05x19 - We Deliver

Episode transcripts for the TV series, "Benson". Aired: September 13, 1979 – April 19, 1986.*
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Spin off from Soap - Benson DuBois is hired to be the head of household affairs for widowed Governor Eugene X. Gatling and his daughter Katie.
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05x19 - We Deliver

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Well, good night, all.

Good night.

What in the world
Are you doing with that saddle?

Well, tonight are the finals
Of the indoor-polo season.

I intend to lead
My team to victory.

Good luck,
Clayton.

Luck? Luck is only
For the incompetent.

Probably why she said it.

You know, clayton,
I have a question.

How do you manage to ride
The horse so fast

Und hit the ball
At the same time?

Well, in the heat
Of competition,

The skilled player
Becomes part of the horse.

[ chuckles ]

Hardy har har har.

Ta-da!

Daddy, please.

Katie's school orchestra
Is giving a concert tonight,

And katie has a cello solo.

Und I am looking forward
To hearing it, liebling.

A solo --
Congratulations.

Ah, it's not really a solo.

I play seven notes alone

In the middle
Of "Fool on the hill."

But she does them brilliantly.

♪ bupa bupa bupa baaa ♪

What was that?

It was meant
To be the cello.

Is something wrong,
Denise?

I'm not sure, but I think
I'm gonna have a baby.

Well, of course you are.
Look at yourself.

Don't worry.
You'll know when it's time.

Aah! Ohh!
It's time.

See?
I told you she'd know.

Are you sure?

Am I sure?
Call the gym.

You mean call the hospital.
What did I say?

Call the gym.
Pete is at the gym.

I'll call.

Oh, get my suitcase.
Well, yes, but --

My suitcase
Is in pete's office.

Move it! Move it!

Is there anything
I can do?

Follow your father.
Make sure he doesn't get lost.

Good plan.

What gym?

It's either
Maury's or marty's.

It starts with an "M."

I better get
A phone book.

Ohh! Ooh!

Okay, hold it now!
Just take it easy.

Take it easy.
Everything's gonna be all right.

Now, is there anything
I can do?

Yes. Get me to the hospital.

Now? You want to go now?

Yes, no-- oh, yeah!

Okay, take it easy.

Take it easy.
Everything's under control.

My car's right outside.
You want me to drive?

There.

Sister,
Which way to maternity?

Fifth floor.
Thank you.

Hold it!
What?

We can't go upstairs
Until we've been admitted.

Well, how long
Will that take?

As long as it takes.

Uh, but this lady --
Name?

Denise downey.

And the doctor's name?

Dr. Kenderly.
We have ears.

Ah, good.

I couldn't tell.

Do we have something
We want to say?

No, sister, can we just get
The lady upstairs?

We're not going anywhere

Until we've been given
A room assignment.

Those are the rules.

Ohh!

Can we hear that?

The baby doesn't know the rules.

We don't like
That tone of voice.

I tell you what --
We get her upstairs,

I'll come back downstairs,

And then we can keep me
After school.

We'll try to locate
Dr. Kenderly.

There they are, daddy.

Denise: oh, katie.

Why are you standing around?
We're waiting to be admitted.

How long will that take?
As long as it takes.

We've located dr. Kenderly.

He'll be with us
In about minutes.

minutes?

Kid will be
In college by then.

Oh, here's our room assignment.
We're in .

That's a nice room.
The television works.

The baby will be thrilled.

No, no, wait!

What?

I can't do this without pete.

I hope the baby
Knows that.

Ah, now,

What's going on?
She's going to have the baby.

Now?
Well, that's impossible.

Everything is scheduled
For next tuesday.

Pete, honey,
It's happening today.

Yeah, but I ordered everything
For next tuesday --

The candy
And the bowl of fruit

And the balloons
That say "Welcome, karen."

Who's karen?

Well, that's the name we picked
For our little baby girl.

We didn't pick "Karen."
We picked "Sharon."

Oh, right.

That's $ worth of balloons
Down the drain.

I'll give you $.
Let's get her upstairs, here.

What floor?
What floor?

Five.

Sorry.

Wait a minute, pete!

[ elevator bell dings ]

That's all right.
We'll meet pete upstairs.

Katie,
Wait here for miss kraus.

Okay, daddy.

Bye-bye, denise!
Good luck.

Thanks.
Bye.

Katie,
Where is everybody?

Oh, they just went up
To maternity.

Oh, look at this.
Is everything all right?

Oh, denise is fine.
Pete's a basket case.

I forgot denise.

She took the other elevator.

Thank you very much.

Hey, wait a minute!

Now you know why men
Never have babies.

Why?

Because they
Are all pinheads.

Benson,
I'm kind of nervous.

Oh, don't worry
About a thing, denise.

This will be over
Before you know it.

I'm really happy
You both are here.

[ banging ]

Boy, that wasn't a very smooth
Landing, was it?

Guess we're here.

Wow, those doors
Are really slow in opening.

I wonder what's wrong
With this thing.

Wouldn't this be some time
To get stuck?

Ah.

See, we weren't stuck.

[ banging ]

Now we're stuck.

I don't believe this.
Benson, what are we gonna do?

Well, stay calm, denise.

They'll have us out of here
In no time.

Boy, these doors are shut
Tighter than a tomb.

That's an interesting choice
Of words.

Hey!

Wonder what this
Emergency button does.

Thank you for pressing
The emergency button.

You're welcome.

Should you
Require assistance,

Please pick up
The telephone.

Oh, good,
There's a telephone.

You will find it located

Immediately adjacent
To the car's controls,

Behind the panel
Marked "Emergency phone."

I got it. I just can't...
Can't get it open.

Thank you for pressing
The emergency button.

[ grunting ]

Should you
Require assistance,

Please pick up
The telephone.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You will find it
Located...

I got the panel! I can't find it
If it won't open!

How do you open
The dadgum thing?!

Huh?!

Hey!

Ah. Here we go.

Do you need some change?

No. It's buzzing.

Hello?
Oh, hey, hey!

Listen, we're stuck up here

On the fourth, fifth floor
Somewhere, and we need help.

Yeah, can you --
Who is this?

Pete?

Uh-huh.

I see.

Okay, well, uh...

I'll talk to you later.

Well, what is it?
What is it?

Well, the good news is that
Pete knows we need help.

All right.

And the bad news is that pete's
Stuck in the other elevator.

Oh, no!

Oh.

[ breathing rapidly ]

Excuse me,
But we need help.

I think these elevators
Are stuck.

Do I look like
Sister goodwrench?

Use the stairs.

You don't understand.

There are people
On those elevators.

Ja, pregnant people.

Stay calm, girls.
We'll call maintenance.

Don't worry
About a thing, katie.

I'm in charge now.
I'll take care of everything.

[ coughing ]
You smell like a horse.

I came as soon as I heard.
Where is he, miss kraus?

Who?
The governor.

Oh, well, I think a part of him

Is on the fifth floor
Und part on the fourth floor.

Ohh! Oh!

It's worse than I thought.

Clayton,
What are you talking about?

The governor --
When I called the mansion,

They told me the governor
Had been rushed to the hospital.

No, no, no.
Denise went into labor.

You mean
The governor's not here?

Well, ja, he's here,

But he's stuck in the elevator
With denise und benson.

And pete's stuck
In the other elevator.

That's it?

Isn't that enough?

Maintenance is on their way.

On the verge of victory --
I left the match for nothing.

This really ruins my day.

You know something,
Clayton?

Nobody cares.

Maybe nobody knows
We're stuck.

Governor, we've been
In this elevator minutes.

Surely, in all that time,

Somebody has tried at least once
To use the elevator.

You're getting cranky.
You know that, benson?

Would you like me to leave?

Ohh! Oh.

What's the matter?
Are you all right, denise?

What do you think?!

Benson, please.

Maybe you should get up here
On this table.

No.

Oh, yeah. Yes.

You guys, bad idea!

Get me up!

[ breathing heavily ]

Oh, this is not good.

I need
To walk around a bit.

Walk around?
This is an elevator!

I'll take little steps.

Oh, yeah. Better.

Okay.

Benson,
Can I see you a minute?

I've noticed that denise is
Getting a little irritable.

That usually means

That the woman's
Getting ready to deliver.

And you called me
All the way over here

To tell me that, huh?

[ buzzing ]

I'll get it.

Hello.

Oh, it's for you,
Denise.

Oh. Hello?

Hi, honey.
How you doing?

Yeah, calm down.

I know
It was a stupid question.

How are your contractions?

Two minutes?!

Oh, calm down, pete.
Calm down.

It's not gonna help
If you get hysterical.

What? What?

Gee, I don't know --
I guess if it comes to that,

Benson and the governor
Can do it.

Do what? Do what?

Pete, I'm not going to ask them
To close their eyes.

Benson.

What?

Have you ever
Delivered anything?

The mail.

I delivered
Some puppies one time.

Good,
Then you got the job.

I love you, too, honey.
[ smooch ]

Oh, pete,
I'm gonna hang up now

Because I'm about
To have a contraction.

Oh, boy!

Ohh, ohh!

Actually, you should do it,
Benson. She's your secretary.

Don't touch me!

Whoa,
That was some humdinger.

It won't be long now.

Oh, my goodness!

Whoo! Ohh!

All right, okay!

You -- get those sheets!

You -- get up on that table!

Okay.

Get some privacy here.

Up you go. Here we go.

Okay, let's hook this up,
And we'll get some privacy.

Oh, here. Here.

Haven't they got
Those elevators running yet?

They've only been at it
A few minutes, dear.

I'm sure they're working
As fast as they can.

Good evening, sister.
I'm dr. Kenderly.

Can you tell me what room
Mrs. Downey is in?

She's not in a room.
She's stuck in an elevator!

No, you're kidding.
Is that right?

We're afraid so, doctor.

Well, let me know as soon
As they're fixed.

I'm gonna get
A cup of coffee.

Uh-ba-ba-ba.
Just a moment, doctor.

I think you should be aware

That the governor is also
Stuck in that elevator.

Well, there's nothing
That I can do for him

Unless you're soliciting
For campaign funds.

Soliciting?
Do you have any idea who I am?

Judging from your outfit,

I'd say you're a very tall
Lawn jockey.

Where is thakid going?!

I'm gonna give him
A piece of my mind.

My dad must be
A nervous wreck.

Well, don't worry, katie --
I'm sure your father

Is perfectly capable
Of handling this situation.

Are you kidding?

He tried to help our dog
Deliver puppies and he fainted.

Everything's set up.

I just hope we can get
Out of this elevator

Before we have
To do anything.

Benson, I have
A confession to make.

Hmm?

Remember those puppies
I delivered?

Yeah.

After the first one,
I fainted.

Don't worry about it.

She ain't going to have
But one baby.

[ buzzing ]

Yeah.

How's she doing?
We're getting
Pretty close here.

Okay.
Tell her to start her breathing.

She is breathing, pete.

No, she can't come
To the phone right now.

Tell her, uh...
Tell her, uh...

Tell her good luck.

And, uh...I love her.

Denise.

Pete says good luck
And he loves you.

Tell him
He's the most wonderful thing

That ever happened to me.

She's delirious.

She says that you're
The most wonderful thing

That's ever happened
To her.

And I wish he was here...

And she wishes
You were here.

...So I could kiss his cute
Little bunny-wabbit face.

She says thanks so much
For calling,

Goodbye, and good luck.

So, how you doing, denise?

[ groaning ]

Benson, maybe you better
Go check on her.
I just checked her.

Good. Then you'll know
If there's been any change.

[ buzzing ]

Hello.

What is this?
There's no dr. Kenderly here.

I think you've got
The wrong elevator.

No, no!
That's my doctor!

Oh.
That's her doctor.

Tell him what's going on.

What's going on?

Well, we just got
The phones fixed.

Well, apparently
They'd been miswired.

Now, look, how far apart
Are denise's contractions?

Oh, boy.

Look, the elevators
Aren't gonna be working

For about another half-hour,

So you'll have to deliver
The baby.

Hello?

Denise: benson?
What was that?

What?
I don't know.

I'm okay.

We are gonna have
To deliver that baby.

What?

Uh, look, doc, talk fast.
We don't have much time.

Stay calm.
We can do this together.

Now, I'll give you
Some general information first,

And then I'm going to talk you
Through the specifics.

Uh-huh, uh-huh.

Well, how do I do that?

Should I take off my watch?

Denise:
Ooh, benson!

Okay, here.
Tell me what the doc says.

Uh, hi, I'm back.

Here, hold it.
Here, take my watch.

Well, uh,
Denise called benson,

And then he gave me
His watch to hold.

Uh-huh.

Oh, he says to push
With the contractions.

Push what?

Denise to push
With the contractions.

I am! I am!

She's pushing!

And he says to let him know
When you see the head.

Oh!

I see the head.

I see the head!
What's next?!

I imagine the shoulders.

What do I do next?!

Oh, what's next?

Uh-huh.

Oh, well, that's
Very different from puppies.

Come on, come on!

Come on, denise!
Oh.

Come on, push!

Uh, doc, there's a lot
Of noise here,

And I'm not sure
That I understand.

Push! Good!
Yeah, come on, come on, push!

Come on, come on, push!

Oh, my god! Ha ha!
Push! Push!

[ baby crying ]

It's a boy!

Are you sure?

Unless they've changed
The body style for ',

You've got a son!

[ baby crying ]
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