All language subtitles for family_ties_s06e26_sign_of_the_times

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?

Sha -la -la -la.

Here we go.

Flapjacks a la PBS.

What makes them Flapjacks a la PBS, Dad?
Well, I don't really know.

I guess it's because they're good and
good for you.

They're a nutritious start to a non
-profit day.

Alex, you know it's not polite to type
at the table.

Okay, Mel.

Let me use the top of your head.

I need a flat surface.

What are you doing?

Well, how about my younger brother? See,
they're having class elections at

Andy's kindergarten, so I'm typing up a
resume for him that will assure success.

In 1987, Andrew Keaton served as
director of nutritional unit

preschool.

What is that?

Milk monitor, Dad.

Hey, everybody.

Guess who is buddy for the day in
kindergarten?

Congratulations, Mom.

No, not me. No, it's Andy.

See, whenever a new child comes to the
school, the teacher picks one of the

responsible kids in the class, and that
child gets to show the other child

around school for the day.

That sounds like orientation at Grant
College.

Congratulations, buddy, for the day.
That's going to go right into your

When was Andy ambassador to the United
Nations?

Too much.

Good morning, everybody.

Hey. All right there, Andy, ready to go
to school?

Is it an exchange program with Grand
College?

No, your parents asked me to take Andy
to school today.

No, Skippy. I asked you to pick up Andy
after school this afternoon.

Alex is taking him this morning.

We really appreciate you doing this,
Skip. Oh, don't mention it, Mr. Keaton.

many ways, I consider myself part of
this family.

Except, of course, I don't look like any
of you.

And I live in a different house.

And I have a different last name.

And a different first name.

That's nice, Skip.

In many ways, we consider you part of
this family, too. Don't we?

Pathetoth did.

Oh, wow.

Just bring back memory.

Andy, my first day of kindergarten, I
cried.

Were you scared, Alex?

No, no, I just found out they weren't
going to pay us.

Oh, good morning, Andy.

Hello, Alex. Good morning, Mrs.

Metcalf.

Good morning, boys, and it's Miss
Metcalf.

What have you... got married yet?

Andy, um, actually I was married, but it
didn't work out. Sometimes I would come

home and he'd be... Well, that's a
different story.

No, no, go on.

Oh, Andy, um, why don't you join the
group? We're just about ready to get

started. But what happened to your
husband?

I will tell the whole class at story
time.

I'm not going to be able to make it to
story time.

Alex, how have you been?

Oh, hey, can't complain.

Straight A's, Dean's List, Miss Senior
over at Leland's. Oh, good.

We're very proud of you. Well, thanks.

Uh, Mrs. Medcalf, uh, any word on that
grade change yet?

Alex, I'm keenly aware of your campaign
to have that grade changed, but, uh,

it's been over 15 years, and your
teacher at the time, Mrs.

Wills... Has died.

All right. Okay. Hey, fine.

Fine. I don't get into a good graduate
program.

I'm suing this school.

Excuse me.

Good morning. Hi.

Good morning, Josh. And welcome to the
class.

Are you my teacher?

Yes. I'm your teacher.

Um, Andy.

You want to come here for a second?

Andy, I'd like you to meet... Mrs.
Richards.

Hi, Andy. Nice to meet you.

And this is Josh.

Now, Andy, Josh can't hear, but he
speaks by signing.

It's called sign language.

See, right now he said that he's very
happy to meet you.

I would like to say I'm very happy to
meet him, but how can I if he can't

Well, he can't. He can't hear you.

But he can read your lips a little bit,
so you can talk to him.

Josh, I'm very glad to meet you.

Is that okay?

He's signing yes.

Okay, now, Andy, you're going to be
Josh's buddy for the day. Would you like

see our goldfish?

All right.

Bye -bye. Bye -bye.

Well, I can see he's in good hands. Oh,
Andy's a very sweet kid.

I think they're going to be good
friends.

I've got to go to work. Okay, thanks a
lot. Bye -bye. Bye.

Hi, Andy.

Hi, Eugene.

This is Josh.

What's he doing?

He talks with fans.

He can't hear.

What do you mean he can't hear?

if he can hear this.

Hey, kid, get out of the way. I want to
see the fish.

Yeah, me too.

Move it.

You can stop it. Don't do that to him.

All right, all right, all right,
children. Come on, let's go sit back

Let's get back to work.

Don't feel bad.

It was nice driving around Columbus,
wasn't it?

Cincinnati was very nice, too. It was.

And best of all, it gave me a chance to
learn sign language.

My name?

Okay. F -K -I -P

-P -Y.

Two P's? Are you sure?

No wonder I never get any mail.

Josh, do you want to color?

Oh, you know, it's funny.

When I was a kid, there were certain
things I didn't do very well.

Coloring, sports, math, spelling,
gargling.

But as you get older, it doesn't matter
as much. There are so many new things I

can't do.

a cat once.

His name was Skippy.

And sometimes when my mother would call
me to dinner, he would get there first.

So I would get his tender vittles.

When Eugene and other kids made fun of
you today, were you sad?

I'll never make fun of you.

What happened?

Eugene and other kids made fun of him
today.

Oh, that's not nice.

Believe me, I know what it's like to be
teased.

Josh, are you sad because you can't
hear?

I guess I shouldn't be sad either.

I'll get it.

Hi, are you Skippy? Yeah. I'm Josh's
mom.

Oh, me too.

Hey.

Hi. Do you have... fun today?

Yes. What'd you do?

Andy, Josh said you were a great buddy
for the day. Thank you.

Skippy, Josh says the next time you pick
him up, he wants to go to Michigan.

What does that mean?

He's just kidding you. We weren't that
close to Michigan.

We were closer to Florida.

Tell Andy you'll see him tomorrow.

Yeah,

I'm going. I'm going home. Come on. Here
you go.

Thank you.

Skippy, friends are supposed to share,
right?

Right.

So if my friend has a problem, it's my
problem too, right?

Right. Especially if it's a good friend.

Now I know what to do.

Hey, guys.

Hi. Hey, how'd it go? Skip, any trouble
picking up Andy at school? Well, the

picking up part went fairly smoothly,
but then on the way home, we saw a

bit more of the Midwest than we had
planned.

Andy, I see you had your milk and
cookies.

Yeah, yeah, you sure did. And that
reminds me, you're low on milk,

syrup, peanut butter, and jelly.

Well, I'll try to restock before your
next visit.

Thanks. It means a lot to me.

Andy, what would you rather have for
dinner? Pizza or your mother's special

plankton nut loaf?

It's pizza, honey.

So how was school today, Andy?

You okay? Something wrong?

Are you okay, buddy?

What's up?

I got pizza.

I got pizza, pepperoni, sausage, and
anchovy.

And for dessert, I got pizza with Alka
-Seltzer.

Alex, I gave you $40. Might there not be
some change forthcoming?

Well, Dad, there was gas.

It was my gas.

It was my car.

All right, okay. Well, there was my
delivery fee. There was my hanging out

the pizzeria fee.

And then, of course, there was my tip.

So, actually, Dad, the way I figure it,
you owe me $1 .35.

Have you got any change, Elise?

I'm going to call Andy for dinner. Oh,
wait a minute, honey. We ought to talk

you about something.

What did we do?

Oh, no, it's not you guys.

Something has really been bothering Andy
lately.

I know what it is. What is it?

Gold. It dropped $14 in the London
market today.

Maybe that's part of it.

There's got to be something else.

Egg futures. They're down, too.

There must be something else.

It's not like Andy. Something is wrong.

All we know is that he went to school
this morning and then Skippy brought him

home. Oh, well, Mom, that's it right
there. He spent time with Skippy.

I mean, after that, it takes three, four
hours before the power of speech

returns.

I'll give Skippy a call. Maybe he knows
something.

I'll call him anyway.

Maybe he just hasn't been himself.

I mean, he wouldn't talk to us, and then
he just went upstairs to his room and

went to sleep.

I know what it is.

It's a rumor going around that if a
Democrat gets into office, interest

are going to skyrocket.

You'd make a fine child psychologist,
Alex.

Hello, Skippy. It's Mr. Keaton.

Yes,

from across the street.

Would you mind coming over here for a
moment?

Fine. Goodbye. Andy, look what we've got
here. Pizza.

Your favorite.

What kind do you want? You want sausage?
You want mushroom?

I bet I can get him to say no.

Andy, how would you like some alfalfa
sprouts and gluten on your pizza?

He's definitely not talking.

All right, all right, all right. Don't
panic, don't panic, don't panic, okay?

Watch this.

Andy, who's your favorite brother?

Definitely a problem here. All right.

Oh, I got it. I got it. I got it.

The phone.

Oh.

Hello?

Oh, just a minute. Andy, it's for you.

But, Andy, there's a call for you.

I'll take it.

No, it's not for you.

I'll take it anyway.

Hello? No, I'm sorry. This is her
brother.

Yes, yes. We'll keep her here until you
arrive with the net and the tranquilizer

gun.

Oh, no, Gippy.

Look, when you brought Andy home today,
did anything happen that might have

upset him?

I don't think so.

Let's see. When I met him at school, he
was busy on the jungle gym, so I played

with the blocks for a while.

If this yields any useful information,
I'm transferring to Grant College.

Gippy, what happened after you left
kindergarten?

I went to the first grade.

What do you mean today, Skippy?

Let's see. When we came home, Andy and
Josh... Josh? Who is Josh?

That's Andy's friend.

His buddy for the day. And they came
home together?

Yeah.

We had milk and cookies and colored and
Andy drew a cat.

While Josh drew a goldfish.

Skippy.

Work with me on this.

What the heck are you doing with your
hand?

It's sign language.

Josh taught me. He's deaf.

Oh.

Didn't I mention that?

No.

Then I probably also didn't mention that
some of the kids in Andy's class, they

were teasing Josh.

Was Andy involved?

Yeah, he stood up for Josh. He seemed
really upset about it.

Is there any more to the story? Is there
anything else you want to say?

Yeah.

Is this pizza for everybody?

You know, this is a sign for want.

I want a car.

I want an ice cream.

Yes? Okay, so if you want Josh to pass
something to you, this is a sign that

use. Does anybody have a special word
that they'd like to know?

What about teacher?

Teacher, good.

Yes? How about recess?

Okay.

Good.

No, I don't mean the sign. I mean, how
about recess?

In just a couple of minutes, Eugene.

All right, now, class, I think that we
should thank Josh for teaching us these

signs, okay?

Thank you, Josh.

Good.

You're welcome.

Good, that's great. Okay, how about some
free time?

Good. Do you feel like talking yet,
Andy?

Well, after this period, we can go into
my office and we can talk about you not

talking. But you probably not want to
talk about it, but you can talk about it

if you want to talk about it.

We'll talk later.

Are you mad at me, Andy? Why aren't you
talking to me? Because he's a dummy,

just like his friend.

Oh, hi. I'm so glad that you could come
today. Josh's mother's coming, too, and

I figured that together we can figure
out Andy's problem.

We hope so, too.

After we wrap that up, Alex asked us if
we'd have a conference with you.

Something about a grade change?

Excuse me. Hi, Mrs. Richards.

Hi. Hi. Glad you could come.

Thanks. These are the Keatons. Hi. I'm
Tom's mother.

Thank you. Hi. Very nice to meet you.
Oh, excuse me. I think I see a tug -of

-war breaking out.

Mrs. Richards, I really appreciate you
coming here this afternoon.

Oh, it's no problem. Look, I can't help
but feel responsible for Andy not

talking. Oh, please don't. No, it's just
that Andy's never had a friend before

who was, you know...

I think what Steven means is that Andy
just has no experience playing with

someone who's deaf.

Yeah, thank you.

I don't know, for some reason it's
difficult to talk about Josh being...

Andy stopped talking. Maybe I should,
too.

Don't feel bad, Mr. Keaton. The word
deaf is not an insult.

I'm sorry. I think we just... We're just
afraid we're going to say the wrong

thing. It's okay. It happens all the
time.

You know, that's what's so remarkable
about Andy.

See, a lot of kids would be scared off
by Josh.

And Andy's been a real friend.

You can be very proud of him. He's quite
a boy.

There's something I'd like to show you.
It's a painting that both Josh and Andy

drew. It's of the both of them.

I don't see why we need to learn sign
language just because the

new kid can't hear.

I think sign language is fun.

I don't either. I don't think deaf kids
should be allowed in a normal class.

Why don't you guys be quiet?

Why? He can't hear us. We can say
anything we want.

But Andy can hear you and their friends.

See, he's getting really mad at you.

Big deal.

What you gonna do? Not yell at us?

Hey everybody, wanna see something
funny?

Why don't you go home? You don't belong
here.

Yeah, get out of here, stupid head.

There is no excuse for this. Now, what
is going on?

Hey, how'd it go, buddy?

Andy.

Is someone talking?

Nope. Of all my siblings to give up
talking, why did it have to be him?

You know, there was a time in my life
when I didn't talk.

Really? I'm sorry I missed that, Skippy.

When exactly were you speechless?

From age zero to two. I think I could
actually speak back then. There just

wasn't anything on my mind.

Oh, so basically nothing's changed.

I already know what we're going to do.

Well, obviously, Andy's not speaking out
of sympathy for Josh, which is really a

very sweet and caring thing to do.

But how do we get him to speak without
squelching his noble impulses?

Have you tried offering cash yet?

Oh, excuse me.

Mrs. Richards, come in. Hi, Josh.

How are you?

I'd like to meet our children. This is
Mallory and Jennifer and Alex. The

skibby's not ours.

Um, where's Andy?

Oh, he's upstairs.

I'll go get him. Thanks.

Josh, I want to thank you for being such
a good friend to Andy.

What did he say? He said you like money.

So Andy mentioned me to you.

Andy?

Andy, thank you very much for standing
up for Josh today.

But we'd all like it very much if you
would start to speak again.

Andy, you're my best friend.

Thank you for sticking up for me today.

But you don't have to.

It doesn't matter that I can't hear.

Please talk, Andy.

You're my best friend.

This is Richards.

You guys should have quite a young man
there.

Watch the broad.

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