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JESSE.
GOOD.
YOU GO GET DRESSED.
O.K.
TOM SINCLAIR'S THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE THANKING ME.
WEREN'T YOU DRIVING A BIG GREEN WAGON?
YEAH. IT'S PARKED RIGHT OUT FRONT.
UM, NOT ANYMORE.
WHAT?
TOWED?
IT WAS THEIR FAULT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SHIRLEY, YOU PARKED ILLEGALLY
MANY, MANY TIMES.
THEY GOT HALF A MILLION CARS IN THIS CITY
AND 12 SLOTS TO PARK THEM IN.
THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT.
WHY DIDN'T WE EVER
YOU KNOW I D KEEP
JUNK--
CITY OF TAMPA CITATIONS
ADDRESSED TO US IS JUNK MAIL?
I DIDN'T SEE THE NEED TO BOTHER YOU ALL.
I GOT ONE ONCE SAYING
AS.
SHIRLEY, LOOK, BOTTOM LINE--
YOU'RE HERE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS,
NOT CREATE THEM.
WE'RE SHORT ONE VEHICLE
AND ABOUT 350 BUCKS TO GET IT BACK.
IT'S NOT THE EXAMPLE YOU WANT TO SET FOR THE KIDS.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'LL PAY BACK EVERY CENT OF WHAT IT COSTS
TO GET THAT TRUCK OUT OF IMPOUND.
NOT THAT I BUY FOR ONE SECOND THEIR WHOLE RACKET
WITH THE LITTLE CARTS AND WHITE GLOVES
AND HOW THEY HIDE AROUND THE CORNER--
SHIRLEY.
YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M SORRY.
I WILL FIX THIS.
I REALLY DID IT THIS TIME.
DID THEY GROUND HER?
I DON'T KNOW.
[BRAYING]
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT HER
SOONER OR LATER.
I'VE TRIED, AND I'VE TRIED.
IF SHE JUST WASN'T SO STUBBORN.
IT'S TIME SHE MOVED ON.
I JUST SO WANTED HER TO FIT IN,
ESPECIALLY FOR THE KIDS.
I FEEL SORRY FOR HER.
I FEEL SORRY FOR WHOEVER GETS HER NEXT.
[BRAYING]
I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU DO
WITH AN ESCAPE-ARTIST,
TOMATO-STOMPING DONKEY?
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT IT?
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK.
SETTLE OUT OF COURT.
PAY THEM OFF?
IT'S THE EASIEST WAY, THE FASTEST,
AND THE ONLY WAY TO GUARANTEE
THIS WON'T GET OUT OF HAND.
IT ALREADY HAS.
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE.
YOU CAN'T TAKE THIS PERSONALLY, NOAH.
BUT IT IS PERSONAL.
HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE WERE STANDING AROUND
WATCHING SUSAN WALKER TOTALLY HELPLESS?
30? 50?
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
MY WIFE, ON THE OTHER HAND,
SHE SAVES A LIFE,
AND HERE WE ARE?
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
OH, NO. JESSE,
YOU WERE RIGHT.
IT WAS THEM YOU SAW IN OUR DRIVEWAY.
WHAT'S THIS?
IT WAS THE OTHER DAY.
I THOUGHT THEY'D COME TO THE HOUSE TO SAY THANK YOU.
WE WERE BEING CASED.
WE NOW LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN DRIVE BY SOMEBODY'S HOUSE,
AND, IF YOU LIKE IT,
HEY, SUE THEM FOR IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DESERVE IT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO DESIRE IT.
IT'S THE SYSTEM.
AS LONG AS IT'S LIKE THIS,
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
IT STINKS, PETER.
IT STINKS.
IT'S STILL PEOPLE STICKING IT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?
WHEN DID THE WORLD GET THIS WAY?
WHEN DID THE CONCEPT OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR
SUDDENLY BECOME EXTINCT?
WHEN DID THE GOOD SAMARITAN BECOME A CRIMINAL?
JESSE, HONEY, I'M SO VERY SORRY.
PETER, IF WE DON'T SETTLE,
WHAT'S THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO HERE?
WORST CASE--YOU LOSE.
WHAT EXACTLY?
MONEY, THE HOUSE, THE COMPOUND?
EVERYTHING.
PINK'S MY FAVORITE.
YOU MADE THAT STUFF?
MM-HMM. IT'S JUST WATER, VINEGAR, AND FOOD COLORING.
THAT DRESS IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
IT SURE IS RAD.
WELL, CATCH YOU LATER, ROXANNA.
O.K.
BYE.
HEY, UH, ROXANNA?
UM...
TOM'S JUST A...
WELL, TOM'S, HE'S--HE'S--
KIND OF JUST A LAST-MINUTE DATE, RIGHT?
I MEAN, NO BIG DEAL?
YOU KNOW, NEVER MIND.
I CAN START IN THE SHOP ON MONDAY IF YOU WANT, HON.
NO PROBLEM. CUT AND COLOR IS MY MIDDLE NAME.
ECIATE .
YOU ARE A TRUE FRIEND IN NEED... INDEED.
WHATEVER.
THEY'RE FIRING HER?
I HEARD HER ON THE PHONE.
SHE'S ALREADY LINED UP A HAIRDRESSING JOB.
A HAIRDRESSER? SHIRLEY?
THERE'S A BLOODBATH IN THE MAKING.
WATCH IT.
COME ON, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
SO SHE'S BOUNCED.
WE'LL GET SOMEONE BETTER.
BETTER? YOU MEAN LIKE MATILDA THE HUN?
I'M SURE WE ALL MISS
THOSE PEANUT BUTTER AND SARDINE SANDWICHES.
DON'T FORGET. WE HAVEN'T HAD LUNCHBOX LETDOWN
SINCE SHIRLEY GOT HERE.
YEAH. AND SHE DOESN'T CALL US HER LITTLE SNOOKIES
OR IRON OUR JEANS.
ALL RIGHT. BE QUIET. I'M THINKING.
FOR ONCE.
MAYBE--
MAYBE WE CAN TALK TO THEM,
TELL THEM THAT WE DON'T WANT SHIRLEY TO GET FIRED.
YEAH, REASON WITH THEM.
NAH.
HOLD ON.
THE OBJECT IS TO PAY BACK MOM AND DAD
FOR THE PARKING TICKETS, RIGHT?
YEAH.
I MAY HAVE AN IDEA.
THEY DO ANYTHING?
NOT UNLESS YOU PAY THE PIPER.
2.50. EXACT CHANGE ONLY.
THEY'RE JUST DUMB OLD ALLIGATORS.
ALLIGATORS AREN'T EVEN SCARY.
THEY'RE INTERESTING.
BESIDES, THEY AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO ANYTHING.
JUST LOOK AT THEM.
YOUR SIGN SAYS PETTING ZOO.
WE...PET THEM?
YOU CAN.
NO, YOU CAN'T. IT'S DANGEROUS.
NO DEAL, THEN.
WE GOT OTHER THINGS YOU CAN PET.
LIKE WHAT?
PIG.
BEEN THERE. DONE THAT.
THAT'S NOT ALL WE HAVE.
YOU DON'T HAVE ATHING
THAT WE HAVEN'T ALREADY SEEN.
WHAT ABOUT A...
PINK DONKEY?
LUIS!
A PINK DONKEY?
DANNY...
JUST BECAUSE MOM SAID
THAT WE COULDN'T LET ANYONE TOUCH THE RARE PINK DONKEY
FROM TANZANIA
DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE COULDN'T JUST SHOW HIM.
VERY PINK.
LOOK AT ALL THOSE BUBBLES.
JUANITA'S GOING TO LOVE THIS.
ARE YOU SURE THIS STUFF IS SAFE?
MM-HMM. WE WATCHED ROXANNA MAKING IT TO DYE HER SHOES.
IT'S JUST FOOD COLORING, WATER, AND VINEGAR,
LIKE FOR MAKING EASTER EGGS.
WE WOULDN'T PUT ANYTHING TOXIC ON JUANITA.
IT SMELLS O.K.
OH!
RANNY!
RANNY, ARE YOU O.K.?
RANNY, GET UP!
RANNY, COME ON!
HA HA HA HA HA!
OH, YOU!
YOU'LL PAINT THE DONKEY!
THEY'VE ASKED ME TO TAKE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
STOP WORKING?
JUST TEMPORARILY,
TILL THIS LAWSUIT THING IS RESOLVED.
OH, SWEETHEART.
I'M SURE THEY THINK IT'S FOR MY OWN GOOD.
THEY'RE PROBABLY RIGHT. I JUST...
CAN'T STOP THINKING.
OH, HEY, IT'S GOING TO BE O.K.
WE MADE SO MANY PROMISES.
COLLEGE...
I KNOW.
WE MADE THOSE KIDS TRUST US.
AND THEY CAN.
WHAT ABOUT THE ANIMALS?
THERE MUST BE 60 OF THEM NOW.
DON'T. PLEASE, DON'T. IT'S GOING TO BE O.K.
AND WE WILL FULFILL OUR PROMISES, EVERY ONE OF THEM,
TO EVERY CHILD, PARAKEET, PACHYDERM
ALONG FOR THIS RIDE.
I PROMISE YOU.
BUT YOU HAVE TO PROMISE ME SOMETHING, O.K.?
JESSE, DON'T LET THEM TAKE AWAY YOUR FAITH.
I COULDN'T HANDLE THAT.
THAT'S WHAT FLOATS THIS BOAT, YOU KNOW?