You Can Count On Me Page #5

Which is, as far as I'm concerned

the only way she can help you...

is by her example

By trying to be a model for you

In the way she lives her life

And that doesn't mean she's supposed to be

a saint, either if that's what you're smiling abou

I didn't realize I was smiling

You know, Terry, a lot of people come to

see me with all kinds of problems

Drugs, alcohol, marital problems

sexual problems

Good job you have, man

Well... I like it

Because even in this little town, I really feel li

what I do is very connected with

the real center of people's lives

I'm not saying I'm always Mr Effective...

but I don't feel like my life is off

to the side of what's important

I don't feel that my happiness and comfort

are based on closing my eyes to trouble...

within myself or trouble in other people

I don't feel like a negligible little scrap...

floating around in some kind of empty void

With no sense of connected-ness to anything...

around me except by virtue of whatever little

philosophies I can scrape together on my own

Well...

Can I ask you, Terry... do you think

your life is important?

You mean, like, me personally?

My individual life?

Yeah

I'm not really sure, what do you mean?

It's important to me, I guess

And like, to my... you know

the people who care about me

But do you think it's important?

I...

Do you think it's important in the scheme

of things?

Not just because it's yours

or because you're somebody's brother

Because I really don't get

the impression that you do

Well I particularly don't think anybody's life

has any particular importance besides whatever

you know, like whatever we arbitrarily give it

Which is fine. I mean, you know

we might as well

I think my life is as important as anybody else

I don't know... A lot of what you're saying

has real appeal to me

A lot of the stuff they told us when we

were kids

But I don't want to believe or not believe

in something because I might feel bad

I want to believe in it and not believe in it

because I think it's true or not

Yeha, I want to think my life is important

That it's connected to something important

Well isn't there any way for you to believe

that without calling it God or

religion or whatever term it is that you

object to?

Yeah, I believe that

So Sammy, what example

are you setting for us tonight?

What time are we getting up to go fishing?

We're not going fishing

What do you mean?

Why not?

I think you should go fishing with Father Ron

I don't want to go fishing with Father Ron

Well, I'm not gonna take you

I'll take you sweetie

I realize that you're mad at me...

I'm not mad at you

but he didn't do anything to you

And you cannot promise a little boy

that you're gonna...

I just, you know, after all that

religions conversation, I realize...

it's probably not so good for him to be

spending so much time with someone...

who doesn't believe that his life is important

in the scheme of things

Would you please...

I'm serious

Listen. I am sure if you put your mind to it...

you can think of some other way

of getting back at me besides this

So would you please just give it some thought

and take him fishing tomorrow?

I would, Sammy, but I really don't think

it's good for him

You suck

You know my wife, Nancy

Yes, hello

Nice to see you

Father, nice sermon

Anyway, I don't know what the churches...

specific position is on fornication

and adultery these days

But I felt really hypocritical not saying

anything to you about it before, so...

what is the official position these days?

Well... lt's a sin

Good. I think it should be

But we try not to focus on that aspect

of it, too much, right off the bat

Why not?

Well I think you should

Maybe it was better when you came in here

and they screamed at you for having sex

with your married boss

They told you what a terrible thing it was

They were really mean to you

Maybe it'd be better if you told me

I was endangering my immortal soul

And that if I don't quit...

I'm going to burn in hell

Don't you ever think that?

Umm... no

Well it would be a lot better than all this...

why do you think you're in this situation...

psychological bullshit you hear all the time

Well, why do you think you're in this situation?

With which one?

All of them?

I feel sorry for them

Isn't that ridiculous?

I've never been so bored in my whole life

We should have been here around 7 or 8 AM

What time is it now?

Was my father a good fisherman?

Yeah, he was good at all that stuff

He knew every

thing about the woods

everything about hunting

everything about fishing, everything about cars

If he wasn't such a pain in the ass

he would've been a lot of fun to be around

Maybe he's nice now?

I doubt it

Well, I think he is

How would you know?

Did you ever meet him?

No

Were you ever curious about meeting him?

I guess so

He lives near here

I thought he lived in Alaska

No... I lived in Alaska

He lives in Auburn, as far as I know

We could look him up in the phone book

Wanna try it?

Alright

But, Rudy...

I'm sure I don't have to tell you this

But I'm not kidding, man

Don't tell your mother

Can I get you something?

Hey, you want to go for a walk? Or a drive

it's really nice out

No, I'm not going to stay long

Bob, I don't wanna get married

Okay

I've been thinking about it fo a while...

and if you had asked me last year

I'm sure I would have said yes

Oh, thank you

But I'm not sure it would have been

an good idea then either

I've been going through a really hard time lately

I think that getting engaged to you or

anybody else

would probably be the stupidest

most self destructive thing I could possibly do

Okay

And I really think you need to grow up

Well how about we fix

my personality some other time?

Okay

I really hope we can still be friends

Oh yes, me too...

Bob...

Bob... l...

I don't know... Sammy, I love you, I really...

I love you

I love you too

Oh sh*t, I got to go! I'm sorry

What? Where do you have to go?

I have to get Mabel her car

Now?

I don't understand, how are we leaving things?

I don't know. Call me later

This is incredible

That is not what I mean

Maybe we should call first?

Well we're right here

Come on

There he is

His last name is Kolinsky?

Yeah

Go ahead, knock

Yes?

Hi, we're looking for Rudy

Who should I say is calling?

An old friend

Who is it!

He says, an old friend!

How old is he?

Hey!

Hey, Rudy

Hey

Hi, I'm Terry

Hello

This is Rudy

You don't say

Rudy, meet Rudy

I'll just be in the kitchen

Nice meeting you

Okay if we come in for a minute?

What the hell are you doing?

What do you mean, what am I doing?

Could you back away from the door please?

We just wanna come in...

Back away from the door please?

What are you doing here?

Just wanted the kid to see you, man

Well now he saw me

Now you saw me, alright?

Now, do you mind?

Man you are really...

I'm trying to be polite, alright

So just take off, okay, just take off

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes