Family Ties (1982) s06e04 Episode Script

Mom, Dad Hmm? Nick and I have some wonderful news to share with you.
No! No.
Don't say it! Please.
No.
Do you want to tell 'em? Uh, no, you tell 'em.
Nobody tell 'em.
Mom, Dad, Jen Nick got a job.
Oh, thank God! I love this boy.
We're real proud of you, Nick.
How long do you think you can hold it? Uh What-what kind of job is it? I sell light bulbs to people over the phone.
Sounds more like a practical joke than a job.
Come on, Nick.
Show 'em how you do it.
Uh, uh, uh, uh, all right, but I have to follow this standard procedure here.
Before dialing, be sure to be seated comfortably in your chair.
" Okay.
You're doing great, Nick.
You're a natural at this.
Okay, I, uh, I'm seated, I'm comfortable.
There's only one problem now.
What? I can't reach the phone.
Nick, why don't you try it without the chair? You're an artist.
You can improvise! - Come on! - Well, all right.
You know, it-it's not company policy, but I'll just - give it a shot here.
- Yeah.
I'm just gonna pick a client from my list here, and, uh, dial.
This is so exciting! Uh, hello, uh, Mrs.
Bianco.
Hey.
Uh, how would you like to buy some light bulbs? Hm? Oh.
Oh, well, hey, I-I'm real sorry about that, ma'am.
Oh, she had some good arguments.
I mean, for one thing, she wasn't Mrs.
Bianco.
Hey It's late.
I-I got to get going.
My company's having a big employee seminar "Japanese Lanterns: They are not just for parties anymore.
" Oh, wow.
I'll walk you out.
Alex isn't home yet? No, honey, he's still at the library with Lauren.
Wall Street Week is starting.
He's gonna miss it.
Don't worry.
They wouldn't start without him.
It's a special show about coin collecting.
Well, maybe he forgot it was on.
What am I saying? He has to see it.
We're going to the coin fair on Saturday.
Why don't you go in and start watching, and when Alex gets here, he'll join you.
No, no, no! That's not how it works.
We always watch it from the beginning.
We like to sing the theme song.
Um, well, here, I'll-I'll watch it with you.
Hey.
- Hi, honey.
Hi, Lauren.
- Hi.
Alex, you're late for Wall Street Week.
Andy's in there waiting for you.
Oh, yeah.
Couldn't be helped, Mom.
Couldn't be helped.
It's a big psychology lecture.
I didn't want to miss it.
You know me.
Oh.
What was it about? A favorite professor of mine was lecturing on the cognitive powers of African baboons.
Oh, it sounds interesting.
Why was Alex there? Because I'm a very supportive boyfriend, Mom.
Lauren's interests are my interests.
She wanted me to be there, so I went.
Means a lot to her.
I'm impressed.
Oh, I'm kidding.
I'm kidding.
I'm kidding.
Alex, hurry! Wall Street Week is starting! Ooh, listen, uh, I'm going to skip it today, okay, pal? But I already made the popcorn, and the cash register's all heated up.
Yeah, well, uh, you know, Lauren's here, so But we always watch it together.
Well, I know we do, but, uh, Lauren's not always here.
Yes, she is.
So, Lauren, how-how's your psychology study coming? Oh, I think it's going very Oh, very, very well.
Very well.
Uh, she's doing a fantastic job.
Have you decided to have Alex committed yet? Want to go in the other room and play, Alex? No, not-not not right now, Andy.
But we always play before dinner.
I know, I know, Andy, but we don't always have company.
You know, Lauren, I was reading a little Jung yesterday, and I was really fascinated by his use of dreams in psychoanalysis.
Can you analyze dreams? Can she analyze dreams? She she's like Carnac.
Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, show 'em.
Analyze something.
You know, um I had a dream last night.
I I, uh I-I did, I did.
I, uh I I was walking down the street, and suddenly, I noticed, um, I didn't have any clothes on.
That's gross, Dad.
S-So, I just, uh I just ran around, hiding behind cars, trying to find my clothes.
Was I in this dream? Um, well, yes you were.
You were playing racquetball with Dwight Eisenhower.
But, but, oh let's-let's stick to my part.
Uh What do you make of this, Lauren? Is there any hope for my dad? Well, dream analysis is very complex.
Um but if I had to take an educated guess, I would say that this dream shows that your Dad's trying to hide something.
And there's a part of him he doesn't want anyone to see, which is probably why he has that beard.
Or maybe not.
- No, no, no - I'm just a student! - No, no, that's fine.
- You know, I can be completely wrong.
- In fact, I know I am.
- No, you're No, you're right.
Obviously.
How about this, Lauren? Is she my little Miss Freud or what? And she can take a perfectly innocent-looking dream about a man running around naked while his wife plays racquetball with a former president, and use it to prove that that same man has deep-seated abnormalities.
Abnormali? What's abnormal? - All I did was look for my clothes! - ELYSE: Uh, Steven, uh, Steven, can-can we talk about this in private? Of course! Of cour Why? Are you worried? Well, I It's I'm fine.
No.
I-I I just want you to tell me what / was wearing.
A lovely sunflowered tennis dress.
Uh, ruffles; very pretty.
And-and President Eisenhower? The same dress.
And were you furious! Time to play yet? Uh, uh, no, no, not yet, Andy.
I had a dream.
It was really weird.
I I was in the mall, and, uh, and I went into my favorite store, and I bought this I bought this really beautiful red leather jacket that I've wanted for the last two months.
What do you think that could mean? I think it means you really wanted to buy the jacket.
Wow! I Uh, hello.
Um, hello, Mr.
Bowman.
Hi.
I'm Nick Moore, and I really want to sell you Ah! Thought I had him there for a minute.
Boy, I thought so, too.
I-I bet he's praying you'll call him back.
I got it! I got it! I got it! I got it! I got it.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Whoa, whoa! Not in front of the you-know-whos.
Oh, Alex, let her kiss you.
Get it while you can.
Nice jacket, Mallory.
Oh.
Hi, Lauren.
- Hi, Lauren.
- Hi.
Where are you guys off to? Little touch football game at McKinley Field.
A bunch of us play every Saturday.
- Just a friendly game.
- Whoa, whoa.
Yeah, yeah, it was a friendly game till I was invited to play.
Whoa.
Oh.
Sorry.
Just a reflex.
Yeah, let's just keep it a friendly game, yeah.
Uh, oh, um, um, by by-by the way, Lauren, um, I-I just want to mention, uh, I had another dream last night.
Um, this time, I had all my clothes, but I didn't have my beard.
I'm really happy for you, Mr.
Keaton.
That's real progress.
Yeah, we'll see you.
We'll see you.
Have a good time.
Dad, you have the weirdest dreams.
Uh, uh, uh, maybe so, but this explains a lot to me.
Well, how-how is, uh how's that, Nick? Well, last night, I dreamt that I had your beard.
Oh.
Where's Alex? He went to play football with Lauren, Andy.
But he's supposed to take me to the coin fair.
It's today.
- Oh.
Oh, no! Oh! - Oh, wait.
Oh, Andy, I'm-I'm sorry.
I'm-I'm sure it just slipped his mind.
He wouldn't do anything to hurt you.
Oh Andy You're bad, Alex! A bad, bad boy.
I'm sorry, Andy.
Don't hurt me! What's this? Stuff.
This is all stuff that Alex gave you.
I'm giving it back.
The See-It, Say-It Book of Ohio Tax Laws? Would you help me get this picture down? Come here, Andy.
Come here.
I understand why you'd feel hurt.
You two had planned a wonderful outing together, and-and he went running off somewhere else.
It was going to be just a very special day, just you and your big brother.
He forgot all about it.
Now I'm really depressed.
- Hey, guys.
- Hi, Andy.
Well, how are you feeling, Andy? Hi, Andy.
Andy don't worry about Alex.
See, sooner or later, Lauren's gonna come to her senses and send him packing, then he'll be all yours again.
And if he doesn't come back, this is your chance to grow up normal.
- Andy hey - Andy, look, if you don't want to go to the coin fair, there are lots of other things we can do.
We can go to the mall.
We can go shopping.
We could get makeovers.
Nah.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, look, little guy, you know, I'm real sorry you're upset and, uh I hope this cheers you up.
I know it's not much, but, uh, here's a bug light.
Hey, hey, so this is where everybody is! Hey, Andy.
Andy, what's the matter? Alex, today today was the big coin fair.
You promised to take Andy.
Oh no.
I forgot.
And you broke a little boy's heart.
Way to go, Alex.
All right, all right, everybody, find something else to do, preferably in another room.
I-I didn't mean you, Steven.
Yeah, right, right.
Andy? Andy, listen, uh I'm-I'm really, really sorry, buddy.
I'm sorry I forgot about the coin fair.
It was just an accident.
He feels so left out, honey.
He just loves you so much.
All right, know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna make it up to him.
I'm gonna make it up to him tomorrow.
Lauren and I were gonna take him out anyway.
We got the perfect thing planned.
What are you gonna do? Gonna go to a lecture on campus.
Oh, I'm sure he'll love that.
On second thought, um uh, we'll go to Playland.
Huh? How does that sound? We'll go on some rides, play some video games huh? What do you think of that, Andy? Could I have cotton candy? All you want.
Will I have to pay for you again? Hey, hey, isn't this the best fun, huh? Got my favorite guy, got my favorite girl.
Alex, you're leaning on my hair.
Oh.
Sorry.
Whoa.
You know, I see a lot of potential in this relationship.
You guys are like you're like a Hope and Crosby for the '80s.
So let's get a little chatter going, huh? Uh, uh, Lauren, you want to ask Andy some questions? Alex, this isn't The Dating Game.
Just let the conversation happen in a more natural way.
Well, come on, what's more natural than a middleman? Andy, why don't you tell Lauren a little bit about yourself hobbies, you know, career goals, what you look for in a woman.
I'm thirsty.
He's opening up.
Do you want a soda, Andy? I'll get it.
What's your favorite flavor? Orange.
One orange soda coming up.
Okay, all right! Well, what do you think? Is she a great girl? Why is she here? Well, I-I told you yesterday, she was gonna be here.
I thought you were kidding.
Here's your soda, Andy.
Orange.
I didn't want orange, I wanted root beer.
I hate orange.
I'll get you a root beer.
Ginger ale.
Right.
No, wait a minute, wait a minute, Lauren Andy Andy, you said orange.
I was here, I heard you.
Now, what's the deal here? We're supposed to be having fun.
No.
Look, there's no reason to get upset, okay? I'll just get you a ginger ale.
No, I'll get the ginger ale uh, you guys stay, just get better acquainted.
Look, Andy, I'm really sorry about the fact that you missed the coin fair yesterday.
Alex and I were playing football and he forgot.
He feels real bad about it, too.
Alex is a very special guy I can see why you like him so much.
He's okay.
Oh, dinosaurs.
Oh, I've always liked dinosaurs.
Oh, yeah? I don't like 'em.
They're dumb.
Hey.
Hey, don't let me interrupt.
Just wanted to bring you ginger ale.
Come on, keep the chatter going.
You guys are cookin'.
I'm gonna go play Space Invaders.
I don't know, Lauren.
Andy Andy is really a very sweet kid, you know, he's very special.
I-I, I wish you could see that side of him.
Well, you know, this is gonna take time.
You can't force things.
I like to force things.
Don't worry, it'll come.
Look, right now, he's just having a very common psychological reaction for children.
I've read all about this he's feeling threatened, so he's trying to get your attention by misbehaving.
Right, right.
So what do I do? I don't know.
That's next semester.
Hey, hey, hey, Andy An Whoa! Andy, stop it, stop it.
Hey, stop it.
What's going on here? What are you doing? Leave me alone! You don't love me anymore! You just love her! - Andy - Go away! Go away! He's my brother! So, then I find myself walking down the street.
The, uh the same the same street as in my last dream only only this time, I'm wearing only a beret and a Miss Wyoming banner.
- I have to go upstairs now - No, wait Wait, wait, there's more.
I got it! I Oh, well, how'd the day go? It didn't work.
It just didn't work.
We tried everything.
We played Space Invaders.
We ate cotton candy.
I spent 45 bucks at Pokerino trying to win him a giraffe.
- He's still miserable.
- Well, you can't expect to win him back all at once, honey.
He's really going through a tough change here.
God, I feel guilty.
Coming between you and your brother.
Oh, don't you start with me.
I took you to Playland.
You had cotton candy.
Look, I know there's a problem here, okay? How do we solve it? Come on, you guys, you're parents you've seen this one before; what do we do? Well, he's a kid, you know? It's hard to make him really understand what's going on.
He's easily confused by the things that you do.
Actually, we all are.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Sorry things didn't work out at Playland.
Me, too.
I'm out 45 bucks.
I didn't even get the giraffe.
That was a loan, all right? I told you, I'll pay you back.
Listen I know that we're going through a kind of tough adjustment right now but you got to remember that I love you, okay? I love you very much.
I always will.
You know, you're my brother, and nothing is gonna change that.
You just have to remember that I care about Lauren, too.
Why? Because because she's smart, she's sweet, she's very nice.
What does she have that I don't have? I'm gonna be honest with you, Andy.
A lot.
Um, and she's a girl, you know? It's different with girls.
I find her very very attractive.
I'm attractive.
No argument, no argument.
You are.
You are.
Uh, it's-it's just that, uh, Lauren makes me feel very special.
I can do that.
Andy, we're getting into a very tricky area here.
Uh, okay, look, when I'm around Lauren I want to hug her, you know? I want to kiss her.
We do that, too.
She eats all her vegetables and she goes to bed on time.
She wins.
Look, Andy it's not a matter of winning or losing in this case but only in this case.
You just have to understand that I can care about about you and Lauren at the same time, it doesn't make me love you any less.
- It doesn't? - Look we're still gonna spend time together.
I mean, we're still gonna have fun.
It's just that now, you know, you're gonna have to share me with Lauren.
Share?! I know, normally I'm against it but you're just gonna have to trust me on this one, all right? All right.
Look, Andy, I'm sorry that I haven't paid much attention to you lately.
And I know you want me to know I know you must've been pretty upset to do what you did.
I'm sorry, Alex, I just miss you.
I miss the old days.
Hey I love you.
- I love you, too.
- All right.
Okay.
Mm! Listen do me one favor? I want you to try and be friends with Lauren.
Okay? 'Cause she really wants to be friends with you.
Okay.
Okay.
Now, she's outside and she told me that she really wants to see your room.
All right? Okay, now, remember, you're the host here.
You got to try to make her feel comfortable.
Got it? Hi.
Welcome to my room.
How am I doing, Alex? Keep it coming, keep it coming.
I brought you something.
What? - Thought you might be thirsty.
- Thank you.
So this is your room, huh? I like it.
Oh, teddy bears.
Do you like teddy bears? I don't know, do you? Yes, I like them very much.
Me, too.
You know, this is my story time.
- Alex reads me stories.
- All right, well, I'll leave you two guys alone.
No, wait, wait, maybe he can read to both of us.
Yeah, sure.
Sure, sure.
Okay, climb up, climb up.
All right, this is a good story.
This is a good story.
Chapter one.
"Deferring Income to the Next Tax Year" Sit, Ubu, sit.
Good dog.