NARRATOR: You start out life with a clean slate. Then you begin to make your mark. You face decisions, make choices. You keep moving forward. But sooner or later there comes a time where you look back over where you have been... and wonder who you really are.
[Close-up shot of KEVIN's hands holding a bracelet in an open display case.]
[Shot of WINNIE smiling.]
WINNIE: You like it?
KEVIN: I love it!
WINNIE: Honest?
NARRATOR: Winnie Cooper and I knew who we were.
[Shot of WINNIE and KEVIN sitting on a sofa. They are facing each other.]
NARRATOR: A couple. Together. Forever.
WINNIE: Look on the back!
KEVIN: [reads from the bracelet] Love, Winnie. [KEVIN smiles at WINNIE.]
NARRATOR: In a world full of twists and turns, we found our way.
WINNIE: Happy anniversary!
KEVIN: Thanks! - What anniversary?
WINNIE: It is a year ago tonight that you wanted to ask me out. But you didn't.
[KEVIN looks thoughtful.]
WINNIE: You don't remember?
KEVIN: Oh...
[WINNIE looks hurt.]
NARRATOR: Of course we had our occasional misunderstandings. Still ..
KEVIN: Oh, sure, I do. It's just .. I thought that was tomorrow night.
WINNIE: No, tomorrow is the anniversary of when you told Paul that you really liked me. [She smiles.]
KEVIN: Oh right. I always get these two mixed up.
NARRATOR: Somehow we always managed to work things out.
KEVIN: Tell you what. We should celebrate. How about the movies tomorrow night?
WINNIE [delighted]: Great!
[New shot of their faces coming about 6" together. They smile.]
NARRATOR: Yep. We were solid and nothing could come between us. Not time, not distance, not even raw temptation.
Fade to
NARRATOR: Madeline Adams. On the first day of school she'd kissed me. Unexpectedly and without provocation full on the lips! Not that it bothered me exactly. Still, I made it a point to keep my distance. In fact, I hadn't said a word to her since.
[MADELINE turns around, walks past KEVIN and smiles.]
MADELINE: Hi Kevin!
[MADELINE walks out of shot.]
KEVIN: Uhh...
[KEVIN looks after her and starts to sit down.]
NARRATOR: At least not an intelligible word ..
[KEVIN sits down and misses the chair.]
[The bell rings again. KEVIN watches MADELINE sit down.]
MRS. FALCINELLA [V/O, teacher]: Assez-vous, s'il vous plait! (= "Please sit down.")
[Shot of MADELINE sitting.]
[Shot of MRS. FALCINELLA waiting patiently for the class to settle down.]
MRS. FALCINELLA: Bon jour, la classe. [She gestures.]
CLASS: Bon jour, Madame!
MRS. FALCINELLA: Class, everybody, we are starting a new unit in French. La cuisine.
[Class shows no reaction.]
MRS. FALCINELLA [brightly]: Cooking!
CLASS: Uuhh.
MRS. FALCINELLA: Now, for your homework, you and a partner will prepare an authentic French dish at home.
[Shot of KEVIN. He is bored.]
MRS. FALCINELLA: Then you'll bring it in here and tell us how you made it. [Raises finger and grins:] En français! Eh, c'est bien?
[Shots of different students. They are expressionless or show disapproval.]
NARRATOR: Say this for the teachers at RFK: They never ran out of bad ideas.
MRS. FALCINELLA: Now, to keep it fair I've put all your names into this mixing bowl. We will be choosing our partners simplement au hasard. Marcia?
[MRS. FALCINELLA holds the bowl out.]
NARRATOR: Great. Homework wasn't bad enough.
[MARCIA takes name from bowl.]
MARCIA: Harold Gartner. [Transcribers note: should be Gruntner, see guide.]
NARRATOR: [while the students read names] Cooking wasn't bad enough. On top of it all, we were being forced to put ourselves entirely in the hands of ..
[Close-op shot of KEVIN. MADELINE is out-of-focus in the background.]
MADELINE: Kevin Arnold!
[Focus changes to MADELINE as KEVIN turns back to his left side, looking at her in horror.] [Transcriber's remark: They sit at the same places as in episode 48. ]
[MADELINE holds the ballot and smiles at KEVIN.]
[Shot of KEVIN looking at MADELINE with trepidation.]
NARRATOR: .. imminent disaster!
Cut to
[Shot of KEVIN, PAUL and RANDY sitting at a table. KEVIN and PAUL sit opposite of each other. RANDY sits on KEVIN's right side.]
RANDY [to KEVIN]: She picked your name? I don't believe it. [He turns his eyes to PAUL.] He gets all the luck!
PAUL [to RANDY]: Come on! It's just the homework assignment. What's the big deal?
RANDY: Are you kidding? He's gonna be in HER house, AFTER dark? Anything can happen!
NARRATOR: Which, as it happened, was exactly I've been afraid of.
KEVIN: Rand, knock it off, will you?
PAUL: Look, Mitchell, for your information, Kevin has a girlfriend. He is practically married.
RANDY: Yeah, right. [To KEVIN:] I want a full report - including details.
[He leaves with his tray.]
PAUL: Some guys! What an imagination!
KEVIN [smiling]: I know what you mean.
PAUL: I mean, just because she is attractive and she has a nice figure and she ..
KEVIN: Paul!
PAUL: I just don't see what the big deal is.
[PAUL leaves with his plate. KEVIN stays alone at the table. MADELINE slowly coming from the rear.]
NARRATOR: Of course, Paul was right. It wasn't a big deal at all. Certainly no reason to be concerned - except for some reason ..
MADELINE [V/O]: Kevin?
[KEVIN -still sitting, worried- turns around and looks at smiling MADELINE.]
NARRATOR: .. I was.
MADELINE [smiles]: Do you mind if I sit down? [She moves toward a chair on the other side of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Oh, woop.
[He fidgets. MADELINE sits down at KEVIN's right side and puts her purse on the table.] [Transcriber's remark: The situation is similar to the first scene with WINNIE.]
MADELINE: I thought maybe we should talk.
KEVIN: Really?
[Shot of MADELINE nodding.]
[Shot of KEVIN.]
NARRATOR: Well, maybe this would clear some things up. Like about what happened that first day. About why she'd kissed me. About ..
MADELINE: About what to cook.
KEVIN: Cook??
MADELINE: I was thinking chocolate mousse. If that's alright with you.
KEVIN: Oh, yeah, yeah, sure. Except -you see ..
NARRATOR: Okay, since she wasn't gonna bring it up, I'd have to.
KEVIN: It's just ...
[MADELINE notices the bracelet.]
MADELINE: That's a lovely ID!
KEVIN: What?
[MADELINE glances at his bracelet shortly and then at KEVIN's face.]
MADELINE: Was it a gift?
KEVIN: Oh, yeah. Kinda. From my girlfriend. Winnie Cooper. For our anniversary.
[MADELINE nods in agreement.]
MADELINE: It's lovely. She must be very special.
[KEVIN looks at the bracelet and smiles.]
KEVIN: Yeah. She is kinda.
MADELINE: So, you were saying?
KEVIN: Oh, that, well ..
NARRATOR: But suddenly I felt foolish.
[Shot of MADELINE looking patiently at KEVIN.]
NARRATOR: Here she was, complimenting my girlfriend, ...
[Shot of KEVIN looking uneasy.]
NARRATOR: ...and I was suspicious? Shame on me!
KEVIN: Nothing. It's nothing.
MADELINE [gestures]: Well then, shall we meet then tonight at my place? Say seven-thirty?
KEVIN: Eh. Sure, that'd be fine. [He smiles.]
MADELINE: 31 Vernon Drive. I'll see you then.
[MADELINE stands up and exits shot, leaving KEVIN alone at the table. He looks after her.]
NARRATOR: And that was that. We had a good conversation. Straightened things out. Cleared the air.
[KEVIN smiles and turns to his food.]
NARRATOR: No problem.
Cut to
WINNIE: Tonight?
[Shot of KEVIN.]
NARRATOR: One problem!
[Shot of them at the table. WINNIE sits on KEVIN's left side - opposite of where MADELINE has been in the last scene.]
WINNIE: I thought we were going to the movies tonight.
NARRATOR: Oh my gosh!
KEVIN: Well, we are. Eh, I mean .. we were. I mean we are. It's just this thing came up in French, and..
WINNIE [concerned]: What kind of thing?
KEVIN: Well, it's cooking. You know I'll just cancel it.
WINNIE [friendly]: Don't be silly. I won't hear of it. We had the same kind of assignment like last week. I know a bunch of people are counting on you.
[KEVIN looks unconvinced.]
NARRATOR: The thing is she was being so sweet about it, so innocent...
[WINNIE smiles.]
WINNIE: Don't think you can fool me, Kevin Arnold.
[KEVIN looks up.]
KEVIN: I beg your pardon?
WINNIE: You'd do anything to get out of doing your homework. But I think this is important.
KEVIN: You do?
WINNIE: Schoolwork comes first. We'll are just go another night. [Holding KEVIN's wrist and smiling:] I'm sure if I were in the same situation, I would do the same thing. Wouldn't you?
[Shot of KEVIN.]
NARRATOR: Maybe so, maybe not. What could I say, except of course ..
KEVIN: Okay, you win. [He smiles.]
[WINNIE has a lovely smile for him.]
Cut to
[Shot of KEVIN parking his bike and walking toward the house.]
NARRATOR: Winnie was right. Love was love, but school was school. Kinda like the separation of church and state. It was time to put social interest aside and concentrate on academics.
[Close shot of doorknocker.]
[KEVIN knocks three times. The door opens almost immediately, revealing MADELINE, holding a mixing bowl.]
NARRATOR: It was time to study French.
MADELINE: Bon jour, Kevin.
[Shot of KEVIN. He looks on with awe.]
[Camera pans up from mixing bowl to MADELINE's face. She has tied her white blouse up, revealing her stomach.]
NARRATOR: .. in our underwear.
KEVIN: Oh ..
[MADELINE notices his gaze.]
MADELINE: Oh, this! [She looks down at her clothes.] I'm sorry I'm such a mess, but I really didn't have a chance to get fixed up. [She nods her head a bit.]
NARRATOR: Oh.
KEVIN: Oh.
MADELINE: And, since it is a school night and we will be cooking, I just figured why worry about clothes. [She smiles.]
KEVIN: Oh, well, sure.
NARRATOR: Sure, that explained it. Why worry about clothes ..
MADELINE [smiles]: Here!
[While still standing in the door, she hands him a bow and a whisk.]
MADELINE: You just stir and leave everything else to me. Okay?
[KEVIN nods and starts to whisk.]
NARRATOR: And even though a little voice inside was telling me to watch my step ..
[Close up shot of MADELINE.]
MADELINE [sexily]: Entrez! [She moves aside.]
[KEVIN steps in holding the bowl and a whisk. Shot of KEVIN swallowing as he moves past her.]
NARRATOR: I guess little voices don't speak French.
MADELINE: Le lait. (= "The milk.")
KEVIN: Le lait.
[MADELINE pours some sugar into a measuring cup.]
MADELINE: Le sucre. (= "The sugar.")
KEVIN: Le sucre.
NARRATOR: Beside, once we got started, it was pretty clear what was gonna happen.
[She takes the cookbook and reads.]
MADELINE: La mousse, c'est bon? (= "The creme, is this good?")
NARRATOR: We were gonna cook.
[Music "Hey, Good Lookin'", performed by Hank Williams, starts and plays over shots of MADELINE and KEVIN preparing and cooking the mousse.]
"Say hey, good-lookin'"
"Whatcha got cookin'?"
"How's about cookin' something up"
"With me..........?"
"Hey, sweet baby"
"Don't ya think maybe"
"We can find us"
"A brand new recipe..."
"I got a hot-rod Ford..."
NARRATOR: Yep, we were really getting to work here, rolling up our sleeves, mopping our brows, removing our bracelets.
[KEVIN takes Winnie's bracelet off and puts it on the counter.]
NARRATOR: Who would have thought that homework could be such fun!
[MADELINE carefully cleans KEVIN's face with a towel.]
"Hey, good-lookin'"
"Whatcha got cooking...."
NARRATOR: And by the time the smoke cleared, we were acting like old friends.
[MADELINE holds up the bowl. KEVIN sits on a chair and watches her.]
[Music fades.]
MADELINE: Well, it looks like it all turned out pretty well. Oui?
KEVIN: Yeah, not bad.
[MADELINE crosses the kitchen.]
NARRATOR: The fact is I was a little ashamed of myself for having thought that ..
[Shot of MADELINE stirring the bowl.]
NARRATOR: Well, you know.
[MADELINE put the bowl back on the stove and stirs.]
[Shot of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: It's kind of funny, isn't it?
[MADELINE looks at KEVIN.]
MADELINE: What's funny?
[Shot of KEVIN sitting on a stool.]
KEVIN: Well, you know, that you and me got paired up.
[MADELINE looks at him.]
KEVIN: It's kind of a coincidence. You know?
NARRATOR: And then it happened.
[MADELINE turns around and looks at KEVIN inquisitively.]
MADELINE: What makes you think it was a coincidence?
[Shot of KEVIN. He is at a loss for words.]
[MADELINE starts to remove her apron.]
KEVIN: Well, I mean you picked my name and ..
[MADELINE walks onto him, puts down her apron, and looks at KEVIN seriously.]
KEVIN: Eh, I think I'd better go. [He stands up.]
[MADELINE walks up to him with the bowl and smiles.]
MADELINE: Come on! We haven't even tasted it yet.
KEVIN: No, really, I ..
[KEVIN takes off his apron. MADELINE stands close before him and licks her fingers in a luscious way.]
MADELINE: Hmm.
[Close-up shot of KEVIN's face in profile. MADELINE offers him the remaining chocolate on her finger. It is just an inch from his lips.] [A little "dream" music plays.]
KEVIN: I ..
MADELINE: Go ahead...
[The lighting changes to darker, dreamy. MADELINE's voice also changes. Fuzzy shot of MADELINE's face.]
MADELINE: ...taste it.
KEVIN: I, I gotta go.
[He runs off, passing MADELINE on her left side. She turns to watch him leave, a bit taken aback.]
Fade to
NARRATOR: Everything was a blur. My mind was racing. I wasn't quite sure what had happened. All I knew was, I got outta there just in time. With nothing lost.
[KEVIN looks at his wrist and realizes that the bracelet is not there.]
NARRATOR: Nothing ..
[KEVIN rides into a bush.]
NARRATOR: .. but everything.
Fade to
NARRATOR: There is nothing like an early morning bike ride to clear your head. I knew I was out that day looking for something. It could've been my ID bracelet - except I already knew where that was.
[Shot of small group of kids as KEVIN rides up.]
NARRATOR: So, maybe I was looking for something else ..
[WINNIE stands at her bus stop with two other girls. KEVIN stops. She turns to him.]
WINNIE [surprised]: Kevin?
KEVIN: Hi!
[WINNIE leaves the group, approaches him and is very friendly.]
WINNIE: Kevin, what are you doing here?
KEVIN: I, I was just riding my bike. Guess I got a little lost.
NARRATOR: Which was true in more ways than one.
KEVIN: Oh, I was thinking about you.
NARRATOR: Which was true too.
[WINNIE smiles, then shrugs.]
WINNIE: Well, that's nice.
NARRATOR: And it was nice. It made me feel sure again. [WINNIE smiles.] Made me feel brave.
WINNIE [very friendly]: So, how did it go last night?
[A flashback of the scene when MADELINE has asked KEVIN to taste the chocolate on her finger. MADELINE: Taste it]
NARRATOR: Made me feel like throwing up.
[KEVIN looks away, a bit ashamed.]
KEVIN: Uh, yeah, it went okay. Just a lot of cooking more or less. [Smiles.]
WINNIE: What'd you make?
KEVIN [trying to sound nonchalant]: Nothing special. Just, you know, chocolate mousse.
WINNIE: Oh, that sounds delicious! [She smiles.]
KEVIN: Probably. [Adds quickly:] But I didn't taste it.
[KEVIN looks at WINNIE intently. After a moment of depressing silence WINNIE looks at his left wrist.]
WINNIE [concerned, but not angry]: Kevin, where's your bracelet?
NARRATOR: And right about then I had a choice. I could be a man, and tell her everything ..
KEVIN: I didn't wear it when I'm riding.
NARRATOR: Or I could be a worm and tell her nothing.
[A school bus is approaching from the back.]
KEVIN: I wouldn't want anything to happen to it.
WINNIE [now a bit suspicious]: But you'll wear it tonight, right?
KEVIN: Tonight?
WINNIE: Our movie night?
KEVIN: Oh, yeah, of course.
WINNIE [friendly, relieved]: Great. So, I'll see you then!
[The school bus had stopped. WINNIE gives KEVIN a kiss on his right cheek, very close to his lips.]
WINNIE: You're the best.
[She walks to the bus.]
NARRATOR: But I didn't feel like the best.
[At the bus, WINNIE turns around and looks very friendly at KEVIN.]
NARRATOR: I felt more like ..
Cut to
MADELINE [brightly]: Mousse au chocolat. Voila!
[KEVIN stands next to MADELINE and MRS. FALCINELLA in front of the class. MADELINE presents the bowl. KEVIN looks uncomfortable. The class and MRS. FALCINELLA applaud.]
NARRATOR: And the worst thing was I was getting applause for it.
MRS. FALCINELLA: Très bien! Très bien! You two obviously work very well together.
[MADELINE smiles.]
NARRATOR: If only she knew ..
[KEVIN looks apprehensive.]
[The bell rings. The students start to get up.]
MRS. FALCINELLA [V/O]: Merci, à bientôt!
[The class is leaving, the teacher wraps up her things. KEVIN looks at MADELINE.]
NARRATOR: Okay then. No use dawdling. Make this short and sweet.
KEVIN: Madeline, ...
[MADELINE looks at KEVIN.]
KEVIN: ...I think I left my ID at your house last night.
MADELINE: Yes, I know. [She nods her head in a matter-of-fact way.]
KEVIN: It's just .. I need it. [Pause] I have a date.
[MADELINE looks at KEVIN. She is not smiling.]
[Shot of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: [Pause] With Winnie. At the movies. Tonight.
[Another shot of MADELINE.]
KEVIN: In town. With Winnie.
NARRATOR: Did I say "with Winnie"?
[MADELINE looks at KEVIN. She is nodding faintly, and biting her lip.]
MADELINE: Of course you can have it back. [She shrugs and smiles. She walks to her desk to get her purse.]
NARRATOR: There, a done deal. Over and out.
[MADELINE slowly looks in her purse for the bracelet. But she knows is not there.]
MADELINE: Only, [shaking her head] I'm afraid I didn't bring it with me.
KEVIN: Oh!
MADELINE [smiles]: So, I guess we have a problem here, don't we? [She nods her head.]
[KEVIN looks puzzled.]
KEVIN: What do you mean?
[Shot of MADELINE.]
MADELINE: Well, you'll have to come by my house tonight to pick it up. [Raising her eyebrows:] What time shall I expect you?
[Shot of KEVIN hesitating.]
Fade to
MR. CANTWELL (teacher) [in his typical low voice]: Behold. The hunted, struggling against hope. Behold the hunter, ...
[Shot from behind, over MR. CANTWELL's shoulder, of class watching the film.]
MR. CANTWELL: ...mandibles dripping. A sad and macabre dance of death.
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL at a table.]
MR. CANTWELL [V/O]: Whatever can Miss Spider be thinking?
[KEVIN is fidgeting.]
NARRATOR: I wasn't sure. But I had a pretty good idea.
PAUL: Kev? You alright?
KEVIN: Sure. Fine.
NARRATOR: But I wasn't. I needed help, guidance.
KEVIN: I lost my ID bracelet!
[PAUL turns in concern.]
KEVIN: The one Winnie gave me. I've seeing her tonight.
PAUL: You lost it??
KEVIN [trying to be casual]: Well, I left it somewhere.
PAUL: Where?
KEVIN: Just somewhere ..
NARRATOR: Heck. No need to delve into details for a little crummy advice.
KEVIN: So, what do you think I should do?
PAUL: There's only one thing to do. [Gestures.]
NARRATOR: As if I didn't know what his answer would be: Be truthful! Be honest!
PAUL: Get another one! [Shrugs.]
KEVIN: What? [Incredulous.]
PAUL: Consider the alternatives!
[Shot of KEVIN thinking.]
MR. CANTWELL [V/O] [in his typical low voice]: Death.
[Shot of film. The spider has nearly completed its meal, the fly.]
MR. CANTWELL [V/O]: Dismemberment. Total extinction.
Cut to
[Shot of KEVIN at counter.]
KEVIN: Excuse me. Sir? I need an ID bracelet. Do you have any?
JEWELER: Yes, over here, please.
[JEWELER leads KEVIN to another display.]
NARRATOR: Now this was the ticket. Why hadn't I thought of this before?
JEWELER: Solid sterling, hollow or chrome-plated? Beveled, rounded or squared?
[KEVIN looks puzzled, obviously not knowing what the JEWELER is talking about.]
KEVIN: How much are those?
[KEVIN points to a case with a SALE sign, behind the JEWELER. The JEWELER turns to this case.]
[Close-up shot of hands removing the box from the case.]
JEWELER: Nine seventy-five.
KEVIN: That's the one.
JEWELER: Anything else?
KEVIN: Yeah, I need it engraved. Cheap.
[JEWELER gives KEVIN a blank look]
NARRATOR: Hey, it was only for one night, right?
JEWELER: Write down the name you want.
[The JEWELER has a contemptuous smile.]
[Shot of KEVIN starting to write.]
NARRATOR: And finally things were back to normal. Sure, I made a few missteps. But now everything was gonna be fine. I acted in the nick of time.
[Close-up shot of box as KEVIN opens it.]
NARRATOR: Covered my tracks. Reclaimed the good name of ...
[Shot of the name engraved on the bracelet.]
NARRATOR: KEVIN AMOLD? A fungus in the Petri dish of life.
KEVIN: Oh my gosh!
NARRATOR: I've fallen victim to a fatal combination: poor penmanship, haste and a nearsighted jeweler.
[KEVIN compared the engravement to his handwritten original. It could easily read Amold.]
KEVIN: Oh my gosh!
[Shot of a hand grabbing the bracelet.]
WAYNE: Kevin AMOLD? Iehhhhh...
[WAYNE falls on his back and nearly dies laughing.]
WAYNE: Kevin AMOLD! [He hands the bracelet back.]
NARRATOR: And that's when I knew. There was only one thing to do and only one way to do it.
Fade to
NARRATOR: The moment had come. I was gonna ask, and if necessary, demand that she give my bracelet back!
[KEVIN puts the bicycle to the side and walks to the door.]
NARRATOR: This was what I should have done all along. Heck, I was no mold, I was Kevin Arnold.
[KEVIN approaches the door.]
NARRATOR: I knew what I wanted.
[He knocks three times.]
NARRATOR: I knew exactly what I was gonna say.
[He knocks three times again.]
NARRATOR: And I was gonna say it ..
[He knocks three times once again. Nobody opens.]
NARRATOR: .. right to her front door.
[He turns around and hesitates in thought.]
Fade to
FIRST VOICE from the movie: No, but I'm out of runways.
SECOND VOICE from the movie: Think of what this baby costs!
FIRST VOICE from the movie: I'm thinking of this plane-load of people. This runway's the only hope they've got.
[Shot of KEVIN looking uneasy.]
NARRATOR: There's nothing that compares to a good movie. The plot. [WINNIE eats popcorn.] The music. The total darkness.
[Shot of KEVIN's arm cover by his jacket and a variety of candy. The camera pans up his arm to his face.]
NARRATOR: So far that night I'd kept Winnie from noticing the bracelet I wasn't wearing. But I knew sooner or later..
KEVIN: Winnie?
[WINNIE turns.]
NARRATOR: .. I was gonna have to come clean.
KEVIN: Want another licorice whip?
[He offers her the plastic bag.]
NARRATOR: Or delay as long as I could.
WINNIE: No, thanks.
KEVIN: How 'bout some Milk Duds? [He holds up a box to WINNIE.] [Transcriber's note: This is a brand name of a candy popular in American movie theaters.]
WINNIE: I'm fine. Really. [She smiles friendly.]
NARRATOR: Okay, so I was chicken.
[Shot of KEVIN fidgeting.]
NARRATOR: I needed time. Time to think.
[KEVIN turns around, prabably to speak to WINNIE.]
NARRATOR: Time to plan.
[KEVIN sees MADELINE entering from the back.]
NARRATOR: Time to bid life goodbye.
[MADELINE looks at KEVIN as she slowly makes her way down the main aisle.]
[KEVIN looks worried.]
[MADELINE makes her way across the row of seats behind WINNIE and KEVIN.]
MADELINE [to other people]: Excuse me, sorry. Excuse me.
[MADELINE takes a seat just behind WINNIE and KEVIN. WINNIE has not noticed it. But KEVIN breathes heavily.]
[WINNIE turns to KEVIN in concern.]
WINNIE: Kevin, are you alright?
KEVIN: Me?
WINNIE: You're all sweaty. Are you sick?
KEVIN: Uh, I .. well ..
WINNIE: Maybe we should leave.
NARRATOR: But at that moment I knew leaving would not solve the problem.
[Shot of WINNIE and KEVIN, with MADELINE behind them.]
NARRATOR: There was no escape from this. I'd reached the dead end.
KEVIN: Listen, Winnie, we have to talk. About my bracelet. You see, I, I kinda ...
[Shot of WINNIE and KEVIN sitting in near-profile. A hand reaches out between them.]
MADELINE [V/O]: Excuse me.
[Shot of MADELINE holding the bracelet.]
MADELINE: I think you've dropped this.
[WINNIE turns and takes the bracelet out of MADELINE's hand.]
WINNIE: Thank you!
MADELINE: It's very nice.
[WINNIE and MADELINE nod in agreement.]
WINNIE: I gave it to him.
[WINNIE looks at KEVIN.]
MADELINE: Well, it must be nice to have somebody you love like that.
[MADELINE nods her head slightly and leaves.]
WINNIE: That was so nice of her, wasn't it?
[KEVIN stares straight ahead.]
Fade to
NARRATOR: Life is a series of twists and turns. Things don't always turn out the way you expected. Still, that night I knew I'd turned a corner. As for the future,well, I wasn't worried.
[Shot changes to inside. KEVIN is holding the bracelet.]
NARRATOR: I had my girl, had my good name back and would keep it locked on ..
[KEVIN looks at the bracelet and puts it on.]
NARRATOR: .. forever.
[KEVIN looks at the bracelet as it slides off to the floor.]
Fade to
"Hey, Good-lookin'" Hank Williams
Supporting Cast
Julie Condra Madeline Adams
Julie Payne Mrs. Falcinella
Ben Stein Mr. Cantwell
John O'Leary Jeweler
Michael Tricario Randy Mitchell
Josh Berman Harold Gruntner