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Jeannie?

Honey, I'm home.

JEANNIE: Hi, darling.

Hi. What are you doing?

I'm having a crisis.

I don't know whether to mash these potatoes, French fry them,

Lyonnaise them or hash brown them.

Try stashing them. We are celebrating.

Wonderful!

What are we celebrating?

Well, my good news.

Oh, that is very sweet of you, master darling.

But I already know you're retiring.

Yeah...yeah, yeah.

But, ahem, what you don't know is that, uh,

General Hatten has asked me to backup Colonel Klapper

as Shuttle Commander on next month's shoot.

Sweetheart, it's gonna be a very special mission.

This is a deep-space probe.

It's gonna be a very exhilarating flight.

As exhilarating as this?

What'd you do this for?

The celebration is over.

You promised me that you were

getting out of the space program.

For the love of Haji,

General Hatten is giving you a retirement party tomorrow.

The party is still on.

This is just one more mission.

Oh, there will always be "just one more mission."

We've been through this before.

Tony, you have paid your dues.

You have been on more missions than anybody else.

The other astronauts are beginning to call you Pops!

Those guys who are calling me Pops have got a lot less hair than I do.

Ha!

Now wait a minute.

Can't we discuss this right side up?

Oh.

I have been stuck down here on Earth

while you have been soaring through the heavens.

I have not had a husband and T.J. has not had a father.

Do you know what we have had?

A visitor from outer space.

Now wait a minute. I am just a backup to Colonel Klapper.

I don't even go unless he falls out,

and you know that never happens.

We still wish you would tell him no.

If you prefer, I will tell him for you.

No, I don't want you to do that.

I'm a do-it-yourself kind of guy.

Can I have my martini back?

Oh, thanks.

Another olive, I had a light lunch.

Where was I? Doing it yourself.

Right.

I like the fact that we are a normal family

and that Tony Jr. is your average red-blooded American kid

who doesn't know that his mother is a genie.

So let's leave it that way, okay? Cheers.

Have you forgotten that your average red-blooded American kid might have

some green corpuscles running through his veins?

T.J. a genie? Djinn.

Djinn, genie, whatever.

Look, I know he doesn't have your powers.

You know, when T.J. blinks his eyes,

I think it probably means he's got something in them.

I mean, he shows absolutely no signs whatsoever...

No sign of what?

Uh, responsibility.

You left your skateboard out in the driveway.

Oh, he did not do that. I did it.

You? What were you doing with T.J.'s skateboard?

Well, I have to do something constructive with my day,

while you are being sweet-talked into "just one more mission."

Hey, Dad, I thought you were hanging it up.

You know, turning off the old after-burner.

Uh-huh, uh-huh. I thought so, too.

Well. Okay.

I mean, who wants to be a backup to Colonel Klapper.

I'll tell the general he'll have to get somebody else.

(EXCITEDLY) Oh!

That's great, Dad.

It means you and I are gonna be spending a lot more time together.

Right.

JEANNIE: I'll be right down, Scheherazade.

Ew, what an animal!

Ooh! (CHUCKLES)

JEANNIE: I'm looking forward to this interview.

I've been reading your magazine for years.

Good girl, but she sure could use a decorator.

Here are the scrapbooks of my husband's press clippings.

There were more, but I dropped them.

Uh, Mrs. Nelson, I just love your house.

You know what it says to me?

It says, "Here live two happy people."

Oh, a house never lies.

Of course we have had our ups and downs,

as in any normal marriage.

More tea?

Did you say gin?

Tea. Tea?

Well, all right.

It's not exactly a normal marriage

between a mortal and a genie.

And that is going to be the theme for my article

for Genie's Home Journal.

(LAUGHS) My memory's failing,

so I'm gonna have to take notes.

(MAGIC BOINGS)

I think my power is failing, too.

Oh.

Well, at last.

Oh, nothing works like it used to.

Oh.

Now, tell me everything.

All the juicy details. Everything.

Scheherazade...

Oh, call me Scheher.

Oh, Scheher.

Scheher, I... I still cannot believe that you want to do

a feature about Tony and me.

I mean, after all, we have been married now for 15 years.

But, sweetie, that's what makes you so newsworthy.

Our genie readers are fed up with the one thousand and one stories

on "How My Powers Made Me a Fortune in the Stock Market".

And that same old questionnaire on

"Are You Still Fit at 400?"

Oh, but that is not easy.

No.

They wanna know what it's like being married to a mortal.

A famous one at that.

Ah.

What is it like to be married to Tony.

Well, you might say it has been one big blast-off.

We moved from the Cape to Houston,

and Tony remained an astronaut

while I remained at home.

(REPORTERS CLAMORING) Mrs. Nelson?

Mrs. Nelson, how does it feel to have your husband orbiting the Earth?

Well, naturally, I would like to be with him,

but it makes him so nervous when I wave at him from outside the window.

You wave at him from outside?

Well, I would not dream of interfering inside the spacecraft.

(LAUGHTER)

ANNOUNCER: Major Tony Nelson is walking to the space shuttle,

entering the elevator, getting ready for his fourth ride into space.

JEANNIE: With Tony away so much, I was so lonely

that I even welcomed a visit from my never-loving sister.

Groovy. (CHUCKLES)

But he sure could provide you with a better bottle.

This is pretty tiny.

Oh, no, it is quite comfortable.

Oh, don't kid me, sis.

You must be cramped in there.

Oh, no. Truly.

I will show you.

See? It is most cozy.

Glad you like it, darling.

Because from now on, it's home sweet home.

JEANNIE: And then there was good ol' friendly Roger.

Maybe a little too friendly.

You mean the only way I can make him happy is to leave him?

Afraid so.

Well, I do not want to leave him, but,

if that is the only way I can make him happy,

I guess I must.

But where will I go?

Well, since this is an emergency,

why don't I come to the rescue?

You mean you would be my new master?

Well, that's the least I can do for my old friend.

Oh, thank you, Major Healey.

JEANNIE: Of course, mission control

obviously did without Tony once in a while,

or we never would have had Tony Jr.

FEMALE REPORTER: One more question, Mrs. Nelson.

How does it feel taking care of a new baby

while your husband's up there in space?

Oh, well, both things keep me up at night.

(LAUGHTER)

Now, if you'll excuse me, please, I have another engagement.

FEMALE REPORTER: Thank you very much. Thanks, Mrs. Nelson.

They're gone. They're gone.

Yes.

Oh.

Oh, Mrs. Nelson, I...

How did the baby get dressed like that?

Well, there, there is this darling little shop down at the mall...

Oh. I don't understand...

Goodbye.

Bye.

JEANNIE: I could have recommended that

that reporter see a psychiatrist friend of ours.

Only, thanks to me, poor Dr. Bellows was having problems of his own.

(WIND HOWLING)

I'm not cracking up.

I'm not cracking up.

I'm not...

JEANNIE: And meanwhile,

little Tony Jr. was growing up.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

REPORTER: Mrs. Nelson. Mrs. Nelson.

T.J.: (BABBLING) We took care of that.

We got rid of them.

Yeah.

JEANNIE: And up.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR) Mrs. Nelson is not at home.

REPORTER: Please, Mrs. Nelson. Could you please open?

Mrs. Nelson is not at home.

(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

Mom.

T.J., go up to your room.

But I didn't do anything.

But I... I will owe you one when you do.

(DOG BARKING)

(LAUGHING)

Phew.

(DOG BARKING)

(BARKING)

Down, boy.

There is even a happy ending.

Tony has put in 20 years as an astronaut.

And now he's looking forward to retirement

and spending more time with Tony Jr. and me.

And are you looking forward to it as well?

Well, if a genie can grant her own wish, that would be mine.

Our readers are just gonna eat this up.

HAJI: Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety eight.

Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine.

Ten thousand.

"And now he's looking forward to retirement

"and spending more time with Tony Jr. and me."

Couldn't you just gag!

And I thought this marriage would be over

before the bridal bouquet turned brown.

You're not the only one who's underestimated your sister.

Remember it was I, king of all the genies,

who predicted dire consequences

if she married a mortal.

A lovely home, a darling son,

a husband who adores her and now this!

I should suffer such dire consequences.

Well, enough already.

We'll just have to see what we can do to break it up.

Oh, do you mean it, Haji?

Of course. (SQUEALS)

Your sister is setting a bad example for the other genies.

Pretty soon, they'll all want to marry mortals

and have babies.

I cannot allow this marital bliss to continue.

It disturbs the natural order of things.

What shall I do?

Shall I put a herd of camels in their garden?

Shall I turn Tony into a serpent

with two heads? (HISSES)

Something a little more subtle,

more worthy of your inimitable talents.

I'm sure a suitable scheme will occur to you.

I don't seem to be getting anywhere.

Ta-ta.

"I could not be more relieved

"that he's leaving the space program

"and entering civilian life,

"where I will be sure that he is safe."

(LAUGHING MANIACALLY)

Excuse me.

Is this General Hatten's office?

Yes, but he's rather busy.

I didn't see you come in.

I know.

Do try to be more alert.

I just wanted to congratulate the general

on his selection of Nelly Hunt for the next mission.

Captain Hunt? Mmm.

You must be mistaken.

She hasn't been selected for Colonel Klapper's team.

Are you sure?

Well, this is Captain Hunt's dossier.

And she's not due to go up until the mission after next.

(TUT-TUTTING)

I have the official list right here,

and no, there are no women astronauts on Colonel Klapper's team.

Sorry.

We can't win 'em all.

You wanna bet?

(LAUGHS)

(TELEPHONE BUZZING)

FEMALE AIDE: Yes, sir?

Yes, sir, I'll be right in.

You'll have to excuse...

Me.

Sir, here are the members you selected for the next mission.

Ah.

Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, Hunt?

Hunt?

Captain Nelly Hunt?

What's her name doing on this list?

Nelly Hunt?

I'm sorry, General Hatten.

I... I simply have no explanation.

Well, you better have.

The very notion of...

Nelly Hunt on Colonel Klapper's team.

What a sensational idea.

I'm glad I thought of it.

Well, just don't stand there, Lieutenant. Carry on.

ANNOUNCER: Next foursome on the tee,

Tabscott, Stevens, Morris and Coleman.

(WIND GUSHES)

(LAUGHING)

Poems are made by fools like me,

but only Klapper can hit a tree.

I beg your pardon?

Oh, I was just commenting on your shot, Colonel Klapper.

I'll comment on my own shot, thank you.

You are the Colonel Klapper, aren't you?

Shuttle Commander of the next mission?

I would be that Klapper, yes.

And who are you anyway?

Oh, I'm merely the golf pro

at the exclusive Omar Khayyam Country Club.

Oh.

Never heard of it.

That's how exclusive it is.

Well, do you think that you can do anything for me?

Colonel Klapper, I'm going to help you out.

I'm going to help you

the way I've helped hundreds of men over the years,

who've been eternally grateful.

I'm going to straighten out your hook.

Now, lean over the ball real close,

bend from the waist. That's it.

Now, put your toes and your knees in close together.

Together. Together. Very good.

All right, now turn your head till it touches your shoulder.

Hands up to the chest. Uh-huh.

To the chest real high.

Very good.

Now, when you hit the ball... Yeah?

Be sure you stop your swing quickly.

We don't want any waste of motion.

(MEN LAUGHING)

All right.

All right, let's try it.

Bravo!

(LAUGHING)

(CRACK)

Oh.

Oh, my back.

Oh!

Oh, my poor back.

Oh.

(GROANING)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Hey, Jim, how's it going?

Hey, you guys look younger

and I keep getting older and older.

I don't know what it is.

What do you say we get a little more champagne.

Still like the old bubbly?

Hey, it's just great to be together with the old guys,

not to mention their pretty wives. Right?

MAN: Oh, a little bubbly.

Hey, it's good seeing you again, huh?

Jeannie, Jeannie.

Jeannie, Jeannie. Oh, hiya. How are you?

Roger! Oh, what a pleasant surprise.

I did not think I would see you here.

Oh, well, just because I am rich and retired

doesn't mean I don't wanna party with my buddies.

And check out the new groupies.

Yeah, well that too. That too.

Excuse me. Have you seen Tony?

I got us some hors d'oeuvres.

I think he's already started on dessert.

I have never seen her around before.

(WOLF-WHISTLES)

Neither have I.

But if she's with NASA, I bet he regrets retiring. I know I do.

You are not Tony.

That's another thing I regret.

I'm rich and retired.

Nice. Nice.

There's a woman with a very determined look coming this way.

Do you think she wants our autograph?

She's already got mine on a marriage certificate.

Sorry to have left you so long, Anthony.

Oh.

But I, uh, I just had to call and see

if T.J. was all right at home.

T.J. is our son.

I'm his wife.

T.J.'s mother.

Jeannie, this is Nelly Hunt.

She's a member of the space shuttle team.

Oh, you are an astronaut.

Well, how exciting for a woman.

Well, how exciting for anyone.

Yeah, that's what I've been telling Jeannie.

He is going to miss it.

But T.J. and I will keep him busy.

Really? Well, General Hatten said that Tony might be our backup C.O.

Enjoy the party, both of you.

Hmm.

They do not make astronauts the way they used to.

Oh, we're making progress. Isn't it wonderful?

(STUTTERING) I mean,

I really admire her attributes.

Jeannie, what I'm trying to say is

what man wouldn't appreciate what she's got going for her?

That's not what I'm trying to say.

What I'm trying to say is that she's bright, she's intelligent,

she's got a great independent spirit.

She's really an exceptional woman,

uh, person.

Your tie is lopsided.

Anthony, have you not yet told the general

that you were really and truly retiring?

Well, it's been a kind of a hectic day.

You know, uh, I was busy.

I was gonna tell him this afternoon, but...

Uh-huh, good, good idea.

Let us go do it right now.

Well, wait, let's get some champagne first.

(STUTTERING)

Well, thank you Major Butler, Mrs. Butler. Good of you to come.

Tony, I have been looking for you.

Yes, sir. Uh, sir, about your request

that I serve as backup commander,

even though I know this is a very important mission...

Even though I would love to train with that crew...

You can't. I can't.

I can't? Why not?

Oh, that is very thoughtful of you, General Hatten.

I mean, after all, it is his retirement party.

Now wait... Wait a minute. Why can't I?

The reason you can't serve

as backup commanding officer, Tony,

is that I would like you to serve as commander.

Colonel Klapper is scrubbed.

He threw his back out taking golf lessons.

So you see, Tony, we need you.

The mission needs you.

Your country needs you.

Well, sir, I... I don't know what to say.

HATTEN: Why then take your time, think it over

and make your decision in the next few minutes.

Of course, I'll respect your personal wishes.

But a newcomer like Nelly Hunt

needs a seasoned veteran

at the helm, eh? Yes, sir.

You should have said no.

Well, I wanted to let him down easy.

I mean, did you hear what he said?

He needs me.

The mission needs me. Our country needs me.

I need you! Shh.

Please, will you? Let's not argue in front of the guests.

Now we can argue.

Well, I don't want to argue. Are you crazy?

I mean, this is a general's party.

This is treason.

How do you do? Lovely party.

Oh, hello, George, you're looking very well.

I'm sorry I'm so late.

Oh.

Are you going to tell General Hatten that you are definitely retiring?

That's blackmail. Are you going to tell him?

Well, I... Yes. I was going to.

But I don't like to be pushed.

Oh, hello, General Hatten.

How very nice to see you.

General, have you noticed anything strange going on here?

I better get back on my liver pills.

Well, well, put that back.

What'd you do that for?

I always eat when I am upset.

And besides, what is so terrible about my having a mind of my own?

Just a few moments ago,

you were praising Nelly Hunt for her independent spirit.

Well, independent spirit is fine,

but not in my wife.

(GRUNTS) I'm going to go eat some more!

Wait, wait.

There's a chum who looks normal.

Hello, Roger.

Well, aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?

No?

Oh, well, I'm Dr. Alfred Bellows.

How do you do?

I used to be the base psychiatrist,

but now I'm in private practice.

I notice you don't shake hands.

A phobia about germs, no doubt.

Why don't you come and see me?

My card.

Come and see me anytime.

Perhaps I should come and see me.

Will you stop this, please?

This is crazy. It's very embarrassing.

They cannot feel anything.

Why isn't this line moving?

Pardon me, sir.

Oh, my God. It's mass hysteria.

I don't care whether they can feel anything or not.

It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing to me, it's embarrassing to you.

Now we're in for it. Here comes Bellows.

Jeannie. Tony.

There's something very weird going on around here.

Oh, really? Like what?

Well, like nobody's talking, nobody's moving.

(SNEEZES)

Gesundheit.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Dr. Alfred Bellows?

Gets around. The guy's everywhere.

So, you've done it to me again, haven't you?

Okay, fellas, would you hold it a minute?

Hello? Hello? Hello? Is this thing working?

(FEEDBACK) Oh, that's working.

Uh, ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention?

Well, the time has come to say goodbye to Colonel Tony Nelson,

or should I say Pops.

(LAUGHTER)

But before I give you my hilarious ad-lib speech of farewell,

which I have been rehearsing all week...

MAN: Right.

Colonel Nelson and I have some unfinished business.

Tony? Yes, sir?

Everyone here knows that poor Colonel Klapper is in the hospital.

And everyone here wants to know if you'll take his place.

Not in the hospital, on the mission.

(LAUGHTER)

Well, Tony, what's the answer?

Oh, we all hope it'll be the right answer,

the patriotic answer,

the American answer.

What do you say, Tony? One for the road?

(CROWD MURMURING)

(CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)

TONY: Jeannie, wait.

Thank you. Jeannie, Jeannie...

Tony, great decision.

Thank you, sir. Thank you very much.

(PEOPLE HOLLERING)

Sweetheart, listen, I've gotta get over to the base. I'm late.

I've gotta be at a briefing.

You're still angry, huh?

I can tell, 'cause ordinarily you don't mug the bed.

Now that's my Jeannie.

Sweetheart, you know last night was the first night

that we went to sleep without talking?

And this morning is the first time

we ever woke up without talking.

You are a deceitful,

deceptive, double-crossing,

unprincipled, unscrupulous,

snake-in-the-grass human!

On the other hand, I like silence.

Silence is good.

You promised me you would not take that mission.

You promised me you wouldn't interfere with my life.

Collapsing a tent is not interfering in your life.

It is when I'm under it.

Wait a minute.

Why are you packing?

Oh, come on.

You're not leaving just because I postponed

my retirement for one more mission?

(CHUCKLES)

It is those little things that hurt a lot.

Oh, Jeannie, wait, sit down.

Listen, sweetheart, I promise you that this is the last time.

No. You have promised this is the last time

for the last time.

Anthony, I have put my life on hold for you,

but now I am going to get on with it.

If Nelly Hunt can become an astronaut,

I can also have an independent spirit

and become an exceptional woman.

It's not the same thing.

Nelly Hunt has been training for years to be part of the space program.

Ha!

I can fly rings around her.

Exactly. You're a genie,

you're not a mortal woman.

You can't even lead a normal life without me.

You can't even pack a bag without a lot of hocus-pocus.

(SHRIEKS)

Listen, give me a hand with this tie, would you?

One of the guys is coming by to pick me up.

Very funny.

Jeannie, please, come on.

Listen, you know, you used to be so pliable.

I miss that.

You were my master,

and I wished only to serve you.

That is what genies are made for.

But I have been doing this sort of thing since 64 B.C.

and I think I am fed up.

Just my luck you got fed up in this century.

(HORN HONKING)

That is "one of the guys"?

Uh, uh, uh, uh. Don't you do it. Don't you do it.

Now, listen, what we need to do

is calm down, think things over

and realize how idiotic you're being.

You know something, Jeannie,

you're just not equipped to go it alone in this world.

Have you seen my briefcase? (HORN HONKING)

You do your thing and I will do mine.

And we will meet later and find out what this marriage is all about.

I am going to the base.

When I get back, I expect you to be here.

When you get back, T.J. and I will be gone.

When I get back, you'll have dinner on the table and we'll discuss it then.

Hmm.

I must have left my briefcase downstairs.

(EXHALING SHARPLY)

So, I cannot even pack a suitcase, huh?

(CAR DEPARTING)

Oh!

Old habits die hard.

Mom!

What... What was that?

What was what that?

Well, your, your clothes. I... I saw them.

Oh, you mean that thing?

Oh, well, that is the way I always send my clothes out to be cleaned.

Oh, come on, Mom. That was...

That was like magic.

Um...

Yeah, well, it... It was magic.

Hey, I didn't know you could do tricks like that.

You're better than Doug Henning.

Ha! That amateur!

Huh?

T.J., do you remember when you were a little boy

and I used to read The Arabian Nights to you?

Oh, sure, all about Ali Baba and Sinbad and Aladdin

and all those genies. Mmm-hmm.

They are your relatives.

T.J., I am a genie.

Oh, sure, and I'm Michael Jackson.

It is time you knew the truth.

Wow.

Wow.

But... But if you're a genie,

how'd you get to be my mother?

Oh, that is a long story.

And it all started with this bottle.

I haven't been in it for a long time.

But at one time, I was imprisoned in here by a wicked djinn

because I would not marry him.

(CHUCKLES)

I was corked up for ages.

Ages?

Well, give or take a century.

Oh, now you're really putting me on.

Oh, no, no, believe me.

I missed the entire Renaissance.

Or was it the Industrial Revolution?

Oh, we studied them in history.

Either way, you didn't miss much.

But if you were corked up in that bottle,

how'd you get to meet Dad?

Come on, I'll show you.

Take my hand.

Oh, do not be afraid. Come on.

I am your mother.

Where are we?

This is a tiny island in the Pacific.

What's Dad doing here?

This is a long time ago,

before you were born.

He was on a mission,

and his capsule strayed off course

and he ended up on this beach.

And what happened to him?

See for yourself.

(POPS)

(SPEAKING FARSI)

(SCREAMING EXCITEDLY)

Positively awesome.

Positively romantic.

I must've gone further into orbit than I thought.

Anyway, eventually we got married.

And you had me and you lived happily ever after.

Not that you would know it right now.

Mom! Mom.

Is that how come you were packing?

T.J., you and I are going to move out for a while and live by ourselves.

Don't you love Dad anymore?

Oh, yes, honey, I love him very, very much,

but, you know, sometimes two people have to sort of

get away from each other for a while

so they can come back together and have a better marriage.

Can you understand that?

Nope.

But then I don't understand a lot of things about grown-ups.

But just remember,

I'm the only kid I know with his original set of parents.

And I'd sure like to keep it that way.

Mom! What?

If Dad's a real person and you're a genie,

what does that make me?

Well, honey, um,

I'm just not sure.

Haji, the chief of all the djinns,

said that a child of mine could go either way.

Then I might be able to blink like you

and do nutty things.

Well, that is one way of putting it, yes.

I wish for a motorcycle.

Where's my chopper?

Well, you could still get your powers,

maybe next week, or next month or next year.

Or maybe not at all.

Or maybe not at all.

You might just remain a wonderful mortal boy.

Well, that's no fun.

If I had magical powers, I bet I'd rate with Melissa.

Who is Melissa?

She's got the locker next to me at school.

And talk about fine. Phew.

Well, if this Melissa is so... (EXHALES)

I would like to meet her.

Well, maybe,

if you promise not to, you know...

Do nutty things?

I promise.

Listen, we had better get back home.

You must go to school

and I must go apartment hunting.

T.J.: Oh, I'll never get used to this.

Trouble in paradise, sister dear? (TIRES SCREECHING)

(SIGHS)

How many times have I told you

not to do that while I am driving. (HORN HONKING)

You call this driving? You're in reverse gear.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Oh, go away!

It was just a slight tiff.

(LAUGHING) Oh, dear.

The Hundred Years' War started over something slighter than that.

I know a major blow-up when I eavesdrop on one.

Well, Tony's not ever going to change, so it is up to me.

I am going to earn his respect.

I'm going to be totally independent.

I am even going to look for a job.

How mundane.

Now why would you want to work

when you could conjure up anything you wish?

I am not using my powers anymore.

Well, it must be your time of the decade.

I am trying to be a mortal woman.

Oh, come on now.

What's the real trouble between you and our darling master?

Sex life on the wane?

That was never our problem.

Well, it was worth a shot.

Besides, he is not our darling master, he is mine.

At least he was.

I... I'm going to get a place of my own.

I mean, how independent can I be

if I am living in Tony's house, eating Tony's food.

Sleeping in Tony's bed. (GROWLS)

You are looking at the new me.

Strong and self-reliant.

Mmm-hmm. Like Nelly Hunt.

Nelly Hunt?

Nelly Hunt, yes. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

It does ring a bell.

(BELL RINGING)

T.J., could you help me?

Huh? Are... Are you talking to me?

I think so.

I don't see any other T.J.s around.

Then I guess you're talking to me.

I can't seem to get my locker open.

Oh, please hurry. I'm late for class.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know you were nearsighted.

Having trouble, Melissa?

It's my locker. We can't get the stupid thing open.

All right, thanks, Brad.

Bye, T.J. Let's go.

Well, how do you like it?

It's okay.

Do you mind if I give Dad our new phone number?

Oh, I was hoping that you would.

I'm gonna go check out my new room.

Well, this is it.

Where do you want me to put these?

Oh, uh, just put them anywhere. Right there.

Boy.

I don't know about you, but I'm bushed.

Thank you for helping me with the move, Roger.

Oh, that's all right.

After five divorces, moving is what I do best.

(CHUCKLES)

This is temporary, isn't it?

Well, of course.

I guess so. I...

(SIGHS) I wish I knew.

Look, Jeannie, you know how I always felt about you

and I just want you to know that.

Well, I'm the last guy in the world

who would hit on his best friend's wife.

Oh, thank you, Roger.

So I have two chances.

Either you're not his wife anymore,

or Tony's not my best friend.

Just kidding. (LAUGHS)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(DOORBELL BUZZES)

T.J.: I'll get it.

Oh, hi, Aunt Jeannie. Hi, tiger.

Is she normal?

Borderline.

Oh, he knows about us then. Oh, good.

Thinking up new lies is always so difficult for me.

But not impossible.

Hmm.

A little drab and insipid, wouldn't you say?

Not you, Roger, the apartment.

But it has possibilities.

(LAUGHS MANIACALLY)

Hey, this is great.

ROGER: Yeah. T.J.: Aunt Jeannie, while you're at it,

can I have a VCR, a computer, a stereo?

No, you cannot,

and I am blinking everything right back.

But, Mom, I thought you said you weren't gonna use your powers anymore.

(DOORBELL BUZZES)

I'll get it.

Oh, hi.

Hi. Is it okay to barge in?

My, my, my.

What you've done to this place in such a short time.

Thank you, dear.

Oh, I'm Dori Greene,

your friendly neighborhood neighbor from right down the hall.

Hello. I am Jeannie Nelson.

And that is my son T.J.

and this is my sister Jeannie. (YAWNS)

(LAUGHS)

Two sisters with the same name?

Must get awfully confusing.

No, no.

She does not intend to stay around a lot.

Yes, but I do. I'm Roger Healey, alias Major Healey.

You're cute.

And I wasn't even trying.

Never mind him.

How are the men around here?

Devastating and divorced.

I'm single.

Looks like this place definitely has possibilities after all.

I think I'll go cruise around the spa.

And this time be sure and wear both halves of your bikini.

Ta.

Come on, Uncle Roger, I'll show you where the tennis courts are.

Single Roger, we've got to start meeting like this.

Boy, is she pushy and aggressive.

My kind of woman.

Nice dress, pants, pants-dress.

(LAUGHS)

This place looks just fabulous.

Did you have a decorator?

No, no, my sister did it.

You have a very talented sister.

Yes. Yes, you could call it that.

You haven't mentioned a husband.

Is there one?

Oh, well, uh,

we are just a little bit separated.

Well, go slowly.

Divorce isn't what it's cracked up to be.

Take it from a girl who's cracked up twice.

I'm sorry.

That's okay. I'm only depressed when I'm awake.

Actually, I go to the health club a lot.

Helps relieve the tensions.

Maybe you'll wanna go sometime.

Oh, thank you, no. I'll be job hunting.

Well, then you'll really be tense. I will?

Anyway, I'll be in touch.

Just cannot get over what you've done here.

Oh, just for the record,

which half of the bikini did your sister wear?

The left one.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(SIGHS)

Jeannie?

T.J.?

Hey, everybody?

Hey. I'm home.

Jeannie?

Jeannie?

Jeannie?

I bet you're hiding.

I bet you're in your bottle.

I bet you're not here.

I bet you're gone.

Mrs. Nelson,

you haven't indicated any recent job experience.

But you must have some skills.

Do you type? No.

Do you take dictation?

No.

Well, what skills do you have?

I learned to take the beans out of the can

before I put them in the microwave.

Look, Mrs. Nelson,

I think we're wasting each other's time.

Why don't you go home?

Well, at least give me a chance.

Test me.

(TYPEWRITERS CLACKING)

All right, Mrs. Nelson.

I'll time you as you type this.

When I say begin...

Wait a minute.

There are no letters on these keys.

This is a touch typing test, Mrs. Nelson.

Are you ready?

Oh, yes, yes.

All right.

Begin.

(TYPEWRITER CLACKING RAPIDLY)

(LAUGHING)

(TYPEWRITER DINGS)

Mrs. Nelson, I underestimated you.

You are one exceptional woman.

Not really.

Not really.

(BUSY TONE)

FEMALE VOICE: That line is disconnected.

But how can it be disconnected?

It was just busy a minute ago.

I'll check on it again, madam.

Sorry.

That line is disconnected.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING INSIDE)

All right, ladies, this one you do the Haji,

king of fitness.

Pick it up.

Five, six, seven, and kick.

Yes.

Two, three, four,

five, six, seven and again.

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven.

Do the Haji.

One, two, three, four, five...

Okay now, just squeeze your thighs together real slow.

Good, good.

Go ahead, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze.

Now push 'em apart.

Slow.

Why would anybody want strong thighs?

It comes in handy in the kitchen.

How?

Well, haven't you ever had a ketchup bottle

or a jelly jar you couldn't open?

Oh, yes, a jelly jar, yes.

A jelly jar. Well, with strong thighs,

you just put it between your legs

and twist the top off.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Okay, okay, you don't like this one.

Come on, come on, I've got...

Oh, voila, the stomach cruncher.

(GASPS) You're gonna love this.

I thought these things went out with the Inquisition.

This is great for the tummy. Watch.

Oh.

You do it.

I am going to find something with training wheels.

FEMALE INSTRUCTOR: And it's going down.

Come on, keep the energy up.

(UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES)

Left, right.

Up and down. Good, up.

You always were more ornamental than athletic.

Oh, Haji!

Hello, Jeannie.

Fancy you meeting me here.

What are you doing in this place?

I own it.

There's a fortune to be made in fat.

I did not think you would ever leave Baghdad.

Baghdad is no longer Fun City, my dear.

Can you imagine they've put a tax on harems.

(GASPS)

Then you have given up being chief of all the djinns?

On the contrary,

I merely moonlight.

And very pleasant moonlighting indeed.

But enough about me.

I hear you're having troubles.

Who? Me?

(LAUGHS)

I warned you.

This is what comes of marrying a mortal.

Tony and I have been very happy together.

And I want us to be happy again.

So you think that by living the life of a mortal woman,

everything will be halvah and roses?

Well, I have to try.

Jeannie, I didn't know you knew Haji.

Oh, yes, yes.

I have known him for a very long, long time.

Oh, am I interrupting something?

Oh, no, no.

We are finished.

Okay, come on, Jeannie, let's suffer.

I think he's cute. Ha!

FEMALE INSTRUCTOR: Get on the floor again.

Now, come on. Stretch it.

There you go.

Come on.

And down, and up,

and down, and up and the stretch is on.

Keep those legs...

Your efforts have proven fruitless.

She is determined to make a go of her marriage.

I am equally determined to make a go of it,

a go-away.

You have something further in mind?

Well, I thought perhaps another man.

(LAUGHS)

Your deviousness never ceases to delight me.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Hello?

MAN: Be right there.

Oh, thank you for your help.

The owner must have spent hours

setting up that display.

Days.

You are the owner? Yeah.

Oh, dear.

I was going to apply for the job,

but now I suppose it is hopeless.

I'm Wes Morrison.

Jeannie Nelson.

What... What job?

Oh, the sign says help wanted.

(LAUGHS)

Now this is... This is strange.

I mean, I've never seen this sign before.

And I don't have any openings.

You see, I've had this one woman who's been with me for years.

Well, thank you anyway.

Wes, do you know where I can find the...

(MAGIC CHIMES)

Find what?

You'll have to look for it yourself, Mr. Morrison.

I'm quitting.

I just had this sudden urge to go to the Middle East.

I don't think that's a very good idea, Mrs. Rosenbloom.

Well, I guess I do have an opening.

I will take it. No, not so fast.

See, I have to behave like an employer.

You know, give you a job interview.

Now let me see. Uh...

Do you have any experience?

Oh, the sign says no experience necessary.

And that is what I have the most of.

Well, I didn't realize I was dealing with an expert.

You see, this is just one of a chain of shops that I own.

So I need someone who can manage it all by herself

and give it a lot of tender loving care.

Oh, I am just your woman!

I do hope so.

Can you believe Miss Reynolds giving us a pop quiz tomorrow.

She probably did it just to drive me crazy.

You and the rest of the class.

I wanted to go to the mall tonight

and I'm barely passing as it is.

Who is passing?

Not me, yeah.

I guess I can always not go to the mall.

Or one of us could try to get a copy of the test.

KID: No way. MELISSA: Oh, forget it, Brad.

No one could get a copy of that history test.

Miss Reynolds always stashes it in a place where no one would look,

her bra. (KIDS LAUGH)

Boy, where's Indiana Jones when you really need him.

Well, if it isn't nerd Nelson.

I see you can open your mouth all by yourself.

(KIDS CHUCKLE)

Come on, guys, let's go.

You're lucky, T.J.

You're not in Miss Reynolds' class.

The job is really fun.

And I'm good at it, too.

Today I sold a racket, three cans of balls and two pairs of sneakers,

and he only came in to use the phone.

And Wes is really nice, too.

Or did I tell you that?

Mom? Yes, dear.

If I asked you to do something

that would, like, change my whole life,

would you do it?

What would I have to buy you?

Oh, I don't want you to buy me anything.

It's just a favor.

A tiny little favor.

An infinitesimal little favor.

The smaller you make it, the larger it seems.

All you have to do is get me a copy of Miss Reynolds' history test.

(COUGHS)

All I have to do?

It's no problem. You can just use your powers.

T.J.

Even if I were still using my powers,

I would never use them for something so dishonest.

Well, it's not for me.

I'm not even in her class.

It's for Melissa.

This is my chance to make points with her.

Well, I am going to make a point with you.

No.

It is time the men in this family realize

that their wishes are no longer my command.

What good is it to be a genie if you're gonna be ethical?

What's wrong, tiger?

Oh, hi, Aunt Jeannie.

Looks like you have a severe case of the droops.

How come?

Well, I got myself into a dumb mess.

See, I was trying to impress this girl and...

And you thought what a hero you'd be

if you had a copy of that history test.

Only Mrs. Clean in there won't cooperate.

If you know so much, why'd you ask?

Oh, I like to keep up appearances.

Well, anyhow, I'm history with Melissa.

Better?

Oh, the history test!

That's my boy.

(LINE RINGING)

FEMALE VOICE: Sorry. That line is disconnected.

What do you mean it was disconnected? It's a new listing.

I'll check on it again, sir.

Never mind.

I will be with you in a minute. Oh, I'm just browsing.

Thank you very much, and please come in again.

DORI: Jeannie?

Dori, hi. Hi.

(WHISPERS) Where is he? Who?

The good-looking boss you raved about.

I did not rave about him, and he is not here.

Oh. And I got all dressed for him.

I hope you don't mind.

(CHUCKLING)

Dori, believe me, there is nothing between us.

This is strictly business.

Uh-huh. You trying to convince me or you?

Don't tell me he hasn't asked you for dinner or something.

How do you know?

(LAUGHS) Terrific.

T.J. can stay with me.

He asked. I said no.

Dori, I am not interested in going out with anyone.

(SIGHS) Well, do it for me. I'm into vicarious thrills.

Bye, bye, Dori.

(MAGIC CHIMES)

Jeannie, I forgot to show you this.

I've never even heard of this paper.

I don't know, it just...

It just popped into my shopping bag.

Then, again, what is the harm in a dinner.

A person has to eat, don't they?

Lord knows I do.

Melissa, wait!

Melissa, wait!

T.J., I'll talk to you later.

I've got something for you.

What is it?

Take a look.

It's even got the answers.

The history test!

How did you get this?

I've got my ways.

T.J., I always liked you

and I never thought that you would ever do anything dishonest.

I guess you're just like all the other boys.

No, you're worse.

(BELL RINGING)

T.J.: And so I gave her a copy of the test and...

Well, it backfired.

Where did you get a copy of the test, T.J.?

Mom, if I tell you who gave it to me,

it'll be like snitching,

only worse 'cause it's family.

Money is not the root of all evil.

It is my sister.

What really stinks is that the magic didn't work.

It got you the test.

But it didn't solve my problems.

It didn't change my life,

except in the wrong way.

Melissa had always liked me for just being me.

Congratulations, T.J.

You have just learned at a very early age

what it took me over 2,000 years to find out.

People magic is much more powerful than genie magic.

What's people magic?

Well, it's, uh...

It's a very, very special relationship

that happens between two people who really care about each other.

The way I care about you.

I'm not even sure I wanna have my powers now.

Oh, you have to control them.

You cannot let them control you.

Do you think it's too late to try some of that people magic on Melissa?

Why don't you call her?

I have a feeling that she's going to like you again,

just for you.

Thanks, Mom.

Oh, and, Mom,

you don't look just pretty.

You look awesome.

Well, thank you, sir.

(DOORBELL BUZZING)

Jeannie?

(DOORBELL BUZZING)

What a pleasant surprise.

Oh, boy.

Listen, isn't Jeannie here?

I'm leaving for the Cape. I wanted to say goodbye.

Oh, what a shame.

She went out to dinner.

And T.J.?

Hmm, out to dinner.

Oh, you mean they went together, huh?

Oh, don't be silly.

Now why would T.J. go out to dinner with Jeannie's boss?

Jeannie went out with her boss?

Well, why not?

He's young, he's handsome, unmarried...

Now knock it off, will you?

I am not jealous.

I did not come here to check up on her, okay?

Is this the first time she's been out with her boss?

Who's counting?

You know, if I were married to a man like you,

I'd be as faithful as the day is long.

But with my sister,

sunset comes early.

Now listen, I want you to give her this telephone number

'cause this is where I can be reached.

It's very important, all right?

Hmm.

And... And tell her that I miss her very much.

Would you like to kiss me goodbye for her?

Uh-uh-uh.

Coward.

(MAGIC CHIMES)

(LAUGHING)

(VIOLIN PLAYING)

It has been a wonderful evening.

Well, didn't you expect to enjoy it?

Well, I guess I, uh...

I was afraid I would.

Jeannie, I know you think this is too soon,

that we hardly know each other.

But the first minute I saw you,

I knew we were meant to fall in love.

You are right.

It is too soon.

(CHUCKLES FLATLY)

But I feel like I've know you for a thousand years.

Oh, I think I would have remembered you.

WAITER: Dessert? I already know what I want.

Oh, let us see what is good down here.

Hi, Jeannie. I thought that was you.

Hello, Roger.

Hello, hi.

Uh, Roger, this is Wes Morrison, my boss.

Wes, this is Roger Healey.

Hi, Wes. How do you do? Nice meeting you.

Mind if I join you guys?

My date's in the powder room for some major repairs.

Roger is a longtime family friend.

And admirer.

Tony and I were in the space program together.

Really? Her husband.

Yes, I know.

How about Tony going to the Cape for the final countdown?

He left? ROGER: Yeah.

Not bad for old Pops, huh?

He never even said goodbye.

Waiter, more wine, please.

The service around here is unbelievable.

(LAUGHS)

You know what happens to genies when they have just one little sip of red wine.

Genies?

Uh, Jeannie.

Yes. (HICCUPS)

You ordered wine.

Wine.

(HICCUPS)

(HICCUPS)

I guess the repairs were a little more major than I thought.

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

What do you say we blow this joint, okay?

Good idea. I got this.

There you go. You, too, Wes.

Come on, Wes. Good boy, Wes.

Out you go. Come on, here we go.

Way to go. What, what the hell is going on in there?

What is going on in there?

Yeah. Yes, that's right.

You're probably having hallucinations. You probably had a bad oyster.

I didn't have oysters. I had a salad.

Right, you probably had a bad cucumber.

I'll get the car. You get the car.

Get the car. That's good.

Is there a back way out of here?

That way.

(HICCUPS)

(ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES)

When in Rome...

I still don't understand what happened in that restaurant.

I don't know. I must have blacked out or something.

Well, let's just say it was a memorable evening.

Well, I know how we can make it even more memorable.

You can invite me in for a cup of coffee.

Oh, I think we should be honest with each other.

Oh, no.

See, the first thing, we're honest with each other,

then the next thing you know and the love affair is over.

Oh, this isn't a love affair.

Yeah, but it could be if you invited me in for a cup of coffee.

Wes, Wes, you know I like you.

But I think of you as a friend who's fun to be with.

You're a nice man.

You deserve a lot more than I can offer you.

So it's true then, nice guys do finish last.

No.

Look, I am trying to learn how to be independent,

how to be a real woman... No, it's all right. I understand.

And how to run the trash compactor.

No, I understand. You don't take yes for an answer, do you?

(PHONE RINGING)

Excuse me.

Hello?

Tony!

Tony, where are you?

And why did you leave without saying goodbye?

Didn't you get my message?

What message?

The one that I left with your sister.

I did not get it.

But I am going to give it to her.

Jeannie, listen to me.

And don't answer now. Don't answer right away, okay?

I'm asking you to come back.

Not because you have to, but because you want to.

Tony, I...

Please, don't answer now.

If our marriage has a chance,

be at home when I come home, please.

If you're not, I'll know it's really over.

Whatever you do,

I want you to know that

loving you is the best thing that ever happened to me.

(EXHALES)

People magic.

MISSION CONTROL: T minus 27 seconds and counting.

All recorders and the silographs to fast.

Vernier start.

Our contact pressurized.

MAN: Come on, baby, now.

MISSION CONTROL: Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,

main stage, four, three, two, one, zero.

(ROCKET LIFT OFF)

NEWSCASTER: And there they go.

Colonel Tony Nelson and his courageous crew,

Colonel John Ferris, Lieutenant Commander George Franklin,

Dr. Thomas Elroy and Captain Nelly Hunt,

making her very first space exploration.

Liberty Seven is on its way

soaring majestically into the air,

blazing a path to the heavens.

(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)

NEWSCASTER: It's 8:18 a.m. at Cape Canaveral

and the Space Center has just announced a perfect lift-off of the space shuttle.

"It's an exciting mission," Commander Tony Nelson told mission control this morning,

five days after their spectacular launch.

If the weather cooperates, the shuttle will be landing

at Edwards Air Force Base in the morning.

We continue now with our regular programming.

Hmm.

(SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Going somewhere, sister dear?

You and your messages.

I cannot believe that you are dropping everything to run back to Tony.

All that talk about independence

and wanting to be a mortal woman.

I am being a mortal woman,

one who wishes to save her marriage.

And I was so proud of you.

I mean, what happened to your new-found liberation?

What about your job, your apartment?

What about the furniture I gave you?

None of that matters if I can't have Tony.

Especially the furniture.

Where is my nightgown?

Oh, careless of me.

I seem to have bottled it up.

Oh.

Now if you think that is going to stop me.

I'm counting on it.

Oh, how ridiculous.

I will be out of here in a blink.

Oh, need I remind you

that genies can't get out of corked bottles.

Well, someone will come along to let me out.

Fat chance.

You see, this is a very special cork.

And only another genie can pull it out.

Well, then I will summon Haji!

Who do you think gave me the cork?

Aah!

You let me out.

Oh, can you imagine Tony's disappointment

when he arrives home and you're not there.

Oh, he'll surely think the marriage is over.

JEANNIE II: Finished.

(COUGHS)

NEWSCASTER: This is a News Net Alert.

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming

to bring you this special bulletin.

NASA has confirmed that the space shuttle Liberty Seven

is in an erratic orbit due to a problem with their guidance system.

Meanwhile, astronomers are continuing to check the path of a large asteroid,

still some distance away,

but which represents a potential danger.

Please stay tuned to this station for further reports.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR) DORI: Jeannie?

Jeannie, let me in.

Jeannie, it's Dori.

I need to talk to you.

Oh, hi, Dori.

Roger, am I glad to see you.

Jeannie isn't answering and I know I heard voices in there a little while ago.

Yeah, well, I thought I'd come over and see her.

I figured she heard about the space shuttle.

Jeannie?

I called T.J. at Melissa's house.

They're sending him home.

Maybe she keeps a key around here someplace.

Yeah, you're right. You look up there.

Oh, I got it.

Here, give me that.

Hope she's all right.

Jeannie?

Jeannie? DORI: Jeannie?

I'll go look in T.J.'s room.

Jeannie? Roger.

(SIGHS) Thank heavens.

Jeannie, I'm in the bedroom.

JEANNIE: So am I.

What?

In my bottle.

(CHUCKLES)

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie-key.

Oh, good, good, good, good, good.

Shh, shh, shh.

Look, Jeannie, I...

I suppose you heard the news about the space shuttle.

But... Well, it does look bad,

but hiding inside that bottle isn't gonna help.

Roger, is something wrong with the space shuttle?

Well, why don't you come out and we'll talk, okay?

I cannot.

All right, hold on, hold on, okay?

(SCREAMING)

Oh, be careful. Here we go.

There we are.

Roger, she isn't anywhere in the apartment.

Have you out in a minute.

DORI: Roger, why are you talking to that bottle?

I always talk to bottles when I'm trying to get them opened.

Well, here, let me try. I've been working on my thighs.

No, no, no, uh, no, no.

Why don't you go over and check with the neighbors

and see if they know where Jeannie is. Oh.

Meanwhile, what will you be doing with that bottle?

What am I doing with the bottle?

Oh, well, I'm just going to sit here till Jeannie comes out.

In, in, in. Jeannie, come in.

(SIGHS)

Roger, what is happening to the space shuttle?

(SIGHS) There's a malfunction with the guidance system.

They're on a collision course with this huge asteroid,

but please don't panic.

Tony.

Oh, Roger. Roger, do something.

Roger, get me out.

I know.

I'll break the bottle open.

(SCREAMING) What?

Hold on.

Oh!

Roger, what's wrong with you?

Roger, Roger, Roger!

I know you've been under a lot of strain,

but banging a bottle on a table isn't gonna accomplish anything.

(PANTING)

You're right.

I'm gonna need a sledgehammer!

A sledgehammer?

Oh!

NEWSCASTER: Here is an update on the emergency in space.

The space shuttle is reported headed for a collision

with the renegade asteroid at 7:56 this evening.

Mission Control is trying desperately to activate the backup guidance system.

But less than an hour remains now.

Meanwhile, the fate of the astronaut crew hangs in the balance.

T.J.: Mom?

Mom?

Did you hear the news?

Is there anything you can do?

T.J.?

T.J.?

Mom? I am in the bottle.

Oh, oh.

I'm sorry, Mom.

Dad's in trouble. I know.

T.J., you must be very, very brave.

Well, aren't you gonna do something?

I might be able to, but I am trapped in here.

Well, can't you get out?

No. Only another genie can set me free.

I'll call Aunt Jeannie.

How do I do that?

Oh, you cannot.

Listen, listen.

It will not be so bad.

I bet there are a lot of boys who wish they could...

They could bottle up their mothers.

It is just that now there is no one

to save your father. (CRYING)

Mom, don't cry. Please don't cry.

I'll stay here with you. Always.

Oh, you're a good son.

Son.

Son.

T.J.

T.J., listen to your mother.

I want you to try to remove the cork.

I can't.

Try again,

only this time blink.

It won't budge.

T.J., concentrate really hard on what you want

and blink.

(MAGIC CHIMES)

I think it moved.

JEANNIE: Harder!

Something is happening.

Mom, does this mean I have my powers?

Oh, it is a very good sign.

You're not gonna let Dad die, are you?

Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Come.

We do not have much time.

NEWSCASTER: With certain destruction of the space shuttle

some 17 minutes away,

there is still no indication from Mission Control

that they have been able to get a handle on the problem with the guidance system.

Jeannie?

Jeannie, sweetums, listen to me.

We have a mess on our hands.

Our darling master needs our help.

Jeannie?

Oh.

Do stop sulking and come out.

We have to go talk to Haji.

Oh, very well, I'll come in.

Jeannie?

Jeannie, where are you?

Oh, dear.

Don't be so boring and come out.

This will do it.

(SCREAMING)

(HAMMERING RESONATING)

Oh, oh, I knocked the top off.

I knocked the top off.

Jeannie, you can come out now.

Roger? Whoo!

Jeannie?

She's gone. She's out.

She's gone out. Good, good, good.

Jeannie's gone out. Everything's all right. Right.

Tony is gonna be all right.

Right. And so will you. I'm gonna make you a cup of tea.

Jeannie will fix everything. Yes, she will.

Jeannie's got everything fixed.

TONY: Houston, this is Liberty Seven. How are we looking?

MISSION CONTROL: Situation remains critical.

Our apologies for a rough trip.

JEANNIE: Please, Haji, you must help us.

I'm sure you know that genies do not have the power to keep people from dying.

Yes, but you could give me a special dispensation.

I do not want my husband master to die.

Please, Mr. Haji, there's only about five minutes left.

All this begging and pleading.

It's interfering with my workout!

Who cares about your...

Please, Haji, I beg of you.

Give me a special dispensation.

Granted.

Granted? (MUFFLED) Granted?

On one condition.

Oh, anything, anything. I will do anything to save him.

Even lose him?

I will give you permission to alter fate,

but there is a price to pay.

You and T.J.

will be wiped from your husband's memory

and from the memory of every mortal who ever knew you.

Is there no other way?

I can't go around dispensing dispensations willy-nilly, can I?

Otherwise, people would go on living forever.

And you think highways are crowded now.

You better hurry and make up your mind.

Three minutes more.

The sands are running out.

Mom, one way or another, we lose him,

but we can't let him die.

Now I know what it means to be a mortal.

It means to love someone so much

you're willing to risk losing him.

Could we have one last night together?

Granted.

By the light of the full moon,

you must hold the amulet in your hand

and blink three times.

MISSION CONTROL: Liberty Seven, this is Houston.

Do you read? Over.

TONY: Roger. Do you receive me?

Affirmative. We are working on the problem.

Well, work on it a little harder, will you?

Traffic's getting heavy up here.

NEWSCASTER: This network is patching into Mission Control during this period of...

Mom, the moon's not coming out.

...crisis in space.

Oh, I love you, Tony. I love you, I love you.

MAN: Liberty Seven, this is Mission Director.

The president has asked us to convey to you and your brave crew

the sympathy of the entire nation.

TONY: Thank him for us, Houston,

and I'm sorry I didn't vote for him.

MAN: Affirmative.

You're all heroes in our book.

TONY: Roger.

Roger and out.

(COMPUTER BEEPING)

I love you, Jeannie.

Mom, can't you make the clouds go any faster?

MISSION CONTROL: Ten seconds to impact.

Nine, eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, one.

(HUGE EXPLOSION)

TONY: Houston, we're okay.

I don't understand it.

It's gotta be some kind of a crazy miracle,

but we're definitely okay.

MISSION CONTROL: Thank God.

Bring her down soon, Liberty Seven.

Bring her down to Edwards.

(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC)

BASE OFFICER: This is Edwards, Liberty Seven.

You never looked better.

TONY: Same to you, Edwards.

NEWSCASTER: The space shuttle is settling down.

It'll soon be racing along the runway

and will then be braking to a halt.

Colonel Nelson and his astronaut team have brought her home.

(TIRES SCREECH)

Jeannie?

Jeannie?

(EXCLAIMING)

Welcome back, Dad. We sure are glad to see you.

It goes both ways, feller.

God, you look good.

Goes both ways, feller.

Oh, well, I guess you two have a lot of catching up to do,

so, um, I'll let you catch up.

Okay, son.

Goodnight, Dad. Goodnight.

Listen, tomorrow we'll do something special,

just the two of us, okay?

Yeah. Tomorrow.

Jeannie, did you have anything to do with what happened up there?

Oh, let us not talk about that right now.

The only thing that's important is that you're safe.

Oh, believe me,

I'm never going up again. That was my last flight.

Oh. Oh, my darling.

You must do what is right for you.

And you must do what is right for you.

I promise you, I'll never ask you to use your powers again.

And I want you to know something,

I have always loved you just for yourself.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh, I'll remember that always.

There is this one little thing.

Yes, master darling husband?

You know the genie costume?

Hmm.

Just for me, could you wear it on special occasions?

You mean like tonight?

(EXHALES)

Tonight would be good.

(MAGICAL CHIME)

(MAGICAL CHIME)

(MAGICAL CHIME)

(MAGICAL CHIME)

(MAGICAL CHIME)

Mom, how is he ever gonna get along without you?

How am I ever going to get along without him?

I'm terribly sorry.

(MAGICAL CHIME)

Haji made me agree to an ending.

He never said there couldn't be a new beginning.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)