All language subtitles for Roc s03e13 Shove It up Your Aspirin.eng

Well, another space
shuttle's going up

with some research
animals on it.

Now I hope this time
they send some real rats

like Daryl gates
and Howard stern

and rush limbaugh.

- Oh, man.
- What's wrong, roc?

I just added up all the hospital
bills from having the baby.

After the insurance pays 80%,
we're still gonna owe $1600.

Oh, god. How are
we gonna pay that?

Well, we're gonna have
to cut back on the utilities.

I think we're gonna
start with the electricity.

The TV can only be
on two hours a day.

Well, roc, it cuts off
after an hour, anyway

'cause it starts
cracklin' and smokin'.

Well, if we really
wanna save some money

we can, uh, open
up the back of the TV

and bake potatoes in it.

Hey, hey.

- Hey, Joey.
- What?

Cassandra said she can't go
out with you tomorrow night.

She said she had
to wash her hair.

Well, that's, uh,
that's too bad.

Ooh, Joey, you gonna buy that?

Now that's the oldest
excuse in the books.

Sound to me like she don't
really wanna go out with you

but she trying to
spare your feelings.

I know and it almost worked

but she done
shot that all to hell.

Better call her and give
a piece of my mind...

Oh, no, no, no, no.
Unh-unh, no, unh-unh, no.

No, no. We got
a big hospital bill

and we're trying to
save some money.

You got your apartment now

you can't use this
phone anymore.

Alright. I'll use the
one in the kitchen.

What did I tell you? No!

Alright, alright, alright.
I'll just make a sandwich.

Look, didn't I tell
you we economizin'?

You can't eat all your
meals here anymore.

Uh, Eleanor, you
got any waffle mix

some, uh, syrup and some eggs?

Joey, didn't you hear
what roc just said?

Yeah, I know, but
if I can't eat here

I'm gonna stock up.

[Theme song]

♪ Baby

♪ there's a man

♪ with no future so it seems

♪ can't live out his dreams

♪ now he's trapped
into thinking ♪

♪ he won't succeed

♪ and he can't believe

♪ live your life today ♪ oh yeah

♪ not for tomorrow
♪ not for tomorrow

♪ ah ♪ oh

♪ live your life today

- hey, sweetheart.
- Hey, baby.

Ooh.

Your son can't seem
to get enough to eat.

I got a feelin' I'm gonna be
up with him all night again.

Oh, sweetheart, you know,
watching you sitting there

breastfeeding our son

almost brings a tear to my eye.

Oh, well, natural
things like that

are kind of beautiful, you know.

Well, you know, it's
not that, you know.

It's knowing that
he's eating for free.

[Laughing] Oh, roc.

Well, that's not the only good
thing about breastfeeding.

The mother's milk is
more nutritious for the baby.

Has less fat than formula

and it helps to develop
the immune system.

I don't know why more
sisters don't breastfeed.

Yeah, you're right, sweetheart.

Hey, son, so you like that
low-fat, vitamin-enriched

good-tasting mama's
milk, don't you, huh?

Just remember,
the best things in life

are either free or real cheap.

- Alright. Hey, roc, sis.
- Hmm.

I got some really messed up
news I wanna talk to you about

so you better sit down, roc.

What's going on? What's
wrong? What's, what's wrong?

Alright. It's been three
weeks and four days

since I had my last date.

Me, Joey Emerson, dateless.

[Laughing]

- Hey!
- Well, that's a shame, Joey.

I guess being
jobless and penniless

doesn't make you quite the
catch you used to be, huh?

[Gasping]

Sheila, baby, what's
wrong with your arm?

- What's the matter?
- Uh, she fell off a bike.

- I think I broke it.
- Let me see.

Oh, roc, she gotta go
to emergency room...

Okay, okay, okay, I'll
get the car. I'll get the car.

Now, Sheila, keep
your arm real still, baby.

Hey, hey, maybe I can
break out of my slump

if I answer one of these
ads in the personal.

Hey, hey, check this one out.

"Attractive aerobics
instructor seeks charming man

"for long walks,
picnics in the park

and midnight rendezvous."

- Hmm.
- "Phone 5-5-5-3-9-8-2.

Ask for... Frank."

Brilliant offer.

Mr. Emerson?

[All] Yes.

We're all Mr. Emersons, but
I'm the one with the money.

- Uh, how's Sheila?
- Sheila will be fine.

All she's got is a small
fracture in her arm.

- Oh, okay.
- Oh, so it's nothing serious?

No, it isn't, but she'll need

physical therapy when
the cast comes off.

Well, thank you
for helping Sheila

nurse, uh, Williams.

I'm Joey Emerson.
I'm her other guardian.

Well, she's a very
special little girl.

Well, yes, she is,
and she's very lucky

to have somebody care
for her who is as professional

and attentive and sensitive

and shapely and
has such sensual...

Joey, Joey, Joey. You
wanna, you wanna sit down?

If you'll sign this form

the bill will be mailed to you.

Look, why-why don't I
just take care of this all now

and get it out of the way, okay?

Sure. Just see the cashier.

Alright. Thank you.

- Pop, did you see that?
- Mm-hmm.

It's my best stuff, one
of my greatest hits.

I use my sensual hands bit

coupled with the
hypnotic eye routine.

But nothing. She's
left a cold brother.

What-what, am I losing my touch?

Oh, no, you're not, son.

I'm sure if you
put your mind to it

you can charm that young woman

into the kind of meaningless
relationship you want.

Thanks, pop.

Wow. Man, look how
hard you're workin'.

You know, being a nurse must
be a real rewarding profession.

You know, I-I probably would
have got into medicine myself

but being a musical
prodigy, I was sidetracked

with the success of the trumpet.

And what do you do?

Well, I'm retired now

so I guess you could
say I'm the chief engineer

in charge of the,
uh, remote control.

Hey, uh, did I mention
that sometimes I sit in

with arsenio hall's band?

Yeah, you probably can't see
me 'cause they always put me

behind the congress,
but I'm there

redefining music as we
know it. Well, yeah, you...

You know, I have
a break coming up.

Would you like to get
some coffee or something?

Why, thanks..

But, uh, we have
to get Sheila home.

Well, if you're ever
around the hospital again

stop by and say hi.

I like coffee.

Well, well, no, no, no, no,
no. This just can't be right.

Eight hundred dollars! All
she had was a broken arm.

That cast, but I have
a rolex watch on.

What form of payment
will you be using today?

Oh, none. That goes
on my insurance.

I'm sorry, but the
computer shows

that Sheila's not
a legal dependent

so she's not covered
by your insurance.

Well, then take my
brother off and put her on.

- I can't do that.
- Wait a minute.

You mean I'm supposed
to pay this whole thing?

Now, look, my wife
just had a baby, right?

I mean, in between
my wife's pregnancy

a-and the medical
bills for the baby, right

and the, and the physical
therapy Sheila's gonna need

I'll be in the poorhouse.

I understand completely.

We take visa or master charge.

Whoa, n-no, I can't afford this!

Excuse me.

Are you gonna be
much longer, roc?

I'm on my lunch break

and I gotta get
Tony back to school.

Uh, hey, Pam, how are you doing?

Look, I'm having a
little problem here.

Hey, hey, Tony, how
are you doin', man?

I had to pull him out
of school again today.

We had another diabetic episode.

The doctor says
it's getting worse.

He's gonna need
Insulin injections.

I mean, well, that-that
should help a little, shouldn't it?

If I can afford it.

We don't have insurance. I
don't know what I'm gonna do.

Mr. Emerson, I don't
have all day with this.

Now if you'd like to make a
more flexible payment plan

go see financial services.

Well, where are they?

Follow the blue
line on the floor

until it turns into a red line.

Then just before it
turns into a green line

take the purple line
all the way to the end.

Well, then can I have
some breadcrumbs

so I can find my way back?

Uh, excuse me. I'm
looking for a Mr. Cole

the, uh, hospital administrator.

Yeah, that's-that's me.

Just-just one minute, please.

Gwen, I've got another
budget meeting at 4 o'clock

and I can't find my aspirin

and I can't find
my pepto-bismol.

Oh, here, here it is.

It's right behind my scotch.

Uh, uh, don't let
that happen again.

[Clears throat] Well, uh, Mr. Emerson,
what seems to be the problem?

Financial services
said you'd be up.

What-what's the problem?

Well, the problem is, you know

I-I can't afford
to pay this now.

Now I asked financial
services to combine this bill

with the bill from
my wife's pregnancy

and Sheila's, uh,
physical therapy, you know

and put together a-a payment
plan for the whole thing.

Now I was thinking, you know,
something like $40 a month.

But they said I had
to pay $150 a month.

Well, we calculate
our installments

on an ability-to-pay basis.

Uh, uh, let me see
this, uh, insurance.

Says right here, you
have steady employment.

Well, do you also understand,
you know, we just had a baby?

- 'Yeah.'
- and my father lives with us.

And my brother, you
know, he lives off us.

And, uh, and this
bill is for a little girl

who just, who's
just staying with us.

Oh, the person
who has the injury

is the one who's
not on the policy.

Boy, isn't that life all over?

Uh, yeah, well, uh,
Mr., uh, Mr. Emerson

you understand that
this hospital has some

it has some very serious
financial problems.

Now there are people
in this community

a lot of people, who
cannot pay their bills.

So in order to-to
minimize the shortfall

we, we have to impose a-a
much stiffer payment schedule

on the people who
can pay, like-like you.

Uh, so the bottom line is

I'm not poor enough
to get free healthcare

and I'm not rich
enough to pay the bill.

- Well, I-I wouldn't put it...
- Well, of course, you wouldn't.

You're trying to get
me to pay the bill!

Now, please, please, please

just try to remain calm.

My job is hard enough as it is.

I have enough stomach
acid to digest a brick.

I-I'm having a little,
I'm having a little trouble

with, uh, some of
these figures on here.

I mean, like,
like-like this one.

You know, like "gauze, 68.00."
Now what does that code mean?

Well, that isn't a code.
That's the charge.

Well, you mean to tell me
you're charging me $68 for gauze?

Did I buy gauze for
the whole hospital?

I didn't know that!
No, I didn't know that.

Hey, hey, hey,
the gauze is on me!

Hey, everybody, step right in!

Oh, no, no, Mr., Mr.,
Mr. Emerson, please.

As I already told you, in
order to-to keep the doors

open for the indigent

the people who can pay
more are charged more.

You know, Mr. Cole, look,
Mr. Cole, I know the people

in this community
you call indigent.

Like my friend Pam and
her son, I don't see them

getting any of this free
healthcare you're talking about.

So why don't you quit using
poor people as an excuse?

Alright, alright.

You're right. You're-you're
right about that.

The bill also
reflects other things.

It reflects the drug cost,
it reflects the doctor's fees

and some doctors and some
drug companies overcharge

because they, well,
because they can.

Well, look, look, look,
i'm-I'm in a bind here.

Look, I mean, can
you cut me some slack?

Listen, just let me pay
the $40 a month, okay?

No, if the financial services
said it's $150, it's $150.

We have to draw
the line somewhere.

Oh, so you're drawing
the line with me, huh?

Listen, Mr. Cole..

All my life, I've paid
every bill I've ever gotten.

I've never asked
anyone for a free ride.

But, Mr. Cole, you don't
seem to give a damn

what my situation is.

So I'm gonna tell you
my payment policy.

I'm not paying this bill.

If you don't pay the bill

we're going to
take legal action.

Well, if I have to go to court
to defend what I think is right

then so be it.

By the way, how do,
how do I get out of here?

You take the green
line till you find the pink...

Oh, man.

- Hey, son.
- Hey, pop.

- Daddy, here's mail for you.
- Oh.

Hmm.

Ah.

Oh, this is a chain letter.

Well, daddy, don't do that.
That could bring us bad luck.

Well, I'm already sharin'
a house with my two sons

a garbage man and
an unemployed gambler.

I'll take my chances.

Look what we got.

Here's the hospital bill
for Sheila's broken arm.

Throw it away. Throw
it away, Eleanor.

I told that guy I'm
not paying for that.

- Roc.
- Well, look, that guy..

I don't like that guy's attitude,
you know what I mean?

He's gotta learn that
medical care, you know

isn't about budgets,
it's about people.

Roc, it's not Mr. Cole's fault.

I mean, you can't blame
him. I work at that hospital

and it's true,
they are in a bind.

They're in a bind
because they overcharge.

You know, there's a charge
for the guy who takes the x-rays

another charge for
the guy who looks at it

and a charge for the
guy who puts the cast on.

I mean, what if a garbage
man charge like that, Eleanor?

What if I said, "hey,
hey, hey, that will be $10

"for putting, taking a lid off
that can, $5 for putting it on

"and another $10
for-for cleaning up

behind the knuckleheads
who don't tie their twist tops."

Roc, only you can start out

talkin' about the
healthcare crisis

and end up on garbage etiquette.

Now, Eleanor, Eleanor, you
seem to be missing my point.

Look, i-i, I made a decision
and I'm sticking to it.

Now throw that away.

Roc, you never threw
a bill away in your life.

You're just not
that kind of person.

Well, I'm gonna
throw this one away.

So go, just go
and do it, please.

Throw it away.

I know you, roc. That
bill is not gonna stay

in that trashcan.

It's gonna haunt
you until you pay it.

[Hits piano keys]

[Inhales sharply]

[Eleanor] 'Roc, would
you pick up some bread'

'on your way back
from the hospital?'

Hey, pop. What
are you doing here?

I brought Sheila for
her physical therapy.

Uh, what are you doing here?

Oh, I'm trying another
shot at that nurse Williams.

I got a whole new approach
worked out. Check this out.

Okay, she's a nurse, right? So
I'm gonna play on her sympathy.

I'm gonna tell her I
messed up my ankle.

Check out this limp. I'm
quite proud of this one.

Ah. Ah. See?

Oh, Joey, when
are you gonna learn?

Women see right
through those games.

If I were you, I'd
be honest with her.

- Honesty, huh?
- 'Hmm.'

that's a scam I haven't
tried yet. I'm gonna check..

Well, she's there now,
pop. Wish me luck.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, nurse Williams?

- Oh, hello, Mr. Emerson.
- Uh, hello, listen.

I know I came on a little
strong the last time I was here

and I apologize for that.

Uh, the truth is I find
you very attractive

and I'd like to get
to know you better.

I like a man who says
what's on his mind.

So then you'll, uh, have
dinner with me sometime?

- That'd be nice.
- Oh, that's great.

That's great. Uh..

I-I haven't had a date
in a long time, you know.

I know what you mean.

I mean, it's so hard
to meet nice people.

Now I don't have any
trouble meeting people

but I've been in such
a bad slump lately.

But I'm back now, you know.

That's what this is all about.
Breaking your dating slump.

Slump, what? Now,
d-did I say slump?

No, I, no, I, what I meant was
I have a, I had a limp lately.

See, I, I, I had a limp.

Got some shrapnel
when I was in desert storm

and it, and it, and it..

Anyway, I just
struck out, didn't I?

- Have a nice dinner.
- Struck out.

I, well, I went down swinging.

Hey, Pam, how you doing?

[Sighs] Tony got
really sick, roc.

They started him on the Insulin

and she's giving me
a hard time on the bill.

Mrs. Brooks, I'm
only pointing out

that with the added
cost of the Insulin

your usual $30 a
month just isn't enough.

Where do you want me to
get the money, miss Hawkins?

I work two jobs to pay you now.

Oh, come on, give her a break.
She'll find a way to pay you.

Mr. Emerson, would you like to
come back here and do my job?

Well, if I did, I'd
have a little more

you know, understanding.

Look, if you don't
give me a break

I really don't know
what I'm gonna do.

I can't afford the medicine

and I don't have
health insurance.

Uh, it's not much better
when you have insurance.

I got 80% coverage
and I still owe $3000.

- Three thousand dollars!
- It could have been more.

I had a car accident. They
wanted to keep me here.

But with these prices, I decided

to go home and get
well in my own bed.

Well, if you'd rather
talk than pay your bill

would you mind if I took
care of these other people?

- Who's next?
- W-Wait-wait a minute.

Hold it, hold it,
everybody. Wait a minute.

Man, this is important now.

I mean, somebody's gotta
question these crazy bills.

Why do we pay
these high prices, huh?

And why do you have to suffer
just because you don't have

health insurance? I
mean, that's not fair.

Healthcare has to be
a right, not a privilege.

[All agreeing]

Oh, no. The bald
guy's back again.

Hey, Mr. Cole. Mr. Cole, could
you come here a minute, please?

Yes, certainly. Uh, get
me my pepto-bismol.

Mr. Cole

I'd like you to meet the faces
behind your hospital bills.

See, whenever you
charge somebody, uh

$500 for an X-ray
or $10 for an aspirin

there's a human being
who has to live with it.

I'd pay $20 for an
aspirin right now.

I want you to meet
my friend Pam here.

I mean, did you know
she has to work two jobs

just so she can try to
put a little dent in her bill?

And her son needs Insulin

to stay alive and
she can't afford it?

And this man, this man
refused treatment he needed

because he was afraid
he couldn't pay the bill!

- No, I-I-I didn't know that...
- Look-look-look.

We're all hard-working
responsible people

and we're willing
to pay our bills

but these prices are crazy.

He's right, Mr. Cole.

Yeah, what we need is a
bit more help with these bills.

[All talking together]

I'm not gonna have to, I
don't have to listen to this.

You, sir, are a troublemaker.

We're going to take a little
walk down the security..

We're going to take a little
walk down to the secur..

Please, let me just talk to
you privately just for a minute.

Please.

The last thing I need is
for you to be stirring up

these people in here.

Now if you'll just
get out of my hair

you can pay your $40 a month.

No, forget it.
Forget it, Mr. Cole.

When I started this, I
was worried about my bill.

But you know something,
Mr. Cole, you've educated me.

Now I've learned what
goes on in this hospital.

You don't give a
damn about the people

you're supposed to be serving.

I mean, I see the way you've
treated my friend Pam here.

So if you think I'm gonna cut
a deal with you, you're crazy!

- Shh! Mister...
- Look, everybody, look.

Everybody here and
everybody in this country

has to do something about
this healthcare situation

or it's just gonna get worse.

Now I don't know what
you all are gonna do

but I'm gonna tell you
what, I'm making my stand

right here and now.
Enough is enough.

[All agreeing and applauding]

I-I think I'm having a
nervous breakdown.

Which is the way, the best
way to the-the psychiatric ward?

Uh, follow the yellow line...

[all] Until it turns
into the blue line..

[All talking indistinctly]

Uh, nurse Williams? Hey.

Oh, no, no, no,
no. Listen, listen, I..

I just came by to apologize
for everything, okay?

Now I admit I was
trying to use you

to break my dating slump,
but slump or no slump

I'd really like to get a
chance to know you.

Joey, if you'd just
been straight with me

from the beginning, things
might have been different.

So i-it's not possible to
have a second chance?

- Well, no more games?
- No more games.

I'm h-honest, no more
games. I'm on the level.

See, I want you to get to know
the real Joey Emerson, see?

I want you to understand
something that

i'm-i'm-I'm nothing like..

Nothing like..

Like her..

What was I saying?

You were sayin' goodbye.

Now, wait, hold-hold,
wait a minute, wait-wait.

Hold on, wait. No, I, uh,
I'm not interested in her.

I thought that was
my cousin. Uh..

Excuse me, did you see
where.. No, you were reading.

How are you doing?
I'm Joey Emerson.

I'm with arsenio's band. Hey.

[Indistinct]

[Theme music]

Repair and Synchronization by
Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0