All language subtitles for family_affair_s04e01_no_uncle_is_an_island

Did you get our letter, Uncle Bill?
Yeah.

I liked all those X's.

X's are funny. In letters they mean
kisses, but on text they mean wrong.

Thank you, Jody.

The bag was real heavy, like there were
presents inside.

Presents? Nah, there's no presents in
that bag.

Presents are in the other bag.

Oh, we...

Trust you'll be able to enjoy a respite
here before embarking on your next

project, sir.

Not for long. I got today and Sunday,
and I start a new job on Monday.

Out of town again?

Gotta go to New Orleans, but I'm not
gonna do anything on the weekend but

home with the family now. What do you
think we ought to do?

Go to the circus.

See a movie.

How about a long drive?

Maybe up to West Point.

Let's have a picnic.

Let's go to the amusement park.

Children, children, there are only so
many hours in a day. Uncle can't do

everything. Well, you guys think about
it, and whatever you decide on is okay

with me.

Now, then.

Me, you.

Thanks, Uncle Bill.

A lot of X's.

Thank you.

We'd be glad to have you back, even if
you didn't bring us anything.

As long as you bring the X's.

Bye.

and save the wrapping paper in case we
need to wrap something sometime.

Jody, what do you want to do this
weekend?

I told you, the circus.

Why can't we go to a movie?

Last time we went to a movie, it was all
about love.

Yuck. I got sick.

You got popcorn sick.

Well, I don't want to take any chance.

Do you ever think that we never give
Uncle Bill any presents when he comes

Of course not.

We're supposed to give stuff to our kids
when we grow up.

Why don't we give him something?

Good idea.

Like what?

He has lots of ties.

Well, maybe we could just let him do
whatever he wants to do this weekend.

I bet he wants to go to the circus.

Maybe he just doesn't want to do
anything with a bunch of kids around for

I know what.

We could all go away and let Uncle Bill
not do anything all by himself.

Yeah, that would be the best present in
the whole world.

Let's go tell Cincy.

That's a fabulous idea.

You know, that's rather smashing.

No, I can't let you do that.

Well, of course you can.

I'm going to stay overnight with Anita
on the island now and... She's been

begging me to for weeks.

And we called up Craig and Cindy Wilson,
and it's okay to stay with them. They

haven't been begging us, but they owe us
for the time they stayed here.

You know, sir, I have the opportunity to
spend the night with some friends in

Connecticut. And they also have a very
interesting production of The Tempest at

the local theater.

They do.

When you make a strong case, all right,
I'd be pretty selfish of me to let you

do that.

Oh, Bill, ever since we came to live
with you, you've been doing things for

Everybody needs some time to themselves.

It's like finding money. You don't
expect it, and there's a million things

can do with it.

It's our present from us to you.

You can't say no to a present.

We never do.

What do you think?

Sir, I think that one should learn to
accept a gift as well as give one.

You're right.

Okay, everybody.

Thank you very much.

Hooray!

Come on.

This is children's idea, you know, sir.

Yeah. You know, I'm looking forward to
it already.

I thought you would, sir.

I got a book I've been trying to read.

Yeah, I'm just gonna sit down here and
take root and watch the game on

television, too.

I think that's very wise, sir. You'll
have absolute peace and quiet.

And I'll drop the three children off on
the way, sir.

Yeah.

Yeah, in a few minutes you can start
having a good rest.

Okay. I'm going to miss you.

We'll miss you, too.

Oh, to be sure, sir.

Now, children, I think we'd better be on
our way without any further ado.

This isn't ado, Mr. French. This is
saying goodbye.

Goodbye, Uncle Bill.

Goodbye, Bebe.

Goodbye, Uncle Bill. Goodbye,
sweetheart.

Could we shake hands like men?

Okay. Goodbye, partner.

Goodbye, Uncle Bill.

Oh, uh... Sir, are you sure you wouldn't
like me to prepare a few dishes for

you? It's only a matter of reheating
them. I'll get something sent up. Go on,

will you? Go and enjoy yourself. All
right, to be sure. Goodbye, sir.

Bill, I didn't expect to find you at
home.

Well, I tell you, I didn't expect to
find myself home. I was going to leave a

message with French, but you'll do.

What are you doing tonight?

Nothing.

Wonderful. I have two tickets for an
impossible to get tickets for play.

Well, that sounds real nice, but no, no
thanks. I'm

just going to... Everybody's taking off
for the weekend. I'm just going to stay

here and be lazy. I promised the kids
I'd do that, so...

Give me a rain check, will you?

Sounds dreadfully dull. And I'm knocking
it because I've tried it when I had no

choice.

Okay, well, I'm sorry about tonight.

Some other time.

Oh, I'll get someone else to go with me.

Only she won't be half as much fun as
you.

Okay, I'll call you.

Bye -bye.

Hello, Joe. Hi, Bill. Your kids told the
doorman that they were leaving. You're

going to have this place to yourself.

That's right.

Well, I'm going to be alone, too. Helen
went to see her mother.

Listen, I invited a couple of boys over
to watch the football game on TV. How

about coming up and joining us?

No, no, I'm just going to take it easy
this weekend, Joe. I'm not going to move

a muscle.

We may never get another chance to watch
the game, just the guys.

How often does Helen visit her mother?

Okay, I appreciate it. We'll do it some
other time.

Okay, but if you change your mind, come
on up, huh?

Okay.

Hello, Paul?

Yeah, Bill Davis. Send me up a couple of
sandwiches, will you?

Uh, yeah, roast beef. Okay. And a couple
of pickles.

Yeah.

Mr. Davis, please excuse me for
interrupting, but what am I going to do?

Something wrong, Mrs. Manning?

My sister's going to have a B -A -B -Y,
and her husband's not at home.

I have to take her to the... you know
where.

I see.

There's nobody to leave Mark and
Jennifer with.

Well, gee, that's a shame. If Mr. French
was here or Sissy, we could... I hate

to impose, but the doorman said you were
alone, and...

I'll be right back as soon as the B -A
-B -Y arrives.

Please.

Okay, Miss Manning.

Sure, I'll look after him. I'd be glad
to.

Thank you so much. You'll be good
children now. And mine, Mr. Davis.

Bye. Come on, kids.

Just because she has to go to the
hospital.

Yeah, and every time Aunt Harriet has a
baby, we have to stay with the neighbor.

Mr. Davis?

Do you have anything good to play with?

Gee, no, I haven't. Jody's got some toys
in there.

But I like girls' toys. Okay, you look
in Buffy's. Okay.

Where are you going? You going
someplace?

I've left her.

You left Joyce?

Yep. We're finished for good.

Well, I'm sorry you had a little
argument.

You call World War II a little argument?

Couldn't you hear it? I thought
everybody in the building could hear it.

No, didn't hear a thing.

Bill, you don't know how lucky you are.
My advice to you is to stay single.

Promise me.

Why don't you just go home and patch it
up with her, huh?

Pins and needles, needles and pins.

When a man marries, his trouble begins.

Bill, could you put me up just for the
weekend?

You don't want to do anything hasty.

Oh, this is not hasty. I'll see my
lawyer on Monday and move into a hotel.

Well, you're welcome.

I know. The doorman downstairs told me
the kids were gone. I'll just park in

den. You won't even know I'm here. Sure,
sure.

Yeah.

Mr. Davis, the wheel came off of Jody's
truck.

Oh, well, that's okay. I can fix that,
Mark. I didn't break it. It just fell

off. What'd you do with the other wheel?

It rolled under the bed.

Okay, you go and find it. I'll be right
there.

Hi, Mr. Davis.

Oh, hi, Denny.

Sissy home?

No, she went away for the weekend.

Oh, there you are. Thank you.

Mr. Davis?

What's Mrs.

Beasley's first name?

Oh, I don't think she's got a first
name, huh?

Oh. Well, then Buffy won't mind if I
call her Agatha.

No, no, she won't mind.

What's that?

That sandwich, is she hungry?

Mm -hmm, sort of.

Mark's hungry, too. Okay, you guys eat
those, huh?

Hey, Danny!

Danny.

Two more of the same kind, huh?

Bill? Yeah? Where do you keep your
sheets and pillowcases?

Danny? Yes, Mr. Davis?

Make it four.

Don't forget, Mr. Davis. As soon as you
finish, you promise to read to me.

Yeah.

I want to look at a football game on
television.

Oh, that's okay. You can read to me
during when they sell things.

Oh, she reads the commercials.

Yeah.

Okay. There we are. Ready for the road.

I want to look at the game.

I guess I'll watch it, too.

Might take my mind off things.

All I did was ask her about that bill
from the dress shop. After all, a man

a right to know how his wife's spending
his money.

Agreed?

Game won't start any minute now.

You can read to me till it does.

Then I said to her, you wear your skirts
too long.

So she accuses me of looking at other
girls' skirts.

Boy, how they can twist things around.

Once upon a time, there was a little boy
who loved... ...food.

Hiya, Bill.

Helen threw me for a loss.

She came back from her mother's. She
won't let you watch the game.

I was wondering, as long as you aren't
doing anything, could we watch it here?

Thanks,

Bill. Right in there, fellas.

Sandwiches, Mr. Davis.

Hey, fool.

Enough to go around, Bill?

Yeah, I'll get another one.

Good. See you inside. Come back. Just
give me the same thing again.

Come on, Buffy. Craig and Cindy are
ready to go home.

But I'm making a picture for Uncle Bill.

Craig says we're going to have a
barbecue tonight.

And his mother lets him turn over his
own hamburger.

Think she'll let us?

Maybe he's going to ask her.

Uncle Bill will be glad we're having a
good time while he's having a good rest.

We'll have to give him lots more
presents like this.

Jody, do you think Uncle Bill misses us?

Not yet. Maybe later, when he gets tired
of being by himself.

And so with his third wish, the prince
turned a dragon into a turtle.

And then he married the princess and
they lived happily ever after.

Don't you believe it.

Do they live happily ever after, Mr.
Davis?

Oh, sure they do.

Oh, that was fun.

Read me another story, please.

Just let me take a quick look at the
game, huh?

I can't get the helmet off, Mr. Davis.

Well, here. Jody's helmet must be
smaller than mine. Okay, let's get this

your mouth now.

Not gonna say I'm sorry till she says
she's sorry.

I like to see them run it back and tie
the score.

Hey, Bill, you just missed a touchdown.

Oh, so we played.

They already did.

If that's Joyce, I have nothing to say
to her.

My wife's still at her sister's, Mr.
Davis. I'll take them off your hands.

Thanks for everything. Don't mention it.

Are you watching the football game?

I was sort of trying to.

Do you mind if I come in?

There's no fun watching a game by
yourself.

Go right ahead.

Hello, Uncle Bill. How are you doing?

Just fine, honey.

Good. We're having a party here.

There must be a million people.

I had to come to the den to hear myself
talk.

Yeah, I can hear it.

I envy your peace and solitude, but I'm
having lots of fun.

That's good.

Well, I just called to say hello.

Have a good time. Bye.

Don't let her in until she apologizes.

Hello, Tracy.

Guess what? I knew you were lonesome, so
I turned in the tickets and we're going

to keep you company.

Well, that's nice.

Well, Bill, this is my friend, Carol
Loomis. Oh, Carol, Tracy, this is Chuck

Rowland. Hello.

He's married.

Just until Monday.

Come on.

So I said, there's nothing in our
marriage.

and walked out. I like a man who knows
his own mind.

Some women don't appreciate a good
husband until it's too late.

Well, it's too late now. Believe me.

You know what I think?

I think the four of us should go
somewhere where it's nice and lively.

where the action is.

Pretty lively right here.

Bill, you're a riot.

If that's Joyce, tell her four's
company, five's a crowd.

It's a boy.

Congratulations. Are the children still
here? Yeah, they're inside.

I'll take them now. And thank you so
much for everything.

I have to make dinner. I fed him. Oh, I
mean for my husband.

I fed him, too.

And he did get here.

Yeah, he's in the den looking at the
after -game interviews or something.

As long as I'm here, do you mind if I
use your phone to make a few calls?

The relatives are so anxious to hear
about the baby.

Thanks. I'll charge him to my number, of
course.

I wouldn't dream of imposing on you.

Oh, thank you, operator. No, no, you
needn't try any longer.

I assume Mr. Davis has taken the
receiver off the hook.

Yes, in order to enjoy seclusion.

Thank you, operator. Good night.

I've always believed a woman should
dress to please a man.

I wish my wife had your attitude.

And he has blue eyes and a dimple in his
chin.

And he looks like our side of the
family.

No, Aunt Lil. They're going to name him
after his side of the family.

Would you like to see a picture of her?
Not particularly.

Oh, you're right.

She does wear her skirts too long.

Uh, that, that's my mother.

George is on the right.

Oh, oh, oh.

Freshman's coming up.

Oh, stay where you are, Bill. I'll get
it.

Here, this is a later one. That was
taken last year.

Oh, hi. Come on in and join the party.

Oh, hold, Joyce.

Joyce.

You shortened your skirt.

I may lengthen it again.

Who's that woman?

Nobody. Nobody? I was just showing her
your picture.

Who are these other women?

I'm Mrs. Manning from downstairs.

I'm a mother and a PTA chairman.

Honey, I can explain everything.

Well, go ahead. Start explaining.

Well, these are friends of Bill's.

Tell her, Bill.

I just assumed you left me out of this.

Oh, it was a great game, Bill. You
should have seen it. Yeah, I would have

nice. Well, no wonder you picked a fight
with me. All you wanted was an excuse

to come to this, this... He really has
been pretty upset.

Not nearly as upset as he's going to be.
He's done nothing but talk about you.

Honey, I love you.

Well, it's a fine way you have of
showing me.

Having a wild party with these women.

I'm not having a wild party. Bill is.

Tell her, Bill.

All right.

That's all. The wild party is now over.

Everybody goes home.

Everybody out.

Thanks for the use of the hall, Bill. I
have to go now. I'll call you back from

my phone.

Mark, Jennifer.

I should have realized that bachelors
are always trying to lure their married

friends into trouble.

I'm sorry, sweetheart.

Me too, honey.

Sorry we couldn't have met under more
pleasant circumstances.

Mr.

Davis.

There you are.

Thanks. You're welcome.

But I don't want to go home. Oh, yes,
you do.

Where's everybody going?

house and Mr. French picked us up. Hi,
French. Hi, good afternoon, sir.

Well, may I say, I've never seen you
looking so well -rested.

Doesn't he, though?

All it took was a little time to
himself.

But I'll bet you're glad to have us
back, aren't you, Uncle Bill?

Yeah, I am. And don't you go away and
leave me alone again.

Once is enough.

He missed us.