Step by Step (1991–1998): Season 2, Episode 18 - Aloha: Part 1 - full transcript

The family - don't forget Cody - vacation in Hawaii. Among other adventures, Dana meets the man of her dreams, a beach bum named Brian. The two hit it off, and the romance quickly blossoms to the point where Brian gives Dana a 6-karat solitaire diamond ring in a Tiffany setting. However, Dana is heartbroken when Carol finds out and objects to the impending marriage.

Oh, honey, uh, Carol

remember
that contractors' convention

we went to in Chicago
about a month ago?

How can I forget? I spent
eight hours in a seminar

called The Wonderful World
Of Grout.

Yeah, well, okay, so maybe it
was about a half hour too long

but it was worth it

because we won the raffle.

A trip for the entire family
to Hawaii

including air transportation
and accommodations

at the Grand Hyatt Wailea
on Maui.



[laughs]

[screams]
What? Oh, my God!

Yes! Oh, I can't believe it!

We won the lottery!

We're going to Hawaii!
We're going to Hawaii!

[scatting]

Hey!

[laughing]

What's all this crap
about us going to Hawaii?

Oh, well, I know
it's a bit harsh, Dana

but it's part
of our tough love program.

[laughing]

Look, my study schedule
is all arranged

day by day from now
until the end of the year.



Goin' to Hawaii
is gonna throw everything off.

Dana, Dana,
stop being so compulsive.

Learn to be
a little spontaneous.

Well, I guess if I bring
my books and don't allow myself

to get sucked in by all that
tropical paradise nonsense

I might get some real work done.

She's not really in touch
with her joyful side.

- But I am.
- Aah!

[laughing]

[scatting]

[Cody]
Cowabunga, dude!

I heard about Hawaii.

I can't wait to ride, ride, ride
the wild surf.

[humming]

Uh, Cody?

[Cody humming]
Cody.

Cody!

Huh, book 'em, Danno.

[chuckles]

Listen, Code, uh

we're only allowed
to bring our immediate family.

Oh, yeah.

Well, well, that's okay.
I'll pay my own way.

- You can afford that?
- Well, let's see.

I- I make about $1000 a month.

And, uh, well, I live in my van
in your driveway

so I don't pay any rent.

And I eat your food,
use your water

'your electricity, your gas.'

By the end of the month,
I got, say, $1000 left.

[laughing]

Hey, by the way, Uncle Frank,
I'll try and sneak you back

some of them little shrimp
dillies from first class, okay?

[laughing]

Man, Hawaii.

Is this awesome or what?

[laughs]

[humming]

[theme song]

[all screaming]

♪ The dream got broken
seemed like all was lost ♪

♪ What would be the future?
Could you pay the cost? ♪

♪ You wonder will there ever be
a second time around ♪

♪ Whoa when the tears are over
and the moment has come ♪

♪ Say my Lord
I think I found someone ♪

♪ You know it will be better ♪

♪ 'Cause you're puttin' it
together ♪

♪ For the second time around ♪

♪ Step by step ♪

♪ Day by day ♪♪ Day by day ♪

♪ A fresh start over
a different hand to play ♪

♪ The deeper we fall
the stronger we stay ♪

♪ And we'll be better ♪

♪ The second time around ♪

♪ Step by step day by day ♪

♪ We'll make it better ♪

♪ The second time around ♪♪

[airplane droning]

[instrumental music]

[Mark screams]

[Mark groans]

Okay, everybody, up and at 'em.

Oh, I don't wanna go to school
today. I got a stomachache.

J.T., we're in Hawaii.

It's a miracle, I'm cured!

Carol.

My gosh, honey,
i- it's 6:30 in the morning.

What are you wakin'
everybody up for?

Frank, we're on vacation.

We just don't wanna lie around
and do nothing.

Why not?

Because we will squander this
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

All the books I read said

there are a million things
to do in Maui.

This would be very educational.

Educational?

Oh, man!

We've been suckered.

Alright, alright,
if you don't want to go

on this sightseeing trip

you can stay here with Dana
and study.

We're burnin' daylight.

Which way to the culture crud?

[grunts]

Thank you, thank you.
Thank you very much.

Excuse me, I hate to interrupt
the thrill of victory

but would you mind
getting off my towel?

Oh, sorry, did, did I
get sand all over you?

It's fine. I'll take care of it.

Wow, calculus.

You're sitting
on the most beautiful beach

in the world
and you're doing calculus.

Well, some of us actually wanna
do something with our lives

besides playing Frisbee.

Oh, I-I-I don't do this
all day long.

See, uh, from 3:00 to 4:00,
I watch "Oprah."

You know what helped me
when I was in school?

Those big blocks
with the letters on them?

Actually, uh, I learned never
to study on an empty stomach.

- Would you like to have lunch?
- No, thanks. I'm not hungry.

Oh, well, maybe not now, but
sooner or later, you will be.

So I'll just sit here
for a while.

I got, uh, nothing better to do.

[scoffs]
What a shock.

♪ Ninety nine bottles
of beer on the wall ♪

♪ Ninety nine bottles of beer ♪

♪ You take one down
you pass it around ♪

♪ Ninety eight bottles
of beer on the wall ♪

♪ Ninety eight bottles-- ♪♪

Alright!
I'll have lunch with you.

But it's only
because I'm hungry.

It has nothing to do with you.

Boy, you really know
how to build a guy up.

[cell phone rings]
Could you hold this
for a second?

Thank you.

Hello.

Yeah.

Yeah? Uh, okay, listen.

Wait till the stock
goes down to 15

then buy the whole company.

Sorry, I told them
never to call me here.

[Carol]
'As you've already seen by
the first 11 historical sites'

'Lahaina
is absolutely fascinating.'

'Oh, and here we are
at probably one of the most'

exciting sites,
marker number 12.

Okay, this..

...is the canal.

It was dug so the whalers

could have easier access
to the waterway.

Uh, mom, I hate to bring this up

because you're having
such a great time

but there's no canal here.

Oh, well, not now.
It was filled in 1913.

Oh, darn, we just missed it.

Okay, come on, everybody.
Follow me.

We don't wanna be late
for marker number 13.

[gasps]
Oh, here it is.

We made excellent time.

[laughs]

This is the site
of the government market.

Let me guess.
It's not here anymore either.

Wow, it's like time travel.

Only by the time you get there,
you're late.

Carol, I think
you're losing them.

You better move along
to the big fun real soon.

Good idea. Uh, kids, we're gonna
skip the next few markers, okay?

We'll go directly to number 18,
the Waianae Cemetery.

I bet it's filled with people
who've been on this tour.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anyway, I, I guess you could say

I was one of those
computer nerds.

When I was 15, I, I kind of
invented this software

and then I kind of started
my own company

and then I kind of sold it
for $38 million.

Wow, that's kind of
a lot of money.

Yeah, kind of.

Twenty two is a little young
for retirement.

What are you gonna do
with the rest of your life?

I don't know.

I, uh, spent the last six years

working my tail off
building the business.

All I wanna do now
is hang out, enjoy life

and wait for the next thing
that excites me to come along.

Well, what if
nothing comes along?

I think it already has.

[sighs]

Oh!

Oh, wasn't this a terrific day?

I have no feeling in my feet.

[J.T. groans]

Alright, Codeman,
just drop me off the balcony.

I've lost my will to live.

Well, well, well,
congratulations, honey.

You've succeeded
in killing the entire family.

Hey, I know
you're all a little tired

but isn't it a good tired?

No, honey,
it's more like a dead tired.

Hello, everybody.

Oh, J.T., you got a little sun.

Looking good.

Whoa, who shot Barky
with a tranquilizer dart?

Dana, are you okay?

Don't panic, mom,
I'll handle this.

She met a guy.

Dude.

- Hi, honey.
- Oh, hi.

Oh, Carol, isn't it beautiful
here at night?

Hm, sure is. But don't stay
out here too long.

We have to get up at 4:00
in the morning.

Boy, you know what,
I think my ears

are still plugged up
from that plane ride.

I- I thought you said
we're getting up

at 4 o'clock in the morning.

We are, I wanna get up
to that volcano in time

to see the sunrise.

And then I thought
we could drive to Hana

and see the sights there,
you know.

And then
that sugarcane plantation

that's only an hour away,
and then after breakfast--

Hey, hey, whoa, whoa,
time out, honey, honey.

Flag on the play.

If this keeps up,
I'm gonna need a vacation

to recover from the vacation.

Oh, no. From now on,
all we're gonna do is relax.

But there's so much to do,
so much to see.

I don't wanna waste any time.

Oh, I see.

[chuckles]
You can't do this, can you?

You can't relax.

Oh, don't be ridiculous.
Of course, I can relax.

Oh, my God,
would you look at this?

The kids have fingermarks
all over here.

Carol, we are in the middle
of a tropical paradise

and you're doing windows.

Oh, gosh. Oh, you're right.

You're right, Frank,
I can't relax.

It's like a disease.

I even got kicked out
of yoga class

'cause I was caught
taking notes.

Frank, you gotta help me.

Oh, now come on, honey.

You have come
to the right person.

Now I am going to show you
how to do

absolutely nothing
and enjoy it.

Yeah? You really think
you can teach me, Frank?

Hey, when it comes to being a
couch potato, I'm the top spud.

I- I just don't think you should
put this on the glass

'cause it leaves rings.

Wow, look at this water slide.

This is gonna be great, guys.
Bye.

[screaming]

Hey, look,
there's J.T. and Cody.

Hey, guys, check this out.

[screaming]

- Alright, Brendan.
- Yeah!

[laughing]

Dude, this is a totally
humongous water slide.

You start up here and you end up
all the way down there.

Where?

There,
right next to that red umbrella

where that totally bodacious
Hawaiian babe's wavin' at you.

[instrumental music]

Me?

Did you see that, Codeman?
She blew a kiss to me.

I was standing next to you
and she blew it to me.

- I gotta meet this girl.
- Yeah.

- It's so much fun.
- Watch out, watch out, kids.

Get out of here.
Just get out. Go.

What are you doing?
Hey, it's my turn. Come on.

[screaming]

Whoa, whoa! Hey, hey.

Whoa, hey, wait, wait for me.

[screaming]

[sighs]

Okay, Frank.
I'm ready to relax.

Uh, Carol,
w- w-what's all this stuff?

All the stuff I'm gonna do
while I'm relaxing.

I've got books to read,
needlepoint, crossword puzzles.

And I thought I'd revise
our Christmas card list.

C- Carol, sweetheart, I-I think
you're missing the point here.

Y- you don't need magazines
and you don't need books.

And it's February, so you really
don't need to revise

the old Christmas card list.

Well, what am I supposed to do?

Watch.

Nothing.

Sit back

relax and do nothing.

[sighs]

Okay.

- I'll try.
- Hm.

Hey! Hey, Brendan, Al,
come here.

Hey, guys. Come here.

[panting]

Hey, guys!

They're having a sand castle
competition on Friday

and the winners
get a free helicopter tour

of the whole island.

Wow, a helicopter ride?

That would be totally cool.

Uh, wait a minute, Mark,
we're from Wisconsin.

What do we know
about building a sand castle?

Plenty, I know
about architectural design.

Stress along the structure.

And you guys like
playing in the dirt.

We're the perfect team.

Ow!

Okay, bro,
you are about to enter

the underwater kingdom
of snorkeling.

Where it's just you,
the ocean and the fishes.

It's a totally
mystical experience.

Of course, unless you suck in
a mouthful of saltwater.

Then it's "Chugs Ahoy."

[instrumental music]

Cody, Cody, there's that girl.

[gibberish]

[indistinct]

[gibberish]

[instrumental music]

Dude, I've never seen
anybody run so fast

with flippers before.

Except, of course,
the man from "Atlantis."

But I guess he doesn't really
count being part fish and all.

Dude, what were you looking for?

Cody, it was that Hawaiian girl.
I saw her again.

Wow, you know, you might
actually have caught her

if you didn't trip
on this old bottle.

Hey, Cody, there's a piece
of paper in it.

Whoa, dude.

Check it out.

"With the eye of an eagle,
you'll see rocks in the sea

"created by lava
in groups numbered three.

"You'll find everlasting gold
and this is the key.

X marks the spot
where the treasure will be."

Oh, this is it.

This is why I was drawn
to the island.

Wait a minute, Codeman,
you're not taking this

message-in-the-bottle thing
seriously, are you?

Of course, I am. It's fate.

On the plane, I kept feeling
something pulling at me.

You know, at first, I thought

it was the little girl
sitting behind me.

It was really starting
to tick me off.

But now I realize
it was the island

calling me to pursue
this noble quest.

To find this golden treasure.

Cody, this is totally bogus.

It's somebody's idea of a joke.

Well, maybe, but if it's not,
I'll split the gold with ya.

- Let's hear that poem again.
- Again. Dude.

"With the eye of an eagle,
you'll see rocks in the sea.."

♪ Just to see her ♪

♪ Just to touch her ♪

♪ Just to hold her
in my arms again ♪

♪ One more time ♪

♪ If I could feel
her warm embrace ♪

♪ See her smiling face ♪

♪ Can't find anyone
to take her place ♪

♪ I've got to see her again ♪

♪ I would do anything ♪

♪ I would go anywhere ♪

♪ There's nothing
I wouldn't do ♪

♪ Just to see her again ♪♪

This has been
the best week of my life.

Mine too.

I wish I didn't have
to go to Oahu tomorrow.

I'm not gonna see you
till after dinner.

- Why do you have to go to Oahu?
- I'm meeting with my banker.

They found another
million dollars in my account

and we have no idea
where it came from.

[scoffs]
Gee, I hate when that happens.

[laughs]

I'm really gonna miss you
when you're gone.

Well, I got you a little gift
so you don't forget me.

Oh, really?

A diamond ring?

Brian, isn't this
a little extravagant for a

gee-I hope-you-won't-forget-me
gift?

Then consider it more of a
gee-will-you-marry-me gift.

- Are you serious?
- Yes.

I want you to marry me.