All language subtitles for family_ties_s04e06_don_t_go_changin

I bet we've been together for a million
years.

And I bet we'll be together for a
million more.

Oh, it's like I started breathing on the
night we kissed.

And I can't remember what I ever did
before.

What would we do, baby, without us?

What would we do, baby, without us?

And there ain't no nothing we can't love
each other through.

What would we do, baby, without us?

There's a bottle in the refrigerator.

We'll be at the McGregor Library reading
room. The number's by the phone.

Okay, Mom, don't worry about anything.
We'll be fine.

It's great how you and Dad are taking
this class together.

I'm surprised he's willing to give up
Monday night football for this.

Oh, no, he's very excited about it. It's
really a wonderful program. A weekly

seminar and great works of literature.

The kind of thing your father loves.

Bad news, honey. I don't think I can
make it tonight.

What is this, Stephen?

I don't think it's serious. Just a
slight fever of 135.

Drop the act, Stephen. You're going to
the book club. Oh, come on, Elise. You

let Jennifer stay home last week. Her
fever was only 101.

Hey, don't drag me into this, Dad.

Come on, Andrew. You're too mature to do
this.

Elite, have a heart. The Lions are
playing the Raiders. I can read crime

punishment at halftime.

Okay, if you don't want to go, don't go.
But the marriage is off.

I'm coming, I'm coming.

What a jet.

It's going to break Alex's heart, you
know. I was going to watch the game with

him tonight.

Oh, get off it. See, even Alex is at a
Bergman film festival with Ellen and her

friends. Well, I thought he hated Ingmar
Bergman.

Well, he's there. And, you know, you
could take a lesson from your son,

At least he's trying to broaden his
horizons.

Bergman is a fraud.

He's a complete fraud.

Alex, Ingmar Bergman is a genius.

You want to know who's a genius?

Did you ever see Ronald Reagan in
bedtime for Bonzo?

There's plenty of food in the fridge.
Make yourselves comfortable. We'll be

in about three hours.

Don't hesitate to call if you need us to
come home sooner.

It was a really fabulous movie. It gave
me the chill.

Oh, we're back on this again.

Bergman really is a genius.

I think this is the best work he's ever
done. With one visual image, he manages

to convey all of the emotional confusion
of a character.

Yeah, the character he confused was me.

So, what do you guys want to do now?

Well, a few people are going to get
together at Pam's apartment for some

and cappuccino. She said we should stop
over.

Oh, that sounds great. You want to go,
Alex?

Well, gee, I don't know.

and I have this funny reaction to
cappuccino.

Makes me cough.

In Italian.

Come on, this should be interesting.
Professor Marwell is going to bring his

Sibelius records over, and Maxine's
going to read from her works in

Ooh, it's tempting.

What do you say?

I can't make it, Ellen. I got a pie in
the oven.

I guess we'll take a rain check.

Well, maybe next time. See you around.
Bye, Alec. Bye -bye. See you. Bye -bye.

Did you, uh, do you want to go to Pam's?

Oh, no, no, come on, don't be silly.

You sure?

Of course.

Alex, I wouldn't want to go without you.

Oh, well, you would have wanted to go if
I had wanted to go.

Well, yeah, I suppose, but you don't, so
that's fine. We'll just stay here.

Well, Ellen, you should.

You know, don't let the fact that I
don't want to go stop you from going.

Are you sure? Go.

You don't mind? Go.

Only if you want me to. Go.

Okay. I'll see you tomorrow.

I can't believe she went.

Elise, you're overreacting.

Oh, Stephen, I am not overreacting. What
you did was inexcusable. What did I do

that was so terrible?

You stood up and yelled, fire, head for
the nearest TV.

Elise, we had been in that room. talking
about Dostoevsky for almost ten minutes

without a break.

Look, if you want to drop the class,
just say so.

I want to drop the class. No!

Hey, did you guys have a good time
tonight?

Yeah, great.

Yeah? Can't wait for next week.

You guys are really something. You know,
you're a very special couple.

You do things together. You learn from
each other, share things, common

interests. You like being with each
other.

What's your secret?

I never get in my way.

I don't have a feeling. I'm having the
same problem with Ellen.

You weren't allowed to watch the game
either?

Steven, that's enough. Will you please
just drop it?

Oh, look at you two.

So loved.

It's great.

I'm never going to have that kind of
rapport with Ellen.

What's the matter? You have a fight with
her?

No, no. She just went over to someone's
house with some of her other friends.

You know, said something about a lot of
people being there, music, cappuccino.

Why did you go?

Because I have better things to do with
my time than sit around sipping

pretentious little drinks listening to
some hep cat play the bongos.

Could be worse.

Could have been at the book club.

I don't know what to do. I mean, this
relationship is not going the way I'd

planned it.

I always dreamed that I'd fall in love
with a girl who'd put me at the center

her life. You know, who would revolve
around me the way the planets revolve

around the stars.

A girl so single -minded in her devotion
to me that it became almost sickening.

This girl's out there somewhere. I hope
I never meet her.

Ellen's not that girl.

She's got her own life.

She's got her art. She's got her dance.
She's got her own interests.

She's completely independent.

It's unnatural.

Ellen, you can't expect Ellen to give up
her life just because the two of you

are a couple.

Why do I have to share Ellen with all
those other people?

I like that guy, David.

What's the matter with him? He seems
nice.

Nice? Mom, he's a dancer.

tights.

He uses French terminology to describe
simple body movements.

Alex, let me tell you a little story.

When I started going out with your
mother, most of her friends took an

dislike to me.

Thanks for passing that trait along,
Dad.

How did you handle it?

First, I made an effort to get
comfortable with them.

Then we moved to another state.

But your mother appreciated the fact
that I tried.

Well, I can't change.

I am what I am.

This is as good as I get.

This is me in my final form.

State -of -the -art Alex.

If only you weren't so insecure.

Let's face it, Mom, Helen and I have
nothing in common.

Alex, you have one very important thing
in common.

You love each other.

One little thing.

How far can that take us?

Well, that and a little flexibility on
your part can take you a long way.

Alex, either you work things out with
Ellen, or you have to sit around and

for some clinging, fawning shell of a
girl who's just going to accept you

blindly and worship the round you walk
on.

Hmm.

It's an argument to be made both ways.

Guess who?

I'd know you anywhere, Mom.

Boy, you look great in that outfit. How
come you don't wear that more often?

It's not the kind of thing you wear when
you go out to dinner, Alice.

Speak for yourself.

How was the day?

It was nothing special.

Got up this morning, went to a couple
classes, a couple professors told me I

brilliant. The usual, you know.

Listen, how about the two of us doing
something alone tonight?

Tonight? Yeah, I was thinking maybe
we'll go and get you a quiet dinner at

Guido's, a couple rounds of miniature
golf.

You can wear the leotard.

What do you say?

I can't tonight, Alex. I'm trying out
for the improvisational dance group this

term, and we're rehearsing tonight.

Oh.

It's okay.

Well, how about tomorrow night? I'm free
then. No, no, no. See, tonight's the

last night the miniature golf is open to
the public.

After tonight, it's all pros.

I'd change it if I could, but this is
the only night David's free to rehearse.

Oh, dancing with David.

See.

Alex, he's my partner.

Hey, hey, I understand. Look, you would
rather...

Dance with David and putt with me.

Alec, I'm sorry I can't go tonight.

You know how I love carrying your clubs.

But this is really very important to me.
David and I really need to go over this

routine. It's very complicated.

The part where he lifts me, for example,
is extremely difficult.

Of course.

Why is David lifting you?

Alec, come on. David is just my dance
partner. I don't know what you're

about. Ellen.

Ellen.

I know what these lifts lead to.

Dave, first...

he's going to lift you and then he's got
to put you down again.

And then he's just going to want to lift
you up again.

Where does it end, Ellen?

Hi, Alex. How are you?

Uh, hi, David. I'm fine.

How are you?

Fine. Stuff?

Still fine.

How long have I seen you, Alex?

Ellen? Just a minute, David.

Alex, are you okay? You seem a little
strange.

It's just that I hardly get to see you
anymore, Ellen.

I miss you.

Well, I miss you too, Alex. I really do.
But this is just an incredibly busy

time for me.

Oh, look, I need affection.

I need attention.

I can't help it. I'm the kind of guy...
who likes to be put on a pedestal.

Alice, I promise to put you up on a
pedestal as soon as my schedule is up.

Alice, go.

I'll see you later, okay?

Okay.

Andrew's asleep.

There's a bottle in the refrigerator.
We'll be at the library, and you know

number. Mom, I can't believe you got Dad
to go tonight. I mean, the Rams are

playing the Browns. Oh, he's changed his
attitude about the book club. I

mentioned it to him this morning, and he
was very excited.

All right, let's hit that library.

That television is not going to the book
club. All right, all right. You win.

No TV.

I'm ready when you are, dear.

Alex. Hi.

What's all that stuff?

It's culture, Mallory. I got paintings,
art books, classical music records,

literary anthologies.

If it's pretentious, I got it.

What's all this culture doing here,
Alex?

Just trying to be flexible, Dad. You
told me that I should be more willing to

change if I want my relationship with
Ellen to work.

Yeah, but I had no idea it would lead to
such a mess in the kitchen.

Alex, reading a few books is not going
to change your relationship with Ellen.

Oh, I disagree, Monty. If I read these
books and I listen to these records, I'm

going to be able to communicate with
Ellen better. We're going to be more

compatible.

I'm so glad that Nick and I are so
compatible.

We like the same thing.

We love spending every minute together.

It's like we're one person, you know?

Like we have one mind.

Who's using it tonight?

Alex, I thought you said you weren't
very good at change.

I just realized that sooner or later,
Ellen's going to open her eyes and see

that I'm not the guy for her, and I
can't let that happen.

I've got to start making myself more
attractive to her right now.

You're asking a lot from those books,
Alex.

Interpret paintings like a professional
by Leo Koresh, former professional

painting interpreter.

Learn to dance while you sleep.

Opera. Why, it's more than just
annoying.

Appreciation of art and literature is
not merely a question of knowing some

names and dates.

It's an emotional response. It's an
aesthetic value. It's a love and

appreciation of beauty.

Oh, get off your high horse, Mom.

Get off it at your own convenience.

My name is Deborah Henley. I'll be
running the audition for today.

As you all know, we have very few spaces
open in the company, so only a few of

you will be able to make it.

Can I

help you?

Yes, I'm here to apply for the dance
company.

Your name?

Uh, Keaton.

Uh... Mikhail Keaton.

Are you a dance major?

Uh, no, no. I'm an economics and
business major.

With a minor in dance.

I see. You can start to warm up over
there, and we'll begin. David, I think

you're going to be first.

Warming up.

For what?

My dad.

You're not serious, are you, Alice?
Since when have you been interested in

dance?

Ellen.

I'm shocked at you.

You know, there's more to life than the
button -down world of big business.

There's art and music and dance.

And I'm going to be a part of it.

Just like you are.

for you to jump into the world of dance.

You should start in the audience.

What is it that you will be interpreting
for us?

This particular piece is an
interpretation of the stock market crash

What music will you be using to
accompany yourself?

Just play anything.

This dance goes with everything.

Uh, no.

No. Why do you ask?

Because you're not dancing.

You see, at this point in the dance, the
economy is still good.

In a minute, the crash comes, interest
rates rise, and the

dance really takes off.

For my next number.

Tiger, tiger burning bright in the
forest of the night. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, honey, how was your day?

Oh, fine, fine.

Picture perfect.

What happened to you?

I, uh, hurt myself. stuff at the dance
auditions.

What happened? Some big ballerina push
you around?

No, I auditioned.

I wanted to show Ellen that I belonged
in her world.

Instead, I showed her I belong in a
circus.

Honey, what did you do?

I embarrassed and humiliated myself.

I embarrassed and humiliated Ellen.

I embarrassed, humiliated, and insulted
her friends and teachers.

These things happen.

Oh, uh, hi, Ellen.

Hi, Mr. Keaton.

Hi, Mr. Keaton. Hi. Uh, Lise, maybe, uh,
you and I better, uh, go to the living

room and, uh... Dance.

Uh...

The rest of the auditions go.

Okay. I think I made the company.

Great.

How about me?

Yeah, make it, Alex.

But no one will forget you.

Uh, Luke and Ellen, I know what I did
today was, uh, crazy.

But I thought there was a problem
between us, and that's the way I deal

problems in my life. I identify them
and... Analyze them, study them, and

them bigger.

Is that why you were there today?
Because you thought there was a problem

between us?

Yes.

See, Ellen, you have your friends and
all the things that you do, and I just

wanted to be part of that.

Instead, I made a mockery out of
something that you care very deeply

And if you want to walk out that door
right now and never speak to me again,

I'll understand.

I love what you did today.

You do?

I've never had anybody care so much
about me that they were willing to make

complete fool of themselves.

Didn't you think that Somersault was
coming?

Alex, the last thing I want to do is to
push you to be something you're not.

Be honest, you hate dance.

You hated the... party I went to the
other night, and you probably hate my

friends. Hate is a very strong word,
Ellen.

You're right. I'm sorry. You don't get
along with my friends. No, no, no. I

them.

Let's face it. We are two very different
people, and there are certain parts of

our lives that will always be separate.

Alex, I don't want you to change for me.

I love you.

I love you exactly the way you are.

That's good.

Because if I have to change for you
again, Ellen, I may really hurt myself.

Sit, Ubu, sit.

Good dog.