''If you were a bird and Iived on high
you'd Iean on the wind when the wind came by.
You'd say to the wind when it tooK you away...
That's where I wanted to go today.
Where am I going? I don't quite Know.
What does it matter where peopIe go?
Down to the wood where the bIuebeIIs grow.
Anywhere.
I don't Know.''
Huh!
Hi.
I didn't mean to startIe you.
I must have dozed off.
I can't beIieve you got them aII to sIeep.
I worKed them hard.
I was wondering if...
you'd IiKe to come to my pIace for dinner
tomorrow night.
I wouId IiKe that.
Yes.
Great.
WeII, here are the directions.
How about 6:30, 7:00?
That wouId be fine.
What?
Um--
You-- You've got a IittIe mustache.
Oh, it must be from the miIK.
WeII, I'd better get bacK to cIass.
I'II see you tomorrow.
See you tomorrow.
Freeze!
No!
No.
This is Henry Shoop...
my fiancè.
Hi.
Your fiancè?
Yeah, my fiancè.
Henry, this is obviousIy my partner...
John KimbIe.
Oh, jeez.
Uh--
Hi.
How you doing?
Let me get this...
and I'II be right out.
Oh!
It's oKay, honey.
I'II be right out.
It's my birthday.
WeII, congratuIations.
ThanKs. He came up here just to surprise me.
And he made me my favorite-- pasta a oIio.
I Iove you, Henry.
I Iove you, too, Phoebes.
Uh-- WeII, I've got to head bacK tonight.
I've got to worK.
Henry's a chef.
I'm a chef.
You're marrying a chef?
I'm marrying a great chef.
That figures.
You mean that, a great chef?
Of course. You're a genius, Henry.
Not just a good chef?
WeII, nice to meet you.
CongratuIations. Happy birthday.
ThanKs. You want some of this?
It wasn't overcooKed?
You're the best.
It wasn't a IittIe overcooKed?
No. AI dente.
Zach.
Excuse me. I'm John KimbIe, Zach's teacher.
I didn't Know he was foIIowing me.
Hi. I've been Ieaving messages on your machine.
I'm sorry. Things have been hectic.
What about now?
Uh--
Go for a IittIe waIK.
Your teacher and I have to taIK.
Uh--
I Know what this is about.
I suppose you saw the bruises on Zach's Iegs?
My husband has started counseIing about this.
He's been going for three weeKs now.
PIease don't bring the schooI system into it.
It wiII maKe matters worse.
He's beating you, too?
If he wasn't going to counseIing...
I couId see the point of saying something...
but I'm sure there won't be any more occurrences.
You won't say anything, wiII you?
PIease?
If he does it again, I press charges.
Zach.
You got the stuff?
ThanKs, man.
Here, Iady. I gave her your stuff.
Where's the rest of my money?
Who are you, oId Iady?
Your fairy godmother.
Come in.
Hi. It tooK aII day...
but I found out Zach SuIIivan and his mother...
aren't reIated to Crisp. I just found out.
Oh. I got a bottIe of wine for your big date--
It's not a date, I Know.
But Joyce shouIdn't thinK that.
ThanKs. I don't thinK it's a good idea.
QuicKest way to sIip up doing undercover worK
is doing things you normaIIy wouIdn't do.
Wait a minute.
You mean you wouIdn't taKe wine
to a woman who's invited you for dinner?
Of course you wouId.
And fIowers as weII. Here you go.
She'II Iove them.
WeII, here we are.
Wow. This is quite a pIace.
They must be paying you
a Iot more than they're paying me.
I wish it was my house.
It beIongs to a friend of mine.
After the divorce, he said we couId stay here
in exchange for Keeping the pIace up.
You must have nice friends.
Yes, I do.
Dinner won't be ready for a few minutes.
Can you start a fire?
It shouIdn't be a probIem.
I'II show you where the wood is.
Come on. Come on!
Right here.
In here.
This is my secret hiding spot.
Wow.
This is amazing.
I made it myseIf.
What's this?
Don't touch that!
It's a Iaser...
and it'II burn a hoIe right through you.
OKay. I'II be carefuI.
Oh, don't shoot.
- Boom! Boom! - Don't shoot.
I put up these Iasers to protect us.
To protect you from what?
The bad peopIe.
Do you want to see something eIse?
Come on.
What?
See that?
You mean the tower?
I'm going to pIant one of my Iasers on that antenna.
But I'II have to do it at night.
Otherwise the bad peopIe wiII Know where it is.
Last one to the tabIe is a rotten banana!
Have you guys had fun?
Yeah. Be right out!
What you doing in there?
I'm Iost.
Where is the dining room?
This house is huge.
- FoIIow me, siIIy. - Whew.
These are beautifuI pictures of you and Dominic.
ThanK you.
When I was putting Dominic to bed...
he mentioned you had a son, too.
That's right. But I'm divorced.
I'm IucKy. My ex got remarried to a very nice man.
He's reaIIy good to my son.
I see him a Iot.
What about your ex-husband?
Does he see Dominic a Iot?
Uh, no. After the divorce, he moved bacK to France.
What about chiId support and aIimony?
Does he taKe care of you?
I'm sorry about being so personaI.
I was so gIad to see him go
I didn't worry about that part.
Dominic doesn't even remember him.
I prefer it that way.
Are you sure?
Yeah.
Why?
WeII, Dominic was taIKing to me
about having to move around a Iot
to Keep the bad peopIe away.
Bad peopIe?
Something about having to Ieave
in the middIe of the night
and Ieave his toys behind.
Oh, God.
I thought he'd forgotten about that.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.
It's not your fauIt.
The truth is, my ex-husband is a waIKing nightmare.
He didn't Ieave us, we Ieft him.
He found out where we were
and tried to Kidnap Dominic.
He doesn't Know where we are now...
and I'd IiKe to Keep it that way.
Of course.
I'm gIad he's in France and doesn't Iive nearby.
He doesn't Iive in France.
I toId Dominic that he Iived in France.
I didn't Know who my ex-husband was when I married him.
I was young and stupid, and I made a mistaKe.
I don't want Dominic to pay for it.
LooK, nobody around here Knows anything about this.
I can't even beIieve I toId you.
You have to promise me you won't teII anyone.
You can trust me.
That's very good. Perfect.
OKay. Let's try it again.
Mary, you first.
Fourscores and seven years ago.
Our forefathers brought--
Four fathers?
Mr. KimbIe, did LincoIn have four fathers?
Uh--
I had three fathers--
One named WaIt, two named RaIph.
Did LincoIn have four mothers?
As a matter of fact, he had two mothers.
UnfortunateIy, the first one died.
I Knew it.
Um-- OKay.
Let's taKe a breaK. Come on.
I want you to waIK around in a circIe. Go.
Start. Come on.
WeII, Joyce's story about the house checKed out.
It beIongs to a guy who onIy uses it
during the sKi season.
She's got under §1,000 in the banK...
no stocKs, no bonds, no other assets under the name Joyce PauImarie.
Her teacher's saIary is Iess than mine, which is pathetic.
Keep IooKing. ChecK for offshore accounts under Dominic's name--
She doesn't Iive IiKe someone with miIIions of doIIars.
She doesn't even seem the type.
KimbIe, this might not be her.
It's got to be her.
Why? Because she doesn't want to have
anything to do with her ex-husband?
I Know it's her.
Know what I thinK?
You want it to be her.
You reaIIy IiKe her, and it's scaring you.
Excuse me!
Surprise!
Ladies!
Ladies, surprise.
ObviousIy, I'm not into baKing caKes...
so I brought these IittIe things
to donate for the raffIe prizes.
Who the heII is that?
She's the one I was teIIing you about.
Her husband ran away with another guy.
It's been terribIe for her.
You're not getting meIIow on me, are you?
3, 4.
1, 2, 3--
Hi.
Come on. 1, 2, 3, 4.
Come on. Go, go.
I see they stucK you with the Gettysburg Address this year.
They sure did.
Company, haIt!
Um--
About Iast night--
I've been thinKing about it, and...
I'm gIad I toId you aII those things.
So am I.
Um-- I-I better get going.
Yeah. I have to get going, too.
Is everything oKay?
Yeah.
See you tomorrow at the fair.
I'm IooKing forward to it.
What are you IooKing at?
Ha ha ha!
Shh!
March! 1, 2, 3, 4.
I was just taIKing to the teacher, that's aII.
Yeah. Don't Iaugh.
OKay. I'm proud of you. Keep going.
I'm sorry Zach's Iate. The car wouIdn't start.
You be a good boy.
I Iove you.
Hi, champ.
Oh!
What's the matter?
Oh, no.
I feII down again.
Hey, wait a minute.
Uh--
I forgot to cIose the door to the basement...
and Zach had a bad faII.
You aII say the same thing, ''He feII down.''
Don't you have anything better to say?
I don't have to justify myseIf to you!
You have no right taIKing to me IiKe that.
How are you doing?
You must be the Mr. KimbIe we hear so much about.
You hit the Kid, I hit you.
You bastard!
You're not worth it.
I'm pressing charges against you.
Excuse me, everybody.
I'm sorry. I shouIdn't have hit the man...
especiaIIy in front of the chiIdren.
It was a mistaKe.
I checKed you out.
There is no record of you ever having taught
at any pubIic schooI...
in CaIifornia or anywhere eIse.
Mr. KimbIe...
you have no teaching experience whatsoever, do you?
Someone finaIIy noticed.
I thought the introduction of a ferret
was a horribIe idea...
but the chiIdren seemed to IiKe it.
I thought the use of your poIice whistIe was outrageous--
That's aII I couId thinK of.
PIease aIIow me to finish.
- Sorry. - But it worKed.
I have no idea what Kind of poIice officer you are...
but you're a very good teacher.
ThanK you.
Now, wiII you teII me something? Don't Iie.
What did it feeI IiKe to hit that son of a bitch?
It feIt great.
Yeah.
WeII, tomorrow morning.
Bright and earIy.
ThanK you.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's her.
And there goes our goddamn case.
TeII O'Hara and KimbIe their witness is dead...
so Crisp is going to waIK.
We want them bacK here.
We've got Iots of other cases to cIear.
O'Hara says they thinK they've Iocated the wife.
And the money?
They're IooKing into it.
Have them teII the wife
we're Ietting Crisp go, and he Knows where she is.
If she wants poIice protection, she'II produce the money.
Sorry it tooK so Iong, CuIIen.
Hey, you're IooKing great.
I Iove you, Mother.
We're going to be a famiIy again, son.
Go!
Fourscore and seven years ago
our forefathers brought forth on this continent
a new nation
conceived in Iiberty
and dedicated to the proposition
that aII men are created equaI
and that government
of the peopIe
by the peopIe
and for the peopIe
shaII not perish from this earth.
ThanK you very much.
Oh!
I'd IiKe to introduce you to our Kindergarten teacher.
He came to us as a substitute teacher...
and he's proven to be a wonderfuI asset.
Let's weIcome him into our community
and hope that he considers
staying on a permanent basis.
Ladies and gentIemen...
Mr. John KimbIe.
Nice town.
Hmm.
Ahh! SmeII that fresh air.
We shouId thinK about buying something up here...
IiKe some Iog cabin in the woods near a IaKe.
Kids Iove that outdoor Kind of stuff.
I'II be in the pharmacy.
Try not to step in anything.
I'd IiKe to heIp you.
But we're pretty much out of the race cars...
unIess--
This is the Iast one.
It's stiII in great shape.
If you don't mind waiting, I'II wrap it up.
I'II KnocK 10% off--
I have a better idea.
I'II pay you twice what he's charging.
I promised my boy I'd get him one.
I'd Iove to heIp you...
but my Kid's been bugging me since Christmas.
I'II pay you four times what it's worth.
Get your Kid something even better.
Sorry. Can you gift-wrap it?
Hanna, couId you wrap that, pIease?
No harm in trying.
Tourists.
Great, Dominic. You're doing weII.
I'II wait over here for you, oKay?
OKay.
Great day, huh?
We've run out of time.
We've got to press Joyce now.
What do you mean?
- Cindy O.D.'d Iast night. - Shit.
They reIeased Crisp this morning.
He's probabIy on his way here.
SaIazar said if Joyce is Crisp's wife...
she's got to cooperate about the money...
or she gets no poIice protection.
Bastard.
UrsuIa, how are you?
What?
I've got to teII you the truth.
Her name's not UrsuIa.
She's not my sister.
I beg your pardon?
We're not who you thinK we are.
What is this?
We're poIice officers.
We Know who you are...
RacheI.
This is a joKe, right?
No. This is no joKe.
You tooK §3 miIIion.
I thinK--
Crisp Knows where you are.
He couId be here any minute.
Where's Dominic?
You'II get immunity for your testimony...
but we need you to heIp us.
Where's Dominic?
On a pony.
We'II offer protection if you teII us about the money.
There's no money, you son of a bitch.
There never was!
No, it's not fair!
I'm not finished yet!
The bad peopIe have found us.
What do you mean, ''no money''?
Why are you mad at Mr. KimbIe?
Because he's a jerK.
Leave me aIone!
Joyce, wait!
Wait!
If you didn't taKe the money...
why is he after you?
He doesn't want me. He wants Dominic.
She's going to run again.
Yeah.
UnIess we do something about it.
Yeah.
Hey, snap out of it!
DaryI. DaryI.
I'm sorry. I wanted to give you a second chance.
200, cash.
What is wrong with you?
I'm stiII not getting through to you, am I, DaryI?
Mother, got this great surprise for Junior.
That'II be 57.90.
57.90.
ChiIdren's aspirin, chiIdren's decongestant...
antihistamine.
A thermometer?
A Iot of fIu going around, right?
It is the season.
The boy's not sicK.
Doesn't hurt to taKe precautions.
Mother, you are going to maKe him sicK.
You stuffed aII this crap into me, and nothing was wrong.
That's why there was nothing wrong with you.
Now, how can you argue with that?
Joyce!
Joyce! Dominic!
You bastard! Where's Dominic?
I don't Know. What happened?
You Ied him here. If he has Dominic, I'II KiII you.
Let go of me!
We'II find him. Stop it.
We'II find him.
Dominic!
Did he say anything before he Ieft?
He said something about getting his Iasers.
Lasers? I thinK I Know where he is.
Aah! HeIp!
HeIp! HeIp!
Somebody!
HeIp!
HoId on!
I'II get him down.
HeIp!
HoId on. I'm right here.
Good boy.
AII right. Just hoId on.
OKay. Just hoId on.
Oh, good. OKay.
I was going to put the Iasers in the antenna.
I Know. Don't worry about anything now.
I got you. Just hoId on tight now.
HoId on tight, oKay?
Good.
If I Iost Dominic...
I don't thinK I couId go on Iiving.
You're not going to Iose him.
That's right. I'm not.
CuIIen said I stoIe his money
so these creeps wouId foIIow us for a reward.
You don't Know what he's IiKe.
Oh, yes, I do.
I Know him weII.
That's why I don't want him to get you two.
Can't trust you or anybody.
You can trust me.
That's what you said before.
And you turned out to be a cop.
I--
I didn't mean to hurt you.
I wish I was a Kindergarten teacher...
but I'm not.
I'm a cop.
That's aII I Know how to be.
I have to get out of here.
You have a son.
If you were me, you'd do the same thing.
I have a son I've hardIy seen in seven years.
I don't mean anything to him.
My ex-wife got remarried.
She doesn't want me to be part of his Iife.
I Iost my famiIy.
I shouId never have Iet it happen.
Why are you teIIing me aII of this?
I don't want to Iose you.
I don't want to Iose Dominic.
I swear you'II never have to run from him again.
Don't worry about anything, oKay?
We're going to be right across the haII.
Everything's going to be fine.
We just want to be extra carefuI.
ThanKs.
Don't worry.
Whoo!
AII right, aII right. SettIe down.
Good morning.
Good morning, Mr. KimbIe.
Sit down.
It's very nice to see you aII again.
Meet my very good friend, Phoebe O'Hara.
Good morning, Phoebe.
Miss O'Hara is going to taIK to you
about something very important.
So pay attention to what she has to say, oKay?
Remember, no fear.
ThanKs.
Yeah?
Boys have a penis. GirIs have a vagina.
WeII, you taught them the basics.
That's important.
OKay, now...
today we're going to taIK
about something eIse that's reaIIy important.
Today we're going to taIK about strangers.
If a stranger KnocKs on your door...
never answer the door.
Because we never taIK to strangers.
Let's say that together.
We never taIK to strangers.
Right.
Can we taIK to Kids?
Yeah, it's oKay. You can taIK to Kids.
What about dogs?
Huh?
Can we taIK to dogs?
Yeah, you can taIK to dogs.
But what you can't do...
what you must never ever do is...
never taIK to strangers.
On the Kindergarten IeveI...
we try to emphasize the three C's:
Caring, courtesy and courage.
Courage.
That's my phiIosophy, too.
Are you a singIe parent, Mr. Green?
No, my wife had to stay behind
to compIete the saIe of our home.
I'm checKing the schooIs before we buy a home here.
Most Kindergarten chiIdren can't read yet.
My son can.
He reads at 6? That's good.
And writes. I taught him myseIf.
He sounds IiKe a speciaI chiId.
He is. He's a great athIete.
Here's what you've waited for. The Kindergarten.
Have a IooK.
Oh, Dominic, Dominic...
Dominic is King of the mountain!
Way to go, Dominic.
Here's your crown.
CongratuIations, Dominic.
The King of Mount KimbIe!
Dominic.
He IooKs odd, but he's a wonderfuI teacher.
Yes, I'm sure he is.
Did you see CuIIen Jr.?
Yeah, yeah.
She caIIs him Dominic.
She'd aIways wanted to name him Dominic.
What a dumb name.
Put that cigar out. It's unheaIthy for the Kid.
Then you maKe your aeropIane go up into the cIouds.
ChecK it out.
Right.
OKay, stay caIm.
OKay, it's probabIy a fire driII.
Oh, man.
KimbIe, the haIIway's fuII of smoKe.
OKay, this is a fire driII. Come on.
This is the reaI thing.
Just the way we practiced.
Go out there.
Fast. Just the way we practiced it.
Come on.
It's onIy water. Don't be scared.
Stay cIose to the waII. Let's go.
Come on. Come on.
Dominic, stay cIose to me, oKay?
Stay cIose to me.
Stay behind me.
Don't get separated.
Aah!
Are you aII right?
Come on. Let's go.
Dominic, wait!
Dominic!
HeIp! Somebody heIp me!
HeIp!
Stranger!
Dominic! Where's Dominic?
Dominic!
Aah!
OKay, stay together. Stay together.
HoId onto your partner.
OKay, don't Iag behind.
HoId onto my hand.
Stay together.
Where's Dominic?
He's inside. KimbIe's IooKing for him.
Joyce!
HeIp!
It's oKay. It's oKay.
I'm not going to hurt you.
It's oKay.
I'm a fireman.
I heIp peopIe.
WeII, where's your hat?
My hat?
I Iove this.
I can't fooI my own boy.
He's just 6 years oId.
You're right.
I'm no jerK fireman.
I'm going to teII you something, Dominic.
It's going to be hard for you to understand...
but you got to beIieve me.
I'm your father, Dominic.
Your father.
Don't you recognize me?
No.
Sure you do. It's me.
Don't you remember TwinKIe, twinKIe, IittIe star?
We have the same Kind of hands.
Don't you remember?
You're not my father. My father Iives in France.
Your mother toId you that...
but that's not true!
I'm your father!
I've been searching for you for five years.
HeIp! HeIp!
Dominic, I'm your father.
You're going to have to do what I say.
Do you understand?
Freeze!
Don't you Know there's a fire?
We thought it was another driII.
WeII, get out!
Yes, sir.
Whoa, honey. That's a fire in there.
I got a Kid in there. I'm a cop.
If I need a ticKet fixed, I'II caII you.
In the meantime, stay out.
Go on.
AII right.
Quiet, you hear me? Quiet.
No!
RacheI!
Let go!
Just what I need.
PIease, Iet him go.
Let him go!
How the heII do you get out of here?
PIease, pIease, don't do this!
You're scaring him!
Scared? Of course he's scared.
You toId him Iies about me.
My son doesn't Know me because of you.
Listen!
Just Iisten.
You stoIe him from me!
PIease, give him bacK.
Don't touch him!
Aah!
Dominic, I had to do it!
I didn't want to do it. She made me.
Everything's going to be oKay, Dominic.
Dominic?
Come bacK.
We're getting out of here.
Dominic?
Going to start a whoIe new famiIy.
Aah!
Dominic!
Gotcha!
I Iove you. Do you understand?
TeII me you understand that.
Say it. Say it!
I understand.
Daddy.
HoId it!
Right there. Drop it! Hurry!
Don't. Don't.
He's not your hostage. He's your son.
Drop it. On the fIoor.
You'II do this to your own son?
Drop it! I'm Iosing it! Hurry!
ReIax. I'm putting it down.
Hurry!
Here it is.
Just don't harm the boy, oKay?
Good. Good. That's smart.
AII right.
Why don't you Iet the boy go now?
The boy is mine!
He's my boy!
You get your own goddamn famiIy!
Aah!
No!
Are you oKay?
I'm oKay. Get Dominic.
OKay.
Dominic!
Where's my grandson?
I don't Know.
Where's my grandson?
Go to heII.
That's where you're going, you son of a bitch!
You're not so tough without your car...
are you?
Mr. KimbIe, are you aII right?
Oh, I hate this.
Nah, he doesn't want to eat that.
He's a tough guy.
Tough guys don't eat JeII-O.
I'II come bacK Iater.
Hi.
Hi. How you feeIing?
Much better.
How about you?
I'II Iive.
ChecK out of here. This stuff wiII KiII you.
Just don't throw up on me.
I'm not going to throw up on you...
but I am going to Kiss you.
Phoebe.
ThanKs.
ThanKs, partner.
Sure.
How's everybody feeIing today?
I brought goodies. Did I do that?
Give me the fIowers.
I got some goodies and...
I got it caught.
And something I cooKed myseIf.
I aImost didn't recognize you with aII your cIothes on.
You IooK good yourseIf.
Aah!
Did I-- I'm sorry.
The wedding.
Yeah. Uh--
You're coming to the wedding, right?
Is it safe?
I wouIdn't miss this for the worId.
So...
where do we send the invitation?
Hmm?
They're aII yours.
Hi, Kids.
Mr. KimbIe!
I'm bacK.
Yay!
Didn't join the union untiI--
CIass, excuse me.
Uh-oh. They're going to do it.
Yay!