You mean, you did this? Not Beethoven?
Why, is he a messy dog or something?
It depends on what you call messy.
No big deal. I'll take care of this.
Just wait here one sec.
Boy, I can't wait to see my room.
OK, Sara, grab a wall.
Whoa! Uncle Freddy!
- I put the linoleum in so I could do this.
- Watch out, Beethoven!
It's just a little side benefit I get
for tuning up that fire truck.
Uncle Freddy, I already took a shower.
Beethoven, stay back!
Pretty clean, huh?
So, what do you usually have
for breakfast at home?
Mom says that nutritionally breakfast is
the most important meal of the day.
You've got to have milk
and fruit and protein.
OK. Coming right up.
There you go.
This is breakfast?
Fruit, milk and protein.
Just like you asked for.
(Beethoven gasps)
Uncle Freddy, it's a banana split.
I think I'll have some of
your bran flakes, if I may.
Bran flakes? OK. Sure.
I don't see an expiration date on this,
so it should be OK.
Say when.
When.
Shame to see all that
ice cream go to waste.
Ahhh!
Mmm...
Hey, look at this. Who needs a maid?
That floor will never be
safe for trash again.
I should have got a dog a long time ago.
(Sara) Watch out, Beethoven.
(Freddy) Whoa!
- You are a natural.
- Don't you have any work to do?
The great thing about being your own
boss is nobody tells you when to come in,
you can have lunch whenever you like,
and best of all...
you can have creeper races
whenever you want.
- Come on, give it a try.
- I don't know.
- Come on. lt'll be fun. Try it.
- Um, no thanks. It looks dangerous.
You know what? Sometimes you got to
just jump in without your floaties. Watch.
Watch it, Uncle Freddy.
Watch out!
- I score that jump a ten.
- Yeah, it was, wasn't it?
Uncle Freddy, are you OK?
You guys want to
hang out or something?
No, I can't. I got to put shocks on that
Caddy over there, but you guys should.
- Hi. I'm Garrett.
- Hi. I'm Sara.
- You're very tall for an eight-year-old.
- Eight-year-old?
OK, so I was off a couple of years.
- Hey, is that your dog?
- Yeah. This is Beethoven.
St Bernards are known for
their psychic abilities.
He is pretty smart. Aren't you, boy?
Hey, kids, you want to
see something funny?
(burps)
Not that. Watch this.
Beethoven, sit.
- (can crumples)
- (laughter)
Now, has that dog got style or what?
Hey, wait, I got an idea.
Why don't you two kids grab some lunch?
Garrett, you could take Sara into town
and show her the sights. OK?
- We have sights?
- You want a free lunch or what?
Yeah...
I don't think Mom would want me to go
without you. Especially with a stranger.
He may be strange,
but he's not a stranger, OK?
He's the smartest kid in town.
Now go, have a good time.
- Come on, let's go.
- Stay with him, Beethoven.
He can help me fix the Caddy.
Right, Beethoven?
- You like GM products?
- (barks)
Quicksilver, huh? Guess this
used to be a silver mining town.
Not really. Mercury, actually.
- Really?
- Yeah.
It was a surprise to the miners too.
They were looking for gold
but hit mercury ore instead.
Quicksilver is slang for mercury.
- You knew that, right?
- Um, makes perfect sense.
But it turns out mercury's dangerous.
It affects the brain's neural function.
- Like how?
- You'll see.
Hello, Owen. How's it going?
It's dry. Too dry.
- Mercury, huh?
- That's Owen Tuttle all right.
He thinks the polar icecaps will melt
and we'll have to live underwater.
He goes to the lake every day to practise.
- Hey Garrett, come in here.
- Morning, Phil.
That's Phil Dobson.
He loves gambling, but always loses.
He owes everyone in town money.
Do you want to play some poker?
- Your wife said I wasn't allowed to.
- Let me try and win my computer back.
- I need it.
- Sorry. I promised your wife I wouldn't.
It's so unfair. What about you?
You're not a local, are you?
- You like to gamble?
- No, I don't gamble.
I'll play anything.