All language subtitles for The.Waltons.S03E10.The.Marathon.WEBRip.x264-ION10

Come on, boys. Let's go.
We ain't got all night.

-Okay.
-Alright.

Entering Boatwright University,
in 1934...

meant that I was also entering
a whole new phase of my life.

Although exposure to the outside
world brought excitement

and challenge, it also brought
changes and conflicts...

which neither I nor anyone in my
family had been able to foresee.

Just closing up.

Excuse me, but my brother
ordered a set of headphones.

He was told they'd be in
sometime today.

-Just came in this morning.
-Good.

-Name's Walton, isn't it?
-Yes, it is.

These are fine. He'll be
very happy to get these.

-Ninety-seven cents.
-Okay.

I need to get some notebooks
and some pencils.

I'll just take a second,
alright?

Well, are you off now?

I was just coming back
to say goodbye.

You sure you won't
change your mind, Daisy?

Quite sure.

I put in a couple
of extra dollars.

Thank you,
Mr. Patterson.

Thanks for everything.

-I know what I'm doing, I do.
-I sure hope you do.

Personally, I think
it's just plain foolishness.

Well...

goodbye, Daisy.

You take good care of
yourself...

and you come back and see us,
whenever you can, okay?

I will.

Bye.

I don't know.

People today, they just seem
to have gone plumb crazy.

Now, let's see what
you got there.

Just two books and four pencils
and some earphones here.

-Next.
-Bet this will be a lot of fun.

It sure will, pal. Sure will.

Nobody under 18,
remember that, Fred.

Okay.

Thompson.

-First name is Clyde.
-Spell that.

-C-L-Y-D-E.
-Yep.

Hi.

Hi. You gonna sign up?

For this marathon thing?

I don't know. What do you do?

You give them your name
and you choose a partner.

Then tomorrow morning
the Marathon starts...

and you see how long
you can keep dancing.

This one lasts seven days.

-Seven days? Straight through?
-Right.

At the end of that time, a lot
of people will have dropped out.

But for whoever's left,
they have what they call

"elimination dances"

and the winning team
gets to share $200.

-$200. That's crazy!
-You want to sign up then?

-When does it start?
-Tomorrow.

-Tomorrow? Saturday, Sunday....
-And I need a partner.

Listen, I'm on mid-semester
break until a week from Monday.

Next.

-Last name first, honey.
-Garner.

G-A-R-N-E-R.

First name, Daisy.

You got a partner?

Walton, W-A-L-T-O-N, John.

Why not?

I just don't understand it.

He's been late before.

I know, but he's never been as
late as this.

Boy's old enough
to take care of himself.

Old enough or not,
supper was three hours ago...

and I'd say that's just
plain inconsiderate.

Livie, the boy's got a life
of his own now...

there's no use trying
to cling on to him.

I am not clinging on to him
and I don't understand why....

Jim-Bob, where have you been?

Ben needed a smaller screwdriver

so I went to the saw
mill to get him one.

I have told you and Elizabeth
not to run outside after dark.

Sorry, Mama.

I don't understand what's come
over this family lately.

Everybody doing exactly what
they want...

and paying no mind at all
to anyone else's feelings.

Okay.

Now you run the wire
from the crystal

through the groove along
the bottom--

Wait a second, Mary Ellen.

It takes longer to build
a crystal set

than reading the instructions.
Now slow it down!

At this rate,
it'll never get done.

-I got it!
-Good.

I sure wish John-Boy would get
home with the earphones...

so we could all
plug in and listen.

With earphones, only one person
can listen at a time.

Ben, when are you gonna
get it finished?

-Tomorrow.
-More like a week from tomorrow.

I sure wish John-Boy
was home though.

If I was John-Boy,
I wouldn't want to get home.

-Why not?
-'Cause Mama's real mad.

She said nobody in the family
is paying any mind

to anybody's feelings anymore.

-I just don't understand it.
-Understand what, Mary Ellen?

When John-Boy got accepted
to Boatwright...

Ma was really proud and excited.

Now that he's actually going
there every day, she seems....

-Seems what?
-Well, sort of edgy.

Home!

Where have you been?

I had to read at the library and
then I stopped by in Scottsville

to pick up Ben's earphones.
I'm sorry, Mama.

-I didn't know it was so late.
-Supper was three hours ago.

Dinner's keeping hot
on the stove.

I'll get it.

Guess what? I entered
a dance marathon!

You what?

I met a girl in Scottsville,
and we entered a dance marathon.

What's a dance marathon?

You pick a partner and you keep
dancing as long as you can.

For ever and ever?

Yeah. All day and all night,
for seven days.

A whole week?
Those poor feet.

It's not too hard when you're
tripping the light fantastic.

The winning couple gets to take
home the prize money. $200!

You mean to tell me
you really entered that thing?

It's crazy but I've got seven
days off mid-semester break.

There people in line
having a good time

and I met this girl and....

I'll take everyone to New York
if I win! All expenses paid.

-New York!
-Oh, no, you won't.

Sure, I think it's a wonderful
idea. I'd love to do it.

It's not whether you'd
love to or not.

I forbid it and that's
all there is to that.

I'm sorry, Mama,
but I've already entered

and I'm certainly not
backing out now.

You are not entering
one of those trashy things...

and I don't want to hear
any more about it!

Alright, you children...

go on upstairs.

Go on.

Esther. Let them settle it.

Let's sit down and talk about
this like reasonable people.

There is nothing to talk about.

There is something to talk
about. I'm in college now.

I have a life of my own I don't
wanna be ordered like a baby.

There's no point in arguing with
me. You are not going!

Well, I've already entered it.

I'm going through with it,
and that's all there is to it!

Well, why didn't
you tell him he can't go?

Well, Liv, I don't
see any harm in it.

But I expect you to take my side
in things like this.

-Even if I don't agree, Liv?
-John, he is still a boy.

I'm not so sure.

As he says, he's got a right
to live a life of his own.

Are you going into Scottsville?

Yes.

You know how I feel
about you going in there...

and making a spectacle in
front of all those people.

I gotta go, Ma.

-John!
-Daisy.

I was scared you might have
changed your mind.

Oh, no, I'm here, I'm here.

They fixed this place up,
didn't they?

-Orchestra and everything.
-Yeah.

Yeah, if you can call it that.
Hi, I'm Spanky Logan.

-How do you do?
-Fine.

-This here is Helen Faye.
-How do you do? John Walton Jr.?

-This your first?
-My very first.

Helen and Spanky have been
in eight marathons already.

-Eight?
-Yeah, eight.

Last one was in Scranton, PA.
We almost won that one.

I'll tell you,
it was at Elk's Hall.

We've worked there
a dozen times already.

-You've worked there?
-Yeah, in vaudeville.

-Really?
-Yeah, really.

Yeah, we're pretty good, you
know. We worked a lot.

We work about 30 weeks a year,
you know, with really top acts.

Of course, this place
is kind of a stopgap for us...

just to tide us
over a little.

Let's take our suitcases
and check them in?

The rest quarters
are right over there.

You two wait here,
will you? Come on.

I'll be right back.

Kids! All of you come on down
front here so I can talk to you.

Come on, move right in.
That's it.

You might as well sit down
while you got the chance.

Everybody settled? Good.

My name's Harry Bracket, and
this here is Fred, my assistant.

First off, I'd like to say hello
to all you nice people

and explain to you
the rules of the game.

Because, for the next week

that's just what we're going
to have here, a game.

Seven days and seven nights...

of good, clean fun!

Right.

Now, at the end of that time,
the lucky couple...

is gonna walk away from here
with not one...

-but $200!
-How about that!

Now, with every game
there gotta be rules.

-Do you think it's true?
-I reckon, if he says so.

I hope it is. We sure need that
$200. We need to get married.

Congratulations.

-I'm Steve Bates.
-John Walton Jr. How do you do?

And this here is P.M.,
my fiance.

-Short for Priscilla Mae.
-How do you do? This is Daisy.

Hey, you, buddy. Shut up.

You don't want to start off on
the wrong foot in this, do you?

Good.

Now, medical attention,
the best.

A qualified doctor and nurse
in attendance, 24 hours.

If your partner drops out...

you can continue on dancing
until there's another dropout.

Then the two of you can team
up together. That clear?

Good.

It looks like we're
gonna be on the radio.

Testing, one, two, three, four.

Radio Station, W.Q.S.R.

This is our first broadcast
from the Rivana Dance Palace...

where days and nights of
endurance have just begun...

for these determined
young people.

Look out, now! And here we go!

Come on!

Chopstick!

That was absolutely fantastic!

But you'll never make it
if you keep going at that rate.

-Oh, we will.
-It's important.

You gotta get the audience
on your side.

Yeah, 'cause local shopkeepers
are always watching you.

They might sponsor you for
something like free shoes...

or something like that. New
shirts, stuff like that.

Sometimes, the folks watching
you throw money at you.

That is, if you do
a real fancy turn.

We made $15 one night
in Raleigh.

I'm having a hard enough time
just keeping up with this.

You will! Reach for the stars,
kid. Reach for the stars!

How you feeling?

Okay. My feet are beginning
to hurt a little.

Mine, too.

-Spanky says you get used to it.
-I hope so.

So do I.

-Pull me in.
-Okay.

Thank you.

We're okay.

We're gonna go try out Ben's
crystal set.

Think it'll work?

I read him all the directions.
If he followed them, it should.

-Let's see if it works.
-Not until Mary Ellen gets here.

-Ready?
-Yeah.

Good.

-Is it gonna work?
-Sure it is.

What's going on in here?

-Does it work?
-We'll see soon enough.

Can you hear anything?

-It works!
-Oh, good!

Try it, Mama.

They're playing that song!

Oh, Ben, it works real good.

This is our first broadcast
from the Rivana Dance Palace...

where days and nights
of endurance--

Better be getting back to work.

What's the matter, Liv?

I just don't care to listen,
that's all.

They're broadcasting
that marathon from Scottsville.

-What's wrong, honey?
-I'm okay. I'm okay.

-You sure?
-Come on, dance.

-Your feet still hurt?
-No.

I guess Spanky was right.

We must be getting
our second wind.

-Spanky looks terrible.
-I know.

Steve and P.M. look exhausted,
too.

Hey, you two!
I just bet $2 on you.

-$2 to win.
-$2 to win?

Yeah.

We won't let you down.

Ladies and gentlemen,
can I have your kind attention?

Folks, this very minute, these
courageous boys and girls...

have been dancing continuously,

here at the Rivana Dance Palace
for 13 hours!

Let's give a big hand!

Woke up and you weren't there.

I couldn't sleep.

I'm sorry, I didn't
mean to wake you.

First thing in the morning,

I'm gonna drive down
to Scottsville...

and see for myself what this
marathon is all about.

You wanna come along?

No, I don't.

John-Boy forgot his jacket.

I'd appreciate it if you'd
take it to him.

I'll leave it on the table.

In all my life, I never saw
a more stubborn woman.

No audience back there.

I'm not part of the audience.
I just want to talk to my son.

-Daddy?
-Stay where you are.

What are you doing here?

I wanted to find out what's
going on down here.

Everything is alright.
I'm fine.

You want to make your own
decisions. I'll not stop you.

Got a right to see where you are
and what's going on, don't I?

This is it. How's Mama?

She's fine. She sent you this.
You forgot it.

-Will you thank her for me?
-Sure.

-I gotta get back on the floor.
-I'll be going then.

Come on, up!

Sorry. Why don't you stay,
Daddy? It's alright.

No, thanks, Son.
I gotta get back.

Give everybody my love.

Tell them I'll see them
at the end of the week.

You take care
of yourself, you hear?

I am. I am.

Alright, boys and girls.
Give me a listen.

Good news!

An extra five-minute rest period
for all of you, starting now.

Go back. Take a load off your
feet. You deserve it.

For all of you who were kind
enough to be here today...

and watch these
brave young kids...

in just five minutes...

we've got a little surprise!

We are going to stage
the Jack Rabbit Run!

-What's he talking about?
-It's an elimination dance.

Our contestants will run...

in tempo around the ring.
Which means...

each of them will take turns
running backwards.

What?

Alright then.

Get set. And....

Come on, let's move it now.
Move it!

Across the room now.
Move it. Move it.

Come on, let's move now.
Let's not stop now.

Alright, are you moving now?

Move it! Move it!

Move it!

Let's go. Let's go.
Come on, let's go.

Let's go. Move.

Didn't I tell you to move it?
Move.

Move!

Move!

Come on, let's go!

Let's go, move it!

Didn't I tell you to move it?
Move.

Move.

Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

No, Spanky. No!

Come on, Spanky,
you can't go down.

It's alright. Everything's
going to be alright.

Well, that's the way it goes,
folks. We just lost Spanky.

One half of a real
courageous team

but we've still
got little Helen here...

and she can go right on dancing
if she wants to.

-What do you say?
-Spanky, no.

Well, that's her
decision, folks.

Give her a big hand to show how
much we think about her.

Brought to you from the floor
of the Rivana Dance Palace...

where these young people have
been going almost non-stop...

for 54 hours.

Already, several couples
have been forced to drop out.

Last night, one contestant
collapsed...

and was rushed from the dance
hall by ambulance.

His name is Spanky Logan.

And today, his condition is
described as--

Jim-Bob, turn that off.

Just want to see if there's any
news about John-Boy.

You'd better go
outside. Come on.

You need anything
from the store, Grandma?

Lots of things we can't afford.

Livie.

You know, it's such
a nice afternoon

maybe I'll walk part
of the way with you.

Livie, there's something
I want to tell you.

Something that happened
almost 20 years ago. 1917.

Well, when we first got
into the war, Ben...

that's John's older brother...

well, right away...

he wanted to the army and go on
over to France and fight.

I wanted to stop him.
I wanted to tell him...

that he had to stay right here,
that he couldn't go.

Livie, he was my firstborn.

Well, Zeb knew how I felt.
We sat up all one night talking.

Zeb trying to make me see...

that I had no right
trying to hold on to Ben.

I remember him saying that...

"Well, we taught that boy
how to think for himself...

"and now that he is,
we can't stand in his way."

Well, he made me see...

that Ben was old enough to make
his decisions about his life.

It broke my heart to let him go.

-But he did go.
-Yeah...

and John went a year later.

Fish aren't biting,
you girls are so noisy.

What ever are you
two gossiping about?

We were just talking, Grandpa.

Well, I'd better get down to the
store before it closes.

I'll start supper
soon as I get back.

Thanks, Grandma.

It's hard with all of them.

Yes, I know.

I remember.

You think maybe I ought to shave
at the next rest break?

No, never mind.

When this is over I'm going
to soak in a hot tub...

all day long.

When we win this,
you can soak for a week.

You think we have a chance?

Well, somebody's going to win.
Why not us?

-Are you sure you're okay?
-I am not going to drop out.

-You'll not get another partner.
-It doesn't matter.

It does. You know it does.
We need the money.

Something wrong?

She got all heated up
during that run last night...

and then afterwards,
she got the chills.

I'm alright, honest I am.

I got some aspirin
from the nurse.

You better be careful
and take care of yourself.

Here we go.
I'm gonna take those.

Let's go.

Let's go. Let's go. Let's move
it. Put that down.

Let's go. Let's dance.
Let's dance. Let's dance.

Let's dance.

Alright. Excuse me.
Let's dance.

She's not going to last
too much longer.

She should let the doctor
take a look at her.

She should just quit.

I hope she does.

Then we'd have a better chance.

This really means that much
to you, doesn't it?

Yes.

Ever since I read about this
marathon and the prize...

I knew I had to enter.

I knew I had to win.

I've got to.

Why?

'Cause the money will get me
away from here.

I have lived in this town
every single day of my life.

Farmed out to any place
that would have me...

for the money
the county paid them.

And when I got through school...

I went to work in Mr.
Patterson's five-and-dime.

Well, that didn't seem
like such a terrible place.

It isn't...

but it's not where I want to be.

It's not what I want,
not by a long shot.

What do you want?

To get out of here.

Have the money to get on a
train, go to New York City.

New York City.

I know this sounds crazy,
John...

but I want to be
in one of those skyscrapers.

I've heard, sometimes...

the rain clouds drift
right down past the window.

Can you imagine that?

Opening a window,
reaching out...

and touching a rain cloud
with your bare hands?

And down below...

the people would be hurrying
along the lighted streets...

with their umbrellas...

and I'd be up there...

far above them...

safe and secure...

with the clouds drifting by.

Wouldn't that be something?

Yeah, maybe for a while,
it would.

What do you mean?

Not forever, I don't think.

Maybe not...

but I'm sure gonna try...

'cause down here...

I don't like it much.

P.M.? Honey?

Honey? P.M., are you alright?

-Move it!
-No.

Keep on dancing!

Anybody who stops dancing
will be disqualified!

This is crazy.

-Liv?
-Yeah?

What are you doing?

Thinking.

I'm trying to figure out what's
been bothering me so much.

Come up with any answers?

He doesn't tell me anything
anymore.

He used to tell me
what he was writing about...

what he'd been thinking...

what he wanted to do.

He doesn't do that anymore,
and I feel....

Shut out.

Yeah.

Like there's a big wall between
us and I just can't get past.

It's not gonna always be that
way, honey.

He's seeing...

and feeling new things...

and they're unfamiliar and
bewildering to him, most likely.

He's got to get used to it
in his own time, in his own way.

Then he'll be able
to share them with you.

Does he tell you things?

Not like he used to.
I miss it, too.

Guess you have to let go
of your children twice.

You think you've
already done it...

but you're just pretending,
and you don't even know it.

And all of a sudden
one day it happens.

Your heart lurches,
and it's done.

-Come on to bed. You're cold.
-No.

I'm worried about him.

Most of all,
I'd just like to talk to him.

I'd like to tell him
that I understand now.

Do you think that'd be
mothering him too much?

No, I don't think it would be
mothering him too much.

Liv, where you going?

This seems to be as good
a time as any.

Keep talking.

-I'm sorry.
-Keep talking.

You know,
I'd like you to meet my grandpa.

He'd take a fancy to you.

He's always got his eyes open
for a pretty face.

He loves to dance.

If he was here, he'd walk off
with that $200, easy as pie.

You alright?

I'm gonna wait outside. I had no
idea it would be this bad.

I thought you wanted to see him.

John-Boy.

John-Boy.

Daddy.

What are you doing here?
It's 4:00 in the morning.

I want you to meet
my dancing partner.

This is Daisy.
This is my father.

-Daisy.
-Mr. Walton.

Okay, kids, that's it.
Rest period.

Take a break.

Only 80 hours to go.

-We sit down?
-Yeah, I think we should.

Come on, let's have
a seat for a while.

-I'm going to get some coffee.
-See you later.

Eighty hours!

Daddy, I didn't have any idea
it was going to be like this.

Why do people want to do this?

They're just fainting
and falling down.

For $100 apiece.

It feels like I've never been
any place in the world...

outside of this room.

You don't have to stay,
you know.

She doesn't, either.

No, she doesn't.

-Daisy, let's quit.
-No.

Daisy, I'm quitting.

I've known all along you would.

I'm not leaving
here without you.

Yes, you are.

You're right, you know.

I can go on.
Steve needs a partner.

-Please.
-I can't.

I have to win that money.

Maybe someday I'll find
all the things

you have on Walton's Mountain...

but I have to find them
for myself.

Goodbye.

Bye.

I forgot what fresh air
smelled like.

I'll get the truck.

Daddy, I left my bag
and my sweater--

Don't worry about that. We'll
get that in the car tomorrow.

I've never been to Scottsville
this late before.

It's lonesome, isn't it?

-How's everybody at home?
-They're fine.

John-Boy.

I've been your mother
for 18 years.

It's kind of hard to stop
all at once.

I don't want you ever to stop.

All I want to do right now
is just go home and go to sleep.

In the morning, I want to tell
you all about this.

You didn't meet Daisy, did you?

As I continued growing up, the
horizons of my world widened.

I eventually moved far
from Walton's Mountain.

But the things we had then...

the love we had, the delight we
took in each other's company...

have never faltered
and remain constant to this day.

-Ben, turn that off!
-I can't. It's stuck!

-You'll wake up John-Boy.
-John-Boy?

-You already woke him.
-John-Boy's back!

-Let him get some sleep.
-Goodnight, John-Boy.

-Goodnight, John-Boy.
-Goodnight.

-Goodnight, John-Boy.
-Goodnight, John-Boy.

But it's daytime.
You can't say goodnight.

-Good morning, John-Boy.
-Good morning, Elizabeth.