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Well, we're moving on up. We're moving on up.

What's there to worry about?

What is the matter with me?

The same thing that's the matter with me. It's been a week since Lionel and

Jenny separated.

This morning I was so upset, I scrambled the pancake, burnt Tom, and kissed the

toast with Bob.

You are absolutely right, Helen. We've got to snap out of this.

That is it, Louise.

We have got to put the children's problems out of our minds.

You're right.

Oh, Mrs. J., I'm making fudge today, and I was wondering if I might borrow some

walnuts.

Certainly.

There are some on the kitchen counter.

My goodness, I had no idea they meant so much to you.

Oh, now, I'm sorry, Mr. Bentley.

I'm just upset because Lionel and Jenny are still separated.

Yeah, and it's just terrible, Mr. Bentley.

Ah, yes.

When the road of young romance develops potholes, we all feel the bumps in our

shock absorber.

But I hate to see the two of you feeling like this.

I wonder, perhaps a little round of happy thoughts would cheer you up.

Happy thoughts?

Oh, yes, Happy Thoughts is a marvelous game that has seen me through many a

tragedy, including the last two episodes of The Young and the Restless.

Well, I'm willing to try anything, Mr. Bentley. How do you play this game?

Well, you see, first of all, you have to make your mind a total blank.

I'm very good at that part.

George will be so sorry he missed a chance at that one.

Yes, now.

Is your mind a blank?

All right, now.

Think of something that makes you very happy, you see, and then tell it to the

other person. Why don't you go first, Mrs. Willis? Oh.

A beautiful rose.

A summer breeze.

A cotton candy.

A roaring fireplace.

Yes, now you've got the hang of it, you see. Just continue on and I'll help

myself to the nuts.

A wink.

A kiss.

A hug.

Love. A wedding.

Problems.

Arguments.

Separation.

Oh, no. Mrs. J., Mrs. Willis, remember.

A beautiful rose. A summer breeze.

A baby's smile.

Oh, I've been cheering them up. Oh, nice job.

Now, would you like to cheer me up?

I'd love to, Mr. J. How? Get out.

But first, I want to see a big, cheery smile.

Bye.

George, did you see Lionel? Yeah, I saw him.

He's staying at a friend's house. Boy, you should see that place.

Empty pizza boxes, empty beer cans, cigarette butts, everywhere you look.

Then he's ready to go back to Jenny.

Are you kidding? He loves it. What man wouldn't?

Did you have any luck getting Lionel to see that marriage counselor friend of

yours? Dr. Foster? He wouldn't even talk about it. Oh, I couldn't get Jenny to

budge either.

Well, at least he agreed on something.

Well, I'm going to be going.

Don't forget to come up later to practice for tomorrow night's square

Maybe that'll help to cheer us up.

Tom's looking forward to it. Nothing brightens my day like dancing around a

man.

Why does Lionel have to be so stubborn?

He's your son, weasel.

George, we've got to do something.

Now, if...

Lionel would only agree to see that marriage counselor.

Then maybe Jenny may give it a try, too.

Forget it, Weasley. All he wants to do is play poker.

When the hell did Lionel start playing poker? I don't know when he started

playing that boring game.

You ain't like poker, I'm sure.

Hey, wait a minute.

Poker, huh? Okay.

If it takes poker, you know me.

Hello? This is George Jefferson. I'd like to speak to Dr. Forster, please.

an emergency.

George, what are you up to?

Hi, Doc.

How are you? Yeah.

The emergency? Well, see, I'm organizing a little poker game over here tonight,

and I just wanted to know if you'd like to come.

What do you mean I dragged you away from your patients?

It ain't like you're no real doctor.

Hey, okay, don't be so touchy.

You want to play or not?

You do?

Great. Then be here at 7 o 'clock, okay?

Fine, bye.

One down, one to go.

Pop, I'm tired of poker. I've been playing every night this week.

Well, tonight you're going to play again.

Well, look, you did remember to invite some other players.

Look, Lionel, you think I'm stupid?

I know how to play poker.

Who ever heard of playing poker with only two people?

Three people. Now we're talking poker.

Hi, George.

Hi, Ed.

This is my son, Lionel.

Ed Forster. Lionel, good to meet you. All right.

So, this is it. Now, don't you think we could use some other players?

Look, Lionel, if poker was intended for a lot of people to play, they would have

a hundred cards in the deck.

Use this.

Hi, Mr. J. Do you take your fudge with nut? No, I'd rather eat it alone.

Hey, Lionel.

Hi,

Lionel. Yeah, Harry Bentley. This is Ed Foster.

Yeah. Right. Oh, I'm happy to meet you. Good to meet you. Hello.

So, are you here to play the game? No, he ain't. Well, I might be talked into

it. What game are you playing? Russian roulette.

I hate to run, but... Oh, no, wait.

He's just kidding. We're playing poker.

Yeah, and we could always use another player.

Oh, well, if you insist.

You know, I've always fancied myself a bit of a gambler. You sure are, Bentley.

You keep coming over here.

First field's yours. Oh, thank you.

But I have to warn you, I'm a bit of a poker purist. None of that fancy stuff

for me.

Terrific. So let's just say the Queens, Nines, Black Threes, and the Jack of

Diamonds are wild.

Why don't we just make the whole deck wild, at least?

Seems extreme, Mr. J., but if you say so, all right.

Yeah, look, why don't I just deal first?

Let's make it seven cards a turn.

Ah. Okay.

And yep.

Yep.

Something wrong, George?

Oh, no, no, it's nothing. I just miss my wife.

I just feel like

I deserted her to play poker.

Well, it's nice that you and your wife are so close.

Well, that's the way married couples are supposed to be, right, Lionel?

It's too rich for my blood.

Isn't life like a poker game?

Oh, how profound, Mr. J.

I mean, just look at this king and queen side by side.

Just like a married couple.

Don't they look happy together?

Well, if you look closely at the king, Mr. J, he doesn't look all that happy,

you see.

He's holding an axe to his head.

Why don't you swallow your chips, Bentley?

Just poke, okay, Pop?

I will raise you five.

And I will see you.

This ain't your man who's having trouble with his marriage.

Pop, will you play cards and stop boring a man with other people's marital

problems? This ain't boring him.

He can listen to this stuff all day.

I do. I'm a marriage counselor.

A marriage what?

Well, what an amazing coincidence.

I mean, here you are, a marriage counselor, and Lionel here is having

problems.

want to see a marriage counselor?

Well, damn it, Lionel, I couldn't do no better.

I tried everything I could.

Shoot. You got a beautiful marriage and you're about to blow it. I figure at

least if you talk to Eddie, he could help you solve the problem. No.

I see you're going to be busy, Mr. J, so I'll just throw myself out.

Hold it, wait up. I'm going to. Hold it, everybody, freeze!

Except you, Bentley, you can go.

Now, look, Lionel, now you've been married for three years.

At least take three minutes to try to save it.

Please.

Okay, Pop, if it'll make you feel better, counsel me.

Well, tell me about your situation.

No, no, no, you know so much, you tell me.

Look, Lionel, do you really want to leave your wife and baby?

Well, I can't live with her the way it is now.

But do you want to leave?

Well, no, but we decided on a separation because we just weren't getting along.

Dumb reason.

We figured it was better to separate than to fight all the time.

Look, I've heard enough. Doc, why don't you just tell him he's crazy and send

him on back home to his wife?

Pop, this was your idea.

Okay, okay. Look, I'm just trying to start a conversation.

Okay, I'll leave you two alone.

Alone.

Like you left your wife and baby.

Look, Lionel, sooner or later, every relationship runs into a ripple.

Yeah, well, you get used to pop.

No, I'm talking about your marriage.

Oh, yeah.

Well, it's running to more than a ripple.

My marriage has hit a major tidal wave.

Well, sometimes you really have to work hard to save a marriage.

Have you tried talking it out?

Well, yeah, but every time I come home from work, all Jenny wants to talk about

is the baby.

She doesn't even care about me anymore.

Hmm. I mean, you're feeling sort of left out.

Yeah.

Well, sometimes what happens to a couple is that they begin to think more about

themselves than they think about each other.

You got Jenny Pegg there. Hey, man, you really know what you're talking about.

Lionel, I'm talking about you, too.

What? Oh, man, you don't know what you're talking about.

You have to give a little, too. Yeah, well, I know that. Lionel, believe me, I

understand what you're going through. Yeah, right, sure you do. Besides, it's

profession. I went through the same thing with my wife.

Yeah?

Did it work out?

Well, in a way.

We got divorced.

Are you crazy?

I've got a nice counselor here. George, sometimes... Man, shut up!

No, Pop, the man is only being honest. Anybody can be honest. This bum is

probably trying to save your man.

sense he did of course he did that's why i called him he's the best in the

business you go back to jenny i think it's over for me and jenny pop

Oh, it's you. What a relief.

I mean, hello.

Is everything okay?

Yeah. Why would you ask?

Why do you usually scram around with a candlestick in your hand?

Well, I thought you promised to... call before you came over here. I did call.

There was no answer.

Oh, I was dropping Jessica off at the babysitter's.

Look, I have a lot of housecleaning to do.

Well, you mind if I pick up a couple of things? Help yourself.

Don't forget your pokey chip.

What is that smell?

I'm cooking lamb chops.

Lamb chops? Hey, you know I didn't get a chance to eat today?

Tough.

Yeah, well, your lamb chops usually are.

All right?

Oh, okay.

Ah, come on. I'll put another lamb chop for you.

So what do you think?

About what?

About our separation. I think it's a good idea, don't you?

Yeah.

Huh? What?

Yeah.

Oh.

I mean, I'd say we're handling this pretty well, wouldn't you? Definitely.

Great.

Don't panic. I know what to do. What are you going to do?

Wait, wait. Will you just let me handle this? Wait, wait, wait. You don't put

water on the grease fire.

I know that.

Is somebody doing something?

Did I say that already?

Yeah, I did say that already.

Our apartment is burning down. This is no time to panic, okay?

lamb chops, how about a bologna sandwich?

Yeah, sounds good to me.

I don't really want lamb chops anyway.

Jenny, what happened to us?

We stopped talking.

Yeah, but when? Why?

When you started playing poker.

Oh, no, no. I started playing poker when we stopped talking.

Oh, well, look, Lionel, I don't know.

Do you want mustard?

Yeah, sure.

Jenny, you know, it seemed like every time I wanted to be with you, you were

with the baby.

Jessica needs me.

Well, so do I.

Lionel, you're, um... You're not jealous of Jessica, are you? Oh, no.

Lionel.

Well, yeah, I guess I am.

You are?

Look, okay, I'm sorry.

I'm ashamed, but I am, okay?

I guess I never thought about that.

Oh, look, it's not your fault. I mean, it's nobody's fault. We just need time

be together.

I'd like that.

Now, what are we going to do?

Well, I... I mean, Lisa, we're talking about it. That's a start.

Okay, well... See, it... It's just that, well... Jessica,

she... You know, she's so little and... And she needs me.

And when you come home, I... Lionel, I just don't have the energy I used to.

Hey, well, I can understand that. I have days like that, too.

Well, then, you understand what I mean?

Yeah.

Hey, what if every so often, whether we're going anywhere or not, we just

Jessica with your folks and my folks or whoever, just so we have time to be

alone?

That's a good idea. I mean, it is a start, and maybe we'll get a chance to

to know each other again.

Oh, yeah.

Jenny, I can't think of anything else I'd rather do with my

life than spend it with you.

And I'm willing to work hard at it.

I'm willing to work at it, too.

Look, Wheezy, I don't mind square dancing, but I ain't wearing this.

But, George, all the men are going to wear hats.

All right, I'll wear a hat. But if it's going to be on my head, it's going to be

one that I want to wear, not this junk.

Hi, Louise.

What's wrong?

Someone hold up the stagecoach?

We still can't get Lionel and Jenny off our minds. Yeah.

Well, George and I decided, at least for tonight, to put everything out of our

heads. That's easy for George.

but you're all wrong from the neck up.

He usually is.

Come on, let's get into the spirit of the evening and get Lionel and Jenny out

of our heads.

Sure, but if I could get my hands on those two kids of ours... I thought we

agreed to forget about them.

How can I forget about them when they're wrecking my granddaughter's life?

Oh, George, worrying won't solve anything. Besides, she's my

Don't remind me.

You're right. Why should we worry? It's not our fault.

We know who's responsible.

Right. Jenny.

This is no time to be blaming anyone.

All right, so Jenny may be a bit demanding.

And Lionel may be a little pig -headed.

Pig -headed?

Yeah, and he don't even like poker.

Don't fake it, George. This whole thing is your son's fault. Oh, yeah? Well, I

think it's your daughter's fault. Oh, yeah? Well, I think it's Lionel's fault.

It's Jenny's fault. Lionel! Jenny! Lionel! Jenny!

Lionel! Jenny!

You stay away from that woman.

And you stay away from that man.

to tell you that we're back together again.

Hey, Willis,

I always told you you had a beautiful daughter.

Oh, thanks, George. You know, I've always thought that Lionel's a heck of a

So now everything will be like it was before?

Oh, come on. We want her to be happy.

That's right. We still got some problems to work out.

Yeah, nobody said it was going to be easy, but we're going to do it.

That's the best news I heard all day.