- [last lines]
- Zonker Harris: [he's back under Walden Puddle] What happened to everyone? Ah, nothing special. Just... caring in different ways.
- [a leaf falls towards the water, blown by the wind]
- Zonker Harris: Feeling the present as it moves by. Things gotta change, right?
- [his head emerges and he watches the falling leaves, laughing]
- Zonker Harris: And the trees agree!
- [pause, then]
- Zonker Harris: Good going, trees.
- [he slowly submerges, waving to the trees and the falling leaves]
- [first lines]
- Mike Doonesbury: [Zonker is submerged under Walden Puddle] Zonker! Zonker!
- Zonker Harris: [underwater] Steady, lads, steady...
- Mike Doonesbury: Zonker!
- Zonker Harris: Fire!
- [a miniature trident shot from underwater pins a falling leaf to a tree]
- Mike Doonesbury: Zonker!
- Zonker Harris: [his head comes out of the water] What?
- Mike Doonesbury: Dinner's in ten minutes.
- Zonker Harris: So?
- Mike Doonesbury: We'd prefer you dry.
- Mike Doonesbury: [B.D. is ranting about Vietnam] Why isn't he watching the game?
- Barbara Ann "Boopsie" Boopstein: His favorite halfback was killed.
- Joanie Caucus: I think I know something of the necessity of change. My life hasn't exactly been devoid of rage either.
- Mike Doonesbury: You mean your old man back in Denver?
- Joanie Caucus: Uh-huh, but I stopped fighting it.
- [remembering]
- Joanie Caucus: My last batch of perfect french fries was delivered to the dinner table July 21st, 1972.
- Mike Doonesbury: [smiles] You still make the best.
- Joanie Caucus: Yes, but not in Denver.
- Mark Slackmeyer: [everybody's making fun of Mike's cooking] Joanie...
- Joanie Caucus: Yes?
- Mark Slackmeyer: This is really your responsibility.
- Joanie Caucus: Mine?
- Mark Slackmeyer: You *know* Mike needs supervision when he walks into that kitchen.
- Joanie Caucus: I know and I'm sorry... I left the room for a second and then everything fell apart.
- Joanie Caucus: [talking about her work at the day care] Mike, it's a whole new generation of hearts and minds out there, and that challenge goes a long way in justifying the earlier pain. I mean...
- [the scene shifts from the kitchen to the day care]
- Joanie Caucus: it's the same struggle getting through the day, taking care of the kids... yes, yes and, and feeding them and, uh, picking up after them and stopping their fights.
- [she laughs]
- Joanie Caucus: Yes... but I'm getting paid for it!
- Ellie: How much?
- Joanie Caucus: Not enough, honey.
- Mark Slackmeyer: [Zonker has just announced his conclusion that the commune is passe] Where will I go? Who will I be? What'll I eat?
- Zonker Harris: Those are heads-up questions, Mark, because unless you're from Vermont the commune is finito.
- Joanie Caucus: [Ellie is waiting for her outside the commune] Mike, go out and entertain the wave of the future, will you?
- Ellie: [to Mike, talking about Joanie] How come you got her doing the dishes, Mike?
- Mike Doonesbury: It's her turn, Ellie. She'll be out in a minute.
- Ellie: Oh. I didn't mean to be strident or anything.
- Mike Doonesbury: That's okay. I've been there.
- Ellie: During the revolution?
- Mike Doonesbury: [laughing] The revolution? What could *you* know about the revolution?
- Ellie: Well, it was against what's-his-name... Nixon, and it was fun and usually held outdoors.
- Mike Doonesbury: Ellie, it was a little more complicated than that.
- [pause, then]
- Mike Doonesbury: We're still all trying to figure it out.
- Ellie: Even as we speak?
- Mike Doonesbury: Even as we speak.