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[Theme - Jack Jones, "the love boat theme"]

Theme song: Love, exciting and new.

Come aboard.

We're expecting you.

And love, life's sweetest reward, let it flow.

It floats back to you.

Love boat, soon will be making another run.

The love boat promises something for everyone.

Set a course for adventure, your mind on a new romance.

And love won't hurt anymore.

It's an open smile on a friendly shore.

It's love!

Welcome aboard, it's love!

[Phone rings]

Merrill!

Ellen!

Both: (Laughing) Oh!

Oh, you look fabulous.

Well, for a widowed woman.

For a woman woman.

You always know the right things to say.

Well!

I've lined you up for the ship's activities,

plus a tour of the entire ship.

And tomorrow evening you'll be dining at my table.

The vif treatment.

The "vif"?

Very important friend.

(Laughing) Oh!

You don't have to fuss for me, merrill, I'll be fine!

No, you've been hibernating too long, Helen.

This cruise is just the kind of thing you need--

enjoyable, entertaining, and I'll

introduce you to some very charming people.

(Laughing) Oh!

Stubing?

Dutch, has it ever occurred to you to call me "captain"?

I know I would, if I were you.

You ain't me, sister.

I call him "stubing."

Chief boden, I allow you a certain amount of Liberty

because you're the best engineer I know,

but I will not tolerate disrespect to my passengers.

Sometimes you go too far!

Maybe I do, but nobody's going anywhere for a couple of hours.

I've got to get ashore and pick up a crankshaft casing

for the number 2 engine.

You do this every time we're ready to leave port.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with our number 2 engine!

They're my babies.

If one of my babies don't feel right, I know it!

You've had a crankshaft casing in storage for six months, now.

You can use the casing from the number

3 auxiliary engine as a backup!

You only steer the ship, stubing.

I run it.

You handle belowdecks, chief.

I'll handle topside.

And I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't

come up here dressed like that.

Nobody told me this was a best dressed man contest.

In case you're, uh, wondering, you came in last.

Stubing, your taste in broads's getting a lot better.

At least this one has nice pins!

She is not a "broad," and she does not have nice pins!

Really!

I think they look great.

But then maybe you're not a leg man, stubing!

[Laugh]

(Laughing) Oh!

Karen, stop worrying!

So Jenny misses one ballet lesson.

It's the first time we've left her alone.

I just don't want her to feel neglected.

Neglected?

She's smothered with love.

Tony, remembering things like that in lessons

can mean a lot to a child.

Ok, I'll wire the sitter.

Stay here, and relax.

Ah, welcome aboard, miss.

Fairchild.

I'm Adam bricker, the ship's doctor,

and this is Vicki stubing.

How do you do ?

I didn't think anyone would recognize

me, behind these dark glasses and under this big hat.

Especially since I've been retired all these years!

Ah, your wonderful pictures have

given you a very famous face.

(Laughing) Oh!

That's very kind of you, doctor.

Let's see-- you are on the promenade deck,

cabin 215, miss.

Fairchild.

Thank you, Vicki.

See you.

Who is Nancy Fairchild?

Oh, she was a very big star--

phenomenal actress.

Oh, honey, isn't it beautiful!

Hello-- welcome aboard.

I'm Julie McCoy, your cruise director.

Oh, hello.

I'm f lix Sheppard.

How do you do?

Fine.

And this is my wife, Andrea.

We were just married this afternoon.

Well then, on behalf of the whole crew,

I hope you have a terrific cruise.

And we wish you a long and happy life together.

Oh, thank you very much, Julie.

Too bad it will all be over tomorrow night.

[Giggle]

Karen?

Karen!

Well, isn't this an unhappy coincidence.

It doesn't have to be.

Maybe fate has brought us together!

Fate-- like some tired plot from one of your old movies.

Oh, please, Karen.

This trip could be good for us.

We could get to know each other again.

I don't want to know you.

Karen, I'm your mother.

Mother?

I don't have any mother.

[Ship's horn]

Andrea: Well, everyone seems to be having fun.

It's too bad they bought two-way

tickets on a one-way cruise.

Maybe we should warn them.

No, that would just spoil their fun.

They're going to find out soon enough, anyway!

And besides, what they don't know hurt them-- yet.

At least not for another 9 hours,

42 minutes, and 8 seconds.

It's incredible.

Yeah.

At that exact moment, the earth will be destroyed.

I'm afraid I still don't quite understand it.

Well, tonight, at precisely-- precisely--

11:54 and 42 seconds, life as we know it will cease to exist.

Professor kreinberg and I have found a shifting orientation

of the earth's magnetic field, in such cataclysmic proportions

that it will have an irreversible and completely

deleterious effect upon our planetary's regeneration.

Huh?

In other words, after tonight--

fft!

"Fft"?

Fft.

Oh, excuse me, uh, you're wearing one of my hats.

I beg your pardon?

I manufacture those hats.

I took a personal interest in their designs,

so that's why I think of them as my hats.

(Laughing) Oh, I see.

Ooh!

That sun is so bright, i--

I'm sorry, uh-- do you mind if i--

please do.

Thank you.

I'm Tony Stevens.

Nancy Fairchild.

I know.

I thought I recognized you, but I didn't want to say anything.

I didn't want to come across like an autograph hound.

That's very considerate of you, Tony.

Boy, the cruise brochures were right.

You really do meet the beautiful people.

I mean, here it is, my first day at sea,

and already I'm sitting next to a movie star.

[Laugh]

You know, somehow I thought you'd be traveling

with a large group of people.

I always imagined a movie star having

maids and press secretaries and agents

around them all the time.

Well, not retired movie stars.

No, I'm traveling alone.

Not tonight.

Hmm?

That is, if you'd care to join my wife and me for dinner.

I'd like that very much.

Terrific!

It's a date, then?

Yes.

Boy won't she be surprised-- when she learns she's having

dinner with Nancy Fairchild?

[Laugh]

[Laugh]

It's really sweet of you to take all this time out to show

me around the ship, Vicki.

Well, dad put Julie and me in charge of seeing

that you have a good time.

I think he's going overboard.

He told Julie to give me a list of all

the single men from 7 to 70.

[Laugh] Oh!

What's in here?

Well!

Well!

We really shouldn't be here.

Chief boden doesn't like anyone down in this area.

He probably doesn't want anything

disturbed until they've photographed

it for "good housekeeping."

Hey!

You know my rules, kid.

No one comes down here, and that includes the boss's daughter.

We were just looking around!

Look somewhere else.

The engine room is off-limits.

In case no one has ever told you, you're very rude.

Let me be the first.

Stand in line, sister.

Maybe we should leave.

I'm not afraid of king Kong.

In that case, I'll stay with you!

Wanna bet?

But, that is, if you're sure you'll be all right, i--

[footsteps]

Now, what's so important around here

that no one can see it?

Have you discovered a lost grease mine?

Very funny!

[Laugh] What's this for?

(Yelling) Don't touch that!

Hello, Mr. Deville?

This is f lix Sheppard.

Yes.

I just called to tell you that you're fat,

and you're boring, and so is your wife.

What was that all about?

That's my nasty landlord.

I always said, once, before I go, I wanted to tell him off.

Well, what do we do now?

Let's pay our bills.

Terrific.

Here's your life-insurance bill.

Life insurance!

[Laughter]

Paid.

Paid.

Why don't we pay the rest all at once, huh?

Come on.

Good idea.

Here's some for you.

Ok.

You're much stronger than I am.

Paid!

[Laugh] Paid!

[Little cry]

Oh, Andrea, i--

I just want you to know that i'm very happy that we're spending

the rest of our lives together.

I love you, f lix.

And I'll miss you.

You know, it's kind of too bad it's all going to be over

so soon, because we could have had a long and wonderful life

together.

Mmm!

You left Ellen alone with Dutch boden?

He'll chew her to bits!

Well, maybe not.

She looked like she could take care of herself.

[Gasp] Oh!

What happened?

I accidentally discovered Dutch boden's shower.

Honey, we've only got 4 hours, 18

minutes, and 16 seconds left.

There's something I've wanted to do all my life.

And I want to surprise you with it,

but i-- but I have to go into cabo San Lucas

when we get there tonight.

Ok?

Oh!

Oh, that's perfect, because I was planning on doing something

that you'll like, too.

[Little laugh]

Great.

[Laughter]

Well, apparently sea air agrees with you, Ellen.

Your face is glowing.

(Laughing) Oh, thank you!

It's a new skin moisturizer I came across--

all natural oils.

Pardon me.

Duty calls.

Come on, Ellen, I'll introduce you to the ship's nightlife.

[Laugh] You're bound and determined I have a good time.

Not tonight.

(Laughing) Oh, yes, and it's just beginning.

Tomorrow, I am personally going to show you puerto vallarta.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

And we should be docking about 10:00 am.

In a pig's eye!

You ain't docking nowhere if that crankshaft

casing gives out.

(Low) Chief, you're not dressed

properly for the dining room.

I ain't dining.

I warned you about that casing.

I told you we have a spare.

Use it!

If I use the spare, I won't have a spare.

[Sigh] We'll deal with this later.

You're dismissed.

You clean up pretty good, lady.

Unfortunately, I can't say the same for you.

Don't forget, I want my pants back.

His pants?

A loan, not a gift.

I told you it's been a very interesting cruise so far,

merrill.

When are we going to order?

Well, we have to wait for the surprise, first.

Mm-- I bet I can guess what the surprise is.

Knowing you, it's probably some kind of rare [inaudible]..

In a sense.

Good evening.

I hope I'm not late.

Not at all.

Miss Fairchild, I'd like you to meet my wife.

This is--

Karen.

You two know each other?

This is your big surprise, Tony?

It's a very bad joke.

Joke? What--

I think I'd better leave.

I don't want a scene.

You don't want a scene?

People staring, flashbulbs popping--

you loved that.

It was good publicity for you.

But for me it was embarrassing and degrading.

Karen, that was a long time ago.

People change.

I've changed.

No.

You're still the same old Nancy Fairchild,

hiding behind the dark glasses, stealing attention, playing

movie star to the hilt, even conniving

behind my back with Tony to arrange

this little surprise dinner.

No, you don't understand.

Tony and I met accidentally!

Neither of us realized that, uh--

I mean, I didn't even know he was your husband.

Honestly.

What must I do to--

to have you forgive me?

I'll never forgive you.

Just go.

Leave, now, please.

Just get out of my life, and stay out!

What was that all about?

That woman was my mother--

once.

Your mother?

Vicki (on pa system): This is the quaint port

of cabo San Lucas.

You'll find interesting caf s and discotheques.

But remember, we sail at 11:00.

Andrea?

Excuse me-- wrong cabin.

F lix, it's me!

This is what I wanted to surprise you.

Next time, get me a tie.

Well, I always wondered what it

would be like to be a blonde.

And now you don't like it.

No, no, no, no, no!

It's ok.

If you like it, I'm happy, really.

Mmm.

Well, I've got something to show you, too.

Close your eyes.

Ok, you can open them!

Uh--

(breathy) Ha.

Can I close them again?

What are you talking about?

It's beautiful!

It's an original!

I'll say it's original.

I've never seen anything like it before in my whole life.

Well, it's something I always dreamed of getting.

Then I love it.

What difference does it make, anyway?

Oh, yeah, it's almost time.

[Little laugh] You know, I feel as

though I've done more living today

than I did in my entire life.

We really live like there's no tomorrow.

There isn't.

[Both giggle]

Tony, it was just like her to search you out and arrange

that little surprise dinner.

Look, she didn't search me out.

I struck up a conversation with her.

She was innocent.

You know something, when I was a child I

used to invite my friends over.

She'd come home from the studio, and i'd

realize my so-called friends were being nice to me just

so they could meet her.

Well, it's natural that they'd want to meet her.

Natural?

Is it natural to be pushed into the background all your life

and dragged out like some Christmas ornament

for photo sessions?

Well, she's a famous woman.

Yeah.

So I've been reminded a million times.

[Sigh]

(Whispering) Hey.

I thought your parents were both dead.

Yeah, my father died when I was a baby.

You know something?

It's funny, but i--

I feel like I never knew either of my parents.

When I got old enough, I changed my name.

I wanted my own identity.

I didn't want to just be the daughter of Nancy Fairchild

any longer.

Things were going great.

And then--

the accident?

Yes.

Oh, Tony, you have no idea how frightening it was.

All those hours, waiting for a donor.

And the doctors telling me I'd never see out of that eye

again.

(Hushed) Hey, Karen, honey?

That's all behind you now, isn't it?

Yes, you're right.

[Exhale] The fear is over.

But the hurt-- the hurt, that my mother never

called or tried to see me, until months later,

that hurt is still here.

It's hard to believe she could do something like that.

You don't know her.

When she finally did call, it was

some lame excuse about being away on location somewhere.

The fact is, it probably just wasn't convenient.

As I told her, I have no mother.

Julie (on pa system): We hope you enjoyed

your stay in cabo San Lucas.

Our next stop is puerto vallarta.

Hello!

Hey.

I'm sorry for some of the things I said.

They weren't very nice.

I wasn't exactly silver-tongued, myself.

What's that you're polishing?

This is a whale's tooth.

I do scrimshaw.

Oh!

It's kind of a sculpting in ivory.

Uh-huh?

Nothing you'd be interested in.

Oh, but I am!

I love artistic things.

Shouldn't you be with stubing?

He's probably wondering where his girlfriend is.

I'm not the captain's girlfriend.

He's just a very good friend of my late husband and myself.

Widow, huh?

My old lady kicked off six years ago.

Obviously a man of deep sentiment.

Just the way I talk, lady.

Harriet was a good woman.

And you miss her.

Uh-huh.

I miss my husband, too.

He's gone.

Yes, he's gone.

And you ain't got no one?

No, I ain't got no one.

Good night, Dutch.

Good evening, miss Fairchild.

Oh!

Hello, doctor.

Seeing you standing in the moonlight

reminds me of that film you made on a ship.

Ah, let's see.

What was the name of it?

[Laugh] "Blue passage."

Right?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, it was one of my favorites.

You know, when you came on the ship

I was so thrilled that I'd actually have a chance

to talk to Nancy Fairchild.

Ha!

That's very sweet of you, doctor.

I wish someone else had said that to me.

I'm sorry, doctor, you'll--

you'll have to excuse me.

Oh, it's almost time--

10 seconds to go.

Hold me!

Five seconds.

I'm afraid!

Would you kiss me?

Oh, yes.

[Three beeps]

[Three beeps]

F lix? [Three beeps]

Hmm?

What happened?

[Three beeps]

Maybe we're on eastern standard time.

Ah.

Julie (on pa system): Buenas d as,

good morning, and welcome to another beautiful,

sunshiny day.

We are now having a brief lifeboat

drill on the starlight deck.

[Klaxon]

Attention, all officers and crew.

Attention, passengers.

Report to your lifeboat stations immediately.

This is a test.

Lifeboat drill is now in progress.

Everyone is requested to attend this important function.

Life jackets can be found behind your closet doors.

(Softly) Andrea!

Andrea!

Pumpkin face?

Hey, hey!

My precious cream-filled cupcake?

F lix?

F lix?

F lix?

F lix!

(Calling sweetly) F lix?

Hello?

Anybody?

Hello, somebody?

Oh!

Oh, my god!

The world ended without me.

[Babbling]

[Gasp] Oh!

Excuse me, but I thought the world had been destroyed.

[Laugh]

Julie (on pa system): Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to sunny puerto vallarta, one of the jewels

of the Mexican riviera.

Fishing, boating, parasailing, shopping-- whatever excites you

is here for the asking.

[Knocking]

(Calling) Just a minute!

Hi.

Good morning!

Come in!

Thank you.

Uh, here.

And, i'm, uh, sorry about the bad wrapping,

but, uh, I just wanted to get this over to you early.

Well, what is it?

Well, just-- just look and see.

Oh!

Isn't that beautiful!

Oh, i-- I don't even know your real name!

Dutch-- Dutch'll do.

Please?

Rudolph.

But if you tell any of that brass topside, I'll--

I'll take this back.

Oh, I won't tell a soul, I promise.

[Little laugh] Oh, that's really very beautiful.

You must have worked on this all night.

No, no, no.

I had nothing better to do.

I don't believe that.

I'm really very touched, Rudolph.

(Low) Well, thank you.

[Little laugh]

Tony, i--

I have to talk to you.

What can I do to get Karen to stop hating me?

I don't know.

It seems there are a lot of wounds to heal.

I know.

I'm not saying I was a good mother.

I wasn't.

Looking back now, I can see that she

was a very lost little girl.

Well, I think it's unfortunate you didn't realize

that at the time, don't you?

Yes.

There's no excuse!

I never meant to hurt her--

ever.

When she had the accident, I was away on location-- isolated.

When I found out, i--

I wanted to go to her, immediately,

but that was impossible.

Then, later, my sister told me that Karen

never wanted to see me again.

Please, Tony, help me.

I can't promise you anything.

I can talk to her.

I'll see if I can arrange for us all to have a drink

together before dinner, ok?

Oh, that would be wonderful.

Thank you.

It means everything to me.

(Cheerfully) Good morning, everybody!

- Good morning! - Good morning.

Isn't it a lovely day?

Yes, it is, and you look as pleased as the cheshire cat.

Well!

It's more like an ivory whale.

[Laugh]

Well, whatever the reason, I'm delighted to see

you in such a good mood!

Oh, I expect it better to get even better.

Oh, I meant to apologize for Dutch's rudeness yesterday.

Uh-- he hasn't bothered you today, has he?

Now, where would I ever come in contact with him?

Well, shall we adjourn to the buffet?

Good.

I'm starved.

[Laugh]

I don't understand it.

Neither do I. I've checked and rechecked my calculations.

I even tried reaching professor kreinberg,

but he went to Las Vegas to make sure that he caught Wayne

Newton's act one last time.

What are we going to do, f lix?

We have nothing left.

I know.

I know, I'm sorry, but-- but apparently

the earth reversed its magnetic field too spontaneously, huh?

Well, thanks a lot, f lix.

You just ruined my whole life.

Is something wrong, Mr. Sheppard?

No, no, no, no, no, no, my wife's just a little upset.

Oh.

Don't worry about it.

Newlyweds squabble all the time.

Yeah, it doesn't mean it's the end of the world.

[Laugh]

Unfortunately, that's the whole problem.

And now you want me to have drinks with her?

Tony, look, I really resent you getting in the middle of this.

I'm your husband.

I am in the middle of it.

But it's between her and me.

I don't want to discuss it.

It's over!

It isn't over!

It's eating you alive!

God knows what it's doing to your mother.

Look, honey, I don't know everything that's

happened between you two, but maybe instead of shutting her

out you ought to hear what she's got to say.

Tony, I don't know.

Karen, for your own sake, give it a chance.

Please?

I want you to be free.

[Sigh] All right, I'll see her.

But I'm only doing this because you want me to.

Well, that's good enough reason for me.

[Knocking]

It ain't locked!

Oh, it's you, stubing.

I'd like to talk to you, chief

thought we made a deal.

You don't come belowdecks, I don't go topside.

You didn't keep your end of the bargain.

You mean last night, in the dining room?

I mean Mrs. kirkeby, this morning.

She told me she ain't your broad.

She ain't my--

I mean, she isn't anybody's broad.

She's nobody's woman.

I want you to stay away from her, Dutch.

You threatening me, stubing?

No I'm making a strong suggestion, boden.

Mrs. Kirkeby isn't your type of woman.

She sure felt like it this morning.

Ellen is a very refined and cultured lady.

I know that.

I prefer you not contact her, in the future.

Oh, you "prefer."

Well, that's very easy for you to say when

you hide behind captain's bars.

I can rectify that in a minute!

Hold your horses, stubing.

I know I'm not in a lady's class.

You're not even in the same school.

I always thought that blondes were supposed to have more fun.

Yeah, so did I.

Well, what's the problem?

You want to talk about it?

Well, [sigh] You see, f lix is a scientist.

And he scientifically figured out that the world

was going to end.

So we decided to live our lives on that fact.

Um-- we sold all our belongings, quit our jobs, spent everything

on this cruise, got married.

And now the world didn't end, and I don't know what to do.

Well, maybe--

I know f lix truly believed in what he did, and, well,

I believed in him, too.

Well, that's something.

I can't imagine a more wonderful day

than we had yesterday.

I mean, I was quite content to spend my final

moments on earth with f lix.

I tell you this, Julie, I love that man.

And I know he loves me.

Well, then--

I've got to go to him.

He's all I have left.

But Andrea--

oh, now I know what I have to do.

Thanks, Julie!

Anytime.

Rudolph.

(Laughing) No!

It's me, merrill.

Oh.

Oh, I guess I've just been stood up.

Perhaps you're better off, Ellen.

How come I feel so miserable?

He said he was going to meet me here in the bar.

You know, Dutch boden has a strong personality.

You might have mistaken it for something more.

I want to show you something.

He made this for me.

Don't you think that means something?

It's beautiful.

Caring, sensitive hands made that.

He is a caring person.

Underneath that oil-stained exterior

is a very warm, sensitive man.

I'm afraid I misjudged Dutch.

Well, it doesn't matter now.

Obviously his caring didn't extend to me.

Let's face it-- she's not going to show.

Karen, maybe something's come up.

Right.

Something else more important came up well,

I'm not going to play her little game.

Karen, I'm sorry I'm late.

You're not sorry.

An emergency came up, you see--

of course it did.

It always does.

It's true, though.

Your mother was--

you don't have to apologize for her.

She's had someone doing that, all her life.

You know, for a moment Tony had me convinced you really wanted

to get together and be friends.

I do, darling, I do.

No, you don't.

You're still into playing movie star.

Like now-- the big entrance, being late,

all the attention focused on you.

That's what's important to you.

Not me.

[Buzzing and pained cries]

Felix: Oh!

F lix!

Oh, f lix, what are you doing?

I'm getting my tattoo removed.

Oh, but why?

You said you always dreamed of having one.

Well, I did, but-- but if you hate it,

I don't-- whoa, whoa, whoa!

That is, if you still want me.

Oh, f lix, don't be ridiculous.

It's a-- a wonderful dragon.

Wait a minute-- your hair.

You're not a blonde anymore!

Well, you didn't like it, so I changed it back.

Ah.

Well, Andrea, i-- i--

I know that, that, that, that you

think I'm a failure because the world didn't end, but--

oh, no, f lix, I don't.

I believed in you.

And I still do.

Actually, I'm kind of glad that we're

still here, because otherwise I wouldn't have you anymore.

Well, I feel the same way!

[Laugh] But you realize we'll have to start

our lives over from scratch.

What could be more romantic--

spending an entire new life together, from beginning

to end, with the man I love!

[Laugh]

Well, you know what they say--

life is always better the second time around.

Oh!

W-- w-- watch the dragon.

Oh, [inaudible].

Julie (on pa system): We hope you enjoyed

your stay in Puerta vallarta.

Our next stop is the port of Los Angeles.

[Knocking]

Yeah.

Twice in one day, stubing?

Got to be a curse on this ship.

I owe you an apology, Dutch.

You're going to owe me two, after you get a look

at that crankshaft casing.

What's the other one for?

For interfering with you and Ellen.

I admit it-- I was out of line.

I didn't think you were right for her.

I ain't.

Not according to Ellen.

She has some very strong feelings for you.

But I stuck my nose in and came between you.

Something else would have come between us--

me.

All you did was remind me that this is where I belong--

belowdecks.

Is this the way you deal with everything?

Hiding down here in the engine room, like a grizzly bear,

growling at the world?

Stop pushing your luck, stubing.

You don't push enough!

You stay down here in your cocoon, because it's safe.

Because you haven't got the guts to go up there

and deal with the real world.

I was right.

You're not good enough for Ellen.

I know what you're trying to do, stubing,

and it's not going to work.

But thanks anyway.

It's a good thing you and I didn't

tangle before, because I would have beat your brains out.

Don't bet on it, Dutch.

I wasn't always a captain.

I can't believe that you were willing to put

up your Dukes with me.

I'd fight for anything I believe in.

Good night, chief.

See you, stubing.

Karen?

I don't want to talk.

Just go away.

Doc's here.

He wants to explain what happened.

(Crossly) What difference does it make?

Karen, your mother wasn't lying.

She needed some eye medication.

With only one good eye, the ocean's glare

was bothering her.

Only one good eye?

Yes, your mother's blind in her left eye.

No, she's not.

Didn't you know?

It's been that way for over five years.

Five years?

Five years?

[Interposing voices]

Here you are.

This is my guaranteed to make you

smile special, Mrs. Kirkeby.

One sip, and the corners of your mouth turn up--

then fall off.

[Laughter]

I don't believe it.

Oh, my goodness, that's--

Rudolph?

The others: "Rudolph"?

Yeah.

If I hear any one of you using that name, you're shark bait.

You look lovely, Ellen.

Thank you.

You clean up pretty well, yourself, Dutch.

Dance?

But there's no music!

There is when I look at you.

(Sighing) Oh!

[Applause]

[Music]

Hi.

Look, I, uh, I wanted to apologize

for the way I acted, before.

You had every right to be upset.

Dr. Bricker, he, um, he said the sun's been bothering you.

Yes, a little.

I'm very sensitive to it.

You know, when I was a child, i--

I always marveled at how your eyes sparkled in the movies.

You used to tease me--

said it was from staring into the lights.

(Laughing) Yes, I remember.

When I had my accident, and I was alone all those hours,

I needed something to hold onto.

So I used to focus on those sparkling eyes of yours.

They gave me hope and courage.

Now I find out that one of them is blind.

Uh-- Karen, i--

mother?

You were the donor, weren't you?

[Exhale] Yes.

Mother, you gave up your career for me.

Why didn't you ever tell me?

Oh, I couldn't!

I didn't want to buy your love with gratitude!

I had failed you so often.

I mean, i--

I didn't deserve your love that way.

Oh, mother, you always had my love.

I needed to know I had yours, and now I do!

Oh, mother, can you ever forgive me for doubting you?

Oh, my darling!

My darling!

We'll forgive each other!

Good-bye, doc, and thanks for everything.

Ah.

Well, it looks like you've turned

into a happy little family.

Oh, we certainly have.

That's for sure.

I do have a favor to ask, though.

Could I have--

an autograph.

How'd you guess?

Oh, a miracle.

[Laughter]

Years of experience, doctor.

But I beat you to it.

Here.

Oh, thank you!

Oh, it's a family shot.

Yes.

It's a small picture, but it's the best part I ever had.

Thanks for sailing with us.

Doctor, it was wonderful.

Thank you.

Thank you, bye-bye.

Thanks-- bye.

Looks like everything worked out fine.

Oh, yes.

And, Julie, thank you so much for helping

me work out my problem.

Oh, it was nothing!

Really.

What are you guys going to do now?

Well, we realize that it may seem like we have nothing left,

but we still have each other.

And right now that's all we need.

Are you sure you have everything?

Uh, yes, I do.

Even these.

Our job-resignation letters?

I never mailed them.

I figured, if the world was going to end,

the post office would probably be closed.

Things are getting better already.

[Laugh] - So long.

Bye.

Bye.

Merrill, my dear, dear friend.

When I invited you on this cruise,

I never thought it would turn out this way.

[Laugh]

Well, I'm very happy for you, Ellen.

I know you are.

Well, don't forget it was my tours below deck that did it.

And because of you we know that Dutch is a Rudolph.

[Laugh]

See you later, hon?

I hope so.

Some kind of broad, ain't she?

[Laugh]

Don't touch me, Dutch, please.

But I will.

I've got a big kiss for the best friend anybody could ever have.

Ah.

Both: Mwah!

[Laugh]

Oh!

I forgot-- I said to Rudolph below deck!

[Laugh]

[Theme music]