All language subtitles for Dear John s04e17 Poor John 2

Last time on Dear John.

So, Kate, what is this big news?

Mitch and I are opening a restaurant.

Yay! Yeah, we're calling it Kate's
Place.

Hey, look. Whoa.

It's a credit card. That is not a credit
card. Yeah, it is. It is not a credit

card. It is not a credit card. It is not
a credit card. That's the devil.

It came in the mail this afternoon.

It has a $10 ,000 limit. Well, that's
great.

That is great. It is not great. It is
not great.

It's part of their evil plan.

Look at this.

I'm maxed out on all my other credit
cards. And what do they do? They send me

another one.

They want to suck me in even more.

These people know what they're doing.
They know I can use this to pay my

to pay the IRS, even to pay for my
alimony. And where does it get me?

Deeper in debt and hoping desperately
for another credit card.

Boy, did I just save us a lot of money
on our laundry bill. Kirk made a deal

with his dry cleaners. They're giving
him $4 ,000 worth of free laundry. In

exchange for the laundry, I cut him in
on a small piece of the restaurant. Oh,

no, no.

My partners!

Hey, hey, hey, what are you people
doing?

Bartender, everything is on me tonight.
Here, put it on my car. Put it on my

car.

the time.

before a studio audience.

Mary Beth, thanks a lot for helping me
pick out those earrings for Jennifer.

Oh, my pleasure. If there's one thing I
know, it's precious gems.

Well, I really appreciate it. My
pleasure.

Mary Beth, I know I said this before,
but can I have them back?

Sorry, John.

Of course I have it. Do I smell
expensive

jewelry? No, it's just a little...

Gift for Jennifer.

Whoa, they are beautiful.

Yes, they're just two grand.

Well, actually, they're closer to three
grand.

Whoa!

Looks like somebody's given his new
credit card a workout.

No, no, no, don't worry about me. I've
consolidated my debts. I'm finally able

to live like a human being again.

John, are you sure you know what you're
doing?

Consolidate sounds like a fancy word.
The word for getting deeper into debt.

Now, look, Louise, I'm an adult. I know
what I'm doing, okay?

Well, be careful.

The credit card ruined my third husband.

Oh, he ran it over his limit, huh?

No, he was a cat burglar. Left it in the
door jam.

Miss, we ordered over 20 minutes ago. I
got it right here.

Oh, good. We're starving. Kate, Kate.
Just the person I wanted to see.

Kate, I know that I've been screwing up,
but I promise from now on I am going to

be the best waitress you ever saw.

Miss, can we have our soup?

Just a second. I'm talking here.

Annie, give them their soup. I will, I
will. Now, I realize why you were mad at

me before, and I deserved it. You were
right. I was irresponsible.

I was late. I took breaks whenever I
wanted. Miss, we want our soup, and we

it now.

You know, you're very rude. Annie!

I'm terribly sorry. Now, who had the
barley, and who had the cream of

We both ordered the split pea.

Oh, right, that's not for them. It's for
that couple.

Oh, I guess they left already.

Jennifer, I really do love your
earrings.

Well, I'm glad you have such great
taste. I love them. I love them, too.

So, could I please have them back now?

Sorry I took so long, Mary Beth. A
little problem at the office.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Are
you ready to sample some of our world

-famous Epicurean delight?

Kurt, we just came by for cocktails.

Oh, in that case, drink up. We sell
them. We don't rent them.

Hi, Richard Simon. Kirk Morris, your
host and principal part owner.

Pleased to meet you.

Listen, Mary Beth, we better get going.
I'll go grab our coats.

Mary Beth, thanks a lot for bringing in
a freeloader tonight. Next time, try

some guy who's going to at least spring
for dinner.

You better be nice to him.

Richard happens to be a restaurant
critic for the Long Island Daily.

Oh, yeah, look, I'm really going to be
impressed by that.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to
go make sure Richard gets himself a nice

coat.

Here's your check. Oh, John, Richard
says he wants to pay you. Don't be

Tonight is on me.

Oh, thanks.

Oh, guess what, Kate?

Richard told me he's going to come back
next week to review the restaurant.

Oh, that is so wonderful.

Oh, a good review from Richard could
really put this place on the map.

So, I got tired of running all these
fancy fourth -star restaurants

Europe, you know, seeing the same old
faces all the time.

King so -and -so, queen this or that,
duke hoo -ha -ha.

I needed a change, and I felt like I was
losing touch with the common man.

So I opened this joint.

Well, I'm certainly looking forward to
coming back next Friday and reviewing

place.

Say no more.

Red, tell Calvin to give me a hundred
bucks.

For what? Would you hurry up? I've got
to bribe a restaurant critic.

Good night, y 'all. Well, good night.

Look at what you did now. Now I have to
mail it to her.

That is it. That's it.

I have had it. I am sick and tired of
you doing everything in your power to

this restaurant. What are you talking
about?

Pitting on every woman that walks in
here. Not getting in everyone's way. And

now you're resorting to bribery. Well,
that is it. You are out.

What are you talking about? You can't do
that. I'm a partner. It's because of me

you get the free laundry service.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Well, maybe I'll just take my
dirty laundry and leave.

It's fine by me.

Fine. Uh, excuse me.

Oh,

no, what's going on here? She just ate
60. Shh.

Why? Because he's making a shambles.
Hey, get out!

Get out. I made him a partner, and I
don't care what he did. He's a partner.

can't believe you're taking his... I'm
sorry I'm a man of my word. Thank you,

Curtis. I owe you one. Good, because I
need a partner in the kitchen.

Oh, uh, a little advice on a recipe?

Nope. Leo the dishwasher sobered up and
he quit.

Yeah, like these hands are gonna wash
dishes.

Oh, you kill me, bro.

Oh, Jake, we got a problem.

Your friend John's credit card got
turned down.

Well, run it through again.

I already did.

He's over his limit.

Let me tell him. He's used to getting
bad news from me.

John, take this.

Your money's no good here.

Oh, thanks very much, but I really want
to pay. No, I mean your money is no good

here.

John, it seems your credit card's been
refused. You're over your limit.

What? This card has a $10 ,000 credit
line.

No need to feel embarrassed, John. Why
don't you come with me and we'll

straighten everything out in the
kitchen.

No problem. You wash, he'll dry.

Ladies and gentlemen, here from
Montreal, Cecilia...

So after 20

years of teaching, what have I got to
show for it?

I make $32 ,000 a year and I'm in hock
up to my eyeballs.

Then I turned on the television set last
night, and there it is, the answer to

my problems.

All right, John, you're going to truck
driver school.

No, no, Kirk, I was watching the news.

Another major airline just goes belly
up, $63 million in debt. They pick up

phone, they declare bankruptcy, and
their problems are over.

So you lay off a couple of thousand
workers, you don't pay your debt. But

that's the American way.

That's the way it's done. So I figure if
they can do it, so can I.

John, I had a friend who went through
bankruptcy, and it made her life a

hell. Your privacy will become a thing
of the past. I know, I know. My lawyer

warned me I'll be living in a fishbowl.
But I don't care. That's a great weight

off my mind.

Don't say anything.

Don't say anything. Just put on your
coats and follow me.

Kay, what's all this about?

Oh, Mary Beth's boyfriend is coming by
to review the restaurant tonight, and

I've only got one reservation, and
that's...

You wouldn't have to worry about that
review if you let me grease that guy's

palm.

Oh, stop talking and let's get over it.
All right, you've got to do this.

Oh, and if you could tell some of the
other people in the community center, I

would really appreciate it. Tell them
everything is on the house.

All right. Okay, listen, I'm going to go
home first and get all dressed up and

call Jennifer.

I'm going to make this a night of
celebration.

Oh, what are you celebrating?

I'm going bankrupt.

What are you doing here? You're supposed
to be on your way to the restaurant

with Richard. Don't even mention that
creep's name to me.

Oh, no.

No. No.

No.

Oh, I'm sorry, Kate, but I just had to
break it off.

He's insensitive, he's self -centered,
and he's opinionated.

Plus, he's taken me to so many
restaurants, I've gained two pounds.

No man's worth that.

This is great. This is just great. Now,
we're never going to get that review.

Oh, he'll be there.

He will?

Yeah, but I'm warning you, he's going to
be in a rotten mood, especially to my

friends. Oh, no.

Mary Beth, you cannot do this to me and
Kate.

You... You got to call good old Richard,
okay? You got to tell him that you

changed your mind.

Um, invite him over to your place.

Let him have his way with you.

Then you take him to the restaurant, he
writes a great review, and then you

break up with him.

Mark, are you suggesting that Mary Beth
leave with him just so our restaurant

gets a good review?

Yeah.

And the devil, you.

You're going to go to that restaurant
and have a good time.

You deserve it.

Oh, you're declaring bankruptcy.

Who cares what people think?

Hi. I have a 9 .30 reservation.

Ah, yes, here it is, Mr.

Deadbeat.

I'll just sit at the bar.

Sir, let's think about this for a
moment.

Can you really afford a drink?

No, I'm just looking.

I'm terribly sorry, very sorry.

I didn't mean that.

to hear before everybody in the world
knows about me.

Mr. Lacey, Mr. Lacey, can we have a word
with you?

Uh, well, I, uh... This is Deborah
Saunders reporting live to everyone

the world for Global Cable News.

Mr. Lacey, the entire Earth would like
to know how you could be so

and stupid that you would descend into
financial chaos.

No, I blew in, please.

Bankruptcy.

May I have your attention, please?

Kate's Place is proud to present...

John's girlfriend, Jennifer!

Yeah!

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

I'd like to dedicate this song to a man
who really, really let me down.

Mr. John, can you spare a dime, Lacey?

My man John will have to change his
name.

Haven't lost his little credit game.

Everybody. John is bankrupt.

John is bankrupt.

He's flat broke.

What a joke.

Oh, it's very funny.

John is out of money. Even Kirk isn't
such a jerk.

Waitress, more ketchup, please.

Richard, is everything all right?

Everything is all right. But could you
have your shills? Hold it down.

Shills?

Stay away from the little old you.

So, how's the food?

Oh, everything tastes much better now
that you're here.

Well, here.

All right, we are in.

I can't believe I asked Mary Beth to do
this. I feel so low, so filthy, so

disgusting.

Kirk, how do you handle it?

Lighten up, will you? Right now, Mary
Beth is saving our collective buttons.

Excuse me.

Come on, baby, you've got to try this.
This is delicious.

Oh, no thanks.

I just want to watch you enjoy yourself,
like I always do.

Is everything okay?

Oh, it's extraordinary.

Mary Beth, may I speak to you for just a
moment?

Excuse me.

I didn't ask you to do something like
this just to save our restaurant.

Oh, don't worry.

Richard's so crazy about this place,
he's gonna write a good review even

turn him down.

You mean you're not gonna sleep with
him?

Well, your restaurant's good, but it's
not that good.

Look, Curtis, look at that guy eat. Did
you ever see a guy enjoy a meal like

that before?

Yeah, look like we're gonna be home.

When this review comes out, it is gonna
be franchise time. Why not? You, me, and

Kate got a great team going here.

Yeah, we'll have a Kate's Place in
Miami, Chicago, Beverly Hills.

Come to think of it, we really don't
need Kate.

Here's your dessert.

Our specialty, blonde a la Curtis.

Ooh, that looks delicious.

By the way, you look very familiar.

Do I know you from someplace?

Yeah, I'm your waitress.

From before.

Somewhere before.

Are you an actress?

Yes.

I'm between roles right now.

I'm flattered that you remember me.

Well, before I was a restaurant critic,
I was a theater critic.

Wait a minute, I know.

I saw you off -Broadway in the
Fantastics.

Oh, yeah.

Richard Simon. I remember your review.

You said...

The little blonde with the beady eyes
and the squeaky voice should look

to a long career as a waitress.

See? I was right.

not really going to hold this little
flan incident against us, are you?

Of course I am.

Great. This is just great.

There go the franchises.

Oh, and I had such big plans for you and
me.

You and me?

Yeah. Who needs Curtis?

John, you've been a little preoccupied
all night, have you?

Anything you want to talk to me about?

Well, I thought I'd wait till after
dinner.

No, come on. Tell me now.

People who care about each other talk
things over.

Well, the truth of the matter is, I'm
broke.

John, that's terrible.

I know.

I guess once I got that credit card, I
went nuts.

With the ski weekend and the limos and
those earrings.

They're all on credit.

going to do?

Well, I thought I'd file for bankruptcy,
but I can't live with that.

I'll get a part -time job. I'll work
nights and weekends.

It'll be rough, but I have to live up to
my responsibilities.

And Jennifer, I'm really going to need
the support of a very understanding

woman. And John, you certainly are.

And good luck finding one.

Maybe I didn't make myself clear.

Goodbye, John.

John, I'm so sorry.

Well, it's okay.

No hard feelings?

No. No hard feelings.

Hey, how about a goodbye kiss?

I can't believe this review, especially
after what happened.

Richard loved everything about our
restaurant. The ambiance, the food.

He even loved the service. I guess that
guy does have integrity after all.

Kate, I gotta confess.

Kirk and I gave him a $200 bribe.

You did what?

I gave him $300.

I talked to my ex -wife last night.

Well, she went this time. That woman has
an amazing mind.

Somehow, Wendy was able to figure out
that the reason that Matthew was doing

poorly in algebra is that she doesn't
have a maid.

Makes sense to me.

Please, honey, are you looking for me?
Yes, love, I've got a big surprise for

you. I'll be right back.

Last time she said that, she came back
an hour later with her sweater on

backwards.