05x24 - Seeing Is Believing

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♪

♪ ♪

♪ The new boy
in the neighborhood ♪

♪ lives down stairs
and it's understood ♪

♪ He's there
just to take good care of me ♪

♪ like he's one of the family ♪

♪ Charles in charge
of our days and our nights ♪

♪ Charles in charge
of our wrongs and our rights
and I see ♪

♪ I want
Charles in charge of me ♪

♪ Charles in charge of our days
and our nights ♪

♪ Charles in charge
of our wrongs and our rights
and I see ♪

♪ I want, I want
Charles in charge of me ♪ ♪

Ha, there! I did it.
I love being me.

Charles, I have a problem.

Well, lay it on me, Sarah.
Problem solving is my business.

If I could fill out this
application to Princeton,

I can do anything.
- Somebody has to pick up

Mom's birthday cake before
five o'clock.

Well, that's no problem. I have
to pick up my transcripts
at the college,

I can pick up the
cake on the way.

Oh, thanks. But, be careful
with it. It's Mom's favorite,

Strawberry Bavarian Cream,
and it's very delicate.

You're telling me to be
careful? Me, the master.

Huh-huh, you're so silly.

Charles, I have a problem.

Well, lay it on me, pal.
Have a seat.

Charles, Sarah wants me to
clean the house for Mom's
birthday party.

I mean,
cleaning house is woman's work.

Adam, there's no such thing
as woman's work.

I'll remind you of that when
you have your first baby.

Why can't Jamie clean the house?

Adam, we're all doing
our own share!

Jamie's job is to pick
up Mom's gift at the mall,

Charles' job is to get the cake,
and your job is to clean
the house.

Well, what's your job?

My job is to rip your eyebrows
off if you don't do your job.
Move it!

Charles, Charles, I have a
problem. Mr. Powell gave me

fifty dollars to hire a clown
for Mrs. Powell's birthday
party, but I can't find

a fifty dollar clown.
Nobody wants to make a fool

out of themselves
for fifty dollars!

Really? Some people I know
do it for nothing.

Well, I got everything.
I've got party hats,

I've got favors, I've even got
a Pin-The-Tail-On-The-Donkey
game!

Oh, Grampa, that game
is for children.

You're mother used to be a
child, she'll love these games!

Lembeck, did you hire a clown?

No, sir. All the guys I talked
to wanted a hundred dollars,

and I refuse to squander your
money! I don't know who those

clowns think they're
dealing with.

Mom's coming!
- I'd better hide these!

Now remember, don't say
anything about today being
Mom's birthday.

Good morning, everybody, this
is a very special day!

Yeah, no it's not! It's just an
average day, probably
below average.

Well, it's special to me.
I have an offer coming in

on a house, which means
I'll probably be late
getting home tonight.

No, no, you can't be late! You
have to be home by six o'clock!

For dinner.

Well, sweetheart, this might
mean a very big commission
for me,

but I'll try to be home by
six, okay? See you all later.

[Charles]: Bye!

I've been planning a surprise
party for a week, what if Mom
doesn't get home by six?

Sarah, will you relax, she will
be here.

Well, I better go pick up
Mom's gift.

Don't forget the cake, Charles.
- Okay.

Charles, why did you tell
Mr. Powell that I'd hire
a college student?

I can't find a college
student who's a clown!

Why not? I did.

Oh, can you hold that door for
me, please?

Thanks, that door
could've crushed my
strawberries.

Uh, I mean, the
strawberries on my
birthday cake.

Oh, Happy Birthday!

Oh, oh, it's not my birthday,
its uh, Mrs. Powell,

the woman I live with.

I mean, the woman's house that
I live in.

I mean, I take care of her
kids. My name is Charles.

[crash]

Hi, Charles, I'm Kelly Morgan.

Oh, well, it's very nice
holding you.

I mean, meeting you.

The elevator's stopped.

Lights went out.
- Oh, you're kidding.

Oh, I guess that was pretty
obvious, huh.

Oh, good,
the emergency generator

just kicked on.
Oh, I did it again,

I'm sorry, I can't help myself.

Oh it's okay, I enjoy having a
running commentary on my life.

Oh, please,
this is not happening.
Hello?! Hello?!

Charles, relax, I'm sure that
the security guard is gonna
find us soon.

No, no they won't. It's after
five o'clock, he's gone.

Nobody will ever find us.
Oh, why does this have to

happen to me all the time?
I can't, you know,

I have to get this birthday
cake to Mrs. Powell's house

at six o'clock, and where am I?

I'm stuck in an elevator with
you. You know what this means?

I guess it means you're in
trouble.

Well, either that or I'm the
luckiest guy in the world.

It could go either way.

What are we gonna do?

Mom's
gonna be home any minute now

and Charles isn't even here
with the cake.

[doorbell]
Maybe that's Charles!

Hi, boys and girls!

I'm Buddo The Clown!
Yuk yuk ha ha, yuk
yuk ha ha!

Hi, Buddy, Mom's not home yet.

How did you know it was me?
Ahhh!

What's wrong!

I'm afraid of clowns.

A circus clown scared me
when I was little and I never

got over it.
[Ellen]: Hello, everybody!

Mom's home, hide the clown!
- Clown, ahhh!

Hi, kids.

Mom, we didn't expect you home
so early.

Well, you asked me to come
home early.

Right, right, so you could rest
after a hard day at work.

You know, why don't you just go
upstairs and relax?

Well, oh, okay.

Okay, come on, we'll help you
upstairs.

That was terrifying! If there's
one thing I fear more than

being locked in a closet, it's
being locked in a closet

with a clown!
Ahhh!

Then, after I finish my post
graduate work, I will be a full
fledged teacher.

You're kidding, I'm gonna be a
teacher too!

Really? Get out of here.
This is amazing, you know,

we've been locked in this
elevator for less than an hour

and we've already found 73
things that we have in common.

Actually it's been over an
hour. It must be at least seven
o'clock by now.

Seven o'clock? Oh, no,
the party starts at six,

I gotta
get outta here.

Charles, Charles, we're stuck
in here together until the
power comes on.

Why don't we just try to make
the most of it?

Oh, that's the best idea I've
heard all day.

Listen, when we get out of
here,

would you, uh, would you like
to go to a birthday party
with me?

I'd love to. If I haven't
staved to death by then.

I could go for a steak right
now, but I'd settle for a piece
of bread.

What was it that Marie
Antoinette said,

when she was told the peasants
didn't have any bread?

I believe she said,
"Let them eat cake".

I can't believe Charles would
let us down like this.

[doorbell]
He didn't, there he is now!

Hi, boys and girls, I'm Buddo
The Clown! Yuk yuk ha ha,

yuk yuk...
[squeak squeak]

Relax, Buddy. I hate to see a
grown clown cry,

but Charles
isn't back with the cake yet.

[Ellen]: Oh, kids, I'm sorry,
I won't be able to be here for
dinner tonight after all.

I called my office, I have to
go back to work. Someone wants
to look at a house.

Well, what time will you
be home?

Oh, I'm not sure,
I'll call you later.

Great, no Mom, no Charles,
no cake, no party!

Let's go tell Grampa.

[Buddy]: H-help me! H-help me!

They'll never believe me.

Sorry I couldn't make it to
your party, Mrs. Powell, but,

I was stuck in an elevator with
a beautiful woman.

Oh, by the way, I ate
your birthday cake too.

I know, but it was good.
I love strawberries.

Me too. That's something else
that we have in common.

If you're not busy tomorrow,

would you like to meet me at my
mom's diner,

around two o'clock?
It's called the Yesterday Cafe.

Sure, I know right where it is.

Great, and uh, you uh,

you going to the dance
Friday night?

I mean, will you go,
with me?

I'd love to, but on one
condition. You come with me

to the symphony on Saturday.
- Mmm.

You do like the symphony,
don't you?

Oh, of course,
I love the symphony.
The symphony is my life!

It's a date, it's a lot
of dates!
Oh, great, thank you,

thanks, the lights went out
again!
Don't panic, don't panic

I have matches,
and I have candles.

All right, there,
you okay now?

Sure, I'm not afraid
of the dark.

Oh, well, in that case, uh,

why don't we blow out the candle
and make a wish?

What did you wish for?

Truth?

I, uh, just wish that I could
see my father again.

That's exactly what I
wished for.

Oh, oh great! Lights are on,
we're moving! All right,

get ready, Kelly, because I am
going to take you to a great
birthday party.

Okay, but first I have to call
my dad, he's planning on
picking me up.

What, I thought you said your
father was dead.

No.
I just said I wished
I could see him again.

Kids, it doesn't look like
your mother's gonna get here.

I think we better pack it in,
huh?

Now, wait a minute, Mr. Powell,
I say we have the party anyway!

Walter, Buddy is right!

Instead of just sitting around
here let's go have some fun.

Well, I suppose it wouldn't
hurt.

I'll go make some
sandwiches and fruit punch.

We'll help, come on girls!

Great, hurry on back
and we'll play

Pin-The-Tail-On-The-Donkey.
Come on Adam!

Thanks, Buddy, but isn't that
a stupid, dopey, moronic,
kid's game?

No, it's a lot of fun.
See,
first we put the blindfold on,

then we give you the tail with
the pin, spin you 'round

and 'round,
then you put it where
you think it belongs!

Adam, watch it!

Charles, Charles, I'm sorry.

I'm blind as a bat
when I can't see.

You didn't mean that, Adam.

Um, Adam, Buddy, this is uh,
this is Kelly Morgan.

She's bl...
She's uh, she's blonde.

Hi, Kelly!

You're just in time
for the party.
We're gonna play

Pin-The-Tail-On-The-Donkey.

And then we're gonna play a
good game of Blind-Man's-Bluff!
- Buddy.

Ellen, oh Charles, its you,
finally.

Yes, sir.
Um, this-this is Kelly Morgan.

Oh, oh.
- Hi.

Hi, it's nice
to have you here, Kelly.
Welcome to our happy home.

Where have you been?

Oh, oh, oh, Charles and I were
stuck in a stalled elevator,

Mr. Powell, and Charles was
absolutely frantic, but when he

told me what a sensitive,
intelligent man you were

I knew you'd understand.
- Oh, well, heh-heh-heh-heh.

Luckily for you Charles, Ellen
had to work late tonight

but everyone else is here.
We're out in the kitchen
making refreshments.

May I help?
- Oh, no you may not,

but you can come watch us.
- I'd love to.

Adam, come help your sister
make fruit punch.

Oh, how could you suggest those
games to Kelly?
She's blind.

Oh, I'm sorry, Charles.
I-I couldn't tell.

Yeah, neither could I.
That's my problem, Buddy,
I made a mistake.

It was dark in the elevator
and, now I have three dates

with a person who has no
idea what I look like.

Well, that's great!

Now you don't have to worry
about what you should wear!

Life is really simple for you
isn't it?

Yes, it's very simple because
my conscience is clear.

And when I look in the mirror,
I like the guy I see.

Ahhh!

[Charles]: Hi, Kelly.
- Hi, Charles.

Um, look, I'm not, I'm not
going to be able to stay,

you see, uh, I have a lot of
homework that I hadn't planned
on, so...

I see.
Hey, I can relate to
homework um, gosh, if you got

so much homework maybe...

maybe we should forget about
the dance on Friday night.

Maybe you're right.

And um, you'll probably need
the weekend for work, so maybe

we should forget about the
concert on Saturday.

Sure you don't mind?

No, it's okay Charles, really.
I understand, completely.

Well, if the situation changes,
I'll call you, okay?

Okay, you do that, Charles.
Bye.

Hey, thanks for getting
the door.

Couldn't help but notice
Kelly leaving.

It was a short date.

It's a broken date.

Actually she broke all the
dates with me.

Oh, well why?

Cause she knew that's what I
wanted, Buddy.

She was trying
to make it easy for me.

Oh, well that's too bad.
She's a nice girl.

Kinda makes me wonder which one
of you is really blind.

You solved your problem,
didn't you, Charles?

You're real good at that.

Charles, who you talking to?

Some insensitive airhead.
- Oh, Buddy's here?

No, I was talking to myself.
- Oh, listen sweetheart,

I was going through a closet
and I found some things of your

father's that I thought
you might like to have.

Thanks, Mom.

You know, there's just old
photographs, and some letters,

you know, things like that.
So, how's everything with Kelly?

Oh, Mom, I-I-I stopped seeing
her you know,

and now I feel guilty.
I don't know what to do.

There's a guy, now he could
give you the right advice.

I want you to talk to your son,
my love.

Listen, you just talk to your
father, okay?

Now, it may seem a little
strange, but it's not half

as strange as talking
to yourself.
I love you.

Love you too, Ma.

Hi, Dad.
Looks like it's me and you.

See, the thing is, I really
like Kelly you know,

but I just don't know how to
talk to her.

Now I know I talk to her
in the elevator but...

it was dark in there so we were
both like in the same boat,

you know?
It was different when
the lights came on.

Why is it different?
Well, it's different because

the lights didn't come on
for her.

It really bothers me Dad,
and it bothers me

that it bothers me, you know?

I mean, how can I communicate
with somebody who can't see me?

I mean, how can she...
if she can't see
the look in my eyes

or the expression on my face,
how can she tell

how I really feel about what
I'm saying?

I know I'm talking to
you and I can't see you but...

but it's not the same thing
because actually I can see you

and, I know you can see me.

I see you and I see you just as
clearly as if you were here...

...and I'm talking to you.

Dad, you're right.
I see you...

...the same way
that Kelly sees me.

People don't have to see each
other with their eyes,

they can see each other with
their hearts.

Hey, hey, Charles, good news.
Mrs. Powell's gonna be home

tonight, so we're gonna have
the party after all.

Perfect, Buddy.
This is perfect
because I'm bringing a date.

Oh great, is it someone you
know or is it a blind date?

Both.

Thanks, Dad.
I'll talk to you later.

Well look, now that we've
established that I'm a complete

idiot, maybe I should tell you
what I look like.

Oh, I know
exactly what you look like.
You're six foot two,

a hundred and ninety pounds
of solid muscle, with the face

and the body of a greek god.

That's incredible!

You hit it right on the nose.

Let me tell you what you
look like.

You look like heaven.

Mom just drove up, get ready!

Isn't this fun, Charles?

Shhh.

[everyone]:
Surprise!

When you didn't say anything
yesterday I thought you had
forgotten!

Are you kidding?
We've been planning this
for a week.

Yeah, Mrs. Powell, and we got
a lot of dandy games like

Pin-The-Tail-On-The-Donkey.
- Come on, Lembeck.

Let's set it up!

Oww, Lembeck! What's the matter
with you?

You're not even
blindfolded.

Well, of course I'm not
blindfolded, Mr. Powell.

If I was I might've missed you!

This is so wonderful.
They won't even let me
do the dishes.

Oh, that was such a nice party,
wasn't it?
Thank you all

for the good times
and the lovely gifts!

Oh, Mrs. Powell, there's one
more gift.

Oh, thank you, Kelly.
Oh, I wonder what it is.
Oh...

It's...
It's really lovely.

What is it?

What do you mean,
"what is it", Adam?
It's a sweater.

It's a very nicely knitted
sweater, it's a...

beautiful sweater, Kelly.
- Great.

Is it?

Hey, I see you opened up
my gift!

Hope you like it Mrs. Powell,
I knitted it myself!

Oh, thank you, Buddy!

♪ ♪

♪ Charles in charge of our days
and our nights ♪

♪ Charles in charge
of our wrongs and our rights
and I see ♪

♪ I want, I want
Charles in charge of me ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪ ♪