Arlington Road Page #4

Come on. I don't know.

I'm just asking.

Come on, Professor.

The Feds did this huge investigation.

That's right,

an investigation, I forgot.

Well...

the investigation

didn't satisty me.

Miss O'Neill,

when you first heard the news--

terrorist attack in your own country--

how did that make you feel?

- Come on.

- Well--

What did you feel?

Angry.

Scared and stressed.

- Did you feel safe?

- No.

And then the next day,

when they found Scobee dead...

did you feel some relief?

Did safety return?

The people in that building,

they felt safe...

secure, just like you feel now.

And then an instant later--

In an instant...

they were gone forever.

We needed to have

this man to blame.

We don't want others.

We want one name...

and we want it fast...

because it gives us

our security back.

We can say,

"Here was the one man...

unlike the rest of us.

We named him,

and he's no more.

And his reasons,

they're gone too."

But the truth is,

we don't know his reasons.

We don't know why Scobee did it,

why it came to this.

We can pretend we do--

the ten grand in taxes--

but we don't know...

and we'll never know.

And still, we feel safe...

because we know his name.

As God is my witness...

I promise to give...

friendship to those in need.

Help to those in trouble.

I will work with faith and honor...

to uphold the Discoverer code.

To respect myself...

my family...

and my country.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome

Junior Discovery Troop 474.

This is Oliver's study...

where he, you know,

gets away from the kids...

and me, I suppose.

These are all projects

you've worked on?

I wish.

No, I collect sketches...

blueprints,

designs of old buildings.

This is a front view of Monticello.

- Down there is the Woolworth Building.

- It's his hobby.

- The St. Louis Arch.

- Yes, correct.

So, then all of these drawings,

these buildings...

they're not just

for your job, then?

Oh. So they're not

all shopping malls.

No, I don't know of any architecturally

significant shopping malls.

Oh, honey, you just

haven't built them yet.

- Who's hungry?

- I'm famished.

Come on. I've got some

really delicious putt pastry.

They've got to work so hard

when they're there.

You've gotta keep 'em

in the seats.

You know?

Politically, there's something

to be said for that.

Yeah, it was a lot of fun.

Here we are leaving the church.

Everyone thought we were

going to Mexico.

- Where were you going?

- We were going there...

but the plane

never left the ground.

Some kind of engine trouble.

Couldn't leave till morning, so we spent

the night at the Wichita Airport Motel.

How romantic!

- Well, for $19, it was wonderful.

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