Chocolate Cake Extraordinaire... Only To Be Had With
A Glass Of Iced, Almost Frozen Milk.
You Can't Have This Milk.
Why?
Sweetheart...
You Are Having Skim Milk.
Skim Milk?!
That's Right.
Bring Me A Glass Of Water.
You Are Having Skim Milk In A Fine Glass.
Thank You So Much.
Look At That.
I Want To See The Cow That Gave That Out.
How Come Dad Can Have Cake?
Your Mother And I Have An Agreement.
I Told Your Father If He Ran Four Miles This Morning
He Could Have Cake.
Yes, Miss Worrying-About-It-Face.
And Today I Ran 4.4 Miles
Of Which The Last Point Four
I Ran Uphill, Sprinting Backwards On My Hands.
If Any Of You Have Cake That You Cannot Finish
Pass It This Way.
Don't Even Try It.
Forget It.
This Last Piece Might Be Mine.
If Anyone Is A Half Hour Late For Dinner
Their Food Is Up For Grabs.
In 30 Seconds, Vanessa's Cake Is Mine.
You'll Have To Fight Me.
Don't Worry, Rudy, I Will.
25 Seconds Left.
Two Days In A Row Vanessa's Been Late.
15 Seconds, 14, 13...
Did She Call And Leave A Message?
No, Mom. 11, 10...
Hey, Look Out The Window!
There's A Possum
Doing A Two-Step With A Chipmunk.
Everybody.
Won't Work, Dad.
You've Got To Look.
We're Not Falling For That.
7, 6, 5, 4...
Wait A Minute.
We Don't Have To Do This.
Mom Left A Second Chocolate Cake In The Refrigerator.
You All Can Have That.
Zero!
Time's Up!
No Fair. You Cheat.
I'm Sorry I'm Late.
I Totally Lost Track Of The Time.
Easy Come, Easy Go.
Where Have You Been?
With The Decorating Committee For The Winter Dance.
We Ran Late.
You Should Have Called.
I'll Get Your Dinner Before It Gets Colder.
Can I Skip Dinner?
I'm Not Hungry.
You're Not?
Leslie And Joe
Are On The Refreshment Committee.
They Brought Samples, So We All Got Full.
Yes!
It's Mine!
Mine, Mine, Mine, Mine!
Would You Mind If I Started My Homework?
I Told Kara I'd Help Her With Algebra.
You Just Walked In
And You're Going To Rush Out Again?
Kara Needs Me.
She's In Trouble With Algebra.
All Right.
Your Curfew Is 10:00.
I'll Be Here.
Bye.
Mmm... Cake Extraordinaire.
I Don't Have To Run Four Miles To Get It.
Vanessa, I Just Looked
On My Dresser.
One Of My Earrings Is Missing.
Did You Take It?
It Looks Good.
Let Me Borrow It.
No, It Doesn't.
It Looks Ridiculous.
That's A Man's Earring.
Let Me Borrow It.
I'll Let You Borrow One Of Mine.
You're Going To Kara's To Study
And You're Worried About What You Look Like?
I Study Better When I Look Good.
Come On, Vanessa.
Would This Have Anything To Do With Jeremy?
Jeremy? No.
You're A Lousy Liar.
This Is All Beginning To Make Sense--
Your Being Late, All Your Excuses.
You're Hanging Out With This Guy
And Don't Want Mom And Dad To Find Out.
They've Met Jeremy And They Like Him.
Do They Know You're Sneaking Out?
I'll Be Back By 10:00.
There's No Reason For Them To Know
Unless Someone Opens His Big Mouth.
I'm In College.
I'm Out Of This Petty Sibling Stuff.
You're On Your Own.
But Watch Yourself.
It's Not Easy To Put Something Over
On Mom And Dad.
Remember That When You Leave For Kara's House.
Let Me Know What Jeremy Thinks Of My Earring.
Rudy!
What?
I Need A Favor.
You're Not Going To Kara's.
You'll Be With Jeremy.
I Have To Cover For You Again.
Right.
What Do I Say?
If I'm Not Back By 10:00
Say I Called And Said I'd Be Late.
Problem.
What?
I Go To Bed At 9:30.
Okay.
Wait Up Until 10:00.
Then Go To Mom And Dad And Say, "I Forgot To Tell You.
Vanessa Called And Said She'd Be Late And She Loves You."
I Don't Like This.
What?
All This Lying.
This Is Very Important To Me.
I'm Crazy About Jeremy, And He's Crazy About Me.
Do You Know What He Said Today?
He Said, "Vanessa, I Need You."
So?
We're At A Very Important Stage In Our Relationship Right Now.
He's Reaching Out To Me.
If I Don't Show Up Tonight, I Might Lose Him.
Okay, I'll Do It.
Thank You.
When I Get Older, I'm Not Lying For Any Man.
Any Man That Wants To Be With Me Has To Do The Lying.
I'm Worth It.
Mom, Dad, I Have To Talk To You.
I Know Why Vanessa's Late.
She's Not Late, Honey.
It's Only Five Of 10:00.
I'll Be Back In Five Minutes To Tell You Why She's Late.
Rudy, Come Here.
What?
You Know That Vanessa Will Be Late?
Yes.
How Do You Know?
Before I Went To Bed
Vanessa Called To Say She'd Be Late
And She Loved You.
I Didn't Hear The Phone Ring.
You Didn't?
No, And I've Been Here All Night.
Well... The Phone Didn't Ring.
Vanessa Called, But The Phone Didn't Ring?
Yes.
I Was Going To Call Kenny, And When I Picked Up The Phone
Vanessa Was On The Line.
And Then I Called Kenny.
Yeah.
That's Right.
After You Talked To Vanessa, You Called Kenny?
Yes.
If I Called Kenny, He'd Say You Called.
Mom, Please, Don't Call Kenny.
Why?
Because Kenny Has A Bad Memory.
He Won't Remember That I Called Him.
And You Have A Bad Memory.
You Don't Remember That
If There's One Thing We Will Not Abide By
It's Being Lied To By Our Children.
Any Child Who Stands Up
And Knowingly Tells A Bold-Faced Lie
Will Be Punished.
They Will?
Yes, Ma'am, They Will.
They'll Be Grounded For Two Weeks.
Vanessa's With Jeremy.
He Said He Needed Her.
She Didn't Want To Lose Him.
I'm Going To Bed.
Last Week
I Put Six Chocolate Chip Cookies In My Lunch Box
When You Said I Could Only Have Three.
Bye.
All Right, So It's Jeremy, Huh?
The Girl Is 15 Years Old.
She Better Walk Through That Door
In The Next Two Minutes.
She Might Not Live To See 16.
We Should Take This Sofa And Turn It Around
So The First Thing She Sees When She Comes In Is Us.
Let's Do It Now.
This Is Really Beautiful.
I'm Glad We Drove Up Here.
This Is The Best Place In The City
To See The View Of New Jersey.
( Engine Stops )
You Turned Off The Car.
I Wanted To Enjoy The View For Awhile
And Not Waste Gas.
Smart.
Yeah.
What's The Matter?
We Should Stop.
Aren't You Enjoying It?
Yeah.
Too Much.
That's Why I Stopped.
You Don't Have To Stop.
Jeremy, I Can't.
What's The Matter Now?
What Would My Parents Say
If They Knew We Were Here?
We're Having A Good Time.
Why Bring Your Parents Up?
I'm Not Thinking About My Parents.
I Should Go Home.
I Knew This Was Going To Happen
When I Started Dating A Sophomore.
Jeremy, I'm Sorry.
I Really Am.
This Is Just Happening Too Fast For Me.
I'll Be Happy To Take You Home.
I Just Want You To Know One Thing.
I Like You A Lot.
Sometimes I Feel Like I Might Even Love You.
You Do?
That's How I've Been Feeling Lately.
But You Have To Decide.
Are You Going To Live Your Life
The Way You Want To
Or The Way Your Parents Want You To?
All Right, Cliff, That's 55 Minutes Late.
This Child Has Crossed The Line
From Being Late Into Reckless Defiance.
In Five Minutes, I'll Get In My Car
And Do The Father Patrol.
When She Walks Through This Door, She's Mine.
I Can't Believe It.
She Stood In Our Faces And Lied To Us.
She Spends This Whole Evening
Doing Who-Knows-What With This Jeremy.
She Better Not Be Doing Who-Knows-What
Or She'll Have To Deal With You-Know-Who.
Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad.
Did Rudy Tell You I'd Be Late?
Yes, She Did.
Good.
Why Did You Move The Couch?
We Heard A Snowstorm Was Coming
And We Decided To Watch It.
Oh... That's Nice.
Who Dropped You Off?
Kara's Father.
We Had A Lot Fun On The Way Over.
He Turned Up The Music And Sang With Us.
So You've Been At Kara's House All Night?
Sure. I Said I Was Going To Do Algebra With Her.
Well, Good Night.
Uh, Hon?
Pass Me The Telephone
So I Can Call Kara's Father
And Thank Him For Dropping You Off.
You Can't.
Pardon Me?
On The Way Over Here
The Car Was Making Weird Noises
So He Said He'd Take It Right To A Garage.
Vanessa, You Are A Liar.
Your Whole Story Is Falling Apart
Right Before Your Face.
I'm Stopping You Now Because You're My Child.
And Before You Drift Deeper
Into The Abyss Of Untruth
Rudy Has Informed Us That You Were With Jeremy
And You Are Grounded For At Least A Month.
A Month?
At Least A Month.
Then I Won't Be Able To See Jeremy.
You'll See Jeremy.
I'll Call Him Tomorrow
Because I Want To See The Boy.
Oh, Dad, Please, You Can't.
I Want The Boy.
You're Going To Embarrass Me.
I Won't Embarrass You.
I Just Want To Talk.
Why Are You Doing This?
I Can Make My Own Choices.
It's My Life.
If I Were You
I'd Take Myself Upstairs
While I Still Have A Life.
Come On, Dad, Please!
You Can't Call Jeremy.
I've Got To Do It, Dear
Because It's My Life.
Vanessa: Mom, This Is So Unfair!
Clair: Don't Tell Me What's Unfair.
Why Are You Humiliating Me Like This?
Don't You Care About My Feelings?
You Lied To Us.
Your Feelings Don't Count.
I'm Moving Out.
I'll Help You Pack.
All These Years
Vanessa Has Been The Mature One.
I Should Have Known It Was Too Good To Be True.
I Want The Boy.
Bring Me The Boy.
I Told Him 4:00. That Gives Him Ten Minutes.
( Doorbell )
The Boy.
Hi, Dr. Huxtable.
Just Come In And Sit Down.
Hi, Mrs. Huxtable.
I Know I'm Early
But I Knew You Really Wanted To See Me.
Vanessa: Jeremy, I'm So Sorry!
Shut Up!
Would You Mind If I Took Off My Jacket?
It's Getting Kind Of Hot In Here.
That's Fine.
Can I Answer Her?
Yes.
It's All Right, Vanessa.
I Miss You!
Let Me Tell You Something Right Now.
I'm Coming Up, And It's Not Because I Love You.
Jeremy, We Have Known You
And We've Met Your Parents.
Up Until Now, We Felt Pretty Good About You Seeing Vanessa.
I Know I Brought Vanessa Home A Little Late.
This Isn't About Being Late.
It's About Telling The Truth--
Which Is Something Vanessa Used To Do.
She Lied To Us
About Why She Was Late For Dinner.
She Lied About Going To Kara's
When She Was Really With You.
We Wanted To See Each Other.
She Knew You Wouldn't Approve.
I Told Her To Do Anything To Get Out Of The House.
I Respect Your Honesty.
Thank You.
I Detest What You're Being Honest About.
Jeremy, Are You Okay?!
I've Had It.
I'm Going Upstairs.
Listen, Young Lady
When Somebody Tells You To Shut Your Mouth
You Better Listen Up.
But, Mom, I'm Worried About Jeremy.
Who Cares About Jeremy?
Nobody's Choking That Boy...
Yet.
See What You've Caused?
I Think We Can Continue In Our Discussion Now.
Let Me Ask You Something.
Has Vanessa Ever Encouraged You
To Lie To Your Parents?
I Don't Have To Lie.
They're Not As Strict As You.
I Can Stay Out Until 11:30.
Vanessa Must Be Home By 10:00.
So If You Want To See Vanessa
You'll Follow Our Rules.
I Understand That.
Understand That In A Month
Because That's The Next Time You'll See Vanessa.
She Told Me That.
I'll Wait.
I Guarantee That None Of This Will Happen Again.
Very Happy To Hear That.
If You'll Excuse Me
I'm Going To Have A Chat With Miss Vanessa.
Good-Bye. I Guess I'll Be Going.
No, I Don't Think You Will.
You And I Are Going To Have
A Little Chitchat In The Kitchen.
In The Kitchen?
Uh-Huh.
Sit Down.
Not There, That's My Seat.
Sit Down There.
You Want To Split An Apple With Me?
Sure, Dr. Huxtable.
Good.
I Brought You In Here
Because There's Some Things I Want To Talk To You About
That I Don't Want To Get Mrs. Huxtable Involved In.
What's That?
You Were In A Parked Car With My Daughter.
Yes, Sir.
Okay, Now...
Let's Say That This Apple Is You.
And This Apple Is My Daughter.
Now, How Close Were The Two Of You In The Car?
What Do You Mean?
This Is You, Right?
Right.
This Is Vanessa.
Were You That Close In The Car?
Yes.
Were You Closer?
Uh-Huh.
Were You..?
No Way, Sir!
Uh-Uh, No.
No, No Way.
No, Sir.
How Close Were You?
Well, It Was More Like This...
Okay, Now...
You Said That Mrs. Huxtable And I Are Strict.
Yeah, You Are.
Did You Know That Vanessa
Has To Be In Here At 10:00 P.M.?
But That At 1:00 In The Morning
She's Free To Go Out Anytime.
Vanessa Didn't Tell Me Anything About This.
Did You Ask?
I Wouldn't Have Guessed It.
I Want You Here At 1:00.
I'll Have Her In Front Of The House
And I'm Going To Rent A Car For You.
Just As Long As You Don't Do Like This.
So That's It, And You'll Be Here.
I Can't Do That.
Why Can't You?
My Parents Would Catch Me And They Would...
Kill Me.
Say That Again.
My Parents Would Kill Me.
So Why Are You Asking My Daughter To Sneak Out?
I Understand What You're Saying.
I'm Sorry.
You See This?
Uh-Huh.
Ever Since The First Day
It's Been Getting Man In Trouble.