[all talking at once]
[indistinct crosstalk continues]
How can you all just feed your faces?
[laughing and crosstalk]
What are we going to do about this?
Kate and Erik are gone and we're all alone!?
Hey, we're not alone. You know, we've got each other.
Yeah, and they're, they're not gone, they're just...
You know, not here right now.
Keep it together, Sal, you're supposed to be the smart one.
We need you to come up with a plan.
Me? I don't know what to do, I'm just a kid.
Sal's right. I'm the oldest.
I'm in charge. And I say, uh...
I need to clear my head.
So, what are we supposed to do?
Why aren't we calling the police?
'Cause they'll split us up.
I know you'll use any excuse to get "Officer Adorable"
to come over, but we can't take the risk.
Besides, I don't wanna have to wipe your drool off the floor.
I don't drool.
No, hey, we drop everything and keep looking until we find 'em.
You mean...
No school!
I'll call and tell 'em you're sick.
[Max] What about you?
I don't go to school.
"De Money" is taking a gap year.
"De Money?"
That's my new nickname instead of "Canned Ham."
Sorry, Canned Ham, you know the nickname rules.
I don't know if we should all take a sick day.
They might get suspicious.
Let me guess, you volunteer to go to school.
Well, if you really think somebody needs to,
I guess I could take one for the team.
What? I like school. Is that so weird?
Max, you should go to school, too.
Excuse me?
Think about it. That Tim guy's
probably gonna check and make sure
you show up for the first day at your new school.
Good point.
[Daniel] Hi, uh, it's Erik Hunter.
It looks like the girls have come down with something.
I think it's the flu.
I'm gonna keep them home for the day.
The boys will be in.
Our new one, Maximilian,
is really psyched for his first day.
Maximilian is really smart
and I want to make sure he's challenged in school.
I would recommend you put him in all the hardest classes.
Don't worry about the workload.
He can handle it.
Thanks for much, have a great day, bye-bye.
That's for calling me Canned Ham.
Okay, fair enough.
Come on, we're gonna be late.
[school bell ringing]
Let's go.
Hurry up, we're late.
[doorbell chimes]
Why aren't you open? It's 9:00 sharp.
Excuse me?
This is the Hunter Museum, right?
Yes, this is the Hunter Museum, but...
But nothing, uh, step aside and let us in.
We're here for the tour.
Uh, I'm so sorry, sir, um, we're closed today.
The guide is sick.
We came all the way from the north country.
Well, in that case...
Make sure they don't steal our bikes on the way out.
Which way's the principal's office?
I have to undo that stuff Daniel pulled.
There's no way I'm getting stuck in the hardest classes.
Don't worry about it. He was just messing with you.
There's only one class for our grade.
Our grade?
Aren't you, like, a year younger than me?
I sort of skipped a grade.
Nice of you to join us, Sal.
I take it this is Maximilian?
Live and in person. You can call me Max though.
What can I call you?This is Mr. Kittredge.
20 minutes late on your first day.
Well, you certainly know how to make an entrance.
Yeah, I, uh, overslept. I was dreaming about
a soccer game and it went into overtime so...
[class laughs]
And isn't it lovely that Salvatore
has decided to join us too.
Please, have a seat.
[Sal] You're getting us into trouble.
[panting] Whew.
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. Sorry for the delay.
The Hunter Museum is now open.
That unpleasant young man said the guide was sick.
Oh, he is but there's a new guide filling in, me.
You? Why not? I am a Hunter after all.
♪♪
Please, do come on.
Welcome, so, before we start the tour,
everybody, please gather around.
Okay.
Say, "Hunter."
Hunter!Hunter!
[shutter clicks]
[Mr. Kittredge] Okay, open up page seven.
Now who can tell us something about the Pleistocene epoch?
Anyone?
Anyone at all?
Sal?
Pleistocene is the first epoch of Quaternary Period.
It was characterized by the appearance
of large land mammals and birds
including Mastodons, Mammoths, giant--
Thank you, Sal.
What else?
Put your hand down, Sal.
Max, yes, what can you share with us?
Can I go to the bathroom?
Fine. Sal? Why don't you show him the way?
Do I have to?
Yes.But--
Go. Later-ade.
I thought you had to go to the bathroom.
Try to keep up.
That was just to get out of that boring class.
'Cause you wanted to go to the library?
To research this Saganash business.
You're a computer whiz, right?
Get to it.
Watch the door.
If Kluterbeek catches us in here, we're toast.
What's a "Clutter Beak"?
The headmistress. She is a pit bull.
I'm not afraid of anyone with that name.
You should be.
She's suspended kids for less than this.
Suspended on my first morning.
That'd be a record.
What makes me think you're not typing "Saganash"
into the search engine?
Commercial search engines are for amateurs.
Dynamic assignment distributed web crawling
uses infinite client sourcing to maximize efficiency.
Okay, say that again and imagine I'm not a tech genius?
My way's better.
Okay, I'm in.
All I'm getting for Saganash is a hotel in Miami.
And a deodorant.
Maybe we're looking for the wrong thing.
You know, what if it's some kind of code?
Ooh, try, um... Hsanagas.
Saganash spelled backwards?
Really? Think about it.
Kate wrote "Saganash," so it must mean something.
But how can it mean anything if it's not on any computer?
Just because something doesn't show up on a computer
doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Don't be ridiculous.
The Internet is the repository of all knowledge.
Oh, yeah?
Have it tell me what I had for breakfast.
What? It doesn't know that.
It only knows the information
that has been entered into the computer.
Which at this point is just about
everything in the world.
Just about, but not everything.
Where can we find information that Erik and Kate would know
that isn't in a computer?
[both] The library at home.
We gotta go.
But how? It's only first period.
[sneezes]
He doesn't look sick to me.
Are you kidding?
He's got all the symptoms of a serious illness.
Right? Headache? Ooh!
Tenderness in the belly. [grunts]
Muscle weakness and loss of balance.
[grunts]
[thuds to floor]
I know your sisters are home sick today.
I suppose it's possible he's caught what they've got.
That's what I'm saying, yeah.
All right, Sal, you're excused for the day.
[sneezes]
What about me?
Well, you like fine.
For now, but I've been infected.
This thing is mad contagious, okay, I--
[coughs]
[sneezes]
I would hate to get anyone else sick.
Don't get your germs all over me!
Go home, both of you!
This is a painting of a game board
for the kind of tic-tac-toe people used to play.
And the game really never became popular.
And all that's left of it today is this picture.
You're making all of this up.
I am not.Yes, you are.
This is not a game.
This is an abstract work in the style of Mondrian.
It is a game. I've played it
a lot of times with my brothers and sister.
And you wouldn't know because you're too mean.
Nobody will play with you.
This way, everybody.
Since when do you know how to do laundry?
Do I look like an idiot?
You put the clothes in, add soap.
The machines does the rest.
This is pointless. I can't find
anything useful about Saganash.
Isn't there a Saganash deodorant?
Read my lips, useful.
There's just a hotel.
And yes, I know, a deodorant.
There's our answer, that must be it.
Are you kidding me? That's in Florida. So?
So, you think they would just leave the country without
telling us on the one day a new kid comes to live with us?
I'll bet Erik surprised Kate
with a trip for their anniversary.
He probably didn't tell us because
he was afraid we'd spoil the surprise.
They wouldn't just leave us all alone.
Hey, I'm 17, practically an adult.
They know they can trust me to take care of you guys,
especially since I'm taking a gap year.
Is that detergent or dish soap?
Soap and detergent are the same thing.
If you don't believe me, look it up.
[beeping]
Need any help in there?
Aah! Aah!
[groaning]
Definitely don't look like an idiot.
[doorbell chimes]
Daniel?
Simone! What's up?
Is everything all right?
Uh, yeah, yeah, um... I, uh, was just, uh...
Washing my hair. [chuckling]
To what do I owe this unexpected pleasure?
I was just wondering if Erik and Kate were home.
Um...
I was just wondering if Erik and Kate were home.
Um...
You're very strong, aren't you?
I don't like to brag.
But yes... I am.
Erik and Kate? Are they home?
Oh, uh...
They-- they went on an art exhibition outside the city.
We'll have them call you when they get back, okay?
Shouldn't you guys be in school?
Gap year.
And, um... [coughing] I'm sick and so is Anika.
We caught that bug that's going around.
[coughing] Daniel's taking care of us,
and you should probably go before you catch it.
[coughing]Ooh, um, or, uh,
maybe you'd like to come in for a cup of tea.
[Tess] I don't think that's a good idea.
Sure it is.
You're not contagious anymore.
Come in.[coughs]
Um, Tess, will you make us some tea?
I'll be right back.
[chuckling]
So, tell me, do Erik and Kate
leave you guys home alone very often?
Sure.
I mean, no, I mean, we're not alone.
It's only for a little while.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Tess, could you pour some tea for me too?
Sure, no problem.
I hitting the gym later.
I'm up to 50 one-arm pushups.
Do you work out?
I... You really should.
So, what are you guys talking about?
I was just asking Tess about your parents
leaving you guys alone.
It's no big deal.
I'm here and I'm not exactly a kid anymore.
[door opens]
I'll get that.
So, uh, do you have any hobbies?
Did Kate and Erik come back? Oh.
What are you doing home?
Researching Saganash.
That's what I'm supposed to be doing.
How's that working out?
Not well, there's nothing on the Internet.
Exactly.We're gonna look in the library.
Did you know there are things out there
that aren't on the Internet?
How crazy is that?
You can come with us if you want.
You know, help us look through all those books.
Really? I have your permission? Thanks.
Oh, no, I didn't mean, like...
You know, hey, do whatever you want, I don't care.
I'm coming. Great.
No, I'm not.That works for me too.
I can't leave Daniel alone with Simone.
[whispering] Simone is here?
Who's Simone?
It's this cop that Daniel has a huge crush on
and who knows what he'll tell her?
Okay, so get rid of Simone and then come to the library.
Or don't, you know, whatever.
[Anika] This painting is based on my favorite cartoon,
"Pudgie and Budgie."
Hey, guys, say hi to my tour group.
You're leading a tour all by yourself?
Mm-hmm, they're from up north.
Be sure to count the silver before they leave.
Especially the knives.
Come on!
I was thinking I've got nothing planned for this Saturday so...
maybe...
[coughing]
Can you give me some cough medicine?
[coughing]
I gotta go.
I'll walk you out. [coughs]
[clears throat, coughs]
Whoa.
There are a lot of books in here.
That is why they call it a library, you know?
I know, there's just... so many.
How are we gonna check 'em all?
One at a time.
Where do we start?
I'll start with the "A"s, you start with the "Z"s
and we'll work our way towards the middle.
What about me?
I'm sure we have some comic books somewhere.
Oh, ha, ha.
I'll take the middle of the alphabet.
"M"s, here I come.
So, every night, this tiny bird
would tell the boy all sorts of funny bedtime stories.
And the boy whose name was... Posh Harry in the red sweater
would always keep the bird very close to him.
Uh, even at school. He hid him in a small drawer.
And at lunchtime, he fed him pieces of banana.
Oh, come on, we didn't come all the way
to hear a bunch of made up poppycock.
And why aren't you in school today anyway?
I'll be right back.
Anything, anybody?
I saw sapsuckers four books ago.
That was pretty close.
I breathed a bunch of dust from the 1800s.
[coughs]
I need help. The north people hate my tour. Why?
I maybe told them stories that were kind of slightly
totally made up.
Heh, nice.
They're really mad.
Sal, you know everything about the museum.
Can you go talk to them?
I can't leave now, we're in the middle of this.
[exhales]
Here.
"Sal's Professional Hunter Museum Audio Tour."
Thanks, Sal.
[sighs]
I need a break.
How do you take a break from doing nothing?
This is useless. It's gonna take years
to go through all these stupid books.
Whoa, easy on the antiques.
[creaks open]
Uh, you guys?
[creaking]
[sighs]
[Tess] A secret library?
This is awesome!
[Max] More books... yay.
[water dripping]
What's up there?
I'm not sure. But it's the perfect habitat
for my favorite animal species.
Myotis emarginatus.
For a minute, I thought you were gonna say bats.
Myotis are bats.
This is a painting of a Dutch meadow
painted in 1645 by Paulus Potter,
born in 1625 in Enkhuizen.
At last, some facts.
This way, please.Excuse me,
don't you have some silly story about that tree?
Or maybe that funny looking cow back there?
As a matter of fact, I--
No, just stick to the facts.
Oh, all right, all right, all right.
Well...
These aren't just any books.
This is the history of the Hunter family
going all the way back to the 1300s.
Whoopee.
Check it out.
It's a ship's log.
It's a voyage to Indonesia over 300 years ago.
Erik's great-great-great- great-great-great...
How many greats is that? Six.
Great-great grandfather was the captain.
That's pretty cool, I guess.
These books are about more than just the Hunters.
This is the end of the line.
I hope you all enjoyed your visit to the Hunter Museum.
Please don't forget to give us a review online
unless you didn't like it. Then please don't say anything.
It was wonderful. Thank you.
I'm not gonna give you one penny.
Maybe you'd like to walk back to north country.
Fine.
Thank you.
Look what I got.
Wow, what'd you do, rob a bank?
Unh-unh, I gave a tour in the museum.
All by yourself?
Mm-hmm. Look, I got ten...
We found Saganash.
Well, what is it? Don't leave us hanging.
It's a what, it's a who.
Saganash is the name of an old merchant family
just like the Hunters.
They used to do a lot of business together.
Hey... it's the same guys.
When was this?
1647.
Wow, that's, uh...
That's a really long time ago.
So, what does it mean?
How will it help us find Kate and Erik?
I don't know.
At least it's a start.
It's definitely a start.
[cell phone ringtone]
Child Services, Tim speaking.
Hi, is this Child Services?
Sorry, yeah, uh, Child Services,
how can I help you?
Hi, this is Simone Smith.
I'm a police officer in Amsterdam District 17.
You know the Hunters, right?
What did he do?
Who?
Max, that's why you're calling, right?
Please tell me he didn't fill the house
with wild dogs again.
No, it's nothing like that.
Then... what?
I was over there earlier and...
I don't think there's any supervision.
I don't think there are any adults there.
Is it possible for you to come over and check it out?
[man] I've discovered something amazing.
♪♪
♪Whenever you're low ♪
♪Whenever you're down ♪
♪Just call for me ♪
♪We'll figure it out, figure it out ♪♪