All language subtitles for The.Waltons.S08E12.The.Wager.WEBRip.x264-ION10

[Sam wolf whistling]

What's the matter, Sam,
canary got your tongue?

No. Just feeling lucky.

Not every man gets to work with
two pretty sisters like you.

Coming from anyone else,
that would be a real compliment.

This would be our chance to
get even with these guys.

Do you think we could do it?

There's no way you girls
are gonna win that race.

Would you like to make a bet?

[laughing]
I'll bet you a week's wages
you two will finish dead last.

-If at all.
-You're on.

Whoa, I'll tell you what.

You finish ahead of me and Jeb,
you get our horse.

We finish ahead of you,
we get yours.

You got yourself a bet,
your horse against mine.

[gunshot]

[crowd cheering]

[fast-paced music]

[The Waltons theme music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[John-Boy narrating]
The Second World War
brought women by the millions

out of their homes
and into the factories

doing jobs that normally would
have been reserved for men.

Attitudes changed
as women found themselves

to be every bit as capable
as the men they replaced.

All of Jefferson County
watched with wonder

when my sisters,
Mary Ellen and Erin

decided to venture even farther
into a man's world.

Oh, don't get up, Rose. We don't
have time for breakfast, anyway.

If we're not there by 8:30,
J.D. will kill us.

Oh, now, rubbish! You girls sit
down and get some food in you.

Girls who skip breakfast
as a matter of course

will wind up marrying
a dog or a horse.

Coffee will have to do
for me, at least until lunch

if I have time for that.

J.D. expects me to be
a fulltime nurse

on one shift a week.

Hurry up, Serena.
We're gonna be late for school.

I'm not through with
my breakfast yet.

We have to stop off at Ike's.

(Serena)
'But the mail's
not gonna be in yet.'

Anyway, that dumb old movie star
is never gonna write you.

Jessica Marlowe will.

Jeffrey, movie stars get
thousands of letters a day.

We better hurry, Erin.
We're gonna be late.

- Bye, girls.
- Bye.

She will write,
won't she?

Honey, if I was
a glamorous movie star

and a young man as handsome
as you wrote me a letter

I would write right back.
Now, don't you worry.

[Sam wolf whistles]

What's the matter, Sam,
canary got your tongue?

No. Just feeling lucky.

Not every man gets to work with
two pretty sisters like you.

Coming from anyone else,
that would be a real compliment.

I hate those two. I get that
every time I go to the dock.

You're the boss.
Why don't you fire them?

Because we're
short-handed as it is.

[wolf whistles]

You were right to come to us,
Mr. Pickett.

Mr. Godsey
and I have always been

most mindful of our
civic responsibilities.

- We will do all we can to help.
- Thank you.

They're gonna be holding
these War Bond Rallies

all over the state
in the next few months

and I want us to be
the best of the bunch.

The governor's counting on me.

Now, uh, just what is it
you want from us, J.D.?

Well, I'm looking
for something real exciting

something that'll get
everybody's attention.

- How about a race?
- How utterly bland, Mr. Godsey.

No. I was thinking
of something

along the lines
of a cultural event.

Perhaps a musicale
or one-act play by Noel Coward.

Well, I don't think so,
for a War Bond Rally, Corabeth.

Frankly, the idea of a race
seems pretty good to me.

'Yeah. And the race
I had in mind'

it wasn't your ordinary,
run-of-the-mill relay race.

I read about it
in a Wild West magazine.

When there's two men
and they got one horse

and they wanna go a long way
what they do is they

they share the horse.
So that it doesn't tire out.

'The first guy gets on the horse
and he rides it a while.'

Then he stops, ties it up
and then he takes off running.

Now the other guy comes up,
unties the horse

gets on the horse
and then he takes off.

And then he stops and then
he takes off running again.

(J.D)
'And the guy on foot
runs up to the horse'

'mounts it, and then
takes off riding again.'

Exactly, ride a while
and walk a while.

Well, that does sound like
a rather unusual approach

to a rather dull event.

The thing is, we need
a real catchy name for it.

How about the Run and Ride Race?

The first annual
Jefferson County

'Ike and Corabeth Godsey
Run and Ride Race.'

Huh?

Why aren't you helping us,
Jeffrey?

Don't bother me.
I'm busy.

Are you writing to that
movie star again?

None of your business.

- Let me see.
- Give it back, right now.

Just wanna read what it says.
Maybe, I can help.

Hey, everybody, come here.

"Dearest Jessica"
That's your first mistake.

You should write,
"Dear Ms. Marlowe."

Give it back.

"Dearest Jessica,
my heart is breaking

"because you haven't
written me yet.

"Here I am about to go into
the Army to fight the war

"and still no word from you.

"Make a young soldier
very happy.

Love, Jeffrey Burton."

Boy, young is right.

Thanks a lot, Serena.

Why don't you write the whole
thing out on the blackboard?

[dramatic music]

[phone ringing]

Mary Ellen, here's the list
of people who need physicals.

Thanks, Erin.

Afternoon, Ms. Walton,
Nurse Willard.

Oh, what is it this time, Jeb?

Well, it's that gol'darned
back of mine.

It went out again.

If you don't move me
over to the assembly line

that loading dock's gonna
paralyze me for life.

Well, last week
it was your foot.

That seems to have
healed awfully fast.

Come on in
and take your shirt off.

I ain't gonna let you go around
poking my bare back.

Unless you take your shirt off

how will I know if there's
anything wrong?

I should know.
It's my back.

If you don't let
Mary Ellen examine you

it's back to the loading dock
right now.

Now, ain't you the bossy one?

You give
a woman a man's job

it goes to her head quicker
than a bottle of whiskey.

That's enough, Jeb. Come on in
and take your shirt off.

Alright, I don't need
the both of you in there

staring me over.

I'll be in my office.

Serena.
Oh, Jeffrey.

I got something for you.
Come on over here.

Yeah, it just came in.
It's from Hollywood.

It came!
It finally came!

- Wow!
- I am at a loss for words.

What kind of a person
would send a picture like that

to a young boy
through the government mail?

I don't know.
But if Jeff would give me

Ms. Marlowe's address, I
wouldn't mind having one myself.

That's not really
Jessica Marlowe's signature.

'Oh, yeah?
Then whose is it?'

See, I read in this magazine,
that movie stars use

other people
to answer their mail.

You're just jealous.

There's nothing wrong
with Jeb's back

that a few days of
hard work won't cure.

I ain't going back
to the loading dock

and that's final.

We already have a full crew
on the assembly line

and we're short
on the loading dock.

You have to do the job
you were hired to do.

If you weren't a girl I'd punch
you right square in the nose.

Why don't you
go ahead and try?

I didn't grow up in
a house full of brothers

without learning
a punch or two.

[J.D. whistling]

Hello there, Mary Ellen, Erin.
What are you doing here?

- He claims his back hurts.
- Well, then fix it.

You're a nurse.

Ain't nobody can fix my back,
Mr. Pickett.

It's been bad
as long as I can remember.

Just comes and goes
as it has a mind.

He doesn't want to work
on the loading dock.

He'd rather sit
on the assembly line.

Another day out there,
and I'll wind up

in the hospital.

You know who'll end up
footing the bill for that.

Yeah, well, Erin,
you heard the man.

Put him on the assembly line.

Now!

Well, sorry, girls.

You heard what the boss said.

You all have a nice day.

- Afternoon, ladies.
- Afternoon.

- What can I do for you?
- I need a sack of oats.

Coming right up.
Seen that yet?

"Jefferson County War Bond
Rally"?

Yeah, it's gonna be a good one.

'Picnics, raffles, races,
you name it.'

"Run and Ride Race.
First prize $50 war bond"?

That's some first prize.
What kind of a race is that?

I don't rightly know
how to explain it.

[clears throat]
It's kind of like
the pony express, except

instead of the rider
changing horses

the horse changes riders.

Mary Ellen,
look who's first on the list.

Jeb Sanders and Sam Barker.

Some bad back Jeb has.

These two are so lazy

they'll be lucky
if they finish the race.

What are you thinking?

This'd be our chance
to get even with them

and make a little money, too.

You two girls
better not be thinking

what I think you're thinking.

''Cause if you are,
you're plumb loony.'

- Do you think we could do it?
- Trust me.

I know these hills
and we have a good horse.

It won't be any problem.

Sorry we're late.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Mary Ellen, Jim-Bob
and I have a favor to ask.

Yeah, we want to borrow the
horse so we can enter the race.

- Sorry, it's already taken.
- Mary Ellen and I just entered.

Are you sure you know
what you're doing?

That's a real grueling race.

And it's 12 miles long.

It's not.

Twelve miles?

That's why we're gonna
start training

first thing
in the morning.

[rooster crowing]

Erin.
Erin, wake up.

Mary Ellen, go away,
I'm dreaming about Ashley.

We've got to start training
if we're going to win that race.

[sighs]
Training?
At this hour of the morning?

That's right. We've got to be
in good physical condition

or we're not gonna
have a chance.

- Will you guys please be quiet?
- What time is it?

It's 6 . Mary Ellen, go away.

I don't have to get up
for another hour.

Do you want Jeb and Sam
to make fools out of us?

At 6 in the morning
I don't really care.

What you guys need is a trainer.

You're right, Elizabeth. And
you're just the one to do it.

- Who, me?
- Mary Ellen, be serious.

Why not get
all the Walton women involved.

Besides, we're going
to be needing help.

I'll tell you why. I don't wanna
get up at 6 in the morning.

That's up to you, Elizabeth.
But as for you, Erin

you put your signature
on that sign-up sheet.

And in my book,
that's as good as a promise.

Alright.

[clock ticking]

Get up, Elizabeth.
You're drafted.

[rooster crowing]

I can't believe
you guys got me out here.

Well, tell us what to do.

Start exercising.

You can't just say,
start exercising.

If you're gonna be our trainer

you have to tell us
what exercises to do.

- Run.
- Where?

That way.
Around the house.

Mary Ellen, the next time
you have any great ideas

about trainers,
talk to me first.

(Elizabeth)
'Faster.'

Oh...I don't want to do this.

Well, you're doing real good.

I've never been
a trainer before.

Now that you are,
don't you think

you should
start acting like one?

I don't have the slightest
idea what to do.

You've got to be rough on them.
That's what athletes like.

I can't be mean
to my own sisters.

Just think about the time
Mary Ellen put a raw egg

in your lunch and you thought
it was hard-boiled.

That was a joke, even though
it did ruin my new dress.

What about the time Erin
bashed in the car windshield

and blamed it on you?
Everybody believed her

and Daddy hauled you out
to the smokehouse.

Then sent me to bed
without any supper.

I still owe her for that.

[indistinct chatter]

I think we should ask
our fearless trainer.

[giggling]

Come on, you guys.
Get moving.

- Keep going. Go on. Faster!
- What's gotten into her?

Not only are you slow,
you are deaf! Now move!

- Faster!
- Elizabeth?

- Quit pushing.
- Then go faster.

Come on, you guys.
Faster. Faster! Faster!

(Erin)
'Elizabeth!'

(Elizabeth)
'Hurry, hurry, hurry!'

- There we go.
- Thank you, Rose.

What's all that racket
out there, Son?

That's Elizabeth, putting
the whip to Erin and Mary.

They're getting ready
for the race.

I was hoping they were gonna
change their minds about that.

Now, what's wrong
with two strong

young ladies entering a race?

It's just not very ladylike,
is it?

Oh, John, that may
have been true in our day

but things are changing
for the better, if you ask me.

But a horse race?
That's going a little too far.

I can remember the time
when showing

a girl's ankles
in public was a crime.

That was going too far.

That doesn't have
anything to do

with what Mary Ellen
and Erin are doing.

It certainly does. It's called
keeping the women in line.

I'm not trying to keep
anybody in line.

I'm just concerned
about my daughters.

You're not gonna try
to stop them, are you?

No.

If they want
to embarrass themselves

in front of the whole county,
that's up to them.

I'll be pulling for them.

They just might surprise
the socks off you men, John.

Hey, Elizabeth. I found
this stopwatch up in the attic.

I thought it might come
in handy.

This book's pretty good, too.

"How to Become a Boxer"?

How can I use this?

Use it to train Mary Ellen
and Erin.

- Who are they gonna beat up?
- Nobody.

It's to help them get
in shape for the race.

Tina Morgan loaned it to me.

She bought it when her mama hit
her on the head with a kettle.

Did she beat her mother up?

No, but it taught her
how to duck fast.

Hey, you want to go see that
Jessica Marlowe movie?

No. Besides, you've already
seen it five times.

I haven't seen it
since she sent me that letter.

Big deal.
It wasn't even her signature.

Oh, yeah? Just for that
I'm writing her another letter

telling her that
you don't believe me.

Then you'll feel sorry.

Serena, you shouldn't
do that to Jeffrey.

It's probably
the most exciting thing

that's ever happened to him.

[slow instrumental music]

Alright, you guys. We're gonna
start with 20 push-ups.

- Twenty?
- Yes.

Now, get down on your bellies,
and no more lip.

Alright. Ready?

(blowing whistle)

One, two, three.

- Erin, what are you doing?
- You told me to do push-ups!

(Elizabeth)
'Well, then do them right.'

Don't bend your knees, and your
back's supposed to be straight.

The only part of youthat's
supposed to bend is your elbows.

- But those are boys' kind!
- That's the point.

This is not gonna be a bloomer,
derby. We've got to be in shape.

If we're going to win, we're
gonna have to outlast the men.

Alright. Let's start
from the beginning.

Yes, sir.

But put that dumb book down.
We're not training to be boxers.

Right. Ready?

(blowing whistle)

One, two

three, four

'five, six, seven.'

Rose. That's really beautiful.

And, here is supper
for two athletes

ordered by
Miss Elizabeth Walton, trainer.

[chuckling]

That's not much
of a supper, is it?

Oh, it's a very good supper.

Elizabeth,
what is this supposed to be?

That's what they feed boxers
when they're in training.

It's very high in protein.
Eat every bite.

This is disgusting!

The sight of cottage cheese
and eggs makes me sick.

Well, then close your eyes.

(nasal voice)
And hold your nose.
That's what I do.

I'll make up for this when
I go to Rockfish tonight.

You can't go into Rockfish.
You're in training.

It's more like reform school.

No.

[sighs]

[instrumental music]

Erin, I want to know
what you and Mary Ellen

think you're up to.

We're entering
the War Bond Race.

Well, that's crazy!
It's a race for men.

'Women aren't allowed to enter.'

It doesn't say
that on the sign-up sheet.

It doesn't have to.
Most people can figure

that out for themselves.

I always knew you
and that rabble-rousing

sister of of yours,
was addled.

But I never figured
you was plumb loco.

We know exactly
what we're doing.

Give me an eraser. I'm gonna
take your name off this list.

- Why?
- Why?

Because you work
for Pickett Metal Products.

I don't want you making
a fool out of me.

Alright, you can take
our name off the list.

But we're gonna be
at that starting line

and no one can stop us.

You're just talking
nonsense, Erin.

I was ready to forget
this whole thing

before you walked
into this office.

The workouts are harder
than I ever expected.

I hate the diet I'm on

and I don't like going to bed
at 8:00 every night.

But it's all different now.
I can't wait for the race.

You're gonna look
just plumb foolish.

Getting all dirty and sweaty
and for nothing.

There's no way you girls
are gonna win that race.

Would you like to make a bet?

(laughing)
I'll bet you a week's wages,
you two will finish dead last.

- If at all.
- You're on.

Alright.

[door slams shut]

(male #1)
'Morning, Nurse.'

Aren't you supposed
to be at work right now?

Well, I ain't feeling
very spry this morning.

But you look fine to me.

I just figured a nice ride
through the hills would

kind of clear my head a little.

I hear that you and that
boss lady sister of yours

are racing
at the War Bond Rally.

That's right.

'Is that nag you're
riding the one'

'you're gonna use in the race?'

Sure, why not?

Riding that old thing.

Running on them female legs
of yours

you're gonna get whipped fierce.

Be a pleasure to watch.

Oh, I'll take these legs
and this horse

any day over anything
you have to offer.

Whoa, I tell you what.

Let's just make this
interesting.

You finish ahead of me and Jeb,
you get our horse.

We finish ahead of you,
we get yours.

This is the horse I use
to make my nursing rounds.

You saying
you don't want to bet me?

Yes, sir, you and Erin
sure talk a mean game.

But you play like kittens.

- Watch it, Sam.
- 'Getting you riled?'

You'll rile even more when

you're eating my mud
at the rally.

That'll never happen.

You got yourself a bet,
your horse against mine.

49, 50, 51, 52

53, 54, 55

56, 57, 58, 59--

How's your workout coming?

Really good.
They're almost finished.

Looks like you're really
teaching them

something about training.

Yeah, there is more
at stake now.

Like what?

Uh, well, Mary Ellen
bet her horse that

we'd beat Sam Barker
and Jeb Sanders.

You what?

Like Erin said,
I made a bet with Sam Barker.

I thought you had more sense
than that.

You're supposed
to be a grown-up woman.

'What happens if you lose?
You're gonna walk your rounds?'

Uh, Mary Ellen is not the only
one that made a wager, Daddy.

I bet J.D. a week's wages.

What did you bet, Elizabeth?
The house?

No, I bet Jim-Bob a book report.

Hmm.

If, after the race, any of
you need any cash, come see me.

Plenty of extra work out
at the mill.

- 'Hello, Jeffrey.'
- Hi, Jason.

I thought you weren't
gonna be back until the weekend.

That's what I thought, too.

Until they made me the official
Camp Rockfish chauffeur.

Is that something
like a General?

Ah..
Well, no, not exactly.

It's more like
a general's driver.

I'll be on the road
for the next few weeks.

Taking big shots to war bond
rallies all over the state.

So I thought I better come home
while I still had the chance.

- What have you got there?
- Picture of my girlfriend.

See, it says, "To Jeffrey,
with love, Jessica Marlowe."

That's pretty impressive.

- Nobody else thinks so.
- Oh, I do.

- I'm in love with her myself.
- Really?

It's impossible not to be.

Our hearts are broken
by the same girl.

Oh, don't take
it too hard, Jeffrey.

Heartbreak always gets worse
as the years go by.

Girls sure are a pain,
aren't they?

Mm-hmm.

But they're worth it,
believe me.

[instrumental music]

(Elizabeth)
Hurry! Hurry! Hey!

Get going!

(Erin)
Elizabeth!

Why, good afternoon, ladies.

What a pleasant surprise!

(Elizabeth)
'Up, down. Up, down.'

'Up, down.'

(blowing whistle)

'Okay.'

This next one
I've been saving.

You two are ready.
It's a specialty.

It's called the Death March.

Oh, that sounds really exciting.

First you crab along on all
fours and then you sprint.

Then you do 10 push-ups

'and then it starts
all over again.'

'Crab, sprint, push-ups.
Crab, sprint, push-ups.'

Elizabeth, you're crazy.

Come on, let's go.

(blowing whistle)

Move it!

(blowing whistle)

This is mutiny.

[instrumental music]

I've been looking
for you everywhere.

What are you doing in here?

- Go away.
- It's not your attic.

That doesn't matter,
I got here first.

- What's that behind your back?
- Serena, just leave me alone.

Hey, give them back.

Two pictures?

She sent you another one?

You're right.

The handwriting
is not even the same.

Throw them away.

[melancholic music]

I'm sorry.

Mary Ellen?

(Mary Ellen)
'Come in.'

I can't sleep.

Me either.

There's no reason
for you to be lying awake.

You can do things like this.

You're as ready
for this race as I am.

Everybody says we're gonna
make fools of ourselves.

All my life people
have made fun of me

because I like
to do boys' things.

Made me mad then,
it makes me mad now.

But you're good at them.

I can't play softball
or football.

A month ago,
I wouldn't have thought

about walking 12 miles,
let alone run it.

If it makes you feel any better,
I'm as nervous as you are.

I want you to run
the last leg of the race.

- No.
- I'm serious.

But you're faster than I am.

Neither one of us
is gonna be very fast

by the end of 12 miles.

I don't know, Mary Ellen.

You're good.
Better than you think you are.

I want you to cross
the finish line on foot.

[people chattering]

(horse neighing)

'Morning, girls.'

Nice day, ain't it?

It was up until now.

Don't take this
so serious, Mary Ellen.

Just 'cause you've got
your horse bet on the race.

Why don't you two
go have a few beers?

We're trying
to get warmed up.

(Jim-Bob)
'Let me out of here.'

They should give a prize
for the most crowded car.

Wouldn't have been bad
if you didn't sit like a frog.

Stop arguing.
Let's go see your sisters.

There you are.

I sure raised a couple of
strong-willed daughters

but good luck,
I'm proud of you both.

- Thanks.
- I am, too. And break a leg.

Don't break a leg.

Elizabeth, we couldn't
have come this far without you.

Oh, I know you two girls
are gonna do just fine.

Thanks, Rose.

I guess we better
get to the starting line.

- 'Alright. Good luck now.'
- 'Bye'

Ben, it's time
to man the checkpoint.

Can I use the car?
It's right up the road.

Okay. Thank you. Bye-bye.

I'm manning Checkpoint 2 myself

but the guy that I lined up
for Checkpoint 3 didn't show up.

- Do I have a volunteer?
- I will.

Don't you think
you're a little young?

I'd help you, but Jason's
gonna show up with

some big shot
and I wanna be here.

- I'll help you.
- Oh, good.

It's near the dead oak tree
at Hardware Creek.

- It's the last checkpoint.
- What do I do?

Just make sure that the runners
and the riders change places.

Here, why don't you take
Corabeth's car?

- It's right around the corner.
- Thanks, Ike.

(male announcer)
'Ladies and gentlemen,
it gives me great pleasure'

'to welcome you..'

...to the First Annual
Jefferson County War Bond Rally

Ike and Corabeth Godsey
Run and Ride Race.

[crowd cheering]

Now to get things started off
with a bang

here's Mr. Ike Godsey.
Give him a nice hand.

[cheering continues]

Thank you..
Does this work?

Hello, everybody.

I, uh, I guess it's my job
to explain the rules of the race

and what's gonna happen.

So, let's see.

Any number of teams may compete.

And each team consists
of two men and a horse.

'One rides
while the other runs.'

And three times during the
race at prearranged checkpoints

'they switch places.
And the race is 12 miles long'

'that's through
the hill country.'

The first team to have
both men, both men or women

cross the finish line wins.

'Ladies and gentlemen'

'I'd like to take this
opportunity at this time'

to tell you that Godsey's
General Merchandise Store

is sponsoring a special
War Bond Rally perfume sale

this week only.
Thank you.

[crowd cheering]

Alright then,
without further instructions.

'On your mark, get set..'

[gunshot]

[crowd cheering]

You alright?

[chuckles]

Come on, Erin.

Go, Erin.

Erin's in third.

- Is Jeb ahead of her?
- I'm afraid so.

[grunts]

- Good luck.
- Thanks.

Erin, tail me.

(Ike)
'Hey, Mary Ellen!'

You're doing okay.

- Where's Erin?
- I don't know.

[whispers]
Go, get him, Erin.

What if nobody
makes it this far?

Would you quit worrying?

What if they all drop out
before the race is over?

You're just hoping Mary Ellen
and Erin won't finish

so you won't have
to pay up on your bet.

-'There's Jason.'
-'Hey, Jason.'

- Hi.
- 'Hi, Jason.'

- 'Hi, Jason.'
- 'Hi.'

Who's winnin'?

We just got back
from our checkpoints

and the girls are still in it.

One of those races where you
never know what's happening.

Who's your passenger?

Somebody I'd like
Jeffrey to meet.

'Jeffrey, I'd like you to meet
Ms. Jessica Marlowe.'

'She's our guest of honor today
at the War Bond Rally.'

This is the boy
I was telling you about.

Jason tells me you're a fan.

I think Jeffrey's in shock.

Me, too.

Would you do
me the honor of escorting me

to the speaker's platform?

One down, 11 to go.

- How many in front of me?
- Two, but Jeb is one of them.

I know.

[Sam laughing]

(Jim-Bob)
'Come on, hurry up, Mary Ellen.'

(Jim-Bob)
'You're never
gonna win at this rate.'

Sam?
Sam, are you okay?

Sam? Are you alright, Sam? Sam?

Yee-haw!

They're on their way.

Here's the list
for our checkpoint.

So Mary Ellen and Erin
are running third, huh?

Yup.

Here comes Joe and Al.

Here they come.

[crowd cheering]

[applause]

Too bad, the girls not winning
after all that hard work.

They can still beat Jeb and Sam,
that's what's important.

[indistinct chatter]

Excuse me, please.

Could I have
your attention, please?

The winners, team number six,
Joe Firmage and Al Murphy.

[crowd cheering]

And I understand that in
Checkpoint 3, in second place

is Jeb Sanders and Sam Barker..

...followed closely by

Mary Ellen Willard
and Erin Walton.

(Ben)
'Somebody's coming in.'

- 'It's Mary Ellen!'
- Hurry up, come on!

[cheering continues]

That was a pretty dirty trick.

It worked, didn't it?

I'm not sure that's the right
way to go about losing a race.

Oh, I was just
returning a favor, daddy.

Besides, we haven't lost yet.

Erin's still
out there somewhere.

[chuckles]

(John)
'Here comes Erin.'

(all)
C'mon, C'mon Erin.

Come on, Erin!

[crowd cheering]

[cheering continues]

(Mary Ellen)
'We beat them!
We beat them--

[cheering continues]

Congratulations, Erin.

Double wages next week.

Thanks.

Well, You ran a real
fine race, Jeb.

That back of yours sure held up
under a load of punishment.

You're back on
the loading dock as of Monday.

Yes, sir.

Looks like
you owe me a book report.

I won't mind as long as
I get to choose the subject.

Nope.
It's already been assigned.

It's on the collective
stories of Edgar Allan Poe.

* O beautiful
for spacious skies *

* For amber waves of grain *

* For purple
mountain majesties *

* Above the fruited plain *

* America! America!
God shed His grace *

[John-Boy narrating]
Mary Ellen and Erin gained
new respect in the community

because of their
remarkable showing

in the Run and Ride Race.

No one would
ever look upon them as

"just girls" anymore

especially not
Sam Barker and Jeb Sanders.'

(Jim-Bob)
'"No sooner had
my blows sunk into silence'

'"then I was answered from a
voice from within the tomb!

(Elizabeth)
'Jim-Bob, you don't have
to do the book report tonight.'

(Jim-Bob)
'"A howl, a wailing shriek, half
of horror, half of triumph..'

(Serena)
'Jim-Bob, you're scaring me!'

(Jim-Bob)
'"...such as might have
arisen only from'

'"the throats of the damned.'

(Mary Ellen)
'That's enough, Jim-Bob.
You'll wake John Cutis.'

(Jim-Bob)
'I had walled the monster
up within the tomb."

(all)
Goodnight, Jim-Bob!

(Jim-Bob)
'Sweet dreams.'