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That's what I do.

Mom.

Are you shitting me?

If you wore the patch,

I wouldn't have to keep

telling people that, would I?

Duncan, I thought you and Peter

should hang out this summer.

Lord knows he brought enough

of his Star Wars dolls.

They're action figures!

And they're classics!

Please.

They lose value if I take

them out of the box.

But we can still have

awesome battles with them.

He needs human contact.

He's having far too many

conversations with those dolls.

No, I'm not!

Should we set up a time for you

two to get together tomorrow?

Um...

I should check with my mom.

Oh. Okay.

Don't stand us up.

We know where you live!

(LAUGHS)

I told you.

Your eye makes people uncomfortable.

You're the worst parent.

That is your father talking.

Did he tell you to say that?

Yeah.

He did?

Yes.

That's terrible.

And I can't fight

this feelin' anymore

Forgotten what

I started fightin' for

It's time to bring

the ship into the shore

And throw away...

(MUSIC PLAYING LOUDLY)

Not doing it.

JOAN:
You put it on.

Fire burns just like me

TRENT:
No, no, no, no.

Help me. No!

JOAN:
Come on!

(SINGING)

No.

Carry a laser down the road

that I must travel

Carry a laser down the

darkness of the night

Carry a laser...

Whoa! Whoa! Are you saying,

"Carry a laser?"

That's what it is.

Why would anybody write a song called,

"Carry A Laser?"

Because they like outer space.

Uh-oh!

You just walked into the wrong room,

stranger.

Who are you?

DUNCAN:
Mom.

This is Duncan, my son.

These are Trent's friends,

Joan and Kip.

Chief, I'm Kip. I'm the one who's

not grinding on you right now.

I'm not grinding on him.

Yes, you are.

Carry a laser down the

road that I must travel

I'll make it worse.

DUNCAN:
Mom, no.

I'm out of here.

Oh, wait.

I made dinner.

Oh, shoot.

I have plans.

Steph, wait,

check out his moves.

Whoo!

Enjoy therapy.

BOTH:
Whoa, whoa, whoa.

See you, Dad.

See you.

(TURNS OFF MUSIC)

(BOTH MOAN)

All right, we did that.

KIP:
Not me.

I could barely watch that.

Buddy, any chance

you were on top of my car?

No.

Okay. 'Cause there

was a dent in the roof.

Big dent.

It popped out.

It's fine.

I was just wondering if you

knew anything about that?

We did have bags

up there, honey.

That's true.

We did. Fair enough.

That was probably it. Right?

Hey, Pam.

You need a hand?

Oh, no. Thank you.

We've got a system going on here.

Yeah! We got

a good team here. Right?

Good team.

Adorable.

Can you pass me something to eat,

sweetie?

No, I can tell you

exactly where I was.

Passed out in the dunes.

That's true!

Yes! Because,

you left me there!

No, wait! Kip wanted

to go out on his boat.

He said you would

be fine by the fire.

Here's what he said! "Yoo, hoo!

You never came back."

No, we didn't.

I came back the next morning.

Yes!

First thing.

And I had to poke her

with a stick to wake her.

(ALL LAUGHING)

You know, I once went to this luau-themed

party. (TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

I'm sorry. No, please.

You were talking...

No, you go.

Tell your story, babe.

No, it's dumb.

Well, now you have to tell it.

I went to this luau and I

passed out in the dunes, too.

That's basically it.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

That's so funny.

No, it's just

a similar thing to...

JOAN:
No, totally.

I have to point out by the way I'm

loading up for the third time.

Thank you.

Bravo.

And I apologize

for this a**hole

springing us on you

at the last minute.

No, not at all. I'm a caterer.

I love cooking for people.

Oh, you cater?

That makes sense.

One of her many talents.

Actually, she has some ideas

for fixing up the place.

Oh, yeah? Are you

gonna fix up the Riptide?

No,

I just mentioned rearranging.

You should. Put your stamp on it.

I'm not set in my ways.

Tell that to Christine.

(CHUCKLING)

"Somebody took my weed."

Okay. I'm sorry.

I have to put my son out of his misery.

You're free to go.

Hey, buddy,

take your plate with you.

We clean up after

ourselves in this house.

JOAN:
Okay, back to my story.

Trent was it last summer that

you and I got stuck on our boat?

That is because this bastard buys

gas three dollars at a time!

(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

BETTY:
Susanna,

close the screen door!

I'm getting eaten

alive by mosquitoes!

I don't like the way you're acting,

young lady!

You wouldn't be this way

if your dad was here!

Hey.

Hey.

Sorry about that.

I didn't...

I don't care.

It's not like we were

using our inside voices.

That's cool.

That's cool.

So, you're a big fan

of REO Speedwagon?

What?

Can't Fight This Feeling?

Oh, no. My mom must

have put that on there.

Oh, and you just got to it

and thought,

"What the hell. I'm going to sing

the sh*t out of it, anyway?"

Something like that.

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

Sucks here, huh?

It's okay.

It sucks.

No. Totally.

It blows.

So much.

It's tough, yeah.

All right.

It feels like it's going

to be a hot summer.

Oh.

I thought we were done.

Oh.

I was just thinking about that earlier.

The hot thing.

And it just came to me again.

So, I said it.

Okay.

Well, if anything else

comes to you again,

I will be inside.

(MUMBLES)

Are you kidding me?

They drank all the beer.

You're not looking

in the right place.

Don't get mad at me, Peter.

I don't know where you're looking!

Forget it!

It's gone!

No, next time you say,

"Look at the seagull,"

you just have to

remember to point!

There goes one there now.

"Look at the seagull, Mother.

"I wanna share it with you.

Isn't it pretty?

"Look at the fence.

Look at me! Look!"

Just point.

Here I go

Out the door

(SHRIEKING)

I don't need no more

Here I stand

I got your hand

There's no need to know

Which way to go

It's her versus him

It's us against them

You sink or swim

Or you're swallowed

You bleed till you're bled

You feed till you're fed

You lead or you're led...

MAN:
Lemonade?

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

(VIDEO GAME BEEPING)

Do you mind

standing to the side?

I'm getting your reflection

in the screen.

Sorry.

I wouldn't normally care,

but I'm having the game of my life.

I'm on the cherry level.

But that's the first level.

Yeah, and I got one man left.

So, like I said, it's the game of my life.

You like Pac Man?

What?

It's a classic!

Not into all the bells

and whistles, my man.

Too much going on.

See, my mistake is

that I get greedy.

Going for all

the ghosts and fruits

instead of just

clearing pellets.

You know, there's a pattern.

Right?

Oh, don't tell me

you're one of those guys.

Takes all the challenge out of it.

Anybody can learn a pattern.

Owen, we gotta go!

Come on.

Lunch hour's over.

Well, so much for the game

of my life.

But you still have

one more man left.

No, I've yet to

see the second board.

Gives me something

to look forward to.

The board's always the same.

Well, there's that.

Thank you. Now, I can die.

Here. Get in here.

No, I...

Come on, come on.

But, listen,

it's still my quarter.

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