"Your mother had to go to Grandpa's house, so we... have two whole days together." "She'll be back in two days." "Just two days." "So not today?" "And not tomorrow?" "The next day." "But we're going to have fun." "I'm going to take you to work with me." "(phone rings)" "Hello?" "Hi." "I just wanted to let you know I got here." "Let me talk to the boys." "Why don't we call you later?" "Why?" "The boys are fine." "Mommy!" "Mommy!" "Put them on, please." "Come home." "Now." "Mommy is only going to be gone for two days, and while I'm away, you and daddy are going to have a lot of fun." "We don't like Daddy in the daytime." "We don't want him." "What?" "Come on." "You want me." "You love me." "I'm Daddy, and I'm fun." "He's going to make us go to work with him." "We're too young to work." "Well, of course, you are." "But-But maybe you can help Daddy with his work, like you help me." "You guys are really good at helping." "Okay." "Okay." "Hi." "You can't take a day off just to play with the boys?" "No, so I thought I'd just take them with me." "They'll..." "They'll be fine." "Don't worry." "Don't worry?" "Annie, they just got up." "They'll be fine." "Well, what about our other son, Simon, where is he?" "Well, we have an appointment with a counselor at the Board of Education." "Is that today?" "I forgot." "I completely forgot!" "I'll-I'll come back!" "What, to go to the Board of Education?" "No." "Come on." "They're only going to confirm what I already told him." "There's no way he can jump from high school to college this fall." "But, still, I don't want any decisions about Simon's education to be made without me." "Well, I don't want any decisions to be made without me either." "Yeah, but you're there and I'm not." "We're not going to make any decisions today." "We're just going to get some information." "Please, don't worry." "Okay, I won't worry." "I love you." "I love you." "(phone beeps off)" "* 7th Heaven *" "* When I see their happy faces" "* Smiling back at me * 7th Heaven *" "* I know there's no greater feeling *" "* Than the love of family" "* Where can you go" "* When the world don't treat you right?" "*" "* The answer is home" "* That's the one place that you'll find * * 7th Heaven *" "* Mmm, 7th Heaven *" "* 7th Heaven. *" "(barks)" "(sighs with relief)" "Okay." "Okay." "(sighs with relief)" "Okay." "Come on." "(knocking) Simon, you ready to go?" "I'm ready." "Okay, let's go." "Are they going with us?" "Yes." "It'll be fun." "I'm sure they're used to having children at the Department of Education." "I can go by myself." "I think I should be there." "Dad I can ask them what my options are for a high school diploma." "Yeah, I know, but I want to hear what your options are so I can help you make a good decision." "But it's my decision, right?" "I think that basically it's your decision, but your mother and I do want you to consider our opinions and advice." "So my life's a family decision?" "Do we get to vote?" "No, and neither should he." "I know you." "You've already researched the options." "You're just going to go in there and talk this guy into whatever you and mom want instead of what I want." "Is this the fun part?" "(phone ringing)" "Kinkirk, how's it going?" "It's going well, thanks." "How's it going with you?" "Well, it was going fine until my babysitter canceled." "It's my anniversary." "And I wanted to surprise my wife and take her out for a nice dinner tonight." "Problem is, I don't want to take our six-year-old daughter with us." "I didn't know you had a daughter." "She's actually our granddaughter." "But she lives with us." "My son is in law school in Tennessee." "My granddaughter is cute as a button." "What have you and Lucy got planned for tonight?" "Lucy and Roxanne are going out tonight." "Then that would leave you home alone tonight, right?" "I'm really in a bind here." "Do you really think I'm the best person to babysit?" "We'll be by around 7:00." "(sighs)" "(snickers)" "(whispering):" "Sucker." "(sighs)" "So I hear you had a rough summer." "Yeah, what about it?" "Your brother ran over a guy?" "I hear he didn't get arrested 'cause your brother-in-law is a cop." "He didn't get arrested because it was an accident, it wasn't his fault." "Not that it's any of your business." "What's the problem?" "Nothing." "I was just trying to be nice to Ruthie since she doesn't have any friends." "Preacher's kids never have any friends." "They're losers." "So I guess your brother figures he doesn't have to obey the law." "He answers to a higher authority, huh?" "Let's go." "What's wrong?" "Did they say something to you about Simon?" "It wasn't just about Simon." "It was practically about the whole family." "But... just forget it." "No," "I'm not just going to forget it." "Please, don't make it worse." "If you say something to him, it's just going to cause a big scene." "Okay." "How about I don't say anything, I just punch him?" "That's not the way to handle this." "What is?" "Just... ignore it." "If you ignore all these jerks, it's just going to get worse." "Well, it's certainly not going to get any better if you hit someone." "It'll get better for me." "Have you told your parents that everyone in school is talking about Simon?" "I can take it, okay?" "My parents have enough to worry about, what with Simon and Mary and Grandpa." "They don't' need me to have a problem, too." "They may not need you to have a problem, but you have a problem." "I have to go to class." "I'm sorry about all this, honey." "You're a coward, you know that?" "Why don't you pick on a man instead of Ruthie?" "(incredulous chuckle)" "You mean pick on you, as in fight you?" "Yeah, you want him to fight you?" "That's right." "But after you beat me up, and you will, you shut up about Simon Camden, and you beat up anyone who says anything about Simon Camden." "Only if you last three minutes without crying or getting anything broke." "Deal." "(wry chuckle)" "(sighs)" "Oh." "Hi, Luce." "I was just, uh, saying good-bye to Revered Hampton." "See you later, hon." "(clears throat)" "Can I help you with something?" "Yeah, you can help me understand how you were so heartbroken last week when Roxanne didn't want to marry you, but you... you... you're obviously over it." "No, I mean can I help you with something in the office?" "I want to borrow a book, Letters from a Skeptic." "Mm, it's..." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Is there anything else I can help you with?" "She's divorced, you know?" "Oh, yeah, I know." "A terrible marriage." "Her husband didn't understand her." "What?" "Do you have some judgment that you'd like to share?" "Some unsolicited advice?" "(phone rings)" "Hello?" "Oh, I'd love to go to dinner with you." "Oh, well, you know, I'm afraid I'm busy tonight." "No, I'm sorry, tomorrow, too." "Yeah, yeah, Friday would be great." "All right, I'll see you then." "You're disgusting!" "You really think you should be dating women who go to this church?" "Don't most people meet people at work and date them?" "I don't know what most people do, but you're a minister." "You're supposed to be doing God's work." "You're a man of God." "And I have to tell you, up until now, I never realized how attractive that was to women." "I'm kind of enjoying getting over Roxanne." "(sighs)" "Are you ready to go?" "Could you and Lucy go out some other night?" "Why?" "Because Detective Michaels wants me to babysit, and I'd feel better if Lucy was there to help me." "It can't be another night." "It has to be tonight." "Why does it have to be tonight?" "Because I wouldn't make my worst enemy available to babysit for Detective Michaels' granddaughter." "So, I'm not going to do it to my best friend." "What is wrong with Detective Michaels's granddaughter?" "Well, I'd tell you, but I know how much you hate gossip." "Fine." "I do hate gossip." "How do you feel about advice?" "Keep your eyes on her at all times." "Her nickname is Houdini." "Your SATs are up there, man." "And you've got a 3.8 average." "But the thing is just passing the GED or CHSPE never looks as good as completing your senior year." "What college are you trying to get into?" "We haven't discussed it yet." "Does Simon have to be 18 to take the GED?" "Yes." "I'm 17." "What about the CHSPE?" "What is that?" "The California High School Proficiency test." "You only have to be 16 for that one." "But it's offered twice a year." "It's coming right up in November." "You think you'd be ready for that?" "I'm ready." "If I pass, that could get me into college by...?" "Um, next fall, or maybe even summer." "That might work." "I have to go to the bathroom." "Me, too." "I'll be right back." "Okay, come on, let's go." "I don't think you understand." "I want out of high school and into college, like, now." "I understand, but it's not that easy." "The education system is one ugly bureaucracy." "If you feel that way, then why do you work here?" "The bureaucracy needs people like me." "I'm good at untangling red tape." "I'm also a Harvard grad and I couldn't find a job teaching film production to high school students." "So I thought I'd work here till something opens up." "There's a bulletin board down in the cafeteria with all the jobs posted." "Look, I got into a car accident at the end of the school year last year." "I hit a kid on a bike, and he was killed." "He wasn't wearing a helmet." "Technically he ran into me, and he was known to smoke pot." "Anyway, his brother is in my class." "Whoa." "Yeah." "Now the whole school hates me." "I have to get out of there." "How you doing?" "Not that great." "Every time someone tells me it was an accident, or it's not my fault, I want to scream." "It's hard to scream when everyone is looking at you, you know." "And you're sure everyone is looking?" "My dad's a minister." "Everyone in the community knows me." "And everyone has an opinion." "PK, huh?" "Preacher's Kid." "Yep." "Me, too." "That's how I got to Harvard." "It was the only school my dad would accept outside a seminary." "So I did everything humanly possible to get in and graduate." "Look, there are a couple of colleges that you could appeal to." "Write a personal letter, explain your situation and ask that your official admittance be contingent upon you passing the CHSPE." "Are any of these colleges far, far away?" "Yeah, yeah." "And there's a couple that have PKs in the admission's office." "You're going to have to make a heck of a personal appeal." "Do you have any suggestions?" "Is Peter here?" "Peter?" "No, we haven't seen him." "Why?" "Is something wrong?" "No." "He probably didn't feel like waiting around for me." "Should we go look for him?" "It's no big deal." "He probably went home to do his homework." "We have a lot of homework this year." "How was school today?" "Great." "No, really, how was school?" "Great, really." "Great?" "School?" "All of it?" "Impossible." "Okay, you got me." "It was all great except for algebra." "Maybe I can help you with that." "Do you know anything about quadratic polynomials?" "Peter asked his mom to help us." "I'm going over there after dinner, if it's okay." "Well, I need to go to the church just for an hour or so, and I was hoping that maybe you could keep an eye on the boys?" "Sure." "If you don't mind if I fail algebra." "I'll probably never need it in real life, except to get into college." "And if I don't go to college, so what?" "Look how well Mary is doing without it." "I'll ask someone else." "Thanks." "I'm going to go call Peter." "Okay." "Ooh, that looks good." "Ruthie?" "How you doing?" "Fine." "How are you doing?" "Fine, but I'm not in school." "Bye." "Wait." "How is school?" "Great." "Except for algebra." "You're lying." "No one's said anything to you about me?" "Why would they?" "Because I'm your brother and the kid on the bike was your age." "He didn't go to my school." "Look, you don't have to protect me." "I have it easier than you." "I'm not in school." "Simon, no one has it harder than you." "Just the same... if anyone says anything, I'll take care of them, okay?" "Sure." "Thanks." "But don't worry about it." "No one is going to say anything." "I don't even know if anyone knows about the accident." "I got to call Peter." "What are you making for dinner?" "Chateaubriand." "Or rack of lamb." "Or we'll just order pizza." "LUCY:" "Oh." "How did it go today with Simon?" "What did they tell him?" "Well, pretty much what I told him before." "He just wanted it to come from someone in authority." "Do you have any contacts that would help him get into college early?" "None I care to use, no." "I don't think you could just keep Simon here." "He seems pretty determined to go away." "Are you determined to have him go away?" "'Cause I'd love it if you'd encourage him to stay home this year." "I don't think it will make any difference what I say to him." "Or to tell you the truth," "I don't think it will make any difference what you say to him." "Simon wants to go." "The only person who had any real shot at getting Simon to stick around is Cecelia." "And she broke up with him last week." "Cecilia, huh?" "Well, I thought if they could work things out, maybe the two of them could go off to school together next year." "But I guess it wasn't meant to happen." "So you're against my pressuring him to stay here, but not Cecilia pressuring him to stay here." "I'm just saying that she'd be better at it than you would." "No offense." "Um, have you seen Kevin?" "No." "Well, I heard from Roxanne that he's babysitting tonight for Detective Michaels." "Maybe they can hang out with you and the boys." "I don't think so." "How-How did Kevin get himself into that?" "Detective Michaels asked him." "He and his wife are going out for their anniversary and their babysitter fell through." "I-I'm sorry." "Detective Michaels and his wife are going out for their anniversary?" "Could you watch the boys for a few minutes?" "I have to make a phone call in my office." "It's a work thing." "For a few minutes." "Uh, hey!" "By the way, you're not encouraging Chandler to date women at our church, are you?" "Now why would I do that?" "To get attendance up?" "Please." "My sermons alone draw them in." "Your sermons alone draw in every woman who's single between the ages of 18 and 45 who ever went to our church?" "Women love my sermons." "Women love him." "They love both of us." "What can I do?" "Go make your phone call." "Hey, guys..." "I'm coming down there right now." "Sorry, I didn't know you were on the phone." "Hi, Peter." "Hi, Reverend." "How are you?" "Good." "How's school?" "Good." "Dad." "Sorry." "I told you not to hit that guy." "Believe me, I didn't." "Well, do you need a doctor?" "Because if you need a doctor, we have to tell my dad or your mom." "I don't need a doctor." "I'm fine." "I'll just go to bed early so my mom doesn't see me." "I thought your mom was going to come home early and help us with our algebra." "Algebra is the least of my problems." "I'll figure it out." "How?" "I'm sorry." "I really have to make a phone call." "I'm coming down there." "Well, as long as you're coming, can you bring me some ice?" "A lot of ice?" "Sure, anything else?" "Maybe some makeup." "Where you going?" "Out." "Well, I think Dad could use a little help with the boys tonight." "Well, then you should help him." "I'm busy." "How did things go with the school board?" "Fine." "I have a lot of options." "Are you still determined to leave home or where there any other options that sounded good?" "I'm leaving home." "Have you told Dad that?" "No." "No." "(door closes)" "(phone ringing)" "Detective Michaels." "Oh, I'm glad I caught you." "Eric, I was just going out the door." "You don't have a wife and it's not your anniversary." "So you're calling me because I told a little white lie?" "Carrying your church work a little far, aren't you?" "I'm not calling because you lied to my son-in-law." "I'm calling because if you'd lie to my son-in-law, then something's up." "What's up?" "Maybe I have a date I don't want you to know about." "No, no." "It has to be something bigger than that." "Something like..." "You found out something about Simon's accident?" "I have a date." "But no one knows I'm divorced yet, so I just use my wife as an excuse when I want to go out." "I'm still looking into the accident." "But I don't think there's anything more to know." "I'm not sure what I'm looking for-- what you're looking for." "I don't know." "Just anything." "I feel for Simon, I do." "But every indication is, it was an accident." "He wasn't driving too fast." "He couldn't have seen the kid coming." "Still I just get the feeling that you know something you're not telling me." "Wouldn't your time be better spent getting ready for that budget meeting tonight?" "How do you know I have a budget meeting?" "I know." "Aren't you carrying your detective work a little too far?" "I'm going over to Peter's now." "I'll call you back." "Why now?" "I thought you were going after dinner." "I was, but we've got so much to do," "I thought we better get started." "Peter sounded, uh, funny." "Wh-Why did Peter sound funny?" "He didn't sound funny to me." "Maybe he was just startled by your blatant attempts to listen in on our phone conversation." "Are the kids at school talking about Simon?" "If they are, it's not like they're going to say anything to my face." "Mm." "Please, we just want some time to work on this stuff before Peter's mom gets home." "Okay, just this one time though." "W-We prefer that you spend your time with Peter here, where someone is always available to snoop and we know exactly what you're doing every single second." "Thank you for being so honest." "Well, give me a chance to thank you for the same thing." "I'll call you when I'm ready to go home." "(phone rings)" "Glenoak Police." "Detective Michaels, please." "I'm sorry, sir, he's left for the day." "Thanks." "Here is the pizza menu." "I have to go get ready to go out with Roxanne." "And Kevin doesn't mind if you go out with Roxanne to pick up guys?" "We're going out to talk." "I don't think Roxanne is ready to go out and pick up guys." "She's taking this break-up a little more seriously than Chandler or you." "Well, if you're just going out to talk, couldn't you take the boys with you?" "I have a budget meeting at the church." "Let's see, no." "But here's an idea." "Why don't you call Chandler and get him to cancel his date and go to the budget meeting for you?" "Fine, I'll just take them with me." "But we're tired of working." "We worked all day." "Oh, it'll be fun." "Wait a minute." "There's still Simon." "Simon left." "Left for where?" "I don't know." "He didn't say." "But he did say that he's still determined to go away to school." "I really have to go." "Good luck." "(sighs)" "You know who I really miss around here?" "Mommy?" "Mommy?" "Yes, Mommy." "But who else?" "Cecilia." "Yeah, we miss her." "She's pretty." "And she's nice." "And she's really fun." "Not like you." "No, no, not like me at all." "Why don't we give her a call?" "Because she and Simon broke up." "And I don't think he'll be too happy to come home and find her here." "And you can't try to use her to babysit and at the same time try to tempt Simon into staying at home by trying to manipulate the two of them into getting back together." "I don't know why not." "We like her, don't we, boys?" "PETER:" "Really, it's okay, Mom, take your time." "We've figured it out on our own and now we're just working on a scene from Shakespeare for our English class." "Because Mrs. Camden is out of town and Reverend Camden is at the church." "And we thought we could get more work done here." "We're behaving." "I promise." "Bye." "Now what?" "Are you sure she'll be able to tell?" "Positive." "So, you go home and I'll be in bed with the covers over my head before she gets here." "And then tomorrow," "I'll be impossible to wake up and she'll have to leave for work before I'm ever out of bed." "It's not going to work." "Let's just get this over with." "Your mother or my dad." "I really think you should go out." "We just broke up a week ago." "He hasn't been out with anyone, has he?" "Who?" "Chandler?" "I just heard he was going out with a couple of women from our church." "Do you know that for a fact?" "That he's been out with a couple of women?" "Have you seen him out with a couple of women?" "Well, no." "Have you seen him out with one woman?" "Well, yeah." "Where?" "In the church office." "Oh, he sees a lot of women in the church office." "It was probably just a counseling session." "Just because you see him and some woman together doesn't mean they're "together" together." "I'm just saying I think you should go out, start dating." "They were "together" together?" "How together?" "What difference does it make?" "You don't want him, right?" "It doesn't matter." "Who is she?" "It's just some woman who goes to our church." "And I think he's going out with other women from the church." "Well, he can't do that, can he?" "He can't go out with women from the church." "Isn't there a rule about that?" "You dated him and you go to our church." "Well, that was just to get Chandler." "All I'm saying is the attendance is up." "At least it was last Sunday." "You'd think I'd ruined his reputation enough to make him unpopular." "You'd think." "Now, this is fun." "Mommy never painted us." "DAVID:" "Not one time." "What are we going to do next?" "Next we're going to turn the beds into tents and pretend to camp out all night." "Yay!" "Yay!" "Maybe we can even open up the door to Simon's room and make a tent for him so he can camp out all night with you." "Simon's not home." "Did he know I was coming over to babysit?" "Maybe he left because he didn't want to see me." "No, he was already gone when daddy called you." "Maybe he had a date." "Don't worry, Cecilia, we love you." "Thanks, I love you, too." "(cartoon playing on TV)" "I don't want to watch TV." "Maybe you could read a book." "I brought lots of books over from the house." "Some of them look really interesting." "Those books are too little for me." "I read big books and you're supposed to entertain me." "Your grandpa said you would entertain yourself." "All I had to do was make sure you were safe and happy while he took your grandma out for dinner." "My grandma?" "She left him a long time ago." "They're not married anymore." "D-I-V-O-R-C-E-D." "She couldn't take another year of him being a policeman." "She hated it!" "She was scared all the time, then he agreed to take me while my daddy went to school." "So, she said," ""Fine, If you want to raise another kid, you raise another kid, but I'm leaving."" "And she left." "Look, I'd rather not know about this, okay?" "Okay." "Why don't you tell me what's going on with the Camden kids?" "That would be entertaining." "That would be gossiping." "And I don't gossip." "I don't like gossip." "What if I tell you something about the Camden kids?" "No, thanks." "(singsongy):" "I have good stuff." "No." "And we were able to get the emergency fund back up to where we projected." "Oh, that's great news." "So, that's it?" "You put this off all week, Eric." "I'm here, aren't I?" "Not really." "Uh, how's Simon?" "Simon's doing better but we have to figure out his school situation and we have to do it quickly." "Well, it's just a shame he can't finish out his senior year." "He seems okay with it." "More than okay." "At least you got some good news though, right?" "I mean, there's a rumor going around that Mary is, uh..." "Pregnant?" "What were you going to say?" "Married." "Pregnant and married." "Oh!" "Although you can tell anyone who's asking that they got married last April, she just found out she's pregnant." "So, are you going to make a formal announcement?" "What, and spoil all the fun at the church?" "(laughing)" "Congratulations." "(phone ringing)" "Hello?" "Hi, Dad." "I'm ready to come home." "Maybe you should come get me." "Thanks, bye." "Thank you." "Thanks." "So, Kinkirk doesn't know anything about this?" "No and I don't want anyone to know." "Kinkirk is babysitting, his partner's out with Lucy," "Annie's out of town and Eric is at a budget meeting at the church." "What about Simon?" "He's with a friend at some editing facility." "I had someone follow him." "I don't know what he's up to but he's nowhere near here and that's all that matters." "So, all we have to do is wait and hope that Cecilia's right." "Were you ever married?" "No, no." "Never." "Were you?" "No, but I'd like to be married." "Ever engaged to, you know, the police officer?" "Uh, Roxanne." "N-No." "Uh, and, you know, that's just about all" "I'd like to say about that." "If you don't mind." "I understand." "I don't mind at all." "It's very personal." "We can talk about all that later." "All that?" "How are the Camdens?" "Uh, the Camdens are fine." "How's Simon doing?" "Fine." "It's so sad." "Poor Simon." "Do they have him on antidepressants?" "I have no idea." "Antidepressants can be very helpful." "A lot of people take them." "You know Alice, that girl you went out with on Sunday night?" "She's on antidepressants." "Ever since she found out she couldn't have children." "But you know, she's 30 and she has plenty of time to adopt." "Well, she says she's 30." "So, um..." "H-Have you ever been on antidepressants?" "No." "Oh, I thought maybe that was why..." "That was why...?" "Let's just change the subject." "Where was I?" "Oh, um, poor Simon." "Huh?" "And poor Reverend Camden." "His whole family is falling apart." "Mary marrying that homeless guy in the midst of a family tragedy." "What is she thinking?" "I don't know." "You know, I don't want to talk about the Camdens anymore." "Could you go back to the antidepressants?" "Am I rumored to be on antidepressants?" "There is no shame in taking antidepressants." "Especially if there's been a death in the family." "And..." "Well, I know that it can affect... your love life." "Is that what people are thinking?" "Antidepressants wrecked my love life?" "Poor Chandler." "You know, don't be embarrassed." "With a little bit of patience and love from the right woman, and you'll be as good as new in no time." "God willing, of course." "I am not on antidepressants." "And my love life is no one's business." "You're our associate pastor." "It's..." "it's everybody's business." "Why you out here?" "I'm ready to go." "Where's Peter?" "Oh, he's inside." "Why isn't he outside with you?" "(doorbell rings)" "PETER:" "Yes?" "It's Mr. Camden." "It's Eric." "Ruthie's dad?" "Open up." "It's not her fault." "The makeup is, but none of the other stuff." "Whose fault is it?" "Peter let a guy beat him up so he would stop talking about Simon at school, and get everyone else to stop talking." "I asked you about school." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Because Grandpa, because Mary, because Simon." "That doesn't mean we don't have time for you and your problems." "What were you going to do?" "Let the guy beat you up?" "He promised if I lasted for three minutes without crying or getting anything broken, that he would quit talking, and he'd stop anyone else from talking." "And if they don't?" "Because they probably won't." "I mean, there's no way to keep people from talking." "Is this the sermon on, "the only thing you can control is the way you feel about something"?" "Am I supposed to choose how I feel if I hear someone say Simon is a killer?" "It's possible." "What are you choosing to feel?" "Well, I'm trying to go with tolerance, aiming for understanding and compassion." "And, in the meantime, I'm trying to figure out what we can do for your face." "You want something to drink?" "Can I get you a big glass of water?" "A soda?" "Juice?" "I'm fine." "Why don't we go over the house and see what the boys are up to?" "You mean so you can go to the bathroom and Cecilia can keep an eye on me?" "No, thanks!" "Do you want more bug juice?" "Yes." "We love bug juice." "Mommy never lets us drink bug juice." "It's delicious." "I'll be right back." "Hi." "HI." "Hi." "Hi." "Kevin had to go to the bathroom." "(phone ringing)" "I'll get it." "Want to play hide-and-seek?" "You count to ten, and I'll hide." "BOTH:" "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight..." "Where is she?" "She's hiding." "Hey, they're not illegal." "Glenoak Police." "All of you are free to go except for you." "What is this?" "Don't be frightened, son, we're just here to help." "(Haley giggling)" "(Haley giggling)" "Hello." "Hi." "I'm playing hide-and-go-seek with Kevin." "Where is Kevin?" "He's trying to find me." "KEVIN:" "Haley!" "(giggling)" "Out!" "Kevin." "Get out here." "I don't think this is funny." "You should never play hide-and-go-seek with a babysitter, ever." "In fact, hide-and-go-seek may not be a good game to play at all." "Could you be a little nicer-- you're scaring me." "It isn't fun being scared, is it?" "I know I didn't like being scared when I thought you might have run away." "Or you may be hiding someplace where you could get hurt or trapped." "You're not going to tell Grandpa, are you?" "Yes, I am." "But he'll get angry at me." "He should." "No one ever told Grandpa on me." "He might not like it." "Or if he does like it, he'll ask you to do this again." "I'll take my chances." "I think we're doing the right thing... waiting." "What are you doing?" "I was babysitting the twins." "They were pretending to camp out all night, and they wanted you to pretend to camp out with them." "So..." "I haven't heard from you." "I thought we said good-bye." "Simon..." "I can't, Cecilia." "I can't start up with you again." "Okay?" "I have to go away." "I'm going away to school, to college." "You mean if you get in." "You can't say anything to my parents, but I think I can get in." "My dad and I met with the Board of Education Advisor today." "The guy turned out to be a PK." "And he knows another PK who works in the Admissions Board for the Northern California School of the Arts." "So he helped me make a video about me to tell why they should let me go to school there." "You haven't even graduated from high school." "I'm going to test out." "I'm sure I can do it." "My official admissions will be granted when I get the test results." "And your mom and dad are going to let you go?" "They don't know yet." "ERIC:" "Don't know what yet?" "I better go." "Good night." "Thanks." "I didn't mean to overhear." "Detective Michaels is waiting for you on the back porch." "He wanted to talk to you before he picked up his granddaughter." "I just came up here to tell you." "But... what don't I know?" "Cecelia." "Thanks for the tip." "Good night." "My dad said you wanted to talk to me." "Let's sit down." "You and I shared a secret last year about a girl you knew who was in trouble." "I know a boy who is in trouble." "And I want this conversation to be kept between the two of us." "The same way we kept the conversation between just the two of us last year." "Fine." "You can trust me." "Let's make it hypothetical." "Suppose you knew a kid, a good kid, and he's driving around one night, and a younger kid came out of nowhere on a bicycle, and the next thing you know, the younger kid is dead." "Let's say the kid driving the car beat himself up all summer and probably will for the rest of his life because he feels responsible." "Let's say the family knew the kid on the bike should have been wearing a helmet, but he never did." "But they felt they had bigger problems with this kid, so they didn't press it." "If he hadn't... gotten hit by that good kid driving the car, the helmet wouldn't be an issue." "And neither would the fact that he smoked pot." "Where do you suppose the kid got the pot?" "I don't know." "From his brother." "Simon he's blaming you because it's just too painful to blame himself." "Isn't it enough that he has to deal with getting over his brother's death?" "Isn't that enough to deal with?" "If he keeps avoiding the truth by getting high, things are only going to get worse." "His parents could lose another son." "Who else knows about this?" "A detective, the two of us and the family." "Can we keep it that way?" "(phone ring)" "Hello?" "I thought Cecilia was going to have you call me?" "I..." "I guess she forgot." "I didn't want to wake you." "Oh." "I talked to Sam and David." "Now don't let them make you feel guilty." "They're..." "They're fine." "I know." "They love Cecilia." "Now I feel jealous." "How's your dad?" "He's better." "Less confused." "My coming seems to have settled him down but..." "I don't know how we're going to handle this." "The same way we handle everything." "I love you." "I love you." "Oh, I almost forgot again." "How did your meeting with Simon go?" "Ah..." "You didn't make any decisions without me, did you?" "I-I didn't... no." "Oh, Eric, he's not going away to some college, is he?" "I'm afraid we're not going to be able to stop him."