All language subtitles for Good Times s03e18 JJs Fiancee 2

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Here are scenes from J .J.'s Fiancé,
Part 1.

Family, are y 'all ready for this?

Today I asked Diane to marry me, and she
said yes!

Lord have mercy.

My daughter ain't eloping with no bony
Romeo.

Daddy! You be quiet!

Now for the conclusion of J .J.'s
fiancée. I don't want to hear no more

it, Junior. You ain't gonna get married
and ain't no way you're going low. But,

Dad! Not with my daughter.

Son, don't do something you're gonna be
sorry for.

Yeah, you better back off, J .J.

No, Thelma.

I'm sorry, Dad, but I gotta stand up for
myself.

Don't you crush your luck with me,
Junior.

Please, think about what you'll be
doing.

Feeling better now, honey? Oh, yeah, Ma.
It's just one of my headaches.

I took some aspirin.

They really do a job.

Are you all still fighting about that
elopement? We ain't fighting about it

because it's off. You got that?

Okay, okay. It's off, off.

Nothing to worry about.

What?

They're right, J .J. Maybe we shouldn't
get married.

Don't say that, Diane.

Here I am fighting Custer's last stand,
and you come out speaking Comanche.

Honey, if our parents are that much
against it, it must be wrong.

You know, parents do no best.

But, Diane, you said we'd elope. Go
ahead.

Elope. As long as it ain't with Diana.

Alone?

I can't carry myself over the threshold.

J .J., let's just give it up. We can
wait.

What's a few years?

Oh, thank heaven somebody's talking
sense.

Yeah, you're right on that, baby.

What's going on?

happening? Well, JJ, you're back to
normal.

It's all over.

Son, I don't understand how you get to
be so stubborn.

I can't imagine.

Hi, y 'all. Hey, Wilona.

Oh, Lucille and Fred, how you doing? I'm
sorry I'm late for the party.

Salma, get up and let me see that dress.

Oh, it's beautiful.

Boy, you really outdid yourself.

Diane, you look pretty. Pretty. Thank
you. J .J., you're gorgeous.

What can I say?

Well, I don't know what kept you so
long.

Well, I got hung up at the boutique
working on this guy, you know. He

six of the foxiest dresses and still
couldn't make up his mind.

About what?

About which one to wear home.

Well, I bought some champagne to toast
the graduates.

There you go, James. Come on, James,
open it. This is a party, ain't it?

right on that, buddy.

always so thoughtful.

Oh, it ain't nothing, Flo.

I just hope James don't get too high and
start getting romantic and drinking out

of your slipper. Cause ain't nothing bad
as waking up with a bad hangover the

next day and stepping into some soggy
slippers.

Diane, don't.

Enjoy every minute of this night. It's
the most important night of your life.

Honey, I'll never forget my senior prom.

Those were the days.

I look back on them as the summer of my
life. Woo!

To be exact, it was the summer of 49.

Well, I was the only four -year -old in
the graduating class.

J .J., we better get going to the prom.

You still want to go? Of course I do.

Will you get my coat and purse, please?
They're in Thelma's room.

Thelma, you don't mind if we leave a
little early, huh? No, that's all right.

Well, honey, it's awfully early to be
leaving. I know, but...

Then you kids go ahead and have a good
time. Thank you, Daddy.

Good night, Mr. and Mrs. Evans. Good
night, Diane. Have a ball. Bye, Mom.

We won't.

Okay. He will.

Oh,

wait a minute, Diane. I forgot your
corsage.

We don't need it. We're not going to the
prom.

What? Where are we going?

We're going to Elope.

I sit back there, but there's no sense
in arguing with him. We just do it, and

we'll come back man and wife.

But, Diane, I can't go. I'm not dressed
to look.

What are you talking about?

This is running.

I can go, but my tux has got to stay
here.

J .J., don't worry about it.

But I got a dental appointment on
Tuesday.

Now, what's more important, our marriage
or your teeth?

Well, right now, our marriage. But when
Dad finds out, my teeth.

J .J., it'll be too late. Our parents
won't do anything.

But I didn't even say goodbye.

I didn't even pack anything.

You packed everything I need.

My compliments, Mr. Innkeeper. Thank
you.

Well, do you like it, my dear?

Oh, J .J., it's really out of sight.

Yeah, that's because I know how to pick
up. You can always tell a good motel.

That's the kind with only one light
burnt out in the vacancy sign.

Ah, world traveler, huh?

Well, you know how it is, bro.

Yeah,

I go first class all the way. Don't
spare any expense.

Uh, when's checkout time?

do we want room service?

Check in to another motel.

One more thing. Do you know the
telephone number of a preacher?

We want to get married. Ah, you said you
were married.

We are.

It's just that it felt so good the first
time, we thought we'd do it again.

You understand.

Hey, look, I just rent rooms. It ain't
none of my business. I mean, if I was a

meddler... I'd have probably wondered
why you checked in without any luggage.

Uh... We lost it. Mm -hmm. Where?

On the bus! On the plane!

Uh, see, we lost half of it on the bus
and half of it on the plane.

It has been a very long trip.

From Chicago?

Hey, now, look, you kids. You're not
putting anything over on me.

Every year at prom time, we get hundreds
of kids coming into Indiana to get

married. You aren't going to kick us
out, are you? Oh, now, do I look like

kind of guy?

Oh.

Tell you what I'll do.

Why don't you let me take care of the
whole thing for you? You see, I kind of

like to think of myself as the
traveler's friend.

I can get you to justice and peace,
license, work. You'd do all that for us?

how could I turn down such a nice
couple?

Oh,

it'll be beautiful.

It'll be romantic.

It'll be five bucks.

Oh, a mere pittance for a man of my
stature.

Thank you.

Now, the cost of the wedding, you know,
is strictly up to you.

But if you want the deluxe, I can
arrange for the limousines, for the

the organ music... Well, we were
thinking about something a little more

Oh, like what?

Like a preacher in a box Uncle Ben.

Well, I guess I can do that, too.

So, when are the nuptials going to take
place?

Oh, we figure right after the wedding.

No, J .J. We want to get married as soon
as possible. Right. And I'll let you

know as soon as everything is arranged.

Thank you. Thank you, friend of the
traveler.

We did it, J .J. Do you believe it?
We're really going to be married.

Yeah.

Mr. and Mrs. Evans.

What?

Kathy, that's my own dad's name.

Excuse me, I'm a little nervous.

Oh, honey, take it easy. Come on, relax.

Look, it's just the two of us.

All alone in the room with nothing but
time.

What do you think we should do?

Let's go down to the front office and
get some postcards.

about us right now. We can call him
after the wedding.

Relax, lamb chop.

As dad would say, have

mercy.

That's JJ. He's all wrapped up in a
blanket. Are you kidding? Look at them

He's the only baby there with size 13
and a half triple E booties.

Come on, Lucille. You've got to get a
hold of yourself.

Oh, I'm sorry I had to tell you that,
but it was something you had to know.

Right, Daddy?

You did the right thing, baby girl.

Man, you talking about trouble?

We got it.

Two junkies marrying each other. Hey,
hey.

Two junkies? Sure.

They've been seeing each other for a
long time.

Your skinny Romeo probably got our
little girl on to stuff. Now, wait a

Fred. Hold it. One thing we know for
sure, Junior ain't no junkie. Our son

too much sense for something like that.
Fred, we've always tried to bring our

kids up right.

You're saying we brought our daughter up
wrong? No, Fred, I'm not saying that at

all. Fred, please. I don't believe it,
Lucille, and I won't believe it. Well, I

believe it, Fred.

What? Well, those headaches of Diana's.

It wasn't just headaches, Fred. It was
more than that. I've noticed changes in

her lately.

Well, she's been real edgy and nervous
and... Well, I know it's... As a mother,

I should have sat down and tried to talk
to her and tried to find out why, but I

didn't. I was hoping it would go away.

I... I'm sorry, Florida.

Jane. I'm sorry.

I wanted to blame anybody, everybody,
the whole world.

I know how you feel, Fred, but look
here, man. If you're going to blame

somebody, blame them pushers out in the
street.

They're the ones that flip the kids to
free pills, and then when they get them

freaked out, they push them on to the
hard stuff, the blood suckers.

You break your back trying to raise the
kid.

Give him a decent life, teach him right
from wrong, and now this.

You always figure what happened to
somebody else's kid.

Never your own.

I know how you feel, Fred.

You ought to be tearing your part, man.

Oh, this isn't just a night. It's a
nightmare.

Fred, look.

I found something in Diana's purse.

It's a phone number. But there's no
name.

No, maybe it ain't so strange, baby.

See, when you're a junkie, you got to
make sure you got your connection with

all the time.

Are you saying that this could be the
number of the pusher? Yeah, why not?

change their numbers all the time. Maybe
Diane wrote it down so she wouldn't

forget it. If I ever get my hands on
that dude. You just might do that, Fred.

Huh? Thelma, come on out here a minute.
What are you going to do?

Thelma sounds just like Diane on the
phone.

Maybe we get Thelma to make a little
phone call for a reorder. And we get us

quick delivery, huh? Yeah.

Hey, Diane, I got us a couple of Dr.

Peppers.

You know, they even got free ice down
there. I tell you, when you live in the

ghetto, you just don't know what class
is.

Yeah, this is a nice place.

Yeah, and they even got a candy machine
down here.

Chewing gum, gumdrops, chocolate chip
cookies, cheese crackers.

I tell you, boy, if we don't run out of
quarters, we could spend the rest of our

lives here.

Television set, radio, coin -operated
bed that vibrates.

Man, I guess you should expect all this
luxury when you're spending $6 a night.

Where's that motel owner? He should have
been back with some word about the

wedding by now.

Yeah, you're right. If you don't get
back here soon, they're going to put out

warrant for this tuxedo.

Well, I think I better go freshen up a
bit.

I'll be counting the minutes.

This isn't my purse. You took Thelma's
by mistake. What am I supposed to do

without my purse?

It's no big deal. Use Thelma's lipstick.

If you don't mind painting on a little
ugly.

That is not funny. That was dumb. That
was really dumb.

Calm down, Diane. Is there anything I
can do for you? No.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you.
It's just the tension of the wedding

and everything.

Take it easy, Diane. Why don't you just
lay down here? I'll spring for the

quarter. We can get this bed to vibrate
and the shoes to emerge again.

Now, come on, now. Lay down here. Oh, J
.J., you don't know what you did.

You hear anything, James?

Not yet, Fred.

James, I don't like the idea of a pusher
coming into our home. It could be

dangerous. Fred, you can't take the law
into your own hands, honey. What are the

police for?

They're for after we get through with
them.

and let somebody else do it. Come on,
now, will y 'all be quiet? I hear

getting off the elevator. Baby, you and
Lucille, go on in the bedroom.

James, do be careful. We'll be careful.
Please, go on now.

That's it, Fred. You ready?

Dine here?

No.

You the pusher.

No, I'm...

Oh, easy, Fred, easy. It ain't what you
think.

My mother sent me to the store for some
sugar.

What's your name?

Little Bo Peep.

Why, Fred, easy, man.

Look here, Bo Peep.

If you don't watch your mouth, you're
going to lose a lot more than your

Careful, Musclehead.

If you hit me now, I'll have you
arrested for child beating.

Lucille?

Believe it, James.

This punk.

This half pint of trash delivering to my
daughter.

What did you expect, Popeye? The French
connection?

There he

is.

That's your pusher.

James. He's just a baby. Baby, huh?

Well, this ain't no talcum powder.

Hey, I hate to waste a trip. Any of you
want to buy that? It's pure.

Give you a sky high high.

Where do you get this stuff, punk?

I just deliver.

I get it from this dude who gets it from
somebody else who gets it from the boss

dude. And this I know for sure. The boss
dude don't live in the projects.

How about my stuff?

You want to buy?

That's gold, man.

The only place this gold is going is
down the drain. Go on, get out of here.

Hey, man, it's cool, it's cool. That's
more where that came from.

Hey, and if you change your mind and
want a deal, you can find me at the

schoolyard. I deliver first thing in the
morning.

The kids like to cop a fix before class.

James, we got to call the police or do
something.

We just can't let this kid run out in
the street like this.

Go ahead, lady. Call the fuzz.

What can they do?

Juvenile court is so crowded, I'd be 40
before my case comes up.

Later,

Popeye.

James, is there nothing we can do to
stop them?

Not as long as business is as good as it
is, Florida. See, there's a lot of

people out there, black and white.

Some of them so tired of fighting odds.

They figure if they can't get out for
real, they'll get out in a dream.

Well, how can you win when the
supplier's got kids doing the dirty work

You can't. Not when the boy's on top of
making all that money.

No, I don't buy that, Fred. Not for one
minute.

In 1961, President Kennedy said we'd
have a man on the moon by 70, and we did

it. Now, you can't tell me that a
country that can put a man on the moon

stop dope traffic.

I don't believe it.

Everything's arranged.

I got you a justice of the peace.

Very reasonable.

Oh, yeah? How reasonable? Ten bucks.

But that includes his wife as a witness
and his ten -year -old kid playing the

piano. Ten -year -old kid playing the
piano, huh? I got a feeling instead of

promise me, we're going to get
chopsticks.

Hey, don't worry. My niece is very good.

Anyway, it's all set for 11 in the
morning on Tuesday.

Hey, that's great!

Wait a minute.

Tuesday's three days from now.

Yeah, you get the license in the
morning, and then there's a three -day

period. Waiting period?

You never said anything about a waiting
period. Sure, that's a state law. Well,

we can't stay here for three days. I
can't go that long without my... I mean,

don't have a change of clothes.

Well, maybe there's a place we can rent
underwear.

It won't work. I can't do it. Hey, look,
you kids want to get married, or don't

you? Oh, could you let us talk about it?
We'll get back to you. Yeah, sure.

Thank you very much.

Diane, look, we've gotten this far. We
might as well wait. I can't wait. I

can't.

Diane, don't you love me?

Of course I love you. It's nothing like
that. It's nothing to do with that.

Well, it's our parents. Our parents,
they're going to be worried sick.

Well, then I'll call them. I'll tell
them that we're in another state. We're

going to get married. We have a three
-day waiting period.

nervous, but am I that much?

Maybe I am.

Hello? I'd like to call Chicago.

Collect.

Don't worry, Lucille.

We'll find her.

And when they do, there are a lot of
places that can help kids like Diana.

All the big cities have drug abuse
centers.

Look, Lucille, it ain't gonna be no easy
road back for her, but if she wants to

make it, she can make it all the way
back.

Hello?

Yes, yes, of course I'll accept the
charges.

Hello, Ma.

Look, we're in another state. We're
going to get married. We have a three

waiting period, but we're all right.

No, J .J., you're not all right.

Huh?

There's something we have to tell you
about Diana.

She has a problem.

Honey, a serious problem.

J .J., Diana is on drugs.

Oh, come on now. You're making that up.
I don't believe you.

I wish to God I was, honey.

Thelma found some things in her purse.

Honey, I don't want to talk about it.

I just can't believe that. I don't
believe it.

James, he don't believe me. Talk to him.

Junior, so I know it's hard to accept,
but it's the truth.

Diana, she's a junkie. Oh, no.

Junior, she's shooting dope.

You guys will do anything. thing to
break our marriage up. I'm not going for

I just won't believe it.

Matter of fact, I'll call Diane right
now. She'll straighten this thing out.

Just looking out of the window, watching
the asphalt grow,

thinking how it all looks when we die.

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head above water, making a

way when you can.

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