You Need Structure, You Need Discipline --

                                     RICKY
                         No, sir. I wanted to show my 
                         girlfriend your Nazi plate.

               A beat.

                                     COLONEL
                         Girlfriend?

                                     RICKY
                         Yes, sir. She lives next door.

               The Colonel glances toward the window.

               His POV: in the window across from us, Jane peeks out from 
               behind the drape. She quickly pulls it shut.

 

                                     RICKY
                         Her name's Jane.

               A beat. The Colonel is suddenly, deeply shamed.

                                     COLONEL
                         This is for your own good, boy. You 
                         have no respect for other people's 
                         things, for authority, for...

                                     RICKY
                         Sir, I'm sorry.

                                     COLONEL
                         You can't just go around doing 
                         whatever you feel like, you can't--
                         there are rules in life--

                                     RICKY
                         Yes, sir.

                                     COLONEL
                         You need structure, you need 
                         discipline--

                                     RICKY
                              (simultaneous)
                         Discipline. Yes, sir, thank you for 
                         trying to teach me. Don't give up on 
                         me, Dad.

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