Dinosaurs, Season 4

[The Sinclairs, who are wearing warm clothing, and Stan the Bunch Beetle are seen inside the Sinclair household as snow falls heavily outside the house. Earl is seen sadly looking out the window while the others are shown sitting close to each other.]

Earl:
Could I have everybody's attention? There's something I have to say. [Sighs] First of all, Stan, I have to apologize to you.

Stan the Bunch Beetle:
Yeah, sure, whatever.

Earl:
I now realize that building that wax fruit factory on your mating ground was wrong. Oh, sure, wax fruit's important, but... but so are bunch beetles.

Stan the Bunch Beetle:
Gee, that's big of you Earl. But I'm still feeling kind of blue. Maybe if there was someone holding me to her comforting bosom...[To Charlene] Hi.

[Charlene looks at Stan, then whacks him with her hand, knocking him to the ground.]

Stan the Bunch Beetle:
Ooh! I'll take it.

[Charlene giggle.]

Earl:
And, I guess I owe the rest of you an apology too. You know, for bringing on the end of the world and civilization and everything.

Ethyl:
I always knew you'd screw things up. I just didn't know how bad.

Fran:
Mother, he said he was sorry.

Earl:
And I know I put too much faith in progress and technology, and had too little respect for nature. [Sad music starts playing the background.] But, it's so easy to take nature for granted because it's always there. And technology is so bright and shiny and new.

Fran:
We understand, sweetheart.

Baby:
Understand what?

[Charlene and Robbie look at Earl, silently telling him to explain to Baby what is happening.]

Earl:
Uh... Well, little guy, what happened was... Daddy was put in charge of the world and he didn't take real good care of it. And now, it looks like there won't be much of a world left for you or your brother and sister to live in.

Baby:
Are we gonna move?

Earl:
Well, no. There's no place to move to. This is the only world we got.

Baby:
But, what's gonna happen to us?

Earl:
Well, I don't exactly know.

Robbie:
But whatever it is, nobody's gonna leave you.

Charlene:
That's right, little guy. We'll all stay together.

Robbie:
Yeah.

Earl:
Yeah. Yeah, and hey, I'm sure it'll all work out OK. After all, dinosaurs have been on this Earth for 150 million years. And, it's not like we're going to just...disappear.