Carl Friends are the family you choose.
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...Salt Water, some people claim the Atomic Throw is impossible. Those people are wimps! If you believe in yourself, like the Salt Water Redneck believes in himself, you too can learn the moves, the skills, the Atomic Throw. [Zak mimics throwing] Some of these moves are outlawed in international countries.
Carl We watched that throw ten times already.
I love Salt Water Redneck, and he is my hero, and he is totally... he is totally a badass. And he's the greatest person ever. That's it.
Carl And you will be the next badass.
[Comes in and turns off TV]
Zak, you and Rosemary have both lost your privileges for the week.
Oh, I really don't care.
Oh.
Carl I got the solution for that. Move Rosemary in her with him and I. I can keep an eye on both of them.
Oh! That'd be great. I'll set that right up.
Carl Yeah, sure.
Zak, this is not a joke. That's twice. Two times that you've tried to run. And no I have to label you a flight risk. That sucks. [Holds up pictorial request paper to Zak] Is that what you gave Rosemary to convince her to pretend be choking?
Yes, it is.
It's really creative.
Thank you.
Carl Not just creative. It's genius. You know why? That's an advertisement for what he wants to do for the rest of his life!
Carl.
I don't know her. I am young, and I am not old. Carl is old. And we are different. And I don't know why I am here.
I wish I had a better option for you, Zak. But I don't. You don't have a family that can provide adequate supervision for you. I know. So that the state has to put you somewhere, and this just happens to be that place.
Carl You been here two years?
Two and a half years.
Carl We gotta fix that.
Just try to be good. Okay? Tell me you'll try.
Fine.
Carl [Bends apart metal bars on window using cloth]
You put this all over your body. It's soap. It'll make you slippery. I was an engineer before. I don't know if I ever told you that. But that's as good as I could get. You just slip through there, and off you go on your way. Okay, bud?
Carl, you are my best friend. And... and you are my family.
Carl Well, that's it. Friends are the family you choose.
And, Carl? You are invited to my birthday party.
Carl Oh, God. Thank you. I'm there. [Hugs Zak deeply] Go kick some ass.
Carl What?
Explain. What happened?
Carl Don't look at me. You were with the boy every day. He's incredibly strong.
Lee wants to see your ass in his office right now. We are so screwed.
Carl I had nothing to do with it.
