04x25 - Bad Boy

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[♪ ♪]

♪ The new boy
in the neighborhood ♪

♪ Lives downstairs
and it's understood ♪

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

♪ Like he's one of the family ♪

♪ Charles in charge
of our days
and our nights ♪

♪ Charles in charge
of our wrongs
and our rights ♪

♪ And I see
I want Charles in charge of me ♪

♪ Charles in charge
of our days
and our nights ♪

♪ Charles in charge
of our wrongs
and our rights ♪

♪ And I see, I want, I want
Charles in charge of me ♪♪

[singing]
Baby, baby, baby.

[singing]
Baby, baby...
...something, something.

Buddy.
- Oh!

What are you doing?
- Hi, Charles.

I'm writing a song.

Do you know a word
that rhymes with "baby?"

Maybe.

Well, give it some thought
and if you come up with one,
would you let me know?

Listen, um, Charles.

Do-do you want to
hang out tonight?

No, I can't, Buddy.

I, uh, got a 16-year-old
student coming over here that I
have to tutor.

So as to prepare him
for high school.

Charles, if he's 16,
and he's in junior high school,

he's too dumb
to be tutored.

No, Buddy, he's not dumb.

He just-- he happens to be
a very naturally talented kid

who unfortunately
spent most of his life

in ah...
juvenile detention centers.

Oh, you mean he's a criminal?

Charles, you can't bring
a criminal into the house.

Mr. Powell will go
through the roof!

But I have no say in the matter,
I was assigned to this kid.

Besides, I wanna help him.

The only thing
I have to figure out now,

is how to break the news
to Mr. Powell.

Break what news to Mr. Powell?
- Hello!

Sir, how are you today?
It's nice to see you.
Let me help you with that.

Hmm-mmm.
- I'm was gonna tell you
why I won't be able to tutor

a very gifted and very talented

Why is that?
- Well, because uh, he comes
from an unfortunate background.

And ah, he's underprivileged,
and he's poor--

Charles!
I'm surprised at you.

The poor and the underprivileged
are the people who need our help
the most.

Oh.
- Huh?

You're right, sir.
[Mr. Powell chuckles]

Yeah, well, I don't know
what's the matter with me.

Thank you for clearing that up.

You're right, those people
need our help the most.

Now, sir,
his name is Danny Holland

and with your permission, uh,
he'll come over here tonight.

Good.
Good, good.

Oh!
Charles.

You forgot to tell Mr. Powell
about the boy's police record.

Police record?

Hi!
- Hey, Adam!

How was your day, huh?

Why, did you hear something?

Charles.
You mean to say
that this boy's been in jail?

No, no, not me.

I-- I just forgot
to hand in my homework.

There were no cops involved.

Charles, I want the truth.

Has this boy been in jail?

Oh, well, uh,
not exactly, sir.

He's just been in ah, sent
to juvenile hall a few times.

A few times?
- Several times.

Several times?
- Often.

For what?
- Uh.

Little things, sir.
They-they got him on a, 459.

That's vandalism.

And-and a 594.

That's breaking and entering.

He uh, he broke into
a convenience store.

That's a 7-11.

[Jamie]
Hi, Grandpa.

How ya doing?
- Well.

Oh, losing some weight?
- Well.

You know, Grandpa,
this very interesting guy

asked me for a date tonight
and I said "no."

There is no way
that I will go out with him
on a school night

unless he had me home
by 11pm.

He said, "okay."
So may I go?

Please?

Do I know
this very interesting fellow?
- Uh, you might.

He's kinda dark
and he drives a foreign car.

You have a date
with Yassar Arafat?

His name is Keith Warner.

You've heard me talk
about him, Grandpa.

He's Judge Warner's son.

Judge Warner?
From "The People's Court?"

Well, this boy is a judge's son,
he must be all right.

All right,
you can go out with him,
but I want you home by 11pm!

Okay, thank you!

Yeah, thank you.

Now, Charles,
about this ex-convict.

Sir, he's just a young boy
who got off to a bad start
in life.

And you're the one who said
these people need our help
the most.

All right,
you can bring the boy over.

But, keep him away
from my grandchildren.

And, make sure
he stays in your room.

I'll be less inclined
to fire you

if he only steals
your stuff.

You had to tell him
about the police record,
didn't ya?

Oh, Adam, listen.

Danny's on his way over here,
so you better
make yourself scarce, okay?

Remember what
your grandfather said.

Yeah, he said
this kid's a hooligan.

Let me stay, Charles.
I've never seen
a hooligan before.

Charles,
Grandpa told me
what you're doing

and I think it's wonderful!

The way to overcome poverty
and crime is through education.

Why are you sitting, Sarah?

I'm waiting to meet
your ex-convict.

Who knows?

I may say the one thing
that'll turn his life around.

People!
Please!

I can't have you sitting here,
staring in Danny's face.

You'll make him self-conscious.

What do you want us to do?
- Well...

Do what you normally do.
Just, mill around.

[whistling]

All right, all right,
don't get cute.

You don't normally
mill around the couch,
you mill around the house.

[doorbell rings]

[Mr. Powell]
Who is it?

How you doing?

I'm, ah, Charles,
I've been expecting you.

Oh, and uh,
this-this is Mr. Powell.
[laughs]

Good Lord!

Sarah, go to your room!

[doorbell rings]

Hi.
- Hi.

Am I in the right place?
- Uh.

Oh, yeah, come on in.

Jamie, your date is here!

Excuse me.
[clears throat]

Welcome to our home, young man.
I'm Walter Powell.

[Jamie] Hi.
[Mr. Powell chuckles] Oh.

Hi, Keith.

Charles, Grandpa,
this is my date, Keith Warner.

[Jamie]
Well, I'll be home at 11.
Bye, everybody.

[Mr. Powell stutters]
Uh, uh, uh.

You're Danny Holland,
my student.

Hi!

Charles told me you know
how to hot-wire a car.

Yeah, well,
it's not that hard to do.

[Buddy opens door]
Charles!
Charles!

Listen,
I know how gullible you are,

so I thought
I'd better be around

when the crook gets here,
you know?

Buddy, this is Danny Holland.

Okay, dog-meat!
- Oh, no, Buddy.

Assume the position.
- Hey!

Spread 'em out.
Get them out there!
Get them out there.

You know the routine.
[Mr. Powell] Lembeck, Lembeck!

Buddy!
- It's okay, Charles.
He's clean.

Not anymore, you touched him!

Danny, you'll have to uh,
forgive Buddy here.

When he was growing up,
his only role model
was "Deputy Dawg."

Hey, why don't we go downstairs
and start studying, okay?
- Yeah, right.

Hey, nice meeting you, Buddy.

Oh Buddy,
would you happen to know
what time it is?

Oh yeah, sure, it's--

Hey!

Somebody stole my watch, Danny.

Hey, it wasn't me!

Why don't you talk
to the kid here?

Me?

I didn't steal his watch.

Oh.

Well, what's this?

Hey, gimme!

[Mr. Powell] Charles!
[Charles laughing] That was...

That was an amazing...
- Charles.
- ...magic trick, Danny.

Did you see that?
Suddenly, you see the watch
come out quick as a whip.

I think you and Danny
better go downstairs.

Yes, sir.
- Now!
- Yes, sir.

Come on, Houdini, before we both
get thrown into prison.

Don't you worry, Mr. Powell.

I'm gonna keep my eye
on that kid.

I have a mind like a steal trap.

But first, I'm gonna figure out
how Adam stole my watch.

[Charles]
You-you're wasting your time
picking pockets, Danny.

So far, you got a lot of these--
all these answers correct.

It's ah,
it's the neighbor's cat.

Hey, did I tell you something?

You're too smart
to be a small-time thief.

With a little work,
you could become a--

A big-time thief!

Hey!

There you go,
why settle for county jail

when you can make it
all the way to San Quentin!

Danny, do me a favor.
Check out these American History
questions, all right?

Oh, hi.
[Danny] Hi.

Oh, Danny.

You know,
I'm really interested in magic.

You know,
if you could teach me

how to take a guy's watch off,
while he's still wearing it,

I could be a giant hit!

Yes,
and I can be the giant
that hits you.

Good night, Adam.
- Night.

How you doing there, Danny?
You all right?

Um... first Chief Justice
was John Jay.
- Uh-huh.

Uh, 13th President...
Millard Fillmore?

It's amazing!

Pardon me,
I just wanted to say good night.
- Oh, good night.

And to leave you
with this thought:

in America,
anything is possible.

Uh, good night!

Good night.
Don't-don't ask.

Uh, Dan, let's talk seriously
for a minute, all right?

Now, I think that you can
get into high school right now
as a senior.

Oh, sure.

Picture me.
Hanging out with all
those rich, high school kids.

You think
they really want to hang out
with an ex-con like me?

Hey, maybe they'll let me
shine their shoes.

Come on, Charles,
give me a break!

Danny, I am giving you a break.
Now, whether you want to take it
or not, is up to you.

I just work here, okay?
- Yeah.

All right, come on.
I'll take you down to the diner,
I'll buy you something to eat.

Well, you can't,
you ain't got no money.

"You ain't got no money?"

Okay, you don't have any money.
[Charles laughs]

Sure, I do.
I have a--

[Charles sighs]

Let's go.

[♪ ♪]

Oh, hi, sweetheart.
- Hey Mom, hi.

Uh, this is Danny.

Oh hello, Danny.
Oh, Charles has told me
all about you.

So, you're Charles' mom.
- Yes!

And you work here in the diner?

Yes, I also own the diner.
- Yeah?

Well, maybe you could
get me a job.

You know, I'm really good
with cash registers.

Charles told me that.
- Mom, no.

But he didn't give me
any details or anything.

You know what?
Why don't you um...

Why don't you come by tomorrow
and we'll talk about it, okay?

Excuse me.

Nice lady.
- Thank you.

Um, why don't I get us
some menus?

Okay.

Ah-ha!
Gotcha!

Trying to steal the menus, ha?

What's next, the silverware?

Or maybe you'll like to steal
the countertop?

Why don't you just steal
the neon sign, huh?

Hey Buddy, Danny was just
getting some menus
so we could order some food.

Sure Charles,
they always have an alibi.

Oh, hi Charles.
You remember Keith?

Oh, yeah.
How you doing?

You remember Danny?

Yeah, hi.
- Hi.

Well, excuse us,
we're gonna go sit down.

[Charles] All right.
[Jamie] Let's go Keith.

Uh, uh, Danny,
why don't you sit down?

Buddy, I'll tell you what.

Instead of playing undercover,
why don't you join us, okay?

Thank you, Charles.
I think I better!

[Charles]
I was just telling Danny here,

that he could get
into high school right now,
as a senior,

but he's not interested.

Oh, come on.

Can you picture
a full-time loser like me,

fitting in
with the high school crowd?

We gotta work
on your self-esteem, Danny.

You can fit in, all right.

You're just as good as anybody,
and I want you to remember that.
- Really?

Look, come on.
What do I have to do
to prove it to you?

Well.
Uh.

[Charles] Oh, come on.
Name it and it's yours.

Well, if you really mean it.

You could get me a date
with Jamie.

Jamie?

Our Jamie?
- Yeah!

Unless you think
I'm not good enough for her.
- Ah, no.

[laughs nervously]
No.

I mean, uh, yeah.
I'd ah--

No, no problem, Danny.

[humming "Funeral March"]

[evil laugh]

[Buddy laughs madly]

[♪ ♪]

Okay, okay.

So Danny wants a date
with Jamie, what's the problem?

I told you the problem.

Now--
- Thanks.

The problem is,
Danny has a police record.

Now,
if I set Jamie up with Danny,

and Mr. Powell finds out,
my life is over, right?

If I don't set Jamie up
with Danny,

he'll be shattered
and he'll go back
to a life of crime.

You call that a problem?

That's a piece of cake, Charles.

Go ahead
and ask Jamie to out with Danny.

She'll say "no"
because she's going with Keith,
the punk with the funny hairdo.

Then, you tell Danny
that Jamie would love
to go out with him,

but she can't
because she's going with Keith,
the punk with the funny hairdo.

This is scary.

It's your plan and I like it.

There's gotta be a flaw.

No, Charles.
It's flawless.

Hi, Charles.
Hey, Buddy.

Oh, Jamie,
you wanna hear something funny?

I think Charles knows
you won't be interested

but Danny Holland
actually wants to go out
on a date with you tonight.

Is that funny or what?

No, I think Danny's cute.
I would love to go out with him.

Tell him to call me, Charles.
- Wait, no.

No, you can't go with Danny.

Jamie, you're going with Keith,
the punk with the funny hair.

No.
Not anymore.
I just dumped him.

I mean, Keith may look great
but he's really dull.

Thanks, Charles!

There, you see!
I told you it was flawless!

Flawless?
Flawless!

Buddy now,
thanks to you,

Jamie has a date
with Danny the Hooligan.

[soft thud]
Well, don't blame me!

You're the one
that fixed her up with him!

Okay, Buddy.
Come on, come on!

There's no way
this is happening.

As we speak,
Jamie is on a date
with a hooligan.

What is a hooligan, anyway?

I don't know,
but according to Mr. Powell,

it's just one step below
a galoot.

Hi, boys.
- Hi, mom.

Oh, Charles.
I just wanted to tell you

that I offered Danny a job
as a part-time cashier.

Why?

Well, I figured if you let him
go out on a date with Jamie,

I should be able to trust him
with my money.

Mo-mom, how did you know
he's on a date with Jamie?

I'm a clairvoyant, Charles.

Also, they're sitting
in the back booth.

No, why?
Why are they here?

Jamie said
they were going to a dance.

If Mr. Powell finds out
about this, he'll explode!

Mom, so please,
don't tell him, okay?

I won't have to.

Here he comes.

Oh, oh, Buddy!
Get Jamie out the back way.

Hey!
Mr. Powell!

You looking good,
you dropping some weight, sir?
- Well.

What-what brings you
to my mom's humble diner?

I just came by to pick-up
some humble hamburgers
for the kids, why?

Jamie, you're supposed to be
at a school dance.

We're going, Buddy.

I just asked Danny
to meet me at the diner
so we could leave from here.

Oh, well,
then might I suggest

you leave by way
of the back alley?

They say the alley's beautiful
this time of year.

No, sir.
I love my mom's humble diner.

The thing is, see,
you-you look to me

like you could use
some Chinese food, you know.

Your overall color
suggests some uh,
rice deficiency.

Is that Jamie back there?
- Back, back there?

No.
- Yeah.
- No, sir, that's just a, ah,

that's just a contestant
from the, the Jamie
look-a-like contest.

Huh?
- It's a school thing, sir.

Now, back to the Chinese food...
- Excuse me!
- ... Mr. Powell, please.

Hello, Lembeck.
You're looking well.

Hi, Mr. Powell.

Jamie, I thought
you were supposed to be
at some school function.

It's a dance, Grandpa.

Danny and I
are leaving right now.

You and Danny are going
to the dance together?

Yeah, Charles arranged
the whole thing.

Bye.

[Danny]
Thanks, Charles.

Nice seeing you again,
Mr. Powell.

Charles.

[sing-songy]
Uh, Charles.

No.

Charles!

[whistling and tapping feet]

Where's Jamie?
- Uh...

I told you to bring her home
from that dance.

Well,
I-I went to the dance, sir.

And um, she wasn't there.
Yet.

I knew it!
I knew it.

I let her leave that diner
with that-that-that... hooligan!

And now he's abducted her.
I'm gonna call the police.
- No, wait, sir, sir.

I have never been
so humiliated before
in my life.

Jamie, are you all right?

No!
I blame you for this, Charles.

You knew all about Danny
all along and you never told me.

I'm sorry, Jamie.

I just didn't think
it was necessary
to bring up Danny's past.

It's not what I'm talking about.
He told me all about it.

I wouldn't hold that
against him.

It's the other thing.

What other thing?

Charles knew
Danny didn't have a car.

A car?

He actually wanted to take me
to the dance on a bus.

I mean,
could you see me and my date

getting off a city bus
in front of school?

With all my friends watching?

[doorbell rings]

Hey, hey.
Come on in.

Excuse me.

Mr. Powell.
I just wanted to apologize
for what happened tonight.

I should think so.

Hold it, Jamie.

You know, Danny,
a minute ago,

I wanted to throttle you,
but now, I'm beginning to think
we owe you an apology.

We didn't raise Jamie
to be a snob.

A snob?
- A snob.

I don't know
what else to call you, Jamie.

You walked out your date
because he didn't have a car.

That's not quite the way
it went, Grandpa.

Actually,
Danny walked out on me.

Sorry, Jamie,
but you made such a big deal
about riding the bus,

I figured we should just forget
the whole thing!

You walked out
on my granddaughter?
I can't believe it!

I can hardly believe it myself.

Six months ago,
I would've hot-wired a limo,
stolen a 100 bucks,

and taken her to the dance
in style.

Well, why didn't you?

I don't know.

Just seems that every time
I got into trouble,

it was because I was trying to
impress somebody.

I don't need to do that,
anymore.

Charles showed me that.

I-I showed him that.

I mean, you made me feel
like I was okay, all of you did.

For the first time in my life,
I felt like I was...

... like I was part
of a family.

Oh, Grandpa's right.

We do owe you an apology.
- No, no, no.

Everything's cool.

Uh, good night.

See you tomorrow, Charles.
- All right.

Jamie.
I'll see you in high school.

We deuced.

Well, I guess I really goofed.

[raspberry]

Oh, sir, I still think
there's something we could do.

What do you think?

I think you're right.

Jamie, if you still want to go
out with Danny, it's okay by me.

I do, Grandpa,
but there's no chance.

I mean, now Danny thinks
I'm a real dork.

I got him!
I got him!

Don't worry, Mr. Powell.
I got him!

I caught him schlepping away
from the house
with a guilty look on his face.

I don't know what he took,
but it's gotta be
on his person, somewhere.

Buddy, relax, okay?
I-I-I... relax.

I'll tell you what he took.

He took off
without taking Jamie.

Now, look, Danny.
I went through a lot of trouble
to get you this date.

I expect you to keep it, okay?
- Okay.

I mean, it's up to Jamie.

Come on, if we hurry
we can still catch the 7:30 bus.

Did I miss something?

No, but you're about to
in a few minutes.

Hey!

He took my wallet!

[♪ ♪]

Charles,
may I ask you a question?
- Yeah.

Do you think it's possible
for one person
to change another person?

Absolutely.
- Good!

Do you think it's possible
for a girl to change a boy
who's kind of uncivilized.

I think only a girl
can change a boy.

Now, say, if you're worried
about Danny, don't be.

Jamie will change him so fast,
it'll make his head spin.

Hey Charles,
I wasn't talking about
Jamie's date.

I was talking about my date.

Let's go upstairs.

Thanks, Charles.

If you need me,
we'll be up in my room
talking philosophy.

All right.

If you need me,
I'll be up there with you.

[♪ ♪]

♪ Charles in charge
of our days
and our nights ♪

♪ Charles in charge
of our wrongs
and our rights ♪

♪ And I see ♪

♪ I want, I want
Charles in charge of me ♪

[♪ ♪]

♪ Charles in charge ♪♪