"IRV:" "The winds of change." "Sometimes they're a gentle breeze, a welcome relief." "Sometimes a brief gust quickly forgotten." "But other times, they blow in like a foul and devastating gale blazing a path of destruction which leaves us holding on for dear life." "Mm, something sure smells good." "Doesn't it, guys?" "HammerhiII specialty." "My children loved it, my grandchildren love it." "[MUTTERING] What about your great-great-grandchiIdren?" "What is it?" "Tuna surprise." "What's the surprise?" "well, if I told you, then it wouldn't be a surprise." "Is this really the best you could do?" "I wasn't given much notice, was I?" "[HAMMERHILL SIGHS]" "Oh, no, no, no." "I always get to chop." "Not on my watch." "Knives and children don't mix." "You can toss the salad." "Madison let me chop." "I know, sweetie, but Mrs. HammerhiII has different rules." "And since Madison isn't coming anymore" "It's not my fault Madison's not coming." "AND Y:" "della." "No, it's fine." "She's right." "HAMMERHILL:" "The casserole will be done in precisely 1 0 minutes." "And I'II see you tomorrow." "would you care to join us?" "Oh, thank you, doctor, but I don't dine with my charges." "Charges?" "Mm-hm." "Oh, we're really not that formal around here." "That's readily apparent but I prefer to keep things on the up and up just the same." "I'II meet you at the bus stop tomorrow." "You don't have to." "It's one block." "I can walk myself." "HAMMERHILL:" "Perhaps when I was a girl." "But nowadays, it's not worth the risk." "You know, I really don't think that that's" "Now, nine more minutes on the casserole." "I'II see you tomorrow." "AND Y:" "Night, Mrs. HammerhiII." "well at Ieast we don't have to worry about Ephram dating her." "AND Y:" "I mean, I don't know how much more I can take." "I can't eat." "I can't sleep." "I hate to rain on your parade, but you are not the one who just broke up." "Hey, I wish it was me." "Me, I couId handle." "Knock back a bottle of GIenIivet and call it a night." "You can't drown your kids in alcohol to get them through a breakup." "Can you?" "NINA:" "He'II be all right." "Just, you know, stay out of his way sneak a few extra boxes of kleenex into his room for the Iate-night crying jags." "Yeah, well, enjoy these years while you can because when Sam starts dating, it's a whole new level of pain." "[DOORBELL CHIMES]" "NINA:" "Hey, Dr. Abbott." "Nina." "I trust my order is ready." "NINA:" "Right here." "HARRY:" "Thank you." "So is that what happens when you two see each other on the playground?" "He could've said hello just as easily." "Uh-huh." "I know why he's pissed at you but what's your excuse?" "I'm pissed at him because he's pissed at me." "And who's a teenager in your house again?" "Look, I know that you both think you're standing on principles here but enough is enough." "The two of you are happiest when you have each other to kick around, so step up be the bigger man and apologize again." "apologize again and let's get things back to normal." "Forget it." "I did the right thing." "I know it and harold knows it." "Amy is his daughter." "Look, I apologized to him for hurting his feelings." "But I am not going to apologize for doing what any doctor would have done under those circumstances." "If he doesn't wanna be friends, that's fine with me." "It's not Iike I'm missing anything." "You know that whole "out of sight, out of mind" thing?" "That's total BS." "Some hallmark guy must've come up with that because my mind is on Madison." "Who's she with?" "What's she doing?" "I think about her now more than I ever did." "really?" "I hadn't noticed." "I'm considering shock therapy." "MARSDEN:" "Hey, Bright." "I'm in, man." "I'm playing ball at USC next year, baby." "Oh, way to go, Mars." "Yeah." "Go, Trojans." "Awesome, dude." "Thanks, man." "Beaches, babes, hollywood." "Dude, that is great." "congratulations, man." "Hey, thanks." "Look, I gotta go tell Murph." "Did you apply there?" "No." "I'm starting to get my letters back though." "I'm two for four." "really?" "That's great." "Two rejections out of four." "Oh." "Why didn't you say anything?" "Uh, it's not something you wanna brag about, but it's cool." "I mean, I'm, uh, waiting for Notre Dame." "That's the goal." "That's like the Ivy League of football, right?" "See, I'm absorbing." "Yeah, it's kind of a pipe dream, though." "I mean, I'II have to go for a waIk-on slot." "Kind of hard to get recruited when they don't let you play your senior year." "But it's cool." "I mean, BeeIs thinks even without bail, I got a shot." "Yeah, definitely." "Marsden's the dumbest kid in school and he got into USC." "Let me rephrase." "BRIGHT:" "Oh, no, it's cool, man." "I hear you." "Whatever." "I'm not even gonna go to college, I don't" "I mean, college just means more college girls and I've had enough trouble with them for a little while." "Do you think she thinks about me?" "She's probably completely over it." "Whatever." "I don't care." "Right." "please, just one game?" "It's called "Spit." I'II teach you." "I don't much care for that word, young lady, and regardless, I don't play games." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "Madison always played after I finished my homework." "I'm sorry." "I'm not interested in the previous doings of this Madison woman." "I'II play Spit with you." "I don't wanna play with you, Iike, ever." "HAMMERHILL:" "volume, DeIiIah." "volume." "Young man, where are you going?" "[DOOR CLOSES]" "hello, Bright?" "Rose." "BRIGHT:" "Come on, Dad." "Respect the TV." "What is it, harold?" "HARRY:" "It's here." "mail from Notre Dame." "ANNOUNCER [ON TV] :" "An incredible shot." "Why, don't make that face, honey." "You haven't opened it yet." "Skinny envelope." "When they accept you, they send a big one." "You don't know that." "HARRY:" "It could be an acknowledgment." "Maybe they need additional information." "Perhaps they're inviting you for an interview." "Maybe I got wait-Iisted." "It gives me a shot." "Yeah, absolutely." "Oh, open it, Bright." "[PAPER RIPPING]" "That's fine." "Right?" "We knew this was a possibility." "Not the end of the world." "No, just the end of Notre Dame." "HARRY:" "That isn't true." "Come on, Bright." "There are plenty of options." "You go to your safety school for the first two years, then transfer in." "At the end, you'II still say that you graduated from Notre Dame." "You'II still be a Fighting Irishman." "Big picture." "You'II get there." "One way or the other." "BRIGHT:" "Yeah." "Maybe I'II dig AM so much, I won't even wanna transfer." "Yeah, that's right." "Forget the Irish, they had their shot." "Here." "well, we knew Notre Dame would be tough." "Oh, I was expecting this." "fully prepared for it, in fact." "I just wasn't prepared to see him like that." "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" "Ephram, what are you doing here?" "Um, I'm sorry." "I should've called first." "Oh, man, I didn't think that we'd be doing this part already." "Whoa, what part?" "Is there a part?" "God, I'm sorry." "I just" "I don't think I can do this yet." "It's too soon." "What are you talking about?" "I" " Too soon for what?" "You're here to try to get back together with me, aren't you?" "No." "I mean, is that something that I should be trying to do?" "[SCOFFS]" "No." "Okay, because that's not what" " I was not-- I was here for something else." "I'm confused." "It's della." "What's wrong with della?" "Nothing." "I mean, everything." "She's totally freaking out." "She hates me." "She hates everybody." "You need to come back to work." "What?" "No." "I can't, okay?" "We talked about this." "della and I talked about this." "Yeah, well, it didn't take." "She's stuck with Mrs. Doubtfire's evil twin." "I'm telling you, the woman is brutal." "She can't be that bad." "She won't let della chop." "She loves to chop." "That's what I'm saying." "This whole situation, it sucks." "But it's not fair to della if you can't be there because of me." "I mean, I can handle it." "Maybe you can but I don't know if I can." "It's hard enough not thinking about you as it is." "But then to be with you, and not" "Wait, wait, wait." "Wait, you think about me?" "Look we're the adults here, right?" "I mean, relatively speaking, of course." "I mean, why--?" "We should be able to get over this so that della doesn't end up stabbing the old bat with a knitting needle." "Stabbing, huh?" "She'd end up doing hard time for that." "Oh, yeah." "I'm worried about her." "She's got her whole life ahead of her." "Yeah, I'm thinking prison intervention here." "Okay, if I come back, it's only on a trial basis." "Yeah, of course." "And it's for work." "For della." "If it gets weird, that's it." "I'm out." "Yeah, no weirdness, just for work." "Okay." "AII right." "[SIGHS]" "LINDA:" "And inhale, two, three, four, five." "hold it." "And exhale, two, three, four, five." "Good." "Now take one last deep breath." "exhale through your nose." "Two, three." "Good." "So how do you feel?" "Very relaxed." "I thought I had a handle on the breathing thing but apparently not." "Who knew there was so much to it?" "[CHUCKLES]" "well, you seem good, Amy." "Your appetite's been stable, blood pressure, heart rate." "How are things at home?" "They're okay, I guess." "Different." "well, I'm glad to hear it because I think it's time that we lowered your zoloft dosage." "What's the next one?" "Nothing." "When you finish the bottle that you're taking, you're done." "But I only have about four or five pills left." "Um, that's not even enough for a week." "Is--?" "I know, because we've already tapered down your dosage from the original a few weeks ago." "And I consulted with your father and based on your chart and how you're doing I think it's time to stop." "I don't know." "I guess I've never thought about going off them." "I just" " I" "I mean, I knew I'd have to eventually, but...." "[AMY SIGHS]" "You really think I'm ready?" "I do." "We'II keep meeting and I want you to keep up the relaxation techniques we've been working on." "And I wish you'd try yoga again if you could stop giggling." "I'II try." "Thanks, Aunt Linda." "You're welcome." "It's gonna be good, okay?" "Okay." "I'II see you later." "Okay." "salad's ready." "EPHRAM:" "table's ready." "And I am ready to eat." "Or not." "What's going on here?" "Ephram fired Mrs. Hammerhead." "He fired" "Hi, Dr. Brown." "Wait a minute." "When?" "How?" "Uh, over the phone." "This morning." "It actually went pretty smoothly." "I've had experience letting sitters go before." "If you recall." "No, but don't worry." "Everything is cool." "We talked about it and it's fine." "She's gonna do her job, I'm gonna do mine." "We're gonna maintain a strictly professional relationship." "So everybody will be happy." "I'm not happy." "well, you will be." "So I'm gonna go wash my hands." "call me when dinner's ready." "I'm sorry, I thought he talked to you." "You know what, Madison in this situation, there is a very fine line between maturity and stupidity and I'm not sure which side of that line you two are on now." "I know." "At first, it seemed crazy to me too." "But he genuinely felt bad about:" "And the new woman just sounded so awful." "No offense, it just didn't seem fair." "Yes, and I certainly appreciate all the concern for- -that situation." "I don't want somebody using that situation to effect change for some other situation." "If you know what I mean." "If you two are trying to get back together" "No, we're not." "honestly, I am here for della." "I think it'II be okay." "DELIA:" "Dad, look." "Madison let me make JeII-O that looks like a brain." "Isn't it gross?" "Yes, honey." "It's very gross." "[AND Y SIGHS]" "Thank you." "[ROSE SIGHS]" "Mac and cheese." "Bright must have done something good." "Ha, ha." "AII this fuss over carbs and cholesterol." "I say, "So what?"" "I couId help." "I'd Iike that." "Why don't you turn that up a little?" "It's always best to" "Heat the milk first, I remember." "I am hoping that this is going to cheer your brother up a bit." "If gobs of butter and cheese won't do the trick, I don't know what will." "Is, um, Bright still bummed about Notre Dame?" "Mm-hm." "He won't admit it, but yeah, I believe so." "He worked so hard to get his grades up." "I think he really believed they wouldn't look at his previous scores." "Yeah, and of course, that, uh suspension didn't help matters any." "Anyways, it's just so hard." "I remember when I was his age." "You'II be there next year." "It's nerve-wracking, it really is." "Waiting every day for the mail." "Your entire future seems tied to the mailman's schedule." "Your life summed up in one particuIar-sized envelope." "It's awful." "Oh, my Lord." "How high did you turn it?" "AMY:" "Oh, too high, I guess." "What a mess." "[BOTH LAUGHING]" "Oh, I missed you so much." "And this goes straight in the washer." "DELIA:" "Ooh, ooh, no, no." "Hey." "Hey." "We're playing Speed Spit." "Wanna play?" "Uh, no, uh, I'm-- You guys just keep playing." "I'm fine." "You can practice." "If that's what you were gonna do." "We can go in the other room." "No." "Uh, no, I'm just" " You guys stay here." "I mean, this is definitely the best room for Speed Spitting." "Um, so, um I'II just" " Do you guys want a snack or, um, you know, refreshments or anything?" "Why are you being so nice?" "MADISON:" "He can't help himself." "He's just that nice a guy." "[SIGHS]" "Um, I'm actuaIIy" "I gotta go to the, uh, library, so...." "[CLEARS THRO AT]" "[DOOR OPENS]" "I don't understand." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "Understand what, sweetie?" "well, if he's sad and you're sad then why don't you guys just get back together and be happy again?" "It's a little bit more complicated than that." "[CAR ENGINE REVS]" "Is it because he's a kid and you're not?" "It's not that." "It's just we're in different places in our lives right now, that's all." "But you're both here." "I'II be right back." "You know, of all the bad ideas I've had and there have been many, this one is definitely the worst." "I didn't think it was possible to think about her more than I did." "Guess what." "Having her around all the time actually ups the thinking quotient." "Like I'm going crazy, Iike that guy in A Beautiful Mind." "will you shut up?" "!" "For five minutes, please?" "I've had to listen to you whine about this crap for a week now." "God, I am so sick of it." "What's your problem?" "My whole life is faIIing apart." "That's my problem." "I'm thinking of working at 7-EIeven the rest of my Iife." "AII you do, you moan about some stupid chick." "Dude, you got dumped." "Get over it." "What's with the 7-EIeven?" "I didn't get into Notre Dame." "I'm sorry." "Did they say why or anything?" "No." "They're nice enough to not put "you're too stupid" in the letter." "So...." "Like it matters, whatever." "Big shock." "Bright Abbott, not South Bend material." "Boo-hoo." "But you know what?" "I would've been if those jerk-offs let me play ball this year." "relax." "It's not that bad." "It is that bad, dude." "Don't you see?" "I am out of choices." "My last shot is AM." "They don't even have a decent football team." "You know?" "Then I get to work my ass off for another two years and have the same no-Iife that I had this year?" "My whole life is gonna suck after high school." "Hey, Bright." "Just go home, dude." "Hey." "You're giving me pudding?" "EPHRAM:" "Snack Pack." "It's vanilla and chocolate so you can blend at your own convenience." "cool." "Thanks." "[EPHRAM SIGHS]" "Look, you're right." "I, uh-- I've been all about me lately." "Kind of crappy at the listening." "No, it's cool, man." "Doesn't matter anyways since I decided not to go to college." "What?" "Why?" "well, it's a pretty easy decision really, seeing as though I didn't get in anywhere, including AM." "Oh, man, I'm sorry." "Ah, it's cool." "I mean, I'II figure something out, you know." "Maybe do the military thing." "Shave my head, shoot some stuff." "Wait, so you're just gonna give up on school just because of this?" "well, it's not exactly up to me." "They said, "No, thank you." It's done." "No, it's not done." "There's stuff you can do." "Oh, Iike what?" "Like the guy who signed this letter?" "Go find him, talk to him, change his mind." "I don't think it works like that." "It does if you make it." "colorado AM is, what, two hours away?" "probably less." "Go find this Dr. Edward BerdeII." "tell him how much you want it." "If there's one thing you can do, it's talk." "I do talk pretty good, don't I?" "But still I'm" "But nothing." "Remember that time we were at sai's?" "We didn't have enough money to pay, because you spent it on Big League Chew?" "I thought we were gonna be there all night washing dishes, but you got us out." "By the time we left, the guy was offering you a job." "Nobody could've done that but you." "That was pretty hot, right?" "[BELL RINGS]" "It was awesome, Iike you had this mind-controI device, except it wasn't." "It was just you." "And that, my friend, is a gift." "The fact is, you're better in person than on paper." "I am, aren't I?" "Better." "They looked at your application flipped through it with a couple thousand other ones and moved on." "Go back there and make them take a second look." "AII right?" "Don't take no for an answer." "slow down and tell me what's wrong." "I can't do it." "I can't." "I thought I couId and I wanted to but I'm not ready." "It's not gonna happen." "It's too soon." "Oh, you're talking about quitting your zoloft." "Maybe if we just give it another month so I can settle in a bit, get my bearings." "What prompted this, Amy?" "Did something happen?" "[SIGHS]" "My mom hugged me." "And that's a bad thing?" "You don't understand." "She hugged me because she was so happy that I was home and that everything was back to normal." "But it's not, really." "I mean, I'm faking this and I can do that now because I have the pills." "But what if I go off the pills and I can't fake it anymore?" "And I become the same person that I was before?" "I can't do it." "So you're worried about your family?" "I just don't wanna put them through what I put them through before." "[AMY SIGHS]" "I can't risk messing things up, having everybody disappointed in me again." "I mean, what if I get depressed again or worse?" "[LINDA CHUCKLES]" "Come here." "Sit." "Listen to me." "You will get depressed again and you'II be sad sometimes." "probably more than you'd Iike, if your life is anything like most people's." "And you'II yell and you'II cry a little." "But you'II get past it." "I mean, that's how life works." "I know." "And I wanna get back to being that person eventually." "But for now, I would rather just fake it a little." "You know, be a little better than me." "You know, keep everybody happy because I might not deserve it but they do." "please." "Just one more month." "Don't make me go off of them yet." "AII right, I'm not gonna make you do anything that you're not ready to do so, um, we'II keep you where you were for another month and then we'II take it from there, okay?" "Okay." "[SIGHS]" "Thank you." "EPHRAM:" "Wow." "You know, if Martha goes to jail, you could definitely take over her empire." "Oh, yeah?" "You'd have to Iearn how to make a wreath out of pine cones and leftover meatloaf." "AND Y:" "Is it soup yet?" "DELIA:" "It's meat." "It's never gonna be soup." "unless it's stew." "Oh, sorry." "I thought I turned that off." "[PHONE RINGING]" "Hey." "Yeah, I got the change." "I can't talk now." "I'II call you later." "Bye." "Jay?" "Just band stuff." "Sorry." "That didn't take you too long." "Excuse me?" "Nothing." "Forget it." "It was about practice tomorrow." "Whatever." "How could you think that--?" "Who else wants salad?" "Ephram?" "No." "actually, I think I'm gonna take off." "But dinner's already done." "MADISON:" "It's okay." "I'II go." "You should stay, invite Jay." "You guys could all have a good time hanging out." "AII right, that's enough, okay?" "This doesn't seem to be the business agreement that you two had talked about." "No, it's fine." "No, it's not fine." "You can't even see fine from here." "It was a very nice effort on everyone's part." "It has become very clear to me that we need to re-evaIuate this agreement." "EPHRAM  DELIA:" "No, we don't." "Yes, we do." "I'm sorry if I have to put my foot down but I should have done this six months ago." "I knew how this was gonna end back then." "I told you both." "I wish someone had listened to me." "What do you mean "someone"?" "Did you talk to Madison behind my back?" "No, I didn't talk to her about you." "I talked about the two of you." "told her my concerns." "told her we wouldn't work out." "I wanted her to fully appreciate what she was getting into." "The possible repercussions." "Repercussions?" "It's not what you think." "You never told me?" "I can't believe you." "You're making a bigger deal than it was." "What could be a bigger deal than my girlfriend and my dad talking about me behind my back like I'm some kind of child?" "How could you do that to me?" "Both of you?" "[DOOR OPENS]" "[DOOR CLOSES]" "Can I have the carrots?" "wonderful meal, Rose." "Ahem, so, uh, I need a note to get out of class tomorrow." "Why?" "Is something wrong?" "BRIGHT:" "No." "I have an appointment in colorado Springs I gotta drive to." "What kind of appointment in colorado Springs requires your attention?" "colorado AM." "well, honey, that's wonderful." "I didn't get in." "When did you hear?" "Yesterday." "I didn't wanna give you guys any more bad news." "But it's cool because I'm gonna go down there and I'm gonna change their minds." "well, I don't think that that's a good idea, Bright." "I mean, no." "Once they make their decision, it's nearly impossible to reverse it." "We'II come up with a new plan." "I have a plan." "It's a good one." "I mean, I have an appointment with the guy that sent me the letter." "And I applaud your tenacity but it simpIy-- It doesn't work this way." "I don't care how it works." "This is my only shot." "well, listen to me, I'm not going to allow you to drive all the way out there on a lark." "Now let's be rational and discuss a better strategy here." "Let me guess, one that you come up with?" "Bright." "What?" "It's like we're right back to where we were at the beginning of the year." "You were so sure I couldn't raise my GPA but I did, didn't I?" "AII A's and B's last semester." "Didn't see that coming." "Hey, even better than Amy." "You didn't think that would happen but it did." "I just wanna know why, for once in my Iife you can't support me for something that I wanna do." "I do support you." "I can't understand why you would put yourself through this." "Because I have no other choice is why." "well, yes, you do." "You can attend classes at ECC next year, find yourself a job nearby." "Your mother and I want you close anyway." "That's not what I want." "It's for a year, not the end of the world." "Yes, it is the end of the world." "Heaven's sake, how much more rejection can you stand?" "I don't know, Dad." "How much more you got?" "Fine." "Okay, last time." "Six times eight is...?" "Forty-eight." "[IN UNISON] Ain't that great?" "It was a pretty bad fight tonight." "I've seen worse." "But, yeah." "It was pretty bad." "I'm sorry it happened in front of you Iike that." "You should know that sometimes people say things they don't mean when they're upset." "We don't." "You know, Brittany thinks she's my best friend but she's not really." "You are." "And you're mine." "You know I Iove you, girly girl." "I Iove you too." "But" "What is it, sweetie?" "It's just that I Iove Ephram too." "And since he's my brother and we're related and everything I have to love him more." "I understand." "And I think that when you're here, it makes him sad." "And not just normal sad." "really, really sad." "Yeah." "I don't wanna see him that sad anymore so I'm gonna have to let you go, Madison." "[SNIFFS]" "Okay." "BARTENDER:" "What can I get you, doc?" "Scotch, neat." "BARTENDER:" "You got it." "Okay, Iet me guess." "It's not a major holiday, so the in-Iaws aren't in town." "Uh, it's too late to be coming straight from the office so I'm gonna go with "parenthood sucks" for 1 000." "cancel that." "Oh, are we still doing this?" "Come on." "Don't go." "You're here for a reason." "Why don't you let me tell you how bad I screwed up with Ephram." "It'II cheer you up." "And not only will you be able to mock my stupidity but you'II probably say something very wise which I can use with Ephram, pretend it was my idea." "It's win-win." "Keep it." "BARTENDER:" "Thanks." "I really need your help here, harold." "Just stay a while, please?" "I thought I made myself clear earlier, but it seems as though you've missed the point." "So listen closely because I will not repeat myself again." "You and I are no Ionger associated." "AII right, you want me to apologize again?" "Okay." "I am sorry." "You really don't get it, do you?" "No." "I don't." "This is what we do." "We joke, we torment, we argue." "It's the only exercise we get." "We've disagreed about cases before and we will again." "This was not a disagreement over medical care, over some case." "This was my daughter." "harold, my obligation was to my patient." "I understand you had a choice to make, Andy." "please respect that I have made one as well." "AMY:" "I called it in yesterday." "It should be ready." "Let me check." "Thanks." "Amy?" "Mrs. Hart, hi." "How are you?" "Fine." "And you?" "How's school?" "Um, it's going better." "I still have to call Laynie." "I haven't talked to her since we had that fight." "Oh, you and Laynie had a fight?" "Yeah." "She didn't tell you about it?" "Maybe." "I don't remember." "I've just been so busy lately." "You know, with the store and Jim." "She probably never mentioned it." "[SIGHS]" "You know, she likes to keep to herself." "She's a real independent girl." "Here you go, Amy, all set." "Thank you." "Hi, Randy." "Three guesses." "Me and my paxil are keeping Randy in business, aren't we?" "[SHARON CHUCKLES]" "[SHARON SIGHS]" "well, I gotta go, but it was nice to see you, Mrs. Hart." "You too." "You know, you look really great." "Thank you." "I feel not bad, today anyways." "Guess we'II just have to see how it goes tomorrow, right?" "I'II see you later." "[CLEARS THRO AT]" "May I help you?" "Um, is this Dr. BerdeII's office?" "Yes, it is." "I'm Bright Abbott." "I have an appointment." "Hey, what's going on?" "Where's--?" "She's gone." "well, what about--?" "It's okay." "I'm teaching her." "Spit." "What did you do?" "Nothing." "This was all della." "DeIia fired Madison?" "She did." "Why?" "Why would she do that?" "apparently, she didn't wanna see you so sad anymore." "I owe you an apology, Ephram." "I never meant to sabotage things between you and Madison." "Yeah, I know you didn't." "And even though it wouId be a Iot easier to blame you for this whole thing falling apart, I, uh...." "I don't think I can." "well, it'II never happen again." "I'II always talk to you first." "No more secrets, okay?" "I don't think you need to worry about it." "I probably won't get another girlfriend for 1 0, probably 20 years." "[AND Y CHUCKLES]" "I just can't believe she's gone, you know?" "It's weird." "You disappointed?" "Yeah, I mean, a little bit." "It wasn't perfect but when she was here, I couId sit next to her." "I couId see her." "There was always that possibility." "It's not Iike I was hoping to get back together with her, but...." "I know." "Pathetic." "No, it's kind of human, actually." "You know, when I was a surgeon I saw a Iot of patients who knew that they didn't have much time left." "And I was always amazed at what they were willing to go through." "At how much pain that they would endure rather than simply letting go." "In the end pain was always preferable to nothing." "I think it was that fear of taking the next step of the unknown that held them back." "That made them willing to suffer so much." "Sometimes too willing because in some cases it really was time to move on." "Is that your not-so-subtIe way of telling me to forget Madison?" "No." "You're never going to forget her." "BERDELL:" "Maybe next year." "BRIGHT:" "Yeah." "Yeah, next year." "[SIGHS]" "[HARRY SIGHS]" "well, you were right." "total waste of time." "They won't accept me." "Then they're idiots." "So was I for not supporting you every step of the way." "You could do as well as anyone else here." "Better." "I doubt that." "HARRY:" "You shouldn't." "Bright, I was proud of you for every tackle, every touchdown, every three-point shot." "I've never been prouder of you than I am right now." "It took courage to do what you did today." "Yeah, but it didn't change anything." "I came this whole way for nothing." "No, you came for yourself." "That's what matters." "You know, what you've done these past few months your capacity to keep fighting, keep trying to change that is what makes someone great." "That's what makes you great." "I just" "I don't know what I'm gonna do now, Dad." "What am I gonna do?" "well, whatever you are meant to do or to be it will reveal itself to you." "And we'II wait for that together, huh?" "You and me." "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" "We just keep on running into each other." "Yeah, it's the weirdest thing." "I found myself in your neighborhood." "At your front door." "It's so weird the way that happens." "No, that's okay." "This is just gonna take a second." "Listen, I'm sorry I didn't talk to you about della." "No, it's okay." "And just so you know, I'm not gonna try to re-hire you or get you back." "Are you sure that we can't do this inside?" "Yeah, uh, I think that we should do it here and now before I can't do it at all." "You changed my Iife, Madison." "Everything about it." "I want you to know that." "And you changed mine." "Yeah, maybe." "But for me, it's different." "Everything is different for me now." "Not just the obvious things, I mean but inside, you know?" "I" " It's gonna take me a Iong time before I realize exactly what happened and why it had to fall apart." "hopefully, when I do, you know, I'II remember and that way, I can, you know, do it better next time." "I don't think that you could have done it any better, Ephram." "Yeah." "I think that we did it perfect." "Yeah, me too." "well, maybe in a few weeks, we could do something." "Have one of those kickoff-the-friendship Iunches." "No, no." "I couId never do the friend thing with you." "Let's face it, we were never really friends." "We were just" "In love." "Yeah." "AII right, I'm gonna walk back to my car." "When I get there, I'm gonna turn around and I'm gonna look back here and you're gonna be inside and that is gonna be that." "[WHISPERS] Okay." "IRV:" "A heart is a fragile thing." "That's why we protect them so vigorously give them away so rarely and why it means so much when we do." "Some hearts are more fragile than others purer somehow like crystal in a world of glass." "Even the way they shatter is beautiful." "[ENGLISH SDH]"