All language subtitles for early_edition_s01e22_dad

My foot.

The world is a scary place.

You hear that? I mean, just take a look
at the headlines sometimes.

You got your serial killers, your flesh
-eating viruses, your wild packs of

carnivorous coyotes roaming the
countryside.

You never know what's going to pop out
of the dark.

Hey,

don't worry. I'm not here to hurt you.
Who are you?

Never mind that. Your father's on the
way.

Why? Why?

He's coming for you, pal.

So what? That guy doesn't even know me.
Oh, that's good, because he's bringing a

Louisville slugger with him.

I gotta go.

Pat, wait.

Oh, my God.

That's him. See you, Jennifer.

Call me tomorrow.

Yeah, right.

All right, who is he?

He's really angry.

Can you help me?

I'm 20 years old. My father's in that
case. Please.

Who's this?

He's my date.

What's his name?

I don't know.

You didn't even tell her your name.

Oh, what's that?

Sometimes the scariest things out there
are the things you simply don't

understand.

Take, for example, a guy who gets
tomorrow's newspaper today.

What's scarier than that?

Yeah, good morning.

Wake up.

Come on, buddy. It's me.

Yeah, open up.

Good morning. What's so good about it?

You look gorgeous.

Why'd you get up on the wrong side of
the bed?

No, I never went to bed.

Oh, yeah?

And where did you spend the night?

In a swamp.

Any particular reason you spent the
evening in a swamp?

This. It leads, I follow.

Well, I hope it was worth it.

Did anybody say thank you at least?

What do you think?

You want my advice?

You need help.

What kind of help do you suggest?

You need someone that you can talk to.

Someone that'd help you lighten the load
a little bit.

Well, I thought that was you.

Someone you can trust.

Maybe you should tell your folks.

Yeah.

I mean, look at you. You're pale.

You're not having very much fun.

Why don't you invite him down for the
weekend? Have him take care of you. You

can bond.

I definitely think you should tell your
folks.

What I think... I think out of all the
advice that you've given me, Chuck, that

that is the worst.

My parents here in Chicago, you've got
to be joking.

In all this time, you've never breathed
a word to them, dropped even a slight

hint? You got it?

It's a big secret to keep from the
people that changed your diapers.

What do you expect me to do, go home and
say, gee, Mom, Dad, I forgot to tell

you, but I get tomorrow's paper today,
that'd be great. And my dad, can you

imagine him?

First thing he'd want to do is help, and
you know what that means.

There it is.

All right.

Remember the paper route to seventh
grade? Or how about that explosive

project? We'd like to get out of there
alive.

Yeah, well, let's just get out of here
alive, okay?

Hey, anybody in there?

All right, nobody's in here. Put this
thing out. Let's go.

I know this is true. Yeah, come on.
Let's go. This thing is going to blow.

I know that smell.

Yeah, come on, now.

Huh? I'll get the door. Go!

What is that smell?

Nolke.

Oh, no, you're not going to believe
this.

It's time.

No, you're not.

Oh, yes, I am.

What's going on here?

Chucky, is that you?

There's my boy!

Yeah!

See ya!

Is it a joke you guys are playing a joke
on me? No, your trailer's on fire.

Really?

So this is it, huh?

Well, let's have a look around.

Yeah, make yourself at home, Mr. Hobbs.
Not much in the way of furnishings,

but... Wow, look at this view.

Fantastic.

Yes, sir, Dad. Hey, how'd you find this
place?

Back of a matchbook.

Whoa!

Chucko, silly old jokester, huh? That's
me.

How's the stock market business?

Well, you know, it has its ups and it
has its downs.

Good to see you guys. How long's it
been?

Well, over a year, right? Yeah, well,
we've been busy, you know, saving the

world. Yeah, I take that. Listen, so
what are you doing here? Since when does

guy need an excuse to come and see his
kid, huh?

It's just in the traffic out there.

Hey, I gotta wash up. How about some
coffee? You guys got any coffee? Yeah,

in the pantry.

You call this a pantry? Look at it.

You're that, buddy.

Look, I got to go back to the office and
take care of some very important

business. Good luck.

Let's see what we got here.

Filters, cups, coffee.

You all right?

Want to have a little coffee with me?

Come on, you didn't answer me. You got
me worried here. What's wrong?

Why does something always have to be
wrong?

I felt like taking a little trip.

You've had that trailer locked up for
ten years in mothballs.

I talked to you the other day. You're
out in your shed building cabinets. You

don't mention anything about visiting.
Now all of a sudden, here you are.

going on?

She threw me out.

What? Who threw you out?

Your mother.

She threw me out.

When did that happen?

Last Tuesday.

You've been driving around for a week?

I took the scenic route. Did a little
fishing.

What are you doing? What am I doing? I'm
calling Mom.

Are you kidding me?

She packed those bags with her own
little hands. Set them out on the porch,

closed the door, and said, see ya.

Dad, after 35 years, what do you do to
make her so mad?

You got me.

Dad.

Okay.

I retired.

That's it?

Well, that's my point, isn't it?
Exactly.

You spend your whole life on your job,
and then all of a sudden, bam, that's

You're finished. Out of there.

Well, not me.

I got a lot to do.

Like what?

You sound just like her. It's exactly
what she said. Like what?

Well, and then what did you say?

I said I am too young to spend the rest
of my life building shells for your

China.

You said that to Mom?

I said that to Mom. That's when she
threw me out.

She said, come back when you've found
whatever it is you're looking for. So, I

hooked up the trailer.

I went up to Yellowstone. I saw Old
Faithful. Hey...

I fished the Lower Madison, I fished the
Upper Madison, then I fished the

Clearwater, then I fished the
Yellowstone, and then I got real tired

So I circled around, I headed down to
the Grand Canyon, spit in there, and

I came here.

Yeah, you came here. Now you're going to
go home. Really?

Mom.

Hey, how you doing?

Listen, Mom.

Yeah, I'm eating fine.

Listen, is there anything that you want
to tell me?

Yeah, no.

Mom, Dad's here.

Huh? No, Mom. Mom.

I know. I love you, too.

Okay.

Well,

I guess it's just the two of us, pal.

Which closet's mine?

So he's staying, huh? No.

Just long enough for Mom to calm down,
then he's going home.

Hey, you got any gnocchi?

What's gnocchi?

Never mind. Just give me two fingers of
scotch and a glass of water with some

lime. Okay.

Has this ever happened before?

No. I mean, that guy's always been the
Rock of Gibraltar, huh?

Well, it looks like the Rock is starting
to roll.

Well, I think he's pretty charming.

I mean, maybe it'll be good for you, you
know, like a father -son bond.

Is that what they teach you in
psychology?

Oh, come on, Gary. He loves you.

Don't be so hard on him. I'm not being
hard on him. I love him. He's my father.

I'm just being practical. He's got his
life and I've got mine.

Not to mention a newspaper at your
doorstep. Yeah, if you listen to me, you

don't mention anything about that, do
you understand?

You can't keep it a secret.

I mean, he's going to be living in your
house. For a couple of days and that's

it. And then?

Go ahead and then I'll talk to him.
He'll listen. I'll just have to be tough

him. Marissa?

Yeah? Listen, Dad. Old friends and new.
Before you do that, I want... Here's to

new adventures.

Come what may.

Son, you're not toasting.

Well, that's because... Here's to
finding ourselves, Chuck.

Right behind you, Bernie.

Okay. Finally, the ones who love you,
the ones who pull your fat from the

the ones who stand by you when you have
no place else to go.

You don't mind me being here, do you?

No, what are you talking about?

I'm just worried about you and Mom,
that's all.

I appreciate that.

So what's up for tomorrow?

I have no idea.

Make a breakfast. Scrambled okay?

Yep.

Hell of a day out there, son. People all
over the place, like roaches.

Did you turn my alarm clock off? Yeah, I
did. Went off at 6 .30.

You were sounding like an 18 -wheeler
with a Jake brake on, so I figured, what

the hell?

Kid doesn't have a job.

We'll let him sleep in.

Hey, you mind if I ask you a question?

Why? What do you do with yourself all
day?

Oh, um, well, I, you know, I do, uh, not
much. Not

much?

That doesn't sound like you, Gar.

Well, I... Did

you get the paper today?

Yeah, I did.

Did you read the paper?

Of course I read it. That's what papers
are for.

And?

The funnies weren't funny, if that's
what you mean. Why?

Hey, by the way, you can't find anything
in this kitchen.

What you need are some more shelves, you
know? Your mother always used to say

that... Never mind. You want some
coffee?

Yeah.

Listen, Dad, maybe you ought to calm
down today, huh?

Your mother was right.

She was?

Yeah, throw me out.

She had every reason to.

She did?

For one thing, I insulted her china.

For another thing, a man ain't worth
diddly squat unless he's got some

direction. I need to find my direction.

How are you going to do that?

No idea.

But it'll come to me.

Like that time we got stuck in a
treehouse, you remember that?

We couldn't get down.

The rope ladder broke and there we were,
no way down.

You thought we'd be stuck there forever
till we starved to death. Of course, I

agreed, but I couldn't say so.

So I'm thinking, what's the worst that
could happen? Broken leg, broken neck.

took me a while, but I figured it out.

This is today's.

Of course, it's today's paper. I went
down and got it fresh from the

What happened to the one that the
other... Oh, I got rid of it.

You what? There was something wrong with
that, you know. It was concomitant.

Had the wrong headline, had the wrong
date on it. What'd you do with it?

I told you, I got rid of it.

Where?

I gave it away.

That to who?

Some old guy was pushing a shopping
cart.

I don't believe this.

Are you out of your mind?

Fifty bucks for a newspaper. That's
pretty steep, even at home.

Yeah.

Well, what's the deal? You a collector
or what?

Oh, something like that, yeah.

Kind of a hobby, huh?

Maybe that's what I need, a hobby.

Electric trains or something.

Maybe I could go in on this with you.

Oh, yeah.

No, we can't go in. We're not going out.

Don't you think you ought to call Mom
for that?

Can't do that, Gar.

I made my break.

Bullets out of the gun.

No going back now.

Dad, I gotta go.

What? What's the rush? Why don't we get
something to eat? I bet you we could

find some gnocchi around here. I'd like
to, but I can't do that. I gotta go.

Are you sick, son? No, I'm not sick.
Just, I got something I gotta do.

Okay, I'll go with you.

No, no, no, no, absolutely not. Look,
you just, you, uh, you do, you know, why

don't you, I'll meet you back at the
apartment. I gotta go, okay?

I'll talk to you later.

Hey, Gar, wait up.

What else am I gonna do, go shopping?

Listen, I gotta do this alone, all
right? Fine, I won't say a word. I'm

invisible.

All right, look.

All right, here we are.

Yeah.

I've got an appointment.

Job interview?

Huh? A job interview? Why didn't you
tell me you had a job interview? I can't

to a job interview with you. I'm your
father. They'll think you're nuts. Of

course they will.

That's why I think you should get a cup
of coffee.

Good idea.

Good luck, sir.

Hey, look, I'll be right back, all
right? Just stay here. Okay.

Okay,

you ready?

Are you sure this is a good idea?

Of course it's a good idea. I thought of
it, didn't I?

But why do I have to go? Because.

Because what? Because who's going to
hold the rope?

Hey, don't do that.

Who are you?

It doesn't matter. You're going to fall.
What are you doing?

That's great, but it's not going to
work, kid.

Ignore him. Come on. Hey!

Now listen to me. Listen to me, Derek
and Jimmy.

Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to
come up there and I'm going to tell

your mother.

No, I'm not going to tell your mother
because your mother's not home, is she?

So listen to me. I'll tell you what I'm
going to do. We dropped our dad's

baseball.

Your what? His Willie Mays baseball.

It's in there.

Well, why don't you come down and get
it?

Look, just stay there, all right? Don't
do anything. I'll get the baseball.

I got your ball.

What the hell's going on here?

Oh, I, uh... What's that?

Willie Mays.

You're in trouble, aren't you? I said
no, I'm not in any trouble.

Here's what I see, okay?

I see a guy who buys a newspaper from a
bum.

I see a guy who's in a dumpster up to
his keister in Orangefields. I see a guy

who's in trouble and who's also hiding
something from me.

Um, I know you, don't I?

You're the man from the woods last
night, the one who snuck up on my car.

I just want you to know that I'm sorry
for how I behaved, but, uh, you were

great.

It's just my father, you know, he's like
some sort of madman. He follows me

everywhere.

I think he trusts his own daughter, huh?

How did she behave?

Anyway, whatever you saw in that paper,
thanks for rescuing me.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Thanks.

Bye.

Hey, what are you doing?

Look at this.

You don't have to let your trains and
everything. Well, that's your hobby and

this is mine. That's all it is. Yeah,
but this is some hobby.

Hey, now, look.

We've got something back for you.

Yeah? Huh?

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

I don't

believe...

Tomorrow's newspaper, today, comes in
the morning with a can.

So, you read a story in the paper, then
you run out into the city and you save

somebody's life, and then just like
that, the story is gone?

Uh, something like that.

Well, how do they do that?

Some kind of special ink?

I'm not sure. I bet it's the ink.

Disappearing ink.

The Army was working on a project like
that when I was at Fort Briggs.

Top secret stuff.

Look, Dad.

I really didn't mean for you to find out
about this.

You don't even have to say it.

Something like this gets out, it could
cause a lot of trouble.

Don't worry. Your secret is safe with
me.

Good. I'm very relieved to hear that.

Hell, I'm your old man. If I can't help,
who can?

Yeah.

What do you mean, help?

With this.

We're in this together, right?

Oh, no. No, we... There's nothing...
Gary, hear me out on this, will you?

for the offer, but the answer's no.

Seems to me that you're not thinking
straight.

Everyone needs a leg up once in a while.

Yeah, well, that's great, but my legs,
they're fine.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

I'm using your VCR. Mine's busted.

X -files are on tonight.

So, uh, how's it going with you two,
huh?

Did you know he gets tomorrow's paper?

That was fast.

Son, this is too much responsibility for
one man. How long has this been going

on? About a year.

No wonder you look so tired. You're
carrying the whole world around on your

back. Where are you going?

I'm going to call Mom.

Oh, put the phone down. Come on, put the
phone down, will you?

You want to know what I'm thinking here?

I'm remembering that summer we went
camping. You were around 10 years old,

remember? And you wanted to sleep
outside in your sleeping bag. I wanted

stay in the tent. But you wanted to do
what you wanted to do by yourself.

So about 11 o 'clock, I get this
feeling. I go out to see how you're

there you are in your sleeping bag,
shaking like a leaf scared out of your

But you didn't want to go back in.

So I came out and I stayed with you.

Now, I'm not saying that I believe in
ESPN or anything like that. ESP.

What? ESP.

That's what I said, ESP.

Yes,

it is. Chuck, I know what I said. I know
what I said. That's what I said.

You said ESPN. Guys, look.

All I'm saying is, maybe there's a
reason I'm here.

A reason besides your mother's China.

Maybe I can be of some help.

Come on, give your old man a chance,
will you?

You won't regret it.

You should have been there. It was such
a trip.

So you like this save the world stuff,
huh?

You know, I can't remember ever having
so much fun.

Fun?

That's something we don't hear very
much.

What is this stuff?

I don't know.

It's not gnocchi.

What's gnocchi?

Well, hasn't anyone in this town ever
heard of gnocchi? Yeah. Hey, it's your

show. Oh.

I made chocolate.

So, uh, have a go.

That looked good.

No one got hurt, nothing got blown up.

So, you're thinking you're out of the
woods, huh?

Yeah,

I don't want to say anything. None of my
business, but I think you're headed for

trouble.

The rate you're going, you're going to
end up with a permanent partner.

What are you talking about?

I've known your old man almost as long
as you have.

Look at him.

Playing with fire.

He's a good guy. Yeah.

Look at those eyes.

Look at those eyes looking at that
paper.

Well, he's... Dad, listen.

I was just... Yeah, I know. Dad, look.

You don't think this is going to be a
permanent thing? I mean, it's working

together. Hell no!

Are you kidding me?

In the first place, it's a waste of
manpower. Two guys come from the same

That's nuts.

Tomorrow we split it up.

Yeah, I know I'm new at this, but I
really think I'm getting a feeling for

The first thing I need is a very good
watch.

Then I figure, you take page one, I take
page two. No, Dad, Dad, listen.

What? I'm glad you had a good time and
all, but I don't want your help.

Okay, okay, that's how you feel.

I just thought we might try to... Look,
no more.

I was only going to suggest... Look,
Dad, I need you to promise me something.

That you'll keep away from the paper,
all right?

Oh, Gar... Dad, come on.

Look, it's nothing to fool with. Believe
me, I know.

I need you to give me your word.

All right, I promise.

Thank you.

Good night.

Good night.

Come on, buddy.

Dad,

I told you not to turn the alarm clock
off.

Dad.

Hey, Dad?

I got this whole block here now.

Give me the phone. Hey, come on.

Oh, no.

What do you want? Who's in there?

I was hoping you could tell me.

I wouldn't have to be a guy that grudges
a gun with hostages in there, would I?

We got someone on the line.

Some nut with a grudge? Not the nut.
Some guy named Hobbs.

That might be my father.

What, are there two of you? He says
they're coming out.

Really? Really? Here they are.

I know it.

It's okay.

It's okay. It's no trouble.

Everything's fine.

Hey, Gar, what are you doing here?

Dad, what are you doing? You promised
me. Oh, when you weren't up this

you turned off the alarm clock. You were
sound asleep. I figured I could handle

it. Dad, you promised me. Oh, what's the
big deal, Gar? Everything worked out

great.

You know, I think I got an act for this.

Hey, listen up. What happened to his
gun?

And he just gave it to you just like
that?

Oh, I sweet -talked him out of it.

What'd you say to him?

I said, what good is a gun gonna do you?

If you want people to listen to you,
you've got to think bigger than a gun.

So he handed me the gun, threw his
laundry down, and we came out.

What laundry?

I don't know, some laundry he had
wrapped in some paper, you know, Chinese

or something.

Everybody get down! Everybody get down!

What do you say we go get some gnocchi?

Does this guy know I was a volunteer
fireman for six years?

Put the lid on him, would you? I'm just
trying to get the ball rolling.

Bernie.

It is Bernie.

Actually, it's Bernard, but my friends
call me Bernie.

Oh, Bernard, I have three choices here.

One, I can arrest you for interfering
with police activity.

Two, I can recommend you for a medal for
saving all those lives.

Or three, I can throw the two of you out
here on your ear.

I kind of like the medal. Three.

Three.

Don't say anything.

I don't want an explanation.

I thought I could help.

You thought you could help? You blew up
a video store. Let me ask something.

What would Mom think about that, huh?

Well, she wouldn't like it.

No, she wouldn't like that very much,
would she? Listen, son, I just want you

know, for what it's worth, I think I
learned my lesson here.

This thing is nothing to be fooling
around with. I'm glad to hear that. It

happen again. Good. From now on, you
should do the life -saving stuff, and

back you up. All right. Remember when
you were about nine, we were playing

softball at one of the picnics? You were
pitching, I was backing... No more.

Do you understand?

No more!

Gar. Hey, Gar, wait up.

Gar.

Gar, wait up.

Where are we going? Home.

Ray. I'm going to pack your bags and I'm
going to put them in the trailer.

Why? Because you're leaving. Not
tomorrow, today. And I don't want any

stories about when I was six years old,
all right? You remember that birthday

party we went to the circus? You know
what?

Mom was right.

You're trying to find yourself. That's
fine. But let me tell you something.

Don't try to find yourself in me, okay?

Is that how you feel?

Yes, that's how I feel.

Alright, fine.

I'll pack my own bag.

Hudson? Yeah. I know you?

No. But you know my daughter.

Oh, you're, uh... That's right, sonny.

How about we take a little ride?

Now.

So where are we going?

None of your business.

Maybe I should leave.

You know what's wrong with the world
today?

People don't have any respect for their
parents.

Look, Mr.

See what I mean?

You're after my daughter and you don't
even know her last name.

I don't even know your daughter.

Oh, is that why you were in the woods
together two nights ago?

No, no, no. That wasn't me. I mean, it
was me, but I wasn't in the woods with

your daughter. Look, I wasn't there
because I liked your daughter.

I mean, I... You know, you're not
helping your case in here, you know

No, I'm not.

Right.

Lost again.

Thanks, pal.

What do we got here, a stowaway?

You're not coming with me for a ball.

You're going back to the hotel.

talk this over no i've tried that i she
doesn't listen to me i tell her no

dating until she's 21 but she dates
anyway so the time to talk is over it's

to show by example what do you need me
for you're gonna be the example

Don't make me put you in the trunk.

He's in trouble, isn't he?

Hang on, son.

I'm coming.

Look, Nick.

It's Nick. You sure you want to do this?
Because I know I don't want to do this.

Well, you should have thought about that
before you snuck around behind my back

with Jennifer.

Nick, you can't spend the rest of your
life trying to kill your daughter's

boyfriend, Nick.

And why is that?

Well, because no matter how many of them
you kill, you know, there's always

going to be more of them.

What?

Let me rephrase that.

I'm coming, son. Hold on.

What's with that guy?

That would be my dad.

Yeah, what does he want?

Well, I think he wants you to stop,
Nick. I have a chance.

Persistent bastard.

You have no idea.

There's no escape in the great ghost.

Right on my tail.

Can't get away from me.

Locked him.

Not quite.

You all right?

No, he's not.

Who are you? What do you want with my
kid? What does he want with my daughter?

asked first. Yeah, well, I'm older.

Are you sure about that? I've got the
gun.

You're right. You're first.

I caught them together in the woods.

The paper?

Not that late.

Look, whatever your name is, will you
let me handle this?

What is your name?

Nick.

Oh, Nick, what's she like, your
daughter?

What's... She drives me crazy.

All I want is what's best for her, but
she won't listen to me. They do that,

don't they?

How old is she? She's just 20.

I remember when he was 20.

Wouldn't listen to anything I had to
say.

Then I figured it out.

Somewhere along the line, he learned
what I was trying to tell him.

Remember when she was a baby?

All those cries?

One meant that she was hungry. One meant
that she was tired.

You figured it out, right?

Yeah. Yeah, we'll see. It's no different
now. She's grown up, yeah, but she's

still your kid.

You gotta listen to her. She'll tell you
what she needs.

And she'll tell you what they don't
need.

And what about me?

Same as me.

We're still their fathers.

You hungry?

What do you say we go grab something to
eat and talk this over?

Yeah, there's a place up the road.

They serve gnocchi.

Really? Is it any good?

Not like mine, but it'll do.

Great. Why don't you drive? I never rode
one of these things. You like this?

Yeah, they're the best. Yeah.

Dad.

You want some company?

I thought you'd never ask.

Follow us in my rig.

You gotta fall in here and everything.

They say that no one can

teach you to be a father.

But it's not really true.

Because every father would want
somebody's son.

It was such a pleasure to meet you,
Marissa. Thank you, Mr. Hopkins.

Oh, you can call me Bernie.

Bernie. Bernie!

Care of yourself, Jekko.

Because nobody else will. Well, you're
right.

Oh, what's wrong? You got indigestion?

Something I ate, I think, huh?

There aren't any cats in there, are
there? No.

Hey, Dad, look, you want to stick
around, I'm telling you. Nah, it's time.

Not enough time saving your bacon.

Besides, I talked to your mother this
morning.

She misses me.

What did you tell her?

I told her it was all your fault.

Oh.

Lexon, I know this is not easy for you.

I've got a big job to do here. I've got
a lot of time to handle it.

I'm proud of you, son.

Hey, Bernie.

You sure you're not going to miss saving
the world?

I've got better things to do. I've got
shelves to build.

Hey, Dad.

Come back any time, okay? There's always
tomorrow.

Hey.

Take care.

Thank you.

You don't get to pick your parents.

No one automatically gets the father
they want.

No one.

Sometimes, however, if you're lucky, and
if you're blessed, you get the father

you need.

That's the best you can hope for.

And really, it's more than enough.