03x19 - The Shower

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Hi, Theo.

What's Up?

What Are You Doing?

We're Putting Up Decorations
For Denise's Wedding Shower.

Denise Is
Getting Married?

Her Friend Veronica Is.

Because Denise Is Maid Of Honor,
She's Giving The Shower.

What's A Maid Of Honor?

It's Like The Best Man,
Only A Woman.

Why Don't They Call It

The Best
Woman?

I'm A Guy.

I Don't Know These Things.

What Is A Shower?

It's Like A Party.

Your Friends Give You Gifts.

Can Men Have Showers?

I Guess So.

Then I'm Getting Married.

Who Will You Marry?

It Might Be You,
It Might Not.

I Might Say Yes.

I Might Say No.

Just In Case,
We'll Save The Decorations.

Okay.
Let's Play Checkers.

See You Later,
Alligator.

After While,
Crocodile.

Your Brother's
Cool.

My Whole
Family's Cool.

Oh, Now This Is All Right.

We Can Hang This
Above The Stairs.

Hanging? That's All?

I Thought You'd
Be More Creative.

You Need Something
Like A Big Bow
Here To Symbolize

The Tying Of The Knot.

Yeah, I Like That.

It's Symbolic, Yet Festive.

Bold, Yet Artsy-Craftsy.

You Know, This
Is Kind Of Scary.

What Do You Mean,
Climbing Up The Ladder?

No. Veronica
Is Denise's Age.

That's Two Years Older Than Me.

She's Getting Married?!

You're Afraid Of
The Age She's Getting Married.

I'm Not Marrying Till
I've Had All The Fun I Can--

Go Places
I Want To Go--

Be Footloose And Fancy-Free.

Well, That's Fine.

Dad, I've Been Watching You.

You've Been Married
For Years.

Your Wife Won't Let You
Do Anything.

I Don't Understand
What You're Talking About.

You Can't Go
Hang Out With The Guys.

If You Go To A Party,
You Have To Take Her Along.

She Won't Even Let You

Have A
Sports Car.

If I Wanted A Sports Car,
I Could Get One.

That's Good, Dad.

Want To Play
Another Game?

Not Yet.

I'm Thirsty.
I'd Like A Glass Of Juice.

It's In The Refrigerator.

You Should Get It.

Why?

You're A Woman. That's Your Job.

Excuse Me?

You're Supposed
To Wait On The Man.

Sondra Says A Woman Shouldn't
Spend Her Life Waiting On A Man.

Okay, But The Woman I Marry
Will Get Me Some Juice.

It's Not Going To Be Me, Bud.

I Wouldn't Marry You.

Why?

Because You're Evil!

Where Did You Get That?

The Blues.

What Blues?

When My Brother Plays The Blues,
The Singer Always Says:

♪ You're Mean And Evil ♪

♪ You Do The Things
You Ought Not Do ♪

And That's You-- Evil!

No, It's Not.

Yes, It Is.

No, Donkey Head.

Mashed Potato Head.

Now Hold It!

How Come Every
Time You Guys Play,
You Start Arguing?

He Called Me Evil.

Because She Is.

Yes, You Are.

No, I'm Not!

Dad Said I Could
Take You Skating

But I Can't
If You're Going To Fight.

We Won't Fight.

You Promise?

We Promise.
We Promise.

Shake Hands
And Apologize.

I'm Sorry, Rudy.

Okay, Let's Go.

You're Still
A Donkey Head.

You're A Mashed
Potato Head.

I'd Rather Be
A Potato Head

Than A
Donkey Head.

Wow, Theo!

Hi.

Theo, This Is Lovely!

Dad And I Worked
On It All Morning.

It's Great!
I'm So Excited!

Yeah. Me, Too.

What Do You Wear
To Something Like This?

Usually A Skirt
And Blouse.

Right. I'll Wear A Tie.

Right.

What's Wrong?

Wedding Showers
Are For Women.

Men Aren't Invited.

Are You Serious?

Yeah.

Why Didn't You Tell Us
Before We Decorated?

I Thought You Did It
To Help Us.

I Thought There Was
Something In It For Me.

Oh, There Is.

Thank You, O Dearest
Brother, O Thou.

That's It?

No. O Most Precious
Number One Son

Your Diligent Work
Will Live Forever
In My Memory.

Thanks-- It's Nice To Know

You're Laughing With Me
And Not At Me.

Right.

Well, Hi, Cliff.

Hey.

Things Are
Coming Together
Very Nicely.

Did You See My Bow?

Yes, I Did.

It's The Best, And So Are You.

Thank You.

And I Have Something For You.

What Is It?

It's In The Car.
It's A Surprise.

It Is You.

What Is It?

Shelves.

Shelves.

Yeah, But Not
Just Shelves.

It's A French
Do-It-Yourself Kit.

It's What You've Been
Wanting For Your Office.

Oh, Well, I'll Assemble It
First Thing Tomorrow.

Why Not Start Today?

Are You Trying To Give Me
Something To Do

So That I Won't Peek In On
Your Little Sad, Tired Shower?

Yes.

Ha!

You Get
Upset

When People Are Having Fun
And You're Not Included.

Come On!

That's Why
I Bought The Shelves--

So You Won't Come Upstairs
And Bother Everybody.

Well, I Happen To Be
A Wizard With Tools

So I'll Have Finished
Assembling Those Shelves

Before Your Little
Tired Shower Starts.

Okay. You Can Come Upstairs
If You've Finished The Shelves

But They Must
Be Fully Assembled.

Deal?

Sure.

All Right.

But After I Finish Them--
And Theo Helps Me--

I May Not Want
To Come To The Shower.

I May Just
Decide To
Go Out

Someplace By Myself.

Good.

I Might
Even Go

And Look At Some Sports Cars--
By Myself.

And Eat A Hoagie And Put Extra
Mayonnaise On It-- By Myself.

I'm Leaving This Room,
So You Can Sit Here

And Continue
Talking To Yourself.

That's All Right.

Just Beat Up On Me All The Time.

( Doorbell )

Hey, Veronica!

I Can't Believe How
Much You've Grown.

I Can't Believe
You're Getting Married.

If I'd Known
You'd Turn Out So Handsome

I'd Have
Waited.

Really?

You Bet.

At One Time, I Was
Really In Love With You.

Why Didn't You Say Something?

I Was Eight.

Veronica!

Denise!

I'm So Excited.

You Look Great.

Charlene's Coming.

Charlene's Coming?
Great!

Hey, Hey, Hey!

Doctor Huxtable!

How Are You?

Oh, Great!

Veronica.

Oh, You Are
So Beautiful!

Her Dress Is
So Gorgeous.

Is It European?

Theo!

Dad!

How Are
You?

Look At You!

What Are You Going To
Wear To The Wedding?

I Have No Idea.

Let's Go
Talk About It.

I Want
Something Fun,
Not Too Formal.

( Laughing )

They Sure Are Having
A Good Time Up There.

They're Not Having
As Much Fun As We Are.

But They're Laughing,
And We're Not.

Laughing Doesn't Always Mean
You're Having Fun.

I Mean, There Are Times

When You Can Experience
Joy From Within.

Like The Joy We're Feeling.

That's
Correct.

Let's Get Started.

♪ Breaking Up
The Shelves, Boys ♪

Dad, Could You Hand Me
The Instructions?

Okay.

There You Go.

♪ Breaking Up
The Shelves... ♪

Dad.

Huh?

These Instructions
Are In French.

They Have An English
Version On It.

♪ Breaking Up The... ♪

I Don't See
The English Version.

Then You Translate.

Why Me?

You're Taking French In School.

I've Only Had One Semester.

You've Got Nouns,
Verbs And Numbers, Right?

Yeah.

Hit It.

♪ Breaking
Up The... ♪

"Assemblage."

Hey, That Means Assembly.

The Picture Says You're Supposed
To Hold The Vertical Part Up.

Okay, "A L'aide D'un Maillet."

With A Mallet.

Okay.

With A Mallet...

Pound Your Ankle Into Slot A.

It Says "Cheville."

Read On, Please.

"Poser Madriaires
Sur Un Chevalet."

Put Your Mother On A Horse.

Thank You, But I Think
You All Went A Little
Overboard On The Gifts...

Wait A Minute.

There's One More.

Thank You.

It's From Me.

( Gasps )

I Took Some
Old Photographs

And Put Together
A History Of You And Jim.

This Is Great.

See, There Is
Your First Date.

And There's
The Prom.

And There's
Graduation.

This Is So Special.

I Left Some Blank

So You Can Fill Them In
After You Get Married.

You Can Put In Pictures
Of Your House

And All The Children
You'll Have.

Yeah!
Yeah!

I'm Starved.

Let's Eat.

All:
Yeah! Let's Eat.

The Dining Room Is This Way.

What Are We Having?

Fattening Foods.

Mmm.

Oh, My God,
I Can't Believe...

So, What's Next?

Son!

What's Next?

Sorry, My Mind
Was Somewhere Else.

Upstairs, Right?

Upstairs Are The Most
Incredible Women.

And They're All The Perfect Age.

What About Girls Your Age?

They Try Too Hard.

The Girls Upstairs
Don't Have To Try

Because They
Have It All
Together.

They Dress Well,
Wear Nice Perfume.

They're Better Drivers.

Why Are They Better Drivers?

They Have Cars.

Sorry. I Lost My Head.

I'd Love To Ask One Of Them Out.

Why Don't You?

I Don't Stand A Chance.

I Have The Poise, The Looks
And The Moustache For It...

It's Coming In Nicely.

Thank You.

What's The Problem?

I Don't Have Any
Heavy Armaments--

The Air Power,
The Sea Power...

You Want A Boat And A Plane?

No, I Want A Sports Car.

A Sports Car Would
Give Me The Confidence To
Ask One Of These Girls Out.

I Think You Should
Go Down To A College Campus

Walk Around

Look At The Cars

And The One That You Like--

Lean Back On It.

And Fold Your Arms Like This,
And Build Up That Confidence.

You Know, Like That's Your Car.

When You See
A Nice Looking Person Come By

You Look At Her
And You Say, "Hi."

And Act Like
It's Your Car.

I've Tried It.
It Doesn't Work.

Hey.

Hi.

You Okay?

I'm Fine.

I Just Wanted To
Get Away For A Minute.

That's Okay.

Your Room Looks Different.

It's Vanessa's Room Now.

Maybe We Should Leave.

No, I Still Sleep Here
When I Come Home.

I Always
Liked This Room.

Yeah, We've Spent A Lot
Of Nights In Here Together.

Talking
About Boys.

And Traveling All Over Europe.

Then Come Back To New York
And Open Our Own Boutique.

Right, Right.

Traveling Will Be Hard To Do Now

Unless Jim
Takes Care Of The Baby.

How Is The Baby?

It Must Be Healthy

Because I'm Sick Every Morning.

My Mom Says It Was
The Same Way With Me.

How's Your Mom?

She's Been Great--
Very Supportive.

How About Your Dad?

He's Still Upset

But They Are Letting Us
Move In With Them.

That's Good.

Denise, Be Honest With Me.

Am I Fat?

No, Veronica...

Look At This.

I'm Starting To Show.

No One Even Noticed.

In A Couple Weeks,
I'll Be Out To Here--

The Blimp Bride.

You Guys Will Have To
Roll Me Down The Aisle!

Stop. You'll Look Beautiful.

Denise, I Don't Know
If I'm Ready For This.

Everything Will Be Fine.

It's Not Working Out
Like We Planned.

It Wasn't Planned--
It Just Happened--

But You're Making
The Best Of It.

It Didn't Just Happen.

No, You Guys Got Lost
In The Passion And Forgot.

I Got Pregnant On Purpose.

Right.
Come On, Veronica.

I'm Serious.

We Planned This.

Why Would You
Do Something Like That?

Jim And I Always
Talked About Getting Married

But My Dad Said We Couldn't
Until I Finished College.

We Figured This Would Be
The Best Way To Get Permission.

I Don't Believe This.

We Wanted Children Someday--

We Just Thought
We'd Start Sooner.

This Is Real Soon.

But We Planned Everything.

We'd Have The Baby

But Still Go To School
And Get Part-Time Jobs.

It Sounded Good At The Time,
But Nothing's Working Out.

I Can't Get A Decent Job
Without A College Degree

And Jim Had To Drop Out
To Work Full-Time

And He Hasn't Found A Job Yet.

We Don't Have Any Money At All.

Denise,
Everything's Falling Apart.

Come Here.

Everything Is Going To
Work Out Fine.

You Really Think So?

Yes, I Know So.

It May Not Seem Like It

But I Am Having Fun
At My Shower.

Hi, Mommy.

Hi, Sweetie.
How Was Skating?

Fabulous.

Where's Kenny?

I Dropped Him Off
At His House.

Are You All Right?

Mom, This Was The Worst Day
Of My Life.

Those Two Wore Me Out.

They Fought Constantly

And When They Weren't Fighting

They Were Chasing Each Other
Or Running Away From Me.

I'm Sorry You Had
Such A Rough Time.

Mom, They're Pigs!

They Ate Everything
They Could Get.

I Don't Know How
You've Done It All These Years.

Kids Are Rotten.

I'm Just Glad
I Wasn't That Way.

Me, Too.

Okay...

This Is It.

And I Am Finished
In The Dining Room.

Good.

Mom?
Yes?

Veronica's
A Really Good Friend.

Yes, She Is.

Do You Think She's
Too Young To Get Married?

No

But She's A Little Young
To Have A Baby.

You Know?

She Announced Her Engagement,
Had Her Shower

And Is Getting Married
All In The Same Month.

It Wasn't Hard To Figure Out.

And She's Beginning To Show.

Mom, Don't Tell Her--
She'll Freak.

I Won't Say Anything.

I Told Her
Everything Will Work Out

But I Don't Think
I Really Believe It.

If This Happened To Me...

This Wouldn't Happen To You.

I Know, But...

It Won't.

But Mom...

It Won't!

Well, Let's Say
I Sort Of Planned It.

Are You Telling Me
That You Want A Baby?

No, No.

Then Why Are You
Bringing This Up?

Promise Not To Tell Anyone?

Tell Anyone What?

Veronica
Got Pregnant On Purpose.

What?

She And Jim
Wanted To Get Married Now

And This Way, Their Parents
Had To Say Yes.

Veronica And Her Boyfriend

Who Do Not Have Jobs

And Who Are Moving In
With Her Parents

Decided To Have This Baby
On Purpose?

Yes.

If One Of You
Pulled A Stunt Like That

I'd Wring Your Neck.

I Believe You.

I Hope You Do

Because That's
The Most Selfish

And Irresponsible Thing
I've Ever Heard Of.

You Don't
Understand...

No, I Understand.

She Hasn't Gone Off
On Her Own And Done This.

She's Moving In
With Her Parents.

Now It's Their Problem, Too

And I'm Sure They Didn't Plan
On Having Another Baby.

Now That Veronica's Done This,
She's Really Afraid.

She Should Be More Than Afraid.

I Understand What You're Saying,
But Veronica's My Friend.

Whatever She's Done,
I Have To Help Her.

I Know You Feel This Way

But You Have To Learn
To Care About People

Without Taking On
Their Problems.

Veronica Created This Situation.

It's For Her To Deal With,
Not You.

I Know.

As Her Friend

The Most You Can Do
Is Love Her

And Let Her Know
You're Here For Her.

It Doesn't Feel Like
It's Enough.

Trust Me.

It Is.

Okay.

Thanks, Mom.

I Thought Life Got Easier
As You Got Older.

Why Did You Think That?

Hi.

Well, Hello.

Are You Finished?

No.

We Still Have Not
Assembled The Shelves.

I Came To Get A Soda

If It's All Right
To Have One In My Own Home.

It's All Right.

I'll Get It For You.

Thank You So Much, Kind Woman.

I'm Very Sorry You Didn't Finish
In Time To Join The Shower.

Yes, You Are Sorry

Because If You'd Had
Any Intelligence At All

You'd Have Made Sure That
It Had The English Version.

I'm Dealing With A Son
Who's Had One Year Of French

And He's Got Me

Driving My Mother
With A Mallet Through The Ankle.

Let's See...

The English Version.

You Had This The Whole Time,
Didn't You?

Oui, Monsieur.

I Didn't Want To Come To
Your Old Raggedy Party, Anyway.

Yes, You Did.

No, I Didn't.