03x16 - All Work and No Play

[bunniefuu]

- This is me, eliza thornberry,

Part of your average family.

I got a dad, a mom, and a sister.

There is donnie-- we found him--

And darwin-- he found us.

Oh, yeah, about our house:

It moves, 'cause we travel all over the world.

You see, my dad hosts this nature show,

And my mom sh**t it.

Okay, so we're not that average,

And between you and me, something amazing happened,

And now I can talk to animals.

It's really cool, but totally secret.

And you know what?

Life's never been the same.

[Yelling]

[Upbeat tropical music]

♪

- Marianne, children, somewhere along this magnificent river,

We will find the solitary russian lynx.

- Great, dad.

Somewhere along this river,

I will finally and completely lose my mind.

- Ah, that must be the quaint hamlet

Of bolshoi koty.

- You don't mean thebolshoi koty?

- Well, I shouldn't think there would be two.

Still, one never knows.

There are many a town called columbus in america.

[Laughs]

- Dad, forget the geography lesson.

That's the town where the slavniks

Held their benefit concert!

- Who are the slavniks?

- Only the best band in all of russia.

They had a concert in bolshoi koty

To save some furry animal.

- Really? The endangered barguzin sable?

- Yeah, whatever.

The point is the only place

You can get the cd from their concert

Is in that town!

So can we go?

- I wish we could, honey,

But we have only one day to film the lynx.

- Can't you use some other cat footage instead?

- Heavens, no, deborah!

The lynx has distinct markings,

And cuddly, cute tufts of fur in its ears.

It is adorable.

- Ugh! Fine.

But can it sing?

- Deb, it's your turn.

- Ugh!

How can I play games when I'm being deprived

Of my inalienable rights to music?

- [Sighs]

Cool! Did you guys see that beaver dam?

- Ugh!

How can we even be related?

- Who wants the last piroshki, girls?

- No, thanks, mom. - No, thanks, mom.

- I might be convinced to consume the savory morsel.

- [Chattering]

[Moaning]

- Oh, oh, of course, donnie.

[Cheering]

- [Chattering]

- Nigel, we better pack up.

Girls, don't forget to do your chores.

- Ugh!

Drudgery.

- [Chattering]

- [Laughs]

- Camera equipment?

- Check.

- Canteens?

- Filled.

- Hammock?

Well, it never hurts to be prepared, love.

- Excuse me.

[Grunting]

All cleaned up! See you later!

[Clattering]

Oops. [Laughs]

- My hammock.

Good show.

Oh, you can get in there. I know you can.

- Girls, according to the chore rotation,

You were supposed to clean out the cabinets

And inventory the supplies.

- Oh, yeah.

- Let me see that chart.

- We can't let the emergency supplies run low.

- But we're only here for one day.

- Now, remember what happened the last time

We didn't take inventory?

We had to eat freeze-dried tuna noodle for a week.

- Yuck! - Yuck!

- We also need you to monitor the weather reports

And alert us to any storms.

This region is famous for its unpredictable weather.

- Okay, dad.

- Sure, whatever.

- Bye, girls.

- [Chattering]

- [Grunting]

Oh, thank you, donnie.

- [Cheering and laughing]

- Okay, let's get this over with.

Snowshoes go in the subarctic pile.

Tropics pile.

Hey, these are perfect.

- [Chattering and laughing]

- So how's it going?

- It would be going a lot faster

If you were actually helping.

- I can't work without my music,

And why don't I have my music?

Oh, yeah, because we couldn't stop in town for five minutes

To get my slavniks cd.

[Screams]

Get this thing off of me!

- Deb, it's okay.

It's just a raft.

- Oh, yeah, a raft.

Where are the oars?

- [Chattering]

- Where are you going?

- Back to that town.

- What, where that group had that concert?

It's at least five miles down the river.

- So?

It'll take me, what, like, an hour, tops?

Then I'll help you do the inventory.

In fact, take a little time off yourself.

Go play with your fuzzy woodland creatures.

Who will know the difference?

- [Chattering]

- Come on, donnie.

We're going for a little ride.

Bye!

I'll pick you up a souvenir thermometer or something...

[Laughs]

After I get my cd.

- Bye!

Have fun!

Not as much fun as we're going to have.

Come on, put yours on.

- [Sobbing] oh, no.

[Thunder rumbling]

- Hmm...no sign of anything furry, pointy, or catlike.

Mm, yep, I stand corrected.

We now have furry, even endangered,

But a barguzin sable is no lynx.

- Buck up, dearest.

I'm quite sure we'll find the lynx in this very vicinity.

- Wherever this vicinity is.

- Location being everything and all,

Ours is easily traceable

Via my pocket global positioning satellite.

You see?

[Gasps]

Aha, and, if my eyes serve me,

There's a pair of lynx right there in that thicket.

[Grunting]

- Hey, guys!

- Eliza, you scared them.

- Wait!

I won't hurt you.

- Where? What emergency?

- Sorry, I guess I have to work on my technique.

There's no emergency.

I just wanted to get a tour of your dam.

- Uh, I'm kind of busy.

We've got to finish this dam so no one will see

The tunnel to our lodge.

- Where's that?

I won't tell anyone.

- It's just above the water,

But you have to dive underwater to get to it.

- I've got to see one of those.

Couldn't you just duck out for a little while?

You could catch up when you get back.

Who'll know the difference?

Come on, darwin!

- It's freezing!

- That's why you got to dive right in,

Right...what's your name?

- Kastorsky.

And I don't really have time to show you.

- Oh, it'll just take a minute.

- No, no, no, no, no! Wait!

It is this way.

- I'll just stay here and get used to the water...slowly.

[Screams]

- And so we conclude our segment

On the divinely regal yet hauntingly beautiful lynx,

Who, as you can see,

Take their play every bit as seriously as their hunting.

- Cut!

Great job, honey.

Just in time too.

I don't like the looks of those clouds.

- They do look rather ominous,

But surely the girls would have notified us

If the weather reports indicated any cause for alarm.

- Thank goodness they're both doing chores.

One of them is bound to hear the radio

If the other doesn't.

- [Speaking russian]

A large storm, earlier expected to miss this region,

Has shifted course.

Residents are urged to take shelter immediately.

A flash flood warning is in effect.

I repeat: a flash flood warning is in effect.

- Oh...eliza, it's starting to rain!

- Here they are.

That's the secret entrance.

I'll take you, but then I really have to get back to work.

- Oh!

This is so cool.

- Yes, it is, isn't it?

Twig?

[Thunder booms]

- Uh...sure.

Thanks.

[Laughs]

I'll just save mine for later.

- Kastorsky!

- [Yelps]

[Thunder booms]

[Grunting]

Kastorsky.

Isn't that your section of the dam?

- It's okay!

I can stop it!

[Grunting]

- Oh! No, I can't!

[Coughs]

[Dramatic music]

♪

- Eliza!

Oh, thank goodness you're safe!

- Yeah, you too!

I've got to help them!

[Grunting]

- Kastorsky, forget it!

Get out of there!

- What about your lodges?

[Screams]

- [Laughing]

Donnie, you've got to hand it to the master.

I got the cd, we've only been gone half an hour,

And I was smart enough

To buy this seriously stylish rain ensemble.

- [Chattering]

- Okay...

The water wasn't moving that fast before.

Will someone please tell me

How I'm supposed to paddle upstream in this?

Where is everyone, anyway?

You'd think they were expecting a flood or something.

- Stop the flow!

Pack the twigs in!

Go! Come on!

- Got it.

- A little more reinforcement at the end

Should do the trick.

Oh, don't get me wrong.

I think you're all doing a wonderful job.

- Darwin, help us!

The storm is getting worse!

- Oh, all right.

- Go help kastorsky pack the mud.

I'm going to get more logs.

Hurry! This is their home!

- Oh!

[Grunting]

- Oh, we're not lost, dearest.

We simply continue through the next glen--

- But I'm sure we came from that direction.

- Hmm...curious discrepancy.

But nothing that can't be resolved

With a quick check of the handheld.

It seems the batteries have expired.

- But eliza was supposed to change the batteries

In all the equipment last week.

Well, she wouldn't forget to do the radio.

Thornberry to crombey, come in.

Oh, why do I even bother

Making that chore rotation chart?

- Don't fret.

We'll simply follow the river back.

Hello!

Could we trouble you for the use of a radio,

Or at least some batteries?

Oh, perhaps I should try my russian.

- They'll never hear you in all this rain.

Besides, whoever they are,

They seem to be having a worse time than we are.

- [Grunting]

Donnie, get out here.

- [Chattering]

- No, I am not giving you a ride.

You are going to help push.

Get it?

- [Chattering]

- Oh, nothing is worth

Being this miserable ...

Except the slavniks.

Sorry, guys.

- [Laughing]

- No!

[Thunder booming]

- Wow, I hope debbie and donnie are okay.

- They're probably back at the convey,

Drinking hot chocolate and eating cookies and--

Eliza?

- I know you're wet and hungry.

Look, we just can't go home yet, okay?

- That's okay, because home is coming to us!

- [Gasps]

Oh, no, I left everything outside!

All the stuff is gone!

- Forget the stuff!

What about the convey?

[Dramatic music]

♪

What are you doing?

You can't drive.

- We have to get the convey to higher ground before we--

- Eliza, do something!

- Don't panic.

We'll just put the convey in amphibious mode

And ride out the storm!

- Eliza?

- The compressor's out of air.

Oh, no, I was supposed to fill it!

- What does that mean? Speak chimp!

- It means we're going under!

[Screams]

- We're completely submerged!

- I know!

We can use the air from the scuba tanks

To inflate the raft.

- You mean those scuba tanks?

Oh, there goes the tropics pile.

- Hey, what about the tires?

They're full of air!

- Oh, that's a wonderful idea,

Except for the fact that they're outside and we're in here.

♪

[Coughing]

- [Chattering]

- Ugh!

I can't believe I let eliza talk me into this ridiculous plan

Of taking the raft.

When we get back, the first thing I'm gonna do

Is take a nice, hot shower,

Wrap myself in a warm, comfy robe,

And grab a piping hot cappuccino.

- [Chattering]

- Why is the convey floating by with my sister on top?

[Screams]

- [Chattering]

- Debbie, grab this!

Attach it to the raft's valve!

The convey needs more air!

- But then I won't have a boat!

- We're going to lose the convey

If we don't get it upright!

- Ugh!

[Screams]

- Debbie, hurry!

You're sinking!

- No kidding!

What are you doing?

Get in here!

- Go ahead! I'll be right there!

- Just be careful!

- Kastorsky!

Beavers!

- What's wrong?

Where is the emergency?

- I need to save my home!

I just need something to balance it out.

- Like wood?

- Kastorsky, that's it!

It'll be just like a dam.

Can you pass me that branch?

Then I'm going to need a whole lot more.

- No problem!

- I could swear this is where we left the convey.

[Gasps] the girls!

- Now, don't fret, marianne.

You know the girls are very resourceful.

I'm sure they're on high ground,

Completing the inventory.

Rather, it's us that I'm worried about.

[Laughs]

- You can find humor in this?

- I'm just chuffed at being so well prepared.

- I'm not following.

- You never know when one of these might come in handy.

We'll hunker down here, lovely.

- [Grunting]

- At least we'll have a bird's eye view

To locate the convey.

Come here.

- Oh, I'll just snuggle you.

- You did it!

Thanks, kastorsky, all of you guys!

- Don't mention it.

But we really have to get back to work now.

We've got a whole new dam to build.

- I've got a few things to do myself.

- Okay, bye-bye.

- Okay, everybody back to work.

- Well, I'm just glad you girls are all right.

Things can be replaced.

- I'm sorry, mom.

I just really wanted to see a beaver dam.

- Yeah, me too.

I just wanted the cd.

- Well, it is awfully unlike the two of you

To behave this way,

So I'll only garnish your allowance

For the things you actually lost.

- Hey, I got something!

- Oh, great!

We only have to hook about more things.

- At least most of the gear floats.

- Well, I'll leave you girls to it.

Your father and I are taking the dinghy to shore

To send the lynx footage to the foundation.

- You mean you're going to bolshoi koty?

- Yes.

- Mom, I swear I've learned my lesson.

I will never leave my responsibilities again.

So can I come along and get another copy of my cd?

- I don't think so.

There's still that little matter of the inventory.

- Ready for our voyage, my dear?

- Uh, daddy, there's something I would really like

For you to pick up in town.

- [Laughs] nice try, dear.

The only thing we're getting is batteries.

- Quite right.

I'll see what I can do.

What are they called again?

The slobniks?

- No, no, they're the...

Oh, never mind, dad.

I suppose I'll just have to stay deprived.

- Nigel, what was the name of that band

Debbie likes again?

The bolsheviks?

- Marianne, you're not thinking of--

- Of course I am,

But she's not getting it until her birthday.

- Don't get me wrong.

I think you're all doing a wonderful job.