The Cosby Show (1984–1992): Season 8, Episode 6 - It's Apparent to Everyone - full transcript
Sondra & Elvin are excited about finding a home of their own. The twins Nelson and Winnie are getting on Cliff & Clair's nerves.
♪♪ [theme]
[trumpeting]
[trumpeting]
Get down.
Get down, I said!
Go on, fall off the cliff.
[trumpeting]
You'll have to be
quiet, you know.
You're the one
that fell of the table.
It wasn't my fault.
You stay on the table,
you won't get hurt, okay?
You understand me?
[trumpeting] All right.
You better... [trumpeting]
Now, I want you to keep
an eye on my sandwich.
Don't let anybody take it.
You understand
what I'm saying? Huh?
Don't, you're
gonna fall off again.
Here we go.
All right, lower it down, Roy.
We'll be gone all
day at the street fair.
Don't worry about us.
Okay. Now, you have a good time.
Mwah. Mwah.
All right, look, do me a favor.
Did you see the twins
anywhere running around?
Why don't you take
them with you, Dad?
Cliff, what kind of
grandfather are you?
I'm a desperate
one. Now would...
If... Would you take just one?
Quit whining, Grandpa.
You're just a rookie.
[chuckles]
Thanks a lot, Dad.
I appreciate it.
[trumpeting]
[trumpeting]
Okay, you two, have fun!
[trumpeting]
Give me this thing!
You are so silly.
No, wait, wait...
I am taking these things
out of here. I'm serious.
No, don't take...
Don't take the truck!
Please, let me...
Don't take the truck!
Please don't take the truck.
Now, the truck...
See, the truck doesn't
make any noise.
It doesn't make any noise.
I swear it doesn't
make any noise.
See, this is... this is
from when I was a boy.
[imitating truck horn]
You know?
Let a grown man
have his childhood.
All right, Roy.
Chhh ch-ch-ch ch.
I think she's gone. Open it up.
[making sound effects]
Okay... Close it up, boys.
[making sounds effects]
I worry about you sometimes.
Ooh. All right, boys.
Hope it isn't too
far back there.
Now this is what
we've been looking for.
[twins giggling]
Clean dishes, Mom.
Thank you, Sondra.
No, no. Thank you.
You and Dad have been great,
putting up with us for a month.
Well, we're family.
Have you heard anything from
the real estate company yet?
Oh, we should hear
any minute now.
Elvin's stopping over there
on his way home from work.
You know, Mom, this is great.
We are so excited about
the move into our new home.
Ah. [thump]
Yes. And we are happy for you.
You know, now
that the Benedettis
have reconciled and
cancelled the divorce,
they should be moving out
of the house any day now.
And you'll be moving in.
[twins' running footsteps]
Mom, are they bothering you?
[door slams] Aren't
they bothering you?
Well, yes, but Winnie and Nelson
have this natural exuberance
that Elvin and I encourage.
Uh-huh.
[twins giggling]
Hey, kids, kids!
Come here, come
here, come here! Ooh!
Oh, come now, come now.
Look, look. Okay.
Now, I want you to
settle down, okay?
You're bothering Grandma.
Now, she's sensitive.
You're not gonna
kick us out, are you?
Well, of course not.
Whatever gave you that idea?
Okay, Winnie and
Nelson, uh... skedaddle.
Come on.
Okay. Shh!
Grandma's sensitive.
Sondra, in the first place,
I am not sensitive.
And in the second
place, it is not Grandma,
it's "Mother: the Sequel."
Well, Roy, put this
away and save it for later.
Hey, Dad.
Well, well, if it
isn't Dr. Two-Shifts.
Yeah.
Man, you look beat.
Oh, man, you would not believe
what I've been through today.
Really?
Actually, maybe you would.
Thank you. Ha ha!
[groans]
It is so good to be home.
Yes, indeed.
In your home.
No, listen, Elvin, you've
been here several weeks now.
A whole month, Dad.
30 days.
30 days, man.
30 days, 12 hours,
and... 17 minutes.
Look, stop counting, man.
Just relax. Okay.
Relax. Thanks. Thanks, Dad.
You're welcome. Yeah.
[sigh] There you go.
Oh, you know what?
I bought this for you.
No, I don't want
any more presents.
You keep coming with these
presents, man. No, take it.
It's a free sample
from the gift shop.
I bought the bag,
though. Okay, yeah.
Well, thank you. Cologne.
Well, this is fantastic.
You're always
thinking of me. It's fine.
But, uh...
No more presents, man. No more.
That's it. No more.
Okay. I respect that.
This is your home.
Relax. Relax. Okay.
Oh, just relax. [sigh]
Oh, the old New England
Journal of Medicine. Mm-hmm.
May I suggest the
article on page 380?
It's... It's very good.
Yeah. Yeah. It's... [laughs]
Nelson and Winnie.
Amazing what a child can
do with a little bit of jelly.
Not only a little bit of jelly,
but there's also a
piece of bread in here.
And, uh, that's... Well...
Dad, don't dwell on it.
I'll buy you another one.
In fact, I'll renew the
whole subscription.
No, no. You don't have to
renew anything. No, I will.
Just... Just relax, Elvin. Okay.
You know what? [laughs]
I'm going to go
eat my egg salad.
I made this incredible
egg salad last night.
I'm just going to go in
the kitchen and eat it.
That's what I need.
Uh, I don't think that
on an empty stomach,
after working two
shifts, that egg salad...
is going to sit.
Mm, I... I can't agree
with you here, Doctor.
I think I'm in the mood
for this egg salad.
In fact, I've been
waiting all day long for it,
dreaming about it.
I made it with just the
right amount of mayonnaise,
a touch of paprika,
chopped celery,
olives, the green ones.
Yes? I'll give
you a little bit of it.
Um, uh, just out of curiosity.
Was that in the refrigerator
in the yellow bowl?
Yes!
And did it have a
piece of tape over it
that said "E.T."?
Yep. Uh-huh.
That's the one. E.T., that's me.
Oh, I thought it
stood for "eat this."
You ate it, didn't you?
Open up, Roy!
[making sound effects]
Here you go.
I saved some for ya!
A sandwich? Yeah!
You made a sandwich of
my... My luscious egg delight?
Yeah. Well, how do you eat it?
Au naturel, not...
Not slathered on
some hoagie roll!
Elvin, you take the top
off... No, no, don't do that!
And you scrape it off
and you don't worry!
I don't want to scrape it off.
No. No, it's... What's
the big deal, man?
You scrape it off the bread,
that's all. Just you finish it.
Finish what you started, you
know? What's the big deal?
And in a truck. In a truck?
[cartoon sound effects]
All right. [Nelson] Hi, Grandpa!
I got just the
thing for you guys!
And Granddad's gonna fix
something for you so good...
[TV shuts off] Ah!
Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey, listen.
You guys got a mess of
crumbs all over the house there.
There are crumbs in books,
there's jelly and
bread, all the places...
In drawers, where
people sit and everything.
But I've figured it out.
From now on, when you eat,
I got a nice restaurant for you.
As a matter of fact,
it's right in here.
This is where
you're going to eat.
Now, here's what
we're going to do.
This is a fort,
see? This is a fort.
And we want you to protect
the fort from nasty crumbs.
Now, this is your gun, see?
Now, you have one here.
Whenever you see a crumb,
you say, "Clean up the fort!"
You know, like the cowboys say,
"Watch it, pard, we
gotta clear 'em up!"
Protect... Eh? Huh?
[vacuum hums] Let me hear it!
There you go!
See, there's a...
There's a crumb!
Get it!
Mine for 'em!
All right. That's it.
That's where you eat,
that's where you clean up:
in the fort.
Okay.
No... Hey, how did
you get out of there?
Get back in the fort!
Come on.
We're too big to be in here.
No, you're not too
big to be in there.
We can get out anytime we want.
I know you can do
it anytime you want.
That's the point.
You should not want
to get out of here.
You stay in there.
And when you have a
crumb, you clean it up.
The reason why you're in here
is because you can't
control your crumbs!
Whew! Boy, you
guys are something.
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Why do you keep
getting out of there?
Huh?
Now get back in! Oh, never mind.
Look, I'll tell you
what we'll do.
Okay. Now, let me show you.
You hold this and
you hold your cookie.
All right, now,
we'll just take this,
put this right there.
You sit down on there.
Sit down on there.
Okay, now this is your area.
Don't get off this area.
Okay?
Don't get off this area.
You see a crumb, hit it.
Hit it! There you go! [humming]
All right, this is your fort
and you stay in here.
What's going on in here?
We're in here because
we're in a fort. Yeah!
Dad!
Huh? What's the matter?
Elvin, help me get
the kids out of here.
Um, okay. Winnie and Nelson,
go up to your room, okay?
Up to your room.
Come on. That's it.
Go on. Go ahead.
Dad, I don't believe
what I'm seeing in here.
You have my kids in a cage
with cookies and a vacuum?
It's like... It's like
Charles Dickens revisited.
Dickens never... never
had cookies and a vacuum.
Dad, this is pathetic.
You ought to be
ashamed of yourself.
No, dear.
This is a fort,
and they're in there
to protect my home
from all these cookies
and crumbs and stuff.
Elvin, Sondra, hi!
So, what's new?
What's happening?
Dad had incarcerated
my children.
I didn't incarcerate anybody.
This is a fort!
And I did that for
their protection.
From whom?
Uh, from the, uh, ugly crumb...
The gang of crumbs
that were attacking them.
Dad, you are
undermining everything
that Elvin and I believe in.
I... I understand, Sondra.
I deserve everything.
I...
I just might as well...
No! Don't come near me!
This is it!
I don't want anybody to
stop me be... Get back!
And from this point on,
you take another step
and I'm a clean man.
Dad, I'm serious... I
don't deserve to live!
You come closer, I
will Hooverize you.
And anybody else
that comes near me!
Do you understand?
Heh heh heh heh.
Elvin.
I think he means it.
Sondra, if you don't agree
with your father's methods,
maybe you shouldn't
leave him in charge.
Yes! Especially
with one of those.
Assault with a cleanly weapon.
Elvin, you weren't
laughing two hours ago
when he sucked
up your egg salad.
I didn't suck up the egg salad.
All I did was make a sandwich,
and I ate the egg salad.
Hah. You finished it, all right.
Yeah? Well, first of all,
let me explain something.
I thought it was a gift.
But then I should
have known better,
because it's my
eggs, my mayonnaise,
and my bowl.
And the only thing
that belonged to you
was the tape that you
wrote your initials on,
which you probably
stole from the hospital
in the first place.
No, Dad, it was my tape.
It was also my recipe,
and that's the last
you'll ever taste of it.
Well, I certainly don't
need any recipes,
but I could tell you
what I could use.
I could use a little
peace and quiet
and maybe my own
newspaper every now and then.
There you go.
Your own newspaper?
I'm the one who sits
there waiting for a section.
I offered you a section, Elvin.
The real estate section.
The one I thought you could use.
Look, Mom, Dad, we
are trying very hard
not to be a burden.
When?
When? We do some
of the housework.
And poor Elvin
spends all of his energy
showering you with gifts.
I don't need gifts!
I don't want any
dinky cologne samples.
If he wanted to
give me a present,
he could give me my periodicals
so I could read them and
have no jelly and bread
mixed in the pages,
instead of little,
ditzy, uh, gifts!
Dad, I wouldn't feel like I
had to give you ditzy little gifts
if I didn't feel
like a trapped rat.
Well, you studied animals.
You know what to do.
If you're a trapped rat
and you feel like one,
gnaw your foot off and get out.
Okay, all right. All
right, okay. Huh?
All right, now, obviously
we're all a little on edge here.
Come on! I'm not on edge!
Oh, come on. Yes,
yes, yes. I'm having fun.
[Cliff] I am having fun.
Well, look, Mom and
Dad, to be perfectly honest,
it's going to be more
than just a couple of days.
How long, Sondra?
It'll be 60 days at most.
We're having a little
problem with escrow.
Escrow? Escrow?
Well, look, Mom and Dad,
you just take time
and think about it,
and if we're too
much of a burden,
we'll just take the
children and go to a hotel.
Oh, oh, oh.
There you go with that again.
We'll just go upstairs...
There you go with that again.
Go on, take them to the hotel.
Take the wedgy upstairs.
Right, take your wedgy up there.
Here we go. Here we go.
It's that same stuff
they tried to pull before.
And it worked that time. Yes.
"We'll just go to a..."
And then they'll use
the grandchildren,
and they'll come downstairs
probably with torn
and tattered clothing.
"Good-bye, Grandma.
Good-bye, Grandpa."
And then you and I will
sit there and feel guilty
and say, "Okay, you can stay."
They're going to use us.
They're bluffing. They're
not going anywhere.
I'm going to talk to my father.
He'll be coming back
with Olivia sometime soon.
He and Mom have
two rooms over there,
and they don't use those rooms,
and my father loves
to take the children out.
He's always playing with them,
and I'll just put
it right to him.
About 60 days, Dad,
you keep Sondra,
Elvin, and the twins.
And he'll... you know,
Great-Grandfather
would love to show them
off, so I'll talk to him about it.
He'll go for that.
He'd better go for it.
He's my father.
Hi.
[gasps] Ooh.
You had your face
painted at the street fair.
Yes! I'm the sun.
Yes, you are.
Oh, my goodness, look at this.
We got a whole
solar system here.
What else did you
do at the street fair?
We got our palms
read by Madam Mowaj.
She gave me her secret powers.
Want me to read your palm?
How much?
$5.00.
No!
Okay, okay. $1.00.
Okay. Okay, Olivia.
You can read my palm, Olivia.
That is Madam Olivia.
Egg-squeeze me, Madam Olivia.
Go ahead.
Let me see your palm. Here.
Ooh. Ooh?
Interesting past.
Oh, you're going to do the past.
I see a mysterious
woman with a funny name.
Really? Yes.
Um, Urnice...
Urnice... Urnice Cantell.
Urnice Cantell?
Urnice Cantell.
Urnice Cantell is the
name of the woman?
Yes.
Look in there. Yes.
Now say the name again.
[mouthing words]
Urnice Cantell.
Urnice Cantell.
Could... Could that
be Eunice Chantilly?
Of course!
Yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes, yes.
Yes, yes, yes. That's the name?
That's the name. Okay.
Your hand was a little smudged.
I'm sorry.
Read on. Hmm.
When you was a little boy,
you did something that
got you in big trouble.
Uh-huh. Like what?
It's becoming clearer. Yeah?
I see a bicycle
tumbling, tumbling,
tumbling in the air.
Now I see a boy
tumbling, tumbling,
tumbling on the pavement.
I hear a father yelling...
[deep voice]
"Heathcliff, you fool!"
You... You see all that?
Yes! Uh-uh.
Now look in there.
Can you see the bike? Yes.
Okay.
What color is the bike?
It's getting cloudy.
The fortunes of Madam Olivia
is fading, fading, fading.
Now my powers are gone.
Yeah, and so is your dollar.
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Well, that's good
work, Madam Russell.
Yeah. Well, she's learning.
Yeah. Listen, I want to
talk to you about something.
Well, certainly, son.
It's kind of serious.
Uh, but first, let
me see your palm.
Uh-oh. Uh-huh.
Now listen to
this. Oh, I see it.
Uh-huh. It's clear.
I see a man, a grown man
with a family and a house,
and it's getting crowded.
Crowded.
And I see an even older
man with white hair...
A kind man, a noble
man, a wise man.
He has his own home.
He's giving support...
but no lodging.
Sit up straight, Heathcliff.
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[trumpeting]
[trumpeting]
Get down.
Get down, I said!
Go on, fall off the cliff.
[trumpeting]
You'll have to be
quiet, you know.
You're the one
that fell of the table.
It wasn't my fault.
You stay on the table,
you won't get hurt, okay?
You understand me?
[trumpeting] All right.
You better... [trumpeting]
Now, I want you to keep
an eye on my sandwich.
Don't let anybody take it.
You understand
what I'm saying? Huh?
Don't, you're
gonna fall off again.
Here we go.
All right, lower it down, Roy.
We'll be gone all
day at the street fair.
Don't worry about us.
Okay. Now, you have a good time.
Mwah. Mwah.
All right, look, do me a favor.
Did you see the twins
anywhere running around?
Why don't you take
them with you, Dad?
Cliff, what kind of
grandfather are you?
I'm a desperate
one. Now would...
If... Would you take just one?
Quit whining, Grandpa.
You're just a rookie.
[chuckles]
Thanks a lot, Dad.
I appreciate it.
[trumpeting]
[trumpeting]
Okay, you two, have fun!
[trumpeting]
Give me this thing!
You are so silly.
No, wait, wait...
I am taking these things
out of here. I'm serious.
No, don't take...
Don't take the truck!
Please, let me...
Don't take the truck!
Please don't take the truck.
Now, the truck...
See, the truck doesn't
make any noise.
It doesn't make any noise.
I swear it doesn't
make any noise.
See, this is... this is
from when I was a boy.
[imitating truck horn]
You know?
Let a grown man
have his childhood.
All right, Roy.
Chhh ch-ch-ch ch.
I think she's gone. Open it up.
[making sound effects]
Okay... Close it up, boys.
[making sounds effects]
I worry about you sometimes.
Ooh. All right, boys.
Hope it isn't too
far back there.
Now this is what
we've been looking for.
[twins giggling]
Clean dishes, Mom.
Thank you, Sondra.
No, no. Thank you.
You and Dad have been great,
putting up with us for a month.
Well, we're family.
Have you heard anything from
the real estate company yet?
Oh, we should hear
any minute now.
Elvin's stopping over there
on his way home from work.
You know, Mom, this is great.
We are so excited about
the move into our new home.
Ah. [thump]
Yes. And we are happy for you.
You know, now
that the Benedettis
have reconciled and
cancelled the divorce,
they should be moving out
of the house any day now.
And you'll be moving in.
[twins' running footsteps]
Mom, are they bothering you?
[door slams] Aren't
they bothering you?
Well, yes, but Winnie and Nelson
have this natural exuberance
that Elvin and I encourage.
Uh-huh.
[twins giggling]
Hey, kids, kids!
Come here, come
here, come here! Ooh!
Oh, come now, come now.
Look, look. Okay.
Now, I want you to
settle down, okay?
You're bothering Grandma.
Now, she's sensitive.
You're not gonna
kick us out, are you?
Well, of course not.
Whatever gave you that idea?
Okay, Winnie and
Nelson, uh... skedaddle.
Come on.
Okay. Shh!
Grandma's sensitive.
Sondra, in the first place,
I am not sensitive.
And in the second
place, it is not Grandma,
it's "Mother: the Sequel."
Well, Roy, put this
away and save it for later.
Hey, Dad.
Well, well, if it
isn't Dr. Two-Shifts.
Yeah.
Man, you look beat.
Oh, man, you would not believe
what I've been through today.
Really?
Actually, maybe you would.
Thank you. Ha ha!
[groans]
It is so good to be home.
Yes, indeed.
In your home.
No, listen, Elvin, you've
been here several weeks now.
A whole month, Dad.
30 days.
30 days, man.
30 days, 12 hours,
and... 17 minutes.
Look, stop counting, man.
Just relax. Okay.
Relax. Thanks. Thanks, Dad.
You're welcome. Yeah.
[sigh] There you go.
Oh, you know what?
I bought this for you.
No, I don't want
any more presents.
You keep coming with these
presents, man. No, take it.
It's a free sample
from the gift shop.
I bought the bag,
though. Okay, yeah.
Well, thank you. Cologne.
Well, this is fantastic.
You're always
thinking of me. It's fine.
But, uh...
No more presents, man. No more.
That's it. No more.
Okay. I respect that.
This is your home.
Relax. Relax. Okay.
Oh, just relax. [sigh]
Oh, the old New England
Journal of Medicine. Mm-hmm.
May I suggest the
article on page 380?
It's... It's very good.
Yeah. Yeah. It's... [laughs]
Nelson and Winnie.
Amazing what a child can
do with a little bit of jelly.
Not only a little bit of jelly,
but there's also a
piece of bread in here.
And, uh, that's... Well...
Dad, don't dwell on it.
I'll buy you another one.
In fact, I'll renew the
whole subscription.
No, no. You don't have to
renew anything. No, I will.
Just... Just relax, Elvin. Okay.
You know what? [laughs]
I'm going to go
eat my egg salad.
I made this incredible
egg salad last night.
I'm just going to go in
the kitchen and eat it.
That's what I need.
Uh, I don't think that
on an empty stomach,
after working two
shifts, that egg salad...
is going to sit.
Mm, I... I can't agree
with you here, Doctor.
I think I'm in the mood
for this egg salad.
In fact, I've been
waiting all day long for it,
dreaming about it.
I made it with just the
right amount of mayonnaise,
a touch of paprika,
chopped celery,
olives, the green ones.
Yes? I'll give
you a little bit of it.
Um, uh, just out of curiosity.
Was that in the refrigerator
in the yellow bowl?
Yes!
And did it have a
piece of tape over it
that said "E.T."?
Yep. Uh-huh.
That's the one. E.T., that's me.
Oh, I thought it
stood for "eat this."
You ate it, didn't you?
Open up, Roy!
[making sound effects]
Here you go.
I saved some for ya!
A sandwich? Yeah!
You made a sandwich of
my... My luscious egg delight?
Yeah. Well, how do you eat it?
Au naturel, not...
Not slathered on
some hoagie roll!
Elvin, you take the top
off... No, no, don't do that!
And you scrape it off
and you don't worry!
I don't want to scrape it off.
No. No, it's... What's
the big deal, man?
You scrape it off the bread,
that's all. Just you finish it.
Finish what you started, you
know? What's the big deal?
And in a truck. In a truck?
[cartoon sound effects]
All right. [Nelson] Hi, Grandpa!
I got just the
thing for you guys!
And Granddad's gonna fix
something for you so good...
[TV shuts off] Ah!
Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey, listen.
You guys got a mess of
crumbs all over the house there.
There are crumbs in books,
there's jelly and
bread, all the places...
In drawers, where
people sit and everything.
But I've figured it out.
From now on, when you eat,
I got a nice restaurant for you.
As a matter of fact,
it's right in here.
This is where
you're going to eat.
Now, here's what
we're going to do.
This is a fort,
see? This is a fort.
And we want you to protect
the fort from nasty crumbs.
Now, this is your gun, see?
Now, you have one here.
Whenever you see a crumb,
you say, "Clean up the fort!"
You know, like the cowboys say,
"Watch it, pard, we
gotta clear 'em up!"
Protect... Eh? Huh?
[vacuum hums] Let me hear it!
There you go!
See, there's a...
There's a crumb!
Get it!
Mine for 'em!
All right. That's it.
That's where you eat,
that's where you clean up:
in the fort.
Okay.
No... Hey, how did
you get out of there?
Get back in the fort!
Come on.
We're too big to be in here.
No, you're not too
big to be in there.
We can get out anytime we want.
I know you can do
it anytime you want.
That's the point.
You should not want
to get out of here.
You stay in there.
And when you have a
crumb, you clean it up.
The reason why you're in here
is because you can't
control your crumbs!
Whew! Boy, you
guys are something.
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Why do you keep
getting out of there?
Huh?
Now get back in! Oh, never mind.
Look, I'll tell you
what we'll do.
Okay. Now, let me show you.
You hold this and
you hold your cookie.
All right, now,
we'll just take this,
put this right there.
You sit down on there.
Sit down on there.
Okay, now this is your area.
Don't get off this area.
Okay?
Don't get off this area.
You see a crumb, hit it.
Hit it! There you go! [humming]
All right, this is your fort
and you stay in here.
What's going on in here?
We're in here because
we're in a fort. Yeah!
Dad!
Huh? What's the matter?
Elvin, help me get
the kids out of here.
Um, okay. Winnie and Nelson,
go up to your room, okay?
Up to your room.
Come on. That's it.
Go on. Go ahead.
Dad, I don't believe
what I'm seeing in here.
You have my kids in a cage
with cookies and a vacuum?
It's like... It's like
Charles Dickens revisited.
Dickens never... never
had cookies and a vacuum.
Dad, this is pathetic.
You ought to be
ashamed of yourself.
No, dear.
This is a fort,
and they're in there
to protect my home
from all these cookies
and crumbs and stuff.
Elvin, Sondra, hi!
So, what's new?
What's happening?
Dad had incarcerated
my children.
I didn't incarcerate anybody.
This is a fort!
And I did that for
their protection.
From whom?
Uh, from the, uh, ugly crumb...
The gang of crumbs
that were attacking them.
Dad, you are
undermining everything
that Elvin and I believe in.
I... I understand, Sondra.
I deserve everything.
I...
I just might as well...
No! Don't come near me!
This is it!
I don't want anybody to
stop me be... Get back!
And from this point on,
you take another step
and I'm a clean man.
Dad, I'm serious... I
don't deserve to live!
You come closer, I
will Hooverize you.
And anybody else
that comes near me!
Do you understand?
Heh heh heh heh.
Elvin.
I think he means it.
Sondra, if you don't agree
with your father's methods,
maybe you shouldn't
leave him in charge.
Yes! Especially
with one of those.
Assault with a cleanly weapon.
Elvin, you weren't
laughing two hours ago
when he sucked
up your egg salad.
I didn't suck up the egg salad.
All I did was make a sandwich,
and I ate the egg salad.
Hah. You finished it, all right.
Yeah? Well, first of all,
let me explain something.
I thought it was a gift.
But then I should
have known better,
because it's my
eggs, my mayonnaise,
and my bowl.
And the only thing
that belonged to you
was the tape that you
wrote your initials on,
which you probably
stole from the hospital
in the first place.
No, Dad, it was my tape.
It was also my recipe,
and that's the last
you'll ever taste of it.
Well, I certainly don't
need any recipes,
but I could tell you
what I could use.
I could use a little
peace and quiet
and maybe my own
newspaper every now and then.
There you go.
Your own newspaper?
I'm the one who sits
there waiting for a section.
I offered you a section, Elvin.
The real estate section.
The one I thought you could use.
Look, Mom, Dad, we
are trying very hard
not to be a burden.
When?
When? We do some
of the housework.
And poor Elvin
spends all of his energy
showering you with gifts.
I don't need gifts!
I don't want any
dinky cologne samples.
If he wanted to
give me a present,
he could give me my periodicals
so I could read them and
have no jelly and bread
mixed in the pages,
instead of little,
ditzy, uh, gifts!
Dad, I wouldn't feel like I
had to give you ditzy little gifts
if I didn't feel
like a trapped rat.
Well, you studied animals.
You know what to do.
If you're a trapped rat
and you feel like one,
gnaw your foot off and get out.
Okay, all right. All
right, okay. Huh?
All right, now, obviously
we're all a little on edge here.
Come on! I'm not on edge!
Oh, come on. Yes,
yes, yes. I'm having fun.
[Cliff] I am having fun.
Well, look, Mom and
Dad, to be perfectly honest,
it's going to be more
than just a couple of days.
How long, Sondra?
It'll be 60 days at most.
We're having a little
problem with escrow.
Escrow? Escrow?
Well, look, Mom and Dad,
you just take time
and think about it,
and if we're too
much of a burden,
we'll just take the
children and go to a hotel.
Oh, oh, oh.
There you go with that again.
We'll just go upstairs...
There you go with that again.
Go on, take them to the hotel.
Take the wedgy upstairs.
Right, take your wedgy up there.
Here we go. Here we go.
It's that same stuff
they tried to pull before.
And it worked that time. Yes.
"We'll just go to a..."
And then they'll use
the grandchildren,
and they'll come downstairs
probably with torn
and tattered clothing.
"Good-bye, Grandma.
Good-bye, Grandpa."
And then you and I will
sit there and feel guilty
and say, "Okay, you can stay."
They're going to use us.
They're bluffing. They're
not going anywhere.
I'm going to talk to my father.
He'll be coming back
with Olivia sometime soon.
He and Mom have
two rooms over there,
and they don't use those rooms,
and my father loves
to take the children out.
He's always playing with them,
and I'll just put
it right to him.
About 60 days, Dad,
you keep Sondra,
Elvin, and the twins.
And he'll... you know,
Great-Grandfather
would love to show them
off, so I'll talk to him about it.
He'll go for that.
He'd better go for it.
He's my father.
Hi.
[gasps] Ooh.
You had your face
painted at the street fair.
Yes! I'm the sun.
Yes, you are.
Oh, my goodness, look at this.
We got a whole
solar system here.
What else did you
do at the street fair?
We got our palms
read by Madam Mowaj.
She gave me her secret powers.
Want me to read your palm?
How much?
$5.00.
No!
Okay, okay. $1.00.
Okay. Okay, Olivia.
You can read my palm, Olivia.
That is Madam Olivia.
Egg-squeeze me, Madam Olivia.
Go ahead.
Let me see your palm. Here.
Ooh. Ooh?
Interesting past.
Oh, you're going to do the past.
I see a mysterious
woman with a funny name.
Really? Yes.
Um, Urnice...
Urnice... Urnice Cantell.
Urnice Cantell?
Urnice Cantell.
Urnice Cantell is the
name of the woman?
Yes.
Look in there. Yes.
Now say the name again.
[mouthing words]
Urnice Cantell.
Urnice Cantell.
Could... Could that
be Eunice Chantilly?
Of course!
Yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes, yes.
Yes, yes, yes. That's the name?
That's the name. Okay.
Your hand was a little smudged.
I'm sorry.
Read on. Hmm.
When you was a little boy,
you did something that
got you in big trouble.
Uh-huh. Like what?
It's becoming clearer. Yeah?
I see a bicycle
tumbling, tumbling,
tumbling in the air.
Now I see a boy
tumbling, tumbling,
tumbling on the pavement.
I hear a father yelling...
[deep voice]
"Heathcliff, you fool!"
You... You see all that?
Yes! Uh-uh.
Now look in there.
Can you see the bike? Yes.
Okay.
What color is the bike?
It's getting cloudy.
The fortunes of Madam Olivia
is fading, fading, fading.
Now my powers are gone.
Yeah, and so is your dollar.
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Well, that's good
work, Madam Russell.
Yeah. Well, she's learning.
Yeah. Listen, I want to
talk to you about something.
Well, certainly, son.
It's kind of serious.
Uh, but first, let
me see your palm.
Uh-oh. Uh-huh.
Now listen to
this. Oh, I see it.
Uh-huh. It's clear.
I see a man, a grown man
with a family and a house,
and it's getting crowded.
Crowded.
And I see an even older
man with white hair...
A kind man, a noble
man, a wise man.
He has his own home.
He's giving support...
but no lodging.
Sit up straight, Heathcliff.
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