06x05 - Theo's Gift

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Ah, Here You Go.

Thank You.

Okay, Theo, Here's
Another Question.

What Was Prometheus' Punishment
For Bringing Fire To Man?

Chained To A Boulder.

What Else?

A Giant Eagle Came Down,
Pecked At Him

And Ate His Liver,
Piece By Piece.

Perfect.

It's Exciting To Be
So Near A Great Mind.

Could You Get A Little Nearer
To My Great Mind?

Hey!

I Hope In Between
All Of That

There Was Some Kind
Of Studying Going On.

I Know It Didn't
Look Like It...

It Didn't

And I've Seen
Studying Before

And This...

Come On, Dad.

That Does Not Look
Like Studying.

I Was Rewarding Theo
For Knowing His Mythology.

It's Wonderful Being Human.

If You Were A Seal,
You'd Get A Sardine.

No, We're Serious.

Look...

Here's A List Of Characters
From Mythology.

Pick Any Character.

Any One?

Any One.

If You Get It Right

I'm Not
Kissing You.

Tell Me About...

Eye-Care-Us.

First Of All,
I Can Tell You It's Icarus.

All Right, No Problem.

I'm Just Trying To Fool You.

Icarus And His Father, Daedelus
Wanted To Escape The Labyrinth

So They Made Wings
Of Feathers And Wax.

Yes, They Did.

Icarus' Father Said

"Son, Don't Fly Too High
Near The Sun

"Because You'll Burn.

"But Don't Fly

Near The Sea,
Because You'll Drown."

But Icarus Didn't Listen
To His Old Man.

Beginning To Sound Like
This House A Little.

Anyway

His Father Called Out

But Icarus Kept Flying
Toward The Sun.

His Wings Melted

He Fell Into The Ocean

But His Father Made It
Safely Across.

Get Down, Dad.

Now What's The Significance
Of That Story?

Uh, I Would Probably Say
The Story Advised

The Youth Of Ancient Athens
Against Foolhardiness

And At The Same Time
It Reaffirmed

The Patriarchal System
Of Greek Culture.

Is This My Son?

Very Good, Theo.

Justine,
You Inspire Me To Study.

Ever Since You've Been With Him,
He's Been Booking It Lately.

I'm Just Showing Him
A Hard-Working Woman

Loves
A Hard-Working Man.

And I Am Listening.

I Want You To Marry Him
And I'll Pay

For The Wedding.

Dr. Huxtable...

Go Ahead, Kiss Him.

I Want To See
You Kiss.

We Can't Do This
In Front Of You.

Okay, I'll Go Up Here.

Now Go Ahead.

Come On Now, Kiss!

Mmm-Mah!

That's Terrible.

That's The Way Old People Kiss.

I Want A Study Kiss.

Justine...

Quack, Quack, Quack.

Quack, Quack.

Quack, Quack.

Quack, Quack.

She's Going Faster,
Maybe She'll Fly.

Hey, Where Did You Get That?

What's
The Matter?

That's My Duck.

We're Just Playing
With It.

Hi, Everybody.

Denise Stole My Duck.

Oh, Lord!

Give Me A Break.

Can You Help Me?

No, It's Time You Learned

To Handle These Situations
By Yourself, "Mom."

Okay.

So Let's Work This Out.

Let's Share The Duck.

Okay, I'll Pull It,
And You Guys Watch Me.

I Want To Pull It.

Mom, Please Help Me Out.

I Have Some Very Important
Reading To Do Here.

I Got It.

I'll Just Take A Saw
And Cut This Duck In Half

Then You'll Both Have
Something To Play With.

I'll Take
The Front Half.

This Is Not Right.

Whoever Loves The Duck Most
Should Save It

From Being
Sawed In Half.

Worked In The Bible.

Yes, It Did, Good Luck.

I Want My Duck, Whole, Now.

Fine.

Olivia, Sweetie,
I'm Sorry.

We Should Have Asked Rudy.

So If She Wants It

We Have To Give It
To Her, Okay?

Go Ahead, Rudy.

What?

Play With It.

Quack, Quack.

Quack, Quack.

Quack.

I'm Finished.

You Can Play With It.

Thanks, Rudy.

But Next Time, Just Ask.

It's Not The Duck,
Just The Principle.

Okay.

Nicely Done, Mom.

How'd You Do This
With Five Children?

I Read The Bible A Lot.

Olivia, Let's Go
Get A Snack In The Kitchen.

All Right!

Hi.

Hi, Son.

Is Something Wrong?

Me-- I'm Wrong.

That's What's Wrong.

We Got Our Mythology Exam
Back Today.

Guess What I Got?

A "C."

Another One
Of My Lousy "C's."

I'm Sick Of k*lling Myself
For Loser Grades.

The Night Before,
I Knew I Would Get An "A."

You Told Me You Were Going To
Knock It Out Of The Park.

And I Got A "C."

I'm Sick Of Being Stupid.

You Are Not Stupid.

Of Course Not.

We Told You,
As Long As You Work Hard

And Study Hard

We're Satisfied.

That's Not The Point.

I'm Not Satisfied, Dad.

What Kind Of Graduate School
Will I Get With A "C" Average?

Joe &Amp; Ernie's Graduate School?

Perhaps You Just Get Nervous
When You Take A Test.

I Wasn't Nervous.

I Knew That Test
Backwards And Forwards.

A Master At Mythology.

I Knew More Than The Professor.

Oh, Well,
There You Go...
It's Overconfidence.

Pardon Me, May I Talk?

Dear, Be Still.

I Have The Floor.

What Floor?

The One My Feet Are On.

Thank You.

Son, When I Was In Law School

I Took A Test On
The Erie Railroad V. Thompkins.

I Was So Sure Of Myself
That I Had The Audacity

To Dispute
A Supreme Court Ruling.

I Get My Test Back
And The Professor Wrote

"When You Get To
The Supreme Court

"You Can Change The Law.

For Now, You're
A Law Student With A "C" Minus.

Overconfidence...

You See?

This Is Your Story
Of Overconfidence?

Yes.

Please.

I Had A Bio-Chem Exam.

You Understand,
I Studied

A Month!

I Said, "I Am Not Going
To Let Bio-Chem Whip Me."

I Studied--

Asked Myself Questions,
Pretended I Was The Professor--

And I Knew What I Knew,
So I Could Ask Myself

What I Don't Know.

I Became So Arrogant

I Said To The Professor,
In The Classroom

As The Papers Were Handed Out

"I Hope That This Test
Will Challenge What I Know."

I Looked At
The First Question.

I Was So Overconfident,
I Didn't Even Read It Through.

I Just Read Two Words And Said

"I Know What It Is,
I Know The Question."

I Wrote At The Top
Of The Blue Book

"Ha! Thought You Would Get Me
With This One, Didn't You?"

Read The First
Two Words

And Knew What
The Question Was

And Proceeded To Write

Two-And-A-Half
Blue Books

Of The Wrong Answer!

"F" Was My Grade.

Overconfidence

And That's Exactly
What Happened To You.

I Read All The Questions.

I Couldn't Understand Them.

I Even Made
An Appointment

With The Learning Counselor
To Find Out What's Wrong.

Do You Have The Test
With You?

Son...

This Is Multiple Choice.

The Answer's
In Front Of Your Face.

The First One's About Icarus.

I Know.

You Heard Me Tell You
About Icarus.

I Knew That Inside Out.

These Are
Trick Questions.

Let Me See This, Theo.

"Eliminate The Statement
That Does Not Apply

To The Story Of Icarus."

Honey, What's Tricky
About That?

It's Worded In A Weird Way.

I Couldn't Understand
If They Wanted The Answer

That Does Apply
Or The One That Doesn't.

But, Theo, It's Obvious.

Three Of The Statements
Do Apply To Icarus

And One Doesn't.

That's A Dumb Way
To Ask A Question.

Why Couldn't They
Have An Essay

And Say, "Write
The Story Of Icarus."

I Would Have
Cleaned Up On That.

Because This Is Not
Burger King.

You Can't Have It Your Way.

This Professor Is Making An Exam
And You Have To Answer That Way.

Your Problem Is
You're Not Even Concentrating.

I Stared At The Question
For Five Minutes.

Staring At Something
For Five Minutes

Doesn't Mean
You're Concentrating.

I Don't Know Why I'm Talking
To You Guys About This.

You Don't Support Me.

Why? Because You
Don't Understand Me.

My Professors
Don't Understand Me.

I Don't Even Understand Myself.

All I Want To Know Is Why,
When I Think I Know Everything

I Can't Answer Anything Right?

Maybe This Learning
Counselor Could Help Me.

Maybe She Can't
Understand Me, Either.

She'll Say Read More
About Icarus.

Like I'll Get A Job
Because I Know About Icarus.

Who Cares About Icarus?

What's He Done For Me?

But I Sure Relate To Him

Because His Father
Didn't Support Him, Either.

His Father

Just Let His Wax Wings
Melt In The Ocean

And Let Him Drown.

Theo, I've Looked Over
Your Notebooks.

Could You Read Them?

That's One Of The Problems--

Your Notes Are Poorly Organized.

They Are?

And Your Writing Has A Lot
Of Mechanical Errors

Although Your Ideas Are Good.

I Think You Should Be
Tested For Dyslexia.

Dyslexia... What's That?

It's A Disorder Where People
See Letters Backwards

But Theo Doesn't Do That.

That's Only One Form.

Dyslexia Is A Special Way
Of Seeing Things.

I Call It
A Different Kind Of Mind.

What Kind Of Mind?

In Theo's Case, First-Rate.

He Has
The Brain Power

But Has A Glitch In
Handling Information.

A Glitch?

A Problem In How
He Processes Language.

Is There Anything
We Can Do?

There Are Specialists
Who Can Help Dyslexics.

All He Has To Do
Is Work With A Program.

If My Son Does That,
He Can Be Helped?

Yes.

All Right, Well... Dyslexia.

Now, Fix It.

Don't Jump To Conclusions Yet.

Theo, When You're Called Upon

Do You Have Difficulty Finding
Words To Express Yourself?

Yeah, I Know What I Want To Say

But I Have A Hard Time
Getting It Straight.

Look, He's Got It, Let's Fix It.

I'll Need To Do
A Series Of Diagnostic Tests.

When Can I Take Them?

In The Morning.

I Hope You Flunk
With Flying Colors.

Dad, I'll Do My Best
To Let You Down.

There You Go.

Cliff...

Why Are You Standing
At That Door?

Theo's Coming By

When He Gets
The Test Results.

Your Standing There

Won't Make Him Come
Any Sooner.

What Are You Doing?

I'm Checking The Weather.

You Have Become
What You Have Mocked.

Oh, He's Coming.

He Is?

Yeah.

Maybe If We Had
Quiche, Asparagus...

Hi.

Hi.

I Got The Test Results.

And?

What Did She Say?

You Guys...

I'm Dyslexic.

Yes!

Yes, Yes, Yes.

( Screaming And Cheering )

What Is Everyone So Happy About?

Your Brother Is Dyslexic.

That's Not Funny.

I Finally Know What's Wrong

And I Can Do Something
About It.

What's Mrs. Roscoe Doing?

She's Asking My Professors
If I Can Tape Lectures

And Recommending
Someone

To Help Organize My Notebook.

I've Met Students She's Helped
Who Are Doing Much Better.

That's Wonderful.

And To Think, Theo

All Those Years
You Were Doing Lousy

And Dad Called You Lazy.

I Know.

He Has Been Rough On Me.

You Must Feel
Very Guilty, Dad.

When Theo
Brought Home Bad Grades

You Wouldn't Let Him
See His Friends

When All Along
He Had A Learning Disability.

He'd Have To Sit
Up There In His Room

Staring At A Book

Listening To His Friends Outside
Laughing And Playing Ball.

Yeah, I Could Hear Them.

This Isn't The Time
To Bring These Things Up.

I Don't Blame You.

You Must Feel Just As Bad.

Excuse Me?

Remember When Theo Got That "F"

And You Wouldn't Let Him Go
To The Dance?

It Was Probably
His Learning Disability

And His Date Was Wendy Gilmore.

Wendy Gilmore!

Mom, I Had
A Big Crush On Her.

And At The Dance,
She Met Tommy Burns

And Started Going Steady
And Now They're Engaged.

It Took Me A Long Time
To Get Over Wendy.

Mom, Dad...

It's As If You Took
Your Son's Childhood Away.

So If My Grades
Start To Slip

Don't Assume I'm Crazy
About Boys.

I Might Just Have What Theo Has.

Since I Have To Tape Lectures

Can I Get
A Cassette Tape Player?

We'll Go To Jake's And Get One.

I Have One In Mind.

Auto-Reverse, Four Speakers,
Sound Booster And Equalizer.

I Bet Jake Has One.

No, This One's Inside
The New Corvette Zr- .

Is That Car On The Street Now?

Yeah.

Well, Let's Go.

We're Going To Buy One?

No, We're Going
To Break In One

And Get The Radio Out.

Olivia Has Amazed Me
Yet Again.

We Were Upstairs
Watching Television

She Hears
A Song Once

And Repeats It
Note For Note.

She's Like Mozart.

Hey!

You Are In Time

To Hear Olivia
Sing A Song.

What?

Let's Hit It.

♪ Shake It Up, Baby, Now ♪

♪ Shake It Up, Baby ♪

♪ Twist And Shout ♪

♪ Twist And Shout ♪

♪ Come On, Come On, Come On,
Baby, Now ♪

♪ Come On, Baby ♪

♪ Let's Work It On Out ♪

♪ Work It On Out ♪

♪ Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah ♪

♪ Ah... ♪

♪ Ah... ♪

♪ Ah... ♪

♪ Ah!! ♪

♪ Shake It Up, Baby, Now! ♪

Thank You, You've Been
A Fabulous Audience.

Let's Get Some Juice.

Do Our Numbers.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Let Me Tell You.

Playing Basketball
With My Son.

He Tells Me This Story,
Which I'll Let Him Finish.

Mom, I've Been Taking Classes
For Dyslexia

For The Past Three Weeks.

I Got My Philosophy Exam Back
And Got...

This Story's So Good,
I Can't Wait To Hear It Again.

I Got A "B" Plus.

Yes! Yes!

Wonderful!
I'm So Proud Of You.

Thank You.

This Is The Beginning.

I'll Keep Studying

And This Will Probably Be
The Lowest Grade Ever.

He Should Finish
Undergraduate School

In Two Years.

No Sense Holding Him Back.

He's Going To Medical School
And Become Doctor What?

Huxtable, Junior.

Mrs. Roscoe Told You
Not To Jump To Conclusions.

You've Got Him Out
Of Undergraduate School.

And How Long To Finish
Medical School?

That's Unfair.

You Can't Put

That Pressure On Theo.

If He Does Anything
In Two Years

It's Law School, Right?

Maybe It Ought To Be

He Will Become
A Doctor And A Lawyer.

You Guys, Come On.

Let Me Think.

I Have Time.

Believe Me.

Now All These Good Grades
Have Made Me What?

Hungry.

There You Go.

Going Where?

To The Kitchen.

For Some Food.

Right, What?

Free Food.

Thank You.

Isn't That Great?

I Got So Happy About That Grade

I Decided To Play
Some Full Court Basketball

And It's Starting
To Stiffen Right Here.

Starting
To Stiffen...

Oh, Let Me See.

Shake It Up, Baby.

Twist And Shout.

♪ Twist And Shout ♪

♪ Come On, Come On,
Come On, Baby, Now ♪

♪ Let's Work It On Out ♪

♪ Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah ♪

, , ...

Oh, No.

, ,

, , , ...

Yes.

, , , .

I Can Count To , .

One, Two, Three...

Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten...