Unfinished/Transcript

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(Arthur and his parents are driving in the car)

Arthur Read: Why?

David Read: Why what, Arthur?

Arthur: Why do I have to go to a boring grown-up party with you when it's sunny outside and D.W. gets to go to the lake with Emily?

David: Because sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do.

(The car arrives at the party)

Arthur: There's no kids! You said there would be kids!

Jane: Mrs. Fox told me there would be.

Arthur: Why?

David: She probably thought people would bring them.

Arthur: Why would she think that?

(Mrs. Fox waves to Jane from the front step of her house)

Jane: (sigh) These questions... Sometimes you just can't know the answer to everything.

Arthur: And sometimes you can't know the answer to anything.

(Title card)

UNFINISHED

Written by Dietrich Smith

Storyboarded by Elie Klimos

Arthur: Yeah!

Francine Frensky: (V.O.) Unfinished!

(Arthur grabs an umbrella off-screen. Fade back to the episode.)

(Arthur and David walk inside the house.)

David: Okay, Arthur, we're only gonna stay a little while. Just try to occupy yourself here in the meantime.

Arthur: How long's "a little while"?

(David shuts the door)

Arthur: Why can't grown-ups ever just answer a simple question? Why can't they just say, "Yes, we know the answer, and this is what it is,"?

(Arthur turns the knobs on a TV, but each channel is static.)

Arthur: Why, why, why, why, why, why, why can't someone give me (loudly) an answer?

(A book falls from above. Its title reads "93 Million Miles in a Balloon.")

Mr. Fox: Sorry! Just doing a little bit of packing here before Mrs. Fox and I move into the retirement home.

(Arthur picks up the book and reads the title)

Arthur: "93 Million Miles in a Balloon"?

Mr. Fox: Got that from granddaddy when I was your age. Why aren't you out at the party?

Arthur: Boring old people. Oh, sorry. Why aren't you?

Mr. Fox: Boring young people.

(Arthur returns the book to Mr. Fox)

Mr. Fox: Keep it! I have to get rid of most of this stuff anyways! Just be careful with the loose pages.

(Arthur turns to the middle of the book and sees an illustration of a huge blimp landing through the roof of a library)

Arthur: Why is there a balloon in the library?

Mr. Fox: (calmly) Don't remember.

(Arthur sits on a blue chair.)

Arthur: (reading) "Lord Caleb Trimingham, bored, restless, and is always aggravated by his house staff's lack of interest in his ever-legitimate questions, looked to the ceiling as if for an answer, and was rewarded with a balloon. A hot-air balloon, to be precise, descending from the rafters..." What kind of answer is that? And what questions was he asking?

(The illustrations in the book are now animated.)

Arthur: (reading) "Yet, before young lord Trimmingham could express proper irritation of the inappropriateness of a balloon in a library, he was greeted by..."

Dr. Gustavius Boles: Dr. Gustavius Boles. Don't bother to get up, just passing through.

(He deflates the balloon and it condenses into a suitcase.)

Caleb: But what are you doing here? And how did you get here? How'd you get that balloon in that suitcase?

Gustavius: Oh, a questioner. Sorry, I have no time at the moment.

Caleb: No! Wait!

(Caleb and Gustavius are riding in a green vehicle.)

Caleb: So, you didn't answer my question. Who are you? How did you-

Gustavius: Dr. Gustavius Boles, as I've already informed you. I'm a balloon explorer.

...

Paige Turner: Yes, apparently 93 Million Miles in a Balloon was checked out ten years ago and never returned.

Arthur: Never returned?

Paige: Whoever borrowed it moved and left no forwarding address. But don't worry. If he ever comes back here, I will personally revoke his library card.

Arthur: Oh, uh, thanks. I'd rather have the book. Can you order another copy?

Paige: Oh, no, dear. That book is long out of print. Maybe you can buy a used copy on the Internet.