All language subtitles for Benson s07e04 The Stranger

This is a Cap Radio news alert. Our top
story on this Halloween night, gale

force winds and rain continue to pelt
Capital City. Several major highways

been flooded, isolating some of the
outlying regions.

Stay tuned to Cap Radio for emergency
flood news.

If you could put in a good word, Mr.
Cassidy, we've had enough rain.

Okay, now, sir, the National Guard has
been mobilized. Check.

We've alerted the Army Corps of
Engineers and the State Police.

Check. Here, I've got your tea.

Thank you, Mrs. Cassidy.

Oh, it's so awful out there.

It was raining like this the night Mr.

Cassidy and I eloped.

He fell off the lighter and broke his
clavicle.

Almost ruined our honeymoon.

Almost?

Well, we've got plenty of volunteers
filling sandbags. That's wonderful.

Well, it's small compensation for
missing a wonderful evening in the

Why does it always have to rain on my
parade?

I hate to bring it to your attention,
Clayton, but it's raining on everyone's

parade.

Parade in this rain?

Why would anybody want to do that?

No, no, no, there is no parade.

Oh, I see it's canceled because of the
rain.

There never was a parade.

Well, it's just as well this rain would
have ruined it.

Uh, Governor, why don't you go and get
into some dry clothes?

Yes, and hurry. Your brain is beginning
to mild you.

Sir, you do have your radio announcement
in 45 minutes. Right, right.

Daddy? Oh, and Governor. Yes, Katie? Oh,
fine.

Kind of creepy upstairs. Can I hang out
with you guys?

Sure.

What happened?

I don't know. I don't know.

It's an old Irish curse.

On Halloween of all nights. What curse?

It's a teacup.

on All Hallows' Eve, falls upon the
floor.

Prepare your mortal self to leave, for
death is at the door.

I don't get it. What does it mean?

Cross, it's a curse. Don't pry.

Don't you see? It means someone is going
to die tonight.

Browse your dates here.

Good evening.

I seek refuge from the storm.

And we're sandbagging here along the
northern edge of Highway 37.

Looks like we've got everything covered.

Don't we have enough to do without
worrying about security?

That's your job, Leary.

Did you find out anything about that guy
who flew into my office? Not much. We

searched him. All he had on him was his
business card.

Travel arrangements.

Gee reaper.

Did you hear that?

Ah, it must be one of the guard dogs.

Sergeant Leary, I think we deserve an
explanation.

How did the man get in?

Professionally speaking, beats me.

You haven't been nipping at your cold
medicine again, have you, Leary?

No, sir. I haven't had a drop since that
talk we had.

Well, where is he now?

He's downstairs in security until we can
decide his fate.

Well, maybe we should cuff him so he
doesn't magically appear in another

Oh, come on, Clayton. The man was just
trying to get in out of the rain. He

hasn't done anything wrong.

Bunsen's right.

Sergeant Leary, take him to my office.
I'll talk to him later.

Right, sir.

Sir, I don't think it's wise to let that
weirdo in your office. The man dresses

like the proprietor of a torture
chamber.

He's probably just on his way to a
Halloween party.

Besides, how would it look if the
governor refused shelter to a man in

He's not a man.

He's the Irish curse.

He's a specter of death living amongst
us.

He may be the specter of death, but he's
certainly not Irish.

It got in there when he appeared.

And of course it got cold.

The doors blew open.

But Benson, Benson, it was a different
kind of cold from another dimension.

Oh, you're from another dimension.

I'm still not helping.

Has the curse come true?

Someone is going to die tonight.

Cross, could you go lay her down
somewhere?

Mrs. Cassidy, would you like to lie
down?

No. Well, um, how about a vodka gimlet?

Now you're talking.

What a pinhead.

Tonight you'll have to be a little bit
more specific, Clayton. Who's a pinhead?

I was thinking about Mrs. Cassidy.

Clayton, you shouldn't make fun of
people's beliefs.

Believing that death has come to call in
the form of Mr.

Reaper.

That is a dog, isn't it?

Predictions and myths. Why do people
make up all these conjectures about

Because we don't know the whole story.
So far, no one sent us a postcard from

the other side.

No, no, that's not true.

There was this man in Houston who died
on the operating table, and he came

To Houston?

I believe so. Anyway, he said that
heaven was a great place green field

with light all around and a hole in the
middle of the sky.

Oh, Balderdash.

That's not heaven, that's the Astrodome.

Okay, here's one you're never going to
get.

Jerry Garcia is part of which popular
rock group?

The Grateful Dead?

You win again.

So, how's the game going?

He's killing me.

A figure of speech, mind you.

How'd you like to play, Daddy?

Uh, no, thank you, honey. I've got to
make an emergency announcement on Cap

Radio. Really? You're going to be on Cap
Radio? Uh -huh. I'll go listen to you.

See you later. Good luck.

Your card says you're in the travel
business. What sort of trips do you

Oh, I specialize in one -way journeys.

One -way. Well, how do they get back?

They generally don't.

Well, not long ago, there was a man in
Houston.

I'm on radio. Hello, Cap Radio. This is
Governor Gatling.

No, I don't have a request. I have an
emergency announcement.

I haven't known this kind of weather
since last I passed through here.

Oh, so you have been around here before.

Oh, yes. A few years ago, I arranged a
journey for 93 travelers

from Irontown.

Irontown, I never heard of it. Are you
sure it's around here?

Quite sure.

Oh, hello, Howard. Yes, I'm ready for
the announcement.

This is Governor Gatling.

Good evening, fellow citizens.

As you know, this is Halloween.

But because of the severity of this
terrible, terrible storm... Governor,

it light. People are worried enough
already.

Because of these showers tonight, I am
asking all of you good

parents of Capital City to keep your
little goblins at home this evening and

let's just put our candy away and have
Halloween another night.

I know I'm going to put all my whack
lips and my candy corn and my chocolate

kisses away in the cupboard.

Oh, I just love those kind of candy
corn.

They used to have little dots, and they
were on like a... Oh,

well,

I guess that's about all.

Happy Halloween.

Good night. Back to you, Howard.

Is that okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was to the point,
and yet it had all the...

folksy charm of a candy gram.

Oh, I'm sorry we've been neglecting you,
sir.

Pretty busy around here this evening.

Something I can get you, Mr. Reaper?

That dog's beginning to get on my
nerves.

Perhaps the animal is fencing something.

Hello?

Yes, this is Governor Gunn.

What?

What?

Oh, all right.

Just keep me posted. Right.

What is it now?

A school bus from Central High School is
missing 41 kids and the driver.

They think it went into the river.

I'll get on it right away.

science eternal questions.

When? When will it end?

Oh,

this

is terrible.

And it's all the fault of that Mr.
Reaper.

What is the matter with that dog?

He does that every time we mention you
-know -who.

Mr. Reaper.

It is just a coincidence.

I don't know.

Maybe all of our troubles have something
to do with Mr. Don't say it. You'll

wear that dog out.

What's going on?

Insanity is going on, and it's not going
to stop until we have security throw

that man out.

Security can't stop him.

Nothing can stop him. He's not of this
world.

He's not of this world? Maybe Krauss can
stop him.

What's wrong with Mrs. Cassidy?

Well, honey, see, Mrs. Cassidy believes
that... Ah,

well... Well said, Governor.

She thinks that that weirdo in your
father's office is deaf.

Well, he's cute, but not devastating.

No, no, Cass.

She thinks he's the specter of death,
stalking the earth on Halloween,

harvesting his victims.

You're spitting on me, Clayton.

Now, everybody calm down. Now, he's a
traveler lost in a storm whose name

happens to be Mr. Reaper.

Oh, Benson, I'm so scared.

Get off of me.

Don't stop. It's giving me the goose
bumples. Let's settle this. Let's go

talk with Mr.

G. Reaper.

That's strange.

it so cold in here? I don't know. I
turned the thermostat up to 85 degrees.

got colder.

Okay, you can wait outside.

Thank you.

Yes, Mr.

Dubois. I was expecting you.

Please sit down.

Oh, that's okay.

It won't take that long.

Um, actually, I'm embarrassed to say
this.

What is it?

My friends in the kitchen have this
notion that your name, G. Reaper, stands

Grim Reaper.

You must get that all the time.

Yes, I do.

Well, what do you say when people say
they think you're dead?

I tell them the truth.

I am dead.

That must kill him.

Huge over there.

But, uh, do you think you're deaf? I
don't believe it.

Then, uh, what would you require of me
as proof?

Oh, I don't know.

Green card, passport, driver's license?

Show me something. You guys got a union?

I have something.

Infinitely more impressive than that.

Let me see it, babe.

But, uh, what I want to know is, why are
you here?

The 41 school children on the bus.

Please, please, don't take them. Their
lives are just getting started.

Mr. Dubois, I'm merely doing my job.

Look, what do those kids mean to you?

You're going to get them someday anyway.

What are you getting at? I want you to
leave the kids alone.

You challenge death, Mr. Dubois?

Well, if you want to call it that,
better yet, call it a game.

Let's play a game. If I win, you leave
the state empty -handed.

And if I win?

If you win, then the tour goes on as
planned with one more seat reserved for

I, um, don't usually do this, Mr.
Dubois, but

you're such an unusual fellow.

Oh, you'd be quite a prize if I could
bring you in early.

Then you'll do it? Yes.

But I will choose the game.

Trivia. Well, what about if we play
trivia?

Okay.

Now, the first to answer three questions
correctly wins.

You may ask the first question.

Okay.

What's the lowest point in the United
States?

Death Valley.

You made me pick this card.

Death always plays fair.

Now, your first question.

Who recorded the rock and roll classic
Tutti

Frutti?

Little Richard.

Correct.

Okay.

Second word.

What body of water is 1290 feet below
sea level?

The Dead Sea.

You sure you're not cheating?

I didn't say he cheated death, but you
never heard him say death cheated him.

All right, all right, all right. Relax,
relax.

Ask your next question.

Muhammad Ali, formerly known as...
Cassius Clay.

Please allow me to complete the
question.

Formerly known as Cassius Clay, won his

first... Heavyweight championship by
defeating what boxer?

Sonny Lifton. Great.

Okay.

Okay, your third question.

What 1973 movie starring Charles Bronson
spawned two sequels?

Hmm?

Charles Bronson?

Come on, quit stalling.

I really should get out more.

Go to the movies.

Relax.

Come on, answer the question.

I don't know.

Death's wish.

Oh, Adora!

I win.

Oh. Oh.

Martin, did you answer the third
question?

All right, all right.

Ask the third question. Let's get this
over with.

In the TV series Green Acres, starring
Eddie Albert and Ava Gabor,

what was the name of the pig?

The pig. The pig.

The pig on Green Acres.

So what?

It wasn't Mr. Ed, he's a horse.

It wasn't Flipper, he's a dolphin.

It wasn't the Fonz.

It's a pig on Green Acres.

Ah!

Arnold! Arnold was the name of the pig!

Arnold Stimple! Where did that come
from?

The governor will get it.

The storm is going to subside, and I
must leave.

I'm going to miss you, Mr. Dubois, but
only for a while.

Well, what about the school children?

As I said, death plays fair.

Enjoy the time that you want.

For life passes just like...

Charles Brunson!

Listen, I just got a phone call. The
children are safe.

Everybody's safe!

It's wonderful.

Come on to the kitchen. We're
celebrating.

In a minute.

Iron. Iron.

Iron ore.

Here it is.

Small mining community founded in 1885,
completely destroyed in the

flood of 1899.

Ninety -three people.

Died.

Well, God bless you, I don't know,
wherever you are.