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Okay, corn flakes

bran flakes and sugar flakes.

Hey, guys. Glad to have me back?

We're out of cereal.

Here's some Fruit Loops.

You might need a chisel.

Hey, hey, hey.

I am gone a week

and you kids forget the rules.

Never leave a dirty dish in the sink more than four days.

It's okay.

When I go to the store today

I'll buy some more dishes.

Dad, I don't think I should go to school today.

- I have a fever. - Yeah?

Feels like a spelling test.

Come on, Al, I'll drive you to school.

I knew I should've gone with the spastic colon.

Yeah.

I can't eat.

I don't know if my science project

is good enough.

Mark, I doubt if the other kids in fourth grade

are doing anything on genetic research.

Well, you never know.

Some of these farm kids will surprise you.

No, I'm getting a major zit.

Where?

It's an under grounder right now

but it's coming.

Let me know when it gets here, we'll set

another place at the table.

Good morning. Where's your mother?

She's got a customer due in five minutes.

She's running late, Aunt Penny.

How can she work in her own house and be late?

- Morning, mom. - Hi!

Why didn't somebody wake me up?

It's your first morning back from vacation.

- Thought I'd let you sleep in. - I know.

But I have an early appointment. I can't be late.

Mom, you're a hair dresser, not a heart surgeon.

Get some perspective.

You know, I think a person's relationship

with her hairdresser is very important.

Of course, you do.

- Bye-bye. - 'Bye, mom.'

You're late.

- Heavy traffic? - Yes, yes.

- Hi, mom. - Honey.

- You look great! - Thanks.

Yeah.

How was Jamaica, honey?

Well, it-it was, you know, j-just

Jamaica.

Were there a lot of gorgeous men?

There were all kinds of, interesting people.

You met a man, didn't you?

You're right, mom, she's got that look.

What look?

Excuse me. Aren't you suppose to set a timer for this?

I'm timing it in my head.

So, what did this man look like?

I did not meet a man.

I got some sun and I did some reading.

'What'd you read?'

She met a man.

I can tell she met a man.

I never meet men.

And I need a man!

Dear God, I need a man.

Hi, Penny.

Thank you.

Hi, Frank.

I have an appointment with Carol.

Figures.

Frank, would you like some coffee?

Coffee would be great. Yeah, you want some help?

- Sure. - Okay.

He's going to help me get some coffee.

Wait. Wait. Wait.

Wait, there's something I have to tell you

before I kiss you again.

Okay.

I want a divorce.

A divorce?

We've only been married 36 hours.

I've had dates longer than that.

It wasn't your fault.

I mean, neither of us could've known

the other was gonna be in Jamaica.

I just don't know why I did something so impulsive.

Maybe it was the magic of the islands

or those warm moonlit nights or..

Maybe it was those big pink drinks with those

little teeny umbrellas.

For me it was that little teeny bikini.

Frank, I'm just afraid

that our relationship is purely sexual.

Well, we can build on that.

No, I'd have to think. I don't even know you.

Carol, you know me.

You've been cutting my hair for three months.

You convinced me to keep the grey hair.

This is like a fairy tale.

I mean, who would believe that

fate would pick up two small town people like us

who barely know each other and throw them together

on a romantic island?

Carol, to be perfectly honest

it wasn't entirely fate.

It was also Velma.

My travel agent?

She told me where you were going.

And where you were staying and..

...what flight you were taking. But the rest was fate.

You followed me?

Yes, and I feel guilty about that.

- That's so romantic! - And proud.

Guilty yet proud.

Frank, this is crazy.

I mean, we've gotten married

and our kids haven't even met.

So we'll introduce 'em.

What time does school get out?

No, no.

I mean, if we had dated

like normal people

then our kids could've gotten used to the idea of us

as a couple and then we could've gotten married.

I get it.

I'm with you now.

All we got is a problem with timing.

Yeah, but we've got a big problem with that.

Let's say, we don't tell anybody right away.

- You got two kids, right? - Three.

Three.. I forgot about little Mike.

- Mark. - Mark. Okay, whatever.

So, we get the kids together..

...then we date for a while.

We'll get engaged and after

an acceptable period of time

we'll get married.

Frank.

That would be so wonderful.

So, what is an acceptable period of time?

Two, three days?

'I was supposed to go to Wonder World'

'with Matt and Colly.'

We're going to a barbecue

at the Foster's

and you're gonna have fun

whether you like it or not.

Come on, come on, come on.

Well, well, well, Frank Lambert.

Long time no see.

- Come on in. - Yeah, kids, come on. Come on.

These are my kids, Karen and Mike.

Mark.

Right, Mark.

These are mine.

Al, Brendan and J.T.

Say, hi, kids.

Hi.

And-and, what handsome boys you are.

And, you are just, very cute.

You're very nervous, aren't you?

And here's Dana.

You!

My God! It's the rat boy.

Mother, this cretin put a dead rat in my locker.

The rat was alive when I put him in there.

Your gym socks must've killed him.

Hey, hey, great! You two already know each other.

I tell you what, why don't all you kids go on out back

and talk about what is obviously a pretty darn interesting story?

Come on.

Here you go, sweetheart.

My, what a pretty necklace.

I didn't steal it.

My dad bought it to me from Jamaica.

I wanted a Voodoo doll.

Jamaica.

So, is rare okay?