The Bedford Incident

440 00:32:14,553 --> 00:32:17,436 Now, come on! Be a little unpredictable about it. 441 00:32:17,597 --> 00:32:20,065 Now, get into do with Queffle. Give him a schedule. 442 00:32:20,225 --> 00:32:22,312 - Aye, aye, sir. - A smart one. Unpredictable. 443 00:32:22,477 --> 00:32:23,569 Aye, aye, sir. 444 00:32:46,918 --> 00:32:49,006 What's the matter? Think I'm too rough on him? 445 00:32:49,170 --> 00:32:50,345 Well... 446 00:32:50,505 --> 00:32:52,842 Well, go on, say it, yes or no. 447 00:32:53,008 --> 00:32:55,855 You might try giving him a word of praise now and then. 448 00:32:56,011 --> 00:32:57,268 What for? 449 00:32:57,429 --> 00:33:00,228 - He tries so damn hard, for one thing. - That he does. 450 00:33:00,390 --> 00:33:03,107 So he makes mistakes. You got him so rattled he can't think. 451 00:33:03,268 --> 00:33:04,312 Yeah? 452 00:33:04,477 --> 00:33:08,321 Yeah. You've been on his back ever since we left Norfolk. 453 00:33:08,481 --> 00:33:10,534 Isn't it time you eased up a bit? 454 00:33:10,692 --> 00:33:13,242 - You think so, huh? - I do. 455 00:33:13,403 --> 00:33:15,823 I'm telling you, he's too jumpy. 456 00:33:15,989 --> 00:33:18,457 Ease up. He'll do better. 457 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,007 That's my opinion. You can take it or leave it. 458 00:33:24,706 --> 00:33:28,004 You know, Buck, you're getting worse than an old mother hen. 459 00:33:28,168 --> 00:33:30,090 You've gone soft on me. 460 00:33:30,253 --> 00:33:32,389 Okay, so I like him. He's a good kid. 461 00:33:32,547 --> 00:33:36,011 Right. And he'll make a good officer someday. 462 00:33:36,968 --> 00:33:38,392 Then what are we arguing about? 463 00:33:38,553 --> 00:33:43,025 If he quits expecting the crew to cheer every time he carries out an order. 464 00:33:43,183 --> 00:33:47,193 No, the trouble with that kid, he can't forget what a big hero he was. 465 00:33:47,354 --> 00:33:53,535 Star quarterback, voted most all-around, most likely, most popular-- 466 00:33:53,693 --> 00:33:55,995 That one he's still bucking for. 467 00:33:56,154 --> 00:33:59,748 No, the only way to cut him down to size is to keep on him. 468 00:33:59,908 --> 00:34:03,455 Yeah. If he survives. 469 00:34:03,620 --> 00:34:06,420 If I hammer too hard, you let me know, huh? 470 00:34:06,957 --> 00:34:08,926 I'll try. 471 00:34:09,584 --> 00:34:13,013 Yeah. It's a lot of work being a mean bastard. 472 00:34:14,548 --> 00:34:20,064 Sometimes I can't help admiring how effortlessly you do it, captain. 473 00:34:20,220 --> 00:34:23,601 Almost as if it came naturally. 474 00:34:29,938 --> 00:34:33,781 So taking your goals and your methods... 475 00:34:33,942 --> 00:34:36,492 ...and your requirements into consideration... 476 00:34:36,653 --> 00:34:40,081 ...I've come up with a plan of my own that I'd like to propose, sir. 477 00:34:40,240 --> 00:34:43,787 You see, I said to myself, I said, "Chester, what does this ship... 478 00:34:43,952 --> 00:34:45,708 ...need that you could contribute?" 479 00:34:45,871 --> 00:34:47,461 - Chester? - That's right, sir. 480 00:34:47,622 --> 00:34:50,470 If the ship doesn't fit the man, then the man damn well... 481 00:34:50,625 --> 00:34:53,971 ...has to fit the ship, and that's the line my thinking has been going on. 482 00:34:54,129 --> 00:34:55,600 - Put it here. - Along-- Excuse me. 483 00:34:55,755 --> 00:34:57,642 Along that line, more or less. 484 00:34:57,799 --> 00:35:03,186 Well, I think the thing to do now is to run it up the flagpole, so to say... 485 00:35:03,346 --> 00:35:05,601 ...and kind of kick it around for some reactions. 486 00:35:05,765 --> 00:35:06,809 Good. 487 00:35:06,975 --> 00:35:12,029 You see, sir, it's been my observance of the men on this ship that... 488 00:35:12,188 --> 00:35:14,657 It's occurred to me that most of them are just... 489 00:35:14,816 --> 00:35:16,868 ...sitting around on their dead butts all day. 490 00:35:17,027 --> 00:35:18,866 - What did you say? - Don't get me wrong. 491 00:35:19,029 --> 00:35:23,786 I mean of necessity. You see, scientific work is necessarily sedentary. 492 00:35:23,950 --> 00:35:28,340 Therefore, I thought that a physical-fitness program... 493 00:35:28,496 --> 00:35:29,968 ...would be just in order. 494 00:35:30,123 --> 00:35:33,053 Bodies toned, trained, developed. 495 00:35:33,210 --> 00:35:35,345 No flabbies, no flabbies around. 496 00:35:35,503 --> 00:35:38,718 The men all fit and shipshape, so to say. 497 00:35:38,882 --> 00:35:40,685 - Yeah. - Now, this can be accomplished... 498 00:35:40,842 --> 00:35:43,262 ...with isometric exercises. 499 00:35:43,428 --> 00:35:46,014 - How's that again? - Isometric, sir. 500 00:35:46,181 --> 00:35:47,853 It's all done with tension. 501 00:35:48,016 --> 00:35:51,777 Tense, relax. Tense, relax. Tense, relax. 502 00:35:51,937 --> 00:35:54,522 Tense, relax. Tense, relax. 503 00:35:54,689 --> 00:35:59,280 Tense, relax. Tense, relax. Tense, relax. You can do it anywhere. 504 00:36:05,659 --> 00:36:08,209 Yeah, I think