All language subtitles for The Jeffersons s08e07 Florence Did It Different 2

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

So, you want your old job back, huh?

Isn't that nice, George?

Oh, yeah, nice, nice.

Thanks, but it may take me a couple of
days to get my bearings back.

You know, that fire really shook me up.
Well, then you should take a little time

off to forget about it. You know, clear
your mind. Take it easy.

Join the army.

I'll pass, Mr. Jefferson.

I think I'm just going to lay down.

It sure would be nice to see my old room
again. No.

I mean...

Why don't you tell us some more about
the fire?

Yeah, how was it? Hot, huh?

I thought y 'all just told me to forget
about the fire.

Well, what better way to forget than by
talking about it?

Well, there ain't much to tell. The
hotel caught fire, burned to the ground,

I barely got out with my life.

Oh.

Well, if it would make you feel any
better, I could run back over there and

stand in a hot spot.

Well, oh, no, Florence. We are glad you
didn't get hurt.

It's just that we, well, that is, we,
uh, it's, uh...

I know.

You both wanted to see me make it on my
own.

Well, don't worry. Another chance will
come along. I believe the Lord has a

for everyone.

I guess mine is just marked top secret.

The top secret!

Blanche, you are hilarious.

Too bad you got to run.

Look, I want to say something to you,
too.

Straight from the heart, I owe you both
a lot.

You do?

Sure. If you hadn't kept my old job
open, I wouldn't have no place to go.

I know I'm embarrassing you, but you're
here when I need you. And for the

first time, I feel like part of the
family.

Who's that?

Your sister.

My what?

Uh, Florence, there's someone I would
like you to meet.

Um, Carmen!

Call me when it's over with you. George,
you step back here.

Yes, Mrs. Jefferson?

Uh, Carmen Cepeda, this is Florence
Johnston, our maid. Florence Johnston,

this is Carmen Cepeda, our maid.

Maid?

George, now that they have met, isn't
there something you would like to say to

Florence and Carmen?

Nope.

I mean, yep.

So... So... You two finally got a chance
to meet, huh? Good, good.

That's real nice.

Back to you, Reese.

Thank you, George.

What George is trying to say is...

We feel just terrible about this
situation.

And what a situation it is.

We jumped out of the frying pan right
into a pickle.

So if there's anything I can do,
Florence, please just... No, no, Mr.

I'll be okay.

Look, I had my chance, and I can't
expect you to hold my job open forever.

Congratulations, Carmen.

Well, Florence, wait a minute.

Where are you going?

Oh, I've got some friends over in
Queens. I'll just stay with them until I

another job. Oh, Florence, wait.

George, just don't stand there. Say
something.

Look, Florence, you take the number five
bus.

Get a transfer.

No. This job belongs to Florence.

She's a legend.

Why, taking a job away from her would be
like breaking apart your house. And I

refuse to let Mr. Jefferson be
housebroken.

Here, Florence.

the one that should find another job.

Good, then it's all settled. Florence,
get me some coffee. No, y 'all hired

Carmen to be your maid, and I ain't
taking another woman's job.

Good, then it's all settled. Carmen, get
me some coffee.

No, I will not hear of it.

Florence is the maid.

I don't think it's settled.

Then you give me some coffee.

Look, I don't know nothing about being a
maid.

As a matter of fact, I'm terrible.

And I'm awful.

I'm pitiful. I'm dreadful.

George, will you please do something? I
am. I'm agreeing.

George. All right, all right. Look, you
two.

There's only one solution to this
problem.

And as man of the house, the decision is
all mine. And remember, the decision of

the man is final. And what has the man
decided?

The man has decided he's going to the
bathroom.

George, get out here!

George, get out here!

Oh, okay.

Well, where were we?

Look, I'll go pack right now.

Oh, no, Carmen. This is all our fault.
And until we can figure out what to do,

we'll just keep you both on. Both?

Yes, and with pay.

Forget it, George. I have made my
decision. And as the woman of the house,

it's really final.

Well,

don't just stand there. Why don't you
get me some coffee?

You can go, Florence.

Oh, no, Carmen, don't be silly. Go on
ahead.

No, I insist.

No, this is your job, too, honey. No, I
really think you should go. Look, I

don't give a damn which one of you goes,
but bring me some coffee.

If you're going to use that tone of
voice, get it yourself.

What you doing?

Reading the one that's for another job.

I'm afraid finding another job ain't
quite that easy.

You're telling me.

Look, all these jobs want experience.

Why can't they just give you a job for
being poor?

For that.

I have experience.

Carmen, you know you don't have to do
this. No, no, Florence.

It's the only way. Believe me.

Sooner or later, I'll find something I'm
right for.

Ah!

I found it! Look!

Earn while you learn.

We are desperate.

No experience necessary.

Just one question.

What's an air traffic controller?

going to work. You're just not qualified
for most of the jobs in there.

Here's one.

Wanted. Girls, girls, girls.

Now I know I'm qualified for that one.

It sounds suspicious to me.

Especially the part that says bring your
own snake.

What am I going to do?

Nothing. Give me the paper and I'll get
the new job.

Do you have a snake?

No, Carmen. I mean that I'm the one that
needs to go out and find a new job. No,

no, Florence. This will never work. This
is your home.

Mrs. Jefferson will never let you go
without a fight.

Well, unfortunately, Mrs. Jefferson is
not the one I fight with.

Okay, if that's what it takes.

If what's what what takes?

Nothing. Just leave it to me. Why don't
you take the paper into your bedroom?

But I... And don't lose it. I got a
feeling I may be needing it.

Uh, Mr. Jefferson. I ain't got time to
talk about Florence. I got a meeting to

go to.

Oh. Is that supposed to be cologne you
wear?

Yeah, you like it?

What's it called? Evening in a freight
car?

Very funny. I've had this cologne for
years.

You've had that hair for years, but I
don't see you holding on to that.

Just leave me alone, okay?

What's the matter with you?

Ain't you even gonna get mad? Ain't you
got no guts?

You been playing in the medicine
cabinet?

You know, I've looked up to you for
seven years.

I admit I had to sit on the floor to do
it.

But I still looked up to you.

Florence.

Where's your backbone?

Don't they make them in your size?

Watch it, Florence.

And this thing with two maids is totally
ridiculous.

You ain't even got the guts to let one
go.

You know, it's a good thing they don't
let men like you in the Navy these days,

or they'd have to sing Anchors Away My
Wimp.

You keep the Navy out of this.

Oh, what you gonna do, go crying to your
wife?

Wheezy, Florence is making fun of the
Navy.

You're a sick woman, you know that?

I gotta get to work.

Why bother? You're a lousy dry cleaner
anyway.

Get out.

Get out? Get out!

You can talk about my height. You can
talk about my bald spot. You can even

about my wife.

But when you call my dry cleaning lousy,
you have just went where angels fear to

tread.

I don't believe it. That was my weakest
shot.

Out!

For real?

Out! Thank you. You're welcome!

I don't believe it.

I just don't believe it, Florence.

Why in the world would you insult George
like that?

Because he was bad.

Tell me, Florence.

Because Carmen was out of a job, that's
why, and it would be real hard for her

to find another one.

And what about you?

I'm thinking about changing careers
anyway.

All I need is a snake.

Okay.

But when George gets home, we are all
sitting down and talking this thing out.

No, Miss Jefferson. That's why I sent
Carmen to the market. She don't even

I'm doing this. But I think we should...
You know the only reason she's in this

country is to make a better life for
herself, right? Well, I guess... Do you

know she told me she's been out to see
the Statue of Liberty four times since

she's been here?

Really? Shoot, I've been here all my
life, and I ain't been out there but one

time.

And that was on a school field trip.

The only reason I went then was because
Alvin Chapman went.

Who's Alvin Chapman?

Child, he was the class clown.

He used to dress up like the statue,
paint his face green, and then ask all

immigrants where his mama was.

Florence, is there a point to this?

it obvious, Miss Jefferson?

Carmen believes America is the land of
opportunity.

And she found her opportunity working
here with y 'all.

Now, I can't take that away from her.

So when she comes back, you just tell
her good luck. And if she needs me, I'll

either be in Queens or at the Statue of
Liberty apologizing for Alvin.

Florence, I think that's the nicest,
most considerate thing you've ever done.

What do you mean? I'm always
considerate.

Get that for me, will you?

Okay, but I'm still not giving up until
we look at all the possibilities.

Oh, hello, Ralph. Hello, Mrs. Jefferson.

Florence.

Well, Florence, it took some time, but I
managed to bring all your luggage up in

just one trip, all the while ignoring my
own painful, throbbing, inconsequential

back problems.

Thanks, Ralph, but I'm afraid you're
going to have to take them all back

Down? Yes, Ralph.

No, Ralph.

Ralph, please, take the luggage back
down.

Yes, ma 'am.

Set them down, Ralph.

Yes, ma 'am. Pick them up, Ralph.

Ralph, set them down.

I have feelings.

And for 27 years, I have toiled like a
common drudge. But does anybody say,

job, Ralph, attaboy, Ralph, or I want my
kids to grow up like you, Ralph? No,

it's pick them up, put them down, bring
them out, take them in. Well, I have had

it. It's over, finished, done!

I'm sorry, Ralph. I never thought you
felt this way.

Yeah, I guess we all owe you an apology.

Believe me, it won't happen again.

Well... Honestly, Ralph, you have our
word.

Well, okay.

Let me tell you something, young lady.
If you think I'm going to let you walk

over me like so many cobblestones, then
you are sadly mistaken.

You are outrageously out of line.

I'll give you five dollars.

Call me when you're ready.

Carmen, you got a new job?

shake like that.

Anyway, from over in the next aisle, I
heard this lady telling the sales clerk

that her son had swallowed a nickel and
was choking.

Only she was speaking in Spanish and he
couldn't understand her. So I ran over

and translated for her and he called for
help and they saved the little boy.

Oh, Carmen, that's wonderful.

Bilingual Customer Relations Manager.

And that job pays almost twice as much
as this one.

Honey, every job pays almost twice as
much as this one.

Anyway, Mrs. Jefferson, you're not angry
that I told him I'd take the job, are

you? Oh, no, Carmen, as long as you're
happy.

Happy?

I'm more happy than a clown has ever
been in my life.

grandfather always told me.

Porque el pan aparece verde, no es razón
para recortar todos los árboles.

And what does that mean?

Just because the bread is turning green
is still no reason to cut down all the

trees.

What can I tell you? It meant something
to him.

Well, Florence, I guess you got your old
job back.

Maybe not.

I made Mr. Jefferson fire me, remember?

Oh, well, as soon as he hears the whole
story, he'll hire you back.

I don't know. I said some pretty strong
things to him.

Like what?

Well, I made fun of his hair.

Oh, but that's nothing.

I made fun of his height.

But you do that all the time.

And I said he was a lousy dry cleaner.

You take the number five bus, get a
transfer, then... I knew it.

You know, first the hotel firing, now
this. If it was raining good luck

I'd be the only fool out there with a
fork.

You could always try an apology.

Yeah.

Who knows? Mr. Jefferson might even be
forgiving and understanding about it.

Right.

You say it's the number five bus?

Yep, and get a transfer.

Mr. Jefferson, where do you put the
jelly?

On the second shelf, Carmen. Right next
to the youth.

I'll do it.

Oh, good. I gotta start packing.

Get that for me.

I'll be glad when this is settled and I
can go back to opening the door for just

one of my maids.

Oh, George.

That Florence made me so mad this
morning I forgot my house key.

Whose stuff is that?

Florence's.

That woman ain't gone yet?

George, I have some good news and some
bad news.

What?

Florence can come back and work for us.
Yeah, and what's the good news?

That was the good news.

Carmen found another job today, so now
we've got to hire Florence back.

No, uh -uh. Look, after the way she
talked to me this morning, I just as

see you breaking your back scrubbing the
floors.

Why, thank you, George.

She only insulted you because she wanted
you to fire her. But she enjoyed it,

Weasley. I could see it in her eyes.

George, Florence did all this for
Carmen.

And I think if she could care that much
for a stranger, you could care just a

little bit about her.

But she made fun of the Navy, Weas. Oh,
George.

Okay, okay, but she's going to
apologize.

Agree. I mean, really apologize.

Of course she will. Florence really
needs this job.

You're damn right she needs this job.
That's why she's going to... Wait a

minute. She does need this job, doesn't
she?

George,

you're smiling.

What's wrong?

Florence needs this job. This is
perfect.

It's more than perfect.

This could be my big chance.

For what?

To make her crawl.

To make her get out on her hands and
knees and crawl.

Oh, George.

Look, you don't understand, Weezy.

Florence has got some kind of power over
me. In the seven years that I've known

her, I've never once beaten her at
anything.

So? So, she doesn't know we need her
now, right?

This may be my last chance to make her
suffer.

Oh, thank you, God. I always knew you
liked rich people.

But, George... But nothing. Look, either
we hire back my way or we don't hire

back at all.

Now, where is she?

In the kitchen.

But I think this is the most low -down,
conniving, sneaky thing you have ever

done. Thank you for the compliment,
Weezy.

But you're eating at the Florence's
squirm time.

Oh,

hello, Mr. Jefferson.

Hello, Florence.

Look, Mr. Jefferson, I want to... Look,
Florence, this is my ballgame, so

whatever you were going to say, forget
it.

Okay.

So, the word's out that you're in need
of a job.

Well... I know, look, the only reason
I'm asking is because I might be in a

position to do something about it.

That is, uh, depending on how badly you
really want it.

And you really want it badly, don't you?

Well... I know, I know.

So, to get things off...

To a good start, why don't you just do a
little light begging for me and the

missus?

Begging? Okay, we'll wait till later.

Now, let's just talk about your duties.

Now, I could be persuaded to hire you
back if you agree to wash all

the windows every single day.

Not a chance.

Every other day.

Nope.

Scrubs the counter once a month.

Maybe. Aha!

Now.

Getting back to the begging.

You thought it slipped my mind, didn't
you?

Not a chance.

Okay. The only way I'll hire you back is
if you get down on both knees and beg

me to.

Forget it, Mr. Jefferson.

One knee.

Sitting down. Nope.

Then just say please.

Well... Oh, please, Florence.

Does it mean that much to you, Mr.
Jefferson?

Yeah, really. I'd do anything.

Like a 20 % raise? You got it.

How about a month's vacation?

You got that, too.

That's the thing. You want anything, Mr.
Jefferson?

Is that all?

That's all. You win.

You jellyfish.

Pick up the pieces, please.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I
would never believe it.

How in the world did you do that?

Well, I always say that dealing with a
man is a lot like dancing with him.

If you let him lead long enough,
eventually they'll take you where you

go.

Jellyfish.

Flores, welcome home.