Northern Exposure (1990–1995): Season 6, Episode 21 - Ursa Minor - full transcript

(BEAR CUB CRYING)

Uh-oh.

You go on.
You get out of here. Scat.

Your mother's gonna come
looking for you.

Go on!

You get out of here!
Scat!

(SHOOING)

Go on.

(BEAR CUB CRYING LOUDLY)

(TIRES SQUEALING)

Like hell.



Morning, Dr. Capra.

Ed. What's going on?

Oh, I was out walking around
yesterday and I found him

all by himself at the base
of Coffee Pot Mountain.

Yeah?

I thought
maybe you could give him
something to help him sleep.

Help him sleep?
Yeah.

He kept me awake
half the night

gnawing on
all the furniture.

Maybe a sedative
or something?

Ed, I'm a doctor,
not a veterinarian.

Oh, well, maybe
you can just keep him then.

What?

Oh, please, Dr. Capra,
I don't want anything
more to do with him.



I just can't deal
with an infant.

He's scaring me.

Oh, come on, Ed,
he's harmless.

He's completely helpless.

Right. And that's why,
Dr. Capra,

he's gonna come
to depend on me.

I don't know
the first thing about babies.

Well, Ed,
why didn't you just
leave him where you found him

in the first place?

I couldn't.

That's family obligation,
you know.

Family obligation?

Well, see, I'm bear clan.

So, well,
it makes him
kind of a relative.

Yeah. Well,

you plucked
this creature
from the wild,

now I'm afraid
it's your responsibility.

Try a baby bottle with
some warm milk at first.

Warm milk?

Yeah, I mean,
I'm clearly no authority here,

but I seem to remember reading
about some classic experiments
in surrogate parenthood.

The more you can
convince this little bear

that you're its mom,
the more likely it'll feed.

lts mom.

CHRIS: There's gonna be a lot
of single-parent families
in Fishville tonight.

MAGGIE: Yes. I can't
wait to fry these up.

You know,
I love catching 'em.

I just hate cleaning 'em,
but you're good at that.

Evisceration's
one of my specialties.

Hey, you remember
that sauvignon blanc we had?

Well, this is
their chardonnay.

Do you realize this is
the fourth week in a row
we've gone night-fishing?

Four weeks?
Mmm-hmm.

I really look forward
to Fridays.

Oh.

(SlGHlNG)

You know what?

I'm not even
that hungry right now.

I hope I'm not getting
a cold or something.

Really?

No, you don't feel hot.

No?
No.

Hmm.

Maybe I should go.

Oh, we don't have to eat.

We could put the fish
in the freezer.

We could just sit around,

have some wine
around the fire.

You know what, I should...

I should...
I gotta go.

I wanted to get up
early tomorrow anyway

and I got a big day.
I got a satellite feed
coming in.

I gotta log that and...

Well, it's only 8:00.

I know,
but you know what else?

I told Maurice I'd go over
to the station tomorrow

and shake down some inventory.

It's really...
It's a big day.

Okay.

Okay. I'll call you
tomorrow then.

(MUSIC PLAYING)
You've got some nerve,
Maurice Minnifield.

You got something
you wanna say?

Flagrantly mowing down
that sign.

And you can't deny it
because Walt Kupfer
is an eyewitness.

I'm not trying
to deny anything.
It was a surgical strike.

It was what was needed.

607 from 623.

I mean, I suppose
you're responsible
for those figures.

Well, of course,
I'm responsible.

You know I update
the population
every two years.

Mmm-hmm.

You ought to be
thanking me

for destroying
that negative publicity.

Listen,
we've got to talk, Ruth-Anne.

How in the world
did you come up

with such a precipitous
decline?

I'd hardly call it
precipitous.

Down 16 people.

Statistically,
that is Akron, Ohio

after Firestone took a powder.

Oh, for goodness sake.

Well, what about
that family of trappers

lives up by
the upper reservoir?
They've got a lot of kids.

We can't include
unincorporated areas.
You know that.

Ruth-Anne,
do you have any idea

what this negative publicity
will do to us?

You might as well
take out an ad

in the Fairbanks Daily Miner
saying,

„Cicely loses economic base.”

Maurice, numbers don't lie.

(HUMMING)

Hi, Chris.
Hey.

Came by for
that acetylene torch.

Yeah. Right there
by the hand-sander, Walt.

Hinges on the smoker
need re-welding.

Mind if I ask
what you're doing?

Getting ready to
take a little trip.

Looks like
you're dressed for bed.

I am going to bed.
The trip I'm taking's
in my mind.

Not one of those
Timothy Leary tours, is it?

No. This is called
lucid dreaming.

You see,
once I'm asleep,

these goggles monitor
my eye movements.

Then I hit my REM cycle
and the lights begin to flash,

to let me know
that I'm dreaming.

That way, my mind wakes up,

even though I'm somatically,
metabolically dead
to the world.

You get to be
honcho of your dream world.

Decide where you go,
what you do.

It's a whole new way
of working out your problems.

You know, like,
if you got an issue
with a woman.

Well, good luck.
Thanks for the torch.

I'll see you, Walt.

(CLOCK TlCKlNG)

MAN: ... minibar
and room service menu,

and all your channels
are listed right on
the back of your remote.

I hope you enjoy your stay
at the Woodbine.

Thanks. It's great.

Anything else?

No, I think
I'm pretty well set.

I am expecting
a Miss O'Connell.

If you can keep
your eye out,
I'd appreciate it.

Glad to.

For you.
Thank you, sir.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Maggie.

Mr. Stevens?
Yes.

Melissa Chenault.

Hotel manager.

There was a small problem.
We need another card.

Your Visa was maxed out.

Oh, oh, sure.

Welcome to the Woodbine.

Everything satisfactory
with your room?

Yes. Yes, it is.
Thank you.

Your bag.
It should've been
put on the luggage rack.

Oh. It's okay.

Not with me, it isn't.

With the turnover these days,

it is almost impossible to
maintain the kind of service

a hotel like this demands.

I do apologize.
No problem.

You haven't
been lying on this
with your shoes on, have you?

Hmm?

Now,
you certainly
can't expect us

to change the bedspreads
between guests.

Removing your shoes
is a common courtesy.

I'm sure
you can understand that?

Sorry.

You have something
on your lapel.

Would you like me to
get the hotel valet
to see to that?

No, it's okay.

There, that's better.

Hey, whoa.

What's wrong?

Well, I'm expecting someone.

Not a problem.
What's her name?

Maggie. Maggie O'Connell.

Mario? Melissa.

If a Miss O'Connell
should come in,

put her in 51 4 and tell her
that Mr. Stevens

has been detained.

Oh, and Mario, do something
about that floral arrangement

in the third floor
elevator bay.

Come here.

Hey, hey.

Oh.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Hey.
Hey.

Hope you haven't
eaten dinner yet?

No, come on in.
All right.

I got some
turkey lasagna here

from The Brick
and these are for you.

Well, what's
the special occasion?

No special occasion.
They were having a big
closeout sale over at Rusty's.

Oh, they were?
Yeah.

Well, put the food
on the table.

I'll get us
a glass of wine.

Hope you don't mind
paper plates?

No. That was my mother's deal.

(EXCLAIMS)

Man,
am I a slob or what?

Don't worry about it.

A woman after my own heart.

So, did you do it?

What?

What you were
talking about

on the radio
the other morning.

The... What was it called?
Lucid dreaming experiment.

Yeah.

And when?
Last night?

Yesterday afternoon.

In the middle of the day?

Well, afternoon naps
are more conducive to it.

You know,
the lighter the sleep,

the better...

You know
what I'm gonna do?

I'm gonna pop this
in the microwave
'cause, you know...

So was it like you thought?

I mean, could you
take charge of your dreams?

Well, I was

able to maintain
full cognitive power, yeah.

So you could do
whatever you wanted?

Do you have any Parmesan?

Uh-huh. In the fridge.

So what'd you
dream about?

Horseback riding.

I went on a trail ride
with Uncle Roy Bower.

Oh, come on.

You didn't dream about...
You know?

No. What do you mean?

What do I mean?

You had the opportunity
to dream about whatever
you wanted

and you chose
to dream about

horseback riding
with your uncle?

Yeah.

I had this childhood thing
I had to resolve.

And Uncle Roy Bower

was this major
imago figure and...

I got some breadsticks.
Have one.

(GRUNTING)

(SlGHlNG)

Okay, okay.

All right, all right.

(BEAR CUB CRYING)

(DEFECATING)

Oh, brother!

Look, what you...
What did you do to me?

(SlGHlNG)

Eugene.
Just the man
I wanted to see.

Dude, nice bear.

You like him? He's yours.

Me?

Oh, sure.
You've already
got two kids, Eugene.

You're experienced.

Ed, I'm salmon clan.

Bears and salmon,
we're natural enemies.

It goes way back.

He'd be much better off
with you people.

Oh, but, Eugene,
I don't know the first thing

about child-rearing.

Heck, I never even read
Dr. Spock.

Can't you talk to
Ginny or something?

She put her foot down
when I brought a hamster home.

No more pets.

Oh, Eugene, he's more
than a pet, much more.

He's a cute little bugger.
Yeah.

And he's really smart, too.
I'll bet you could have him
housebroke in no time.

No can do, Ed.
Oh, come on, Eugene.

I can't sleep at night.

Just about the time
I start to drop off,

well, he starts
crumpling newspapers
or whimpering or something.

At least think about it.

Sorry.

I can ask around, though.
You never know.

Oh, say,
Eugene, how about just
babysitting for a night?

I got Bonnie Norell
coming over.

And, well, it's my first date
since me and Heather broke up.

We're gonna
watch Moonstruck

and I'm gonna make
spaghetti with clam sauce.

Sorry, bud.

Come on. Nobody wants you.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Be right with you, hon.

All right. What'll it be?
The usual?

WOMAN: Yep.

Okay. Hot P and a four-top.
Side of homers.

Okay.

Sorry, it's been
really busy this morning.

I can't believe you.

Hot P and a four-top?
Yeah.

Plaid stockings?

Aren't they a kick?
Shelly lent them to me.

I should
get my own pair.

What?

You know, I understand
the whole Kerouac thing.

And if you want to get down
with the people, that's fine.

I just want you
to come home.

Phil, I still
have a few things
to work through, okay?

MAN: Darling.
Excuse me.

Warm up your java for you?

Put it right there, peach.
All right.

Could you stop by
after work some night?

Yeah, yeah.
It's a great idea.

It'll give us a chance
to finally talk.

No pressure.

My computer locks up
every time I try to
use my new inkjet.

And you're Mr. Cyber.

I thought maybe
you could give me a hand.

No problem. I'd be glad to.

Thanks.

Ruth-Anne, do you
have any cheesecloth?

At 1 2:00.
Right by the cornichons.

Don't you hate it
when they make you
buy a whole pack,

and all you need is
enough for a bouquet garni?

You haven't seen Chris,
have you?

Today? No. Why?

Well,
I went by the station
to drop off this ad.

The place was empty.

He had the tape player running
all by itself.

Oh, I know what it is.

He's been going
to bed after lunch.

Part of this new
lucid-dreaming research.

It's part of what?

Lucid dreaming.
I don't know.

It's some new way
to utilize your dreams.

Well, I suppose
that's one name for it.

You think?
No.

No,
I think it's probably
just like you said.

You know, Ruth-Anne,
I could drop this by Chris'.

I mean,
I'm going right by there.

Oh, would you?
Yeah.

That'd be great. Thank you.
Okay.

Bye.
Bye.

They call them nooners, Chris.
Not ten-after-nooners.

I know.
Customs was jammed
and they lost my bag.

I'm sorry.
It won't happen again.

Be a dear and get me a drink
from the minibar.

Dewar's, straight up.
Keys.

You know,
it really doesn't
take a lot of effort

to keep your jacket
from getting wrinkled,

even on a long flight.

CHRIS: You're right.
I'm careless. Sorry.

Who picks out your ties?

I do, I guess.

Well, remind me
to buy you a decent
Hermes while we're here.

Now, take it off.

I shouldn't be doing this.

Oh, please.

Although, personally,
I find guilt very sexy.

It's just Maggie and me,
we're kindred spirits,
kind of.

Are you trying
to make me ill?

Anyway, I think
you're missing the point.

What's that?

Maggie's not here.

Oh.

Wait.

(BOTH MOANING)

(MOANING AND SlGHlNG)

MAGGIE: Hey, Chris.

(CHRIS SNORING)

That's Maggie.

You've gotta hide.
Maggie'll catch us here.

(SHUSHING)

Relax, darling,
everything's under control.

(CHRIS MOANING)

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

MAGGIE: Chris,
are you in there? Chris?

What am I gonna do?

Lie.

Hey, Maggie.

You can't come in here
right now.

Well, why not?
'Cause it's a mess.

Yeah, the toilet overflowed.

There's water
everywhere and...

I'll tell you
what we're gonna do.

You go downstairs
and get us another room.

And I'll get dressed

and I'll come down
and meet you in a few minutes.

You okay?
Yeah. Yeah.

I'm great. I'm fine.

How are you?
You good?

Your flight was good, huh?
I'll see you in a little bit.

Oh, no, you won't.

She...

(CHRIS MOANING)

(CHILDREN CHATTERING)

(BEAR CUB CRYING)

I wonder if me and bear
could come in for a while?

This space is for kids.

Oh, I know.

I just wanted him to
play for a little while.

I really need a break.

Well, if it's
just for a little while,
it'll probably be okay.

You sure he can't
hurt the kids?

I'll keep an eye on him,
Lucille.

Oh, Shelly,
it's been terrible.

I get home,

he's got
my fishing gear
all tangled up,

trash all over the place.
I...

What?

Well, I almost snapped,
Shelly.

I came this close
to spanking him.

Believe me, Ed.
I totally understand.

You're no different than
any of the rest of us.
I mean it.

We start this parent gig

and we all think
it's gonna be

Look Who's Talking.

All hearts and diapers.

Like we never even think
about losing our cool.

But, Shelly, I just
don't have the patience.
I don't have the energy.

Wait till you get
woken up 44 times a night.

Sometimes,
you just go mental.

Tell me about it.

Oh, of course, you learn
to bag those feelings.

But you wouldn't be a parent
if you didn't have 'em.

LUCILLE: In fact,
I read where being a mom

is just under being a cop
and an air traffic controller

for high-stress occupations.

Well, what do you do?

Well, first, you learn
not to off yourself
for getting snarky.

And then you learn
techniques to chill.

Like what?

Time outs,
counting to ten.

Talking it out
really helps.

Remember, Ed,
you're not alone.

Uh...

(GROWLING)

Bear.

Oh, come here. I'm sorry.

We'll go now.
Come on, bear.

MAURICE: How many of these

honey baked ham franchises
do you actually own?

MAN: Fourteen.

Oh, that's pretty good.

What are you,
28, 29 years old?

Twenty-six in September.

Mmm-hmm.

Well,
that's very impressive.

I was 30 when
I made my first million.

'Course,
in those days,

a million was
worth a million.

You know, you really
don't have Alaska covered

until you have a pushpin
right in Cicely.

Well, the thing
about Honey-Baked is

it's a volume business.

I mean, if you don't have
a decent throughput,
you're dead.

That's what I'm saying.

That location
that I'm talking
about's perfect for you.

I had my staff do
some research on Cicely.

Housing starts,
per capita income.

Not exactly Atlanta
in the '70s.

I gotta be straight out,
Maurice,

this is a no-brainer.

Too risky.

Try printing.
That's what usually does it.

When did you
start smoking?

Hmm?
Oh, I really don't smoke.

Just gives my hands
something to do.

Well, it says something,
Michelle.

You never smoked before.

There's obviously some
underlying anxieties
about your decision.

No, I love what I'm doing.
I do.

I mean, look at this.
Three nights of tips.

Do I have to declare this,
do you know?

Come on, Michelle.

You know, honey,
what I'm doing,
it occupies the mind.

You know, there isn't
time to get anxious.

I know what it is.
It's this place.

Admit it, Michelle.

If we were still
in Los Angeles
and Santa Monica,

you'd rather
be ripped apart

by the coyotes
than wait tables.

Maybe it is Cicely.

Something about it.
Something very freeing.

(PHONE RlNGlNG)

(BEAR CUB CRYING)

Hello?

Hey, Bonnie.

We're still on for tonight,
aren't we?

I did try to get a sitter.

Well, I was thinking
maybe I could just get him
to sleep early, you know?

Well, the smell's
not so bad now, Bonnie.
I got some air freshener.

Uh-huh.

No, Bonnie,
he's not really a problem.

No, I understand.

No, no, that's fine. Okay.
I'll talk to you later.
Bye.

(CRASHING)

All right, that's it.

I tried. I'm through.

I quit.

See this? It's just a coat.

I'm not your mother!
I'm not even your friend.

(RlNGlNG)

Ron? Erick?

Anybody home?

Hey.

What are you doing here?

I just...

I'm trying to deliver
this ant farm for
Erick and Ron

that I flew in.

What about you?

Just out for a walk,
thought I'd come by,

see if the guys wanna
get a game of poker going.

Listen, Chris.

I'm sorry for intruding
the way I did.

Well, you know,
I had no right

to walk in
on you while you were
in bed and everything.

What do you mean?

Well, you know,
the other day.

Oh, sure.

Of course. You.

You, a hotel,
it changes every time.

It's this hotel this time,
not the Woodbine.

And an ant farm. Right.

Chris.

The parallel universe,
feel it?

I can cut right through now.

All this craziness
that I've been
going through in my mind.

Chris, are you okay?

Hmm.

Listen, you've got
to understand one thing.

This chick,
she meant nothing to me.

All right?
She meant nothing.

Just the same
old control issues,
like power equals lust.

I mean, who could resist
a dominatrix like that, hmm?

So, there is someone else.

No. No, no, no.

All in the land
of imagination.

Some crazy twisted dream,
you know?

Obviously,
I'm making progress.

Look, you're here, not her.

Oh, that's flattering.
Yeah.

And we're on our home turf.
We're not at the Woodbine.

What is the Woodbine?

You know
what the beauty is?

No consequences.
Just me and you.

We can jump right up here
on this counter right now
and...

(RlNGlNG)

What do you say?

I'm leaving now.

Well, you can't leave.
'Cause it's my dream.

I'm controlling the dream,
see?

I'm the dream master.
You've got to do what I say.

Hey, I command you. Pop.

Okay.
Now, I want you
to stay in there.

Don't go anywhere.

What are you looking for,
Ed?

Oh, Ruth-Anne,
we have anything
you can spray on furniture,

you know, to keep bears
off it, like Bear-Away?

Well, why don't you
try the dog products?

Thanks, Ruth-Anne.

Bear? Bear?

(HORN HONKING)

(CAR HORN HONKING)

Hey, Jimmy.

Get out of there.
Get out of there.

Bear?

Bear?

Walt?
Hmm?

Did you see a bear
come by here?

He's pretty short,
maybe 15 inches?

Sorry, no.

Oh, bear?

Bear?

(BEAR CUB CRYING)

There you are.

I told you to wait for me.
Oh, yeah.

Don't you ever
do that to me again.

Oh, yeah.
All right. All right.

Hi.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Mind if I join you?

„In the desert stand
two vast and trunkless
legs of stone”

Can I get a Scotch,
straight up, please, Eugene?

„And on the pedestal appear
My name is Ozymandias

King of kings

Look up on my works,
ye Mighty, and despair!”

Buy you another cask full,
Maurice?

I'm Ozymandias, that's me.

Standing in the ruins
of an empire

that never was
and never will be.

That song.

They were playing that song
when Michelle and I
first drove into this town.

Make it a double, will you?

I hate that song.

I have sunk my flag
into this land.

I wanted to see Cicely grow.
I wanted to see it flourish.

But the population's
not going up,

it's going down.

Businesses aren't opening up,
they're closing up.

Wait a minute, Maurice.

You lured me up here
with talk about
double-digit growth

and boom times
around the corner.

That's just great.

I mortgage my future
to a ghost town.

Put myself into hock,
destroyed my marriage.

I sink into agoraphobia.

Damn it.
Hayden, would you stop
playing that damn song?

Sorry, Doc. Machine's
already got my four bits.

Hey, I'm not kidding around,
Hayden!

Don't make me
come over there.

HAYDEN: Sorry, Doc.
There's nothing I can do.

That does it.

God damn it.
I hate that song.
I hate that song. I hate...

You see all this
white water out here, bear?

Now, right time of year,
this is all gonna be
chock-full

of bar-sided chum salmon.

And you can fish from
right there where you are.

Or you can wade out here
like me.

Get out here
and do it from here.

Well, come on out here.
You're gonna have to
learn sometime.

What you're gonna do
is you're gonna wait
till the salmon jumps.

That's when
you make your move.

Okay, you're gonna wait
till he jumps.

Good bear. Attaboy.

Hour 36 of the marathon.

Tenth cup of joe.

The only way I know to
prevent unwanted dreams is

not to sleep.

So far it's working.

Hey!

What are you doing here?

We had a date, remember?

I waited for
nearly an hour.

Well, some things came up.

Is that the best
you can do?

Okay, I can't do this
anymore.

Can't or won't?

I'm not the guy
that you think I am.

I knew you weren't
a risk-taker, Chris.

But I never pegged you
as a one-woman man.

Mmm.

Well, you and me,
we never had a relationship.

We just jumped in the sack
without saying two words.

Talk is cheap, Chris.

What we had
was a lot more interesting.

Well, what...
Oh. What we had was

anonymous

and purely physical.

Right.

I don't want that.

Oh, yeah.

I want communication.
Mmm. I want intimacy.

Oh, I can't believe
I just said that.

I take it then
I won't be seeing
you at the Woodbine?

No.

No.

You showed promise, Chris.

There was
something wonderfully
meaningless about us.

Well, I better be going.

There's a Korean Airways
tour group

I should be meeting.

I'll FedEx your shirt.

Well, you take it easy,
Melissa.

MAGGIE: Chris, wake up.

Chris, hey, hey. Chris!

What?

Oh, man!
The record's been skipping.

It's been driving
everybody crazy.

What's the matter?
What's the matter?

Oh, Chris, I think
you're sleep-deprived.

Got you.
She meant
nothing to me.

EUGENE: Come on, Chris.
Come on.
Nothing.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

I'm not interrupting, am I?

No, of course not.

I brought you a sandwich.
Prosciutto and provolone.

Light on the Dijon.
Just the way you like it.

Thanks.

There's something else.

Hey, perfect.

Oh.

No, I mean,
I want to come home.

Or give it a try, anyway.

Oh, honey, honey,
that's wonderful.

Nothing's changed, Phil.

I'm keeping my job,

but I'm moving my things
out of The Brick.

That's great, honey.

What made you
change your mind?

What?
Well, you.

Seeing you last night
when you flipped out.

You want to come home
because I mauled a jukebox?

I'd forgotten
that side of you.

Like a wild animal,
foaming at the mouth.

It was stirring.
Just beautiful.

Well, I was a little drunk.

You don't mind
if I join you,
do you?

Of course not.

Okay, bear.

Oh, here's something
you should know about, bear.

See these?

These are low-bush
cranberries. They're good.

(lMlTATlNG CHOMPING)

(BEAR CUB CRYING)

Easy to reach
and lots of nutrients, okay?

Now, over here,
these are baneberries.

Yuck, yuck, black or red.

Yeah. They'll make you
really sick, yeah.
You don't want those.

(EXCLAlMlNG lN DISGUST)

This stream right here,

this is also really good
fishing right around here.

(BEAR GROWLING)

That's all right.
That's your mother
over there.

You go see her, okay?

Go on, go see your mother.

She's been
looking for you.

She missed you.
Go on, go on.

He really likes popcorn.

MAURICE: If you're gonna
do business in Cicely,

this is the best location
you're gonna find,
Mr. Subra...

Subramaniam.
Right. Whatever.

Utilities included?
Yeah.
We can negotiate that.

What kind of business
is it you're starting here?

Well, I buy inventories
from distressed companies.

Bar supplies,
women's foundations,
discontinued electronics.

You know, this is really
more space than I need.

Well, there's plenty
of room to expand.

Well, I could go maybe $400.
Utilities lncluded.

What?
That's right.

Well, $400?

What,
do you want me
to give it away?

Look,
that might be all right

in your little corner
of the steppes,

but it won't wash here.
No, forget it.

Well, Mr. Minnifield,
if you change your mind,
I'm at The Sourdough lnn.

Uh-huh. Bye.
Bye.

Hey, wait a minute.

Is that your family?

Yes.

How many kids have you got?

Six.

Are they healthy?

Yes.
Well, Machmood had the flu.

I'm gonna
give you a break.

Oh? Good. Done.

Welcome to Cicely.
Thank you.

Howdy!

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

You know,
I was checking out
the regs on cutthroats.

No bait from
November to September.

I wonder why that is?

Survival rates, I think.

Yeah. You release
off of a baited hook.

Trout have
a fifty-fifty chance
that they're gonna die.

One in 20 if unbaited.

Well, I just hope our luck's
as good in broad daylight
as it's been at night.

Hmm.

You know what
Holling told me?

He said he saw
some snow geese
flying over the lake.

Must've been stragglers.

Geese, huh?

Did you know that
they were monogamous?

Yep. I knew that.

Wonder what
their secret is.

Hmm.

That looks nice.

Well, I don't know
if the fish'll like it,

but I think
it's kind of pretty.

That's very pretty.

See if the soup is hot.

Geese.

What?

Nothing.

My money says
we top 630 next year.

What do you say?

Do you hear that, Maurice?

What?

I don't know.
Sounded kind of like a bear.

Maybe I better
get the Remington.

Oh, no.
It's probably
just the wind.

ED: Think about it,
Maurice.

They stay with you
even after they leave home.

MAURICE: Huh?

Children.

If you say so.