1 00:00:58,167 --> 00:01:00,203 Hi, Sophia. How are you this morning? 2 00:01:00,287 --> 00:01:02,357 My joints ache, my ears are ringing 3 00:01:02,447 --> 00:01:07,237 and I think my butt dropped two inches on the way down the hall. 4 00:01:08,007 --> 00:01:10,646 All in all, not bad. 5 00:01:10,727 --> 00:01:14,003 - You want some breakfast? - Not if you're making it. 6 00:01:14,087 --> 00:01:19,286 Oh, come on, i�s an old family favourite, chocolate-chip pancakes. 7 00:01:20,807 --> 00:01:25,927 Made with brown sugar, honey, whipped cream and maple syrup. 8 00:01:26,007 --> 00:01:28,043 If God had meant man to eat like that, 9 00:01:28,127 --> 00:01:31,836 He would have handed him his teeth in a Baggie. 10 00:01:32,807 --> 00:01:36,436 - Well, excuse me for asking. - I'm sorry. I'm just irritable. 11 00:01:36,527 --> 00:01:40,839 Poor Sophia. Are you upset because your friend Berenice moved back to Chicago? 12 00:01:40,927 --> 00:01:45,478 No, Rose, I'm upset because I can't relate to thirtysomething. 13 00:01:46,607 --> 00:01:48,359 Of course tha�s why I'm upset! 14 00:01:48,447 --> 00:01:51,723 I know just how you feel. L�s hard losing your best buddy. 15 00:01:51,807 --> 00:01:53,604 You're telling me. 16 00:01:53,687 --> 00:01:57,282 Good morning, Sophia. Rose, honey, you don't have time to eat. 17 00:01:57,367 --> 00:01:58,800 As my campaign manager, 18 00:01:58,887 --> 00:02:02,721 it is your duty to spend every waking hour ensuring my victory, 19 00:02:02,807 --> 00:02:06,516 so that once in office I can implement the changes needed to move forward 20 00:02:06,607 --> 00:02:10,202 in the grand tradition of the founders of this, our great country. 21 00:02:10,287 --> 00:02:12,039 What office are you running for? 22 00:02:12,127 --> 00:02:15,278 Fashion show chairman of the Tinkerbells. 23 00:02:17,087 --> 00:02:20,636 Morning. Rose, I hope you don't mind - I borrowed your golf glove. 24 00:02:20,727 --> 00:02:23,480 - I have a date to play this morning. - With a man? 25 00:02:23,567 --> 00:02:26,639 No, Blanche. With a Venus flytrap. 26 00:02:27,767 --> 00:02:30,235 - Of course with a man. - Is it Raymond again? 27 00:02:30,327 --> 00:02:32,841 - As a matter of fact, yes. - Raymond? 28 00:02:32,927 --> 00:02:35,077 He's the guy you picked up at the grocery store. 29 00:02:35,167 --> 00:02:40,195 I did not pick him up. He asked me if I could recommend a good coffee, 30 00:02:40,287 --> 00:02:44,246 and then I threw myself underneath his shopping cart. 31 00:02:45,247 --> 00:02:47,807 - Oh, I think he sounds really nice. - He is. 32 00:02:47,887 --> 00:02:50,685 We've had a wonderful time together these past few weeks. 33 00:02:50,767 --> 00:02:55,124 You know, girls, I really like him. And I think he like me. 34 00:02:55,207 --> 00:02:58,279 Just don't ruin it and sleep with him. 35 00:02:58,367 --> 00:03:03,964 Of course not, Ma. I only do that with men I plan to scar psychologically. 36 00:03:06,207 --> 00:03:10,439 Oh, by the way, I forgot. This came for you. A postcard from Berenice. 37 00:03:10,527 --> 00:03:13,087 - I don't want it. - I thought you missed her. 38 00:03:13,167 --> 00:03:15,727 I do. But if I read that, I'll only miss her more. 39 00:03:15,807 --> 00:03:20,119 Ma, I know you're Ionely for Berenice, but i�s been over a month now. 40 00:03:20,207 --> 00:03:22,880 L�s not just Berenice. The whole gang is gone. 41 00:03:22,967 --> 00:03:27,563 Gladys went to live with her daughter, Edie got married, Alice died. 42 00:03:27,647 --> 00:03:32,562 Lillian is still around, but she thinks she's Pinky Lee. I'm the only one who's left. 43 00:03:32,647 --> 00:03:36,083 Then maybe i�s time you went out and tried to make new friends. 44 00:03:36,167 --> 00:03:38,158 L�s not that easy to make new friends. 45 00:03:38,247 --> 00:03:43,241 It sure wasn't for the first Eskimo family that moved to St Olaf. 46 00:03:49,207 --> 00:03:51,118 Especially after they sawed a hole 47 00:03:51,207 --> 00:03:56,076 and went salmon-fishing in the middle of the local ice-skating rink. 48 00:03:56,167 --> 00:04:01,002 And then there was the Halloween they gave all the kids whale blubber. 49 00:04:01,087 --> 00:04:04,477 And then there was time they borrowed every ice tray in town 50 00:04:04,567 --> 00:04:08,003 to build an addition over their garage. 51 00:04:09,327 --> 00:04:10,726 What was the point? 52 00:04:10,807 --> 00:04:15,085 I guess after the baby came, they needed more room. 53 00:04:16,607 --> 00:04:21,397 The point of the story! Well, gradually, they were able to make friends, 54 00:04:21,487 --> 00:04:24,206 and they ended up the most popular family in town. 55 00:04:24,287 --> 00:04:27,962 But only because they went out and met people. Isn't that right? 56 00:04:28,047 --> 00:04:30,322 No. It was because, in the drought of '49, 57 00:04:30,407 --> 00:04:34,161 their house melted and kept the town from dehydrating. 58 00:04:39,727 --> 00:04:43,242 I have an idea. Why don't you come and play golf with Raymond and me? 59 00:04:43,327 --> 00:04:48,560 I would love to, but I don't own any ugly plaid polyester. 60 00:04:48,647 --> 00:04:51,366 Rose, you have something in a size six? 61 00:04:51,447 --> 00:04:55,122 Come on, Ma, I'll help you pick something out. 62 00:04:58,247 --> 00:04:59,396 Must be Raymond. 63 00:04:59,487 --> 00:05:04,925 I'll be right out. I just have to get some hard candy and my doughnut pillow. 64 00:05:07,367 --> 00:05:09,244 - Hi, Dorothy. - Come right in. 65 00:05:09,327 --> 00:05:12,603 Raymond, I'm afraid I have something to tell you. 66 00:05:12,687 --> 00:05:15,121 Aw. Oh, you shouldn't have. 67 00:05:15,207 --> 00:05:17,198 I know. 68 00:05:22,847 --> 00:05:26,840 - Shouldn't have done that, either. - Yes, you should. Do it again. 69 00:05:30,207 --> 00:05:33,802 I have a Chiclet here somewhere if you're fighting over a piece of gum. 70 00:05:35,367 --> 00:05:37,642 Hi, Sophia. I didn't notice you there. 71 00:05:37,727 --> 00:05:41,197 I noticed you and I noticed your hands all over my daughter. 72 00:05:41,287 --> 00:05:45,326 - Do you hear your daughter complaining? - I apologise, Sophia. 73 00:05:45,407 --> 00:05:48,319 Apology accepted. Le�s go. 74 00:05:48,407 --> 00:05:51,365 Uh, tha�s what I wanted to talk to you about. 75 00:05:51,447 --> 00:05:55,963 Ma's been feeling a little down lately, so I invited her to play golf with us. 76 00:05:56,047 --> 00:05:57,196 Oh, wonderful. 77 00:05:57,287 --> 00:06:00,085 - Glad to have you along, Sophia. - I know. 78 00:06:00,167 --> 00:06:03,364 So, Sophia, tell me, have you played much? 79 00:06:03,447 --> 00:06:06,996 Have I played? Have I played? 80 00:06:07,087 --> 00:06:09,157 Have I played what? 81 00:06:17,007 --> 00:06:20,079 - Have you written my campaign speech? - Check. 82 00:06:20,167 --> 00:06:22,158 - Sent out the invitations? - Check. 83 00:06:22,247 --> 00:06:25,080 Made my appointment with the refreshment committee? 84 00:06:25,167 --> 00:06:27,203 Good! 85 00:06:27,287 --> 00:06:32,884 With all the work I put in on this, I might as well run for fashion show chairman myself. 86 00:06:37,047 --> 00:06:38,162 Wha�s so funny? 87 00:06:38,247 --> 00:06:43,116 You? Rose, you can't be fashion show chairman. 88 00:06:43,207 --> 00:06:47,564 Why, you thought Giorgio Armani was a puppet on Ed Sullivan. 89 00:06:49,007 --> 00:06:51,680 You don't think I'm smart enough for the job? 90 00:06:51,767 --> 00:06:55,726 Well, no, I think you're smart enough. You just have no taste. 91 00:06:57,287 --> 00:07:01,121 OK, girls, which goes better - the silver chain or the pearls? 92 00:07:01,207 --> 00:07:04,085 - The chain. - An amateur's mistake. 93 00:07:04,167 --> 00:07:10,640 Can't you see that the chain accentuates the many folds of that turkey-like neck? 94 00:07:16,327 --> 00:07:21,879 Well, that may be, but the pearls draw attention to the nonexistent bosom. 95 00:07:26,647 --> 00:07:32,597 Yes, but the chain leads the eye even lower, to that huge spare tire. 96 00:07:34,087 --> 00:07:37,477 Jutting out over those square, manly hips. 97 00:07:37,567 --> 00:07:41,924 Why don't I just wear a sign that says, "Too ugly to live"? 98 00:07:43,727 --> 00:07:48,118 Fine, but what are you gonna hang it from - the chain or the pearls? 99 00:07:48,207 --> 00:07:51,677 Neither! I'm gonna spray-paint it on my hump! 100 00:07:52,567 --> 00:07:55,240 You see, Blanche, you don't know any more than I do. 101 00:07:55,327 --> 00:07:58,763 I've decided I'm gonna run for fashion show chairman. 102 00:07:58,847 --> 00:08:02,999 You're just wasting your time. Who on that committee is gonna vote for you? 103 00:08:03,087 --> 00:08:05,601 - I'm gonna win. - I don't see how tha�s possible. 104 00:08:05,687 --> 00:08:10,761 Everybody on the committee is female. Who are you gonna sleep with? 105 00:08:15,767 --> 00:08:19,965 Are you insinuating that I cannot win it on merit alone? 106 00:08:20,047 --> 00:08:22,038 All women? 107 00:08:23,407 --> 00:08:27,923 - Where are you going all dressed up? - Out for an intimate dinner with Raymond. 108 00:08:28,007 --> 00:08:31,397 L�ll be the first time in weeks that we've been anywhere without Ma. 109 00:08:31,487 --> 00:08:35,002 Is that why you sent her off to the drugstore? 110 00:08:35,087 --> 00:08:36,679 You're dumping your own mother? 111 00:08:36,767 --> 00:08:40,203 Faster than CBS dumped Jimmy the Greek. 112 00:08:43,567 --> 00:08:45,603 I'm shocked at your behaviour. 113 00:08:45,687 --> 00:08:48,201 Me too. I would have done it on the first date. 114 00:08:48,287 --> 00:08:53,156 No, I felt terrible about doing it, but Raymond and I need our privacy. 115 00:08:53,247 --> 00:08:55,761 Why don't you just tell Sophia how you feel? 116 00:08:55,847 --> 00:08:59,601 L�ll hurt her feelings, and right now, we're the only friends she has. 117 00:08:59,687 --> 00:09:02,724 - I think tha�s sweet. - I think i�s unnatural. 118 00:09:02,807 --> 00:09:05,480 And I'm from the South. 119 00:09:05,567 --> 00:09:10,846 I mean, what do you do when you and Raymond want to, you know, make love? 120 00:09:10,927 --> 00:09:13,839 - Blanche! - Well, i�s bound to come up. 121 00:09:14,327 --> 00:09:19,037 - How do you handle it? - Yeah, Dorothy, how do you handle it? 122 00:09:19,687 --> 00:09:22,565 Handle it? I can't even get close to it. 123 00:09:29,767 --> 00:09:32,839 - Is it safe? - Ma's at the drugstore. Make it quick. 124 00:09:32,927 --> 00:09:34,042 - Hi. - Hi. 125 00:09:34,127 --> 00:09:36,118 OK, le�s go. 126 00:09:38,487 --> 00:09:42,719 I really feel so terrible about running out on Ma like that. 127 00:09:42,807 --> 00:09:44,240 I don't. 128 00:09:45,567 --> 00:09:50,322 Give it a rest, Raymond. You're in her mouth more than her dentist. 129 00:09:51,247 --> 00:09:53,807 How did you get back from the drugstore so soon? 130 00:09:53,887 --> 00:09:58,085 I faked a heart attack to get through the line faster. Wha�s up? 131 00:09:58,167 --> 00:10:01,125 Well, we, uh... we were just going out to dinner. 132 00:10:01,207 --> 00:10:03,675 Great! I'm starved. Where are we going? 133 00:10:03,767 --> 00:10:07,237 To tell you the truth, we thought maybe just this once, we'd like... 134 00:10:07,327 --> 00:10:11,161 We thought we'd like to go out for French food. How does that sound? 135 00:10:11,247 --> 00:10:16,879 They eat snails. Why pay good money for something you can scrape off your shoes? 136 00:10:16,967 --> 00:10:20,164 Well, of course, if you'd rather not come, we understand. 137 00:10:20,247 --> 00:10:23,205 Don't worry about that. I'll find something on the menu. 138 00:10:23,287 --> 00:10:26,962 I just enjoy being out with you guys. Come on! 139 00:10:27,047 --> 00:10:31,120 Dorothy. I'm getting tired of dating your mother. 140 00:10:31,207 --> 00:10:34,404 I promise, this is the last time this will ever happen. 141 00:10:34,487 --> 00:10:36,717 - OK. - Coming, Ma. 142 00:10:36,807 --> 00:10:39,037 - Just one more thing. - What is it? 143 00:10:39,127 --> 00:10:42,244 When we are through with dinner and she begins to pick her teeth... 144 00:10:42,327 --> 00:10:46,002 I promise, I'll ask her to keep them in her mouth. 145 00:10:53,327 --> 00:10:57,605 - This is really lovely, Raymond. - I hoped you'd like it. 146 00:10:57,687 --> 00:11:01,236 Reminds me of the place I met Charles de Gaulle. 147 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:04,603 - We were lovers, you know. - Really? 148 00:11:04,687 --> 00:11:07,884 - Ma, tha�s a lie. - Who asked you? 149 00:11:08,727 --> 00:11:13,164 Picture it - Sicily, 1921. 150 00:11:13,247 --> 00:11:16,205 A beautiful young peasant girl saves her lira 151 00:11:16,287 --> 00:11:19,324 and takes a trip to Paris, the city of lights. 152 00:11:19,407 --> 00:11:25,243 Also, the only place a guy can wear a cape without getting a lot of funny looks. 153 00:11:25,327 --> 00:11:27,283 She wanders into a restaurant 154 00:11:27,367 --> 00:11:30,598 and ends up sharing a table with a dashing young Frenchman. 155 00:11:30,687 --> 00:11:35,203 They drink, they talk, they burn a cork and draw moustaches on each other. 156 00:11:35,287 --> 00:11:38,836 - What? - Just wanted to see if you were listening. 157 00:11:38,927 --> 00:11:43,284 Anyway, the next thing she knows, i�s hours later. 158 00:11:43,367 --> 00:11:48,600 The place is empty... and the Frenchman's got his schnoz down her blouse. 159 00:11:50,127 --> 00:11:52,960 This begins a beautiful love affair. 160 00:11:53,047 --> 00:11:56,483 Kids, I was that peasant girl. 161 00:11:56,567 --> 00:11:59,286 And the schnoz was Charles the Mole. 162 00:12:00,367 --> 00:12:03,439 - Charles the Mole? - Yeah. 163 00:12:03,527 --> 00:12:08,521 Charles the Mole. He was the wheelman for Louis the Ice Pick. 164 00:12:10,487 --> 00:12:13,240 Ma, you said Charles de Gaulle. 165 00:12:13,327 --> 00:12:16,876 Yeah, right. I slept with Charles de Gaulle. 166 00:12:16,967 --> 00:12:21,279 I could have been the First Lady of France, but I married your father instead. 167 00:12:21,367 --> 00:12:25,246 A man who cleaned his toenails with a shrimp fork. 168 00:12:32,127 --> 00:12:36,962 Move it along, would you, Itzhak? We're trying to have a conversation here. 169 00:12:39,247 --> 00:12:43,877 - May I get you something from the bar? - Yes, bring me a bottle of Scotch. 170 00:12:43,967 --> 00:12:46,435 Raymond, we still have to get through dinner. 171 00:12:46,527 --> 00:12:49,360 Tha�s right. And a bottle of gin. 172 00:12:57,207 --> 00:13:02,235 - Dinner was just wonderful, Raymond. - And the rolls were the best I ever tasted. 173 00:13:02,927 --> 00:13:04,838 You want one? 174 00:13:07,247 --> 00:13:10,284 - No, thank you, Sophia. - How about some coffee? 175 00:13:10,367 --> 00:13:13,916 Sorry, I didn't steal any. But I have plenty of matches. 176 00:13:14,007 --> 00:13:18,364 - I meant that we could make some. - Good idea. I'll put some on. 177 00:13:21,287 --> 00:13:23,084 Dorothy, I have to tell you, 178 00:13:23,167 --> 00:13:26,716 not being able to spend any time alone with you is driving me crazy. 179 00:13:26,807 --> 00:13:28,604 Oh, I know. Me too. 180 00:13:28,687 --> 00:13:32,077 What do you say we go away, just the two of us, for a few days? 181 00:13:32,167 --> 00:13:36,160 - I say yes. - How about we go to the Bahamas? 182 00:13:36,247 --> 00:13:38,681 All right! 183 00:13:38,767 --> 00:13:41,076 Fantastic! 184 00:13:45,287 --> 00:13:48,962 I gotta tell you, being with you guys these last few weeks 185 00:13:49,047 --> 00:13:51,083 is the most fun I've had in years. 186 00:13:51,167 --> 00:13:55,604 You really made me forget my Ioneliness. Thanks. 187 00:13:55,687 --> 00:13:59,646 I can't believe it. I'm going to the Bahamas. 188 00:14:07,367 --> 00:14:11,042 Trust me. There is no way Ma is going with us to the Bahamas. 189 00:14:11,127 --> 00:14:13,357 I promise. I promise I'll tell her. 190 00:14:13,447 --> 00:14:15,802 I hope you will. 191 00:14:15,887 --> 00:14:19,243 You've been so understanding about Ma. I appreciate it. 192 00:14:19,327 --> 00:14:20,806 Oh, i�s OK. 193 00:14:20,887 --> 00:14:24,084 - I respect your being so considerate of her. - Thank you. 194 00:14:24,167 --> 00:14:27,682 Have you ever considered having her put away? 195 00:14:29,367 --> 00:14:32,325 Every day of my life. 196 00:14:45,007 --> 00:14:47,475 - What are you still doing up? - Just thinking. 197 00:14:47,567 --> 00:14:48,556 About what? 198 00:14:48,647 --> 00:14:52,640 About how I'm gonna tell Ma that she's not invited to the Bahamas. 199 00:14:52,727 --> 00:14:54,718 What are you doing up? 200 00:14:56,367 --> 00:15:00,883 Dorothy, can I confide something in you I've never told another living soul? 201 00:15:00,967 --> 00:15:02,241 Of course. 202 00:15:02,327 --> 00:15:04,522 - You promise not to tell anybody? - I promise. 203 00:15:04,607 --> 00:15:08,441 Are you willing to spit in each other's hand and rub on it? 204 00:15:09,327 --> 00:15:12,285 Who are we - Wally and the Beaver? 205 00:15:13,207 --> 00:15:16,324 What is it you wanna tell me, Rose? 206 00:15:16,407 --> 00:15:21,117 I'm not absolutely sure I'm the most qualified Tinkerbell to win the election. 207 00:15:21,207 --> 00:15:23,516 Of course you are. 208 00:15:23,607 --> 00:15:27,316 Why, you're the best damn Tinkerbell I know. 209 00:15:29,407 --> 00:15:33,195 - I just had the most disturbing dream. - Oh? What was it? 210 00:15:33,287 --> 00:15:35,596 Well, I was stranded on a desert island 211 00:15:35,687 --> 00:15:39,965 with Tom Selleck, Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg. 212 00:15:40,047 --> 00:15:43,119 Three men and no baby. 213 00:15:43,207 --> 00:15:48,042 They kept passing me around and kissing me and powdering my behind. 214 00:15:48,127 --> 00:15:50,721 Well, so what was so disturbing? 215 00:15:50,807 --> 00:15:56,803 Well, I woke up, and I'd only gotten to sleep with Steve Guttenberg. 216 00:15:58,167 --> 00:16:01,159 And I'm not even sure who he is. 217 00:16:02,967 --> 00:16:05,003 Well, what are y'all doing up? 218 00:16:05,087 --> 00:16:08,397 - I just couldn't sleep. - Me neither. I'm worried about Ma. 219 00:16:08,487 --> 00:16:13,242 Oh, I guess she didn't take the news too well about not going to the Bahamas. 220 00:16:13,327 --> 00:16:15,318 Dorothy still hasn't told her. 221 00:16:15,407 --> 00:16:19,002 Why, honey, i�s been days. What are you waiting for? 222 00:16:19,087 --> 00:16:20,998 She's so thrilled about going. 223 00:16:21,087 --> 00:16:23,965 How can I tell her she's not invited? I'm not going on the trip. 224 00:16:24,047 --> 00:16:27,198 - Dorothy, I think you're making a mistake. - Me too. 225 00:16:27,287 --> 00:16:31,166 Besides, spending all your time with Sophia isn't really helping her. 226 00:16:31,247 --> 00:16:35,604 - She needs to meet her own friends. - I'm not going. She needs me. 227 00:16:35,687 --> 00:16:38,918 Please give this thing you're doing some thought. 228 00:16:39,007 --> 00:16:42,920 Raymond is such a great guy, and he's been more than reasonable. 229 00:16:43,007 --> 00:16:48,639 And he's the only man who hasn't dumped you after the first date in months. 230 00:16:48,727 --> 00:16:50,126 Years. 231 00:16:51,767 --> 00:16:55,157 Look, I agree with everything you're trying to say. 232 00:16:55,247 --> 00:17:00,526 But it is not that simple. She is my mother. And right now she needs my attention. 233 00:17:00,607 --> 00:17:04,202 Why don't you just tell her how you feel? She'll understand. 234 00:17:04,287 --> 00:17:08,280 - You honestly think so? - Sonja Klingenhoffer did. 235 00:17:08,367 --> 00:17:12,280 She certainly did. Thank you for pointing that out, Rose. 236 00:17:12,367 --> 00:17:14,278 Good night. 237 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:17,120 - You know Sonja Klingenhoffer? - Know her? 238 00:17:17,207 --> 00:17:20,199 She's from St Olaf, isn't she? Lovely woman. See you. 239 00:17:20,287 --> 00:17:22,437 Wait a minute. 240 00:17:22,527 --> 00:17:26,156 - Sonja's not a woman. - I know. She's a cow. 241 00:17:26,767 --> 00:17:28,359 A pig. 242 00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:30,802 A duck? A horse? 243 00:17:30,887 --> 00:17:34,846 A pencil sharpener? Blanche, jump in. I'm drowning. 244 00:17:35,647 --> 00:17:38,207 Sonja Klingenhoffer is a comic strip. 245 00:17:38,287 --> 00:17:42,121 And a darn good one, too. Well, good night. 246 00:17:42,207 --> 00:17:44,198 Both of you come back here. 247 00:17:44,287 --> 00:17:49,645 Or I'll be forced to follow you to your room and act it out with sock puppets. 248 00:17:51,727 --> 00:17:53,957 OK, you were saying? 249 00:17:55,367 --> 00:17:59,406 In the first panel, it says "Sonja Klingenhoffer" in big letters, 250 00:17:59,487 --> 00:18:01,682 and the "o" has pigtails. 251 00:18:01,767 --> 00:18:03,519 Wha�s in the second panel? 252 00:18:03,607 --> 00:18:08,317 Sonja's walking down this country road, and a group of children is laughing at her, 253 00:18:08,407 --> 00:18:12,161 and in the bubble coming out of her mouth, it says, "l�s not funny." 254 00:18:12,247 --> 00:18:16,320 "You try getting white bread and mayonnaise out of your braces." 255 00:18:16,407 --> 00:18:20,366 - And then in the third panel... - Rose. How many panels are there? 256 00:18:20,447 --> 00:18:24,156 16. And then in the next panel... 257 00:18:24,247 --> 00:18:28,001 - Could you just tell us the gist of the story? - Oh, fine, 258 00:18:28,087 --> 00:18:33,320 but then you'd miss the joke between the two crows on the telephone wire. 259 00:18:33,407 --> 00:18:35,602 The gist of the story, Rose. 260 00:18:37,247 --> 00:18:43,163 Well, in the last panel, Sonja tells her mother, and her mother understands. 261 00:18:50,887 --> 00:18:57,156 If my foot wasn't asleep, I wouldn't ask this. What exactly was it Sonja told her mama? 262 00:18:57,247 --> 00:19:01,320 The joke between the two crows! I knew you'd beg to hear it. 263 00:19:01,407 --> 00:19:03,682 - Tha�s it. Get out! - But... 264 00:19:03,767 --> 00:19:05,758 Get out! 265 00:19:07,727 --> 00:19:09,285 - Ow! My nose! - Sophia! 266 00:19:09,367 --> 00:19:12,120 Sophia, are you all right, honey? 267 00:19:12,207 --> 00:19:16,325 Wonderful, wonderful. I always wanted to have a nose like Joe Frazier. 268 00:19:16,407 --> 00:19:20,320 - How long were you listening at the door? - I wasn't listening at the door. 269 00:19:20,407 --> 00:19:22,716 Then why was your face pressed against the crack? 270 00:19:22,807 --> 00:19:26,117 - Tha�s what the crow said! - Get out! 271 00:19:38,327 --> 00:19:40,158 - Ma, i�s me. - Come in. 272 00:19:43,407 --> 00:19:45,284 I wanna talk to you about the trip. 273 00:19:45,367 --> 00:19:49,201 Yeah, I wanna talk to you about the same thing. I'm not going. 274 00:19:49,287 --> 00:19:50,276 What? 275 00:19:50,367 --> 00:19:55,566 You were right when you said I should make new friends. So I took your advice. 276 00:19:55,647 --> 00:20:00,960 I met some nice people at the centre, and this weekend we're all going to Canc�n. 277 00:20:01,047 --> 00:20:04,642 You and wha�s-his-name will have to go to the Bahamas without me. 278 00:20:04,727 --> 00:20:08,197 You just met these people and you're all going to Canc�n? 279 00:20:08,287 --> 00:20:10,960 Yeah. One of them has a condo down there. 280 00:20:11,047 --> 00:20:14,244 You were listening at the door last night, weren't you? 281 00:20:14,327 --> 00:20:17,125 No, no. I swear on your father's grave. 282 00:20:17,207 --> 00:20:22,327 Or what used to be your father's grave. Now i�s a Wienerschnitzel. 283 00:20:22,407 --> 00:20:25,797 But he always liked a pup, so I never made a fuss. 284 00:20:25,887 --> 00:20:28,447 I know what you're doing, and i�s not working. 285 00:20:28,527 --> 00:20:31,041 - What? - You made up something to do 286 00:20:31,127 --> 00:20:33,721 because you're afraid you're intruding on Raymond and me. 287 00:20:33,847 --> 00:20:38,284 You don't have to worry about that. Honey, you are more important. 288 00:20:38,367 --> 00:20:42,963 And tha�s why I'm spending the entire weekend here with you. 289 00:20:44,047 --> 00:20:46,720 Jeez, you're a yutz. 290 00:20:46,807 --> 00:20:49,560 Try not to get all choked up. 291 00:20:49,647 --> 00:20:55,040 Look, Dorothy, I appreciate what you did for me, but, uh, I got my own plans now. 292 00:20:55,127 --> 00:20:56,879 OK, Ma. 293 00:20:56,967 --> 00:20:58,719 Whatever you say. 294 00:21:12,287 --> 00:21:17,122 Isn't there anything I can say tha�ll make you change your mind and come with me? 295 00:21:17,207 --> 00:21:19,357 I'm afraid not. 296 00:21:19,447 --> 00:21:22,325 - Look at the brochure again. - Oh, honestly. 297 00:21:22,407 --> 00:21:25,126 Raymond, if I went to the Bahamas with you, 298 00:21:25,207 --> 00:21:28,324 I would spend the entire time worrying about my mother. 299 00:21:28,407 --> 00:21:32,446 And frolicking gaily on sandy-white beaches. 300 00:21:33,327 --> 00:21:36,399 Dancing cheek to cheek under starry skies. 301 00:21:36,487 --> 00:21:41,686 And sharing romantic interludes to the sound of the pounding waves. 302 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:45,806 Oh, God, I hate that wretched old woman! 303 00:21:45,887 --> 00:21:48,082 Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 304 00:21:48,167 --> 00:21:51,318 Raymond, I just can't. My mother needs me here. 305 00:21:51,407 --> 00:21:56,925 Dorothy, you are one hell of a daughter, but you're also a lousy girlfriend. 306 00:21:57,007 --> 00:21:58,076 Sorry. 307 00:21:58,167 --> 00:22:03,321 I think the best thing for you and me to do is not to see each other for a while. 308 00:22:03,407 --> 00:22:07,605 At least until your mother doesn't seem to need as much of your time. 309 00:22:07,687 --> 00:22:09,882 Maybe you're right. 310 00:22:12,407 --> 00:22:15,319 - I'll call you in a few weeks. - OK. 311 00:22:16,367 --> 00:22:18,403 Raymond. 312 00:22:30,527 --> 00:22:33,599 - Hi, Dorothy. - Hey. How did the election go? 313 00:22:33,687 --> 00:22:35,564 - Don't ask. - It was a disaster. 314 00:22:35,647 --> 00:22:40,675 - We both lost by a landslide. - You're kidding! Who won? 315 00:22:40,767 --> 00:22:44,282 Fifi Bolger. Can you believe that? 316 00:22:44,367 --> 00:22:47,837 I think i�s just because her husban�s a plastic surgeon. 317 00:22:47,927 --> 00:22:49,758 What does that have to do with it? 318 00:22:49,847 --> 00:22:52,839 She promised everyone a discount on liposuction - 319 00:22:52,927 --> 00:22:56,397 two cheeks for the price of one. 320 00:22:57,927 --> 00:23:00,725 Tha�s what swung it for Nixon in '68. 321 00:23:02,367 --> 00:23:05,279 Hi, Sophia. I thought you'd be on your way to Canc�n by now. 322 00:23:05,367 --> 00:23:10,077 Someone was supposed to pick me up an hour ago. Wha�s taking them so long? 323 00:23:10,167 --> 00:23:12,362 Ma, when are you going to stop? 324 00:23:12,447 --> 00:23:16,281 You're not going anywhere, so why don't you just put down your suitcase 325 00:23:16,367 --> 00:23:18,437 and you and I will go off and see a movie? 326 00:23:18,527 --> 00:23:23,317 You go to a movie. In a few hours, I'll be basking on a beautiful white beach, 327 00:23:23,407 --> 00:23:26,524 trying to keep the sand out of my wrinkles. 328 00:23:28,327 --> 00:23:30,318 I'll get it. 329 00:23:31,287 --> 00:23:33,482 - Hello, there. - Hi. Is Sophia home? 330 00:23:33,567 --> 00:23:36,957 - Oh! Hi, Duncan. - Hi, Sophia. 331 00:23:37,047 --> 00:23:40,357 The gang's waiting in the car. I'll take your suitcase. 332 00:23:40,447 --> 00:23:44,281 Ma, you're really going, aren't you? 333 00:23:44,367 --> 00:23:46,483 I tried to tell ya. 334 00:23:46,567 --> 00:23:49,923 I thought you were Ionely. I thought you needed me. 335 00:23:50,007 --> 00:23:53,363 I did, and you were there, just like always. 336 00:23:53,447 --> 00:23:55,324 I love you, pussycat. 337 00:23:55,407 --> 00:23:58,479 But, hey, I got my own life to live. Adios!