Adult Chris: [v.o.] Back at home, my mother needed help, too.
Rochelle: Drew, what is all this stuff on the table? Boy, you better clean this table before I knock...!
Tonya: Are you yelling?
Rochelle: No. [to Drew] Sweetie. When you get a chance... would you mind putting this stuff away, so I-I-I can set the table for dinner?
Drew: Yeah, I'll do it in a minute.
Rochelle: Hi, Tonya. Did Daddy say you could have ice cream before dinner?
Tonya: Nope, but I got hungry.
Rochelle: But Tonya, it's almost dinnertime. I don't want you to ruin your appetite.
Tonya: Mama, don't worry about it. I'm going to eat my dinner.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] This is like watching a volcano almost erupt.

Adult Chris: [v.o.] Outside calm, inside furious.
Rochelle: Tonya, why are you reading at the table? Why aren't you eating your dinner?
Tonya: I'm just not hungry.
Rochelle: Hmm, well, maybe it's all that ice cream you had before dinner.
Tonya: Yeah, maybe.
Julius: Who said you could eat ice cream before dinner?
Tonya: Nobody.
Rochelle: [quietly] That's the problem.
Julius: What?
Rochelle: Nothing.

Rochelle: So, Chris, how's your project coming along?
Chris: Okay. Um, me and Dad are just trying to figure out a time that's good for us to go looking for cans.
Julius: Yeah, we're working on the time.
Rochelle: Oh, okay, that's nice. I'm sure you two will work it out.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I'm not.

Drew: Well, I finally figured out my project.
Rochelle: [quietly] I hope you figured out how to clean that mess up.
Drew: I-I built a potato clock. Now all I have to do is paint it.
Rochelle: Paint? On my dining room table?
Julius: Mm-hmm.
Rochelle: Oh, no, you don't. You're not getting me. I'm keeping that five dollars. Paint all you want. Paint 20 potatoes if you have to, Drew.

Adult Chris: [v.o.] We learned the reason my mother yelled wasn't because she liked yelling. It was because if she didn't yell, no one would hear her.
Rochelle: Drew, wake up.
Drew: [pulls covers over his head] Hey, right.
Rochelle: Chris, you're going to be late.
Chris: I'm coming. [rolls over]
Rochelle: Okay, fine. Don't go to school. Grow up stupid.
Rochelle: Tonya, wake up, baby.
Tonya: All right, all right. Five more minutes.
Rochelle: [sighs]

Chris: Dad?
Man: I'm not your daddy.
[The man drives off in the newspaper truck. A moment later, he reverses.]
Man: Am I?
Chris: No.
Man: Thank you, God.

Adult Chris: [v.o.] To get cans to recycle, first I had to cycle them.
Rochelle: Hey, baby, what you doing?
Chris: I looked everywhere and I couldn't find any cans. So I figured I'd get my own. Want a soda?
Rochelle: Yeah, thanks. You mean to tell me you and your daddy couldn't find one can?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I didn't want to tell on my dad, but I didn't want to lie.
Chris: Well, Dad hasn't really had any time to come looking for cans with me. He's been working.
Rochelle: Really.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] My project was on its last leg. And for my mother, that was the last straw.

Adult Chris: [v.o.] After school, I was in for a big surprise.
Chris: Dad? What's wrong? What happened?
Julius: Whoa, calm down. I'm here to help you with your Earth Day project.
Chris: I thought you had to work.
Julius: I do. Now let's go get these cans.

Chris: Sorry you had to miss work for this, Dad.
Julius: That's okay. So how much money did you make? $100? $200?
Chris: Six.
Julius: $600?!
Chris: No, six dollars. I can't do anything with this.

Chris: How am I supposed to save the Earth with six dollars?
Julius: You know what, Chris? To some people six dollars is a lot of money. You said you wanted to help the planet. [nods towards Kill Moves]
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I just hope he knows this is cash, not a salad.
Chris: Hey, Kill Moves.
Kill Moves: Konnichiwa! Oh. Hey, Chris.
Chris: I got something for you.
Kill Moves: Uh, what's this for?
Chris: Earth Day.
Kill Moves: Earth Day, huh? Hmm, thanks. [to Julius] Hey, Happy Earth Day.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] People talk about saving the planet by picking up cans and bottles, but the one thing I learned from Earth Day was that saving the planet meant a lot to me, but doing it with my father meant the world to me.