my very favorite benton-bob dialogue ever

[schmerica]

Fraser: Oh, great.

[his dad is sitting on his bed]

Robert Fraser : Move over.

[Fraser shifts, making room for his dad to lie down beside him in the twin bed]

Robert Fraser: The eyes are the first to go.
Fraser : Hmm?
Robert Fraser : You start to miss things that you used to be able to see. Worse still, you start to see things that aren’t there anymore.
Fraser: Well, I’m not seeing you, I’m dreaming you. Would you move your shoulder?
Robert Fraser: Are you asleep?
Fraser: I’m dead to the world.
Robert Fraser: Are you sure?
Fraser: I’m a log.
Robert Fraser: You don’t look asleep.
Fraser: Well, I am. So, if you wouldn’t mind, I could really use a decent night’s rest.
Robert Fraser: Oh.

--from "The Edge", [due South transcripts]