"In the last episode of Soap," "Tim left Corinne because he doesn't believe her, and Mary left Burt because she believes Sally, and Corinne left for the hospital because she believes she's in labor." "Jodie met a girl named Alice on a bridge and found out they have a lot in common." "They're both depressed and gay." "And Chester still doesn't know who he is and everyone still doesn't know he's alive." "Confused?" "You won't be after tonight's episode of..." "Soap." "This is the story of two sisters," "Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell." "These are the Tates, and these are the Campbells." "And this is Soap." "INTERCOM:" "Dr. Essenbar, admitting desk, please." "Well, I don't understand." "What is going on here?" "It's been four hours." "Oh, Benson, labor can take a long time." "When I had Billy, I was in labor two days." "Oh, God, I remember that." "It was awful." "You're telling me?" "And when I had Eunice, it took 14 hours, which was no picnic." "I had the easiest time with Corinne." "She's adopted." "Okay." "You get light, one sugar." "You get black, one sugar." "You get extra light, two sugars." "And you get not so light, no sugar." "I get the extra light, no sugar." "There's just light, no sugar and not so light, no sugar, but there's no extra light, no sugar." "I asked for Sweet'N Low and this has sugar in it." "They didn't have Sweet'N Low." "Oh, they must have." "Did you even ask?" "Yes, but it was a machine." "It didn't answer." "How could they not have Sweet'N Low?" "I could be a diabetic and take one sip of this and drop dead, for God's sake!" "Aw." "Billy." "Look, they only had a few buttons to push:" "coffee, light, sugar, and hot chocolate." "That was it." "They have hot chocolate?" "I'll have hot chocolate!" "Aw, come on." "And extra whipped cream." "No marshmallow." "I'll have extra marshmallow, extra chocolate, but no whipped cream." "I'll have extra chocolate, extra marshmallow, extra whipped cream, and Sweet'N Low." "I'm on a diet!" "Wait a minute." "I'll come with you." "I can't stand it here." "There's nothing to do but pace and sit." "I loved being in labor." "Well, of course you did, because you weren't in labor." "You were just walking around and they dropped out." "They did not!" "Mary, you had Jodie at the movies and stayed to see the end of the picture." "We were on our way to the movies." "I had Jodie in the car." "And they parked the car and went in to see the movie." "I went to the hospital." "And Danny, I mean, Danny was so easy, you didn't even know you had him." "She was talking to me on the phone, and she heard this crying." "Jessica!" "JESSICA:" "Oh, goodie!" "Hot chocolate!" "Plain." "Plain hot chocolate, no extra anything." "No Sweet'N Low?" "No." "Benson, what's that?" "Bouillon." "Smells good." "They have bouillon?" "Oh, God." "Bouillon?" "Going to have bouillon now?" "What I want to know is, where is Tim?" "I could wring his neck!" "Oh, he's in a cave, Benson." "A cave!" "He should be in a cave-in." "Doesn't show up for his baby's birth." "I want Dutch's baby." "Oh, sure." "One father's in a cave." "The other's in a cell." "Very nice." "Mrs. Tate?" "Oh, yes." "Congratulations." "Corinne has had a boy." "Oh, how wonderful." "Of course, I don't quite understand how a five months' pregnancy could result in a perfectly normal nine months' baby." "But I must say, in all my years as a doctor, this is the most gorgeous baby I have ever seen." "Oh, doctor, that's very sweet of you to say that." "Well, you know what babies look like, all blotchy, with fuzz all over them, pink and white and yellow... really disgusting." "They look like little rats." "But not this one." "This one could be a movie star right now." "Oh." "May we see him?" "Oh, certainly." "Right away." "The baby should have an agent." "Well, I'm afraid she doesn't want to see you." "But why, Jess?" "Why?" "I don't understand." "What's going on here?" "You know what it is." "Tell me." "Now, Burt, I can't tell you." "I swore!" "She used to do the same thing when we were in high school." "A boy would come to see her, and she'd send me downstairs to get rid of him." "And so, I would go down and tell them that she had some terrible disease." "And I'd give the diseases the names of Italian food." "So I'd say to the guy," ""Well, I'm sorry, you can't see Mary." "I mean, she's got rigatoni marinara."" "I'm not leaving until I see Mary." "Burt." "Burt..." "You..." "You know that you're stronger than I am, hmm?" "Mm-hmm." "Well, if you rushed at me... pushed past me all the way up to Corinne's bedroom, where Mary happens to be staying," "I doubt seriously if I would ever be able to stop you." "Yeah, but Jessica, I don't want to hurt you." "Burt, you don't have to do it for real." "What?" "What?" "You know." "Oh, I got it." "All right, now, stand back, Jess." "You're no match for me!" "Why did you do that?" "Well, I had to make it look real." "Mary." "Come on, Mary." "I know you're in there." "Mary, come on." "Mary!" "Mary, uh, you open this door or I'm gonna break it down." "Go away." "Mary, please!" "We have to talk." "We have to sit down face to face and talk honestly." "Honestly?" "You have the nerve to say "honestly"?" "A man with airplanes and fat ladies and 18-year-olds?" "You get away from there." "Now, Mary, listen to me." "I'm gonna count to three." "Then you better stand back because the wood's gonna fly." "Do you know what I'm saying to you here?" "One." "Two." "Two-and-a-half." "Oh..." "Three!" "All right..." "Burt, are you all right?" "Yes." "You're sure you're all right?" "Yes, yes." "I'm fine." "I'm fine." "I'm fine." "In that case..." "Mary!" "Mary!" "Stop!" "Mary, what are you..." "Mary, why are you doing this?" "Why am I doing this?" "Yes." "Mary, please." "Mary, why are you doing this?" "Take a guess!" "Mary, please, now, listen to me." "Mary, now, listen to me." "Just tell me what I did." "What did I do?" "What did you do?" "I ain't cleaning that." "No way am I gonna clean that." "Oh." "The antique wash basin." "Benson, English Spode." "No, I think it was the Dresden vase." "No, I think it was the wash basin." "Dresden vase." "I can tell by the sound." "I dropped the other one last week." "You want me to get that?" "If you don't mind." "Now, Mary, just tell me... in words, Mary... what did I do?" "What did you do?" "I..." "Mary, wait a minute." "Hey, please!" "Excuse me." "Oh, Mary!" "Oh..." "Mary, no, please." "No." "Burt..." "I..." "I know it's none of my business, but..." "Mary!" "No, no, no!" "However..." "Ah-ah-ah-ah!" "Burt, your secretary came and told Mary that you were having an affair with her and an 18-year-old, and, uh, you know, naturally Mary is a little upset." "Sally told you that?" "I know you two can, uh, work this out." "Perhaps you'd like to talk about it on the lawn." "Excuse me." "Sally told you that?" "Deny it and I'll kill you." "Who's denying?" "I'm not denying." "You admit it?" "It's true?" "No." "Well, which is it, Burt?" "This is not multiple choice." "It's partially true." "Which part?" "The Sally part." "I hate you!" "Mary." "Listen to me." "It was just once..." "That one time that I told you about that I don't remember." "Don't you remember?" "You told me about an old, fat woman." "Sally is not an old, fat woman." "She's a young, skinny woman." "I despise, loathe, and detest you." "Damn it." "There's nothing left to throw!" "Mary, Mary, now, listen to me." "Mary, Mary, hey, it's true." "I lied." "But in that particular case, there was no reason to tell the truth." "Don't you understand?" "No." "But I'm sure Nixon would!" "Mary, I was drunk, and I didn't remember it, and it meant nothing, so why tell you it was Sally?" "And the 18-year-old?" "What 18..." "There's no 18-year-old." "Ah." "Uh, you don't believe that?" "I mean, you have no reason to believe me." "Right." "So what's this supposed to mean?" "Well, I think it's obvious." "What do you mean, that this is it?" "Right." "What, we're finished?" "Yes." "I didn't do it, Mary, whatever you think I did." "I didn't do it." "Save your breath, Burt." "Okay, I'm gonna prove it to you." "I'm gonna go out, and I'm gonna prove it to you." "I don't know how, but I will." "Hey, this is my whole life here." "I'm just not gonna let it die." "Clean up this mess." "Dinner's ready." "Oh, how wonderful." "You can cook?" "Do I know how to cook?" "Are you kidding?" "Not really." "This is salad." "I didn't have to cook it." "It's raw." "Well, it looks wonderful." "You know, the secret to a good salad is in the tossing." "Really?" "Yes." "It's all in the tossing." "My favorite thing, salad." "Oh, I'm sorry." "That's the damn oil... makes everything so slippery." "Well, why don't I toss what's left of the salad, and you can serve the rest of the dinner." "All right." "Fine." "I'll just open this bottle of 1971 Dom Perignon." "Fantastic year, 1971." "It was for me too." "This is a little tricky." "Good God!" "I don't know why they bottle it like that!" "That's dangerous as hell." "Oh, this is..." "I'm really sorry." "You know, this is... turning out awful." "It's because I haven't had a woman here in so long." "What women have you had here?" "Oh, none." "But you just said that you had." "Well, you can't exactly call it as having someone here." "I mean, I..." "I never entertained them." "I never even let them use the bathroom." "Who were they?" "Oh, circus women." "Gypsies, groupies." "Groupies?" "Yeah." "I thought they hung around with rock stars." "There are detective groupies." "Really?" "Yeah." "They get a big thrill out of hanging around with a guy in danger who carries a gun." "You're buttering your sleeve." "I didn't know that you carried a gun." "Well, I just have one around here for the groupies." "I wouldn't carry one." "They're dangerous." "This isn't going too well, is it?" "What?" "Dinner." "Of course it is." "It's lovely." "I don't know what to do next." "Why are you so nervous?" "I'm trying to impress you." "Well, you don't have to impress me, silly." "I already think you're wonderful." "Ah, now, come on, you say that to a man who threw salad all over the room." "No, I do." "I think you're wonderful." "You make me laugh, and you make me feel good, and you make me very happy." "I make you happy?" "Yes." "Then why don't we, uh..." "What?" "You know." "No." "What?" "Well, be together." "Well, we are together, silly." "That's not what I'm talking about." "Well, what are you talking about?" "Mating." "What?" "Do I have to repeat that?" "No." "I don't think so." "No." "Thank you." "Oh, sure, I understand." "I mean, forget I mentioned it." "I never said it." "It's the champagne." "One sip, and I'm a crazy man." "Now you're hurt." "No, don't be silly." "It's just something I have to live with." "I don't turn you on." "You do." "I do?" "How?" "Well, what do you mean, how?" "I don't know how." "Just exactly what do you mean?" "Is it my face?" "My body?" "My animal magnetism?" "It's your everything." "You know." "It's the way you smile, and how you walk, and how you use your hands." "It's your eyes, and, you know, the way you look at me sometimes." "And..." "And it's your mouth." "I know what you mean about my walk." "I've heard that before." "I love the way you move." "Kind of cat-like, huh?" "Yeah..." "What about my eyes?" "Oh, they're sexy." "Oh, yeah?" "Mm-hmm." "My hands?" "Sexy." "My mouth." "I don't remember." "You don't remember?" "Mm-mm." "Here, uh, let me take another look." "Come a little bit closer." "Did we get a puppy?" "Uh, Jodie, walk on the paths." "Alice, is this some kind of game?" "I shampooed the rugs." "You know, you could've called." "Dinner's ruined." "Alice, you, uh, moved the furniture." "I made a rack of lamb to be ready two hours ago." "The lamb dried up." "We've got the rack for dinner." "Alice, why did you rearrange the furniture?" "Oh, I couldn't stand it." "The couch had no relationship with the fireplace." "It didn't want one." "Stay on the paper!" "Alice, I am not a cocker spaniel." "I do not have to stay on the paper." "Would you listen to the thanks I get?" "I spend the whole day cooking dinner, moving furniture, painting the bathroom, cleaning the..." "Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho." "You painted the bathroom?" "Oh, it's gorgeous." "It's silver." "It's like going in a disco." "Look, uh, Alice, uh," "I don't think this is gonna work out." "All right, I'll paint the bathroom white." "No, it's not that, Alice." "You have been here for three days, and you have rearranged everything." "I don't even recognize my own apartment." "If I didn't see my name on the door," "I would have thought I moved." "I'll paint it another color." "Alice, I hate another color." "I hate silver." "I hate white." "I hate racks of lamb." "I hate the couch here." "I hate clean rugs." "I like dirty rugs!" "I'm sorry." "I'll leave." "I said, "I'll leave."" "I'll go pack." "I'm packed!" "Jodie, I'm sorry." "That's what happens when you have a Jewish mother." "Eventually, you become one." "What a relief." "I've got my house back." "Hello, house!" "She's gone!" "What a crazy girl." "She cooks, cleans, paints, and straightens." "Cooks, cleans, paints, and straightens." "What am I, nuts?" "Alice!" "Alice!" "I'm returning your call." "Alice, I don't want you to go." "I really don't want you to go." "Hey, Jodie, it's okay." "I'm a big pain, and if I were you, I'd want me to go." "You know, after you left, for three seconds, I felt relieved, but then..." "I missed you." "I mean, uh, I..." "I like having you here, Alice, and if you left, I'd really miss you." "You see, I figured if I did everything, you'd think I was wonderful and you'd want me to stay." "I think you're wonderful, and I want you to stay." "Okay." "I'll unpack." "I'm unpacked." "You make me feel good." "I haven't felt this good around someone in a long time." "And I haven't felt this good around someone." "Okay." "I'm gonna calm down." "I'm not gonna lift a finger around here." "The whole place can go to pot." "Okay." "When do we eat?" "What?" "The lamb is a hockey puck." "Perfectly beautiful lamb." "Well, next time, call, huh?" "Alice." "What, he can't pick up a phone?" "I worry about you!" "You got it, sugar." "Scramble two, Cookie." "Right." "Uh, then let me have a side, down two with, and burn one." "Right." "Midge-Ann?" "Yeah." "I have no idea what you just said." "Yo!" "Yo, Buck." "Yo, pretty thing." "Yo, Buck." "Yo, fellers." "ALL:" "Yo." "Yo, Buck." "Cup of joe, will you, Midge-Ann?" "Well, what'll it be, partner?" "Oh, jack ham, loose and open, roll the bowl, no green, lots of red, keep the low, let it ride." "He's actually gonna eat that?" "Yeah." "What you cackling about?" "Oh, nothing." "Don't get all ruffled, partner." "You making a pass at my gal?" "Uh, no." "Because if you do," "I'm gonna bite your nose off." "MIDGE-ANN:" "Buck, what is the matter with you?" "There's something about this guy" "I don't like." "You don't seem like no cook to me." "Ah-ah-ah, double negative." ""You don't seem like no,"" "therefore I do seem like a cook to you." "Do you see?" "That did it." "Cookie, let me have an apple pie with cheddar on the plate." "Cookie?" "Cheddar on the plate." "You big bully!" "You hurt him." "Cookie, say something to me." "Cheddar plate." "Ched..." "Che..." "Chester!" "Chester Plate!" "No, no, no." "Wait, wait." "Wait." "It's coming back to me." "Chester..." "Che..." "Tate." "I'm Chester Tate!" "From Connecticut." "I live in Connecticut." "I've gotta go home." "Oh, I'm Chester Tate from Connecticut." "I have a loving wife named Jessica, and a fine young son named Benson." "Well, it's a little murky, but it's coming back." "Oh, Midge-Ann, I'm so happy." "Oh, I'm glad, Cookie." "Oh, I guess I should call you Chester." "Well, I'm on way to Connecticut." "Goodbye." "Bye." "Yo!" "ALL:" "Yo!" "Uh, which way is Connecticut?" "What could be the reason for Corinne giving birth to a nine-month baby after a five-month pregnancy?" "Lousy addition?" "Is something going to happen with Donohue and Jessica?" "And if it does, will they eat dinner first?" "How can Burt prove to Mary that Sally lied if Mary won't believe him because he lied?" "Now that Chester's on his way home, is Donohue on his way out?" "These questions and many others will be answered on the next episode of..." "Soap." "Soap is videotaped before a studio audience."