Original subtitles

Denise, come on, baby, let's go. You promised me you would be ready at 1 ,300

hours. I'll be ready in a minute.

All right, make sure you are. Otherwise, I'm pulling your liberty card.

As we go, Lieutenant.

All right, so you're on your way to Rhode Island to the naval base. Look at

new housing. That's right. They're just going to show us where we're going to be

living on the base. Then we come back here, pack up, two weeks, and we're

Gone, but not forgotten. Well, I'm sure it'll be quite a relief to have three

less people living in your house.

Oh, I wouldn't say that.

Or would I?

Hey!

Okay, ready.

We'll be home Sunday night, Miss Goosey Lucy.

And while we're gone, you're going to have a good time with Dr. and Mrs.

Huxtable. And when we get back, we're going to tell you all about the new

we're going to live in on the Navy base.

Well, I'm on my way to the hospital.

All right. Can you do that? Huh?

And you... No, never mind.

Don't forget.

Navy, on the way. Hoist the bilges.

We're going to pull the car around.

Denise? Huh?

Are you all right?

Yeah, yeah.

Um, Ma, do you always tell Dad when you, um, make a mistake?

Well, it depends.

If it's something important, well, I can't say that I tell him everything.

Okay, good. So what you're saying is, um, use discretion.

Right.

What have you done?

Well, remember when I got that letter from the Navy saying, telling Martin and

that we got housing on the base and Walmart was at sea and he sort of left

with the responsibility to call and confirm?

Denise, you got that letter a month ago. Honey, please.

Yeah, I sort of remembered this morning that I forgot to call and confirm.

You're driving to Rhode Island today, honey. When were you planning to tell

In the car.

Good Lord.

Mom, I've thought the whole thing through. We'll just go right through

in charge of housing. I'll explain my mistake and it'll work out.

Denise, you have to tell Martin before you leave.

Mom, you just told me that I should use discretion.

Use discretion about things like, honey, I lost your umbrella.

Not, honey.

I know we drove all the way up here to Rhode Island, but we don't have a house

to live in.

Ready to go.

Yes, Denise, you're shipping out.

We better hurry up, honey. I'm double parked.

Um... Honey, before we go, there's something that I want to tell you. What?

I lost your umbrella.

That was a very expensive umbrella. I got it from England. It's been all over

the world with me. How could you lose something like that?

I'm sorry, honey. I hope it doesn't ruin our trip.

Oh, I guess we just gotta hope it doesn't rain while we're in Rhode

Right. We gotta go. Give me some sugar, baby.

I love you. We'll be back Sunday.

I got your bags.

Drive carefully.

Bye -bye, everybody.

Bye -bye.

Bye.

Tell him to leave. Bye -bye, Mom.

Tell him. Bye, Mom.

Tell him.

How would you like to go to the mall with us?

Can we go to the toy store?

Well, I need some new leotards, so we're going to have to go to the clothing

store first.

And I need some school supplies so we can look for them afterwards.

But I want to get toys.

Olivia, you have to understand the rules of shopping.

What rules?

When you go with us, you have to do what we want you to do.

Because we're your age.

You look beef.

I am.

I've delivered the same baby five times.

Well, you will have plenty of peace and quiet around here because Mom is at

Grandma's and we are going to the mall.

Bless you.

Wait a minute. Who's going to keep him company?

Oh, don't worry about Dad. He likes to be alone.

But he'll be lonely.

No, he won't.

Suit yourself.

Hey!

No, no, come back here. Take the baby with you.

No, you will be all alone and you will cry. I'm staying.

Bye, have fun, Dad. See you later.

Well, what do we do now?

We nap.

the most pairs of matching cards.

Player makes a match if the two cards turn picture side up or identical.

When a match is made, the player takes both cards, places them in front of him

or her. That player then takes another turn and continues taking turns until he

or she misses. Okay, here we go.

didn't get to play you have to wake up early in the morning to be me buddy i'll

tell you what we're gonna play next here we go now look at me

look at me now we're gonna play a game called a

silence now this is the best game because it requires

great intelligence which i know you have

There's no talking. The first person who talks or makes a noise loses the

game. And it's really shameful if you lose, okay?

So when I say three, we zip the lip and please don't be the loser, okay?

Well, no, don't do this.

Have a seat.

Captain Turvey is finishing up some other business. He'll be right in. Thank

you.

This is unusual that we'd be waiting to see the executive officer of the base.

Usually they just send you right into the housing referral office.

Well, maybe there's a reason for that.

You know, I bet I know what it is.

Because I came out of Annapolis, he probably wants to talk to me, give a

treatment.

There could be other reasons, sweetie.

You know, Bob Hope was up here last year.

You know who I heard is going to be up here this year?

My man, B .B. King.

The thrill is gone.

The thrill is gone away.

Honey, would you be terribly upset if we didn't...

See you, B .B. King. So long as we're together in our new house on the base,

everything will be fine.

Look, honey, I was going to talk to you about this in the car, and I didn't...

Good afternoon, Lieutenant Kendall.

I'm Captain Turvey. Good afternoon, Captain.

This is my wife, Denise.

This is Kendall.

Captain. Please be seated.

Captain, we'd like to thank you for taking the time out to see us

I didn't plan to.

In fact, I'm curious as to why you showed up at the base at all.

Well, my wife and I came up to see our new house. We're moving up here in two

weeks. You must be mistaken, Lieutenant.

You have no housing on the base.

Now, why are you here?

That can't be. We got your letter saying that we'd received housing.

Correct. That letter also stated that you were to call and confirm that you

wanted it. And my wife did call and confirm, right, Denise? No, she didn't.

That's what I wanted to talk to you about in the car.

You didn't call and confirm the housing? I told you that she didn't. Pardon me,

sir. I'm taking completely off guard. Denise, I asked you. You promised

I know, baby. I know. I know. I'm sorry. Would you like me to leave you two

alone? No.

No, sir. We'll finish this later.

Captain, please. We've come all the way from New York. Isn't there anything

available? We'll take anything.

There is nothing.

You have nothing.

When you don't respond to the notice, you don't get housing. We had to sign

quarters to someone else. Captain, is there anything that I can do to rectify

this situation?

You go back on the waiting list, and you wait.

Can you give us any indication of how long we'll have to wait?

Approximately six months.

And this time, when we notify you, respond!

Yes, sir.

Thank you for your time, sir.

You're getting up so quickly.

Denise, I think we should go.

I want to talk to him. That's reasonable.

Not too many people on the base would agree with you, ma 'am.

Sir,

I mean, couldn't you do something? This isn't just for me.

Martin has a daughter. She's four years old. My stepdaughter.

I mean, we're all living together with my family.

I mean, it's a major imposition.

I mean, couldn't you reconsider and just find us someplace to live here on the

base? I mean, it would be a shame if just because of my stupid mistake, my

husband had to give up his dream.

Mrs. Kendall, I commend you on your heartfelt words.

Lieutenant, you've chosen a sensitive and intelligent woman as your wife.

Thank you, sir.

Don't worry, you're on base.

No.

a doctor for women.

What do you do with them?

I deliver their babies.

Deliver? When the woman has the baby inside of her, then

I go in and I take it out.

No, you don't. Everybody knows that the stork brings the baby.

Who told you that? My daddy.

Okay, well, The stork puts the baby

inside of the mother, and then I go in and I

take it out.

Uh -uh. The stork brings the baby to the hospital, drops it in the bassinet.

So you're saying that the baby is not inside the mommy.

Then why is it that the mother gets real big?

eats a lot of food.

Now let me get this straight. You say that the dog carries over, puts the baby

in the bassinet, and the mother is real big because she eats a lot of food.

You got it. I see.

Well, then why is it that the mother has to go to the hospital?

If the stork does all that, why doesn't the stork just bring it to the mommy's

house?

Because too far his wings will get tired.

Where does the stork get the babies from?

Heaven.

Okay.

There's a zillion, skillion babies in heaven. How does the

stork know what baby goes with what mother?

The odd in the line. You know like you go to the bakery and get a number?

I put my hand on the mother I could feel

things moving all around.

That's not a baby.

What?

Thank you for explaining it to me.

You're welcome, but you still didn't tell me what to do.

I'm in charge of gas.

Carrot?

Come on, Martin. You haven't said a thing to me since we left the captain's

office. You're going to have to say something to me. We're spending an

weekend together at that inn.

Anything. How?

In the name of all that is reasonable on this

earth, could you have forgotten to make that phone call?

I told you before I shipped out that you would be receiving the letter and that

you had to respond right away. You knew I couldn't be reached on board that

ship. Just one pass.

Just pick up a phone.

File a number.

Say, yes, we want the housing.

Can you do that? A whole future just tossed overboard and I'm just supposed

sit here and accept it.

Don't you have anything to say for yourself?

This is our first fight.

No,

no, a fight is when two people express opposing points of view.

something that you were supposed to do. You just, just were wrong.

Okay, okay, I'm not denying that.

Okay, I'm sorry, baby, I'm sorry. This whole thing happened.

But we're gonna have to get past this and move on.

We can't move on.

We have no place to move to.

I know.

You know, Denise, just this morning, I was talking to your father, telling him

we were getting ready to move.

And,

She seemed so relieved.

This look of peace came over his face.

Now I have to go back and tell that man, Dr. Huxtable, six

more months.

I got it. Okay, so let's not go back to my parents' house. Let's go to your

parents' house, okay? Let's go to Milwaukee.

We can't. Why not?

I never told you this before, but my mother can't stand you.

thinks you're just as flaky as my ex -wife.

Where did you get that idea?

It's hard to believe, isn't it?

Let's just go to bed.

Tomorrow is a new day.

Wow!

How's the house?

You get a view of the harbor?

Bill, Dad.

I mean, this is the worst thing that could have happened, but I completely...

It's my fault.

Denise, honey, I'm trying to tell them what happened. Please.

The Navy contacted me on the ship and told me I had to confirm the housing by

certain date, and I just forgot.

Martin, am I hearing you correctly? Are you saying this is your fault?

Yes, ma 'am.

I guess I should have left it up to your daughter to handle.

You don't have a home.

No, sir. So you're going to have to stay back here.

Well, that's all right with you, Dad.

How long is this going to last?

Well, the executive officer thinks it'll be about six months.

Dr. Huxtable, I insist on paying you full rent.

No, I don't want your money. Please, I insist on paying rent.

No, no, I just, I can't take it. I'll pay you $600 a month.

Well, $600, yeah.

No,

no, no, we are not going to take your money. You don't understand, $600.

Regardless of what my wife says, we can't take your money.

Well, I tried.

I'm bushed. Yeah. Once again, I'm very sorry.

All right. I've got to get to bed. Okay.

Baby, I'm thirsty. I'm going to go get something to drink. Can I get you

something? No, thank you. Good night, Martin.

Good night.

Denise, that was a pretty interesting story your husband told us.

I know. I can't believe he took the blame for the whole thing. Yeah, I say

loves you very much. I know.

You know, after you and Martin left this afternoon, I started thinking back to

those first days after Sandra was born.

Your father was entering med school, wasn't going to be home a lot, so my

moved in for a month to help me take care of Sandra, and it was a good thing

did because I really didn't know a lot about babies.

Yeah? Yeah.

The day before my mother was supposed to leave, I started getting very uneasy.

I mean, your father was going to be at school most of the time, and I was going

to be left at home alone with this tiny little life in my hands.

So what'd you do?

Pretended to get sick.

So my mother had to stay and take care of me for a couple of days.

You suggesting that I didn't make that call because I didn't want to leave home

with Olivia?

Of course not.

But if you can get anything at all from my story, I mean, be my guest.

I made a simple mistake, that's all.

All right, girl, that's enough.

You're not getting the message. How dense can you be?

Denise, you are a married woman with a child, and you are afraid to leave the

nest. My husband, your father, thinks you're never getting out of here.

I know.

Mom, new people, strange people.

No friends, no family.

Navy life? Me?

I know, honey.

But you can't stay.

You gotta go.

Well... Can I ask you something very important?

Sure. Do you know how to get to Rhode Island?

Yeah.

But I'm not stationed in Rhode Island. My family's stationed here in Brooklyn.

I understand.

But if you call me, I'll be there.

The Cosby Show is taped before a studio audience.