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Don't say anything about this to my mom. Hey, man, I didn't mean to, you know, flap my lips, eh? - So... - SO? I said to him, "Where's the disinfectant?" He said, "I've left it in town." So I said, "What are we gonna do?" So he says, "I'll tell you what we'll do. "Come back at lunchtime, all the flies will be in the kitchen." Come to bed. He took her sightseeing. Well, you work. I work. I mean, she needs someone to help her take her mind off things. I'll help you take your mind off things, sailor. It's soaking. Thank you. Good night. Good night. Five minutes. Louisa. It's okay. It's all right, Jake. I'll check on the table. Okay. Okay, everything rides-Everything rides. Ooh, hey, it's Hoagie! Hey, come on, I wanna see this. Oh, that's Hoagie, all right. Everything on the line.
You're not... You're not betting it all? All or nothing at all. Here. Do you want to throw the dice for me? No! Now get ready. Are you ready? Oh! I guess that's bad? Depends on your point of view. Ooh, look at that. Come here to Daddy, girl! All right! Look at you. You look great! And that dress! Gorgeous! It's on the house. See? I knew there was a reason I could afford all this. Thank you, Shirley! My father used to say to me, "Jake... "Jake, man, you got two loves in your life. "What you do and who you're with." Happy birthday, Louisa. - Happy birthday. - Happy birthday, Louisa! And a happy New Year. Happy New Year, everybody!
Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Don't go weak in the knees on me tonight, boy. You're gonna need all the strength you got. - Oh! - All right, girl. I knew a one-armed piano player once, took two minutes to play the Minute Waltz. You know, you oughta watch how you talk to Michael and I. We're about to be famous. Hey, tell 'em about our discovery. Jake! No job talk. You promised. You promised. Right. Would you risk a dance with me, madam? You'll be sorry. So will you. I have two right feet. That's good, 'cause I have two left. Well, that's a set. A little quiet tonight. New Year's blues? No. No, not at all. Come on. It's my party. He's just Michael, he's startin' to count them damn conch in his sleep, you know? Excuse me. Mind if I Cut in?
Please. The world would be a better place if more sons danced with their mothers. Michael, stop pouting. You look like you did when you were six and didn't get something you wanted. I like him. I enjoy his company-. Yeah. I don't like him chasing around after you. I don't trust him. He's not chasing. I'm not running. You are being ridiculous. Look, I've been a pain in the ass and I'm sorry. I'm not gonna bother you anymore about your work. You're not a pain in the ass. Come on, let me finish. I've been rehearsing this all day. Your brother's death almost killed me. I don't know, I'll never get over it. But I refuse to let myself be run by an obsession. I can't keep on believing it was intentional. I finally figured it out. Good. That's it, "Good"? I thought you'd break out the champagne. No, I'm... I'm pleased. Come on. Show your mother what a good dancer you are. Where is everybody?
Down here! Where is Clarence and William? I gave them the day off. What for? We got a job to finish. Why are you making a transmitter? It's all part of the master plan, Michael. We're gonna test it out right now. We're gonna learn about its motor systems, its heart rate. We're going to study an animal, a magnificent anima! No one really knows that much about. As the sun slowly sets in the west, we bid a fond farewell to the family of conch. What the hell are you talking about? We write it up, wrap it up and hand it in, brother. Hey, how come your heart's so stronger than mine. You got two of them? Wait, we don't write up anything until we're finished. When I was a small boy, my father said to me, "Jake... "Jake, never do anything today you can put off till tomorrow." And them conch gonna be there tomorrow, Michael. Look, when we got the grant, it was specified... No, when I got the grant. Okay, when I signed on, I... When I invited you. We got the grant together. When we finally got the grant together. Look, we got three months' work left on this thing. We can't write a report. We don't know enough. Michael, we got a rare bird here.
You know that, huh? Great white don't come down to the Bahamas, never. Never. We supposed to let an opportunity like that just swim away? Look, my name goes on the report, okay? If it's a half-assed job, I don't get my doctorate and neither do you. I thought we were planning a long, rosy future together, man. So did I. Hey! Hey! Michael, anybody home in there at all? Man, you better beam down to Earth with the rest of us. Even if that shark's still in the water, it's not gonna be there forever, you know? It's gonna figure out the water's too warm. It's gonna swim away. Look me in the eyes, boy. Tell me you don't want to study that fish as much as I do. Michael? Huh? This is what we trained for. This is what we studied them damn books for. Remember, my name goes on that report, too. It's as important to me as it is to you, right? All right, you like them damn snails? All right, all right, I'll make you a deal. Huh? Listen. We study that shark, just for a few days, and it's back to your lovely snails. Now, that's fair, man. That's fair.
Come on, indulge me with it, eh? I don't know shit about electronics. Boy, you don't know shit about anything. It's time you learned. I'll teach you how to wear your hair. I'll teach you how to dance. Come on. Teach you how to box. Come on, follow me. Get your butt down here, man. This is the third time this month you've forgotten to take it out. I got a lot on my mind, all right? Does it take that much to remember what day they come? My brain is shrinking. You know, there's only so much room for fun things like garbage! Oh, don't give me that preoccupied scientist crap. I'm trying to get ready for one of the biggest events of my career. Oh, yeah, okay. Well, I thought artists worked with their subconscious, huh. How come it's my responsibility? Because. Oh. Okay, nowl understand. All you had to do was explain it. I take out the garbage... Because. Good. I'm glad we got that straightened out. We don't have anything straightened out. You're uptight about something.
What's wrong? Why should there be anything wrong? I'm sitting around the house enjoying my day off, my wife starts yelling at me about the garbage. What the hell are we arguing about? I don't know. I... I don't know. Hey. No fair, I'm not armed. Then don't come any closer. Turn it off. Off. No. I have work. I've always wanted to make love to an angry welder. I've dreamed of nothing else since I was a small boy. Shut the door. Uh-huh. Later. Michael, shut the door. You sure you've done this before? Oh, yeah, lots of times, man. Just trust your Uncle Jake, eh? It's always worked, huh? Well, uh, thus far. Okay, take me out. Little more. There it is! It's comin'! It's comin'!