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06x03 - In Your Dreams

Episode transcripts for the TV series, "Who's the Boss?". Aired: September 20, 1984 – April 25, 1992.*
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Series follows Tony Micelli, a former Major League Baseball athlete who strives to raise his daughter, Samantha outside of the hectic nature of New York City and relocates her to Connecticut, where he works as a live-in housekeeper for a beautiful single advertising executive named Angela Bower.

06x03 - In Your Dreams

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[Theme music playing]

Singer: ♪ there's a time for
love and a time for livin'


so take a chance
and face the wind


an open road and
a road that's hidden


a brand-new life
around the bend


there were times

i lost a dream or two

found the trail

and at the end was you

there's a path you take
and a path not taken


the choice is
up to you, my friend


nights are long,
but you might awaken


to a brand-new life

brand-new life

a brand-new life
around the bend


Dinnertime!

I said, dinnertime.

Okay, okay,
you're getting the song.

dinner's here,
right in there


we got pasta angel hair

and the capons
go marching along


Oh.
Oh, please.

Will somebody
sh**t him?

Did I hear somebody
singing our song?

there's linguini
in the bowl


there are meatballs,
there are rolls


smothered in
marinara sauce

hey!

That's it, I've lost
my appetite.

Me, too.

Me, three.

Well, I'm all set
for my cruise now.

Angela, you're a doll
to lend me the luggage.

It's my pleasure.

Is there anything else
you'd like to borrow?

Oh, no. No. You people have been
too generous already.

Thanks again.
It's all right, mrs. Rossini.

If you need something,
you just ask.

Well, there is
one little favor.

Could you house-sit
for me while I'm gone?

It'll only be three days.

Oh, well,
i-i-i-i'm thinking--

Somebody needs to feed
my little cat fiorello

His hairball medicine.

Oh, i-i-i...

No, no.
Forget I said that.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean
to put you on the spot.

Here, here.
Just take this, all right.

Well, what's this?

It's the address
where I want my cat buried

When he chokes to death.

My little
fiorello snookums.

Oh, don't do
dead pet guilt.

His little tongue
hanging out,

Pasted to the floor.

I'll have to scoop
him up with a spatula.

All right,
mrs. Rossini,

I'll watch
your apartment.

Only if you want to.

I want to, I want to.

Oh, you're such
a good boy.

All right, I got to run.
Give me that.

Okay. Okay.
Goodbye, mrs. Rossini.

Take care.
Bye-bye.

I don't want to.

Hiya, fiorello.

Hot enough for you?

Ugh!

Mrs. Rossini:
"hi, doll baby.

"go figure,
an october heat wave.


"and the humidity.

"I picked
the perfect weekend


"to get out
of brooklyn, huh?


"but don't
open the window.


"little fiorello
will run out.


have a good time.
Love, mrs. R."


Oh, great.

Ooh, it's so hot.

[Telephone ringing]

Hello.
You've reached hell.

Hey tony,
hot enough for you?

How funny?
How funny?

It's hot.
I'm gonna call tiny.

I'll go over there
and cool off at his place.

No, you won't.

Tiny and vinnie just called
from atlantic city.

They wanted you
to join them.

Oh, what are you
kidding me?

My friends
aren't even in town.

I mean, could things
be any worse?

Yeah. They were
with three babes

And one of them
was for you.

[Cries]

Oh, there'll be
other women.

Besides there would have been
a language barrier

With ms. Argentina.

[Crying]

Well, well, bye.

Were you talking
to tony?

Yeah. I was just
cheering him up.

Oh, why does he need
cheering up?

He always has a good time
when he goes to brooklyn.

Well, tiny and vinnie
are out of town.

Oh, well,

Maybe I should go
visit him.

Oh, I get it.

What? What?

What--what do you get?

You just want to spend
some time with tony,

Hmm, alone?

[Smooches]
mother.

Mother,
sex isn't everything.

Then you're not
doing it right.

Then again,
you're not doing it at all.

Sit, sit, fiorello.

Stay.

Heel.

What a simple cat.

Don't move.

Dennis: hey!

Stifle it up there,
you moron.

Hey, who you calling
a moron, you--

Dennis!

Hey, it's me, tony.

Dennis: micelli?

No, bennett.

Whoa!

Hey, come on up.

All right, dennis.

Tony!
Dennis!

Man, it's been ages.

Hey, how's that
gorgeous wife of yours?

Great. I'll give her a call
and get her up here.

All right,
the phone is right here.

Hey, ginger!

Get your fanny up here!

Oh, I love brooklyn.

I tell you tony,
I'm so glad I left

The old neighborhood
and moved here.

It's like I discovered
a brand-new world.

Dennis, you only moved
a block and a half.

So I'm not marco polo.

Sue me.

Ginger: hey, dennis jr.!

You take your fingers out
of your sister's nose.

Tony micelli!

You hunk, you.

Ginger, ginger.

So, ginger, you're what,



The doctor says,
it's gonna be a boy.

Yeah, well, I think
it's gonna be an oldsmobile.

Hey, hey,
hey, this is great.

Why don't you guys
get a sitter?

We'll go out
and hit the town, huh?

Sure, we could bring
my sister-in-law along.

What do you mean,
you mean lynn's here too?

Yeah, yeah.

She's upstairs,
and her hubby's away.

She'll make a nice foursome.
Let's call her.

All right, wait.
What's her number?

Yo, lynn!

Come on down!

Your phone bills
must be nothing, huh?

Singer: ♪ big girls
don't cry

I love this song.

Singer:
big girls don't cry

Oh, oh, wait lynn,
take it easy.

Don't hurt
yourselves.

[Knocks on door]

Surprise!

Angela?

What--what are
you doing here?

I came to surprise you...

And this lamaze class.

Uh, hey, everybody,

This is angela.

Angela, this is dennis,
ginger, lynn.

We all grew up
together.

Oh, well
it's very nice to meet you.

So, how long has it been

Since you've seen
each other?

Oh, we haven't seen tony
since he moved to connecticut,

To work for some
uptight career lady.

Tony: dennis.

Dennis, this is
the uptight career lady.

Oh, oh.
Nice to meet you.

Hey.

Here, give me that.

So what business
are you in?

Oh, I own my own
advertising agency.

Oh, yeah? You make any of them
funny beer commercials?

No, no, I don't.

Oh.

Do you know
the doublemint twins?

Hey, no,
but you know what,

She did work with them
little dancing raisins.

Come on!

Yeah. Hey, she knew them

When they
were just grapes.

Sit down.
Sit down.

Well, I hate
to bother you guys.

But I need food
every two hours.

I'm eating for three.

Lynn, you're having
twins?

Oh, man, I always
wanted twins.

You did?
You never told me that.

Well, sure.
It would've been nice to have

A little sammy
with my little samantha.

So what are you
waiting for, micelli?

Grab yourself a girl.

Get to some
serious babymaking.

Tony: uh-huh.

Yeah. So hey,
you know what I feel like--

I feel like
a veal cutlet hero, huh?

Some nice veal cutlet
smothered in mozzarella.

How does that sound?

Huh. Sounds
a little heavy.

So you'll gain a pound.

You'll be up
to a size 1?

Come on, lynn.

Well, let me
help you.

Don't dawdle, girls.

Eat glass!

Do they exude love,
or what?

Boy, that tony is so cute.

You know, he hasn't
changed since high school.

You could take the boy
out of pitken avenue,

But you can't take
pitken avenue out of the boy.

Right?
Yeah. I--i guess.

You know,
before you got here,

Tony was telling us

How much
he missed brooklyn.

Oh, I know what
you're thinking.

You're thinking,
what's there to miss?

But if you grew up here,
you'd understand.

So, what do you girls do
in your spare time?

Go bowling,
drink beer.

No. I meant,
when you're away from the guys.

Go bowling,
drink beer.

But we skip
the beer

When we're
pregnant.

I haven't had beer
since 1983.

So, angie, is your husband
working tonight?

Uh, no. No,
I'm divorced.

Oh, you poor thing.

No wonder why you have
to work at that ad place.

Oh, no. I work there
because I love it.

I swear.

Well, what about you?

Have you ever thought
of any job

That you'd like to do?

Dennis would never let me
take a job.

Oh, neither
would my husband.

And that's okay
with you?

I used to work,
and it was okay.

But I kind of like dennis
taking care of everything.

Every morning
when he wakes up,

He hugs me and says,

"How's my
precious honey bunny?"

Then he kisses me
and says,

"What's for breakfast?"

Oh, that is sweet.

He's the best.

Dennis:
get your buns movin', ladies!

Stuff it!

Don't worry,
angie.

Your dennis
will come along.

Boy, am I starved.

All right.
Let's go. Let's go.

All right.
I got an idea.

What do you say,
we work off the veal cutlets

By bowling
a couple of games?

Oh, what a great idea.

It'll be just like
old times,

That same teams,

Us two
against you two.

And angela.

Uh, tony, is this really
what you want to do

With two pregnant women,
get them bowling?

Are you kidding?
Rita marantz delivered her brian

Behind a shoe rental,
and she still bowled a 235.

Let's go!

All right.
Phone machine on,

Radio off. Let's see.
Anything else? Come on.

You want to go out?
Okay. Shoo!

Don't shoo!
Don't shoo!

What?

He wanted--
he shooed.

He wanted out.

He wasn't supposed
to go out?

Mrs. Rossini will die
if she losses that cat.

Great. Lynn could
get her apartment.

Look, I guess you guys
gonna have to go without me.

I gotta wait--
no.

I gotta wait
for fiorello.

Well, why don't we just
leave the window open.

Well, why don't we just
leave a sign out there

That says "rob me"?

Oh, look.
It's my fault. I'll stay.

No. No. It's my job.
I'll stay.

No. Tony, believe me
I want to stay.

Look i--
she wants to stay.

Well, y-you sure?

I'm positive.
You go on.

Go on, have fun.

All right. Okay.

Well, keep your eye out
for the cat.

All right? Okay.
I will. I will.

Nice meeting you, angela.

Yeah. Too bad you don't live
in the neighborhood.

We could
get together.

That would've
been nice.

Aw, thanks.
Come on.

Veal cutlets and bowling!

I'm home!

Tony: ♪ breakfast time,
breakfast time


we got eggs,
they are sublime


and the sausage
keeps rolling along


Oh, tony
must have overslept.

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

How's my little
honey bunny?

Hey, ooh.

Ooh, watch it
there. Ooh.

Aw, sweetheart.

Hey, come on, how come you
didn't come to bed last night?

You--you know
I don't sleep well

When you're not beside me.
I'm sorry, babe.

I was waiting for fiorello
to come back.

Hey, fiorello,
you rotten cat!

Hey, come on,
sweetheart.

Where's breakfast?

I have to open the fish store
early this morning.

Getting a big shipment
of mackerel in today.

I'll pick out a good one
for us for dinner, huh?

Forget fish. I'm making your
favorite dinner tonight.

Veal cutlets.

Smothered in mozzarella?

What else?

And for dessert?

Cheesecake?
In your favorite flavor--me!

Come here, you, ahh!

Ohh!
Whoo! I love her.

Watch it! Watch it!

You'll have it
right here, baby.

Aw, ohh, ooh!

Mm-hmm.

Will you give it
a rest?

Sex isn't everything,
you know.

[Coughing]

Morning, ma.

What do you want
for breakfast?

I want somebody
to scratch my itch.

Not without a glove.

Hey, honey,
be nice.

All right.

I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.

Ma, ma, I'm sorry.
Let me do that for you.

I'll scratch your itch.
Huh?

Woo! What crawled down
your shirt

And died?

Maybe something
that was living in your hair.

[Knocks on door]

I'll get it.
I'll get it.

Probably
my bible study class.

Your mother
had to come live with us.

Oh, no.

It's the hawaiian
eyesore.

Hey, eat glass, huh?

Hey, mrs. Rossini,
I'm glad you're here.

Because I got a little
surprise for you, huh?

Oh, my rent check
a week early.

The perfect tenants.

The perfect provider.

Well, well, you know,

Fish has been very good to me.

And so has my wife.

I don't know.
We must be lucky.

Because we got
the perfect life.

Do they exude love,
or what?

Well, I'm off
on my singles cruise.

Yeah, with a muumuu like this,

I should be able
to snare a fellow, huh?

You mean scare a fellow.

Bye, mrs. Rossini.
Bye.

Oh, wait.
Ma, what is it with you?

You got to have
words for everybody?

Not everybody.

I would never say
anything nasty

About my daughter.

She's perfect.

[Coughing]
[babies crying]

Ma, ma, you woke--

You woke
the twins.

Now go in there
and quiet them down.

No problem.

Hey, kids, you want
your grandma in there?

[Babies stop crying]

They love me, huh?

[Coughs loudly]

[Cough cough]

Hey, grandma sounds
a lot better today.

Morning, ma.
Yo, pop.

Uh, wait.

What is it
with you two?

You with
that red lipstick,

And you,
what is it with you?

Every day, more oil,
more grease. Why?

Hey, why do you think
they call me slick.

Hey, don't make me
get up.

I think it looks cool.

Thanks, sis.
Back at ya.

Oh, you look so good.

You could do an ad
for one of those hair creams.

I think I got the slogan.

"Don't lick it--slick it."

Hey, ma! That's raging.
Yeah, well...

We're talking beer
commercial quality here.

Yeah, well, I guess
I just have a knack

For these things,
don't i, honey?

Yeah. You got a knack
for a lot of things.

Like breakfast.
Where is it?

It's coming! Oh!
Oh!

Let's jam, sis.

Hey, I'll give you
a ride on my bike.

Is he like the prince of cool
or what?

Yeah, he's real cool.

Hey, son, keep your hair
away from open flames.

Later, pop.

Tony: all right.
Be a good boy.

Bye, dad.

Bye.
Bye, sweetheart.

Uh...

Tony?

Yeah. What's the matter?

Is it--is it morning sickness?

I'll get the pail.
No. No.

Honey, uh,
could we talk?

It's kind of
important.

You mean like
fire escape important?

Yeah.
Yeah, well, come on.

Let's go here.
All right.

All right.
Come on, baby.

Come on--ugh!

Move this leg.
Here you go.

Hey!
Here you go.

Hey!

You move
pretty good.

There you go, now.

Crane down--woo!

Okay.

What's on your mind?

Tony,

I know this
sounds crazy,

But I've been thinking
about my life lately,

You know,
and where it's going.

Uh-huh.
And...

I want to go
to night school.

I want to
get a degree

And a job, maybe
in advertising.

But, honey, honey, that's--
that's no life for you.

Well, you heard me
with those slogans.

I'm good at it.

Yeah. But, you know,
you're a wife and a mother.

I mean, I thought
that's what you always wanted.

I thought
you were happy.

Oh, I am happy,

But I could
be happier.

Well, I don't get it.

I mean, isn't the life
I've given you enough?

I mean,
it's enough for me.

Maybe we want
different things.

Oh.

So now it's
different things, huh?

All right.
Sure, go ahead,

Go find your
different things.

And while you're palling around
with the doublemint twins,

What am i--
what am I supposed to be doing?

What--what?
Taking care of the kids?

What? Cleaning the house?

Oh, imagine that.

Me--a housekeeper.

Ugh!

[Fiorello meows]

Hey there, fiorello,
you rotten cat.

[Door slams]

Is that--
is that cat back yet?

Uh...uh, uh-uh.

Oh...

Oh.

Hey,

I brought you
something back.

Oh, a veal cutlet hero?

Ah, you know it.

Hey, I knew you were worried
about the cholesterol,

So, you know, instead
of mozzarella,

It's smothered
in tofu.

Mm-mmm.

Mm-mmm mm-mmm. Good.

Well, they'll never mistake
you for a brooklyn girl, huh?

Um, tony?

Can we talk?

Sure.
What's the matter?

No, I mean, um,

Let's go to our usual spot.

Our usual spot?

Yeah. You know,
the fire escape.

That's where
we talk.

Gee, what was I thinking?

Watch yourself.

There you go.

Here's your
sandwich, okay.

Uh, no, you're supposed to sit
on the other side.

Okay.

Yeah.
So...

Did you have
a good time tonight?

Oh, yeah, bowling was great.

Me and ginger won.

Every time dennis
went to bowl,

Ginger would grab
her stomach and say,

"Contraction!"

Instant gutter ball,
you know?

That was
a dirty trick.

Yeah. I know, I know.

I'm glad I thought of it.

Um, dennis and ginger
are a lot of fun.

Yeah, they
got a great life.

Kind of makes
you wonder

If that's the way
things should be.

You know, that the husband
goes to work,

And the wife stays home
with the children.

Gee, angela, that's--

That's very
narrow-minded of you.

I mean, you know,

What's wrong
with the husbands staying home

And the wife going off to work?

Well, for that matter
they both go to work.

I guess you could do a thing
where the husband works

From 9:00 to 1:00
and then he comes home

And has lunch with his wife,

And then she goes to work
from 2:00 to 6:00.

I've read about a tribe
in new guinea once

Where the wives did the hunting

And the guys make the stew.

Or was it the guys
do the hunting

And the wives are the stew?

Why are we
talking about this?

No reason.

Huh.

[Meow]

Fiorello.

You rotten cat.

Oh, wait a minute.
Rotten cat?

Maybe you do have
a little brooklyn in you, huh?

Maybe.

Get in there, you.
Get in there.

Hey, look, by the way,

I really appreciate
you staying behind,

But, uh,

It would've been a lot
more fun if you'd come along.

Thanks.

Honey bunny.

Tony: who's the boss
will be back in a moment. Stick around.

It's so beautiful
out here.

Such a great view.

You got the river

And the bridge

And--oh!

Look at
all those lights.

Angela,
those are cop cars.

Oh. Well,
looks nice anyway.

Feels like we're
the only two people

In the world
up here.

Want some more
coffee?

Oh, yeah. Oh, but we're
out of cream.

Thanks, dennis.

I love brooklyn.

[Theme music playing]