NARRATOR: Lake Wennahatchee...For one week that summer of 1971, my family and Paul Pfeiffer's rented side-by-side cabins along its placid shores.
[Close shot of both fathers fishing on the dock. JACK is in the foreground, and frowns.]
JACK: Dammit!
NARRATOR: It was a place to get away from the aggravations of modern suburban life...
[ALVIN smiles and reels in.]
ALVIN: I got one!
[JACK watches ALVIN reel in a fish.]
NARRATOR: Escape from the petty everyday competition.
ALVIN: Ha, ha, hahhhhh. Ha, ha.
[ALVIN holds up a fish and shows it to JACK.]
[JACK smirks and growls at ALVIN.]
NORMA [V/O]: Jack... Honey?
[JACK turns toward NORMA off-screen.]
[Shot of NORMA, wearing sunglasses, at the dock gate. She is holding a pack of hotdogs.]
NORMA: Hotdogs or hamburgers for dinner?
[Shot of JACK looking over his shoulder as he reels in.]
JACK: We're gonna have fish, dammit!
[A clump of lake-plant swings past on the end of his line. JACK frowns.]
[Shot of NORMA. She tilts her head and frowns.]
NARRATOR: The kind of paradise that made you wish you could stay forever.
[Wide shot of the dock, and the lake behind it. The men continue to fish as NORMA walks out of the shot.]
Cut to
KEVIN: Paul, let's go!
PAUL [V/O]: I'm coming! I'm putting on bugspray.
KEVIN: Well, hurry up!
NARRATOR: And that was me, Kevin Arnold. And that August there was pretty much only one thing on my mind.
[Close shot of KEVIN knocking again.]
KEVIN: Paul, come on, let's get outta here!
[Close shot of the door, as DEBBIE snatches it open. She beams at KEVIN. PAUL is putting on bugspray in the background.]
[DEBBIE moves into the doorway and smiles at KEVIN.]
DEBBIE: Hi, Kevin...
[Shot past DEBBIE of KEVIN. He glances quickly at her.]
KEVIN: Hi, Deb. Paul, come on!
[KEVIN walks off.]
[Shot of DEBBIE in the doorway, as PAUL hurries out.]
PAUL: Move!
[PAUL barges past her arm.]
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL walking away from the cabin. DEBBIE walks out to the porch.]
DEBBIE: Where you guys going?
PAUL: None of your business.
[The camera pans with them as they continue toward the lake.]
NARRATOR: Where we went didn't matter. Getting away was all that counted.
[They walk down the slope toward the lake, and meet JACK coming up.]
JACK: Say...you boys want to do some fishing?
[JACK slows up. KEVIN and PAUL keep walking.]
KEVIN: No thanks, Dad!
[They continue toward lake.]
[JACK looks puzzled, but continues up the hill.]
NARRATOR: After all, we had more important things to do.
PAUL: So, what do you want to do?
KEVIN: Got me...
[Sound of a clanging bell.]
Cut to
PAUL: I can't believe it. What happened to this place? Used to be great. Now look.
[Shot of the store from across the road. A semi drives through scene, blowing its airhorn.]
[Closer shot of PAUL in the foreground, and KEVIN in the background.]
PAUL: Snoresville.
NARRATOR: Over the summer my best friend had gained two things...A new set of contact lenses...
[PAUL fiddles with his eye.]
NARRATOR: And a new set of hormones.
PAUL: I could be home right now, making time with Julie Zeller.
KEVIN: Heh, you're dreaming, pal!
[KEVIN frowns and looks away.]
[Close shot of PAUL.]
PAUL: And I'd probably gotten to second base by now.
[Close shot of KEVIN gesturing.]
KEVIN: Oh, right. Like you would even know what to do.
[Shot of PAUL nodding and looking away.]
PAUL: I know what to do.
[KEVIN frowns and looks off.]
KEVIN: Give me a break.
[Close shot of PAUL looking at KEVIN off-screen.]
PAUL: Yeah? [Nods.] Listen. It just so happens, I got a certain 25-cent little insurance policy, huh?
[PAUL smiles and makes a face as he starts to get his wallet.]
[Shot of KEVIN looking at PAUL off-screen, then sighing and looking away.]
NARRATOR: The famous Pfeiffer condom.
[KEVIN looks toward PAUL.]
[Close shot of PAUL smiling and winking as he starts to rise.]
NARRATOR: Paul had been bragging about it ever since he got it in July.
[Wider shot of the steps of the store, as PAUL rises.]
KEVIN: Paul, not again...[Frowns.]
NARRATOR: It was kind of his rabbit's foot.
PAUL: You know Douggie Sherman?
[PAUL is starting to open his wallet, as a pickup truck slowly drives past them with a loud radio. Two boys and a girl [CARA] are sitting in back.]
PAUL: Well...
[Shot from KEVIN's perspective of the truck, as it pulls into the gas pumps at a neighboring store.]
PAUL [V/O]: He picked up about two dozen of these things in a men's room near St. Louis.
[Shot of KEVIN looking past PAUL at the truck off-screen. PAUL's torso and wallet are in the foreground as he opens the wallet. KEVIN starting to sip from his soda bottle.]
PAUL [V/O]: I got mine off him for fifty cents...
[Shot past PAUL and his wallet of KEVIN sipping his drink.]
NARRATOR: But suddenly, I wasn't listening anymore.
PAUL [V/O]: Which is a pretty good deal, considering the...
["Mannish Boy" - Muddy Waters starts.]
[Close shot of CARA in the back of the pickup. She sips a bottle of soda.]
"Oh Yeah..."
[Headshot of CARA slowly running her hand through her hair. She sips again.]
"Oh yeahahahaha"
[Close shot of KEVIN looking at her off-screen, and sipping.]
"Everything gonna be alright this morning!"
[Close shot of CARA as she finishes a sip, turns a bit, and makes eye-contact with KEVIN. She holds eye-contact and smiles.]
"Now when I was a young boy..."
[KEVIN sips and looks.]
"At the age of five"
[She sips and looks.]
"My mother said I'd be"
[KEVIN looks.]
"The greatest man alive"
PAUL [V/O]: Here it is!
[The music grinds down.]
[PAUL holds up a red condom package in KEVIN's line of sight, about a foot in front of KEVIN's face.]
PAUL: The Red Chief Special!
[Shot of grinning PAUL, holding "Red Chief" straight out, toward the camera.]
[Close shot of KEVIN frowning and pushing PAUL's hand away.]
KEVIN: Paul, you don't need to rub it in my nose!
[KEVIN looks toward the truck off-screen.]
[Shot of CARA looking at him as the truck is pulling away. One of the boys in the truck yells "Whooo!"]
[Close shot of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Come on. Let's get out of here.
[KEVIN starts to rise.]
[Shot of the steps as KEVIN and PAUL stand up, and start to walk away.]
NARRATOR: Fact.
PAUL: Sorry...
[Wide shot of the store and gas pumps as KEVIN and PAUL walk along the side of the road.]
NARRATOR: After 3-1/2 days of hanging out, even my best friend was starting to get on my nerves.
[Final blast of music.]
Cut to
NORMA: I wish you wouldn't put the top on so tight, honey!
NARRATOR: Not to mention my folks.
[The camera pulls back slightly to barely include KEVIN looking at them.]
JACK: You rather have pickle juice on your back seat, Norma?
NARRATOR: That summer...
[Close shot of KEVIN looking at JACK and NORMA off-screen, then down, and back again.]
NARRATOR: I had the profound revelation that my parents had suddenly become blithering idiots.
[Shot from the end of the table of KEVIN, the Pfeiffer's, and JACK and NORMA. JACK takes the jar from NORMA, and tries unsuccessfully to open it.]
JACK: Thing's on tighter than I thought.
[Shot of NORMA and JACK, as NORMA takes the jar.]
NORMA: Maybe if we beat it against the table.
[NORMA bangs the jar upside down on the table. JACK frowns and flinches, then glances off and sighs.]
NARRATOR: Sometimes it was as if they were speaking a whole different language.
[JACK and NORMA have a conversation of several lines, apparently about the pickle jar, over-dubbed in a foreign language.]
[KEVIN frowns as he looks at his parents.]
[Shot of JACK and NORMA as they talk and frown.]
[Shot of ALVIN past JACK and NORMA. His flip-up shades are up.]
ALVIN: Eh, you sure you don't want some of my trout, Jack? Plenty of it.
[ALVIN smiles and holds the plate of fish he caught earlier.]
[Shot past ALVIN of JACK frowning.]
JACK: Hamburger's fine, thank you...
[Shot of ALVIN smiling.]
JACK: Tomorrow I'll show you how to catch some real fish.
[ALVIN smiles again, and gestures as he sets the plate down.]
[Close shot of JACK smiling, and looking at KEVIN off-screen.]
JACK: Right, Kev?
[Shot of KEVIN looking up suddenly from his plate, and glancing around.]
KEVIN: Whatever.
[Shot of NORMA smiling at KEVIN off-screen as JACK works on the jar.]
[Close shot of KEVIN looking off.]
NARRATOR: All this family togetherness was more than my adolescent soul could take. What I needed was...
[Sound of a honking horn in the distance.]
[Wide shot from the end of the table as everyone turns toward the sound.]
NARRATOR: A savior.
[Sound of car backfiring.]
[Wide shot of WAYNE and WART approaching in WAYNE's car. Music "I Fought the Law" starts.]
[Close shot of a squirrel by the side of the road, which jumps away as WAYNE whizzes past it.]
[High shot of the table area as WAYNE drives through the shot, circling around the tables.]
[Close shot of JACK looking over his shoulder at the car as it goes past. The camera pans with the car as WAYNE squeals to a stop, with the radio blasting.]
[Shot of JACK and NORMA looking toward WAYNE off-screen.]
[Shot of WAYNE and WART. WAYNE turns off the radio and hops out, and his car emits a big backfire as he lands. WART climbs out. WAYNE perfunctorily straightens clothes and hair, and they approach the camera.]
WAYNE: Sorry we're late.
[WAYNE grabs a hamburger.]
[Shot of JACK and NORMA.]
JACK: You guys were supposed to be here three hours ago!
[Shot of WAYNE and WART.]
WAYNE: Yeah, well, we uh...took the scenic route, hnnn. Tell him, Wart!
[WAYNE smiles and looks at his hamburger.]
WART: Hehehe, we took the scenic route.
[WAYNE frowns and looks at WART as WART takes a bite of hamburger and sits down next to JACK. JACK frowns at WART, while still trying to get the jar open.]
NARRATOR: That was WAYNE's buddy Dave Wirtshafter.
[WART fills a glass from the pitcher.]
NARRATOR: Everybody called him "Wart". Hard guy to look at.
[WART drinks a gulp.]
[Shot of IDA smiling, and DEBBIE eating a hamburger.]
IDA: Say, I have a fun thought for tonight. How about a campfire!
[DEBBIE looks at KEVIN off-screen and smiles.]
DEBBIE: Sounds good to me, Mom!
NARRATOR: Oh, no...
[Close shot of KEVIN frowning.]
[Close shot of WAYNE.]
WAYNE: Sorry we're...going to be at the drive-in tonight.
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL looking at each other, then at WAYNE off-screen.]
NARRATOR: But hang on! Did he say...?
[Shot of WART, and JACK straining with the jar.]
WART: Yeah. At the drive-in.
[WART elbows JACK and smiles.]
WART: "Planet of the Apes".
[JACK jerks in surprise and frowns at WART. WART looks down.]
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL looking at each other.]
PAUL: Great!
[PAUL turns toward WAYNE and smiles.]
PAUL: We'll come with you.
[Close shot of WAYNE frowning, and shaking his head.]
WAYNE: You must be joking.
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL as their smiles fade. PAUL looks at KEVIN.]
[Sound of a car backfire.]
Cut to
NARRATOR: OK, so it cost us fifteen bucks. Plus gas. At least we'd found a place to hang out for the night.
[Shot from the back seat of WAYNE and WART. WAYNE sneers as he turns around to KEVIN and PAUL.]
WAYNE: Get out!
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL looking puzzled.]
[Shot of WAYNE and WART.]
WAYNE: Tell 'em, Wart!
WART: Get out! [Gestures.]
[Wide shot of KEVIN and PAUL hopping out of the car. WAYNE and WART laugh as they drive out of the scene.]
NARRATOR: And there you had it. We'd hit bottom.
[Sound of a big car backfire.]
Fade to
[Movie dialog: "OK. We're here to stay."]
NARRATOR: We were stranded. At a drive-in - with no car, fifty cents in our pockets, and no place to go but..."Planet of the Apes".
[Shot of the pickup truck in the foreground, and movie screen filling the background. CARA is sitting on the truck roof, facing away from KEVIN and PAUL.]
[Shot of KEVIN looking toward the truck. The camera moves in slightly.]
NARRATOR: And then it happened...
[Shot of CARA as she turns, and looks toward KEVIN and PAUL.]
[Shot of KEVIN recognizing her.]
NARRATOR: I knew that truck.
[Close shot of CARA looking at KEVIN off-screen, then turning forward.]
NARRATOR: I knew that girl.
[Close shot of KEVIN. The camera moves in slightly, then stops.]
NARRATOR: And I knew what I had to do.
KEVIN: Let's go talk to her.
[Close shot of PAUL glancing toward KEVIN, then the truck.]
PAUL: Are you crazy?
[PAUL looks at KEVIN off-screen.]
[Wide shot of the truck and movie screen.]
PAUL [V/O]: We don't even know her!
[Close shot of KEVIN looking at PAUL off-screen.]
NARRATOR: Great. Mr. Condom-in-his-wallet was afraid of locals.
KEVIN: Look, Paul - you're the one who said you wanted to meet girls.
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL. PAUL looks toward CARA, swallows, and nods.]
PAUL: OK.
[KEVIN and PAUL walk past the camera.]
[Shot of the truck and movie screen.]
[The characters in the movie have paddled their raft to the barren
edge of the lake they crashed in.]
[Movie Dialog]:
1: What do you suppose happened?
2: Air leak. She died in her sleep.
[KEVIN and PAUL walk past the camera into the shot.]
1: You don't seem very cut-up about it.
2: A little late for a wake, she's been dead nearly a year.
[The guys pause next to the truck.]
[Close shot of CARA smoking a cigarette, watching the movie.]
1: That means we've been away from Earth for 18 months.
[Shot of KEVIN from CARA's perspective. KEVIN looks up hesitantly, over his shoulder, then forward.]
NARRATOR: OK...All I needed was a snappy opening.
[KEVIN turns and looks up.]
KEVIN: You, uh...got another cigarette?
[Close shot of CARA looking down at KEVIN off-screen.]
CARA: Sorry. Bummed this one myself.
[Shot from CARA's perspective of PAUL and KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Oh.
[Shot of CARA.]
CARA: You can have a drag on mine if you want.
[She holds out the cigarette for KEVIN.]
[Shot of PAUL watching KEVIN take the cigarette.]
[Shot of CARA sitting up, and looking at the movie.]
[Shot of PAUL watching as KEVIN takes a puff.]
NARRATOR: My goal was to appear like I'd been doing this my whole life.
[KEVIN hands the cigarette back.]
[Shot of CARA bending down and taking it back.]
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL. KEVIN exhales and coughs. PAUL grimaces and fans the smoke.]
[Close shot of CARA looking at KEVIN off-screen.]
CARA: You don't smoke, do you?
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL.]
KEVIN: Oh, uh...sometimes. [Nods.]
[Close shot of CARA.]
CARA: You shouldn't. [Smiles.] It doesn't flatter you.
[Shot of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Oh?...What about you?
[Close shot of CARA looking off.]
CARA: I shouldn't either.
NARRATOR: The thing is, for some reason...
[Close shot of KEVIN.]
NARRATOR: I couldn't breathe.
KEVIN: So...where're you from?
[Close shot of CARA.]
CARA: Here.
[Close shot of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Where, the drive-in?
CARA: [Smiles.] About a half-mile from here.
[Close shot of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: I'm Kevin.
[Shot of PAUL and KEVIN as PAUL nudges him expectantly.]
KEVIN:...and...this is Paul. [Gestures.]
PAUL: Hi. [Waves.]
[Shot of CARA smiling.]
CARA: Hey. Cara.
BILLY [V/O]: Hey, Cara!
[Shot past PAUL and KEVIN as BILLY walks up to the truck.]
BILLY: You wanna hang out, or you want to go?
[He puts his hands on the tailgate.]
[Close shot of CARA.]
CARA: Whatever.
[Shot of PAUL, KEVIN, and BILLY.]
[BILLY glances at KEVIN and PAUL, then walks off-screen to get in the truck.]
[Close shot of CARA.]
CARA: I think my brother wants to split.
[Shot of PAUL and KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Well, it was nice talking to you, Cara. [Nods.]
PAUL: Yeah.
KEVIN: And maybe we'll see you around. [Gestures.]
[Close shot of CARA.]
CARA: Yeah. Maybe.
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL looking at CARA off-screen.]
NARRATOR: And that was it.
[PAUL walks out of the shot.]
NARRATOR: Except, that in that brief wrinkle of time, I knew beyond a doubt...
[Shot of KEVIN and the truck as KEVIN walks toward the camera.]
NARRATOR: That something had happened...something big.
[CARA stands up in the back of the truck looking toward KEVIN.]
CARA: Hey!
[KEVIN turns around.]
CARA: If you're around tomorrow night...I'll be here.
[Close shot of KEVIN smiling.]
NARRATOR: I guess she knew it too.
[The truck drives off past KEVIN. He turns and watches CARA leave. The camera moves in slightly.]
Fade to
NARRATOR: The next day seemed to last about eleven centuries.
JACK: Kev, You want me to bait a hook for ya?
[Shot from JACK's perspective of KEVIN and PAUL.]
KEVIN: No thanks, Dad.
[Shot from KEVIN's perspective of JACK. JACK gestures, then returns to fishing.]
[Closer shot of KEVIN and PAUL, as PAUL skips a rock.]
NARRATOR: No matter how I tried, I couldn't get that girl off my mind.
KEVIN: We're going back tonight.
PAUL: What? You don't think I'm actually going back there, do you?
[Closer shot of KEVIN and PAUL.]
KEVIN: Come on...[gestures]...we'll all hang out!
PAUL: Yeah, right.
[PAUL frowns and skips another rock.]
KEVIN: Maybe she has a friend. [Smiles.]
[Closer shot of PAUL pausing, then looking at KEVIN off-screen and smiling.]
NARRATOR: Sure, it was underhanded.
[Close shot of KEVIN smiling.]
NARRATOR: But absolutely necessary.
Cut to
NARRATOR: Considering the circumstances.
[The camera rolls up to her as she smiles.]
CARA: Hey!
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL approaching.]
PAUL: Hi, Cara! [Waves.]
KEVIN: How's it going?
CARA [V/O]: Awright.
[Shot from behind KEVIN and PAUL of CARA.]
CARA: Uh....
[She gestures behind her.]
CARA: My brother and a bunch of us are thinking about going down to the lake...
[Close shot of KEVIN.]
CARA [V/O]: To hang out.
[Close shot of CARA. She raises her eye-brows.]
CARA: You want to come?
[Close shot of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Sure, sounds great! [Smiles.]
[Close shot of CARA smiling.]
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL.]
PAUL: Ahem!
[He nudges KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Oh. You think you have a...a friend or someone who maybe wants to come along?
[Close shot of CARA looking off in thought.]
CARA: Yeah. [Frowns.] Maybe...Lori!
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL.]
PAUL: Lori? That's great![He smiles.]
Cut to
LORI [to CARA]: Sure. [To PAUL]: Love to go.
ANNOUNCER [V/O]: Well, folks, only five minutes till showtime!
[The camera pulls back to include PAUL and KEVIN.]
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL. PAUL smiles.]
PAUL: Fantastic!
[Shot of Lori and CARA.]
LORI: Meet ya out back. [Smiles.]
[Shot of PAUL and KEVIN.]
PAUL: If I can just grab my associate for one quick second here.
[PAUL tugs KEVIN's sleeve. KEVIN smiles at the girls. They start walking a few steps away.]
KEVIN: So, what do you think?
PAUL: I'm not going! No way on Earth. Kev - I'm your best friend.
[Shot past KEVIN of PAUL.]
PAUL: I'll do anything you want me to do. But please, don't ask me to do this for you.
[Shot of KEVIN looking toward the girls off-screen.]
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL looking toward the girls in the background. Lori pops her gum and wiggles her fingers at PAUL.]
[Close shot of KEVIN looking at PAUL off-screen.]
[Close shot of PAUL looking back toward KEVIN off-screen.]
NARRATOR: It was the heartfelt cry of a dear and trusted friend.
[Shot of KEVIN looking from PAUL toward the girls off-screen, then back to PAUL.]
NARRATOR: So I really had no choice.
Cut to
KEVIN: Seeya!
[He gives a little wave.]
CARA: G'night, Paul.
[The truck starts to drive off.]
[Shot of PAUL forlornly holding a plain hotdog, with cars and the movie screen behind him, as the camera pulls away from him.]
[Shot from behind PAUL of the truck driving off, as the camera rises.]
NARRATOR: It was true I hardly knew these kids, and I'd just met this girl. And I had no idea where I was going. Seemed to me, that was exactly the point.
Fade to
KEVIN: Nice night.
CARA: Yeah.
[Close shot of them sitting side-by-side, with their arms folded, looking at the sky.]
NARRATOR: That night I felt a million miles from everything I'd known before.
[CARA turns her head and looks at KEVIN.]
CARA: I'm starting high school in the fall.
KEVIN: Me, too.
[CARA looks off.]
CARA: Stinks.
KEVIN: Yeah.
[CARA turns toward KEVIN.]
CARA: Maybe things will pick up when I get my license.
KEVIN: That's what I'm hoping. A little mobility. [Smiles.] You should come up and visit me.
[CARA looks at KEVIN, then turns back and smiles.]
CARA: I'd like that.
NARRATOR: The thing is, even though I just met this woman, I felt like I'd known her my whole life.
BILLY [V/O, in the distance]: Hey, Cara! You want to go, or you want to hang out awhile?
[Shot past KEVIN of CARA, as he turns in BILLY's direction.]
CARA [loudly]: Leave us alone, Billy!
[CARA looks down.]
[KEVIN turns around in mild surprise, then relaxes.]
KEVIN: He watches out for you, huh?
CARA: The guys around here are idiots, you know?
[CARA looks at KEVIN.]
[Shot past CARA of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Yeah.
[Close shot of CARA looking off.]
CARA: And the summer guys...they're pretty much to stay away from.
[She looks at KEVIN.]
[Close shot of KEVIN hesitating.]
KEVIN: Oh...
[KEVIN looks off.]
[Shot past KEVIN as CARA sits up to get a cigarette from her jeans jacket.]
[KEVIN sits up with his elbow on his knee, and looks down.]
[CARA looks at KEVIN.]
CARA: My brother hates that I smoke.
[Shot past CARA as KEVIN turns toward her.]
KEVIN: Do your parents know?
[CARA is looking down. She shakes her head faintly.]
[Close shot of CARA looking off.]
CARA: Sometimes it's like they're speaking a different language.
[CARA looks at KEVIN.]
CARA: You know?
[Close shot of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Yeah...
[He smiles in thought.]
KEVIN: I know.
NARRATOR: We were so much like each other.
[KEVIN looks back to CARA off-screen.]
NARRATOR: I could feel myself missing her.
[Shot past KEVIN of CARA. She is looking off.]
NARRATOR: Even while I was with her.
[CARA looks at KEVIN.]
CARA: I'm not supposed to trust you, you know...
[Close shot of KEVIN smiling.]
KEVIN: So...do you?
[Shot past KEVIN of CARA. She smiles faintly, then glances off, then back to KEVIN.]
CARA: Yeah.
[Close shot of KEVIN as he smiles.]
[Shot of both, past KEVIN, as CARA starts to light her cigarette. KEVIN reaches for the lighter.]
[Shot past CARA of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Lemme.
[KEVIN takes the lighter. CARA bends over for him to light her cigarette. KEVIN moves in and kisses her.]
[Closer shot past KEVIN as they kiss. CARA looks at KEVIN as he pulls back.]
[Close shot past CARA of KEVIN looking at her.]
[Close shot past KEVIN of CARA. He waits for a reaction, while she develops one. She looks at him for a few seconds, then smiles.]
CARA: I thought you were going to light my cigarette.
[They look at each other a second.]
[Close shot of KEVIN looking relieved.]
[Close shot of CARA as she smiles again. She bends down as they light her cigarette.]
[Shot of past CARA as they look at each other a moment.]
[Shot of the truck, and lake in the background. CARA lies back against the windshield.]
[Music "So Happy Together" - The Turtles starts and plays through the next several scenes.]
CARA: Nice night.
[KEVIN leans back.]
KEVIN: Yeah.
NARRATOR: And it was.
[They lie back for several seconds.]
"Imagine me and you, I do"
"I think about you day and night"
Cut to
"It's only right"
[JACK is loaded up with hip boots, nets and pails, and is whistling. The camera pans up.]
NARRATOR: The next day, I tried to be a good son to my dad. To my family.
"So happy together"
CARA [V/O]: Hey, Kevin!
[JACK and KEVIN turn to profile, and look toward her voice.]
[Wide shot of CARA standing in front of the truck, dressed in a red top, cut-offs, and hiking boots.]
[Shot of KEVIN and JACK. JACK looks at KEVIN. KEVIN looks at JACK, then toward CARA.]
"If I should call you up, invest a dime"
NARRATOR: But somehow, something kept calling me away.
[KEVIN looks at JACK.]
"And you say you belong to me"
KEVIN: I gotta go, Dad.
[KEVIN tries handing his fishing pole to JACK, who is puzzled, but leans it against him instead.]
"And ease my mind"
[KEVIN runs up past the camera to CARA.]
"Imagine how the world could be"
"So very fine"
[JACK looks on, then starts to say something, but stops in futility.]
"So happy together"
Fade to
"I can't see me loving nobody but you"
NARRATOR: Cara and I had found something no two people had ever found before.
[They snuggle a little closer, and KEVIN puts his arm around her.]
NARRATOR: Each other.
"For all my life"
[The truck pulls away.]
"When you're with me, baby, the skies will be blue"
"For all my life"
Fade to
"Me and you"
NARRATOR: We talked about everything.
"And you and me"
NARRATOR: Almost everything.
"No matter how they tossed the dice"
[Closer shot of them on the dock. CARA is looking toward KEVIN, who is looking toward the water.]
"It had to be"
CARA: Will I see you tomorrow night?
KEVIN: Sure!
[He looks at her and smiles.]
[Close shot of KEVIN and CARA looking toward the water, throwing stones.]
"The only one for me is you"
[KEVIN looks at CARA.]
"And you for me"
KEVIN: Of course. [Nods.]
[CARA looks toward KEVIN, then back to the water.]
"So happy together"
[He looks down at her hand and takes it.]
"So happy together"
[Wider shot of them, and the swimmers, as they swing their joined hands.]
NARRATOR: Trouble was, I was running out of nights - and fast.
"And how is the weather?"
Fade to
"So happy together..."
NARRATOR: I guess somehow, I just kept hoping something would happen.
[Music fades.]
IDA [V/O]: Ahhhhhh!
[KEVIN and PAUL quickly turn to see IDA and DEBBIE half-running out of the cabin.]
NARRATOR: And then, it did.
IDA: Look. Alvin...
[IDA holds up something in her hand.]
IDA: Alvin, look at this.
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL.]
[Shot of DEBBIE standing next to IDA as IDA holds the condom up, and ALVIN approaches them.]
IDA: What is it?
[Shot of KEVIN and PAUL as PAUL reaches for his wallet, concerned.]
IDA [V/O]: What is this? Look what my son has.
PAUL: Oh my Gosh! My wallet!
IDA [V/O]: Where'd he get this from?
[They look toward IDA with concern.]
[Echo of "What's this?!", and the sound of JACK reeling in, as the camera zooms in very close on the condom package IDA holds out at arm's length.]
JACK [V/O]: I got one! I got one!
[Shot of PAUL and KEVIN as they turn forward and look at JACK.]
[Shot from the water of KEVIN and PAUL looking toward JACK off-screen. PAUL looks over his shoulder toward IDA.]
NARRATOR: Guess you could call it a red-letter day.
[Close shot of JACK holding up a fish.]
JACK: Hah?
Cut to
JACK [V/O]: Here we go!
[The camera pans up to JACK's face.]
JACK: Eat up. [Smiles.]
[Wide shot from behind NORMA of the Arnold's, and WART, seated at the table.]
NORMA: Fish turned out great, honey.
[NORMA glances around the guys off-screen.]
NORMA: Aren't you all proud of your father?
[Shot of WART and WAYNE. WAYNE smiles.]
WAYNE: Yeah, we've got fish for days, hehehh.
WART: Yeah, we've got fish for days.
[Close shot of JACK smiling.]
[Close shot of KEVIN glancing from WART to JACK off-screen.]
NARRATOR: Of course I was more than glad to be there for Dad's moment of triumph.
[KEVIN puts his napkin on his plate and glances around.]
KEVIN: Well, I gotta run.
[Wide shot of all from behind NORMA.]
NORMA: Honey? Run where?
KEVIN: To the drive-in.
[Close shot of KEVIN as he looks around.]
KEVIN: You know, with Paul.
WAYNE [V/O]: 'Fraid not, honeybunch.
[Close shot of WAYNE frowning.]
WAYNE: The Pfeiffster's not going anywhere. Mr. Rubberhead's grounded for life. Hahahahah.
[Close shot of NORMA frowning.]
NORMA: Wayne!
[Close shot of WAYNE.]
WAYNE: Hnnnn...
[Close shot of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Look, Mom, I just have somethin' I have to do, OK?
[KEVIN starts to rise.]
JACK [V/O]: Wait a minute.
[Close shot of JACK past KEVIN.]
JACK: You know why I brought the whole family up here?
[Close shot of KEVIN looking at JACK off-screen.]
JACK [V/O]: Because I thought it might be nice...
[Close shot of JACK.]
JACK: For the whole family to spend a little time. Together. [Frowns.] I caught that fish...
[Close shot of KEVIN looking toward the fish.]
JACK [V/O]: So we could all enjoy it.
[Close shot of JACK.]
JACK: Together.
[Close shot of KEVIN looking from the fish toward JACK off-screen.]
[Close shot of JACK looking toward NORMA off-screen.]
JACK: And since this is our last night...
[Close shot of NORMA smiling.]
[Shot of JACK looking back to KEVIN.]
[Close shot of JACK looking at KEVIN off-screen.]
JACK: I thought we'd...spend it with each other. Together.
[Close shot of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: But, Dad...
JACK [V/O]: Kev!
[Shot of JACK.]
JACK: I mean it. [Nods.]
[Close shot of NORMA looking from JACK toward KEVIN off-screen.]
[Close shot of KEVIN glancing around.]
NARRATOR: Part of me knew he was right. But another part of me knew something more.
[KEVIN stands up.]
KEVIN: I can't stay, Dad.
[Close shot of JACK frowning.]
JACK: Kevin, sit down!
[Close shot of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: Why?
[Close shot of JACK.]
JACK: Because I say so. And I'm your father.
[Close shot of WAYNE looking down.]
[Close shot of NORMA glancing from JACK to KEVIN off-screen.]
[Close shot of KEVIN.]
NARRATOR: There it was.
[Close shot of JACK looking at KEVIN off-screen.]
NARRATOR: My whole life, they'd been his final words.
[Shot of KEVIN.]
KEVIN: I'm sorry. I'm goin'.
[KEVIN turns to leave.]
[Close shot of JACK frowning.]
[Shot of KEVIN walking toward the front door, and glancing over his shoulder. KEVIN picks up his jacket and exits the shot.]
[Shot from the doorway of the silent group at the table.]
[Sound of the door spring.]
[Sound of the screen-door closing.]
Fade to
["Jamaica, Say You Will" starts to play on truck radio.]
NARRATOR: That night, huddled in that cab, we put the whole world behind us.
"Jamaica was the lovely one I played her well"
[Shot from the drivers side of CARA and KEVIN. He has his arm around her shoulder.]
[CARA leans forward and adjusts the radio.]
NARRATOR: I didn't know what would happen when I got home. It didn't matter.
[CARA leans back.]
CARA: You like this?
KEVIN: Sure...
[CARA snuggles closer.]
KEVIN: Whatever. [Smiles.]
"Hiding from the children so they would not tell"
NARRATOR: I had to be with Cara. I had to hold her.
[KEVIN looks forward uncomfortably.]
NARRATOR: I just couldn't bring myself to tell her...
[KEVIN glances at CARA, then off.]
NARRATOR: I was leaving.
KEVIN: So. What do you want to do tonight?
[CARA looks up at him, then looks forward again. KEVIN glances at her, then looks off.]
CARA: You're leaving aren't you?
KEVIN: Yeah.
[KEVIN looks down.]
[Shot through the windshield as CARA sits up. KEVIN pulls his arm back. She looks forward. KEVIN looks at her.]
CARA: That's too bad.
KEVIN: I'll miss you.
[CARA continues to look down.]
[Shot from the driver's side.]
[KEVIN looks over her face and frowns.]
KEVIN: What's wrong?
CARA: Nothing's wrong.
[She shakes her head faintly.]
[Shot from KEVIN's side.]
CARA: I'll miss you too.
[Shot from CARA's side.]
KEVIN: W...
[KEVIN glances off, then looks back to CARA and smiles.]
KEVIN: We can still see each other.
[KEVIN glances around.]
KEVIN: Uh...I get my license in a few months, I could...you know...[gestures]...drive up.
"Jamaica, say you will"
CARA [unconvinced]: Yeah.
"Help me find"
KEVIN: On weekends. [Smiles.]
CARA: Yeah...
[Shot from KEVIN's side. CARA looks off.]
CARA: I think I got to hang out with my brother tonight.
"A way to fill these lifeless sails"
NARRATOR: I was losing her.
[Closer shot from CARA's side.]
NARRATOR: I guess I knew I had to, but...
"And stay until"
[KEVIN frowns.]
KEVIN: Don't be like that!
"My ships can find the sea"
[CARA still looks off.]
CARA: Sorry.
[KEVIN moves in a little closer, earnestly.]
KEVIN: Look, I want to stay. You know that. You gotta know that, more than anything!
[CARA continues to look off, as KEVIN looks at her.]
NARRATOR: But there was nothing more I could say. Except...
KEVIN: I'm sorry.
[CARA turns toward KEVIN.]
[Shot from KEVIN's side.]
[A tear rolls down CARA's cheek.]
CARA: I'm not.
[Shot from CARA's side as they look at each other a few moments. CARA looks down.]
[Close shot of their hands as she takes his.]
[Shot from CARA's side as KEVIN looks down.]
[Close shot of CARA's hands holding KEVIN's hand.]
[Shot of KEVIN looking at CARA.]
[Close shot of CARA's, uh, chest, as she puts his hand on her heart.]
[Shot from CARA's side as KEVIN looks at CARA softly.]
[Shot of CARA looking at KEVIN, stroking his hand gently. The camera moves in slowly.]
[Shot of KEVIN from CARA's side. The camera moves in slowly.]
[Close shot of CARA looking at KEVIN a moment. Note: ABC required 1-1/2 seconds be cut here :-[
[Close shot of KEVIN looking at CARA a moment, then slowly moving in to kiss her.]
[Shot through the windshield as they kiss passionately.]
"Jamaica, say you will"
NARRATOR: I wanted to stay there, in that night.
[Wider shot of the truck and movie-screen. On the movie screen is the expansive beach and ocean. A small Charlton Heston and girl ride along the beach. The camera slowly pulls up and back as KEVIN and CARA continue to kiss.]
NARRATOR: More than anything I'd wanted before. But I knew I couldn't. I was fifteen.
"Help me find a way"
NARRATOR: I slept under a roof my father owned, in a bed my father bought. Nothing was mine. Except my heart. And my fears.
"To fill these sails"
NARRATOR: And my growing knowledge...that not every road was going to lead home, anymore.
"And we'll sail until our waters have run dry..."
Fade to
Supporting Cast
Alvin - John C. Moskoff
Wart - Scott Menville
Ida - Stephanie Satie
Debbie - Torrey Anne Cook
Cara - Lisa Gerber
Billy - Brad Hunt
Lori - Robin Lynn Heath