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I have no words I can rely on,
because my tongue was designed long and flat
and Is therefore an Ineffective tool
for making complicated polysyllabic sounds.
And that is why I'm here now,
waiting for Denny to come home...
lying in a puddle of my own making.
(KEYS JINGLING, DOOR LOCK CLICKS)
DENNY: Yo, Enz!
- (DOOR CREAKS, SHUTS) - (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
DENNY: Enzo?
ENZO: Ihear the worry in his voice.
DENNY: What happened, pal?
Oh, Enz.
ENZO: I can smell the day on him.
Motor oil and gasoline and roast chicken.
DENNY: Can you get up. bud?
I'm here, buddy. I'm right here.
Okay.
ENZO: If only I could speak...
I would tell him not to worry.
I saw a documentary about Mongolia on Name.
In Mongolia, they believe that when a dog
has finished living his lifetimes as a dog,
- his next incarnation will be as a man. - I'm right here, bud.
There he is.
ENZO: I realize this would mean losing all my memories, my experiences.
But I have a plan.
I will try to imprint what I know on my soul,
carry it so deeply in the pockets of my existence
that when I open my eyes and look down at my new hands,
- I will already know. - DENNY: There's my Enzo.
ENZO: I will be ready.
I will remember.
(PUPPIES WHIMPERING)
ENZO: He picked me out of a pile of pups,
a tangled mass of paws and tails.
He'd stopped at the farm on his way home from the speedway at Yakima.
DENNY: Hey. (CHUCKLES)
ENZO: Even back then, I knew I was different than other dogs.
- My soul just felt more... human. - This one.
(CHUCKLES) Definitely this one.
- The pick of the litter. - ENZO: She always said that.
(CLANKING) MR. SPANGLE: Well, just a minute now.
We were thinking of keeping that one.
ENZO: He always said that, too.
Hey.
- How much? - (CAR ENGINE REVVING)
ENZO: And so, I had my first glimpse at the rest of my life.
(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)
♪ Give me love, give me love ♪
I“ Give me peace on Earth ♪
♪ Give me life, give me life ♪
(SQUEALS, BARKING)
I“ Give me hope, help me cope with this heavy load I
♪ Trying to touch and reach you ♪
I With heart and soul ♪
♪ Please ♪
♪ Take hold of my hand ♪
♪ That I might understand you ♪
I Won't you please oh won't you I
I Help me cope with this heavy load ♪
♪ Trying to touch and reach you ♪
I With heart and soul ♪
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) Tony! Denny's here.
- TONY: Hey-hey! - DENNY: Ah, just wait for it.
- I didn't know you were getting a puppy. - DENNY: Neitherdid I.
Saw a sign on the road and, I don't know, something came over me.
Isn't that right, Enzo'?
"Enzo"? You mean like Ferrari? That's rad.
You can't look after a dog. You're never home.
Oh, you're gonna ruin the moment, aren't you?
Our best friend, he's gonna ruin the moment.
I'll take him on the road with me. He can be my good luck charm.
Hey, you coming to our show tonight? We're opening for The Scoffs at The Dive.
Oh, no, he can't. He's got a new puppy to look after.
See, he's good luck already.
I got the call this morning, they need an extra driver.
Yeah, sure. Yeah, I'll, uh, leave you a pass at the gate.
Okay, two passes.
Who is this guy again?
That's right.
- ENZO: Iliked my new home. - (SNIFfiNG)
It only lacked for grass, but I figured I could make do.
- Enzo, no! - (ENZO WHIMPERS)
Don, I got to call you back.
And... go ahead.
Okay, bud, fire away.
ENZO: Denny seemed unusually interested in my bathroom habits.
Go on. Go ahead.
(URINATING)
DENNY: Oh... (SIGHS)
Of course, you did.
(CHUCKLES)
Okay, pal...
it's time to turn in. Big day tomorrow at the race.
So just be a good boy.
Get some sleep, okay?
(WHIMPERING)
(DENNY SNIFFS)
- (ENZO WHIMPERING) - (DENNY GROANS)
- (ENZO BARKING) - (SIGHS)
Okay.
All right. (INHALES)
(EXHALES) Okay.
(SNIFTS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV)
(SIGHS) Okay.
Of course. Just rub that in...
- (lOUD BANG) - (CAR HONKS)
ENZO: I'd later learn it was called a television.
And, in time, it would teach me much about human behavior.
But that night, it felt like a window into a whole new world.
Oh, you like that, huh?
ENZO: Like it? No, I loved it.
(CAR ENGINES REWING ON TV)
DENNY: Right foot on the gas.
Ease into the turn.
(BARKS) (CHUCKLES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
ENZO: And even better was when he took me to the race itself.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)
MAN: Denny!
- Oh. my God... - (CAR ENGINE REVVING)
ENZO: Denny's apartment was home, but this...
this was where I truly belonged.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA)
ENZO: It was more thrilling than I could've imagined.
(CAR ENGINES ROARING)
What do you think, Enzo?
ENZO: I thought it was heaven on earth.
- (CAR ENGINE REVVING) - WRIGHT: What'd you say his name is again?
Denny Swift. Number 96 car.
He teaches for me from time to time when he needs cash, but you trust me,
- this kid's a diamond in the rough. - CREW CHIEF: Copy that.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
ENZO: The heat coming off the track,
the breathless speed and precision of the pit crew...
I was in awe of it all.
(WHIRRING)
He did a year in Formula Three.
Got picked up by Zip Simone's Audi program.
Started making a name for himself, but then Zippy went bankrupt.
- Then he lost his ride. - (ENGINE REWING)
- CREWMAN: Clear! - (ENGINE REVVING CONTINUES)
KITCH: You really serious about starting your own team,
there's your man right there.
He's been down almost a full lap this whole stint.
It's not about who's got the heavier foot.
- It's about the feel. - (THUNDER RUMBLING)
Denny was the first to make the call to switch to rain tires.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(CROWD CLAMORING)
Step over here.
Hey. Watch this.
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
In all my years of racing,
I've never seen anyone like Denny in the wet.
Reminds me what they used to say about Senna,
"When it rains, it doesn't rain on him."
(TIRES SCREECHING)
- (CAR ENGINE REVVING) - (CHEERING, WHOOPING)
- ENZO: And when he won... - Enzo!
I felt like I'd witnessed true greatness.
(ALL CHEERING)
Yeah!
- First race, huh? - (INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
What'd you think, boy? You like it?
Did you like it?
- Hey, kid, you got a minute? - Hey.
I want you to meet Sean Wright.
Hey. Denny Swift.
He sold his tech company for some obscene amount of money
and now he's determined to waste it all racing GT5.
Yeah, I think I've read about you.
That was some win today.
You think you could drive that way for him?
Try me.
- ENZO: My first year went by in a blur. - Wait. Let me see.
ENZO: I realize nobody has a perfect childhood,
but I'd contend that mine came fairly close.
- (CAR ENGINE REVVING) - (INDISTINCT CHATTER AND CHEERING)
Denny began racing for Wright full-time and took me with him whenever he could,
like a four-legged member of the pit crew.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - (CAR ENGINE REVVING)
- DENNY: Hey, Enz, you good? - ENZO: I was better than good.
- (CAR ENGINE REVVING, HISSING) - CREWMAN: Go! Clear!
- (ENGINE REVVING) - (TIRES SQUEAL)
ENZO: Call it fate, call it luck. All I knew was I was meant to be his dog.
(MAN CHEERING)
ENZO: Denny always said the best drivers focus only on the present.
Never dwelling on the past, never committing to the future.
(MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
- Go get it! - (BARKS)
ENZO: Reflection must come at a later time.
Which is why drivers compulsively record
their every move with their in-car cameras.
I got to turn earlier.
Get a better run on that corner.
ENZO: I teamed so much from him about balance,
anticipation, patience.
Car goes where your eyes go, Enz.
ENZO: And I would fantasize that one day I, too, might actually race.
REPORTER: Congratulations on a spectacular win today.
- Not an easy race, by any stretch. - Well, you know, I'm a risk taker.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV CONTINUES) - Man, that win was all you.
This guy hasn't even mentioned you once.
You're way too good for this guy, Denny.
You got to start getting your own sponsors.
Yeah, maybe.
My drivers look to me as their leader
- and I think that... - Turn this clown oft. Put on the Mariners.
ENZO: There's an old saying I'd often hear Denny repeat,
"No race was ever won in the first corner, but many have been lost there."
Just you and me, Enz.
Always you and me.
(PANTS)
and then accelerating through.
ENZO: Nothing was more important to us than racing.
I knew it was only a matter of time
before Denny reached his goal of racing Formula One in Europe.
- DENNY (WHISTLES): Come on! - (ENZO BARKING)
ENZO: And the whole world would see him the way I did.
- Good boy. - (CAR ENGINE REVS ON TV)
ENZO: He'd be adored by fans everywhere.
His victories the stuff of legend.
His name inscribed alongside the very best our sport has ever known.
(CHUCKLES)
(CAR ENGINES REWING ON TV)
ENZO: But for now, he was my champion alone.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
ENZO: And then she showed up.
(INDISTINCTLY SPEAKING)
- EVE: That was great. - DENNY: Yeah.
Hey.
- DENNY: Enzo, this is Eve. - Hi, Enzo.
How you doing?
ENZO: My first impression of Eve
was as complicated as the scents in the air.
I'm not really much of a dog person.
ENZO: A mélange of produce, shampoo and pheromones.
Yeah, well, he's more person than dog.
ENZO: Denny was cleany taken with her grooming.
She probably bathed every day, for all I knew.
Does he always stare at people like this? (CHUCKLES)
If he likes them.
So, are you a chef or something?
No, I teach English as a second language, and one of my students is Thai,
and she made this curry that was incredible.
- Hey. Come on. - But it looks like you have to go.
- I don't know what's gotten into him. Hey! - So, it was nice to meet you.
Come here, come on! Hey, uh, Eve?
My, uh, my friends, they play in a band
and they're playing a show at... at Nemo's tonight.
I thought, you know, it you didn't have plans...
- "Head Injury"? - Yeah,
they're Seattle's third most popular
- Soundgarden... Yeah... - "Soundgarden tribute band."
- I mean, according to them. (LAUGHS) - (lAUGHS)
- That sounds like fun. - It does?
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah! Yeah, no, we'll, we'll make it fun.
- All right, I'll see you then. - Cool.
EVE: Bye.
DENNY: Come on.
Well, I thought you guys rocked.
See, Mike?
He was freaking out because we skipped a verse on "Spoonman".
- MIKE: Oh, we skipped a verse? - Okay, so,
now imagine this all throughout high school.
So, which song was your favorite?
- The... second-to-last one. - The one with the 12-minute guitar solo?
Yeah, that was the best part!
- (lAUGHS) Denny, marry this girl. - Wow!
(CHUCKLES) Uh, do you want another?
Uh, no, thanks. Could I have some water?
- Yeah, sure. Mike? - MIKE: Yep.
- So, uh, you twojust met, huh? - EVE: Yeah.
- And? - Dude.
(CHUCKLES) And I think he's really nice.
Wait till you see him race. Then you'll really fall in love.
Dude!
What? I was just... (CHUCKLES)
So, when do I get
- to see you race? - (ALL LAUGHING)
ENZO: As if Denny would ever fall for that.
- (CAR ENGINE REVVING) - Yes!
ENZO: She knew almost nothing about racing,
but for some reason, Denny didn't seem to mind.
I assumed she would soon be in our rear-view mirror.
But by spring, it was clear Eve wasn't going anywhere.
(ALL CHEERING)
ENZO: I'll admit I envied the attention he lavished
- on her, with her... - (EVE LAUGHS)
ENZO: opposable thumbs and plump buttocks.
(CHEERING CONTINUES)
EVE: in his regular car, yes.
Well, what does he know about teaching English?
Yeah, my point exactly.
ENZO: And her taste in television programs left something to be desired.
EVE: Will you stop?
ENZO: Denny never tired of pleasing her.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
ENZO: All for his reward,
which usually meant lots of stroking and nuzzling.
- Hi. - DENNY: Mm.
- How was your class? - It was good.
ENZO: Did I envy her engaging smile? Her effortless laugh?
- Perhaps, I did. - (EVE AND DENNY LAUGHING)
ENZO: For she was a person, unlike me.
(DENNY AND EVE LAUGHING)
DENNY: Mm-hmm. (KISSING)
- I'll go make us some breakfast. - (GASPS) Really?
- DENNY: Yeah. - Okay, thanks.
(EVE SIGHS)
Hey, Enzo.
You don't mind it! love him too, do you?
ENZO: As if I had a say in the matter.
(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING)
ENZO: They were manted at a magnificent palace
with its very own ocean.
The kind of place I had assumed only existed on television.
I tried my best to be helpful.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
ENZO: I minded my manners,
resisted snacking on the trays of exquisite appetizers
and made sure to do my business
in the flowerbed farthest from the festivities.
The place belonged to Eve's parents, Tn'sh and Maxwell...
who I confess I first mistook for twins.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
WOMAN: Would the bearer please bring the rings forward?
Aww! (GUESTS CHUCKLING)
ENZO: When the time came,
I did as I was instructed, for Denny's sake.
(MAN CHUCKLES)
- Good boy. - Come on, Enz. Come here, bud.
Hey. Good boy.
With this ring, I thee wed.
Eve?
EVE: With this ring, I thee wed.
(EVE CHUCKLES) (ALL CHEERING)
ENZO: And so, we became a family...
to varying degrees of enthusiasm.
Think he could've shaved for his own wedding?
- Maxwell. - MAXWELL: What?
- It's just an observation. - Oh, please.
No one's good enough for her in your eyes.
I like him, I do, but I love my daughter
and the man races cars for a living.
You don't think I'm within my rights to be a little concerned?
No, not if Eve isn't.
ENZO: I've learned that people will say just about anything in front of me,
as I am only a dumb dog.
I put a call in to Andy Neuberger last week.
He said a driver who's been on the circuit
as long as Denny has,
it it was gonna break for him,
most likely would've happened by now.
But (STAMMERS) Eve says he's been doing great lately.
I knew I'd find you two in here. Come on, it's cake time.
- TRISH: Daddy was making his drink. - (BOTH LAUGH)
ENZO: After the wedding came the move.
(MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
ENZO: I was of two minds about it.
I now had room to roam.
But the old apartment was ours, Denny and me.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)
(BOTH LAUGHING)
(THUD)
ENZO: I tried to communicate my feelings.
(CLATTERS, SHATTERS) EVE: What was that?
It was Enzo. He's just excited.
ENZO: But my gestures were inevitably misinterpreted.
ENZO: Moreover, there was a mysterious new aura about Eve that,
for some reason, prevented me
from maintaining any resentment toward her.
DENNY: It's Watkins Glen, which I usually do really well at.
- EVE: And that's in New York, right? - Yeah. Yeah.
You could take a couple days off and we could get out there early.
I'm pregnant.
Wait, what?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) You freaked out?
Wha... No! No, I'm not! Wait, are you freaked out?
A little, yeah.
Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
(DENNY LAUGHING)
Did you know about this?
(BARKS) (DENNY LAUGHING)
ENZO: I never really grasped the concept of money
and why humans always seemed to be in need of it.
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
ENZO: But Denny became more and more preoccupied with it.
All right! (ENGINE REVVING)
ENZO: He began to train harder than ever.
He took on extra teaching sessions, competed in every race he could.
I'll miss you.
ENZO: This meant my spending more and more time alone with Eve.
- Come on, Enz. Come on. - (CAR DOOR SHUTS)
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
ENZO: To be honest, I still didn't share Denny's overt affection for her.
Hey, buddy, thank you so much. (GROANS)
ENZO: But we developed a rhythm of our own.
That's very nice. (SIGHS)
ENZO: At times, she even reminded me of my own mother
when she would sigh and shrug herself
- into a prone position. - (GROANS) Oh, God.
(EVE SIGHS) ENZO: It must be amazing to have a body
that can carry an entire creature inside.
I mean, other than a tapeworm, which I've had.
Do you want to know what it feels like?
Good boy.
(GASPS) Did you feel that?
Did you feel that kick?
Oh, sweet boy, come here.
It's okay. Come here. That's okay.
ENZO: I couldn't imagine what was going on inside Eve's magic sack
where the baby was being assembled.
- I just hoped it would look like me. - (MUSIC PLAYING)
(PAPER RUSTLING)
DENNY: Enzo, slow down, it's your only one.
- EVE: It's cozy. - DENNY: I love it.
It probably looks exactly like the last one
I got you, but... (LAUGHING)
Do you like it? I got it from Pike Place.
It's like 100 percent handmade.
- (CHUCKLES) It's, uh... - Yourfavorite shade of pink.
It is. (CHUCKLES)
- (EXHALES) - You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine. I just want to see what it looks like on.
Hey, can we talk about this whole midwife thing again?
- Honey, we've been over this. - Yeah, I know.
I'm just saying. I mean, you know, I was born in a hospital,
- you were born in a hospital. - I know, but I really want to do it here.
I mean, Tanya birthed her twins at home.
And she said that these two women she used were amazing.
- (CELL PHONE RINGING) - Okay.
Hey. (PHONE RINGING)
- Like it? Hey. - Hi, Morn. Merry Chri...
EVE: Okay.
Someone from something-something Penske?
On Christmas Day?
Hello.
- (LAUGHS) - DENNY: Yeah, hi.
What is this hat?
- ENZO: They say dogs can't see color. - DENNY: Oh, Okay.
ENZO: Apparently, neither could Denny.
DENNY: Yeah, I'll, um, I hear back from you again, okay.
DENNY: Bye. (PHONE BEEPS)
- EVE: What is it? - That was Judd Murphy
from Team Penske.
He's down a driver and he just offered me a seat in the 24 Hours of Daytona.
- That's good, right? - Good? I mean, it's great! It's Daytona.
I mean, this is the shot I've been wanting.
- This could change everything for me. - Oh, my God, Denny, that's great!
(BARKS)
It's the last weekend of January.
So? The due date isn't till February 15th.
DENNY: That's cutting it awful close.
Hey, what if you came with me? Huh?
- We don't... we don't have to fly. - Denny. I'm not driving to Florida.
(DENNY SIGHS) But you have to do this.
There is nothing to debate here. This is your shot.
If you finish well, all these doors start to open.
Oh, you're not worried about timing, at all?
When have you known me to be early for anything?
(GROANING, SCREAMS)
ENZO: I didn't know a human could make such sounds.
(EVE SCREAMING) MAN: The triple crown of...
ENZO: Denny missed it all however, as he was driving
through the night at Daytona.
ANNOUNCER (ON TV): Denny Swift in the 22 car
putting in a tremendous performance,
- considering the team was in 10th place. - MIDWIFE: You're doing wonderfully, Eve.
(EVE SCREAMING)
ANNOUNCER (ON TV): Approaching hour 17 of this marathon race,
and the rain is really pouring.
EVE: I want to talk to Denny. Can you call him?
MIDWIFE: Just keep pushing, okay?
ANNOUNCER: With Swift back in the 22 car, he's snapping at the heels of car 17.
MIDWIFE: One more push.
(EVE SCREAMS)
ANNOUNCER: Unbelievable! Denny Swift has taken the lead
- in a magnificent show of skill. - (BABY CRYING)
(BABY CRYING CONTINUES) 0h, hi, sweetgirl.
- You're nice and warm. - MIDWIFE: All right,
- we'll give you two some time alone. - Thank you.
(CHUCKLES) You're welcome.
- Oh! Shoo now, pup! - No, he... he can stay.
Yeah. Oh...
EVE: Enzo.
ENZO: The scent was... unprecedented.
Come here, sweet boy. Come here.
ENZO: I had never encountered a creature quite so beautiful.
Zoe...
(ZOE CRYING, COOING) this is Enzo.
He's your family, too.
And he'll always protect you.
(ZOE COOS)
(BRAKES SCREECH) (ENZO BARKING)
- DENNY: Hey, how is everything? - Hi! She's fine.
- She's okay? - Yes, just fine. (LAUGHS, SIGHS)
DENNY: Hey. Yeah.
She's been waiting for her daddy.
I should've been here.
- EVE: Honey, she's a day old. - DENNY: I know, but still...
You're here now.
This is why we met.
To make this perfect little thing.
(KISSES) (ZOE COOS)
EVE: I still don't understand.
DENNY: We lost. It's no big deal.
We were leading by a lap, going into the last stint.
And... I told Murph I felt up to finishing, but...
the sponsors were pressuring him to go with this wonder kid
from California who'd been doing a bunch of press lately.
Ten minutes in, the kid hit the wall.
Totaled the car.
But you drove well.
Yeah, it doesn't really mean a whole lot
if your team doesn't finish.
It's okay.
Really. There's gonna be other races.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
(CHUCKLES)
Oh, Zoe. You okay?
Where is she? It's... it's been too long!
(BOTH LAUGHING)
ENZO: The twins, who rarely visited,
now stopped by frequently to clutter our home
with garish gifts.
(EVE HUMMING) ENZO: Denny pretended not to mind,
but something about the zebra put me ill at ease.
Look at those pretty eyes.
- Hello, baby girl. - Dad, she needs a change.
- Oh, I'll do it! (CHUCKLING) - EVE: Yeah?
- Yeah, Grandma's got you. - (ZOE COOING)
Denny!
(ZOE COOING) (CHUCKLES) There you go.
- It's coming along. - Thanks.
(TOOLS CLANKING)
I watched some of that race of yours, by the way.
How's that boy doing, the one who crashed?
Still, you have a daughter now.
Say, for instance. You get seriously injured,
or God forbid, killed...
- (CLICKS) - I won't.
- You can't promise that. - Yes, I can.
I... I promise you that I will always provide
for Eve and Zoe, no matter what.
And I swear to you that I will put my safety first,
even if that means losing every race that I enter.
TRISH: Bye. Bye, honey. Love you.
(DOOR OPENS) (ZOE COOING)
(DOOR SHUTS)
ENZO: It amazed me, the power exerted by a creature
- as tiny as our little Zoé. - Hi.
(DENNY CHUCKLES)
ENZO: A power she wielded over me as well...
with no more effort than the earth does the moon in its orbit.
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
(ZOE COOING, GIGGLING)
ENZO: I was an integral figure in her entertainment,
leaping after tennis balls
and scrambling back to catch them
then dancing like a four-legged clown to catch them again.
Run! (ENZO BARKS)
DENNY: Whoa! (EVE LAUGHING)
- You ready, birthday girl? - (GIGGLING)
Okay, here we go, here we go.
ENZO: I was so immersed in her world
that I'd lose count of the weeks and months.
- DENNY: Ready, steady... go! - EVE: Ready, steady... go!
(INHALING DEEPLY, BLOWS) (ALL CHEERING)
ENZO: And when she would tell her playmates
that I was her big brother, my heart would swell with pride.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) (DENNY LAUGHING)
Hot potato! (ZO'E SQUEALS)
EVE: Whoa! (ZOE LAUGHING)
- Ahh! - DENNY: Stinky Drawers!
Oh! She's coming in.
- Go! She's coming in hot! - Enzo!
- (CHUCKLING) - EVE: Good boy.
(ZOE GIGGLING) (DENNY LAUGHING)
ZOE: Everyone has to wait their turn for a snack,
even zebras. Right, teacher?
- Daddy! - HI! (GRUNTS) Hey.
Hey, I'm sorry I missed your dance recital.
Mommy told me all about it.
- Did you win? - No, sweet pea, not this one.
ZOE: Better? (CHUCKLES)
You have no idea. (GIGGLES)
(GRUNTS)
Thanks for taking care of our girls, Enz.
- Okay, so what do we got here? - ZOE: Well, this is my second-grade class.
DENNY: Feels like I'm always at the track or getting on a plane.
EVE: Feels that way for me too sometimes.
(PILLS RATTLING) It'll get easier.
You okay?
Just a headache. I was up late grading papers.
- (SIGHS) - It wasn't supposed
to take this long, you know.
Dream's always been Formula One, but it feels
like I'm just kind of treading water.
Hey, no race was ever won on the first corner.
Yeah.
You still love it, don't you?
Yeah, of course. Yeah.
Maybe that's not enough.
I don't know.
Apex offered me a seat at Laguna Seca for next weekend. I...
I told them I needed to think about it.
You're just tired.
Yeah.
ENZO: I spent a sleepless night contemplating what Denny had said.
Quit racing?
He was a racecar driver the way I was a dog.
It was his nature.
His destiny.
MAN (ON TV): According to Mongolian folklore,
the dogs are able to see into the spirit world...
- EVE: Zoe, honey, dinner's ready! - I want to wait for Daddy.
EVE: Daddy's teaching tonight.
- Five more minutes? - EVE: Ugh!
Okay. Enzo, dinner!
- Yes! - (INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV CONTINUES)
(CLANKING)
ENZO: And then all my worries about Denny were eclipsed by a smell.
An odor coming from her ears and sinuses like...
decay. Like rotting wood.
(CLANKING)
Given a facile tongue, I could have warned her.
Don't give me a hard time, too, buddy.
ENZO: Instead, all I could do was watch and feel empty inside
because there was nothing I could do to help her.
In the zebra's mute stare, I could sense it mocking my predicament.
- Eve had assigned me to protect 201%. - (CAR ENGINE REWING)
(EXHALES)
But no one had been assigned to protect Eve.
(CAR DOOR OPENS. SHUTS) (CHAIN RATTLING)
(CAR ENGINE WHIRS)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
(BARKING)
Hey, hey, shh. You're gonna wake up Zoe.
- (DOOR SHUTS) - Come on.
(CAR ENGINE REWING ON TV)
(BAG THUMPS) Since when do you watch my incars?
How come you go through the turns so much faster than the other cars?
Well... (KEYS JANGLING)
most drivers are afraid of the rain, because it's an unpredictable element.
They're forced to react to it.
And if they're reacting at speed...
then they're probably too late, so they should be afraid of it.
- Well, I'm afraid just watching it. - (CHUCKLES)
Yeah, but if you intentionally make the car do something,
you don't have to predict. You... you control the outcome.
So, you skid the car before it skids itself?
Yeah.
Yeah. When I'm in a race car,
I'm the creator of my own destiny.
"That which you manifest is before you."
Create your own conditions and rain is just rain.
(DENNY CHUCKLING)
Tomorrow morning you're gonna call the folks
at Apex and you're gonna tell them that you'll see them in Laguna Seca.
(CHUCKLES) And you can't give up, not ever.
Not for us. Not for anyone.
Promise me.
I promise.
ENZO: At that moment, I finally understood Denny's love for Eve
and why, for so long, I had been afraid to love her myself.
She was my unpredictable element.
She was my rain.
ANNOUNCER: It's looking to be a beautiful day here
at Laguna Seca Raceway in Salinas, California.
We have a deep field of 43 GT cars and an impressive roster
- of drivers. - (UTENSILS CLATTERING)
(EVE RETCHING)
(SNIFfilNG, PANTING)
(CLEARS THROAT, RETCHING) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
- Mommy? - EVE: Go pack your bag.
We're gonna to Grandma and Grandpa's for a few days
until Daddy gets home. Okay?
- Are you feeling sick? - I just really need to rest.
Please?
(GROANING)
(RETCHING, COUGHING)
- EVE: Come on. - ENZO: It all happened so fast.
(DOOR LOCK CLICKS)
In five minutes, they were gone.
But I wasn't gone. I was still there.
Denny always said panic's a driver's worst enemy.
So, I did not panic. I did not over correct or freeze,
even though I knew Denny wouldn't be home for at least another two days.
But I'm a dog.
And when God denied dogs the use of thumbs,
He gave us the ability to survive without food for extended periods.
So, although a thumb would've been very helpful,
allowing me to turn a doorknob, for instance,
my second-best tool was my ability to go without food.
The longer my isolation continued, the more anxious I became.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV) ENZO: What if Denny never returned?
With only a limited supply of drinking water,
I had no way of knowing how long I'd have to make it last.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV CONTINUES)
I sustained myself with the odd stray Cheen'o
Zoe had dropped...
and suffered the indignity of relieving myself on the mat...
- waiting for my ordeal to end. - (CAR DOOR SHUTS)
(ENZO BARKING) (CAR ENGINE REVVING)
(ENZO BARKING)
(BARKS) (THUNDER RUMBLING)
ENZO: It was roughly 40 hours into my solitude
when I think I began to hallucinate.
I 'd just discovered some remnants of spilled yogurt
- when I heard a noise. - (THUDDING)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
ENZO: It was the zebra.
(BARKS, GROWLS)
(SWORD SWISHING)
ENZO: [stalked the creature as it performed its brutal burlesque...
(THUNDER RUMBLING) ENZO: not sure how much more
I could abide. (TOY SQUEAKS)
(BARKS, GROWLS) (FABRIC RIPS)
(LAUGHS) (GROWLS)
(ENZO SNARLING)
(LAUGHS)
ENZO: Iran out, hoping that what I had seen was only in my mind,
a demonic vision driven by lack of glucose.
(THUNDER RUMBLING CONTINUES)
ENZO: But somehow, I knew that it was true and that something terrible had happened.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV) (DOOR LOCK CLICKS)
(THUD) (DOOR SHUTS)
- more than two weeks... - (KEYS JINGLING)
Anyone home?
Enz, hey. What are you doing? Come here.
(ENZO GRUNTS) DENNY: Enzo, come here!
(WHINES)
Come here, bud. Hey.
What happened? Where is even/one?
Eve?
Are Eve and Zoe still there?
Can I talk to her?
Yeah. I'm at the house. Enzo is here.
Wait, Eve, wait, hold... He's been here the whole time?
I thought you took him with you!
No, I got to go. I got to take care of him.
(PHONE BEEPS) (CLANKING)
The mat was the only place you used, huh?
Come here, bud. There you go.
- ZOE: Daddy, I missed you! - DENNY: Oh! I missed you, too.
ZOE: Can I say hi to my animals?
- DENNY: Yeah, go up. - EVE: Sure, sweetheart.
- I'm just trying to understand. - Ugh. I felt so sick I wasn't thinking.
The doctor thinks it's maybe something viral.
Hi, buddy. Hi.
Enz, I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry. (ZOE SCREAMING)
- (GASPS) Zoe? - ZOE: Something happened to my animals!
(ZOE CRYING) DENNY: This is a mess.
I... I don't understand why he'd do this. Zoe, stop crying.
I'm gonna go find him.
- Get over here. Get over here! - (ENZO WHINES)
Bad dog! Come on!
Look what you did. Look what you did!
You see that? Why would you do that?
- Bad dog! You stupid dog! - Denny, stop!
What are you doing?
ENZO: I had only one thought,
The zebra must have reassembled itself
and attacked the remaining animals after I left.
I should've destroyed the demon when I had the chance.
I should've eaten it, even if it killed me.
(ZOE SOBBING)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
I'm so sorry, Enz.
I promise I'll never do that again.
You're a tough old dog.
Come on. Come on.
(UTENSILS CLANKING) I won, by the way.
Like first in class?
First overall. (GASPING)
Plus, a permanent seat in the Apex prototype.
- EVE: Oh, my God, Denny! - (DENNY LAUGHING)
- EVE: Oh, my God! - They want me down in Sonoma
to start training with the team right away.
I'm so proud of you.
I was thinking we could all go on the road?
- Yes. - Maybe at least for the summer?
- Yeah, go to all the races and everything? - (BARKS)
Oh, my God. 206.
ENZO: In racing, your car goes where your eyes go.
A driver who cannot tear his gaze from the wall
will inevitably meet that wall.
But the dn'ver who looks down the track as he feels his tires break free,
that driver will maintain control of his car and his destiny.
I realized this was what Denny had done.
He had manifested a win
- because he knew we needed one. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
And then we'll just meet you after she's done with school
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) EVE: Keys.
- Okay. I'll call you tonight. - Okay.
Bye, bud. Hey, kiddo, I need that. (CHUCKLES) Let's see.
Thank you. Thank you.
- (GROANS) Bye. - Have fun.
ZOE: Bye, Daddy!
(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(EVE SIGHS) (CELL PHONE RINGING)
- Hi, Mom. - TRISH (ON PHONE): Hi.
I wanted to see how you're feeling.
I'm fine. Much better.
I'm taking Enzo for a hike while Zoe's at school.
I need to get into shape, I feel so gross.
TRISH: Honey, you're frail as a whippet.
- Is Denny out of town again? - Mom, I'm not getting into this.
I hear enough about it from Dad.
TRISH: Sweetheart, I'm really just asking.
I know.
Um, I got to go. I'll call you later. I love you.
- TRISH: llove you. - Bye. (SIGHS)
(EXHALES)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
EVE: It's okay.
I'm okay.
(EXHALES)
(BARKS)
ENZO: There are moments when the urge to speak
- is truly maddening. - (ENZO BARKING CONTINUES)
(SIREN WAILING)
- WOMAN: There's a number. - (SIREN WAILING CONTINUES)
ENZO: Sometimes I hate what I am.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
DENNY: Hey, come on.
Come here.
Yeah, she's gonna be okay.
- Appreciate this, Mike. - MIKE: No problem, man.
They're talking about not even doing a biopsy, just go in and get it,
you know, malignant or not.
You, um, you want me to call Apex for you?
Nah, I already did.
Told them I'm out for the season, maybe longer.
I have to be here.
Okay, Enzo, you're gonna bunk with Uncle Mike tonight.
- What do you say about that? - You be good for Mike, okay?
See you in a couple days.
ENZO: I would have done anything to stay with him.
But being a dog, I was not allowed into the hospital
to hear the diagnosis or the options being discussed.
I was almost ten years old
but no one confided in me,
or expected anything except that I control my barking
and do my business outside.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) ENZO: Somewhere the zebra was dancing.
I thought about escaping.
I wanted to push everyone away
and run off to live with my ancestors on the high desert plains of Mongolia.
I might have, too, if not for my absolute faith
in Denny's ability to make things right again.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
She's out of surgery.
Now we just wait and... see how she responds.
The clutch fails. Brakes go soft from overheating.
The poor driver will crash. The average driver will quit.
But the great driver will drive through the problem.
Hey, listen.
I have to teach tomorrow,
so you're gonna go to Caroline's house after school
and I'll pick you up at six.
- Okay. - Okay.
Daddy?
Yeah.
When's Mommy gonna come home?
I don't know, pal.
Soon, I hope.
ENZO: The great driver finds a way to keep racing.
Good night, Daddy.
- DENNY: Love you. - Love you, too.
(EXHALES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) (BUS HISSES)
Oh, what's the matter? You like grilled cheese.
But it's gonna be cold by lunchtime.
You know, give your dad a break.
I'm kinda learning on the job here, kiddo.
Your wife works too, huh?
My mommy's in the hospital. Her brain got sick.
DENNY: Okay, so I'm gonna pick you up right after school.
But today's Tuesday. I have an extended day.
- Okay, so what time is that over? - Ask Mommy. She knows.
- Bye, sweetheart. - ZOE: Bye.
- ZOE: Hi, Mommy. - ENZO: Days became weeks,
and still Eve did not come home from the hospital.
You're gonna be okay.
Everything's gonna be okay.
Maybe you should sit down now.
(GROANS)
ENZO: The people who cared about Denny made special accommodations.
Mike got him some part-time work at the garage
and looked after me whenever Denny asked.
- Ow! - ENZO: And there were other skills
he was forced to master.
- ZOE: You're hurting me! - DENNY: Okay.
I'm sorry.
ENZO: Zoe spent the hot summer days-
- at a kids' camp over by Green Lake... (ZOE GRUNTS)
Hi, sweetheart.
ENZO: and the occasional night with the twins.
TRISH: Bye!
Here we go.
ENZO: Oh those nights, Denny would stay late
at the hospital with Eve.
When we'd come home, he would be very quiet.
(CHAIN RATTLING) (SIGHS)
ENZO: And then it would fall to me to provide what he needed.
(EXHALES)
(DENNY PANTING)
ENZO: By autumn, we'd come to resemble something like a seasoned pit crew.
- Annabelle, Parker... Yeah. - ENZO: Anticipating,
adjusting, correcting.
- WOMAN: Have a great day! - Wait, sweetheart, here.
- Here's your lunch. Okay... - Thanks, Daddy.
- See you later. Bye. - Bye.
- Bye, Enzo. - MAN: Bye.
- Bye, Mom. - Bye.
What do you say, Enz? You're gonna like this one. You ready?
Hey, Zoe!
Dinner!
ANNOUNCER (ON TV): Benjamin is going around the outside,
- and it's Wilson and Neal. - (CHUCKLES) Oh!
- No fair. It's the red car's fault! - DENNY: Well, yes and no.
See, you've got to be in charge of your position on the track.
That's what the red carwas doing.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV CONTINUES)
At some point, in every race,
you got to take a risk if you want to win.
♪ Slow hands in the fast stuff fast hands in the slow stuff ♪
(CHUCKLES) Oh, my God! Your mom is gonna kill me.
ENZO: That night, Denny got the call.
The doctors were finally allowing Eve to come home,
only she wouldn't be coming home to us.
- Why can't Mommy stay with us? - DENNY: Well, she will soon.
But we thought since your grandparents are home all the time,
it'd be best if she just stayed with them. Just for now.
Mommy's here!
(TRISH AND MAXWELL CHUCKLING) (EVE SIGHS)
- Oh, Zoe... - EVE: That's fine, Mom.
EVE: Oh, my baby.
- I've been waiting for this. - (CHUCKLES) Me, too.
(ENZO WHINES)
It's still her, boy.
- (CHUCKLES) - EVE: Mm.
"And it was snowing on a squirrel, it was snowing on a beaver
- "and it was snowing on everyone." - (CHUCKLES)
"But then he said, 'Oh, look, just as we thought.'"
And Boggan said, 'Wish.'
"Charles wrote his wish on a piece of paper..."
DENNY: I don't... I don't understand. What exactly are you asking?
Maxwell and I think Zoe should stay here with us.
At least until...
Until what? Are we just assuming now that she's not gonna make it?
MAXWELL: We're all praying for the best, but you heard what her doctor said.
This might be the only time Zoe has with her mother.
I can drive her to and from school. Or you can.
Whatever you want.
And... and you're welcome to stay here, too.
We just didn't think that you...
It's really up to you.
I'll talk about it with Eve.
Come on.
They just want to help us, Denny.
I know.
What matters is what you want.
I want my old life back.
Has my dad been any better with you? He promised he would be.
Yeah, he's fine. We're fine, really. You just...
You just keep focused on you. Okay?
Knock wood. in a few weeks I'll get some strength back
and we can both come home again.
- Right? - Right.
I want you to start racing again.
You've been away from it for too long.
We'll see.
I can't be the reason that you quit.
You promised me that you wouldn't quit.
I won't.
Get some sleep...
okay?
I love you.
I love you so much.
ENZO: It must be so difficult being a person.
Sometimes I doubt my ability to interact on such a level,
but I know it's required if I'm to become the human I hope to be.
Take care of our girls, Enzo.
ENZO: I stayed awake all that night and many others that followed.
The demon was coming for Eve. But he would have to get through me first.
Only once the others awoke did I dare relinquish my guard duties.
Lazy dog.
ENZO: On some nights, Denny kept watch with me.
- But he couldn't rest in the morning. - (DENNY INDISTINCTLY SPEAKING)
(ZOE GIGGLING) (ENZO BARKING)
- I got it, I got it. Okay. - ENZO: He had to stay strong for Zoe.
Tug-o-war. What about this one?
(BOTH LAUGHING) (ENZO GROWLING)
- DENNY: Whoa! We've got a tug-o-war. - (ZOE CHUCKLING)
(ZOE GIGGLING) (ENZO BARKING)
DENNY: Which one's he gonna get? Which one's he gonna get?
(ENZO BARKING CONTINUES)
(DENNY GRUNTING)
Here it goes! I got it. It's over there!
Enz, come here. (ENZO GROWLS)
Good boy.
- TRISH: Remember? - ZOE: Yeah.
ENZO: His endurance knew no limits.
DENNY: Ah, hey...
- a tennis racket. - TRISH: Yeah!
And Grandpa got you lessons at our club
on a Wednesday afternoons. Won't that be fun?
- (CHUCKLES) Yeah! - Actually, Wednesday's not that good
for me. I'm at the garage all day.
That's all right. We can drive you, Zoe, right?
- Yea h! - Yeah.
ENZO: And when Eve's parents dated on Zoe, he let them.
He understood this was their way
of pushing out of their minds what was happening to their own daughter.
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
ENZO: A task that was, of course, impossible.
(BARKING)
("HELPLESSLY HOPING" BY CROSBY, STILLS & NASH PLAYING ON STEREO)
♪ Helplessly hoping her hariequin ♪
♪ Hovers nearby awaiting a word... ♪
- Hi. - Surprise!
DENNY (LAUGHS): What's the surprise?
- Just come. - EVE: We decided to have a party.
We're having a party? I think, I think I'm a little under-dressed.
You look incredibly handsome.
Are you sure you're up for this?
I want to come home.
I want you home.
So bad, you have no idea.
♪ Wordlessly watching he waits ♪
♪ By the window and wonders ♪
♪ At the empty place inside ♪
♪ Heartlessly helping himself ♪
♪ To her bad dreams ♪
♪ He worries did he hear a good-bye? ♪
♪ Or even ♪
♪ Hello? they are one person ♪
I They are two alone they are three together ♪
♪ They are for each other ♪
Do you see?
Do you?
I'm not afraid of it anymore.
Because I know it's not the end.
But you knew that, didn't you?
You know everything.
ENZO: Not everything, no.
(EVE EXHALES DEEPLY)
ENZO: But I know this...
Eve's last breath freed her soul.
I saw it leave, myself.
Released to continue its journey elsewhere.
(DENNY SNIFFLES)
(EXHALES)
(SOBS)
(MUSIC PLAYING)
DENNY: That's nice.
That's a baby game. I have to be a grown up now.
(SIGHS DEEPLY)
Trish just fixed Zoe something to eat.
Thank you.
(SIGHS) All those people.
All her old friends.
- Students of hers. - Yeah, everyone loved her.
I thought I'd be ready, you know?
I mean, I... I knew it was coming, but...
I wasn't ready.
Not at all.
Well, to be honest, Denny, that's...
what's concerning us a little.
That you haven't made any preparations.
- You don't seem to have a plan in place. - Plan? I don't...
Zoe's eating an egg and some toast.
We just started.
Oh, I thought...
I'm sorry, started what?
Can one of you tell me what exactly is going on here?
Um, Maxwell and I have been talking, and, um...
we were wondering if maybe
the best situation for all of us involved
might be if Zoe continued to live here with us.
- (SCOFFS) What? - MAXWELL: She needs stability right now.
And, frankly, we don't think you're in a position to provide that.
MAXWELL: Not if you're gonna return to racing.
Are you... are you gonna go back to racing?
Of course, yeah.
Not right away, but...
And when you do, who's gonna take care of Zoe then?
I will.
- Like you did Eve? - Maxwell!
What the hell is that supposed to mean?
Denny, please, none of us has the heart to argue about this right now.
Maybe if you'd been around more, you'd have noticed something was wrong.
- Maybe it could've been caught in time. - TRISH: That's not true!
TRISH: He's upset, Denny, he'sjust upset.
You don't think that I asked the doctors that question a thousand times?
We all know there's nothing anybody could've done.
That's not what this is about.
Zoe is coming home with me. End ofdiscussion!
We just want to consider what's best for Zoe.
And if you want to have any relationship with her,
I suggest you stop pushing this issue right now!
- See, what'd I tell you? - But you could still be in her life,
just as much as you want to.
We have the time and the money to care for her the way Eve would have wanted.
You can continue to pursue your racing full-time.
I... I'm... I'm done. I'm done listening to this.
You're giving us no other choice.
Maxwell, you promised me you wouldn't!
(STAMMERS) Wha... (PAPER RUSTLING)
Are you kidding me?
I just buried my wife
and you're suing me for custody of my daughter?
(SOBS) Denny, I'm... I'm so sorry.
- This is not at all what we thought... - ZOE: Finished my egg.
Sweetheart, go inside and pack your things.
- We're gonna go home right now. - Everything's fine, honey.
Your dad has some things to take care of, so you'll stay with us for now.
Zoe, go and get your stuff. We're leaving.
Who the hell do you think you are?
MAXWELL: You can't do this alone and you know it.
What happens when you're back to disappearing
for days on end at those races of yours?
You're on a plane every weekend. You missed her birth, for Christ's sake!
You're not taking her.
- (GRUNTS) - Oh, my God.
(GROANING)
- Are you... - I'm fine.
I said I'm fine!
Denny, please let her stay. Just for now.
The lawyers could come up with a compromise!
DENNY: Zoe!
We'll come back later for your dolls, okay?
Okay.
Get in the car, sweetheart.
You're making a big mistake!
Enzo, get in.
(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
- Not now, Enzo. - (CHAIN RATTLING)
(SCOFFS)
What? Okay.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV)
ENZO: I didn't know what was on. I only knew he needed a distraction.
(BARKS) It was something Eve used to do
- when Denny was down. - Okay, you crazy dog.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV)
ENZO: It turned out to be the 1989 Luxembourg Grand Prix
in which the Irish driver Kevin Finnerty York
finished victorious while driving the final 20 laps
with only two gears.
A true champion can accomplish things a normal person would consider impossible.
Denny just needed to remember that.
DENNY: Thanks for taking my call at home, Mark.
You're the only lawyer that I know.
- And you're the only mechanic I trust. - (DENNY CHUCKLES)
Relax, Denny. From what you told me on the phone,
this is open-and-shut.
- Where is your daughter now? - DENNY: She wanted to go to school.
Should I have kept her at home?
No, that's good. You're responding to her needs.
They're trying to claim you're an unfit parent
because of the intrinsic dangers of your occupation.
It's a totally bogus suit.
Can't imagine why they even bothered to file it.
I'll demand a summaryjudgment and that'll be that.
I mean, you're... you're saying there's not even a chance.
This is Washington State.
The child is always awarded to the biological parent.
No question. (BREATHES DEEPLY)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) (CAR DOOR OPENS)
- Afternoon, Officers. - (CAR DOOR SHUTS)
- You Dennis Swift? - I'll just check
if he's still in the back.
I'm Denny Swift.
Would you step out from behind the counter, sir?
Okay.
- We have a warrant for your arrest. - (DENNY SCUFfiNG)
(BARKS) DENNY: Some kind ofjoke?
Sir, please place your hands on the counter and spread your legs.
- (ENZO BARKING CONTINUES) - Okay.
Hey, hey, buddy, it's okay, it's okay.
DENNY: Can you tell me how long this is gonna take?
You have the right to remain silent...
I need to pick my daughter up from school.
- Denny, I can pick her up for you. - No, call Mark Finn.
- He'll... he'll know what to do. - Do you understand your rights?
- Yeah, I understand. - This way, please.
- Call Mark Finn. - Stay.
- TONY: What are you arresting him for? - (BARKS)
ENZO: I'd only felt such helplessness once before.
(CAR DOOR SHUTS) ENZO: The day Eve collapsed in the woods.
MARK: Coffee tomorrow morning, 8:30 sharp.
- We'll go over everything then, all right? - All right.
We tried picking Zoe up from school, but...
Yeah, I know, her grandparents got to her first.
They timed this thing on purpose, man. Come on.
Thanks, Mike.
MARK: Fourth-degree assault is a gross misdemeanor,
so it's unlikely you'll see any real jail time.
But we both know that's not what this is about.
There's almost no chance you'll be awarded custody
if you're convicted. (SCOFFS)
Now, because of the criminal charges,
the judge granted a temporary restraining order.
That means you're looking at 90 days
- before you can see Zoe again. - No.
- No, I... I can't not see... - MARK: You're gonna have to.
Eve's parents already filed a motion to terminate your rights.
- Mark, this is crazy. He grabbed me. - Any witnesses?
Trish, I guess, but her back was to us.
- I can talk to her. - MARK: No,
do not speak to either of them, I mean it.
You'll jeopardize your entire case.
Now, to explain your absence to Zoé
we have agreed to invent a story about you driving for a team in Europe.
I also managed to negotiate a letter exchange.
Ninety days!
ENZO: The injustice was unbearable.
First, Denny lost Eve, and now he would be deprived of Zoe, too.
Denny struggled as the weeks passed.
(CHUCKLES)
ENZO: While I very much wish to be human,
there is one advantage to being a dog that I will miss.
- What do you think, Enz? - (BARKS)
ENZO: Itis this...
A dog can power down his psyche and slow his metabolism.
He can sit for hours on end with no effort.
A dog can change the tempo of the world, but people are at its mercy.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
MARK (ON PHONE): What's the deal with the dog?
- Huh? - MARK: The dog.
Zoe's been asking her grandparents to see the dog.
Of course, she can see Enzo.
Tell her he's been staying at Mike's
and I can have Mike drop Enzo off this weekend.
- MARK: Okay. I'll fioat it. - Okay.
- Thanks, Mark. - MARK: Listen, my secretary says
we sent you an invoice.
- Yeah, I paid that. - MARK: That was your prior invoice.
I realize you can't leave the state, so racing is not an option.
But I have people walking on this, paralegals, support staff.
Yeah, I know, Mark. I'll...
find a way to pay you.
(SNIFflES) Hey. (CHAIN RATTLING)
ENZO: It was hard to comprehend this turn our lives had taken.
(BIRDS CHIRPING) (CAR DOOR OPENS)
- ZOÉ (GIGGLES): Enzo! Come here, Enz! - (ENZO BARKING)
Make sure you wipe his paws off
- before he comes in. - (ZOE GIGGLING)
- Grandma just had the carpets cleaned. - Okay. (GIGGLES)
♪ Hey, little Enzo, so nice to see you ♪
I miss Daddy. Don't you?
ENZO: For the first time in my life, I was glad I couldn't talk.
I wouldn't know what to tell her.
(CHUCKLES)
ENZO: After Zoe went to sleep,
I took the opportunity to spy on the twins.
The man put me on the ground.
I cracked a rib, for God's sake.
You saw what happened!
The lawyer said the whole case hinges on you corroborating my statement.
You need to testify.
ENZO: Inside me a darkness was brewing.
Just remember who we're doing this for, okay?
Our granddaughter. That's all that matters.
ENZO: And I was not above using the tools of my dogness
to exact justice.
What?
- You like pepper? - Maxwell.
ENZO: I knew that pepper was bad for me, but I ate it anyway.
Good, huh?
ENZO: After all, I'm just a stupid dog.
It's the second longest bull market we've ever seen.
Potential sellers have not bailed out.
- ENZO: I watched and I waited... - (STOMACH GROWLING)
as in my stomach, a foul concoction steeped.
(ENZO FARTING)
(SNIFFS) (INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV CONTINUES)
Come on. Come on, we got to go outside, come on.
(STOMACH GROWLING)
Come on. Let's go, let's get busy, come on!
(STOMACH GROWLING CONTINUES) Come on, let's go, let's get busy.
- Oh, no, no. No! No, no, no, no! - (DEFECATING)
MAXWELL: Trish! Get down here!
The dog just took a liquid dump on the carpet!
Where's the bucket? Oh, God.
Trish! Can you get down here?
ENZO: You get busy, mister.
Your eyes are already forward,
- looking at that next turn. - Mm-hmm.
- You know, give me a second, okay? Hey. - STUDENT: Sure.
What happened? I thought they were keeping him until tonight.
Yeah. From what I understand, Enzo wasn't exactly the ideal house-guest.
Okay. Well, we're almost finished up here.
ENZO: It'd been years since these old eyes had seen a live track.
I didn't realize just how much I'd missed it.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) ENZO: I even felt the tug of my old dream
of driving in a real race car alongside him.
KITCH: All right, let's checker the session,
clear the track! All the students to the grandstand.
Nobody head home yet. Hey, Denny, got a minute?
- DENNY: Give me a second. - (CAR DOOR OPENS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES) Luca!
- Don, how are you? Good to see you. Hello. - KITCH: Good to see you.
This is Luca Pantoni from Ferrari. He's visiting us from Italy.
- Denny Swift. - PANTONl: Pleasure.
- Is this the new model? - Yeah, direct from the factory.
- It's even better-looking in person. - You know, I saw you race once.
- In Daytona. - Yeah, that was a tough one.
Luca was hoping you could show him the track.
Yes, sir. (ENGINE REVVING)
(PEOPLE WHOOPING, CHEERING)
MIKE: Who is that?
Head of driver development from Ferrari in Italy.
MAN: Whoo-hoo!
I figure it'll take him a lap to get comfortable
- but next time by, it'll be a fiyer. - (CHUCKLES)
- Come on, follow me. - MIKE: Come on, Enz.
Up here, guys. Bring it in.
Now watch. You're getting a master class here.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
That said, any of you ever drive like that,
I will black flag you so fast your head will spin.
- Denny's a professional. - (TIRES SQUEALING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) (CAR DOOR OPENS)
(CAR BEEPING)
How was it? (DENNY CHUCKLES)
- That was incredible. - Ha!
You deserve it.
- All right, show's over! - What'd you think, huh, boy?
- KITCH: See everybody tomorrow! - You're a Ferrari guy. Isn't she a beaut?
I would like to offer you a job.
I work in Maranello, the factory headquarters,
and we have a wonderful track there.
You'd be testing the cars.
Thank you, Mr. Pantoni, but...
there are certain things
that keep me from leaving the country right now.
Don explained to me all about your troubles.
But if your situation should change,
my phone is on the card.
- It was a pleasure. - DENNY: Thank you, sir.
Come on.
(ENGINE REVVING)
He's asked about you over the years.
When I told him what you went through with Eve,
- he said he wanted to hire you. - Huh.
All I know is, he respects how you're fighting for your daughter.
And what if I don't win?
KITCH: There's no dishonor in losing the race,
there's only dishonor in not racing because you're afraid to lose.
Now go find your students, get back on the track.
That's where you belong.
(CLICKS TONGUE) Come on.
ENZO: Ninety days seemed an eternity, even for me.
But at long last, day 90 arrived.
- Hey. Hey. - ZOE: Daddy!
DENNY: Oh! Hi. (CHUCKLES)
Enzo! (ENZO BARKING)
- MARK: I'll be back for her by six. - DENNY: Okay.
- Take care. - Thanks.
(CHUCKLES) Hey. Hey.
- Mrn. Missed you. - ZOE: Missed you.
Come on. (CAR ENGINE REVVING)
- Come on, Enzo. - DENNY: I made something special
- for dinner. - (UTENSILS CLANKING)
- Daddy? - DENNY: Yeah?
- Are you gonna go back to Europe soon? - (DENNY CHUCKLING)
- No, not yet, sweetheart. - Yay.
But, 20, you need to stay with your grandparents
forjust a little while longer, okay?
- No, I want to come home. - I know you do.
And I want you to, more than anything, but...
the lawyers still need to make a decision about where it's best for you to live.
Okay? That's just part of what happens when someone's mommy dies.
Just tell them. Tell them I want to live back home with you and Enzo.
DENNY: Okay.
I'll tell them.
- There you go. Bye, baby. - Bye, Daddy.
(DENNY SIGHS) MARK: You'll get her every other weekend
- until the trial. After that... - It's all or nothing.
(GLASS TAPPING)
Look, Denny, I...
I know this isn't what you want to hear right now,
but their attorney made it clear to me.
The suit, the criminal charges, it can all go away tomorrow,
if you dropped your custody claim to 206.
Now, I have an obligation to make sure you understand, we have leverage now.
I'm talking visitation, privileges.
Things we're gonna have a much harder time securing,
if you're found guilty of assault
and Zoe's grandparents are awarded custody.
- Leverage. - I'm not saying we can't win.
We might.
But we could also lose. Big.
- Can't lose, Mark. - Denny, anyone can lose.
You, of all people, should know that.
Look, just... just give it some thought.
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
(CHUCKLES) (CAR ENGINE REVVING)
ENZO: I knew what Denny was thinking.
If he just had a steering wheel to hold onto,
his hands wouldn't shake.
(RAIN PATTERING)
"Just you and me, Enzo."
That's what he'd always say when we'd take our night runs.
- Come on, Enz! Let's go. - ENZO: But not that night.
We were together, but alone.
I began to devise a plan.
We'd drive to loss school one day,
pick her up unannounced and then head straight for Montreal,
where they host a Grand Prix every summer.
Enz? Enzo, stay where you are! Enzo, no!
(ENZO WHIMPERS) DENNY (GASPS): Oh, God!
- I... I didn't see him! - DENNY: It's not your fault.
- ENZO: It was mine. Stupid. - Is he okay?
- DENNY: He's still breathing. Um... - ENZO: Im so stupid.
Let's get him in your car. (PANTING)
ENZO: Your car goes where your eyes go. How could I forget?
Ayrton Senna did not have to die at Imola.
That's what I was thinking on the way to the hospital.
He struck the concrete barrier
at the Tamburello comer at 190 miles an hour.
But, by all accounts, he would've survived if not for a small piece of suspension
that managed to penetrate his helmet.
Straight to the back.
(MACHINE HISSING) ENZO: But I know the truth.
Senna died that day because his body had sen/ed its purpose.
His soul had learned what it came here to learn.
And I knew that if I had already learned what I was meant to...
- I too would be gone. - (MONITOR BEEPING)
- But apparently, I still had work to do. - DOCTOR: Fair amount of internal bleeding.
Also, some renal damage.
He is very lucky. It could have been far worse.
I have to be honest with you, Mr. Swift. An old dog like yours,
this kind of injury's often the beginning of the end.
X-rays, sedative, pain meds and nighttime emergency fee
- comes to 812 dollars. - (DEVICE BEEPS)
Thank you.
(MACHINE BEEPS)
NURSE: I'm sorry, your card was declined.
Oh. Okay, um, here's my debit.
(MACHINE BEEPS)
- Uh, it says insufficient funds. - Is there a problem?
Uh, I deposited my paycheck today, so it probably just needs to clear.
I do have some cash. I have... I have 300 dollars.
I can go to the bank first thing in the morning
and... and bring the rest by then.
It's fine. These things happen. Write a receipt for the 300,
leave a note for Susan to invoice the balance in the morning.
Actually, do you...
Are you okay if I keepjust 20 of it?
Thank you.
DENNY: You ready to go home? Huh, pal?
ENZO: The medication kept me in a near-constant dream state for weeks
- which I confess came as a relief. - (AUDIENCE CHEERING DISTINCTLY)
Anything to replace that look I'd seen on Denny's face.
MARK: It's not for me to say whether it's the right decision or not.
But, for what it's worth,
I support you on this a hundred percent.
Me, too. You're doing what you have to do.
Zoe will understand when she's older.
The visitation schedule will be as we discussed.
Plus, three weeks in the summer,
a week at Christmas, and the April school break.
- But what about the charges? - MARK: They'll be dropped immediately.
Like I said, Denny, we had leverage.
ENZO: A sharp panic rose in my throat.
- I need a pen. - ENZO: Was I still dreaming?
Who was this person, this impostor?
- What had he done with Denny? - Sorry. Only one I could find.
ENZO: And then all was revealed. Mmm, it wasn't Denny.
It was the zebra.
I'd been in a position to prevent the demon
from destroying Zoe's toys and I'd failed.
I knew I had to stop it, but how?
Enzo! Enzo! Give me those papers!
Come here! Enzo!
- TONY: Where'd he go? - MIKE: Out the window!
(TONY LAUGHS) DENNY: Enzo, you give me those papers!
- It's not funny, Tony. Enzo, drop it! No! - (MIKE LAUGHING)
I mean, it's kind of funny.
Hey, hey, okay, you made your point. You made your point.
(MIKE AND TONY LAUGHING)
(ENZO PANTING)
Call their lawyers.
Tell 'em we'll see 'em in court.
I'm with Enzo on this one.
- You're sure? - I made Eve a promise.
I'm not quitting.
Man, I got to get me a dog.
(ALL LAUGHING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
ENZO: Denny was prepared to risk everything.
Lose the case and he would lose Zoe.
His breathing that moming struck me as unusual.
(EXHALES SHARPLY) ENZO: Deep inhalations,
quick exhalations.
(DENNY EXHALES) ENZO: It was a sound I recognized.
It was the way he breathed just before a race.
This is it, Enz.
(DOORBELL RINGING)
It's Tony.
Hey, man. Thanks for coming by.
Iwould've brought him by the shop, but he hasn't been doing too good lately.
TONY: Yeah, poor little guy.
DENNY: Hey, Enz, look who's here. It's Tony!
Hey, Enz, buddy. How you doing, hmm?
- Good luck, Den. - Thanks, man. Yeah.
(DOOR OPENS, SHUTS) You want to watch TV?
(BARKS)
ENZO: Dogs are not allowed in court,
so I was forced to imagine what was happening across town.
I invented whole scenes in my head
fueled by Denny's nightly retelling of the day's events
as well as my own admittedly melodramatic sensibility.
- Objection, Your Honor! - ENZO: Perhaps, it was my advanced age
but I found my imagination increasingly prone to wandering.
No, sir, I most definitely did not.
ENZO: Until... (PHONE RINGING)
MAN 1 (ON TV): Isn't it possible at some point
- you decided to speed up? - (BARKS)
MAN 2: Your Honor, I object. Asked and answered.
MAN 1: How? (PHONE RINGING)
(SIGHS)
Yeah. (CLEARS THROAT)
MAN 1 (ON TV): You don't even remember killing...
- Um, I'm on my way. - (PHONE BEEPS)
Something's happened, bud. You want to come?
(BARKS) (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
What's going on, Den?
ENZO: With some effort, I was able to decipher what had happened.
So help me God.
ENZO: Today was the day Trish had testified.
Can you please tell the court about the alleged assault?
TRISH: It happened the way my husband said it did.
PROSECUTOR: So, you personally witnessed Dennis Swift
throw your husband, a man 20 years his senior, to the ground
fracturing a rib and very nearly his wrist?
- Yes. - PROSECUTOR: Thank you.
No further questions.
(SIGHS) (PAPERS RUSTLING)
You can step down now.
JUDGE: I'm going to suggest that we take a brief recess here
while I review all of the testimony and materials.
- I... I... I can't. - (PEOPLE MURMURING)
- Excuse me? - I can't!
(STUTTERS) I... I can't do this. I... I thought I could, but I... I just...
I didn't see anything. I'm only saying what you told me to say.
(PEOPLE GASPING, MURMURING)
TRISH: I'm sorry, but I can't do this anymore.
I know that Denny loved Eve too much to ever hurt her father.
Objection. The witness is clearly speculating.
It's your witness, counselor.
(PEOPLE MURMURING CONTINUES)
MARK: They dropped the charges.
- All of it. Tossed out. - (BOTH LAUGH)
You did it, Denny. It's over, man.
(ALL LAUGHING) (BARKS)
ENZO: He'd done it. Denny's risk had paid off.
If a driver has the courage to create his own conditions...
then the rain is simply rain.
ZOE: Daddy! (ENZO BARKING)
- ZOE: I missed you. - DENNY: Oh, I missed you.
(ENZO BARKING)
ENZO: Zoe was ours again.
Denny had won her back, and it was a victory for the ages.
(PHONE RINGING)
- (PHONE BEEPS) - Hello.
Denny, this is Luca Pantoni retuming your call.
Luca, yes, hi. Thank you for calling me back.
I... I wanted to let you know that the issues keeping me in the States
have been resolved.
ENZO: I could just picture him on the terrace of some magnificent villa.
LUCA: I can tell by your voice
- they were resolved to your satisfaction. - DENNY: Yes, sir.
And I... I was wondering if the job that you'd offered me earlier,
- if that was still available? - It is.
Then my daughter and I, and our dog Enzo,
would very much like to join you in Maranello.
Your dog's name is Enzo?
Yeah, he's a race car driver at heart.
LUCA: Okay, I will have my assistant make all the arrangements.
Welcome to Ferrari.
We will talk again soon, Denny.
Ciao. (BIRDS CHIRPING)
Ciao.
(CHUCKLES)
- GIRL: What is it, Zoe? - KIDS: Wow!
MAN: This is a great party, look at these gifts, it's great.
- Nice cake, Denny. - WOMAN: So cute.
- "Wishing for you a fairy tale birthday." - (DOORBELL RINGS)
- What'd you get? - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- ZOE: Daddy, look! - Oh, cool.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)
(SIGHS) I don't...
If you want me to go, I could...
- ZOE: Grandma! - TRISH: Hi, sweetheart.
ENZO: I might not have been as forgiving.
But Denny had 2061' to think about.
I'd often heard the expression "To be the better man."
- ZOE: Grandpa! - ENZO: Well,
I knew no better man than Denny.
Big number nine.
All right.
- You ready? Ready, steady... - Ready, steady,
9°' (. BLOW -...GO! 5)
- WOMAN (CHUCKLES): Aw... - (ALL CHEERING)
- Happy birthday. Happy birthday. - Thanks, Daddy.
- Okay, who wants cake? - ZOE: Me!
- KIDS: Me! - Yeah? Okay.
Grandma, will you help me with this? Okay, grab a knife
- from the kitchen, please. - (KIDS CLAMORING)
ENZO: Sometimes my life seems like it has been so long
and so short at the same time.
I feel as if I've lived for an eternity.
DENNY: Yo, Enz!
ENZO: And yet it's as if no time has passed at all.
DENNY: Enzo?
ENZO: Ihear the worry in his voice.
DENNY: What happened, pal?
- Oh, Enz. - ENZO: I can smell the day on him.
- Motor oil and gasoline and roast chicken. - Can you get up, bud?
ENZO: I saw a documentary about Mongolia on TV once.
DENNY: Oh... Okay.
ENZO: In Mongolia, when a dog dies,
he is buried high in the hills, so people cannot walk on his grave.
DENNY: I'm here, buddy. I'm right here.
ENZO: His master whispers into the dog's ears
his wishes that in his next life the dog will return as a man.
Not all dogs return as men, they say.
- Only those who are ready. - Let's get you up.
(GRUNTS)
ENZO: I know death is not the end. Eve told me so.
And I believe her.
When I return to this world, I will practically be an adult
the moment I am plucked from the womb
- with all the preparation I have done. - Hey.
- There he is. - ENZO: I will walk among my fellow men,
lick my lips with my small dexterous tongue
- and shake hands with a firm grasp. - DENNY: There's my Enzo.
ENZO: And I will teach people all that I know.
All that I have learned.
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
- You okay now? - ENZO: I'm fine, Denny.
- I am. - You've always been with me.
You've always been my Enzo.
First time I saw you, I knew we were supposed to be together.
(SIGHS)
I love you, boy.
- What are you doing here? - DENNY: I thought we'd go to the track.
'Cause I have a surprise for Enzo.
(ENGINE REVVING)
(SEAT BELT CLANKING) Thanks for arranging this, Don.
We won't be out long.
- Take your time. Track's all yours. - Okay.
- Have fun. - Thank you, sweetheart.
Not too tight? Okay.
You ready? (BARKS)
All right.
- Drivers, start your engines. - (STARTS ENGINE)
ENZO: I have never ever felt so special.
You did it, man.
Brakes are warm, tires are warm.
- What do you say we try a hot lap, huh? - (BARKS)
ENZO: I'd like to stay out here forever.
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
- ENZO: Stay with them forever. - (GIGGLES)
We're gonna take this one at speed. You okay?
(BARKS)
ENZO: I wish I could glimpse what awaits them in Maranello.
Denny will be a wonderful driver for Ferrari.
So wonderful that one day they will pluck him from the ranks
to give him a tryout for their Formula One team.
"Try me," he'll say. I'd like to see that.
(LAUGHS) Enzo!
ENZO: But we can't have everything we want.
Besides, the best drivers don't dwell on the future or the past.
The best drivers focus only on the present.
You've been a good friend.
A very good friend!
ENZO: The best of friends.
Come here.
ENZO: We'll be heading home soon.
But for now, all I want is one more lap.
Just one more.
- I'll bark again so he knows. - (BARKS)
Faster, Denny. Faster!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) (CAR ENGINE REVVING)
(ANNOUNCER SPEAKING ITALIAN ON PA)
(ALL SPEAKING ITALIAN)
(MAN SPEAKING ITALIAN)
Dad!
There's some people who want to meet you.
- Uh... - Come on, they're big fans.
I think you'd really like them.
- You're the boss. - (BOTH SPEAKING IN ITALIAN)
MAN: We are your biggest fans.
Your daughter said that you would not mind.
No, of course not.
My son, he talks about you always.
(SPEAKS ITALIAN) He races the gokarts. He's very good.
Bene. Va bene.
- Oh, could you please sign the program? - Sure.
We are going to watch the race from the infield tomorrow.
DENNY: Hmm. (SPEAKS ITALIAN)
Enzo.
Enzo? (SPEAKING ITALIAN)
My name is Enzo.
He wants to be a champion. Like you.
Mi scusi.
Your son reminds me of an old friend of mine.
My phone number in Maranello.
When you think your son is ready, give me a call.
I'll make sure he gets proper instruction.
Grazie. He... he talks about you always.
He says that you are the greatest driver ever.
- Better even than Senna. - (BOTH LAUGH)
Well, he's a racecar driver at heart.
- Graziel Grazie millet - Graziel
Prego.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Come on.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)
("HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN" BY CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL PLAYING)
♪ Someone told me long ago ♪
♪ There's a calm before the storm ♪
♪ I know ♪
♪ It's been comin' for some time ♪
♪ I want to know ♪
♪ Have you ever seen the rain? ♪
♪ I want to know have you ever seen the rain ♪
♪ Comin' down on a sunny day? ♪
♪ Yesterday and days before ♪
♪ Sun is cold and rain is hard I know ♪
♪ Been that way for all my time ♪
♪ 'Til forever, on it goes ♪
♪ Through the circle, fast and slow ♪
♪ I know ♪
♪ It can't stop, I wonder ♪
♪ I want to know ♪
♪ Have you ever seen the rain? ♪
♪ Comin' down on a sunny day? ♪
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