All language subtitles for Eight Is Enough s04e11 Arrivals

Last on part one of this special episode
of Eight is Enough.

Everybody should hear the good news.

Susan and I are going to Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico?

To pitch in the Winter League. We'll be
taking off tomorrow.

Not we, Merle.

If you want to go to Puerto Rico, you
can go by yourself.

Joni, I only have a semester and a half
till I graduate.

What about my career?

Okay, say you don't go with him. Where
does that leave you?

Look, Tony, it hasn't been all champagne
and roses with Merle and me. Maybe this

is what we needed.

What?

What? A separation?

If you change your mind, there's plenty
of money in the checking account for a

plane ticket. Merle, I don't think I'll
be changing my mind.

I hope you're not giving up completely.
I mean,

I hope there's still a chance.

I still love Merle, Dad.

Just, I don't know.

I don't know right now.

Okay.

Let's go home.

My home or your home?

Our home.

And now, tonight's conclusion.

When the sunrise smiles on everything
around.

It's a portrait of the happiness that we
feel and

always will.

Waited enough to fill our lives with
love.

Always spend our days like bright and
shining.

The changing time There's a plate of

homemade wishes On the kitchen window
sill

And it is enough to fill our lives with

You're wrong, Bradford.

Juicy Harvey's Fish and Chips beats El
Taco Terrific any time. I hate fish.

We're not talking fish. We're talking
women.

I heard Harvey's is currently the best
hit -on place in Sacramento.

Even college girls go there.

Even secretaries.

Secretaries? Yeah, after a lonely day at
the typewriter.

So they're starved for companionship.

Okay, let's throw the old latch. We'll
check it out. All right.

Secretaries, huh? Sounds like a lot of
fun.

I thought you were supposed to be at the
TV station instead of here stealing TV

sets. I thought Susan ought to have
something to stare at besides the

You mean she's hiding out in bed again?

Yeah. I can't really blame her. How
would you feel if your husband preferred

winter baseball to your marriage?

Now, wait a second, Joanie.

That's not exactly being fair to Merle.

I mean, he had a right to take that
Puerto Rico contract.

If Susan can have a career, well, then
why can't he?

Look, Mary, I don't know why they split
up.

All I know is Susan's in a really bad
way.

If I had to do a role calling for mental
depression, I'd play it just how she

looks. That's hardly a medical opinion.

True.

So, look, if you don't believe me, why
don't you go try to get her back into

world, okay?

With the television?

Yeah, whatever it takes.

Listen, you going downtown?

Yeah. I could really use a lift to work.
I missed one bus already.

I suppose we can drop you off. Get in.
Thanks.

Come on.

All right.

Tommy, hold it!

Tommy, wait!

Hey, Tommy, if you're going downtown, I
need a ride.

Sorry, sport, but there's no room.

Tommy, what do you mean? There's plenty
of room.

Yeah, but Ernie and I have an
appointment some other time.

Well, I need it right now.

That's right, Tommy. I promised Nicholas
that when we were finished at the

dentist, he could buy a brand -new
basketball at Martinson's Clearance

Well, can't you take him? Why?

And waste all that gasoline when you're
practically going to the same place?

Climb in there, little Nicholas, and
Tommy will take good care of you. But

real close to him. Come on, Nicholas.
Let's go, Tommy. I'm late.

For crying out loud, Nicholas.

This is what I have always worked for,
an efficient carpool.

Toodle -oo.

Well, if you don't want to watch TV, you
could always get up.

Look, we could go to the Green Mandarin
to get some Chinese food, then take in a

movie. Your choice, my treat. I don't
think so.

Well, then how about the basketball
game? Look, I heard Sac State has one of

cutest dribblers in 20 years.

Now, I know how much you like dribbling.
Forget it, Mary.

Susan, listen to me. When someone has
surgery, we encourage them to get up and

start moving as soon as possible.

Well, you've had an emotional kind of
surgery, and you need the same kind of

therapy. Mary, did Joanie put you up to
this?

It's just that we're both really worried
about you.

Well, then I'll tell you the same thing
I told her.

Please, just leave me alone.

This isn't Martinson's. We'll get to
Martinson's later, Sport.

Right now, Ernie and I got to check this
place out.

Well, let's check it out. Not you,
Nicholas. You'll scare them off.

Scare who off? Never mind. Just wait
here.

I don't want to just wait here.

Well, you're not just waiting. You're
guarding the van.

I am?

Well, yeah.

We can't risk leaving this here alone.
It's a very rough neighborhood.

I don't know, Bradford.

It's a pretty big job.

You think Nicholas can handle it?

I can handle it. You said yourself I'd
scare them off.

You're right, Ernie. You said it
yourself.

Let's go.

We have met before.

I beg your pardon?

I mean, we may appear to be strangers,
but we once lived in the same village on

an island in the Aegean Sea.

Ah, no, I'm afraid there must be some
mistake. I've always lived in

Oh, this was thousands of years ago,
before Sacramento.

Oh, right, this is some kind of prank,
right?

Hey, who put him up to this? Come on.

I see you walking on a steep hillside.

And you're gathering herbs. You're some
kind of a priestess. And I'm a humble

shepherd.

And the vision fades.

You really believe that?

Who are you? Andre.

Andre Jerome.

And this will explain what I believe in.

Psychic breakthrough in contemporary
California. You'll find my thoughts on

reincarnation in chapter seven.

Telekinesis.

Telepathy, premonition.

You wrote this?

Except for three chapters transmitted to
me while I was serving as a medium.

It was in that state that I was directed
to you.

To me?

Well, actually, to the station.

You see, I believe my studies need a
wider audience.

And I was told at the reception desk
that you were in charge of interviewing

prospective guests for Jeffrey Trout's
talk show.

Oh, I see.

Well, uh... We're pretty booked up right
now, Mr. Jerome, but thank you very

much. But, Andre, call me Andre. We have
known one another for thousands of

years. And before you give me a complete
no, can we try an experiment?

I sense that you're very worried about
someone.

Ah, well, everybody's worried about
somebody.

I sense that you're very worried
about...

Your sister.

That's the best hit -on spot in
Sacramento?

I don't understand it. I hear guys have
to fight them off in there.

Yeah, you must have heard backwards,
because they kept treating me like I was

the invisible man.

I'll tell you one thing, Bradford.

I wouldn't go out with any of those four
and a half. Then why did you keep

asking those four and a half?

Uh, just to test the law of averages.

Yeah, well, it doesn't work for us.

Hey, would you look at that?

Isn't that precious? He's on guard duty.

What's your name?

Good morning.

Did you hear that?

Isn't he the cutest? I could take you
home just to come.

Did you see that?

We strike out and your little brother
gets the chicks.

It's not fair.

Don't think about justice, Ernie. Think
about opportunity.

Who's your friends?

Hi. Hi, I'm Tommy, and this is Ernie.
I'm his older brother. I'm sure you can

see the resemblance.

I want you to know, Mr. Jerome, that I
do not believe very much in ESP or any

that. I'm sure there's a very reasonable
explanation as to how you knew about

Susan. Susan?

Yes, my sister.

That might prove something. You didn't
even know her name, did you?

Well, I do now.

Susan is very interesting from a
numerological standpoint.

You do numerology?

When the vibrations are right.

How are the vibrations now?

Propitious.

Susan recently suffered a loss.

You can see that?

I can see many things with my eyes
closed.

Well, like what?

Is Susan going to be all right?

I see a stranger entering her life.

Stranger?

Someone new.

Someone important.

No, no, no, no. You can't see that. See,
Susan's married.

Well, I mean, she's separated, and her
husband's in Puerto Rico, but it's only

been a few weeks, and you can't see a
stranger.

I'm sorry.

I only see what I see.

It's a definite stranger.

Susan, are you sure you won't come down
to dinner?

I don't feel up to it, Dad.

Look. I know it seems like a terrible
effort, but believe me, once you get out

of bed and see the beautiful carrot cake
that Abby bought, I tell you, you'll

feel like a million dollars.

I'll be fine right here, Dad, really. I
wish I could believe that.

Well, believe what?

Susan, we're all very concerned about
you. We know what an ordeal you've been

through, and we want to help.

Oh, thanks, Abby, but I'm afraid this is
one I'll have to work out myself.

Well, maybe you could work it out faster
if you'd see somebody who, well, who

knew how to handle the kind of feelings
that you're having, someone

professional.

Are you saying I should see a shrink?

A psychologist. And I can recommend this
Dr. Koenig very highly. She's a lovely

woman. You'll like her very much.

This has nothing to do with my
psychology.

Of course it does. The reason that
you're physically exhausted is because

suffering from a severe case of mental
and emotional stress. And it's about

we deal with it. I could see 40
psychologists and none of them would

I guess I just can't lie around here
anymore hiding, pretending it'll go

Pretending what will go away?

You might as well know.

I'm afraid I'm pregnant.

Remember now, there are such things as
false pregnancies.

I had all the same symptoms that you do.
But you weren't this sure.

Yes, I was.

Well, here we go.

Every test in the book.

Hold my hand.

So what's the official verdict, Dr. Max?

Do I have to be official?

Can't your old Uncle Max tell you that
you're going to make a wonderful mother?

Then I am?

If anyone ever was.

I knew it.

He's right. You know, you'll make a
wonderful mother.

When, Dr. Max?

In about 230 days.

Give or take a few anxious nights. But
you'll be fine. Everything is normal.

You're quite healthy, you know.

Must have an outstanding family doctor.

Personally, I wouldn't blame you if he
decided to name a boy Maxwell or a girl

Maxine.

Pay attention, Susan.

Laughing mothers make laughing babies.

And those were the jokes.

Sorry, Dr. Max, I just don't feel like
laughing.

Susan,

are you considering, under the
circumstances with your husband, are you

considering... Not having this child? I
wouldn't do that. I couldn't.

Then cheer up.

It's not the end of the world. It's a
new beginning. But why now?

I know. Mothers with lousy timing make
babies with lousy timing.

I'm going to give you your first
prescription, Susan.

No resentments.

You will welcome this child.

And you'll make the best home you can.

Starting right now.

I'll love my baby, Dr. Max.

Really, I will.

Thanks for calling, Abby.

Have you told Dad yet?

Yeah, don't blame me. It'll take me a
while to get up the nerve, too.

Bye -bye.

It's true?

Susan is... In about two months, is.

You mean it wasn't psychosomatic?

Oh, poor Susan.

What did we say to her? Yeah, really.

Hey, Susan, we heard the great news. You
lost a husband, but you gained a baby.

How could Merle do a thing like that?
You want the whole medical lecture?

You know what I mean. How could Merle
desert a wife who was pregnant?

Merle doesn't know.

He doesn't?

Well, I didn't even suspect it myself
before he left.

You know how tense things were the last
few weeks we were together.

When I went off schedule, I just figured
it was emotional strain.

When I moved back home and it happened
again, that's when I knew for sure. I

couldn't face it.

Had you been in touch with Merle? Of
course not.

So he has no idea?

No, we hardly even talked about
children. They were just something we

someday when we were good and ready.

That's a laugh.

But if Merle wanted children, then he
should be real happy to hear this. Why?

He'll just see there's one more weight
dragging him away from the major

How do you know if you haven't told him?
I know him. I know him better now than

when I married him, which was my first
mistake.

I was lecturing Susan. There was a baby.
That's right.

How could I have been so wrong?

Relax, Joanie. None of us guessed it.

I know, but none of you share your room
and your lives with Susan. I should have

been able to sense something this
momentous.

Joanie, come on. You're not a mind
reader.

No, I'm not a... Andre.

He was right.

He said there would be someone new in
Susan's life. That's it.

Who's Andre?

He's somebody I met at the station. He's
a psychic.

Uh -huh.

Come on, Joanie, you don't believe that
kind of mumbo -jumbo, do you?

He did say that Susan would suffer a
loss, which was moral, right? And then

predicted Susan's baby before even she
knew for sure.

Well, maybe he's a good guesser.

Maybe we should all read his book. It
might be kind of interesting.

Does he make any predictions about the
stock market?

Only that it goes up and that it goes
down.

Cynic. Patsy. All right, if you don't
want to read Andre's book, how about a

little Shakespeare?

There are more things in heaven and
earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in

philosophy. Shakespeare said that? He
did?

Sounds kind of cliche. I think I'd
rather read Andre.

Yeah, Andre.

I wonder what else he knows about
Susan's future.

Lots of ways of helping people.

Tony, you're not.

I predict she is.

Nicholas, make a left.

Yeah, I like this spot. We can, uh, we
can hide around that thing over there.

Yeah, this spot will be perfect.

Okay, Nicholas, sit down and take off
your skates.

But I just got them on.

Take them off.

Okay, but just remember, you only paid
me for an hour. I know, I know. Now, as

soon as you get them all unlaced, just
sit there and look helpless.

Why should I look helpless?

I've been lacing shoes since I was
three.

The chicks won't know that.

Exactly. So just sit there and look
helpless.

Oh, and precious.

Precious. You guys want your money back?

Careful, Ernie. You're going to blow the
deal.

Let's get out of here before any chicks
come.

Don't you think it's time you tell
Merle? Forget it, Dad. I'm not going to

Merle just yet. Susan, I can't believe
that.

I've got a lot of things to figure out.
I'm not ready for Merle. But he's the

father of your child.

He doesn't have to know that right now.

Abby, do you hear what I'm hearing?

Yes, and I think we should just listen
to him. Well, I will, I will. It's just

that I should think you'd be very eager
to tell Merle about it. Why? Because

this changes the whole complexion of the
separation.

Everything is different now. Is it?

Well, yes.

I mean, in case you haven't been
listening to what you came here to tell

there's a child to be considered.

Dad, that's exactly what I am telling
you.

There is a child now, and I'm not going
to risk the future happiness of that

child. You're not?

Well, then how come you're overlooking
the fact that children need fathers?

Children need love, and Mo and I didn't
have enough of that to keep us together.

A child might give you a new reason to
find that love.

No, Dad.

A child is the wrong reason.

Bradford, some chicks finally stopped.

Come on.

Nicola? Do people ever call you Nikki?

Not if I can help it.

Darling, would you like to skate with
us?

Hello, ladies.

Can we be of any assistance?

Yeah, any assistance?

Can't you see we're busy?

No, we just want to help.

Can you get lost?

We're talking to this nice young man.

That's okay. Talk to Tommy. That's the
whole idea.

What?

Well, why else would I let you tie my
dumb skin?

You mean you need to use him to get
girl?

Creep.

Nicholas, we're going to have to make a
few improvements.

I mean, that's the way it had to be.

Mary has a career.

Nancy wouldn't want to complicate her
wardrobe.

Elizabeth's too young.

I kind of look at myself as the
indulgent aunt who sweeps in from Paris

like any bee.

I mean, there's no doubt about it.
You're the perfect and inevitable mother

this family.

Yeah, but you expect me to be happy
about it.

Well, I am happy about it.

Susan, I... I mean, I will be happy
about it.

But so it's complicated right now.

I know you'll work it out.

Starting where?

Doing what?

Well, Joanie, I'm so confused, and the
advice I get just makes me more

Oh, from Dad, right? From everybody.

Well, we're just trying to help you.

I need more than help.

I need a miracle.

Oh, I know.

I know.

Well, frankly, I'm becoming a little
less skeptical. Oh, I could have

that. Oh, good.

Here, take a seat.

Thank you.

But, of course, I'm going to need
something a little more convincing if

going to recommend that you be on Mr.
Trout's talk show. Oh, well, I can bend

few spoons, I think.

Well, that's nice and visual, but I was
thinking of something with a little more

human interest.

I'm trying to read your mind, but these
fluorescent lights cause a lot of

static. Oh.

I'm thinking about my sister.

Ah, Susan.

Yes. What about her?

Well, you see, I'm very concerned about
her, and I thought that since you picked

up on her problems quickly, well, it
would make an interesting scientific

experiment if... If I examined her
future.

Yes, now you're reading my thoughts.

Well, you know, no one understands
static. It comes, it goes.

Susan, that's an interesting challenge.

Well, I thought as long as you wanted to
do something psychic and I wanted to

help my sister Susan, that maybe we
could work together.

I'll have to get back to you.

Why? Is this some kind of a stall?

Oh, no, no. No, why should I stall?

I mean, you know how much I want to get
my message across to Sacramento on Mr.

Trout's talk show.

No, the problem is I have to check this
out.

Oh, you mean with... With...

You're both talking like this is only
Susan's concern.

Merle is a fine boy. He shares in this.
He should know about it. Well, of course

he does.

Look, Tom, Susan is very confused, and
she's frightened.

Well, I just think that we should give
her a day or two before we cause her any

more pain.

Oh, it might not be pain.

Something like this could bring them
both to their senses.

It could make them see what marriage is
all about. That it's not just some

casual arrangement, some modern dance
where you leave your partner the first

time your toes get stepped on.

This can't just be what Susan wants or
what Merle wants. There's a child now.

Don't you think Susan knows that?

And this child is also Merle's. That's
true.

And it's my first grandchild.

I know. If she won't tell him, I'll have
to tell him.

That's blackmail.

Well, Susan, he's worried about his
grandchild.

He thinks that this is a way to bring
you and Merle back together and give

baby a happy home.

Didn't he hear anything I said?

Merle and I stopped being happy.

We couldn't agree on anything.

Abby, I'm not going to raise my child on
some battleground.

I've seen kids from homes like that at
the daycare center.

They're in shock, like refugees.

Believe me, Dad wouldn't want his own
grandchild raised like that.

Well, regardless, he thinks that Merle
should be told as soon as possible.

No, Dad's not going to push us back
together for the wrong reasons.

I've made up my mind. My baby's not
going to be some baseball gypsy.

She'll have a stable home and all the
love that I can give her.

Oh, yes, and all the love that you can
give her. But what about Merle?

I'm not going to raise my child in an
unhappy home.

I've decided to get a divorce.

Susan.

Susan.

It wasn't the shrimp's fault. We just
didn't coach him enough.

What's this we stuff?

He's your brother, Bradford.

Just straighten him out.

If he doesn't do what you tell him, just
pound his head.

Ernie, you're obviously ignorant to the
ways of a little brother and a big

father. I just don't want to miss out on
any more opportunities.

I think one of those girls was probably
a divorcee. Nah, they were too young.

Not the one with the green eyes.

She looked divorced.

I can tell. How?

Well, the way she came on to me.

She didn't come on. She cut out.

It was the way she cut out.

Experienced.

Provocative.

If I'd only had another ten seconds with
her.

You know something, Ernie?

You are weird, man. You are really
weird.

But you are right. We do have to
straighten Nicholas out and try again.

So you wait here. I'll get the kid.

Okay, you guys, here's Mary.

Hang on.

You've got to be kidding me. You call
yourself a scientist. Where's your open

mind? Joanie, I don't want my mind so
open that it just falls out.

She has a point.

See, the word seance is a bit passe.

It would be more accurate to describe
what we will attempt this evening as an

exploratory analysis of multi -spectrum
communication.

Well, call it anything you like, as long
as it helps Susan.

Oh, you mean you two are going to go
along with this?

Well... There's nothing on the tube but
re -rinse, so it's either seance or

homework. If Elizabeth and Nancy can do
it, so can you, right, Mayor?

Oh, come on, please.

Andre says that we need lots of bodies
to generate lots of vibrations.

Yeah, well, I'm really sorry, Andre and
you guys, but my vibrations have a

previous commitment.

Hi.

That's too bad.

It's going to leave us with a pretty
weak signal.

Is there anyone else available?

Well, there's Susan. We could ask her.
That's who we're trying to help.

Forget Susan.

Why? Well, Dad had to see her for some
reason. He looked real grim, and he

locked the door.

Really? Yeah.

So what do you say we get started?

She can use all the help she can get.

Yes, Dad, a divorce.

Oh, you can't be serious.

Call Janet. She's coming over here
tonight with David. I'm going to ask her

be my lawyer. Wait a minute, Susan,
please. Now, just slow down.

You haven't even told Merle that he's
going to have a baby. When he hears

everything might change.

But, Dad, you know Merle.

His ideas on marriage are right out of
the last century.

When I do tell him, he'll just order me
to be a dutiful wife and a housebound

mother. I don't even want to argue it
with him. He'll just have to know right

off that it can't happen. Susan, you
don't understand.

A man feels very differently about a
woman that's going to have his child.

Merle might change.

Dad, it doesn't work like that.

Babies don't change a bad relationship.
They just add more strain.

No, it's better to face the inevitable
right now.

Susan.

I walked with you down the winning
aisle. I saw the way you looked at Merle

the way he looked at you.

Now, come on. I can't believe that that
love between you two could vanish so

fast. But you're the one who told me I
was wrong to rush into marriage.

I didn't listen to you then, but I agree
with you now.

But you did get married, and now you're
having a child. You can't change that.

So don't rush out of it.

Back off from what you want.

Think about Merle. Tell him about his
child.

It's no use, Dad.

Then I'll tell him. No.

Not till I talk to Janet. Not till I'm
ready.

I think I have to tell him. Don't. Dad,
I'll tell him. And if you or anybody

else in this family interferes in this,
I'll use blackmail, too.

Blackmail?

I'll go away.

You'll never see your grandchild.

Ever.

Okay, Nicholas, we'll rehearse it once
more.

Now stand there.

and pretend I'm a girl.

If you were a girl, I wouldn't stand.
I'd run.

Nicholas, just do what he says.

If you blow it again, we don't pay you.

All right, I'm standing.

Now, when I walk up and start telling
you you're cute, you just smile.

Keep your mouth shut.

Would you tell him to make up his mind?

How can chicks say this kid is precious?

Tommy, Nicholas, Susan wants to see you
in her room. Susan, why?

Just talk to her.

Is there anything wrong?

You look pale.

You heard me.

Concentrate.

We're pushing beyond the barrier.

Focus.

Now focus.

I see a strong light.

It's coming nearer.

Don't be disturbed if you feel a sudden
chill.

Don't worry if the table begins to
shake.

Or if you hear a sudden noise.

Who is that?

It's us. Why is the door locked?

Tell me. Come on in quick. What is going
on?

It's a sale. No, it's not a sale.

What kind of a sale?

We're doing it for Susan.

Somebody better do something for Susan.

She just laid this whole guilt trip on
us about not telling Merle about her

condition. Us too.

I keep asking everybody.

What condition?

Are these constant interruptions
necessary?

I am trying to find guidance for your
sister.

I know, Andrew. We'll get right back to
it.

We could really use some help, you guys.
Could you sit down and join us?

It'll be great. Come on, move over here.
Here, Nicholas, here.

Where's the cards and chips?

Nicholas, this isn't poker.

Didn't you hear, sport? We're having a
seance.

I've never played seance.

What do you do?

Well, if we were smart, we'd get up and
go play poker.

No, you'd shut up and hold hands.

Hold hands!

What a great gimmick, Bradford.

If we ever meet any girls, we've got to
try this.

Shh! Please be quiet and listen to
Andre.

Everyone, close your eyes.

Be absolutely quiet and concentrate.

Concentrate.

Concentrate.

Of course, Susan, if that's the way you
want it. All right, now, are you

satisfied? Everybody has agreed there
will be no family meddling between you

Merle. We're all going to stay neutral.

Well, I'm sorry, Dad, but you left me no
choice.

Oh, Susan, believe me, you haven't even
begun to count your choices.

Hello, everybody. I'll be right with
you, Janet. Janet, come on in. See if

can talk some sense into her, because I
can't. Well, I hate to be rude, Dad, but

I'd really like to talk to my attorney
alone.

Come on, Janet. All right, and I'm going
to stay neutral now. Don't forget.

Janet, didn't David come with you? Oh,
yes, Dad. He's down in the living room

helping Johnny with something.

Excuse me.

David?

Boy, oh, boy.

I mean, do I deserve this? In an
upstairs bedroom, I have a pregnant

here discussing divorce, and downstairs
in my living room, the rest of my

children are conducting a seance.

Maybe it's to test your sense of humor.

Well, then I just flunked.

They didn't give their marriage a
chance.

What do they expect? A few minutes of
romantic fever earns them happiness

forever? Nobody has to change? Everybody
gets exactly what they want?

You don't sound very neutral.

Wasn't she watching?

Didn't she see how fragile any marriage
can be?

Abby, how could I turn to you now if we
hadn't had to survive all those fights

and compromises?

You mean your fights and my compromises?

And your teasing.

I couldn't face all this right now if
you weren't right here to tease me.

That's one of the sweetest things you've
ever said to me.

It is.

It is?

I was talking about Susan.

Oh, yes, Susan. She's barely 21 years
old.

And we'd each had a chance to learn
something about marriage.

And about being alone.

And about being alone.

I'm glad I found you.

I'm glad I found you.

And that we can disagree and come back
from more disagreement.

Yeah.

There ought to be some way you can pass
that on to your children.

They should invent a way so that Susan's
baby doesn't make the same mistakes.

Don't worry. You're going to get a shot
at your grandchild's education.

You think so?

I think so.

Susan's being so hard.

So tough.

Because she's so scared.

Okay, Susan, I've said all I'm going to
say to you as your sister -in -law. Now

I'll speak to you as your attorney.

don't even think about divorce.

Then what kind of attorney says that?

A good attorney is supposed to urge both
parties to consider every possibility

of reconciliation.

Oh, I see. Just like a sister -in -law.

Susan, I don't think you really want to
do this.

Do you know how painful divorce can be?
When you have to face pain, the best way

is to get it over with as fast as you
can.

Now, what do you recommend for making
sure Merle provides child support?

I don't think there'll be any problem.

Merle will want to take care of you in
every way that he can.

I can remember hearing Merle talk about
that.

He did?

When?

A few months ago.

In your backyard.

I was standing next to David.

And you were right over there.

And Merle was right over there.

And up there was the minister.

And I heard him say it very distinctly.

I'm Merle Stockwell.

Take Susan Bradford to love and to
cherish from this day forward till

death do us part. Stop, Janet. Stop.

Please.

Veil is lifting.

I feel a presence approaching.
Concentrate, everyone.

There. Now I see our guide.

Where?

Shh, Nicholas. It's an invisible spirit.

You mean a ghost?

According to Andre.

You didn't tell me this was going to be
spooky.

Concentrate, everyone.

The entity is about to enter our
vibrational field.

Help me, everyone.

Send your energies.

He's approaching.

I can see him clearly.

You're kidding.

No, I saw him. No, it's your
imagination.

Hey, come on in. What are you doing
here?

Let me have your bag. Go on in.

Did I hear somebody scream?

Hey, I'm real sorry. I didn't mean

to scare anybody.

Why did you peek through the window like
that?

I just wanted to see if I could find
Susan alone.

I should have known better.

Well, Merle, who called you in Puerto
Rico and who told you to come home?

That's what I'd like to know.

Merle, what are you doing here?

Susan, I've got to talk to you. Yeah,
and I've got to talk to you, too.

What are we talking about?

Well, I didn't want to be like this, but
since it is, let's talk in here.

Well, why not?

Whoever you are, I want you to know that
I think it's pretty sneaky promising me

not to tell Merle when you already had.

Hey. Merle.

What is going on? Well, whoever told
Merle, I'm glad you did. Yeah, whoever

was, you might as well confess so we can
give you a round of applause.

Yeah, come on, fess up, Nicholas.

Wait a minute.

I promised Susan I wouldn't tell Merle.
And how can I find Puerto Rico in the

first place? It's not in the yellow or
the white pages.

I bet it wasn't a Bradford.

How could it not be a Bradford?

I bet it was Andre.

Andre? By telepathy.

I'd like to take credit for it.

But I can't.

Well, then who told Merle?

Told me what?

Come on, Merle, you know. The reason you
came back.

I came back because I couldn't stand
being away from you another day.

Don't lie to me, Merle.

Lie about what?

Stop playing games. You know we're going
to have a baby.

A baby?

That's the best news I ever heard.

We're having a baby.

They're having a baby.

They're having a baby.

That's right, Nicholas.

That means there's going to be an uncle.
All right.

Just hold on, Nicholas.

Meryl looked too happy.

I have a feeling that she didn't tell
him everything.

What's everything?

Divorce, Nicholas.

the craziest thing I ever heard of. We
end our marriage now when we're having a

baby? That's right. Before it gets too
complicated.

Think about it, Merle. What do you want
for your baby? A home where its mother

and father are always fighting?

We're not always fighting. We just
fought too much.

But we can change that.

And who gets hurt if we don't? The baby.

I just wish I had a curveball that could
twist like your ideas.

Well, at least I have ideas.

And I don't?

Well, right now, I'm thinking about my
baby. It is mine, too, you know. Yes, it

is, so take responsibility for it. Now,
think, Merle. Do you want your child

around this fighting every day?

Do you? Do you want that?

Andre would like to continue the seance.
Are you sure you won't join us? No, I'm

not sure. I'm positive.

Well, David, does that mean you're
thinking out on us, too?

Sorry, my horoscope says it's a bad day
for seances.

Well, perhaps I should join them. I
mean, I bombed out of Susan's legal

Maybe it's time for desperate measures.
Not that desperate.

Well, at least Merle's here.

Now they'll get everything out in the
open and they'll fight it out.

And they'll fight, believe me.

It's what you said you wanted.

It may be what I wanted, but it's also a
way they can lose it all.

I don't know if I should tell you this.

Tell us what?

I want you to prepare yourself for some
negative vibrations.

Why not? I'm already negative enough.

This has all been pretty boring.

Maybe we can switch to checkers or
dominoes.

How about post office?

Will you all be quiet, please?

What's the problem, Andre?

I'm getting definite impressions from
the cosmos.

Impressions of what?

Conflict, obstacles, failure.

You mean Susan and Merle might not get
back together?

I can only predict what I must predict.

They will go their separate ways.

Listen to me.

I've been on three different airplanes
in the last 14 hours. I practically went

AWOL to get here, and I did it because I
was ready to make us a new life.

Okay, so there's a baby now. That just
means I'm twice as ready.

I'm not just talking, Susan.

Here, I'll read you my list.

What list?

Changes I'm going to make.

You actually made a list?

In Puerto Rico.

Number one, if you come back, I promise
I'll never ask you to follow me on my

baseball jobs again.

Let me see that.

Here it is.

So you mean if we stayed married, I
could stay in Sacramento and finish my

education? Yeah, and after you finish
college, you can live here, too.

And when it's off -season, I'll come
join you.

Of course, if I pitch in the World
Series someday, I'd like you to be there

watching me from the stands.

Well, if I came back, I think that might
be arranged.

Not might. You'd have to be there.

This won't work if we both don't bend.

Well, I'd want to be there, if you'll
let me work.

There goes my lid.

can you work with a baby?

When the baby's old enough, I want to
work, Merle.

Now, if you really cared about me, you'd
let me do it. After all, I know the

best daycare center in Sacramento, and
I've got four sisters who are very

experienced babysitters.

Hmm.

Well, if you work, I can have my team
friends over any Friday night I

want. Oh, does that mean bingo, bigelow,
and a swat of tobacco?

It could include any friend I want.

Here's fair.

But bingo, bigelow.

And I can even barbecue him steaks.
Steaks? Which you don't have to eat.

Merle, you might as well know right now
I'm planning to raise a child as a

vegetarian. I think he should decide
that for himself.

For herself?

Whatever.

Didn't you always say every person
should decide their own lives?

Yeah. I guess I should listen to myself.

Well, okay, then. It'll be our baby's
decision.

Our baby's?

Do you realize what you just did?

I said our baby.

That's right. You said ours.

But we've just been fighting, and you
didn't get your way 100%, and I didn't

mine.

The sky didn't fall on top of us. Well,
actually, it feels pretty good.

Actually, it feels beautiful.

Susan, I think we just proved something.

What?

I'm not the same guy who left, and
you're not the same girl who stayed

I think it could work.

I think we could make our baby a real
happy home.

Real happy.

No argument there.

Oh, Mom, just hold me.

Now kiss me.

God, I've missed you. Oh, me too.

What is it? Well, you're needed in the
living room. No, Nicholas, I will have

nothing to do with those goings -on.
It's not the sounds. It's Susan. She's

crying.

And we know we love each other enough.

Of course, you'll all be at the
christening of Merle Jr.

No, Susan II.

How about twins?

All right.

You scared me. Those are happy tears.

Are yours happy, too?

Yes, Nicholas.

Very happy.

I'm sorry your dire predictions were so
wrong for you, but I'm happy for us.

Yeah.

I guess I really blew it.

Well, maybe I'm just fooling myself.

Maybe this isn't my field.

Maybe. Do you think I could get on the
show if I knocked out a book about love?

I mean, I could believe in love.

People do, Andre.

People do.

What's so wonderful?

We've got two weeks off for a reunion
honeymoon.

Oh, that's great. Where are you going?

Right here.

Exotic Sacramento?

Yep. It's where everybody from Puerto
Rico goes for romance.

And we're moving back into our old
apartment today.

So let's go, you old Arkansas mule.

Careful, honey. These days you're name
-calling for two.

Oh, excuse us. Excuse you for sure.

She actually came to the house?

Yep, and she's waiting in the street
porch.

I don't know how you do it. Well, just
like you and Ernie taught me. I stood

there, looked a little precious, and
then this beautiful older chick walked

and started talking. So I invited her
home.

Wow, door -to -door delivery.

Sure makes up for all the times that you
blew it. Now, come on, introduce us.

Right. Wait here.

Ginger, I'd like you to meet my brother
Tommy.