Along the way to the funeral, Maggie stops the procession to buy a bag of oranges on sale, which she later drops accidentally into the open grave. The Beare family attend the funeral of Arthur and Robert's Uncle Andrew. She then stirs up the dispute when Liz arrives by falsely implicating Arthur in an affair with Liz. Maggie blames Arthur for spreading a culture of divorce. At the same time, Robert comes to stay overnight after his wife discovers he is having an affair with his dental assistant and hits him on the head. Arthur and Robert's plans are interrupted when Maggie attempts to cash in the cheques at the bank and a misunderstanding occurs with where the money will be deposited.Īrthur is finalising divorce proceedings with his ex-wife Deidre, much to Maggie's consternation who believes a married couple are married for life. Robert had originally offered it for AUD4000, but raises his price to AUD5000 when he realises this is how much money Maggie has. This is convenient for Arthur, who is looking for a loan to buy Robert's old car. It is temporarily misplaced for a while when Maggie soaks them in the teapot. Arthur discovers she has been hiding the cheques around the house, and when Maggie adds them up they find out that it is a substantial sum of money. Maggie receives a letter from the government investigating why she has not cashed in her pension cheques. Meanwhile, Robert is trying to trick into letting him exercise power of attorney over the estate so that he can strip Arthur of his share of the inheritance. Her illness and severe incoherence is also an act designed to manipulate her sons. Maggie tries to force Arthur to not move alone by threatening to disinherit him. But finding the will is a problem for her and Arthur, who is looking for his own flat to live in. After discovering Robert wants to sell the family home, she anxiously wishes to change her will. Maggie thinks she is dying and finally wonders what to do about her will. However, she keeps forgetting her boyfriend's name, Arthur and Robert fight over Liz, and Maggie injures her boyfriend by causing an oven explosion. Maggie sees the family gathering as the perfect chance to bring home her new boyfriend and tells Arthur she would like to marry again. It is Maggie's birthday and the entire family gets together to celebrate. Arthur arranges for Robert's babysitter to look after Maggie, but Maggie makes life difficult for the babysitter, in turn causing problems for Arthur and Deidre's night. So he makes a date with Deidre, prompting Maggie to inform him she hates being left alone at night. While Arthur's girlfriend is waiting outside in the car, Robert steals her from his brother by promising to take her on a trip to Noumea.Īfter spending several Saturday nights at home with Maggie, Arthur questions why he does not have a girlfriend. She is then arrested for shoplifting some oysters, and Arthur and Robert must find out a way to prevent her from being sent to jail.Īrthur tries his best to get out of the house and away from Maggie for a holiday with a new girlfriend but a series of misunderstandings leads his ex-wife Deidre to believe he wants to take her on the holiday, while Maggie tries to thwart Arthur. This forces Arthur to tell Maggie not to go out during the day, to no avail. Miscommunication between the meals on wheels volunteer and Arthur causes the volunteer to think that it is Maggie who is caring for Arthur and she informs a social worker, concerned that Maggie must care for her son when she has a broken wrist.Īrthur discovers Maggie arriving home in a garbage truck and making a nuisance at the local hospital. Arthur then discovers that Maggie has been pretending to have a broken wrist to be eligible for meals on wheels during the day. The episode also features a guest appearance of performer Colleen Clifford.Īrthur is forced to miss work after he sends Maggie out to buy some milk and she returns three hours later, still without the milk. It is the first appearance of Arthur's former fiancé Deidre Beare (Suzanne Roylance). In the series premiere, Arthur begins to finally consider putting Maggie in a nursing home after his wife leaves him. "The Nursing Home (also known as Maggie takes a holiday)" Mother and Son: The Complete Series 1–6 (6 Disc Box Set) was released on 7 November 2007. Four more DVDs were released in succeeding years until every episode had been published, albeit in no clear sequence. The first DVD release for home use in Australia was in 2003 with a "best of" selection of nine stories titled "Mother & Son". The following is an episode list of the Australian situation comedy Mother and Son which originally aired on ABC TV from 16 January 1984 until 21 March 1994.
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