Northern Exposure 401 Northwest Passages.txt

{79}{131}- Good morning, Chris!|- Hey, morning.
{133}{172}Beautiful morning,|isn't it?
{174}{244}- Yeah, it is. Has its possibilities.|- Yeah, I'll say.
{267}{340}- You're in a good mood.|- Yeah, you know why?
{358}{401}- You had a good breakfast?|- No.
{402}{443}It's my birthday tomorrow.
{445}{479}I'll be 30.
{481}{536}Wow, 30. That's a biggie.|Congratulations.
{538}{566}Yeah, it is,|isn't it?
{568}{614}Yeah. How you|holding up? Okay?
{615}{639}What?
{641}{694}Well, yeah.|I've never been better.
{705}{754}That's good. You know,|'cause here in the West...
{756}{811}we have this morbid fear of aging...
{826}{871}this simplistic glorification of youth.
{873}{930}You know, in the Orient,|old age is revered.
{932}{997}It's a time of wisdom|and influence.
{998}{1044}- Well, it's the way it should be.|- Yeah.
{1046}{1125}You know, we impose all these chronological|imperatives on ourselves, and...
{1126}{1185}We don't make $1 million|by the time we're 30...
{1186}{1224}you know, we jump off a bridge.
{1226}{1267}I know. It's crazy, really.
{1269}{1355}Yeah, you look at all the arts, you|know, poets, artists, painters...
{1361}{1401}they're always putting|their head in the oven...
{1402}{1451}or starting the car|with the garage door down.
{1453}{1504}- I know. It's a waste.|- Yeah.
{1506}{1573}Well, they can bend statistics|any way they want, I guess, you know?
{1574}{1601}What statistics?
{1602}{1699}You know, those adult crisis shrinks,|Buhler and Daniel Levinson.
{1701}{1768}You don't get it by the time|you're 30, you ain't gonna get it.
{1770}{1798}Get what?
{1800}{1829}Basics.
{1830}{1879}You know, career track, intimacy.
{1881}{1926}Well, they're talking|percentages, usually.
{1927}{1969}- Percentages? Really?|- Yeah.
{1971}{2002}What percentages?
{2004}{2069}I don't know, 90%, 95%, around there.
{2070}{2102}- Wow.|- Yeah.
{2110}{2161}You still got|5% to play with.
{2163}{2193}Happy birthday,|I'll see you later.
{2195}{2221}Yeah. Thanks.
{3505}{3540}Good morning, Marilyn.
{3542}{3572}Morning.
{3574}{3614}What do we have|on the books today?
{3616}{3648}Splinter removal?
{3650}{3699}M&M's stuck up some kid's nose?
{3718}{3778}- No.|- No. Course not.
{3782}{3838}My colleagues from Columbia|are nipping and tucking...
{3840}{3895}their way up Park Avenue to Westchester.
{3904}{4004}I'm stuck in the middle of Alaska just|praying for a case of Lyme disease.
{4038}{4072}What are you reading?
{4076}{4113}Driver's manual.
{4120}{4144}Is that right?
{4146}{4217}You're getting your driver's license?|That's great. Good for you.
{4218}{4268}I remember when I took the test.|I missed only two.
{4270}{4327}Didn't even read it.|Go ahead, ask me something.
{4334}{4360}Something?
{4362}{4399}From the thing.|The pamphlet.
{4401}{4446}Speed limit in a alley.
{4447}{4501}Speed limit in an alley?
{4546}{4580}Okay. Okay.
{4588}{4630}Ten miles an hour.|Uh-uh.
{4632}{4665}Five?|No.
{4670}{4729}Come on, higher? Lower?|Give me a hint. It's an alley.
{4730}{4777}You said to quiz you.
{4786}{4838}Okay. Fifteen miles.
{4844}{4891}Fifteen? No kidding.
{4905}{4979}Well, look, we don't have any|appointments in the foreseeable future.
{4981}{5035}Come on, I'll give you a driver's lesson.
{5037}{5065}Uh-uh.
{5066}{5110}No? Why not?
{5118}{5163}You make me nervous.
{5216}{5260}Oh, I make you nervous?
{5262}{5301}Thank you very much.|I'll tell you what...
{5303}{5359}you make me nervous.
{5366}{5411}I make you nervous.|That's great.
{5441}{5541}That's just beautiful.|Wonderful. I make you nervous.
{5548}{5594}Morning, Cicely.|Chris in the Morning...
{5596}{5658}here on KBHR.|Got a hot news flash.
{5660}{5730}"Guys versus gals eight ball|shootout Friday night at The Brick.
{5731}{5811}"Half price beer and dogs. "|You don't wanna miss that.
{5813}{5876}Birthday greetings to our|very own Maggie O'Connell...
{5878}{5945}who's turning the corner|on the big 3-0 tomorrow.
{5959}{5998}It's an important marker|on life's journey.
{6000}{6072}Leaving youth, entering|the middle way.
{6074}{6119}Safe passage, Mary Margaret.
{6121}{6193}I got me a little milestone|of my own happening here.
{6195}{6245}My engineer license came in.
{6246}{6307}I've been working the board in your|ears for what, two, three years, now?
{6309}{6402}Now I got me a real, genuine|certificate says I know how.
{6426}{6459}Does it matter?
{6467}{6522}I don't know yet.|Does it make a difference?
{6548}{6608}Does a piece of paper make|two people more married?
{6610}{6685}Does a bar mitzvah|make a child a man?
{6712}{6792}Why do I have the urge to legitimize|myself with a piece of paper?
{6810}{6893}Was it to simply put a Post-It|Note on this chapter in my life?
{6896}{6983}Or to say to the world, "World,|Kilroy Stevens, too, was here"?
{7076}{7161}And let's see,|marinated artichokes.
{7198}{7257}And smoked oysters.
{7267}{7311}Well, you might as well treat|yourself, huh, Ruth-Anne?
{7313}{7347}You only go around once.
{7352}{7386}You said it.
{7401}{7448}You have a bundle|of mail, dear.
{7453}{7491}Birthday greetings,|no doubt.
{7493}{7527}Wow, look at this.
{7531}{7564}Lynnie Lawrence.
{7574}{7652}Wouldn't you know, Lynnie Lawrence.|Wow, we were best friends growing up.
{7654}{7696}Well, isn't that nice?
{7698}{7742}Oops!|Whoop, got it.
{7750}{7826}"You're not getting older.|You're already there. "
{7870}{7930}That's funny.|Very funny, Lynnie.
{7944}{7997}Wow. These are her kids.
{7999}{8036}They're so big.
{8050}{8113}Let's see, "Denny, six.|Matthew, four. "
{8115}{8142}Cute.
{8144}{8204}They look just like her, too.
{8225}{8287}Neat as a little button.|That's the spirit.
{8302}{8330}What's the spirit?
{8334}{8427}People are so foolish about their|birthdays, especially big ones like yours.
{8429}{8458}They seem to think that...
{8460}{8535}there's a light shining on|everything lacking in their life.
{8537}{8586}What, like|not having children?
{8588}{8613}Well...
{8614}{8689}Well, Ruth-Anne, I'm just 30. There's|plenty of time to have children.
{8690}{8717}Absolutely.
{8726}{8793}Plenty. I mean, I could|always do in-vitro or adopt.
{8795}{8866}And if you never have them, it|won't be the end of the world.
{8868}{8961}Now, don't make any mistake, I love my|children, and I loved being pregnant.
{8962}{9048}But if I hadn't had them, I could|have held my head up just fine.
{9050}{9119}Ruth-Anne, don't forget, I have|a career, you know. I fly a plane.
{9124}{9156}Yes, you do.
{9158}{9224}And I have a wonderful life,|you know. Things are great.
{9251}{9286}And tomorrow's my birthday.
{9287}{9338}And I hope you have|a very happy one.
{9340}{9395}Thank you. I will.
{9410}{9451}Bye-bye, now.
{9490}{9558}Hey, Chris,|listen to this.
{9574}{9629}I really nailed her|this time. Chapter One.
{9637}{9673}You ready?|Yeah.
{9677}{9733}"Three score and change|in God's green acre...
{9734}{9809}"I've decided to take time from|the rigors of daily living...
{9810}{9882}"to look back over the years|and chart the course of a life...
{9883}{9926}"whose challenges|and achievements...
{9928}{10015}"may serve as an example and|benefit those who read these pages. "
{10017}{10055}I like it. I like it.|Read on.
{10057}{10113}Oh, that's to come,|I've got it all mapped out.
{10114}{10167}Sort of like a blueprint|here in my head.
{10169}{10207}How does a lad...
{10209}{10290}from Tulsa rise to fame|as a United States astronaut?
{10292}{10377}And how does he parlay|that fame into a vast fortune?
{10386}{10454}We'll meet his early|influences, his math teacher...
{10458}{10515}his wrestling coach,|his mother.
{10522}{10583}That's the beginning, and that's|a good place to start, Maurice.
{10585}{10609}Yeah.
{10611}{10709}It'll be my contribution|to space travel literature.
{10726}{10815}I envision the Book-of-the-Month|Club, Main Selection.
{10823}{10889}I see libraries, schools.
{10898}{10957}Maybe a film adaptation,|tasteful, of course...
{10958}{11007}with George C. Scott|in the later years.
{11009}{11036}Hey, right.
{11046}{11077}I can see it.
{11079}{11141}I'll be right back|with the newest installment.
{11143}{11203}Hurry up, I can't wait.|Yeah.
{11230}{11290}One warm beef stew.
{11299}{11358}I don't know|how you do it, Maggie.
{11359}{11406}Do it?|Keep it together.
{11407}{11433}Thirty.
{11450}{11521}Wow. I mean, I'm looking down|the snout of the big 2-1...
{11522}{11561}and I'm ready|to call a T-O.
{11570}{11627}Well, it's really not|all that bad, Shelly.
{11630}{11705}I mean, actually, I'm|dying to get out of my 20s.
{11718}{11778}I am. Truly, I am.
{11781}{11830}I've always wanted to be|in my 30s, actually.
{11832}{11884}I've always thought the|30s would be my decade...
{11886}{11918}that I'd come into my own.
{11920}{11961}Both the 30s|and the 40s.
{11963}{12002}Yeah, but 30.
{12004}{12053}You get crow's feet|and chicken chin...
{12055}{12149}and your nips start heading south,|and your bum turns to yogurt.
{12154}{12180}It does?
{12182}{12214}Oh, yeah.
{12225}{12298}And the competition's coming|up and gaining on you quick.
{12300}{12384}Who's gonna look at a chick 24|with all these teenage mall-flies...
{12386}{12454}strutting their booty|and talking their trash?
{12455}{12512}You'd think|they'd invented spandex.
{12514}{12565}Morning, Maggie.|Can I top you off?
{12567}{12639}Guess what, hon?|Maggie's turning 30.
{12641}{12679}Well.|Bummer, huh?
{12681}{12715}Maggie's just a baby.
{12717}{12757}Thirty is a slice of pie.
{12758}{12837}He would say that.|He's gonna live to be 120.
{12851}{12918}But she's only got|10 years till 40, Holling.
{12921}{12957}Then what's|she gonna do?
{12959}{13008}What are your plans, Maggie?
{13010}{13046}Did you wanna have|a party?
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