8 Simple Rules (2002) s02e07 Episode Script

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-Lois and I still
can't believe it.
-Oh, well; you tell Lois
thank you for the casserole.
It's so sweet, but you know,
I have been back to work
for a month and I can cook.
- Take care of each other.
- Will do.
You and Paul have such
good friends. He sure was loved.
Yeah.
-Anyone else getting sick of it?
-Honey, they're just trying
to show they care.
-By bringing casseroles?
Everyone knows they're all carbs.
-Is it impossible to say we're
here for you with a salad?
-And the worst part is the way
the 'casserole people' say hi.
- Yeah, I know.
- It's "Hi-i".
Look I don't think anybody
means offense by saying 'Hi.
Right.
That's what friends
do. And if they
want to bring delicious things..
..we'll just have
to grin and eat it.
- Hey.
- Hey.
-You know, a lot of times..
..people take orange
balls similar to this one..
..outside and shoot them
at basketball hoops.
-Okay, but bring it back.
-Hey, aren't basketball
tryouts in a few days?
-Wednesday, I think. I don't know
if I'm going to do that anymore.
-Rory, you were so
excited about basketball.
That's all you and
Dad talked about.
-Yeah, well, things change.
-You know, your dad wouldn't
want something you and he shared
..to suddenly become
meaningless for you.
- But it's not the same.
He taught me how to do a lay-up.
He was helping me practice.
And, besides, they're only
picking fourteen players.
-You know, maybe your
grandfather could help you.
He was quite the
basketball player in his day.
- Really?
Which one of the thirteen
colonies did he play for?
- Hey!
Just think about it?
Your dad really would
have wanted that.
What's that?
- I'm putting together a collage
for the scholarship
kickoff dinner.
The one the newspaper
set up in Dad's honor?
The one you bought
the new outfit for?
- Ahh, right, Thursday.
Mom, we got more cards.
- More?
Well, just put them on the desk.
I'll go through them later.
I gotta get to these
dirty casserole dishes.
Cate, don't bother
yourself with those.
I'm in the process
of washing them.
And I'm just letting them soak.
- Dad, no offense, but
you've been soaking
them for two days.
How long does this process take?
- How would I know?
What are you doing?
- I need the scissors.
- Well, I was using them.
Well, I have a stray bang hair.
- Everyone in the world
stop what you're doing.
Bridget has a stray bang hair.
- Girls
God, give them back!
I'm using them!
They're my art scissors!
Why are you so selfish?
- My hair is art.
- They're actually
not even mine.
They're one of my friend's.
- I'm sure, some art dork
who's thrilled I'm using them.
-I said enough! For
the love of God, stop!
This endless bickering
is driving me nuts.
- Oh, no.
Poor mom.
- Yeah, now I think we upset her.
- Yeah, I think you did.
Girls, don't you think
your mom has enough..
..to deal with right now
without you girls fighting?
So, what do ya
say, we help her out?
- Okay.
- Alright?
Now, there's still a lot of
cheese caked on those dishes,
so don't be afraid to put
your shoulders into it. Okay?
I'll be right outside.
Hey, what do you say we work on
your endurance after you're done?
-You want me to
walk up with you to
the store to get
cigarettes, don't you?
-Well, ehh yeah.
Looking pretty good, pal.
- Not good enough.
Dad always said games are
won and lost on free throws.
- Smart man, your dad.
-Did you know his
team won the state
championship two years in a row?
-Well, back when
I was playing ball
with Ben Franklin
and the boys
- Mom told you what I said?
- Just give me the ball.
-That's pretty funny. I've got
a friend who can kick it in.
-Hey, that's a real shot.
It improves your odds of..
Making a free throw when you
shoot from between your legs.
-I think it'd also
improve my odds
of getting beat
up after tryouts.
Hey, guys.
Cate, would you tell your son
it doesn't make any difference..
..what other people think about
the way he shoots the ball?
-Well, I don't know,
Dad. I mean then
people in the
stands would know..
..the kid doing the 'granny shot'
was my son. I don't need that.
-Well, then fine.
You know what I need?
I am not taking you to
the store for cigarettes.
Oh, crap.
Our cameras followed
Jan as she went
in search of her
'Extreme Makeover!'
..Here's what the
doctors did. Her
nasal bridge was
shaved and sculpted..
Her teeth capped. Eyelids lifted.
Fat is lyposuctioned from..
..tummy, buttocks, and thigh
sections. But in the end..
..will the surgeons achieve
the look Jan's striving for?
This was Jan before.
This is Jan after her
Extreme Makeover.
Jan! You're pretty now! Oh my
Oh, no, no, no! Oh, God!
No, no, no!
Not pretty!
Hey.
- 'Sup?
Have you seen my collage?
I wanna go put it away.
-Yes. I have seen
your collage actually.
Kerry, the truth is I
took it to be framed.
What?
Yeah. I just thought
it was so beautiful..
..and that it would look
more beautiful in a frame.
Bridget, I love this
not-fighting thing.
Oh, cling to that.
-I heard the door.
I thought maybe it was Rory
back from basketball tryouts.
- No.
Just me, back from my walk.
- With your laundry?
-Cate, if your neighbors
want to help us through
these difficult times,
I say, we let them.
-You know, Dad, I think we might
have finally found a use for you.
-Well, you sound like
you're in a good mood.
-Yeah, well I got Rory to go
to his basketball tryouts.
So, yeah, I feel pretty good.
-I sure hope he makes the team.
-Okay, now not so good.
Why wouldn't he make the team?
-Well, I didn't say he wouldn't.
Miracles happen.
How bad is he?
No, no. He's not bad.
He's got a lot of heart.
-Oh no, not 'a lot of heart!'
What was I thinking
making him go try out?
Hi. Are you okay?
- Yeah.
I made the team!
- Ahh! Told you he would!
- Hey, Bridgt.
- Hey!
-Mom, do you have
any pictures of Dad?
-Of course, honey.
Whatever you want.
-Okay, good. I need
like, twenty-five,
from various stages of his life.
For my wallet.
- What are you up to?
-Nothing. Why are you
so suspicious? God!
-Rory, I told you not to
bounce the ball in the house.
-Hi, Mom, blonde sister.
-Rory, you ruined
Kerry's collage!
-But the ball
landed over and it's
all wet and there's
cheese on it
-Shut up. Be a man, own up to it.
You're going to
have to talk to Kerry.
- What's everyone
doing in there?
-Bridget, actually,
I think you're
the one who needs
to talk to Kerry.
Come on, we're
going. Let's go, Rory.
- I'll catch up.
No, come on, let's go.
Talk to me about what?
- Nothing. -Oh, okay.
-Did you happen to get my collage
back from the frame store?
-Yeah you know how we're
not fighting any more?
Such a good thing.
- Oh my God. What happened to it?
-You're going to laugh.
See, I was cleaning this pan
and this amazing show
came on TV. I mean,
they made this
ugly, fat woman.. hot!
It's like, with the miracles
in plastic surgery today.
There's just no
excuse to be ugly.
Can I see it?
I didn't put a tape
in the VCR. Sorry.
- My collage!
- You know,
Rory is not totally
blameless in this.
Wow..You're taking
this really well.
Because we decided
not to fight anymore.
Look at all these
pictures of Dad.
I know.
-You know what would have
gone great here? Your collage.
Look at all this stuff, mom.
- It looks like the Hall of Fame.
-Well, we're all gonna
have a nice time.
We're all gonna have fun.
- Cate!
- Oh, God.
- Still having fun, Mom?
Hi, Tommy.
- Hey, some turn out, huh?
Everybody loved Paul.
Except that guy.
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Tommy, I need your help. Who is
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this woman that
keeps waving at me?
Come on, you've met her a number
of times. She's
been here forever.
Well, what's her name?
- 'Boobs', from reception.
Thank you, Tommy.
- De nada.
- Cate!
- You!
-Are you all okay?
-Oh, yeah, we're we're fine.
-I'm not doing so hot.
-So, on behalf of my husband,
I really want to say thank you..
..to all of you here
at the Detroit Post.
It would have warmed his heart
establishing a scholarship..
..for high school seniors
to pursue a degree..
..in journalism at the
college of their choice.
Sorry, Paul, that
includes Ohio State.
Anyway, thank you.
Thank you so much.
- Yeah!
-Lucky me. I have to
follow the widow.
I first met Paul
Hennessy when we
were sports writers
here together.
And, he was a sports nut.
And he would have
been proud today.
Because Cate just
informed me before..
..that his little
guy, Rory there,
just made the school
basketball team.
-You told him?! And now
he told everybody here?
-Well, Rory, your father
would have wanted
-Is there anything Dad
wouldn't have wanted?
-No, let him go.
-Curtis, this is Rory's Mom.
Have you seen him tonight?
Well, if you do, would you
have him call me? Thanks.
You had to say let him go?
- Well, I thought
he'd be right back.
Yeah, I know. Why do you think
he just ran out like that?
-Well, maybe the event got to
him. He was pretty emotional.
I know I needed my share of hugs.
-You know what, I'm going
to call his basketball coach.
Maybe he's hanging out
with some of those kids.
The coach will have a roster.
Hi, is Coach Rooney there?
Sure, I'll hold on.
Maybe that's him.
- Hi -Hi, Helen.
- I hope I'm not troubling you.
-I just wanted to stop by and
see how you folks are doing?
-How am I doing? My son's
missing, my husband's dead,
I have a freezer full
of casseroles. You?
You're gonna want to put this
on three-fifty for 45 minutes.
Thanks.
- What? -They mean well, honey.
- Yeah, I know they mean well!
But I'm starting to feel like
I'm in some kind of circus..
..and the price of
admission is a casserole!
Step right up, see
the grieving widow!
- Oh, Cate
-Yeah, every time I start
to feel like I'm okay..
..someone reminds me
that I lost my husband.
It's like getting punched
in the stomach.
-You're entitled to feel
that way. But, honey
they're entitled to miss Paul,
too. You gotta give them that.
It's your fault you married
a man who's so well liked.
-Okay, would you just yell at
me for ruining your collage?
I can't take this
tension anymore.
- What tension?
- Okay, that's it.
Kerry, I just cannot
live with myself so
-What are you doing? Stop!!
-There. I ruined your collage and
now I ruined my favorite top.
God, we're even.
I can finally breathe.
That was my top.
What are you talking
about? I wear it all the time.
-Because you borrowed it
and you didn't give it back.
-Oh, yeah.
Then yell at me for that.
-Look, we're not fighting
anymore. Remember?, for mom.
Besides, it was
an accident. And I
know you felt
really, really bad.
Yeah, I did feel really bad.
Except for the little
part of me that didn't.
-You have my attention.
-It's just that when
it happened, Kerry,
I was kinda glad.
-Go on.
-All I know is when I saw your
collage I was so
totally impressed.
And so totally jealous.
- Jealous?
- Totally.
Kerry, you and Dad
had so much in common.
I mean, he was a writer,
you're an artist.
You had this special connection,
because you guys were so much
alike and we just weren't.
-You idiot! Are you blind?
- Okay, now you're yelling at me.
- Yeah, because I'm mad!
Good! Finally. Go with that.
- You and Dad had
a special connection.
You know how wherever he went he
would light up the whole room.
You totally do that!
And when people meet you..
..they instantly like you and
they want to be friends with you.
Just like they did with him.
How can you not see that?!!
Are you that stupid?!!
OK, I know this is
supposed to be a pep talk,
so, could you like,
stop calling me stupid?
- Well, you are.
- Well, it takes one to know one.
Have you heard a word I've said?
- Yes, I heard you!
I'm like Dad!! That
was sweet!! Thank you!!
- You're welcome!!
And thank you for goading
me into fighting with you
when I'm trying to be a better
person, but obviously I'm not.
-Obviously. But I'm glad
we cleared the air.
Sisters are supposed to fight.
You know the most important
thing we learned from this?
-Right. Dad would want us to
express our true feelings.
-No. I got you to get
mad when you said
you weren't. So I
win. I always win.
-I called everywhere.
Where have you been?
Rory, don't pull
stunts like that.
I was so worried.
-I'm sorry, I shouldn't have
run out of there. I just
- I think I know why.
- You do?
- I spoke to Coach Rooney.
- Oh, no.
-He told you I didn't
make the team.
- How come you didn't tell me?
- I don't know.
I kept hearing from you it's
what Dad would have wanted.
I was embarrassed.
- Did I put that kind
of pressure on you?
No, no, no Well, yeah.
Look, what your dad
would have wanted..
..was for you to have
fun and be happy
like any other
fourteen year-old kid.
Oh, great, now I
have to have fun and
be happy. I don't
feel happy right now.
-Okay, I'm gonna stop saying..
..what dad would have wanted.
- Thanks.
Rory, Coach Rooney
told me something else.
What?
-Well, he said that
since you were cut..
..that you've shown
up every day and
asked to work
out with the team..
..because you
wanted to get better.
- So?
-So, he said you
showed him something.
As of now..
..you are on the Team!
- I am? Alright!
Yeah, I know, he said that
you showed him a lot of
you know, a lot of
- God, not 'a lot of heart.
That's like when a girl tells
you she likes you as a friend.
- No, no.
No, honey, it was
'stick-to-it-iveness.
Perseverance.
Heart.
- Yes.
Oh, who cares, you made the team.
- But, it's not the same.
Dad was such a great
athlete on all these teams.
I want to be more than
a guy that has 'a lot of heart.
I want to be good at something.
-Oh, honey, yeah,
your Dad played on..
..a lot of teams in high school.
Some great teams.
I know. He told
me a thousand times.
-Let me show you
something. Come here.
You see this?
- Yeah, that's a team picture..
..after they won the
state championship.
- Alright, now look closely.
You see how all these
guys over here are
all sweaty and their
hair's messed up?
Okay, now there's your dad.
Not a hair out of place.
Dry as a bone.
I don't know how to
tell you this, honey, but..
..your father also played
with a lot of heart.
- He was on the bench?
- Well, not always.
There was the occasional blow
out, you know, garbage time.
Look, your dad loved sports.
Because of that love, he
became a sports writer.
And he was really,
really good at it.
And what your dad
would have want
What I want is for you to find..
..something that you
have passion for.
I think I want to sit
on the bench with the..
..rest of the guys on
the team. Just like Dad.
And then maybe when I'm out of
school I can pursue my passion.
- And what's that?
- I have some ideas.
-That kid's got a lot of heart.
OOo