All language subtitles for Designing.Women.1993.S01E19.1080p.DSNP.WEB-DL.H264.AAC-PTerWEB_track3_[eng]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

Suzanne, you've been
sitting at that typewriter all morning.

So?
So, it's starting to get on my nerves.

I mean, it'd be different
if you could type.

I just can't stand
all that pining, and pausing and pecking.

You think I like sitting here
typing up all these

letters of recommendation,
you're crazy.

Especially, not for
the Wilson girls.

I mean, there's no point
in them going through rush.

They're not even attractive.

If you ask me,

all that sorority stuff's
a lot of nonsense, anyway.

You don't know
what it's like

to feel that deep,
unbreakable bond

with 70, 80
of your closest friends.

I felt the bond, Suzanne.

I'm just not
the kind of person

who enjoys standing around
and circled all day

singing and holding hands
with other women.

You know, I never believed
they kicked you out

for not wanting to go to
Long Campus.

They can't tell me
it wasn't personal.

Betty Pervis was President then,

and she never got over
that remark you made about her.

What remark?

When you said she looked like
she was Wayne Donna Pekrul.

Wait till y'all see
what I just bought.

But before I show you,

I just want to go
on record to saying

I'm sick and tired
of man-crazy women.

You know, all women
talk about on TV,

that's all you read about
in women's magazines about the man shortage, you know.

How to get one,
how to keep one.

And I for one
just want to say that I believe

there's more to life
than men.

For instance, there's news
and weather, and,

sports. However...

Over this, I had
absolutely no control.

I saw. I had to have.

Oh...

Who is that?

CHARLENE: That is
the best-looking man left on earth.

Where can this person
be located? I don't know.

I was pushing my cart
through pic-n-save,

and all of a sudden,
I looked up and there he was.

And I said to myself,
"Charlene," exact words...

"That is
the best-looking man left on earth."

And to top it off,
he only cost a buck.

Wait a minute.
Look at that logo. That's an Atlanta address.

[GASPS] You think
we could actually find him?

Just listen
to the two of you.

You sound like
a couple of bloodhounds picking up a scent.

I could hang
a man on a stick

and work you
into a frenzy.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Hello.

No, he's out
on a delivery now.

May I take a message?

Big Blue rolls tonight.

Who is this, please?

Mr. Victor's
dog grooming parlor.

I see.

Yes, I'll be sure
he gets the message.

What was that
all about?

I don't know. I'm certainly
gonna find out from Anthony when he gets here.

[GASPS] You'll never
believe what just happened.

I'm getting the kids
ready for school,

and the phone rings,
and guess who it is.

The best-looking man
left on earth?

No, my daddy.
He's here in Atlanta,

or he will be
in an hour.

I mean, he... he said
he was gonna surprise me

but then decided
maybe that wasn't such a good idea.

So, I'm gonna go out
and pick him up at the airport

and he's gonna be here
four whole days.

Mary Jo,
that's wonderful!

Well, you know, he hadn't
visited me since he and mama got divorced.

He's had this crazy idea
that I'm mad at him,

but... [CHUCKLES] I'm not.

Well, maybe I am a little.

Four days. What are you
going to do to entertain him?

Well, I don't know.

I mean, he's kind of
a homebody.

The days are
taken care of anyway.

He's here to attend
a convention for vets.

I didn't know your dad
was in Vietnam.

Suzanne,
he's a veterinarian.

Don't you know
what a veterinarian is?

Of course, I know, Julia.

What'd you think I thought?

Somebody that doesn't
eat meat? [SCOFFS]

Give me a break.

I didn't just come in on
the last banana wagon.

It's boat, not wagon.

Sticks and stones
can break my bones,

but words can
never hurt me.

How I hate it
when she pummels us

with clever repartee.

Jo, you better get going
if you're gonna meet your daddy's plane.

Oh, right, if you just
call Shumacher's about those French pillows.

I'm so excited. This is
the first time daddy will ever have seen the shop.

We'll just grab
a little lunch, then, I'll bring him back by here.

And if anybody
wants to mention

that, um, I'm doing
a pretty good job here,

That would be okay.

[MARY JO CHUCKLES]

Mary Jo...
Oh, right.

Get out.

Charlene,
did Mary Jo call in yet?

Hmm? What'd you say?

I said did
Mary Jo check in while I was out?

No, but it's about 2:15 p.m.,
she'll be here in a minute.

You know, I was just
sitting here fantasizing.

You know,
wouldn't it be crazy if you know, like,

my... my apartment building
caught on fire

and they got
everyone out but me?

And I'm out on
my balcony screaming,

And the person who
comes up the ladder to get me is him?

You know, and after he saves me
we start going out. Right?

And I keep telling him
how incredible it is

how much he looks like
Tom Selleck.

and he eventually admits
to me that he is Tom Selleck's younger brother.

Only he doesn't tell people
'coz he wants them to like him for himself.

And then we get married.

We eventually move
to Los Angeles

and I become
a semi-regular on his show.

Do you ever think of just
completely outrageous stuff like that?

No.

Okay, the van is loaded.

I just need to know
if I'm supposed to pick up that couch

before I take that
other stuff out to the Morrison's.

Yes, it's ready.
The upholsterer just called.

Anthony, I'd like
to ask you

a personal question.

Mr. Victor's dog
grooming parlor called

And said, "Big Blue
rolls tonight."

Would you care
to explain that?

[STUTTERING] Yeah.
Well, I was going to mention that to you.

See, I had a chance
to freelance our van

a couple of nights a week
because Mr. Victor overbooked the dogmobile. [CHUCKLES]

I didn't think you'd mind.

Anthony, are you telling us

you've been using Sugarbaker's
furniture van

as a taxi cab for dogs?

Oh, no. It's not a taxi cab.

I mean, it's not like
I got them on a meter or anything.

No wonder Consuela took
one whiff of those drapes

she delivered for my
sun porch and said they smelled like dog.

Hey, now, I keep that
van spotless.

And every one
of those dogs is housebroken,

except for
the Great Dane.

But I guess
if you're a Great Dane,

you don't have to be.

Anthony...

Okay, I guess I got
a little carried away.

You know,

when I first
got out of prison,

I only had
one suit to my name.

I guess I saw this
as an opportunity,

not only
to better myself,

but to become
an important role model

for other delinquent
ghetto youth.

How forward thinking of you.

I'll be fascinated to see

how your riding around
in a van full of dogs

is going to lead
some minority child

to the Nobel Prize.

Uh-huh. Well, I guess
I also took into account

the human factor.

Poor Mr. Victor being
at one of his more fragile points...

After years of being
drunk and destructive,

he finally joined A.A.

Oh, I admire people
so much who do that.

Yeah. Well, all of us
at the grooming parlor

are pretty darn proud of him.

He's devoting
his whole life to it.

That's amazing.

Why would anyone
want to devote their life

to the automobile club?

Suzanne, that's triple A.
This is A.A.,

as in Alcoholics Anonymous.

I know that.

Right.

Okay, Anthony,

you better tell Mr. Victor

that's he's going to
have to be on the wagon

without our van.

Hey, I'm out of here.

I'll tell Mr. Victor
that the deal is off.

Hey, who is that?

Just a guy I like.

Yeah? Dude looks
wimpy to me.

I bet his mama
butters his toast for him. [CHUCKLES]

Hi, everybody.
I'm sorry we're late. The traffic was just awful.

Daddy, I'd like you
to meet, Julia,

who's the captain
of our little team here.

Julia,
this is my dad, Davis Jackson.

How do you do,
Dr. Jackson?

Well, how do you do?
I'm just awfully glad to finally meet you

And get to thank you
for taking such good care of my daughter.

Whoa, we don't
have to do much.

She takes pretty
good care of herself.

That's true. We'll have to
take you out and show you some of her decorating jobs.

Daddy, this is Charlene,
who used to live next door to me,

but I don't believe
you met her.

Charlene, it is
an honor to meet you.

But I must say that
Mary Jo failed to do you justice in your description.

No, Daddy, I told you
how cute she was.

Mary Jo, cute doesn't even
begin to cover it.

Oh, thank you.

Actually, she described you
a little differently, too.

Oh, how's that?

I don't know.
More like a father. [ALL LAUGH]

Well, maybe that's 'cause
he is my father.

Daddy, come on,
I want you to meet Suzanne.

Daddy?

Uh, what?

I want you
to meet Suzanne, our other partner.

Oh, I'd love to meet Suzanne.

Charlene, I trust
I'll be seeing more of you.

I hope so, Dr. Jackson.

Davis. Call me Davis.

All right, Davis.

Or you could just
call him Dr. Jackson.

That's what most
of my friends call him.

Daddy, I want you
to meet Suzanne, our other partner.

Suzanne, this is my dad,
Davis Jackson.

Hello.
Suzanne, my pleasure.

Well, now, I don't know
what you ladies would attribute this to,

but you are
the best-looking group of women

I have seen accumulated
in some time. [ALL GIGGLE]

Oh, daddy, is that
all you can say?

Just that
we're good-looking?

Well, Mary Jo,
I've only known them five minutes.

It'll be a little hard
to commit to anything else right now.

[LAUGHS]

I mean, don't you
like the store?

Oh... Yes, it's...
it's just a dandy,

and you all have done
a bang-up job here, a bang-up job.

Well, we're still
working on it.

Dr. Jackson,
I can't tell you what a joy it is

to work with
your little girl.

Well, it's true,
she's the most popular person at Sugarbakers'.

Don't go on. I can't
pay you any more than the $25 we agreed on.

I was gonna say
it's getting a little thick around here,

Not that Mary Jo
isn't a perfectly lovely person.

[CHUCKLES] Well,
thank you. Her mother and I always thought so.

We'll just have a little tea,
and then I'll take you by the house,

And J.D.'s
gonna pick us up around 7:00 p.m.

That'll be fine,
and then the four of us can go to dinner.

What four of us?

Well, you,
this J.D. person, and me and my date.

Dad, who's your date?

Well, I was kind of
hoping it'd be

Charlene.

♪ Do you love me? ♪

♪ I can really move ♪

♪ Do you love me? ♪

♪ I'm in the groove ♪

♪ Do you love me?

♪ Now that I ♪

♪ Can dance... ♪

I can't believe my dad knows
how to dance like this.

I mean, he used to dance
with me before the prom,

and he wasn't even
good at the two-step.

J.D.: He probably
didn't try too hard.

I'm sure you dance
with your daughter differently than you do with a date.

J.D., Charlene
is not daddy's date. [SCOFFS]

She's... like a chaperon.

[ BREAK IT
TO ME GENTLY PLAYING]

Well, she looks like
she's chaperoning him pretty good right now.

Well, I'm glad they
stopped that fast stuff.

Daddy's not used to that.
He could have a heart attack.

He doesn't look like
he's going to have a heart attack.

J.D., would you
stop saying what everybody looks like?

I can see
he's having a nice time.

Why does that
bother you so much? It doesn't.

I don't know, I guess
I'm just not used to seeing my dad on a date.

I mean,
being chaperoned.

Charlene, you know,
you remind me of a girl I knew

at the end of the war.

You're joking. You mean
the big one, WWII?

That's the one.

[GASPS] Oh, I just
love that war.

Ah, no, I mean,
I'm sorry it had to happen

and all that, but I think
that was the last time

men and women
were real romantic.

All those men
going off to battle.

I know, if I'd
been around then,

I'd have been
the cheapest woman alive.

[BOTH LAUGH]
I doubt that.

No, it's true. I have
a weakness for uniforms.

So, what was
this girl like?

Well, everything
about her was pretty,

just like you.

[ALL CHUCKLING]

I used
to buy her orchids on the black market.

She had legs that
went on forever,

and she was kind.
She was very kind, too.

Were you wounded?

Yes, everyone else
in the battalion was killed.

I was the youngest one.
I lied about my age.

I bet you got
the purple heart, didn't you?

Mary Jo doesn't even
know about that.

You never told her?

It never came up,

but I'm not here
to tell war stories.

I just want to say that
I'm having a better time

than a fellow like me
ought to have. [CHUCKLES]

And if you get
tired of waltzing this old geezer,

around the dance floor,
you just return me to my chair.

Not a chance.

[FAST MUSIC PLAYING]

MARY JO: Well, oh, no.
I can't believe this.

The man has
a steel plate in his leg,

and he's taking up
breakdancing.

He'll never be able
to get back up.

Okay, he got lucky.

[IT HAD TO BE YOU PLAYING]

Well, Mr. Live
and let live,

you call that just
having a good time?

Hmm?
What... What?

Well, look at 'em.
An hour ago they were dancing like normal people.

Now you couldn't get
the crack of dawn between them.

You know, Charlene,
I don't want this

to sound
like a line, or anything,

but did anybody
ever tell you

that you dance
like an angel?

Mmm. Yeah.

[TANGO PLAYING]

Well, I hate to
break up Lawrence Welk

and his lovely
little champagne lady,

but J.D., and I would
like to call it a night.

Okay, honey.

All right, I'll leave the key
under the welcome mat.

Right. Don't wait up.

MARY JO: Where could they be?
It's 1:30 in the morning.

Look, Mary Jo,
they're probably still dancing or talking

or walking...

Or one of those
other words that ends in "ing."

So that's what you're
worried about, isn't it?

No.

Not exactly.

It's just that
if he lets Charlene

see him in his underwear,
I will just kill myself.

Does that make sense?

Mary Jo, honey...

Your dad is
a red-blooded all-American male

who just happens
to be single.

Now, that is a fact
whether he's 20 or 80.

And I don't think that
him being your father,

is gonna stop him from
doing anything he wants to do from now on.

So, you just gonna have
to get used to that.

I know. I'm being
selfish and immature.

I wish I'd never called Patty.

It's just going to
get her all upset.

You called your sister?

Yeah,

while you were
in the kitchen.

Thank goodness
she wasn't at home.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Good.

[GRUNTS]

Hello.

Yes, just a minute.

It's Patty.

Hello, Patty.

Thank heaven
you called back. Listen...

I think daddy's
losing his mind.

This girl that I remind you of,
how come you never married her?

Well, that's a long story
with a sad ending.

And I think they're trying
to kick us out of here.

She died didn't she?

How did you know that?

I don't know.
I mean, it's obvious you loved her a lot.

Well, I'll tell you, Charlene,
I am a dreamer.

And she was a dreamer.

And that's what attracted me.

I come from a long line
of drunken artists

and poets who never do well.

It was a blessing I met
Mary Jo's mother

or I would have never
gone back to school.

You know, it's crazy
I can't explain it, but

I feel so comfortable with you.

I feel like
I've known you forever.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, I haven't looked
in the mirror lately,

but I'll bet I got a big grin
on my face and I want to thank you for putting it there.

Thank you. For giving me
such a wonderful time.

Thank you. For being
such a wonderful friend.

[TABLE DRAGS]
Oh, oh I'm so excited.

They're showing
Gone with the Wind again, on cable.

Oh, don't you just love
that period of history?

Uh, no, actually,
my people didn't enjoy

the Civil war
all that much.

You know sometimes
I wish we could go back

to the way things
were then, you know?

People were so polite
and gentile.

Anthony, have you ever
given any thought

to calling us
Ms. Suzanne and Ms. Julia

and Ms. Mary Jo?

No, I can't say
that I have.

Morning.
JULIA: Charlene...

Oh, Julia, I know.
I'm sorry I'm late.

I overslept.

I'm not surprised after
what you've been doing.

Why? What have
I been doing?

That is between you
and your conscience.

All I know is my dad
rolled in at 2:00 a.m.

for the third night in a row,

and I could still smell
your perfume on him.

Oh, that's 'cause
we went dancing again.

I just want to know one thing.

Have you seen him
in his underwear?

What? Of course, not.
What's gotten into you?

I'll tell you
what's gotten into me.

I'm sick and tired
of everybody around here

going out with
the men in my life.

First, Suzanne
gets engaged to my ex-husband.

Now, you're
dating my father.

What is the matter
with you people?

Is the man shortage so bad

you have to pilfer my drawers?

I mean, there are
400 billion men on earth.

Why do you keep
raiding my house?

Uh, I'll just be out back
loading up the truck.

Mary Jo, I think you make
a very good point.

Mary Jo, I can see
you're upset,

but nothing happened
between your daddy and me.

We just had
a nice time.

Well, that's good,
because I know

how easy it is
for you to fall in love,

and I just want
you to know

that no matter
what happens,

I'm not calling you mom.

Well, that's good, too,

'cause I don't want
to be your mom.

And if you don't
believe me that nothing happened with your daddy,

then, ask him yourself.
Good. I will.

Well, I hope
next time you come,

you spend
a little more time with me.

Mary Jo, I know
you're upset

about this thing
with Charlene.

No, I...
I'm not upset. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

I just hope
you didn't embarrass me.

Now, how would
I have done that?

I don't know why this
keeps coming to mind,

but if,
for example...

You let her see you
in your underwear.

What?

That would
embarrass me.

Let me remind you that
I am still your daddy,

and whether
she did or didn't,

and incidentally,
she didn't,

is none of your business.

How about prancing around
with a woman half your age

who happens to be
my best friend, is that my business?

Now, Mary Jo, it's not
as if I've been unfaithful to your mother.

We're divorced.
Oh, yes. I know.

Just wave the magic wand

and 32 years
out the window.

They're not
out the window.

I loved your mother,
and she loved me.

We just grew apart.

How can that happen
after all that time?

I don't know, baby,

but I do know that
the more you love someone,

the longer it takes.

Now you've been mad at me
ever since the divorce, haven't you?

How did you know?

Well, you get that look
on your face like your mother.

What look?

That look
Eleanor Roosevelt used to have

when she came up
from the coal mines.

I had just hoped that

The two of you
could stick it out

a little bit longer,

like,

forever.

[CHUCKLES] Mary Jo,
your mother put up with me

just about
as long as she could.

But you're
not supposed to get divorced.

You're my parents.

May I remind you
that you are also a divorced parent?

But that's

different.

How?

'Cause when you get old,
You're supposed to stay put.

I'm sorry.

I know I'm acting
like a child...

But the truth is,

that when your
parents split up,

it hurts.

I know.

No matter
if you're five or fifty.

I know, baby.

[CRYING] I just can't
stand thinking about you and mama

throwing away
all those years,

just wasting them.

Waste?

Now, Mary Jo...

We loved each other.
We had good times,

and we could never say
anything about waste

in the same breath that
we were looking at you.

I love you
so much, Daddy.

I love you, too, baby.

Charlene...

I want to apologize to you
for the way I've been acting.

Daddy told me that
nothing went on between you two,

and I just want to thank you

for making him happier
than I've seen him in years.

Oh, Mary Jo, you don't
have to thank me.

He also said to,

"Tell Charlene I'm
sending her some black market Orchids".

Whatever that means.

Well, obviously, you do.
You sure nothing went on?

I'm sure.

I want you to
close your eyes. I have a little present

Just to thank you
for being such a good friend. No.

It's my way
of saying I'm sorry.

Okay, close your eyes.

Okay, open your eyes.

[GASPS] No!

[LAUGHING]
Oh, Mary Jo!

You asked for him.
You got him.

The best-looking man
left on earth.

Hi. Tom Clarkson.

Hi. Mary Jo...

Hey, when I apologize,

I apologize.

[ALL LAUGHING]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]