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An Act of Will
(Season: 1 Episode: 2)
First Aired: 10/1/2006
(Nora, Kitty, Kevin and Justin are all staring at the Pacific Ocean)
Kevin: So which route should we take back, the pretty or the fast?
Nora & Kitty: Fast!
Kevin: Mm hm.
Justin: The pretty.
(Kitty, Kevin and Nora glance at Justin in surprise, before the four of them get into the car)
(Justin and Kitty are sitting on a bed together)
Kitty: You know what's nice about road trips?
Justin: This is a road trip?
Kitty: They have these coffee shops that serve breakfast all night. You want?
Justin: I want breakfast. All night.

(Nora sits down on the bed opposite to the one Kevin's sitting on and stares at the TV)
Nora: What are we watching?
Kevin: Meerkats.
Nora: Those meerkats are wearing no clothes! Give me the clicker, now!
Kevin: Ok, fine, but no cooking programs!
Nora: Give me the clicker! (Takes the remote from Kevin)

(Nora approaches the police desk with a reluctant Kitty)
Nora: Hi. I'm Justin's mother, and this is his big sister Kitty. Kitty Walker, of The Right Idea and Red, White and Blue.
Police Officer Duncan: You're kidding?
Nora: No.
Police Officer Duncan: (Laughs) You're her?
Nora: Yes.
Kitty: I am ... me, yes.
Police Officer Duncan: I love your show!
Kitty: And we're not asking to be the exception here.
Nora: Yes we are.
Kitty: No we're not
Nora: (whispers) Yes, yes.
Kitty: (whispers) No, no.
Nora: Yes, we are.
(In the background) Kevin: No we're not.
Kitty: We're not.
Nora: We are.
(Next scene we see Justin has been released from lock-up)

(In the car with Nora, Kevin and Kitty, driving to pick up Justin)
Kitty: Do you ever stop and think that some of this could possibly be your fault?
Nora: What? What? What? I - I - I was too permissive?
Kitty: No, no, no, no. I'm not talking about the liberal child-rearing sense mom. You blame everybody but yourself. You go out of your way. It's me, it's Kevin, it's Dad. Well, where were you in the picture? Do you ever think about that?
(Uncomfortable silence in the car)
Nora: I don't see any ocean out there. This is a terrible place to come to.