JAG1995

Midshipman Mike 'Mikey' Roberts:
Bud needs you, dad.

Big Bud Roberts:
I've talked to him. He sounds fine.

Midshipman Mike 'Mikey' Roberts:
Talking to him on the phone is not the same as seeing him.

Big Bud Roberts:
I don't want to see him like that.

Midshipman Mike 'Mikey' Roberts:
So, what, you're just going to avoid Bud for the rest of your life?

Big Bud Roberts:
No. I'll see him when he gets his...

Midshipman Mike 'Mikey' Roberts:
Prosthesis?

Big Bud Roberts:
Oh, God. Makes me sick just to think about it.

Midshipman Mike 'Mikey' Roberts:
Come on, dad. You were in Vietnam. You must have seen plenty of amputees.

Big Bud Roberts:
I was not "in" Vietnam. I was off the coast on a ship. And the only time I ever saw pants without legs in them was when they were folded up on a supply shelf.

Midshipman Mike 'Mikey' Roberts:
He needs you.

Big Bud Roberts:
Mikey... I went to that hospital. I got as far as the elevator doors.

Midshipman Mike 'Mikey' Roberts:
And what stopped you?

Big Bud Roberts:
I don't know. I don't know, I-I don't know. I don't wanna talk about it.