All language subtitles for 227 s01e07 The Sidewalk Saler

They had no place like home.

With your family around you, you're
never alone.

When you know that's your love, you
don't need to roam.

Cause there's no place like home.

Times are changing every day.

We won't get by with those same old
ways. No, no. Pulling together, we'll

it right.

With help from our friends, I know we
can fly. But there's no place like home.

With your family around you, you're
never alone.

When you know that you love, you don't
need to roam.

Because there ain't no place like.
Better believe it. There ain't no place

Better.

I mean, no place, child.

In the last episode of 227... Okay,
Mary, what kind of trouble we in now?

Trouble? Did I say anything about
trouble?

May have to move out of 227. Move?

What'd you do now?

Me? I didn't do nothing.

I mean, it's not my fault Calloway died.

I'm glad to hear that.

But word is, he left this building to
Sandra.

I, therefore, with a clear conscience,
leave 227, lock, stock, and barrel to

woman who makes the best apple pie I've
ever tasted.

Apple pie?

We never used apple pie.

Mrs. Rosalie Holloway.

You're a property owner, child.

You know what a gold mine you just
inherited? The money's going to be just

pouring in.

Oh, I've never owned anything before.

I don't know if I can handle it. Girl,
relax.

You got me for a friend. I'll help you.

Oh, excuse me, Mrs.

Jenkins. I finished inspecting the
building, and you were right. It's a

It'll take a bundle to fix up this
place.

Does the owner happen to be here?

And now the conclusion.

Hey, I can hardly breathe.

breathing down my neck.

Oh, I know it's gonna be a lot of money.

But look on the bright side, Rose. You
just inherited a whole apartment

building. What I inherited was all these
violations.

Look at this.

Faulty wiring, inadequate insulation.

Plumbing's a mess.

And my bedroom door squeaks.

Now, that's good, Pearl.

It's like a built -in burglar alarm.

See, Rose, that's something you don't
have to fix. I wouldn't have these

problems if you hadn't called the
building inspector.

Well, I thought Sandra was gonna inherit
the building. Well, I'd be a lot better

off if she did.

Well, don't say that. She would have
turned this into a Playboy mansion.

We'd be bunnies on the stoop.

Well, it looks like a little over $8
,000. $8 ,000? It can't be that much,

Mary, we need a new roof. The steps are
unsafe. The banisters walk. I didn't

tell the inspector about that.

I don't have that kind of money.

I'm just going to have to sell the
place.

Your owner will probably turn into a
condo. I can't afford no condo.

I guess I'll have to go live with my
mother.

Honey, isn't there something we can do
to cut costs?

Well, let's see.

I could do some of the work myself, and
some of the guys who owe me favors could

help out.

That would take care of the labor costs,
so maybe we could get it down to maybe

$3 ,000.

$3 ,000?

Oh, honey, that's wonderful.

I'll go call the guys.

Oh.

I don't have that kind of money either.

How much do you have?

Before or after I go to the market.

Rose, can't you take out a loan?

I've got a loan. It came with the
building, and I'm stuck with the

I'm just going to have to sell the
place.

But, Rose, we've raised our children
here.

And Pearl has spent 30 beautiful years
here.

30 years.

I guess it's time to change that baking
soda in the refrigerator.

That's what I like about you, Rose. Even
at a time like this, you can still

laugh. I have to. My best friend got me
in the worst fix of my life.

Well, I'm sorry.

How many times do you want me to say it?
I'll let you know when it's enough.

Well, there ought to be some way we can
raise the money.

Yeah, there's got to be a way. Okay,
what is it?

We're waiting.

A sidewalk sale.

Oh, Mary.

Well, come on. We've all got things we
could sell. Things that are just

cluttering up our... I could sell my
wedding gown.

Well, you wouldn't sell that.

Why not? I got two more.

You know, I bet everybody in this
building got things they want to get rid

We could probably make that money in one
day. You think we really could?

Sure.

Let's do it this Saturday.

I'll tell all the tenants.

And I'll make some signs to put out
front.

See there, Rose?

It's going to be all right.

We'll make the money, we'll fix the
building, and we won't have to move.

Just like nothing ever happened.

Okay, something happened.

I called the building inspector, but I'm
not the cause of the building falling

apart. Now, I'm trying to make it up to
you, okay?

Okay, then you call everybody in the
building.

Okay.

Everybody except Sandra.

Now, wait a minute.

Why not Sandra?

Well, what do we need her for? Well, to
make this sale work, we need everybody,

including Sandra.

She probably has more things than
anybody knowing Calloway.

Well, I'd rather not talk to him. I
thought you said you were trying to make

this up to me. Just raise my rent, yeah.

my gentleman friend.

So soon after Mr. Calloway's death? I
thought you two were so close.

I have to get on with my life.

Well, you sure are getting it on in a
hurry.

What do you want, Mary?

Well, we're having a sidewalk sale this
Saturday. Whatever for?

To help Rose save the building.

What does that have to do with me? I
don't own the building, thanks to a

miscarriage of justice.

Child, be glad you don't.

All she inherited was expenses.

Well, that's her problem.

Now, you don't mean that.

Oh, yes, I do.

Mary, I had plans for this building.

I was going to give it class,
distinction, jacuzzi.

Well, we'll get to the jacuzzis later.
First, we've got to save the building,

any items you have... I'll keep. You can
count me out of that sidewalk sale,

Mary.

Well.

All right.

Well, I think you should know that if we
don't have a sidewalk sale, the

building's going... I don't.

Starting with your apartment.

That doesn't concern me in the least.
Sondra Clark can take care of Sondra

Clark.

I told Rose I'd ask. I asked.

You know, I don't know why I didn't
think of a sidewalk sale years ago. This

wasn't just a trick to get me to clean
out my room, was it? Yes, it was.

Hey, those are my tires. You can't sell
those.

Honey, they're way out of style.

They'll come back.

Not if we lock the doors.

Brenda gave me this one for my birthday
four years ago.

I did?

It was the thought that counted.

It must have been.

What is that?

A lamp. It sure is ugly.

Amen. Where'd it come from?

Well, when we first moved in here, your
father's aunt Josephine brought it over

for a housewarming gift.

I took one look at it, thanked her.

After she left, I hid it in the
basement.

Hey,

that's the lamp my aunt gave us.

I thought we'd lost it. Where's it been
all these years?

In the basement, waiting for this sale.

Oh, no, Aunt Josephine gave it to us.

Did you ever wonder who gave it to her?

It's not that bad.

Brenda, what do you think? You have good
taste.

Dad, I'm the one who bought the tie.

Honey, let's sell it.

Look, my favorite aunt gave it to us.
It's not for sale, and that's final.

Okay, but I'm selling the ties.

Hello, Mary.

I brought down a few things to
contribute to the sidewalk sale.

Oh, Sandra Clark can't take care of
Sandra Clark?

No, no, it's nothing like that. But I
got to thinking of the bigger picture.

There's so many others less fortunate
than I who would suffer immeasurable

hardship.

I started thinking, aren't they a part
of me?

And are they?

We are the world.

You don't think you can find another
apartment, huh?

Not at these prices.

Okay, what you got?

This picture of Mr. Calloway.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay.

That'll be $23.

Oh, thank you, Calvin. You're welcome,
Mr. Cooper.

Thank you. Bye -bye.

Well, you're still raking it in, huh?
Oh, yes.

I mean, they're buying everything.

Best friend in the whole world. Thank
you.

Mom, you know that tie of dad's that you
hated so much? Uh -huh. I just sold it

for $2. You did?

That's great.

Grandma, look at this great tie I just
bought.

You like that blender?

How much is it?

$15.

Gee, I don't know.

Well, it's just as well. I don't know if
it'd be right to sell it to you anyway.

Why?

What's your name, dear?

Arthur? Well, Arthur, I might consider
letting you have it if you promise me

thing.

What's that?

When you're entertaining the ladies, as
I know you do, and you're making

margaritas in your new blender, don't
put too much tequila in, because those

ladies might get tipsy and do Lord knows
what.

Fifteen, darling?

Sixteen with the cord. Yes, ma 'am.

I'll put in a plain brown bag for you.

You're not selling any blenders to
minors, are you?

We're taking in an awful lot of money,
Mary. I know. It's just ruining my

figure. How much do you think we made?

Well, we've only been out here five
hours, and do you know we got almost $2

,500?

Can I hold it a while? I love the feel
of currency next to my skin.

Where are you going, honey?

I got a call from the company. I got to
go down to the construction site and

straighten something out.

Oh, well, do me a favor. Take this
upstairs and put it in a safe place.

Good Lord, woman, look at all this
money.

What'd you do, sell our car?

It's $2 ,500.

Yeah, we only have $500 to go.

Yeah,

but how are we going to get it?

Oh, I don't know. We sold just about
everything.

Except my cemetery plot.

You selling a cemetery plot? Why?

Well, my second husband bought it. And I
sure don't want to be buried next to

that bum.

Oh, y 'all better go upstairs and see if
you can find some more stuff. Yeah, we

need more things. Come on.

Yeah, I haven't got anything else.

Well, babe, I'm gone.

See you later.

Except Lester's lamp.

Oh, I couldn't sell that.

It is a crisis.

But he's so fond of that lamp.

Everybody has to make sacrifices.

Lord, I think I got to sell it.

Mary, now what is Lester going to say
when he finds out you're selling that

behind his back?

Well, it was for a good cause.

He'll understand.

I hope.

Nobody's going to buy it anyway.

But it sure made everything else look
good.

to get me to look at that lamp?

Well, it would make a nice gift for
someone.

I can't think of anybody I hate that
much.

Say, Grandma.

Ms. Clark got 30 bucks for your old
broken music box.

Oh, and it used to play Stormy Weather.

That's how I sold it. I said it belonged
to Lena Horne.

Oh, Sandra, it's really nice for you to
help out.

I know.

You're welcome.

I knew I was needed.

A pretty face does help.

Oh, Mary, you were so right about this
sidewalk sale. I mean, you've been right

all along.

You brought us together like one big
family. It's like Thanksgiving.

I mean, we have so much to be thankful
for, don't we, Mary?

Mary, excuse me, honey.

Can I help you? How much is this lamp?

Thirty dollars.

Thirty dollars?

Twenty -five. Twenty -five?

Five. Five?

That's a good price.

You know, just knowing it has a good
home is thanks enough for me.

Wait till I show this to my wife. I can
almost see her face.

How are you going to tell Dad you sold
his lamp?

Brenda, I sold it to raise money to save
this building.

Five dollars?

I would have just dropped it.

Brenda, don't complicate my life, okay?

Hi. Sales over, huh?

Oh, yes.

So where'd you hide the money?

Well, no one would ever think to look
for it in Aunt Josephine's lamp.

You sold the lamp?

You put the money in the lamp? You told
me to hide the money, but I told you not

to sell the lamp.

You don't have to yell.

Who'd you sell it to?

A man.

What?

like this is my fault. It was not a
great idea to put the money in the lamp.

what? Well, why don't you just hide it
in the closet where you hide my birthday

presents?

Or in the book of Job where you hide
your poker money.

Maybe we should try to find a way to get
the lamp back.

How are we going to do that, Brenda?
This is a big city, you know. Well, we

go around and knock on doors.

That's ridiculous.

Did you notice anything special about
this man?

All I know is that he paid $5 for the
lamp.

Brenda.

For she's a jolly good fellow.

For she's a jolly good fellow. For she's
a jolly good fellow.

Which nobody can deny, honey.

Ladies,

you shouldn't. Oh, yes, we should.

Oh, no, you shouldn't.

Oh, yes, how else are we going to thank
the woman who kept 227 together?

Let's open the champagne.

Let's hold the champagne, Mary.

Lester. I'm not telling him anything.
You sold the lamp.

Lester, now you two still fighting over
that lamp.

Lester, that was a mighty poor lamp.
That's what you think.

Rose, I think they're trying to tell us
something. Well, let's get on with it. I

want some champagne.

Mary.

Well, okay.

The money... What?

Money was in the lamp.

My money's gone?

My jacuzzi's gone.

My grave is gone.

Mary, this is all your fault. A minute
ago, I was a jolly good fellow.

A minute ago, we didn't know how dumb
you was.

Now, hold it, ladies. I hid the money in
the lamp, and Mary didn't know it. You

see, if I owned this building, none of
this would have happened, and I still

would have had my blender.

I would have still had my building.

Not had somewhere to rest my soul.

Well, Mary, you've done it again.

Come on, ladies.

I knew it was a mistake to trust her.

Rose?

What? I'm sorry.

Sorry isn't going to save the building,
Mary.

Mom, can I please go do my homework?

Go ahead, coward.

through with us. Us?

Lester? Don't you mean you?

Well, I meant well.

Mary, they trusted you. And speaking of
trust, we haven't stayed married all

these years by violating ours. I told
you not to sell that lamp and you did it

anyway. Now, you think how you'd feel if
I'd done that to you?

I know. You're right.

I'm sorry.

The last thing I want is for you to lose
confidence in me.

I know you're the head of the house
and...

I didn't show you any respect.

But I didn't mean to hurt you.

Honey, why is it every time I try to do
something good, it turns out bad?

Baby, you try harder than most folks.

Well, maybe I should just stop trying.

Then you wouldn't be yourself.

Honey, I've got to find a way to make
this up to Rose.

You don't have $2 ,500 you're not
telling me about.

That does it.

I wouldn't care if Rose begged me I
wouldn't stay in this building.

What's wrong?

I'll tell you what's wrong. A tenant's
meeting in the laundry room. That's

what's wrong. To which I wasn't invited.

They were eating the apple pie that
should have been mine.

Cheer up. They'll get fat and you won't.

It's not funny, Lester.

They hate me.

No, they don't, Mom.

Yes, they do.

And it's all Calloway's fault.

Probably died on purpose, the old goat.

Well, I wonder who that could be. Nobody
in the building speaking to me.

Hi, Brenda. You want to come downstairs
for some apple pie?

Can I go, Mom?

Ask your father.

Yeah, go ahead.

Oh, Miss Jenkins, there's a lady out
here to see you.

Thank you, honey.

Hello. Hello.

My husband bought this here this
afternoon.

Come in.

Oh, I'm sorry.

It's just... that it doesn't go anywhere
in our apartment.

Oh, well, we'll take it back. I believe
you paid $5 for it. Aha!

There you are, Louise.

You paid $5 for this?

Louise, that's my lamp. I like it.

Dear, it's awful.

It has character, dear.

It's puking.

They're willing to take it back.

Louise, I bought it, I'm keeping it, and
that's final.

We'll give you $50.

Cash?

$50? Why?

My wife has a sentimental attachment to
it, don't you, dear?

You know how I feel about it, dear.

Then why did you sell it to me?

Oh, she did it to help a friend, and
then after she sold it, she cried.

Oh, Harold, if it means that much to
her, we'll have to let her have it. I

so. Oh, you're a kind man, Harold. Thank
you.

Thank you very much. I promise you
she'll never part with it. Thank you.

What about my fisty? Oh.

There you are.

Thank you. Uh -huh. Uh -huh.

Here.

Is it still there? Give me a chance.

Ah, here it is.

Everything turned out perfect.

Yeah, except you paid $50 for the lamp.

I'm going to put this away.

You know, I have half a mind to keep
this.

Oh, it's you.

Mary. Oh, it's Mary again?

Oh, Mary, please try to understand.

We were disappointed and very angry.

But you know, when you walked out of
that laundry room, we realized the whole

reason we had that sidewalk sale.

And that was to stay together.

And if you're not with us, then we're
not together.

We're sorry, Mary. We had no business
blaming all this on you.

Even though you started the whole mess.
All right.

Mary, forgive us. We were wrong.

Not that you were particularly right.

Yes, she was.

She was thinking of all of it. You being
a very good neighbor.

The best neighbor.

Mary, can you forgive us?

Well, is that all that's left of my pie?

Girl, I'll bake you another one.

And I'll bake you one, too.

Do you need any boiled water?

Well, here we are. one big happy family
again.

Until we get evicted. Oh, no. Money or
no money, I am not selling the building.

Now, if they want to close it down,
they'll have to get by all of us to do

Just let them try.

Mary, aren't you going to tell them
about... Timing, dear.

Timing is everything.

So, aside from character assassination
in your meeting, did you come up with

big ideas?

Well, we had a... I know.

Let's have a bake sale.

Why, we could all bake cookies.

Well, no, I mean... How about making
some potholders and going door to door?

Mary, stop turning the screws.

We got the lamp back and Mary's got all
the money right there in her pocket.

It boils for it.