All language subtitles for Gortimer.Gibbons S02E13_English

Gortimer, narrating:
I've lived my whole life
on Normal Street.

There's a lake at one end,

and a forest of shady trees
at the other.

But what lies in between
is anything but normal.

As little kids,
we used to think

the scariest thing about
the dark was monsters.

But as we get older

and learn that monsters
aren't real,

the biggest fear...

becomes the unknown.

What's up with you?

[sigh]
School starts next week,

and I haven't done
anything all summer.

What are you talking about?

You got your orange belt
in karate.

But it's not green.

You helped install the new
ovens in the bakery.

But you didn't let me
hook up the gas.

You volunteered
at that animal shelter

for weird raccoons.

They were ferrets.

What's
really bothering you?

You know,

I haven't seen
Mel or Gortimer around

for a while.

The three of us

haven't hung out
together in weeks.

Things are...
different.

Mm.

Try this idea on for size.

What do you say we all go
up to the cabins tomorrow?

Your dad and I can
stay in the big house,

and you guys can stay
in the little fishing cottage,

have some time together.

So we get to go
up there alone?

Easy. We'll just be
up the road.

Come on.
You love the cabins.

I don't know.

What if I told you
there was going to be

a meteor shower
tomorrow night?

Is there going to
be a meteor shower
tomorrow night?

Yeah. The, uh...

gamma dolphins.

The gamma delphinids?

Wow.

It's the end of August
already.

And since when
are you into astronomy?

I'm not, but you are.

So you're coming, right?

I really can't.

You and Gortimer should
still go, though.

But Gortimer said he
wouldn't go unless you came.

I don't feel right
leaving my dad.

Hey. What's up, kid?

Nothing much. Just having
my perfect plan crushed,

that's all.

I was just
explaining to Ranger

that unfortunately
I won't be able to go

with his family up
to the cabins tomorrow.

You love that old place.
Why can't you go?

I didn't think
you'd want me to.

Go. You need the sun.

And I don't want
to contribute

to your Vitamin D
deficiency.

I'll be just fine.

Thanks.
She needs this.

I guess we're going
to the cabin, then.

[door closes]

Come on. We can
stay up all night.

We don't even have
to go to sleep.

I like sleeping.

Well, then you can
sleep the whole time.

We can do whatever we want.

We have the cabin
all to ourselves.

Well, don't be mad
at me, all right?

I'm just not feeling
outdoorsy.

Plus I got to get
all my stuff together

before school starts,

Fine.

I guess Mel and I

will just have to go
without you.

Mel's going?

Yeah. And she really
wanted you to come, too,

but go ahead.
Disappoint her.

When do we leave?

All right. Best weekend
ever commences

in T-minus--

How far away
is the cabin?

45 minutes.

In T-minus
45 minutes.

You're going to
have to create a new
category for fun

because we're taking it
to a whole new level.

I told you no fireworks.

Don't worry.
I checked his bag.

Here.

Hey, guys.

I say shooting.
You say stars. Shooting.

So what's this
meteor shower?

Well, the gamma delphinids
won't last long--

usually less than an hour.

But it says that the
meteors will be going

almost 130,000 miles an hour.

Okay. We got
the fire started,

and the cabin is
officially spider-free,

at least for the next

20 seconds.

Leave the broom, please.

Right.

Our cabin is
just up the road.

You yell if you need
anything, okay?

We'll be fine.

You'll let me know
if my dad calls?

Of course, honey.

Okay. Bye.

- Bye.
- Bye.

Come on.

[chuckle]
Look at this.

Front row seats
for the meteor shower.

What about
those clouds?

They're heading north,
obviously.

[thunder]

I don't remember
it being this...

Rustic?

That's a nice way
of putting it.

No. This is great,
just like old times.

Ah. Check it out.

Most of the pieces
are missing.

That's okay.
We can improvise.

Can you also improvise dinner
out of two cans of beans?

[sigh]
Don't worry.

My parents are
going to grill us

some burgers later.

But I brought
an emergency bag

of s'more stuff in case
you guys get hungry.

I think we
should just go up to
your parents' cabin.

No. That would ruin the whole
point of being here.

Why are we here?

Well, I'm only here

because you wanted
me to be here.

But I'm only here

because you wanted
me to be here.

I'll make
the hot chocolate.

[sigh]

[thunder]

No way.

Is that what I think it is?

Prepare to be amazed.

Hey. It's Tim.

I haven't seen you
in five years.

[laughing]

"Yesterday morning
I got out of Bigfoot,

went to the bathroom,
and brushed my Bigfoot"?

It says "Bigfoot"
in every blank.

That was me.
I was so into him.

And I renew my objection.
"Bigfoot" is not a verb.

I remember that summer.

We imagined
there were cannibals

hiding in the forest.

You might have imagined it,

but Gortimer and I,
we had dinner with them.

They served us
knuckle sandwiches.

[laughing]

Okay. Time.

What animal
have I said would make
a good Vice-president?

Dachshund.

Dachshund.

Sweet.

How many is that in a row
that we've gotten right?

39.

No one knows us
better than us.

Shh. Listen.

It stopped raining.

Meteor shower.

Do I know
how to build a fire,

or do I know how
to build a fire?

Looks great, Dad.

If you guys stay up late,
keep it down.

We can hear you.
And have fun.

Together: Thanks.

Your dad is the best.

So when do you think
the shower's going to...

start?

Wow.

Can we just acknowledge

that this is an absolutely
perfect moment?

Thanks for tricking us
into coming.

I wish we could
stay here forever.

Gortimer:
I thought you said

it was only going
to last an hour.

Seems like it's been
way longer than that.

Yeah. I can't hold it
any longer.

I'll be right back.

[chuckle]

You should
go easy on those.

I bet you've eaten
the whole bag.

[mouth full]
Mm? No, I didn't.

That's weird.

[footsteps]

Huh?

How'd you do that?

I don't know. I was
just walking straight.

Something's
not right, guys.

No kidding?

33.

Eat one.

How many?

33.

Mel, what's going on?

Mel?

There.

And again.
That's the same meteor.

That one, too.

I didn't notice before,
but they're repeating.

I think it came true.

What did?

Our wish that we could
stay here forever.

The meteor shower
keeps repeating,

the bag of marshmallows
never empties,

and Ranger
just left one side

and came back
on the other.

This moment is literally
lasting forever.

Should we be worried?

Well, if we could
wish ourselves here,

shouldn't we be able
to wish ourselves out of it?

I guess theoretically.

Do you guys want to?

Go back, I mean.

- No.
- No.

Me, neither.

[grunting]

[laughing]

What did you
call it again?

A pocket universe.

I mean, I think
that's what it is.

When we made the wish,

we created a universe
inside our universe--

like a bubble
suspended in time.

That means we can do
whatever we want.

Were going to live
like kings.

Just think
about all the stuff

we'll never have to
deal with again.

Where do we start?

We're kings. We should
have a castle.

How are we going
to build a castle?

We won't. Our loyal
subjects will.

We don't have
any loyal subjects.

How about loyal
animal subjects?

- Ranger: In the trees.
- [elephant trumpets]

Gortimer: Okay.
A massive tree castle.

with rope bridges
between the branches

so we can always
see the stars.

[elephant trumpets]

We can train golden
eagles to play fetch.

Ooh, and what about
monkey butlers?

Naturally there would
be monkey butlers.

[chattering]

What about the rest
of the gang?

Definitely.

Stanley was born to have
a monkey butler.

On a water slide.

And our families. Gardner
would love it here, too.

And fireworks
all the time.

I thought you didn't
bring any fireworks.

Oh. Right.

And wait. How did our friends
and family get here?

And there aren't
really any bears

or monkeys
or elephants around.

Just bugs.

So just the three of us?

That's all
we really need.

[Mel sighs]
Another one down.

[sigh] And I've officially
read every book here.

Oh, there's something else.

What's this?

Oh. Yeah.
That's just an--

That's just an old
grocery list.

[sigh]
Groceries?

[sniffing]

Don't take this the wrong way,

but when was the last
time you washed?

Before I left home.

That was days ago.

Technically
it was earlier today.

Marshmallows
for breakfast again?

This is dinner.

I think it's lunch.

I don't know
how you eat this.

Your taste buds are up here.

You can trick your mind
into believing anything.

For example, this is
yellowtail sashimi,

and this is
wasabi soy sauce.

And I just lost my appetite.

Never thought I'd say this,
but I would love a slice

of school cafeteria
pizza right now,

even with the ketchup sauce.

[sigh] I miss broccoli.

I miss my mom's
banana bread.

And my mom.

Me, too.

M-Mel. I'm sorry.
I wasn't thinking.

It's okay.

Feels good to say it.

I miss my mom.

And my dad.

I think it's time
we go back.

Gortimer:
They all look the same.

They're not, though.

The one we made the wish on

was primarily
constituted of copper,

which means it'll appear
in the green spectrum,

not blue like the others.

There.

That one's ours.

Okay?

Now.

I wish this night would end.

Did it work?

I don't think so.

The pattern
just started again.

No. No, I--
I think it worked.

Watch.

[sigh]

[sigh]

I don't understand.
It should have worked.

Maybe you just can't make
a wish and take it back.

Maybe we didn't
really mean it,

not as much
as the first one.

When we wished we could
stay here forever,

did you really mean it?

- Of course.
- Yeah, me, too.

Me. too.

But just now,
when we wished

for everything
to go back to normal,

I don't think I want that.

Why?

I don't know what
normal is anymore.

Is it coming home every day

knowing that my mom's
not going to be there?

Everyone keeps saying

that life is supposed
to keep moving forward,

but that scares me.

It's like once I
accept normal life,

I'm really saying
goodbye to her,

and I don't think
I'm ready for that.

And that's why you made
the first wish.

Being here with you guys,
everything feels safe.

I'm sorry I messed things up.

Well...

you're not the only one
that didn't want to go back.

[sigh]

This isn't a grocery list.

Duh.

Abigail wrote me

about how much fun she was
having at summer camp,

and I didn't want her to think

I was just sitting around
obsessing over her.

Which you are.

Regardless,

I wrote her back,

and I kind of told her
I had a girlfriend.

Gortimer!

I know.

I can't believe you.

That is so bad.

Did you at least
give her a cool name?

Marjorie.

Oh, no. Just don't
tell me any more.

Tell me more.

We met volunteering
at a nursing home.

She smells
like French vanilla.

Her eyes are the color
of a blue raspberry
Arctic Slushy.

And she gets all my jokes.

Well, did it
at least work?

Was Abigail
super jealous?

No. She was happy for me.

[Mel laughs]

She actually wants
to meet Marjorie.

Oh, Gortimer.

What are you
going to do?

Well, I wrote her
another letter

saying that Abigail
won't get to meet her

because Marjorie
is moving to Alaska.

That's preposterous.

You're not actually going
to send that, are you?

Well, I can't lie
to her again.

But I can't tell her
the truth, either.

I'm doomed.

Is that why you didn't
want to go back?

Being honest with Abigail
is going to be hands down

the most humiliating thing
I've ever had to do.

Unless we could find you
a girlfriend named Marjorie

in the next week.

I can't believe
I got myself into this.

Why didn't you just
come talk to me about it?

I didn't want to bug you.

What are you talking about?

Well,
you got so much going on.

My girl problems
are so... trivial.

Girl problems
are still problems.

We're always there
for each other,

no matter what.

She's right.

Thanks, you guys.

I think I'm ready to go back.

For real this time.

Shall we give it
another shot?

I wish this night would end.

[sigh]
It didn't work.

We're going to be
stuck here forever.

No, no, no, no, no.
This can't be happening.

We did everything right.

Mel, calm down.
It's going to be fine.

It's not going to be fine.

We should have never
come here,

and now we're trapped.

There has to be
another way out.

Climb the trees?

Wait. There's a loop point.

A what?

In the meteor shower.

Just as the brightest
meteor fades,

there's a split second
of total darkness

before the pattern
repeats. There.

Almost like hitting
the reset button.

But what happens during
the split second?

I don't know.
Maybe it's like a hiccup
in the pocket universe.

What are you doing?

Testing your theory.

Mel: Get ready.

Now.

[sigh]

We found our way out.

How do you know?
We don't know

what happened
to that rock.

It could have
burned up.

Maybe there's
nothing out there.

We can run through.
I'll go first and test it.

But how will we know
if you've made it

or just vanished
forever?

This is the worst
idea ever.

Ranger's right.

We have to do this together.

No. That's not what I meant.

Any second.

On 3.

- 1.
- 2.

Stop.

It was me.

It was all my fault.

So do you want to tell us
what's going on?

No. You'll hate me.

Talk to us.

It was me, okay?

I didn't really
reverse my wish

because I don't want
this night to end.

I don't know why
you guys do, either.

Life is only going to get
harder if we go back.

But if we stay here,

we won't ever have
to deal with death

or sadness or change.

It used to be easier.

Staying here doesn't mean
we won't ever be sad.

My mom's still gone,
and that pain's still there.

We've just been
distracting ourselves,

and you can only do that
for so long.

But there's no guarantee
that we're going to be
okay out there.

We don't know what's going
to happen in ninth grade.

No.

But we'll be together.

Really? We used to be
together all the time.

And now, I mean,

I had to draw up
master plans

just to get you both
to come out here.

That never would
have happened before.

I just want things
to go back to normal.

Normal is
always changing.

And we'll go through
ups and downs.

But we'll always be us.

I wish this night would end.

** [guitar]

**[harmonica]

Male singer:
*Sometimes in our life *

* We all have pain *

* We all have sorrow *

* But if we are wise *

*We know that there's
always tomorrow *

* Lean on me *

* When you're not strong *

*I'll be your friend *

*I'll help you carry on *

*For it won't be long *

*Till I'm gonna need *

* Somebody to lean on *

* Please swallow your pride *

*If I have things *

*That you need to borrow *

*For no one can fill *

* Those of your needs *

* That you won't let show *

* You just call
on me, brother *

*When you need a hand *

* We all need somebody
to lean on *

* I just might have a problem *

* That you... *