Original subtitles

The National Weather Service

is now calling this the worst ice storm

in the State's history.

It could be linked to the recent asteroid cluster

that passed close to Earth's orbit just yesterday.

Exterminator. Exterminator.

Exterminator!

Okay.

Hello, it's Frank. What's up?

There are noises in my walls. Like an animal.

Yeah, a-ha, it's probably rats, ma'am.

I can take care of that for you. What's your name?

My name is Helga.

Awright, you got an address for me?

Apartment 4, 114 Cyprus Lane, South Brooklyn.

114 Cyprus! Haven't I talked to you before?

Ain't you that lady with the fucked up parrot?

I don't own a parrot.

Okay, I'll see you soon.

Motherfucker!

Who is it?

It's Frank! The exterminator! Buzz me up, dammit.

Buzz?

Yeah! As in press the little button on the intercom

to buzz me up. Come on, it's freezing out here.

Oh ya, ya. Oh wait, I buzz you.

I buzz.

Goddamn! People ever hear of an elevator.

You called the Bugbrothers out to re-do my job?

This is my block, not the Bugbrothers.

They're not even actually brothers,

they're just two Bulgarian dudes who met in prison.

They're criminals!

They'll steal your shit.

And they're recalcitrant!

They didn't even clean your ducts off properly.

I don't know what the fuck that mess is

but it smells like shit and it's disgusting.

Ah, ya...

How can I help you, dear?

Miss Helga, you called about the noises in your walls, right?

Oh, no, no, no, not me.

You sure about that?

- There's a noise. - Yeah.

It's a noise alright.

Is someone back there?

There is noise.

Oh God! No!

Shhh!

Ah, yes, yes, hello dear.

There are noises in my walls.

♪ Well, I love you baby I'm telling you right here ♪

♪ But please don't Make me decide baby ♪

♪ Between you And a bottle of beer ♪

♪ Baby, come on over ♪

♪ Well come on Over to my side ♪

♪ Come on baby To my side ♪

♪ Well, I may not live Past twenty-one ♪

♪ But woo What a way to die ♪

♪ Your lovin' fluctuates, baby And everybody knows ♪

♪ But the temperature Always stays the same ♪

♪ On an ice cold Bottle of Stroh's ♪

♪ So baby, come on over ♪

♪ Well, come on over To my side ♪

♪ Well, I may not live past Twenty-one but woo ♪

♪ What a way to die ♪

Hey there, little guy.

Who is there?

Who's in there? Is somebody there?

Coming in!

Ohhh!

That girl is always breaking things. Always!

There's no way Charlotte could have done that, Gunter.

The store room's double padlocked.

You fix that window!

I'm already pretty busy today, Gunter.

Busy, what? Drawing your comic books?

I have to see the boiler and ah, fix Maria's sink,

and the garbage compactor's blown a fuse again--

Do you like this job?

Ja? You pay no rent, this is good, ja?

Definitely, yes, yes!

Good! Then you can fix the window.

Goddammit!

Charlotte!

Charlotte?

Charlotte!

- Charlotte? - Hey Ethan, what's up?

- Did you? - What?

Were you in your grandma's apartment today?

No. Why?

Well, somebody broke a window in Gunter's store room.

One of her dolls is missing.

I don't play with dolls.

I have no interest in Gunter's dollhouse.

How do you know it came from a doll's house?

I don't.

Uh-huh.

Just stay away from Gunter for a while, yeah?

I have to take this.

Sandy, hi.

How'd the ads go?

Ethan! Great actually.

It's tracking really well. The team's all super excited.

You're not going to believe this but Toby wants to move it up

to one of the bigger release slots for the summer.

Wow!

I know what we're going to call you.

We're going to call you 'Sting'.

Do you think you can finish

by the end of the month?

That's... that's in a week!

I think if we bring in Alan, he can ink and colour,

as you draw, then I think it's totally--

No, Sandy, I have a day job and a baby.

I'm working on this thing nights.

Charlotte!

Charlotte!

I need you to watch Liam.

Why?

Because he's six months old and he eats paper.

Mum! Come on.

I've watched him for like a thousand hours already.

You watched him for precisely three minutes

while I was in the bathroom

and I'm not having you lying around in your room all day.

It's not healthy.

And can you please change your attitude?

Yeah, that's better.

Alright, I'll be at my desk. Knock only if it's an emergency.

You look pale. Did you eat breakfast?

Banana! Eat it.

I'll be ten, maybe twenty.

Are you okay?

Alright...

You are the bane of my existence.

You hungry?

Go on, eat it!

Fuck! Fuck!

Cucaracha?

I hate those things.

It's an infestation,

and that puta slumlord up there, she does nothing!

She's cheap. She's nasty, creepy, and cheap.

Alright, I'm all done here.

Oh no! Your poor little pollito!

I hope he's okay.

Oh, I'm sure he's fine.

Kid's are basically made of rubber.

They'll bounce back from anything.

I'm sorry, Maria. I...

It's okay.

But I'm going to tell you something, Cabrone.

You don't know how lucky you are.

Now go home, and hug those beautiful children of yours.

Okay.

That's your feeding whistle.

That means you're hungry.

Cool!

Damn it!

Alright, here we go.

- Yeah. - Hi.

Take baby.

How'd it go?

I'll tell you later, I gotta go put Mum to bed.

- Nice to see you, too. - Love you.

Hey, Mum.

Aunty?

What are you guys watching?

Are you ready for bed, Mum?

Oh!

In the top drawer there is a wool sweater.

It's for your baby girl.

You made a sweater for Charlotte?

That's very sweet.

It's for the winter.

It's very cold now.

Hmm, it sure is.

You should meet my daughter.

Yeah, I'd like that.

Ew!

Oh, goddammit!

Charlotte! Where's my sharpener?

Charlotte!

Char--

Wait!

I've got some good news for you.

What is it?

Publisher's printing 45,000 extra copies.

Your comic book's going to become like a mainstream thing.

- Really? - Yeah, really.

Can I see what you've done so far?

Well no, I mean it's still rough and--

Come on! Don't be a lamo. Let me see.

Okay, come on. Take a seat.

It's cool.

- Careful of smudges. - Yeah.

I love how you use circles for the highlights.

Thank you.

The electricity here looks really cool.

It's all curved.

Don't you think he looks too evil though?

I mean, the Professor character's

kinda based on my dad, and he's not evil.

Right, where's the pencil, smartarse?

Why don't you show me how it's done?

I'd add eyes under the glasses,

so you can see more emotion, you know?

When did you become such a pro?

I'm just naturally gifted.

Hey, you two.

It's time for dinner. Do you want to set the table Shahshah?

That was a nice little moment.

Thank you, I needed that.

You're so beautiful.

You are so beautiful!

This is my English story!

I'm so confused.

This is my English story. I wrote it.

- You wrote it? - Yes, I wrote this.

Charlotte?

Trespassing!

Just making sure her majesty is tucked in and ready for bed.

Her majesty is.

I really wish her majesty wouldn't do that,

because her majesty might break the bed again.

Her majesty notes your concern with indifference.

You know those new sketches of yours are really good.

The posing, the cross-hatching, it's great work.

Thanks.

Do you think I could, ah...

Do you think I could steal the giant spider idea?

For the book?

Okay.

But you owe me chocolate.

Deal.

And 90 percent of the profit.

No deal.

You know, I'm really proud of you.

I probably don't say that to you enough.

I love you.

I really do.

Have you been drinking?

Just enough to keep me honest.

- Can I ask you something? - Sure, anything.

Did you erase those pencil changes

I made to the Professor's glasses today?

I did, I'm sorry.

I just thought that it looked cooler the way it was.

It's okay. I don't mind that you changed them.

Just don't pretend like you like my ideas if you don't.

Night, Ethan.

Goodnight, Charlotte.

Sleep tight.

Did you hear that spiders can fly?

Cloth please, Ethan.

They use wind systems to travel hundreds of miles apparently.

- Here. - Thanks, honey.

I've got a call in 30 minutes,

and now I have to change my shirt.

- Are you still okay to take him? - This morning?

And they have blue blood!

Yeah, I have client calls all morning.

Isn't that crazy?

Deadline this afternoon.

- It's totally blue! - Yep, yep, copy that.

I know you have your deadline as well, but...

Last week he ate paint!

We can't trust him not to try and kill himself.

Is anyone even listening to me?

Yes, I am, I am. Blue blood, blue blood.

Ah, forget it!

Don't forget to wear Grandma's new sweater today.

No way, that's going to give me cancer.

Mothballs! She thinks they're carcinogenic.

What's with the attitude?

I think she's still pissed about Professor's glasses.

Oh, she got over that.

I'm not so sure, I think I really messed up.

And now it'’s all because of a drawing of a perfect dad.

He left us and he hardly even talks to her.

How is he perfect?

Every time I try and connect she takes two steps back.

Think about it, there's a new baby in the house.

You're stressed and distant,

she probably just thinks you're going to bail.

Oh, come on--

Do you have any idea how much you mean to her?

She talks like you, she dresses like you,

she reads the same books as you.

She didn't even start drawing until you came into her life,

and now it is like all she does.

You're her biggest hero, alright?

What do you need, a roadmap?

Yeah.

- I don't know - Alright...

Speaking of the Professor, when are we going to tell her?

We can't keep pretending.

I mean the guy's been back how long now?

Yeah! Yeah, I know, alright?

Can I just deal with that on my own time?

Right now I have to get ready for a meeting, ah...

- Can you take over here? - A-ha.

Hey, little buddy.

Okay. Fuck!

Yeah, I think if we work with the back section

to keep the facade, we can still satisfy, you know,

all the conservation requirements.

Yeah, totally.

Alright...

Sandy yes, yes, I know I'm a few pages behind,

but you'll have more by the end of the day.

I am literally drawing as we speak.

Okay, chat later.

No! Ahh! Ahh!

Sweet Jesus! What the hell happened to him?

Rats.

Rats?

I don't think a rat's going to do that.

- You call Frank. - Who?

The exterminator.

Yeah, hello?

Yo, you the one that called me about a dead parrot?

That's one seriously fucked up bird.

Looks like it tried to have sex with a blender.

Hmm, whatever did this was small.

Attacked from the inside,

and this poor motherfucker tried to squeeze through the bars.

Could it be rats?

No.

Hell, no!

Rats don't melt their food before they eat it.

What's with the nail gun?

Protection.

From what?

It's New York, man. Take your pick.

You think it came out of the air duct?

Yeah, man.

I'm going to have to smoke this whole damn building.

Hey, Grandma?

I'm going to find out whatever killed your little feather baby

and when I do, I'm going to exterminate its ass!

Who's he?

You're a mimic.

Ew!

Mothball.

Wow! You're a lot bigger.

Awesome!

It will then form a digestive fluid

directly into the body of the captured creature,

in order to liquify its meat before it starts to feed.

The spider bite will paralyse its prey temporarily,

because it likes to feed on living flesh.

So when it eats you, you are alive.

Hey!

Hey?

Hey, why your fish all scared?

Please don't do that.

Even the slightest change in their chemical makeup

could interfere with my work.

Uh-huh.

What kind of work would that be?

I am studying their ability to regrow pancreatic beta cells.

Oh!

You can do that in your kitchen?

You can laugh, but this work that I do could save many lives.

Yeah.

Bad luck for the fish though.

How long will this take?

I think I finished.

Yeah, if you could just send me through the plan,

that'll be easy, no, I can get it back to you tomorrow.

Which plug-in do you have? The newest one?

I think that Robert's a much stronger choice.

It's just the renderings are way better in 2D.

There's more information.

Well that's great,

then we can just send it right out to the engineers...

Hmm.

Don't spray in my room.

Hey.

This your room?

I don't need a spray in here.

Sting won't like it.

Sting!? Who's that? Your little pet kitty cat or something?

No.

Pet spider.

Spider?

Hmm, I don't know about that.

I don't think spiders make good pets.

Why not?

You know, spiders don't have the capacity to love.

Not like a dog. Dogs, they'll love ya and cats half-love ya.

I always say never make friends

with anything with more than four legs.

But a spider only knows two things,

and that's eat and kill.

I disagree.

Okay.

May I see?

Okay.

See what we got here.

What the?

She doesn't like you.

No! No, no, no, no. That price is too much.

Ma'am, the price is the price.

Your father never charged this much.

Do I look like my father?

Listen! My prices are fair.

I pay half.

You lack character. You're cheap. You're mean and cheap.

You! You should be doing this.

Goddamn that scary looking motherfucker.

I'm really sorry about that.

I sprayed this whole damn building,

and all you want to pay is half.

You're right to send the invoice, yeah?

Yeah.

It's okay. I know you're hungry.

Want some more?

Erik's a scientist, right?

Erik from upstairs? God no, did he tell you that?

He's not a scientist, he's a biology student.

His mum buys everything for him.

He's up there trying to cure diabetes

with fishguts or something.

He's a weird guy, you should stay away from him.

Hi, Erik.

Charlotte, can I help you?

I want to buy one of your fish tanks.

I have 63 dollars and 85 cents. Is that enough?

I didn't know you had fish.

I don't, I have a spider.

What kind of spider is it?

I don't know, I can't find a match on Google.

How fast do spiders usually grow?

Well, that depends, some reach maturity in a few weeks.

Some take years.

Could a spider grow twice as big in a couple of hours?

No, that is a physiological impossibility.

Not for this one.

Want to see her feed?

Charlotte, do your parents know that you're here?

She likes the dark.

Watch this.

That's her feeding call.

That means she's hungry.

Charlotte, spiders don't have vocal chords.

This is not a spider.

I told you, this one's different.

Wait!

If this thing is venomous that is not a good idea.

Don't worry, I do this all the time.

Cool, right?

You want to see what she looks like?

Hmm.

Charlotte, I will lend you one of my tanks, no charge.

But I need to make sure

that it is the exact right enclosure for this species

or it could be harmful. Do you understand?

If you just leave this with me for a short while,

I'll transfer it to the correct case

and bring it straight down to you.

- Can I watch? - No!

I need to do this alone. It is an extremely delicate process.

This really is all that I ask.

Okay, but when you bring her back

make sure Ethan doesn't see.

When you said

that you were going to be honest about this?

- Did you mean it? - Of course I meant it.

But if I take this job we can finally move out of here.

We can even get Charlotte's teeth fixed.

Come on, Charlotte's teeth are fine.

If it were Liam's teeth, you'd get them fixed in a second.

Wow!

Hey, be careful.

Maria! It's Ethan.

I've got your dog.

Okay, I'm just going to open the door and let Bonnie in, okay?

Had she been acting strangely recently?

Moody, depressed?

Um, depressed, ah, she's a big drinker, so...

What were you doing in her apartment?

Just bringing her dog back.

And when there was no answer I I have a skeleton key, so...

Why do you have a skeleton key?

I'm the building supervisor.

- Ah, is that right? - Yep.

Go ahead.

Yeah.

This is Erik John Kwong here, I'm calling in regards...

Who is this?

This is Erik John Kwong here, I'm calling in regards...

Who?

I'm calling about your daughter, Charlotte.

What about her?

The main issue is that part of my dissertation

involves arachnology,

so I have a fair bit of knowledge in these areas,

and I have no idea what kind of spider this is.

That is worrying.

You should not be keeping this in your apartment.

That's all very interesting, Erik,

but I assure you Charlotte's not keeping a spider

in the apartment.

I suspect this a highly venomous arachnid.

It could be a killer.

I honestly think this is an issue for

the Department of Health and Safety.

Wait, wait a minute, wait a minute. A killer?

Health and Safety!

What kind of spider are we talking about here?

A big one!

Fucking, fuck!

Don't get mad, I said that Bonnie can stay

for just a couple of days until we...

Charlotte!

When were you going to tell us

you had a giant venomous spider in this house?

A what?

I've just came back from Erik's apartment and there is--

What have you done with Sting?

Erik's taking that thing down to the Department of Health.

We are not having a venomous arachnid in this home near Liam.

Erik?

Erik! Erik, open up!

Erik!

You had no right to do that.

Listen, Char...

You didn't even talk to me about it.

You just took her away from me.

I understand.

I read your 'Fang Grrl' comic book,

and it sucks!

You've taken out everything that's cool,

and you've killed the Professor!

He's one of the most important characters of the whole thing.

Why would you do that?

I don't know why--

Bullshit!

You just don't like him because he's based on my dad.

And my dad is awesome.

Is that why he never visits?

Ethan!

He lives in Thailand, you idiot. He can't visit.

He lives across the Bridge, it's a 25 minute drive.

Oh, how dare you.

Mum?

Char!

Hey...

Get away from me!

Thanks a lot, Ethan.

That's going to be a real boost for her self-confidence.

- Nice work. - Well, I'm sorry.

Alright, well someone had to tell her. You weren't going to.

He's been back for six months, she should know that.

That is not your job to decide.

It's not my decision! I'm her dad!

Am I?

Am I her dad?

Because he left. I'm here!

This! This here had nothing to do with her.

This was about you.

Charlotte!

Charlotte, sweetheart. I'm sorry.

Yes! Eat!

Grow as big as you can.

Who's next?

Thanks a lot, Ethan.

You should meet my daughter.

I am your daughter, Mum.

I don't know why we bother.

She doesn't even know where she is half the time.

Gunter, isn't there a broomstick out there somewhere

that needs riding?

Hi Ethan, this is Sandy here.

Listen, we've had to go with Alan for the rest of the book.

I'm really sorry, but these pages,

they're just not coming fast enough

and we're really in too deep now to cancel the run.

Obviously this is not ideal but we're still very much hoping

that you can jump back on board for some of them.

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Hey, what you doing?

I'm fixing the heater.

Like that, you're fixing the heater?

Yeah it's a... a legitimate technique.

This isn't working out.

We'll see out the month but after that,

there's no more work here.

You take a paycheck away from your own family?

You're not family.

Why do you hate me?

I don't hate you, Ethan.

I think you're a nice guy, but you're weak,

and like all weak men, when the going gets hard,

you leave!

I'm just going to do everyone a big favour,

and help ya out the door.

Hey kitty, kitty, kitty.

Kitty, kitty, kitty!

Stupid cat!

Kitty?

Kitty!

Who you talking to?

It's the cat.

We have a cat?

Oh, shut up, Helga.

Kitty, kitty!

Kitty?

What! What's that?

What you doing in there?

Come on out, you stupid animal.

I'm much too drunk for this.

Kitty?

Oh!

Stupid flashlight.

Kitty?

The National Weather Service is now calling this

the worst ice storm in the State's history.

With sustained wind speeds of up to 45 miles per hour...

I'm so sorry, Todd,

I'm going to have to call you right back.

Charlotte.

Can you take Bonnie and your brother

into the other room for a minute, please?

Come on, Liam.

You want to tell me what just happened here?

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that.

Ethan, I think you need to get some help.

Just there's a lot going on at the moment,

and I just, ah...

Whatever's going on with you...

it can't be happening in front of the kids.

I'm losing it, ah...

You're not losing it, Ethan. You're losing us.

Do you understand?

I love you.

I really do.

But I can't do this again.

Mum?

What the hell is going on?

Oh shit!

Bonnie?

Bonnie!

Sting?

Sting!

Bring him back!

Erik?

Erik?

Erik!

You got a problem with doors?

Grandma, look at me.

Have you seen anything freaky or scary recently?

Oh!

There was a dog, a black dog, a strange animal.

When I try to pet it she runs from me.

- It ran from you? - Ja.

Don't take this off, Grandma.

Okay.

I'm going to go get some help, okay?

- Ja? - Ja.

But if the phone line comes back on,

you have to call the police.

The police? Ja.

Do you know the number?

What number?

Take care, Grandma.

You take care.

What a strange girl.

Ethan?

Ethan!

Ethan?

Help me... Please!

Be careful. Be careful!

Careful!

Don't touch the web.

Are you okay?

Not really.

Where's Mum? Where's Liam?

I don't know.

I can get these webs off, okay?

But then you'll drop.

You have to hang on to these grooves.

- Do you think you can do that? - Okay.

Okay!

Who is it?

It's Frank! The exterminator.

Buzz me up, damn it!

Ethan, do you think you can make it to the trapdoor?

It's okay, I have mothball water. It's like acid to her.

- It hurts her. Okay? - Okay.

You called the Bugbrothers out to re-do my job?

Okay.

Liam?

Liam! Liam!

I'm coming!

Ethan, Ethan, stop! Shh, shh, shh!

Don't move.

Ethan!

Don't you fucking touch her!

Come down here again, I'll fucking kill you!

You scared her away.

Are you okay? Hey, Charlotte!

I'm okay.

It's all my fault.

This is not your fault. Listen to me. Look at me.

Look at me!

This is not your fault, okay?

Now we have to deal with this together.

Together!

- Okay? - Okay.

Let's go!

No! No, don't leave me here.

Don't leave me.

Charlotte, I'm never going to leave you.

I am never going to leave you.

- What the fuck! - Frank?

What the fuck was that?

It's Sting.

Sting!

Sting!

That's your spider?

Why didn't you get a fucking dog!?

Ah, I'm getting the fuck out of here.

Helga!

Hey old lady, get your arse down here!

You need to neuter that motherfucker, man!

I'm getting the fuck out of this place.

That's the last one.

Fuck! It's locked.

Fuck! It's locked!

- Fuck! - We're trapped.

This fucking door won't open!

Hey! Where's the key?

Yo, you got a key? I'm talking! Do you have a fucking key?

Hey, hey, calm down.

Where's the key?

Frank! Get the hell off of me. If this spills, we're dead!

What is it?

It's mothball water!

It's water, with mothballs in it.

It burns her webs. It hurts her.

- Well, give me that shit. - What the hell are you doing?

- It's the last-- - Fuck off!

Well, go make some more mothball juice.

Frank, don't use it all! It's the only weapon we have left.

Fuck you! Fuck both of y'all!

Keep your little mothball juice. I got the equaliser right here.

Yeah!

Let's kill this bitch!

Stop... fucking... with... me!

Yeah, yeah, you better run, bitch!

Let's play, motherfucker!

Let's go! Come out!

It's bleeding!

That means we can kill it!

No! The water! It's washing it off.

We're not protected anymore.

Let go!

Get in the garbage compactor.

Charlotte! Get in the garbage compactor.

Now! Come on.

Mum!

Heather!

Liam?!

Oh my God!

Oh my God!

Heather! Is he breathing?

Oh my God!

Is he okay? Is he okay?

Oh my God!

Come on, Sting! Come and get some food.

Ethan!

I close my eyes and count to three.

One, two, three...

Ethan?

Liam.

I love you, Dad.

I love you too.

♪ You've got to Accentuate the positive ♪

♪ Eliminate the negative and Latch on to the affirmative ♪

♪ Don't mess with Mister In-Between ♪

♪ You've got to spread joy Up to the maximum ♪

♪ Bring gloom down To the minimum ♪

♪ Have faith or pandemonium Liable to walk upon the scene ♪

♪ To illustrate my last remark ♪

♪ Jonah in the whale ♪

♪ Noah in the ark ♪

♪ What did they do just when Everything looked so dark ♪

♪ Man they said we better Accentuate the positive ♪

♪ Eliminate the negative and Latch on to the affirmative ♪

♪ Don't mess with Mister In-Between ♪

♪ No don't mess with Mister In-Between ♪

♪ Got to accentuate The positive ♪

♪ Eliminate the negative and Latch on to the affirmative ♪

♪ Don't mess with Mister In-Between ♪

♪ No, don't mess with Mister In-Between ♪

Shhh!

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