Boy Meets World (TV Series)

Cult Fiction (1997)

Rider Strong: Shawn Hunter

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• Shawn Hunter : [Jon Turner is in a coma]  Jon, how could you be in here? How could you screw up on your bike? I have never seen you screw up on anything. I'm the screw-up, remember? C'mon you remember...Don't do this to me, Jon. I don't do alone real good...I know you're in there but it's like you're not really here. You're not talking but I know you're here. So I'm just gonna talk, you can listen. Jon, even when I was at the Centre, it was all the things you taught me that made me wonder if it was the right place for me or not. But you didn't teach me enough. You, and Cory, and my parents, and the Matthews and the handful of people who really care about me, so don't blow me off, Jon! Don't blow me off, God! I never asked you for anything before and I never wanted to come to you like this, but don't take Turner away from me; he's not yelling at me yet. God, you're not talking but I know you're here, so I'm gonna talk, and you can listen. God, I don't wanna be empty inside anymore.

• Shawn Hunter : Okay, everyone have a peaceful night. I'm going back to The Centre.

  Alan Matthews : Oh, no. Whoa, whoa. No, you're not. While your parents are out of town you are our responsibility.

  Amy Matthews : That means you're staying here in this house.

  Shawn Hunter : Yeah. Mr. Mack told me that people like you would try to talk me out of my beliefs.

  Amy Matthews : Shawn, we love you.

  Shawn Hunter : He said you'd say that.

  Alan Matthews : All right, fine. That's enough. Get him in the house and tie him up.

  George Feeny : Shawn, these aren't beliefs. This is just a way to escape a life that doesn't have beliefs.

  Shawn Hunter : That's a judgment.

  George Feeny : You're damn right it is.

• Jonathan Turner : So Shawn, what is this "Centre" you're hanging out at?

  Shawn Hunter : No.

  Jonathan Turner : Why not?

  Shawn Hunter : Because I am not gonna talk to you about something that you're never gonna understand.

  Jonathan Turner : Oh, you can understand it but somehow it's beyond me?

  Shawn Hunter : You're as judgmental as everybody else in my life.

  Jonathan Turner : Well, first of all, you judge me, remember? You said I couldn't understand it.

  Shawn Hunter : I'm centered, you're not. End of story.

  Jonathan Turner : Boy, this sounds like a real enlightened, open-minded group.

  Shawn Hunter : Judging.

  Jonathan Turner : Okay, why do you feel you need to be a part of this place, Shawn?

  Shawn Hunter : Okay. All my life, I've felt like there's some part of me missing. And I felt like everybody could tell. Y'know, like there was some hole in me and everyone could see through it. Like I wasn't finished or something.

  Jonathan Turner : I never saw that, Shawn. I mean, if you would've just told me I could've done something about it.

  Shawn Hunter : Let's not dwell on what people did or did not do for...

  Jonathan Turner : Yeah, Shawn, let's dwell on that! That's what makes you a person, how you relate to the people who really care about you.

  Shawn Hunter : The Centre is filled with people who care about me and who make me feel like a person.

  [Shawn goes to hug him, but Turner stops him with an authoritative look] 

  Jonathan Turner : The Centre is filled with lost souls who have no belief system. Who are targets for some guy to bring over to his way of thinking. The Shawn Hunter that I know is one of the most unique individuals I've ever met. And if you let this place take away who you really are, Shawn, then you've made the worst judgment you can make. You made the judgment.

• Jonathan Turner : Y'know, you're a junior in high school, now, Shawn. You have no goals as far as I can see. Have you even thought about college?

  Shawn Hunter : I'm going to college.

  Jonathan Turner : Oh, you are? Where?

  Shawn Hunter : Hawaii. I figure I have a better shot outside the country.

  Jonathan Turner : You know, Shawn, the people who care about you in this life you can count on one hand. So don't blow me off, okay?

  Shawn Hunter : John, I got people who care about me.

  Cory Matthews : You know, Shawn, I think Mr. Turner's right. Okay, I mean you got one more year of high school and the humidity in Hawaii is gonna make my hair go "Whoo!"

  Topanga Lawrence : Well, I wanna go to Penn State.

  Cory Matthews : And I wanna go where she goes. Anyone surprised by that?

  Jonathan Turner : Whoa, whoa, okay?

  [to Shawn] 

  Jonathan Turner : Tick tock. The clock is moving and you are running out of time to figure out your life.

  Shawn Hunter : Hey, John, you're not my guardian anymore, I'm back with my parents, I'll be fine.

  Jonathan Turner : Yeah, Shawn, but I'm one of the handful of people that cares about you, you know? Now your parents are busy trying to work our their marriage...

  [gestures to Cory & Topanga] 

  Jonathan Turner : So are they...

  Topanga Lawrence : [to Cory, all cutesie]  Study hall?

  Cory Matthews : Make out?

  Topanga Lawrence : Cory!

  Cory Matthews : Topanga!

  [they leave, grinning and holding hands] 

  Jonathan Turner : And y'know, you have four years of security in these halls, but they throw you out next year, Shawn. What're you gonna do, then, huh? Who're you gonna be?

• Jonathan Turner : [handing out grades]  Lawrence, good, Matthews, not bad, Hunter, *bad*!

  Shawn Hunter : [bell rings]  Turner, bell!