01x04 - Elephants and Runaways

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so every symptom indicates that vongsu

is coming into his first mask

and when the mating urge hits he'll be

uncontrollable

a rogue elephant he could totally

destroy this enclosure

all right give it to me straight how

much time we got

there's no way of knowing maybe a month

maybe tomorrow it's a big help mitch

i need something more concrete than that

well we know so little about their

cycles i mean maybe you should ask

perhaps his dad told him all about the

birds and the bees when he was little

okay what kind of special enclosure

we're talking about

we're talking about almost emptying the

spencer trust fund without the back of

doom

have to be steel girders eh

hi nick will boom bong sku a new house

he's gonna have a baby and he's mad

about it

what time do you want to go dad go away

to buy the headphones

oh look you don't need me i'm a bit busy

well there's a lot of different makes

you were going to help me choose but how

much do you need

i told you i had the money i saved up

would you be all right on your own then

weren't you

yay nice shot dad why thank you ma'am

is nick around gone shopping i think

well the baby koala's ready to go into

the enclosure

say goodbye susie oh g couldn't we just

keep this one dad

hey you know the rules kiddo how's the

squirrel monkey doing

it bit nick yesterday can't be all bad

is that a nice thing to say about your

own son i love my own son

despite the fact that currently he's a

100 pain in the

in the neck it's a phase he's going

through maybe it's a phase you're going

through

i'm grown up i'm allowed besides peace

may be on the way we had

disarmament talks last night oh yes

he's buying headphones for his stereo

nick we've got to do the hospital

gee the new headphones work really well

thanks heaps

you're a bit late we're closing i'm a

friend of nick mitchells

could i see oh in just a minute

come on come on aren't you a cutie there

you go

there you go

you know what this is sl*ve labor the

worst other kids get stuck with is

doing the dishes what about wendy birds

she's got to help out their mum's shop

yeah but this isn't exactly the same as

making milk shakes is it

mine

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treatment center just a minute

nick did you invite anybody back from

school

not this weekend i'd better go and see

who it is i'll go

you finish the cages just a minute sl*ve

labor

got any work done this stuff sure

what are you doing here fred

i just want to talk to nick that's all

oh hi alfredo hey nick who let you out

of jail

is this where your dad works this is

where we all work

what are you doing here i want to ask

you something

follow me go check out the giraffe susie

this is private

big deal

okay sh**t if i tell you

you've got a promise you won't tell sure

no one can hear you they won't

i've tell my transistor my model

airplane with the radiator controls

and two brand new dungeons of dragon's

book you can have a lot for 10 bucks

how come i need the money

i'm clearing out

i think you're off your head and what

about your mum she'll be worried sick

they've gone away for the weekend i have

to stay home and study

as usual did you leave a note or

anything no what for

they're never there oh come on nick

are you going to be in it or not 10

bucks isn't much to ask for all that

stuff

i just bought headphones i haven't got

it forget it

not until monday morning i've got some

money in my savings account

i can't wait till monday why not you can

stay here for the weekend

well what about your dad oh he's cool he

doesn't mind us having friends over

and it'll give you time to think things

out and what about susie

you leave susie to me i just want you to

promise that's all

it's not much to ask i don't like it i

can't tell you till you promise

i can't promise not to tell until i know

what it is i'm your brother don't you

trust me

all right i'll make a deal with you i'll

tell you

and if you don't go along with it you

can tell dad first thing tomorrow

morning

okay fair enough i promise

fred's clearing off from home he's crazy

and i told him he could stay here for

the weekend you're both crazy

i figured maybe we could talk him out of

it okay you won't have to tell dad i'll

be on the news by tomorrow morning

we'll give fred a fake name tony tony

baxter

oh come on susie go with it

okay now i think i'm crazy

well congratulations susie this sure

beats the catholic university

don't you work here not very often

i'm still studying tony theory practice

isn't everything

any more sausages uh we have to do for

ourselves this weekend

tony you're down for dinner tomorrow

night dad

hmm and that'll be spaghetti bottlenet

wow spaghetti bolognese boy

only 24 hours to go before all right all

right

back to the university care don't you

start

spaghetti bolognese is my speciality

it's his favorite recipe it's his only

recipe

you're not a spoiled that's your problem

you had to stomach some of the meals i

had in east africa

like the roasted likeness or the frozen

world lover in antarctica well if you've

got better things to do than listen to

my stories

something is up mitch i like spaghetti

oh thanks mate

uh-oh how long do you think knowing mr

spencer about

five minutes

blasted pachyderms this is the last

straw

there are laws against that kind of

record bennett won't talk his way out of

this one

thomas spencer here for bennett if you

please and kindly tell him this is an

emergency

blasted animals do it on purpose don't

think i don't know that

noise pollution that's what it boils

down to

i tried to hit him off at the past but

it was like trying to reason with a

rhinoceros

he'll be next on the list leave him to

making

mitch be nice spencer's difficult enough

to handle it the best of times

ken trust me come on tim

i'll drop you off at your mum and dad

one minute 59 seconds a minute 58 and at

57.

oh that's terrific he makes me do

homework too

yeah three hours every day after school

four hours on saturday and sunday i'd go

nuts i got the marks dad wanted

then this morning he told me he's gonna

put me in another school

a boarding school i tried to tell him i

didn't want to go

i wanted to stay here with all my mates

just yelled at me

they'll find out you're missing sooner

or later by that time

i'll be 100 miles from here

hi nick hi tony couldn't you be home

come on tim

just go and see her do you think you

heard anything

nah don't worry about it

five four three

two and a half two

dr mitchell speaking a spencer here

mitchell those blasted elephants are

driving me mad

i'm very sorry to hear that mr spencer i

don't want your blasted sympathy you're

the bit in this military

do something about it uh one fly

to sweden's house to go i beg your

pardon

sorry mr spencer i i didn't catch that

actually

no hold on what is all this gibberish

hello

look we seem to have a crossed line mr

spencer i'll see you in the morning

sleep tight

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didn't keep you awake all night what's

wrong with him what does he want

unfortunately bong soo doesn't really

know what he wants at the moment

to be a responsible father or stay a

delinquent teenager

all part of growing up you know of

course you busy

uh no good i could do with a hand in the

hospital

me well you've got to earn your keep

around here

am i cleaning a cage for me surprise eh

you better roll your sleeves up it's

messy

you uh got any pets at home tony no

mom says they carry fleas

what you're saying minute is that you

deliberately bought this male

elephant into the zoo knowing the

trouble it would cause and now you want

me to pick up the bill

it's the mating urge mr spencer yes yes

yes i understand all that

and i don't think it's the sort of thing

that should be discussed with ladies

present

now don't try and blind me with science

i'm an authority on these beasts

you used to hunt them in africa they're

asian elephants mr spencer

by the way bennett i suggest you have

your switchboard checked i ended up

talking to some blasted chinese

restaurant last night

hi iva got a mystery

you want to help me solve it

okay next friend tony

has a watch with the name frederick

robinson on the back

okay maybe your dad knows something

about it

hang on i think you'd better come clean

do you think we could do a deal

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look what you've done i'm okay

didn't hurt i said look at the flower

beds your dad's told you a hundred times

to stay away from them

i didn't mean to nick i was just trying

to beat the grade six record

what's he done tim's dad is the head

groundsman

the zoo gardens are his pride and joy

geez what a mess

you'll get k*lled dad's going to yell at

me isn't he oh they skinned you alive

i'd be packing my bags if i were you can

i run away with you tony

thanks friend well can i he's not really

going to run away tim yes he is

his dad yelled at him hey tim

do you want to play hide and seek

yeah but what about hide and seek shut

up

you're it close your eyes and count to a

hundred

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one two three

four five six

seven did you notice anything odd about

the kids this morning

how do you me not something i picked up

us fathers have a sixth sense you know

and uh

what does it tell you i'm not sure it's

not school they're not in trouble with

any of the keepers but

something is up i think nick and susie

are pretty responsible kids

that your honor is the case for the

defense

that was a pretty dirty trick you pulled

on tim before come on

do you want to be stuck with the kid

tim's okay

that's a problem with you nick you

haven't grown up

and you have i suppose yeah i'm running

my own life from now on

clearing out the easy bit how are you

going to live

i've got plans so you keep saying but i

haven't heard any

i'm going on the dole for a start you

can't you're not old enough for

unemployment benefits

i look older i can do fruit picking and

stuff

there's tons of things i can do and if

you had any brains you'd come with me

me why you haven't got to say great

you have to help with the housework and

you get stuck babysitting that

tim kid is tim with you too

not now terrific he's left his mom a

note he's run away from home

i didn't mean anything you're stupid you

know that

i can understand tim he's only 10 years

old but you're supposed to be grown up

hey susie

he's off what happened he was worried

about being in trouble with his dad

i only said said what nick

i didn't mean to scare him i'll bet if

anything happens to that kid you know

who's to blame don't you

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mitch don't tell me spencer's changed

his mind

no such luck young tim's run away from

home oh you're kidding me

took his cub tent his dad's out looking

for him i've ordered a search of the zoo

just in case

i knew something was going on yeah well

keep your eyes open mate

it wasn't our fault i bet it was susie

was right

not my worry i'm going you're a fake you

know that

you think you've grown up and you want

to be free so what do you do you run

away from everything like a dumb little

kid

i thought you're a mate of mine you're

just like that elephant in there bong

soo makes a lot of noise about nothing

and

wants to tear his enclosure to pieces mr

big

he doesn't know what's wrong with him

and he can't tell anybody so what excuse

have you got

i tried talking but it didn't work so go

on run away

sh**t through i'm gonna look for tim

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oh hang on

oh

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hi mitch

your mum's going to be glad to know

you're okay she's been crying

so bye oh that's no good

you stay here much longer the monkeys

are going to start charging your rent

there he is

hi tim good day fellas you shouldn't

have run away tim i'm not anymore

was it because i said your dad would be

mad at you

sort of but now listen to me tim that's

no reason to run away

but fathers are all the same they don't

understand how you're feeling

but you just have to wear it i ran away

like you did

and it was a dumb thing to do my

father's a pain in the neck at times

he yells at me and sometimes he's unfair

nick i don't think you should

brothers are like that you just have to

learn to live with them fellas

this pain in the neck wants an

explanation

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nick was supposed to talk fred out of it

dad fred

that's my real name mr mitchell now the

question is what we do about this now

normally

fred i'd ask for a vote but i think in

this case it's up to you to advise us

i guess you better call my dad

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why did you come here i was trying to

sell a few things

i see well at least that's practical you

weren't running away without cash

can i ask why

you kept pushing me to study and then

you wanted me to go to a boarding school

you wouldn't listen to me i just had it

because we wanted you to have the best

what about what i want i don't get to

say my own life

you've grown up i guess i've been too

busy to notice

but fred i've been in business all my

life i've made a success of it

i know how important it is to have an

advantage is mom okay

cried her eyes out last night

sorry i'll do whatever you say that's

not what i want

i know i shouldn't make decisions for

you

it's just that i don't want you to have

the hard road i had when i was a young

man

did you really nobody's born with an

office on the top floor you know

when you're a kid dad did you ever run

away

why don't you show me these elephants of

yours

where's fred talking to his dad

dad

yes when we found tim

yes look i

well i said a few things sure did

well i said him to make tim understand

but they weren't all wrong

i see

just being honest dad well

i can't have flattery i guess i'll have

to settle for honesty

i wonder if that'd work with mr spencer

see that's what it's all about mr

spencer red monks who goes into mass the

glands below his eyes release a fluid

that flows down into his mouth

it drives him crazy because he wants to

make babies

mitchell what kind of children are you

racing i have never

never in mind thomas spencer isn't it

james robinson rob core investments we

met at the premier's charity affair

oh of course by george pleasure robinson

my son here's been telling me about your

plans to breed these elephants in

captivity

congratulations oh my company will match

whatever mr spencer contributes mr

bennett

that should get you a new corral off to

a good start it's very generous thank

you very much

if you'll excuse me my son's giving me a

guided tour

keep up the good work spencer

he's a very important businessman with a

lot of influence don't you think

blasted pachyderms

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oh bunks is going to get his new

enclosure dad told me

you know something nick what running

away doesn't work

right yeah my tent kept falling down

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monkeys and

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