WEBVTT 00:33.450 --> 00:35.035 FLORA: The Silver Surfer. 00:35.118 --> 00:40.082 He first appeared with the Fantastic Four and can travel at the speed of light. 00:40.165 --> 00:44.920 And, somehow, nobody seems to notice that he is completely naked. 00:47.089 --> 00:50.425 Wolverine, a mutant with superhuman strength 00:50.509 --> 00:54.471 who can heal himself and take down any villain. 00:54.555 --> 00:56.431 He just shouldn't pick his nose. 00:58.058 --> 01:01.562 And Incandesto, my dad's perfect creation. 01:01.645 --> 01:04.898 He can shine with the light of a thousand suns 01:04.982 --> 01:09.152 and rescue any soul from the darkness of despair. 01:09.236 --> 01:14.366 However different they are, all superheroes come to us with a purpose, 01:15.033 --> 01:16.660 to save those in need. 01:16.743 --> 01:19.955 To stand watch when danger closes in. 01:20.038 --> 01:22.249 But they have one thing in common. 01:24.126 --> 01:26.795 They never show up in the real world. 01:28.088 --> 01:30.841 Oh, boy. What now, Flora? 01:30.924 --> 01:31.967 (SIGHS) 01:32.050 --> 01:33.552 They're in mint condition. 01:33.635 --> 01:37.472 I keep them in protective sleeves and try not to breathe when reading them. 01:38.515 --> 01:40.017 Sellin' your whole collection? 01:43.228 --> 01:46.982 If you ask me, great art belongs to the world. 01:47.065 --> 01:50.152 I didn't. 'Cause I own a comic book store. And you're eight. 01:50.235 --> 01:52.237 -Ten. -What, inches tall? 01:52.321 --> 01:55.157 Look, I can take these to the store down the street. 01:58.452 --> 01:59.494 Yeah, all right. 02:00.787 --> 02:02.456 Let's see here, what do we got? 02:04.458 --> 02:05.542 Wait. 02:06.335 --> 02:07.503 Not that one. 02:08.629 --> 02:11.340 All right, (SIGHS) I'll give you 30 bucks for everything. 02:11.423 --> 02:15.677 -Thirty? You barely even looked at them. -Yeah, because I got a tournament to host. 02:15.761 --> 02:18.138 You think these guys have been sittin' here for 16 hours 02:18.222 --> 02:20.432 so that I can sit here talkin' to Flora the Explorer? 02:20.516 --> 02:21.975 Some of these are worth that alone. 02:22.059 --> 02:23.477 Can you just go back through them? 02:23.560 --> 02:26.063 -I'll wait. -(SIGHS) I know you will. 02:27.564 --> 02:29.316 Hey, watch it. Oh! Hey... Oh, come on! 02:29.399 --> 02:30.776 (OBJECTS CLATTERING) 02:31.610 --> 02:33.445 (MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 02:36.615 --> 02:38.283 MAN 2: Epic fail. 02:38.367 --> 02:40.035 -(MAN CRYING) -Uh... 02:40.744 --> 02:41.954 Thirty sounds good. 02:42.079 --> 02:43.789 Yeah, 30 sounds great. 02:46.166 --> 02:48.877 FLORA: Some would still believe life is a comic book 02:49.670 --> 02:51.338 filled with wonder, 02:51.421 --> 02:53.799 where miraculous things happen. 02:53.882 --> 02:55.133 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 02:55.217 --> 02:57.052 Where families stay together. 02:59.555 --> 03:00.973 But I am a cynic, 03:01.849 --> 03:06.436 and a cynic knows that superheroes are only in your head. 03:07.229 --> 03:08.397 Looks like fun. 03:09.147 --> 03:12.192 Not for me. I've more serious matters to attend to. 03:12.276 --> 03:15.195 Oh, right. Me, too. The righteous never rest. 03:17.531 --> 03:19.074 FLORA: The danger is what's real. 03:19.157 --> 03:20.742 -MAN: Heads up! -(FLORA GRUNTS) 03:22.327 --> 03:23.579 BOY: That girl just ate it. 03:24.913 --> 03:27.374 FLORA: Not that it's easy to let go of hope. 03:28.166 --> 03:30.627 PHYLLIS: Flora, are you reading the books I bought you? 03:30.711 --> 03:31.753 Yep! 03:34.006 --> 03:35.507 PHYLLIS: Remember our contract. 03:36.508 --> 03:39.052 Cynics live in defiance of contracts. 03:39.136 --> 03:41.638 PHYLLIS: What? Cynics invented contracts. 03:41.722 --> 03:44.391 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 03:47.561 --> 03:50.856 -See? So much better than comic books. -Mmm-hmm. 03:50.939 --> 03:53.400 Come downstairs, I wanna show you something. 03:55.652 --> 03:56.987 (SMACKS LIPS) 03:57.070 --> 03:59.531 So what do you think about the new addition? (SIGHS) 04:00.365 --> 04:01.825 Nothing in here looks new. 04:01.909 --> 04:04.578 Old is the new new. I keep telling you that. 04:04.661 --> 04:06.496 I thought you were talking about being 40. 04:06.580 --> 04:07.706 I'm 36. 04:07.789 --> 04:09.458 -Sure. -So what do you think? (SIGHS) 04:09.541 --> 04:12.419 About you being 36? Skeptical. 04:12.503 --> 04:13.670 About this. 04:14.421 --> 04:17.424 Wow, you replaced your computer with a typewriter? 04:17.508 --> 04:18.550 Yeah. 04:18.634 --> 04:20.385 It's gonna be hard to get on the Internet. 04:20.469 --> 04:22.304 Exactly. That's the whole point. 04:22.387 --> 04:25.265 My next novel is set in the 1920s, 04:25.349 --> 04:29.102 so this is gonna get me to tap into the language. 04:29.186 --> 04:31.563 Except for the "J" key, 'cause the "J" key doesn't work. 04:32.314 --> 04:33.899 (GROANS) 04:33.982 --> 04:36.693 FLORA: My mother is a romance novelist. 04:36.777 --> 04:39.988 She said her books were about superheroes too. 04:40.072 --> 04:44.618 But their superpower was something I wasn't old enough to know about yet. 04:47.079 --> 04:48.580 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 04:49.414 --> 04:52.543 She wrote about love because she had love. 04:54.378 --> 04:55.379 We all did. 04:56.213 --> 04:57.548 (TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 04:57.631 --> 05:01.593 But ever since Dad moved out, she couldn't write anything. 05:02.386 --> 05:04.805 I think maybe Dad was her "J" key. 05:04.888 --> 05:06.682 (SIGHS) 05:06.765 --> 05:09.643 You know what? I'll just write in the "J." 05:10.435 --> 05:13.647 TOOTIE: Heel! Heel! Heel! 05:13.730 --> 05:16.650 -Heel! Oh, no! -VACUUM: Searching. 05:16.733 --> 05:18.318 Help! Help! 05:18.402 --> 05:20.404 Runaway vacuum! Stop. 05:20.487 --> 05:21.947 -Bad robot. Stop! -VACUUM: Searching. 05:22.030 --> 05:23.699 Holy Bagumba. 05:24.408 --> 05:25.826 I know. It's good, right? 05:25.909 --> 05:27.536 TOOTIE: (GRUNTS) Sit! You sit! 05:28.620 --> 05:30.247 No, it's terrible. 05:30.330 --> 05:32.749 VACUUM: Boundary. Boundary. 05:32.833 --> 05:34.960 -FLORA: I can help! -VACUUM: Helping. 05:35.043 --> 05:36.211 You got nowhere to go. 05:36.295 --> 05:38.088 You're surrounded by boundaries. 05:38.172 --> 05:39.423 (BEEPS) 05:39.506 --> 05:40.549 VACUUM: Evolving. 05:40.632 --> 05:42.134 (GASPS) 05:42.217 --> 05:43.969 -It's evolving. -I got it! 05:44.052 --> 05:45.345 VACUUM: Evolving. 05:45.429 --> 05:46.763 -Come on. -VACUUM: Evolving. 05:48.265 --> 05:49.850 -(CHITTERS) -(TOOTIE GROANS) 05:50.767 --> 05:53.061 FLORA: I got it. I got it. No, I don't. 05:53.896 --> 05:55.480 TOOTIE: Archie, look out! 05:55.564 --> 05:56.940 (ARCHIE WHIMPERING) 06:01.111 --> 06:02.112 (CHITTERS) 06:03.697 --> 06:05.199 (BEEPS) 06:07.284 --> 06:08.368 (CHITTERS) 06:08.452 --> 06:09.620 VACUUM: Trash. 06:12.164 --> 06:13.999 -VACUUM: Trash. Trash. -FLORA: No! 06:15.375 --> 06:16.668 -(GASPS) -Oh! 06:16.752 --> 06:20.005 VACUUM: Canister full. 06:26.220 --> 06:28.180 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 06:40.359 --> 06:41.610 (CHITTERS) 06:45.364 --> 06:46.406 FLORA: No... 06:51.870 --> 06:54.790 FLORA: If you're wondering how a squirrel's mouth tastes, 06:54.873 --> 06:57.751 it's exactly how you'd think. 06:57.835 --> 07:00.879 Fuzzy, damp, and slightly nutty. 07:01.630 --> 07:06.218 But Incandesto fights for the weak, no matter how they taste. 07:08.554 --> 07:09.596 And so would I. 07:10.472 --> 07:13.517 Come on. Breathe. 07:17.646 --> 07:19.565 (HEART BEATING) 07:24.111 --> 07:25.320 Hello. 07:25.404 --> 07:26.530 (CHITTERS) 07:29.241 --> 07:30.409 Why's he staring at us? 07:31.368 --> 07:33.662 Maybe he's wondering why we're staring at him. 07:34.496 --> 07:35.831 Because he was just dead? 07:36.915 --> 07:39.168 MR. TICKHAM: Tootie? Did you turn on the Ulysses? 07:39.251 --> 07:40.878 I spilled my Froot Loops again. 07:40.961 --> 07:42.963 -(SQUIRREL CHITTERS) -Ulysses. 07:49.720 --> 07:50.846 (CHITTERS) 08:03.400 --> 08:04.985 (SIGHS) 08:05.068 --> 08:09.281 FLORA: My dad drew heroes with powers you couldn't always see 08:10.032 --> 08:15.162 until you needed help and realized they were the only ones there. 08:16.163 --> 08:17.831 Like the Mighty Condor. 08:19.082 --> 08:22.628 -Shobo the Homeless Warrior. -(GRUNTS) 08:22.711 --> 08:27.174 -And, of course, the Amazing Incandesto. -(GROANS) 08:27.257 --> 08:31.762 They all had power and purpose and courage. 08:33.680 --> 08:35.766 (LASERS SHOOTING) 08:35.849 --> 08:38.769 But when my dad couldn't get any of them published, 08:41.647 --> 08:42.898 he lost his. 08:47.277 --> 08:48.654 (THUDDING) 08:50.364 --> 08:53.867 And even though my mom tried to help him get his courage back, 08:56.703 --> 08:59.331 there was nobody who could save him. 09:01.500 --> 09:04.753 PHYLLIS: Hey, maybe the Mighty Condor needs to be more hero-y. 09:05.546 --> 09:06.713 How 'bout a cape? 09:06.797 --> 09:09.842 GEORGE: (GROANS) Who am I kidding? I can't keep doin' this. 09:09.925 --> 09:12.135 PHYLLIS: George, capes could pay the mortgage. 09:13.595 --> 09:14.972 (SIGHS) 09:15.764 --> 09:17.683 FLORA: There was nobody who could save him. 09:18.559 --> 09:19.810 (SIGHS) 09:20.894 --> 09:22.437 And nobody who could save us. 09:23.063 --> 09:24.731 (ENGINE STARTS) 09:25.315 --> 09:28.652 Most kids would've hoped for things to work out differently. 09:28.735 --> 09:31.321 -(CHITTERS) -But cynics don't hope. 09:32.281 --> 09:33.574 They see what's real. 09:34.199 --> 09:35.242 (CHITTERS) 09:36.577 --> 09:37.578 (SQUEAKS) 09:38.996 --> 09:40.747 You have to stay in here, okay? 09:40.831 --> 09:44.209 If my mom finds you, she might think you're a rat and hit you with a pan. 09:44.293 --> 09:46.628 -That's how I lost my hamster. -(GASPS) 09:46.712 --> 09:48.255 PHYLLIS: Flora? FLORA: I'm coming. 09:51.466 --> 09:52.843 (CHITTERS AND WHINES) 09:54.052 --> 09:56.054 WOMAN: (OVER PA) Ladies and gentlemen, 09:56.138 --> 09:57.890 fax machines, calculators, 09:57.973 --> 10:02.352 and all other outdated technology is now 50% off. 10:02.436 --> 10:06.315 Outdated technology, 50% off. 10:07.149 --> 10:08.150 (SMACKS LIPS) Pause. 10:08.233 --> 10:09.651 Hey, Chad. 10:09.735 --> 10:13.071 Quick thing. I'm gonna put on my manager hat here for just one second. 10:13.155 --> 10:16.241 I'm gonna need you to push those extended warranties on the printers. 10:16.325 --> 10:17.576 I always offer it to people, 10:17.659 --> 10:20.204 but they ask if the printers break, and they usually don't. 10:20.287 --> 10:22.080 I'm gonna fast-forward this to the end here. 10:22.164 --> 10:23.624 (CHAD GIBBERING) 10:23.707 --> 10:24.833 Sell the warranties. 10:24.917 --> 10:27.419 Yeah. I understand the selling warranties part. 10:27.503 --> 10:30.130 I don't quite understand how you're controlling time 10:30.214 --> 10:32.466 -with an invisible remote. -FLORA: Excuse me, sir? 10:32.549 --> 10:35.052 You helped me so much the last time I was here. 10:35.135 --> 10:37.137 -I remember. -I was wondering if... 10:37.221 --> 10:38.597 I know you're his daughter. 10:39.306 --> 10:40.307 Oh... 10:41.099 --> 10:42.100 Back to work. 10:42.851 --> 10:43.852 Is everything okay? 10:43.936 --> 10:46.021 -Yeah. I saved a squirrel. -What? 10:46.104 --> 10:47.648 Do you remember how they explained 10:47.731 --> 10:49.775 infant CPR in Terrible Things Can Happen To You? 10:49.858 --> 10:51.318 Chapter 12, Grave Mistakes. 10:51.401 --> 10:54.947 Exactly. I just pretended the squirrel was a furry little baby, 10:55.030 --> 10:58.700 and it worked. I named him Ulysses. This is for him. 10:58.825 --> 11:00.494 Did you put your mouth on the squirrel? 11:00.577 --> 11:02.079 -I had to. -Was he clean? 11:02.162 --> 11:03.163 Probably not. 11:03.247 --> 11:04.540 Probably not or definitely not? 11:04.623 --> 11:07.125 -Definitely not. But I had to. -Correct. Right. 11:07.209 --> 11:08.377 Can I just take these? 11:08.460 --> 11:10.671 I'll take care of it. Employees get 3% off. 11:10.754 --> 11:13.590 -Nice. -Yeah, it's way better than healthcare. 11:14.216 --> 11:16.343 So, I found a new publisher. 11:16.426 --> 11:18.178 They mostly do online stuff, 11:18.262 --> 11:21.056 but I think Incandesto would be better on a computer. 11:21.139 --> 11:22.599 'Cause he can light up. 11:22.683 --> 11:24.643 You know, don't worry about it, okay? 11:25.811 --> 11:27.187 I could submit it for you. 11:27.271 --> 11:29.982 I just don't think the world is ready for Incandesto. 11:31.316 --> 11:34.444 -(SMACKS LIPS) This thing broken? -No. It's functioning. 11:36.280 --> 11:37.906 'Kay, I'll see you tomorrow. 'Kay? 11:37.990 --> 11:39.700 -Okay. -GEORGE: Okay. 11:52.421 --> 11:56.675 What's another word for "steamy"? I've already used that three times. 11:57.634 --> 11:59.303 Juicy. 11:59.386 --> 12:00.554 Yeah, that's good. 12:00.637 --> 12:02.014 (TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 12:02.931 --> 12:04.183 What's another one? 12:04.892 --> 12:06.143 Joyful. 12:06.226 --> 12:08.103 Ha-ha, very funny. 12:08.187 --> 12:10.647 -"Steamy..." -(TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 12:16.445 --> 12:17.446 I saw Dad. 12:18.822 --> 12:20.073 Yeah? 12:20.157 --> 12:21.909 He's really letting the beard go. 12:23.118 --> 12:24.536 Like the guy in Electric Love. 12:29.583 --> 12:31.668 Will you point the Jack and Rose at me? 12:31.752 --> 12:33.086 I... I need their strength. 12:33.170 --> 12:34.254 (SIGHS) 12:34.338 --> 12:35.881 FLORA: The Jack and Rose. 12:35.964 --> 12:40.135 It was a prestigious award from Romantic Living Magazine. 12:40.219 --> 12:43.847 Because nothing says "living" like the Titanic. 12:45.015 --> 12:46.683 (SNIFFING) 12:46.767 --> 12:49.019 (CHITTERING) 12:56.693 --> 12:58.153 (GRUNTS) 12:59.738 --> 13:02.658 Ulysses, you have to be careful. 13:04.117 --> 13:05.369 (ULYSSES CHITTERS) 13:05.452 --> 13:07.955 A body can only take so much trauma. 13:08.038 --> 13:11.792 Unless you're Incandesto's alter-ego, Alfred T. Slipper. 13:11.875 --> 13:13.293 (CHITTERS) 13:13.377 --> 13:15.170 His trauma gave him power. 13:16.505 --> 13:18.799 He was once an unassuming janitor 13:18.882 --> 13:22.511 until he fell into a vat of industrial cleaning solution. 13:23.470 --> 13:25.180 Then he transformed. 13:26.723 --> 13:29.685 Hey, you got sucked up by a vacuum. 13:29.768 --> 13:31.854 Maybe you're a superhero. 13:32.479 --> 13:35.482 (CHITTERING) 13:40.821 --> 13:41.989 (GASPS) 13:48.120 --> 13:51.456 Nah. You're just a nice squirrel. 13:51.540 --> 13:53.584 PHYLLIS: Flora Belle, can you come down for dinner? 13:53.667 --> 13:54.835 It's from the microwave, 13:54.918 --> 13:57.588 but I made it look like it's from the oven. 13:57.671 --> 13:59.464 I'm turning the oven on, so it feels real. 13:59.548 --> 14:00.841 FLORA: All right, Mom. 14:03.343 --> 14:04.511 Be right down. 14:04.595 --> 14:07.848 PHYLLIS: Want me to microwave the rolls, so they're fresh from the oven? 14:07.931 --> 14:11.476 Okay, I have to go. I'm gonna try and bring you up some more food. 14:11.560 --> 14:15.147 I can't promise you it'll be good because I know it won't be. 14:15.689 --> 14:16.690 (CHITTERS) 14:38.462 --> 14:39.713 (SNIFFS AND CHITTERS) 14:41.715 --> 14:43.133 (CHITTERS) 14:47.054 --> 14:48.764 (CLEARS THROAT) 14:49.806 --> 14:53.268 Saving some for later. Looks so good. 14:53.852 --> 14:55.312 So, I have some big news. 14:55.395 --> 14:58.565 The Herald is doing a piece on my next book! 14:58.649 --> 15:00.150 Wow! 15:00.234 --> 15:02.402 Yeah. In publishing, they call that "trending." 15:02.486 --> 15:03.737 People still read the newspaper? 15:04.154 --> 15:06.823 Yes. You should, too. 15:06.907 --> 15:08.742 It's not in my contract. 15:08.825 --> 15:10.786 You live in defiance of contracts. 15:11.620 --> 15:12.621 Right. 15:14.248 --> 15:16.083 Hey, do you wanna go to the mall tomorrow? 15:16.166 --> 15:19.711 We can get our hair done at that place where they act all snooty, 15:19.795 --> 15:22.214 even though they're right next to the food court. 15:22.297 --> 15:23.382 No, I'm good. 15:23.465 --> 15:25.884 Flora, you can't spend another summer alone. 15:25.968 --> 15:27.344 You need friends. 15:27.427 --> 15:28.554 Do you have friends? 15:29.930 --> 15:32.683 I'm an artist. I suffer for my art. 15:34.226 --> 15:37.271 (GHOST WAILING) 15:40.732 --> 15:42.734 The ghost babies were weird. 15:43.652 --> 15:44.653 Mmm-hmm. 15:49.199 --> 15:50.784 (CHITTERING) 16:12.973 --> 16:14.308 (CHITTERING) 16:26.862 --> 16:27.863 (THUD) 16:27.946 --> 16:29.907 (SNIFFING) 16:33.118 --> 16:34.119 (ULYSSES CHITTERS) 16:38.707 --> 16:39.750 (CHEWING) 16:40.459 --> 16:41.752 (CHITTERS) 16:51.261 --> 16:52.513 (CHEWING) 17:00.312 --> 17:01.730 (TYPEWRITER CLACKS) 17:03.065 --> 17:04.399 (CHITTERS) 17:06.276 --> 17:11.031 (TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 17:11.657 --> 17:12.824 PHYLLIS: Flora! 17:12.908 --> 17:14.368 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 17:15.202 --> 17:16.203 What is this? 17:17.329 --> 17:18.330 Your typewriter? 17:19.331 --> 17:22.876 I know it's my typewriter. I mean the paper in it. 17:23.836 --> 17:25.003 (READING) "Squirtel. 17:25.087 --> 17:28.423 "I am Ulysses. Born anew." 17:31.802 --> 17:34.721 Holy unanticipated occurrences! 17:34.805 --> 17:38.559 Flora, this isn't a joke. This typewriter is for my work. 17:38.642 --> 17:39.768 But I didn't... 17:39.852 --> 17:43.063 And my cheese balls? The whole bag? God. 17:43.146 --> 17:45.732 Now I can't eat my way out of sadness. 17:45.816 --> 17:47.901 Unless I wanna lick the cheese off the keys, 17:47.985 --> 17:49.736 which, honestly, I'm considering doing. 17:49.820 --> 17:52.614 God, think about that! How sad that is. 17:53.490 --> 17:55.534 -That is really sad. -(SIGHS) 17:55.617 --> 17:57.995 -Can I keep this? -No, I'm gonna publish it. 18:04.459 --> 18:05.836 (CHITTERS) 18:09.047 --> 18:10.757 Did you type this? 18:11.508 --> 18:14.720 (CHITTERS) 18:15.846 --> 18:18.599 "Do not hope. Observe." 18:19.141 --> 18:20.976 FLORA: Terrible Things Can Happen To You 18:21.059 --> 18:25.230 made it very clear that hope can get in the way of action. 18:25.314 --> 18:30.277 A true cynic has no luxury for hope, only observation. 18:30.360 --> 18:34.448 Ulysses, can you understand me? 18:34.531 --> 18:36.325 (CHITTERS) 18:36.408 --> 18:38.285 Holy Bagumba! 18:38.952 --> 18:39.953 Can you talk? 18:40.037 --> 18:42.915 (CHITTERING) 18:42.998 --> 18:45.751 Okay, that's not really talking, but still. 18:45.834 --> 18:47.002 (GASPS) 18:47.085 --> 18:50.297 I knew it. The vacuum made you a superhero. 18:50.380 --> 18:54.676 It sucked up an unassuming squirrel and spit out a Ulysses. 18:56.720 --> 18:59.264 I'm so glad I saved these for an emergency. 18:59.348 --> 19:03.185 Though, I told Mom I'd use them to line the cage when I got a new hamster. 19:10.025 --> 19:13.362 Now, the important thing is to find your purpose. 19:13.445 --> 19:17.699 Every superhero has one true and unwavering purpose. 19:18.116 --> 19:19.952 Usually it's liberty or freedom, 19:20.035 --> 19:22.412 but it can also be revenge, which is darker. 19:22.496 --> 19:25.499 And you have to kill people, and then regret it afterwards. 19:25.582 --> 19:27.960 Usually by screaming at the sky. 19:28.043 --> 19:29.878 Do you have any enemies? 19:34.842 --> 19:36.009 (ULYSSES CHITTERS) 19:36.093 --> 19:39.388 Don't worry. It's usually a person. 19:39.471 --> 19:43.308 Or a monster. Or a monster that started as a person. 19:43.392 --> 19:46.478 Superheroes can handle anything. 19:47.104 --> 19:48.981 I can be your sidekick. 19:49.064 --> 19:51.692 Incandesto has a parakeet named Dolores, 19:51.775 --> 19:55.612 but you can have me. I will help you find your purpose. 19:55.696 --> 19:57.406 (DOORBELL CHIMING) 19:57.489 --> 19:59.867 PHYLLIS: Flora, I think your dad is here. 20:00.784 --> 20:02.911 Don't worry. Dad is one of us. 20:02.995 --> 20:03.996 (CHITTERS) 20:10.878 --> 20:12.045 (DOORBELL CONTINUES CHIMING) 20:12.129 --> 20:14.214 I wanna lick these keys. 20:18.510 --> 20:19.761 TOOTIE: Hello! 20:19.845 --> 20:20.888 Mrs. Tickham? 20:20.971 --> 20:23.056 And some Tootie Turnovers. 20:23.432 --> 20:25.100 (SNIFFING) 20:25.184 --> 20:27.644 TOOTIE: Hello! Friendly neighbor here. 20:28.645 --> 20:31.148 Tootie. What a nice surprise. 20:31.815 --> 20:35.068 Well, the world is full of lots o' surprises these days. 20:36.153 --> 20:37.613 William? (GROANS) 20:38.363 --> 20:41.825 -Sorry. So many wonderful smells outside. -(DOG BARKING) 20:41.909 --> 20:43.827 (SNIFFS) Jasmine, I think. 20:43.911 --> 20:45.454 We don't have any jasmine. 20:45.537 --> 20:47.206 It could be up to a mile away. 20:47.289 --> 20:49.458 This is my nephew, William Spiver. 20:49.541 --> 20:51.168 He's spending the summer with us. 20:51.251 --> 20:52.836 Pleased to meet you both. 20:52.920 --> 20:54.922 Well, I assume there are two of you. 20:55.005 --> 20:58.675 Although, (SNIFFS) there could be a third who hasn't talked. 20:58.759 --> 21:01.220 (SNIFFS) A baby, perhaps. I think I smell a baby. 21:01.303 --> 21:02.471 There's no baby. 21:02.554 --> 21:04.014 Could be up to a mile away. 21:04.097 --> 21:06.183 William is suffering from temporary blindness. 21:06.266 --> 21:08.227 It's caused by stress. 21:08.310 --> 21:09.895 Hysterical blindness, actually. 21:09.978 --> 21:12.481 I've read about that in Terrible Things Can Happen To You. 21:12.564 --> 21:14.399 It's supposed to go away if you relax. 21:14.483 --> 21:15.567 (OBJECTS CLATTERING) 21:15.651 --> 21:17.319 (SHRIEKS) Squirrel! 21:17.402 --> 21:18.654 There's a squirrel in here? 21:18.737 --> 21:21.323 Where's my tennis racket? I can get a clean shot! 21:21.406 --> 21:23.033 -WILLIAM: What? -Gah! Come with me. 21:23.116 --> 21:25.452 Ah! (SNIFFS) Yes, I'm getting him now. 21:25.536 --> 21:28.413 -(ULYSSES CHITTERING) -Ulysses, you have to be more careful. 21:28.497 --> 21:30.290 Danger lurks everywhere. 21:30.374 --> 21:32.376 Especially where there's tennis rackets. 21:32.459 --> 21:34.920 WILLIAM: Are you talking to that squirrel? 21:35.003 --> 21:36.672 Go away, you're trespassing. 21:36.755 --> 21:39.341 It's only trespassing if a sign is posted 21:39.424 --> 21:42.135 with letters measuring no less than two inches in height. 21:43.011 --> 21:45.097 Yep. There's one right here. 21:46.682 --> 21:47.891 (CHITTERS) 21:47.975 --> 21:50.769 If you don't mind, I have important things to do. 21:50.853 --> 21:52.771 Well, I don't have anything to do. 21:53.605 --> 21:55.858 So, maybe I could be of assistance? 21:55.941 --> 21:57.651 (CHITTERS) 21:58.402 --> 22:00.070 Do you mind if I feel your face? 22:00.153 --> 22:01.405 So I know what you look like. 22:01.488 --> 22:02.865 I guess. 22:05.158 --> 22:08.787 Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. 22:08.871 --> 22:10.289 (CHITTERS) 22:10.372 --> 22:14.418 Doesn't really work. Just feels like a face. 22:16.336 --> 22:17.671 Are your hands clean? 22:19.381 --> 22:21.133 What happened to make you blind? 22:22.843 --> 22:24.761 Why're you talking to a squirrel? 22:26.221 --> 22:27.514 (THUDS) 22:29.266 --> 22:30.851 He's a superhero. 22:31.602 --> 22:33.020 What? 22:37.149 --> 22:38.275 (READING) "I..." 22:38.358 --> 22:39.693 It's just one letter. 22:41.069 --> 22:44.656 -(READING) "L, O, V..." -(TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 22:44.740 --> 22:48.035 Uh, okay. He's going squirrel speed now. 22:52.164 --> 22:54.708 -FLORA: (READING) "I love your round head. -(SNEEZES) 22:54.791 --> 22:58.170 "The brilliant green, the sky so new. 22:58.253 --> 23:02.216 "These letters, this world, you. 23:02.299 --> 23:04.593 "I am very, very hungry." 23:04.676 --> 23:06.053 (CHITTERS) 23:06.136 --> 23:08.430 I told you. He types poetry. 23:08.514 --> 23:10.140 Not great poetry, though. 23:10.224 --> 23:11.350 He's a squirrel. 23:11.433 --> 23:13.393 Fine. He's a poetry-typing squirrel. 23:13.477 --> 23:14.686 Do you doubt him? 23:14.770 --> 23:17.606 Of course I doubt him. What kind of superhero types poetry? 23:18.774 --> 23:20.651 My dad's here! He'll know what to do. 23:20.734 --> 23:22.736 Find your way out, William. 23:22.819 --> 23:25.364 (DOORBELL CHIMING) 23:27.699 --> 23:29.701 You don't have to ring the bell. 23:30.410 --> 23:33.288 -But you do have to fix it. -But I don't live here anymore. 23:33.372 --> 23:35.374 -Which thing are you responding to? -Ringing it. 23:35.457 --> 23:36.834 So, you'll fix it. 23:36.917 --> 23:41.004 Oh, I did fix it. That's why it sounds that way. 23:42.464 --> 23:44.550 -Hi. Oh! -GEORGE: Hi. 23:44.633 --> 23:48.262 So, I was gonna give you a hug. Yeah, just like an adult hug. 23:50.097 --> 23:51.348 -Yeah. -Great. 23:52.683 --> 23:53.809 -(SIGHS) -Where's Flora? 23:53.892 --> 23:55.853 Well, she ran off with a squirrel. 23:55.936 --> 23:57.646 Hi, Dad. I just gotta run upstairs. 23:57.729 --> 23:59.690 -'Kay. -PHYLLIS: What's under your sweatshirt? 23:59.773 --> 24:01.733 -Nothing. -It's moving. 24:02.568 --> 24:03.610 I'm pregnant? 24:04.611 --> 24:06.738 -Is it the squirrel? -Yes. 24:06.822 --> 24:08.574 PHYLLIS: Flora. Flora! 24:09.867 --> 24:12.494 Did you see that? She's totally ignoring me. 24:12.578 --> 24:14.288 She's never done that before. 24:14.371 --> 24:15.789 I'm afraid it's drugs. 24:16.582 --> 24:17.958 She's ten. 24:18.041 --> 24:20.294 Will you just please help her? 24:20.377 --> 24:23.505 I really need to focus on my book. We need the income. 24:23.589 --> 24:27.092 I can't pay the mortgage with your paperclip commissions. 24:27.176 --> 24:28.385 Oh, we don't get commissions. 24:28.468 --> 24:29.761 Yeah, it's a metaphor. 24:29.845 --> 24:31.346 I don't think that's a metaphor. 24:31.430 --> 24:33.098 Okay, you know what? I'm a novelist. 24:33.182 --> 24:34.892 -I know what a metaphor is. -Right. 24:34.975 --> 24:38.770 Will you just put the squirrel in that and just get rid of it? 24:41.982 --> 24:43.984 He's probably diseased, honey. 24:44.067 --> 24:46.820 Squirrels are the most diseased of any rodent. 24:46.904 --> 24:47.946 I think that's rats. 24:49.573 --> 24:51.992 I wrote all of these books, George. All of them. 24:52.075 --> 24:53.160 GEORGE: Mmm-hmm. 25:00.125 --> 25:02.336 INCANDESTO: I guess we need to find another yard. 25:02.419 --> 25:03.587 SHOBO: Yeah. 25:08.800 --> 25:12.387 He's not just a squirrel, Dad. He's got powers. 25:12.471 --> 25:15.724 He's been transformed like Alfred T. Slipper. 25:16.767 --> 25:17.893 (CAR LOCK CLACKING) 25:17.976 --> 25:19.019 Okay. 25:20.729 --> 25:21.813 That's it? 25:21.897 --> 25:23.190 That's what? 25:23.273 --> 25:24.942 This squirrel is a superhero. 25:25.025 --> 25:27.361 The universe sent him for a reason. 25:28.820 --> 25:30.989 -FLORA: Stop it. Stop it. -(CHITTERS) 25:31.532 --> 25:34.952 He's just exploring his powers. All superheroes do. 25:35.035 --> 25:37.788 Flora, I used to think that life was a comic book, too. 25:38.455 --> 25:41.416 Full of magic and wonder, but it's not. 25:42.209 --> 25:43.418 There is no magic. 25:44.211 --> 25:47.339 We just want there to be so the world doesn't feel so hopeless. 25:48.423 --> 25:50.050 But Incandesto says... 25:50.133 --> 25:51.969 Incandesto's a drawing, honey. 25:52.970 --> 25:54.346 All superheroes are. 25:57.975 --> 26:00.727 FLORA: Our lives used to be full of magic. 26:00.811 --> 26:03.230 (MUSIC PLAYING) 26:04.273 --> 26:07.067 (ALL EXCLAIMING) 26:11.446 --> 26:12.656 (ALL LAUGHING) 26:14.283 --> 26:15.701 (WATER SPLASHING) 26:24.626 --> 26:26.086 Are you getting divorced? 26:29.756 --> 26:31.842 No, we're just tryin' to figure things out. 26:31.925 --> 26:33.260 (CHITTERING) 26:35.304 --> 26:36.305 FLORA: Yeah. 26:44.980 --> 26:47.274 -Hey, who's hungry? -(CHITTERS) 26:47.357 --> 26:48.525 Oh, donuts. 26:48.609 --> 26:50.152 (CARS HONKING) 26:55.324 --> 26:58.785 You know, I don't think you're supposed to bring a squirrel to a restaurant. 26:58.869 --> 27:00.662 -(CHITTERS) -(FLORA SHUSHES) 27:00.746 --> 27:03.498 Unless it's like a seeing-eye squirrel or something like that. 27:03.582 --> 27:05.667 -He'll stay in the box. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 27:05.751 --> 27:07.794 -He's trained? -He's a superhero. 27:07.878 --> 27:11.089 -Right. -Hi. I'm Rita. You ready to order? 27:11.173 --> 27:12.257 I'm not hungry. 27:12.341 --> 27:16.803 Okay, well, I am. I'm starving. I will have an omelet... 27:16.887 --> 27:18.305 I'll have a donut. 27:18.388 --> 27:19.723 -One donut. -GEORGE: I will have an... 27:19.806 --> 27:21.683 -Two donuts. -Two donuts? 27:21.767 --> 27:22.768 Two donuts. 27:22.851 --> 27:25.604 -I'll have an omelet, please, with... -Uh, three donuts. 27:26.438 --> 27:29.399 -I'd like an omelet, please, with bacon... -Six donuts? Please. 27:30.150 --> 27:31.735 Is your mom feeding you? 27:31.818 --> 27:35.405 Hey. What do you have in there? Is it a little kitty or something? 27:35.489 --> 27:37.241 No. It's just a box. 27:37.324 --> 27:40.202 Come on. Just a little kitty, right? Can I just... 27:40.285 --> 27:42.788 I just wanna see the little fuzzball. Is it cute? 27:42.871 --> 27:44.122 -Here, kitty... -FLORA: No! 27:44.206 --> 27:46.708 -(ULYSSES SQUEAKS AND CHITTERS) -(RITA SCREAMS) 27:46.792 --> 27:50.462 FLORA: There's always that moment in any origin story 27:51.505 --> 27:55.467 where the hero awakens, embraces his identity, 27:55.551 --> 27:58.262 and unleashes the full breadth of his... 27:58.345 --> 27:59.805 (THUD) 27:59.888 --> 28:01.765 -That moment was not now. -(CHITTERS) 28:01.849 --> 28:03.642 RITA: Not another infestation. 28:04.726 --> 28:06.478 FLORA: Ulysses, forget the donuts! 28:06.562 --> 28:07.729 (CRASHING) 28:08.730 --> 28:11.358 (CHITTERING) 28:14.152 --> 28:16.363 (SCREAMING) 28:16.446 --> 28:19.283 Squirrel! Aah! Get it off! 28:19.366 --> 28:20.826 Just stay calm, he's friendly! 28:20.909 --> 28:22.744 (CONTINUES SCREAMING) 28:22.828 --> 28:25.038 Squirrel! Squirrel! 28:26.748 --> 28:28.375 FLORA: Look out! 28:28.458 --> 28:30.878 Ulysses! No! 28:30.961 --> 28:32.421 (CHITTERS) 28:32.504 --> 28:34.506 Remember who you are, Ulysses! 28:53.942 --> 28:55.110 Is he... 28:55.861 --> 28:56.862 He is. 29:00.324 --> 29:02.034 -(THUDS) -Oh... 29:06.747 --> 29:08.540 (CROWD EXCLAIMS) 29:10.667 --> 29:12.002 (GRUNTS) 29:12.085 --> 29:13.629 (CHITTERS) 29:15.005 --> 29:16.173 (GRUNTS) 29:24.181 --> 29:26.808 -Flora! Flora! Hey, hey, hey! -FLORA: Ulysses, get out of there! 29:31.939 --> 29:33.148 Ulysses. 29:33.232 --> 29:34.316 GEORGE: No, no, get back. 29:41.573 --> 29:42.824 (ULYSSES CHITTERS) 29:42.908 --> 29:44.034 (CAR ALARMS BLARING) 29:44.117 --> 29:45.410 We should leave. 29:45.494 --> 29:46.578 Yup. 29:48.372 --> 29:49.915 GEORGE: Here we go. 29:57.339 --> 29:58.549 Holy Bagumba. 29:58.632 --> 29:59.883 (BREATHING DEEPLY) 30:01.134 --> 30:02.553 (BOTH CHUCKLING) 30:02.636 --> 30:05.389 Holy, holy Bagumba. He flew! 30:05.472 --> 30:07.140 Yes. Across the whole restaurant. 30:07.224 --> 30:09.726 -Yes! -I told you he's a superhero. 30:09.810 --> 30:11.687 And he's not floating. He's actually... 30:11.770 --> 30:13.856 -He's flying. -He's picking a destination 30:13.939 --> 30:15.274 -and he's landing there. -Yes. 30:15.357 --> 30:18.151 All right, because I have a light bulb in my apartment 30:18.235 --> 30:20.153 that I can't quite get, 'cause it's too high. 30:20.237 --> 30:21.822 Do you think he can twist it out? 30:21.905 --> 30:23.115 -Yeah. -Okay. 30:23.198 --> 30:24.825 I have always wanted to fly like that. 30:24.908 --> 30:25.909 (ULYSSES CHITTERS) 30:27.619 --> 30:29.371 (GEORGE BREATHING HEAVILY) 30:29.454 --> 30:30.622 FLORA: Oh, boy! 30:30.706 --> 30:31.874 GEORGE: Is he okay? 30:31.957 --> 30:33.542 I think he might need a doctor. 30:33.625 --> 30:35.836 Okay, there's a doctor in Apartment Six. 30:35.919 --> 30:39.089 FLORA: We had to find a place to keep Ulysses safe. 30:39.173 --> 30:42.092 Dad's apartment wasn't a typical superhero lair, 30:42.176 --> 30:45.429 since it wasn't built into a mountain or in a frozen tundra 30:45.512 --> 30:47.556 where your ghost father gave you advice. 30:47.639 --> 30:49.266 But it did have a pool. 30:49.349 --> 30:51.602 -I think he might have a concussion. -(GEORGE SHUSHES) 30:51.685 --> 30:54.980 (WHISPERING) Keep your voice down. It's watching us. 30:55.063 --> 30:59.484 FLORA: It also has a psychotic cat named Mr. Klaus. 31:02.237 --> 31:03.530 GEORGE: Very slowly. 31:05.908 --> 31:07.034 (BUSHES RUSTLING) 31:10.913 --> 31:13.916 Here we go. Here we go, here we go, here we go. We're safe. 31:16.877 --> 31:18.295 (MR. KLAUS PURRS) 31:19.046 --> 31:21.131 (MEOWS AND ROARS) 31:21.215 --> 31:23.258 Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! 31:23.342 --> 31:25.093 Go, go, go, go, go, go! 31:25.177 --> 31:26.553 -Dad! Hurry! Come on! -(MEOWS) 31:26.637 --> 31:28.680 I can't get it to work! Go, go, go, go, go, go! 31:28.764 --> 31:30.098 Get in, get in, get in! 31:30.182 --> 31:31.558 (THUDS) 31:35.020 --> 31:38.190 -Okay. We survived. -(MR. KLAUS THUDS AND MEOWS) 31:38.815 --> 31:40.275 -(GRUNTS) -(CHITTERS) 31:40.984 --> 31:42.653 What was wrong with that thing? 31:42.736 --> 31:44.321 I don't think cats like to be groomed. 31:44.404 --> 31:47.241 They're self-groomers, you take that away from 'em, they got nothin'. 31:47.324 --> 31:49.701 -It looked like a furry dumbbell. -It did. 31:49.785 --> 31:52.663 -(MEOWS) -Go, go, go! It's the cat! It's the cat! 31:57.000 --> 32:00.003 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 32:10.347 --> 32:12.015 I'm here about the squirrel. 32:12.933 --> 32:13.934 Oh. 32:23.527 --> 32:24.653 GEORGE: Uh... 32:25.737 --> 32:28.907 Mr. Buckman, how nice to see you. Come in. 32:28.991 --> 32:30.868 (SQUEAKS) 32:30.951 --> 32:32.202 GEORGE: He looks good, right? 32:36.331 --> 32:37.332 (SIGHS) 32:40.169 --> 32:44.590 In my philosophical opinion, this squirrel is just fine. 32:47.050 --> 32:48.594 You feel okay, Ulysses? 32:48.677 --> 32:50.012 (CHITTERS) 32:50.888 --> 32:52.472 He has the power to understand? 32:53.765 --> 32:55.184 (GASPS AND CHUCKLES) 32:55.267 --> 32:57.102 And we can't return him to the wild. 32:57.186 --> 33:00.355 He's here for a reason, and we're going to help him find it. 33:00.439 --> 33:02.107 DR. MEESCHAM: I thought a squirrel 33:02.191 --> 33:04.109 stealing from my bird feeder was impressive. 33:04.193 --> 33:05.444 FLORA: Hey, look! 33:07.029 --> 33:09.323 GEORGE: Okay, it feels superhero-y. 33:11.575 --> 33:15.120 "Forever and wanting is stomach"? 33:15.370 --> 33:18.290 It's poetry. He's a great poet. 33:19.249 --> 33:20.834 -Or he's hungry. -(ULYSSES CHITTERS) 33:24.713 --> 33:26.673 And then it just, whoosh, took off. 33:26.757 --> 33:28.717 Squirrels don't fly. They leap great distances. 33:28.800 --> 33:29.968 Not this one. (CHUCKLES) 33:30.052 --> 33:31.803 So, it was with a little girl? 33:31.887 --> 33:33.764 Yeah, and her dad. It was her pet. 33:33.847 --> 33:35.474 Squirrels can't be domesticated. 33:35.557 --> 33:37.851 They can be docile enough to handle if they're diseased. 33:37.935 --> 33:39.186 -Rabies? -I didn't say that. 33:39.269 --> 33:41.104 -But it's rabies? Oh, its rabies. -It might be. 33:41.188 --> 33:43.607 Definitely. But don't worry about it. I trained for this. 33:43.690 --> 33:46.944 I think like a squirrel, and it's my job to keep this town safe. 33:53.659 --> 33:55.327 He's asleep. 33:55.410 --> 33:57.829 Long day. Even for a superhero. 33:57.913 --> 33:59.331 WILLIAM: Flora? 33:59.414 --> 34:01.375 FLORA: Hey. That's William Spiver. 34:01.458 --> 34:02.876 George Buckman. How do you do? 34:03.460 --> 34:05.379 (GASPS AND GRUNTS) 34:05.462 --> 34:07.381 WILLIAM: Don't worry. Nothing broken. 34:07.464 --> 34:09.091 He's hysterically blind. 34:09.174 --> 34:10.259 He's what? 34:10.342 --> 34:11.885 Nice to meet you, sir. 34:11.969 --> 34:13.345 GEORGE: Nice to meet you. 34:13.428 --> 34:15.639 Yeah, I'll come to you. Sure. 34:16.390 --> 34:17.474 -How are ya? -WILLIAM: Good. 34:17.558 --> 34:19.768 -Do you still have the squirrel? -For now. 34:19.852 --> 34:22.896 Okay. We need to hide him in a place that your mom will never look. 34:22.980 --> 34:26.066 What about my tree house? She always says she can't look at that. 34:26.149 --> 34:28.735 Yes, Terrible Things says that best way to avoid detection 34:28.819 --> 34:30.195 is by using an alternate route, 34:30.279 --> 34:32.364 or by curling into a ball and just screaming. 34:32.447 --> 34:33.782 That's for mountain lions. 34:33.866 --> 34:36.076 -It applies here, too. -PHYLLIS: George! 34:36.159 --> 34:37.911 No. Okay, all right, everybody act natural. 34:37.995 --> 34:39.705 Very natural and calm. And here we go. 34:39.788 --> 34:41.999 -There you are. -(SNIFFS) 34:42.082 --> 34:43.584 Didn't know you guys were back. 34:43.667 --> 34:44.793 We're not. (CHUCKLES) 34:45.669 --> 34:46.712 FLORA: What? 34:47.296 --> 34:49.214 I'm so sorry. I'm not good under pressure. 34:49.298 --> 34:50.507 Did you get rid of the... 34:50.591 --> 34:51.884 Wasps? Oh, you got it. 34:51.967 --> 34:53.302 Wait, we have wasps? 34:53.385 --> 34:56.305 -(CHITTERS) -Right, she's, um, talking about the... 34:56.388 --> 34:58.974 The squirrel. He's gone. 34:59.057 --> 35:03.061 Exactly. So, I guess we're all set, and there's nothin' to worry about. 35:04.354 --> 35:06.565 (SIGHS) You're so weird. 35:06.648 --> 35:07.983 (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) 35:08.567 --> 35:09.735 (DOOR CLOSES) 35:10.319 --> 35:12.029 (SIGHS) We nailed that. 35:12.112 --> 35:14.865 We absolutely nailed that. 35:14.948 --> 35:16.700 Anything she threw at us, we nailed it. 35:16.783 --> 35:19.870 All right, okay. I gotta go to work. Got the restocking shift tonight. 35:19.953 --> 35:22.831 -Okay. I'll keep him safe. -Yeah, I know you will. 35:24.166 --> 35:25.334 Dad? 35:25.417 --> 35:30.255 You know how in Terrible Things it says, "Do not hope, only observe"? 35:33.091 --> 35:34.301 Maybe it's okay to hope. 35:43.018 --> 35:46.230 FLORA: There was a superhero in our midst. 35:47.481 --> 35:50.275 We had yet to learn his purpose, 35:50.943 --> 35:52.569 or his style. 35:52.653 --> 35:55.072 But we knew how he made us feel. 35:55.155 --> 35:57.866 WOMAN: (ON TV) Last time on our squirrels of Beverly Hills... 35:57.950 --> 36:00.577 FLORA: That maybe there was light in the darkness... 36:00.661 --> 36:01.828 WOMAN: You looklike a chipmunk! 36:01.912 --> 36:05.624 FLORA: ...and maybe the best part of having a superhero around 36:05.707 --> 36:08.168 is how you start to feel like one, too. 36:08.252 --> 36:10.212 (SCATTING) 36:14.967 --> 36:17.469 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO) 36:27.396 --> 36:29.481 (MUSIC PLAYING OVER PA) 37:00.929 --> 37:02.097 (CHITTERS) 37:14.193 --> 37:15.777 (GEORGE IMITATES JET ENGINE SOUNDS) 38:13.627 --> 38:14.962 (LAUGHING) 38:26.098 --> 38:27.516 (MUSIC STOPS) 38:27.599 --> 38:28.892 (CRICKETS CHIRPING) 38:35.566 --> 38:36.608 MILLER: (WHISPERS) Squirrels. 38:39.403 --> 38:41.029 Hmm. 38:47.286 --> 38:49.121 I'm better than a squirrel. 39:19.401 --> 39:20.527 (SNIFFS) 39:20.611 --> 39:21.695 (CHITTERS) 39:21.778 --> 39:23.322 It's called a Pop-Tart. 39:23.697 --> 39:27.159 It's kinda like a donut that got run over by a car. 39:27.242 --> 39:28.285 Flora? 39:28.368 --> 39:30.245 (YELPS) Ever heard of knocking? 39:31.079 --> 39:34.333 Sorry. I heard your voice from my yard. 39:34.416 --> 39:36.960 My blindness gives me a more advanced sense of hearing. 39:37.044 --> 39:38.212 I'm over here. 39:38.879 --> 39:40.130 WILLIAM: Oh... 39:40.214 --> 39:43.509 FLORA: And, by the way, you almost knocked down Ulysses' Pop-Tart. 39:44.760 --> 39:45.928 (SQUEALS) 39:46.011 --> 39:47.179 FLORA: Make yourself at home. 39:47.262 --> 39:50.057 Thank you. I'm sent here for the entire summer, 39:50.140 --> 39:52.559 but nobody really planned anything for me to do. 39:53.852 --> 39:55.312 Why were you sent away? 39:56.230 --> 39:57.439 Uh... 39:57.523 --> 40:00.984 Anyway, I, um, brought him this. 40:01.068 --> 40:04.446 It's Rilke. My father would read this to me. 40:05.322 --> 40:08.450 (READING) "You, sent out beyond your recall. 40:08.534 --> 40:12.287 "Flare up like a flame and make big shadows I can move in." 40:13.497 --> 40:14.706 "Flare up like a flame." 40:15.374 --> 40:17.167 Hear that, Ulysses? 40:17.251 --> 40:19.586 Flare up like a flame and find your purpose. 40:20.754 --> 40:21.797 He has a purpose? 40:21.880 --> 40:24.091 Every superhero has a purpose. 40:24.174 --> 40:25.342 (SIGHS) 40:26.218 --> 40:30.639 I'm sorry, but I don't think your squirrel is a superhero. 40:30.722 --> 40:32.558 He may be very special, 40:32.641 --> 40:35.060 and he knows how to type. But if you... 40:35.143 --> 40:36.770 -(WILLIAM SCREAMS) -FLORA: William! 40:38.355 --> 40:39.565 (WILLIAM GRUNTS) 40:39.648 --> 40:40.941 FLORA: Holy Bagumba. 40:41.567 --> 40:43.318 "Flare up like a flame." 40:45.904 --> 40:46.905 (CHITTERS) 40:46.989 --> 40:48.448 WILLIAM: Hello? 40:49.324 --> 40:50.576 (GRUNTS) 40:51.827 --> 40:55.622 Nothing broken. Is the Pop-Tart okay? 40:59.334 --> 41:04.173 FLORA: The universe was expanding, but it didn't feel any scarier. 41:04.840 --> 41:07.384 It felt like it was just making room. 41:14.308 --> 41:15.851 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 41:15.934 --> 41:18.020 RON: Uh, we called George in, sir. 41:18.103 --> 41:20.772 This is comin' out of his check, I can tell you that. 41:20.856 --> 41:22.774 How many boxes of pushpins is this? 41:24.276 --> 41:25.652 Probably 15. 41:25.736 --> 41:26.945 And how much is a box? 41:27.029 --> 41:28.530 On sale for 39ยข. 41:29.031 --> 41:30.365 That's... 41:31.700 --> 41:33.368 Definitely comin' out of his check. 41:35.245 --> 41:37.206 Five dollars out of his check. 41:38.040 --> 41:39.791 FLORA: Just pretend you're in a tree. 41:41.251 --> 41:42.294 (ULYSSES CHITTERS) 41:42.377 --> 41:44.213 -Let's go, William. -Where are we? 41:45.255 --> 41:50.093 Comic Cave. We have to prepare Ulysses for a more dangerous world. 41:50.177 --> 41:52.930 Good plan, but it doesn't seem that dangerous. 41:53.013 --> 41:54.056 (GRUNTS) 41:55.766 --> 41:57.142 STORE CLERK: Look who it is. 41:57.893 --> 42:00.479 You know, the gamers named a monster after ya. 42:00.562 --> 42:02.439 Its specialty is making grown men cry. 42:02.523 --> 42:04.733 I'm here on superhero-related business. 42:04.816 --> 42:06.693 If you're gonna bad-mouth Spider-Man again, 42:06.777 --> 42:08.654 I'm not havin' it. I'll close this place down. 42:08.737 --> 42:10.906 All I said was that Incandesto can beat him. 42:10.989 --> 42:13.033 With light? Are you crazy? 42:13.116 --> 42:14.785 The light of a thousand suns. 42:14.868 --> 42:17.412 Throw Spider-Man into the sun and see how he feels. 42:17.496 --> 42:20.165 The sun is 27 million degrees. 42:20.832 --> 42:22.459 It's pretty hot for a guy in jammies. 42:22.543 --> 42:24.211 That's true. Didn't think of that. 42:25.796 --> 42:27.464 (WHISPERS) Hey. What's his deal? 42:27.548 --> 42:29.091 I'm hysterically blind. 42:29.174 --> 42:30.843 Would you mind if I felt your face? 42:30.926 --> 42:31.927 Yes. 42:32.010 --> 42:36.014 Fair enough. I will attempt to read your features using echolocation. 42:36.098 --> 42:37.683 (CLICKS TONGUE) 42:43.272 --> 42:44.398 What do you guys want? 42:44.481 --> 42:46.733 Do you have anything on superhero training? 42:46.817 --> 42:48.569 Specifically, small furry mammals? 42:48.652 --> 42:50.654 -No. -Then just regular superheroes? 42:50.737 --> 42:52.739 -No. -Superhero purpose discovery? 42:52.823 --> 42:55.158 -Nope. -Being a Superhero for Dummies? 42:55.409 --> 42:56.994 Not really a self-help genre. 42:57.077 --> 42:58.120 WILLIAM: Flora, over here. 42:58.203 --> 43:00.956 REPORTER: (ON TV) Animal Control is on the scene investigating. 43:01.039 --> 43:03.625 But, Rita, what did they tell you about the attack? 43:03.709 --> 43:05.711 RITA: (ON TV) They said it was definitely rabies. 43:05.794 --> 43:07.838 And it was in my hair, trying to give me rabies. 43:07.921 --> 43:09.256 And did it look diseased? 43:09.339 --> 43:11.550 Yes, it was covered in rabies. 43:11.967 --> 43:14.595 Wow. Well, let's hope they capture this squirrel 43:14.678 --> 43:17.973 before the disease spreads to our pets and our children. 43:18.849 --> 43:19.850 Oh, no. 43:19.933 --> 43:21.185 He's a fugitive. 43:21.268 --> 43:23.604 -We've gotta get to Dad! -Oh! 43:23.937 --> 43:25.230 WOMAN: What are those? Pushpins? 43:25.731 --> 43:28.567 I love it. I want him to do that in all my stores. 43:28.650 --> 43:29.860 Really? 43:29.943 --> 43:31.945 You know how many people have Instagrammed this? 43:32.029 --> 43:34.364 That's free advertising, Chad. Hashtag, money. 43:34.448 --> 43:36.283 You know, that's exactly what I said. 43:36.366 --> 43:38.744 Hashtag, my idea. (CHUCKLES) 43:38.827 --> 43:41.413 Oh, hey, there he is. George. George. My man. 43:41.496 --> 43:42.581 -Your man? -CHAD: Yeah. 43:42.664 --> 43:43.916 Listen, I need you to make me 43:43.999 --> 43:45.876 -another one of those signs, like now. -Dad! 43:45.959 --> 43:48.170 -What's wrong? -They're after Ulysses. 43:48.253 --> 43:49.838 -GEORGE: We gotta go. Come on. -Whoa, pause. 43:49.922 --> 43:51.840 You're still on the schedule. I need your help. 43:51.924 --> 43:53.258 -You got... -I can't. Okay? 43:53.342 --> 43:55.594 You have to. You're scheduled. That means that you... 43:55.677 --> 43:57.095 Then I quit! 43:59.264 --> 44:00.307 (SIGHS) 44:00.849 --> 44:01.850 Nice! 44:02.601 --> 44:03.894 (CHUCKLES) Yeah. I quit. 44:04.728 --> 44:06.855 -(ULYSSES CHITTERS) -Oh, it feels so good! 44:12.986 --> 44:14.947 -(CHUCKLES) You know... -Pause. 44:16.281 --> 44:17.366 You're fired. 44:17.950 --> 44:18.951 Yes. 44:19.535 --> 44:21.161 GEORGE: Here we go, here we go, here we go! 44:21.245 --> 44:22.704 -Hurry. -Seat belts. 44:23.080 --> 44:24.706 (ENGINE STARTS) 44:25.624 --> 44:27.000 Okay, here we go. 44:29.169 --> 44:31.255 -That's my bad. I popped the clutch. -FLORA: Dad? 44:31.338 --> 44:33.924 Give me a second. Here I go, and I'm goin' in first now. 44:34.007 --> 44:36.051 -I'm goin'... -WILLIAM: I have sensitive hearing! 44:36.134 --> 44:37.845 FLORA: Go! GEORGE: It is my first stick-shift. 44:37.928 --> 44:39.221 FLORA: Hurry! GEORGE: Get ready. 44:39.304 --> 44:40.389 -Yes. -WILLIAM: Finally! 44:40.472 --> 44:42.057 GEORGE: And, baby, here we vroom! 44:43.350 --> 44:44.476 Well? 44:44.560 --> 44:45.853 Loving the Victrola. 44:45.936 --> 44:50.440 Right? And then, I'm gonna tell the reporter that romance is timeless, 44:50.524 --> 44:53.402 and I'm gonna move around the room with my eyes closed... 44:53.485 --> 44:55.487 -That's really good. -Yeah. 44:55.571 --> 44:57.573 (RETRO HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING) 44:57.656 --> 44:59.741 (CHUCKLES) Oh, sorry, it's on shuffle. 45:02.327 --> 45:03.370 (GRUNTS) 45:03.912 --> 45:04.913 -Dang it! -(GLASS SHATTERS) 45:04.997 --> 45:06.164 (EXHALES SHARPLY) 45:08.417 --> 45:11.003 I'm also gonna put out some Hickory Farms. 45:11.753 --> 45:12.754 Are you okay? 45:12.838 --> 45:13.839 Yes. 45:13.922 --> 45:15.340 (WHIMPERS) No. 45:15.424 --> 45:18.302 (SIGHS) This interview is so important for us. 45:18.385 --> 45:21.430 But I am circling failure's neighborhood... 45:21.513 --> 45:25.017 -Can I talk to you as a friend? -Yeah. An editor would've left by now. 45:25.100 --> 45:27.561 -You're about to be a failure. -Really? 45:27.644 --> 45:29.271 I'm talking to you as an editor now. 45:29.354 --> 45:31.398 Oh, yeah, a friend would've left by now. 45:31.481 --> 45:34.318 Phyllis, you've blocked everyone out to succeed, 45:34.401 --> 45:36.111 but you blocked yourself out, too. 45:36.195 --> 45:38.989 Writing used to come easy for you, remember? 45:39.072 --> 45:40.824 Let people back in. 45:40.908 --> 45:43.118 Because then maybe something will go right. 45:44.119 --> 45:45.746 And you need this to go right. 45:46.288 --> 45:49.082 You can't sell a book without good press. 45:50.918 --> 45:52.377 (MUMBLES) I need good press. 45:52.461 --> 45:54.421 -Hmm? -(PHYLLIS WHINES) 45:54.505 --> 45:56.256 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 45:58.842 --> 45:59.843 MILLER: No. 46:00.511 --> 46:01.512 No. 46:01.595 --> 46:02.930 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 46:03.013 --> 46:04.473 Stupid squirrels. 46:05.766 --> 46:06.767 It's on the house. 46:07.267 --> 46:09.728 You're the only one around here trying' to crack this case. 46:10.771 --> 46:12.606 MILLER: Wait. Is that the one? RITA: Yep. 46:12.689 --> 46:16.735 They broke our donut and then tore outta here, shouting, "Enjoy your rabies." 46:17.945 --> 46:19.696 MILLER: Wait. Gotcha! 46:25.869 --> 46:27.871 GEORGE: All right, we know he has super-strength, 46:27.955 --> 46:30.290 but he can't go invisible, can he? 46:30.374 --> 46:31.750 -(CHOMPS) -(KNOCK AT DOOR) 46:31.834 --> 46:33.168 MILLER: George Buckman? 46:33.252 --> 46:35.003 Miruna County Animal Control. 46:35.087 --> 46:36.296 -(CHITTERS) -Go, get outta here. 46:36.380 --> 46:38.799 -Go, go. Now, now! Go, go. Now! -(KNOCK AT DOOR) 46:38.882 --> 46:40.050 MILLER: Mr. Buckman. 46:42.719 --> 46:44.429 We got this. We're in the big leagues now. 46:44.513 --> 46:46.682 This is what we've gotta do. We gotta act natural. 46:46.765 --> 46:48.642 There's a bike there. Okay? Here we go. 46:48.725 --> 46:52.145 Closer. You're not even close to the door. Okay. You can do this. Hands down. 46:53.355 --> 46:54.356 Okay. 46:57.484 --> 46:59.862 -Mr. Buckman? -Yes. Hey. Hi. 46:59.945 --> 47:02.573 -Is that your Nissan out front? -No, I drive a Nissan. 47:03.073 --> 47:04.074 (WHISPERS) Seriously? 47:06.827 --> 47:08.036 (PANTING) 47:08.120 --> 47:09.204 (ULYSSES CHITTERS) 47:09.288 --> 47:12.165 -Flora. -We need a place to lay low. 47:12.249 --> 47:14.293 The sofa will do. In, in. In. 47:14.376 --> 47:15.377 Come on, come on. 47:15.460 --> 47:18.505 If you are indeed the owner of that Nissan... 47:18.589 --> 47:19.590 What squirrel? 47:19.673 --> 47:21.175 He didn't ask about a squirrel. 47:21.258 --> 47:23.969 -You have a squirrel? -No. (CHUCKLES) 47:24.052 --> 47:27.681 No. You know what's funny? We did. But then we cooked it. 47:27.764 --> 47:29.391 -Set it free. -Set its soul free. 47:29.474 --> 47:31.393 -By cooking it. -We... By cooking it. 47:31.476 --> 47:32.811 -WILLIAM: Yes. -So, it's dead? 47:32.895 --> 47:33.896 -No. -Yes. 47:33.979 --> 47:35.689 Yes. Yes. Yes. 47:35.772 --> 47:37.774 -Its body is dead. -Yeah. 47:38.609 --> 47:40.694 -But its heart... -Its heart is also dead. 47:40.777 --> 47:42.863 WILLIAM: There is no part of the squirrel alive. 47:42.946 --> 47:45.407 -It's super dead. Super dead. -Yeah. It's super dead. 47:45.490 --> 47:47.409 So, if you like live squirrels, get outta here. 47:47.492 --> 47:48.869 Get outta here, mister. 47:48.952 --> 47:50.704 Okay. Anyway... 47:50.787 --> 47:52.623 Any chance that you left the entry door open? 47:53.207 --> 47:54.249 Yeah. Why? 47:54.333 --> 47:55.834 (MR. KLAUS YOWLS) 47:57.336 --> 47:58.545 (SCREAMING) 48:07.471 --> 48:08.972 That was pretty slick. 48:09.056 --> 48:12.226 We were, uh, pretty slick. 48:14.645 --> 48:15.646 Pretty slick. 48:15.729 --> 48:17.606 (YOWLING) 48:18.106 --> 48:19.274 (YELPS) 48:19.358 --> 48:20.901 (SCREAMS) 48:20.984 --> 48:22.194 (HISSES) 48:23.487 --> 48:24.738 (GRUNTING) 48:24.821 --> 48:26.323 (HISSES) 48:26.865 --> 48:28.158 (SCREAMS) 48:31.578 --> 48:32.913 (YOWLS) 48:32.996 --> 48:34.248 (SCREAMS) 48:34.331 --> 48:36.124 -No! -(HISSES) 48:36.208 --> 48:37.459 (YOWLS) 48:43.173 --> 48:44.299 (WHISTLES) 48:50.514 --> 48:51.515 (GROWLS) 48:53.016 --> 48:54.434 (YOWLS) 48:54.518 --> 48:55.853 (SCREAMS) 48:55.936 --> 48:57.187 How did you do that? 48:57.980 --> 48:59.273 -(YOWLS) -(GRUNTS) 49:00.023 --> 49:01.525 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 49:01.608 --> 49:03.402 Who's got the cat-like reflexes now? 49:03.485 --> 49:05.445 Huh? Me. 49:08.448 --> 49:10.242 You messed with the wrong guy, kitty. 49:10.325 --> 49:11.785 (SCREAMS) 49:12.953 --> 49:14.371 (YOWLS) 49:15.622 --> 49:16.999 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 49:17.082 --> 49:18.125 He got bone. 49:18.208 --> 49:19.209 He got bone. 49:19.293 --> 49:20.294 FLORA: Hurry! 49:20.377 --> 49:22.004 GEORGE: Okay, we're safe now. Here we go. 49:22.087 --> 49:23.589 -Very gently, okay? -WILLIAM: Flora? 49:28.051 --> 49:29.052 (SIGHS) 49:29.928 --> 49:31.513 -FLORA: What? -I locked my keys in the car. 49:31.597 --> 49:32.681 -Dad! -I know. I'm sorry. 49:32.764 --> 49:34.933 I've never been on the run with a fugitive squirrel. 49:35.017 --> 49:36.310 -You see 'em? -No. 49:36.393 --> 49:38.270 Is that it? Right there. Is that them? 49:38.353 --> 49:40.397 -No, that's not them. -FLORA: That's not them. 49:40.480 --> 49:42.232 -There! Nailed it. -FLORA: No. I can't see them. 49:42.316 --> 49:43.317 GEORGE: Okay, fine. 49:44.693 --> 49:45.694 This is down a little. 49:45.777 --> 49:46.862 (SIGHS) 49:47.821 --> 49:48.822 Ulysses. 49:51.742 --> 49:53.243 (CHITTERS) 50:06.715 --> 50:08.509 See, I told you it was a superpower. 50:08.592 --> 50:09.801 (GEORGE GRUNTS) 50:09.885 --> 50:12.012 No, Ulysses, you only have to hit it once. 50:12.721 --> 50:14.556 GEORGE: Go. Oh, and now! 50:15.390 --> 50:16.642 (STAMMERS) Now! 50:16.725 --> 50:18.143 Now, now, now! Now! 50:18.227 --> 50:20.604 Now! Now. Now. Now. 50:20.687 --> 50:21.897 Ulysses, stop it! 50:21.980 --> 50:24.066 Now. Stop it. Now. Now. 50:24.149 --> 50:25.943 Wait, wait. Don't, don't. Give it a second. 50:26.026 --> 50:27.027 Pull it now. 50:27.110 --> 50:29.821 Come on! Ulysses! Ulysses! (GRUNTS) 50:29.905 --> 50:31.990 FLORA: Got it. Good job, Ulysses. 50:34.660 --> 50:36.119 -Holy Bagumba! -Holy Bagumba! 50:36.203 --> 50:38.205 (GRUNTS) Hand over the squirrel! 50:38.288 --> 50:40.499 No, no, no! Watch out, watch out! No! 50:41.708 --> 50:44.253 -Get in the car! -WILLIAM: Where's the car? Okay. 50:45.420 --> 50:47.673 (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING) 50:48.507 --> 50:50.551 Everybody, hold on! I got this! 50:54.429 --> 50:56.098 (BRAKES SCREECH) 50:57.516 --> 50:59.935 -I hadn't shut my door. -Yep. 51:14.283 --> 51:16.827 FLORA: Dad, he's right there. We need to lose him! 51:16.910 --> 51:18.453 We will. This is the sports model. 51:19.580 --> 51:21.498 Something... What's happening? 51:21.582 --> 51:22.958 Dad, your hand's tranquilized. 51:23.041 --> 51:24.376 GEORGE: Shift it for me. 51:24.459 --> 51:26.420 I don't know how to drive a stick. 51:26.503 --> 51:27.629 -GEORGE: William? -I'm blind! 51:27.713 --> 51:30.424 -GEORGE: Okay, okay, okay! -Why didn't you just buy an automatic? 51:30.507 --> 51:33.051 Because I wanted the sports model! I wanted to be cool, okay? 51:33.135 --> 51:36.054 It's fine. We can do this. Toss it. Toss my hand like a pancake. 51:36.138 --> 51:38.932 Like a pancake! Flora, like a pancake! Through the hole. 51:39.016 --> 51:40.809 Yeah, yeah. Yes, yes, yes. 51:40.893 --> 51:42.811 Here we go. Now we're rollin'. 51:47.024 --> 51:48.025 It's stuck. 51:48.108 --> 51:49.401 FLORA: What? GEORGE: My hand's stuck. 51:49.484 --> 51:51.486 -WILLIAM: What's going on? -My hand is stuck. 51:52.571 --> 51:53.572 -Dad! -Oh, no! 51:53.655 --> 51:54.948 What's happening? 51:56.408 --> 51:59.286 I got a cramp, too. I got a cramp in my leg at the same time. 51:59.369 --> 52:00.913 -(ALL SCREAMING) -(TRUCK HONKING) 52:10.005 --> 52:11.924 (ALL BREATHING HEAVILY) 52:13.217 --> 52:14.635 (CHITTERS) 52:15.719 --> 52:16.970 You know what? 52:17.054 --> 52:18.388 Maybe I will drive. 52:22.309 --> 52:24.394 FLORA AND GEORGE: (SINGING) Butts, butts, butts, butts 52:24.478 --> 52:26.146 Butts, butts, butts, butts 52:26.230 --> 52:28.190 And big ol' butts And butts and butts and... 52:28.273 --> 52:30.817 FLORA: I don't know if we were great in the superhero world, 52:30.901 --> 52:34.404 since we were missing a door and William fell out at a stoplight, 52:35.197 --> 52:39.535 but injustice was being defeated, and we were part of it. 52:40.494 --> 52:41.578 See you tomorrow. 52:41.662 --> 52:45.249 I will not see you, but I will hear and smell you tomorrow. 52:45.332 --> 52:46.917 Thanks for keeping it weird. 52:48.585 --> 52:50.087 (ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING) 52:52.756 --> 52:55.259 Hey, guys. Just in time for dinner. 52:55.342 --> 52:58.220 Okay, Phyllis. Open up. You got this. 53:01.890 --> 53:03.058 (CHITTERS) 53:03.141 --> 53:04.685 Go wait in the tree house. 53:08.313 --> 53:12.442 FLORA: Dad always said the best trap for a superhero was a feast. 53:13.235 --> 53:17.072 If there was soup cooking, you were probably next. 53:18.073 --> 53:21.243 But Incandesto always knew what to look for. 53:21.994 --> 53:26.248 Carrots. The main ingredient in people's soup. 53:27.624 --> 53:28.917 Mmm-mmm. 53:33.755 --> 53:35.424 (CHITTERS) 53:40.053 --> 53:41.138 (SNIFFS) 53:44.016 --> 53:45.058 (PHYLLIS SIGHS) 53:45.642 --> 53:48.061 So, anything goin' on? 53:48.770 --> 53:50.814 You can tell me. I'm letting things in. 53:52.524 --> 53:53.734 I don't love this soup. 53:53.817 --> 53:54.943 Well, you make it. 53:55.027 --> 53:56.236 Oh? 53:56.320 --> 53:59.364 I mean, thank you for your feedback. 53:59.448 --> 54:01.200 Um, so... 54:01.283 --> 54:03.827 -Your big interview's tomorrow, right? -Yeah. 54:03.911 --> 54:05.329 -You nervous? -PHYLLIS: No. 54:06.163 --> 54:09.917 Marissa says it'll just be basic questions, fluff piece. 54:11.710 --> 54:13.712 Yes. I'm terrified. 54:14.671 --> 54:16.673 Because what if I fail? 54:16.757 --> 54:19.259 And this book won't sell without good press. 54:20.260 --> 54:21.261 You know what? 54:22.012 --> 54:24.139 If you want any backup, I'm happy to come along. 54:26.183 --> 54:27.184 You would do that? 54:28.393 --> 54:29.394 Even though we're... 54:30.312 --> 54:32.189 -Separated? -Yeah. 54:32.940 --> 54:35.609 (SIGHS) I still want you to do well, Phyllis. 54:35.692 --> 54:37.069 That'll never change. 54:39.363 --> 54:40.364 Thanks. 54:41.782 --> 54:43.033 (PHYLLIS SIGHS) 54:43.116 --> 54:45.494 I do have one condition, though. 54:45.577 --> 54:47.246 (CHITTERING) 54:50.582 --> 54:52.167 You gotta let the squirrel back in. 54:52.251 --> 54:53.669 What's that now? 54:53.752 --> 54:56.421 He is a special creature with a lot to offer the world. 54:56.505 --> 54:59.258 And we need to protect special creatures, not be afraid of them. 55:00.050 --> 55:01.844 So, he's been livin' in the tree house. 55:02.302 --> 55:03.303 Oh. 55:03.387 --> 55:04.388 (PHYLLIS SCREAMS) 55:05.097 --> 55:06.098 PHYLLIS: George! 55:12.938 --> 55:14.439 (CHITTERS) 55:17.818 --> 55:18.819 Here he is. 55:26.785 --> 55:28.036 Also, I quit my job. 55:30.664 --> 55:32.499 -(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) -(TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 55:32.583 --> 55:34.501 FLORA: Mom was inspired again. 55:35.627 --> 55:38.213 Something was changing in all of us. 55:39.339 --> 55:41.550 And hopefully, it wasn't the mashed potatoes 55:41.633 --> 55:43.302 we had just eaten off the floor. 55:44.511 --> 55:46.847 (CRICKETS CHIRPING) 55:58.108 --> 56:00.235 Mom said you could sleep out here tonight. 56:02.112 --> 56:05.199 I told her that your apartment was under construction, 56:05.782 --> 56:08.911 not that Animal Control is waiting there to shoot you with a dart. 56:08.994 --> 56:10.120 (CHUCKLES) 56:10.662 --> 56:11.997 Thank you, sweetie. 56:15.876 --> 56:18.754 Why can't you just tell her that you don't want to get divorced? 56:24.092 --> 56:27.513 Sometimes it's easier to draw a superhero than to act like one. 56:30.474 --> 56:31.600 (SIGHS) 56:35.729 --> 56:36.772 GEORGE: I love you. 56:36.855 --> 56:38.273 FLORA: I love you 3000. 56:39.525 --> 56:40.651 (CHITTERS) 56:43.779 --> 56:48.367 I'm just so proud that I could bring more beauty into the world. 56:49.743 --> 56:51.203 (SIGHS) 56:51.286 --> 56:53.914 And you two have been married for... 56:53.997 --> 56:55.040 Fifteen years. 56:55.457 --> 56:57.334 -JOURNALIST: Wow! -Yeah, 15 good ones. 56:57.417 --> 57:00.420 Hmm. Is it weird being married to a romance writer? 57:00.504 --> 57:04.466 I mean, you have to compete with all those guys she writes about. 57:04.550 --> 57:06.051 How do you still sweep her away? 57:06.844 --> 57:09.471 -I was never good at any of that. No. -(ALL CHUCKLE) 57:09.555 --> 57:11.139 -Anyway... -She swept me away. 57:11.640 --> 57:15.519 Not with a white horse or anything, but with... With a laugh. 57:16.937 --> 57:21.692 She has this amazing laugh that just lights up a room. 57:23.110 --> 57:24.820 (SIGHS) 57:25.362 --> 57:26.905 And this is your next book? 57:27.614 --> 57:29.908 Yeah. Yeah. But, hey, no peeking. 57:30.868 --> 57:32.703 It's actually a departure for me. 57:32.786 --> 57:33.996 It's basically, it's... 57:34.079 --> 57:35.080 Poetry. 57:35.163 --> 57:36.164 Huh? 57:36.248 --> 57:37.374 (CHITTERS) 57:37.457 --> 57:39.126 PHYLLIS: Oh, uh... 57:39.710 --> 57:41.920 Yeah. But it's garbage. 57:42.004 --> 57:44.715 It's just something I do to warm up the keys. 57:44.798 --> 57:46.383 -Mmm-hmm. -Huh... 57:46.466 --> 57:49.094 -PHYLLIS: But anyway, the book, it's... -(READING) "I like it inside. 57:49.178 --> 57:51.722 "Blankets. Food. Flora breathing. 57:51.805 --> 57:55.017 "I am hungry no more. I broke the table." 57:57.227 --> 58:00.814 Based in the roaring '20s, when romance was... 58:03.400 --> 58:05.319 JOURNALIST: Have you written anything? 58:07.863 --> 58:09.031 I think I have enough. 58:09.823 --> 58:10.824 Good luck. 58:12.743 --> 58:14.244 PHYLLIS: Oh, no. No. 58:14.328 --> 58:15.954 Wait. Wait. 58:27.674 --> 58:29.051 I thought you did terrific. 58:30.219 --> 58:31.803 I should get back to work. 58:35.307 --> 58:36.308 Okay. 58:41.855 --> 58:45.984 FLORA: It turns out, the hardest thing about having hope 58:46.068 --> 58:48.028 is watching the people who don't. 59:01.041 --> 59:03.043 And the only thing harder than that 59:04.169 --> 59:06.630 is watching the people who once did. 59:16.557 --> 59:17.558 (SNIFFLES) 59:24.022 --> 59:25.774 (ENGINE STARTS) 59:32.239 --> 59:33.240 (MILLER CHUCKLES) 59:35.909 --> 59:37.411 (EXHALES) 59:46.837 --> 59:47.838 Hey. 59:50.048 --> 59:51.717 The window is busy this week. 59:51.800 --> 59:54.052 My apartment's being watched. They want the squirrel. 59:54.136 --> 59:57.181 It's good that I skipped bowling tonight. In, in, in. 59:58.432 --> 01:00:00.809 FLORA: And even in the darkest of times, 01:00:02.102 --> 01:00:08.317 a true hero will risk everything to save the world he loves. 01:00:18.619 --> 01:00:20.120 (BABY CRIES) 01:00:29.796 --> 01:00:32.257 (BREATHING RAGGEDLY) 01:00:35.928 --> 01:00:37.095 (TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 01:00:39.890 --> 01:00:41.266 (HUMMING) 01:00:44.686 --> 01:00:46.104 (CHITTERS) 01:00:55.989 --> 01:00:56.990 I'm in trouble. 01:00:57.616 --> 01:00:59.785 I feel like everything is just slipping away. 01:01:05.374 --> 01:01:08.919 When I met the other Dr. Meescham, 01:01:10.504 --> 01:01:14.383 our country was at war, each day was uncertain. 01:01:14.466 --> 01:01:17.302 But we always said goodbye to each other the best way we could. 01:01:17.386 --> 01:01:18.387 We said, 01:01:19.096 --> 01:01:21.348 "I promise to always turn back to you." 01:01:22.099 --> 01:01:23.308 And why did you do that? 01:01:24.184 --> 01:01:27.354 'Cause when you turn back, you see that the person you love is still there. 01:01:27.437 --> 01:01:31.817 And when you don't turn back, that is when they slip away. 01:01:32.609 --> 01:01:35.529 For that's the moment that they need you the most. 01:01:36.154 --> 01:01:37.155 Phyllis? 01:01:37.239 --> 01:01:38.615 Yeah. 01:01:46.206 --> 01:01:47.749 (ULYSSES CHITTERS) 01:01:53.255 --> 01:01:55.257 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 01:02:02.181 --> 01:02:03.765 (PANTING) 01:02:03.849 --> 01:02:05.184 Ulysses? 01:02:06.101 --> 01:02:07.686 Ulysses? 01:02:14.985 --> 01:02:16.028 (READING) "Dear Flora, 01:02:16.111 --> 01:02:18.530 "I am very fond of you, 01:02:18.614 --> 01:02:23.619 "but I hear my call to the wild, and I must return to my natural habitat. 01:02:24.161 --> 01:02:26.496 "Yours, Mr. Squirrel." 01:02:33.754 --> 01:02:35.797 William? William Spiver? 01:02:37.466 --> 01:02:38.967 -Flora? -He's gone! 01:02:39.051 --> 01:02:40.719 -Who is? -Ulysses. 01:02:40.802 --> 01:02:42.846 I think my mom kidnapped him. 01:02:42.930 --> 01:02:44.056 Are you crying? 01:02:44.890 --> 01:02:46.016 No. 01:02:46.642 --> 01:02:49.186 I have her Jack and Rose. I'm holding them hostage. 01:02:49.269 --> 01:02:51.438 -Makes sense. -Are you gonna help me or not? 01:02:51.522 --> 01:02:52.523 Of course. 01:02:52.606 --> 01:02:55.651 I just have to take off my bathrobe and run a comb through... 01:02:55.734 --> 01:02:57.486 Hurry! We have a hostage! 01:02:57.569 --> 01:02:58.654 I am! 01:02:58.737 --> 01:03:00.364 -PHYLLIS: Shoo! Shoo! -(CHITTERS) 01:03:00.822 --> 01:03:01.865 Just go! 01:03:01.949 --> 01:03:04.201 You're making things so much harder. 01:03:04.993 --> 01:03:06.495 Do you understand that? 01:03:07.579 --> 01:03:09.915 We all needed that interview to go well. 01:03:09.998 --> 01:03:11.834 Nothing is going right for me. 01:03:12.626 --> 01:03:16.380 And it's all on me to fix it. 01:03:18.298 --> 01:03:19.424 Nobody cares. 01:03:21.051 --> 01:03:22.469 (CHITTERS) 01:03:27.850 --> 01:03:29.601 (SNIFFLING) 01:03:32.938 --> 01:03:34.022 (FOLK MUSIC PLAYING) 01:03:40.070 --> 01:03:41.071 That's... 01:03:42.698 --> 01:03:43.740 That's for me? 01:04:13.979 --> 01:04:16.815 And so, your plan is to offer an exchange. 01:04:17.441 --> 01:04:20.110 -The Jack and Rose for the squirrel? -Yes. 01:04:20.652 --> 01:04:22.821 But you have no idea where your mother is? 01:04:23.572 --> 01:04:25.782 I didn't say it was a perfect plan. 01:04:26.533 --> 01:04:27.534 I suppose. 01:04:27.618 --> 01:04:29.203 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 01:04:29.286 --> 01:04:30.329 At least it's a plan. 01:04:31.455 --> 01:04:34.416 I've found that when you act without any thought or reason, 01:04:35.375 --> 01:04:37.294 much worse things can happen. 01:04:41.423 --> 01:04:42.424 Oh, boy! 01:04:42.508 --> 01:04:45.302 If I could see, would I be freaking out right now? 01:04:45.385 --> 01:04:47.679 You'd probably say that we need to find shelter. 01:04:48.597 --> 01:04:49.723 Rather quickly. 01:04:49.806 --> 01:04:52.226 -(THUNDER CRACKS) -(WILLIAM GASPS) 01:04:52.309 --> 01:04:54.019 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 01:04:54.102 --> 01:04:55.103 Come on! 01:04:55.187 --> 01:04:56.230 (WILLIAM GRUNTS) 01:04:57.189 --> 01:04:58.190 (RAIN PATTERING) 01:05:02.236 --> 01:05:03.445 WILLIAM: What is this place? 01:05:04.821 --> 01:05:06.198 (FLORA SIGHS) 01:05:06.281 --> 01:05:07.866 Splash Rapids. 01:05:07.950 --> 01:05:10.827 Me and my family used to ride our bikes here every Saturday. 01:05:12.371 --> 01:05:14.039 Dad would bring a second swimsuit 01:05:14.122 --> 01:05:16.500 and let it float next to him in the lazy river, 01:05:16.583 --> 01:05:18.544 just to watch the lifeguards freak out. 01:05:24.258 --> 01:05:25.342 And then it closed. 01:05:35.811 --> 01:05:37.437 I pushed a car into a lake. 01:05:39.231 --> 01:05:40.232 What? 01:05:40.858 --> 01:05:42.568 That's why my mother sent me away. 01:05:44.319 --> 01:05:47.865 I was taking revenge on Jacob, her new husband. 01:05:48.907 --> 01:05:50.075 Where's your father? 01:05:51.076 --> 01:05:52.077 He died. 01:05:54.371 --> 01:05:55.372 Oh. 01:05:57.708 --> 01:05:59.585 Jacob wouldn't stop calling me "Billy." 01:06:00.377 --> 01:06:01.628 Billy's not my name. 01:06:01.712 --> 01:06:04.089 My name is William. William Spiver. 01:06:05.549 --> 01:06:07.009 But he kept calling me Billy. 01:06:08.969 --> 01:06:10.137 I just couldn't take it. 01:06:14.975 --> 01:06:17.186 "William" was my father's name. 01:06:18.187 --> 01:06:20.814 He was a man of great humanity and intelligence. 01:06:22.357 --> 01:06:24.109 He played the piano, 01:06:24.193 --> 01:06:27.613 and he knew about astronomy and the universe. 01:06:30.073 --> 01:06:32.034 Jacob doesn't know there even are stars. 01:06:33.118 --> 01:06:34.703 He just knows about his car. 01:06:49.092 --> 01:06:50.302 (CAR DOOR SHUTS) 01:06:53.138 --> 01:06:54.848 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 01:06:54.932 --> 01:06:55.933 GEORGE: Hello? 01:07:00.979 --> 01:07:02.231 (CHITTERS) 01:07:04.399 --> 01:07:06.860 PHYLLIS: The journalist was wrong about his poetry. 01:07:10.864 --> 01:07:12.282 A squirrel sees it. 01:07:13.492 --> 01:07:15.661 He sees all the beauty in the world. 01:07:16.411 --> 01:07:17.871 He sees Flora. 01:07:17.955 --> 01:07:20.791 (SIGHS) I can't believe I'm losing my family 01:07:20.874 --> 01:07:23.001 because I can't view the world like a squirrel. 01:07:23.502 --> 01:07:24.503 (SNIFFS) 01:07:25.128 --> 01:07:27.673 It's definitely not how I thought the week was gonna turn out. 01:07:27.756 --> 01:07:30.300 Do you know how much it costs to get a new car door? 01:07:30.384 --> 01:07:31.635 More than the actual car. 01:07:31.718 --> 01:07:32.928 (CHITTERS) 01:07:34.513 --> 01:07:35.764 You haven't lost anybody. 01:07:37.808 --> 01:07:39.643 I just forgot to turn back. 01:07:44.064 --> 01:07:45.440 (CHITTERS) 01:07:47.818 --> 01:07:49.903 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 01:07:49.987 --> 01:07:50.988 Where's Flora? 01:07:51.947 --> 01:07:54.449 -WILLIAM: What are you thinking about? -(FLORA SIGHS) 01:07:54.533 --> 01:07:57.953 The Illuminated Adventures Of The Amazing Incandesto. 01:07:59.246 --> 01:08:02.958 There's this picture of Alfred T. Slipper looking out at the world, 01:08:03.417 --> 01:08:07.045 and Dolores is on his shoulder, and he turns to her and says, 01:08:08.255 --> 01:08:10.507 "I'm alone in the world, Dolores. 01:08:11.550 --> 01:08:13.802 "And I'm homesick for my own kind." 01:08:16.471 --> 01:08:17.514 I'm homesick. 01:08:19.141 --> 01:08:20.517 I miss my family. 01:08:21.935 --> 01:08:23.270 I miss what we used to be. 01:08:23.979 --> 01:08:25.397 But you're not alone. 01:08:28.442 --> 01:08:30.235 PHYLLIS: Flora! (PANTS) 01:08:30.319 --> 01:08:32.070 Don't take another step! 01:08:32.154 --> 01:08:35.282 Show me Ulysses, or Jack and Rose are dead. 01:08:35.782 --> 01:08:37.910 The figurine, I know the ones in the movie are dead. 01:08:37.993 --> 01:08:41.580 (CHUCKLES) It's okay. He's right here. 01:08:41.663 --> 01:08:43.373 -(CHITTERS) -Good. 01:08:43.457 --> 01:08:46.460 Now, slowly hand him to William, and I will slowly... 01:08:48.295 --> 01:08:49.463 Oh, dang it. 01:08:52.341 --> 01:08:54.551 Jack and Rose have the worst luck. 01:08:56.428 --> 01:08:57.971 That was just a decoy? 01:08:58.055 --> 01:09:00.641 -(SIGHS) No, it wasn't. -(CHUCKLES) 01:09:00.724 --> 01:09:02.643 (CHITTERING) 01:09:12.569 --> 01:09:14.613 I was gonna take him away, Flora. 01:09:15.697 --> 01:09:16.698 And then... 01:09:18.575 --> 01:09:19.576 I saw this. 01:09:22.579 --> 01:09:24.790 Okay. You don't have to do that anymore. It's okay. 01:09:24.873 --> 01:09:26.250 "Words for Flora. 01:09:27.209 --> 01:09:31.421 "Nothing would be easier without you because you are everything. 01:09:32.172 --> 01:09:33.173 "All of it. 01:09:33.799 --> 01:09:37.719 "Cheese puffs, corks, giant donuts... 01:09:38.428 --> 01:09:41.348 "You are the ever-expanding universe to me." 01:09:41.431 --> 01:09:42.683 (CHITTERS) 01:09:44.560 --> 01:09:46.061 You are everything. 01:09:48.188 --> 01:09:52.442 My life is screwed up, but you aren't. 01:09:54.611 --> 01:09:56.864 You're what I did right. 01:09:59.199 --> 01:10:01.869 How could I ever forget that there's magic in the world 01:10:01.952 --> 01:10:05.038 when you're standing right in front of me? 01:10:10.669 --> 01:10:11.753 (CHITTERS) 01:10:15.632 --> 01:10:17.050 (GRUNTS) 01:10:18.635 --> 01:10:19.636 Yeah! 01:10:19.720 --> 01:10:21.597 FLORA: Ulysses! MILLER: Nobody move! 01:10:21.680 --> 01:10:22.931 -Don't hurt him! -Stand down! 01:10:23.015 --> 01:10:24.349 -PHYLLIS: George! -Get him, get him! 01:10:24.433 --> 01:10:25.767 PHYLLIS: George! 01:10:25.851 --> 01:10:27.352 (GEORGE PANTING) 01:10:27.436 --> 01:10:28.729 (GRUNTS) 01:10:31.231 --> 01:10:32.691 FLORA: Dad! 01:10:33.108 --> 01:10:34.443 (GEORGE GROANS) 01:10:34.818 --> 01:10:35.819 MILLER: Got him! 01:10:35.903 --> 01:10:38.071 Stop! He doesn't have rabies! 01:10:39.781 --> 01:10:41.533 (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO) 01:10:41.617 --> 01:10:43.202 That's not somethin' we can risk. 01:10:44.203 --> 01:10:47.122 (PANTING) And the only way to do that is to test his brain tissue. 01:10:49.124 --> 01:10:52.127 Look, I'm sorry. He'll be euthanized this afternoon. 01:10:52.211 --> 01:10:53.629 No! 01:10:54.296 --> 01:10:55.339 (SOBS) 01:10:55.464 --> 01:10:57.966 Flare up like a flame, Ulysses! 01:10:58.050 --> 01:10:59.801 Flare up like a flame! 01:11:00.761 --> 01:11:01.845 (WHINES) 01:11:03.430 --> 01:11:05.974 Oh, baby. It's okay. It's okay. 01:11:06.058 --> 01:11:07.392 (SNIFFLES) 01:11:08.977 --> 01:11:09.978 (SIGHS) 01:11:12.564 --> 01:11:13.607 Okay. Flora, 01:11:14.233 --> 01:11:16.235 do you remember how Incandesto overcame the odds 01:11:16.318 --> 01:11:18.362 and defeated the darkness of a thousand hands? 01:11:20.113 --> 01:11:21.490 He teamed up with Dolores. 01:11:21.573 --> 01:11:22.950 Yes. And? 01:11:25.661 --> 01:11:27.579 And the thorny blowfish. 01:11:29.081 --> 01:11:30.082 Really? 01:11:32.584 --> 01:11:33.585 Okay. 01:11:34.628 --> 01:11:37.464 For you, I'll be the thorny blowfish any day. 01:11:37.965 --> 01:11:40.342 Good. 'Cause I feel like you're the only one of us 01:11:40.425 --> 01:11:42.386 who will actually punch somebody in the face. 01:11:42.469 --> 01:11:44.847 -Oh, you got that right. -GEORGE: Hey! 01:11:44.930 --> 01:11:46.515 Is there a fourth weird character? 01:11:46.598 --> 01:11:48.308 There was a talking chair. 01:11:49.726 --> 01:11:50.727 I'll take it. 01:11:51.854 --> 01:11:52.855 Okay. 01:11:52.938 --> 01:11:54.398 All right. All right. 01:11:56.024 --> 01:11:57.067 Let's finish this. 01:11:58.277 --> 01:12:00.320 (HEROIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) 01:12:01.071 --> 01:12:05.200 You don't come into our water park unless you're ready to make some waves. 01:12:05.284 --> 01:12:06.535 (MUSIC STOPS) 01:12:09.079 --> 01:12:11.081 (TIRES SQUEALING) 01:12:20.007 --> 01:12:21.300 Do you want me to slow down? 01:12:21.383 --> 01:12:22.384 Nope. 01:12:23.969 --> 01:12:25.137 I like the sport model. 01:12:33.812 --> 01:12:34.813 We've got this. 01:12:38.442 --> 01:12:39.735 (HORN HONKING) 01:12:39.818 --> 01:12:41.570 PHYLLIS: Wait, won't they know we're coming? 01:12:41.653 --> 01:12:44.114 GEORGE: Yeah, but they won't know who's not coming. 01:12:44.198 --> 01:12:45.199 PHYLLIS: What? 01:12:48.076 --> 01:12:49.077 Hello! 01:12:49.745 --> 01:12:51.413 Just lookin' to adopt a pet. 01:12:59.254 --> 01:13:01.131 (GRUNTS) 01:13:01.882 --> 01:13:04.134 What a wonderful adventure. 01:13:04.760 --> 01:13:08.055 I haven't driven the other Dr. Meescham's car since my license was revoked. 01:13:10.933 --> 01:13:11.934 Yeah. 01:13:12.017 --> 01:13:14.353 We should get inside before somebody sees us. 01:13:14.436 --> 01:13:15.687 Okay. I'm comin'. 01:13:18.524 --> 01:13:19.816 You remembered to turn back. 01:13:20.400 --> 01:13:21.401 I did. 01:13:29.868 --> 01:13:31.453 DISPATCH: (OVER RADIO) ...over. Stand by. 01:13:32.412 --> 01:13:33.413 WOMAN: Come on, boy. 01:13:33.997 --> 01:13:35.916 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 01:13:35.999 --> 01:13:37.084 He'll be in that lab. 01:13:41.421 --> 01:13:43.674 (FLORA PANTING) 01:13:43.757 --> 01:13:45.008 It's locked, it's locked. 01:13:47.094 --> 01:13:50.305 I could squeeze through that vent and open the door from the inside. 01:13:50.389 --> 01:13:51.557 No. I'll do it. 01:13:52.266 --> 01:13:54.434 I seem to have a knack for absorbing short falls. 01:13:56.353 --> 01:13:57.646 (WILLIAM GRUNTS) 01:13:57.729 --> 01:13:58.772 GEORGE: You okay? 01:13:58.856 --> 01:13:59.857 WILLIAM: Nothing broken! 01:14:09.199 --> 01:14:10.450 GEORGE: I can't see anything. 01:14:11.201 --> 01:14:13.453 WILLIAM: It's okay, I'll use echolocation. 01:14:13.537 --> 01:14:17.249 (CLICKING TONGUE) 01:14:17.332 --> 01:14:18.333 All clear. 01:14:21.795 --> 01:14:23.422 -(BANGS) -(GEORGE GRUNTS) 01:14:24.256 --> 01:14:26.258 (WHISPERING) I thought you said it was all clear. 01:14:26.341 --> 01:14:29.595 I meant for me. Your position would have a different echo. 01:14:30.596 --> 01:14:32.222 Now everything has an echo. 01:14:37.519 --> 01:14:39.146 (ANIMALS CHITTERING) 01:14:39.229 --> 01:14:41.857 You know what? The lab must be on the other side of those doors. 01:14:41.940 --> 01:14:42.941 PHYLLIS: Okay. 01:14:44.943 --> 01:14:46.028 (DOOR OPENS) 01:14:47.446 --> 01:14:49.656 PHYLLIS: Let's go. We've got this. 01:14:50.574 --> 01:14:52.075 You don't have to do this. 01:14:55.037 --> 01:14:57.789 When I asked my father about the expanding universe, 01:14:59.708 --> 01:15:03.212 he said, "Maybe it's just putting things where they're supposed to be." 01:15:05.047 --> 01:15:07.132 I think this is where I'm supposed to be. 01:15:10.093 --> 01:15:11.261 I think so, too. 01:15:13.722 --> 01:15:14.848 (CHUCKLES) 01:15:24.441 --> 01:15:25.442 FLORA: William? 01:15:27.819 --> 01:15:28.987 (CHITTERING) 01:15:30.155 --> 01:15:31.156 WILLIAM: Skunk! 01:15:31.240 --> 01:15:32.950 -(SCREAMS) -I saw it! 01:15:33.033 --> 01:15:34.409 -PHYLLIS: What's going on? -I can see! 01:15:34.493 --> 01:15:36.954 -There's still a skunk right there! -WILLIAM: That was my fault! 01:15:37.037 --> 01:15:39.081 -I saw a skunk! -Wait a second, you can see? 01:15:39.164 --> 01:15:41.166 -Yeah! I guess I'm less hysterical. -(SCREAMS) 01:15:41.250 --> 01:15:43.210 -Go! Go, go, go, go, go, go! -FLORA: Go! 01:15:43.293 --> 01:15:44.378 (CHITTERS) 01:15:52.386 --> 01:15:55.097 Excuse me, this is a hazardous area. You can't be in here. 01:15:56.557 --> 01:15:58.058 Okay, I got this one. I got this. 01:15:58.141 --> 01:15:59.268 FLORA: Oh, boy. 01:16:00.060 --> 01:16:01.436 Hey. How are ya? 01:16:01.520 --> 01:16:04.106 We're actually here to adopt a puppy. 01:16:05.190 --> 01:16:06.191 Nice. 01:16:06.859 --> 01:16:09.570 Oh, um, well, actually, you need to go to the lobby. 01:16:09.653 --> 01:16:10.654 This way? 01:16:10.737 --> 01:16:12.781 Hey! They're after the rabid squirrel! 01:16:12.865 --> 01:16:15.158 -Go, go, go! -MILLER: Come on! This ain't a drill. 01:16:15.242 --> 01:16:16.827 -MILLER: Hey! -WOMAN: Call security! 01:16:16.910 --> 01:16:17.911 WILLIAM: It's this way! 01:16:17.995 --> 01:16:19.538 MILLER: Get 'em, get 'em, get 'em! 01:16:20.163 --> 01:16:21.915 Somebody do something! 01:16:21.999 --> 01:16:23.500 GEORGE: Find Ulysses and get outta here! 01:16:23.584 --> 01:16:24.751 (GRUNTS) 01:16:24.835 --> 01:16:25.836 FLORA: This way! 01:16:25.919 --> 01:16:27.171 (DOG BARKING) 01:16:27.254 --> 01:16:29.381 Not in my house! Tasers up! Let's go, let's go! 01:16:29.882 --> 01:16:32.634 PHYLLIS: Does anyone see him? GEORGE: Not yet, keep looking! 01:16:32.718 --> 01:16:34.011 Come on, chop-chop! 01:16:34.094 --> 01:16:35.095 Look! 01:16:36.555 --> 01:16:37.973 (ALARM BUZZES) 01:16:39.474 --> 01:16:41.643 (ANIMALS CLAMORING) 01:16:41.727 --> 01:16:42.728 Wait, wait, no, no, no! 01:16:42.811 --> 01:16:44.521 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 01:16:44.605 --> 01:16:46.023 Oh, no. Wait! 01:16:46.106 --> 01:16:47.816 All right, just grab an animal. 01:16:49.067 --> 01:16:50.068 Contain 'em! 01:16:52.654 --> 01:16:53.739 Poppins... 01:16:53.822 --> 01:16:55.282 Get... Find Poppins! Come on! 01:16:55.365 --> 01:16:56.366 Squirrels! 01:16:56.450 --> 01:16:58.160 PHYLLIS: Open the cages! Come on! 01:16:58.827 --> 01:16:59.828 FLORA: Ulysses! 01:17:01.788 --> 01:17:03.457 PHYLLIS: I don't see him! FLORA: Ulysses! 01:17:03.540 --> 01:17:04.541 GEORGE: Keep looking! 01:17:06.543 --> 01:17:08.962 -Ulysses! -(CHITTERS) 01:17:09.046 --> 01:17:10.964 FLORA: I found him! GEORGE: Hey, buddy! 01:17:11.048 --> 01:17:13.675 FLORA: Don't worry, Ulysses. We're going to save you. 01:17:13.759 --> 01:17:15.344 WILLIAM: Aw, he's cuter than I thought. 01:17:15.427 --> 01:17:16.428 I need a knife! 01:17:16.512 --> 01:17:17.888 I have nail clippers. 01:17:17.971 --> 01:17:18.972 FLORA: What? MILLER: Stop... 01:17:20.557 --> 01:17:21.558 Right there. 01:17:23.101 --> 01:17:24.186 Do you like M&M'S? 01:17:24.269 --> 01:17:25.812 No, I care about my teeth. Why? 01:17:26.396 --> 01:17:27.397 Squirrels do. 01:17:30.567 --> 01:17:32.319 (CHITTERING) 01:17:33.070 --> 01:17:34.446 No, no, no! 01:17:36.823 --> 01:17:37.824 Go wait in the lobby. 01:17:37.908 --> 01:17:39.243 -Tiny claws. -MILLER: Big claws. 01:17:39.326 --> 01:17:40.327 PHYLLIS: Let's go, come on! 01:17:41.411 --> 01:17:43.121 -You're not goin' anywhere! -(GRUNTS) 01:17:43.205 --> 01:17:44.248 -(MILLER GRUNTS) -What... 01:17:44.331 --> 01:17:46.375 Do not mess with the thorny blowfish! 01:17:48.168 --> 01:17:49.169 MILLER: My teeth... 01:17:49.878 --> 01:17:51.046 He doesn't belong here. 01:17:54.633 --> 01:17:55.634 Step away from the cage. 01:17:55.717 --> 01:17:56.802 You really wanna do this? 01:17:57.386 --> 01:17:59.930 Because I have spent the better part of my life 01:18:00.013 --> 01:18:03.016 dreaming of ways to take down villains like you. 01:18:03.100 --> 01:18:04.101 This is my jam. 01:18:04.184 --> 01:18:05.686 (CHITTERS) 01:18:05.769 --> 01:18:06.770 Cool speech. 01:18:07.271 --> 01:18:08.397 Get away from the squirrel. 01:18:08.480 --> 01:18:09.690 What squirrel? 01:18:09.773 --> 01:18:10.774 The... 01:18:11.984 --> 01:18:13.360 No, no, no, no, no! 01:18:14.194 --> 01:18:15.445 (MILLER GRUNTS) 01:18:16.154 --> 01:18:18.365 Bull's-eye! No, no! 01:18:20.200 --> 01:18:21.869 -Hey, you! -(HISSES) 01:18:22.911 --> 01:18:23.912 Forgive me. 01:18:24.329 --> 01:18:25.539 -(YOWLS) -(MILLER SCREAMS) 01:18:27.082 --> 01:18:28.125 -FLORA: Ulysses! -(CHITTERS) 01:18:33.630 --> 01:18:36.300 Okay. Come on, come on, come on. We gotta go. Go. 01:18:36.383 --> 01:18:40.387 (YOWLING) 01:18:41.889 --> 01:18:44.016 MILLER: No! Get off! 01:18:44.766 --> 01:18:45.809 Ow! 01:18:45.893 --> 01:18:48.520 -(MILLER GRUNTS) -(MR. KLAUS YOWLING) 01:18:50.189 --> 01:18:51.190 That's not good. 01:18:54.776 --> 01:18:56.987 -(ULYSSES CHITTERS) -FLORA: He's gonna make it. 01:18:57.070 --> 01:18:58.780 WILLIAM: That guy had him cornered. 01:18:58.864 --> 01:19:00.240 He's going to make it. 01:19:01.033 --> 01:19:03.160 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 01:19:05.662 --> 01:19:06.788 (CHITTERING) 01:19:06.872 --> 01:19:07.915 Son of a... 01:19:07.998 --> 01:19:09.374 (GRUNTS) 01:19:11.126 --> 01:19:12.377 (PANTING) 01:19:13.212 --> 01:19:14.213 Don't move! 01:19:14.922 --> 01:19:15.923 FLORA: Dad! 01:19:16.006 --> 01:19:18.383 (DOGS BARKING) 01:19:18.467 --> 01:19:20.928 -You're not leaving with the squirrel! -PHYLLIS: George! 01:19:21.011 --> 01:19:22.095 Hey! 01:19:22.179 --> 01:19:23.555 Oh, no! 01:19:23.639 --> 01:19:24.681 WILLIAM: Oh, no! 01:19:24.765 --> 01:19:26.433 -(CHITTERS) -FLORA: Ulysses! 01:19:26.517 --> 01:19:27.726 Okay, I can't feel my legs. 01:19:27.809 --> 01:19:29.269 MILLER: No, no, no, no, no, no! 01:19:29.353 --> 01:19:31.730 Stand down. I can't look! 01:19:32.439 --> 01:19:33.732 George! 01:19:38.820 --> 01:19:40.239 -George! -Dad! 01:19:42.032 --> 01:19:43.784 (GEORGE GROANS) 01:19:43.867 --> 01:19:45.244 -(GASPS) -(GEORGE LAUGHS) 01:19:47.246 --> 01:19:49.790 (LAUGHING) 01:19:49.873 --> 01:19:52.000 GEORGE: I'm flying! (SCREAMS) 01:19:52.084 --> 01:19:55.420 FLORA: Every superhero comes to us with a purpose. 01:19:56.630 --> 01:19:57.673 -(LAUGHS) -(CHITTERS) 01:19:58.715 --> 01:20:00.801 We don't always see it at first. 01:20:01.885 --> 01:20:04.471 Because we don't always know where to look. 01:20:04.555 --> 01:20:06.056 GEORGE: This is amazing! 01:20:06.139 --> 01:20:08.183 FLORA: But Ulysses showed us... 01:20:08.267 --> 01:20:09.768 (LAUGHS) 01:20:09.852 --> 01:20:11.103 (GRUNTS) 01:20:12.604 --> 01:20:15.607 ...the world is filled with wonder and magic. 01:20:20.070 --> 01:20:21.113 Huh? 01:20:22.739 --> 01:20:24.074 FLORA: Ulysses! 01:20:24.700 --> 01:20:28.203 And we found it in the people we love. 01:20:33.667 --> 01:20:35.419 GEORGE: I can't even feel my leg. 01:20:37.296 --> 01:20:38.297 Here. 01:20:43.260 --> 01:20:44.261 You're not coming? 01:20:44.344 --> 01:20:46.054 This is not my adventure, dear. 01:20:56.648 --> 01:20:58.859 (ALL LAUGHING) 01:20:59.484 --> 01:21:02.613 Did we just break a magical squirrel out of animal jail? 01:21:02.696 --> 01:21:03.822 We did. 01:21:03.906 --> 01:21:05.032 (SLURRING) Thanks, Ulysses. 01:21:05.699 --> 01:21:07.326 -Are you okay? -GEORGE: Oh, yeah. 01:21:07.409 --> 01:21:09.912 -(CHITTERING) -(ALL CHUCKLING) 01:21:10.704 --> 01:21:11.955 Oh... 01:21:12.039 --> 01:21:13.040 Oh, gee... 01:21:13.123 --> 01:21:14.583 (GROANING) 01:21:15.959 --> 01:21:18.587 FLORA: The world is full of injustice. 01:21:20.881 --> 01:21:23.967 And there are always other people who need saving. 01:21:24.051 --> 01:21:26.220 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 01:21:27.346 --> 01:21:31.058 Which meant that the most heroic thing we could do 01:21:34.520 --> 01:21:36.146 was to say goodbye. 01:21:36.230 --> 01:21:37.231 (CHITTERING) 01:21:45.739 --> 01:21:46.740 Don't give up. 01:21:50.160 --> 01:21:51.161 On my comics? 01:21:52.496 --> 01:21:53.497 On me. 01:21:54.873 --> 01:21:55.874 Never. 01:22:04.383 --> 01:22:06.426 (CHITTERS) 01:22:10.889 --> 01:22:12.474 Thank you, Ulysses. 01:22:15.519 --> 01:22:17.771 (CHITTERING) 01:22:18.480 --> 01:22:19.481 Go on, now. 01:22:20.983 --> 01:22:22.359 Flare up like a flame. 01:22:36.081 --> 01:22:37.541 MILLER: Hey! Buckmans! 01:22:38.792 --> 01:22:40.127 You're not gettin' rid o' me. 01:22:40.210 --> 01:22:41.587 (PANTING) 01:22:42.379 --> 01:22:43.380 Turn him over. 01:22:44.214 --> 01:22:45.757 He's all yours. 01:22:45.841 --> 01:22:48.302 (CHITTERING) 01:22:49.261 --> 01:22:50.387 MILLER: Oh... 01:22:50.470 --> 01:22:51.680 So much rabies. 01:22:55.559 --> 01:22:57.769 FLORA: The world was as it should be. 01:22:58.312 --> 01:22:59.563 (TIRES SQUEALING) 01:22:59.646 --> 01:23:02.858 Ulysses could stay hidden from those who would do him harm. 01:23:04.985 --> 01:23:07.946 And be ready to defend those in need. 01:23:18.582 --> 01:23:19.791 We had love, 01:23:20.417 --> 01:23:22.294 and we had comic books. 01:23:23.253 --> 01:23:25.672 Not just the ones we got to read, 01:23:26.673 --> 01:23:28.258 but the ones we got to live. 01:23:29.426 --> 01:23:31.386 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 01:23:32.513 --> 01:23:36.391 People will say it didn't happen, that squirrels can't write poetry, 01:23:37.142 --> 01:23:39.770 and that the world isn't full of superheroes. 01:23:42.272 --> 01:23:44.274 But like any natural-born cynic... 01:23:44.358 --> 01:23:45.609 (THUDS) 01:23:45.692 --> 01:23:49.029 -...I say, "Do not hope. Observe." -(CHITTERING) 01:23:51.198 --> 01:23:52.366 Because when you do, 01:23:53.742 --> 01:23:57.579 you'll see how much wonder the world actually has, 01:24:06.630 --> 01:24:09.299 and you won't be a cynic anymore. 01:24:09.383 --> 01:24:10.968 (POLICE SIRENS BLARING) 01:24:14.596 --> 01:24:17.808 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) 01:24:39.830 --> 01:24:41.582 Even after he bit me in the face, 01:24:43.166 --> 01:24:47.004 that rattlesnake knew, I wasn't leavin' the hole until he did. 01:24:47.796 --> 01:24:48.964 -Wow! -(CHUCKLES) 01:24:49.047 --> 01:24:50.966 You're not afraid of anything. 01:24:54.303 --> 01:24:56.346 I am afraid of some things. 01:24:57.931 --> 01:24:58.932 Oh. 01:25:03.562 --> 01:25:04.646 (CAT MEOWS) 01:25:06.315 --> 01:25:08.567 (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) Is that a cat? 01:25:08.650 --> 01:25:10.736 Yeah. That's Mr. Klaus. 01:25:10.819 --> 01:25:12.446 -He's my best friend. -(MEOWS) 01:25:12.529 --> 01:25:13.864 (PURRING) 01:25:15.991 --> 01:25:17.326 Hello, Mr. Klaus. 01:25:18.118 --> 01:25:19.745 -(YOWLS) -(MILLER SCREAMS)