All language subtitles for Road To Avonlea s04e01 Tug of War

If I could transmit the written word
along an electrical wire in an instant,

why, it might outdate the entire postal
system.

Speaking of dates, there's something
else I have to do today. Well, don't

to pick me up in half an hour.

Yeah, a magnificent concert.

Jasper?

Oh, yeah.

Jasper, did you understand a word I
said?

Oh, yeah, well, of course. Yes, of
course. And I will pick you up after I

the pension.

Oh, gosh.

This method of ordering material and
then, you know, waiting months for

delivery. It's, uh, yeah.

It's absolutely... I think Larry's in a
pole.

But transmitting the written word on a
wire in an instant. What a concept.

Whoa.

Frazier, my remedies.

Calm yourself, cousin Minerva.

Olympia, look.

My tranquility tea.

How will I ever calm myself now?

Oh, relaxation through free movement.
Mind and body are one.

Jasper. Oh, goodness.

Foolishly, I only booked lodgings for
yourself and your mother. A blessing in

disguise. Now we can be together.

Of course you remember, Lancelot. Oh,
yes.

Potassium nitrate.

Perfect for potatoes.

And you remember Casper, do you?

Casper, anything new under the sun?

Life on Mars.

More canals than Venice. What sort of
life forms are we looking at?

Next time I'm back there, I'll write you
a full report.

I can't wait to introduce you all to
Olivia, my wife.

She wasn't expecting us?

Nevertheless, she'll be thrilled.

What improvidence.

Bohemians. I live and breathe vagrants.
Now, Olivia, you stay put here.

I'll deal with this. But there's Jasper!
Jasper!

I'll like Jasper to allow this sort of
impropriety.

Jasper Dale.

Just what in Hades is going on here?

Skin and bone.

Sallow skin and porous bones. Luckily, I
have just the remedy.

Selina, the calcarea carbonica regulates
the colon, too. Why, you could set your

clock back. Madam, this is private
property.

Dale property.

Minerva Dale, and I'm pleased to meet
you. Dale?

You mean that all of these are... Dales.

Most dales ever assembled in one place
at one time.

Hetty King.

Oh, weak nails.

James is full. I suppose I could ask
them to leave.

Jasper, they are your family.

We don't want to offend them.

I guess we'll just have to invite them
to stay.

Stay? Where?

Here? Just for the... Week?

Weekend. Oh, they won't move. Putting up
with house guests in their advanced

condition. It appears your wife has
taken leave of her senses, Jasper.

Are you too distracted to notice?

I think he's right.

There's this faulty logic, sharp logic.

But for the life of me, I can't think
where we're going to put them all.

Dry skin around the mouth.

The forehead.

Large pores.

My skin's as soft as my baby brother's.

Selina, the cucumber creamed liquid.

If we house some of them, what's your
contribution, Hedy?

Well, if I must uphold a traditional
king hospitality, I'll

take the girl, the daughter.

I seem the most normal.

Rather the least abnormal.

Well, that's one.

Who else do you want?

Oh, no, no.

One is plenty.

My sentiments, exactly.

Well,

certainly. Seems like a lot of luggage
for one weekend.

We plan to stay in Avonlea to help
Olivia look after her baby.

My table.

Oh, my parlor, my house.

Oh, no, no.

Things will stay where they are put.

Thank you.

I don't know.

The situation of this table and the rest
of the furniture impedes the flow of

nurturing particles circulating in the
air.

If you wish to avail yourself of the
air, the door is open to you.

Mother! Where should I hang the wind
chimes?

What? They're really very nice, Aunt
Heather. Just inside the front archway,

dear.

Trap, trap. Hold the roll.

Oh, it inspires peace of mind. Oh, not
mine, it doesn't.

Selina, you'll find your temperament
vastly improved with the arrangements I

have in mind.

Find my temperament vastly improved if
you put me on the table and...

Daughter would try to approximate the
behavior of rational human beings.

Oh,

it still isn't working.

Olivia, really.

If I didn't know you better, I think you
were turning into a Dale.

That's the nerve of a woman.

Selina Dale.

Taken over my house entirely.

Turn my life topsy -turvy with their
peculiar notions.

Oh, Lydia.

Lydia, you're not in your condition.

Well, it's not a disease, Eddie.

You know, the deals may be an eccentric
group, but they're very well -meaning.

Well -meaning? Well, they mean to spend
the next year taking care of your child.

Oh, that won't do.

Oh, Lydia, I'm so relieved to hear it.

Being in the family will sometimes
transform a woman, I've heard. But from

king to a deal, well, I'd hope not.

No, Bill, I'll have to go.

And I'll help you get rid of him.

Oh, thank you.

I may be crazy, but I can't stand this
chair. That loves to eat another minute.

before the baby comes because I won't
have time to clean up once I'm into

diapers and feeding.

And Hedy says I'm crazy.

I like it when you're a little loony.

Yes, more like a Dale.

Like those odd cousins.

You should hear what Hedy has to say
about them.

Speaking of them, somebody has thought
to organize this family reunion, Jasper.

What would you think of a picture? Over
at King Farms.

Just a little gathering for the two
families to get acquainted.

I don't know, whatever you like.

I'll leave it up to you. I think this is
the future.

Oh, Jasper.

This is my future.

You want to change the world and I just
want a clean house.

Don't worry.

I don't think of anybody else, and we've
always just done exactly what we

wanted. I think we're doing okay right
now. I've got my magazine work, my

researches, and my inventions.

I know, but they're temporary, and we
just never know when another one will

in. Well, I think I'm suited for this
kind of life.

Yes, I know, but our life is pain.

Are you saying you think I could get a
permanent position somewhere?

Oh, wishful thinking.

You said yourself you're not suited for
regular hours and regular salaries.

You know that I would do anything for
you.

Good, then please move that old bug feet
back into the house.

My. My.

I couldn't stop working even if I wanted
to, which I do not.

Because a family requires a steady
income.

And don't you go telling me that that's
a man's responsibility.

My lips are sealed.

Good.

Except to say that Jasper used to strike
me as one of a kind, but after meeting

his next of kin and living with him,
I'll vouch.

There's not a Dale who's ever done an
honest day's work in his life.

Sarah, what are those two up to up
there?

Selina calls it acupuncture.

What's that?

It's a painless Chinese cure for most
modern ills.

Sounds like Greek to me.

Don't let them make a mess up there,
will you?

Selina Dale.

An unfortunate girl with an overbearing
mother.

Well, Jasper's awfully fond of her.

I guess I'll just have to get used to
her.

I've accepted her offer to stay and help
with the baby.

You're what?

Well, that's absurd.

A helpless king, baby. The mercy of a
hapless daylight won't do.

Well, Hedy, I can't very well leave the
baby unattended while I go to work.

Long hours spent with Selina Dale at
such an impressionable age.

It's only for the first year.

A year with Selina Dale?

Oh, Hattie, it's not my dream come true.

Oh, no, it is not. It is a nightmare.

I want you to know that I am here to

make sure that never happens.

Oh, Hattie, that's sweet.

Don't you see?

With me in charge of the child, well,
you'll be quite free to pursue your

hobby as a journalist. Oh, but what
about your teaching?

Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I've thought
long and hard about this for some time.

Clearly my duty is to my family, that is
to say, to you and to our new

baby. Eddie, it's... It's just not
necessary.

Your place is in the classroom. My place
is with my sister.

Then, too, I can be sure that that child
erased the king, not Adele.

Perish the thought.

Where is that tea?

Sarah?

Hold still now.

Sarah!

Sarah! Sarah!

Are you all right, child? I'm fine.

You shall have better luck next time.
Your cousin is too skittish.

I'm sorry, Mother. She made me lose the
target.

Good thing.

No deal.

It's going to turn my niece into a...

I'm sorry, Aunt Hattie.

Olivia, there, there, you see.

The very idea of these lunatics taking
care of your child.

A porcupine, perhaps.

Selina, kindly tell your cousin Olivia
just what sort of proper upbringing

you've had.

Oh, yes, please do, Selina.

One full of freedom and love.

At every turning point in my life, my
mother has allowed me to ex... ex... You

can't have too much love.

Oh, you spare the rod, you spoiled
child.

Eating whatever, whenever hungry, seems
reasonable.

Babies are to be fed every four hours.
It's the rule.

Expression.

Creativity. Not being constrained by
unnatural things.

Such a nappies, I suppose.

Hattie! For heaven's sake, it can't hurt
to be open to new ideas.

Why, every single king baby has been
raised in exactly the same way.

Yes, the right way.

Maybe another time. Hear my mother
calling. All right.

I

don't

think so.

I'm not saying that, boy.

Well,

I hope that's addled your brains in the
direction of common sense.

Yes, Aunt Abby.

At least so.

Carefully.

Spinning like a cocoon, turning into a
beautiful...

E. coli.

In my kitchen.

Bacteria are everywhere.

Yes, I'm sure they are.

Beginning with you.

Release my instrument.

Outside, with the rest of the bacteria.

Out!

What's that dirt doing in my tub? Mud.

Good Lord.

Rare mud from the Nile.

Cleopatra's beauty, bath time secret.

Very relaxing and beautifying.

Your family, perhaps, but I most
certainly have not, Alec.

Now, Alec, in your capacity as chairman
of the school board... Oh, not now,

Hattie. I've got enough problems as it
is. We did, Alec. It's a serious matter.

I trust you'll take it seriously.

All right, hold on a minute.

You're requesting a sabbatical?

Yes, correct.

Olivia's baby is to be born in two
weeks.

Should be ample time for you to find a
suitable replacement for me.

You're going to give up teaching to be a
nursemaid? Yes, temporarily.

Olivia needs me.

She's a grown woman, Hattie.

Helping out is one thing, but ruling the
roost is quite another.

Primitive, but it worked. I mean, the
letters are being transmitted.

Yeah.

Well, sometimes.

Now, don't get down on yourself, man. It
takes a real gift to invent something

like this.

Well, it's not a gift to be different.

Believe me, Jasper, compared to the rest
of your family, you are positively

normal, even boring.

Do you think I have what it takes to be
a good father?

Huh?

I've... I've been reading all these
books on childbirth and child -rearing

the... They all contradict.

Well, there's no mathematical formula,
Jasper, and I'm not sure

any of these gadgets of yours are going
to help, but...

Being a good father is pretty
straightforward.

Children need stability and discipline.

And, uh... Well, a father's job is to
sustain the family through the good and

bad. And be a provider. Try and, uh...
Well, try and give them more than we

huh?

Love. What about love?

Of course.

I've no doubt you'll provide plenty of
that. But then, uh...

Love doesn't put three square meals on
the table, hmm?

Children are a big responsibility.

Oh, yes.

Yes, indeed.

Very,

very rewarding.

Titus! Andromeda!

Isdora!

Persephone! Or...

Bellarophilae.

Hamlet. Horatio.

Horatio. Jupiter.

Caligula. Giselle.

What do you think of Giselle?

Giselle? Yes.

Olivia, make me a word.

Oh, Jasper, yes.

Oh, Olivia, have you thought of a name
for the baby?

Oh, well, yes, actually.

I rather like Montgomery.

It's a name that's been in the King
family.

Montgomery King.

Oh, Margie. Oh, Olivia.

Wasn't he that scrapper who ran with the
sideshows?

That's probably a spider, Janet.

Scrapper. Professional pugilist.

I rather favor Portia for a gal.

Oh, that's a lovely name.

But it is a boy.

I can always tell.

A boy, then?

Ariel.

Great name from literature.

It's a rather feeble name for a
strapping king baby.

Oh, that's true. You wouldn't want a
name that would subject the boy to

ridicule.

Nigel, there's a naming to say with
pride to a prospective employer.

Not that any day seems overly concerned
with steady employment.

Petty.

It seems a little premature to think
about that.

Maybe we should name him Doctor or Mr.
Justice or the Right Honorable. Take

of the vocation and the... Name in one
fell swoop.

It seems to me that the Dale family are
propositive that you can tell a lot from

a name.

Oh, Galileo.

Betty, that's enough.

All of you.

Jasper and I will make the final
decision about our baby's name.

Jasper?

What on earth are you doing?

Mother told me to come here.

No room at my house.

Salad de mar a la Felix.

For the picnic.

Some lobster, celery.

It's all stuck together in this yellow
glue?

Mayonnaise. Chef can never eat too much.

Made it last night.

Last night?

Did you hear?

My parents were talking this morning.

Something about a feud between the
families?

Things got so bad last night that Uncle
Jasper actually ran away from home.

Really?

Jasper Dale?

I didn't believe it myself when Aunt
Henny told me.

I bet Aunt Henny's never told a fib in
her entire life.

We have to do something to mend fences.

I know.

We'll hold the powwow. The two families
smoke a peace pipe.

I read about it in The Last of Mohicans.

I'll bet Minerva Dale has a remedy.

You don't really believe in all that
stuff, do you?

I don't see why we shouldn't explore
each and every possibility.

There, I don't know.

Harmony elixir?

Look at this.

Smells awful.

It's really working. I hope so.

In case, Olivia, you've no business at
the Dale reunion without your husband.

For that matter, none of us need go to
the blasted picnic.

Not our family, thank heaven.

You're right.

Why, if I hadn't married a Dale, I'd
have no reason to be there in the first

place. But you did, and you love him.

Besides, Jasper wouldn't leave at a time
like this. Not with a baby doing his

family's all here.

Sarah, you're right.

Oh, Jasper would never miss his family
reunion.

I'll bet he'd come home. I'll just go
and text to see if he's come back or

a message for me. Not on your life,
Olivia.

No, I'll not hear of it. Not in your
condition.

Now, now, you're not to be alone, you
hear?

You're right.

I don't know what went wrong between
Jasper and me, but I do know it

must... Must have been my fault.

Oh, Olivia, you're wrong.

She's absolutely right.

She married an inventor.

A dreamer. An artist.

Adele. But your family could never
accept Jasper for who he is.

No.

Once Olivia King had him in her
clutches, she made it her mission in

turn him into a sensible, logical
bonehead.

A typical king.

Maybe she's right. Oh, she's wrong. Of
course. I am right.

The man has fled.

It was just a matter of time.

I should never have tried to change him.

Jasper Dale is... He is who he is. Yes,
a Dale. A flashy, irresponsible,

unreliable, shiftless Dale.

Kenny, that is enough. This is all your
fault, you know. Olivia married a Dale.

Now she's Olivia Day.

Olivia's born a king and she'll die a
king.

Jasper.

Jasper.

Oh, I'm so furious with you.

I expected you would be, but I had to do
it.

Do what?

You go running off without word? I was
so worried. There's nothing to worry

about anymore.

I've just returned from Markdale. I
decided that I... Well, with a

child and all, I had to find a position
that had a steady income.

A job? You?

It wasn't easy finding something that
was suitable. I considered a job in a

store, but, you know, I'm not sociable.

Oh, Jasper, everybody likes you.

I like you.

And there was a teaching position in the
Charlottetown papers, but I decided

they might find that I was too
progressive, so I aimed my sights at a

You're dropped a point.

Oh, no.

I'm much too clumsy to be a bank robber,
so I settled on being a clerk.

Oh,

Jasper. Oh, that sounds awfully dull.

Well, it's not what I like about it. I
mean, body is chained to the desk, but

the mind is free.

Oh, well done, Jasper.

Why, that's better. You're becoming a
husband and a father before my very

Jasper.

You've become one of them.

Adding up numbers like some brainless
machine.

Why, a Jasper Dale I know would be
inventing such a machine.

A machine that computes numbers.

Yes.

A computing machine. Yes, to free men
from the wearisome pursuits and to allow

them more time for the meaningful things
of life.

Art.

I am spirituality, love, and... And
picnic?

I hope this calms him down.

That looks lovely, Felix.

Would you like some of my famous salad d
'omar, Mr. Dale? Young man, I'd be

surprised if your salad did not up
and... crawl right back into the sea.

Galileo, the lobsters are quite dead.

The mayonnaise is alive, with bacteria.

See for yourself, son.

The effect of heat on seafood and egg
yolk. That lobster is lethal.

Look at that crackpot making a mockery
of our son's endeavour.

Isn't it just like Adele to turn lunch
into a laboratory?

Enough to eat. Oh, delicious.

Father? Thank you.

My son made this, you know.

Loaded with lobster.

Oh, my breath!

Lights of the sea!

Bottom feeders.

We dales are strictly vegetarian.

You are what you eat.

It's the truth. They eat like rabbits.

And multiply like him, too. I swear
there's a dozen more Dales here than

yesterday. Poor Jenny. Thank you, Jenny.
My goodness.

Well, we've certainly got a lovely sunny
day, didn't we?

The sun emits a spectrum of radiation,
some of which are harmful.

Sunshine is wonderful if you're a plant.

I'd like to propose a toast.

Oh, a toast?

To the king.

And to the dill.

And especially to the new baby.

To nurture.

red earth of our beloved island.

Here's mud in your eye.

To the red mud of Mars!

The King Edward.

The King Arthur and his beloved
Guinevere.

Santé et bonheur!

men and women, brave and proud.

Oh, I can recall tales of great
-grandmother Matilda King, who came

tempest -tossed to these shores.

Is this a toast?

I think it's a lecture.

Of great -uncle Oliver, Olivia's
namesake, who

died of thirst while listening to the
king's family tree.

The first homestead here.

Norval King.

Yes, then there was Norval King.

Oh, he drowned quite tragically whilst
searching for the Northwest Passage. At

least poor cousin Norval had something
with which to wet his whistle.

Kings and the Dales, it's like oil and
water.

What does that say about our future
together?

Felix, hurry up! There are others in
need to use the facilities.

But I didn't eat or drink any of it.

Jasper, what's wrong with me?

Maybe it was the punch.

The kings are suffering because of the
food.

The Dales are in...

Misery due to the drink.

Eddie said there was no alcohol in the
pot.

Nook's Vomica is good for digestive
complaints.

Pulsatilla for women's problems.

It's all my fault.

No, it was my mayonnaise.

The Harmony Elixir.

It wasn't charmed, it was cursed.

Send for a doctor.

Sulfur is good for asthma.

Yogic breathing.

In goes the good air, out goes the bad.

Maybe a nice cup of Panku's Perfect Tea.

No, I really think we should send for a
doctor.

Actually, Janet, it...

It's fine now. I feel much better.

The pain is completely gone.

That's the power of homeopathy. Often
the mere mention of a remedy can cure

ailment. There you are. Mind and body
are one.

Recurring pains with increasing
intensity.

Constipation.

Labor.

Jasper Dale, your wife's going to have a
baby.

Yes, well, I'm aware of that. In
approximately two weeks.

Give or take 14 days.

Oh. Yes, I think you should get her
upstairs.

What?

Don't worry.

All king babies have been born right
here. King babies?

Jasper, Jasper, this is a Dale baby.
Well, strictly speaking, this 50 -50 has

been born right here.

Jasper was born at the Dale. Jasper, get
a doctor.

Jasper, shall I get a doctor?

A doctor really isn't necessary. I know
everything about childbirth. In addition

to many other vocations, Selina is in
training to be an apprentice midwife.

Midwife? In training?

Hmm. Of course, Olivia, we've got a...
Uncle Jasper and Olivia's gone.

Oh, ow!

Sorry. Selina.

I didn't mean to bother you.

I tried to get home, but I couldn't make
it.

You are home, dear.

Come.

Come on.

I think it's customary to boil

water on occasions such as this.

I never understood that.

Me neither.

Truth is, Lydia, I know quite a bit
about some things.

Something about most things.

Oh, I... Oh, I... I don't know anything
about

birthing or babies.

been a mother myself, I would have had a
better idea of what to do now.

But then, not everyone's cut out for
motherhood, are they?

Any regrets?

Me?

Oh, no. I answered my calling, you see.

No, I've always been quite happy with
the path I've chosen.

I think we should continue this
discussion, definitely.

I'm not able to be more helpful to you.

Oh, what can I do?

I'm looking after a baby, my auntie.

Right.

I will need hot water, clean towels, and
a blanket.

Go.

Oh, but... Jasper, I...

I think the presence of a husband in
this situation is highly unquestionable.

Take my hands.

Now, bear down hard.

I suppose we have to dispense with
convention for now, whilst we wait for

the doctor to arrive.

According to my research, this baby is
not going to wait another minute.

Oh, there's goodness.

I'd best go boil that water.

Please.

You should get a tea.

Oh, my

goodness. It's, uh, it's, uh, it's...

It's a baby.

I heard him. You heard the baby. I heard
Jasper. He said it's a baby.

Something's wrong.

Yeah. I'm the mother of four healthy
children. Listen.

I don't hear anything.

Exactly.

Babies are supposed to cry.

Jasper. Baby.

It's a boy.

But... But?

A little boy.

Absolute.

Kill him. He has to breathe.

He must breathe.

readings, there was a passage about the
clearing of the airways.

I think my new nephew is a boy.

No quitter, he.

Oh, no.

Oh,

it might be an insanity. It would make a
very fine Montgomery.

Oh, it's an excellent name for a king.
Montgomery King.

Oh, I mean Dale.

Montgomery.

Oh, Minerva. Oh,

you're such a tiny boy. But strong
fingernails, you know.

Blue, blue eyes, just like Jasper's.