All language subtitles for Silver Spoons s01e20 The Empire Strikes Out

Here we are, face to face, looking for
the silver spoon.

Hoping to find, we're two of a kind.

Make it a goal, make it a goal.
Together, we're gonna find our

way.

Together,

taking the time each day.

To learn all about those things you just
can't buy.

Two silver spoons together.

You and me.

Oh, I just promised him a lollipop.

Did you two have a good time fishing?

Oh, yeah, it was great. It wasn't a
grandfather.

Sheer ecstasy.

Well, at least you're the only one who
caught something.

Ta -da!

It was an epic struggle.

Come by to say hello. Please.

I would never drop by.

Dropping by is for brush salesmen.

Your father called and said it was
imperative we meet to discuss your

He did, huh?

And what's so imperative about my
finances?

Edward, you're always moaning and
mewling about the fact that we don't

father and son chats.

I thought this would be a perfect
occasion to correct that.

That's nice. I'd love to have a warm,
emotional father -son and accountant

That's an improvement over the normal
father -son referee chats.

Let's go into the library. Richard, you
may come too, only please put down that

fish.

Dexter, would you like to come fishing
with me sometime?

I'm afraid that's impossible.

I'm allergic to recreation.

with you in just a moment. I have a
little business.

Miss Summers, I've been meaning to tell
you for some time how

impressed I am with your work.

Oh, well, that's very nice.

But have you ever seen my work? I see
the results.

When you came here, Edward, his house
and his business were a total sham.

Thanks to you, only Edward remains a
total shambles.

Oh, I wouldn't say that Edward is a
shambles. In fact, I think that... I

number of companies which form part of
what is quite justifiably called my

empire. I spend a lot of time trying to
find competent people to conduct this

business of mine, and in you I see
executive temple.

I decided that we'll start with the
title of vice president.

I can't believe this. I mean, I didn't
even think you knew I was alive. I mean,

I was even afraid to speak to you, and
all this time you were thinking I was

doing such a great job.

Summers, I think these sentiments belong
in a personal diary.

You're right, you're right.

Uh, is McIntyre and McIntyre in New
York, New York? No, in San Jose.

California? I'm glad you know the way to
San Jose.

This is so sudden. I'd have to move away
from Edward. I don't think I could do

that. Oh, but it's a wonderful
opportunity.

Could I think about it? Of course.

I advise you to ponder it deeply.

I shall be here for another 20 minutes.

Dexter's is my toy company's biggest
seller. We call it Tommy Therapist.

Rick, you want to demonstrate? Sure.

You know, Tommy, you've really helped
me.

I feel good about myself.

I don't feel depressed anymore.

I've never been happier in my whole
life.

Uh -huh.

Sounds like you could use a lobotomy.

That's very clever. May I try it? Sure.

Tommy, last night I had an urge to glue
chicken feathers all over my body.

and then leap off the top of the Empire
State Building.

Do you think I need help?

Affirmative.

Edward, I have asked Mr. Steffens to
review your recent financial position.

I think we should all listen to his
conclusions.

Well, I've examined your statements for
the past three years, Mr. Stratton.

And I've noticed that your property and
cash assets have remained at

approximately the same level.

That's great, Dad!

It's a disgrace.

Why? What's wrong with it? He didn't
lose any.

With inflation, if you stay the same,
you lose.

Beautifully put, sir. Thank you.

Now, I do have a solution to the
problem.

John Williamson is a business associate
of mine with an empire somewhat like my

own. A few million dollars less, I
think. But he has a daughter of a

marriageable age.

Now, I thought if we could merge these
two family empires... What are you

talking about?

I was trying to fix you up, Dad.

Is this lady good -looking?

Is she a fox?

I have no idea if she's a fox. I do know
she has a pair of the best... Biggest

coal mines in the country.

We would, of course, go through the
customary premarital mating

rituals before we booked the church.

I can recommend a very reasonable
caterer. Dexter, I am personally

the medieval arrangement that my father
is proposing here. You see, I use my

money to make me and others happy. I
have no interest in becoming the richest

man in the world.

It's not your fault, sir.

Well, I really must fly. I'm having
dinner at Elizabeth Taylor's. If I don't

there soon, all the food will be gone.

I have the best relationship with Kate
I've ever had with a woman, and nothing

you can say or do is going to mess that
up.

Come in.

Excuse me.

Edward, I have to talk to you.

Hello?

Yeah, yeah, I'll get it.

Grandfather, there's a Roger Dunmore on
the line, Jim.

Yes, Dunsmuir, what is it?

Edward, your father has offered me a job
as vice president of one of his

companies in California.

Well, that's interesting.

The plot sickens.

Dunsmuir, listen to me. I want that
merger completed the minute I hang up

duck.

Kate tells me you've just offered her a
job. It is time I left... Sit down,

Father.

Well, all right, stand in.

At this time, Father, you have really
gone too far.

Edward, why are you so upset?

Kate, my father wants me to marry
somebody rich so that we can expand the

fortune. That's the reason he offered
you that job in California to get you

from me.

Is that true, Mr. Drummond?

I would not have offered you the job if
I had not thought you were qualified.

Then offering me the job had nothing to
do with my relationship with Edward.

You may regard it as a happy
coincidence.

Well, I suppose offering me a job is far
more civilized than riding me out of

town on a rail.

Summers. No, hey, listen.

You want me out of the picture?

Fine, I'm gone.

Goodbye, Ricky.

Kate.

Well, thank you, Father. You've just
driven off the woman I love.

Kate!

Kate, are you all right? I'm fine.

All right, just whatever you do, don't
try to... to move.

I'm okay.

Dad, what's going on here?

Oh, Rick, the storm has knocked out the
electricity. Just stand still, son, and

don't try to...

It was me.

Son, you stay in here with your
grandfather. I want to talk to Kate

Kate?

to talk about this.

Edward, how could your father do this to
me?

I was the one that was always defending
him to you.

Kate, look. What happened is not your
problem. It's his problem.

Your father doesn't think that I'm good
enough for you. Well, maybe he's right.

It doesn't matter what he thinks. What
matters is what we think.

Well, I love you, too.

But maybe it's better for all concerned
if I just bow out.

It's not better for me, and I'm the one
concerned here.

Since I'm leaving... Kate, please.

Your shoes will be ready on Thursday.
Those cordovan loafers with the funny

-looking tassels. Kate, I gotta tell
you, I think you're being a little... I

didn't know you thought my tassels were
funny -looking.

wear them again.

if all the things I belong on the other
side of the...

Put on your PJs and hit the sack, huh?

But, Dad, it's only 7 o 'clock. And
you're still up?

Gotcha.

Edward, I sense that you're about to
have one of your patented tantrums.

No.

Not this time.

Father, the first woman I've really...
cared about in 13 years just walked out

that door now i intend to do everything
in my power to get her back but none of

this should ever have happened it's the
same old story isn't it

you interfere in my life with absolutely
no concern over my feelings now

you and i have just come to the end of
the line father

You are no longer welcome in this house.

May I say good night to my grandson?

You have five minutes.

Richard, I'm afraid I find myself in
your father's doghouse.

He has instructed me not to darken his
door ever again.

Yeah, well, some things really dry my
dad out the wall.

I could use his aftershave, leave the
screen door open, drive off the woman he

loves.

I see your sympathies are with him.

You bet your bow tie.

It doesn't seem fair you expect my dad
to marry someone just because she's

Rich as... I know, I know.

You're going to tell me what you always
tell me. The world isn't fair.

I'm just going to say that the more you
own of the world, the fairer it gets.

When you grow older, you'll understand
that.

That burns my butt.

Everyone's always telling me, ah, when
you're older, you understand.

By the time I get old enough to
understand, I won't care anymore.

If your father had taken my advice, he
would have profited greatly financially.

We have enough money, Grandfather.

He has poisoned you.

I just want to make my dad happy.

And Kate makes him happy.

He loves her.

Love, love.

It's an illusion voiced upon society by
impoverished poets.

Where

did

you get that?

My dad gave it to me.

I wanted to have a picture of my
grandma, Abigail.

Grandmother, Abigail?

I wanted to look at this picture.

I figured that you and grandmother loved
each other.

But I guess that was just another one of
your business deals.

I must admit that at the start it was a
transaction.

Her parents owned northwestern ocean
lines and...

That seemed to fit perfectly into the
Stratton portfolio.

Let me ask you this.

Did she love you?

She professed so.

Did you love her?

Grandfather,

you miss her, don't you?

Very much.

Then why can't you understand that if my
dad couldn't take care of you anymore,

you'd miss her too?

Well, what's done is done. Your father
doesn't want to have anything more to do

with me.

Yeah, but if you apologize to him...
Apologize?

If you knew me, you'd know I never
apologize.

I love you, Grandfather.

But I've got to tell you, I think you're
wrong on this one.

Time's up!

Goodbye, Father.

Edward, there is something I wish to say
to you.

Yes?

I think perhaps I may have been
overzealous in my concern for your

Yes?

And perhaps I was wrong to give
opinions, admirable though they were.

Are you trying to say you're sorry?

I think perhaps unconsciously I may not
have realized adequately the

full consequences of... Father, why
don't you just say I'm sorry?

I can't, I'm sorry.

pretty close to an apology.

I mean, it's in the ballpark.

Son, it's a case of too little, too
late.

Kate is already gone.

Since I do have a nugget of
responsibility for her going, I will

to her and she will come back to you.

admit that my first instinct was to run
away.

But I've got something to say to you,
Mr. Stratton.

I may not have the right background or
enough money to satisfy your

requirements, but I'm a very wonderful
person.

You may think because you're successful
in business that you have the right to

tell everyone what to do.

Well, you don't.

There are other things more important in
life than money, like having someone

who really cares about you and who's
there when you really need them.

Edward is far more capable than you give
him credit for. Why, he's bright and

sensitive and really concerned about
people.

And he's certainly old enough to decide
what woman he wants.

And I'm proud of the fact that he's
chosen me. And I'm not going to let you

anyone else ruin what we have together.

I love this man.

See, Edward?

I told you I'd take care of this.

I'm proud of you.

That was great, Kate.

Oh, honey.

You're all cold and wet. Let's go and
get you some warm soup, huh?

How about a hot bath?

Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. I've
got to blow out this candle.

Together, we're going to find our way.

Together,

taking the time to stay.