Original subtitles

No more junk food.

From now on we are going to be a family that eats healthy.

Brownie? Mmm.

♪ Yes, no, maybe

♪ I don't know

♪ Can you repeat the question?

♪ You're not the boss of me now ♪

♪ You're not the boss of me now ♪

♪ You're not the boss of me now ♪

♪ And you're not so big

♪ You're not the boss of me now ♪

♪ You're not the boss of me now ♪

♪ You're not the boss of me now ♪

♪ And you're not so big

♪ Life is unfair.

I have my first college visit coming up.

I get to stay overnight in a dorm, tour the campus

and spend 18 hours pretending my family doesn't exist.

I actually skipped all the way to school today.

I probably should've stopped

once I passed the football field, but who cares?

My body may have been stuffed in a trash can,

but my mind was taking a shower with a college chick.

REESE: Come on, there's tons of reasons

to go out with a guy like me.

To make your dad mad, or your boyfriend jealous.

Maybe you just hate yourself, or have a sick curiosity.

I don't know! I can't do all the work for you!

I thought I at least I had a chance with the fat ride.

Did you actually call her that?

Hey, I didn't make her fat.

Who is that?

That's Christie. She's the new narc.

We have a new narc?

What happened to Druggie Dougie?

He got served divorce papers in history class.

Aw, come on, she's so cute.

She's a narc?

Hey, papers? Anyone got papers?

Hey, papers? Anybody got papers?

Do you even know anyone who does drugs?

Why are you asking me? I don't have any friends.

But sometimes, I do have brilliant ideas.

Where are you going?

Malcolm, I live in a world of what the hells.

Ooh...

Oh, man, I am so...

Never mind.

MALCOLM: You can't do this to me!

Dad's supposed to take me, not you!

Malcolm, this is your first visit to a university.

Your father and I talked it over and we both agreed.

This is a big deal, we don't want to blow it.

If I come along, I can make sure

that you don't say or do anything that you shouldn't.

I can take a little of the pressure off you.

Wait a second.

You guys are talking about college for Malcolm and not me?

I'm a year older than he is.

Why aren't you taking me

to look at colleges?

Well, son...

I'm just screwing with you. Relax.

[sighs of relief]

Dewey, dinner.

I guess he'll eat it cold again.

[piano playing Offenbach's "The Can-Can"]

What the hell

are you doing back here?!

The pianos are for paying customers only!

You're wearing out the keys!

Hey!

I'm not going to buy you a piano.

You've never even had lessons.

I don't need lessons.

I already know how to play.

I'm great. Look.

[humming]

That's very cute, Dewey, but we can't afford a piano.

Do you know how close my company is to going out of business?

They're selling our office furniture

and forcing us to have desk buddies.

Dad, you don't know me very well,

but you couldn't have missed the fact

that I'm having a horrible childhood.

Now there's a chance

for you to make it suck a little less.

I said no. End of discussion.

Now you're just going to have to find

some other way to amuse yourself.

OTTO: I don't understand it.

I told all of the guests

about my Hayride for Lovers on Friday night,

and no one signed up.

Well, most of the guests have children.

They can't just abandon them

to go on a couples-only hayride.

We're only allowing couples.

Ah, well, then there-- there is the solution.

We will start a child-care center.

Ooh, Otto, I don't think...

It will be wonderful.

We will have posture contests,

and I can show them slides

of my childhood in postwar Germany.

They will love it.

Otto, as great as that idea is, I wouldn't set my heart on it.

These people came here to spend time withtheir families.

They're not just going to dump their children

the first chance they get.

Can we leave them overnight?

...and the delivery's on time? Good.

I've got a lot of hungry customers.

Oh, hey, Christie, I didn't see you.

Are you ready? I think you're going to be

pleasantly surprised by how much ice cream I can eat.

Look, Reese, um, you know, we got coffee,

and we saw a movie, and we went skating.

I thought hanging out with you would involve a little more...

partying.

Don't you have like a friend

or maybe someone you know of

or someone you heard rumors about that could help us out?

Hey, I got to trust somebody before I party with them.

You trust me, don't you?

Not yet, but there must be

some way a hot girl like you

can get a desperate guy like me to trust you.

Hey, why don't we go park by the river

and see if we can think of something.

LOIS: I hope you weren't hunched over like that during your interview.

Why didn't you tell him about your extracurricular activities?

How do you even know what I said?

Did you have your ear pressed up against the door?

You should be a little less concerned about what I did

and a little bit more concerned about your own performance.

And next time say "bless you" when he sneezes.

These people are looking for any excuse not to like you.

All right, 230.

You walked me to my dorm room, you chose my lunch,

you tucked in my shirt in the middle of orientation.

Now will you please just leave?

Why are you in such a hurry to get rid of me?

Because I'm supposed to be doing this stuff on my own.

I'm just here to make sure you do it on your own the right way.

Hi. Are you Malcolm? Yeah.

I'm Paula. And this is Andrea and Scott.

I guess we're all going to be roommates tonight.

Cool. Well, I'll put my bags, uh...

Excuse me. You mean you boys and you girls

are staying in the same room?

Yeah. It'll be just like really being in college.

There. Now we'll all have

the same version of what happened here.

That's exactly what I would have done, Lois.

Yep. Camped out in the room.

You didn't happen to take the oven timer, did you?

I can't understand this...

All week stuff has been disappearing

right from under my nose.

It's like I put something down, and then it's just gone.

No, it's not even anything worth stealing.

It's as if someone is trying to make me crazy on purpose.

You're probably right.

I love you, too. Bye.

What the...?

Can I please have some more lemonade?

What a wonderfully polite little boy.

Please, take a sewing kit

unda small moisturizer.

Otto, none of the parents showed up for the hayride.

Their kids are here.

It's so weird.

Nobody's answering their phones,

so I went by all their rooms.

They all have Do Not Disturb...

Oh.

I guess I better go get a pep talk ready

for housekeeping in the morning.

[music playing, talking low, indistinctly]

Mom, what are you doing with my underwear?!

You had it all crammed up there in the corner.

Wrinkled clothes are the sign of a disorganized mind.

So then I took a guided tour

of the Plaza de Espana in Barthelona.

I'm not mispronouncing it.

That's the way they say it. Barthelona.

That is so interesting.

I wish I was more interesting.

Do you think it would be pretentious to use

the word "legerdemain" into a conversation with the dean?

What am I saying?

Of course it's pretentious. I'm such a lackwit.

Relax. If you can't be pretentious in college,

where can you be pretentious?

Really? So when I get to college

it'd be okay if I called myself Antigone?

Of course.

[knocking]

All right, kid, here's the deal, my name is Leland.

More importantly, I'm the RA,

which stands for Resident Advisor,

which means I'm in charge of this floor.

So you're going to have to keep the music down.

Is it really that loud?

Listen, guy,

I can either be your best friend or your worst nightmare.

Now turn the radio down.

Is there a problem here?

Who are you?

I'm his mother. I'm supervising these kids

in this coed room

which I cannot believe your school condones.

You know, ma'am, that's not what I'm here about.

That radio is at least five dBs above the approved noise level.

I'd hate to have to confiscate it

or move on to more serious consequences.

You know what, Leland?

I've been to college.

I know exactly how much power

and authority an RA has.

Good night.

Wow.

Malcolm, your mom is awesome.

I am so glad you brought her.

This horn's from Dad's van,

and this one's from Mom's car

and this one's from the ice cream truck.

Dewey. What are you doing?

The spout fell down.

I'm fixing it.

Good boy.

Listen, I talked with Mrs. Hittelman down the block and she said

that if you want, you can use herpiano.

Thanks anyway, Dad, but I found something else to amuse myself.

Oh. Well, good.

Hey, have you seen my hair dryer?

I swear, it's like stuff is just getting up and walking off.

Either that or someone's

messing with me.

Dad, I think I figured out what's going on.

Somebody's sneaking into the house

and stealing stuff.

Probably punks.

No, not punks, son.

Just good kids who got lost along the way.

Either way, they're going down.

LOIS: And then the priest said, "Those aren't my galoshes."

[girls laughing]

Mom is actually letting me walk all the way

to the vending machine and back

without tying a string to my waist.

Ha.

This moment is almost as sweet

as the candy you can't have.

Wow. Denied candy.

If I were 12 years younger,

I guess I'd cry.

LOIS: What's going on out here?

Oh, God, no.

The snack bar is closed.

You're denying my son candy?.

Mom, it doesn't matter.

I'll just go down to the next floor.

Use of the vending machine is a privilege, not a right.

If my son wants a candy bar,

he can have a candy bar.

You don't get to decide for him.

I get to decide.

Do I even need to be here for this?

Since I'm the one with the key to the lock,

I think I'min charge.

Come on.

This isn't over yet.

Mom, why don't you

just put me in a diaper?

One thing at a time, Malcolm.

First, we're going to get you that candy.

CHRISTIE: ...and my parents

they just drive me crazy.

I just need to ditch reality and escape sometimes.

You know what I mean?

Look, Christie, here's the thing.

When I first met you, I was just messing around,

but we've gotten so close that now...

I really like you.

I can't keep this up anymore.

What do you mean?

I'm not the person you think I am.

I've been pretending since the day I met you.

It's so hard having to constantly cover my tracks

to keep my story straight,

and I don't want to anymore.

I'm tired of living this lie.

Reese, I think I know your secret.

No, actually, you don't, but it doesn't matter

'cause I'm done with it.

I'm sorry.

[sighs] Did you get all that?

Yeah, it looks like he's going straight.

So if we're going to bust this kid, we better do it now.

All Malcolm wanted was a candy bar,

but Leland put a lock on the vending machine.

We can't let him get away with this.

I want to go on record: I hated him first.

This would never happen in Barthelona.

Why are Americans so immature?

Why don't you just write an angry note

or-or a missive after I get accepted?

Look, Scott, you'll face jerks and tyrants

like Leland all your life.

The sooner you learn how to deal with them, the better.

And no one's chances of getting into this school

are going to be affected.

He is going to hand over that key.

How?I don't know yet,

but there are plenty of ways

to force people to do what you want.

You can find something incriminating in their room.

You can get dirt from a bitter ex,

or you can make a blanket accusation

with absolute conviction

and just wait for them to blurt out something.

Wait.

You use that trick on me all the time.

No, sweetie, that's a different thing entirely.

We've gotta get Malcolm some candy.

[excited chattering]

Well, I guess I'll be cool and popular aftercollege.

HAL: Dewey?

Dad! In here!

Quick! What is it?.

I just saw someone sneak out with Mom's robe.

Good eye, son.

HAL: Halt!

Halt, you damn punks!

[children screaming happily]

[doorknob rattles]

OTTO: Everything is fine.

Nothing in here

but children enjoying themselves dancing

and skipping like young lambs.

Come again soon.

Otto, it's Francis.

I have the DVDs. Let me in.

[children screaming happily]

We have a slight problem.

You know how I wanted everything

to be special for the children.

So I went to the store and I got those cookies

and then I saw this old-fashioned hard lemonade,

I bought three cases.

Hard lemonade? That has alcohol in it.

Yes, Francis, I said there was a problem.

[children shouting happily]

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

I do. I do.

Don't tell me to use myindoor voice.

Why don't you use yourindoor voice?.

I'm not just saying it, man.

We should totally have a play date.

Oh, my God.

These parents trusted me with their little ones

undI've poisoned them.

What kind of a monster am I?

Otto, you made an honest mistake,

but everything's gonna be okay.

As long as the kids are in here, they're safe.

Oh!

Well,

it's a little early for Christmas carols, isn't it?

Leland, I think we got off on the wrong foot earlier.

Obviously, this job is very important to you.

Who knows where you could find another

that commands respect and power.

You know, it would be such a shame

if somehow you got fired and had to go back home

where your older brother and sister

get all the attention that youdeserve.

Do you really want to risk that for a 75-cent candy bar?

You really have me pegged--

Except for what you're forgetting is--

the lower the stakes, the greater the thrill

from the arbitrary exercise of power.

If this were a one-cent candy bar, I'd be on the moon.

I happen to be a control freak.

If you get me fired, I'll just

find some other job where I can be a control freak.

Kinko's is looking for a night manager.

Either way, I've already written

negative-evaluation e-mails of these kids

to the Office of Admissions.

All I have to do is hit "Send."

She overloaded a wall socket, too!

We're just like the bulls in Pamplona.

Now, you.

Any freshman Psych major can see it's obvious

life didn't pan out the way you thought it would,

so now to make up for it, you have to run your kid's life.

I don't know who to root for.

The simple truth is,

you're just too afraid to let go

of the one thing in your life that maybe a success.

But, hey, you don't have to take my word for it.

Why don't we just ask the other mothers here

and see what theythink?

Oh, that's right.

There areno other mothers here.

You just cost this floor their electricity privileges.

Mom?

I can't do this.

What?

I wanted to help you, to take care

of things for you, but you know what?

I'm just not up to it.

I think you should do this on your own.

What?

It's time for me to step aside

and let you handle things.

Malcolm, I know you can do this.

Unless I missed the sarcasm, I think she meant that.

I've actually been given permission to run my own life.

Well, at least get my own candy bar.

But you know what?

I want that candy bar more than I want my next breath.

I have a plan.

[yelling]

Malcolm, what are you doing?

My plan.

Well, get your foot out of the door.

It's stuck.

By the way, our Madrigal group is having a sing-off

against Jazzmatazz tomorrow.

You should check it out before you leave.

[grunts]

All right, Jamie,

this'll put a stop to all the stealing.

And your father is a reasonable man,

but sometimes even he can be pushed too far.

You don't poke the bear.

Police! Nobody move!

We have a warrant

to search these premises

on suspicion of possession of narcotics.

Nice.

Narcotics? What are you... [shrieks]

Sir, we need you to just remain calm,

and we'll get through this as quickly as possible.

Weren't you Annie Oakley in the school play?

Yeah, but I wasn't very good.

[Offenbach's "The Can-Can" plays]

My stuff!

♪

[song ends]

Oh, my God.

All this time, you were just using me to get to my dad?

And all this time you were selling drugs,

and you never even bought us a DVD player?

Get him out of here.

[burps]

Hey, doctor man,

it must be great saving people all day.

What do I do?

Play kickball.

They're going to have

some spectacular headaches,

but, uh, otherwise they'll be fine.

That is good news.

Thank you for coming out here, Doctor.

I don't say anything about this, you don't say anything

about the keys I left in your gallbladder.

Deal.

So what are we going to do about the parents?

[laughing]

Come on, honey, it's time to go back to the room

with your wonderful, wonderful father.

Thank you so much.

You saved our marriage.

I almost forgot she was a woman.

Let's go, son.

Whoa, Dad.

You want to turn the volume down?

It's not a total loss.

When they took the door off the hinges,

they discovered Leland had a hot plate.

We all got to watch while they made him unplug it

and put it in the closet.

Don't you worry about it, honey.

Just be glad this was our safety school.

When we go to Yale, I promise I'll be

much more on top of things.