(intense music)
(upbeat music)
(turning pages)
- [Nicholas] Because the Lord is my Shepherd,
I have everything I need.
(cheerful music, birds chirping)
He lets me rest in the meadow grass,
and leads me beside the quiet streams.
(splashing)
(reel spinning)
- What?
(boots scraping)
(McGee shouts)
(splash)
(McGee screams)
Even when walking through the dark valley of death,
I will not be afraid.
(McGee screams, fish chomps)
(stretching, snap)
(splash)
(McGee screams, fish chomps)
(splash)
(crash, birds tweet)
You provide delicious food for me
in the presence of my enemies.
Your goodness and unfailing kindness
shall be with me all of my life.
(upbeat music)
You know, when you hit 14,
something weird must happen to you,
because my sister's been acting strange ever since.
Not that she was ever normal to begin with.
It's like, on your 14th birthday, you're grown up.
You don't have to answer to anyone.
Well, almost anyone.
- Now, all right.
The number for the banquet hall is?
- On the refrigerator.
- And the number for Dr. Walters is?
- On the refrigerator.
- And if anybody calls us, you tell them that--
- We are on the refrigerator. (laughter)
(Mom clears throat)
(doorbell)
- Oh, that's probably Carol and Renee.
- I'll get it.
- Thank you.
- [Nicholas] So another Friday night at my place.
Mom and Dad were off to the state Press Club awards.
Louis was spending the weekend, and--
- This is impossible.
- [Nicholas] Dad was having tie problems.
- Our little secret.
(Dad sighs)
- [Carol] Hi!
- [Mom] Hi!
- Are you sure you don't mind having Sarah
watch Renee while we're at the banquet?
- Oh, no!
- No problem, what's one more munchkin?
- Munchkin?
- Us?
- Well, we're ready.
I just hate that we're gonna be two hours away.
- Everything's under control.
Any final instructions?
- Yeah, don't forget to take out the dog, for good!
- No, I just wish Grandma and Jamie
could have waited another day
before going to visit Aunt Marie in Columbus.
- Please, Mother, I'm not a child.
- Please, Mother, I'm not a child. (laughter)
- That's one.
- Well, it's obvious you kids
are gonna get along just great.
Goodnight, everybody, we love you,
we care about you, and now we're leaving you.
Carol?
- Goodbye, Renee, now you mind Sarah.
- Okay Mom, bye.
- Good luck at the awards.
Now listen up, let's go over Sarah's list of ground rules.
Number one, don't bother me.
Number two, stay off the phone.
And Number three, I'm not going
to spend all night playing referee,
so try and act a little more mature than usual.
Basically, do whatever I say, whenever I say it.
Any questions?
Good, I want a nice, calm, peaceful evening.
(kids squealing)
- [Nicholas] With Sarah in charge,
Louis and I thought we should treat her with respect.
(lively music, kids shout)
(quiet music)
(girls screaming, boys laughing)
- I think I forgot to give them
the Murphys' phone number.
- You gave them everybody's phone number.
Next time, you might as well
just hand her the phone book.
- (laughs) They'll be fine, don't worry.
- Oh, you're right, you're right.
I should just forget about it,
and enjoy myself.
So, have you got your acceptance speech all memorized?
- What acceptance speech?
- You know, the one you were practicing in the shower?
Fellow journalists, I--
- I've prepared a few general comments,
just in case.
- Well, you should have.
You did tremendous work on that story.
- Thank you.
- I agree.
- Why'd you bring this?
- Looked like rain?
(splash, laughter)
- Yes, yes, yes, we did it!
- I'm melting, I'm melting!
(spitting, water pours)
- Now we're even.
- Truce, that's it.
Practical joke hour is over, we're all even.
- Even?
- Hey, no way.
I'm not moving till we get revenge.
- Would you rather have revenge,
or brownies and ice cream in the living room?
- Sorry, buddy.
- [Nicholas] She'd gone too far this time.
She'd have to apologize.
- Well, get lost, you're gonna warp the linoleum.
- Sarah, just because you say it's over,
doesn't mean that it has to be over.
I'm not just some little kid you can boss around.
- Yes, you are.
- I'm 11 years old.
- I'm sure 11 seems very old to you,
but as far as the rest of the world is concerned,
that makes you a kid.
- Like 14 makes you an adult.
(slow music, thunder rumbles)
- Why is it people always call it quits
right before you get back at them?
We need something really big to get even.
(device whirring)
- What about water balloons?
- I ask for something really big,
and all you can come up with is water balloons.
(device whirs)
- Okay, okay let me think.
- Take your time.
Of course, I'm going on vacation in June,
so you might want to--
(loud thunder crashes)
- It's just thunder.
It's probably a long way off.
All you have to do is count the seconds
between the flashes of light and the thunder.
And that's how many miles away the storm is, okay?
One, one thousand.
(loud thunder crash)
Maybe we should check on everybody downstairs.
Sometimes a sudden thunderstorm
can be really scary, to some people.
- They'd probably appreciate a couple of men like us around.
(loud thunder crash)
Hey, wait up!
(laughter)
- Oh look at that, wow, neat!
- What is your major malfunction?
- Nothing.
I heard the thunder and I thought
you guys might be scared or something.
- Scared?
Nah, Nick, we're used to your face by now.
(laughter)
- Good one.
(soft music, phone clicks)
- Hm, it's busy.
- Well, try again.
- It's only a little rain, they're gonna be okay.
(umbrella flaps)
I'll keep trying.
- Nick, get off the phone.
You're not gonna win any stupid concert tickets,
so quit calling every two seconds.
- I might win.
Somebody's got to win.
- Even if you did win, Mom wouldn't let you go,
and I'm not dragging you to some dumb concert.
- Listen, I wouldn't go with you
if you were the last person on earth.
(thunder, beeping)
- [Announcer] A tornado watch has been issued
for Eastfield and Ashton counties
until midnight tonight.
Conditions are favorable for the formation of a tornado.
The National Weather Service urges
residents in these areas to seek shelter
and be on the alert for high winds and flash flooding.
And now, back to tonight's feature,
Gone With the Wind.
- Don't like the way he said that.
- Let's watch something else.
(television plays)
- What's with you?
- Hm, first we're munchkins, then we're melting.
Now we're waiting on a tornado.
What's next, flying monkeys?
(dramatic music)
(knocking)
- Go away.
- But, but, we've come to see the Lizard of Ooze,
to seek shelter from the storm.
- We?
(cartoon effects, crash)
(flies buzz, bonk)
- Oh brother.
(door slams, birds chirp)
(slurping)
- What do you guys want?
- Oh Mighty Lizard, we're here to seek shelter
from the dreaded storm.
(slurps)
- Look, I will help you guys,
but first you gotta do me a little favor.
- Oh I know, you want us to bring you
the broom of the Sticky Wench of the, of the--
- West, you fool, west!
- But I'm not even tired.
- Look, I don't want no broom.
I, hey, that's it!
I want the eye of the storm.
Yeah, you bring me the eye, and you know,
you got yourself a deal.
(flies buzz)
- Look up there!
(motor chugs and backfires)
No, not there, over there!
(thunder booms)
- I should've just stuck with the broom.
(door slams, shouting, banging)
(storm whirs, people shout)
- Gasp!
(storm whirs, belches)
(feet running)
- No, no, no, no! (screams)
- McGee, McGee!
- What?
- You okay?
- Yeah, sure, I was just admiring the view.
(slow music)
- Now the phone's dead.
I can't get through.
- What did he say?
- It's a mess.
The storm has caught everyone by surprise.
The power and the phone lines are down all over.
Herb from Channel 7 just told me
they have sighted a tornado north of Eastfield.
- Oh, great, and the kids are there all alone.
- Well, there's got to be some way to get through.
- Not for a few hours at least.
The police won't even let the minicams out.
- Can't believe this.
We're at a Press Club banquet.
200 professionals who spend their lives
communicating with other people,
and we can't get a message 100 miles.
- David, we've got to do something.
Will the kids even know what to do?
(thunder rumbles)
- I hope so.
We can't do anything till it blows over.
I guess the only thing we can really do is keep praying.
- That's something I haven't done in a while.
(thunder rumbles)
(rain pours)
(children laugh, beeping)
- [Narrator] A tornado warning is now in effect
for Eastfield and Ashton counties until 2:00 a.m.
Several reported sightings have been verified,
and residents should move to a shelter immediately.
Stay tuned for further developments.
We'll be right back with our Friday night
million dollar movie, Summer Breeze.
- What is it with this wind thing?
- Let's change the channel.
- We're history.
- Aren't we supposed to go down to the basement?
- Great idea.
I checked it; it's flooded.
- Anywhere you are is gonna be flooded.
- We'll be okay, we'll just stay here
in the middle of the house.
- I heard somewhere that we're supposed to hide in a ditch.
- Great idea, take a camera.
Maybe you'll get some great aerial shots
of the neighborhood.
- I think we're supposed to open a window.
- No, open a door.
- No, open two windows, one on each side of the house.
- Open the refrigerator.
I'm gonna put the ice cream away.
- I'll help.
(television plays)
- I've never been this close to a tornado before.
Do you think we're in trouble?
- No, we'll be fine.
They'd tell us when it's gonna hit the--
(loud thunder crash, television static)
- I think they're telling us something.
- I'm gonna call Mom and Dad.
- The phone's dead.
- Great.
(ominous music)
- Probably just the phone lines are down.
The storm will blow over and Mom and Dad will be home.
- Or maybe when the tornado hits,
it'll just drop us off at the banquet
and save them a trip.
- They don't have tornadoes
where my dad lives in California.
- No, they have earthquakes.
- Come on, everybody, we're all a little scared.
Let's just relax.
(frightful music, thunder)
I hate tornadoes.
(child screams)
(dramatic music)
- [Nicholas] Lord, please help me
to trust you, and not be afraid.
It's okay, everybody.
Sarah, go get Dad's camping lantern from the hall closet.
I'll get the flashlight in the kitchen.
- [Louis] I'll stay here.
- This is really scary.
- [Louis] Tell me about it.
- I'd feel a lot safer if our parents were here.
- [Louis] Who wouldn't?
(Nicholas sighs, thunder rumbles)
- Dad always says that God is bigger than our fears.
- That's right.
At least we know that God is with us.
- Yeah.
- You don't believe that, Louis?
- I don't know, I guess.
- Look, I know that we're all scared,
but God really is with us.
Nick, remember that house we used to live in on Beechwood?
- Oh yeah, the one with the big basement?
- It probably wasn't flooded.
- We had this big heating grate in the hallway,
and every time the heat came on,
it would make this creaking sound.
I'd lie in my bed and just imagine
that the creaking was someone coming down the hallway.
- Our house creaks all the time.
Mom says it's just settling.
- Well, you see, it was all my imagination.
There wasn't anyone in the hall,
it was just an old heating vent.
- You know, it's funny, but now that I think about it,
I never really heard the vent when Dad was home.
- You know, neither did I.
- I never noticed the creaking sound
until my parents got divorced.
- Listen, I know that the storm outside is real,
but maybe we're so scared
because we think we're on our own.
But we're not.
- So what you're saying is that God's watching
over us right now?
- I've seen pictures where tornadoes
drove straws into trees.
That might happen here.
Or it could just all blow over.
- No matter what happens, we just have
to have faith that God will give us
the strength to make it through.
- You know, I never really thought about it much,
but you got a point.
(loud crash, screams)
(dramatic music)
- I'll get the branch out.
Louis, there's some cardboard in the kitchen closet.
See if that'll cover it.
Renee, use the bucket to put under that leak.
And Sarah, sweep up all this glass.
Let's do it!
♪ You'll never be alone,
♪ Is what I tell myself every night. ♪
♪ You're never on your own.
♪ Though I know it's true, it's hard to see ♪
♪ That there is a light.
♪ You'll never be alone
♪ Is what I tell myself every day. ♪
♪ Just when I need a friend
♪ You're always there, and I can feel ♪
♪ You leading the way.
♪ The storm is closing in
♪ And I'm alone in the dark.
♪ I remember that you're near me, ♪
♪ Never far apart.
♪ So when the wind starts to blow ♪
♪ And I'm afraid of what will be, ♪
♪ I just call your name and then ♪
♪ You're there with me, you're there with me. ♪
♪ You'll never be alone
♪ Is what I tell myself every night. ♪
♪ You're never on your own.
♪ Though I know it's true, it's hard to see. ♪
♪ There is a light.
♪ You'll never be alone
♪ Is what I tell myself every day. ♪
♪ Just when I need a friend
♪ You're always there, and I can feel ♪
♪ You leading the way.
- You did good, Kid.
- Thanks, McGee.
- Now scoot over and quit hogging the bag.
♪ I just call your name and then ♪
♪ You're there with me, you're there with me. ♪
♪ You'll never be alone
♪ Is what I tell myself every night. ♪
♪ You're never on your own.
- [Dad] Sarah, Nick?
- Renee, wake up!
Dad! - [Dad] Oh, thank heaven.
- Oh, Sweetheart, you okay?
- The roads were closed, so we couldn't get through.
We were so worried about you guys.
- Look at the window.
- [McGee] Hey, wait for me!
Where is everybody?
Where's the zipper on this thing?
- Come here, let me look at you.
- [Nicholas] Dad, look at the window.
- Did anybody get hurt?
- No, we were on the other side of the room.
- [Dad] Well, you repaired this, Nick?
- [Nicholas] Mm-hm.
- Well, good work, son.
- It was incredible.
He almost got sucked out of the room.
- He did not.
- Well, it blew out all the candles.
- We were really scared, but we all stuck together.
- We're very proud of you kids.
- Yeah, they handled it a lot better
than some of the people at the banquet.
- Louis, we better call your parents,
they're probably worried.
- I can't wait to tell them about this.
(laughter)
(upbeat music, knocking)
- Can I come in for a second?
- [Nicholas] Sure.
- I've been on your case a lot, lately.
Okay, basically what I wanted to say
was that you were a lot of help last night.
I mean, it was pretty scary, but you really helped a lot.
And I don't know what I would have done without you.
- You really mean that?
- Yeah, guess you're not such a little kid, after all.
- Thanks!
(quiet music)
- Boy, this place is a mess, but you know,
there's no place like home.
There's no place like home, there's no pla--
(shouts, crashes)
- [Nicholas] You know, when I think about it,
I've really got it pretty good.
I live in a nice house, I've got parents who love me,
two sisters who don't bug me too much,
and friends that I can count on.
But then something like this comes along,
and I realize how much I take it all for granted,
how often I take God for granted.
(screams)
- Nicholas!
- [Nicholas] I still appreciate it,
but let's face it, I owe her one.
- Nicholas, get that water balloon
out of the house, and leave your sister alone!
(laughter)
♪ So many times it seems I'm not on my own ♪
♪ Then I think how close you are ♪
♪ And I'm sure I'm never alone. ♪
♪ So when I feel I'm overcome
♪ And there's no way to get free, ♪
♪ I just call your name and then ♪
♪ You're there with me, you're there with me. ♪
♪ You'll never be alone
♪ Is what I tell myself every night. ♪
♪ You're never on your own.
♪ Though I know it's true, it's hard to see ♪
♪ That there is a light.
♪ You'll never be alone
♪ Is what I tell myself every day. ♪
♪ Just when I need a friend
♪ You're always there, and I can feel ♪
♪ You leading the way.
♪ The storm is closing in
♪ And I'm alone in the dark.
♪ I remember that you're near me, ♪
♪ Never far apart.
♪ So when the wind starts to blow ♪
♪ And I'm afraid of what will be ♪
♪ I just call your name and then ♪
♪ You're there with me, you're there with me. ♪
♪ You'll never be alone
♪ Is what I tell myself every night. ♪
♪ You're never on your own.
♪ Though I know it's true, it's hard to see-- ♪