MARY JO: Anyway, Julia maybe this Primmie whatever her name is, isn't exactly what you had in mind, but. I was going to get out of bed last night and go to the 7-11 to get some, but then I thought, no, why not just risk it?! PRIMMIE: So, you don't have any lavender? JULIA: No, but I have some Twenty-Mule Team Borax. I was wondering if you might have some lavender for my bath. Is this something Jerry Lee Lewis would do?" I don't know why, before taking a major life step, I sometimes forget to stop and ask myself, "Julia, wait a minute. I know he's nineteen years old, but as far as I'm concerned he's still a baby.ĬHARLENE: A baby. JULIA: I can't stand it, I can't stand it, I can't stand it.ĬHARLENE: Julia, you don't actually mind Payne having a girlfriend do you? After all, he is in college. So are Darryl, Wade, Tommy, Peter, and Dennis.ĬHARLENE: Oh. SUZANNE: How can you guys be in the decorating business and not notice these things? Payne is most certainly a homosexual name. MARY JO: Suzanne, where do you get this stuff? There is no such thing as a homosexual name. JULIA: Payne happens to be the name of our maternal great-grandfather! Also, it doesn't help that Payne is a homosexual name. SUZANNE: I was just making an observation. JULIA: Suzanne, why don't you go into the storroom and see if you can't find something sharp to impale yourself on. I was always worried - with him being an only child, and you being his mother, he could quite easily have grown up to be a homosexual. SUZANNE: Well, you know how overbearing you can be. JULIA: Just what is that supposed to mean? SUZANNE: If I were you Julia, I'd just be glad he's interested in women at all. Later episodes would suggest that the only rooms upstairs are bedrooms. The upstairs study shown throughout this episode is never seen again in the series. This episode introduces George Newbern as Julia's son, Payne McIlroy, who will make four appearances over the series.ĭespite of what is in the summary, there is no indication that Julia's partners are listening to her conversation with Primmie on an intercom. Payne says that he looked at her driver's license - like mother, like son. Julia tells Payne that she is very proud of him and asks how he knew Primmie's true age. Startled by impressed, Primmie goes to wait in the car. He goes on the tell Primmie that no one comes between he and his family. He credits Julia with his discipline and independence, without which he feels he would not be able to hold the interest of a forty-year-old woman. He goes on to say that Primmie is a campus legend, begging to be verified. Payne unexpectedly enters and says that he is well aware of Primmie's flings. Julia says her only concern is the inequity of feelings indicated. Julia stays cool and informs Primmie that a phone call she made to the college revealed that her fall flings with students are a recurrent theme. She then threatens to keep Payne away from seeing her. With the women listening in on the intercom, Primmie gives Julia a scathing review of her style and Payne's upbringing. When Payne and Primmie are just about to return to the college, Primmie asks for a moment alone with Julia. She tells Primmie off and then apologizes to Payne for not controlling her temper and says it is because she loves him. A dramatic and poetic account of how she and Payne met proves to be too much for Julia. But Julia finds that very difficult, especially when Primmie requests a bath with lavender salts and coffee with anisette. Suzanne suggests that Julia not be so hostile toward Primmie. When Payne offers that he continues to be guided by his late father's good advice about women, Julia is moved and agrees to back off - just a bit. Payne assures her that he is not in any of Primmie's classes, although he is learning a lot from her - about life. Furthermore, it bothers her that Primmie is a professor at his college. Payne confronts his mother and asks if age is the reason for her rude treatment of Primmie. When Primmie asks Payne to take the bags up to "their room," Julia becomes incensed. and forty-years-old! Julia thinks it is a joke and asks if Primmie is Payne's girlfriend's mother. When Payne does arrive, everyone greets him with hugs and kisses befitting their "baby." Payne then presents his girl - Primrose "Primmie" Horton. Julia's nineteen-year-old son, Payne, is bringing his new girlfriend home from college for a visit, and when Suzanne comments that Julia is going to a lot of trouble in her preparations for their arrival, Julia claims that is was her idea that Payne bring this girl home and she wants everything to be perfect.
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