All language subtitles for Silver Spoons s01e07 The Great Computer Caper

Here we are, face to face, looking for
the silver spoon.

Hoping to find we're two of a kind.

Making it go, making it grow. Together,
we're going to find our

way.

Together,

taking the time each day.

To learn all about those things you just
can't buy.

Two silver spoons together.

You and I together.

You two were supposed to be back over an
hour ago. What kept you? Well, Kate, we

got caught up in the classic struggle of
man against fish.

See, in order to be a good fisherman,
you've got to have perseverance,

intuition, courage.

And a charge account at Bert's Fish
Market.

I thought we weren't going to tell her.

Oh, I would have found out eventually.

Word travels fast at 7 .95 pounds.

Oh, listen, I have some exciting news.

A reporter called, and he wants to
interview Ricky.

A reporter?

Mm -hmm.

Why does he want to interview me?

He wants to talk to you about computers.

He heard that you were named Mr.
Software at Lake Winnemucca's weekend

camp.

What a proud moment that was, too, Kate.
I wish I'd been there to see Ricky

receive his trophy from Chief Floppy
Disk himself.

Listen, I told that reporter that you
were going to be home over an hour ago,

you better hurry up and change before
you get here.

Can you believe it? I'm going to be
interviewed by a big -time reporter.

I wonder where he's from.

Newsweek? Life magazine?

New York Times.

Hi, I'm Arnold Jackson from the PS89
Weekly Woodpecker.

I'm Ricky Stratton. Hello. This is my
dad, Edward Stratton, and his secretary,

Kate Summers. Hello.

Hi, nice to meet you. Wow. So this is
your living room.

Yeah. Man, I can't wait to see the game
room.

Arnold, how long have you been a
reporter?

Oh, for ages.

Almost half a semester.

Arnold, would you like to see the
computer?

Sure. It's in the library.

Ben, if you want anything, just let me
know.

Cookies, milk, pictures of me.

Arnold, would you like to ride the train
or should we walk?

I won't take it. It's a nice day.

Let's walk.

Arnold, I don't think I'm very big news.

Just a regular kid.

Nothing special.

with computers. They're shopping with
computers.

Someday, almost everything's going to be
done by a computer.

Well, that's nice, but we need special
stories at the pecker. Like, can you

embezzle a million bucks with this
thing?

Arnold.

I'm sorry, Rick. I mean, I can't take
what you've given me so far to my

He'll bury us on page nine next to P .E.
Potpourri.

Find a better story.

Arnold, there is one thing some people
do. It's called visiting.

Look, this may come as a shock to you,
but visiting is done a lot, especially

holidays.

Not that type of visiting.

Come here.

Rick, what are you doing?

I'm talking to a computer. Rutledge.

has requested heat -resistant profile
for a certain metal alloy.

Ooh.

This alloy is being used for rivets and
a piece of military equipment.

Uh -oh.

Uh -oh what?

Restricted access on this information.

You know the military.

They put restricted access on
everything.

I'm gonna try and break the code.

Can you do that?

Experimenting with a code -breaking
algorithm that might just give us

I'm gonna break this code!

talk in Pulitzer.

Hey,

Ricky. Hi, Arnold.

Well, here you are. This week's copy of
the Weekly Woodpecker. Check out the

headlines. Room 12 gets new blackboard.

Bad headline.

This one.

Computer whiz kid breaks military code.

Rather catching, isn't it?

Yeah, nice job, Arnold.

I think it's important for the people to
know this.

It's just too easy to get military
information with a computer.

But you didn't mention my name, right?

Hey, I always keep my sources anonymous.

This information was furnished by Ricky
Stratton.

page before, and my editor wouldn't
print it without all the details.

Well, at least you didn't print a
picture of the plane.

I guess you haven't got to page three
yet.

Agent Ferguson.

We're with the FBI.

Does Ricky Stratton live here?

Yeah, I'm his father. Is anything wrong?

I'd like you to take a look at this,
sir.

The Weekly Woodpecker. Oh, this is
Arnold's newspaper.

Notice the headline.

Room 12 gets new blackboard.

Not that headline. This one.

Your son and his friend Arnold have
stolen top -secret military plans.

The Starlight 2000 is a supersonic
fighter plane.

It's the most highly sophisticated piece
of weaponry in America's arsenal.

Gee, and it's a great picture of it,
too.

Well, I'm sure it was just an innocent
mistake.

Listen, these kids are in serious
trouble.

Well, it seems that they have committed
a breach of national security.

And that spells treason, buddy. And
treason in this country is punishable by

death.

The death penalty?

Isn't that a little harsh?

Couldn't I just ground him for a month
or something?

We'd like to speak to your son.

Now, wait a minute. Just hold on.

You can't go barging in here. I'm an
American citizen. I have my rights.

We have a search warrant.

All right. Come on in.

No barging.

Ricky! Hey, Rick!

He was down here a minute ago.

Check the backyard.

We'll be in the back.

Where is it?

We've got to get out of here.

Wait a minute.

Let's wait till the FBI leaves and we'll
talk to my dad.

You want to get him into trouble, too?
You used his computer.

He's an ambassador before the fact.

You're right, but couldn't we throw
ourselves at the mercy of the FBI?

What mercy? Did the FBI show any mercy
to John Dillinger, Al Capone, or Baby

Seal Nelson?

That's Baby Face Nelson.

That's even worse.

Who's got babier faces than us?

Feds are talking tough.

Espionage.

Treason.

The death penalty.

Yeah, and I don't want to be the first
guy who needs a booster seat on the

electric chair.

But if we run, where will we go?

Well, there must be some place where a
guy can go where they don't ask about

past. I got it.

It's perfect.

Where do guys go when they want to...
have a great adventure, and get away

all the people.

A hot tub club?

No, they sail on a tramp steamer.

Ricky! Well, that's a great idea!

Why didn't I think of it? You're a
genius!

Uh, what's a tramp steamer?

A tramp steamer is a ship that has no
horn port. Think of it. So this all

over, we'll sail with the wind in our
faces.

We'll go to far off lands.

Meet exotic women.

We can even start wearing Old Spice.

He's sick already.

We haven't even left the dock yet.

Look, instead of a tramp steamer, why
don't we take a tramp bus?

Arnold, we agreed.

Well, we've got to get out of this
crate. We're sitting on 150 pounds of

Look, if we ask the captain for a job
now, all he has to do is say no.

But if we wait till we're sailing, he'll
have to give us a job.

Here.

I want some more Limburger.

What are we here?

A couple of wharf rats nibbling on our
cheese, eh?

No, sir.

I realize me and my friend Muscle God
sitting in your cheese crate, but...

tattoo, by the way.

But I can explain.

See? We want to work, and we want to
stay.

But leaving could be fun.

A couple of stowaways, Captain.

All right, I'll handle this.

Aye, aye, sir.

Captain Stark.

Stowaways, huh?

Come up here.

We were hoping to be hired as cabin
boys.

What's your name?

Think you lads are up to it?

Yeah, sure.

You think you can lay aloft and clear a
foul -topping lift in the middle of a

grand bank nor 'wester?

Can we lay aloft?

No sweat.

All right, then. You men are now crew
members of the gnarly dog.

Finest bucket ever to limp across the
seven seas.

been stark you work hard gonna be
leaving port in an hour my

paul anchor i want to see that railing
gleam from stem to stern we're working

soon don't we get an orientation lecture
or something

meets your age, you're usually running
from something.

Parents?

Police?

Um, we're not running from anybody.

Especially not the FBI.

I look at you, too. I think of me 40
years ago.

I remember like it was yesterday.

I signed on as a cabin boy on a leaky
tub running sugar out of Havana.

At least it was sugar when we left
Havana.

By the time we got to Singapore, cargo
hold full of rats.

Bad teeth.

I love the sea.

Of course, every once in a while I think
about the people I left behind.

Family, friends.

Sometimes I can still hear their voices,
the sounds of the sea.

Did you ever see your family again?

No.

But it doesn't matter.

I've got my own family right here in the
gnarly dog.

Pat, Finley, Chuck.

The Turk.

Peeping Tom.

Hiya, Tom.

And there's Mad Dog.

M -M -Mad Dog?

Yeah.

Every once in a while, he likes to gnaw
on the timbers.

the ones I love.

The thing about running is once you
start, it's mighty hard to stop.

Sometimes I feel like there's a wind
pushing at my back, you know.

Once a man leaves, he'll never return.

Go home.

It's not in the mailbox.

Dear Dad, I know I did a real bad thing,
and I don't want you to get in trouble

for my mistake.

I think it's best for everybody if I
just disappear.

I love you, your son, Ricky.

P .S.

Your Evening with Danny Thomas album is
in the hall closet.

Well, that's a coded message if I ever
heard one.

Kate, I'm going out of my mind with
worry. I know.

Ricky's out there someplace lonely,
afraid, hungry. He could be hurt. He

be... McConnell, do something. You've
got to find my son.

We're doing everything we can, Mr.
Stratton.

Don't forget, we're the FBI.

If those kids are anywhere in this
country, we'll find them.

We're the finest, most thorough law
enforcement organization in the history

the world. There's no way two 12 -year
-old kids can elude us.

Hello. Later, kid. I'm talking.

Our agents are... Ricky!

Arnold! Are you all right?

I'm fine.

Arnold, are you all right?

Yeah, but you better hug me to make
sure.

I guess it's time to face the music,
huh?

Listen, sirs, we didn't mean to give
away any military information.

Would you accept our apologies?

And a dollar?

So, you think you can cute your way out
of this? Well, let me tell you... Stop

it!

You've scared these boys enough.

Now, look, boys, nobody is going to put
anybody in jail.

Arnold, they confiscated all the copies
of the Weekly Woodpecker.

Okay.

And, Rick, all they want from you is the
method you used to break their computer

code.

We've got to make sure that what you did
can never happen again.

Sure.

Sure, I'll show you.

Good. We'll send the computer experts
over tomorrow.

Ferguson, let's go.

Can I accompany the computer experts
here? I'd love to ride that train.

Ferguson!

Thanks, Dad.

Son, if you're ever in any kind of
trouble, no matter how bad, whether it's

breaking a window, getting a bad grade,
treason, whatever

it is, I want you to know you can always
come to me, and we'll handle it

together, okay?

You bet, Dad.

to find our way together taking the

time to stay to learn all about those
things you

just can't