Denise, Is Mom Home Yet?
When She Gets In, Let Me Know.
I Have Something Important To Ask Her.
Vanessa, Don't Bother Her.
She's Had Hardly Any Sleep Getting Ready For That Trial.
Denise, It's Really Important That I Talk To Her.
It's More Important That She Reads My Essay
For My Application To The University Of Rhode Island.
This Affects My Life Very Deeply.
What I Have To Ask Mom Affects My Life Just As Deeply.
What Do You Have To Ask?
I Want To Know If I Can Borrow $10 To Buy Some New Earrings.
That Affects Your Life Very Deeply?
Yes. I Want To Wear Them To A Party Tomorrow Night.
Donny Pearson's Going To Be There.
Come On, Denise.
If He Notices Me
He Could Fall In Love With Me.
We Could Get Married And Live Together For 50 Years.
You'll Only Be In College For Three Years
And You'll Probably Drop Out Anyway.
How Selfish Can You Be?
This Affects My Whole Family's Life.
You Can Talk To Mom First.
But I'm Asking Her About The $10 When You're Finished.
Fine, Go Ahead.
Mom! Hi.
Can You Please Read The Essay
I Wrote For The University Of Rhode Island?
I've Been On My Feet In Court For Ten Hours.
I Have Not Slept In Days.
I'm In No Condition To Read.
Oh, How About If I Read It To You?
Read It To Your Dad.
This Is About How Women's Roles
Have Changed In The Past 20 Years.
I Haven't Captured What It Is I Want To Say.
Can You Read It, Please?
It's Really Important.
Okay.
Thanks.
The Other Way, Mom.
Words Are Swimming All Over The Page.
Why Don't You Bring It To Me Tomorrow?
First Thing In The Morning?
First Thing.
Right Now I Just Need Some Peace And Quiet, Okay?
(Whispers) Peace And Quiet.
Denise, Are You Finished?
She Wants To Be Left Alone.
I Need To Talk To Her.
You Can't Do It Now.
You Can't Tell Me What To Do.
What Are You--
Mom's Guardian?
Look At Her.
She Needs To Be Left Alone.
You Can't Tell Me To Leave Mom Alone.
Only Mom Can Tell Me To Leave Mom Alone.
Mom...
Leave Me Alone.
I'm Working On The Hardest Case Of My Career.
I Just Asked For 30 Minutes Of Peace And Quiet.
I'll Accept 20.
If You've Understood, Please Nod.
Thank You.
Now You Can Leave... Silently.
I Told You.
You're So Selfish.
(Arguing)
Mom...
I'm So Glad You're Home.
I Found This Great Apartment.
It's Cheap, It's In A Great Location And Guess What?
It's Already Furnished.
All You Have To Do Is Sign The Lease.
Here You Go.
Does It Ever Occur To Anyone Around Here
That I Might Have Needs Of My Own?
All I Get Is A Barrage Of Demands
From Some Useless Children Who Couldn't Care Less
About What's Happening To Me.
I Can't Even Get A "Hello, Mom.
"How Are You Today?
How Did Your Day Go?"
All I Get Is "Mom, I Want.
Mom, All You Have To Do Is..."
And There Are Days Like Today
When The Selfishness Is Just Too Much.
Do You Understand?
Yes, Mom.
But They Want You To Sign Right Down Here.
I'll Sign It Tomorrow.
You Don't Understand.
I've Got To Give This To The Landlord
By 10:00 In The Morning.
I'd Have To Get Up At 8:00, Come Here On The Subway
Have You Sign It And Take It Back To School.
That's Two Hours Wasted.
You Can Sign It Here In Four Seconds.
Theo, You Don't Sign A Lease Without Reading It.
I Read It.
It's Okay.
Give Me This Thing.
Just To Get You Away And Leave Me Be.
Aw, Thanks.
I'm Going To Get Something To Eat
But Don't Get Up.
You Need Your Rest.
I'm Just Grateful You Signed This.
Theo?
Theo.
What Did I Sign?
Theo!
Theo, What Did I Sign?
The Lease To My Apartment.
I'm An Attorney.
I Signed A Lease.
I Didn't Even Read It.
Don't Worry About It.
I Read It.
It's Cool.
You Look Awful.
Are You Sure You Can Do This?
Boy, I Read These Things In My Sleep.
But You Don't Have To.
The Landlord Said It's Almost Like A Standard Agreement.
"Almost Like A Standard Agreement"?
Yeah.
Did You See Clause #13
Printed On The Back?
They Print On The Back, Too?
Yes, They Do.
You Are Not Giving The Landlord This
Till I Talk To Him.
You'll Get The Landlord Angry
By Grilling Him With Questions.
I Could Lose This Apartment.
This Is A Nice Apartment.
It's The Only Apartment I Found With A Dishwasher.
Use Paper Plates.
Mom.
Hi, Rudy.
You Look Awful.
Yeah, I Know.
You Know That Field Trip
I'm Supposed To Go On In Three Weeks?
I Need You To Fill This Out.
The Field Trip Is Three Weeks Away.
Why Do You Need This Today?
Because Then I Can Pick Who I Sit Next To On The Bus.
I Am Not Going To Inconvenience Myself
So You Can Sit Next To One Of Your Raggedy Friends.
Mom, Are You In A Bad Mood?
Yes, I Am.
What Of It?
I Can't Be In A Bad Mood
Just Because I'm A Parent?
You Children Have Bad Moods Any Time You Want.
I Have A Bad Mood One Day
Everybody Throws That In My Face.
I'll Come Back Later.
You Most Certainly Will Not Come Back Later.
Being Selfish All Over Again.
Ask Your Father To Fill It Out.
I Did.
He Said To Come To You.
Oh, He Did, Did He?
I'm Not Filling That Out Till I Get Good And Ready.
Cliff!
Can You Come Here?
I Wish Someone Would Tell Me The Right Person To Go To.
I Don't Know If I'm Coming Or Going.
My Wife Is Here.
I'm A Happy Man.
Aha!
Now, There You Go.
Well.
You Don't Look So Good.
Why Did You Send Rudy To Me With That Form To Fill Out?
Why Didn't You Take Care Of That Yourself?
I Think When Our Third Child Was Going To School
I Was Told Not To Sign Any Form
That A Child Brings Into This House.
That Is A Low Trick.
Take Something I Said
And Use It Against Me.
Did You Lose The Case, Dear?
I Wish I Had Lost It.
At Least The Thing Would Be Over With.
The Judge Needs To Hear More Testimony
And See More Evidence.
That Means More Work For Me.
You Get To Rest This Weekend.
Not In This House.
Ask For Peace And Quiet
All You Get Is Aggravation And Noise.
(Phone Rings)
Hello?
Ah, Hi, Sondra.
Yeah, She's Here.
What Do You Want?
No, I Don't Think So, Honey.
I Think This Is A Baaaad...
I'll Talk To Sondra.
Just Remember What I Said.
Hi, Sondra.
Oh, Honey, Thank You For Asking How I Am.
You Are?
You And Elvin Are Going To See That Play?
Oh, Yeah, That's A Good One.
I Read About It.
Yeah, But...
What?!
Now, Look.
I've Been In Court All Day, And I've Not Slept For Nights.
The Last Thing I Need
Is To Baby-Sit Two Little Yelling Twins.
No, I Will Not Baby-Sit Those Twins!
Even When They Ask How You Doing...
I Told You, Didn't I?
They Got Something Up Their Sleeve.
They Don't Mean It.
I'm Going To Have A Bad Day All Week.
Mess With Me
I'm Going To Have A Bad Day All Year
And You Fools Up There
Better Get Out Of My Way.
I Came In And She Jumped At Me.
I Got To Go Around And Count The Children--
See If They All Have Heads.
What's Happening?
We're Worried About Mom.
Okay.
I'll Take Care Of It From Here.
Okay. Okay.
Tell Me Something.
How Often Do You All Look Through This Keyhole?
Hardly Ever.
Later On We're Going To Talk About
Some Of The Things You've Seen.
Okay.
All Right.
How You Feeling?
Tired.
Want To Talk?
I'm Too Tired To Talk.
Okay.
So, Cliff, This Is What's Going On.
I Don't Think I Have Anything Left To Give.
All Day Long I Give To Clients At The Office
And When I Come Here
Everybody Expects Me
To Give For Another Six Hours.
I Love Work And The Kids, But After All These Years
I Don't Have Anything Left To Give.
What Can I Give?
Nothing.
What Can Anybody Give, Honey?
This Is Just Life.
I Just Probably Need To Be Alone And Have Some Peace And Quiet.
Yes.
Yes!
Now Listen To Me.
There's A Surgeon At The Hospital--
Doctor Zack.
This Man Is Always Talking About A Place That He Goes To
In The Adirondacks.
There's A Central Building
And A Bunch Of Log Cabins Around A Lake, Dear.
You Could Go There Now.
It Sounds Lovely.
It Is Lovely.
I'll Call Him.
He Knows About Trains.
I'll Put You On It.
You're On Your Way.
Adirondacks.
Log Cabin Overlooking The Lake.
Bingo!
Come Back Refreshed.
If I Spent A Day Here In Bed, I'd Probably Be Fine.
You Can't Rest Here...
(Knocking)
Vanessa: Mom, Are You Okay Now?
I Have SomethingVery Important To Ask You.
Dad, Is Mom In There?
You Ought To Know.
You're Looking Through The Keyhole, Aren't You?
No, I'm Not.
Is She All Right?
You Ruined Her Life.
Okay.I'll Come Back Later.
Cliff?
Mm-Hmm?
Call Him.
I'm On The Horn.
(Singing:) Go, Mom.
Go, Mom!
Go! Go, Mom!
That Was A Good Movie.
That Movie Was Better Than Those Old Black And White Things
You Make Us Watch.
It Was A Black And White Thing.
They Colorized It.
Why Do You Think The Dalmatian Was Pink With Brown Spots?
I Wonder If Mom Got To The Lodge Okay.
Yeah, I Would Imagine So.
Let's Call Her And Find Out.
Okay, We'll Call Her.
But Let Me Tell You This.
This Will Be The One And Only Call
Because Your Mother's On Vacation.
Hold It Back A Little More.
We'll Tell Her How Much We Love Her
And Miss Her And Good Night.
Good Evening.
Pine Ridge Lodge.
Mr. Bingham Speaking.
Yes, Mr. Bingham.
You Have A Guest There
By The Name Of Mrs. Clair Huxtable.
May I Speak To Her, Please?
Huxtable.
Let Me See What We've Got Here.
Here We Are, Huxtable.
She Signed In On The Register At 10:17 P.M. This Evening.
Lovely Penmanship.
I'm Afraid I Can't Let You Speak To Her.
We Don't Call The Cabins After 10:30 At Night.
You Can Call Back After 6:00 A.M.
Would You Please Tell Her
That Her Children And Her Husband
Said Good Night, Please?
I Won't Be Able To Tell Her That Until After 6:00 A.M.
Wouldn't Make Much Sense
To Tell Her Good Night Tomorrow Morning, Would It?
Good Night.
(Gunshots)
Hello?
Pine Ridge Lodge.
Mr. Bingham Speaking.
Mr. Bingham, This Is Clair Huxtable.
I'm A Guest Here.
Oh, Yes, You're Up There In Cabin 17.
I Want To Talk To You About This Cabin 17.
There Is No Heat.
Oh, Yes.
Pipes Blew This Morning.
Yeah, Well, The Window Blew, Too.
Got A Lot Of Fresh Air Coming In, Have You?
Could You Send Somebody Over Here To Fix This Place?
That Would Be Charlie.
Charlie. Fine.
Where Is He?
He Hasn't Come Back Yet From Deer Hunting.
(Gunshots)
That's Charlie Now.
Sounds Like He's Close To The Property.
I'd Stay Away From Those Windows.
Do You Think Mom's Up By Now?
Are You Kidding?
Your Mom Is Probably So Invigorated.
She's Probably Up Walking Around.
Good Morning.
Pine Ridge Lodge.
Mr. Bingham Speaking.
This Is Dr. Huxtable.
I Would Like To Speak To My Wife, Please.
I'm Calling From New York City.
You Live In New York City, Do You?
Yes, Sir.
The Big Apple.
You Haven't Seen A Big Apple
Until You've Seen The Kind
We Grow Up Here.
Yes, Sir.
I'm Really Anxious To Talk To My Wife, Sir.
All Right.
(Ringing)
Hello.
Sweetheart.
♪ I Love You And How Are You? ♪
Cliff, I Want To Talk To You About This Place.
Yes, And I Know You Are Loving It.
No, I'm Not.
I Want To Come Home.
I Want Out Of Here Now.
Take A Train.
Do You Know When One Leaves?
Bingham: Not Until 8:00 Tomorrow Morning.
Okay.
Bye-Bye, Honey.
Bingham: Good-Bye.
Hi, Dr. Huxtable.
I See Someone's Ready For Bed.
Can I Ask You A Question?
Sure, You Can.
Thank You.
Why Did Mrs. Huxtable Have To Leave Just Because
She Ate Too Much?
Who Said She Ate Too Much?
Rudy Said Mrs. Huxtable Had To Leave
Because She Was Fed Up.
No, Fed Up Means
That If You're Irritated About Some Things
You've Had Enough.
Oh, I've Been There.
You've Been There?
Yes, When People Tell Me
To Do Things That I Don't Want To Do
That's When I Get Fed Up.
You Do?
Yes, But I Know
How To Take Care Of It.
How?
I Go To My Room
Put My Face Against The Window And Blow Until It Gets Foggy.
I'll Tell Mrs. Huxtable About That.
I Was Wondering If You Could Help Me.
I Get Caught In Traffic When I'm Driving
And I Get Fed Up.
I'm Tight And I'm Fed Up.
What Would You Do About That?
Let Me Think About It.
Aha!
Go Out And Dig A Hole.
Take The Dirt From The Hole, Pour Water On It.
That Makes Mud.
You Know What To Do With That Mud?
What?
Squish Your Hands In It.
If That Doesn't Make You Feel Better
Take Your Shoes Off
And Step In It.
You'll Feel Like A New Man.
Hello.
Hey!
Look Who's Here.
Hi, Mrs. Huxtable.
Hi, Olivia.
You Look Awful.
I Know.
You Need To Step In Some Mud.
I Already Did.
Good Night.
What Are You Doing Here?
I Thought The Train Didn't Leave Until Tomorrow.
Cliff, Let Me Just Say Thank You.
You're Welcome.
I Will Always Think Fondly
Of My Little Log Cabin.
As Much As I Hated To Leave
My Little Wooded Paradise
I Convinced Mrs. Bingham
To Drive Me To The Nearest Bus Station
Which Was Three Towns Away.
Listen, You're Home Now.
Your Husband's Going To Go Upstairs
And Run A Hot Bath For You.
Get Some Oil And Rub-A-Dub-Dub Those Muscles.
All Right?
Thank You.
Yes, Indeed.
Come On.
Hi, Mom.
You Still Look Awful.
Oh, Really?
Tell That To Your Father.
What Is This?
It's A History Paper I'm Writing.
You're Not Fooling With This At All.
In The Tub For Your Rub.
I've Been Away For A Whole Day.
Are There Any Problems?
Yeah, But I Can't Tell You.
Dad Said I Couldn't Bother You For A Week.
You Were Not Even Supposed To Say That To Her.
Give Me This Paper.
See, There You Go Again.
You're Not Supposed To Do That.
It's All Right.
I Want To Do This.
"I Want To Do It"?
Not Long Ago, You Were Up There:
"I Have Nothing To Give.
"Cliff, I Have Nothing To Give.
"It's All This Life Here.
"I Don't Know How I Feel.
I Don't Have Nothing To Give."
Go Ahead And Give It Up, Sister.