Rhoda (1974) s01e07 Episode Script
The Shower
- MY NAME IS RHODA MORGENSTERN.
I WAS BORN IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK IN DECEMBER, 1941.
I'VE ALWAYS FEL RESPONSIBLE FOR WORLD WAR II.
THE FIRST THING I REMEMBER LIKING THAT LIKED ME BACK WAS FOOD.
I HAD A BAD PUBERTY.
IT LASTED 17 YEARS.
I'M A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.
I WENT TO ART SCHOOL.
MY ENTRANCE EXAM WAS ON A BOOK OF MATCHES.
I DECIDED TO MOVE OUT OF THE HOUSE WHEN I WAS 24.
MY MOTHER STILL REFERS TO THIS AS THE TIME I RAN AWAY FROM HOME.
EVENTUALLY, I RAN TO MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE IT'S COLD, AND I FIGURED I'D KEEP BETTER.
NOW I'M BACK IN MANHATTAN.
NEW YORK, THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.
- DOES JOE LIKE WAFFLES? - WHAT? - DOES JOE LIKE WAFFLES? - BRENDA, PLEASE STOP WORRYING ABOUT MY WEDDING GIFT.
- I WASN'T WORRYING ABOUT A GIFT.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAFFLES.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I HAD I ALL SOLVED THIS AFTERNOON BY GIVING YOU A SHOWER.
- BRENDA, NOW LISTEN TO ME.
SHOWERS ARE FOR GIRLS YOUR AGE.
- YEAH.
BUT THE ONLY TROUBLE IS MOS OF US DON'T GET MARRIED UNTIL WE'RE YOUR AGE.
- BRENDA, LISTEN, I'LL LOVE ANYTHING THAT YOU GIVE ME.
REALLY.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU CARE THIS MUCH ABOUT IT.
REALLY.
IT'S WONDERFUL.
IN FACT, LET'S MAKE THAT YOUR GIFT TO ME--THAT YOU CARE THIS MUCH.
I LOVE IT.
THANK YOU! - HOW ABOUT A YOGURT MAKER? I REALLY FEEL STUPID BOTHERING YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M IN I SO DEEP NOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT I COME UP WITH SOMETHING GOOD.
I MIGHT BE THE FIRST PERSON TO DIE OF WEDDING GIFT FAILURE.
YOU WANT SOME HEALTH CEREAL? - SURE, SURE.
- WHAT KIND OF MILK DO YOU WANT ON YOUR CEREAL? REGULAR, LOW FAT, NON-FAT? - WHAT ARE YOU HAVING? - CHOCOLATE.
- BRENDA.
- YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SHOWER IDEA? EVEN IF IT WAS A ROTTEN SHOWER, YOU KNOW, WE COULD STILL HAVE A LOT OF FUN TALKING ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS.
- YEAH, BRENDA, NO, NO.
SHOWERS ARE NOT MY STYLE.
I'M TOO OLD TO GIGGLE.
- YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO THINK OF ANYTHING.
- [SIGHS.]
OK, MAYBE THE SHOWER IS NOT SUCH A BAD IDEA.
- YEAH? - EXCEPT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN BE GUEST OF HONOR AT AN AFFAIR WHERE YOU KNOW EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT YOU.
- OH, YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE! - HAVE I? - I MEAN, DARLING, WHEN I HEARD RHODA WAS GETTING MARRIED-- - I SCREAMED SO LOUDLY-- - THAT MY HUSBAND RUSHED RIGH IN FROM THE NEW DRY HEAT SAUNA AND SAID, "HELEN, DON' TELL ME RHODA MORGENSTERN IS GETTING MARRIED.
" - WELL, MY DEAR, YOU COULD HAVE KNOCKED ME OVER WITH A PAPER TOWEL.
I MEAN, THAT GIRL.
GIRL, HEH HEH.
SHE'S 33 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS HER FIRST TIME AROUND THE TRACK.
- I'M HOME.
WE GOTTA GET THAT FIXED.
- OH, SO? WHAT DO YOU THINK? - WOWEE, I THINK I LOOKS SENSATIONAL! - YEAH, TERRIFIC! VERY CLEVER, YOU KNOW, SHOWER, UMBRELLAS.
TERRIFIC.
- HEY, YOU REMEMBER MY FRIEND, ELLEN? - SMILE.
- BEAUTIFUL.
- THANKS.
NOW, HOLD IT, I WAN TO GET ONE WITH YOU IN IT, TOO.
RHODA, I'M TAKING PICTURES OF THE WHOLE SHOWER.
NOW, IT'S INCLUDING DEVELOPING AND PRINTING, ONE OF EACH.
THIS IS MY GIFT TO YOU, RHODA.
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ELLEN.
THAT'S GREAT.
OK, NOW YOU.
WHERE DID YOU FIND PEOPLE TO INVITE TO THIS EVENT? COME ON, COME CLEAN.
- OK, OK, I'LL TELL YOU.
I GOT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK.
I SENT OUT INVITATIONS TO ALL THE GIRLS WHO WROTE IN IT.
48 OF THEM.
- MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK! - YEAH.
RHODA, YOU KNOW, I NEVER KNEW THAT YOU WERE IN THE CHOIR.
- OH, I NEVER WAS, I JUST WORE THE ROBE FOR FOUR YEARS SO NOBODY COULD SEE MY HIPS.
48 INVITATIONS, HUH? HEY, HOW MANY ARE COMING? NO, NO, LET ME GUESS.
SEVEN.
- NO, FIVE.
- THE TWINS COULDN'T MAKE IT, HUH? - NO.
[DOOR BUZZER.]
- HELLO.
- THIS IS CARLTON, YOUR DOORMAN SPEAKING FROM THE-- - THE LOBBY? - YES.
YEAH, THERE'S A LADY DOWN HERE.
SHE SAYS SHE'S FROM HIGH SCHOOL, BUT SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOT QUITE A FEW MILES ON HER.
- WELL, SEND HER UP.
- I'LL TRY.
- LISTEN, BRENDA, I GOTTA KNOW WHO'S COMING.
- WHY? - BECAUSE THEN WHEN I SAY, "OH, YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT," I'LL KNOW WHO I'M LYING TO.
- WELL, THERE'S JEANETTE LAMONT.
- OH, JEANETTE! OH, THAT'S TERRIFIC! I LOVE HER! I REMEMBER WE USED TO PRACTICE SMOKING TOGETHER.
- AND SUSAN ALBORN.
- OH, OLD LAZY SUZIE.
- REMEMBER HER? - OH, YEAH, OH, YEAH.
- MYRNA MORGENSTEIN.
- OH, MY LITTLE FRIEND FROM ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
- YEAH.
AND LINDA MONROE AND HARRIET STRONGAN.
- WAIT A MINUTE.
DID YOU SAY LINDA MONROE? - YEAH! - NO, NO.
- WELL, WHAT? IS SOMETHING WRONG? - OH, WELL, NOT REALLY.
LISTEN, IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS, RIGHT? MAYBE SHE'S CHANGED.
- WE THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS A FRIEND OF YOURS.
- NO.
- YEAH, SHE IN YOUR BOOK, "GOOD LUCK WITH CHUCK.
LOVE YOU FOREVER.
" - OH, YEAH, AFTER SHE WROTE THAT, SHE TOLD CHUCK THAT I DIDN'T GO IN FOR HEAVY PETTING AND HE DROPPED ME.
- WHAT WAS CONSIDERED HEAVY PETTING IN THOSE DAYS? - OH, WHEN YOU CAME HOME WITH LESS ANGORA THAN YOU STARTED WITH.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
- HERE WE GO.
- RHODA? RHODA MORGENSTERN? - MYRNA? MYRNA MORGENSTEIN? OH, HI THERE.
- I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU.
I MEAN, I WAS HAPPY AT THE OTHER 79 SHOWERS I WENT TO FOR OUR CLASS, BUT NOT AS HAPPY AS I AM FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE THE LAST ONE.
- MYRNA, I WANT YOU TO MEET MY SISTER BRENDA, AND THIS IS HER FRIEND ELLEN.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- SAME HERE.
- OH, MYRNA, I REMEMBER BACK IN SCHOOL WHEN HE USED TO CALL ROLL, EVERYBODY WOULD SAY "HERE," EXCEPT YOU.
YOU ALWAYS SAID "PRESENT.
" - THAT--THAT WAS MY ONLY WAY OF BEING DIFFERENT.
I WAS VERY SHY BACK THEN.
- SO, MYRNA, TELL ME, WHAT DID YOU DO AFTER GRADUATION? - I WENT RIGHT HOME.
- WHAT I MEANT WAS, YOU KNOW, LATER.
I MEAN, WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE? - OH, WELL, I'M REALLY DOING FINE.
YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH FUN WE HAD IN HIGH SCHOOL, RHODA? - OH, YEAH.
- YEAH, THOSE WERE THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF MY LIFE.
I'LL NEVER TOP THEM.
- IT'S TOO BAD YOU CAN' CLING TO HIGH SCHOOL.
- YES, YOU CAN, AND I FIGURED OUT HOW.
YOU SEE, I BECAME ALUMNI SECRETARY FOR OUR OLD CLASS.
IN FACT, I'VE CAN SAFELY SAY THA I LOVE THE CLASS OF '59 MORE THAN I LOVE MY CAT.
- YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED, MYRNA.
YOU ALWAYS LIKED CATS.
- NO, I ALWAYS HAD CATS.
I NEVER LIKED THEM.
- WELL, ARE YOU MARRIED? - LIKE 11% OF OUR CLASS, I'M NOT.
- HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? - WELL, YOU SEE, AS ALUMNI SECRETARY I HAVE TO KEEP UP TO DATE.
YEAH, 89% OF OUR CLASS IS MARRIED.
THERE ARE 275 CHILDREN AND 38 DIVORCES.
- NO KIDDING! THANKS, BRENDA.
- BUT HERE'S THE BIGGES SURPRISE OF ALL--NOBODY IN THE CLASS OF '59 HAS DIED.
- WE DID HAVE A GREAT HYGIENE TEACHER.
- WE SURE DID.
MAY SHE REST IN PEACE.
- SO, MYRNA, TELL ME, YOU MIGH KNOW, HOW IS LINDA MONROE DOING? - IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TELL YOU THIS, RHODA.
BUT SHE DID GREAT.
- HOW NICE! - I ADMIRE HOW WELL YOU'RE PRETENDING TO TAKE IT.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
- RHODA.
IT'S SUSIE! OH, LOOK AT YOU.
- OH, RHODA, YOU MUST HAVE SOME GREAT DIET.
YOU DON'T EVEN SHOW.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN? - HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU? - HOW FAR ALONG? - YEAH.
- OH, SUSIE, THIS IS A BRIDAL SHOWER.
- A BRIDAL SHOWER! - YEAH.
[LAUGHTER.]
- OH, SHOOT.
I BROUGHT YOU DIAPERS AND A TEETHING RING.
SEE, I FIGURED THAT-- - I KNOW, I KNOW.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THA SOMEBODY MY AGE IS JUST NOW GETTING MARRIED.
I FIGURED BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, RIGHT? - SOMETIMES I THINK NEVER IS BETTER.
THIS IS NUMBER FIVE.
- OH, SUSIE, THEN YOU'RE GONNA NEED THESE BEFORE I DO, PLEASE.
- AH, RHODA, WHAT KIND OF BIRTH CONTROL ARE YOU USING? - OH, THE PILL.
- THAT'S WHAT I USED! - MYRNA, YOU HERE? - PRESENT.
IT'S SURE BEEN A LONG TIME, SUSIE.
- OH, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WHOO, WAIT! NO.
- NO? - MYRNA, I HAVEN' SEEN YOU IN 15 YEARS.
- HOW ARE TIMOTHY, PATRICK, GAIL, AND ANDREW? - MYRNA, HOW DO YOU KNOW-- - OH, LISTEN, I KEEP UP TO DATE.
I'M JUST SORRY I DIDN'T SEND A NOTE LAST MONTH WHEN TIMOTHY GOT HIS SWIMMING CERTIFICATE.
- THAT'S OK.
- SUSIE.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS MY SISTER BRENDA.
- HELLO.
- AND HER FRIEND ELLEN.
- YEAH.
PARDON US FOR NOT RISING.
- SO, SUSAN, WHEN'S THE HAPPY DAY? - NINE MONTHS AGO.
- ARE YOU GONNA HAVE NATURAL CHILDBIRTH? - NO, NO.
I HAD IT WITH THE FIRST THREE.
I LOST INTERES IN THE MIRACLE OF BIRTH.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
- RHODA.
- JEANETTE.
- HOW ARE YOU? - JEANETTE LAMONT! OH, OF ALL THE PEOPLE! I'M SO GLAD YOU COULD COME! - LISTEN, I WOULDN'T DO THIS FOR ANYBODY ELSE.
BUT IF I DON'T DO IT FOR MY BEST FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WILL I DO IT FOR? NOWADAYS MY BEST FRIENDS ARE PEOPLE I DON'T EVEN LIKE.
- SOME OF THE GIRLS ARE ALREADY HERE, JEANETTE.
- SUSIE, HI! - OH, HERE, GIVE ME THAT.
THAT'S MINE.
THE SAME.
AH, HELLO.
CAN I HELP YOU? - HELLO.
I'M HARRIET STRONGAN FROM THE BRONX AND I GO YOUR INVITATION.
- UH-HUH.
- DO WE KNOW EACH OTHER? - SEE, THIS PARTY IS FOR PEOPLE THA I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH IN 1959.
- 1959? THAT'S THE YEAR I RETIRED.
- FROM WHAT? - EVERYTHING.
- THERE WAS ONLY ONE HARRIE STRONGAN IN THE PHONE BOOK, SO I SENT HER THE INVITATION.
I MADE A MISTAKE.
- WELL, I'M SORRY WE GOT YOU HERE FOR NOTHING.
- YOU'RE HAVING CAKE.
I LOVE CAKE.
- HEY, WOULD YA-- WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY? PLEASE STAY.
- OH, WELL, THANK YOU.
AND YOU CAN KEEP THE GIFT.
IT'S A LAVENDER SACHET.
I HOPE THAT MEN STILL LIKE THE SMELL OF LAVENDER.
TOO MANY THINGS ARE UNSCENTED TODAY.
- RHODA, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW WONDERFUL YOU LOOK.
- OH, JEANETTE, LOOK WHO'S TALKING.
YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS.
- THANKS.
I JOG FIVE MILES EVERY DAY, EAT ONLY ORGANIC FOODS, AND HAVE SEX ON A REGULAR BASIS.
EVERYTHING'S BEEN JUS GREAT SINCE MY DIVORCE.
[DOOR BUZZER.]
- YELLO! - HELLO, THIS IS CARLTON, YOUR DOORMAN.
- OH, HIYA, CARLTON, OLD BUDDY.
- HEY, HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING? - WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT? - 'CAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME I CAN UNDERSTAND WHA YOU'RE SAYING.
- WELL, WHAT DO YOU NEED, PAL? - THERE'S A LADY DOWN HERE TO SEE YA.
- WHO? - I DON'T KNOW, BUT SHE'S WEARING A BLACK HAT.
- EITHER LINDA OR BILLIE JACK.
- HEY, RHODA, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY I INVITED THIS PERSON WHO BOTHERS YOU SO MUCH, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW.
- OH, BRENDA, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
- I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A WAFFLE IRON.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
- HERE.
- HELLO, RHODA.
- HI, LINDA.
GEE, IT'S NICE TO SEE YA.
- IT IS? - YEAH.
- IT'S NICE? - WELL, YEAH, IT'S NICE.
- HERE'S A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU.
- OH, THANK YOU, LINDA.
- OH, RHODA.
LET ME LOOK AT YOU.
- COME ON, LINDA, DON'T-- - I SAID, LET ME LOOK AT YOU.
- SURE, OF COURSE, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE THAT SERIOUS.
- MY, MY, MY! YOU MUST BE SO PROUD OF WHA YOU'VE DONE TO YOURSELF.
RHODA, IT'S AMAZING! YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY ATTRACTIVE.
- WELL, YOU KNOW, LINDA, IT'S LIKE-- - CHAMPAGNE, LINDA? - WHO'S THIS? - NOBODY, NOTHING, IT DOESN' MATTER, JUST A RELATIVE.
- THAT'S MY SISTER.
- OH.
HERE, DARLING, TAKE THIS, WILL YOU? AND PUT I SOMEWHERE SAFE, HUH? - SURE.
I'LL PUT IT IN THE FUR ROOM.
- OH, WILL YOU LOOK WHO'S HERE! HIGH SCHOOL! HI, SWEET, MYRNA, HOW LOVELY TO SEE YOU! - YOU LOOK PRETTY GOOD, KIDDO.
- HELLO, HELLO.
AH, SUSIE, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE GRADUATION! YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT.
HOW MANY IS THIS? - THIS IS FIVE.
- YOU OUGHT TO TAKE THA HUSBAND OF YOURS AND CHAIN HIM TO THE KITCHEN SINK.
- AH, IT WOULDN'T HELP.
HE'D GET ME WHILE I WAS DOING THE DISHES.
- OH.
IS--IS THIS--IS THIS MISS ANDERSON? - MISS ANDERSON? - MISS ANDERSON, OUR HYGIENE TEACHER.
- MISS ANDERSON DIED.
- I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.
- HEY, GUYS, YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET A GROUP OF ALUMNI TOGETHER, SO IF YOU JUST FILL ME IN ON WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN DOING, I'LL PUT I IN THE NEWSLETTER.
- CERTAINLY, TERRIFIC! WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW? - EVERYTHING.
- BRENDA, I NEED A LOT MORE CHAMPAGNE.
- AH, HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU HAVE? - MY, WHAT A FUN QUESTION! - WE HEARD YOU WERE RICH.
- WELL, RICH, RICH IS A RELATIVE TERM.
IT ALL DEPENDS WHA YOU CONSIDER RICH.
I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF RICH.
IT ALL DEPENDS WHAT YOU CALL RICH.
WHAT DO YOU CALL RICH? - OVER $2 MILLION.
- THEN I'M RICH.
- MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU CONSIDER 3 MILLION RICH, THEN I'D STILL BE RICH.
- I DON'T BELIEVE IT! - $3 MILLION! - WHAT DO YOU SAY? - ALL RIGHT.
- THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT WASN'T EASY.
DON'T FORGET, 1959, THERE WEREN'T AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AS THERE ARE TODAY.
I HAD TO DO IT THE HARD WAY.
I MARRIED MONEY.
BUT WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE RHODA'S WEDDING, RIGHT? RHODA'S WEDDING.
TO RHODA! - HA HA.
- OH.
SO, RHODA, WHAT'S HE LIKE, HUH? - I'LL SHOW HER THE PICTURE, RHODA.
- NO, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD WANT-- - SHOW ME THE PICTURE! - SHOW HER THE PICTURE.
- CUTE.
- CUTE.
- CUTE.
- YUM.
- OH, HIS NOSE IS BROKEN? SO HUH? HA HA HA.
REMEMBER WHEN WE BOTH TRIED OUT FOR CHEERLEADER AND YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T "BOOMALACKA"? - I NEVER TRIED OU FOR CHEERLEADER.
- YOU MOST CERTAINLY DID.
- NO, I DIDN'T.
- I REMEMBER IT DISTINCTLY.
- IF YOU REMEMBER IT, I GUESS I MUST HAVE.
- RHODA! WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING TO EAT? - NO, DARLING, THANK YOU.
I'M SAVING MY APPETITE.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE GOING TO A REALLY WONDERFUL PLACE FOR DINNER.
- THIS IS WONDERFUL.
I TRIMMED THE FAT.
- SPEAKING OF TRIMMING THE FAT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? [CLICK CLICK.]
- LINDA? - YES, DARLING.
- COULD I PLEASE, PLEASE SEE YOU FOR A MINUTE? - OF COURSE.
- EXCUSE ME.
- THANK YOU.
- WHAT? - GET OUTTA HERE.
- IS IT TOO MUCH CHEAP CHAMPAGNE, RHODA? - YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS TO GO.
- IS IT JEALOUSY? IS THAT WHAT IT IS, RHODA? - 15 SECONDS, LINDA.
- I THINK I'LL STAY A WHILE.
- NO, LISTEN, I'M NOT GONNA BACK DOWN THIS TIME.
NOT THIS TIME.
- WHAT CAN YOU DO? - I CAN TELL EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT IN THREE YEARS YOU DIDN'T TAKE YOUR GYM SUIT HOME TO BE WASHED.
- I HAVE TO GO NOW.
- OH! - IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU.
- SAME HERE.
- TAKE CARE.
- AND YOU, SWEETHEART.
LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
NO, I JUST DROPPED BY TO WISH RHODA WELL AND GIVE HER A GIFT.
WHO AM I KIDDING? RHODA ASKED ME TO LEAVE.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE PUSHY, A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE WITH RHODA.
AND, TODAY, FOR THE FIRS TIME, RHODA HAD THE GUTS TO CONFRONT ME.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO--I WOULD-- I'M TAKING MY GIFT BACK.
- YOU KNOW WHAT? SHE TOOK MY LAVENDER SACHET.
[LAUGHTER.]
- SO AREN'T YOU GONNA WATCH ME OPEN LINDA'S GIFT? - IS IT TICKING? - IT'S FROM TIFFANY'S.
- WELL, IT COULD BE A STERLING SILVER BOMB.
- HEY, SILVER ICE TONGS.
- OH.
VERY CLASSY.
SILVER ICE TONGS.
DON'T GET YOUR HANDS COLD.
- I'LL HAVE TO USE THESE THE NEXT TIME I SHAKE HANDS WITH LINDA.
BRENDA, THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL SHOWER, REALLY.
- YEAH? - YEAH.
- RHO, I JUST WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT ONE THING.
- SURE.
- YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE TAKING ALL THAT STUFF FROM LINDA WHEN SHE WAS LAYING IT ON YOU? - YEAH.
- AND THE ONLY TIME YOU SPOKE UP WAS WHEN SHE STARTED - TO PUT ME DOWN? - YEAH.
- WELL, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT-- - I KNOW, THAT YOU'RE 21 YEARS OLD AND YOU'RE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF.
- NO, THAT I CAN USE ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.
THANKS.
I WAS BORN IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK IN DECEMBER, 1941.
I'VE ALWAYS FEL RESPONSIBLE FOR WORLD WAR II.
THE FIRST THING I REMEMBER LIKING THAT LIKED ME BACK WAS FOOD.
I HAD A BAD PUBERTY.
IT LASTED 17 YEARS.
I'M A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.
I WENT TO ART SCHOOL.
MY ENTRANCE EXAM WAS ON A BOOK OF MATCHES.
I DECIDED TO MOVE OUT OF THE HOUSE WHEN I WAS 24.
MY MOTHER STILL REFERS TO THIS AS THE TIME I RAN AWAY FROM HOME.
EVENTUALLY, I RAN TO MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE IT'S COLD, AND I FIGURED I'D KEEP BETTER.
NOW I'M BACK IN MANHATTAN.
NEW YORK, THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.
- DOES JOE LIKE WAFFLES? - WHAT? - DOES JOE LIKE WAFFLES? - BRENDA, PLEASE STOP WORRYING ABOUT MY WEDDING GIFT.
- I WASN'T WORRYING ABOUT A GIFT.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAFFLES.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I HAD I ALL SOLVED THIS AFTERNOON BY GIVING YOU A SHOWER.
- BRENDA, NOW LISTEN TO ME.
SHOWERS ARE FOR GIRLS YOUR AGE.
- YEAH.
BUT THE ONLY TROUBLE IS MOS OF US DON'T GET MARRIED UNTIL WE'RE YOUR AGE.
- BRENDA, LISTEN, I'LL LOVE ANYTHING THAT YOU GIVE ME.
REALLY.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU CARE THIS MUCH ABOUT IT.
REALLY.
IT'S WONDERFUL.
IN FACT, LET'S MAKE THAT YOUR GIFT TO ME--THAT YOU CARE THIS MUCH.
I LOVE IT.
THANK YOU! - HOW ABOUT A YOGURT MAKER? I REALLY FEEL STUPID BOTHERING YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M IN I SO DEEP NOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT I COME UP WITH SOMETHING GOOD.
I MIGHT BE THE FIRST PERSON TO DIE OF WEDDING GIFT FAILURE.
YOU WANT SOME HEALTH CEREAL? - SURE, SURE.
- WHAT KIND OF MILK DO YOU WANT ON YOUR CEREAL? REGULAR, LOW FAT, NON-FAT? - WHAT ARE YOU HAVING? - CHOCOLATE.
- BRENDA.
- YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SHOWER IDEA? EVEN IF IT WAS A ROTTEN SHOWER, YOU KNOW, WE COULD STILL HAVE A LOT OF FUN TALKING ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS.
- YEAH, BRENDA, NO, NO.
SHOWERS ARE NOT MY STYLE.
I'M TOO OLD TO GIGGLE.
- YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO THINK OF ANYTHING.
- [SIGHS.]
OK, MAYBE THE SHOWER IS NOT SUCH A BAD IDEA.
- YEAH? - EXCEPT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN BE GUEST OF HONOR AT AN AFFAIR WHERE YOU KNOW EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT YOU.
- OH, YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE! - HAVE I? - I MEAN, DARLING, WHEN I HEARD RHODA WAS GETTING MARRIED-- - I SCREAMED SO LOUDLY-- - THAT MY HUSBAND RUSHED RIGH IN FROM THE NEW DRY HEAT SAUNA AND SAID, "HELEN, DON' TELL ME RHODA MORGENSTERN IS GETTING MARRIED.
" - WELL, MY DEAR, YOU COULD HAVE KNOCKED ME OVER WITH A PAPER TOWEL.
I MEAN, THAT GIRL.
GIRL, HEH HEH.
SHE'S 33 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS HER FIRST TIME AROUND THE TRACK.
- I'M HOME.
WE GOTTA GET THAT FIXED.
- OH, SO? WHAT DO YOU THINK? - WOWEE, I THINK I LOOKS SENSATIONAL! - YEAH, TERRIFIC! VERY CLEVER, YOU KNOW, SHOWER, UMBRELLAS.
TERRIFIC.
- HEY, YOU REMEMBER MY FRIEND, ELLEN? - SMILE.
- BEAUTIFUL.
- THANKS.
NOW, HOLD IT, I WAN TO GET ONE WITH YOU IN IT, TOO.
RHODA, I'M TAKING PICTURES OF THE WHOLE SHOWER.
NOW, IT'S INCLUDING DEVELOPING AND PRINTING, ONE OF EACH.
THIS IS MY GIFT TO YOU, RHODA.
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ELLEN.
THAT'S GREAT.
OK, NOW YOU.
WHERE DID YOU FIND PEOPLE TO INVITE TO THIS EVENT? COME ON, COME CLEAN.
- OK, OK, I'LL TELL YOU.
I GOT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK.
I SENT OUT INVITATIONS TO ALL THE GIRLS WHO WROTE IN IT.
48 OF THEM.
- MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK! - YEAH.
RHODA, YOU KNOW, I NEVER KNEW THAT YOU WERE IN THE CHOIR.
- OH, I NEVER WAS, I JUST WORE THE ROBE FOR FOUR YEARS SO NOBODY COULD SEE MY HIPS.
48 INVITATIONS, HUH? HEY, HOW MANY ARE COMING? NO, NO, LET ME GUESS.
SEVEN.
- NO, FIVE.
- THE TWINS COULDN'T MAKE IT, HUH? - NO.
[DOOR BUZZER.]
- HELLO.
- THIS IS CARLTON, YOUR DOORMAN SPEAKING FROM THE-- - THE LOBBY? - YES.
YEAH, THERE'S A LADY DOWN HERE.
SHE SAYS SHE'S FROM HIGH SCHOOL, BUT SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOT QUITE A FEW MILES ON HER.
- WELL, SEND HER UP.
- I'LL TRY.
- LISTEN, BRENDA, I GOTTA KNOW WHO'S COMING.
- WHY? - BECAUSE THEN WHEN I SAY, "OH, YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT," I'LL KNOW WHO I'M LYING TO.
- WELL, THERE'S JEANETTE LAMONT.
- OH, JEANETTE! OH, THAT'S TERRIFIC! I LOVE HER! I REMEMBER WE USED TO PRACTICE SMOKING TOGETHER.
- AND SUSAN ALBORN.
- OH, OLD LAZY SUZIE.
- REMEMBER HER? - OH, YEAH, OH, YEAH.
- MYRNA MORGENSTEIN.
- OH, MY LITTLE FRIEND FROM ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
- YEAH.
AND LINDA MONROE AND HARRIET STRONGAN.
- WAIT A MINUTE.
DID YOU SAY LINDA MONROE? - YEAH! - NO, NO.
- WELL, WHAT? IS SOMETHING WRONG? - OH, WELL, NOT REALLY.
LISTEN, IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS, RIGHT? MAYBE SHE'S CHANGED.
- WE THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS A FRIEND OF YOURS.
- NO.
- YEAH, SHE IN YOUR BOOK, "GOOD LUCK WITH CHUCK.
LOVE YOU FOREVER.
" - OH, YEAH, AFTER SHE WROTE THAT, SHE TOLD CHUCK THAT I DIDN'T GO IN FOR HEAVY PETTING AND HE DROPPED ME.
- WHAT WAS CONSIDERED HEAVY PETTING IN THOSE DAYS? - OH, WHEN YOU CAME HOME WITH LESS ANGORA THAN YOU STARTED WITH.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
- HERE WE GO.
- RHODA? RHODA MORGENSTERN? - MYRNA? MYRNA MORGENSTEIN? OH, HI THERE.
- I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU.
I MEAN, I WAS HAPPY AT THE OTHER 79 SHOWERS I WENT TO FOR OUR CLASS, BUT NOT AS HAPPY AS I AM FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE THE LAST ONE.
- MYRNA, I WANT YOU TO MEET MY SISTER BRENDA, AND THIS IS HER FRIEND ELLEN.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- SAME HERE.
- OH, MYRNA, I REMEMBER BACK IN SCHOOL WHEN HE USED TO CALL ROLL, EVERYBODY WOULD SAY "HERE," EXCEPT YOU.
YOU ALWAYS SAID "PRESENT.
" - THAT--THAT WAS MY ONLY WAY OF BEING DIFFERENT.
I WAS VERY SHY BACK THEN.
- SO, MYRNA, TELL ME, WHAT DID YOU DO AFTER GRADUATION? - I WENT RIGHT HOME.
- WHAT I MEANT WAS, YOU KNOW, LATER.
I MEAN, WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE? - OH, WELL, I'M REALLY DOING FINE.
YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH FUN WE HAD IN HIGH SCHOOL, RHODA? - OH, YEAH.
- YEAH, THOSE WERE THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF MY LIFE.
I'LL NEVER TOP THEM.
- IT'S TOO BAD YOU CAN' CLING TO HIGH SCHOOL.
- YES, YOU CAN, AND I FIGURED OUT HOW.
YOU SEE, I BECAME ALUMNI SECRETARY FOR OUR OLD CLASS.
IN FACT, I'VE CAN SAFELY SAY THA I LOVE THE CLASS OF '59 MORE THAN I LOVE MY CAT.
- YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED, MYRNA.
YOU ALWAYS LIKED CATS.
- NO, I ALWAYS HAD CATS.
I NEVER LIKED THEM.
- WELL, ARE YOU MARRIED? - LIKE 11% OF OUR CLASS, I'M NOT.
- HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? - WELL, YOU SEE, AS ALUMNI SECRETARY I HAVE TO KEEP UP TO DATE.
YEAH, 89% OF OUR CLASS IS MARRIED.
THERE ARE 275 CHILDREN AND 38 DIVORCES.
- NO KIDDING! THANKS, BRENDA.
- BUT HERE'S THE BIGGES SURPRISE OF ALL--NOBODY IN THE CLASS OF '59 HAS DIED.
- WE DID HAVE A GREAT HYGIENE TEACHER.
- WE SURE DID.
MAY SHE REST IN PEACE.
- SO, MYRNA, TELL ME, YOU MIGH KNOW, HOW IS LINDA MONROE DOING? - IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TELL YOU THIS, RHODA.
BUT SHE DID GREAT.
- HOW NICE! - I ADMIRE HOW WELL YOU'RE PRETENDING TO TAKE IT.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
- RHODA.
IT'S SUSIE! OH, LOOK AT YOU.
- OH, RHODA, YOU MUST HAVE SOME GREAT DIET.
YOU DON'T EVEN SHOW.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN? - HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU? - HOW FAR ALONG? - YEAH.
- OH, SUSIE, THIS IS A BRIDAL SHOWER.
- A BRIDAL SHOWER! - YEAH.
[LAUGHTER.]
- OH, SHOOT.
I BROUGHT YOU DIAPERS AND A TEETHING RING.
SEE, I FIGURED THAT-- - I KNOW, I KNOW.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THA SOMEBODY MY AGE IS JUST NOW GETTING MARRIED.
I FIGURED BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, RIGHT? - SOMETIMES I THINK NEVER IS BETTER.
THIS IS NUMBER FIVE.
- OH, SUSIE, THEN YOU'RE GONNA NEED THESE BEFORE I DO, PLEASE.
- AH, RHODA, WHAT KIND OF BIRTH CONTROL ARE YOU USING? - OH, THE PILL.
- THAT'S WHAT I USED! - MYRNA, YOU HERE? - PRESENT.
IT'S SURE BEEN A LONG TIME, SUSIE.
- OH, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WHOO, WAIT! NO.
- NO? - MYRNA, I HAVEN' SEEN YOU IN 15 YEARS.
- HOW ARE TIMOTHY, PATRICK, GAIL, AND ANDREW? - MYRNA, HOW DO YOU KNOW-- - OH, LISTEN, I KEEP UP TO DATE.
I'M JUST SORRY I DIDN'T SEND A NOTE LAST MONTH WHEN TIMOTHY GOT HIS SWIMMING CERTIFICATE.
- THAT'S OK.
- SUSIE.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS MY SISTER BRENDA.
- HELLO.
- AND HER FRIEND ELLEN.
- YEAH.
PARDON US FOR NOT RISING.
- SO, SUSAN, WHEN'S THE HAPPY DAY? - NINE MONTHS AGO.
- ARE YOU GONNA HAVE NATURAL CHILDBIRTH? - NO, NO.
I HAD IT WITH THE FIRST THREE.
I LOST INTERES IN THE MIRACLE OF BIRTH.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
- RHODA.
- JEANETTE.
- HOW ARE YOU? - JEANETTE LAMONT! OH, OF ALL THE PEOPLE! I'M SO GLAD YOU COULD COME! - LISTEN, I WOULDN'T DO THIS FOR ANYBODY ELSE.
BUT IF I DON'T DO IT FOR MY BEST FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WILL I DO IT FOR? NOWADAYS MY BEST FRIENDS ARE PEOPLE I DON'T EVEN LIKE.
- SOME OF THE GIRLS ARE ALREADY HERE, JEANETTE.
- SUSIE, HI! - OH, HERE, GIVE ME THAT.
THAT'S MINE.
THE SAME.
AH, HELLO.
CAN I HELP YOU? - HELLO.
I'M HARRIET STRONGAN FROM THE BRONX AND I GO YOUR INVITATION.
- UH-HUH.
- DO WE KNOW EACH OTHER? - SEE, THIS PARTY IS FOR PEOPLE THA I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH IN 1959.
- 1959? THAT'S THE YEAR I RETIRED.
- FROM WHAT? - EVERYTHING.
- THERE WAS ONLY ONE HARRIE STRONGAN IN THE PHONE BOOK, SO I SENT HER THE INVITATION.
I MADE A MISTAKE.
- WELL, I'M SORRY WE GOT YOU HERE FOR NOTHING.
- YOU'RE HAVING CAKE.
I LOVE CAKE.
- HEY, WOULD YA-- WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY? PLEASE STAY.
- OH, WELL, THANK YOU.
AND YOU CAN KEEP THE GIFT.
IT'S A LAVENDER SACHET.
I HOPE THAT MEN STILL LIKE THE SMELL OF LAVENDER.
TOO MANY THINGS ARE UNSCENTED TODAY.
- RHODA, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW WONDERFUL YOU LOOK.
- OH, JEANETTE, LOOK WHO'S TALKING.
YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS.
- THANKS.
I JOG FIVE MILES EVERY DAY, EAT ONLY ORGANIC FOODS, AND HAVE SEX ON A REGULAR BASIS.
EVERYTHING'S BEEN JUS GREAT SINCE MY DIVORCE.
[DOOR BUZZER.]
- YELLO! - HELLO, THIS IS CARLTON, YOUR DOORMAN.
- OH, HIYA, CARLTON, OLD BUDDY.
- HEY, HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING? - WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT? - 'CAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME I CAN UNDERSTAND WHA YOU'RE SAYING.
- WELL, WHAT DO YOU NEED, PAL? - THERE'S A LADY DOWN HERE TO SEE YA.
- WHO? - I DON'T KNOW, BUT SHE'S WEARING A BLACK HAT.
- EITHER LINDA OR BILLIE JACK.
- HEY, RHODA, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY I INVITED THIS PERSON WHO BOTHERS YOU SO MUCH, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW.
- OH, BRENDA, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
- I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A WAFFLE IRON.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
- HERE.
- HELLO, RHODA.
- HI, LINDA.
GEE, IT'S NICE TO SEE YA.
- IT IS? - YEAH.
- IT'S NICE? - WELL, YEAH, IT'S NICE.
- HERE'S A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU.
- OH, THANK YOU, LINDA.
- OH, RHODA.
LET ME LOOK AT YOU.
- COME ON, LINDA, DON'T-- - I SAID, LET ME LOOK AT YOU.
- SURE, OF COURSE, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE THAT SERIOUS.
- MY, MY, MY! YOU MUST BE SO PROUD OF WHA YOU'VE DONE TO YOURSELF.
RHODA, IT'S AMAZING! YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY ATTRACTIVE.
- WELL, YOU KNOW, LINDA, IT'S LIKE-- - CHAMPAGNE, LINDA? - WHO'S THIS? - NOBODY, NOTHING, IT DOESN' MATTER, JUST A RELATIVE.
- THAT'S MY SISTER.
- OH.
HERE, DARLING, TAKE THIS, WILL YOU? AND PUT I SOMEWHERE SAFE, HUH? - SURE.
I'LL PUT IT IN THE FUR ROOM.
- OH, WILL YOU LOOK WHO'S HERE! HIGH SCHOOL! HI, SWEET, MYRNA, HOW LOVELY TO SEE YOU! - YOU LOOK PRETTY GOOD, KIDDO.
- HELLO, HELLO.
AH, SUSIE, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE GRADUATION! YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT.
HOW MANY IS THIS? - THIS IS FIVE.
- YOU OUGHT TO TAKE THA HUSBAND OF YOURS AND CHAIN HIM TO THE KITCHEN SINK.
- AH, IT WOULDN'T HELP.
HE'D GET ME WHILE I WAS DOING THE DISHES.
- OH.
IS--IS THIS--IS THIS MISS ANDERSON? - MISS ANDERSON? - MISS ANDERSON, OUR HYGIENE TEACHER.
- MISS ANDERSON DIED.
- I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.
- HEY, GUYS, YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET A GROUP OF ALUMNI TOGETHER, SO IF YOU JUST FILL ME IN ON WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN DOING, I'LL PUT I IN THE NEWSLETTER.
- CERTAINLY, TERRIFIC! WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW? - EVERYTHING.
- BRENDA, I NEED A LOT MORE CHAMPAGNE.
- AH, HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU HAVE? - MY, WHAT A FUN QUESTION! - WE HEARD YOU WERE RICH.
- WELL, RICH, RICH IS A RELATIVE TERM.
IT ALL DEPENDS WHA YOU CONSIDER RICH.
I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF RICH.
IT ALL DEPENDS WHAT YOU CALL RICH.
WHAT DO YOU CALL RICH? - OVER $2 MILLION.
- THEN I'M RICH.
- MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU CONSIDER 3 MILLION RICH, THEN I'D STILL BE RICH.
- I DON'T BELIEVE IT! - $3 MILLION! - WHAT DO YOU SAY? - ALL RIGHT.
- THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT WASN'T EASY.
DON'T FORGET, 1959, THERE WEREN'T AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AS THERE ARE TODAY.
I HAD TO DO IT THE HARD WAY.
I MARRIED MONEY.
BUT WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE RHODA'S WEDDING, RIGHT? RHODA'S WEDDING.
TO RHODA! - HA HA.
- OH.
SO, RHODA, WHAT'S HE LIKE, HUH? - I'LL SHOW HER THE PICTURE, RHODA.
- NO, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD WANT-- - SHOW ME THE PICTURE! - SHOW HER THE PICTURE.
- CUTE.
- CUTE.
- CUTE.
- YUM.
- OH, HIS NOSE IS BROKEN? SO HUH? HA HA HA.
REMEMBER WHEN WE BOTH TRIED OUT FOR CHEERLEADER AND YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T "BOOMALACKA"? - I NEVER TRIED OU FOR CHEERLEADER.
- YOU MOST CERTAINLY DID.
- NO, I DIDN'T.
- I REMEMBER IT DISTINCTLY.
- IF YOU REMEMBER IT, I GUESS I MUST HAVE.
- RHODA! WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING TO EAT? - NO, DARLING, THANK YOU.
I'M SAVING MY APPETITE.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE GOING TO A REALLY WONDERFUL PLACE FOR DINNER.
- THIS IS WONDERFUL.
I TRIMMED THE FAT.
- SPEAKING OF TRIMMING THE FAT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? [CLICK CLICK.]
- LINDA? - YES, DARLING.
- COULD I PLEASE, PLEASE SEE YOU FOR A MINUTE? - OF COURSE.
- EXCUSE ME.
- THANK YOU.
- WHAT? - GET OUTTA HERE.
- IS IT TOO MUCH CHEAP CHAMPAGNE, RHODA? - YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS TO GO.
- IS IT JEALOUSY? IS THAT WHAT IT IS, RHODA? - 15 SECONDS, LINDA.
- I THINK I'LL STAY A WHILE.
- NO, LISTEN, I'M NOT GONNA BACK DOWN THIS TIME.
NOT THIS TIME.
- WHAT CAN YOU DO? - I CAN TELL EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT IN THREE YEARS YOU DIDN'T TAKE YOUR GYM SUIT HOME TO BE WASHED.
- I HAVE TO GO NOW.
- OH! - IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU.
- SAME HERE.
- TAKE CARE.
- AND YOU, SWEETHEART.
LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
NO, I JUST DROPPED BY TO WISH RHODA WELL AND GIVE HER A GIFT.
WHO AM I KIDDING? RHODA ASKED ME TO LEAVE.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE PUSHY, A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE WITH RHODA.
AND, TODAY, FOR THE FIRS TIME, RHODA HAD THE GUTS TO CONFRONT ME.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO--I WOULD-- I'M TAKING MY GIFT BACK.
- YOU KNOW WHAT? SHE TOOK MY LAVENDER SACHET.
[LAUGHTER.]
- SO AREN'T YOU GONNA WATCH ME OPEN LINDA'S GIFT? - IS IT TICKING? - IT'S FROM TIFFANY'S.
- WELL, IT COULD BE A STERLING SILVER BOMB.
- HEY, SILVER ICE TONGS.
- OH.
VERY CLASSY.
SILVER ICE TONGS.
DON'T GET YOUR HANDS COLD.
- I'LL HAVE TO USE THESE THE NEXT TIME I SHAKE HANDS WITH LINDA.
BRENDA, THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL SHOWER, REALLY.
- YEAH? - YEAH.
- RHO, I JUST WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT ONE THING.
- SURE.
- YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE TAKING ALL THAT STUFF FROM LINDA WHEN SHE WAS LAYING IT ON YOU? - YEAH.
- AND THE ONLY TIME YOU SPOKE UP WAS WHEN SHE STARTED - TO PUT ME DOWN? - YEAH.
- WELL, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT-- - I KNOW, THAT YOU'RE 21 YEARS OLD AND YOU'RE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF.
- NO, THAT I CAN USE ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.
THANKS.