01x06 - Breaking With Tradition

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Rudy, Come On.

Vanessa, Get Ready To Go.

Hi, Honey.

Come On, Rudy,
Hop Down Here.

Hop, Hop, Hop, Hop.

Hop, Hop.

Hop, Hop.

We'll Be Gone
All Afternoon.

I'm Taking The Kids
For Shoes.

These Seem To Be
All Hopped Out.

Clear The Table

And Put The Dishes
In The Dishwasher.

Bye-Bye.

Kids, Let's Go.

Bye-Bye.

Bye-Bye.

I'm Going To The Schoolyard
To Play Some Three-On-Three.

Check With Me For
Some One-On-One Right Now.

You Borrowed $ . For Pizza,
Said You'd Pay Me Back Today.

Oh, Yeah, Right.

No, No, No, No.

Where Is It?

The Pizza?

Dad, Why
Are You Laughing?

I'm Laughing
Because My Foolish Son

By Not Paying Me
When He Said He Would

Is Now At My Mercy.

I Want To Show You
A Little Chore.

♪ Ta Da ♪

Clear Off The Table, Put
The Dishes In The Dishwasher.

Okay?

And Do It Right.

Then Can I Go?

Then You Can Live.

(Doorbell)

Theo!

Door, Too.

That's Right.

And Theo...

Do Me
A Favor.

I Had A Rough Day Yesterday.

Every Child Born
On The Face Of This Earth

I Delivered.

I'm Tired.

I Want To Rest

So Unless It's
A Woman At The Door

With A Child
Coming Out Of Her Shoulder

I Don't Want To See Anybody.

I'm Going To Watch Television,
Take A Nap.

Understood?

Gotcha.

My Man.

Pretzels.

Potato Chips.

Oh, Nothing Else Left Except...

Nobody's Favorite--
Walnuts.

So Who Was It?

Grandpa.

But I Told Him
He Couldn't Come In

Because You Were
About To Take A Nap.

Say That Again.

I Told Him
He Couldn't Come In

Because You Were
About To Take A Nap.

Who?

Grandpa.

My Father?

Yes. Grandpa.

Dad!

Dad!

Theo!

Is Something Wrong, Dad?

Sit Down.

That Was My Father?

Right.

You Recognized Him?

No Problem.

And You Shut Him Out.

You Should Have Said
Grandpa Could Come In.

You're Not Stupid.

You're NotThat Stupid.

What Did You Say To Him?

I Said, "Grandpa,
You Can't Come In

Because Dad's Tired
And He Wants To Take A Nap."

What Did He Say?

Nothing.
He Just Stood There Looking.

A Lot Like You Look Now.

No, No, No.

You Are Going To Have
To Get Him Back.

Who?

Who?!

Grandpa.

Yes!

But He Lives In New Jersey.

Right!

And It's A Long Way On Foot,
Isn't It?

And While You're Trying
To Find Your Grandfather

With Tears
Running Down Your Cheeks

I Want You To
Ask Yourself A Question:

"Was It Worth It To Try
And Make A Fool Out Of My Father

By Acting Stupid?"

(Ring)

Answer The Phone.

Hello?

Grandpa!

Give Me That...

Unless You Want
To Slam It Down.

Hello, Dad?

Yeah, Well...
No, Dad, Look.

I Didn't Tell Him To Do That.

No, Dad, The Boy Needs Help.

No, I... Look...

Where Are You?

Dad, Why Are You Staying
Next Door At The Neighbors?

Dad, I'll Let You In, Too.

All Right, Now,
Come On Right Now.

I'll See You In A Second.

Boy, That Kitchen's
Going To Shine.

(Doorbell)

May I Come In Now?

Dad, Come On In.

I'm Sorry.

I'm Sorry.

What A Pleasant Surprise.

I Didn't Plan
To Come Today

But Your Mother
Had Other Ideas.

How Is Mom?

You Know Your Mother--
Crazy.

Today I Tried A New Recipe--
Salmon Souffle.

It Was Delicious.

Your Mother Took One Bite
And Threw It Out.

Then She Threw Me Out.

You Go In The Kitchen,
You're On Mom's Turf.

When I Was Working,
She'd Say, "You're Never Home."

Now She Says, "Don't You
Have Someplace To Go?"

Don't IHave
Someplace To Go?

I Was On The Road

For Months Of The Year,
Working Sleazy Dives.

Don't Go In
Those Places.

No, No.

It Was Hard, But
I Had A Mission...

Yeah.

A Better Life For My Son.

Yeah.

And Here You Are.

Yes, I Am.

Doing All Right.

Fine Profession, Beautiful Home.

Somehow,
I Can't Help Thinking

That I Had A Hand In All That.

There's No Question About It.

Then Why Did You Lock Me Out?

Dad, I Didn't Tell The Boy
To Lock You Out.

Am I Supposed To Be
On Some Kind Of A List?

You Can't Be Getting
All That Many Visitors.

We've Been Talking Together
Now For Some Time.

No One's Come
To See You.

They're Not
Climbing In

Through The Windows And Doors.

Theo's Getting Back At Me
For Making Him Wash The Dishes.

Let's Watch The Game.

Heard From
Your Oldest Lately?

Sondra?
She Called Last Night.

Doing Okay?

Four "A's" And A "B."

Four "A's" And A "B"?
All Right!

Princeton.

Yeah.

She Like It There?

Oh, Yeah.

Where Is
Your Second Daughter Going?

Denise?

She's Talking About Princeton,
Yale, Talladega And Howard.

What About Hillman?

She Hasn't Mentioned Hillman.

You Know, I Graduated
From Hillman.

My Father
Put Me Through.

Worked His Whole Life
As A Pullman Porter.

Rode The Line Between
Altoona And Schenectady.

Saved All His Tips To
Put Me Through Hillman.

Right.

It's The Oldest School
In The State.

Started With A Field...

And A Barn.

And
Students.

Came To School
In Wagons.

But From Humble
Beginnings...

Yes...

Hillman Turned Out Students
That Were Welcome

In The Finest
Graduate Schools.

Sure, It's Small
And It's Close-Knit.

Princeton May Be
Your Alma Mater

But Hillman's
Friend. Your Friend.

I Graduated From Hillman,
Remember?

Dad, May I Take
A Break Now?

Yeah, You Been Working
Five Minutes Straight Now.

You Know Our Doorman,
Don't You?

Hi, Grandpa.

How You Doing?

Nice Seeing
You Again.

Nice Seeing You.

Where Are You
Sending Him?

Hmm?

If He Picks Up His Grades,
High School.

And After That?

On To Princeton.

Dad, Princeton
Is A Fine School.

Yeah.

What's It Costing You?

It's Up There.

How Much? Ten?

A Little More.

And That's For Everything.

Well, You Know...

You Have To Pay For Books.

You're Paying $ , ,
And You Don't Even Get Books?

What Do
You Get?

You Get To Go To Princeton.

What's The Girl's Major?

She Doesn't Have One.

What Does She Do--
Just Wander Around The School?

No, Dad, She's Liberal Arts.

When She Graduates,
What Does That Make Her?

Nothing, You See...

That's Why
She's Going To College--

To Become Nothing.

No, Dad. She Doesn't Know
What She Wants To Be, So...

What Happens When She Still
Doesn't Know After Four Years?

Then She Gets To Come Back Home.

Do You Understand This?

He Is Spending
Over $ ,

To Send Your Sister To
College For Four Years

So She Can Come Home
And Be Nothing.

You Can Do That At
Hillman For $ , .

And They Include Books.

Go To The Kitchen.

Why?

Because I Don't Want
To See Your Face.

Denise!

(Knocking)

Denise.

(Knocking)

Hi, Daddy.

Stop.

I Don't See How You Can
Wear These Electric Earmuffs

And Do Your Homework
At The Same Time.

Music Helps Me Study.

What Is It You're Studying?

The French Revolution.

Oh, Rough Times.

No Headphones Then.

No Heads.

Come On Over Here.

I Want To Talk To You.

Colleges.

What Colleges
Are You Interested In?

I Don't Know.

Princeton, Brown,
Howard, Talledega.

What About Hillman?

Hillman?

Hillman? Ew!

Ew, Dad. Hillman?!

Yes, Hillman.

We Are A Hillman Family, Dear.

We Go "A Ways" Back.

I Know.

Your Great-Grandfather Put Your
Grandfather Through Hillman

While He Was Working As A

Pullman...
Pullman Porter.

Daddy, I Know
The Tradition.

You Do?

Mm-Hmm.

With The Money That He Earned

From The
Tips...
From The Tips...

When He Was On The Line From
Altoona To..?

Yeah.

S... I Know...

Huh?
Go Ahead.

Sss. Schen...

...Ectady.
Schenectady.

There's A Smile That
Says, "I Know It."

I Got One Wrong.

You Don't Know The Tradition.

Why Not Go To
A Better School If I Can?

Better School?

Hillman's Okay

But It's Only
For Kids Who Couldn't Get...

What?

No One Else Would Take Them.

You're In Quicksand.

Do You Know I Graduated
From Hillman

And Went On To One Of The Best
Medical Schools In The Country?

Hudson?

I've Never Been Sued.

I Don't Want
To Talk About This Anymore.

That's Too Bad, Because
Grandfather Wants You Downstairs

And This Is All He Wants To Talk About.

Can't You Tell Him I'm Busy?

I Am Not Your Secretary

And Your Grandfather Feels

That He Has Something
Important To Say To You.

I Think It's Right For You
To Go Downstairs And Talk To Him

Because If You Don't,
He Will Never Go Home.

Maybe He'll Get Tired
Of Waiting.

MyFather?

My Father Loves To Tell
A Story About The w*r

And How He Was In The Trench

And Had His r*fle Sights
On An Enemy Pillbox

And All The Enemy Had To Do
Was Come Out

And He Could Pick Them Off
Right There.

And The Enemy

Knowing That He Was Up There

Decided That They Would Wait
Until He Left

And My Father Sat There

With One Eye Closed
And One Eye Open--

Never Blinked--

And He Waited

And Waited And Waited
And Waited And Waited.

And The Enemy--

Figuring No Human Being
On The Face Of This Earth

Could Wait That Long--

Finally Came Out.

And Grandpa Shot Them.

No, Because By That Time
The w*r Was Over.

Daddy, I'm Going To Hate
Going Down There.

Of Course You'll Hate It, Dear,
But You Must Make Up Your Mind.

Do You Want Him
Coming Up Here?

No. The Last Time He Was Here,
He Poked Through My Closet--

"Why Does Anybody
Need So Many Shoes?"

Wait A Minute.

I Said That.

Here We Go. Be Brave.

Daddy,
He's Sleeping.

No, He Isn't.

His Eyes Are Closed.

That's How He Waits.

Go On. Talk To Him.

Grandpa?

Hey, Baby.

Oh! Hi.
Were You Sleeping?

No. Every Closed Eye
Is Not Sleeping

And Every Open Eye
Is Not Seeing.

Remember That.

There's My Beautiful Girl.

Those Teeth Get
Straighter Every Day.

Thank You.

Sit By Me.

Cliff.

Yes, Sir.

Go Away.

I Know How Important This
Tradition Stuff Is To You

But I Have To
Choose The College
That's Best For Me.

Don't Go To Hillman
Because You Have To.

Go For The Same
Reason I Went--

The Same Reason My
Whole Family Went--

The Same Reason
Your Daddy Went.

Why Was That, Daddy?

I Didn't Have A Choice.

Why Would You
Need A Choice?

I Mean, Be Honest.

Straight Out.

If You'd Had The
Pick Of Any School

Which Would You
Have Chosen?

Hillman.

Really? Why?

Your Mother Was Going There.

You See? That's...

It Wasn't
The Institution?

No. My Wife Is An Institution.

What Was I Supposed To Do?

The Woman I'm In Love With
Is Going To A College

Where Men Outnumber Women
Eight To One.

Hillman.

Yeah.

And Not Just Any Old Men.

I'm Talking About Hunks.

What's The Name
Of The Kid You Like?

Terry Johnson.

Yeah. He Would Have Never Made
The Hunk List.

I Thought My Persuasive
Arguments Got You To Go.

Yeah, Yeah.
Persuasive Arguments--

"You Go Or You Die!"

No, I'm
Afraid That

If My Wife
Was Going To Hillman

I Was Going To Hillman

Even If It Meant
Making My Father Happy.

That's Romantic--
Following Mom
To Hillman.

Was She Flattered?

Your Mother Does Not Know
Why I Went.

Tell Her.

Why?

I'm Saving It For
When I Really Get In Trouble.

I'm Going To Tell Clair.

Maybe That's Why People
Lock You Out Of Their Homes.

Nobody Tells Clair
Ever In Life.

Am I Understood?

Finished, Dad. Again.

Okay.

I Cleaned Up.

I Rinsed The Dishes

Put Them Back In The Dishwasher
And Turned It On.

You Put In
Dishwashing Soap?

Dishwashing Soap!

Get Out Of Your Coats, And
Go Straight To Your Room.

Yes, Mama.

What Happened?

Rudy Throws Vanessa's Book
Out The Window.

Vanessa Tries To Throw
Rudy Out The Window.

The Cab Driver Threw Us
Out Of The Car.

How Are You, Clair?

I'm Great, Dad.

You Just Relax, Because
I've Got A Story That Will

Make
Your Day.

What Are You Talking About?

The Reason
Your Husband...

What Are You
Talking About?!

He Wanted
To Go...

You Are Not Saying...

Your Husband
Wanted To Go...

(Shouting)

Mom, What Are The Boys
At Hillman Really Like?

Take A Look.

There Are Two Graduates
In The Kitchen.

You Know What?
They Are Worse Than Us.

They Better Stop,
Or They Won't Get New Shoes.

That's Enough,
You Two.

Let's Get Upstairs.

Is It True
Guys Outnumber Girls

Eight To One
At Hillman?

Seven Of Them
You Wouldn't Want
To Bother With

But That Eighth One...
Oooh!

All Right.

To Hillman.
!
To Hillman.

I Think You Got
One This Time.

When She
Found Out

That The Men--
Eight To One--

She Woke Right Up.

That's Good.

You Waited A Long Time.

Talk About Waiting.
One Time, During The w*r...

Oh, No. I Said "Waiting."

The Enemy Was In The Pillbox,
And I Was In My Trench

With My Sights
Trained On Those Doors.

And You Never Shot Them.

No. By The Time They Came Out,
The w*r Was Over.

I Told You That Story?

No, I've Never Heard This One.

Well, I Waited...

And Waited...

And I Waited...

And Waited...