

J' I know a place

where I can go J'

J' When I'm alone J'

J' Into your arms

Whoa into your arms I can go J'

J' I know a place

that's safe and warm J'

J' Into your arms

Whoa into your arms J'

Ilcan go... J'

Where you runnin' off to,

Dawson?

I expect you to say hello.

Hello.

- You're cute.

- He is cute.

Looks like his daddy.

Come on in here. Sit down. Lefs play

a hand of cards or something.

No, I'm... I got stuff to do.

I got homework.

He thinks he's smarter than us.

Abee, why don't you take that stupid

goddamn hat off in the house.

- Yes, sir.

- Is that true?

- You think you're smarter than us'?

- No, sir.

- You too good for this family?

- No, sir.

Thafs good.

'Cause this is where you belong.

Here.

Why don't you go out back

and tune up the Merc.

We got a delivery upriver tomorrow

night and you're going with us.

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