07x21 & 07x22 - Gone with a Whim: Part 1 & 2

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Designing Women". Aired: September 29, 1986 – May 24, 1993.*
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Series centers on the lives of four women and one man working together at an interior designing firm in 1980s Atlanta, Georgia, called Sugarbaker & Associates.
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07x21 & 07x22 - Gone with a Whim: Part 1 & 2

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O.k.

So,

How do you like it, huh?

Mr. Kearney, your house
is absolutely beautiful.

What a grand old staircase.

Oh, and those columns
are magnificent.

Aren't they?

Every detail of
this place is perfect.

It's all got to go.

My first wife did this place

As an exact replica

Of tara from gone with the wind.

Well, I dumped her.

Kiki here is going to
modernize the house and me.

I've ordered some furniture.

I have a very clear idea

About what I want.

Colorful.

Swirling.

Big bright pieces that
say, "I am in the room."

Just what this place needs...

Talking furniture.

We pretty much got all
that old stuff out of here.

I carried the heavy stuff.

I'm good with heavy stuff.

I want to thank you, craig,

For helping on
such short notice.

I like lifting things,

Especially heavy things

Like furniture and people.

You want me to lift you?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Well...

I'm next, cowboy.

Craig, craig. Over here.

I got to hand it
to you, mary jo.

You dumped that guy

For being slower than a
grandma on the freeway,

Then got him to help for
nothing but thank you.

Do you think I enjoy
taking advantage

Of this sweet and generous man?

Yes.

Well, maybe I do.

But with sugarbaker's
in financial trouble,

We couldn't afford anybody

Who knew left from right.

No, no, craig. Craig!

Your other left, man. Over here.

Careful with that
put it right... There.

Isn't it great, kearnsey?

All these talented
people working for me.

Excuse me, kiki.

Let's just get this
clear right now.

We work for ourselves.

We are contracted
to work with you.

But that's not the same thing...

Excuse me.

As working for you.

Now, julia, I know you're
far more eloquent than I am,

So I'm going to say this

In a simple, humble way.

We need money.

What were some
of your ideas, kiki?

Well, first, let's see
what we've got here.

Isn't it perfect in this room?

I like it. It's pretty.

Do you think so?

Just like you. Only
you have more stuffing.

What do the rest
of you all think?

It doesn't really work.

Red and black.

Iron legs!

Basically, I think it's a...

Could you please
excuse us for a moment?

Getting us this job
is the best I could do.

As long as someone's trying
to take over poteet industries,

My assets are frozen,

Which means our
assets are on the line.

Do I make myself clear?

Bankruptcy.

We love it.

It's great.

It's spirally.

It's you, girl.

Well, we've got to leave
these fine ladies, kiki.

We're off to the tanning salon.

You know thirty
minutes in there is like

A whole day in
the french riviera

Oh yes I fell asleep
in one this morning

Oh, look at that

You know, I don't think
her hooters were real.

Well, six months
and two implants ago,

She was his receptionist,

But now she's
redecorating his house.

That's pretty good for a woman

Who uses white-out on
the computer screen.

And since mr. Kearney has
been inspired by silicone,

We now have to turn
this antebellum treasure

Into barbie's
malibu dream house.

Yeah. Isn't that something?

Even without all the furniture,

I can still just
imagine myself in tara.

I always wanted to live in tara.

I just wanted to
be scarlett o'hara.

What little girl didn't?

I didn't.

I wanted to be
siegfried and roy.

Well, I did!

From the first time I saw
rhett take scarlett in his arms

And go up those stairs

I just knew that was the most
romantic thing I'd ever seen

It took strength, he had muscels

I like rhett butler
he was a real fun guy

You know julia
you've got it all wrong

That relationship
was not about romance

That was about sex

The first minute rhett
butler layed eyes on her

Sent waves of electricity
to every girl in the world

I don't think it was
romantic or sexy

Face it

That movie was a male fantasy

Made from a male perspective...

Rhett butler grabs scarlett

Against her will,

Whisks her up the stairs,

Still against her will,

And then the next morning,

As if all she needed

Was to be taken
against her will,

She's singing like julie andrews

On top of a mountainful of nuns.

That happened to me and the
late mr. Clifton in scranton.

The minute I kicked
down the door,

He didn't put up
much resistance.

Now, don't you mess
with scarlett, b.j.

She may have been
self-centered and selfish,

But when push came to shove,

She was widowed and broke.

She ran that
plantation by herself.

Ah, yes, that movie
colored all our lives.

Since you mentioned "colored,"

I have to say I agree with b.j.

It wasn't exactly my
favorite movie, either.

A movie about a
bunch of black people

Named mammy, pappy, and prissy

Being ordered around by
overdressed white people

Is not role-model material.

As far as I'm concerned,

That movie was about
a bunch of rich snobs

Who lose everything
and still cannot get along

Without three black people

To help them into
their underwear.

Why were they wearing
black people's underwear?

I know we need the money,

And I'm grateful to
you, b.j., For this job,

But still it seems such a shame

For something so splendid to go.

Oh, I am with you.

Can't you just
see all the parties

And the balls

And the beautiful women

Tripping over their hoop skirts

Down that magnificent staircase?

Isn't it lovely to be southern?

Oh, yes!

And isn't this the perfect ball?

And isn't it lovely to see
all these beautiful clothes?

And isn't it lovely to be rich

When most people aren't?

Oh! Here comes
the widow clifton!

Evening, widow clifton.

Why do you keep calling
me the widow clifton?

I've never been married.

But, silly widow clifton,
you have two children.

So what's your point?

Oh! Did you see that scarlett?

She's as obvious as a
locust in a cotton field.

She's easier to
get than smallpox.

Scarlett's just high-spirited.

Ladies.

Scarlett. Scarlett. Scarlett.

Why, evening, melanie.

You're looking as lovely
as always, scarlett.

Scarlett, I was hoping you

Could give a young, rich
plantation owner's son a dance.

I'm afraid you're a
little late, billy william.

My dance card's already full,

And it's a crying shame,

Because I wore this
dress especially for you.

My dance card's not full.

Really?

So what do you say, scarlett?

Sorry. Late. Full, silly.

Oh, here comes walter mahoney.

Walter, I wore this
dress especially for you.

Anybody for some good eatin's?

Oh, yes.

This must be some special dish

Only you colored
people know how to make.

Why, yes, ma'am, it sho' is.

We calls it cheese.

I'll have some mandingo

And I'll meet you down at
the stables in two hours

Whittey clifton, I done
told you a thousand times...

Pappy don't play that

I'll give you ten confederate
bonds and your freedom.

I'll pass.

♪ Black man, black man

♪ Where did you go to?

Oh, there's that rhett butler

From charleston.

Rhett butler?

He's the most dashing
man in the whole south.

Nobody dashes like him.

He has the most
scandalous reputation.

Am I blushing?

How do I look?

Is he looking at me?

He's looking at me.

He's a rogue, but he's gorgeous.

I've had him. He's nothing.

Widow clifton, you have not.

Listen, sister, I've
had plenty of nothing.

Lovely ladies,

How fair all your skin looks.

Rhett! Rhett!

Miss melanie,

I would be honored
if you'd honor me

With a dance.

I would be so honored
to honor your honor.

Isn't rhett butler ever going

To stop dancing with melanie?

Tart?

I don't think so.

That's not what we hear.

We hear you'll steal any man

As long as he belongs
to another woman.

I would never steal a
man from another woman.

Why, rhett butler,

I hardly even noticed
you were here.

Miss scarlett,

I was going to ask you to dance,

But I was told that
your dance card is full.

Told?

By whom?

You look beautiful,
miss scarlett,

As always.

And what am i,
chopped hominy grits?

Melanie, dear, were
you saying something?

But, scarlett,

I was dancing.

Yes, melanie, you were.

How could you let her do that?

She's just the devil!

She's the devil in petticoats!

Scarlett.

Rhett.

Scarlett, forgive
my forwardness,

But you're like a
fine georgia peach

That hangs ripe and
smooth on the vine,

A perfect peach,

And I just plum adore you.

Why, rhett,

You certainly know
all the right fruits.

I love you, scarlett,

And I want to marry you.

Oh, rhett, that's so romantic.

I want to build you
a perfect house

With perfect house... Things,

And, uh, fight for you,

Worship you, and protect you.

I especially liked
that worship part.

Say yes.

Say you'll be my wife
and bear my children,

Maybe 20, all strapping boys.

You can clean my g*ns
and fold my clothes.

You'll be my little woman.

But for now all
I want is a kiss.

Mr. Rhett butler
from charleston,

I am not now, nor ever will
be, anybody's little woman.

And if any man puts a
g*n before me to clean it,

Make no mistake about it,

It will go off,

And it will not be pretty.

And as for that georgia peach,

Yes, I am southern,

And yes, I am
definitely in season,

But not even mr. Rhett butler

Is going to shake me
down and take a bite.

Does this mean no kiss?

Who knows?

Tomorrow is another day.

Well! Well!

Maybe once we get
that mirrored disco ball

And beanbag love seat
arrangement in here,

It won't be as bad
as we imagined.

Disco ball?

Didn't I mention it?

O.k. That's it.

I have my limits.

If scarlett could protect
tara from the yankees,

We can surely protect this
old house from bad taste.

We're not doing the job.

What do you mean,
not do this job?

We don't have the luxury

Of fighting for preservation.

We're going to do this job.

You'll just have
to grin and bear it.

I don't think so, mary jo.

Need I remind you

That I am the sugarbaker

Whose name is on the door?

Oh.. And may I remind you

That it was I that started this
business with you and perhaps

It should be..

Sugarbaker and shively

And dobber

Forget it

Just a thought

Before this fight
turns into something

We can sell tickets to,

I better tell you

Y'all may be
wasting your breath.

I talked to my lawyers.

I'm on my way now

To get this frozen
assets situation resolved,

Because if I'm liquid,

We can dump these
people and be off to tahiti.

It's not just about this job.

It's about how julia
decides for us all

What we're going to do and how.

Don't hold back, mary jo.

Let us know what
you're thinking.

Thank you so much,

But I don't need
your permission.

Cover the bodies
and clean up the blood

When you're done.

I'll be back soon.

We better move the
rest of this furniture

Before these ladies reenact
the battle of appomattox.

Anthony, put that down!

Pick that up!

Put that down!

You go right ahead.

Anthony? Julia? Craig!

I'm getting dizzy.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Come on. What's going on here?

I know all our nerves
are a little bit jangly

'Cause of this silly
money situation,

But you know what we got to do?

Look for the light.

Shut up! Shut up!

Just a thought.

Come on, people,

Smile on your brother.

Everybody get together.

Da da da da da right now.

Aw, just say you're sorry.

She has to do it first.

I will not.

Fine, julia!

Fine, fine, fine.

Just have it your way.

You always do.

I'll sit over here
like a big old nobody.

You sit by me.

Thank you, bernice.

It's nice to know
I have one friend.

Really?

Who?

Oh, all right. We
are in dire straits.

And the pressure's
getting to everybody,

But there must be
something we can figure out.

There has to be a way out.

w*r, w*r, w*r.

All this talk of w*r

Is taking the fun out
of a wonderful party.

Yes.

And besides w*r is
hell on the crinalins

You there

Why bless you heart
you remember my name.

I'sed just so honored.

You don't think we
should go to w*r do you?

Now you know us colored
folks don't have no opinion

But no...

Because that would
make things different

And why should we want
anything to be different?

How could we possibly
hope for a better life?

Now's we has's one room shanties
that can easily squeeze twenty

All the vidddles the
body could digest

And we only hast to work
sixteen hours a day in the field

Which gives us plenty
of time to perfect those

Lovely nergro spirituals which
y'all love to hear us so much

Now my favorite one is...

♪ Masters in the
cold, cold ground. ♪

Ooh! There's that scarlett.

Did you see how
shamelessly she's flirting

With every man at the party?

Two...

One to pour the kerosene

And one to pull the chair out

From underneath the yankee.

Look at her grabbing at them.

She must know something
about men that we don't.

Or they know something
about her that we don't.

Ladies scarlett just wants
to be liked by everybody

She has been liked by everybody

Here comes that scarlett now

Oh, look. There's that rhett
butler from charleston.

Oh, rhett!

I felt your eyes burning
right through me.

Does it hurt?

Only when you stop.

Your eyes are so blue...

So green...

So brown...

So colorful.

Oh, rhett,

I must turn around

And see you and look at you

And feel your lips against mine.

I want to kiss
you hard and fast,

Eyes open,

With maybe just a little tongue.

Oh!

Oh, rhett!

I'm melting.

Take me.

Well! Well! Well!

Oh, wait!

You're not going
to get rid of that?

What is that?

It's history.

I'm tired of all this
gone with the wind stuff.

It's just like all those
other old hollywood movies.

The white folks are
always the heroes.

Its like that damm tarzan

Now do expect me to believe
that a white man in a loincloth

In a loin cloth, is king
of the african jungle?

Are right anthony I certainly
understand you might not be captivated by

This fine old southern house

And everything
that it stands for

Thats right julia

As far as I am concerned they can put in
an escalator, a gap, and a falafel stand.

Your idea of tara is
not my idea of tara.

And I promise you,

Your scarlett is
definitely not my scarlett.

Well, like it or not,

You cannot ignore
your own history.

Scarlett!

The baby!

It's coming!

I'm here, melanie.

I'm here.

You'd think she was
the first white woman

To ever have a baby.

Prissy! Prissy!

♪ Just a few more hours

Prissy!

♪ Won't be long

Prissy, the doctor's not coming.

He can't come.

Something about a strange
new game called golf.

Not coming?

Oh, but he's got to come.

I don't know what to do!

I can't stand it!

Scarlett!

Help me!

What do you mean,
he's got to come?

You told me you birthed
hundreds of babies.

I did?

Well, I don't know
why I did that.

I was just blabbering.

I do that sometimes,

But I didn't mean it.

Say what?

Mama never let me
come in the room

When the babies come.

She said I talked too much,

But that's not true.

It's just that I gets nervous,

And I don't know what to do.

I don't know nothin' about
birthin' babies, miss scarlett!

I don't know nothin'
about birthin' babies!

Ow.

Scarlett!

Hold your water, I'm coming!

Well, I guess
I'll have to do it.

Oh, I have to do
everything around here.

Why did I think my life

Was going to be one
great big old party

With me fanning myself

And sashaying
around the ballroom

Like I haven't got a
care in the world,

Pretending that I
don't hear the menfolks

Pining and sighing

And wanting me bad?

Prissy!

Prissy!

Yes, ma'am?

Ow!

What'd you do that for?

Well, I got to have some fun.

Attention!

I just brought
over some swatches

That I'm considering
for that wall.

Purple velvet.

It's great, huh?

I got so many ideas.

This decorating thing is a snap.

Listen, here, kinky.

It's kiki.

Is, uh...

Craig around?

He's out back loading the truck.

Someone go get him for me.

Go get him for you?

Is there an echo in here?

Carlene, would you go
get craig for koo-koo?

It's kiki.

Sure, it is.

You're not really keeping
these chairs here, are you?

Well, yes, actually.

We thought the light
from that window up there

Would be complementary
to this fabric.

But I need this area
for my nordic track.

Let me get this straight, cocky.

It's kiki!

What is so hard to
remember about kiki?

Hey, khaki, what's up?

Khaki. That's cute.

I just wanted to get your
opinion on these swatches.

Well, they keep
really good time.

Why don't we, uh...

Look at them under
natural light?

Sunlight.

Bock! Bock! Listen.

Hear that echo? Bock!

Hello, hello,
hello, hello, hello.

Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?

Yes I can yes I can yes I can

Charlene

Charlene charlene charlene

I'm sorry that was
it no more, I'm sorry

I am going to k*ll

That scum-sucking,
lower-than-a-snake's-belly lowlife.

What snake-belly lowlife?

I just saw my lawyers,

And I found out who's
behind this takeover.

It's kearney.

He has a vendetta
against my sweet james

Who busted him on some shady
business venture years ago.

Doesn't he know james is dead?

I'm the next-of-kin
likely target.

It's the reason he
gave us this job...

To rub my face in it.

No, no, b.j. That's it.

We're not doing this job.

We may be going down,

But at least we'll go down
with our dignity intact.

Before you make
that decision final,

There's something
else I got to tell you.

I don't know how to say this.

He not only wants to
take over poteet industries,

But he's also trying to buy

One of my holdings as well...

Sugarbaker's.

He wants it for kiki.

We'll be working for her.

Kikibaker's?

Oh!

No so long as there's
breath left in this body.

I'm going to tell that woman.

She's here?

Julia, you can't
tell her anything.

We have to have this job.

This is the only income
we can be sure of.

That's the key
word here... Income.

Furthermore, my lawyer
said no matter what,

We cannot antagonize him.

We can't let him
know that we know.

The only way we have hope

Of saving ourselves
and sugarbaker's

And poteet industries

Is by playing up to nice,
sweet, sensitive mr. Kearney

And his charming and
talented wife kiki kearney.

Well, if that's
what we have to do,

Then that's what we have to do.

I'm in.

Yes. Me, too.

I never left.

Well, thank you, y'all.

I know it isn't easy
to buckle under,

But we'll get through this.

We'll... We'll work it out.

Can I help you?

This way, fellas.

Excuse us, ladies. This
staircase is coming down.

Ms. Kearney has decided
to install an escalator.

Excuse me. I must not have
understood you correctly.

Did you say you're thinking
of tearing down this staircase?

You got a problem with that?

Julia? Julia?

Battle stations.

Lady, what are you doing?

As god is my witness,

This staircase is
not coming dowm

Ladies what do you
think your doing?

Were standing up
for what we belive

Well actually were lying down

This staircase is
not coming down!

Especially not to
install an escalator.

Who do you think
you are, norma rae?

Oh, I liked her.

I really liked her.

We have orders
from kiki kearney.

Unless I'm mistaken,
she's the owner.

You work for her.

You want us off these stairs,

You'll have to lift us.

I warn you, we're
heavier than we look.

We're all three retaining water.

O.k., Ladies, you win.

We're out of here.

Suckers.

Yay.

Well, we saved the staircase,

At least for this afternoon.

For crying out loud, julia.

Wake up and smell the magnolias.

It's the nineties.

Forget about gone with the wind.

You want southern pride?

Don't we have ann richards?

Don't we have rosalynn carter?

Don't we have jimmy
dean sausages?

What we don't have

Is any hope of
saving sugarbaker's

If we don't do this job.

But something in me
that is beyond reason

Rises up at the thought

Of this old piece of southern
history being destroyed.

That's just fine for you, julia,

But in the old south,

You would be sashaying
around this ballroom

Eating good food and
wearing beautiful clothes.

Me, I'd be toting that barge

And lifting that bale

With my roommate kunta kinte.

B.j., Do you have any ideas?

I'll think of something.

Just give me some time.

I can't help but think
that my sweet james

Must have had a
way to swat kearney

Like a big old horsefly

Buzzing around a feeding trough.

Oh, I feel so helpless.

Oh, b.j. Now, don't give up.

You'll think of something.

Somebody will
think of something.

Somebody always
thinks of something.

Don't they?

Ooh.

Ooh.

Whee-ha! Thanks
for the spin, fella.

I don't understand

Why everyone
complains about w*r.

Have you ever seen

So many handsome men in uniform?

When they come back from w*r,

They're so appreciative.

And so chivalrous.

And so horny.

Speaking of that,

Have you seen scarlett
throwing herself at the men?

What do men see in her?

She's no prettier
than we are, is she?

Is she, pappy?

Well, I don't rightly
know, missum.

Now, you know
y'all look alike to me.

Yes, but do you think
that scarlett's pretty?

You know us colored folks

Don't look at y'all that way.

Drop the act love sl*ve

Why scarlett your
lite as a feather,

Your full of nothing but air

Why thank you paulie paulson

And your full of
nothing but bull

That dress you have
on is so alluring.

Well, now, don't you
know just how to,

Ooh, make a girl blush?

Actually, there's a
reason I look so good.

Little johnny johnson

Told me his friend bobby roberts

Was going to see charlie
charles from charleston,

So I told dickie richards

To bring me a present.

They gave me these
beautiful petticoats

Wrapped up in green gingham.

But johnny johnson
caught the cold

And had them delivered
by his cousin, jimmy jimson.

Aren't they
magnificent, marky mark?

Scarlett's making
a fool of herself

In front of everybody.

She's taking all the good men.

There'll be no one
left to marry. No one!

Well, ladies.

Scarlett. Scarlett.

How was your nap scarlett?

Well it's hard for anyone to
get any sleep when all the men

Are trying to sneek in and plant
a big'o kiss on my alabaster cheek

Oh well!

Oh, look.

There's rhett butler
from charleston.

I think he's headed this way.

Ladies. How lovely
all your bosoms look.

Oh! Oh!

Rhett! Rhett!

Doesn't that music get
your foot to tapping

And your hips to shaking

And your legs to twitching?

No. It just makes
me want to dance.

Well, if you got something
to ask, mr. Butler, ask it.

Dance with me, scarlett.

Well...

O.k.

1, 2.1, 2.1, 2.

Scarlett, forgive
my forwardness,

But you're like a
fine georgia peach

Hung ripe on the vine.

A fine peach,

And we're a great pair.

Mr. Butler, I'm afraid this
conversation is fruitless.

I'm not the sort

To be swayed by pretty words.

You are so beautiful,

And your lips, they're so...

Lip-like.

Why, rhett, they're just lips.

Soft,

Rosy,

Tender,

Pouting lips.

I want to kiss you, scarlett.

Whoo! It's getting warm in here.

Is anybody else warm?

No. No.

You need a man like
me to marry you,

Protect you, and defend you.

Why rhett

Why, ask why?

The yankees is coming!

The yankees is coming!

Heavens!

The yankees!

How do I look?

They at the hedge post!

They at the hedge post!

How can this be?

Yankees? I didn't even
know we had a hedge post.

What is a hedge post?

I'm scared.

Scared, I tell you.

Who will protect us now?

Who? Who? Who...

They at the barn!

They at the... The barn!

Rhett, they at the barn.

How do you know?

How do you know?

Do something, rhett.

They's coming up the steps.

They're coming up the steps.

Oh!

Captain butler,
we're counting on you.

I'm thinking. I'm thinking.

They's here.

Whoa. Look at the time.

I forgot all about
my poker game.

Damn this gambling habit!

I'll be back.

All the men are gone.

Who's going to save us now?

Miss scarlett, it's been
fine working for you.

Don't worry about
me. I'll catch a bus.

Well, now, isn't
that always the way?

The women end up doing the work.

Stand back, ladies.

I'll show these yankees

What us southern
women are really made of.

You'll regret the
day you ever tangled

With scarlett o'hara
and the georgia... Peaches!

Well, I guess I showed them.

Scarlett, you've saved the day.

You've saved the day.

You've saved the day.

What are you doing?

Taking a break?

Up and at 'em. Time is money.

Where are all the workmen?

I'll tell you where they are.

We've decided you have
to live with that staircase

A while...

Before you, you know,
make up your mind.

Isn't that right, julia?

Not entirely.

I got news for you.

You don't decide anything.

I'm not supposed to say this,

But it just so happens
that my kearnsey

Is buying sugarbaker's for me.

Well, I can't wait
any longer for kiki.

I've got a 10:00 appointment

With the securities and
exchange commission.

Once they give me the approval,

Well, poteet
industries will be mine,

And sugarbaker's will be kiki's.

Well that bronco isn't
out of the sh**t yet

Mr. Kearney

No matter how you look at it

I've got you lassoed, kiki
is going to be your boss

Like it or not

And your going to have to what
she says with a smile and a thank you

Or you can do it with
a smile its your choice

You really get off
on this, don't you?

Well, it's the little pleasures.

That's why god created
corporate america.

Then tell me this...

Why did god create clog dancing?

Pleasure doing
business with you, ladies.

B.j., Is he really

Going to gobble
us up like pac-man?

Oh, I don't know,

But until my lawyers
tell me differently,

We have to do what kearney says.

You mean suck up to kookaberry?

That's really testing the
limits of our friendship.

I'm simply saying play along.

Hi, everyone.

So what do you think?

I had this designed specially.

This is what we'll
all be wearing.

Of course, some of you
aren't as developed as me,

So there'll be room to say

"Kikibaker's design firm
incorporated of america."

Mine just says "kikibake."

Oh, and, uh, anthony,

I had this made for you.

Uh-uh. No.

Anthony.

I love it, kiki.

And these are for you, craigsey.

Well, gee, this is great.

I never had a
white-collar job before.

I think I'll take
this desk over here.

That way, I can keep
an eye on everybody.

No, that's julia's desk.

Do you think she'll mind?

Mind? Oh, no. Not at all.

As a matter of fact, I
think it's a great idea.

Hi, julia.

How you doing?

I slept so much better

Knowing we've saved
that old staircase,

At least temporarily.

Uh, julia...

Let's formulate
a plan of action.

Julia.

We got to save that
house from kiki's clutches.

Julia.

Let's call the
historical society

And see if they'll
make it a landmark.

What do you say to that?

Uh, julia!

Not mary jo.

Not b.j.

Not carlene.

Not the voice I wanted to hear

First thing this morning.

Who let you in here,

And what are you
doing at my desk?

Oh, now, julia,

Look here, that book on
tolerance you had me pick up

Yes tolerance,
right b.j. I got it

So kiki, how about
showing me those uniforms

Which of course would necessitate
your getting away from my desk

No

Julia

Acceptance is a part of
starting new relationships.

Of course.

I'm sorry, truly sorry, b.j.

I've just got to accept

That kiki is here to stay.

It's done.

So, kiki, before this
thing is finalized

And all the paperwork is done

And the takeover is complete

And your name really
is on my business,

This is my desk,

And this is my house,

And you're on your
way out my door!

Well, this is more like it.

Things are looking
pretty good around here.

Didn't I tell you, kearnsey?

It looks great.

I knew they'd shape up

Once they figured
out who the boss was.

By the way, b.j.,

Just in case you have
any question about that,

I've had my meeting
with the s.e.c.,

And the takeover is set.

Your lawyers can't save you now.

We own you.

So you finally got
your way, kearney.

I can't say I'm surprised,

But there's an
upside to it for me.

I can tell you exactly
what I think of you.

Not if I don't stay.

Anthony.

You going somewhere, kearnsey?

Kearney, you're slime.

You're slime that
grows on slime.

You're white-collar slime.

You got to own
buildings, corporations,

Even little old kiki there.

That's where you get your kicks.

Get a kick out of this...

You got poteet industries,
you got sugarbaker's,

But I got friends who like me

For just who I am.

I don't have to buy them
houses, jobs, or breasts.

It may not be here,

And it may not be now,

But you mark my words...

The day will come

When you'll regret
ever having tangled

With anthony bouvier
and the sugarbaker girls.

Well, thank you so much

For sharing that with me, b.j.

Ladies, as of right now,

You are all fired.

Pleasure doing
business with you.

Well I think he took that well

Fired?

Did.. Did.. He say fired?

No wait a minute, he said

Ladies your fired

Ladies

I'm sorry y'al, I don't know
what came over me w*r is hell

Oh, brother. I
can't believe this.

No more sugarbaker's.

I feel like I'm dreaming.

Oh, julia.

After all these years,

Such bad news

And such a good hair day.

And no more poteet industries.

James spent his whole life
building that company up.

As long as his name was on it,

It was like he was still alive.

But now it's gone and so is he

Well, at least there's this...

We're all going down together.

The late mr. Clifton
always used to say,

"Without friends,
you don't need sprint."

Hey, everyone.
Everything is unloaded.

You can say that again.

Yeah, and good
riddance, kearney.

Hey, don't say that.

I kind of like mr. Kearney.

I never knew a dry
cleaner before.

Dry cleaner, craig?
I don't think so.

Oh, sure.

Kiki told me.

They can wash
anything over there.

Kiki said they were
washing some guy's money.

Washing some guy's money?

You mean money laundering?

Oh, yeah. That's it.

How do they get
those bills on hangers?

Let me ask you a question.

Did anyone ever tell
you you were smart?

Just kiki.

Well, then, you've heard
it from the horse's mouth.

I'm going to give you

A big old southern thank you.

Mr. Butler, you have
just saved the day!

What's so important we
had to get here right away?

Eew! It's all that old stuff.

Kearnsey, do something!

What are you
doing to this place?

Question is, kearnsey,

What'll they do to you?

"They" who?

The s.e.c.

We found out where
your money comes from...

You know, how clean it is

And how dirty your hands are.

I turned the matter
over to my lawyers.

And now I'm afraid
it's your lawyers

Who can't save you.

God, I love corporate america.

Really, you don't
have to say anything.

The pleasure was all ours.

This way to the
hoosegow, massa kearney.

You're going to hear
from my lawyers!

B.j., James would have
been so proud of you.

Yes, and so would
scarlett o'hara.

Well, I'm relieved.

We got sugarbaker's back,
we got money coming in,

And we will never
go hungry again.

Speaking of hungry,
let's celebrate.

Yee-haw! I'll buy.

I'll buy.

No, I'll buy.

I think b.j. Ought to buy.

Yeah, let b.j. Buy.

Rhett?

Rhett butler from charleston,

Where are you?

The w*r is over.

Show your face, my beloved.

Scarlett, you're beautiful.

So what else is new?

I love you, scarlett.

It's 1865, and people will talk.

I'm black, and you're white.

Frankly, my dear,
I don't give a damn.

♪ Black man, black man

♪ Where did you come from?

♪ Black man, black man
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