Murphy Brown (1988–2018): Season 2, Episode 26 - Goin' to the Chapel: Part 1 - full transcript
Look the important thing is we enjoyed
fresh air and exercise.
Remember it's not
whether you win or lose.
Yes it is and we lost.
We lost to morning news people and
they're laughing at us.
Don't take it out on her,
Corky wasn't the losing pitcher.
She didn't throw the ball onto 39th
street trying to pick Faith Daniels off
first base.
She was taunting me.
I lost my concentration.
You think I'm a wuss arm don't you?
Is that what you're thinking
I'm not a man.
Not at all. Anyone who
gives up the game-winning hit to a
pregnant woman is a man in my book.
Hey guys, come on. We're a team here.
What do you say we put all this behind us.
Dinner at Phil's. On me.
- Good.
- Fine.
Wait! Miles, I can't go.
I have to have dinner
with wide load Willie.
Who?
Willie Forrest sees this
geeky boy I knew in high school. Nobody
get of anything good to put under
his yearbook picture except that he was
an eager eater.
Oh it's going to be awful.
oh Corky why
do you make everything out to be such
a problem. Don't you realize if it's not
happening to me, it doesn't matter.
This is all my mother's fault. She's
friends with his mother and Mama thought
it was a polite thing to do since he was
in town on some boring lawyer seminar
Maybe I will take him
to Phil's, that way at
least I'll be around friends when he
humiliates me by eating the chairs.
You know you're forgetting people can
change.
In high school I was kind of awkward,
hadn't really developed socially. Can you
believe it?
Trust me, wide old Willie hasn't
changed. I used to walk by his locker on
my way to cheerleading practice, he'd be
standing around with his Debate Club
friends telling elephant jokes, and
laughing one of those snort laughs.
Excuse me. Corky?
Corky Sherwood? Hello again.
It's Will.
Will Forest.
Oh gee, I didn't get the wrong date did I?
No.
No, this is the right day.
Wow. Why I...
I hardly did recognize you.
You really have changed.
And you!.. haven't.
Thank you.
Corky, aren't you going to introduce
us to your new friend? Hi I'm Murphy Brown.
Are you hungry? Would
you like a chair? To sit.
I'm Jim Dial and that's Miles Silverberg.
- And Frank Fontana
- Hi Frank
Corky told us all about you.
Well, it's good to meet all you too. I see
you got a softball team.
There is no fool in you.
uh uh Do you play?
Yes sir. Back in New Orleans.
I'm a pitcher, well I was till
they moved me to The Outfield.
Well no one's getting any hits off me.
The rest of the team
was getting kind of bored.
Who pitches for your team?
I had no defense and I
wasn't wearing my usual hat.
My mother says you're a lawyer now.
Yeah a small firm back in New Orleans.
Listen Corky. I hope
you don't take this the
wrong way, but if you want to get out of
this dinner tonight, I'll understand. We
can just tell our mothers that we met, we
had dinner, you had the shrimp. I had the
pasta. We had a lovely time.
That way you're off the hook.
No. I mean I'd hate to lie to my mother.
So Will...
What exactly did you
have planned for us tonight?
You know, to be honest Corky,
I kind of remembered you as being sort
of a snob in high school.
So I planned the fast track
around the White House.
A quick dinner in a coffee
shop, and home by 7:30.
It doesn't seem like such
a good plan anymore.
Corky, didn't you say you wanted to come
to Phil with us for dinner?
No Murphy.
So Will, I'm sure we can
think of something to do
if we just put our heads together. Why
don't you wait here? I'll just go change
and be right back.
You better come with me.
So you guys seem to be one short.
Corky hasn't been around
here for a couple of weeks.
I'm starting to take it personally.
Oh come on Phil. It's not like you could
retire on that half a cling peach she
orders every day for lunch.
She's been busy with that Will character.
He's constantly calling her.
He picks her up after work.
They eat all their meals together.
Yesterday they wore matching sweaters.
You two are so transparent. Now
that Corky's involved with someone else,
you want her. How predictable can you get?
Don't be ridiculous Murphy. We're just
concerned. She's like a sister.
I know
what Corky's up to. She and her friend
have been sneaking around to Steve's on the
corner. Ever since they got those
tablecloths and started calling the
basement: the Versailles room.
Hi everybody!
Well look who comes crawling back,
tired of all that fennel and everything.
They always come back.
Everyone! I have something to tell you.
Walking over here I ask myself how
should I do it? Should I leave Clues?
Should I make them guess?
Or should I just drag
it out until everyone's
extremely annoyed and
starts to make snide comments.
Well, like I'm doing right now.
Okay then why don't I just say it.
Here goes:
Will and I are getting married!
You're stunned. You're speechless.
I know. I didn't know
what to say at first either.
It's going to be right here
in Washington. Because after all, this is
my home. Now, it's going to be two weeks
from Saturday, so mark your calendars.
Well. What do you think?
We think
that this is great news. I for one am
very happy for you.
Guys, are we all happy for her?
Oh best wishes to you and yours.
Oh it was so romantic.
Will proposed to me in
the air and space museum.
Did you notice my ring?
It's a souvenir of the moon landing.
Will said it was more
beautiful than any diamond
as long as I was the one wearing it.
How could you say No to someone like that
I do want a diamond though.
Now Murphy, I know what you're thinking.
No Corky. I don't think you do.
Yes, I can read you like a book.
You're wondering:
Who gets to be her maid of honor?
After all she does have two sisters.
But guess what?
I picked you.
Oh gee. Two weeks from Saturday. I don't
know Corky. I've got so much Hamming to do.
But Murphy. It would mean so much to me
to have the person I admire more than
anything, stand beside me and witness the
most important moment of my life.
Please Murphy, please.
Yeah yeah. Okay. I'll
be your maid of honor.
Oh I'm so happy.
Everything is just
working out so perfectly.
I just hope I have time
to get it all planned.
Especially with an assignment in Paris
next week. You're gonna
have your hands full.
That's what I need to talk to you
about Miles.
I don't think I'll be able to
cover the fashion shows now.
I mean, how can I leave Will when we just
got engaged. It feels awful.
I don't know Corky, but
you fought me for that piece.
Oh, come on Miles. It's her
wedding. I mean how many
times does a woman do that in her
lifetime. Once? Twice?
Thank you Murphy. I better go now.
Oh I just have so many phone calls to make.
And people to tell.
You all are happy for me?
You bet.
Me too!
Do I look sincere?
It's all right here. Wide load Willy
Forest is clean according to my sources.
He works at a very respectable Law Firm.
He volunteers two days a week at the
boys club. And he actually paid his PBS
pledge. Is this guy for real?
This is all happening too fast.
People who want to get married should be
required to take one trip together.
Preferably involving a Rent-A-Car and a
road map.
Then we'll see about this
till death do us appart stuff.
Could you guys give it up?
Hard as it is to believe,
Corky is in love with
someone who's not you.
Now I suggest you just put
this terrible pain behind you, and find a
date for the wedding.
Who are you going with Frank?
Not with you Murphy. We always
end up at this kind of thing together.
Have you ever noticed that?
I don't think it's healthy.
I say we make a pact.
This time we get real dates.
I know David Letterman's been bugging me
to go out with him. Maybe I'll take him.
I had love with Michelle Pfeiffer at that
Kennedy Center party last night.
I think I'll ask her.
Let's see. There's Gail in accounting.
I just had to get out of my office.
Every newspaper in the world is
calling for details about my wedding.
There's a bidding war
for photos of my dress.
Why would I sell something like that. My
wedding is a private moment, between Will
and me and our 350 guests.
And I'm sure it'll all turn out lovely.
Just let me know if there's anything
I can do. You know, like buy the rice.
No that's been taken
care of. But my parents
are coming into town this weekend, so
Sunday would be the best day for
throwing me a shower.
Excuse me?
You know, the maid of honor
always gives a shower
for the bride. It's tradition.
Corky I'm no good at this. The
last time I went to a shower was in 1968.
I gave the bride a gas mask. When they
brought out the cake, we
sang Eve of Destruction.
The bride's mother locked
herself in her car and cried.
But Murphy, I can't get
married without a shower.
I knew things would't turned
out right. What was I thinking?
It's all too much. It's not enough time.
I don't even know why I'm trying.
Sunday will be just fine.
Oh Murphy the decoration is lovely.
Thank you Doris.
Hey guys. Hands off the food and don't
get too comfortable. As soon as Corky
and her family show up, you have to clear
out, and go do your
sleazy bachelor party stuff.
Murphy, please. We're Men of the 90s.
We don't do that anymore. We're going to
Yamashiro's to eat
sushi and discuss things.
Well I think we can let go a
little bit Frank. After all this is young
Will's last fling.
You know I remember my bachelor party.
Not that there's anything
I haven't told you about.
Oh please Jim.
I know what really went on.
I know you ordered three
desserts and ate them all.
Later.
And I know about Ursula.
Okay fellas you're in charge now.
Make way, make way. Finger
sandwiches coming through.
Phil, that meat slicers on the fritz again.
I had had all this liverwurst by hand.
Now listen. I just want to go over a
few things with you before I leave.
- Yeah
- Yeah first of all
No blender drinks, we've got a
reputation to uphold around here.
- Secondly...
- Phil. How long have I been doing this?
Remember the Pope's
visit? If I could handle 200
nuns tossing back sambuca,
I can handle this crowd.
You know you're just as
feisty as the day I married you.
What time are you getting
off work sweet cakes?
Just leave a light on Sailor.
We are here!
Everyone! I have some very
special people for you to meet.
My parents, Edward and Bootsie.
My big sister Kiki. And
my little sister Cookie.
- Not so little!
- She's pregnant.
And these are all my friends.
Murphy. Here she is. Murphy Brown.
Well you're every bit as pretty in
person as you are on TV.
Murphy, Corky's told us all about how
good you've been to her. And all about
you, and all about your past. Which is why
I find it definitely surprising that you
hold in the shower in a pot.
Well, Why not in a bar?
Women have taken over every
place else that used to belong to us.
Yeah. That's what happen
when we let them vote.
The days when a man's
home was his castle are over.
Miles Silverberg.
Executive producer of FYI.
Oh right. The Jewish guy.
You know, we can't have
men here. It's just not done!
That's right. It's just not
done. Tell them Corky.
That's right. It's just not done.
All you men have to leave.
Don't you go get too wild tonight.
You just worry about enjoying yourself
in your last moments of freedom.
Come on Caballeros. Let's ride.
Have fun ladies. Although
it won't be as much
fun as we're having right guys?
Okay girls. Let's shower down.
My sentiments exactly.
There's the food, there the
gifts, so that's pretty much it.
So go crazy.
Oh, but what about games?
We have to have games.
You know like drop the
clothes pin in a bottle.
Or pick up cotton balls
while you're blindfolded.
Or poker!
Well, it seems a bit
unorthodox but what the heck.
A little high low roll your own.
Ladies, choose your tables.
Murphy, I don't think my mother knows how
to play poker.
Really? Never played before ever?
Bootsie you'll sit right next to me.
Wendy, go find another table. It's a shame
to split up a family.
Okay. Five card draw.
Jacks are better to open.
Jacks are the ones with the
Little J's on the top, Bootsie.
Oh thank you.
Bootsie, I can't help noticing
your lovely charm bracelet.
No jewelry. This is a cash only game.
This is very special to me, each charm is
a little head representing my
grandchildren. These are Kiki's children,
Kevin and Cami. And this is a place for
Cookie's little baby. And all the rest of
this space, is just
waiting for Corky to fill in.
Oh mother!
I can't help it if you're
right on schedule.
What do you mean?
Aces are very bad, Bootsie.
Especially if you have more than one.
Don't you remember when you were 15?
You planned out your whole life.
Oh I remember! "The plan."
Oh you went on and on.
You said you'd go to your
senior prom with Billy Joe Bender
when you were 17. And you did.
You said you'd be Miss
America when you were 19,
and you were.
You said you get married at 24.
Oh this is silly, nobody
wants to hear this.
Do you know what this means?
It's all coming true.
You'll have your first baby at 25.
Your second baby at 27.
I said that?
Be president of Junior League at 35.
Go to Paris when you're 50.
Okay! Okay!
- Who is it?
- Corky Sherwood.
Murphy I'm so glad you're up.
I'm not up. It's the middle of the night.
Something's really been
bothering me Murphy.
Halfway through the party
it was only a thought.
By the time I got home,
it was hammering inside my brain.
Murphy,
I don't want to get married.
What?
What are you talking about?
Something's very wrong Murphy.
I was at home writing my name and Will's.
You know, doodling the way girls do.
And that's when I saw it.
Corky Sherwood Forest.
Corky, you're just having cold feet.
This happens to everybody.
Maybe yo should talk to
Bootsie or Cookie or Kiki.
I'm sleepy and grumpy.
I can't talk to them.
Murphy, don't you see?
Until I was with my family tonight,
I didn't realize how much I've changed.
But now I know.
If I get married,
and become the kind of wife
Will wants and deserves.
I'm not going to grow.
I'll never experience life.
Corky, I have experienced life,
and I'm here to tell you, it's overrated.
You can say that, you've done everything.
I've done nothing.
Murphy,
you may not know this but,
I'm a virgin.
Frank owes me 50 bucks.
I keep thinking...
Is Will the first and last
man I'll ever be with?
Life is passing me by, Murphy.
I need to do something wild.
Find a man, any man,
and go off with him
into his world of intrigue.
With a free and reckless abandon.
Corky. You don't need to do that.
After you hang a couple of heads on your
mother's bracelet, you'll feel much better.
Then, look me in the eye Murphy.
Tell me I'm wrong to be having doubts.
Tell me.
And I'll go through with the wedding.
Boy.
You have this annoying way of wheedling
in your way into a
person's life, little by little.
To one day,
she realized that if you weren't there
anymore, she might miss you.
That person really hates this.
Corky. I'm not going to let you do
anything you're not ready for.
Thank you Murphy.
Okay. Get comfortable.
We'll talk all night if we have to.
I'll go make some coffee.
Could I have Darjeeling tea?
I've never tried Darjeeling tea.
It always sounded too dangerous.
Eldin. Hello.
Hello.
If you don't mind, I'll
stay here the very side you hurts me.
I hear you'll be throwed.
- Maybe not
- Oh
See. I'm very confused right now, Eldin.
So many things I'm feeling.
So many things I don't understand.
Oh you're not the first to find
yourself bewildered by love.
We tend to make it complex,
but it's really so very simple.
Love is to surrender completely,
hopelessly to the depths of one's soul.
You are a very mysterious
man, Eldin Bernecky.
You've experienced life, haven't you?
You know things.
One or two.
I want you to show me your world, Eldin.
I would. But suddenly I'm paralyzed.
For the most part.
Would you like to take me for a drive?
I believe I would.
Corky, I didn't have any tea.
Would you settle for a Lipton cup of soup?
Corky? Hello?
Eldin.
Eldin!
fresh air and exercise.
Remember it's not
whether you win or lose.
Yes it is and we lost.
We lost to morning news people and
they're laughing at us.
Don't take it out on her,
Corky wasn't the losing pitcher.
She didn't throw the ball onto 39th
street trying to pick Faith Daniels off
first base.
She was taunting me.
I lost my concentration.
You think I'm a wuss arm don't you?
Is that what you're thinking
I'm not a man.
Not at all. Anyone who
gives up the game-winning hit to a
pregnant woman is a man in my book.
Hey guys, come on. We're a team here.
What do you say we put all this behind us.
Dinner at Phil's. On me.
- Good.
- Fine.
Wait! Miles, I can't go.
I have to have dinner
with wide load Willie.
Who?
Willie Forrest sees this
geeky boy I knew in high school. Nobody
get of anything good to put under
his yearbook picture except that he was
an eager eater.
Oh it's going to be awful.
oh Corky why
do you make everything out to be such
a problem. Don't you realize if it's not
happening to me, it doesn't matter.
This is all my mother's fault. She's
friends with his mother and Mama thought
it was a polite thing to do since he was
in town on some boring lawyer seminar
Maybe I will take him
to Phil's, that way at
least I'll be around friends when he
humiliates me by eating the chairs.
You know you're forgetting people can
change.
In high school I was kind of awkward,
hadn't really developed socially. Can you
believe it?
Trust me, wide old Willie hasn't
changed. I used to walk by his locker on
my way to cheerleading practice, he'd be
standing around with his Debate Club
friends telling elephant jokes, and
laughing one of those snort laughs.
Excuse me. Corky?
Corky Sherwood? Hello again.
It's Will.
Will Forest.
Oh gee, I didn't get the wrong date did I?
No.
No, this is the right day.
Wow. Why I...
I hardly did recognize you.
You really have changed.
And you!.. haven't.
Thank you.
Corky, aren't you going to introduce
us to your new friend? Hi I'm Murphy Brown.
Are you hungry? Would
you like a chair? To sit.
I'm Jim Dial and that's Miles Silverberg.
- And Frank Fontana
- Hi Frank
Corky told us all about you.
Well, it's good to meet all you too. I see
you got a softball team.
There is no fool in you.
uh uh Do you play?
Yes sir. Back in New Orleans.
I'm a pitcher, well I was till
they moved me to The Outfield.
Well no one's getting any hits off me.
The rest of the team
was getting kind of bored.
Who pitches for your team?
I had no defense and I
wasn't wearing my usual hat.
My mother says you're a lawyer now.
Yeah a small firm back in New Orleans.
Listen Corky. I hope
you don't take this the
wrong way, but if you want to get out of
this dinner tonight, I'll understand. We
can just tell our mothers that we met, we
had dinner, you had the shrimp. I had the
pasta. We had a lovely time.
That way you're off the hook.
No. I mean I'd hate to lie to my mother.
So Will...
What exactly did you
have planned for us tonight?
You know, to be honest Corky,
I kind of remembered you as being sort
of a snob in high school.
So I planned the fast track
around the White House.
A quick dinner in a coffee
shop, and home by 7:30.
It doesn't seem like such
a good plan anymore.
Corky, didn't you say you wanted to come
to Phil with us for dinner?
No Murphy.
So Will, I'm sure we can
think of something to do
if we just put our heads together. Why
don't you wait here? I'll just go change
and be right back.
You better come with me.
So you guys seem to be one short.
Corky hasn't been around
here for a couple of weeks.
I'm starting to take it personally.
Oh come on Phil. It's not like you could
retire on that half a cling peach she
orders every day for lunch.
She's been busy with that Will character.
He's constantly calling her.
He picks her up after work.
They eat all their meals together.
Yesterday they wore matching sweaters.
You two are so transparent. Now
that Corky's involved with someone else,
you want her. How predictable can you get?
Don't be ridiculous Murphy. We're just
concerned. She's like a sister.
I know
what Corky's up to. She and her friend
have been sneaking around to Steve's on the
corner. Ever since they got those
tablecloths and started calling the
basement: the Versailles room.
Hi everybody!
Well look who comes crawling back,
tired of all that fennel and everything.
They always come back.
Everyone! I have something to tell you.
Walking over here I ask myself how
should I do it? Should I leave Clues?
Should I make them guess?
Or should I just drag
it out until everyone's
extremely annoyed and
starts to make snide comments.
Well, like I'm doing right now.
Okay then why don't I just say it.
Here goes:
Will and I are getting married!
You're stunned. You're speechless.
I know. I didn't know
what to say at first either.
It's going to be right here
in Washington. Because after all, this is
my home. Now, it's going to be two weeks
from Saturday, so mark your calendars.
Well. What do you think?
We think
that this is great news. I for one am
very happy for you.
Guys, are we all happy for her?
Oh best wishes to you and yours.
Oh it was so romantic.
Will proposed to me in
the air and space museum.
Did you notice my ring?
It's a souvenir of the moon landing.
Will said it was more
beautiful than any diamond
as long as I was the one wearing it.
How could you say No to someone like that
I do want a diamond though.
Now Murphy, I know what you're thinking.
No Corky. I don't think you do.
Yes, I can read you like a book.
You're wondering:
Who gets to be her maid of honor?
After all she does have two sisters.
But guess what?
I picked you.
Oh gee. Two weeks from Saturday. I don't
know Corky. I've got so much Hamming to do.
But Murphy. It would mean so much to me
to have the person I admire more than
anything, stand beside me and witness the
most important moment of my life.
Please Murphy, please.
Yeah yeah. Okay. I'll
be your maid of honor.
Oh I'm so happy.
Everything is just
working out so perfectly.
I just hope I have time
to get it all planned.
Especially with an assignment in Paris
next week. You're gonna
have your hands full.
That's what I need to talk to you
about Miles.
I don't think I'll be able to
cover the fashion shows now.
I mean, how can I leave Will when we just
got engaged. It feels awful.
I don't know Corky, but
you fought me for that piece.
Oh, come on Miles. It's her
wedding. I mean how many
times does a woman do that in her
lifetime. Once? Twice?
Thank you Murphy. I better go now.
Oh I just have so many phone calls to make.
And people to tell.
You all are happy for me?
You bet.
Me too!
Do I look sincere?
It's all right here. Wide load Willy
Forest is clean according to my sources.
He works at a very respectable Law Firm.
He volunteers two days a week at the
boys club. And he actually paid his PBS
pledge. Is this guy for real?
This is all happening too fast.
People who want to get married should be
required to take one trip together.
Preferably involving a Rent-A-Car and a
road map.
Then we'll see about this
till death do us appart stuff.
Could you guys give it up?
Hard as it is to believe,
Corky is in love with
someone who's not you.
Now I suggest you just put
this terrible pain behind you, and find a
date for the wedding.
Who are you going with Frank?
Not with you Murphy. We always
end up at this kind of thing together.
Have you ever noticed that?
I don't think it's healthy.
I say we make a pact.
This time we get real dates.
I know David Letterman's been bugging me
to go out with him. Maybe I'll take him.
I had love with Michelle Pfeiffer at that
Kennedy Center party last night.
I think I'll ask her.
Let's see. There's Gail in accounting.
I just had to get out of my office.
Every newspaper in the world is
calling for details about my wedding.
There's a bidding war
for photos of my dress.
Why would I sell something like that. My
wedding is a private moment, between Will
and me and our 350 guests.
And I'm sure it'll all turn out lovely.
Just let me know if there's anything
I can do. You know, like buy the rice.
No that's been taken
care of. But my parents
are coming into town this weekend, so
Sunday would be the best day for
throwing me a shower.
Excuse me?
You know, the maid of honor
always gives a shower
for the bride. It's tradition.
Corky I'm no good at this. The
last time I went to a shower was in 1968.
I gave the bride a gas mask. When they
brought out the cake, we
sang Eve of Destruction.
The bride's mother locked
herself in her car and cried.
But Murphy, I can't get
married without a shower.
I knew things would't turned
out right. What was I thinking?
It's all too much. It's not enough time.
I don't even know why I'm trying.
Sunday will be just fine.
Oh Murphy the decoration is lovely.
Thank you Doris.
Hey guys. Hands off the food and don't
get too comfortable. As soon as Corky
and her family show up, you have to clear
out, and go do your
sleazy bachelor party stuff.
Murphy, please. We're Men of the 90s.
We don't do that anymore. We're going to
Yamashiro's to eat
sushi and discuss things.
Well I think we can let go a
little bit Frank. After all this is young
Will's last fling.
You know I remember my bachelor party.
Not that there's anything
I haven't told you about.
Oh please Jim.
I know what really went on.
I know you ordered three
desserts and ate them all.
Later.
And I know about Ursula.
Okay fellas you're in charge now.
Make way, make way. Finger
sandwiches coming through.
Phil, that meat slicers on the fritz again.
I had had all this liverwurst by hand.
Now listen. I just want to go over a
few things with you before I leave.
- Yeah
- Yeah first of all
No blender drinks, we've got a
reputation to uphold around here.
- Secondly...
- Phil. How long have I been doing this?
Remember the Pope's
visit? If I could handle 200
nuns tossing back sambuca,
I can handle this crowd.
You know you're just as
feisty as the day I married you.
What time are you getting
off work sweet cakes?
Just leave a light on Sailor.
We are here!
Everyone! I have some very
special people for you to meet.
My parents, Edward and Bootsie.
My big sister Kiki. And
my little sister Cookie.
- Not so little!
- She's pregnant.
And these are all my friends.
Murphy. Here she is. Murphy Brown.
Well you're every bit as pretty in
person as you are on TV.
Murphy, Corky's told us all about how
good you've been to her. And all about
you, and all about your past. Which is why
I find it definitely surprising that you
hold in the shower in a pot.
Well, Why not in a bar?
Women have taken over every
place else that used to belong to us.
Yeah. That's what happen
when we let them vote.
The days when a man's
home was his castle are over.
Miles Silverberg.
Executive producer of FYI.
Oh right. The Jewish guy.
You know, we can't have
men here. It's just not done!
That's right. It's just not
done. Tell them Corky.
That's right. It's just not done.
All you men have to leave.
Don't you go get too wild tonight.
You just worry about enjoying yourself
in your last moments of freedom.
Come on Caballeros. Let's ride.
Have fun ladies. Although
it won't be as much
fun as we're having right guys?
Okay girls. Let's shower down.
My sentiments exactly.
There's the food, there the
gifts, so that's pretty much it.
So go crazy.
Oh, but what about games?
We have to have games.
You know like drop the
clothes pin in a bottle.
Or pick up cotton balls
while you're blindfolded.
Or poker!
Well, it seems a bit
unorthodox but what the heck.
A little high low roll your own.
Ladies, choose your tables.
Murphy, I don't think my mother knows how
to play poker.
Really? Never played before ever?
Bootsie you'll sit right next to me.
Wendy, go find another table. It's a shame
to split up a family.
Okay. Five card draw.
Jacks are better to open.
Jacks are the ones with the
Little J's on the top, Bootsie.
Oh thank you.
Bootsie, I can't help noticing
your lovely charm bracelet.
No jewelry. This is a cash only game.
This is very special to me, each charm is
a little head representing my
grandchildren. These are Kiki's children,
Kevin and Cami. And this is a place for
Cookie's little baby. And all the rest of
this space, is just
waiting for Corky to fill in.
Oh mother!
I can't help it if you're
right on schedule.
What do you mean?
Aces are very bad, Bootsie.
Especially if you have more than one.
Don't you remember when you were 15?
You planned out your whole life.
Oh I remember! "The plan."
Oh you went on and on.
You said you'd go to your
senior prom with Billy Joe Bender
when you were 17. And you did.
You said you'd be Miss
America when you were 19,
and you were.
You said you get married at 24.
Oh this is silly, nobody
wants to hear this.
Do you know what this means?
It's all coming true.
You'll have your first baby at 25.
Your second baby at 27.
I said that?
Be president of Junior League at 35.
Go to Paris when you're 50.
Okay! Okay!
- Who is it?
- Corky Sherwood.
Murphy I'm so glad you're up.
I'm not up. It's the middle of the night.
Something's really been
bothering me Murphy.
Halfway through the party
it was only a thought.
By the time I got home,
it was hammering inside my brain.
Murphy,
I don't want to get married.
What?
What are you talking about?
Something's very wrong Murphy.
I was at home writing my name and Will's.
You know, doodling the way girls do.
And that's when I saw it.
Corky Sherwood Forest.
Corky, you're just having cold feet.
This happens to everybody.
Maybe yo should talk to
Bootsie or Cookie or Kiki.
I'm sleepy and grumpy.
I can't talk to them.
Murphy, don't you see?
Until I was with my family tonight,
I didn't realize how much I've changed.
But now I know.
If I get married,
and become the kind of wife
Will wants and deserves.
I'm not going to grow.
I'll never experience life.
Corky, I have experienced life,
and I'm here to tell you, it's overrated.
You can say that, you've done everything.
I've done nothing.
Murphy,
you may not know this but,
I'm a virgin.
Frank owes me 50 bucks.
I keep thinking...
Is Will the first and last
man I'll ever be with?
Life is passing me by, Murphy.
I need to do something wild.
Find a man, any man,
and go off with him
into his world of intrigue.
With a free and reckless abandon.
Corky. You don't need to do that.
After you hang a couple of heads on your
mother's bracelet, you'll feel much better.
Then, look me in the eye Murphy.
Tell me I'm wrong to be having doubts.
Tell me.
And I'll go through with the wedding.
Boy.
You have this annoying way of wheedling
in your way into a
person's life, little by little.
To one day,
she realized that if you weren't there
anymore, she might miss you.
That person really hates this.
Corky. I'm not going to let you do
anything you're not ready for.
Thank you Murphy.
Okay. Get comfortable.
We'll talk all night if we have to.
I'll go make some coffee.
Could I have Darjeeling tea?
I've never tried Darjeeling tea.
It always sounded too dangerous.
Eldin. Hello.
Hello.
If you don't mind, I'll
stay here the very side you hurts me.
I hear you'll be throwed.
- Maybe not
- Oh
See. I'm very confused right now, Eldin.
So many things I'm feeling.
So many things I don't understand.
Oh you're not the first to find
yourself bewildered by love.
We tend to make it complex,
but it's really so very simple.
Love is to surrender completely,
hopelessly to the depths of one's soul.
You are a very mysterious
man, Eldin Bernecky.
You've experienced life, haven't you?
You know things.
One or two.
I want you to show me your world, Eldin.
I would. But suddenly I'm paralyzed.
For the most part.
Would you like to take me for a drive?
I believe I would.
Corky, I didn't have any tea.
Would you settle for a Lipton cup of soup?
Corky? Hello?
Eldin.
Eldin!