All language subtitles for family_affair_s04e13_goodbye_harold

Hi, kids, and you come in. Hi, Uncle
Bill.

Mr. Friend said not to disturb you. He
said that you were looking for an answer

to a very difficult problem. Yes, I was,
but sometimes the best way to get an

answer is to forget about it and get in
a little putting practice.

Uncle Bill, can I use your golf clubs
for when I do my arithmetic homework?

Arithmetic.

Okay, if it'll help.

We have a surprise for you, Uncle Bill.

We brought it home from school.

Okay, Mr. Friend. Uncle Bill's ready for
Harold.

That's a surprise.

To be sure, sir, this is Harold.

Isn't he darling, Uncle Bill? Oh, yeah,
he's darling.

Who's he belong to?

Well, sir, it seems that Harold up to
now has been the focus of certain

scientific demonstrations at school.

But now that he's served his purpose...

Today he was put up for adoption.

Well,

I've got nothing against hamsters,
but... Oh, well, sir, I assured the

that Harold's adoption was contingent to
your approval.

Please, Uncle Bill.

Well... Harold's gentle and clean and
quiet, and I'll take care of him. I'll

feed him and everything.

He needs somebody to take care of him.
Just think how we would feel if nobody

took care of us.

Okay.

Thanks, Uncle Bill.

Harold Davis thanks you, too.

Seems that Harold makes good pets, sir,
and, well, Buffy is devoted to him, sir.

He's like some kind of a fancy rat. I
mean, if they're going to take care of

him, it's all right.

Now then.

No, Buff, you're doing something wrong.

Okay, I pick her up like this like I
take something sour.

Now blow.

Watch me.

I'm teaching Buffy how to whistle.

So I can talk to Harold. See, hamsters
can understand words, but you can train

them by whistling. Only I can't. That's
all right, Buff.

You'll learn.

How's Harold getting along there?

Fine. He's a happy hamster. He uses his
wheel a lot.

Well, I guess he needs exercise.

What's all that stuff?

Oh, Harold needs a well -balanced diet.

Sure. Just like us.

Only no ice cream sold.

You see, here's his weed germ oil. They
give him his vitamin E.

And here is his protein pellet. And his
very favorite, sunflower seeds.

Watch.

She's a lucky hamster to have friends
like you.

We're the lucky ones.

How's Mrs. Beasley feel about this?

Oh, she's okay. She never had a pet
before.

Come here.

Uncle Bill!

Uncle Bill!

Yeah?

Hi, honey. Hi. Uncle Bill, I've got the
most marvelous opportunity.

A chance for a job.

What kind of a job? Working part -time
in a boutique. Yeah? Where is it? It's

Greenwich Village. It's called The
Living End, and they sell the most

clothes.

What about school?

Well, I'd only work two nights a week
till 9 and Saturday, so it wouldn't

interfere with my homework at all.

Plus, I'd be earning a little money of
my own.

But that's not even the best part. I get
a discount on all the things in the

store.

Well, I don't know if I want you running
around Greenwich Village at night,

honey. Well, I wouldn't be. I could get
a cab from the shop.

A cab fare's going to cost as much as
you earn.

You better just concentrate on your
schoolwork, huh?

Well, I only thought that I could get
some neat clothes and, well, sort of

helping to support myself.

Well, I know, I know. You want to be
independent, and I don't blame you, but

just yet, okay? And not in Greenwich
Village at night.

Okay, Uncle Bill.

I was kind of thinking about raising
your allowance anyway.

Thank you, but you really don't have to.

Oh, you've got to meet the rising cost
of nylons and stereo albums and all that

stuff.

Thanks.

Harold can communicate, huh?

Oh, she's a real pretty rat, Buffy.

Harold's a boy.

And he's not a rat, he's a hamster. And
he's not pretty, he's handsome.

I wonder if they make hamster coats.

dare say anything like that in front of
Harold.

It's just a good thing he can't
understand words, only whistles.

My dog does all kinds of tricks.

What's the use of having a pet?

They can't do tricks.

Harold can do tricks. Show him, Buffy.

He eats it.

He can't roll over or give you his paw.

Come on, Buffy.

Let's play.

No, I want a pet hare.

Come on, guys.

Ruffy, if you'd like to play, I'll keep
an eye on Harold for you.

No, thanks, Mr. French.

I came to the park to give Harold his
exercise.

Very well.

Mr. French.

The sign says don't pick the flowers.

Does that count for leaves?

Well, why do you ask?

I would like a fresh leaf for Harold.

Oh, I think that would be permissible.

Here, Harold.

Go in.

Did you take Harold out of his cage?

Harold? No.

Then he's gone.

He's got to be close by somewhere.

Harold!

Harold! What's the matter, Buffy?

Harold's lost.

Maybe if you whistle, he'll come back.

I can't again.

I'll do it for you.

Remember how Jody felt when his turtle
got away?

Turtles can't run as fast as hamsters.
So I caught my turtle when he ran away.

Let us hope that we find Harold, too.

Well, I guess he just saw his chance and
took off.

He sure is going to be lonely without
Buffy, unless he finds another hamster.

That's not too likely in Central Park.

You know, Harold meant a lot to Buffy.

Well, she mothered him.

You know, Uncle Bill, in a little girl,
this is the time when maternal instincts

begin to develop.

I'll talk to her.

We're going to call up the paper and
we'll put an ad in the lost and found

column.

Thanks, Uncle Bill.

I keep wondering if he needs his warm
and if he gets enough food to eat.

Oh, sure. As long as there's leaves and
flowers and stuff like that, we haven't

got anything to worry about.

But he's not going to get his vitamin E.

You know what I can't understand?

What?

Why Harold wanted to run away.

I gave him all the food he could eat,
and I fixed up his cage, I gave him a

place to store his food, and I loved
him.

I know.

Hey, listen.

You've got a nice cage there and all
that vitamin E. Why don't we just go buy

another hamster, huh?

Could I?

Sure. We'll go Monday, right after
school.

Now, come on. I'm starving.

Uncle Bill?

Huh? Do you think maybe we could get two
hamsters?

Why? Because that's why probably Harold
ran away. Because he was lonely.

There's lots of room in the cage.

And Noah took two of everything on the
ark.

Okay, two hamsters.

Come on.

Oh, my fur and whiskers.

Oh,

my fur and whiskers.

You don't have any fur or whiskers.

Oh, Fred, just stay.

That's from Alice in Wonderland, you
know.

This parrot belonged to an English
professor.

Beware the jabberwock.

Well,

really, we'd like to see a hamster. Two
hamsters.

Two hamsters.

Ah, yes.

Mesochristus oratus.

This way, please.

The name derives from the German,
hamstern, meaning to hoard, is a gentle,

clean, quiet pet.

Yeah, we know.

We had one, but he ran away.

Oh, here's an excellent specimen.

Bright eyes, luxuriant coat.

I like him. He reminds me of Harold.

And this is Madame Pompadour.

She's the coquette of the shop.

Oh, she comes from a fine line.

I like her too, Uncle Bill.

We'll take them both.

Uncle Bill!

Come quick and see the skunk.

We're going to get those two hamsters,
that's all.

Gee, I bet I'd be the only kid on the
whole block with my very own skunk.

You would too.

I'd like you to meet a friend of mine.
This is Eleanor Whitley.

Hello. Hi.

Nice to meet you.

Now you've met the whole family.

Mr. Davis, I wanted to thank you.

Why? What did I do? He said since he
couldn't work at the living inn, so I

the job.

Oh, I see.

And this is the first thing I bought on
my discount.

Isn't that great, Uncle Bill?

Very nice.

I couldn't have afforded it without the
discount.

Besides, it's nice knowing I earned it
for myself.

Sure. Well, we better let you get back
to your reading.

Nice to meet you, Eleanor. Bye -bye.

Jack and Jill?

He's a Jack, all right, but she isn't a
Jill.

You know, Buffy, sometimes the simplest
names are the best, like John and Mary.

Boy and girl?

Well, Jody's the right name for you, and
Mr. French couldn't be anybody but Mr.

French, and Harold was Harold. I want
their names to be right, too.

Well, you know, Buffy, there is the
classical idiom.

There's Jupiter and Juno, Anthony and
Cleopatra, Eloise and Abelard.

That ain't sheer.

Do you know any more? classical idiots,
Mr. French?

Idioms, Bessie.

You know, she does look rather regal.

How does Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert strike you?

Victoria...

Not at all, Buffy. Of course, you
realize that there is no irreverence

towards their late imperial majesty.

Sissy. Is that for me?

Mm -hmm.

Wow.

Oh, it's from the living end.

Take it back, but it doesn't fit now.
Oh, no, it's perfect. Look.

Thank you, thank you. You're welcome.
Uncle Bill, Mr. French!

Victoria and Albert, they're gone!

Oh, when did you see them last?

Yes,

sir. Some 15 minutes ago, sir. Did you
take him out of the cage?

Only to say hello.

Well, maybe when you put him back in,
you didn't fasten the catch.

I did.

I saw her.

Since Hale ran away, I've been extra
careful with Victoria and Albert.

Well, how'd they get out of the cage,
then?

Well, excuse me, sir, but this little
training manual we purchased warns us

that... Hamsters are notorious escape
artists. In fact, they're known as the

Houdinis of the animal world.

Any lock or bolt is a challenge to them.

Well, if they got out of there, they
must be around the apartment.

Maybe if you whistled, Buffy.

Maybe we could all whistle.

Thank you.

have been outsmarted by two hamsters.

Well, we know they're still in the
apartment.

Maybe not.

Hamsters are smart.

They might open the front door.

They couldn't do that.

Could they?

No. They got other ways of getting out,
too. They can hide for a long time, too.

Hmm. But we'll keep looking for them,
huh?

I wonder if we'll ever see them again.

I keep losing hamsters.

You feel another visit to the pet store
is not in order, sir. You know, Buffy's

quite unhappy.

Yeah, I know, but I don't want to go
through that again.

Just no more hamsters.

Well, perhaps we could get her to plant
a little, well, a little window garden.

Petunias don't run away.

Hey.

What is it?

Buffy. Have a good time, Uncle Bill.

This is Victoria and Albert.

In the golf bag.

They turned it into their own Buckingham
Palace.

Albert. Come on. Back in the cage, kids,
where you belong. Yeah, yeah.

Look at that Albert. He already has his
eye on the catch.

Well, maybe we ought to have a
combination lock.

and keep changing the combination.

You know, Uncle Bill, I've been
thinking.

Yeah?

I loved Harold, and I loved Victoria and
Albert.

I gave them everything I thought they
wanted, food and the nicest nest.

But everything I gave them, they still
wanted to run away.

So they could build their own nest and
find their own food.

I gave them everything except what they
wanted most of all, to be free.

How about that job at, um, what is it,
Living Inn?

Um, I guess the increase in the
allowance and, uh, special presence,

the same thing, is it?

Okay.

Next time there's a job open, you can
give it a whirl.

See if you can find one close to home,
okay?

Could you take me and Victoria and
Albert to the park so I can give them

they mostly want?

They're only going to do things for
themselves.

It's nice out here.

Oh, I'm sure Victoria and Albert will
find it most agreeable. But what about

the winter, Mr. French, when it gets
cold?

Well, according to our infallible
manual, during frigid weather, hamsters

hibernate. Just like bears.

Precisely. In fact, they're called
golden bears.

You know, fancy that. Sleeping for three
or four months right through winter.

Okay, Albert.

Come on.

Come on, you're going to go out.

Hey. There. I'll get this guy.

Come on.

Bye,

Victoria. Goodbye, Albert.

Take care of each other.

Now, they're going to burrow down in the
ground and hibernate there, just like

little bears.

Go on, Victoria.

You're free.

It's not always easy to let go of
somebody you love.

Of course it's not easy.