Charlie Bartlett Page #4

I said respect, Nathan, not affection.

We're not trying to win

a popularity contest.

(GRUNTlNG)

(LOW PlANO CHORD RlNGlNG)

I'm really looking forward to us

having the weekend alone.

I thought maybe we could go

to a wine tasting.

We haven't done that since you were a kid.

-Maybe.

-Maybe?

-You haven't touched your food.

-I'm not hungry, Mom.

I'm studying the osmosis of water

through the epidermis.

Now, I cooked a perfectly edible meal,

Charlie Bartlett.

I'm feeling a little under-appreciated

at the moment.

And I think it's very important

that you try to at least eat your greens.

Dear, didn't Dr. Weathers

say something yesterday about fluid?

What did he say about...

(CONTlNUES CHATTERlNG)

Are you listening to me?

Hello!

Can anybody up there hear me?

(PLAYlNG LlVELY MUSlC)

(SCATTlNG SOFTLY)

(PANTlNG)

(PLAYlNG PlANO)

(TlCKlNG)

(SCATTlNG ENERGETlCALLY)

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

Charlie, is that you?

(YELLlNG GlBBERlSH)

Wake up, you sleepyheads, wake up!

Wake up! Wake up!

My name is Charlie Bartlett,

and I am not alone!

(SlRENS BLARlNG)

Now, there's no history of drug use

whatsoever, Mrs...

It's Marilyn.

Please, no need to be formal here.

And drug use? No, none at all.

Well, it looks like he's coming down some.

I'm not an MD, but it is possible

for Ritalin to get you pretty high.

That's probably what it is.

It is a new medication.

(SlNGlNG) It is a new medication

New medication

New medication

Charlie, dear.

Yeah, as I was saying, a lot of the kids

at the colleges are taking this stuff.

When I was in college,

we were dropping tabs of acid.

OFFlCER:
I've never partaken in

any illicit drugs myself.

Maybe...

Maybe you got slapped around

too many times

for lunch money on your way to the bus.

Maybe your pop's got a boozing... No.

Maybe your pop...

Maybe your pop's gotta

booze himself up every morning.

(lMlTATlNG FRENCH ACCENT)

Maybe your father has to, how do you say,

plow roads with a sense of humor.

I mean, he has to booze himself up.

With a sense of humor.

(lMlTATES LAUGHTER)

-Morning.

-Good morning.

-GlRL:
Hey, Charlie.

-Hey.

-Hey, Charlie.

-Hey, guys.

-Hey, Len.

-Hey, Charlie.

Len, do you feel like making 50 bucks

after school today?

Fifty bucks.

(TlRES SQUEALlNG)

Hey!

What the hell is this?

-Charlie wants to talk to you.

-Suck this, mongoloid.

Get the hell off me! F***!

(GRUNTlNG)

Hi, Murphy. How are you?

You must have a f***ing death wish!

Charlie says you gotta be nice.

Look, Murph, I think we got started off

on the wrong foot.

-I want to work things out.

-I'm gonna put you in the f***ing hospital.

(GROANS)

-Len.

-F***.

Len.

Listen, Murph, I've had a lot of time

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