All language subtitles for 8.Simple.Rules.S01E14.Career.Choices

Hey, Ker, I need a fav. Oh, my God.
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A cartoon of Principal Connelly?
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"The Incredible Boring Woman."
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Why not read personal stuff over my shoulder?
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OK. "Able to suck the life out of any room." Dying.
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It's private property.
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Sorry.
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Distract Dad while I get him to sign this permission slip?
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- It's super important. - OK.
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Hey Dad, do you notice anything different about me?
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Oh, please don't do this to me.
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- So you notice nothing different? - No, wait, give me a chance.
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Your hair, it's, no, no...
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You've lost... You've gained, you... No.
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You've grown, uh... The...
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- Please don't do this to me. - Here, Daddy. Sign this.
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- What is it? - Nothing.
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- I'm gonna be late. - You were talking to me.
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I don't sign things without looking at them.
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It wouldn't hurt to have activities like your sister.
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You wanna talk about Bridget's activities?
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- Hey! - That's not nice.
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Take Bridget's side.
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I wasn't taking Bridget's side. Let me see the paper.
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- Girls, please! - Excuse me. Important.
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- I'm not important? - No.
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- Catfight! - Shut up!
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- Freak show! - I'm getting vertigo. Can I see it?
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- Do you want me to be late? - No, but let me...
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Half a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
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- Kerry, that's enough... - Thank you.
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- Sorry, Daddy. - But...
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Did I just sign something? I did, didn't I?
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Oh, Dad.
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I don't understand. How could Bridget have dropped Chemistry?
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You gotta see these cartoons Kerry drew, they're hilarious.
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- I'm on the phone with the school. - If anybody's sick, I'm sorry,
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but I can't pick 'em up, I got a meeting.
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Well believe me, we'll clear this up. Thank you.
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Paul, did you know Bridget dropped all her college prep classes
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- for vocational arts? - What?!
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Does she think she can get away with that?
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Probably, since you signed the permission slip.
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No way. It's obviously a forgery.
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No, they have your signature on file,
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ever since the girls' grandma died three times in one semester.
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Oh, you're gonna laugh when you hear what happened.
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Kerry ask if me if I noticed anything different about her.
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Then Bridget burst in and she...
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Distract and deploy? It's the oldest trick in the book.
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I know what's going on. Party Girl wants to take the easy way out.
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- You know who's to blame? - You, hint, hint.
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The school. Vocational Arts shouldn't even be an option to her.
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Well, you signed the slip.
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Yeah, well... you paid our mortgage late last month, cost us a penalty.
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Yeah, that's pertinent, honey.
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The school's letting our girls slip through the cracks.
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See Kerry's sketchbook? She could make a living at this.
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- This talent would've gone unnoticed. - Had you not been snooping?
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Thank God I did, Cate. Thank God I did.
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You can tell the principal all about her failures.
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Try and stop me.
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This afternoon. We have an appointment in her office after school.
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Good. I'd be able to make it if I didn't have this meeting.
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You made that up.
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In that case, I might be able to make it. But just remember one thing.
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- It's not your fault? - Damn straight!
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Bye, honey.
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- Stop staring at that girl. - Yeah, yeah, OK.
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Told you we should've dropped him off first.
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I said stop staring.
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I'm not staring. I'm trying to control her with my mind.
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Oh, OK.
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How dare you come to my school?
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How embarrassing to be called out of class by Rich Brittany with her haircut
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that only looks good on the girl from The Matrix.
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It must be horrible for you. Come sit down.
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You went back on your word. You signed my permission slip. No backsies.
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Yeah, well, you tricked me. So no tricksies.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hennessy, Bridget, hi. Come on in.
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No gum chewing.
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'Sup.
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OK, so I signed a permission slip without first looking at it.
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I mean, what father hasn't?
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Most.
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Oh. OK, but you know, I think everybody once in a while,
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misses what's right under their nose,
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like you and our other daughter, Kerry.
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You have a very talented artist in this school. I should know.
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I'm an artist myself, well, I'm a writer.
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But, you know, I paint with words.
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This was my conference. Who did Rich Brittany drag in here?
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Yes, Mr. Hennessy, one problem child at a time.
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Problem... one problem at a time.
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Just take a look at this wonderful work here.
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Show her the cartoons in the back? Show her. Show her.
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That's a good idea. Take a look at this one.
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This is called "The Incredible Boring Wo..."
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You know, I think in this light, she's not that good, so...
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Well, you know, parents really have a hard time being objective. Guilty.
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Oh, we are, we are so, so sorry.
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No, we are. Sorry we missed it.
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She's very talented.
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I mean, look at those old lady shoes, that manly blazer.
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Yeah.
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I'm taking this to the school newspaper. They could use someone like Kerry.
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Why talk about Kerry? Who did Rich Brittany drag in here?
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Let's concentrate on Bridget.
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We gotta clean this mess about her dropping college prep courses.
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Why don't we hear from Bridget.
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I don't need college. I know what I wanna do. Be an esthetician.
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- A facialist? - A beautician?
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- A zit popper? - Rory!
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Back off!
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That's our boy. He'll be here in a couple of years.
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Can't wait.
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An esthetician. I can take classes here.
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After high school, I can get my license at the institute in six months.
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Esthetics is a hot new career. I could start at 30,000 a year.
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Whoa! Let me look at that catalogue.
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Wow. You've given this a lot of thought.
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She should be aiming at a four-year college.
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- What do you think, Mrs. Connelly? - Nice campus.
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Mr. Hennessy, we encourage many of our students to go into the trades.
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Look at your MBAs. I mean dot-com, dot bomb.
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Oh, yeah.
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Mrs. Connelly? Do you have any advice?
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Well, how about we make a compromise?
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Continue college prep courses and your electives can be in vocational arts.
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- OK. - OK. And keep working hard.
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Well, start working hard.
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Well, listen, thank you very much, Mrs. Connelly. I'm sorry for all this.
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It's just that, you know, I'm a concerned parent,
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father bear, as it were.
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You know what, I just want the best for my little cubs
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so that one day they can spread their wings and fly.
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Yes, I too, would like to see a bear cub spread its wings and fly.
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Bridget, how can I put this as gently as possible? Oh, yeah.
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There is no way in hell one of my daughters is gonna go to beauty school.
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- Mom! - Paul!
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I'm sorry. But, as a parent,
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I don't care if I can't be popular with my kids all the time.
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- Has anybody seen my sketchbook? - Not me, sweetheart, no.
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You can't tell me what to do. You're not the boss.
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Technically I am. I give you money once a week and I pay for your healthcare.
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How do I quit?
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How could you treat Bridget like that?
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She doesn't wanna go to college, Mom. But I do.
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Now see, there is some of that Hennessy ambition.
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In fact, I'd like to skip right to high school now.
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Oh, for Pete's sake.
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Rory, that girl will still be in detention five years from now.
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She'd better be.
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OK, tell the truth, Cate,
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are you happy that Bridget wants to go to beauty school
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with Rory's future wife?
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I would prefer she went to college.
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Then why are we having this discussion?
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Because we're married. Those are our children.
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You're gonna have to do better than that, Cate.
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Look, first of all, Bridget is showing enthusiasm
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for something other than boys and new tops.
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And secondly, she's taken initiative.
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These are qualities I wanna encourage in all my children.
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I can't find my sketchbook. Maybe Bridget knows where it is.
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Honey, have you looked in the garage, it could...
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in the...
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OK, where were we?
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I believe you were about to apologize.
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No, we were at number three.
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Bridget is 16 years old.
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That means she'll change her mind about a hundred times.
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Which brings us to four.
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We've never been to four. You're not allowed to go to four.
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You're a snob!
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I'm a snob?!
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Yeah, well... you hold a coffee cup with your pinky sticking out.
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You're not doing it right.
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Don't give me the finger, Cate. Let me tell you something, all right.
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I know you don't think so, but I know a thing or two about childrearing.
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I've done a pretty good job with these girls.
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He did what?! I'm gonna kill him!
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No! God, you're strong. No!
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Why not? You're mad at him, too!
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Mom is on my side making Dad feel like an idiot. You'll just muddy the waters.
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Your waters. I have my own issue here.
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We have the same issue. Dad is taking over our lives.
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Get it? If I win, we win.
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Oh, I see.
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No!
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Let go of me!
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What'd you do that for?
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I don't know. They do it in the movies.
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When the character's hysterical. I wasn't hysterical, I was mad.
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- I'm sorry. I love you so much. - God!
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It is not snobbery. I just want to nip this kind of thinking in the bud.
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Come on. You're sounding like a snob. Just like your father.
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We're gonna bring our in-laws into this? Let's not open that can of worms.
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Somebody wearing a muumuu holding a double daiquiri might pop out.
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I thought about not speaking to you for the rest of my life,
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appropriate, but then I figured you wouldn't know exactly how I felt,
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so I wrote down all my feelings for you.
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"I hate you."
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Well, that's clear and concise.
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You managed to convey a wealth of emotions into just three words.
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My first draft was only two words.
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Yes, Care Bear?
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I hate you, too!
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Come on, you don't understand.
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I showed Mrs. Connelly your work because I thought it was great and beautiful
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and I'm so proud of you. And I know one day you'll thank me.
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You are in very big trouble, young lady.
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Thank you.
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I took your cartoons to the student newspaper.
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Imagine my surprise when one of my colleagues,
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actually a number of my colleagues, pointed out to me that I am...
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"The Incredible Boring Woman."
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The principal.
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I need to take... immediate action
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since it already went to press.
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I've decided that Kerry should utilize her skills
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by painting banners for the pep squad for the rest of the semester.
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Yes, Mrs. Connelly.
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You may not respect the person, but you will respect the blazer.
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Yes, Mrs. Connelly.
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Rory, let's go.
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Wait a minute. We didn't bring you!
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Rory Joseph Hennessy. Come on! I can't believe... Go. Go.
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- Hi, honey. - Hi.
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What are you watching?
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Take a look.
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And now we shall hear from one of our graduates, Bridget Erin Hennessy.
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I'm Bridget Hennessy,
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and I wanna be the first President of the United States who's a girl.
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Oh. Aw... Her Kindergarten graduation.
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How did she go from leader of the free world to facialist?
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She changed her mind.
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You remember how many majors you had in college, Paul?
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Pre-med, pre-law...
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I was searching. I'm a seeker, a seeker of wisdom.
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Oh, bull. You were trying to please your parents.
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Yeah. That's a Hennessy tradition, college and pleasing your parents.
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Let me tell you about one of my family traditions.
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When I was little, I used to ask my mom
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why she always cut off the end of the Sunday pot roast.
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She said, "Because that's how my mother used to do it."
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So then I asked my grandma why she cut off the end of the Sunday roast.
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She said that's how her mother used to do it.
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So finally I went to visit my great-grandmother and I just had to ask:
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"Why do you cut off the end of the roast?"
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And she said, "Because the pan was too small."
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See where I'm going with this, Paul?
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Are we having pot roast for dinner?
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My point is the previous generation isn't always so wise.
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It's just, Bridget used to be filled with dreams and expectations.
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Whose dreams? Whose expectations?
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Look. Remember this?
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And that's 'cause my daddy says I can be whatever I want to be.
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That's exactly my point.
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No. You said she could be anything she wants to be.
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Are you proud, Dad?
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Your little girl is painting signs with bird mascots for the pep squad.
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I got you into trouble, Kerry, I'm sorry.
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But I'm not going to apologize for being your biggest fan.
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I think you're incredibly talented.
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And maybe, just maybe, you were born to be an artist.
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Why can't you get this through your skull?
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My art is personal. It's for me.
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- Fine. - Fine.
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Although, it was kinda cool being published.
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Yeah?
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Yeah, yeah, I have to admit, it made me feel kinda special.
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Well, that's great, Kerry, because you know what, you are kinda special.
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Dad, that means so much...
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Not now, honey, I gotta talk to your sister.
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Beach? Honey?
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Bridget, are you putting makeup on the boy?
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I was gonna exfoliate him.
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What? You said we were gonna eat lobster.
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Now I'm never gonna finish my homework!
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What, this is homework?
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Yeah. Pretty stupid, huh?
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- Can I help? - What are you doing?
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- You don't wanna flunk, do you? - No.
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OK, come on. Make me look like Robert Redford.
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You mean old? Done.
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OK.
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- Oh, whoa, that's hot! Hot! - I'm opening your pores.
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Uh, they like to be closed. Oh, my corneas are liquefying.
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Oh wait, this is important.
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Close your eyes.
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- Mm-hmm. - OK, OK, OK.
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Relax, you're such a baby.
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- Bridget, listen, I'm sorry. - Wait! Don't move. Don't move.
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I just wanna apologize. I didn't mean to make you feel bad.
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Then why did you?
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I don't know, I guess...
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knee-jerk reaction.
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Listen, I wanna tell you a story.
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When your mother was a little girl,
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she went to her mom and said,
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"Why do you use a little pan to cook the roast?"
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And her mother said,
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"Because that's what my mother used to cook the roast in?"
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So to make a long story short, your mom went to her great-grandmother
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and said "What's the deal with the little pan?"
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And do you know what her great-grandmother said?
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No.
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Neither do I.
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But grandma sure makes a good pot roast.
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Oh, yeah.
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And then my grandfather pushed my dad to go to college on the GI Bill
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so that he could make something of himself.
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- Is there a pan in this story? - Let me finish.
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Then my father pushed me to go to college
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because he wanted me to be a doctor.
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I hated that. And then today I realized I've been pushing you.
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I've become my father.
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But you didn't become a doctor.
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No, but I was annoyed by my father.
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Yeah, I became a writer. There were a lot of fights in between.
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I don't want you and me to fight, Bridge.
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So I can be an esthetician?
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I will support whatever you decide to become,
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as long as you promise to keep an open mind
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and never root for Ohio State.
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Cool.
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Oh!
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It was horrible, I surrendered. I told Bridget to do whatever makes her happy.
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Wow. You look great.
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Where did it all go wrong, Cate?
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I've lost the ability to have any impact on my kids.
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No, I mean it really, really great. What'd you do?
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Exfoliation. Mask. Moisturizer. Your basic full spa package.
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Seriously, like Robert Redford when he was young.
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Yeah? You wanna play Butch Cassidy and the...
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- Hey, Dad. - Could you knock?!
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Like I'm gonna walk in on anything.
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So, I looked at this college guide.
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- You did? - Yes, I said I'd be open-minded.
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I should totally go to college!
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Yes! I mean, if that's what you want, I'm totally OK with it.
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- If you buy me a car. - Uh, sure.
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No! No car!
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Why'd you change your mind?
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I read about the University of San Diego. It's by the ocean.
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It has a surf club, and the basketball team has hot guys.
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I really wanna go there. You should get me a convertible. Go Toreros!
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Well, Paul, you should be happy.
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- Paul? - No way is she going to California.
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- That's over two thousand miles away! - What?
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Stay home two years for your general education requirements.
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Who's the snob now? What's wrong with Michigan schools?
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Did you learn nothing about the pan story?
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What's going on?
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The art director from the paper is coming over. She wants to see my work.
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- It's all over the house. Be nice and send her upstairs, OK? - OK.
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Rory, get the door.
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- Aw, man. - Get the door.
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Take her upstairs, Rory.
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What?
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You heard me. Take her upstairs.
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It worked.
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