All language subtitles for benson_s07e12_summer_of_discontent

Here is the committee report on that
toxic waste dump.

Why are you holding it like that? Did
they include samples?

No, no, no. I just painted my nails.
They're still a little wet.

Why didn't you do that before you came
in this morning? Oh, don't jump down my

tonsils, Buster. I didn't have time this
morning because I had to be here so

early. You didn't have to be here early
just because I was. Yes, I did, so you

could pick up your nephew at the
airport.

You'd be lost around here without me,
Benson. It's true what they say. Behind

every successful man, there is a woman.

Yeah, but where do you fit in?

Very funny.

How come he has to spend the summer with
you anyway?

Is he being punished?

Well, you know, a kid's going through
one of those stages. He can't

with his parents. You know how it is.

Yeah, yeah. Real foul ball, huh?

No, not as far as I'm concerned.

We always got along very well together.

He was even named after me.

Really? Boy, nobody in my family ever
named a child after me.

Well, there's no wonder, Krause. Who
would want to name a baby the thing?

Hey, Uncle Benson!

Benson! How are you?

Great. Why have you grown in the last
two years?

Four years.

Four years? It's been that long?

Krause, I want you to meet my nephew.

Vincent Hawkins. Oh, pleased to meet
you. Oh, what a fine young man.

I see the gene pool is improving, but
it's a generational.

If I need you, I'll buzz your cage.

Who's the bride?

Oh, don't call her that. She's the lady.
She's the... Whatever she is, don't

call her that.

Oh, well, you two got a little thing
going on. Don't ever say that again.

Don't even think it.

Have a seat.

What are you doing here anyway? Did your
plane get in early?

Oh, no, I cast in my ticket. I hitched
out.

You hitchhiked?

Don't you know that's dangerous?

Yeah, well, so is flying. I mean, you
never hear about 300 hitchhikers going

down in the middle of the Pacific.

You also never hear about an airline
pilot who mugs his passengers.

Hey, good news.

I got you a job right here in the
mansion.

Oh, really? What's my title?

Title? Well, there's no official title.
You'd be more like Chief Gopher.

Gopher?

You gotta be kidding.

Don't you have any pulling around here?

Well, look, Benson, you're a college
dropout with no work history. It's a

difficult to get you appointed as
Attorney General.

Oh, well, job's a job, right?

Right. Glad to see you got the right
attitude.

Say, Uncle, can I borrow your car? What
for?

I don't want to ride around and check
things out. Sure, sure, sure.

And the keys to the condo are on there
in case you want to freshen up. Now, you

remember where it is, right? Yeah.

Okay. I'll catch you later. All right.
Oh, Benson.

Now, remember, you'll have to be back
here to pick me up at 6 .30.

Oh, no problem. And by the way, I don't
go by the name Benson anymore.

No.

Why? Well, you know, some people hassle
you when you got kind of a

wimpy name.

Wimpy, huh?

Don't get me wrong.

It isn't for me.

But it's okay for an old dude like you.

Yeah, well, I suppose it is better than
being called Pops.

So, what do they call you then?

Cleet.

Cleet.

As in the bottom of a football shoe?

Well, I happen to think it's a stronger
name.

All right with me. All right, catch you
later. All right.

Cleet's a stronger name?

Cleet. Benson. No contest.

Excuse me.

Hey, Uncle Benson.

What's going on here? Oh, we're having a
little party.

I can see that.

But why didn't you pick me up? I had to
get a ride home with Krause. Oh, well,

I'm sorry. I completely forgot.

Why are you throwing a party?

Well, I wanted to establish myself
socially, so I decided to host a little

-together. Well, get -together? There
are 40 or 50 people out there. Yeah, a

of them had to leave early.

Well, where on earth did you meet all
these people?

Around. Hey, I hope you don't mind, do
you? Yes, I do mind. It's a little

jarring to come home and find your
living room looking like a Prince video.

Okay. Don't get a bit out of shape. It's
no problem.

Hey, everybody.

Party's over.

Yeah, Michael Benson says he wants
everybody to get the hell out.

I didn't say that.

What are you saying? I'm saying that you
should have talked to me before you

went and did something like this.

All right, all right. It won't happen
again.

Hey, we got this straightened out. It
makes me feel better.

Hey.

Cleet, Cleet, Cleet.

The refrigerator is empty.

Oh, don't blame yourself. You didn't
know all these people were coming.

I don't believe this. They even ate the
baking soda.

Listen, I'm going to go down to the
corner and get myself something to eat.

be back in about an hour, and I want
this party over.

Come on, Unc. It's starting to heat up.
Over.

All right, I'll wrap it up soon. But in
the meantime, I have got to boogie.

Everybody say, huh!

Huh!

It's the boogie down.

Y 'all heard the man? Boogie down!

Well, you two knock it off.

Where are those voter demographics I
asked you for?

You got me.

I don't want you. I want the voter
demographics.

Well, I did my job. I sent someone to
the Capitol to pick it up. But that was

three hours ago. Did you send someone
from this office?

Better yet, did you send someone from
this county?

I sent Cleet.

Oh, Gleet? Well, he's probably got a
good excuse.

He's a nice enough kid, Benson, but he
is taking forever to run errands. I

to talk to him about it. It's like
talking to a brick yard.

You mean a brick wall.

Whatever. A brick is a brick. You just
can't talk to it.

Benson, where in the hell is that nephew
of yours? I asked him to deliver my

proposal to the finance committee, and
he hasn't even picked it up yet.

Maybe the kid doesn't pick up garbage.

Please, Miss Trout, I am in no mood for
your aborted attempts at humor.

Are you in the mood for a fat lip?

Benson, if this obvious nepotism is some
sort of conspiracy to annoy me, let me

assure you that it is off to a roaring
start.

I am not trying to annoy you, Clayton,
and I wish you'd give me the same

courtesy.

What news?

I just won $25 in the football pool.

What football pool?

I went down the mail room.

Who is running a football pool in the
mail room?

Cleet. Cleet?

Of course. Who else?

Oh, half the staff was in it. It was
quite a pool.

Listen, if you guys want to get in,
Cleet says the next deadline is noon

tomorrow. Oh, great.

At least we know he'll be back by then.

Well, isn't this wonderful?

Now, your nephew is running a bookie
joint out of the mail room. What's next?

gambling casino in the basement with
plot machines and showgirls? Oh, we

couldn't do that.

Oh, now we could.

Take out that one wall and move the
furnace. Governor, governor, please. All

right, Benson. If no one else.

We'll say this.

I will.

Your nephew is a royal pain in the
office.

I happen to like him.

Oh. Ah, well, I don't... I don't dislike
him.

Just that he's high -spirited.

All right, all right. I realize Cleet's
not doing his job well. I'll have a talk

with him, see if I can't straighten him
out.

Good.

I'm glad I could help clear the air. If
you really want to clear the air, clear

out.

Fine, fine.

I have important things to do.

Bunsen, I really am sorry about all this
stuff with your nephew.

I mean, I really sympathize. It could be
Katie.

Not that it would be. I mean, she was
raised differently.

No, she was, was she?

Oh! Oh, I didn't mean that the way it
sounded.

Oh, I'm sure your sister is a wonderful
mother. She certainly didn't raise him

to be a problem.

What problem?

Oh, well, you know what I'm trying to
say.

Oh, yes, Governor. As strange as it may
seem, I know exactly what you're saying.

Good, good.

Because I hate to repeat myself.

I hate to repeat myself.

I know.

I know.

Good. Good.

Bye -bye.

Well, that governor sure knows his
sports, huh? Where have you been?

I was at lunch. For three hours?

Well, not quite. I met this girl.

So? So, we had lunch, took a little
walk, went to the movies.

It adds up to about three hours. Are you
trying to tell me that you went to the

movies in the middle of a work day? Oh,
that was her idea.

Cleet, you have a job. People depend on
you. You're not doing your job. For

what? For what?

Where are the demographics that I asked
you for? I told you I met this girl.

What are you all uptight about, Unc?
Because you have a job.

Any jerk can do this job.

Well, I know one jerk who's not even
coming close.

Unc, you don't have to talk to me that
way.

I'm a human being too, you know. Oh,
come on, Cleet. I'm just trying to point

out to you that... Forget it.

Take it, beeper.

You can bag this job.

What? I quit.

I'm out of here.

Adios, I'm a ghost.

I am vapor. I am in the wind.

Oh, gee, I hope I wasn't too hard on the
lad.

That's a breakdown of the figures.

And now, the red bar on the Endicott
budget rainbow represents

the largest contributor.

What is this green bar?

Lisa, you can't understand the green bar
until I've explained the blue bar.

Benson, are you paying attention?

What? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm hanging
on your every word.

I don't know why I bothered spending two
hours preparing this chart.

I thought it was so you could bore us.

You don't need charts to bore us.

I am simply trying to fulfill my
responsibilities. Now, Benson, please

attention. Oh, leave him alone, Clayton.
He's worried about his nephew.

And what would you have us do, Miss
Krafft? Put the state on hold while we

about Benson's problem?

Well, we're all family here. If Benson
has a problem, I think we should take

time to help him with it. No, that's all
right, Governor. I don't want to

discuss it. Good.

Now, if we could all just turn our
attention back to the chart. We'll be

to listen, Benson. Fine, fine. Let's
forget about the chart and talk about

Benson's little problem. It's getting to
be like a soap opera around here. The

days of our Benson.

Let the Dubois turn.

chart and go back to my office.

And so ends another episode of The Tense
and the Useless.

If you ask me, Benson, what cleat needs
is to be put across someone's knee and

paddled.

Fine. Whose knee do you suggest?

Lyle Alzado?

Miss Krause, would you leave Benson and
me alone?

Why?

Because we would like to discuss his
nephew.

Oh, I don't want to discuss him. But
don't let that keep you here.

No problem.

No skin off my knees.

Is that the way that goes?

Benson, I know you don't want to talk
about this, and I don't want to pry.

But that's what friends are for.

Maybe I might be able to help you with
this. Well, I just don't understand the

kid. He's got no sense of
responsibility.

Thinks life is one great big party. I
didn't talk to somebody like that.

I don't know.

How do you get through to him?

I don't know. What does he want from me?

I don't know.

What do you mean you don't know? You
said you could help me.

No, I said I might be able to help you.

Turns out I can't.

Hey, good morning, Uncle Benson.

Mmm, what's for breakfast?

Eggs. Mmm.

Make mine scramble. Make me sell.

What's eating you?

Who is that woman in my bathroom?

That's Latoya. I met her yesterday.

Thinking about making her my main
squeeze.

Don't make her your main squeeze in my
house.

Oh, come on, huh? What is she doing
here?

Got too late to take her home, so I let
her have my room, and I slept down here.

Don't be so tight, huh?

Cleet, we have to talk. Stop calling me
Unc.

Good morning.

Oh, hi. Come here. I want you to meet my
Uncle Benson.

Hi, Unc.

By the way, do you have any all -cotton
towels?

Polyester gives me such a terrible rash.

Are those my pajamas?

Yeah. Cleet said you wouldn't mind.

Would you mind I have to talk to Steve
Stunning here?

And please take off my pajamas.

Sure. Not here.

You upset about something?

Why should I be upset?

Just because you threw a party in my
house, I got you a job, you walked off

I haven't seen my car in three days, why
should I be upset?

We're just talking about material
things.

My material things.

Maybe you should sit down.

Don't tell me to sit down.

Boy, you got a real attitude about this,
don't you? You got that right.

Older dudes get attitudes.

Now, why are you turning your back on
me? Oh, my eggs are burning.

Okay, lay it on me.

Cleet, look at yourself. You've got no
sense of responsibility, no initiative.

And as far as I can see, no plans for
the future. You sound just like my

parents. Did it ever occur to you that
your parents might be right?

No.

Look, all my parents want to do is
control my life from that little ivory

Is that what you think I want to do?

Hey, I don't know.

I used to think you were real cool.

But I don't know what you've turned
into.

All you seem interested in is women,
good times, and parties. So?

What are you going to do with your life?

Women, good times, and parties.

I know what the problem is.

You're jealous.

You don't like my lifestyle.

I certainly don't like paying for it.

No, I like my dad.

What is it with you older dudes?

Everything is money, money, money.

All right, all right. Tell me this. Now,
you were making good grades in school.

Why did you drop out? Answer me that.

I don't owe you an answer.

Hey, look, it's my life, and I can do
anything I want with it. And I don't

you sitting up in your ivory tower
pontificating.

You're right.

It is your life, and you can do anything
you want to with it. But when it all

breaks down, don't blame your father,
don't blame your mother, and for God's

sake, don't blame me.

Oh, man.

And another thing, as long as you're
going to live in this house, there are

rules, and rule number one is... I'm out
of here. Oh, wait, wait, wait a minute.

Hold it.

Hold it. Wait a minute.

Wait just a minute here. Hold it. Hold
it. Hold it.

Uncle Benton, you got a minute?

Yeah. What do you want?

A couple of things.

First, I want to apologize for walking
out. I shouldn't have done that.

And second, I heard what you were saying
this morning.

And I appreciate the fact that you care.

Your parents care too, Cleet.

Yeah, I know.

Well, you'll be glad to know I made some
plans.

Let's hear it.

Well, I'm going to hitch out to
California.

And I'm going to blow it out this time.

Yeah, go nuts. Crazy time.

Well, it's certainly heartwarming to
know that you put a great deal of

into this.

No, really.

Uncle Benji, remember how you used to
tell me how you went down to New Orleans

and hung out at jazz clubs for almost a
year? Yeah.

Well, what was that?

Well, that was... It was... Okay, okay.
What is your point?

My point is...

I'm just not ready for a nine -to -five
life right now.

It'll be there. It can wait.

Well, don't be so sure. It may still be
there, but you're going to have to work

your tail off to get it.

The world's not holding its breath for
Clee Hawkins.

Nobody's going to hand you anything.

Look, Uncle Benson, I know I've got to
go to school. I know I have to get a

I know I have to be responsible.

And I know the next word out of your
mouth is going to be but.

But not now. See?

I want to be crazy for a while.

Good news is you're succeeding.

I'll know when it's time to get serious.

You knew, didn't you?

Yeah, I suppose I did.

But let me give you a word of advice,
Cleet. Time is a way of getting away

you.

Don't get lost looking for yourself.

Just trust me, Uncle Benson.

I'm smart.

Oh, come on, Cleet. I know you're smart,
but... Let's go down the corner and get

something to eat.

We can talk about your plans.

Sure. Hey, can I drive?

Can I call you, Benson?

No. Then I'll drive.