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TOM:
Here's a crazy story.

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The craziest part is,
it's true.

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I got laid off from the assembly
line on December 23rd.

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I know. Merry Christmas.

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I had a family,
an upside-down mortgage,

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and an '85 Silverado with
a coat hanger for an antenna.

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But I also had a dream.

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See, when life kicks you
in the ass,

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you got to hang in there,

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because sometimes
the worst day of your life

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ends up being the best thing
that could've happened.

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♪

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Morning.
Hey.

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What's wrong?

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This cereal tastes weird.

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These aren't Lucky Charms,
they're called Magic Squares.

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Well, they were
magically cheaper

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and that was lucky for us.

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There's no leprechaun,
just a creepy wizard.

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We're cutting back
for a while, hon.

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It turned my milk black.

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Sounds like that wizard has
a couple tricks up his sleeve.

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Come on, grab your backpack.

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Don't forget your tap shoes,
the recital's tonight.

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Already wearing 'em.
I'll go practice

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in the garage
until it's time to go.

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[tapping footsteps]

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I'm closing
at the salon tonight.

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Can you pick up
laundry detergent?

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I have a coupon.

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Coupons.

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It's like handing the
cashier a note that says,

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"Hello. I've failed
my family.

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Could I borrow 50 cents
for this jug of soap?"

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[scoffs]

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You didn't fail anybody, okay?
You got laid off.

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And you've applied everywhere.
You're gonna get something.

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Come on, you okay?

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Yeah.

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Yes.You got in late last night.

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Sorry, I was at
the bowling alley.

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You've gone every night
this week.

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Yeah, I've been
talking with

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some of other guys
who got laid off.

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It's a support group.

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Like AA,
except everybody's drinking

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and feels totally fine about it.

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Okay, Tom, just tell me
what's going on.

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Okay.

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There's no support group.

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Hmm. I had a hunch.

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Archie's been letting me
bowl for free.

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He's coaching me.

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I rolled a 268 last night.

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And that was with
an open frame.

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Great.

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Yeah, a 268 would put me
on the money list

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at any PBA tournament.

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Okay.

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Just saying.
If I had rolled that last night

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at the Del Taco Open,

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I would've made more money
in one day

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than two months at the factory.

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And we'd be knee-deep
in Del Taco.

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What are you saying?

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I'm saying I could make
good money in pro tournaments.

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I'm saying I'm tired of busting
my ass and us barely getting by.

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And Sam's right,

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Magic Squares suck.

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My family deserves Lucky Charms

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and full-price
laundry detergent.

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Okay.

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I've heard you say you want
to be a professional bowler,

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but I thought
you always meant it like

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when you say
you wish dogs could talk.

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I'm 35,
I didn't go to college,

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and the one job
I'm qualified to do

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just laid me off.

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I'm better at bowling

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than anything I've ever done.

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Maybe now's the time
to take my shot.

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Uh...

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Say something.

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Come on, pretend
you're a talking dog.

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Knock, knock.

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Just bringing over
a layoff care package.

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Tuna casserole
and a six-pack.

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There's also a gift card
in there for Bass Pro Shop.

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They're having a big sale
this weekend on bear spray.

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We don't need
bear spray, Helen.

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Well, you'd be whistling
a different tune

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when some pot-smoking drifter
is breaking in.

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What? It won't kill him.

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It'll just take him down.

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Then you can decide
what to do with him later.

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Hey, have I come at a bad time?

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Ooh.
How can I help?

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We were just talking
about my job situation.Uh-huh.

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Maybe I don't want to work
in a factory anymore, Ma.

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What?

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Four generations of Smallwoods

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have worked that line.

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The factory has been
very good to us.

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Yeah, until the security
guard walked me to my car,

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cut up my ID and frisked me.

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I got to run Sam to school.

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Thanks for the casserole.

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Yeah.

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While I was making it,
I realized

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my furnace filters
need changing.

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Message received.
I'll swing by later.

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JEN:
We'll talk more tonight.

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Okay? I love you.

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I love you more!

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[exhales][engine not turning over]

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[engine starts]

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Gonna get that
starter fixed.

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I'm also gonna fix
that glove box.

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[sighs]

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Hey, play your cards right,
this'll be yours someday.

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What are you doing?

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Hiding my tap shoes
in my backpack.

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Hiding? Why?

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Because I carried them
into school yesterday

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and there's already two guys
calling me "Ma'am"

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instead of "Sam."

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No, hold on, no,
no, don't do that.

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Don't be ashamed of
what you want to do.

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You get one life.

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Do what you love.

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Did you love working
at the factory?

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You know how, when
Mom makes meatloaf,

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we both say we love it?

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It was like that.

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Check it out.

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I bought this for you.

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I used my allowance.

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A lottery scratcher?

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How'd you even get this?

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You got to be 18 to
buy one of these.

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Not if you go to the guy
at the Mini Mart.

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The kid in front of me bought
a grape-flavored cigar.

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Sam, we don't solve our
problems with gambling.

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But all you need
is three horseshoes

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and you win $50,000.

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I'm sorry, buddy.

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I'm returning this

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and getting you
your money back.

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And stay away from that
guy at the Mini Mart.

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Grape does not mean
a safer cigar.

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Hang on, Dad. I forgot my lunch.

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Horseshoe...

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Come on...

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Horseshoe...

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Horse.

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That's just mean.

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♪

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For the last time,

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keep your elbow in
on your release,

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or I'll sew it to your damn body

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and you'll have to take a yoga
class just to wipe your ass.

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I'm sorry, Arch.
My game's off.

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I just told Jen this morning
I wanted to be a pro bowler.

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Yes! Finally!
I've been waiting for this

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for 20 years.
How'd it go?

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She stared at me,
didn't say anything.

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As if I had just told her
I wanted to be a pro bowler.

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Listen, I've been married
a few times over the years.

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Yeah, I know.
I've worked my way up

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from ring bearer to best man.

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If you get married again,
I'm gonna be the bride.

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Not if I get there first.

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My point is...

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...communication is
the heartbeat of a marriage.

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You got to make
Jen understand

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bowling can give her
a life she's never had.

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Yeah. I think that's what
she's afraid of.

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Oh, hold on, I've been saving
something for this moment.

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This is gonna
happen, Smalls.

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A-And you're gonna
need a manager.

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All right? But we've been
friends for a long time,

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so I won't take 20%.

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Let's meet in the middle at 18.

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Lew,

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how is 18 meeting
in the middle?

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See, this is why you need me.

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Someone who understands
business.

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That's me. I got you, man.

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Here you go, champ.

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Huh?

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A pro jersey?

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"Archie's Lanes.
Home of the Curly Fry."

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Thanks, Arch.Go ahead, try it on.

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I hope that thing has pockets.

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You can have somewhere
to put all the money

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you're not gonna win.

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Carl, why would I need pockets
if I'm not gonna win any money?

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[scoffs] Obviously.

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There's no...

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other...

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Don't listen to that fool.

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You're gonna wear that
thing on ESPN someday.

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Yeah. Oh.

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Uh, always make sure the
Archie's logo faces the camera.

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Guys, I appreciate it,

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but I wouldn't get
your hopes up.

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I really don't think
it's gonna happen.

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Well, I know
it's gonna happen.

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I've always known.

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So lose the
negativity, man.

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You sound like your mother.

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I'm not trying to be negative,

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I'm trying to be realistic.

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You want to be
realistic? Fine.

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You have the same average
as pros on the tour.

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A natural gift for breaking
to the pocket on every shot.

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You were born to bowl.

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When you came out of the womb,

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I bet ten doctors fell down.

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Realistic? Please.

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I ever tell you the story

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about when I wanted
to open my own alley?

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Yeah.Yeah, you told everybody
that damn story.

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1979.

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Everybody kept telling me
that a Black man

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would never be able to get
a business loan.

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And guess what.

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BOTH:
They were right.

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Sons of bitches.

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But then my uncle got hit
by a garbage truck.

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He sued the crap out of the city
and here I am.

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This is your
garbage truck, Tom.

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You just have to have
the courage

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to step in front of it.

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♪

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I don't know why
you always want me to do this.

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I've seen you change
the transmission in a Buick

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and gut a deer
all by yourself.

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Well, excuse me for
wanting to spend

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a little quality
time with my son.

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Hey, come down off that ladder.

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I've got some big news
and I don't want you to fall.

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I pulled a string
at the Dayco plant today

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and I got you an interview
for the assembly line.

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What? I-I applied there.

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The guy said
they weren't hiring.

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You didn't walk in on him
and the sales lady

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doing the no pants dance
a few years back.

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You'll get the job.

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Oh.

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Well, I was all set to
say "you're welcome."

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I don't know what
the hell to say now.

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I appreciate it, Ma. I...

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I've just been thinking that

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maybe now's the time
to take my shot at the PBA.

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Oh, Tommy, you need
a guaranteed paycheck.

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You really want to put Jenny
and Sam at risk so you can bowl?

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No.

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Oh.

260
00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:08,303
Don't get all sideways.

261
00:10:08,346 --> 00:10:10,261
I'm not. You're right.

262
00:10:10,305 --> 00:10:12,394
If I have a real job offer,
I have to take it.

263
00:10:12,437 --> 00:10:13,787
Now, thanks to you, I got one.

264
00:10:13,830 --> 00:10:15,571
Just trying to be realistic.Yeah,

265
00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:18,443
we're both always trying
to be realistic.

266
00:10:19,749 --> 00:10:21,272
Maybe that's our problem.

267
00:10:21,316 --> 00:10:22,709
What are you talking about?

268
00:10:22,752 --> 00:10:24,145
I'm talking about
taking a chance

269
00:10:24,188 --> 00:10:26,016
every once in a while, Ma,
for a better life.

270
00:10:26,060 --> 00:10:29,106
I mean, have you been on
one date since Dad died?

271
00:10:29,150 --> 00:10:30,586
I-It's been 20 years.

272
00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:32,066
Well, I'm an old woman.

273
00:10:32,109 --> 00:10:34,764
It's a little late
to be dusting off home plate.

274
00:10:36,113 --> 00:10:37,549
You're not old.

275
00:10:37,593 --> 00:10:38,594
You have a lot to offer.

276
00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:39,900
What about that neighbor

277
00:10:39,943 --> 00:10:41,205
who's always bringing
you tomatoes?

278
00:10:41,249 --> 00:10:43,425
He's got sideburns
and drives a Fiat.

279
00:10:43,468 --> 00:10:45,122
If I want to spend time
with a hooligan,

280
00:10:45,166 --> 00:10:47,908
I'll visit someone
on death row.

281
00:10:48,865 --> 00:10:50,258
See?

282
00:10:50,301 --> 00:10:51,694
Another excuse.

283
00:10:51,738 --> 00:10:54,044
Another excuse
to not do something.

284
00:10:54,088 --> 00:10:55,611
This is why you're...

285
00:10:55,655 --> 00:10:56,699
who you are.

286
00:10:56,743 --> 00:10:58,266
And who am I, exactly?

287
00:10:58,309 --> 00:11:00,616
Someone who told me
to always play it safe.

288
00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:02,313
"Stay in the middle
of the herd," you'd say.

289
00:11:02,357 --> 00:11:04,751
"The cows at the front, they're
the first to get slaughtered."

290
00:11:04,794 --> 00:11:06,187
I'm just trying to protect you.

291
00:11:06,230 --> 00:11:07,449
Yeah, I know.

292
00:11:07,492 --> 00:11:08,755
I still am.I know.

293
00:11:08,798 --> 00:11:10,539
The way you need
to protect your family.

294
00:11:10,582 --> 00:11:11,714
I know!

295
00:11:11,758 --> 00:11:14,021
Which reminds me, there's

296
00:11:14,064 --> 00:11:16,197
a can of bear spray
hidden in your house.

297
00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,765
If someone tries to break in,
call me

298
00:11:18,808 --> 00:11:20,636
and I'll tell you where it is!

299
00:11:26,033 --> 00:11:28,339
Unbelievable.Sweetie,
you were amazing.

300
00:11:28,383 --> 00:11:29,732
I don't know much about dance,

301
00:11:29,776 --> 00:11:31,691
but I know you won.

302
00:11:32,822 --> 00:11:34,432
It was a recital,
not a competition.

303
00:11:34,476 --> 00:11:38,001
Sam, you kicked everybody's ass
and I'm proud of you.

304
00:11:39,655 --> 00:11:41,004
All right, my little superstar,

305
00:11:41,048 --> 00:11:42,397
get ready for bed,
it's a school night.

306
00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,355
Hey, Dad,

307
00:11:44,399 --> 00:11:47,663
you know how we were talking
in the truck this morning?

308
00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:50,057
I think this is
what I want to do.

309
00:11:51,232 --> 00:11:53,364
What'd you talk about
in the truck?

310
00:11:53,408 --> 00:11:56,106
Life, dreams, tap dance.

311
00:11:56,150 --> 00:11:57,673
Guy stuff.

312
00:11:59,544 --> 00:12:01,764
Tom, I know you're not thrilled

313
00:12:01,808 --> 00:12:03,331
about taking
that job at the plant.

314
00:12:03,374 --> 00:12:05,768
Actually, I think I figured
something out tonight.

315
00:12:05,812 --> 00:12:08,249
When we got to the recital,
I was pissed.

316
00:12:08,292 --> 00:12:11,208
I know. But I think that lady
had the parking space first.

317
00:12:12,557 --> 00:12:13,689
Not that, and no,
she didn't.

318
00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:15,778
The turn signal is a contract.

319
00:12:17,562 --> 00:12:19,173
I was pissed
about not bowling.

320
00:12:19,216 --> 00:12:21,784
I always thought that's what
I was supposed to do in life.

321
00:12:21,828 --> 00:12:22,872
Sitting in that theater,

322
00:12:22,916 --> 00:12:24,352
thinking,
"This is my last chance,

323
00:12:24,395 --> 00:12:27,790
and as soon as I take
that new job, it's gone."

324
00:12:29,009 --> 00:12:31,489
Then my kid takes the stage.

325
00:12:31,533 --> 00:12:32,708
Got my arm around my wife.

326
00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:33,709
And I realize,

327
00:12:33,753 --> 00:12:35,711
I'm not a pro bowler.

328
00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:38,105
I'm a dad
and a husband.

329
00:12:38,148 --> 00:12:39,149
That's what I am.

330
00:12:39,193 --> 00:12:41,804
I don't have to be
anything else.

331
00:12:43,153 --> 00:12:44,589
Tell me I'm wrong.

332
00:12:47,941 --> 00:12:49,725
I wish I could,
but I can't.

333
00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:51,901
And that's okay.

334
00:12:52,684 --> 00:12:54,077
You know,

335
00:12:54,121 --> 00:12:55,949
everybody thinks the hardest
thing to do in bowling

336
00:12:55,992 --> 00:12:57,646
is to pick up
the 7-10 split.

337
00:12:57,689 --> 00:12:59,343
But it's not.

338
00:12:59,387 --> 00:13:02,129
It's actually
the 4-6-7-9-10 split.

339
00:13:02,172 --> 00:13:04,392
It's called
the Greek Church.

340
00:13:04,435 --> 00:13:05,610
A handful of guys

341
00:13:05,654 --> 00:13:07,743
can pick that up
on their best day.

342
00:13:08,483 --> 00:13:09,876
I did it one night.

343
00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:11,965
Then I go to this bar.

344
00:13:12,008 --> 00:13:14,445
See this... beautiful girl.

345
00:13:14,489 --> 00:13:16,491
Way out of
my league.

346
00:13:16,534 --> 00:13:17,884
Any other night,

347
00:13:17,927 --> 00:13:19,233
I wouldn't've had the
guts, but that night,

348
00:13:19,276 --> 00:13:21,452
I had this
"Greek Church" confidence.

349
00:13:21,496 --> 00:13:23,585
So I asked her to dance.

350
00:13:23,628 --> 00:13:26,240
Month later,
she's pregnant.

351
00:13:26,283 --> 00:13:27,632
Week after that,

352
00:13:27,676 --> 00:13:29,156
married at the courthouse.

353
00:13:29,199 --> 00:13:32,812
Later that night,
honeymoon suite at the Super 8.

354
00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:36,772
You knew how to treat a girl.

355
00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:38,295
[giggles]

356
00:13:38,339 --> 00:13:39,427
I had a coupon.

357
00:13:39,470 --> 00:13:41,168
[laughs]

358
00:13:42,386 --> 00:13:43,910
See, the way I see it,

359
00:13:43,953 --> 00:13:46,477
bowling isn't what I'm supposed
to do with my life,

360
00:13:46,521 --> 00:13:49,002
it's what led me to my life.

361
00:13:49,045 --> 00:13:50,830
Hmm.

362
00:13:53,876 --> 00:13:55,138
Where you going?

363
00:13:55,182 --> 00:13:56,444
Bedroom.

364
00:13:56,487 --> 00:13:58,925
There's some things
we didn't do at the Super 8.

365
00:13:58,968 --> 00:14:01,231
We're doing 'em tonight.

366
00:14:02,189 --> 00:14:04,669
But the only thing
we didn't do at...

367
00:14:07,455 --> 00:14:10,588
♪

368
00:14:10,632 --> 00:14:12,199
[pins clatter]

369
00:14:12,242 --> 00:14:13,504
260.

370
00:14:13,548 --> 00:14:15,028
Well, I see you finally decided

371
00:14:15,071 --> 00:14:16,638
to start keeping
your elbow in,

372
00:14:16,681 --> 00:14:18,945
now that you're not going pro
and it doesn't matter.

373
00:14:20,337 --> 00:14:22,470
Hey, you got to do right
by your family, Smalls.

374
00:14:22,513 --> 00:14:23,645
I understand.

375
00:14:23,688 --> 00:14:24,733
Thanks, Lew.

376
00:14:24,776 --> 00:14:26,474
It's a damn waste of talent.

377
00:14:26,517 --> 00:14:29,912
It's like telling Nicki Minaj
to wear an overcoat.

378
00:14:31,696 --> 00:14:32,959
Look at this.

379
00:14:33,002 --> 00:14:35,483
Suede Wade is in
the tenth frame

380
00:14:35,526 --> 00:14:36,919
and he's 20 pins behind

381
00:14:36,963 --> 00:14:38,790
what you just bowled
in a practice game.

382
00:14:38,834 --> 00:14:40,705
LEW:
Suede Wade.

383
00:14:40,749 --> 00:14:42,142
God, I hate that dude.

384
00:14:42,185 --> 00:14:44,884
But that's a clean-ass hat.

385
00:14:46,537 --> 00:14:48,931
One of the top ten ranked
bowlers in the country,

386
00:14:48,975 --> 00:14:50,933
about to win a major
with a lower score

387
00:14:50,977 --> 00:14:52,413
than what my boy just put up.

388
00:14:52,456 --> 00:14:53,849
Good for him.

389
00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,286
He's probably single,
no family, miserable.

390
00:14:56,330 --> 00:14:57,592
He's got five kids.

391
00:14:57,635 --> 00:14:59,376
He married a panty model.

392
00:15:00,812 --> 00:15:02,945
Yeah, I heard
he drives a Maserati.

393
00:15:02,989 --> 00:15:05,165
How's your truck
running, Smallwood?

394
00:15:07,341 --> 00:15:09,082
Come on, Carl!

395
00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:13,695
Look, I know who I am.

396
00:15:13,738 --> 00:15:15,305
I like who I am,

397
00:15:15,349 --> 00:15:16,698
and I'm happy.

398
00:15:16,741 --> 00:15:18,178
It's his last ball.

399
00:15:18,221 --> 00:15:19,570
Don't you want to see
if you beat his score?

400
00:15:19,614 --> 00:15:21,442
Nope. Don't care.

401
00:15:27,622 --> 00:15:30,930
We can see your ass
in the reflection, Thomas.

402
00:15:36,239 --> 00:15:38,372
♪

403
00:15:38,415 --> 00:15:41,679
Wow, look at Sammy tapping
his little heart out.

404
00:15:41,723 --> 00:15:43,029
He is so good.

405
00:15:43,072 --> 00:15:45,248
I know, he's got
a real passion for it.

406
00:15:45,292 --> 00:15:47,120
You know what I have
a real passion for?

407
00:15:47,163 --> 00:15:49,774
That tall, sexy
daddy in the back.

408
00:15:51,167 --> 00:15:52,908
Oh, my God.What?

409
00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:54,605
You're sleeping with
a dad, why can't I?

410
00:15:54,649 --> 00:15:57,130
No, Helen just walked in.

411
00:15:57,173 --> 00:15:59,262
Would you mind stabbing me in
the heart with your scissors?

412
00:15:59,306 --> 00:16:01,221
Hi!
Hey.

413
00:16:01,264 --> 00:16:02,222
Good to see you.

414
00:16:02,265 --> 00:16:04,746
Hey, hey.

415
00:16:04,789 --> 00:16:06,487
I was about to take lunch...

416
00:16:06,530 --> 00:16:08,010
Oh.

417
00:16:08,054 --> 00:16:10,273
But I guess I have time
for one more.

418
00:16:11,535 --> 00:16:14,147
This is quite a surprise.

419
00:16:14,190 --> 00:16:16,584
You told me
I should drop by.I did?

420
00:16:16,627 --> 00:16:19,065
The night Tommy brought you home
to meet me?

421
00:16:19,108 --> 00:16:20,980
That was 12 years ago.

422
00:16:21,806 --> 00:16:23,634
Well, here I am.

423
00:16:23,678 --> 00:16:26,028
[chuckles]

424
00:16:26,072 --> 00:16:27,769
Okay.Oh...

425
00:16:27,812 --> 00:16:29,901
So...

426
00:16:29,945 --> 00:16:31,642
what are you
thinking?

427
00:16:31,686 --> 00:16:34,080
Well, I've had the same
hairstyle for 30 years.

428
00:16:34,123 --> 00:16:35,951
I'm not a fan of change.I understand.

429
00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:37,257
You stick with what works
in life.

430
00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:38,954
There's an argument
to be made for that.

431
00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:40,434
You ask the people on
the Hindenburghow they feel

432
00:16:40,477 --> 00:16:42,784
about taking
unnecessary chances.

433
00:16:42,827 --> 00:16:44,438
Got it.

434
00:16:45,830 --> 00:16:47,180
So, um...

435
00:16:47,223 --> 00:16:49,008
what do we
want to do?

436
00:16:49,834 --> 00:16:52,968
I already did what I had to do,

437
00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:55,666
and Tommy barely spoke to me
at the recital.

438
00:16:56,972 --> 00:17:00,019
If you're talking about
getting him the job, he's fine.

439
00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:01,803
He knows you only did it
because you care.

440
00:17:01,846 --> 00:17:03,631
That's right,
I do care.

441
00:17:03,674 --> 00:17:05,285
And I know that you do, too.

442
00:17:05,328 --> 00:17:08,679
He needs to do
the right thing for his family.

443
00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,118
Tom always does the right thing
for his family.

444
00:17:12,161 --> 00:17:13,728
I just needed to speak my piece.

445
00:17:13,771 --> 00:17:15,382
Yeah. I get it.

446
00:17:15,425 --> 00:17:16,731
You're a mom.

447
00:17:16,774 --> 00:17:19,168
It's your job
to keep him safe.That's right.

448
00:17:20,126 --> 00:17:22,215
And it's my job
to keep him happy.

449
00:17:25,174 --> 00:17:27,002
Oh, what-what about your hair?

450
00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:29,309
Oh, I had a guy let me cut
in front of him

451
00:17:29,352 --> 00:17:30,832
in line at
the grocery store today.

452
00:17:30,875 --> 00:17:32,616
Gonna stick with what works.

453
00:17:40,146 --> 00:17:42,539
Hey, how was your, uh...Sit.

454
00:17:44,802 --> 00:17:46,630
I have two questions.

455
00:17:46,674 --> 00:17:47,936
Question one.

456
00:17:47,979 --> 00:17:49,459
Why is there
a can of bear spray

457
00:17:49,503 --> 00:17:51,418
duct-taped to
the back of our toilet?

458
00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:54,464
I'll take care of it.

459
00:17:54,508 --> 00:17:56,510
Great. Question two.

460
00:17:58,077 --> 00:18:00,035
Why are you taking a job
you don't want?

461
00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:01,167
What do you mean, "don't want"?

462
00:18:01,210 --> 00:18:03,299
I get to drive 1,046 bolts

463
00:18:03,343 --> 00:18:04,866
into brake drums every day.

464
00:18:04,909 --> 00:18:06,563
And they let me wear a hairnet.

465
00:18:08,565 --> 00:18:10,741
You're doing it because
it's the right thing

466
00:18:10,785 --> 00:18:11,786
to do for our family.

467
00:18:11,829 --> 00:18:13,309
Yes, we talked about this.

468
00:18:13,353 --> 00:18:14,876
We did.

469
00:18:14,919 --> 00:18:16,573
And I thought a lot about it.

470
00:18:16,617 --> 00:18:19,141
You should do
the right thing for our family.

471
00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:21,448
So here's the plan.

472
00:18:21,491 --> 00:18:24,103
You have a 210 bowling average
in your last 36 games

473
00:18:24,146 --> 00:18:25,278
of league play.

474
00:18:25,321 --> 00:18:27,149
This qualifies you
for PBA membership.

475
00:18:27,193 --> 00:18:28,716
You'll start doing
regional tournaments.

476
00:18:28,759 --> 00:18:30,935
The first one is in three
months at Cuyahoga Falls.

477
00:18:30,979 --> 00:18:32,850
Horrible town.
Enjoy.

478
00:18:32,894 --> 00:18:34,635
Now,

479
00:18:34,678 --> 00:18:36,593
uh, if you don't place
in the top third,

480
00:18:36,637 --> 00:18:39,074
we get nothing and we lose our
entry fee, which is bad. But...

481
00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:40,510
if you can win
just one regional,

482
00:18:40,554 --> 00:18:42,077
it covers all of
your bowling expenses

483
00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:43,165
till the end of the year.

484
00:18:43,209 --> 00:18:44,427
Jen...Don't interrupt, babe.

485
00:18:45,385 --> 00:18:47,909
The ultimate goal is, of course,
to win a major.

486
00:18:47,952 --> 00:18:49,563
You'll earn exemption
so you can enter

487
00:18:49,606 --> 00:18:50,694
any PBA event you want

488
00:18:50,738 --> 00:18:52,827
and ideally bowl
in the PBA Championship.

489
00:18:52,870 --> 00:18:54,437
No, honey, stop.

490
00:18:54,481 --> 00:18:56,831
I'm fine.
I don't need to do this.

491
00:18:56,874 --> 00:18:58,485
Actually, you do.

492
00:18:59,442 --> 00:19:03,229
You're not the only one
in this family with a dream.

493
00:19:03,272 --> 00:19:05,231
Your son wants
to dance on Broadway.

494
00:19:05,274 --> 00:19:07,189
You need to show him
what's possible.

495
00:19:07,233 --> 00:19:08,930
I want to open my own salon.

496
00:19:08,973 --> 00:19:10,192
I'm gonna need you
to finish in the top ten

497
00:19:10,236 --> 00:19:11,759
at a major
to make that happen.

498
00:19:11,802 --> 00:19:13,674
I mapped out driving routes,

499
00:19:13,717 --> 00:19:15,110
budgeted motel costs,

500
00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:16,329
gas money.

501
00:19:16,372 --> 00:19:17,939
With me picking up extra shifts,

502
00:19:17,982 --> 00:19:19,027
we can go for six months.

503
00:19:19,070 --> 00:19:21,116
And after that, we reassess.

504
00:19:22,813 --> 00:19:24,989
Sweetie, I... I can't do it.

505
00:19:25,033 --> 00:19:26,165
I thought you'd say that.

506
00:19:26,208 --> 00:19:29,037
So I stopped off
at the bowling alley

507
00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:30,952
after work
to talk to Archie.

508
00:19:30,995 --> 00:19:33,346
He helped me pick this out.

509
00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:39,656
If you're gonna be
a pro bowler,

510
00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:41,441
you can't keep using
that crappy, chipped-up ball

511
00:19:41,484 --> 00:19:42,833
you've had for
the last ten years.

512
00:19:42,877 --> 00:19:45,314
Oh. We'll be selling the
snow blower to pay for it.

513
00:19:45,358 --> 00:19:47,011
You'll be shoveling
this winter,

514
00:19:47,055 --> 00:19:49,188
but Archie said
you could lose a few pounds.

515
00:19:51,494 --> 00:19:54,367
Guy gives you curly fries
for 30 years, calls you fat.

516
00:19:55,324 --> 00:19:57,283
Try the holes, babe.

517
00:19:57,326 --> 00:19:59,415
Already drilled.
No returns.

518
00:20:04,115 --> 00:20:06,161
What if it doesn't work out?

519
00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:08,859
But what if it does?

520
00:20:08,903 --> 00:20:10,731
Look...

521
00:20:10,774 --> 00:20:12,820
you and your mom had
a tough life.

522
00:20:12,863 --> 00:20:15,518
You lost some important things.

523
00:20:16,650 --> 00:20:17,868
But you married me.

524
00:20:17,912 --> 00:20:19,609
And I say

525
00:20:19,653 --> 00:20:22,046
why can't we be
the family who wins?

526
00:20:24,048 --> 00:20:25,398
Do you know how many wives
there are

527
00:20:25,441 --> 00:20:27,269
who'd say,
"Forget the paying job,

528
00:20:27,313 --> 00:20:29,489
just bowl
and see what happens"?

529
00:20:29,532 --> 00:20:30,881
One.

530
00:20:30,925 --> 00:20:32,535
There is one
and you married her.

531
00:20:32,579 --> 00:20:35,408
You won the lottery. I suggest
you cash in your ticket.

532
00:20:38,672 --> 00:20:40,239
What's wrong?

533
00:20:41,022 --> 00:20:42,632
I have to shovel this winter.

534
00:20:42,676 --> 00:20:44,155
Why?

535
00:20:45,331 --> 00:20:47,376
'Cause I got
my third horseshoe.

536
00:20:50,858 --> 00:20:52,163
Gross.

537
00:20:52,207 --> 00:20:53,948
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538
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