The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 3, Episode 12 - The Powers That Be - full transcript
Grandpa Arnold visits the family and gives Kevin a puppy as a gift, but both Kevin and the pup get caught up in the middle of tensions between Jack Arnold and his father.
-♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪
♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪
♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪
♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪
♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ - ♪
TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA ♪
-♪ OH, OH, OH, OH ♪
-♪ SOMEBODY WHO
KNOWS QUITE SURE ♪
♪ BABY ♪
-♪ BY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ SAID I'M GONNA MAKE
IT WITH MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ OH, I'M GONNA
KEEP ON TRYING ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KEEP ON
TRYING NOW, BABY ♪
-♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
-IN EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY,
THERE EXISTS A CHAIN OF COMMAND.
FROM THE PAWN...
THROUGH THE ESTABLISHED RANKS...
TO THE LORD AND MASTER OF
ALL THINGS GREAT AND SMALL.
BUT ONE WEEK OUT OF THE YEAR,
A FORCE WOULD BLOW INTO TOWN
THAT EVEN MY FATHER
COULD NOT CONTROL.
[HORN HONKS]
- TO THE LEFT...
LEFT...
-[HUMMING HAPPILY]
- GRAMPA ARNOLD.
[BRAKES SCREECH]
- OH. WHOA.
ALL RIGHT...
-WHY DON'T YOU GIVE
HIM A HAND, JACK?
-HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.
-[HUMMING CONTINUES]
[HORN BLARES]
MY FAULT ENTIRELY! SORRY!
-WITHIN MINUTES OF
GRAMPA'S ARRIVAL,
MY FATHER WOULD FIND
SOME HOUSEHOLD CHORE
TO KEEP HIM BUSY UNTIL
GRAMPS PULLED OUT AGAIN.
NOT THAT I UNDERSTOOD
EXACTLY WHY...
-[GASPS]
-WELL, I BETTER GET
STARTED ON THE GUTTERS.
[SIGHS]
-HEY!
I MADE IT!
HA HA HA!
OW, OW! OHH!
STOP IT! YOU'RE HURTING MY HAND!
OHH!
- [CHUCKLING]
-TO ME, GRAMPS
WAS A FUNNY OLD GUY
WHO PULLED SILVER
DOLLARS OUT OF MY EARS.
-GRAMPA...
-WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING...
LIFTING WEIGHTS OR SOMETHING?
[LAUGHING]
-GRAMPA, THIS IS
REALLY BEAUTIFUL!
-OH, WELL, I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT.
THAT BELONGED TO
YOUR GRANDMOTHER.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU KIDS STILL
WORE THESE THINGS OR NOT.
-NO, IT'S PERFECT!
-ALBERT, WOULD YOU
LIKE SOMETHING TO DRINK
WITH YOUR LUNCH?
-NO, NO. NOTHING FOR ME.
BUT HOW ABOUT A BIG GLASS
OF MILK FOR MY BOY, HERE?
-WE GOTTA KEEP THOSE
BONES NICE AND STRONG.
-LIKE I SAID, A REAL CORNBALL.
-OH. WAYNE.
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
REMEMBER THIS?
-NO.
-OH, SURE YOU DO!
USED TO PLAY
WITH IT ALL THE TIME
WHEN WE WERE IN THE OLD HOUSE.
YOU'D TAKE IT OUT IN
THE YARD, AND YOU'D SAY...
"FLY AWAY, BIRDIES!
I'M COMIN' TO GET YA!"
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
-OH-KAY.
-WAYNE, THANK
GRAMPA FOR THE GIFT!
-OH, YEAH, THANKS.
I'M GONNA GO TEST IT RIGHT NOW.
-MAYBE HE WAS A LITTLE OUT OF
TOUCH WITH OUR GENERATION...
-COME ON. DRINK UP,
DRINK UP, DRINK UP!
- BUT THERE WAS
SOMETHING ABOUT GRAMPS
THAT MADE ME FEEL LIKE
I WAS 5 YEARS OLD AGAIN.
-SAY [SNAPS FINGERS]
I JUST REMEMBERED...
I GOT YOU A PRESENT, TOO.
I THINK I LEFT IT IN THE CAR.
[CHUCKLING]
- I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
[DOOR OPENS, DOG WHIMPERS]
-YOU LIKE HIM?
-I LOVE HIM!
-[CHUCKLES]
WELL, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE,
THAT'S ALL YOU COULD TALK ABOUT,
SO I FIGURED... WHY NOT?
- "WHY NOT?"...
TWO GLORIOUS WORDS
THAT SEPARATE THE
MEN FROM THE BOYS,
THE DOERS FROM THE SAYERS...
-WE'RE NOT KEEPING THAT DOG.
- THE FATHERS FROM
THE GRANDFATHERS.
-GOOD AFTERNOON, JOHN.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
-DAD.
-OH, COME ON, DAD.
PLEASE, PLEASE,
PLEASE LET ME KEEP HIM?
-IT'S TOO MUCH TO HANDLE.
-I CAN HANDLE IT! I
KNOW I CAN HANDLE IT!
-THE BOY'S 13 YEARS OLD, JOHN.
-I KNOW HOW OLD HE IS.
AND I KNOW WHAT HAVING
A DOG IN THE HOUSE MEANS.
-SO DID I. IT MEANT
STICK-THROWING,
FACE-LICKING, ROMPING...
-RESPONSIBILITY.
-THAT TOO.
-A DOG CHEWS THINGS. A
DOG NEEDS TO BE WALKED.
AND I'M NOT THE ONE
WHO'S GONNA BE WALKIN' HIM
AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING!
-I PROMISE, DAD, YOU'LL
NEVER HAVE TO WALK HIM!
-GIVE THE BOY A CHANCE, JOHN.
A BOY NEEDS A DOG.
BESIDES, I CAN'T TAKE
HIM BACK FOR A WEEK.
MAYBE BY THEN YOUR OLD MAN
WILL HAVE CHANGED HIS MIND, HUH?
[DOG WHIMPERS]
-[GROWLS]
-AND THERE YOU HAD IT.
CORNBALL OR NOT, GRAMPS
WAS A KINDRED SPIRIT,
A GIVER OF GIFTS, A PRINCE.
-A POTATO!
ON THE FACE OF IT,
AN INSIGNIFICANT PULPY TUBER!
BUT CONSIDER, WHAT
DOES THIS POTATO
HAVE TO DO WITH THE
COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS?
HANDS!
GENETICS!
THE TRANSFER OF TRAITS
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION...
AS WE'LL SEE FROM OUR PROJECT.
NOW...
HERE WE GO!
LET'S PASS THEM OUT.
LET'S PASS THEM BACKWARDS.
-WHAT'S HE DOING?
-GOT ME.
-FACT IS, I WAS WONDERING
WHAT I WAS DOING,
SITTING IN MR. CORY'S CLASSROOM
WHEN I COULD BE HOME
PLAYING WITH A PUPPY.
-FOR OUR HOMEWORK, EACH
OF US WILL TAKE OUR POTATO,
PUT IT INTO A GLASS,
AND LOG THE DATA!
HEREDITY!
WE'LL LEARN FROM NATURE!
-YOU GOTTA GO EASY
ON THESE FRAMES.
-DAD, THE FRAME'S MADE OF MAPLE.
ONE POP ISN'T GONNA
CRACK THE FRAME.
-OF COURSE, WHEN IT CAME
TO THE STUDY OF HEREDITY,
I WAS GETTING A
CRASH COURSE AT HOME.
- [GRUNTS]
- PATIENCE, SON, PATIENCE!
-[SIGHS]
-AND IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL,
SOMETHING TERRIBLE
WAS BEGINNING TO HAPPEN.
I WAS FALLING IN LOVE.
-DAD, I'VE BEEN PUTTING THESE
WINDOWS IN FOR 20 YEARS.
I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
- YEAH.
-SIT. SIT.
SIT. SIT.
GOOD BOY.
HEY, DAD!
DAD, COME HERE... LOOK!
-WHAT DO YOU WANT?!
-DAD, LOOK!
[DOG WHIMPERING]
-KEVIN?
WILL YOU PUT THE DAMN
DOG BACK ON THE LEASH?!
-OKAY, OKAY!
[WINDOW THUDDING]
-NOT BAD FOR AN OLD MAN, HUH?
[CHUCKLES]
[DOG WHIMPERS]
CRRRKKKK!
-WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO A GOOD SEASON.
-YEAH, YOU BET YOUR
SWEET BIPPY I AM. [ CHUCKLES]
- "BIPPY"?
WHAT IS THAT... "BIPPY"?
- [CHUCKLES]
-THAT NIGHT, I WAS
NOTICING A CONNECTION.
EVERY TIME GRAMPS
OPENED HIS MOUTH,
MY FATHER WOULD GLARE A
LITTLE HARDER AT THE PUPPY.
-THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE LAUGH
AT THESE DAYS... "BIPPY"?
-WELL, IT'S NOT FUNNY
LIKE "HA HA" FUNNY.
IT'S FUNNY LIKE, YOU
KNOW, "LOOSE, WILD" FUNNY.
-IF YOU WANT TO SEE FUNNY,
YOU OUGHT TO WATCH SOME
"HONEYMOONERS" RERUNS.
-BUT WAIT A MINUTE.
WHAT WAS THIS?
-OH! THAT'S JACK'S
FAVORITE SHOW!
-OH.
REALLY?
-ONE OF THE BEST.
-DID YOU EVER SEE THE ONE
WHERE NORTON AND
RALPH BOUGHT THE HOTEL?
-THIS WAS GREAT!
BY SOME FANTASTIC COINCIDENCE,
GRAMPS HAD STUMBLED
ONTO THE ONE THING
THAT MADE MY FATHER
REALLY COME ALIVE.
-OR THE ONE WHERE RALPH
FORGETS ALICE'S BIRTHDAY?
-[LAUGHS] I LOVE THAT ONE!
-YEAH, I SAW THAT ONE.
-HEH HEH.
LITTLE DID GRAMPS KNOW
THAT DAD'S RALPH KRAMDEN
IMPERSONATION WAS LEGENDARY...
AROUND OUR HOUSE, ANYWAY.
-JACK?
-HMM?
-DO YOUR RALPH KRAMDEN.
-YEAH, COME ON, DAD.
-I DIDN'T KNOW YOU
DID IMITATIONS, JOHN.
-NEITHER DID I.
-OH, JUST ONCE. PLEASE?
-COME ON, LET'S SEE IT.
-[CLEARS THROAT]
ONE OF THESE DAYS, ALICE...
ONE OF THESE DAYS... BANG! ZOOM!
TO THE MOON!
[ LAUGH TRACK PLAYS ON TV]
-HONEY, YOU CAN DO IT A
LITTLE BETTER THAN THAT.
-WELL, TO DO IT RIGHT, YOU
NEED A LITTLE MORE ELBOW ROOM.
-WELL...
-OKAY, SO MUCH FOR THE WARM-UP.
TIME FOR DAD TO LET
OUT ALL THE STOPS...
THE PATENTED "ED
NORTON DOUBLE-TAKE."
-NORTON! WILL YOU ALREADY?!
[LAUGHTER]
-AND JUST WHEN IT
SEEMED LIKE THE SUN
WAS NEVER GONNA SHINE AGAIN,
THE CLOUDS BEGAN TO BREAK.
[LAUGHTER]
-THAT'S GLEASON?
THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE GLEASON.
-AND THEN THE RAINS CAME.
[DOG BARKS]
[WHIMPERS]
-OH, I'LL GET SOME
PAPER TOWELS, HONEY.
[DOG BARKS, THUNDER RUMBLES]
-I LEAVE THE HOUSE
AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING.
THE DOG IS WALKED AND FED
BEFORE I COME DOWNSTAIRS.
IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?
THE DOG STAYS IN THE
BASEMENT AT ALL TIMES.
YOU WALK THE DOG AFTER SCHOOL
AND AT NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE
THROUGH WITH YOUR HOMEWORK.
ANY QUESTIONS?
-NO.
-NO. SEEMED PRETTY CLEAR TO ME.
WHATEVER WAS GOING ON
BETWEEN DAD AND GRAMPA,
IT ADDED UP TO ONE THING.
GENETICALLY SPEAKING...
[DOG WHINING]
I WAS DEFINITELY GETTING
THE RAW END OF THE STICK.
[DOOR SLAMS, THUNDER RUMBLES]
-[SIGHS]
-YOUR DOG ATE YOUR HOMEWORK.
-I-I KNOW IT SOUNDS
CRAZY, BUT...
-MR. CORY...
I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR 13 YEARS.
HE DOESN'T LIE
ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS.
-YOUR DOG ATE YOUR HOMEWORK.
[ALARM RINGING]
-OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, ONE
THING BECAME CRYSTAL CLEAR.
[RINGING STOPS]
-♪ WALKING THE DOG ♪
-IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN
BOY AGAINST PUPPY...
-♪ JUST A-WALKING THE DOG ♪
- I WAS GONNA HAVE
TO TAKE CONTROL.
-♪ IF YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW TO DO IT ♪
-NO MATTER WHAT THE COST...
-♪ I'LL SHOW YOU HOW
TO WALK THE DOG ♪
[WHISTLING]
- NO MATTER HOW
GREAT THE SACRIFICE...
[DOG WHIMPERING]
-♪ ASKED MY MAMA FOR 15 CENTS ♪
- NO MATTER HOW
LATE THE HOURS...
[DOG BARKING]
-KEVIN!
KEVIN!
[BARKING CONTINUES]
-IT WAS MAN AGAINST BEAST,
A FIGHT TO THE FINISH.
-♪ JUST A-WALKING THE DOG ♪
-THERE WAS ONLY
ONE LITTLE PROBLEM...
[BARKING CONTINUES]
-♪ IF YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW TO DO IT ♪
♪ I'LL SHOW YOU HOW
TO WALK THE DOG ♪
- THE BEAST WAS WINNING.
-[WHISTLING]
♪ COME ON, NOW,
COME ON, COME ON ♪
♪ MARY, MARY ♪
-WORKING PRETTY HARD, ARE YOU?
-I GUESS SO.
-IT'S NOT EASY RAISING A PUPPY.
TOUGHEST JOB THERE IS.
-HE'S LEARNING, THOUGH.
-TELL YOU WHAT.
NICE HARDWORKING LAD LIKE YOU...
WHAT DO YOU SAY I TAKE YOU DOWN
FOR A NICE, BIG BANANA
SPLIT TO THE ICE CREAM STORE?
[CHUCKLES]
-WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
-WELL, I'M GONNA TAKE THE
BOY FOR SOME ICE CREAM.
COME ALONG IF YOU LIKE.
-KEVIN, DID YOU WALK YOUR DOG?
-I WAS GONNA WALK
HIM WHEN WE GOT BACK.
-YOU'RE GONNA WALK HIM NOW.
-BUT, DAD...
-CUT THE BOY SOME SLACK, JOHN.
IT CAN WAIT 20 MIN...
-NO, DAD, IT CAN'T
WAIT 20 MINUTES.
IF THE DOG'S GOTTA GO, HE
ISN'T GONNA WAIT 20 MINUTES.
YOU LIKE TO WAIT
AROUND 20 MINUTES?
-NOT FOR MY ICE CREAM.
-I GUESS I BETTER
WALK THE DOG, GRAMPS.
-HEY, SUIT YOURSELF.
SEEMS A SHAME, THOUGH.
CAN'T EVEN TAKE MY
GRANDSON FOR A LITTLE TREAT.
-KEV.
KEV, WAIT UP.
[SIGHS] LOOK.
I KNOW IT SEEMS I'M BEING
A LITTLE TOUGH ON YOU.
-TOUGH? WELL, NO MORE
THAN, SAY, GHENGIS KHAN.
-BELIEVE ME, THERE'S A REASON.
-OKAY, I WAS WILLING
TO LISTEN TO REASON.
-IT'S JUST...
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
WELL...
[TIRES SQUEAL]
DAMN IT, DAD!
-WHY DO YOU PUT THIS THING
SO CLOSE TO THE DRIVEWAY?
-WHY DON'T YOU STAY
ON THE DAMN DRIVEWAY?!
- AAH.
- DAD?
-WHAT?!
-WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY?
-NEVER MIND. YOU
WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND.
IT'S ABOUT FATHERS AND SONS.
-OH.
[TAPPING]
-SO, HOW IS EVERYTHING?
-DELICIOUS, NORMA.
COULDN'T BE BETTER.
-YEAH. COULDN'T BE BETTER.
FATHERS AND SONS? I
WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND?
WHAT HAD DAD MEANT BY THAT?
-NOW WHAT'S WRONG?
-NOTHIN'. NOTHIN'.
DID YOU, UH...
DID YOU PUT PEPPER
IN THESE SPUDS?
-OH, ALBERT.
I'M SO SORRY. I FORGOT.
-FORGOT WHAT?
-GAS.
PEPPER GIVES ME GAS.
-[CHUCKLES]
-OH, MAYBE YOU'D LIKE
SOME CORN INSTEAD?
-OH, NO, I THINK NOT.
CORN STICKS IN MY TEETH.
[UTENSIL RATTLES]
-WELL, I'M GOING
SHOPPING TOMORROW.
MAYBE I CAN PICK
YOU UP SOME THINGS.
-DON'T YOU BE FOOLISH, NORMA.
YOU BUY EVERYTHING THE
SAME WAY YOU ALWAYS DO.
-SURE. SPEND ANOTHER DAY
COOKING A MEAL HE WON'T EAT.
-GRAMPA, WHY DON'T
YOU TRY SOME BISCUITS?
THEY SHOULD BE EASY TO DIGEST.
-HE CAN'T EAT BISCUITS.
RIGHT, DAD?
-I CAN'T.
-TELL 'EM WHY NOT, DAD.
-THE STARCH.
-TOO MUCH STARCH, NORMA.
-UM, MOM, I'VE GOT A... DATE.
-YEAH, ME TOO.
-SHE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME COOKING THIS MEAL.
THE LEAST YOU COULD DO...
-JOHN!
PEPPER GIVES ME GAS, ALL RIGHT?
THE POTATOES HAVE PEPPER IN 'EM.
-FORGET THE DAMN POTATOES!
I'M TALKING ABOUT A
LITTLE RESPECT HERE!
-CAN I SAY SOMETHING, PLEASE?
-KEVIN, JUST STAY OUT OF THIS!
-HONEY...
-IT'S OKAY, MOM.
-WHAT DO YOU WANT
ME TO SAY, SON?
-WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY?
YOU WALTZ IN HERE, YOU
PICK AT MY WIFE'S FOOD,
YOU RUN OVER MY LAMPPOST...
AND YOU BRING A DOG!
-THE DOG WAS A GIFT, JOHN!
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
[DOG WHIMPERING]
[INDISTINCT ARGUING IN DISTANCE]
-THEY JUST KEPT ON ARGUING.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN
NOTICE I'D GONE.
[ARGUING CONTINUES]
-YOU DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER
TO ASK MY PERMISSION!
-OH. NOW I GOTTA
ASK YOUR PERMISSION
TO GIVE MY GRANDSON A DOG?!
-YEAH, DAD. MY PERMISSION!
IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK
WHEN YOU'RE IN MY HOUSE?!
I DON'T TELL YOU
WHEN TO COME AND GO.
-OH. YOU WANT
ME TO GO... I'LL GO!
-THAT'S UP TO YOU!
-DAD?
-I'D GO TONIGHT...
EXCEPT I DIDN'T BRING
MY OTHER GLASSES.
-YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND
WITHOUT YOUR DRIVING GLASSES.
-GRAMPA?
-HOW CAN YOU FORGET
YOUR DAMN DRIVING GLASSES?!
-I FORGOT 'EM! IT'S
AS SIMPLE AS THAT!
-LISTEN TO ME!
-I WANTED THEM TO TELL
ME WHY THEY WERE FIGHTING,
WHY THEY KEPT HURTING
EACH OTHER LIKE THIS,
WHY THE TWO MEN WHO
MEANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO ME
HAD TO ACT LIKE... CHILDREN.
BUT MOST OF ALL, I JUST
WANTED THEM TO STOP.
-HERE.
[DOG WHINES]
I DON'T WANT THE DOG.
[DOG WHINING]
-THAT NIGHT I THOUGHT
ABOUT THE GIFT
GRAMPS HAD BROUGHT ME.
HOW GIVING GIFTS
USED TO BE SO SIMPLE.
AND LIFE WAS A NEVER-ENDING
BOUNTY OF RICHES...
I THOUGHT WOULD NEVER END.
-SON?
ARE YOU AWAKE?
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[BARKING CONTINUES]
[DOG WHINING]
-I GUESS I SHOULD
HAVE BEEN HAPPY.
BUT I WASN'T.
-[SIGHS]
HE'S NOT A BAD LITTLE PUP.
HE'S GOT SPIRIT.
-DAD, WHY DID GRAMPS LEAVE?
YOU DIDN'T SEND
HIM HOME, DID YOU?
-[SIGHS]
NO ONE EVER SENT
YOUR GRANDFATHER HOME
BEFORE HE WAS READY.
-OH.
-GRAMPS AND I HAD A LITTLE
TALK THIS MORNING, KEV.
WELL...
KIND OF A TALK.
WE KIND OF AGREED THAT, UH...
YOU SHOULD KEEP THE PUPPY.
-YOU DID?
- WE THOUGHT...
- I DON'T WANT IT.
-AND I DIDN'T. I WAS
SICK OF THAT PUPPY.
I WAS TIRED OF BEING A PAWN.
-FIRST YOU TELL ME
I CAN'T HAVE A DOG.
AND THEN YOU TELL
ME I SHOULD KEEP IT.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT MY DECISION?!
DOESN'T IT COUNT?!
-COURSE IT COUNTS.
-WELL, YOU SURE
DON'T ACT LIKE IT!
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
-[CHUCKLING]
-WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
-YOU REMIND ME
OF SOMEONE I KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY.
I HOPE YOU DECIDE
TO KEEP IT, KEV.
I THINK WE NEED A DOG.
YOU, ME, GRAMPS...
I THINK WE NEED TO DO THIS.
-AND FOR SOME REASON...
MAYBE THE WAY HE SAID IT...
I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND.
-WE NEED A DOG, SON.
-HE WASN'T GIVING ME AN ORDER.
MY DAD WAS ASKING ME...
FOR HELP.
-HE DOESN'T HAVE A NAME.
-WELL, FIND HIM A NAME.
[DOG WHIMPERS]
-THAT MORNING,
AS I STOOD WITH THE
MAN WHO WAS MY FATHER,
THE SON OF MY GRANDFATHER,
WHO WOULD ONE DAY BE THE
GRANDFATHER OF MY SONS,
I REALIZED SOMETHING...
THAT NOT ALL GIFTS ARE SIMPLE,
THAT SOME BATTLES
ARE FOUGHT OUT OF LOVE.
-COME ON, LET'S
TAKE HIM FOR A WALK.
[DOG WHINING]
-♪ TO EVERY THING
(TURN, TURN, TURN) ♪
♪ THERE IS A SEASON,
(TURN, TURN, TURN) ♪
♪ AND A TIME TO EVERY
PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN ♪
♪ A TIME TO GAIN,
A TIME TO LOSE ♪
♪ A TIME TO REND,
A TIME TO SOW ♪
♪ A TIME FOR LOVE,
A TIME FOR HATE ♪
♪ A TIME FOR PEACE ♪
♪ I SWEAR IT'S NOT TOO LATE ♪
[DOG BARKS, GROWLS]
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪
♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪
♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪
♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪
♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ - ♪
TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA ♪
-♪ OH, OH, OH, OH ♪
-♪ SOMEBODY WHO
KNOWS QUITE SURE ♪
♪ BABY ♪
-♪ BY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ SAID I'M GONNA MAKE
IT WITH MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ OH, I'M GONNA
KEEP ON TRYING ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KEEP ON
TRYING NOW, BABY ♪
-♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
-IN EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY,
THERE EXISTS A CHAIN OF COMMAND.
FROM THE PAWN...
THROUGH THE ESTABLISHED RANKS...
TO THE LORD AND MASTER OF
ALL THINGS GREAT AND SMALL.
BUT ONE WEEK OUT OF THE YEAR,
A FORCE WOULD BLOW INTO TOWN
THAT EVEN MY FATHER
COULD NOT CONTROL.
[HORN HONKS]
- TO THE LEFT...
LEFT...
-[HUMMING HAPPILY]
- GRAMPA ARNOLD.
[BRAKES SCREECH]
- OH. WHOA.
ALL RIGHT...
-WHY DON'T YOU GIVE
HIM A HAND, JACK?
-HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.
-[HUMMING CONTINUES]
[HORN BLARES]
MY FAULT ENTIRELY! SORRY!
-WITHIN MINUTES OF
GRAMPA'S ARRIVAL,
MY FATHER WOULD FIND
SOME HOUSEHOLD CHORE
TO KEEP HIM BUSY UNTIL
GRAMPS PULLED OUT AGAIN.
NOT THAT I UNDERSTOOD
EXACTLY WHY...
-[GASPS]
-WELL, I BETTER GET
STARTED ON THE GUTTERS.
[SIGHS]
-HEY!
I MADE IT!
HA HA HA!
OW, OW! OHH!
STOP IT! YOU'RE HURTING MY HAND!
OHH!
- [CHUCKLING]
-TO ME, GRAMPS
WAS A FUNNY OLD GUY
WHO PULLED SILVER
DOLLARS OUT OF MY EARS.
-GRAMPA...
-WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING...
LIFTING WEIGHTS OR SOMETHING?
[LAUGHING]
-GRAMPA, THIS IS
REALLY BEAUTIFUL!
-OH, WELL, I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT.
THAT BELONGED TO
YOUR GRANDMOTHER.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU KIDS STILL
WORE THESE THINGS OR NOT.
-NO, IT'S PERFECT!
-ALBERT, WOULD YOU
LIKE SOMETHING TO DRINK
WITH YOUR LUNCH?
-NO, NO. NOTHING FOR ME.
BUT HOW ABOUT A BIG GLASS
OF MILK FOR MY BOY, HERE?
-WE GOTTA KEEP THOSE
BONES NICE AND STRONG.
-LIKE I SAID, A REAL CORNBALL.
-OH. WAYNE.
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
REMEMBER THIS?
-NO.
-OH, SURE YOU DO!
USED TO PLAY
WITH IT ALL THE TIME
WHEN WE WERE IN THE OLD HOUSE.
YOU'D TAKE IT OUT IN
THE YARD, AND YOU'D SAY...
"FLY AWAY, BIRDIES!
I'M COMIN' TO GET YA!"
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
-OH-KAY.
-WAYNE, THANK
GRAMPA FOR THE GIFT!
-OH, YEAH, THANKS.
I'M GONNA GO TEST IT RIGHT NOW.
-MAYBE HE WAS A LITTLE OUT OF
TOUCH WITH OUR GENERATION...
-COME ON. DRINK UP,
DRINK UP, DRINK UP!
- BUT THERE WAS
SOMETHING ABOUT GRAMPS
THAT MADE ME FEEL LIKE
I WAS 5 YEARS OLD AGAIN.
-SAY [SNAPS FINGERS]
I JUST REMEMBERED...
I GOT YOU A PRESENT, TOO.
I THINK I LEFT IT IN THE CAR.
[CHUCKLING]
- I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
[DOOR OPENS, DOG WHIMPERS]
-YOU LIKE HIM?
-I LOVE HIM!
-[CHUCKLES]
WELL, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE,
THAT'S ALL YOU COULD TALK ABOUT,
SO I FIGURED... WHY NOT?
- "WHY NOT?"...
TWO GLORIOUS WORDS
THAT SEPARATE THE
MEN FROM THE BOYS,
THE DOERS FROM THE SAYERS...
-WE'RE NOT KEEPING THAT DOG.
- THE FATHERS FROM
THE GRANDFATHERS.
-GOOD AFTERNOON, JOHN.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
-DAD.
-OH, COME ON, DAD.
PLEASE, PLEASE,
PLEASE LET ME KEEP HIM?
-IT'S TOO MUCH TO HANDLE.
-I CAN HANDLE IT! I
KNOW I CAN HANDLE IT!
-THE BOY'S 13 YEARS OLD, JOHN.
-I KNOW HOW OLD HE IS.
AND I KNOW WHAT HAVING
A DOG IN THE HOUSE MEANS.
-SO DID I. IT MEANT
STICK-THROWING,
FACE-LICKING, ROMPING...
-RESPONSIBILITY.
-THAT TOO.
-A DOG CHEWS THINGS. A
DOG NEEDS TO BE WALKED.
AND I'M NOT THE ONE
WHO'S GONNA BE WALKIN' HIM
AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING!
-I PROMISE, DAD, YOU'LL
NEVER HAVE TO WALK HIM!
-GIVE THE BOY A CHANCE, JOHN.
A BOY NEEDS A DOG.
BESIDES, I CAN'T TAKE
HIM BACK FOR A WEEK.
MAYBE BY THEN YOUR OLD MAN
WILL HAVE CHANGED HIS MIND, HUH?
[DOG WHIMPERS]
-[GROWLS]
-AND THERE YOU HAD IT.
CORNBALL OR NOT, GRAMPS
WAS A KINDRED SPIRIT,
A GIVER OF GIFTS, A PRINCE.
-A POTATO!
ON THE FACE OF IT,
AN INSIGNIFICANT PULPY TUBER!
BUT CONSIDER, WHAT
DOES THIS POTATO
HAVE TO DO WITH THE
COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS?
HANDS!
GENETICS!
THE TRANSFER OF TRAITS
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION...
AS WE'LL SEE FROM OUR PROJECT.
NOW...
HERE WE GO!
LET'S PASS THEM OUT.
LET'S PASS THEM BACKWARDS.
-WHAT'S HE DOING?
-GOT ME.
-FACT IS, I WAS WONDERING
WHAT I WAS DOING,
SITTING IN MR. CORY'S CLASSROOM
WHEN I COULD BE HOME
PLAYING WITH A PUPPY.
-FOR OUR HOMEWORK, EACH
OF US WILL TAKE OUR POTATO,
PUT IT INTO A GLASS,
AND LOG THE DATA!
HEREDITY!
WE'LL LEARN FROM NATURE!
-YOU GOTTA GO EASY
ON THESE FRAMES.
-DAD, THE FRAME'S MADE OF MAPLE.
ONE POP ISN'T GONNA
CRACK THE FRAME.
-OF COURSE, WHEN IT CAME
TO THE STUDY OF HEREDITY,
I WAS GETTING A
CRASH COURSE AT HOME.
- [GRUNTS]
- PATIENCE, SON, PATIENCE!
-[SIGHS]
-AND IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL,
SOMETHING TERRIBLE
WAS BEGINNING TO HAPPEN.
I WAS FALLING IN LOVE.
-DAD, I'VE BEEN PUTTING THESE
WINDOWS IN FOR 20 YEARS.
I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
- YEAH.
-SIT. SIT.
SIT. SIT.
GOOD BOY.
HEY, DAD!
DAD, COME HERE... LOOK!
-WHAT DO YOU WANT?!
-DAD, LOOK!
[DOG WHIMPERING]
-KEVIN?
WILL YOU PUT THE DAMN
DOG BACK ON THE LEASH?!
-OKAY, OKAY!
[WINDOW THUDDING]
-NOT BAD FOR AN OLD MAN, HUH?
[CHUCKLES]
[DOG WHIMPERS]
CRRRKKKK!
-WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO A GOOD SEASON.
-YEAH, YOU BET YOUR
SWEET BIPPY I AM. [ CHUCKLES]
- "BIPPY"?
WHAT IS THAT... "BIPPY"?
- [CHUCKLES]
-THAT NIGHT, I WAS
NOTICING A CONNECTION.
EVERY TIME GRAMPS
OPENED HIS MOUTH,
MY FATHER WOULD GLARE A
LITTLE HARDER AT THE PUPPY.
-THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE LAUGH
AT THESE DAYS... "BIPPY"?
-WELL, IT'S NOT FUNNY
LIKE "HA HA" FUNNY.
IT'S FUNNY LIKE, YOU
KNOW, "LOOSE, WILD" FUNNY.
-IF YOU WANT TO SEE FUNNY,
YOU OUGHT TO WATCH SOME
"HONEYMOONERS" RERUNS.
-BUT WAIT A MINUTE.
WHAT WAS THIS?
-OH! THAT'S JACK'S
FAVORITE SHOW!
-OH.
REALLY?
-ONE OF THE BEST.
-DID YOU EVER SEE THE ONE
WHERE NORTON AND
RALPH BOUGHT THE HOTEL?
-THIS WAS GREAT!
BY SOME FANTASTIC COINCIDENCE,
GRAMPS HAD STUMBLED
ONTO THE ONE THING
THAT MADE MY FATHER
REALLY COME ALIVE.
-OR THE ONE WHERE RALPH
FORGETS ALICE'S BIRTHDAY?
-[LAUGHS] I LOVE THAT ONE!
-YEAH, I SAW THAT ONE.
-HEH HEH.
LITTLE DID GRAMPS KNOW
THAT DAD'S RALPH KRAMDEN
IMPERSONATION WAS LEGENDARY...
AROUND OUR HOUSE, ANYWAY.
-JACK?
-HMM?
-DO YOUR RALPH KRAMDEN.
-YEAH, COME ON, DAD.
-I DIDN'T KNOW YOU
DID IMITATIONS, JOHN.
-NEITHER DID I.
-OH, JUST ONCE. PLEASE?
-COME ON, LET'S SEE IT.
-[CLEARS THROAT]
ONE OF THESE DAYS, ALICE...
ONE OF THESE DAYS... BANG! ZOOM!
TO THE MOON!
[ LAUGH TRACK PLAYS ON TV]
-HONEY, YOU CAN DO IT A
LITTLE BETTER THAN THAT.
-WELL, TO DO IT RIGHT, YOU
NEED A LITTLE MORE ELBOW ROOM.
-WELL...
-OKAY, SO MUCH FOR THE WARM-UP.
TIME FOR DAD TO LET
OUT ALL THE STOPS...
THE PATENTED "ED
NORTON DOUBLE-TAKE."
-NORTON! WILL YOU ALREADY?!
[LAUGHTER]
-AND JUST WHEN IT
SEEMED LIKE THE SUN
WAS NEVER GONNA SHINE AGAIN,
THE CLOUDS BEGAN TO BREAK.
[LAUGHTER]
-THAT'S GLEASON?
THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE GLEASON.
-AND THEN THE RAINS CAME.
[DOG BARKS]
[WHIMPERS]
-OH, I'LL GET SOME
PAPER TOWELS, HONEY.
[DOG BARKS, THUNDER RUMBLES]
-I LEAVE THE HOUSE
AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING.
THE DOG IS WALKED AND FED
BEFORE I COME DOWNSTAIRS.
IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?
THE DOG STAYS IN THE
BASEMENT AT ALL TIMES.
YOU WALK THE DOG AFTER SCHOOL
AND AT NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE
THROUGH WITH YOUR HOMEWORK.
ANY QUESTIONS?
-NO.
-NO. SEEMED PRETTY CLEAR TO ME.
WHATEVER WAS GOING ON
BETWEEN DAD AND GRAMPA,
IT ADDED UP TO ONE THING.
GENETICALLY SPEAKING...
[DOG WHINING]
I WAS DEFINITELY GETTING
THE RAW END OF THE STICK.
[DOOR SLAMS, THUNDER RUMBLES]
-[SIGHS]
-YOUR DOG ATE YOUR HOMEWORK.
-I-I KNOW IT SOUNDS
CRAZY, BUT...
-MR. CORY...
I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR 13 YEARS.
HE DOESN'T LIE
ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS.
-YOUR DOG ATE YOUR HOMEWORK.
[ALARM RINGING]
-OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, ONE
THING BECAME CRYSTAL CLEAR.
[RINGING STOPS]
-♪ WALKING THE DOG ♪
-IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN
BOY AGAINST PUPPY...
-♪ JUST A-WALKING THE DOG ♪
- I WAS GONNA HAVE
TO TAKE CONTROL.
-♪ IF YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW TO DO IT ♪
-NO MATTER WHAT THE COST...
-♪ I'LL SHOW YOU HOW
TO WALK THE DOG ♪
[WHISTLING]
- NO MATTER HOW
GREAT THE SACRIFICE...
[DOG WHIMPERING]
-♪ ASKED MY MAMA FOR 15 CENTS ♪
- NO MATTER HOW
LATE THE HOURS...
[DOG BARKING]
-KEVIN!
KEVIN!
[BARKING CONTINUES]
-IT WAS MAN AGAINST BEAST,
A FIGHT TO THE FINISH.
-♪ JUST A-WALKING THE DOG ♪
-THERE WAS ONLY
ONE LITTLE PROBLEM...
[BARKING CONTINUES]
-♪ IF YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW TO DO IT ♪
♪ I'LL SHOW YOU HOW
TO WALK THE DOG ♪
- THE BEAST WAS WINNING.
-[WHISTLING]
♪ COME ON, NOW,
COME ON, COME ON ♪
♪ MARY, MARY ♪
-WORKING PRETTY HARD, ARE YOU?
-I GUESS SO.
-IT'S NOT EASY RAISING A PUPPY.
TOUGHEST JOB THERE IS.
-HE'S LEARNING, THOUGH.
-TELL YOU WHAT.
NICE HARDWORKING LAD LIKE YOU...
WHAT DO YOU SAY I TAKE YOU DOWN
FOR A NICE, BIG BANANA
SPLIT TO THE ICE CREAM STORE?
[CHUCKLES]
-WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
-WELL, I'M GONNA TAKE THE
BOY FOR SOME ICE CREAM.
COME ALONG IF YOU LIKE.
-KEVIN, DID YOU WALK YOUR DOG?
-I WAS GONNA WALK
HIM WHEN WE GOT BACK.
-YOU'RE GONNA WALK HIM NOW.
-BUT, DAD...
-CUT THE BOY SOME SLACK, JOHN.
IT CAN WAIT 20 MIN...
-NO, DAD, IT CAN'T
WAIT 20 MINUTES.
IF THE DOG'S GOTTA GO, HE
ISN'T GONNA WAIT 20 MINUTES.
YOU LIKE TO WAIT
AROUND 20 MINUTES?
-NOT FOR MY ICE CREAM.
-I GUESS I BETTER
WALK THE DOG, GRAMPS.
-HEY, SUIT YOURSELF.
SEEMS A SHAME, THOUGH.
CAN'T EVEN TAKE MY
GRANDSON FOR A LITTLE TREAT.
-KEV.
KEV, WAIT UP.
[SIGHS] LOOK.
I KNOW IT SEEMS I'M BEING
A LITTLE TOUGH ON YOU.
-TOUGH? WELL, NO MORE
THAN, SAY, GHENGIS KHAN.
-BELIEVE ME, THERE'S A REASON.
-OKAY, I WAS WILLING
TO LISTEN TO REASON.
-IT'S JUST...
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
WELL...
[TIRES SQUEAL]
DAMN IT, DAD!
-WHY DO YOU PUT THIS THING
SO CLOSE TO THE DRIVEWAY?
-WHY DON'T YOU STAY
ON THE DAMN DRIVEWAY?!
- AAH.
- DAD?
-WHAT?!
-WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY?
-NEVER MIND. YOU
WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND.
IT'S ABOUT FATHERS AND SONS.
-OH.
[TAPPING]
-SO, HOW IS EVERYTHING?
-DELICIOUS, NORMA.
COULDN'T BE BETTER.
-YEAH. COULDN'T BE BETTER.
FATHERS AND SONS? I
WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND?
WHAT HAD DAD MEANT BY THAT?
-NOW WHAT'S WRONG?
-NOTHIN'. NOTHIN'.
DID YOU, UH...
DID YOU PUT PEPPER
IN THESE SPUDS?
-OH, ALBERT.
I'M SO SORRY. I FORGOT.
-FORGOT WHAT?
-GAS.
PEPPER GIVES ME GAS.
-[CHUCKLES]
-OH, MAYBE YOU'D LIKE
SOME CORN INSTEAD?
-OH, NO, I THINK NOT.
CORN STICKS IN MY TEETH.
[UTENSIL RATTLES]
-WELL, I'M GOING
SHOPPING TOMORROW.
MAYBE I CAN PICK
YOU UP SOME THINGS.
-DON'T YOU BE FOOLISH, NORMA.
YOU BUY EVERYTHING THE
SAME WAY YOU ALWAYS DO.
-SURE. SPEND ANOTHER DAY
COOKING A MEAL HE WON'T EAT.
-GRAMPA, WHY DON'T
YOU TRY SOME BISCUITS?
THEY SHOULD BE EASY TO DIGEST.
-HE CAN'T EAT BISCUITS.
RIGHT, DAD?
-I CAN'T.
-TELL 'EM WHY NOT, DAD.
-THE STARCH.
-TOO MUCH STARCH, NORMA.
-UM, MOM, I'VE GOT A... DATE.
-YEAH, ME TOO.
-SHE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME COOKING THIS MEAL.
THE LEAST YOU COULD DO...
-JOHN!
PEPPER GIVES ME GAS, ALL RIGHT?
THE POTATOES HAVE PEPPER IN 'EM.
-FORGET THE DAMN POTATOES!
I'M TALKING ABOUT A
LITTLE RESPECT HERE!
-CAN I SAY SOMETHING, PLEASE?
-KEVIN, JUST STAY OUT OF THIS!
-HONEY...
-IT'S OKAY, MOM.
-WHAT DO YOU WANT
ME TO SAY, SON?
-WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY?
YOU WALTZ IN HERE, YOU
PICK AT MY WIFE'S FOOD,
YOU RUN OVER MY LAMPPOST...
AND YOU BRING A DOG!
-THE DOG WAS A GIFT, JOHN!
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
[DOG WHIMPERING]
[INDISTINCT ARGUING IN DISTANCE]
-THEY JUST KEPT ON ARGUING.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN
NOTICE I'D GONE.
[ARGUING CONTINUES]
-YOU DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER
TO ASK MY PERMISSION!
-OH. NOW I GOTTA
ASK YOUR PERMISSION
TO GIVE MY GRANDSON A DOG?!
-YEAH, DAD. MY PERMISSION!
IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK
WHEN YOU'RE IN MY HOUSE?!
I DON'T TELL YOU
WHEN TO COME AND GO.
-OH. YOU WANT
ME TO GO... I'LL GO!
-THAT'S UP TO YOU!
-DAD?
-I'D GO TONIGHT...
EXCEPT I DIDN'T BRING
MY OTHER GLASSES.
-YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND
WITHOUT YOUR DRIVING GLASSES.
-GRAMPA?
-HOW CAN YOU FORGET
YOUR DAMN DRIVING GLASSES?!
-I FORGOT 'EM! IT'S
AS SIMPLE AS THAT!
-LISTEN TO ME!
-I WANTED THEM TO TELL
ME WHY THEY WERE FIGHTING,
WHY THEY KEPT HURTING
EACH OTHER LIKE THIS,
WHY THE TWO MEN WHO
MEANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO ME
HAD TO ACT LIKE... CHILDREN.
BUT MOST OF ALL, I JUST
WANTED THEM TO STOP.
-HERE.
[DOG WHINES]
I DON'T WANT THE DOG.
[DOG WHINING]
-THAT NIGHT I THOUGHT
ABOUT THE GIFT
GRAMPS HAD BROUGHT ME.
HOW GIVING GIFTS
USED TO BE SO SIMPLE.
AND LIFE WAS A NEVER-ENDING
BOUNTY OF RICHES...
I THOUGHT WOULD NEVER END.
-SON?
ARE YOU AWAKE?
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[BARKING CONTINUES]
[DOG WHINING]
-I GUESS I SHOULD
HAVE BEEN HAPPY.
BUT I WASN'T.
-[SIGHS]
HE'S NOT A BAD LITTLE PUP.
HE'S GOT SPIRIT.
-DAD, WHY DID GRAMPS LEAVE?
YOU DIDN'T SEND
HIM HOME, DID YOU?
-[SIGHS]
NO ONE EVER SENT
YOUR GRANDFATHER HOME
BEFORE HE WAS READY.
-OH.
-GRAMPS AND I HAD A LITTLE
TALK THIS MORNING, KEV.
WELL...
KIND OF A TALK.
WE KIND OF AGREED THAT, UH...
YOU SHOULD KEEP THE PUPPY.
-YOU DID?
- WE THOUGHT...
- I DON'T WANT IT.
-AND I DIDN'T. I WAS
SICK OF THAT PUPPY.
I WAS TIRED OF BEING A PAWN.
-FIRST YOU TELL ME
I CAN'T HAVE A DOG.
AND THEN YOU TELL
ME I SHOULD KEEP IT.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT MY DECISION?!
DOESN'T IT COUNT?!
-COURSE IT COUNTS.
-WELL, YOU SURE
DON'T ACT LIKE IT!
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
-[CHUCKLING]
-WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
-YOU REMIND ME
OF SOMEONE I KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY.
I HOPE YOU DECIDE
TO KEEP IT, KEV.
I THINK WE NEED A DOG.
YOU, ME, GRAMPS...
I THINK WE NEED TO DO THIS.
-AND FOR SOME REASON...
MAYBE THE WAY HE SAID IT...
I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND.
-WE NEED A DOG, SON.
-HE WASN'T GIVING ME AN ORDER.
MY DAD WAS ASKING ME...
FOR HELP.
-HE DOESN'T HAVE A NAME.
-WELL, FIND HIM A NAME.
[DOG WHIMPERS]
-THAT MORNING,
AS I STOOD WITH THE
MAN WHO WAS MY FATHER,
THE SON OF MY GRANDFATHER,
WHO WOULD ONE DAY BE THE
GRANDFATHER OF MY SONS,
I REALIZED SOMETHING...
THAT NOT ALL GIFTS ARE SIMPLE,
THAT SOME BATTLES
ARE FOUGHT OUT OF LOVE.
-COME ON, LET'S
TAKE HIM FOR A WALK.
[DOG WHINING]
-♪ TO EVERY THING
(TURN, TURN, TURN) ♪
♪ THERE IS A SEASON,
(TURN, TURN, TURN) ♪
♪ AND A TIME TO EVERY
PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN ♪
♪ A TIME TO GAIN,
A TIME TO LOSE ♪
♪ A TIME TO REND,
A TIME TO SOW ♪
♪ A TIME FOR LOVE,
A TIME FOR HATE ♪
♪ A TIME FOR PEACE ♪
♪ I SWEAR IT'S NOT TOO LATE ♪
[DOG BARKS, GROWLS]