01x17 - Snowed In

[bunniefuu]

♪ New boy in
the neighborhood ♪

♪ Lives downstairs ♪

♪ And it's
understood ♪

♪ He's there just to
take good care of me ♪

♪ Like he's one
of the family ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪

♪ Of our days ♪

♪ And our nights ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪

♪ Of our wrongs
and our rights ♪

♪ And I see ♪

♪ I want ♪

♪ I want Charles
in charge of me ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪

♪ Of our days ♪

♪ And our nights ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪

♪ Of our wrongs
and our rights ♪

♪ And I see ♪

♪ I want Charles
in charge of me ♪

No, Gwendolyn,
no costumes.

Yeah, I know I
agreed to be your Romeo,

but this Romeo
does not wear tights.

I don't care what
the real Romeo wore.

They found him
dead in his tights

and he wound up being the
laughingstock of Verona.

[doorbell rings]

Yeah-- oh,
I gotta go.

Okay, we'll rehearse
when you get here.

Alright, bye.

[wind whistling]

Buddy, I'm glad
you're here.

So am I.

It's really comin'
down out there.

I'm sure glad I put
on my snow tires.

Now, if I can just
get my car to start.

Listen, I want you to
help me rehearse my lines

for Romeo and Juliet.

Your lines?

Yeah, Gwendolyn
and I are doing it

for our final exam
in Lit class

and if I flop, I may be
looking at summer school.

Ooh, summer school
sounds pretty good.

You be Juliet.

All those co-eds
in halter tops.

Start on page 47.

Yeah, string bikinis.

I'm daydreaming of a
very progressive school.

Will you just
read the lines?

Okay.

[sighs]

Romeo, Romeo.

Wherefore art
thou, Romeo?

No wonder he
kills himself.

Guess what.

We've discovered the
secret to peace on Earth.

Oh, I thought you were
picking out records

for your school dance.

We were until this
inspiration hit me.

You see, everyone of us

comes from a different
clique in school.

I'm on Student Council,
Maxine's into sports,

Tracy's a cheerleader.

Charles is very busy.

So we're forming a new club.

We're calling it
The Circle of Friendship.

And even though
we're all different,

we've pledged to be friends
forever and if we're friends,

our friends can be friends.

And their friends
can be friends.

And so on.

-And so on, and so on.
-And so on, and so on.

Just like in the
shampoo commercial.

And if everybody
becomes friends,

then there'll be peace.

♪ It's a small
world after all ♪

♪ It's a small
world after all ♪

♪ It's a small
world after all ♪

♪ It's a small,
small world ♪

♪ It's a world
of laughter ♪

♪ A world of tears ♪

♪ It's a -- ♪

Buddy!

Come on, Charles,
you're just a little edgy

because your whole
college career

is flashing
before your eyes.

That's good, Buddy.

Nothing like a little pressure
to spur me on to panic.

Now, what light through
yonder window breaks?

[wind whistling]

Dad!

Oh, he's not home
yet, Douglas.

He's meeting your
mother at the movies.

But I have to talk
to him, it's urgent!

Is there anything
I can do to help?

You can't help,
only my dad can help.

Ah, how do you
know unless you ask?

Can you double
my allowance?

Talk to your father.

What theater
are they at?

Oh, Douglas, come on.

Now is not the time
to bother Charles.

He has to memorize
Shakespeare.

You have my sympathy,
but the hobby shop

just got in the new robotic
transformers from Japan.

By the time I save up
enough of my allowance,

they'll all be gone.

Alright, so when
your father gets home,

I'll put in a
good word for you.

Thanks, Charles.

If you need me, I'll
be upstairs in my room

playing with my
hopelessly antiquated toys.

Alright.

I wish Gwendolyn would get
here, so we could rehearse.

Ah, well, maybe she just
got stuck in the snow.

No, Buddy, it can't be
snowing that hard, can it?

I mean, The Weather Channel
said there'd only be two inches.

Throughout the East Coast,
our revised snow forecast

calls for two inches...

-See?
-To 16 inches.

Wow.

Charles!

I need my mother
for my homework.

What's the
problem, Jase?

You can't help,
only my mother can help.

Yeah, how can
you be so sure?

I need to know the
exact time of my birth.

She was there, were you?

No, I wasn't invited.

Our teacher's
into astrology.

She thinks it's a fun way
to learn about the planets.

So, I have to know the
exact time of my birth

so she can do
my horoscope.

Eh, I don't believe
in astrology.

I'm a Leo and Leo's
tend to be skeptical.

Oh! Wait a minute.

You know that album full
of your baby pictures?

You mean the one that
says "Our Precious Child"?

Right, you might find what
you're looking for in there.

Okay.

Jason, what are you doing?

Who can do homework with
all this snow to play in?

Wait till it
lets up, okay?

But I just learned this new
way of walking in the snow.

It looks like you
have one foot

and then you walk into a tree
and it looks like you're--

Our revised
revised forecast

calls for eight
to 26 inches of snow.

-Wow!
-Wow!

Can you believe that?

They plowed the streets while
we were watching the movie.

Our car's plowed in.

Why would they do that

when we have to get
home to our children?

How are we gonna get out?

I don't have anything
to dig us out.

Maybe they have
something here.

Why don't you find out
while I call the kids?

I have to go,
I'm out of change.

I love you too,
Larry-- Roger, bye.

[sighs]

Hello, Charles?

Hi, Mrs. Pembroke,
you okay?

Yeah, we're still
at the theater.

We got plowed in.

I was just calling to see
if you and the kids are okay.

Everything's fine.

Oh, Jason wants to know
what time he was born.

Uh, exactly 7:15 AM.

Are you sure?

Charles.

When another human being is
trying to leave your body...

it makes a
lasting impression.

And you, uh, you tend to
notice exactly when it's over.

Are you sure
everything's alright?

Under control,
drive safely.

-Okay, thanks.
-Bye.

Bye.

Excuse me, my car
is stuck in the snow

and I was wondering
if you could give me

one of these popcorn
tubs to dig it out?

I can't give you a tub.

I can only
sell you a tub.

We just want to
dig our car out.

If I gave a tub to everybody
that asks me for a tub, I'd--

Look, I don't think
you understand.

You see, we just came back in
here to call our kids and--

You mean, you don't
have a ticket?

You snuck in?

-No, we didn't sneak in.
-Stan.

Alright, alright,
we will buy a tub.

How much?

No, these refreshments?

They're for my paying
customers only.

See if you don't
have a ticket,

I can't sell you a tub.

We were paying customers.

We saw the movie.

But then you left.

Fine, fine, fine.

Here's enough for two more
tickets and one tub.

Thank you.

One tub of popcorn.

Would you like a little
butter flavoring on this?

We just want the tub.

You might as well
take the popcorn.

You're paying for it.

Just the tub.

What about the
butter flavoring?

We'll just
take the popcorn.

No butter.

Put it under the
wheels for traction.

Thank you.

Enjoy the movie.

♪

Charles?

Charles.

Wherefore art thou?

Gwendolyn is caught in
this blizzard somewhere.

Relax, if there
was a problem,

don't you think she
would have called?

Not if she couldn't
reach a phone.

Oh, you're right.

Poor Gwendolyn.

She started
out beautiful

and ended up a stiff.

Jason, good news!

Your parents called.

You were born at
exactly 7:15 AM.

Surprised
they remember.

What's the
matter with you?

I was looking
for my baby album

but instead I found
my parent's dark secret.

What dark secret?

Look what it says
on these bank books.

First National Bank.

[gasps]

Oh no!

Inside, Charles.

Lila Pembroke and
Douglas Pembroke.

They're saving money
for them but not for me.

They're on easy street

and I have to sweat
for my daily bread.

Your parents
love you very much.

Now, I'm sure there's an
explanation for this.

Yeah, aren't they the ones that
call you "Our Precious Child"?

That was when
I was little.

Somewhere along the way,
they went sour on me.

Where did you
find these?

In my parent's dresser.

Third drawer on the right.

Sort of in the back,

underneath my dad's
Hawaiian shirt.

Now, you know better

than to rummage around
in your parent's room.

Come on, Charles.

Tell me you never looked under
your dad's Hawaiian shirt.

I sure did.

It's where he kept all
the good magazines.

Charles, isn't my
dad home yet?

I can't concentrate
on my homework

till this allowance
thing is settled.

Don't sweat it.

You got six grand
in the bank.

What?

Mom and Dad have been
saving it for you.

-See for yourself.
-Really?

Uh-uh, you can't
see these Douglas.

You're not even
supposed to know about it.

It doesn't matter, Charles.

The cat's out of the bag
and I'm in the money.

That money is
for your future.

The future is now.

I hope the hobby shop's open.

Hold it, Diamond Jim.

Notice there's
a blizzard outside.

How bad is it?

Don't even think
about going outside.

I hope they'll
take phone orders.

This is getting scary.

Jason, don't go
in the closet.

-Charles!
-Yes?

It suddenly got
freezing in my room.

Yeah, I need my coat.

Oh, thanks.

This isn't mine.

Oh, it's mine, but you
can wear it if you want to.

I mean, after all, we're
the Circle of Friendship.

-Thank you.
-Thank you!

No, thank you.

The hobby shop
isn't answering.

Hmm, this is funny.

The thermostat says 72.

-Uh-oh.
-What?

When I turn this up,
the furnace should go on.

But I don't
hear anything.

You mean we
have no heat?

Lila, this has
been a lot of fun,

but I really think I
should be getting home now.

-Yeah.
-Me too.

[girls talking over each other]

Help, Charles, help!

Hold it, hold it.

Come on, Jason.

Now, I don't think you girls
should go out in the storm.

Charles, no offense,

but I don't want to stay
here and end up a popsicle.

[knocking]

[wind whistling]

Gwendolyn.

I'm still alive.

I cannot believe
I made it alive.

My car stalled
two blocks away.

I had to walk here through
ten foot snow drifts.

Then how're we
gonna get home?

You're not, no one
is going anywhere.

We are snowed in.

With no heat!

What?

I'm going to
freeze to death.

No, no, no you're not.

Now, look, we
have a fireplace.

Yean, but where's
the firewood?

Well, it's outside in the--

Back.

There is no
back anymore.

I am going to
freeze to death!

No, you're not.

I'm going to
strangle you.

Actually, freezing's
supposed to be

one of the nicer ways to go.

You get real
numb and sleepy.

You don't even realize it

when your blood
starts to freeze.

We're all going
to be fine.

Kinda weird.

No one's blood
is gonna freeze.

Now, if we need to, we have
plenty of things to burn.

We have papers, boxes.

My baby pictures.

No one will care.

We could all
bundle up down here.

I am not sleeping
on the floor.

You can sleep in my bed,
I'll sleep on the floor.

But it's freezing up there.

And why does
she get your bed?

Wait a minute.

Friends forever, remember?

Lila, we're talking
about survival here.

We are going
to survive.

I promise.

Nothing is gonna
happen to us.

I have everything
under control.

[screaming]

Stop screaming.

[male screaming continues]

You too, Buddy!

♪

♪ It's a small
world after all ♪

♪ It's a small
world after all ♪

♪ It's a small
world after all ♪

♪ It's a small,
small world ♪

Sorry, everybody.

This is all I could find.

Birthday candles?

Well, we've got a
whole drawer of them.

[gasping]

Which we won't need.

[groaning]

That's what happens when
you don't make a wish.

Anybody got a match?

What is going on?

Douglas!

Where are you?

[laughing]

[groaning]

Oh, come on, I can't
buy any toys right now.

Can't a guy
have any fun?

-I've gotta call home.
-Me next.

One at at time,
one at a time.

Buddy, do me a favor,
get the weather report.

See if they're up
to a 100 inches yet.

-Nothing but snow.
-That's all they say?

That's all I see.

Cable must be out.

Well, is there
a radio anywhere?

I have one in my room.

I got it for my birthday.

Probably the last gift
I'll ever get.

Jason, I'm telling you.

You're overreacting
about this bank book stuff.

Now, come on, be a sport,
go get your radio.

Okay.

I'll be fine, Mom,
Charles is here.

Okay, pet Sparky for me.

Oh, and it's cold so
keep the goldfish moving.

Heather, I have
to call my mother!

But I'm next!

My mom worries the most.

Girls, let's cooperate.

Remember the
Circle of Friendship.

The what?

Oh, yeah.

Jason, thanks
for the soda.

-I'm parched.
-Buddy!

That was
the antenna.

-Huh?
-It's a radio.

Oh!

-AM/FM.
-No FM.

Never had it,
never will.

Buddy, the weather?

It's snowing,
Gwendolyn.

You know, next time there's
a life and death situation,

you're not invited.

Is anybody hungry?

[unison]
FOOD!

I'll take that as a yes.

Alright, okay, okay.

Let's see what we've got.

We've got tuna casserole
and cold cuts.

That's all?

What if it keeps snowing?

What if we're stuck
here for days?

Don't worry.

We've got plenty of food.

[gasps]

Nobody panic.

Now, tomorrow
is shopping day.

What if we're still snowed
in tomorrow, Charles?

Actually, Charles,
you're looking at

pretty lean rations
for a group this size.

The snow lasts more than a
couple of days, it's--

You know, it reminds me
of this book I read once

where this plane full of soccer
players crashed in the Andes.

They had to draw straws--

Oh, let me out of here!

Tracy, he's only kidding.

That's just my brother,
he's warped.

Look, just to play it safe,
we'll ration what we have.

Now, we'll save the
tuna casserole...

and tonight,

we'll have a cold cut.

[groaning]

That's it?

I'll give you
$1500 dollars for that.

Not on your life.

Who needs your bologna?

I'm buying a robot.

It'll walk with me to school.

It'll be my best friend.

First, my parents.

Then my brother.

Nobody needs me.

Jason, wait.

This is mine!

[yelling]

Oh!

Weather like this makes me
want to rush right home,

bundle the kids up
and make them soup.

Stan, I'm sure
if we ask nicely,

she'll sell us another one.

Alright, but you ask her.

She hates me.

Don't be silly.

[gasps]

We're all out
of popcorn tubs.

Then give us
two cups of soda.

Hold the soda.

I can't give you cups.

I can only sell you cups.

Jill, call the
kids and tell them

we're gonna be
a little late.

Stan, don't do anything.

Jill, call the kids.

Do you like to run things

pretty much by the
book, don't you, Miss?

Oh, I like to think I run
an efficient candy counter.

Yeah, I'm sure you do.

That's why I have a little
proposition for you.

And-- and the
children are okay, Charles?

Well, fine.

Well, except...

Well, I know this is a funny
thing to ask Mrs. Pembroke

but does Jason
have a bank book?

It is funny
you should ask.

We made a deposit today.

Okay, Jill,
let's roll.

Oh, okay, Charles.

I gotta go.

Where are the cups?

We don't need any cups.

Why not?

Stan, what'd you do
with the candy girl?

Well...

I chose the least
expensive alternative.

I doubled her salary.

She works for me now.

What?

Where is she?

She's out, digging out
her new boss' car.

So you see?

You're upset
over nothing.

Your parents have
your bank book with them

and they made a
deposit for you today.

-They did?
-Mm-hmm.

That's terrific.

How much?

I don't know Jason,

but at least you're
back in the family again.

That's great.

Hey, Douglas, tell me
more about that robot.

It only costs five grand.

It's a steal.

Guys, wait a minute.

-Charles.
-Lila.

What are we
gonna burn next?

We've already sacrificed all
of Dad's Sports Illustrated's,

all of Mom's New Yorker's

and all of Jason's
Humpty Dumpty's.

I have an algebra book
I could live without.

Charles, it says
in this catalog

that you have to have
a credit card to order.

I am a kid.

Kid's don't have
credit cards.

Maybe because they'd order
things like $5,000 robots.

But I already had a
name picked out for it.

Charles the Second.

You were gonna
name him after me?

Of course.

Do you have a credit card
I could borrow?

Okay, Monopoly's set up.

Let's play.

Ooh, I wanna be the hat.

You know I'm
always the hat.

I'll give you

♪

Ha, you're
busted, Heather.

Eat dirt.

You're the worst
sport I ever saw.

Lighten up, it's just a
game and we're all friends

and we're stuck here for
the rest of our lives.

Five.

Go to jail.

Good, least
it's warm there.

Whose turn is it?

Mine.

Okay, no ten.

Anything but a ten.

Six and four.

Nine, okay,
who goes?

Ten.

Boardwalk.

Alright, three houses.

That's $1400 dollars, pay up.

I'll give you
five dollars.

What're you
talking about?

Why should I pay
full price for Boardwalk

in the middle of winter

with a blizzard knocking
over all the houses?

There's no
blizzard in here.

Yes, there is.

[blowing]

Oh, Jason!

I didn't mean it.

I'm delirious from hunger.

I need spaghetti and
we don't have any

and we could go for
days without spaghetti.

Yeah, I'd like
some spaghetti.

Yeah, if we only
had spaghetti,

maybe we could get
through this blizzard.

My lips are chapping.

My stomach is making
strange noises.

That's your flesh
beginning to eat itself.

We're never going to
see the sun again.

Charles, it is
getting ugly in here.

How about if we
entertain the troops?

What did you
have in mind?

Okay, everybody.

Charles and
I are going

to do a scene from
Romeo and Juliet.

Uh-oh, mush time.

Gwendolyn.

You want to perform that
in front of people?

Why not?

Listen, Charles, we have to
do it in front of the class.

We might as well use this
time to rehearse it.

Shakespeare is boring.

But Charles and
Gwendolyn aren't,

so put a sock in it.

Thank you Lila.

Just listen to the words.

They're beautiful.

The balcony scene?

I'm not up here
for nothing.

But soft.

What light through
yonder window breaks?

It is the East and
Juliet is the sun.

Aye, me.

She speaks.

Oh, Romeo, Romeo.

Wherefore art thou, Romeo?

Deny thy father,
refuse thy name.

Or if thou wilt not,
be but sworn my love.

And I'll no longer
be a Capulet.

♪

Shall I hear more?

Or shall I speak at this?

What's in a name?

That which we call a
rose by any other name

would smell as sweet.

[paper crumples]

Buddy's hoarding the crackers!

[growling]

Shh.

Romeo, doff thy name.

And for thy name which
is no part of thee,

take all myself.

I take thee at thy word.

Call me but love, and
I'll be new baptized.

Henceforth,
I will never be--

Jason!

No, Romeo.

No, Jason!

I'm stuck, Charles.

And I'm sinking, help!

Jason, how'd you
get out there?

Through Mom and
Dad's window.

Oh, hang on Jason.

-I'll get a rope.
-I'll get a ladder.

-Call the police.
-Call the fire department.

Call the grocery store.

I'm coming,
hang on.

Okay, I've got you.

[cheering]

What were you
doing out there?

Well, I felt bad
I ruined the game

and everyone was complaining
cause they were hungry.

So, I thought I'd go over
to the Abernathy's to see

if we could borrow
some spaghetti.

You mean, you did
that for all of us?

For shame!

Shame on all of you.

Do you see this?

While all of you were
being selfish and petty

about your games and
your phone calls,

this selfless young man...

Was willing to
risk his life

and little limbs
to bring you food.

Now, I'd like to see
a little shame here.

Hi.

-Mom!
-Mrs. Pembroke.

-What a night.
-Boy, are we glad to see you!

We're glad to
see you too,

and you, and you,
and all of you.

Yeah, wish we could
have been here tonight.

Everybody looks so peaceful
and content and cold.

I'm afraid the
furnace blew out.

This is all the warmth
we can offer you.

Charles, we can fix
that old furnace.

This looks like enough
warmth to last all winter.

Mr. Pembroke, if
you guys drove back,

that must mean
the roads are clear.

That's right.

Does that mean
we can go home?

I'd be happy
to take you.

Are you girls
ready to go?

What's the hurry?

♪

♪ Charles in charge
of our days ♪

♪ And our nights ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪

♪ Of our wrongs
and our rights ♪

♪ And I see ♪

♪ I want Charles
in charge of me ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪

♪ Of our days
and our nights ♪

♪ And I see ♪

♪ I want Charles
in charge of me ♪

♪