06x21 - Theo's Dirty Laundry

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This Is Heavy.

That's Right.

Dirty Laundry Is Heavy.

After You Wash It,
It Gets Lighter.

I Know. I've Done Laundry
For Two Years.

Yes, But You've Done Laundry
The Wrong Way.

Your Idea Of Doing Laundry

Is To Put All This
In The Machine

Pick Up The Detergent

And Do Like This
Until Your Arms Get Tired

And Then
Turn Everything On Hot.

So?

That's Why

My Underwear Is Purple!

I Want You To Learn How
To Separate This.

You Put The Whites Over Here
And The Colors Over There.

You're Mature Enough Now
To Do That.

When I Want To Stay Up Late
And Watch Tv

You Say I'm Just A Kid.

But When You Have Grunt Work
For Me To Do, Then I'm Mature.

Now Let Me
Show You How

To Measure This.

Okay, Well, There's Clothes
In Here Already

But I'll Show You How
To Measure This...

This Is Theo's Stuff.

As Soon As I Get Theo's Stuff

Out Of Here

I'll Measure This For You And...

All Of This Is Not Theo's.

That Is Definitely Not Theo's.

Is This Yours?

That's Not Mine.

I'm Not That Mature Yet.

Denise:
Mom?

In The Kitchen.

Hi.

Hi.

Where's Olivia?

She's With Her Mom.

Mom, Something Amazing Happened
To Me Today.

Yes?

Paula Was Telling Me
Her Experiences

Working With Children
With Learning Problems.

Then Theo Told Us How Rough

He Had It Because Of Dyslexia.

Then I Realized
What I Want To Do.

I Want To Be A Teacher.

I Want To Work With Children
Who Have Learning Disabilities.

Very Nice, Denise.

I Know In The Past I've Made
Announcements About My Life

And I Haven't
Followed Through On Them

But, Mom, I Mean It This Time.

Sweetheart,
I Applaud Your Ambition

But To Accomplish
What You're Talking About

Is Going To Take
Some Years Of Schooling.

I Know,
But This Feels So Right.

Hey.

Dad!

I Want To Be A Teacher.

Oh, Well, Good, Good.

Is Any Of This Stuff Yours?

No.

I've Just Made
An Important Announcement.

You're Asking Me
To Identify Laundry.

You're Doing
Your Crossword Puzzle.

Doesn't Anyone In This House
Take Me Seriously?

Rudy's In The Basement.

Dad, Mom, I Am Serious.

I'm Ready To Commit.

To What?

A Home?

I'm Going To Call Martin.

Cliff, Why Are You
Carrying Those Things?

I'm Wandering Around The House
Carrying These Things

'Cause I Found These Things
Mixed Up In Our Son's Laundry.

Those Are Not Men's Things.

You're Kidding?

I Would Deduce That These Belong

To A Certain
Young College Female

Who Is Involved With
The Aforementioned College Male.

Do You Think That Young Justine

Has Been Frequenting
Our Son's Apartment?

There Is That Possibility.

Why Don't I Call
That Apartment And See?

I Didn't Mean To Cause Trouble.

It's All Right.

I Want To Know.

Yes, Is Theo There?

This Is His Mother.

Who Are You?

Anthony?

Anthony, You Live There?

Well, How Many People
Are Living There, Anthony?

Make Up Your Mind.

Is It Three Or Four?

If You Hear From Theo

Tell Him That His Parents
Are Looking For Him.

Thank You.

That Is The Third Time This Week

That I Have Called
That Apartment

And No One Knows Where Theo Is.

I'll Just Call Justine.

Yes, Now Why..?

I Know Theo's Voice.

Theo Answered The Phone
And He Hung Up.

Deputy Dog.

Now They've Got
The Answering Machine On

With That Construction Music
Playing In The Background.

Hello, Justine.

This Is Mrs. Huxtable.

If You See Theo,
Would You Please Tell Him

To Come To Our House
This Afternoon?

And, Theo,
I Know You Can Hear Me.

Hi. Danny Said
You Called The Apartment?

Son, You Left A Load Of Clothes

In The Washing Machine.

Yeah, I Had A Class,
So I Couldn't Finish It.

We Did It For You.

Hey, Thanks.

You Didn't Mix Our Clothes
In With Yours, Did You?

No.

And You're Not Doing

Other People's Laundry,
Are You?

No.

We Have Some Things Here
From Your Wash

That We Think
You'd Like To See.

Yeah. Now...
Is This Yours?

And Is This Yours?

And This Is Not Yours.

I Hope.

These Are Justine's.

Son, Where Are You
Currently Residing?

Where Do I Receive My Mail?

No. Where Do You Live?

At The Moment,
I'm In Transition.

Could You Make A Transition
From There Over To Here

And Then Make Another Transition
Where You Tell Us The Truth?

Okay.

Justine's Roommate
Dropped Out Of School.

She Was Going To Be Stuck
With The Whole Rent.

Since I'm A Gentleman,
I'm Helping Her Out.

( Chuckles )

So You Moved In?

Right.

When?

Three Weeks Ago.

What About Your Apartment?

Well, I Found Danny And Glen
A Replacement, Anthony.

And He's Very Compatible
To Their Living Style

And Study Habits.

Now Everybody's Happy.

Do We Look Happy?

Each Month I Give You A Check

To Pay The Rent
On Your Apartment.

Are You Using That Check Now
To Pay The Rent At Justine's?

Not All Of It.

Justine's Rent Is Much Lower.

What Are You Doing
With The Leftover Money?

I Opened Up A Bank Account.

What About The Bed

And The Refrigerator
That We Bought You?

I'm Renting Those To Anthony.

And You're Taking All That Money

And Putting It
In Your Bank Account.

Yeah.

So You're Really
Saving A Lot Of Money?

Yup.

We Sent You To College
To Get An Education

Not To Move In
With Your Girlfriend.

The Money We Give You

Is For Your Apartment
With Danny And Glen.

That's Where We Expect You
To Study, To Eat, And To Live.

I'm Not Living
With A Stranger.

We Sent You To College
To Get An Education

Not Move In With Your Girlfriend

Or Take Money From Us
And Do Dishonest Things With It.

You Never Told Us
About These Things

And Weren't Going To.

What If Justine's Parents
Say It's Okay?

Justine's Parents
Can Say Anything They Like.

You Belong To Us.

Do Her Parents Have Any Idea
That You're Living Together?

Not Yet.

We Were Going To Tell Them
When We Told You.

How?

Leave Your Underwear
In Her Laundry?

Justine's Parents

Are Not Going To Be
Thrilled With This.

And If You Continue

We're Cutting Off
Your Living Expenses.

Do You Guys Realize
How Many Kids Live Together?

What Has That Got To Do With Us?

I'm Not Saying These People
Will Never Amount To Anything

But We Have Our Point Of View

If That's All Right With You.

I Don't Understand
Why You Won't Let Me Do This.

Can't You See
How Much This Means To Me?

For Years

I've Done Everything
You Wanted Me To Do.

I've Never Given You
Any Real Trouble.

I Don't Use dr*gs.

I'm Not Out Late Partying.

That Bank Account I Opened

Should Show You I'm Not
Spending My Money Stupidly.

Plus, I'm Working
Very Hard In School.

Living With Justine
Is Good For My Study Habits.

She Helps Me Organize.

Just Because
You Guys Give Me Money

Doesn't Mean
You Can Control My Life.

If You Guys Won't Get
Behind Us On This

Justine And I Will Figure Out
A Way To Do It On Our Own

And Live Our Own Lives.

He Told You.

Edie, May I Have
Another Refill?

I've Been Bringing You
Water For A Half Hour.

I Can't Keep Doing It

Even Though You've Been
A Good Customer.

I'm Trying To Save Money.

I'm Trying To Make Money.

Come On, Please?

Okay, But I'll Need
This Table Soon.

Thanks, Edie.

Hi, Theo.

Hey.

How Did It Go
With Your Parents?

Not Well.

They Made Your Parents
Seem Understanding.

Really?

Theo, My Dad
Is Looking For You.

I Don't Get It.

Your Father And I

Have Always Gotten Along.

Remember He Took Me
To A Knicks Game?

He Won't Be Doing That Anymore.

If I Live With You

I'll Be Getting Money
Only For My Tuition.

It Sounds Like
If We're Going To Do This

We're Doing It On Our Own.

You're Right.

Justine, Do You Love Me?

You Know I Do.

It's Situations Like These

That Make A Couple
Find Out Who They Are.

You're Right.

We Can Do This.

If We Both Get Jobs

We Won't Have To Live
By Our Parents' Rules

And We Can Be Together.

Yeah, And If It Gets
Too Expensive

We Can Move Upstate
And Go To A Cheaper School.

We Can Live A New Life.

We're Talking About
A Major Change Here, Theo.

I Know.

Maybe The Worst Thing
We Could Do Is Rush Into This.

I Mean,
There Are Times To Go For It

And Times To Lay Back
And Not Force Things.

I've Never Defied
My Parents Like This.

Just Because We're Reconsidering

Doesn't Mean
We Don't Love Each Other.

I Know.

I Brought An Extra Water.

I Thought You Might Want
To Treat Your Girlfriend.

When You Cook Your Turkey
On Our Vertical Rack

It Comes Out So Tender

You Can Slice It
With A Stalk Of Celery.

Now How Much Would You Expect
To Pay For This Roasting Rack

Made Of Fine Stainless Steel,
$ . ?

$ . .

With Three
Vertical Mini Racks

For Cooking Cornish Game Hens
$ . ?

$ . .

Plus A Recipe Booklet

Which Includes Over Years
Of My Recipes, $ . ?

I Told You. $ . .

The Turkey Rack,
The Game Hen Roasters

And The Recipe Book All For...

$ . !

$ . !

If You're One
Of The First Callers

You'll Get,
Free Of Charge

This Apron
With My Picture On It.

Call This Number Now.

Our Operators Are...

No, Don't Do That, Dear.

I Have To Call The Number.

You Are Not
Buying That Thing.

Yeah, But I Have To, Dear

Because It's
The New Rack Coming Out--

The Roast Rack.

You Already Have That Rack

In The Basement Where It's
Been Sitting For The Past Month.

But I Don't Have The Apron
With His Picture On It.

Hi.

I Know When I Talked
To You Guys Before

You Didn't Believe Me, So...

Now Hold It.

You Guys!

I Want To Tell You
How Serious I Am.

This Is A Book

That Paula Recommended
About Learning Disorders.

I Picked It Up
At The N.Y.U. Bookstore.

I Read Three Chapters
On The Subway.

I Want This.

You Sound Serious.

I Am.

I Have Never Felt This Way
About Anything.

There Are Children That Need
To Be Taught Differently.

I Want To Learn How To Do That.

If I Get Accepted
Into A School In Rhode Island

Olivia And I Are Out Of Here.

It Will Be Difficult

To Go To School
And Raise A Child

With Your Husband At Sea
For Weeks At A Time.

Paula's Back In School
Getting Her Degree.

Well, Of Course
Paula's Back In School, Honey.

You're Raising Paula's Child.

You're Married
To Paula's Husband.

Oh, Yeah.

I Forgot.

Honey, Don't Worry About
Getting Out Of Here, Okay?

You Can Stay
As Long As You Need To.

Thanks, Mom.

I'm Going To Go Do
Some More Reading.

I'm So Excited.

Let Me Ask You
A Question.

You Had Her Out Of Here,
And Then You Reeled Her Back In.

Why?

We Have Waited So Long

For Denise To Get Serious
About Anything.

She Really Wants To Do This.

And Martin Is At Sea
For Weeks At A Time.

She's At Home Alone With Olivia.

She Needs Our Help.

Who Is Going To Help Me?

Justine And I Talked It Over

And We Decided We're Not
Going To Live Together.

It Just Wasn't The Right Time.

I'm Thankful
You've Come To This Conclusion.

When I Left Here
It Was Under Some Strain

And I'm Sure
We All Said Things

That We're Sorry About.

Not Me.

Okay.

I Know I Said Some Things
That I'm Sorry About.

But I'm Sure
We're All

Big Enough
To Forgive Each Other.

Not Me.

Look, Mom, I'm Not
Living With Justine.

Please Don't Sit
On My Sofa.

When Will You Get It?

This Is Not Just About
Living With Justine.

It's About Going
Behind Our Backs To Do Something

And Then Lying To Us About It.

I'm Sorry, Mom.

It Was Not Too Long Ago
You Stood Right Here

And You Said
Something To The Effect

That We Were Controlling You

With Our Money

And If We Thought That You Were
Just Going To Do Whatever

Then You And Justine Are Going
To Go On With Your Life.

Did You Happen
To Think Ahead Of Time

What Would Happen If We Said

"No, You Can't
Come Back Here To Live?"

No, I Didn't.

Of Course You Didn't.

We're Your Safety Net.

You Always Go Out In The World
And Mess Up.

Why?

You Know We're Waiting
To Take You Back.

It's Always Been That Way.

I Know, Mom.

You Come Back Into This House

Listen To The Speech We Give

Go Back Out There, Mess Up

And You Always
Get To Come Back Again.

Well, Honey, I'm Sorry.

I Do Not Have The Strength

To Give You The Permission
To Come Back Into This House.

You're Saying
I Can't Move Back In?

I Think You're Getting Close.

You're Going
To Send Me Out There

Without A Home
In The Cold And The Rain?

Mom?

Now How Long Are You Going
To Let This Fool Hang Out There?

Until He Apologizes For Real.

( Knocking )

Cliff?

Honey,
I'm A Little Concerned Now.

It's Been Two Hours
Since Theo Left

And We Haven't Heard From Him.

Dear, Don't Worry About It.

The Boy Is Probably On Campus.

He's Got A Thousand Friends.

He Can Sleep On Their Couch.

He Can Sleep On Their Floor.

He Can Borrow A Bed

From Someone Who's
Gone Away For The Weekend.

He Can Borrow A Bed

From One Of The Students
Who's Gone Forever.

( Phone Ringing )

( Ringing )

Hello?

Yes, Mr. Phillips,
How Are You, Sir?

Yeah.

Okay.

Well, Good.

We'll Work Together On It.

Okay.

Bye-Bye.

That Was Justine's Father.

Justine Is Living
Back At Her Apartment

And Theo Is Staying
At Her Parents' House.

They Must Have
Really Felt Sorry For Him.

Not Really.

Justine's Father
Wants To Make Sure

That If We Don't Know
Where Theo Is

He Does.