IT'S A LIVING Season 1 Episode 7 Cassie's Punctured Romance
IT'S A LIVING Season 1 Episode 7 Cassie's Punctured Romance
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01:17I'll get it. Hello? Cassie, phone's for you. Who is it? Some guy named George. Tell him I'm not here. Cassie? He says if you don't talk to him, he'll jump out the window. What do I tell him? Geronimo. Cassie? Well, he lives on the first floor. Um, she's not here right now. She'll call you back later. Have a nice day.
01:45I take it the magic has gone out of this romance. I had one date with a guy. Granted, it was probably the greatest date of his life, but I have bigger fish to fry.
01:57Hello? If it's George, tell him to move to a higher floor.
02:01Uh, just a minute. Cassie, it's not George. It's a Ricardo. Oh, this one I'll take. Hi. Fine. How are you? Can you hear okay?
02:15Yeah, I missed you too. I'd love to go out to dinner with you. Anywhere. At home? Whose home? My home? I guess that'd include my cooking. No, that's fine. Sure, no problem. I'm a terrific cook.
02:39Um, say eight o'clock. Right. Okay, I'll see you then. Hasta luego.
02:49Who's Ricardo? A seven-letter word for sex.
02:57Mario, I need a meal. That's easy. I'm making 300. No, this is a special one. For a guy. I need a meal with a message.
03:06What do you want the message to say? Stick around. Stick around tonight or stick around in general? In general. Hey, congratulations.
03:15Hey, I'm not gonna marry him. I'm just gonna cook for him. What should I make? Well, let's start with the basics. What can you make? Toast.
03:22I see. All right. I'm going to do something that I've never done before. I'm going to write down my recipe for Chicken Mario. Follow the instructions exactly as written and you'll own the man's soul.
03:35Just from chicken? Cassie, don't you know that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach? Yeah, but I usually take another route.
03:43You're cooking? So who is this guy? He's just a guy. He's a nobody. Cassie, George the Jumper was a nobody. Ricardo must be somebody.
03:54Cassie, you've turned down more guys this week than I went to high school with. Yeah, you have been pruning your garden lately.
04:00So how many times have you been out with this Ricardo? I don't know. About three or four. Three or four? For you, that's a golden anniversary.
04:07Cassie, come on. Who is this guy? All right, all right. He's just some Venezuelan. I met him in Palm Springs and he flew me home in his plane.
04:17His own plane? Oh, how exciting. Hey, you really like him, don't you? I like him. That's it. Subject closed.
04:27When has Cassie ever cooked for anybody? You think she can handle it? Ordinarily, I'd say Cassie could handle anything, but I've seen her kitchen. She keeps clothes in there.
04:37And Ricardo is Venezuelan. We all know how hard it is to please foreign men. Well, you all know.
04:47Okay, the subject of Ricardo is reopened. Great. If there's anything we can do to help, anything at all.
04:53Yeah, sure, like, you know, straighten the apartment, loan your tablecloth, cook the meal.
04:58I can run my own life, okay? So all I wanted to know is, I was reading this recipe and it calls for a few items that I don't happen to have in my kitchen.
05:07So I was wondering if maybe I could borrow a few things. Sure, what do you need?
05:09Okay, first, does anybody have any pots and pans?
05:25Come on, die already.
05:28Oh, it wouldn't do this to me.
05:32Hi. What's this? I was just passing by, thought maybe you could use a few things. Like what?
05:37You know, flowers, candles, room freshener.
05:41You forgot the silver? Lois is bringing that. What? You haven't even set the table yet.
05:46I'm getting to it. How's your dinner coming? Fine, everything is cooking in its own little pot.
05:51Your rice looks good. That's mashed potatoes.
05:53Okay, how's the chicken coming? It's coming along, slowly.
05:59It's frozen. So we'll have cold chicken, leave it alone.
06:03Don't worry, we're not sunk yet. What time is he getting here? In about an hour, and with any luck his car will break down.
06:09Okay, I'll see you later.
06:11Bye.
06:13Bye.
06:15Bye.
06:17Bye.
06:19Bye.
06:20In about an hour, and with any luck his car will break down.
06:24Oh, perfect.
06:26You're not going to greet him looking like that.
06:28No, I'm going to take off the kimono.
06:31Hey, nice apartment. What's that smell?
06:34A chicken dying.
06:36Look, if you kids brought the pancha and the onion dip, I don't need it.
06:40Better, we brought Chicken Mario, just in case yours didn't turn out perfect.
06:46Cassie, why don't you go finish getting dressed, we'll get all set up out here.
06:48Set up what? This is still my apartment.
06:51That must be the violins.
06:57By now you've probably figured out there's a conspiracy at work here.
07:00Come on in, I think you know everybody.
07:02Hi.
07:04I won't stay, I've got a hungry husband and two cranky kids playing soccer in the car.
07:07Look, I know this looks as if we've ganged up on you, Cassie, but we just want everything to work out right, you know?
07:12Did you bring the shaping dish?
07:14Uh-huh, and the tablecloth?
07:15I'm in the way, I can split.
07:17She's mad, I knew she'd be mad.
07:19I'm not mad, I'm just not used to all this whining and dining.
07:22It's atmosphere. What's wrong with a little window dressing?
07:25I don't need window dressing, I just opened the window.
07:28Cassie, there's more to pleasing a man than just, you know.
07:33Now I'm mad.
07:35And now we're going.
07:37Look, you just use whatever you want, return it whenever you can.
07:40Don't even worry about the dishes, just throw them back in the bag.
07:43Good luck.
07:45I just want you to know that I didn't ask for any of this, so don't be expecting a lot of gratitude at work tomorrow.
07:49This was your idea.
07:51And maybe not a good one.
07:53I mean, okay, maybe my chicken wouldn't have been crisp enough, and maybe my table setting wouldn't have been as elegant,
07:57but believe it or not, I probably could have come up with something, even without your help.
08:00Well, we didn't expect you to gush.
08:02Well, I better go.
08:04Yeah, we'll see you tomorrow.
08:06Sure you want to go now? You're going to miss the whole date.
08:08I know that Cassie seemed a little sarcastic and annoyed and a bit nasty, but I think what she's trying to say is thanks.
08:15You're welcome.
08:27Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, I, I, I, I, I, I, sunny, sunny, sunny, sunny, sunny, sunny, ooh.
08:35Well, when you got it, you got it.
08:37And you can have it.
08:39Good evening, above the top.
08:41Oh, a reservation for next week?
08:43Oh, certainly, sir.
08:45And, uh, what is that name?
08:47Uh, Mr. J.D. Tyler.
08:50Well, thank you, Mr. Tyler, and we're looking forward to seeing you.
08:54Bye.
08:56Nancy, that guy on the phone, is that the J.D. Tyler of Nova Records?
08:59Isn't it funny?
09:01You know, it never even occurred to me to ask the man's occupation before giving him a dinner reservation.
09:05It's gotta be him.
09:07Imagine, J.D. Tyler coming here.
09:09It's my big break.
09:11Nancy, you gotta do me a favor.
09:13When they get here next week, put them at table 10 right in front of the piano.
09:16That way they get the full impact of my music.
09:18I have a better idea.
09:20Why don't I seat you at table 10, and then no one will have to get the full impact of your music.
09:24Nancy, you don't understand.
09:26Uh, sunny, stop.
09:28See, if we say much more to one another, we'll be actually having a conversation.
09:31I promise.
09:32We're actually having a conversation.
09:34I promised myself that would never happen.
09:39Tough chick.
09:42Even though she acted kind of mad, I think Cassie appreciated our help last night.
09:46She better have.
09:48I haven't worked that hard on a dinner since the night my ex-husband proposed.
09:50I take that back.
09:52I also cooked a magnificent meal the night he walked out.
09:55Of course, that one he carried out on his face.
09:58I can't wait till she gets here so we can find out how it went.
10:01Oh, I'm sure everything turned out fine.
10:03After all, we took care of the first half, and we all know Cassie can handle the second half.
10:08Yeah, that's the half where I get nervous and bring out the Monopoly board.
10:13Wouldn't it be something if Cassie ended up in a real relationship?
10:16Even crazier, Cassie married.
10:19I think I'll have to accept life on other planets before I deal with that one.
10:23Cassie's here, and she's got him.
10:25Cassie's here, and she's got him with her.
10:27Let's go look at him. I'm right behind you.
10:29All right, ladies, ladies, ladies.
10:31Come on, we're not a bunch of teenagers.
10:33This is a grown man, and we're grown women.
10:35You want to do it in relays?
10:37See, I told you.
10:39After the smog leaves, there's the whole city out there.
10:42That's very nice.
10:48Are these your co-workers?
10:50Yeah, that's the gang.
10:52Hi.
10:55I've always wondered just what a waitress does before a restaurant opens.
11:00Well, this is called pretending to be working while you size up the hunk.
11:04The hunk. Would that be me?
11:06That would indeed.
11:08Uh, girls, could I introduce you to a friend of mine?
11:11This is Ricardo Velazquez Motoya Lobos.
11:14You can call me Rick.
11:17Lobos Adams.
11:19Oh, well, yes.
11:22And Jan Hoffmeyer.
11:24Jan, it is a pleasure.
11:26Likewise.
11:28And Vicki Allen.
11:30Hi.
11:32I'm Charlie.
11:34And rounding out our foursome, Ms. Dot Higgins.
11:37Pleased to meet you, Dot.
11:39Oh!
11:41Does that tickle?
11:43No, it's just that no one's ever called me Dot before.
11:45For you, it sounds good.
11:47Well, we've only had time to say hello, and now I'm afraid I must say goodbye.
11:52Adios, señoritas bonitas.
11:57Vaya con Dios.
12:01Cassie, what can I say? He's, uh...
12:03Yeah, he is.
12:05Boy, is he.
12:07Take it you liked him.
12:09He's very nice.
12:11Yeah, well, let's face it. The man's perfect.
12:14I wonder how I'm going to tell him I never want to see him again.
12:22What do you mean you're never going to see him again?
12:24I'm going to dump him.
12:26I'll give him a goodbye kiss.
12:28I may even give him a goodbye breakfast, but I'm going to dump him.
12:30But why?
12:32I don't want to talk about it.
12:34Cassie, you don't think we're going to leave you alone until we find out what's going on, do you?
12:39Okay, here it is.
12:41Do you want to know what I've been like ever since I met Ricardo?
12:44I'm like a table with one leg too short.
12:46I'm like a table with one leg too short.
12:47Do you want to know what I've been like ever since I met Ricardo?
12:50I'm like a table with one leg too short.
12:52I'm constantly off balance, and I'm nervous.
12:54I'm nervous.
12:56I haven't been nervous since the first time my tooth fell out,
12:58and I didn't know another one was going to grow in.
13:01What's wrong with being nervous?
13:03I hate it.
13:05I hate the way time just hangs there when I'm not with him,
13:07and I hate the way I feel like I'm going to explode when I am with him.
13:10What is this, anyway?
13:12Love, watch your language.
13:14Kathy, even you can't be against love.
13:17I'm not.
13:19I'm against feeling wound up like a cheap watch.
13:21I feel that way all the time, and I like it.
13:24You guys are crazy.
13:26Oh, Kathy, you've met a guy that you care about,
13:29and you're overflowing with emotions.
13:31No kidding.
13:33Any second now, I could break up into little balls and roll around the room.
13:35What are you saying, that the most important thing to you is to keep your cool?
13:38You got it.
13:40Oh, well, you're one tough cookie, aren't you?
13:41Hey, come on.
13:43No, I mean it.
13:45Cassie Cranston, smart, sassy.
13:47She can shoot from the hip.
13:49I mean, she handles 100 dinners and 20 guys without blinking an eye.
13:51But let love walk in the door,
13:53and all we see is her tush going over the hill.
13:55What is this, a dare?
13:57No, just four women telling another
13:59that you've found what every one of us wants,
14:01except for Lois, who's got it, and me, who had it.
14:03And if you've ever hung in there with anything,
14:05hang in there with this,
14:07because God knows when it's going to come around again.
14:09You really think I got something, huh?
14:11Cassie, don't run away from this.
14:17Okay, I'll go for it.
14:20Now, if you'll excuse me,
14:22I'm going to go to the bathroom and throw up.
14:33I write the songs that make the whole world sing
14:35I write the songs that make the whole world sing
14:40And I bet those songs would sound real good on Novo Records
14:45I write the songs that make the young girls cry
14:50I write the songs, I write the songs
14:52You know, you guys are beautiful.
14:54Are they beautiful?
14:56Bartender, another round of drinks
14:58for my buddies at table 10
15:00I am music, and I write the songs
15:05I am music, and I write the songs
15:10What's with Sonny and the people at table 10?
15:13Sonny told me one of them is a big producer from Novo Records
15:16Sonny's nuts, those guys are plumbing contractors from the valley
15:22Look at me
15:26I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
15:30Sonny
15:32Beat it
15:33I'm snowing my right foot from my left
15:36Sonny, I have to talk to you
15:38Get out of here, I'm making history
15:40My hat from my glove
15:42I'm too misty and too much in love
15:49Can you lightly dust the beef with flour and brown, okay?
15:53I'll give it a try
15:55Is the guy treating you okay?
15:57Terrific. Princess Grace should have it so good
15:59You know, I'm happy for you
16:01because you deserve the best
16:03Thank you, Mario
16:05So can I give you a little advice?
16:07Gourmet cook to gourmet cook?
16:09Yeah, what?
16:11Don't screw it up
16:13Cassie
16:15Yeah, kid?
16:17Tan, impeccably dressed and smelling better than a new car
16:19Ricardo is here
16:21I didn't know he was going to come here
16:23How do I look?
16:25I should look so good
16:27Oh, Mario, I'd give anything to be in love like Cassie
16:30You want love?
16:31I'm going to eat a salmon before it swims back upstream
16:36Why can't I fall in love like any other man?
16:43And maybe then I'll know what kind of fool I am
16:55Hey, Jan, baby, is that the checkerino?
16:57Yes, Sonny, it is
16:59Well, give it here because dinner's on me
17:01I drink all evening
17:03I insist on paying for the meal
17:05Mr. Tyler, can I call you JD?
17:07Save it for the contractor
17:09What do you mean?
17:11My name isn't Tyler
17:13It isn't?
17:15How about you?
17:17What about this clown? Is he Tyler?
17:19No, we're the Skolnik brothers
17:21Plumbing and heating
17:23Call anytime, day or night
17:27Nancy, Nancy, please report to the piano
17:29This is an emergency
17:31What are you doing?
17:33Don't you ever do that again
17:35You frighten the customers
17:37Where's JD Tyler?
17:39He's supposed to be at table 10
17:41Table 10's not Tyler, where's Tyler?
17:43Sonny, get a hold of yourself
17:45Now, as a matter of fact, they called a couple of days ago
17:47and they cancelled
17:49Speaking of table 10, I have their bar tab right here
17:51Sonny, I must say your warmth is overwhelming
17:53Your generosity is commendable
17:55And you're an idiot
17:57Did you see Ricardo here?
17:59Yeah, I bumped into a chair noticing
18:01I wonder what he's doing here during working hours
18:04Maybe he just dropped by to propose
18:10I don't think so
18:13Cassie, what's wrong?
18:15Something
18:19Stay
18:21Look, I don't know what's going on here
18:23You'll be the fifth to know
18:25Nancy!
18:27Mario, what's going on in there?
18:29I don't know, but it looks important
18:31So leave them alone
18:33Mario, nothing is as important to me as this restaurant
18:35Nancy, have a salad
18:37A salad?
18:39Do you realize there is not one single waitress on that floor?
18:41I'm going in there
18:43Well, bother them now and I've pressed my last duck
18:45Mario, why do you always take their side against me?
18:47It's fun
18:49It's fun
18:59What happened?
19:01Cassie, you alright?
19:03Can we get you anything?
19:05Nope, I'm fine
19:07Let's get back to work
19:09I got a better idea
19:11We'll get back to work, you take a break
19:13But maybe we can help
19:15Leaving would help
19:16He's going back to Venezuela
19:18He still cares about me and he enjoyed our time together
19:22And he's coming back?
19:24No
19:26Did he say that?
19:28Do they ever have to?
19:31Cassie
19:33Yeah, okay, so life goes on and we have tables to wait
19:35You're not going back out there
19:37Hell if I'm not
19:39Cassie, don't
19:41Lois, I'm handling it
19:43Well, what are you going to do, keep everything locked up inside?
19:45Nothing's inside
19:47Okay
19:49So I'm not used to getting dumped
19:51Let's face it, I had it coming
19:53I got things out of perspective, that's all
19:56You were in love
19:58Maybe
20:00But now I'm not, so
20:02Damn it, Cassie
20:04Well, what do you want me to do, Lois, cry?
20:06Yes
20:08I don't cry
20:11I hate women who cry
20:14And if I do cry, let me tell you
20:16It won't be over some dark-haired Venezuelan who dresses too well
20:20Probably never felt anything for me anyway
20:24Cassie
20:26Hear me
20:28I hate you for making me do this
20:35That's another way of saying thank you
20:45We're not living for two or three
20:50Believe me, we know we're doing well
20:53For Cassie
20:55And anyone who's young and healthy
20:59Knows that that's the way
21:03That traffic flows
21:06It's our living
21:14It's our living