09x13 - Something in Common

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♪ You take the good
you take the bad ♪

♪ You take 'em both
and there you have ♪

♪ The facts of life ♪

♪ The facts of life ♪

♪ There's a time you
gotta go and show ♪

♪ You're growin'
now you know about ♪

♪ The facts of life ♪

♪ The facts of life ♪

♪ When the world never seems ♪

♪ To be livin' up
to your dreams ♪

♪ And suddenly
you're findin' out ♪

♪ The facts of life
are all about you ♪

♪ All about you ♪

♪ You ♪

♪ All about you ♪

♪ It takes a lot
to get 'em right ♪

♪ When you're learnin'
the facts of life ♪

♪ Learnin' the facts of life ♪

♪ Learnin' the facts of life ♪

♪ Learnin' the facts of life ♪

Just a little bit farther.

You can do it.

Well, did you enjoy
our morning jog?

I can't breathe.

I'll take that as a yes.

How many times do
I have to tell pippa

To make her bed in the morning?

Oh, pippa.

Wouldn't it be easier to
just get me an alarm clock?

Knock it off, andy,

You've seen a girl
in a nightie before.

I'm going to go downstairs
to my room and die.

Oh, come on, I covered
your shift twice last month.

The least you can do
is cover for me today.

Jo, you know I have a
full class schedule today.

Would you have me throw away

A major part of
my legal education?

Absolutely.

Come on, I got a lot of
stuff I gotta do today.

I'm going to that
party with rick tonight.

And I have to book a motel room.

All right, let me try
this a different way.

My dad's is coming into town
tomorrow for his birthday.

And I have to find
him a place to stay.

Then I have to get
ready for my date.

Jo, if you're going to
get ready for a date,

You really should've left
yourself more than a day.

Nat, can you take my shift?

I'd love to. But I
got plans today

I have to work down
at the newspaper.

I'm getting a lung transplant.

It's a big day for me.

That's what I get for
covering for tootie,

While she's out of town.

Now what am I supposed to do?

Oh, no.

No, I've been covering
for all of you

Way too much lately.

I have a life, too, you know.

First, I'm going to...

And then I'm going to...

Okay, I don't have a life.

But that's not the point.

Your shifts are
your responsibility.

Great.

Tell you what, you
work in the store

And I'll take care

Of making the motel
reservations for charlie.

Thanks, but see,
rick and I are going

To this reverse
costume party tonight

And I still have to have
time to get men's clothing.

What's wrong with
what you're wearing now?

Okay, I'll cover for you,

But this is the last time

'Cause starting tomorrow,

I'm going to have a life.

Why did I let rick talk
me into this stupid party?

I think you look adorable.

Yeah, right. Do you know
how to tie one of these?

Oh, sure.

I used to tie them
for my ex all the time.

I never could understand it.

No matter how
often I showed him,

He just wouldn't learn.

How hard can it
be to tie a bow tie?

There.

Thanks.

Ooh! Uhh!

That's quite okay. I'll
just borrow andy's clip-on.

Hey! Hey, rick.

Sorry I'm late, but you
don't know how difficult

It is to find a dress that
doesn't clash with my eyes.

Why aren't you wearing it?

It's chiffon. We don't want
to get any nasty wrinkly-poos.

Is there someplace I can change?

Follow me. Great.

Hey, listen,

Do you think anybody's
going to notice

If I'm not wearing a bra?

Hey, sailor, I like
the cut of your jib.

All right go on,
get it over with.

Relax, jo.

I think it's great to see you

Doing some fun things with rick.

And?

And what?

So you're wearing men's clothes.

At least you have
the shoulders for it.

Hi, jo. Don't start.

Men.

G'day, mate.

Either you're pippa, or
I drove too far south.

Hi, I'm charlie polniaczek.

Oh, jo's moldy oldie.

Yeah.

Charlie.

How are you?

Not too bad for a guy
who's pushing the big 52.

Well, bev wants me to
fetch some milk for dinner.

Oo-roo.

Oo-roo.

What did I just say?

Just go with it. We do.

Jo said, you weren't
coming up till tomorrow.

I thought I'd surprise
her. Is she around?

Yeah, she's upstairs
getting ready for a date.

Nice guy?

Very, and jo's seems to
have quite a thing for him.

♪ I feel pretty, oh, so pretty ♪

♪ I feel pretty
and witty and... ♪

It also comes in yellow
taffeta in case you're interested.

Rick bonner.

Jo's date.

Charlie polniaczek, jo's dad.

Well, if I'd known
you were coming,

I would've done my hair.

Look, you do know,
I don't normally

Dress this way, right?

No, no, it's cool.

You must be going
to a costume party.

No.

Could you zip me up?

Uh, blair, you'd
better handle this.

All right, I'm all
set and ready to go.

Dad.

Rick.

Dad and rick. Cool...

Your dad thought he'd come
a day early and surprise you.

Well, it worked.

I bet you're wondering
why we're dressed this way.

Look, it's none of my business.

We're going to this
reverse costume party.

You know, he wears
women's clothes,

I wear men's.

So you were pulling
my leg back there.

That zany rick...
Always loves a joke.

Ha ha ha ha. Funny.

Well see, now
here's a coincidence...

Rick plays the piano

And you used to play the sax.

Wow, that's one for the books.

Well, the sax, huh?

What made you give it up?

I couldn't make
much of a living at it.

Besides, who wants to
spend night after night

In some smoky club?

Oh, you could still play for fun

Maybe we could jam
together sometime.

Yeah, I guess.

What do you do for a living?

I play piano in smoky clubs.

Well, I bet you two could just
jabber on through the night,

But we got to get going.

Dad, I wish I'd known
you were coming.

Yeah, we would've
gotten you a dress, too.

You win some, you lose some.

We'll spend the day
together tomorrow, okay?

Bye. Bye-bye.

He's a little unusual, huh?

I'll say.

Imagine going to a
party without a bra.

"Over our heads".

The store that has
everything you want.

No, don't have that.

No, not that either.

Sorry, all out.

Yes, we have considered
changing our motto.

Hi, natalie.

Hey, how you doin'?

Great, just took pop
out for a birthday lunch.

Oh, jo, rick called
and he has good news.

He has a job playing at
the hudson grill tonight.

That's great! Oh, I'd
love to hear him play.

Oh, we already
have plans, though.

It doesn't matter to me
where I celebrate my birthday.

As long as I'm
with my little girl.

Oh...

Oh, I'm glad you're here.
I need some opinions.

Everybody always makes the same,

Boring, chocolate
cake for birthdays.

And I want to do something
original for charlie.

Here are your options...
Mango, kiwi, or kumquat.

Chocolate. Chocolate.

Chocolate.

Try and be different.

Listen, dad, I've go
to get back to work.

You want to tag along?

You kidding me?

And miss a chance to see
my little girl in action?

Great, bye.

Natalie: have fun. Bye-bye.

Well I'm gonna get back to
the kitchen and start baking.

Beverly ann, I
have this paper due.

Do you mind covering
the rest of my shift?

Oh, no, I said yesterday

I'm doing it for the
last time and I meant it.

But that was for jo.

Don't I get a last time?

Look I promise.

This will be the last time
as soon as school's over.

When will that be?

Counting graduate
school, about five years.

Over our heads.

Our store hours?

I'm always here.

Yay!

Pretty good for an old man, huh?

Oh, come on, you're not old.

Jo, we're talking more
than half a century.

Charlie, look at
the big picture.

Do you realize that,

That if eternity
was a swimming pool,

52 Years would amount to
less than a single drop of water.

So you see, charlie,
you're not getting older,

You're getting wetter.

Ooh.

All right, birthday boy.

Do the honors.

With pleasure.

I want you to know
this cake is 100% natural.

There's no flour, no
butter, no chocolate.

Then what's in it?

Barley water, carob, and tofu.

Well, have a happy
birthday, charlie.

Thank you.

Well...

I don't know what
their problem is.

Mmm, this cake is...

It's an acquired taste.

I got to tell you, jo,

First lunch, then
a great dinner.

This has been some
terrific birthday.

Well, it ain't over yet, pal.

Happy birthday.

What's this?

It's a box.

It's from us.

Us?

Yeah, ricky and me, us.

Thanks, honey.

You're welcome.

What's this?

Gee, you don't get
out much, do you?

Rick found it at a
secondhand shop.

It's in great shape.
Do you like it?

You shouldn't have done this.

What are birthdays for?

No, I mean it. You
shouldn't have done this.

I told you I don't play anymore.

Why would you go out
and waste your money

On something I can't even use?

Dad.

I'm sorry.

Look, I appreciate the thought.

They say it's the thought
that counts, right?

Right. Yeah. They say that.

Well, I'll be heading home.

Aw, come on, rick,
you don't have...

Thanks for everything,
rick, good night.

I'll call you.

Rick, I don't know what to say.

Look, good night
would be just fine.

See you tomorrow.

Well, why didn't you
just kick him out the door?

To tell you the truth, I
didn't think of it in time.

What has gotten into you?

Jo, there are times in our lives

When we're too
close to a situation

To see it clearly.

And it's at those times
we need someone we trust

You know, to set us straight.

You don't like rick.

I knew you'd understand.

Look, dad, I really
like this guy.

You can't come in here
and meet him and say,

"Hi how are you. Take a hike."

Jo, he's a piano player in
some little dinner joint.

And yesterday, he couldn't
even have said that much.

Well, why don't you
give him a chance?

He's just starting out.

Just think about
what I said, okay?

Look, dad,

I'm sorry you didn't
like your present.

I hope you had a
happy birthday anyway.

You want me to have
a happy birthday?

Find another guy to go out with.

Hi. Hi.

What is pippa doing
sleeping in my bed?

I wouldn't let
her sleep in mine.

Well thank you. That
clears that right up.

She has a problem
sacking out on the couch

When people are
sitting there talking.

Probably some weird
australian taboo.

The living room has
been free for an hour.

Dad's gone. Rick left.
I went out for a walk.

Why didn't she check?

Okay, jo.

Tell aunt blair the problem.

Blair, can I borrow
a highlighter pen?

Ah, blue, green, or yellow?

Oh, all of them.
Yellow for plato,

Green for aristotle,

And blue for the little flowers

I like to draw in the margins.

What do you think about rick?

You got a red highlighter?

Jo, I really don't think
we should offer opinions

On each other's boyfriends.

Well, I do. I think he's great.

Do you know there's
someone in your bed?

I don't wanna make
a big deal of this.

I just wanted an
objective opinion.

Well, objectively,

You're a social
worker, rick's a nut case.

I'd say you're well matched.

Rick is not a nut case.

Jo, if rick was a drop of water

And the world was
a swimming pool...

All right, so it doesn't
work for everything.

Rick is very unique.

Yeah.

Pippa: what's going on?

Oh, nothing, pippa.
Just girl talk.

Oh, rats.

I always miss out
on the girl talk.

And this time I was
even in the same room.

Keep going. Don't
let me interrupt you.

Uh, pippa... I know.

Couch.

There'll be more girl
talk in the morning, pippa.

It's not the same thing.

Why these sudden
doubts about rick?

Rick?

All: in the morning, pippa.

Jo, have you had a chance to
inventory our paper goods?

Yeah, it must have
slipped my mind.

Well, now I don't
know whether we need

More vanna white
place mats, or less?

Less.

I'll go check.

What's the matter with jo?

Today or in general?

I have a feeling it has
something to do with rick.

I'm sorry, sir.

We usually have plenty in stock.

Do you believe it?

We are completely
out of, "get well cards".

Suppose a major
epidemic sweeps peekslill.

Thousands of
people will be sick.

And we won't make a dime off it.

Okay, girls, who was
supposed to order them?

There's been a lot of
that going on lately.

Well, I found the
vanna white place mats.

All 3,000 of them.

Do you know she was
born in south carolina?

She's 5'6".

In third grade, she was
blackboard monitor.

Girls... I know how...
How much hard work

You've poured into this place,

But the store isn't
showing a profit.

And you're all busy
with your school

And your work and
your boyfriends,

Not that I blame you.

When I was your age,
I had this boyfriend...

Back in appleton...

Are we gonna need canned goods

For this story?

The point is,

Pippa's camping out
in the living room.

And andy sleeps in the basement

Next to the boiler.

And we could maybe
solve the two problems

By closing the store,

So we could use the
space for their bedrooms...

If you agree.

It would seem so
strange without the store.

I mean, we've put so
many years into it.

It's like a part of us.

That is true.

We really have to discuss this

With tootie and mrs. Garrett.

Well, I'll try to reach edna.

I bet's that's rick.

He was supposed to
be here 20 minutes ago.

Let's see now.

If I call edna now,

It'll be tomorrow in africa.

So I really should have
called her yesterday

If I wanted to
talk to her today.

Ooh! Hi. Sorry I'm late.

That's all right. I should
be used to it by now.

Hey, come on, this time
I've got a good excuse.

I stopped by work to get paid.

150 Bucks. We're rich.

Well great, let's get going.

If we hurry, we can
still get to the seminar

Before it starts.

I got a better idea.

What do you say
we never get there.

Come on, you know I
have to go to this thing.

It's for my work.

Yeah, but I just got paid

I thought we could maybe go
to the city and have some fun.

Can't you go to the
seminar thing another time?

If you didn't want to go,

You should have
told me, all right.

Because I would've
gone by myself.

Now I'm going to be late.

When did you suddenly
become jo polniaczek,

Enemy of fun?

Since I grew up enough

To take care of
my responsibilities.

Oh, you're saying
I'm not all growed up.

I'm saying that when a person

Hasn't worked for a while,

Maybe he should save his money

Instead of blowing it

In case his next job doesn't
come along right away.

Yeah, were those your
father's exact words,

Or you're just paraphrasing?

Charlie has nothing
to do with this.

Oh, I see,

One minute you and I are
putting on each other's clothes,

And then dad arrives

And suddenly everything
we do is irresponsible.

You're right, how
could I possibly

Have brought charlie into this?

Rick, you've got this all wrong.

Look, this is me. And I like me.

And up until this
weekend, you liked me, too.

But something's
changed around here

And it ain't the rickster.

Rick, can we talk about this?

Yes, we can talk about this.

After your father's gone.

Here you go, bev.

We've got 217 of
these penguin clocks.

What's going on
in that storeroom?

Are they breeding?

Okay, I've been working on
the plans for the new bedroom.

My room's gonna
have a fireplace,

Beamed ceilings,

And over in that
corner, a hot tub.

Correction.

Yours is going to have
four walls, a window,

And if you're
real lucky, a door.

You reckon, I could have a
little bit more closet space.

This looks kind of micro.

That's not your closet.
That's your room.

Back to the drawing board, andy.

And this time I'm
going with you.

Jo.

Aren't you doing something
with charlie tonight?

I don't know.

Well, are you doing
something with rick?

I don't know.

Aren't you the chatterbox.

Is everything okay?

Yeah, I just got a
few things on my mind.

Well, is it something
I can help you with?

No, not really, thanks.

Well, it's probably best.

You know yourself
better than anyone else.

And nobody can really tell you

The right thing to do.

No, they can't, can they?

All right. Come on in, rick.

What, is he the only guy in
town with a sense of humor?

Hi, dad.

Thanks.

I'm heading back home,

And I didn't want to leave
things the way they were.

Good, I didn't either.

How come you thought it
was rick waving the white flag?

You been declaring
w*r on everybody today?

Jo: well, actually, rick and I
sort of had a disagreement.

Well, it wasn't so much a
disagreement as a fight.

Look, jo, I don't
want to upset you

Or anything like that,

But this guy rick...
He's just not for you.

Dad, you hardly know him.

Besides isn't it up to
me who I go out with?

I'm your father.

Fathers worry
about their daughters.

It's what we do.

Dad, I don't know
what's going to happen

Between rick and me,

All I know, is that
when he's not around,

I don't laugh as much.

Yeah, well, laughter
doesn't pay the bills.

All right, dad, look,

We're not gonna see
eye-to-eye on this thing,

So why don't we
just drop it, all right?

I'd better get going.

Good-bye, jo.

Bye.

Oh, hey, you forgot
your birthday present.

You know, I used to
love to play this thing.

It's hard to describe
the feeling I got

When I hit that perfect note

Or came up with a
new angle on a song.

I was young, confident,

And with your mom rooting me on,

There was no way I
wasn't going to make it.

Well, I didn't make it.

So that's what
this is all about.

Well, dad... Please, jo.

I have to say this.

I don't want that life for you.

I don't want you
to end up with a...

With a guy like you?

You don't have to
worry about that.

Because there aren't
any other guys like you.

You're the best.

You're looking at
me as your father.

Try seeing me as just a person.

Okay.

I see a kind, caring,
and generous guy,

Not too bad-looking.

Could lose a few pounds.

Come on jo, face
it. I'm 52 years old,

And what have I got
to show for my life?

Oh, god, jo, I'm sorry.

It's okay.

You mean everything
to me. You know that.

I guess I did pretty good, huh?

I'd like to think so.

I love you, dad.

I love you, too, kid.

All right, this is
it, the new rick.

I'm giving up the piano

I'm goin' to get a job
involving something with a desk

Hello, mr. Polniaczek, sir.

Am I a nice young man, or what?

Hey, rick, nice to see you.

You see, it's working already.

You know, if you think this
is going to get you out of

Taking me into the city
and blowing that $150.

You're nuts.

And take off that
ridiculous tie,

Loosen up.

It's been a very confusing day.

I'm really sorry about
getting on your case earlier.

I like you just fine
the way you are.

Me, too.

You know you remind me
of me when I was your age.

Is that good?

It is now.

You know, I ought to see if I
can still make the canary sing.

Uh, it has been a long time.

Hey, at least I
don't wear a dress.

Hey, okay, hotshot.

Come on, blues
progression in b minor.

You just try to keep
up with me, all right?

Ho, ho, ho! Take off, kid.

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