All language subtitles for growing_pains_s05e12_carol_s_promotion

Hey. See ya.

Hey, wait a minute. Where are you going?

Work. This early?

Well, I promised my boss I'd come in
early so I could get off by four to make

freshman orientation at Columbia.

Oh, is that today?

Yeah, isn't that exciting? Well, I gotta
go. Oh, honey, I remember how

devastated you were when Columbia didn't
have room for you last semester.

Yeah. And I believe I said, Carol, why
don't you use the downtime to take a

Your semester will be around before you
know it. I've actually enjoyed working.

Which I believe I also predicted.

Well, it's time for Columbia University
and I am ready.

Yep, yep, yep. Which is exactly what I
knew she... Right.

What are you doing here?

Mr. Carpenterio, don't you remember I
said I'd come in early? You mean nobody

called you?

About what?

You don't work here anymore.

What? But I'm the best page break clerk
in the department.

Not anymore.

And before you go, I'd like to say a few
things. Well, there are a few things

I'd like to say, too.

You are not a very good boss.

What? And somebody should tell you this
because it might do you some good. You

have major B .O.

Because I'm being fired. You're not
being fired. You're being promoted.

Have you ever been alone with yourself
in an elevator?

Pardon me?

Those punks in punctuation heard how
good you are and they're stealing you to

their manager.

I'm a manager?

And do you know who told them all those
good things about you?

Your smelly ex -boss. That's who.

is due here any second, and his office
has got to be perfect.

I don't want to give him any excuse to
fire me and bring in his own secretary,

who he's probably having an affair with.

Excuse me, I think I'm your new manager.

You're Mr. Fever?

I am.

Ever said anything to your boss you
regretted?

That he smelled bad?

Miss Bieber.

Oh, please. Call me Carol. Hi, I'm
Leslie, your secretary.

Oh, I'm sorry, but I have my own
secretary.

He's pumping up at the gym today.

I'm kidding.

Oh, wow. A boss with a sense of humor.

This is my office?

Uh -huh.

You know, I expected a guy.

They're always guys.

asked me to call them by their first
name, except once at a Christmas party

the Xerox machine.

What should I do first?

Should I learn my new job?

Call Mike and gloat.

I'm just asking if my grades stay up and
if Gary's parents say it's okay, and if

I promise to obey the chaperone, would
you have any objection to me going on a

ski weekend.

Oh, what did your father say?

He has no problem with it.

Hmm.

Did you ask your father?

He has no problem with it.

So you didn't ask your father.

Well, I kind of figured I'd start at the
top and work my way down.

Uh, okay.

Hi, Ben.

Hi, Chrissy.

Dad, you remember that ski trip you said
I could go on if Mom said it's okay?

He said okay.

Yeah!

I've just been outsmarted by a 13 -year
-old. Well, he got me, too. It's tough

to resist a little tyke when he looks at
you and says, I'm starting at the top

and working my way down.

Don't start whacking those skis yet,
young man.

Hi, guys. Hey, Mom, listen, I've got a
pay -per -view tomorrow, so I'm just

going to get some dinner and take it up
to my place, okay?

Fine. Okay. Go ahead.

Deprive me of the single chance I have
each day to enjoy the oneness of my

brood.

Okay.

But I told everybody I was going.

When? Yesterday.

You guys will never believe what
happened at work today.

Carol, we're in the middle of something
very important here. No, we're not.

We're at the end of it. I got a
promotion. I'm the manager of the

department. Oh, honey, that's wonderful.

Yeah.

Oh. So, Carol, were they disappointed at
work when you told them you couldn't

accept the promotion?

Well, why would I tell them that?

Because you're starting Columbia
University in two weeks.

Right, right.

Oh, how was the freshman orientation?

That was today, wasn't it?

You didn't go?

I completely forgot.

I forgot, too. Did you say I could or
couldn't go?

Couldn't. Well, I'll just catch the next
orientation. I'll have my secretary put

it on my calendar.

You have a secretary?

a ski trip.

Okay.

Philosophy, anthropology, calculus,
political science, English literature,

French, and German.

Now for Tuesday.

Hey, Carol, listen, I have this paper
due tomorrow, and I wanted to know if

could look it over for me. How much?

Oh, from the bottom of my heart.

No. How much are you going to pay me?

Pay you?

Forget it.

I'll be washing my hair. Every minute
you wait, the price goes up.

Yeah, well, who needs your help? I'm
perfectly happy with the tea.

Hello?

Okay, just a minute.

Carol, for you, some guy.

You expect me to fall for that?

I'm sorry, she doesn't know any guys.

Well, she can't come to the phone right
now.

If you must know, she's in the can.

Is there really somebody on the phone?

Yeah. Oh, yeah. He said he's from your
work. He said it's an emergency.

Well, that's impossible.

You expect her to climb off the throne
for that.

Hello, this is Carol Seaver.

Bill, sure I remember you.

No, you didn't pull me away from
anything.

I have to approve the text?

I've only been the manager for one day.

Uh -huh.

Well, I guess if I didn't check the file
draft, I should say no.

Right?

Okay, bye.

Mike, a $50 ,000 press run was set up to
start tonight, but they needed my

verbal okay.

Oh, wow, a $50 ,000 press run?

Yes!

I didn't know they printed money there.

Get out. Ow.

What did I say? What did I say?

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Did I tell you that was a great book or
what?

I have 400 pages in and I can't put it
down.

Yeah. You get to the part yet where they
find out that Mr. Shepard is just an

alias and he's really the dragon.

He's the dragon.

Oh.

Oh, honey, I'm sorry.

No,

Ben, we haven't changed our minds. No
ski trip.

Am I interrupting something?

Not tonight.

Well, I wanted to talk to you about the
right time to quit my job.

Well, honey, it's customary to give
about two weeks' notice. Well, that's

what I meant.

I don't think I want to quit.

Oh, wait a minute.

Does this end up with you asking me if
Ben can go on a ski trip?

Mom, I'm serious. I don't want to go to
Columbia next semester.

Not go to Columbia?

You're kidding with your grades and your
scholarship and your dreams. Oh, honey,

don't go off half -cocked here. Let her
finish.

Fine, I'll go off half -cocked then.

You see, I was thinking. Thinking? And
where do you get this behavior, huh?

talk this out with someone who's
rational. No offense.

Well, your father understands.

Jason, will you give us a minute?

Oh.

Well, you don't have to leave. Just
don't say anything.

Fine.

I'll just read a book.

only supposed to be a temporary job.

Which was your idea, and thank you.
You're welcome.

But with this promotion, I'll get more
time in the workforce, which you said

a good idea, and again, thank you.

You're welcome.

But it'll only be for one more semester,
and Columbia will be waiting for me in

the fall. So I don't see how a
reasonable person like yourself could

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Well, Carol, I know that getting a
promotion and being entrusted with all

responsibility is pretty heady stuff.

It is. But I'm sure you've asked
yourself this.

Is this new job really worth putting my
12 years of preparation on hold?

Well... Because a lot of people, you
know, once they lose sight of their

they never quite get a fix on them
again.

You think that's what I'm doing?

Do you?

Maybe.

Well... Sweetheart, it's your life. You
gotta make your own decisions and call

your own shots. I just hate to see you
lose your momentum for college.

You're right. I'll give my notice
tomorrow.

No, no, no. Only if you want to.

I do.

Thanks, Daddy.

And thanks, Mom, for not saying
anything.

It's just a phase.

Sometimes I want to talk to the mom.
Sometimes I want to talk to the dad.

Let's just be thankful she's talking.

Jason, the watchmaker did it.

Morning, Carol.

Leslie, who's my boss?

All department managers report to Mr.
Littlefield.

Well, could you tell him I have to see
him right away?

It'll take weeks.

Well, I can't wait. I'm going to
Columbia in two weeks.

Do you think that's wise with that whole
drug thing going on down there?

Could you just call him?

Morning. I have the press run deadlines
for next week. Oh, thanks, Ray. Sure.

Wait, what kind of a guy is Mr.

Littlefield? VP?

Oh, he's a great guy.

Yeah? Well, how do you know him?

Last year we had a major screw -up and
he came down.

He reamed half of us and he fired the
other half.

So how is he a great guy?

I'm still here.

Not... if Mr. Littlefield going to see
you today, he's coming here now.

He is? You're kidding.

You're more important than I thought.

Carry on, troops.

You're Carol Seaver.

Yes, Mr. Littlefield. Please, please,
I'm Warren.

I didn't expect you to come down here
and see me. Oh, nonsense. I wanted to

down and welcome you aboard yesterday,
but I got tied up.

Not literally, of course.

Hey, that was a great call last night.

Great call? You saved us 50 grand by
stopping that press run. The copy was

ready, and you made the right decision.

Well, thank you. I've got my eye on you,
Carol.

This is just the start of big things for
you here.

Really? Now, what was that, uh...

urgent matter you want to talk to me
about?

Well, see, I, uh... Well... This is my
life, and I have got to call my

own shots, and I am not quitting.

You're not?

No.

Oh.

Well, this has been a productive
meeting.

They hurt me.

But all the other kids are going to go
skiing.

Well, we're not all the other kids.
Parents, we're yours.

Benny, did you tell them about the hot
tub?

Everything's going to be cool.

Gary's older brother is home on leave
from the Navy.

He's going to be watching us the whole
time.

A 19 -year -old tailor is not my idea of
a chaperone.

But, Carl, I think I'm a total weenie.

Girls are going to?

Are you two as shocked as I am?

Hi, honey.

How did it go?

You're right.

It's my life, and I have to call my own
shots.

So I'm taking your advice.

I'm keeping my job. Thank you.

young lady.

Stay.

Carol, don't you take another step.

I thought that we covered this matter
last night. Jason, if you start

again, I swear I am going to go on that
ski trip with the 19 -year -old sailor.

Mom, don't you understand this was my
decision to make? Well, maybe we

miscommunicated last night, Carol.

Not at all. Did you or did you not say
this is my life? Yes, but I... And did

you or did you not say that I had... I
have to call my own shot. Oh, yes. And

did you or did you not say... Did you or
did you not say you were going to

Columbia and quitting this job?

Well, we know it wasn't me.

I thought you trusted my judgment.

So did I.

But since that didn't work, I'm going to
lay it out for you, Carol. You're not

dumping 12 years of preparation over
some goofy job.

Goofy job?

Come on, Maggie. We've been counting on
it. I mean, straight A's, class

valedictorian, full scholarship to
Columbia.

And she's not going to throw it all down
the drain. No, over my dead body.

Oh, Jason, you're not reasonable.

I love you.

Maggie, reason is my cover. Inside, I'm
as wacko as you.

Jason, I have never seen you like this.

Well, what am I going to do, Maggie? I
mean, I'll never forgive myself if I

don't graduate from Columbia.

I mean, if we don't, if she, if her
doesn't, oh, you know what I mean.

I'll go up and talk to her.

Dad,

about the ski trip deal, I feel I have
to call my own shot here. Oh, oh, oh,

oh.

Oh,

I'm glad you're here.

Here's my Columbia course catalog.

classes. I want to make sure there's no
miscommunication.

Carol, you can pick out your own
classes.

Oh, gee, I don't know if I'm up to that.

Carol, I'd like a better attitude than
this.

Whatever you want.

Look, Carol, I think you're expecting
too much from us if you think we'll

a major change in your life's direction
without an argument.

Now, I know you say it's only temporary,
honey, but how can we be sure?

I'm sorry if our expectations are a
burden, but...

You brought that on yourself when you
started reading at the age of five.

Four and a half.

Yeah.

You know, honey, just between us, and if
you ever repeat this, I'll deny it, you

have a gift that, frankly, your brothers
don't have.

There's so much you can do. You have so
many opportunities.

are reporting to me.

I'm running a department.

I've never had that.

I mean, my first month there, my hands
shook every day.

And now when people come and see me,
little me, their hands shake.

I'm not changing my direction.

I'm finding it.

This job is more important to you than
school?

Yes, right now.

I mean, sometimes I get the feeling that
it wouldn't be me who would be

graduating from Columbia. It'd be you
and Dad.

Oh, Carol, how can you... Look, honey.

Just promise me that it will only be for
one more semester.

Oh, yes. Anything, Mom. Thank you.

Wait. Why are you being so reasonable?

Well, you can't sleep with your father
for 21 years and not catch a little

something.

You know what I mean.

If I were you, I'd hold off on that.

Excuse me, I'm here to see Carol Stever.
Your name?

I'm her father. She invited me to lunch.

Daddy, you're early.

Yes, well, I drive fast when I'm tense.

Go ahead, go ahead.

This is my office, and these are all...
So where are we going to lunch?

Anywhere. I just thought that if I could
show you... There's nothing you're

going to show me, Carol, that's going to
change my mind. Now, if that's why you

invited me down here for lunch, then you
made a big mistake.

Well, I just thought that if you came
down here... Carol, they need you in

layout. They said it's an emergency.

Well, I can't. Go ahead. Go, go, go.
I'll wait here. All right, I'll hurry.

Office.

It's a cubicle.

Is the boss around? The boss?

Yes. Miss Beaver, hold me...

Oh, Carol.

No, she just stepped up for a minute.

Darn it.

I got her to start these galleys. We've
got a whole press run waiting to go.

Well, she'll be right back. Just leave
them with me.

Can you be trusted?

What do you think?

for a minute.

No, I can't approve anything. I'm just,
uh, I'm her father.

Yes, yes, I'm very proud. Very proud.

Dad. Oh, here she comes.

Sounds important.

Yes?

No, I need it today.

No, it must be today.

I'll sign off any overtime, but I want
to see it on my desk by the end of the

day.

Bye.

I know I'm not going to change your
mind. I really don't want to get into an

argument here.

You're the boss.

Yeah.

My little girl, imagine this.

Dad, I'm not following. This isn't a
goofy job, Carol.

Do you want some water? You've got your
own cubicle here.

No, I mean, you've got an office. You've
got real plants. You've got furniture.

You have people coming in asking you to
solve problems.

I'm doing all right here.

I mean, we're... You and I... We're...
You.

You. What?

I'm saying I'm so proud of you.

So I don't have to quit? You have to.
Come on. No, honey, I was never going to

force you.

Maybe.

Daddy, have I ever let you down?

No. No.

I wish I could ask you the same
question.

Daddy, thank you.

I promise, next fall, I'll be a freshman
at Columbia just like you wanted. No,

you won't.

What? No. I want you to go where you
want to go.

But I hope it's Columbia.

Let's have lunch.

I'm buying.

Are you going to get my daughter's name
on this door or are you going to sit

there gnawing on your salami?

We'll be back in a moment.

Just wanted to buy some paste.

Hey, you never know.

I mean, look, you feel like you're going
to run into a couple of hot babes like

them. Not a shot.

Well, hello.

Are you sure we should be doing this?

Oh, come on, buddy. That's what we were
put on this earth to do. We're guys.

When I say now, you pop the clutch. Like
I said before, I got it. That was then.

This is now.