Doug and Mark rent a sub compact car with no air conditioning to drive across country to identify the body of Doug's father.  Doug finds out that his father died in a car accident.  He was driving drunk and he ran a stop sign while going 120 mph, killing 2 people and himself.  The driver of the truck he hit was a father of six.  The other person that was killed was with Doug's father, Ray, and she was his wife.  He goes to where Ray was staying and goes through his things.  He finds some pawn tickets and also finds out that Ray didn't wreck his own car; he must having been driving his wife's.  Doug gets in the car and thinks about his father.  Him and Mark go for a ride.  Doug tells Mark that he learned how to drive in that car.  The car quits and runs out of gas.  They look in the trunk for a gas can and find baby stuff.  He finds out that his dad has another son.  When they return to the room,  Doug calls Carol as Mark walks in to hear the tail end of the message Doug leaves on her answering machine.  Mark wants to know who he was calling and after a while Doug gives in and tells him that him and Carol have been seeing each other.  Doug realizes that he is in love with her.  Doug and Mark go to Mr. Lopez's funeral.  They also go to the pawn shop to see what his father has there.  He finds a Rolex watch, some rings and a movie projector.  They go back to the room and watch some old movies of Doug, his mom and his dad.  Afterwards, Doug learns that Mark's parents live only 4 hours away in San Diego.  Mark's mom is very excited to see him.  She fixes them some of her sweet ice tea and then Doug leaves for a while so that Mark can spend time with them.  Mark learns that his father is on oxygen and has emphysema and that his mom is on high blood pressure pills.  Mark and his dad don't talk very much.  Mark tells Doug that he didn't miss much not having a father when he was growing up.  Him and Doug argue a while about it because Doug gets offended by it.  Mark tells Doug that the person he was died in the bathroom last year when he was beaten and left to die.  They head back to the room and when they arrive Carol is there waiting for Doug.  They embrace and kiss.  The next morning they go to a mountain top and Doug scatters his father's ashes about and then the 3 of them drink a shot of whiskey.

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 09-16-2000