[ Man Announcing ]
The winner of a 30,000-dollar scholarship...
is Miss Louisiana, Erika Schwarz.
And the new Miss America
is Miss Kansas...
Tara Dawn Holland!
...scholarship...
is Miss Louisiana, Erika Schwarz.
And the new Miss America
is Miss Kansas, Tara Dawn Holland!
[ Man ] There are two kinds
of people in this world-
winners and losers.
Inside each and every one of you...
at the very core of your being...
is a winner
waiting to be awakened...
and unleashed upon the world.
With my nine-step
"Refuse to Lose" program...
you now have the necessary
tools and the insights...
and the know-how to put
your losing habits behind you...
and to go out and make
your dreams come true.
[ Sighs ]
No hesitating.
[ Chuckles ]
No complaining.
And no excuses.
I want you to go out
in the world...
and I want you to be winners!
Thank you.
Thank you.
[ Woman ]
I'm on my way.
I don't know how long.
I don't know!
Richard, he has
nowhere else to go.
I'm not smoking.
I'm not!
Look, I'm at the hospital.
Yeah, okay. Bye.
[ Woman On P.A., Indistinct ]
Miss Hoover?
Your brother's fine.
I need you to keep him away
from sharp objects-knives, scissors.
If you have medications, depressants
in your house, keep them secure.
- I'd prefer to keep him, but-
- I know. The insurance.
You want to see him?
[ Chattering ]
Hey, Frank.
Sheryl.
I'm so glad you're still here.
Well, that makes one of us.
[ Man On Radio ] A strong low pressure
system passed across New Mexico...
bringing with it a little moisture
that will cool things off a bit.
We may even see a five- to 10-degree drop
in temperatures in Albuquerque.
There will be no significant
accumulations of rainfall-
Do you want to talk or no?
- Nearly nothing, but statewide 93%-
- No.
Hello?
Anyone?
Down here.
We have you with Dwayne.
[ Knocks ]
Dwayne, hi.
Uncle Frank's here.
He doesn't mind, Frank.
We talked.
Wha- I know. I know. But we can't have you
sleeping alone. The doctor said.
I'm sorry.
I have to insist.
You'll get along fine.
He's really quiet.
And here's your cot.
Please, Frank.
Please.
Thank you.
You can come out
when you're settled.
And, uh, just leave the door open.
That's important.
Dwayne, honey, there's
a bucket of chicken in the car.
Can you get it?
And, uh, I'll make a salad.
- Olive?
- [ Girl ] Yeah?
- Is Grandpa with you?
- Yeah.
- What are you guys doing?
- Rehearsing.
- Okay, well, dinner in 10 minutes.
- Okay.
- Hi.
- Hi. Frank's here.
Oh, God.
Did, uh, Stan Grossman call?
Well, check the machine.
- Dwayne, please, come on.
The chicken. It's in the car.
Will you set the table?
We'll do paper plates tonight.
[ Woman On Machine ] Remember Olive
was runner-up in the Little Miss Sunshine?
- Hey, it's your sister!
F***.
Hi. Richard Hoover
for Stan Grossman, please.
Any way to reach him or-
Well, I'm just wondering
if this darn book deal is done or not.
- [ Clattering ]
- If-
- Yes.
- [ Clattering ]
Okay, could you please just have him
call me anytime over the weekend?
He has my cell number.
Just to let me know we're on.
Okay? Thank you. Bye.
- So what happened with Stan Grossman?
- He's in Scottsdale.
Why didn't he call?
Will you let me
worry about this, please?
Dwayne, can you check on Frank?
Tell him it's dinnertime.
Olive! Dinnertime!
[ Olive ]
Coming!
What? Dinner?
What, you don't talk anymore?
Why not?
You can talk.
You just choose not to?
Is that Nietzsche?
You don't speak
because of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Far out.
Frank, you can sit here next to Dwayne.
Here's the salad, and I'm gonna run
and get Sprite for everyone.
Olive, come on!
Dinnertime!
[ Olive ]
Okay.
So who do you hang out with?
No one?
What about your family?
Frank! Hey!
- Richard.
- Good to... see you.
[ Groans ]
[ Dishes Clattering ]
Let me get Olive.
- Olive? Dad?
- [ Sheryl ] You guys, go on and start.
- Let's go!
- [ Olive ] We're coming.
- Frank, some Sprite?
- Yes.
And I want everyone to have
Thanks, Sheryl.
Honey.
So, Sheryl, I couldn't help noticing
Dwayne has stopped speaking.
Oh, yeah, he's taken a vow of silence.
You've taken a vow of silence?
Yeah. He's gonna join the Air Force Academy,
become a test pilot...
and he's taken a vow of silence
until he reaches that goal.
- You're kidding?
- Hi, Uncle Frank.
Oh, hey, Olive.
Wow, you're gettin' big.
Almost like a real person.
- [ Chuckles ]
- What happened to your arms?
- Olive.
That's all right.
I had a little accident. I'm okay.
- How's the, uh, routine coming, honey?
- It's good.
Yeah? When are you
gonna show it to us?
I don't know.
It's up to Grandpa.
A couple of days.
What's that? Chicken?
Every night it's the f***in' chicken!
- Holy God Almighty! It is possible just once-
- Dad!
We could get something to eat around here
that's not the goddamn f***ing chicken?
- Hey, Dad! Dad!
- I'm just sayin'-
- Christ.
- When you want to start cooking
your own food, you're welcome.
- At Sunset Manor, you know-
- If you like Sunset Manor,
you shouldn't have got kicked out.
For God's sakes.
So when did you start
with the vow?
Been nine months, Frank.
He hasn't said a word.
Not one. I think it shows
tremendous discipline.
- Richard.
- I really do.
Really. I think we could
learn something from Dwayne.
Dwayne has a goal.
He has a dream.
It may not be my dream,
may not be yours...
but he's pursuing it with
great conviction and focus.
In fact, I was thinking
about the nine steps-
Oh, for crying out loud!
And how Dwayne's utilizing seven of them
in his personal quest to self-fulfillment.
Richard, please.
Well, I'm just saying
I've come around.
I think he could use our support.
How did it happen?
- How did what happen?
- Your accident.
Honey, here.
[ Frank ] Oh, no, it's okay.
Unless you object.
No, I'm pro-honesty here.
I just think, you know, it's up to you.
Be my guest.
Olive, um, Uncle Frank
didn't really have an accident.
What happened was he...
tried to kill himself.
You did? Why?
[ Stammering ] I'm sorry. I don't think
this is an appropriate conversation.
Honey, let's let Uncle Frank
finish his dinner, okay? Shh.
Why did you want to kill yourself?
[ Richard ]
No, don't answer the question, Frank.
- Richard! Richard!
- He's not gonna answer the question. Frank.
- I wanted to kill myself-
- Don't listen to him.
- I was very unhappy.
- He's sick in his head.
- Richard!
- I'm sorry! I don't think it's
an appropriate conversation...
- for a seven-year-old.
- She's gonna find out anyway.
- Okay.
- Go on, Frank.
Why were you unhappy?
Um, well, there are a lot of reasons.
Mainly, though, I fell in love
with someone who didn't love me back.