I'd like to have a word with the birthday boy.
Can you young men go away, please?
[whistles] Thanks.
What did you just wish for when you blew out the candles?
Nah, I don't think you're gonna like it.
Whatever you wished for, whatever it was,
I am going to make that wish come true.
(Forrest voice-over) Eric was understandably hesitant
to share a secret wish,
but to make it come true, I'd have to know what it was.
- What I wished for... - Yeah?
was for mom and me to move back to L.A...
Well...
And to move in with Joe Dale Jr.
Can you really make that wish come true?
(Forrest voice-over) Could I?
I did not know,
but this review meant I would have to try.
That's what you want?
You don't want a go-kart or anything like that?
Joe says he has five go-karts at his house.
Oh, Joe's got five go-karts.
Oh, my God.
(Forrest voice-over) This was a devastating,
punishing, miserable request.
I came here prepared to build a go-kart,
which would have been hard enough.
Instead, I would have to try and convince
to former love of my life
to move in with a jerk.
[sighs]
Wow, I was just thinking about Joe in there.
He's fantastic.
What a--what a great guy.
Yeah, he is great. I-I really like him.
- Yeah. You do, huh? - Yeah.
So do I.
I didn't know if it was gonna be hard for you
and I was even gonna tell you beforehand,
but you were out getting shot or whatever.
- Did you know this? - What?
Okay, so whatever, he's sweet, he's funny, he's handsome.
He's handsome, of course, but he loves Agatha Christie.
How cool is that?
- Unbelievably cool. - Yeah.
(Forrest voice-over) Incredibly enough,
my wise and thoughtful ex-wife was genuinely smitten
with a man who is capable of craving a MILF.
But she was still too sensible to pick up and move
without an invitation.
For that, I would need to convince my betrayer.
You guys are basically like my favorite couple I've ever seen.
I like her, man.
Ever since I started dating her,
whenever I get a little something on the side,
I feel pretty bad about it.
Did you say that you have already cheated on Suzanne?
Yeah, but I'm gonna try not to.
Yeah, yeah. No, that would be great.
(Forrest voice-over) Joe did not strike me as a family man,
but I could not give up.
You should ask her to move in with you.
Mm, I gotta tell you.
I like to throw freaky parties, you know?
Like, good-looking women at the house in the pool.
Yeah, I'm glad you're saying that,
because that's how these guys are as well.
They love to throw down
with good-look-- good-looking women in the pool.
It'll just be the same old Joe Dale Jr.,
just with a loving partner to come home to
and a little guy hanging around
who just thinks the world of you.
- Whoo! - I can tell you,
I had that, you know.
You could really literally just
walk down there and go get it.
Cheers, man.
Who's ready to play?
(Forrest voice-over) I had tried my best to make a wish come true,
but I doubted that a shallow man like Joe Dale Jr.
would make this sort of commitment to a woman
no matter how great she is.
[dramatic music]
But a week later, I got the call that Suzanne and Eric
were moving in with him in Los Angeles.
- I got it. I got it. - Are you sure?
I got it. I got it. Oh!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. - I got it.
- You got it? - Yeah, I got it.
(Forrest voice-over) I had fulfilled my son's wish,
and aside from the truly awful feelings
associated with delivering my family
into the hands of a habitually unfaithful fraud,
I can report that it was satisfying
to see the wish recipient so happy.
Dad. What are you doing here?
Suzanne invited me to stay
in one of Joe Dale Jr.'s guesthouses.
Sleeping on the floor in your office
is just doing a number on my back.
Yeah, Dad, I don't think that's a good idea.
He's got a pool, son.