Ok, the last question. Nitroglycerin, calcium carbonate,and aluminum nitrate are ingredients commonly found in. Lasagna. Come on, alex. Whats the real answer . Ill answer that question if you answer this one. Name one reason why i shouldnt kiss you. We have to study, your familys home, its getting late rache, one reason. I cant thinkof one. Dynamite. Thank you. I do my best. Alex,that was the answer. Just passing through you can keep kissing. Were not looking. Youve passed through here five times. Do you mind . Were goingto the kitchen. Ill get you to the kitchen real quick. Ohh alex, we have to concentrate. This is our last final. Right. One more test,and we leave harding high. We had some great times there. Right. Great times. And although we eagerly cast our lines of hope into the unchartered waters of the future, its with heavy heart that we bid adieu to the hallowed halls of harding high. Youve been workingon your valedictoryspeech, havent you . Ive worked on it a little. Sounds great. Youll makea great valedictorian. Its not official yet. Lots of guys are up for it. Youre up for it. Mark blickman, the kowalik sisters. Its anybodys ballgame. I know. Im a shooin. I fed my stats into the school computer. It printed out, write that speech. Oh, alex. These last four weeks have been the mostexciting in my whole life. Me, too. Wait. Weve been seeing each other for six weeks. The first twowerent that great. Hows the studying going . Were sponges in a sea of chemical knowledge. I hope youll clean upafter yourselves. How do you feel . Soon youll be graduates. It feels great,mrs. Keaton. I know alexis excited, too. Thats right. And although we eagerly cast our. Our lines of hope into the unchartered waters of our future. Its with a heavy heart. To the hallowed halls of harding high. Seniors whose last names begin with a through j please step forward. If our names beganwith the same letter, we could marchdown the aisle together. That sounds nice. How come we neverdated until recently . What could i havebeen thinking about . Joselyn clark and deena marks and Carrie Newman ok, ok, ok, rache. Seniors whose names begin with letters k through t please step forward. Thats us. Before we proceed with the graduation rehearsal, i have an announcement. The faculty has just chosen the valedictorian. Im so proud of you so join me in congratulating the brightest and best among us, our most deserving new valedictorian. Alex, are you all right . Dont worry about me. This is your big moment. Im happy for you. Come up here and take a bow, rachel. I never even thoughti was in the running. No more pencils,no more. Books. Hi last day of school look, i gotmy final grades. Oh, mal. Thats wonderful. A in french,b in english, and some other stuff. Well talk about that other stuff later. Howd you do, alex . Four as. An a minus. Honey, that is terrific. Oh, come on, mom. What does itmean really . I am not valedictorian. Its an anticlimax. Lets face it. My life has no meaning. Hey, im readyto face it. How about you guys . Jennifer. Ok, ok, im going. I know youredisappointed aboutthis valedictorian thing, but youre not goingto get everythingyou want in life. Being valedictorian was my destiny. It was ruthlessly yanked from my grasp by the cruelest of fates. Thats the spirit. [knock on door] yeah. Alex . Hi, rachel. So, how you doing, alex . Oh, fine, fine. Never better. Get your final grades . How were they . Lets not talk about it. No, come on,come on. How were they . Five as. Sure. Rub my nose in it. So whats up . I hope my being chosen valedictorian wont affect our relationship. Oh, no. Of course not. Dont be silly. Smartypants. Alex im kidding. Im kidding. Give me creditfor a littlematurity here, ok . Whats that . Well, i finished my rough draft of my speech, and i was wondering if youd look at it and give me your opinion. Sure. Why not . Ha ha what . Is something funny . Yeah. You splityour infinitive. Where . Several places here. You do thatwhen you speak. I noticed thatabout you. What about the speech . I mean overall. Its not bad. It wontoffend anybody. I want to do more than not offend. I want to be inspiring. Did you think it was inspiring . Id hate to send peopleoff to war with that. Well, how do i make it more inspiring . Ok. All right, rache. As we,the graduating seniorshere at harding high, attempt to go. Arent you goingto write this down . I dont want you to dictate a speech. I want suggestions, but i want the heart of it to be my own. Oh, well, fine. Just, uh, go withwhat you have there then. Alex. Is, uh. Something wrong . What do youwant from me . Youre the valedictorian you obviouslyhave your own ideas why are you eveninvolving me in this . Well, i was foolish enough to think youd help me. If it were me, id help you. If it were me,i wouldnt need your help. Well, maybe i dont need your help either. Alex, there is nothing wrong with this speech ok, youre right. Theres nothing wrong with that speech. What are you doing . Just looking at some baby pictures of alex. There he iswith his combinationslide rule teething ring. He was a beautiful baby. And tomorrow hes graduating. It all went so fast. Now, elyse, dont gomisting up on me. Youve still gottwo in the nest. Oh, i got the watchback from the jeweler. Its workingperfectly now. Itll be a wonderful gift for alex. Ill never forgetthe day my fathergave this to me. He came home fromthat drycleaning shopwhere he worked. He handed me thisand said, i want you to have thisfor your graduation. He was all heart,my old man. Hey. Oh oh what are you guys doing . Uh. Listening to music. I dont hear anything. Well, of course not. The musicsin our heads. Mom, can i talk to dad alone for a minute . Sure, its ok. Ill leave you two alone. When you were a little boy, [sniff] uh. What is it, alex . Dad, i, uh. I dont know how to say this, but, uh. This isnt easy for me. But, uh. I think the Cleveland Browns will really miss brian sipe next year, dont you . Uh. Yes, i do. It was very sensitiveof you to keep thatfrom your mother. Well, i figured shes a big browns fan. Dad, i really blew it with rachel yesterday. You mentionedthis brian sipething to her, too . This valedictorian thing really threw me off. I was a real jerk. Why dont youapologize to her . Thats not going to solve the problem. This will change our relationship forever. Well, why, alex . Itll always be with us. Every time i kiss her, shell be thinking, why am i kissing this nonvaledictorian . Its not fair its not right its a gyp a gyp . Thats right. When you were littleand things went wrong, youd lie onthe floor and scream, hold your breathand pout. But adults must acceptsome things they dont like. If it had been anyone else, i could have handled it. But not rachel. My girlfriend i just cant feel comfortable in a relationship unless im number one. It is nota competition, alex. It is a relationship. Both partners are equal. Dad, uh. I know you have to use that feminist rhetoric in front of mom. But just between you and me, why not admit that you are still the man . Youre number one. I am the man,but not number one, and neitheris your mother. You can be the man without feelingsuperior to the woman. Arent youhappy for rachel . Why should i feel happy to be in her shadow when she makes that speech tomorrow . Every year when another class graduates, i feel i lose a little part of myself, and im not referring to my hair. Commencement, as you know, means alex alex quiet down youre disrupting the ceremony alex, come here and so often, graduates return to tell me how valuable theyve found their years at harding. Mallory, theresa graduation ceremonygoing on. Rachels really upset in the ladies room. You should talk to her. He cant go in the ladies room i think she went backstage. She looked terrible. Shes nervous about her speech. She kept saying, im very proud to be valedictorian of this here place. I triedto talk to her. She wouldnt see me. Maybe you should try again. Sir me . Is there something youd care to share with the rest of us . No. Thats fine. Thank you for asking. Well, in that case, well proceed with the awarding of diplomas, followed by the valedictory address by rachel miller. Alex, talk to her betsy afferton. Amanda agretti. And i thinkfranklin roosevelt oh, i wish id wornmy other earrings i think it was Eleanor Roosevelt who said that. Alex. I told you i dont wantto see you anymore. Yeah, but i want to see you. We got to talk. I feel terrible about what happened the other day. Alex, in five minutes,i have to do my speech. If you felt bad, youdhave called before this. Ive been busy. Doing what . Moping. And whining. And being a real idiot. Youd be surprised how much time that takes. Alex, you hurt me. When i needed you,you really let me down. I know, rache. Why does itbother you so much that im valedictorian . Id have thoughtyoud be happy for me. We should build each other up. I wouldve been happy for you. I know. Why do you have to win at everything . I have a little problemin this area. I dont want to always compete with you. Were notalways competing. We are. Give me an examplewhen ive beenoverly competitive. When i beat you at miniature golf. I handled that very well. You fileda formal protest with the manager. It wasnt a formal protest. I asked him to examine your clubs. I dont wantto feel guilty for beinga better golfer than you. Youre absolutely right. I wouldnt say youre a better golfer. You had one good game. Im going to work on this problem. Its going to get better. I promise. Warren kane. Youd better go out. Theyre goingto call your name. No. I refuse to graduate high school until we have this matter settled. Alex p. Keaton. Keaton, alex p. Although i really would like to graduate. Go ahead, alex. Youre notthe dropout type. Last call for alex p. Keaton. Marvin kennedy. Thank you. Alex, i dontwant to lose you because imsmarter than you. I wouldnt say youre sm youre not going to lose me. You go out there, and you give the best valedictory speech this schools ever heard. Franklin roosevelt expressed it best when he said,this generation of americans has a rendezvous with destiny. Once again, i thank the faculty for this honor. This is a day i will remember always. Thank you. Id like to extend a hearty congratulations to the graduating class of 1984. Its over, kids. Alex, your mother and iwould like you to have this. Oh. Dad. Thataboy. Im so proud of you. Mom, you promised you wouldnt get emotional. Im not emotional. My little baby boy were proud of youfor holding it in. We did it, alex. We graduated. We did. Great speech, rachel. Maybe you can give mesome pointers just graduate, mal. Thats all we ask. Congratulations to both of you. Lets get a picture. Hell of a speech. Very inspiring. Thanks, alex. 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