Boy Meets World (TV Series)

We'll Have a Good Time Then (1999)

Matthew Lawrence: Jack Hunter

Quotes 

• Jack Hunter : How's he doing?

  Shawn Hunter : He looks so helpless.

  Jack Hunter : Yeah, well, his nurse didn't seem to think he was so helpless. I offered her a job taking care of him when he gets home. I think you can still hear laughing.

  Shawn Hunter : He doesn't need a nurse. I can take care of him.

  Jack Hunter : Look, uh, he needs professional care, Shawn, you know? I just, you know, arranged for it to happen. It's okay.

  Shawn Hunter : Wow. You've got this whole situation figured out, don't you?

  Jack Hunter : I'm just trying to take care of things, man.

  Shawn Hunter : Yeah, yeah. Well, I guess it's easy to be efficient when you're not feeling what I am.

  Jack Hunter : Don't tell me how I'm feeling, okay? I'm his son, too.

  Shawn Hunter : Are you? When you were a little kid, did you sit next to him while he watched TV all night long, hoping that he'd say something to you? Did you ever once clean up after him when he came home drunk? And when he didn't come home at all, did you lay in bed thinking it was something you did that drove him away? And when he was gone, did you walk around and make believe that everything was okay, when inside it was tearing you apart? Did you?

  Jack Hunter : No. No, I didn't get to do any of those things. You see, I knew I had a father, and he was gone from me my whole life.

  Shawn Hunter : But you turned out okay, Jack. Look at you. You know who you are. You deal with things. Me, I'm just another version of him.

  Chet Hunter : Shawn.

  Shawn Hunter : Oh, God, Dad, you're up.

  Chet Hunter : I'm sorry I didn't do right by you, Son. I'm a lousy father.

  Shawn Hunter : You heard what I said?

  Chet Hunter : Yeah. You been saying it your whole life. I just never listened. I'm listening now.

  Shawn Hunter : [crying]  I've really screwed up, Dad. It's like I'm watching myself do these things that I hate, and I can't stop them. Why couldn't you just stick around? Wasn't I good enough for you?

  Chet Hunter : [also crying]  No, Shawn. I wasn't good enough for you.

  Shawn Hunter : I need you, Dad.

  Chet Hunter : I need you, too, Son. And this time, boys, I'm staying. I'm not going anywhere. Not this time.

  Shawn Hunter : You mean it? 'Cause I feel like I feel like you're the only one who can help me.

  Chet Hunter : We're a family. It's about damn time we started acting like one.

• Jack Hunter : [Chet just had a heart attack and is resting in a room at a hospital]  Uh... I thought it'd be nice if he had his own room.

  Shawn Hunter : Yeah, well, whatever this nice room costs, I'm paying half.

  Jack Hunter : Aw, look, don't worry about it, man. My, my stepfather's willing to help out. You know, it's...

  Shawn Hunter : My dad and I do not need charity from your family.

  Jack Hunter : Shawn, you know...

  Shawn Hunter : No, no - -how much does this room cost?

  [Jack sighs] 

  Shawn Hunter : How much does the room cost?

  Jack Hunter : $2,000...

  Shawn Hunter : Oh. Okay.

  Jack Hunter : ...a day.

  Shawn Hunter : What? Are they out of their freaking minds?