All language subtitles for growing_pains_s07e16_vicious_cycle

That's what they make you wear, Captain
Sub?

No, I just like to dress like Popeye.

When you get a new job, you do have to
deal with difficult people.

You mean like the customers?

No, like your family.

Ahoy, matey.

Permission to come aboard.

Let me take one more to send to Carol in
London.

That's a great idea, Mom. Then we can
put a different return address on it and

make her think we moved.

It's a lot, Captain Crunch.

Dad woke me up this morning with the
want, Dad. What do you need a job for

anyway? Oh, I bet I know he's saving for
college.

But first, a custom Harley.

You saving up to buy a hog?

He gets a hog. You won't even let me get
a kitten.

Hey, Luke, what's in the bag?

Uh, it's just my official Captain's sub
hat.

Well, put it on. I want to take a
picture of the entire uniform.

No, really.

Come on, they say the uniform makes the
man.

In this case, the uniform makes the
sandwich.

Well, I better get going.

My boss is driving me to work.

Your boss drives you to work? I'd like
to get a job like that.

Well, they're looking for a
counterperson if you're available.

Ben, you hear that? Ben, Ben!

Hey, I got a tip for you, Luke. You take
advantage of this carpooling

opportunity to get to know your boss.

He probably could teach you a thing or
two.

Stay back.

Hold it here, everybody. I can handle
it.

No, no, no. Dr.

Seaver, this is Kevin, my boss.

Assistant manager.

Another dumb hat, huh?

You should see the hat the restroom
supervisor has to wear.

Hey, Luke.

Glad we caught you. You've noticed
you've been keeping late hours.

Well, I work till 9 .30.

Yeah, but you've been getting home after
11.

Well, Kevin thinks it's a good idea to
unwind after work.

Oh, you listen to a guy who's only
working at Captain Sub until he can get

criminal career off the ground?

I could ask Kevin to drop you off at
home, and then he can go unwind wherever

wants. I could, but I don't want to.

Well, then, Luke, we maybe should talk
about you having a curfew.

Big mistake.

Will you excuse us for a minute?

Stick up for me, and I'll flip you a
hoagie.

I wish you wouldn't contradict us in
front of Luke.

Yeah, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. It's
just that you were really cruising for

trouble with that whole curfew thing.
Oh, yeah.

Yeah, Dad.

Luke is a different breed of horse. I
mean, let's face it. You're used to

who pulls the plow.

And Chrissy, who's still a pony. And
Ben, well, he's pretty much a horse's

patoot.

But Luke is like me.

It's a wild Mustang.

Well, thank you, Gabby.

My point is that you try to put a fence
around Luke, he's just going to kick it

over. Mike, where are you going with all
this horse... Maggie.

Analogy.

Don't give him a curfew, and he'll mosey
on back to the barn as soon as he's

sleepy. Need I remind you that we have
successfully raised four children, and

you had a curfew?

No, you had a curfew. I had an open
window and a trellis.

Mike, we've got to run this house by our
rules. Luke is a foster child here, and

I see no reason why he shouldn't have a
curfew.

Okay, fine, you can run it up the
flagpole, but I don't think he'll sit on

Luke!

Okay, Luke, we want you in the house 10
o 'clock on weekdays and 11 o 'clock on

weekends.

Okay.

Well, what do you know? The wacky old
parents pulled it off.

Yeah, and Mr. Ed really talks.

Now, Chrissy, name the shape.

Square.

Now, take your time. Think rounder.

Square.

Think like a pie.

Or the moon.

Moon pie?

Sorry, I'm not doing so good, am I?

No, that's okay. You got two out of the
last, uh, 25.

What's up? You guys playing some kind of
game?

Sense testing to see if I have PMS.

ESP, Mom.

I'm doing an extra credit report for Mr.
Earhart's science class.

Mr. Earhart? The teacher's been giving
you such a hard time all year?

Yeah, and if I don't get my average up
to a B, he's not going to let me go on

the class field trip to the Hayden
Planetarium.

Oh, well, Ben, your father and I would
be happy to take you to the planetarium.

Yes, but can you arrange for Sasha
Swarovski to be sitting next to me in

dark wearing a fuzzy sweater?

Gotcha.

Ben said you guys wanted to talk to me?

It's about Luke.

We're ready to admit we... We're wrong?

No. We're very, very wrong?

No. We're ready to admit that we need
your help.

Well, I think you made the right
decision.

You want to catch a Mustang, you got to
use a Mustang.

So, let me get this straight. What is it
that you want me to tell him? He's

grounded. No stinking way.

If a kid can't learn to live by a
family's rules, he'll never learn to

society's, Mike. Now, you owe it to Luke
to teach him some discipline.

I hate it when you guys make sense.

Okay, okay, I'll talk to him. But if
he's got a darn good reason for being

I'm not giving him any punishment.

Luke's home.

Uh, hello.

Hey, Luke, uh, it's 11 .15.

You know what that means?

I'm missing our...

Hey,

you were supposed to be home by 10. But
I'm sure that he's got a darn good

reason for being late. So go ahead and
give it to him.

Uh, I was at the arcade. We found a
video machine with 10 free games.

Well, okay, okay. You give me no choice.

You're... Grounded.

What she said.

What?

Well, can it start Monday? There's a
major party Friday night.

Okay, sure.

All right.

You can't let him trade punishments.
This isn't let's make a deal.

Although he's dressed for it.

The grounding includes missing the
party.

I don't know why you're treating me like
a kid. I got to be in bed by 11.

I went three years with no bed.

I spent a night in Central Park. I
survived gangs, murderers, and Pizador's

outdoor concert.

Sorry, look, but this is for your own
good.

Oh, man, this sucks nickels.

Right.

Well, thanks a lot, Mike.

Hey, hey, hey, don't look at me. You're
the one who messed up, pal.

Don't ever break curfew again.

Without at least coming up with an
airtight alibi.

Why am I bummed? Tell me about it. Yeah,
what are you bummed about?

There's a party out there and I'm in
here.

You're squawking about being grounded
for a week?

I was grounded for 1989.

So what are you bummed about?

Old man Airhead threw my report out. He
says ESP's a crock, not a science.

Thanks to him, someone else is going to
be picking sweater pills off of Sasha

Swarovski.

That Airhead's a jerk. Somebody ought to
fix him good.

I know.

I'm going to prove that ESP is real and
that Chrissy has it.

Next to her, the amazing Kreskin's going
to look only mildly interesting.

Come on, Maggie, you will miss the
opening curtain.

Jason, I've never seen you this excited
about dinner theater.

Well, how many times do you get to see
Marla Maples and Jessica Hahn in The Odd

Couple?

None, if you're lucky.

Okay, we'll be at the Hayloft Dinner
Theater.

Good night, Luke.

Mike, you're back. You've got to talk to
your parents.

Why? You got to talk them into letting
me go to that party. Luke, they made up

their mind. What can I do?

Wait a minute.

Aren't you the same Mike Seaver who
convinced his parents that report cards

discontinued as a tree -saving measure?

I guess when you got the talent, it is a
crime not to use it.

They're in the kitchen. Okay. All right.
Silver Tongue is on the case.

Yeah, just the people I was looking for.

Oh, every time he uses that tone of
voice, the little hairs on the back of

neck stiffen.

What are you trying to charm us out of
now, Mike? Oh, no, no, no, this isn't

me. This is about Luke.

You see, I think that he's really
learned his lesson, and I think his

should end, oh, about now.

Mike, we have to take a stand.

If we back down now, we're giving him
permission to walk all over us.

Well, I can live with that.

But we can't.

Mike, when you got in the middle of
this, you took on part of the

for Luke.

Hey, you're the one who speaks Mustang.

You're telling me he's still confined to
the paddock.

Stick to your guns.

What if I shoot myself in the foot?

Mike, I can't tell you how much I
appreciate you bringing me to this

You're the best, the greatest, the king.

You can't go.

You're slime.

Did you even ask? Are you just on their
side now? Oh, come on, Luke. Don't be

this way.

Luke!

Mookie!

Mookster!

Mookinator!

All right, all right, all right. You're
tearing me apart. You can go.

Really? Yes.

Fine, but you have to be home by your
curfew. That's 11 o 'clock.

Not a minute later.

Thank you, thank you. I didn't know if
you'd come through or not. Yeah.

I took a shot.

Remember, Luke, 11 o 'clock.

I forgot the tickets.

Your father thinks my subconscious
doesn't want to go to the theater.

He's wrong. My subconscious wants to
blow up the theater.

That's funny, Mom. You better hurry.

Mike, are you trying to get rid of me?
No, no, no, that's ridiculous.

Shake a leg.

What's that?

How could you let him go?

I couldn't stand to see him mad at me.

Oh, come on. Kids don't like discipline.

Remember when you planted Ben to see if
he'd grow?

We punished you. You got angry with us.

No, I didn't. Oh, yes, you did. You
lined your father's shorts with Bengay.

Oh, right. I forgot.

I never will.

Neither will I.

What are you guys so worried about? He
promised me he'd be home by 11 o 'clock.

Well, he wasn't supposed to go out at
all until you got involved.

Mom, you were tired of him breaking the
rules, so I just gave him one that he

could live with.

What do you think, Mike? That these
rules are arbitrary?

That we just pull them out of a hat?

Well, I've never actually seen the hat.

You're wasting your time.

You will understand one day, Mike, when
you have kids of your own.

I got it memorized.

First card square, then circle, then
star, rectangle,

triangle, navy lines, red if you touch
your ear, green if you pick your nose.

Touch my nose.

You've got to remember, honey, this is
really important.

I know.

Sasha's sweater's supernova.

Percy, if we pull this off, I'll play
tea party with you every day this month.

Mr. Earhart, what a pleasure.

Seaver. If this little demonstration of
yours doesn't produce some quantifiable

results, not only will you be barred
from the field trip, you'll be lucky to

a passing grade in my class.

Mr. Earhart, we've had a rocky
relationship.

Why don't we bury the hatchet?

Pleased to meet you, Mr. Earhart.

If you'll just sit over here, we'll
begin.

Chrissy, you ready?

Square.

Hey,

what do you know? The first two correct.

Goose pimples. Goose pimples.

Excuse me, Karnak.

But before you proceed, do you mind if I
see those cards?

Sure.

I promise I'll return them.

Now you may begin.

Okay, Griffey.

I want you to make your mind a total
blank.

She's related to you. That shouldn't be
difficult.

Now, Chrissy, I want you to guess what's
on these cards.

You have no idea how much I want you to
guess what's on these cards.

A rectangle.

That's right.

Okay.

A triangle.

How the heck? I mean, good girl.

Lucy shoes.

Nope. Let's go faster.

Diamond.

Star.

Square.

Circle.

Red circle.

This is astonishing.

You're telling me.

If she starts bending spoons, I'm out of
here.

Look, I don't know what you two are up
to, but this has got to be some kind of

trick. Sir, you shuffled the cards
yourself.

I, uh...

I don't understand this.

Sir, I worked very hard on setting up
this experiment.

We both know I'm not a bad student.

And I deserve a B.

I also deserve to go on that field trip.

Oh, why not?

Well, I've never seen a student work so
hard to get to the planetarium.

It's not going to be in my life.

Sasa Sharotsky isn't so bad either.

Chrissy.

You actually guessed what I was holding
up?

Are you kidding?

What do I look like, a mind reader?

Well, then what's the difference between
this time and last time?

Last time I couldn't see the reflection
in your glasses.

So, these tea parties.

Do I sit next to Mr. Teddy Bear or by
you?

By me.

Okay, okay. It's 10 .59.

He'll be home by 11 o 'clock.

Luke's a responsible kid.

I can set my watch by the Lukemeister.

It's 11 o 'clock. Do you know where your
children are?

Don't, that little two -faced whore.

What, does he think these rules are just
arbitrary, like I pull them out of some

hat? Two lanes of the Long Island
Expressway have been temporarily closed

an overturned chicken truck.

Guess you'd better steer clear or bring
biscuits and gravy.

Chickens. You'd hate to be caught in
that mess.

How bad is it? Code F! Code F! Well,
what does that mean?

I'll have to do a feather -ectomy.

There's hope.

He's a plucky little guy.

Nurse? Yes, Doctor.

Tweezers. Tweezers.

Luke. Luke, can you hear me? Are you all
right?

Is that you, Mike?

Yes. Yeah, it's me. I'm right here.

Why didn't you stop me from going to the
party?

I'm sorry, Mr. Seaver, but there's only
one more thing I can do.

What is it? I'll have to call in a
specialist. Nurse?

Yes, Doctor?

Get Colonel Sanders on the phone.

Colonel Sanders is dead, sir.

Uh -oh.

Oh, come on. What kind of trouble could
he possibly get into?

I mean, it's not even wild.

Kind of late, Brower.

Shouldn't you be getting home?

My guardian's the perfect set.

I got him trained like a cocker spaniel.

It's nice to have a pet.

Hey, bartender!

Another round of root beer, folks!

And leave the bottle.

I knew it.

Gosh, Mom was right. Just don't tell him
what could happen after 11 o 'clock.

He could run wild. He could break the
law.

He could take up a life of crime.

My son, do you have any last
confessions?

I like dish tar.

That'll cost you.

Is there anyone you'd like me to
contact?

Call Mike Seaver.

Thanks to him, I ran wild. Broke curfew.

It took up a life of crime.

How come suddenly there's an echo?

We only use it on the important words.

Well, the chair is waiting.

Let's get cooking.

Sorry.

You like this, Tar?

Luke! Luke, do you have any idea what
time it is?

Hey, I guess I blew with that curfew
thing, but at least I beat your parents

home. Hey, forget about my parents.
You've got to answer to me.

Mike!

Mikey!

Micromania. Don't micromania at me.

You're grounded.

What? For one month.

You're kidding.

No, I'm not kidding. Do you have any
idea what you put me through tonight?

I mean, I'm imagining that you're dead.

Wondering if I'm ever going to see you
again?

Hey, I didn't do anything you haven't
done a million times. Well, that was

different, Luke. I didn't do it to me. I
did it to my parents.

I know how they felt. They were just
protecting me.

Oh, whoa.

Listen to me.

Next thing you know, I'll be wearing
white shoes and my belt up around my

nipple.

That's it, Luke. You're grounded, and
this time we meet business.

Two weeks.

Hey, hey, I grounded him for a month. A
month? Isn't that a little severe?

Dad, please, do not undermine me in
front of the KID.

Now, listen, mister, I want you to march
up to your room and think about what

you've done.

I'm serious.

And wipe that look off your face.

Mike, don't you want to reconsider? You
were a little rough on him.

You'll understand when you have kids.

Don't tell Mike that I brought you up a
little extra dessert.

Thanks. I'm still working on him to give
you time off for good behavior.

Thanks.

Hi, Luke.

Where's Mike?

Oh, I haven't seen him. Good.

So, I know he said no more TV, but...
TV?

Shh, just put it away, put it away.

I was never here.

Great, you're spying on me.

Luke, it's time you learned something
from being grounded.

Boy, you don't let up. What are you,
measuring the window for bars?

No, it's time you learned how to sneak
out. Now, come on.

But this is your punishment.

I know.

And if you say anything, you're
grounded.