All language subtitles for ++Mermaids.Song.2015

Far out in
the ocean, where the water

is as blue as the
prettiest corn flower,

there lived a beautiful mermaid.

She became charmed by the idea
of a life above the waves.

Be careful.

I said, be careful.

It's time for bed now.

Hello, Charlotte.

I am your grandmother.

They're fairies.

Oh, fairies, eh?

Ohh.

Let me tell you a story
about a mermaid

blinded by her foolish fantasy
of her life on the land.

The mermaid was stolen
from the water forever

by the very man whom she
had saved from death.

Now, unless she is
returned to the sea,

another must be found
to take her place.

For the balance
between the worlds

must be preserved, at all costs.

Let's go.

I'm suppose
to be going to bed now.

Go to your bed, take
this with you, okay.

It's happening George,
we need to do something!

Where is she now?

I locked her in your
office, what else could I do?

She won't stay in there,
she doesn't want to.

She found us here,
she'll find us anywhere.

Maybe it's time we pay the debt.

No, I will not hand my
daughter over to that creature.

No, you leave me alone.

I just need time to think,
I just...

It's all right.

It's all right.

Save her!

This what counts for clean?

I get the dust off,
it sticks right back on.

We need to be ready
for the show.

Ain't no dust under
my dress, I assure you.

Stop, the singin',
it's bothering father.

First one to complain,
gets a whoopin'.

Back to your room now.

Uh.

Go!

Good afternoon there.

Afternoon, you got gas?

You got cash?

Well, I have this old
grandfather clock

came over from Europe,

- it's been in the...
- Do you have cash?

Well if, if I had any
I'd, I'd give it to you,

it's just that this
is all we got.

Sorry friend, no cash, no gas.

Can't we at least give
them a bit?

You wanna end up
like those folks?

Tim!

Look at you, ain't you all
grown up?

I brought you a postcard.

I remember you like them.

What do you got there?

Some gas for a family
with no money.

Mm, father doesn't know
you're doin' this, does he?

How's his mood?

Foul.

Figured as much.

Maybe, I'll take this
down the road for you,

and I'll come back in
a couple days.

Can I come?

That's a
surefire way

to stir the hornet's nest.

I'll come back, I promise.

Father, I just...

I'm busy.

I just thought you'd
wanna know Tim was here.

This won't even cover
a quarter of a payment!

Hello, Charlotte.

There's a power growing
inside of you, Charlotte.

Soon you'll be faced with
a very important decision.

The mermaid chose to
abandon her fish's tail.

And so the balance between
the worlds was upset

and will never be healed
until the daughter chooses

to return to her people.

On land, she can never be
home, humanity is not her kind.

Their world is hollow, misery
will be her only companion.

Father says I'm too
old for stories.

I better go help him
with the show.

Get off me!

You stop that!

Get off her!

Get off her!

No touchin'.

Ah, come on!

Yeah, god knows this
coffin varnish

ain't worth the
price of admission.

Keep dancin'.

Get out.

And take off my makeup.

There're some men here.

Did we miss the show?

Just.

Have a drink though.

Name is Randall.

Don't believe I've
had the pleasure.

Good to meet you.

But you've heard my name.

Most people around these
parts know who you are.

I've been hearing your
name lately as well.

Let's have some of this.

To Canada, and their
good whiskey.

Keep it.

What can I do for you?

Heard you've been
having some troubles

with the local
financial institution.

None of my business to be sure,

however I like the flavor
of your place here.

Thought I might be able to
aid you in your efforts.

An investment.

What for?

A stake.

Father.

Take your sister to bed.

Beautiful daughters you have.

Look George, we're a
community around these parts.

It's in our best interests
to help each other.

Isn't that what folks
do when times get rough?

How exactly is this
arrangement going to work?

Harold here will be
staying behind

to watch over the collateral.

For now, while I'm putting
more money in

than I'm getting out,
I have the say.

Once you've paid
back my investment,

and you're on your feet, I
get a cut and you get the say.

I don't know.

You're not in a
position to be picky.

I don't need no
charity either.

This is strictly business.

I got the hooch connection,
you've got the place to sell it.

What do they call that in
fancy Washington terms?

Supply and demand.

There you go, just the
natural order of things.

Now what do you say?

Sound fair?

Well this booze is gonna
boost profits.

You have to utilize all
the assets at your disposal.

It's just temporary...

I'll tell them.

Stop, what are you doin'?

What's wrong with
the old show?

Father has a new deal.

A deal that has us
gettin' naked on stage.

We all have a role to
play in this.

Let's do our part for father.

Can I try?

Don't you have
fireflies to catch?

And take off my shoes,
they look ridiculous on you.

But I've been practicing.

Be quiet or leave.

One, two, three, four.

Yeah!

Take it off!

Do you fellas a,
like what you see?

The entertainment continues if

you open up those
wallets of yours.

Each of those little
ladies there has with them

a one way ticket to
the night of your life.

First come, first served,
gentleman.

Heard you were in town.

Yeah.

Meant to stop by.

Been busy.

How you been, George?

Been tough.

Yeah, a lot of that goin'
around, huh?

How'd California work out?

too bad.

Yeah, too bad.

What'd you call me out here for,
George?

I thought maybe
you might wanna

stay in one place for awhile,
maybe do some work for me.

Jeez George, I don't...

I got some investment now

and I need some
help runnin' things.

What's that fella outside?

Harold.

Yes, part of the reason
why I need my own guy.

What, he your investor?

No, that's a Joe by the name
of Randall.

You heard of him.

Yeah, yeah, I heard of him.

What's the matter?

You need to get out of this
deal, as soon as you can.

I ain't asking
for your advice.

Trust me.

He's helpin' this family,

that's more than I can ever say
about you.

I worked for Randall
when things first got bad.

I'm stayin' away from
this place for a reason.

Ain't nothin' you ever done

been honorable when
it comes to me.

George.

Get outta my house.

I'll be in town for awhile.

Don't think I'll be
needin' your help after all.

Well.

Charlotte.

Why can't you stay?

I just can't.

You know, this ain't bad.

That one young idiot, paid
double for the one with the,

oh, what's her name?

Beatrice.

Yeah.

Her.

Personally, I don't see
the attraction.

Charlotte, buzz along.

Say, why ain't you usin'
that one?

She's so young.

She bleeds, don't she?

Better she learns sooner,
than later.

And the young age, just
means you can charge more.

They're all gone, here's the
last of it.

Hey, why don't you go get the
little one

prettied up backstage.

What for?

Don't forget who's
callin' the shots here.

You ain't paid back
your debt yet.

You have no idea who you're
dealin' with, do you?

Go take a powder over it
if you can't stomach it.

I look so pretty.

Maybe I could be in the show
tomorrow too?

Oh, are you a gimp?

Fetch more
water.

What happened?

Never mind,
water, now!

Patricia, fetch Tim.

Don't say anything, other than

it's regarding Charlotte and
it's urgent.

I want this room
presentable by the evening.

Why was the door locked?

Never mind that, go to bed.

Thank god you came, I have
no one else to turn to.

What is that for?

What happened?

Is it always like this?

Not when you love him.

Ah-ah-ah, Ned.

Darling.

Who's Ned?

For all I know he
could be lyin'

dead in a ditch somewhere.

You gotta take the girls,
you gotta get outta here,

that's all there is to it.

I can't.

Why not?

Hey the only thing that's
keepin' Charlotte safe

right now is our
distance from water.

I'm between a rock
and a hard place.

I gotta clean up this
mess before it spreads.

Thinkin' maybe you
could talk to Randall.

No.

- Tim, please.
- I don't wanna

get mixed back up with that lot!

Do it for the girls,
for Serena.

I need time to
think about this.

Then go, think, just
don't take too long,

Randall's due to check in
any time.

Tim, I knew I could
count on you.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Do you know where
Grandmother is?

I wish you'd stop
callin' her that.

She's just some old hag that
helped mother in California.

Clean up your own mess.

It's time for the
child's return.

No, I can't allow it.

It's Charlotte's decision
to make

and sooner or later she
will choose to return.

You'll make sure of it.

I forbid you from seeing her.

So be it.

She'll be thirsty.

Did y'all come back to see me?

Huh, course.

You know you've always
been the favorite

out of all your sisters.

Gosh, you're startin' to
look just like

your mother did when I
first met her.

Nobody likes to talk
about her anymore.

Yeah, what would you
like to hear?

How'd you meet her?

Well, I knew your dad first.

He was always the ladies man.

And this one day, I
heard him talking about

this amazing woman he'd met.

Which was strange
'cause your father

never used to talk about
the girls he'd go with.

I thought maybe it'd last a
week or so.

Then I saw her for myself.

Your mother was performing
at this little nightclub

right down on Venice Beach.

Goddamn, if she wasn't
the most beautiful woman

I had ever saw, bar none.

Anyway, we met through your dad.

He and I were inseparable
back in those days.

What was California like?

It was beautiful.

The ocean stretches for miles
and miles,

as far as you can see.

Would you ever go back?

Hm, it's a nicer place
than Oklahoma.

Would you take me there too?

No, I don't think your father'd
be very pleased with that.

I don't care.

Well, that's easy for
you to say.

No.

I'm sorry,
I won't tell father.

No, no, it's, it's not that.

You won't have to
pay like the other men.

You forgot to mention
that the only reason

Charlotte attacked Harold
is because he paid you

to let him have his
way with her!

Randall made me do it,
they were gonna kill me!

Why do you think I called you?

You have to stop this!

I can't without
your help!

Goddammit!

Fine, I'll speak to Randall.

Just tell him I'm
lookin' for Harold.

Tell him I'm doin' my best.

Thank you, Tim.

Have you seen
Grandmother anywhere?

I've forbidden her from
seeing you.

You have no right.

That woman wants to take you

away from here, you understand?

Why?

It's complicated, she,

your mother didn't
want you to know.

Grandmother talks to me
about it.

She's lyin' to you.

Well at least she
treats me like an adult.

Charlotte, there are
people, things in this world

that wish to do you harm,
I'm tryin' to protect you.

Then why did you let him do
that to me?

And that other man, why did
you let him touch Sophia?

You could've stopped them.

Why didn't you stop them?

Just for a little
while longer, I promise.

You didn't even come
to see if I was okay.

You're not a normal
girl, you're special.

And all this business with
Randall and your sisters

and what they do,
it's all for you.

I don't want any of
this to be happenin'.

You don't have a choice!

And so the
balance between worlds was upset

and will never be healed
until the daughter chooses

to return to her people.

On land, she can never be home.

Misery will be her
only companion.

What happened?

Your father.

You let him do
this to you?

Oh, I knew you would come.

Do you remember the story
of the stolen mermaid?

That story was about
your mother.

Your father was the merchant
sailor who tricked her

into giving up her tail in
exchange for this existence.

The bargain made was that
the daughter of a true love

would replace the mermaid
when the time was right.

But your mother interrupted
the arrangement.

She killed herself to save me?

Yes, but the
imbalance remained.

You're unique Charlotte,
my dear.

Not fully human, and not
fully of my kind either.

You have a choice.

Emily says you're not
my real grandmother.

I'm more family to you
than she will ever be.

Why didn't you tell me sooner?

Oh, you needed to be ready.

You're a commodity to them.

The only one who loved
you was your mother.

Because you're the same.

I can show you how to control
your powers.

But not here.

So far away from my home,
I'm weak.

It's time to go home, Charlotte.

Charlotte?

Charlotte!

What lies have you been
feeding her?

Go back to where you came from.

You dare.

Yah!

There you are.

'Member when you
used to sing that?

Would you sing it again?

For a moment I coulda
swore I saw mother.

I know.

Well you must be
gettin' tired.

You have to go.

No.

You have to go.

Go on.

I, I know a way you
and Ned can leave here.

Meet me in the showroom at dawn.

We have to leave right now!

We can't leave
without Charlotte.

Hey!

Oh god no, please!

No, please no.

Please help her.

You took her life.

Get outta here.

No!

Get back inside.

Go!

She brought this on herself.

You hear me?

Oh, be thankful.

Wake up, please.

Father.

Leave us be, girls.

Come now.

This is a family joint.

No need for any back
room deals, eh George?

I must apologize, I would've
come sooner

but I wanted to see what you
were going to do about Harold.

Your approach really
was quite innovative.

Not many men are brave
enough to try and ignore

a problem and just
hope it goes away,

especially when it comes to
problems that involve me.

I, I don't know what
you're talkin' about.

Harold ran outta here like a
mad man last time we saw him.

I'll, I'll make it up to you.

Oh, you think Harold's dead,
don't you?

He's quite alive.

Missing half his face and
won't stop raving about

the monsters of course
but alive nonetheless.

It was an accident,
we tried to find him.

I, I didn't even know
where to start.

I understand.

You did your best,
that's all I can ask.

I want to thank you for
trying to find my man.

I ain't gonna bite you.

Come on in, boys.

What are you gonna do?

Won't take a minute, dear.

No, no.

Now, now, this is no
way to behave.

Put up a brave face for
your daughters, at least.

I'll do anything.

No, no.

Don't do it,
it wasn't his fault.

Well I guess all the guts

went to the women
in your family.

Take hers.

Take her finger instead.

Oh, well I'm not
easily surprised but this,

whatever you say, George.

No, no, no.

Neat trick.

Leave my family alone.

Why should I?

My trick can make you money.

What do I have to give
you in return?

Let us do the old
show the way we used to,

and just the show.

You suppose this will
solve your problems?

Fair enough.

Good luck.

You'll excuse me if I don't
leave a man behind this time.

Just know that I'm watching.

This is how
they do it in California.

Really?

Well, it's how mother
used to do it.

It's perfect.

Show me
what you got.

- All right.
- Whoo.

Hello.

Don't be shy, sweetheart.

Payment's next week.

No more payments.

What do you mean?

You're out of my debt,
I release you.

Still wanna buy my whiskey?

Yes, of course.

Good.

Oh, and one more thing,
have you,

have you seen Tim around,
I need to talk to him.

No, I haven't seen him.

What's that?

A bonus.

Take it, you've earned it.

I didn't think it was gonna
work but you pulled it off.

Your mother would've been
proud of you.

Sophia, hi, we've come
to offer

our congratulations
to Charlotte.

Oh, she's just freshening up.

Thanks.

Charlotte, someone's here
to see you.

Thanks.

Tim!

Oh, hello.

This is Sylvia.

Wonderful show.

Now, be a dear for me
and wait for me in the car.

That a, finally what
it was when your mother

performed it in California.

Goodbye Charlotte,
we're movin' on.

Goodbye.

You got a lot of nerve comin'
in here after what you did.

Excuse me.

Randall nearly cut my
finger off

after your little chat with him.

He said you already
told him about Harold

and everything was square
with you two.

Seems like one of us
is lyin' then.

Besides, I thought the
whole idea

was to stay away from Randall.

Not put Charlotte in the
goddamn show.

Who are you to judge me?

You know this is exactly what
he wants.

This is exactly what I
was tryin' to tell you.

You're blamin' me for this?

You know what, you don't
have to worry about me anymore.

I just came to say
goodbye to the girls.

I'm glad you cleaned up
the place, but I'm leavin'.

What do you mean?

I stuck my neck out for you,

and now I'm right back
to where I started.

Randall barkin' orders at me,
like I'm his right hand man.

So long, George.

Tim!

Wait.

Before you go, can I
show you somethin'?

I should be goin'.

Please, it'll only
take a moment.

Oh, I'll be right back.

Come on.

It's a full house,
girls, full.

There's still people
waitin' outside.

You're doin' a more outstandin'
job than even your mother.

I hope you know that.

Charlotte!

They don't spend as
much on a shorter show.

Haven't we paid back
our debt yet?

No, that's not how this works.

Randall, he runs this territory.

We're part of his operation,
we can't stop, not now.

Can't you just take
the girls and go?

We can't walk out
on our obligation.

What happened to the
good of the family?

I'm not givin' up on
what I've built!

What we built.

Listen, everything's gonna be
all right.

I'll deal with Randall.

After we've made a bit more
cash, we'll go on a trip.

Maybe take the show on the road.

Would you like that?

Yeah, we'll do that,
as a family.

Do you need the bath?

Do you still think
you could

run the show without me?

Yeah, why?

I'm leavin'.

Does father know?

No.

He's gonna be livid.

Good luck.

Don't tell the others.

Where are you gonna go?

Where are you headed?

I only want to talk.

You're one of them.

Them, I'm one of us.

Be careful.

You have to utilize all the
assets at your disposal.

Harold here will be
staying behind

to watch over the calamity.

You know how these deals work.

My trick can make
you money.

You suppose this
will solve your problem?

It was all you, you made me.

I'm your only chance to escape

the sheer boredom of existence.

You know we're different from
the humans.

Higher in every way.

It's not so glorious anymore,
is it?

You thought they were cheering
for you this whole time.

They are cheering for me.

They cheer for what you
can do to them.

They're like dogs
compared to us.

And like dogs, we can train them

to do all kinds of tricks.

So this is what our kind does
for fun?

That's just what I do
for fun, for now at least.

You can choose to do whatever
you want.

I'm going far away
from this place,

and never singing again.

You can try.

Your father's paid back
his debt, by the way.

Where is she?

Who?

You know damn well who.

Father!

Look what I found.

I distinctly remember asking you

if you'd seen Tim,
quite recently.

I, I swear I haven't seen
Tim in ages.

Then he's lying.

So you, you don't mind if
I punish him accordingly?

Where's the star of your show?

I gave her the night off.

I hope you haven't lost
your gift horse.

I'm right here.

Good, thought you might
have left town on me.

Pay attention.

I have a bone to pick
with your father.

It has come to my attention
that you have been

providing certain services
without cutting me in.

I don't know what you're
talkin' about.

Booze and women are my game,
George.

I've been payin' you your
cut for all the booze...

But not the women.

What?

He's been running the whore
house right under your nose.

Maybe you were too caught up

in your own celebrity to notice.

You said you would stop.

Why would he?

It's pure profit when you
cut out your investors.

Is this true?

Oh course not, he's lyin'.

It is true.

He didn't make me do it,
'cause he knew I'd tell.

But they have.

Your wife, Gertrude,

you'd think you'd have learned
your lesson

about my kind by now.

Oh, I'm sorry, George,
I thought you knew.

Oh let's get.

That's the other thing, we
have a disgruntled customer.

Seems Harold paid for
service he didn't receive.

Please.

Don't, I'll give you the
whole operation if you want.

I'm starting to think

that you would say anything
to get out of trouble.

I like you, I like your family.

But Harold thinks we've
taken the maximum amount

of disrespect from you that
our organization can handle.

Word's getting out that
I've got a soft spot

for the guy with all the girls.

I can't have that.

Take the girls, kill George.

No, no, no!

No, no!

No, you stop that!

No!

No, no!

I'm so sorry.

Oh, please, oh, please.

No, no.

I've come to gloat.

I hope you got
what you wanted.

Getting what we want
is no fun at all.

It's about the game.

You're more powerful
than you think.

We could have a lot
of fun together.

Very brave of you to
go the exact direction

they've been trying to
lure you all this time.

I'll write you when
I get there.

We've both got all
the time in the world.