House Arrest Page #7

- How about a toast?

- To what?

How about to a night

all alone, without our kids.

Sorry, John.

- Ned, do you play that thing?

- No.

Come on, Ned, one song.

I'm sorry I made fun of you,

really, honey.

Come on. You play, I'll hula.

- How do you know how to do a hula?

- I learned it on our honeymoon.

Go, girl.

Hey, handsome.

Come on, dance with me.

Come on, Ned. Dance with me, please?

No, I can't.

That's not what I remember.

Come on.

- What about music?

- I'll take care of the music.

- It's a music box.

- Oh, no.

- I don't remember.

- Yes, you do.

Hips.

It's a shame

these other people are here.

What people?

The night is young

And so are we

Dreams come true

Dreams come true

In Blue Hawaii

All my dreams will come true

On this night of nights with you

- What are you doing up?

- I couldn't sleep.

Me either.

What's going on?

They're dancing.

Lovely you

And Blue Hawaii

With all this loveliness...

Let's go to bed.

Okay.

Cosmo, go away.

Ladies and gentleman, put your

hands together for the Mr. Tom Jones.

They're playing our song.

I'm sorry.

It's okay. I just finished, actually.

- Go ahead.

- Thanks.

And, Grover.

Remember last night,

when you said that you were invisible?

Yeah.

Well, you're wrong.

I've always noticed you, and

you're not invisible.

I fixed up those traps, but I think

we ought to give them a test.

I'll get it.

Hello. Is your mother home?

Yes, but she's sick.

We all are.

She's been waiting for this.

Can you tell her it's from Mr. Doyle?

Okay. Do you work with her at the bank?

No, I'm her lawyer.

Thanks.

- Listen, I just...

- I thought that...

- Go ahead.

- No, go on.

Well, last night, I...

Could I just have your attention

for just a minute, please?

Introducing the new Cindy Figler.

Come on.

From the private basement collection

of Janet Beindorf,

Cindy is wearing

a beautiful evening gown

of green sequins

and it's got a green dirndl skirt, as well.

We're ready.

All right, everybody.

Let's get down to business.

Mom? Dad?

- Your turn.

- Are you all right?

Okay, I'm the one asking the questions

right now, all right?

What's the first thing

that you noticed about Dad?

Honestly?

His car.

- His car?

- It's true.

It was a 1972 Olds Cutlass convertible.

It was dark blue with a V8 engine.

It had no muffler. It was very loud.

My father hated it,

and of course, I loved it.

It really was a beauty,

and Ned took great care of it.

Dad? What did you notice about Mom?

That she was the most beautiful girl

I had ever seen.

So, let's cut to the chase.

What went wrong?

It's just like we said.

It's not any big thing.

- It's just a bunch of...

- Little things?

Like you thought you should

get a divorce?

Honey, we've said

we're not getting a divorce.

Mommy and Daddy

just needed some time.

We thought it would be best

if we separated for just a little while.

I didn't, actually.

I mean, you said you were unhappy,

and I said, "Well, if you're unhappy,

- "then maybe we should get..."

- Ned, you did say so.

No, I wasn't happy, but I didn't say...

Ned, I remember you saying it.

You don't really talk all that much, so I

would remember that you would say it.

Why does everything have to

turn into a fight with you guys?

No wonder you're getting divorced.

Son, again, no one is saying anything

about divorce.

No one is talking about divorce.

Then who sent the divorce papers?

Who turned off the answering machine?

I want to see those papers. Matt!

- Hey, Matt, are you still up there?

- Right here, Mr. Beindorf.

Matt.

Matt, bring the papers up

for me to see. Now!

- Hello?

- Hi, it's Ralph Doyle.

- What do you want?

- I want to talk to your mother.

- I thought I told you that she's sick.

- Did you give her that...

You mean the divorce papers?

She got them, she was just thrilled.

- What happened to trial separation?

- Just listen to me, please. You never...

- It's getting a little ugly down here, man.

- Can't you tell we're having a party?

Whoopee!

I'm sure she must have

some questions.

Oh, yeah? Well, so do I!

We're supposed to be saving

marriages, not breaking them up.

What happened?

Things just aren't going

exactly the way we planned.

- Ned.

- What?

Come on, I'm sorry.

About what? You purposely

deceiving me? I don't think so.

I went to this lawyer just for advice.

He said anybody who separates,

they usually draw up divorce papers.

He said you were probably doing

the same thing.

Well, I wasn't.

- And if I were, I would've told you.

- Come on, Ned, just talk to me.

Talk to my attorney, Donald.

I'll get you the house.

The kids may be a problem.

Yes! That's it!

- We're through!

- Oh, my God!

Yeah, but who are you going to get

to fit through there?

- They're trying to escape!

- It'll be okay.

Groves is going to be pissed!

He'll be back any second.

Get in there!

Making progress.

I made it!

- I'm stuck!

- Hang in. Hang in, honey, hang in.

- Yes, you can do it!

- Louise.

- Help!

- Be careful!

Help!

Look out for the trip wire!

Don't do that!

Help me, come on!

Matt, Jimmy, Teddy, come here!

You can't push and pull

at the same time!

Grover?

Wait!

Groves, where have you been, man?

Hey, what about me?

Later!

Operator? This is Chief Rocco.

Get me the police.

Grover!

Nothing's wrong, huh?

Well, what about this?

Hello.

This is Officers Davis and Brickowski.

All right, now.

- Don't you worry about anything.

- Something strange is going on here.

Hey! Did you see that?

Hey, Dave! What happened to you?

Did you see that?

How did those kids do that?

Mayday!

You wait right here. Don't go away.

- I'm gonna get help.

- But...

- Chief!

- Chief Rocco!

Help!

Grover, come on, open the door.

Please?

Come on in.

How are you doing?

Bad.

Same here.

- It's over.

- What do you mean?

I mean, we failed.

Our parents aren't going to change

just because we want them to.

What we did was wrong.

Wrong and stupid.

It's time to let them out, guys.

No, wait a minute!

Look, it wasn't stupid at all.

So, maybe we can't fix everything,

you know, but,

who can?

But at least we tried, right?

I don't know if your parents will separate

or divorce or live happily ever after,

but we didn't fail.

I mean, at least they know how we feel.

She's right, Groves.

Who'd have thought we'd all be friends,

you know?

Hey, who says we're friends?

We're more like a family.

You guys, group hug, group hug!

God, I love you all so much!

I love you!

The house is completely surrounded!

Come out with your hands up!

- What's going on?

- Oh, no.

- The cops!

- The cops?

Hey! Mayday!

The house is surrounded.

Come out with your hands up.

Fellas? Excuse me?

Did you hear that? We're free.

- Who is that?

- We're free!

We're free?

We're free!

I can't believe that we're free!

Come on! Let's go.

Gwenna.

I forgive you. Come on.

Come on.

I'm sure that it's not over yet for you.

I knew you two still loved each other

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