WEBVTT 00:00:05.570 --> 00:00:06.919 Here's a crazy story. 00:00:06.963 --> 00:00:09.400 The craziest part is, it's true. 00:00:09.444 --> 00:00:13.448 I got laid off from the assembly line on December 23rd. 00:00:13.491 --> 00:00:15.450 I know. Merry Christmas. 00:00:15.493 --> 00:00:17.930 I had a family, an upside-down mortgage, 00:00:17.974 --> 00:00:19.494 and an '85 Silverado 00:00:19.518 --> 00:00:21.630 with a coat hanger for an antenna. 00:00:21.673 --> 00:00:23.110 But I also had a dream. 00:00:23.153 --> 00:00:25.286 See, when life kicks you in the *, 00:00:25.329 --> 00:00:27.070 you got to hang in there, 00:00:27.114 --> 00:00:29.507 because sometimes the worst day of your life 00:00:29.551 --> 00:00:31.596 ends up being the best thing that could've happened. 00:00:39.691 --> 00:00:41.345 - Morning. - Hey. 00:00:42.697 --> 00:00:43.872 What's wrong? 00:00:43.916 --> 00:00:46.266 This cereal tastes weird. 00:00:46.310 --> 00:00:49.965 These aren't Lucky Charms, they're called Magic Squares. 00:00:51.228 --> 00:00:52.881 Well, they were magically cheaper 00:00:52.925 --> 00:00:54.187 and that was lucky for us. 00:00:55.580 --> 00:00:57.669 There's no leprechaun, just a creepy wizard. 00:00:57.712 --> 00:00:59.192 We're cutting back for a while, hon. 00:00:59.236 --> 00:01:01.586 It turned my milk black. 00:01:01.629 --> 00:01:04.328 Sounds like that wizard has a couple tricks up his sleeve. 00:01:05.198 --> 00:01:06.765 Come on, grab your backpack. 00:01:06.808 --> 00:01:08.941 Don't forget your tap shoes, the recital's tonight. 00:01:08.984 --> 00:01:10.943 Already wearing 'em. I'll go practice 00:01:10.986 --> 00:01:12.901 in the garage until it's time to go. 00:01:15.077 --> 00:01:17.210 I'm closing at the salon tonight. 00:01:17.254 --> 00:01:18.733 Can you pick up laundry detergent? 00:01:18.777 --> 00:01:20.257 I have a coupon. 00:01:20.300 --> 00:01:21.649 Coupons. 00:01:21.693 --> 00:01:23.173 It's like handing the cashier a note that says, 00:01:23.216 --> 00:01:24.609 "Hello. I've failed my family. 00:01:24.652 --> 00:01:26.959 Could I borrow 50 cents for this jug of soap?" 00:01:28.656 --> 00:01:30.919 You didn't fail anybody, okay? You got laid off. 00:01:30.963 --> 00:01:33.835 And you've applied everywhere. You're gonna get something. 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:34.879 Come on, you okay? 00:01:34.880 --> 00:01:35.968 Yeah. 00:01:36.011 --> 00:01:38.144 - Yes. - You got in late last night. 00:01:38.188 --> 00:01:40.190 Sorry, I was at the bowling alley. 00:01:40.233 --> 00:01:41.495 You've gone every night this week. 00:01:41.539 --> 00:01:43.976 Yeah, I've been talking with some of other guys who got laid off. 00:01:44.019 --> 00:01:45.195 It's a support group. 00:01:45.238 --> 00:01:47.240 Like AA, except everybody's drinking 00:01:47.284 --> 00:01:49.373 and feels totally fine about it. 00:01:49.416 --> 00:01:52.027 Okay, Tom, just tell me what's going on. 00:01:52.071 --> 00:01:53.377 Okay. 00:01:53.420 --> 00:01:54.987 There's no support group. 00:01:55.030 --> 00:01:56.293 Hmm. I had a hunch. 00:01:56.336 --> 00:01:58.033 Archie's been letting me bowl for free. 00:01:58.077 --> 00:01:59.121 He's coaching me. 00:01:59.165 --> 00:02:00.993 I rolled a 268 last night. 00:02:01.036 --> 00:02:02.473 And that was with an open frame. 00:02:02.516 --> 00:02:03.648 Great. 00:02:03.691 --> 00:02:05.258 Yeah, a 268 would put me on the money list 00:02:05.302 --> 00:02:07.173 at any PBA tournament. 00:02:07.217 --> 00:02:08.566 Okay. 00:02:08.609 --> 00:02:10.655 Just saying. If I had rolled that last night 00:02:10.698 --> 00:02:11.786 at the Del Taco Open, 00:02:11.830 --> 00:02:13.092 I would've made more money in one day 00:02:13.135 --> 00:02:14.572 than two months at the factory. 00:02:14.615 --> 00:02:17.052 And we'd be knee-deep in Del Taco. 00:02:17.966 --> 00:02:19.490 What are you saying? 00:02:19.533 --> 00:02:21.709 I'm saying I could make good money in pro tournaments. 00:02:21.753 --> 00:02:25.017 I'm saying I'm tired of busting my * and us barely getting by. 00:02:25.060 --> 00:02:26.279 And Sam's right, 00:02:26.323 --> 00:02:27.933 Magic Squares *. 00:02:27.976 --> 00:02:29.674 My family deserves Lucky Charms 00:02:29.717 --> 00:02:31.676 and full-price laundry detergent. 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:33.199 Okay. 00:02:33.243 --> 00:02:36.246 I've heard you say you want to be a professional bowler, 00:02:36.289 --> 00:02:37.595 but I thought you always meant it like 00:02:37.638 --> 00:02:39.466 when you say you wish dogs could talk. 00:02:39.510 --> 00:02:42.687 I'm 35, I didn't go to college, 00:02:42.730 --> 00:02:45.342 and the one job I'm qualified to do just laid me off. 00:02:45.385 --> 00:02:48.301 I'm better at bowling than anything I've ever done. 00:02:48.345 --> 00:02:50.042 Maybe now's the time to take my shot. 00:02:50.085 --> 00:02:51.304 Uh... 00:02:52.218 --> 00:02:53.393 Say something. 00:02:53.437 --> 00:02:54.699 Come on, pretend you're a talking dog. 00:02:55.743 --> 00:02:56.918 Knock, knock. 00:02:56.962 --> 00:02:59.225 Just bringing over a layoff care package. 00:02:59.269 --> 00:03:02.141 Tuna casserole and a six-pack. 00:03:03.098 --> 00:03:05.710 There's also a gift card in there for Bass Pro Shop. 00:03:05.753 --> 00:03:08.321 They're having a big sale this weekend on bear spray. 00:03:08.365 --> 00:03:10.541 We don't need bear spray, Helen. 00:03:10.584 --> 00:03:12.369 Well, you'd be whistling a different tune 00:03:12.412 --> 00:03:15.110 when some pot-smoking drifter is breaking in. 00:03:15.850 --> 00:03:17.156 What? It won't kill him. 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:18.592 It'll just take him down. 00:03:18.636 --> 00:03:21.334 Then you can decide what to do with him later. 00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:24.294 Hey, have I come at a bad time? 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:27.601 Ooh. How can I help? 00:03:29.647 --> 00:03:31.910 - We were just talking about my job situation. - Uh-huh. 00:03:31.953 --> 00:03:33.868 Maybe I don't want to work in a factory anymore, Ma. 00:03:33.912 --> 00:03:34.913 What? 00:03:34.956 --> 00:03:38.220 Four generations of Smallwoods have worked that line. 00:03:38.264 --> 00:03:40.484 The factory has been very good to us. 00:03:40.527 --> 00:03:42.834 Yeah, until the security guard walked me to my car, 00:03:42.877 --> 00:03:44.792 cut up my ID and frisked me. 00:03:46.141 --> 00:03:47.839 I got to run Sam to school. 00:03:47.882 --> 00:03:48.970 Thanks for the casserole. 00:03:49.014 --> 00:03:50.102 Yeah. 00:03:50.145 --> 00:03:51.277 While I was making it, I realized 00:03:51.321 --> 00:03:52.757 my furnace filters need changing. 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.237 Message received. I'll swing by later. 00:03:55.281 --> 00:03:56.978 We'll talk more tonight. 00:03:57.022 --> 00:03:58.022 Okay? I love you. 00:03:58.023 --> 00:03:59.503 I love you more! 00:04:09.600 --> 00:04:11.515 Gonna get that starter fixed. 00:04:13.430 --> 00:04:15.562 I'm also gonna fix that glove box. 00:04:17.129 --> 00:04:20.480 Hey, play your cards right, this'll be yours someday. 00:04:22.264 --> 00:04:23.396 What are you doing? 00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:25.616 Hiding my tap shoes in my backpack. 00:04:25.659 --> 00:04:27.444 Hiding? Why? 00:04:27.487 --> 00:04:29.446 Because I carried them into school yesterday 00:04:29.489 --> 00:04:32.666 and there's already two guys calling me "Ma'am" instead of "Sam." 00:04:33.450 --> 00:04:35.365 No, hold on, no, no, don't do that. 00:04:35.408 --> 00:04:37.454 Don't be ashamed of what you want to do. 00:04:37.497 --> 00:04:39.281 You get one life. 00:04:39.325 --> 00:04:40.674 Do what you love. 00:04:40.718 --> 00:04:43.416 Did you love working at the factory? 00:04:43.460 --> 00:04:45.984 You know how, when Mom makes meatloaf, 00:04:46.027 --> 00:04:47.986 we both say we love it? 00:04:48.029 --> 00:04:49.379 It was like that. 00:04:50.162 --> 00:04:51.424 Check it out. 00:04:51.468 --> 00:04:52.773 I bought this for you. 00:04:52.817 --> 00:04:53.905 I used my allowance. 00:04:53.948 --> 00:04:56.168 A lottery scratcher? 00:04:56.211 --> 00:04:57.474 How'd you even get this? 00:04:57.517 --> 00:04:58.823 You got to be 18 to buy one of these. 00:04:58.866 --> 00:05:00.433 Not if you go to the guy at the Mini Mart. 00:05:00.477 --> 00:05:03.349 The kid in front of me bought a grape-flavored cigar. 00:05:04.698 --> 00:05:08.049 Sam, we don't solve our problems with gambling. 00:05:08.093 --> 00:05:09.921 But all you need is three horseshoes 00:05:09.964 --> 00:05:11.488 and you win $50,000. 00:05:11.531 --> 00:05:12.837 I'm sorry, buddy. 00:05:12.880 --> 00:05:13.880 I'm returning this 00:05:13.881 --> 00:05:15.492 and getting you your money back. 00:05:15.535 --> 00:05:17.581 And stay away from that guy at the Mini Mart. 00:05:17.624 --> 00:05:20.192 Grape does not mean a safer cigar. 00:05:20.235 --> 00:05:22.629 Hang on, Dad. I forgot my lunch. 00:05:34.511 --> 00:05:35.860 Horseshoe... 00:05:35.903 --> 00:05:37.905 Come on... 00:05:37.949 --> 00:05:39.690 Horseshoe... 00:05:41.082 --> 00:05:42.736 Horse. 00:05:44.782 --> 00:05:46.653 That's just mean. 00:05:58.578 --> 00:05:59.710 For the last time, 00:05:59.753 --> 00:06:01.407 keep your elbow in on your release, 00:06:01.451 --> 00:06:03.061 or I'll sew it to your damn body 00:06:03.104 --> 00:06:05.933 and you'll have to take a yoga class just to wipe your *. 00:06:08.501 --> 00:06:10.198 I'm sorry, Arch. My game's off. 00:06:10.242 --> 00:06:13.419 I just told Jen this morning I wanted to be a pro bowler. 00:06:13.463 --> 00:06:16.248 Yes! Finally! I've been waiting for this for 20 years. How'd it go? 00:06:16.291 --> 00:06:18.076 She stared at me, didn't say anything. 00:06:18.119 --> 00:06:20.992 As if I had just told her I wanted to be a pro bowler. 00:06:22.123 --> 00:06:25.779 Listen, I've been married a few times over the years. 00:06:25.823 --> 00:06:27.564 Yeah, I know. I've worked my way up 00:06:27.607 --> 00:06:29.043 from ring bearer to best man. 00:06:29.087 --> 00:06:31.306 If you get married again, I'm gonna be the bride. 00:06:32.351 --> 00:06:34.788 Not if I get there first. 00:06:37.965 --> 00:06:39.967 My point is... 00:06:41.534 --> 00:06:44.232 ... communication is the heartbeat of a marriage. 00:06:44.276 --> 00:06:45.669 You got to make Jen understand 00:06:45.712 --> 00:06:47.714 bowling can give her a life she's never had. 00:06:47.758 --> 00:06:50.108 Yeah. I think that's what she's afraid of. 00:06:50.151 --> 00:06:53.285 Oh, hold on, I've been saving something for this moment. 00:06:53.328 --> 00:06:55.592 This is gonna happen, Smalls. 00:06:55.635 --> 00:06:57.028 A-and you're gonna need a manager. 00:06:57.071 --> 00:06:58.682 All right? But we've been friends for a long time, 00:06:58.725 --> 00:07:00.335 so I won't take 20%. 00:07:00.379 --> 00:07:02.642 Let's meet in the middle at 18. 00:07:02.686 --> 00:07:04.165 Lew, 00:07:04.209 --> 00:07:05.819 how is 18 meeting in the middle? 00:07:05.863 --> 00:07:07.473 See, this is why you need me. 00:07:07.517 --> 00:07:09.344 Someone who understands business. 00:07:09.388 --> 00:07:12.043 That's me. I got you, man. 00:07:12.086 --> 00:07:13.479 Here you go, champ. 00:07:16.221 --> 00:07:17.221 Huh? 00:07:17.222 --> 00:07:18.310 A pro jersey? 00:07:19.050 --> 00:07:21.487 "Archie's Lanes. Home of the Curly Fry." 00:07:21.531 --> 00:07:23.358 - Thanks, Arch. - Go ahead, try it on. 00:07:24.316 --> 00:07:26.492 I hope that thing has pockets. 00:07:26.536 --> 00:07:28.102 You can have somewhere to put all the money 00:07:28.146 --> 00:07:29.800 you're not gonna win. 00:07:29.843 --> 00:07:33.064 Carl, why would I need pockets if I'm not gonna win any money? 00:07:33.107 --> 00:07:35.153 Obviously. 00:07:35.196 --> 00:07:36.328 There's no... 00:07:36.371 --> 00:07:37.764 other... 00:07:42.464 --> 00:07:44.641 Don't listen to that fool. 00:07:46.164 --> 00:07:48.949 You're gonna wear that thing on ESPN someday. 00:07:48.993 --> 00:07:50.603 Yeah. Oh. 00:07:50.647 --> 00:07:53.867 Uh, always make sure the Archie's logo faces the camera. 00:07:56.043 --> 00:07:57.523 Guys, I appreciate it, 00:07:57.567 --> 00:07:59.133 but I wouldn't get your hopes up. 00:07:59.177 --> 00:08:00.657 I really don't think it's gonna happen. 00:08:00.700 --> 00:08:02.441 Well, I know it's gonna happen. 00:08:02.484 --> 00:08:03.877 I've always known. 00:08:03.921 --> 00:08:05.749 So lose the negativity, man. 00:08:05.792 --> 00:08:07.315 You sound like your mother. 00:08:07.359 --> 00:08:09.100 I'm not trying to be negative, 00:08:09.143 --> 00:08:10.449 I'm trying to be realistic. 00:08:10.492 --> 00:08:13.191 You want to be realistic? Fine. 00:08:13.234 --> 00:08:15.715 You have the same average as pros on the tour. 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:18.457 A natural gift for breaking to the pocket on every shot. 00:08:18.500 --> 00:08:20.154 You were born to bowl. 00:08:20.633 --> 00:08:22.113 When you came out of the womb, 00:08:22.156 --> 00:08:24.419 I bet ten doctors fell down. 00:08:26.247 --> 00:08:28.032 Realistic? Please. 00:08:28.075 --> 00:08:29.294 I ever tell you the story 00:08:29.337 --> 00:08:31.035 about when I wanted to open my own alley? 00:08:31.078 --> 00:08:33.864 - Yeah. - Yeah, you told everybody that damn story. 00:08:33.907 --> 00:08:36.388 1979. 00:08:36.431 --> 00:08:39.217 Everybody kept telling me that a Black man 00:08:39.260 --> 00:08:41.175 would never be able to get a business loan. 00:08:41.219 --> 00:08:42.263 And guess what. 00:08:42.307 --> 00:08:45.092 They were right. 00:08:49.967 --> 00:08:51.751 But then my uncle got hit by a garbage truck. 00:08:51.795 --> 00:08:54.928 He sued the crap out of the city and here I am. 00:08:54.972 --> 00:08:57.583 This is your garbage truck, Tom. 00:08:57.627 --> 00:09:01.195 You just have to have the courage to step in front of it. 00:09:04.677 --> 00:09:07.201 I don't know why you always want me to do this. 00:09:07.245 --> 00:09:09.595 I've seen you change the transmission in a Buick 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:12.076 and gut a deer all by yourself. 00:09:13.468 --> 00:09:14.992 Well, excuse me for wanting to spend 00:09:15.035 --> 00:09:16.428 a little quality time with my son. 00:09:16.471 --> 00:09:17.995 Hey, come down off that ladder. 00:09:18.038 --> 00:09:20.214 I've got some big news and I don't want you to fall. 00:09:24.479 --> 00:09:27.091 I pulled a string at the Dayco plant today 00:09:27.134 --> 00:09:29.794 and I got you an interview for the assembly line. 00:09:29.837 --> 00:09:31.443 What? I-I applied there. 00:09:31.486 --> 00:09:32.792 The guy said they weren't hiring. 00:09:32.836 --> 00:09:34.489 You didn't walk in on him and the sales lady 00:09:34.533 --> 00:09:37.057 doing the no pants dance a few years back. 00:09:37.101 --> 00:09:38.885 You'll get the job. 00:09:41.018 --> 00:09:42.759 Oh. 00:09:42.802 --> 00:09:45.109 Well, I was all set to say "you're welcome." 00:09:45.152 --> 00:09:47.677 I don't know what the hell to say now. 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:51.332 I appreciate it, Ma. I... 00:09:51.376 --> 00:09:52.725 I've just been thinking that 00:09:52.769 --> 00:09:55.293 maybe now's the time to take my shot at the PBA. 00:09:55.336 --> 00:09:58.949 Oh, Tommy, you need a guaranteed paycheck. 00:09:58.992 --> 00:10:02.039 You really want to put Jenny and Sam at risk so you can bowl? 00:10:03.170 --> 00:10:04.345 No. 00:10:04.389 --> 00:10:05.869 Oh. 00:10:06.696 --> 00:10:08.393 Don't get all sideways. 00:10:08.436 --> 00:10:10.351 I'm not. You're right. 00:10:10.395 --> 00:10:12.484 If I have a real job offer, I have to take it. 00:10:12.527 --> 00:10:13.877 Now, thanks to you, I got one. 00:10:13.920 --> 00:10:15.661 - Just trying to be realistic. - Yeah, 00:10:15.705 --> 00:10:18.533 we're both always trying to be realistic. 00:10:19.839 --> 00:10:21.362 Maybe that's our problem. 00:10:21.406 --> 00:10:22.799 What are you talking about? 00:10:22.842 --> 00:10:24.235 I'm talking about taking a chance 00:10:24.278 --> 00:10:26.106 every once in a while, Ma, for a better life. 00:10:26.150 --> 00:10:29.196 I mean, have you been on one date since Dad died? 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:30.676 I-it's been 20 years. 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:32.156 Well, I'm an old woman. 00:10:32.199 --> 00:10:34.854 It's a little late to be dusting off home plate. 00:10:36.203 --> 00:10:37.639 You're not old. 00:10:37.683 --> 00:10:38.684 You have a lot to offer. 00:10:38.728 --> 00:10:41.295 What about that neighbor who's always bringing you tomatoes? 00:10:41.339 --> 00:10:43.515 He's got sideburns and drives a Fiat. 00:10:43.558 --> 00:10:45.212 If I want to spend time with a hooligan, 00:10:45.256 --> 00:10:47.998 I'll visit someone on death row. 00:10:48.955 --> 00:10:50.348 See? 00:10:50.391 --> 00:10:51.784 Another excuse. 00:10:51.828 --> 00:10:54.134 Another excuse to not do something. 00:10:54.178 --> 00:10:55.701 This is why you're... 00:10:55.745 --> 00:10:56.789 who you are. 00:10:56.833 --> 00:10:58.356 And who am I, exactly? 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:00.706 Someone who told me to always play it safe. 00:11:00.750 --> 00:11:02.403 "Stay in the middle of the herd," you'd say. 00:11:02.447 --> 00:11:04.841 "The cows at the front, they're the first to get slaughtered." 00:11:04.884 --> 00:11:06.277 I'm just trying to protect you. 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:07.539 Yeah, I know. 00:11:07.582 --> 00:11:08.845 I still am. I know. 00:11:08.888 --> 00:11:11.804 - The way you need to protect your family. - I know! 00:11:11.848 --> 00:11:14.111 Which reminds me, there's 00:11:14.154 --> 00:11:16.287 a can of bear spray hidden in your house. 00:11:16.330 --> 00:11:18.855 If someone tries to break in, call me 00:11:18.898 --> 00:11:20.726 and I'll tell you where it is! 00:11:26.123 --> 00:11:28.429 - Unbelievable. - Sweetie, you were amazing. 00:11:28.473 --> 00:11:29.822 I don't know much about dance, 00:11:29.866 --> 00:11:31.781 but I know you won. 00:11:32.912 --> 00:11:34.522 It was a recital, not a competition. 00:11:34.566 --> 00:11:38.091 Sam, you kicked everybody's * and I'm proud of you. 00:11:39.745 --> 00:11:41.094 All right, my little superstar, 00:11:41.138 --> 00:11:42.487 get ready for bed, it's a school night. 00:11:42.730 --> 00:11:44.445 Hey, Dad, 00:11:44.489 --> 00:11:47.753 you know how we were talking in the truck this morning? 00:11:47.797 --> 00:11:50.147 I think this is what I want to do. 00:11:51.322 --> 00:11:53.454 What'd you talk about in the truck? 00:11:53.498 --> 00:11:56.196 Life, dreams, tap dance. 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:57.763 Guy stuff. 00:11:59.634 --> 00:12:01.854 Tom, I know you're not thrilled 00:12:01.898 --> 00:12:03.421 about taking that job at the plant. 00:12:03.464 --> 00:12:05.858 Actually, I think I figured something out tonight. 00:12:05.902 --> 00:12:08.339 When we got to the recital, I was pissed. 00:12:08.382 --> 00:12:11.298 I know. But I think that lady had the parking space first. 00:12:12.647 --> 00:12:13.779 Not that, and no, she didn't. 00:12:13.823 --> 00:12:15.868 The turn signal is a contract. 00:12:17.652 --> 00:12:19.263 I was pissed about not bowling. 00:12:19.306 --> 00:12:21.874 I always thought that's what I was supposed to do in life. 00:12:21.918 --> 00:12:22.962 Sitting in that theater, 00:12:23.006 --> 00:12:24.442 thinking, "This is my last chance, 00:12:24.485 --> 00:12:27.880 and as soon as I take that new job, it's gone." 00:12:29.099 --> 00:12:31.579 Then my kid takes the stage. 00:12:31.623 --> 00:12:32.798 Got my arm around my wife. 00:12:32.842 --> 00:12:33.842 And I realize, 00:12:33.843 --> 00:12:35.801 I'm not a pro bowler. 00:12:35.845 --> 00:12:38.195 I'm a dad and a husband. 00:12:38.238 --> 00:12:39.239 That's what I am. 00:12:39.283 --> 00:12:41.894 I don't have to be anything else. 00:12:43.243 --> 00:12:44.679 Tell me I'm wrong. 00:12:48.031 --> 00:12:49.815 I wish I could, but I can't. 00:12:49.859 --> 00:12:51.991 And that's okay. 00:12:52.774 --> 00:12:54.167 You know, 00:12:54.211 --> 00:12:56.039 everybody thinks the hardest thing to do in bowling 00:12:56.082 --> 00:12:57.736 is to pick up the 7-10 split. 00:12:57.779 --> 00:12:59.433 But it's not. 00:12:59.477 --> 00:13:02.219 It's actually the 4-6-7-9-10 split. 00:13:02.262 --> 00:13:04.482 It's called the Greek Church. 00:13:04.525 --> 00:13:07.833 A handful of guys can pick that up on their best day. 00:13:08.573 --> 00:13:09.966 I did it one night. 00:13:10.009 --> 00:13:12.055 Then I go to this bar. 00:13:12.098 --> 00:13:14.535 See this... beautiful girl. 00:13:14.579 --> 00:13:16.581 Way out of my league. 00:13:16.624 --> 00:13:17.974 Any other night, 00:13:18.017 --> 00:13:19.323 I wouldn't've had the guts, but that night, 00:13:19.366 --> 00:13:21.542 I had this "Greek Church" confidence. 00:13:21.586 --> 00:13:23.675 So I asked her to dance. 00:13:23.798 --> 00:13:26.410 Month later, she's pregnant. 00:13:26.453 --> 00:13:27.802 Week after that, 00:13:27.846 --> 00:13:29.326 married at the courthouse. 00:13:29.369 --> 00:13:32.982 Later that night, honeymoon suite at the Super 8. 00:13:34.984 --> 00:13:36.942 You knew how to treat a girl. 00:13:38.509 --> 00:13:39.597 I had a coupon. 00:13:42.556 --> 00:13:44.080 See, the way I see it, 00:13:44.123 --> 00:13:46.647 bowling isn't what I'm supposed to do with my life, 00:13:46.691 --> 00:13:49.172 it's what led me to my life. 00:13:49.215 --> 00:13:51.000 Hmm. 00:13:54.046 --> 00:13:55.308 Where you going? 00:13:55.352 --> 00:13:56.614 Bedroom. 00:13:56.657 --> 00:13:59.095 There's some things we didn't do at the Super 8. 00:13:59.138 --> 00:14:01.401 We're doing 'em tonight. 00:14:02.359 --> 00:14:04.839 But the only thing we didn't do at... 00:14:12.412 --> 00:14:13.674 260. 00:14:13.718 --> 00:14:16.808 Well, I see you finally decided to start keeping your elbow in, 00:14:16.851 --> 00:14:19.115 now that you're not going pro and it doesn't matter. 00:14:20.507 --> 00:14:22.640 Hey, you got to do right by your family, Smalls. 00:14:22.683 --> 00:14:23.815 I understand. 00:14:23.858 --> 00:14:24.903 Thanks, Lew. 00:14:24.946 --> 00:14:26.644 It's a damn waste of talent. 00:14:26.687 --> 00:14:30.082 It's like telling Nicki Minaj to wear an overcoat. 00:14:31.866 --> 00:14:33.129 Look at this. 00:14:33.172 --> 00:14:35.653 Suede Wade is in the tenth frame 00:14:35.696 --> 00:14:37.089 and he's 20 pins behind 00:14:37.133 --> 00:14:38.960 what you just bowled in a practice game. 00:14:39.004 --> 00:14:40.875 Suede Wade. 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:42.312 God, I hate that dude. 00:14:42.355 --> 00:14:45.054 But that's a clean-* hat. 00:14:46.707 --> 00:14:49.101 One of the top ten ranked bowlers in the country, 00:14:49.145 --> 00:14:51.103 about to win a major with a lower score 00:14:51.147 --> 00:14:52.583 than what my boy just put up. 00:14:52.626 --> 00:14:54.019 Good for him. 00:14:54.063 --> 00:14:56.456 He's probably single, no family, miserable. 00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:57.762 He's got five kids. 00:14:57.805 --> 00:14:59.546 He married a panty model. 00:15:00.982 --> 00:15:03.115 Yeah, I heard he drives a Maserati. 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:05.335 How's your truck running, Smallwood? 00:15:07.511 --> 00:15:09.252 Come on, Carl! 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:13.865 Look, I know who I am. 00:15:13.908 --> 00:15:15.475 I like who I am, 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:16.868 and I'm happy. 00:15:16.911 --> 00:15:18.348 It's his last ball. 00:15:18.391 --> 00:15:19.740 Don't you want to see if you beat his score? 00:15:19.784 --> 00:15:21.612 Nope. Don't care. 00:15:27.792 --> 00:15:31.100 We can see your * in the reflection, Thomas. 00:15:38.585 --> 00:15:41.849 Wow, look at Sammy tapping his little heart out. 00:15:41.893 --> 00:15:43.199 He is so good. 00:15:43.242 --> 00:15:45.418 I know, he's got a real passion for it. 00:15:45.462 --> 00:15:47.290 You know what I have a real passion for? 00:15:47.333 --> 00:15:49.944 That tall, *y daddy in the back. 00:15:51.337 --> 00:15:53.078 - Oh, my God. - What? 00:15:53.122 --> 00:15:54.775 You're sleeping with a dad, why can't I? 00:15:54.819 --> 00:15:57.300 No, Helen just walked in. 00:15:57.343 --> 00:15:59.432 Would you mind stabbing me in the heart with your scissors? 00:15:59.476 --> 00:16:01.391 - Hi! - Hey. 00:16:01.434 --> 00:16:02.434 Good to see you. 00:16:02.435 --> 00:16:04.916 Hey, hey. 00:16:05.224 --> 00:16:07.443 But I guess I have time for one more. 00:16:08.705 --> 00:16:11.317 This is quite a surprise. 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:13.754 - You told me I should drop by. - I did? 00:16:13.797 --> 00:16:16.235 The night Tommy brought you home to meet me? 00:16:16.278 --> 00:16:18.150 That was 12 years ago. 00:16:18.976 --> 00:16:20.804 Well, here I am. 00:16:23.242 --> 00:16:24.939 - Okay. - Oh... 00:16:24.982 --> 00:16:27.071 So... 00:16:27.115 --> 00:16:28.812 what are you thinking? 00:16:28.856 --> 00:16:31.250 Well, I've had the same hairstyle for 30 years. 00:16:31.293 --> 00:16:33.121 - I'm not a fan of change. - I understand. 00:16:33.165 --> 00:16:34.427 You stick with what works in life. 00:16:34.470 --> 00:16:36.124 There's an argument to be made for that. 00:16:36.168 --> 00:16:37.604 You ask the people on the Hindenburghow they feel 00:16:37.647 --> 00:16:39.954 about taking unnecessary chances. 00:16:39.997 --> 00:16:41.608 Got it. 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:44.350 So, um... 00:16:44.393 --> 00:16:46.178 what do we want to do? 00:16:47.004 --> 00:16:50.138 I already did what I had to do, 00:16:50.182 --> 00:16:52.836 and Tommy barely spoke to me at the recital. 00:16:54.142 --> 00:16:57.189 If you're talking about getting him the job, he's fine. 00:16:57.232 --> 00:16:58.973 He knows you only did it because you care. 00:16:59.016 --> 00:17:00.801 That's right, I do care. 00:17:00.844 --> 00:17:02.455 And I know that you do, too. 00:17:02.498 --> 00:17:05.849 He needs to do the right thing for his family. 00:17:06.850 --> 00:17:09.288 Tom always does the right thing for his family. 00:17:09.331 --> 00:17:12.552 - I just needed to speak my piece. - Yeah. I get it. 00:17:12.595 --> 00:17:13.901 You're a mom. 00:17:13.944 --> 00:17:16.338 - It's your job to keep him safe. - That's right. 00:17:17.296 --> 00:17:19.385 And it's my job to keep him happy. 00:17:22.344 --> 00:17:24.172 Oh, what-what about your hair? 00:17:24.216 --> 00:17:26.479 Oh, I had a guy let me cut in front of him 00:17:26.522 --> 00:17:28.002 in line at the grocery store today. 00:17:28.045 --> 00:17:29.786 Gonna stick with what works. 00:17:37.316 --> 00:17:39.709 - Hey, how was your, uh... - Sit. 00:17:41.972 --> 00:17:43.800 I have two questions. 00:17:43.844 --> 00:17:45.106 Question one. 00:17:45.149 --> 00:17:46.629 Why is there a can of bear spray 00:17:46.673 --> 00:17:48.588 duct-taped to the back of our toilet? 00:17:50.242 --> 00:17:51.634 I'll take care of it. 00:17:51.678 --> 00:17:53.680 Great. Question two. 00:17:55.247 --> 00:17:57.205 Why are you taking a job you don't want? 00:17:57.249 --> 00:17:58.337 What do you mean, "don't want"? 00:17:58.380 --> 00:18:00.469 I get to drive 1,046 bolts 00:18:00.513 --> 00:18:02.036 into brake drums every day. 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:03.733 And they let me wear a hairnet. 00:18:05.735 --> 00:18:08.956 You're doing it because it's the right thing to do for our family. 00:18:08.999 --> 00:18:10.479 Yes, we talked about this. 00:18:10.523 --> 00:18:12.046 We did. 00:18:12.089 --> 00:18:13.743 And I thought a lot about it. 00:18:13.787 --> 00:18:16.311 You should do the right thing for our family. 00:18:17.269 --> 00:18:18.618 So here's the plan. 00:18:18.661 --> 00:18:22.448 You have a 210 bowling average in your last 36 games of league play. 00:18:22.491 --> 00:18:24.055 This qualifies you for PBA membership. 00:18:24.063 --> 00:18:25.586 You'll start doing regional tournaments. 00:18:25.629 --> 00:18:27.805 The first one is in three months at Cuyahoga Falls. 00:18:27.849 --> 00:18:29.720 Horrible town. Enjoy. 00:18:30.164 --> 00:18:33.463 Now, uh, if you don't place in the top third, 00:18:33.507 --> 00:18:35.944 we get nothing and we lose our entry fee, which is bad. But... 00:18:35.988 --> 00:18:37.380 if you can win just one regional, 00:18:37.424 --> 00:18:38.947 it covers all of your bowling expenses 00:18:38.991 --> 00:18:40.035 till the end of the year. 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:41.297 - Jen... - Don't interrupt, babe. 00:18:42.255 --> 00:18:44.779 The ultimate goal is, of course, to win a major. 00:18:44.822 --> 00:18:46.433 You'll earn exemption so you can enter 00:18:46.476 --> 00:18:47.564 any PBA event you want 00:18:47.608 --> 00:18:49.697 and ideally bowl in the PBA Championship. 00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:51.709 No, honey, stop. I'm fine. 00:18:51.733 --> 00:18:53.701 I don't need to do this. 00:18:53.744 --> 00:18:55.355 Actually, you do. 00:18:56.312 --> 00:19:00.099 You're not the only one in this family with a dream. 00:19:00.142 --> 00:19:02.101 Your son wants to dance on Broadway. 00:19:02.144 --> 00:19:04.059 You need to show him what's possible. 00:19:04.103 --> 00:19:05.800 I want to open my own salon. 00:19:05.843 --> 00:19:07.062 I'm gonna need you to finish in the top ten 00:19:07.106 --> 00:19:08.629 at a major to make that happen. 00:19:08.672 --> 00:19:10.544 I mapped out driving routes, 00:19:10.587 --> 00:19:11.980 budgeted motel costs, 00:19:12.024 --> 00:19:14.809 gas money. With me picking up extra shifts, 00:19:14.852 --> 00:19:15.897 we can go for six months. 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:17.986 And after that, we reassess. 00:19:19.683 --> 00:19:21.859 Sweetie, I... I can't do it. 00:19:21.903 --> 00:19:23.035 I thought you'd say that. 00:19:23.078 --> 00:19:25.907 So I stopped off at the bowling alley 00:19:25.950 --> 00:19:27.822 after work to talk to Archie. 00:19:27.865 --> 00:19:30.216 He helped me pick this out. 00:19:35.047 --> 00:19:36.526 If you're gonna be a pro bowler, 00:19:36.570 --> 00:19:38.311 you can't keep using that crappy, chipped-up ball 00:19:38.354 --> 00:19:39.703 you've had for the last ten years. 00:19:39.747 --> 00:19:42.184 Oh. We'll be selling the snow blower to pay for it. 00:19:42.228 --> 00:19:43.881 You'll be shoveling this winter, 00:19:43.925 --> 00:19:46.058 but Archie said you could lose a few pounds. 00:19:48.364 --> 00:19:51.237 Guy gives you curly fries for 30 years, calls you fat. 00:19:52.194 --> 00:19:54.153 Try the holes, babe. 00:19:54.196 --> 00:19:56.285 Already drilled. No returns. 00:20:00.985 --> 00:20:03.031 What if it doesn't work out? 00:20:03.075 --> 00:20:05.729 But what if it does? 00:20:05.773 --> 00:20:07.601 Look... 00:20:07.644 --> 00:20:09.690 you and your mom had a tough life. 00:20:09.733 --> 00:20:12.388 You lost some important things. 00:20:13.520 --> 00:20:14.738 But you married me. 00:20:14.782 --> 00:20:18.916 And I say why can't we be the family who wins? 00:20:20.918 --> 00:20:22.268 Do you know how many wives there are 00:20:22.311 --> 00:20:24.139 who'd say, "Forget the paying job, 00:20:24.183 --> 00:20:26.359 just bowl and see what happens"? 00:20:26.402 --> 00:20:27.751 One. 00:20:27.795 --> 00:20:29.405 There is one and you married her. 00:20:29.449 --> 00:20:32.278 You won the lottery. I suggest you cash in your ticket. 00:20:35.542 --> 00:20:37.109 What's wrong? 00:20:37.892 --> 00:20:39.502 I have to shovel this winter. 00:20:39.546 --> 00:20:41.025 Why? 00:20:42.201 --> 00:20:44.246 'Cause I got my third horseshoe.