09x08 - Tea for Three

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Why don't we put it right over here, Rob?

Okay.

Hey, what's that doing out here?

There's no room for it in our room.

Have you ever seen how much space three bassinets take up?

What are you going to do when you want a pair of drawers?

Come out here on what's practically a public sidewalk?

I guess so, until we get it all figured out.

Well, after all, Charley, we didn't expect three babies.

Well, I guess we better get over and pick
up Katie and the boys, huh?

And the boys.

I still can't get used to it.

Yeah, and neither can anybody else.

Let's see what you did with your room, huh?

Well, pretty nice, huh?

Are you sure you got enough diapers?

Katie asked him at the hospital how many
she'd need, and that's it.

Well, you know, I'd kind of forgotten
about that sort of thing, and I checked

with a public library, and the hospital
was even a little conservative.

Say, uh, how about the flowers for the room?

Well, Chip and Ernie are bringing them up.

Hey, where's the movie camera?

Uncle Charley, it'll be all we can do just
to bring Katie and the babies home.

Yeah, well, ten years from now,
you'll be screaming like an eagle because

you haven't got pictures of the kids when they were babies.

Look, now, I got the film.

Where's the movie camera?

I think it's in the downstairs closet.

That's what I asked you in the first place.

You know, Dad, I sort of had a picture of how it would be
when I brought my wife home from the hospital with her baby.

This is turning into a circus.

I know, Ron.

But, of course, you didn't have three
babies in your picture, did you?

Yeah, that's what I mean.

Uncle Charley said he wants these flowers
around the room for when Katie gets home.

Yeah, I'll take this one.

Thanks.

I'll put this over here.

I think those look the best.

Yeah.

Hey, by the way, shouldn't we get going?

We?

Uh, we'll be right down in a minute, fellas.

Thanks for bringing up the flowers.

Okay.

Dad, if Chip and Ernie and Uncle Charley
and you and I show up at the hospital,

we'll run into Katie's mother and maybe
her grandmother and that weird aunt of hers.

It'll be an army.

Yeah.

Of course, the boys are very excited
about the triplets, but maybe you're right, Rob.

I'll, uh...

I'll explain it to them and have them stay home.

Wait a minute, Dad.

I guess I should be pleased that they want to come.

It's just that, uh... Rob, one baby is a special
thing, but when three of them come into the world

at the same time, it's something really special.

You just might as well get used to it.

You're going to be asked the same
questions over and over and you're going

to have to smile and give the same answers over and over.

It's almost as if you and Katie have to share the babies.

When something tells me, you'll be very proud.

I guess so.

You know, Dad, you always seem to have the right answers.

Well, I read a lot.

Oh,

I wonder whose babies they are.

Well, that one says Douglas and that...

Hey, they're triplets.

Triplets are usually born prematurely.

These were... Born a little early.

Are they yours?

No, no, no.

I'm just...

Just the grandfather.

We're taking them home today.

Oh, congratulations.

What are the names?

Oh, the parents haven't gotten around to naming them yet.

Excuse me.

Well, Katie, you're all set to leave, huh?

Sure am.

Well, I'll go get the car and meet you all downstairs.

Good.

Oh, say, you should have seen the crowd around the boys.

It's a viewing room.

What did they say about them?

Well, why should we care what they say?

They're our babies, and they're not on display like
something in a zoo just because there are three of them.

You're absolutely right.

What did they say about them?

Well, the babies are coming in a moment, Mrs. Douglas.

Good.

Well, here you are.

Can you make it?

Oh, sure.

Yeah?

I got you.

Okay.

Here.

There.

Lift your foot, and I'll put this step down.

Good.

All right?

Fine.

Give me two, and, Rob, you take one.

Aren't you beautiful?

Oh, there you are.

Good.

Come on.

Oh, Dad.

Hello.

Well, aren't you the handsome boy?

Hello there.

Hello there.

Hello.

Well.

Uh, Dad, why don't you... Oh,
Rob, I'm sure it's a hospital rule.

Fathers before grandfathers.

Yes.

Hi, there.

Which one do you have?

How do I know, honey?

The wrinkly one.

That one is Robert.

That one is Charles.

Oh, you've, uh, you've named them already, huh?

And that one is Stephen.

Stephen, huh?

Yeah, we named them for you, Dad.

Well, uh, here, look there.

Uh, Granddad, hold you a minute, huh?

I got him.

Well.

Hiya, Steve.

Hi there, Steve.

Big wave for an uncle.

Come on.

You got the baby already?

Yeah.

Oh, you don't come up here.

I got it.

Yeah, Ernie, you're not too close, okay?

We've got to watch the germ bit.

Come on, not so fast.

Ernie, please.

This is our first baby, Miss.

Shouldn't my wife be lying down somewhere?

I sent for an order.

Really, Mr. Webster?

But how long will it take?

Just a few minutes.

Don't worry.

Your wife will be fine.

She says she'll be fine.

Get outside now.

Take it easy, will you?

Because I've got no chance of you talking to me like that.

Hey, come on.

That's all I'm getting.

In the back of your head.

Ernie, please.

Uncle Charley, there's a lot of germs in that camera.

Stay back a little bit.

That's the chair, Charley.

You can go on, right?

That's all I'm getting.

Give my picture with them.

All right.

What was all that?

Mrs. Douglas is going home today.

She had triplets.

Triplets?

Funny you wouldn't.

It's been quite a day.

Yeah, I don't suppose there'll be another
day quite like it, Charley.

I hope not.

Do you realize if this happens again, there'll be
six kids running around here in less than two years?

Well, of course, the chances of that are pretty remote.

Doesn't Robbie strike you as just a little
bit touchy about the whole thing?

Well, Charley, I suppose the responsibility
is just a little more than he planned on.

I don't mean responsibility.

I mean touchy.

He acts like he's sore because people want
to hear about the babies.

Well, after all, they are his babies.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

That does it, huh?

Oh, Steve.

Did you notice they named one of the kids Charles?

Yeah, I noticed that.

Yeah?

Well, how about that?

Yeah, how about that?

Good night, Charlie.

Good night.

Oh, Steve.

Did you notice that little Charlie is the
biggest of the three?

Yeah, I noticed that, too.

Yeah?

Well, good night.

Good night, Charlie.

I still don't believe it.

You don't believe it?

I believe it.

You know, we'll be taking them for walks in a few days.

Yeah.

Everybody will be looking into the carriage.

What's wrong with that?

I'm proud of them.

So am I.

That's the whole point.

They're three boys.

They're not something you sell tickets to.

Well, people don't mean it that way.

Well, maybe not, but...

Well, they act like they're looking at
something in the zoo.

My three...

Our three boys are individuals.

They're brothers, and that's the way they
should be treated.

I'm sorry.

I guess I'm still adjusting.

Oh, keep it up.

I love the sound of my husband talking like a father.

Good night.

Good night.

Katie.

What is it?

Are you sure they're all breathing?

Hey, that's Charlie crying.

I don't know.

It sounds a little like Steve to me.

There we go.

Yeah.

Why are they crying?

Yeah, what's the matter?

What's the problem?

I don't know.

This one woke up and started the others going.

It was like a chain reaction.

Here, I'll take little Steve.

Take him down to the warmest spot.

And I'll take little Charlie.

Well, that was fast.

Which one did they leave you?

Well, I don't know how they did it.

They have the right ones.

This is Rob.

Oh, yeah.

Here, I'll take him, honey.

Might as well join the others.

Here we are.

You'll be all right.

Is it okay?

Don't worry about me.

I'm just the mother.

Do you believe this, honey?

Yeah, not quite.

Isn't life weird?

I know I don't sound very profound or anything.

Do you realize that two years ago I didn't
even know you existed?

Well, you sure know it now.

Honey, I know what you mean.

Here we are.

The sun is shining.

The birds are singing.

We're pushing our own babies down the street in a carriage.

Will it always be like this, do you think?

Well, they say that nothing ever stays the same.

But I'm going to fight them.

Laura, triplets.

Aren't they darling?

How old are they?

Just a few weeks.

What are their names?

This one is Robert Junior and Charles and Stephen.

How in the world do you tell them apart?

Ladies, excuse me.

We have to be going.

Oh, yes, of course.

Goodbye.

Bye-bye.

What's so wrong about that, honey?

We're not putting on a sideshow, Katie.

We just want to take the boys for a walk.

Hi, Dad.

Hi, Rob.

Hello.

Everything all right?

Wonderful.

People are so enthused when they see the boys.

Yeah, but always the same questions.

How old are they?

What are their names?

How do you tell them apart?

Well, I guess you'd use a little help there, huh?

Yeah, thanks, Dad.

Honey, you go ahead and go upstairs and get some rest.

We'll take care of it.

Yeah, I got you.

Okay.

I can take them down.

All right.

Here's Rob.

Okay.

Yeah.

Hey, you know they're getting heavier?

Yeah.

Yeah, they're getting older.

Ha, ha, ha.

Get in there.

Hi, Mr. O'Casey.

Hi.

My mother wants to know if she can finally
see the triplets.

I just couldn't wait any longer, Mr. O'Casey.

Uh, is this a bad time?

Heck no.

Robbie's getting dressed for work.

I'll just holler upstairs.

That way you won't catch him running
around in his under drawers.

Hey, Dan and Gordon's coming up.

They're looking at the boys.

Come on.

Oh, thanks.

First door to the right.

Thank you very much.

We might as well sell tickets.

Oh, honey.

Now, she lives right next door, and she's been so
understanding about not coming to see the boys.

If it was one baby, they'd wait six months.

But with triplets...

Hi.

Hi, Kimmy.

Come on in.

Hi, Robbie.

Hi.

Oh, there they are.

Oh, my.

Aren't they?

Adorable.

Oh, how in the world do you ever tell them apart, Katie?

Well, it's not easy.

What's their name?

Um, that's Rob Junior.

Dallas, Katie went to school with.

Well, they're fighting and whispers.

Still say that was a rude thing to do in
front of my sorority sisters.

You do not put my sons on exhibition after nine O'clock.

That's one of the new rules we have here at the zoo.

I'll show my sons off to anyone who's
interested any time I please.

Please.

Katie Douglas, I'm going to take a long
walk before I whisper something I'll regret.

Dad?

Come in, Kate.

I just thought of somewhere else to be.

Oh, we had a fight.

Yes, I know where Charley told me.

Katie, Rob's a pretty tired boy, if that helps any.

I know.

He's trying to go to school and work,
be a father and a husband.

Dad, I just hate myself when I make him angry.

But he hates it when people make a fuss
over the babies, and I love it.

I know some of what he thinks.

Katie, he wants your sons to be three
little boys, not a club of babies.

Three individuals.

I know.

You know, he says pretty funny things when he's angry.

He said that from now on there are going
to be new rules here at the zoo.

And he told my sorority sisters that the way we can
tell our babies apart is by painting numbers on their feet.

Well, Kate, it looks like the fight's over.

At least, you're half of it.

I guess so.

I sure hope he doesn't get cold out there
walking around this time of night.

You'll be all right.

Yeah, that sounds like little Charley.

I think he's hungry.

Well, he's liable to wake Steve up.

Would you excuse me, please?

That's got to be Steve yelling.

Now, shut him up before he wakes up Charley.

I'll warm the milk.

We got there just in time.

Little Charley was just getting ready to holler.

Why don't we leave the babies up here and
bring the bottles up to where the babies are?

Oh, as long as they're awake, we might
as well give them a change of scenery, huh?

Yeah.

How long can they stare at a patch of ceiling?

Katie, I...

Honey, I'm sorry.

Oh, no, darling, it was my fault.

No.

It wasn't me.

I blew my tongue.

Hey, quiet, quiet.

You'll wake up little Charley.

Coo-coo-Lee-coo.

Oh, that's not Charley.

Huh?

No.

Oh, this one's Charley.

Yeah.

Hi, Charley.

Honey, I have Rob.

Dad has Steve.

You're trying to tell me I don't know my own grandson?

Well, the others are your grandsons, too, Dad.

I'm telling you, this one's Charley.

Yeah, I think he's right.

This one is little Steve.

No, that's Rob.

Rob, that is Rob.

Yeah, I just made it up.

Hey, come on, give me a little Charley.

Come on, give me a little Charley.

Go.

Charley, you know I... Googly-goo-goo-goo-goo.

You mixed up, didn't I?

Now, you wake up and take your bottle, okay?

Oh, Charley, I'll take your bottle.

Oh.

Come on, wake up.

Good morning, Dad.

Oh, good morning, Katie.

Well, I guess I'm not back to full strength yet.

I just this minute woke up.

Well, good.

That's what weekends are for, to sleep in.

Rob's out with the boys, giving them a buggy ride.

Oh, good.

Dad?

Uh-huh?

Would you answer something honestly?

Well, sure, what?

Well, you've never taken the babies out in their carriage.

Is there any reason?

Oh, no, it's just that, well, they're your
babies, yours and Rob's, and... Oh, I know.

But they're yours, too.

Good morning, honey.

Oh, good morning.

Say, I thought you said that checker down
at the market was a friend of yours.

Well, she is.

What happened?

Well, I walked the carriage right by her,
and she hardly looked at the boys.

I thought that's what you wanted.

Well, I do, but, honey, it's a matter of being civil.

I mean, after all, it's not every day you see triplets.

Say, Dad, would you mind doing a favor for me?

Well, it all depends, Rob.

What is it?

Well, Dr. Osborne likes the boys to get out a lot on
nice days like this, and I have some homework to do.

Would you finish their walk for me?

Well, sure.

Sure, I'd be glad to, Rob.

Work on this later.

This is a nice day, isn't it?

Yeah.

Well, then, you've got a new driver.

See you later.

Sorry it's so wide.

It's a job to walk in.