Yes, thank you. [signing a form] It was really late last night, so we stayed in a motel. I guess there's nothing else to do except come home. Maybe you're right. Maybe he will just come back. I sure hope so. We'll be back this afternoon. Love you, too. [hangs up and puts her phone in her purse; sighs sadly]
No, wait. The kid's got a point. Maybe there are some clues. His behavior has been sporadic, but what about before he left? Did anyone notice him acting strange?
He seemed really tense and uncomfortable and he was smiling really hard like this. [imitates Wilt's strained grin] And he was getting really confused about stuff. Like, he put potato salad in someone's lemonade.
Thank goodness the internet does not offer anyone any privacy.
DDouglas
I never would have guessed Wilt and his creator were in...Japan!
[The group approaches the arrival/delays board as they arrive at the airport; Most of the flights in and out are marked "delayed"; Flight 724 for Japan shows a blinking "on time" sign and the group rushes towards their designated gate]
No thanks. You know what I'm here for, Foul Larry, if that's okay.
FLFoul Larry
A rematch, huh? 'Nother game of 2-on-2? [mocking gasp] Oh, wait! That's right. Your little creator has gone away and left you all alone. [mocking baby talk] Hee hee hee...What do you think you gon' do? You think if you beat me he'll forgive you? He'll take you back? Well, forget it! He don't want you no more! And you know why? 'Cause you let him down. 'Cause you're a loser!
[to Jordan, after he saved him] I don't understand. Why'd you come to get me? I lost. I let you down.
JJordan
Let me down? You saved me. [voice-over on flashback] I didn't even know until Stats told me. And your arm and your eye. It was all my fault. I looked everywhere for you, but you disappeared. If I hadn't been so obsessed about that game, you never would have gotten hurt and I never would have lost you. Losing had taught me something, winning isn't everything. Your friends, the people you loved, that's the most important. That's worth sacrificing yourself for. I created you to make me a better ball player, but instead, you made me a better person. [end of flashback] I can't thank you enough.
[Back at Foster's… Stats, Foul Larry, and a few other imaginary friends from Wilt's neighborhood move in while the 5-year creator reunion comes to an end]
SStats
Come on. It's okay. They know you're not a jerk anymore.
Are you kidding? A big, strong, tough guy like you? You'll be adopted in a week. [pats Foul Larry's head as he pants like a dog and he happily enters the house]
[on the phone with Madame Foster while driving] Look, Grandma, I went to the post office, picked up Mac and Bloo at the movies, and picked up Ed and Coco at the dentist! I don't have anything else to take care of, so I'm on my way!
[lowering herself to Louise's eye level] Please...listen to me. And listen carefully. I have had a crazy day. Now I can forget all about the sandwiches, dentists, courthouses, the brain-sucking aliens from the outer who-knows-where–
[The cell door opens, and Jackie Khones and Coco are let in by the officer who was previously getting sandwiches with them. The officer now has a black eye]
I did give him a sandwich! A knuckle sandwich. I said, "let's get sandwiches," not "I'll buy you a sandwich, you freeloader." [Madame Foster smirks at him] Shut up.
