All language subtitles for family_affair_s02e03_go_home_mr_french

Mr. French, are you sure you don't want
to play farmer in the dill with us?

We promise you you won't have to be the
cheese who stands alone.

Well, that's most considerate of you,
Buffy, but I'm afraid I'm a still

Let's go, Buffy.

Will you hold Mrs. Beasley? She doesn't
feel like playing children's games

either.

Oh, Turner.

Miss Murdoch, may I?

Mr.

French, you just do a marvelous job with
those twins. So well -mannered. Oh,

thank you, Miss Tanner. We try, we try.

Giles!

Giles French!

But, Lorna Frazier!

Oh, excuse me, ladies.

Lorna, is it really you?

Oh, Giles, it's been such a long time.

For a fleeting moment, you've turned
Central Park into Kensington Gardens.

But what in the world are you doing
here?

The Duke and Duchess are here on
holiday.

We're all staying at the plaza.

Oh, and how are they? I hope they're
still in the best of health.

Indeed they are.

Giles, they remember you most fondly.

Oh, excuse me. I was forgetting you'd
left us before. There was an Elizabeth

a Jonathan.

Oh, Miss Elizabeth, Master Jonathan.

Children, this is our Mr. French.

At least he used to be our Mr. French.

Oh, Buffy, I'd like you to meet Miss
Frazier and Elizabeth and Jonathan

Glenmore. May I present Miss Buffy
Davis.

Would you like me to tie the bow for
you, Miss Buffy?

Thank you very much, but Mr. French does
it just right.

Oh, dear me, you see, I've acquired some
new talents since last we met.

There, Buffy.

Would you two kids like to play farmer
in the dell?

We'd like to very much.

But we don't know how.

I'll teach you.

It's real fun.

You two could even be the cheese.

Come on.

But, Giles, I thought you were employed
by a bachelor.

Not quite, but last year we acquired
some extra dividends. Three of them, to

precise. Buffy has a twin, Jody, and we
also have a lovely teenager, Sissy.

How very nice.

And I suppose their nanny has the
afternoon off today.

Well, not... Quite. You see, I have the
honor of being the entire staff.

Hi, kids.

Good afternoon, sir. You've just
returned from the park.

Guess who we played with today?

Rumpelstiltskin. No.

There's no white in the seven dwarfs.
No.

A real Duke and Duchess.

Oh.

Yeah, not quite, Buffy. The parents hold
the title.

Then I guess we played with a Duke and
Duchess Junior.

My former employer, sir. The Duke and
Duchess of Glenmore.

They're at present on holiday in New
York.

Oh, that's nice.

And so is Miss Fraser, and she's pretty,
too.

And was she glad to see Mr.

French.

That will do. Get ready for your bath,
children.

Okay, if we have to. If you have to.

Miss Fraser, huh?

Got a little something going there for
you?

Quite so, sir.

She's the Glenmore nanny, sir.

Yes, and, well, we're old friends.

We once were... Well, I suppose that was
a long time ago, sir.

The word's out that she's pretty, too.

Oh.

Lorna's... Every bit as lovely as the
first day we met, sir.

Now, Lorna and I took to each other the
first day she came to work.

Just being in her presence, I found most
exhilarating, sir.

Boy, why'd you let her get away?

Well, I suppose if truth were out, I was
the one who got away.

You see, sir...

I had my heart set on coming to America,
and Lorna, Miss Frazier, preferred to

stay in England.

We had made plans, but... You know what
it is, sir.

Sure.

Listen, why don't you just take some
extra time off this week?

Go ahead, whatever you need.

Thank you, sir. I must admit, there was
still a spark there this afternoon in

the park. On my part, anyway, sir. Yeah.

And, uh... Oh, but, by the way, sir...
Could I ask you a question?

Sure. Well, sir, if a young lady who
couldn't possibly have known a

address made inquiries and discovered
that he frequented a certain park and

deliberately sought him out, would you
say that constituted encouragement, sir?

Encouragement? People get married,
unless... Oh, why may we expect them,

Well, I don't know exactly. I'm supposed
to have a cocktail date, but the young

lady put it this way. She said, if I'm
not there by five o 'clock, don't wait,

which is the kind of encouragement I
get.

Ted and Ethel?

That broke up two days ago.

Of course, as far as I'm concerned,
Wally's the best dancer of all.

Yona! Please forgive the intrusion, but
I've been trying to reach you on the

telephone.

I'm sorry, but we have a teenager now.

When I told his grace that I found you,
he suggested that you drop in this

afternoon, about tea time.

That is, if you can get away.

Oh, I think that can be arranged.

I'd better call you back on my own
phone.

Oh, excuse me. Miss Sissy, I'd like you
to meet Miss Frazier.

Hi, how are you?

Mr. French, will you do me a favor?

Of course.

If Ted calls, tell him I'm not in,
because I might get a call from Charlie.

Charlie Cooper?

But if Wally calls first, tell him to
call back at seven.

That's in case that Ted and Charlie
don't call.

I see. Now, let me see. You are out to
Ted.

We'll speak with Charlie.

Wally must call back at seven. Right.
Perfect. Thank you. Nice meeting you. My

pleasure, Miss Sissy.

Among my various duties, I also run a
teenage telephone answering service. So

see.

I must say, you gave me quite a start
when you came in, French.

The resemblance to your late father's
quite amazing.

Oh, thank you, Your Grace. I consider
that a compliment.

Splendid, chap, your father.

You know, we were both thinking, first
time in four generations we haven't had

French on the staff.

I hope you haven't been completely
Americanized, French.

You do still have tea, don't you?

Oh, yes, madam, at each and every coffee
break.

Oh, you're great.

I wonder if you'd accord me the pleasure
of serving.

Why, by all means.

Thank you.

Just like old times, eh, French?

McClane! McClane!

Don't start on the I -beam till I get up
there, you hear?

Hello?

No, I didn't forget you.

Well, look, how am I going to give you
the go -ahead till the inspector gives

one?

Well, yeah, I'll call you back. Come in.
Oh, he's here now.

Yeah, I'll call you back. Keep your
rivets hot.

I'm just talking about you. Look, on
these changes in the specifications,

don't want you to think I'm cutting
corners. See, this is strictly a safety

factor, so if you want to give us a
quick okay... Oh, I'd be glad to give

okay without even looking at them, but
you've got the wrong man.

Huh? I'm Peter Glenmore.

You are Bill Davis.

Yeah, yeah. Oh, Glenmore, the Duke of
Glenmore. Well, sit down, sit down. What

can I do for you?

Mr. Davis, you can convince French to
come back to England with me.

Again? We're most anxious to have him
manage our household staff.

Oh.

Well, look, I'm all in favor of hands
across the sea and all that, but not

you make a grab for my butler.

Well, suppose we consider what's best
for French, eh?

Well, he's a big boy. He ought to be
able to decide that for himself.

I'm offering him an executive position.

He has the talent and the training for
it.

I'm sure his duties for you could be
performed by any competent housekeeper.

Okay, I'll feel him out. And if I kind
of get the message that he honestly

to leave, why, I'll do something about
it.

Well, that's fair enough.

Thank you.

Oh, come in.

Oh, Mr.

Davis, sir.

Oh, get up. Am I interrupting something?

No, sir. I'm just strolling down memory
lane, as it were, sir.

Oh. Can I look, too? You've got secrets
in your checkered past.

No, sir. All these Scotland Yard mug
shots have been removed.

Oh, no.

Oh, yes. Guilty, sir. It is I.

I always wondered what you looked like
under that.

Oh.

That's a very handsome couple.

Yes, well, that was a memento of my more
frivolous years. It was taken to

Brighton.

That's Miss Frazier.

Pretty.

Oh, and this is the Duke's country
estate, sir, High Ridge.

I was born in that corner room there.

You ever get the urge to go back?

Well, the thought has crossed my mind on
occasion, sir, but I'm very happy here.

Crossed your mind recently, like
yesterday, maybe?

I beg your pardon, sir?

The Duke came to my construction shack
and he told me all about the offer.

But, sir, I declined most definitely.

Now, look, French, it goes without
saying that you're appreciated here very

much.

But I don't want you to get an
exaggerated sense of loyalty and let

influence your decision, you see.

Well, thank you, Mr. Davis. That's most
thoughtful of you.

It's okay to be sentimental about the
past, but we've got to be practical

the future, right?

Quite true, sir.

In fact, I might reconsider the Duke's
offer.

Well, at least I can think about it,
huh?

Yes.

Ah, I guess you could call this sort of
a family meeting.

Why isn't Mr. French here?

Well, because the meeting's about him,
see?

Because, uh...

See, he's thinking about going back home
to England.

Mr. French going away?

These people that he used to work for,
they're the Duke and the Duchess of

Glenmore, and they offered him a real
good job.

And he'd be living right back in the old
castle where he was born.

His father was born there, too. And his
father before him.

I didn't know Mr.

French would want to leave us.

Well, he didn't come right out and say
that he wanted to, but that's because he

feels that we need him here, see?

Well, don't we? He's very good at tying
bows in the back.

And being Indians.

And telling bedtime stories and stuff.

Well, kids, we do need somebody here,
but it doesn't have to be Mr.

French.

So... If we love him, we're going to
have to make it easier for him to break

away and go home. If that's where he
belongs.

How do we do that?

Well, I think we could start by doing
things for ourselves a little.

Right. If Mr. French feels that we don't
depend on him so much, then he'll feel

free to go.

But we don't want to go.

We love him.

I know you do. But if you love somebody,
you want them to be happy, right?

So if you love Mr. French, you'll do
this for him.

Okay. If you say so, Uncle Bill.

What about you, Buffy?

All right.

But it sure is going to be hard tying
all those bows in the back.

Okay. Now, let's not be too obvious
about it, huh?

We'll start out by just being a little
bit independent.

You try to tie those bows.

Davis residence here.

Oh, Master Clarence.

Oh, I'm so sorry. Miss Sissy is out.

Yes. Goodbye.

Mr. French, I wanted to talk to
Clarence.

Oh, but I thought you said that you were
out to Master Clarence and in to

Masters Ted and Charles.

I should have told you. I'll be taking
my own calls from now on, so you won't

have to worry about it.

Yes, as you wish, Mr. C.

Now.

Oh, I thought perhaps your gray
pinstripe suit for tomorrow, sir... No,

bother, French.

Sorry.

Why, have I been remiss, sir? No,
sometimes when I get up in the morning,

a different mood, and, um...

I better just start looking after
myself.

As you wish, sir.

Good night, sir. Good night.

Follow Fox, followed Foxy Woxy into the
dark cave.

Well, children, what would you like to
hear tonight?

Winnie the Pooh or Wind in the Willows?

You don't have to tell us a bedtime
story, Mr. French. We've got one of our

You don't want to hear a story?

Things just the same, Mr. French. But
we're big enough to read our own.

We're growing up in a hurry.

Yes, of course.

I'll be back in a moment to tuck you in.

I'm sure I'm going to miss your stories.

Yeah.

How come trying to do something good for
someone makes you feel so bad?

Oh, uh, Mr. Davis.

Yeah.

Sir, I've, uh, given the matter
considerable thought, and I've made my

sir.

It's with the deepest of regret that I
would like to tender my resignation.

Oh.

Well, I guess you can't turn down an
opportunity like that.

Thank you, sir.

It's a nice fringe benefit, too, isn't
it?

Pardon, sir?

What's her name? Mrs. Frazier?

She was a decisive factor, sir.

And then there were the efforts of you
and the children.

Made me realize that you could get along
without me.

As, of course, you intended.

Hmm. You know, acting was that bad.

Well, it was a trifle overstated, as it
were.

But, uh, thank you, sir.

Thank you, French.

Hi. Hi, Mr. Smith.

Oh, hello.

We brought you something.

A going -away present.

Military brushes.

The man at the store said you don't have
to be a soldier to use them.

It's time for bed, you little guys.

Come on, kids.

I hate to say goodbye when it's really
goodbye.

Well, listen, I'll come down to the dock
tomorrow and we'll have a bon voyage.

Thank you, sir.

Mr. Davis, have you ever had the feeling
that you made a horrible mistake?

Lots of times.

I find myself wondering whether if I
hadn't given my word to the Duke, I...

course, it's too late now, isn't it?

Yeah, yeah, well...

Duke's dependent on you anyway, and
besides, like he says, all we need is a

housekeeper.

Precisely, sir.

Ah, good evening, Mr. Davis. Good
evening.

Did the inspector ever come around and
approve those plans of yours?

Oh, yes, he did. I just told him that
the Duke of Glenmore okayed them, and he

said, well, that's good enough for him.

Sit down.

Thank you.

You said this was important.

Yes. Well, frankly, I came to ask you to
let French out of his commitment.

But I thought it was all settled.

Well, so did I, but I don't think he
wants to go now.

Well,

I'm sure he'll come to me and say so.

No, he wouldn't. You see, he's got a
very great sense of honor, and he gave

his word.

He's also got a big heart.

And I think he realizes that he loves
our three children too much to leave

Three children?

Not even blood relatives?

I find it very difficult to understand.

I wonder.

Partings are never easy, Mr. Davis.

One's emotion may overrule one's better
judgment.

Granted.

But I'm just asking you what you ask me.

See? Just give him a chance to get out
if he wants to.

I wish I could find something unfair in
your proposal, but for the life of me, I

can't.

Agreed. Thank you.

All right, kids, now, here we go again.
This is, uh...

There'll be another family meeting.

I hope it's better than the last one.

How can it be with Mr. French leaving?

We'll never find another Mr.

French.

Yeah, well, this is an official meeting,
see, and the reason I called it is I

want you to meet the person that's going
to take care of you from now on, see?

Well, come on. Let's have some big
smiles. This has got to be a cordial

Okay.

When?

Mr. French!

You're going to stay? You're not going
away?

Exactly. I'm going to stay. I am not
going away.

Oh, well, um... Well, you know, those
castles are drafty over there. It's

Yeah, exactly, exactly. Would have
played havoc with my sinus and the

of much too demanding, you know. Sure,
running a castle and a townhouse at the

same time. It's not easy, right? Oh,
quite, quite, sir. I mean, and

these days with company help so hard to
get, you know.

And you would have missed us, too,
wouldn't you, Mr. French?

Missed you?

Well, didn't you, Mr. French?

Well, now that you've come to mention
it, I suppose I'd have missed you all

much.

Oh, it's getting late.

I suppose I should be going back to the
hotel. Yes, I suppose so. You know, it's

been wonderful, Lorna.

I've enjoyed every moment of it.

It's almost as though there hadn't been
those dozen years between.

A dozen years?

Oh, Giles, we can recapture those
memories, but we cannot relive them, can

No, no, I'm afraid not, Lorna.

Although, you know, for a fleeting
moment, I was hoping.

And so was I.

Well, goodbye, Lorna.

Goodbye.

Goodbye and bon voyage.