All language subtitles for Benson s01e10 War Stories

Benson, have you seen my vase? I can't
find it anywhere.

Miss Krause, don't do that.

Oh, do you have a headache?

Is it my fault? Did I force you to run
amok in some sleazy beer garden?

Here, Benson, drink this. You'll feel
better.

Good morning.

Certainly another beautiful day.

So how about some coffee, Benson? I
tried some. It didn't work.

A little cranky this morning, are we? He
was out last night with an old army

buddy. He didn't get in till after
midnight.

After three, I saw him chasing my dogs
across the lawn, yelling, death before

dishonor.

Yeah, well, Eddie and I went through a
lot together.

Korea, bottle of sake.

I served in Korea, naval intelligence.

Well, we won anyway.

I think it's great that you and Eddie
have stayed in touch ever since Korea.

We were pretty close.

Close. From what I hear, he saved your
life.

We all make mistakes.

Governor, we have a pretty full agenda
today.

Right.

Say, Taylor, were you ever in the
military?

Taylor, please.

As a matter of fact, I was in the
service.

Oh, sorry.

I was in special services.

I led the dance band at Fort Dix.

Marcy, were you with Eddie and me last
night?

Well, of course I wasn't. Don't you
think you'd remember if I was there?

Well, I don't remember much after Eddie
and I captured the Japanese waiter.

I met him yesterday when he was waiting
for you to get off work.

I like him.

So do I.

I'm going out to dinner with him
tonight. You are?

That's terrific.

I've been trying to get Eddie to ask you
out ever since he came to town last

Wednesday. Took that long, huh?

Oh, come on. You two will have a great
time together. You have a lot in common.

What? Me.

So where are you going?

I don't know.

Okay, I'll have them pick you up at
seven. Wear your green dress. It's great

your eyes. You'll have drinks at
Pierre's. I'll make reservations for

the Colonial Inn.

While you're at it, why don't you just
tell the maitre d' what we'd like to

order? Well, I don't want to be pushing.

Just let me know how it goes, okay?

Yeah, okay. Do you want me to call you
from the restaurant or can I wait till

morning? Get out of here.

Hi, Benson.

Hi, Katie.

You forgot.

No. wouldn't forget.

Happy birthday, sugar.

Benson, it's not my birthday.

You promised you'd start jogging with me
today.

I did?

Oh, well, I don't think I can do it
today.

Why not?

Well, I woke up all achy.

My head hurts. My stomach's upset. I
think I'm coming down with something.

Sounds like a hangover to me.

And Benson sent him flying down that
bowling alley, head first.

The perfect strike. All ten pins and the
pin boy.

What's so funny? You guys been looking
at my paycheck?

Oh, so wonderful, Star. And it's true.

Marcy's just finishing up. I see you've
introduced yourself.

Are you feeling better, Benson?

Yeah, I think so.

I can blink both eyes at the same time.

Excuse me, Governor, but the Lieutenant
Governor's on the phone.

I guess the ninth race is over.

Oh, I'll take it. Eddie, it's been a
real pleasure meeting you, and thanks so

much for the advice on my insurance
coverage. Not at all. No sense having

than you need.

Hi. Hi.

It shouldn't be much longer.

Oh, take your time.

I don't mind waiting when it's for you.

I told you to ask her out, not

drool on her.

Control yourself. This is the governor's
mansion.

Last night you told me this was your
place.

Last night I thought it was.

Why don't you tell me you asked Marcy
out? I told you last night. No, you

didn't. Sure I did. Don't you remember
anything about last night? Yeah, I

up the check.

Well, anyway, I admire your taste.

Marcy is a really good lady.

You know, you wouldn't have gotten
anywhere, though, if I hadn't put in a

word for you. Oh, I really appreciate
it. One thing, though.

She's just getting over a terrible
relationship.

So, naturally, she's going to be a
little cautious.

Benson, we're only having dinner.

Well, last night we were only going out
for a drink.

Which reminds me, have you seen my
shoes?

Brown wingtips? Yeah. I think I'm
wearing them.

Katie, did you... Brush my teeth?

Yes. Did you put away the toothpaste?

Did you wash out the tub and hang up the
towels?

Uh... Katie, how did you leave that
bathroom?

With a strong sense of guilt.

I'll clean in the morning, okay?

Yeah. I see that you do.

On the way out to dinner, Martin
introduced me to Eddie. I think he's a

He's a what?

That means he's cute.

Ah. And what do you call boys your own
age who are cute?

There aren't any.

boys love flakes?

Yeah, most of them grew up to be big
flakes.

Why? Oh, there's this boy in my class,
Billy Carpenter.

He told all the kids he likes me. He
sure is a funny way of showing it.

What do you mean?

He keeps pulling my hair.

Well, at this age, it can be a primitive
sign of affection.

Yesterday, he punched me.

Yeah, I've known a few like that, too.

Did you punch him back?

He only punched me back.

If you do it right, they won't get up
again.

I guess I can't help being a geek.

But Judy, Matthews used to like him.

That's what I can't understand.

Well, do not be too hard on Judy.

Sometimes we see people the way we want
to see them, and not the way they really

are.

Miss Grant, did you ever meet a man you
liked?

Yeah.

But I couldn't take a punch.

Good night, Miss Kress.

Good night, Liebling.

Good morning.

Morning, Benson.

How was your weekend?

Fine.

How'd it go Friday night?

Oh, fine.

Why? What went wrong?

Benson, I said fine.

Well, you don't sound too happy about
it.

I'm very happy about it. I just have a
terrible hangover.

On the inside, I'm jumping up and down.
If I do that on the outside, my ears

will fall off.

Oh, Sing, I'll fix you something.

Oh, thank you.

So tell me what happened.

Oh, you were right.

Eddie and I had a wonderful time Friday
night. Uh -huh.

We enjoyed each other so much, we sort
of lost track of time.

Uh -huh.

By the time I finally got around to
looking at my watch, it was 5 .30 this

morning. Look at him.

American G .I .s, they are all alike.

One of them broke my poor Aunt Helga's
heart.

Drink this, it will help.

You need a fork for that.

So you and Eddie got along all right,
eh?

He's a wonderful guy, Benson.

Lee, what did I tell you? I knew it
would work out.

Did he say anything about nylons or
chocolates?

That's okay.

Aunt Helga never got those things
either.

Rose, I do feel better.

Whatever this is, it works.

Yeah, I know.

I sure could have used some of that the
other day.

Yeah, I know.

I gotta get back to work.

Wait a minute.

That's it?

Seth, did he mention something about
giving up the road?

Eddie said that?

Those G .I .s will say anything.

There's an opening here in town at the
home office. He's going to check it out.

That's great.

Yeah, I kind of thought so, too.

How about that?

Eddie talking about giving up the road.

Well, all these years I've been trying
to get him to find the right person and

settle down, and now maybe he and...
Man, it's so... Huh?

Aunt Helga's GI told her he wanted to
settle down, too.

He never came back.

Well, if Aunt Helga is anything like
you, I can see why.

What's the matter? You couldn't call me?
Marcy told me the good news.

About what?

About what? Mr.

Casual about that job in the home
office.

Oh, yeah. Well, I'm not sure that's
going to work out.

What happened? They turn you down?

No, I didn't put in for it.

Why? You having second thoughts about
Marcy?

No, it's not that. In fact, I think I
might be falling in love with her.

Well, if that's true, why not give it a
chance?

Uh, I can't.

Come on, Eddie. It's no crime to settle
down.

in love with Marcy, what's the problem?

My wife.

You're married, Eddie? Hard to believe,
right?

Still not used to the idea myself.

I noticed.

Look, I was going to tell you, Benson,
but before I got the chance, I met

And I liked what I saw.

And the more I saw of her...

The tougher it got to tell her. What
kind of excuse is that?

Oh, come on, give me a break, huh? I'm
gonna, starting with your neck.

Hey, look, I feel bad. What do you want
me to do, jump out the window?

Let me give you a hand.

Oh, it's a long way down, 43 floors.

44, if you count the mezzanine.

You think I did this on purpose?

The last thing in the world I'd want to
do is hurt Marcy.

Or your wife.

Right. Or me.

Yeah.

Look, I can understand how these things
happen sometimes, but what I don't

understand is how you could throw away
20 -some years of our friendship in the

process. Marcy's a friend of mine. How
could you do this?

It wasn't my idea we'd fall in love.

Unfortunately, it was mine.

Hey, come on, don't leave. Now, we gotta
talk this out.

Damn it, Benson, you're important to me.

You gotta forgive me.

It's not up to me to forgive you. It's
up to Marcy.

When are you gonna tell her?

I thought it might be easier for her if
it came from you. Uh -uh. No way.

You gotta tell her. And the sooner the
better.

You gonna see her before you leave?

Tonight? As good a time as any.

Benson.

Haven't you ever made a mistake?

Yeah.

Just now at the window.

Good morning, Benson.

Oh, hi, Marcy.

I'm late.

Oh, I hadn't noticed.

Just five minutes.

Fifteen.

Want to talk about it?

Okay.

I had two cups of coffee this morning
instead of one.

Right. You seem to be handling it well.

With Eddie?

He told you, huh?

Yeah.

It's a problem.

I can imagine.

But I'm sure we can work it out.

I'm a liberated woman.

We'll make some kind of arrangement.

Isn't that going to be difficult?

Well, it's going to take a little
understanding, what with the demands on

time. Yeah, that sort of thing can be
demanding.

But I don't want him to feel guilty when
he can't see me.

Well, he'll be a little too busy to feel
guilty.

I'll tell you, though, I was a wreck all
through dinner. I knew there was

something. I just kept waiting for the
bomb to drop.

And then he hit me with it.

He told me he wasn't going to apply for
the job at the home office because he

didn't want to give up the road.

So we thought it was best to break off
our relationship because he didn't think

I could handle it.

When I said it didn't matter, well,
things picked up a little bit.

A little dancing, a little champagne.

Hey, why are you still worrying?

I don't know, just a hobby of mine.

You're a good friend.

And you brought me and Eddie together.

I'll never forget that.

We no longer knock?

Happy now?

Now, Governor, I hate to bust in this
way, but we've got to talk.

Oh, I know you wouldn't interrupt unless
it was important. What's it about?

Would you consider giving Marcy the rest
of the day off? Why? Something wrong?

Not yet, but I don't think she's going
to be of much help. Well, she hasn't

all that much help ever since she met
your friend Eddie.

Isn't it wonderful, Benson? She's in
love. I can tell from her typing.

I was quite impressed with Eddie.

He was very helpful with life insurance,
annuities, retirement plans, pension

funds, all in one package.

You went for the whole kid and caboodle,
didn't you?

I got the special discount for veterans.

Did you get anything from him? Just a
pen with his name on it. Probably leak

your pocket.

I just found out last night Eddie's
married.

Oh, no.

You mean he lied to Marcy?

Just a little something he forgot to
mention.

Poor Marcy. I wonder what's in my policy
that he forgot to mention.

Marcy doesn't know anything about this?

Not yet. He left town without telling
her.

I'm going to break it to her now.

Do you need any help, Benson?

No, sir. I feel it's my responsibility.

If it hadn't been for me, none of this
would have happened.

Well, it isn't going to be easy, Benson.

I remember when a boatswain's mate on my
ship got a Dear John letter. Well,

actually, it was called Dear Horace
because... Dear Horace?

Yeah, his name was Horace. We just
called him Dear John letters for

Sir, I think Marcy ought to know about
this right away. I'll just skip the

middle and get right to the end, because
I think this might be of assistance to

you in your talk with Marcy.

Okay,

so, when we got our first living room,
Horace opened up his ditty bag, and it

was filled with oranges.

This is going to help Marcy.

But it's certainly been an inspiration
to me.

Oh, Benson, I want to talk to you.

I have to talk to you, too.

I'm going to take a day off.

Good. Well, maybe two. Fine. Go away for
a nice long weekend.

Excellent idea.

Where should we go?

I can't get away.

No, silly. Me and Eddie.

Nowhere.

What about the beach?

The beach is romantic.

Except I'd have no hairdo.

And I'm allergic to the sun.

Forget it. You take one look at the hair
and the hives and leave in a rocket.

Marcy, listen.

I got it.

Mexico. There's this place in Mexico.

Oh, I can't think of the name of it, but
it's so romantic.

It's all pink.

You stay in little pink villas and pink
rooms, drive pink jeeps, swim in pink

pools, eat pink food. Even the help is
pink, I think.

Marcy, forget about Mexico.

You're right.

My friend Sybil went there once. Before
she even got out of the bathroom, her

boyfriend had married someone named
Juanita.

Marcy, I don't think after hearing what
I've heard... Europe.

No, that's crazy. We spend all of our
time on a plane. And I'm so ugly on

planes. Everything swells. My feet, my
fingers, my eyes, my nose, everything.

I disembark, I look like the Pillsbury
Doughboy.

Marcy, listen to me. This is terrible.
I'm ugly at the beach. I'm ugly in the

heat. I'm ugly in the air. Why don't I
just forget it and send him my picture?

Good idea.

Oh, come on, Benson. Where should we go?

Nowhere. He's married.

How about a cabin in the woods? We
could... It takes a while for sound to

me sometimes.

Did you just say married?

Yes.

Who's married?

He's married.

And he didn't have the guts to tell you.

He's not married.

He is married.

He told you he's married?

He's making it up.

It's happened to me before.

He just doesn't like me, and that's his
way out.

No, Marcy. I'm telling you. Do you know
one guy even told me he was gay just to

get rid of me?

Really. He even started dating guys.

Marcy. One guy got married. One guy
committed suicide so he wouldn't have to

me again.

Marcy, come on.

Okay, okay. He didn't commit suicide.

He told everyone he committed suicide.

Marcy, Eddie is married.

No, Vincent, he's not.

He just doesn't like me at all.

And why should he?

I'm boring.

I'm a very, very boring person.

Do you know my psychiatrist falls asleep
when I'm there?

He was crazy about you.

You know, it's better this way because I
was spending my entire salary on

underwear.

He loved you, Marcy. No.

It's true.

He loved you.

Shut up.

Marcy.

I don't want to know that.

I don't want to know that it was that
close.

It never is.

I never should have listened to that
jerk, creep, louse, moth.

If I could help.

No, thank you, Miss Krauth. I just want
a little salad.

A little salad?

Why don't you just eat a produce truck?

Some people are upset they drink. Some
people throw things. Some people eat.

Yeah. Ever since that G .I. left, that's
what Aunt Helga has been doing. She now

weighs almost 400 pounds.

What a blimp.

Marcy, why don't you go home?

I would, but there's nothing in my
refrigerator.

Is there any more yogurt?

Why don't you just waddle over there and
find out?

I take it you told her.

Well, somebody had to.

Excuse me, bathroom, but could we have a
few minutes?

You've already had a few days.

You haven't been straight with her yet.

I wanted to tell you myself, but I was
confused about a lot of things.

I was clear to the next town when I
realized what I want is you.

What about your wife?

I've been thinking about her.

There really wasn't much there to begin
with.

Compared to you, Marcy.

She's nothing.

If things work out between us, I'll dump
her, I promise.

Well, what happens in the next town?
Suppose you find somebody there who

Marcy look like nothing.

Just for the sake of argument.

Vincent, please, this is my life.

What do you say, Marcy?

Come on, say something.

Give me a clue.

Something.

Looks like a no to me.

I'll call you sometime, Ben, sir. On one
condition.

What's that?

Grow up, Eddie.

Marcy, I think you should know one
thing.

What's that?

I ain't cleaning this.

File cabinets are locked, and this is
the governor's schedule for the morning.

I'll see you tomorrow morning. Bright
and early.

Marcy, you would soon have popcorn?

There's plenty. If you don't eat it,
we'll just throw it away.

How can you pass up an invitation like
that?

Very nice of you, Miss Krause. Thanks
anyway.

Well, I just thought if you're going to
be alone tonight, just stay and eat with

me.

Good night, Marcy.

Oh, Marcy, I'm so glad I caught you
before you left. See, I have to go to

Gems and Minerals exhibit at the arena
tonight.

And rather than go by myself, I thought
maybe you'd like to come with me.

Oh, well, that's... Benson will come
too, won't you, Benson?

Yeah, right.

Good.

You'll love it. I'll bet.

Listen, I know you're all trying to make
me feel better, and I really appreciate

it, but I'm fine.

Oh, sure.

So I'll see you in the morning. Okay.
Good night. Good night.

Nice try, Governor, but a gym and
minerals exhibit? Right, and listen,

you better get dressed because we've got
to be at the arena in 20 minutes.

Benson is videotaped before a studio
audience.