04x10 - Unchained - November 2, 1956

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Former scientist Sam is trapped in time due to an experiment gone awry, leaping into different bodies each week.
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04x10 - Unchained - November 2, 1956

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Theorizing that one could time travel
within his own lifetime,

Dr. Sam Beckett stepped
into the Quantum Leap accelerator...

and vanished.

He awoke to find himself
trapped in the past,

facing mirror images
that were not his own...

and driven by an unknown force
to change history for the better.

His only guide on this journey is Al,
an observer from his own time,

who appears in the form of a hologram
that only Sam can see and hear.

And so, Dr. Beckett finds himself
leaping from life to life,

striving to put right
what once went wrong...

and hoping each time
that his next leap...

will be the leap home.

How's it lookin'?

Here it comes. Get ready.

- Come on!
- Ah!

Okay, you're clear!

Which way? Which way?
Which way? Which way?

Oh, boy.

What the hell you mean,
you don't know where we are?

Well...

You said you grew
up around here.

I did?

You...
You lied to me, didn't you?

No. I... No, I didn't lie to ya.
I mean, I don't think I lied to ya.

- What you mean, you don't think?
- I mean... I mean, no.

No. What?

Damn that dog's nose!

No. No. No.

Look. Look.
We can't outrun their noses.

We have to.

You can't hear 'em?
They gettin' closer.

- Maybe we should just give ourselves up.
- Say what?

The only way we goin' back
to that camp now is in a pine box.

Come on. Come on.

- What? No. No.
- Yes, yes, yes!

- Mr. Dog can't smell us now.
- Yeah, I know,

but he can see us
and our footprints.

Come here.

Come on.

Come on.

Uh, I ain't goin' in there.

I ain't goin' in there!

It's either in there...
It's either in there or in a pine box.

- Now, come on. Come on.
- No. I don't wanna go in there!

I can't stand small spaces!
Let me go! Let me go!

It's too small for me!

It's just for a little bit. Now,
just take it easy. Take it easy, Boone.

Shh, shh. Easy, easy.
They're almost here. Shut up.

Come on, Demon. Come on, boy.

Hey, boss.
He's pickin' up skunk.

Here, boy. Come here.

Good boy. We'll find them boys
before they get themselves hurt.

What you got, boy?

Lord, how can they smell
anything for that skunk?

He's k*lling the scent.
Let's move on.

I've had about... enough of Talawaga
County as I ever wanna see.

Oh, you always
been claustrophobic?

I got too big a body
for tiny places...

is what my mama always said.

Outside is where I got to be.

Anyplace else...

I can't go back.

Gee, Sam, it kind of looks
like you're dressed up for hard times.

This is the latest thing
in prison escapes.

Yeah. Well,
it's more like a chain g*ng.

- Thank you, Dr. Watson.
- Nothing to it.

You're in 1956, November 2.

Your name is Chance Terrence Cole,

and you're a local, small-time pet...

"Petty." Oh. Petty thief.

You're a local petty thief,
and you passed some bad checks.

You're doin' nine months...

in Ta... Ta... "Tawawawa."

- Talawa... Talawaga.
- What?

Talawaga.

Talawawa County Prison road g*ng.
Whatever it is.

And I'm really innocent, right?

And I'm here to prove that
this guy's not guilty, right?

- No. Not exactly.
- No?

Ziggy checked the police files,
and you've got a rap sheet.

- What about him?
- Uh, Jasper Boone is his name.

He's doin', uh, 15 big ones
for armed robbery and attempted m*rder...

in a town called Langston.

He hit a jewelry store
not long ago.

- Wonderful.
- Ziggy's still workin' on this...

and tryin' to find out why you're here,
so I'll go check with him.

As soon as I hear something,
I'll come right away and let you know.

- Thanks, Al.
- You know, it's funny.

What?

If I wasn't a hologram,
I could swear I could smell skunk.

My daddy was a colored farmer
from North Carolina.

- My mama was a Muskogee.
- Indian?

Pureblood. Come on.

She and Pops...

d*ed when I was still little.

A kerosene heater blew up,
so I went off...

went off to live with my grandmama,
my mama's mama.

Whoa!

- Breakfast?
- I'm not real hungry right now.

Me neither.

You know,

it was hard on the reservation...

being osonko, half-breed.

But out here,
they ain't got no rules, no honor.

They chain you up,
take away your hope, your spirit.

Well, that's what happens
when you break the law.

I didn't break...
I didn't break any law.

- I didn't do anything!
- Okay, okay, okay. Okay.

I left home to find work.

I'm on the bus,
so I get off at town...

'cause I don't like being cooped up
in there too long.

I walk into the store. It has some
pretty jewelry, so I just look.

Then I hear yellin',
and I hear a g*nsh*t.

Suddenly I'm pushed to the ground,
and somebody accused me...

of sh**t' and robbin' the man
that owned the store.

I ain't never robbed nobody
in my life, Cole! And nobody believed me!

Nobody listened!

And then they locked me in.

I was born outside.
I was raised outside.

And for two months now,
they had me...

chained up and shut in.

But not anymore.

Not anymore.
That's why you escaped?

It was either that...

or die.

We gotta find a way
to get out of these things.

Look for a saw, a hammer
or anything, right?

Okay. Wait a second.

- How about this?
- Perfect.

All we need i... is this.

Give me the a*.

Put your hand up.

Okay. Do mine. Come on.

- Yeah.
- Oh.

Next stop, Louisiana!

You can't let him go, Sam.

He says he didn't do it.
Are you tellin' me he did?

Yeah, I know, but, see, Ziggy says
there's a 98.6% chance that he's innocent.

Even while Boone's been in prison, there's
been some guy robbing jewelry stores...

using the same M.O.,
exactly the same one every time.

And there's been five robberies.

So the real robber's
still on the outside?

You got it.

- Come on, Cole. Come on.
- Yeah.

And an innocent guy's gonna spend the
next 15 years on a Mississippi chain g*ng?

Actually, no.

- Then he gets cleared?
- No. Not exactly.

In about five minutes,
he runs out of this barn...

and gets sh*t trying to escape.

- Was the real robber ever caught?
- Uh, negative.

All right. Look. You gotta find
out who the real guy is, all right?

Then get me the information
so I can get it to the people

who can do something about it.

Yeah, and if I had blonde hair
and I could sing, I'd be Madonna.

- Time to be goin'. Come on.
- No, no. Wait a second. Wait a second.

- I'm not so sure that's a good idea.
- I ain't waitin' in here till dark.

- That's another seven or eight hours.
- Hey, Sam.

Ziggy says there's gonna be
another robbery tonight in Kerrville.

Good.

No, it ain't.
I can't take it in here much longer.

You guys have gotta hide out
or go back.

- What are our chances?
- We ain't got no chance unless we move!

All right. All right.
Listen to me. Just...

Your chances are less than 50-50,
and they're goin' down.

See if you can get rid of the dogs.
I'll find someplace to hide.

Okay. Okay. I'm gone.

Hey, doggie, doggie, doggie!
Name that chicken flavor. Right this way!

What those dogs up to?
Maybe they backtracked.

They must've seen a rabbit
or something!

Come on, Cole!

Wait a second. Wait a second.
Listen to me. Listen to me.

I think we should stay in here and
just hide for a while. All right?

What? And wait for winter?

No. No. I got a bad feelin' about this,
Boone. I don't know what it is. I can't...

- You got a bad feelin'?
- Yes.

How you think you gonna be feelin'
if you wind up in a cockfight, huh?

Boy, if I'd have known I had
to do this much running,

I would've
worn my cross-training shoes.

What happened to you, huh?
Yesterday you couldn't wait to get out.

You kept tellin' me how if you
had to spend another year...

- Another year?
- Yeah. You was gonna go crazy.

Wait a minute. Ziggy says you're only
supposed to be here for nine months.

Here it is.
You got a nine-month sentence...

starting on July 3, 1954.

- I've been in here two years?
- I can't take it, Cole!

I can't! Now, two months
is more than I can stand!

If you wanna go back, give yourself
up, go on. I won't stop you.

But if you think
that I'm goin' back...

Damn! Damn!

Sam, he's goin' out!
He's goin' out!

Come on, Sam.

- Boone. They're gonna k*ll you.
- I'm gonna die in there anyway.

No. No, Boone.
Listen to me, Boone. Boone!

- Oh!
- What? What happened?

Sam... Oh, good.

Take that stick,
bonk him on the head. Now!

What you doin', man?

Just tryin' to save your life.

- With a club?
- No. With my foot.

Oh, good. Now, do something.
Stick him in there. Yeah, yeah.

Where are you gonna go? Oh, good.
Get in with him. Good. Good.

Now, keep quiet. Oh.

Here comes one of the g*ons, Sam.
He's got a shotgun.

Quiet in there.

They're not here,
you little worm.

Mr. Monroe,
leave that boy alone.

You'll have to excuse Mr. Monroe here. He's
a little cranky. He's been up all night.

All right, Sam. That's great.
Now, the rest is gonna be a cakewalk.

I'm gonna go back and see if I can spot
the robber. Take it easy, will you?

You boys sure are rough on jewelry.
Fortunately we can fix that.

Oh, boy.

I'm real disappointed in you,
Cole.

I expected you to set an example...

for the young'uns...
like Boone here.

Guess I got
a little carried away.

- Take care of it.
- Yes, sir.

Them the boys that run off?

Well, you could say
they took an unplanned vacation.

Well, I guess
they're back in school now.

See ya tomorrow, Cool.
See ya around, Jake.

I swear I won't run again, boss.

- I swear on my mama's grave.
- Cole, you been here the longest.

You get to call it.
Call it.

Tails.

- Tails it is.
- No!

- Sorry, Boone.
- No!

I swear I won't run again!
Just don't throw me in there!

Hey, I ain't doin' nothin' to
ya, Boonie boy.

Your partner here's
the one who called it.

If anybody's to blame, he is.

Cole. Cole.
Don't do this to me, Cole. Please.

Mr. Cooley, sir,
I'll do the cockfights.

Anything. Cole?

You can't put him in there.
He's got claustrophobia.

- You can't...
- Watch your hands, boy.

Cole! Get in there and stay.
Come on.

Cole!

Please.

Sorry, but I got something else
in mind for you, boy.

Each time Boone howled,
my stomach sank a little lower.

For him, the pit was truly hell.

And his only hope
for deliverance was Al.

"For each ecstatic instant,
we must in anguish pay...

"in keen and quivering ratio...

"to the ecstasy."

I doubt that Emily Dickinson
had that in mind when she wrote that.

- Yeah.
- I doubt she did either.

You and Boone
made me look bad today, boy.

Please don't do it
again, or I'll k*ll ya.

You're killin' him now.

Maybe you got more spunk than
you should. Maybe you should just...

take these barrels back
to where you got 'em.

Night.

Geez, Sam. What are they giving you
to eat here? Roadkill?

Did you find him, Al?

- Who?
- The guy. Did you find the guy?

The guy? Oh, yeah. The guy.
Yeah. I found the guy.

He's a tall guy.
He's got dark hair.

And get this: He puts makeup on his face
to make him look like he's a black guy.

Yeah. His name is Jake Wiles,

and he works
for his family's grocery outfit.

- He drives a truck.
- Jake Wiles?

- Wiles. Yeah.
- Wait a second. He was here today.

He made a delivery here today.

He was here today?

What are you do...
Where are you going, Sam?

To tell Boone.

Boone?

Boone? Boone?

- I'm gonna k*ll you.
- Boone, let him go!

Boone, listen to me.
I can get ya out of here...

and not just the pit.

I can get ya out...
out of prison.

I know who did the robbery.

You're lying.

Sam, tell him more! Give him the facts!
Tell him about the guy in the truck!

Let him go, Boone!

His name is Jake Wiles.
He drives the grocery truck.

He makes himself up to look black...
to look black.

How's that gonna
get me free, huh?

We'll tell the police.

What if they don't believe us?

Then I'll help ya escape.

Look out, Sam!

I don't think that'd
be such a good idea, boy.

- Throw him in the pit.
- Yes, sir. Fun time, boys.

"Throw him in the pit"?

It stinks in there, boy.

Don't put him in there. Hey!

- Nighty night.
- Nighty night, ya slimes! Scum!

Mr. Cooley boss!
Let us out of here!

Cooley! Boss Cooley!

Boss Cooley!

Sam, you okay? How you feel?

Not so good, huh?
I don't blame ya.

Come on! Out of the way!

- Boone?
- What do you want?

Boone, no! No, Boone!

Boone!

- Boone!
- He's gonna k*ll that guy!

Come on, Boone.

Get on back, boy.
Get out of it.

Can't remember when one ol'
boy caused so much trouble.

He's crazy.

- He tried to k*ll me!
- I don't belong here, Warden.

Tell 'em.

Tell 'em you robbed that store
and sh*t that man in Langston.

I didn't sh**t nobody!
I don't know what you're talkin' about!

You're making some mighty
serious accusations here, Boone.

You got anything like proof?

I don't believe this.
You gonna listen to him?

Well, do you?

This must be Warden Elias. He's the closest
thing to a cop you're gonna find here.

He robbed a store in Kerrville last night,
the same way he did in Langston.

Or at least that's what I heard
he was gonna do.

Warden,
I don't think you should listen...

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

And how would you know that?

If you don't believe me, why don't you just
talk to the sheriff in Kerrville? Ask him.

That's about enough sass
out of you, boy.

What a slime.

Put 'em both on the road crew
with the rest of 'em.

I want that pipe out at Bellemeade
Crossin' laid and finished by the weekend.

Yes, sir.

Move it on out. Come on!

I got Ziggy workin'
on a bunch of scenarios.

We gotta find a way for you to
get the truth to the right people.

In the meantime,
you and Boone have gotta...

I know what we gotta do.

We gotta escape.
You wanna sit around and run scenarios?

You figure out how we're gonna
get outta here, all right?

All right, all right, all right.

Talkin' to yourself again, boy? I'm
startin' to worry about you, boy. Come on.

Tell me, Boone. You talkin' to
the man in the moon last night?

Is that what all that howlin'
was about?

He the one that told you that
crazy story about Jake? Hmm?

Yeah. Twenty years
is a long time in prison, Boone,

especially this here one.

His sentence is only for 15 years.

His sentence was 15 years, boy,
just like yours was nine months.

You bastard.

I hear a discouragin' word,

maybe another year in here'll help
teach you some better manners.

How long you think you
can get away with this?

You know, I had you figured...

for a much smarter man
than this, Cole.

See, this here prison road farm's
a long way from court.

'Bout as far away from a court
as you ever gonna get, boy.

Out here, nobody knows
what's goin' on.

Nobody cares.

Well, unless we sprout wings,
we gonna die here now.

There's always a way.
Just need a little help. That's all.

You talkin' about Al?
I heard you talkin' to him last night.

Just talkin' to myself.

Uh-uh. Folks talk different
when they talkin' to themselves.

You was talkin' to somebody,
except they weren't there.

Al's kind of a friend of mine.

He's the one told
you about Jake.

Yep. Matter of fact, he did.

And only you can see him.

Me and... sometimes little kids
and animals too.

You think Al likes snow?

I don't remember.
I don't think I ever asked him.

I wanna see me some mountains,
some of them big ol' ones.

The Rockies.
Now, that sounds like mountains, don't it?

Yes, it does.

And some of those big ol' trees.

- Redwoods.
- Redwoods.

Maybe find me someplace
with a lot of space,

not too many people around,
you know, settle down.

You and Al could come visit.

- That'd be nice. I'd like that.
- You two boys in love?

I'm gonna k*ll him
if he put me back in that hole.

I can't take it, Cole.
I can't.

Hold still.

All right.
Get 'em fed and get 'em to bed.

You men feed 'em, put 'em down.
Let's go. Move it.

Come on.

I hate to tell you this,
but Ziggy's got nothing new. Nada. Zilch.

- Great. Great. Thanks.
- You talkin' to Al?

- Yeah.
- Can he hear me?

No.

Ask him if he'll come and visit.

Visit where?

Somewhere where there's mountains
and snow and trees and...

- Sure. Why not?
- Sure. He'll come and visit you.

Oh, good.

But first, we've gotta concentrate
on getting you out of here.

Now, Ziggy has one idea...
It's a pretty good idea.

What it is, you have
to predict Jake's next robbery,

and that way, everything you
say'll have more credibility,

and maybe this Warden
Elias will believe you.

Okay.
When's it gonna happen?

When?

When's it gonna happen?
The next robbery?

- You want a when?
- Al.

- Eight months.
- Oh. Oh.

- What did he say?
- He said that Jake Wiles is the key,

but it's just gonna take
a little longer than we thought.

Couldn't this wait till mornin'?

Annabelle thinks I'm sneakin' out with
some gal, leavin' this time of night.

How'd that boy and Boone
find out about that jewelry store?

And what about last night
in Kerrville?

Hell. I don't know.
I had so much of that black crap...

on my face that day in Langston,
I didn't recognize me.

Ain't no way Boone could have.

What about last night? Now,
you talked to somebody, didn't you, boy?

No. I... I ain't told nobody nothin',
Cooley.

- Why, that'd be real stupid.
- Yeah, that would.

If that boy knows about you,
then he just might know about me.

I... I swear, Cooley,
I ain't told nobody nothin'.

You get rid of that
stuff from Kerrville?

M-Most of it.

I still got a couple of
rings and earrings left.

Four thousand is the
best they give me for it.

Yeah, well, I'm thinkin' maybe
we'd better back off a little...

till things kind of settle down.

That's a good idea, Cooley. I been meaning
to talk to you about backin' off...

j-just for a little while.

Where are you taking the boys
today, Cooley?

We're gonna finish up that pipe
at Bellemeade Crossing.

Swing by the Marion County turnoff
before you head over there.

They got a stuck truck
loaded with peanut oil.

I promised I'd get the boys
to dig her out.

B.P., we're a week behind
on that Bellemeade trench.

We ain't got time for no peanut truck.

That crossing's been there a long
time, Cooley. It ain't goin' nowhere.

Or do you have some
information to the contrary?

- No, sir.
- Then get to it!

All right. Move it out!

Move it, damn it!
Takin' too much time!

Sam,
Ziggy says that your best bet

is to try and bribe someone to
get the information outside.

- With what?
- With what?

- Yeah.
- With what?

Uh, we're workin' on that.
We're workin' on that "with what."

Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!

- What?
- Damn it. It's diggin' in deeper.

We're gonna have to build up
under where that other tire's spinnin'.

Hey, Cole, find me a log or a rock
or somethin' to put under that tire.

No!

Well, I ain't gonna
let him out of my sight, Cooley!

- I said no, damn it!
- All right. Okay. All right.

Cole, come on back here right now.

Son of a...

Hey! Hey, it's Jake Wiles down here!
Someone's sh*t him all to hell!

Hey, Boone, get back here, boy.
I'll throw you in the pit, Boone.

I told you to get back here.
When I talk, you better listen.

I'll k*ll you!

No! Boone! Get off him!
Come on!

Boy, you just earned yourself
another trip to the pit.

I ain't never goin'
in that pit again!

Well, it's either that or a cockfight
with your friend Cole here.

- I'll take the fight.
- You got it.

All right.

Sam, a "cockfight"
is Southern prison slang...

for a fight between two prisoners...
to the death.

Come on. Get up, boy.
Come on.

Put 'em in separate trucks.

Go on the radio, call the sheriff and tell
him to get on over here with the coroner.

- Let's go. Let's go.
- Sam, I don't get it.

I mean, it doesn't fit...
What's this goon lookin' at?

Jake was supposed
to rob four more jewelry stores.

He's gonna have a little
trouble doin' it right now.

Hey, Cooley, look at this!

There's gotta be a couple
thousand dollars here.

I'll be damned if the grocery business
isn't something I oughta look into!

Put that on back
and let the sheriff find it.

Well, I guess
that rules out robbery.

- Which leaves only 999 other motives.
- That's true.

I gotta fight that guy to the death. I
mean, he's quicker than greased lightning.

You saw at the barn,
I was lucky 'cause he wasn't...

Don't worry.

Don't worry, Sam.
I'll figure something out somehow.

Jake's m*rder was never solved,

but somehow you changed
history, and Jake got k*lled.

I know that, Al.
Look, what we don't...

What?

Most m*rder victims are k*lled
by people that they know, right?

- Uh, right.
- Right?

Who would have the best reason
to k*ll Jake?

- Ooh! Does he have any ex-wives?
- A partner.

A partner who doesn't
trust Jake anymore.

A partner who's afraid that Jake
is gonna expose him.

Oh, a partner who got scared yesterday
when a certain inmate said...

that he knew about the robbery
that happened the other night.

I'll put my money
on goon-meister there.

I agree. Only the way
things have been going,

I don't think we're gonna
be able to nail him.

We're gonna have to escape.

We're all gonna do that. That's right.
It's time to have some fun now.

- Move it along!
- Get 'em, Cooley!

Come on! Let's move it along
and have some fun tonight, boys!

It's party time!
Come on! Move it out!

Bring 'em in.

All right.
Hold your arms out.

- You right-handed, Boone?
- Yeah.

Well, this'll even it up,

keep you two lovebirds happy.

Now, if y'all ain't never...

seen no cockfight,
here's the rules.

Number one:
Ain't no helpin'the contestants.

Sam, Ziggy still doesn't have
a line on how you escape.

The best we could think of...

is you gotta think
of some kind of distraction.

The chains don't come off
till one of these boys is dead.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.
- Y'all got any final last words?

Is that what you said
to Jake before you sh*t him?

Too bad you ain't gonna
live long enough to regret that, boy.

- Give 'em the chains. Get 'em ready.
- Come on!

Oh, I don't like this.
I don't like this.

Quiet!

I ain't goin' back in there.

All right! Go get 'em, boys!
Get in and fight!

Boone... Boone, this is our
chance to escape. Do you hear me?

Cooley's not gonna let you live
even if ya k*ll me.

He's afraid you're gonna connect
him with Wiles.

He's a flake candy-ass!

Your only chance is to trust me.
When I say "go," get ready to go.

No! No!

Moccasin!

Damn it to hell.

Monroe! Monroe!
Get over here!

Spread out.
We gotta find 'em.

- Let's head for the trucks.
- Yeah.

Let's get up to that truck, Boone.

Come on.

No, no, no, no.
Wait, wait, wait.

Any minute now,
they're gonna know we're here.

Sam, that was incredible.
You made Houdini look like a piker.

Wait a second. Wait a second.
Get the gas cap. Take it off.

- Here.
- Good, good, good.

Perfect! Incredible idea!

Go!

Holy damnation!
Monroe!

Monroe, the truck!
Over there!

Get the dogs!

Get the dogs!
Get the dogs!

Over there.

Over here.

Here, dogs!
Dog food right this way!

Well, well, well.

Get on over here.
I said, get on over here.

You boys make my job real easy.

Two dangerous escaped prisoners
heading for the state line.

I might even end up with
a commendation out of it.

Least we won't get sh*t
in the back like Jake.

Loose lips sink ships.

I just don't know what he'd be doin'
tellin' ya what he's doin'.

- He didn't.
- What do you mean?

Hey. Hey, you stupid mutt, over here!

Sam, he smashed his head
down there.

- He's dead.
- Yeah. Better him than us.

Al, how far to the state line?

Uh... Uh, 20 miles.
Go straight upstream.

Come on.
We got some traveling to do.

Let's go.

Sam, this is it right here. The Louisiana
state line right at the top of the hill.

Ziggy says all Boone has to do is get
out of the state, and he's home free.

This is it.

Louisiana's on the other side
of that hill. We made it.

- Which way you headed?
- I don't know.

- I don't know.
- Me neither.

Thanks.

Anytime. Get goin'.
Go on.

You take care!

What's gonna happen to him, Al?

He disappears into the fabric of
society, but in three years,

a man fitting his description is
spotted in Washington state...

working for the forestry service.

In the mountains with the big trees.
Yeah.

Mmm. And you disappear too...
I mean, Cole disappears too.

In fact, after a couple of years,
they give up lookin' for either one of you.

Oh, you'll be interested in this.
Work Prison Number 11 is shut down...

three months after you guys escape.

Hey! Hey.

Tell Al goodbye for me.

He can hear ya.

Thanks, Al.

- Thanks, Al.
- Bye, Sam.

Quantum leaping through time,
I've leapt into an electric chair,

gunfights and a variety
of handcuffs.

It looks like
I finally raided a cushy time.

Thank you.

No. Thank you.

- Good morning, tiger.
- Good morning.

Oh, no, no. You gotta
stop doing that.

- You want me to stop?
- No. Yes, please.

Mom? My God, Mom.

What would Dad say?

Oh, boy.
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