09x12 - Expendable Katie

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Thank.

You for watching.

Take your time.

I gotta put these groceries away before I can start dinner.

Hey, is that stuff any good?

Well, I know three satisfied customers.

That's nice.

Because if the price of groceries keep
going up, we might all be on formula.

Uncle Charley, is it okay with you if we
practice here this weekend?

What's the matter with the place where
you've been practicing?

Ricky's mother's having her family room painted.

She's having it sound so, too.

Hmm, it's okay with me.

Katie can stand for it.

Oh, no, I don't mind.

Hey, is it okay if Ricky spends the weekend?

I think I hear somebody crying.

How come you're asking before you do
something for a change?

Dad said I had to.

Uncle Charley, Dad said to ask you if
George and Jim could spend Friday night.

I hate to lose your business, Alice,
but we just booked our last bed.

Ricky's coming over.

Uncle Charley said he could.

Well, that's okay.

We're going to get up early Saturday
morning and go hiking anyway.

Well, they can bring their sleeping bags
and sleep in the living room.

Now, there's a nice, sensible arrangement.

Thanks, Uncle Charley.

I'll go call Ricky.

When did you start having leftovers?

Since they started teething.

Their gums are so swollen they can't eat,
and then they're too hungry to sleep.

Which one is that?

Steve.

Thought I'd try him on some orange juice.

Oh, as long as you're going upstairs,
you might as well take these.

Yeah, might as well.

That's a weird place to sit.

You'd get run over or something.

Hey, Katie, Uncle Charley said he found
that science book I needed.

Where is it?

Thanks.

Man, I'm beat.

How much sleep do you think we got last night?

Maybe three hours.

How long does it take to cut teeth?

Well, the book says it varies with each
child, but off and on for months.

Months?

I'm not so sure I can make it.

Remember the old book?

It's a little joke.

They've never lost a father.

Maybe not a father of one.

But when one of ours starts crying,
he wakes up the other two.

I'd like to see the statistics on fathers of triplets.

Maybe we're better off not knowing.

You got a point.

Have I got a clean work shirt?

In the middle drawer.

Hi, Katie.

Hi, Dad.

I heard one of the babies crying.

Need any help?

Thanks.

They're fine now.

I'm sorry if they woke you.

Oh, that's all right.

I go right back to sleep.

You mean Robbie slept through all that noise?

He's so tired he could sleep hanging on a coat hanger.

He usually helps me, though.

Can't be any more tired than you.

You get back in bed.

Dad.

Go on.

I don't know where to get out of you.

Go on.

Get back to bed.

There you go.

I guess I am a little tired.

Thanks, Dad.

Both you fellas been burped?

Katie, have the...

Well, they're going to be burped whether
you need it or not.

Lorraine.

Lorraine, what the heck are you doing here?

Well, didn't Katie tell anybody her mother was coming?

Sure, but she didn't say when.

Oh, well, I wasn't sure myself.

Where is Katie?

Upstairs.

You want me to call her?

No, don't.

Let me surprise her.

Katie?

Mama!

Oh, it's so good to see you.

Good to see you, too.

Now, let me look at you.

You're crying.

Oh, I'm just glad to see you.

You were crying when I came in.

No, I wasn't.

I saw you, and no wonder.

Why do you say that?

Well, look at you.

You have circles under your eyes.

You've lost weight.

You must be worn out.

I'm fine.

Maybe so, but we're going to get you to Dr. Osborne.

Oh, Mom, I don't have time to go to his office.

Then we'll have him come to you.

Really?

I don't need a doctor.

I'm perfectly healthy.

Katie, one baby is enough to exhaust most
women, and you've got three.

Oh, my goodness, the babies, I haven't even looked at them.

Chip and Ernie took them for a walk.

See, I have lots of help.

Now, how long will you be able to stay?

That depends.

On what?

On you.

Just give it to her straight, Doc,
and none of that Latin mumbo-jumbo.

Well, in plain English, Katie's in excellent
health, but she's completely exhausted.

Exhausted?

Katie needs complete rest, no work, and no worries.

I want her out of this house for a few days.

Out of this house?

It's the only way she'll really rest.

You can manage without her for a few days, can't you?

Are you kidding?

You're looking at old hands at running a
house without female help.

I just can't go.

You're not going to the moon.

Just up to Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara to stay with your mother for a few days.

Actually, it couldn't have worked out better.

I'll be busy, so you can sleep all day if you like.

I feel so guilty.

Guilty about what?

Well, I'd worry about everybody and everything here.

Oh, honey, there's nothing to worry about.

They'll get along.

Sure we will.

We've done it for years.

I guess I forgot.

Yeah, walking out there, it's really hot.

Yeah, remember last time?

Oh, my.

You're dragging along.

Hey, let's hold it down.

Where'd that dog come from?

Well, that's Tiger.

He's Jim's dog.

Hey, Jim, will you keep him quiet?

Jim's dog barks at you.

You better have some, so we can get out of this.

Yeah, let's get rid of those sweet dogs.

Those sweet dogs are enough.

Yeah, walking out there, it's really hot.

Who moved the furniture?

That's George, Uncle Charley.

Tell him to shut that mutter.

He's protecting Jim, Uncle Charley.

It's a real good watch, Doc.

Yeah, well, if he don't shut up that
mutter, I'm going to stop his clock.

Tiger, quiet.

Relax.

Hey, Chip, what's he doing?

He's protecting Jim.

Tell him to protect Jim quieter.

Shh, Tiger.

Boy, you'll have to fight your way through.

Uncle Charley, will you please hurry up with the formula?

I've already told Mike.

Baby, now you tell your two, we're fresh out.

Fresh out?

How did that happen?

I forgot it.

Katie always makes it.

Oh.

Well, how long will it take to make some?

I don't know.

I never made it one-handed before.

Quiet, tr*mp, quiet.

Hey, Chip, what's going on?

They probably ran out of formula, so they came down here.

Tiger was protecting.

Jim, so he parked.

What time is it?

Two o'clock.

I've never seen two o'clock before.

Hey, we can watch a late, late show on TV.

Groovy.

Is it like this every night at your house?

Yeah, come on, turn it on, Chip.

You sleep well?

I even dreamed I was sleeping.

What time is it?

It's a little after nine.

I'm having breakfast with some friends.

Give him the axe.

Give him the axe.

Hit that line.

Yay, team.

We got enough racket around here without you too much.

Yay, team.

Hey, get them mutts out of here so I can
answer their phone.

Okay, Uncle Charley.

Come on.

Come on, tr*mp.

Come on, tr*mp.

Come on, tr*mp.

Up for a little walk.

Come on, tr*mp.

Come on, tr*mp.

There's nobody home.

Hello?

Oh, Katie?

When it took you so long to answer, I was worried.

Is everything all right?

Why?

Why?

Shouldn't everything be all right?

You just take care of yourself and don't worry about us.

We're doing fine.

Huh?

Oh, the babies are great.

Right.

Everything's fine.

So, now all you have to worry about is
what to have for breakfast.

Warm up this.

Get that.

Do the dishes.

The dishes.

What did.

You say?

I said... I said we've got to do
something about all this noise.

You can't expect me to get the babies to
sleep with all this racket.

Did you guys ever hear about cheering real soft?

Frankly, no, Uncle Charles.

Look, I don't care if the neighbors sue us.

You guys have got to go out and practice in the garage.

Thank you.

Guy, I thought you liked Team Spirit.

I haven't got time to think of a
diplomatic answer for that one.

What's for lunch?

Lunch?

The breakfast dishes haven't been done yet.

If you guys want to go out there and swab
up the kitchen, we'll talk about lunch.

Yeah, well, my mother's expecting me home.

See you later, Ernie.

Mine too.

See you later.

Okay, but be back at two o'clock.

I'm going home too.

If you find my sweater, bring it to school Monday.

Yeah, but... But you were supposed
to stay for the whole weekend.

But this is only Saturday.

Yeah, but there's too much work around here.

And we're not getting very much to eat.

I didn't get much sleep last night either.

I don't see how you stand it.

I see.

Yeah, but it's not always this way.

It's just that with Katie gone, things are a lot scheduled.

Now, you get that.

And if it's Katie, tell her everything is fine.

You gotta be kidding.

Just tell her everything is fine.

Okay.

But it's a good thing we don't have telephone television.

Come on, Katie.

No problem.

Heck no.

Stay as long as you like.

I was hoping they needed me.

I miss my baby so much.

I know, honey.

I've already made the bus reservation for you.

Oh, Mom.

You're too much.

What ain't the matter?

Just look at this place.

Yeah.

Kind of.

Kind of got away from us.

Yeah, your dad's coming home tonight,
and I don't want him to see this mess.

What do you say if we call in a cleaning lady?

What do you say if we call in a cleaning team?

I appreciate you ladies coming over.

It looks like a different house.

Now, just give me this.

Here's the receipt, and I'll drive you to the bus.

Right that way.

Well, everybody home?

Oh, hi, Kate.

I thought I heard somebody out here.

Hi, Dad.

When did you get home?

Oh, I just got in a few minutes ago.

Me too.

Oh, uh, where have you been?

I went to Santa Barbara for a couple of
days with my mother.

Oh, fine.

Or, uh, isn't it?

Are you crying?

No.

Oh, you could have fooled me.

Oh, maybe.

A little around the edges.

Is there, uh, anything you want to tell me?

It's just that I, I thought I was doing my
share around the house.

When I went away, it didn't matter a bit.

Well, now, what gave you an idea like that?

Well, if anything, the house is cleaner
than when I went away.

Yeah, yeah.

I noticed something else, too, Kate.

There's a receipt out in the kitchen for three
cleaning women for four hours' work each.

Three cleaning women?

Uh-huh.

Apparently, uh, it's pretty difficult to
keep this house in shape without you.

Katie!

Dad, hi!

Hi, Rob.

Rob, shh, the boys are asleep.

I thought I heard somebody down here.

Hi, honey.

Where is everybody?

Well, uh, Chip and Ernie went to a movie,
and Uncle Charley's on an errand.

Well, I think I'll go upstairs.

All right, if I look in on the babies?

I'll see you.

Okay, good night.

Good night.

Am I glad to see you.

Hey.

What's this?

Can't a girl be happy to be home?