"I would like to propose a toast to my daughter-in-law, Dharma who has just completed her six-month probationary period and is now a full member of the Women's Cub Charity Committee." "Brava." "So probation's over?" "Can tak now?" "Oh, of course you can, dear." "Who tod you you coudn't?" "Well, I would just like to thank you for inviting me to be part of your committee." "I really enjoyed the champagne brunches, the cocktail parties and the wine cruise." "But I was thinking, if we cut back on the booze a bit we might have more money to help poor people." " Six months goes by so quickly." " I mean, actually we could box up these leftovers and feed some homeless right now." " Thank you, but..." " t's easy." "We fan out in the park and anybody who's wearing more than one coat is probably hungry." "Yes, we, we' tabe that for the moment because we really need to discuss the upcoming banquet." "Yes." "Where you' be receiving the Evelyn Hofstedter Humanitarian Award." "Oh, right, I just completely forgot that." "When?" "Since the car?" "Now, adies, we've got to decide who's going to introduce you, Kitty." "Is that something your husband might like to do?" " Is there an open bar?" " Yes." "No." "Hey, ' do it." "Oh, Dharma, dear, you're..." "You wi have so many other things to do." " You don't wanna worry about a speech." " Promise ' bathe and wear a bra." " Well, I..." " We, then, that's setted." "Dharma will introduce Kitty." " Don't worry, won't embarrass you." " Okay." "For heaven's sakes, Duchess, sweetheart." "Can't take you anywhere." "No, don't bame it on Duchess." "Nunzio's probably just trying to get into her purse." "Nunzio, you old horn dog, you." "Say hi to Grandma." "Hey, check it out." "Your mother faxed me a speech to introduce her with." "Well, that was nice of her." "Or competey out of ine and 'm sorry." "Listen to this: "Dharma, daring, know you're terriby busy so I jotted down a few ideas for your speech." "Took the liberty of putting it in your vernacuar."" "Did you know I had a vernacular?" "No." ""What can say about Kitty Montgomery?" "She is certainly one groovy mother-in-aw."" " She didn't say "groovy."" " I need to update my vernacular." ""Kitty Montgomery woud never dream of standing here, telling you how tirelessly she gives of herself." " So et me rap about it."" " Rap?" "Do you dig, man?" "'m gonna rap." " Greg, nobody talks like this." " Your father does." "Don't wanna do some boring speech." "I wanna do something personal." "Do you have fun stories I can tell about your mother?" "Fun?" "You know, if you change "rap" and "groovy," what she wrote isn't so bad." " Hey, you got a minute?" " Come on in." "Dharma, Greg, we want you to know..." "Both to know that we appreciate your help, your support but we can't ignore the truth anymore." "Our marriage has never been a happy one, and..." " We're getting a divorce." " Yeah." "What?" "Just ike that, you're gonna throw away six weeks of marriage?" "It was really over after four weeks." "The last two we were pretty much just going through the motions." "The reason we're here is Pete's aready a lawyer, so I want you to be mine." "Wow, Greg, that's gotta be fattering, huh?" "Well, flattering as it may be, Jane, can't be your awyer." " Is it money?" "Because I got money." " No, don't be sly." " Greg would never charge you." " No, but..." "Great." "Forget what I said about the money." "Don't want him to know." "'M right here." "But I told my lawyer, so egay you don't know about it." " Is that right?" " Don't know." "Jane, can't represent you because Pete's my friend." "Hey, it's fine by me, buddy." "You know, can't think of anyone ese 'd rather have represent Jane." "There you go." "Everybody's happy." "Hey, don't beat me up too bad, huh, pal?" "Thanks so much." " Honey, this is really nice of you." " You don't understand. 'm not doing it." "You should have said something because now think Jane's counting on you." "Figured, you've been married for 32 years you must have fun stories I could tell about Kitty." "Fun." "Fun." "We, maybe "fun" is too specific." "How about any warm stories you know, that could help show Kitty as a human being?" "Okay." "You know what, you have my number." "Oh, Celia." "Just the person I wanted to see." "You know a lot of interesting stuff about Kitty." "Enough to be a rich woman if weren't a good Cathoic." "I mean, like, fun little stories about Kitty." "Fun stories?" "About Mrs. Montgomery?" "Okay, before she was married." "She ever talk about that?" "Oh, yes." "She and I are like sisters." "We talk all the time." "Very good, Celia." "Look in the attic." "She's got a trunk full of old photographs and books." " And maybe an old diary." " Woudn't know." "But I would look in the left-hand corner under the high school yearbooks." "Now, don't hurt yoursef." "Pete said I should sign these papers." "What do you think?" "I think you should hire a lawyer." "He said it's a standard stuff." "Hire a lawyer." " Why?" " Jane, please." "L..." "Just give me an example." "Well, like here, he's got you paying him aimony which seems, you know, kind of out of line for a six-week marriage." "What else?" "This clause:" ""Mrs. Cavanaugh wi provide the plaintiff with marital services following the dissoution of the union." Do you know what that means?" " Nope." " Get a lawyer." "Wait a minute." "My best friend and my wife." "I want a divorce." "Hey, 'm getting one." " You lowlife scum." " What?" "My lawyer informs me you're trying to screw me here." "It was a first draft." "I took a shot." "Take him for everything he's got." "I want him fighting with his cat for the last little Friskie." "Thanks a lot." "I guess I know who my friends are." "Pete, 'm not her awyer." "Oh, yeah, right." "F you' excuse me, I got an appointment with a guy who's not my doctor." "He just enjoys checking my prostate." "Now, know we're here tonight to honor Kitty Montgomery." "The truth is, am the one who's honored to have such a groovy mother-in-law." "Now, to truly appreciate the strong, dignified, sophisticated woman who sits here tonight we have to understand the long, hard road that she has had to travel." "What?" "There was no hard road." "Now, Kitty never brags about this, so 'm gonna do it for her." "This woman, who's devoted so much of her adult life to helping those less fortunate, knows firsthand what it's ike to be poor." "No." "No, don't..." "Can we lower the lights, please?" "What is she doing?" "What is she doing?" "Now, the fancy soirees at Nob Hill are a world away when you're iving above a two-pump gas station just outside of Stockton." "Now, that is not a silver spoon in her mouth, people." "That is beef jerky." "Well, that went great, huh?" "Did you know the mayor was going to be there?" "No, no, didn't." "' Te you what really touched people was that prom picture of you and your cousin, Walter." "Yes, that did make quite an impression." "Hey, honey, don't these seats fee great?" "What did you do to the seats?" "They feel brand-new." " Saddle soap." " Really." "Oh, and then that old film of you in that homemade tutu dancing on the gravel driveway." "You were so cute with your chubby little cheeks." "Can't beieve you never showed it to anybody." "They even, you know, smell brand-new." "You know why saddle soap works?" "T's a paste." "T's... t's a mirace, is what it is." "Well, here we are." " Wow, already." " Thank you." "That was fast." " Are we still on for lunch on Tuesday?" " Don't think so." " Oh, why not?" " 'M never speaking to you again." "We're off." "I was just trying to get people to see her as a human being." "We, maybe that's not how she wants to be seen." "'M gonna ca her and 'm gonna apoogize." "Dharma, just give it time." "Trust me, it' a bow over." "She said she never wants to talk to me again." "I know." "If you give it a couple weeks, she' pretend as if it never happened." "That's how my mother prefers to deal with these situations." "Well, then this will be a growth opportunity for her." " Hi, Edward, can / talk to Kitty, please?" " T's Dharma." "She seems to have stepped out." "Fine, fine." "'M tired of fighting about it." "I bought them for her but she can have them." "That's awfuy big of you." ""Mrs. Cavanaugh wi retain possession of her underwear."" "Just for the record, she didn't even wear underwear before I met her." " You want your stupid underwear?" " Come on." " Take your stupid underwear." " Jane, it's setted." "You keep them on." "Okay, what about the wedding gifts?" "He can have them all." "Oh, that's rea generous." "Toaster oven, a Crock-Pot and some stupid waffe thing 'm never gonna use?" "T's a Begian waffe iron, and you're wecome." "I just want the vacation in Cabo." "My mother gave us the Cabo vacation." "Why should you get it?" "Because she likes me better than she likes you." " What difference does that make?" " I want the trip to Cabo." "You can't have it." "Okay." "Then the humidifier that you took, I want it." "'M the one with bronchitis." "Why do you want it?" "So you' die." ""Mrs. Cavanaugh retains possession of the humidifier." "Mr. Cavanaugh dies."" "We got anything else?" "We' be having six for dinner, and 'd ike to serve quai." "And don't just get sma chickens." "I know the difference." " Shall I get the door?" " Wait." "No." "But the funny knock is Mrs. Dharma." "I told you, Celia, Dharma is persona non grata." "And I told you, please speak English because your Spanish is no good." " She's in the window now." " Just te her that 'm not home." " But she can see you." " Well, make something up." "' Te her you are Mrs. Montgomery's long-lost twin sister." " Just go." " The nice one." "Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty." " Hey, Jane." " Hey." " Dharma home?" " Don't know." "Just got here mysef." "Up, Larry." "Up." " Guys, can I ask you a favor?" " Yeah, what's happening?" "Well, Pete and I are going through a pretty nasty breakup and don't want him to get my bike." "So can I hide it in your shed and say it was stolen?" "Come on." "Pete's a smart man." "He's not gonna beieve our shed was stolen." "Hey, where are you going with our TV?" "What TV?" "Kitty, Kitty." "Wait a minute." "How is the car thing my fault?" "How isn't it?" "F she'd just tak to me woudn't have had to craw in her bushes and hide in her car." " You're right." "Mother shares cupabiity." " Thank you." "Do me a favor." "Don't tak to her." "Give her some time." "That doesn't make any sense." "If people have a conflict, they need to communicate to have understanding some closure, Greg." "You know, you call yourself open-minded but reay you're not." "How can you say that?" "Greg, there is nobody more open-minded than me in the whole wide world." "But if there were, I would be open to it." "Then why can't you accept that my mother does things differently?" "Okay." "You know what?" "You're right." " ' Try it her way." " Thank you." "Because a big part of being open-minded is embracing those things that you know, deep down, are just stupid." "' Take it." "See, wait a couple weeks, it's ike nothing happened." "So 'm just supposed to sit here, make polite conversation about the soup." "Or the flowers." "She likes flowers." " Hello, darling." " Mother." " Hi, Greg." " Hello, Dharma." " Don't you ook ovey this evening?" " Oh, darling, how are you?" "You look pretty." " God, aren't these daffodis beautifu?" " Yes." "Actuay, they're jonquis." "It seems like forever since we've a been together." " Two weeks." " More or ess." "Who's counting?" "Do you know in England they call two weeks a fortnight." "Wonder why we don't use that here." "I think we should." "T's a ovey turn of phrase." "Dharma, darling, haven't seen you in a fortnight." "Pluck my jonquils, has it been a fortnight?" "I am not normally a fan of cream sauce, but that hint of dill just makes it sing." "Very tasty." ""Diicious."" "So Mother, how are things working out with your new interior decorator?" "Oh, I had to let him go." "I asked him to do the solarium in this off-taupe." "He did it in beige." "Can I ask you a question?" "When the interior decorator made the mistake..." "Which may have been an innocent mistake." " Did you talk to him before you fired him?" "Why would I?" ""Woud." That reminds me of a joke." "A fella has a wooden eye..." "Greg, your mother was talking about her unexpressed anger toward her decorator." " No, I think she was talking about paint." " Fabric." "Actually." "I was going to go with paint, then I found this fabulous Malaysian cotton..." "Well, fabric, cotton, paint, whatever." "The fact is you were mad as hell..." "So this guy with a wooden eye walks into a bar and feels very self-conscious." " Because his eye is made of wood." " Exactly." " How's your dessert, Edward?" " Hell of an apple pie." "T's a tarte Tatin, Edward." "But I agree with you." "T's a he of a tarte Tatin." "You know, I was going to order the crème brûlée but 'm very happy with the tarte Tatin." "I was gonna order the tiramisu and I did." "You know, think there's something floating in my coffee." " Oh, no, no, no, there isn't." " Stop it!" "Stop it, please." "Can't stand it anymore." "Please, can we talk about this, Kitty?" "Talk about what?" "Well, come on." "I embarrassed you in front of your friends, I wrecked your car." "Let us just pretend it didn't happen, Dharma." "Oh, so I can just do anything I want, just pretend it never happened?" "Like..." "Like this?" "Dharma?" "Nothing." "Just a little spill." "It was wonderful, thank you, call you in a fortnight." "No, I know you think I am crazy, but you are the one who's crazy." "It is not crazy to want to behave in a civilized fashion." "Oh, yes." "Finally, Kitty, say it." "You are mad at me." "Of course I am mad at you." "You humiliated me in front of my friends." "Oh, you." "And I never lived above a gas station." "I lived across the street from a gas station." "By the time I was out of high school, my father owned every gas station from here to the Canadian border." "Oh, good arm, Kitty." "I took my cousin to the prom because he had mononucleosis and he was out of school for three months!" " Really?" "That is so sweet." " I am a very sweet person." "Did you ever try saddle soap on your car seats?" "Coudn't find it." " Did you try the hardware store?" " They had cream." "No, no, no, you' want the paste." "Stand still." "I always thought your mother was a southpaw." "Now we have a fun story about your mom." "And you understand, we have to pretend it never happened, right?" "Oh, got it." "Nothing ever happened." "This is a hell of a tarte Tatin." "Hey, we're back." " Where'd you go?" " Cabo." "Where'd you go?" "Food-fight night at the country club." " Excellent." " Wait a minute." "You both went to Cabo?" "You coudn't figure out which one of us got the trip, so..." "We both went." "One thing led to another, and we got back together." "What are you talking about?" "I spent a fortnight drawing up a settlement." "Thanks, but turned out we just needed a little time alone." "Oh, that's so great." "Sn't that great, Greg?" "No, you're divorced." "All you have to do is sign papers." "Hey, man, thanks for the support." "Come on, et's go upstairs and whack that piñata." "Arriba." " Bye." "Congratulations!" " No, they made my life miserable." "They made me work out joint custody for a humidifier." " Oh, Greg, Greg, Greg." " What?" "Let's just pretend this never happened." "Oh, cute." "Very cute." " Where are you going?" " Nowhere." " Greg." " How about we pretend this never happened?" "So what?" "'m aready covered with food."