All language subtitles for Highway to Heaven S05E13 Merry Christmas from Grandpa.eng

[opening theme music playing]

[Christmas music playing]

[man] Time to go, Samuel.

Samuel, it's time to go.

It's getting late,
and your grandfather's waiting.

I wish it was
tomorrow morning.

It's awful waiting till
Christmas morning

to open
your presents.

If that's your most
awful experience,

you'll have
a pretty easy life.

Didn't you hate to wait
when you were a kid?

No. That's part
of the excitement,

wondering what
you're gonna get.

I hope I get
everything on my list.

Knowing your grandfather,
I'm sure you will.

I got a feeling
that kid's
Christmas list

is longer than
the Oakland phone book.

[laughing]
It is.

He's our assignment?

He's part of it.

I hope the other people
in this assignment
need some real help.

I got a feeling
that kid's got it made.

He does.

Then why is he part
of the assignment?

-Oh, Mark.
-Never mind, never mind.

You're going to give me that
"mysterious ways" line again.

Look. See that guy
right there?

Now, that guy looks
like he could use some help.

That's the kind of assignment
we should have
on Christmas eve.

He is.

-He's part of
the assignment?
-Sure.

How about that
for intuition?

[dog whining]

Merry Christmas.

Oh, that's cute, Jonathan.

She did that
on her own.

She's part
of the assignment, too.

Really?

Mm-hmm.

Anybody else?

Everybody.

Do you realize
how many people
live in this city?

I don't mean this city.

Thank you-know-who.

I don't mind working on
Christmas Eve, you know,
up to a point.

I mean the world.

Oh, well...

So much for watching
Miracle on 34th Street tonight.

Hi, Agatha.

Oh, good evening,
Master Samuel.

[Samuel] Hi, Mom.

What took you so long?
It's about time, young man.

I had to pick out
grandfather's present.

Three hours
to pick out shaving lotion?

How did you know
it's shaving lotion?

You pick it out
every year.

-Oh, well,
he likes it.
-I know.

[Mom] Uh-uh.

Don't shake
the packages.

Christmas is tomorrow.

Can I open
just one tonight?

No.

It's not fair. You guys
get to open
all your stuff tonight.

Mm, you are breaking
my heart.

You poor, mistreated boy.

Go wash up.

OK, where's Dad
and Grandfather?

He's in the study but
they're in a very
important meeting.

Can I go in for
just one minute?

I need to ask Grandpa
an important question.

No you don't,
because I have already
answered it.

You are not opening
anything tonight.

How come mothers
always know everything?

Just a God-given gift,
I suppose.

-Now go wash up.
-Okay.

The Senator feels
it's going to take
a slick advertising campaign

to get this to
appeal to the people.

You know the feeling
of the public since
the Chernobyl fiasco.

I know.

But I think my son has this
pretty well under control.

Some aspects
of the plan are obvious.

A nuclear power plant
is needed in the state

for us to attract
any kind of large industry.

As far as the public fears
are concerned,

I think we need to play up
the technical superiority
of the United States

versus the Russians.

We could make it
a pride issue.

That's good.

And we include a plan
to use the increased revenue

to secure more wetlands
and state parks.

If one or two
environmentalist groups
were behind us,

it would make
a difference.

That's easier
said than done.

Nobody said
it would be easy.

Listen, the world
isn't going to stand still.

If we don't do it,
somebody else will.

We'll be left behind.

Go to work, Bob.

Yes, sir.
I'll be in Washington
on the 2nd.

Have a nice Christmas.

I will, and I'll be
talking to you soon.

I'll look forward to it.

-Have a nice trip.
-Thank you.

-A little bourbon?
-Yes, thanks.

[glasses clinking]

My son, this project
is going to put HNNC
through the roof.

-We haven't
got it yet, Dad.
-Oh, yes we do.

The timing's right.
The project's right.

We're going to turn
this state around, you and I.

For the better, I hope.

Of course
for the better.

I wish you could
convince Barbara of that.

Maybe I can.

Look, you and I know
this plan is
the state of the arts.

It has more
backup systems
and safety controls

than you could
shake a stick at.

Technical stuff's
not her bailiwick.

Let's give her
something concrete.

-Like what?
-The summer place.

What about it?

She likes it there,
always has.

It's my Christmas gift
to her.

Dad...

You'll own it
anyway someday, right?

And I like for her
to have it now.

It's 60 miles
from the plant site.

Now, does she think
I would give her that

if I had any worries
about the plant?

I mean, my grandson's
going to be there,
for God's sakes.

Dad, you don't
have to do that--

I'm doing it
because I want to,

not because I have to.

Now I got to make
some calls before turkey time.

OK.

-Can I...
-Yes, yes,
you can tell her

She'll be thrilled.

She always wanted to
redecorate the place, anyway.

Thanks, Dad.

[doorbell chimes]

-May I help you?
-Aggie?

Do I know you?

Well, not really.
I know about you
through your son.

Peter?

I do business
in London occasionally.
We met there.

In a pub, no doubt.

No. His pub days
are over, Aggie.
He's turned his life around.

I'll believe that
when I hear it
from his own lips.

You will, tonight.
He promised me
he'd call ya on Christmas Eve.

Ha!

You know the last time
I heard from him?

Nine years.

I won't be waiting
by the phone.

He will call, Aggie.

I pray you're right,
Mr., Uh...?

Smith.

Jonathan Smith.
This is Mark Gordon.

We're here
to see Ronald.

Is he expecting you?

No, but it won't take long,

and it's very important.

Oh, I'm sorry,
but the master wouldn't...

mind at all, I'm sure.

Go right in.

Thank you, Aggie.

I know that, Senator.
I sure appreciate it.

You bet. And the same
to you and yours.

Don't forget our bet
on the rose bowl game.

We'll see about that.

OK, I'll talk to you
next week.

Bye, now.

Who are you two?

My name is Jonathan Smith
and this is Mark Gordon.

We're sorry to
barge in on you
like this.

How did you
get in here?

Agatha let us in.

Well, she can
let you just out
right now.

Listen.

I don't like strangers
coming into my house,
especially on Christmas eve.

I understand how you feel,
and I won't take up
much f your time,

but it's important.

It concerns
your grandson.

-Samuel?
-That's right.

Your company's
the leading contractor

for the proposed
nuclear plant at Galant.

What does this got to do
with my grandson?

Everything. His future,
his health, the health of
his children.

All right. All right.

What group
are you guys with?

The human race.

Oh, please, spare me, please.

We have a nuclear
regulatory commission
in this country.

Take your complaints up
with them.

Come on, the NRC isn't going
to listen to me.

And neither am I!

Can you guarantee

this won't turn into
another Three Mile Island?

We're going to
bring that up again?

It's been blown
way out of proportion.

Blown out
of proportion?

Everyone involved,
the NRC, the entire
nuclear industry

spent a fortune
convincing us that

what happened at
Three Mile Island
wouldn't harm anybody.

Yet, when they went
to court,

they said that the people
who were dying of cancer
were at fault,

because they should've
known all the time that
radiation was dangerous.

Look, let's put
an end to this.

This plant is fail-safe.
I guarantee it.

The Russian government

guaranteed Chernobyl
wouldn't have a meltdown
for 10,000 years.

Are you comparing
their technology with ours?

They're light years
away from us.

We guaranteed there'd be
thousands of accident-free
launchings of the space shuttle

before any disasters.
It took twenty.

I've heard enough.

Time to go.

You come back here again,
I'll call the police.

Come on!

Out!

I almost forgot.

Merry Christmas.

Aggie...

What? Oh, Mr. Smith.

We're leaving now.

Leaving? I don't remember
letting you in.

[telephone rings]

Better get that,
Aggie. It could be
for you.

[telephone ringing]

Hays residence.

This is she.

Peter! My boy!

Well, you made
Aggie happy.

Sure struck out
with Hays.

What was that present
you gave him?

A look at the future
he guaranteed.

[Mr. Hays] "No one spoke.

For they were all thinking
about their adventure.

They heard Sharon's mother
call them to dinner.

And as they marched up to eat,
they smiled at one another.

They had shared
a great dream.

And it would always
remind them

of how much dreams can help
to bring people together."

All right.
That's it for tonight.

Oh, Grandpa.
Just one more chapter.

I've read three already.

Now come on.
Put your head
on the pillow,

and go to sleep.

You have a big day tomorrow.

Lie next to me for a while.

Samuel.

Please? I like
when you do that.

All right, only for
a little while.

-Grandpa?
-Mm-hmm?

Is that big blue box
under the tree from you?

Mm-hmm.

Boy, I wonder
what's in it!

You'll know
in the morning.

It couldn't be the car
with the real motor
that we saw.

You wouldn't give me that.

Goodnight, Samuel.

Goodnight, Grandpa.

-Grandpa?
-No more questions, Samuel.

I wasn't going to
ask a question.

I wanted to say
I love you.

I love you too, Samuel.

"Merry Christmas, Grandpa.

2018."

Where are we, anyway?

Ronald Hays' future.

Hmm...

You know what?

I feel different.

You should feel different.
You're 30 years older.

I'm what?

You're 30 years older.
This is the year 2018.

You're kidding?

Ohh...

Look at that--look!
My hair's all white.

You're 80 years old.
Something's got to change.

Yeah, guess so.

Say, you mean
I'm really going
to live this long?

That's right.

Maybe now you'll thank me
for getting you
to quit smoking.

Hey, that's right.

Well, what are we doing
standing here?

Waiting for him.

Excuse me. I don't
know where I'm...

You...

I know you.

You're the one
who came to my house.

That's right.

What's going on?
Where am I?

In your future.

Thirty years from
the time we spoke.

That's ridiculous.

Is it?

Barbara, why don't you
take a break in my office?

Come on.

Yes, that's Barbara,
your daughter-in-law.

This is crazy.

Why is she crying?

What's happening?

Why don't you
go in the room

and find out
for yourself?

Who's in there?

Your grandson Samuel.

Is there
something wrong?
Is he ill?

No. He's not ill.

Come on.

That's...that's Samuel?

That's right.

[Hays] And the little boy?

[Jonathan]
Ron Hays II.

Your great-grandson.

Dear god.

The plant you built
had an accident.

Several hundred
thousand gallons
of radioactive water

went down Piper Creek.

Your son Gordon
and little Ron

were swimming that day.

They spent all their summers
at the lodge.

Little Ron really
loved his grandfather.

What are you saying?
Where is my son?

I want to see him!
I want to talk to my son!

He died of cancer
a year ago.

Daddy, where's Mommy?

[Samuel] She'll be back soon.

You look tired, Daddy.

Rest your head
for a little while.

Daddy, I love you.

I love you, too, son.

This is the future
you guaranteed.

Samuel.

Samuel.

Samuel.

Samuel!

Oh! Oh, Samuel.

It's my fault.

Grandpa, what's wrong?

I had a dream--
a bad dream.
It scared me.

I've had them, too.

They're just dreams, though.

They can't really happen,
can they, grandpa?

No. Not if you
don't let them, son.

[voice breaking]
Not if you
don't let them.

[snoring]

[moaning]

Must have dozed off
there for a minute.

Boy, I was dreaming--

Oh.

Whew! It was a dream.

No. It was
a nightmare--

One that
might come true.

Where are we, anyway?

Out in farm country.

Ha ha! Oh, yeah?
That's great!

You smell that air?
Love that.

I remember that
when I was a kid.

Now, this is
the kind of place
to grow up in.

Ah, it used to be.

What do you mean
it used to be?

You'll see.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Hey, don't worry
about it.

It's only two.
That's a new record.

Hand me that dustpan.

I'll get it.

Why don't you
put Bon to bed?
It's getting late.

Not yet. It's early,
and I'm not tired.

Maybe you're not,
but we are.

You'll be up
before the sun.

No, I won't.
I promise.

Don't make promises
you can't keep.

Can't I see
the lights first?

OK, then it's off to bed.

Oh!

It's beautiful.

It's the most beautiful tree
we ever had.

I think so, too.

I picked it out, remember?

How could I forget?

Give your mom a kiss.

-Oh, please.
-Now.

-Goodnight, Mom.
-Goodnight, my beauty.

Here we go.

Now...Right off to sleep.

You've got
a big day tomorrow.

It's going
to be hard to sleep.

I'm too excited.

Well, just close your eyes

and let visions of sugarplums
dance in your head.

I don't even know
what a sugarplum
looks like.

Oh. Well, then,
count sheep.

That always works.

Now give me a kiss.

I love you.

I love you, too.

I'll get her presents.

You need any help?

No, I got it.
You'd better make coffee.

I've got that doll house
to put together.

I'm sure it's got
a thousand pieces.

Coffee coming up.

Hey, Ruth?

Yeah. What?

Were you in
the chemical storage
room tonight?

No. Why?

The light's on.

I'm not the only one
who forgets
to turn off lights.

I'll be right back.

[wind blowing]

[door creaking]

[whistling]

[Jonathan]
Good evening, Tom.

What--

Who are you?

My name's Jonathan.
This is Mark.

I don't know
what you want--

Hey, it's all right.

Don't be afraid.
I just want to
talk to you.

How did you get in here?

That's not important.
What I have to say is.

Why didn't you
come on up
to my house?

Because it's these chemicals
I wanted to talk about.

You've got quite
an assortment here--

Pesticides, nitrates,
you name it.

You use a lot
of these chemicals?

I use what I need to use.
What's this all about?

Maybe you use too much.

[scoffs]

I don't need anyone
telling me how to farm.

I produce more per acre
than any man
in this valley.

At your family's expense.

What are you
talking about?

The buildup
of deadly chemicals

in your soil
and your water.

When's the last time
you had your
well water analyzed?

I don't know,
a couple of years.

It was in acceptable limits.

You tested for
all these chemicals?

Most.

Hell, I don't know.

Look, it's Christmas eve.

I'd like you
to get out of here.

Look, I understand
how you feel.

I'll only take
another minute.

Tom, it's got to stop.

The indiscriminate use
of chemicals has to stop.

You're respected
around here.
You could help.

Look, it isn't just me.
It's everybody.

People want cheap food.

You realize what would happen
if you stopped using this,

food costs
would jump 30%--
maybe more.

Let's say you're right
about that. What about
the other costs?

Somebody has
to clean up this mess,

otherwise there won't be
any water left to drink.

And what about
the other costs--

hospital bills,
insurance premiums?

I'm not doing
anything illegal.

I'm following
federal farm policy.

Federal farm policy
wasn't designed to maintain

the soil's fertility
or the water's purity.

It was designed
for one thing--

to produce an abundant
supply of food.

And who gets rich?

Chemical companies
and commodity traders.

You get the government
to do something.

Then I'll do something.

If you don't get out,
I'll call the police.

You're wasting
your time, Jonathan.

Here, Tom.

What's this?

A present.
Have a merry Christmas.

[door creaking shut]

"Merry Christmas, Grandpa"?

That guy's really wacky.

I don't have a grandchild.

[wind blowing]

What the hell
is going on here?

Ruth?

Ruth!

Bonnie?

Who are you?

What are you
doing in my house?

Where's my wife
and my daughter?

[Jonathan]
She can't hear you.

She can't see you, either.

You two.

What is this?

Where's my wife
and my daughter?

Your wife died
five years ago,
soon after you did.

Soon aft--

Oh, I'm having a dream.

Does it feel
like a dream?

I'm...

I'm dead?

Yeah.

You were only 52.

My daughter...Bonnie?

That's...

That's my Bonnie?

That's Bonnie.

[child]
Mom!

Mom!

Bonnie.

Here, Tommy.

More, Mom.
I'm so thirsty.

There's no more, son.

More, Mom.

Thirsty.

I'll get more, son.

I'll get more.

What's she doing?
The boy's thirsty.

[glass crashing]

[liquid bubbling]

Oh, god.

[Jonathan]
Pretty horrible,
isn't it?

There was a buildup
of chemicals

in the ground water--
no way to stop it.

There was a cry
of emergency.

They banned the use
of all chemicals.

By then, it was too late.

Where's she going?

Her son's water--
your grandson--

She's going to try
to get him some.

[wind howling]

Half-gallon. $50.

Well, can't you
fill it, please?

You said 50 bucks worth.

Next!

A gallon.

$100.

Please. My wife--

Let's see the money,
old man, 100 bucks!

I...I don't have it.

100 bucks.

I...I've got this watch.

What do I want with that?

Anybody here care
what time it is?

[laughing]

Come back when
you have money, old man.

But my wife
needs water now.

Move on!

Next!

A gallon.

100 bucks.
Let's have it.

Fill the old man's
bottle first.

Fill it!

Bless you.

Bless you.

Bless you.

Now mine.

[gunshot]

Bonnie!

Bonnie?

[Ruth] Tom!

Tom!

Yeah?

What are you doing?

I'm coming!

What were you
doing out there?

I was, uh...

I don't know,

thinking.

Have you ever...

had a...dream

without being asleep?

You mean like daydreaming?

Yeah, I guess so,
but it was...

It was what?

Nothing.

Whole thing
was ridiculous.

The coffee's
on the stove.

Thanks, hon.

I had this silly...

nightmare...

Or whatever,
about you and Bonnie...

and my grandson.

Your grandson?

You're kind of
rushing Bonnie along,
aren't you?

Yeah, it was
the craziest--

Tom? Tom, what's wrong?

It's getting late, Jonathan.

What are we doing here?

We got an appointment
with the president.

We've got an appointment
with the president

1:00 Christmas morning?

I know you're an angel,

but how did you get him
to say yes to this?

To be honest, I didn't.

He doesn't
know about it yet.

Oh, no,
I got the feeling

I'm going to be
getting older again.

[sounds from television]

[sounds of gunfire
and explosions]

Mr. President?

Mr. President!

What?

I'm sorry I had
to awaken you.

What the hell's
going on here?

Oh, don't bother.

I'm on every channel--

Even more than when
you make a speech.

Someone on my staff
must like practical jokes.

It's not a joke,
Mr. President.

Don't try to get up.
You won't be able to.

Who are you?
What's going on?

Let's just say
I'm an alien
from outer space,

like the one in the movie
you were watching,

but you don't
have to worry,

I'm only here
to talk to you.

Talk to me
about what?

About earth,
about this planet,

about its destruction.

What if I told you that
a force more powerful
than you can imagine

was coming to
destroy the earth?
What would you do?

Ridiculous.

Well, maybe,
but it's ridiculous

that you can't get
out of that chair,
yet it's happening.

What would you do?

Well, I'd notify
Congress, and--

Then?

Well, I'd call together
all the world leaders.

Both friends and enemies?

Of course, you're talking
about the destruction
of the world.

We'd have to
come together
to fight it.

It's already here.

What's already here?

The force
that's destroying
the earth.

It's been here
for some time,

growing stronger
every day.

Are--are you sure
about this?

Oh, very sure.

Dear god, where did
they come from?

From here.

From earth.

We are the force
that's destroying
the earth.

We're polluting
our rivers and oceans,

turning them
into seas of poison.

We're destroying
our ozone layer.

We're creating
millions of tons of
deadly nuclear waste

with no notion
how to dispose of it.

Our rain forests
are disappearing

at the rate of
50,000 acres a day.

Our oxygen supply
lowers every minute.

Hey, look,
whoever you are,

I want you to know that
I've discussed these things.

Why, I've formed committees--

Who will do nothing
if it interferes
with growth,

with money,
and greed.

-No, that's not true.
-Oh, yes, it is.

This destructive force
can only be stopped

when all the world's leaders,
all the world's people,

make it their
number one priority.

We're not going to
destroy each other.

We're not going
to be destroyed
from outer space.

Don't you see?
We are going to
destroy ourselves.

What is it
you expect me to do?

Let the world know
that it's time to
put away their petty hates

and to join together
for the common good
of all men.

We're on this earth
for such a short time.

We're only
the caretakers
for the next generation,

and the next,
and the next.

And if we don't
heal this planet,
Mr. President...

Someday there will be
no next generation
for any of us.

Wait.

Wait.

Wait!

Wait!

-George.
-Wait!

-George!
-Wait!

Wake up.

Wake up.

What?

Oh, what a dream
you were having.

Any louder,
we would've had

a room full
of secret service.

I'm sorry.
It was so real.

There was
a man here

telling me about
the destruction
of the world.

Well, we all have
nightmares about
atomic war.

But it wasn't war.

It was about pollution--

The water, the air.

That's what you get

for reading
ecology reports
before bedtime.

From now on,
only read how well
the economy's doing.

You'll sleep like a log.
Come on to bed.

I've--I've never had
a dream like that
in all my life.

Put it out
of your mind.

You're going to need
all your strength tomorrow.

You're going to have
a White House full
of grandchildren

in the morning.

He said if we didn't
do something now...

there would be
no generations to come.

I guarantee you, with all
your grandchildren,

there'll be
generations to come.

Now, go to sleep.

Good night.

[sighing]

What? What in--

[humming Silent Night]

It's him...
The man in my dreams.

Who are these children?

These are
the great-grandchildren
you would have had.

These would have been
your great-
great-grandchildren.

And those are
the great-great-
great-grandchildren

you would have had.

Merry Christmas,

great-great-great-
grandfather.

You said,
"would have been."

What did you mean?

The world died,
Mr. President.

You did nothing
to stop it.

They were never born.

It's not in my hands
to stop it.

It's in the hands
of all men...

All of us.

♪ The first Noel ♪

♪ The angel did say ♪

♪ Was to certain
Poor shepherds ♪

♪ In fields as they lay ♪

♪ In fields
Where they lay... ♪

Quite a night.

Yeah. Yeah, it was.

Think it'll do any good?

I don't know.

Like anybody else
on this earth
who really cares,

you got to try.

Come on, let's watch
Miracle on 34th Street.

Sferastudios