Mike Seaver: [as he's sneaking into the house past curfew, Jason is waiting for him] Dad.
Dr. Jason Seaver: Mike. It is Mike, isn't it? No it couldn't be. MY Mike was to be home at 1:00AM.
Mike Seaver: [laughs nervously] Uh, Dad... I know I missed my curfew.
Dr. Jason Seaver: [with sarcasm] Oh! Well, you admit you have one! That's progress!
Mike Seaver: Hey Dad, isn't tonight the time where we turn the clocks back for the time change?
Dr. Jason Seaver: [takes his arm and leads him to the living room] Nooooo... that's in October, which is when you're going to be grounded till unless you give me a good explanation where you've been!
Mike Seaver: Okay, I...
Dr. Jason Seaver: No no no. Wait, let me get comfortable here. You know how I love these stories! So, what'll it be tonight, Mike? You were... oh, you saved some lives, I bet, huh?
[Mike's grin begins to fade]
Dr. Jason Seaver: Wait, wait. I bet you ran into those darn gypsies again, hm?
[Mike's expression then becomes grim, concerning Jason]
Dr. Jason Seaver: Are you OK?
Mike Seaver: [sighs] Dad, can I talk to you as a friend and not as a guy who can make my life miserable?
Dr. Jason Seaver: What's wrong, Mike?
Mike Seaver: Dad, I gotta know that what I tell you won't be used against me!
Dr. Jason Seaver: Okay, what is it?
Mike Seaver: So I have your word that whatever I say you're not...
Dr. Jason Seaver: Mike, just say it. Okay?
Mike Seaver: Okay. Me, and Eddie and Boner... we ended up at a party where everybody was doing cocaine.
Dr. Jason Seaver: [stands up abruptly] Cocaine?
Mike Seaver: Wait, remember! You're not my dad! You're a friend!
Dr. Jason Seaver: [throws up his hands] Cocaine?
[beat]
Dr. Jason Seaver: Really?
Mike Seaver: [stands up and paces the room] Yeah, and if you didn't do it, you were a wimp!
Dr. Jason Seaver: [musing] Cocaine...
Mike Seaver: Dad, I never felt so much pressure in my life!
Dr. Jason Seaver: And?
Mike Seaver: Even from Boner and Eddie!
Dr. Jason Seaver: And?
Mike Seaver: Dad, it was like I didn't even have a choice!
Dr. Jason Seaver: AND?
Mike Seaver: I didn't do it.
Dr. Jason Seaver: You didn't do it, as in you did not?
Mike Seaver: I didn't do the stupid drug!
Dr. Jason Seaver: [relieved] Well, that's great, Mike! That's... that's wonderful! I always figured you'd make the right choice if you had to face that! I'm relieved, Mike!
Mike Seaver: Dad... that's not it!
Dr. Jason Seaver: [bewildered] What?
Mike Seaver: Dad, I've been thinking about this since the party. I have been driving and driving...
Dr. Jason Seaver: Mike, you did the right thing!
Mike Seaver: That's what kills me!
Dr. Jason Seaver: [confused] I don't understand.
Mike Seaver: Dad, I know I did the right thing. It's just that I feel like everybody's gonna laugh at me. And some of those people did laugh!
Dr. Jason Seaver: Mike, you're never gonna be able to please everybody.
Mike Seaver: Yeah, well tonight I didn't please anybody.
Dr. Jason Seaver: Except yourself.
