What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Arnie Two, three, five, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, nineteen, seventeen. Gilbert Arnie. Arnie Fifteen, seventeen. Gilbert Arnie, eat some chicken. Arnie I don't, I don't want any chicken, Gilbert. Gilbert You want some corn? Arnie I w. . . I want some corn. Gilbert Have some corn. Here. Arnie Huh. Gilbert Good? Arnie Mm-mm. Not good corn. Gilbert? Gilbert Hmm. Arnie Are they gonna come soon? 'Cos I gotta go back home, you know. Gilbert Pretty soon. Arnie I want them to come. Gilbert Wanna go home? Arnie No. I wanna see 'em. Gilbert Okay. Arnie They're gonna come soon, huh? How many more miles till they come, Gilbert? Gilbert Three million, buddy. Arnie Three? Gilbert Yep. Arnie Okay. Gilbert! That's them, uh? Gilbert, look, it's them! Look! They're coming here! Ahh! Come here! Look at 'em come. They're coming! Like a horse! Like a horse! Like a horse! Gilbert (voice) My brother Arnie's about to turn eighteen. Gilbert Arnie! Gilbert (voice) My family's planning a big party for him. Watching the campers is our yearly ritual. They're doing the right thing just passing through. Gilbert God, Arnie. You're getting so big. Pretty soon I ain't going to be able to carry you no more. Arnie No. You know you're getting little, Gilbert. Gilbert Yeah. Arnie You're getting littler. You're shrinking, Gilbert. You're shrinking. Shrinking, shrinking, shrinking. Gilbert (voice) Endora. Endora's where we are. Describing Endora is like dancing to no music. It's a town where nothing much ever happens, and nothing much ever will. Lamson Grocery is where I work. And miles out of town on the interstate there's Foodland... where everyone else shops. This is where I live with my family. My dad built the house. It's my job to keep up the repairs. Doctors said we'd be lucky if Arnie lived to be ten. Well, ten came and went. Now the doctors are saying, "Any time now. Arnie could go at any time." Some days you want him to live. Arnie It's a head. Gilbert (voice) Some days you don't. Gilbert What is it, buddy? Arnie I killed him. I killed him, Gilbert. Gilbert I know. Arnie I killed him. Gilbert I know, buddy, I know. Gilbert (voice) My older sister, Amy, is more like a mother. She used to manage the elementary school cafeteria over in Motley. . . until it burned down last year. My other sister, Ellen, just turned fifteen. She got her braces off and for days now she's been walking around going, "Ooh, aah", like she can't believe to feel her teeth. I got another brother, Larry, but he got away. And then there's Momma, who in her day, was the prettiest girl in these parts. Ever since our dad was hung out to dry seventeen years ago, Momma's had her hands full. You see, with Momma there's no nice way to break it to you. She hasn't left the house in over seven years. I'm Gilbert. Gilbert Grape. Television This is the stuff of the circus. Momma Sunshine? Where's my sunshine? Gilbert I don't know, Momma. Amy Just the essentials. Gilbert Okay. Momma Gilbert. . . get him down from there. Gilbert Arnie. . . Momma Hurry! Gilbert Let's go. Amy, you seen Arnie? Amy No, I thought he was with you. Gilbert No, no. I wonder where he is. Amy Gee, I don't know. Gilbert Ellen, you seen your brother? Ellen He's in the tree. Amy Ellen, he is not in the tree! Gilbert already looked in the tree. Isn't that right, Gilbert? Gilbert Yeah, that's right. Oh! Arnie. Don't do that, you scared me. Come here. Arnie I was up there, Gilbert. Gilbert Yeah, you were up in the tree. Arnie I was right up there. Mr Lamson Can I help you with anything? Woman Uh. . . no. Arnie Thank you and goodbye. Mr Lamson Gilbert? Gilbert Sir? Mr Lamson Something going on at Foodland? Gilbert Oh, I wouldn't know, sir. I don't shop there. I'd rather die. Mrs Lamson I'll tell you. Foodland's up to something, if you ask me. Mr Lamson It's those lobsters, isn't it? Scads of lobsters all in a tank. Am I right? Gilbert You know. You shouldn't worry about it. It's just a phase. People'll come back here, believe me. Mr Lamson You think? Gilbert Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Mr Lamson The way you say that makes me think I'm talking to your father. Arnie Can I have these two, Gilbert? Gilbert No, just one. Arnie Can I have these two? Mr Lamson Sure, go ahead. Gilbert Say thank you. Mr Lamson Say hello to Momma for me. Gilbert I will. See you tomorrow. Mrs Lamson Gilbert. That was Mrs Carver needing a delivery. Could you? Mrs Carver Hello, Gilbert. Gilbert Hello. Mrs Carver Boys, go on outside. Todd Carver But we don't wanna. Doug Carver Yeah, we don't wanna. Mrs Carver Go play. Arnie Hey! Hey! Gilbert Arnie, get back in the truck. Keep counting, okay? Arnie Okay. One. . . five, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twelve, thirteen. . . Mr Carver Hey, kids, let's play! Come on! Todd! We got the trampoline! Come on boys! Come on! Gilbert The uh. . . The ice cream's gonna melt. Soon. Mrs Carver You're right. It is melting. Gilbert Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Mrs Carver Oh, my. Oh, my. Gilbert Oh, my God. Mr Carver Come on up here, I wanna show you. Todd Carver I don't wanna do it. Mr Carver You don't wanna do it? Doug Carver I wanna pool. Mr Carver You wanna pool? Doug Carver Yeah. Todd Carver Yeah, we wanna pool. Mr Carver Come on up here. Up, up, up, up, up, up. Mrs Carver Gilbert was just making a delivery. Mr Carver Oh. Oh. Gilbert. Come here for a second. Here. Gilbert Oh, no, no, no, no, no, really, er... Mr Carver Oh, no. No, no, here. I insist. You deserve it. Gilbert Thank you. Mr Carver Thank you. Mrs Carver Bye, Gilbert. Gilbert Bye. Mr Carver Gilbert. Come by my office. We need to talk. Gilbert Okay. Arnie? Deputy Okay, son, it's a little dangerous up there. Come on down. Man Arnie, get down! Deputy We've had enough fun for one day. Come on down. Arnie Hey! Hey! Hi! I wanna go up there! Deputy Son? Arnie Yeah? Deputy Come on down. Arnie No! I'm not coming down, I'm going up there! Deputy Son, come on down. Arnie I wanna go up there! Gilbert Arnie! Arnie, come on down, buddy. Arnie Up here. Hi! Deputy Okay, son. Come on down. Arnie I wanna go up here! Deputy Come on, son. Arnie I'm going higher than before. I'm going high! Deputy It's getting dark soon. Come on down. Bobby Hi. Tucker Hey, Bob. Yeah, look, here we go again. Mechanic Basically, I don't like to work on carburetors and I can tell without getting into it that that is a complicated unit. Grandma I, I understand. I, I can do it myself. But I need the part. Look, let me show you. See, it's this little guy right here. See the needle valve. . . it's worn down, and I need a new one. Could we order it? Mechanic Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am, I can order it. Grandma About how long do you think that would take? Mechanic Probably a week. Grandma A week. Deputy Don't make us come get you. Arnie You don't have to come and get me. I'm going up here. Gilbert Arnie. Arnie Whoa. I'm not gonna fall! Whoa! Tucker & Bobby Whoa. Arnie Hey! My shoe done fell off. My shoe done fell off, Gilbert. Gilbert (singing) I know a boy whose name is Arnie, He's, er, about to turn eighteen and have a big party, I know a boy whose name is Arnie. Gilbert Come on down, buddy. Come on. Gilbert (chanting) Match in the gas tank - boom, boom! Arnie (chanting) Match in the gas tank - boom, boom. Gilbert (chanting) Match in the gas tank - boom, boom! Arnie (chanting) Match in the gas tank - boom, boom. Boom, boom, boom, boom. Match in the gas tank - boom, boom. Gilbert Good boy. Man Easy does it now. Gilbert Come on down, buddy. Earl All right! Gilbert Come on down. Come on! There you go. All right. Thanks a lot. Really sorry. Good. Good boy. Good boy. Now, I'm gonna take him home. I promise it won't happen again. Sheriff Son, we hear this every time. Then after a couple of days he's right back up there again. Gilbert Yeah, but this is the last time. Right, buddy? Arnie It's the last time. Gilbert Yeah. Come on, let's go. Arnie I wanna go back up there again. I wanna go up there again. Earl Hey, Arnie. Good job, huh? Gilbert Don't touch him. Boy Whoa, nice try. Earl Way to go, Arnie. Could you do it again for me? Tucker Get out of here, Earl. Gilbert Could you help me out later? Tucker Yeah. Gilbert With the fridge. Tucker With the what? Gilbert Something wrong with the fridge. Tucker The electricity? Gilbert I don't know. Maybe. Tucker All right. I'll have to get my tools. Arnie Hi. Tucker I'll see you. I'll have to stop by later. You be careful, all right, Arnie? Arnie Okay. Momma Don't disappear like that again on me, okay? Arnie I disappear. I disappeared on Momma like that. Momma Please don't disappear. Gilbert Just let him go. Amy Gilbert, will you bring the milk. Arnie I miss Momma. Momma Good boy. Arnie Disappear like that. Momma Good boy. Arnie Food. Amy Are we ready to talk about the party? Momma Sure. Ellen I'm ready. Amy Ellen's in charge of decorations. Ellen Get this - purple, orange and green. Momma Sounds good. Ellen Theme colours. Amy Okay. Momma That sounds pretty good. Amy I'm doing the food, the cake. Momma Okay. Amy Arnie, I'm making something very special for you. And, er, Momma you can supervise everything. Okay with everybody? Ellen That's disgusting. Momma Sounds good. Arnie What about me? Amy You are the guest of honour. How about that? Arnie Gilbert, what about me? My party. It's my party. What about me? Gilbert You just show up, buddy. That's your job. Momma All you have to do is show up. Amy You don't have to do anything. All you have to do is turn eighteen. Ellen You know, that just leaves Gilbert. Gilbert Huh? Ellen You're the only one without anything to do. Got any ideas? Amy Sure he does. Gilbert No, I don't. No, I don't. Amy Yes, you do. Ellen I'm almost sixteen and I got pages of ideas. Momma Ellen. Ellen She designed a whole cake, and you haven't done anything. Momma Stop it, Ellen. Amy Can it. Gilbert Can I be excused? Ellen He never does anything. No. Momma Please, can't we just do something as a family? Ellen No fair, Momma! Gilbert Can I please be excused? Amy, Momma & Ellen (all talking at once) Arnie My party though! Momma Is that too much to ask? Tucker So it's gonna be an exact copy of the one. . . the original they built in Boone. Gilbert Really? Tucker Which is no big dead, Gilbert, 'cos they're all. . . All Burger Barns are built identical. They're prefabricated. They just ship 'em out. I mean, it's so efficient, it's amazing. In a matter of a couple of days, there's gonna be a whole new restaurant there. So, I was driving past the building site today. You know, it's going up right next to. . . right down the road from Foodland. The general manager was there. So I says, "Can I fill out an application?" He said, "You bet you can." So I did, you know, and it looks really good. I mean, I'm happy wearing one of them uniforms and flipping some burgers, salting some fries. You never know, could be the best thing that ever happened to me. Hey, get. . . Get outta here. Boy I saw her! I saw her, I saw her! Tucker That wasn't nice. Gilbert What? What'd I do? Tucker You know what you did. Gilbert Oh. Tucker That's your mother in there. Your mother. Gilbert I know. Tucker I don't get you man. I just don't get it. Gilbert Let's go, buddy. Arnie Okay. Gilbert Come on. Arnie Gilbert, run now! Run! Bye-bye, Momma. Bye-bye. Momma Night you guys. Move Amy. Arnie Gilbert is shrinking. Shrinking, shrinking, shrinking, shrinking. I'm not tired yet, Gilbert. Gilbert Well, you gotta go to sleep, okay? Arnie Okay. Goodbye. Gilbert No, it's not goodbye. It's good night. Arnie Yeah. Gilbert Goodbye is for when you're going away and we're not going anywhere, are we? Arnie I know that. I know that, Gilbert. Gilbert See you tomorrow. Arnie We're not going anywhere! Goodbye! Gilbert Arnie. Tucker You gotta work later? Gilbert Yeah I do. Woman Hi, boys. Hi, Arnie. Arnie Hiya, ladies. Gilbert Gotta come back. Tucker How's Momma? Gilbert She's fat. Tucker Come on, man. She's not all that big, Gilbert. Gilbert What? Tucker Listen, I saw a guy at the state fair who was. . . a little bit bigger. Gilbert A little bit bigger? Tucker Look, all I'm saying is she's not the biggest I've ever seen. Gilbert Tucker, she's a whale. Tucker Well, take her out for a walk once in a while. Gilbert Take her out for a jog. Tucker Get her out of the house. Gilbert Hey, Bobby. Bobby! Tucker Give her a chance, that's all I'm saying. Gilbert I know. How's business? Bobby Oh, not good. Hey! Nobody's dying. Tucker There's a clear ladder. There's a clear corporate ladder. Bobby That's good. Arnie How, Gilbert? Tucker That's a good thing for you to do. Arnie How? Tucker If you guys would give it a chance. Bobby I. . . I. . . I just was saying that it wasn't something that I should be doing for myself. Tucker Look, they use Canola oil, okay? You know what Canola oil is? You probably don't. Gilbert No, no. Tucker They probably don't sell it at Lamson Grocery. Gilbert No. Tucker It's cutting edge. It creates a crispier French fry and. . . Bobby Well, that's. . . Tucker And, er, a more unique product. And Burger Barn. . . Forget Wendy's, forget Burger King, forget McDonalds, that's like, old hat. Burger Barn is cutting edge. I mean, I, I could really stand behind it. It, it's an innovative place. You know, they created the salad bar, which is now mimicked by every single fast-food chain in America. Bobby Yeah. Tucker They came up with that. Fifteen different toppings for each salad and two different kinds of lettuce. And there's, you know, all that you care to eat. Bobby Yeah. Tucker You either go from clerk to fry cook to cook to assistant manager, or you can go from clerk to cashier captain to assistant manager. And then from assistant manager you could go to manager, and then regional manager and then. . . Mr Lamson Look at the little fellas. Arnie My hoppers. Mr Lamson Let's try this. Arnie My friend. Mr Lamson There you go, my boy. Gilbert What do you say, Arnie? Arnie Ah, thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Mrs Carver Gilbert. This Thursday. It's our anniversary. Gilbert Okay. Becky Hello. Mrs Carver Gilbert. I'll need a delivery later. Mr Lamson Have a nice day. Gilbert. Gilbert. Becky He's behind the chips. Mr Lamson Delivery, son. Gilbert Excuse me? Mr Lamson Delivery. She's gonna be needing some help. Gilbert Yes, sir. Arnie Is that your bike? Becky Yeah. Arnie I'll do it, Gilbert, I'll do it. Gilbert Here, wait a second. Arnie I got it. I did it, huh? Tucker Look there. Arnie I did it by myself. Bobby Yeah. Look at that. Arnie I could go at any time. Gilbert Ssh. Arnie. No. Arnie Any time. Gilbert Excuse me. Where to? Becky Oh, just keep going straight. Gilbert All right. Arnie My almost, my almost become, become eighteen and I'm having a big. . . a big party, huh, Gilbert? Gilbert Yup. Arnie When is that party coming? Gilbert Six days. Arnie Six days to my party and I'm come eighteen. I'm eighteen and you're not invited. Gilbert Arnie. Don't be rude. Becky Oh, it's okay. He's just being honest. I don't mind. Arnie I, I got the groceries. Gilbert All right, be careful with them. Arnie The groceries. I got 'em, okay? Gilbert Okay. Oh, no, Arnie. Arnie Oh, no. Gilbert Shit. Sorry. Really sorry. Becky It's okay. Don't worry about it. Gilbert No, no, I'm really. . . I'm really sorry. This is. . . Becky It's okay. Gilbert I'm sorry. Becky Don't be sorry. Are you sorry? Arnie Mm-mm. Becky No. I'm not sorry. He's not sorry. We're not sorry. Don't be sorry. Arnie I'm not sorry. Amy So I think if we're gonna have people come that early we should have appetisers. Momma Oh, yeah, that'd be good. You know those little tiny sausage things. And put 'em in grape jelly and ketchup and make a sauce. Amy I was thinking. . . Arnie I want hot dogs, Mom. Ellen How 'bout pretzels? Amy . . .you know, like those Hawaiian appetizers. . . that they make with. . . you get pineapple chunks out of a can and you wrap them with little pieces of bacon and you push a toothpick through 'em. Momma How do you cook the bacon? Amy In the oven, on a pan. Momma But the bacon's not gonna be crisp if u bake it in the oven on a sheet. Amy Yes, it will. Momma And nobody wants greasy. . . Arnie I want hot dogs. Amy No, you. . . you soak 'em. . . Momma . . .floppy bacon. Arnie Momma, I want hot dogs. Amy Oh, Arnie. Momma We're gonna have hot dogs, honey. I promise. We're gonna have hot dogs. Arnie Wa. . . I want hot dogs. Ellen The thing about hot dogs. . . I mean, every party that I've been to. . . Gilbert Ellen. Ellen. Ellen What? Gilbert Could you not talk with your mouth full? Ellen Excuse me? Gilbert You're making me sick. I'm gonna throw up. Ellen Oh. Okay, Dad. Momma Ellen. Ellen Sure thing, Dad. Amy Will you two cut it out? Arnie Okay, Dad. Sure thing, Dad. Gilbert That's nice. Amy Stop it, you guys. Gilbert Dad's dead, Ellen. Momma Gilbert! Amy Gilbert. Momma I can't believe you said that. Amy Shut up. Arnie Dad's dead. Amy Arnie. Arnie Dad's dead. Amy Arnie, ssh. Arnie. Arnie Dad's dead. Amy It's okay. Arnie Dad's dead. Amy Stop it now! Arnie Dad's dead. Momma Oh, God. Arnie Dad's dead! Amy Arnie. Stop it. Arnie Dad's dead! Dad's dead! Amy Momma, don't get upset. Arnie Dad's dead! Dad's dead! Dad's dead! Momma Amy, make him stop. Arnie Dad's dead. Ellen Arnie, shut up! Arnie Dead, dead, dead, dead! Ellen You're crazy, Arnie. Amy Arnie. Arnie Dead! Dead, dead, dead, dead! Gilbert Arnie. Ssh, ssh. Amy Arnie. Calm down! Momma Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Amy That's enough. Arnie, that's enough. Momma Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Amy Arnie. Arnie, be quiet. Momma Stop it right now! Arnie Dad's dead! Momma I said, stop it right now! Gilbert Amy. Amy. Tucker It should be two by ten's or two by twelve's. And the space between 'em here, is. . . should. . . right now it's at two feet. And this should be sixteen inches, I mean that's just standard. And this right here. See this here? Flat flooring. I mean, flat flooring! It's like once the wood gets old you're just gonna fall right through it. Amy Yeah, I guess Daddy wasn't much of a carpenter. Tucker Hey, Gilbert, why did. . . why did he use two by six's instead of two by. . . ? Gilbert Tucker. Tucker What? Gilbert Ssh. Keep it down. Tucker Sorry. Gilbert She's coming. Hey, she's coming. Ssh. Ssh. You all right? Okay? Amy Yeah, I'm fine. Gilbert Thanks a lot for coming. Tucker I'll come by tomorrow with the wood. Just let's keep it quiet. Oh, I forget to tell you. Gilbert What? Tucker Burger Barn. I'm in. I got the call. Gilbert Oh, oh, good. Tucker It's not too late, you know. All right, see you. Amy I think she's asleep. Man (On TV) Let's say that you want to slice down zucchini squash for the electric food dehydrator. Look at this. Woman (On TV) Wonderful. Man (On TV) Perfect slicing each and every time. Is that nice? Woman (On TV) Marvelous. Man (On TV) Of course, if you know someone that can't chew too well. Woman (On TV) Okay. Man (On TV) Taking corn off the cob. Look at this. We'll just turn the dial down a little bit. Woman (On TV) . . .and sit there for hours with a knife. Literally hours, cutting her corn. Unbelievable. Man (On TV) 'Course. For und. . . . . . right now you get the hundred and. . . Mamma Gilbert, what are you doing? Give me that. Gilbert Sorry, Momma. Momma Jeez. Man (On TV) . . .the thirty dollar dial-o-matic food slicer. . . Amy Momma? Momma Mm-mm? Amy I made up that bed for you. Momma What for? Amy Well, just in case you wanted a change. Momma I'm happy right where I am. Amy You sure? Momma Yeah. Gilbert There you go. Amy There you go, Momma. Momma Thanks, kids. Amy Good night, Momma. Momma You're so helpful. Man (On TV) . . .three easy credit card payments of only twenty dollars each. . . Arnie New ball. Gilbert Took her delivery. Arnie Fire! Gilbert We talked a little bit. And, er, that was it. I dropped her off. Tucker What's she doing here? Gilbert She. . . I don't know. She's just sort of here. Their car broke down or something. Tucker Come on. You. . . I can see in your face that you like her. Gilbert Can we just not talk about this right now? Tucker Why not? Gilbert Let's change the subject. Mr Carver . . .you understand? Doug Carver We want a pool. Tucker Okay. But you're telling me later. Gilbert I'll tell you everything later. Bobby Look at those guys out there. Mr Carver Gilbert. Gilbert Mm-hm. Bobby They're laughing. They're all happy and waving to their friends. But the next day, and this is the thing they don't know, they could be. . . lying on the slab. It's kind of, uh. . . harsh. But it's kind of fun, too. Tucker Do you ever, um. . . ? Bobby What? Tucker Um. . . Well, you know. . . Are you tempted like. . . to wanna fool around with the bodies? Gilbert Tucker, come on. Tucker No, I wanted to ask. I just wanted to ask. I'm sorry. I'm sorry if it makes you uncomfortable. Bobby No, no. People are very curious about that. No, yeah, I, er. . . The worst thing that we do is we take the bodies, the grotesque ones, the really. . . really ugly ones, and we make, make jokes about them, you know. Harmless jokes. Very harmless jokes, but we come up with some, some very good, good jokes. . . Mrs Carver Come on, let's go. Bobby . . .about them, my father and me. But, but, you know, they're dead. And uh. . . you know, nobody can see that. Nobody hears anything. Mrs Carver Hi, boys. Tucker Hi. Bobby Hello, Mrs Carver. Gilbert Hi. Bobby These jokes don't hurt anybody. Nobody even knows we make them. Mr Carver Gilbert, I'm waiting for your call. Bobby Oh, Mr Carver, er, I, I haven't seen your mother in church lately. How's she doing? Mr Carver Fine. She's fine. Bobby Ah, thanks. Bye. Tucker He wants. . . he wants to kill you, right? Bobby Er, you prefer a bronze casket? Tucker Hey. Gilbert. Hey, can somebody give me a hand down here? Gilbert What? Tucker Somebody give me a hand with the wood? Gilbert Hey, Arnie. Arnie Huh? Gilbert You wanna go help Tucker? Arnie Uh-uh. Gilbert Arnie, go help Tucker in the basement. Arnie. Why don't you go into the basement and. . . Arnie I don't wanna go down there, Gilbert. Gilbert Please. Arnie No way, no way, no way. You. Go down there, Gilbert. Tucker Is there a problem? Gilbert. Hey. Arnie Dad's in there. Whooo! Gilbert Ssh. Arnie Whoo! Gilbert Ssh. Arnie Dad's in there. Gilbert Ssh. Arnie Arghh! Gilbert Arnie, shut up! Arnie. Shut up. Shut up. Come on. Arnie. It's not funny. Get back here. Tucker Don't worry. Now the two by six's, you know, there's six of 'em so. . . you know, those could hold anybody. I for. . . I forgot. Gilbert What? Tucker I forgot that that was where your dad. . . Gilbert Yep. Tucker I'm. . . I'm sorry. Gilbert No, it's okay. Don't worry about it. Ellen No, Arnie, no. Arnie I wanna go up there. Ellen Arnie, you're not. Arnie! Not again! Arnie, get down. Get down. Get down! You're not going anywhere. It's not too much fun, is it? Arnie I wanna go there. Ow! Ellen No! We're going home! We're going home. Arnie Ow! Gilbert Ellen, no! Stop it. I told you, don't touch him. Ellen What am I supposed to do? Gilbert Don't ever touch him again. Ellen He was climbing again. Gilbert I don't care. Just get outta here. Just get outta here! Let me see, buddy. Come on, let me see. Let me see. Oh, great. You made him bleed. Now, what does Gilbert say? That if anybody ever hits you, or even just lays a finger on you, what are you gonna do? Arnie? Hm? You're gonna tell me and then I'm gonna take care of it for you, right? And why will I take care of it? Arnie Gilbert. Gilbert Hm? Arnie 'Cos you're Gilbert. Gilbert 'Cos I'm Gilbert. Because nobody hurts Arnie, right? Okay. Wanna pick out some candy? Amy Can I talk to you for a minute? Gilbert What do you want? Amy We've got to keep a closer eye on him. Gilbert What? Amy We've gotta do better. Are you listening to me? Arnie Mine. Amy And you. . . Arnie Huh? Amy You have to stay here. You stay right on this porch. You don't go anywhere. Don't go anywhere. Arnie Don't go anywhere. We're not going anywhere, Gilbert. We're not going anywhere, you know. We're not going anywhere. We're not going anywhere. We're not going. . . we're not going anywhere. We're not going anywhere. We're not going anywhere! Gilbert's not going anywhere. We're not going anywhere! We're not going anywhere. Where you going? Mr Carver Hey! I'm waiting. . . waiting for that call, Gilbert. Becky Hey! Hi, Gilbert. Oh, look, come here. Gilbert What? Becky It's a praying mantis. Gilbert Oh. Becky You know how they mate? The male will sneak up on the female and she'll bite off his head and the rest of his body'll keep on mating. And then when they're done. . . she'll eat him. She'll eat the rest of him. Grandma, we have company. So do you wanna eat? Grandma Help yourself. Gilbert Oh, thank you. Wow. Grandma Well, we missed the rally in Des Moines. If we get on the road by Friday, we'll make Colorado Springs in time to catch them. Have you ever been to Colorado? Gilbert No, ma'am. Grandma Ah. It must be wonderful. Gilbert It must be incredibly frustrating then, to be stuck here in this place - in Endora. Becky This place is as good a place as any. Grandma Think so? Well, she should know. Becky's been just about everywhere there is to go. Places I didn't even know existed. Becky I'm a worldly kind of girl. Grandma Me, I spent most of my whole life in the same spot. Why doesn't matter. Anyway she encouraged me to get out. Becky And now she can't stay put anywhere. Grandma She's the smartest, most beautiful girl in the world. Isn't she? Isn't she beautiful? Isn't she beautiful? Becky I'm sorry. She has this thing with beauty that. . . Gilbert Oh, yeah, I noticed that. Becky I'm not into that, that whole external beauty thing, you know. 'Cos it. . . it doesn't last. Gilbert Right. Becky Your. . . you know, eventually your face is gonna get wrinkly and you'll get gray hair. Gilbert Sure. Becky Your boobs might sag. You know. So what? It's what you do that really matters. Gilbert Mm-hm. Becky Right? Gilbert Yeah, sure. Becky So what do you wanna do? Gilbert Oh, I, I don't know. There's not so much to do here really. Becky Oh, you can think of one thing. Think of one thing that people do here. Gilbert Um. . . Becky Thank you. It was nice meeting you. Gilbert Be nice. Becky Hello. Bobby & Tucker Hi. Becky Can I have yours and I'll give you mine instead? Todd Carver No. No, he wants a big one. Mrs Carver You know something? The one on top of it is fine. That's, that's what. . . Todd Carver No, we want the big one. Doug Carver We want the big one. Gilbert Let's go. Todd Carver Come on, get us the big one. Come on, Mom, please. Ellen Here you go, guys. Mrs Carver I. . . Doug Carver We want the big one. Mrs Carver Yeah, that's fine. Becky Oh, it's changing. That's what's wild about the sunset. It'll just. . . change really, really slowly in front of your eyes. I love the sky. Gilbert Hm. Becky It's so. . . limitless. Gilbert It is big. It's very big. Becky Big doesn't even sum it up, right? That, that word 'big' is so small. You'd have to get those really giant words to describe the sky. Gilbert Oh, um. . . Becky What? Gilbert I have to go do this thing, it's kind of a family thing. Do you want me to give you a ride back, into town or do you wanna. . . ? Becky No, actually, I'm just gonna sit here. Gilbert I could come back. I mean, I can, I can come back then. Becky Really? Gilbert Yeah. Will you. . . You'll be here, okay? Becky Yeah. Gilbert All right. Becky I'll just sit here. Gilbert All right, I'll be, I'll be back in a little bit. Becky Okay. Gilbert Okay. Arnie Gilbert! Gilbert Hey, buddy, come on, gotta go. Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go. Arnie Where's the duck? Gilbert There's the duck. Arnie I can't see the duck anywhere. Find him. Look, look, where's the duck? Gilbert Where's the duck? Arnie It's hiding. Gilbert Hm? Arnie Find the duck. Gilbert Arnie, I don't have time for this. Lift up. Okay, good. Arnie Duckie. Gilbert Good boy. You know what? You're such a big boy. Arnie Yeah. Gilbert You're such a big boy. Arnie I'm a big boy. Gilbert Well, you know what? I bet you could do this all by yourself if you really wanted to. Arnie Mm-hm. Gilbert Could you do this by yourself? Arnie I'm a big boy. Gilbert Yeah, be a big boy. Arnie Big boy. Gilbert Take this. Arnie Take this. Gilbert Wash everything. Your towels are there. Arnie Okay. Gilbert And your robe is there. Arnie Okay. Gilbert Okay. Arnie The big boy's gonna wash himself. Gilbert Right, okay, I gotta go. Arnie Okay. Gilbert Gotta go. Becky You missed it. Gilbert What'd I miss? Becky The sunset. Gilbert Really? Becky It was beautiful. Gilbert Oh. Oh, well. Becky I'd like to see where you live. Gilbert No, you wouldn't. Becky Let's go see where you live. Come on. My parents split up when I was a kid. I go back and forth between them. 'Cos they're always moving. Gilbert Mm. Becky But it's good. It's my life. Gilbert Yeah. We don't really move. I mean, we'd like to but. . . my mom is sort of attached to the house. Attached is, I guess, not the right word. She's pretty much wedged in. Becky What do you mean? Gilbert That's it. That's the house. It's really amazing. I mean, how small it looks from here considering the. . . the girth of what's inside of it. I don't know. Did you ever see a beached whale. . . on the television? Becky Yeah. Gilbert Yeah. That's her. That's my mom. Becky What about your dad? Gilbert Uh. . . some other day. Some other day. I had a nice time, tonight. Becky I know. Good night. Gilbert Night. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, Arnie, come on. I'm sorry, buddy. Come on. Um. . . here, here. You're okay, you're okay. You're okay. You're okay, buddy. Come on, get warm. Oh, God, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, buddy. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. Momma Would somebody please explain? Ellen Gilbert's in charge of bathing. Arnie I could've drowned. I could've drownded! No more baths. Momma But you didn't, honey. You could've, but you didn't. Arnie No more baths, Momma. Momma Is it too much to ask to see this boy turn eighteen? Gilbert No. Amy It's ready! Momma Where's your head lately, Gilbert? Where is your head? Gilbert. Gilbert Sorry, Momma. Momma Well, sorry isn't good enough. We've gotta do better. Arnie We've gotta do better. Gilbert Hey, boss, is that the right price? Mr Lamson That's right. Gilbert Seems like it ought to be more. Mr Lamson Maybe at Foodland. But we've always had a reasonable deal on pickles. Mrs Lamson Here. Mr Lamson Gilbert, got a delivery for you, son. Mrs Lamson Sounds urgent. Mrs Carver Er, get out. Go outside and play right now. Todd Carver But. . . Mrs Carver Right now! Hurry up. Gilbert Hi, Betty. Mrs Carver Hi. Gilbert, could you dial that number over there for me? My hands are all... Gilbert Oh, yeah, sure. Mrs Carver How've you been? Gilbert Good. Mrs Carver I saw you last night. Gilbert Mm. Mrs Carver Who's the girl? Gilbert It's ringing. Mrs Carver Mm, okay. Sorry, one sec. This is good. Taste. Gilbert Mm, it's good. It's, er, ringing. Mrs Carver One sec. Mr Carver Hello, Ken Carver here. Carver Insurance. Mr Carver (phone) Hello? Hello? Gilbert Mr Carver? Mr Carver (phone) Who is this? Gilbert Uh... it's Gilbert. Mr Carver Gilbert. Mr Carver (phone) I'd given up on you, Gilbert. Gilbert Oh, did you? Mr Carver (phone) Well, yeah. Can you blame me? Gilbert No. No! Mr Carver I mean, how many times do I have to ask and still no visit? Gilbert Well, I'm here now. Mrs Carver Happy anniversary. Mr Carver Well, we can't discuss this over the phone. I think it's best we meet man to man, don't you agree? Gilbert Yes. Mr Carver (phone) Today is your lucky day. Mr Carver I've just had a cancellation. What about right now? Are you free? Gilbert Aah. Mr Carver Is that a yes, Gilbert? Mr Carver (phone) Huh? Gilbert Okay. Mr Carver (phone) All right. Mr Carver I'm gonna be here waiting for you. Gilbert Bye. Do you want me to be killed? Do you want him to kill me? Mrs Carver I'm just playing. Don't. . . don't you wanna play? Gilbert This is crazy. I uh. . . I've gotta go. Mrs Carver You don't have to go. Gilbert Yes, I do. Mrs Carver Hey. It's that new girl, isn't it? Gilbert No, it's your husband. He wants me to come to his office right now. Mrs Carver If you walk out that door. . . don't you dare walk out that door. Mr Carver You look nervous, Gilbert. I'd be nervous too, if I were you. If I were in your situation, I'd be downright panicky. I reviewed your file. You've got no major medical insurance. No catastrophic. No life. Gilbert. . . what if something were to happen to you? Something. . . unforeseeable. Something. . . sudden, random. And accident, maybe. What about your family? Do you ever think about your family? Stop thinking about yourself, think about them. You don't wanna leave them empty-handed. Ken Carver here. Oh, look, can't this wait? I'm in the middle. . . Look, Betty, please, calm down. Calm down. No, no, I. . . Don't go on. Go on, go on. No. No. Uh. . . Uh-huh. No, no. Calm. . . I'll. . . I'm on my way. Troubles at home. I'm sure you understand. Oh, damn. Betty's got the car. Gilbert, would you give me a ride? Oh, my God! Betty, what the hell's going on here? Todd, Doug! Betty, what is going on here? I don't believe this. Oh, great! Oh, cookies. Boys, come on, let's. . . Let's go show your mom the cookies that she's baked for us. This is great. All right. Everything's okay. Look, honey, they're fine. They taste fine. A little burnt on top, but just fine. They're wonderful. Boys, here, have some of Mom's cookies. They're really good. Here, come on, boys. Make your mother happy. Make your mom happy, have some cookies. Please, please, have some. Mrs Carver Hey. I could've had any guy. Any guy. But. . . Mr Carver Doug, come over here. Mrs Carver I chose you. Mr Carver It is a pool, son. Mrs Carver I chose you. Mr Carver I got you a real pool for God's sake. Look, there's water in here. Come here, come here. Come here. Get inside the pool. Get inside this pool with your brother. Come here. Gilbert Why did you? Mr Carver Get inside the pool. Yeah, look, real water, boys. Okay, so. . . so I don't, don't give everything. Mrs Carver Because. . . Mr Carver But God, I give you all I have, for Christ's sake. Mrs Carver . . .I knew you'd always be there. Because. . . because I knew you'd never leave. Mr Carver What the hell else more do you want? What? For God's sake! Son, get back in the pool. Get back in the pool. We're all gonna enjoy it. It's a lot of fun, isn't it? I'm doing the best I can here. I can't do any better. I can't give any more. I've given enough already. Man on TV I, I, I guess maybe I'd better be getting off. Woman on TV No, not yet. Amy Arnie. Momma Move, Amy. Woman on TV All my life I'll wonder. . . 'Where is he?' Where, just this moment, just now? What is he looking at? What is he thinking? Amy I think it's time for Arnie to take a bath. Arnie No. Momma Ssh. Amy Don't you think it's time for Arnie to take a bath, Gilbert? Gilbert Just let him stink. Arnie I don't wanna take a bath, no. Ellen You know Mr Carver? Amy Ssh. Ellen Well, he's dead. Arnie Dead. Woman Okay, kids, hurry up. Let's go. Tucker Hey. Gilbert Hey. Officer 1 See anything under there? Officer 2 No. Officer 1 Check that. Gilbert What's going on? Tucker He drowned. Gilbert You're kidding? Tucker No. In that. Gilbert Oh. Tucker A kiddy pool. I don't get it. Gilbert Wow. Tucker It's like one foot deep. Weird, right? Gilbert Yeah. Arnie He drownded! Gilbert Ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh. Come on. Hey, ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh. Bobby He had the cardiac arrest. . . his head bent forward, his knees buckled, and then he just. . . fell. . . face forward into the pool. When she found him he was already dead. Tucker That's what we don't know. That's what nobody knows. Bobby No, I know it. I would. . . Tucker And how. . . ? Bobby I saw the. . . I saw the body. I saw the. . . I prepared it. I know what exactly. . . I would have seen. . . I would have seen what. . . Tucker You... Bobby . . .if there was any kind of struggle that had gone on. Tucker It was murder. Bobby No. Tucker What do you think? What do you think? Gilbert I, uh. . . I don't know. I, uh. . . you know, it's, it's possible Tucker Bob, we're talking about thousands and thousands of dollars. Bobby If she saw. . . Tucker She doesn't have to work. Bobby Even if she did want to do it. . . Tucker She doesn't have to work for the rest of her life. Bobby Even if she did. . . She. . . If, if you saw somebody laying with their head down in a pool, motionless. . . Or even if they were kind of limply doing that, which he wasn't doing. But even if they. . . Tucker How do you know that? Bobby Well, it, he, it was an extreme, er, postcardial infarction. Extreme. Tucker So nothing's fishy? Bobby N. . . no! Tucker Nothing about this is. . . Arnie Hey, Gilbert, look it's that girl! Gilbert, that girl! Bobby It's perfectly logical, even if it's. . . Wait a minute. Tucker, if you. . . Tucker No. We're not talking about taking a gun. . . Bobby If she was. . . Arnie Hi. Becky Hi. Hi, Arnie. Arnie Hi. Please, please, play with me over there. Becky Okay. Arnie Please. Come on, let's play over there. Gilbert Arnie. Arnie. Hi, how're you doing? Becky Fine. Arnie Play over there! Becky Okay. Arnie Will you play? Becky Okay, we'll play. Gilbert Ssh, ssh, ssh, settle down. Arnie We're gonna play. Gilbert Okay. Okay, ssh. Becky Will you give us a ride? Gilbert Uh, yeah, yeah. So that's it. Becky Yeah, I guess so. Gilbert The magic part. Arnie Magic part? Magic part, Gilbert? Hey, can we go. . . ? Becky Grandma, here it is. Grandma Oh, thanks. Arnie We're gonna go play, now? What are we gonna play? Gilbert Hi. Grandma Hi. Arnie Hide and go seek? Grandma Gilbert. Would you give me some help? Gilbert Yeah, go ahead. Hang on one second. Grandma Okay. Gilbert Try it. Grandma I don't know. Gilbert Yeah, I don't know. I don't, uh. . . It's a mystery. Grandma Gilbert, listen, thanks anyway. Gilbert No problem. Becky Come play with me in the water. Arnie You can't find me. You can't find me anywhere. Say, say, "Where's Arnie?" Say that. Becky No, I want you to come in with me. Arnie No. Say, "Where's Arnie?" Say, "Where's Arnie?" Say that. Becky Where's Arnie? Arnie You can't find me! Say it again. Hi! Say it again, and you've got to look for me around. Becky I wanted you to swim with me, Arnie. Gilbert Don't even try, 'cos he's, he's had a scare with water, and he won't, won't come in. Arnie I'm not coming in the water. Becky You wanna come in the water? Gilbert No. Becky Why not? Are you scared to come in the water? Gilbert No, no. Becky Are you sure? Gilbert I'm sure. Arnie He's scared. Are you scared, Gilbert? Gilbert All right, what do you wanna see? Do you wanna see..? Do you wanna see me get wet a little like this? Becky Yeah. Gilbert A little splash, like this? Becky A little more. Gilbert You wanna see this? Like this, right? Huh? Are you happy? Becky Tell me what you want, as fast as it comes to you. Gilbert Uh. . . Becky Okay? Gilbert Okay. Becky What do you want? Faster. Gilbert Okay. I wanna new thing. House. I wanna new house, for the family. I want uh. . . I want Momma to take aerobics classes. I want Ellen to grow up. I want a new brain for Arnie. I want. . . Becky What do you want for you? Just for you. Gilbert I wanna be a good person. I can't. I can't do this. I can't. Becky Okay. Gilbert Where's Arnie? Arnie? Excuse me, ma'am. Have you seen my brother? Grandma No. Gilbert Shit. Arnie I'll not get bored of that. Who-o-a! Oh, no! Hey! Sheriff Come on. Arnie Hey! Gilbert, right here. Sheriff Back off, son. Come on, now. Arnie I did it again! Rescuer All right, here we go. There you go. Gilbert It's all right, Jerry, I got him. I get him, Jerry. Sheriff We're taking him in. Gilbert It's not gonna happen again. I promise. Sheriff We've warned you, we've warned your sister, that the next time is gonna be the last time. Arnie Flash the lights and play the siren, okay? Play the siren for me. Ellen Way to go, Gilbert. Gilbert Jerry, listen, you're gonna, you're gonna have to take it easy on him. Sheriff We'll take care of him. Gilbert You don't believe me? You gotta keep an eye on him. You gotta watch him. Sheriff All right. All right. Arnie Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey. Oh, do the siren, do the siren, okay? Do the siren, all right? Gilbert I know, Sheriff. I know that, Sheriff. Okay. Asshole. Ellen They're probably just teaching him a lesson, they're probably just proving a point. Amy Yeah, that's right. Momma Get my coat. Amy What? Momma Get my coat. Get it. Let's go. Ellen Well, at least he's in a safe place. At least someone's watching him. Amy Ellen, shut up. Gilbert You guys wait here. I'll be right back. Amy Momma. Momma, let Gilbert handle this. Gilbert Jerry, come on, please. Police Secretary Please, have a seat outside. Gilbert Please, you gotta let him out. Officer You've to wait your turn, okay. Gilbert I don't think you guys understand. It's gonna. . . Officer Look, no-one's going to do a thing until you go and sit down outside. . . Momma Jerry! Jerry! Jerry. Jerry, I've come for my son. Man (on Phone) Sheriff. Sheriff, are you there? Sheriff Bonnie, you'll need to fill out some papers. Momma No! No! Sheriff Police procedure req. . . Momma I want my boy, Jerry. Sheriff But, Bonnie, you have to. . . Momma My son! Give me my son! Officer Come on. You're going home. Momma Sunshine, you're free! Oh, baby. Don't disappear like that any more. Arnie Okay. Momma Promise me. Arnie Ma. . . Momma You're free, baby, you're free. Let's go home. Arnie Hi! Look! Child 1 That's why she needs a cane. Child 2 She's enormous. Child 3 Look at her. Arnie Momma, they didn't flash the lights for me either. Flash the lights. Hey! Look at me! I'm hiding. Say, say, "Where's Arnie?" Say it like that. Gilbert Arnie, get down. Arnie Gilbert, come find me. "Where's Arnie?" Hey. That's my mom in there. My momma. You wanna come play with me up here? Wanna come play with me? Becky God, that was so brave what your mother did. You know that, right? Gilbert Mm. Becky I'd like to meet her. Gilbert No, you wouldn't. Hey, where do you go next? Hm? Becky I would like to meet your mom. Vicar . . .in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, we commend to Almighty God, our brother Kenneth Carver. And we commit his body to the ground. Earth to earth. . . ashes to ashes. . . and dust to dust. The Lord bless him and keep him. The Lord make his face shine on him and be gracious to him. The Lord look upon him with favour. . . and give him peace. Lord Jesus, by your death you took away the sting of death. Grant to us your servants to do follow in faith. . . Arnie Hey! Vicar . . .when he hath led the way. . . Arnie Hey! Vicar . . .that we may at length fall asleep. . . Arnie Look at here! Vicar . . .peacefully in you. . . Arnie Look at here! Vicar . . .Made from your likeness. . . Arnie Look what's coming! Vicar The God of peace who brought again. . . Arnie Look, look it's coming! Vicar . . .our Lord, Jesus Christ. . . Arnie It's here. Look, Gilbert. Vicar . . .the great shepherd of the sheep. . . Arnie It's here. Vicar . . .through the blood of the everlasting covenant. . . Arnie It's a Burger Barn, Gilbert! Vicar . . .may be perfect in every. . . Arnie It's a Burger Barn. Vicar . . .good work to do his will. . . Arnie Gilbert, it's a Burger Barn. Vicar . . .working in that which is well pleasing in his sight. Arnie Burger Barn! Vicar Through Jesus Christ. Amen. Arnie Hey. Mrs Carver Boys, you can have anything you want. Arnie You could get candy if you want. You can have candy if you want, too. Mrs Carver As for me, something with menthol, please. Arnie You like gum? Do you like gum? I like gum. Here's a good kind, here. Take this, you can have it. Gilbert Here. Arnie Take it. Take it. You want gum, too? Mrs Carver We're going to St.Louis. I can't stand that house. Arnie My friends. Gilbert I really am sorry about your hu. . . Mrs Carver Ssh. Here, Mommy'll take care of it. You run on outside. Everybody thinks I killed him. Do you? Gilbert No. Mrs Carver I miss him. And I don't. I miss him and I don't. So, Gilbert. . . what's to become of you? Gilbert Oh, I'll. . . probably just. . . Mrs Carver You haven't thought about it. Poor Gilbert. All cooped up. Taking care of everybody else, forgetting all about you. Todd Carver Mommy. Mrs Carver Mm, Mommy is coming in a minute, honey. Todd Carver Okay. Mrs Carver Concerning my boys. . . I was thinking that if my boys turn out anything like you. . . Becky Hi. Mrs Carver I was thinking how that would be nice. . . for my boys to be like you. He's all yours. Becky Are you gonna miss her? Gilbert Yeah. Becky Good. Grandma Damn it. Tucker So? What do you think? Gilbert Wow. Tucker Right? Arnie Wow. Tucker Right? Here, try a milkshake. Arnie Mm. Tucker Real milk in there. Gilbert Mm. You're kidding? Tucker Real milk. Bob. Oh, Bob. Bobby Hey! Congratulations. This looks great. Tucker Thanks, Bob. Yeah, thanks. Thanks a million. Bobby What? Tucker Are you trying to depress everybody? You're gonna ruin everyone's appetite. Arnie Hey, hey. Mike, right? You wanna come to my party tomorrow? I'm gonna be eighteen years old. You wanna come? You can come too, if you want to. I don't know you, but you can come. Burger Barn Man How nice to see so many of you here on this great day. This day marks the beginning of a new era for Endora, for the Burger Barn family, and, I hope, for all of you. We at Burger Barn are committed. . . to a very special relationship with you. One that will last and last. Gilbert Hi. Burner Barn Man At a time when so many things are falling apart, Endora decides to give Burger Barn a chance, a new breath of life. Becky She fixed it. Burger Barn Man Now the mayor will cut the ribbon. Becky The camper's fixed. And we're gonna be leaving tomorrow. Tucker Whoo! Arnie Come on! Please come to my party tomorrow, okay? You can come. Becky Okay. Arnie Hey! Grandma Hi, Arnie. Becky So, I'm invited. Gilbert Okay. Becky Do you not want me to go? Gilbert No, I mean. . . Go, if you want. Becky Oh, so this is. . . Is this how you want it? Gilbert I have to go. Take care, okay? Becky Goodbye, Arnie. Arnie Oh, no. Gilbert Come on, let's get that bath. Arnie No. No! Momma Hey, Arnie. Arnie! Amy Arnie! Gilbert Arnie. Momma You gotta take a bath, Arnie. Gilbert Arnie. Arnie Whoo! Gilbert Arnie, you gotta do it, it's your birthday. Amy Argh! Arnie! Momma Oh, no. Amy Damn it! Momma Arnie, no. Arnie Uh-oh. Momma Oh, God. Amy I can't make another one, I can't. We have to have a cake, Gilbert. Tannoy Attention, Foodland shoppers, remember every day this week is a double-coupon day. Assistant Can I help you? Gilbert Uh, yeah. Er, my sister called in an order for Grape. Assistant Oh, yeah, yeah. It's inside. There you go. That'll be nineteen-seventy-five. Gilbert Go away, Arnie. Arnie Gilbert, what's in there? Gilbert It's a surprise. Leave it alone. Arnie But. . . What's in that box? Gilbert If you touch it, I'm gonna kill you. Amy I can't believe you. Momma Look, I'll enjoy the party from in here. It'll be fine. I have faith. Everything'll be just fine. Amy What am I supposed to say to people? I mean, it's Arnie's eighteenth birthday. Haven't you been waiting to do this for a long time? Wasn't it you that wanted to have this huge party in the first place? I didn't want to. Momma Damn it. Amy I can't believe you. Arnie! Momma Oh, man. Ellen He's eating the cake! Arnie! Amy That's it. Forget it. Ellen Nice job, Arnie. Gilbert Arnie! Momma What are we gonna do? Gilbert Arnie! Arnie. Come here. Come here! Do you know what that fucking cost? Do you know what I had to do to get that? Come on. No, no, it's time for your bath. Get in the bathtub. Get your clothes off. Arnie Uh-uh. Gilbert Get 'em off! You little shit. Come here. Get in that bath. Arnie No, Gilbert, no. Gilbert Get your fucking clothes off! Arnie No. Gilbert Come on. Arnie No. Gilbert! No! Gilbert Don't move. Don't move! Arnie Gilbert, stop! Gilbert Come on. Ow! Momma Gilbert! What did you do? Arnie Momma! Momma. Momma Arnie? Arnie! What is going on? Amy Don't worry, Momma. Ellen, let's go. Grandma We should call his mother. Becky No, no, no, it's okay. I know, I know where he lives. I can take him. It's really okay, yeah. Arnie, you wanna go for a walk? You wanna go play, Arnie? Come on, Arnie. Arnie I don't want to. Becky Merrily, merrily. . . come on Arnie, you can do it. Come on, Arnie, you can do it. Come on. Arnie Merrily, merrily. Sing that. Becky Okay. Row, row. . . Becky & Arnie . . .row your boat, gently down the stream. . . Becky Yay! Yay! You did it! Arnie Whoa! Becky Good job, Arnie. You did it. It's nice, see? Arnie Yeah. Nice. Becky So, I'll see you in a little bit, okay? Grandma Okay. Becky Come on. Arnie Bye. Grandma Bye, Arnie. You take care. Arnie I drownded, huh? I drownded over there. Becky No, you just got clean. Amy Arnie! Becky So he's clean now, you guys. Amy Good boy. Becky Night. Amy Bye. Thank you so much. Becky You're welcome. Gilbert I hit him. I hit him so hard, I. . . Becky He's gonna be okay. Gilbert You don't hurt Arnie. You just don't. I gotta go. I gotta go. I got nowhere to go. I had to work extra hours just to feed her. Becky So it's your fault? Gilbert You don't understand. She was in shock for years. He disappeared. He didn't say goodbye. He just, er. . . one day. . . all of a sudden. . . he was gone. He was just hanging there. That's when it all started. She used to be so pretty. She was so pretty and so. . . fun. Becky So you think it's his fault? Gilbert No. Nobody knew what he felt. He didn't. . . give anything. He was just sort of there. You'd try to play with him, you know, get him to play around. Get him to laugh or get him to smile or get him to. . . I don't know - get mad. But. . . nothing. Just like, er, he was already dead. Becky I used to know a guy like that. Gilbert Hey. Becky Hi. Gilbert It's Arnie's birthday. I need to go home. Man Give my regards to your mother. Amy I certainly will. Ellen Amy, look who's here. Tucker Where you been? You all right? Gilbert Yeah. Bobby He's alive! Gilbert Amy. Where's Arnie? Amy. Please, Amy. Is he okay? Amy I think you'd better ask him that yourself. Gilbert Where is he? Amy I wonder where he could be? Gilbert Amy? Have you seen Arnie? Amy Um. . . no, I thought he was with you. Gilbert No. Amy No? Gilbert Arnie? Arnie? Anybody seen Arnie? Where's my brother? Arnie Boo! Gilbert Boo. Come here. You scared me, buddy. You scared Gilbert. Don't scare Gilbert, okay? Arnie Don't scare Gilbert, okay? Gilbert Okay. Uh-oh. Come here. Arnie I've got you. Gilbert Ow. Ow. Amy You better talk to Momma. Gilbert Momma? Momma. Momma What you did was. . . He's a helpless boy, Gilbert. And then disappearing like that. I hate that. You know how I hate that. You walked out and I thought, "I can't take another." But you came back, Gilbert. Why? Why did you? Gilbert I don't know, Momma. I'm here now. I'm here now. Momma Yes, you are. You came back for the party. Oh, Gilbert. I can't imagine how it's been for you kids. I know what a burden I am. Gilbert Don't say that. Momma I know it. And I know that you're ashamed of me. Gilbert No, I'm not. No, I'm not. Momma I never, never meant to be like this. I never wanted to be a joke. Gilbert You're no joke, Momma. Momma I never wanted to be. Gilbert You're no joke. You're no joke, Momma. Momma Oh, Gilbert, please don't disappear. Please don't disappear. Bobby You're really growing up to be quite a. . . a young lady. Ellen Thanks. Bobby Hey. Hi. Gilbert Hey. Tucker I don't want to rain on the day here, but you have a serious foundation problem. You see how this. . . the porch is slanted right here? I mean, this is a serious problem, Gilbert. We need to get up underneath here. First of all we need to fill this in so no more water collects here. And then we probably. . . What? Gilbert Hi. Becky Hi. Grandma Hello, Gilbert. Gilbert Nana. You ready? Becky For what? Gilbert I want you to. . . I want you to come meet somebody. Becky Okay. Arnie Hey! Becky Hi, Arnie. Arnie Hi. Becky Here's your present. Arnie Oh. Gilbert Arnie, what do you say? Arnie Thank you. Gilbert Momma. Momma, I want you to meet somebody. Momma No. Gilbert Please. Just this once, for me. Becky Gilbert, it's okay. We can do it later. Gilbert No, this is what I want. Do it for me, please. This is different. Nobody's gonna laugh. I'm not gonna hurt you any more, Momma. I promise. Please. Momma Okay. Gilbert Okay. Becky. Momma, this is Becky. Momma Hello. Becky Hi. Momma I haven't always been like this. Becky I haven't always been like this. Arnie I'm called a miracle. Grandma You're a miracle? Arnie I'm a miracle. Amy A walking miracle. Grandma I can believe that. Arnie Bye. Grandma Goodbye, Arnie. Arnie Bye. Grandma You take care. Becky I had a really nice time. Gilbert I know. I don't know what to say. Arnie Say thank you, Gilbert. Say thank you. Gilbert Thank you. Arnie Goodbye. Becky No, it's not goodbye, Arnie. Arnie It's good night. Good night. . . Good night to you, but not me. Thanks for coming. Bye. Wait. Amy Momma? Momma, what are you doing? Momma Amy? Amy. Amy You rest, Momma. You deserve to rest. Momma Amy, get me my birthday boy. Amy Okay. Momma I want my birthday boy. Gilbert There you go, Momma. There's the water. Momma Gilbert. You're my knight in shimmering armour. Did you know that? Gilbert I think you mean 'shining'. Momma No. . . shimmering. You shimmer and you glow. Gilbert You rest, okay? Get some sleep. Arnie Hey! Momma! Momma! Momma! Wake up! You're hiding, huh? I know that. Wake up! Momma, wake up! Hm. Momma, stop it now! Stop, Momma! Stop it! Amy Arnie. Arnie? Arnie. What's wrong? Stop it. Ssh. Gilbert! Gilbert! Gilbert Arnie? What's wrong? Come on. Come on. What's wrong with you, buddy? What's wrong? Sheriff I'm gonna need some more men, Amy. Arnie Hey, flash your lights. Flash 'em. Voice on Radio We may need the National Guard to move her out of there. Sheriff I'm sorry about that. Gilbert It's gonna take a crane to get her out. Ellen There's gonna be a crowd. I just know there's gonna be a crowd. Amy She's so beautiful. Gilbert She's no joke. She's no joke. I'm not gonna let her be a joke. Arnie. We're gonna need your help. Arnie Gilbert, is that them? Gilbert No. No, not yet. Arnie When are they gonna come? Gilbert Pretty soon. Pretty soon. Gilbert (voice) My brother, Arnie's about to turn nineteen. Nineteen. Arnie Gilbert. Look there. Gilbert (voice) Amy got a job offer to manage a bakery in Des Moines. Arnie Is that them? Gilbert Yeah, that's them. Gilbert (voice) Ellen can't wait to switch schools. Arnie asked if we're gonna go too, and I said, "Well. . . we can go anywhere. . . if we want." Arnie Becky? Gilbert (voice) We can go anywhere. Arnie Becky's coming, huh, Gilbert? Gilbert Yeah. She's coming. Arnie Becky! Come on. Come on, Gilbert. Whoo-oo! Becky Hey! Arnie Hi. Becky Hi. Arnie Hi. Hi! How are you? Becky I'm fine. Arnie Hi. Becky How are you?