[ THEME SONG PLAYS ] * I BET WE'VE BEEN TOGETHERFOR A MILLION YEARS * * AND I'LL BET WE'LL BE TOGETHERFOR A MILLION MORE * * OH, IT'S LIKEI STARTED BREATHING * * ON THE NIGHT WE KISSED * AND I CAN'T REMEMBERWHAT I EVER DID BEFORE * * WHAT WOULD WE DO, BABY * WITHOUT US? * WHAT WOULD WE DO, BABY * WITHOUT US? * AND THEREAIN'T NO NOTHIN' * * WE CAN'T LOVEEACH OTHER THROUGH * * OOH-HOO * WHAT WOULD WE DO, BABY * WITHOUT US? * SHA-LA-LA-LA IS THISA PERMANENT ADDITION? BECAUSE IF IT IS,I'M GETTING OUT MY "BOMBS ARE PEOPLE, TOO"THROW PILLOWS. THE BANNER IS A SURPRISEFOR MATT. WE HAD THIS HANGINGIN OUR DORM ROOM AT BERKELEY. IT'S A LITTLE OUTDATED,ISN'T IT? WELL, MAYBE THE SLOGANSARE DIFFERENT NOW, BUT NOT THE CONCEPTIS THE SAME. NO, I MEANT THE CONCEPT. ALEX, DON'T YOU EVER WORRYABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE ENOUGHBOMBS IN THE WORLD TO DESTROYEVERY LIVING CREATURE AND WIPE OUT LIFEAS WE KNOW IT? HEY! I GOT BIGGER THINGSON MY MIND. CAN I USE THE BUSINESSSECTION HERE, MOM? THANKS. MAYBE WE CAN JUST TELL MATT HE'S ONE OFTHE NEIGHBOR CHILDREN. IT'S JUST SO PREDICTABLE,THAT'S ALL. EVERY TIMEONE OF THESE EX-HIPPIES COMES PRANCING INFROM YESTERYEAR, WE GOT TO GET OUTTHE LOVE BEADS. PUT ON THE PONCHOS... PRETEND WE CAREABOUT PEOPLE. I'M JUST A LITTLE TOO OLDFOR THAT STUFF. ALEX,MATT'S AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE, HE'S ONLY GOING TO BE HEREA WEEK. BE NICE. YOU'VE GOTTHE WHOLE REST OF THE YEAR TO NOT CARE ABOUT PEOPLE. YOU'LL PROBABLYLIKE MATT. HE'S A PRIZE-WINNINGJOURNALIST. HE'S A WORLD TRAVELER. HE'S EVEN WRITTEN TWO BOOKSON ECONOMICS. NO KIDDING?WHICH ONES? "CAPITALISM:DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH" AND "CAPITALISM:DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH, PART TWO." HOW LONGIS THAT GONNA BE THERE? AS LONG AS IT TAKESTO RAISE THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF SOME OF THE PEOPLEIN THIS HOUSE. YEAH, MOM. IS HE GONNA BE LIKE THIS THEWHOLE TIME HIS FRIEND'S HERE? PROBABLY,SO IF YOU HAVE TO TALK TO HIM, TRY NOT TO SAY ANYTHINGTOO IMPORTANT. -I CAN HANDLE THAT.-I KNOW YOU CAN. I'M GONNA TAKE ANDYTO THE PARK. HEY, HEY, HEY,DON'T GET HIM BACK TOO LATE. HIS FAVORITE SHOW'SON TONIGHT. WHAT'SHIS FAVORITE SHOW? "WALL $TREET WEEK." WHAT? I DIDN'T PUT HIM UP TO THAT.HE CAME UP WITH THAT ON HIS OWN. ALEX, THE ONLY SHOW HE'S ALLOWEDTO WATCH ON TELEVISION IS "SESAME STREET." YOU'RE RIGHT.YOU'RE RIGHT. ANDY, YOU GO AHEADAND PLAY WITH THE OTHER KIDS. OKAY.GOODBYE, DARLING. I'LL TAPE IT FOR YOU. -[ DOORBELL RINGS ]-OH! -HEY!-STEVEN, MY MAN! -IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU, MAN!-HOW YOU DOING?! IT'S BEEN TOO LONG.YOU REMEMBER THIS LADY? OF COURSE.ELYSE, YOU LOOK GREAT. WELCOME, MATT! WELCOME TO OUR HOUSE, MATT. I DON'T THINK YOU KNOWALEX AND MALLORY. GOOD TO MEET YOU. HI. OH. HI. SO, YOU NOTICE ANYTHING FAMILIARIN THE HOUSE? "BAN THE BOMB"! WOW! OUR OLD BANNER! MAYBE MATT WOULD LIKETO HANG THAT IN HIS HOTEL ROOM. UH, NO, THANKS.I ALREADY HAVE ONE UP. YOU HAVETHE TRAVEL-SIZE BANNER? YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU HAVE THIS UP TONIGHT,STEVE, BECAUSE I BROUGHT A LITTLE BLASTFROM THE PAST, TOO. THE SCAVENGER! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! "A MAGAZINE FOR THEDISCRIMINATING REVOLUTIONARY." I DON'T SUPPOSE THERE AREANY GOOD DIETS IN THERE. IT WAS A POLITICALMAGAZINE, HONEY. IN FACT, MATT AND YOUR DADWERE THE EDITORS WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE. IT WAS AN AWFULLYGOOD MAGAZINE. IT'S A SHAME IT FOLDED. OH, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THIS. ALEX DESTROYED ALL OF OUR COPIESWHEN HE WAS 2. HE FOUND THEMPOLITICALLY OFFENSIVE. HEY, YOU HAVE NO PROOFTHAT WAS ME. YOU LEFT YOUR RATTLEON THE BOOKCASE. IT COULD HAVE BEENSOME OTHER BABY'S RATTLE. IT WAS YOUR NIXON RATTLE. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER EATENA FINER MEAL. STEVEN COOKED DINNER TONIGHT. WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE. DON'T WORRY, MATT, I'VE LEARNED TO COOKSINCE WE LIVED TOGETHER. WELL, I SINCERELY HOPE SO, BECAUSE THE LAST TIMEI ATE YOUR COOKING, I WAS MOVED TO GO ONA 30-DAY FAST. I THOUGHT YOU WERE FASTINGTO PROTEST THE VIETNAM WAR. I DIDN'T WANT TO HURTYOUR FEELINGS. JUST FOR THE RECORD, WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU GUYSDIDN'T PROTEST IN COLLEGE? HMM... I THOUGHT THE PEACE CORPSWAS A NICE IDEA. PEACE CORPS WAS GOOD. PEACE CORPS WAS GOOD. ALEX, COME QUICK! GOLD CLOSED AT $415! THANK YOU FOR HAVING HIM. WELL, I THINK WE'RE ALL DONEWITH THE DISHES HERE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSEYOU NEED US TO CLEAN UP? OH, NO, NO,EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT. LISTEN, SINCE MATT IS HERE,IT'S A VERY SPECIAL NIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO BRING OUTTHE OLD BERKELEY SLIDES TO SHOW... AS A TREAT. IT'S SO GOOD TO SEETHE SCAVENGER HERE. I REMEMBER PASSING THIS OUTAROUND CAMPUS. STEVE, DO YOU EVER, UH -- DO YOU EVER MISS WORKINGON THE MAGAZINE? DO I MISS BEING AN OVERWORKED,UNDERPAID SOCIAL OUTCAST? WHO WOULDN'T? YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANTJOURNALISTIC EXPERIENCE OF MY CAREER. THAT'S REALLY SURPRISINGCOMING FROM SOMEONE WHO'S WRITTENFOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE VILLAGE VOICE, THE WASHINGTON POST. YEAH, BUT THE SCAVENGER WAS DIFFERENT. IT WAS OURS.IT WAS MINE AND STEVEN'S. IT WAS SO...PURE. THOSE WERE SPECIAL TIMES,WEREN'T THEY? VERY SPECIAL. YOU REMEMBERHOW WE USED TO DREAM THAT SOMEHOW WE'D GETTHE MONEY TOGETHER TO STARTTHE SCAVENGER UP AGAIN? YEAH, WHAT A FANTASY THAT WAS. WELCOME TO FANTASYLAND, GUYS. IT'S A CHECK FOR $50,000. YOU REMEMBER HOWIE WARDELL? "TRUST FUND" WARDELL?SURE! HIS UNCLE FINALLY DIED,AND HE'S COME INTO HIS MONEY. NOW, HE WAS A BIG A FANOF THE SCAVENGER, AND HE WANTS USTO START IT UP AGAIN. -YOU'RE KIDDING!-IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING, STEVE. WE CAN DO IT RIGHT THIS TIME, THAT'S $50,000TO MAKE THE MAGAZINE THE DREAM WE ALWAYS KNEWIT COULD BE. [ SIGHS ] I... OH! OH, THE ZEROES JUST FELL OFF. WHAT KIND OF A MAGAZINECAN WE MAKE FOR $5? SO, WHAT DO YOU SAY?COME ON, MAN. ARE YOU IN? [ SIGHS ] WELL, I DON'T KNOW.IT'S A BIG DECISION. THE SCAVENGER! HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN,20 YEARS? [ ACOUSTIC-GUITAR MUSIC PLAYS ] WELL, THERE IT IS. WHAT DO YOU THINK? IT'S BEAUTIFUL, ELYSE... AND SO ARE YOU. WILL YOU GO OUT WITH MESATURDAY NIGHT? DATING IS SO REACTIONARY,STEVEN. SUNDAY NIGHT? I APOLOGIZEFOR MY CO-EDITOR, ELYSE. HE'S AN OLD-FASHIONEDROMANTIC. OH, THAT'S OKAY. HE'S KIND OF CUTE. SEE? I KNEW IT! SHE LIKES ME.ELYSE DONNELLY LIKES ME. [ CHUCKLES ] I'M THE HAPPIEST GUYIN THE WORLD. STEVEN, WHEN ARE YOUGONNA LEARN HOW TO TYPE? I ASSUMEYOU'RE WRITING A PAPER ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING, NOT MARTIN LUTHER KONG. FORGET THE TYPOS. WHAT DID YOU THINKOF THE ARTICLE? I THOUGHT IT WAS BRILLIANT. I THINK IT'S THE BEST THINGYOU'VE WRITTEN YET. THANK YOU, MATT. YOU KNOW, STEVEN, IF WE CAN KEEP THIS LEVELOF WRITING UP, THE SCAVENGER WILL BEA MAJOR FORCE IN THIS COUNTRY. WHEN I THINK ABOUTWHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, IT'S JUST SO OVERWHELMING. WE'RE TRYING TO STOP WAR,POVERTY, INJUSTICE, OPPRESSION. WE'RE TRYINGTO CHANGE THE WORLD. AND I ASK MYSELF, "HOW IS ONE LITTLE MAGAZINEGONNA DO ALL OF THAT?" THEN I REALIZE THAT IFI TELL MYSELF I CAN'T, I WON'T. BUT IF I TELL MYSELF I'LL TRY,THEN MAYBE... WELL, JUST MAYBE I WILL. THAT'S A WONDERFUL WAYTO LOOK AT THINGS, STEVEN. AND THAT'S WHYI'M GONNA ASK YOU AGAIN. WILL YOU GO OUTWITH ME, ELYSE? LET'S CHANGE THE WORLD FIRST,THEN WE'LL TALK. BUT IT HAS TO BESTEVEN'S DECISION. HONEY? I PROMISED YOUI'D CHANGE THE WORLD, ELYSE. I'M GOING TO DO IT. "AND SO THE LITTLE RABBIT SAID, "'HOW COME YOU'RE SO BIGAND I'M SO SMALL?' "AND THE COW SAID, 'IT'S BECAUSEYOU'RE A RABBIT AND I'M A COW.'" IS IT SAFE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN,"IS IT SAFE?" I MEAN,ARE DAD AND MATT HERE? -NO.-THEN IT'S SAFE. BUT IT IS NOT THAT BAD. OH, MOM, COME ON. EVER SINCE HE STARTEDWORKING WITH THAT MAGAZINE, HE'S BECOME HARDERAND HARDER TO LIVE WITH. HE'S JUST A LITTLE MORE IMMERSEDIN POLITICS NOW THAN HE USED TO BE. WELL, WHY CAN'T HE BE LIKEOTHER FATHERS AND TAKE UP GOLF? ANDY, WHY ARE YOU WRAPPINGYOUR BREAD UP IN YOUR NAPKIN? 'CAUSE DADDY SAYSAMERICANS EAT TOO MUCH. YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVEWHERE I FOUND THESE. WHERE? THE GARBAGE. WE'RE A RECYCLING FAMILY! NO ALUMINUM CANSIN THE GARBAGE. WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? UH-OH. I'LL TALK TO HIM LATER. WHO'S, UH... WHO'S HAVINGTHE ENGLISH MUFFINS? -UH-OH.-UH-OH. WELL, I THOUGHTWE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS. NO ENGLISH MUFFINS WHILE THE BRITISH ARE OCCUPYINGNORTHERN IRELAND. WE'RE HUNGRY NOW, DAD.WHEN ARE THEY LEAVING? I KNOW THIS MAY SEEM EXTREME, BUT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT ALLYOUR ACTIONS -- EVEN EATING -- HAVE POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS. JUST WANTED TO HAVEBREAKFAST, DAD. WE DIDN'T WANTTO HURT ANYBODY. I WAS A LITTLE OVER THE LINETHERE, WASN'T I? NO, NO. IF YOU DIDN'T SAY SOMETHING,I WAS GOING TO. IS THIS TODAY'S MAIL? YEAH. HEY!HEY, LOOK AT THIS. OUR FIRST LETTERTO THE EDITOR. WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTEDPUBLISHING THE SCAVENGER YET, AND WE'RE ALREADY CAUSINGA STIR. WELL, LET'S HEAR IT. [ SIGHS ] "DEAR EDITORS,HOW DARE YOU REOPEN "WITH THIS LEFT-WING,PROPAGANDIST DRIVEL, "WHICH WAS OUT-OF-DATEAND IRRELEVANT "EVEN WHEN FIRST PUBLISHED. "WHY DON'T YOU GROW UP,GET REAL JOBS, AND LEAVE AMERICA ALONE?" SIGNED, ALEX P. KEATON,COLUMBUS, OHIO. THE FIRST ISSUE IS KEY. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOTOF ATTENTION FOCUSED ON IT, AND WE HAVE TOMAKE IT COUNT. WHAT DO YOU THINKOF ORGANIZING A DEMONSTRATION TO COINCIDE WITH THE FIRST ISSUEOF THE SCAVENGER? THAT'S GOOD.THAT'S VERY GOOD. AND WITH A LITTLE LUCK, IF THEDEMONSTRATION GOES SMOOTHLY, WE'LL ALL GET ARRESTED. THAT'S NOT AS GOOD. COME ON, STEVEN.DON'T BE A STICK IN THE MUD. YOU USED TO LOVEGETTING ARRESTED. YOUR TASTES CHANGEAS YOU GET OLDER. GETTING ARRESTED IS WAY DOWNON MY LIST NOW. RIGHT BELOW BEING SHIPWRECKED. WE'VE BEEN AT THISA LONG TIME TODAY. WE'RE ALL A LITTLE TIRED. LET'S JUST TAKEA LITTLE BREAK HERE, OKAY? GREAT.GOOD IDEA. LISTEN, UH, STEVEN,[CLEARS THROAT] HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, LOOK OVER THE ARTICLEI WROTE YET? OH, JUST BRIEFLY. I HAVEN'T REALLY GIVEN ITA THOROUGH READ YET. WELL, LET ME KNOWWHEN YOU DO. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. -OH, I WILL.-THANKS. [ DOOR OPENS ] [ DOOR CLOSES ] [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] OPEN UP! POLICE! AH, JUST GETTING YOUIN THE MOOD, DAD. CUT IT OUT, ALEX! IS THIS A GOOD TIMETO VISIT YOUR OFFICE? OH, OF COURSE. COME IN.COME IN, WELCOME. DAD, I KNOWWE WEREN'T REAL SUPPORTIVE ABOUT YOUR WORKINGON THE MAGAZINE, SO WE BROUGHT YOUAN OFFICE-WARMING GIFT TO MAKE UP FOR IT. YOU DIDN'THAVE TO DO THAT. HEY, HEY, DAD,THAT'S FROM ME, TOO. HOPE IT FITS. A DICTIONARY. AND JUST MY SIZE. YOU SAID YOU WERE GETTING HIMA SWEATER, MAL. NEXT TIME, CHIP IN. OH, OH, CAMERON, I'D LIKE YOUTO MEET MY FAMILY. THAT'S MY WIFE, ELYSE, AND ALEX, MALLORY, JENNIFER. CAMERON WALLACE. WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT A MINUTE.CAMERON WALLACE. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. DIDN'T YOU ORGANIZETHE WASHINGTON LABOR DAY RALLIES IN THE EARLY '70s? THAT'S RIGHT. WOW. IT'S GOOD TO KNOWTHAT KIDS TODAY ARE AWARE OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE DIDFOR THE CAUSE BACK THEN. WASN'T THE FBILOOKING FOR YOU? OOH, HE REALLYKNOWS HIS STUFF. "YOU HAVE THE RIGHTTO REMAIN SILENT." "SHOULD YOU GIVE UPTHAT RIGHT, "ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILLBE HELD AGAINST YOU. IN A COURT OF LAW." -ALEX!-IS HE SERIOUS? ALEX IS KIND OFA LAW AND ORDER BUFF. AH, YEAH, WELL, YOU DON'THAVE TO WORRY, ALEX. ALL OF US DANGEROUS FUGITIVESWERE PARDONED A WHILE BACK. WE'RE COMPLETELY LEGAL. I'M KEEPING MY EYEON YOU, WALLACE. DON'T LEAVE TOWN! MOM, WE HAVE TO PICK UP ANDY. OH, YEAH. WE'RE PROBABLYIN THE WAY HERE, ANYWAY. THANKS FOR COMING, HONEY.BYE-BYE. -BYE, DAD.-SEE YOU LATER, MAL. -THANKS.-BYE-BYE. SEE YOU LATER. WELL, WHAT ARE YOU --WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON HERE? OH, NOTHING, NOTHING,JUST AN ARTICLE MATT WROTE. I'M HAVING A FEW PROBLEMSWITH IT. A FEW PROBLEMS? YOU'VE CROSSED OUT EVERYTHINGBUT THE TITLE. "ANARCHY:THE SANE SOLUTION." WELL, WHAT DID HE THINKABOUT YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS' CHANCESIN '88? HE, UH...FELT IT WAS TOO LONG. ARE YOU TWO ALL RIGHT? OH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST THAT MATT AND I WERE ALWAYS OF ONE MINDABOUT EVERYTHING. NOW WE CAN'T SEEM TO AGREEABOUT ANYTHING. MAYBE IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE YOUA WHILE TO GET BACK IN SYNC. HEY, MOM, COME ON. STOP FRATERNIZINGWITH THE RADICALS. BYE. [ Sighing ] MATT... HEY. SEE YOU FOUND A LOT OF TYPOSIN MY ARTICLE, STEVE. OH, DON'T LOOK AT THAT, MATT. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCETO REALLY GO OVER IT. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO TO IT?SET IT ON FIRE? YOU DON'T HAVE TO BEDEFENSIVE, MATT. I'M JUST GIVING YOUCONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. YOU ANNIHILATEDMY ARTICLE, STEVEN. YOU DIDN'T EXACTLY GIVE MINEA RINGING ENDORSEMENT. LET'S JUST FACE IT, HUH? THESE TWO ARTICLES HAVE NO PLACEIN THE SAME MAGAZINE. MINE BELONGS IN THE SCAVENGER. YOURS BELONGSIN GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, RIGHT NEXT TO "20 THINGS TO DOWITH PINEAPPLE." OH. HEY, GUYS. HEY.WHAT'S GOING ON? OH, WE'RE JUST TALKINGABOUT STEVE'S ARTICLE. WHAT'D YOU THINK OF IT? I SEE YOU BOTH HAVETHE ABRIDGED VERSION. IT'S JUST THATIT'S A LITTLE REACTIONARY. I MEAN, YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLEACTUALLY GO OUT AND VOTE FOR ONE OF THE TWOPREVAILING PARTIES. NOW, COME ON, MAN. THE ONLY VOTE THAT COUNTSIS A VOTE AGAINST THE SYSTEM. I DISAGREE. I THINK VOTING MAKESA REAL DIFFERENCE. IT'S PART OFOUR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY. COME ON, STEVE. YOU'RE BEGINNING TO SOUND LIKEA MEMBER OF THE P.T.A. I-I AM MEMBER OF THE P.T.A. YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE YOU WERE THE GUY THAT WROTETHE LANDMARK ARTICLE "THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM:TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE." THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.THINGS HAVE CHANGED. [ SIGHS ] JUST WHAT IS ITWE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE? PUT OUT A THOUGHTFUL,INTELLIGENT MAGAZINE, OR GET UP ON A SOAPBOXAND PREACH STALE RHETORIC? WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!STALE RHETORIC? IS THAT WHAT THESE ISSUESSEEM LIKE TO YOU NOW? SOME OF THEM, YES. THEY JUST DON'T RING TRUETO ME ANYMORE. THINGS AREN'T AS BLACK AND WHITEAS THEY USED TO BE! I DON'T UNDERSTANDYOUR ATTITUDE, STEVEN. NO, I DON'T THINK YOU DO. I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTANDANYONE'S ATTITUDE BUT YOUR OWN. AT LEAST I HAVE AN ATTITUDE! AT LEAST I AM PREPAREDTO SPEAK UP FOR WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT. NO, MATT, WHAT YOU'REPREPARED TO DO IS SHOUT DOWN ANYBODYWHO DISAGREES WITH YOU! I'M GONNA TELL YOU ONE THING, AND I'M NOT SHOUTING NOW HERE,STEVEN. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVEWE SHOULD PRINT MY ARTICLE, YOU HAVE NO BUSINESSWORKING ON THIS MAGAZINE. MAYBE I DON'T. YOU'VE CHANGED, MAN. YOU HAVE REALLY CHANGED. YOU KNOW,SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, STEVEN KEATON DISAPPEARED, AND SOME STRANGERTOOK HIS PLACE. BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOUSOMETHING, MAN. IT'S A DAMN SHAME, BECAUSE STEVEN KEATONWAS ONE OF THE GREAT ONES. [ DOOR SLAMS ] [ SIGHS ] IT TOOK 7 FAIRY TALES AND A STOCK MARKET LECTUREFROM ALEX TO GET ANDYTO GO TO SLEEP TONIGHT. I'M SORRYYOU ARGUED WITH MATT. ELYSE, HAVE I CHANGED? AM I THE SAME PERSON I WASWHEN YOU FIRST MET ME? I DON'T KNOW. I THINK YOUR SOCIAL CONSCIENCEHAS HELD UP PRETTY WELL. RIGHT. AND THE TAX CREDIT FROMAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PROVES IT. WELL, ACTUALLY,WE DIDN'T GIVE THIS YEAR. WE NEEDED THE MONEYFOR ANDY'S PRESCHOOL. THIS WASN'T A GOOD TIMETO TELL ME THAT. I'M SORRY. YOU STILL RESPECT ME, ELYSE? -STEVEN!-HUMOR ME, ELYSE. I'M GOING THROUGHA PERSONAL CRISIS HERE. OKAY, I'LL SAY ONE THINGON THAT SUBJECT. I SHOULDN'T EVEN NEEDTO SAY THAT. YOU DO MAKE A STATEMENT, STEVEN. YOU MAKE A STATEMENTBY THE WAY YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE, BY THE WAYYOU RAISE YOUR CHILDREN, BY CHOOSING A JOB THAT DOESN'T COMPROMISEYOUR PRINCIPLES. THOSE ARE POLITICAL ACTS, AS STRONG AS ANYTHING THATYOU EVER DID BACK AT BERKELEY. HONEY, YOU'RE JUST ONE OF THE MOST COMMITTEDAND CARING MEN I KNOW. AND YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL WIFE! I ALREADY KNOW THAT. -HEY.-HEY, ALEX. LISTEN, I HEARD WHAT HAPPENED, AND, UH, I KNOW HOW TOUGHTHAT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR YOU. WELL, THANKS, ALEX. I KNOW WE DIFFERON THESE ISSUES, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. LISTEN, DAD... OVER THE YEARS,YOU AND I HAVE SEARCHED FOR SOME COMMONPOLITICAL GROUND. WE SEARCHED... -AND SEARCHED...-AND SEARCHED... -SEARCHED.-SEARCHED. AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'TAGREED ON ANYTHING YET... ...I REALLY RESPECTYOUR IDEALS. YOU KNOW? AND THE FACTTHAT YOU RESPECT MINE. YOU SET A GOOD EXAMPLE. I MEAN, WHO KNOWS? MAYBE 20 YEARS FROM NOW,I'LL LOOK BACK ON THE THINGS THAT I BELIEVED INWHEN I WAS 20, AND I'LL THINK THAT I WAS... NAH! YOU NEVER KNOW, ALEX. YOU MAY FEEL DIFFERENTWHEN YOU HIT 40. OH, TRUST ME, DAD.I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE 40. [ MID-TEMPO FOLK MUSIC PLAYS ] AREN'T YOU GUYSFINISHED WRITING? I PRACTICALLY HAD TO PROMISETHE PRINTER MY FIRSTBORN SON. I'M NOT SUREHOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT. I SAID MY FIRSTBORN SON,NOT OUR FIRSTBORN SON. -YOU NEVER GIVE UP, DO YOU?-NOPE. I HAVE OUR FUTURE PLANNEDDOWN TO THE SMALLEST DETAIL. I EVEN KNOW WHATOUR SON'S NAME IS GONNA BE. -YOU WANT TO HEAR WHAT IT IS?-NO. WHAT IS IT? FREEDOM. FREEDOM P. KEATON. I LIKE THAT. WE'D HAVE WONDERFUL CHILDREN. THEY'D PICK UP THE STRUGGLEFOR PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WHERE WE LEAVE OFF. WE'LL ALL LIVE IN THE COUNTRYON A COMMUNE WITH ALL OF OUR FRIENDSAND THEIR CHILDREN AND LOTS OF ANIMALSAND THEIR CHILDREN. WE'LL GROW OUR OWN FOOD,AND WE'LL MAKE OUR OWN CLOTHES. LIVE OFF THE LAND. UH, BEFORE WE START THIS FAMILY, WE HAVE A MAGAZINETO GET OUT, KEATON. * STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT LINE * STRAIGHT * A STRAIGHT, A STRAIGHT... BOY, IT'S GONNA BE TOUGHGETTING WORK DONE AROUND THIS OFFICE. * WINTER'S COLD, COMING FAST * LET IT GO, FORGET YOUR PAST * LIVE THE NOWAND MAKE IT LAST TODAY *