"Get back!" "I'll kill her!" "my god!" "3-I-90." "I repeat 3-l-90." "Request you notify hostage negotiation team." "Have them respond..." "Officer:" "Petersen!" "Suspect:" "Get your boys out of here." "approximate... How long have you guys been here?" "Get out of here!" "Is this domestic or drugs?" "Is that his girlfriend." "Or what?" "Get out of here!" "Who is it?" "talk to me." "please get him." "Out of here." "Walk!" "masius." "Shit!" "Hey!" "I got every right." "To be here." "Where'd he go?" "Officer:" "Suspect has withdrawn." "Into the interior of the room." "We no longer have visual contact." "Aah!" "No!" "That was my..." "Car." "That was..." "Ohh!" "Ooh." "Aw." "Having a little car trouble?" "That's a keen observation." "I can help you." "It's the jag." "You want me to drive home." "In your car?" "No." "I want you to take my car." "Had a lot of luck lately." "I don't need it." "And you don't want anything?" "I can prove it." "Give me your card." "I'll be in touch." "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "What is this?" "What... what?" "Do you want me." "To kill your wife or something?" "no." "Call it generosity between 2 strangers." "it's a jaguar." "You expect me to drive off." "and that's it?" "That's right." "Hey!" "You're a freak." "You know that?" "You are a freak." "You want me to get in this car?" "No way." "It's probably going to blow up." "Yeah." "That's real funny." "Bits and pieces of me raining down." "In the street." "Ha ha." "You think" "I'm going near that thing?" "You're nuts!" "I've got a car." "Sort of." "What?" "You like it?" "huh?" "Want to see your guts..." "Keep it in your pants." "Fag." "He's going to kill you." "I got pepper spray." "Apparently none of you have ever seen." "A new teacher before." "I'm mr." "Simonet." "middle school... shaky bridge." "You all must cross before you become." "Members of that undyingly enviable." "High-school elite." "some of you might think you can't get. and not think." "About anything until it's all over." "I'm here to tell you." "That that is not an option in this class." "Lateness..." "Busted." "Tardiness..." "To be late for your first class." "What does that indicate?" "I'm having a bad hair day." "Perhaps what it indicates." "Is a lack of respect." "I'm going to be here every day." "For you." "I expect you to be here for me." "On time." "No excuses." "Put that down." "Wait." "Now..." "This class is social studies." "That is you and the world." "And even if you decide you don't want." "it's still." "Going to hit you right in the face." "Believe me." "best you start thinking about." "The world now." "And what it means to you." "What does the world mean to you?" "Come on!" "A little class participation here." "Is it just this class you want to get out of?" "Your house?" "Your street?" "Any further any of you want to go than that?" "Yes. 2 miles away from me." "let me ask you another question." "How often do you think about things." "That happen outside of this town?" "You watch the news?" "Yes?" "No? But why aren't we?" "'Cause we're 11." "Good point." "What's your name?" "Trevor." "Maybe trevor's absolutely right." "Why should we think about the world?" "what does the world." "Expect of us?" "Expect?" "Mm-mmm." "Of you." "Mr. Simonet:" "What does the world expect of you?" "Nothing." "Nothing." "he's absolutely right." "Nothing." "here you are." "You can't drive." "You can't vote." "You can't even go to the bathroom." "Without a pass from me." "You're stuck!" "in the seventh grade." "But not forever." "you'll be free." "And then you look around you." "And you don't like what the world is?" "What if the world..." "Is just a big disappointment?" "We're screwed." "Unless..." "Unless you take the things that you don't like." "About this world and you flip them upside down." "Right on their ass..." "don't tell your parents" "I used that word..." "and you can start that..." "Today!" "This is your assignment." "Extra credit." "It goes on all year long." "wait a minute." "What?" "What?" "What's wrong with this?" "What's the matter?" "Yes?" "so..." "So what?" "There must be a word to finish." "That sentence." "Someone help her?" "Weird." "Weird." "Crazy." "Crazy." "Hard." "Bummer." "Bummer." "Hard." "How about possible?" "It's possible." "The realm of possibility." "Exists where." "In each of you?" "Here." "So you can do it." "You can surprise us." "It's up to you." "Or you can just sit back." "And let it atrophy." "Atrophy." "If there is a word you hear." "There's a dictionary at the front of the room." "Look it up. we're going to learn." "To love words and their meanings." "Any questions?" "Trevor:" "Yeah." "flunk us." "If we don't change." "The world?" "no." "I wouldn't do that." "But you might just squeak by with a "c." "What'd you ever do to change the world?" "Students:" "Whoa! And then I pass the buck to you." "I want you all to write your names." "and... what's your name?" "Molly?" "All right." "I want molly to look up the word "atrophy." "we're not coming down to milwaukee." "No." "You went straight to hell." "Straight to hell." "Ok. 4 tequilas." "Who's having." "The fourth one?" "You are." "no." "Not for me." "Thank you." "You cannot get in trouble." "We bought it for you." "I thank you so much." "thank you." "come on." "Why not?" "Because I promised my kid." "Men:" "Ohhh." "I know." "It's horrible!" "You guys have fun!" "wait." "Here." "Here." "Thank you." "Ohh!" "Uh-oh." "junior?" "What is junior gonna do?" "junior?" "!" "What are you doing?" "!" "What time do you get off?" "If only I weren't married!" "no." "Aww." "She's married." "She's married." "I'm single!" "I'm single!" "Whoo!" "Hello." "Woman:" "Hey!" "Hey." "How'd it go?" "Are you there?" "Yeah." "How'd it go?" "What?" "How'd it go?" "How was your first day?" "Ok." "you got to speak up." "ok?" "Ok." "Sorry I wasn't home." "I had a chance." "So you know I didn't have a choice." "You mad at me?" "what're you doing?" "Nothing." "You find the spaghetti?" "I'm eating it." "Mom:" "Good." "tell me what happened." "I got to go." "A spoon?" "Spoon?" "Mom." "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mm-mmm." "Mm-mmm." "ok?" "Ok." "That's not really breakfast." "You don't eat breakfast." "let's have some." "Come on." "too." "You sure you won't throw up?" "What is that supposed to mean?" "What do you think it means?" "Why don't you tell me what it means." "You're sneaking it." "I'm not sneaking anything." "Ok!" "Trevor." "wait a minute." "I'm sorry." "You're right." "Listen." "Sit down for one minute." "I want to talk to you." "You wanna lie to me." "No." "I don't want to lie to you." "I want you to sit down for one minute." "Hey!" "I want us to get along." "Aah!" "Sorry." "mom." "Find the toilet paper." "Who are you?" "You get out!" "Ok." "Get out of my house!" "Thanks a lot." "Mom:" "I said what?" "Get out!" "Man:" "No." "I got it." "You said he could come in." "And take a shower." "I never said that!" "you did!" "You said..." "I said it's ok to let a strange man." "Into my bathroom?" "He's my friend." "What?" "You can't have a friend like that." "It's for my assignment." "What assignment?" "You won't get it." "Mr. Simonet will get it." "Who's mr." "Simonet?" "Hey!" "I'm talking to you." "He's my teacher!" "Mr. Simonet?" "simonet." "Hello." "Hello." "What is this assignment?" "'Scuse me?" "What did you tell my son to make him." "Bring a homeless man into my house?" "I have 2 problems." "I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about." "I don't know who you are." "Arlene mckinney." "My boy is." "In your social studies class?" "Trevor." "Trevor." "he's very attentive." "Which I like." "Exigent." "testing..." "I know what it means." "Would you like to tell me why." "My kid brought a bum into my house." "I have no idea." "Bullshit!" "I don't know." "How your son interpreted the assignment." "How do you think he interpreted it?" "I don't know." "Why don't you go home and talk to your son." "Hey!" "I talked to him." "Really?" "Then why did you come." "All the way down here to ask me." "What the assignment is?" "It's not a state secret." "Yeah!" "And?" "It's an assignment I give out." "At the beginning of every year to inspire." "I don't expect them." "the whole..." "You expect them to change the... Not walk on water." "It's a very good assignment." "You give them an assignment." "You don't think they can do." "What kind of teacher are you?" "they make attempts." "they clean up a little graffiti." "Before they lose interest." "Hey!" "This is my kid!" "You don't know him." "He's going to believe you." "It's going to wipe him out." "They ought to fire your ass." "Out of here right now! Because I fill a very excellent quota." "I'm just this side of parking in the blue zone." "so you think." "You can do whatever you want." "Just 'cause your face is messed up?" "why don't you put down in writing." "and I'll make sure." "They get put in the suggestion box." "Jesus." "You are really somethin'." "Thanks." "I appreciate the euphemism." "I've always wanted to be somethin'." "miss?" "no." "Mr. Thorsen!" "Hey! I've been waiting all day for you." "why won't you return my calls?" "We're not friends." "And that's quite a stocking stuffer." "Are you gonna tell me you can't accept it?" "no." "That would make me a moron. these instructions you left me." "Just do what they say." "Pay it forward." "Why?" "Because you've accepted the car." "You're obligated." "I'm obligated." "huh?" "what if I just take my new car." "And get a couple hookers." "And drive down to mexico?" "I'll never know." "But you'll what... what is this?" "for real." "An attack of total altruism." "From a litigator." "I've got a meeting." "ok?" "A senior partner at channing and moss." "Is giving away new cars?" "or I could make one up." "I promise." "You've gone dotty." "You're wearing crystals." "huh?" "please." "ok?" "There. just to piss me off." "please." "The worst I'd ever seen it." "The emergency room." "We were waiting forever." "Couldn't get anyone to pay attention." "Her inhaler doesn't seem to be working at all." "Sorry." "Mr. Parker." "What happened?" "she stabbed me." "I can't believe..." "Excuse me." "We were here first." "we have to go with stab wounds first." "She can't breathe." "She's very scared." "I will let you know." "Mr. Thorsen:" "Somebody has to see her." "Nurse:" "I'm sorry." "It's protocol." "It's never been this bad." "You have to do something." "would you just sit down?" "I'm sorry." "We've been here for 4 hours." "You need to get a doctor." "no." "No!" "Would you excuse me?" "Excuse me." "That's bullshit." "You need to help her right now!" "Excuse me?" "why you give me all this shit?" "Ain't you got some oxygen." "Or something you can give her?" "no." "You don't need to get no supervisor." "You're the supervisor of the day." "Huh?" "You are the supervisor today." "I want you to take." "And I want you to get her some goddamn air!" "sis." "you still here?" "!" "Shit!" "is it?" "man!" "man!" "There!" "There! And there were some very specific orifices." "In which I was told to shove my thanks." ""just pay it forward." "3 big favors for 3 other people." "That's it." "then." "Wait a minute." "You and this lowlife." "Were in this chain of do-gooders?" "Some kind of mother teresa conga line?" "isn't it?" "Sort of tibetan?" "are you in a cult? You'll be selling your kidneys." "To pay for your lawsuit." "Cult." "Hey." "The guy..." "What was the guy's name?" "Sorry." "I'm late for my mass wedding." "Hey!" "I know somebody's in here." "Man:" "Oh." "Arlene:" "I know you're there." "I swear..." "Please don't shoot." "Please." "You stay right there." "If I see you move one..." "Please don't pick it up!" "Please don't." "I'm not moving." "Please." "What are you doin' on my truck?" "Let me show you." "I'm just... ok?" "it might be easier for you to sell now..." "Now that it works." "I didn't ask for your help." "No." "You been living in my garage?" "No." "Not after tonight." "can I come around?" "I just wanna..." "I got a handyman job at the royal motel." "They're giving me a room." "You just stay right there." "I..." "I don't like guns." "What is going on with you and my son? So he gave me a little money." "He gave you money?" "ma'am." "That's his savings." "And I got the job off it." "You think you can keep it?" "Looks to me like you got yourself." "A little problem." "I can lick it." "How's that supposed to happen all of a sudden?" "You ever been on the street?" "My mom took us pretty close." "you can't know." "Not until you're looking at a dumpster." "But when you climb into that thing." "That's when you know that you've messed your life up." "Somebody comes along like your son." "I'll take it." "I'll take it." "I... or I'll be dead." "Paying back trevor..." "I'm not allowed to pay back trevor." "Then what is it you're doing?" "I'm paying it forward." "I know you want me to go." "I'll go." "What's paying it forward?" "That's me." "and that's 3 people... Something they can't do by themselves..." "So I do it for them." "Then they do it for 3 other people..." "That's 9..." "And I do 3 more. you know?" "It's not gonna work." "all right." "please." "Yes." "I think it's a good idea." "Shawn?" "It's stupid." "Eugene:" "Adam?" "It's the honor system." "People blow off the honor system." "So what?" "Just 'cause you do." "the class seems to think." "That you've come up with an overly utopian idea." "Look that word up in a minute." "Like a perfect world?" "Mm-hmm." "So?" "what put this idea in your head?" "'Cause..." "Everything sucks." "He talked to you about this?" "We've had our discussions." "Yeah. 'cause I'll just..." "I'll tell him." "We can't talk no more." "don't do that." "Would you like a cup of coffee?" "ma'am." "Ok." "So she hung up." "I put up recycling flyers." "At 2 supermarkets." "I'm gonna put up this website in chinese." "That's gonna tell all the kids in china." "To jump up and down at the same time." "The goal being to knock the earth off its axis." "Yeah." "shawn." "your ideas are as surprising." "As they are variegated." "Add that to your list of words." "To look up this evening." "But I want to focus for a moment." "And it really is the first new idea." "That also requires an extreme act of faith." "In the goodness of people." "And if I were an effusive person." "I would call that..." "Admirable." "here are the words from today." "quantum." "I'm gonna add variegated." "I want you to go home tonight... mr." "Simonet." "Hello." "Were you just being nice?" "About what?" "About my idea." "or were you just..." "Being teachery?" "Teachery?" "Bullshitting." "Do I strike you as someone falsely nice?" "No." "You're not even really all that nice." "And it will not happen again." "What?" "What happened to your face?" "trevor?" "It's not a very pertinent subject." "is it?" "You can go back and tell them that's what I said." "Tell who?" "See you tomorrow." "Do you know where jerry is?" "at the gate." "It's more product." "Man:" "Who is it?" "Trevor:" "It's trevor." "I'm looking for jerry." "Jerry's not here." "Trevor:" "When will he be back?" "Man:" "He's not coming back." "Now get outta here." "Jerry?" "Man:" "Get outta here!" "jerry." "I remember 1976." "There were those programs." "In the school system." "Now it's... all that's gone." "Man:" "I gotta go." "Trevor." "You ran out of class this morning very fast." "I wanted to talk to you." "Hello." "Hello." "Come in." "Trevor's not feeling good." "He's in his room." "I'm sorry." "What's the matter?" "Just a tummyache." "Do you want to come in?" "Sure." "sit down." "Thank you." "It's a very beautiful home." "Thank you." "you lived in vegas." "Your whole life?" "Yeah." "I was surprised you wanted to do this." "I would come to the school." "I didn't ask to see you." "trevor said you did." "and he gave me a note from you..." "Which you didn't write." "He gave you a note from me?" "that's horrible." "I didn't mean you." "no explanation required." "I'll go." "I didn't mean you." "you don't have to... it's not personal." "Would you stop?" "Can we just rewind here a little bit?" "I obviously didn't realize how much trevor likes you." "that's nothing that we can't discuss." "On parent-teacher night." "Then why did you come?" "Why did you come here?" "Why didn't you just tell me." "To come to the school?" "Because you came to the school." "And I behaved like a..." "An asshole?" "Sorry." "Is that too trailer trash." "A word for you?" "How does rat bastard sit with you?" "That's pretty good." "Dickhead?" "I like that." "I'm..." "I made all this food." "um..." "I really don't know who else to talk to about him." "Mmm." "This is good." "Thanks." "I don't understand." "This is summer school?" "Uh-huh." "Why do you think trevor stopped talking?" "I don't know." "He seems mad." "But he seems very happy at school." "Maybe I'm wrong." "Maybe it's fine." "How much do you see him?" "As much as I can." "How much is that?" "I'm not doin' a bunch of skanky guys." "ok?" "I got 2 jobs." "Right." "I meant that." "Couldn't have just been a question." "do you think. outside of school." "That might be bothering him?" "I don't know." "I'm gonna have to consult." "because you tell me." "And you still want me to sit here." "And divine why." "Divine why?" "You always talk like that?" "Yes." "fancy school?" "Yes." "Think you could stop rubbing my nose in it?" "Is there a father?" "He doesn't live here anymore." "I don't know where he is." "Yeah." "I know what that's like." "I've called you 5 times." "Did you slip or what? You don't have a sponsor." "Bonnie!" "What?" "Arlene:" "This is eugene simonet." "You're not supposed to date for a year." "Arlene:" "This isn't a date." "I'm..." "I'm trevor's teacher." "It isn't." "It's... we were through." "We're done." "Arlene:" "We're done." "How could you do that to me?" "Write a letter to him?" "Sign my name?" "Why'd you have to mess everything up?" "no." "I didn't mess this up." "Just standing at the door." "Listening to everything?" "What happened to your stomachache?" "What do you care?" "You always lie." "this wasn't my fault." "This whole thing was embarrassing." "and you don't even know it." "listen." "You can't just put 2 people together." "And make 'em like each other." "It doesn't work that way." "You only like people you can get drunk with." "You're just waiting for him to come back." "I'm not." "I'm not." "I'm not!" "Your father's not gettin'" "His foot through..." "That's what you always say." "I mean it now." "You always mean it." "What do you want me to say?" "I mean it." "I mean it now." "You don't care what happens to me." "You don't ev..." "you don't even know" "I'm in the same house." "That's not true." "It is true." "You know... it's true." "I love you." "I love you." "I'm doing the best I can." "I don't want you to love me." "I hate the way you look." "I hate the way you smell." "I hate the way you are." "I hate that you're my mother." "Trev?" "ok?" "He said that an hour ago." "Do... do you understand my kid is missing?" "I'd be out looking for him!" "What time do you think he took off?" "I don't know." "I'm sorry to do this to you." "the cops wouldn't come..." "It's ok." "But my friends are all drunks..." "It's ok." "And so am I." "too." "I believe some people refer to that." "As "in recovery." "Where you going?" "Hey." "You got enough?" "You need a ticket somewhere?" "How much?" "Hmm?" "Come with me." "I'll get you there." "you son of a bitch." "are you ok?" "Man:" "Oh!" "Aah! I could never be as sorry about anything." "As I am for what I did to you." "I didn't drink." "but I didn't." "You got no reason to trust me..." "And I know you don't want to hear." "So I'm just gonna tell you the truth." "I have a problem." "I have a really bad problem." "I gotta stop." "If you can think it's possible." "That I can do it..." "Then I think maybe I can..." "If you just... and I'll try." "Arlene:" "You're still here." "yeah." "I hope it's ok." "I just wanted to make sure... ok." "How did you know where he was? Or they take a bus." "um..." "For what?" "give me a shot... you don't have to." "I..." "I understand..." "I want to thank you." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "was it?" "No." "Do you want to come back here sometime?" "Have dinner with me?" "I'm not entirely sure that would be appropriate." "Ok." "I understand." "Good night." "Good night." "sidney?" "player." "You gotta do 3." "Now I'll do the other 2." "Up in here for my folks." "a lot of brothers." "Need favors in here." "Who told you to do it?" "this idea I got." "you gonna put this on tv?" "Wait." "How did you come up with an idea like that?" "it's like..." "It's like the world is a shit hole." "right?" "And it's like... boom!" "better." "Didn't start with anyone else?" "all right?" "The shit came from my head. I-I've been through..." "Through some heavy-ass shit... 'cause it changed me... man." "people are listening to me." "People are staying clean." "it's like some cosmic aristotle shit." "You feel me?" "I do." "no doubt." "I feel ya." "dog." "No doubt." "um..." "Somebody else is saying that "pay it forward"." "Was their idea." "Who?" "I think you know who." "That bitch." "I'm telling you." "She's a lyin' bitch." "She got your head." "I'm telling you." "Ok." "sid." "That old crusty bag lady? dog." "Ok." "She said... sidney." "What?" "Listen to me." "It doesn't matter. 'cause you're the one paying it forward." "You damn right." "no less." "sidney." "the parole board?" "The parole board." "man." "Like a little carrot for the mouse and shit." "no doubt." "It's too bad my parole." "b." "What if I could make it." "So your parole comes up next month?" "Arlene:" "Hello." "Oh." "Hello." "Did you know I worked here?" "I didn't." "Really." "So you just dropped in for a little game of craps?" "I like the coffee shop." "They... they have good food." "Yeah." "They got good pancakes." "Yeah." "Fluffy." "Do you want me." "To bring you back something?" "thanks." "I get off in an hour." "really?" "really." "Well... we could... If you wanted..." "Eat something..." "Sometime." "please." "sir." "Can I help you?" "jordy." "Shit." "Chandler." "You scared me." "You look like crap." "What are you doing out here?" "jordan." "Heh!" "Your questions piss him off." "is that why I got the bounce?" "He won't talk to you." "tell him I'm a candygram." "Stop it." "I got a better idea." "Why don't I tell him" "I've been sitting on a story for 2 years." "About a little party he had." "Animal droppings." "can it? You'd have used it." "Bullshit. you know?" "What do you want?" "$4 million." "man." "Relax." "Ha ha ha!" "man." "A phone call." "I just need a little phone call." "I need a massage." "For a friend of mine's parole date." "That's it." "trevor." "They kept me 40 minutes over." "Did you call him?" "I couldn't remember the name of the stupid restaurant." "I remember the name of the hotel." "I couldn't remember the n..." "He hates people being late." "he thinks it means." "You don't respect him." "What?" "he'll think." "It means you don't respect him." "I don't know." "Are you wearing this?" "No." "I want to wear the green dress." "You look like a vampire in that." "Uhh." "I gotta take a shower." "What?" "I smell horrible." "you smell good." "roses or something." "Let me just wash." "Under my arms really quick." "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "I'm sure." "wait." "Don't interrupt him." "When he's in the middle of a sentence." "either." "raise my hand?" "ok?" "No." "Those little sandals." "These." "no." "I'm not wearing those." "They're way too sexy." "You're too late." "You owe him." "I owe him?" "Who are you?" "and none of those stupid jokes." "ok?" "Thank you very much." "Where's the phone?" "I gotta call for a cab." "And I'm late." "No." "Mom." "Mom." "I got a call in to the cabbie." "I gotta call for a cab." "Duh." "my god." "my god." "You're a champ." "mom." "You're the greatest kid on... mom." "Ok." "ok?" "here." "Go." "Go." "Lock both doors." "I will." "I love you!" "mom." "I respect you!" "I respect you." "Which was stupid." "But I was all the way h..." "You're right on time." "I'm sorry." "man? right?" "I'm just minding my own." "Brother wasn't doing nothing to nobody." "I was just on my way to church. was real black." "Hey! nigger?" "bam." "And then all five of them got up. bitch." "." "blood." "blood." "That's when I ran into this old lady." "That's who you want to know about." "Man." "Uhh!" "Aah!" "Shit." "Hey." "You in trouble?" "What?" "Get in." "Get in?" "Come on." "Get in." "Sh..." "Uhh!" "What we doin'?" "Whatever we want." "Damn." "you think I'm going." "crusty ass?" "Whatever." "Shoot." "I smell better than you do." "Yeah." "All right." "what?" "What you want? 'cause you ain't gonna do it." "You're damn right about that." "Shit." "not in my car." "shit." "Not in my car." "my bad." "right?" "You don't want me..." "you don't want me." "To jack up all your pretty curtains." "son of a bitch." "I paid it forward." "For a hophead son of a bitch." "You... you paid..." "you paid what?" "I didn't hear that. 'cause your ass ain't good enough to touch it." "huh?" "you gonna tell me." "hey." "♪ You gonna tell me ♪" "Chris:" "Let me just get this straight." "Some old bat that lives in her car in las vegas." "Tells you about pay it forward. a brother wouldn't stop." "Until she let it out." "What I really want to know is why?" "Why did you pay it forward?" "Because don't nobody tell me." "yo." "Bonnie:" "How many times have I told you." "You're not supposed to date for a year." "They're not dates." "ok. 7 dinners." "What are they?" "No." "It's a couple of adults." "Sitting down... and dating." "No." "Did he pay?" "He pays for everything." "did anybody ask you?" "He's new." "He doesn't know that many people." "He likes her." "So?" "He fixed your tv remote." "that's an engagement ring." "And he doesn't drink." "Do you gotta pee?" "Look." "I need a smoke." "There." "Over there." "has he kissed you?" "no." "Does he want to?" "Sometimes I think he does." "or he would have." "Do you want him to?" "Arlene:" "I don't know." "Whoo!" "bonnie." "It's just taking forever." "Haven't you ever gotten to know somebody." "Before you went to bed with him?" "Is that d?" "Bonnie:" "It's pathetic." "good night." "Um..." "Do you want to come in." "And..." "Stay?" "I..." "Come in." "Trevor's inside the house." "He sleeps like the dead." "I don't want to make it." "Any harder for you." "You're supposed to wait a year." "Isn't that what bonnie said to you?" "Ok." "I..." "I can't." "Oh." "I'm sorry." "No." "I don't mean I can't." "It's just..." "What?" "It's complicated." "I get it." "It's ok to say you don't like me that way." "Is that what you think it is?" "It's ok." "Arlene." "How could you ever think that?" "What?" "What is it?" "And you're doing this because..." "I need more links." "You're spending $300 to go to vegas." "And find an old lady." "So you can sell a story for $300." "rochelle." "All right?" "It's not something you wipe your ass with." "You have such a lovely way of expressing yourself." "do me a favor." "ok?" "Hmm." "what are you hoping this'll be? Something that clears a check." "You know?" "Are you sure that's all?" "I drank the last of the coffee." "Please put it on the list." "Huh." "Bye." "♪ If some miracle ♪" "♪ Could win your love for me ♪ little girl ♪" "♪ How happy I would be ♪" "♪ If some miracle could win your love for me ♪" "Who's there?" "♪ Win your love ♪" "♪ Your love for me ♪" "Hey." "Hey." "Do you look down on me?" "What?" "Do you look down on me?" "No." "'Cause I don't talk like you." "I haven't read the stuff you read." "What are you talking about?" "and you know it." "Don't talk to me like that." "you know." "Words are all I have." "Why?" "Why?" "'Cause you think you look like shit?" "Is that it? If that's even what they are." "Is that what they are?" "Yes." "You look good to me." "too." "Ok." "So?" "So I've never been here before." "Ok." "So you're scared." "too." "Listen." "ok?" "I can't take my shirt off with a guy." "But I want that with you." "I want that." "♪ Win your love for me ♪" "♪ For me ♪" "♪ Whoa ♪" "♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ whoa ♪" "You don't see me." "my life... My life is..." "It's manageable." "It's manageable." "Every day..." "I have a thing I do every day." "It's all I've ever known." "And as long as I have that..." "As long as I have that..." "I'm ok." "I'm lost." "So is that all you want?" "Your god damn manageable day?" "It's what I have." "it isn't." "Is it what you want?" "Yes!" "It's what I want!" "I don't believe you." "Ok." "That's the best I got." "It's not about you... it is! And you don't want it." "Maybe you're scared to get rejected." "I can't reject you." "You're too quick for me!" "Hey." "did you?" "look what I found!" "What do you want?" "!" "Give me that!" "It's my asthma spray!" "Shut up!" "Adam:" "Stop it!" "Stay still!" "Stop!" "Help me!" "Hold still!" "Hey!" "mckinney." "Come here." "let's hang out." "Help me." "Please." "Screw it." "He's not doing anything." "Come on." "Let me go!" "Let me go!" "Trevor..." "You cut my class." "It's been 4 days." "What's been 4 days?" "Why haven't you called my mother?" "It's been 4 days." "I don't know." "Neither does she." "what's the matter?" "Pay it forward didn't work." "I couldn't even do it." "I was gonna help adam." "Help adam do what?" "Not get beat up." "and I let him." "I let him get beat." "you didn't." "You didn't let him get beat." "you know?" "sometimes there's nothing we can do." "It's not fair." "I know... no!" "You don't know." "You should call my mother." "You could do something." "If you wanted." "Why are you so chicken?" "I'm not chicken..." "Something's gonna happen." "Then it'll be too late." "What's gonna happen?" "What do you mean?" "He'll come back." "Who will come back?" "who will come..." "Your dad." "Your dad will come back?" "And..." "What will happen." "trevor?" "Will he hurt you?" "Will he hurt her?" "Not if someone's there..." "Instead of him." "Trevor... it's..." "It's complicated for me now." "I..." "Is the world just shit?" "it isn't." "Hey." "You did good work." "trevor." "I'm proud of you." "Not the result." "I don't care about the grade." "I just wanted to see." "If the world would really change." "Hi." "Hi." "come in." "Ohh!" "Trevor!" "It worked!" "god!" "Eugene:" "Does he always get up this early?" "What?" "this is not good." "He just saw me!" "It's ok!" "too!" "Trevor:" "Eugene?" "I think you should." "Still call me mr." "Simonet." "didn't you?" "Why don't you go back to bed?" "Why?" "It's too early for you to be up... it's a Sunday!" "It's a Sunday?" "Yeah." "stay! I have a whole schedule." "That you don't know about." "bring everything here!" "Would you please take care of him?" "all right?" "Don't be a stranger!" "trevor!" "Trevor:" "Do you like him?" "Ok." "hey!" "come on." "Go away." "lady." "take it! But it's not what I want." "What... what... what are you doing?" "I'm not gonna hurt you!" "What are you... hey!" "my god!" "Listen to me." "Nothing's this important!" "come... come down here!" "What are you doing?" "anyway?" "Because I owe somebody a favor." "Not me." "Why not you?" "You know... heh! All I could think about. a-and..." "I changed my thinking." "please!" "Go away!" "I'm not worth it." "Why's that?" "for god's sake!" "tell me!" "Why are you not worth it?" "Trust me..." "You wouldn't understand." "Are you kidding me?" "You think I live at the ritz?" "Have a cup of coffee with me?" "What?" "Do me a favor." "Save my life." "Get him!" "Get him!" "Off the ropes!" "Off the ropes!" "he missed him." "he did!" "Bam-ba-bam-ba-bam-ba-bam!" "dude." "Announcer:" "Distraction from the imperial... he's got him." "Give the ddt!" "What?" "It's gonna be a ddt." "and drop him on his head!" "he's dead." "He's dead." "get out of the ring." "get out of the ring?" "You can't get out of t ring." "he can." "He has to get a chair." "A chair?" "Bam!" "Aah!" "Slow motion." "Hyah!" "when did you become so violent?" "no." "Take me to a match." "You get splattered in the front row." "thank you... Your birthday present to me." "no." "You know what you're getting for your birthday?" "What?" "A brand-new encyclopedia... ohh." "Leather-bound..." "Thucydides' history of the peloponnesian war." "I'm getting you 51 crackling volumes." "There'll be pop quizzes every day." "On the development of cotton farms... arlene." "Unh!" "ricky." "I know." "I know what we had." "But I did it." "You did what?" "I knew I couldn't come back." "To this house unless I was sober." "It's the truth." "and 4 days." "Of the truth." "Where you been?" "What does it matter?" "I knew I had to change." "Are you sober?" "and I got sober staying right here." "you're stronger than me." "Can you just stop for a minute..." "Please?" "Can we just sit down and talk?" "Ok." "Hi." "God!" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "What are you doing here?" "I want you to understand... really." "No explanation required." "Please don't talk to me like that." "eugene." "He's sober now." "We've never been sober together." "I wish you luck." "I feel like I gotta give him a chance." "A chance?" "A chance for what? To try to make up for lost time." "to take trevor to some ball games?" "Do some real daddy things with him?" "Yeah." "He promised to try." "What do you want me to do?" "be smart." "eugene." "arlene." "In what other way has he been a father to trevor?" "Unless knocking somebody around is a new family value." "What are you talking about?" "He never touched trevor." "that's right." "Only you." "He only took it out on you." "That's so much better." "What did trevor tell you?" "Enough." "arlene." "Secrets like that shouldn't be kept." "What good does it do trevor?" "You weren't there." "Ricky never meant to hit me." "We were drunk..." "Christ!" "What is it with women like you?" "Is that something you really tell yourself?" "it's ok he beat me." "Trevor's ok"? And he's... and he's hoping and praying." "That it will stop." "Trevor never went through..." "How do you know what trevor went through?" "How do you know? He doesn't come for trevor?" "arlene." "My father got on his knees." "She always took him back." "I never understood it." "And she'd take him back." "Because he begged." "And he cried." "And now you ask me what happened." "After he came back." "go on!" "You said you wanted to know." "What happened to me." "Now ask me." "I don't like this." "eugene?" "Ask me!" "Did he hurt you?" "Not for long." "I was gone." "I ran away... So I had to go back and see her." "I did." "Now ask me what happened that night." "eugene?" "What happened?" "He was there..." "Drunk as usual." "I wasn't the same." "And I was no longer afraid of him." "And when I looked him in the eye." "And told him if he ever touched her again He knew..." "He knew that he would never exist." "For me again." "And I'm standing in front of the house." "I'm screaming for her to come out." "I'm telling her she doesn't have to..." "She doesn't have to take it anymore." "She really doesn't." "She can come with me now." "I don't even see it coming." "He hits me in the side of the head." "And I'm bleeding from my ear." "And then he's dragging me." "He's dragging me behind the house." "and then he's gone." "I don't know." "and he's wetting me down." "and I don't understand." "I don't understand why water..." "Should smell so bad." "I don't understand." "And then I see it." "I see..." "This... This red gas can from his trunk." "And he looks at me one last time..." "And he lights a match." "And the last thing I remember..." "And I'll never forget it..." "Were his eyes." "His eyes because they were filled with this..." "Immense..." "Satisfaction." "I'm so sorry..." "Don't... don't... don't tell me how sorry you are for me!" "Just tell me how you're gonna stop it." "Happening to trevor." "Ricky would never do that." "arlene." "He doesn't have to." "All he has to do is not love him." "Jesus!" "♪ This is my last resort ♪" "Hey." "♪ Cut my life into pieces... ♪" "What's going on?" "What's going on?" "What's going on?" "What are you doing?" "What's it look like I'm doing?" "What are you putting in my room?" "We had an agreement." "My son won't talk to me." "He won't even look at me!" "What the hell did you do." "To turn him against me?" "I didn't do anything." "I told you I wasn't gonna make him talk to you." "You could go get a job." "What am I supposed to use for a car?" "The bus." "That's what I do." "that'll be the day." "you can't stay in this room." "baby." "this is our house." "This is our bed..." "You've been drinking." "Kiss me." "Stop it." "Stop it." "Stop it." "♪ I never realized I was spread too thin ♪" "♪ till it was too late ♪" "♪ And I was empty within... ♪" "I want you out." "♪ Downward spiral ♪" "♪ Where do I begin?" "♪" "Turn that noise down!" "boy!" "Don't talk to him like that." "I've had enough of this shit around here." "what are you gonna do?" "Get out!" "I like you a whole lot better." "When you had a few drinks in you." "You want me out of the house?" "I'm out." "Sorry." "I think I made a mistake." "Everybody makes mistakes." "♪ Please open your window ♪" "♪ Hold me in that lap tonight ♪" "♪ No matter which way the wind blows ♪" "♪ Let your heart out to ride ♪" "♪ I've put all the care and woe ♪" "♪ In the world down below ♪" "♪ Just open your window ♪" "♪ And you know where to go ♪" "I was wonderin' if you could help me out." "bring them up." "Thank you." "Carefully." "Thank you." "Careful." "Did you get rid of your hiccups?" "Girl:" "Yes." "Good." "I told you holding your breath would work." "Thank you." "Careful." "Thank you." "Thanks." "That's very nice." "Give me that one." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "what is it?" "Are you still gonna pay it forward?" "You could say you don't have to." "'Cause it didn't work out." "But I thought you still might." "I would like more than anything." "To do that for you." "And when I find something worthy of..." "I know somebody who needs something." "you have to let me find this on my own." "You know who it is." "Look... all right?" "So you do not know what you're asking." "Give her another chance." "I promise you that..." "But I cannot do that." "But that's why this is the one..." "Because it's supposed to be." "Something hard." "If you helped her in a way." "Nobody else could..." "Did she ask you to come talk to me... But I still think you could." "If you wanted to do something really huge..." "For someone..." "For my project..." "For me." "she made her choice." "She said she made a mistake." "that's the beauty of hindsight." "You don't care." "I do." "I will always care." "always." "Yeah." "You're my teacher." "They pay you to." "You got it?" "uh-huh." "I ain't saying a thing till I get one more." "You know..." "I thought you might feel that way." "no." "Later." "Places..." "Where nobody cares where you park overnight." "Places where I live." "Anybody who knows me knows where to find me." "mom." "What are you doing here?" "I wanted to see you." "After 3 years..." "I couldn't..." "I can't watch you do this." "I drive by your house." "I know." "He's big." "Yeah." "What are you doing here?" "Are... are you..." "Are you gonna try to put me somewhere?" "No." "Then what do you want?" "I want to try to do something." "All the things..." "When I was a kid..." "The booze..." "And the men." "What happened to me." "When you weren't looking." "I know we're all weak." "not you..." "I've been weak." "Well..." "Here's the thing." "I forgive you." "Oh..." "I don't like your hair..." "I know." "I'm not putting it back." "I'd like to see you sometimes." "Is that ok?" "Yes." "You can't live with me?" "No." "I wouldn't want to." "Ha ha." "Can I see him?" "Not drunk." "Even if it's just for 2 hours." "I can do that." "Ok." "then I'll come and find you." "Ok?" "Yeah." "Ok." "arley?" "she told me why." "She told me I had to do something big..." "For 3 other people." "dear trevor ♪" "♪ Happy birthday to you ♪" "♪ And many more ♪" "What'd you wish for?" "What'd you wish for? Or it won't come true." "Can I have some napkins?" "Who wants a big..." "where's my knife?" "I'll get it." "Mom?" "Hello." "I'm chris chandler." "I'm a reporter." "I was wondering." "If I could have a moment of your time." "Why?" "I don't have anything to say about anything. so..." "My mother?" "She told me about." "The pay it forward idea." "And I'm doing a story about it." "you can't." "That's private." "mrs." "Mckinney..." "My son's upset about it." "And it didn't work out the way he wanted it to." "Social studies?" "Yeah." "Please just leave it alone." "He just wants to get on with the seventh grade." "Seventh grade?" "How do you... ok?" "I'm sorry to... mrs." "Mckinney." "I've been tracking this story." "ok?" "the movement... mrs." "Mckinney." "the movement?" "Yeah." "You're telling me your son." "Had something to do with this?" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "ms." "Mckinney." "It's up to him." "Good." "slugger?" "I guess." "sir." "Just like you're getting a haircut." "You ever been interviewed before?" "No." "trevor." "This is for you." "Hi." "How are you?" "What's your name?" "Chris chandler." "Nice to meet you." "A little less painful than a trip to the dentist." "pal?" "Ok." "You ready to go?" "I guess." "You guess?" "you gotta have some gusto here." "Are we ready?" "great." "just be yourself." "Relax." "ok?" "All right." "we're on?" "and I'm joined today." "Trevor mckinney." "you must be." "Pretty proud of yourself." "No." "So you're not proud at all?" "I don't know." "I guess." "you start a movement." "Like pay it forward." "You're not proud? But that was just for the effort." "the stuff I did didn't really work out." "You're here." "but... But nothing really happened." "My mom's stuff worked." "And it was really hard for her." "And I had really missed her." "And that's why pay it forward." "Went to all those places... 'cause of my mom." "'Cause she was so brave." "I..." "I don't know." "I think some people are too scared or something." "I think things can be different... the world's..." "The world's not exactly..." "Shit." "But I guess it's hard for some people." "Who are so used to things the way they are..." "Even if they're bad..." "To change..." "And they kind of give up." "everybody kind of..." "Kind of loses." "Arlene..." "I don't want to be one of those people." "And I've become one." "I don't want to spend." "Another second of wasted air." "Please don't let me stay trapped in here forever." "I won't." "I don't want to spend." "Another second without you." "that was awesome." "guys." "right?" "man." "Let me go!" "Stop it!" "Who'd you tell?" "Stop it!" "tattletale?" "I didn't tell anybody." "ah!" "I swear I didn't say anything!" "Help!" "Let me go." "Stop it." "Trevor!" "Come here." "Eugene:" "Hey!" "Let me go!" "Trevor!" "trevor!" "Hey!" "Get out of my face!" "Punch him." "Come on!" "No!" "Eugene:" "Leave him alone!" "Trevor!" "Trevor?" "Unh!" "Trevor?" "!" "Someone get an ambulance!" "Trevor:" "But I guess it's hard for some people who are..." "So used to things the way they are..." "Even if they're bad..." "to change..." "Because..." "I guess they kinda give up." "And when they do..." "Everybody kinda loses." "Newsman:" "These moments make you sorry." "To have to report anything at all." "This remarkable young man died at 7:35 this evening." "Newswoman:" "There are now confirmed incidents." "Of pay it forward." "san francisco." "we're checking to see." "If the 16 foster children." "Who just received computers." "Is in any way connected to this movement." "Trevor:" "It's hard." "You can't plan it." "Sort of..." "Sort of keep an eye on 'em." "because..." "They can't always see what they need." "It's... it's like your big chance." "To fix something that's not like your bike." "You can..." "Fix a person." "Everybody to pay it forward?" "I can't ask for that." "you can." "Why not?" "Wouldn't work." "Why?" "I already blew out my candles."