The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1x12

1. "And so the men and women of Plymouth Colony

2. "sat at a long table with their new-found Indian friends

3. "to celebrate the first Thanksgiving.

4. "And at the head of the table, the leader of the pilgrims

5. folded his hands, bound his head and said.."

6. And then the village idiot interrupted the prayer

7. ruining the feast for one and all.

8. Boy, holiday traffic is starting already.

9. People are in such a lousy mood.

10. I learned five new words on the way home.

11. - Did you know what they meant? - I think so, Ashley.

12. They're accompanied by very helpful hand gestures.

13. Will, I bet you can't wait till your mom gets here.

14. Oh, right. Yeah, thanks a lot for flying her out, Aunt Viv.

15. Oh, we had to convince her to accept the ticket.

16. She never lets us spend a penny on her.

17. Apparently that's not a genetic trait.

18. Now, for Thanksgiving, do you wanna try something different

19. or the traditional turkey?

20. Mother, I have a big problem with turkey.

21. What's wrong with it?

22. Ashley honey, from the moment

23. they're hatched to the moment

24. they're shrink-wrapped

25. turkeys are raised to be food

26. and nothing but food.

27. Hilary sweetheart, I don't think too many of them had aspirations

28. to be doctors or lawyers.

29. My sister should be here any minute! Aren't you excited?

30. Oh, yeah, I can't wait till she gets out here

31. and starts taking her usual shots at me.

32. Vy's that way with everybody.

33. Remember what she said about my beard?

34. Oh, you misunderstood her.

35. She said it made me look like bigfoot.

36. Which is ridiculous because nobody knows

37. what bigfoot really looks like.

38. That's her!

39. Come on.

40. - Mom! - Baby!

41. Goodness gracious!

42. - Vy! - Viv! Viv, come on!

43. Give your big sister a hug!

44. Look at my boy! You really have changed.

45. Yeah, I'm handsome, huh?

46. - No, you haven't changed. Ha! - Ha-ha-ha!

47. I hope he's not eating y'all out of house and home?

48. Not at all.

49. He's certainly not taking food out of your mouth.

50. Starting already. I don't believe it.

51. That's a good one, mom, I got to use that one.

52. No, no, no, you don't make fun of your uncle.

53. - That's my job. - Oh..

54. Come on, let's go inside.

55. - Girl, you look wonderful! - Thank you.

56. How's everything at the post office?

57. Well, they made me a supervisor.

58. - Whoo! - That's wonderful.

59. Honey, they make everybody at the post office a supervisor.

60. You practically have to eat the mail

61. not to get promoted.

62. Aunt Vy!

63. Oh, my goodness, aren't you handsome?

64. And looking less and less like your daddy every day.

65. Ouch. Run for cover, dad.

66. Where's he gonna hide at?

67. Vy, this is Geoffrey.

68. Geoffrey, my sister-in-law Mrs. Smith.

69. - How do you do? - I'm fine, thank you.

70. Uh, mom, check this. Ahem.

71. Uh, Geoffrey, take my mom's bags to her room.

72. Ow! Mom, what did I do?

73. You can take those bags yourself.

74. That man's twice your age

75. even though he doesn't look it.

76. Well, at least take the heavy one. Now go on.

77. - But, mom— - You heard me.

78. After you, Master William.

79. Carlton, go tell your sisters their aunt is here.

80. Now, y'all tell me, has Will been giving you any trouble?

81. Oh, he's been wonderful, hasn't he, Philip?

82. Philip!

83. Well, let's just say he takes after you, Vy.

84. Okay.

85. Vy, I was dusting the albums this morning

86. and guess what I found.

87. Certainly not dust.

88. The Temptations!

89. - Girl, I have that album! - You had it. I borrowed it.

90. You taught me to dance to this, remember?

91. I didn't teach you to dance like that.

92. - Move over, girlfriend. - Uh-oh. Look out, look out.

93. - Oh! - Hey!

94. - Aunt Vy! - My girls!

95. - You look fantastic! - Thank you!

96. Hey, come on. Dance with us. Here we go!

97. - Alright. - Here you go. That's right.

98. Right. Just like that.

99. - What dance is this? - It's called the swim, Ashley.

100. It was very popular in the 1940s.

101. The 1960s, and it's not the swim.

102. - Your daddy know how to swim. - No..

103. Come on. Swim for her, Philip. Come on!

104. Uh-oh. Everybody out of the pool.

105. Alright! One more time. One more time.

106. Mm-mmm, that cobbler was delicious!

107. I swear the person that invented the elastic waistband

108. should get the Nobel Prize.

109. - You know what I mean? - Don't start.

110. Hey, mom, you know who used to make the best cobbler?

111. Old lady Ivory down the street.

112. D-does she still make it?

113. Oh, honey, she passed on.

114. You're kidding.

115. Well, child, she was in her early 100s.

116. Yo, you'd have never known by the way she used to

117. swing that baseball bat at me.

118. But can we, can we have a moment of silence?

119. Yeah, well.

120. Mom, dad, I have a little favor.

121. My English teacher Mr. Fellows

122. doesn't have anywhere to go for Thanksgiving tomorrow.

123. And I just thought, since he's all alone

124. and we have so much to share

125. could we invite him to dinner?

126. Certainly, Carlton. That's very thoughtful.

127. And not the worst way to pull my grade up to an A.

128. Okay. This sure was lovely.

129. Oh, no, mom, mom, I'll get that for you.

130. Oh, thank you, babe.

131. Geoffrey!

132. Ow! Mom, what did I do?

133. It's alright, Viola, Geoffrey clears the table. It's his job.

134. You shouted, Master William?

135. Uh, yes, Geoffrey, why don't you have a seat

136. and have some of these delicious peach cobbler?

137. While we clear the table.

138. Viola, don't go through so much trouble.

139. No trouble at all.

140. Hilary, Carlton, Ashley

141. and you, Your Highness

142. let us all clear the table.

143. That's a good one!

144. Honey, do I look like I'm telling a joke?

145. Not to me.

146. Well, don't just sit there watching.

147. Pick up the dishes and get them into the kitchen.

148. Now, hustle!

149. Some guest.

150. What should I do with these bowls?

151. Just put them in the dishwasher.

152. Here?

153. Well, let's just take them up to Geoffrey's room.

154. He'll know what to do with them.

155. Lord, have mercy. Just leave them here.

156. I'll take care of them.

157. Now, go on.

158. Honestly, I've never seen such a lazy bunch in my life

159. and I work at the post office.

160. - Yo, Jesse! - How's it going, Will?

161. Hey, mom, this is my man Jesse. He does gardening here.

162. - How you doing? - How you doing?

163. Hey, Will, is your aunt around here

164. I want to know where to plant the bushes.

165. Um, I think she said she wanted them out by the pool.

166. Um, can you do me a favor? My mom really likes roses.

167. Can you snip some roses for my mom's bedroom?

168. - No problem. - Oh, wait a second.

169. Honey, don't go bossing him around.

170. If you want to cut me flowers, you go get them yourself.

171. - But, mom, he's— - Understand?

172. Okay, I'll cut you the most beautiful bouquet in the world.

173. But it's beauty will pale in comparison to yours.

174. Don't even try that prince charming stuff.

175. Jesse, listen it's the day before Thanksgiving.

176. Take the day off.

177. Thanks. Hey, you going to be around here for Christmas?

178. Oh, Jesse! Good I wanted to talk to you about the bushes.

179. We can talk about it next week. Have a happy Thanksgiving!

180. - Is Jesse leaving? - Uh-huh.

181. He didn't mow the lawn.

182. - Mom gave him the day off. - What?

183. Well, no, Aunt Viv, it's a holiday. I mean..

184. It'll be cool if the grass grows another week.

185. Oh, no. It's not growing 'cause you going to cut it.

186. Why me?

187. You always mow the lawn back home.

188. I don't see why you can't do this one?

189. 'Cause it's the size of a football field!

190. And since when do I have to ask you twice?

191. - But, mom— - Now, hustle!

192. Okay, but I ain't going to cut you no flowers.

193. Vy, I really wish you had talked to me

194. before you let the gardener take the day off.

195. Oh, girl, it's the day before Thanksgiving.

196. Oh, it was a nice idea, but it's the same thing

197. with telling Geoffrey not to clear the table.

198. I just think they might feel uncomfortable

199. taking orders from somebody they don't know.

200. Uh-huh. And they rather take orders from a 17-year-old boy?

201. What do you mean?

202. Well, honey, I don't mean to be critical, but

203. I don't like what I saw today.

204. Will's got a bunch of grown men running around

205. doing all the work he should be doing.

206. I haven't seen him lift a finger except to scratch his head.

207. You're really not being fair, Vy.

208. Will works very hard at his homework.

209. Well, back home, Will did his homework, mowed the lawn

210. raked the leaves and cleared the table.

211. I don't think a little work around the house

212. is gonna interfere with his education.

213. From what I see, all he's learning is

214. how to be a rich kid.

215. Philip and I just want Will to have the same advantages

216. that our kids have.

217. I mean, isn't that why you sent him out here?

218. I sent him out here to stay out of trouble

219. and get a good education.

220. But Vivian, I also taught that boy the value of hard work

221. and I don't want him to lose that.

222. Now, all I know is the kids in this house

223. are getting a free ride, a free ride in a fancy car.

224. But I don't mean to be critical.

225. I'm not interrupting anything, am I?

226. No. All done.

227. Vivian, since Carlton's invited his teacher

228. maybe you should call the caterers

229. and tell them there'll be one more for dinner.

230. Mm-hmm.

231. - Are you okay? - I-I'm just fine.

232. Do you know what my sister just said?

233. You are not gonna believe this.

234. She said that our kids are spoiled.

235. News flash.

236. You mean you agree with her?

237. Vivian, I'm the one who says they should be

238. doing more work around the house.

239. You're the one who's too easy on them.

240. Oh, really? Does this sound familiar?

241. "Daddy, I need $300."

242. You don't have to get personal.

243. Vy just made an honest criticism.

244. Let's just leave it at that.

245. You really think I've been easy on them.

246. Oh, honey, we're not going to solve this overnight.

247. Look, let's just have a pleasant Thanksgiving tomorrow

248. and we can talk about it after Vy leaves, okay?

249. Hmm?

250. Don't forget to call the caterer.

251. Hello, Sally? This is Vivian Banks.

252. You had us scheduled for a Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow.

253. We'd like to cancel it.

254. Well, we're gonna have the kids make dinner.

255. What do you mean, "good luck?"

256. Will, Carlton, Hilary, Ashley!

257. Get down here! Hustle!

258. - Did you get the turkey? - Certainly, madam.

259. Geoffrey, it's frozen solid.

260. Really, madam. I thought it was just scared.

261. Mommy..

262. didn't we just have a fire drill last week?

263. - This is not a drill. - It's a fire?

264. Oh, my God! I'm going back for my suede boots.

265. And don't try to stop me.

266. While you up there, get my lucky drawers!

267. You are going to cook and serve Thanksgiving dinner.

268. - How? - Why?

269. Because you kids don't do enough work around the house.

270. Excuse me? Didn't I just mow Central Park yesterday?

271. Mom, my English teacher is coming to dinner.

272. He holds my English grade in the palm of his hand.

273. This is not the time for one of your leftist experiments.

274. Carlton's right, mom.

275. All this stuff about us working could really wait.

276. I mean, it has a real New Year's resolution feel to it.

277. I do not won't discuss this.

278. Now, since when do I have to ask you kids twice?

279. - Every time, mommy. - Well, not this time.

280. Now, you've got 15 minutes to get up, get dressed

281. and get back down here.

282. Move it!

283. Come on, Aunt Viv, I mean, instead of doing all this work

284. shouldn't I be spending some time with my mom?

285. I mean, she sees me so little

286. and I'm growing so fast.

287. Don't even try that prince charming stuff.

288. Your mother did not send you out here on vacation.

289. And so far you've been getting a free ride.

290. A free ride in a fancy car.

291. And if you really want to do something nice for your mother

292. why don't you show her you can do some work around here.

293. - But, Aunt Viv— - No discussion.

294. Do you realize there's a bump forming back there?

295. Alright, now. Bust this. These are your assignments.

296. I'll do the turkey.

297. Ashley, you do the cranberry sauce.

298. Carlton, you do the stuffing.

299. Hilary, you do the yams and rolls.

300. Oh, I get two things? Why don't put a yoke around my neck

301. and hitch me to a plow?

302. Hilary, I don't think it would be the worst thing in the world

303. if you guys did a little bit of work around here.

304. I mean, you guys are getting a fancy ride

305. a fancy ride in a free car.

306. I'm sorry dinner's so late, Mr. Fellows.

307. Oh, that's okay.

308. I think in our society, we're too obsessed with time.

309. Save time. Don't waste time. Be on time.

310. What are we in such a hurry to do?

311. To eat.

312. So, uh, Mr. Fellows, Carlton always

313. talks about your English class.

314. He said you were studying Shakespeare.

315. Oh, this is really exciting.

316. We're reading "Hamlet."

317. But to make it more relevant to the kids

318. I'm teaching it to them in a rap version I wrote myself.

319. Oh, Lord.

320. Peep this.

321. To be in effect, or not to be in effect?

322. Slammin', man, on the questioning tip.

323. Uh, yeah.

324. Uh, ladies and gentlemen

325. dinner will be served in 10 minutes.

326. Excuse me.

327. Hilary.

328. Hilary!

329. What are you doing?

330. It seems that little Mr. Poppin' Fresh

331. doesn't want to come out of his tube.

332. Perhaps this will persuade him.

333. Ashley, how's the cranberry sauce coming?

334. - All done. - Darn it!

335. Oh!

336. Nice going, Carlton!

337. Well, do you want to try to make this?

338. This stuffing is completely dry.

339. L-look, do I have to do everything myself?

340. Listen, Carlton, this isn't exactly brain surgery.

341. Look, when something is too dry, what do we do?

342. Cream of mushroom soup!

343. Pour, pour, pour!

344. Mix, mix, mix!

345. Can you do that?

346. Hilary, did you check the yams?

347. - For what? - Oh, my God.

348. Ohh!

349. Shall we say grace?

350. Dear Lord, for this food we are about to receive

351. make us truly thankful.

352. - Amen. - Amen.

353. Well, let's start by serving our guest of honor.

354. Mr. Fellows, care for some yams?

355. I'd love some. Interesting.

356. I've never had them before with this thick black crust.

357. It's Cajun style.

358. Hilary burned them.

359. Oh, they're just burned on top.

360. Once you get underneath it

361. they're totally charred.

362. - How did you do that? - Mom, give Hilary a break.

363. I think she deserves some credit just for putting out the fire.

364. Fire?

365. Well, what else do we have?

366. Well, that looks like cranberry sauce, Mr. Fellows.

367. - Lay it on me. - Allow me.

368. It looks wonderful. Who made it?

369. - I did, mommy. - Oh.

370. Mmm. Mmm. It's delicious.

371. Yeah, you'd never know Ashley dropped it on the floor.

372. Well, um, what about the stuffing?

373. Where's that been?

374. Uh, yo, man, t-that's dope. Give it a try, Mr. Fellows.

375. Yeah. Yeah.

376. - Um... sure. - I made it, Mr. Fellows.

377. I'm sure you'll find it of grade A quality.

378. - Oh, speaking of as A's.. - Yes?

379. Will is gonna get an A in my English class.

380. Oh, congratulations, baby.

381. Do you have any news for my parents?

382. Not really.

383. So how about that stuffing?

384. Aw, serve yourself.

385. Oh, it looks, looks great.

386. Um... shall I pass it on?

387. - No! - No!

388. You can have all of that.

389. Uh, it's a good idea. Uh, save lots of room.

390. Because we have a turkey roasted to perfection by yours truly.

391. Would you like to do the honors, Uncle Phil?

392. Why, certainly.

393. It's frozen inside.

394. - Will! - I'm sorry.

395. I thawed it as much I could.

396. What am I supposed to do sit on it all day?

397. Now, come on, Vy. The kids worked hard on this.

398. Honey, hard is the word.

399. Let's see what food we can throw together

400. I know, 'cause bigfoot is growling.

401. Honestly, that dinner was a disaster!

402. That's not true, Mr. Fellows is out there drinking

403. his second cup of stuffing.

404. This is certainly one for the books.

405. You know, Vy, you really hurt my feelings yesterday.

406. What are you talking about?

407. When you said I was spoiling Will and my kids.

408. I'm just trying to give them the things that we didn't have.

409. First of all, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.

410. Seems to me when we were growing up

411. I'd say a lot worse to you, and you'd take it.

412. I don't know, I think living in California

413. done made you sensitive.

414. I don't think I'm being sensitive, Vy.

415. You basically called me a bad mother.

416. Baby, look, I don't think you're a bad mother.

417. Now, I never would have sent Will out here

418. if I thought you were.

419. And I don't blame you for wanting to give those kids

420. everything we didn't have.

421. But you got to teach them to work hard, too.

422. And that's what I taught you.

423. And you turned out pretty good.

424. I got to admit it, Vy. Philip says I'm too easy on them.

425. I guess, they should have some more responsibilities.

426. Yeah, well, it wouldn't kill them.

427. Food, food!

428. Hey, yo, I wouldn't be taking my time in here, y'all.

429. - I'm on my way. - 'Here you go.'

430. Hey, ma, can I help you here?

431. No. Not from what I saw today. Please.

432. Listen, you got to learn how to cook before you go to college.

433. Uh, yeah, Aunt Viv can teach me.

434. You know she's a great cook.

435. Well, she should be. I taught her.

436. And your mama didn't raise no fools.

437. So, you got an A in English, huh?

438. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

439. Uh, they think I'm a genius.

440. Uh-huh.

441. Well, you just keep working hard, genius.

442. When I leave here

443. I want you to listen to your Aunt Viv, okay?

444. Yes, ma'am.

445. I have to say, you guys did a terrible job

446. with dinner tonight!

447. I wish I could've seen you cooking it!

448. Uh, yo, mom, you definitely

449. would've been crying, straight up.

450. You make me laugh just thinking about it.

451. But you always did make me laugh.

452. I miss that.

453. I miss it, too.