08x01 - With This Ring?

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Ah, The Annual Family Defrost--

The Refrigerator
Taking Its Vacation.

What Have You Got There?

Something
I've Been Thinking About

But Nothing For You
To Get Involved In.

Then I Won't.

But You Could Help Me Defrost.

Oh, Okay.

Just One Second.

What Is This?

My Hand.

I Made It Myself.

Do You Need An Extra?

Yes.

What For?

You Never Know.

We'll Just Save This
For Martin And Denise.

I'll Have It.

It's My Memory Of Being Five.

Oh, Well, In That Case Then

We'll Freeze
Your Feet.

No.

Hello.

Hi, Grandpa.

Hey! Here's Roy And Dale.

Get Up Here On The Horses.

Grandpa?

Uh-Huh?

Put Something
In My Canvas Bag.

Okay.

Give Me That Frozen Hand There.

It's My Hand,
But You Can Hold It If You Want.

Let's Bring The Hand Upstairs.

Hmm.

It Wants To Go Upstairs!

Come On!

Okay!

What's This?

That's, Um...

That's Ice Cream, Mom.

Why Was It Hiding
Way In The Back

Heathclifford?

What?

Why Was This Hiding
In The Back Of The Freezer?

If It Was All The Way
In The Back

Obviously, It's Old.

Look, It's Got Freezer Fur
All Over It.

No, It Doesn't

And It Expires In Three Weeks.

See, That's What You Know.

That Is Not...

That's The Price Of It.

So This Container Of Ice Cream
Cost - Dollars?

Dear, I Don't Regulate
The Dairy Product Prices.

Hey.

Cliff:
Hey.

I Got The Bread
For The Sandwiches.

We've Got Multi-Grain,
Semi-Wheat, Butter-Topped

Thinny Thin, Hot Dog Rolls
If You Got The Dogs...

We Got The Dogs.

Here's Your Change.

A Daughter
Giving Me Change.

Bless You.

You're The Best.

Oh, And, Uh, Mom And Dad...

I'm Engaged.

That's Very Nice,
Vanessa

But You Forgot The Tomatoes.

Oh, No, Mom,
Here They Are Right Here.

I'm Serious.

I Am.

I'm Engaged.

To Do What?

To Be Married.

All:
Whoa!

Vanessa

We Sent You
To The Store For Bread.

What Happened?

Did The Guy At The Check-Out
Counter Propose To You?

No, Dad.

I Got Engaged
At School.

Okay, Everybody, Out.

Out!

I Guess I Didn't Know
How To Tell You.

So, Uh,
When Did This Happen?

A While Ago.

A While Ago?

How Long A While Ago?

Six Months.

Did You Hear That, Cliff?

The Girl Has Been Engaged
For Six Months.

Six Months.

But I've Known Him
A Lot Longer.

How Long?

Oh, Oh, A Year...
If You're Going To Count.

We're Going To Count.

Mom, Dad, I Didn't Tell You

Because I Didn't Think
You Would Approve.

Besides, I'm An Adult Now.

I'm .

Did You Hear That, Cliff?

She's .

Who Is He?

His Name Is Dabnis Brickey.

You Met Him At School?

Yes.

What Is He, A Sophomore?

What Year Is He?

He's Not A Student.

He's A Professor?

He's The Maintenance Man.

And I'd Like You To Meet Him.

And We'd Like To Meet Him.

Well, Great.

He's In The Area

So I'll Just Get Him
And Bring Him Over.

Yeah, You Bring Him.

Bring Him Over.

Bring Him Over.

Bring Him Over Here.

Bring Everything Over...

Because It's Going To Be Over
When They Come Over Here.

See, I, I...

I Just Feel That If...

If Vanessa...

No, No, No, No.

Don't Say The Name.

Please.

She.

She Was The One

Who Wasn't Going
To Give Us Trouble.

All Those Years
Of Straight A's

And Community Service.

We Were Set Up
By That Goody-Goody.

Now There You Go.

We Don't Know Anything, Though.

I Mean, Does He Have
His Own Apartment?

I Don't Know.

Does He Live Alone?

I Don't Know.

What Do You Know?

I Got The Same Amount Of News
That You Got In The Kitchen.

I Do Know One Thing:

They Are Not Going To Live Here.

No! No, No...

Hello.

Mom, Dad...

This Is Dabnis Brickey.

Isn't That Funny?

A He Was Just In The Neighborhood.

Well, Mr. Brickney.

Brickey, Sir. Brickey.

Brickey.

Brickey.

Brickey.

Mr. Brickey.

Mrs. Huxtable,
Dr. Huxtable

I've Really Been Looking Forward
To Meeting You.

And We've Been Looking Forward
To Meeting You...

For The Past Half Hour.

What A Beautiful Home.

It's Just Like
I Imagined It.

We've Tried To Raise
Five Children Here.

What Exactly
Are You Trying To Do?

Mrs. Huxtable,
Dr. Huxtable

I Know Our News
Is A Surprise.

Believe Me

My Parents Were Surprised
When We Told Them.

(Chuckling)

So, Is That What You Two Do--

Just Rent A Car And Drive Around
Surprising People?

Absolutely Not.

We Told My Parents
Six Months Ago.

Six Months?

That's Right.

The Day We Got Engaged.

They Were So...

They Were So Happy For Us.

They Love Nessa.

Uh, Let Me Get This Straight.

You're Telling Me That You Had
The Courtesy And The Respect

To Tell Your Parents
The Day That It Happened?

I Had To.

At My Age

They Were
Beginning To Think

I'd Never
Get Married.

What... What Age Is That, Sir?

Oh, I'm Knocking On .

(Knocking On Wood)

Mr. Brickey, Aren't Your Parents
The Least Bit Curious About Us?

Oh, Nessa Told Them
All About You.

And What Exactly
Did You Tell Them, Nessa?

Well, Just That

You Had Been Through A Lot
Of Emotional Ups And Downs

With Your Other Children

And We Didn't Want
To Complicate Your Lives

Until We Felt

That You
Were Stable.

How Can You Tell..?

No, Don't
Touch Me, Please.

We're Not...

I Just Want To Ask...

Dr. Huxtable,
Mrs. Huxtable

I Would Have
Liked To Have

Shared This Milestone
In Our Lives With You

When It Happened

But Vanessa Felt It
Prudent To Wait

And I Trust Her Judgment.

She's The Wisest Woman
I Know.

Hey, Hey, Hey.

What's Up, Everybody?

I Got The Ice.

I Did My Part.

I'm Ready For The Smorgasbord

So Let's Eat.

You Guys Look Like
We Just Got Robbed Or Something.

Did We Just Get Robbed?

Theo, This
Is Dabnis Brickey.

Hey, How You Doing?

Nice To Meet You, Man.

And We're Engaged.

Whoa!

(Snickering)

Hey, Congratulations, Sis.

Theo:
Well, Dad?

Ooh, Things Are Kind Of Chilly
In Here

So I Think I'll Just
Put This Ice In The Kitchen.

(Snickers)

(Snickers)

Mr. Brickey, We Were Planning
A Family Dinner.

We've Emptied The Freezer
For It.

We Weren't Expecting You...

For This Meal.

But, Since You Are Here,
You're Welcome To Stay.

For This Meal.

I'd Like To Stay.

For This Meal.

I Think We Could Use

Some More Chairs
In This House.

But We're Flexible.

Boy, Things Sure Are Busy
Down At The Center.

How So, Theo?

Well, Vanessa

We Just Instituted
A New Program.

And What New Program
Is That, Theo?

You See, We Just
Created A Hotline

For Dysfunctional Families.

So How Did You Two Meet?

It Was A Beautiful Day
About A Year Ago.

I Was Out Mowing
The Quad Lawn At Lincoln

And That's Tricky Because, See,
There Are These Begonias...

This Begonia Bed...

Oh, Yeah, Begonias.

They Can Be Tricky.

Vanessa Was Sitting
Under This Oak Tree

Reading This Collection
Of Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry.

She Was So Engrossed
In Her Book

She Didn't Even Notice Me

So I Mowed Around Her

And Around Her
And Around Her.

She Wouldn't Move,
So I Mowed Off.

Then One Day, The Elevator
In My Dorm Broke Down

And My Roommate
And I Were In It

And Dabnis Came
And Fixed It.

He Saved Our Lives.

Vanessa, You Live On
The Second Floor.

We Could Have Run
Out Of Air.

There Are
Many Ways To Die.

You Got That Right.

So, Dabnis...

What Did You Do

Before You Got Into
The, Uh... Maintenance Game?

Well, Actually, Theo,
He's The Head Of Maintenance.

Okay, Well...

Before You Became
Head Of Maintenance?

I Was In The Army.

I Enlisted
Right After High School.

Served Six Years,
Mostly In Germany.

Life Overseas On An Army Base.

I Didn't Live On Base.

Was That When You
Were Living With Barbara?

No. I Was Living
With Phyllis.

I Lived With Barbara
When I Came Back.

Uh-Huh.

Vanessa, May I Speak With You
In The Kitchen?

Is, Uh... Everything All Right?

I Don't Think So.

I Know What
You're Going To Say.

Mom, I Know What
Is Right For Me.

I Am In Love With Dabnis.

This Has Been
The Happiest Year Of My Life.

Vanessa...

I Know About Barbara
And Phyllis

And The Rest Of Dabnis's Life.

Vanessa, I Don't Give
A Flying Fig

About Barbara And Phyllis
And Winkie, Twinkie And Dinky

Or Anybody Else He's Done
Light Housekeeping With.

I Care About You
And What Is Going On With You.

His Parents Knew?

Yes.

His Aunts And Uncles Knew?

Yes.

Cousins Know?

Yes.

His Friends?

Any Pets?

Now What About
Your Friends?

Did Your Friends Know?

Yes, They Did.

Vanessa, For An Entire Year

You Have Kept This Part
Of Your Life A Secret From Us.

We, Your Parents, Did Not Know.

I Know That, And I'm Sorry.

Isn't It Obvious
Why I Couldn't Tell You And Dad?

Because He's Not A Doctor

Like Elvin, Mother.

He Didn't Graduate
From Annapolis Like Martin.

He's A Maintenance Man.

Vanessa, Please.

I Am Not That Lame.

Don't Use A Profession
As A Smoke Screen.

That Is Not The Problem
We Are Having Today.

What?

Vanessa, You Know

And You Know That I Know
That You Know That I Know.

You'll Make Me Say It?

All Right.

Vanessa, You're Not Ready.

Mother, I Am In Love With Him.

Socially, Dear,
You Are Worlds Apart.

Honey, This Man Has Lived,
With A Few, I Might Add.

You Have Lived
One Year Away From Home

Have Met Somebody At School,
Fallen In Love, Become Engaged

And Are Talking
About Getting Married.

Vanessa, You're Not Ready.

Mother, I May Just Be
Years Old

But I Have Made
Good Decisions All My Life

And I Feel That This Is
A Good Decision For Me.

It's So Good

That You Had
To Keep It A Secret

From Your Parents
For Six Months.

(Whispering:)
You're Not Ready.

Oh, Vanessa!

Is That Your Ring?

Yes, It Is.

The Stone's Missing.

No, It's Not, Sandra.

It's Right There.

Oh! It's Nice.

Oh, Wow.

That's Nice.

That's Understated.

Tasteful, Delicate.

So, Have You Two, Uh...
Set A Date?

Oh, Yeah.

We Were Thinking
About Getting Married

A Year From Now.

But I Am Going
To Graduate.

I Will Graduate.

You Can Trust Me.

May I Say Something?

Yes.

I Believe In Family.

I Respect Mine

And I'd Like To Become
A Part Of Yours.

Now I Realize
That Is Going To Take Time...

But I Plan To Be Around.

Mr. Brickney

I Want To Tell You
A Little Story.

Oh, Boy.

Let's Check
The Children.

Good Thinking.

Can I Help?

Yeah.

You... Um...

Probably Come From
A Very Fine, Fine Family--

Great Morals
And Whatnot

And Our Daughter,
Regardless Of What She Has Done

Comes From What We Feel
Is A Great Family Also

And You'll Just Have
To Forgive Us

Because We Just Don't Like You.

Well, I'm Sorry.

No, No, No.

It's Not For You To Be Sorry

Because, You See,
You Are Not To Blame.

If You Want To Blame Anybody,
Then You Blame Vanessa.

What I'm Trying To Say

Is I Don't Want You
To Leave This House

Saying That We Don't Like You

Because You Are
A Maintenance Man

Or In Charge Of Maintenance
Or Whatever.

You Could Be A Banker

And We Would Not Like You
At All.

It's The Way That...

You Have A Favorite Food?

Yes, Sir.

What You Had Was Fine.

I Enjoyed The Fish Sticks.

No, Forget The Fish Sticks.

Do You Have A Favorite Food--

Something That You Really...

You Know, Love?

Oh, Yeah.

Occasionally,
I Enjoy A Juicy Steak.

Steak! Steak! There You Go.

Just Imagine We Got
The Porterhouse

And No White Lines In It At All.

Yeah.

What Would You Like
To Go With It?

Oh, Some Crispy Potatoes.

No Problem.

Now, You've Got Mushrooms.

You Like Your Mushrooms?

Yes, Sir.

Smell It? Smell The Potatoes?

Yes, Sir.

The Mushrooms?

Sauteed.

Smell Good.

Mmm, Boy, Huh?

Yes, Sir.

Now, I'm Going

To Present It To You, Right?

I Go Over, I Don't Get A Plate.

I Take The Garbage Can Lid,
Turn It Upside Down.

After Taking It Off
Of The Garbage Can

I Take Your Steak, Your Potatoes
And Your Sauteed Mushrooms

And I Give It To You.

Not Too Appetizing,
Is It?

It's In The Presentation.

That's The Way
She Brought You Here--

On A Garbage Can Lid.

Dabnis, Dr. Huxtable And I
Will Always Be Fair.

I Appreciate That.

If This House Has Anything

It's A Lot Of Fairness.

What We Don't Have
A Lot Of Is Space.

We Would Never Dream
Of Living Here.

We Would Never Dream
Of Asking You To Live Here.

I Want You To Consider
This House

To Be Like The Begonia Bush.

You Know, You Can Mow
All You Want Around It.

Well, Sir, Actually

I Have My Own Begonias
In My Own Yard.

You Have A Yard?

Yes, Sir.

I Have A Farmhouse
I'm Renovating.

Now, Would You Clarify For Me
The Meaning Of The Word "Have"?

I Own It.

You Own Your Own House?

Yes, Sir.

Get The Gentleman
Some Coffee.

Get Him Some Coffee.