The Royal Tenenbaums · written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson · 2001

As Royal leaves, he tells Chas to take it easy on the boys and says he does not want this to happen to Chas.

Scene 92 of 143 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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The story so farBefore scene 92

After losing his hotel room, Royal claims he has only weeks to live so he can move back in with his estranged family; as the truth unravels, he must find a way to be useful and earn a place in their lives.

Scenes 1–39
Royal is absent from the children’s adult lives, and their family remains shaped by his betrayals and abandonment.
Scenes 40–47
Royal wants a path back to Etheline and the children, and claims impending death will give him one.
Scenes 48–50
He returns to the house and openly asks his children for a chance to make things right.
Scenes 51–90
Royal tries to reconnect through schemes, misjudgments and genuine care, learning that affection alone cannot erase old injuries.
Just before
Scene 89
Henry carries the medicine upstairs to confront the people involved in Royal’s story.
Scene 90
Henry challenges Royal’s cancer story and reveals that the hospital is fictitious; Royal removes his medical tubes, Chas calls a taxi, and Royal says the past six days were the best of his life.
Scene 91
Etheline asks why Royal deceived the family; he admits he hoped to win her back and remove Henry before leaving the house.
Scene 92
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92INT. STAIRWELL. DAY.

Chas stands at the bottom of the stairs and watches Royal come down with his suitcases. Royal stops in front of him.

ROYAL

Take it easy on those boys, Chassie. I

don’t want this to happen to you.

Chas hesitates. Royal walks past him and goes out the front door.