06x20 - I Dream of Genealogy

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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 ♪

andiamo.

Okay, here you go.
Um, mi chiamo tony.

mi chiamo angela.

lieta di conoscerla.

madonna mia.

Oh, tone...

Ohh, you're
a teacher's dream.

Thanks you,
mrs. Rossini.

I've always had a way
with foreign tongues.

Same here.

Thanks very much for all
the tutoring, mrs. Rossini.

How could I
say no, huh?

A young man meeting
his grandfather

For the first time.

It makes me tingle
all over.

I just want to hug
everyone I see.

Back off,
brunhilde.

Tony: oh, hey, hey.
To think two weeks ago,

I didn't even know
my grandfather

Was still alive.

It's like finding
a buried treasure.

Sam, how did you ever
find grandpa romano?

You must have
spent hours

Researching
family records,

Poring over computers,

Microfilm,
microwave...

No, I just wrote
palermo city hall.

And they sent me
his address.

Oh, simplicity.
Yeah.

Simplicity--that's what
makes her so brilliant.

Yeah, my teacher
thought so, too.

That's why she gave me
an "a."

Mrs. Rossini:
sam.

Dada's little
genealogist.

Flight 139 from rome
is now arriving at gate 23.

He's here!

h*!

Oh, hi there
sweetheart.

Oh, sam, sam,
we don't need this.

Oh, dad, but we don't know
what he looks like.

Oh, please, I can pick out
a blood relative, uh,

Amongst a planeful
of strangers.

It's a mere bag of shells.

Uh-oh.
Dueling grandpas.

Hold on.

Anthony romano?

Tony! Hey!

Tony, tony,
tony!

I think I found
the right guy.

Hey!

Well, benvenuto
in america.

como esta?

bene. Bene.

penso che sia
splendido.

sono molto
lieto di fare

la sua conoscenza

Uh, mi piaci. E tu
parle italiano [indistinct]

I was with him up to bene.

What--what did he say?

Something in italian.

What?

What do I look like?
Sophia loren?

You don't even look
like ralph lauren.

Uh, grandpa,
grandpa, uh,

questa e
angela bower,

My boss--i wrote
you in the letter.

mi chiamo angela.
Benvenuto.

madonna mia.

Like you!

Hey! And this
figlio di angela,

Jonathan.
Hello.

And la mama, mona.

I haven't been
kissed there

In a long time.

Please.

And this is
mrs. Rossini.

che piacere
conoscerte.

tua figlia era una
mia carissima amica.

What did she say?

W-wait.
You speak english?

Yeah. Does she?

Ahem.

And now--and now, the girl
who started it all

With a dream
and a postage stamp,

Will you now welcome

Your great-granddaughter
samantha micelli!

Hi.

che bella ragazza!

Ohh!

Hey, hey,
what do you say?

Let's go home,
grandpa.

Grandpa--
it's good to hear.

Welcome, grandpa.

benvenuto.

grazie, grazie.

This blonde, angela,

She pays you
to live with her,

And all you have to do
is clean house?

Yeah, that's right.

Nice place, america.

And on warm
summer nights,

Carina--that's what
I used to called your mama--

Would bring us
fresh strawberries.

She was such a pretty girl--

Always barefoot--

We'd sit outside

And look at the lights
of palermo.

And just talk.

I am so glad
I found you.

Will you look at
this picture, huh.

A grandfather,
his grandson,

His great-
granddaughter, huh.

The same blood coursing
through our veins.

Family, sam.

Family
is everything.

Last week, you said
honesty was everything, dad.

Flexibility, sam.
Flexibility is everything.

I can't believe
that it's already midnight.

Oh, come on.
It's bedtime.

Aw, tell us
one more story

Before we have to
go to bed, grandpa.

Come on, I mean,

There's so much
I want to know.

I mean, you're like,
you're the keeper

Of our legacy,
you know.

You have the wisdom
of the years.

You have lived.

That's why I'm so tired.

Come to bed.
We have all week to talk.

Okay.

Good night,
grandpa.

Ohh.

buona notte, my sam-bella.

Hey, what are you doing?
Don't throw those teabags away.

Here.

You can get two--maybe three
more cups out of this.

Yeah, you could
but who'd want to?

Hey tony, how do you think
j. Paul ketty got so rich?

Oh, grandpa,
you mean j. Paul getty

Well, j. Paul ketty, he's my
neighbour in sicily.

He saves his teabags.

That's how he could afford
a new sony trinitron.



Really?
Yeah.

Now, he's saving up
for electricity.

Come on,
let's get some sleep, eh?

Okay, grandpa.

Good night.
Good night, tony.

All right, grandpa.
Here you go, look.

Put in five
basil leaves.

No. No. Put in seven.

No. Seven's
too much.

No, seven's
not too much.

Put in seven.
Believe me, I know.

As your great aunt valentina
used to say,

You can never
have enough basil.

'Course her husband's
name was basil.

You never knew
if she was talking about

Her noodles
or her love life.

Well, hey,
either way,

It sounds like she
knew how to cook.

No kidding. My aunt
valentina, huh?

Yeah.
I never even knew I had one.

Hey, how can I
contact her?

You got a ouija board?

[Laughter]

Mother...

Oh, hi!

Hi. Don't you look cute
in your matching aprons?

Yes. You
could be twins.

It's the patty duke show
all over again.

♪ we laugh alike,
we talk alike ♪

♪ sometimes we even
cough alike ♪

The micelli/romano
family reunion,

An oral history.

Ahem.

A festive atmosphere
pervades the household

As voices rise
in merry song.

Mona robinson, do you
have any observations?

You are not normal.

Good humor abounds, too.

Tony, you know
that spout's still broken.

Ernie was supposed
to replace that today.

Oh, I forgot to tell you,
ernie quit.

What? When?

Well, after I told him
not to come back.

You don't need
bottled water.

Here. It comes
out of the tap.

It's not brown.
Go ahead and drink it.

Grandpa, we like
bottled water.

Yeah. Besides, you know,
ernie's a friend of mine.

He turned me on
to this soft water stuff.

My hair
has never been so bouncy.

I'll call ernie.

Tony, I'm sorry.

I was just trying
to help.

Maybe I should keep
my mouth shut, huh.

Oh, no, no. Hey,
grandpa, we're family.

I want to know
what you think.

Only next time,
ask before you intervene.

Hi!

Hi, sweetheart.

Sam: dad.
Yeah.

You know
that nice new outfit

You were nice enough
to buy for me?

Well, I found this
really nice belt

And it would be so nice--
I mean, they were nice--

Nice try.

You got
enough belts, sam.

Oh, thanks, grandpa.

prego.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Wait, wait--

Don't worry, tony.

My sam-bella's
old enough

To know when
she needs money,

And she's smart enough
to know how to spend it.

He is so wise.

Uh, grandpa...

What's the matter?
I can't spoil

My only great-
granddaughter?

Well maybe, I don't
want her spoiled.

This from a man
who throws teabags away

Like they're
growing on trees.

I saw them in
the trash last night.

You went through
my trash?

I wanted
a cup of tea.

Grandpa, please,

Do not go through
my garbage ever again.

Tony, that's no way
for a boy

To talk to his grandpa.

What about you, huh,
first, you fire my friend,

Then you ruin
my lasagna.

Because of you,
we're out of basil.

That I
will not take. I--

Oh, thank god
your aunt valentina's

Not alive to see this.

Well, she probably
died from drinking

Recycled tea.

Is grandpa
still upstairs?

Yeah.

I don't know.
Was I wrong to ask him

To pull back on the decision
making around here?

I don't think so.

I mean--i mean, whose house
is it anyway, his or mine?

Well, mine.

Yeah. But it's more--
it's more mine than his.

Tony, you know
what the problem is?

You're both so much alike.
You're stubborn.

I am not stubborn, angela.

Hey, he's the one
who crossed over the line.

And let me tell you.
I am not apologizing.

Tony, I just
want to say--

I love you, grandpa!

I love you,
too, tony.

Oh, I'm sorry
I got so pushy

And tried to take over
your house.

M-my house.

Look at us.
A couple of hotheads.

Hey, what do you say,

How about
a cup of tea?

New bags?

No. Old.

I'm saving up for
a laser disc player.

buono.

First, something
I want you to have.

Your parents'
wedding picture.

Ohh.

Oh, what
a handsome couple!

Gina was only 19.

Francis was 24.

I have a picture
I wanna give to sam-bella, too.

What's wrong?

My mother's name
wasn't gina.

My father's name
wasn't francis.

These people
are not my parents!

And that man
is not my grandfather!

How could this happen,
I don't believe it.

Believe what?

Grandpa romano
is not my grandfather.

But you look alike,
you talk alike,

At times,
you even cough alike.

Would you stop it?

Sam must've
gotten information

About the wrong
anthony romano.

Well, is romano
a common name in italy?

I guess.

And anthony is about
as common as you can get.

Thank you so much.

I wonder why he didn't figure
out the mistake.

Oh, probably for the same
reason I didn't,

We both lost contact
with our families



Great. Now we have a complete
stranger in our midst.

I mean, for all we know,

This guy maybe a crazed
axe m*rder*r.

Oh, mother, does he look like
a craze axed m*rder*r?

No. But put a bloody axe
in his hand then he might.

Well, I guess I don't have

A grandfather
after all, huh?

I'm sorry, tony.

Oh, man, say goodbye
to all my new relatives.

Aunt valentina,
I hardly knew you.

Well, I guess...

I guess I'll go
tell him the truth.

Angela: uh, wait, tony.

Do...

Do you have to?

Angela, I can't pretend
this guy's my grandfather.

It would be bad for him,
it'd be bad for me,

And it'd be bad for sam.

This is gonna break
her heart.

But wait,
maybe you don't have

To break
anyone's heart.

Maybe he doesn't
have to know.

What are you saying?
I should lie?

No, don't. Maybe you just

Shouldn't
tell the truth.

I mean, this is
the only family

This man thinks he has.

And he's only gonna be
here for another few days.

Oh, tony, she's right.

It will be so much
easier to tell sam

After he's gone.

Really.

Wait a minute,
you guys are crazy.

Come on, hey,
he is not family,

And we should not pretend
he's family.

Mona: okay. Okay,
what about us?

We are not related,

And I've come to love
and care for you

As much as I do
my own family.

Now, is that wrong?

Mother, that's a beautiful
beautiful sentiment.

Thank you.

I heard it
on bonanza.

Little joe
told it to hop sing

When he was aiming
to go back to china.

Uuh.
Uuh.

Tony,
now think about it.

A few minutes ago

You said
you loved this man.

Does it matter that
you're not related to him?

Isn't love
thicker than blood?

Dad, grandpa's
going to show me

How to make his famous
cannoli romano.

You want to help?

Sure, sure. Yeah.
Great.

In fact,
I just picked up

Some fresh
ricotta cheese, grandpa.

You're making
an old man happy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

[Doorbell rings]

I'll get it.
Who is it?

Mrs. Rossini:
it's mrs. Rossini and company.

Tony, you get it!

What?

Hey, mrs. Rossini.

Don't get so excited.

We can't stay
that long.

Hello, dear.

Hi, mrs. Rossini.

Tony: hello, mrs. Camisa,
mrs. Laudicina. Come in.

Mrs. Rossini:
anna, this is angela.

Tony:
it's so good to see you.

Ang-angela!

So what brings you by?

Well, we came over
because--

Since they were your
mama's best friends,

In the old neighborhood,
I thought I'd bring them by

To say hello
to her papa.

Oh, well, mrs. Rossini,
this isn't a good time.

buongiorno,
buongiorno.

Mr. Romano.

I want you to meet
rose and anna,

Very dear friends
of your daughter's.

I'm pleased to meet
such lovely ladies.

No, this is not
her father.

He--he--he's not?

You look
much too young.

Tony, you look just like
your grandfather.

Well, not really.

Sure, you do. You got the same
mouth and the same nose.

Actually this is my father's
nose and my father's mouth.

My father gave me
most of my face.

Rose,
tell mr. Romano

About how you met
his daughter.

Well, we were living
on pitkin avenue

When I first met
your dear lena.

Lena? Who's lena?

Oh, that was gina's
other name, grandpa.

Gina, lena,
you know.

Her other name?

Yeah. They changed it--
they changed it

When she went through
ellis island. You see--

You see, her favorite
movie star was lena horne.

Anyway, it was
lena's birthday.

And it was a beautiful
spring day.

Her birthday
was in october.

Oh well, they changed
that, too, grandpa.

Yeah. Yeah, you see,
lena horne's birthday

Was in april.
The woman was obsessed.

Well, hey, it was
really nice seeing you.

I'm so happy
you stopped by,

But you know,
as they say, "bye-bye."

We just got here.

Well, precious and few

Are the moments
we two can share.

Grandpa romano: bye-bye.

All right. Bye.
We're going already.

Boy, you're real subtle
here in the 'burbs.

Tony, what's the matter?

Why were you so rude
to those nice ladies?

Well, to tell you
the truth, grandpa rom,

They like it when
I treat them that way.

Uh, no wonder
you're still single.

Flight 64 to rome
is now boarding

rows 1 through 12.

Hope sam and grandpa get back
in the gift shop soon.

Yeah.

Dad, guess what?

Grandpa said we could come
visit him this summer.

We could see the town
and the farm

And aunt valentina's
tombstone.

Oh, I can't wait.

Neither can i.
I can show off

My grandson
and my great-granddaughter.

Well, uh, hey, it's
boarding time, grandpa.

si. I don't know
how to thank you.

You changed my life.

You've given me back
my family.

arrivederci, mona.

Goodbye.

Don't be
a stranger.

An inside joke.

Jonathan, don't forget
to write to me.

Oh, I won't.
Goodbye.

Goodbyes
are often poignant,

And yet, there's also
something life-affirming.

Mona: may I
see this, dear?

Oh.

Hey!

Mother, you get
that back right now.

Okay.

You realize you may
have to join.

All remaining rows
on flight 64 to rome

Are now boarding.

arrivederci, my tony.

arrivederci, angela.

Goodbye,
grandpa.

Goodbye.

You, sam-bella.

I have something
for you.

This was your mama's.

Gina--lena--
whatever her name was.

When she left for america,

She said, "papa,
keep this for me.

I'll be back."

She never returned.

It's the only thing
I have left of your grandma.

She would want you
to have it.

It's beautiful.

Thank you.

Sam, let me see--
let me see the ring.

Uh, look, uh...

We can't take
this ring.

What? Why not?

Because you're,
uh...

You're not
my grandfather.

che?

Yeah, che?

You see, they sent me
the wrong information

From sicily.

I'm related to another
anthony romano.

I would've
told you sooner,

But I didn't want
to hurt your feelings.

I'm sorry.

You're not my family?

No.

You're not my nipotino?

No, and that's why
we can't take the ring.

This should go
to a real romano.

No wonder you don't know
how to cook lasagna.

this is the final
boarding call...

Wait, wait,
wait, wait.

Listen, you can't
leave like this.

I mean,
I can't let you go,

I mean--i mean, not after
the week we had.

I mean, we care about
each other almost like family.

Just like family.

I mean, is it so important
that we're not related?

Aw, come on.

Don't leave like this.

But...

Dad, why didn't you
tell me?

Sam, you were having
such a good time with him.

And I just figured
it would be easier

To tell you once
he was gone. I'm sorry.

What do you say,
we go home?

Yeah.

[Knocking]

Grandpa romano: somebody
open this door! sis brighi!

[Knock knock]

Grandpa romano:
oh, grazie.

This looks
so nice on you,

I figure, why not?

Oh, grandpa.

Tony, we must never
let something

Come between us again,
eh, nipotino?

You got it, nonno.

Hey, let's go home,
mio famiglia, huh?

si, si.

Wait, you'll miss
your plane.

So? I'll get one
tomorrow...

Or the day after.

You know, tony,
you're lucky, I think

Maybe once, I met your
real grandfather.

He was not half
as nice as me.

I don't want
to hear it.

But good-looking.

Oh, a roman god.

Oh, tell me more.

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

Mona. Mona.

Oh, I'm so excited, mona.

I just got through doing
your genealogy chart.

And guess what?

You do have
a long-lost relative.

I do?
Tony: yeah.

This is so exciting.

[Doorbell rings]

Oh, come on.
Here she is now.

Here? Already?

What?

Hiya, cousin.

Aah!

What? The mrs. Rossini
dream again?

[Mrs. Rossini's voice]
everything will be okay, cousin.

[Theme music playing]