All language subtitles for The Jeffersons s09e02 Laundry Is a Tough Town 2

Where we're moving on up, moving on up,
too deep down, moving on up, to a

deep...

on the Jeffersons, George found himself
in a dry -cleaning war with one of his

competitors, Blue Sky Cleaners. Look,
Winslow, I can out -promote you any day.

If that's the way you want it. That's
right.

And you and your company are going to be
sorry you ever met me. Believe me, most

people are.

Unfortunately for George, Louise became
Blue Sky Cleaners' ultimate promotion.

Louise tried to hide the fact that she
was the millionth customer of George's

biggest competitor.

It was only a matter of time till George
found out. His reaction wasn't what

Louise expected.

What are you talking about, George?

I'm just saying that George Jefferson is
going to retire.

And now, The Jeffersons continues.

No, Ben, it's square business.

I'm getting a home entertainment center.

Miss Jefferson don't give it to me.

Well, no, she don't know it yet.

But I'm working on it.

See, she won this contest.

And, oh, you saw a picture in the paper?

John, ain't that a blip?

She made Mr. Jefferson the laughingstock
of the whole town.

I tell you, Betty, it's a tragic
situation.

Completely unavoidable.

Yeah, sure wasn't her fault.

I tell you, I'm so choked up I can't
talk no more.

Hi, Miss Jefferson.

You want some coffee?

Florence. Oh, Miss Jefferson, please
don't fire me. Better not show that ad

nobody. Besides, how many people read
the New York Times anyway?

I'm not going to fire you. Well, in that
case, can I have the home entertainment

center?

No.

Well, let's not talk about that now.

You're upset because you ruined your
husband.

I understand.

Please.

Florence, I have a terrible problem.

I just broke the news to George last
night. You did?

Well, I didn't hear no yelling.

And his fingerprints ain't around your
throat.

He didn't even get mad.

Uh -oh, then that means he's really mad.

No, he's destroyed.

George wants to retire.

Retire?

That's right.

As in, don't go to work no more?

Uh -huh.

As in, hang around the house all day?

I'm afraid so.

Oh, Miss Jefferson, please talk him out
of it. Please, I'll do anything.

You want my clothes? You can have them.

I don't know what to say to him.

He's really serious about retiring.

Then that means...

He'll be around all the time.

I guess so.

He'll just be here day after day.

That's right.

After day.

After day.

After day.

Florence, have some coffee.

Every minute of the day.

Florence, will you get that, please?

After day.

After day.

After day, after day.

I

don't

know. Life seems so simple on the
Flintstones.

Hello, Mr. Winslow.

Hey, how's our millionth customer?

Oh, that's a sore subject around here.
Glad to hear it. May I come in? Well,

actually, please come in.

Ah, isn't that cute?

Well, well, Mrs. Jefferson, there you
are. Our little gold mine. Has your

husband seen this yet?

Yes. Get out.

Hey, look who's awake. The old son of a
gun. Yes.

He's a young son of a... George!

What do you want, Winslow?

You know, fate has played some little
trick on you, Jefferson. I mean, you're

our biggest competitor, and your wife is
our millionth customer.

Oh, this is great. This is sort of like
Lee Iacocca getting caught driving a

Honda.

Anyway, I was having dinner with my boss
last night.

And do you know what he said to me?
Yeah. Be careful. Don't pull up your

chair.

He said, Winslow, you have humiliated
George Jefferson.

I'm giving you a raise. Isn't that
great?

Please bring us some coffee, please.
I'll have mine with cream.

Oh, I'm sorry. We don't have any cream.

Would Clorox be okay?

Hey, a little sense of humor there. Love
it a lot.

Listen, uh...

Blue Sky Cleaners would just love to run
some TV ads featuring your wife ruining

you. Sound good?

Oh, yeah.

Jefferson Cleaners would like to run
some ads featuring your lip nailed to a

butt.

Sound good?

Mr. Jefferson, do you think I like
rubbing your face in all this? Do you

enjoy humiliating you?

Well, I don't. I'm only doing this so I
can get a jacuzzi.

Look, you still want to buy me out?

Oh, sure.

Okay, draw up the papers.

No.

Yeah.

Are you serious?

I sure am.

Excuse me.

I'm going to get a jacuzzi.

I'll get right to work on it, Jefferson.

You know, I always knew you'd fold. I
just didn't think it'd be this quick.

Our computer said it'd be at least a
month until you cracked.

Me?

Crack.

It's obvious you don't know the meaning
of the word Jefferson.

I beg your pardon?

Look, let's face it.

I pulled a fast one on you. You did?

That's right. You see, I want to retire.

You do?

Yeah. I mean, I've been king of the
cleaners long enough.

Well, you deserve a rest, Jefferson.

You've earned it.

You see, I respect elderly people.

Now take my mother, for instance.

When she got too feeble to work, did I
throw her out of the house? No way.

I let her live with me.

No matter how cold it gets up there in
that attic, I still go up and do it.

You're a regular John boy there,
Winslow.

It's my mom. I owe her, you know.

I'll see you, Jefferson.

Where's Mr.

Winslow? Probably running off to see his
boss.

I told him I was telling my story.

Oh, George, why?

Why not?

Because, well, I just feel like this
whole thing is my fault. Oh, come on. We

don't feel like that.

I mean, take the positive attitude.

Guilt is its own reward.

What does that mean?

I don't know.

I just know that your time is going to
be great because then I'll be around all

the time.

Those liver spots?

No, those are just the holes where your
hair used to be.

Mind if I watch?

Yes, I do.

Okay, then I'll just observe.

What?

Look, you're using the old outdated
method of dusting back and forth. Why

you try the modern circular motion?

I can't even see my reflection.

Good, then you won't have nightmares.

I beg your pardon.

Oh, it's nothing. You're doing the best
you can.

Tell me.

It's nothing.

Fingerprints.

What?

Don't you have any of that stuff that
kills germs?

If I did you'd be gone by now.

Don't touch that pillow.

Don't forget to dust under the toast.

I'm just trying to help you out. I don't
need no help. I don't need you telling

me what to do. I know how to do my work.
What's going on? I'm about to make you

a rich widow. Now, calm down, Florence.

What did you do to her, George? Nothing.

All of a sudden, she got touchy.

Maybe you'd better go to your room and
cool down.

I'll talk to him.

I'm not going to be able to take this
day after day after day after day after

day.

George.

I've got to talk to you about something.
Yeah, okay, Weez, but first, look, are

you going out to the help center today?

Maybe. Why?

Well, because I wanted to go with you.
You know that guy that lost his dog, his

job, his wife, and his left leg?

Well, anyway, I just figured out the
solution to his problem.

What, George?

A puppy.

Excuse me, George.

Dave.

We were just on our way down to Charlie
for a drink. Care to join us? Drinking,

huh? That means somebody must have a
problem. Well, tell it to me, I'll solve

for you.

Well, Jesus, we don't have any problems.

Well, actually, Jenny has a little
problem.

Oh, what's wrong, Jenny? Oh, no, it's
nothing.

I guess I just feel a little blue,
that's all.

Blue? Good God, woman, ain't you got
enough colors in your family?

Go ahead, Jenny, tell them.

Well... It's just that it seems that I
don't have a life anymore.

Well, I mean, Lionel, he's been working
in Japan twice as long as he said he

would be.

I'm beginning to feel a little restless.

There's something missing in my life.

Get a puppy.

Mr. Jefferson, don't get me wrong. I
mean, I love Jessica, and I love being a

mother, but I'd just like to do
something more.

Like what?

Well... Lately, I've been torn with the
idea of getting into fashion design.

As a matter of fact, I designed the
outfit I'm wearing now.

Oh, it's beautiful.

Oh, I got this.

Oh, that's classy, Jenny.

Thank you.

What's the problem, then?

I'm not getting very much support. My
father thinks that I should wait until

Jessica gets older.

Ha! Your father thinks the guy that
invented the triple -decker hamburger

get a Nobel Prize.

I never said that.

I said the guy who put the cheese on top
deserves it.

Well, if you're going to quote me, be
accurate.

Jenny, it's not that we don't support
you. We just think that the timing's

wrong. Why do you keep butting in her
business? Jenny, look, if you want to do

something, you do it yourself. Don't let
anybody tell you what to do.

Now, look, this is what you do. If you
think you've got time, get right out

there and do it.

Well, uh, Mr. Jefferson, I showed a
buyer some of my sketches, but he didn't

seem too enthusiastic.

The hell with him. He ain't the only
buyer in New York.

There's hundreds of them. Look, Jenny,
you've got to have faith in yourself

because if you don't, then you go
through life wondering what you could

done.

Yeah.

No, you're right, Mr. Jefferson.

You know, I am going to start showing my
sketches around right now.

Thanks for the advice.

Good. No problem. No problem. Okay,
Jack.

Anybody else got a problem?

Well, actually, I have a bit of a
problem. Sorry, Willis. I can't correct

nature.

Oh, no. This is a problem. have at work.
You see, I never get a chance to eat

before meetings, and sometimes during
long conferences, my stomach growls, and

people think I'm clearing my throat to
speak when, as a matter of fact, all I

want is a donut.

Please.

Maybe he can't help.

No, no. It's my problem. I'll deal with
it.

You know, George, come to think of it, I
have a problem.

Come all ears.

I know this short.

balding, obnoxious little man who keeps
butting into other people's problems.

Bring him over here. I'll talk to him.

You'll just be talking to yourself,
George.

Oh, you mean he won't listen either?

That does it. Come on, Tom, let's go.

Yes, my angel. Anyway, well, the
solution to your problem is really

Look, you just get your secretary to buy
the donuts before the meeting.

Hey!

Why are you always giving advice to
everybody?

You're annoying everyone.

I ain't annoying nobody.

Sure.

Where are you going, Florence?

I'm sorry, Mr. Jefferson. I can't take
him following me around no more.

I have had it up to here with him.

You know something?

Florence has got the right idea.

Traveling.

That's what you do when you retire.

See, that way we can see the whole
world.

As in getting out of the house?

Yeah!

George, it's 42 degrees, the sun is
going down, and I just saw a wino

south for the winter.

Well, that means there's more fish for
us.

How you doing, buddy? They biting?

No words between fishermen. It's the
cold of the sea.

Cold of the sea?

This is the East River.

Sea, river, what's the difference? We're
just all near the water.

Hook up?

That's fisherman talk for put your bait
on your hook.

You sit down and be a man.

My whole body is numb.

That's excitement, hon. Here, take a run
and make you feel better.

Oh, no, I'm not going to take a run.

Are you afraid of worms? George, stop
it.

You can leave that to my wife.

Oh,

business.

I'm here. Yeah, we. It's like a dream
come true, huh?

My dream come true was surviving the
Louisiana dry cleaning tour.

Do you like the tour?

Well, let's see. How can I put this?

Hell no.

It was a great tour.

Oh, sure.

You, me, and the Chang family.

I'm going to thank you lucky stars that
they were there because if that

alligator had have missed them.

You were next in line.

Well, it was horrible.

That alligator must have chased us for
30 minutes.

You know the old saying, eat Chinese,
half -hour lady's still hungry.

It's just a little joke.

The alligator didn't really eat us.

He's got a lot of charisma, huh?

George, you made everybody on the tour
hate you.

You were constantly giving advice.

The poor bus driver got so upset, he
made the wrong turn, and we ended up in

that swamp.

That was good advice I gave Mr. Chang.

Oh, sure.

Hey, if you want a great picture of that
alligator, get his attention.

Snore a rock at him.

Look, Wheezy, that was just my way of
telling them welcome to America.

George, why don't you admit how much you
miss working?

George?

Okay, I miss it.

So, why don't you go back?

Wheezy, I can't go back.

Winslow's coming over tonight with the
final papers for me to sign.

But you don't have to sign.

Wheezy, I was beaten.

You didn't get beaten.

It was pure chance that I was the
millionth customer of the Blue Sky

Hey, Blue Sky Cleaners, they do good
work.

You talk too much.

George, you retired because...

For the first time in your life, someone
made you doubt your own ability.

So?

So you've got to have faith in yourself.

Because if you don't, you just go
through life wondering what you could

done.

Now who's giving bad advice?

That's not my advice. That was your
advice to Jenny.

It does have a ring of brilliance to it.

George, the man I married was a real
fighter, a real winner.

But what was more important, the man I
married was a real dry cleaner.

That's right.

I'm a dry cleaner.

I actually gave up. Me, George
Jefferson.

Come on, Weasley, I got business to
attend to.

Okay, George.

You know something, Weasley? I was
stupid to think that even blue sky

or anybody else could beat me. Because I
got something special on my side.

What's that, George?

Me.

I can't refuse.

It's freezing.

Well, well, if it isn't Mr. and Mrs.

Field and Stream.

He'd let me in.

Well, did you bring the papers with you?

Yeah, right here.

Great. And if you'll just hurry and
sign, I can get home in time to

the installation of my new jacuzzi.

Hey, light bulb.

You know, your husband sold out, but you
could stay in business.

Why don't you divorce him, marry one of
our other competitors?

It'll make it worth your while.

Think about it.

Here you go.

And here you go.

Hey, what are you doing?

I'm coming out of retirement.

Hey, you can't do that.

We just did.

Hey, you're making a big mistake here,
Jefferson.

I've been easy on you up to now.

Oh, and are you threatening me, Winslow?

Let's just put it this way. I'm going to
break you. Oh, really?

Ain't a man been born that could break
me.

We'll see, Pops.

Pops.

Pops, he says.

George. Yeah, we... I'll hold you, Jack.
Thank you.

I want you to know something, George.

You may have lost faith in yourself, but
I never lost faith in you. Always.