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Are you gonna tell me what
you're doing, or do I have to guess?

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I'm making
a paper airplane for Tabitha.

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- Haven't you ever seen one before?
- No. Will it fly?

4
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Of course. Come on. I'll show you.

5
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Tabitha?

6
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I once won a paper airplane contest.

7
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Oh, isn't that nice.

8
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Watch this, Tabitha.

9
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Hey, that's cute.

10
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I want to try it, Daddy.

11
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You just throw it the way Daddy did.

12
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No, no.

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Like this, sweetheart.

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- Hello?
- Hi, Samantha. It's Mrs. Stephens.

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Oh, hi, Mrs. Stephens. How are you?

16
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Oh, fine, dear. It's such a lovely day...

17
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...I thought I'd invite myself over
for a visit.

18
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Oh, gee, Mrs. Stephens.
I'm sorry to disappoint you...

19
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...but Darrin's going to play golf,
and I'm...

20
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Oh, that's perfect. It'll give us girls
a chance for a little talk-talk.

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A little talk-talk?

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Oh, I'd just love that.

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Oh, good, dear.
I'll be over right after lunch. Bye.

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- Who was that?
- Your mother.

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It's such a lovely day,
she's coming over to nose around.

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I'm sure she won't stay long.

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Last Sunday, she came for lunch
and left after dinner.

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Oh. Well, maybe I should
give up my golf game.

29
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Oh, no, sweetheart.
You don't have to do that.

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I don't mind.
After all, she's my mother.

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- Well, it would be nice.
- You bet.

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And next Sunday, if she comes over,
I won't play golf.

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Terrific.

34
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Hey, that's very good.

35
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- It's fun flying Daddy's plane, isn't it?
- I'm gonna fly it all day.

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Can I try?

37
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Obviously, this just isn't my day.

38
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Good afternoon, darling.

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Hi.

40
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Now that isn't what I'd call
an enthusiastic greeting.

41
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Well, it's just that you startled me.

42
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- Where have you been?
- Persia, darling.

43
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The Shah of Xanadu
was becoming drearily insistent...

44
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...so I decided to teach him
a lesson and disappear.

45
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But I'm really hooked on his hookah.

46
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He's probably tearing the palace
inside out looking for it.

47
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Mother, would you mind changing?

48
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Why, darling?

49
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Well, I'm expecting
Darrin's mother any minute.

50
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And hide your hookah.

51
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Oh, you poor thing.

52
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Darling, why don't you
come to the palace with me.

53
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The shah isn't that dreary.

54
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Mother, please?

55
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- Thank you. Yes.
- All right?

56
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I'm sorry to be late, Samantha.

57
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Is my adorable granddaughter
up from her nap yet?

58
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No, not for a while.
You remember my mother.

59
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Oh, yes.
How terribly nice to see you.

60
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Do you live here now?

61
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Live here?

62
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Whatever gave you that idea?

63
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Well, it's just that
every time I visit, she's here.

64
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Oh, it's just a coincidence.

65
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A happy coincidence.

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Samantha darling,
I'm sure you and Mrs...

67
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...Stephens have so many things
to talk about.

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I think I'll be going.

69
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Oh, what a shame.

70
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Here, let me take your coat.

71
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Where...

72
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Where did she go?

73
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Well, when my mother
says she's going...

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...she goes.

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But... But just...

76
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Why are we standing here?
Let's go in and sit down.

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Come on.

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Actually, I'm glad
we have this chance to talk...

79
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...because I've been thinking.

80
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And what I've been thinking
is that you need a maid.

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- A maid? What for?
- Well, it'll give you time to socialize...

82
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...with the people who can boost Darrin
up the ladder of success.

83
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What people are those?

84
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Well, for instance,
there's Mrs. Endicott Otis.

85
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Her husband practically
runs the community...

86
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...and I would never have met her...

87
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...if I didn't sacrifice
those two days a week...

88
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...at the League of Women Volunteers.

89
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Well, I feel that I make my
fair contribution to charity...

90
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...and still have time
to take care of our home.

91
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That must explain why you
look so tired and drawn.

92
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Tired and drawn?

93
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Samantha, I'm going to arrange
for you to meet Mrs. Otis.

94
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Now, it wouldn't do for her to think
Darrin couldn't afford a maid, would it?

95
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Mrs. Stephens, I don't know
why I've been fighting you.

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We definitely need a maid.
Definitely.

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I'll start to work on it next week.

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Now that your decision's made,
why wait?

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After we talked this morning,
I phoned the employment agency...

100
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...and asked them to send over
a few prospects this afternoon.

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- You're kidding.
- I knew you'd be pleased.

102
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Oh, that must be the first applicant.

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Now the most important thing
about hiring anybody...

104
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...is to establish immediately
who is working for whom.

105
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And make it clear
that the job is no snap.

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She will cook, clean,
do the laundry and the ironing...

107
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...and help take care of Tabitha.

108
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She'll have Thursdays off
and every other Sunday afternoon.

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I'll be in the kitchen.
I don't want to interfere.

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Good afternoon.

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- Good afternoon.
- I'm from the employment agency.

112
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- Are you Mrs. Stephens?
- Yes. First...

113
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First, I want to make it clear
that this job is no snap.

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You'll have to do the cooking
and the cleaning and...

115
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Well, now, there are a few more things
we ought to discuss.

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That's right. I have to have every
weekend and Wednesday afternoon off.

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I can't possibly get
breakfast ready before 9:00...

118
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...and I'll serve dinner
no later than 7:00.

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Of course you have an automatic
dishwasher, garbage disposal...

120
00:08:01,018 --> 00:08:02,371
...washing machine.
- Oh, yes.

121
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- All right. I'll take the job.
- Thank you.

122
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By the way, what is your name?

123
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- Mrs. Harper.
- What shall I call you?

124
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Mrs. Harper.

125
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I'll take a look upstairs
to see what I've gotten into.

126
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I wish you wouldn't go upstairs.
The baby's still...

127
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- A baby!
- Well, she isn't very big. She's only...

128
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Mrs. Stephens,
you have flunked this interview.

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Good.

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I think.

131
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How did you do?

132
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I bombed out.

133
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- Oh, here we go again.
- I'll stay this time. Maybe I can help.

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- Yes?
- Mrs. Stephens?

135
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- Yes.
- I'm Amelia.

136
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The agency sent me.

137
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They said you were looking
for a full-time, live-in maid.

138
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I just love being a full-time,
live-in maid.

139
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I find it very rewarding.

140
00:09:05,618 --> 00:09:08,769
Well, you may be
just the one we're looking for.

141
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- Come in.
- Thank you.

142
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My, what a lovely home you have.

143
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Well, we like it. This is Amelia.

144
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Amelia, this is my
mother-in-law, Mrs. Stephens.

145
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- Hello, Amelia.
- How do you do?

146
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- Won't you sit down?
- Oh, thank you.

147
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My, this is a comfortable chair.

148
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Amelia,
I'm going to be honest with you.

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There are a few
disadvantages to this job.

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Mrs. Stephens,
my philosophy has always been...

151
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...that nothing is ideal,
nobody is perfect...

152
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...there are flies
in the best of ointments.

153
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Those are the little crosses
that one learns to bear.

154
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That's a perfectly marvellous
philosophy, Amelia.

155
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Don't you agree, Samantha?

156
00:10:00,938 --> 00:10:03,327
Well, yes, of course.

157
00:10:03,778 --> 00:10:05,814
But to get back
to the disadvantages.

158
00:10:06,018 --> 00:10:09,169
There's a four-year-old child.
She's very lively.

159
00:10:09,378 --> 00:10:13,007
You no sooner straighten up after her,
then she's in to something else again.

160
00:10:13,218 --> 00:10:15,334
That's children for you, bless them.

161
00:10:16,298 --> 00:10:19,688
Mrs. Stephens, would you mind
getting us some more cookies?

162
00:10:19,898 --> 00:10:20,967
Of course.

163
00:10:22,538 --> 00:10:24,290
What happened to the cookies
that were...

164
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Good cookies go fast.

165
00:10:26,538 --> 00:10:28,290
Oh, yes.

166
00:10:28,498 --> 00:10:33,367
Well, I'm delighted to help
in any way a mother-in-law can.

167
00:10:38,458 --> 00:10:42,007
Another problem we have
is the irregularity of our meals.

168
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You see,
my husband is in advertising.

169
00:10:44,938 --> 00:10:47,293
We entertain a lot
and keep peculiar hours.

170
00:10:47,498 --> 00:10:50,808
Often you'd be asked to fix dinner
for 12, in less than an hour's notice.

171
00:10:51,018 --> 00:10:53,532
Mrs. Stephens,
you need say no more.

172
00:10:53,738 --> 00:10:56,252
Oh, well, I'm sorry it didn't work out.

173
00:10:56,458 --> 00:10:58,494
Oh, but it will work out beautifully.

174
00:10:58,698 --> 00:11:02,771
Your household is the
kind of challenge I find very rewarding.

175
00:11:02,978 --> 00:11:05,367
- It is?
- My things are out in the car.

176
00:11:05,578 --> 00:11:09,332
I can start taking care of you
and your little family right away.

177
00:11:19,658 --> 00:11:22,616
You and I are going to have
lots of rewarding times together.

178
00:11:22,818 --> 00:11:25,048
Do you want to see my airplane fly?

179
00:11:25,258 --> 00:11:27,135
Oh, yes, indeed I do.

180
00:11:34,738 --> 00:11:36,330
Good gracious.

181
00:11:36,698 --> 00:11:37,733
That's incredible.

182
00:11:37,938 --> 00:11:40,168
I've never seen anything
like that in all my days.

183
00:11:40,378 --> 00:11:41,936
My husband made it.

184
00:11:42,138 --> 00:11:45,255
He won a paper airplane contest
when he was a little boy.

185
00:11:45,458 --> 00:11:46,891
He was 23.

186
00:11:47,098 --> 00:11:49,692
And that plane couldn't fly
anything like this one.

187
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Gracious.

188
00:11:52,658 --> 00:11:54,330
I'd better get dinner started.

189
00:11:54,538 --> 00:11:58,326
I'll show Amelia around the kitchen
while you're dressing Tabitha.

190
00:11:58,738 --> 00:12:01,969
It's so rewarding to have
such a helpful mother-in-law.

191
00:12:02,578 --> 00:12:04,250
You have no idea.

192
00:12:10,658 --> 00:12:12,535
I know it's been a lot of work,
Amelia...

193
00:12:12,738 --> 00:12:16,014
...but it's my son's favourite meal.
Did you know that, Samantha?

194
00:12:16,218 --> 00:12:19,369
Yes, Mrs. Stephens. I believe
you've mentioned it once or twice.

195
00:12:19,578 --> 00:12:21,694
- Where's Tabitha?
- She's playing out back.

196
00:12:21,898 --> 00:12:23,968
I'll set the table.

197
00:12:24,178 --> 00:12:27,329
Have you mastered
hollandaise sauce yet, Samantha?

198
00:12:27,538 --> 00:12:31,451
I'm afraid not. That recipe you gave me
always seems to curdle.

199
00:12:31,658 --> 00:12:34,297
- Oh, hi, sweetheart.
- Hi, honey.

200
00:12:34,498 --> 00:12:36,489
Darrin. I had no idea it was so late.

201
00:12:36,698 --> 00:12:40,407
I must be off, dear. I wouldn't want
to horn in on Sam's little surprise.

202
00:12:40,618 --> 00:12:42,290
- What surprise?
- Oh, you'll see.

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00:12:42,498 --> 00:12:44,216
Bye, dear.

204
00:12:44,578 --> 00:12:47,536
Goodbye, dear. I'll let myself out.

205
00:12:48,698 --> 00:12:50,131
What surprise?

206
00:12:50,338 --> 00:12:52,169
Well,
it's really your mother's surprise.

207
00:12:52,378 --> 00:12:54,972
And it's not little.
It weighs about 140 pounds.

208
00:12:55,178 --> 00:12:57,738
- What does?
- Our new maid.

209
00:12:57,938 --> 00:12:59,371
New maid...

210
00:12:59,578 --> 00:13:01,170
How come we have a maid?

211
00:13:01,378 --> 00:13:03,448
Because your mother
can be very persuasive.

212
00:13:03,658 --> 00:13:05,694
- But, honey, you know...
- Come on.

213
00:13:10,818 --> 00:13:14,208
You know we can't have a maid
with all the hocus-pocus that goes on.

214
00:13:14,418 --> 00:13:18,297
I know. I'll tell her first thing in the
morning that things didn't work out.

215
00:13:18,498 --> 00:13:20,250
How about telling her tonight?

216
00:13:20,458 --> 00:13:22,653
Well, all right.

217
00:13:22,858 --> 00:13:24,655
We'll tell her first thing after dinner.

218
00:13:24,858 --> 00:13:26,735
We'll make up some excuse
to let her go...

219
00:13:26,938 --> 00:13:31,807
...give her a good recommendation,
two weeks' salary and a fond farewell.

220
00:13:32,218 --> 00:13:35,494
How about one week's salary
and two fond farewells?

221
00:13:43,378 --> 00:13:44,891
This baked Alaska is delicious.

222
00:13:45,098 --> 00:13:46,975
How about that asparagus
with hollandaise?

223
00:13:47,178 --> 00:13:49,089
And how about that shepherd's pie?

224
00:13:49,298 --> 00:13:52,813
And I was gonna give you
plain old hamburger.

225
00:13:55,178 --> 00:13:56,133
Well.

226
00:13:56,338 --> 00:13:57,851
Well, what?

227
00:13:59,258 --> 00:14:01,135
You better go in and fire Amelia.

228
00:14:01,338 --> 00:14:03,613
Me? You fire her.

229
00:14:03,818 --> 00:14:05,171
That's your job.

230
00:14:05,378 --> 00:14:09,769
Darrin, your mother got us into it.
It's up to you to get us out of it.

231
00:14:11,218 --> 00:14:14,051
I wish I could find
an argument for that.

232
00:14:16,298 --> 00:14:17,890
Be gentle.

233
00:14:25,018 --> 00:14:27,088
Amelia, may I have a word with you?

234
00:14:27,298 --> 00:14:29,607
Of course, Mr. Stephens.

235
00:14:30,258 --> 00:14:32,294
We haven't had
much of a chance for a chat.

236
00:14:32,498 --> 00:14:34,693
You're a very lucky man,
Mr. Stephens.

237
00:14:35,818 --> 00:14:38,457
Tabitha is the most adorable
child I've ever seen.

238
00:14:38,658 --> 00:14:42,094
Pretty and unspoiled.
And if you don't mind my saying so...

239
00:14:42,298 --> 00:14:45,290
...she looks quite a bit like her father.
- Thank you.

240
00:14:45,498 --> 00:14:48,092
And your wife,
she's just as sweet as she can be.

241
00:14:48,618 --> 00:14:51,178
- Thank you.
- And I can't thank you enough...

242
00:14:51,378 --> 00:14:54,575
...for making it possible for me
to be part of this happy home.

243
00:14:54,778 --> 00:14:56,655
- Thank you.
- Oh, but I'm keeping you...

244
00:14:56,858 --> 00:14:59,372
...from whatever it was
you wanted to speak to me about.

245
00:14:59,938 --> 00:15:02,054
- It's just that...
- Yes, sir?

246
00:15:02,258 --> 00:15:03,930
The dinner was delicious, Amelia.

247
00:15:10,538 --> 00:15:11,891
Well?

248
00:15:12,098 --> 00:15:14,737
I can't do it. She loves it here.

249
00:15:16,058 --> 00:15:18,094
I'll see what I can do.

250
00:15:18,298 --> 00:15:19,697
Be gentle.

251
00:15:22,658 --> 00:15:25,536
<i>Be it ever so humble</i>

252
00:15:25,738 --> 00:15:29,492
<i>There's no place like home</i>

253
00:15:34,418 --> 00:15:35,453
Well?

254
00:15:35,658 --> 00:15:40,015
Now she's singing
"Home, Sweet Home."

255
00:15:41,738 --> 00:15:43,456
Sam, there's only one thing to do.

256
00:15:43,658 --> 00:15:46,252
First thing tomorrow morning,
we'll fire her.

257
00:15:46,458 --> 00:15:49,211
After I leave for the office.

258
00:15:49,418 --> 00:15:50,817
Now.

259
00:15:51,898 --> 00:15:55,891
Now then, what problem
has that brute saddled you with?

260
00:15:56,098 --> 00:15:59,295
Through no fault of Darrin's,
we have a maid.

261
00:16:00,138 --> 00:16:01,969
Whatever for?

262
00:16:02,178 --> 00:16:05,932
Oh, to do the housework, and cook
the meals, and things like that.

263
00:16:06,138 --> 00:16:08,936
Samantha, you mean to say
that you're paying someone...

264
00:16:09,138 --> 00:16:11,606
...to do what you could do
with a snap of your fingers?

265
00:16:11,818 --> 00:16:13,934
Oh, how utterly, utterly, mortal.

266
00:16:14,138 --> 00:16:17,016
It was Mrs. Stephens's idea.

267
00:16:17,418 --> 00:16:22,776
Oh, so Durwood's mommy
wanted you to have a maid.

268
00:16:22,978 --> 00:16:24,934
Oh, how sweet.

269
00:16:25,898 --> 00:16:27,456
Mother, you're not helping.

270
00:16:27,658 --> 00:16:30,331
What I have to do is
find a way to get rid of her.

271
00:16:30,538 --> 00:16:34,326
Oh, Samantha, you've been living
this humdrum life too long.

272
00:16:34,538 --> 00:16:37,974
Simply turn the creature into a toad,
and put her out back.

273
00:16:39,178 --> 00:16:43,649
Mother, I would like
a constructive suggestion.

274
00:16:44,658 --> 00:16:47,536
How about a destructive one?

275
00:16:47,738 --> 00:16:48,966
What did you have in mind?

276
00:16:52,618 --> 00:16:53,937
This:

277
00:17:03,378 --> 00:17:05,096
One look at this shambles...

278
00:17:05,298 --> 00:17:07,653
...and that will be
the end of your maid.

279
00:17:10,098 --> 00:17:12,134
Mother, you're a genius.

280
00:17:12,338 --> 00:17:15,057
A bit overdone, perhaps,
but a genius.

281
00:17:15,258 --> 00:17:17,818
Well, if you think that shows talent...

282
00:17:18,018 --> 00:17:19,610
...wait till you see the kitchen.

283
00:17:19,818 --> 00:17:23,049
Oh, I'll take your word for it.
Come on. Let's go upstairs.

284
00:17:23,258 --> 00:17:26,534
I don't want to be around
when Amelia gets home.

285
00:17:37,258 --> 00:17:39,647
Good gracious!

286
00:17:47,138 --> 00:17:49,606
Oh, Leslie, I just know
you're going to adore Samantha.

287
00:17:49,818 --> 00:17:52,378
- We'll see.
- Charming little cottage, isn't it?

288
00:17:52,578 --> 00:17:54,296
Charming.

289
00:17:58,738 --> 00:18:03,334
Good gracious. I've certainly got
my day's work cut out for me.

290
00:18:08,058 --> 00:18:09,776
Oh, good morning, Mrs. Stephens.

291
00:18:09,978 --> 00:18:12,936
Good morning, Amelia. Is...

292
00:18:15,378 --> 00:18:18,893
- What happened?
- I don't know, ma'am.

293
00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:21,693
I'm sure there's a good explanation.

294
00:18:21,898 --> 00:18:23,854
I'm sure.

295
00:18:29,298 --> 00:18:32,608
Amelia,
I'm terribly sorry about the mess.

296
00:18:32,818 --> 00:18:35,207
Mother and Tabitha were playing.

297
00:18:35,418 --> 00:18:36,931
They play rough.

298
00:18:37,138 --> 00:18:40,369
They fooled around
a little in the kitchen too.

299
00:18:40,578 --> 00:18:42,853
I noticed.
I think I'd better get started in there.

300
00:18:43,058 --> 00:18:45,367
But don't you worry
about a thing, Mrs. Stephens.

301
00:18:45,578 --> 00:18:48,968
I believe in children
having free expression.

302
00:18:54,938 --> 00:18:56,291
Well, Mrs. Stephens.

303
00:18:56,498 --> 00:18:59,490
Samantha, this is Leslie Otis.

304
00:18:59,698 --> 00:19:00,972
How do you do?

305
00:19:01,698 --> 00:19:03,689
You'll have to excuse the house.

306
00:19:03,898 --> 00:19:05,729
Must have been quite a party.

307
00:19:05,938 --> 00:19:10,295
Oh, well, we don't do that
kind of thing very often.

308
00:19:10,498 --> 00:19:14,491
It's just that our maid gets nervous
if there's not a lot to do.

309
00:19:14,698 --> 00:19:18,407
You mean you have a maid who doesn't
complain about things like this?

310
00:19:18,618 --> 00:19:23,373
Oh, no, not at all.
She just loves rewarding challenges.

311
00:19:23,578 --> 00:19:26,968
Well, if you have a maid who feels
that this is a rewarding challenge...

312
00:19:27,178 --> 00:19:28,850
...she's worth a king's ransom.

313
00:19:29,818 --> 00:19:31,934
Of course, it wouldn't do
to tell her that.

314
00:19:32,138 --> 00:19:34,254
I don't suppose she has a twin.

315
00:19:34,458 --> 00:19:36,176
No.

316
00:19:36,378 --> 00:19:39,131
No, no, Amelia is one of a kind.

317
00:19:39,338 --> 00:19:41,533
She'll have this place
cleaned up in no time.

318
00:19:41,738 --> 00:19:44,127
So I insist that
the two of you stay for lunch.

319
00:19:44,338 --> 00:19:47,489
She's an excellent cook,
along with all of her other talents.

320
00:19:47,698 --> 00:19:50,337
Oh, I don't think
we ought to trouble you at this time...

321
00:19:50,538 --> 00:19:52,574
It's no trouble at all. Now, come on.

322
00:19:52,778 --> 00:19:54,928
You just make yourselves
at home in the den...

323
00:19:56,498 --> 00:20:00,013
...and I'll talk to Amelia about lunch.

324
00:20:27,058 --> 00:20:31,813
If I believe what's happening,
I must be getting senile.

325
00:21:04,178 --> 00:21:07,773
Perhaps, on the other hand, I'm getting
younger and a little more lively.

326
00:21:10,778 --> 00:21:12,336
Amelia...

327
00:21:12,538 --> 00:21:15,814
...I'd like to speak to you
about lunch for three.

328
00:21:17,178 --> 00:21:19,897
- Are you all right, Amelia?
- No.

329
00:21:20,458 --> 00:21:24,895
Yes. I always say, when things
are going well, don't ask questions.

330
00:21:25,698 --> 00:21:28,974
I always say that too.
Now about lunch...

331
00:21:29,178 --> 00:21:32,056
Excuse me. Before we get into that,
may I say something?

332
00:21:32,258 --> 00:21:34,249
Of course, Amelia.

333
00:21:34,458 --> 00:21:37,575
You just speak up and tell me
whatever's on your mind.

334
00:21:37,778 --> 00:21:41,930
Mrs. Stephens, I've never been as
happy in my entire career as a maid...

335
00:21:42,138 --> 00:21:44,208
...and I'm looking forward to a long...

336
00:21:44,418 --> 00:21:46,852
...perhaps even permanent,
relationship...

337
00:21:47,058 --> 00:21:49,014
...with you and your little family.

338
00:21:50,018 --> 00:21:51,690
Oh, my.

339
00:21:51,898 --> 00:21:54,048
That is splendid news.

340
00:22:03,058 --> 00:22:05,413
Amelia, that was a perfectly
delicious luncheon.

341
00:22:05,618 --> 00:22:06,767
Thank you, Mrs. Stephens.

342
00:22:06,978 --> 00:22:10,766
I just can't believe what you were able
to accomplish in less than half an hour.

343
00:22:10,978 --> 00:22:12,730
Well, I just simply can't believe it.

344
00:22:12,938 --> 00:22:16,567
There's something very inspiring
about working here.

345
00:22:16,778 --> 00:22:18,370
Well, thank you, Amelia.

346
00:22:18,578 --> 00:22:20,489
We'll have our coffee
in the living room.

347
00:22:20,698 --> 00:22:23,132
- Yes, ma'am.
- Shall we?

348
00:22:27,258 --> 00:22:30,011
Pardon me. Is that the way I go
to powder my nose?

349
00:22:30,218 --> 00:22:31,776
Yes.

350
00:22:32,218 --> 00:22:33,731
Into the den and to your left.

351
00:22:33,938 --> 00:22:36,975
- Oh, if you'll excuse me.
- Certainly.

352
00:22:45,018 --> 00:22:46,736
Mrs. Otis.

353
00:22:49,378 --> 00:22:52,097
Amelia, I'm not one
for beating about the bush.

354
00:22:52,298 --> 00:22:55,210
How would you like to come
to work for Mrs. Endicott Otis?

355
00:22:55,418 --> 00:22:59,730
Leslie likes you, Samantha.
I'm perceptive about those things.

356
00:22:59,938 --> 00:23:01,894
Oh, that's nice.

357
00:23:02,138 --> 00:23:05,335
Oh, I forgot to speak to Amelia
about the roast for dinner.

358
00:23:05,538 --> 00:23:07,449
I'll be right back.

359
00:23:08,538 --> 00:23:12,247
Whatever Mrs. Stephens is paying you,
I'll pay you half again as much.

360
00:23:12,458 --> 00:23:16,212
Thank you, Mrs. Otis, but I find working
at the Stephens's very rewarding.

361
00:23:16,418 --> 00:23:18,295
What about the prestige
of working for us?

362
00:23:18,498 --> 00:23:21,615
- You'd be queen of the supermarket.
- You're very kind, Mrs. Otis...

363
00:23:21,818 --> 00:23:25,128
...but I wouldn't find prestige
as rewarding as my life here.

364
00:23:25,338 --> 00:23:28,614
Well, certainly you
could use the extra money.

365
00:23:28,818 --> 00:23:31,207
Yes, I am sending
my nephew through college.

366
00:23:31,418 --> 00:23:35,457
Would you find double your
present salary more rewarding?

367
00:23:35,658 --> 00:23:39,970
Oh, Mrs. Otis, I don't see how I can.

368
00:23:40,898 --> 00:23:45,130
How I can possibly
turn down such a generous offer.

369
00:23:45,180 --> 00:23:49,730
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