Children and adults help each other as equals, showing family warmth.

Sheila: Hello, Hank.

Henry Carpenter: Hey, fashion road kill.

Sheila: What you doin'?

Henry Carpenter: Workin' on some notes.

Sheila: Think you're pretty brilliant, don't ya?

Henry Carpenter: I prefer precocious.

Sheila: Shit, Hank. Why'd you have to go and do this?

Henry Carpenter: Henry.

Sheila: Look, even though we...

Henry Carpenter: I know. It's called reaction formation.

Sheila: What?

Henry Carpenter: It seems we have an antithetical relationship, but... we're just behaving towards each other the opposite of how we really feel. I think you're pretty, thus I insult you. Childish, yes. But... I am a child.

Sheila: [sheila stands, leans over the bed and kisses henry] You take care, Hank.

[sheila turns and leaves]

Dr. David Daniels: Henry, you've got something in your head right now. Something we call a tumor. It's not a good thing. So, we had to see if we could remove it without hurting any part of your brain. Uh, it's tricky stuff. And we were able to get some of it.

Henry Carpenter: Come on, man.

Dr. David Daniels: Excuse me?

Henry Carpenter: This kind of rapid onset, cutting right away, the expression on your face, the way I see it, it's got to be a high grade ependymoma or glioblastoma. I don't know why I didn't think about that. What with the headaches and the blurred vision I just thought it was stress. Large mass?

Dr. David Daniels: Uh... yeah.

Henry Carpenter: Extended?

Dr. David Daniels: Yeah, it is.

Henry Carpenter: Has it spread to critical structures?

Dr. David Daniels: Well, we tried to resect it, but unfortunately...

Henry Carpenter: I see. My MRI?

[henry reviews the MRI]

Henry Carpenter: Irradiate?

Dr. David Daniels: [neurosurgeon shakes his head no] I'm sorry.

Henry Carpenter: I'd like to be alone, please.

Susan Carpenter: Sweetie, I don't think...

Henry Carpenter: Mom... um, I'd like to be alone.

Susan Carpenter: Okay.