You, Me and Dupree Page #5

or our couch.

Computer skills. Not really.

(TOILET FLUSHING)

(HUMMING)

The Oaks at Mesa Vista.

This is exciting, isn't it?

Stunning. Just stunning.

You know, sir, if we're

not gonna have any trees,

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

maybe we should consider

changing the name.

No. No, no,

I love the name.

Names are important, Carl.

Are you gonna

answer that phone?

Give me a second.

What do you want?

Real quick, where

do you keep the plungers?

A plunger? What do you need

a plunger for?

No reason. Just want

to stay on top of stuff.

What do you mean "no reason"?

What happened?

No reason. I just want

to know where things are

in case there's an emergency,

which there probably

never will be.

I don't have time for this.

I'm...

I don't have time for this.

I'm at work. I got to go.

(WATER GURGLING)

You better

make some time for it

'cause we got

a little bit of a situation.

I didn't want to have to

say anything, but...

Carl?

Just stopped.

Where were we?

We were talking

about names, Carl.

How important they are.

Would you ever

consider letting

Molly keep her last name?

I mean, I know

it's a strange request

coming from a father-in-law,

but a man's name

is his legacy,

and if Molly takes yours,

then the Thompson name

dies with me.

Well, there's lots

of Thompsons around,

aren't there?

Not in a direct line, Carl.

No, no, not in a direct line.

Well, what about our kids?

Children should have

the last name of the father,

don't you think?

You're having kids?

Well, not right now,

but eventually.

You know, in certain

Asian cultures, Carl,

the husband

takes the wife's name.

Wait a minute. You just said

a man's legacy is his name.

All right.

What about a hyphen?

A hyphen?

Yeah.

I could ask Molly,

but I don't think she...

Wait a minute. You mean me.

You mean

I'm supposed to hyphenate.

Well, then you can still use

your own name, only you'll be

hyphenating it. It's win-win.

With all due respect,

not for me it isn't, sir.

All right, forget it.

You're obviously upset

about it.

You know what,

I'm sorry I even

brought it up.

Let's keep focused

on your project.

Come on! Come on! Toshi,

what are you doing?

You gave him a meatball!

BOY:
Watch the car!

DUPREE:
Throw it, throw it.

We got him.

(HORN HONKING)

Throw it, throw it!

Did he touch the plate? He...

Oh, here we go.

The game just turned. Yes!

Carl Peterson,

third team honorable mention.

All-district, 1984.

We get Carl.

BOY:
No, we get him.

Hey, what's going on?

There he is.

Hey, sweet heat.

Time to dust off

the old jockstrap.

This kid Dougie's been

killing us all afternoon.

We need your arm out there.

Let's go.

Dupree, I'd love to,

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